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C • Happy Holi

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SU associate professor Seyeon Lee plans to help create an accessible space at the Northside Women’s Wellness Center for her project.

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White clothes soon turned into colorful masterpieces for SASA’s Holi celebration which kept with tradition: throwing colored powder onto other revelers.

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Syracuse fell behind 12-0 against Notre Dame and eventually fell 22-6 in a loss that displayed the Orange’s lack of consistency this season.

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Running out of time

New York’s state budget was originally due April 1, but a variety of issues have stalled the process Historically, the tuition assistance program has been the subject of funding cuts in the state budget, but this year both the SUNY and CUNY systems are expected to receive increased funding.

The total amount of funding is dependent on other programs in the state budget.

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ew York state failed to submit a finalized state budget by its April 1 deadline. As of April 3, state legislators and Gov. Kathy Hochul have yet to agree upon a budget.

The delay is largely due to continued debate over several major budgetary items.

While Hochul proposed a record $216.3 billion budget, the legislature’s proposal was around $6 billion greater.

According to a memo from the Office of the New York State Comptroller, if a new budget is not finalized by 4 p.m. on April 4, payments from the state government, including paychecks for state employees, will be halted.

The halting of payments does not affect most aspects of the State University of New York, City University of New York or the State Insurance Fund, per the memo.

The Daily Orange broke down the major issues stalling the budgetary process.

SUNY/CUNY funding

State Democrats have proposed increased funding for both public school systems in the state of New York to recruit new faculty, expand the state school systems’ capital and operating expenses and increase funds for the state’s tuition assistance program, according to The New York Times.

Bail reform

According to an article from the Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, New York state has not considered an individual’s threat to public safety when determining bail eligibility. New York is one of the few remaining states in the United States to not have such a policy, per the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.

Hochul’s 10-point plan for bail reform, as first obtained by the New York Post, includes policies that would specifically target firearm-related crime and increase the number of bail-eligible crimes.

Under Hochul’s plan, more repeat offenses and gun-related offenses would be bail-eligible, but the plan would make it easier to prosecute gun trafficking. Additionally, judges would be able to consider whether an individual was a threat to public safety when determining bail eligibility for more serious felonies by considering their past firearm use, possession and criminal history.

Certain offenses that are currently subject to desk appearance notices – including gun-related, hate crime and subway crime offenses – would be

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student association

SA executive candidates discuss dining halls, mental health

By Danis Cammett and Dominic Chiappone the daily orange

The 2022 Student Association campaign debate took place at the K.G. Tan Auditorium of Syracuse University’s National Veterans Resource Center on Thursday night, featuring candidates running for the positions of comptroller, executive vice president and president. Moriah Humiston and

Chilekasi Adele of CitrusTV moderated the debate.

Comptroller

The first position presented at the debate was the comptroller, who is responsible for overseeing the SA finance board as its head.

Comptrollers, despite not having a vote, advise the board on financial recommendations and decisions. They are also responsible for holding fiscal agent training

sessions for student organizations and manage the financial schedule that goes to student organizations.

The only candidate for SA comptroller this year is the incumbent Nyah Jones, a junior sports management major.

In her opening address, Jones focused on her transparency as comptroller over the past term. She said she has provided more information — such as the reason to decline certain financial requests — to stu-

dents at SA meetings. The current comptroller also said she will continue to make herself more accessible for students and organizations to contact at all hours.

If she is reelected, Jones said she will continue the initiatives and goals she has started during her past term, such as continuing to make changes to the fiscal codes and making sure SA is in “good and caring hands.”

Jones also mentioned that she is currently working on a new program

named “The fiscal codes study session,” an optional training for registered student organizations, open to the entire student body.

Jones said SA funding has been equally and evenly distributed based on the fiscal codes, and said she’s seen many more minority organizations receiving funding in the past year compared to previous years.

In her concluding remarks, Jones stated that she wants to be see debate page 4

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Bruen-Santos campaign highlights experience Lender fellowship focuses on community

By David Griffin

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Bruen (Left), the incumbent SA president, will focus on mental health, menstrual hygiene and dining halls as key aspects of his platform alongside Adia Santos. arthur maiorella staff photographer

By Danis Cammett staff writer

Running on a platform focused on issues such as increasing wellness days, bringing back meal swipes to the Schine Student Center, having Syracuse University achieve carbon neutrality ahead from 2040, expanding the current SA menstrual product initiative and increasing transparency and engagement with the student body, David Bruen and Adia Santos are running for president and vice president, respectively, of SU’s Student Association.

Bruen, the incumbent SA president, is a junior from Rockland County, New York, who majors in political science and policy studies. Santos, a junior from The Bronx, New York, majors in political science with a minor in religion.

Bruen said that he feels that his experience as president leaves him

best equipped to achieve all his administration and SA goals for the coming year.

“There is a lot of unfinished business. I really want to see some of those make even more progress,” Bruen said. “A lot of ties back to our slogan, ‘Pursuing legacy,’ which is really about looking back at the history and the foundation that we stand upon and trying to make this place that we love even better.”

Santos said she also sees herself as an involved candidate. Her extensive experiences during her time as an SU student adequately prepares her to be a successful vice president, she said.

“Having participated in different facets of campus life — whether it would be protest life or actually involved in cultural organizations like Hillel or different things like that — I feel like this is the perfect time for us as a team to be taking this role,”

Santos said. “We are more than prepared to do the job and I’m ready to hit the ground running.

I think we can accomplish almost any goal.”

There is a lot of unfinished business.

I really want to see some of those make even more progress.

David Bruen sa president

Bruen recalled when he ran unopposed for president in 2021.

He said he felt he was the right person at the right time since no one else stepped up running for president at the time. SA is still facing consequences of the

pandemic, he said, and challenges such as low student engagement still remain.

“Now that we are coming out of tough times, engagement is still low, people are not as informed. There is still a lot of progress we have to make and try to change the culture, which is not easy,” Bruen said. “The key is to keep the progress moving, and we are easily the best equipped team to do that.”

Santos also said that their combined experiences will allow for a better future for both students and the wider Syracuse community.

“You can’t beat David’s experience,” said Santos. “To have already had that role and also work with someone such as myself who is really really impassioned and cares so deeply for not just the SU community but the Syracuse community in general … it creates kind of an unstoppable duo.”

DPS investigating report of anti-LGBTQ language asst. news editor

The Sy racuse Universit y Department of Public Safety is investigating reports of an individual shouting hateful language that is derogatory and offensive to the LGBTQ community, according to a campus-wide email Saturday.

The incident, which was reported

on Friday, occurred in Brewster Hall.

Since the filing of the report, DPS has reviewed security footage and conducted interviews with the individual who reported the incident as well as others who were in the area at the time.

“We are working quickly to gather all possible information in hopes of identifying the (person) responsible for verbally degrading another member of our com-

munity. We have been in touch with and offered support to the impacted student,” said Craig Stone, SU’s chief of campus safety and emergency management services, in the email.

“I am disappointed by this behavior and encourage anyone who observed this incident or has information that could lead to the responsible party being identified to come forward. Together, we

You can have a beautiful place with all of these resources … but the underlying problem is attracting those people to the center Ana S. Aponte González lender student fellow

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on campus

By Danny Amron

Syracuse University ’s Lender Center for Social Justice chose Seyeon Lee, an associate professor in the School of Design at the College of Visual and Performing Arts, to act as the 2021-23 Lender Faculty Fellow. Lee plans to focus her project on improving access to health and wellness services for women.

The Lender Center for Social Justice, housed in Syracuse University’s School of Education, works to support equity and inclusion in the greater Syracuse community. One way the center does this is by electing help from community members through a fellowship program for faculty and students.

Every year, a faculty member is named a Lender Faculty Fellow and leads a two-year project. Five students are chosen as Lender Student Fellows every two years and collaborate directly with the elected faculty fellow to act in a supporting role, according to the Lender fellowship’s website. The program enables students to be exposed to researchbased learning.

