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N • Climate comments

A public comment session at SUNY-ESF was one of 11 throughout New York to allow feedback on the state’s Climate Act draft scoping plan.

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C • Powerful punk

The Blue Room hosted their last and largest two-day festival with 17 bands and five straight hours of thumping rock and punk music to end the year.

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S • Predraft prep

Cody Roscoe trained for three months at Ford Sports Performance alongside veteran NFL and college players ahead of the NFL draft.

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Immortalizing Lou Students in the School of Architecture remember Louise “Lou” Kearns as a mentor and friend

Court strikes down state maps

By Danny Amron and Richard Perrins the daily orange

People who worked with Kearns left Lay’s potato chips on her memorial. The snack was a favorite of hers, those who worked with her said. photo illustration by meghan hendricks photo editor

By Kyle Chouinard asst. news editor

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ouise “Lou” Kearns’ memorial outside the entrance of the Slocum Supply Store is packed with sticky-notes of love and wellwishes. Pink daisies and white lilies dot the display, along with a small knitted mitten.

But, among these more typical gestures is a collection of Lay’s potato chip bags.

Rachel Ly, a fifth-year architecture student at Syracuse University, said the chips are a memento. Ly worked with Kearns, who was the manager of the Slocum Supply Store. “(Lou) frequently asked us — during (our) shifts — to buy her snacks throughout the day, and her favorite request was usually a bag of Lay’s for her to snack on,” Ly said in an email to The Daily Orange. “For her memorial we wanted to do something that honored her — something like an inside joke for all of us working, for her and her alone.”

Kearns died on April 14, School of Architecture Dean Michael Speaks announced the following day. She had worked at the university for 27 years.

Three students in SU’s School of Architecture — Dylan Fromm, Jediel Ponnudurai and Jingge Zhao — created a petition shortly following Kearns’ death. The group, along with at least 160 other architecture students, signed on to name the Slocum Supply Store after Kearns.

Between the School of Architecture’s undergraduate and graduate populations, there are around 820 students in the program. Over 19% of the population of the entire school signed the petition.

As of 11 p.m. on Wednesday, the petition received 224 signatures in total.

The store is integral to students in the School of Architecture, serving as a hub where students can buy materials for their modeling projects.

In a school-wide email Wednesday, Speaks confirmed that the bookstore will be renamed. The sign, which greets students as they walk through the College Place entrance of Slocum Hall, will read “Lou Kearns Supply Store” starting Thursday afternoon.

Fromm and Ponnudurai wrote an email together to The D.O. saying Kearns deserved a permanent memorial to honor her. The pair noted her hard work, kindness and diligence. “(Renaming the store is) the best way to ensure that Lou’s immeasurable contribution to the work of everyone in the architecture community is remembered by future students who sadly cannot have the privilege of knowing her,” Fromm and Ponnudurai wrote.

Maya Simms, a third-year student in the School of Architecture, said Kearns would always ask about projects architecture students were working on and provide any advice she could. see

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The New York State Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Democratic leaders had gerrymandered certain districts, and it called for primary elections for congressional and state senate seats to be postponed until August.

The elections, originally scheduled to be held in June, will be pushed back so a court-appointed special master can redraw the disputed district lines, according to the decision filed in the New York Court of Appeals.

But the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., told Sarah Ferris of Politico that the postponement may not be allowed under federal law. “(State law) requires a primary on June 28,” Maloney said. “Unless and until that federal court order is modified, the state needs to have a federal primary on June 28. The state decision ignores that fact. We think that’s a problem.”

The New York State Supreme Court’s decision did not mention whether the elections for New York governor or state assembly seats would also have to be postponed.

Judges scrapped proposed New York state electoral maps Thursday evening, siding with a Republicanbacked lawsuit that accused Democratic legislators of gerrymandering.

The Appellate Division of the Fourth Judicial Department of the Supreme Court of New York gave a 3-2 ruling that struck down what it deemed to be electoral maps created with partisan bias. The court ruled that the procedure of the legislature, rather than the independent redistricting commission, devising the maps was not prohibited by state law.

Aside from the other arguments made in the suit, the court decided that the congressional map was unconstitutional because the districts were drawn in a manner that discouraged competition or demonstrated bias toward particular candidates or parties, the decision wrote.

The comparison between the proposed 2022 map and the 2012 redistricting map showed far more seats favoring Democrats than see

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“Throughout all the time we spent with her and the fond memories (and) lessons we made with her, she’ll always be with us.” - Architecture student Rachel Ly on Louise “Lou” Kearns Page 3

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ESF hosts comment session on climate plan 2022 SU Fulbright recipients named

By Francis Tang asst. news editor

SARAH OSGOOD (RIGHT), the executive director of the Climate Action Council, presented the draft scoping plan before community members shared their comments. danny amron asst. news editor

By Danny Amron asst. news editor

Hundreds of students, professors, professionals and members of the community came together at the SUNY-ESF Gateway Center to express their opinions about the New York State Climate Action Council draft scoping plan.

The public comment session is one of 11 in-person and virtual events across the state to receive feedback on the draft scoping plan, which the council will submit to state officials by Jan. 1, 2023 as a part of the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. Oral comments were limited to two minutes per speaker, but members of the community are able to leave written comments until June 10, said Sarah Osgood, the executive director of the Climate Action Council. The council created the draft scoping plan and oversees the public comment period.

The 120-day public comment period that began on Jan. 1 is just a step in the years-long process of designing New York state’s approach to combating climate change. Once the Climate Action Council receives all public feedback on its draft scoping plan, a finalized scoping plan will be presented to state lawmakers at the start of next year, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s website.

The New York state DEC will then have until Jan. 1, 2024 to create legally binding regulations to

achieve the Climate Act’s emission reduction goals, the website reads.

Osgood opened the comment session with a brief presentation of the draft scoping plan before opening the floor to members of the community to hear their thoughts.

Comments from members of the community ranged from fullhearted support of the plan to critiques and proposed alternatives.

The existing draft scoping plan calls for an 85% reduction in carbon emissions below 1990 levels across the state by 2050, and one suggested method is the electrification of heating methods in buildings to reduce the burning of fossil fuels.

Maggie Riley, an environmental engineer from New York Mills, said that she and her husband have already transitioned their home off of fossil fuels entirely and support the proactive nature of the Climate Act as well as the jobs it would create.

“If our ancestors could transition from coal to oil, then to natural gas, we can transition to cleaner alternatives such as air source heat pumps and geothermal systems,” she said.

John D. Randall of Webster, New York, shared similar sentiments.

Randall expressed his support for the plan and stressed the urgency with which action is needed before it’s too late. He said that the state should move quickly to increase public education on making climate-friendly choices, scale-up an available workforce to execute the carbon transition and ban fossil fuel use to prevent new emissions.

“I am very proud to be a New

Yorker right now as we launched an initiative to make a meaningful reduction in our emissions,” Randall said. “The goals of the CLCPA are science-based and achievable and deserve our best efforts to make them a reality.”

While Aaron Strong, an assistant professor of environmental studies at Hamilton College, was supportive of the current progress the draft scoping plan has made, he said there were still some problems that were unaddressed.

“When it comes to climate policy, the devils are always in the details, and this plan is still short on some of them,” Strong said.

Strong said the drafted plan lacks the regulations and incentives needed for a transition away from fossil fuels and toward allelectric transportation as well as building heating and that the plan needs to avoid concessions that protect the fossil fuel industry.

He also emphasized the need to ensure equity and justice in the implementation of the plan.

Under the Climate Act, a separate Climate Justice Working Group will establish criteria that will be used to identify disadvantaged communities to reduce emissions in and allocate investments to as the CLCPA requires, according to its website.

