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SU’s Fulbright U.S. Student Program recipients expressed gratitude for continuing their studies abroad and to those who helped them receive the opportunity.

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Fans and former players have advocated for reinstating SU’s baseball team, but 50 years later, the university still remains the only ACC school without one.

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Dissenting opinion Demonstrators gathered to protest a leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade

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A draft opinion leaked Monday confirmed the United States Supreme Court voted to overturn its decision in Roe v. Wade, which ensured the right to abortion access with some provisions for state regulation past the third trimester.

According to the Center for Reproductive Rights, 29 states have laws that either do not protect the right to access abortions or directly prevent people from accessing abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned.

However, if the ruling is overturned, abortion access will still be protected under New York state’s Reproductive Health Act. The Daily Orange compiled a list of reproductive health resources available at Syracuse University and in the city of Syracuse.

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The protest was among several demonstrations that occured across the country Tuesday in cities such as Philadelphia, Albany and New York City.

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round 200 people gathered outside the James M. Hanley U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building Tuesday evening to protest a leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade.

“If you’re feeling angry, let me hear you,” said Tom Keck, a political science professor at Syracuse University, as he opened his speech at the rally. “If you’re feeling determined, let me hear you. There’s folks gathered like this in hundreds of cities all around the country right now.”

Women’s March Syracuse hosted the rally, where speakers from both legislative and advocacy backgrounds voiced disapproval of the draft opinion and called for action to protect reproductive rights.

The opinion, authored by Justice Samuel Alito, documents the court’s vote to overturn the precedent set by Roe v. Wade and reinforced by Planned Parenthood v.

Casey. These decisions have maintained the right for people who can get pregnant to have an abortion, with provisions for state regulation past the third trimester,

according to the 1973 ruling.

The protest was among demonstrations in cities such as Philadelphia, Albany and New York City on Tuesday.

At a protest in D.C., U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren expressed her anger toward the draft opinion to a crowd of protestors.

Keck, who specializes in constitutional law, spoke about the implications of the draft opinion and its assertions. In anticipation of students having questions in his Tuesday class, Keck said he read the 90-page draft and broke it down for students to best convey its logic.

In his speech, Keck explained the draft’s focus on the absence of abortion rights in the Constitution.

Keck also established the opinion’s standard that longstanding traditions of American society have allowed abortions to be legally regulated. The standard in the interpretation established by this opinon, Keck said, spans beyond just the issue of abortion. “(That) standard literally is — I’m not exaggerating at all — that ‘if we have a long history of taking your rights away, we can keep taking them away,’” Keck said. “It is not going to stop with abortion. We see

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At SU, The Barnes Center at The Arch provides contraceptive management care, pregnancy counseling, pregnancy testing, preventive counseling, sexual and reproductive health examinations, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections as well as gender-affirming care.

Appointments for this care can be scheduled by calling the Barnes Center at 315-443-8000.

For discrete access to external and internal condoms, students can place an order for delivery via the Safer Sex Express.

Planned Parenthood Syracuse

The Planned Parenthood Syracuse Health Center, located at 1120 E Genesee Street, offers abortions, birth control, HIV services, men’s health care, emergency contraception, pregnancy testing, primary care, sexually transmitted disease testing, treatment and vaccines, transgender hormone therapy and women’s health care.

Patients can access telehealth options for all health care services besides abortions. Transgender hormone treatment is solely available via telehealth.

Those without insurance or Medicaid may be eligible to qualify for a state-funded program or lower fee scale, according to the Planned Parenthood’s webpage. People can see

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Fulbright recipients reflect on experiences Library creates 1970s strike exhibit

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SU students and alumni reflected on the 2022 Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship application process. The exchange program partners with over 140 countries to fund. meghan hendricks photo editor

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Two days before being awarded the Fulbright scholarship, SU senior Gretchen Coleman was touring a graduate school in Alabama.

Though she worked on her application for a study grant to the University of Manchester for most of 2021, she said the news felt very sudden. “(Because of its prestige), I was operating on the fact that it wasn’t going to happen, so I pivoted to where I wanted to go to the US for grad school,” said Coleman, a political science and political philosophy major. “I’m thrilled, and still stunned.”

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is an academic and cultural exchange program that partners with over 140 countries internationally to fund study and research grants, according to the website. On April 26, 10 SU students and alumni were named recipients of the award.

“Even without the Fulbright, I am so grateful that I applied because I think I’m better able to understand the impact I want to make in the world,” Coleman said.

Students can either apply for an English Teaching Assistantship, a Study/Research Academic Award or Study/Research Creative & Performing Arts award, each

of which have unique application components, according to the Fulbright Program’s website. Students interested in applying for Fulbright must first contact their university’s Fulbright adviser.

At SU, students can apply through the Center for Fellowship & Scholarship Advising using an interest form through their website. Coleman credits her successful application to her involvement with CFSA. Coleman, who will be attending the University of Manchester’s oneyear political science MA program on a democracy and elections track, has been working with CFSA Director Jolynn Parker since her fresh-

man year. She said Parker’s insight into bringing an international perspective into a career in U.S. election reform was instrumental in her decision to apply.

Alexa Neely, a senior double major in policy studies and citizenship and civic engagement, received a scholarship from Fulbright for an English Teaching Assistantship in North Macedonia.

Neely said she learned about the opportunity through CFSA Assistant Director Melissa Welshans and then met with Parker every two weeks while working on the application.

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Law school group helps first-gen students

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Erica Glastetter has always known she wants to become a lawyer, even though she didn’t meet one until she went to law school. As the first member of her family to attend law school, Glastetter, a second-year student at Syracuse University’s College of Law, said she came in feeling underprepared.

“When I first started (law school), I had a billion questions and nobody to ask,” she said. “I just had to turn to the internet.”

Her experiences inspired Glastetter to connect with other first-generation classmates and create the First Generation Law Students Organization in the fall of her freshman year. Glastetter defines a first-generation law student as a person with no family members who previously attended law school.

FGLSA collaborates with the admissions office at the College of Law to connect with applicants who identify as first-generation law students, Glastetter said.

“We’d reach out to (the students) and just be like, ‘Hey, I’m first generation at Syracuse, let me know if you have any questions,’ to kind of make the process easier,” Glastetter said.

The organization also developed a “buddy system,” through which they pair first-gen students who are further in their school career with incoming firstyear students. Around 60 mentors and mentees participated in the program this year, Glastetter said.

Ca roline Sy na kowsk i, FGLSA’s treasurer and a second year law student, was a mentor to two incoming law students.

Synakowski said the experience has been fulfilling for both herself and her two mentees.

“Imposter syndrome is a very real issue for law students and especially first-generation law students,” Synakowski said.

“Knowing that I am surrounded by people with similar backgrounds and life experiences is a truly encouraging thing to have.”

FGLSA has connected with other first-generation law

student groups, including at Yale University and Seton Hall University, Glastetter said. The group also collaborated with other organizations to create a collage for First Generation Student Day, which celebrates all firstgeneration college students, on November 8.

Glastetter said FGLSA plans on continuing to collaborate and take on more demanding projects with other schools in the future.

FGLSA’s internal membership has also grown exponentially over the pandemic through virtual events, Glastetter said.

“I think going online has enabled us more than anything, with the activities that we’re able to host and the people who are able to join,” Glastetter said.

