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Residential community safety officers from the Department of Public Safety will be stationed in all Syracuse University residence halls at the start of the semester.

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Musical duo Rachel Doehring and Dan Sato reflect on their music for the New Year concert.

They performed a variety of selfselected classical music works.

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Student Life columnist Jenna Wirth argues that early classes hurt academic performance and can increase the risk of anxiety and depression in students.

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Decade in data Syracuse University increased tuition, expanded research in last decade

Cost of attendance

2018-19 had a 7.87% increase from the prior year, more than double any previous increase

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hate crimes

No arrests made in SU hate crimes, SPD says

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ampus growth, research expansion and rising tuition have marked the last decade at Syracuse University. Enrollment at SU has been on the rise in the past ten years, but so has the cost of attendance.

Here’s a look at how costs, spending and the student experience at SU have evolved since 2010:

Cost of attendance

Tuition $52,210

Non-billable costs (average) $3,310 Books & supplies Transportation Personal expenses

Direct (billable) expenses $69,759 Miscellaneous fees

University health insurance $1,730

SU’s cost of attendance for the 2019-20 academic year was $74,799, a 44% increase from $51,960 in the 201011 academic year.

A $3,300 tuition premium associated with Invest Syracuse, a five-year $100 million academic fundraising pledge, is largely responsible for the increase. Students who arrived at SU after the fall 2018 semester will pay the rebased tuition annually.

Rob Hradsky, senior associate vice president of the student experience and dean of students, said the $13,000 students will pay in premiums if they graduate in four years is worth the return.

“I think our goal is to create an unsurpassed student experience,” Hradsky said. “We believe that elevating the experience is going to create opportunities for students that they haven’t experienced in the past.”

SU charges less for tuition than comparable institutions, but SU students have paid more in total costs since the 2014-15 academic year, according to data from the Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics. In the 2017-18 academic year, SU charged $5,327 less for tuition than its DOE see decade page 4

The Syracuse Police Department has not made any arrests in connection to the hate crimes and biasrelated incidents that have occurred at or near Syracuse University since early November, an SPD spokesperson said.

At least 20 racist, anti-Semitic and bias-related incidents have been reported at or near SU since Nov. 7. SPD is investigating several of the incidents. “(The incidents) are all under investigation,” SPD spokesperson Sgt. Matthew Malinowski said in a statement.

SPD is investigating a threatening, anti-Semitic email that was sent Nov. 19 to SU professor Genevieve García de Müeller, as well as a swastika that was found etched in a snowbank across the street from The 505 on Walnut luxury apartment complex Nov. 14.

The department is leading the investigation into a white supremacist manifesto that was allegedly sent to students’ cellphones in Bird Library on Nov. 19.

SPD has not yet obtained a device that received the manifesto.

SU’s Department of Public Safety, the New York State Police and the FBI are also investigating the series of hate crimes and bias-related incidents. DPS and SPD are both investigating a racial slur an individual reportedly yelled at a Latino male and female Dec. 4 while driving on Euclid Avenue.

DPS is continuing to follow leads and to consult the law enforcement agencies in its investigations, said Sarah Scalese, senior associate vice president for university communications, in a statement.

A “generous” university donor has provided a reward for information leading to an arrest, Chancellor Kent Syverud said in a Nov. 17 campus-wide email.

“A reward for information leading to an arrest is still in place,” Scalese said. #NotAgainSU, a black studentled movement, held a sit-in at the Barnes Center at The Arch for eight days in response to the series of hate crimes and bias-related incidents.

SPD arrested Kym McGowan, an SU freshman, on Nov. 20 for graffiti in support of the protest. rjchang@syr.edu @RichardJChang1

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SU Hong Kong finishes semester in US

By Natalie Rubio-Licht senior staff writer

Back to school Students returned to Syracuse University for the start of the spring 2020 semester, which begins Monday. SU experienced unseasonably warm weather on Saturday as many students moved belongings into residence halls and off-campus apartments. Temperatures soared to 67 degrees, exceeding expected seasonal temperatures by 36 degrees. sarah lee asst. photo editor

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Committee plans diversity, climate review

By Emma Folts news editor

The Board of Trustees special committee tasked with jointly assessing diversity, inclusion and campus climate at Syracuse University has met and begun planning its review.

The Board of Trustees Special Committee on University Climate, Diversity and Inclusion formed in December to review and provide recommendations on SU’s current diversity and inclusion policies and programs. The committee, which will consider recommendations from an independent panel, expects to present a report to the board by

the end of June, said Jeffrey Scruggs, co-chair of the committee.

This matters to us in terms of what kind of institution we want to be Richard Alexander co-chair, the board of trustees special committee on university climate, diversity and inclusion

“This is not a committee that we want to have drag on for a year, two years, and have the community wondering about whether we

are actually going to take action,” Scruggs said.

The committee was formed in response to at least 20 racist, antiSemitic and bias-related incidents that occurred at or near SU since early November, Scruggs said.

Though the incidents inform the committee’s work, the report is not an investigation or criticism of any past actions, he said.

SU has gone through a painful process, and the committee is dedicated to ensuring students feel safe at the university, said Richard Alexander, committee co-chair and graduate of the Class of 1982.

The board not only wants SU to be a welcoming place for all students

and talents, it wants the university to lead in this area, he said.

“This matters to us in terms of what kind of institution we want to be, it matters to us in terms of the students that we want to attract to the university, the talent we want to attract to the university, the shared values and visions we want to have,” Alexander said.

Seven trustees, including Board of Trustees Chair Kathleen Walters, serve on the committee.

Committee members have prioritized residential and student life, academic experience and safety in their review, Alexander said.

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on campus

DPS stations 24-hour safety officers in dorms

By Michael Sessa asst. news editor

Residential community safety officers will staff all Syracuse University residence hall entrances 24/7 for the spring semester.

SU’s Department of Public Safety announced plans in September to hire 90 full-time, licensed residential community safety officers to station the entrances of each residence hall and validate the IDs of individuals entering the building.

“The final group of RCSOs have completed their interviews and will complete the hiring and training process by the end of January,” said Christine Weber, DPS public information and internal communications officer,

in an email.

The change is part of a series of new safety initiatives DPS launched this year in response to at least 20 hate crimes and biasrelated incidents reported at or near SU since early November.

