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SU lifts protesters’ suspensions, Syverud says Hradsky: SU wrongly identified students By Sam Ogozalek
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Chancellor Kent Syverud has lifted the interim suspensions filed against #NotAgainSU protesters staging a sit-in at Crouse-Hinds Hall. Syverud announced his decision at an emotional University Senate meeting on Wednesday, as faculty and students demanded that he and other high-ranking administrators better handle the demonstration.
“These students are afraid they will be arrested,” Syverud said. “Enough. I am not going to let students be arrested and forced out.” He said that members of #NotAgainSU, a Black student-led movement, can stay in the building and that he has directed the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities to drop its pending conduct cases against them. OSRR had accused #NotAgainSU organizers of violating Syracuse University’s Campus
Disruption Policy late Monday night. SU is “on the edge,” Syverud said, and community members need to take a step back for the university to continue addressing issues of diversity and inclusion raised last November. “Some of the students in Crouse-Hinds Hall are seniors,” the chancellor said. “We should all want them to be able to go to class and graduate. I want that. I want us all to remember that as a
starting point.” Syverud, though, did add a caveat. His “discretion” can only go so far, he said, and “at some point” he believes that violations of the Campus Disruption Policy should be adjudicated through the Code of Student Conduct system. But that time is not now, Syverud said. “I believe we should give more time to this process,” he said. It’s see suspensions page 4
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the face of what appears to be insurmountable circumstances.” Gray was one of several faculty members who arrived at the protest Wednesday to deliver supplies and resources to students occupying the hall. Other faculty held classes outside the building. Amy Kallander, an associate professor of
history, brought a group of students from her class to the protest. The students called one of their classmates, a #NotAgainSU organizer inside the building, to come to the entrance of Crouse-Hinds. Kallander spoke to her student through a crack in the door, asking if see supplies page 6
Biko Gray professor of religion
The Graduate Student Organization discussed how to further pressure university administration hours after some graduate students began a strike. Page 3
A Syracuse University official on Wednesday confirmed that SU had mistakenly filed conduct charges against students who were not inside Crouse-Hinds Hall during #NotAgainSU’s protest late Monday night. Rob Hradsky, senior associate vice president for the student experience, said SU has corrected those errors. At the University Senate meeting on Wednesday, Hradsky said that after learning of the problem, the Office for Student Rights and Responsibilities “immediately” rescinded interim suspension letters sent to misidentified students.
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f there’s one thing Professor Biko Gray could tell his students occupying Crouse-Hinds Hall, it’s that he’s proud of them, and they’re braver than he’s ever been. Gray, an assistant professor of religion at Syracuse University, stood near the entrance of Crouse-Hinds early Wednesday afternoon. Several of his students have been occupying the building since Monday, he said. #NotAgainSU, a movement led by Black students, began occupying CrouseHinds on Monday at noon to continue its ongoing protests of hate crimes and bias incidents at SU. SU placed more than 30 organizers under interim suspension early Tuesday morning for remaining in Crouse-Hinds past closing. The Department of Public Safety later sealed off the building, preventing food and resources from entering. The university lifted the students’ suspensions late Wednesday afternoon. Crouse-Hinds will reopen Thursday. “I wish I could be in there,” Gray said early Wednesday afternoon. “These students are being incredibly courageous. They’re enacting a significant amount of strategic brilliance and ethical rightness in
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Gender and Sexuality columnist Mallory Stokker argues that terms like ‘ghosting’ can coverup damaging or manipulative relationship behaviors. Page 5
Four people mistakenly received the OSRR letters, said Sarah Scalese, senior associate vice president for university communications, in a statement. “We regret the error,” Scalese said after the Senate meeting. Zoe Selesi, a sophomore magazine journalism major, was one of the students wrongfully suspended. She was in her dorm when Crouse-Hinds closed at 9 p.m. on Monday. Selesi participated in #NotAgainSU’s November sit-in at the Barnes Center at The Arch. But she never entered Crouse-Hinds on Monday, she said. “I’m just angry and frustrated that I’m being racially profiled,” said Selesi, who is Black. Selesi met with Dean of Students Marianne Thomson on Wednesday morning. After the meeting, she received a letter from SU that notified her that the suspension was reversed. “Due to new information learned since your interim suspension was imposed, your interim suspension is hereby rescinded, effective immediately,” reads the letter, which Selesi provided to The Daily Orange. As of about 10:20 p.m. Wednesday, The D.O. could not confirm exactly why SU sent the letters to misidentified students. When asked, Scalese did not elaborate on how OSRR made the mistakes. cdarnell@syr.edu sfogozal@syr.edu
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SU honors the late Kermit Lee Jr., the first Black graduate of the School of Architecture, through an exhibit displaying his works and photographs. Page 7
S • In remembrance
Carrie Urton McCaw, a former SU volleyball star, was a beloved mother and loyal friend. She died last Friday in a car crash, along with her daughter and two others. Page 12
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Gender gap Only three of SU’s eight permanent deans are women. Syverud said it concerns him. See dailyorange.com
Crime classification DPS Chief Bobby Maldonado discusses how the department classifies incidents as bias-related. See dailyorange.com
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Leaders address student occupation By Chris Hippensteel asst. news editor
Afternoon art show JOAN BRYANT discussed Black subjects in modern photography during a lecture in Syracuse University’s Shaffer Art Building. The exhibtion was part of SU’s Lunchtime Lecture series, which includes gallery talks and showcases of art surrounding a common theme. Dutch art was discussed in a previous lecture. emily steinberger design editor
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160 graduate students will continue strike By Michael Sessa asst. news editor
Nearly 160 graduate students will continue to strike after Chancellor Kent Syverud lifted the interim suspensions filed against #NotAgainSU protesters occupying Crouse-Hinds Hall. #NotAgainSU, a movement led by Black students, began occupying Crouse-Hinds on Monday to continue its protest of hate crimes and bias incidents at Syracuse University. University officials initially placed more than 30 #NotAgainSU organizers under interim suspension for remaining in the building past closing.
