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Students repeat concerns at forum By India Miraglia asst. news editor
Editor’s note: This article contains details about the usage of racial slurs.
More than 150 students attended a forum hosted by Residence Hall Association on Tuesday night. Students criticized SU’s response to racist graffiti found in Day Hall. elizabeth billman asst. photo editor
By KJ Edelman sports editor
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t was 7:15 a.m., and Addie Christopher was on schedule. She left her sixth floor Day Hall room, turned a corner and reached the bathrooms. One door creaked open and she took a peek inside. Lights were torn off the ceiling and thrown onto the ground. Christopher saw a janitor nearby. It
Students say SU response to racist graffiti represents pattern of inaction
was early in the morning, and she figured the janitor must’ve known about the destruction. She didn’t think anything of it, moving to a different bathroom to start her morning routine. What she returned to later that afternoon was a mix of confusion, anger and hate. That bathroom, the one she’d glanced in, was the sight of a hate crime. Light fixtures were torn down. The N-word was written on the walls, around the bathroom and on the back of a lightbulb tucked in the toilet.
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We are not trying to make SU fall to the ground and end SU. We chose this university so we want to see it be better. Kenyona Chaney president of juvenile urban multicultural program
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More than 150 people gathered in the Gifford Auditorium, listening as those around them shared concerns with how Syracuse University handled racist graffiti found on two floors of a university residence hall. Aicha Sacko, a freshman, stood with a microphone in her hand. She asked how many people in the room feel unsafe. A majority of the people the Huntington Beard Crouse Hall room raised their hand. One hand is a lot, an audience member yelled. Tuesday’s forum was organized by SU’s Residence Hall Association. It was the second forum in two days held in response to racial slurs in Day Hall. Multiple university officials attended the event, including Rob Hradsky, vice president for the student experience, Keith Alford, chief diversity and inclusion officer, Marianne Thomson, dean of students, and Bobby Maldonado, chief of the Department of Public Safety. “I’m just telling you how I feel,” Sacko said. “I didn’t come here to ask you questions. I don’t need to ask you questions. You guys need to be asking us questions.” Ceiling lights in bathrooms on Day Hall’s sixth floor were pulled out and put in a toilet on Wednesday night. The N-word was written on part of the light, at least one mirror on the floor and garbage cans. A slur against Asian people was also written on a bulletin board on the fourth floor. At the first forum on Monday night students expressed their concerns about DPS’ response to the incident and how SU values students of marginalized communities. Students at Tuesday’s forum spoke about many of the same issues. Students said they felt unsafe on campus. The university was not listening to them. Events like the racist graffiti in Day Hall happen again and again but aren’t addressed. SU failed to properly communicate to the student body, they said. “I want to know how I’m supposed to feel safe on my floor?” said Nia Brooks, a freshman on the sixth floor of Day. DPS has been investigating the Day Hall graffiti since 9:54 a.m. on Thursday when the department was alerted of the incident, Maldonado said at the forum. The department is working with the Syracuse Police Department and Onondaga County district attorney on the investigation.
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Ensemble song ANZHELA JANAQI performs Llamada, composed by Jorge Vidales, on the piano accompanied by Kaitlan Nadsen. The Syracuse University Contemporary Ensamble performed a series of works in Setnor Auditorium on Tuesday. Director Milton Laufer and Marina de Ratmiroff presented a world premiere of ‘Civil Words’ (Soprano Version). hannah ly contributing photographer
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Cuomo addresses Day Hall racist vandalism By KJ Edelman sports editor
Editor’s note: This article contains details about the usage of racial slurs. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo condemned the racist graffiti found in Day Hall in a five-minute speech Tuesday at Syracuse Hancock International Airport. “It’s wrong; it’s hurtful. I expect my fellow citizens to stand up,” Cuomo said. “When they get attacked, I stand up for them. One of us is attacked, all of us are attacked.” The comments come a day after Cuomo directed the State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to investi-
gate the incident. Several times, Cuomo equated the comments to attacks on him and his family for being Italian American. He mentioned stereotypes of being in the mafia as one from outlets like the New York Post and the Times Union. “You make an anti-African American statement, you are attacking me,” Cuomo said. “You make an anti-Asian statement, you are attacking me. You make an anti-LGBTQ statement, you are attacking me.” Racial slurs against black and Asian people were found on Day Hall’s fourth and six floors Wednesday night. Students from both floors took part in two meetings to see cuomo page 4
Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer could visit the Syracuse University campus next spring. SU’s College Republicans hope to host a speaking event featuring Spicer in late March or early April that would be “open to everyone,” said Rody Conway, president of the organization. College Republicans is still in the process of booking Spicer, he said, and the organization has not yet confirmed that Spicer will be speaking. “We’re still in the process of
coordinating with Sean Spicer’s people,” Conway said. “We needed to get the funding before we could offer an invitation. So, we still don’t know with 100% certainty that’s going to happen.”
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GOV. ANDREW CUOMO has directed the State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to investigate the slurs. daily orange file photo
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SUNY-ESF’s Academic Governance outlined plans for the search for a new president during the organization’s Tuesday meeting. SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson officially launched the presidential search last month. Interim President David Amberg, will remain in the position until his successor is chosen. Douglas Daley, executive chair of Academic Governance, began the meeting by describing the logistics involved in the search. The Board of Trustees is currently developing requests for proposal in order to choose an executive search firm to assist SUNY-ESF in the presidential search process, Daley said. In the coming weeks, Academic Governance will also begin to seek six faculty representatives to serve on an ad hoc nominating committee that will consider potential presidential candidates, he said. The current members of the committee — Sergeant at arms Neal Abrams, SU Senator Susan Anagnost and Chair of the Honors and
Student Association’s Finance Board provided $23,000 to the College Republicans to host Spicer as part of SA’s spring semester allocations. The Assembly voted to approve the allocations at its Nov. 4 meeting. The Finance Board chose to fund the event because the amount the College Republicans requested fell within the guidelines for an organization of their tier, said Stacy Omosa, SA comptroller. Omosa said the Finance Board is politically neutral and strives to represent all student groups on campus. “The Finance Board funds all
student activities and we cater to all communities on campus,” Omosa said. “The College Republicans submitted an application that was correct, so we decided to cater to this community to give them Sean Spicer.” Any funds SA allocates must be used in the semester they’re allocated toward. Some details of the event, including the speaker, may be modified with permission from the Finance Board. If the College Republicans don’t use the allocated funds to host Spicer or a similar speaker, the funds
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the completion of a traffic management drone corridor in central New York on Tuesday. The corridor runs 50 miles from Syracuse to Rome, NY. The drone corridor will help companies test drone platforms and tracking technology. It is the first of its kind in the nation and will support the use of drone technology in industries, such as agriculture, transportation and public safety. Cuomo announced the expansion of The Tech Garden in downtown Syracuse to host the GENIUS NY competition for drones and unmanned systems Tuesday at Syracuse Hancock International Airport. The competition is entering its fourth round, according to the press release. The expansion of The Tech Garden, current home to CenterState CEO, includes adding two floors and a total of 46,000 square feet to the facility in order to host 100 resident members of the competition and 200 virtual members. see
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graffiti “How can I have not seen it?” Christopher said, reflecting five days later. A bulletin board on the fourth floor was vandalized with racist comments directed toward Asian and black people, too. Students on both floors were asked to attend two meetings between Thursday and Sunday, one separated by floor and another including Department of Public Safety Chief Bobby Maldonado and Chief Diversity Officer Keith Alford. All the while, only students on those two floors were told what happened. Several students told The Daily Orange that a university official told them not to record the second meeting. Other Day Hall residents and the larger student body weren’t notified of the racist incident until 5:20 p.m. Monday night, hours after a report of the act surfaced. Dozens of students believe Syracuse University’s unwillingness to inform its student population was harmful. Students and organizations have used the hashtag #NOTAGAINSU to voice their frustrations. The university later apologized for its response time in a campus-wide email, stating it regrets “not communicating more broadly” with students. But to many, the damage was already done. It’s a pattern the university cycles through nearly every academic year, students said. THE General Body, a protest movement, produced 45 pages of grievances in 2014 leading to increased diversity training. Recognize US asked for further demands following the Theta Tau videos in 2018. Chancellor Kent Syverud implemented more changes. Forums were held last spring after the Ackerman Avenue assault. from page 1
forum Gov. Andrew Cuomo has also directed the State Police Hate Crime Task Force to investigate the racial slurs. Near the beginning of the forum, the auditorium erupted into chant for Chancellor Kent Syverud to be present at the forum. The chanfrom page 3
