November 16, 2023

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celebrating 120 years

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A week after SU’s Board of Trustees approved converting the Sheraton into a dorm, a spokesperson said it will primarily house second-year students.

As you prepare your Thanksgiving meal, consider making this delicious Rosemary garlic pullapart bread, for the whole family to enjoy.

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S • Prideful portraits Syracuse defensive back Isaiah Johnson is an artist off the field.

In addition to drawing portraits, Johnson’s chest and arms are filled with tattoos that he designed.

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on campus

on campus

At USen, Syverud puts safety over ‘freedom of speech’ MESA letter calls out SU admin

By Roxanne Boychuk asst. news editor

During Wednesday’s University Senate meeting, Chancellor Kent Syverud said Syracuse University administrators are prioritizing student safety over free speech and academic freedom because of the Israel-Hamas war.

“Our first priority has to be to all of our students. That’s not just the students we agree with or disagree with, but all of our students, and for me that responsibility to our students comes first, including over academic freedom and free speech,” Syverud said.

While he said he still believes academic freedom and free speech are important to maintain, he said the university must act when the safety of students is “significantly threatened.” Along with Syverud, Provost Gretchen Ritter also spoke about the war and Nov. 9’s pro-Palestine protest, saying that the campus is still upholding academic freedom. Conversations regarding the war took up much of Wednesday’s meeting.

Toward the beginning of the meeting, Syverud called the IsraelHamas war a “humanitarian crisis,” saying that innocent Palestinians are being killed. He also acknowledged how many people across the

United States have been affected by the war directly and indirectly, whether by losing loved ones or receiving threats.

At the Senate’s last meeting, Syverud said he wants to focus on inclusivity amid the war because of the wide range of views across campus.

“Just to be clear, students are frightened and angry. They are frightened about antisemitic acts.

They’re frightened about hostility to anyone who speaks up for Palestinians in Gaza,” Syverud said Wednesday. “They’re frightened about perceptions that law enforcement and the university are taking unfair sides or taking unfair steps.”

Vice Chancellor Ritter said many students have reported faculty and staff to either be disciplined or fired for expressing their opinions in the classroom, something she said the university has not and will not adhere to. Any bias complaints filed against faculty in classrooms will be dropped, she said.

“Indeed, many of us administrators, deans and staff, have spent countless hours these last few weeks defending our faculty and departments, and we will continue to do so,” Ritter said. “But all of us, faculty included, be mindful of how we engage with our students as we endeavor to create safe and inclusive learning environments.”

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Next stage

By Dominic Chiappone asst. news editor

The Committee on Academic Freedom for the Middle East Studies Association of North America sent a letter Monday to Syracuse University leadership criticizing the university’s “failure to respond to a pattern of egregious threats.”

MESA’s letter — addressed to Chancellor Kent Syverud, Provost Gretchen Ritter and College of Arts and Sciences Dean Behzad Mortazavi — condemned SU administrators for failing to uphold their commitment to academic freedom and to defend faculty sharing their “scholarly expertise” on the Israel-Hamas war.

The failure of Syracuse University’s leadership to speak out clearly and publicly against these threats is an abdication of professional and academic responsibility.

MESA Letter

Syracuse Stage added the Archbold auditorium to their facilities in 1980. With Archbold and Storch, the Stage is able to put on complex mainstage productions. courtesy of robert lorenz

Bringing the art of theater to Syracuse for the last 50 years, Syracuse Stage collaborates with the local community

By Kelly Matlock

asst. culture editor

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n any given day at Sy racuse Stage, undergraduate theater students may be rehearsing their lines while professional actors learn a scene in the room next door. At the Stage, for the past 50 years, amateurs and professionals have come together to take the audience somewhere new.

“It’s the ability of theater to do that, that makes it a very special place … I still have that experience when I go and walk into the audience and wait for that curtain to go up,” said drama department professor James Clark.

“The lights go down and they go up and you’re transported to a different place.”

This year marks 50 years since the opening of Syracuse Stage.

Beyond its success with plays from Syracuse on Broadway, like “How to Dance in Ohio,” and a roster of successful alumni like Aaron Sorkin

and Vanessa Williams, the Stage has thrived over the past five decades with community engagement and university partnership.

Joseph Whelan has been involved with Syracuse Stage for 29 years. He worked as the publications director and editor-in-chief of the newsletter and other writings before becoming the marketing editor. He has since stepped down from that position and is working to assist with events for the 50th anniversary. see 50 years page 7

“The failure of Syracuse University’s leadership to speak out clearly and publicly against these threats is an abdication of professional and academic responsibility,” the letter reads.

“Intentionally or not, your silence conveys the message that you countenance the harassment to which they have been subjected.”

The letter also called out the university’s decision to cancel a Middle Eastern studies scholar teach-in and to bar faculty members from using university communications channels to address the Israel-Hamas war.

MESA specified two instances in which SU faculty members were “specifically targeted for harassment and threat of physical harm.”

In an email statement to The Daily Orange, a university spokesperson said Syverud and Ritter addressed concerns related to the Israel-Hamas war during a Wednesday University Senate meeting.

“The University has received many communications from outside organizations and individuals with deeply held perspectives calling on the University to take any number of actions,” the spokesperson wrote.

MESA, a nonprofit association founded in 1966 to promote scholarship and education on the Middle see letter page 3

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on campus

Sheraton Hotel to become sophomore dorm once converted

By Stephanie Wright news editor

The Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center will be primarily open to second-year students once it is converted into a residence hall, a university spokesperson told The Daily Orange.

“At this time, we expect the new hall to be a part of the annual housing selection process, primarily housing second-year students,” the spokesperson wrote in a statement to The D.O. SU’s Board of Trustees granted approval for the conversion project — set to begin after commencement in spring 2024 — last week. Some further details of the dorm’s layout are unclear as of now.

The spokesperson could not provide further information about the details of the conversion due to the recent approval of the project. The Sheraton has amenities like bars, an indoor pool, a fitness center, lounges, conference rooms and ballrooms, according to its website. It is not clear how these amenities will fit into the university’s conversion project. from page 1

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Senator Benjie Tettah, a doctoral student in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, asked why the administration decided at the “last hour” to cancel a Middle Eastern studies scholar teach-in event scheduled for Oct. 31. Tettah said the event was supposed to be a “learning experience” for students.

In response, Ritter said one of the organizers of the event had gotten in touch with the administration voicing concerns about the event’s safety after saying they received threatening messages. As a result, the administration believed the event would endanger attendees’ safety.

Mahder Habtemariam Serekberhan, a political science Ph.D. student and member of the African Graduate Students Network, said that after canceling the event, organizers didn’t have the alternative of hosting a Zoom call, which she said contradicted the administration’s reasoning for canceling because of “safety concerns.”

“The administration did not even give organizers the opportunity to take this event online.

This is an academic censorship process. It’s not necessarily a safety process. If it was a safety protocol, we could have easily made this a Zoom call, but that was not even put on the table for organizers,” Serekberhan said.

Some senators also addressed the campuswide email the administration sent out following the pro-Palestine protest on Thursday. from page 1

letter East and North Africa, advocates for academic freedom and opposes anti-Muslim racism, antisemitism and discrimination based on gender and sexuality, according to its website.

In March 2022, participating members of MESA voted in favor of a resolution calling for a boycott, divestment and sanction of Israel as a means of “holding the government accountable for ongoing human rights violations.”

Aslı Ü. Bâli, president of MESA and professor at Yale University, and Laurie Brand, chair of the committee and a professor emerita at the University of Southern California, wrote the open letter to SU administrators.

The MESA Committee on Academic Freedom has written similar letters to officials at Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, Brandeis University and New York University since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, calling out academic freedom decisions.

MESA called on the university to denounce harassment experienced by faculty members and to reiterate SU’s commitment to protecting the university community and defending academic freedom and the right of free speech for university members.

At least one or more students recorded an unnamed faculty member’s remarks made in class without permission before circulating the video online, according to the letter. In the letter, MESA argues that distributing the video was “clearly” done with the intent of targeting the faculty member.

MESA also pointed out a change.org petition — which calls for the removal of Women’s and Gender Studies Department Chair Himika Bhattacharya — that came in

SU students have been living in the Sheraton since last fall when SU expanded non-traditional off-campus housing options after more freshmen than expected accepted admissions offers. There were 4,100 students in 2022-2023’s freshmen class, 400 more than expected, Chancellor Kent Syverud said in a September 2022 University Senate meeting.