The organization now holds in-person events, such as workshops to prepare for the bar exam and guest lecturers, but provides a virtual option for members who are only able to attend online.

FGLSA also works with the SU’s JDInteractive, the first

entirely online law degree program in the United States, which targets students who are unable to relocate due to personal or work commitments.

FGLSA has made an effort to include members of this program to ensure they ’re able to get the same support as traditional law students.

Members of the JDI program can participate in the buddy system as well, but FGLSA pairs them with a peer mentor who is also in the online program, Glastetter said.

Last year, SU’s Student Bar Association voted the FGLSA the 2021-22 Student Organization of the Year. The group also recently created a scholarship to help pay for an SU first-generation law student’s education, Glastetter said.

“We just formed this built-in support system,” Glastetter said. “If you’re struggling with something, we’re there to give you advice or tell you what not to do, because we learned the hard way by doing it ourselves.” gdkatz@syr.edu

On May 4, 1970, 100 years after Syracuse University’s founding, thousands of students gathered on the Quad to rally for an end of American involvement in the Vietnam War, and advocate for the Black Panther Party’s principles of combating police violence.

Set against the backdrop of political unrest, the civil rights movement of the late 1960s and SU’s centennial, the student protests left a legacy that continues today, according to “Shut It Down”, a commemorative digital exhibition created by the SU Libraries archives. The exhibition, released this year, is accessible online via the SU Libraries website, and physical materials are available on the sixth floor of Bird Library.

Library archivist Vanessa St. Oegger-Menn, the primary curator for the project, researched materials from SU’s archives, including administrative and personal memos, student publications and strike flyers to create the exhibit.

She said she strived to examine the major events and actions of the time in-depth rather than just constructing a timeline.

“It’s kind of just trying to bring things together in a way that we’re not necessarily interpreting the material, but we’re trying to present it in a way that lends itself to folks – drawing their interpretations and understanding of that archival material,” said St. Oegger-Menn, who is also the curator of the Pan Am Flight 103 Archives.

SU students formed The Strike Committee of the May 4th Coalition as part of a national movement that organized protests across college campuses. The committee produced and distributed flyers and protest materials that are now part of the digital exhibition.

“They were just running off flyers and newsletters and bulletins,” St. Oegger-Menn said. “Selecting a sample of those that really showed the spirit behind what these protests were and how the student leaders were getting the word out was kind of a challenge.”

The series of protests continued into a strike that lasted through the final two weeks of the spring semester of 1970, with students abandoning classes to attend sit-ins and teach-ins about the Vietnam War, anti-draft movement and Black Panther Party. Though the protests were mainly peaceful, some students vandalized and destroyed property and constructed barricades, St. Oegger-Menn said. “[The teach-ins] really came to make up what the demands were, but then there was also the interplay between the student activists and see

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rally know (the Supreme Court is going to) come for contraceptive access. We know they’re (going to) come for LGBTQ rights.

We know they’re coming for voting rights.”

Eric van der Vort, a staffer for New York State Senator Rachel May who also received a Ph.D. from SU, spoke on behalf of May at the rally. Van der Vort echoed Keck’s statement that the decision will not be limited to only reproductive rights. In reference to previous bans on same-sex marriage and intimacy, van der Vort urged protesters to prevent successive restrictions by voting.

“It’s not going to stop with just the woman’s right to choose,” van der Vort said. “Vote early and for the young folks that are there, we pass laws, and you can register to vote at 17 or 16 years old. You might as well get pre-registered now.”

When Democrats took control of the state senate in 2019, New York state was able to codify Roe v. Wade via the Reproductive Health Act. Van der Vort said the act distinguishes the state’s commitment to the fight for reproductive rights.

Only three other states, as well as Washington D.C., have codified Roe v. Wade. In 2019, Vermont and Rhode Island codified the right to abortion, and in 2020, Massachusetts passed a law that codified the right to an abortion and expanded access to reproductive care. from page 1

resources provide a birth certificate, pay stub, photo ID or proof of address if they have such documents available.

Planned Parenthood also accepts several insurance providers such as Aetna, Cigna, the UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, NY Medicare and NY Medicaid. A full list is available on the Planned Parenthood website. If a

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Van der Vort emphasized New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins’ repeated statement that New York has long stood as a place of refuge for the rest of the world.

The people who this decision will most harm need to be front and center in our response Hillary Warner

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He said that leaders will ensure the state continues to support people who need resources. New York is a state of immigrants, working people and unions, van der Vort said, and it will continue to be going forward.

Hillary Warner, the manager of Outreach & Education Programs at Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York, also spoke to New York state’s position as a secure state for reproductive rights.

“I want to remind everybody first and foremost, let’s be clear, abortions are still legal,” Warner said. “Abortion will remain legal in person’s provider is not listed, they can contact Planned Parenthood at 866-600-6886.

To book an appointment with Planned Parenthood, call 866-600-6886 or schedule an appointment on the center’s webpage. Health center staff can answer questions over the phone as well.

Vera House

Vera House is a Syracuse-based organization committed to preventing, responding to and

New York state no matter what happens to Roe, but we cannot be complacent here in New York.

Abortion bans anywhere threaten all of us.”

The draft opinion is unprecedented, Warner said, and it precipitates increased inequality for individuals who do not have the resources to seek safe abortion care or travel out of state in order to recieve a safe abortion.

Black, Latino and Latina, Indigenous and other people of color are disproportionately impacted by abortion bans — a direct product of the U.S.’s racist and discriminatory history, Warner said.

“The people who this decision will most harm need to be front and center in our response,” she added.

The Equal Rights Amendment proposed

by Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y is a historic opportunity to prevent discrimination based on race, ethnicity, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and sex, including pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes, Warner said.

On Tuesday, May 10, Planned Parenthood — in conjunction with the New York Civil Liberties Union and the National Institute for Reproductive Health — will organize buses to transport protesters to Albany to rally and meet with legislators in support of the Equal Rights Amendment, Warner said. There will be specific bus pickup locations throughout Syracuse.

Dana Balter, an organizer of the pro-

test, also emphasized the importance of voting for proactive legislation in order to defend reproductive rights. Balter, formerly the Democratic Party nominee for New York’s 24th Congressional District in 2018 and 2020, currently serves as the worldview program director for Citizen Action of New York.

“It’s as important as it’s ever been to elect people to office in November who are going to fight for freedom and fight to protect the civil rights of every single person in this country,” Balter told The Daily Orange in an interview.

Onondaga County Legislator Mary Kuhn, who represents the county’s 7th District, held up a photo of herself from the 1970s, a time when she said she attended similar protests to Tuesday’s demonstration.

Kuhn, who previously worked as the Director of the Onondaga County’s Child and Adolescent Outpatient Mental Health Clinic, mentioned that until 1972, women couldn’t get contraception. Now, she said, access to contraception is at risk again.

“I can’t believe I’m still here doing this sh*t,” Kuhn said.

“You young women out here, I’ve done this stuff and I will continue, but I only have a limited time. You guys have decades,” she added.

“You can’t give up. You’ve got to vote.”

ending domestic and sexual violence and other forms of abuse.

The organization’s Victim Advocates provide 24-hour support at Onondaga County hospitals and police stations by helping survivors through medical examinations and the reporting process if they choose to report their assault to the police.

