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SU junior Heavyn Jones launched a takeout business on Friday. She prepares homecooked meals and sells them to other students Page 7

The university’s annual Remembrance Week in October will shift online amid the coronavirus pandemic and last throughout the year.

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SU is allocating $6 million to add accessibility measures to the Carrier Dome that will comply with the ADA. The renovations include enhanced restrooms and elevators.

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Students who contracted COVID-19 frustrated with SU’s response

coronavirus

Students in Day Hall test positive

By Abby Weiss

asst. digital editor

Students who had to isolate after testing positive for the coronavirus said university officials they spoke with were often uninformed about their situation, leaving students unsure of their next steps. emily steinberger photo editor

Students who tested positive for COVID-19 describe confusing, uncomfortable isolation

By Chris Hippensteel news editor

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fter almost a week in isolation with virtually no human contact or trips outside, Caroline Noone was ready to leave.

Noone, a Syracuse University student who tested positive for the coronavirus, had just received confirmation from government authorities that she had completed her mandatory isolation period and was free to go. Noone, ecstatic to finally leave one of SU’s isolation facility at Skyhall 1, packed her things and went to the lobby, where she had arranged for a friend to meet her.

But when Noone tried to step outside Skyhall 1 for the first time in days, a security guard stopped her. SU had not yet confirmed that Noone could leave, the guard said.

“At that point, I was losing it inside,” said Noone, a junior environmental interior design major. “I was like, ‘I need to get out of here.’”

After getting in touch with university officials, Noone confirmed she was able to leave the facility. But she’s just one of several students who, having contracted COVID19 while at SU, went through what they described as a stressful isolation period made worse by lagging communication between SU and government officials. see isolation page 4

Those of us who were still quarantined, we would wear masks in front of each other. We just couldn’t relax in our own personal space.”

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Three Syracuse University students living on the eighth floor of Day Hall have tested positive for the coronavirus, a university official announced Sunday.

SU required all of the floor’s residents to receive COVID-19 testing Sunday afternoon at a testing station on the Quad. All residents will have to quarantine in their rooms until the university receives test results, likely within 24 to 48 hours, according to an SU News release.

“We are working quickly to implement all facets of our response protocol to ensure any trace of COVID-19 is quickly detected and contained to limit potential spread,” said Vice Chancellor Mike Haynie, who has spearheaded SU’s COVID-19 response, in a campus-wide email.

Residents of Day Hall’s eighth floor were required to receive testing no later than 4 p.m. Sunday. SU also performed room checks in Day Hall starting at 4:30 p.m. Meals were delivered to the residents in brown bags later in the afternoon.

The university is not requiring Day Hall residents who do not live on the eighth floor to quarantine, Haynie said. But the university encourages all the building’s residents to receive COVID-19 testing out of an “abundance of caution.”

Sunday marks the first time SU has placed a dorm on lockdown for confirmed COVID-19 cases among residents. SU’s wastewater testing program has identified traces of the virus in Ernie Davis Hall and Sadler Hall, but no students in those dorms tested positive after the university performed immediate testing.

The quarantine protocol for residents of Day Hall’s eighth floor is similar to the measures SU implemented after identifying traces of the virus in the wastewater of Ernie Davis. Ernie Davis residents had to quarantine for a day while the university processed their tests.

The university has also seen an uptick in COVID-19 cases among students since Labor Day weekend. SU reported nine cases on Friday among students in central New York and 30 active cases among SU students and employees in central New York.

“We will continue to communicate with you directly and often as we work through the process of tracking and isolating any possible infection within this community of students,” the university’s public health team said. akweiss@syr.edu

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SA working to partner with mental health app

By Kailey Norusis staff writer

Remembrance Week, which usually features a variety of in-person events in October, will instead move online and take place throughout the year. Students said they’re hoping the virtual program will still be memorable. corey henry senior staff photographer

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Remembrance Week events to shift online

By Maggie Hicks asst. news editor

Though Syracuse University won’t hold its annual Remembrance Week this October, the Remembrance Scholar Program will still host several events virtually throughout the year.

Remembrance Week commemorates the victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which broke apart over Lockerbie, Scotland on Dec. 21, 1988. The bombing killed 270 people, including 35 SU students.

To accommodate coronavirusrelated guidelines, Remembrance events will take place virtually starting in October and will continue throughout the year, said Vanessa St. Oegger-Menn, SU’s Pan Am 103 archivist and assistant university archivist.

“Given everything going on, there’s not going to be a Remembrance Week the way that there has been in previous years,” St. Oegger-Menn said. “Our hope is that, by the spring semester, we’ll find ourselves in a position where we can be back together in person a bit more and continue with hybrid planning, where there would be an in-person component and a virtual component.”

Every year, the SU Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee chooses 35 SU seniors to represent the students who died in the bombing. The committee also selects two students from Lockerbie to attend SU tuition-free for a year to honor the 11 Scottish residents who died in the bombing, as well as Andrew McClune, a former Lockerbie Scholar who died during

his time on campus.

While this year’s Remembrance Program will look different than any other year in SU’s history, Remembrance and Lockerbie scholars said they look forward to hosting events throughout the year and educating students about the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.

It’s going to change the way people view Remembrance Andrew Benbenek 2020

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The Remembrance and Lockerbie scholars are exploring ways to use social media and other virtual platforms to involve students in

the program, said Andrew Benbenek, a senior broadcast and digital journalism major and 2020 Remembrance Scholar.

“We’ve seen what past Remembrance Scholars have done, but now we have to be creative (with) what can we do to make everything happen as normal as possible and not let the effects of (COVID19) stray away from what Remembrance is supposed to feel like,” Benbenek said.

Remembrance events in the first semester will likely include panelist discussions about Pan Am Flight 103 and modern-day terrorism, St. Oegger-Menn said. The two main Remembrance Week events — the rose-laying ceremony and Remembrance Scholar convocation — will likely take place in see remembrance page 4

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Explainer: SU’s rapid coronavirus testing

By Abby Weiss

asst. news digital editor

Syracuse University will conduct rapid coronavirus tests on symptomatic students throughout the fall semester, according to university officials.

With rapid testing, students can receive a coronavirus test within 30 minutes, said Sarah Scalese, vice president of communications at SU. The testing system is now “up and running,” she said.

As the university concludes its second round of pooled saliva testing this week, here’s an explainer on how rapid testing will work this semester, and which students are eligible to

receive it:

How does rapid testing work?

