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SU received over 41,000 new student applications for the fall 2022, Vice Chancellor Gretchen Ritter announced at Wednesday’s University Senate meeting.

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Buddy Boeheim graduates from Syracuse as No. 2 in school history in made 3-pointers, and he led the ACC in scoring this season.

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‘A million small things’

Student granted Fulbright research

By Katie McClellan asst. copy editor

When Maggie Sardino thinks about scholarships, her first thought isn’t academics but lived experience.

Sardino was awarded the 2022 Fulbright-MITACS Globalink scholarship, which consists of completing an advanced research project for 10 to 12 weeks over this summer in Canada. Students will explore their specific research interests and experience Canada through recreational experiences.

JULIE NIEDERHOFF, an SU professor, has two adopted children from Ukraine. Now, due to Russia’s invasion, she is working to help those in the country.” jaden chen asst. photo editor

Syracuse University professor provides aid, evacuation for people in Ukraine

She’s done (the work) so skillfully and collaboratively and generously with other people around her. She’s just incredibly impressive.

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very day, Julie Niederhoff makes sure to stay up until at least 1 a.m. to keep up with the news. She gathers information, connects with all of her family. Just to make sure she can confidently greet her son when he wakes up at 6:45 a.m. with a simple text message.

“Good morning. Everyone is okay.”

Niederhoff, an associate professor of supply chain management at Syracuse University, is the mother of two adopted Ukrainian children. Her son, a high school student, has only been in their house permanently for six months. One of Niederhoff ’s daughters, who has now moved out, was also born in Ukraine. Both of her adopted children have families still living in the country.

Since the Russian invasion of the country on Feb. 24, Niederhoff has been assisting the evacuation of her

children’s extended family that still live in Ukraine, as well as other Ukrainian citizens.

“Nobody in Ukraine is sleeping,” she said.

In between afternoon power naps, she tries to keep in contact with everyone to make sure they’re safe.

But the six-hour time difference, she said, makes communication difficult.

Niederhoff said updates from the country consist of people discussing air sirens and nearby bombings, which happen “around the clock.”

In one message, her son’s sisters sent videos of warships in the Black Sea, visible from their apartment window.

Niederhoff said that her family has sent over supplies and provided any funds necessary, not only for her children’s families but also for friends and former classmates in the area.

“It’s just a million small things that we’re trying to help coordinate, and money is the least personal but the most effective way to help,” she said. “If you can get $50 into the

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The biggest thing that we’ve had is just friends saying ‘How can I help like people want to help?’

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“My goal is to create a space for non-academic audiences to really share their voice and their expertise within digital humanities scholarship,” Sardino said. “What I’m really looking forward to in this project, and why I ended up applying for it, is that I’m really passionate about legitimizing many different forms of expertise, both from educational backgrounds, but also really importantly from lived experience.”

Sardino will spend her summer at the University of Victoria in British Columbia to work on her project, “Digital Humanities: Open Scholarship.”

“I’m really looking forward to learning from the leaders in community-based research in an open access scholarship,” Sardino said.

“I really, really want to be able to learn as much as I can as well as be able to produce research myself that really sort of takes digital humanities scholarship to the next level and creates more see fulbright page 4

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Over 41,000 apply for fall 2022 semester GSO adds seats to meet demand

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Syverud said the university will look at different avenues to manage or increase revenue, including tuition, to compensate for rising inflation with regard to faculty raises. meghan hendricks photo editor

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Syracuse University received over 41,000 new student applications for the fall 2022 semester — an all-time high — according to Gretchen Ritter, SU’s vice chancellor, provost and chief academic officer.

The proportion of students of color has risen slightly while the percentage of international students has dropped, she said.

On Thursday, SU announced it will not require SAT or ACT scores throughout the fall 2023 and spring 2024 admissions process. Ritter said the university hopes it will provide enough data to analyze its ability to admit students without testing information and plans to see what’s happening in terms of trends among peer institutions.

Ritter also debriefed the senate on the progress of the search for the new vice president of research. In

February, she announced a search committee for the next vice president of research, who leads SU’s research enterprise and reports directly to the provost. Ramesh Raina, a professor in SU’s biology department, has served as interim vice president of research since his appointment on Jan. 7, 2020.

During the meeting, Ritter said there are about 40 candidates so far in the pool for the next vice president of research. The position has been “broadly advertised” and the priority date for candidates to submit materials was March 21.

Robert Van Gulick, a senator and professor of SU’s philosophy department, asked about the university’s plan for faculty salaries for the next year. He said it is a big concern for the young faculty who are “still very much at the low end of the salary ladder.”

“Our raises this year will be well under the cost of living increase

given the inflation that is happening in the world,” Van Gulick said. “It’s impossible to raise salaries without raising tuition in most cases, and we don’t want to do that either.”

Chancellor Kent Syverud said in response that the current inflation rate requires the university to look differently at how it raises and manages its revenue, which includes tuition. Ritter said given the data she has seen, the university needs to do better overall on faculty salaries, which is crucial to elevate faculty excellence and being able to succeed in both recruiting and retaining great people.

During the meeting, Syverud started his remarks by reflecting on the university’s Service of Commemoration held on Tuesday at Hendricks Chapel. He thanked those who helped with the ceremony and recognized that there were a lot of SU community members who passed away this year.

“Many of the names I read this year are people I knew personally.

Their friends and family attended this event, and it was meaningful to them,” Syverud said.

Syverud also introduced two new university leadership appointments. Craig Stone will start as the new associate vice president and chief of Campus Safety and Emergency Management Services on April 1. Mary Grace Almandrez will start as the new vice president for diversity and inclusion on June 1.

Syverud also debriefed the search process for the new chief financial officer. The search committee has almost finalized the position description. Korn Ferry, a consulting firm, is working with the university on the search, Syverud told the senate. He anticipates the university will fill the position this summer. btang05@syr.edu @francis_towne

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Dome vaccine policy ends effective Saturday

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Effective Saturday, patrons entering the Carrier Dome will no longer be required to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test, according to an SU announcement. The change comes after the university said it reviewed public health conditions on campus and in the surrounding central New York area.

On March 8, SU said it would be moving to the “YELLOW” COVID19 level, doing away with the mask requirement for fully vaccinated students during academic instruction.

Syracuse didn’t allow any fans or students into the Dome for 650 days, leaving the stands empty for the 2020 football and 2021-22 men’s and women’s basketball seasons. Just weeks after basketball’s regular season ended, the university announced that up to 8,000

people could attend lacrosse games, but social distancing and pod seating was enforced.

Then in a press release last July, SU Athletics announced the Dome would return to full capacity for the football season. However, before entering, fans, students and staff have had to present a negative COVID-19 test or vaccination card.

The Dome will host several nonSU athletic events in the next few months, such as Monster Jam and the Paul McCarney concert, the release stated. The university is leaving protocols for those events up to the event promoter, but Monster Jam stated in an email that it will follow the updated policy.

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Fans will no longer need to provide proof of vaccination to attend events at the Dome. elizabeth billman senior staff photographer

Daniel Kimmel, the internal vice president of the Graduate Student Organization, introduced a resolution to amend the organization’s constitution to increase the number of at-large senators during the GSO Senate meeting Wednesday.

Resolution 22.07 would increase the number of at-large senators from six to 10. The resolution would be effective immediately upon a three-fourths vote at the upcoming 2022 election special meeting and would go into effect next semester.

Kimmel said graduate students at Syracuse University have shown they are eager for more opportunities to represent the group.

“We just simply say we can’t have you voting because we have no seats for you,” said Yousr Dhaouadi, GSO’s president. “We’ve never had to reject people before. If students are interested in showing up and voting, why not.”

Over 100 students have applied for pre-dissertation funding, and 88 have applied for dissertation funding. Between 80 and 90 students in total are expected to receive summer funding. Applicants will be informed of their funding status in April.