Additionally, the Sheraton has “a number” of rooms for guests with disabilities that will in turn be available to students with disabilities who have approved housing accommodations through SU’s Center for Disability Resources, the spokesperson said.

With the loss of the Sheraton’s 235 hotel rooms, lodging for SU-related stays and other events, such as alumni and parents’ weekends, conferences and sports games poses a challenge.

Besides the Sheraton, the nearest hotels to SU’s Campus are Collegian Hotel & Suites, Hotel Skyler and Crowne Plaza. Plans to convert the Collegian Hotel & Suites into independent off-campus student housing were canceled in May. There are four other hotels in downtown Syracuse.

“In the near-term, the University plans to work with local hotels to secure room blocks Senator Radha Kumar, an associate professor in the Department of History, questioned the administration’s decision to involve the FBI in response to the protest and said the response seemed “disproportionate.”

Ritter responded by acknowledging the protest was peaceful and appropriate, but the administration received a video of a “certain speaker” at the protest calling out Jewish organizations on campus by name. Ritter said the administration went to local law enforcement and the FBI to get any background information on any bias-related incidents or crimes SU officials should be concerned about.

The meeting also covered updates on the Committee on Curricula, the Committee on Library and the topic of academic freedom. But efforts to address these topics were repeatedly interrupted by senators to further discuss the Israel-Hamas war.

“I’m wondering if we can move to shift the agenda to have a discussion about the atrocities and the massacre that’s happening so that we might be able to come to a consensus as a senate about what our communications are, what our limitations are and what our freedoms are,” said Senator Biko Mandela Gray, an assistant professor in the Department of Religion.

Senator Thomas Keck, a professor in the Department of Political Science, said while the situation is very important, the agenda was made before the meeting and therefore should go response to the WGS department issuing a “statement of solidarity.”

In its statement, the WGS department denounced “escalating Israeli military attacks on Palestinians in Gaza” and affirmed its commitment to “Arab, Palestinian, Muslim, Jewish and allied students and organizations” whose views have been “silenced and erased” from classroom and academic spaces. The department also “unequivocally” condemned antisemitism.

The petition said the WGS statement demonstrated “an alarming level of antisemitism, inciting hate rather than promoting understanding about the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict.”

In an email statement to The D.O., Bhattacharya wrote she was unfairly singled out by the petition, which she claimed “generated racist and anti-immigrant language, false accusations, defamatory remarks, hate mail, and violent threats against (her).”

The petition has over 7,400 signatures as of Wednesday at 11 p.m.

A week after the WGS released its statement at an Oct. 25 University Senate meeting, Ritter said that while faculty do have the right to share opinions on the Israel-Hamas war, discussing the topic over university channels “creates an unfair power dynamic” that could “make some students feel unwelcome, unsafe or unsupported.”

During Wednesday’s University Senate meeting, Syverud said the university is prioritizing student safety “over academic freedom and free speech,” while Ritter confirmed SU is still exercising academic freedom. SU plans to drop any bias complaints filed against faculty in classrooms, Ritter added.

The letter also criticized the decision by Ritter and Syverud to cancel a Middle Eastern studies scholar teach-in. Syverud and Ritter in an Oct. 31 campus-wide email cited “safety

during large campus-wide events, including providing for transportation between those hotels and campus locations,” the spokesperson wrote.

SU bought the Sheraton in 2000. Since then, SU has expanded its footprint in the areas surrounding campus, especially on South Crouse Avenue. It bought the former The Marshall apartment complex, which is now known as 727 S. Crouse Ave., in July 2021 for nearly $70 million. SU also bought 732-40, 742, 746 and 802 South Crouse Ave. — properties that include Varsity Pizza and Faegan’s Pub — in July 2022 as part of a $12 million deal.

SU purchased properties in the university neighborhood area too. In 2019, SU demolished The Daily Orange’s former office at 744 Ostrom Ave. as well as other buildings on the block. SU bought the former Phi Gamma Delta house at 727 Comstock Ave. in 2022. It also acquired and demolished properties in the 800 block of Comstock Avenue.

When it demolished the properties, SU had “no specific plans” for what to do with them, as of October 2022.

The Sheraton conversion, along with these other property changes, is part of SU’s Campus Framework, which was released in

May 2017. The framework is a 20-year plan for potential future development on and around campus that aligns with the recently finalized Academic Strategic Plan.

The spaces on Ostrom and Comstock Avenues that SU bought and cleared are pinned as potential new student housing locations in the framework with two new dorms in mock-up illustrations. The framework identifies “campus building opportunities” on the same block as the Sheraton. ​​The Board of Trustees Special Committee on University Climate, Diversity and Inclusion proposed in a 2021 report that SU centralize all student housing on North campus to meet student needs and desires, therefore getting rid of or decreasing South campus housing options.

Because of its tax-exempt status as a nonprofit organization, SU does not pay property taxes to the city of Syracuse. The university does not pay federal or state income tax or sales tax either.

Further decisions about the conversion process will be made leading up to the start of construction, the spokesperson said. spwright@syr.edu @stephaniwri_

While Syverud said he still believes academic freedom is important to maintain, he said the university must act when students’ safety is “significantly threatened.” daily orange file photo

according to plan since there is other “important senate business” that the Senate wants to get to.

The motion to shift the agenda toward continuing to speak about the Israel-Hamas war was opposed by the majority of the Senate. At the end of the meeting, senators had a few minutes to voice any last statements. During this time, senators and other participants reverted back to the topic of the Israel-Hamas war, urging more conversation surrounding the topic

on campus.

Jordan Beasley, a senior at SU and president of the Syracuse Black Student Union, said he wants to see more support for Palestinian students on campus.

“It is extremely sad that once again that this university fails to employ the measures of diversity, equity and inclusion,” Beasley said. “Please do a better job in the future because this is sorry and this is sad.” rmboychu@syr.edu

MESA’s letter was directed to Chancellor Syverud, Provost Ritter and College of Arts and Sciences Dean Mortazavi for failing to uphold academic freedom. daily orange file photo

concerns” in SU’s decision to cancel the teachin, which was scheduled on the same day.

MESA claims the concerns with safety “have yet to be substantiated.”

As of 11 p.m. on Wednesday, MESA did not immediately respond to The D.O.’s request for comment on if the university had responded to its letter.

In Wednesday’s University Senate meeting, Ritter clarified administrators decided to cancel the teach-in because one of its organizers contacted the university about safety concerns, specifically saying they had received threatening messages.

The letter argued higher education institutions like SU are the place for ranging perspectives to be expressed and debated, especially in light of the war.

“We also note that your failure to speak out forcefully in defense of academic freedom emboldens various individuals and organizations with a political agenda to weaponize allegations of antisemitism in order to disparage and silence people with whom they disagree,” the letter reads. dcchiapp@syr.edu @DominicChiappo2

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Photo and story by Meghan Hendricks senior staff photographer

Art direction by Bridget Overby presentation director

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hanksgiving dinner is like a chocolate chip cookie, the more you add the better it gets. You need to have classic dishes like turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie, but it can be better when you add cranberry sauce, green bean casserole and candied yams.

Although a classic is always great, sometimes it is nice to spice things up a bit and add something no one has seen before. This rosemary garlic pullapart bread is a twist on the standard Thanksgiving rolls and adds something new and exciting to the table.

To begin making the bread, start by placing the yeast and sugar in the bowl of a kitchen mixer fitted with a dough hook or paddle attachment.

You can also use a large mixing bowl if you do not have a stand mixer. Heat the milk on a stove or in a microwave until warm to the touch, about 110 F. Add the warm milk to the yeast and sugar mixture and whisk gently to combine. Loosely cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel and allow to sit for 5-10 minutes.

After 5-10 minutes, the mixture should look frothy, at which point you should add the butter, egg, salt, garlic powder and rosemary to the bowl. Beat on low speed for three minutes or until fully combined. Once mixed, the dough will be soft and you will transfer it to a lightly floured work surface. Using lightly floured hands, knead the dough for about one minute. If the dough is

too sticky to handle, add 1-3 more tablespoons of flour, but be careful to make sure the dough is still soft.