Through rapid testing, students can provide a sample for a coronavirus test and expect to receive results within 30 minutes without ever necessarily leaving the testing center.

This is different from other types of testing SU has adopted, such as pooled saliva testing, which can include multiple stages and take several days to return results. The university said it planned to obtain five rapid test analyzers that can process samples and determine whether the students have the virus, according to SU’s reopening plan. see testing page 4

The university now has the capacity to perform tests and receive results within 30 minutes. emily steinberger photo editor

Student Association is working to create a partnership with My Student Support Program, a mental health organization geared toward college students.

My St udent Suppor t Prog ra m of fers college st udents a n app that feat ures f itness lessons, hea lt h a ssessments a nd ment a l hea lt h suppor t 24/7, said Colleen Hunter, the organization’s director.

SA President Justine Hastings said the program could be especially useful for Syracuse University students this semester as they deal with the stress stemming from COVID-19 and a national reckoning on racial justice.

“I recognize that this continues to be a difficult time for many of us dealing with anxiety, change, uncertainty and loss,” Hastings said. “I feel very strongly that we need to meet this moment with full support of our students and their needs.”

Hastings and SA Vice President Ryan Golden plan to meet with Cory Wallack, the executive director of health and wellness at the Barnes Center at The Arch, on Monday to discuss the possibility of implementing My Student Support Program at SU, Hastings said.

The app offers anonymous health assessments for depression, general anxiety and substance abuse. After taking the assessments, the app may prompt students to call or text a counselor or to read certain content, Hunter said.

My Student Support Program connects students with counselors and clinicians of the student’s native language and culture. Content, chat messages and phone conversations available through the app are available in French, Spanish, English, Mandarin, Arabic, Korean and Cantonese.

The app also connects students to counselors who can empathize with their experiences, Hunter said.

“A student who identifies as queer may want to meet with a counselor that specializes in LGBTQIA+ support. A Black student may want to meet with a Black counselor. An international student from Brazil may want to request a Portuguese speaking clinician,” Hunter said.

All SU students would be able to use the app, even if they are studying remotely this year, Hunter said.

When speaking with counselors and clinicians, students can consent to share their information with the university, but they do not have to, Hunter said. If a student does not consent, the organization will not disclose any of their identifying information to SU, she said.

“My hope is that more students reach out for support services and seek the help that they need and deserve,” Hastings said. kmnorusi@syr.edu

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isolation Noone’s case was one of several that emerged within her extended friend group early in the fall semester. After some of Noone’s roommates began to test positive for their virus, their friends and their friends’ roommates followed, illustrating how the virus can spread in the neighborhood surrounding the university.

“We were the epicenter of the virus on this campus for two weeks,” said Melanie Albanese, a senior marketing major and one of the first of Noone’s roommates to test positive.

Despite seeing an uptick in cases since Labor Day, SU has largely maintained a low number of COVID-19 cases on campus since classes began Aug. 24. As of Friday, the university had confirmed 30 active cases among students in central New York.

Nearly all of the students who spoke to The Daily Orange believe the virus spread to their friend group from a student who traveled to SU from Puerto Rico for the start of classes.

The student didn’t complete the state’s twoweek quarantine requirement before socializing with other students, they said.

Albanese was one of the first of her roommates to show symptoms. She believes she caught the virus from the newly-arrived student before possibly passing it to some of her roommates, including Noone and Parizeh Malik, a senior international relations and economics major.

Several students said the virus may have spread further at a birthday gathering for a friend, SU student Joe Sherwood, which some members of Noone’s household attended.

Sherwood believes he — and possibly others — contracted the virus at the gathering, leading those in attendance to expose their friends and roommates.

“From there, everybody was popping up as being positive,” said Sherwood, a fourthyear student studying industrial and interaction design.

One of Sherwood’s roommates, Matteo Broccolo, caught the virus after the gathering.

Christian Andino Borrero and Emmeline Perkins, who both said they were at the gathering, contracted it as well.

None of the students in the group faced serious or life-threatening complications from the virus. Their symptoms included conges-

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tion, headaches and the loss of taste and smell.

Weeks after first showing symptoms, Sherwood said he still can’t taste or smell anything.

“The loss of taste and smell has been the one that doesn’t hurt the most, but it’s the one that hurts me the most,” he said.

After Albanese and other members of the group began showing symptoms, several of the students notified the university that they had been exposed to the virus. In response, university officials told them to quarantine but did not immediately test them.

SU told the students that they should quarantine and self-monitor for symptoms before receiving tests, as the virus may have to be in their system for several days before showing up in a test, the students said.

Some students, like Noone, did not receive a positive result until their second or third round of testing. Others, like Perkins, received positive tests at local testing sites. The students said they waited two or three days to receive test results from the university.

Malik and other students wished they had known beforehand that they may have to wait several days after their initial exposure to the virus for testing to work. Malik felt the university’s directions for students who had been exposed to the virus was unclear, which bothered her.

“I’ve seen the thousands of emails from the school, but there’s no clear policy for students and, like, guidelines to tell you what to do once you’re exposed,” Malik said. “I’ve just been frustrated by the lack of clarity there.”

Malik found the testing and quarantine process at SU so stressful that she decided to remove herself from the situation entirely.

Instead of quarantining in her off-campus residence, she returned to her home state of New Jersey, where she tested positive for the virus and began isolating in her house.

Even though she is out of state, SU personnel have called Malik daily to check on her symptoms, which include headaches, fatigue and a loss of her sense of smell.

“I was relieved to come home,” Malik said.

“We were all on edge and concerned. Those of us who were still quarantined, we would wear masks in front of each other. We just couldn’t relax in our own personal space.”

While all the students who tested positive for the virus wound up in isolation housing, their route there varied greatly. The university relocated Albanese and Borrero to quarantine

housing in the Sheraton before moving them to isolation, while others went to the isolation facility directly.

The university allowed Sherwood and Broccolo to remain in their off-campus housing, while their other roommate, who did not test positive, relocated to the Sheraton to quarantine.

From the beginning of their isolation or quarantine periods, students described miscommunication between university officials at SU and between SU officials and county and state authorities.

We were the epicenter of the virus on this campus for two weeks Melanie Albanese su student

When the county health department called Borrero to inform him of his positive test, he said they had both his birth date and address wrong, a mistake they attributed to a data entry error. After Borrero confirmed his positive result, he did not immediately realize the university was relocating him to a Skyhall building –– at least not until a food services worker called him to ask what food he would like while in isolation.