Sue Fassler, SUNY-ESF’s sustainable facilities manager, said she felt waste management was largely ignored or minimized in the draft scoping plan, adding that the state should focus on “upstream” solu-

tions like waste reduction and reuse rather than just emphasizing green electricity and transportation.

“If New York state truly desires to lead the nation and world into the future, we must do nothing short of truly fundamentally rethinking our way of life and our relationship and reliance on continual extraction and consumption,” she said.

Ethan Gormley, the project coordinator for the Syracuse branch of the New York Public Interest Research Group, spoke about the damage cryptocurrency mining could do in the pursuit of reducing emissions.

He said the state should implement a three-year moratorium on cryptocurrency mining to assess its environmental impacts.

Alberto Bianchetti, the director of customer and community management for Upstate New York National Grid, advocated for the company’s recent counterproposal strategy, which involves weatherization and energy efficiency, targeted electrification and thermal networks and a fossil-free gas network.

“This last piece uses existing infrastructure built over decades to deliver clean energy in the form of renewable natural gas and green hydrogen, and is more affordable and reliable than the scenarios considered in the draft scoping plan,” he said. Bianchetti also cited the support of Tristan Brown, an assistant professor at SUNY-ESF in his testimony.

National Grid’s proposal see

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SU places Phi Kappa Psi on probation until 2024

By Francis Tang asst. news editor

Syracuse University’s chapter of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity has been put on disciplinary and social probation until May 24, 2024, according to the university’s Fraternity and Sorority Affairs website.

“After concluding conduct proceedings, Phi Kappa Psi was found responsible for violations of the Code of Student Conduct, resulting in the chapter being placed on disciplinary and social probation,” said Sarah Scalese, SU’s senior associate vice president for university communications, in an

email statement to The Daily Orange.

The chapter cannot host social activities during the probation period, Scalese added.

The fraternity was put on investigative status for violations of SU’s Code of Student Conduct earlier this year.

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organization that combats sexual misconduct and rape culture at the university, protested outside of Phi Kappa Psi in November 2021, alleging multiple members of the fraternity had committed sexual assault. btang05@syr.edu @francis_towne

Ten Syracuse University students and alumni were named 2022 recipients of Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards on Tuesday.

The program funds study and research grants in over 140 countries, according to an SU news release Tuesday. Here are the 2022 recipients from SU: •Gretchen Coleman, a senior political philosophy and political science double major in the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, received a study award for the University of Manchester, U.K. •Jamie Fico, a master’s studentstudying geography at Maxwell, received a research award for Morocco •Jake Glenshaw, an international relations major who graduated from Arts and Sciences and Maxwell in 2019, received both an English teaching assistantship and research award in Austria •Alyssa Grzesiowski — a senior forensics, chemistry and Spanish language, literature and culture major in Arts and Sciences — received an English teaching assistantship in Spain •Gabriela Knutson, a broadcast and digital journalism major who graduated from the Newhouse School of Public Communications in 2019, received a research award for Germany •Taylor Krzeminski — an international relations graduate from Arts and Sciences and Maxwell, a citizenship and civic engagement graduate from Maxwell and a public diplomacy and global communication graduate from Newhouse and Maxwell — received a English teaching assistantship award for Poland •Alexa Neely, a senior policy studies and citizenship and civic engagement double major in Arts and Sciences and Maxwell, received an English teaching assistantship award for North Macedonia •Scott Patnode, a graduate student in international relations in Maxwell, received a research award for Uzbekistan •Anna Poe, an international relations and citizenship and civic engagement double major who graduated from Arts and Sciences and Maxwell in 2020, received an English teaching assistantship award to Spain •Tiffany Schultz, a graduate student in trauma-informed practice in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, received an English teaching assistantship award for see

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“Lou was the best kind of person to run the supply store,” Simms wrote in an email to The D.O. “I’m abroad this year, and it still hasn’t set in that someone else will be running the store when I get back to campus.”

Simms recalled that at the very beginning of her freshman year at SU, she found herself overwhelmed by the options in the store.

She was building her first-ever model and was faced with the choice of dozens of glues.

Kearns talked her through which glues were the best to buy, Simms said.

Other students such as Luis Martin Lopez, a fifth-year architecture student, shared similar stories.

Kearns’ experience in the shop was helpful for younger students, Lopez said. Different professors in the school have different styles, from page 1

redistricting Republicans. The three judges who sided with the Republican-backed suit agreed with this evidence — along with the lack of Republican support for the new maps and the expert opinion and supporting analysis of Sean Trende, the senior elections analyst for RealClearPolitics — was enough to prove the from page 3

climate plans to partially implement renewable natural gas and green hydrogen as low carbon alternatives to reduce emissions by using existing infrastructure.

Brown told The Daily Orange that New York state’s high emphasis on eliminating methane emissions, one of the most potent from page 3

fulbright The 2022 alternates are: •Katelyn Bajorek, a anthropology double

history and major who

and through Kearns’ work and conversations in the supply shop, she was able to point people in the right direction based on which professor they had. She was also extremely familiar with the materials in the store, as she was an artist herself who specialized in ceramics and metalworking, Lopez said.

“Lou, to the architecture school, is kind of like a grandmother,” he said.

Ly had been receiving advice from Kearns even before Ly started working at the shop. As the two got closer over time, their conversations moved from advice on materials to life outside of architecture, she said.

Once the two were working together, Ly saw how Kearns worked with other students.

“She was a light in many people’s lives and was kind to everyone that she met,” Ly said.

“Love was her way of life, and I’m sure that everyone that met her could see that.”

Lopez, starting in his first year at SU, also

worked in the store with Kearns. He said students would come to the shop to not just buy their materials, but for a shoulder to cry on.

She was the main draw to work at the store, Lopez said.

Third-year architecture student Lisa Sandson called Kearns a friend and a confidant.

Sandson said the School of Architecture can sometimes be stressful, but that Kearns was a tranquil, calm presence in the building. She was a voice of reason, Sandson said.

“She genuinely thought of us as family,” she said.

Ying Na Li, a fifth-year student in the architecture school, said she started working with Kearns this semester. In an email to The D.O., Li said that Kearns would invite students over who were not going home for the holidays. Li said she and Kearns shared so many special little moments that they both cherished.

“I honestly think that the emotional sup-

port that she (gave) students and the love that she showed all of us was a huge point of positivity,” Sandson said.

Ly said she and her co-workers always thought Kearns would see them walk and receive their diplomas. Kearns would constantly talk about how excited she was for the ceremony in mid-May, Ly continued.

“When she left us, we were all distraught at the fact that she wouldn’t be there to be with us,” Ly said. “However, I think throughout all the time we spent with her and the fond memories (and) lessons we made with her, she’ll always be with us.”

To end the email announcing the name change, Speaks thanked students who supported the effort to change the name of the store.

“The bookstore has always been and will always be Lou’s,” he wrote.

partisan intent of the map-drawing process.

Trende testified the evidence has the “DNA of a gerrymander,” and the result is “exactly what gerrymandering looks like,” the ruling stated.

The gerrymander had disproportionately packed voters that favored the Republican party into fewer districts to either flip a seat to the Democratic party or make seats that already favor one party less competi-

tive, the decision wrote.

The two dissenting judges said there were flaws in Trende’s computer model demonstrating that the new electoral map had been gerrymandered.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and other legislators then appealed the ruling to the New York Court of Appeals — the highest court in the state.

The Court of Appeals’ Wednesday ruling was decided four to three in favor of striking

down the Democrat-drawn district lines.

In one of the three dissenting opinions written by Judge Jenny Rivera, she argued that the Appellate Division’s decision should have been reversed because the petitioners failed to prove the maps substantively violated state constitutional law.

