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Some students use face masks as a form of self-expression during the pandemic, displaying their personalities with different patterns and styles. Page 6

Syracuse’s community gardens have provided some residents with an escape from the isolation of the coronavirus pandemic in addition to healthy, free food. Page 3

Black Oranges, a collective of former SU athletes, is working to improve diversity and social awareness in Syracuse and beyond. Page 12

on campus

Resident advisers want more resources, support from SU By Sarah Alessandrini asst. news editor

About two weeks into the fall semester, Syracuse University resident advisers began discussing the idea of sending a list of demands to the Office of Student Living. By then, RAs had realized that they were doing more work than they had signed up for this year, with less support and communication from the university than they had anticipated,

several RAs told The Daily Orange. “We are exposing ourselves to dozens of students on a daily basis,” said an RA in Booth Hall. “We are expected to perform the same tasks and the same responsibilities with the same resources we were given before the pandemic.” A group of RAs presented a list of nine demands to OSL on Tuesday. The demands include adding hazard pay for RAs due to their potential exposure to COVID-19, providing more

personal protective equipment and clarifying the role of RAs in the event of a campus shutdown due to a coronavirus outbreak. The list of demands comes as RAs find themselves responsible for enforcing SU’s coronavirus-related health guidelines in residence halls on top of their normal responsibilities. The three RAs who spoke to The D.O. asked to remain anonymous out of fear for their job security. An RA in DellPlain Hall said

they, along with other RAs, received an email about two weeks into the semester from another RA outlining a plan to compose a list of demands for OSL. The email asked other RAs for their support and input. Dozens of RAs have joined a group chat where they discussed the demands, said an RA from the Lawrinson-Sadler Hall complex. RAs also invited one another to join a Google document so they could edit or add to the demands as they

wished, the RAs said. The Booth RA said they heard about the demands through RAs from other buildings, but they were not involved in the initial planning or leadership. Over a dozen RAs between Booth, Marion and Kimmel halls joined in supporting the demands, the RA said. “We all support the demands, and we support the people behind it, but we weren’t involved in the leadership see advisers page 8

Increased workload Some professors say they’re doing more work as class formats shift due to the pandemic

CORAN KLAVER, English professor and chair of the English department, has found it challenging to monitor students in the classroom and those participating remotely via Zoom at once, especially in discussion-based classes. emily steinberger photo editor

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yracuse University professor Daniel Curewitz has spent the past several months preparing for the increased workload of the fall semester. He’s recorded lectures and fielded hundreds of emails from confused students, trying to figure out how to run his classes smoothly online. “I’ve been working seven days a week for the past three months,” said Curewitz, an earth science and environmental science professor. SU has adopted a hybrid instruction model, in which students attend classes both in-person and virtually, to mitigate the spread of coronavirus during the fall semester. Even though the university provided faculty with guidance over the summer about adjusting their curriculum, some professors said the new learning model has caused them undue stress and has

increased their workload dramatically. Christine Ashby, an education professor who coordinates the SU inclusive elementary and special education program, said her colleagues are abnormally tired for this early in the semester. Ashby spent most of her summer altering the curriculum for her courses to account for social distancing. She’s still working to find ways to compensate for the field experience her students usually receive working with students in the Syracuse City School District. “It’s been a real challenge for my freshmen class. They usually are in schools reading with kids once a week,” Ashby said. “It’s an emotionally tiring time for everybody because we feel for our students right now.” Regina Ippolito has made her pre-recorded lectures half the length of her normal presentations to accommodate students’ shorter attention spans during online learning. But her workload has still nearly doubled under the new

model, she said. Ippolito, an adjunct professor who teaches wine appreciation at SU, has been able to hold food and wine tasting sessions for her class inperson, with plastic dividers installed to separate students. But for students studying remotely, she has had to make that portion of the class optional and film separate tasting instruction videos. “I only feel bad for the remote students for not being able to taste with me in person because I do think that’s hard to duplicate,” Ippolito said. Jonathan French, who teaches chemistry classes of 300 to 400 students, has spent the last few months recording lectures and embedding questions to make the presentations interactive. He has also changed his curriculum to rely less heavily on exams and has made multiple versions of each test to protect against cheating. “The spring semester didn’t end for me,” French said. “Once the summer started, I just see faculty page 8

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Police publish equipment inventory By Chris Hippensteel news editor

The Syracuse Police Department has acquired a variety of used equipment from the United States Military, including gloves, jackets, backpacks –– and a $658,000, multi-ton mineresistant vehicle. The vehicle and other equipment, which SPD has received through military surplus programs, is part of an inventory the city published Wednesday. Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh mandated the inventory in a June executive order following a series of demonstrations in the city against racism and police brutality.