Once kneaded, shape the dough into a ball, place it into a greased bowl (I used non-stick cooking spray) and cover with plastic wrap or aluminum foil. Place the bowl in a slightly warm environment to rise. I left mine on the kitchen counter with a kitchen towel over the plastic wrap for slightly more insulation. Leave the dough to rise until doubled in size — or around 60-90 minutes.

As the dough rises, prepare the filling. Mix the butter, rosemary, parsley, garlic and salt in a medium bowl. If the butter is soft enough, you can mix it all together with a spoon or fork or you can use an electric mixer as well.

Cover tightly and set aside until ready to use. Do not refrigerate.

Once the dough has doubled in size, remove the plastic wrap or aluminum foil and punch the dough to release the air. Place the dough on a lightly floured work surface and divide it into 12 equal pieces, about ¼ cup of dough and a little larger than a golf ball. I found it easiest to form the dough into a log and divide the dough with my hands from there.

Using lightly floured hands, flatten each into a circle that’s about four inches in diameter. The dough should be soft enough that you do not need to use a rolling pin to flatten the circle out.

Once the circles have been formed, spread about 1-2 tablespoons of the filling mixture onto each one and sprinkle with about a tablespoon (or more if you choose) of cheese. Fold the circles in half, trapping the filling inside.

Grease a 9-by-5 inch bread pan and place the circles in the pan with the

round side up. Cover with plastic wrap or aluminum foil and allow to rise again in a slightly warm place until puffy — should take about 45 minutes.

While the bread is rising once again, adjust the oven rack to the lower third position and then preheat the oven to 350 F. Bake for about 50 minutes or until the bread is golden brown. If you find the top of the loaf is browning too quickly, create a tent with aluminum foil over the top. Remove from the oven and place the pan on a wire rack. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then remove from the pan.

Before serving, brush with melted butter and sprinkle with flaky salt. If made ahead of time, reheat in a 300 F oven for 10-15 minutes to ensure that the interior is soft again. You can also reheat in the microwave if you choose.

Cover and store leftovers at room temperature for up to two days or in the refrigerator for up to one week. mehendri@syr.edu @megghan_rose

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‘For students, by students’

taylor ladwig and annie levin reflected on past, subpar internship experiences and decided to do something about it. They created Good Intern, a service designed to make the internship application process easier.

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them. In Bandier, students are required to have three internTaylor Ladwig and Annie helped ships before graduation. Many of the services students use do not explain the details of the internships and what the students Levin created ‘Good Intern,’ properly will be doing, Levin said.

“We wanted to give space for students to talk about the workload, and three hard skills that they’re learning throughout the internship an internship review service also process,” Levin said. launching the website, Levin and Ladwig began posting on curated to students After social media, inspired by different job posting videos they had seen

on TikTok and Instagram. Levin said this is just a small step in their larger goal to mass market their services, hoping they can eventually partner with businesses to provide information about their internhile working a remote internship the summer before ship opportunities. her sophomore year, senior Taylor Ladwig felt a sense “We have that student user base that’s being started to get built,” of unease about the process. She said the internship Levin said. “Now we’re starting to pitch out to broader campus comwas “poorly organized,” and she didn’t feel a true munities and businesses.” connection to the company she was working for.

Levin said she has been “cold emailing” around 20 brands a week “I wish in that moment that I could have … known to steer away from to be potential clients for Good Intern. While this has been a very that experience and look for something else, rather than commit to nerve-wracking experience, it has been beneficial to their growth (an internship) and regret it down the line,” Ladwig said. as business owners.

Ladwig and her friend, senior Annie Levin, Lisa Steele, Bandier’s managing director, are the co-owners of Good Intern, an online said the program has already started using internship review service “for students by stuthe Good Intern software to compile a list of dents.” Their website gives students a place to internships to help students with the applipost reviews about previous internships they We have that student user cation process. have had and also connects them with compa- base that’s being started to get “Good Intern has created a streamlined nies they may want to intern for. Ladwig and approach to this data collection that is Levin are working on Good Intern for their built. Now we’re starting to invaluable,” Steele said. “We have impleBandier Program capstone project. mented this into our formal data collection pitch out to broader campus As they were planning the business idea and so our current students know the pros communities and businesses. over the summer, Levin said she and Ladwig and cons of each opportunity as relayed from reflected on their time as freshmen and Annie Levin previous interns.” wanted to create a service that could have co - founder of good intern see intern page 7

By Nate Lechner

W culture editor

screentime column

Unwind over break with our 6 movie recommendations

By Teddy Hudson and Matt Deckers the daily orange

When students return home for the break this weekend, they face a flurry of conversations on every possible subject, from food preparation to football and, inevitably, what to watch after dinner.

Luckily, there is no shortage of options this holiday season, whether you and your loved ones prefer franchise blockbusters, small-scale comedies or bizarre Thanksgivingthemed horror fare.

Here are six new movies out in theaters and on streaming to fight over this Thanksgiving break:

The Marvels (Nov. 10)

Rounding out the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s 2023 productions is “The Marvels,” the sequel to the $1.1 billion grossing “Captain Marvel” starring Brie Larson. This female-led team-up action movie sees Carol Danvers’ superpowers getting entangled with those of S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) and Kamala Khan, a.k.a. Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani).

The 33rd entry in the MCU also stars Zawe Ashton as Dar-Benn, a Kree revolutionary who causes ruptures in the universe by opening jump points across space, and Samuel L. Jackson, returning as Nick Fury. Directed by Nia DaCosta (“Candyman”), the movie picks up from character threads established in “Captain Marvel” as well as the Disney+ series “Ms. Marvel” and the Emmynominated “WandaVision.”

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Nov. 17) Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger

Games” series returns to the big screen this month after nearly a decade. “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” is a prequel set 64 years before the original film. At the 10th Hunger Games, tribute Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler) is paired with a mentor, a younger version of Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth), the dictatorial villain of the original series.

Francis Lawrence, who directed every film in the franchise except the original, is back in his usual role and said he would be “super excited” to return in the future if Collins

continued to write more books. Positive early reviews and box office projections suggest that “The Hunger Games” may be back to stay.

Next Goal Wins (Nov. 17)

From director Taika Waititi (“Jojo Rabbit,” “Thor: Ragnarok”) comes “Next Goal Wins,” described as a “humorous and heartfelt underdog story” about the “infamously terrible” American Samoa soccer team.

The film stars Michael Fassbender as coach Thomas Rongen, who must see movies page 7

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intern Ladwig and Levin have been together for every class of their program and feel as if they’ve “done all of college together.” Ladwig said their bond has helped them throughout the business process, as they can be transparent with each other about each step.

Throughout the process, Good Intern has partnered with the Newhouse School of Public Communications’ Career Development Center to help build a relationship with students. Levin

said they’ve also connected with students in the Whitman School of Management to write reviews of real estate and finance internships.

They hope to continue to build their library of reviews for majors outside of the business and entertainment world too.

“There are so many opportunities out there for students to choose from and this data through Good Intern provides an even further educated guide to making those decisions,” Steele said.

As their business experience grows, Ladwig and Levin hope their team can expand as well. Ladwig

said working with more people can provide Good Intern with opportunities for community outreach and further connections with students. Levin said the experimental phase of the business is very exciting and she is grateful to learn more about running a business every day.

“We are just shooting darts right now and seeing where everything is starting to stick,” Levin said.

“It’s fun to get to experience and start to grow business and play around with new things to see where people resonate the most.” natelechner@dailyorange.com

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movies turn around a team that held the world record for the worst loss in FIFA history: 31-0 against Australia.Alongside Will Arnett and Elisabeth Moss, the film has a cast of Polynesian actors including Oscar Kightley, Kaimana, David Fane and Rachel House. “Next Goal Wins” is also Waititi’s first non-superhero film since “Jojo Rabbit,” which garnered a Best Picture nomination and a Best Adapted Screenplay win at the Academy Awards.

Waititi’s latest, which was delayed after initial shooting wrapped in 2020, will hopefully be a return to form for a witty and sentimental writer.

Wish (Nov. 22)

Disney is marking its 100th anniversary with an animated musical inspired by the studio’s earlier classics. “Wish” tells the story of Asha from page 1

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(Ariana DeBose), a girl who wishes on a star and receives magical powers to save her kingdom from the treacherous King Magnifico (Chris Pine). The film’s visual style is meant to reflect the hand-animated features that built Disney’s reputation, with a blend of modern CG and traditional 2D elements.

