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Gift of Life partnered with Syracuse Hillel, Alpha Phi Omega and others for a bone marrow registry drive this week in honor of Annie Eisner.
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SU to convert Sheraton to dorm
Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7, professors have faced pressures from outside the university and TAs are unsure of how to proceed
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Professors and teaching assistants at SU are grappling with boundaries for classroom discussions and public statements as nora benko illustration editor the Israel-Hamas war continues. By Dominic Chiappone and Kyle Chouinard
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ately, Aevyn Barnett has been wearing a black ribbon. Barnett, a second-year master’s student and teaching assistant at Syracuse University, sees it as a less ultravisible way, compared to a yarmulke, of making his Jewish identity visible. The ribbon’s main function in Jewish culture, however, is to symbolize loss. “When you’re in mourning, it’s usually just (for) the immediate family, you wear a black ribbon for … seven days,” Barnett said. “I’ve been just wearing it full time because every time it would have been the end of the seven days, someone else dies.” Two of his cousins are in the hospital still being treated for burns from the initial early-October Hamas attack in Israel. A family friend’s two grandchildren were killed. Another more distant cousin, he said, died at the Nova music festival near the Gaza border. Before he left his apartment Tuesday morning, Barnett’s mother texted in his family’s group chat that a family friend’s body had been found. Still, he had to go teach. “You have to figure out how to separate those two parts of your life and leave that part at home,” Barnett said. “It’s difficult.” Tuesday marked one month since the Israel-Hamas war started. Since the initial attack, students, faculty and staff at SU have held three vigils across religious groups calling for peace. At the same time, tension has mounted on campus with multiple petitions calling for either the removal of a professor or the cancellation of an event. Professors and student teaching assistants have had to traverse the conflict in their own classrooms. While some have elected to not interact with the topic, other
professors and TAs have chosen to actively engage with it. Whatever their position, most told The Daily Orange the war has at least been in the back of their minds. On Oct. 7, Hamas launched an attack on Israel that killed 1,400 people. In the attack, Hamas kidnapped 242 people and, as of Nov. 2, only four have been released. Soon after the attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country was officially at war in a televised address. Israel has bombarded Gaza since then, further isolating the territory which had been under a blockade for 16 years. Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed over 10,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. As of Nov. 2, the attacks have internally displaced an estimated 1.4 million people, according to the United Nations. UN SecretaryGeneral António Guterres called the situation in Gaza “more than a humanitarian crisis. It is a crisis of humanity.” In the United States, the start of the war has been met with a drastic rise in both Islamophobic and antisemitic hate crimes, including cases at colleges and universities. An hour away from SU at Cornell University, Cornell student Patrick Dai allegedly posted threats online that he would kill Jewish students on campus. Dai will be in Syracuse on Wednesday for a probable cause hearing. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education urged colleges and universities to take immediate action amid an “alarming rise” of antisemitism and Islamophobia. SU Provost Gretchen Ritter said at the Oct. 25 University Senate meeting that while faculty do have the right to share their opinions on the Israel-Hamas war, addressing the conflict when it is not the topic of a class or through university channels like Listservs creates “an unfair power dynamic that can make some students feel unwelcome, unsafe or unsupported.” The American Association of University Professors at SU’s executive committee released a statement objecting see professors page 6
Syracuse University will convert the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center into an undergraduate student residence hall, according to a Wednesday news release. The complex will include nearly 400 beds, with construction set to start in summer 2024 and the opening set for fall 2024. The Sheraton will close following this spring’s commencement for construction, according to the release. “By converting the Sheraton into a residence hall, we are creating new housing opportunities that make it easier for our students, especially our first-year and transfer students, to acclimate to life at Syracuse, find their community and develop a sense of belonging,” Allen Groves, SU’s senior vice president and chief student experience officer, said in the release. SU originally bought the Sheraton in 2000. The conversion is part of SU’s Campus Framework, which is a 20-year plan to assess and improve the university’s space usage. “This includes renovating and repurposing existing space, procuring new space and working with community partners to identify opportunities for collaboration,” Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Brett Padgett said in the release. “The Sheraton presented an ideal opportunity to reimagine how our current space is leveraged and repurpose it to put it toward its best and highest use.” SU’s decision to convert the hotel came after a three-year housing review that found students wanted more housing options on North Campus. Last year, SU began housing students in the Sheraton. Around 200 returning students were moved to these locations from Dellplain Hall because more freshmen accepted admissions offers than expected. SU has also acquired several other properties surrounding North Campus in recent years, including on S. Crouse Avenue and Comstock Avenue, drawing concern from long-time Syracuse residents. Although SU has cleared multiple lots of property it has bought since 2019, a university spokesperson said the university had no specific plans for the properties in September 2022. Once the Sheraton closes, all of its staff will be offered positions at SU — many of which will be union jobs, the release said. People with reservations at the Sheraton after its set closing date will be notified by Sheraton staff. spwright@syr.edu
election day 2023
Election winners plan for new positions in Onondaga County By Roxanne Boychuk asst. news editor
On Tuesday, voters in Onondaga County elected a new slate of candidates for the upcoming term, with both new voices and familiar names collecting wins. Many of the
races are still too close to call, but some of its largest, such as County Executive, wrapped up early in the night. Incumbent Republican Ryan McMahon was reelected to serve another term as Onondaga County Executive over Democratic challenger Bill Kinne. McMahon is leading with
61.82 percent of the vote as of 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday. McMahon said he’s “ecstatic” to be in office again, and that his next steps are to begin investing in development across the county. “The voters last night delivered a mandate,” McMahon said of his victory. All five people elected to
Syracuse’s Common Council this cycle were Democrats, continuing their dominance in city government. Councilors Marty Nave, Patrick Hogan, Corey Williams, Patrona Jones-Rowser and Jimmy Monto were elected for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th districts, respectively. Nave
and Hogan ran unopposed while Williams fended off Woodruff Caroll and Jones-Rowser defeated Hasahn Bloodworth. While Monto currently has captured 82 percent of the vote, a write-in campaign for Jennifer Schultz has 17.56 percent of the votes. see wins page 6
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Students participate in swab drive in memory of Annie Eisner By Kendall Luther asst. copy editor
After three days of tabling at Syracuse University, Annie’s Army has collected 225 swabs for Gift of Life’s bone marrow registry in honor of Annie Eisner, a former SU student who died in August. Gift of Life, a national bone marrow and blood stem cell registry that facilitates transplants for people with life-threatening blood cancer, partnered with Syracuse Hillel, co-educational service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega and the SU sorority chapters of Alpha Epsilon Phi and Sigma Delta Tau for a bone marrow registry “mega-drive.” Annie’s Army is a group of family and friends who advocate in honor of Annie’s legacy and memory. The organizations swabbed the inside of people’s cheeks to collect tissue samples in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications — where Annie studied public relations — Monday and in the Schine Student Center Tuesday and Wednesday. “Our goal is to really have a broad reach, get a broad spectrum of students and staff and people on campus because we’re just looking to help as many people as possible,” said Jodi Eisner, Annie’s mother. Annie, a rising junior, died after a threeand-a-half-year-long battle with acute myeloid leukemia, a type of blood cancer that begins in the blood-forming cells of the bone marrow. In her two years at SU, Eisner held two swab drives as a Gift of Life campus ambassador. Jodi said it was hard for her daughter to collect swabs when she was alone at the table, but this week’s mega-drive has seen more success as it was a coordinated effort from many. “This is just a much more boots-on-theground, coordinated effort,” Jodi said. Rachel Meller, a longtime friend of Annie’s and member of Sigma Delta Tau, wrote in a statement
to The Daily Orange that the swab drives reflect the “bright light” of Annie’s character. “Annie swabbed people because she knew how big of an impact it could have,” Meller, a junior studying magazine, news and digital journalism, wrote. “I remember she once told me that she was actually nervous to go to Schine with her table and swabs because she thought it may be perceived as ‘weird,’ regardless, she went and proudly taught people about Gift of Life.” Gift of Life Recruitment Specialist Tzvi Greenberg said the organization follows the “five steps to save a life” outline: education and swabbing, tissue type matching, physical examination, donation and transplant. The registration and swabbing process takes about five minutes. Donors, who must be between the ages of 18 and 35 and in good health, provide a sample of their DNA by swabbing three separate times for about a minute on the inside of their cheeks. Greenberg said 90 percent of donations, which are collected through a nonsurgical treatment called apheresis, go to cancer patients who are in need of blood stem cells. The other 10 percent require donors to undergo a procedure for marrow donations. Bone marrow donation recipients tend to be younger children who are in greater need of a higher stem cell count, he said. “You have to consent every step of the way,” Greenberg said. “This is just a five-minute sense to give you that chance to save someone’s life and really save an entire world.” About one in every 250 donors is found as a match each year, according to Gift of Life’s website. If a bone marrow donation is a match for a patient in need of a transplant, Gift of Life will contact the donor. Then, they have the opportunity to go through the other four steps of the process. Jodi said she recently received an email from Gift of Life that they found a match from one of Annie’s previous drives, which she said was very exciting.
