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Geraldine Williams recently celebrated her 50th year working at Syracuse University. Originally from Tennessee, she’s worked in food services for five decades.

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Syracuse’s Common Council is consideirng pay raises for themselves, the mayor and the city auditor. The councilor position last saw an increase in 2001.

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S • At a crossroad

At 3-6, Syracuse football is the only team in its conference that hasn’t won against a Power 5 team. Our beat writer thinks it’s time to realize SU is middling out.

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elections 2019

McMahon wins county executive election

Fitzpatrick wins 8th term as county DA

By Emma Folts

asst. news editor

Several leadership positions in Syracuse and Onondaga County were up for grabs this Election Day. After polls closed Tuesday evening, former refugee Chol Majok earned his spot on the Syracuse Common Council, while long-standing incumbent District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick maintained his seat for an eighth term.

53%

Percentage points incumbent DA William Fitzpatrick won with as of midnight.

RYAN MCMAHON delivers his victory speech with his wife Caitlin and children by his side. He was elected as county executive on Tuesday night with 55% of the vote, defeating his Democratic challenger. elizabeth billman asst. photo editor

Here are the results of Tuesday’s Common Council, DA and county comptroller elections:

Common Council

By India Miraglia and Gabe Stern the daily orange

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nondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon defeated Democratic challenger Tony Malavenda on Tuesday night by more than 9,000 votes after counts were delayed by about an hour.

The Republican incumbent won with 55% of the vote during New York state’s 2019 general elections Tuesday. Tom Dadey, Onondaga County Republican Party

For the last year we’ve been building partnerships. There’s so many people to thank in this room.

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chairman, announced McMahon’s victory around 11:30 p.m.

Two minutes later, dozens of supporters lined the side doorway to the ballroom as McMahon and his family walked in.

“For the last year we’ve been building partnerships,” McMahon said. “There’s so many people to thank in this room.”

The announcement came about an hour later than originally expected. After polls closed, the Onondaga County Board see mcmahon page 4

on campus

SU professors, activist study city eviction cases

By Emma Folts

asst. news editor

A Syracuse tenant left everything behind when she was evicted. As she and her seven children were moving out of their home, her landlord allegedly threatened to make her life a living hell because of a newspaper article she had participated in.

The tenant told Palmer Harvey, co-founder of the Syracuse Tenants Union, that the landlord continues to harass her even after she’s been evicted.

Harvey was interviewing the tenant as part of a pilot eviction case study she’s conducting with Syracuse University professors.

The study is following 30 people over the course of a year, with most of the participants found in eviction court.

“No one knew how many people were going through any of these things and what the stories were,” Harvey said. “Some of the stories I’ve heard from the tenants is just mind-boggling.”

About 11,000 Syracuse residents are evicted from their homes each year, according to city data. Nearly 25% of residents move at least once a year, with the percent reaching 35% in some city census areas.

The researchers are working to understand the factors that contribute to evictions, said Evan Weissman, PALMER HARVEY (LEFT) AND JAIME HOWLEY co-founded the dan lyon senior staff photographer see evictions page 4 Syracuse Tenants Union.

Majok’s election to the 3rd District council seat makes him the first former refugee to hold an elected office in the city and county. Majok fled civil war in South Sudan when he was 8-years-old, will now represent a district that encompasses much of Syracuse University’s South Campus and the city’s Southside neighborhood.

As of 11:13 p.m., Majok won by about 82% of the vote and defeated Emad Rahim of the Working Families Party. Majok defeated incumbent Councilor Bryn Lovejoy-Grinnell and Rahim, a former refugee from Cambodia. Lovejoy-Grinnell was endorsed by the Democratic Party. Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh endorsed Rahim.

Councilor-at-large Michael Greene and School Board Member Rita Paniagua won two of Common Council’s at-large seats. Greene and Paniagua were running against Libertarian Party candidate Thomas Babilon, Green Party candidate Frank Cetera and Republican candidates Jason Zeigler and Norm Snyder. Greene and Paniagua each earned about 34% of the vote.

One at-large seat belonged to Steven Thompson, who served as at-large councilor for four years before losing in the 2019 democratic primary.

Democrat Patrick Hogan will return to the Common Council as a representative of the city’s 2nd District, which includes the northwest part of Syracuse. Hogan won by about 83% of the vote, beating Bill Bass of the Green Party and William

see elections page 4

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Work in pogress University Senate members discuss plans to fix financial holds affecting student enrollment.

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regional news Here is a roundup of the biggest news happening around New York state.

MEDICAID SPENDING Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that growing Medicaid spending is a “major problem” in New York state.

