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With much of the Barnes Center at the Arch opening earlier this month, meet the staff who is trying to help students with their mental and physical health. Page 7

Graduate Student Organization President Mirjavad Hashemi plans to focus on increasing representation and improving mental health services. Page 3

Without nose tackle Chris Slayton, SU football will need defensive ends Alton Robinson and Kendall Coleman to repeat their success from 2018. Page 12

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SHIFT IN POWER

Student to nominate Richardson for degree By Gabe Stern

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JAIME HOWLEY (LEFT) AND PALMER HARVEY, two Syracuse activists, aim to inform tenants of their rights and advocate for greater protections as leaders of the Syracuse Tenants Union. dan lyon asst. photo editor

Statewide housing law gives tenants new rights, but some still feel stuck By Emma Folts

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We have a lot of work to do and a lot of families to help and continue to support. Stephanie Pasquale department of neighborhood and business development commissioner

awanda O’Neal wants desperately to move her family out of their apartment on Syracuse’s Northside. But she doesn’t want to move until the company that owns her home exterminates bedbugs that have festered inside for about a year. Endzone Properties, Inc. owns O’Neal’s apartment, along with 44 other properties. A property manager she has dealt with rushes her off the phone often and doesn’t send maintenance to properly address issues with

the property, O’Neal said. She only knows his first name, Sam. After first calling the manager about the bedbugs, a person came with store-bought bedbug spray. In response, O’Neal called the Division of Code Enforcement for the first time in July 2018, she said. After calling Code Enforcement, O’Neal got her first eviction notice. “Before I called Codes in July, I never had an eviction notice, never, and I had been here for two years at that point,” she said. The owner of Endzone was not see evictions page 4

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Syracuse to adopt 5G plan, expand connectivity By Gabe Stern

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Syracuse is set to be part of the first batch of U.S. cities to adopt a citywide 5G network from Verizon. For months, lawmakers have juggled the unknowns of the plan, such as health concerns regarding the wireless connection, with its potential to spark the city’s growing tech sector. The proposed 5G network is expected to expand

connectivity throughout Syracuse, fitting into Mayor Ben Walsh’s Syracuse Surge plan to modernize the city’s economy. “We are actively working to prepare our city to be competitive in the new economy,” Walsh told The Daily Orange. “We’re entering into what most are considering the fourth industrial revolution, which is based on connectivity and the internet of things, the idea that everything that we’re using from

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Number of cell phone towers Verizon plans to install in the next several years.

our phones to our cars to our computers is all connected” Verizon pitched the plan in

front of Syracuse’s Common Council. The vote was delayed due to a lack of information in early May, but passed later than month, Syracuse.com reported. Verizon selected Syracuse because the 5G plan paired well with Syracuse Surge, Walsh said. The Surge is a $200 million combination of public and private investment that emphasizes technological advancements.

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Kevin Richardson of the Central Park Five will visit his dream school, Syracuse University, in September, more than 30 years after his wrongful arrest. Jalen Nash, a senior political science major, started an online petition in June that urges SU to award Richardson an honorary degree. For Nash, the September visit is an important gesture — but one that’s incomplete without the degree. “I’m happy that they did something,” Nash said. “It’s not enough because that’s not what we asked for.” Richardson was one of five teenagers arrested in 1989 for the assault and rape of a jogger in Central Park. The five teenagers — four black and one Latino — were exonerated in 2002 after a convicted serial rapist and murderer confessed to the crime. They were dubbed the Central Park Five.

I’m happy that they did something. It’s not enough because that’s not what we asked for. Jalen Nash senior political science major

Requests for honorary degrees must go through SU’s chancellor, University Senate and Board of Trustees. The timeline varies from a few months to more than an academic year to process, said Christian Day, a professor and chair of USen’s Honorary Degrees committee. Anyone from the SU community can act as a reference and nominate a candidate by submitting a onepage reference letter and a nomination packet, which is then reviewed by USen’s Honorary Degrees committee. The committee, which is comprised of students, staff and faculty, meets about four times a year to discuss the nominations. The entire Senate body then discusses recommendations from the committee. Candidates are required to visit campus before a final approval from both Chancellor Kent Syverud and the Board of Trustees. There have been instances when USen has backed a candidate for an honorary degree, but the university’s chancellor or Board of Trustees didn’t vote in favor of it, Day said. In Day’s six years on the see richardson page 4

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Holding back New York has decriminalized small amounts of weed but stopped short of legalization. See Wednesday’s paper

Safety abroad Several SU students are studying in Hong Kong during a tumultuous period of protests. See Wednesday’s paper

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regional news Here is a round-up of the biggest news happening around the region right now. GILLIBRAND DROPS New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) dropped out of the presidential race Wednesday after failing to meet the Democratic National Committee’s donor and polling thresholds. She ran on a campaign that emphasized women’s rights and was a staunch advocate of the #MeToo movement. She has served as a Democratic senator for New York’s 20th congressional district since 2009. source: syracuse.com

PRISONER RELEASED Former North Syracuse substitute school bus driver Joseph Sanfilippo, 51, will be released from prison in October after a five-year sentence for rape and sexual assault. Sanfilippo admitted to raping one underage girl and sexually abusing another. He appeared in court on Wednesday to determine whether he will be placed on the state’s public sex offender registry following his release from prison.

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HAILEY TIPTON (LEFT) AND ASH MURRAY attended a welcome event on Wednesday for the LGBT Resource Center in Bird Library Suite 548. The Disability Cultural Center and Office of Multicultural Affairs also hosted the event, which featured food and activity stations, and provided information about programs, services and resources offered. sarah lee staff photographer

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President to focus on student mental health By Richard J Chang asst. copy editor

As the Graduate Student Organization’s next president, Mirjavad Hashemi is looking to accomplish projects within and outside of the organization, including promoting mental health services and increasing representation within GSO Senate. Hashemi, an electrical engineering doctoral student, was elected in April to replace Jack Wilson as GSO’s leader. Wilson served as president for two terms, the most a student can under the organization’s constitution.