Disney animation tends to dominate Thanksgiving — “Encanto,” “Frozen” and “Moana” each won the holiday weekend — so it’s fitting that a celebration of the company’s legacy would continue the trend. After a series of recent flops, and at a time when rival studio Illumination has outperformed Disney’s animated films at the box office, “Wish” might help restore the studio’s reputation as the first name in the animation.

Good Burger 2 (Nov. 22)

Since 1997, the original “Good Burger” has Overseeing the play was a favorite experience at Syracuse Stage for Don Buschmann, who has worked at the Stage since 1984. He said it was amazing, and it was an example of the Stage doing something not to get to Broadway, but for their audiences.

“Digging so deep into the theater and into the stories that we tell, I think it makes me a better human being,” Buschmann said. “That was one of the things that really attracted the theater to me because I would see and experience these stories.”

Buschmann said they showed “Indolent Boys” a few years ago, the first show by the Stage featuring an Indigenous story. Based on actual events, the story is a tragedy about runaways from the discriminatory Kiowa Boarding School who died in their escape. He said shows that make history are special to be part of and stand out throughout his years at the Stage.

“As I got into college and really started studying (theater), I saw the value of storytelling, telling stories that may make a difference to people,” Buschmann said. “It helps you know, stay human, stay sensitive, which makes us aware of the world around us in a very real manner.”

Another aspect of Syracuse Stage that has evolved over the past 50 years is its community

steadily grown in status from a Nickelodeon comedy to one of the most beloved touchstones of ‘90s nostalgia. Now, Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell are reuniting for a sequel streaming on Paramount+, in which both actors reprise the roles of their once-teenaged characters, who still work their fast food gigs at Good Burger in their 40s.

The film includes an eclectic supporting cast of celebrities ranging from Yung Gravy to Rob Gronkowski to Mark Cuban. If you’re too stuffed to get off the couch and into a theater on Thanksgiving day, there are few better ways to honor the holiday’s central joys of eating and friendship than with “Good Burger 2.” mdeckers@syr.edu ehudson@syr.edu

outreach. For every mainstage show, they do a special student matinee performance to expose young people in the community to theater. “(Our mission) is to provide high-quality profes“Any kind of art form that you attach to as a sional theater to the central New York comyoung person, that can be a joy for your life,” munity and to support the pedagogical mission Whelan said. “ It’s just a chance for people to be of the Department of Drama,” Whelan said. exposed to theater, which, you know, being a big “Our programming has changed to reflect what’s theater fan, I think is a great thing.” going on in the world … but that just sits on top of Syracuse Stage is made up of two theaters: Storch what the core mission has always been.” and Archbold. It is an independent organizaThe mission of the theater has not changed over tion but collaborates with the SU Department the past three decades, Whelan said. The way of Drama and houses SU productions as well as that the company executes that mission has independent Stage productions. evolved, but at its core, Syracuse Stage maintains Syracuse University has the only undergraduate the same values it had when Whelan first started. theater program in the country with a profesOne new endeavor that SU Stage focuses on sional partnership like the one with Syracuse is the production of new plays. Their resident Stage, Clark said. Students can work in the same playwright, Kyle Bass, has shown three world building and collaborate with professional actors. premieres of his work at Syracuse Stage in Since its inception, Syracuse Stage has collaborecent years, along with other up-and-coming rated with the SU Department of Drama to coplaywrights like Brian Piano. produce a holiday show. It is a tradition in SyraLast year, they produced “How to Dance in cuse, Whelan said, and is an opportunity for SU Ohio,” a play that made theater history by caststudents to get experience doing big shows with ing neurodivergent actors to play characters an audience favorite. with autism. It is doing previews on Broadway “It expands the theater’s reach, and so if they come now and will open in December. in, mom and dad bring their kids to see the musical and they go, ‘Oh, this is really good’,” Clark said.

“Maybe they’ll come back and see something else.”

Another collaboration between Syracuse Stage and the Department of Drama is their children’s tour, which is Red Riding Hood this year. Every fall for the last four decades, actors perform a show on Tuesday and Thursday mornings for elementary schools all over central New York.

Over 600,000 people have seen the children’s tours over the years, Clark said, and classroom tools are included in the show. Teachers are given study guides to use in the classroom before and after taking their classes to see the production.

In the spring, Syracuse Stage holds a young playwrights festival. For the past 20 years, the organization has held a workshop for the student playwrights where acting students read the plays, and seven to eight plays get selected to be performed in May, so the students can see their work right in front of them onstage.

“When you go to the theater, those are real people up there. Now, I know they’re telling you a story and are pretending to be characters, but they’re real people. You’re breathing the same air at the same moment that they are,” Whelan said.

“It’s a shared experience of our common humanity, and I think that’s something that theater can Syracuse Stage opened in 1974 and has hosted countless productions in Arthur Storch Theatre, do that almost no other art form can do.” kellymatlock@dailyorange.com which honors the first producing artistic director of the venue. daily orange file photo

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THIS WEEKEND Landmark Theater Alternative rock band, Bush, will come to the Landmark Theater on Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. The band is best known for their songs “Glycerine” and “Machinehead” from their 2014 album “Sixteen Stone.” They’re accompanied by special guests Bad Wolves and Eva Under Fire.

WHEN: Nov. 19 at 7 p.m.

PRICE: Starting at $36

The Lost Horizon

Thanksgiving (Nov. 17)

Eli Roth’s “Thanksgiving,” based on a mock trailer of the same name featured in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s “Grindhouse,” is a holiday-themed slasher about a mysterious, ax-wielding serial killer. When a Black Friday riot in Plymouth, Massachusetts, ends in tragedy, the killer aims for revenge against the town’s inhabitants.

Roth differentiates his film from other holiday slashers, usually set during Halloween or Christmas, by setting it during the Black Friday craze of the Thanksgiving season. Starring Rick Hoffman, Gina Gershon, Patrick Dempsey and Addison Rae, the film turns the mock trailer’s absurd premise into a feature-length project. Early reviews are largely positive with Deadline writing, “It is all ridiculous fun, playing as much like a broad comedy as a classic horror flick.” Horror fans are in for a pleasant and gory holiday surprise with “Thanksgiving.”

CONCERTS

The Lost Horizon will host “The Emo Night Tour,” the self-proclaimed best emo party in the world. Tickets for the saddest party on earth start at $18 and it will occur on Nov. 16 at 8 p.m.

They will play classic emo tunes from Panic! At the Disco and My Chemical Romance, so get ready for the angst.

WHEN: Nov. 16 at 8 p.m.

PRICE: Starting at $18

Funk ‘n Waffles Funk ‘n Waffles will host local pop artist Stephen Philips on Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. Philips recently released his music video for the recent release, “Acid.” Folk-pop artist Brett Altman will also perform. Altman grew in popularity from his renditions of the Great American Songbook, a famous collection of songs.

WHEN: Nov. 18 at 8 p.m..

PRICE: Starting at $20

The Song and Dance In a nostalgic mood? The Song & Dance has just the cure: Disney DJ Night. Let everything go and have fun with your favorite tunes from your childhood. Join in on the fun on Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. Costumes are encouraged for all attendees.

WHEN: Nov. 18 at 8 p.m.

PRICE: Starting at $20

Middle Ages Brewing Company Middle Ages Brewing Company will host the band Walking Buddy on Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. Walking Buddy is an Americana rock band from Syracuse.

The show is free for all attendees but registration is required.

WHEN: Nov. 17 at 6 p.m.

PRICE: Free

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Students gathered outside Hendricks Chapel after the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas to call for peace and solidarity.

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Around 200 protestors attended the “Shut It Down For Palestine” walkout, marching in support of Palestine’s liberation.

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Pro-Palestinian speech on campus is a stance for liberation, not antisemitism Nearly 30 years ago, on Mar. 21, 1994, The Daily Orange published a Letter to the Editor titled “Redefine antisemitism.” That year, an IsraeliAmerican mass murderer and religious extremist opened fire on 800 Palestinians and killed 29 to further Zionist political ideology. The horrific slaughter is known as the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre.

The writer pondered “What is antisemitism?”: not over the essence of its basic definition, but of its conflations.