The Court of Appeals’ decision is not subject to appeal, the New York Times reported.

greenhouse gasses, is evidence of the benefits of National Grid’s proposal.

“This is one of those few situations where carbon dioxide emissions are actually beneficial in the sense that we’re greatly reducing the global warming impact because the carbon dioxide is so much less potent as a greenhouse gas than methane is. So from that standpoint, you want to capture and destroy methane wherever you can,” Brown said.

Brown said that this methane could be collected from places such as dairy farms and wastewater treatment plants that already emit methane across the state, as long as anaerobic digesters could be installed to collect the methane at these locations. Otherwise, all existing infrastructure needed to transport the renewable natural gas is already in place, Brown said.

Brown said that the CLCPA’s targets, including the 85% reduction in economy-wide green-

house gas emissions are ambitious because, while legislation has historically been focused on decarbonizing specific aspects of the economy, the CLCPA would be one of the first laws aiming to decarbonize an entire state’s economy.

“This has been billed as the world’s most ambitious climate legislation, and I think it certainly stands up to that,” Brown said.

graduated from Arts and Sciences and Maxwell in 2021, was chosen as an alternate for the study award to Durham University, U.K. •Angelo Baldado, a master’s of public administration graduate from Maxwell,

was chosen as an alternate for the research award to the Philippines •Alexandra Coughlin, an anthropology major who graduated from Arts and Sciences and Maxwell in 2012, was chosen as an alternate for the study award to Finland

•Emma Michelson, a senior advertising major in Newhouse, was chosen as an alternate of the study award for Northumbria University, U.K.

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Double standards in SU needs more electric car charging SU’s responses to war

During the war in Ukraine, SU has lit the Carrier Dome in blue and yellow, the colors of the Ukrainian flag. francis tang asst. news editor

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ussia’s invasion of Ukraine has affected the lives of millions of Ukrainians, creating one of the largest humanitarian crises in Europe. It is an exceptionally saddening event for Ukrainian students in the university, and the support they received from Syracuse University is warranted. For the past decades, Afghanistan and other middle eastern countries have been undergoing similar turmoil and we empathize deeply with our fellow Ukrainian students at SU. However, it makes us Middle Eastern students at SU wonder why we are not deserving of support from the university when our countries are currently going through turmoil as well.

In the last week, Afghans were

killed in a series of blasts, while thousands are left in hunger due to the ongoing turmoil. Afghan students attending the university face devastating news of war almost every single day, especially in the last few months. Walking toward the Dome made us wonder why it did not light up to the colors of our black, green and red flag.

In the holy month of Ramadhan, the famous Al-Aqsa mosque in Palestine was raided and hundreds of Palestinian people were injured during our holy month.

But did the university reach out to Palestinian students to offer their support? We only hope that SU sheds some hope and support to Middle Eastern students the way they did with Ukrainian students.

We all bleed the same color.

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s more and more electric vehicles hit the road, institutions nationwide must accelerate systemic change and enable individual action to lessen carbon emissions. In light of record-high electric vehicle (EV) ownership, state policy changes and Syracuse University’s climate commitments, SU must do more to support electric mobility on campus. While full-scale electrification is a few years away, SU should start to champion carbon neutrality by integrating a more accessible and efficient EV charging grid on campus.

If SU is to reach its carbon neutrality goal by 2040, it must keep up with peer institutions and respond to student needs by installing more charging stations tailored to students. Since 2017, SU has owned and operated just a handful of EV charging stations. These stations, while a step in the right direction, do not meet the needs of the growing number of campus EV drivers.

The current charging stations are regularly in use, despite being located in inaccessible, permit-only garages.

This plainly demonstrates unmet demand. If the chargers’ consistent use will not convince SU leadership to add more capacity in more accessible locations, New York state policy most certainly should. Not only does New York provide significant rebates for EV owners, but state law mandates

the phase-out of most new gasoline vehicles by 2035. As a result, the number of electric vehicles that come to and from campus each day will increase dramatically over the next few years.

EV drivers are investing their own dollars into sustainable practices and SU should do its part to support them. In fact, SU doesn’t need to look any further than our neighbors.

SUNY-ESF, a pioneer of campus sustainability, has 18 charging stations for their 1,700-person undergraduate student body. ESF’s 1:94 ratio of chargers to undergraduates make’s SU’s 1:5,621 ratio stick out like a sore thumb. ESF supports students who want to bring their EVs to campus not only through physically accessible chargers but also through their financial accessibility. ESF community members are charged 20 cents per kilowatt hour to charge, totaling around 6 cents a mile (as opposed to about 13 cents a mile for gasoline).

These incentives, both as they relate to accessibility and cost, help support students and community members who are adopting sustainable practices and want to bring EVs to campus. ESF’s expansive charging capacity, along with student interest and New York policy, is proof that there is demand for charging in both the student community and the greater Syracuse area.

To live up to SU’s mission of preparing “engaged citizens, scholars, and leaders for participation in a changing global society,” the univer-

sity must invest in EV infrastructure.

To kick off this investment, SU should install 14 more EV chargers across campus in locations convenient for students and develop an EV parking program. Student drivers should be able to drive their EVs to West Campus, plug in during class and take their charged cars home with them to return to campus the next day with no carbon emitted along the way.

An expanded charging system will not only support student and community EV drivers, but also enable the electrification of university-owned vehicles, ambulances, trolleys and buses. Expanded charging infrastructure will meet today’s need while also keeping SU on track to meet future climate goals. The “global society” mentioned in SU’s mission statement is changing rapidly, and the university must change with it.

As of April, SU’s lack of bold climate action is out of touch with both student needs and the climate crisis. Without demonstrated interest and pressure from the student body, SU leadership can continue to make glacial progress towards its climate goals. But, with sustained student pressure, SU can better serve its student body, fight the climate crisis and serve as a role model for institutions nationwide.

Do you want to be at the forefront of SU’s climate action? Do you have an EV on campus and want more support? Follow this link to sign a petition and demonstrate interest to SU.

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FURY AND FEW, a punk band from Atlanta, played a set at The Blue Room as a part of their nationwide tour. Nic Misita, one of the founders of the venue, manages the band. nick robertson senior staff writer

Alternative atmosphere The Blue Room says goodbye with a two-day festival after a year of shows, but for the organizers it’s about more than music

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he Mosh Retirement Fest didn’t start the way its organizers intended. Nic Misita spent the first hour shooing guests away from the entrance, wary of being busted by cops. Nate Glyn, who left the stage in a rush, scrambled to recover after the first act, only performing half a set and blowing out an amp in the process.

There were eight more bands to play that first night.

Each night of the two-day festival was five straight hours of thumping rock and punk music, with just enough time between sets for audience members to save their breath. The blue tarp-lined basement, with enough room for about 100 people, turned into a sauna as the audience created chaotic mosh pits.

“Shout out to this sweaty box because these places are sacred,” rapper Chango4 of the hyperpop duo C4W2 called out in the middle of their set.

Misita and Glyn have put on house shows from The Blue Room since September 2021. With both of them graduating from Syracuse University, the two shut down the venue after they hosted a two-day, 17-band festival last weekend. It was their last and largest show. see festival page 7

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What you need to know about the Block Party performers

By Nathan Fenningdorf and Dakota Chambers the daily orange

This Friday, Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF students will pack the Carrier Dome in anticipation of Block Party 2022. Artists Baby Keem, 2 Chainz, 070 Shake and A-Trak are set to take the stage starting at 7 p.m.