Racist graffiti targeting black, Asian, Jewish and indigenous students has been found written in several residence halls and other campus buildings.

DPS also said in September that it would install 11 security cameras in the area surrounding Euclid Avenue as part of the safety initiatives. Nine cameras are already installed in the Euclid area.

“The funding for this project has been approved and is with the The funding for 11 security cameras in the area surrounding Euclid

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A few days into her internship with AMENPAPA, a retail company in Hong Kong, Syracuse University senior Lydia Hsu received an email that said her time abroad would be ending early.

“The schools were burning, there was a lot going on in the streets and public transportation was getting disrupted,” Hsu said.

SU canceled its study abroad program in Hong Kong on Nov. 13 due to protests and political unrest in the area. City University of Hong Kong, which partners with SU, was the site of protests and a fire at an academic building in November.

The city-wide protests began June 9 over a proposed law allowing people who’ve committed crimes to be sent to countries Hong Kong doesn’t have extradition treaties with.

We only had three business days and a weekend to figure it out Lydia Hsu hong kong abroad student

The Hong Kong program is suspended for the spring semester, said Keith Kobland, SU media relations manager, in an email to The Daily Orange. SU Abroad did not believe students were in “imminent danger” when the program was canceled in November, but that security and safety were “deteriorating,” Kobland said.

“Until that point, protests were localized and our students attended class and safely experienced the city by observing common sense precautions,” Kobland said. “After the semester started, protests escalated, with significant disruption to mobility and public transportation.”

SU students abroad in Hong Kong were given one week to find their plane tickets, Hsu said. Housing for the program would be canceled Nov. 19, Hsu said. She left Nov. 18.

“We really had to work with the time difference of calling back and forth to Syracuse and the airline companies to figure out exactly what was going on,” Hsu said. “We only had three business days and a weekend to figure it out.”

SU Abroad covered all airport transportation and return flight costs for students to travel from Hong Kong to the United States, Kobland said. Students were offered the opportunity to work directly with International SOS, SU’s security provider, to book a flight out of the country at no cost, he said.

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SU launches new trolley shuttle system on campus

By Gillian Follett asst. news editor

Syracuse University has officially deployed a new trolley system to provide shuttle services across campus, the university announced Sunday.

The system includes four trolleys that can each accommodate 22 passengers, according to an SU News release. The trolleys replace the Birnie Bus service, whose contract with SU expired last year. from page 1

decade comparison institutions did on average.

SU chooses the colleges and universities to compare its data to in annual DOE reporting.

Invest Syracuse was announced in July 2017 as a plan to improve SU’s academics, student life and financial aid opportunities.

Some Invest Syracuse initiatives, including the Euclid Shuttle and the Graham Fitness Center, have already been implemented.

As part of Invest Syracuse, the university also plans to improve academic and career advising, increase support for mental health and wellness and bolster its research capabilities.

Enrollment

22,850 students were enrolled at SU for the 2019-20 academic year, compared to 20,407 in the 2010-11 academic year.

The student body’s demographics have remained largely stable over the past decade.

The percent of women enrolled at SU dropped from 55% of the student body in 2010 to 52% in 2018. Fifty-three percent of the student body in 2018-19 was white.

Despite a nationwide decline, SU has seen an increase in international student enrollment in recent years. International students made up 13.5% of SU’s undergraduate student

The trolley service covers the routes previously operated by the shuttle system, including the Quad Shuttle, the Warehouse Express, the Euclid Shuttle and the Late Night Orange Express. Maps and schedules for the trolley routes are available on SU’s Parking and Transit Services website.

The Office of Parking and Transit Services also expanded the length of the Quad Shuttle route and split it into two routes.

Both the ’Cuse Trolley Blue Loop and the ’Cuse Trolley Orange Loop operate around

the perimeter of campus and make a stop near the Quad.

Two of the trolleys arrived at SU early last month, said Jenn Horvath, communications director for SU’s Division of Business, Finance and Administrative Services, in a Dec. 9 email to The Daily Orange. SU had already hired drivers to operate the vehicles at that time, she said. SU first announced plans for the trolley service in September and initially scheduled the trolleys to begin operation in November.

The introduction of the trolley system is part of a series of improvements to campus transportation services based on input from students, faculty and staff. The trolleys were chosen due to their accessibility features, including ramps and low floors, the release said.

The trolley service is free for anyone with an SU or SUNY-ESF ID. The trolley routes run between 6:20 a.m. and 8:15 p.m. and extend across areas on and near campus.

body in fall 2018, according to the university’s fall census. The number of international students at SU rose to 4,123 from the 2010-11 academic year, a 60.12% increase.

Hradsky cited improvements at the Center for International Services as contributing to the increase.

“We’re working to help shift the center, so not only were we focused on immigration compliance, but also working to create community and provide greater support for international students,” Hradsky said.

fulfills the goals of Chancellor Kent Syverud’s Academic Strategic Plan, an academic vision for the university, by increasing support for undergraduate student research. The plan was introduced in May 2015 to address SU’s student experience, research capacity, innovation and commitment to veterans.

wanted 24-hour access to the building, he said.

SU has also increased its use of surveys and other data collection measures to better understand student needs, Hradsky said.

“We want to make sure it will meet the needs of students based on all of the data gathering,” he said.

SU’s spending on campus renovations has increased since the start of the decade, data from Sightlines, a Connecticut-based education consulting firm, shows.

Research spending

SU upped its spending on science and engineering research and development by more than $30 million from 2015 to 2018, according to Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education data. SU also tripled its spending on non-science and engineering research and development in the same time period.

In 2018, SU spent $3,117 on research per fully enrolled student. Comparable institutions spent an average of $10,516 per student the same year, DOE data shows.

The Carnegie classification designated SU as an R1 level research university first in 2015.

It retained the designation in 2018 and 2019.

SU announced in November 2018 it will spend $1 million annually to support a new Center for Undergraduate Research. The initiative

Campus infrastructure

Shortly after Syverud was inaugurated in 2014, he introduced Fast Forward Syracuse, a decades-long initiative for the university that would serve as a framework for future administrative decisions.

The framework is responsible for substantial infrastructure changes, including the $62.5 million National Veterans Resource Complex, the $118 million Carrier Dome improvements and roof replacement and the student life and recreation center at the Barnes Center at The Arch, among other improvements.