Some graduate students this morning called on graduate teaching and research assistants, as well as part-time faculty and nontenure track faculty, to “withhold their labor” until protesters inside Crouse-Hinds are given unrestricted access to food and supplies. Students also pledged to strike until SU lifts the suspensions of all organizers inside. Syverud lifted the suspensions Wednesday. Crouse-Hinds will reopen Thursday. “We will refuse to work for this university, to allow ourselves to be exploited for this university while it is actively oppressing and sieging these undergraduate students
that are currently occupying,” said Danae Faulk, a Ph.D. student and instructor in the religion department who has joined the strike. Graduate students need to know before they decide to end their strike that all suspensions will be lifted and that activists will be protected from retaliation, said Andy Ridgeway, a graduate teaching assistant in the composition and cultural rhetoric program. Ridgeway helped organize the strike. Students are free to leave the building at any time, and university officials have provided food to protestors inside, SU officials have said. The graduate students claim that SU has repeatedly misrepre-
sented or suppressed information about the occupation. SU’s response to the occupation is just the latest example of the university’s unwillingness to participate in good faith negotiations with #NotAgainSU, strike organizers said in a statement Wednesday morning. “These siege tactics would be abhorrent under any circumstances,” the statement reads. “The university’s willingness to deploy them against unarmed students exercising their right to peacefully protest belies the university’s commitment to the health and safety of its students.” #NotAgainSU has presented 18 see strike page 4
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Council shares legal representation with mayor By Marnie Muñoz asst. copy editor
Syracuse’s Common Council shares the same legal counsel as the mayor’s administration. It’s a relationship that councilors said holds potential conflicts of interest. Syracuse’s law department oversees the city’s legal affairs and is responsible for any suits, contracts or ordinances that the council deals with. The department doesn’t give advice in open council sessions, but city lawyers are present at every meeting, said
Kristen Smith, the city’s appointed Corporation Counsel. As part of the mayor’s senior staff, Smith oversees the work of the legal department, she said. The department advises the city on tax assessment and zoning matters. It also helps draft each contract and ordinance the council proposes, Smith said. “I think the key point is that our client is the city. It’s not just the mayor, it’s not just the Common Council, it’s not just any one person or entity. It’s the city,” she said. The city’s legal team usually has
to side with the mayor’s administration over the council, said Councilor Patrick Hogan of the 2nd District. Hogan previously served as the city’s 2nd District councilor for eight years. “In reality, it just makes common sense: he person who signs the bottom of your paycheck — you’re going to be more prone to going along with what he says than what some city councilor is going to say,” Hogan said. The legal team has taken different sides from the mayor in some situations, Hogan said. The council clashed more frequently with the former mayor’s administration
than it now does with Mayor Ben Walsh’s administration, he said. The council sued former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner over a contentious computer use policy in 2015. “That was a case where they disagreed about something and this office became an adversarial sort of position on each side, so we couldn’t present both sides,” Smith said. The councilors also disputed the legal team’s call for a public referendum in 2011 to discuss an amendment to the city charter that would give councilors greater see legal page 4
Syracuse University’s Student Association urged the university to give protesters inside Crouse-Hinds Hall access to food and other supplies in a statement Wednesday. #NotAgainSU, a movement led by Black students, began occupying Crouse-Hinds on Monday at noon. The demonstration is part of the group’s ongoing protests of SU’s handling of at least 26 racist, antiSemitic and bias-related incidents that have occurred at or near SU since early November. SU suspended any protesters who remained inside Crouse-Hinds past 9 p.m. on Monday. Department of Public Safety officers sealed off the building Tuesday morning, preventing food and medicine from entering. As the protest entered its third day, SA issued a statement urging the university to reevaluate its treatment of the student protesters. #NotAgainSU published the statement through its Instagram page. “The Student Association is deeply troubled and concerned for the well-being of both students that continue to occupy the space inside and those that choose to peacefully demonstrate outside the building,” the organization’s statement read. The statement urged the university to provide protesters inside Crouse-Hinds with access to food, medicine and other supplies. It also said protesters should have access to the counsel of trusted faculty and staff. Limiting protesters’ access to these resources has jeopardized student well-being, the statement said. “Crouse-Hinds Hall has been converted into yet another space on campus that students of marginalized identities feel unsafe and unwelcome in,” the statement said. The university provided protesters with lunch and dinner Tuesday. DPS officers allowed bags containing donated medicine and hygiene supplies to enter Wednesday afternoon. The organization said it’s concerned about rising tensions between protesters and SU officials, noting that DPS has broken “physical boundaries” when dealing with students. A DPS officer physically struggled with a protester Tuesday to prevent them from entering Crouse-Hinds. The university has responded to the protest with unwanted hostility that does not benefit students or the university, the statement said. SA also urged students to continue supporting #NotAgainSU by both listening to and advocating for the protesters. “We as a community must take a stand against the hatred and bigotry that has manifested on campus and continue to work towards a more equitable student experience,” the statement concluded. cjhippen@syr.edu
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suspensions unclear if the chancellor was specifically referring to #NotAgainSU protesters when discussing his thoughts on adjudication. A university spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the matter. #NotAgainSU began occupying Crouse-Hinds on Monday at noon. The demonstration is part of the group’s ongoing protests of SU’s handling of over 26 hate crimes and bias-related incidents that have occurred at or near SU since early November. SU officials suspended more than 30 #NotAgainSU organizers early Tuesday morning for remaining in Crouse-Hinds past closing. Syverud said 23 students were in the building as of Wednesday. Syverud also provided updates on the bias-related incidents reported last year, announcing that SU has identified and punished some perpetrators, including during the spring semester. Senator Crystal Bartolovich asked the chancellor how SU’s “educational mission” from page 3
legal influence in zoning decisions. Walsh said in a statement that he’s confident in the Corporation Counsel’s ability to represent the council and his administration fairly and effectively. “As has been the case in the past, if the council determines a conflict of interest exists, they can exercise their authority to hire outside legal counsel,” Walsh said. The council has never really explored its option to hire outside counsel, though it has the financial means to do so, said Councilor Joe Driscoll of the 5th District. Developing an independent counsel on retainer separate from the city’s legal team is one of the council’s priorities in its legislative agenda for the year, he said. “I think it’s important that we have, maybe not for every issue but for certain issues, that
had been threatened during the protest. “The onus is on the university to demonstrate that the ‘educational mission’ has been interrupted,” she said. Bartolovich was a member of the Working Group on Free Speech created in 2015, which recommended that SU implement its free speech policies “in their least restricted form.” Syverud, in response, said he thinks the “educational mission” in the working group’s recommendations also means SU must consider safety issues and the fire code when addressing campus protests. Religion professor Biko Gray, who is not a senator, began to cry as he spoke to Syverud. Gray said that Black Americans have historically been labeled as “disruptive” while fighting for racial equality. “Help me to understand how you can name something as diversity on the one hand,” Gray said, “and brutally and structurally and institutionally and physically repress these babies on the other.” Syverud told Gray that he understands the concern over the use of the word “disruption.” “All I can say is I think I agree,” Syverud said.
