Feb. 9, 2023

Even after almost half of the band left Syracuse to study abroad, Froggies has still been able to stay connected and even release a single.

Out of the loop

By Jana Seal news editor

Michela Galego has gotten three parking tickets on Syracuse University’s campus after racing to make her classes on time. Galego, a communications design student in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, commutes from the Nancy Cantor Warehouse in downtown Syracuse and doesn’t have time in her schedule to park farther away.

But Galego said she’s one of the luckier ones. For students who don’t have a car, resorting to “unreliable” university-provided transportation isn’t always an option.

On Jan. 30, SU announced it would discontinue the trolley’s Warehouse Loop – which functioned from 8 p.m. until 3 a.m. – and replace it with a new Euclid Loop that wouldn’t make stops at the Warehouse. Three days later, SU announced it would incorporate a Warehouse stop into the

Euclid Loop in response to student concerns.

Nayyabb Raqibuzzaman, an industrial design student, was at the Warehouse Jan. 30 at around 11:00 p.m. when he found out. Centros had already finished running for the night.

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SU to create esports major as joint Falk, Newhouse program

By Stephanie Wright and Dominic Chiappone

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Syracuse University is creating a new esports major, which administrators said could become available as soon as this fall. The major, a joint program between the Falk College of Human Sport and Dynamics and Newhouse School of Public Communications, is the first of its kind at a Research-1 institution like SU.

The major will incorporate studies of multiple areas in the esports field like business management and design, faculty and administrators in Falk and

Newhouse said. If the program’s pending approval gets through the New York State Board of Education in time, current students will be able to enroll in the major in the fall 2023 semester, said Jeff Rubin, esports technology advisor to Chancellor Kent Syverud.

Rubin said that even as tech industry layoffs increase, job openings in the gaming industry continue to expand.

“Esports is a significant growing industry, multi billion dollar industry, and I think what we tried to do is put together a curriculum and a commitment of facilities that will really make Syracuse University a first of its kind, meaning the esports major

will be the first of its kind at a major university,” Rubin said.

In his 2023 winter message to the SU community, Syverud first referenced the new major, as well as two new construction projects for esports facilities in the Barnes Center at the Arch. In addition to the new facilities, Falk and Newhouse have developed plans for a curriculum that will include three separate tracks within the major to meet the combined interests of students and industry leaders in esports.

The three tracks, Rubin said, include business and management, design and communications and media. Olivia Stomski, a Newhouse

professor, and Rubin outlined courses in the esports major that will center around game design and engineering, broadcasting and production, virtual reality and gaming event planning.

Stomski, also the director of the Newhouse Sports Media Center, said she’s seen a growing interest for esports education from the time she joined SU in 2017. During the 2018-19 academic year, Stomski partnered with Christopher Hanson, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ English department, to develop and teach a class called Esports and Media. She said the class garnered attention from alumni and other professionals at gaming compa-

nies like Twitch and Blizzard.

Hanson said esports has grown dramatically over the past couple of decades. Based on his experience teaching esports in the classroom, SU students are driving the interest for learning more about the industry.

“This is something which students are really interested in, and it’s something they’re passionate about,” Hanson said. “Interest really helps drive that process, which I think is a really critical and important component as to why I think (the major) will be successful.”

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Over 250 SU graduate students and allies marched to demand voluntary recognition of the student union from SU.

Elijah Moore, a four-star recruit from Cardinal Hayes High School, is Syracuse’s first commit for the Class of 2024

SU added the Warehouse back to a late night trolley loop after removing the stop last week. But for School of Design students, unreliable transportation has been an issue since before the change

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The best quotes from sources in today’s paper.

NEWS

“Students have to make the decision of ‘am I gonna put my education, or my safety fi rst?’ which is something that we shouldn’t have to do.” - Michela Galego, VPA student

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CULTURE

“We had a lot of milestone shows last semester, and now we’re rolling out these really important songs. We can do that from across the world. We’re lucky enough to have the technology and the social media to do that.” - Sam Parrish, member of Froggies

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OPINION

“It is not fair that birthing people, especially Black people, have to go into labor on defense because they are chronically aware of what they are up against: a racist, ableist, xenophobic and profi t-driven health care system.” - SeQuoia Kemp, guest columnist

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SPORTS

“There was never a chance for him to do a pick and roll or midrange. I said ‘Elijah, trust me there will be a time where you go to the Final Four on this shot.’” - Ty Moore, Elijah Moore’s father

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COMING UP

Noteworthy events this week.

WHAT: ACC InVenture Prize Competition

WHEN: Feb. 10, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

WHERE: Bird Library, fi rst fl oor

WHAT: Valentine’s Day Paint Party

WHEN: Feb. 10, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

WHERE: Community Folk Art Center

WHAT: Visiting Artist: Ben Burbank

WHEN: Feb. 13, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

WHERE: Sha er Art Building 016

SGEU marches for official recognition from SU

SU creates scholarships for military students

By Anjana Dasam asst. copy editor

Syracuse University’s Office of Veteran and Military Affairs announced on Tuesday that military-connected students at SU can apply to six different scholarships totaling over $15,000.

The scholarships are funded through donors and stakeholders. Students enrolled during the spring 2023 semester are eligible to submit an application by March 22, according to an SU news release.

Eligibility for the six available scholarships is based on military and familial status, the release reads. The OVMA is awarding as much as $5,000 through its Undergraduate Student Veteran Scholarship and Military Family Member Scholarship.

By Dominic Chiappone and Isabella Flores the daily orange

Around 250 Syracuse University graduate student employees and union supporters marched from Carnegie Library on Wednesday to deliver letters supporting the Syracuse Graduate Employees Union to Chancellor Kent Syverud, Provost Gretchen Ritter and the Board of Trustees. The protestors were calling for university administration to voluntarily recognize SGEU.

SU’s administration will have until Feb. 20 to voluntarily recognize SGEU, the organization’s letter to Ritter states. If the university fails to voluntarily recognize the union, SGEU is prepared to file for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board in Buffalo, said Hayden Courtney, a graduate student worker in SU’s sociology department.

“We research, teach, grade papers, projects, and exams, serve on committees, supervise field placements, and perform other essential functions to not only keep this university running but also to maintain its R-1 research status,” said Michelle Tyran, a graduate student worker in the food studies department, before handing the letter to Ritter.

Ritter met with demonstrators from 14 different campus and community groups, including SGEU, the Undergraduate Labor Organization, the Student Association, the Graduate Student Organization and the Urban Jobs Task Force. The ULO also delivered Ritter a petition with over 1,000 signatures from SU students, staff, parents and alumni.

Sadie Novak, a fourth year PhD candidate in the chemistry department, said she appreciated SGEU’s hard work and the university community’s support. Courtney echoed her statement and stressed the importance of collectively advocating for better working conditions amid graduate student workers’ frustrations over low wage stipends and healthcare plan restrictions.

“Union movements in general are built on a unity coalition,” Courtney said. “It’s a work between multiple different groups because really, we’re all fighting for equity within not just the university but under a larger Syracuse community.”

SA unanimously passed a bill Monday to officially establish its recognition and support of SGEU’s unionization campaign, which it launched on Jan. 17. GSO passed a similar bill recognizing SGEU at its meeting on Feb. 2.

Representatives from the Democratic Socialists of America and the Syracuse Labor Council who attended the march urged action on workers’ rights.

“We will always support workers’ right to organize and have a voice in the job,” Spadafore said. “We hope that you will be a model for the rest of the community in how worker relations can be. We want you to recognize this union.”

Sohrob Aslamy, a graduate student in the department of geography and environments, represented the Syracuse branch for the Party for Socialism and Liberation. He emphasized the importance of what the SGEU’s efforts mean for the broader Syracuse community.

“We are proud to send hundreds of unionizing graduate employees here on campus, to say resolutely that a victory for one union in our city is a victory for all humans in our city,” Aslamy said.

SGEU said its goal is to create and maintain a relationship with SU that is respectful and collaborative. In its letter to Ritter, SGEU wrote that a majority of members of the unionization effort have signed union authorization cards.