After connecting with CenterState CEO, a Syracuse-based economic development organization, Lee is helping design the YMCA’s Northside Women’s Wellness Center, which opened in fall 2020 and aims to be an accessible space for women of all socioeconomic backgrounds, ages and ethnicities to pursue wellness.

must commit to fostering a safe, inclusive and welcoming environment,” Stone said.

There are currently no suspects. Anyone with information about this incident can contact DPS at 315-443-2224. Anonymous tips can be reported to DPS via the Silent Witness tool or the Rave Guardian app. ddamron@syr.edu @dannyamron_

“(The Northside is) where low-income families, a lot of new Americans, and first and second (generation) immigrant families first settled,” Lee said. “It’s one of those neighborhoods where college students from schools like Syracuse and Le Moyne don’t really hang out.”

The wellness center offers a variety of services, including a womenonly fitness center, equipped with weights, cardio equipment and circuit strength machines. The center also hosts speakers who talk about nutrition and dieting as well as physical and mental wellness events and see lender

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budget eligible for arrest under the plan.

The governor also hopes to reform the “Raise the Age” statute. The statute, passed in April 2017, raised the age of criminal responsibility to 18 and ensured that individuals who are convicted of non-violent crimes as minors receive intervention and evidence-based treatment.

Hochul hopes to implement the $500 million in funding that was allocated for the “Raise the Age” statute but never spent, as well as increase funding for pretrial diversion and employment programs.

The plan also seeks to reform the discovery statute, increase funding for mental health treatment and expand involuntary commitment. It would also expand Kendra’s Law, which provides court-ordered assisted outpatient treatment to those who, according to the statute, are unlikely to survive in the community based on their treatment history and present circumstances.

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debate as accessible to the student body and has promised to continue her accessibility if she is reelected as comptroller.

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lieutenant governor to expand child care in New York state with a $1.4 billion increase in state spending. The funds would increase support for child care providers, create daycare centers at public universities and expand child care subsidies.

According to the reporting from The New York Times, the State Legislature’s proposal for such funding currently costs $4 billion.

That reporting also includes a $345 million proposal to provide health care to undocumented immigrants.

In 2013, New York state passed the Upstate NY Gaming & Economic Development Act, which established four destination gaming resorts across the region to expand tourism and economic development.

Now, seven gambling companies are competing for the state’s three remaining casino licenses to operate in the New York City area. Various interest groups are lobbying to expedite a provision in a 2013 constitutional amendment that bars downstate casinos until 2023.

New York state legalized mobile betting in January 2022.

Gorczynski recently joined SA several weeks ago, while MacNeil hasn’t served as a member of SA. MacNeil is running on the campaign slogan, “If you want the real deal, vote for MacNeil.”

During her opening remarks, Gorczynski said that SA needs to be more well-known and accessible to the rest of the student body.

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Lee let us pick what area we wanted to focus on within the center, I was interested in getting access to fresh produce.”

Currently, Volynets’ main objective is creating a program that gives fresh produce to members of the center, their families and eventually the local Syracuse community.

She is still in the early stages of accomplishing her goal and is reaching out to experts in food security to gain insight on how to construct a system that will help people access free produce.

After consulting with Lee, Volynets also plans to contact community gardens and farms to learn which crops are easy to grow in New York and their potential yield.

Though Lee did not begin working with the Northside Women’s Wellness Center until 2018, she has been working with this area of research for over 10 years and practiced as an architectural designer, urban planner and interior designer for 14 years.

support group programs, Lee said.

Though the Northside Women’s Wellness Center is open to women of all backgrounds, Lee specifically wants to focus on single mothers. Single mothers, Lee said, are “women that impact so many other people surrounding them.”

Iona Volynets, a sophomore in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, is a current Lender Student Fellow. She said she was inspired to partake in the Lender Center Fellowship project due to a startup from her hometown in Washington, D.C., called Kyanite Kitchen.

The kitchen focuses on providing the Washington area with fresh produce and vegan-based meals for free.

“I’d seen the work they’ve done, and I was really inspired,” Volynets said. “So when Dr.

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After the comptroller was presented, all three presidential and vice presidential tickets were introduced and began with opening remarks.

Incumbent President David Bruen is looking for his second term, joined by executive vice presidential candidate Adia Santos. Jordan Pierre and Breton MacNeil are also running for president, joined alongside running mates Lauren Gloster and Sky Gorczynski, respectively.

In opening remarks, the Bruen-Santos campaign highlighted Bruen’s past successes as president, including creating a grocery store trolley program, investing in providing free menstrual products on campus and the extension of SU’s test-optional policy amid COVID-19, which he advocated for.

Bruen said that his focus is to continue “substantive change instead of vague talking points.” The pair highlighted their experience in the association.

“Adia and I offer experience. No one (is) better to serve than someone who has done the job,” Bruen said.

The Pierre-Gloster campaign focused on uniting the student body through their various initiatives. Pierre said that their campaign presents and establishes relationships with a large demographic of students.

In her opening remarks, Gloster highlighted the campaign’s main initiatives: reshaping the Orange experience, revitalizing the Orange culture, constructing the Orange experience, addressing food insecurity and creating long-term relationships with Syracuse residents.

lender center

Current proposals would require operators to pay at least $1 billion for each license. This new source of revenue would coincide with other issues in the budget, such as an appropriation for a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills of the NFL. Hochul proposed a $850 million appropriation from the state to aid with the $1.4 billion total cost of a new Bills stadium, with the Bills agreeing to remain in the area for another 30 years.

All candidates expressed support for bringing back meal swipes to the Schine Student Center.

Pierre advocated for the addition of emergency swipes which, as he described, are a certain number of swipes for students that don’t have a meal plan because not all students can afford one.

Gloster continued by advocating for a policy of transporting leftover food from dining halls to places like the Hendricks Chapel food pantry or the local community, an idea that saw unanimous support by the candidates.

Bruen described how he, along with other students, sat down with Jon Webster, SU’s executive director of hospitality, to work on this issue. Bruen said that he, among other SA assembly members, went on to create a Food Services accountability committee.

“This is an issue that has a lot of elements to it, and we have to explore solutions in a lot of different ways,” Bruen said. “If we can get meal swipes back at Schine, if we can make the cost of the meal plan overall go down, if we can do some adjustments to the ’Cuse Cash and Dining Dollars being split, all of these I think would be wins for students.”

MacNeil also expressed his support for returning meal swipes to Schine and Pierre’s initiative of having emergency swipes.

Gorczynski said Dining Dollars should be accessible in more places, such as on-campus grocery stores and vending machines.

“Eating disorders are a huge problem on this campus,” Gorczynski said. “If kids don’t

Billion dollar difference between Gov. Hochul and the state legislature’s budget proposals

New York state also recently forced the settlement of a five-year legal battle with the Seneca Nation over its casino revenues and plans to use some of that funding to pay for the like the dining halls, and they can’t get food after 9 p.m., they are simply not going to eat.”

Santos cited accessibility as the biggest problem with SU’s dining halls, as she believes that the price of meal swipes is too high.

“There’s no reason why you should be swiping into (Ernie Davis Hall) for $15 and grabbing an apple before running to class. It’s just absurd. It makes it impossible for anyone here to afford food,” Santos said.

Mental health

Pierre and Gloster proposed the creation of more mental health days. Both candidates also campaigned on making students feel more comfortable to talk about mental health, promoting more dialogue with SU’s administration on this topic and encouraging professors to be more lenient to students.

Bruen and Santos said they are working closely with SU’s administration to prioritize mental health and wellness of the student body. He also mentioned SA has expanded the mental health awareness week during his term. The pair also expressed interest in creating more mental health days and increasing the diversity of staff, particularly in the Barnes Center at The Arch. Santos said that resources should be available immediately for any students that need them.

