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Freshman Ben Fritz, who goes by the DJ name BenSpence, received mentorship from EDM artist Avicii and has performed at Ultra Musical Festival.

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SU will test wastewater samples from a variety of on-campus locations for the presence of COVID-19. Positive test sites will be further investigated.

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David Kline, the head football coach at Cicero-North Syracuse, is preparing to make a run for a fourth consecutive sectional title this season.

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2,500 students opt for online

By Chris Hippensteel news editor

BRYAN JARDINES, a senior finance major who works at Life Sciences Cafe, said he expects to earn only about a fourth of what he earned last semester. emily steinberger photo editor

Shorter, fewer shifts for student workers Some students struggle to secure shifts as SU cafes, offices alter hours or close

By Sarah Alessandrini asst. news editor

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hoebe Velez used to work nine hours a week at central services in Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. But that job, her main source of income, no longer exists.

Shortly before she returned to campus this fall, Velez’s boss emailed her and said that central services would not be able to rehire her for the semester due to coronavirus-related safety restrictions.

“It is all of my spending money for the year,” said Velez, a junior public relations major who helped deliver mail and worked in the auditorium during speaking events. “I have money stocked up from the previous semester, but I have no income for this semester.”

Velez isn’t alone. SU has reduced hours for student workers at multiple offices and food services cafes due to COVID-19 health guidelines, and some student positions have closed completely.

Student employees on Federal Work-Study told The Daily see work page 4

About 2,500 Syracuse University students have opted to take classes fully online this semester as of Tuesday, a university official told The Daily Orange.

That preliminary number includes undergraduate, graduate and law students. If SU’s 2020 enrollment total remained the same as last year’s 22,850 students, that would mean about 11% of SU’s student body has opted out of taking in-person classes.

SU won’t have an official count until the university conducts its fall census.

Students’ reasons for not returning to campus this semester vary.

For Grace Zhang, a freshman history major, and Alexa Schlitt, a sophomore sport management major, the potential of contracting coronavirus on campus dissuaded them from coming.

Both Zhang and Schlitt said they were troubled by reports of parties and large gatherings taking place at SU, like the one that took place in the quad on Aug. 19. But they also said the university could have done more to protect students’ safety.

“In my mind, my safety trumped the fear of missing out on events,” said Schlitt, who is immunocompromised. “I didn’t want to have to pick and choose whether I wanted to be safe or be with my friends, but I ultimately had to.”

Remote students are experiencing their classes both synchronously and asynchronously. For classes that are in a hybrid format, they must join in-person classes via Zoom or another video conferencing service while their classmates on campus are together in a classroom.

Remote students told The D.O. that, while their first week of virtual classes was easier than expected, they have still found it difficult to adapt to the new and unfamiliar environment.

Students in different timezones said SU’s new asynchronous courses have allowed them to avoid some of the late-night or early-morning classes that were an issue when the university transitioned online in the spring. The synchronous elements, however, still remain a challenge for some students, said Kimberly Mitchell, a freshman magazine, news and digital journalism major taking her classes from San Francisco.

Mitchell, whose classes start as early as 6:30 a.m. some days, said she’s had to adapt to her new schedule.

“I wake up at 5:30 or 5:45 most days,” she said. “You just get used to it.”

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SU’s active COVID-19 cases in CNY drop to 9 GSO plans to continue travel grant funding

By Dominick Pfisterer contributing writer

Total number of tests administered on campus since reporting began on Aug. 2

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Syracuse University confirmed one coronavirus case since Monday among students in central New York.

The number of active cases among SU students, faculty and staff in the central New York area is now nine, a decrease of three since Monday. There are no active cases among SU students and employees outside of central New York.

There are currently 45 SU students in quarantine, a decrease of eight since Monday. Of those who’ve contracted the virus, 29 have recovered.

Not all students in quarantine are

staying in SU’s quarantine housing at the Sheraton Hotel, said Sarah Scalese, senior associate vice president for university communications.

SU officials have said the availability of quarantine and isolation housing would play a pivotal role in any decision to shut down campus. The university’s isolation housing at the Sheraton Hotel houses 200 students.

There have been no new cases reported among SU employees.

Only one SU employee has tested positive for COVID-19 since reporting began Aug. 2.

SU has administered a total of 23,256 COVID-19 tests on campus since reporting began and has conducted 5,302 tests in the last 10 days.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Thursday that all New York state universities that reach 100 active coronavirus cases among students, faculty and staff must end in-person instruction for two weeks.

This announcement comes after reports of students attending large gatherings on college campuses after the return of in-person classes, he said.

Schools such as University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Notre Dame shut down their campuses within the first weeks of in-person learning after outbreaks occurred.

SU administrators have been in contact with many universities that had early outbreaks and

said most of them experienced “a dramatic spike” in COVID-19 cases after the first weekend of the semester, said Vice Chancellor Mike Haynie and Amanda Nicholson, SU interim deputy senior vice president of enrollment and the student experience, in an announcement Friday.

They encouraged SU students to continue complying with the university’s rules to avoid a similar outcome.

“Thank you for what you have done thus far to keep our campus and community safe,” the statement read. “We are proud of you.

Let’s prove the doubters wrong and make our community proud.” akweiss@syr.edu

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SU to test wastewater at 24 campus locations

By Mira Berenbaum asst. copy editor

Syracuse University will test wastewater from 24 points around campus this fall for traces of the coronavirus.

Traces of the virus can be detected in wastewater up to 10 days before an individual shows symptoms. SU announced the implementation of a wastewater surveillance program over the summer as one of the ways it would monitor the spread of COVID-19 on campus with the return of residential learning this fall.

SU will test the wastewater of all SU residence halls and four offcampus neighborhoods. The goal of the program is to identify potential clusters of the virus on campus before it can spread, said David Larsen, associate professor of public health at SU’s Falk College. “(Wastewater testing) fits into a goal to have some confidence that the dormitory is absent of corona-

virus transmission,” said Larsen, who served on SU’s Public Health and Emergency Management Subcommittee, which advised administrators about the health implications of reopening. “The dormitory environment really facilitates airborne illness transmission like the coronavirus.”

It’s unclear whether the wastewater surveillance program has uncovered any traces of the virus.

