In her research, Weissman –who is also an adjunct sociology professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University – said increas ing law enforcement measures and policing in schools is connected with higher rates of suspension in students. In SCSD and nationally, she said, suspensions for subjective behaviors are more common than suspensions for violent crimes.
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The demolitions along the eastern edge of the universi ty’s campus were a “wake-up” call to the Southeast Univer sity Hill and Westcott communities, said Samuel Gruber, the co-president of the Westcott Neighborhood Association.
“In the 1990s, they tore down a lot of … homes, more to develop (the Center for Science and Technology),” Gruber
Walker added that no effort can stop everything, and pointed to transportation to school as an area where added security could be more useful.
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“If you add more (sentries), well, can we add more bus aides? To like, kind of stop it at that layer?” Walker said.
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or somebody who can try to under stand the issue instead of instantly criminalizing our students.”
“Kids get suspended for things like being disruptive in class, ... pushing and shoving. You don’t want those
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of “Prelude to Prison: Student Per spectives on School Suspension” and a parent in the district, said though the district has made improvements in recent years, using resources to increase police presence isn’t mov ing in the right direction.
“It seems like they’re usu ally not engaging as much unless somebody calls them but I think once you call them you, you risk criminalization,” Bennett said.
Precious Walker, a parent of a fifth grader in the district and the moderator of a Facebook group for SCSD parents, said she and other parents are trying to figure out how the plan is going to help.
“Clearly, the university has been looking at Comstock for
yracuse University completed the demolition of a home located at 813 Comstock Ave. in August. Three years ago, SU demolished nine buildings on the 700 block of Ostrom Avenue.
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However, a university spokesperson confirmed that there are currently no specific plans for the properties.
Though the district gets some say who gets placed in schools as a sentry, she said, sentries ulti mately report to the police and are not school “What’semployees.disappointing is that the scarce resources are being directed to personnel that still help play a more law enforcement type role, even if they’re not official police, rather than getting mental health
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Though they usually aren’t in his classroom, Joe Bennett, a Syra cuse City School District teacher and candidate for the Onondaga County legislature, said he’s seen the way sentries and Student Resource Officers have policed students and observed the guards around the building.
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Community members hope for more communication as SU demolishes homes east of campus
a long time,” Gruber said.
The university acquired 813 Comstock Ave., located directly across from the Women’s Building, in Nov. 2020. The property is the only lot owned by SU on the 800 block of Comstock Avenue. Neighboring the lot are two properties, 807 Comstock Ave. and 809 Comstock Ave., which currently stand as cleared lots.
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In its 2022-23 District Safety Plan, SCSD proposed an increase in sentries in schools. Following a peri od of public comment that ended in late August, the district added 40 sentries.Sentries are responsible for “all facets of safety and security” within a school building, accord ing to the plan’s emergency man agement component. Sentries are not police officers but uniformed security guards that the District Department of Public Safety employs, the plan writes. Sentries
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McMahon’s proposal cuts the county’s tax rate down 11% from last year, when it was $4.79 per $1,000 in value.
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“The feedback that we got from students was that having pre-pro vided time slots was not always the most successful option,” Bruen said.
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Bruensaid.said SA is currently work ing to promote the initiative on their website to raise awareness about the service. Bruen also said promoting STI testing on campus has become less complicated since the expan sion of appointment accessibility.
The Syracuse University Student Association and the Barnes Center at the Arch partnered this semester to expand the Get Yourself Tested Initia tive and make testing more accessible.
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Bruen said he believes the change has been successful thus far and that students have positively perceived the new policy.
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ings Monday to discuss and review McMahon’s proposal followed by three meetings this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and a public hearing on Oct. 6.
Syracuse University currently has 104 self-reported active cases of COVID-19 on its campus as of Sept. 17, a university spokesperson said. As cases continue to rise, here’s how to stay safe despite looser cam pus safety guidelines.
If a student who lives in uni versity housing tests positive, they can utilize SU’s isolation housing at Skyhall I and on South Campus, Scalese said. As of Sept. 17, the uni versity has 20 students in isolation.
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The university encourages students who test positive using an at-home COVID-19 testing kit or through an outside source to report it to the Barnes Center.
the first full day after exposure. The day a person is exposed to COVID19 is their “Day 0.” During those 10 days, the CDC recommends wearing a “high quality” mask or respirator around others and reduc ing travel as much as possible. The CDC also recommends taking extra precautions when around people at a higher risk of severe illness.
Students can learn more infor mation and access free STI testing via their student patient portal on MySlice, or by visiting the Barnes Center Health and Wellness website.
If symptoms are not improving on the fifth day of isolation, the CDC recommends leaving isolation only when symptoms start to improve and a person has been fever-free for 24 hours without medication.
“If approved, this tax cut would be among the largest in the history of Onondaga County,” McMahon said. “This equals over $100 in sav
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“I think it’s a much better improvement on an already exist ing program that serves students so well,” Bruen said. “It’s even more sort of private because you can just schedule a time – you’re not going to run into people – and go to this
Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon announced his budget proposal to the Onondaga County Legislature for the 2023 fiscal year on Thursday.“Iviewthe budget as a statement of values and priorities,” McMahon said. “The 2023 budget prioritizes tax relief for our citizens, funding our base operation, public safety, revitalizing our infrastructure and ourHere’sneighborhoods.”howthebudget is con
According to the Centers for Dis ease Control and Prevention, the county is at a “medium” COVID-19 Community Level as of Sept. 18. Under the level, the CDC recom mends people who are at a high risk of getting “very sick” – including those who are 50 years or older, immunocompromised people and those with underlying health condi tions – wear a high quality mask or respirator when indoors in public.
to the CDC, after exposure, people should take prop er precautions for 10 days, starting
Students living off-campus need to find their own isolation housing if necessary, Scalese said. Whether a
McMahon and his team research, compile and eventually create the now released executive budget.
Omicron BA.5 is the dominant COVID-19 variant in New York state. The variant does not seem to be more dangerous than previ ous variants, according to Yale New Haven Health.
SU is still working to obtain the new coronavirus vaccine, which targets specific variants, said Sarah Scalese, SU’s senior associate vice president for communications.
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The tests cost a dollar and stu dents can purchase them using credit or debit cards as well as cash.
appointment.”SAVicePresident Adia Santos said in a statement that STI testing is a topic that can be uncomfort able for students to discuss, and that making the registration pro cess accessible to students via their patient portals allows them the pri vacy they Santosdeserve.emphasized STI testing that is accessible, affordable, private and comfortable should be priori tized at SU and every college campus.
But the legislature has the power to veto McMahon’s finan cial“Ifproposals.thelegislature decides to change the spending amount … then the executive has to come back and approve or disapprove (the change),” Ohl said. “If the executive does not approve those changes, the legislature can do a two-thirds majority override.”
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Before the program, testing avail ability was limited to specific days and times during the week, SA presi dent David Bruen said. After com ing to the mutual conclusion that a change was necessary, the SA and the Barnes Center collaborated to make testing appointments available at any time throughout the semester.
Following the change, the SA is using a multifaceted promo tion strategy including regular post updates on its social media accounts and information regard ing testing in campus-wide emails, Bruen said.