To celebrate the upcoming 150th anniversary of Resilience, a Navajo treaty, the GSO will be holding an open house event in conjunction with the Skä•noñh Center, also known as the Great Law and Peace Center, on April 16. Free buses to the center will be available and “special guests” will be present.

Funding was approved for an end-of-year banquet and graduation celebration on May 12. The hooding ceremony for higher education graduates will be followed by an awards ceremony and small celebration. The event will be held at a professor’s house in order to cut costs.

Additiona lly, the GSO approved $800 of funding for catering and other needs for the annual research colloquium on April 1. The senate invited Daniel Berry from the University of Minnesota to give a speech about embracing dynamic complexity in children’s development.

The travel grant committee proposed changes to the application for travel grants. Recording Secretary Linzy Andre proposed changing the name because, due to COVID-19, some people are conferencing from home or not traveling, making travel an inaccurate name. After some deliberation, the new name will be The GSO Professional, Academic and Creative Work Grant. Additional changes include edits to the rubric and reorganization of the application.

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assistance hands of somebody on the ground, they can go buy bandages, toothpaste, feminine hygiene supplies and a big bag of oatmeal.”

Niederhoff connected with the children who she would eventually adopt through New Horizons for Children. The group helps send orphans to host families for four- to five-week visits during the summer and around Christmas, according to its Facebook.

Niederhoff first found out about New Horizons through a friend who’d previously participated, and she has volunteered at and worked with New Horizons since fostering her daughter in 2013. She mainly worked in coordinating newsletters and data organization before the crisis.

Since the invasion started, Niederhoff along with New Horizons have been communicating with different Ukrainian orphanage directors to ask about any needs they have. But, Niederhoff said, these needs shift almost daily.

“There’ll be an opportunity to do something and then the bombing shifts to a different area,” she said. “So that area is no longer safe, but maybe a different area becomes available.”

New Horizons is also setting up connections with organizations in countries such as Poland, Romania, Moldova and Latvia to provide any resources needed.

Niederhoff ’s family decided to foster their daughter from Ukraine during her winter break in 2013. She said that the country was initially random, but it made sense to them, as Ukraine has limited foster-home support for its orphan population. When a child is put into state care, where the parents can no longer care for them, they’re placed into boarding schools.

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Brice Nordquist, an associate professor in the writing department, reviewed Sardino’s

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where Niederhoff and New Horizons came in.

“We just fell in love with her. She was a lovely young woman,” she said. “We really enjoyed her visit, and I knew she was interested in coming back to us permanently.”

The family decided to go through with her adoption process after her visit to the U.S. From that point on, Niederhoff said, their family became part Ukrainian.

Niederhoff said she learned Ukrainian and her family went to different cultural festivals.

The family also has made an effort to shop at Eastern European grocery stores and sometimes attends a local Ukrainian church.

When her daughter was ready, Niederhoff said, they participated in Ukrainian youth groups and dance clubs. The family fully immersed themselves in the culture of the country.

With their daughter also came connections with her extended family who still lived in Ukraine, including an adult sister and her children. Even though Niederhoff and her daughter’s sister are not legally family, Niederhoff said they were friendly.

Five years later, their daughter graduated high school and had a child of her own with her fiancé. When she moved out of the house, Niederhoff said she and her husband discussed possibly hosting another child through New Horizons. This time, she said, they were sure they only wanted to host another Ukrainian child.

The family first hosted their son in the summer of 2019. When he went back to school they kept in touch with him every day through text messages and video chats.

Back in Ukraine, he has four older siblings, an aunt, an uncle, cousins and a grandma. As he was close to all of them, Niederhoff said, he was apprehensive to stay in the U.S. at first. He returned for Christmas break that year with his brother and returned for the summer.

When the pandemic hit, Niederhoff said, they were unable to host him again for almost two years. In that time, his brother, whom the family had also gotten close with over Christmas, had “aged out” of the program when he turned 18. He had to stay in Ukraine and could no longer be adopted.

When lockdown restrictions loosened, he indicated he wanted to stay with them permanently. So, with the support of his Ukrainian family, they started the adoption process.

Although they live miles away, Niederhoff considers his many siblings and family members back in Ukraine part of their family.

“They’re not legally ours, but they are family… kind of like a beautiful collection of people we love.”

People outside of the family in Ukraine have personally reached out to Niederhoff due to her volunteer experience, she said. She added that they mainly ask about visas, refugee options and safe travel options. Many of them are friends of her children that they’ve kept in contact with despite their move to the U.S. When talking about a specific case — a former classmate of her sons that was trying to escape the country — Niederhoff explained the struggle of finding a safe travel route out of Ukraine.

At the time of the interview, the teenage classmate was days away from turning 18 and being bound to the country. Under martial law, which Ukraine declared on Feb. 24, all men aged 18-60 are required to stay in the country in case they get drafted.

“We’re trying to figure out how we can safely and ethically get him across the border before he turns 18, considering he’s not allowed to cross after he’s 18. So he’s been a really big focus of our efforts,” she said at the time.

The major concern, Niederhoff said, was human trafficking. New Horizons is currently working with anti-trafficking organizations,

she said, and while she’s not part of the conversations, she’d heard how traffickers have taken advantage of the growing refugee population.

“How do you tell the difference between a minivan full of actual helpers and a minivan full of traffickers?” she said. “They all look the same.

They’re not wearing a sign that says danger.”

On March 21, Niederhoff told The Daily Orange in an email that the teenager had been able to leave Ukraine only 50 hours before his 18th birthday.

However, he then learned that someone he loved had been injured in the conflict. He decided to return to Ukraine only a day after his birthday.

Niederhoff has since, through contacts, provided him with an apartment and job in the city, as he originally was homeless when he returned.

He can no longer leave because of martial law.

“In the end he has no doubt that someone cares about him … would fight for him, and he had the opportunity to make his own informed decision about his future. It was a heartbreaking decision either way and we fully understand and support his choice, though we grieve that he had to make such a decision,” Niederhoff said in the email.

Niederhoff said she has found comfort in the Syracuse community, from friends reaching out to neighbors putting up the Ukrainian flag outside of their homes. The family has also decided to attend community advocacy events once their children are ready, as it’s been hard with the issue being so close to them.

“We’ve had just a lot of our friends reach out to us through social media, some of our friends have brought us meals,” Niederhoff said. “For the most part, the biggest thing that we’ve had is just friends saying ‘How can I help?’ … We’ve been very, very grateful and really, just very blessed (by their support).”

application and wrote a recommendation letter on her behalf.

Nordquist said Sardino has put in the work during her time at Syracuse University. She has engaged in research opportunities, assistantships and capstone proj-

ects for different programs, many of which Sardino has done alongside Nordquist in humanities projects.

“I always encouraged students to bend or contour their educational experiences, their courses, their majors, toward their own goals and toward their own values and commitments as much as possible,” Nordquist said. “Maggie is a perfect example of somebody who has done that work, and bent all of them toward her commitment toward social justice.”

Sardino is a writing and rhetoric major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Her interest in literature will translate to her time at UVic this summer where she will conduct a type of literature review to better understand practices in open learning as it relates to digital humanities.

In addition, she will help create the Digital Humanities Summer Institute, which

will bring together individuals to learn and share what they’ve learned about open access scholarship, Nordquist said. Sardino said the institute will be the largest event of its kind globally.

“I really see this scholarship as an opportunity to not only create scholarship that’s accessible to non-academic audiences, but also legitimize the expertise that non-academic audiences possess,” Sardino said.

Sardino worked alongside Nordquist as a co-facilitator of the Narratio Fellowship, a public humanities project. She’s also worked as the project manager and undergraduate research assistant on an engaged humanities team with the professor.

“She’s put in the work the whole time to get this kind of award,” Nordquist said.

“She’s done it so skillfully and collaboratively and generously with other people around her. She’s just incredibly impressive.”

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student body to limit their risk of exposure to COVID-19. An expert from Northwell Health will come to present this semester.

Additionally, the committee has created a survey to see how different departments are working together or separately on COVID-19 policies. Iaia encouraged the GSO to share the survey with students and professors.

