Syracuse abolitionists broke William “Jerry” Henry out of jail in 1851 after he was captured for previously escaping slavery. The day is now remembered every October.
Located in Salt City Market, Habiba’s Ethiopian Kitchen is the first restaurant in the city of Syracuse to represent traditional East African cuisine.
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Britni Smith took Clarkson to four straight Frozen Fours from 2016 to 2019. Now, she’s Syracuse University’s second head coach in program history.
Syracuse’s $85 million aquarium project is set to be built in Syracuse’s Inner Harbor near the shore of Onondaga Lake, on Haudenosaunee ancestral lands. But a 1794 treaty means New York state took that land unjustly. The Treaty of Canandaigua – signed November 11, 1794 by U.S. Secretary of State Timothy Pickering and 50 chiefs, or sachems, and war
chiefs of the Iroquois – outlined reserva tions belonging to each nation, which “shall remain theirs, until they choose to sell the same to the people of the United States who have right to purchase.”
“We would all be better off if everybody worked together for the common good,” said Joe Heath, legal counsel for the Onondaga Nation. “That’s not what’s going on here. And the aquarium, unfortunately, is the latest chapter of that.”
According to the treaty, Syracuse’s Inner
Harbor and land within a mile of the lake belongs to the Onondaga Nation.
The U.S. government never repurchased the reservations’ land from the Oneida, Onon daga and Cayuga Nations. Legally, Heath said, the treaty is still in effect.
Heath pointed to McGirt v. Oklahoma, which said once Congress ratifies a treaty and creates a reservation, the reservation stays intact unless Congress acts to either diminish or terminate it. The 1790 Trade and Inter
Sealed boxes sit on pallets on Syra cuse University’s South Campus waiting to be processed before they enter the cold, dry vaults of SU Libraries’s storage facility. Those who work in the facility or visit it from Bird Library, such as Melinda Dermondy, make sure to put on an
extra layer before they enter the rows of 12-foot-high shelves.
“Library collections grow, but the building doesn’t grow,” said Dermody, the interim associate dean for academic success for SU Libraries. “So at some point, we just have exceeded the space to store the collection, and so we built this high density storage facility.” SU Librar ies opened a new 14,000 square
foot storage vault this summer to store delicate historical materials, such as film negatives, artwork, and books from its Special Collections Research Center. The new storage “module” is an addition to the exist ing structure on South Campus that houses the original module. Materi als come to the modules to be stored from the SCRC, which is located on the sixth floor of Bird Library.
When the first module was opened ten years ago, SU Libraries’ plan was to eventually have a total of three storage facilities, Dermody said. The module now stores materials from the General Collections and the SCRC while the second is exclusively devoted to SCRC materials.
“It was a way to safely store and extend the life of material, but also create much needed storage space
so that the libraries could get more material and also be used for other things,” she said. The new vault in the second module is kept at 35% humid ity and 25 degrees Fahrenheit at all times. The cool and dry environment is designed to preserve the materials within it. The rest of module two and module one is kept at 50 degrees Fahr enheit and 30% humidity.
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“People don’t understand exactly. They’re like, ‘oh, but you’re not there anymore.’ But in reality, we still are. That is still a part of our culture, that’s something that we are still deeply connected to.”Sophia Powless, member of the Onondaga Nation Page 1
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In 1851, Syracuse residents rescued William “Jerry” Henry from being captured after he escaped slavery.
Nearly 171 years later, “Jerry Res cue Day” is still memorialized in Syracuse every year on Oct. 1.
Henry was able to escape slav ery in Missouri in 1850 with the help of abolitionists and local citi zens, eventually making his way to Syracuse where he worked as a cooper making barrels in Clinton Square. On Oct. 1, 1851, federal marshals captured and arrested Henry, said Robert Searing, the curator of history at the Onon daga Historical Association.
“It was not only an act of resis tance but also an act of hope, of the world they were hoping to come,” said Rev. Dr. Eric Jackson, acting NAACP Syracuse branch president and a local pastor. “(A world) where people born on the continent of Africa and living in America would not be enslaved and be treated by equal citizens and not judged by the color of their skin.”
Henry was taken into a hear ing that would decide whether he would be moved back to Missouri. While the hearing was happening, hundreds of activists and abolition ists gathered in Clinton Square for a Liberty Party convention, the first national political party to call for the
abolition of slavery, Searing said.
Henry tried to escape his arrest but failed, prompting the aboli tionists in the city to plan another escape. Abolitionist sentiments were growing in Syracuse at the time, allowing for citizens to mobi lize and help individuals escape slavery, Searing said.
The crowd in Clinton Square had grown to about 3,000 by the evening, consisting both of abo litionists and people who wanted to abide by the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Searing said. The law required enslaved people to be returned to their owners if they escaped or were freed.
“(Jerry Rescue) certainly is a major inflection point in what becomes a very divisive and heated sectional controversy, which ulti mately results in the Civil War out break in 1861,” Searing said. “It is an event that is a lightning rod for controversy.”
At the ring of a church bell, abo litionists stormed where Henry was being held in Clinton Square. Henry then hid in a non-abolitionist’s home for days until abolitionists helped him travel to Kingston, Canada. After crossing the border, he was a free man.Joan Bryant, an associ ate professor of African American Studies at Syracuse University, said “being free” as a Black person in the 1850s came with restrictions, even in states such as New York.
“No matter where someone who was legally enslaved went, even if they escaped to the free north, they were not safe,” Bryant said. “That’s one of the things that raised the ire of some people, that there was no space where slavery didn’t control.”
Jackson, who is also a pastor at Plymouth Congregational Church, said there was no “easy pipeline” toward social and political mobility for enslaved people who had escaped.
“I think (escaping slavery and living freely) took a lot of courage. It took a lot of willpower. It took a lot of bravery,” said Jackson. “I think it was also scary, because many of the people in the community who had restitutional, economic and social power, certainly did not know that.”
Leading up to the Civil War, Syracuse was known as the “Grand Central Depot of the Underground Railroad” where enslaved people could escape to and try to be free, Searing said.
But the federal government con tinued to put itself on the side of slavery, Bryant said. The fact that people would go after those who escaped slavery exemplifies atti tudes toward claims to “property” at the time, she said. “It says some thing about the complicated emo tions surrounding people’s views on owning human beings, that someone would help this particular person become free but wouldn’t take a stand against slavery itself,”
Bryant said.
Rescues like Henry’s brought more attention to tensions between the local community and federal law under the Fugitive Slave Act, Bryant said, revealing that state and local activism could challenge federal law.
The Jerry Rescue Day monu ment in Clinton Square, created in 2001, displays Henry alongside two community members who helped him escape: Samuel May, a white abolitionist and women’s rights advocate, and Rev. Jermain W. Loguen, a Black man who pre viously escaped his own enslave ment, Searing said.
Searing believes the monu ment symbolizes reform and civil resistance. “It’s a beautiful piece of public art that depicts an incredible act of civil and a resistance in the face of what people considered to be a law that was simply immoral and unconscionable,” Searing said.
Jackson also explained how the monument stands as a piece of his tory to remind the Syracuse commu nity of their collective impact.
“Monuments matter because they, in a lot of ways, tell the story of what a community really values,” Jackson said. “It’s important for not only that generation who engaged in the work, but also for generations to come for eternity.”
laiannel@syr.edu @LilliIannellaFollowing changes to New York state’s 2020 budget, the number of political third parties that can appear on ballots across the state decreased from six to two. The change eventually removed the Green, Libertarian, Independence and Serve America Movement par ties from ballots. The two remain ing third parties that will appear
on ballots — the Working Families Party and the Conservative Party — frequently use a practice known as fusion voting, where major party candidates can have their names appear multiple times on the same ballot as different parties’ candi dates. Here’s how the two parties could play into New York state’s political landscape as they make endorsements ahead of the Novem ber elections.
WFP serves as the politically left third party in New York state.
“We’re a multiracial party that fights for workers over bosses and people over the powerful,” WFP’s website states. “We want an America which realizes the prom ise – unrealized in our history – of freedom and equality for all.”