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“I believe it’s an important resource on campus because some one can easily have an STI without knowing,” Santos wrote, “and hav ing the ability to check (in with out) an extended waiting period … should be afforded to anyone.”
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Students with COVID-19 symp toms can get tested at the Barnes Center at the Arch. The univer sity is providing at-home test ing kits, available at the Schine Student Center, Goldstein Stu dent Center, the Barnes Center, Dineen Hall, the Life Sciences Complex and the Mount, for any one who is asymptomatic.
The county has only just started implementing the $1.6 billion executive budget, said Brian Ohl, an adjunct professor within Syra cuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
Under the new initiative, a stu dent can get tested for an STI at no cost and at any time throughout the week. The new process doesn’t create a bill on a student’s bursar account.
person is isolating off-campus or in university housing, the CDC’s rec ommendations do not change.
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Ohl said the budget process is divided into four phases: executive preparation and review, legislative review and approval, budget imple mentation and the final audit. As a part of the executive preparation,
Patients can end their isolation if they test negative on the fifth day and haven’t had a fever for 24 hours, according to the CDC. Stu dents living on campus should still use grab-and-go food options for the six to ten days after quarantine, Scalese said.
“Sexual health shouldn’t be exclusive to those who can afford it,” Santos
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SU is following the CDC’s guide lines for both COVID-19 exposure andAccordingisolation.
The current state of COVID-19 Onondaga County and New York state continuously publish daily data regarding the virus. On Sept. 17, the county reported 26 cases per 100,000 people and a posi tivity rate of 10.2%. The county’s average over the last seven days is only slightly different, with a positivity rate of 10.1% and 25.8 cases per 100,000 people.
“In the early stages, they were asked, ‘What’s your plan for the property?’ It’s a nice old house … and they said they didn’t have any plans. And then it’s demolished, and the average person didn’t see it happen until it was all over,” Leahy said. “If they were upfront about it, I think they would have had some opposition.”SEUNAPresident Michael Stanton shared similar sentiments, noting that he person ally contacted the university several times about its plans for the property, both when SU acquired 813 Comstock Ave. and when it demolished the home.
“The community is going to have to trust them first, before you put them in the schools because if mama and daddy are afraid or don’t like them, that’s definitely gonna trickle down to that child,” Walker said.
Framework Plan to ensure that the physical campus aligns with the university’s strategic goals.Residents also expressed concerns about the economic impacts of the university acquir ing more properties throughout the city and how it will impact the city’s tax revenue –which SU’s non-profit status exempts it from paying – as well as how increased student housing will affect local property owners.
priations, McMahon said his proposal is bal anced for the fifth year in a row.
The county’s department of social ser vices, the county legislature and Onon daga Community College will all have a smaller appropriation compared to the 2022 adopted budget. OCC had the largest decrease, dropping over 3% from $64.5 million in the 2022 adopted budget to $62.6 million this year.
“I do have the understanding of why you might want to have the students closer to the campus,” Haas said. “Obviously, having them more together in a community and being able to walk to places easier … , that sounds great. But let’s go about it the right way.”
The executive budget also includes funding for the county’s offices and programs, ranging from veterans services to the county sher iff’s department. McMahon’s proposal would increase funding appropriations for 30 of the county’s programs and offices.
Under the current version of the bud get, Onondaga County’s transportation department would receive 25% more fund ing than last year. Children and Family Services, one of the most expensive pro grams covered in the 2022 budget, would move from an appropriation of $112 mil lion to $134 million.
Weissman also said that, contrary to the district’s negative portrayal, its students are accomplished and doing essential work within the community.
The demolition of 813 Comstock Ave. high lighted the lack of transparency surrounding SU’s plans for properties it owns to the east of campus, said Andy Leahy, a member of the Southeast University Neighborhood Asso ciation (SEUNA). He added that the lack of transparency could indicate that the univer sity wanted to avoid any potential protest from community members.
“It’s just kind of hard to believe that they would spend over $400,000 for a house to demolish it and then have no plans for what to do with it,” Stanton said.
Kids who grew up in cities and overpoliced communities, Walker said, also have more emotional and mental health needs. Resources for counseling and therapy need to balance the increased police presence, she added.
Gruber said the university’s incremental expansion of campus will reduce the amount of pushback SU will receive from community members when compared to taking on larger construction plans in a shorter period of time.
Despite some specific emotional needs, Walker said, students in urban districts like SCSD are no different from kids in suburbs, but the district’s issues are often amplified com pared to suburban schools.
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“I mean by the law, yeah, they can,” Haas said. “They can take down the whole town if they want to buy us all up. I get that.”
“That’s why a couple of times in the past couple of years that I have posted about it to just engage others and say ‘This is going on, let’s talk about it. Let’s ask questions.’” Haas said.Haas added that some people are indiffer ent to the university’s recent acquisitions and demolitions as they argue that SU has the right to do as it wishes with its properties.
homes in the area or lead to further university expansion.“Wejust don’t know,” Gruber said of the university’s plans. “Nobody has said.”
“If you do little things here and there and
The university would have to get approval from the Zoning Office and the Syracuse Plan ning Commission to change the designation of the lots, said Jake Dishaw, the director of code enforcement for the city of Syracuse, in an email to The Daily Orange.
David Haas, the owner of the Syracuse His tory Instagram and TikTok accounts, believes that there needs to be more of a conversation between the university and the community about plans for campus expansion.
As the university expands its housing, Gruber said, owners of student rentals in the areas surrounding the university will likely look to sell their properties as their tenant base shrinks. Gruber believes this could either increase the amount of owner-occupancy
“While there certainly were some kids who reported having developed a good relationship with the law enforcement folks in their school, for the most part, they did not,” she said. “Kids aren’t stupid, and they know the role and func tion of Walkerpolice.”said the way students perceive sen tries in their schools as well as some of their insecurity starts with the entire community’s relationship with police.
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Walker said students need to be part of the conversation when it comes to implementing measures that ultimately affect them as much as security“They’reincreases.theones who are going to be most affected by it. Get their opinion. It’s not like they’re oblivious … they are a lot brighter and smarter than we give them credit for. So even if it’s a second grader, they maybe can’t put it in words like a middle schooler. But they can (do it) on their level,” Walker said. “They can explain how this makes them feel.”
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make things seem inevitable. People’s memo ries are short and this is a transient com munity,” he said. “You can do a lot over a long period and SU can play the long game ... It can be hard to confront that.”
appropriations within the proposed budget.
He added that because the property is current ly designated for single-family homes, he’s not sure what the university would do with it, but he suspects that other vacant lots on the block could be the target of future university acquisitions.
Weissman continued that kids who get sus pended are much more likely to drop out of school, which makes them statistically more likely to end up in the criminal justice system later in life.
Recently, community members expressed concern that SU didn’t obtain a permit to demolish the home located at 813 Comstock Ave., as one was not publicly available via a city database. But Dishaw confirmed that new software to display demolition permits is cur rently in a pilot phase, which led to the confu sion. An SU spokesperson provided a copy of the permit to The D.O.
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Walker said though the district is trying to keep students as safe as possible while deescalat ing trauma, it has its hands tied.