The sexual assault nurse examiners meet patients at Syracuse area hospitals and can perform physical examinations, collect

forensic evidence and conduct tests for STIs and pregnancies.

Vera House can be contacted at any time at 315-468-3260 or via teletype phone for deaf and hard of hearing people during regular business hours at 315-484-7263.

The National Sexual Assault Hotline can be contacted at 1-800-656-4673 and calls will be automatically routed to the nearest Rape Crisis Center.

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and civic engagement in 2020, and earned a master’s degree in public diplomacy and global communication from SU in 2021. Krzeminski planned to use her Fulbright scholarship to conduct research on women in STEM and food justice in Poland while teaching English.

Krzeminski declined the award, citing a long buffer period between submitting her applications in the summer of 2021 and hearing back from the program nearly a year later.

She will not be traveling to Poland, the location she applied for.

“Because the award is so competitive, they tell you not to assume you are going to get it, and now I have a full time job and a life,” Krzeminski said. “To me, it didn’t feel like the right decision. I’ve already lived abroad before, I really feel like the opportunity should go to someone who really wants it.”

Even so, Krzeminski said that she was honored to be validated for her work through being offered a spot in the program. In the future, she says she hopes to continue to work with a community organization focused on environmental justice.

“They’re recognizing not only your academic success but also your commitment to community and leaving this world a better place than when you entered it,” Krzeminski said. “It’s a great affirmation that you’re doing amazing things, and that they want to support you in continuing to do them.”

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fulfilled both her desire to be abroad after graduating and connect with a community of people with similar drive. Neely said that North Macedonia checked all the boxes for her destination options in terms of regional culture and geographical location.

“I am really excited to live in a place for a longer period of time, to feel like I’m traveling but not always on the move,” Neely said.

“Being a TA at SU and tutoring always gave me gratification, so to continue with that after graduation is something I’m really looking forward to.”

Neely, a food studies minor, wants to work on cultural exchange projects related to food access and inequities in Macedonia. She said she hopes to get involved with local organizations that deal with food waste in the region.

As a northern California native, Neely is also looking forward to having access to more natural spaces for hiking and spending time outdoors, she said.

“I feel like I’ve missed being outside, so often, so I’m looking forward to the balance of being in a city but close to nature,” she said. “It can be hard to find opportunities like that in Europe sometimes.”

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exhibit the university and just sort of how the students also orchestrated their participation in this massive nationwide movement on college campuses,” St. Oegger-Menn said.

The library produced “Shut It Down” in conjunction with “A Courageous Stand: The Story of the Syracuse 8,” which focuses on protests against racial discrimination in SU football. SU Libraries has also released digital exhibitions about other aspects of SU history, such as previous

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chancellors and presidents, the tradition of SU sports rivalries and fashion at SU over the years.

St. Oegger-Menn said that “Shut It Down” serves as a reminder of the power of protest that is still relevant today.

“Our current students are involved in issues that matter to them and are trying to find ways to make their voices heard, to communicate effectively about what they would like to see in terms of community change,” St. Oegger-Menn said. “Looking at the legacy of how students did this before is significant.” spwright@syr.edu

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Facing fatphobia

By Mira Berenbaum senior staff writer

Editor’s Note: This story contains details of eating disorders. If you are struggling with disordered eating contact the National Eating Disorder Awareness hotline by calling 800-931-2237 or by going to https://www. nationaleatingdisorders.org/.

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ean Duggirala considers themselves a “small fat,” which they categorize as between sizes 18 to 20.

Still, Duggirala, a Syracuse University junior studying creative writing, said they feel “wildly uncomfortable” sitting in some university-provided desk chairs.

“I cannot sit here because it’s like, I’m gonna die for sure,” they said. “I’m uncomfortable, because this is a very public show of this campus not being made for me. It’s very alienating.”

Amanda Lalonde, a junior forensic science and psychology major, said desk

While students and experts hope the stigma around fatness will change, they said they don’t see it happening any time soon

chairs are also restricting for her.

“I have to lift the (desk) up, and then it rests on top of my little belly roll,” Lalonde said. “Do I nweed to lose weight? Or does this need to be more accommodating?”

Duggirala and Lalonde aren’t the only SU students who struggle to fit into the constrained desk chairs. And furniture isn’t the only way fatphobia manifests itself at SU and college campuses across the country. Students and experts told The Daily Orange that they experience fatphobia both overtly and covertly, and while they hope for change, they know it will take time.

One freshman, who wished to stay anonymous, said she often feels self-conscious when she has to present in class because she is worried her classmates are judging her appearance.

Fatphobia also exists in non-traditional classroom settings. Jackson Poulin, a junior acting major, said that within the acting program, directors often cast students into see change page 8

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Facing a daunting finals week? Here are ways to destress

By Isabella Uribe staff writer

With assignments piling up and the end of the semester looming, stress levels on campus are rising. But it’s important to take study breaks when you can, especially as the sun starts shining again.

Check out these activities in Syracuse to balance your work with a little fun during finals week:

Salt City Market

For Syracuse University students that frequent the dining halls or the restaurants on Marshall Street, a venture downtown could be a good opportunity to destress and try

something new.

Opened in 2020, Salt City Market is one of Syracuse’s newest international food options. There is no need to bicker with friends over where to eat at Salt City Market because it houses over 10 vendors with cuisine from many regions of the world, including the Southern United States, the Middle East and Jamaica. The food court dining style is also perfect for grabbing a bite with friends.

The McCarthy Mercantile

SU students can find finals week relief with some retail therapy. Support the Syracuse community by shopping locally at McCarthy Mercantile.

Located on the basement floor of the McCarthy building on South Salina Street, McCarthy Mercantile includes a variety of pop-up shops open every weekend alongside its roster of 12 other permanent vendors, which are open everyday except Mondays.

The McCarthy Mercantile also hosts its “Crafted Underground” event from 12-6 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday. With an emphasis in highlighting homegrown, handmade and uniquely Syracuse small businesses, the shopping experience here is what makes this market special.

McCarthy Mercantile has a shop for every SU student, with prices

ranging from a few dollars to hundreds for some of the finer pieces.

One of the shops there, The Cherry Pit, was founded by an SU student.

The shop sells eclectic, curated vintage pieces perfect for warmer Syracuse weather. But for students who are more into skate culture, The Flower Skate Shop sells anything from graphic boards to the latest street wear.

And before finding all your crystals and witchcrafting needs at The Cozmic Cauldron, take a coffee break and relax at Nectar Espresso Bar & Vintages, which has a full café along with a selection of vintage home goods.

Funk ‘n Waffles

Featured in four episodes of Guy Fieri’s “Diners, Dive-Ins, and Drives,” Funk ‘n Waffles is well known for its savory and sweet creations.

Unwind with the 17 different sweet waffles and 15 savory waffles on the menu, and options for every waffle lover. The restaurant’s most popular options are the Star Child Waffle and the Chicken & Waffles.

But if you’re not in a waffle mood, no worries! Funk ‘n Waffles also has over 10 different sandwiches and paninis to choose from.