“We hope to potentially use this as information to advocate for graduate students and potential future policies,” Iaia said A resolution to reclassify the GSO Student Life, Academic Resources and Affairs, and Families Standing Committees as ad-hoc committees was passed.

Resolution 22.05, a proposal to merge GSO Outreach and Civic Engagement Committees to allow for better communication for public engagement type projects was passed.

GSO University Senator Benjamin Tetteh proposed an additional resolution to ensure GSO sponsored events do not conflict with GSO meetings. The discussion was tabled for the GSO’s next meeting, which will take place on April 20.

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asking ourselves a question of what are some ways to make the GSO travel grant more accessible and equitable?” Andre said. “Ideally it is to fix it, so we’ve done quite a bit of fixing.”

We’ve never had to reject people before. If students are interested in showing up and voting, why not.

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Pandemic committee member Vito Iaia presented on behalf of the committee, the goal of which is to advocate for the graduate

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Liberal Arts Core is not beneficial Online classes should continue post-pandemic

By Hannah Starorypinski columnist

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or a student enrolled in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, including the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and those who are dually enrolled in Arts and Sciences and the Newhouse School of Public Communications or the School of Education, a staple of their college education is the Liberal Arts Core. The Liberal Arts Core seeks to introduce students to a variety of topics and perspectives and to create well-rounded students with baseline knowledge in an array of disciplines. In my own SU experience, I have found that parts of the curriculum are not beneficial to my growth as a student.

The Liberal Arts Core Curriculum is broken up into four sections, each dedicated to broadening students’ education and intellectual skills. The Liberal Skills Requirement consists of WRT 105 and 205, a writing intensive class and a language or quantitative skills class. The Divisional Perspectives Requirement is the largest section, with four courses in each of the three curricular Arts and Sciences divisions, as well as a required sequence (two classes within the same field of study).

The Critical Reflections on Ethical and Social Issues Requirement contains three courses to encourage students to think critically about social and ethical issues.

Lastly, the IDEA Requirement is two courses that promote the concepts of inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility.

When I decided to come to SU, I was thrilled to go to a school where I thought I would be able to focus solely on my major and topics that I was interested in.

I had purposely avoided small liberal arts colleges, dreading the idea that I would be forced to take classes about things I didn’t care for. Perhaps this was

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due to my lack of research, but I was greatly disappointed when I arrived at SU and learned about the Liberal Arts Core.

As a political science major, I dreaded the idea of taking natural science courses, a subject area I had stopped taking my senior year of high school and assumed that I would never have to take again. I have found myself the most unhappy at SU when I am taking natural science classes, as I am this semester. I hate going to class, I leave homework until the last minute, and I feel unmotivated to study for tests and exams.

This is by no fault of the people teaching me, but rather my complete disregard for what I am learning. I feel that these courses have no real value to my life and career outside of SU. Similarly, I have been extremely dissatisfied with the writing classes I have taken at SU. Again, I find that these classes don’t offer unique or exciting knowledge about how to improve, but rather tedious projects and research that make me less inclined to look forward to writing. I have found more joy from writing papers in law and political science classes than in the required writing courses.

Of course, there are aspects of the Liberal Arts Core that are essential. It is obviously important that students take classes for their major and their degree. It’s vital that students learn about social and ethical issues, as well as inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility. These are concepts and skills that will serve students throughout their entire lives and career, regardless of the field that they enter. But forcing students to take classes that won’t serve them, will never be used in their career and only make them miserable, is not beneficial to the students nor the professors that teach them.

By requiring students to take classes they do not want to take, SU wastes not only the students’

time but also the professors’.

Professors who are experts in their field and passionate about their work and area want to teach students who share such passion.

Instead, professors and teaching assistants may end up teaching students who are bored, unmotivated and uninterested in the subject matter.

Subsequently, students will not put effort into a class they don’t want to take. In our first lab of the semester, my natural science TA told us he didn’t want to ask us why we were taking the class, because he knew our answers would all be the same: it’s a requirement. I can’t imagine it’s enlightening or enriching for professors and TAs to teach students who would rather be anywhere else. If anything, it might be as hard for them as it is for the students.

For many students, the opportunity for a well-rounded education was in high school. Taking classes in multiple different subjects for four years is supposed to help narrow down one’s interest, allowing them to focus on that in college. When they’re required to continue this type of curriculum into college, many SU students aren’t taking classes they enjoy until their junior year, previously being too busy finishing their Liberal Arts Core.

This method of education is unfair to students who are eager and prepared to start learning about their broad subject or niche interests early in their college education. While an interdisciplinary education is important, SU should be conducting it in a way that allows students the freedom to explore subject areas that they want to study, rather than those that they feel forced to.

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OVID-19 severely hindered the course of universities across the nation, bringing out the good, bad and the ugly side of education trends in the U.S. I traveled back home to India when Syracuse University shut down in March of 2020. I was clearly naive enough to believe that this situation gave rise to the perfect solution for a home-sick international student, however, I did not take into account the cost of online learning and the time difference.

Waking up at 4 a.m. Indian Standard Time to complete a statistics exam and staying up until 3 a.m. to complete my screenwriting class was rough. On the other hand, I also had asynchronous classes, which were blessings in disguise. Then, about one and a half years later, there we all were, back on campus, vowing to adhere to all the preventative measures and trying to return to normalcy. However, an important question has been left unanswered: must online learning be abandoned post-pandemic?

In favor of offline learning, I would say that in-person classes create a more stimulating environment for students and the professors. It erases a sense of isolation by bringing students together and putting them in a more responsible and personal atmosphere. It also mitigates the risk of potential internet issues and the possibility of students getting distracted by their computer.

All in all, in-person classes provide students with the traditional college experience, allowing them to meet new people and build their social circle by physically interacting with fellow students and professors. It helps students beat laziness and remain aware of their surroundings while behaving in a professional manner on campus. This is a unique experience that online learning spectacularly fails to provide.

On the contrary, online classes can work in favor of those who live with social anxiety or attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder, both of which can be heightened because of the environment built around physically interactive sessions.

In-person classes can make a lot of students feel uneasy when they sit with a group of people they don’t know, making students distracted and uncomfortable.

Online learning is a great way to make resources available for students, increasing accessibility and reducing

the stress of hand-writing information. I have witnessed a wide variety of learning styles introduced by different professors over the course of the pandemic and don’t see why the virtual class styles must be abandoned.

Now we must find a way to inculcate the trend of online learning into the traditional in-person university.

From a student’s point of view, this really depends on the kind of class being taught. For example, taking a sociology class online sounds a lot simpler than a physics lab class.

Likewise, a human development and family science class would be a lot more convenient than a cinematography class. Nevertheless, every student has a set of electives to complete over the course of their program. Having a few of those courses taught online would be really efficient in terms of productivity and a major time-saver for students.

Many classes that are mostly verbal lectures and discussion heavy could be done asynchronously, giving students the flexibility to review notes, complete assignments and participate in discussions at ease, submitting the given tasks by the end of each week. Such courses help provide a good balance in a student’s academic schedule as they spend more time and effort focusing on excelling in their major courses.

SU has a collection of the most popular or commonly chosen classes (especially by freshmen and sophomores) to fulfill general elective requirements such as PSY 205 and SOC 101. I believe that these classes have the potential of being just as constructive and successful if taught online. Furthermore, these classes don’t require rigorous examination to test a student’s grasp on the subject, as that requirement can be fulfilled through periodic discussion posts, papers and quizzes.

Universities can continue existing the way they have, even after infusing the trend of online learning. The world is constantly evolving and the digital era will soon take over, as it is already beginning to.

Online learning is a start of something new, and our university must play to the strengths of both types of learning and implant the new digital way to educate students. The only challenge is fostering online learning while trying to maintain the virtues of physically interactive learning in a digital age.

Shriya Anitha Vinod Menon is a junior television, radio and film major with a minor in psychology. Her column appears bi-weekly, and she can be reached at svmenon@syr.edu.