“We expect that GSO will be an active arm of grad students for making changes and solving problems for grad students,” Hashemi said. “We are trying to make full use of our senate.” Hashemi served in GSO Senate for two years before becoming president. During the 2018-19 academic year, he worked in the Employment Issues committee and contributed to research on graduate employee wages. Mental health is a priority for Hashemi as GSO president, he said. Many students are not aware of the tools available to them, so Hashemi is collaborating with

health and wellness offices at Syracuse University to advertise those services more. Also important to Hashemi is the relationship between graduate students and their research advisers, he said. Research advisers direct students who are writing and defending their dissertations and working toward graduation. The relationship between the two parties has been strained in the past, Hashemi said. “A lot of situations (graduate) students face that lead to mental health breakdowns or breakdowns come from miscommunication with advisers, being put in a tough

situation and not knowing your rights as a student,” Hashemi said. Hashemi wants to ensure students and advisers know their rights and responsibilities in their relationship with each other, he said. Within GSO, Hashemi is looking to increase the overall representation of graduate students in the organization’s Senate. GSO can have up to 200 senators, and it has only 30 currently. He plans to reach out to graduate program departments and let them know if they are not represented in the Senate. rjchang@syr.edu

HURRICANE ASSISTANCE Gov. Andrew Cuomo deployed 100 state troopers and resources from the New York Power Authority on Wednesday to provide emergency assistance to areas that will be impacted by Hurricane Dorian. The storm is projected to make landfall in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Florida and strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane Wednesday afternoon. source: cny central

WOMEN’S HISTORY The Great New York State Fair celebrated Women’s Day on Wednesday to recognize the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote. Women’s admission was reduced to one dollar and several elected officials visited the fair to celebrate the day. A luncheon was also held at the fair to acknowledge the accomplishments of women in New York. source: cny central

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SUNY Upstate, ESF to study tick-borne diseases By Chris Hippensteel contributing writer

SUNY Upstate Medical University and SUNY-ESF plan to open a lab next year to study the spread of tickborne illnesses in New York state. The partnership between the two institutions comes as the spread of deer ticks throughout the state has contributed to a rise in Lyme disease, including in central New York. Syracuse’s Com-mon Council recently took up the issue, approving a plan in June to hire hunters to kill and re-move deer in the city. The new Vector Biology Lab will focus on the role of vectors in transmitting disease to humans. A vector is any organism that can

spread pathogens to or between hosts. The lab will focus on ticks, which are known for spreading diseases like Lyme and the lesscommon Powassan virus. Saravanan Thangamani, a professor of microbiology and immunology at SUNY Upstate, will lead the lab with a team of researchers. Thangamani and his team relocated from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston to take on the project. “We are trying to understand how the (ticks’) feeding facilitates the transmission of viruses,” Thangamani said. “If we can understand the mechanism behind this feeding process, we can develop novel measures to stop the transmission.”

Thangamani’s research focuses on the Powassan virus — an untreatable, little-studied virus that has recently been on the rise in New York state. When opened, the Vector Biology Lab will be-come the second facility in upstate New York capable of testing for the virus, he said. The first lab, Arbovirus Lab, is located at SUNY Albany. The Vector Biology Lab will be equipped with security measures appropriate for handling infectious diseases, including Lyme and Powassan in ticks and the West Nile virus in mosquitoes. The lab is classified at biosafety level three. Level four, the highest biosafety level, is reserved for highly contagious and lethal pathogens, such as the Ebola

or Zika viruses. The researchers will use the lab’s first biosafety level to cultivate colonies of ticks, mosquitoes and other vectors. The second and third levels will be used for studying the diseases themselves. Thangamani said a highly-secured lab is crucial to work with pathogens like Lyme and Powassan. At approximately 2,500 square feet, the lab will cost $6 million dollars and will be funded by a grant from the SUNY system. “Lyme disease is on the minds of many people across the county, especially in central New York,” said Darryl Geddes, director of external relations for SUNY Upstate. cjhippen@syr.edu

RESTAURANT CLOSES The Subway restaurant in Destiny USA closed at the end of the Tuesday business day. The closure comes after more than 1,000 chains went out of business in 2018, according to CNN. Another food court tenant, Boston Market, shut its doors in late July. source: syracuse.com

PARK REOPENS Schiller Park could reopen next week after being closed for most of the summer due to drought and overuse. The city approved directing $45,000 to repairing the park and will pay Ballard Sports for the repairs. source: syracuse.com

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evictions available for comment. O’Neal lives with her three children and grandson. The bedbugs are only one of several code violations the household has dealt with since moving into the apartment in May 2016. A hole in both the roof and the ceiling caused rain to pour into her son’s bedroom. She can hear birds through the walls, and dead birds rot in her attic. The floors are warped. Two windows remain broken after about two years. “I just don’t know where to start,” O’Neal said after a sigh. “I’m between a rock and a hard place. I want him to finish exterminating my house so I can move.” While O’Neal continues to struggle with eviction notices and home repairs, a statewide law has given tenants more rights and protections against landlord exploitation. The Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 passed through the New York State Legislature on June 14. Activist groups consider the bill a monumental effort in furthering tenants’ rights. Real estate trade groups strongly opposed the legislation. An eviction court judge can now find that a tenant was unlawfully evicted if the eviction took place within a year of the tenant contacting their landlord or code enforcement about issues with their property. Tenants can’t be forcefully removed until at least two weeks after an eviction court’s decision. Both unlawful evictions and blacklists of tenants with prior evictions were also made illegal by the 2019 law. Changing the locks on a tenant or forcefully evicting them are classified as unlawful evictions. Such evictions would be considered misdemeanors, with each violation fined between $1,000 to $10,000. Syracuse activists Palmer Harvey and Jaime Howley lead the Syracuse Tenants Union in part and work to information tenants of their rights. After meeting Harvey at one of O’Neal’s eviction court appointments, O’Neal shared her story with her. Harvey has advised O’Neal about record keeping and has informed her of the recent legislation. Harvey has also encouraged O’Neal to tell other tenants that a court notice doesn’t mean defeat — tenants can fight their landlord in court. Harvey attends eviction court proceedings, interviews tenants and visits their properties as part of a study with Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. In Syracuse, 66% of residents rent their homes, according to a handout from the union. When visiting tenants, Harvey said she has seen doors off hinges, broken windows and a particularly large cockroach infestation, among other problems. “Just court watching alone, people want from page 1

richardson committee, students have not attended any honorary degree meetings, he said. Nash told The Daily Orange he would soon go through with the nomination process. Nash’s petition gained more than 5,800 online signatures. Since then, Nash said he’s had back-and-forth dialogue with SU administrators. He also discussed the possibility of an honorary degree for Richardson over the phone with Keith Alford, chief diversity officer, and Rachel Vassal, assistant vice president of the Office of Multicultural Advancement. The office supports and advocates for black and Latino students and alumni. The Netflix series “When They See Us,” released in May, chronicled the flawed police investigation and prosecution that led to the boys’ arrests. Richardson told Oprah Winfrey in an interview released on Netflix that, as a kid, he dreamed of playing the trumpet in SU’s marching band. Since the documentary and interview premiered, the Central Park Five have resurfaced in the national spotlight — and Nash wasn’t the only one pressing SU to acknowledge Richardson. Jill Evans, the mother of an SU student, watched the documentary and interview. She thought of her two children, who also dreamed of attending SU before they enrolled. Evans then wrote an email to Martha Sutter, a teaching professor in the Setnor School of Music. She asked for Richardson to play the trumpet in SU’s marching band. “As a parent, it broke my heart,” she said,