The party also has a “People’s Charter” listing its guiding philosophies. In the charter,
the party advocates for shifting resources away from police forc es and the military to schools, housing, healthcare and jobs. The party also outlines its support for universal healthcare and cancel ing student debt. As of Sept. 29, 11 sitting members of congress have signed the charter, includ ing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cor tez (D-The Bronx/Queens), Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-Brooklyn/
By Emily Steinberger senior staff photographerEditor’s note: This article discusses suicide and contains mentions of assault. If you are a veteran experi encing suicidal thoughts, contact the Veterans Crisis Line by dialing 988 and pressing 1 or by going to https:// www.veteranscrisisline.net/.
Six months before her retirement from the military, Lieutenant Colo nel Olivia Nunn was spiraling out of control. Her then-husband wanted a divorce, she had previously been assaulted by a platoon sergeant mul tiple times and she had been facing the pressure of being one of the few female commanders.
She internalized the message that she was not good enough, believing that she was the problem. And one thing you’re taught in the army is to find, fix and kill the problem, she said.
Frank Pearson syracuse va medical center directorIVMF hosts suicide prevention panel see third parties page 4 see veterans
An audience of about 50 gathered in the K.G. Tan Auditorium at the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families on Wednesday night to hear stories like Nunn’s. The Suicide Prevention and Education Talk, which also featured Richard Doss, a clinical psychologist and sui cide prevention expert, and Colonel Gregory Gadson, featured conversa tions about suicide and mental health in the veteran community.
“We have to end the silence around mental health,” Nunn said in her talk. “When one person shares their story, it gives someone else the courage to share theirs.”
In the military, it is a sign of weak ness to ask for help, and a high rate of veterans end up attempting suicide as a result of the stigma, Doss said. But talking about mental health and exposing oneself to these tough con versations is a true sign of fortitude, Gadson said.
“Being vulnerable, being real, is a sign of strength,” he said.
As a result of his service in the military, Gadson had to amputate both of his legs, and partially lost operation in his right arm, which is his dominant arm. Gadson said he felt like he did not want to live, but looked at himself in the mirror and thought about all of the people who did not make it back from war.
“What would they say to me?” he said. “And with that thought, I said, ‘I’m going to live.’”
Memorialized as a statue, the event is an “inflection point” in the history of slavery. The statue features Samuel May, Rev. Jermain W. Loguen, a Black man who previously escaped his own enslavement and William “Jerry” Henry. meghan hendricks photo editorWe want you to be well-versed with the resources available to veterans, their loved ones and the community.
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course Act – which mandates that anyone other than the federal government is prohibited from any transfer of land – is void because it “gives no remedy,” he said.
Essentially, he said, the federal government still recognizes treaties like the Treaty of Canan daigua, but has no recourse if it’s violated.
In 2011, the county legislature passed a reso lution promising to return a portion of the land on the lake to the Nation, but Heath said it never followed through.
“(The resolution meant) the nation would once again have a footprint there, so that its citi zens could carry on their relationship with the lake that’s been interrupted for about 250 years,” Heath said. “That promise has not been kept.”
Heath said an elder clan mother didn’t believe the integrity of the resolution at the time and expected it would end up like “every other prom ise.” Heath, who at the time felt like they had made progress, said he now understands.
“Every time a promise is broken, it adds to the historic trauma of not being able to interact with their living relative, because that’s how they feel about the lake,” he said. “There’s con stant historic trauma that keeps coming back because people won’t face the real history.”
Members of the Nation aren’t able to complete their cultural and environmental obligation to protect the land and water because of their separation from the lake, Heath said. The lake, historically sacred to the Haudenosaunee, remains polluted after a century of chemical dumping.
As a part of a 1,000 acre land return from New York state to the Onondaga Nation, the state will require Honeywell Inc. to implement 17 restoration projects and pay over $5 million toward additional restoration of the Onondaga Lake Watershed.
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The freezer environment is optimal for “timesensitive materials,” such as film negatives and tapes, that can have their lifetime extended by 200 to 250 years by being stored in this way, Dermody said.
In March 2021, SU approved plans for the addition of a secure, climate-controlled facil ity onto Module 1 in 2016. But the project was delayed until this past spring.
It is unclear why exactly the project was halted, but the University Senate Committee on the Libraries raised concerns in February that the university instead prioritized renova tions on the Dome and Schine Student Center and construction on the National Veterans Resource Center. Artifacts in the library’s possession were deteriorating without climate control. The new vault was eventually pushed through by Joan Breier Brodsky, a member of
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Manhattan/Queens), Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-Bronx/Westchester) and Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-Hudson Valley).
WFP endorsed Governor Kathy Hochul, State Senator Rachel May and Assembly member Pamela Hunter – all of whom are members of the Democratic Party –according to the party’s website. WFP has not endorsed Francis Conole, the Demo cratic candidate running to represent New York’s newly-drawn 22nd Congressional District. The party’s website notes that not all of its endorsed candidates will
The agreement is part of the Onondaga Lake Natural Resource Damage Assessment Resto ration Plan, which cites that Honeywell and its predecessors dumped “large quantities of mer cury” in the lake between 1881 and 1986. Sophia Powless, a member of the Onondaga Nation who works for the Climate Reality Project, said build ing an aquarium is counterintuitive to promot ing the environment that’s already there.
“What I’ve seen a lot with environmental and climate action (that) is quite ironic is that we always want to create new spaces and create a space to conserve a certain species, while neglecting to care for the region that is already being degraded, the region that … hasn’t been fully cleaned yet,” she said.
The trout which used to live in Onondaga Creek are no longer there, Powless and Heath said. An estimated 7 million cubic yards of sediments in the lake remain contaminated by mercury.
Kirstin Lyons, an Oneida Nation member who grew up on the Onondaga reservation, is a Human Development and Family Science Ph.D. student at Syracuse University. She said she worked extensively with the refugee population of Syracuse, some of whom sub sist on fish from the lake, in nutrition educa tion for the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County. Lyons saw a gap in the way information respecting the polluted fish has been conveyed, she said.
Lyons said her experience as a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program educator makes her question how the aquarium is going to help kids both in the city of Syracuse and of the Onondaga Nation.
“The argument is always, ‘it’s going to bring in tourism, it’ll provide jobs’ but with Onon daga being sovereign, are they included in your sentiment?” she said. “At that individual level, I’m more aware of, ‘how are you helping these children right now?’”
For Heath, the aquarium represents the
the Library Advisory Board, after she donated $150,000 dollars to complete the project. Over this past summer, the library began moving theses and dissertations from SU students into the new storage unit. “Student work — student thought — came first and will be kept in perpetuity down here,” said Nicolette Dobrowolski, assistant director of access ser vices at SU Libraries. Dobrowolski said that the location of the storage facility on South Cam pus is convenient for processing materials and retrieving items. When a request for an item is submitted, SU Libraries will deliver the item within 24 hours or by the next workday, Dobro wolski said. David Stokoe, a conservation librarian at SU, said the university considered off-campus commercial locations for the new facility, but the distances and cost to transport the materials were too great.Once the funding for the new construction was approved, the library staff faced the challenges of building the necessary customizations and beginning
appear on the ballot for the party.
The Conservative Party functions as the main ideologically-right third party in the state.
The party’s legislative priorities include prohibiting sanctuary states and cities for undocumented immigrants, and remov ing district attorneys who don’t “prosecute criminals who have broken laws.” The Con servative Party also rejects any changes to the Human Rights Law to include transgen der people as a “special class of citizens.”
Economically, the party supports reducing federal regulations, along with relocating international operations, such as factories,
cuseServes, tabled at the event.
Before the talk, the NVRC held a resource fair in Bisignano Grand Hall to highlight various mental health resourc es. Eight community resource partners, including the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Clear Path for Veterans and Syra
Frank Pearson, the director of the Syra cuse VA Medical Center and a retired U.S. Navy Captain, said in his talk that providing resources for veterans is key to preventing suicides. “We want you to be well-versed with the resources available to veterans, their loved ones and the community, and garner a sense of hope for the future and our contin
county’s neglect of these efforts.
illustration by megan thompson digital design director“What we’re doing is we’re building a mon ument to fish that don’t live here. And ignoring the fact that this lake used to be crystal clean, producing an overabundance of clean, cold water fish that’s gone,” he said.