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Despite some advancements in female representation, harmful character tropes are still prevalent for women in film

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he femme fatale, the crazy ex-girlfriend, the ice queen — female characters are no stranger to stereotypes. Historically, women are portrayed as traditionally feminine archetypes and afforded specific, niche narratives. Though Hollywood has progressed significantly in female representation, these stereotypical character tropes continue to dominate the big screen, perpetuating unattainable beauty standards and marring women’s self-worth.

In their “The Future is Female” study, the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University

of Southern California examined the 900 top grossing movies of the past decade, specifically women ages 6-20 and the extent to which they were typecast. Findings include 35.8% of female characters depicted doing chores — 93.2% of those being “stereotypically feminine” — 12.2% of women engaging in STEM-related activities and 31.7% of females in an academic setting.

Professor Stacy L. Smith, one of the study’s researchers, described this discovery in an interview with the Annenberg School.

“The entertainment industry continues to tell stories that bear little resemblance to the reality of today’s girls and young women,” she said. “Where are their intellectual pursuits? Their

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Anything But Beer provides gluten-free options to Syracuse

By Sophie Cohen asst. digital editor

Brittany Berry didn’t know what to expect when she built her glutenfree beer business from the ground up with only one person by her side.

When a building in downtown Syracuse was available for rent, Berry jumped on the opportunity to open a restaurant.

Located on South Salina Street in downtown Syracuse, Anything But Beer has been serving locals, college students and tourists with dietary restrictions since 2017.

Berry and her business partner, Logan Bonney, are both Syracuse University alumni who have an

affinity for the city of Syracuse and creating food and drinks that can be consumed by anyone, regardless of their dietary restrictions.

“A lot of people who either don’t like the taste of beer or who can’t drink beer because of dietary restrictions, such as being glutenfree, are feeling left out of casual drinking experiences,” Berry said.

“I wanted to change that.”

At SU, Bonney studied entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, and Berry studied industrial and interaction design with a focus on user research in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

After graduating, Bonney and

Berry knew they wanted to do something in the fermentable realm and began doing events and wholesale distribution with their gluten-free beer in 2017.

Before opening the restaurant in 2020, their products were in 300 locations and gaining traction at breweries around Syracuse, Berry said. ABB makes vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free food completely from scratch.

“Right before COVID hit, we decided that beer is not the only thing that is missing. People with gluten restrictions also can’t eat lots of foods at restaurants,” Berry said. “I wanted to make a restaurant where people can enjoy their life

and go out because so many people are eating at home when they have dietary restrictions.”

Berry said that downtown Syracuse has a huge foodie presence.

Normally, a gluten-free restaurant wouldn’t be able to survive in other small cities, but the loyal customer base proved that ABB belongs to the city of Syracuse, she said.

“Because Syracuse is such a diverse city, we are serving people with dietary restrictions across all ethnicities, income brackets and job fields,” Berry said. “We see a really wide variety of people, because we may be the only place where that person can safely enjoy a meal.”

Ania Lache, a customer at ABB,

said she enjoys all of its unique alcoholic seltzer options The Fluffer a vanilla flavored seltzer or the Hydra Hibiscus seltzer.

“I’m not gluten-free or anything, but I have always thought beer is gross,” Lache said. “Anything But Beer has such creative seltzer flavors, I love the green tea and hibiscus one.”

The restaurant opened one month before COVID-19 mandated closures of all nonessential businesses, which completely changed the trajectory of ABB’s newly opened space.

Berry saw a lot of growth in Syracuse before COVID-19 shut down the entire city, she said. When offices in downtown Syracuse transitioned to see beer page 7

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University Union will host a screening of the hit 2001 comedy film “Legally Blonde” on Wednesday, March 30, to celebrate Women’s History Month, UU announced in a press release.

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tropes interest in STEM? Their desire for justice and equality? Those passions are not being shown with frequency in popular movies.”

The study’s primary focus explored the hypersexualization of female characters. According to the study, teenage girls were nearly four times more likely to be costumed in promiscuous clothing than teenage boys. They were also about twice as likely to be depicted in partial nudity over male counterparts, same as having thin figures.

These fi ndings are not unique to the Annenberg study, nor to the teenage demographic. Another study conducted by Plan International compared female characters in high-level leadership roles to male characters and their on-screen portrayals.

The study found that the female leaders or bosses were four times more likely to have scenes containing nudity than their male counterparts. Nearly one third of powerful female characters were costumed in revealing clothing, while that percent was only 7% for male characters. The study said that “playing a boss does not stop women being treated as eye candy in fi lms.”

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remote work, though, ABB had to close for lunch.

“COVID has truly been a rollercoaster with the restaurant,” Berry said. “Maybe three times throughout the peak periods of COVID we have had to completely close or change our business hours.”

ABB started with 38 people on the team, but some temporary layoffs were made in the beginning of the pandemic.

Michael Koval, a bartender and server who has been working at ABB since July 2020, has experienced the ups and downs of working in hospitality during the pandemic. Koval remembers customers yelling at him about COVID-19 rules because every restaurant in downtown implemented its own set of policies.

“It’s been a difficult couple of years,” Koval said. “Customers didn’t always make my job the easiest, especially getting people to wear masks when they weren’t seated.”

Due to the shrunken size of the ABB team, Berry became the head of the human resources department and is currently the general manager for the restaurant, on top of being the chief marketing officer and chief operating officer.

Berry has learned a lot since stepping into the human resources role, and being able to coach people through difficult times is a responsibility she never imagined undertaking, she said.

“If you knew me personally, you never would have guessed I’m the HR manager. But I actually think I have flourished in this role,” Berry said.

“It has taught me a lot about interpersonal communication and how to be more compassionate.”

Koval said that he considered quitting multiple times throughout the pandemic because of rude customers and bad reviews on Yelp. But Berry’s leadership and care for her employees has made him stay.

“She is a mama bear — Brittany looks out for us no matter what,” Koval said. “I know she loses sleep over making sure her team is taken

students to attend, the release said.

“Legally Blonde,” based on the novel of the same name by Amanda Brown, stars Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair and Jennifer Coolidge. Witherspoon was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance, and the film’s success led to the 2003 sequel, “Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde,” and a 2007 Broadway musical. are higher grossing over those that do not.

Adriana Mucedola, a doctoral candidate in the Newhouse School of Public Communications, said that this phenomenon and the way it dominates female media is present across all spheres, not just fi lm.

“Historically sex has ‘sold’ because it’s a technique to garner attention for consumers. This is a common problem not in movies, but media in general: the objectification of women. … Women are expected to be these docile creatures who have the sole purpose to please men,” Mucedola said. “Sex sells for that very reason, it is a very easy marketing ploy.”

Mucedola, whose research examines female portrayals in advertising and its impact on females, said that these hypersexualized depictions can have grave implications on those consuming them, particularly selfobjectification. She also related this back to cinematic portrayals.

“Women will internalize people’s objectification of them and then project that onto themselves. … Most women don’t look like the women we see on the big screen. It does take a big mental toll on people to constantly engage in social comparison,” Mucedola said.

“You might think, ‘I don’t look like that, what’s wrong with me?’ ... ‘Her worth comes from her looks and if I don’t look like that, then my worth must not mean anything.’”

Mucedola added that when the mediacare of over her own well-being.”

Courtney Kahler, the catering sales manager at ABB, is the newest addition to the team.

Kahler joked that she was ABB’s “No. 1 fan” when it first opened.

Kahler has always been drawn to ABB because she passionately dislikes regular beer.

Now that she has a position at ABB, she is inspired by Berry’s leadership skills and care for her employees.

“Brittany is a straight up boss babe, queen.

She is everywhere and can do it all. Sometimes she’s in the kitchen, sometimes she’s behind the bar, and other times she is running around doing managerial work,” Kahler said.

Berry’s most rewarding days are when she ends up in the kitchen, she said. She loves doing physical work and getting feedback from customers thanking her and the kitchen staff for what they do.

