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Over 300 SU students gathered outside Hendricks Chapel Wednesday night for a candle-lit vigil for those killed or injured in Israel following attacks from Hamas.

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Hundreds of SU students attend peace vigil

By Samantha Olander and Faith Bolduc the daily orange

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undreds of students attended a “Peace Vigil for Israel” hosted by Syracuse Hillel and Chabad House Jewish Student Center outside Hendricks Chapel Wednesday night to honor those who died in Israel following Hamas’ attack on Israel Saturday.

The vigil included speeches and prayers from Hendrick Chapel’s Rabbi Ethan Bair, Director of Syracuse Chabad Rabbi Mendy Rapoport and students from SU’s Jewish community. Similar events have been held at college campuses across the country, such as the University of Rhode Island and the University of Michigan.

SU students and rabbis from Hillel and Chabad delivered messages of solidarity and compassion at the vigil

Bair said it is important now for the Jewish community to come together and pray for peace in Israel.

“As a rabbi, I constantly am in the tension of the particular and the universal,” Bair said. “There are moments when we need to lean into our own particular communities and give space for them, and there are moments when, like the UN, we can pray for world peace and lean into our universal values.”

Bair also warned Jewish attendees not to show bigotry, but to show an extra level of kindness to one another throughout the next few weeks.

“Tonight was important for the Jewish community to come together, in unity and solidarity, and also in kindness and compassion. And, just to remember that, just because our community is struggling a lot, we’re also not the only community see vigil page 4

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Brown, Moodie address local issues in run for county legislature

By Dominic Chiappone

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Candidates Maurice “Mo” Brown and Moise “Mo” Moodie are running for the Onondaga County legislature to represent the newlyredrawn 15th district, which includes Syracuse University’s South Campus, the University Neighborhood and parts of downtown Syracuse, the Southside and Southwest neighborhoods.

Brown, a Democrat endorsed by the Syracuse chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, will take on Moodie — an independent candidate endorsed by the Republican and Conservative parties — in the upcoming November election.

Both candidates are centering their campaigns for the county legislature on addressing economic inequality, Syracuse’s ongoing lead crisis and public safety.

Brown, a graduate of SU’s College of Visual and Performing Arts in 2019 and former member of the United States Army Reserve, built his platform on addressing long-standing issues within the city, mainly limitations in affordable housing and lagging public transportation.

“I just fundamentally believe you need a strong city center city core in order to have a thriving region,” Brown said. “Right now, you don’t see the city of Syracuse prioritized by the county legislature, and I think that’s a problem.”

Moodie said he aims to use his personal experiences as an entrepreneur, former New York City police officer and small business owner to better relate with county residents.

“With my educational background and with the different course that I went through … that allows me to be able to communicate so much better with people,” Moodie said. “One of the reasons why I’m truly running is because we’re all frustrated by seeing either a politician go up there and never do what they said they were going to do, or it’s just clear they’re out for their own personal interest.”

While neither candidate has served in public office before and are both running for the first time, Brown and Moodie explained how their

backgrounds in other sectors can still translate into representing voters and creating policy within the county.

Brown was born in Brooklyn and began his political activism in 2015 when he volunteered for Sen. Bernie Sanders’s campaign in the 2016 presidential election. He co-founded Uplift Syracuse — a progressive advocacy group that supports the community grid option of the Interstate 81 Viaduct Project — in 2017. Brown currently works as a success coach, or student advisor, at Onondaga Community College.

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New reps voice student, staff concerns to Board of Trustees

By Claire Samstag asst. digital editor

Syracuse University added seven new members to its Board of Trustees for the 2023-24 academic year, consisting of three faculty and staff members and four student-appointed representatives.

In their roles as representatives, the new members will work with the board and its committees on developing initiatives at SU based on their connections to the communities they represent.

Michael Speaks is the academic dean representative, Christine Ashby is the faculty representative and Kati Foley is the staff representative. Nathanael Linton is the law student representative and Qingyang Liu is the graduate student representative, while Dylan France and William Treloar are the two undergraduate representatives.

The Board of Trustees is the highest level of a university, and to be able to present issues on behalf of the student body is a great responsibility.

Nathanael Linton su law student

Linton, who serves as the law student representative to the board, was previously on the Academic Affairs subcommittee on the Board of Trustees when he was an undergraduate student at Pace University. In addition to his role on the board, Linton works with SU’s Student Bar Association to bring issues that he sees to be fit to its board. Linton said he relies on support from his peers to give him insight into the needs of students.

“The Board of Trustees is the highest level of a university, and to be able to present

issues on behalf of the student body is a great responsibility,” Linton said.

Over the course of this academic year, Linton hopes to successfully capture the voices of law students and bring awareness to what’s happening in their community.

“My background in the College of Law has given me the opportunity to see various aspects of the law student experience, and how that is unique to each and every law student,” Linton said.

France, another one of this year’s new student representatives, said she plans to use her experience as president of the Black Student Union to utilize and best encapsulate student needs on campus. France also serves as SU’s Student Association comptroller.

“I constantly hear different issues that students are having, especially students of color,” France said. “To be able to take those ideas … but also be able to just reach all types of students on campus, I think is a skill that I’ve gained.”

While France acknowledged the board’s work on the deadline for the university’s netzero sustainability goals last year, she said she wants to focus on initiatives relating to food services, transportation and reporting processes this year.

Ashby, a professor of Inclusive Special Education and Disability Studies and the director of SU’s Center on Disability and Inclusion, was chosen to represent SU faculty. Ashby said she’s also been involved in the Board of the Committee of Academic Affairs and the Board at Executive Committee to highlight the issues that SU faculty care about.

Ashby said that in her role, she hopes that board members will take issues into consideration when making decisions. Prior to board meetings, representatives share reports with the rest of the board, and then present and answer questions during the meetings, she said.

“It really is an opportunity to make visible for the members of the board, what faculty life is, what the work of faculty is, but also what are the key issues that faculty on this campus care about?”

Ashby said. “Really bringing that strong focus on the role of faculty and their central role in the academic enterprise, and making that come to life for the board, I think is the most important role.”

The new representatives include undergraduate, graduate and law students, as well as faculty and staff. cassandra roshu photo editor

One of the topics Ashby hopes to bring forward to the board is how the new Academic Strategic Plan gets operationalized.

Ashby said she’s curious about the roles of faculty and the individual schools and colleges, and how their roles will evolve over the next several years.

Another goal that Ashby has as a faculty representative is exploring SU’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, in light of the recent Supreme Court ruling that banned affirmative action. With the majority of her research and work related to inclusion, Ashby said she’s interested in how SU continues to advance DEIA students, faculty and staff with disabilities.

For Treloar, becoming an undergraduate representative was automatic when he was elected

as SA President in April. Before becoming President of the SA, Treloar served as Speaker of the Assembly last academic year.

“Being Student Association president is all about listening to student needs and creating action plans,” Treloar said. “It’s about advocating for what students are looking forward to in the administration.”

Treloar said his experience from SA translates to the “next step up” as an undergraduate representative, by continuing to put students’ needs at the forefront of his work.

“We’re here because we want to make sure that student needs are the top priority, and so the University under the Board of Trustees is responsive to what students want,” Treloar said. csamstag@syr.edu

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SU professors partner with Ukrainian veterans to give support

By Sofia Abdullina contributing writer

Syracuse University faculty have established a collaborative partnership supporting Ukrainian veterans as conflict persists between Ukraine and Russia.

SU’s partnership with the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation aims to provide Ukrainian veterans with legal consulting and expertise on security and conflict management, according to an SU news release. The faculty members involved in the partnership include veterans, researchers and professors with legal backgrounds. The partnership is looking to reduce problems within the country’s veteran population — many of which are occuring in the United States — before they start.

Vice Admiral Robert Murrett, deputy director of SU’s Institute for Security Policy and Law and a U.S. Navy veteran, is leading the partnership alongside James Baker, the institute’s director and a professor at SU, according to the release. Murrett said he first became involved in the partnership after meeting with Nataliia Kalmykova, director of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation.

“SU has exceptional capability to address veterans issues at all levels, and we should do all we can to assist Ukraine as they cope with a bow wave of Veterans in their society for the next several years,” wrote Murrett, professor of practice in Public Administration and International Affairs, in a statement to The Daily Orange.

Murrett assists the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation and the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine by helping provide resources from SU. Richard Naperkowski, a senior research fellow at the institute, is another faculty member involved with the partnership. Naperkowski is a U.S. Army veteran who now uses his experiences as well as research in an effort to provide Ukrainian veterans with knowledge on conflict and resolution.

“Ukraine, while they are in conflict, there’s a lot of administrative functions that they have to work out for the first time,” Naperkowski said.

Naperkowski said the team is using lessons learned from American history, including past global conflicts like the Global War on Terrorism and issues within the Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish the “ground works” of the partnership. Through consulting, the institute communicates its ideas to Ukrainian veterans for future implementation, he said.