Heath said Onondaga County first made an attempt to contact the Nation to include them in discussion on July 28, a day before County Executive Ryan McMahon announced that the aquarium had the votes necessary to pass.
With the 2011 resolution to return land on the lake going unfulfilled, Onondaga County Office of the Environment Director Travis Gla zier called the resolution an “anomaly” in the county’s efforts to make the entire shoreline public in a 2016 interview with syracuse.com, and clarified the county’s intent to “keep this
the transfer process for the collection.
“We work to identify the things that are the most urgent to move in, so the things that are most vulnerable, the things where, as time passes and each day passes, items that are degrading,” Dermody said.
SU Libraries lends materials from the SCRC to students, faculty, and other universi ties through the InterLibrary Loan system. Dobrowolski said that SU is second in the nation for the largest amount of materials lent to other institutions.
Tony Carbone, the facility manager, said that the storage facility usually gets around 300 individual requests for materials every month. The SCRC preps the materials for stor age in Bird Library, processed for inventory, given barcodes, and then put onto pallets for Carbone and his team to pick up and take to the facility. The facility stores items by size, rather than subject matter or call number, to maxi mize cubic square footage of the space, Carbone
to the United States. The Conservative Party also wants to reverse “the Democrat war on carbon fuels.” The party’s website also rejects the impacts of climate change, writing that “the frightening predictions made more than 40 years ago by climate warming extremists have not happened.”
The New York state branch of the party’s environmental platform includes calls for the nation to once again withdraw from the Paris Climate Accords and remove state and federal carbon taxes. “It’s not easy to be an unapologetic conservative in one of the most liberal states in America, but your loyalty and commitment to the cause of freedom have paid off with a growing and thriving
land in the public domain.”
Powless said when it comes to the lake, legis lators overlook the Haudenosaunee’s tradition al knowledge and history with the land when deciding what’s best for the community. She said one group is dominating the conversation, over the Indigenous people who are directly affected.
“I think there’s a lot of hesitation that people have toward talking about land rights – because these are our ancestral lands, the places where we used to be – (because) now people don’t understand exactly. They’re like, ‘oh, but you’re not there anymore,’” Powless said. “But in real ity, we still are. That is still a part of our culture, that’s something that we are still deeply con nected to.”
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said. The facility uses a triple-barcode system to identify what an item is and where it belongs.
Dermody said that SU Libraries hasn’t lost any materials during the transition of materials between Bird Library and the storage facilities.
“That is the goal, to never lose anything,” Dermody said. “And we have not, and the (bar code system) is a pretty simple but effective and critical process.”
Now that SU Libraries has completed the second module and materials are starting to populate its shelves, Dermody said that the next step is to look at plans for building a third module which would contain more of the library’s general collection. “Even though there’s more and more electronic (material), we still have a lot of physical collections, we still have a lot of other uses for the library as well, so we continue to have the need for addi tional storage,” Dermody said.
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Party,” former President Donald Trump said of the state party, according to its website.
Brandon Williams, the Republican Party nominee for the NY-22 congressional elec tion, received support in his primary election from local Conservative Parties in Onondaga, Oneida and Madison counties as well as from the statewide party. If elected, Williams has called himself a political outsider who would fight for the interests of small businesses, prolife policies and Second Amendment rights.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin will appear on the Conservative Party’s ballot line, and Hochul will run on WFP’s ballot line in November.
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ued efforts to reduce veteran suicides in the years to come,” he said. Vice Chancellor Mike Haynie, who also spoke at the event, said that there is a divide between those who have served and those who have not, and the isola tion many veterans experience increases the risk of suicide in the community. Mental health resources must extend outside of the veteran community, he said.
Doss encouraged the audience to check in with the people in their community as much as possible. “We rarely ask the question ‘Is there anything I can do?’” he said. “You don’t want to just wait until somebody is suicidal to ask that question.
Isn’t it a little late?”
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Habiba Boru still can vividly remember one meal her mother would frequently cook while living in Ethiopia— red len tils. Growing up, Boru said her fam ily didn’t have access to meat, so it was common for them to eat vegetarian or vegan meals. Boru credits her mother’s cooking skills to making the vegetar ian meals as delicious as they were.
“My journey into cooking started with my mother in the refugee camp where we lived,” Boru said. “She would basically cook to keep the roof over our head and clothes on our backs.”
Habiba’s Ethiopian Kitchen is the newest stall in Salt City Market, which opened earlier this month, and features traditional East African dishes, making it the only destination in Syracuse serving authentic Ethiopian cuisine.
Since its grand opening in 2021, Salt City Market has quickly become a familiar name in the commu nity. Inside, there are ten unique vendors featuring cuisines from across the globe like Big In Burma serving Burmese food, Baghdad serving Middle Eastern cuisine, Erma’s Island cooking up Jamai can food and much more.
Boru’s mother is represented on Habiba’s menu. The lentil dish, called Misir Wot, is a vegetarian option and is a seasoned red lentil stew with ber bere, garlic, tomatoes, and black pepper.
“She would mix the red lentils so good to the point that we didn’t miss out on the meat and the chicken,” Boru said.
The most popular item on the menu at Habiba’s Ethiopian Kitchen is Beyaynetu — a dish where there’s six vegetarian options on one plate, as a way to sample a few different items on the menu at once, according to Boru.
Ethiopian food is much different than traditional food found in the United States, Boru said. When she first came to the States she was faced with many difficulties with finding ingredients.
“We did have a lot of challenges specifically to the spices,” Boru said, “because locally here in Syracuse
there’s not a lot of Ethiopian storefronts where you can go and buy Ethiopian spices.”
Stores in D.C. and Canada carry Boru’s necessary ingredients, so in order to cook authentically, she would travel to where the items were stocked and buy them in bulk.
“My goal and my mission with my cooking is to keep the culture alive,” Boru said, “so people can get used to and be introduced to Ethiopian culture.”
By opening Habiba’s Ethiopian Kitchen, Boru hopes to make her cuisine a norm in the Syracuse community. The restaurant is the only location in Syracuse serving authentic Ethiopian cuisine, which is something Boru feels honored and privi leged to offer the community.
“It means so much when somebody’s craving that particular food, they’re coming to Habiba’s,” Boru said. “It’s an honor for me to be there and I want customers to have a taste of Ethiopia in their mouth
and in their hearts.”
As a member of Salt City Market, Boru doesn’t work alone. She’s now a part of a team of people at the market who are there to provide guidance and support such as hosting workshops and seminars for the new businesses.
“We are constantly trying to cultivate new tal ent,” said Salt City Market Manager Adam Sud mann. “Twice a year we do a big 12-week business development course and the fall one has people all across the globe taking the class with the hopes that maybe one day they’ll have a stall here.”
Sudmann and Boru’s partnership goes back nearly seven years while Boru was running her restau rant in Downtown Syracuse. Sudmann said he was “painfully aware” of what Salt City Market was lacking in cuisine representation — leaving out the entire continent of Africa — so when Boru
This week is homecoming week, or as it’s called at SU, Orange Central. As Wagner College foot ball comes to face off with The Orange this weekend, SU wel comes alumni back to campus to celebrate and reminisce on their college years. Check out a few of many events the university has planned for the weekend.
For prices, “Early Orange” refers to those who registered for Orange Central ahead of time, and “Gen eration Orange” refers to alumni
who have graduated in the last ten years. For further information on any of these events, visit the Orange Central website.
Celebrate the graduating classes of 1962 and 1972 at the Senior Alumni Brunch. Held at Drum lins Country Club, the event welcomes both alumni and cur rent students to enjoy a meal, flip through old yearbooks and pose with Otto the Orange.
The Senior Alumni Brunch is $30, with special prices for Early Orange ($25) and those under the
age of 21 ($10). The event will go from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m on Friday.
View the “Student Voices in Print” exhibition and meet Meg Mason, the archivist behind the curation. The exhibit is full of student contribu tions — articles, poetry, fiction, illus trations, cartoons and more. Mason will be available for background information and questions about the exhibit.
The event will be held at Bird Library from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Fri day and is free to attend.
Back in the Classroom events
Orange Central will host a series of classroom-setting lectures, highlighting anything from alumni successes to post-gradu ating opportunities.