Additionally, every Thursday through Sunday, Funk ‘n Waffles hosts live music shows or open mic events after 8 p.m. SU artist Liv For see finals page 8

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Ingredients Chicken Ramen 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil 4 medium scallions thinly sliced, including some of the green part 1 clove garlic, minced 1 small carrot, thinly sliced 4 ounces button or shiitake mushrooms 1 1/2 cups thinly shredded Napa cabbage, spinach, kale, or other greens 1 1-inch piece fresh ginger, minced 6 cups low-sodium chicken stock 1 tablespoon brown sugar, optional Lime wedges, optional 4 large eggs 20 ounces fresh ramen noodles, or 12 ounces dried noodles 2 medium cooked chicken breast halves, sliced (see Recipe Note) Soy sauce Sriracha or other hot sauce Handful fresh cilantro, leaves removed from stems Lime wedges Vegetable Ramen 1 teaspoon sesame oil 1 tablespoon fresh ginger grated 1 clove garlic minced 1 scallion sliced 2 cups vegetable broth 1 tablespoon miso paste 2 oz soba noodles or one “cake” of instant ramen noodles ½-1 bunch bok choy chopped into bite-sized pieces ½ medium carrot shredded ½ cup shelled edamame ¼ cup cilantro chopped ¼-1/2 a red chile sliced 1 large soft-boiled egg optional black sesame seeds for garnish

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Finals fuel Looking for a quick meal on a time crunch? Our food columnist has two ramen recipes ideal for finals season.

very true college student has at least a few packets of instant ramen in their cupboard. Requiring only the push of a few buttons, ramen serves as a hearty meal and versatile survival item to have on hand while juggling a massive workload.

As finals week kicks off, there’s no better time to take your packaged ramen to the next level, and create a comforting ramen bowl in under 30 minutes.

Here are two easy ways to brighten up your finals week with ramen:

making, as well as a bowl of ice water to place the eggs in once they’re done boiling. Add your shelled egg(s) to the pot and reduce the heat to a simmer, letting the egg(s) cook for seven minutes for medium-boiled eggs, or nine for hard-boiled. After your desired cook time, transfer your eggs to the ice water. To peel the eggs, carefully tap them with a spoon to crack the shell and carefully remove it. Then slice the egg(s) in half.

Add the chicken meat and any seasonings you like to a pot, then add water and bring to a boil. Once the water is boiling, reduce the heat to low and cook for about 8-10 minutes, depending on the size of your chicken.

Once it’s ready, slice the chicken — ensuring it’s properly cooked — into as many smaller pieces as you’d like before assembling the bowl.

Place the noodles in the bowl and then ladle the broth and vegetables over top. Add your chicken and halved eggs before dropping in a bit of soy sauce, hot sauce, extra scallions or whatever garnish you prefer. Now it’s time to dig into a hearty meal, and take your mind off a full day of studying.

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Like most ramen dishes, this recipe requires a tasty broth, which will consume most of your prep and cooking time. But trust me, a well done broth is worth the extra effort. Start by thinly slicing a variety of vegetables of your choice. In this recipe, I used a carrot, 1 ½ cups of napa cabbage (shredded), a few scallions, a minced garlic clove and a quarter pound of mushrooms. Chop all your vegetables on the smaller side to avoid large chunks in the broth — they’ll also cook faster.

For some aromatics, grate a roughly 1-inch piece of ginger and an optional sprinkle of red pepper flakes.

Add a tablespoon of toasted sesame oil to a large saucepan set over medium heat. Once the oil reaches the right temperature, add your vegetables and cook for about three minutes. Once the vegetables are softened, add your ginger and 1 tablespoon of brown sugar, followed by enough chicken broth to cover the vegetables. Bring the mixture to a simmer and let stand for 10 minutes. The liquid should be light brown and the vegetables will be soft. Remove the pan from the heat and set it aside. You can also cover the mixture with a lid if you want to keep the broth hot.

While your broth is simmering, bring another pot of water to a boil for your eggs. At this point, you should also microwave your packaged ramen to its specified instructions and drain the water once it’s cooked.

Set aside as many eggs as ramen bowls you’ll be

Start this broth in a similar way to the chicken broth except this time, add sliced vegetables after the liquid base. Instead of an ordinary vegetable broth, also add miso paste to enhance the flavor.

To prep, roughly chop one bunch of bok choy into smaller pieces, shred half a carrot — it’s best to use a grater — and a ½ cup of shelled edamame. Additionally, grate some ginger, mince a garlic clove and slice a scallion, just like the chicken broth.

In a medium-sized pot, heat a tablespoon of toasted sesame oil over medium heat and add your garlic, ginger and scallion until they just start to brown (1-2 minutes).

Then add about 2 cups of vegetable broth and bring to a simmer. Once the mixture reaches the correct temperature, add a few tablespoons of the broth to a small bowl along with a tablespoon of miso paste and stir together to create a slurry.

Immediately pour the slurry back into your broth, add your remaining vegetables and let simmer. Now you can start microwaving your ramen package to its specified time. After about five more minutes, turn off the broth’s heat. Drain the liquid from the noodle package and add to a bowl for assembly.

Add your broth and vegetables on top of the noodles as well as a halved egg, either hard- or medium-boiled.

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certain roles because of their weight. Fat students also typically get cast in the “funnier fat friend” roles, he said. A university spokesperson did not respond to an immediate request for comment on this issue.

One of his friends recently lost a significant amount of weight, and while he previously struggled to get cast in roles, he got four callbacks after losing weight.

“It’s part of the business,” he said. “If you’re going to play the ingenue, the attractive type, there’s a certain social standard that you have to fit.”

Understudies in the industry are also typically required to be close enough in weight to the person playing the leading role because they have to be able to fit into their costumes, Poulin said.

And choreographers often expect students to be fit enough to jump to certain heights and perform different dance moves, he said.

Outside of the classroom, fatphobia tends to manifest itself in social settings as well, specifically in schools with heavy party cultures, such as SU. Poulin often does not notice fatphobia because he has a thin body. Though on Halloween, he dressed up in a Luigi costume that made him look larger than his usual size, and said that no one would talk to him. But the next night, when he wore an outfit that exposed his body, significantly more people approached him. “(The Luigi costume) made me look super distorted and larger than I was, and just no one would talk to me,” he said. “Body’s an important factor of whether or not someone’s going to talk to you.”

The anonymous freshman said that one time when she was going out with friends, none of them had to pay the cover charge, but because she has a larger body, she did.

“Girls get in free, but only if they’re skinny, and stereotypically pretty,” she said.

On another occasion, the freshman went to a party hoping to have a good night. But when a man approached her and said, “what are you doing here fat ass?” it ruined her night.

Sarah Bolden, a doctoral student in the School of Information Studies who studies digital fat activism, said party culture often perpetuates peer pressure, which can lead people with bigger bodies to change their behavior and ways of life.

“Maybe you want to wear the more revealing clothes, but if you feel like you’re fat, or you are fat, there can be a lot of shame involved in that,” she said. “You end up shifting how you behave in a world that you don’t feel is designed to accommodate you or you don’t feel like you’re necessarily welcomed in.”

Bolden added that if someone feels like they are taking up too much space physically, they could feel unwelcome in the room.

Duggirala noticed friends skip meals to get drunk more quickly or force themselves to throw up, or “pull trig,” to continue drinking, they said.

“It’s literally the grossest thing I’ve ever heard,” Duggirala said. “There’s such a high occurrence of disordered eating (behaviors) on college campuses.”