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As a part of SU’s 2017 Campus Framework Plan, the university outlined potential expan sion opportunities for residence halls and dining centers beyond the current campus boundaries.Included in the diagrams are mock-ups of two new residence halls on the 700 block of Ostrom Avenue labeled “Campus Building Opportunities” as well as outlines indicating housing and dining development areas along the 800 block of Comstock Avenue.
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things to happen, but the response doesn’t have to be law enforcement intervention and or school suspension,” she said.
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Haas also expressed concerns about the demolition of homes with regard to “keeping the fabric of the neighborhood intact.”
Weissman also said students’ impressions of sentries resembling of+ficers in their schools stem from a larger community’s dynamics. For students from communities that have expe rienced police abuse, she said, seeing “betterbehaved” sentries that look like police at school isn’t enough to reconstruct their perceptions.
According to the emergency management plan, sentries are trained to respond to physi cal altercations with approved de-escalation and physical restraint tactics, trained in CPR and the use of AEDs and have completed FEMA Emergency Management Institute training.Thedistrict, Bennett said, promotes dealing with issues in a “restorative” way in its code of conduct. To Bennett, SCSD’s approach is coun terintuitive.“Restorative to me means you’re trying to discover root causes of issues and trying to repair harm,” he said. “I don’t think there’s a chance to repair harm and discover and solve root causes if you’re just bringing in a sentry or bringing in a … student resource officer.”
“It has been well reported that numer ous economic headwinds and high infla tion are affecting our country,” McMahon said. “This economic uncertainty means that we must be even more deliberative in our budgeting.”
Bennett, who is a member of The Syracuse Police Abolition and Radical Revisioning Coali tion, said despite a few new hires, the district needs a lot more social workers and people who understand trauma. Bennett said if they’re not already, the sentries need to be trained on trauma.
Weissman said she found that most students didn’t view the sentries in their schools as help ing figures after conducting interviews about students’ experience with schools becoming more like prisons for her book.
sentries said. “I moved here just about that time, and there was a lot of public outcry about that expansion to the east.”
“Some of the buildings that they might have put up in the past aren’t the prettiest things to look at at times,” Haas said. “They have an architectural school that they could lean on, you know, are there ways to incor porate these buildings into their plans? I just think they’re doing things willy-nilly in regards to these houses that are in and around the campus.”
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Haas understands the university’s desire to expand its campus, but he wants to ensure that the process is done without destroying the character of the neighborhood.
But many of the county’s offices and pro grams are seeing large increases to their
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During an SCSD ‘Community Conversa tion’ on Aug. 31, a series of events providing a platform for community input, SCSD Interim Superintendent Anthony Davis said sentries are intended to ensure students’ safety, not to moni tor them, in response to concerns that students will be Evenoverpoliced.whenfigures like sentries or police are “well-behaved” or don’t overpolice stu dents with respect to trivial matters, Weiss man said, their presence introduces another side of the issue for students.
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Gruber recalled SU leadership promising the community at the time that there would be no further eastward expansion of the campus, but as leadership has changed significantly since that time, the relationship between the two has also changed.
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“I think I’ve had season tickets for 12 years now,” Bob said. “We tailgate together for the season tickets, so we’ll be together. And then some other friends will come and join us, so we might have 15 or 20 here.”
or religion. Sept. 18–24 marks the commemoration of Banned Book Week across the country, and calls awareness to the conversation of free speech, censorship and exposure to controversial topics.
“All Boys Aren’t Blue” was already being banned across the country, a mere five months after its initial publication in 2020.
Bob Knapp, who has been coming to the Festa Italiana for the last ten years, gathered with his family around a folding table in downtown Syracuse this weekend. Atop the red and white checkered tablecloth were chicken riggies and Utica greens for Knapp and pasta for his kids.
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reaching a real crucial point of changing the direction of education in this country, who has a right to tell stories in this country, in a very dangerous way.”
ars and activists from both sides of political arguments have used the week to bring awareness to the controversial nature of book banning.
Flagg was preparing Limp Lizard’s walking tacos, one of the truck’s specialties. The dish includes taco meat, lettuce, tomato and cheese all tossed inside a bag of Doritos. In the four
“I’m almost 60 now, I’ve been doing this since I was 17. So you learn something in that time,” Flagg said. “It’s fun. As long as you know what you’re doing, you stay focused, get some people out and keep them happy.”
Banned Book Week has been acknowledged since 1982 after activists around the country noticed an uptick in efforts to restrict access to books, according to Banned Book Week’s official website. Since then, authors, schol-
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Anyone passing by the Dome Saturday could hear the delicate, persistent sound of the Salvation Army’s bells. Kiana Williams, who works for the organization through the Booth House teen shelter, said the Salvation Army was volunteering at SU as part of a food drive for food insecurity in central New York.
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“It’s a great place to come with my family. I used to come with my parents as a kid and now I’m bringing my two kids. It’s nice to have it come full circle,” Knapp said. “I see all my family and friends and people that I don’t normally see all rightFromhere.”Friday to Sunday, the streets in front of City Hall were closed to traffic and replaced by Syracuse’s 24th annual Festa Italiana. The Italian community spent the three-day event celebrating their culture with authentic food, live music, an outdoor mass, a meatball eating contest and a bocce tournament.
Though he’s worked at Limp Lizard for only a year, Flagg has been in the restaurant industry for over 40. He said the biggest difference between working in a food truck and working in a restaurant is that people ordering from the truck don’t have time to wait. Flagg said staying focused and knowing what he’s doing make him successful while on the job.
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The streets were packed with people greeting each other with hugs, handshakes and kisses. Knapp said the feeling of community connection is what keeps him coming back year after year.
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The Teeters and Sullivans hold season tickets for SU football. They make the drive to home games from Utica with their SU-themed cups and orange paraphernalia always in tow. Throughout their time as tailgaters, the Teeters, Sullivans and their
The central piece of the Festa Italiana for many people was sharing a meal with friends and family. Each of the 12 food vendors had long lines, many wrapping around the tents. As people waited, they talked to the people next to them — some strangers, some old friends. Popular vendors included local restaurants like Vito’s Ristorante, Pascarella’s Bakery & Catering and Avicolli’s ItalianEvenRestaurant.withfull bellies, festival attendees hit the dance floor.
On Friday night the Prime Time Horns played a 2 1/2-hour setlist of classic tunes and modern hits. The band brought the audience to their feet as people of all ages danced to the music.
While the tailgaters enjoyed their home cooked goodies, Fred Flagg was parked in front of Link Hall preparing to cook hot dogs and hamburgers for the pre-game crowd. Flagg is a cook, but also does assorted odd jobs, specifically at the Limp Lizard Barbecue food truck. Four hours before the game, Flagg cleaned and prepped the flat grill and cooking space. He said he arrives early to prepare for the inevitable rush of fans about an hour before the game starts.
ast Friday marked National Sit With a Stranger Day, a holiday created in 2020 to encourage people to make new connections with others, even if they’ve never met. The following vignettes are stories from people who spent their Saturday on Syracuse University’s campus. From volunteers to a new fiancé, SU was chock full of strangers to sit with, learn from and talk to this weekend. And, through these conversations with The Daily Orange, may be a little less than strangers now.
hours between the truck’s arrival and the beginning of the game, Flagg said he expected to stock up on any supplies and ready the space for customers.