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Syracuse gardens provide sense of community By Maggie Hicks asst. news editor

Syracuse’s community gardens have provided Aggie Lane with an escape from the isolation she feels during the coronavirus pandemic. For Lane, who has worked for the community garden at 341 Midland Ave. for 22 years, gardening has long served as an outlet from her busy schedule as a community activist. But when the coronavirus pandemic put many of her plans on hold, she turned to the garden for a sense of support. “It was appreciated to get out of the house and destress with nature and just be together after so much isolation,” said Lane, who is the principal organizer of the Midland Avenue garden.

Organizers and community leaders who oversee Syracuse’s community gardens said they have seen more city residents visit and connect with the gardens during the pandemic. As a result, the gardens have helped strengthen neighborhood relationships and provided healthy produce to those in need. Syracuse Grows, a food justice program that oversees and provides resources to almost 20 community gardens in the Syracuse area, has helped gardeners continue to grow produce, said Sarah Brown, chair of the Syracuse Grows advisory board. While gardeners can grow and share food among themselves, some gardens function as donation gardens devoted to providing food for the surrounding neighborhoods.

Despite the challenges the pandemic has posed, Brown said many of the gardens have remained open. “(Gardeners) have implemented some safety guidelines, such as spacing at the garden or wearing masks,” Brown said. “But they have still been coming together. They’ve still been growing their own food. They’ve been gardening communally and sharing that food.” Syracuse Grows was unable to host its annual resource drive in April, during which members organize deliveries of compost, manure and wood chips to each of the gardens in the network. Instead, the organization partnered with another garden to collect seedlings for gardeners who would need them at the start of the growing season, she said.

Many of the gardens in the Syracuse Grows network are located in neighborhoods considered food deserts, Brown said. Residents in these areas don’t have grocery stores nearby and may have greater difficulty accessing healthy food, she said. For residents in food deserts, community gardens can offer inexpensive access to high-quality produce. “If you can save $20 on your food costs, that can be significant for some families who are in a lower income bracket,” said Frank Cetera, who operates the Edible Forest Snack Garden on South Salina Street. Cetera saw increased interest in community gardening after the pandemic began. Many people,

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GSO aims to ensure all fellows get paid on time By Dominick Pfisterer contributing writer

Syracuse University’s Graduate Student Organization worked with the Office of the Provost to ensure graduate fellows are paid on time, GSO officials said at a virtual meeting Wednesday. The GSO Senate brought graduate students’ concerns about paychecks arriving later than expected to the provost after some said the delays interfered with their ability to pay for rent and other expenses, GSO President Mirjavad Hashemi said. “The fellows were running into trouble paying their bills, such as rent,” Hashemi said during the meeting. “They expected to be paid on the first of the month but were not get-

The fellows were running into trouble paying their bills such as rent. They expected to be paid on the first of the month but were not getting paid until the fourth or the fifth. Mirjavad Hashemi gso president

ting paid until the fourth or the fifth.” The Senate also addressed concerns about technological issues that teaching assistants and other graduate workers have experienced this semester. The Senate worked with Information Technology Services to fix some technical problems TAs have encountered within the Graduate School and scheduled a meeting with ITS for Friday, Hashemi said. GSO will also team up with the Black Graduate Student Association and the National Organization of Minority Architects Students to host a voter registration drive, said Jessica Montgomery, external vice president. The drive will take place on the Quad on Sept. 21 and 23,

Montgomery said. The Senate also approved GSO’s annual mixer for graduate students. Normally a social event where students can enjoy free food and drinks and get to know GSO senators, the mixer is now for senators only and is taking place at The York on Sept. 25. The changes were implemented to comply with social distancing guidelines. The GSO Senate also elected two new secretaries at Wednesday’s meeting. Cassaundra Victoria Caudillo was named financial secretary and Cornelia Stokes was elected recording secretary. “I’m excited to join the GSO in this capacity and to get to work with everyone,” Caudillo said. dpfister@syr.edu

Value of the mine-resistant protective vehicle SPD obtained through a military surplus program

During the protests, 15 local activist groups released a series of demands that included demilitarizing SPD. Activists clarified that demand at a public forum in June, pushing for the city to publish its inventory of military surplus equipment and the cost of maintaining it, then return the equipment and commit to rejecting future donations. The items SPD receives through military surplus programs largely include backpacks and cold weather clothing. The only maintenance SPD has paid for military surplus items is a $367.88 charge related to shipping a replacement tire for the mine-resistant vehicle, according to the city’s inventory. SPD receives the military surplus goods through the Department of Defense’s 1033 program, which provides police departments with retired military goods the DOD would otherwise destroy. The city does not pay to procure any goods through the program. The mine-resistant vehicle is by far the largest and most expensive piece of equipment SPD has procured through the program, according to the Defense Logistic Agency’s national list of military surplus equipment. SPD hasn’t obtained firearms through the 1033 program since it first equipped its SWAT team with rifles 23 years ago, the inventory states. SPD no longer owns those rifles, which have since been destroyed. Aside from the mine-resistant vehicle, SPD only owns one other “large, military-style” item: a “BearCat” armored personnel carrier used by the city’s SWAT team. The city uses the vehicle to carry out high-risk warrants and respond to active shooter scenario, according to the inventory. In his June executive order, Walsh also committed to establishing procedures regarding the use of military surplus equipment, as well as parameters for procuring such equipment. The mayor has not committed to returning any donated equipment or denying future donations. cjhippen@syr.edu | @chrishipp15_