Student groups worked to collect swabs for Gift of Life, a national bone marrow and stem cell registry for people with blood cancer. jenna sents contributing photographer
Rachel Kern, a junior studying public relations, helped collect swabs at Schine Wednesday. As the former president of Annie’s sorority, Sigma Delta Tau, Kern said she wanted to help continue Annie’s mission and honor her life and legacy. “It feels so rewarding and so special to know that people also want to help and do everything they can to get people registered,” Kern said. Kern said that she hopes to meet the goal of swabbing at least 4,400 people in the city, which Andrew Eisner, Annie’s father, introduced. Sigma Delta Tau also hosted a cookie drive on Oct. 1 benefiting Cycle for Survival in celebration of “Annietober,” or Annie’s 21st birthday month. The sorority hosted a small swab drive at the event, Greenberg said, where they collected a couple dozen swabs. “I am so proud of what the students here have done, and I know Annie would be over the moon
if she saw the impact she has had,” Meller wrote. Several other organizations have also hosted smaller swab drives, including swabbing 91 people at Annie’s memorial service in Hendricks Chapel and drives through Syracuse Hillel and Alpha Epsilon Phi. Gift of Life and Alpha Phi Omega will host the last day of the mega-drive Thursday in Schine from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Greenberg said they hope to collect at least 75 more swabs to complete their four-day-goal of 300 swabs. Through Annie’s Army, Jodi said she hopes to accomplish further goals on campus so that SU, where she said Annie spent two great years, can play a role. “It’s a multifaceted approach from a lot of different angles and that’s kind of how we’re approaching our mission … right now, the goal is to create new treatments for cancer, but also hope to eventually eradicate it,” Jodi said. kaluther@syr.edu
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Politico reporters speak on investigative process at Toner lecture By Samantha Olander asst. digital editor
When Politico obtained an initial draft majority opinion showing that the United States Supreme Court had voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, the outlet’s reporters were left with a major choice. As Politico was unable to reveal sources, reporters had to decide if it was worth it to put their reputation on the line to publish the document. On May 2, 2022, Politico published it. Politico’s story on the draft release became the first draft majority in the history of the court to be disclosed publicly while a case was still pending. It was awarded the 2023 Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting. The Toner Prizes – which are awarded annually by Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications – recognize the best U.S. national or political reporting in any medium. The prize is awarded to both national and local reporting in honor of SU alumna Robin Toner, who was the first female national correspondent for The New York Times. Josh Gerstein, Alex Ward and Peter Canellos of Politico and Phil Williams of Nashville’s WTVFTV spoke about the processes behind their award-winning reporting Wednesday at SU’s “A discussion with the 2023 Toner Prize Winners” event in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium. Politico won the national reporting award for its project “The Supreme Court and Abortion,” which began with its May 2022 publication breaking the Supreme Court’s draft opinion to overturn the 50-year-old super precedent set in Roe v. Wade. Williams won the local reporting award for his entry, “NewsChannel 5 Investigates: Revealed,” which examined the law-making process in Tennessee’s General Assembly.
When discussing Politico’s reporting, Gerstein said the Supreme Court has gone underreported by the press. He said the media does not cover the Supreme Court in the same “rigorous” way they cover other political institutions in Washington, including Congress and the White House. “It’s not sufficient to go to the White House briefing and write down just what they say. That’s part of the story, but it’s only one part,” Gerstein said. “I do think that for many years that is, by and large, how the Supreme Court was covered.” Collanos said Politico’s decision to publish the draft decision “opened the floodgates” for how the Supreme Court gets covered in the media. Releasing the document was “far better” for the country than choosing to keep it private, he said. Williams similarly challenged how the government is covered by news media while looking at Tennessee’s state legislature, he said. After being frustrated with the reporting on his local government, which he believed was not telling the full story, he said he decided to report on it himself. Williams — who is WTVF-TV’s chief investigative reporter — found that Tennessee’s legislative branch is ruled by a supermajority which has enough power to set its own rules. His mission through his reporting was to help citizens fully understand what’s happening in their local democratic institutions, he said. In their release of the draft opinion, Ward was also most concerned with ensuring that the document was not just released to the public, but that it was also contextualized so the public could understand the enormity and implications of the Supreme Court decision.
“I just remember the nerves of it, the key intentionality behind it,” Ward said. “Our goal was to … really make sure that we captured the moment and contextualized as much as we could.” Emily Bakalos, a sophomore in Newhouse and in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, said her biggest takeaway from the discussion was the role that journalists play in reporting on the government and informing the public. “You need to keep every aspect of the government accountable, be able to dig deeper into the government and write the stories that people aren’t writing,” she said. Another key topic the journalists discussed was rising distrust in the press. Canellos said the media now needs to earn the trust of the public, as he believes the “explosion” of the Internet and ideological outlets has led to a loss of faith in journalists. The best way to do this, he advised,
is for the media to be clear that their procedures, standards and ethics are a public service. Gerstein was also concerned with earning the public’s trust when publishing the draft decision, saying there was a strong balance between deciding how to give the public enough information to prove the draft was authentic without identifying any sources. All four journalists acknowledged the obstacles and threats they faced as they covered high-profile topics with widespread political and social implications. Despite these challenges, Williams said it is the role of journalists to prioritize the public and not shy away when challenges arise. “If we walk off the field, in the face of this kind of adversity, then our democracy does suffer,” Williams said. saolande@syr.edu
The winners of the 2023 Toner prizes spoke Wednesday evening about the importance of journalism as media trust falls. wenjing zhu staff photographer
on campus
Annual panel amplifies 1st-generation student, staff voices By Bengt-Erik Nelson contributing writer
Students and staff gathered in Bird Library for Syracuse University’s National First-Generation College Celebration Wednesday evening, which focused on voicing the personal experiences that
come with being a first-generation student with a panel of student and alumni speakers. The event is held annually on Nov. 8 to honor first-generation students and commemorate the signing of the federal Higher Education Act. The act helped strengthen universities’ ability to provide financial assistance to students in higher
education, which has led to greater academic opportunities for first-generation students. Panelists shared some of the difficulties that come with being a first-generation student and provided insight on how they overcame them. SU sophomore Ashlyn Garcia, a first-generation student studying
Film and Media Arts, moderated the panel. “Being first-gen is something that a lot of students are ashamed of, or they don’t really recognize that they are until they’re filling out the application,” Garcia said, “But coming to college, it’s something that has see first-gen page 6
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Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
ENG 121 Introduction to Shakespeare
Taylor Swift’s first albums skyrocketed her to the forefront of the U.S. music scene. With lyrics that resonated with young girls everywhere and references to the greatest love stories of all time, her very first songs are still some of her most unforgettable. Channel the energy of “Love Story” and take ENG 121 this spring.
SPM 199 - The Super Bowl: Sport, Culture and Entertainment
Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) PSY 424 - Social Dilemmas
A classic — but slightly problematic — Swift revenge anthem is “Better Than Revenge” from her “Speak Now” album. Describing the moment when her boyfriend got stolen, this song describes a lot of “social dilemmas,” so take PSY 424 this spring to relate to the song even more. One of the most important elements of these early albums is not the songs themselves, but the era and atmosphere associated with them. “Speak Now” is associated with an autumnal, leaves-falling vibe that is most clearly seen in “Back to December.” Take EAR 415 to understand the science behind the seasons in this album.
Red (Taylor’s Version)
REL 595 - Religion, Art, and Aesthetics
Throughout Swift’s discography, she makes references to historical events and popular literary allusions, in Red and beyond. If you take REL 595, you’ll be right on track to understand Swift’s next big hit.
FST 412 - Wine Appreciation
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EAR 415 - Intro Climate Dynamics
A popular class at SU, Wine Appreciation draws a large crowd each year. If you can relate to “22,” Swift’s song about feeling 22, you’re eligible to take this class! It’s the perfect way to celebrate those 22 feelings that Swift captures in the song while learning a new skill.