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to tell you their stories so bad,” Harvey said. “Now they have this backup, this new law, they have so much more power than they know of.” O’Neal is not alone in her struggles with her Northside apartment. In 2016, Endzone had 71 complaints to Code Enforcement regarding property condition — more than any other Syracuse landlord, according to a study Maxwell conducted in 2017. State records list John Kiggins as the CEO of Endzone. In 2006, he was briefly jailed for neglecting to address code violations on several Syracuse properties, Syracuse.com reported. In 1991, he was jailed for six months on the charge of mortgage fraud. In 2016, a 13-year-old died in a fire in O’Neal’s apartment. Marks from the smoke remain on the ceiling. Endzone has issued O’Neal several eviction notices — all of which occurred after she asked Sam, the property manager, to fix an existing problem with the property or after she called Code Enforcement, she said. All of the cases in eviction court have been either dismissed or withdrawn on behalf of the landlord, O’Neal said. After calling Code Enforcement for the first time in July, it wasn’t until February that the bedbug extermination began. The process can involve up to three rounds of chemical treatment. Only one round of extermination was conducted in O’Neal’s house, she said. O’Neal has repeatedly called Code Enforcement to follow up on the bedbug fumigation, as well as to inform them of the other unaddressed code violations on her property. She was told she can’t make another complaint because the violations are still open. Online property records show violations for bedbugs, a leaking bedroom ceiling, a broken refrigerator, a running toilet and malfunctioning outlets among others. Maintenance workers patched up the hole in the ceiling, but the hole in the roof was never fixed — the ceiling will fall through again. O’Neal’s grandfather, a plumber, fixed her toilet. O’Neal’s children hate it there. She wants to move, but doesn’t want to risk bringing bedbugs to a new property. She doesn’t want to bring bedbugs to a homeless shelter, either. “What’s the point of me moving right now and potentially bringing these things somewhere else?” she said. While tenants have new forms of recourse under state law, Syracuse is also tackling the issue of evictions at the local level, with the goal being to improve overall housing stability. In May, the city unveiled 11 initiatives to improve housing quality, prevent evictions and direct residents to resources. Serious housing problems exist in private housing in the Southside, Northside and Southwest side areas, said Sharon Sherman, executive director of The Greater Syracuse Tenants Network. The network seeks to eduin an email. “I made a promise to myself, my daughter and her college friends that I would do anything in my power to help fulfill this man’s dream.” Evans was able to get in contact with Richardson and eventually scheduled a call between Richardson and Nash. She shared the online petition in alumni networks, though Evans is not an alumna herself.

I made a promise to myself, my daughter and her college friends that I would do anything in my power to help fulfill this man’s dream. Jill Evans mother of an su student

Richardson will take part in a public discussion on Sept. 9 about his exoneration titled “Justice in America: A Discussion on the Exoneration of the Central Park 5” at Schine Student Center. Sarah Scalese, the associate vice presidential for university communications, said in a statement to the D.O. that SU is excited to host Richardson. “We are thankful for students like Jalen who work tirelessly to advocate for and advance issues that are important to them, to our community and to society,” she said. gkstern@syr.edu | @gabestern326

PALMER HARVEY (LEFT) AND JAIME HOWLEY have held teach-ins at Beauchamp Library on the Southside to educate tenants. dan lyon asst. photo editor

cate and empower tenants, particularly those with low-incomes. The Bureau of Administrative Adjudication launched in Syracuse last April as a means of resolving unaddressed code violations. Its goal is to improve compliance by expediting the process of charging fines and penalties for unresolved code violations on owner- and tenant-occupied properties. “We’ve seen a huge increase in compliance once (owners have) been ticketed or prior to getting ticketed,” said Ken Towsley, director of the Division of Code Enforcement. The action and threat of evictions, as well as housing quality, are suspected to contribute to the city’s high rate of resident mobility, said Stephanie Pasquale, commissioner of the Department of Neighborhood and Business Development. About a quarter of city residents move at least once a year, according to city data. Some landlords assure prospective tenants they will fix problems with their property, but never address the problems once the tenant has paid their first and last month’s rent and moved in, Pasquale said. Non-payment of rent and job loss are also a factor in resident mobility, she said. “We still have a long way to go, we have a lot of work to do and a lot of families to help and continue to support,” Pasquale said. Howley and Harvey said the new city initiatives were “fabulous” and “brilliant.” Coupled with the 2019 state pro-tenant legislation, the city could really make changes, Howley said. Towsley said good landlords have to be recognized more than they currently are. Code Enforcement needs to work with landlords and guide them to resources, he said. Sherman works to educate landlords at the

Greater Syracuse Tenant Network through organizing landlord training sessions. Smaller landlords often lack the resources to know what they should be doing or what’s available to them, she said. O’Neal was due in Syracuse City Court on July 22 after receiving her most recent eviction notice. Court records classify the case as a holdover eviction, an eviction lawsuit leveled against tenants regardless of whether they paid their rent. In court, O’Neal told Judge Vanessa Bogan that she can’t move until the house is exterminated of bedbugs. Bogan ordered the extermination process to be restarted by the time Endzone and O’Neal return to court on Aug. 5. If the extermination doesn’t happen, O’Neal said she’ll lose everything. When she moved to the apartment, she hardly had furniture — at first, her belongings included children’s beds that her sister bought and an inflatable mattress — but she eventually had furniture, a bedroom set, a kitchen table and a television. A lot of her belongings have been damaged or thrown away because of the bedbugs or the hole in her roof and ceiling, O’Neal said. She doesn’t think she should start over for a problem she didn’t cause. She’s been looking for other housing, she said. Endzone Properties followed through with the second bedbug extermination. “I’m a good mother. I take very good care of my home, the little bit of stuff I do got I try to keep up, I try to keep it nice,” O’Neal said. “I just feel like these landlords take advantage of that, they take advantage of these single mothers, they take advantage of the fact that we have limited resources.”