cuomo discuss the incidents. The student body wasn’t notified of the incident until about 5 p.m. Monday night, almost five days later. Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud apologized Tuesday for not acting quicker. Cuomo said he did not have a comment on the university’s response time. The governor did not mention a radio show appearance in October when he used the N-word — one of the slurs written in Day Hall — to make a point about derogatory terms against Italians. In his speech and later during a press conference with only media outlets, Cuomo said several times that Day Hall’s racist comments are an attack on everyone, not just those involved. “The comments written in Syracuse University were written about all of us,” Cuomo
“We will do better,” Syverud promised in 2014 and 2018. “Administrators say, ‘We’re going to do better. We were really committed to hear a diverse and safe society. I feel your pain. I’m sorry that happened to you,’” said senior Jalen Nash. “And it happens again.” For a moment, Tayla Myree thought she broke that pattern. It was April 2018, days after videos surfaced showing members of the now-expelled Theta Tau fraternity performing a skit that shows a person repeating an “oath” including racial slurs. Protests scattered across campus that day. Media outlets soon followed. The chancellor stood face to face with protesters and told them “I see you, I hear you and I’m deeply concerned.” Members of Recognize US argued to get into Hendricks Chapel, where the Board of Trustees gathered for the forum. Recognize US spoke at the beginning, making similar demands that THE General Body had years before. They stayed in the crowd, held signs in the pews and draped a banner from the balcony. It read “RECOGNIZE US. RECLAIM OUR CAMPUS.” Myree, now a senior, said this was when she thought this could spur the change that Recognize US was looking for. But that momentum fizzled. “If I’m being completely honest, I think the chief diversity officer is incompetent at his job, and I think Kent is completely incompetent as being chancellor,” Myree said. In February, students accused campus and city police of mishandling the investigation into the assault of three students of color at a party on Ackerman Avenue. The N-word was yelled at a student during the attack. DPS and Syracuse Police Department did not call the assault “racially-motivated.” Victims,
students present at the party and later the Student Association believed it was. But on Monday, there was no debate. When Christopher returned to her floor at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, some of her floormates tossed around blame internally. The meeting that night featured two DPS officers, resident advisors and a resident director. During the meeting, one DPS officer warned students that whoever wrote the racist slurs would be expelled and could face up to 10 years in prison, said several students at the meeting. “Half of me wants me to think its a foolish kid’s joke that didn’t realize his consequences. Another part of me think it was this was really planned out,” Christopher said. “10 years is a lot — that would ruin someone’s life — but there needs to be consequences.” After the Sunday meeting with fourth and sixth floor residents, freshman Xyta Vrijmoet was angry that am SU official discouraged students from sharing information about the graffiti. She went back to her dorm and explained the vandalism and meeting on her Instagram story. Her Instagram story was circulated around social media. The Renegade magazine, run by Nash, published the photos on Instagram and wrote: “We can’t let them cover this up.” “They have a history of finding out something is wrong and not saying anything until students are mad about it,” Nash said. Rob Hradsky, vice president for the student experience, sent students an email on Monday saying SU won’t tolerate the incident. Syverud apologized via email about the delayed response. Several students said SU’s response so far is inadequate. In the past two days, students have aired their grievances at public forums. The Juvenile Urban Multicultural Program’s forum on Mon-
day night brought more than 100 students. Kenyona Chaney, president of JUMP, said the organization decided to use its scheduled general body meeting for students to voice their concerns and focus on solutions. “We are not trying to make SU fall to the ground and end SU,” Chaney said. “We are students. We chose this university, so we want to see it be better.” Chaney doesn’t see herself as an activist, and JUMP isn’t a social activism group. The RSO just had a meeting scheduled at the right time. As a senior, Chaney said SU doesn’t take racist incidents seriously. DPS should’ve notified students about the Day Hall graffiti the same way it sends alerts about robberies and assaults, she said. Students of color needed to be informed of the Day Hall incidents. One student that attended Monday night’s JUMP forum said DPS and SU’s handling of the incident jeopardized the safety of students of color. The majority of the forum was dedicated to hearing students’ concerns and developing an action plan. Like THE General Body in 2014 and Recognize US in 2018, this iteration of activists is crafting a list of demands for SU. Nash said they’re expected to be released this week. “Students of color are constantly saying that they feel marginalized on the street,” Nash said. “They’re constantly giving examples. They’re constantly giving report to administration who is constantly showing them that they don’t care.” “My demand is change that.” — News Editor Casey Darnell and Asst. News Editor Gabe Stern contributed reporting to this story.
cellor has been out of town at a speaking event for the past couple of days, Alford said. He is expected to return tomorrow. Students at Tuesday’s forum asked why the communication had taken so long. At one point in the night, RHA President Sadia Ahmed asked if the university would verbally commit to notifying the campus of any incident that happened. Alford’s answer began
with one word: “Yes.” Ahmed allocated some time in the forum to discuss possible solutions to the ongoing incidents happening at SU. Solutions included better university communication, requiring classes for students to learn about diversity and explicitly prohibiting hate speech. RHA reserved the auditorium until 10
p.m. Many people left when the forum reached that time, but those who remained continued the discussion. An audience member told the SU officials present that they had not apologized for the circumstances surrounding the graffiti. The officials apologized and promised change. Those who remained in the auditorium promised to hold them to it.
said. “And we are all outraged and we all have zero tolerance for such an attack.” The task force, along with the State Division of Human Rights, was directed to investigate the act at 7 p.m. Monday, about two hours after SU released its first public statement. Cuomo wants to see the university take this situation “very seriously” and do its best to find out what happened. SU has dealt with other bias-related incidents in the past two years. The Theta Tau engineering fraternity was expelled in April 2018 for an “extremely racist” video, and students were targeted in a racially-charged assault along Ackerman Avenue in February. When asked if previous incidents drove him to employ state investigators, Cuomo did not specify a link. “We want an answer. We want everybody working as hard as they can. And we want it condemned. Period.” kjedlema@syr.edu | @KJEdelman
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Fast reacts: Day Hall vandalism Fast Reacts are short, unsourced columns featuring perspectives on breaking news. Five columnists wrote Fast Reacts about vandalism in Day Hall where racial slurs against black and Asian people were written on two floors. University officials have said they “regret not communicating more broadly” about the incident. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has directed the state police’s Hate Crimes Task Force and the state’s Division of Human Rights to help local authorities investigate the messages. This is what columnists think about the vandalism and SU official’s subsequent response.
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heta Tau. Ackerman. Madrid. Day Hall. Here we go again. I am a junior at SU and each year I have seen how this university handles racJEWÉL ism and racist JACKSON incidents. The IDA B. W ELL’S simple answer DAUGHTER is that these situations are handled with a temporary fix. This school provides solutions such as SEM 100, for freshman students to talk about diversity and inclusion through a book club forum, and expects it to stop and fix all racism and racist incidents on this campus. They hesitate to hold students accountable and expel fraternity chapters and fraternity members. They allow their professors to use derogatory language in the name of literature, but yet don’t account for the comfort of students in these classrooms. They prefer to hide the problem because they are scared of the media attention and negative press. These “solutions” are attempts by the university to save face and only convey to the students of color that SU officials don’t care about us. It illustrates that our safety, our wellbeing and our mental health is not a priority. Their reputation and their sponsor’s dollars is obviously more important. That’s disgusting. My family pays the same amount of money that my white counterparts pay, yet their Syracuse experience is cared for more than mine. That’s what the school communicates to me, to my family, to the other students of color on this campus, and to their families. But this Day Hall incident blazes a different fire of anger. The university deliberately tried to hide this racist incident from other students and from the media. Day
Hall residents have spoken out and said that they were told not to share images of the vandalism and to keep quiet about their meetings with university officials. This vandalism occurred on Wednesday, yet the student body didn’t receive official word until Monday evening. The chancellor didn’t email the student body until Tuesday morning. As a mentor to freshman women of color, the fact that we didn’t know about this incident until days later, angers me — to know that there are students who don’t feel comfortable in the beds in which they sleep because they don’t know who would write derogatory words about them, or to think that as a high school senior you applied to multiple schools, chose to come to SU and during your first semester you are told to be quiet about the racism that is directed at you. The innocence of freshman year is diminished for these students. And as these incidents keep occurring, a certain numbness waves over the student body because we start to recognize that this is a norm being forced upon us — that the Syracuse University experience we pay for is one where administrators fail to deal with racism and where students have to actively fight against this cast of normality that is trying to be placed upon us. Enough is enough. So to the university, if our anger wasn’t loud enough before, recognize that we will be heard now. And while I am disappointed, but not surprised, about this situation, I know we won’t settle for mediocre solutions anymore.