MacNeil and Gorczynski said the Barnes Center is adequate, but that “students need to be able to feel comfortable using it.” Both candidates expressed interest in creating a mental health/suicide prevention week as well as opportunities to raise money that can be fueled into mental health programs.

Communication with SA

Gloster said communication was the biggest solution to establish a better connection between the student body and SA. Pierre said “That’s where I developed my passion of improving the quality of living conditions that really impact everyday people, rather than the 1% of population that I personally don’t belong to,” Lee said. “Someone that I can relate to, someone that I can really change their life, in this particular case, Northside.”

Ana S. Aponte González, another Lender Student Fellow, said there are hurdles for the fellows to overcome to bring the goals of the project to fruition, though.

“You can have a beautiful place with all of these resources and amenities that can give back to the community, but the underlying problem is attracting those people to the center,” said González, a sophomore double majoring in VPA and the College of Arts and Sciences.

She is also a member of a volunteering program with La Casita Cultural Center, which focuses on bridging the Hispanic communities of SU and central New York through civic

stadium costs as well.

“We see, and we hope the world sees, the Governor’s announcement for what it is – the latest chapter in New York’s long history of mistreatment and taking advantage of Native people,” Seneca Nation of Indians President Matthew Pagels said in a statement. “Governor Hochul happily tried to strangle Western New York in order to squeeze every drop of blood she could get from the Seneca Nation.”

Gov. Hochul’s husband, Bill Hochul, is the senior vice president and general counsel of Delaware North, the company that manages the stadium’s concessions.

Other issues

State lawmakers are debating a suspension of the state’s gas tax or other methods of targeted relief in an effort to alleviate the increasing gas costs New Yorkers are facing.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams wishes to continue mayoral control of NYC public schools for another four years, but many state lawmakers hope to deal with this after the budgetary process is completed, as mayoral control of the schools does not expire until June. ddamron@syr.edu @dannyamron_

the two will prioritize talking to students about issues at hand.

During Bruen’s term, SA held two town halls to hear the concerns of students. The third town hall was scheduled to be held in early March after being postponed from Thursday, Feb. 24.

A big focus of the debate was on the effectiveness of town halls and if more could be done to meet the demands of the student body. Santos said they are both “making it a priority to meet with students” while “trying to be as open and honest as possible.”

MacNeil posed the question as to if the average student would feel comfortable attending town halls. Gorczynski said they would support SA representing itself more in Schine and do a better job explaining to students what SA does behind the scenes.

The debate ended with closing remarks from all three tickets. Pierre and Gloster said that they are doing “more than just making changes to social and political climate, but also defying a lot of stereotypes by being here at SU.” Bruen and Santos, similar to their opening remarks, highlighted Bruen’s accomplishments during his past term while stressing that they are “committing (themselves) to all students and those finding their way to the Orange community.”

MacNeil and Gorczynski ended the debate by reaffirming their stance as outsiders to SA who are focusing on making students feel more comfortable to express their concerns, making all students feel welcomed.

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engagement and research. From her affiliation with La Casita and its community center, González recognized that La Casita and the Northside Women’s Wellness Center shared similar problems. Many participants in La Casita’s children’s programs lack access to transportation to the center, she said.

González said the Lender fellows are taking steps to connect with other community centers and identify an overarching problem.

“After that research is done, we’re going to try to incorporate a pilot program to see if our solution works out and actually benefits the center,” González said.

Lee hopes to create some sort of a framework that can be applied to other community centers if the project is successful.

“We can’t just focus on one set of a population or demographics,” Lee said. “We have to look at many different pockets and work together as a community.” dgriff05@syr.edu

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Students should vote in We are proud to be Ukrainian this week’s SA election

The election for the Student Association will be taking place from April 4-8. arthur maiorella staff photographer

By Sophia Leone columnist

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yracuse University is a well established institution with colleges that are nationally ranked, but there are some clear drawbacks that come with this institution, and the students are very aware. They are not afraid to talk about them, but some students miss the opportunity to vote in elections and choose candidates that can help fix SU’s faults.

The Student Association’s election will be taking place from April 4-8. Students should vote to translate their preferences into action.

SA acts as an undergraduate student government: its main goal is tackling issues undergraduates may face and acting as a representative for them.

According to its website, “The Student Association works with the University’s administrators to improve all facets of your undergraduate life and ensure that your concerns are heard.”

SA is the best way for students to turn issues into action items.

It is vital that SU students civically engage with the campus they resided in. Anna Mulhernn, a freshman at SU, said that SA represents the SU community, and students should get involved in the voting process.

“You don’t want to complain about something that you didn’t put

your voice into,” Mulhernn said. “At the end of the day you want to be able to use your voice, and this is your chance to use your voice.”

There are many passionate students running for SA who are here to support students with many common problems and want to make SU the best place for all undergraduate students.

For that to happen, students need to increase the voter turnout to make the change they want. Voting in this election is a good opportunity to elect students who will stand up to the strong administrative powers who have the ability to make a noticeable change.

Ella Schulhof also understands the value of a vote and is adamant that she will be voting in this year’s election.

“Yes. I’m voting. I’m voting for people I know who are passionate and willing to change the school,” Schulhof said. “Everyone should vote. … If you’re not exercising your right to vote you’re throwing away your opportunity.”

I encourage all SU students to participate in this upcoming election, as it is a huge way to share your voice. The more students collectively come together, the more likely we are to have a better campus that can be improved for everyone.

Sophia Leone is a freshman broadcast and digital journalism major with a minor in political science. Her column appears biweekly. She can be reached at seleone@g.syr.edu.

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We will push to preserve our culture, and our children will learn to value being part of something so much bigger than themselves. We will always be proud to be Ukrainian. courtesy of anna salewycz

By Anna Salewycz guest columnist

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hope this piece allows you, as the reader, to step into the shoes of a Ukrainian-American and join us in the collective experiences many of us can relate to.

We let out a groggy groan every Saturday morning at 7 a.m., when our parents ripped the covers off our trembling little bodies and told us it was time to get ready for Ukrainian school. We screamed, we cried, and we kicked for hours before stubbornly sitting down by the dimly lit dining room table to do humdrum Ukie-school homework every Friday night.

We fell asleep on the scratchy, silver seats of our light blue minivan on the way to the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey multiple times a week. We dreamed of the pink tutus we would wear if we did ballet and imagined the bright blue tunic we would be given if we were Girl Scouts. But, we woke up disappointed in our embroidered vyshyvkas at tantsi and yellow hustkas at Plast.

We were told we had special needs in preschool because we didn’t interact with the other children and weren’t engaged in class. We didn’t know how to tell them we simply didn’t recognize the foreign English phrases lingering within the peeling cream-colored walls of the classroom.

We almost peed ourselves in front of the class because the teacher couldn’t understand us when we politely asked to use the bathroom.

We learned the foreign English phrases and were excited to practice them at home. We couldn’t wait to teach them to our baby sister. We were furious with our parents for not letting us.

We were always scared to open our thermoses during lunch. We prayed that mama had listened to us and packed us mac ’n cheese or a sandwich. We were never angry with the kids who made comments about the stench of our bizarre borscht. We were mad at our mothers for making us look different.

We dreaded the piercing stares of judgment from our peers — the scathing looks we received when we answered the phone in Ukrainian, the disparaging glares at our fingers as we made the sign of the cross the “wrong” way.

We didn’t know what to say to our American friends when they asked us why we didn’t have birthday parties every year. We didn’t know how to explain that we had to be fair by alternating between them and our Ukrainian friends.

We didn’t know how to explain a lot of things, and our American friends had a lot of questions. And when we did learn how to explain those things, we didn’t want to.

We were jealous of our American friends. We wanted to be like them. We wanted to fit in, but we were different.

Years went by, and we stopped trying to Americanize ourselves.

We accepted our fate as outcasts.

But as more years slipped away, that reluctant acceptance flourished into an authentic embrace of

our cultural identity.