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nology should not affect residents’ health. The American Cancer Society said there is “very little evidence” that the cellphone towers cause cancer. “As with any new technology, there’s always going to be incomplete science and incomplete information,” Walsh told The D.O. “We made our decisions based on the existing available information and research and worked into the agreement to continually test and ensure that if the research changed, that we would be able to adapt accordingly.” Still, Walsh said that many residents were concerned with the plan, a sentiment echoed by councilors Driscoll and Bryn Lovejoy-Grinnell. Three councilors — Lovejoy-Grinnell, Khalid Bey and Latoya Allen — voted against the 5G plan. A lack of information on the new technology made Lovejoy-Grinnell skeptical of the plan. “I don’t generally align with the distrust in technology, but again, I think everything has a risk and benefit,” she said. “Had there been a different benefit described to our city, I might have been in favor of it” Lovejoy-Grinnell said it wasn’t clear what “concrete benefits” 5G would have for residents or businesses. The outreach she received from her constituents was overwhelmingly against the plan, Lovejoy-Grinnell said. Even if the council failed to pass the agreement, Driscoll said that his vote ultimately wouldn’t stop the plan from happening. FCC regulations permit Verizon to set up cell towers in any municipality.

verizon Verizon will install 600 cellphone towers over the next several years. Phase one of the plan, which involves the first 115 towers, may start by the end of the year, said Jen Tifft, deputy commissioner of Neighborhood and Business Development. Each tower will be about the size of a mini refrigerator. Several cities across the country have weighed in on the 5G debate. More than 30 cities will have Verizon 5G networks, including Washington D.C. and San Francisco, CNN reported. Some cities and towns in northern California, as well as Portland have pushed to ban 5G, The Wall Street Journal reported. A 5G network would noticeably increase connectivity between wireless devices, relay faster internet speeds and pave the way for smoother drone usage. It could also spread the use of artificial intelligence, per The New York Times. “This is something that has the potential to be an economic booster for the city,” said Councilor Joe Driscoll of the Fifth district. “And also on a level to show that we’re a place that’s receptive to new technology a place that’s eager to get ahead of the curb, eager to be at the forefront of movements of new technology.” It’s unlikely that any towers will be on SU’s campus during phase one, Tifft said, but the University Neighborhood area is part of the vision the city laid out with Verizon. Both FCC and Verizon said the new tech-

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ackenzie Mertikas and Sameeha Saied were sworn in as president and vice president of the 63rd legislative session of Syracuse University’s Student Association last April. They’ve been working throughout the summer to organize the year’s agenda, but SU’s student body still has yet to hear from them, aside from the cabinet applications announcement over the summer. That needs to change. Mertikas and Saied ran a campaign based on five principles: diversity and inclusion, financial accessibility, accountability and transparency, health and wellness, and community engagement. Those principles show considerable promise, but we need to know much more. Students want to know what SA stands for, and they want to know

what the organization will do to hold itself accountable. They want to know who is representing their interests. SA’s student leaders can start by establishing open lines of communication. This year’s first-year and transfer students might not know who their student representatives are or what those representatives even do. It’s up to SA to reach out and answer those questions. It’s up to SA to establish those critical relationships. And it’s up to SA to show students that they want to hear from them. A fundamental part of establishing those relationships with students will depend on the organization’s ability to recover from a tumultuous spring election cycle that saw a series of public relations snafus. SA’s new leadership has committed to improving internal

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ust hours before the deadline to qualify for the third Democratic presidential debate, two-term New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has finally elected to end her presidential campaign. The NICK announcement ROBERTSON surprised few, LEFT OF as Gillibrand THE ISSUES had failed to meet both the donor requirement and the polling requirement to qualify. Sooner is better than later, allowing other more promising Democrats to take center stage — not that Gillibrand was hogging the limelight. She never surpassed two percent support in any major polls, and recent polling had her within margin of error of zero percent support. Her campaign started off soft, likely handicapped by her support for the resignation of Minnesota Senator Al Franken after a sexual harassment scandal. For many, Gillibrand is too similar to the last failed Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton. Gillibrand floundered on the

national stage during the first two televised debates, leaving no lasting impact on potential voters and sinking her chances at a nomination. In her exit video on Twitter, Gillibrand admitted that “it is important to know when it’s not your time, and to know how you can best serve your community and country.” She knows there is no chance of her being president, but her renewed push to “unite us to beat Donald Trump in 2020” is the exact attitude every Democratic candidate needs to take, whether in the race or not. I applaud Gillibrand for admitting defeat when it was apparent, and for being one of the first doomed candidates to drop out of the race. Without a failing campaign to distract her, Gillibrand can now return to representing the Empire State in Washington.

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enator Kirsten Gillibrand, (D-NY), exits the presidential race having never quite gotten her campaign into gear, with no signature moments to speak of and not even a fleeting moment of contention in the polls. Gillibrand was a candidate without much of a constituency. In the mid-2000’s she won House elections in a conservative district as part of the “Blue Dog Democrats,” a moderate to conservative coalition of House Democrats. Standing among progressive moment originals Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, Gillibrand seemed more like a desperate hitch-

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Kirsten Gillibrand. Once a noted proponent of gun rights and fiscal responsibility, Gillibrand pivoted to a more left-wing platform during her Senate tenure, veering further in this direction during her run for president. Now, Gillibrand is in the unenviable position of making bigger headlines in defeat than she ever did during her campaign.

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fter repeatedly garnering less than 1% of support in surveys, Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) withdrew Tuesday from the 2020 presidential race. Despite her strong, progressive viewpoints centered around reproductive rights and women’s issues, Gillibrand’s campaign had been fundamentally focused on attacking President Trump. This tactic is not only incredibly divisive, but not also took attention away from important topics during her campaign. Gillibrand’s exit from the presidential race could benefit remaining Democratic candidates that are more focused on bridging the

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For QueerWOC: The Podcast cohosts Nikeeta Slade and Montinique McEachern, having a space for community-building is not only vital, but it’s what they advocate for in Syracuse. Now, the two will host a kickback targeted for queer people of color this Saturday from 3 to 9 p.m. at the Cafe Sankofa Cooperative as part of a series of events open to the public throughout the weekend. The kickback is a meet-and-greet so that the listeners for the QueerWOC: The Podcast can meet the hosts. It’s also a place where people can engage with one another without needing to teach non-queer people of color their culture, said McEachern. Originally starting in 2016 as the extension of a blog, the biweekly show was originally McEachern’ssolo project. She said that she began by talking about queer culture and identity politics. Later on, Slade joined the podcast. While the kickback serves to bring queer people of color together, Slade and McEachern said that they see this event as a means to tackle metronormativity —the idea that queer communities or identities only exist in metropolitan areas and not in rural or suburban areas.