“Being in the kitchen is very different from the administrative work I do. It’s really strenuous and physical, but you are actively feeding people,” Berry said. “When the wait staff comes down and tells us that a person is so thrilled and thankful for their meal, it is the best feeling.”

ABB is Berry’s “baby” because of the community she has built within the restaurant between her staff and returning customers, she said.

Berry also fondly recalled a recent high school graduate who ate at ABB with her boyfriend, family or by herself a few times a week.

She said she loved to see the joy on the girl’s face when she introduced her favorite dishes to her loved ones.

“Celiac disease and dietary restrictions are very serious. When parents come in with their kids who can’t eat at any other restaurant but ours, it’s just the best feeling in the world,” Berry said.

“To know that I have provided a place where these people can enjoy their experience with food is such an incredible feeling, it is hard to express it in words.” shcohen@syr.edu @sopcoh

A third film written by Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor is in development, with Witherspoon and Coolidge set to reprise their roles.

Thomas Simmons, UU’s Cinemas Director, said that the screening of this movie during Women’s History Month will bring a special end to the month. “I believed it would be an excellent idea to conclude Women’s History Month with a special screening

like this, and I very much look forward to it,” Simmons said in the press release.

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driven standard of beauty is hypersexualized, women begin to view themselves through the same lens, objectifying themselves and viewing their worth solely based on physical attractiveness.

The data from studies such as “The Future is Female,” Reuters’ comparison of powerful female characters to males and countless others don’t really come as a shock, Mucedola said.

Mucedola said that filmmakers and pro-

duction companies must consider not only their bottom line but the eyes their story will reach and the implicit messages their depictions of female characters will perpetuate.

As Ann Lovell, one of the Annenberg study’s funders, said, “Girls and young women are a vital part of our global future, and … popular films do not value their stories. … We can and must do more for them.” scszydli@syr.edu

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ith the 94th Academy Awards around the corner, the 2022 awards season is fi nally about to come to a close. Now that the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards and British Academy Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs) are in the rearview, audiences around the world are actively anticipating the Oscars’ outcome. Will Ariana DeBose and Will Smith complete their respective sweeps in this year’s awards circuit? Will Jane Campion make history as the third woman to win best director?

Here are The Daily Orange’s choices for who will take home a golden statue on Sunday, predicted by three of our Screentime columnists:

Best Picture

Nate Lechner: “The Power of the Dog” This has been the best picture frontrunner since the beginning of the awards cycle, and I don’t see the pattern breaking. Campion delivered a sprawling Western featuring a beautiful story, led by remarkable performances from its four lead actors, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee. Although rather drawn-out at times, it’s a tremendous accomplishment by Campion and will be the film to deliver Netflix its first best picture award.

Samuel Rivo: “CODA” A 2021 Sundance Film Festival selection that sold for a festival record $25 million, “CODA” is a coming-of-age drama about a child of deaf adults — or “CODA” — who’s balancing her aspirations of becoming a singer with her family obligations. I think Hollywood’s hesitancy to give Netflix a best picture Oscar in the past could help “CODA” go from dark horse candidate to the ultimate winner this year, as the Academy may prefer to reward a smaller tech company turned film distributor called — *checks notes* — Apple.

Henry O’Brien: “CODA” Sian Heder’s “CODA” has picked up a lot of steam as of late, winning the Darryl F. Zanuck Award at the 2022 Producers Guild Awards.

This award has served as a good indicator of who will win the award in years past. In fact, seven of the award’s last 10 winners went on to win best picture at the Oscars. With this in mind, I feel that this heart-warming and powerful story about the wonderful Rossi family will shock many and win the biggest prize in Holly wood.

Three D.O. Screentime columnists gave their opinions on which films, actors and directors will walk home with an Oscar Best Director

Rivo: Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog” The slow burn Western follows a domineering rancher who finds himself at a crossroad when his brother brings home his new wife and her son to their ranch in 1920s Montana. Led by a careerbest performance from Cumberbatch, Campion uses her muse to highlight themes of toxic masculinity. Campion’s clear attention to detail and precision may lead her to victory.

O’Brien: Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog” Campion became known to the world with 1993’s “The Piano,” which presented her with the first Oscar nomination of her career. However, I believe that with her most recent masterpiece, she will become the second female director to win in two years (after Chloé Zhao in 2021).

Campion subverts the Western genre with her trademark themes in her latest project, creating one of the finest films of 2021.

Best Adapted Screenplay

Rivo: Sian Heder, “CODA” In a film that relies on both American Sign Language and English to tell the story, “CODA” features a script that is designed for its actors and makes the audience laugh, cry and feel good throughout. Although I think a movie like “Drive My Car” could pull off the upset here, I expect “CODA” to win easily in this category.

O’Brien: Sian Heder, “CODA” Like best picture, I feel this award could go either for this film or “The Power of the Dog.” But in most award shows that feature a relatively similar voting base — such as the Writers Guild Awards, where it won best adapted screenplay — voters have clearly taken a liking to Heder’s work.

Best Original Screenplay

O’Brien: Adam McKay, “Don’t Look Up” I’m going to be perfectly honest, I don’t think this is a very good movie, and I know I’m not alone.

But this film’s screenplay has been winning many awards, including the WGA’s best original screenplay award. So as much as I want Paul Thomas Anderson to win for “Licorice Pizza,” McKay’s funny dialogue in this below-average allegory of climate change will take home the award.

Best Actor

Lechner: Will Smith, “King Richard” The time has come. After more than 30 years of being in the public eye, featuring a career in hip-hop, television

and film acting, Smith is in line to receive his first Academy Award for acting. In his role as Richard Williams, the father of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams, Smith shows real humility and emotion in what is easily his best acting to date.

Following wins at the SAG Awards and BAFTAs, it seems very clear that Smith will take home the best actor award come Sunday.

Rivo: Will Smith, “King Richard” In his best performance since his Red Table Talk interview, Smith pulls out all the stops as Richard Williams to deliver a charismatic and complex character study about fathers, daughters and believing in who we are capable of being. It’s about time the Oscars “get jiggy wit it.”

O’Brien: Will Smith, “King Richard” Smith’s unofficial Oscars campaign began back in November in Brooklyn. And so far, it has been pretty successful. His inspired performance has repeatedly won over voters this awards season, and it will do the same with the Academy.

Best Actress

Rivo: Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter” Olivia Colman illustrates the unspoken role and struggles of motherhood as Leda in “The Lost Daughter.” Her performance is subtle, reining in her emotion as opposed to the more showy nominated roles, such as Jessica Chastain in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” and Nicole Kidman in “Being the Ricardos.” After winning in this category for “The Favourite” in 2018, I expect Colman to win her second Oscar on Sunday night.

O’Brien: Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” This category is stacked with some phenomenal performances, including Colman in “The Lost Daughter” and Kristen Stewart in “Spencer.” But Chastain’s performance as Tammy Faye Bakker elevated a mediocre film into a watchable one, which will help her get the credit she has deserved for a while now.

Best Original Score

Lechner: Hans Zimmer, “Dune” Hans Zimmer has written some of the most unique and iconic film scores of all time, including “The Lion King,” “The Dark Knight” and “Dunkirk,” and his work on “Dune” is no exception. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Zimmer explained that he wanted the film to feature a score with many different tones and colors for all of the different characters and settings. In order to achieve this, Zimmer went so far as to create new instruments and sounds, and the finished score adds to the already grand spectacle of “Dune.” After decades of composing incredible scores, I think that it’s time for Zimmer to, once again, reach the pinnacle of Hollywood with an Academy Award win. Syracuse, said Bert Borth, the assistant general manager at the club. Past acts have included Rob Schneider and Cedric the Entertainer — both big-time stand-up comedy and film stars. culture@dailyorange.com

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buddy after the game, Ike, his assistant coaches and all the players were laughing about the scenes during the game. Since then, Ike has seen Buddy play a big role for Syracuse, which has helped his program grow.

“What (Buddy and Jimmy are) doing now is continuing to help our program,” Ike said.