Whenever Sherwood spoke with SU personnel, they seemed to lack information about his case –– even though he had already provided it –– and they couldn’t provide answers to his questions until hours or days later, he said.

“It was almost like having a completely new conversation every time they called, and they never kept track of any of the information we were saying,” Sherwood said. “Nobody has answers to anything.”

The students also said they had to field calls from state, county and university contact tracers daily, repeating the same information to each caller.

The most frustrating part of isolation was the miscommunication between university and government officials over when the isolation period ended, students said. State and local health guidelines dictate that individuals can leave isolation 10 days after showing symptoms, as they are no longer considered contagious.

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remembrance the spring, she said.

Aidan Kevans, one of this year’s Lockerbie Scholars, said he’s disappointed that the Remembrance Program won’t look the same as it has in previous years, but the virtual format will allow him and the other Lockerbie scholar to involve members of their hometown in Remembrance activities more than usual.

Both Lockerbie Scholars were still able to travel to SU for the school year and attend classes on campus, Kevans said.

“One advantage of moving virtual for this semester is that we can broadcast events to anyone who wants to participate and join in,” Kevans said. “This allows us to connect more with the people of Lockerbie and adds a personal touch for me.”

The COVID-19 pandemic has encouraged the Remembrance and Lockerbie scholars to be more innovative in planning events this year, Kevans said. This year’s cohort will have to look at the Remembrance Program in a completely new light and engage the from page 3

testing In its reopening plan, SU outlined rapid testing as a key factor in its ability to quickly identify and contain cases of the virus on campus.

“Capacity for immediate viral testing of all symptomatic students, faculty and staff — including the ability to rapidly test contacts and isolate infected individuals — is critical to the ability to resume residential activities in fall 2020,” the reopening plan reads.

The implementation of rapid tests comes as the university sees an uptick in student coronavirus infections, which officials have attributed to students leaving the area during Labor Day weekend. SU reported 30 active cases among

The Rose-Laying Ceremony as pictured above is one of the main events of Remembrance Scholar week.

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SU students and employees in central New York on Friday, nine of which were new.

Overall, the university has seen a jump of 23 cases since Monday of last week. SU also announced Sunday that students on the eighth floor of Day Hall will have to quarantine as they await test results after three students on the floor tested positive.

Who can get a rapid test?

The university will conduct rapid testing on students who exhibit symptoms of the coronavirus and who have been in close contact with an infected individual. It is unclear how many students have utilized the university’s rapid testing system so far.

Students in a pooled saliva testing pool that shows traces of the coronavirus will

also receive rapid testing. SU has conducted a second round of pooled testing over the past two weeks for the entire student body.

Upon arrival on campus this semester, SU students participated in pooled saliva testing grouped by housing assignment. The university announced plans in July to conduct rapid coronavirus tests at the Barnes Center at The Arch for students whose initial testing pool tested positive.

SU has not released any information about conducting rapid tests following its initial round of pooled testing. Vice Chancellor Mike Haynie, who has spearheaded SU’s coronavirus response, said in August that the pooled testing did not immediately turn up any COVID-19 cases.

But multiple students, including Noone, Perkins, Sherwood and Borrero, said the university could take several hours to confirm the isolation period had ended before they were allowed to leave, even after government authorities sent them clearance.

Albanese, like Noone, found herself waiting in the Skyhall 1 lobby for the university to release her, even after government officials had notified her that she had completed the 10-day isolation. She sat on the lobby floor for over an hour as the university confirmed she was allowed to leave, she said.

“I was like, what the f*ck is wrong with you people?” Albanese said. “The medical transport was literally waiting outside for an hour.”

Several of the students said the quarantine and isolation periods took a toll on their mental health. Some worried about who else they may have exposed to the virus or felt guilty over extending their roommates’ quarantine by testing positive.

The university delivered food and helped fulfill students’ academic and personal needs while they were in isolation.

Albanese and Noone both said the conditions in isolation didn’t ease their anxiety.

Focusing on classes was difficult for Noone, and her bed was uncomfortable. The isolation period was also intensely quiet, Perkins and Noone said, and they saw few, if any, other people during their stay. “(The dorm) has no decorations, it has dorm lighting –– you know how that is, it’s depressing –– you can see outdoors, but you can’t go,” Albanese said. “It sucks so bad, and (SU personnel) just talk to you like you don’t even matter.”

Overall, students said the university did its best to keep them comfortable during their isolation but fell short on many occasions.

Despite keeping cases relatively low, SU’s handling of students who are exposed to the virus is far from perfect, they said.

The lagging communication between SU, state and local officials also adds uncertainty to infected students’ already nerve-wracking situation, the students said. On top of grappling with a deadly virus, students must also figure out how to navigate unclear protocols without always knowing who they can turn to for answers.

“It becomes stressful when your life is pretty much stipped away from you,” Sherwood said. “It’s a lot, mentally, to handle.” cjhippen@syr.edu

community in different ways, he said.

“It’s going to change the way people view Remembrance,” Benbenek said. “Now we’re going to be talking about it all year, so I think that’s going to be a part that is going to change just the amount of knowledge students have.”

While the Remembrance and Lockerbie scholars are still planning this year’s events, their main goal is to reach as many people as possible, Benbenek said. The scholars are also striving to make this year’s Remembrance events memorable, he said.

Although the 2020 Remembrance Program will be unlike anything the Remembrance and Lockerbie scholars expected when they applied, they’re still grateful for the opportunity.

“Even though the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in wholesale changes for Remembrance, there is no doubt I am still thankful that I can be part of this program,” Kevans said. “The coronavirus may have changed physical proceedings, but for me, the sentiment hasn’t changed at all.” mehicks@syr.edu

What happens after a test?

SU will conduct coronavirus tests on symptomatic students at Flanagan Gym, according to SU’s reopening plan. Once the student receives the rapid coronavirus test, the university relocates them to the Sheraton Hotel to quarantine.

The university plans to relay positive test results through the Barnes Center to the Onondaga County Health Department.

If a student does test positive, they will hear from both SU and the Onondaga County Health Department. They will later move to isolation in the Sheraton or another facility on South Campus, where they will have to remain for at least ten days after they first presented symptoms. akweiss@syr.edu

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column

Benefits of mandated COVID-19 vaccinations outweigh risks

By Skylar Swart columnist

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he federal government is spending millions to accelerate the production of a coronavirus vaccine. Though the rushed process may produce an ineffective vaccine, the benefits of mandating the vaccine outweigh the potential risks.