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Smart Money: Beware of Afterpay

Trump administration hurts the environment

To fight back against climate change, the U.S. needs a new leader in charge. damon kasberg contributing photographer By Harrison Vogt columnist

T illustration by sarah allam illustration editor By Andrea Lan columnist

fterpay is a trendy way to finance everything from $5 lip gloss to $800 dressers. You may have seen this message at checkout: “Your total is $80, or 4 interest-free installments of $20 through Afterpay”. Tempting, right? After all, why would I pay $80 now, when I can instead pay $20 and worry about the rest later? This delayed payment and procrastinatory mindset is a dangerous habit to fall into. All is well and good when incomes and expenses are predictable and regular, but they aren’t. Your finances can change quite rapidly; unexpected expenses and emergencies happen, pandemics happen. Let’s start with an example: say you have $100 budgeted each month toward clothes, shoes and other items. Someone using Afterpay to spend this $100 could end up spending a total of $400, paying $100 at once and the rest of the $300 over the coming weeks. What’s the issue? Well, now you’ve actually spent four times the amount you can afford and have tied yourself down to additional $100 payments. You also have to find another $100 in time to avoid late fees. See the problem? Rather than gaining financial freedom, you’re handing it over to Afterpay. Afterpay has a very convincing website, including pictures of happy, young people and a “How It Works” page that conveniently fails to mention any details about fees. There’s encouraging statements in large, bolded text that read “Go after it,” and “A service in service of you.”

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I find a lot of irony in its mission statement: “We believe everyone has the right to financial freedom, transparency and a fairer future.” While being committed to “financial freedom,” Afterpay’s entire business model is centered around putting people in what is essentially interest-free debt. Not to mention the “transparency” of its fees is limited to the fine print in its cryptic installment agreement. While I disagree with the financial behaviors Afterpay promotes, I can understand its practical uses. As I mentioned earlier, emergencies happen. In these cases, interest-free installments might be your best and only option. Here’s a couple of helpful tips to keep yourself on track to avoid late-fees: • Use a debit card. Keeping track of your payments through a credit card can get complicated and dangerous because of highinterest rates on credit card payments if you don’t pay on time. • Set reminders when payments are due. Life gets busy, and setting reminders will help you ensure that you have the necessary amount in your bank account to cover the upcoming payment. • Keep a clear and organized budget. Think about it this way: if everything you’re buying now was 75% off, you’d probably be buying a lot more. Therein lies the problem with delayed payments: overspending and finding yourself in trouble later is very easy. • Don’t use Afterpay as a budgeting tool. The “Key Facts” sheet published on its website

states that 77% of customers use Afterpay for budgeting purposes. Let’s be clear about what Afterpay really is: It is a forprofit company that loans you money for nonessentials and allows you to pay it back in four interest-free payments. • Understand Afterpay’s fee policy. You are contractually obligated to pay back any money that you owe the company, according to the installment agreement. If your payment is over 10 days late, you will be charged $8. It is unclear if the $8 is a one-time fee or a recurring one that you’ll collect if you continue to miss payments. • E ven though signing up for Afterpay doesn’t require a credit check and using the service won’t go toward your credit, the company reserves the right to make third-party inquiries into your credit report if there are negative balances on your account. Having a lot of credit inquiries on your record can negatively impact your credit score. Don’t be fooled by Afterpay’s extremely effective marketing. Even though the company is telling you it’s a great option, only you know yourself and your finances best. When prompted to use Afterpay at checkout, make an informed decision on if it’s appropriate for your purchase. If you’re looking to finance a $40 shirt, odds are you shouldn’t be buying that shirt to begin with.

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hough this election year has been filled with an unmatched news cycle, the environment cannot be put on the backburner. Our choice for the White House truly matters for the future of the environment. After years of warnings from environmental experts, industries in the United States still pollute the environment, the U.S. economy is still based in fossil fuels and human waste is soaring. This year has reminded us that our actions have consequences. Through hurricanes and derechos, unprecedented forest fires and increasing deforestation, as well as plastic waste choking global ecosystems, the environment is screaming that humans are pushing it to extremes. Not only do these environmental disasters threaten the American way of life, but they also threaten the very survivability of this planet. As insurmountable as environmental disasters seem to combat, they are undeniably preventable, as long as there is a leader to acknowledge them. The president has the power to mitigate the climate crisis and environmental catastrophe. The past four years have been a roller coaster for environmentalists. While campaigning in 2016, President Donald Trump called climate change a “hoax” and vowed to bring back coal. Once in office, the Trump administration announced its intent to withdraw the U.S. from the 2015 Paris Climate Accord and started a quest to remove federal environmental regulations. The administration, under Trump’s advice, has removed nearly 100 environmental regulations that were designed to protect both residents and the environment. The Trump administration rolled back emission standards for new coal plants, among other regulations. The removal means air quality will decrease around new plants, further hurting the health of families around them. Despite hurting citizens, the Trump administration removed environmental regulations and will continue to remove the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement under the cloak of concerns about the economy. Fortunately for the environment, the coal industry is a bust for any investor, and in 2019, renewables topped coal in use. Additionally, some states renewed plans to follow the 2015 Paris Climate Accord’s goals even without the federal government following along. But inadvertent environ-