“The work and the effort that they’ve put in for their whole life to get to where they’re at … it’s still paying dividends in our program to this day.”

Terrence Echols, school teammate

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really happy and I remember that moment.

It was probably the best moment I had as his high school teammate.”

Jonathan Danilich, Otto’s Army senior advisor and former Otto’s Army President

Both Danilich and Buddy arrived at SU in 2018. Danilich remembers the expectations on campus for Buddy being fairly low his freshman year as most people thought Buddy would just be a sixth man. But after breaking out at the ACC Tournament in 2019, Danilich said things started to change.

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Echols and Buddy played youth baseball and basketball before playing alongside each other at Jamesville-DeWitt. Echols’ favorite memory with Buddy came on the court during Echols’ senior year in 2017, when Buddy scored 40 points in their regional championship game against Lansingburgh High School.

“That’s something that I’ll remember for as long as I can remember,” Echols said. “He put the entire central New York area on notice (about) the type of player he was with dropping 40 points in that regional championship game.”

Their day started with Echols going over to Buddy’s house to get shots up, like they did on most game days. Echols said he and Buddy both got nervous before games but Buddy was never the type to show his nerves.

Coincidentally, Echols remembers his team started out in a 2-3 zone with the entire team starting hot on offense. By this point, Jimmy had graduated, so the team’s offense revolved around Buddy and Echols said Buddy was scoring from all over the court with “a whole bunch of crazy shots.”

It wasn’t until after the win that Echols and the rest of the team realized how many points Buddy scored. Echols remembered looking up at the monitor and seeing the number 40 next to Buddy’s name. The team rushed Buddy in celebration after his efforts to secure the crucial win.

“There’s a picture … of me jumping into his arms right after we had won,” Echols said.

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goalies Stony Brook. SU’s inconsistencies in net have led to it allowing 13 goals per game, the 16thmost in the country.

“They’re pretty evenly matched. We’ve kind of just been going week by week and making the tough decision on who’s going to start,” Gait said. “But they’re both on board, they’re both working hard, and they’re both ready to go when we need them.”

Gavin played the first half of the seasonopening win over Holy Cross but then played the entirety of the Orange’s losses to Maryland and Virginia, the then-top two teams in the country. He stopped 11 and 12 shots in both games, respectively but also allowed 14 goals to the Terrapins and 20 to the Cavaliers. Then against Army, he was pulled after conceding five goals, after his first-quarter save percentage finished below 30%.

Gavin struggled to stop low, bouncing shots from Army. Thompson came in and had the same struggle while recording nine saves in three periods.

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temple attempts and has recorded 24 goals from the free position total this season. The Owls have held opponents to a rate that results in more misses than makes.

I can’t put it into words how much it’s meant to me to play here. I’ve worked my whole life to play here … I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

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A native of Charlottesville, Virginia, Danilich estimated about half of his graduating high school class went on to attend the University of Virginia, James Madison University or Virginia Tech. Both his parents are also UVA fans, and with UVA and VT both being in the ACC, those games mean more to Danilich.

On Jan. 11, 2020, Danilich attended the kind of game he said he hated to watch in the moment. UVA was the defending national champions, and hosted Syracuse at John Paul Jones Arena, where SU had not won since 2007.

Then, with just about 80 seconds left in overtime and Syracuse up five, Joe Girard III threw a pass behind Buddy. With just four seconds left on the shot clock, Buddy quickly collected the ball and rose for a one-handed 3-pointer with a defender draped all over him.

Buddy’s shot banked in and sunk the dagger into Cavaliers fans in the arena.

“I remember him walking down the court with that little smug look on his face like, ‘There’s no way that should have gone in but it did,’” Danilich said.

Matt Park, Voice of the Orange

As the Voice of the Orange since 2004, Park has watched dozens of players filter through Syracuse. His favorite stretch of games with Buddy came during last year’s NCAA Tournament run to the Sweet Sixteen, where “he just was lights out for a two or three-week stretch.” But for all of Buddy’s exploits on the court, it’s his interactions with the fans that Park really remembers.

Earlier this season, Syracuse traveled to Cameron Indoor Stadium to take on then-No. 6 Duke. The Orange were blown out by 20 points and Buddy struggled, scoring just seven points on 1-for-10 shooting from 3. But after the game, Park recalled walking out to the bus and seeing a young boy with his father waiting to take a picture with Buddy.

Park remembers watching Buddy taking the time to stop and smile for a photo with the kid before continuing onto the bus.

“That kid doesn’t know or care that Buddy had one of his worst games of the year,” Park said. “(But) Buddy is not going to let that impact his interaction with the kid. He knows that the kid looks up to him and is always going to remember him.”

Park credits Buddy literally growing up within the program as the reason why he understands the relationship with fans so much. For some fans, that game at Duke might be the only game they see in person all year, Park said.

“All along (he) was just a guy from our area and a fan of the program before he was ever a player in it,” Park said. “He’s going to leave quite the legacy.”

Jim Boeheim, SU head coach and Buddy’s father Despite finishing under .500 for the first time in his 46-year tenure, Boeheim said this year was the best season he has ever had in coaching. After the ACC Tournament loss to Duke, Boeheim recounted some of his memories of his two sons.

He remembered the days when he’d come

home postgame and watch tapes with a then4-year-old Buddy. Sometimes Buddy would watch them on his own. Boeheim said that back then, he didn’t think Buddy would ever make it to Syracuse, let alone lead the ACC in scoring.

“How many guys get to play at Syracuse from upstate New York? Not many,” Boeheim said. “We’ve had a handful in my 46 years.

So I didn’t think he would get there, (but) he wouldn’t take no for an answer.”

One game Boeheim will never forget came at the Peach Jam basketball tournament.

Buddy and Girard faced Penny Hardaway’s No. 1 AAU team in the nation. Boeheim remembered Buddy hitting seven 3s and Girard adding five of his own to give their team a big win.

“Roy Williams walked by and said, ‘You’d better take that kid.’ And this coach from Penny came by and said, ‘What was that about? What were they doing?’ I said, ‘Well, you didn’t guard him,’” Boeheim said laughing. “But that’s when I decided we were going to take Buddy.”

Buddy Boeheim

As he departs Syracuse, Buddy said he has experienced a plethora of memorable moments. But when asked about his favorite memory from his final season, both Buddy and his dad agreed that it was playing alongside Jimmy. Buddy singled out Syracuse’s doubleovertime win over Indiana as his favorite game this season for that reason.

“It was one of (Jimmy’s) first big games against a real good team,” Buddy said. “Just a lot of emotions really kind of sunk in, that I was playing with my brother out there and just a special moment, having fans back, especially after last year.”

But after growing up watching his dad coach the program and working his way all the way up to being the focal point of his dad’s team, Buddy said it’s the little things he’ll miss the most.

“The bus rides, talking to my dad after games, working out with (Gerry McNamara) before practice for an hour every day,” Buddy said. “I can’t put it into words how much it’s meant to me to play here. I’ve worked my whole life to play here … I wouldn’t trade it for anything.” gshetty@syr.edu

In the 2021-22 season, now-seniors Moloughney and Bellefontaine combined with fifthyear players Jessica DiGirolamo and Victoria Klimek to create a “super senior class.” This, along with solid freshmen Madison Primeau and Sarah Marchand, helped the Orange jump

from a slow start in October and November to a run in January and February where they only lost one game.

In the CHA Tournament, Flanagan coached SU to back-to-back overtime victories against RIT and Mercyhurst to secure

the program’s second conference championship. The Orange eventually lost to Quinnipiac 4-0 in the regional semifinals in the NCAA Tournament.

6-0 first-half run — Nichtern held the ball behind the net on another long possession in SU’s zone. After a pick set by Army’s Paul Johnson on Dami Oladunmoye, Nichtern found an opening, passing to Danny Kielbasa near the crease. Kielbasa surprised Thompson with a bouncing shot, finding the back of the net as the sophomore goalie held his stick too high.