From hip-hop to EDM, each artist performing will bring their own flair to the stage. Students should expect high-energy, memorable sets as the group of renowned artists brings their music to SU. Here’s a rundown on the artists performing:

Baby Keem:

Baby Keem’s release of the hit song “ORANGE SODA,” which racked up hundreds of millions of streams

across platforms, catapulted the 21-year-old artist into the mainstream sphere. Since then, the Carson, California native has regularly dropped eccentric tracks that have propelled him to multiple Grammy nominations, including a win for Best Rap Performance this year.

Baby Keem’s debut studio album “The Melodic Blue,” which features songs like “range brothers” and “lost souls,” peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Fun fact: Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem are cousins.

Must-know songs: “ORANGE SODA,” “trademark usa,” “family ties,” “hooligan”

2 Chainz:

Born Tauheed Epps in College Park, Georgia, 2 Chainz has been in the rap game for over two decades. He formed the hip-hop duo Playaz

Circle with Earl “Dolla Boy” Conyers in 1997 and was signed to Ludacris’ Disturbing tha Peace record label soon after. The pair’s debut single, “Duffle Bag Boy” featuring Lil Wayne, was released in 2007 and became an instant hit on urban radio. Since then, the Grammywinning artist has released seven studio albums, with three certified platinum and two more certified gold. Known for his impact on 2010s Southern hip-hop and trap music, 2 Chainz has said his latest release, “Dope Don’t Sell Itself,” will be his last trap album.

Fun fact: 2 Chainz has many Atlantabased business ventures, including his nail salon and a minority stake in the College Park Skyhawks, the Atlanta Hawks’ NBA G League affiliate.

Must-know songs: “It’s A Vibe,” “Momma I Hit a Lick,” “Rule the World,” “No Lie”

070 Shake:

070 Shake is a rapper and singer originally from North Bergen, New Jersey. She’s part of the 070 music collective — their name comes from New Jersey’s 070 ZIP Codes. Born Danielle Balbuena, she rose to prominence after working with Kanye West on the production of some of his 2018 projects, including “Ye.” She signed to his record label, G.O.O.D. Music, in 2016, and her debut album “Modus Vivendi” released in 2020. “Skin and Bones,” the lead single for Balbuena’s second album, was released on April 22.

Fun fact: 070 Shake played basketball while a student at North Bergen High School.

Must-know songs: “Guilty Conscience,” “Honey,” “Glitter,” “Under The Moon”

A-Trak:

A-Trak — born Alain Macklovitch — is a Canadian-born DJ, producer and record label executive.

Macklovitch notably gained a Grammy nomination for “Barbra Streisand,” a song he produced with Armand Van Helden as a member of the DJ duo Duck Sauce.

A-Trak has been named as one of the 50 Most Important People in EDM. The multi-talented 40-year-old is also the president of Fool’s Gold, a record label that has artists like BROCKHAMPTON, Kid Cudi and RL Grime signed to it.

Fun fact: A-Trak studied physics part-time at McGill University in Montreal.

Must-know songs: “Heads Will Roll - A-Trak Remix,” “Magnets A-Trak Remix,” “Barbra Streisand” culture@dailyorange.com

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For most weekends this year, Misita has spent an evening standing out in front of a house in the Westcott neighborhood. With a grin on his face even when it’s cold, he checks names off of a list and draws a smiley face on people’s hands.

Misita runs the door, memorizing every guests’ name, before guiding them around the back of the house where rickety steps go down to the weed smoke-filled venue. At the same time, Glyn, who lives in the house, helps artists get settled in the small space behind the house’s furnace which has become a makeshift green room.

The Syracuse house show scene is a cycle, they said. Most house venues last one or two years before organizers graduate or move on, but Misita is an exception to that rule. Since he decided to stay at SU for graduate school, he’s been around the DIY house scene and promoting shows for five years, despite a break due to the pandemic.

For the two Syracuse natives, The Blue Room was a culmination of their experiences in the city’s underground scene. The venue that inspired them was Space Camp — where they saw their first house show together in 2017 — an alternative music venue which served as the model for how Misita books artists today.

“They booked what they liked, and it didn’t matter if 20 people showed up, if 10 people showed up or if 100 people showed up,” Misita said. “When The Blue Room started it was, ‘How can we bring in the value system of Space Camp?’”

THIS WEEKEND Organ Fairchild Described as the “musical party that won’t quit,” Buffalo-based Organ Fairchild will perform at Funk ‘n Waffles on Friday night. Joe Bellanti, Corey Kertzie and Dave Ruch formed the band in 2020 and have been combining the sounds of an old-school organ trio with funk and groove jams. Painted Birds, a progressive-psychedelic jam band, will be supporting Organ Fairchild.

Tickets are on sale for $10, and attendees must be 18 years old or older. The show starts at 8 p.m.

WHEN: Friday, Apr. 29 ARTIST: Organ Fairchild, Painted Birds Yächtley Crëw Yächtley Crëw will be coming to the del Lago Resort and Casino on Friday night. The band, selfdescribed as the “Titans of Soft Rock,” plays hits from popular yacht rock artists of the ‘70s and ‘80s, including Hall and Oates,Styx and Christopher Cross. Tickets to see the LA-based band are on sale starting at $15, and all attendees must be 21 years old or older. The show starts at 8 p.m.

WHEN: Friday, Apr. 29 ARTIST: Yächtley Crëw

*** When Glyn first saw his new house’s basement, the blue tarps were already on the walls and floor. It sparked an idea, so he reached out to his former manager and high school friend.

“I want to do something and I don’t know what yet,” Glyn recalled telling Misita. “But this place is going to be interesting.”

That’s all Misita needed to hear. Within a few days of deciding to have a show, dozens of students and locals packed into the basement of that new house for The Blue Room’s inaugural concert.

Setting up was easy, Glyn said. He added a few more tarps, used a leftover couch to make a green room and a band sticker-covered desk to hold sound equipment. A week before the show, Misita came up with the name “The Blue Room” because “it had the vibes,” he said.

Glyn, an artist himself, was the first musician to take the stage. Later, two of his local artist friends followed. The show wasn’t full — about 40 people showed up — but they knew they had something special.

“The atmosphere was right,” Glyn said. “It was the perfect way to start the venue.”

That first show was a special moment for Misita as well, finally having his own space with Glyn to hold shows. Under the moniker Mosh Retirement, Misita booked and promoted shows at other venues as an undergraduate student at spots such as the Spark Art Space, but he wanted to do something different.

“I used to go to DIY shows for years beforehand and never really felt included,” Misita said.

“I felt like it was always an insider’s club.”

Misita envisioned The Blue Room as a safe space for alternative music and its fans. He and Glyn noticed an opening in the scene for a venue tailored towards hardcore music, punk, shoegaze, hyperpop and other alternative genres, and they wanted to fill that gap.

It was always a dream of Misita’s to put on a festival, but personal mental health challenges and a pandemic ruined the opportunity — now is a “second chance to do things right,” he said.

Most of the artists who played the sold-out Mosh Retirement Fest returned to The Blue Room, and most are professional touring musicians. For Misita, it’s all about leveraging the connections he’s made by promoting local shows and about focusing on the music first, and artists can feel that focus, he said.

The atmosphere of fans enjoying music is what drives Misita and Glyn to host shows. They envisioned a welcoming space where the music came first and brought people together, both

Block Party

While most house show venues last one or two years, Misita was able to promote shows for five years. nick robertson senior staff writer

college students and locals.

With Misita’s experience promoting shows away from campus and Glyn’s background as a former student at Le Moyne College and Onondaga Community College before he came to SU, crowds are often less than half SU students despite the proximity, the organizers said.