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we have another legal voice, another legal mind that we can reach out to that isn’t part of the administration,” Driscoll said. The city’s legal team worked with Driscoll to craft a lead paint ordinance introduced this month. The group worked very well together on that legislation, partly because they had a clear, established roadmap of their intentions for it, Driscoll said. The successful draft process was an example of effective work between the Common Council and Corporation Counsel as checks and balances upon each other, he said. Though each issue presents its own challenge for the legal department, Smith views the department as a neutral party, she said. “One thing that I always try to stress in this position is that we don’t make policy. Lawyers shouldn’t be making policy and we don’t view our role in our way,” Smith said. ammunozc@syr.edu | @munoz_marnie
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strike demands for Syverud to meet. The movement continues to call for the resignation of Syverud and three other university officials. Some graduate students have completely stopped their work, but the statement acknowledged that not everyone may be able to participate in the strike. They encouraged people to “quietly resist under the radar” by speaking about the university’s response to the occupation in class or refusing to take attendance. Aarti Patel, a Ph.D. student in the department of religion and instructor of record, said the strike highlights the often undervalued work graduate students do for SU and emphasizes the expansive nature of racism on campus. “All of this is meant to highlight that we are also an undervalued component of this community and an integral part of this entire system,” Patel said. “All of this is in an effort to show our solidarity with the protesters both in and outside the Crouse-Hinds building.” SU’s Graduate Student Organization held a special meeting Wednesday night to discuss actions it could take to support protesters and
pressure administrators. About 40 graduate students attended. The GSO has not endorsed or expressed support for the strike, which was organized independently of the organization. GSO officials will consider introducing motions for its senate meeting next Wednesday that would formally support the strike, the organization’s leaders said. The group will also look into meeting with the chancellor and SU’s Board of Trustees to express concerns on behalf of #NotAgainSU and from their own experiences studying and working at SU. It’s uncertain when the strike will end, Ridgeway said. Graduate students will update the goals of the strike to account for recent developments and ensure protesters receive justice and institutional support for how they’ve been treated, he said. “The folks in that building aren’t our enemies. They’re our friends,” Ridgeway said. “I can only speak for myself, but I feel like we owe it to them to do whatever we can to bring this university to a grinding halt until systemic racism and white supremacy are no longer part of the institutional culture here at Syracuse University.” msessa@syr.edu | @MichaelSessa3
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Language like ‘ghosting’ often masks manipulative behaviors
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n 2020, we’re oh-so-lucky to have dozens of terms to describe negative dating and romantic experiences, among them “ghosting,” “curving,” “breadcrumbing,” and “zombieing.” This array of terms can help us quickly communicate MALLORY to one another STOKKER our love life FEA R LESS mishaps. FEMINISM However, these terms, which are often cutesy or goofy-sounding, can mask harmful, unhealthy or manipulative behaviors in others, and even in ourselves. Ghosting is perhaps one of the most popularly used dating terms that has come into common use in the last few years. What it boils down to is a person suddenly cutting off a romantic partner, or someone with whom they had an established a connection, with no explanation. Because of the ubiquity of the term, however, it has been used to describe a wide range of behavior, a range so wide that using one term is insufficient and confusing. On the one end of the spectrum, the term has been used to describe months-long relationships being suddenly ended, which can cause severe distress for the person who has been left behind, questioning where they went wrong without any source of closure. Ghosting of this kind can lead
to feelings of deep betrayal and damage a person’s ability to trust in future relationships. This kind of emotional damage deserves to be taken seriously, and while the term “ghosting” may be a helpful shorthand to help others understand what you’re going through, it doesn’t adequately describe the behavior of the person doing the ghosting, or the resulting feelings. A more accurate term would be avoidance, or even abandonment. Using a nickname that masks the full meaning of what has happened does not allow the person to fully cope with or understand the emotions they are experiencing. Ghosting’s meaning has been complicated by its use in many different contexts. Sometimes, ghosting isn’t about romance at all. “I don’t think this is just something that’s happening with collegeaged people,” said Dr. Madonna Harrington Meyer, a professor of sociology at Syracuse University. “And I don’t think it’s only happening with relationships either,” she said. “It can be very painful … I also think people often need closure.” While abandonment by a friend or loved one isn’t new to this century, the pain of ghosting and its ease of spotting has been accentuated by technology. “The only way to be in touch with each other was by telephone,” said Harrington Meyer. “But now, if you want to let something peter out sort
of naturally, let it go, that’s hard to do ... because there are so many different ways to get in touch.” Another dating term that masks harmful behaviors is breadcrumbing. It can take many forms, but the idea is that someone will give you sporadic attention, enough to keep your interest, but not enough to commit or give you a solid idea of where the relationship is heading. Calling it “breadcrumbing” masks what this behavior really is: manipulation. It’s essentially the same thing as leading a person on, making a person think they’ll eventually develop a relationship when the person doing the “breadcrumbing” has no intentions of the sort. Breadcrumbing, though, is just like ghosting in that it is also applied to a wide range of behaviors. Breadcrumbing has been used to describe the behavior of sporadic social media attention — occasional likes on Instagram, or sprinkling of views of Instagram and Snapchat stories. This could be a method of getting attention, but it could also just be genuine behavior with no secret motive. Practically anyone who’s ever had a crush within the past decade has probably been guilty of overanalyzing their crush’s every social media interaction, but just because this behavior is common doesn’t make it healthy.
Stepping back and asking yourself whether the behavior you’re seeing is genuine manipulation, or if you might be overthinking things, can give you a more balanced perspective that can’t be reached with a simple one-word term. Ghosting, breadcrumbing, and other dating behaviors may be accentuated by online communication, where body language and other indications of a person’s interest, or lack thereof, aren’t as easy to detect.
I don’t think this is just something that’s happening with college-aged people Madonna Harrington Meyer professor of sociology at syracuse university
“You don’t have the social cues, you don’t know if they’re smiling,” said Harrington Meyer. “It can be harder to interpret exactly what it means.” Because we use online, nonverbal communication so often, we can miss out on how others are feeling in ways that we wouldn’t in person. If someone truly doesn’t care about your feelings, then there’s only so much you can do, but having an honest conversation with someone you feel is ghosting or breadcrumbing you,
instead of assuming that’s what their actions mean, could help clear up confusion between both of you. It’s not realistic or productive to ask people to give up using catchy dating terms altogether. They can serve a purpose, too. When you’re hanging out with friends talking about dating horror stories, you’re probably not going to want to delve into deep psychoanalysis of a failed relationship. However, when you have some time to reflect, try going beyond these dating terms to think about and process what’s really going on. Try acknowledging what’s happening, or even talking to the other person involved about their actions and feelings: “This person is manipulating me through inconsistent attention,” or “I might be overanalyzing this person’s behavior.” Even though this analysis might initially seem more painful, it will eventually help identify and process complicated emotions. Whether you’re single, in a relationship, or somewhere in between, taking the time to properly assess your feelings and behavior can only benefit your personal relationships.
Mallory Stokker is a junior magazine journalism major. Her column appears bi-weekly. She can be reached at mstokker@syr.edu. She can be followed on Twitter at @_malloryyrose_.
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Syracuse working in the right direction to combat homelessness
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yracuse is working to combat homelessness by offering day jobs to people living on the streets in a compassionate and effective manor. The number of homeless PATRICK people in SyraMCCARTHY cuse has risen GET UP, in recent years GET OUT from 461 in 2016 to 613 in 2020, according to an annual count from the Housing and Homeless Coalition of Central New York. In December 2018, Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh and County Executive Ryan McMahon announced their plan to combat homelessness in Onondaga County, the Hire Ground Workforce Development. “Providing some of the most vulnerable in our community a path out of poverty that is rooted in economic viability and support services has been a priority of my administration. This pilot
program works towards that goal and my team stands ready to help in any way possible to ensure its success,” Walsh said when the plan was announced. The initiative began in May 2019 and offers daily work to panhandlers and the homeless. In My Father’s Kitchen, a local nonprofit organization, currently heads the Hire Ground initiative. The nonprofit is dedicated to combating chronic homelessness, using a van to pick up as many as nine homeless people a day. Each person works a five-hour shift and is paid $50 for their labor. The workers are tasked with various projects around the city such as cleaning up the War Memorial, shoveling snow at NBT Stadium, or picking up litter at public parks. John Tumino, founder of In My Father’s Kitchen, said in its first year, the organization has engaged
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300 individual participants on the work van and helped connect 40 people to Medicaid. The initiative is not perfect, and faces some logistical limitations. As it stands, In My Father’s Kitchen cannot bring the day laborers to work at private residences due to legal setbacks. Another limitation is the size of the van, which can only fit nine people. “The main hurdle is there’s a lot of hurting people and we can’t get to them all,” Tumino said. Tumino said In My Faher’s Kitchen also reacted an interim program with CNY Works to train participants for jobs in a 10-week paid program, and then connect them with employers Not everyone, however, is convinced about the program’s success. Dr. Gretchen Purser, an associate professor of sociology at Syracuse University, said she thinks the program is designed as a case
management initiative rather than an anti-poverty effort. “We need to create real, living wage jobs,” she said. “Day labor is nothing but day labor. There’s no guarantee you’ll get a job ever, even another day. You might get it one day and never have it again.” Purser raises an important point. The Hire Ground Workforce Development only addresses a symptom of a larger problem, the conditions that create homelessness in the first place. Our economy is in dire need of reform. A livable wage is a human right. Inflated housing costs and a scarcity of jobs that pay a livable wage are contributing to poverty and homelessness. It is equally important to remember, though, that the program was never designed to address systematic contributors to homelessness, such as the inadequate job market. The program
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focuses on assisting the people already experiencing extreme poverty, rather than focusing on fundamentally changing the systems that have created poverty. The program isn’t merely a roundabout attempt to curb panhandling. It is a compassionate and practical approach that helps people help themselves. In Tumino’s own words, “Our mission is building relationships with people.” Syracuse has evolved its approach to combating homelessness and poverty. By doing so, the city is also combating addiction among our most vulnerable population. Other American cities should follow Syracuse’s lead.