In July, the federal government announced it will invest over $2 billion in grants to companies that are trying to manufacture a vaccine or treatment for COVID-19. The grants went to companies such as Regeneron, which has had success in developing treatment drugs for Ebola, and Novavax, which has tried to produce many vaccines but has failed at getting the Food and Drug Administration’s approval for any.

The government is investing so much money into these companies so that, when one of these manufacturers develops a vaccine that the FDA approves, it doesn’t have to wait months for mass quantities of the vaccines to be produced. The government even wants mass quantities to be produced and has committed to buying them even before knowing the vaccines are effective, which is a risky strategy.

The rushed process for vaccine development, testing and approval has many Americans worried. But most of the vaccines that these companies are producing are completely harmless, showing your immune system something that looks like the virus to prepare your body to fight the actual thing.

The vaccines being developed are also modeled after knowledge of past vaccines that have been developed and have proven effective. The

development and testing processes, although accelerated, are similar to ones implemented in the past for other viruses and are familiar to scientists and doctors.

“Any vaccines that are developed in this shortened timeline will likely be pretty safe because that is one of the main concerns,” said Brittany Kmush, an assistant professor of public health at Syracuse University who specializes in the study of vaccines, global health and infectious diseases. “(Pharmaceutical companies) are doing a good job of evaluating safety and really looking at the short-term safety profiles,” she said.

Though a vaccine for COVID-19 is likely to be very safe, it may not be entirely effective. If a vaccine is rushed but proves ineffective once given to people, or if it’s only effective for a limited amount of time, there are consequences.

If an ineffective vaccine is given to students, and they believe it works, the students put their guards down. If this does happen, people will likely become less cautious about practicing social distancing and wearing masks, which will likely cause another wave of COVID-19 infections and deaths.

However, this negative possibility does not outweigh the pros of mandating a vaccine that may not be entirely effective. If a vaccine does come out and is proven to work, countless lives will be saved. Schools will be able to return to some semblance of normalcy, and COVID-19 will mirror what happens to all deadly viruses once a vaccine or cure is found: the virus will infect fewer people, and the pandemic will tamper off.

“Because a vaccine will not have been around for years or decades,

Dozens of pharmaceutical companies around the world are rushing to make the world’s first effective COVID-19 vaccine, but we must first prioritize safety.

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there is no way we can know if there are some kind of very rare, longterm side effects,” Kmush said. “But that’s not very likely because they are using the same technology as they used for other vaccines that have been around for decades.”

Even with a possible vaccine

on the way, students still have the responsibility to ensure that they are continuing to follow guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and practice social distancing until a vaccine is proven safe and effective. A new vaccine could be the first step in

allowing students a normal college experience in the spring.

Skylar Swart is a sophomore political science major. Her column appears bi-weekly. She can be reached at saswart@syr.edu. She can be followed on Twitter at @SkylarSwart

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With busy class schedules, some students end up skipping meals

By Christian Andreoli columnist

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he “freshman 15,” is a wellknown term referring to the amount of weight first-year students supposedly gain as they adjust to unlimited meal plans, campus cafés and snacking. But many college students, including those at Syracuse University, have transitioned to a routine of skipping meals.

This shift from eating three meals a day to ignoring proper meal times stems from the numerous time restraints college students deal with on a daily basis.

Many SU students can agree that we often skip meals for a variety of reasons, including a lack of time to stop and eat between classes or a limited availability of food that we would actually want to purchase and eat.

SU sophomore, Emily Gold, said her “fasting” was not really attributed to her schedule, but

to her dietary wants instead.

“I’m up by 9 o’clock each morning, but I don’t have an appetite for food,” Gold said. “Instead, it’s just a repeating cycle of coffee a nd w ater during my workday, until about 6 p.m., when I’ll have my one and only meal of the day.

Most importantly, Gold experienced the physical effects of skipping meals.

Gold had “really bad headaches at the end of the day before she sat down to eat.”

Students can fix their eating habits by simply taking the time to “check in with their bodies every so often to assess how they feel, both physically and emotionally,” said Rachel Razza, a professor in SU’s Department of Human Development and Family Science. “(By) acknowledging any physi-cal sensations or emotions that arise, students may increase their awareness of hunger and also start to recognize other signs that their body is telling them that it needs food and/or hydration, such as head-aches, fatigue, fogginess or irritabil-ity,” Razza said.

There is a clear connection With classes, jobs and homework, it’s hard to find time to eat three meals a day, or even two. But skipping between one’s food intake and their meals hurts your mind and body.

emily steinberger photo editor general mental health, according to the National Center on Health, sense of well-being,” the center found.

The practice of skipping meals throughout the day, just to be sure Physical Activity and Disability. Skip- Students at SU are extremely that college students have absorbed that you get those meals in. ping meals can lead to mood swings busy. Between socializing, complet- into their routine doesn’t have Christian Andreoli is a sophoand can result in “bigger emotional ing demanding class work, volun- any benefits and can affect their more history major. His column responses, poor concentration, teering and living through a global mental and physical health in the appears bi-weekly. He can be increased stress, and an overall lower pandemic, eating properly and fre- long term. Instead, you could try reached at ctandreo@syr.edu. He quently is difficult for students to to incorporate eating full meals or can be followed on Twitter at make sure they’re doing. allow yourself to snack periodically @candreoli12

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Dinner debut SU junior Heavyn Jones began selling home-cooked meals to students on Friday

Local band CANDY to release new single

By Taylor Contarino contributing writer

Rochester-based band CANDY got its start when member Justin Spaulding began mixing a track during a studio session in July 2019.

He made the track completely different, which fellow band members Aaron Rizzo and Lorenzo loved. The band released the song, called “Never Run Away,” in July across a variety of music platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music.

Rizzo, Spaulding and Lorenzo make up the band CANDY. Rizzo is the lead singer, Spaulding is the primary sound mixer and drummer and Lorenzo is a keyboardist.

All three serve as co-producers.

CANDY describes its sound as a creative mix of contemporary and synthetic pop, drawing influences from the 80s and modern R&B.

It’s a really great band; it’s just a lot of fun. I don’t find a lot of music to be fun.

HEAVYN JONES has started selling home-cooked meals with entrees such as salmon and baked mac and cheese through her business Heav’s Fingerlicking Delights. abby presson contributing photographer

Tristen Jarvis bassist who works with candy

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eavyn Jones has been cooking with her grandmother, Ethel Collins, since she was 10 years old. Eight years later, the Syracuse University junior has turned her longtime hobby into a business called Heav’s Fingerlicking Delights, selling home-cooked dinners from her apartment.