“It’s the people and the atmosphere which make this place so special. Nowhere else is like it,” said local fan Connor Knight. “Every time I come here, I leave with two new friends.” *** The second day of the festival began as chaotic as the first. The first act, hardcore band Misfire, broke a bass string and a guitar strap during their performance, ending their set short like the first act a day earlier. After that, they broke a window in their car while packing up their gear. Glyn dubbed it the “first act curse,” but the seven remaining bands went as smoothly as the other eight the night before.

The early problems only added to the organizers’ stress. Not only did they sell out about 100 tickets for each night, but a local police crackdown on house music venues kept Misita on his toes.

Two campus-area house venues were shut down by police in the week leading up to the festival. No cops stopped by The Blue Room on its final weekend, although a lurking police cruiser sent Misita into crisis mode on the festival’s second day. It’s one reason he wants to move on to legitimate venues, compared to putting on illegal house shows without a permit.

“I can’t put all this energy into a show and risk having the cops come through,” he said.

The audience waxed and waned over the course of the night as different artists played and people stepped outside for fresh air and drinks from a nearby corner store. Each band had merchandise for sale on a table in the back

of the tarp-lined basement, with the space providing a reprieve from the mosh pits in front of the bands.

Before handcore band Flicker played a cover of “Theme Song for a Syracuse Basement Show,” singer Lukas Reed addressed the crowd and the city’s underground scene.

“The university does its damndest to keep students separate from the community, but this basement is a bridge to make a greater Syracuse scene,” he said. “It’s sad to see this one go, but we have to take this energy to the next basement and the one after that.”

Even with The Blue Room closing this year, Misita said he isn’t done in Syracuse. He plans on sticking around after he graduates, continuing to manage bands, book tours and work to organize shows at legal, local venues like Funk ‘n Waffles. Mosh Retirement Fest isn’t done either. Misita said he wants to bring it back every semester at a larger venue for locals and students to enjoy his signature alternative music lineups.

“The goal is that Syracuse becomes a legit scene to see smaller bands on a consistent basis,” he said.

Glyn is headed to Los Angeles to pursue music full-time, mostly as a sound mixer and producer for Dan Konopka, the drummer and producer for rock band OK Go. After ska-pop punk band Keep Flying finished their last song just after midnight, people started filing out of the venue for the final time.

Misita spent time taking photos with regular attendees and wishing them well, while Glyn helped the band break down equipment.

“I’m going to miss this,” Glyn said once everyone left. “This is something I’m going to tell my kids about.”

Glyn is moving out in June, but the tarps are staying on the walls and ceiling of the basement. nickrobertson@dailyorange.com @NickRobertsonSU

On Friday night in the Carrier Dome, Baby Keem, 2 Chainz, 070 Shake and A-Trak will perform as a part of University Union’s Block Party 2022.

The concert is open to Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF students who bought tickets. The concert will start at 7 p.m.

WHEN: Friday, Apr. 29 ARTIST: Baby Keem, 2 Chainz, 070 Queen Flash If you’ve always wanted to experience a Queen concert, Queen Flash has you covered. On April 30, 6-piece Queen tribute band Queen Flash will perform at the Showroom at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino. Queen Flash aims to emulate the energy and theatrics of a Queen concert, and promises to “get people out of their seats.”

Tickets are on sale for $19-41, and the show starts at 8 p.m.

WHEN: Saturday, Apr. 30 ARTIST: Queen Flash Cats While it’s not the same as the 2019 live-action film “Cats,” the musical will be playing downtown at the Landmark Theater this weekend.

Written by EGOT-winner Andrew Lloyd Webber, “Cats” tells the story of the Jellicles, a community of cats, as they make their “Jellicle Choice” of deciding which cat from their tribe to send to the fabled Heaviside Layer, or their form of rebirth.

The Tony and Grammy-winning musical promises to be theatrical and intricate, and will be running Thursday, Friday and Saturday night, with an additional performance on Saturday afternoon. Tickets are available starting at $40.

WHEN: Thursday, Apr. 28, through Saturday, Apr. 30 ARTIST: “Cats,” the musical

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as it could be for her, Fair said.

After one of the most decorated seasons at the Buffalo, Fair announced her intention to transfer to Syracuse on Tuesday, with the university making it official the following afternoon. She became the fastest player in Buffalo history to reach 1,000 career points and finished last season fourth in the country in points per game. Now, she’s following her coach, Felisha Legette-Jack, along with three other Buffalo players, to SU. “The big thing (about transferring) was my former coach, of course,” Fair said. “Just keeping that bond where it is and just trying to continue what we’re doing on the biggest stage.”

Fair first met Legette-Jack at the coach’s Elite Camp during the summer after her junior year. After watching Fair compete throughout the weekend, the then-Buffalo head coach stopped her, called her over and asked if the rising senior knew who she was.

“She went on and said, well, I need you to call your family and let them know that you were just offered a full scholarship here at the University of Buffalo,” Fair recalled.

It surprised Fair, first because she didn’t even know Legette-Jack could offer her a scholarship already, and second because of how easy it was for Legette-Jack to offer Fair.

Fair didn’t start playing organized basketball until about seventh or eighth grade. Prior to that, she only played in a recreational league at the Campbell Street Recreation Center in Rochester. She only played against boys that were her age and up to five years older, which Fair said made her faster and stronger, propelling her to become the talented 5-foot-5 guard that she is now.

Her speed makes up for her size, and the fact that all throughout AAU, recreational basketball, and high school games she worked to ensure that her defender never knew what

DYAISHA FAIR transferred to Syracuse after ranking fourth in the country with 23.4 points per game last season. She is also the fastest player in Buffalo program history to reach 1,000 career points. courtesy of paul hokanson ub athletics

move she’d make. Recreational games helped her develop her quick shot and to sell moves, Fair said, leading to her becoming one of the nation’s top scorers at Buffalo.

“That’s where it all started for me, the organized piece and really trying to recognize the abilities that I had,” Fair said.

Once practices at Edison ended, Fair went straight to the gym — either Campbell Street

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Recreation Center or a local YMCA — and trained, worked out or practiced in-game scenarios until 8 or 9 p.m. with the same boys she began playing with.

Now with Syracuse, she gets to watch her coach “live her dream” at the same time Fair gets to live her dream playing in one of the nation’s toughest conferences. Developing more, keeping the culture Legette-Jack cre-

ated with the Bulls and to “just win” — is what Fair is looking for with the Orange. “(Legette-Jack) presented a different aura to me, and it was something that I really gravitated toward,” Fair said. “I latched on to and really embraced who she is and what she stands for.” anthonyalandt29@yahoo.com @anthonyalandt

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Beat writers all expect SU to fall against Notre Dame

By The Daily Orange Sports Staff

Syracuse is on the brink of its first 10-loss season in the program’s 106-year history. The Orange’s five-game losing streak started on April 2 in Notre Dame, when they lost by 16 goals for the first time since 1977.

Now, the Fighting Irish are heading back to the Carrier Dome for the first time since their 22-8 win over SU at the end of last season.

They’re ranked 27th in Lacrosse Reference’s postseason bracketology.

Here’s what our beat writers think will happen in Syracuse’s final regular-season game:

Alex Cirino (6-7)

Untimely ending Notre Dame 18, Syracuse 13 Syracuse’s current five-game losing streak began when the two teams last played in South Bend at the start of April. Notre Dame handed the Orange their biggest margin of defeat since 1977 in a 22-6 scoreline. On Sunday, I don’t see from page 12

roscoe FSP pipeline in 2018, and he suggested it to Eric Dungey. Alton Robinson and Lakiem Williams also trained with Ford before their respective NFL drafts, and Roscoe said his decision to follow was a “no-brainer.”

“If it worked for them, I know it can work for me,” Roscoe said.