As of Wednesday, SU had confirmed nine active COVID-19 cases among students in central New York.

Students aren’t allowed to access residence halls other than their own because of the wastewater surveillance program. If the university finds traces of the virus in a dorm’s wastewater, all residents of the building will be tested using pooled saliva testing, Larsen said. The university will test wastewater samples twice each week.

Onondaga County has also set up several wastewater surveillance points as part of a state-funded

pilot program. SU partnered with the county to include four popular off-campus student housing locations, including the Westcott neighborhood and The Marshall apartment complex, Larsen said.

“If we do see (cases) increase, we’d consider setting up some test sites there,” he said. “The idea of wastewater stuff is that it kind of directs you where to test students.”

The university is awaiting permits so it can access results from offcampus testing points, Larsen said.

SU previously indicated that the surveillance program would also include some academic buildings.

Because it would be difficult to monitor who enters each building, the university has opted not to include them in the program, Larsen said.

It’s unclear which facilities aside from SU’s residence halls are included in the program.

University officials have previously mentioned that athletic facilities may also be subject to wastewater surveillance.

Wastewater testing is only part of SU’s COVID-19 testing apparatus for the fall semester. The university required students to submit a negative test result prior to arriving on campus and tested all students upon arrival. Students will receive another round of pooled saliva testing next week, after which SU will rely on the surveillance program and random testing to monitor for the spread of COVID-19 on campus.

The surveillance program will not be able to pinpoint any positive cases of the virus on its own, said Brooks Gump, Falk family endowed professor of public health. But it will allow the university to track where the virus is present on campus so SU can focus its testing efforts.

“What a wastewater (program) does is it tests the whole system, the whole location,” Gump said.

“It’s a nice quick assessment of a group of people which you can use to determine if you need to follow up or not.” mlberenb@syr.edu

Syracuse University ’s Graduate Student Organization plans to continue funding its travel grant program as academic conferences move online due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The travel grant program provides funding to graduate students for transportation, lodging and registration while attending academic and professional conferences. GSO will adjust its budget to accommodate virtual conferences this year, Comptroller Yousr Dhaouadi said Wednesday at the organization’s first townhall of the semester. “ We are planning on keeping the funding and seeing how much is reimbursed to students, as some virtual conferences require a fee to attend,” Dhaouadi said. “We will move our budget around to get money back into students’ pockets.”

GSO will host all of its meetings virtually this semester. Members said during the meeting that they hope graduate students still feel comfortable discussing their concerns and engaging in conversation despite the online format.

We are planning on keeping the funding and seeing how much is reimbursed to students, as some virtual conferences require a fee to attend. We will move our budget around to get money back into students’ pockets.

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The organization had hoped to conduct meetings using a hybrid model this semester, citing concerns that members will be less inclined to participate in virtual sessions, said Mackenzie Ess, GSO’s internal vice president.

However, the organization was unable to secure a space for inperson meetings, Ess said.

Though GSO has had to scale back events due to the pandemic, it still plans to engage students, said Jessica Montgomery, external vice president.

“Socializing and coming together is what we do,” she said.

“Being on Zoom versus in person is a new challenge but it has become the new norm.”

GSO is currently looking for members to fill its diversity, finance and student life committees, said GSO President Mirjavad Hashemi. The first GSO Senate meeting is scheduled for Sept. 16. dpfister@syr.edu

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Man sues SU after janitorial worker drops radio on his head

By Michael Sessa asst. news editor

A man is suing Syracuse University and an associated janitorial service after one of the service’s workers dropped a portable radio from the upper level of the Carrier Dome onto his head.

ABM Industries, the janitorial company also named in the suit, was contracting at the Dome for services related to a Sept. 9, 2017 football game against Middle Tennessee State University. The worker who dropped the radio onto the plaintiff’s head was mopping up a liquid spill on the upper floor of the Dome, the lawsuit alleges.

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the state Supreme Court in Oswego County, claims that SU and ABM Industries were negligent.

The plaintiff, who was sitting on a lower level of the Dome, suffered severe and permanent from page 1

work Orange that they’ve noticed significant changes in their work schedules, and many worry what will happen to their income if the university closes early this semester.

But the university claims that it hasn’t gotten rid of any student employment positions. SU has seen an increase in job postings, said Camille Donabella, director of student employment operations and strategy. Each department determines its own student staffing needs, and some are still in the process of filling student positions, she said.

“While we are aware that some departments may have adjusted student hours or positions based on their individual office’s needs, we expect more hiring to happen in the first few weeks of the semester,” she said.

Several students said they have seen their work hours reduced since returning to campus. Bryan Jardines, a senior finance major from page 1

remote have also come up during her Zoom classes, classes have gone smoothly for the most part, Mitchell said.

Students agreed that SU’s approach to remote classes seems better organized than last year, when faculty had to adjust their curriculums mid-semester.

Jack Morris, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said some of the asynchronous elements, such as recorded lectures, should remain even if SU returns to fully inperson classes in the future.

“This year it seems a lot different, everybody’s very prepared,” said Morris, who is taking his classes from Vermont. “Overall, the structure of online classes has actually made classes easier.”

Despite the new learning formats, some students have still found new ways to connect with other SU students who are studying remotely this semester.

Mitchell, along with about 20 other students she connected with on social media, created a Google spreadsheet where they could share their emails, locations, Instagram usernames and timezones. Users of the spreadsheet represent several U.S. states and ter-

The lawsuit alleges a janitorial service worker contracted by SU dropped a radio onto the plaintiff’s head from the Dome’s upper level. will fudge staff photographer

who works at Life Sciences Cafe, said SU reduced his number of shifts from three or four a week to just one.

He expects to earn only a fourth of what he made last semester, and he’s looking for another way to earn money. He understands the importance of COVID-19 safety measures but hopes that he won’t continue to see his hours reduced.

“I think I could still manage (attending the university) but it would be a lot more tough for sure,” he said.

Students who work in SU Food Services used to have the option to pick up shifts at multiple locations on campus. But because of the COVID-19 restrictions, most are only allowed to work at one location, said McKyle Zschoche, a junior health and exercise science major.

The rules are somewhat more relaxed for student supervisors, who can choose to work at two different locations on campus, said Zschoche, who splits his time between Falk Cafe and Life Sciences Cafe.