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Music is blaring, roller coasters are whirling and dough is frying not far from the Syracuse University campus. The Great New York State Fair opened on Aug. 21 and runs until Sept. 2. Located six miles away from campus, the fairgrounds are adjacent to Onondaga Lake. Last year’s fair saw 1.27 million attendees, but this year they’re hoping to reach a new record, said Dave Bullard, an executive public relations officer for the fair. “We would like to get back to last year’s level. It’s going to take a lot of effort, and we’ve set seven records last year out of 13 for each day’s attendance,” Bullard said. “We hope that Syracuse students attend this event because we have a lot of great concerts coming up.”

There’s something for everybody. There truly is. The average person can go two or three times with family or friends. They’ll really enjoy it.

There so many of us in these rural places or smaller cities, and there is nothing that is really poppin’ in the Rust (Belt) though.”

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The fair is on its way to this goal. As of Aug. 25, it saw 486,821 attendees, Bullard said. There are also music performances scheduled for the fair. The band Why Don’t We, will be performing on Aug. 29. Spencer Kenney, a representative from the fair’s public relations office, said that the group is a teen pop band that’s similar to the Jonas Brothers. “We had many calls about this and it’s going to be a big show,” Kenney said. Other musical performances include The Roots, lovelytheband and Gavin DeGraw performing at the Stan Colella Stage in Chevy Court. The Roots will perform on Sept. 1, and Gavin DeGraw and lovelytheband will perform Sept. 2. The fair is hosting about 200 food vendors, operated by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Bullard said. He said the organization’s core mission is to promote New York agriculture. “We focus on food because it’s on one end of agriculture as a whole,” Bullard said. “We have a vegan stand, a kosher stand, a Vietnamese stand, a Polish stand — the list goes on.” The fair’s dairy department features butter sculpture and the signature 25 cent cup of chilled white

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fter two years of construction, the Barnes Center at The Arch opened on Monday, centralizing health and wellness on the Syracuse University campus. This is a part of a new vision to focus on mental health and wellness in a holistic way, said Cory Wallack,interim executive director. The new recreation complex features a climbing wall, an esports room, 50 to 60 drop-in fitness center classes per week, an indoor track mac court —a place to play sports like soccer, lacrosse and roller hockey —and a new pool area that boasts a large wall monitor that can show games and movies. Currently, the only areas that are open are

health services, counseling, the pharmacy, pet therapy, the mind spa, weights and the climbing wall. But Wallack said the center is aiming to have all areas open by Sept. 13, the center’s official opening day, which will be marked by a dedication ceremony. SU and SUNY-ESF students can utilize all that the Barnes Center has to offer with a valid ID. There are no additional fees for any programs. The Barnes Center staff had their full staff orientation at noon last Saturday. As the Barnes Center was not fully completed, the staff gathered at the Flanagan Gymnasium. The orientation included a large meeting about emergency action plans, the importance of customer service, as well as breakout groups. The breakout groups focused on topics including how to best

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In large metropolitan areas like New York, Chicago and Atlanta, events similar to Slade and McEachern’s are common. The two believe just because they live in Syracuse, it doesn’t mean that there isn’t demand for community-building events, said McEachern. “There so many of us in these rural places or smaller cities, and there is nothing that is really poppin’ in the Rust (Belt) though,” said McEachern. But while large cities may have more resources and events than smaller cities, Slade said that rural areas like central New York have advantages like Syracuse’s affordability. It’s this affordability that helped start up the kickback, said McEachern, adding that they particularly wanted to host at Cafe Sankofa Cooperative because it’s an inviting place for people of color, McEachern said. Because of this, while the event is free, McEachern hopes people donate to the space. “I just want people to know what’s there and all the magic that see podcast page 8

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barnes answer customer questions, approaching diversity and inclusion on the job and team bonding. Julieann Som, a sophomore biomedical engineering major working at the Barnes Center’s guest services, said there was a second day of orientation on Sunday for specific team training. She said she was excited to work at the new building. Not only has SU redesigned their recreation offerings, but also adapted how students can stay healthy, said Wallack. The aim of the Barnes Center was to have a centralized place where students can take care of themselves, Wallack said, adding that mental health is an indicator of retention and GPA. If a student walks into the counseling office and is struggling with anxiety or struggling with depression, Wallack said the staff will connect them to the appropriate services. He emphasized the fact that they’re going to look at it more in a holistic way of what someone’s needs are. Wallack said that they have redesigned all of the services to better the student experience, including a different service model that is focused on drop-ins. The vision was to make the Barnes Center a student-centered space, he said. A student has the option to schedule a counseling appointment on the portal, but it isn’t necessary. The counseling center also has drop-in hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. This is different from the previous from page 7

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chocolate New York milk, Bullard said. Among the numerous food options is the pizzesrippe, a two-foot long thick twist of dough made of a special recipe rolled in cinnamon, Bullard said, as well as the fair’s special version of corn dogs and sausage sandwiches. Cathy Pemberton, a fair vendor and owner of Cathy’s Cookie Kitchen, said they’ve been vending for the event for four years through Taste NY, an organization that promotes local restaurants with specific food and