Teeters and Sullivans, the atmosphere of the Dome and energy of the crowd are the best part of SU games. Though Bob and Tim didn’t graduate from SU, their love for local college football is enough to keep bringing them back season after season.
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In the six years that Williams has been with the organization, she said that SU has been generous to the Salvation Army’s causes. Williams herself is in the process of becoming a social work student at Falk College,
“All Boys Aren’t Blue” is not a unique case. Discussions are sparking across the country regarding the banning of books that some consider dangerous for readers, often due to subject matter being categorized as sexually explicit or involving LGBTQ+ identities, race
“The way I think of it is, I see my friends for the last time before winter hits,” he said. “We come from an Italian American family so I see all my Italian friends down here and then winter hits and (I) don’t see them again for six months.”
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“By the time we got to January (of 2021), I had 21 states (ban the book),” Johnson said in an interview with VICE. “We were now
Under an orange tent stationed next to Carnegie Library, Tim Teeter and Bob Sullivan got ready for Saturday’s football game. The pair have been tailgating games for over a decade, joined by their wives, Debbie and Lisa, and other friends. A cooler of breakfast sandwiches — with the choice of sausage, egg and cheese and ham, egg and cheese — as well as Teeter’s famous chicken dip rounded out the early morning tailgate spread.
Like many community-oriented events, Festa Italiana suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic. But this year, for Syracuse resident Larry Govendo, the event felt like a return to the vibrant, lively atmosphere of past Festa Italianas.ForGovendo, the festival is a highly anticipated event that marks the end of summer and is one of the last times all of his friends are together for the year.
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As the food vendors packed up
Just as people began to consider turning in for the day because of the clouds and rain, T-Pain appeared on stage. The performer revitalized the crowd with his top hits, like “Black and Yellow” and “I’m N Luv (Wit a Stripper),” which included mashups and his feature tracks.
4. When thinking about what to wear to Juice Jam, students take inspiration from outfits often worn to popular music festi vals. One student sported butterfly wings as a cape and floated through the crowd.
The artist used the joke as a lead into his song, “1 Thot, 2 Thot, Green Thot, Blue Thot,” and the crowd approved immensely. Gravy ended his set with one of his other viral songs, “Betty (Get Money).”
1.The crowd erupted in hoots and hollers as Yung Gravy changed from his blue and white button down into a Syracuse jersey. Students sang along to his music and put their arms up to dance along.
From watching their favorite artists perform to battling their friends on one of the inflatable games, UU’s Juice Jam gave SU students a day to remember.
“I’m really into events like this,” said civil engineering freshman Candace Tabb. “Just for the vibes.” ofentse.moipone.mokoka@gmail.com
Following in Doechii’s footsteps, Yung Gravy performed his unreleased song, “C’est la vie.”
3.Sophia Herrera and Nyobi Boddie sing with Doechii during the opening set of University Union’s 2022 Juice Jam. The two stu dents brought energy to the audience as they spit out lyrics to Doechii’s song “Spookie Coochie.”
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Despite a light drizzle, the crowd matched her immense charisma. Flo Milli made frequent use of the pit, even leaving the stage to dance with audience members, which later included Doechii herself. She ended her set with her viral song, “In the Party,” as the crowd waved their hands and loudly sang along to the rhythm.
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Before Doechii started her set, DJ SaySay warmed up the audience with crowd-pleasers “Soldier Boy” and “Moment 4 Life,” and even congratulated the SU football team on defeating Purdue in foot ball the day prior, which was met by cheers from the crowd.
Unlike the first two acts, Flo Milli opted for a simpler set, taking to the empty stage with colorful images from her previous album and EP covers displayed on the screen behind her.
2. The painted Juice Jam logo is a fan favorite spot for taking photos. A group of students took a break from the concert to take their turn in front of the background.
“Who wears a size 9?” she yelled into the audience when her platform heels began hurting her feet. The crowd waved their hands in the air, cheered Doechii’s name and sang along to her popular track, “Yucky Blucky Fruitcake.” And when Doechii gave the audience a taste of her new, unreleased song, she was instantly met with energy and support from the crowd.
5.Skytop Field was filled with the cheers from the audience as artists took the stage. Openers Doechii and Yung Gravy played popular hits and unreleased music to get the crowd excited for the acts that followed.
T-Pain performed against various digital visuals like caution tape with black and yellow written all over them and videos of pyrotechnics. His set drew to a close when he performed “Good Life,” his GRAMMY winning collaboration with Kanye West, which was a full-circle moment for the audience.
“Yeah I f*ck with Sheri,” Gravy said with a laugh.
Sophia Herrera and Nyobi Boddie arrived at Juice Jam excited to see Doechii, one of their favorite artists, take the stage. But the rapper quickly surpassed their expectations when she invited them on stage to perform “Spookie Coochie.”
Yung Gravy started his set off strong with one of his hit songs, “Gravy Train.” Like DJ SaySay, Yung Gravy made a point to note Syracuse’s recent football win. He further excited the crowd when he swapped his blue and white sweatshirt to bring out a Syracuse basketball jersey.
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Toward the end of his set, the crowd started chanting “Sheri” in reference to Yung Gravy’s alleged relationship with Sheri Easterling, mother of TikTok star Addison Rae.
“Let my friends up here, let my friends up here,” Doechii said to security.
At the beginning of her set, Doechii floated on stage in a blue patchwork dress, University Union bandana in tow. The artist enthralled her audience as she maintained a casual, conversational style throughout her performance.
Doechii, along with co-headliners T-Pain and Flo Milli, and Yung Gravy, lit up the stage Sunday at Skytop Field for this year’s Juice Jam. Hosted by University Union, Juice Jam also featured food and merchandise vendors, inflatable games and photo opportunities.
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different mechanism. On the right, it’s going through institutions and school boards, and on the left, it’s using social media as a tool of activism. It’s aggressively protesting to increase the pain threshold, until there’s cen sorship going the other way.”
friend, Alexandra Samuels, who had never been to the festival before to introduce her to its lively culture.
if a book is challenged, it stays on the shelves,” Hutchinson said. “(There are) forms that have to be filled out and proce dures you have to follow. But books were being pulled off the shelf immediately.”
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Head to Westcott for its 30th annual Cul tural Fair to celebrate the diversity and originality of the neighborhood. Enjoy over 120 vendors, live music, performances, food, creative work and a parade. The event starts at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The College of Arts and Sciences is host ing a Banned Book Read-Out in honor of Banned Book Week. Listen to pas sages from books that have been banned across the country, and collect stickers, bookmarks and banned book lists. You also have the chance to win T-shirts and banned books. The read-out will take place on Thursday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the first floor of Bird Library.
who has a video of their kiss, planned his pro posal idea around that.