Rebecca Balara, a junior public relations major who works at Food.com, is also a student supervisor. Since supervisors must work a minimum of two shifts per week, she hasn’t seen a change in the number of hours she works, even though Food.com shortened its hours to close at 3 p.m. instead of 7 p.m Monday through Friday. Pages Cafe in Bird Library, which usually closes at 11 p.m., now closes at 7 p.m.

Balara worries about what might happen if the university moves classes online due to a COVID-19 outbreak on campus. If SU closes Food.com, Balara would lose her only source of income.

“Especially since now I won’t be leaving campus if we go online, it’s pretty important that I can continue to work because I will still have to pay for WiFi and groceries and rent,” she said. “It could really hurt some students if (the university) were to close and the cafes were to close.”

Velez is also concerned about lacking an income this year. She took an unpaid intern-

injuries as a result of the incident, according to the lawsuit.

“The personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff were due solely to the negligence and carelessness of the defendant,” the lawsuit reads.

SU does not comment on pending litigation, said Sarah Scalese, senior associate vice president for university communications.

The plaintiff is seeking financial compensation as well as the payment of court costs.

The Dome has been closed since March as it undergoes a $118 million renovation project that includes the installation of a new roof and accessibility measures to comply with guidelines from the Americans with Disabilities Act. The stadium is expected to be open for operation before SU’s football home-opener against Georgia Tech on Sept. 26. msessa@syr.edu @MichaelSessa3

ship this summer assuming she’d still have her Federal Work-Study job to earn spending money during the semester.

After spending the first week adjusting to the fall semester, Velez started looking for new jobs on campus.

While Zschoche and Balara haven’t seen their hours cut, they have noticed fewer students picking up shifts. Balara isn’t sure why some shifts aren’t filling up.

Even with hours reduced at multiple cafes on campus, food services employees said they serve fewer customers. This might change as students become more acclimated to life at SU, which has changed considerably as a result of the pandemic.

“In a couple weeks when we start to get the hang of things and people realize there’s more places on campus that they can still get food, it might actually get busier and they may need people for more shifts,” Zschoche said. scalessa@syr.edu @sarahalessan

ritories, as well as countries, such as France, Brazil and Peru.

“Now more than ever is a time to be social, and try and make new friends,” Mitchell said.

“Know those people are going through the same thing as you.”

The top of the spreadsheet bears the title “Team Otto.” Just beneath that, an alternate team name, “Team Defeating the Virus,” is followed by an emoticon face punching a virus emoji.

The spreadsheet helped students overcome some of the isolation that can come with remote learning, said Zhang, who lives in Seattle.

“There’s a lot of advice about adding, dropping classes,” Zhang said. “Everyone’s just been very supportive.”

Other students said they still miss the social elements of being on campus. While the university has tried to help include remote students in clubs and activities, Zhang and Mitchell said it’s difficult to feel involved.

Most of all, Morris said he misses seeing his friends and going to athletic events.

“That’s definitely the biggest thing I miss from being on campus,” Morris said. “The social aspect.” cjhippen@syr.edu @chrishipp15_

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Syracuse’s Columbus statue must go Safety doesn’t have to sacrifice sustainability

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By Harrison Vogt columnist

The Christopher Columbus statue in Columbus Circle was erected in 1934, funded by a group of Italian-Americans. Now, hundreds call for its removal.

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hen Christopher Columbus stepped foot on Bahamanian land in October of 1492, did he ever think that — 528 years later and over 1500 miles north of the Caribbean Sea — the suggested removal of a statue of his image would become the subject of impassioned debate among a local community?

Almost certainly not. Yet, cities across the United States are reckoning with their statues of Columbus, and Syracuse is no exception.

The monument of Columbus in downtown Syracuse has become the focus of two camps of concerned Syracuse residents. One group believes it’s high time for the statue in Columbus Circle to be removed, and to that end, a petition has collected 18,659 signatures as of Wednesday. The other group believes that removing statues is erasing history.

The latter is composed primarily of Italian Americans, who argue that the Columbus statue represents the industry of their ancestors. A petition to keep the statue has garnered 1876 signatures.

One group notably absent from the entire conflict is Syracuse University. This should not come as a surprise, as the statue has no discernible SU connection. The university, though, could be doing more to help with this issue.

A racial justice panel on Saturday repeatedly called on SU to become more engaged in social activism efforts in the Syracuse community.

This is the perfect opportunity. SU could do so much more to educate its students about the history of the Haudenosonee people. What better place to start than with the Columbus Circle statue?

At the very least, the discourse has the potential to educate Syracuse students on the Haudenosonee people who lived on this land far before the Hall of Languages was built and who are still here today. Beyond that, the conversation surrounding the statue is a debate incorporating history, sociology, policy and, of course, impassioned rhetoric.

Much of the argument in favor of allowing the statue to remain hinges on the notion of choosing to ignore what a statue is glorifying and, rather, admire its existence as an achievement in itself. The Italian Americans of Syracuse commissioned, designed and raised money for the statue, all

during the Great Depression — a truly impressive feat.

However, would an Indigenous person in Syracuse find solace in focusing on the deification of a genocidal conqueror rather than that conqueror’s genocide itself?

The Columbus of 1492 and the Columbus of 1934 are two sides of the same coin. By pillaging and looting, Columbus rode a wave of white supremacy back to Spain with his illgotten gains, and in 1934, the Italian Americans of Syracuse decided that this guy was worth memorializing with a 30-foot pole in the middle of their city.

Statues and monuments unconsciously reinforce a society’s values, said Sara Burke, an assistant professor of psychology at Syracuse University.

“If you walk through an American city, you’re probably a lot more likely to see a statue of Christopher Columbus than to see a statue, it might be fair to say, of any person of color, because Columbus is so ubiquitous in our culture,” Burke said. “And that alone is kind of a striking intuition.”

Our city is not one that condones violence. There’s no place for a monument to genocide in a city where, just blocks away, stands a statue in Clinton Square depicting the Jerry Rescue, the triumphant day when Syracuse residents united to oppose white supremacy in the form of the Fugutive Slave Law. The Jerry Rescue represents united resistance to injustice; the Columbus statue is a monument to injustice. The existence of the latter undermines the former.