Although not explicitly, the letter grapples with the very conversations we are still having today, over how anti-Israel and anti-Zionist sentiments are misconstrued to be ones of antisemitism.

“It’s OK to judge what genuinely is antisemitic and what is not. But it would

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Reflect on community consequences before taking a side To my Jewish community— I would like to share with you why I, as a proud Jewish person, stand firmly with Palestine and the efforts for Palestinian liberation on our campus. I recognize and empathize with the pain that members of our community are feeling. Any death is painful and I mean no disrespect to those mourning losses of family and friends.

I stand with Palestine because my ancestors knew violence and cruelty all too well. I stand with Palestine because I hear their cries and think of my ancestors who pleaded for mercy. I stand with Palestine because I know that “never again” means never again for all oppressed people, not just us. I stand with Palestine because we, as a persecuted people, have a duty to stand with all persecuted people.

The Nov. 9 walkout was a peaceful cry for help and recognition of the immense loss and pain in Gaza, a beautiful and profound gathering of people in pain that I was proud to support and bear witness to.

I no longer know what it means to me to be Jewish or if I have a place in a Jewish community, especially on

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Syracuse University’s campus. The hate being radiated from the community is inexcusable; I cannot stand by a community that blindly supports the current ethnic cleansing of Palestinians with blatant disregard for human suffering.

I’m begging you to look beyond how the past month has affected you. I’m begging you to put yourself in someone else’s shoes for one moment. Imagine the pain, the loss, the deep trauma that will be carried on for generations to come.

These statements are not made to discredit your grief but to implore you to recognize that pain in others around you. I ask you to allow them the space to grieve and demand the justice that they deserve.

Listen with an open mind and heart. This is the time to stand up against persecution, violence and injustice. It’s never too late to be on the right side of history.

L’chaim.

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be ignorant to look away from the bloody picture of innocent worshipers and into other trivial things,” the writer concluded.

Trivial, meaning focusing on distortions meant to distract from serious atrocities.

To the critic, he wrote “I hope you redefine something else — your values.”

The letter was penned by class of 1994 senior Omar Haque, my father.

In the 30 years since my father’s letter, and 75 years into Israel’s colonization, those in support of Palestine are still making these basic disclaimers. As long as Israel weaponizes Jewish pain and trauma against criticism of its statehood, we are made to do so.

Palestinians are not just people in some far-off land, separated from us.

They are our peers, our community;

they live among us. Palestinians need our grief, anger, hope, action and unwavering solidarity.

I hope one day pro-Palestinian speech doesn’t have to “first and foremost” denounce antisemitism to qualify the validity of its arguments, and that it may just be understood that the two are not in opposition.

Do not be led to believe that antiPalestinian stances provide protective armor for the Jewish people. They do not. Anti-Palestinian and anti-Jewish sentiments are simply different sides of the same worthless coin. No matter what side you bet on, it will flip in favor of denying people’s humanity.

Syracuse University, your unwarranted reprimand against the speaker for

their fair criticism, your threat of unnecessary FBI surveillance against marginalized communities, your failure to address the targeted campaign against Himika Bhattacharya, your relationship with Lockheed Martin and your audacity to stand on Onondaga land while repressing Indigenous voices are further blemishes on your already dismal track record.

Eventually, this institution will rot from the inside out. Or, it can fix itself while it’s still standing.

If any future child of mine were to matriculate at Syracuse, I promise they would be sent here as my father sent me: to call out what we know to be wrong.

Emane Haque Class of 2024

letter to the editor

Student protesters ignore the scope and depth of Jewish history In response to “After hundreds march to support Palestine, Ritter, Groves address ‘reprehensible behavior’ from protestor.”

Last Thursday, activists on campus protested the staggering loss of human life in Gaza following in the wake of the unprecedented assault and abuse of civilians in Israel on Oct.7 by Hamas, including murder, rape and abduction. Ignoring the crimes against humanity committed by Hamas terrorists, speakers at Syracuse University claimed that anti-Zionism does not constitute antisemitism. They did so without understanding what constitutes antisemitism or how anti-Zionist activism manifests anti-Jewish animus.

Binary settler-colonial rubrics and the hostile cacophony of calls to “free Palestine from river to sea” under the banner of “resistance” mean nothing other than the elimination of the State of Israel. Israel is itself a politically

and morally fraught, but a central fulcrum of contemporary Jewish life.

The State of Israel was established as a place of refuge for a long-suffering people. It became a national home for the renewal of Jewish life after the Holocaust, an in-gathering of the Jewish people from across the world, including refugees from Morocco, Iraq, Yemen and elsewhere from across the Middle East and North Africa.

As reported by The Daily Orange, SU protestors chanted “Zionism has to go,” accused the SU Administration of aligning with so-called “Zionist donors” and targeted by name all the Jewish organizations at SU at a time of rising antisemitism and antisemitic violence in North America and Europe.

Calling for the destruction of a national entity is included in the very definition of genocide, as defined by the United Nations in 1948. Associating Jews with money and power

is an antisemitic staple. The public calling out of Jewish organizations by name is a threatening act. It is safe to assume that most protestors know little about Jewish history or the history of Zionism. Student activists and their supporters seem unable to grasp that it is possible to be proPalestine and pro-Israel, anti-Hamas and anti-Netanyahu.

Students and faculty with direct contact with people in the region are reeling from the violence of the Israel-Hamas war, the loss of life in Israel and acute Palestinian suffering. In response, anti-Zionism isolates the larger Jewish student and faculty body while losing sight of principles of mutual human recognition upon which a just and peaceful resolution of the Israel-Palestine conflict depends.

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Moderate messages from SU administration fail to protect Jewish students To Chancellor Syverud and the Board of Trustees of Syracuse University: We as parents of Jewish students at SU are writing to express our sincere disappointment in your lack of leadership and poor communication as it relates to recent incidents on campus, which have and will continue to lead to cultural divisiveness and antisemitism.

To be specific, you have allowed faculty to spread partial truths, biased opinions and force unfounded points in an attempt to indoctrinate students within the College of Arts and Sciences. Professors have

used terms like colonialism, apartheid and Indigenous people without taking the time to understand where and how they should be applied and with no context of factual history, resulting in misinformed and misguided education.

This attempt to misg uide students through the abuse of power and authority has led to displaced anger for some, anxiety for many and confusion for most.

We expect more from the faculty, but when they are incapable of expressing balanced views based on truth and facts we demand more from leadership at the University.

Using the argument that the faculty is entitled to an opinion to support their actions is a poor excuse, not a reason. In fact, it is a sham. You have failed your students, caused regret for parents and alumni and brought shame on yourselves.

Most recently, your lack of action and lack of accountability has led to a protest where grotesque hate speech was directed toward specific Jewish groups on campus that are unwarranted, untrue and sickening. This event has left many students with fear and empowered more aggression against Jewish students. This is your fault.

We as members of the direct or indirect Syracuse community demand that you stop sitting on the sidelines, stop sending moderate messages through email and start using your voice. You have the ability to send a direct message and set the tone for conduct on campus and within the community.

Stop hiding and start doing. Start acting like leaders and stop acting like cowa rds. A ll of your students, a ll of your parents and all of your alumni deser ve so much better.

Sincerely, Syracuse Jewish Parents Council

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University administration are complicit in the very actions they condemn To Gretchen Ritter and Allen Groves: It is appalling to read your Nov. 9 communique to the Syracuse University community.

It is reckless and incendiary for you to single out and target one student speaker from the Nov. 9 protest calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, and to do so in the name of student “safety.” Student speakers, protest organizers and participants, including Jewish, secular, Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist and Christian students, do not feel safer.

It is McCarthy-esque to announce you have called in FBI surveillance, also in the name of campus safety.

Student-activists at SU who publicly support an end

to the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, who have already been contacted by the FBI, do not feel safer.

It is outrageous to publicly censure and threaten disciplinary action against a speaker at the Nov. 9 event when, Provost Ritter, you were one of the SU community members charged at the protest with complicity in an unfolding genocide, as reported Nov. 9 by The Daily Orange. You are not a disinterested bystander to the event.

It is false and an incitement to tell the SU community that during the protest specific student organizations were named as complicit in genocide because of their “identity” when in fact, as reported in the DO,

complicity was linked to specific actions taken by those organizations; when in fact, many participants in the protest share an “identity” with students in those organizations; and, when in fact, speakers also addressed the broader university as complicit.