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Regretting poor response isn’t enough
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niversities possess the preeminent objective to educate young adults, not only in scholarly endeavors, but in a much larger sense, to mold productive and informed members of society. However, this noble goal is easily distorted by the personal agendas, no matter how vile, of power-seeking individuals involved. Evidence of this is obvious through the incident that occurred last week at Syracuse University’s Day Hall where racist vandalism was found. Even more disturbing than the actual offense that took place in a student residence hall, is how Syracuse University is choosing to respond. Renegade Magazine, a black general interest magazine, posted on Instagram Sunday night: “Once notified of the actions, the Chief of DPS, the Chief Diversity Officer, the Dean of Students and an administrator told the residents on the floors to not spread any photos or videos of the incident … We can’t let them cover this up.” Vice President of Student Experience, Robert Hradsky, emailed students on Monday night at about 5:30 p.m., four days after the university learned of the event. The email detailed what happened and how the
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MEET ME IN THE MIDDLE university is seeking to help students directly impacted by the events. Hradsky wrote that university officials “regret not communicating more broadly.” This statement is atrocious in the sense that it does not admit any fault regarding specifically how Syracuse University has conducted itself. The statement is thrown in randomly out of place in the email, almost as if an afterthought. People regret forgetting their jacket when it is cold outside. The university needs to do more than just regret its missteps handling this situation. Chancellor Kent Syverud then apologized for Syracuse University’s response in a campus-wide email sent Tuesday morning, dedicating an entire paragraph to how he was “disappointed” in how the incident was initially handled. “It’s clear that the members of the leadership team should have communicated more swiftly and broadly,” he wrote. Syracuse University attempted to downplay a horrible incident, got caught dumbfounded and is now
trying to rectify the situation in a way to come out with dignity intact. The amount of time that it took the SU to release a statement informing students about what happened is unacceptable. The issue with releasing a statement after it has been brought to light by the press is that instead of taking initiative to rectify the situation, it now appears that action was taken solely due to the attention that the event received from the press. Syracuse University may be embarrassed — and rightfully so — by the revolting racist activities that have taken place on campus, but a great injustice is done in the prolonged time that it took Syracuse university to publicly acknowledge the event occurred. Students have a right to feel safe, and it is impossible to feel safe in an environment that does not completely and immediately condemn behavior such as this. With Syracuse University’s failure to promptly address the situation, they risk condoning such hatred through their complicity. The Syracuse University community deserves much more.
Kailey Norusis is a freshman English literature and history major. kmnorusi@syr.edu @Knorusis
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t’s difficult to conceive and accept that at this stage in human history there are still people who house hatred in their hearts for other human beings based solely off of the color of their skin. Yet, this heartlessness and prejudice never left our country. In fact, it remains a permeating force. Last week, racial slurs against black and Asian people were written on two floors in Day Hall, a freshman dorm at Syracuse University. The university didn’t issue a statement or communicate about the incident until Monday night. Often, when incidents involving race occur on college campuses, it is the instinct of those in charge to, first, protect their reputation, and, second, to prevent the message from reaching those who might feel threatened by it. But this does nothing to extinguish the flame that burned hatred into the perpetrator’s heart in the first place. It takes root in the darkest corners of this country’s history, and it continues to fight for a place in our society heedless
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LOOKING FOR ANSWERS of legislative progress or the first black president. This isn’t the first time SU has been rocked by racial scandals. In 2018, a video surfaced depicting members of a Syracuse fraternity, Theta Tau, swearing to have hatred for black people, Latinx people and Jews. Following this incident, the University promised that actions would be taken to prevent anything like it from happening again. SU instituted a new required seminar course for incoming classes, called SEM100, with the intention of dialogue surrounding identity. In my class, we ended up discussing light-hearted examples such as whether or not talent is objective when instead we needed to have a serious discourse about race and identity in today’s world. We needed to discuss the Theta Tau scandal and its impacts. We needed to be abundantly clear about expectations of inclusivity and diversity. This was prevented
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from happening because the reality surrounding the issue is difficult to face. The university must be transparent with the Syracuse community about what steps will be taken not only for the condemnation of those who vandalized Day Hall, but also for ensuring that minority students on this campus feel safe. We can’t be afraid to talk about it — pushing it silently under the rug as a one-time, unfortunate incident leaves hatred unattended to and allows it to writhe temporarily underground until it, once again, feels emboldened and safe enough to come out. This continued conversation, recognizing our shared station in life as human beings meant to wrestle with the sufferings not only of ourselves but also of others, is imperative if SU means to equip students to be empathetic individuals within our immediate community and within the world at large.
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Vandalism exposes weaknesses in campus security, inclusivity
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acial slurs were graffitied on Day Hall’s bulletin boards and broken lighting fixtures placed in toilets last week. Syracuse University’s vice president for the student experience, Robert Hradsky, sent out an email on Monday evening SOPHIA reporting the incident to BECKER the entire student body W H AT’S UP and apologizing for “not SY R ACUSE? communicating more broadly.” Chancellor Kent Syverud then apologized for Syracuse University’s response in a campus-wide email sent Tuesday morning. “It’s clear that the members of the leadership team should have communicated more swiftly and broadly,” he wrote.
While it is important that the university acknowledges this hate crime on campus, the letter to students did not do enough to explain what concrete actions the university would take to ensure future responses are timely and appropriate. As students, we need to demand more effective security measurements in buildings and better programs to teach students about inclusivity and respect. If events, such as this hate crime in Day Hall, were to have happened while under surveillance, the process of finding the students responsible and providing evidence would be a much more reliable and efficient way of conducting the investigation. The lack of security
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Racism at Day Hall reflects a campus culture of neglect
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he incident that occurred last week at Day Hall reflects a much larger problem at the university. Chancellor Kent Syverud apologized for Syracuse University’s NOAH response in a campusESTLING wide email sent TuesRIGHT BECAUSE day morning. Other I’M LEFT university officials have expressed similar regret. There are huge problems with how the university treated the incident, but it is more important to talk about where we go from here as a community. Every year there is that one incident at Syracuse University where minority students feel as if they are under attack. We do not know if this is the incident for this year but it appears that it is. What happened in Day Hall is not a single incident — it is a reflection of the campus culture and university officials who do
little or nothing to change it. This university has stated that they are attempting to fix the racial issues that have occurred at SU, but they seem to be focusing more on their image than the wellbeing of this school. Transparency is key for SU to be able to limit and appropriately respond to these incidents. It seems like this university wishes to play clean-up with these issues rather than take actual preventative measures against racism. As a freshman at Syracuse, I took SEM 100. This class was supposed to ignite productive conversations about inclusivity, diversity and respect. But I know it was completely useless. This is the idea that the university will do the bare minimum to respond to these issues and actually never try to solve these problems. Noah Estling is a freshman international relations and economics major. npestlin@syr.edu | @NoahEstling.
cameras in dorm hallways — there are cameras in lobbies and stairways — makes it easier for crimes such as this to continue to take place. The university has taken measures to increase the exposure to diversity and inclusion programs to students by creating SEM 100, a first-year seminar dedicated to both, but the class does not meet the mark when it comes to combating blatant racism such as this event. All resident advisers must complete a six week long course titled “Conversations About Race and Ethnicity.” A program like CARE is what this university needs in a time like this, when students need to learn more about respect and how to appropriately discuss race. At the forum hosted by the Residence Hall
Association on Tuesday night, one student brought up ways to include more open conversation in the classroom about race and appropriate ways to create dialogue beginning with the training of the professors. The student spoke about how the diversity of the professors leading the discussions affects the way the discussion is absorbed by the students. It is distressing that racist incidents continue to occur at Syracuse, but unfortunately, it is not surprising. It is time the students make the call for action and tell SU’s administration that we need serious change on campus.
Sophia Becker is a freshman. sfbecker@syr.edu | @sophiafbecker.
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SU puts public perception above protecting its students
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ear Editor, The verdict is in: SU puts public perception above protecting its students. Students in Day Hall bore witness to an act of racism committed by Syracuse students. Bathrooms on two floors were vandalized and the N-word uninhibitedly scribed across the mirrors — a clear message of hatred being sent to terrorize black students on campus. This isn’t surprising. Syracuse University has become a haven for hatred of marginalized communities. While I can’t speak for every marginalized community, I can say minorities and women have all been placed in positions of powerlessness by university policies and procedures over the past years. It is now undeniable and unequivocal. SU has specifically emboldened and empowered racists on our campus in the last year. It’s noteworthy that SU has publicly made promises to evolve its policies, but while SU says one thing in public, it practices something completely different.