In an attempt to bridge the gap between the two groups, Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh announced on June 26 his plans for creating an advisory committee tasked with designing a collaborative and inclusive solution to the Columbus statue conflict. It’s clear that something has to be done about the statue, and Walsh has recognized the potential for good to arise from this conflict.

The Onondaga Nation Council released a powerful statement Aug. 12 in response to Walsh’s announcement. The Council expressed gratitude for the chance to participate in the forum and anticipation for collaborating with other concerned parties to hash out a path forward that is fair and just for everyone.

After acknowledging the cultural importance of the statue to Syracuse’s Italian community, the council stated, “Our own monuments, beautiful lakes, streams, riv-

ers, and the earth itself, has suffered greatly as a direct result principle of the Doctrine of Discovery to which Columbus used to claim the lands in the name of the Spanish crown.”

Considering that Italian Americans funded the statue cannot overshadow the priceless, countless fortunes of life, resources and opportunities that were looted from Native Americans and the Americas.

Columbus was an awful human being. I don’t think the Italians in Syracuse in 1934 were, though, and I don’t think the people defending the statue today are, either. I would invite those worrying that the removal of the statue will result in the erasure of Columbus from the history books to consider the Haudenosonee perspective: “As indigenous people, we are taught of the exploits of Columbus while our own history was being unheard, misunderstood, and often erased.”

History teachers throughout the U.S. overwhelmingly rely on textbooks, rather than statues, to teach about Columbus. There are countless historical figures that fill our K-12 history curricula. Like them, Columbus will not be written out anytime soon just because a statue of his likeness is taken down. If the thought of Columbus being erased is truly alarming, then why not listen to the people who have ancestors who actually were erased?

There are other possible avenues forward regarding the statue in Columbus Circle, including transforming the surrounding space into an immersive, educational experience, or even moving the statue to a different area of Syracuse. Whatever the solution may be, the best way to find it is through discussion.

To that end, SU ought to host a panel discussion wherein a dialogue could be facilitated between the Onondaga Nation Council, Italian Americans, and anyone else who would like to participate. Student Association could serve as a moderator for the event, which could encourage SU’s student body to become more interested and participate in a city issue.

As the Onondaga Nation Council said in its statement, “It is never the wrong time to do the right thing.”

This issue does not have to be a sore spot between communities; rather, it has the potential to bring all of our communities together to move forward in harmony.

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egardless of the ways in which single-use plastics impact the environment, millions of Americans take part in the daily ritual of throwing away plastic after using it for mere minutes. Throwaway culture results in millions of tons of plastic waste entering landfills, incinerators and the world’s oceans every year. COVID-19 has exacerbated the widespread use of “disposable” plastic, dismissing years of progress on plastic pollution in the name of a false sense of security.

Syracuse University has been a leading institution in sustainability for decades. However, safety precautions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have created an unnecessary rise in single-use plastic.

SU’s Dining Services made substantial changes this fall to how students receive food, eliminating reusable to-go boxes and plates and replacing them with biodegradable disposables. However, pastries, fruits and condiments packaged in plastic containers and plastic bags are readily available for any student to use.

Though biodegradable packaging was considered in part through disposable to-go boxes, Dining Services implemented plastic packaging for much of its food, the antithesis of its years of sustainability policy.

However, sustainability does not mean sacrificing safety during the pandemic. The American Chemical Association found no credible evidence that the use of plastic bags is advantageous when compared to the use of reusables in diminishing the spread of COVID. Despite this, New York State’s “Plastic Bag Ban” went unenforced under the false premise that plastic bags somehow decreased the spread of COVID19. In similar measures, multiple brands such as Starbucks banned the use of reusable mugs for months

citing COVID-19 transmission as a concern. Only recently this policy was replaced with a contactless system to use reusable mugs in countries outside the U.S.. However, months of forced disposable usage means a surge in waste, and a change in habits.

Historically, only 9% of all the world’s plastic has been recycled.

This means environmental pollution from plastic waste is inevitable. For SU students, each meal almost guarantees plastic waste. At Kimmel Dining Hall, sandwiches from the deli come wrapped in paper, but workers are trained to place the already sufficiently wrapped sandwiches in plastic bags. At Ernie Davis Dining Hall, new COVID-19 protocols include pre-packaged fruits, salads and bakery items. Before the pandemic, a system of plastic pollution was already unsustainable. Meanwhile, SU students are consuming substantially more plastic than last year. This means even more pollution that ecosystems across the globe can not handle.

SU has the opportunity to implement sustainable solutions to the plastic crisis. Meanwhile, there is no indication the university plans to do so. While addressing the possible contact points students and workers may encounter, Dining Services only considered part of the issue.

Students will consume more plastic than years past. In turn, this plastic will contribute to the tons already polluting the environment. Conclusively, SU remains less sustainable than years past due to a lack of environmental consideration.

Harrison Vogt is a sophomore environment sustainability policy and communication and rhetorical studies dual major. His column appears bi-weekly. He can be reached at hevogt@syr.edu. He can be followed on Twitter at @VogtHarrison

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from the studio

IN THE MIX

Local artist critiques Trump

By Violet Lazarus

contributing writer

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SU freshman and EDM artist Ben Fritz released a song last week

Freshman Ben Fritz, who goes by the DJ name BenSpence, has performed at Ultra Music Festival three times and was mentored by EDM artist Avicii.

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By Sydney Bergan asst. culture editor

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ost people hear about Syracuse University through their college admissions counselors, alumni or even brochures in the mail. But Ben Fritz’s introduction to SU was a little different. He heard about the university through Drew Taggart, one of the members of the Electronic Dance Music group The Chainsmokers.

When Fritz first met The Chainsmokers in 2016 at Ultra Music Festival in Miami he wasn’t just there to enjoy the yearly EDM festival, he was there to network. And it paid off.

Fritz has been DJing since he was 11 years old and took the Ultra Stage in 2017 at the age of 15, making him the youngest performer to ever take the stage at Ultra, Fritz said. The previous record was held by Martin Garix, who performed at Ultra in 2014 at age 17.

But he’s not just a DJ. Fritz is currently a freshman at

the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in the Bandier Program.