Thompson earned his first career start the following week against Hobart. Syracuse was in control throughout the early stages of the game, but a 3-0 run by the Statesmen clawed them back into what turned out to be a backand-forth game.

All three of those goals came from close range, just like Kielbasa’s goal against Thompson. The first two came on open feeds where Hobart’s goal scorer had plenty of space to fire a shot past Thompson. On the third score, which tied the game at 6-6, Thompson and SU were a man down and Ryan Archer was wideopen 10 yards away from goal. Murphy slid over late, and Archer had time to set up a side arm shot that went between Thompson’s legs as he held his stick high to block the top corner.

Gavin played the final 20 minutes, holding

off Hobart enough for a two-goal Syracuse win as he made three saves. Still, it was Thompson who earned the start against then-No. 19 Johns Hopkins.

of the opening period and 2:24 into the final frame. While Thompson improved on saving close range and low shots, he continued to make mistakes that left Syracuse vulnerable.

With Johns Hopkins’ scoring leader, Joey Epstein, stopped behind the net with the ball, Thompson retreated to the cage to try and block his passing lane. But Epstein’s pass went to the opposite side of the goal and found an onrushing Johnathan Peshko, who slotted home the open-net shot to give Johns Hopkins its first multi-goal lead of the game.

Gavin got the start six days later, finishing with a season-high 13 saves against unranked Stony Brook. Tied 5-5 at the half, the Seawolves had taken one more shot on goal than Syracuse, forcing six second-period saves out of Gavin.

But as SU’s offense took over, Gavin saw less action in the second half. An 8-0 run helped the Orange dominate possession and hold Stony Brook to just nine second-half shots on goal. Gavin stopped five of them.

“We got Bobby to start last game to get him back and make sure we didn’t lose him and kept him focused,” Gait said. “And he did a great job.”

Against Kennesaw State, Temple gave up nine free position attempts but held KSU to two makes in a 19-11 win. While Syracuse has the advantage against the Owls statistically, if the game remains close this could be a crucial factor if the Orange are held in check by the Temple defense.

Player to watch: Belle Mastropietro, midfield, No. 12

They’re pretty evenly matched. We’ve kind of just been going week by week and making the tough decision on who’s going to start Gary Gait

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Thompson, who played the full game for the first and only time this season, made seven saves, fewer than he made in his limited action against Army and Hobart. All seven came in the first and fourth quarters as Thompson didn’t make a save between the final buzzer

Mastropietro leads the team in points and draw controls, and she is second with 12 assists. Against Rutgers, who was ranked No. 13 at the time, the junior scored five goals on perfect five-for-five shooting. She

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women’s basketball

Chrislyn Carr, Christianna Carr enter transfer portal

By Anthony Alandt

digital managing editor

Syracuse seniors Chrislyn Carr and Christianna Carr announced Wednesday that they have entered the transfer portal after one season with the Orange. Chrislyn averaged 14.2 points and 2.6 assists per game while Christianna averaged 11.7 points and 4.6 rebounds per game.

Chrislyn and Christianna both transferred

to Syracuse last May. Chrislyn arrived after three seasons at Texas Tech and Christianna following three seasons with Kansas State.

Syracuse has now seen three players this week enter the transfer portal after freshman Julianna Walker’s decision on Monday.

Chrislyn cemented herself as one of the Orange’s three main guards in a starting five that rarely changed throughout the season.

Despite some games of inconsistent play, turnovers and poor shooting, Chrislyn finished the

year with team highs in 3-point shooting and field goal percentage.

She is now in search of her fourth stop in college and her sixth stop overall since high school.

“It’s been challenging, just being at different places,” Chrislyn told The Daily Orange prior to the season. She defined herself as an “up-tempo player,” which translated well to acting head coach Vonn Read’s fast-paced style of play this season, one that incorporated a full court press.

Syracuse’s lack of size forced Christianna

inside for the first time in her career, a change she said she had a difficult time initially adjusting to. But Read recognized Syracuse’s lack of size following a winless Battle 4 Atlantis tournament and made midseason switch to a fiveout offense. Christianna, along with forward Alaysia Styles, battled down low for the Orange for the majority of the season, but Christianna still finished shooting 34.3% from deep. anthonyalandt29@yahoo.com @anthonyalandt

men’s lacrosse

Opponent preview: Everything to know about No. 11 Duke

By Anish Vasudevan asst. sports editor

Syracuse bounced back from an upset loss to Johns Hopkins with a convincing 14-9 win over Stony Brook. Tucker Dordevic, who was quiet against the Blue Jays, scored a careerhigh six goals and three assists in the victory.

After two road games, the Orange return back to the Carrier Dome for their second Atlantic Coast Conference matchup of the year against Duke, which has yet to play a conference opponent. The Orange are in danger of finishing under .500 for the first time since 2007, needing a win over the Blue Devils to get back on track.

Here’s everything you need to know about No. 11 Duke (8-3, 0-0 Atlantic Coast) before it plays Syracuse (3-4, 0-1 ACC) on Saturday:

All-time series

Syracuse leads the all-time series 13-7.

Last time they played

Syracuse last faced Duke in its sixth game of the 2021 season, almost pulling off an upset against the then-No. 2 Blue Devils as it narrowly fell 15-14.

The Orange kept the game close in the first period, only down one score heading into the

second. But Jakob Phaup struggled in the X against Jake Naso, allowing the Blue Devils to go on a 7-0 run to take hold of the game.

Still, Chase Scanlan and Stephen Rehfuss led Syracuse on a comeback run in the second half, with Dordevic even scoring unassisted in the fourth to give the Orange their first lead of the game. But Duke finished strong in the last five minutes, scoring on a man-up opportunity before Michael Sowers connected on the final shot to seal the win.

“It all happened so fast,” Rehfuss said. “We tried. We got the looks. It just didn’t go our way.”

The Blue Devils report

Duke has yet to play a conference opponent this season with its first 11 games of the year against a variety of mid-tier nonconference teams. The Blue Devils’ best showing came against then-No. 11 Denver, when Brennan O’Neill scored four goals to help them to a 19-10 win. It’s been able to score through its offensive distribution with 8.73 assists per game, the seventh-most in the country.

The reason behind Duke’s offensive success has been its ability to win faceoffs, sitting right behind Syracuse in the national rankings with a 57.9% win percentage. The Blue Devils are also second in the ACC in man-up scoring

percentage, successfully finding the back of the net on 64.3% of opportunities.

How Syracuse beats the Blue Devils

With the Blue Devils having one of the best defenses in the country, the Orange need their offense to get going on Saturday. Its offense has struggled against top defenses as players other than Dordevic have not been able to find the back of the net.

Like other defenses, Duke will likely double Dordevic, meaning that Brendan Curry and Owen Seebold need to get open opportunities to keep SU in the game. And at the faceoff X, Phaup will again be slated against Naso, who is the nation’s leader in faceoffs won with a percentage of 61.4%. If Phaup can win at the X, and get the ball to Curry and Seebold, then the Orange should have a chance to pull off the upset. But if he can’t, then they will likely be on the losing end for the fifth time this season.

Stat to know: 10.82 goals allowed per game

The Blue Devils have the 29th-best scoring defense nationally, currently sitting as the second-highest ranked defense in the ACC. They’ve been able to hold nonconference

opponents to less than 11 goals with the help of fifth-year senior goalie Mike Adler.

Gary Gait said earlier this season that if a goalie has a 50% save percentage, then they’re constantly giving the offense a chance. Adler has a save percentage of 55% so far this season.

And the Blue Devils defense forces 7.91 turnovers per game while picking up 36.09 ground balls per game.

Player to watch: Brennan O’Neill, No. 34, attack

O’Neill fi nished last season with 45 points and 10 assists, recording a shot-ongoal percentage of 64.2%. The sophomore was the No. 1 recruit from the 2020 recruiting class, using his dominant left hand to confuse opposing defenses.