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supplies they were OK. “We are here, and we support you,” she said to the student. Several of the faculty outside the building expressed their concern for the physical and mental health of students inside. “I’m out here to support the students,” Gray said. “This is utterly unethical at this point.” Students inside Crouse-Hinds are free to leave the building anytime, John Liu, interim vice chancellor and provost, said in an SU News release Tuesday. Any claim that students are being held against their will is false, Liu said.
I’m out here to support the students... this is utterly unethical at this point Biko Gray professor of religion
Several faculty and students attempted to bring food into the building throughout Tuesday but were unsuccessful. SU administrators gave sandwiches to the students just before 1 p.m. on Tuesday and provided dinner later that evening, a university spokesperson said. “I’ve been here nonstop because my friends are starving inside,” a student protester said Wednesday. DPS officers in the building allowed faculty members to bring food and supplies to students at Crouse-Hinds on Wednesday afternoon. #NotAgainSU organizers inside posted lists of supplies they were in need of on the building’s windows and on the movement’s Instagram page. “They aren’t giving our students real food,” said Barbara Applebaum, chair of Cultural Foundations of Education in SU’s
School of Education. “They aren’t eating and it’s dangerous.” Throughout the day, students, faculty, staff and community members brought bags of food, old clothes, medicine and hygienic products to the protest. They piled the supplies at one of the building’s entrances, organizing them into care bags for organizers inside. Some protesters outside Crouse-Hinds sent personalized bags to students they knew inside the building. The bags were numbered — instead of including the protesters’ names — in an effort to keep the students anonymous. As of 2:30 p.m., faculty members began gathering the bags and bringing the supplies to 111 Waverly Ave. University administration requested that they do this to prevent any potential altercations that could occur outside the building, a faculty member said. Once the food was gathered, faculty members brought it into Crouse-Hinds in large bins. They also ordered food from local restaurants to ensure that #NotAgainSU organizers inside had warm food, a faculty member said. DPS allowed the supplies to enter the building shortly before 3 p.m. “I think we’re OK now. They’re finally feeding us,” a protester inside the Crouse-Hinds told two supporters standing outside on the other side of the doors. Several faculty members said they would stay outside Crouse-Hinds for as long as they could. Around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, about 35 students remained outside in support. Some leaned against the windowpanes, speaking on the phone with #NotAgainSU organizers on the other side. Cathy Engstrom, an associate professor in the School of Education, emphasized a need for trust between SU’s administration and the student body. “Our students need to feel safe and like they belong,” Engstrom said. “This institution reflects who they are and things need to change.” mehicks@syr.edu | @maggie_hickss ammunozc@syr.edu | @munoz_marnie
Several faculty members arrived at the protest Wednesday to deliver supplies and resources to students occupying Crouse-Hinds. emily steinberger design editor
Students, faculty and staff brought bags of food, clothing and medicine to the protest on Wednesday. They piled the supplies outside. emily steinberger design editor
FIFTH AnnuAL
From the Military to the Olympics: Nutrition for Sport Performance Enhancement Tuesday, February 25 6:00 p.m. Grant Auditorium, Falk Complex Falk College is pleased to welcome Rob Skinner, Senior Sports Dietitian for the united States Olympic Committee, as the featured speaker of the Fifth Annual Ann Selkowitz Litt Distinguished Speaker Series.
Free and open to the public. For information about the Ann Litt Lecture and for accommodations requests, please contact Annette Hodgens at ahodgens@syr.edu or 315.443.9816.
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Black History Month 2020
Life in sketches Exhibit memorializes Kermit Lee Jr., the first Black graduate of SU’s School of Architecture
PARINDA PIN SANGKAEO (LEFT) AND BENSON JOSEPH worked together to curate “The Living Room Conservation: In Memory of Professor Kermit J. Lee Jr.,” an exhibit dedicated to the first Black graduate of the School of Architecture. lucy messineo witt staff photographer
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arin Lee George said she had tears in her eyes but a smile on her face when she looked at her father’s life immortalized in framed pictures and sketches hanging on the walls of Slocum Hall. Her father, Kermit Lee Jr., died in 2018 and was the first Black graduate of Syracuse University’s School of Architecture. In dedication, Syracuse’s National Organization of Minority Architecture Students chapter created an exhibit honoring his legacy and named it “The Living Room Conversation: In Memory of Professor Kermit J. Lee Jr.” The exhibition features Lee’s drawings from his time as a student, including ancient world architecture and floor plans for a local Syracuse firehouse further down the road. But the exhibit is also personal; small framed family photos stand on pedestals and images of Lee growing up also hang in the room. All artifacts were picked by curators and architecture students Benson Joseph and Parinda Pin Sangkaeo. The exhibit opened in the Marble Room in Slocum Hall on Feb. 3. It will run until Feb. 27 along with a continuation of the exhibit “Left,” a compilation of see lee page 8
LEE JR. was a professor in the School of Architecture for 27 years and taught there until he retired in 1995. courtesy of karin lee george
from the stage
Grad student performs ‘Live on Thin Ice’ comedy special By Kasey O’Rourke contributing writer
Within the first 10 minutes, Syracuse University graduate student Dan McCort realized that his comedy set was going to change. After six months of promoting his comedy special and hours spent preparing, only 60 seats were filled in Goldstein Auditorium when he walked on stage. Following a 16-year career in comedy, McCort performed “Live on Thin
Ice,” a live stand-up special filmed for Netflix on Feb. 14. With a casual swagger and spit-fire delivery of multilayered jokes soaked in satire, McCort performed for 90 minutes. “The show was about 50-50 or 60-40 of rehearsed to ad-libbed stuff,” McCort said. After the show, he said that much of his material he had never delivered to an audience before. His jokes spanned subjects like drugs, relationships and even “Antiques Roadshow.”