In their conversation in 2016, Fritz asked Taggart about his education and how it led to his success with The Chainsmokers. Taggart expressed his positive experience at the Bandier Program.

“It’s such a good program because it teaches you how to read a contract, you know what’s actually going on in the business, you’re not missing those small details that can really screw you over,” Fritz said. “I’m so happy that he taught me about that because I don’t think I’d be here if he didn’t tell me.”

Fritz goes by the DJ name BenSpence, a combination of his first name Benjamin and his middle name Spencer. He describes his music as a mix between electric house, deep house and bass house music. He added that it’s not quite dubstep, but has a faster pace. see benspence page 8

from the studio

UNIQUE exhibit features artists with disabilities

By Mateo Estling staff writer

Christina Papaleo first learned she was the cover artist of the UNIQUE exhibit during an interview with WSYR almost a month ago. “(The reporter) shared with me that I was going to be the cover artist,” said Papaleo, a disability access counselor at Syracuse University. “My reaction was that I was completely humbled, and I told him that this means more than you will ever know.”

Papaleo is one of many artists featured in the UNIQUE exhibit, a showcase by local nonprofit ARISE

that highlights the work of local artists with disabilities. Artists’ creations are also featured in an art and literary magazine. This year’s exhibit opened Aug. 13 and will be available at the Everson Museum of Art until Sept. 27.

The Everson Museum has prepared the UNIQUE exhibition in accordance with public health guidelines from New York state and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Elizabeth Dunbar, director and CEO of the Everson Museum.

“We’re in a very safe environment to be in to see this,” Dunbar said. “We expect that everyone will have an

My art has taught me that my disability is not a symbol of tragedy but one of transformation Christina Papaleo unique magazine cover artist

enjoyable and safe experience when they come to the museum.”

The process for UNIQUE submissions in previous years started in the spring, when ARISE would contact individuals with disabilities to request artwork submissions.

A volunteer group of jurors would judge their work, decide which artists would be a part of the exhibit and select the cover artist.

ARISE used an electronic submission form this year, allowing people to send their initial submission without coming into direct contact with anyone, said Betty DeFazio, the chief see unique page 8

he trailer for Tim Atseff’s exhibition opens with the message: “When you see something, say something. I saw enough, I painted something.”

In response to President Donald Trump’s time in office, he did paint something — an entire exhibit.

Atseff’s exhibition, “The Seven Deadly Sins - A Trump Dystopian Hepatology,” opens on Sept. 3 at the ArtRage gallery in Syracuse and will run until Oct. 4. Social distancing guidelines will be in place, and visitors must reserve a time since capacity is limited. There is also a virtual exhibition for viewers who don’t feel comfortable going to the gallery in person.

“When I get an itch, I have to scratch it. It makes me feel alive,” Atseff said in his artist statement. “The darker the work, the more alive I feel.

Donald Trump is my itch. For the last three years, I have felt like I’ve had a bad case of poison ivy,” Atseff’s professional career began in journalism as a writer and a political cartoonist. The majority of his artwork has been in existentialism. He said this project felt like pushing the two together.

I am patriotic. It just depends on what you’re patriotic about. I’m patriotic about our basic rights.

Tim Atseff political cartoonist

The exhibition consists of seven paintings, one for gluttony, greed, lust, sloth, wrath, vanity and envy. These paintings show the ways in which Atseff feels Trump embodies those sins, he said. In all the pieces, Trump is portrayed as a half-pig, half-human creature with a forked tongue.

“They are humorous and they’re grotesque,” said Kimberley McCoy, the community engagement organizer at ArtRage. “He captures both.”

McCoy also said she appreciated the details of Atseff’s pieces, like the emoji stickers he uses throughout the collection.

He also used shredded 20 dollar bills for Trump’s hair in the greed painting.

Atseff uses patriotic imagery and colors throughout his pieces, as well as police line caution tape as a common symbol throughout the collection.

There are several distressed American flags used throughout Atseff’s collection, but he

see atseff page 8

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benspence Fritz was introduced to EDM by his dad, who would listen to trance music, a sector of EDM, when he worked out.

Fritz added he was fascinated by the EDM music, as it was different from anything he’d ever heard before.

“I was just like what the f*ck is this because I was just listening to what, Camp Rock?” he said.

A turning point in his fascination with EDM music happened when he was 11 years old. Avicii, the world-famous Swedish DJ who started releasing music when he was 16, was performing in Baltimore, not too far from Fritz’s home in Rockville, Maryland.

He and his dad sent an email to Avicii describing Fritz’s love for EDM and his struggles with being taken seriously as a very young DJ. Avicii wrote back telling them to go to his show in Baltimore so that they could discuss his music career. The two began a mentorship that carried on until Avicii’s death in 2018.

“He’s the one that kind of told me if you want to do something, go for it, you’re not going to be happy if you go get some random from page 7

atseff pointed out that they were worn and weathered when he used them for his piece, he did not cut or rip them himself.

“I am patriotic; it just depends on what you’re patriotic about,” Atseff said. “I’m patriotic about our basic rights.”

The paintings are all named according to which sin they represent, but the explanation beneath them is a quote from Trump that directly ties to the particular sin.

“I’m not so much angered by his policies as I am with him as a human being,” Atseff said. “Politics are politics, but he is a bad person, and that’s where the seven deadly sins come in.”

Atseff came up with the concept for this exhibition in 2018, and has previously dis-

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job that you need for bread,” Fritz said. “That hit hard.”

In 2017, Fritz got his opportunity to perform at Ultra from Ray Steinman, the production director, and one of the executive producers at Ultra Music Festivals. Steinman and Fritz had a mutual family friend and Steinman had been providing Fritz and his dad with tickets to the festival for two years before BenSpence’s first performance.

Steinman said that he was surprised that Fritz stuck with his love for EDM, as kids often change their music taste as they grow up. Steinman added he’s not a big fan of EDM but when Fritz asked if he could get a slot at the music festival, Steinman agreed to pass his new mix onto the programming directors to see if he could get a slot.

There are certain stages that are reserved for new talent, Steinman said, and when Fritz submitted a sample mix to the heads of programming he impressed them enough for them to give him a shot.

“A lot of people try to get on any stage, do anything and perform whatever they can at festivals all around the world, so to get any kind of slot is great,” Steinman said. “So his music cut the mustard.”