We wanna get them ahead of the learning curve, so they don’t have the problems like the veteran suicide problem that we have here.

Richard Naperkowski senior research fellow

“We wanna get them ahead of the learning curve, so they don’t have the problems like the veteran suicide problem that we have here, the funding issues that we see all the time, the backlog of customers that they can’t support,” Naperkowski said. “We’re trying to teach them all of the lessons we’ve learned, so that they will have a better product for large populations that’s going to need it fairly soon.”

Maria Cudowska, a faculty fellow at the College of Law, was another initial faculty member at SU involved with the partnership.

Originally from Bialystok, Poland, Cudowska said her hometown welcomed many Ukrainian refugees, a critical reason behind why this project is important to her.

“Just seeing that and witnessing that — effectively witnessing history — made me think that collectively as a society and as academics, we

SU faculty are working with Ukrainian veterans to consult on security and veterans resources in the midst of ongoing conflict with Russia. daily orange file photo

need to be thinking about ideas that could be life-changing and helpful to the populations that we serve,” Cudowska said.

Cudowska, Naperkowski and Murrett all expressed their desire for the war to end soon, and for the partnership to continue helping veterans in the future.

“It would be important to secure continuity and in order to do that, you need dedicated people, you need people who have that awareness and who have that sensitivity,” Cudowska said.

Despite the uncertainty of the war’s future, Naperkowski said he envisions the partnership will continue to expand its help for Ukraine.

“While they’re still fighting the war, it’s kind of a question of how things are going to turn out. In the meantime, all we can do is try to give them resources and try to support them in upholding things like the rule of law in their country,” Naperkowski said. sabdulli@syr.edu

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that’s struggling, and to extend that compassion to others as well,” Bair said.

Mia Gottesman, a freshman at SU who has family and friends in Israel, worked with Syracuse Hillel and Chabad to plan the vigil. Gottesman spoke about her personal experience on the steps of Hendricks Chapel.

“Seeing my friends get posted on social media because they’re missing was terrifying, watching videos of my friends running and hiding out in bomb shelters was gut-wrenching, receiving texts from friends saying ‘I’m going in, I love you, I will be back,’ was and still is terrifying,” she said.

Tonight was important for the Jewish community to come together, in unity and solidarity, and also in kindness and compassion.

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On Saturday, Hamas launched an attack in Israel, killing more than 1,200 people and taking approximately 150 people hostage, including some United States citizens. Israel declared war on Hamas on Sunday in response to the attack.

Hamas is a militant group that is currently governing the Gaza Strip, although Palestine has not had a parliamentary election since 2006, before much of the current population would be able to vote.

Since the attack, Israel has responded by bombarding the Gaza Strip and putting the territory under siege while shutting off its electricity, according to NPR. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

Netanyahu said the country would “return fire of a magnitude that the enemy has not known.”

President Joe Biden on Wednesday called Hamas’ assault against Israel the “deadliest day” for Jews since the Holocaust.

There are no reports of SU students, faculty or staff in the area being “in harm’s way,” according to a Monday campus-wide email from Chancellor Kent Syverud.

“This ongoing, complex, and escalating conflict will affect members of our community, here on campus and abroad, in deeply personal and lasting ways,” Syverud wrote in the email. “I ask every member of our community to extend kindness, respect, and compassion to those who are suffering and grieving.”

SU’s Student Association condemned Hamas’ violence in Israel in a Wednesday email. SU has approximately 2,500 undergraduate Jewish students and 500 graduate Jewish students, according to Syracuse Hillel.

“We, the Student Association, stand for all humanity and peace, and we condemn the violence against innocent Israeli and Palestinian civilians,” SA President William Treloar wrote in the email. “We must promote unity in our campus community through recognizing the humanity in both Israelis and Palestinians.”

While seven spoke at the vigil, there were also moments of silence and prayer. Students spoke out about their personal experiences following Saturday morning and how their families are moving forward.

Tal Yechezkell, Israel co-chair for Syracuse Hillel, said one of his friends is an Israeli soldier who has gone missing on the frontlines.

“I’m an Israeli citizen, first and foremost.”

Yechezkell said. “I’m a Jew, I have friends and family in Israel. I have a friend on the frontlines who has been kidnapped and I’m praying for his survival and to return home safely.”

Emma Burke, the other Israel co-chair who spoke at the vigil, said she attended in honor of the lives lost including one of her own friends.

She said the vigil was an important sign of unity within the campus community.

The vigil was organized by Hillel and Chabad, two Jewish student organizations on campus.

Rabbis from both organizations attended. griffin uribe brown staff photographer

“Even in these dark times, people are willing to put their differences aside and come together to support the Jewish community and their friends in times of need,” Burke said.

All the speakers at the vigil underscored the importance of unity and positivity, calling for a continued sense of community in SU and beyond.

“Just as we all feel the pain that the Jewish people feel over there, the opposite is true as well. The positivity that we have here will be felt there,” Mendy said.

Beyond those who spoke at the event, hundreds of other students in attendance also had personal connections to the attack.

“I’m here because my two best friends from my childhood are in Israel right now fighting to protect our homeland and our people,” said Sophie Katz, a sophomore in SU’s Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.

Mariana Godinez-Andraca, a junior studying public relations and psychology, said she

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candidates roughly 64% of the vote against former candidate Tim Rudd, the city of Syracuse’s budget director.

Mary Kuhn, a Democratic legislator who represents Onondaga County’s 7th district, said Brown’s openness to engage in political dialogue and grasp of the role of a county legislator makes him qualified for the position.

“He will be very constituent service-oriented, and that is a very strong aspect of what he can provide, (and) what he can bring to the legislature,” Kuhn said. “In what he says he will do, he does.”

Moodie graduated from Binghamton University with a degree in psychology and sociology in 2003, then earned a master’s degree from Binghamton in social science with a concentration in public administration. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Moodie worked as a police officer in New York City and as a banker in Washington, D.C. A house fire in 2019 led Moodie and his family to move to central New York, where he has now worked as a local entrepreneur and tech salesman.

Moodie said his diverse ethnic background of being Black, Latino and Caucasian combined with his various work in other industries allows him to connect the most with county residents.

Holly Grant, a resident of the Westcott Neighborhood in Syracuse, said she thinks Moodie’s background in business and law enforcement as well as general experience stands out compared to a “typical” politician.

“I think those are good life experiences that he can bring. He has multiple perspectives that he can draw from to really get deeper into issues that will help people,” Grant said.

Grant said affordable housing and Syracuse’s ongoing lead crisis remain top issues for residents based on conversations she’s had with her neighbors. The incoming aquarium at the Syracuse Inner Harbor, an $85 million project the county legislature approved in August 2022, also persists as a focal point for public discussion, she said.

Brown has publicly opposed the aquarium and called for its funding to be used to solve current issues, particularly lead poisoning among Syracuse children. Brown’s campaign also centers on improving public transportation across the county. He emphasized the need to invest in transportation in the wake of investments from companies like Micron Technology in the central New York region.

“Transportation is directly correlated with someone’s commute time, is directly correlated with their ability to get out of poverty and to move classes socially,” Brown said. “Our transportation system here is woefully inadequate.

It is, in some aspects, a joke, but we can have a thriving transportation system.”

Kuhn said Moodie has talked about wanting

Democrat Mo Brown and Independent Mo Moodie are competing for Onondaga County Legislature’s 15th district. cassandra roshu photo editor

to organize parent-teacher organizations and coordinate with them to define policy for entities like the Syracuse City School District. Moodie did speak at a meeting with Moms for Liberty, a far-right group that advocates for removing topics such as race, sexuality and gender identity from public school curriculums.

Moodie’s platform centers on economic development through investments in housing and general infrastructure. He is specifically campaigning on a tax credit initiative for county residents and a business corridor program to promote entrepreneurship that will rehabilitate deteriorated or underutilized retail spaces.

Moodie said he also wants to invest in the county workforce through expanded career development. If elected, he plans to hold periodical town hall meetings to consistently engage with all his potential constituents, regardless of their political belief.

“Mo’s background as a police officer and small business owner attracted us to his candidacy,” Debra Cody, executive director for the Onondaga County Republican Committee, wrote in an email statement to The D.O. “His support for strong public safety, job training, and stable housing are important for the 15th district and we applaud his commitment to the community.”

The candidates differed in their stances on county policing after an Onondaga County deputy shot and killed two Syracuse teenagers in DeWitt on Sept. 6. On Oct. 3, Onondaga County Chief Police Deputy Matthew Fischer confirmed that Onondaga County police are looking into changing the existing body camera policies following the shooting.

Brown opposed the sheriff’s office’s proposed multi-year, $15 million contract that, if approved, would include upgrades to body cameras and tasers. In 2020, Brown said he advo-

cated for the Syracuse City Common Council to pass the “Right to Know” law, which aimed to impose stricter rules on how police can engage with residents, among other regulations. Brown called for greater investments to address poverty as a means of reducing crime.