Students who directly witnessed the Nov. 6 hate crime — yes, that’s what it is — were told to keep it quiet, a gag order while the university choked on the truth that some of its students would have better attendance at Klan rallies than they have at freshman seminar. Why would SU actually talk about a problem? It’s so much easier to just play to public perception and wait for the problem to phase out. This is why, right now, I believe we need to call SU out for its complicity. It is time we start owning our school’s problems. SU is No. 1 in parties and becoming No. 1 in prejudice. The powerful and the privileged will continue to perpetrate their wrongdoing so long as their actions have no consequences. Theta Tau, Ackerman Avenue, Day Hall Racists. When will SU finally face real consequences? Sincerely,
Iris Guzman ‘20 Citizenship and Civic Engagement, Psychology, Forensic Science
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spicer they received will return to SA as rollover funds for the next semester, Omosa said. Since resigning from his position as Trump’s press secretary in July 2017, Spicer has rebranded himself as a public speaker through the lecture agency Worldwide Speakers Group. He is also a former contestant of “Dancing with the Stars.” “We wanted to do a bigger, well-known speaker,” said Conway. “Somebody who could get people in the door.” The Finance Board also denied a $6,000 request by the College Republicans to host conservative political commentator Michael Knowles. The College Republicans appealed the Finance Board’s decision not to fund the event. Omosa said the Finance from page 3
search Awards Committee Janine DeBaise — are tasked with developing and managing the faculty representative election process. The goal of the committee will be to ensure that there is balance and diversity among the chosen faculty members, Daley said. “Of course we’re going to respect the preferences of the membership, but we’re looking for the voice of experience and balanced perspectives in respect to diversity,” he said. Matt Marko, the chair of SUNY-ESF’s Board of Trustees, will attend Academic Govfrom page 3
drones The Tech Garden’s expansion will anchor the Syracuse’s City Center Innovation Hub, a major part of the Syracuse Surge initiative, an economic growth and neighborhood revitalization strategy. Empire State Development will give up to $12.5 million to the expansion project through the CNY Rising Upstate Revitalization Initia-
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Board had denied the appeal at Monday’s SA meeting. “The College Republicans haven’t had significant programming in the past,” Omosa said. “We know that having Sean Spicer for $20,000 is a lot to handle, so we wanted to see if they could handle that big of an event.” Inviting Knowles to speak was contingent upon receiving funding from SA, Conway said. However, he still believes the College Republicans could have managed both events had they received funding. Knowles came under fire in September for calling teen climate activist Greta Thunberg “a mentally ill Swedish child” on a Fox News program. A University of Missouri-Kansas City student attacked Knowles during a speech in April titled “Men are not Women,” which some students said was anti-transgender, Inside ernance’s December meeting to discuss and respond to any questions or concerns about the presidential search process. The names of individuals nominated for SUNY-ESF’s president will remain confidential to the public throughout the search process, Daley said. The confidentiality aims to encourage a broad and diverse pool of candidates by eliminating concerns of facing “negative repercussions” for applying to the position while employed at another university. “The idea is we’re hopeful that we’ll get a better pool of candidates, or at least a deeper pool of candidates,” Daley said. Individuals involved in the search process tive, a long-term economic development plan launched by Cuomo in 2015. The expansion of The Tech Garden is meant to attract industry innovators and support the “targeted Drone Zone,” which will include space dedicated to businesses in the unmanned systems industry that want to move to central New York. New York State Sen. Rachel May said in a press release that the project will attract business and continue the “momentum of eco-
Higher Ed reported. “We were well aware that Michael Knowles is a controversial speaker,” Conway said. “He encourages people to come to the front of the pew who disagree with him. We took that into account when we decided to apply for funding.” Omosa said they would have been open to funding an event featuring Knowles, but it would not have been the Finance Board’s responsibility to weigh the risks of having him on campus. SU’s College Democrats chapter did not request any funding from the Finance Board for the spring semester. The organization doesn’t have any speakers planned for the spring and is focusing on their upcoming debate with the College Republicans, said Emma Peca, the organization’s communications director.
The idea is we’re hopeful that we’ll get a better pool of candidates, or at least a deeper pool of candidates Douglas Daley executive chair of academic governance
nomic growth” in the region. “It is exciting to see continued investment in Upstate New York,” May said. The completion of the drone corridor solidifies central New York’s position as a “global leader” in the unmanned systems industry, said Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh. Walsh said the corridor is a step forward for the Syracuse Surge initiative. The growth of the unmanned systems industry in central New York is “integral” to
“We would like to take advantage of SA funding, but typically it is hard to plan that far in advance,” Peca said. Whether or not they can bring Spicer to campus this spring, the College Republicans hope to invite more conservative figures to speak at SU in the future, Conway said. He referenced Ben Shapiro, a conservative commentator and founder of the conservative news website “The Daily Wire,” as someone the College Republicans would be interested in inviting to campus. “Our eye has generally been towards expansion the past few months,” Conway said. “We think that bringing speakers and adding to the political dialogue on campus is part of that.” — Staff writer Maggie Hicks contributed reporting to this story. cjhippen@syr.edu
will be required to sign non-disclosure agreements stating that they will not disclose candidates’ names, he said. Daley said there are similar searches taking place across SUNY campuses for SUNYESF’s new president. Johnson is expected to recommend a presidential candidate to present to the SUNY Board of Trustees in 2020. Amberg was appointed interim president in July of 2018 following the resignation of former SUNY-ESF president Quentin Wheeler amid conflict between faculty and administrators. Amberg is also a professor and vice president for research at Upstate Medical University. gifollet@syr.edu
the CNY Rising Upstate Revitalization Initiative, said Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon. He said the Tech Garden’s expansion will support Syracuse Surge by drawing attention from innovators in the unmanned systems industry. “Our region is truly establishing itself as the global hub for this innovative industry and growing the regional economy.” McMahon said in the release. nrrubiol@syr.edu | @natalierubio_
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Waves questions A24 intern and SU senior Alex Smithline talks about how the “WAVES” screening came to be. See Thursday’s paper
Jerome Witkin, SU professor of Art, will display his first exhibition at ArtRage in Syracuse. See Thursday’s paper
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Native student club Indigenous Students at Syracuse co-presidents strive to cultivate community on campus. See Thursday’s paper
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Fashion statement
Indigenous studies director to host talk By Christopher Scarglato staff writer
(CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT) A’NGELEE CLAUSE, KATELEEN ELLIS, LYNZEE MILLER AND CARYN MILLER all worked to plan the upcoming Indigenous Runway Fashion Show. corey henry photo editor
Indigenous Students at Syracuse to host heritage fashion show for first time in 13 years By Gavi Azoff
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or Native American Heritage Month each year, the Indigenous Students at Syracuse plan events such as film screenings, panels and guest speakers to celebrate their culture. This year, the group is hosting a fashion show to highlight native cultures through clothing and art, said A’ngelee Clause, the creative director for the organization. The Indigenous Runway Fashion Show will take place at Skybarn on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. The idea to put
on a fashion show came from Clause, who’s from the Tuscarora Turtle Clan of Western New York. Clause is involved with other fashion shows and wanted to see how her own culture could be interpreted into a fashion show, she said. All the clothing worn by the models will be provided by the organization. Clause said it’s important for ISAS to bring attention to important pieces of indigenous culture. With it being Native American Heritage History Month, she said it’s the perfect time to educate the Syracuse community about the culture that see fashion
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When Scott Stevens attended college as undergraduate at Dartmouth College, he majored in English because there was no indigenous studies program. Now, Stevens, an associate professor and director of Native American and indigenous studies at SU, will be hosting “Why Indigenous Studies Matter.” The event will be Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Goldstein Student Center as part of the Native American Heritage Month’s lecture series. “We’re not doing our job when we don’t explain why the Haudenosaunee flag flies in front of Hendricks Chapel,” Stevens, a citizen of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation, said. “Syracuse University students are on indigenous land after all, and the Onondaga Nation is only about four miles away from campus.” The lecture will discuss the importance of people learning about Native American culture and why its relevant, Stevens said. He added that he wants to inform the indigenous studies minor that SU offers. He added that students can pursue futures that involve native studies, such as a pre-law track along with a Native American studies minor. Stevens was invited to speak about this topic by Regina Jones, who is the assistant director of the Native Student program at SU and a member of the Oneida Nation, Turtle Clan. Jones said she chose the topic and invited Stevens because he’s focused his career on Indigenous studies. Nathan Abrams, a senior and member of the Seneca Nation in New York, said he would take the major if they offered it at SU. Abrams is currently a Native American Studies minor and magazine and digital journalism major. He said he’s looking forward to hearing Stevens speak. The topic of indigenous studies doesn’t just include Native American history, Stevens said, adding that the history is one “small component” of the topic. He said a lot of the topics are relevant to the general population. He added some topics pertain to the environment and sustainability. Stevens said Native American studies should be part of all American history and not just treated as something that happened in the colonial period and then disappeared altogether. “There are eight reservations in the state of New York, so it’s kind of phenomenal that we would get a few weeks of Colonial history and then we’re done,” he said. Stevens said to that the national average for education on Native Americans ends in fourth grade. “You live in a place that is indigenous and you know zero about the people,” Stevens said. “It should be shocking, but somehow it’s not.”
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from the stage
‘God of Carnage’ examines relationships, parenting By Victoria Decoster staff writer
Redhouse Arts Center will present its final weekend of the Tony Award-winning play, “God of Carnage,” Thursday through Sunday. This 90-minute comedy brings together two couples to discuss a fight that their sons had on a playground that resulted in one child having two broken teeth. As the night unfolds, so too do the parents true thoughts and feelings about one another. By the end, they find themselves acting just as immature as their children.