In addition to his first performance at played it at the Center for Contemporary Political Art in Washington D.C. in 2019. The exhibition was meant to be in April, but due to the pandemic has been pushed back. This will be ArtRage’s first in-person exhibition since March.

Director of ArtRage, Rose Viviano, said she’s excited to showcase Atseff’s work and have people back in the gallery.

The exhibition also features additional political artwork Atseff has done including work from his past work as a political cartoonist with various Syracuse newspapers and a gold toilet that represents the Senate.

Atseff was inspired to do that piece after the Senate’s decision not to impeach Trump.

“For three years I’ve felt like I’ve been assaulted every day and democracy’s been assaulted every day,” Atseff said. “It’s sort of a therapy.” velazaru@syr.edu

Ultra in 2017, Fritz performed at the festival in 2018 and 2019. He was supposed to perform again in 2020, but couldn’t because of the coronavirus pandemic.

He said that when performing he gets “jittery” until the first song begins and everyone starts getting into the music. He likes to interact with the crowd more than the average DJ, for example, by instructing them to create a mosh pit.

“I’ve been on both sides,” he said. “I’ve been in the audience and I’ve also been the DJ, so I’m trying to give that experience that I want to get.”

Although Fritz said the lack of live shows is “killing the industry,” it is also providing up and coming artists like himself to put their work out to a wider audience using the internet and streaming services.

On Aug. 27, Fritz released a new song, titled “Unstable,” about what it was like to be in quarantine during the pandemic. He wanted to demonstrate the awkwardness of adjusting back into society as COVID-19 regulations are progressively lifted.

“I didn’t feel like I was back in control,” Fritz said.

Fritz has performed at many different venues besides Ultra. One of which is Soundcheck, from page 7

unique development officer at ARISE. One of Papaleo’s colleagues used to work at ARISE. After the colleague saw her office filled with sketches and other artwork, he encouraged her to submit a piece.

The advice paid off. ARISE selected Papaleo’s pencil sketch drawing, “Be Unapologetically You,” as the cover art for the UNIQUE Magazine.

The drawing shows a giraffe surrounded by Fruit Loops and Cheerios. Papaleo wanted to base her piece on how people define UNIQUE. She chose a giraffe because they have confidence in being unique, she said. She also mixed in elements from her childhood by incorporating Fruit Loops and Cheerios around the giraffe.

“It’s a risk being creative and putting your creativity out there,” Papaleo said. “I’m incred-

a club in Washington, D.C., that is completely soundproof, he said. Soundcheck is also where he met Zack Martino, a DJ and producer from New York City who has around 703,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. Fritz opened for Martino at Soundcheck in the summer of 2019.

Martino said he often gives Fritz advice on his new music. Martino added that Fritz is a very humble person, despite all that he has accomplished.

“The sounds he’s using are very different from what a lot of other artists are doing,” Martino said. “And over time I think once it catches other people’s attention it’s going to make him really stand out.”

Fritz hopes to build the BenSpence brand up during his time at SU and eventually create a record label with other artists, he said.

While at SU, Fritz said he wants to perform at Juice Jam or Mayfest, or even perform virtually given the current situation with the coronavirus.

“I’m hoping to just share the vibe with everyone,” he said. “Especially here because everything’s not so great right now so I’m just trying to lighten the mood, give the people something to do even if it’s just joining in virtually or whatever.” sabergan@syr.edu | @sydbergan

ibly blessed so many people can see it and gain something from seeing it and connecting with it.”

Papaleo, who is blind in her left eye, doesn’t view her visual impairment as a sad story.

“My art has taught me that my disability is not a symbol of tragedy but one of transformation,” she said.

Much of the art at the UNIQUE exhibition deals with the artists’ disabilities and the effects of those disabilities, but many pieces center around current events as well.

Some artists have focused on what’s happening with the pandemic, DeFazio said.

Papaleo thinks the pandemic might have a welcomed effect on art in general.

“I feel like this pandemic is a creative opportunity,” Papaleo said. “I’m a firm believer that there are transformative opportunities that exist in any difficult circumstance.” mtestlin@syr.edu

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Chaz Owens, son of former SU star, joins Orange’s roster

By Andrew Crane sports editor

Three decades after his father starred for Syracuse, Chaz Owens, the son of Billy Owens, will join Syracuse’s roster for the 2020-21 season, the program announced. Owens is expected to be on scholarship, which would be the final opening on SU’s current roster and make him the second son of a program alumnus currently on scholarship, according to Syracuse.com. from page 12

kline

He transferred to SUNY Cortland for his final two years of college and continued consuming knowledge of the game.

Campese, who became Henniger’s head coach after Acee retired, “gobbled up” Kline after graduation to serve as the Black Knights’ line coach. Starting in 1988, Kline ascended the coaching ladder from freshman to varsity.

During the 1990 playoffs, he was instrumental in leading Henninger to a state championship, Campese said.

Kline’s line players were always in order, and the line coach was one of the best Campese has ever had, he said.

In Campese’s final two years of coaching for the Black Knights, he started giving Kline more responsibility. And when the opportu-

Owens, who most recently spent a postgraduate year with Pennsylvania’s Scotland Campus, averaged 11.4 points and 8.2 rebounds as a senior with The Shipley School in 2018-19. He helped the Gators advance to the second round of the playoffs before falling to Hill School. In the loss, Owens led The Shipley School with 10 points on 4-for-12 shooting.

“He and I spoke about the possibility of going to Syracuse in may and from the conversation we had, I thought it was that he nity came for Campese to become an administrator at East Syracuse Minoa, he let Kline take over at the helm.

“He was ready,” Campese said.

While Kline was a head coach for the Black Knights, he led Henninger to two sectional titles. But unlike at Henninger, C-NS provided him with a chance to build up his own program. Kline brought staff from Henninger to C-NS, including Campese, who serves as an assistant coach.

He doesn’t even know if C-NS or anyone in New York state will play a football season this year. But he’s been hosting Zoom calls with players and making sure they’re keeping up with conditioning workouts. He even plans on having a parents’ meeting in September to make sure they’re staying on top of things.