Hradsky said SU has improved its efforts to include students in the planning and design process of its renovations and construction in the past few years.

“We’re looking at ways we can move forward programmatically to provide the kinds of environments and support systems students want,” Hradsky said. Ongoing renovations of the Schine Student Center, for example, were designed around student input that showed students from page 3

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committee Panel, comprised of four members not affiliated with SU, is charged with observing and engaging the campus community separate from the special committee, Scruggs said. The panel will share its findings with the committee later this semester to be included in the committee’s report, he said.

Eric Fingerhut, president and CEO of The Jewish Federations of North America, and former Assistant U.S. Attorney General Karol Mason serve on the panel. The four panelists each bring different perspectives, and some have experience advising other universities, Alexander said.

“They have seen academic institutions who have addressed these issues very, very well, and they bring to us the benefit of learning from those experiences,” Alexander said.

Engaging with students, the University Senate and the broader SU community is critical to the committee’s work, Scruggs said. The committee plans to meet with student groups of diverse backgrounds and gather input from faculty, staff and community members, he said. Surveys could also be provided, he said.

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Financial aid

About 75% of SU students received some type of financial support in the 2017-18 academic year, according to SU’s admissions website. The university met its goal to raise $40 million for scholarships and financial aid through Invest Syracuse, SU announced in April.

SU provides financial aid for a larger percentage of its undergraduates than comparable schools do, DOE data shows. Seventy-four percent of SU undergraduates received grant aid in 2017 compared with 55% of undergraduates at comparison schools.

The percent of undergraduates receiving grant aid remained steady from 2010 to 2017.

During the same time frame, the percentage of undergraduates receiving federal Pell grants dropped from 27% in 2010 to 16% in 2017. msessa@syr.edu | @MichaelSessa3

A schedule of the committee’s planned engagement efforts will be put together in the coming weeks, Scruggs said. The panel is independently deciding how to engage the campus community, he said.

The committee will also consider agreements made between students and university administration in its final recommendations, Alexander said. #NotAgainSU, a black student-led movement, presented a list of demands for Chancellor Kent Syverud to meet in response to the hate crimes and bias-related incidents.

Syverud agreed to 16 of the movement’s 19 demands and made revisions to the remaining three. The chancellor also agreed to demands from Asian, international and Jewish students and discussed concerns and solutions with indigenous students.

SU’s work in addressing student concerns is ongoing, Scruggs said. The committee’s report should be seen as an addition to the university’s ongoing efforts, and not a replacement, he said.

“We are really, really laser-focused on what we can do going forward to enhance the experience for all members of the Syracuse University community,” Scruggs said. esfolts@syr.edu | @emmafolts

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Diversify your campus social circle

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ollege students need to normalize interracial friendships, and that can start with leaving the “I have black friend” statement and other ignorant comments in the past, as the color of one’s skin should not be the only similarity that can lead to friendship.

According to a 2013 Reuters/ Ipsos poll, about 40% of white Americans have solely white friends, while only 25% of nonwhite Americans only have friendships within their own race. If white people stop avoiding the normalization of interracial relationships, the gap between these statistics would significantly decrease.

It is easiest to recognize the avoidance of interracial friendships on the campuses of predominantly white institutions such as Syracuse University is, through the recent rise of so-called “safe spaces,” as they create more isolation between different demographics on campus. Departments such as the Office of Multicultural Affairs and ethnically affiliated clubs operate as environments that can make minority students feel a false sense of comfort in their own skin.

College campuses need to place more focus on shaping every single space, organization, and group into a “safe space.”

The concept is commendable — working to create communities in which one feels comfortable

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However, the creation of safe spaces creates a sense of social isolation in minority groups, bringing up the questionable issue of “unsafe spaces.”

Students often make the assumption that friendships outside of these so-called “safe spaces” will not provide the same sense of relatability found with other people of color. While it may be true that friends of the same minority group can bond over the hardships they have experienced as people of color, interracial friendships allow people to feel comfortable both inside and out of designated “safe spaces.”

“If we are talking about longterm social consequences, these friendships do contribute to prejudice reduction,” said Sara Burke, an assistant professor of psychology at SU. By leaving the tendency to gravitate towards only those that look like themselves, white people will no longer have to justify their open-mindedness by namedropping their minority friends.

In order to normalize interracial friendships, white students need to stop limiting themselves to token interracial friendships.

When it comes to attending

a predominantly white institution, every person of color will eventually experience being the only non-white person in a room.

However, when the SU Fall 2019 Census noted that white students make up 52.5% of the student body, it is up to that majority to stand as the solution to de facto segregation. The duty to integrate friend groups should not be left on the shoulders of minorities when it is white people that unintentionally limit their number of friends of color. Having a singular person of color in a friend group should not stand as an acceptable excuse for white people to get away with claiming to be “not racist” or “open-minded to diversity.”

Burke stated that normalizing, not championing, interracial friendships can lead to a better future.

“To at least view such friendships as normative and acceptable would contribute to their greater formation in more innocuous circumstances,” Burke said.

While creating bonds that delve deeper than skin color can work to further eradicate racism, it is going to take much more than merely claiming to have a singular black friend to normalize interracial friendships.

Cori Dill is a freshman studying newspaper journalism and political science. crdill@syr.edu @dillcori.

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ften, after a morning class, students feel so drained that they lose all motivation to study or complete assignments; hang out with friends; or attend extracurricuJENNA lar events for WIRTH the remainder THR IV ING of the day.

W HILE DY ING Junior Guinevere Wilkens, who is currently majoring in biology, said that she rarely makes it to any of her 8 a.m. classes because of how repulsive she feels when getting up.

“I’ll wake up and feel physically drained and almost sick,” said Wilkens. “I have problems with sleeping and I don’t get to sleep until 5 a.m., and by that time, it’s basically time to get up.”

Sleep deprivation can increase a person’s risk of depression and anxiety, according to a 2018 Binghamton University study.

Researchers have discovered that sleep restriction can cause people to have negative thoughts get stuck in their heads, leaving them more vulnerable to various psychological disorders, including anxiety and depression.

Anxiety and depression can cause college students to not attend class, isolate themselves from peers and not study.