While Moodie said he supports the proposal, he said his primary goal in policing is to create better community relationships between officers and residents.

1961 Republicans have maintained the majority in the Onondaga County legislature every year since 1961 except for a 2-year period.

State Senator Rachel May, who represents SU’s campus and the city of Syracuse, endorsed Brown during his primary run and said he assisted in training her to run for office. May said she first met Brown back when he was in the Army Reserve, and said she appreciates his military background and his ability to interact with people regardless of their background.

Grant said Moodie has also been visible and accessible through his involvement with the local community. She said Moodie’s “willingness to get out there” and connect with residents makes him an appealing candidate.

Bill Kinne, the current Democratic legislator for the 15th district, said that whoever is elected

came to the vigil in support of her Jewish friends and people in Israel.

“It breaks my heart seeing so much violence going on in the world and this is the best thing I can do besides donations to show my support from so far away,” Godinez-Andraca said.

Adrian Levi Mazin Tassani, a student originally from Spain, described the vigil as a way to feel closer to home. He said since he could not feel the comfort of his family during this time, he came to the vigil to spend needed time with the Jewish community.

Dylan Weintraub, a senior studying Television, Radio and Film at SU, said he has family in Israel and has felt pain resonate on campus. Weintraub said he was grateful to see the amount of support on campus through Wednesday’s vigil.

“Without a doubt, if we don’t support each other, you’re not one as a campus,” Weintraub said. “This is the most important time together as a student body.” news@dailyorange.com

will need to address how they solve issues with lead poisoning, affordable housing and crime.

Kinne, who is currently running for Onondaga County Executive against incumbent Republican Ryan McMahon, said redistricting will be a substantial factor in this year’s county legislature elections. In 2021, county lawmakers approved a redistricting plan that added more neighborhoods around the SU area in the new 15th district.

Kinne’s advice to both candidates included taking time to learn about the position and fulfill the complete roles the county legislature position invokes.

“I’ve always felt that the basic requirements are two-fold. One, you attend the meetings of the committees you’re assigned to and two, you respond to your constituents when they contact you, either by phone, email (or) letter,” Kinne said.

Kinne noted that particularly for Brown, the challenge as a Democrat would be overcoming the long-time Republican majority in the county legislature. Since 1961, Republicans have maintained majority rule in the legislature over Democrats for all but one two-year term, Kuhn said.

Moodie said he wants to work with county residents regardless of political background, and that he can “bridge the gap” between Republicans and Democrats. He said Brown could face political limitations given the Republican majority makeup of the county legislature.

“Nothing will change if Mr. Brown becomes elected just by the nature of who he is and the endorsements that he has and the enemies that he’s made,” Moodie said. “I actually am in a position to make change. My opposition is not.”

Moodie and Brown will participate in a candidate forum on Oct. 23 at the Petit Branch Library in Westcott, which will be moderated by the League of Women Voters. The forum, hosted by the Westcott Neighborhood Association, will run from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

General elections will be held on Nov. 7. Early voting will take place between Oct. 28 and Nov. 5.

With the election drawing near, Moodie said he will continue pitching himself as politically unaffiliated so he can connect with all residents.

“We need someone who’s going to be a dynamic leader, that’s going to be able to have the humanistic side plus the economic side plus the law enforcement side, and the ability to do management, to make sure that we are being seen, heard and represented,” Moodie said.

Brown will also look to make his case for creating solutions for long-lasting problems that the county and city have dealt with for years.

“I want to make sure that we become a thriving region, (and) make sure we’re taking care of our people,” Brown said. dcchiapp@syr.edu @DominicChiappo2

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SU alum Sarah Gross recorded her latest album ‘The Killjoy’ at the legendary Dreamland Recording Studios

By Abby Presson

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arah Gross didn’t intend to record her latest album. Driving through the Hudson Valley last year with her band, Gross made a pitstop to visit a friend, whose connections to a recording studio meant they’d be able to record just a couple of songs.

Mid-recording, the computer in the studio began experiencing technical difficulties, something that would typically spell the end of a session.

Gross’ friend called her boss at the studio who, as an apology for the difficulty, was able to get them in at another nearby studio to continue recording.

Because of this, the computer mishap turned into what Gross would describe as “the greatest Christmas miracle in the world.”

They were sent just down the street to Dreamland Recording Studios, an old church-turned-studio that had, over the years, hosted artists like The National, Sufjan Stevens and Regina Spektor. Gross and her band had known they were near Dreamland but also knew they had no way to get in or afford it.

Now, they had a recording session there.

Determined not to waste the chance, Gross and her band recorded for 12 hours until about 3 a.m. The accidental marathon recording session would go on to make up the bulk of her newest album, “The Killjoy.” The parts that weren’t recorded at Dreamland were completed later in her bedroom studio on Long Island.

“We were still really fresh in our tour, we had that new tour glow, and we knew the songs really well,” Gross said. “We were excited about them. So we recorded most of the project live. A lot of what you hear on the album is the band playing at the same time, all live together.”

Gross is currently touring New York state with her band on part one of The Killjoy Tour following the album’s Aug. 31 release. The tour takes the folk singer-songwriter through Syracuse, stopping at Funk ‘n Waffles on Thursday, Oct. 12 for a performance with guest Stephen Phillips.

Gross graduated from the sound recording technology program at Syracuse University’s Setnor School of Music in 2022, but prior to SU had never pictured herself as a performer. She’d been looking for a school that allowed her to have a concentration in music so that she could try and get professional vocal lessons or participate in clubs and choirs, but once she was exposed to the campus house show scene, she knew she wanted to perform.

“Once I realized that people were coming to see original music on the weekends and bringing their friends and having a good time, and there were safe spaces to create art, I totally caught the bug. I started a band,” Gross said.

Now, over a year after her graduation, she still has the bug. “The Killjoy” is her second album, following “Songs from the Passenger Seat,” which she released while still at SU. She defines her music using a series of analogies.

“My little joke is ‘if Sheryl Crow had bangs and maybe was queer,’” Gross said. “The more professional term I use is Americana pop, kind of Brandi Carlile meets John Prine meets Kacey Musgraves.”

The album is a collection of songs spanning two years of Gross’ life. Tracks like “Brooklyn (Only Rains)” and “Liar” were written during her last two years of college, while others — “State I’m In” and title track, “Killjoy” — were written the summer following her graduation.

Feeling the uncertainty and rapid change toward the end of college life, compounded with the lack of a clear next step, Gross relied on her music to

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Before coming to SU, Sarah Gross never saw herself as a performer. After being introduced to the school’s house show scene, she decided to pursue a career. courtesy of liam morgenstern

express and capture her feelings.

“I needed to surrender to that feeling of ‘I’m not really sure where I’m going to go, but I have to trust that it’s all going to work out and it’s all going to fall into place,’” Gross said. “I think every song on that record talks about that feeling in some sort of way.”

Jackson Masters, a 2023 SU graduate, began playing guitar for Gross and her band after becoming friends with her during college. When “The Killjoy” was released, he recalled listening to the record with Gross as she explained what the overall record and what the songs meant to her.

“Every song on that record is very much introspective, and it tells us the story of the current chapter of her life,” Masters said. “She puts a lot of her life into her music, but a lot of her life is making music.” see gross page 6

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Students gather to ‘Chalk the Walk’ on National Coming Out Day

By Kelly Matlock

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Rainbow chalk art of fishes, flowers and hearts decorated the sidewalk on the Shaw Quadrangle Wednesday alongside chalk messages reading “I LOVE WOMEN!,” “I LOVE EVERYONE!” and “I LOVE MEN!” “(National Coming Out Day is) a space for people to be who they are even if they just choose to do it for one day,” said junior Abby Traska. “It’s a day of celebration and being open as yourself.”

National Coming Out Day was established by the Human Rights Campaign in 1989 on Oct. 11 to commemorate the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

Pride Union and the LGBTQ Resource Center collaborated this year to organize the “Chalk the Walk” on the quad.

Passersby stopped at a nearby table to make a tie-dye shirt and grab a colorful pin adorned with pronouns and additional rainbow art. Pride Union President Brian Cohen manned the table. Cohen came out as gay when he was 11. He said he feels fortunate that he did so in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which he called an accepting community.

Cohen said being queer at SU has been a largely positive experience. He noted the time and effort SU puts into the LGBTQ Resource Center as well as affinity groups organized by the school.

However, he described the social life at SU as very binary, especially in regard to “going out” culture and Greek life.

“As long as you find good pockets of people, your people, it’s been a good experience,” Cohen said. “I’ve made some good friends, thankfully, (in Pride Union).”

Pride Union, SU’s main LGBTQ social club, puts on events such as drag shows, paint nights and more to foster community at SU.

During their first year on campus in 2021, junior Traska felt Pride Union could have been doing a better job with campus engagement.