Megan Cooper, a member of ULO’s leadership team, emphasized the importance of graduate student work-

Student authors new ChatGPT promptbook

By Kendall Luther asst. news editor

Justin Gluska sees ChatGPT as the “beginning of something massive.”

Gluska, a senior majoring in computer science, presented his new book “The ChatGPT Promptbook” — which shares research, creative and promotion insight into the new AI technology — at a book talk in Bird Library on Wednesday afternoon.

“Over the last two months, I kind of figured out how to use it, and then went into writing it about a month after starting to use it,” Gluska said. “Then, I just kind of tweaked the prompts and added on to it.”

ChatGPT, standing for Generative Pre-training Transformer, is an OpenAI-created chatbot trained on 570GB of Internet data — including Wikipedia, webtexts and books — to produce written responses to users’ prompts. The program’s response can be tailored to be more mature or specific depending on the prompt.

With his book, Gluska hopes to share all of the writing prompts that have benefited him in his experience using the software. The book contains 52 real-world prompt examples and techniques, which range from creative writing to career development, according to a SU Blackstone LaunchPad Press Release.

“There’s 10 categories, and each one has prompts that you could use in that category,” Gluska said. “So, one of them is coding, one of them is about home, one is about marketing tips, things like that.”

Gluska emphasized the importance of selecting “explicit” and “demanding” verbiage and

paying attention to tone. He said the software is only able to do as much as the user asks it to, and suggested that the prompts should be an active conversation with the software.

“If you don’t like (the response) you can say ‘no,

Recently, SU created a resource document for professors with tips and strategies to address ChatGPT and AI-related concerns in the classroom. But many SU professors are beginning to view ChatGPT as a promising educational tool.

Although Gluska validated the fear that the tool will disrupt education and professional industries, he said he believes professors should integrate the tool rather than fearing it.

“I think the real question that comes out of (ChatGPT) is realizing how we can use this in our own life instead of being scared about it,” Gluska said.

Gluska said that, if schools and businesses adapt to the tool, it can help speed up operations. Still, that doesn’t mean it should be exclusively relied on, but rather that it can be used like an assistant, he said.

“For some things, it’s wonderful. But I think if you just leverage it maybe even 80% of the way, I think the other 20% could be you using your own skills and mastering it,” Gluska said. “The motto is really ‘work smarter, not harder.’ And I think that applies (to) how professors should teach students with it.”

The book, published on Jan. 22, is available for purchase on Amazon.com. Gluska hopes his prompts will reach a wide range of ChatGPT users, from students to creators to professionals.

Three additional undergraduate student veterans or militaryconnected students can receive at least $3,000, and military student family members will receive $2,500.

The Richardson Family Scholarship for Military Family Members and Dependents will award $2,500 to a military student family member.

The OVMA has over $1.2 million available to continue providing more scholarships for veteran undergraduate and graduate students, according to the release.

The OVMA also encourages more support to the Veteran Legacy Fund, which helps provide similar scholarships to SU’s militaryconnected students.

SU also offers other veteranfocused scholarships through ROTC and veterans’ service organizations. Some of these scholarships include the American Legion Scholarships, Disabled American Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Vietnam Veterans of America.

SU is a Yellow Ribbon school, meaning it works with the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs to cover tuition and fees. The Yellow Ribbon program helps pay for private, out-of-state, foreign and graduate school tuition costs that aren’t included in the Post 9/11 GI Bill, according to its website.

In order to be eligible to receive Yellow Ribbon benefits, veteran students must have served at least 36 months of active duty or received a Purple Heart on or after Sept. 11, 2011, among other requirements, according to the website.

There is no limit on the number of veteran students that can receive Yellow Ribbon benefits at SU, and SU provides annual $3,000 grants for on-campus housing for some eligible veterans, according to SU’s veterans admissions website.

SU also covers 100% of tuition for students who are active-duty service members and are studying for their degrees part-time or online.

change this’ or ‘make this more formal’ or ‘no, make this more creative and engaging,’” Gluska said.

“I just hope I plant the seed of just showing that anyone can use this and can benefit in a lot of different ways,” Gluska said. kaluther@syr.edu

The applications are available to students currently enrolled in SU for the spring 2023 semester, with the application window closing March 22.

“SU works because we do.”

The Student Graduate Employees Union marched seeking voluntary recognition from SU and submitted in-person letters to Provost Gretchen Ritter at the protest. cassandra roshu asst. photo editor

Six scholarships for militaryconnected students at SU total over $15,000

I think if you just leverage it maybe even 80% of the way, I think the other 20% could be you using your own skills and mastering it. The motto is really ‘work smarter, not harder.’ And I think that applies (to) how professors should teach students with it.

man said.

Raqibuzzaman and other VPA students said SU’s alternative, safety shuttles that run on an individual-order basis, don’t fi ll the need or demand for transportation at night.Before SU discontinued the loop in the first place, though, students said they already couldn’t rely on SU’s transportation to and from the Warehouse.

“We were having problems with these systems in the first place, and then they reduced them to even worse conditions… So when the trolley came back, everyone was like, ‘great, but also, we’re still dealing with the same problems we’ve been having this whole time,’” Galego said. “It’s hard to figure out when you should advocate for that and when you should just be like, ‘well, this is my life.’”

The previous Warehouse Loop and the current Euclid Loop include a time period when only the safety shuttle runs, and a period where students don’t have access to SU transportation at all. After the Centro stops running at 3 a.m., it doesn’t start back up again until around 7 a.m., an hour after the safety shuttle stops running at 6:00 a.m. For students who stay at the Warehouse into the early hours of the morning to get work done, the gap conflicted with their academics.

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advisor for the university’s gaming and esports clubs, said it’s awesome seeing the growth of both organizations and how it resonates with SU faculty, sta , and administration.

Stomski emphasized esports as a dynamic industry, pointing to the real-life skill sets it requires and builds.

“As we’re seeing the industry grow and grow, we want to make sure that we’re meeting our students’ demand and their interests, but also the industry’s,” Stomski said. “So, we want to make sure that our Syracuse University students are ready for the workplace and are able to dive into a really dynamic opportunity in working with esports.”

Michael Veley, a professor in Falk, said he tried to emulate the success of Newhouse programs while developing the curriculum. Veley said he and other faculty across SU schools, including Rubin and Stomski, started a working group a little over a year ago to consider what an esports major could look like.

While other esports-related major programs exist at smaller colleges, Stomski emphasized that SU’s will be the first at an R-1 institution

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ers being supported and advocated for. Cooper, who focuses on undergraduate outreach, said ULO is actively working with SGEU to help achieve its goals.

“We have a huge population of workers on this campus that are not paid fairly, that are not getting fair benefits, that are working far over the hours they’ve agreed to work,” Cooper said. “This unionization campaign is

Ciana Steller, a second-year communications design major who lives on South Campus, said the safety shuttle has denied her because the trolley is running when she’s at the Warehouse, even if it’s set to stop running by the time she’d arrive back on main campus. Galego pointed to safety concerns that come with unreliable travel from the Warehouse in the middle of the night.

“It makes students have to make the decision of ‘am I gonna put my education, or my safety first?’ which is something that we shouldn’t have to do,” Galego said.

Galego said students are expected to put in 10 hours of work outside of the classroom for each of their two four-hour, studio-length classes at the Warehouse. She said because of how passionate students are, the work usually adds up to more than just 20 hours, and sometimes takes all night.

“There are things you just can’t get done outside your warehousing machines, so you have no choice, no option,” Galego said. “When they do something like take o the bus, you’re kind of helpless. You just have to put up with it.”

Bennicia Callaham, a senior fashion design major who also lives on South Campus, said getting to the Warehouse means taking two di erent shuttles and leaving over an hour early. Ultimately, some students plan their lives around how they’re going to get to class, she said. She and

with such a large student enrollment.

SU’s student body being predominantly members of Generation Z was a main driving force behind the creation of the major, Rubin said. He said that because a majority of Gen Z is involved with esports on some level, the major will meet student demand as well as prepare students for future careers in the growing esports industry.

“One of the key components of this new degree that both of our colleges support is experiential learning,” Veley said. “Immersing our students into real world scenarios is so, so vital in terms of getting experience, but also making themselves more appealing to potential employers.”