Roscoe’s main weakness was his speed, specifically his 40-yard dash time, he said. As a defensive lineman, Roscoe rarely had to run long distances. He needed to improve his topend speed, focusing on lifting his knees high over and over through the last 20 yards of the sprint, Roscoe said.

He would practice getting in his stance, his first step, the driving phase (the first 20 yards where a runner keeps their head and upper body down), his top-end speed mechanics and his mobility every day at FSP. There were also two mock NFL combines during the training period where Roscoe ran a 60-yard dash.

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meaghan be immediately relied upon.

In the past two seasons, Syracuse’s injuries have allowed Meaghan to become Syracuse’s top scorer by a wide margin. Meaghan’s composure in the 23-13 win over the Cardinals came after a span of games in which the Orange lost top players like Megan Carney and Emma Tyrrell, Kate Mashewske said.

These circumstances have pushed Meaghan to advance her game and attacking presence as the Orange’s best offensive player.

“She’s taken her game to the next level,” Peter Van Middelem, her youth and travel coach, said. “She dominated in high school, and now she is dominating at the collegiate level and I think her shooting has gotten much better.”

At Mount Sinai (New York) High School, Meaghan was surrounded by many future All-Americans including Florida’s Sydney Pirreca. She stood out immediately on the varsity team as a freshman, earning the nickname “The Giant Killer” for her ability to dominate against taller players.

Al Bertolone, Meaghan’s coach at Mount Sinai, said a big reason why Meaghan was different was that she was the New York state scoring champion. The Mustangs won state championships all four years, but they never had a player win the scoring title until Meaghan arrived, Bertolone said. Van Middelem said Meaghan dominated at controlling defenders by flipping across the arc or driving toward the net.

In the Suffolk County championship, Meaghan initially facilitated the attack, but no goals came. Bertolone called a timeout and

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Historically low Notre Dame 15, Syracuse 13 A loss on Sunday to Notre Dame would

make Syracuse finish with a .286 winpercentage this year, the fifth-worst season in program history and worst since 1975. The Orange were utterly ineffective in their 22-6 loss against Notre Dame earlier this year, allowing nine points to Pat and a program-record eight goals to Taylor — who’d scored just three career goals before the game. The offense stalled, scoring a season-low six goals. Granted, the defeat was on the road, where Syracuse has struggled this season.

But SU is just too inconsistent for me to pick them to win. The Fighting Irish are playing well as of late, with four straight wins. The Orange have been good, in spurts, on offense, and good, in spurts, on defense, too. Yet they seem to continuously slip up in the final moments of close games and for that reason, I’m not going to pick against the Kavanaghs and a Notre Dame team that sits on the NCA A Tournament bubble.

to work on overspeed training.

When his mom, Natieka Washington, saw Roscoe at his pro day — where he posted a 4.8 40-yard dash — it was the fastest she’d ever seen her son run. Roscoe said he’d never finished under 4.9 seconds before the pro day, joking about the slower times he posted when he first got to FSP. “Oh yeah, it was bad,” he said laughing. Ford preached patience to Roscoe, telling him that when his body was ready, Roscoe would hit a personal-best time on pro day.

It wasn’t just the speed that impressed Washington, though. Roscoe was focused on maintaining his weight while at FSP, and the intense training schedule caused him to lose body fat and gain muscle mass. After coming back home to Houston and trying on a pair of jeans, Roscoe couldn’t fit into his old clothes — despite weighing roughly the same amount.

“When I looked at him and his body, I was like, ‘Man,’” Washington said. “I was blown away.”

Roscoe followed the same workout plan that transformed Franklin’s body. A typical day for Roscoe began with breakfast at 6 a.m. before

entering the facility for “prehab” at 8 a.m. for stretching. An hour later, the group began speed workouts, stretching for an hour or two before a snack break, a lift session and lunch. Then, they headed to the field for pass rush drills with Cliff Avril, a former Pro Bowl defensive end with the Seattle Seahawks. And stretching and mobility work — alongside physical therapy and an ice bath — finished the day off.

“He’s a grinder,” Ford said. “He has a desire to be great.”

All his work helped Roscoe post 33 bench press reps — more than any player at this year’s NFL Combine — and set personal-best marks on his broad jump, too, during his pro day. Ford called it a “phenomenal performance” that matched the numbers Roscoe had posted toward the end of his time at FSP. Roscoe was disappointed in his bench press, however, telling Washington afterwards that he could’ve hit 38-40 reps but lost his focus while people were yelling.

After the pro day, Roscoe and his mom sat in the car and called his high school coach, Stephen Dixon. Roscoe told Dixton that he want-

ed to ensure either his number gets retired or they name the Heights (Texas) High School field after him. “Man, if you make it like I think you will, I’ll do both. I’ll retire your jersey and name it after you,” Dixon said.

Years earlier, Dixon moved Roscoe from middle linebacker to defensive end because of his “natural” pass rushing abilities. The way Roscoe used his hands on swim, rip and counter moves, along with the way his hips turned, stood out to Dixon. The position change “unleashed” Roscoe, whose 23 sacks marked one of the highest totals in the state of Texas his senior year.

Dixon knew there was something special about Roscoe. It’s why he told him in eighth grade that he could be an NFL draft pick, told him throughout high school that he had a prolevel skill set and why he sat down with him during his junior year of high school to say he had a chance to play on Sundays.

“He kind of looked at me crazy during that time, but it looks like that dream may come true,” Dixon said.

SU snapping its losing streak with an upset win at the Dome. It was hardly competitive against then-No. 6 Virginia last week and has only defeated one ranked team all season.

Meanwhile, the Fighting Irish have been on a tear since their blowout victory over the Orange, having won four straight, including a seven-goal defeat over North Carolina last Thursday. Pat Kavanagh will be enough of a threat for Syracuse, but Jake Taylor, who recorded a career-high eight goals in April, has found success ever since, averaging a hat trick in the three games that followed. Expect players like Brendan Curry and Owen Seebold to ignite Syracuse’s attack in their final game for the Orange, but it won’t be enough to put a positive spin on a rather disappointing start to the Gary Gait era.

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told Meaghan that if she wasn’t going to start driving and taking shots herself, Mount Sinai would lose. Bertolone said Meaghan scored four straight goals to lead the Mustangs to a comeback win.

Syracuse has had to rely on Meaghan mostly as a scorer this season as well, like when it trailed 8-1 in the first quarter against then-No. 7 Duke. Meaghan had made solid passes to players like her sister Emma. But Meaghan’s teammates weren’t scoring.

After Syracuse cut the deficit to four goals at halftime, Meaghan sprinted to the center of the 8-meter while Emily Hawryschuk weaved around the net with the ball in the third quarter. Hawryschuk drove toward the net and shook off defender Kay Conway, finding Meaghan wide-open. Meaghan scored her 19th goal of the season on a bounce shot and went on to score three of the Orange’s next four goals to tie the game at 13-13. The Orange won, and Meaghan had a team-high five goals.

Still, Bertolone felt that Syracuse didn’t get the ball to Meaghan enough earlier in her career. He remembered how former SU head coach Gary Gait elected to implement a style of play similar to six-on-six lacrosse when Meaghan was locked off by a defender.

“I know Gary used to do that, and it used to infuriate me,” Bertolone said. “(They would tell her) go on the side, and we’ll play six-onsix. But you got to get this kid the ball and get her in the mix.”

Nicole Levy, one of Meaghan’s SU teammates when she was a freshman, saw that the first-year player was always present and had moments where she could control the attack.

In practice, Levy was shocked how she didn’t have to move whenever Meaghan passed the ball to her.