We realized that being Ukrainian is more than just going to Ukie school and speaking the Ukrainian language. It is an integral part of our very being that has molded us into the strong men and women we are today. It has given us the friends we call family, and the deeply rooted memories we will cherish into our old age.

Our heritage is no longer at the center of only our lives — it is at the center of the world.

Ukraine is now at the forefront of an unprovoked fight for freedom. We are zealously proud to be Ukrainian and stand behind all the valiant heroes relentlessly fighting to keep the Ukrainian flame alive for future generations to come. The entire world watches in terror as a bloodthirsty, inhumane murderer tries to destroy democracy. He kills innocent people in hopes of returning to the glory days of the Soviet Union and Tsarist Russia. We will not let him win.

We reflect on our childhood and itch to take back the immature groans and the selfish tears we let out as children. We wish to hold those little boys and girls in our arms and make them see the world the way we do now.

And so, we promise to finish what our parents started. We will push to preserve our culture, and our children will learn to value being part of something so much bigger than themselves. We will always be proud to be Ukrainian.

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Organizers along with attendees relished throwing colored powders and spraying water onto each other on the Women’s Building field to welcome the spring season. anjuman alam contributing photographer

Colorful celebration

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nce crisp white clothes were embellished by splashes of deep blues, neon pinks and vibrant greens at Holi, celebrated by the South Asian Student Association at the Women’s Building on Saturday.

Holi — filled with color, music and camaraderie — is celebrated all over India to mark the transition from winter to spring, but for many, the celebration is also about coming together as a community.

“I know the actual historical significance of (Holi) is surrounding the harvest season, spring and the triumph of good over evil,” Shelly Bhanot, the president of SASA, said. “But personally I think it’s just a fun way to connect with friends

SASA celebrated the colorful Indian holiday of Holi, which marks the transition from winter to spring and the triumph of good over evil

and family, and just throw color!”

Ahead of the event, SASA posted an “ultimate guide” for people celebrating Holi for the first time. SASA recommended wearing white clothes that you don’t mind getting messy, because a main element of the celebration is tossing colored powders and spraying colored water. Additionally, sunglasses or a bandana worn on the head are two great ways to keep the colors from getting in your hair and eyes, the post read.

Under a pink, teal, yellow and green balloon arch, members of SASA offered people bags of brightly colored powders to sprinkle on friends, to decorate your own face or to simply throw into the air. As time passed, the crowd of people became brightly multicolored.

“My favorite part was having complete

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slice of life

Greek Unity Fest celebrates Black sororities, fraternities

By Dakota Chambers asst. culture editor

Syracuse University students, alumni, faculty and staff packed Goldstein Auditorium Saturday afternoon, many decked out in their freshest Greek paraphernalia — from ice cold black and gold to pretty pink and green, the Divine Nine was out in full force. As soon as the lights went down, the audience shifted from constant conversation to complete silence, eagerly anticipating the show to come.

SU’s National Pan-Hellenic Council presented its annual Greek Unity Fest Step Show. NPHC president Cristy Sanchez and social chair Haniyah Philogene hosted the event.

Special guests Trizzy and Jay Dukes — who are also both members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. (Ques) — from Aux Cord Wars Live were the MCs for the evening, with music from DJ Roxci and DJ Smeezo keeping the crowd entertained between each sorority’s performance.

This was the first Greek Unity Fest in three years due to the pandemic.

It meant a lot to see the auditorium packed after so many years away, Sanchez, who is also a member of the Kaptivating Kappa Lambda chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., said to The Daily Orange after the show.

“I’m very proud of my sorority and I for just putting (the show) together — not only us, but you know, the entire

(NPHC),” Sanchez said. “It was beautiful to see the unity and to see how all of that kind of projected onto the entire campus, and we’re all here in this space, just vibing out.”

The first performers of the night were the Illustrious Iota Upsilon chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Their performance theme was “Drumline,” and they opened with Destiny Child’s “Lose My Breath” and later stepped to other tracks, including Beyoncé’s “The Bzzzz Drumline (Interlude) (Homecoming Live).”

As they stepped, the AKAs chanted “1908,” the year the sorority was founded, paid tribute to D9 fraternities by recreating their famous strolls and made numerous references to the

AKA’s reputation as the “Phirst and Phinest” D9 sorority.

“Alpha Kappa Alpha, AKA — the first Black sorority — we paved the way. … Yes we’re conceited, that’s what they say, but when you’re No. 1, you can act that way,” the performers chanted.

While the AKAs on stage stepped, their sorors, both alumni and current students, in the audience joined in on some of their chants and called out “Skee-Wee” in support of the performance.

Next up were the Deltas, who took the audience on a trip through the skies via their aptly named “Delta Airlines” show. They wore red scarves around their necks, cream-colored

shirts and red pants to combine a traditional flight attendant uniform with their signature colors.

Just like the AKAs’ performance, this trip included tributes to D9 fraternities, including Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc., Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. and the Ques. Their last chant told the story of the Deltas’ founders.

“A hundred and nine years ago, 22 women decided to go on a mission to build something greater, and in 1913 founded Delta Sigma Theta,” they began. “Public service and sisterhood, are for what our founders stood. It carries on until today, because Delta Sigma Theta is the only way!” see step page 7

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New ASU Foundation raises money for communities in Africa

By Emane Haque

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Whitney Sossou had a vision for the African Student Union Foundation ever since last year, when she was ASU’s vice president of external affairs. This semester, she established the foundation as a parting gift to ASU before she graduates in May and ends her term as president.

“We’ve been doing some community service work within Syracuse but I thought it was time to go overseas,” Sossou, the president of ASU, said.

Syracuse University’s African Student Union launched the ASU Foundation on March 3 in hopes of giving back to underserved communities in Africa. Sossou said the foundation embodies ASU’s goal of helping those in need beyond providing a space for the African diaspora.

“We don’t want ASU to just stop at Syracuse,” Sossou said. “We really want to represent our countries here but also have an effect on the different African countries.”

This year, Sossou was awarded the Women of Distinction award at the Evening of Black Expressions by Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

for starting the ASU Foundation.

Previously, ASU worked to ease the arrival of incoming refugees from Sudan to Syracuse by cleaning designated housing, building beds and doing other housework to make these spaces livable. As a result, ASU was awarded the On The Rise award in February at Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.’s 31st Annual Scholarship Soirée. The award was given for ASU’s distinction for supporting the African refugee population in Syracuse.

Currently, ASU is working with The Wanted Children Foundation, which will aid the foundation in funding, allocating resources and managing the distance between ASU in Syracuse and foundations in Africa.

Starting the foundation required research to understand what the scope of providing aid as a student organization could be, ASU secretary and SU sophomore Aminata Sylla said.

“The foundation has been in the works for a few months now,” Sylla said. “It wasn’t an easy process since it was a new initiative the organization took (on), and our communication from other foundations and charities inside and outside the US was a bit challeng-

ing but wasn’t impossible.”

The ASU has contacts in Nigeria and Ghana to ensure its work is impacting the community as the foundation intends, Sossou said. It also plans on working with Amnesty International as well as The Cuppy Foundation and Jesse’s Blessing, she added.

This month, ASU plans to hold its first ASU Foundation event this month, with the majority of proceeds going towards their first initiative, the H20 project. They are raising funds to build a water drill for villages in Nigeria.

“In rural areas where they don’t have close access to clean water, instead of us providing filters, it’s better to help them build a well. One good quality drill is about $4,000,” Sossou said.

Sossou called the event an “Iftar with ASU.” The all-inclusive buffet, which will include an entry fee, was proposed by those on ASU’s executive board who observe the Islamic month of Ramadan, said Sossou.

Down the line, ASU plans on working to help support children’s needs, such as fundraising for hearing aids or overburdened orphanages, Sossou said. She said she also hopes that once the foundation takes off and gets bigger, they will be

able to work on several projects at once based in different African countries.

The start of the foundation holds personal significance for many ASU members.