They wanted to avoid other people having that same experience, and now Traska is the executive secretary for Pride Union.

Like Cohen, Traska found “the right group of people.” They wanted to get involved and help others to be comfortable with themselves because it took Traska a long time to get there. “(I want to) build space for them to feel comfortable and I feel like we’re doing a pretty good job,” Strasak said.

Traska came out as asexual and nonbinary during their freshman year. They started coming out by shaving their head and letting people in their dorm know what their pronouns were.

They began to “settle into a new rhythm of life.”

Cohen emphasized the idea that not every queer person needs to come out. Although National Coming Out Day promotes a stronger visibility among queer people, the process of coming out can be complicated.

“It doesn’t have to just be about the act of actually announcing your identity to people.

There’s a lot of factors and reasons why someone might not feel comfortable or safe to be doing that,” Cohen said. “But you can still come out to yourself. You can still embrace who you are to yourself.”

Chinmayi Joshi is a second-year graduate student in the School of Engineering and Computer Science. She identifies as bisexual and said she never officially came out. She talks about her identity if it comes up, and told her friends about her identity when she was 20, but never made a large announcement.

“I come from a country where this is not very normalized yet. I think we are in the process of

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getting normalized, being queer,” Joshi said. “It was a little shocking for my friends … But they were all very supportive, all of them.”

Joshi said “Chalk the Walk” was her first queer event on campus. As an international student, she said events like these help her feel included and find a community.

Freshman Emily Lemberger said she grew up attending a small Catholic school. While going to school there, she came out to her friends and lost a friendship when she did. “(Events like this) happening here at this school — at my last school, this did not exist,” Lemberger said. “It’s a big school. I didn’t know anybody when I got here, so I felt like I got a fresh start.”

Emmett Kobasa also saw SU as a new start. For him, National Coming Out Day is

important because it helps “baby queers” who just came out to feel accepted, as well as providing an opportunity for allies to support the queer people around them.

Kobasa identif ies as a tra ns ma n on the non-bina r y a nd asex ua l spectr ums.

He came out when he was 12 and found a suppor tive communit y w ith his fa mily a nd g irlf riend. A s a n a r t st udent, he joked his major involves “all colors of the rainbow ” and said his experience at SU has been accepting. “(Events like this) are super important, especially for students who don’t really have a solid group,” Kobasa said. “It fosters a sense of community.” kellyamatlock@icloud.com

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from the studio

Helen Zughaib’s exhibit is a celebration of family strength

By Olivia Boyer

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While many view the War on terror as a source of fear, Helen Zughaib saw it as a way to have her voice heard. Through multiple collections of art, Zughaib showed her history and righted the world with her beautiful, yet poignant pieces.

“With 9/11 we ended up of course, as you know, a lot of anti-Arab sentiments in the news and the media so on so forth, and as artists, our voice and someone trying to combat that the only way really know how,” Zughaib said in her Artist Talk on Wednesday, Oct. 4.

ArtRage Gallery, a local art gallery in Syracuse, is known for displaying art from underrepresented artists. This exhibit is titled “Stories My Father Told Me: Memories of a Childhood in Syria and Lebanon.” Each work is gouache, a light watercolor and ink on canvas. These bright works are accompanied by a recollection of her father’s childhood. The gallery begins with a painting of Zughaib’s father telling her these stories and ends with their family leaving for the United States.

Zughaib’s work is far from unknown. Her work has been displayed in notable locations such as the Congressional Library and U.S. Embassies and was gifted to world leaders by former President Barack Obama.

Although her work has gone far and wide, Zughaib was born in Beirut, Lebanon, having fled from the Lebanese Civil War in the 1980s.

She was told she’d come back in one week at the time of her departure but didn’t return home until 35 years later.

Due to the nature of her departure from Lebanon, much of her work emphasizes shoes.

“For me, shoes represent two things. They represent writing to your dreams and running from danger. So I think that is the duality that chooses to hold,” Zughaib said.

The shoes have a personal meaning to Zughaib as well. When her family was fleeing from Lebanon, her sister dropped her shoe. Being an older sibling, she was faced with the decision to either retrieve the shoe or continue running as she was supposed to. She never revealed which choice she made.

Kimberley McCoy, an organizer for this exhibit, believes Zughaib speaks to the Syracuse community. Zughaib has many ties to the city since she graduated from the College of Visual and Performing Arts and has family in the area.

“This exhibition is very personal for her,” McCoy said. “Helen’s work overall talks a lot about the Arab world and tries to break down stereotypes, and just be a bridge for cultural understanding and acceptance.”

Many of the attendees to Zughaib’s artist talk were characters in her personal life, with family, friends, colleagues and fans all in the audience.

Pam McLaughlin, a board member at ArtRage and someone who’s worked with gouache herself, was amazed by Zughaib’s work, both through the artistry of the painting and the meaning.

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“(The artwork) shows such a beautiful life, we’re no different, there’s a family, there’s a story, there’s struggle, there’s having babies, there’s going on picnics, there’s travel, there’s going to a different place, there’s rituals that continue the culture forward,” McLaughlin said. “It’s humanizing.”

Outside of her artwork, Zughaib also works with multiple federal agencies aiding refugees.

Recently, she worked with the State Department to aid refugees in Switzerland. She primarily

helps refugees produce art of their own histories, emphasizing the importance of their stories.

“This guy comes up to me from Libya. He had been on (refugee boat) and he survived,” Zughaib said. “I said, ‘Where were you sitting? Do you remember where?’ He said ‘I can never forget where I was sitting.’ So he told me he wanted to give (his drawing) to me. I said ‘no, this is your history. This is for you.’” oliviaboyer@dailyorange.com

music column

Drake’s ‘For All the Dogs’ cements his role as rap’s toxic loverboy

By Harry Sutton music columnist

On Oct. 6, commercial rap’s playboy poster child, Drake, released his eighth studio album, “For All the Dogs.” The highly anticipated project was marketed as an accompaniment to his Instagram caption-style poetry book, “Titles Ruin Everything,” in July. The perennial superstar has remained relevant as ever, coming off a massive tour with 21 Savage.

Although “For All the Dogs” features an eclectic roster of trap megaproducers like 40 and Tay Keith, the biggest takeaway from the album is Drake’s toxic persona. With every new album, the child-actor-turned-popstar seems to compound his reputation as rap’s corniest womanizer.

Despite being a father, whose 5-year-old son even features on the outro of “Daylight,” the first words Drake chose to put on the record were a sarcastic monologue where he denied that he could have treated his ex any better. Moments before beginning the record’s opening verse on “Virginia Beach,” Drake remarks, “I coulda treated you better, that’s crazy / Nope.”

On the track “Tried Our Best,” Drake raps about a terrible relationship. He sings “Leave you at home if I wanna have a good night / Leave you at home if I wanna have a good time,” before crooning about how he “Treated you right,” with Ty Dolla $ign adding vocal support. Across the record’s 23 tracks, Drake produces some occasionally witty bars but the vast majority of his lyrics are toxic, masculine vitriol.

Even on tracks with brilliant melodies, crafty production or smooth, flowing verses, Drake simply can’t avoid littering cringy lines everywhere he goes. The fi nal verse on the intro track is tarnished by the line “Put a baby in you, you a hot mom,” and on “Members Only,” Drake sings, “Feel like I’m bi ‘cause you’re one of the guys, girl.” from page 5

gross about. It’s something that happens frequently to Gross — she’ll write a song and not understand in the moment where it came from, but look back on it later and realize the emotion or moment that had inspired the lyrics.

At the time, Gross said, she’d been doing a lot of inner child work in therapy, and the song had allowed her to work through her feelings about reflecting on who she was when she was younger and coming to terms with having grown up. The track is her favorite song she’s ever written.

“For me, it’s really a staple of progress and growth that I had on my own journey, personally, separate from music, and I always look back on it and sing it with pride,” Gross said. “Even though it is a very sad song, and it sounds like a defeatist song, it actually is something that reminds me of all of my little victories that I’ve made in the last year.”

During the creation and development of the album, Gross would send voice memos to her

“For All the Dogs” spans almost 90 minutes, becoming Drake’s third album in the last five years to feature 20-plus songs. While Drake has been highly prolific since his 2016 hit parade “Views,” his recent records have settled into a formula. These bloated albums full of features from the biggest names in music always lead to trendy songs and streaming dominance, but a vast majority of the songs won’t be replayed in a few months.

The record is full of the trendiest artists in the game right now, like the significant contribution of Working on Dying producer BNYX (pronounced Benny X), the undeniable SexyyRed feature over a PinkPantheress-esque breakbeat and the reggaeton collab with Bad Bunny, where Drake sings in Spanish about how much he likes watching women twerk.