Duggirala also said that because their partner is mid-size and deemed traditionally attractive, people will often approach their partner and try to flirt, despite Duggirala’s presence.

“The assumption is I’m not a threat,” they said. “I’m also something that is and should be disposable.”

Ragen Chastain, a speaker, writer and trained researcher on fat activism, said there is a tendency among college students to associate with people that fit into traditional beauty standards. Society often glorifies people who are thin, white, cisgender, heterosexual and do not have a disability, and those from page 5

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In some cases, fat people will choose to not be social and isolate themselves because of weight stigma, Chastain said.

“The problem isn’t the fat person’s choices to try to keep themselves safe,” she said. “It’s that weight stigma exists in the first place. But it can really create a situation where fat people don’t feel welcome.”

Lalonde said she often feels like an outsider in most social settings given her age and weight.

“They’re like, we don’t want to hang out with this, like old grandma,” she said. ”And I don’t know if it was because of my size, or if it was because I’m an older student.”

College students often hear that they are at the age where their bodies are supposedly in the best shape, which can target larger bodies and make college campuses a “breeding ground” for the rhetoric that thin figures are ultimately better, Duggirala said.

“No matter how smart you might be, or talented you might be, or personable you might be, you’ve committed the kind of social sin of failing to have a thin body,” they said.

Danae Faulk, a doctoral student in the religion department who studies fatness and religion, said laziness and fatness are almost always associated with each other, especially for women.

She works in a fifth floor office in the Hall of Languages and opts to take the elevator, which often causes her male colleagues to criticize her.

“There’s an ableist rhetoric,” she said. “There are obviously implicit thoughts people have that I need to get in shape or lose weight.”

Faulk also said fatphobic rhetoric around obesity and COVID-19 complications has persisted throughout the pandemic, especially since those that have a body mass index of 30 or over, including Faulk, qualified for the vaccine sooner than the general population.

“That category is like hella, hella problematic,” she said.

The problematic label gave her an advantage for the first time, which she said was conflicting.

But even prior to the pandemic, people often made assumptions that fatness was associated with unhealthiness, she added.

“Folks really like perpetuating ideas that fat bodies are unhealthy, that fat bodies are sick, that fat bodies are going to die,” she said.

Duggirala said they haven’t weighed themselves in eight months. They let the doctor weigh them, but they don’t ask for the number because they know their doctors would tell them if their weight was a health concern. Like other medical treatments, any patient can refuse to be weighed at the doctor’s office.

Chastain said people feel like they have a justified reason to mistreat fat people given that larger bodies are falsely associated with being unhealthy.

“Fat people have the right to exist without shame, stigma, bullying or oppression,” she said.

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doesn’t matter why people are fat, it doesn’t matter if their health impacts being fat, and it doesn’t matter if they could or want to become thin.”

While federal laws prevent workplace discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, gender, religion, race and national origin, this does not prevent discrimination based on physical appearance, including weight.

Michigan is the only state that has a law protecting discrimination based on weight. Many municipalities, including Binghamton, New York, which is an hour south of Syracuse, have updated municipal codes to include weight and height as protected categories. Still, in most municipalities, including Syracuse, discrimination based on weight is technically legal.

Duggirala said they also notice fatphobia through the thrifting culture. They said that they notice that traditionally thin people will buy plus size clothing and crop it.

“A lot of it is based on the fact that even with clothing and things that are made for fat people, we think that they have more value and more worth on (thin people),” they said.

Faulk said she feels like society thinks she’s doing something wrong by being herself rather than conforming to the thin, quiet and submissive hegemonic norm.

“I am being a bad white woman by being a fat woman,” she said. “And then I’m a loud woman on top of that. So these things sort of double down.”

While courses like first year seminar focus on bias and microaggressions toward certain identities, the course does not include anything about size inclusivity, which could be beneficial, Lalonde said. The FYS 101 syllabus does not include any lessons on size inclusivity.

Bolden said society needs to implement structural shifts in discussions about fatness and the stigmas tied to it. But the freshman student said that she’s not sure that will ever happen.

“The dynamics will always be the same unless major social change happens,” the student said. “But is that happening anytime soon, or at all, honestly?”

To deconstruct internalized fatphobia, people should participate in and follow the fat liberation movement, whether it be through social media or through conversations, Duggirala said. It’s important to spark this discussion, and people cannot consider themselves activists if they are still fatphobic, they said.

Faulk also added that fatphobia can be more under the surface in environments that are “woke,” including college campuses. “(People in these spaces) are very aware of (social) justice issues,” she said. “Some of the more egregious acts of fatphobia are missed.”

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or Mystery Room, which is similar to a game of Clue, and involves solving puzzles and deciphering hidden codes.

Mall-goers looking for a thrill can also try out airsoft shooting at Aim Point, bungee jumping at Euro Bungee and indoor 45 mph go-karting at RPM Raceway.

House Shows

The off-campus house show scene is lively at Syracuse University, so go out with a bang this

The Jazz Combo and Morton Schiff Jazz Ensemble will be playing their final performance of the semester.

Hosted in Shemin Auditorium in the Shaffer Art Building, the ensembles will be playing tunes from big band standards to bossa nova classics. The event is free to all Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF students, and the show starts at 5:30 p.m.

WHEN: Thursday, May 5 ARTIST: Morton Schiff Jazz Ensemble

Sick of It All New York City hardcore punk band Sick Of It All is coming to The Lost Horizon on Friday. The group, which consists of brothers Lou and Pete Koller, as well as Armand Majidi and Craig Setari, has been active in the punk scene since the 1980s and pioneered the heavy-hardcore subgenre. They will be supported by fellow New York City hardcore band Crown of Thornz. Tickets cost $27.50 and attendees must be 16 or older, unless they have a guardian present. The show starts at 7 p.m.

WHEN: Friday, May 6 ARTIST: Sick Of It All, Crown of Thornz

Dear Momma: A Mother’s Day R&B Concert Looking for a musical way to celebrate Mother’s Day? The Landmark Theater has you covered with their “Dear Momma” R&B concert this Saturday. The show will feature stars of the genre: Carl Thomas, VEDO and K. Michelle, who hit number eight on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart with her song “Fallin’.” The show promises to be one you “don’t want to miss.”

Tickets start at $37.50 and the show starts at 8 p.m.

WHEN: Saturday, May 7 ARTIST: K. Michelle, Carl Thomas

Symphoria: A Grand Finale The Orchestra of Central New York will be playing Aaron Copland’s “Symphony No. 3,” Richard Strauss’ “Four Last Songs,” and Reena Esmail’s “Black Iris (#metoo)” will end their series with a blast. Guest soprano Sari Gruber will perform with the group and Lawrence Loh will conduct for the night. Tickets start at $20 and the show starts at 7:30 p.m.

WHEN: Saturday, May 7 ARTIST: Symphoria Orchestra

semester and attend one of the last shows of spring 2022.

Doors open Saturday, May 7 at 6 p.m. for Happy Jack’s Music Therapy, an outdoor music festival co-hosted by The Summit. The show features up to eight sets — sometimes even more — of student DJs and artists. All proceeds from ticket sales go to The Child Mind Institute to spread awareness about mental health. iduribe@syr.edu

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Editor’s note: This Editorial Board contains mentions of rape and sexual assault.