End of the road Notre Dame 20, Syracuse 11 The last time the Orange faced the Fighting Irish this season, they were coming off two straight wins, including an upset over thenNo. 10 Duke. A win over Notre Dame would have put Syracuse back on track after an upand-down year. Instead, the exact opposite happened. SU scored a season-low six goals and allowed a season-high 22. Syracuse has lost every game since then, with the Fighting Irish coming back to the Carrier Dome for the first time since Pat put a UND record 10 points on the Orange last season.

If the Orange’s defense stops Pat, his younger brother Chris could get going. And even if they stop both brothers, Taylor could have another record-breaking day. The only thing SU can do is not try to lose by 16 goals again, but a win is almost impossible. sports@dailyorange.com @DOSports

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MEAGHAN TYRRELL has become Syracuse’s best attacker after injuries to her teammates over the last two seasons. trent kaplan staff photographer

Van Middelem also has seen Meaghan’s ability to drive to the cage as something that has improved tremendously over the past two seasons. Even against the best players in the country, Meaghan still has gone “hard” toward the net, Van Middelem said.

He pointed to Meaghan’s recent play against No. 1 North Carolina’s All-American defender Emma Trenchard.

The Orange lost to the Tar Heels, but

Meaghan finished with a team-best six points just a day after her sister was ruled out for the rest of the season.

“Meaghan has cracked that top 25 Tewaaraton player standard,” Bertolone said of Meaghan’s improvement. “And I actually feel if the ball bounces a little differently, she’s got to be in that top three or four mix.” henrywobrien@gmail.com @realhenryobrien

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Previewing No. 3 SU’s path through ACC Tournament

By Adam McCaffery staff writer

On Friday, Syracuse finished out its regular season slate with a two-goal loss against thenNo. 3 Boston College. The Orange trailed by just one goal at halftime, but the Eagles opened the second half on a 4-1 run that Syracuse could not recover from.

Syracuse brought the score to 13-12 after Meaghan Tyrrell and Emily Hawryschuk scored back-to-back unassisted goals, but Boston College countered with two goals of its own to secure the win in a rematch of last year’s National Championship game.

Still, Syracuse (13-4, 6-2 Atlantic Coast) jumped to No. 3 in the Inside Lacrosse rankings after Northwestern, whom Syracuse lost to earlier this season, lost to Maryland. The Orange also earned the No. 3 seed for the ACC Tournament and will look to overcome losses against No. 1 North Carolina and No. 2 Boston College en route to a conference tournament championship.

Here’s what you need to know about Syracuse’s chances to win the ACC Tournament:

Quarterfinals: No. 6 seed Virginia

Syracuse prevailed 17-11 when the two teams met earlier in the season in Charlottesville on March 12. The Cavaliers were ranked No. 14 at the time and have consistently remained within the top 20, currently sitting at No. 16.

In March, Virginia scored the opening goal, but Syracuse went up 5-2 at the end of the first quarter and maintained a substantial lead throughout the game. Meaghan led the Orange with five goals, and Megan Carney added three. The Orange also relied on midfielder Emma Tyrrell, who scored three goals and added two assists, in the win.

Virginia relied on both Ashlyn McGovern and Rachel Clark, who combined for seven goals. The key for Syracuse was its defensive discipline as it only allowed two free-position shots. Virginia couldn’t convert either.

Semifinals: Winner of No. 2 Boston College vs. No. 7 Virginia Tech

If Syracuse advances to the semifinals, it will most likely face Boston College. While it’s not unlikely that the Hokies can pull off an upset, the Orange handled them with ease in their first meeting, winning 17-5 to rebound after a loss to then-No. 13 Florida.

Syracuse went scoreless in the first five min-

Syracuse earned the No. 3 seed in the ACC Tournament behind only No. 1 North Carolina and No. 2 Boston College. Both teams beat the Orange by two goals in the regular season. trent kaplan staff photographer

utes of the game, allowing Virginia Tech to go up 2-0. But the Orange found their rhythm and finished the quarter on a 6-1 run. In the second quarter, the Orange put the game out of reach with six unanswered goals to go up 12-3 at half.

Assuming Syracuse plays Boston College, it will be a much tougher test for them to reach the championship game. As the regular season finale showed, SU is still lacking the consistency to play a complete game.

The two teams played a close first half, but Syracuse struggled to contain Boston College’s attack and had 29 fouls throughout the game.

While the Orange have lost their last two games against Boston College, last season they proved they could handle the Eagles, beating them in the ACC Tournament. Syracuse gave up 17 goals in last year’s ACC semifinal, but its attack scored 19. If the Orange can recreate that, expect to see them move on to the finals.

Championship: Winner of No. 1 North Carolina/No. 8 Louisville/No. 9 Pittsburgh vs. winner of No. 4 Duke/No. 5 Notre Dame If Syracuse does advance to the championship game, its opponent will most likely be

North Carolina, the best team in the country.

The Tar Heels are a perfect 15-0 and have convincingly beat every team except Syracuse and Boston College, the only teams to get within two goals of the Tar Heels.

When Syracuse played North Carolina on April 9, it was its first game without the AllAmerican Emma. Additionally, Carney left midway through the second quarter, making the Orange go even deeper into their rotation.

Since then, Natalie Smith has emerged as a prominent midfielder in Emma’s place, which head coach Kayla Treanor said proved she is one of the best in the country. The two teams went back and forth in the first half, but a 4-0 run by UNC in the third quarter left Syracuse behind. Similar to the Boston College game, the Orange stayed in the game but couldn’t take a late lead.

While UNC is the favorite, Duke is a major dark horse in the conference. The Blue Devils lost 18-4 to UNC last week, but they’ve been a threat with an upset, one-goal win over Boston College.

Duke also had a large lead against Syracuse,

leading 9-2 after the first quarter. But Syracuse slowly made its way back into the game and pulled away to an 18-16 win.

The final breakdown:

Even though Syracuse is the No. 3 seed in the ACC, it is also the third-best team in the Inside Lacrosse rankings, only behind Boston College and UNC. Syracuse lost to both teams, but as Treanor has stressed in her postgame remarks, the team didn’t play its best lacrosse in either of the two games.

Against UNC, the Orange were still changing their lineup due to injuries.

Against Boston College, Syracuse played a poor third quarter and received some unfavorable calls that prevented it from gaining any late momentum.

The Orange have five experienced players in Sarah Cooper, Meaghan, Hawryschuk, Carney and Sam Swart who have led the team to many wins and postseason runs. If the team plays to its potential, an ACC championship is more than likely. adamj40302@gmail.com

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Opponent preview: What to know about No. 6 Notre Dame

By Alex Cirino

asst. sports editor

Syracuse allowed over 20 goals for the second time this season last Saturday against then-No. 6 Virginia. Its 21-15 loss cemented a five-game losing streak, the Orange’s longest since 1975. And a defeat in its season finale against Notre Dame will give SU its 10th loss of the season, which has never happened in the program’s 106-year history.

Here’s everything you need to know about No. 6 Notre Dame (6-4, 3-1 Atlantic Coast) before it visits Syracuse (4-9, 1-4 ACC) at the Dome on Sunday:

All-time series

Syracuse leads the all-time series 10-8.

Last time they played

Then-No. 18 Syracuse was handed its largest defeat since 1977, when it lost by 16 goals to Hobart. The Orange’s 22-6 loss on April 2 marked the start of their current five-game losing streak and was the final time this season they were ranked. Notre Dame established a 12-0 lead before Syracuse scored its first goal of the game, which came in the sixth minute of the second quarter. By that

point, Jake Taylor had scored half of his eventual eight goals and Pat and Chris Kavanagh recorded three points each.

Half of the Fighting Irish’s goals came before the midway point of the second quarter as only nine of Notre Dame’s 31 shots on goal were saved overall. The Orange, on the other hand, took a then-season-low 36 shots and only Tucker Dordevic recorded more than one point.