Jones began taking customers on Friday, with her debut menu offering salmon, shrimp, chicken and oxtails entrees with baked mac and cheese, broccoli, sauteed spinach and rice as

You can be fighting or having a problem, but once it’s ‘Come to the dinner table,’ all that goes out the window Heavyn Jones SU JUNIOR

possible sides. The menu changes on a day-to-day basis, and Jones posts the day’s menu to her Instagram.

“I don’t really like to work for other people,” Jones said. “I was thinking about all the things that I’m good at, and I thought to myself, ‘Well, you already know how to cook, and the food on campus sucks, so why not start selling food?’”

One of Jones’ fondest memories in the kitchen was standing on a step stool as a 10-year-old. She tried to lick cake batter while it was still being mixed by the electric mixer. Her grandmother had to shoo her out of the see dinners page 8

beyond the hill

Virtual exhibit features photographs of fall

By Gavi Azoff

asst. copy editor

Baltimore Woods Nature Center in Marcellus is holding a virtual exhibit featuring photographs from members of the Syracuse Camera Club.

The virtual exhibit, titled “Autumn: A Visual Feast of Images,” opened Sept. 12 and will be open for viewing until Oct. 30 on the nature center’s website. Before the coronavirus pandemic, the nature center planned to hold the exhibit in person.

The exhibit features work from 19 members of the Syracuse Camera Club that were taken last fall

and are centered around the theme of autumn in the Syracuse area.

The nature center aims to find ways for people to connect to nature and appreciate it, said Karen Jean Smith, the art gallery coordinator at Baltimore Woods.

“We look for all different ways to connect people to nature, so having an art exhibit is just another way of doing that,” Smith said.

“Also, people like to come and see it. They like to appreciate what people are doing.”

The exhibit is about the different aspects of autumn and how people interact with the season, Smith said. Smith see photos page 8

Bob Gates took the photograph titled “Taking Off,” at Green Lakes State Park last fall. courtesy of bob gates

After spending the spring working on a variety of projects and building up a collection of music, CANDY is releasing its second single, titled “Reason to Rewind,” on Sept. 30. Multiple releases are set for the coming months, and the band hopes to relocate to the city of Syracuse in the future.

Rizzo, Spaulding and Lorenzo believe their band operates smoothly because of their chemistry. The three members are compatible without ever “stepping on each other’s toes,” Rizzo said.

“It’s a really great band; it’s just a lot of fun,” said Tristen Jarvis, a bassist who works with CANDY. “I don’t find a lot of music to be fun.”

CANDY has grown through “trial and error,” said Lorenzo, who requested that only his first name be used to avoid losing access to music venues. Growing up in Rochester, Lorenzo and Rizzo both attended Webster Thomas High School. The two continually jumped around to different bands while at Webster-Thomas, but none ever stuck.

After graduating from high school, Rizzo attended Ithaca College to study sound recording technology, while Lorenzo studied television, radio and film at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. The pair reunited several years later to form CANDY with Spaulding.

At his alma mater, Rizzo was able to form a variety of musical connections that he continues to utilize and collaborate with today. He met Jarvis through a mutual friend at Ithaca.

Jarvis and Rizzo were compatible and bonded over their mutual love for the band Green Day, Jarvis said. Now, Jarvis acts as Rizzo’s

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candy go-to bassist on CANDY’s songs and is featured on many tracks, including those that will be released in the coming months.

When the coronavirus pandemic struck, “there was a silver lining to it” for his band, Rizzo said.

It’s just really inspiring to be around everybody. To be around all these people that have different skills — it’s pretty amazing Tristen Jarvis bassist who works with CANDY

Although COVID-19 took away the ability for CANDY to perform live, the band’s productivity during the pandemic got CANDY where it is today. CANDY invested enough time into its music and branding over the past couple of months to get the band the name it deserves, he said.

CANDY compiled a variety of singles and projects during New York state’s stay-at-home order that the band is now set to begin releasing monthly. CANDY looks forward to performing live as soon as possible, Jarvis said.

As for their future, the members of CANDY are hopeful that they will begin releasing music more frequently and consistently to attract and grow a larger fanbase.

“It’s just really inspiring to be around everybody,” Jarvis said. “To be around all these people that have different skills — it’s pretty amazing.”

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dinners kitchen while the cake baked.

Collins said Jones has always been curious.

She would watch her grandmother in the kitchen and ask questions while she cooked. As Jones grew older, she began to cook for herself.

Jones is now a junior at 18 years old, having graduated from high school at age 16.

“She’s very ambitious. She was always a curious young girl, always outgoing, outspoken,” Collins said. “She tried to get a job under the age of 18, and she used to come home angry, saying ‘Momma, they won’t hire me!

They said I’m too young!’”

Jones is excited to pursue her business and to see who comes out to support her. She is a transfer student and has only been on campus for two years, which has made it difficult for her to branch off and make new friends in some instances, she said.

“I’m confident in myself, and that intimidates people.” Jones said, “I love myself, and I don’t look for justification from from page 7

photos put together the virtual video exhibit so people could still experience the exhibit without attending in person.

Bob Gates, a member and former president of the Syracuse Camera Club, has two of his photographs featured in the virtual exhibit.

He took both photos at Green Lakes State Park in Manlius, which is one of his favorite locations to photograph.

We look for all different ways to connect people to nature, so having an art exhibit is just another way of doing that Karen Jean Smith gallery coordinator

The current president of the Syracuse Camera Club, Buddy Belonsoff, said the camera

(FROM LEFT) LORENZO, JUSTIN SPAULDING AND AARON RIZZO make up the Rochester-based band CANDY, which plans to release its second single on Sept. 30, followed by more music in the coming months. courtesy of lorenzo

anybody else.”

She has advertised Heav’s Fingerlicking Delights through the many organizations she’s involved in, word-of-mouth and her personal social media accounts. She’s friendly with players on Syracuse’s football and basketball teams, and she made sure to tell the athletes about her business.

Customers can choose a small or large order of a main course for dinner with a choice of two sides. Currently, Jones is only cooking on the weekends, but she hopes to extend to weekdays in the future.

Jones’ boyfriend, SU sophomore Jordan Pierre, said that she cooks for him every other day. Pierre, a pescatarian, advocates for not only Jones’ seafood but her drive as well.

“So often we get so mixed up in trying to pursue academics we forget about the things we’re trying to pursue outside of this academic realm,” Pierre said. “Also, her as a Black woman starting her own business, that’s inspiring to not just me but to everyone.”