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Johnson echoed this sentiment, and said they believe that book banning should not be a divisive political issue, but a conversation in representation, specifically the inclusion of under and misrepresented communities, like the LBGTQ+ community and people of color. They urged the public to take caution and consider the impact the censorship of these texts could have on young people who don’t
“So many people are struggling, especially after COVID. A lot more families have been pushed into poverty, so it’s more needed now than ever,” Williams said. “We get donation calls from Syracuse alum or former Syracuse students all the time … so I’m actually expect ing this to be a really good turnout for our shelter.”Even though Williams was working on the Quad for Salvation Army, she also said she, as a lifelong Syracuse resident, was excited to see if SU will continue their momentum through out the football season. Between the work as a
“They are not just a challenge in an indi vidual school system or library, but legisla tion being introduced in statehouses that would affect the availability of books all over the state in every school and library,” said Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America, on PBS NewsHour.According to PEN America’s data, 26 states
“I’ve got actually a little video of us kissing on this bench seven years ago,” Fraioli said. “She’s gonna see it on an iPad, I’m gonna have a random person bring it over to her, and then hopefully she’ll just, you know, walk up.”
With help from his brother, Fraioli was able to surprise his girlfriend, first with the video and then by leading her to the decorated Kiss ing Bench to recreate the moment. After seven years together, Fraioli said that Saturday was finally “the day” to propose. The weather and timing worked out perfectly, he said, When the time came for Fraioli to pop the question, Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” wafted over the scene. She said yes.
volunteer and as a fan, Williams said she was expecting a good donation yield for the Salva tion Army, and for the football team to go 3-0.
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Hosted by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, CultureFest will highlight the various organizations committed to the multicultural experience at SU. You can learn about different groups on campus, participate in giveaways and enjoy free food. The event is on Thursday from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22.
“We hang out with (Courtney) a little bit, you know, give him our well wishes and then we jump back on the road,” Derrick said. “Right now, this is all about having fun.”
that, and it is nice to have something fun to do, especially coming out of COVID,” DiStefano said.
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Join storyteller Perry Ground for an evening of Haudenosaunee legends. Through Ground’s vivid, animated images, each story will come to life and relay beliefs, customs and history of the Haudenosaunee people. The event will occur on Wednesday from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in Gifford Auditorium at Huntington Beard Crouse Hall.
the rest of the games this season, though they jokingly hoped for more games that start later in the day. The family often goes to the locker room to see Jackson after the game.
Join the Residence Hall Association in front of Shaw Hall on Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to paint pots for plants that you can take home with you.
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the ballot box and school board meetings.
Learn the stories of the Haudenosaunee
In the past few years, a trend in state leg islation of taking the initiative to restrict content is worrying activist groups, like PEN America, who keep up with First Amendment violations and restrictions.
“It’s happening on both sides,” Sargent said in a New York Times interview. “It’s just a
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have at least one documented banned book.
their stands for the night, the music contin ued to fill the square. The Prime Time Horns
“It’s great to celebrate being Italian and being around our food and everything like
Despite feeling tired from the drive, the family said they were excited to watch the game, and to catch up and wish Courtney well afterwards. Derrick said the family would have to leave soon after the game to drive back to Pittsburgh — Blake and Bray, who also play football, had a game the next day.
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Support mental health awareness and get in touch with your creativity at Chalk the Walk on the Shaw Quadrangle. From Sunday to Saturday, the community is wel come to decorate the walkways along the Quad with uplifting messages and art to encourage wellness and reduce the stigma around mental illness.
Historically, banning books occurs on a local scale, according to the New York Times. Usually, individual libraries and schools decide what books they want to keep and which ones they do not want the public to have access to. With the increase of these pro-censorship groups, more libraries and school districts are feeling pressured to take books that are deemed problematic off of the shelves.
Authors are feeling this pressure in their writing process, too, as they toe the line of using their narrative voice, and fearing the repercussions it may create. Shaun David Hutchinson, author of “We Are the Ants,” said he was surprised by how quickly — and eas ily — his work was repressed in an interview with
“We don’t just write these books because we want our story out there. All of our books are the maps that lead the youth and the teens to that road,” Johnson said in an interview with VICE. “When you take that map away from them, they wander aim lessly in this world until they are able to find that map or unfortunately until the world consumes them.”
The Jackson family drove up to Syracuse from Pittsburgh at 4 a.m. for the game. Der rick Jackson, whose son, Courtney, is a wide receiver for SU’s football team, has attended almost all of Courtney’s games this season. For the Purdue game, Courtney’s siblings Chan, Bray and Blake tagged along.
In New York, there have been 12 attempts to ban books from across the state. Many of the books have been banned for their depictions of sexual assault and racism, which has also ignited the conversation along party lines.
Tap into the last of summer at the Late Sum mer Night’s Dream Artisan Fair. The festival will feature local vendors, food, live music,“fairy dancing” and a raffle to support the local food pantry. The event will be on Saturday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Brewerton Center of the Arts.
Test your smarts at the semimonthly Barnes Center Quiz Show. Learn more about SU and the city either at the Esports gaming room or on the Esports Twitch channel from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
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Elsewhere on campus, a white wedding altar decorated in faux flowers and tulle flanked the Kissing Bench outside of the Hall of Lan guages. A red carpet led up to the bench, where Donato Fraioli was preparing to propose to hisFraioligirlfriend.has been with his girlfriend since they met seven years ago when they were both SU students. The couple kissed on the bench during their time at the school, and Fraioli,
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Though book banning is perceived as a politicized issue, there are attempts by both political parties to censor books from class rooms and libraries. John Sargent, a former chief executive of Macmillan Publishing, said activists from both the left and right have attempted to ban books.
Books are banned for a variety of reasons, most frequently for content relating to sexuality, race, religion and sexually explicit content.
and said she was glad the organization and school have maintained a partnership for donations, especially since the pandemic has impacted poverty rates locally, she said.
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Equity in education should have been enforced decades ago, giving young children
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The city announced a plan to replace the highway with a street level roadway last year, but it’s upsetting that the issue has just recently been talked about and confirmed for change. It seems that this prevalent segregation in Syra cuse has been accepted by our nation.
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The Civil Rights Act ended discrimination nearly 50 years ago. While the governing body of Syracuse is not deliberately discriminating against Black communities living in low-income areas, the division resulting from the I-81 high way and the city’s lack of attention on the issue has caused segregation in schools even now.
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Whereas 8 minutes away, at The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Syracuse has a predominantly Black student population. At the Dr. King School, three out of 121 Black stu dents scored proficient in understanding the reading and writing concepts of the NY State English Language Arts test. “For more than a decade, New York State labeled Dr. King School: failing,” writes CNY Central. For more than 10 years, the result of systemic segregation in Syracuse has been ignored. The operation of a segregated school system and academic issues have been pushed aside as if they are not impor tant to Syracuse. It is affecting hundreds of children and families around the community.
“It displaced long-time residents and ensured that poverty, pollution and a lack of resources would hurt the community that lived in the highway’s shadow that still persists today,” according to an article from the New York chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Local Syracuse schools in the community are ranked as the 13th most segregated schools in the nation. A study conducted by The Century Foundation analyzes “School Seg regation in Cities Across America Mapped.” The data highlights the segregation between White and Black students across the country in public and private schools in the country.
The flooding in Pakistan has caught the attention of national news networks and orga nizations. This historic rain pour has almost flooded 15% of the country. Due to the floods,
Pakistan is facing one of its worst natural disasters yet
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The Century Foundation’s map shows that Syracuse is in the dark blue zone, meaning it has high segregation in schools. “Syracuse is like many other cities in the northeast that have maintained segregation by housing, by ethnic ity as we see the growth of suburbs that have become whiter and more distant from the city,” said George Theoharis, Professor of Education al Leadership at Syracuse University to CNY Central. The disparities between low-income neighborhoods and wealthier neighborhoods amplifies the segregations in these schools.