CORY WALLACK the interim executive director of the center said the goal is to focus on mental health and wellness in a holistic way. The center includes pet therapy and the mind spa, among other amenities. elizabeth billman asst. photo editor counseling services model —Wallack said for Barnes Center. The MindSpa consists of a main making an appointment. Wallack said that 60 the past two years they’ve been revisioning the lobby and three private rooms with the purpose students came to its opening night on Tuesday. model to make it more accessible for students. of helping students reset and recharge. Wallack stressed that the Barnes Center is Wallack said it’s organized so that a student In the winter, the MindSpa will have light one team, and there should be something for can walk by the center if they’ve had a bad day therapy boxes to help students who suffer from everybody.“Even if you’re not here to see us as a and go in to “recharge.” seasonal affective disorder. The MindSpa is a therapist, go sit in our lobby and just hang out. We “This is designed to help our students be suc- self-guided area. The MindSpa’s main lobby in really want it to be a place to have for our students cessful. It’s designed to help them manage what has massage chairs open for students to utilize. to come together with each other, and to have a can be a really stressful life and difficult period in The pet therapy area is located next to the place that they can have community, especially time,” he said, assuring the model is for students. MindSpa. Like the other offerings, students right now while Schine’s offline,” he said. SU has also moved the MindSpa to the can drop into the pet therapy area without alweis@syr.edu

drinks. She adds that vending at the fair proves to be a good way to bring exposure to her business. “It makes me look a little more visible in the organization,” Pemberton said. Besides helping Pemberton showcase her confections, she said the fair is a great place to go because it’s fun for everyone. Syracuse students can attend the fair for $1 with a valid college ID. “There’s something for everybody. There truly is. The average person can go two or three times with family or friends. They’ll really enjoy it,” Pemberton said. rbditche@syr.edu

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podcast happens there,” McEachern said. “That also feels important when we talk about community.” The relationship between queer, people of color community members, is what makes cities like Syracuse different then big cities, McEachern said. She added that unlike bigger locations, smaller cities rely on these kinds of relationships to create a space for people to come together. While the two only expected about 15-25

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to RSVP, they were shocked when they received more than double that. This is a testament to Syracuse’s demand for more communal space, said Slade. And while the two said they don’t know exactly what will come of the kickback, they want people to know that there is a community in Syracuse that is numerous and alive, said McEachern. “It’s not just the fact that we’re bad b*tches, but it’s about the fact that how much queer people, people of color, non-binary folks and marginalized people are really hungry for community,” said Slade. ddriojas@syr.edu

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Cultural gathering By Sarah Slavin

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tudents and faculty from culturalbased organizations will have the opportunity to celebrate a new year for students. The Culture Centers Welcome fair will feature resources on the Quad from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday. The fair is being hosted by resource centers on campus, including the Office of Multicultural Affairs. Huey Hsiao, the associate director, said this will be the first time the fair will be on the Quad. Hsiao said that they’re expecting the fair to be bigger this year with two tents: one set up for food and another for organizations tabling. Seventy organizations will be tabling this year’s event, including registered student organizations, resource centers and academic departments. “It is a celebration of the different cultures we have here on campus, thinking in terms of intersectionality, identities such as race, ethnicity, gender, faith, ability,” Hsiao said. “We want to be a place where everyone can kind of come together and studentscome to meet people and see that there’s a lot of different identities represented.” Hsiao added that the office has been working closely with the College of Arts and Sciences and a chief diversity and inclusion officer to ensure that academic departments were represented at the event. Departments, such as Asian Studies, African American Studies and the South Asia Center are slat-

SU cultural organizations to gather at fair ed to attend. Hsiao said they wanted to make sure they were providing something for everyone and helping students find a place on campus early in their SU careers. “I think often times, especially students with marginalized identities, may want to feel a stronger sense of belonging to this campus,” Hsiao said, “So we’ve tried to be very intentional with this event so that students can get an early opportunity to find places that can be home to them.” Hsiao said that this home can be in many different places, whether it’s a student organization, office or academic department. Yanan Wang, president of Asian Students in America (ASIA), agree, and said it’s important for students to find a place where can relate to others. She also said that her organization is like a family for anyone who joins. “Syracuse is actually very diverse. There’s a lot of organizations that focus on different aspects of culture and identity, so I think it will be nice for them to realize that no matter who they are they have a place on campus,” Wang said. Wang said that she also expects a bigger turnout this year because of the fair’s placement on the Quad and the addition of BBQ-

style food. She said she didn’t understand why the cultural fair was never on the Quad, while the involvement fair was, but thinks it’s a good change. The president of La L.U.C.H.A., a Latinx organization on campus, Andrea Roque said that the Quad will attract more students, especially first-year students, as well as it being a welcoming place. “It’s going to be easier for them to know Syracuse is involved with so many organizations that is going to provide diversity for everyone,” Roque said. While the event is for all students at SU, Wang said that it’s very beneficial for firstyear students because it will make such a big campus feel like much smaller and can help them find a place on campus where they can feel comfortable. Roque said that she runs La L.U.C.H.A. in a way that isn’t as dependent on commitment, but instead on making sure members feel safe and welcomed. She said that while attending the fair is beneficial for spreading the word on their club, it’s also a great way to see each cultural organizations supporting each other. “Even though I’m still a minority, there’s still a lot of people here who are also minorities, but there’s clubs and organizations that care about them,” Roque said, “I feel like it shows how Syracuse with every (organization) whether it’s professional or social or dance team or Greek life; it shows how diverse this school itself is.” @sarahslavin3 | srslavin@syr.edu

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After compiling a 10-3 record and reaching its first bowl game since 2013 last season, Syracuse travels to Lynchburg, Virginia for its season opener against Liberty on Saturday. Two road tilts are followed by three consecutive home games —topped by the home opener against the defending national champions, Clemson —to open the season.Here’s what our beat writers think will happen this year.

Eric Black

Two steps forward, one step back Record: 9-3 To be clear: An identical 9-3 regular-season record as last year is by no means a disappointing outcome for Syracuse this season. Yes, a lot of people may expect the Orange to take a leap after a breakout 2018, and that’s fair. But this is a team that will still need to fight through the growing pains of becoming a top team in the country. First and foremost, replacing one of the most productive quarterbacks in the history of the ACC is no small feat, and while I expect Tommy DeVito to fill Eric Dungey’s shoes to the best of his ability, a completely smooth quarterback transition would be miraculous. There is also the issue over whether or not the offensive line will be cohesive enough to protect him, and the turnover in the linebacking corps is a cause for concern as well. There are undoubtedly scenarios in which Syracuse goes 11-1, with its lone loss coming to No. 1 Clemson. But there from page 12

defense were comfortable with us and understand that we could do our jobs, basically,” senior tackle Kenneth Ruff said of the sign’s meaning. “Being aggressive up front, just taking up gaps, being able to be productive up there with just (the defensive line).” Being able to pressure the quarterback with only four pass-rushers creates a greater numerical mismatch for a defense. Without blitzing linebackers or safeties, the Orange can defend in the secondary with a sevento-five player advantage. Playing with a nickelback instead of a third linebacker, SU’s defense played its best the second half of the season — save for Notre Dame — averaging 4.25 sacks per game in the final five games of 2018. With Slayton gone, the model to generate pressure has changed. Attention will shift to Coleman or Robinson, who may command now double-teams, leaving interior linemen like Ruff, Josh Black and Kingsley Jonathan a chance to collapse the pocket from head on. “Alton (Robinson) and I get a lot of attention,” Coleman said. “A lot of notoriety, but we’re not the only guys on this defense. So I personally feel that if they send double teams either of our way and leave it one-on-one in the middle, our opponents will find there are guys there too.” While much of what SU wants to do defensively hinges on the interior of the from page 12