Red (Taylor’s Version)
Whether you were cheer captain or sitting on the bleachers, this class is for you. Take a deep dive into football’s biggest spectacle, the Super Bowl, to channel your high school “You Belong With Me” moment. Learn more about the business and cultural impact of the international event beyond the stadium.
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Swift knows how to curate an aesthetic. For her most recent album — besides Taylor’s Versions — she set up a beautiful look. “Midnights” has a purple, dreamy brand with a name that matches its songs. Take AST 104 for a class about the same skies that Swift was looking at while writing those tracks in the middle of the night.
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HFS 425 - Lust, Love and Relationships
Within the Human Development and Family Science major at Syracuse University is a class about lust, love and relationships. Taylor’s album “Lover” focuses on her relationship and feelings for her longtime ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn. Learn about the dynamics and patterns at play with these relationships by taking HFS 435.
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professors to Ritter’s senate comments, questioning the university’s commitment to freedom of expression on campus and the right to academic freedom for faculty. “We recognize our students’ rights to engage in debates on controversial issues and to disagree with faculty without fear of censure or retribution,” the AAUP executive committee letter reads. “We also affirm our longstanding commitment as faculty members to work with care and respect with our students while also exercising our right to academic freedom. The two actions are not mutually exclusive.” The AAUP executive committee took issue with the concept of sticking to the “topic of the class,” writing that the boundaries are not clear in many courses and that “world events demand collective discussion.” The committee also took issue with the Provost’s selective application of an “unfair power dynamic” to only certain topics and political viewpoints.” Matthew Huber, president of SU’s AAUP and a professor in the Geography and the Environment Department, also told The D.O. that it is common for faculty to circulate statements through electronic resources and university Listservs. Huber has worked at SU for almost 14 years and said he found Ritter’s statement “surprising.” “This sort of blanket concern about students feeling unsafe really seems like restrictions and threats to our academic freedom as faculty to teach and cover in the classroom what we think is most important,” Huber said. A university spokesperson wrote that SU has not condemned the views or perspectives of any faculty member or department. Faculty were asked not to use “official University communication channels” to express personal views, but are free to do so on their personal websites and social media, the spokesperson wrote. Ritter’s statement regarding Listservs to the University Senate came a week after the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies released a “statement of solidarity” regarding the war. The department affirmed in the statement its commitment to Arab, Palestinian, Muslim, Jewish and allied students and organizations whose views and positions have been “silenced and erased” from classroom conversations and academic spaces. The WGS department specifically demanded that the campus collectively confront anti-Arab, anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian rhetoric. They denounced the “escalating Israeli military attacks on Palestinians in Gaza” and wrote that current narratives “conceal the realities of Israeli settler colonialism.” In the statement, they also denounced antisemitism “unequivocally.” The WGS statement received backlash. Most notably, a change.org petition — which has received
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over 7,000 signatures as of 9 p.m. Wednesday — called for the removal of WGS Department Chair Himika Bhattacharya from her position. The petition claimed the email sent out under Bhattacharya’s leadership failed to denounce the violence committed against Jewish people by Hamas. The creator of the petition wrote that the statement “demonstrated an alarming level of antisemitism.” Bhattacharya wrote in a statement to The D.O. that she was unfairly singled out by the petition, adding that the statement was collectively released by all the faculty members in the department. “(The petition) generated racist and anti-immigrant language, false accusations, defamatory remarks, hate mail, and violent threats against me,” Bhattacharya wrote. A university spokesperson said that while SU does not comment on anonymous online petitions, it “has not and will not” demand the removal of any faculty member for sharing their perspective. In response to the petition and the university’s lack of response at the time, a coalition of unnamed graduate students, teaching assistants and alumni wrote an open letter petition addressed to Chancellor Kent Syverud, Ritter and Senior Vice President Allen Groves. The letter calls on SU to uphold its commitment to academic integrity and free speech in university-wide communications and to support faculty and TAs being intimidated by other students and people off campus. “The escalating frequency and severity with which faculty and graduate students are encountering pushback and outright intimidation for merely executing their professional responsibilities and rights to academic freedom is deeply concerning,” the letter reads. The petition received 483 signatures as of Wednesday night. At the University Senate meeting, Syverud emphasized the need to make the campus an inclusive space, even as students may have diverging opinions about the war. Remarks from SU leadership during the senate meeting came days after Ritter and Groves wrote in a campus-wide email that SU was “looking into” a small number of “classroom interactions” where students felt unfairly targeted. For TAs looking to address the war, the Syracuse Graduate Employees Union’s bargaining committee said the month has been difficult. On Oct. 31, the committee proposed to the university that an “academic freedom” article should be included in their inaugural collective bargaining agreement that is currently being negotiated, according to a statement to The D.O. Over the last week, the SGEU’s bargaining committee wrote that teaching assistants in the union have started reporting harassment to its leadership. The union verbally shared its concerns to the university’s administration
Tuesday, adding they felt that they were not being properly “supported or protected by the University or their departments.” SU’s bargaining committee, SGEU’s bargaining committee wrote, was appreciative of the union bringing up their concerns and agreed that further discussion was needed. SGEU also wrote that they reiterated to the university that “any attempt to censor or discipline a graduate employee for engaging this topic in their TA or scholarly capacities may be a violation of labor law.” In response to the section of the SGEU statement regarding labor law, a university spokesperson said SU remains committed to the free exchange of ideas and academic freedom. There has been no effort to censor or discipline graduate students or teaching assistants, the spokesperson wrote. Much like SGEU, of which he is a bargaining committee member, Barnett does not feel as if the university has properly supported him over the last month. Barnett said there’s been a lack of communication from the university with TAs. “It’s not that (SU doesn’t) want to, or that they don’t support faculty and TAs, it’s that they don’t know how to or what they’re supposed to do,” Barnett said. “Like, what’s the appropriate amount? What’s overstepping boundaries?” As a teaching assistant in a presentational speaking class this fall, he already had a list of off-limit topics, believing they were either overused in similar classes or not worth the potential class debate they could stir. “If a student gives some speech on this, I don’t know what I’m supposed to do,” Barnett said. Barnett said he’s received few emails regarding the war, one of them coming from the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence. The email outlines that TAs and “Instructional Colleagues” may “wish to consider in advance how you will structure the conversation and how you will respond to any unexpected outcomes.” The CTLE said instructors may need to evaluate how much time they should allow for discussion, how they respond to “inaccurate statements” and how they will reengage with a student who walks out of a discussion or stops participating “after a heated exchange.” The email provided a series of links at the end of the email: a series of websites on “responding to challenging moments and disruptive behavior in the classroom,” a video on how to promote peace in discussions of violence, two videos on “stress aware and trauma informed practices” and a guide on media literacy. Some TAs have found the information the university has sent to be helpful. Sara Houff, a first-year Ph.D. student in Economics, is currently a TA for a microeconomics class. The topic of Israel-Hamas war hasn’t come up yet in the optional recitation, but she’s used the university’s resources to plan how she’d handle the topic.
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Monto, now heading into his second term, said he wants to focus on strengthening neighborhoods by working on the housing shortage. “We do not have enough places for people to live. We are not building fast enough. We have an aging housing stock with some pretty severe problems,” Monto said. “So we have to be focused on getting people safe and affordable places to raise their families.” Democrat Alexander Marion ran unopposed for Syracuse City Auditor after defeating incumbent Nader Maroun in the June Democratic primary. In the position, Marion wants to improve housing conditions, specifically regarding environmental concerns. “We’ve got to make sure we’re prepared for this threat of climate change and taking on important issues like housing and code enforcements and making our economic development inclusive,” Marion said. On Tuesday night, Maurice “Mo” Brown defeated Moise “Mo” Moodie to represent Onondaga County’s 15th District — which includes Syracuse University and much of its surrounding neighborhoods. Brown, a Democrat who was from page 3
first-gen impacted my journey, and it’s going to impact my journey. It’s something that I’m really proud of because I’m paving the way for the rest of my family.” Brice Nordquist, the dean’s professor of community engagement in College of Arts and Sciences, said that as a first-generation student, he thought the hardest part was getting into college. But, when he got to campus, he realized there were more hurdles to overcome. While in college, Nordquist said he had to navigate his issues without familial knowledge of the institution. “I had friends who had been enrolled in transitional programs, early college kinds of
Several newly elected county and city officials said they hope to focus on housing and economic development around Syracuse once they take office. cassandra roshu photo editor
endorsed by the Syracuse chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America and the Working Families Party, built his platform around housing, the city’s lead crisis and unreliable public transportation. Brown said he was not expecting the amount of support he received. While he thought he would lead by about 70 percent,
as of 10 p.m. on Wednesday, he had a 84 point advantage over Moodie. “It’s nice to know that so much of the community is on my side of those big issues,” Brown said. Moodie, Brown’s opponent, said that although he didn’t receive the result he wanted, he accepted the outcome and is happy for Brown.
programs, but … I wasn’t coded in some of the same ways,” Nordquist said. “I didn’t know of any kinds of supports that existed.” Jordan Pierre, a graduate student in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, talked about his experience as a firstgeneration student on the panel. He said the college experience at SU helps even the playing field for students from different backgrounds by offering resources. “I come from a place where I feel like talent is universal but opportunities are not,” Pierre said. “So, then I got into Syracuse, now I got access to the resources to amplify what it is I already was doing. It was a hard part about being a firstgeneration student, there was just a lot of things that you just don’t know, and you must seek them, and you only understand if you experience.”