Over the past two months, my country has endured terrible natural disasters, starting with deadly flooding, which led to the demolishment of villages, hospitals and towns. The start of June usually indicates the start of the monsoon season—caused by a direction change in the wind that occurs during a seasonal transition—but this year has been one of the worst. United Nations Secretary General António Guterres called it “a monsoon on steroids.”
Pakistan has become a very dangerous place for people to live in. Power lines have dropped or hang very close to the grounds, schools and children’s playgrounds have sunk and farms have been swept away along with the livestock. Diseases such as malaria and water residing diseases (like e.coli and cholera) have also sky rocketed in the past two months. Moreover, the climate in Pakistan, especially Karachi, has been getting warmer recently, which is also life threatening. Diseases that originate from animal waste and water are starting to rapidly kill the people of Pakistan. Flies are always circling the surface of water, carrying life threatening diseases, and with the little resources the country currently possesses there is limited access to medicine.
chi are not ideal, but other parts of the country have been hit so heavily that it is starting to hinder children from attending school.
The most concerning part of these devastat ing events is that small villages and even larger towns still have not received aid from the gov ernment, instead they are receiving aid from countries such as the United Arab Emirates. The
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can-American, 6% are Asian and less than 1% of students are Native American, according to Data USA. With over half of the students at SU being white, how can we truly understand what it means to be a diverse and inclusive community?
SU, which proudly sits next to the I-81 high way, prides itself on seeking a more inclu sive and diverse environment on its campus. Freshman year, SU students are required to take a First Year Seminar course which teaches them about marginalized communi ties, intersectionality and other important knowledge they should understand to create a welcoming environment on campus.
y name is Malaika Nehal and I am a junior at Syracuse University. I was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, but both my parents are from Pakistan. My ties to the motherland are still strong, even if I’m many miles away. I’m proud of my country but lately Pakistan has been suffering.
I hope that the city of Karachi stays safe and takes initiative in assisting the rest of the country in getting the help they deserve. Fur thermore, a lot of organizations in the United States, and even Upstate New York, have start ed fundraising for Pakistanis who have been affected by the floods. These funds go straight to villages and towns who are in the most need of life-saving resources. So, if you find your self with free time please explore fundraising campaigns, such as the World Food Program to help flood relief for my country.
In Syracuse, the I-81 Highway is a physi cal barrier separating poverty level and lowincome families from wealthier neighbor hoods in the Syracuse area. The highway was built in 1959 and was constructed directly through a working class Black neighborhood.
Since September 2nd, 33 million Pakistan is have been affected by flooding. People in the extreme north and south of Pakistan have been affected and are either seeking higher ground or fleeing the country. Threats such as landslides and mudslides are the biggest issues because of how destructive these natu ral phenomenons are. Landslides trap citizens living in villages and in between valleys for days, and torrential rain eventually kills them. Others have had to relocate with no warning or preparation.Theareathat seems to be getting hit hardest in these rainfalls is the province of Sindh. This is because on average Sindh is receiving about 800% more rain than usual and they were not equipped to handle problems like these.
We usually visit family in Karachi once or twice a year, but this summer I wasn’t able to. In the coming months, I will hopefully visit Pakistan, given that the aid provided helps revive the country. My father is currently in Pakistan to see the devastating results first hand and will hopefully return safely in the coming week. He says that conditions in Kara
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lthough I am not from the Syracuse com munity, as a Syracuse University stu dent, I think it’s important to acknowl edge and talk about the educational segregation in Syracuse city schools. Being from New York City, I was able to experience education in a diverse community. SU is made up of an array of diverse backgrounds, and we should pay atten tion to the larger Syracuse area. This city is now our community too.
While Mayor Ben Walsh is taking action on the housing issue, no one has publicized Syracuse’s segregation in schools and neighbor hoods. The issue has been replaced with talk of new housing options in the same low-income areas. While access to more affordable housing options are beneficial, better education options for those unable to relocate to wealthier neigh borhoods should be another main concern.
equal opportunities and possibilities for any future they aspire to have. We cannot expect students to learn on their own at such a young age if they aren’t given the proper education and resources no matter their family’s income. Equity in education is crucial. Syracuse is a clear example of how equity in education is not valued. I-81 was built over 60 years ago as did the segre gation that has persisted due to its construction.
UN agency has released approximately 184,000 relief sites across Pakistan. Citizens in distress are still awaiting aid, such as paramedics to find their loved ones lost in the floods. When these terrible floods started back in June, the country declared a state of emergency, hoping it would alert their need of extra aid and resources from the government. However, since the death toll surpassed 1,000 back in mid August, the govern ment still has yet to find the resources to help relieve the country.
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At SU, 53% of enrolled students are White, 9% are Hispanic or Latino, 7% are Black or Afri
SU students need to pay attention to the Syracuse community
SU is one of the main reasons people know about the city of Syracuse. However, the uni versity needs to realize it is a part of the larger community. Having this large of an audience, SU should be aware and provide to its sur rounding communities along with the student body. We cannot act as though we are in our own bubble on campus making it okay to dis regard the struggles of locals around us.
“I hate the feeling of having regrets,” Wood ford said. “You never know — you can always surprise yourself. (Whether) with going for a ball you don’t think you can get or trying to make a play, sometimes it just works out.”
“I always felt better with the ball in my hands,” Jackson said. “So when I started getting recruited that’s what I wanted to do in college.”
The change finally came into fruition on the Orange’s ensuing drive. They were 1-for-6 on third down attempts, facing a 3rd-and-6 late in the third quarter. Shrader glanced to his left prior to the snap and noticed the deep coverage Reese Taylor played on Isaiah Jones, launching the ball right as Jones cut inside.
Simplicity was the narrative for Shrader throughout the rest of the game. Besides his game-winning, falling-back heave to Gadsden, Shrader kept visiting his first read instead of resorting to his running ability.
William pointed to footwork, technique and scoring around the ball as key focuses for Woodford throughout her development.
After sitting out last season with a medi cal redshirt, Woodford spent the major ity of this offseason focused on getting healthy, Ganesharatnam said. It wasn’t her first time battling through an injury. At 15 years old, a stress fracture in her foot almost sidelined her from competing in
Jackson sprinted into the flat with six minutes left, wide open after Syracuse’s two other receivers ran hitches and took Purdue’s defensive backs out of range. Shrader took a short drop, hitting Jackson for 12 yards.
Thetime.Orange tried some trickery in the first half, running a flea flicker in the sec ond quarter. But Tucker almost misfired the ball back to Shrader, and it was picked off by Taylor near midfield before being called back. Earlier, LeQuint Allen over
Jackson let his dad know anytime he made a reception or ran a “great route,” Derrick said. He showed Derrick his training clips during their routine FaceTime calls. Now, Jackson doesn’t need to make those weekly calls as he’s
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Williamscareer. noticed the differences in the weight room. He stressed how big of a com ponent lifting is at the Division-I level, telling Jackson that all he’d be doing is “lifting, run ning and Jacksoneating.”also had a major advantage when it came to transitioning into Syracuse’s offensive system. Holl was very good friends with former SU coaches Justin Lustig and Reno Ferri, and the group would always share details about play selection and overall sys tems. While the offense seemed “perfect” for Jackson’s style, even scoring a touchdown in his first SU spring game, Jackson didn’t immediately make an impact.