gymnastics comes from his experience in tumbling. In his youth, he and his close cousin, who’s two years younger, practiced with The Jesse White Tumblers in Chicago at the behest of his mother, Mone’t Gandy. From age four until he moved to Georgia in seventh grade, Gandy-Golden harnessed his craft: tumbling. Before his first year of kindergarten, Gandy taught her son basic gymnastics. At seven years old, Gandy-Golden was already backflipping. With the tumbling company, one designed to keep inner-city kids away from the streets and involved in sports, any team member must abstain from drugs, alcohol, and gangs. They all must also stay above a C average, according to its website. Gandy-Golden tumbled for the next few years and worked his way up the program. By the beginning of seventh grade, he said he was on the track to compete in events, he said. But in 2007, Gandy-Golden had to quit the

are too many question marks on this team for me to choose them to win 10 regular season games for the first time since 1987.

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The Orangest Bowl Record: 10-2 A little more than a week ago, The Athletic’s Stewart Mandel projected Syracuse to finish the season with an Orange Bowl matchup against Ohio State. That prediction is a testament to just how much can change in a year —this time in 2018, . With Tommy DeVito taking the reins on offense,a dearth of skill positionplayers, alongwith a defense Dino Babers thinks is even better and one of the nation’s best special teams units, the Orange have all the pieces in place to run through a weak ACC. Does the offensive line need to improve? Yes, but seeing what coach Mike Cavanaugh did last year gives me confidence that this group will get on a roll. Will the Orange stumble on the road somewhere like North Carolina State or Florida State? Perhaps. But other than Week 3 against No. 1 Clemson, Syracuse might be favored in every other game it plays this year. There’s too much talent and not enough good competition. Start scouting South Beach hotels.

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Consistently good Record: 9-3 Syracuse head coach Dino Babers has

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preached his team needs to be “consistently good, not occasionally great,” numerous times over his first three seasons as the leader of the Orange. Last season was the first time we saw it happen throughout the entire season. In 2018, This year will be no different. Clemson, which eviscerated Alabama in last year’s national championship, is still a bit far away from Syracuse but every other game on the schedule is a tough decision. The obvious question marks on the team come at two position groups: linebacker and offensive line. While Syracuse is

line, Coleman and Robinson are still the clear headliners. Robinson — who came out of high school as a three-star recruit with offers from Alabama and Michigan — looks the part of NFL pass rushing prospect at 6-foot-4, 260 pounds and a potent combination of speed and strength coming off the edge. Coleman, who came to SU as an undersized freshman, struggled in his first season, but has earned himself a starting spot opposite Robinson. Babers raves about Coleman’s football acumen and technique, noting he’s never coached another player remotely like him. As he honed his skills and mind, Coleman physically caught up and last season finally overcame his early struggles. Though each end has their own archetype — Robinson is the dominant athlete, Coleman the technician — they can mimic each other’s abilities seamlessly. Robinson can switch it up and use more technique-driven pass rushing moves and vice versa for Coleman with power and speed moves. “They’re a fabulous combination,” Dino Babers said of his defensive ends in camp. “I think sometimes Kendall doesn’t get his due because of the way Alton carries himself and rightly so. But I think you saw in the West Virginia game, where Alton didn’t play, how explosive Kendall is.” The Orange’s four listed starters for Saturday’s opener at Liberty are all upperclassmen: Robinson, Ruff, Black and Coleman. Three of those four have spent their entire careers at SU — Robinson transferred from

a junior college — and played significant time as freshmen and sophomores on SU’s defensive line. As underclassmen during Babers’ first year, the defense surrendered nearly 40 points per game and helped generate a meager 16 sacks in a lost 4-8 season in 2016. But all the struggles and lows are paying off now. In a recent scrimmage, the sound died down for a moment and Coleman heard Robinson yell from the other end of the defensive line, “Hey Kendall, it’s coming your way!” The handoff went right at Coleman. The ability to decipher opponents plays presnap and communicate it quickly down the line is perhaps SU’s biggest advantage up front. With four players starting who have a combined 113 games played (66 starts), it’s arguably SU’s most experienced group of starters. “The keys, the backfield sets, even the eyes of the O-linemen,” Ruff said, listing different bits of information used to figure out the opponents call. “We know what we’re going to get.” In Liberty, the defensive line and Syracuse’s defense as a whole are dealing with the extra challenge of studying multiple sets of film. LU head coach Hugh Freeze has yet to coach a game for the Flames, so SU has doubled up on film, watching both Liberty’s personnel from last year and Freeze’s schemes from Ole Miss and other past stops. Luckily for Babers, the Orange has a defensive line that’s up to it.

sport. Living in the dangerous neighborhood of Englewood, Gandy moved her three sons to Dallas, Georgia —half an hour northwest of Atlanta. There, Gandy-Golden joined the football team, where he became the “water boy” at first. “My balance is definitely better because of the tumbling,” Gandy-Golden said. “I’ve always been strong for my size but I have a better idea of how to jump and use my body.”Occasionally after practice, he’ll perform his tumble routine, just like he used to do in Chicago. While he only does it now when people ask him to, it’s a way to show others where he got his start. The day before training camp, when other players were backflipping on the sideline after practice, Gandy-Golden was called back to show his teammates his tumbling. With a camera in front of him, he sprinted a few yards, planted both hands in the turf of the Liberty practice football fields, and flipped twice.“He’s good at everything he does so I’m not shocked at anything he does,” senior quarterback Stephen Calvert said.

Now, when he leaps up in the air for 50-50 balls, Freeze and Calvert have confidence that he’ll come down with it, they said. In fact, Calvert’s favorite route to throw to Gandy-Golden is a high-arching fade, because he’s sure his receiver can reach higher than the defensive back. With the natural height and speed, learned balance and leaping ability from gymnastics, and broad shoulders from the last few years lifting weights in a Division I weight room, Gandy-Golden looks like an NFL player in workouts and now all he needs to do is refine his skills, Freeze said. That means spending extra time after practice on the jugs machine and calling Calvert or other quarterbacks to perfect the timing of back shoulder throws. Like he did in eighth grade, he still has to soak in a lot of information. “When I got here in the spring and saw him, I was like, ‘I can work with this,’’ Freeze said. “He’s got the natural skills but it’s just about learning how to do it the right way.”