The Higher Education Opportunity Program, Student Support Services and Kessler Scholars Program helped organize the panel. All three programs aim to help first-generation college students through their college journey at SU. Chandice Haste-Jackson, the associate dean of student services for the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, invited students to get in touch with her and use the available resources at the university. “There’s so much here at SU, and if I can’t find it I’ll either create it or connect you to someone in the community,” HasteJackson said. “That’s the beauty of having been somewhere for a while and finding your purpose and passion.” One attendee, Brandon Yeboah, said that being a first-generation student means being
“It’s important to not be caught unaware. You have to have it in the back of your mind because, as a TA, you’re here to support the students,” Houff said. “You want to make sure that (for) the things going on in their lives, you’re ready to talk.” As the Israel-Hamas war continues, some members of the university community are embracing an open dialogue in classes as part of their course curriculum. Carrie Riby, a visiting assistant advertising professor in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, said she addressed the war in her class on advertising. She was impressed with how “respectful” the conversation was. For faculty members like Ingrid Erickson, an associate professor in the School of Information Studies, the Israel-Hamas war doesn’t necessarily fit into their course curriculum, meaning the war is unlikely to arise in conversation. Three professors from the College of Engineering and Computer Science expressed a sentiment similar to Erickson. Alan Allport — Dr. Walter Montgomery and Marian Gruber Professor of History — said the conflict has entered the classroom conversation, but that students have stayed on topic. “I’ve raised it in order to get students to think about how the war in Gaza will ultimately be terminated,” Allport said. “On the whole, my students are pretty good about staying on task, so we don’t seem to run a great deal of risk of going off-topic and getting into areas that we’re not really supposed to be dealing with.” Barnett added that SGEU hadn’t yet sent out information to members who were TAs. SGEU’s bargaining committee wrote to The D.O. that they are aiming to have a statement and resources out to TAs, resident advisors and graduate assistants next week. “These resources are still being developed based on the advice of the Union’s internal officers and staff, as well as collaborative conversations with representatives from the SU administration,” the committee wrote. “We anticipate that these resources will include quick guides or explainers on … employment rights.” SU’s spokesperson confirmed the university will host a panel discussion next week for graduate student instructors on how to manage “challenging classroom situations.” “As graduate employees and early-career scholars, we are often asked to opine on global events in a scholarly manner — either in the classroom or other public forums,” the SGEU bargaining committee wrote to The D.O. “Any degree of censorship or harassment against young scholars is wholly unacceptable, whether that’s coming from supervisors, students, or parents of students.” news@dailyorange.com Moodie also said his work is only getting started with local politics. If Moodie runs again, he said he does not yet know what he would run for, and that he wants to see how Brown does in his position before he decides. “Mr. Brown, if he does a bang-up job, they don’t need to replace him. There’s a lot of other seats that are open as well during that time, so it’s really just going to see what’s going to be available and will give the best viable option,” Moodie said. For the 10th district in the County Legislature, Republican Mark Olson is leading Carrie Ingersoll-Wood, the current director of SU’s Disability Culture Center. Olsen has garnered 50.28 percent of the vote over Ingersoll-Wood’s 49.68 percent as of 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Marion said that this year’s election was a “team effort” between the county’s Democratic candidates. “When (we) work together, you can have a positive, smarter vision for the future of this city, of this county, of this community,” Marion said. “We will be fighting together for things that make a difference in everyone’s lives — the housing, the economic inclusion and equality that everyone who lives in our community deserves.” rmboychu@syr.edu
able to build something started by his parents. “It means that I have the power to change everyone that follows me, and build generational wealth while breaking generational trauma,” said Yeboah, a student in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Yeboah said that growing up, his parents emphasized the importance of graduating college to him and his brother because their own opportunities were financially limited. “For me to live through their dreams while also living through my dreams is just the best, and at the end of the day, my goal, when I finish graduating, I want to give my cap and gown to my parents so they can share that experience as well,” Yeboah said. bnelson@syr.edu
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Queer the set rendering courtesy of light work
Inspired by the dancing plague of 1518, Light Work artists-in-residence created a short film—'queering' the process along the way By Kyle Chouinard managing editor
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n 1518, a woman known as Troffea began to dance in the streets of Strasbourg, France. She danced herself to death, and up to 400 others were affected. Five hundred years later, Nicholas Baird, a dancer himself, was bedridden with COVID-19 when he first started talking about the “dancing plague” with his creative partner, Lee Pivnik, who also had the virus. The two went down a rabbit hole reading about the socially contagious disease, reading theories on how and why Troffea started her dancing. “The documentation is vague, it’s not clear whether she started it or was affected by it,” Baird said. “There’s tension of not knowing whether it was a choice or a compulsion.” Troffea’s story was a perfect fit for the Institute of Queer Ecology, a collaborative group that focuses on the interconnectedness of the environment. For their latest project, “Hysteria,” Baird and Pivnik spent February in Syracuse as artists in residence for Light Work’s Urban Video Project. The final product is now on the Everson Art Museum’s facade each night starting at dusk from Thursday to Saturday. Throughout the film’s production, the team said they tried whatever they could to “queer” the production and final product. “The entire package is just really a very compelling piece,” said Anneka Herre, the program director of Light Work’s Urban Video Project. “It’s exploring intriguing, complicated questions about marginalization, contagion, contamina-
tion, queer futurity, all of these different themes that they’re bringing together through this piece.” Herre added that the piece was an international production as well. An earlier version of “Hysteria” was displayed in Germany at the Kestner Gesellschaft, an art association in Hanover, Germany, that co-commissioned the piece with Light Work, she said.
It also helped that feeling of queer, collaborative making that made the whole project mean so much to me.
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Baird and Pivnik are often asked what queer ecology exactly is. For Baird, there are as many answers as times people ask the question. Queer ecology isn’t just being queer and doing ecology, though he adds that it is part of it. Over the years he’s been able to distill his thoughts. “Queer ecology is a way of thinking about the world that incorporates both the multi-species interconnectedness of ecology with the … intersectional, decolonial and intimate relations of queer theory,” Baird said.