“For All the Dogs” also seems to serve as an extension of some of Drake’s most recent releases, including his two previous albums (“Honestly, Nevermind” and “Her Loss”), his 2023 standalone single “Search & Rescue” and his feature on Travis Scott’s “Utopia.” Most of the album serves as an extension of the sleek and dark sonic palette of “Search & Rescue,” thanks to the stamp marked on the record by BNYX, who also produced the single.

In the last few years, the Philadelphia producer has made his way to the top of the rap industry by producing for Yeat, whose trendy gibberish rap also appears on the album. The rage-rap crossover, “IDGAF,” sounds like a typical high-octane Yeat song, marred by an awkward Drake feature.

Plenty of the album also continues the tone of Drake’s feature on Travis Scott’s “Meltdown” which ranked No. 1 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop charts after its release this July. The track hinged on menacing lyrics and a punchy beat switch, a format that was often emulated on much of “For All the Dogs,” most noticeably on “First Person Shooter” featuring J. Cole. friends to share what she was working on and hear their thoughts. Lauren Goodyear, a 2022 SU graduate and occasional vocalist in Gross’ band, remembered getting texts from Gross with songs.

“Sometimes I’m surprised randomly with voice memos, and then I’d wait the whole day to listen to them,” Goodyear said. “Because I’m like, ‘I don’t know what this is gonna do to me,’ so I need to be alone and really soak it in.”

Prior to releasing “The Killjoy,” Gross had been playing shows in parts of New York, doing festivals and opening for other artists. But when she was preparing to drop the album, she knew she wanted to do a tour with her band as a chance to revisit the songs on the record.

Between avoiding the sweat of touring in the summer and her love of upstate New York in the fall, the timing of the tour came together for Gross, who had been planning it for about four or five months.

While on tour, she began posting videos on her TikTok that she calls her “Gig Diaries.”

Every show is something new and different

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Lil Yachty features on the third to last song, delivering a sleepy rap verse with some questionable lyrics, but the verse ends up being his least memorable contribution to the record.

Yachty appears on a handful of tracks for ad-libs and production, very similar to his appearance on last year’s “Her Loss.”

Aside from when he was given the mic, Yachty’s assistance on “For All the Dogs” certainly added some spice to the sound, particularly on the rare highlight “What Would Pluto Do” (a song dedicated to Drake’s longtime friend, Future). Towards the tail end, Drake’s dance influence from “Honestly, Nevermind”

appears on tracks like “Gently” and “Rich Baby Daddy,” making the album slightly disjointed but also producing songs that are primed to do major streaming numbers.

Even with melodious features from SZA and Teezo Touchdown, a sizzling rap verse from J. Cole, a Frank Ocean sample and spoken word appearances from legends Snoop Dogg, George Clinton and Sade Adu, Drake didn’t do himself many favors while putting “For All the Dogs” together. Aside from proving how difficult it must be to date Drake, this album says a whole lot of nothing.

for her, so she wanted a way to commemorate the performances and share the experience with fans and people curious about the life of a touring performer. It’s her way to ritualize the process of getting ready and the performance itself, she said.

To Gross, performing is a special thing. As someone who’s a self-described “very socially anxious person” and normally doesn’t do well in big crowds, she finds it ironic that her job is to stand on stage in front of an audience and share personal songs.

Many of her recent shows, though, have been more intimate. Gross said the smaller venues make it feel like she can talk to the audience about the songs and her interpretation of their meaning.

“There’s so much community when you get to perform live,” Gross said. “It’s such an interesting experience because you’ll never get those same people in one room again, ever, and you have to take advantage of that.”

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Leveling the field

The lack of female representation in student media organizations around SU can discourage journalists from pursuing the sports track

By Angela Meissner

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rowing up in my house, a typical fall Saturday morning was marked by waking up to the brisk smell of autumn, fresh eggs, bacon and hot pancakes being prepared in the kitchen, with the looming background noise of passionate male sportscasters debating game prospects on ESPN’s College Gameday.

I grew up a huge college football fan which fostered a later dream to pursue a career in sports broadcasting.

Before arriving at SU, I knew that entering a male-dominated industry that serves a largely male-dominated audience would inevitably be challenging. But I was not prepared for the large disparities between male and female representation within the school’s student organizations.

As a freshman, I attended large interest meetings for on-campus student organizations like the ACC Network and CitrusTV. They were packed wall-to-wall with students, both male and female.

But as the semester progressed, I noticed fewer female peers consistently attending meetings and showing up at the studios to cover sports.

The Daily Orange is no different. There are some female writers in the newspaper’s sports section, but none are currently on the editorial staff.

While it is important to recognize that opportunities and awards are given to students based on talent and not solely gender, we must confront the fact that the culture of our student organizations can discourage female journalists from pursuing the sports track. Women need to see themselves reporting on the sidelines, in press boxes and studios, and that starts at the student level.

Chloe Smarz, a junior broadcasting and digital journalism major and CitrusTV “‘Cuse Countdown” anchor, said “it can be very overwhelming to walk into student media organizations and be surrounded by men. It’s intimidating regardless of what anyone says.”

She said we need to work to ensure that “these environments are welcoming, understanding, and willing to push for more representations of women behind and in front of the camera. It’s getting better but more can be done.”

The lack of female sportscasters, and females in sports media generally, can impact the content being covered. The media meets the demands of viewers but can also create demand. Without female broadcasters and writers fighting for more coverage of female athletics, there will always be a greater emphasis placed on male sports, reinforcing the idea to female athletes — and women everywhere — that sports are and should continue to be a male-dominated activity and industry.

My entire childhood I wondered why viewers seemed to care so much about men’s sports, and significantly less about women’s sports. Was it because female sports games were typically lower-scoring and

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inherently less competitive? Did this make them less interesting to watch? Why did every game of every round of men’s March Madness seem to be a full house while there were empty seats at the women’s championship game?

Women need to see themselves reporting on the sidelines, in press boxes and studios, and that starts at the student level.

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Inadequate coverage of female athletics can harm overall female empowerment. Sports icons serve as inspirations to people everywhere, even outside of their respective sports. Serena Williams, for example, is an advocate of social change, and a symbol of strength and resilience that lots of women admire.

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able that we would produce more female sports icons that women everywhere could look up to.

More needs to be done at the professional level to fix this issue since it’s not getting better. A 2021 Sports Media Racial and Gender Report Card done by the Associated Press Sports Editors found that 83.3 percent of sports editors, 82.2 percent of columnists and 85.6 percent of reporters were men.

But student organizations don’t have to reflect this trend. They have the power to seek to educate their current members on the importance of gender diversity; many people do not understand the harms of a lack of female voices in studio rooms and on editorial staffs. Student organizations need to cultivate environments where female students feel like their voices are heard and valued.

If current members better understand the demand for female voices in sports media, a shift in the way sports media culture views women will naturally follow.

SU’s student organizations are the future of the professional world. We need to hold our student organizations accountable to empower female students to fight for equal coverage and opportunities as their male peers. We need to ensure that we foster an environment that values women in the industry.gela Meissner is a sophomore Broadcasting and Digital Journalism major. Her column appears bi-weekly.

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Beat writers agree on 3rd straight loss to No. 4 Florida State

By Daily Orange Sports Staff

Syracuse failed its first Atlantic Coast Conference road test. The 40-7 trouncing to then-No. 14 North Carolina was the 13th loss of 30 points or more under head coach Dino Babers, moving his record against ACC teams to 19-41.

On Saturday, SU takes on No. 4 Florida State, who is on pace to make its first College Football Playoff since 2014. The Orange haven’t beaten the Seminoles since 2018 and have never beaten them in Tallahassee.

Led by quarterback Jordan Travis, the Seminoles have scored at least 31 points in each of their five wins this season. Babers said Monday that last year’s game against FSU, a 38-3 loss that marked SU’s worst game of the season, showed him the importance of name, image and likeness when it’s done right by a major program.

Here’s how our beat writers think Syracuse (4-2, 0-2 ACC) will fare against Florida State (5-0, 3-0 ACC) on Saturday:

Anthony Alandt (5-1)

2023 was if the Orange had taken the next step to getting on par with top tier ACC teams. The last two games echo a resounding “no.” So, I think the narrative going into Saturday isn’t what SU needs to do to pick up a win against a national championship-caliber team, it’s what it needs to do to look competitive.

Although Garrett Shrader clarified Tuesday that he felt the offense had an identity, players and Babers have said after the last two losses that their individual gameplans simply didn’t work. Shrader played his worst game this season against Clemson. Trying to run the ball against North Carolina didn’t work, then that was nearly completely removed from the call sheet. I just don’t see the Orange creating a cohesive identity in a week and executing it against a National Championship contender.

Florida State is led by Travis and a defense with eight upperclassmen and three redshirt sophomores. Expect Travis to flame the defense, and unless Syracuse can play complete offensive football, FSU’s defense will stifle the Orange.

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irreplaceable role in shaping him as a man.

“To this day, I’ll remember him no matter what and what he’s done for me,” Wickham said.

“It just stays with you.”