Babers said that Syracuse’s corners come to the school for a reason. They expect to be left on an island, leaving them alone with their athletic ability against some “amazing wideouts.” On Saturday, Charlie Jones provided the toughest test for Williams, who guarded him for most of theJonesgame.won twice in the second half, scor ing on a 55-yard pass before torching Wil liams for a 51-yard grab to place Purdue in the red zone. But again, like throughout most of Syracuse’s win, Williams came up big at the end. He kept up with Jones as he sprinted to the back of the end zone, letting Jones only get a few fingertips on the ball before it smacked the ground.
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The ball didn’t have enough on it, but you can’t always be perfect. Head coach Dino Babers compared Shrader to a pitcher- he didn’t have his best stuff, but he was able to get the batter “out” when it mattered.
the Hokies, Shrader leaned back and deliv ered a high, tight spiral in front of the top left pylon, which Gadsden caught easily following his 25-yard post-corner route
“This is a spiritual type of feeling right here. To win a game like that, to have the scoreboard go back-and-forth from the third quarter to the fourth quarter, the highs and lows …. Luckily it finally came to an end and everything was intact, and Syracuse is 3-0.”
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But after rehabbing, Woodford returned for the tournaments, albeit in a limited capac ity, William said. Rather than playing setter, she only played in the back row to avoid aggra vating the “Nothinginjury.really fazes her too much,” William said about her high school injury. “Obviously, (upon) hearing the diagnosis, she was in tears. But generally, she doesn’t get flustered too easily and at some point (her mindset) is just, ‘Okay, I got to get back to Whenwork.’”itcame time to getting known by colleges, she wanted to make herself as noticeable as possible. During the recruit ment process, Woodford’s parents filmed all her matches so that she could create recruit ing videos for coaches. She sent out “massive amounts of emails” and called coaches just to
national tournaments, William said.
The Orange didn’t convert on a third down until midway through the third quar ter, when Tucker ran down the middle on a 3rd-and-2. But in more close matchups going forward against ACC opponents, Syra cuse needs to find a way to move the chains.
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performance — in which he finished with six receptions, two touchdowns and 112 receiving yards — has him destined to be a new favorite for Shrader.
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record-breaking final two seasons at Gateway. The Gators went 26-3 during that span. Jack son finished his junior year with 96 receptions for 1,916 yards and 24 touchdowns (a Pennsyl vania state-best), leading Gateway to a PIAA Class 5A West regional championship.
Jackson returned the opening kickoff of his junior season for a touchdown, embarking on a
The throw wasn’t on the mark, requiring Jones to lunge back. But it served its purpose, moving the chains for SU. Shrader hit Jones a few plays later when the Orange kept a bunch formation on the right side, leaving Jones on an island with Jamari Brown. Shrader sent the ball high and near the front pylon, letting Jones utilize his height advantage on Brown.
Third down Syracuse converted 3-of-13 third downs against Purdue, struggling to get the necessary yardage to continue drives. On the other side, the Boilermakers finished 10-of-17, repeatedly chewing the clock with long drives.
“I would watch (each video) and be like, ‘Okay, let’s go practice this exact thing,” Woodford said. “Then in the winter, when we couldn’t use the court in the backyard, I would go in the basement with my dad and practice
But Jackson weighed 135 pounds at the start of his senior season. Derrick never wanted to involve Jackson in weight training until he built a serious interest for football.
Initially, Jackson began rotating between cornerback and special teams. He was the backup receiver, behind recent NFL draft pick Jaquan Brisker.
And that sparked a weekly tradition the
But Purdue’s mistakes gave Syracuse an advantage. The Boilermakers kicked off from its own 10-yard line after taking the lead, giving Jackson a 40-yard head start compared to what he was used to. Jackson took the ball to midfield, setting up Shrader for the game-clinching throw.
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The Orange almost lost momentum when Shrader’s first touchdown toss to Gadsden was intercepted, but a penalty saved the play. Tucker almost turned over the ball after catching a short toss from Shrader in the third quarter, but he jumped on the ball just in
Last year, Syracuse lost three straight games by three points. With three points in the first half and Charlie Jones ready to embark on a tear against Syracuse’s secondary, SU had its back pinned to the wall against Purdue. But both units resur rected in the second half, proving that the Orange’s 2022 group could prevail when it was close.
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“There were a lot of nights, a lot of days, conversations on the phone where he was down on himself, he wasn’t sure where he stood,” Derrick said.
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just two yards shy of 100 receiving yards so far thisOneseason.tradition that remains the same is in Jori’s honor. Jackson prays before every game, but Derrick has made sure to continue a fam ily tradition that began when his son was in high school. Derrick sends Jackson a text with some encouraging words two hours before each game, always ending the message with something Jori would always say.
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Virginia has struggled offensively in its opening three games of the season, follow ing a 34-point performance against Rich mond with a 3-point outing versus Illinois. The Cavaliers have the second-worst offense in the conference, struggling without Beck and Anae, who are now at SU. Brennan Arm strong has been somewhat of a highlight for the squad with 284 passing yards in its most recent win over Old Dominion.
“If you ever want to come back, you have to come to me and ask me to take you because I’m not going to force you to (train),” Derrick said on the car ride home from the gym. “If this is what you want to do, every Sunday morning, knock on my door and we’ll go to the gym.”
“I’ll always put that saying in there, just as a way that he can still be close to her,” Derrick said.
Gadsden made some “Michael Jackson” moves down the sideline for his first score, Babers said. But the receiver was constant ly open in this thriller, freezing Purdue’s defensive backs with his routes. Babers added he was excited that Gadsden got his feet down on most of his receptions, threading the left corner of the end zone for his game-winning grab.
A minute later, the Orange did the same thing, having two Syracuse receivers clear space for Tucker to run a wheel route. Tucker easily got ahead of linebacker Kydran Jen kins, and Shrader lofted it deep.
defensive moves and diving on the carpet.”
“It really drove him to work that much harder, because he knows how much his mom loved watching him play football,” Williams said. “And you saw it click, because he knew now I’m doing this for my mom and my family.”
Game ball: Oronde Gadsden II
threw a wide-open Garrett Shrader on the toss reverse throwback.
SU especially struggled against Purdue on third-and-shorts, mainly because of Pur due’s unique play calls. Quarterback Aidan O’Connell signaled for a motion before a play in Purdue’s first drive, faking the hand off to shift the Orange’s focus to the right side. Tight end Payne Durham quickly ran out to his left, turning his right shoulder to face O’Connell, who delivered the ball to him after a few shuffles.
Syracuse emerged as an option for Wood ford late in the recruitment process, both Woodford and William said. She committed within two and half months of SU’s first com munication with her, pointing out the engi neering program as an attraction to the school.
get her name out there, she said.