Stomski and Hanson also emphasized the importance of experiential learning through incorporating Newhouse’s areas of study. They said they’re looking to educate students about the broadcasting, production and event planning side of esports tournaments and competitions in courses like Stomski and Hanson’s esports and media class.

“It’s looking at how esports operates within media contexts, and it serves as an overview of esports, as well as allowing students to do deep dives on di erent areas of esports in which they’re interested,” Hanson said.

Veley compared the launch of the esports

really important and making sure that they are really heard and treated respectfully.”

Courtney said the demonstration was a step in the right direction for both SGEU and SU’s administration and SU has been “cordial” in listening to SGEU’s needs.

Courtney said SGEU is currently working with lawyers from the Service Employees International Union, a national organization of labor union workers, to ensure protections for student protesters.

Raqibuzzaman said both the trolleys and buses have consistently arrived at and left stops before or after their scheduled times.

“Every morning is a guaranteed run,” Raqibuzzaman said. “Every morning it happens. Some days the bus comes a little early, which is good, but now you’re dying to get there. And then other days it comes much later, like 10-20 minutes later. So you can just never tell. But you get used to that.”

Faced with unreliable transportation, students said they’ve turned to expensive rideshare options in order to get to and from the Warehouse, which can be excessive on top of the outof-pocket supply costs design majors face.

“It’s choosing between education and safety, (but) also education and money, because students often will order Ubers to get back if the trolleys aren’t coming and the safety shuttles are unreliable,” Galego said.

Steller said that on Tuesday night, she left the Warehouse around 1 a.m. and didn’t arrive back on South until around 2:40 a.m. after taking two shuttles. She said she had to wait for the trolley and the bus after the fi rst scheduled ones she planned to take didn’t show up, she said.

The di culty traveling back and forth puts design students in their own bubble, Steller said.

“It’s very isolating because if you have two classes at the Warehouse even with, say a five hour

major to the 2016 launch of Falk’s sports analytics major. He said another factor that drove the program forward was the COVID-19 pandemic — people participated in gaming more as they were staying inside more. Veley pointed to the popularity and growth of esports in Asian countries as a signal for how they’ll evolve in the United States.

“There’s going to be a terrific groundswell of interest from international students, especially since esports is incredibly popular in South Korea and in di erent parts of Asia,” Veley said.

Discrimination and harassment of women and minority gamers have been widespread in esports, Stomski said. The creation of the major has included conversations about ensuring inclusivity, and the mandatory core class requirements for the major will include ethics of esports; race, gender and diversity in esports; and esports and communications law.

“We intend to make sure that our students are looking for ways to increase diversity to understand ethics within what they are a part of as a whole,” Stomski said.

SU hired a professor who researches race, gender and media to teach the related course, Rubin said, in line with e orts to cultivate the major before its o cial launch.

Matthew Huber, a professor in SU’s Department of Geology and Environment, also presented a letter to Ritter with signatures from at least 250 SU faculty members. Huber told Ritter that SGEU’s slogan “SU works because we do” also extends to faculty workers.

“It’s great to see all kinds of workers on campus out here supporting what is a fundamental legal right in this country, which is the right to organize,” Huber said. “It’s really important that all di erent types of workers come out to

gap in between, or a four hour gap, it’s almost not worth it to go back to campus,” Steller said.

Steller and Galego both said part of what isolates students who take classes and work at the Warehouse is a disconnect from other SU students. Steller said because of the Warehouse’s separation from the rest of campus, other students don’t really know what the Warehouse is or what design students are doing there.

“I try to maintain my friendships ... but it’s very di cult because there’s just a lack of relatability to what we’re doing here and how far we are and having to schedule around classes, but also just convenience,” Steller said. “There’s no (reason) to come down here to meet up for lunch or for co ee if they don’t have to be down here. It makes it harder to maintain relationships on campus, or to be involved on campus.”

Still, Galego said students feel immense support from their professors and classmates at the Warehouse.

“It’s also hard to complain about this because we are so privileged to have the support that we do have here,” Galego said. “But it’s just when the resources start getting taken away… We haven’t been talking about it, so I feel like we should start talking about it.”

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Moving forward, SU will prioritize construction of more esports facilities and creating an esports living and learning community, in addition to earning approval from the state Board of Education. He said he wants to create esports spaces that can be used for recreation and learning to reflect the academic and experiential elements of the major.

“We’ve worked really hard to look at all the aspects,” Rubin said. “That includes student life, social life, the competitive nature of esports, (and) definitely the academic rigor that goes to positioning students for a great career in this field.”

If New York state’s Board of Education approves the curriculum, which Stomski said she expects it will, the major could be available for intra-university transfers as soon as this coming fall semester. The guaranteed first incoming class will be in fall 2024, Rubin said.

“I can’t wait for this to become a major, and I can’t wait to see what our students will do, not only while they’re here in this major, but also what they’re able to do once they get in the industry,” Stomski said.

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support the graduate student workers.” Novak emphasized the significance of faculty support like Huber’s. She said she believes SU is serious about working with SGEU moving forward.

“We are really excited for what this means for graduate student workers at SU, and we are even more excited to share this moment with the tremendous community support that has rallied around us,” Novak said.

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media to do that.”

Chun and Nido, both also juniors in the Bandier program, are studying abroad in London and Madrid, respectively. A Zoom call with The Daily Orange was the first time the five Froggies members — including their drummer Grady Collingbourne and pianist Sam Ronan — had seen each other this semester, they said.

The band used live performances to gather feedback on unreleased songs like “Less Than” before recording, Collingbourne said.

rush recording and releasing music.

“It’s not like these are just stories we’re making up. Each song that we have tracked right now comes from a real experience,” Nido said.

The band felt they were in a good place when Chun and Nido left to study abroad, with three songs recorded, including “Less Than.” They plan to release the other singles later this semester.

By Sarah Alessandrini senior staff writer

Before their last show in November, the members of Froggies met at Corey Chun and Maria Nido’s house, where the band wrote music together, hosted an acoustic concert series called The Recital and took promotional photos for its first single, “Less Than.”

That was the last time the members would be in that house together, Nido said, with almost half the band now abroad. To prepare for their time apart, the band spent the fall semester performing live shows, building a fanbase and recording music to release throughout the spring until they can be together again.

“We had a lot of milestone shows last semester, and now we’re rolling out these really important songs,” said Sam Parrish, a Bandier junior who founded Froggies along with Chun and Nido. “We can do that from across the world. We’re lucky enough to have the technology and the social

“Less Than,” released Jan. 25, follows the members’ lives throughout 2022, which is why it seemed the best choice for the first release, Nido said. In two weeks, the song amassed over 4,000 streams on Spotify.

For Chun, “Less Than” was the band’s first truly collaborative songwriting experience. Each member contributed something equally, be it musical or personal experience-related to the lyrics, she said.

To reflect the collaborative nature of the song, Chun had the idea of a “scrapbook” appearance for the single’s cover art. The final result was a special item from each Froggies’ member resting on an open book.

“(‘Less Than’) just felt so balanced in that way. We all had our own experiences and it’s such a mix of all of it. For me, it resonates as a really special writing experience,” Chun said.

Chun, Nido and Parrish wrote some of the guitar parts for “Less Than” as early as their freshman year, but the lyrics for all their songs tend to come together more over time as the members mature.

The band recognizes they’re all at a young age, Nido said, and since personal narrative is a critical ingredient to their song writing, they don’t like to

“We needed to experience some actual life, go through different heartbreaks, especially if we’re going to sit down and write something that’s true and dear to our narrative,” Nido said.

Froggies braved a “whirlwind” of a fall semester, Chun said, booking more shows than ever before and rehearsing every week. But the thrill of accomplishing what they all set out to do, and knowing they were in it together, was worth the stress, she said.

But now, as Nido and Chun enjoy their muchneeded break from performing live, Parrish, Collingbourne and Ronan continue to play house shows with other student bands like Studio 89 back on campus.

Right now, the band’s main priority is releasing its next two singles, boosting its social media presence and, as always, “just living life,” Nido said.

While they’re living life apart for now, the five said they’re already eager to be back together, possibly playing their first live show again in May.