Wickham developed enough to earn a call up to Trinidad and Tobagos’s U15 team. He competed in an invitational tournament in the Cayman Islands and also went to CONCACAF U15 in Mexico.

In Sept. 2017, Gail and Wesley moved the family to Toronto. Wickham signed with Toronto FC and attended Blyth Academy. Because he hadn’t been released from Toronto FC, Wickham said he wasn’t eligible for Trinidad and Tobago’s U17 squad despite receiving an offer.

But once Wickham finished high school, he could compete for his country again. While Mars said he only coached him for about two months with the U20s, Wickham displayed a strong commitment to the program.

“Every time we were at practice, he would ask for the extra shot and extra round of drills,” Mars said. “That makes the difference in any and every professional player.”

Wickham’s peak in international soccer thus far was representing Trinidad and Tobago at the CONCACAF U20 World Cup Qualifiers in summer 2022. Wickham helped Trinidad and Tobago to the Round of 16 before falling 4-1 to Costa Rica.

Guided by multiple high-level coaches in Trinidad and Tobago, Wickham has rapidly developed as a goalie. His goal is to one day

wickham adopted the habits of going to bed on time and eating a healthy breakfast.

While Anthony taught Wickham the basics, his game was elevated by Nigel Neverson — a legendary soccer coach in Trinidad and Tobago.

Wesley searched the country for another coach that could help develop his son before being directed toward Neverson. Gail said Neverson kept a close training group and didn’t take just anyone. But Neverson saw the “drive and talent” that Wickham displayed and was glad to work with him, Gail said.

“His legacy means a lot back in Trinidad,” Wickham said.

Neverson was “brutally honest” in teaching Wickham. The pair worked on more in-depth skills such as positioning while fending off an attack and diving techniques, Wickham said.

Over time, the two developed a close relationship. Gail and Wesley said they noticed a profound impact on Wickham from Neverson’s coaching.

“He always kept in contact with us, with Jahiem to see his progress,” Gail said. “Indeed, Jahiem has been gone from the country for a bit but he’s made sure to keep him at the forefront of (Neverson’s) mind. I would say that (Jahiem) was probably one of the best connections and relationships that (Neverson) had there.”

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jumbo set head coach Dino Babers, the play allows SU to overcome a smaller offensive line to convert short-yardage plays. While Syracuse (4-2, 0-2 Atlantic Coast) is just 2-of-6 on fourth-down conversions, it ranks 17th in the nation with a 49.4% third-down conversion rate.

“It’s from the past. It’s from the archives,” Babers said.

Syracuse has already lost David Wohlabaugh Jr. to a season-ending injury while Joe More and Kalan Ellis have played sparingly for the offensive line. The unit has been challenged with four new starters up front under first year coach Steve Farmer.

The jumbo package, however, gives them an advantage. Despite players being unfa-

Seminoles skewer Oranges Florida State 52, Syracuse 7 The Seminoles are building steam while the Orange are deflating. Babers acknowledged Syr-

miliar with the formation, it’s worked, leading to three rushing touchdowns from Allen.

Jr. against WMU. Babers worked on the west coast for 12 seasons, with schools that had trouble recruiting bigger offensive linemen. He said he’s used the formation in the past, and Beck’s experience as the offensive coordinator at Simon Fraser, a university in British Columbia, helps the play. Canadian football utilizes 12 players with pre-snap motion that is prevalent on Syracuse’s goal line packages.

The play has also allowed freshmen to see playing time. Rashard Perry and David Clement have lined up as the tight end in the backfield. Perry played offensive line at Bennett High School, while Clement was a blocking tight end at Christian Brothers Academy in Albany, New York. Villari, who is seeing his first true playing time in his fourth year, cycles in frequently as the extra blocker.

acuse’s lack of depth as a recurring issue down the stretch, citing the transfer portal as why. But, when asked about SU’s handling of NIL, he didn’t want to address it. Florida State has done more than address it, they’ve embraced it.

FSU is averaging the sixth-most points in all of college football (42.4) behind Travis, who owns the third-highest PFF passing grade in the ACC behind Drake Maye and Tyler Van Dyke. Next to him, running back Trey Benson is a bruiser with big-play abilities, scoring six touchdowns on a ridiculous 7.6 yards per carry (sixth in the nation). The two create a brutal 1-2 punch in the backfield at all times. Quite simply, Syracuse does not have the size or skill up front to contain those two playmakers all game long.

Things could get ugly.

Maye beat the Orange defense at every level last weekend. For Syracuse, the depth is gone, as usual.

Florida State, meanwhile, has a full offensive line and multiple players who just got off the injury report. This will be a mauling. Just like Maye did last week, Travis could have his best game of the season against a battered Syracuse secondary.

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Just get to the bye Florida State 38, Syracuse 10 The gauntlet is almost over. Syracuse just needs

play for the national team and make a name for himself, he said. But through his personal journey to success, he’s remained grateful for Neverson and Anthony’s advice.

“They both taught me different things and with being in different countries, (they

taught me) just how to adapt,” Wickham said.

“Everything I knew from them, just a support system and how big it was, I will always remember that.”

“It’s good to get in there and be in there in one of the most physical times of the game,” Clement said.

Clement called the play Syracuse’s version of the “tush push,” a goal line play that the Philadelphia Eagles ushered into the National Football League this season. He said the Orange have done a good job at executing the play, with the goal of keeping the line moving and winning the line of scrimmage. Defenses have adjusted after SU’s display against Western Michigan, typically bringing in an extra defensive lineman.

Though Shrader said he hasn’t used the formation since Mighty Mite football — when he was the center — he said he’s enjoyed being a part of it with Syracuse. The goal, Shrader said, is to involve the “big guys,” creating one-on-one scenarios for the running back. The seven linemen will dive on their man while the tight end or

fullback in the backfield picks up the strong side defensive end. Allen Jr. does the rest, barreling downhill on a linebacker to gain the extra yard.

The Orange have since adjusted the play, and Shrader said they’re continuing to add new wrinkles so that they can do more than just run up the middle. In its following four games, Syracuse has sent Damien Alford or Umari Hatcher out wide to pull a cornerback off the pile while working in play actions to pick on aggressive defenders. Clement has seen the formation before with a fullback in his position, yet never with defensive linemen.

Whatever the changes may be, the play isn’t going anywhere.

“It’s definitely fun to get all those big guys in there and go get a yard or two,” Shrader said.

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2021. Last year, his defensive presence led Syracuse to nine clean sheets over his 19 games played.

“We are proud of him today for what he’s doing on the other side of the ocean,” Sveijer said.

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their 27 games. Sjoberg decided to leave while on vacation in Alabama for spring break. Adrian Roseth, his best friend on the squad, announced he was transferring to St. John’s. Sjoberg followed suit.

“The main reason he wanted to leave was to have a decent chance to get drafted,” Kjell said.

Sjoberg connected with a handful of schools around the country, including Oral Roberts, Loyola and teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Yet, Syracuse stood out. Katarina had relatives who emigrated to western and central New York in the early 20th century. A few attended SU in the 1940s and 1950s. Kjell said it was an excellent opportunity to advance his education while continuing his soccer development.

Sjoberg quickly became a fixture on the backline for the Orange, starting in 17 of 18 matches in

to get to the bye week without losing any more players to injuries. Against UNC, the Orange lost defensive end Denis Jaquez Jr. for the season.

Forget about trying to win the game because No. 4 Florida State, in front of about 70,000 fans, will beat the brakes off the Orange. The lack of receiving production and a shaky offensive line will once again hurt SU against defensive playmakers like Renardo Green and Jared Verse.

To be fair, the Seminoles haven’t played like worldbeaters against some of the ACC’s mediocre teams. On the road against Boston College, probably the conference’s worst team, FSU won in a 31-29 nailbiter. Last week against Virginia Tech, the Seminoles allowed a 99-yard touchdown return and made the game much closer than the final score (39-17) indicated. Plus, their season-opening statement win against then-No. 5 LSU looks less impressive each week.

While Florida State may be weak on the road, it still has Travis, Benson and wide receiver Keon Coleman. With one of the better run blocking units in the conference, the Seminoles will run Benson down SU’s throat and have an efficient day on offense. Syracuse can rest up during the bye before playing mediocre teams like Virginia Tech and Boston College.

Despite early success in the 2022 ACC Tournament against UNC, a lower-body injury kept Sjoberg out for the remainder of the season. Following Syracuse’s National Cham-

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pionship run, Vancouver selected Sjoberg in the third round of the MLS SuperDraft.

Instead of joining the team immediately, Sjoberg opted to rehab and play one final season with the Orange. He will join the Whitecaps at preseason camp in January 2024. Amidst 15 new transfers, Sjoberg’s familiarity has provided a boost to SU’s defense.

“He has that confidence, and his distribution is terrific,” head coach Ian McIntyre said.

“Having Buster back and having him available for selection on a consistent basis will be very important as we go down the stretch.”