The show was about 50-50 or 60-40 of rehearsed to ad-libbed stuff Dan McCort comedian
McCort explained that his onstage personality of comedy mimics “when you hang out with your best friend.” “I feel really comfortable telling the jokes that are either cheesy or weak and not something you would expect to hear at a comedy show. I feel comfortable doing something new like ad-libbing and saying, ‘Maybe I shouldn’t say that,’’’ he said. The seasoned comedian’s jokes come from a long history of making people laugh.
At the age of 14, McCort went to a summer lacrosse camp where he spent the majority of his time making teammates laugh on the sidelines instead of actually scoring any goals. McCort points to this moment as his realization that he had a talent for comedy. However, after being sidetracked in his pursuit of being a professional drummer, it wasn’t until the age of 23 that McCort whole-heartedly see comedy page 8
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slice of life
Annual Freeze Out 5K to benefit Rescue Mission Alliance By Joey Pagano staff writer
Hundreds of participants will make the trip to Onondaga Community College this Friday night for the annual Freeze Out 5K, a glow-in-thedark run that raises money to support people experiencing homelessness and other issues. Since its creation in 2014, the event has reiterated the main goal of the Rescue Mission Alliance, an organization dedicated to fighting homelessness and hunger in central New York. The race emphasizes the importance of giving back in the Syracuse area and in Binghamton, which will hold a similar event on Feb. 28. Individuals can either participate and donate independently or create teams with family and friends in an effort to raise more money. The event, which will feature live music, food and beverages post-run, is an opportunity for people to interact with their community, said Tori Shires, the chief development officer of the Rescue Mission Alliance. It’s an extension of the Rescue Mission itself, as it not only helps the disadvantaged deal with the present but also helps them prepare for the future and provides a foundation for eventual independence, she said. Shires said it’s especially important for the organization to encourage the community to take part in the fight against homelessness. “When it comes to this, no event is too small. Sometimes a small event means a warm clothing drive at a school or place of busifrom page 7
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drawings Lee created after suffering from a stroke. Those drawings will be displayed outside of the King + King Architecture Library on the third floor of Slocum Hall. “Students really captured him and understood a man I don’t think any of them have met,” George said. “He’d be grinning.” Even at the earliest stages of Lee’s life, he had the innate desire to become an architect. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology but was discriminated against by other students because of his race. Soon after, Lee came to Syracuse and became the first Black graduate of the School of Architecture in 1957. After graduation, with a stop in Germany as a Fulbright Scholar, Lee remained in Europe working as an architect. Then, in 1968, he was invited by SU’s vice chancellor for academic affairs at the time, Frank Piskor, to teach at SU. Lee accepted the offer and became the first Black professor in the School of Architecture. Lee taught at SU until 1995. In his time teaching, he also led an architectural firm with a colleague, all while raising a family in Syracuse. “He was a lot of firsts and onlys,” DJ Butler, SU’s NOMAS chapter president and architecture graduate student, said. In 2019, SU’s NOMAS chapter saw a lack of
Rescue Mission Alliance, the organization behind Freeze Out 5K, is dedicated to fighting homelessness in central New York. courtesy of rescue mission alliance
ness,” she said. “Sometimes that means coming together at a happy hour to network. And several times a year we put on much larger events, like the Freeze Out 5K.” Funds raised go to the local branch of Rescue Mission, which helps struggling community members find housing and overcome other barriers, whether it’s a health issue, celebration during Black History Month in the School of Architecture, something that Butler wanted to see rectified by the time he graduated. Butler heard Lee’s name mentioned by prominent SU Black alumni at a NOMAS conference in the fall. Syracuse’s chapter eventually gained first place in a competition with other universities’ NOMAS chapters competing from across the country. Butler then took to LinkedIn to celebrate the occasion, and George reached out saying how proud her father would have been. While the exhibit for Lee is new, Sangkaeo said collaborating with on-campus architectural librarian Barbara Opar made recovering Lee’s works and personal family photo donations significantly easier. Together, Sangkaeo and Joseph categorized each one into four separate sections of Lee’s life: student, teacher, architect and person. They photocopied the majority of Lee’s lifework, except for his student drawings. Joseph said they wanted to showcase his originals in order for viewers to see the precise detail. The opening ceremony for “The Living Room Conversation: In Memory of Professor Kermit J. Lee Jr.” contained a talk from the dean of the School of Architecture, Michael Speaks, and Butler. George also spoke more about her father’s life and what he went through in a PowerPoint. SU’s NOMAS chapter will also be hosting
unemployment or an addiction. The organization’s hope is that attendees will be more inclined to get involved and help combat homelessness once they experience some of these things, said Gina Rapasadi, the Rescue Mission’s director of special events. This year, the organization is trying new ways to get people to raise more money, she said,
other events during February, such as an open mic night on Friday, Feb. 21 at 6:30 p.m. and lecture speakers Renee Kemp-Rotan and Tya Winn on Feb. 27. But the exhibit is not just to show Lee’s life. NOMAS also wanted a place for people to hold discussion about important topics — just like in a family living room, Joseph said. To attract
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DAN MCCORT, a Newhouse graduate student, delivered a 90-minute, fast-talking stand-up comedy special titled “Live on Thin Ice.” hannah ly staff photographer
McCort said his brand of comedy is centered around appearing “unrehearsed.” He will often make intentional mistakes in his syntax and sound like he’s talking “at the top of your head,” as if everything is on-the-spot.
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Kermit Lee’s architectural drawings are prominantly displayed in “The Living Room” exhibit, and are the only original components. lucy messineo witt staff photographer
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dedicated his time to comedy. With newfound determination, McCort enrolled in a New Jersey college to be closer to New York and “live the Jerry Seinfeld life,” he said. Sporadic gigs of stand-up in the city led to the realization that this was something he wanted to work at full time. McCort sought out his good friend and comedic role model, Jim Gaffigan, to share his plans to drop out of college. Gaffigan met this announcement with a discouraging reaction, McCort said. “He knew what I now know, which is that most comedians quit after getting into it,” McCort said. “But I knew from the beginning that it was something I could work really hard at, and I knew there was a big premium work ethic I knew mattered more than if I was funny yet.” During McCort’s special, he focused much of his material on his own mental health. He revealed to the audience that he was bipolar in a self-deprecating manner. This then became a theme throughout the show. “Personally, I think a great comedian does one of three things: paints a vivid perspective for their audience, considers their audience no matter the topic at hand and puts the joke, message above themselves,” McCort said.
pointing out that, for the first time, the organization is rewarding those who raise more than $750 with a Columbia Ascender Softshell Jacket. Rapasadi said it’s important for participants to think about the people who live in the cold as they are participating because, at the end of the day, this is about providing for people who are struggling. In order for this event to be as effective as possible, people must realize the importance of philanthropy, said Monica Everdyke, the captain of Runnin’ 4 a Reason, the team with the largest donation. “To me, philanthropy isn’t just about monetary support provided to someone or something; it’s about bringing awareness to something as well,” she said. “So, bringing awareness that homelessness, for example, exists, and helping is the important part.” The problem is that some people don’t know how to help, or don’t have the money to donate, Everdyke said, but there are other ways to provide support. Volunteering time to help Rescue Mission is one way, she said, but supporting the homeless community can be as simple as smiling at a homeless person on the street. “Homelessness is something that can affect anyone at any time,” she said. “It’s not just the people we may see on street corners. It could even be somebody you work with every day and you just don’t realize it, and I feel it’s important to help and give where we can and however we can.”