“Broadway Bound” with Ben Holtzman and Sammy Lopez, held in Sims Hall Room 123, will unpack the story and writing process behind their play, “How to Dance in Ohio.” “Connecting Indoor Air Quality to Health Safety,” held in Life Sciences Building Room 001, will feature Jensen Zhang and Bing Dong as they discuss their strate gies, limitations and approaches to
improving air quality indoors. And “Career Connections: Students and Alumni,” held in Room 500 of the Hall of Languages, will explore how to navigate career resources and opportunities.
There will be two sessions on Friday, each lasting 45 minutes. The first session will start at 2 p.m. and the second at 3:15 p.m. Learn about more Back in the Classroom events on their site.
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HABIBA BORU’S cooking was inspired by her mother and the food she would prepare for her family in Ethiopia. nina gerzema asst. photo editorIt was just another Saturday for Saul Flores. He awoke excited to accompany his mother to work as she cleaned houses, eagerly awaiting the plethora of desserts he could help himself to in her client’s pantry.
But Flores noticed the reality of his situa tion when he looked past his chocolate crois sant and his sister’s dancing to see his mother on her knees, washing the floor — a grueling task to put food on the table for her family.
“My guardian angel was scrubbing some body else’s home,” Flores said.
That served as a wake-up call for Flores, igniting his passion to better himself and elevate the Latino community.
As part of its Café con Leche discussion series, which runs through the duration of Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month, the Office of Multicultural Affairs held the “Celebrating the First-Generation College Student Experience” event, featuring firstgeneration student Flores as its keynote speaker at Bird Library on Wednesday. The series aims to educate people on issues in the Latino community as well as other racial and ethnic groups.
A philanthropist and photojournalist, Flores came to Syracuse on invitation from the Kessler Scholar program. Since graduat ing from North Carolina State University in 2010, Flores has established himself as a wellknown advocate for Latin American students around the world.
Despite it being an uphill battle, Flores was determined to earn a college degree to help him give back not only to his community, but also to his mother.
“(My sister and I) knew that if we wanted to make it to college, we were going to have to find a way to pay for it,” Flores said. “Junior and senior year of high school, we spent our mornings and our afternoons applying for fellowships and scholarships, and it paid off.”
Once in college, Flores began to organize community service trips to Atencingo, Mexico, his mother’s hometown. Once there, he saw the elementary school his family attended in disrepair. Seeing something that had a monu mental hold on his history destroyed inspired him to take action.
After graduation, he walked from the small town of Atencingo to El Paso, Texas. From there, he began his work as a phi lanthropist and photojournalist, includ ing taking a 5328-mile trek through Latin America to recognize the distance and con
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decided to bring her restaurant there, Sud mann was grateful.
Sudmann describes his role as a ‘cheer leader’ for the vendors. The goal of Salt City Market is not only to help people start small food businesses, but also to create generation al wealth through those businesses. Sudmann said Salt City Market has the ability to do more than just sell food.
“Food businesses are really unique in that they’re able to create a community space where all of Syracuse feels welcome,” Sudmann said.
Sudmann emphasized the community unity a place like Salt City Market fosters in the city. The market strives to bring in vendors representing cuisines from all across the globe.
Now with Boru’s stall open, she is repre senting East African cuisine in Salt City Mar ket. But the diversity of Salt City Market isn’t just shown in its stalls. Sudmann said the whole community of the market in itself is a diverse network.
“I’m astonished when I walk in this market sometimes,” Sudmann said, “see ing who’s in here from all walks of life.”
ditions immigrants have to walk through to get to the United States. He also raised money for the school his mother once went to on his trek as a way to honor her story.
Breana Vergara, who created the Café con Leche discussion series, invited Flores to speak. Vergara is a first-generation Ameri can college student herself and strives to facilitate a welcoming, inclusive campus community where Latino students feel at home on campus.
“The various Latino student organiza tions really do make a pretty comprehensive Latino student life,” Vergara said. “We try to do as much as possible, but there is always more to be done.”
Flores’ message resonated deeply with his audience, which included many fellow first-generation college students. One stu dent, Ivonne Millan, a junior majoring in psychology, was also inspired by her moth er’s strife and is passionate about earning a college degree.
“(I remember) arriving here in this country for the first time, thanks to the sacrifices of
my mom, and having to work my way up,” Millan said. “She wanted to ensure that I had possibilities and opportunities that she wasn’t given in life.”
Millan also recognized the sense of respon sibility she felt to her fellow Latino students, and how she wanted to utilize her role as an resident advisor to foster a safe haven for firstgeneration students at SU.
“Being a first-generation Latina student is something that really allows me to create a sense of community,” Millan said.
The Latino community was Flores’ true north and his guiding light to help him over come his life’s adversity, he said.
Flores’ identity inspired and emboldened him to continue his philanthropic work with Latino communities. He said an inclusive, diverse campus and the voices of Latino students can bring to a community are extremely important.
“Every person has an incredible story to tell,” Flores said. “That story is their most valuable asset.”
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After Dark & Mosh Retirement pres ent student band Studio89 at Funk n Waffles on Thursday. The band is headlining the show and will be sup ported with other performances from Oscar’s Cash, Lulu Mac, 50 Newts and Willow the Cat rounding out the night. Tickets are available for purchase online at afterdarkpresents.com. Audience members 16+ are admitted with I.D., and anyone under 16 must be accompanied by a guardian.
When: Thursday, Sept. 29 at 6 p.. Price: $12
Two student bands will take the stage at house show venue Redgate this Friday. Comprised of five SUNY ESF students, Pop Culture combines an array of instruments ranging from guitars to a saxophone in order to craft their smooth sound. Rhodes Corduroy is a four-person band whose influences include styles of rock, indie, and midwest emo genres. Tickets are available on the Redgate Instagram page via direct message.
When: Friday, Sept. 30 at 10 p.m.
Price: $5 presale, $8 at the door
After Dark presents metal band The Contortionist this weekend at The Lost Horizon in Syracuse. The India napolis band first broke into the music scene in the late 2000s, drawing musical inspiration from progges sive rock and jazz fusion. They will be joined by Glass Skeleton Death March, a metal band from Albany. Audience members 16+ are admitted with I.D. and anyone under 16 must be accompanied by a guardian.
When: Friday, Sept. 30, at 6:30 p.m.
Price: Starting at $32
EDM duo Snakehips will headline the Westcott Theater Saturday Oct. 1 with doors opening at 7 p.m. and concert starting at 8 p.m. Consisting of two people, Oliver Lee and James Carter, Snakehips have made their name in the electronic music scene making remixes with notable music figures such as The Weeknd, Bondax and Chance the Rapper. Advance tickets are available for purchase, with an optional add on for access to the 524 Lounge for $31.
When: Saturday, Oct. 1, at 8 p.m.
Price: Starting at $43
Real Friends and With ConfidenceThe Lost Horizon will host pop-punk band Real Friends, along with With Confidence, The Home Team and Taylor Acorn. Real Friends, who are from Tinley Park, Illinois and started making music in 2010, are heavily influenced by early 2000’s punk music. Punk band With Confidence, from Sydney, Australia, are a pop-punk band and are currently touring the country with The Home Team and Taylor Acorn.
One of those frequent visitors is Jonathan Larsen, a local who said Salt City Market is his go-to place in Syracuse for a unique meal.
“I really like coming to the market to try what’s new,” Larsen said, “seeing a lot of dif ferent foods all in one place is really neat since you can’t always find them in other places.”
As a new vendor in the market as well as being the first and only Ethiopian spot there,
Boru said she hopes her food will help the community become exposed and educated on the foods of East Africa.
“Not a lot of people are familiar with the other foods that are surrounding them,” Boru said. “My dream and my goal is to introduce this culture and these different types of cui sines to people.”
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Audience members 16+ are admitted with I.D., and anyone under 16 must be accompanied by a guardian.
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 1, at 6 p.m.
Price: Starting at $32
HABIBA BORU opened her restaurant in 2021 to bring Ethiopian a taste of cuisine to Syracuse. NINA GERZEMA asst. photo editor SAUL FLORES was a first-generation college student who spoke about how his childhood experiences motivated him in his educational pursuits. alix berman contributing writerHear the story of SU alumnus Brad Rubin, who graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor’s degree in architecture. While he began his professional career in a traditional archi tecture firm, he now works as an art direc tor on various Hollywood productions, including “The Mandalorian,” “A Star is Born” and “Ghostbusters.”