Speakers made crystal clear that it is not antisemitism to oppose Israel’s genocidal war and those who support it; your communications have not done so. It is manipulative and incendiary, as leaders of this educational institution in a time of ferocious state violence against Palestinians funded and protected by the U.S. government, to provide zero context in your communique for the protest and the

speeches — part of a planned national walk-out on Day 34 of Israeli slaughter in Gaza.

It is a lie to close your Nov. 9 letter stating your support for academic freedom and free speech when the letter is the latest in a pattern of speech and actions by the Provost’s office and SU administrators to encourage self-censorship, fear, anxiety, silencing and political conformity and repression among SU community members.

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SU’s decision to stifle and condemn peaceful demonstrations fails its students As a Jewish alumnus writing from California, I feel compelled to express my profound anger and deep disappointment at the university’s woefully inadequate response to the suffering imposed on Gaza.

As the global spotlight focuses on the profound human tragedy unfolding in Gaza, reputable academic institutions should seize every opportunity to cultivate a safe space for all Israeli, Jewish, Muslim and Palestinian students.

Unfortunately, this proactive approach does not appear to align with the current stance of my alma mater.

On Oct. 18, the Women’s and Gender Studies department bravely issued a statement in solidarity with Palestinians, condemning the excessive use of militaristic power by Israel. Moreover, on Oct. 31, Chancellor Kent Syverud and Provost Gretchen Ritter informed the student body that they canceled a peaceful teach-in initiated by students

to educate the SU community on the violence happening in Gaza. The reason given was citing “safety concerns,” further stressing the need for meticulous planning to ensure free speech in a time and place deemed suitable for the safety of the community.

It is especially disheartening to hear that this is happening at a time when members of your student body, who have family in Gaza, are enduring unimaginable hardships and loss and are seeking community.

As a Jewish individual who grew up in a synagogue that waves the Israeli flag, I understand the deep connection many have to Israel. But it is entirely possible to be Jewish and denounce the actions unfolding in Israel. The oversimplified framework surrounding discussions on Israel leaves little room for nuanced perspectives, fostering a polarized environment that stifles meaningful dialogue.

It is possible, and essential, to speak

out against the actions of the nation of Israel without implicating the entire Jewish religion. Pretending otherwise creates a dangerous dogma that stifles legitimate dissent and diverse perspectives, hindering meaningful discourse on a complex issue.

How can we anticipate current students evolving into informed leaders with these morals when the university appears to actively stifle the voices of peaceful protestors?

These incidents, coupled with the university’s silence, call into question the institution’s commitment to fostering an inclusive and intellectually vibrant community. The path Syverud is currently treading stifles the very principles the university claims to uphold. It’s time for Syracuse University to bridge the gap between rhetoric and action.

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Rachel Teslak fuels SU’s attack as offensive-minded defender

By Aiden Stepansky asst. digital editor

Rachel Teslak wasn’t always a defender. She grew up practicing with her brother, Ryan, as a center.

Then, in 11th grade, Teslak switched to defense, wanting to emulate the position Ryan played.

“I transferred to defense because I always wanted to be like my older brother,” Teslak said.

“We never got to play on the same team, but it was always competition.”

With a knack for scoring due to previously being a forward, Teslak has become an offensive weapon in her first year with Syracuse. Teslak leads SU in goals (four) and points (eight) while playing a crucial role in its power play unit.

Teslak is part of a hockey family. Her father, John, ran Memorial Arena in Cranbrook, British Columbia. It allowed Teslak and Ryan to practice together often when they were both home. Ryan worked with Teslak on skating backwards to get used to the motions as a defender.

In high school, Teslak played for Ontario Hock-

ey Academy, over 2,000 miles from Cranbrook. At OHA, Teslak played defense for the first time.

Teslak’s coach at OHA, Jenna Lascelle, knew her offensive ability could be utilized along the blue line.

But attacking offensively as a defender was different than as a forward. With Lascelle, Teslak learned to help set up scoring chances when attacking the zone, rather than taking it herself. Lascelle preached patience and when Teslak received the puck with a shooting lane, that’s when she could be aggressive.

“Her shot was unbelieveable,” Lascelle said. “I would never want to step in front of that shot if I was out there playing.”

Sometimes when OHA needed a late goal, Lascelle played Teslak in her old position as a forward. On power plays, the offensive game plan was to create shooting chances for Teslak.

After a successful youth career, Teslak moved to the United States to play collegiately for St. Lawrence University.

Teslak wasted no time making an impact, tallying six goals as a freshman. She showed her attacking prowess early on.

In her second collegiate game against Ohio State, the Saints trailed 3-2 with just minutes left. Knowing Teslak’s offensive threat, head coach Chris Wells pulled his goalie and substituted Teslak in to create a man advantage. She entered the game and soon after, delivered a slap shot that rang off the crossbar.

“That’s when we kind of realized we were going to be able to use her on the power play and in those situations,” Wells said.

Teslak was utilized in that way as a freshman. Five of her six goals on the season came on the power play.

Teslak’s teammates worked to give her the best scoring chances possible. Nara Elia, who played with Teslak for two seasons, often screened the goalie to free up space for Teslak’s shot.

“I like to be around the net as a forward so it’s always nice to have a defender that likes to shoot so much,” Elia said. “On the power play one of the goals was to always get her the puck in order to get shots off and create chances.”

While her offensive skill set was clear, Teslak’s defense still needed work with just a few years

of experience. According to St. Lawrence assistant coach Mare MacDougall Bari, Teslak worked on perfecting her shooting and passing, but she worked even harder on defensive pivots and physicality along the boards. In doing so, Teslak became a more complete player, Bari said.

After graduating from St. Lawrence Teslak wanted to explore fifth-year options. She entered the transfer portal and eventually ended up at Syracuse.

At SU, Teslak has quickly established herself as a key piece for the Orange, earning backto-back CHA Defenseman of the Week awards.

While the award is listed for defenders, she notably won the award for her offensive production. Against Boston University on Oct. 20, she had her breakout game, scoring two goals in a 4-4 tie.

“She’s stepped up in a number of situations this season,” said SU head coach Britni Smith. “It’s very helpful to have someone who can get pucks on the net as much as she does.” amstepan@syr.edu @AidenStepansky

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Opponent Preview: What to know about 5-5 Georgia Tech

By Wyatt Miller

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Syracuse broke a five-game conference skid last weekend when it beat Pittsburgh 28-13 in Yankee Stadium. The injury-riddled offense adopted a wildcat scheme that headlined former Michigan quarterback Dan Villari. He’s now a tight end, but won Atlantic Coast Conference running back of the week for his 154-yard performance last Saturday.

Head coach Dino Babers said SU hasn’t committed to a strategy going forward, and health will dictate the scheme. The Orange will enter a hostile environment in Atlanta, GA, with a chance to clinch a bowl game and collect their second conference win.

An offensively-charged Georgia Tech team stands in the way, which can also clinch a bowl game with a win.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Syracuse (5-5, 1-5 ACC) at Georgia Tech (5-5, 4-3 ACC) Saturday night:

All time series

Georgia Tech leads 2-1.

Last time they played

Syracuse earned its first-ever win over Georgia Tech in 2020. It was also SU’s only win of the season. from page 12

johnson In college, Johnson was immersed in the world of comics and Manga, a type of anime.

After years of line drawing, Johnson got an iPad and started painting digitally with his Apple Pencil. He drew his favorite heroes, like Spiderman and Batman, while also creating original anime characters.

These passions have been inked onto his skin, showing the development of his mind and artistry — he only trusts one tattoo artist back home in Brighton, Michigan. from page 12

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him that they had no idea he was Somalian. McIntyre said he “could not be more proud of Abdi,” and that the Orange are all big fans of Somalia now.

Across a four-day period, Somalia played two friendlies against Niger and Sierra Leone.

And though it picked up two losses, Salim is confident that his team grew and gelled.

When playing with his international teamfrom page 12

coppin state the lane before feeding Varejão, who found herself wide-open under the basket.