His conversational tone adds to this method. SU junior Caleb McDonald opened the “Live on Thin Ice” special with his own original comedy. Initially, he was the assistant director on the project, but when McCort saw
students into the exhibit, Joseph and Sangkaeo brought down a large wooden, scratchedup table from floor three of Slocum Hall and put it in the middle of the exhibit. Students now use the exhibit to do work and also talk. “It’s not simply an exhibition,” Benson said. “It’s the scope of the whole celebration.” cscargla@syr.edu
a video of McDonald’s own routine, McCort asked him to open the show. “It’s the mere joy I get from making people laugh that I enjoy,” McDonald said. “With my jokes, I try to make a clear train of thought, and so, the idea that everyone is a passenger on this train is fun for me. It also shows that there are some commonalities among everybody no matter the details.” This event merged the talents and efforts of multiple Syracuse students. Michael Egidio worked as a Student Centers and Programming Services venue manager at the event. In this role, he helps communicate and delegate tasks during events and changeovers in the auditorium. “It can teach you a lot about how to have a conversation with virtually anyone, which is an amazing skill to have,” Egidio said. Egidio believes the role has given him a lot of value in terms of communication, critical thinking and problem solving. As for McCort, who was surprised by the low audience turnout, he remains optimistic regarding future endeavors. “I think it took a decade before I knew it could work,” McCort said, “But at least now I have a body of material and history that suggests as long as I keep working at it things will work out at some point.” korourke@syr.edu
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Swart, Carney emerge as SU’s newest playmakers By Alex Hamer staff writer
Sam Swart received a pass from Emily Hawryschuk, 30 yards from the Canisius goal. The midfielder surged forward, bursting through the 12-meter arc with her eyes locked on net. But as she reached the 8-meter arc, she decided to pass, finding Megan Carney alone on the left wing for an easy goal. It’s a play Swart wouldn’t have made last season, she said. Swart had three assists against Canisius, and with six assists through the first four games this year, she’s already matched her total from last year. Syracuse’s 2019 assistsleader Nicole Levy graduated in May, leaving the Orange with a need for a new playmaker, despite returning a majority of their attack. Without Levy — now an assistant coach at Colorado — Swart and Carney, who has a teamhigh eight assists this season, have emerged. “I feel like I’m getting older now and junior year kind of came,” Swart said. “This whole past offseason I’ve been working on both sides: on assisting and scoring.” During the offseason, Swart practiced that exact scenario when she set up Carney in the season opener — driving the goal but keeping her head up to find teammates in space. It’s something Swart has continued to practice every day, at the behest of head coach Gary Gait. Along with Swart’s improvement, Gait said sophomore attack Carney is the team’s best “feeder.” Playing more in the low attack position behind the opposition goal this year, Carney has leaned on the tips she learned from Levy last season. Swart and fellow sophomore attack Meaghan Tyrrell said Carney’s vision and
accuracy have allowed for her early season success. For Carney, who was second for the Orange in assists last season with 24, the continuity in offensive personnel has been crucial, particularly with Hawryschuk, she said. “Carney is an amazing feeder,” Hawryschuk said after the season-opener. “So all the goals that come from her, they’re just so easy.” In last Saturday’s victory over Albany, SU’s two chief playmakers were synced up again. Weaving the ball around the 12-meter arc, Sierra Cockerille found Swart, who strode left and spotted Carney with a step on her defender, giving the sophomore attack a pass in stride for the simple finish. Even when Swart isn’t directly assisting a goal, her ability to transition the Orange from defense to offense and get the ball into the stick of other playmakers, like Carney, is key. Swart’s tendency to use her speed and penetrate the opposition’s 8-meter arc is part of what makes her an effective part of Gait’s offensive system, midfielder Mary Rahal said. “We’re there to be support, be those extra cuts, work the ball around,” Rahal said. “Our job isn’t very different from the attack.” While Levy may have left, the Orange offense, averaging 18 goals per game, is outpacing their 2019 per game rate (14). The offense — Hawryschuck, Carney and Swart — know when each other are going to cut, Swart said. Despite Syracuse’s upset loss to Stony Brook, playmaking hasn’t been the problem. “It’s a sense of working with each other (for a while) and at practice we’ve been killing it,” Swart said. “Just kind of getting to know each other a little more. We think we know each other well, but we can always have improvement.” athamer@syr.edu
SAM SWART has already matched her assist total from last season (6) through Syracuse’s first four games of 2020. will fudge staff photographer from page 12
louisville the worst turnover-producing teams in the country. Joseph Girard III threw two passes away early, and rotational guard Howard Washington checked in much earlier than usual. Hughes pressed, too, as he twice overshot Marek Dolezaj for what would’ve been layups. Buddy said SU took too many quick shots against Louisville’s press. “Especially when they were pressuring,” Boeheim said, “We couldn’t get by and make the play.” SU converted five 3s in the first half but just two in the second. Cardinals defenders started doubling Buddy when he received the ball, he said, and triggered dump-off passes. Hughes and Girard couldn’t find the mark either (3-for-12 from 3). “I feel like we should be more ahead,” one Louisville fan in a black sweater told another when the halftime buzzer sounded, the Cardinals ahead by seven. They’d be appeased. Louisville’s offensive game plan didn’t appear to change. It just grew more potent. Syracuse’s offensive spurts paled whenever the defense couldn’t get the ensuing stop. The Cardinals kept it simple: pass to an open white
jersey in the paint or around the arc. They went on a 14-2 run over a 2:18 stretch in the second half with dunks, 3-pointers and free throws. They led by 17. Then 19. Louisville ran the same high-low screen game in the paint, and SU didn’t have an answer. Sidibe and Dolezaj fouled out midway through the second half. Freshman Jesse Edwards didn’t fare much better. The 3s and dunks poured in and red-clad fans quickly trekked to the exits. As one walked out they said to no one particular, “We could get 1,000 (points) under the basket.” “It was a couple things (that went wrong),” Hughes said. “… In the second half we let them get dunk after dunk after dunk. We got to hold that down there. We have to stick to our principles.” SU now has a 1-4 record against ranked opponents with none others scheduled. It can finish the regular season with, at most, 19 wins — a number historically unsatisfactory for a berth. And now it’s facing its second threegame losing streak of the campaign. With the loss, the Orange’s season-long quest to the NCAA Tournament likely concluded Wednesday night. Not with a bang, but with a whimper on national television. nialvare@syr.edu | @nick_a_alvarez
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men’s basketball
Elijah Hughes’ athleticism on display as SU’s main option By Michael McCleary senior staff writer
Elijah Hughes baited his defender on the wing and cut backdoor toward the rim. It was the first day of live practice for John F. Kennedy Catholic (New York) High School in 2013, and during 3-on-3 drills head coach Al Morales was eager to unveil a 16-year-old Hughes. One who could pass like a point guard and score like a shooting guard. Two separate growth spurts led to a near overnight surge. Hughes received the pass inside and rose up. Nothing fancy: a two-handed dunk. He slammed it hard, though. Too hard. The rim burst off the backboard and sent Hughes crashing to the ground as shards of glass hailed down. Hughes felt the glass in his hair. “Am I bleeding? Am I bleeding?” Hughes frantically asked Morales. “To see it on TV is one thing,” Morales, who informed Hughes he was fine, said. “It was breathtaking.” For years, Hughes has elevated his reputation through shooting and a strong feel for the game. But the most unheralded aspect of Hughes’ game is the athleticism that unlocks much of his arsenal. As the most experienced Syracuse (14-11, 7-7 Atlantic Coast) player, Hughes has been thrust into a role as its main offensive threat. The new role led to new expectations and freedoms that allowed his athleticism to flourish on crossovers, quick first steps to the basket and powerful finishes at or around the rim. “I kind of always had a little boogie,” Hughes quipped in October. “I just really