Poor sleep quality also affects students’ academic performance.

A 2016 DePauw University study showed that students in early morning sections earned lower grades than students in sections of the same course offered later in the day.

Grades were especially low for 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. classes.

A 2017 study published in “Frontiers in Human Neuroscience” found that starting a six-hour working day around 10 or 11 a.m. improves most college students’ sleep and performance. Therefore, why don’t the first classes of the day start then?

Young adults, individuals between 18 and 25 years old, should get seven to nine hours of sleep every night, according to the National Sleep Foundation. However, most college students typically get six to 6.9 hours of sleep per night, according to the University Health Center at the University of Georgia.

Dr. Joshua Felver, assistant professor of psychology at Syracuse University and a licensed psychologist in New York, says that the amount of sub-optimal sleep an individual gets corresponds to the degree in which that person suffers

from health problems.

“Early morning classes aren’t necessarily the problem. It’s that they aren’t getting enough sleep, which is a broader question about sleep hygiene and having a bedtime that allows for the amount of sleep your body needs,” said Felver.

Between academics, work and extracurriculars, college students must choose between having a social life, getting enough sleep and obtaining good grades. It’s not possible to do everything. Instead, students must prioritize what activities they deem most important, which, unfortunately, often isn’t an adequate amount of sleep.

Dr. Zafer Soultan, a Syracuse doctor affiliated with Crouse and Upstate University Hospitals who specializes in respiratory and sleep medicine, recommends developing some sort of bedtime routine.

“Teach your brain when you are about to go to bed by doing some type of activity,” said Soultan.

“Whether it is taking a shower, reading a book, wearing pajamas and brushing teeth, do those routines at the same time every day.”

However, the likelihood of students successfully following these suggestions are slim due to many of them having a demanding lifestyle, which may include challenging academic and work schedules.

Sleep restriction causes a variety of health issues. Shorter sleep duration can cause a weakened immune system, hindering peoples’ ability to fight off infections. Hence, sleep deprivation makes people become more prone to getting sick.

And, since missing one class can be equivalent to missing almost a whole week of high school, and some professors have strict attendance policies, skipping class is often not an option. This creates more stress for students, making it more strenuous for students to seek medical help away from home.

Colleges are responsible for taking care of their students’ wellbeing to make sure they are happy and healthy. Yet lack of sleep and poor sleep quality are prevalent among college students, affecting their health and peak academic performance. Knowing this, colleges should eliminate 8 a.m. classes or give students the option to take the same class later in the day. Early morning classes are only an obstacle for students being able to thrive.

Jenna Wirth is a sophomore studying magazine journalism. jwirth@syr.edu @jenna__wirth.

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city,” Weber said. The city is responsible for purchasing and installing the new cameras, she said.

DPS Chief Bobby Maldonado told The Daily Orange in September that the cameras were expected to be up by mid-October.

The Syracuse Police Department will be responsible for monitoring the cameras and will work with DPS to patrol the area, SPD spokesperson Sgt. Matthew Malinowski said. The main purpose of the cameras will be to assist in ongoing investigations, he said.

Syverud also announced plans to install new security cameras in “strategic locations,” with a focus on stairwells, elevators, exterior locations and common spaces, in a campus security update in November.

DPS introduced a Bias Incident Reports website in late November to consolidate public safety updates. The page will be “continuously updated” with information about hate speech and bias-incidents within 48 hours, Maldonado said in a campuswide email Nov. 30.

Information about at least two alleged bias incidents — one reported on Dec. 27 and one on Jan. 5 — has not been posted to the website.

“The Department of Public Safety is actively investigating the matter and following leads on this alleged incident,” a university spokesperson said of the Dec. 27 incident in a Jan. 4 statement. The spokesperson did not provide further comment to avoid compromising the investigation. #NotAgainSU, a black student-led movement, has criticized the Bias Incident Reports webpage, claiming the webpage places a responsibility on students to notify themselves of hate crimes and bias-relatedincidents. DPS previously provided alerts about each incident via email, but was advised by law enforcement that repeated distribution of email notifications like those in November are likely to motivate copycats, Maldonado said in a campus-wide email Nov. 30.

flights three weeks ago.

Students were assured they’d have the chance to finish the semester, Hsu said.

The Hong Kong program had three “modules,” she said. Students were given the option to leave after the second module of classes. Students that stayed for the third module could choose between an independent study and research track or an internship track.

Once the program was canceled, students were given the option to do independent study and research from home or not receive credit for the final module, said Hsu. The SU center in Hong Kong kept students informed about any possible safety threats or

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disruptions, Kobland said. Hsu said students were told they were not allowed to join the protests, which she said were not a “disturbance” to daily life until mid-November, she said.

Shane Shikichi, a senior international relations major at SU, first witnessed the protests while coming back from a weekend trip in the middle of the semester. He described it as a small, peaceful protest, but said other students saw much larger protests. He saw protesters and riot police patrolling during Halloween.

“That’s when the majority of students saw the riot police in action,” Shikichi said, “not necessarily throwing tear gas, but much more patrolling.”

Many students were against the decision to end the program early, Shikichi said. Though he was unhappy with the decision, he said he

understood why it occurred. Students began understanding SU’s decision to suspend the program when students saw the protests during the program’s last days, he said.

Kobland said the political situation in Hong Kong “appears to have stabilized,” and if security stays stable, the program will reopen in fall 2020.

SU Abroad will host a panel addressing political unrest while studying abroad on Thursday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. in Hall of Languages 500, Kobland said. The panel will feature Dr. Erika Wilkens, assistant provost and director of SU Abroad, Seth Tucker, director of global security, two alumni of the Hong Kong program and two alumni from the Santiago, Chile program from fall 2019.

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Devoted duo

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Award-winning musicans perform music about dedication in Songs of Devotion concert

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RACHEL DOEHRING AND DAN SATO performed pieces such as “VI. Resurrection” by Olivier Messiaen and “I. Daddisch” by Maurice Ravel at the concert. elizabeth billman asst. photo editor

oprano Rachel Doehring and pianist Dan Sato had never performed together before the 2019 Civic Morning Musicals Vocal Competition. After receiving a first-place prize at the competition, they realized how much they liked working with each other. Since then, they’ve continued to perform together.