For Sjoberg, it’s one more chance to refine his skills before going pro, a goal he’s had since first watching his sister play.

“I try to be myself on the field, doing what I do best,” Sjoberg said. “The coaches do a good job of putting me in positions where I thrive.” max.tomaiuolo@gmail.com @max_tomaiuolo

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Buster Sjoberg stuck to soccer over bandy, chose to play in U.S.

By Max Tomaiuolo staff writer

Buster Sjoberg watched his older sister Elvira from the sideline. At 4 years old, Sjoberg was too young to attend her soccer club. But Sjoberg desperately wanted to play. So, he joined.

“It worked out very well. He became a favorite among other teams, especially among the leaders on his sister’s team,” said Kjell Sjoberg, Buster’s father.

Playing up with Elvira spurred the start of many athletic accomplishments for Sjoberg. After playing for IK Sirius in Sweden during high school, Sjoberg started playing for Wofford College in 2019. Two years later, he transferred to Syracuse for his junior season. Now, as a team captain in his third and final season with the Orange, Sjoberg has played in 11-of12 games and recorded SU’s lone goal in a 1-0 win over then-No. 13 North Carolina. Upon graduation this winter, Sjoberg will join the Vancouver Whitecaps of Major League Soccer, who drafted him with the 71st pick in the 2023 MLS SuperDraft.

Like Elvira, who played center-back for Division I Swedish women’s soccer, Sjoberg excelled defensively. He joined IK Sirius, a highly regard-

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In three years at Syracuse, Buster Sjoberg has started 40 of his 47 games thus far and is an irreplaceable piece of the Orange’s backline

ed Swedish soccer academy, when he was 15.

For three years, Sjoberg played weekly matches domestically and occasionally traveled to the Netherlands and Denmark for games.

“He’s got the instincts to defend. That’s not so common,” said Conny Sveijer, the developmental

director of Sirius Academy. “Every player wants to score goals and be the big, famous hotshot, but not Buster. He’s put in a very big effort to defend the goal.”

Sjoberg’s defensive skills translated to other traditional Swedish sports. He played handball, floorball and bandy — which is similar to hockey, but uses a ball instead of a puck and a larger rink. In 2015, Sjoberg was selected to participate in a U16 Swedish National bandy camp. Katarina Sjoberg, Buster’s mother, remembers that when he was 16, Sjoberg won Swedish championships in soccer and bandy with his school in a one-month span.

While many of his high school bandy teammates chose to play professionally throughout Scandinavia and Russia, Sjoberg pursued soccer.

After winning the U19 regional title with Sirius soccer, Sjoberg played at the Swedish Premiership and Championship levels, the most competitive leagues for his age. Sjoberg later appeared in 40 games for Sirius’s U21 team before moving up to Division 2 competition for Gamla Upsala SK in his hometown of Uppsala, Sweden.

“He’s always been first to the pitch, and always left the pitch later than the other guys.

He’s very polite and was nice to train because he always wanted to do his best,” Sveijer said.

Sjoberg attended Celsiusskolan, a sportsfocused high school. When he graduated in 2018, Sjoberg told his parents he wanted to play collegiate soccer in the U.S. Kjell and Katarina were shocked.

After consulting with an agent, lawyers and relatives, Sjoberg’s parents gave him the green light. Sjoberg enrolled at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Though he grew up learning English, it took time for Sjoberg to get used to American culture.

“The first time I sat down with the team at lunch, I understood some things, but there were some things I didn’t. I think learning and really speaking and understanding everything was the biggest adjustment at the beginning,” Sjoberg said.

During Sjoberg’s two years on the team, Wofford struggled. The Terriers won just five out of

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women’s soccer

SU’s winless streak in ACC play punctuated by injury woes

By Aiden Stepansky asst. digital editor

Emma Klein had been the model of consistency for Syracuse.

The junior midfielder led the team with 32 career starts, including every game in 2022. But after her second game of the 2023 season, a 3-0 win over Siena, Klein suffered a lower-body injury against Auburn.

This season, six players on SU’s 24-player roster have been sidelined at some point, resulting in a lackluster 0-5-1 start in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The injuries have led to drastic roster changeover. Syracuse has made two player changes and multiple position swaps since the season opener. It’s translated to inconsistent results for Syracuse, failing to build on last year’s .528 record — the best during Nicky Thrasher Adams’ tenure.

The injury plague hit Syracuse before conference play began on Sept. 15 against Miami. It began with Klein, forcing the Orange to switch formations and move players out of position.

On Sept. 24 against Virginia Tech, starting left back Kate Murphy collided in the air with VT’s Lauren Gogal. Murphy sustained a head injury, ruling her out for the rest of the matchup. She missed the next three games against Clemson, Wake Forest and Louisville, which moved Alyssa Abramson from right to left back.

“It’s definitely frustrating as a whole team, knowing one person is down now or another,” Abramson said. “The starters know we need to put our best foot forward.”

With such rapid rotation, SU’s mainstays must adjust their play as well. With a lack of chemistry among the constant changes, the

Syracuse’s winless season in ACC play stems from injuries. In 2023, six players have already been sidelined at some point. ryan p. jermyn contributing photographer

team has had to focus on communicating.

Goalkeeper Shea Vanderbosch has been affected by the unexpected changes, Adams said.

Following her career-high 16 save performance against then-No. 3 ranked Florida State, Adams said “it does stink that we’ve had to rotate so many people in front of her (Vanderbosch).”

Injuries have changed the way SU practices. Due to limited personnel, it can’t scrimmage 11-on-11, taking a safe approach to stay healthy. The training sessions attempt to mentally prepare the players with discussions on positioning while conserving health.

“We still do some hard practices sometimes,” Abramson said. “But we definitely do a lot of film based on the team we are going to play and manage our practices around that.”

Though largely detrimental, the injuries have provided opportunity to multiple players, like defender Kendyl Lauher, to assume larger roles with the team.

When Klein went down, Lauher entered the starting lineup. She started six games in 2022, but wasn’t in the starting lineup to begin the 2023 season. She gradually morphed into a regular, starting games against Cornell, Harvard, Fairfield, Miami and Florida State. Since a knee injury against the Seminoles, Lauher has not played.

Midfielder Liesel Odden, who started just three games before 2023, was inserted into the lineup against Miami. Facing FSU, she opened the scoring in an eventual 3-2 loss.

Forward Raia James entered her senior season without a start, not even recording a single shot.

But, against then-No. 17 ranked Wake Forest on

Oct. 5, she slotted a shot into the bottom left corner to put Syracuse up 2-0.

“Raia is one of those kids that shows up everyday,” Adams said. “She might not get the playing time others get, but it was a fantastic goal and she deserved it.”

However, James’ score came before the height of the Orange’s injury woes. A crucial, five minute sequence in the second half relinquished an SU lead and perfectly summed up the challenges it has faced.

Trailing 2-1 with 16 minutes remaining, the Demon Deacons pushed forward. Midfielders Anna Swanson and Emily Murphy played a give-and-go at the edge of the 18-yard box, teeing up a left-footed effort from Swanson. The shot sailed over the net.

Yet, on a possession that seemed positive for Syracuse, Abramson, Erin Flurey and Anna Rupert all had lower leg injuries. Abramson and Rupert stepped off. Flurey stayed on in visible pain but was later substituted, not returning.

One minute after play halted, Wake Forest forward Hannah Johnson equalized. The nightmarish five minute period ended with forward Aysia Cobb landing awkwardly after attempting a header. She was helped off by trainers and remained on the bench.

At half time, Syracuse led the Demon Deacons 2-0 before a familiar storyline unfolded. For a struggling ACC team competing against some of the best competition in the country, the slew of injuries have only pushed the Orange further back.

“You got to commend these girls for waking up every morning and wearing the Syracuse uniform with the ultimate pride,” Adams said. “Fighting tooth and nail to represent this university in the best way through fight and grit.” amstepan@syr.edu @AidenStepansky

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Opponent Preview: What to know about No. 4 Florida State

By Wyatt Miller

senior staff writer

Florida State is the final test in Syracuse’s midseason gauntlet. After starting 4-0, the Orange faltered in Atlantic Coast Conference action, losing their last two games by a combined 50 points to Clemson and then-No. 14 UNC. In both games, highly touted opposing quarterbacks picked apart Syracuse’s secondary.

Cade Klubnik dismantled SU at every level, and Drake Maye had 442 yards — the second-most passing yards in the nation last weekend — and three touchdowns. FSU quarterback Jordan Travis presents similar challenges in terms of dual-threat dominance and deep ball prowess.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Syracuse’s (4-2, 0-2 ACC) third conference showdown at No. 4 Florida State (5-0, 3-0 ACC):

All time series

12-2 Seminoles lead

Last time they played

Last season, Travis dominated the Orange, throwing more touchdowns than incompletions.