ELIJAH HUGHES once dunked in a high school practice and shattered the backboard. That same athleticism now leads SU’s offense. max freund staff photographer
haven’t shown it.” At Syracuse, Hughes has flashed his athleticism with a rim-rattling dunk against Georgia Tech earlier in the season and quick bursts on drives to the rim against Florida State last Saturday. Over SU’s final stretch of the season, a hobbled Hughes will have to rely on that athleticism to carry a heavy workload for an SU team. Hughes’ father, Wayne, said his son never had natural “Oh my goodness, this kid can fly” athleticism, so he learned how to dunk by lowering the adjustable hoop in his backyard to
eight feet. Wayne and Hughes’ mother, Penny, remembered him outside every day, cocking his arm back and throwing down tomahawks and windmills. Hughes bumped it to nine feet, then messed around at regulation height. After Playmaker Academy AAU practices in the eighth grade, Hughes and his teammates showed off dunks sandwiched between multiple failed attempts. In a game later that year, Hughes’ teammate Justin Mitchell stole the ball and streaked down the court for a dunk. Hughes and his teammates erupted. No one had
ever dunked in a game before. A few plays later, Hughes knocked the ball loose and did the same. From that point, it was “automatic,” Wayne said. Hughes parlayed his athleticism into other aspects of his game. Quick bounces on defensive plays has led him to become one of the top-15 shot-blockers in the ACC this season. He chases high after rebounds and elevates for a high release-point on layup finishes. “He jumped so high it scared me,” recalls Kelvin Jefferson, Hughes’ former South Kent (Connecticut) High School head coach. Dunk contest wins became a routine, and on Hughes’ first trip to Syracuse for the Elite Camp the Orange host each summer, he performed dunks in free time and attracted crowds, Beacon High School teacher Scott Timpano said. Kennedy Catholic teacher Brian Bruder and his son, Declan, sat in the stands at Kennedy Catholic as an 11th-grade Hughes broke away from defenders into the open court. The crowd braced for something amazing. “Appointment television,” Bruder said. Hughes unleashed a tomahawk dunk at the rim, and the crowd erupted. Bruder got home later that night and heard a thumping noise in Declan’s room. He opened the door, and Declan was jumping around, cocking back his arm and throwing down dunks into the plastic Nerf basketball hoop attached to the door. “ W hat are you doing?” Bruder asked, laughing. The then-9-year-old Declan continued to jump around his room. He was just being a kid. And learning to dunk like Elijah Hughes. mmcclear@syr.edu | @MikeJMcCleary
women’s basketball
SU turns to backup guards in search of tournament bid By David Schneidman staff writer
When Quentin Hillsman summoned Elemy Colomé from the bench, she wasn’t instructed on how to limit then-No.5 Louisville’s Dana Evans, one of the nation’s best guards. Rather, the message on Feb. 9 was broad and simple. “Bring that spark, turn it up,” Syracuse’s assistant coaches said to Colomé as she jolted to the scorer’s table. Colomé doesn’t reach the court often. As the third backup guard option behind Teisha Hyman and Taleah Washington, the graduate transfer from Rhode Island averages just 5.1 minutes per contest this year and didn’t appear in a game from Nov. 16 to Jan. 5. “I know my minutes are limited,” Colomé said. “I always just go in and give it my all. I don’t try and save any energy.” In just three minutes against the Cardinals, Colomé tallied a jumper, an offensive rebound, a steal and took a charge. Her contributions helped Syracuse (14-11, 8-6 Atlantic Coast) gain an advantage it never relented in its biggest upset of the season. Starting guards from page 12
mccaw said. “You just never felt stress on her.” In particular, McCaw had a special relationship with her daughter Kacey. The daughter and mother were like “two peas in a pod,” and Kacey was always “right on her (mom’s) left hip,” David said. Kacey was named after Kopley. In youth volleyball, Kacey wore the number 22, partly because she was a twin, but also because it was half of 44, representing her mom’s love for Syracuse. Just like her mother, Kacey was a setter and a leader on the court. After she died last Friday, her team was lost without her. “(Her teammates) were like Kacey…is not here to tell us what to do,” David said. “They’ve rallied around the spirit that Carrie gave to Kacey.” The weekend before McCaw died, she reunited with a small group of Syracuse friends for a birthday celebration in Sea Girt, New Jersey. The group had a great time “kid-free,” but McCaw FaceTimed her boys at their swim meet to see how everything went, Kopley said. Then, she FaceTimed her daughter when the group was hanging out. “She was so involved in her kids’ lives,”
Kiara Lewis and Gabrielle Cooper average more than 36 minutes a game, but it’s the backup guards who have helped ignite SU’s recent four-game win streak. “At this point of the season, you’re usually shrinking your rotation,” Hillsman said. “We’re expanding our rotation.” Of the three primary backup guards, Hyman plays the most with a 21.3 minutesper-game average. She typically shares the court with Lewis and Cooper and acts as a secondary ball handler. After missing the first three games of the season while recovering from a medial meniscus tear, the freshman burst onto the scene with strong performances against then-No. 24 Michigan and UMBC. On Dec. 8 against the Retrievers, she notched 16 points and three assists in 15 minutes, and Hillsman called Hyman “a complete guard.” But her mid-range jumper that was dropping started to miss. To start the ACC schedule, the White Plains, New York native shot 31% (26-for83). Finally, Hyman broke out of her slump by going 7-for-10 with seven steals in an 89-79 win over Boston College on Feb. 6, just her second
time shooting above 50% in conference play. “I’m happy it happened,” Hyman said. “Sometimes things are contagious, you hit your first 3 and you kind of get in the rhythm of it.” It was the same game Colomé scored her season-high. During Syracuse’s team breakfast that morning, Hillsman pulled his three graduate transfers aside and told them to “stay locked in,” Colomé recalled. In 2018-19, she led Rhode Island in points (14.1) and minutes (30.5) per game. Now, she’s the ninth or tenth option off SU’s bench. Against the Eagles, though, Colomé registered seven points and two assists in eight minutes. She appeared, and scored, in threestraight games after that. In the second half against Pittsburgh on Feb. 16, Colomé helped force a 10-second violation and saved a loose ball by diving into SU’s bench. “I want to send (the graduate transfers) out on their feet,” Hillsman told Brian Higgins on the broadcast after the BC game. “I don’t want to send them out on the bench.” In that same stretch, Hillsman’s reemphasized Washington’s play too. The freshman’s
three highest scoring totals came in her first games. Since, Washington’s best game was six points against Green Bay on Nov. 30. But a 2-for-4 (1-for-1 from 3) stretch within the last week flashed potential in small doses. She didn’t expect to play in every contest except Louisville, Washington said, and added she’s had opportunities “most other freshmen don’t get.” While on the bench, she studies the decision-making, movement and defensive tendencies of the veteran guards, “The upperclassmen that play over me, the people who play my position — I take notes and see what I can do better to help my game,” Washington said. Mostly, she’s limited to watching the two starters. But at times, Washington’s been able to study Colomé and Hyman, too. With four regular season games remaining until the ACC tournament, Syracuse needs as many wins as possible to strengthen its case for an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. And, for now, Hillsman believes part of that formula includes the backup guards.