Sylla, who grew up in Senegal, said she admires that the ASU Foundation was created by college students.

“We left our home country not only to provide a better life for ourselves but to also use that opportunity we have to give back to the community we grew up in,” Sylla said.

Vice president Nicole Boadu, who was born and raised in Ghana, also has a unique understanding of mitigating stereotypes of Africa while also wanting to raise awareness.

Boadu, an SU junior, said living in Ghana made her aware of the wealth disparity within her home country and that although poverty exists, it is not all that Africa is.

“Africa has a lot of resources. … There are certain big cities in Africa, but then there are also people who are struggling,” Boadu said. “Experiencing this and then coming to a college and finding a group that understands this and wants to give back to their community makes me feel fulfilled.” eohaque@syr.edu

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You’ll witness cycles of strife, determination this week

By Liam Hines

astrology columnist

This week begins a month of exciting, enlivening and refreshing astrology.

We enter the week coming off the heels of a Mercury cazimi in Aries. A cazimi occurs whenever a planet is within approximately one degree of a conjunction with the sun. Ancient astrologers observed that as planets move closer to the sun, they become invisible in the sky, blocked out by the sun’s rays. They referred to planets in this condition as being “under the beams,” and interpreted this to symbolize an inhibition of that planet’s will. For the brief moment that a planet is cazimi, meaning “in the heart of the sun,” it is as if that planet has exclusive access to the sun’s power. from page 6

colorful strangers wish me a ‘Happy Holi’ and wipe color on my face,” said Stephanie Saba, an international relations graduate student who attended her first Holi on Saturday.

The Holi organizers documented the experience of the vivid hues and striking view of colors flowing in the wind. Photographers, videographers and even a drone captured the rainbow clouds and decorated clothes.

With the goal of photographing the celebration in mind, SASA prepared a few props.

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After the Deltas, there was a break in the performance, and Trizzy and Jay Dukes put on a game show where audience members could win cash prizes. Volunteers joined the DJs, who were set up on either side of the auditorium, and picked songs that belonged to a randomized category. Each side got to pick two songs each, and whichever side’s picks the audience enjoyed more won anywhere from $50-$200.

One of the categories was “turn-up songs,” so competitors chose tracks like Meek Mill’s “Dreams and Nightmares,” which the Alphas, Ques and AKAs all strolled along to, and Fast Life Yungstaz’s “Swag Surfin’,” which prompted the audience to stand and swag surf along to the chorus.

With Mercury in this condition from April 2-3, you may have taken part in a fiery but productive debate, made some important deals or purchases or wrote as if powered by a motor. Mercury’s voyage through Mars’ fiery temple of Aries, lasting until April 10, may generally bring some boldness to our thoughts, speech and writing.

On April 4, we see a steely conjunction of Mars and Saturn in Aquarius. Mars-Saturn conjunctions, which occur every two years, mark new cycles of strife, struggle and suffering on the one hand and determination, focus and vigor on the other. This conjunction ends a cycle which began on March 31, 2020, when Pluto additionally joined in on the conjunction in Capricorn.

Any alignment of these two planets marks a time when we should consider the material realities

of our lives, especially the most challenging or frightening, with sobriety, focus and will power to change them. Difficulties may arise here, but you should take this opportunity to tap into your strength rather than submit to hopelessness.

On April 4, Venus ingresses into Pisces, the sign of her exaltation. When a planet exalts in a sign, it is as if that sign is a temple with a special wing devoted to honoring and uplifting that planet. Venus is this honored guest in Jupiter’s watery temple of Pisces, finding bliss in the optimism, wistfulness and dreaminess of this sign.

With Jupiter also present in Pisces throughout all of Venus’ stay, this becomes an especially beneficial journey for both planets. Venus has been stuck in Saturn’s signs of Capricorn and Aquarius since November of last year, bringing weight, dryness and darkness to Venusian

themes of love, beauty and pleasure. Many astrologers see this ingress as a sign of much better things to come in the Venusian sphere. Look for a feeling of much-needed rain replenishing fields of pleasure, both in your own experience and our collective life. Venus will remain in Pisces until May 5.

Remember, as we explored in last week’s column, Jupiter’s conjunction with Neptune in Pisces will continue intensifying all throughout this week. On top of the Mars-Saturn conjunction and Venus’s ingress, these planets will lay a thick blanket of dreamy, mystical, psycho-spiritual wonder. Venus’ ingress into the same sign may emphasize even more the themes of this conjunction, bringing to the fore the sweetness and bliss contained therein.

loons read “HOLI,” and people passed picture frames, adorned with orange and yellow flowers, around the crowd.

Grant Cheung, an information studies graduate student, was taking photos and even brought an umbrella so that people could pour powders into the top, flip the umbrella over their heads and consequently have a great photo op of the colors of Holi showering down on them.

SASA has hosted a celebration for Holi the past 10 years, Bhanot said. She added that SASA tried to make its Holi similar to how she and other members celebrated at home to convey the sense of family they felt.

“I’m so happy I was able to find this club and

be able to celebrate this event at school,” she said, “because I never thought I would (celebrate), to be honest, away from home.”

SASA served traditional Indian foods, including samosas, chai, mango lassi and gulab jamun.

They also featured a Hindi playlist, including songs like “Desi Girl,” “Kaun Nachdi,” “Bom Diggy Diggy” and “Sheila Ki Jawani.” Most of the crowd joined together to dance to “Balam Pichkari,” which was first played in a Bollywood movie “Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.”

Along with its ties to the spring season and goodness in the world, Holi also celebrates people putting aside their differences, coming together and reuniting with friends and family.

“I used to play Holi back at home as well,” said sophomore Jaya Patel. “I really like this event. It definitely brings the whole community together.”

More than anything, the Holi celebration gave Indian students a connection to their culture even in central New York, said Sharvari Khairnar, an information studies graduate student.

“This is really awesome, especially the Hindi songs — they’re giving us deja vu of India,” she said. “We are missing home, and this is feeling like home again.”

After the break, the Pretty IrreZistable Pi Iota chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. took the stage. Two members of the Thrillin’ Theta Xi chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. joined them for their opening song, Juvenile’s “Back That Azz Up,” and their finale, “Dreams and Nightmares.” Zetas and Sigmas are the only officially bound brother and sister organization in the D9, so the joint display was reflective of that union.

The Zetas’ Greek Unity Fest performance was only a week after the chapter’s spring 2022 new member presentation, but their precise movements and uniform chants — bolstered by calls from Zeta alumni in the audience — displayed a strong confidence and pride in their organization that attendees responded to with constant cheers and applause.

“I said my sorors, you looking good today — well, a Zeta lady looks good every day — Z Phi!

Z-e-t-a, we are Z Phi B, the b-e-s-t,” the Zetas yelled from the stage.

The final performance of the night came from another sorority who presented a new line on March 25, the Tantalizing Theta Tau chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. The poodles’ performance incorporated tap dancing and canes, which they twirled and tapped on beat with the music as they stepped.

The theme of their show was “Women in Gold,” featuring an interpolation of Will Smith’s 1997 song “Men in Black,” the theme for the classic film of the same name.

The Theta Tau chapter’s adviser, Kendra DeLoach McCutcheon, who is also an assistant professor at the Falk College, joined the poodles as they stepped. She said she was “honored” that her chapter of undergraduates wanted to share the stage with her and that she’s been stepping since she crossed in 1996 at the RHO-

markable Nu Rho chapter at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

“It was nice to share the stage. I just wanted to represent my undergraduates well and kind of show them a little bit of how we (did) things back in the ’90s,” McCutcheon told The D.O. after the show.

She added that she was happy with how all of the 2022 Greek Unity Fest turned out and felt that the crowd enjoyed the NPHC’s revival of the showcase.

“We know that after the pandemic, other organizations are trying to revive and we’re trying to bring back D9 culture to campus, and I think the crowd’s response to all of us was really positive,” McCutcheon said.