Yesterday, Doehring and Sato performed at the Songs of Devotion: Music for the New Year concert at Park Central Presbyterian Church. The music centered around the theme of devotion and the variety of passions that people devote themselves to. Devotion is not limited to religion, Sato said, but is an all-encompassing term that can be applied to aspects such as family and love.

One piece titled “A Letter from Sullivan Ballou” is a letter from a soldier in the Civil War to his wife, Sarah, set to music

by John Kander. Doehring said that the song captures a conflict between devotion to one’s family and country.

“As we found more and more pieces that we really liked, this theme sort of started to emerge of various devotions of humankind that really spanned generations,” Doehring said.

The theme of devotion is especially pertinent in the new year because people often reexamine what to devote their lives to during this time, Doehring said. In addition to encompassing various types of devotion — including love, family and religion — the songs come from different time periods. Some pieces, such as excerpts from “The Hermit Songs,” include lyrics from the eighth to 12th centuries, while others, such as Sheila Silver’s “On Loving,” feature music from 2015.

The theme of devotion also embodies Sato’s and Doehring’s personal devotions to music, Sato said.

“We want it to represent ourselves as artists — how we are devoted to our repertoire and how much we love it,” Sato said.

The concert provided Sato and Doehring with an opportunity to create a program of songs that they wanted to perform. Musicians are often assigned the pieces that they perform rather than getting to choose, Doehring said.

Many of the songs Sato and Doehring performed included poetry, such as works of William Shakespeare, Paul Verlaine and Olivier Messiaen. Doehring sang the words to the poems while Sato played the music on the piano.

“It’s so nice and so exciting to be able to just put together a whole program of music that really resonates with you and that you feel means something greater and has a lot of this power of communication,” Doehring said.

Joel Jackson, who attended the concert, said that the incorporation of poetry in the music was his favorite part of the program. At the concert, Doehring sang the words of poems by Paul Verlaine while Sato played Claude Debussy’s music on the piano. Jackson said that he had never heard anyone sing to a composition by Debussy before.

Sato also debuted a solo piano arrangement of a piece that was originally composed by Maurice Ravel for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet at the concert. The process of converting the piece to be played on one instrument took him three years. He contrasted his own process of creating the solo piano arrangement to that of Ravel, who Sato said completed the composition quickly so that he could go on a boat trip. Sato continuously revised the arrangement so that it remained faithful to the original work, but still made sense when played on the piano.

“Oftentimes, we’re taught in school that we have to cover all these grounds that prove that we’re somehow very well-rounded musicians. But in the end, we do have to find what we truly love,” Sato said. “‘Why not go with what we feel very strongly about?’ So that’s our kind of homage to the idea of devotion.” ackrayna@syr.edu

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from the stage

CNY Playhouse celebrates inclusivity in ‘Wait Until Dark’

By Amy Nakamura feature editor

Maria R. Mucaria had always admired the world of theater. However, being legally blind, she could never picture herself as a leading lady.

“Hollywood doesn’t always reflect reality,” Mucaria said. “I was not seeing people with disabilities involved in the world. So, I said, well, that’s not where I want to be.”

But since being cast as Susy Hendrix in the CNY Playhouse rendition of “Wait Until Dark,” her outlook has changed. The show revolves around Susy, a blind woman whose apartment is infiltrated by con-artists. To defend herself and succeed in escaping, Hendrix uses her visual impairment to her advantage.

Kathy Burke Egloff, the producer of the show, said the show’s intricate plot keeps the audience in suspense.

“It’s definitely a thriller, but not a thriller in the same sense as Hitchcock was,” she said. “It does have its definite twists and turns, and it’s very interesting to watch it unfold.”

“Wait Until Dark” was originally written in the late 1960s. It premiered on Broadway before becoming a major motion picture starring Audrey Hepburn. Since then, “Wait Until Dark” has become a theatrical classic. The show premiered this past weekend and will run through Jan. 25.

Director Kassandra Melendez-Ramirez said she wanted to do the show because of its story of resilience and the opportunity to put on an inclusive performance.

“My director’s vision for this is that sometimes in life we have things that happen that we

CHELSEA LEMBO (LEFT), MARIA R. MUCARIA AND JASON ZENCKA perform in “Wait Until Dark” at CNY Playhouse until Jan 25. courtesy of cny playhouse

can’t control,” she said. “It’s a story for everyone in terms of fighting. The thing that you can control is making the choice to fight back.”

Unlike the character she plays, Mucaria was born with a visual disability. Susy lost her sight in a car accident, and for the part, Mucaria dove into research and consulted with people like her husband, who came into blindness at a later age.

While their experiences in acquiring blindness were different, Mucaria felt like their mental struggles and journey through their

disability were similar. She said due to her disability, she often felt dismissed or tended to second-guess herself. “[Susy] is a little bit too trusting of others because she doesn’t trust herself,” said Mucaria. “So, I had to learn how to trust myself better and use that bit of confidence to bleed into the character.”

Mucaria’s experience with disability also helped to bring more realistic actions to the show. Melendez-Ramirez said that Mucar-

ia’s perspective helped the entire production create a more practical depiction of living with disability.

For example, Melendez-Ramirez brought in fight choreographer Alyssa Otoski-Keim to make sure violent scenes were performed safely. Mucaria would suggest moves and actions that someone with a disability might consider performing.

“When people approach how they think blind people do things, they don’t always realize it’s maybe not how it works,” Mucaria said.

“So, I was glad that [Melendez-Ramirez] gave me a little bit of freedom to let her know how I would normally achieve something like this.”

Melendez-Ramirez also involved a diverse amount of gender and ability. Besides Mucaria’s realistic portrayal of visual impairment, she also changed the gender of one of the intruding con-artists. Mac Talman, played by Chelsea Lembo, was originally Mike Talman, a male supporting role.

The director said that during casting, she felt that the part could be played by anyone, no matter the original assigned gender.

“I just really wanted a different perspective for that character,” Melendez-Ramirez said.

Mucaria said she hopes anyone with a disability who watches the show can take away the message that independence is still within reach.