Syracuse lost its fourth-straight game 38-3 and weren’t competitive throughout. It took Florida State just eight plays to lead 7-0, and the Orange offense was shut down completely.

Garrett Shrader had less total yards in the game (63) than FSU gained on that first drive (72). In two-and-a-half quarters, Travis completed 21-of-23 passes for 155 yards and three

touchdowns to put his team up 35. He also added 21 yards and a touchdown on the ground. Trey Benson, who returns as the starting running back, rushed for 163 yards on 9.1 yards per carry.

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In its last two games, Syracuse has lost by a combined 50 points. SU’s next opponent, Florida State, is perfect through five games.

Meanwhile, the Orange rush attack was unusually inefficient, as Sean Tucker was held to 52 yards and Shrader finished with -2. It was a beatdown in every facet of the game, and FSU has improved significantly since then. The Orange, meanwhile, are dealing with the same lack of depth that’s plagued them for years.

Last season, Travis had his most efficient passing performance against Syracuse during what became a six-game win streak to close out the Seminoles’ season. SU was in the midst of a massive losing streak.

The Seminoles report

Florida State has won some close games this year, but it’s still the ACC’s best team. Blowing out then-No. 5 LSU in week one established the Seminoles as a potential playoff team. But then, they had to sweat out two-straight one-possession wins against Boston College and Clemson.

They finished both, but the games showed some cracks in the armor on defense.

Offensively, FSU is among the most dynamic and versatile units in the country. Travis’ athleticism allows him to throw in and out of the pocket, designed or not. On the outside, 6-foot-4 receiver Keon Coleman dominates the red zone, scoring six touchdowns through five games.

There is no way to contain all the weapons in this offense, so SU will have to pick its battles.

Coleman will dominate any 1-on-1 matchup with Syracuse’s corners, making safety help a priority at all times. That will limit SU’s usual blitz heavy schemes. The Seminoles have significant physical advantages on both sides of the ball. They are an all-around good football team that wins games they’re expected to, and this is one of them.

How Syracuse beats Florida State

It would take a minor miracle for Syracuse to win this game based on its performances the past two weeks. The Orange set season-lows in passing and rushing yards against Clemson, and then again versus UNC. Although, the Seminoles one weakness this season has been defending the run. If the Orange get down early and Shrader tries to pass his way back in, they will lose badly.

The read options have to be well-executed.

If they aren’t, it leads to negative plays that will force Syracuse to throw downfield, which hasn’t been effective recently. Shrader and LeQuint Allen Jr. have to break tackles consistently to create their own yardage, because the offensive line won’t provide much. If all those things hap-

pen, then Syracuse could compete with FSU. To pull off the upset, the Orange will also need to have a trick or two up their sleeves in Tallahassee. The Dan Villari trick pass was a start, but now everyone has seen it. Babers and company will need to employ some original trickery for Saturday. FSU is a 17.5-point favorite for a reason – Syracuse has to pull out all the stops to get a win.

Stat to know: 20-for-20

Florida State is one of five Division I teams to score on every trip to the red zone this season.

The Seminoles have scored seven rushing and eight passing touchdowns, adding five field goals inside the 20. Up until its loss to Clemson, Syracuse was first in the nation in red zone defense.

Over the past two games, it has fallen to 11th (.650). When the Seminoles are driving, they’re nearly impossible to stop, and Syracuse fared poorly in that area against Clemson and UNC.

Player to watch: RB Trey Benson

Benson averages the sixth-most yards per carry in the country (7.6) and has scored seven touchdowns in five games. The 6-foot-1, 220-lb running back wears down the defense in the trenches before breaking them with big runs.

Last weekend, he erupted for 200 yards and two scores on just 11 carries, including an 85-yard touchdown. Benson and Travis together in the backfield is a big play waiting to happen, and Benson has hit his stride just in time for Syracuse. wbmiller@syr.edu @wymill07

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TRINIDAD’S TEACHINGS Jahiem Wickham has kept three clean sheets for SU. He perfected his skills in Trinidad and Tobago under two of the nation’s most respected coaches.

By Cooper Andrews

asst. sports editor

T

he U11 Trendsetter Hawks were struggling defensively. When the academy team from Trinidad and Tobago traveled to Toronto, Canada, for a tournament in summer 2013, Jahiem Wickham knew what change had to be made.

“One game we were really conceding a lot of goals, and I hate losing,” Wickham said. “So I was like, ‘I’m going to go in goal and try to stop them from scoring.’”

Head coach Anthony Wickham didn’t stop him. A cousin of Wickham’s, Anthony taught him the basics of goalkeeping, including catching and putting his body behind the ball, Anthony said.

Wickham learned quickly. By February 2014, he led the Hawks to a National U11 Championship, posting a clean sheet in a 2-0 victory over St. Clair Coaching School.

“As the last line of defense, Jahiem showed that he can go out there, compete and stop a lot of goals,” Anthony said. “I think any other goalkeeper might have (allowed) maybe four or five goals.”

Anthony trained Wickham past the U11 level. A strong support system of local coaches helped transform him into a Division I player. Now, he’s part of Trinidad and Tobago’s National Team player pool, waiting for a call-up to the senior team. At Syracuse, Wickham has been thrust into a starting goalkeeper role. In his first three starts, Wickham recorded shutouts, leading him to win Atlantic Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Week.

“He is going to have a great future anywhere he decides to play,” said Rayshawn Mars, Trinidad and Tobago U20 goalkeeper coach. “We are keeping our eyes on him for future representation (with) Trinidad and Tobago.”

Despite being born in the United States, Wickham is eligible for Trinidad and Tobago through his parents, Wesley and Gail Balkissoon-Wickham, who are natives of the country.

When Wickham was around 9, his family moved from Turks and Caicos to Trinidad and Tobago.

Wesley said his work in telecommunications causes many moves. But he believes Wickham has learned to adapt through his parent’s travels.

“It contributes a lot to how Jahiem is today,” Wesley said. “We travel a lot, we fit into different cultures as we go. So, for him being humble and obtaining that sort of knowledge from different cultures, I think that contributed to him being the way he is.”

Once they moved to Trinidad and Tobago, Wickham started training with Anthony. Gail described Anthony as a “staple” in Trinidad and Tobago’s soccer community who uses soccer to help kids stay out of trouble. “(Anthony) was the one that everyone looks up to in the community,” Wesley said. “It’s easy to get involved. He leaves no one behind.”

Gail said Anthony pushed Wickham, helping him ease into the position.

“Ever since I grew up under (Anthony), he always was my mentor,” Wickham said. “He is always looking out for me in soccer, teaching me the basics and stuff like that.”

Anthony instilled a mentality in Wickham to stop the ball at all costs. In training, Anthony had Wickham work on stopping crosses, coming out of the box to secure loose balls and saving shots from the top of the 18-yard box.

Anthony said Wickham initially struggled saving shots from different angles because of his inexperience. He hadn’t needed to utilize his hands before.

“I think that was giving him a little trouble,” Anthony said. “So, we had to work on that aspect.”

Anthony taught Wickham discipline while helping him mature. From a young age, Wickham see wickham page 10

jahiem wickham has represented Trinidad and Tobago on the international level for the U15 and U20 levels but now he’s waiting for a call-up to the country’s first team. After earning the starting job at Syracuse, he’s well on his way. courtesy of shaun fuentes | ttfa media officer

Every time we were at practice, he would ask for the extra shot and extra round of drills. That makes the difference in any and every professional player.

Rayshawn Mars TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO U20 GOALKEEPER COACH

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SU improved its goal line play by implementing the jumbo set

By Anthony Alandt senior staff writer

During fall training camp, Syracuse offensive coordinator Jason Beck approached the offense with a new plan for short-yardage scenarios.

The Orange were coming off a season in which they converted just 36.6% of third downs and 41.7% of fourth downs. Hindered by a typically under-

sized offensive line, SU needed to mix something up to continue drives.

Beck told the offense they would install a goal line package with “a lot of bigger people to help push that line.”

The Orange wanted more bodies to help create openings big enough for LeQuint Allen Jr. to charge through.

With 9:01 left in the first quarter against Western Michigan, Beck debuted the play.

49.4% SU’s 49.4 percent third down conversion rate ranks 16th nationally since it introduced the jumbo set to its offense

He lined tight end Max Mang on the left as an extra linemen while Jakob Bradford went right. Garrett Shrader rushed to the line of scrimmage and crouched beneath J’Onre Reed. Behind him sat Dan Villari, Allen Jr. and defensive lineman Elijah Wright in a T formation. Villari motioned to the right, setting up as an extra blocker for Allen Jr. Wright was in a three-point stance a step

in front of Allen Jr. to his right.

Shrader handed the ball off to Allen Jr., who easily scored, giving the Orange a 10-3 lead.

Though Shrader said after a 40-7 loss to then-No. 14 North Carolina that Syracuse is still searching for an offensive identity, the jumbo play has been effective through six games.

Dubbed a “throwback” formation by

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