mental respite is temporary. The Trump administration’s unnecessary regulatory removal hurts the environment and the average American citizen. Science is decisive. Despite the severity of environmental consequences, policies and regulations are practical and easy to implement. Limits on polluting sources are necessary to improve air and water quality, and investments in efficient and green infrastructure are logical solutions. To preserve wilderness areas, limiting industrial activities is also necessary. In climate science, keeping the atmosphere from warming requires less carbon pollution to slow the greenhouse effect. These are known scientific laws. However, Trump disagreed, saying, “I don’t think science knows, actually.” Protecting the environment requires strong leadership. This starts with listening to the scientific community and supporting the citizen’s voice over those of special interests. Former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, understands this. His plans are not “radical.” They are necessary. Acknowledging that climate change exists is a step toward solving it, and Biden goes beyond acknowledgment. Under Biden’s plan, global warming is not a “hoax,” as Trump asserted. Biden plans to launch a “Clean Energy Revolution” aimed at tackling the economic fallout of the fossil fuel industry and climate change. Through incentivizing the renewable industry, his plan addresses the root of carbon emissions: an economy based on fossil fuels. Additionally, his plan includes investments in environmentally sensitive sectors, such as household utilities, energy and water infrastructure. This plan addresses the average citizen. Strong leaders are needed to solve environmental issues. As the Trump administration continues to disregard the environment, related issues will continue to worsen. In turn, the average American citizen will continue to face a lower quality of living, and our democracy will continue to be held by those in polluting industries. Americans must elect real leadership in November. The planet depends on it. Harrison Vogt is a sophomore environment sustainability policy and communication and rhetorical studies dual major. His column appears bi-weekly. He can be reached at hevogt@syr.edu. He can be followed on Twitter at @VogtHarrison

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Mask on

During the pandemic, some students have used masks to display their personalities

Photos and story by Abby Presson

contributing writer

hough masks prevent Syracuse University students, faculty and staff from communicating through facial expressions, many are using them as an accessory to show off their personalities. Masks have become a part of everyday life to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. In New York state, face coverings are required in public and in situations where social distancing isn’t possible. SU’s Stay Safe Pledge also requires students to wear masks on campus. “If you can’t smile at someone, if you can’t make facial expressions, you want to have something that people will look at and be like, ‘That’s cool. That looks good on you,’” said Emily Goldberg, vice president of SU’s Fashion and Design Society. Some students, such as freshman Ava Lahijani, didn’t want to wear cloth masks at first and opted for disposable medical masks instead. “I didn’t get a fabric mask (for) a while because I thought this would go away,” Lahijani said. “But I didn’t really want to get a mask and (have) it become a huge reality for me and a part of my everyday.”

Now, Lahijani regularly coordinates her patterned, fabric masks with her outfits. Masks have also become a way to express one’s identity. For freshman fashion design major Esther Kim, masks have allowed her to make a fashion statement. Fashion historically has played a role in representing the time and society in which it was created. Kim said she reflected on the role of masks in the United States and Korea, where she has dual citizenship, to show the differences between societies. “Masks are so normalized because, in Korea, there’s really bad air pollution, too, over the summer, so using a mask (is something) they’re used to,” Kim said. “They’ve worn it, and people just wear masks as a fashion statement as well.” Any fashion choices behind picking a mask should come second to making sure that quality masks are being used, Kim said. Despite being a fashion design student, Kim still wears medical masks to be safer. Junior Vivi Collymore’s linguistics professor distributed masks that, through a transparent piece, allowed students to see each other’s mouths. The masks drew her attention to the communications problems masks can cause. “I’ve never seen someone wear that before,” Collymore said. “If

someone needs to read lips and yo pretty much impossible.” Masks can also serve as a remin tional separation during the pand of the magazine, news, and digital Newhouse School of Public Comm Fashion and Beauty Communicati While fun masks can express pe lack of facial expressions, she said. “You can never replace seeing