The film continuously features water, whether it be a creek, waterfall or water treatment plant. It’s an understandable fixation of the film, considering many of the dancing plagues occurred in towns along the Rhine River. After showing the physical manifestations of pollution and water seemingly coming together, the film focuses on an actor playing Troffea drinking the water with a steady shot. Troffea then begins to dance on her own. Once an entire crowd joins in, the music runs wild and so does the camera, swooping in between the many dancers. The film ends by looping back to the beginning, a seemingly infinite blackness broken up by white, flapping specks and the sound of squawking birds. While the film is a unique piece for Syracuse University, it’s nothing new for the Institute of Queer Ecology, which Pivnik founded in 2017. The goal of the organization, which they said is sometimes classified as a living organism, is to live in the small sliver of space where science and art can come together. “Art and science are about investigation and curiosity and discovering more about the world. I think both of them are about that question, ‘What is this world that we’re in? How does it work? What is our role in it?’” Baird said. “And here is a space, a very thin space, I think where both forms of answering that question can happen simultaneously.” At an Everson talk on Nov. 2 with queer theorist Jack Halberstam, Pivnik said the institute is a way to get artists and designers at the see hysteria page 10
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Investing in community-based birthwork can help mend structural health inequities Structural factors are rarely looked at in measuring health inequities, and our writer argues that both measuring structural determinants and uplifting community-based birthwork could help communities of color
By Mayannah Beauvoir
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hen it comes to addressing Black maternal health disparities, there is a tendency to focus on outcomes rather than structural implications. This neglects the systemic accountability that our institutions should be taking. The social determinants of health gies and processes that interact with one the injustices that have created limited nity-based care. When structural are used in the 2022-2024 Onon- another to generate and reinforce inequi- access to a healthy life. systems fail, communities of color daga County Community Health ties among racial and ethnic groups.” A paradigmatic shift is also needed coalesce to form mutual aid networks, Assessment and Improvement Plan A structural angle reflects the ways in order to reimagine the measure- drives for necessities, carpools and to describe some of the barriers to that racism has impacted health in larg- ment of harm and systems of harm. other forms of care. Black birth workadequate community health. But this er intertwined systems. This analysis The Onondaga Community Health ers have been critical to providing format can be extremely limiting and addresses the ways in which America’s Report primarily addresses birthing this care to communities with high fails to take into account the historical state-sanctioned racist past, including outcomes for women of color but fails instances of reproductive injustice. legacy of structural oppression. slavery, Jim Crow, mass incarceration to take into account patient experiCommunity-based birthwork refers The term “social determinants of and redlining have shaped availabil- ence and safety. Black birthing people, to the unique, patient-focused scope health” is frequently used alongside dis- ity and distribution of health for Black in particular, are more likely to expe- of care that has been widely practiced cussions of maternal health inequity in women and birthing people. rience violations of autonomy and in Black and Indigenous communities. order to describe the causal factors that This analysis is vindicated by a repro- dismissals of pain and other medical Community-based doulas in particudetermine disparate maternal health ductive justice framework: the human concerns at the hands of hospital per- lar possess an unparalleled skill set outcomes. The Center for Disease that centers individuals’ needs Control and Prevention defines concerning perinatal healthcare, the social determinants of health but also transportation, housing as “the conditions in which people security and food security. They are born, grow, work, live and age, are often on call for health emerand the wider set of forces and gencies, but also for informational systems shaping the conditions of support, conflict mediation and daily life,” which translates to ecoresource attainment. They pronomic, food and housing security. vide culturally congruent care, While these “forces” do shape bridging language barriers and reality for many people, the vanoften coming from the same backtage point of this definition does ground and hometown. not account for the roots of the As of Nov. 6, Governor Kathy systems the “forces” are built on. Hochul announced the New York Social determinants of health State Department of Health’s plan do not simply exist because of to cover doula services for all Medthe circumstances that we are icaid enrollee’s beginning on Jan. born into. They are carefully 1, 2024. Expanding this access constructed by systemic barriers to doula services is an evidenceenacted in order to maintain hierbased measure to support famiarchies of class, race, gender and lies. While this is an incredible as a result, disparate levels of care victory for communities in need of on a structural level. Furtherdoula care, the community-based more, using a definition of this and person-centered nature of term that does not include the this work must be upheld. causal factors of these inequaliWe urge the Onondaga ties promotes a diluted underCounty Health Department to standing of how the society that expand their 2022-2024 Health we live in punishes low-income A ssessment Improvement people of color. Plan to account for the strucJessica Roach, the founder of tural determinants of health, “Restoring Our Own Through in addition to patient safety to Transformation” (ROOTT), a its section on “Healthy Women, women of color led reproductive Infants and Children.” Furtherjustice organization in Ohio, more, we encourage the Health generated a theoretical frameDepartment to uplift and center work called the Web of Causacommunity-based birthwork as tion between structural and a vital component of improving social determinants of health the health of this community. and wellness in 2016. Their Mayannah Beauvoir, lecturer framework subverts the cliniat Rutgers University Honors Colcal and behavioral risk factors lege and a research assistant for The current health system perpetuates structural inequities, which are often left out of for individuals that are said to Village Birth International. macro analyses and reports. courtesy of mayannah beauvoir cause poor birth outcomes for Village Birth International is birthing people. the founding organization for the Her methodology addresses structur- right to maintain personal bodily sonnel. By only including outcomes as Sankofa Reproductive Health and Healing al determinants of health. According to autonomy, have children, not have chil- a health issue, the experiences that are Center located in Onondaga County. VBI is a a 2020 study on the generational impacts dren and parent the children we have in structurally put in place to perpetuate policy, training and advocacy organization. of housing discrimination, “Structural safe and stable communities. In order harm onto Black bodies is erased. Mayannah Beauvoir, lecturer at Rutgers racism is defined as the macro level sys- for Black birthing people to maintain One of the ways that we can address University Honors College and a research tems, social forces, institutions, ideolo- this human right, we cannot overlook this issue is by investing in commuassistant for Village Birth International.
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Unity Street Band expresses joy through music THIS WEEKEND By Nate Lechner culture editor
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While waiting to perform with the Unity Street Band at the 2018 Providence Honk! Festival, Vanessa Ryder heard a small group of musicians playing “Crazy in Love” by Beyoncé. Although she had never seen the sheet music before, Ryder knew the basic melody and decided to join in and do her best “to keep up.” More and more players from other groups caught on, and before Ryder knew it, the beat to “Crazy in Love” was echoing throughout the park. “Without any rehearsal, just a nod to the person next to you. Someone would just call out ‘saxophones,’ and everybody would play their part in the song, and they’d back out, and someone else would jump back in,” Ryder said. “Those are the fun experiences that come out of a street band.” Ryder is a saxophonist in the Unity Street Band (USB), which was founded in 2017 by trombonist Melissa Gardiner and piccoloist Donna Vallese. The group is made up of Syracuse locals who come together and perform music throughout the streets of central New York. “(Gardiner) knew a bunch of people who wanted to be able to play instruments but really didn’t have an outlet to do so,” Vallese said. “I knew the structure of the street band culture and what needed to be put in place to fit into that Honk band scene. And so that is kind of how it started.” USB follows the structure of a Honk! Festivalstyle band, which encourages individuality among its members. Rather than have a uniform, their purple theme serves as the symbol of the group, with each member wearing the color in their own way during performances. Similarly, the band’s music offers more room for improvisation than concert bands. Instead of performing the traditional marching band arrangements with brass and percussion instruments, many Honk! bands go a step further by augmenting instruments or vocalists. Most Honk! music bands exist for a specific purpose or as an advocacy group. Some perform primarily at activist events, but they are typically autonomous entities not affiliated with another organization. Vallese said Honk! bands can help bring joy to the places they perform and focus on improving society in some way and bringing light to injustices in the world through music. In this same vein, Honk! bands have performed at prisons, environmental demonstrations and educational rallies, as well as basic community events. Unity Street Band most recently performed at the Westcott Street Cultural Fair on Oct. 1.