“There’s something to be said about playing with people who are really close friends of yours who you also connect with on a musical level,” Collingbourne said. “I just miss having all five of us together.”

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SU alumna Jasmine White’s new show prioritizes diversity

By Abby Presson asst.digital editor

Jasmine White has always been a creator. She spent years, both in and out of school, meticulously crafting her work and exploring the mediums of film and television. But most of all, White has spent her time exploring the role that media can play in finding community and developing one’s identity.

White, who graduated from Syracuse University in 2015 with a dual degree in television, radio and film and English and textual studies, credits

much of her success to her time as an undergraduate. The resources at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications gave her the equipment and opportunity to get started in film and TV by producing web series with her friends. Beyond developing her technical skills, though, the web series also gave White and her friends an outlet to try and understand their college community.

“That was the first time we’ve been in a predominantly white space,” White said. “It was a lot of learning, a lot of different experiences, a lot of trying to unpack, ‘what does this mean? Who am

I?’ Just trying to find our place in the world.”

Even during her early years in film and television, White valued telling diverse stories. Of the two web series she created in college, one featured LGBTQ+ characters. Another, called “#Blackpeopleproblems,” explored the microaggressions and experiences White and her friends faced in a predominantly white community like SU.

The series was heavily inspired by Issa Rae’s “Awkward Black Girl” on YouTube, which White loved to watch with her friends. With the resources they had from Newhouse, they began producing

the web series.

“We all kind of felt like, ‘we gotta Issa Rae our way to the top,’” White said. “So let’s just follow her path and do what she did.”

White, now a screenwriter and producer, has brought the lessons she learned at SU into her career. Amazon Prime picked up her most recent show, “Hotline,” and will be airing on Revolt TV this month. The drama and crime show follows Hazel Clarke, a transgender attorney, who starts working at a suicide hotline and is drawn into the

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Time zones apart, Froggies band is rolling out its first singles and keeping in touch with fans through social media

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Celebrate Valentine’s Day with this delicious and simple strawberry shortcake recipe

Whether you are looking for something to share with your significant other or need a special dessert to impress your friends, this cake is the perfect sweet treat for Valentine’s Day. This recipe is not too complicated, and is really just a more sophisticated version of your grandma’s Bisquick strawberry shortcake.

Before you start making the cake batter, you will need to prepare the strawberries for the filling. After washing and cutting the leaves off, slice the strawberries into thin pieces. Add those sliced strawberries to a large bowl, sprinkle with sugar and toss to coat them evenly.

Place the strawberries in the fridge for at least an hour to allow the sugar to bring the juices out of the strawberries. The longer these sit before assembling the cake, the juicier they will become.

Next, you will need to prepare three nine-inch cake pans by lining the bottom with parchment paper and greasing the sides. The easiest way to do this is to trace the bottom of the pan onto the parchment paper and then cut the circles to ensure a perfect fit. You can bake the cake in any shape pan, but for Valentine’s Day, I like to use a heart shaped pan.

Once you have the pans greased and the bottoms lined, preheat the oven to 350 F.

In a medium sized bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt and set that mixture aside. Using a stand mixer or a bowl and an electric hand mixer, add butter, oil, sugar and vanilla extract and beat until light and fluffy. This should take about two minutes.

Once the butter mixture is creamed together, add the eggs one at a time, mixing until mostly combined after each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed to make sure all of the ingredients are being incorporated well.

After the eggs have been incorporated, add half of the dry ingredients from earlier into the batter and mix until mostly combined. When this looks almost entirely mixed in, add the milk to the batter to thin it out. Add the remaining dry ingredients and mix until well combined and smooth.

Make sure to keep scraping the sides as you mix so that there is nothing left behind, but be careful not to overmix the batter.

Now that your batter is combined, divide the mixture evenly between the cake pans. Place in the oven and bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out with a few crumbs. Remove the cakes from the oven and allow them to cool until the sides are safe enough to touch, which should be about ten minutes. Once cool, remove from the pans and place on a wire rack to cool completely.

When you are ready to put the cake together, make the whipped cream. Using your stand mixer or an electric mixer, add the heavy cream, powdered sugar and vanilla extract and whip on high speed until medium to sti peaks form.

To build the cake, place the first layer on a cake plate or serving platter. Add a layer of whipped cream to the cake. You can use a piping bag and tip to make a board around the edge and fi ll the middle in, or just distribute the fi lling with a spatula. Add half of the strawberries on top of the whipped cream and then place another layer of cake on top.

Repeat these steps until you reach the final layer of cake. You can top the cake with whipped cream swirls using the piping bag and strawberries or decorate it however you like. Refrigerate the cake until ready to serve, and enjoy! mehendri@syr.edu

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Ingredients

Cake batter

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour

2 ½ teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

½ cup unsalted butter, room

1 ½ cups sugar

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

4 eggs

1 ¼ cups milk

Strawberries

1 pound fresh strawberries

3 tablespoons sugar

Whipped cream

2 ½ cups heavy whipping cream,

1 ¼ cups powdered sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

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Photo by Meghan Hendricks

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Art direction by Santiago Noblin presentation director

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How to avoid your ex-hookups on campus

By Aine Hunt humor columnist

We’ve all been there. The consequences of one too many green tea shots are now staring you down in your twin XL bed. Oh God, what’s her name again? Jessica? No, too many s’s. Vanessa? That’s the same amount of s’s, dumb*ss. Agatha? Sure, let’s go with that.

I want to preface with this: there’s nothing wrong with a good old-fashioned college hookup. Everyone’s done it. And if you’re sitting there thinking, “well, I’ve never hooked up with anyone,” let me just say, I’m free Friday afternoon.

College hookups are a bit like chewing without teeth: wet, awkward and something you don’t want to do in front of others — but if you have to, you will. A hungry mama’s gotta eat. It’s natural for young people to want to hump anything that even twitches in their direction. However, if you want to engage in a consensual one-night stand, be prepared to deal with the aftermath.

One thing about this campus is that it somehow knows who you are trying to avoid and makes sure you see them every day. Want to work out? Too bad, that guy from Tinder is using the treadmill you want. Hungry for a burrito? He’s in line for Chipotle. Need to take a nap? He’s under your bed. You cannot escape the ghosts of your sexual past, especially on this small campus. It helps to remember: you’re not alone. Eight out of 10 students are actively avoiding a past hookup, and only five of them

are avoiding me.

I’m no amateur at avoiding ex-hookups. In fact, some are calling me the Michael Jordan of avoiding ex-hookups. Whether it was the worst sex of your life or you’re a liar, I have a couple of tips on how to steer clear of those past mistakes. Bushes are your friend! There’s a reason why Syracuse has so many bushes on campus, and it’s not for aesthetic purposes. If you happen to see Jacob, Jackson or whatever J-name you chose, don’t be afraid to immediately jump into the nearest bush. You have to decide at that very moment what’s worse — 100 thorns piercing your body or making eye contact with someone who saw

CONCERTS THIS WEEKEND

Redgate

House venue Redgate will be starting the Valentine’s Day weekend with a concert full of SU talent. The bands Subject to Change and Cribulis, joined by Nate Glyn, will be performing at the venue on Euclid Avenue. Tickets can be bought at the door. Direct message @redgatecuse on Instagram for the address.

WHEN: Friday, Feb. 10 at 10 p.m.

PRICE: $8 at the door

Funk ‘n Waffles

you naked. Pick your poison.

If bushes aren’t enough for you, consider changing your appearance! Dye your hair, get glasses, pierce that nose. Do anything that will have her thinking, “I don’t think that’s him. He didn’t have that massive mole on his chin.” If the wussies in witness protection can change their appearance to avoid being “murdered,” I think you’re allowed to do the same.

For those of you where bushes don’t exist and changing your appearance isn’t enough, I would encourage you to just leave the country. If you happen to run into Brad in that Russian bunker, I don’t know what to tell you.

ahunt04@syr.edu

mystery surrounding the death of her sister.

Though White initially came up with the idea for “Hotline” years ago, the process from its initial development to it being picked up by a major streaming platform spanned years. Before production on the show could commence, White fundraised in order to pay for the costs of filming.