The game was won when… Syracuse’s matchup against Purdue had an ending similar to last year’s 41-36 win over Virginia Tech. The game came down to Shrader, needing him to make a pinpoint pass while a defensive lineman came at him. Like his pass to Damien Alford against
Gadsden only had two receptions for 24 yards last season, but he sprung into Syra cuse’s starting rotation this season with a touchdown against Louisville. Saturday’s
Derrick arranged a personal training ses sion for his son on a November Sunday morning during his freshman year at Gateway. Jackson enjoyed it, but Derrick wanted to be fully con vinced that the wide receiver was ready to take his strength training seriously.
Left on an island Syracuse has become synonymous with producing some of the best defensive backs in college football during Babers’ tenure. Andre Cisco, Ifeatu Melifonwu and Trill Williams have all graduated from the program in the past few years. Garrett Williams has been next in line, and the Orange added Duce Chestnut last year.
communication and organization as qualities that have allowed her to do a “tremendous job” in her new Woodfordrole.considers “making the best out of every pass” to set her teammates up for scor ing opportunities to be the most important job of the position. She sharpened her skills at 12 years old by imitating volleyball technique videos on YouTube, modeling herself after Penn State’s Micha Hancock and Wisconsin’s Lauren Carlini — two of the country’s top set ters at the time.
Syracuse’s coaching staff wanted Woodford to graduate high school a year early since it had an opening at the setter position. Woodford said she never planned on graduating high school early, but it “felt like just the right choice” for her.
Brisker couldn’t play in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association state semifinal game, placing Jackson in the start ing role. He made roughly 10 catches and scored two touchdowns in the Gators’ threepoint loss.“He kind of went off,” Holl said. “It was like ‘Hey, here’s what the future looks like for me going forward.’”
Number to know: 7 Babers doesn’t like rollercoasters. He’s rid den three now, including Saturday’s match up. Overall, there were a total of seven lead changes in the game. This was the most since eight in Syracuse’s Camping World Bowl win in 2018. And the closest other rollercoaster came in last year’s 41-36 win over Virginia Tech, when there were six.
Before Syracuse’s season-opener against Lousiville, Derrick ended his message with this phrase: “You deserve the world and today you go out and take it. I love you son. Go have fun. Be good or be good at it.”
After that season, Williams gave Jackson more individualized training. Since Jackson already had the speed of a running back and could break past defensive backs with ease, a big part of their training dealt with nonball related drills. Williams incorporated a lot of footwork exercises, helping Jackson master the route tree rather than focusing on straightforward throw and catch repetitions.
father-son duo kept for the remainder of his high school
Woodford’s vertical is another key factor to her game, her father said. At 5-foot-8, she’s one of the shortest players on the court. But she had the highest vertical of anyone in the Northern Lights club, Wil liam said, which helped her close the height gap. Her height comes with benefits too, such as retrieving low balls and getting passes up, she said.
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COURTNEY JACKSON scored a Pennsylvania-best 24 touchdowns in his junior season at Gateway. hunter runk contributing photographer
avid Williams rushed to Court ney Jackson’s house after hear ing that Jackson’s mom, Jori, had gone into cardiac arrest.
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has become the Orange’s primary setter, leading the team with 215 assists through 10 matches while splitting time with sophomore RileySyracuseHoffman.head coach Bakeer Ganesharatnam compared the setter to being a point guard for basketball and a quarterback for football, pointing to Woodford’s
Jackson, who just received the lifechanging phone call from his dad Derrick, was in the midst of a sub-six hour drive back to Monroeville, Penn, just weeks away from 2020’s training camp. Williams met him at the house, reassuring Jackson that he could always reach out to him.
At Gateway (Penn.) High School, Wil liams was Jackson’s first specialized receiv ing coach. He started playing the position during his sophomore year since the Gators’ head coach, Don Holl, wasn’t sure where to play him. While Jackson had primarily played running back for most of his career, the Gators already had an established starter.
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In order to practice with her Northern Lights Junior Volleyball team, then-13-year-old Lauren Woodford had a 75-mile round trip. She rode the bus from near her house to downtown Minne apolis, met her father, William Woodford, at the bus stop and
then drove with him to Burns ville,WhenMinnesota.practice ended — some times after 10 p.m. — they drove all the way home. The travel cre ated “really long days” for the family, William said, but it helped Woodford build independence at a young“Doingage.things like riding a metro bus when she was 13 years old…
most kids would freak out at even the thought of doing that,” William saidWoodfordjokingly. has a history of tak ing on extra responsibilities for volleyball, especially when it came to getting noticed by recruiters or recovering from injury. Woodford, now a senior with Syracuse, has stepped into an increased role for the team. This season, Woodford
Jackson has been accustomed to Wil liams’ offer for a long time. The wide receiv er remains in constant communication with the people from his hometown who molded him into SU’s top receiving option on the depth chart. Whether it be studying tape or getting a confidence boost in early years at Syracuse, Jackson continues to lean on those closest to him, including during his transition from running back to receiver Jackson sends Williams his practice clips from training camp and during the season to see how he can improve his route running. Williams, a former wide receiver at Michigan State University, could always point out the small details of his game, such as adjusting his stem and his hips in and out of his break.
Following his mother’s death, Courtney Jackson has become a starting wide receiver at SU through a relationship with his high school coach
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Garrett Shrader launched into a 360 degree turn after receiv ing the snap from under center. On the 4th-and-1, his first read wasn’t there — a pass in the flat to Sean Tucker. His second read wasn’t there either.
Shrader scanned the field while the Orange’s offensive line each took on one defender, noticing Oronde Gadsden II wide open on the left side. The third option confused Purdue’s defense after motions prior to the snap. Shrader missed Gads den on the “same exact play” earlier in the second half. The throw was late and intercepted, though a penalty gave Syracuse the ball back. This time, Gads den grabbed Shrader’s soft pass before pausing momentarily near the 20-yard line. He thought about going out of bounds, but Damien Alford cleared a path for him to tip-toe down the left side line into the end zone. Gadsden’s first touchdown of the night gave the Orange their third lead of the game, paving the way for the last-second score from Gadsden eight minutes later. Shrader was impatient throughout the first half, taking off almost every time he didn’t see an option open when the Orange tried to spread the ball out. But changes to the offense allowed Syracuse to score 29 points in the second half and clinch its 3-0 start, even if the air raid wasn’t exceptional.
The halftime adjustments were immediately apparent on Syra cuse’s first drive of the second half. Instead of running the ball, the Orange placed three receivers to the right of Shrader, having Tucker run a dump-off route to the left side for another option.
Shrader received the snap, continuing to look for an open receiver before looking back at Tucker. None appeared due to Purdue’s man coverage. On a 3rdand-20 moments later, Shrader’s pass to Courtney Jackson in the middle of the field was tipped.
Shrader said he wanted to throw on every play if he could, and Robert Anae and Jason Beck’s revamped offense have allowed him to air it out. But he faced Louisville, who allowed 27.3 points per game last season, and UConn, who had no chance talent-wise versus the Orange’s offense. Purdue’s defense was Shrader’s first real challenge, and he wasn’t prepared early on.
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“I ran the ball more than I thought I would,” Shrader said. “I wasn’t throwing the ball really well … just wasn’t ready to play. We got our stuff working later and it was able to work out. ”