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able to see if they’re, you know, are they smiling?” Chessher said. “As a professor standing up there, you want to know, did that point hit home? I tried to make a joke. Did anyone receive that joke?” Goldberg stressed the importance of everyone wearing a mask, regardless of the mask’s appearance. “If you have a pretty mask or not, wear it, because we need to all wear masks,” Goldberg said. “And if getting a nice one that has a pattern or a fun color or an interesting fabric is going to encourage you more to wear it, then go for it.” avpresso@syr.edu

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advisers or even the tiny details about it,” the RA said. Although they weren’t among the RAs who took the lead in creating the demands, the Lawrinson-Sadler RA said they sat in on a meeting where RAs reviewed and restructured the demands. The DellPlain RA said they remember the Google Document having about 20 demands at one point. The focus of the demands is prioritizing the health and safety of RAs, the Booth RA said. They said they hope OSL takes the demands seriously. The demands suggested a biweekly hazard pay of $12 per hour for two additional hours of work per week enforcing SU’s public health guidelines. The hazard pay would also include an additional 20 hours of work from SU’s expanded move-in process, totaling a $620 stipend for each RA throughout the semester. The Booth RA, who was also an RA last year, said the expectations for RAs have expanded during the pandemic, which has left them feeling stressed and exploited. RAs who might rely on the free room and board that comes with the position to attend SU are now paying out of pocket for protective equipment that the university should provide, several RAs said. OSL has already started working to address the recommendations, said Dean of Students Marianne Thomson in a statement to The D.O. on Tuesday night. “The Office of Student Living is continually from page 1

faculty basically got to work on the fall material.” Seth Gitner, a professor who teaches a multimedia storytelling class for freshmen, felt prepared for the transition to online learning. Gitner, who is a coordinator on the committee that explored ways to implement the hybrid model at SU, said he’s teaching his classes like he

assessing the practices, procedures and activities in the residence halls during this unprecedented time,” Thomson said. COVID-19 cases would be much higher if not for the RAs enforcing health guidelines in dorms, the Lawrinson-Sadler RA said. RAs are an essential part of upholding the university’s Stay Safe Pledge, which outlines SU’s expected health behaviors for students for the fall semester. RAs all said they’d like more open communication from the university. The DellPlain RA said some students in their dorm moved off campus or returned home for the semester, and the university didn’t give them any notice that they had left. The university didn’t give RAs enough information over the summer regarding their coronavirus-related responsibilities, the Booth RA said. RAs are responsible for ordering their own protective equipment and wiping down the front desk for themselves during mailroom shifts, the RAs all said. The demands state that the RAs expect a response from their respective residence hall within one week. According to an email RAs sent to SU personnel, if the university does not respond in a timely manner, the RAs may take “alternative measures.” It is unclear what those alternative measures would be. RAs all said they hope that OSL will take their demands seriously and consider the importance of RAs’ roles on campus. “People talk about how the university should focus more on stopping the spread of COVID,” the Lawrinson-Sadler RA said. “To be frank, we’re the ones stopping the spread.” scalessa@syr.edu | @sarahalessan

normally does. The problems he does encounter are usually easy to solve, he said. Coran. Klaver, who teaches an English class and serves as chair of the English department, has found it challenging to monitor students who are in the classroom and those who are participating remotely through Zoom. “You have to think ahead of time about what’s going to work for everybody in the classroom because there are fewer formats available,”

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Klaver said. The College of Arts and Science has helped faculty adjust to the new teaching format, Klaver said. The college offered workshops over the summer and has hired technology assistants for professors teaching hybrid classes. But budget cuts prevented the school from compensating faculty for their extra work over the summer to prepare, she said. Curewitz, like other professors, has

encountered difficulties in adjusting to the hybrid instruction model. Nonetheless, he thinks SU officials are making the best of challenging circumstances. “It can be really frustrating, and every time I get really frustrated, I just remember, you know what, everybody’s going through this frustration,” Curewitz said. “It’s crazy. Breathe deeply. You’ll be fine.” news@dailyorange.com

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gardens such as Lane, were simply looking for an outlet and a reason to leave the house. The Salina Street garden, which allows any Syracuse resident to pick food from the plants growing there, is open 24/7, Cetera said. “Good food, organically-grown food, is not cheap,” Cetera said. “You can spend a couple dollars just on a small container of raspberries, but we have many berries available for picking at our gardens so every little bit helps.” Cetera is also the president of the Alchemistry Nursery Project, which promotes urban agriculture in Syracuse. Through conferencing sessions, he and other members of the project have offered advice on gardening and answered questions about how people can start gardens at home, he said.