“I want people to realize that having a disability shouldn’t make you feel like you’re less of a person,” Mucaria said. “We all want to find some ways of contributing to some society, and there is life after disability. Independence is still within a grasp within someone’s life within disability.” abnakamu@syr.edu

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VPA seniors showcase work in annual photography exhibit

By Morgan Tucker asst. copy editor

For Syracuse art photography seniors, capturing the perfect image requires hours of preparation, careful attention to detail and multiple reshoots. Reflecting on their work, some of the seniors’ finished photographs will line the walls of the Light Work Hallway Gallery this semester in the 2020 Transmedia Photography Annual exhibition.

Depicting ideas like family, relationships, politics and nature, the exhibition showcases the senior thesis work of 17 students from the art photography program in the Department of Transmedia in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. Held from Jan. 13 to March 7, the sh will have a reception on Jan. 30 from 5-7 p.m. “[The exhibition] teaches them how to think about their work and present it professionally to the public,” Jeffrey Hoone, executive director of Light Work, said. “It really gives them the discipline and the knowledge of how to do certain things and present their work properly.”

For many of the students, this is the first time their work is being professionally exhib-

ited, exposing them to a much larger viewership, Hoone said.

Jon Feinstein, an independent curator and co-founder of Humble Arts Foundation, was chosen by Light Work to select students’ work for “Best of Show” and “Honorable Mention.”

Laura D’Amelio’s photo was recognized as “Best of Show,” while Timmy Ok was awarded “Honorable Mention.”

“It’s great to see that I am doing something that I never thought I would do because I honestly never really touched a camera before college,” Ok said.

Ok’s recognized photo shows a portrait of himself facing the floral wallpaper of his parents’ bedroom. On the back of his shirt is an image of his father’s refugee card. Ok said his photos describe his family dynamic and the emotional disconnection he has with them.

Prior to the show, the seniors have access to Light Work’s photography facilities, labs and lectures where they can develop their images, gain feedback from others and work with many visiting artists.

Charlotte Howard, a student in the exhibition, said Light Work’s facilities offer a helpful, open working environment for students, and

Laura D’Amelio won the “Best of Show” award with her photograph of a lone, weathered basketball in dim lighting. courtesy of light work

are part of the reason why she chose to attend Syracuse for her college education.

Howard’s photo in the exhibition depicts a girl spitting out a drink into her bathroom sink. Howard said when she was about 12 years old, she thought she drank something poisonous. However, as she grew up, Howard discovered this was one of many childhood memories that never actually happened.

“Like all memories and experiences, they shape you as a person. For them to not be real kind of puts a whole different perspective on the event for me,” Howard said. “While I may not always talk about my false memories or experiences and how they shape me with others, I feel I can express that through my work.”

The Transmedia Photography Annual exhibition has been running for 10 years now and

has been one of the most attended exhibitions at Light Work, Hoone said. Each year, he added, the students use an array of ideas and techniques within their photographs.

As the final months wane down for the SU seniors, they continue to dedicate their time preparing their composition, paying attention to details and reshooting their images until they find the perfect photographs for the completion of their senior thesis projects. These photos will be shown at the end of the semester in a final exhibition of the art photography seniors’ work.

“They are influenced by the things that they see, the things that they hear, the things that matter to them, so different years there will be different things that people latch onto,” Hoone said. mctucker@syr.edu

2020 Transmedia Photography Annual exhibition features student work such as this photo by Duke Plofker. courtesy of light work

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Syracuse hires Zach Arnett as next defensive coordinator

By Andrew Graham senior staff writer

Syracuse football named Zach Arnett its new defensive coordinator on Saturday, filling the full-time vacant since former coordinator Brian Ward’s firing at the tail end of the 2019 season.

Arnett comes to SU from San Diego State, where he held the defensive coordinator

position under head coach Rocky Long — who also interviewed for the SU vacancy — for the 2018-19 seasons. He also coached linebackers, which Ward did at SU. “He learned under a great defensive mind in Rocky Long at San Diego State and excelled when he got the opportunity to run the defense there,” Dino Babers said, via an SU Athletics press release. “His qualities,

both as a person and as a professional, are an excellent fit for our program.”

Arnett spent his entire coaching career to date with the Aztecs, beginning as a graduate assistant in 2011 before being promoted to coaching linebackers in 2014. He played the same position at New Mexico from 2005-08.

In 2019, Arnett’s defense ranked top 10 in the nation in rushing defense, scoring defense,

interceptions, first downs allowed, total defense, passing efficiency defense and turnovers gained.

It’s unclear at this time if Arnett will be empowered to shape the defensive staff, which remains intact since Ward’s firing, or if he will be tasked with leading the current crop of positional coaches. aegraham@syr.edu @A_E_Graham

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Syracuse can’t contain Hurricane shooters in 77-62 loss to Miami

By Danny Emerman sports editor

At some point in the third quarter, Syracuse head coach Quentin Hillsman ditched his sport coat, leaving just an untucked white dress shirt with the top two buttons open.

SU’s seven third quarter turnovers – and just four made baskets — warranted its coach’s frustration, and Hillsman saw a fourpoint deficit balloon to 11. A 10-3 Hurricanes run to open the second half foreshadowed more lopsided play to come.

“They came out man-to-man, and we just didn’t come out and execute,” assistant coach Vonn Read told WAER postgame. “They capitalized on those turnovers.”

In a game in which both teams played a fast-paced, pressing style, the one that created more open looks from 3 and protected the ball earned a clear edge. Throughout Sunday’s matchup against Miami (10-6, 2-3 Atlantic Coast) in Coral Gables, Syracuse (8-7, 2-2) was slow closing out on Hurricane shooters, and lead guard Kiara Lewis committed a season-high nine turnovers.

The Orange couldn’t keep up with the red-hot Hurricanes, who shot 40% from behind the arc and 51.9% overall to hand SU a 77-62 loss. Miami’s 77 points is the most Syracuse has allowed in a nonovertime game since then-No. 3 Stanford scored 77 on Nov. 29.

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press “shrink the clock” and win the possession battle, head coach Quentin Hillsman said.

Voepel, SU coaches and players alike can’t pinpoint exactly why women’s teams might be more hesitant to press than on the men’s side, where pressing for longer spurts is common. But they all agreed that its rare nature can play to Syracuse’s advantage, an edge it rode to the 2016 National Championship and searched to recreate ever since.

“I think a lot of people are afraid of pressing,” former SU star Alexis Peterson said.