The event will take place in Slocum Audi torium (Room 214) from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and is free to attend.
This celebration is geared toward those who got involved during their years at SU — Greek life, the SU Art Museum, the LGBTQ Resource Center, SU Bands and media out lets, to name a few. Network with alumni, staff and current students, enjoy a bit of food and participate in giveaways.
The event will occur on Friday from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, and costs $10 to attend.
Following the student-led Shabbat service at 5:30 p.m., celebrate the Jewish community at SU with a kosher dinner and connect with alumni and current students.
The event will be held at Winnick Hil lel Center for Jewish Life, and will occur from 6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
Head to the Shaw Quadrangle for a cookout. In addition to traditional cookout foods, the event will feature a balloon art, a photo booth and caricatures. Designated tables will host alumni in reunion years.
The event will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday. Regular admission is $25, with exceptions to Early Orange ($20), Gen
eration Orange ($15) and those under 21 years old ($10).
Celebrate the accomplishments of SU alumni this Friday. Hosted at the National Veter ans Resource Center in the Daniel & Gayle D’Aniello Building, the celebration will recog nize recipients of four awards.
The George Arents Award recognizes alumni who are either trailblazers or lead ers in their area of work, and is considered the university’s highest honor. The Melvin A. Eggers Senior Alumni Award is awarded to senior alumni who display exceptional loyalty and service. The Military/Veteran Alumni Award goes to alumni who have shown extraordinary service and achieve ment, either during their time in the mili tary or in careers they built after their ser vice. Lastly, the Generation Orange Award is presented to alumni who have graduated in the last 10 years and have made dramatic contributions to both the university and their respective communities.
The Syracuse University Alumni Awards Celebration will adhere to a cock tail-attire dress code. The event will occur on Friday from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., with the awards ceremony starting at 7:30 p.m. Regular admission is $70, with excep tions for Early Orange ($60) and Genera tion Orange ($40).
Graduate students from the Department of Physics will host stargazing tours at the Holden Observatory. Take advantage of the rare chance to look at the night sky through the 1887 telescope.
Tours will be held every 20 minutes on Friday between 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., and the event is conditional on good weather. Admission is free to all.
Get game-ready at the Orange Central Tailgate, where there will be giveaways, food and photo opportunities. Catch Otto the Orange and the Marching Band before they head off to the SU vs. Wagner College football game.
The event will be held on the Quad under the Orange Central Tent from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Regular admission is $25, with exceptions for Early Orange ($20), Generation Orange ($15) and those under 21 years old ($10).
Head to the JMA Wireless Dome to support the SU football team as they take on Wag ner College. There will be special sections for alumni in the 60th reunion, 50th reunion, Generation Orange, 1980s graduates, 1990s graduates and the general Syracuse University Orange Family.
The game starts at 5 p.m. on Saturday and admission is $18.
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Homecoming week, a time to celebrate both alumni and students, will feature lectures, cookouts and even stargazing. elizabeth billman daily orange file photo
Vera House, a local nonprofit aimed to help sexual assualt and domestic vio lence survivors, hired Marcus Jackson, a registered sex-offender, as a victim advocate in October 2020. Jackson is a level-2 regis trated sex offender who worked for an organization that directly sup ports survivors of sexual assault and domestic abuse.
Vera House administrators were aware of Jackson’s past when they employed him to provide care for victims. This is not a small mistake that Vera House made, and their careless action has cost the trust of Syracuse University and the greater community.
Though the executive director of Vera House issued an apology statement, it’s imperative that the organization understands their critical role in the community. An organization that is supposed to be a refuge to victims of various traumas has now created a controversial and contentious situation.
SU has a strong relationship with Vera House. Students can seek care from the organization if the proce dures or resources are not covered by the Barnes Center at the Arch.
Knowing that they could access a trusted organization off campus brought great relief and a sense of safety for students. Vera House serves as an option for students for care and resources that the Barnes Center does not cover.
Despite SU’s connection to the Vera House, they did not announce a statement addressing SU’s stance. The student body was not reassured that SU is here for them if they have concerns about Vera House. Upon hearing the disturbing news, students did not receive any level of comfort from the university assur ing them that Vera House is going to be held accountable for their actions and in the meantime, alter native resources would be given to those who need it.
Students and the community desperately need Vera House. But now, the student body and commu nity may be hesitant to reach out and access their resources.
“Students should know that we are still here as an option and resource, Vera House campus team will always be in support of the Syracuse community and students and we are here to help,” Chris Kosakowski, Campus Advo cacy Director of Vera House, told The Daily Orange.
The organization needs to realize that their care is expan sive, therefore, their actions are affecting the people that they are caring for. Vera House has cam pus outreach with nine institu tions around the Syracuse and upstate New York area, including SU. These institutions need Vera House and the resources it pro vides. More importantly, students should be able to access them with out hesitation or distrust.
SU has utilized and relied on Vera House for many years for care that the university is not able to provide for students. Knowing their reli ance, the university should have been proactively trying to announce their stance with Vera House when information about Jackson was released to the public. SU could have also been a voice for the Syracuse community, where they make the community members aware and provide reasurement.
SU needs to put out a state ment, along with Vera House, addressing their plans moving forward and how they are going to regain the trust of the community that they are serving. SU students deserve to be assured by their uni versity that they are valued and cared for.
Syracuse University must take steps to make sure students feel safe going to Vera House.
Vera House’s actions set a precedent that organizations around the Syracuse commu nity and campus should be held accountable for their actions. The community and SU should learn from this mistake and recognize how an organization that is supposed to be altruisti cally serving the community has hurt them. This is not fair to the people that the organization has promised to serve.
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The constant emails from the Department of Public Safety have desensitized Syracuse University students recently. But there’s been a 120% increase in burglaries since this time in 2021, which is making students feel less safe than in years past.
In an email sent to the SU community on Sept. 16, DPS Chief Craig Stone outlined a list of actions students should take to “remain vigilant.” These measures vary from simply keeping lights on to more complex ones, such as installing tracking software. Still, locking our doors and closing our windows is not a long-term solu tion, because crime is only becom ing more frequent.
College students deserve to feel safe, yet there is a clear lack of proactivity from DPS when it comes to these burglaries. This isn’t to say that DPS is inept, but their suggestions don’t reassure
the community that they will ful fill their duty to promote safety, but indicate that students should hunker down and prepare for the worst. There needs to be more of an emphasis on stopping burglar ies before they occur.
Even if students take all the steps that DPS outlined, there is still a risk of burglary. Julia Provvisionato, a sophomore at SU, said she took all the necessary precautions to protect her personal belongings on the eve ning of Sept. 15, but still fell victim to a burglary. Provvisionato had parked her vehicle in the backyard of her boyfriend’s house on Livingston Avenue overnight.
“The car was locked and the backpack was on the floor of the pas senger side. I had covered it with a sweatshirt,” Provvisionato said.
When she returned the follow ing morning to pick up her car, the window had been smashed. Provvisionato’s airpods, iPad and computer – hundreds of dol lars of property – were stolen despite her making sure the car
was behind the house and her belongings were hidden.
Obviously one case doesn’t explain the severity of every bur glary, but this example speaks to the fact that students are aware of SU’s track record with crime and take precautions. Casting the broad assumption that students are forgetful and not protecting their belongings is an uneven division of blame. Intercepting burglaries is a difficult task, but it shouldn’t be on the student body to fix.
People come to SU to obtain a higher education, prepare for a career and have social opportu nities. It isn’t their job to fend for themselves the second they aren’t in a dorm. Students can hold some responsibility, but DPS’ entire exis tence is to ensure security.
We’re fortunate as SU students to have a DPS that champions our protection. With that title, however, comes the implication that their success as a department is measured by student comfort. Whether DPS believes they’re doing enough or
DPS needs to put a greater emphasis on preventing burglaries around campus. emily steinberger senior staff photographer
not, it won’t matter until students believe there’s a tangible change, which has yet to arrive.