“Some people who are more susceptible to coronavirus may not want to come into a garden space even if it is outdoors because there are a lot of people in that space,” Cetera said. “So we help them in their own homes by sending (raised beds) out and giving them seeds and so forth.” Overall, gardening has provided a much needed sense of normalcy and social interaction to residents during the pandemic, Brown said. Lane said she has appreciated the ability to connect with people during the pandemic who she wouldn’t necessarily have befriended otherwise. The garden has provided her with a valuable support system during an uncertain time. “We were able to support each other and there was always checking in with each other,” Lane said. “During the pandemic with so much isolation I think, above all, (the garden) created connections.” mehicks@syr.edu

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Beat writers skeptical of Orange’s chances against Panthers By The Daily Orange Sports Staff

Syracuse slumped to a 31-6 defeat against then-No. 18 North Carolina in its seasonopener Sept. 12. But the Orange’s next opponent, No. 25 Pittsburgh, cruised past Austin Peay 55-0 in its first game. Here’s what our beat writers think will happen Saturday at Pitt:

Anthony Dabbundo Stuffed

Pittsburgh 35, Syracuse 10 Syracuse’s offense Sept. 12 was even worse than I originally thought after rewatching the condensed game film and examining some advanced analytics. For a team whose tight ends aren’t used, wide receivers can’t separate and offensive line doesn’t block consistently, it’s hard to imagine how the Orange will generate points of their own. During last season’s game against Pitt, Taj Harris’ long touchdown and Clayton Welch’s running ability opened up an SU offense that failed most of the night. Against this Panthers defensive line, Syracuse’s O-line gets exposed again. It’s going to be a long day for Tommy DeVito

and the running backs. Without three gifted possessions like UNC gave the Orange, Pitt gets ahead early and rolls to a win, covering the 21-point spread. Syracuse falls to 0-2 and enters an easier portion of its schedule without much optimism.

Danny Emerman Mismatch

Pittsburgh 28, Syracuse 13 Dino Babers said it could take weeks for Syracuse to find its bearing and to be confident that players are lining up in the right positions. This won’t be the week SU clicks. Pittsburgh’s defensive line is too strong and SU’s offensive line is too weak for the Orange offense to get going. I can’t see a way DeVito and the offense move the ball with any regularity, given how uninspired the running game was against North Carolina. Keeping DeVito’s pitch count manageable is key, but that’s only possible if SU establishes the run — something it hasn’t shown to be able to do yet.

Adam Hillman Repeat

Pittsburgh 24, Syracuse 7 Babers was insistent that the Syracuse offense

TOMMY DEVITO was 11-for-31 with 101 yards against Pittsburgh last year, a game the Orange lost. max freund staff photographer

would look better in Week 2, saying the biggest improvement comes between the first and second games. That will be true for the defense, as they’ll hold Pittsburgh to under 10 points through three quarters. But much like last week’s matchup against UNC, the offense

won’t be able to stay on the field. The offensive line won’t be able to stop Patrick Jones II and the rest of the staunch Pitt D-line, even without Jaylen Twyman. This one looks a lot like game one: close, until the defense runs out of gas. sports@dailyorange.com | @DOSports

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Wildhack family pledges $1 million to SU athletics program By Michael Sessa asst. news editor

Syracuse University Director of Athletics John Wildhack and his wife Amy Wildhack have pledged $1 million to the university’s athletics program, SU announced Wednesday. The Wildhacks said they hope their donation will enhance the college athlete experifrom page 12

black oranges and the former NBA player and current social activist also mentioned guidelines for being a strong white ally and his plans to watch the movies “Django” and “Harriet” with his kids that day. But the first post directly addressed the string of racist events at Syracuse University last year, events that Thomas, Tarrant and the other Black Oranges members learned more about in the collective’s first three months. “What happened last year at Syracuse University cannot happen again,” Thomas wrote. “That was a national embarrassment.” He outlined a two-hour meeting he and Malcolm, his son, had with #NotAgainSU, commended the organization’s “strength, courage and commitment” to establishing a safe environment and, at the bottom of the post, linked a petition calling for SU to acknowledge its role in anti-Black racism. Tarrant said that his Facebook and LinkedIn pages — the same ones he sent those initial messages from — contained dozens of posts with the #GetOffTheBench as more people discovered what Black Oranges was. It’s one of at least three groups of former Syracuse athletes that formed this summer, from page 12

pittsburgh didn’t play against Austin Peay but is expected to start against SU.

How Syracuse beats Pittsburgh

Syracuse’s best chance of beating Pitt is getting DeVito outside of the pocket, avoiding Pitt’s staunch defensive line and using his athleticism to beat the Panther defense. Offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert must rely on DeVito’s instincts and legs, because the offensive line can’t hold up against one of the best pass rush units in the ACC. Pittsburgh’s one weakness on defense may be at cornerback, so forcing them to cover for longer than a few seconds may create openings. The defense should be able to limit Pickett, but it’s on the offense to score more than six points this time out.

ence, pointing toward the need for an expanded academic support center and larger training rooms for football and Olympic sports. “We don’t need big offices or shiny structures,” John Wildhack said. “We need facilities that are functional, adaptable, technologically advanced, creative and impressive to our recruits and future coaches and trainers.” The university will eventually name a

physical space on campus to recognize the Wildhacks’ donation, SU said. Wildhack has been director of athletics for SU since 2016, and the university recently extended his contract through 2025. He is an alumnus of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and worked at ESPN for more than 30 years, most recently as executive vice president for programming and production.