With the help of several hundred contributors, White raised about $15,000 for the show’s production. Donors expressed their excitement about the project to White, and one even made a theme song for the show in the middle of the crowdfunding process.

Partway through the fundraising, White had raised enough money to produce a trailer for “Hotline,” and she was able to use that to raise the remaining funds. White even hosted two sold-out fundraising events, the first presenting a diverse lineup of stand-up comedians and the second was a time for LGBTQ+ individuals to share their coming-out stories.

“One of them was at the Stonewall Inn, which is known for starting Pride. (It was) packed wallto-wall,” White said. “To see the community turn up, turn out for ‘Hotline,’ it just fueled us during the crowdfunding campaign and gave us all the energy we needed to bring it home.”

She began writing the script for “Hotline” in 2018, and throughout the process of developing and producing the show, White placed a lot of emphasis on the importance of realism and telling an authentic story.

She was put in touch with Gwendolyn Rogers, who was working at a law firm at the time. After talking with White, Rogers became involved in the project to consult on the legal aspects of the show, and later took on a producer role.

“It really meant the world to me, because as a Black, nonbinary and trans person, having this type of project that stars (a) Black trans woman and centers her life in that way, and being able to help to bring some Black trans talent to the team, was really impactful,” Rogers said.

White aimed to keep those same values in her professional work, too. In the same way that her collegiate web series helped her explore her community and identity, White wanted her diverse cast and crew to accurately represent the Black and LGBTQ+ communities during filming and production.

Soon enough, production began in 2019 with director Dallas Alexis. However, due to the pandemic and other various setbacks, filming was not completed until 2021.

“I had deaths in my family during the pandemic during shooting,” Alexis said. “It was quite a journey, and we pulled through. It was a joyous, joyous moment to see it come from the inception of the script, from production, to go through hell and back shooting and finally getting it done.”

Following production, White submitted “Hotline” to Amazon Prime’s portal for indie filmmakers. The portal allows creators to submit projects to see if they align with what the streaming service is looking for at the time. In the meantime, filmmakers check the portal periodically to see if their show was picked up.

The process is supposed to take 30 days, but

when she went more than a month without a response, White began to wonder if she’d ever hear back. However, after talking with an Amazon executive at a networking event, she got a positive answer on the submission.

“This is my first indie project, and to have been placed on a platform so large, I feel really good about it,” White said. “I was just grateful for the people that trusted me with their time.”

White’s passion for “Hotline” and her other projects was always evident to the cast and crew she worked with. From bringing a diverse cast and crew onto the project, to the way she interacted with her team over the course of filming and listened to their ideas during production, she made sure that her work reflected the love she had for the show, Alexis said.

Most of all, her cast and crew were able to see the importance that she placed on the story they were trying to tell. The care taken in developing the characters, ensuring accuracy of the legal aspects in the film and incorporating cast and crew feedback, Rogers said, all demonstrated the effort that White had put into every aspect of her writing and production.

“Everything that Jasmine creates or writes is

personal, and it has bits and pieces of her life experiences attached to the project,” Alexis said. “It’s not her creating content just for the sake of creating content. The content means something. It has a solid foundation behind it.”

Ultimately, White aims to increase diversity in media. Representation in television and film as something that can empower people, inspire them to pursue their dreams and help them feel comfortable in their identity, White said.

This goal of increasing television representation and creating opportunities was a strong influence on the creation of “Hotline,” White said. She recalled how many of the stories she saw about transgender people focused on their transition or trauma, and wanted to make a show about transgender characters that had a plot about something other than their identity.

“What about just creating escapist content?” White said. “TV entertainment is cathartic. It’s fun. It gives you a chance to escape from how hard life can be, and everyone deserves that, including Black trans women.”

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The Garage Lights, a new band comprised of SU students, will be performing at the downtown venue Friday night. Tickets for the concert can be purchased at Funk ‘n Waffles website.

WHEN: Friday, Feb. 10 at 6 p.m. PRICE: $17.45

The Oncenter

The Orchestra of Central New York will be hosting their Valentine’s Day program Saturday evening. The performance will feature married pianists Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung as they play music by Clara and Robert Schumann — two composers of the Romantic Era who were also married. The concert will also host music from Schumann’s student, Johannes Brahms. The concert will take place at the Oncenter, and tickets are available online. Children 18 and under can attend for free.

WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m.

PRICE: Starting at $20, $5 for students with valid student ID

Another house show venue, The Harrington, will be hosting its own Valentine’s Day concert with performances from 89frogs, Nancy Dunkle and Padma. 89frogs is a first-time collaboration of members of the bands Studio89 and Froggies. Tickets can be bought at the door. For details on the address, direct message @theharringtoncuse on Instagram.

WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 11 at 9 p.m. with doors opening at 8:30 p.m.

PRICE: $10 at the door

To close out the Valentine’s Day weekend, bunker down in The Bunker to enjoy some student bands. Toni and the Hippochrist, Pelarded and Sacred Fruit, which are all made up of SU students, will be performing Saturday night. Tickets can be bought at the door. Direct message @bunkercuse on Instagram for their address.

WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 11 doors open at 9:30 p.m.

PRICE: $5

The Harrington

The Bunker

When working on her show ‘Hotline,’ SU alumna Jasmine White put a strong emphasis on realism and storytelling. courtesy of olevia mitchell

Whether it’s jumping in a bush or putting on a disguise, there are ways to avoid your ex-hookups on campus. cassandra roshu asst. photo editor

Black mothers, birthing people should not be dying in Onondaga

By Sequoia Kemp

guest columnist

Birth and reproductive justice is a human right. So why aren’t more and more providers honoring this? Why must mothers keep dying?

Especially in Onondaga County, with the maternal mortality rate over 85% higher than the national average, attention to birth justice should be heightened. The 2020 NYS Vital Statistics reported that the maternal mortality rate for the county increased from 12.9 per 100,000 live births to 32.2 between 20152018, with diminishing performance in 2023. As I tried to dig deeper for additional context as to what is driving the increase of maternal deaths in our county, the answers were nowhere to be found.

I read through Onondaga County’s 2019 Health Department Annual Report to search for more answers: the term maternal mortality was only mentioned once. I read through Onondaga County’s 2022 - 2024 Community Health Assessment and Improvement Plan, looking for anything that addresses the outrageously high increase in maternal deaths, but found nothing. So again I ask, why aren’t more people sounding the alarm around this issue?

If you were to Google main causes of maternal deaths in New York state, you’ll find that since 2012, the top five causes of pregnancy-related deaths were embolism, 52%; hemorrhage, 20%; cardiomyopathy, 44.4%; hypetensive disorders, 3.9%; and infection, 2.6%.

The majority of pregnancy-related deaths occur during the final week of pregnancy, yet many postpartum mothers aren’t scheduled to be seen by their provider until six weeks after birth.

Readily accessible statistics that give a more honest look into the maternal deaths in NYS and in our county aren’t available to us. These are statistics stemming from medical neglect, medical coercion, profit-centered hospital policies, racist attitudes and unilateral decision making.

In my quest to achieve birth and reproductive justice, it is these forgotten stories I remember.

This absence of transparency calls to mind how many pre-med and medical students I’ve encountered over the years have no idea what the origins of modern day gynecological practices are in the United States.

It is far more convenient for medical schools to leave out that Dr. Marion Sims, known as the “Father of Modern Gynecology,” used enslaved Black women as test subjects to advance surgical techniques. The lack of awareness regarding how Black women’s bodies were simply collateral damage, from slavery to present day, informs the type of care we receive. The foundation of gynecology is rooted in the disregard of Black women’s bodily autonomy, which remains prevalent in our present society.

As a birthworker, I have witnessed a fair share of birthing experiences that were exacerbated by such racist methods and medical interventions.

I’ve had countless clients tell me the reason they wanted me to be their doula is because they didn’t want to die while giving birth.

There is a popular false notion that doulas are the answer to maternal mortality. Often, I have to push back against this belief, because we cannot be the sole solution. Oftentimes we, as Black women, even experience the same maternal morbidity and mortality as our clients.