Jonah Weintraub is a sopho
more broadcast and digital jour nalism major. His column appears biweekly. He can be reached at jsweintr@syr.edu.
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Richard Perrins Maggie Hicks Siron Thomas meghan hendricks photo editorlast season, who had a hat trick in the CHA semifinals. Another forward, Victoria Klimek, who tied for second on the team with 10 goals, also graduated along with defenders Shelby Calof and Jessica DiGirolamo.
Syracuse returns three of its top five scorers, including sophomores Sarah Marchand and Madison Primeau, as well as graduate student Lauren Bellefontaine, who set the single-season record for faceoff wins last year.
Mae Batherson leads a young blueline as the lone senior defenseman on the ros ter. Junior Hannah Johnson also brings experience defensively and played in all 32 of SU’s games last season. Goalie Arielle DeSmet also returns in her second season with the Orange.
Syracuse opened up nonconference play with a 3-0 loss to No. 6 Colgate last week. As their home opener is set for next week against St. Lawrence, here’s a quick preview of the Orange’s 2022-23 team:
On Oct. 21, Syracuse will play Clarkson for a third time in the Adirondack Ice Breaker Tournament in Lake Placid. Depending on the result, Syracuse will face off against Holy Cross or St. Lawrence in the next round. Other non conference games for SU include Princeton, Vermont, Post, Colgate, Cornell and Stonehill.
Syracuse opens up Conference Hockey America play at home on Oct. 27 against RIT, who SU defeated in all five meetings last sea son. SU also had success last season against Lindenwood, beating them in three of four matchups. The Orange will play Lindenwood at Tennity Ice Pavilion on Nov. 4 and 5.
In a rematch of the CHA championship last season, SU will visit Mercyhurst on Nov. 18 and 19. The Orange also face the Lakers in their last two conference games Feb. 10 and 11.
SU will play Penn State twice in early December and in February. The Orange defeat ed the Nittany Lions in two of their four match ups last season, losing once and tying the other.
If Syracuse finishes in the top three of their conference during the regular season, it gets an automatic bid to the CHA semifinals, which take place from Feb. 24 to Feb. 26. The championship game is on the weekend of March 3-4..
Sarah Marchand finished second on points for Syracuse last season, recording 15 assists and 10 goals.
SU continues its nonconference schedule with a two-game road trip against Merrimack, before two more games against St. Lawrence and Clark son, both of whom Syracuse lost to last season.
Brett Baty came through the organization momentarily en route to the big-league club. What’s left is a challenging coaching job with different personnel each week, leading the Mets to stumble through the majority of the summer all the way to Wednesday, when they sat 20 games below .500.
“I don’t know how many different per sonnel were in there, but it was quite a bit this year,” Boles said. “We’re just trying to build a championship organization, and we’re on our way.”
Syracuse entered its final game of the 2022 season with the third-worst record in the International League, far out of playoff contention. It drew a final contest at 11:05 a.m. against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. A bullpen game, forced by Mychal Givens and other MLB players on rehab assignments, resulted in a 4-3 Mets’ (64-85) loss against the IronPigs (76-72).
After Mychal Givens quickly worked through his only inning of work, Alex Clau dio took the mound for the Mets. Immedi ately the sidearm lefty struggled to find the zone and walked Rafael Marchan. Then, two pitches later against Jorge Bonifacio, his fastball stayed outside and low, just outside the reach of Álvarez.
After finishing second on the team in points (25) her freshman year, Sarah Marchand returns for her sophomore season. March and emerged as one of Syracuse’s best pass ers with a team-high 15 assists, finishing top 10 in the CHA. She won CHA Rookie of the Week three times along with All-Rookie team honors for the conference.
Marchand sees the ice well, having a “pass first mentality,” according to former coach Paul Flanagan.
To Flanagan, Marchand passed too much and didn’t shoot enough. But on Feb. 5 against
As the ball jolted back to the depths of the backstop, Marchan jogged to second base. Claudio eventually fanned Bonifacio on a 69-mph pitch, but Marchan took off as he threw. Álvarez dropped the ball on the transi tion, allowing Bonifacio to slide into third with no throw.
It only took a weak chopper from Madi son Stokes to bring Marchan home and give the IronPigs a 1-0 lead early in the second inning.
The Mets promptly answered back, beginning with a Khalil Lee walk to get the second inning going. A 1-1 pitch to Nick Meyer was outside, as Lee darted for second base. The throw was low, bouncing over Ali Cas tillo, and Lee slid safely into second.
Meyer walked, and with runners on sec ond and first, Boles signaled for a double steal. On a 1-2 pitch to Branden Fryman, Lee took off for third and looked back to watch Kingery bobble a ground ball by Fryman. The delay allowed Lee to turn the corner toward home and take off to tie the game.
“They did well today overall,” Boles said. “I was pretty impressed with how they han dled themselves.”
The IronPigs snapped back in the bot tom of the third in just 15 pitches. Stephen Nogosek came out to continue the bullpen game and popped out Daniel Robertson to begin his outing. But Ali Castillo slapped
Penn State last season, she picked up a loose puck from the neutral zone, creating a twoon-one into the attack. Instead of passing to Klimek, she flicked a wrist shot which found the net for the game-winning goal.
Marchand finished with double-digit goals, one of only two freshmen in the CHA to accom plish that last season. After making ten goals during her first year, she is tied for the fifth most goals a freshman has ever made at Syracuse.
After winning CHA Goalie of the Year last season, DeSmet has one more sea son at Syracuse. The graduate student transferred from Robert Morris, where she played for three years before coming
a ground ball along the first base line that trickled into right field.
Rincon grabbed it and tried to get Cas tillo out at second, but the throw was late and brought Scott Kingery to the plate with a run ner in scoring position. After working a 2-2 count, Kingery blasted a shot into left-center, and he traded places with Castillo to retake the lead for the IronPigs.
The Mets sent eight batters to the plate in the bottom of the third to retake the lead.
Lehigh’s Tayler Scott walked Yolmer Sanchez to load the bases, then JT Riddle grounded one up the hole on the right side. Lehigh misread the grounder, allowing it to dribble into shallow right field. Yolmer Sanchez jogged in from third base and spun around in time to see Alvarez barreling down to score the second run, giving the Mets their first lead of the afternoon.
A hard ground ball by Will Toffey to begin the seventh inning went through the legs of Gosuke Katoh, almost breaking the near-perfection the Mets had pitched over the last three innings. But Fryman backed up the first baseman and got the throw to Butto in time for the ground out. The ground ball misplayed through Katoh’s legs was just an omen for two pitches later, when Robertson stepped back in following a called strike. The ensuing pitch caught too much of the plate, and Robertson blasted it
to SU. DeSmet started the season as the backup, but was called into action when Allison Small got injured during the first period of the opening game.
From then on, DeSmet started for the rest of the season, finishing second in the CHA in total saves (775) and save percentage (0.939).
DeSmet recorded a 29-save shutout in a 3-0 win against RIT on Jan. 21. DeSmet had 30 or more saves in 12 of 28 appearances last season, and made a season-high 54 saves against Penn State in a 2-1 win on Feb. 5.
In the opening game of the season against Colgate, DeSmet saved 32 shots, denying Colgate a number of times from point-blank range, despite the 3-0 loss.
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over the left field wall to tie the game.
Syracuse couldn’t muster any cohesive offense from that third inning on and only one runner got past first base. Meanwhile, Harol Gonzalez stepped in during the eighth inning with the score knotted at 3-3. Boles said Gonzalez was working on try ing to implement a secondary pitch. While he sometimes uses a breaking ball that he can usually land in the strike zone and a changeup that he can set aside hitters with, none of it worked in the eighth.
“He just wasn’t able to get comfortable,” Boles said. “You could tell, his delivery looked a little bit off today.”
The Mets’ pitching staff has floundered all season as an Achilles heel that has hurt a team with young hitting prospects. Entering the final frame of the Triple-A season, how ever, the staff had allowed the second-most earned runs in the International League, the fifth-most hits and held the second worst ERA (5.18) in the league.
“We had a lot of guys that went up to the big leagues, and they’ve helped those guys win up there,” Boles said. “We weren’t as competitive as we’d like here, obviously from a win-loss record. But our guys have done well, whenever they’ve been called on to go up there.”