People can only wear this polite, social norm facade in this play for so long Josie DiVincenzo actress
“People can only wear this polite, social norm facade in this play for so long,” said Josie DiVincenzo, who plays Veronica. “Someone at one point or another is throwing in a wrench that only complicates the matter further.” Following his Redhouse directorial debut of “Rent,” Redhouse artistic director Hunter Foster is leading the cast and crew of “God of Carnage.” Jennifer Cody, the Broadway veteran starring Annette and Foster’s wife, said that the play isn’t only about parenting. Only a fraction of the dialogue discusses the kids — rather, it’s more about relationships with people. “My husband and I actually had a similar situation happen with our dog at the park,” said Cody. “That’s how we’ve attributed it. If you did that to my pet, I’d be really mad, too.” DiVincenzo and Cody play mothers from page 9
fashion show surrounds them. “I think it’s really important for the native communities to really be showcased and broadcasted, especially in this time of year,” Clause said. Clause said that a lot of the organization’s events are primarily attended by club members. While the group has a tight network, its audience becomes limited, Clause said. She said it’s important for SU students to understand native culture at and around SU. The Indigenous Runway Fashion Show will feature traditional regalia, as well as more contemporary clothing from native designers. The contrast between the two different styles of clothing represents how indigenous individuals hold onto their tradition and culture but also live modern lives, said Maris Jacobs,
(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) SKY SEALS, JENNIFER CODY, JOSIE DIVINCENZO AND JEREMY KUSHNIER act as the play’s leading roles. The parents meet after their sons get into a fight on the playground. courtesy of sue mckenna
with different parenting styles. Veronica is the epitome of a helicopter parent while Annette is a workaholic, who runs her home like a business. But they both said their characters come to the same conclusion — they realize they’re not the perfect parents they pretend to be. Cody said she believes audience members will be rooting for one character or another, like
at a sporting event. They can vicariously live through the characters who are saying exactly what they’re thinking. DiVincenzo said theater is a contact sport, especially when “carnage” is in the title. Both Cody and DiVincenzo said they’ve gotten banged up on stage during rehearsal and have the battle wounds to prove it. “It’s not acceptable to say what you’re really
thinking, then things start to devolve — you get a little alcohol in you and you get a little mad and you’re like, ‘Nope I’m going to say it now,’” said Cody of her character. “God of Carnage” plays until Sunday at the Redhouse Arts Center. Tickets can be purchased online at theredhouse.org or by calling (315) 362-2785.
co-president of ISAS. The students running the fashion show said they hope that the event will be educational for people that do not know much about indigenous cultures. Jacob said she hopes that non-indigenous students can learn about who indigenous people really are and that the show will clear up misconceptions people may have about them. “A lot of people have really negative stereotypes that go along with what being a native person means, and it’s difficult to have those conversations with people that might have misconceptions of who we are,” Jacobs said. Logan Booth, a student from the Seneca Nation, said she wants to share her pride of being a native student with the Syracuse community through the fashion show. She hopes people’s main takeaway is indigenous students are still part of the SU community and proud of where they come from.
“We’re still proud of our culture. We still have our culture intact even though, in the past, there’s been a lot of things that have brought our people a lot of trauma and a lot of doubts about our identity,” said Booth. One of the long-term goals of the event is to create connections between indigenous and non-indigenous students, Jacobs said. She said she hopes the fashion show can highlight indigenous students and bring more representation onto SU’s campus. Jacobs said that indigenous students are a minority group on campus, and it’s important to make them seen and respected. As a group, indigenous people aren’t well represented on campus, as well as in the curriculum and within the faculty, Jacobs said. Kateleen Ellis, who is from the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation, and will walk on the runway, tends to spend most of her time with other indigenous students on campus. “I’m just most
excited to be in a room surrounded by people who are interested in learning about the indigenous culture,” said Ellis. Clause has been helping plan the Indigenous Runway for months and said she is excited to finally see her vision come to life. She added that she hopes to see her non-indigenous friends in the crowd and hopes that guests of the show leave the event inspired and more aware of indigenous cultures. This year is the first time since 2006 that the ISAS have put on a fashion show for Native American Heritage History Month, and the group hopes that it is successful enough to become a yearly event, Booth said. “I think it’s really important for those coming into Syracuse and those who go here to understand the culture that surrounds them here; it’s more than orange,” Clause said. “The Haudenosaunee people are here, too.”
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Indigenous Students at Syracuse will be showcasing both traditional and modern pieces at its fashion show as a way to demonstrate duality. corey henry photo editor
The Indigenous Runway Fashion Show will be on Thursday at 7 p.m. This will be the organization’s first heritage fashion show since 2006. corey henry photo editor
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READY OR NOT
JOE GIRARD III dribbles inside of the 3-point arc against Virginia in the Orange’s season-opener. Girard made just one shot, a 3-pointer, in his first collegiate game. Primarily known as a shooting guard, Girard played extended minutes at point guard in SU’s 48-34 loss. max freund staff photographer
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hen another attempt to break through Virginia’s defense in the second half failed and Jalen Carey’s swooping layup was swatted out of bounds, SU head coach Jim Boeheim scowled, pointed towards Joe Girard III and ordered the freshman off the bench. Girard had given the Orange a spark in the first half, and SU’s ventures into the lane weren’t effective. Syracuse needed 3s. With Buddy Boeheim and Elijah Hughes playing almost every minute, the Orange needed the freshman Girard to take control. “I’m just going to do whatever coach tells me to do,” Girard said. “Today, he just put me at the point guard. Maybe he thought that was our best shot.” In his first game at SU, Girard found himself in a role uncharacteristic of his scouting report. Known for his shooting, Girard showcased his abilities as a playmaking lead guard for Syracuse and was one of the lone bright spots in a historically bad offensive game against Virginia. Boeheim said giving Hughes ball-handling responsibilities gives the team “a different look,” and Girard in the same role does much of the same. Though Girard was unsure of why point guard was his chosen role against the Cavaliers, Buddy acknowledged that a commitment to 3-pointers — despite uneven results — dictated much of SU’s game plan in the opener. If Syracuse continues its reliance on 3-point shooting, a lineup with its three best
Joe Girard III earned extended minutes at point guard in his first collegiate game shooters together in the backcourt could produce consistent offense. “He probably looked at the landscape and was like, ‘Elijah and Buddy are veterans and they’re going to play a lot of minutes,’” said Jim Hart, Girard’s City Rocks AAU coach. “So, in the ‘find-a-way JGIII mentality,’ he found a way to get a lot of minutes at (point guard) in his first game in college — when no one thought he would.” As word of Girard’s shooting stroke spread early in his career, defenders denied him the ball however possible. Girard had to develop a natural creativity on and off the ball. His shot fake often fooled defenders wary of his 3-point shooting, which opened a driving lane, drew an interior defender and created a dump-pass option to a teammate inside. Playing with Buddy at City Rocks, the two created an understanding to seek the extra pass before a shot in hopes of getting a better one. Girard said he’s worked with SU assistant coach Gerry McNamara on driving to the rim,
utilizing the strength in his lower body as opposed to relying on his broad-shouldered frame. In high school, he noted that he had to take plays off when possible to preserve energy to score. But at Syracuse, the mindset is different and he has to maintain a steady competitive energy throughout the game. When there aren’t three defenders on him, it’s easier. “I think the biggest thing for me is showing off that I’m not just a shooter, I’m not just a scorer,” Girard said. But as a player who averaged 50 points for much of his high school career, the results in a playmaking role are sometimes erratic. Several times in the preseason, Girard drove in with his upper-body and was charged with offensive fouls or had his momentum stopped. After sparking an early SU scoring run against Virginia on a two-dribble penetration and a dish to Marek Dolezaj, Girard had too much forward momentum and fired a pass out of bounds while leading the break. “(Girard)’s not ready for (Virginia): This defense, this team,” Boeheim said after SU’s loss to Virginia. Near the end of the first half against the Cavaliers, Girard took the ball and immediately gave it to Hughes. Girard faded off the ball, and his defender crept towards Hughes. Girard darted back, took a dump pass from Hughes and rose up beyond the line. His shot ricocheted off the back rim and fell through the hoop. Girard stuck up three fingers and tucked them to his side. Said Boeheim: “But he’ll get better.” mmcclear@syr.edu | @mikejmccleary
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TRIAL AND ERROR
How Syracuse can fortify its thin frontcourt during nonconference play By Nick Alvarez