Healthcare providers who refuse to change their style of practice, who refuse to see birthing people as capable of making informed decisions are contributing to the rise of maternal mortality and morbidity. Providers cannot expect Black mothers to simply trust their years of experience and education when so many of our sisters, cousins, best friends, aunties and mothers relay such horror stories around giving birth.

This is why I write and fight for those marginalized:

My client who sat in an emergency room waiting room for forty minutes bleeding through her

lavender dress from a placental abruption, which resulted in her having to have an emergency c-section and delivery at twenty five weeks gestation. Earlier that day, she called her doctor’s office with complaints of labor pain, but was told to drink water and put up her feet.

My countless clients who have been coerced into labor inductions despite making it clear to their providers that they wanted to go into labor spontaneously.

My client whose obstetrician stood in the doorway of her hospital room, blocking her from going for a walk to naturally encourage her baby to descend into her birth canal. She was told by the same doctor that if she didn’t have the baby within a certain amount of time he was going to “go in there and get him.”

My client who had a Child Protective Services case wrongfully opened up against her because she decided to give birth in the safety of her home with those who she trusted.

My client was told she couldn’t labor in water because there weren’t any waterproof mobile fetal heart monitors on the labor and delivery floor, only for the missing equipment to miraculously appear after my client avidly advocated for herself and her needs.

Nurses who begin administering intravenous pitocin without asking for the patient’s consent or even informing her of what is being placed in her body.

Birthing people are being forced to labor in bed and without the opportunity to use gravity and movement to progress labor.

I cringe every time I hear a healthcare provider say “at least mom has a healthy baby” directly after their patient has gone through a very traumatic experience in childbirth. We should want more than healthy babies after birth. We should want birthing people to still feel whole, not feel like a vessel who has been shown no regard for their mental health or well-being. We need to raise the bar on what is acceptable maternity care. It is not fair that birthing people, especially Black people, have to go into labor on defense because they are chronically aware of what they are up against: a racist, ableist, xenophobic and profit-driven health care system.

If you’ve read this far, maybe you’re wondering, “What can I do to join the fight against

maternal mortality in our local community?”

Know that there are multi-faceted solutions.

First off, we need systems of accountability. Why are providers allowed to continue physically, mentally and emotionally scarring mothers with impunity? Parents should be able to go home, bond and snuggle with their babies without flashbacks to the trauma inflicted upon them during childbirth.

Secondly, legislation needs to be implemented that focuses on preventative solutions.

health-related issues such as gun violence and COVID-19 education and prevention efforts.

Moreover, you can join birth workers in contacting our NYS legislators to support the Certified Professional Midwifery Bill. Although certified professional midwives are highly skilled and capable of supporting healthy, low-risk pregnancies in the home setting, they have yet to receive a pathway to licensure in the state of New York. Expanding access to community-based, midwifery-led care is a necessity to address our current maternal mortality crisis.

Lastly, expanding our education in reproductive care is essential.

Health care providers and legislators need to reflect on how racism and white supremacy has affected us all, especially in healthcare. We need an unrelenting commitment to unlearning negative stereotypes and validating myths, and to relearn the truths about racial medical history that are often omitted. We need health care providers dedicated to reproductive justice. We need obstetricians who understand that in labor and childbirth, medical interventions are not always necessary.

Sequoia Kemp guest columnist

You must recognize that the experiences of birthing people are heavily impacted by the medical industrial complex that places a huge emphasis on maximizing profit over saving lives. You must understand who within our community has the power to make long-lasting changes for the betterment of maternal health outcomes.

Here at Syracuse, you can start by urging the Mayor’s Office and Syracuse Common Council to implement and fund a city-wide initiative to advance community-based doula care through Sankofa Reproductive Health and Healing Center, which would allow us to continue the life saving work we’ve been doing for the past decade. Doulas are not health care providers, but for some reason, city officials continue to push the narrative that they cannot fund community-based solutions for maternal health when they have funded public

If you are in a position of power at Syracuse University, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Crouse Hospital, St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, Upstate Community or any of the other healthcare and educational institutions in Onondaga County, I urge you to use your sphere of influence and leverage your position of power to make birth justice a reality in Central New York.

Institutions can leverage their power by ensuring Black-led reproductive justice organizations such as Sankofa Reproductive Health and Healing Center and Doula 4 a Queen have a no-strings attached space to offer care to families at most risk for dying or being harmed in childbirth.

Local hospitals and healthcare facilities need to make anti-racist medical care a priority, which would include more effort than a few guest presentations from community-based organizations. Anti-racist frameworks need to be embedded in the curriculum.

What are you willing to do to save the lives of your neighbors and fellow community members?

SeQuoia Kemp is a Certified CommunityBased doula and founder of Doula 4 a Queen, and co-founder of Sankofa Reproductive Health and Healing Center.

We should want more than healthy babies after birth. We should want birthing people to still feel whole, not feel like a vessel who has been shown no regard for their mental health or well-being.

With the maternal mortality rate in Onondaga County being over 85% higher than the national average, our guest writer, a doula in the area, looks for ways to help those at risk. courtesy of martha swann-quinn

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SU opens season with continued rivalry against Northwestern

By Wyatt Miller asst. sports editor

Meaghan Tyrrell scored on SU’s opening possession of the 2022 NCAA Tournament quarterfinal game. Outside the 12-meter, Meaghan drifted toward the middle and then dodged hard, sending a quick shot into the left side of the net. But the Wildcats rattled off four straight goals, finishing the first quarter up 6-2 and keeping Meaghan scoreless until the third quarter.

Northwestern refused to give open looks inside after that first possession. Meaghan and Olivia Adamson were the only two SU players to score in the 15-4 massacre of the Orange. Just like in 2019, Northwestern sent Syracuse home in the NCAA Tournament.

“I think, of course, it’s in them — all those players that were on that team last year,” head coach Kayla Treanor said about the season-ending loss to NU. “But… this is a new team.”

Syracuse and Northwestern have met in each of the last three NCAA Tournaments and will face off again in the 2023 season opener on Saturday in the JMA Wireless Dome. Both teams will look significantly different than they did in last year’s postseason clash, with three of NU’s top scorers having graduated along with Syracuse all-time leading scorer, Emily Hawryschuk. In Treanor’s second season at the helm, No. 5 Syracuse has regained several key players heading into the matchup against the No. 4 ranked Wildcats.

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SU’s first game being against Northwestern is “something really unique” draw-control specialist Kate Mashewske said, and the team is “definitely going to come out with some fire.”

Mashewske said she knows some players will want that victory a little extra, but added that Syracuse is preparing for the team it will face on Saturday and not the one last season. While Syracuse retained its top option in Meaghan, the Wildcats lost centerpiece Lauren Gilbert, who had 24 more points than the next-closest NU player.

The teams also met once in the 2022 regular season, where Northwestern beat SU 16-15 in overtime. The Wildcats were down 13-10 to begin the fourth quarter, but Gilbert took over, scoring three of the Wildcats’ five fourthquarter goals as well as the game-winner. With Gilbert now gone, the Orange will prepare for a completely new Northwestern attack. Meaghan said the team wants to “prepare for everything.” She added that this year’s Syracuse squad has more experience and less injuries than last May.

“We are expecting people to step up both on their team and on our team,” Meaghan said.

Three of Northwestern’s top five scorers from last season — Gilbert, Jill Girardi and Brennan Dwyer — all graduated. Together, they accounted for 41.6% of the Wildcats’ points. Girard and Gilbert were also NU’s top-two draw-control specialists and shot-takers, and scored six of Northwestern’s 15 goals in the

postseason matchup.

But NU returned Izzy Scane, the 2021 Big Ten Attacker of the Year, after she missed all of last season with an ACL tear. Allie Berkley and Elle Hansen also returned for their fifth years, while goalkeeper Molly Laliberty and attack Hailey Rhatigan joined the Wildcats, transferring from Tufts and Rutgers, respectively.

Meanwhile, Syracuse returned Meaghan after she was selected as a Tewaaraton Award finalist last year. Her sister Emma Tyrrell, who ranked third on the team in points despite only playing 12 games last year due to injury, makes her return as well. The Orange will also regain midfielder Sierra Cockerille and attack Emma Ward after each suffered season-ending injuries last year.