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Curti stepped in for him.
In his first season at SU last year, Curti started all but two games. But this sea son, he’s brought his play to a new level, McIntyre said. After clean sheets versus Iona and Penn State in the first week of the season, Curti was named ACC Defensive Player of the Week.
“He was good his first year,” McIntyre said. “He made the transition and he’s been argu ably one of our top players from the moment he stepped back on campus for preseason.”
Curti played at Vaughan this summer and said being home for the summer was a large factor in his improved play this year.
He said the biggest difference between last year’s defensive unit and this year’s is how the squad is stopping teams before they can cause problems. The Orange play fast, and relentlessly press the opposition as soon as they lose the ball.
“Last year we would kind of need some thing special from someone last second to stop a goal,” Curti said. “This year we don’t even give them the opportunity to get in that position,” Curti said.
Syracuse’s suffocating pressure has been shown in several lopsided shot totals. Against then-No. 22 Notre Dame, Syracuse fired off 22 shots to the Irish’s three. Four different times, SU has held opponents to five shots or fewer.
And if opponents make it past the
Orange midfield, SU’s experienced back three of Curti, Buster Sjoberg and Olu Oye gunle bullied opponents off the ball.
“We have so many quality defenders so it’s hard to get past,” Curti said. “God forbid you get past that, you have Russell (Shealy) to get past.”
Against Virginia, Curti stepped up from his spot in the backline to play in the defen sive midfield with Jeorgio Kocevski. But Kocevski was sent off in the 22nd minute, putting Curti in an even more important role with Syracuse down to 10 men. For Curti, it was a role he was used to.
“I’ve always been versatile,” Curti said.
“It’s a big asset to have.”
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After earning their second-ever NCAA tournament berth last year, Syracuse open up conference play this season against RIT on Oct. 27. trent kaplan staff photographerLast year we would kind of need something special from someone last second to stop a goal. This year we don’t even give them the opportunity to get in that position.
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After pulling out a victory in the final min ute for the second straight week, Syracuse faces Wagner on Saturday in game three of its four-game homestand. The Orange are 4-0 for the first time since 2018, and a win this weekend would make them 5-0 for the first time since 1987, giving head coach Dino Babers his best record through five games as a head coach.
Wagner is SU’s annual Football Champi onship Series opponent, sitting at 0-3 on the season after a 20-point loss to Saint Fran cis last weekend. The Seahawks traveled to Rutgers three weeks ago and lost 66-7. Head coach Tom Massella has yet to win a game in his two-plus seasons as head coach, and Wag ner hasn’t won since beating Long Island Uni versity in September 2019. Saturday’s game should be nothing more than a tune-up for the Orange, now ranked No. 25 in the coaches poll and seemingly on a roll heading into the final seven games of the season.
Here’s everything to know about the Seahawks ahead of Saturday’s contest:
Syracuse leads, 2-0.
Wagner last traveled to central New York in September 2018, when Syracuse picked up an easy 62-10 win. It came a week after SU pulled out a 13-point win at Western Michigan to open the season 4-0. The Orange ultimately
finished 10-3 and ranked No. 15 in the final AP Poll, their best season in 17 years.
Quarterback Eric Dungey tied a school record with five touchdown passes despite not playing in the fourth quarter with the game already out of hand. Dungey completed 23-of-32 passes for 218 yards, and five differ ent receivers pulled in touchdown tosses from him. Running back Dontae Strickland added two rushing touchdowns and SU tied a school record with 45 first-half points. Andre Cisco also picked off two passes in the first quarter.
Wagner got off to a tough start, with Luke Massei throwing an interception on the third snap of the game and Dungey finding Sean Riley for a 16-yard touchdown seven plays later. Cisco picked off another pass on the next Wagner drive. Strickland’s touchdown put Syracuse up 14-0 after the extra point just over five minutes into the game. Babers called it the Orange’s “most complete game” since he arrived as head coach two years prior.
Wagner has been outscored 93-14 over its past two games. Quarterback Nick Kargman leads the offense, throwing for 457 yards on 35-of-77 passing (45.5%). Kargman’s go-to target is Naiem Simmons, who’s brought in 13 receptions for 235 yards including a 55-yard catch against Fordham. Garrett Williams will likely get the one-on-one matchup with Sim mons after covering Purdue and Virginia’s top receivers, respectively.
Linebacker Tre Valler leads the Seahawks’ defense with 20 total tackles. Wagner has only notched two sacks and two interceptions this
season, proving a general inability to produce turnovers and position the offense for better success.
Massella came to Wagner in 2020 after serving as the defensive coordinator and linebacker coach at Bryant the year before. Massella also had assistant coaching stops at UMass, Connecticut and Louisiana Tech, among other places.
“This is a tricky game for us,” Babers said on Monday. “And our team has to really stay locked in, I know that Tom is going to have this team ready to go… So hope the guys are listening, that they stay locked in and focus and we’re gonna do everything in our power to make sure that they do.”
the same against Wagner, which gives up 500 yards per game.
The final outcome of this game should be out of question within the first half. Babers should empty out some of his bench to give guys like Carlos Del-Rio Wilson, Dan Villari and LeQuint Allen more reps. Expect to see Garrett Shrader throw a few deep balls — a part of the offense that has mostly been miss ing through four games — to receivers like Damien Alford, D’Marcus Adams and Oronde Gadsden II and for Syracuse’s offense to put on an impressive showing to send it to 5-0.
That’s the number of consecutive losses the Seahawks have registered after their loss last week, dating back to 2019. Wagner’s struggles on the field date much further back, as it hasn’t had a winning season since 2016 when it went 6-5. Out of the various FCS teams Syracuse has faced over recent years, this year’s Wag ner’s squad likely presents SU with the easiest team to beat.
The Seahawks have lost 23 straight games. Their last win was over Long Island University on Sept. 28, 2019.
The better question is how many points the Orange will score on Saturday. Rutgers was a 51-point favorite when it played Wagner and ended up winning by 59 points. The Scarlet Knights are averaging just 22 points outside of that game, while Syracuse has averaged over 33 per game. SU’s offense rolled against Louisville and UConn, and things should go
Simmons, a 5-foot-10, 175-pound junior from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, is Wagner’s most explosive offensive weapon. He led the Seahawks in receptions (22) and yards (271) last season, earning all-conference honors. Simmons is already close to eclipsing his receiving yardage from last season and has had several explosive plays through the air. csmith49@syr.edu @csmith17_
Syracuse is coming off a second straight lastminute win and now turns its sights to Wag ner with a 4-0 record. The Football Cham pionship Series squad comes to the JMA Wireless Dome for the first time since 2019, and has yet to win a game since that season. Head coach Dino Babers said on Monday that he’s making sure his team doesn’t look past the Seahawks, continually referencing his 21-point upset of San Diego St. when he was in charge of Eastern Illinois.
The Orange can finish Saturday afternoon’s game one win away from bowl eligibility. They square off against a team that got blown out by Rutgers and lost two games to fellow FCS opponents, one of which was in their Northeast Conference. Ahead of SU’s third straight home game, take a look at what our beat writers see as the outcome of the matchup:
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Too much momentum
Syracuse 48, Wagner 9
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was always willing to approach players dur ing the game when they returned to the bench, helping players learn in the moment. Smith cre ated an environment where players wouldn’t be afraid to ask questions and learn from mistakes.
Tactically, Smith excelled with her knowl edge of systems and different formations, get ting players where they needed to be at the right times in-game. During the champion ship runs in 2017 and 2018, Smith taught the forwards to adjust against different defenses, which allowed the team to score an average of 3.75 goals per game across the two seasons.
Vinkle credited Smith’s ability to create a low-stress environment as a key part of Clark son’s championship-winning seasons. For more successful teams, the season starts in late September and can span until late March
stretch that features five ranked opponents. A mistake-free passing game, limiting penalties and showcasing the Orange’s depth will leave a ton of promise ahead of an ACC-heavy sched ule. Starting the season 5-0 never seemed like a possibility for SU, but playing against an 0-3 Football Championship Subdivision team makes that fifth win likely.