“And so, I’m just glad that all the sororities took the stage and represented their organizations to the highest.”

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inconsistency Gait said he isn’t worried about the NCAA Tournament just yet. Instead, he said he wants to take things one game at a time.

Captain and defender Brett Kennedy agreed with that sentiment after the ND game, explaining that Syracuse just didn’t execute its gameplan. He wasn’t worried about the NCAA Tournament, either.

But SU is running out of chances. It has only a 2.1% chance of getting an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, down from 6.6% before the Notre Dame loss, according to Lacrosse Reference. With a difficult remaining schedule, it’ll need to be almost perfect from here on out. There’s no room for another “off day,” which is what Gait called Saturday’s 16-goal loss. There’s no time for a lack of consistency anymore.

The Orange need to figure out how to put together good offense, defense and faceoffs.

They need to make the way they played in the Duke win into a regular thing — it shouldn’t be an anomaly, especially now that everyone knows how well this team is capable of playing.

And they need to do it quickly, or their season — without an NCAA Tournament berth — could be over before they know it.

The game was won when…

By the end of the first quarter, Syracuse’s win percentage had dipped from 48.2% to 14.2%.

The Orange gave up a 9-0 run in the first quarter, the most goals they’ve allowed in a single

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swider together makes from beyond the arc, as Swider converted 3s at a 40.2% and 35.7% clip in his sophomore and junior seasons, respectively. But throughout the year, he gradually became a player who created his shot off the dribble. In daily practices, he said he’d shoot most shots off the dribble.

And when opposing defenses tightly cov-

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period since Maryland scored 10 in 2014. They let Notre Dame continue to build on that lead, one that the Fighting Irish stretched to as large as a 17.

This was never a close contest. Syracuse had an “off day” on both offense and defense, said Gait, and that was apparent throughout the entirety of Saturday afternoon’s game.

Quote of the night: Gait on SU’s blowout loss

Syracuse’s program had travel issues getting to South Bend, Indiana, not arriving until 1:30 a.m. the day of due to a mechanical issue with the originally scheduled plane, according to an SU Athletics spokesperson. Gait, though, said the travel issues had no impact on Syracuse’s performance or the game’s outcome.

W hen asked about his team’s firsthalf performance and whether the loss worried him, Gait said: “It looked like we were still on a plane somewhere (else), trying to get there.”

Stat to know: 5-of-8 first-quarter possessions end in turnovers

According to Lacrosse Reference, five of Syracuse’s eight first-quarter possessions ended in turnovers — four were forced turnovers and one was unforced.

The other three possessions were saved shots (two) and a one-minute penalty on Saam Olexo for unnecessary roughness. During that same timeframe, Notre Dame sprung out to a 9-0 lead and stretched that to 12-0 by early in the second quarter. ered him, Swider wouldn’t settle or force as many catch-and-shoot 3s. He said after SU’s win against Boston College on Feb. 8 that shooting off the dribble is “obviously not the strongest part of my game, but it’s something that I’m working on.”

With his decision to enter the draft, he joins Buddy Boeheim, Jimmy Boeheim, Bourama Sidibe and Frank Anselem as members of the 2021-22 Syracuse roster who won’t return for next season. Buddy and Jimmy,

Game ball: Jake Taylor, Notre Dame, attack

Normally this goes to the Syracuse player who was most impressive, but Syracuse had an allaround bad day. Besides, Jake Taylor is more than deserving of a game ball.

It was his first career start. He had knee surgery exactly a year and a day before the Syracuse game, he said postgame, and had just returned from an ACL injury a few months ago.

Taylor had scored just three career goals before Saturday’s contest.

He managed a program-record eight on Saturday, including multiple highlight-worthy behind-the-back and around-the-world ones.

“Being able to just have a game that I’m never going to forget is just something that I can never, ever imagine on this day,” Taylor said.

Three final points

Why does Notre Dame keep blowing out SU? Asked whether something about the way Notre Dame plays allows it to match up favorably with Syracuse, Gait said it was mostly “mental.” He said it’s easy for the team to settle with the idea of what happened last year — 22-8 and 18-11 losses — and “realize we don’t match up well against them.”

“But if you don’t do something about it, you just revert back to what happened last year. That’s kind of what happened today,” Gait said afterward.

He didn’t go more in depth about why Syracuse has continually had a Notre Dame problem recently. Taylor didn’t know either, saying that he wasn’t sure why Pat Kavanagh kept having

I believe it is time to challenge myself at the next level Cole Swider former syracuse forward

monstrous games against SU (averaging 9.33 points in his last three contests versus Syracuse).

Whatever the reason may be, Syracuse will need a better response when Notre Dame travels to the Carrier Dome to rematch the Orange on May 1.

Taylor drew inspiration from… Gait (who else?!)

Taylor has seen Gait’s goals on YouTube. Gait was “the first to do it all,” Taylor said, when asked about his behindthe-back goals and around-the-world one.

“He was a great player, very famous and very notable, (and a) great guy to learn from,” Taylor said.

Syracuse makes a goalie switch (again).

With 2:23 left in the first quarter, after Gavin made two saves and allowed eight goals, Gait pulled him in favor of Thompson.

SU trailed 8-0 at that point, though it didn’t appear Gavin was any more at-fault than the defense. Gait wasn’t asked specifically about the goalkeeping change after the game, but he’s previously said that it’s been tough to decide who to start at times.

Next up: UAlbany The Orange will remain on the road for a game against UAlbany, their final unranked opponent of the season. Last year, Syracuse beat UAlbany 13-8, and hasn’t lost to the Great Danes since a 15-3 defeat in 2018. After that, the Orange will play No. 7 Cornell, No. 9 North Carolina, No. 2 Virginia and No. 15 Notre Dame to close out the regular season. rferna04@syr.edu @roshan_f16

like Swider, will try to join a professional roster — whether in the NBA, the NBA G League or overseas — while Sidibe has no eligibility left and Anselem entered the transfer portal. The Orange, though, have secured the No. 14 recruiting class, and No. 4 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, with six commits, including the latest, four-star prospect Judah Mintz announcing his decision on Thursday. arcrane@syr.edu @CraneAndrew

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treshcheva ball moved for a little bit.”

On his second touchdown throw, Lamson sat in a clean pocket while Damien Alford streaked past Foster down the left sideline. Lamson’s throw hit the 6-foot-6 receiver in stride, and Alford took care of the rest, capping off a 75-yard touchdown.

Babers noted postgame that he couldn’t tell if those plays were the result of the receivers making strong moves or just young defensive backs making mistakes.

Foster is a freshman who hasn’t played a snap of college football. But Babers did note that the focus is on evaluating quarterbacks live, and Lamson’s performance in the second of three team scrimmages this spring impressed the seventh-year head coach, even if it came against a young, inexperienced defensive unit.

“Analytically, it’s a lot different going against the twos than going against the ones. The ones may make a mistake, the twos will make some mistakes, and if you take advantage of it, it makes you look really good,” Babers said. “But Justin did a good job.

Regardless of who he was going against, he did a nice job.”

The offense early in the scrimmage was built around a passing attack — the Orange rarely turned to the ground game on Lamson’s first drive under center. Anae also called some plays to get Lamson running.

On one designed QB draw on third-and-4, Lamson got good blocking and found plenty of room to run across midfield for a first down. On a later possession, Lamson emulated Shrader’s running style by putting his head down and taking a big hit as he scrambled inside the 10-yard line.

Lamson was a player who enrolled at Syracuse after graduating high school early, coming to SU last January. Other players

Sofya Treshcheva won her doubles match 6-4 before forfeiting her singles match against Notre Dame because of a lower body injury that has persisted throughout the season. wendy wang staff photographer

like current sophomore Duce Chestnut, along with freshmen LeQuint Allen and Francois Nolton Jr. — who both made an impact in Friday night’s game — were also early enrollees. Babers said if someone enrolls early but doesn’t make an immediate impact their freshman season, they still have an advantage the following spring.