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esse Edwards checked into Syracuse’s first exhibition game against Daemen with a personal goal: Score early, then defer to teammates and focus on defense. It was Oct. 26 and Edwards entered after SU missed a rebound. Off a designed inbound play, Edwards set a screen, scraped toward the baseline and threw his hands up. Seeing the 6-foot-11 center roll, Buddy Boeheim fed a bounce pass. Edwards just wanted one field goal, this one a lay-up through contact. It was a key moment in his development, if not his own personal trivia. When was my first bucket in the Carrier Dome? Yet, Orange head coach Jim Boeheim tempered expectations. “Jesse has been playing well in practice,” Jim Boeheim said after the matchup against Daemen on Oct. 26, “but he’s not ready yet.” In SU’s historic season-opening loss to Virginia, Edwards totaled five minutes. He’s still not ready, confounding SU’s front court depth issue. Nearly half (26) of UVA’s 48 points came in the heart of the 2-3 zone and the Cavaliers outrebounded Syracuse 47-28. Within five minutes Bourama Sidibe was on the bench with two fouls and no clear solutions presented themselves. Re-slotted at center, Marek Dolezaj anchored the defense even though Boeheim said he’d prefer playing Dolezaj at the four. For Syracuse’s (0-1, 0-1 Atlantic Coast) early season outlook, Edwards and the rest of the centers’ growth are essential if the Orange are to solve their frontcourt depth issue. A trio of Edwards, junior Bourama Sidibe and freshman John Bol Ajak are attempting to solve a position that hasn’t had a definitive answer for years while each having questions about their own skill sets. Though Boeheim didn’t identify the frontcourt as the main problem. SU’s impending non-conference opponents offer a litmus test, beginning with Rapolas Ivanauskas, Colgate’s center and reigning Patriot League player of the year, Wednesday night in the Carrier Dome. Only two of Syracuse’s 13 field goals came
JOHN BOL AJAK did not appear in Syracuse’s season-opener loss to Virginia. Ajak is one of multiple options Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim can implement in the Orange’s thin frontcourt. max freund staff photographer
from the centers against the Cavaliers. On Sidibe’s lone make, he screened a guard, gathered a pass through traffic and muscled in a layup. The 6-foot-10 junior recorded the majority of the center minutes, but UVA’s pack line forced him into four personal fouls and a turnover. Later in the half, Sidibe overshot a cutting Jalen Carey for what would’ve been two points. Meanwhile, Edwards only attempt was a mid-range jumper. From the bench, Ajak watched as the centers struggled and UVA’s lead on the glass and scoreboard grew. “(Virginia) only got 10 offensive rebounds which is really not bad,” Boeheim said, “The reason they got so many rebounds is because we missed so many shots … It’s going to be tough against them, but it can’t be that tough.” SU’s offense will be dependent on 3-pointers, but part of that dependency can be linked to a lack of interior options. Sidibe battled left knee tendonitis and averaged 10.1 minutes a game last year, tallying less than a field goal per contest. After committing to SU, Ajak faced nagging ailments including a hip injury
at Westtown (Pennsylvania) High School. Through two exhibition contests and the opener, Sidibe raised that average to 21 minutes a matchup while Ajak has played 10 in total. The only of the two freshmen centers to enter against Virginia, Edwards recorded a field goal, rebound and block in his first five collegiate minutes. Edwards disrupted shots with his wingspan, a tool he said that’s carried over easily from IMG (Florida) Academy. Edwards doesn’t have the margin of error he had in high school, when height and talent masked mistakes. And he’s playing for a 44-year head coach that knows when someone isn’t ready. Against Virginia, Edwards wasn’t the first to spell Sidibe. Freshman wing Quincy Guerrier subbed in for Sidibe, and Dolezaj slid to the middle of the 2-3. Edwards waited till the second half to check in. “The rest will come with time,” Edwards said, “I believe. So, just need the time.” Though the frontcourt’s defense has promise, they’ve had lapses. As Boeheim said postDaemen, Sidibe sometimes stands around
instead of using his quickness, leading to ungrabbed rebounds or uncontested shooters. For its opening basket, UVA after Sidibe failed to slide down in the zone. Virginia struggled from 3 just like Syracuse, but found success when forcing the ball inside. UVA’s Mamadi Diakite added 12 points and center Jay Huff made five of six shots from the field. When neither Edwards nor Sidibe were on the court for the majority of the first half, Guerrier filled in as the second forward. The pairing gave the Orange offensive flexibility, but no one matched the 7-foot-1 Huff. Even when Sidibe returned, Huff already established the rhythm needed to slip through the 2-3 zone. Barring injury, Sidibe is the clear starter. But with Boeheim not inclined to deploy Dolezaj at the five, SU needs two freshmen to cap the rotation. The start of their non-conference, non-Power 5 schedule can provide a glimpse of Ajak’s game or Edward’s potential. “I think we’re ready to make an impact,” Edwards said, “or at least do our jobs.” nialvare@syr.edu | @nick_a_alvarez
men’s basketball
How Will Rayman became the center of Colgate’s success By Roshan Fernandez staff writer
Everyone in the gym knew the ball was going to Will Rayman. It wasn’t a play call Millbrook coach William Thom had to think about — he had Rayman, the New England Preparatory Athletic Player of the Year. Down three in a playoff game against the top-seeded Canterbury (CT) High School, Thom called a play to get Rayman a 3-pointer in the far-left corner. Right behind a wide-open Rayman, the student section watched the ball go in and out, taking Millbrook’s season with it. Back in the locker room, Rayman told his team how proud he was of them. He told them what the season meant to him, and how he appreciated playing alongside them. But he didn’t apologize. In that situation, most players would have “wallowed” and told their team that they should have made the shot, but Rayman showed maturity in the way he handled himself, Thom said. “I worked so hard to make those shots in games, and even now, I work so hard, and sometimes, they’re not going to go in,” Rayman said. “If it doesn’t, then it just doesn’t.” Rayman has taken this maturity and men-
tality to Colgate (1-1), where the senior is now a second-year captain. Last season, Colgate won the Patriot League and made the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 23 years. Rayman was at the center of the team’s success, said head coach Matt Langel. Averaging 13.1 points per game, shooting 42.9% from behind the arc and averaging the most minutes on Colgate last season, Rayman helped lead the Raiders. “I credit a lot of people, but I can’t say that there’s anyone more important to the growth of our culture and progress of our program than (Rayman),” Langel said. “He’s a coach’s dream.” Against No. 2 seeded Tennessee in the 2019 Tournament, Rayman scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds, keeping Colgate close in its 77-70 loss. For Thom, Rayman’s performance was telling of how intelligent he could be on the court; he didn’t change his game or play outside his capabilities. Rayman was able to handle that spotlight because he carries a certain level of confidence, knowing that no one on the court has outworked him, Langel said. On days off when the team is told to go rest and stay away from the gym, Rayman would wait until late at night before heading to the gym. On multiple occasions, Langel has run into Rayman at the gym when he came into the
office at night to finish up some work. “You literally have to kick him out of the gym,” Langel said. “He can’t go a day without feeling like he has to work on some part of his game.” Growing up in Manhattan, Rayman was on the smaller side, and he played mostly guard. Until his senior year of high school, Thom said Rayman was projected as a Division III perimeter player. Then, he grew from 6-foot-4 to 6-foot8 in less than a year, changing his trajectory. When Langel first recruited Rayman, he remembers a player who would always fall down on offense, defense or when going up for rebounds. Rayman lost some of his coordination and couldn’t dribble more than twice with his left hand, but through “relentless” work, he’s made a great deal of progress, Langel said. “When horses are first born, (they) can barely walk. It’s like a baby giraffe and its legs can hardly hold it up, and then after a couple years they were thoroughbreds and while they weren’t competing in the Kentucky Derby necessarily, they got to be big and strong and super impressive animals,” Langel said. “I think Will’s progress is kind of in that.” Part of that progress came from working with forward Rapolas Ivanauskas. Last year, the two had a trade-off — Rayman would teach Ivanauskas some aspects from his defensive
game, and Ivanauskas helped Rayman with shooting, particularly with his left hand. When Ivanauskas transferred from Northwestern at the start of last season, there was uncertainty whether the two forwards would get along on the court. Rayman had to take a smaller role, Langel said. But Rayman recognized Ivanauskas’ potential, and Ivanauskas said he doesn’t know what would have happened had Rayman had a bigger ego. He sacrifices a larger offensive role, Langel said, in favor of extra passes, rebounding and playing tough defense. He’s the glue holding this team together, Ivanauskas said. Trailing 72-70 with 10 seconds left against Loyola Maryland on Feb. 16 last season, the ball came to Rayman for the 3-pointer in the left corner, just like five years prior. As he released the shot, he knew that whether the ball went in or not was no longer in his control — he only had confidence that he had put in the work at practice. That’s all he could do. This time, the ball swished through the net, and Colgate would go on to win 75-72. “I sometimes joke with him that ‘You can’t run through a wall, so don’t try,’” Langel said. “But he literally would try to run through a wall for his team to find a way to win.” rferna04@syr.edu
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Opponent preview: What to know about the Raiders By Nick Alvarez
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After a historically poor 34-point showing against Virginia, Syracuse (0-1, 0-1 Atlantic Coast) starts its nonconference schedule against Colgate on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The last time SU started a season with a loss, it etched out a four-point win over Rhode Island in 2003. In Orange head coach Jim Boeheim’s 44 years at the helm, he’s never started 0-2. Colgate (1-1), meanwhile, enters off its first loss of the season to Clemson. Here’s what to know about the Raiders ahead of the matchup.
Gambling Odds
As of Wednesday night, Syracuse is a 10.5point favorite, with a total of 137, according to Pinnacle.