O’Neill has carried his momentum from last year into this season, with a team-high 32 goals and 42 points. He’s turned over the ball 12 times, but he’s picked up 20 ground balls as well, able to outmuscle opponents with his 6-foot-2 and 225-pound frame. Without Sowers, O’Neill will be the biggest challenge for SU’s defense, who will likely put Brett Kennedy on him to try and silence his dominance. anish.sujeet@gmail.com @anish_vasu

women’s lacrosse

Opponent preview: Everything to know about Temple

By Adam McCaffery staff writer

After going 2-1 on a three-game road trip, Syracuse will return home to square off against Temple in its first game at the Carrier Dome in nearly three weeks.

In its first road game, Syracuse triumphed over No. 14 Virginia by six goals. Meaghan Tyrrell recorded her second consecutive fivegoal game. Emma Tyrrell and Megan Carney each added a hat trick before traveling to face the No. 13 Gators, where Syracuse was handed its second loss of the season.

In the final game of the road trip, Syracuse bounced back with a win against No. 24 Virginia Tech, its seventh consecutive ranked opponent, in a dominant 17-5 effort. Now, the Orange host the Owls, their first unranked opponent in just about a month and a half.

Here’s what you need to know about Temple (7-3, 0-0 American Athletic Conference):

Last time they played:

Saturday’s game will be the first meeting between the two teams.

The Owls Report:

Temple recently dropped games against Princeton and Rutgers, the only two ranked opponents it has played this season. However, the Owls are coming off a 13-10 win over Monmouth on Wednesday and will look to win their third straight game against the Orange.

Temple averages 12.9 goals per game, but the Owls sit 21st nationally in draw control

wins with a 55.5% success rate. Junior Belle Mastropietro leads the Owls with 54 draw controls while Maddie Barber has won 35 herself.

Mastropietro and graduate student Quinn Nicolai power the Owls’ offense with a combined 65 goals on the season.

36.4% Temple holds its opponents to a free position rate to a rate that results in more misses than makes.

How Syracuse beats Temple

Syracuse has a 151-122 advantage over opponents in draw controls this season. Temple also has 18 more draw controls than its opponents combined. If Syracuse wants to maximize its opportunities against a steady Temple defense, Kate Mashewske needs to outplay Mastropietro at the draw circle.

Converting on free position shots will be important too, as Temple has held opponents to only 12 free position goals this season and goalie Annie Carroll currently has a 42.save percentage.

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Flanagan retires as SU’s head coach

By Henry O’Brien

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BUDDY’S FAREWELL Buddy Boeheim came out of high school as a three-star recruit but leaves as one of Syracuse’s best shooters ever

By Gaurav Shetty staff writer

I

n Syracuse’s season finale, Buddy Boeheim sat solemnly on the bench while his teammates pushed Duke to the brink of an upset in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinals. Buddy was suspended for one game after punching Florida State’s Wyatt Wilkes in the chest in the previous game.

Sitting next to his brother Jimmy and father Jim in the postgame press conference, a teary-eyed Buddy apologized for his actions and reflected on his four years playing for the program he grew up in.

“Playing at Syracuse these last four years, wearing this jersey, representing this school, my family, myself, it’s meant everything to me,” Buddy said.

“Forget how many points I scored. Forget all that, the numbers. Being able to play here and just put a smile on someone’s face, being able to interact with fans — every day has been a dream come true.”

Buddy leaves Syracuse after four years having scored 1,765 points with 309 made 3-pointers. He also led the ACC in scoring this season with 19.2 points per game. After coming to Syracuse as a three-star recruit, Buddy leaves with the secondmost 3-pointers in school history, looking to pursue

a professional basketball career.

Here are some of people’s favorite memories of Buddy on and off the court:

Jeff Ike, Buddy’s former high school coach, Jamesville-DeWitt

Ike remembers Buddy as a “contradictory” player, one who worked incredibly hard on the court, but also as a happy, fun-loving kid that could flip the switch as soon as he stepped on the court. He also added that Buddy was the, “biggest SpongeBob SquarePants fan of all time,” since he wore Spongebob socks in every game for his two years playing for Ike. In a crunch game at Westhill High School during Buddy’s junior year, Jamesville-DeWitt was in overtime in what Ike remembered as a hostile environment. As Buddy stepped up for two big free throws, a familiar tune rang from the student section.

“The student section was singing the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song trying to distract him while he was shooting foul shots,” Ike said. “(But) he knocked both of them down and made a couple more later on in the overtime to seal it.”

Ike remembered Buddy being locked in during the game, unfazed by the opposing student section. But see buddy page 9

men’s lacrosse

Inconsistent starting goalie play hurts Syracuse

By Alex Cirino

asst. sports editor

Army had scored on three of its last five shots as Bobby Gavin left his crease. Grant Murphy sprinted to the end line to keep a loose ball in bounds and swept it to Saam Olexo.

With Gavin calling for the ball, Olexo blindly heaved it to his goalie, who was out of the crease as he tried

to help Syracuse clear.

Gavin was pressured by two Army attacks and attempted to dodge them and give the ball to Murphy. But the pass hit Army sharpshooter Brendan Nichtern’s facemask and bounced twice before Nichtern beat Gavin to the loose ball and scored on the open net.

Following the Black Knights’ fifth goal in the first period, Gavin

was pulled from the game.

“We thought Bobby wasn’t seeing the ball like he was in the past games in the early quarter,” head coach Gary Gait said. “Why not mix it up when you have another very good goalie ready to go?”

That other option was Harrison Thompson, who played the rest of the Orange’s four-goal loss to the Black Knights. Gait said postgame

he would continue to rotate the two goalies moving forward.

Since then, Syracuse (3-4, 0-1 Atlantic Coast) hasn’t fielded a consistent starter in the cage. Gavin started the Orange’s first four games, but after being pulled early against Army, Thompson started two straight games before Gavin played the entire contest versus see goalies page 9

Syracuse head coach Paul Flanagan, the only head coach in program history, announced his retirement on Wednesday after 23 seasons as a head college hockey coach, according to a press release from SU Athletics. His retirement comes after the Orange won their second College Hockey America championship and qualified for their second NCAA Tournament berth.

“I am very grateful for the opportunity Syracuse University gave me 14 years ago to build a Division I women’s ice hockey program here,” Flanagan said in the press release.

“Working alongside so many experienced coaches and capable staff members has made coaching in our athletics department a wonderful and very rewarding experience.”

Flanagan got his first collegiate head coaching job at his alma mater St. Lawrence in 1999. In nine seasons with the Saints, Flanagan won 230 games and made the women’s Frozen Four five times. Flanagan’s four-year run (2003-07) of Frozen Four appearances is also tied for the longest in college hockey. In 2001, Flanagan won the American Hockey Coaches Association’s coach of the year award, an award he was named a finalist for this season.

In 2008, after a brief stint as an assistant coach for the U.S. Women’s Select and National teams, Flanagan became Syracuse’s head coach of its new women’s ice hockey team. After the Orange finished below .500 in three of the first four seasons in program history, Flanagan coached the team to a winning record in the 2012-13 season. That season, the Orange advanced to the CHA championship for the first time, where they lost to Mercyhurst.

Over his tenure at SU, Flanagan coached some of the conference’s best players. His players have won many CHA awards, including seven Best Defensemen, six Best Defensive Forwards, four Rookies of the Year, two Goaltending Trophy Award winners, one Player of the Year and one Goaltender of the Year.

He coached the program’s first four 100-career-point scorers (Melissa Piacentini, Stephanie Grossi, Ashley Cockell and Abby Moloughney).

In the 2018-19 season, with a mix of veterans such as Allie Munroe and Brooke Avery and young contributing freshmen such as Moloughney and Lauren Bellefontaine, Flanagan and the Orange won their first conference title. Despite having a 13-223 record, SU defeated Lindenwood, Mercyhurst and Robert Morris to win the CHA Tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, the Orange lost 4-0 to the eventual national champions, top-ranked Wisconsin.

Syracuse would go on to have a see flanagan page 9