With Syracuse leading 33-18, Varejão received the ball in the high post. Rice cut baseline firing a pass to the guard. With the defense rotating, Rice dished the ball to Lexi McNabb in the corner, who drained a 3-pointer. Varejão said once Syracuse started knocking down 3-pointers it created openings inside, which the Orange punished, knocking down a season-high 10 3s.

Varejão’s presence down low made up for Fair’s absence in the first quarter. Once the point guard entered the game in the second quarter, she wasn’t

In that game, now-New York Giants starting quarterback Tommy DeVito threw for 194 yards and two touchdowns. A 46-yard bomb to Taj Harris put Syracuse up 23-6 in the second quarter and a 43-yard catch-and-run to Nick Johnson secured a two-possession lead entering the fourth.

Sean Tucker dominated on the ground, rushing for 112 yards and two scores on 24 attempts.

Both touchdowns were in the first quarter, when SU outscored GT 17-0. The victory brought Syracuse to 1-2, with both of its losses coming to ranked teams. There seemed to be some hope for the rest of the season after that home win over Georgia Tech, but the Orange went 0-8 the rest of the season.

they are forced to roll out the same offense as last week, GT’s defense could be susceptible.

SU’s defense will have a tougher task, however, as it looks to slow down the 22nd-ranked rushing offense in the nation. Behind running back Jamal Haynes and quarterback Haynes King, the Yellow Jackets average nearly 200 rushing yards per game.

How Syracuse beats Georgia Tech

The most important thing for Syracuse will be to keep things competitive. If the Orange get down early, there is no salvaging the deficit by running the ball repeatedly. They have to be in this game throughout, or Georgia Tech’s momentum will mount.

Stat to know: 35.2

Georgia Tech’s 224 rushing yards allowed per game is 35.2 yards more than the next-closest ACC team. For Syracuse, which ran the ball 93 percent of the time last week, this presents a massive opportunity. If the Orange are forced to roll out a run-heavy strategy again, expect them to attack certain spots with purpose. They will create misdirection and freeze defenders as long as possible. If GT prepares for the old-school scheme, SU will still have a chance to catch them off-guard.

The Yellow Jackets are extremely unbalanced.

Georgia Tech’s 31.3 points allowed per game ranks 107th in Division I and second to last in the ACC. Meanwhile, the offense scores 32.0 points per game, ranking 38th in the country.

GT’s defense has allowed 224 rushing yards per game this season, which ranks last in the ACC by a wide margin. That creates some opportunity for the scheme Syracuse was forced to employ against Pitt. When the Panthers knew the run was coming, which was most plays, the Orange executed and fought through contact. If

To win this game, Syracuse needs to pound the rock again and not just because of injuries. Georgia Tech has been far better against the pass this year and the Syracuse run game has taken over its offense. Babers will have to embrace last week’s philosophy, but add a few more wrinkles, as the Yellow Jackets have had all week to prepare for that offense.

The trick throws didn’t work out, but there were some new and promising concepts that were showcased last weekend. Villari got a shovel pass behind the line of scrimmage after Garrett Shrader started the roll out to fool the defense.

That combination of pre-and-post-snap motion will help the scheme from last week carry over against Georgia Tech.

Defensively, Syracuse must control the line.

GT’s offensive front is bigger, stronger and more skilled than Pitt’s. SU defensive coordinator Rocky Long will call some stunts and blitzes to get after King, but it may not be enough to stifle the run.

On his right deltoid, Johnson designed a tattoo to represent his Black identity. He illustrated royal African ancestors — a queen, a warrior and a lion — to honor the sovereignty that built African nations, not just the hardships many endured during slavery. He did it to remind himself that “being Black is beautiful,” Lynn said.

“It’s very important to him that all of his art, even on his body, is original,” Lynn said.

Right next to the “2 Lives” tattoo on his right pectoral, Johnson etched an authentic anime character. Another one of his anime tattoos honors his older brother Kyle, who got him into Manga, residing on his right arm.

Johnson has added to his sleeves on both arms throughout college, planning to get a few more before he’s done. He’s preparing to get a “Johnson” tattoo across the top of his back to carry his family with him, just like the two on his chest.

Johnson has always tried to keep his art private. It’s for himself, not for prying eyes or awards. Yet, once people find out he’s an artist, they start asking for things, unaware of the time and dedication his work takes.

He often makes pieces for people he’s close with because there’s a “sense of pride” he feels when creating artwork for others, Johnson said.

He hopes to build on that professionally.

One of Johnson’s life goals is to illustrate his own comic book or Manga. His dream of making the NFL is still at the forefront, which could grant him the platform to create and market his work. Johnson wants his athletic and artistic dreams to work in tandem with each other, not against each other.

“That’s going to be big,” Johnson said of his future project. “I’ll probably do it after I make the league and get myself established, so I’ll probably start working on that and setting aside time to pursue that dream.

mates, Salim said he immediately spotted their reliance on athleticism — a stark difference from Orlando City’s playstyle and its emphasis on build-up play and controlling possession. Other adjustments included basics like communication. Though he can’t speak Somalian, Salim can understand it because his mother spoke it frequently when he was growing up.

The curiosity in opposing lifestyles goes both ways. Many of Somalia’s local players ask Salim about the U.S. During his first camp with the team

in October, Salim was often asked whether he could bring back equipment from America. The Somali team didn’t have much access to quality training gear.

“Speaking with them, it definitely humbles me,” Salim said. “It makes me appreciate the stuff that we usually look past at in America.”

Prior to visiting Africa for international duty, Salim said he hadn’t been there since leaving Kenya as a child. Salim described his return as “eye opening.” He took advantage of his time

there by traveling around Morocco, where Somalia took on Niger and Sierra Leone.

This month, during Salim’s second international break of the 2023 season, Somalia held camp in Tunisia and is slated to play Algeria and Uganda. Salim is thankful for the experiences he’s been afforded with Somalia, calling it a “full circle moment.”

“He left there as a refugee and returned as the king,” Saleman said.

her aggressive self, only attempting to get others involved. Fair skipped through the lane after a screen from Varejão, hitting Perkins for an open 3-pointer. Perkins missed, but Fair repeated the same action the next possession and Perkins drained it, putting SU up 24-12 early in the second.

Fair misfired on her opening two shots. Her first make came on a step-back 3 with 40 seconds remaining in the second quarter. The third quarter was when Fair heated up, scoring 13 of Syracuse’s 22 points. Fair shot 5-for-11 from the floor, including four 3-pointers. Fair’s lack of production in the first half didn’t matter, as her supporting cast shouldered the load.

“We’re going to play our way,” Legette-Jack said. “We’re going to dictate our way and if it

doesn’t work out, at least we’re gonna look in the mirror and say, we didn’t change who we were.”

After the break, Fair found her rhythm.

Rice pushed the ball in transition ahead to Burrows along the right wing. She found Fair, who knocked down the jumper with ease. With Syracuse up 22, Far pickpocketed Coppin State’s Mossi Staples for an easy breakaway layup. Fair flashed open at the top of the key with the defense collapsing on Kyra Wood down low.

With time winding down in the quarter, Rice passed to Burrows along the sideline. Fair sprinted up toward Burrows who fed the hot hand. With no hesitation, Fair launched another triple — her fourth of the quarter — for her 10th point in a less than three-minute stretch to put Syracuse up 61-35.

Although Fair and Varejão both had quiet fourth quarters, Syracuse didn’t need them to put up monster numbers. The closest the Eagles got was within 21 with 6:54 remaining, but SU responded with five straight points on its way to a third consecutive comfortable victory.

“They were throwing the whole team at (Fair) and we need to work through that because maybe Maryland’s going to try and two or three people at her,” Legette-Jack said. “(Coppin State) didn’t care about winning the game in my opinion, I think they just cared about (stopping Fair). When she had the ball the whole team lost themselves.”

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Player to watch: RB Jamal Haynes

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Abdi Salim’s journey to Somalian captain

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By Zak Wolf

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Former Syracuse center back Abdi Salim could’ve played for Kenya, United States or Somalia. He holds citizenship in Kenya and the U.S. but decided to represent his parents’ native Somalia. For Salim, he was committed to whoever was “showing more love.”

The decision was a long time coming. In 2020, he couldn’t feature for Somalia’s U20 side due to travel restrictions stemming from COVID19. But this past summer, he connected with national team coaches through Instagram and announced he’d represent Somalia in all international competitions.