The Wildhacks have donated before to SU Athletics and Falk College, including a $200,000 pledge to the Orange Club Football Fund in 2018. They have also donated to the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center, the Falk College Complex General Renovation Fund and the Lampe Athletics Complex Building Fund.

including one group of 124 football players. Movements across the country led to suspensions for coaches and players when racial slurs resurfaced. Players reacted on social media to police brutality, and football athletes from the Pac-12 released a list of demands to address racial injustice in society and college sports. During that time, Black Oranges and the two other Syracuse alumni groups embarked on similar paths. “I look at it almost like a Greek system: Just because they add another fraternity doesn’t mean it’s a knock against the other fraternities,” Tarrant said. One week after the #GetOffTheBench challenge, Syracuse announced the hiring of Willis, who was brought in to oversee diversity programming. Tarrant said that Director of Athletics John Wildhack reached out and asked to meet with some of Black Oranges’ founders, Willis and Senior Deputy Athletics Director Herman Frazier. Wildhack was interested in the collective’s plans and mentioned that SU was looking for alumni to assist on a task force. The founders agreed to join. “We’re just a part of the machine,” Tarrant said about the task force. Recently, Black Oranges published an Instagram post after Syracuse placed a chemistry

professor on administrative leave for referring to the coronavirus as the “Wuhan Flu” and “Chinese Communist Party Virus” — condemning the “disgusting display of bigotry by an SU faculty member.” Tarrant estimates the Syracuse task force, which contains about 16 to 20 people, has met six times across six weeks. In those meetings, where Willis comes with an agenda, challenges and dialogue starters, they’ve started to lay the foundation for a better athletic environment. ••• Monica Belk knew that the campaign had to be July 4. It would be a starting point, a day for Black Oranges to use its platform to stimulate conversation at gatherings, a way to provide information and guidance for its audience to better understand systemic racism. There would be no fireworks or large gatherings because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the opportunity was still there. Belk, an ESPN and SEC Network director, worked with others to establish plans for #GetOffTheBench. They launched a website with an action library that contained more than 53 options to help combat racism — from articles, books and movies to writing a state legislature bill, supporting Black businesses or making financial donations. “If we do these movements and we get

these things in people’s minds to start, to research and to look at themselves and how they can better themselves, it’s going to improve their community,” Belk said. “It’s going to improve the country.” The ultimate goals, Walker said in July, are police reform and voter rights — the latter of which Black Oranges organized a webinar for Monday. It’s a project they’ve spent the last five weeks on, and they plan to highlight why mobilizing citizens is important and why local elections are often some of the most important for change. That’s item No. 7 under the bolded and underlined “DO” list on the Black Oranges’ action page. Also buried near the bottom of the three-page document was the option to donate to Syracuse University’s Office of Multicultural Advancement’s “Our Time Has Come” scholarship — donors could submit money and mark it as a tribute to Black Oranges. Tarrant didn’t expect many people to donate or even read that far in the action list. At that point, he just hoped that people would implement something from the list into their daily lives. Later, Tarrant found out that over $2,000 had been donated in Black Oranges’ name.

Star defensive tackle Twyman opted out of the 2020 season to focus on his preparation for the NFL draft. He was Pittsburgh’s best defensive player in 2019, tallying double-digit sacks and 12 tackles for loss. Syracuse will not have to worry about Twyman on Saturday. Outside of the defensive line standouts, Ford is the Panthers’ best defensive player. The junior safety was selected to the preseason All-ACC first team, ahead of Syracuse’s Andre Cisco. Ford had 14 pass deflections in 2019 along with three interceptions. He had 86 tackles in 12 regular season games and was selected to the 2019 All-ACC first team. The Pittsburgh native forced a fumble against SU last year in his first season as a starter. He’s considered the No. 8 safety in the 2021 NFL draft class, according to Pro Football Focus. adhillma@syr.edu

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KENNY PICKETT, a three-year starter for Pittsburgh, threw for over 3,000 yards in 2019 when the Panthers defeated Syracuse. max freund staff photographer

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Black Oranges push for social change Led by former SU athletes, the collective is becoming a blueprint for social justice