Kopley said. “They confided in her, and she … would just say the right things. She was such a good mom. Such a good mom.” At the party, McCaw brought a hat and a koozie covered in ‘44’s’ for a friend’s 44th birthday gift — a reference to 44’s Tavern, a Syracuse bar where they hung out. They spent the weekend laughing and reminiscing.
fit her persona, Picard said. “When she walked into a room, walked onto a court, she lit it up,” David said. McCaw was SU’s captain for three years, David said, and made the Athletics Director’s honor roll every semester. After switching to a completely new position her sophomore year, she developed tendinitis in her hands from practicing setting so frequently, David said. Her favorite game came when SU defeated Pittsburgh on Nov. 7, 1997 in a five-set thriller in which she set two records. But it wasn’t about her, Picard said. It was about the team. “The first thing she did was jump into my arms,” Picard said. “That moment of her leading our team to a victory that we had believed and dreamed for was probably the most incredible moment.” After she graduated, McCaw joined Rutgers as a coach and helped it make the Big East Tournament for the first time since joining the conference in 1995. McCaw even coached against her former teammates, beating SU in 1998. She’d coach for more than 20 years, mostly at the youth level. “She instilled confidence in so many people,” David said.
As a friend, Kopley describes McCaw as her soulmate; the two just “get each other.” When they learned their middle names rhymed on the first day they met, they began to go by “Carrie Ray and Kacey Faye.” McCaw loved to sing and dance, and Kopley remembers when her roommate replaced the lyrics to “Sweet Caroline” with “sweet Kacey Faye.” Kopley remembers the times McCaw went out of her way to visit Kopley’s kids, sitting and drawing with them in their Charlotte, North Carolina home. Kopley remembers the funny poems McCaw wrote in her annual Christmas card, and the poems from college, which always ended with the line “love you whole bunches.” Kopley called McCaw on the morning of the crash to wish her a belated happy birthday. At the end of the conversation, McCaw told Kopley that she “loved her whole bunches,” and Kopley the same. McCaw died about half-an-hour later. “I got the gift to tell her that I loved her one last time,” Kopley said. “I don’t take it lightly. It was a gift.” “I just hope everybody can find their Carrie Ray,” Kopley said. “When you have a friend like that, it makes going through life’s ups and downs and all of that a little bit easier.”
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Carrie Urton McCaw 1976-2020 Friends and family remember former SU volleyball star
Syracuse blown out by No. 11 Louisville By Nick Alvarez
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CARRIE URTON MCCAW, a former SU volleyball star, died in a car accident on Feb. 14. Her daughter and two others also died. courtesy of kacey kopley (top left, bottom right), david mccaw (top right) and norm sutaria (bottom left)
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fter Carrie Urton McCaw’s freshman season at Syracuse, she had every reason to transfer. Her coach was fired during the 1994 season, and the replacement asked her to switch positions. David McCaw, who began dating the volleyball star in 1997, is glad she stayed. Shortly after she set multiple records as SU’s setter, the two got married and later raised four children in Louisville, Kentucky. “Her first love that she ever had in life was volleyball, but her greatest love was her kids,” David said. “She was able to help each one of her kids reach their dreams.” On Feb. 14, McCaw and her 12-year-old daughter, Kacey, died around 11:08 a.m. in a car crash on Interstate 64 outside of St. Louis. Lesley Prather, 40, and her daughter Rhyan Prather, 12, were also in the minivan; the four were on their
way to a volleyball tournament. McCaw turned 44 years old a day before the crash. One of the most decorated volleyball players in Orange history, McCaw ranks second all-time for the most matches played and third in all-time assists. She was the “heart and the soul” of the team and played with fire, former teammate Hannah Picard said. Sports remained in McCaw’s life after she became a mother. She supported all four of her kids wholeheartedly, no matter their differing interests, David said. One became an Eagle Scout, and others enjoyed everything from basketball and volleyball to acting and dancing. McCaw drove them wherever they needed while balancing her full-time job at a law firm, juggling those responsibilities in a “chill” and “seamless” way, Picard said. She always handled tough situations with “grace and maturity,” said Kacey Kopley, McCaw’s best friend and former roommate. “I’m a new mom, and that is just inspiring to me,” Picard
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In their lockers, Syracuse players talked in a low murmur. Some pulled their hoods over their heads. For months they had played like a team trying to put it all together. Then they tried again for 40 more minutes. But in that second half, the SU press failed, the bench emptied and the score ballooned. Louisville forced the Orange to reconcile their long-term hopes with a daunting reality. “I wish we were better,” Orange head coach Jim Boeheim said. “I wish we were doing something wrong that we can correct. But we’re just not quite good enough.” Clinging to a postseason dream, Syracuse (14-12, 7-8 Atlantic Coast) was steamrolled by No. 11 Louisville (22-5, 13-3), 90-66, on Wednesday night. Keeping in line with seasons norms, SU made it competitive in the first half. They cut into multiple double-digit leads and strung together enough defensive stops to make nervous the Cardinals fans encircling the court. But offensive turnovers and leaky high-post defense quashed another SU upset bid. Louisville totaled more points in the paint (30 to 24), rebounds (45 to 36) and assists (23 to 11) than the Orange. The Cardinals benefited from tactical (inserting 3-point shooter Ryan McMahon into the starting lineup) and schematic changes (continuously running a high-low game in the paint). The Cardinals thrilled from 3 and rode a tension-less final 20 minutes to end its own two-game slide. “The disappointment was our defensive breakdown in the second half.” Boeheim said. “We just didn’t have it tonight. “ Cardinals’ shooters quickly found the 3-point stroke they’d lost in past games. After going a combined 9-for51 in two losses, they converted 10 against the Orange. McMahon hit four 3s in the first half, each pushing Louisville further ahead. They mainly fed Jordan Nwora and Dwayne Sutton in the 2-3 zone’s soft spot. They were met with little resistance, whipping the ball across the arc or baseline for a dump-off. Sutton, who finished with three 3s, had converted less than one deep ball per contest. After Sutton rose and cashed Louisville’s first of the game, Buddy Boeheim was shocked, the latter said. The Orange thought he was only a high-post threat. It created more offense. After repeated possessions looking for a 3, the Cardinals went over the zone to Malik Williams. When SU defenders fanned out to shooters and denied backdoor cuts, Nwora rose for midrange jumpers. Nwora scored a teamhigh 17 points after he managed seven total points over the last two games. Meanwhile, Syracuse developed a turnover problem against one of see louisville page 9