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nciting a political firestorm, the Supreme Court confirmed Tuesday that the leak of the majority draft opinion written by Justice Alito was authentic. This means that the 1972 Roe v. Wade landmark ruling that guaranteed federal constitutional protection for abortion rights, and the Court’s decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, could be overturned.

Overturning this 49-yearold precedent is instigating fear and rage amongst many Syracuse University students. SU must take immediate action to ensure that students who could lose their right to abortion in their home state can rely on their school for access to reproductive healthcare and support, especially given that the repeal of Roe v. Wade would disproportionately affect college students.

Rape cases on college campuses is an issue that impacts many students, putting them at risk of unwanted and traumatic pregnancies. According to the Rape, Abuse & Insect National Network (RAINN), 13% of all students experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation.

Specifically, students in the LGBTQ community, Black students and those with disabilities are at an even higher risk of being sexually assaulted on campus.

Overturning Roe v. Wade’s landmark ruling would ban abortion almost immediately in 13 states. Five states have pre-Roe abortion bans that could be enforced again. Fourteen states could restrict abortions to 22 weeks or less. With rape and sexual assault posing such a high risk on college campuses, Roe v. Wade being overturned has the potential of jeopardizing the futures of every college student who is able to get pregnant, especially those whose permanent residence is in a state that would not protect the right to abortion.

If an SU student were to be inpregnated as a result of getting raped on campus and then return to their permanent residence in a state that bans abortion, they would have to either carry a baby that was made out of sexual assault, or get an illegal and likely unsafe abortion. Students shouldn’t be forced to make a decision that puts them at

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fault either way they choose. Every college student should have the right to safe and accessible reproductive healthcare.

In response to the overturn of Roe v. Wade, SU must provide the necessary resources for students to ease rising tensions. First and foremost, if students feel unsafe in their state of residency, SU should offer resources that allow students to easily reside in Syracuse year-round.

Second, SU should make contraception resources widely accessible.

Access to Plan B and condoms, for example, should be free for students in the Barnes Center at The Arch, regardless of what type of insurance they have. Currently, Plan B costs $49.00, a standard amount nationwide, at the Barnes Center, said Sarah Scalese, senior associate vice president for communications at SU, in a statement to The Daily Orange.

Third, SU needs to adjust their First-Year Seminar (FYS) curriculum to include sexual health education. In addition, the curriculum should inform students of the reproductive healthcare resources available to students at SU. Resources currently available in the Barnes Center include free condoms, the sale of emergency contraceptives such as Plan B, Encontra and Levonorgestrel, Barnes Center Peer Educators, an annual Planned Parenthood guest speaker and referrals to sexual health organizations. SU needs to make students more aware of these resources to ensure they are protected if Roe v.

Wade gets overturned.

Finally, SU should strengthen their relationship with Planned Parenthood. As of right now, when students meet with Barnes Center professionals, they are only able to refer students to Planned Parenthood, among other sexual health organizations. The Barnes Center should allocate resources on campus to students that more directly align with what Planned Parenthood offers.

After decades of fighting and protesting for reproductive rights, our nation is on the brink of a monumental setback. Our trust in the Supreme Court is in question, but holding on to hope is necessary now more than ever. Syracuse University must ensure students that their reproductive rights will be protected in the likely case that Roe v. Wade’s landmark decision gets overturned. opinion@dailyorange.com

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ew York State Town and Village Courts are typically not the first thing people think of when justice comes to mind. But, as 330,000 of their 2.2 million cases a year are criminal, they are an important hand in this state’s court system. The presiding officers of New York’s local courts are making important decisions, yet 72% of the justices of these courts are not lawyers. This needs to change.

Unlike the rest of the system, these courts are funded by their respective towns and villages. The only organization in charge of them, the underfunded Office of Court Administration (OCA), has oversight of the approximately 1,800 local justices, but that’s not enough.

Numerous discrepancies and abuses of power within local courts have been apparent for some time, and “reforms”’ made almost two decades ago need to be readdressed.

The Chief Judge of the state of New York, Janet DiFiore, released a proposal in February to reform and simplify the statewide court structure, which would save New York an estimated hundreds of millions in litigation costs over the next few years. However, the only adjustment for local courts is equal justice committees in each of New York’s 13 judicial districts which will have a negligible impact on the 1,800 widespread justices.

If a legislative amendment to court consolidation included a statute requiring all municipal justices lawyers legally allowed to practice in their jurisdiction, less malpractice and injustice would occur, and New York would take a large step toward the assurance of due process.

An extensive investigation by The New York Times published in

2006 highlighted decades of failures of the New York Village court system. Due to the isolated nature of these courts, failings within them can have extenuating consequences. Local courts have jurisdiction over cases small enough to not draw much interest from the rest of the legal system, including civil suits up to $3,000, evictions, misdemeanor charges, driving infractions and applications for bail. These cases can deliver widereaching implications for smalltown residents who may not have access to a lawyer.

In Franklin County, where only one out 32 justices are lawyers, one justice freed a rape suspect on bail as a favor to a friend and another sentenced a welfare recipient to 89 days in jail after she failed to pay a $1.50 cab fare. Local justices have presided drunk, fi xed cases and denied lawyers to defendants, The New York Times reported. If all New York courts were officiated by someone with an actual legal education, then more New Yorkers might have faith in local justice.

In the subsequent years after The New York Times’s investigative piece was published, the legislature formed “The Special Commission on the Future Town and Village Courts in New York State.” They completed a report in 2008 recommending misdemeanor defendants should have the right to have their case heard by a judge who is an attorney.

Both The New York Times and the Commission’s report shined the spotlight on this issue, and they forced the hand of the local court’s body of oversight, OCA, to address it. A new statute was instituted calling for every village court to record their proceedings for increased transparency.

Former Onondaga County First Chief Assistant District Attorney, Rick Trunfio, testified on the mat-

ter in front of the commission. He later said that these reforms have not been sufficient.

“Many view the town and village courts as their own little empire.

The changes made by the OCA were superficial since the state court system has very little control over local courts. The recordings are terrible, and personally, I’ve had several instances of judges forgetting to even turn them on during trials. And even getting access to the recordings is a gigantic bureaucratic process few go through,” Trunfio said. “The reforms were few and far between and did not change anything.”

Since reforms from the state administration have not and cannot be sufficient at the local level, it is clear that legislative action is the only way forward.

New York State municipal justices are a subject of scandal for some and pride for others. Either way, despite the clear issues within local courts, the recommendations given to the state in 2008 were never acted upon.

The only way to ensure equal justice within a court of law is to have a presiding officer who is trained in law. The OCA does not have the required power to implement such a policy. Instead, the statute must be amended by the New York state legislature.

Chief Judge Fiore is looking to garner support in both houses of the legislature as well as Gov. Kathy Hochul’s approval for her plan.

Regardless of whether it would increase the legitimacy and accountability of local courts, many in the legislature will reject an amendment to the plan requiring all municipal justices to be lawyers. They will likely cite that local justices know their townspeople better than outsiders. The only real question should be whether they know the law.

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When SU returned home, they finally started to find their stride. Bill Tegeler threw a no-hitter, Carron returned from mono and pitcher Dick Woodridge won three straight games. The team’s 3-9 record turned into 6-9 as they found their footing.

“We were comparable at the time to the teams that we played up north.” Carron said.