In 2021, when the Orange had Ward, Emma and Cockerille healthy, they defeated the Wildcats 21-13 in the semifinals before falling to Boston College in the national championship. Against Northwestern, the Tyrrell sisters combined for eight goals while Ward added three off the bench. For NU, Gilbert was limited to one score on six shots, while Scane managed four on nine attempts.

Syracuse and Northwestern have played at least once every year since 2006, including six times in the postseason. Syracuse had been 0-4 against Northwestern in the postseason, but dropped to 1-5 after last year’s one-sided showing.

After winning its first ever matchup in

2003, Syracuse didn’t win another game against Northwestern until 2014. Since then, Syracuse leads the head-to-head matchup 6-5 including postseason. Despite the fierce intra-conference dynamic over the past few years, there’s mutual respect between the two teams, Hawryschuk said.

When Syracuse lost last May, Hawryschuk walked back to her sideline in despair, freshly mourning her playing career. But, Northwestern’s Erin Coykendall was the first to approach her.

Having grown up 30 minutes from each other in central New York, Hawryschuk and Coykendall had battled since high school as two of the top recruits in the nation. With Hawryschuk leaving the field for the last time, Coykendall expressed her gratitude for their continued competition.

“We had the same feeling when my junior year ended on that field as well,” Hawryschuk said with a lump in her throat. “They want to go into that game with a little bit more of a fire under their belt because it’s a team we face so often.”

Northwestern winning two of the last three successive NCAA Tournament matchups is not lost on this year’s team, either.

“I think that’s definitely something that lingers in the back of our minds,” Meaghan said. wbmiller@syr.edu @wymill07

Opponent Preview: Everything to know about the Great Danes

By Anish Vasudevan senior staff writer

Syracuse scraped by Vermont 7-5 in its first game of the season, scoring four straight goals in the second period before the Catamounts rattled off four of their own. The final result was the least amount of goals the Orange have allowed since last season’s opener.

SU stays at the JMA Wireless Dome to face UAlbany, which defeated the Orange for the third time ever in 2022. The Great Danes have only scrimmaged Siena so far this season.

Here’s everything to know about UAlbany (0-0, 0-0 America East) before the matchup:

All-time series

Syracuse leads 17-3.

Last time they played

The Orange reached a new low last season when they fell to their first unranked team of the year, losing 14-12 at UAlbany on April 7, 2022. Despite being slated against the Great Danes’ third-string goalie Will Ramos, Syracuse converted on less than 25% of its shots for the third straight game.

“Yeah, it was easy,” head coach Gary Gait said when asked if he knew what went wrong on offense. “We didn’t finish.”

SU’s depth was beat up, starting the rainy game

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midrange spots consistently.

The balance between technique and confidence is something that Moore said he tries to learn from watching NBA players. Sometimes, Moore gets so focused on maintaining his technique that he loses confidence when shooting. Other times, the opposite happens, where he’s overconfident and loses the skills he spends so much time perfecting.

“It’s something I’ll always have to get better at,” Moore said. “But as times go there will be less and less of a margin.”

In his freshman year, Cardinal Hayes head coach Joseph Lods said Moore was routinely left unguarded from deep, since he was somewhat unknown at the time,

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cold. Over the next six minutes, the Orange stood at 19 points as they watched their lead and 7-0 start disappear into a six-point deficit by halftime.

Even Florida State’s shooters were open, rarely hindered by even an outstretched hand from Syracuse’s guards. With 7:18 left in the first half, Chandler Jackson passed the ball across the court to Cleveland, who easily grabbed it and made a 3-pointer to give the Seminoles a 21-19 lead. But Cleveland was only open for the shot because the left side of Syracuse’s 2-3 zone had collapsed. Florida

without Griffin Cook, Lucas Quinn and freshman Tyler Cordes. It stayed close but couldn’t cash in when the Great Danes led 13-11, missing on a manup opportunity before Tucker Dordevic Ramos saved his shot.

“It was just pretty sloppy lacrosse,” Gait said.

The Great Danes report UAlbany finished last season ranked 50th nationally, according to the NCAA RPI rankings, with its best win coming over the Orange. The Great Danes are returning top scorer Graydon Hogg, who notched a team-high 26 goals. He scored four of those goals against Syracuse, earning America East All-Conference Second Team honors at the end of the season.

Hogg was followed closely in scoring by Corey Yunker, who finished with 32 points in 2022. Yunker recorded at least one point in 12 games, and is an assistant coach for the Great Danes this season.

The Great Danes averaged 9.33 goals per game last year, which was fifth best in the America East. But they weren’t as strong defensively, allowing 14.86 goals per game, which was last in the conference. It’s unclear who will be in the cage for UAlbany, but Tommy Heller, who led the team with 75 saves in 2022, is back this year.

but he knocked down every open shot. He impressed college scouts too, Ty said, scoring 20-plus points in the final three games of the season.

“Most high school kids they’re streaky, they’ll make a few, they’ll miss a few,” Lods said. “But when he gets an open look it’s going in.”

The leadup to Moore’s freshman season coincided with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ty and Moore had relied on working out at parks, middle or high schools, but they had to switch lab locations once everything shut down.

Ty found a gym in New Jersey and the duo would drive an hour and a half away, train for an hour or two and then head back. Moore also grew significantly during that time and learned how to hammer the ball down in

State’s slow start became four straight made 3-pointers to close out the half.

Syracuse came out in the second half in need of a run. The beginning of the second half throughout conference play has been less than stellar for the Orange. But Edwards started the second half the same way he started the game, with a spinning rebound. Joe Girard III notched a layup of his own off of a steal and on the fast break. Without the big men on the court, Syracuse tried to ratchet up the pace, hoping to retake the lead before McLeod and Miller re-entered the game.

Girard nailed a 3-pointer to take a onepoint lead, but it quickly went away following

How Syracuse beats UAlbany

All signs point to the Orange having a genuine presence in goal this season with Will Mark posting 13 saves against Vermont, which was the seventh-most nationally at the Division-I level out of all goalies who played this past weekend. If Syracuse struggles again when the Great Danes start face guarding their best attacks, Mark’s performance in the cage will make or break SU’s escape from another embarrassment.

Johnny Richiusa took all the faceoff attempts for Syracuse, taking over the main role after Jakob Phaup’s departure. He gave Vermont’s Tommy Burke, who won a program record 269 faceoffs last year, a difficult challenge at the faceoff X, though he finished 7-of-16. Richiusa should have the upperhand over UAlbany’s Regan Endres, who couldn’t get the best of Phaup last season.

With Richiusa and Mark providing some stability, Syracuse’s offense needs to step up and at least score in the double digits. Finn Thomson showed how his addition to the offense could possibly be more important than Joey Spallina, since teams are going to do everything in their power to stop Spallina. He’ll need to step up again, feeding the ball to veterans like Owen Hiltz and Jackson Birtwistle.

The Orange won’t deal with any subpar weather conditions this time around as well, so there’s no excuse for turnovers or defensive mishaps late

transition instead of laying it in.

“While people were not knowing what to do, we kept working,” Moore said.

Moore followed up his freshman and sophomore year at Cardinal Hayes with strong seasons in the AAU circuit, playing for Wiz Kids. In the Adidas 3SSB tournament, he led all players in 3-pointers and 3-point percentage, averaging around 17 points per game. Teams started doubling him or shifting into box-and-one defenses to stop him.

Moore also developed poise with the basketball, Ty said, as he would dissect a defense, get to his spot at midrange and decide what the right finish is.

“People don’t talk about other aspects of my game,” Moore said. “When you’re a bigger guard, knowing when someone’s

a layup from Cleveland and a 3 from Green. For the rest of the second half, Syracuse battled from behind. Those open 3-pointers kept coming, and the Seminoles ended up going 9-for-35. McLeod kept getting feeds in from the high post and buried bucket after bucket deep within the 2-3 zone. But the Orange hung around, awaiting a quick run with nine minutes left in the second half in order to strike and retake the game. Girard started it off when he drove down the left side and pulled up for a fadeaway midrange jumper. Then, Jackson’s straighton 3 hit the back rim and the long rebound went to Girard around the 3-point line. He fired a pass up the court to Judah Mintz,

in the game. Instead, like it did on Saturday, SU needs to buckle down defensively and let the young offense do the heavy lifting.