“We gotta trust that we taught them over

wanted to play right away,” Phil D’Ambrosio, Owens’ high school coach at The Shipley School, said. “He had division II opportunities coming out of shipley but he always wanted to chase that division I dream and I am happy for him that he got it.”

Earlier that season, Owens had separate games where he tallied 20 points and 20 rebounds, respectively, while the Gators finished 21-6. He spent his first two high school seasons at Wissahickon High School (Pennsylvania) where he became a consistent rota-

For him, it doesn’t matter if it’s the preseason scrimmage or the sectional championship game.

He coaches the same way. He treats every play the same.

Whoever is in there.

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transplants because of the damage done by myocarditis. It is a very important entity but it is one that has been around long before coronavirus. This virus is yet another virus with the capability of infecting the heart muscle and potentially damaging the heart muscle.

It’s created even more anxiety during this COVID-19 pandemic.

D.O.: How does this apply to young and healthy athletes who don’t have pre-existing conditions?

D.O.: What happens if an athlete gets SARS-CoV-2 myocarditis?

M.A.: If someone gets SARS-CoV-2 myocarditis, it’s potentially a big deal. But any other potential viral myocarditis is also a big deal. If there’s a substantial level of heart damage rendered, we could be talking (about) life-support devices and cardiac transplantation. That is so much the exception, rather than the rule in any myocarditis. This coming flu season, influenza can infect and damage the heart muscle.

It’s really a matter of perspective and weighing everything in the balance.

D.O.: The Big Ten is using a study that said, “High sensitivity Troponin — a from page 12

oyawale “Me coming from Maryland versus someone coming from Texas, I would essentially be playing backyard volleyball,” Oyawale said. “It’s just not as intense and heavy in Maryland.”

The learning curve was big, and Oyawale admits that, early on, there were days where she thought she wasn’t good enough to be on the team. She constantly asked her teammates questions.

Despite a handful of minor injuries during her redshirt freshman and sophomore seasons, Oyawale was a starting blocker by her junior season.

During her senior campaign, Oyawale

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the years, they’ve seen the success we’ve had, they’ve seen the hard work that it takes,” Kline said. “They have enough discipline to do what they do.”

At C-NS’ football stadium Monday, Kline stood in the end zone observing a current and former player work out. It was the end zone where plenty of plays, both joyous and upsetting for Kline, have happened. It’s the place where he celebrated his 100th win two years ago. The place where the Northstars snapped a two-game losing streak last year when Kline’s running back switch paid off.

But now, it was almost empty.

Kline’s eyeing his fourth consecutive sectional title this year, and “the program of football (has) his name on it,” Bednarski said. So do the section titles. The regionals.

The states. cscargla@syr.edu

like Georgia State freshman quarterback Mikele Colasurdothe, who sit out after a COVID-19 and myocarditis diagnosis. Is myocarditis something that stays with you forever or does it eventually go away?

myocarditis

M.A.: For those individuals who are asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic, this myocarditis thing is a non-issue. That’s because the virus hasn’t reached or done any damage to that viral infected person. It’s a very small number of otherwise healthy young people where the viral infection of SARS-CoV-2 is going to reach the heart, penetrate the heart, or do any measurable damage. Myocarditis taking center stage with athletes and discussing athletes risk is probably a bit overstated.

tion player and scored a season-high 30 points.

Listed as a 6-foot-5 small forward, Owens will compete for playing time under the same coach who helped shape his father into a top NBA prospect. A former SU All-American and Big East conference player of the year, Billy Owens was selected No. 3 overall in the 1991 draft after averaging 17.9 points per game across three seasons with Syracuse. He tallied 1,840 collegiate points, and went on to play 10 seasons with six different NBA teams.

As Syracuse prepares for its season opener on Sept. 12, conferences across the country weigh the effects of myocarditis. courtesy of su athletics

sensitive marker for cardiac cellular injury — was detected in 71% of the patients, and cardiac MRI revealed evidence of cardiac inflammation and/ or scarring in 78% of the patients.”

You’re not an athletic director or a school president, but what is your reaction to them using that study to justify canceling the season?

M.A.: Conferences who cancel the season may have very good reasons for doing so. If they sized up the weight of the evidence and said to stop for now, that’s justifiable. Other conferences say, “We’ve weighed everything in the balance and we’re going to press on carefully, but we can switch to no again if need be.”

Both of those decisions can be equally right or helped the Orange sweep Yale in the first round of the NCAA tournament, before being swept

by No. 8 Penn State. After Oyawale ended the year with 36 kills and 27 blocks, she aimed to play professionally overseas. She never put much thought into coaching, she said.

Oyawale decided to pursue collegiate coaching after she received Clarey’s phone call and interviewed for the assistant coach position with LaMarche. The Golden Knights have won seven of the last eight Liberty League championships during LaMarche’s tenure.

LaMarche understood the transition Oyawale was making. After playing for the Orange from 1998 to 2001, LaMarche played one season in France before returning to coach at SUNY Canton, Syracuse

appropriate. My point was to ask officials to look under the hood to see if there’s enough evidence in relation to the heart.

In other words, if the conference received enough evidence to say that we reached a tipping point because of a heart issue, then I cry foul. Look under the hood. Look at the strength of the evidence. If you look carefully enough, there’s simply not enough evidence to assign that much weight to COVID-19 and the heart as the driving reason for a season termination.

If the conference said, “Even if we removed the heart issue, we would have agreed to cancel,” I would’ve said, ‘Great.’ I’m not an expert for those reasons, so I can’t speak on it.

D.O.: We’ve seen examples of players, and ultimately Clarkson.

When Oyawale arrived, she took over training for the Golden Knight’s front-row defense.

She wasn’t just helping with the physical side of the sport but also demanded more accountability from her players.

“She brought that intensity and focus that the team needed and was ready for and really helped push the girls to push themselves to become better,” LaMarche said. “It was a huge part of why we did so well last year.”

In Oyawale’s first season with the team, the Golden Knights went 28-6 (6-1 Liberty League), including 20 wins where they didn’t drop a set. Clarkson rolled through the Potsdam regional tournament, eliminating Westfield State University, Wellesley College and

M.A.: There will be many athletes this fall and even after coronavirus is done that get myocarditis, so we know the drill as sports cardiologists. If you come down with clinical myocarditis, we then do tests and see that the heart is involved. At that point, no matter what the cause for the athlete getting myocarditis, that athlete is shut down for about three months. That’s by guidelines that have been vetted long before coronavirus.