“I can’t tell you how important it is when you come in early. You’re giving yourself a chance,” Babers said. “You carry yourself totally different than those other guys. So it’s a big thing.”

Syracuse’s passing unit ranked in the bottom 10 nationally last season, and its poor play was a big reason for Anae and Beck’s

respective hirings. After Shrader replaced Tommy DeVito as starting quarterback in late September, SU failed to utilize DeVito in any way — even when in need of strong passing. So if the situation arises in the fall, the passing ability that Lamson displayed Friday night could become key and helpful to the Orange. irharris@g.syr.edu

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Justin Lamson’s passing highlights Syracuse’s spring game

By Connor Smith sports editor

The camera rested on Garrett Shrader’s face.

As Syracuse’s returning starter spoke about young players that would step up this season, his backup, redshirt freshman quarterback Justin Lamson, faked a handoff and launched a pass toward the end zone.

Umari Hatcher secured the ball after successfully running a double move on the left side against Dom Foster. Shrader nodded as he turned his attention to the Carrier Dome scoreboard. It was the first touchdown of Syracuse’s spring game, an intrasquad scrimmage designed to give new players opportunities to showcase their abilities, coaches the chance to experiment with new looks and fans a glimpse at the 2022 team that won’t officially debut until Sept. 3 against Louisville.

But for stretches of Friday’s game, Lamson, filling in for Shrader — who sustained a mild hamstring injury last Saturday — played like a true pocket passer who could shine in the new offense that Robert Anae has brought to Syracuse. While all of his snaps came against second-string defenders, Lamson still threw for 151 yards and two touchdowns on 7-of-10 passing while also displaying an ability to run.

“He’s just been around for a while, so he understands the players,” head coach Dino Babers said of Lamson postgame. “He’s doing

a really good job, especially for a young kid.”

Shrader is still expected to be Syracuse’s starting quarterback in week one. The former four-star recruit, along with Sean Tucker, helped shape the Orange into one of the country’s best running teams last season. Shrader has been excited about SU’s new offense and has meshed well with Anae and new quarterbacks coach Jason Beck. Receivers say Shrader has improved throwing the ball in practices this spring.

But in potential situations like Friday where Shrader — a daring player who fights for extra yards and stands in the pocket even if it means taking the hit — has to miss time due to an injury, Lamson could keep Syracuse’s offense humming along if needed.

Lamson is a member of a crowded quarterback room that also features Michigan transfer Dan Villari and JaCobian Morgan — who started two games under center in 2020. Lamson has taken most of the second-team snaps in practice drills available to the media. Villari and Morgan split time going against Syracuse’s top defensive unit, though neither could lead their side on any scoring drives. Lamson, on the other side, did a good job alternating between medium and deep throws along with the occasional quarterback run.

“They did some good things and some bad things,” Babers said of the quarterbacks. “It’s hard to evaluate quarterbacks without going back and watching every little thing. But the

ball moved for a little bit.”

On his second touchdown throw, Lamson sat in a clean pocket while Damien Alford streaked past Foster down the left sideline.

Lamson’s throw hit the 6-foot-6 receiver in stride, and Alford took care of the rest, capping off a 75-yard touchdown.

Babers noted postgame that he couldn’t tell if those plays were the result of the receivers making strong moves or just young defensive backs making mistakes. Foster is a freshman who hasn’t played a snap of college football.

But Babers did note that the focus is on evaluating quarterbacks live, and Lamson’s performance in the second of three team scrimmages this spring impressed the seventh-year head coach, even if it came against a young, inexperienced defensive unit.

“Analytically, it’s a lot different going against the twos than going against the ones. The ones may make a mistake, the twos will make some mistakes, and if you take advantage of it, it makes you look really good,” Babers said. “But Justin did a good job.

Regardless of who he was going against, he did a nice job.”

The offense early in the scrimmage was built around a passing attack — the Orange rarely turned to the ground game on Lamson’s first drive under center. Anae also called some plays to get Lamson running. On one designed QB draw on third-and-4, Lamson got good blocking and found plenty of room to run

across midfield for a first down. On a later possession, Lamson emulated Shrader’s running style by putting his head down and taking a big hit as he scrambled inside the 10-yard line.

Lamson was a player who enrolled at Syracuse after graduating high school early, coming to SU last January. Other players like current sophomore Duce Chestnut, along with freshmen LeQuint Allen and Francois Nolton Jr. — who both made an impact in Friday night’s game — were also early enrollees. Babers said if someone enrolls early but doesn’t make an immediate impact their freshman season, they still have an advantage the following spring.

“I can’t tell you how important it is when you come in early. You’re giving yourself a chance,” Babers said. “You carry yourself totally different than those other guys. So it’s a big thing.”

Syracuse’s passing unit ranked in the bottom 10 nationally last season, and its poor play was a big reason for Anae and Beck’s respective hirings. After Shrader replaced Tommy DeVito as starting quarterback in late September, SU failed to utilize DeVito in any way — even when in need of strong passing. So if the situation arises in the fall, the passing ability that Lamson displayed Friday night could become key and helpful to the Orange. @csmith17_ csmith49@syr.edu

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Syracuse falls to Notre Dame after forfeiting 3 matches

By Wyatt Miller staff writer

Polina Kozyreva and Miyuka Kimoto were up 5-3 against Notre Dame’s Page Freeman and Maria Olivia Castedo when Kozyreva and Freeman got locked in a long rally, sending forehands back and forth to each other.

On the match point, Castedo finally stepped in for a backhand. Kozyreva reached for the ball, but she was unable to get to it and it sprang upwards over Kimoto. She leapt up for an overhead shot, scraping the bottom of the ball just enough to send it onto Notre Dame’s side before dribbling out of bounds.

Kimoto ran back to congratulate Kozyreva on their victory over the No. 31 double tandem in the nation, according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. But the pair’s win was only one of two Syracuse secured on Sunday against Notre Dame. Coming off just their second Atlantic Coast Conference win against Louisville on Friday, the Orange had another solid showing by winning four of their six total matches, but injuries and forfeits decimated SU’s chances of winning. The Orange lost the

match 4-3 after forfeiting a doubles match as well as two singles matches.

Kozyreva and Kimoto quickly shifted focus to the No. 2 doubles match featuring Shiori Ito and Sofya Treshcheva, which SU would have to win to earn the doubles point.

Treshcheva was treated with a lower body injury early in the match as she limped to the sideline. She returned to the match with a protective knee-length sock on her right foot minutes later, and hobbling all over the court, Treshcheva was responsible for the swing that won SU the doubles point.

“She showed a lot of character today,” head coach Younes Limam said. “We had her play the weaker (Notre Dame) player at the net because Sofya was limited, we just had to be strategic and she did a great job adjusting.”

Treshcheva’s injury rendered her unable to play a singles match, resulting in another forfeit. And No. 1 singles player Viktoriya Kanapatskaya was inactive once again for Syracuse after missing Friday’s game as well. Both her singles and doubles matches were forfeited.

This made the score 2-1 Notre Dame before singles even started. “We are giving away two points without hitting a tennis ball, so that’s a

tough hill to climb,” Limam said.

In the No. 3 singles spot, Ines Fonte squeaked out a victory in a super tiebreaker against sophomore Yashna Yellayi 5-7, 6-2, 10-5. Fonte looked fresh after being the only SU player not to play doubles.

However, she squandered a late 5-3 lead in the first set, losing 7-5.

She came back in the second with consistency, extending rallies until Yellayi made a mistake. Fonte made quick work of the second set, winning 6-2 to unlock the super tiebreaker.

Fonte continued to return balls with agility and accuracy, allowing Yellayi’s fatigue to help her in the 10-5 victory, giving Syracuse their first singles point.

“The key for her is just staying in it,” Limam said. “It sounds cliche but it’s very hard to do when your emotions are high and your stamina is low. She just stayed focused on the rally in front of her.”