Stat to know: 72.2%

Mark’s 72% save rate against Vermont was the third-best performance in the cage nationally this season. His play earned him Atlantic Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors and didn’t allow any goals in the second or fourth quarters.

Mark’s success on Saturday wasn’t something that Syracuse saw much of last year, making it even more crucial so early in the year against a team in Vermont that is ranked 30th in the country. His save percentage was also the best outing by an SU goalie since Drake Porter posted a 73.3% success rate against Binghamton on Feb. 14, 2020. Player to watch: Graydon Hogg, forward, No. 45 Hogg recorded back-to-back seasons with 38 points, though his shot percentage went down last year to 28.9%. Syracuse had an easier task against Vermont, who was without 2022’s scoring leader Thomas McConvey, but it will have to specifically stop Hogg on Saturday if it doesn’t want a repeat of last season. anish.sujeet@gmail.com @anish_vasu

coming, the touch on the pass and how much force you have to get it, people take that skill for granted.”

Moore’s electric offensive skills resulted in 26 points and seven assists against Mount St. Michael on Tuesday. Over the last five contests, he’s averaged close to 30 points per game. But he’s still a “regular high school kid” with braces and no facial hair, Moore said. He’s waiting for the biggest leap in his game, which Lods said usually comes between players’ junior and senior year, to be discovered in the lab.

“Going in the direction I’m going now, I feel good,” Moore said. “But I know I have a whole year to get stronger, get taller, god willing, and add things to my game.”

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who just a minute prior had notched his first basket of the evening. Mintz drove, with Bell as a tail, and sharply laid in a contested layup to give Syracuse a 62-56 lead. Miller and McLeod weren’t in.

In the second half, the Orange were doing the fast breaks, catalyzing doubledigit scoring runs and stopping passing underneath the basket. Neither Syracuse nor Florida State is known for closing out games. But the Orange closed out the win and did something they’ve had difficulty with all season: winning a conference game on the road. anthonyalandt@yahoo.com

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FROM THE LAB

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By Anthony Alandt senior staff writer

Caleb Mills couldn’t fi nd any daylight underneath. Any pass into the teeth of the 2-3 zone was going to end poorly. Benny Williams grabbed a potential pass intended for Naheem McLeod out of the air and showed the defense was in sync. That defense that allowed more shots behind the backend of the formation clamped down when it needed to — in the midst of a 10-0 run that brought the Orange up by as many as eight points.

The Seminoles’ regular starting five couldn’t compete with the skill of Jesse Edwards, but Baba Miller and McLeod were going to overpower Syracuse underneath the basket. They did so all game, until there were six minutes left in the game. Then, Syracuse stonewalled any comeback attempt.

Syracuse came o a solid win against Boston College, a win that ended a three-game skid. It shot well from around the court and rebounded well on both sides of the ball. That didn’t translate early against FSU, nor did it kick in until late in the second half. The poor defensive e ort, highlighted by McLeod behind the formation, led Syracuse (15-10, 8-6 ACC) into a hole. Then it stormed back in the second half, ultimately beating the Seminoles (8-17, 6-8 ACC) 76-67. Head coach Jim Boeheim threw his arms up in frustration and signaled for a timeout with 4:04 left in the first half. He’d seen enough after Matthew Cleveland cut into the free-throw line and was wide open at the top of the 2-3 zone. The last straw was when Boeheim saw Cleveland lob up a low pass to McLeod, who reached to his left and slammed down a dunk over Chris Bell on help-side defense.

Elijah Moore developed himself into one of the most prolific high school scorers at Cardinal Hayes High School. Now, he’s committed to the Orange

By Anish Vasudevan senior staff writer

Alab is where a scientist can be at their best, surrounded by beakers, test tubes or whatever else they need to experiment. Elijah Moore reaches his “lab,” Cardinal Hayes High School’s gym, by 5:45 a.m. most mornings. He has everything he needs for his own experiments: a basketball and a hoop. Someone just has to turn the lights on.

Moore’s go-to lab partner is his dad, Ty Moore, who helps him test tweaks to his shot and di erent ways to finish inside. Moore could be in there for 24 hours, but he has to leave himself time to get a sandwich before class.

“It brings us peace, it brings us happiness,” Ty said about the lab. “It’s not really work for us.”

The training has moved from schools to parks, occasionally bringing in other lab partners who shared the same goals as Moore. The work, from sharpening the minute details of his shooting form to mastering the pick-and-roll, transformed Moore into one of the most prolific high school shooters

in the nation. Now, he’s the first commit for Syracuse’s 2024 class, donning an SU shirt before and after games at Cardinal Hayes.

“Syracuse for me is like another home,” Moore said. “I’m definitely getting as many Syracuse things as I can to show o my commitment.”

The deep shooting, which earned Moore the nickname “Choppa,” originated from his scoring ability under the basket. In the lab, Ty said they start fi ve feet from the hoop before slowly working their way back because Moore watched videos of some of the all-time best shooters, specifi cally Ray Allen and Reggie Miller, do the same.

“You can’t walk into the gym and start chucking 3s,” Moore said. “It’s about muscle memory. Starting from close and making my way back is better.”

Basketball is an outside-in game now, but Moore’s inside-out approach was something he started doing at around 8 years old, Ty said. They usually spend 20-to-25 minutes in the lab near the free throw line. He doesn’t have to exert as much energy as he would shooting from deep, allowing him to focus on

his follow through and footwork. He learned to mitigate “little things” that prevented his shot from falling in — if your arm swings right, you’re going to miss right.

“Details matter,” Moore said.

Ty also taught Moore the pickand-roll at a young age, helping him understand “every option” that could stem from the play. He couldn’t use those skills until the end of middle school, which upset him, but Ty assured him that he would eventually showcase those skills. “There was never a chance for him to do a pick and roll or midrange,” Ty said. “I said ‘Elijah, trust me. There will be a time where you go to the Final Four on this shot.’”

As Moore developed, he studied professional players with Ty, mainly Devin Booker and Stephen Curry. When studying Curry, Moore doesn’t even look at the ball, focusing on how his footwork allows him to curl around o -ball screens and what he does when the shot isn’t there. Booker shares Moore’s 6-foot4 frame, and Moore noticed how the Suns guard can make plays with his back to the basket and get to his

It was a simple play call that FSU head coach Leonard Hamilton used throughout the first half; he was going to wait to see a Syracuse counter before changing up the approach. FSU would pass inside to a guard, likely Cleveland, on the high post and let the top of SU’s zone converge on him, which opened up McLeod in front of the basket for the lob and dunk. McLeod ended up with 16 points, all from inside the paint.

Syracuse hopped out to a 7-0 start to begin the game. The Orange tend to fall behind early, but from Edwards’ first spinning layup, the Orange were o and running. Each possession worked inside through Edwards throughout the first half, as Syracuse attempted to take advantage of the clear size advantage it had over Florida State.

The Seminoles responded quickly, opting for Miller and McLeod to counter the height disparity against Edwards. Soon, that quick spin and layup turned into an o -balance floater from inside the paint that softly fell short of the rim. Defensively, despite Edwards standing as the only Syracuse player averaging 10 rebounds per game, the Orange were outmatched. After just eight minutes, the Seminoles had seven o ensive rebounds.

With just under 10 minutes left in the first half, Darin Green Jr. misfired on a 3-pointer from the top of the key, the Seminoles’ 11th straight miss to start the evening. But Florida State got a loose rebound near the free-throw line and kicked it back out to Green, now standing a few feet to the right. He was wide open, and made the 3, cutting FSU’s deficit to 17-14.

Throughout the fi rst 10 minutes, Syracuse was in command. It would counter a made layup with a 3 or Edwards layup of its own. Then, following one of those successful Edwards layups, the shooters went

Elijah Moore committed to Syracuse over offers including Alabama, Oklahoma State and Arkansas. The four-star is the first commit in the Class of 2024. courtesy of ty moore