By mid-season, the impending suspension of the program was already well known.

After a game in Syracuse, then-Temple head coach Skip Wilson approached freshmen Kuppel, Carron and Vince Abatemarco, offering scholarships for future seasons. All three declined and fi nished their college educations at Syracuse.

Kuppel and Carron said they stayed because of the connections and friends they’d made outside the team. Carron lived in Kimmel Hall with several basketball players who he still meets up with annually. Kuppel lived in Syracuse and his mom worked for the university, so he didn’t want to leave. “(Baseball) wasn’t important enough at that point,” Kuppel said. “It left a bad taste, the fact that they dropped the program, so I’m not sure I wanted to pursue it anyway.”

In spring 1972, the university directed all departments to lower expenses by at least 5% by the following school year. Cutting a spring sport made the most sense to then-Athletic Director James Decker, looking to remove at least $44,000 from the department’s $880,000 budget, which was about $6 million adjusted for inflation.

The same year, SU changed the semester calendar, moving graduation from early June to its current time in early May starting the following school year. The baseball season lasted past the new graduation date, forcing the school to provide housing for nearly another month for the group.

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treanor wanted Treanor even when she was playing at SU, which led Treanor to an interview, and eventually a role as the offensive coordinator.

At Harvard, Treanor started to form her coaching style. Harvard’s leading scorer from 2017, Marisa Romeo, said Treanor brought visualization to the team, something she learned from her time as a player under head coach Gary Gait.

Treanor showed players a certain move dodge. This was a new concept for the Crimson, but Treanor’s style was already established at Boston College, and the Eagles anticipated her arrival. Apuzzo said many players, herself included, watched Treanor growing up.

When Treanor first came to BC, she and Apuzzo focused on the draw, something she wasn’t specifically focused on before Treanor’s arrival. Treanor concentrated on getting the ball in places around the circle and from page 12

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positive reviews about Pess from Syracuse head coach Shannon Doepking.

Several of Greece’s outfielders are college graduates who plan to retire from international softball, Foti said. He sees Pess as a fundamental part of the program in the coming years.

Pess’ family was not even aware Greece had a softball team until she graduated high school.

But after seeing the Greek national team play at a tournament Pess was attending, George, Pess’ father, inquired about it. Pess received an invitation to try out for the team at a camp in Southern California the following summer.

Pess said that she had always wanted to connect her Greek heritage with softball, but couldn’t see how until the opportunity to try out for the national team presented itself.

“It’s a sign of respect and love for her grandmother — her yiayia,” George said.

After her strong performance at the camp, the Greek national team invited her back for another five-day camp in Tarpon Springs,

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best, but that unfortunately didn’t happen,” Kuppel said.

Carron, Kilroy and Kuppel all hypothesized that weather was also a primary reason the program was cut. The team spent months on the road traveling to places with warmer weather. The home opener that season was April 27, which would have been the last day of classes under the spring 1972 academic schedule. This year, the SU softball team’s home opener was on April 2.

“In the Northeast, it’s part of baseball,” Kuppel said. “You have to play earlier, and typically the weather in Syracuse is terrible.”

SU had five games canceled in a week and a half after returning from Virginia, with rain forcing the team back inside after spending the entire winter practicing indoors.

“It’s really tough to get back in the pitching rotation with games being canceled,” Mogish said at the time. “The weather really affects their arms.”

Just over a month after the final game in Cortland, Title IX was written into law. The law’s intent was to give women and men equal opportunities in education, including schoolsponsored athletics.

Syracuse didn’t have a single women’s sport prior to 1971 and added five that fall. They had a budget of $1,000, just about 0.1% of SU’s expenses after the budget cuts. Many former players and fans said the addition of women’s sports, along with impractical weather and other budget cuts, helped make the decision easy.

“It’s one of the reasons why Title IX is not my favorite piece of legislature,” Carron said. “I selfishly feel like the Syracuse University baseball team did not cost a lot of money… It was one of the ways they had to maneuver the system.”

When Kilroy returns to Syracuse in September for his 50th class reunion, the campus and its athletic facilities will be far different from when he played baseball at SU. Lew Carr Field is now grassed and holds lacrosse practices. The barn that held snow-protected prac-

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tices was torn down when The Dome was built.

Kilroy has still never seen The Dome in person.

With every passing year, the hope of bringing back those facilities, or replacing them with new ones, becomes slimmer. Former SU Athletic Director Daryl Gross briefly advocated for a baseball team almost a decade ago.

But he stepped down in 2015, and there have been no talks of a team since.

Athletic expenses have ballooned at SU since 1972, rising almost 100 times to $73 million for the 2020-21 school year. Division I schools spend an average of about $500,000 on their baseball teams, according to the U.S. Department of Education. But a team would likely need much more to compete in the ACC. Wake Forest, which has the smallest athletics budget in the conference, spends $2.6 million

annually on its baseball team alone.

Adding a baseball team would not only require the operating expenses that go along with a Division I program, but the scholarships needed to make a program competitive would likely be upwards of $1 million. With roster sizes doubling since the last team competed, alongside Title IX issues, finding the money for a program is unlikely.

“I don’t think anyone expected it would be 50 years,” Kuppel said. “I’m also surprised that (no one) has really studied it… They could present the case to say ‘Here’s how baseball is going to cost us annually’, and see if they could raise the money to see if it could work.”

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learning how to defend against another draw specialist, Apuzzo said.

“She taught me a lot of different specific drawing techniques that I had not even known were a thing or could even be done,” Apuzzo said.

Apuzzo gained confidence on the draw, which improved her shooting and made the draw play more reliable. Treanor placed emphasis on Apuzzo’s left-handed shots, practicing together consistently. And in 2018, Apuzzo combined everything she learned to become BC’s first Tewaaraton award winner.

Treanor also coached BC’s second Tewaaraton winner, Charlotte North. North idolized Treanor, sometimes replicating her moves she saw in videos online. In 2021, North scored an NCAA-record 102 goals, breaking the record during the national championship game against Syracuse.

By that point, Apuzzo was a graduate assistant on the Eagles and remembered how Treanor’s coaching skills helped players in the

crease. Treanor showed coaches and players how to attack defenders whenever they were in zone or man-to-man defense, Apuzzo said.

Jennifer also applied the same ideas to the Eagles’ defense. The defensive coordinator took what she learned from Treanor’s attention to detail in film study and applied it to her new position. Treanor’s mindset complemented Walker-Weinstein’s. Mark said Boston College, and Walker-Weinstein in particular, developed Treanor’s ability to see the game without getting caught up in details.

“Treanor learned a lot about management and how to talk to kids,” Mark said. “(Treanor and Walker-Weinstein’s) skills complemented each other and they were both smart enough to realize it.”

Treanor led BC to the 2018 and 2019 national championship, but the Eagles lost both. After every title game defeat there was constant self-reflection, especially when it came to individual matchups, Jennifer said.

And in the 2021 National Championship game against SU, Boston College took advantage of one-on-one play.

On the first goal of the championship game, North sprinted from behind the net as Ella Simkins applied pressure. North leaned back to create space for a shot, beating goalie Asa Goldstock. North finished with a game-high six goals to fuel Treanor and BC to their first national championship.