Self-described as a combination of funk, psychedelic rock and Americana artists, The Runaway Grooms aim to create a unique musical journey with every performance. The group hails from Eagle, Colorado, and comes to Syracuse this weekend to play some of their most popular hits. The venue will also host Nora Quinn, a Syracusebased singer-songwriter who plays Americana music as well. Tickets can be found online. WHEN: Friday, Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. PRICE: $15
When we come together, we're all like a bunch of good friends hanging out and playing together. Vanessa Ryder member of unity street band
Since 2006, Honk! band culture has been a worldwide phenomenon, Vallese said. There are Honk! bands in Brazil, Australia and France, all of whom travel to the US to perform in Honk! festivals. The festivals bring together a strong community of people who are all committed to making a difference in the world through music. The whole premise of a street band is that they are portable, so performers can put music in spaces where people never thought music would be. “We can take a walk through the park, or we can walk down the street and pop into a bar and play a tune and have a drink and continue walking down from page 7
hysteria decision-making table for environmental remediation work and the conversations around them. In previous projects, the Institute of Queer Ecology has created a “social simulation game” for the Guggenheim, an exhibit on turning Miami into a “Symbiotic City” and a seminar on mutualism. In their own lives, they’ve worked to find the intersection of science and art. While he is a dancer, Baird is also a biologist currently studying for his PhD in paleobiology. Pivnik graduated with a BFA in sculpture but also had a concentration in natureculture-sustainability studies. At the beginning of the film process, the pair sought to “queer” the film from start to finish. For Baird, “queering” something doesn’t necessarily mean relating it to LGBTQ+ issues. It instead means blending things that don’t seem like they should go together. On set, Baird said they worked to flatten the hierarchy of the set. Each person working on the piece had a role on and off the camera. Baird himself
Unity Street Band marches around CNY, incorporating new players and professional musicians into the group. courtesy of donna vallese Bandersnatch As a collaboration between Lambda Sigma Upsilon Latino Fraternity and University Union, this year’s Bandersnatch concert takes place Saturday at Schine Underground. The headliner for the event is Aaron May, a hip-hop artist from Houston. Along with May, student artists WAFFLE VAFLYA and Valantonio will perform. Tickets can be purchased online for SUNY ESF and SU students. WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 11 at 6:30 p.m.. PRICE: $10
As a professional musician, saxophonist Vanessa Ryder enjoys the freedom and expression of the Unity Street Band. cassandra roshu photo editor
the street if we want,” Vallese said. “You’re able to kind of surprise people and just show up places because everything’s portable.” This improvisational and relaxed style of music and performance provides relief from the strict rehearsal environments professional musicians experience, Ryder said. She plays in the Baldwinsville Community Band and the Skaneateles Community Band, where performers are always pushing themselves to get every note correct. In the Unity Street Band, skill and experience are not required as the band focuses on giving anyone the opportunity to perform. “We’re not all professional musicians. A lot of us are from different walks of life and careers,” Ryder said. “When we come together, we’re all like a bunch of good friends hanging out and playing together.” Ryder said USB is a special group because of the true joy everyone has when playing together. As a nonprofit organization, the band has no motivation for their music to sound good. This helps remove a lot of the pressure that can come with playing in a professional band, she said. “We’re not trying to make a record or do constant shows all over the place like most bands are trying to do to make money,” Ryder said. “That’s what makes it work well for us is that we have a nice level of a stressfree zone here. It really does make a big difference.” When Stevi Ladd’s husband Chuck, a clarinet and saxophone player, first joined the Unity Street
Band, she initially watched rehearsals from the side. After a while, some members of the percussion section did not show up, and Stevi picked up the tambourine, which she said looked “ridiculous” among the other musicians. “I was informed that if I just keep the beat right, that’s my job,” Stevi said. “It’s a very important thing. I love every minute of it. I enjoy working with the syncopations of the other percussionist people.” Vallese said the rehearsal style of USB makes it easier for new members to adjust to the group and put their own spin on classic marching band tunes. While the band plays a lot from reading sheet music,there are also many songs they have simply learned by ear. “When you have a song like ‘When The Saints Go Marching In,’ or some other easy New Orleans style tune, it’s easy to pick up and learn the melody, but then it gives people an opportunity to learn to improv over it,” Vallese said. Over the last six years, USB has been putting its own creative spin on classic songs to help shine a light on the strength in CNY’s music scene. Whether they are marching through the streets of Westcott or hosting other street bands at their festival Salt City Honk!, the unique sound of USB is working to make a difference in the world. “Our mission is to put the unity back in community through the joy of music,” Vallese said.
makes an appearance in the film and a medieval historian on set was also in it. A queer performance class taught by SU’s Jess Posner came to see the visiting artists’ work. They were also asked to join in. “They showed up to have our visit and within five minutes they were all in costume and were on set,” Baird said. “It also helped that feeling of queer, collaborative making that made the whole project mean so much to me.” “Queering” also came in the form of logistics. They wanted to collaborate with everyone who was on set, which meant not having a traditional shot list. After their first day of shooting, their cinematographer asked what the shot list was for tomorrow. They didn’t have a traditional one. “We didn’t have a director, we had seven people on set making decisions,” Baird said. “And all of the people who did costume, sound, cinematography, choreography, props and admin are also dancers.” Even the current projection of the film is atypical. The wall displaying the film is around 30 feet by 60 feet with studio sound that fills the adjacent plaza, Herre said.
She said that while there are other examples of public media art across the country, the Everson’s facade projection is one of a few that has been operating for over a decade. The piece will be displayed on the building’s wall until Dec. 16. In “queering” the entire art process, Baird referenced José Esteban Muñoz, an academic who wrote “Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity” before he died in 2013. In Baird’s interpretation of Muñoz, he said queer utopia can only exist in short bursts, existing for moments that eventually have to come to an end. At the Everson, PIvnik said Muñoz’s work was one of the first “monumentally optimistic looks at queerness” that he encountered. For Baird, the process of making “Hysteria” was a queer utopia. “Like yes, there’s a film,” Baird said, “but the way of working we built together where everybody has a say in this project and everybody played a different role and we were all basically just saying yes again and again every day, it was very special.”
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The Dollhouse The Dollhouse, a recent addition to the Syracuse house show scene, introduces some new sounds to the area. This weekend, they will host Spelunking, Amok and 5ubaruu. Spelunking and Amok are punk bands who bring a hardcore sound to their respective concerts, and 5ubaruu is a DJ based in New York. Message the venue on Instagram for more information and location. WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. PRICE: $7
The Song & Dance The Song & Dance will host Slothrust, an alternative rock band from Boston who has been creating music since 2010. The members began collaborating at Sarah Lawrence College before forming a band. The venue will also host Pronoun, an indie synth and pop artist that has been featured by Billboard, and Glass Image. Tickets can be purchased online. WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. PRICE: $18
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Syracuse uses 14-0 2nd-half run to beat Canisius 89-77 By Cole Bambini
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The run was because of the defense. Five consecutive stops — two Canisius turnovers and a Maliq Brown block in between — fueled the 14-0 spurt that changed the course of the game. And Judah Mintz did the rest, converting a 4-point play and two 3-point plays for the first 10 points of the run. The Orange, once up by only six with 13 minutes left, were now up 68-48. Syracuse’s (2-0, 0-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) run in the middle of the second half created enough separation for the Orange to defeat Canisius (0-1, 0-0 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) 89-77. J.J. Starling bounced back from a sluggish shooting performance last outing, Justin Taylor remained consistent and Mintz’s second consecutive 20-plus point games to start the season. “I thought we had a really good defensive run in the second half,” head coach Adrian Autry said. “I thought that opened up the game for us and so again, just glimpses here and there, we just got to put it together as a whole.” Starling found an open Mintz at the top of the key. Mintz swished the 3-pointer, drawing a foul and making the free throw. Then, Mintz went coast-to-coast off of a steal for a layup, notching another and-one. And after the ensuing timeout, he converted the 3-point play. Mintz finished with 26 points on the night, 17 of which came in the second half. Mintz said he was a little more passive in the first half, taking what the defense gave him. He recorded two of his four assists in the first frame but was more focused on staying solid defensively, he said. Autry said Mintz had “found his rhythm.” “When my opportunities came, I took them,” Mintz said. On Mintz’s first basket of a solo 10-0 run in the second half, Starling assisted the play before following up with a contested layup of his own
later. Starling was aggressive, getting to the freethrow line four separate times, three of which came after drawing the foul on a made field-goal. To start the second half, Naheem McLeod corralled one of his nine rebounds of the game and swung an outlet pass upcourt to Starling. The shooting guard caught out Canisius’ Siem Uijtendaal by driving past him for the east two. It was much a improved performance compared to Monday, where Starling went just 3-of-13 from the field in the win. He finished with 17 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, including an alley-oop pass to Brown for an emphatic dunk in the game’s waning minutes. “I’m just looking to be aggressive,” Starling said. “Last game was probably one of my worst shooting performances, but at the same time, that’s not gonna change my mentality because at the end of the day, my job is to get downhill, make plays, score, so that’s what I did.” Canisius still managed to linger. It heaved deep 3-pointers in the second half to counteract the run, making 10-of-22 for the night — eight of which came in the final 14 minutes. Autry said the 3-point defense needed to be better, but that some of their makes were “tough.” The Golden Griffins found success down low, keeping the game close in the opening half, trailing just 41-32 at the midway point. They made just two 3-pointers in the first half at a 22% clip, but found ways to get the ball in the paint, past the Orange’s man defense. Syracuse, once every so often, would switch to the 2-3 zone, but it mostly stayed in man. Forward Frank Mitchell made a pair of consecutive baskets down low while forward Bryce Okpoh went a perfect 3-for3 from the field inside in the first half for Canisius. The Golden Griffins could’ve been level with Syracuse if it wasn’t for their poor performance from the charity stripe, going 5-of-17 from the line.