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By Andrew Crane sports editor

hen Brian Tarrant first thought about starting the Black Oranges collective, he typed up Facebook messages and tried to gauge interest. He sent some notes to his former Syracuse football teammates from 1991-95 and other former SU athletes, asking what steps they wanted to take following the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. Tarrant had already received letters from friends asking what they should do to help enact change, too. It was early June, and the United States was amid nationwide protests over police brutality and systemic racism. Tarrant felt he, and everybody, needed to do something. So he helped organize Black Oranges’ first call. That started with five or six people. The next one had 15, then 30. By early July, less than a month after Black Oranges’ initial Instagram post on June 7 and days before its first social media challenge on the Fourth of July, there were 200. “It definitely grew organically,” Tarrant said. In the two months since, Black Oranges has expanded to around 360 members and is part of the diversity task force see black

implemented by recently hired Associate Athletic Director for Diversity and Culture Salatha Willis. The collective met with members of #NotAgainSU — a Black-led student movement that protested SU’s response to racist incidents — and its future plans include meeting with SU’s Department of Public Safety and a fourpanelist voter registration webinar scheduled for Monday. “This has got to be more than a campaign. This has to be a movement,” Tarrant said on a July 3 Zoom call, hours before Black Oranges’ #GetOffTheBench campaign launched. He shuffled in front of a nighttime Carrier Dome Zoom background, the same one that appeared in a future Instagram post documenting the expanding Black Oranges’ meetings, before glancing back at the screen. “Although we started out with a social media campaign, it’s going to continue past that,” Tarrant said. “This is just more of the — what do they call the bonfire thing in football?” “The pep rally?” David Walker, a former SU running back and NFL assistant coach, replied. “Yeah,” Tarrant said. “This is not the game. This is just a pep rally.” ••• Early on the morning of July 4, Etan Thomas published the first of three Facebook posts that day. All contained #GetOffTheBench,

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NCAA pushes start date back By Andrew Crane sports editor

The college basketball season will start Nov. 25, the NCAA announced Wednesday evening. Teams can schedule up to 25 games depending on whether they participate in a “multiple-team event,” and must complete in 13 to be eligible for the NCAA Tournament. Starting Oct. 14, programs can conduct a maximum of 30 preseason practices over 42 days — with a limit of four hours per day — until the season begins. Schools will also have a “transition period” from Sept. 21 until Oct. 13, according to the NCAA’s release, where they can conduct 12 hours per week of strength and conditioning workouts, among other meetings. By pushing back the first games until right before Thanksgiving, the NCAA ensured that most schools will be finished with their in-person semester. Syracuse, which is following an accelerated schedule that includes weekend classes, will send all students home Nov. 24. “The new season start date near the Thanksgiving holiday provides the optimal opportunity to successfully launch the basketball season,” NCAA Senior Vice President of Basketball Dan Gavitt said in a release. “It is a grand compromise of sorts and a unified approach that focuses on the health and safety of student-athletes competing towards the 2021 Division I basketball championships.” Last week, Gavitt said that by Thanksgiving week, 76% of schools will have either finished their fall semesters completely or have sent home students. But under the updated NCAA guidelines, Syracuse can’t schedule preseason exhibitions as it traditionally has. In 2018, those games came against the College of St. Rose and Le Moyne College, and last year the Orange defeated Daemen and Carleton. The Orange’s first regular season game was initially scheduled for Nov. 10 against UMBC in the Carrier Dome. Other games against Green Bay (Dec. 8), Jacksonville (Dec. 10) and Mercer (13) were already announced. SU is also reportedly participating in the Gotham Classic, which would include a game against LSU in Madison Square Garden. arcrane@syr.edu

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Opponent preview: What to know about No. 25 Pittsburgh By Adam Hillman staff writer

Syracuse heads south to Pittsburgh for its second game of the 2020 season. The Orange are coming off a disappointing 31-6 loss to UNC, where the Tar Heels scored 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter. SU held a strong North Carolina offense to 10 points through three quarters but relented in the final 15 minutes. Here’s everything to know about Pittsburgh ahead of Saturday’s

game against Syracuse.

Last time they played

The Orange clawed back from a 24-6 halftime deficit to make onepossession game late in the fourth quarter. Tommy DeVito left in the third after taking a hard hit and was medically cleared to return, but head coach Dino Babers kept him out. Backup Clayon Welch entered and led the Orange to within seven points, but a third-down conversion with under two minutes remaining iced the game for the Panthers.

The Pittsburgh report

10.5

Number of sacks that Pittsburgh’s defense lost when Jaylen Twyman opted out

Under head coach Pat Narduzzi Pitt is known for tough, hard-nosed defense. Star defensive tackle Jaylen Twyman opted out, but 2019 All-ACC pick Patrick Jones II had 8.5 sacks and 18 quarterback hurries last year. Defensive end Rashad Weaver returns from an injury that kept him out of the 2019 season — Weaver led the Panthers in sacks in 2018. Safeties Paris Ford and Damar Hamlin rival Syracuse’s touted defensive backs as well. The offense returns three-year

starter Kenny Pickett, who threw for over 3,000 yards and completed 62% of his passes last season. In Pitt’s season-opening 55-0 win over Austin Peay, Pickett tallied 277 passing yards and a touchdown on the ground, but no receiver caught more than two passes. The Panthers trounced their opponents for 456 total yards, including three passes of over 50 yards. The loss of wide receiver Maurice Ffrench (850 yards in 2019) should be offset by redshirt senior Taysir Mack, who see pittsburgh page 10