To order, customers direct message club secured the spot in the gallery last year to share members’ photos. The exhibit’s virtual format is working in the Syracuse Camera Club’s favor because the club is getting more exposure this way, Belonsoff said.

“This is working much better because people get to see our work, and a lot of people don’t get over to the gallery as much as they would (like to),” Belonsoff said.

People can purchase any of the photographs in the exhibit, and proceeds from sales support the mission of the Baltimore Woods Nature Center.

The exhibit came together because Smith knows some members of the Syracuse Camera Club. She thought it would be interesting to have an exhibit that features the works of a group of people instead of the work of just one or two people.

She hopes people will see and enjoy the gallery and become more aware of the Syracuse Camera Club, as well as the Baltimore Woods Nature Center and its art gallery.

Gates hopes viewers of the exhibit can get a better sense of the beautiful places in the Syracuse area that they can visit this fall.

“They might get a better idea of places they can go in the fall and places they can visit and get a sense of, you know, wonderful places to see around here,” Gates said. gfazoff@syr.edu

I was thinking about all the things that I’m good at, and I thought to myself, ‘Well, you already know how to cook, and the food on campus sucks, so why not start selling food?

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Jones’ Instagram account and place an order along with their ideal pickup time.

Jones contacts the customers when the food is ready for pickup.

Jones tastes and cooks new food as a stress reliever and described eating as one of her hobbies.

“In the Black community, food is what brings us together,” Jones said. “Everyone loves mom’s cooking or grandma’s cooking. You can be fighting or having a problem, but once it’s ‘Come to the dinner table,’ all that goes out the window.”

Jones is looking forward to where this endeavor will take her and is excited for the SU community to try her food.

She views food as a tool that sets differences aside and allows people to relate to one another. Jones said if she had a larger setting to serve the food, there would be people connecting over her home-cooked meals.

“I just want to see where it’s going, how far it’s going to take me. Who knows, maybe I’ll open a restaurant,” Jones said. “I really like to cook, but I do want to be a psychologist — who says you can’t do multiple things?” velazaru@syr.edu

Nancy Kieffer’s “Autumn Waterfall” is one of the photographs displayed in the fall-themed virtual exhibit. courtesy of nancy kieffer

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What to know about Syracuse’s Class of 2022 commits

By Andrew Crane sports editor

Through the first three weeks in the Class of 2022 recruiting cycle, Syracuse has one of its most successful recruiting classes in recent memory. The Orange have two fivestars after just two in their last five cycles.

They’ve notched decisions from every position, recruited the No. 1 overall prospect and are in the top four schools for the class’ No. 2 prospect, Dom Pietramala.

Since the recruiting period opened on Sept.

1, with a commitment from midfielder Zach Mercado, the Orange have a combined 26 stars across its commits — trailing just Virginia (27), North Carolina (29) and Notre Dame (34). They secured 47 stars with 13 recruits in 2020, and that dropped to just 20 stars for 12 recruits in 2021.

Here’s an overview of the Orange’s latest recruiting class.

Joey Spallina, five-star attack

Spallina, the class’s No. 1 overall prospect from Mount Sinai (New York) High School, committed to Syracuse last Tuesday after announcing his final four schools the night before. During the 2019 season, Spallina finished third in Suffolk County with 131 points

on 65 goals and 66 assists.

Michael Leo, four-star attack

Carter Kempney, five-star midfielder

Kempney became SU’s first five-star commit for the Class of 2022 — and just the third at the time in the last five cycles — when he announced his decision on Sept. 14. The Carthage High School midfielder, attending the same high school as former Syracuse All-Americans Casey, Mike and Ryan Powell, scored 29 goals and added seven assists during the 2019 season. One of his older sisters, Braelie, is currently a junior on the Orange’s women’s lacrosse team while the other, Kailah, graduated in 2015 as their leader in career draw controls and currently coaches at Colorado.

Jimmy McCool, four-star goalie

Entering his junior year at New Hampton (New Hampshire) School, McCool became the first goalie in Syracuse’s Class of 2022 when he committed on Sept. 13. During his freshman season, McCool split time in goal and helped the Huskies finish 10-5 in 2019.

“I’m not the most orthodox goalie,” McCool told The Daily Orange. “I definitely love to maybe get out of position. I like to kinda have fun in the net.”

Leo, who committed on Sept. 10, was the first attackman to join Syracuse’s latest recruiting class. The lefty helped St. Anthony’s (New York) High School finish 15-1 in 2019 and scored 14.25 goals per game.

George Wandoff, four-star defender

In his first 25 games at Oxbridge Academy in Florida, Wandoff accumulated 55 ground balls and five points. During a 2019 playoff run that ended with a loss to St. Andrew’s, Wandoff helped the Thunderwolves finish 17-4 and win 11 of their first 12 games.

Chuck Kuczynski, four-star defender

When Kuczynski committed on Sept. 15, he was the first defender to join Syracuse’s Class of 2022. A junior at Allentown Central Catholic High School and member of the Big 4 HHH 2022 club team, he helped the Vikings to a 12-4 record in 2019, according to the school’s MaxPreps page. In those 16 games, Kuczynski and Allentown Central Catholic’s defense held opposing teams to under eight goals per game.

Gavin Gibbs, unranked face-off specialist

As a junior at Notre Dame-Green Pond (Pennsylvania) High School, Gibbs was the first face-

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carrier dome designated areas with his son.

During games, the season-ticket holder stayed in the designated second-level section, normally accompanied by his son or one of his friends. When other patrons with disabilities and their companions came in, they would all “scooch” together to make more room in the limited space available. It built rapport, and he regularly talked with a woman who also uses a wheelchair and her sister while cheering.

It was a “top-notch” experience, Banick said, but there’s one thing that troubles him: He wants to go down to the lower level. Banick has asked staff if it’s possible. Their response is always no. He would love to be on the field and meet Syracuse’s football squad, would love to talk with Marek Dolezaj, his favorite basketball player right now, whose family also originates from Slovakia.

All along, there’s been an elevator on the southwest corner of the Dome that goes down to the courtside level. But it isn’t ADA compliant, and Banick still hasn’t found a way down to the first level. He hopes he can find one this year, especially with Dolezaj’s senior season from page 12

mccool the following summer he traveled down to a week-long goalie summer camp run by former Virginia goalie Tillman Johnson.

His father, Steve, said he recalled thinking McCool would hate getting pelted with balls.