“It was our job to lock in defensively,” Taylor said. “That run definitely propelled us, gave us some momentum and we got the ball in transition, played good defense. That was huge for us.” Syracuse still had some small struggles, including shots from beyond the arc. Though the Orange improved, shooting 36.8% from deep compared to under 24% on Monday, their deep attempts seemed forced at times. SU missed its first three shots from range, including an airball from Chris Bell, who finished 2-of-6 from 3.
It was our job to lock in defensively. That run definitely propelled us, gave us some momentum and we got the ball in transition, played good defense. That was huge for us. Justin Taylor
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Yet, Syracuse cashed in on triples when it needed to. Bell, who was one of four doubledigit scorers with 13, redeemed himself with a left-wing make, preceded by a Taylor swish from deep in the left corner within a span of 70 seconds in the first half. Most of SU’s success came from aggression in the paint, notching 52 of its 89 points from inside. Quadir Copeland possessed the ball on the right wing, matched up against Youri Fritz in the Golden Griffins’ man-to-man defense. Initially driving left, Copeland crossed over to his right, garnering enough separation to drive in for an easy slam.
Brown held the ball at the top of the key, eyes peeled for some movement. Mintz, positioned on the left wing, freed himself from Staveskie on a backdoor cut. Brown fed Mintz quickly for a layup. Taylor also continued his efficient shooting for Syracuse, coming off a 14-point performance versus New Hampshire. Against Canisius, he finished with a game-high 38 minutes, displaying a balance of perimeter shots and drives. Receiving the ball from Bell on the wing, Taylor drove past his defender for an easy 2. Then in the second half, he absorbed the contact on a drive to his left, scoring the basket off the glass. “I hit a couple of shots and (was) just trying to be more aggressive, attacking the basket. My shot wasn’t long,” Taylor said. Following Taylor’s make, the momentum had switched in Syracuse’s favor. Staveskie had canned a couple of triples but Mintz then went on his run, which put the Golden Griffins too far behind. Taylor hit a mid-range jumper to extend SU’s lead and Canisius head coach Reggie Witherspoon burned a couple more of his timeouts. Unlike Monday, where the Orange got off to a hot start in the first half but slowed in the second, Syracuse utilized a strong second-half run to improve to 2-0. Canisius’ Cam Palesse had a strong up-andunder to trim the once 20-point deficit to 13, but Bell responded with his second triple of the evening and a put-back lay-in to keep the Golden Griffins at bay. “We’re not playing offensively the way we want to and we’re still putting up 80-85 points and things like that,” Autry said. “Offense is not the problem right now. It’s really more of us getting back to playing defensive and rebounding.” colebambini@gmail.com @ColeBambini
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Opponent Preview: What to know about 2-7 Pittsburgh By Anthony Alandt senior staff writer
Head coach Dino Babers has beaten Pittsburgh at Syracuse just once since taking over the program eight years ago. But this season, both teams are entering the 100th anniversary of their first matchup on losing streaks. Syracuse is in a freefall, losing five straight games and not scoring more than 14 points since Week 4 against Army. Pittsburgh is in the middle of its worst season under head coach Pat Narduzzi, with its only wins coming against Wofford and an upset victory over then-No. 11 Louisville. The Panthers have played teams close, boosted by the fourth-most sacks in the Atlantic Coast Conference, but have seen some of the worst quarterback play in college football. With two struggling offenses, Saturday’s game at Yankee Stadium is lining up to be a replica of the first matchup in this historic rivalry. Here’s everything you need to know about Pittsburgh (2-7, 1-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) before it faces Syracuse (4-5, 0-5 ACC):
All-time series
Pittsburgh leads 43-32.
Last time they played
Last year’s 19-9 loss at Pittsburgh marked the Orange’s third straight loss and the last time Syracuse was ranked in the AP Top 25 poll. Without Garrett Shrader — someone Syracuse might also be without Saturday once again — Carlos Del Rio-Wilson went just 8-for-23 with 120 yards from page 12
gould something,” Campanile said. “I can almost still see them there. They were a fixture, there should be a statue of those two dudes.” The “icing on the cake,” according to Scott, was Gould and Bellamy’s senior season. Bergen Catholic went undefeated and won the New Jersey State Championship. Gould was named the 2021 New Jersey Player of the Year by MaxPreps. During the state championship, Gould “sliced (a receiver) in half,” while Bellamy took a short pass into a long touchdown. They finished as the No. 3-ranked team in the nation. “For me to share that with his dad and his family because everyone's been around each other forever, so it was just the culmination of everything,” Scott said. “They know how to win. When they're on the field together, things just happen.”
passing and 34 rushing yards. Preseason AllAmerican Sean Tucker hardly got the ball, and the offense only ran it 10 times for 19 yards. After chewing through seven minutes on a 12-play 75-yard drive that resulted in an early 3-0 lead for Syracuse, the offense mustered just three more points in the first half. A key drive in the fourth quarter that would have put Syracuse within one or two points ended with a 49-yard field goal from Andre Szmyt to move the score to 17-9. Following the game, more questions swirled about the outlook of the Orange’s season midst a three-game losing streak which ballooned into five straight losses. Scoring just nine points against a Panthers team that — at the time — was 4-3, signaled that the once-high-powered offense had holes.
The Panthers report
Narduzzi has helped turn Pittsburgh into a strong ACC team and has consistently put out physical teams that can pick off top teams. He’s gone to six bowl games in his eight seasons atop the Panthers. But this season, Pittsburgh is in the midst of what could turn into the worst campaign since 1998. Third downs, penalties and an abysmal offense has marred this year into a lost 2-7 season. Penn State transfer Christian Veilleux has thrown for just over 1,000 yards at a 50% completion rate while tossing six touchdowns and seven interceptions. Boston College transfer Phil Jurkovec is a tight end, and the backup running back tandem of C’Bo Flemister and Rodney Hammond Jr. who torched Syracuse’s defense last year has seen a massive dip in production. After his senior season, Gould committed to USC in December 2021 while Bellamy chose Notre Dame. Gould had developed a strong relationship with interim head coach Donte Williams, who also coached defensive backs. But then, USC hired Lincoln Riley from Oklahoma. Changes were made and the staff wasn’t 100% committed to Gould during a program rehaul, Campanile said. It was either a new start at USC or go elsewhere, Scott said. He wanted to have an established relationship with his future coach, so he decommitted from the Trojans and chose Nebraska not two weeks later. Scott said his son’s relationship with its then-head coach, Scott Frost, played a major role in his choice. Then, déjà vu struck. In the middle of last season, Frost was let go, along with most of the coaching staff. Former Carolina Panthers head coach Matt Rhule was signed to a lucrative deal, and Gould was back at
Much like the Orange, they’ve been thinned out by the transfer portal and are failing to recover. The Panthers have the worst offense in the ACC while allowing the third-most points per game (28.2) in the conference. They average 102.6 rushing yards per game is the worst in the conference, with the eighth-ranked passing game in the ACC this season.
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Pittsburgh’s 25 sacks through nine games ranks fourthmost in the Atlantic Coast Conference
How Syracuse beats Pittsburgh
Run the ball. LeQuint Allen Jr. has been the sole bright spot on this offense that’s dwindled throughout the season. Pittsburgh allows 131.9 rushing yards per game, which isn’t a ton but allows some leeway for the Orange to chew through clock. Boston College had the ball for 42 minutes last week, as opposed to Syracuse’s 17 minutes. If the Panthers have the ball anywhere close to that long again Saturday, they’re going to win. Syracuse needs to grind through drives and wear out a thin Pittsburgh defense. Frankly, the Orange should employ a service academy approach and throw the ball sparingly. Pittsburgh has the fourthmost sacks on opposing quarterbacks, which has led square one. After one season, he entered the transfer portal. Bellamy joined him too after never seeing the field as a freshman with the Fighting Irish. Gould said Syracuse was at Bergen Catholic trying to recruit him the day after he decommitted from Nebraska. So, when he entered the portal, he remembered its interest. Gould also had an established relationship in high school with Nick Monroe, SU’s former cornerbacks coach, which he said impacted the decision. Gould and Bellamy took their official visit together and, after talking it through, both committed to Syracuse. A few days later, Monroe left for Minnesota and Gould’s DB coach at Nebraska, Travis Fisher, was hired to replace him. “We just looked at everything, mapped everything out and felt like it was the best place for both of us and we made that decision,” Gould said. This time, Gould didn’t waiver. He was devoted to Syracuse and to Bellamy. His main prior-
to close losses to No. 4 Florida State and West Virginia and a stunning win over then-No. 11 Louisville. This game has been complicated by the uncertainty around the first and second-string quarterback. Braden Davis and Luke MacPhail only saw the field in garbage time against Colgate, so if they lead Syracuse Saturday, there’s no reason to throw the ball more than 10 times.