All-time series
Syracuse leads, 126-45
The Colgate report
The Raiders cruised through the back-half of their Patriot League schedule in 201819, winning eight-straight and then three more for the conference title. In the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, Colgate lost 77-70 to Tennessee. The 15th-seeded Raiders trailed by as few as three with two minutes left but the Volunteers pulled away. Then a sophomore, Burns scored 32 points following eight 3-pointers. In their first game this season, they hosted and beat the New Jersey Institute of Technology by five. On Nov. 10, they lost at Clemson, 81-68. Colgate hasn’t beaten an ACC team since toppling Syracuse on Feb. 24, 1962.
Colgate only graduated one senior, center Dana Batt. The Raiders have a seven-to-nine player rotation that relies on mostly Ivanauskas and Rayman. In two games, they’ve averaged 36.5 points per game combined. Burns is still a factor too, now paired with junior transfer Nelly Cummings.
How Syracuse beats Colgate
For Syracuse to prevent a second-straight loss, it’ll have to first score more than freshman Cole Anthony individually did in his debut for North Carolina. The Orange won’t be facing another pack line defense, instead hosting one that allowed 75 points to non-power 5 NJIT. Colgate’s opponents are converting 30% of their 3-pointers and 48.8% of all field goals, so Syracuse should be able to create looks. The talent-disparity between the Raiders and the reigning-national champions should make it easier for Hughes, Buddy Boeheim and others to win one-on-one matchups. If the Orange can blow past the Raiders, then more shooters should get open along the perimeter. Defensively, it’ll come down to Syracuse’s guards initially stopping Burns. He does it all, averaging 12.5 points, five assists and four rebounds in two games. He sparks the offense, and like all of Colgate’s starters, he can shoot from three. In its debut, SU held UVA to 48 points with the 2-3 zone limiting shooters. But the Cavaliers turned inside, and the margin ballooned. If SU’s young guards can run Burns, Rayman and others off the arc, the Raiders may look to their frontcourt for an edge. It’ll then be on Syracuse’s forwards to prevent Ivanauskas from taking over. Syracuse has been given a 81% chance to win., per KenPom The projected final score is 73-63 SU. nialvare@syr.edu | @nick_a_alvarez
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Beat writers unanimously pick Syracuse to beat Colgate By The Daily Orange Sports Staff
After Syracuse’s season-opening historic loss to then-No. 11 Virginia, the Orange will take a step down in competition when they take on 2018-19 Patriot League champion Colgate. The Raiders trailed by three heading into halftime last season in the Carrier Dome, before the Orange eventually pulled away to win. This season, Jordan Burns, Colgate’s top player is back. But as of Wednesday night, Syracuse is 10.5-point favorites per Pinnacle with a total of 137 points. Here’s what our beat writers predict will happen when Colgate visits the Carrier Dome on Wednesday at 7 p.m.:
Nick Alvarez (1-0)
Air-Raiders Syracuse 76, Colgate 63 Syracuse’s offensive performance against Virginia was so historically inefficient. I wouldn’t blame anyone for not only pulling out the panic button, but contemplating to push it, after just one game. But, the Orange shouldn’t be overmatched on Wednesday night, and a dreaded 0-2 start should be avoided. UVA and the pack line-defense was arguably the worst team to unfurl a new 3-point-heavy game plan against. The Raiders don’t pose as nearly a stout-defensive unit, allowing 14 3s in their first two games (30.4%). So, Buddy Boeheim and Elijah Hughes could be primed for bounce-back outings. Jordan Burns’ shooting or Rapolas Ivanauskas’ interior presence can be the deciders in an upset-bid, but Syracuse should outlast last year’s near-Cinderella.
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Michael McCleary (1-0)
Mr. Clean Syracuse 68, Colgate 56 Syracuse looked sloppy last game, but at the very least its defense looked solid. The Orange offense stooped to a new low last Wednesday, but luckily for them the Colgate defense is nothing near that of Virginia. It’s the Raiders’ offense — and Jordan Burns — that will be the Orange’s biggest test, and it seems like the scrappy and long SU zone will be up to the task of defending a guard-heavy lineup. The questions as to whether or not Syracuse can score consistently still remain, but Colgate should give them ample opportunity to play a much cleaner game. In a game like that, I’ll take the ACC team.
Josh Schafer (1-0)
Like a trip to the dentist Syracuse 63 Colgate 55 It’s tough to expect much out of an opening night loss to a team that’s had a top defense over the last five years. I wouldn’t expect SU to repeat anything near what they did, or didn’t do, against Virginia. Colgate’s a stronger opponent than many fans may realize. The Raiders nearly beat Tennessee in the first round of last year’s NCA A Tournament and have the shooting to pull off an upset in the Carrier Dome. Through two games, Colgate has allowed teams to score at a nearly 50% clip from the field. We’ll see the Orange’s scoring ability on Wednesday when the monsters of the pack line defense aren’t out to play against SU. Syracuse can hang on for a win against a threatening non-Power 5 matchup.
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Syracuse struggling to find consistency in 3rd period By Will Hentschel staff writer
After two periods on Oct. 25, Syracuse led 1-0 against then-No. 6 Princeton. Twenty minutes later, the Orange trailed 3-1, with the final horn sounding and dropping them to 0-8. SU had outplayed one of the best teams in the nation for 40 minutes, but was dominated in the final 20 to remain winless. Through its first 12 games of the season, Syracuse (2-10-0, 1-1-0 College Hockey America) has conceded 20 third-period goals — as many as four in one period — while only scoring eight. The Orange haven’t scored more than two goals in a single third period. SU has also been assessed 20 third period penalties in the same stretch of games. Third-period struggles on both sides of the
ice have been a problem for Syracuse all season. But now with momentum from its most recent win over RIT on Nov. 2 and extended rest, the team is looking to reverse that trend heading into the bulk of conference play. “I think it’s playing a full 60 minutes,” senior forward Logan Hicks said. “If we only play 40, then we’re going to have a hard time, and never get the results we want.” Whether physical or mental, conditioning and penalties are preventing the Orange from staying competitive in the third period. Consistency has also been an issue. In their 7-4 loss to RIT, the Orange allowed four finalperiod goals. The very next day, they shutout RIT 3-0 in their most complete game yet. “It’s probably a combination of factors,” head coach Paul Flanagan said, “The number one is just getting a little tight. Confidence wanes a little bit when there’s pressure … Just
having that sort of killer instinct mentality, not only offensively but defensively too.” Flanagan mentioned conditioning as a major factor in the team’s late-game shortcomings. The Orange participated in Herb Brooks’ suicide drill from the movie “Miracle” last Tuesday morning. The Orange bolted in-between the different lines of the rink, straining more with every stop and start. Flanagan hopes the improved conditioning pans out, and the Orange start developing into the full 60-minute team they need to be for conference play. After its latest dominant performance over RIT, Syracuse has its first conference win of the season against a team that it has struggled with in previous meetings. “I think it’s definitely a confidence booster,” sophomore Lauren Bellefontaine said. “To have beaten that team that we’ve had a tough
time with in the past has definitely helped us.” The conditioning aspect of the mentality works both ways. If a player is better conditioned, she’ll be able to play better for longer. Another benefit of improved conditioning, though, is mental. The improved fitness allows the Orange to make smarter plays later in the game, as their game plan won’t be neutralized from heavy legs. Syracuse’s plan to build confidence with wins is exactly that: dependent on wins. To win more games in the conference, though, the Orange has to not just start games, but finish them. “Really, it’s just making plays when you’re tired,” said Flanagan, “it’s just a function of the game. In the second half of the game and the second half of a shift –– just making plays when you get tired, being able to be reliable when you’re tired.” wrhentsc@syr.edu
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Orange drop 1 spot to No. 13 ahead of NCAA tournament By Adam Hillman asst. copy editor
After a loss to No. 5 Louisville in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament, Syracuse fell one spot in the weekly NFHCA/Penn Monto Division I Coaches Poll from 12 to 13. Five days after beating
the Cardinals by one goal in the season finale, the Orange crashed out of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. The No. 13 Orange (12-6, 3-3 ACC) sit four spots behind No. 9 Princeton, whom SU faces in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday in Storrs, Conn. SU is ranked No. 10 in RPI and has beaten three top-five teams –
Louisville, Duke and Connecticut. Those three wins proved enough to earn SU a spot in Connecticut’s quarter of the bracket. If Syracuse defeats the Tigers on Thursday, it’ll rematch the Huskies, if the hosts can get past the winner of Fairfield and American. The last matchup between the former Big East rivals came down to penalty strokes,
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maryland The Orange’s season-opening win against Ohio spotlighted holes at both ends of the court. Kiara Lewis said she needed to limit her six turnovers. Gabrielle Cooper said SU’s zone needed to tighten up after falling behind by 14 points. Those mistakes couldn’t continue for a Syracuse team on a season-long quest to defend Hillsman’s claim that an “insulting” No. 21 preseason ranking is erroneous. Tuesday presented an opportunity to fix what went wrong against the Bobcats, another test run in its opening trio of games before No. 1 Oregon arrives on Nov. 24. When Hillsman walked away from his weekly media availability on Nov. 7, a reporter said that SU has set multiple records against Maryland Eastern Shore in years past. “Good,” Hillsman joked, “maybe I can sleep better now.” But in the first three minutes against the Hawks, a quick deficit similar to the Orange’s against Ohio surfaced. After Engstler drained a three six seconds into the game, Maryland Eastern Shore scored the next 10 points. Just as the Bobcats had done, the Hawks found space behind the arc after passes weaved through the 2-3 zone. Syracuse’s run started with the Engstler 3-pointer and continued when she scored the first five points of the second quarter — the first pair coming off a pump fake and she drove from page 16