Mark remembered the party after the game, where Treanor got to share her joy with the team. Treanor didn’t have plans to leave BC, but then Gait moved over to the Syracuse men’s lacrosse team. Treanor’s decision to leave was only because coaching her alma mater was something she couldn’t pass up.

“There are few places Treanor would have left Boston College for,” Mark said. “And Syracuse was one of them because it was home to her.”

Florida, the city with the largest Greek population in the U.S. In Tarpon Springs, the team met the mayor as well as some members of its Greek community, and participated in philanthropy work.

“You get to know the girls at a cultural level,” Pess said. “Some of the girls speak Greek. I can fully understand it, so it’s really fun to relate to them on a level that’s more than just softball.”

Pess’ Greek-American roots began when Kleopatra immigrated from Greece in 1964.

She immersed Pess in Greek culture and the Orthodox Greek religion from the moment she was born, speaking Greek to Pess and Samantha for their entire childhoods.

Kleopatra acted as a third parent to the two sisters, George said.

Kleopatra also taught them old Greek songs and showed them old Greek movies and musicals. For Greek Easter, she showed them why they dye the eggs red, why they eat lamb and how to make traditional foods like spinach pie. Because of Kleopatra’s instillment of their culture, Olivia said her Greek heritage means

“everything” to her.

However, in order to play for the national team, Olivia still needs to obtain Greek citizenship, which is notoriously hard to get, Foti said.

Without her citizenship, she can travel and practice with the team but is not allowed to play.

George must first obtain direct root citizenship because Kleopatra was born in Greece. Then, Olivia and Samantha can be naturalized, which makes the citizenship application easier.

George had to obtain birth and death records as well as marriage licenses for his mother and father. Because Kleopatra was a child during World War II, some of her records were difficult to find, Pess said. George hired a Greek lawyer to obtain Kleopatra’s documents and found his father’s documents himself.

Pess also had to write a letter explaining why she deserves citizenship.

The length of the process can vary, Foti said. Some players receive it in as short as nine or 10 months while it can take four or five years for others.

Pess intends to drive to the Greek embassy in

Boston after the conclusion of Syracuse’s season for her citizenship interview. She hopes to receive citizenship by the start of the tournament.

Before the tournament, the team will hold two camps, one in the United States and another at the International Olympic Committee Training Academy in Olympia, Greece.

The winner of the competition automatically qualifies for the next softball World Cup and the top six finishers qualify for further tournaments where they can earn qualification.

The Pess family always viewed amateur athletics as important, but Pess representing Greece is the “pinnacle” of that mindset, George said. He emphasized that her participation is not just about her heritage, but for people, like her yiayia, that were involved in that heritage.

“It’s a great opportunity beyond just the softball field,” Pess said. “It gives my children an opportunity to get citizenship and live on a legacy for my grandmother that I really hope to have.”

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S In 1972, SU baseball returned from Cortland State unsure if it would play again.

That 1-0 loss stands as the final game in program history.

eventeen baseball players returned to Syracuse University in May of 1972 unsure if they’d play again. SU’s baseball team had taken a short drive down a brand-new Interstate 81 to face Cortland State, and the 1-0 loss ended up being the final game ever played in a Syracuse Orangemen uniform.

Head coach Andy Mogish said he didn’t think about whether or not the team would play the following year. He thought his team, mostly freshmen and sophomores, showed promise.

Syracuse’s baseball program was initially suspended after 1972 amid budget cuts to combat rising inflation at the beginning of the decade, according to a 1972 article in The Daily Orange. Fans and former players have advocated for reinstating the team, but 50 years later, Syracuse remains the only Atlantic Coast Conference school without a baseball team.

“It was a very good year, very fun year,” said Kevin Kuppel, a freshman outfielder on the 1972 team. “I don’t know if at the time (the university)

Treanor brings skills from BC asst. digital editor

Boston College assistant coaches Jennifer Kent and Sam Apuzzo had finished up practice when Syracuse head coach Kayla Treanor and assistant Kenzie Kent visited them.

Treanor and Kent, Jennifer’s daughter, coached at BC a year before. But when Jennifer saw Treanor and her daughter, she didn’t feel excited. She was nervous.

“There was a lot of stuff going on,” Jennifer said. “From just the build up of the game and the significance of it.”

Jennifer remembered when she and Treanor prepared and strategized for opponents every day, and Treanor amazed Jennifer with her knowledge of strategies and offen-

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softball

women’s lacrosse

By Henry O’Brien

thought they would never have it again or if they thought they were just pausing it, but we never did go back to it.”

The 1972 season started with a 12-game road trip to Virginia over spring break, typical of SU’s baseball team, said former outfielder Chris Kilroy, who played on the team for three seasons. Unable to get a bus, the team shuffled into five cars to make the nearly seven-hour drive down south.

After months of practicing on a dirt field in a barn by Manley Field House, the team won only three games, were no-hit by Maryland and packed into the cars again to head back to a snow-covered campus. Playing a 12 game slate after a few weeks of light practice proved costly — nearly half the team had some sort of injury, according to a 1972 article in The D.O. Freshman Barry Carron, who led the team in batting average at the time, sat out for three weeks with mononucleosis.

But players looked back on their spring break trip fondly, even if it was the last one.

“Those Easter trips were always a highlight of the season,” Kilroy said.

sive tendencies.These relationships helped Treanor become the coach she is, coming to a Syracuse program that complimented her coaching style.

Treanor made the coaches and players at BC better, which culminated in the Eagles’ 2021 national championship, Jennifer and Apuzzo said. And it was only because her alma mater called that she left, all because of the bonds she made in Chestnut Hill.

“So much of coaching is relationships,” Treanor said. “I was really fortunate when I was there to have great relationships with the coaching staff and also the players.”

Treanor’s relationships at BC first grew and expanded during talks of her coming to Chestnut

Hill. The initial conversation to go to BC occurred in the Dome parking lot in 2017. Then No. 6 Syracuse and unranked Boston College played in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Apuzzo, a player at the time, scored five goals in an upset win for the Eagles, who appeared in their first of four straight national championships since 2017.

Treanor, then an assistant for Harvard, was with her family walking back to the car when they ran into Boston College head coach Acacia Walker-Weinstein. According to Treanor’s father, Mark, she and Walker-Weinstein chatted about Treanor becoming an assistant offensive coach for the Eagles.

Jennifer said the BC staff

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Pess carries Greek grandmother’s legacy

By Connor Pignatello asst. digital editor

Greek immigrant Kleopatra Pess always had the philosophy that “if you weren’t active, you were going to get in trouble,” her son George Pess said.

That’s why she was such a vocal supporter of her granddaughter, Olivia Pess, playing softball. Pess’ yiayia — which means grandmother in Greek — attended her games from tee ball to travel ball.

For Pess’ entire life until Kleopatra passed away last summer, her yiayia lived on the first floor of the family’s house. She immersed Pess and her sister Samantha in the

culture that she grew up in back in Piraeus, Greece.

Now an outfielder for Syracuse, Pess was recently selected to the Greek national team’s roster for the World Baseball Softball Confederation European Women’s Championship this summer, a 22-team qualifying tournament that sends three teams to the WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup. Pess said her ties to her grandmother were the main reason why she wanted to play for Greece.

Pess attended two camps in the past year to earn a spot on the national team. In addition, Greek head coach Antonino Foti heard see pess page 10