Tricia, McCool’s mother, knew her husband wanted him to play midfield. But when McCool hopped in the car after the first day, he said, “This is awesome, I love it,” Tricia remembered.

McCool started with the local youth lacrosse circuit — playing one half on, one half off — and eventually joined 3d Lacrosse’s club program around second or third grade. In between practices and games, McCool’s two older brothers fired shot after shot at him as he stood with an old hockey helmet and lacrosse stick in a net marked by tape on their garage door. As each shot meshed into his stick or bounced off his chest, McCool’s mind flashed with the two rules his dad had instilled in him from page 12

amico canceled due to the coronavirus, Amico had to figure out how to keep her skills sharp while in quarantine. She wasn’t able to train for lacrosse until June because of New York state’s regulations preventing gyms from reopening. The team hosted Zoom meetings throughout the spring to stay on the same page and held a socially distanced seniornight ceremony.

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off specialist to commit to Syracuse in the Class of 2022. By the time he plays his first game for the Orange, the top three specialists on SU’s current roster — Danny Varello, Jakob Phaup and Nate Garlow — will all have graduated. The Orange have two other faceoff specialists on their current roster, with one three-star commit in 2021 and one four-star in 2022.

Vincent Trujillo, unranked midfielder

Trujillo, who committed to Syracuse on Sept.

9, became the Orange’s second verbal commit since the cycle opened. According to Inside Lacrosse’s Ty Xanders, he’s “likely the best pure d-middie in the class right now.” The midfielder from St. John’s College High School helped the Cadets finish 12-6 in 2019 and 3-0 in 2020 before the coronavirus shut down the rest of their season.

Zach Mercado, unranked midfielder

Mercado is the first commit from Austin, Texas, for the Orange in more than a decade.

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about accessibility, and the excuse was that, because the building was old, it had limited ADA features.

As part of the Burton Blatt Institute, an SU organization that advances people with disabilities rights, Kuusisto is excited about the improvements because of the new opportunities it presents, he said.

“I’m celebrating the fact that they’re doing this and they’re going to improve all these features because it will make the Dome not just accessible, but (also an) inviting place, for all kinds of fans with disabilities,” Kuusisto said.

Kuusisto had been limited to attending a few convocations and graduations in the Dome during his time at SU, and wasn’t able to attend sports games in the past because of the inaccessibility. Sala and his crews are still working so that the stadium can be ready next Saturday for Syracuse’s first home game against Georgia Tech, but no one will be in the Dome this year because of the coronavirus.

Without fans, Banick, Jones and Kuusisto are just waiting.

“I’m just looking forward to going in and making some noise,” Kuusisto said. “I’ll be the loudest one cheering.”

upcoming. But with the COVID-19 pandemic, he isn’t sure.

“A lot of different things are about access,” Banick said. “We’re (just) as interested as getting down and seeing the players as any other fan.”

After being hired as a professor at SU in 2011, Kuusisto said that the university wanted a few publicity photos of him, so he recommended the end zone as a good spot. While going inside, Kuusisto noticed there was only one ADA compliant door. He started asking

after Johnson’s goalie clinic: Don’t flinch in the net, and if you get hit by a shot, don’t rub it.

Over the years, those tennis and lacrosse balls from McCool’s older brothers left numerous dents in their door, and when they replaced the door a few years ago and bought a net, Tricia established a new rule: no more throwing up against it.

“They would just hum them in, and that taught me the pain tolerance side of things of being a goalie,” McCool said. “I can just eat up those shots because I’m really just honestly used to it.”

Building that toughness helped him maintain rigid posture in the cage by stabilizing his feet and taking away opposing attack’s primary shooting angles, a development that continued even after McCool arrived at New Hampton. Henry ran McCool through reactionary movement drills to work on that. Players rotated the ball to Henry in front of the cage and he’d either fire off a quick stick shot or fake and see if his goalie cheated. Other times,

it’d be a step down shot. “(Goalies) shouldn’t be dancing around in the crease,” Henry said.

“They want to make these really acrobatic saves,” Henry said, “and when they go to get set they’re sometimes leaning on their toes and it’s almost like they’re off-balance.”

As a freshman with the Huskies, McCool split time with a sophomore goalie committed to a top-tier D-III school and helped them finish 10-5. That summer, he helped his 3d team as it won the Crab Feast Invitational despite numerous injuries and made the U-15 national team. “It was an eye-opener,” Steve said.

The two weeks leading up to McCool’s commitment were hectic. With the NCAA still in a dead period, and coaches not allowed to visit recruits in-person, McCool, in New Hampshire, and his parents, in their West Roxbury, Massachusetts, home, hopped from Zoom call to Zoom call and met with programs. Henry called Steve and Tricia every night to update them, just in case McCool forgot to write everything down in the notebook.

Last April, Henry was hired as a math teacher and head varsity lacrosse coach, leaving Jesuit High School in Florida soon after and beginning to contact all of the returning players, including McCool. They met at various lacrosse events that summer, spoke over Skype and FaceTime, and months later, Henry started teaching McCool Integrated Math III — the final stage of ALEKS, an online software used by New Hampton.

Each day, Henry’s class, which included his goalie, spent the final 35 minutes using ALEKS, a program that begins with an initial test at the beginning of freshman year and continues with each class as New Hampton students are required to finish their “pie” by the end of Integrated Math III, Henry said.

In the afternoon, the pair would stroll out to the lacrosse field along with the rest of the team. McCool would put his gear on. Henry would pick up his stick. And shot after shot, they worked on finishing McCool’s lacrosse pie, too.

When the state restrictions were lifted, she attended almost all of FayettevilleManlius’ clinics and got back into the rhythm of playing lacrosse. Though she didn’t lose a step on her competition, the clinics that she attended — and still attends — were very casual and were open to any F-M player.

They worked on skill development, stick skills and shooting. But for Amico, just getting “a stick in my hands” after many months felt good, she said.

“She’s really stepping up as a leader now when we haven’t had a formal season, and I cannot wait to see her as a senior, leading our defense as that role player,” Tuck said.

Coleman, who plays the same three sports as Amico, turns to the senior for guidance.

Though Coleman is an attack and Amico is one of the state’s top defenders, according to Tuck, Amico still teaches Coleman.

“We’re really close off the field, but lacrosse has always been her main sport,” Coleman said. “It’s always been fun learning

from her.”

Though there’s still uncertainty regarding whether a New York lacrosse state championship will take place in 2021, Amico, who’s been playing lacrosse since she was 5-years old, will be ready. Fueled by two consecutive losses in states, Amico will look to bring Fayetteville-Manlius to its first championship in 15 years.