penalties inexperienced offensive linemen. Due to the pace of its offense, he said, it’s natural for players to not catch up to the speed of the game immediately. True freshman Matthew Bergeron’s false start penalty in the second quarter against the Seminoles was understandable. But when upperclassmen are called for penalties, like Airon Servais was on back-to-back plays against Western Michigan earlier this season, it’s a different story. “That’s the thing that’s troubling,” Babers said. “We’ve got too many older guys having penalties, and we can’t have that with them.” On the offensive line, Evan Adams’ main priority is protecting Tommy DeVito, even if it means committing a holding penalty to keep DeVito upright. Babers categorizes those penalties as physical, whereas Coleman and Melifonwu’s penalties were mental. So was the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty called on Antwan Cordy against North Carolina State on Oct. 10, when SU’s defense made a stop on third down only for Cordy’s emotions to get the best of him and result in a flag
GABRIELLE COOPER tallied 11 points and seven rebounds in SU’s 15 point win over Maryland Eastern Shore on Tuesday. corey henry photo editor
for a layup. Syracuse made 7-of-19 3-pointers in the first half, though, and only sunk 32.3% of its shots overall. Despite only having two points in the second half, Engstler’s run in the opening quarters bided enough time for the Syracuse offense to open lanes similar to those the Hawks created early on. Eastern Shore dragged through the third quarter. Digna Strautmane buried open looks from the corners and a Wolfpack first down. Syracuse’s struggles with mental mistakes began against Holy Cross on Sept. 28, when two SU players were ejected due to targeting penalties. While Babers implied after the game that one or both of the calls may have been wrong, the hits confirmed that one of Syracuse’s biggest issues this season has been its discipline. “Every team in the country has a tally (of penalties),” Adams said. “They’re all reported, they’re all on film, you watch them about 15 times. Every team in the country has a tally, who has what. You try to reduce them as much as possible but at the end of the day, penalties do happen.” Melifonwu said that cutting down on the physical penalties as a cornerback are easy. Keeping a level head is more difficult. Even when Babers brings up penalties and mental mistakes before games and in practice, or when a play is dead and a drive is seemingly over. Through nine games this season, Syracuse has proved that it can’t even do nothing right. Usually, its mistakes have resulted in penalties. Other times, it’s turned into points for its opponent. In a season that has
after Engstler and Lewis drives created open lanes. Cooper made a shot from the left wing to put the Orange up 38-22 midway through the third and forced a Maryland Eastern Shore timeout. By the time she scored her ninth, 10th and 11th points one quarter later, a once-close game had extended out of reach. “We did a good job of making the extra pass, too,” Cooper said. “Just passing up our good shot for somebody else’s better shot.”
even though UConn outshot the Orange by 16. Freshman Sarah Sinck stopped every shot, diving from post-to-post to keep SU in the game. In total, she made 11 saves, including six across both overtimes. Now, SU might have to face the Huskies again on the same field. adhillma@syr.edu
But it didn’t erase the delay Syracuse took to get going, when offensive misses were compounded by defensive errors. After Alisha Lewis picked up a shooting foul in the right corner late in the second quarter, Hillsman stared out at his freshman point guard. He had put Lewis in to do exactly the opposite — to facilitate SU’s half-court offense, to activate the top of the 2-3 zone. Lewis returned the stare and scuffed her feet toward the 3-point line. Hillsman turned away, rolling his eyes and picking up a Diet Pepsi off the scorer’s table. He unscrewed the lid, and took a swig while Brooklyn Bailey sunk both her shots. On the Orange’s next possession, Engstler drove and drew a foul. Then, as the buzzer sounded before halftime, she blocked a lastsecond shot. After a season-opener where Engstler struggled to get going from the field — only tallying four points on 1-of-6 shooting — she rediscovered a form that made her a top10 recruit coming out of high school. “If they don’t back off of Emily, she’s going to shoot 50%,” Hillsman said. When she slapped Brooke Alexander’s hand and left the court with just under two minutes left in the third quarter, fans inside the Carrier Dome stood and cheered. She drank from a Gatorade bottle on the bench and pressed it against her head. Engstler’s first half had given the Orange a lead, and they finally started to pull away. arcrane@syr.edu @CraneAndrew
TOMMY DEVITO has dealt with a struggling offensive line and up-and-down play. Penalities have stunted his production this year. max freund staff photographer
been underwhelming in so many ways, SU’s lack of discipline hasn’t helped. “It’s frustrating when you lose momentum,” Melifonwu said. “It sucks when penalties keep
the drive alive, especially if they score on that same drive. Penalties are a huge issue.” erblack@syr.edu @esblack34
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second half surge
EMILY ENGSTLER scored 15 points and posted 11 rebounds in the Orange’s win over Maryland Eastern Shore. It was the sophomore’s most complete game at SU as she scored 13 of her points in the first half. corey henry photo editor
Syracuse overcomes sloppy first half to defeat Maryland Eastern Shore By Andrew Crane asst. copy editor
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mily Engstler’s head drifted up as her 3-pointer flew toward the basket. Her hand stayed in the air, while Alisha Lewis left her orange seat from the bench and held out three fingers. Syracuse needed a spark, and perhaps this was the shot. To that point, the 5:51 mark of the first quarter, so many other shots hadn’t been. Layups bounced off the backboard. Threepointers clanked off the back of the rim and sometimes hit nothing at all. Only seconds before Engstler’s shot, SU head coach Quentin Hillsman had rolled his eyes and thrust his finger toward Taleah Washington on the bench after another Syracuse turnover. As Engstler’s shot sunk through the basket, Lewis strummed an air guitar on the sideline. Engslter dropped her hand and sprinted toward her block on defense. From there, a 26-10 run by
the Orange closed the half. “They were giving us a lot of space, I would find myself with no one within ten feet of me,” Engstler said. “I was like, ‘Wow, you must think we can’t shoot.’” A Syracuse offense that averaged 77.2 points per game last season, an offense that torched Maryland Eastern Shore for 113 points in 2013 — and won its six meetings against the Hawks by an average of 38.3 points — scored only 29 in the first half on Tuesday. Engstler had 13 of those, and helped the Orange slowly build a lead before pulling away in the second half. Over the final two frames, those layups became makes. Those 3-pointers sunk through net. Engstler only scored one basket after halftime, but by then the rest of the SU offense contributed too. And that resulted in No. 20 Syracuse’s (2-0) 65-50 win against Maryland Eastern Shore (0-2). “You want to come out and play aggressive, and I thought we started the game not that way,” Hillsman said.
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football
Mental, physical lapses make Orange lead nation in penalties By Eric Black
senior staff writer
Kendall Coleman picked up his head and scanned the field, looking around for the referees. To one side were a handful of his teammates, celebrating a stop they’d just made for a two-yard loss. Syracuse was trailing Florida State, 6-0, on Oct. 26 and SU’s defense had just set up a third down. Or so they thought. As Coleman rotated his head the opposite way, his eyes locked onto the yellow penalty flag that had been thrown in his direc-
tion. Roughing the passer. Fifteen yards. Instead of facing third down and four from their own 34-yard line, the Seminoles had a first down in SU territory. Five plays later, FSU scored a touchdown. Syracuse never came within 10 points the rest of the game. Penalties have been a constant for the Orange (3-6, 0-5 Atlantic Coast) all season long. Syracuse is tied with Cincinnati for the most penalties per game this season with 9.33, a program-high during the past 10 seasons. The Orange are also in the top 10 in total penalties, penalty
You try to reduce them as much as possible but at the end of the day, penalties do happen Evan Adams
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yardage and penalty yardage per game. Sometimes the calls are innocent, coming on a physical mistake like a false start by a freshman offensive lineman. Others, like Coleman’s roughing the passer, are mental and disrupt the SU defense’s game plan. “It sucks because if it was a mental mistake,” SU cornerback Ifeatu Melifonwu said, “you did everything right physically, you got a three-and-out or whatever and then a mental mistake could cost you seven points.” Melifonwu was also called for a personal foul penalty during Syra-
cuse’s contest against the Seminoles, as he got into a skirmish after a Florida State touchdown. The Orange were called for 14 penalties as a team during the game, a season-high. It was the fourth different game this season that SU had been called for doubledigit penalties. After doubling Boston College’s penalty total during its last game, Syracuse has now been called for more penalties than its opponent in every single game this season. Dino Babers doesn’t have a problem with penalties on SU’s younger, see penalties page 14