Stat to know: 30.8%
Pittsburgh has only converted on 30.8% of third downs this season, which ranks 122nd out of 130 teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Syracuse hasn’t been much better, converting on 41.2% of third downs. If the Orange are able to stymie Pittsburgh drives by stopping it on third down, they should be able to control time of possession more than they did against the Eagles.
Player to watch: Shayne Simon, Linebacker, No. 32
On a defense that has been searching for a playmaker, Simon has taken the lead as not only a dynamic pass rusher, but also a solid secondary man. He’s tied with Samuel Okunlola with four sacks this season and also has 34 total tackles. The Orange have barely completed passes over the middle, and three of Del Rio-Wilson’s interceptions came on passes over the middle of the field. Simon can act as a strong presence for the Panthers to help them against whatever passes Syracuse dials up. anthonyalandt29@yahoo.com @AnthonyAlandt
ity was to go somewhere that would allow him to make an immediate impact, and SU gave that to him. He’s played in all nine games so far, totaling 15 tackles and one interception. “I’m forever blessed for getting to play high school football with my best friend and end up going to the same college,” Gould said. “That’s kind of something that’s unheard of, like a movie or story or something. It’s really great. I know where he’s going to be, he knows where I’m going to be, just that level of trust.” Campanile said, in talking to both, Gould and Bellamy reuniting was “the deciding factor” in their mutual commitment to SU. Scott described their chemistry as a “winning mojo.” “The more moments they get, the more moments they’re going to make,” Scott said. “I can guarantee you that.” wbmiller@syr.edu @wymill07
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Syracuse fell to North Carolina in the ACC Tournament semifinals after being reduced to 10 players early in the second half Despite halving North Carolina’s lead in the 56th minute, SU received a red card which led to an eventual 3-1 home defeat in the ACC Tournament semifinals. arnav pokhrel staff photographer
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yracuse had all the momentum on its side. After Nicholas Kaloukian’s header cut North Carolina’s lead to 2-1, the Orange pressed high. But SU’s aggressiveness came back to bite itself. An overzealous press led to an opening in the defense. A through ball from UNC forward Quenzi Huerman forced Jeorgio Kocevski to trip recipient Martin Vician from behind. Kocevski received a red card. Vician had a clear look on goal if Kocevski didn’t take him out on a play which completely changed the complexion of the second half. No. 18 Syracuse (9-5-6, 2-1-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) had the chance to make the ACC Tournament Championship in consecutive seasons for the first time in program history. But, unforced errors — epitomized by Kocevski’s sending-off — limited the Orange in its 3-1 loss to No. 7 North Carolina (10-3-5, 2-3-3 ACC). SU’s miscues were punished by the clinical Tar Heels. North Carolina scored three of their six shots on goal, including a dagger in the 70th minute from Vician. The striker’s second goal of the contest put the game out of reach. Kocevski’s red card was originally deemed a yellow. But the referee, upon immediately getting called to the video monitor, changed his decision to red. On the sideline, all SU head coach Ian McIntyre could do was chuckle. “I’ve got to go back and have a look at it,” McIntyre said of Kocevski’s red. “It changed the game. We’d
gotten back in the game. There was a transitional moment, Jeorgio’s working hard and clips the guy. As I said, it’s difficult to be a referee.” Syracuse being whittled down to 10 men couldn’t have come at a worse time. Kocevski had just assisted Kaloukian to cut the North Carolina lead in half. Though Syracuse will likely make the NCAA tournament, Kocevski will be suspended for the Orange’s opening game. But, Syracuse’s mistakes extended further than Kocevski’s costly foul. In the sixth minute, SU goalkeeper Jahiem Wickham, despite being closed down by Vician and Huerman, played a pass to Gabriel Mikina. UNC’s two attackers quickly pounced on Mikina, forcing a turnover. With Buster Sjoberg as the lone defender back for Syracuse, Huerman passed to Vician, who slotted the opening goal past Wickham “I like our guys being brave, I want us to play but you can’t gift a team of North Carolina’s caliber a goal like that,” McIntyre said about the opening goal. After going behind early, Syracuse responded strongly. It controlled possession, but outside of a trickling Lorenzo Boselli effort from outside the box, the Orange barely threatened UNC goalkeeper Andrew Cordes. On the other end, North Carolina was efficient. In the 37th minute, Ernest Bawa carried the ball into Syracuse’s half. Mikina was too late on challenging and Bawa played a perfect ball in between Pablo Pedregosa and Sjoberg for Daniel Kutsch. The attacker took a big touch ahead, bearing down on Wickham before finishing past him to put UNC up 2-0 just before halftime. For the rest of the first half, Syracuse seemed deflated. Postgame, McIntyre was happy with his
team’s overall performance, but his one critique was how Syracuse finished the half. “My only frustration with our team was after their second goal. I thought we felt sorry for ourselves for about 10 minutes,” McIntyre said. Kaloukian’s goal, which came from f luid link-up play bet ween Mateo Leveque and Kocevski, garnered praise from McIntyre. He deemed the Orange’s second-half response as “awesome.” Even after Kocevski was sent off, SU still pushed for ward. It played through Kaloukian, trying to earn dangerous set pieces in UNC’s final third. Off of a free kick just outside the box, Leveque sent in a threatening ball which found Mikina at the far post. But his looping header was corralled by Cordes, who finished with eight saves. Syracuse outshot North Carolina 13-11 but were far less efficient. As Syracuse continued to pour numbers forward in hopes of an equalizer, it conceded a third. Leveque misread a header around midfield, accidentally playing it into the path of Ahmad Al-Qaq, who immediately found Vician. Before Sjoberg could intervene, Vician rifled a shot off his left foot to the far post past Wickham for his seventh goal of the year. Down to 10-men and facing a two-goal deficit, the mountain proved too large to climb for Syracuse. “We had to throw numbers forward,” McIntyre said. “The first goal was on us. And they’ve got good players and maybe the difference tonight was them just taking the chances.” zakwolf784254@gmail.com @ZakWolf22
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Jaeden Gould chose SU to reunite with Jayden Bellamy By Wyatt Miller
senior staff writer
In seventh grade, childhood best friends Jaeden Gould and Jayden Bellamy played Pop Warner football together in Somerset (N.J.). Their future Bergen Catholic (N.J.) High School coach, Vito Campanile, attended one of their games. In 24 years of coaching, Campanile said he’s never seen a more dominant Pop Warner team. At the time, both played two ways and were the best athletes on the field, Campanile said. But Gould stood above. He scored multiple touchdowns
and the game had to be stopped in the third quarter with the score 42-0. “I knew he was going to play at the next level that day in seventh grade,” Campanile said. “I know that sounds crazy, but when I started coaching, I would say that summer he came to our camp and just his eye contact and his coachability (made it obvious).” From then on, Gould set the standard at Bergen Catholic. The former four-star recruit accumulated 38 Division I offers as a defensive back and is one of the five highest-ranked recruits on Syracuse in 2023, according to On3.
“I use (Gould) as the example here and the standard here now all the time,” Campanile said. “Just the most professional approach to football that you could find in a kid really… I think so much of the fabric and culture of Bergen Catholic today really was set forth by Jaeden Gould.” This year, Gould is reunited with Bellamy as both transferred to SU from Nebraska and Notre Dame, respectively. The two star side-by-side in the Orange’s secondary, two years after they won the New Jersey State Championship. Bellamy and Gould’s fathers, Jay Bellamy and Scott Gould, have known
each other since they were 17 after playing in the same 1989 New Jersey Senior All-Star game. They played and roomed together at Rutgers the next year, and quickly became close. Their kids have been best friends since they were in diapers. Once Gould and Bellamy got to high school, they were no longer teammates. Bellamy chose to attend St. John Vianney (N.J.), playing there through his sophomore year. Then, he joined Gould at Bergen Catholic. Their first practice was electric. The pair made play after play, silently communicating while flying around
the field. Though Gould lived more than an hour away from school, he loved competing with Bellamy and didn’t mind the trek. “It's probably the most positive form of competition I've seen between teammates,” Campanile said. “Just a crazy professional approach to football and they were great.” After every practice, they’d sit on the end of the benches, just to talk, despite spending the entirety of most days together. “I'd say they were like two old men, like they should be at a fishing hole or
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