“Kat can do anything she sets her mind to,” Tuck said.

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addie Jones felt cramped in the Carrier Dome’s revolving doors. It was Syracuse’s first basketball game of the 2019 season against Virginia, and there wasn’t much space for Jones — who has balance issues — and her guide dog, Copernicus. Inside the stadium, Jones needed to find a seat for the two of them.

“It was hard to find an area that could be in the student section, like that’s where I had tickets to,” Jones said. “So I couldn’t go sit somewhere else and have extra room.”

Right before tip-off, a Carrier Dome security guard began poking the SU sophomore’s back while she was stuck in the student section walkway. Those pokes became pushes, and Copernicus stood in between them to make sure Jones wouldn’t fall.

“You have to leave,” Jones recalled the guard saying.

“You can’t be here.”

She was “herded” around to a spot near the bleachers and hasn’t been to another game since, she said.

Jones is one of many people with disabilities who visit the Carrier Dome. The stadium, which celebrated its 40th anniversary on Sunday, is undergoing a $118 million renovation project announced in May 2018 that includes $6 million toward compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.

“Forty years we’ve been out of compliance,” said Pete Sala, SU’s vice president and chief facilities officer.“ (We’re) making sure the people that are in a wheelchair or have mobility challenges have the same experience as people who walk through the revolver.”

Before the renovations, accessibility was limited. The Dome’s revolving doors presented a challenge for those with mobility issues, seating was an issue for those with wheelchairs and guide dogs and the bathrooms weren’t compliant with ADA standards, Sala said in May. These ADA renovations were made because “it’s actually the law,” said Stephen Kuusisto, an SU profes-

Syracuse is dedicating more than $6 million of the $118 million allocated for Carrier Dome renovations to implementing accessibility measures that comply with the ADA. will fudge staff photographer

sor who is blind. Because SU is a Title III school, the university was required to be ADA compliant on all parts of the Dome that were renovated.

So far, some progress has been made. In recent years, the Dome has added closed captioning software. And during construction in the past year, Sala and his team renovated some bathrooms to make them ADA compliant and created multiple new entrances with push-button activated doors. They’ve also added a sensory room for people with sensory issues to calm down in a safe space.

The updates are part of a rolling process, Sala said.

SU also plans to add more ADA compliant seating in the coming years and has designs for it, along with working on upgrading the elevators. For renovations, the university worked with United Spinal, a disability rights organization, measuring “right to the quarter inch” so that everything is compliant, Sala said. The upgrades are scheduled to be done by 2022.

“Most big-time sports have done a good job including the disabled community in their fanbase,”

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Kuusisto said. “It’s exciting that SU is really getting it. I’m thrilled.”

When Mark Banick first walked inside the Carrier Dome in 1980, the lifelong Syracuse resident felt a buzz about Syracuse’s new stadium, one that could seat nearly double the fans of Archbold. Forty years later, a lot has changed, but Banick still feels that same excitement.

The biggest difference now is that he is a wheelchair user. Around six years ago, Banick was accidentally shot while waiting to give someone a ride late at night.

The incident left him unable to walk. While recovering, Banick regularly watched Syracuse games on TV from his rehab nursing home in Utica, but he longed to cheer in the Dome again.

In 2018, Banick attended a Syracuse-Georgetown basketball game, his first time back since the incident.

He had to navigate through crowds of people in his powered wheelchair and was eventually ushered to the Carrier Dome’s second-level in one of the disabilitysee carrier

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high school sports

How McCool became a D-I goalie Kat Amico seeks state championship

By Andrew Crane sports editor

Before Sept. 1 arrived and college coaches began recruiting him, Jimmy McCool’s high school coach gave him a notebook. It was the same small, flip-page booklet with yellow and blue lines that Ryan Henry gave all his players at New Hampton (New Hampshire) School, one that he encouraged them to use as the centralized location for all their recruiting visit notes.

When McCool received his notebook, it was completely empty except for four handwritten questions on the top page — Henry’s go-to during recruiting calls: what role does the program play in academics, what’re the pillars of your program, why me, and how does the program’s culture fit into my overall

school experience. “At least keep the top page,” Henry joked to McCool.

The first phone call came from Syracuse defensive coordinator Lelan Rogers at 12:40 a.m. on Sept.

1, the first Zoom session with SU’s coaching staff four days later, and the first official offer hours after that. McCool initially thought it was a prank call when his iPhone glowed with a 315 area code, but less than a week later he became the fourth commit in the Orange’s Class of 2022.

A junior in high school, McCool still has two years before he’ll contend for the starting goalie spot in the Carrier Dome. For now, he’s one of two four-star goalie prospects, with the other a Class of 2021 commit. But McCool’s parents and coaches describe the seventh-best goalie in 2022 as someone who can

rise further in Inside Lacrosse’s rankings during his senior season and become an integral piece for a Syracuse team that finished last season as No. 1 in the country.

“The whole time, I kinda knew this was like where I wanted to end up,” McCool said. “I don’t want to let it get to the point where they’re kinda like, ‘OK, it’s time to make a decision.’ I wanted them to know this wasn’t like a fallback plan, this is what I wanted.”

From the time McCool was in second or third grade — as he progressed through the 3d Lacrosse club program, New Hampton and then the U-15 national team — he hasn’t left the crease. He’d figured out that goalie was his favorite spot during the first few weeks of his see mccool page 10

By Jackson Holzer contributing writer

Kat Amico is looking to lead Fayetteville-Manlius High School to its first championship since 2005.

The girl’s lacrosse team lost the in state semifinals in 2018 and in the state final in 2019. Those losses — the worst experiences of Amico’s career thus far — are her motivation, her teammate and best friend Lilly Coleman said.

A tri-sport athlete who also plays basketball and soccer, Amico has already committed to play Division II lacrosse at Le Moyne College.

The college finished the 2019 season 20-2 and was No. 1 in the final IL coaches poll. Heading into her

senior season, Amico hopes to earn a First-Team All-League award after being named an honorable mention during her sophomore season.

Amico’s strongest attribute is her speed, said Coleman and Leah Tuck, her high school lacrosse coach. In a 9th grade tryout, Tuck instantly recognized how special Amico was because of the quickness she displayed in the gym and was confident Amico would have a spot with the Hornets. She was “really, really fast,” Tuck said.

“We knew she was ready to play lacrosse in college when she was defending some of the top kids in the country,” Tuck said. “She held her own and did great.”

After the 2020 season was see amico page 10