“Pressing is a gamble. And so sometimes you know that you’re going to get beat, you’re going to give up easy baskets. So not a lot of people are willing to take that risk … And especially to do it for 40 minutes, it takes a certain level of athlete to press for 40 minutes no matter what.”

When assistant coach Vonn Read joined Hillsman’s coaching staff in 2011, Syracuse ran mostly a half-court 2-3 zone. Hillsman had picked up some principles from Jim Boeheim’s famous zone, but it wasn’t working — in the five years before Hillsman hired Read, SU made one NCAA Tournament.

To avoid defending 30 seconds of ball reversals and finding weak spots in the zone, Read suggested the full-court press. That way, SU could dictate the tempo and force teams to begin their offensive sets with 18 or fewer seconds on the shot clock.

Read and Hillsman soon developed the advanced pressure system Syracuse still utilizes today. The Orange use several different types of presses, both in man-to-man and zone. Sometimes SU defenders deny opposing guards the inbounds pass, sometimes they trap after the catch, or even after the first ball reversal. The calls from the bench include fist, double fist, red, white, 22, 21, and 12, each indicating different looks.

three quick triples, forcing the Orange to play man-to-man.

In the second quarter, the Orange returned to their 2-3 zone, and Miami made them pay once again. The Hurricanes went 2-for-3 in the second period, including a Mykea Gray corner 3 with 10 seconds left in the half. Miami shot 60% from 3 in the first half to gain a 35-31 halftime advantage.

Syracuse stayed competitive in the first half thanks to a boost from freshman guard Teisha Hyman, who came off the bench and hit her first five shots. Hyman, who suffered a medial meniscus tear over the summer that slowed her progression this season, scored a season-high 15 points.

“She’s a special player,” Read said. “She can really get it going.”

In the first half, Hyman scored in transition, off catch-and-shoots and on the offensive glass, but only recorded two points in the second half.

Miami continued to drain 3s in the third quarter, hitting its first two attempts. The Hurricanes turned seven SU turnovers into nine points, and Hyman cooled off.

SU had no answer for Gray and Kelsey Marshall, who combined for 41 points on 7-for-15 from deep.

On one possession in the fourth quarter, quick passing around the perimeter produced a wide-open 3 in the corner that Gabrielle Cooper was late to challenge. The shot missed, but an offensive rebound produced another open 3 and later a putback lay-in.

Out of a timeout later in the fourth, Miami’s The sheer amount of unique presses allows Syracuse to disguise one variation while actually playing a different one, tricking teams into running the wrong press break. Hillsman morphs his press into “whatever it needs to be” based on the opponent’s press break offense. Opposing coaches have told Read and former assistant Tammi Reiss that they try to simulate Syracuse’s press in practice by putting seven defenders on the court.

“I always laugh when I hear people say, ‘Oh, we figured your press out,’” Hillsman said. “I’m like, that’s impossible, even I don’t know what our press is going to be until the ball comes inbounds.”

The Orange’s press got an added boost before the 2013 season when the NCAA approved the 10-second backcourt violation rule, which had been law on the men’s side since 1932. The implementation rewarded SU’s pressure and helped it better control the pace of games, Read said.

Against UMBC, the Orange pressed until they emptied the bench. Reiss said Hillsman and Read never want to “call the dogs off.”

The press has become Syracuse’s reputation. It’s how they play, regardless of game situation or opponent. Against Notre Dame on Jan. 5, the Orange baited UND into throwing a wild advance pass and forcing up a contested, double-teamed shot four seconds into the shot clock. The sequence led Hillsman to tweet out a video clip of the play with the caption “This is Syracuse Basketball #execution.”

Incoming recruits know they’re going to have to press for 40 minutes, sophomore Emily Engstler said, and sprinting to your spot or matching up after a shot ripples through the net has become muscle memory for players.

“We know this is what we do,” former SU star Brittney Sykes told reporters after a win in 2016. “We press for 40 minutes. If we’re up 30 or if we’re down two, we’re going to press, press, press.”

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Marshall finished a layup, then Gray stole SU’s inbound pass and converted another. The sequence gave Miami a 70-51 lead, their largest of the afternoon.

Seventeen of Syracuse’s 20 turnovers came from playmakers Lewis and Emily Engstler.

Miami’s press baited SU into errant passes, and the Orange allowed fast-break layups.

A Miami hail-mary inbound pass to Endia Banks gave the Hurricanes an easy two, and a putback lay-in off a press break on the next

possession kept the Orange at bay.

Syracuse aims to make 10 3s per game, or at least make more than its opponent Hillsman said on Dec. 4. On Sunday, the Orange did neither.

Before the loss to Miami, Syracuse won back-to-back overtime games at home. They return to the Carrier Dome on Jan. 16 for a matchup with Georgia Tech.

one of the main reasons SU’s press stands out within the sport. That year, the runnerup Syracuse recorded the second-most turnovers per game in the NCAA (23.87). In a Sweet 16 matchup against the No. 1 seed, 33-1 South Carolina, the underdog Orange forced 18 turnovers to advance.

That group had been playing together in SU’s system for three or four years and had developed a special chemistry. They all trusted each other to recover and help whenever they got beat one-on-one in the press, Peterson said, and turned the “gamble of pressing” into “second nature.” Peterson (third) and Sykes (fifth) make up two of Syracuse’s five all-time steals leaders.

“That team fit our pressing mentality,” Read said. “They loved to do it, they understood it, and it worked for them.”

This year, Syracuse hasn’t been able to match 2016’s press. Despite having five returning players in the starting lineup, SU’s press doesn’t have the same continuity it had at its apex. As of Jan. 11, the Orange have forced 14.57 turnovers per game, 274th in the nation.

The press has repeatedly broken down, allowing opponents to get easy layups or open 3s in transition. For the majority of games, Syracuse puts its guards — typically Gabrielle Cooper and Kiara Lewis — at the top of the press to apply light pressure. This can disrupt opponents’ half-court sets, but when SU needs to shift momentum with one of their traps, it’s had trouble generating turnovers.