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replacing both starting inside linebackers from a season ago, the Orange defense which ranked third in the country in turnovers returns eight starters and flaunts a lethal pass defense headlined by Alton Robinson and Kendall Coleman (both had 10 sacks in 2018) on the edge and All-American safety Andre Cisco (seven interceptions in 2018). Keep an eye on the Orange’s road games this year as Syracuse may trip up like last year against formidable opponents away from the Carrier Dome. sports@dailyorange.com

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preview a clue what they’re going to do,” in reference to the Flames. That’s in part because of a coaching shift. Hugh Freeze, the former Ole Miss coach who resigned after a call to an escort service surfaced, begins his first year as the head coach this season. Freeze led Ole Miss to a 43-37 victory over Alabama in 2015 and the Rebels finished at 10-3 with the nation’s fourth-ranked offense. Babers’ skepticism came from a previous uncertainty at quarterback. Senior Stephen Calvert is back this season after throwing for 3,068 yards, 21 touchdowns and 18 interceptions last season. But Liberty also had dual threat quarterback Malik Willis, a transfer from Auburn, on the roster until his waiver was denied on Aug. 28. With Calvert as the projected starter on Sunday, senior receiver Antonio Gandy-Golden will likely find the ball.

10 Total number of sacks by Liberty defensive end Jessie Lemonier in 2018

How Syracuse beats Liberty

Syracuse starts its season with a win by playing like an ACC team that’s facing a newly crowned FBS opponent. That means: Limited penalties, winning the turnover battle and not letting Liberty or their home crowd feel in the game at any point. The Orange started last year’s season opener like this, but allowing 28 points in the third quarter helped the Broncos hang around and Syracuse brought its starters back in. If Syracuse’s new faces on the offensive line keep Tommy DeVito upright in his starting debut, the Orange should outscore Liberty regardless of what Freeze stews up. Player to watch: Jessie Lemonier is the younger brother of Corey Lemonier, a former All-SEC linebacker and third round NFL Draft pick, Jessie Lemonier tallied 10 sacks in 2018. No other Liberty player had more than 4.5. If the Flames are to take advantage of redshirt freshman Carlos Vettorello’s first career start at right tackle, it’ll likely begin with Lemonier, who finished tied with Kendall Coleman and Alton Robinson in sacks a season ago. jlschafe@syr.edu |@Schafer_44

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KENDALL COLEMAN AND ALTON ROBINSON headline a Syracuse defense that accumulated 43 sacks last season and held opponents to under 30% on 3rd down. This year, the pair form half of a defensive line that will be without Chris Slayton. max freund staff photographer

Bring the blitz With 2 stars on the edge and a retooled interior, Syracuse’s defensive line is ready for an encore By Andrew Graham senior staff writer

f 130 Division I FBS football teams, only No. 22 Syracuse returns more than one player with double-digit sacks in 2018: senior defensive ends Alton Robinson and Kendall Coleman. The duo finished last season with 10 sacks each, helping lead an SU defense that sacked the opposing quarterback a whopping 43 times last year — a 27 sack increase from 2017.

“I didn’t know that,” Coleman said of his and Robinson’s stats, “But that’s exciting news. I’m glad to know it now.” Coleman and Robinson are arguably the best defensive end pairing in the country, but they alone were not why SU’s defensive line was so successful in 2018. Former nose tackle Chris Slayton — now with the New York Giants — constantly commanded a double-team in pass protection and wreaked havoc in the run game. Slayton’s presence allowed Coleman and Robinson to work one-on-one versus opposing tackles, something they may not enjoy this year.

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Often, Slayton’s efforts in the middle allowed SU to pressure quarterbacks without blitzing. With him gone, Coleman and Robinson are sure to command more attention from opposing blockers while Syracuse sorts out its defensive line rotation in the middle. If the Orange can even somewhat replace Slayton’s impact in the middle, Syracuse could have one of the best front-sevens in the country. They are, as the signs in their meeting room say, “earning the right to rush forward.” “We wanted to make sure our coaches see defense page 10

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LU receiver started in gymnastics Preview of SU’s 1st game By Adam Hillman asst. copy editor

LYNCHBURG, V.A. — Before joining his eighth gradefootball team, Antonio Gandy-Golden had only played one sport competitively: gymnastics. So when he dislocated his hip before the season started – sidelining him for all of what would have been his first competitive football season – he was essentially the team’s “permanent water boy,” he said. While injured, he studied football for the first time. He learned the nuances of how receivers release

from the line of scrimmage and run routes, how defensive backs drop back in coverage and how quarterbacks rifle the ball to the receivers’ outside shoulders near the sidelines. As he learned more, he grew more eager for in-game action. “Ninth grade was my time to actually play and get on the field,” Gandy-Golden said. “They kinda threw me in there.” Standing at 6-foot-4 and 220 pounds, Gandy-Golden is now on the radar of NFL teams, even considered a top five receiver by WalterFootball.com. He’s tallied back-toback 1,000-yard seasons, including

a 13-catch, 192-yard and twotouchdown performance against Baylor in 2017. When Syracuse travels toLynchburg, Virginiato face Liberty on Aug. 31, it’ll have to devote serious attention to Gandy-Golden, the Flames’ top offensive threat.“He’s just a big target and a strong guy that makes it tough for defenses on 50-50 balls to handle him,” Liberty head coach Hugh Freeze said. “He’s got decent speed so you have to worry about the deep ball too.”Onthe field, Gandy-Golden can make an acrobatic catch at any time, which partly see gymnastics page 10

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No. 22 Syracuse opens its season against Liberty on Saturday at 6 p.m. at Williams Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia. The game is Liberty’s first season as a full-time Football Bowl Championship Series team. It’llbe the second consecutive season Syracuse begins its campaign on the road against a non-Power 5 school. The Orange enter this season ranked in the AP Poll for the first time since 1998, coming

off a 10-3 campaign last season that finished with a Camping World Bowl victory. As new starters come into play on both sides for Week 1, here’s what to know about Liberty ahead of the matchup:

All-time series

This is the first meeting between the two teams.

The Liberty report

On Monday Syracuse head coach Dino Babers said, “We don’t have

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