The Fighting Irish report

Notre Dame enters Sunday’s game on a four-game winning streak, its longest of the season. It sits second in the ACC behind Virginia, which handed it its only conference loss of the season. But the Fighting Irish have handled the three teams below them and rank 27th in Lacrosse Reference’s postseason bracketology.

Pat in undoubtedly Notre Dame’s leading scorer with 49 points, which is 22 more than its second-highest point-scorer — his brother, Chris. Pat ranks seventh nationally in assists per game with 2.90, with his season-high six assists coming against Syracuse.

The Fighting Irish are the most efficient clearing team Syracuse will face all season as Notre Dame ranks third, sitting at 91.3%. UND

has also committed the fewest turnovers in the country at 146, though it has only played 10 games. Still, the Fighting Irish are a consistent defensive unit that an up-and-down SU offense — which has only scored more than 15 goals twice — will struggle to get past.

How Syracuse beats the Fighting Irish

In what is likely his final game in a Syracuse uniform, faceoff specialist Jakob Phaup has an opportunity to decide the game’s momentum at the faceoff X. The Fighting Irish have the 53rd-best faceoff winning percentage in the country, which sits below 50%. Meanwhile, the Orange are the 11th-best team at the X this season at 57.6%.

Phaup has won the majority of his faceoffs in all but three games this season, including in April against Notre Dame when he went 20-for-31 at the X. Syracuse can generate the majority of the game’s possessions and a lot of that stems from Phaup. All the Orange need to do is turn that into scoring, which they are certainly more than capable of.

Stat to know: 9.60 goals allowed per game

Notre Dame is one of just 10 teams that have allowed fewer than 10 goals per game. The

Fighting Irish’s scoring defense ranks eighth nationally, a category where Syracuse is the ninth-worst in the country — largely due to its 20-plus goals allowed against the Fighting Irish and Virginia.

The Fighting Irish only allowed five goals to North Carolina last week, which was largely due to goalie Liam Entenmann’s 14 saves. He ranks sixth in the nation with a 57.1% save percentage.

Player to watch: Jake Taylor, No. 13, attack

Before Syracuse faced Notre Dame on April 2, Taylor had only played in one game all season, and four other games in a two-year span.

Against the Orange, Taylor recorded his firstever start and scored eight goals. Since then, Taylor has started three straight games, which have rounded out UND’s four-game winning streak heading into Sunday’s game.

During that span, Taylor has recorded 10 goals. He nearly matched his numbers from the Syracuse game against Marquette, scoring five goals in an 18-8 win. The junior has emerged as a surprise secondary option as he has recorded 22 points in just five appearances this season. cirinoalex19@gmail.com @alexcirino19

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Meaghan becomes SU’s top attacker

By Henry O’Brien asst. digital editor

Louisville jumped out to an early 2-1 first quarter lead against a No. 4 Syracuse team that hadn’t lost to an unranked opponent since 2018.

As she had been in seven games before, Meaghan Tyrrell was held scoreless in the first quarter. With 90 seconds left in the period though, Natalie Smith found Meaghan cutting past Louisville’s Ashley Osborne and Grace Jenny. Meaghan scored, and in the second quarter, she beat Osborne again for another goal.

The senior finished the afternoon with a team-best fi ve goals, all coming in the fi rst half, which served as a cushion for the Orange’s 12-goal third quarter.

Syracuse head coach Kayla Treanor admitted postgame that the team “went straight to Meaghan.”

Even from the beginning, Treanor knew that Meaghan was going to see meaghan page 9

CODY ROSCOE led Syracuse with 8.5 sacks this season, which ranked third in the Atlantic Coast Conference. He also posted 12.5 tackles for loss and earned First-Team All-ACC honors. courtesy of tj farman ford sports performance

Cody Roscoe’s 11 weeks at Ford Sports Performance transformed his body ahead of the NFL draft

By Connor Smith sports editor

C

ody Roscoe’s mornings have recently begun with the same meal: steel-cut oats with blueberries, three strips of turkey bacon and three eggs with spinach, all prepped by his mom.

It’s a regimen that slightly differs from the one he strictly followed for 11 weeks while living 2,300 miles away from his Houston home. Less than a mile from the Ford Sports Performance (FSP) facility in Bellevue, Washington, Roscoe prepared oatmeal, eggs, fruit and a protein shake at 6 a.m. six days a week, repeating that same sequence for three months.

The exact location for Roscoe’s morning routine has slightly changed since he shined at Syracuse’s Pro Day on March 31. But the goal has remained the same: get into the best possible shape so he’s ready if a team calls during or after the NFL draft, set to begin Thursday night.

“Of course seeing my name go across the screen on draft day and me getting a phone call, it’d be a surreal moment,” Roscoe said. “In

reality, certain things don’t go as planned. So I’m really just taking whatever it comes with and giving it my all.”

Roscoe is unlikely to be drafted but should secure a training camp invite, said NFL Draft Bible scout Jack Borowsky. Roscoe isn’t projected in CBS’ or The Athletic’s seven-round mock drafts, but he is quick and has a knack for getting to the quarterback, Borowsky said.

His measurables — particularly his 40-yard dash time and short arms — hurt him in the scouting process, though. But to Roscoe, it’s the same validation process as when he proved himself at McNeese State and Syracuse.

“Whether I get drafted, free agent or anything, all I need is an opportunity,” Roscoe told The D.O. in December. “I feel like throughout my life, all I ever needed was just somebody to see me and believe in me and give me the chance to show them that wherever I’m at, I deserve to be there and I can play.”

Days after Syracuse’s season finale, Roscoe focused on finding a place to train. He didn’t have to search far, as FSP, the same training facility several former SU players used to prepare for the NFL, see roscoe page 9

reached out. On Jan. 1, Roscoe flew out to begin training in Bellevue.

The results have been clear to Roscoe, who said he’s now in the best shape of his life. It was the weeks of speed training, lifting and on-field workouts with NFL and college stars that helped Roscoe get one step closer to his dream, despite always being considered an underrecruited and undersized player.

FSP’s CEO, Tracy Ford, has trained current and future NFL players for years, running predraft sessions with an assortment of players who, like Roscoe, hope to hear their name called during draft weekend.

Ford’s pitch to Roscoe was simple: look at the successes former SU players achieved after training at FSP. He told Roscoe that he would achieve the same results if he flew to the other end of the U.S. and put the same type of work in.

“If a guy is coming from Syracuse and he’s trying to come all the way across the country to Seattle to do pre-draft, we know we’re going to get a grinder and we knew we were going to get a guy that was gonna get results,” Ford said.

Zaire Franklin, now with the Indianapolis Colts, began the Syracuse to

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Fair explains transfer to SU

By Anthony Alandt

digital managing editor

Dyaisha Fair approached Jack Palmeri in the middle of Edison Tech High School’s hallway and asked if he was the girl’s basketball head coach. Once he said yes, she told him she was going to be his best player, or at least the best one he’d ever seen. Palmeri laughed at her — he’d heard that countless times before. But he took Fair into the gym during her lunch period and handed her a basketball.

“Do something,” Palmeri said.

Fair can’t remember if she just shot around, played against someone else or with Palmeri himself, but she knew she wanted to prove that she wasn’t lying. But in the back of her mind, Fair wasn’t sure if she’d be able to make the team.

“Maybe I think highly of myself and I may not be what I think I am,” Fair thought.

She didn’t need to doubt for long because when she stepped on the court to try out for the high school team her freshman year, she immediately began “blowing through everything”, Fair said. Each cone drill, two-step layup attempt, dribbling and shooting exercise was just as natural see fair page 8