Replacing Kanapatskaya in the No. 1 singles spot was Kimoto, who struggled against Freeman, the 90th-ranked singles player nationally, according to the ITA. Kimoto lost the first set quickly after being overpowered by Freeman’s forehand

and precision, keeping Kimoto on the run throughout. In the second set, Kimoto came out with more aggressiveness, jumping to an early 2-1 lead. However, Freeman went on a 5-0 run to end the set, and Kimoto lost both by a score of 6-2.

In the No. 2 singles spot, Ito followed up her doubles performance with a super tiebreaker victory. She has been the last player on the court in several of Syracuse’s matches this season because of her patient playstyle.

Ito went on a 4-1 run to win the first set 6-4 after trailing early. She lost the second set 4-6 as her range diminished and balls started to fly long. In the super tiebreaker though, Ito centered herself and dominated, winning 10-5.

Kozyreva moved up a spot to No. 2 because of the injuries, but like Kimoto, she lost both sets 6-2 to sophomore Julia Andreach. Kozyreva kept points close in the first set, but her fatigue eventually caught up with her.

“We had our backs against the wall on Friday and today and we responded,” Limam said. “All you can do is control what you can and I couldn’t be prouder of the fight in our team.” wbmiller@syr.edu

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Sofya Treshcheva helps Syracuse secure doubles point in loss

By Irie Harris staff writer

The camera rested on Garrett Shrader’s face.

As Syracuse’s returning starter spoke about young players that would step up this season, his backup, redshirt freshman quarterback Justin Lamson, faked a handoff and launched a pass toward the end zone.

Umari Hatcher secured the ball after successfully running a double move on the left side against Dom Foster. Shrader nodded as he turned his attention to the Carrier Dome scoreboard. It was the first touchdown of Syracuse’s spring game, an intrasquad scrimmage designed to give new players opportunities to showcase their

abilities, coaches the chance to experiment with new looks and fans a glimpse at the 2022 team that won’t officially debut until Sept. 3 against Louisville.

But for stretches of Friday’s game, Lamson, filling in for Shrader — who sustained a mild hamstring injury last Saturday — played like a true pocket passer who could shine in the new offense that Robert Anae has brought to Syracuse. While all of his snaps came against second-string defenders, Lamson still threw for 151 yards and two touchdowns on 7-of-10 passing while also displaying an ability to run.

“He’s just been around for a while, so he understands the players,” head coach Dino Babers said of Lamson postgame. “He’s doing a really good job, especially for a young kid.”

Shrader is still expected to be Syracuse’s starting quarterback in week one. The former four-star recruit, along with Sean Tucker, helped shape the Orange into one of the country’s best running teams last season. Shrader has been excited about SU’s new offense and has meshed well with Anae and new quarterbacks coach Jason Beck. Receivers say Shrader has improved throwing the ball in practices this spring.

But in potential situations like Friday where Shrader — a daring player who fights for extra yards and stands in the pocket even if it means taking the hit — has to miss time due to an injury, Lamson could keep Syracuse’s offense humming along if needed.

Lamson is a member of a crowded quar-

terback room that also features Michigan transfer Dan Villari and JaCobian Morgan — who started two games under center in 2020. Lamson has taken most of the secondteam snaps in practice drills available to the media. Villari and Morgan split time going against Syracuse’s top defensive unit, though neither could lead their side on any scoring drives. Lamson, on the other side, did a good job alternating between medium and deep throws along with the occasional quarterback run.

“They did some good things and some bad things,” Babers said of the quarterbacks. “It’s hard to evaluate quarterbacks without going back and watching every little thing. But the see treshcheva page 9

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LACKING CONSISTENCY Jake taylor made his first career start on Saturday against No. 18 Syracuse, setting No. 15 Notre Dame’s program record for goals in a game with eight, with some coming via trick shots. courtesy of notre dame athletics

By Roshan Fernandez senior staff writer

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Johns Hopkins, Stony Brook and for much of the game against Maryland. It looked like an entirely different team when it struggled to clear against Virginia, when defensive penalties accumulated against Hobart and when Army closed the game on a 6-0 run.

Neither unit had pieced together a complete performance for 60 minutes (except for against Holy Cross, a much weaker opponent). The offense and defense rarely both played well on the same day.

That is, until the Duke game, when Syracuse’s offense and defense both played their best lacrosse of the season and showed that SU had the potential to compete with talented ACC foes. A week later, the Orange’s inconsistency returned when both units played their worst lacrosse against Notre Dame.

At the goalie position, head coach Gary Gait has switched back and forth between Bobby Gavin and Harrison Thompson. Gait’s said that both bring similar skillsets, but the lack of a consistent starter and consistent backup certainly isn’t helping SU. Gait said Syracuse’s inconsistency is a “mental game.” He said in lacrosse, if a team isn’t super talented, they have to focus more on the teamwork element and play with a higher lacrosse IQ. “We showed in several games that we could do it at times,” Gait said of Syracuse’s capabilities after the Notre Dame game. “But today, I wasn’t sure.”

Syracuse continued its up-and-down play against Notre Dame, losing 22-6 after beating Duke last weekend

OUTH BEND, Ind. — Syracuse followed up its best game of the season with its worst one just a week later.

Last Saturday against Duke, Syracuse played strong offense, even better defense and leaned on a solid performance at the faceoff X to upset the Blue Devils. Then in Arlotta Stadium on Saturday, the Orange suffered a 16-goal defeat at the hands of No. 15 Notre Dame, tying their largest margin in a defeat since a 24-8 loss to Hobart in 1977.

Perfection isn’t expected from any team, but Syracuse has flashed potential on numerous occasions but then lacked the consistency to reproduce those results. With only five games remaining in the regular season, Syracuse (4-5, 1-2 Atlantic Coast) sagged below .500 — the threshold needed to be eligible for the NCAA Tournament. SU has four of its last five games against ranked opponents.

There’ve been strong offensive stretches this season, like the 18-goal game against Hobart, or the 6-0 run against Army in the first half. There was the second quarter against Maryland where Syracuse went on a 6-2 run against the top team in the nation.

But there were also offensive slumps, like failing to score a fourthquarter goal against Army or scoring just seven times against Johns Hopkins, to name a few.

On the other end of the field, the defense flashed potential against

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men’s basketball

Swider forgoes eligibility in declaring for NBA draft

By Andrew Crane

senior staff writer

Syracuse forward Cole Swider will forgo his final year of eligibility and declare for the NBA draft after signing with an agent, he announced on Twitter Sunday morning. Swider spent his first three collegiate years at Villanova before transferring to SU for the 2021-22 season.

“I’ll be forever thankful for the opportunities Syracuse provided,” Swider said in his statement. “I believe it is time to challenge myself at the next level.”

With the Orange, Swider averaged 13.9 points per game while securing a spot in their starting lineup. He also led the Orange in rebounds per game (6.8) and total rebounds. Swider called the decision to transfer to SU “just a mixture

of right place, right time” entering the year, and he turned that into a starting role he never relinquished throughout the year.

He only made 3-of-22 3-point shots in four games to open the season, but against Arizona State on Nov. 25, he connected on four of his five attempts from beyond the arc — kick-starting a stretch that continued for the rest of the season that helped him shoot 44.1% from 3.

Swider’s 3-point percentage ranked 138th nationally, per KenPom, and it was the highest on SU. The best output for Swider came on Feb. 28 against North Carolina, when he made 7-of-11 3-pointers and finished with 36 points on 14-of-21 shooting overall. It served as a career high for Swider for total points, and the 21 attempted shots and seven made 3s also served as season highs.

“I had three years where I was

a backup at Villanova, and I went through a lot just to kind of get to a place like Syracuse where I can be myself, get in a system where I can do the things that I know I can do,” Swider said after the UNC loss. “And tonight, I feel like, was just like a byproduct of all the hard work.”

He was best known for his shooting and ability to string

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