The whole point of the three months is to make sure the virus has run its course, to make sure whatever heart abnormality had normalized and reversed so that the heart looked essentially stable again. That’s true whether it was influenza (flu), the adenovirus (common cold) or whether it’s now SARS-COVID-2.

What’s now becoming a problem is that an athlete tests positive for COVID but they otherwise feel fine. Because of the added concern around myocarditis, we’re now more likely to give them a cardiac MRI, for which that MRI might light up and show “abnormal findings.”

So then we put them in the penalty box, even though they have no symptoms. If we hadn’t done it, we may have never known about these findings. In other words, we’re being more cautious and conservative than we need to be. We don’t get a cardiac MRI during flu season if an athlete catches the flu and shows no symptoms of myocarditis. We don’t know what happens two weeks after influenza, two weeks after the common cold as to the number of asymptomatic people that might show a cardiac MRI finding.

This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity. adhillma@syr.edu

Ithaca College before its championship run was ended by No. 1 Emory in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division III tournament.

Oyawale and Clarkson will have to wait an extra year to one-up last year’s success after the Liberty League canceled all fall sports on July 22. Still, LaMarche was impressed with the transition Oyawale made and the energy she added to the program.

“It’s a different rush because I can’t physically help them win, but I can guide them,” Oyawale said. “When you see them excel or win a game, or take something they learned the day before, and they execute it, seeing their face, their excitement that they’ve accomplished something — that is the rush.” wrhentsc@syr.edu

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C-NS head coach eyes 4th-straight title

SPORTS BACK DAVE KLINE has led Cicero-North Syracuse to three-straight Section III titles after taking over as head coach in 2015. He spent the previous 24 years as an assistant and head coach at Henninger High School, his alma mater.

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Dave Kline has built the Northstars into a contender since 2015

By Christopher Scarglato asst. culture editor

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ob Campese wasn’t in the mood to give a pregame pep talk. Despite it being the 1997 Section III, Class AA title championship in the Carrier Dome and Campese’s 11th year as Henninger High School’s football head coach, one of his assistants needed to fill in.

“I got it,” Dave Kline said.

Kline hyped up the Black Knights in their locker room with a speech about what it meant to represent Henninger. He knew of its importance, having attended the school and played for the Black Knights. The speech involved “a lot of cursing, a lot of screaming and getting them ready to go,” Kline said.

Henninger went to the field and beat Rome Free Academy, a top football school in New York state that year. For 24 years, Kline served as Campese’s line coach and top assistant, eventu-

ally becoming head coach for the final 11. Then, the opportunity arose in 2015 to coach at CiceroNorth Syracuse High School.

C-NS was one of the largest football programs in New York state, but was one without a section title to its name. But since taking over in 2015, Kline’s flipped a 3-5 record the year before he arrived into three consecutive sectional titles. He’s aiming for a fourth, if the 2020 season happens.

“For him, it doesn’t matter if it’s the preseason scrimmage or the sectional championship game,”

football

said Tim Bednarski, C-NS’ athletic director. “He coaches the same way. He treats every play the same. Whoever is in there.”

Kline learned about that discipline by experiencing it firsthand. Tom Acee, his high school football coach at Henniger, instilled toughness in him. Kline played any position on the offensive line, from center to guard, and even some defensive line assignments.

Campese, who served as an assistant coach under Acee, said Kline would always be the first lineman putting out the practice equipment and leading by example. Campese never needed to worry about him.

Kline played Division-III football for Saint Lawrence after high school before experiencing nerve damage in his neck that ended his career.

But his passion for football continued. He began to break games by watching local football schools’ tape and talking with established local coaches. see kline page 10

volleyball

Cardiologist discusses myocarditis Oyawale leads Clarkson as top assistant coach

By Adam Hillman staff writer

Syracuse offensive lineman Airon Servais had questions about the potential effects of myocarditis. He had heard about it in the news, as the Big Ten utilized a study showing its link to COVID-19 to justify the postponement of its fall season.

Before opting into the 2020 season, he talked to multiple cardiologists to understand its effects.

“After having conversations like that, I feel a lot more comfortable moving forward,” Servais said.

Dr. Michael Ackerman is a genetic cardiologist at Mayo Clinic.

He specializes in genomics and genotype-phenotype relation-

ships in heritable cardiovascular diseases leading to sudden death.

This includes myocarditis, which is an inflammation of the heart that’s linked to COVID-19. Ackerman answered The Daily Orange’s questions about its risk to athletes.

professional level who will die suddenly. Of those, five to 10 of them will have died from myocarditis.

We know what causes this inflammation of the heart muscle, which can lead to weakening of the heart muscle and heart failure.

The Daily Orange: How is myocarditis linked to COVID-19 and what are the concerns with it?

D.O.: Are there any other viruses that can cause myocarditis?

Dr. Michael Ackerman: There are thousands of diagnoses of myocarditis in the United States each year before COVID. It’s a big deal. It’s the third-leading cause of sudden death in young people. Each year, there will be about 50 to 100 athletes from Little League to (the)

M.A.: Yes, there are. Long before coronavirus, there are over 20 viruses that have been implicated with the ability for this kind of heart damage that we call myocarditis. We know that almost half, around 40% to 50%, of all cardiac transplant recipients require see myocarditis page 10

By Will Hentschel staff writer

Five months after graduating, Christina Oyawale was working at the front desk of a Planet Fitness and coaching youth volleyball on the side in Virginia. She then received a phone call from an old SU teammate, Sam Clarey, recommending Oyawale apply for the assistant coach position at Clarkson University.

After helping the Orange to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2018, Oyawale joined Clarkson head coach and SU alumna

Carol LaMarche in Potsdam, New York. In her first year as a coach, she helped guide the Golden Knights to a district championship and an Elite Eight appearance in the NCAA Division III tournament, all while pursuing her master’s degree at Clarkson in English education.

Oyawale arrived at Syracuse in 2014, but redshirted her freshman year. A self-described “project kid,” she needed time to adjust to the speed of Division I volleyball.

Track was always her primary focus throughout high school, and she see oyawale page 10