“That opportunity was presented first with Somalia,” Salim said. “So I mean, I couldn’t say no.”

Though both of his parents are Somalian, Salim was born in Kenya.

In 2003, his family immigrated to the United States and settled in Buffalo where Salim was introduced to soccer.

There, he went on to play collegiately for Buffalo State before transferring to SU. Following a national championship win his senior season, Salim joined Major League Soccer’s Orlando City in 2022. Now, he captains the Somali national team, tasked with leading the country to its first-ever FIFA World Cup berth.

Salim’s parents are Somali Bantus — an ethnic group in the country that was forced out during the 1991 Somali Civil War. They were displaced from their homes and ended up at a refugee camp in Nairobi, Kenya, where Salim was born.

Eventually, after obtaining visas to the U.S., the family moved to the west side of Buffalo. The community has a large Somali population, said Salim’s brother, Saleman.

Salim initially began playing soccer for a local, lower level team in Buffalo before Empire United (now known as Rochester New York FC) coaches Paul Valenti and Rory Charcholla heard about him through a friend. They asked him to try out and Salim made the cut. Despite worrying about missing his at-home responsibilities while his mother was at work, Salim was convinced by a friend to join the club.

With Empire United, Salim left his comfort zone. Valenti and Charcholla moved him from midfield to center back. With the change, he excelled.

Salim’s athleticism and reliable 1-on-1 defending led him to Buffalo State, where he played a year with Saleman, before transferring to Syracuse.

Salim spent two years at SU and started in 19 games during its national championship-winning season. He then entered the MLS Superdraft where Orlando City selected him with the 17th overall pick. The next challenge was making his mark on the international stage.

When Somalia’s coaching staff informed Salim he’d captain the side against Niger on Oct. 14 — the country’s first friendly since 2021 — he felt “honored.”

“It was definitely an eye opener,” Salim said. “It kind of hit me because I’m not just the captain of a club, I’m the captain of a country.”

Despite having never served as a captain before, Salim said he sets an example. He utilizes qualities learned at Syracuse when head coach Ian McIntyre made players enroll in a semester-long leadership course.

Former teammates at SU instantly reacted to Salim’s new role, some texting

It was a strange sight for Syracuse. When its starting lineup was announced before tip-off against Coppin State, point guard Dyaisha Fair’s name wasn’t called. It was the first time since Jan. 29, 2020, that Fair hadn’t started a game and the first time since transferring to SU. Kennedi Perkins started in Fair’s place. Once Fair entered the game in the second quarter, Syracuse was up 17-10.

Fair’s absence in the first quarter was due to a coaching decision, according to head coach Felisha Legette-Jack. But Syracuse (3-0, 0-0 ACC) still defeated Coppin State (1-3, 0-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) 80-47 led by Fair’s team-high 16 points. With Fair initially on the bench, Izabel Varejão and Alaina Rice helped carry the load offensively, combining for 28 points. Varejão’s size overwhelmed the Eagles, scoring a season-high 13 points. The Orange outscored the Eagles 38-18 in the paint.

“I’m so grateful about how we’re growing as a team and how you’re receiving the messages and the lessons they’re being taught,” LegetteJack said postgame.

Coppin State opened the game in an active 1-3-1 zone, preventing SU from getting any dribble penetration. Without Fair on the floor, Syracuse’s guards failed to get into the lane, causing it to attack from the outside. After two straight possessions ending in misses from Rice, Sophie Burrows canned a 3-pointer from the right wing. The Orange were 6-for-15 from 3 in the first half, eventually forcing Coppin State into a man-to-man defense.

To counteract the Eagles, the Orange pushed the ball up the f loor, using their size to their advantage. The combination of Burrows and Varejão propelled SU to a 15-2 advantage.

After Burrows missed a 3-pointer, Varejão skied for the rebound down low, converting inside. On Syracuse’s next possession, Burrows drilled a 3 from the top of the key.

“I’ve got the support of the whole team’s coaching staff behind me so... they have faith in me to shoot it. That obviously translates into my confidence,” Burrows said.

Legette-Jack said Syracuse played well without Fair in the first quarter due to the performance of guards Lexi McNabb and Perkins.

But it was Varejão who did a lot of the heavy lifting on offense.

The Orange constantly fed Varejão in the post. The Michigan transfer used her 6-foot-4 frame to rise up over defenders for mid-range jumpers.

Through Syracuse’s first two games, Varejão scored a combined nine points, going 4-for-9 from the field.

In the first half against Coppin State, Varejão had 11 on 5-for-6 shooting.

Legette-Jack called Varejão a “pro” postgame. Her presence helped slow things down with Fair out, playing a more deliberate style.

“We’re very lucky to have her,” Legette-Jack said of Varejão. “She is smart. She’s a post player that really can play with her back to the basket and score down low.”

With Syracuse leading 29-12, Varejão faced up her defender in the high post, seeing a cutting Rice in the lane who finished to give the Orange a 19-point lead — its largest up until that point. Rice returned the favor, driving

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Isaiah Johnson developed a strong artistic skill at a young age. He’s gone from drawing portraits of loved ones to designing his own, meaningful tattoos. courtesy of lynn johnson

Isaiah Johnson is an artist, wearing original drawings that he’s turned into tattoos. He wants his athletic and artistic dreams to coexist.

By Wyatt Miller

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saiah Johnson’s chest and arms are filled with tattoos of his own making, and the design of each piece has a specific meaning. The two on his chest were the first and most significant.

In 2005, when Johnson was 5, his sister Asheley was killed in a car accident coming home from college. She was 21 years old. Right above his heart, Johnson tattooed “MMV,” the roman numeral for 2005, below a crown and surrounded by angel wings to honor his late sister.

Asheley was the oldest of seven siblings and Johnson was the youngest. Their mother, Lynn, said the pair were closest because of the age gap. Although he was just 5 when she passed away, Johnson said he always wanted to remember her.

On his right pectoral, Johnson has “2 Lives” tattooed for his cousin, Desmond Duncan, who was imprisoned years ago and is “like a little brother” to Johnson. It was both of their dreams to become NFL players, so Johnson said he feels like he’s been living for both of them ever since Duncan’s imprisonment.

“It’s kind of my pride to be able to put my art on my skin and have it last forever,” Johnson said.

From a young age, Johnson’s father, Gerald, said he and Lynn noticed their son’s artistic skill. His “provocative” thoughts and abilities drew him to different styles, Lynn said, as he transitioned from line drawing to digital painting. Johnson became an awardwinning artist at Detroit Country Day School, and his NFL dream is now accompanied by an artistic one.

After moving back to the United States from Switzerland, where his family lived from 2005-10, Johnson was homeschooled

by Lynn for a few years before high school.

Yet, she sent all her children to separate art classes to foster that skill. When it was time to decide on a high school, Johnson chose

Detroit Country Day because of its Art Conservatorship program.

Johnson drew three portraits that were displayed in the Detroit Institute of Arts for over a year. One was of his dad and the others were of his best friends, Demetriess Debow and Kolin Demens. He won a “gold key” for two of the portraits and was honored with a gala and display in the museum.

The portrait of Gerald is still Johnson’s favorite piece because he captured the “age and wisdom” that he sees in his father, Johnson said.

“He does it because it keeps him calm and gives him an outlet that’s very different from what he focuses on the rest of the day, whether it’s school or football,” Gerald said.

Lynn said Johnson wasn’t particularly interested in art as a young kid. But, his older brother, Jeremiah, carefully took him through the drawing process. Jeremiah is now a script writer and director in Hollywood, CA. “I would always see him drawing cartoons and he used to tell us bedtime stories,” Johnson said of Jeremiah. “It was my brother, Jeremiah, who really showed me the first way to just let your creative juices flow.”

When Johnson was little, he exclusively drew football players. He started with portraits of athletes he grew up idolizing, like Deion Sanders and Barry Sanders.

As he got older, Johnson transitioned to drawing people in his life. He also drew pictures of himself playing football which still hang in the Johnson house today. While at Dartmouth, Johnson drew himself in different jerseys to represent the progression of his football journey.

“I still love drawing football players because I still love football,” Johnson said.

“To be honest, when it comes to football, I’m still just the same little kid I was when I drew them. But now, I really like action shots. So I’ve transitioned from doing more portraits to full body action shots, showing motion and doing more dynamic things.” see johnson page 11

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