But if Syracuse doesn’t execute like it should, many questions will rise about how many more wins it will tack on afterward. Yes, it will have its bye week to reinforce things. But as the season progresses, SU will only play three more times at home, and will be given its first big tests of the season. So to avoid any concern, going all out against Wagner will be the key. Much like against UConn, the Orange will run up the score early and go from there, continuing its unde feated run.
Syracuse 56, Wagner 6
Syracuse is rolling, ranked in the coaches poll for the first time since 2018 and in line
the following year. Smith made the players forget the pressure they faced, assisting them in achieving their goals while ensuring they enjoyed the season.
“It’s so important to love what you do, espe cially given our long season,” Smith said. “You have to come to the rink and be ready to work hard but also have fun.”
As a player under Flanagan, Smith noticed his team’s close-knit bond, and she hopes to contin ue that with returning players from last season’s College Hockey America championship squad. Smith also wants to build new core values from scratch, and is excited to provide a fresh look that some players haven’t gotten the chance to star in.
“The reason I’m here is (because of) the coach I have been,” Smith said. “I want to make sure I continue that as I continue my time here.”
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for its first 5-0 start since 1987. Wagner, on the other hand, is not. The Seahawks have won one total game over the past three-plus seasons, which came in 2019 when they beat Long Island University 24-14. Wagner went 0-11 last season, losing its two games against FBS competition 41-7 to Temple and 69-7 to Buffalo. Rutgers put up 66 points on the Seahawks in a blowout win three weeks ago.
So this game shouldn’t be close. If it is, it’ll be a cause for concern for the Orange head ing into their bye week. They have a difficult slate after the bye, with games against No. 10 NC State, No. 5 Clemson, No. 22 Wake For est, No. 24 Pittsburgh and a talented Notre Dame squad. This game should be treated as a chance to clean up some of the offense’s struggles from the second half of the Virginia contest and to test out depth, especially with SU having now lost four starters to seasonending injuries. When the week has come and gone, Syracuse should be securely ranked in both top-25 polls and have a boost of confi dence heading into a big-time matchup with the Wolfpack.
Just stay healthy
Syracuse 52, Wagner 10
Syracuse’s 4-0 start is going to help it tre mendously down the line in ways that it likely doesn’t even know yet. SU has had two blow outs, then two nail biters, all the while rack ing up wins and top 25 votes. Enter Wagner, a Football Championship Series team that hasn’t won a game in three years and has a quarterback who’s completing less than 50% of his passes. A win, and the Orange are one win away from bowl eligibility for the first time since 2018. A loss, and the tides of a 4-1 season likely turn dramatically.
This game is, as Dino Babers described it, a trap. Over the Seahawk horizon is a bye week, a much needed resting week for a defense that is averaging losing a starter per game, then the gauntlet. But Syracuse needs to not only win handily — it needs to stay healthy. The approach to this game should simply be to get up quickly, then sit as many people as possible before moving on with a 5-0 record.
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Under first-year head coach Britni Smith, Syracuse looks to repeat as College Hockey Amer ica champions. Last season, the Orange earned the top seed in the conference tournament with a regular season record of 11-4-1 before winning the CHA tour nament. SU defeated RIT 3-2 in overtime in the semifinals, then beat Mercyhurst for the title by the same scoreline. Sarah Thomp son scored the game-winning goal in overtime, giving SU its second ever NCAA tournament berth, eventually losing 4-0 to Quinni piac in the first round.
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By Adam McCaffery staff writerBritni Smith almost slipped on the ice amid the excitement of Clarkson’s national champion ship win in 2018. Moments earlier, Clarkson’s Élizabeth Giguère netted the final score of the tournament, quickly shooting the puck past Colgate goaltender Julia Vandyk in overtime.
Despite being a player less than a decade earlier, Smith lost her balance after Giguère waved over the then-Clark son assistant to hurry and join the celebratory photo. But she steadied herself, surrounded by the second straight team she’d helped win a national championship.
After four years as an assistant under Matt Desro siers at Clarkson, Syracuse hired Smith as its second head coach in program history following Paul Flana gan’s retirement. Seen as a “player’s coach” with a proven track record of winning and national experience, Smith provides a new look for the Orange.
“(Smith) definitely has so much to bring to the table,” Clarkson assistant coach Cassidy Vinkle said. “The play ers are going to learn so much from her.”
Before Smith’s coaching career, Desrosiers said Clark son had to be aware of her on the ice when she played for St. Lawrence. Smith and the Saints finished 10-1-1 against the Golden Knights during her playing career.
With Smith, St. Lawerence made three NCAA tourna ment appearances, including a Frozen Four in 2007. In her senior season, Smith served as an assistant captain
and became a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier award, which is given to the top female collegiate hockey player.
Smith spent time around multiple well-established coaches at the collegiate and national levels, including Flanagan, who coached Smith for two seasons at St. Law rence. Smith said she brought in different pieces from those mentors to become the coach she wanted to be.
When the Clarkson assistant coaching job opened up, Desrosiers went to Flanagan, someone he heavily trusted. He mentioned Smith as one of the first people Desrosiers should consider. At the time, Smith coached in Canada, but since Desrosiers was already familiar with her, Smith got the job.
Within 30 minutes of her arrival at Clarkson, Smith and Desrosiers went on the road for recruiting.
“She was very hard working and that was evident right from the very beginning,” Desrosiers said.
Vinkle played at Clarkson before becoming an assistant under Smith. When she arrived as a freshman, Vinkle said Smith made an effort to help her and the rest of the fresh men class acclimate to classes and being away from home.
Their relationship grew in Vinkle’s four years, and even after she graduated, the two have kept in touch. Vinkle said Smith stays close with all her players to keep the relationships she built strong.
“She really works to build those relationships,” Vin kle said. “It means a lot to us and I’m sure to her as well.”
Vinkle has filled Smith’s role at Clarkson, hoping to emulate Smith’s calming and comforting presence. Smith
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Syracuse Mets manager Kevin Boles is trying to build a club capa ble of winning a World Series. His team is the final hurdle for players making it to Citi Field and helping a New York Mets team that’s tied for first place.
He’s had an innumerable num ber of players cycle through NBT Bank Stadium and be a part of the Mets’ clubhouse in Syracuse. They now have the No. 1 pros pect in Major League Baseball, Francisco Alvarez, who began the season in Double-A. Among other prospects, No. 18 overall prospect
Christian Curti has never played a set position. He switched between seven different roles in high school – everywhere but striker. When he was recruited out of high school and entered the transfer portal after two years at Marist, coaches still had questions about his true position.
After Amferny Sinclair went down with an injury last week, Syracuse head coach Ian McIntyre had to find a way to fill the void in defensive midfield. Sinclair had played every minute of the season and was a catalyst in Syracuse’s rise from unranked to No. 3 in the nation. McIntyre tapped Curti, who normally serves on the left flank of Syracuse’s back three, to take Sinclair’s spot.
Now, in his second season with No. 7 Syracuse, Curti is arguably one of Syracuse’s best players, McIntyre said. He hasn’t missed a minute all season and his versa tility has been as valuable as his defensive chops themselves. Led by Curti, Syracuse’s defense has conceded the fewest goals per game in the Atlantic Coast Con ference. And following Sinclair’s injury, he’s back in the position
he played in Syracuse’s final two games last year.
In high school, Curti played for Vaughan SC’s B team in the greater Toronto area, but when the squad was disbanded, he had nowhere to go.
His father convinced club director Patrice Gheisar to let Curti practice with the 1999 squad, even though he was born in 2000. Gheisar didn’t promise
Curti much playing time, but Curti filled in wherever he could. While bouncing between both squads, he gained experience in posi tions ranging from center back to attacking midfielder.
Just before the Disney show case — one of the most popular recruiting events for college coach es in North America — Vaughan’s starting center back tore his ACL.
ice hockey syracuse mets In her time at Clarkson, Smith helped the Golden Knights to back-to-back NCAA championships. Now, she looks to replicate her recent success at Syracuse. courtesy of su athleticsdailyorange.com sports@dailyorange.com SPORTS september 29, 2022 12 Fourteen years after playing under Paul Flanagan at St.Lawrence, Britni Smith was named his successor at Syracuse