The Orange have also recorded the 169th most possessions per 40 minutes out of 351 teams, per Her Hoops Stats. In other words, they’re failing on both objectives: forcing turnovers and playing to their pace. Engstler said SU’s press has, at times, faltered when fatigue sets in. “(The press) really pumps us up, it energizes us with turnovers or even if we’re just slowing them down,” Engstler said. “It gives

us a better chance to score. But … sometimes when you run a press for 40 minutes, you get tired. And, when we’re tired, which is our fault, the press doesn’t always work as effectively.”

Against then-No. 1 Oregon, reigning national player of the year Sabrina Ionescu and other guards dribbled through the middle of SU’s press with ease, splitting double teams and advancing the ball up the court with little resistance. The Orange played Oregon to a draw in the first quarter, but eventually fell behind and ramped up their trapping presses.

The Ducks’ lead only widened.

But against Notre Dame, as Syracuse’s offense sputtered through several scoring droughts and a 1-for-17 stretch from 3, SU needed a momentum swing more than ever. It turned to the press, and it delivered.

At one point, Notre Dame broke the runand-jump, but SU’s traps sped them up so much they recklessly turned it over anyway.

Late in the fourth quarter, Hyman, alone in the backcourt, swiped the ball from UND’s point guard. Twice, Notre Dame tried to force a pass through the middle to beat SU’s zone press, and twice Digna Strautmane intercepted it.

In the 15 minutes of the fourth quarter and overtime, Syracuse held Notre Dame to 14 points on 22.7% shooting. Eight of the Fighting Irish’s 22 turnovers came in that span, and SU pulled away in their comeback victory.

Though the success of SU’s press against Notre Dame could’ve been an anomaly, it also may have been a sign that SU’s group is growing more comfortable and confident in the defense. It takes time.

“When we first started, we weren’t always great,” Peterson said. “We gave up a lot of things, we didn’t turn people over. But I think the more they trust it and trust the system and really learn teams and schemes and places where you can pick your points ... I think they’ll have some more success.”

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Defensive mind In Zach Arnett, Dino Babers has a new defensive coordinator for Syracuse football.

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S PORTS

Turned over Miami beat Syracuse women’s basketball by forcing errors and finding soft spots in SU’s defense.

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Another addition According to reports, SU football has hired Sterlin Gilbert as offensive coordinator.

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dailyorange.com @dailyorange jan. 13, 2020 • PAG E 12

PRESSURE POINT

illustration by nabeeha anwar design editor

Unlike the rest of the sport, Syracuse has completely embraced the full-court press

By Danny Emerman sports editor

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t didn’t matter that Syracuse led unranked University of Maryland, Baltimore County by 35 points with five and a half minutes remaining.

After her reverse layup, Teisha Hyman didn’t jog back on defense, instead she turned to immediately face-guard the Retrievers’ point guard. UMBC’s inbound sailed over Hyman’s head and into the Carrier Dome stands, awarding Syracuse another possession in a Dec. 8 game already sealed.

The defensive strategy that held the Retrievers without a field goal for the first eight minutes of the fourth quarter makes Syracuse an outlier.

Nobody else in the sport presses like SU does — for every minute of every game, after every made basket or backcourt inbound. Nobody does it as sophisticatedly as the Orange, who deploy at least a dozen different press schemes that keep their opponents guessing.

“The way that they do it and the success they’ve had with it, if somebody else is doing it — maybe at a lower level — I don’t know about it,” said Mechelle Voepel, who’s covered women’s college basketball for ESPN since 1996.

Unlike the rest of the sport, Syracuse (8-7, 2-2 Atlantic Coast) has embraced the press, which defines the program as much as its margin-based offense.

Syracuse’s goal isn’t always to cause turnovers, rather to either speed teams up or slow them down, forcing rushed shots early or late in the shot clock. Ultimately, SU wants the press to make the defense’s job easier in the halfcourt,

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men’s basketball

Freshman Quincy Guerrier earns increased minutes off bench

By Michael McCleary senior staff writer

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Quincy Guerrier looked comfortable and fluid, perhaps because he was all alone. Prior to Syracuse’s (9-7, 2-3 Atlantic Coast) 63-55 win over No. 18 Virginia (11-4, 3-2) Saturday, SU clumped into a small space around the right elbow to shoot around. Except Guerrier.

The 6-foot-7 forward and SU’s lone sure bench contributor camped in a corner by himself.

Three-pointer after 3-pointer swished through the net. When the Orange are at home, Guerrier starts

his routine three hours before game time. He takes 45 minutes to shoot, work on free throws, and practice dribble-moves inside and outside the 3-point line. Saturday, the shots fell with ease.

A season of development has finally convinced him he can make those shots. Yet Guerrier has made just three of his 18 attempts from beyond the arc. Despite a slow start, Guerrier still found a role as an energizer off the bench. The earlyseason results were erratic, but Guerrier has now struck a balance between energy and making the right decisions.

“I’m slowing down a little bit,”

Guerrier said. “Probably more mentally.”

Guerrier’s Syracuse debuted in Italy as a starter. The most heralded recruit in Syracuse’s 2019 class had the raw talent to excite, yet Boeheim said he wasn’t totally ready. Boeheim met with Guerrier before SU’s first exhibition game against Daemen and prepared him to come off the bench. Guerrier was Syracuse’s strongest player, and perhaps its most athletic big.

His role was to take advantage of just that.

But early in the season, his speed never wavered. He missed seven of his first nine shots from

the field and didn’t score in double figures until SU’s matchup with Seattle. He scored 14 points, grabbed seven rebounds, but at times still felt imbalanced.

Boeheim ensured Guerrier he would play through early mistakes.

Guerrier tried to counteract erratic play with a steadier approach, but games with less activity left Boeheim asking for “anything.” Guerrier said Boeheim wanted him to be a “dog” because “I’m the strongest guy on the team and I need to use it.” The next step in his development was to make the right plays simultaneously.

In recent games, production has followed a focus on making

correct reads based off recent film.

He strung together back-to-back double-digit point games for the first time since November.

Down five with less than a minute to go in the Orange’s eventual loss to the Hokies, Guerrier caught the ball in the corner. The shot was there, but Guerrier saw something better.

He pump-faked and burst to the rim for an uncontested dunk. Guerrier said earlier in the season he might have taken the initial shot.

“I just got to be aware of the score and the time,” Guerrier said. “So, for me, that was the best decision.” mmcclear@syr.edu @MikeJMcCleary