His administration is considering spending cuts to address a $3 billion or $4 billion shortfall for the 2019 fiscal year, an issue he attributed to expensive long-term care among other things. source: syracuse.com

VENUE CLOSURE Wysockis Manor, a Cicero event venue, is set to close in 2020. A wedding Facebook group posted about the venue’s sale on Nov.1, listing the manor’s sale price as $675,000. Sixteen engaged couples who selected the manor as their wedding venue were notified of the closure. source: syracuse.com

IPAD VOTING

Pasta and politics Syracuse residents gathered for pasta at the Our Lady of Pompei School in Syracuse’s Northside neighborhood. The dinner is an Election Day tradition, with nearly 6,000 hand-rolled meatballs and 700 pounds of pasta. County Executive Ryan McMahon and District Attorney William Fitzpatrick attended, among other local politicians..

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Onondaga County implemented 400 iPads at local polling places to sign in voters aiming to cast their ballot in the county general election.

A $750,000 state grant enabled the Onondaga County Board of Elections to purchase the devices this year. The technology will reduce paper costs and the amount of employees needed to work the polls. source: syracuse.com

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Councilors consider pay raises for themselves

By India Miraglia asst. news editor

Syracuse Common Councilors will introduce legislation enacting pay raises for the city’s mayor, auditor and councilors.

City officials are paid less than those in other bigger cities across New York state, said City Clerk John Copanas, at an Education and Human Development Committee meeting on Friday. The committee meeting was held to discuss the possible pay raises.

“There’s no question that Syracuse is really out of line and way too low in all categories, the mayor, the Common Council and the auditor,” Copanas said.

The raise would increase the mayor’s pay by $15,000 to a $130,000 salary, Syracuse.com reported.

All nine councilors would be paid $30,000 — an increase of $8,776 — and the council president would be paid $33,000, an increase of $8,592.

The auditor’s salary would increase by $9,899 to $63,000.

In central New York, the average pay for city general employees — which includes the positions of mayor, Common Councilor, council president and auditor — for the year 2018-19 was $42,809, according to the Empire Center for Public Policy’s 2018-2019 What They Make report. New York state’s average pay for city general employees was $49,255.

Mayor Ben Walsh currently has an annual salary of $115,000, according to data from SeeThroughNY, a website showing New York state expenditures. Marty Masterpole, city auditor, receives $53,101,

and Common Councilors receive $21,224. Council President Helen Hudson receives $24,408.

If approved, the raises would be the first salary increase for the mayor since 2008, the councilors since 2001 and the auditor since 1999, Copanas said. It makes sense to implement the raises now because the councilors and auditor are at the end of a term, he said. The increased pay would take effect on Jan 1, 2020, for councilors and the auditor.

“It’s pretty fair that you’re doing it at a time when there’s a break in office,” Copanas said.

For the mayor, the increased pay would not be implemented until the next mayoral term begins in January 2022.

For a full fiscal year, the councilors and auditor pay raises would

cost the city just under $100,000, Copanas said. An increase in the mayor’s budget would result in the city paying an extra $15,000 for a full fiscal year. But because a fiscal year begins in July and ends June of the next year, all the raises would only affect costs during half of the first year they’re implemented.

“It phases in over multiple budgets, so it’s not a hit to one budget,” Copanas said.

The Friday meeting was to inform the drafting process of the legislation, said Common Councilor Bryn Lovejoy-Grinnell, of the 3rd district, at the meeting. The pay raise legislation is likely to be introduced at a Nov. 18 council meeting. irmiragl@syr.edu @IndyRow

county

Liverpool clinic offers help for eating disorders

By Sydney Bergan staff writer

Rebecca Carpentier noticed a lack of proper eating disorder treatment facilities in upstate New York when she experienced anorexia nervosa as a teenager.

As the program director of the Sol Stone Center facility in Syracuse, she now provides care to those experiencing eating disorders in central New York.

Sol Stone serves as a partial hospitalization program which

provides help to individuals with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating, avoidant restrictive food intake disorder and those who exercise compulsively. The facility’s Syracuse location opened in August and is part of the Upstate New York Eating Disorder Service.

Cactus decorations and encouraging signs that say “good things take time” and “recovery is possible” fill Carpentier’s office. Her personal struggle with eating disorders led her to help those who are facing similar issues now.

I have cried on my way home because of how beautiful it is to watch people heal Rebecca Carpentier program director at sol stone center

“The best part of my job is that I can 100% say that I have left here, and I have cried on my way home because of how beautiful it is to watch people heal and better connect with each other,” Carpentier said.

The Sol Stone Center’s staff consists of three therapists, a diet tech, a case manager, a resident nurse, an intern and a psychiatrist. The current staff is all women, as are the five patients. Patients stay at the facility for an average of four to 12 see clinic page 4

SNOW STORMS Upstate New York could see several inches of snowfall Thursday and Friday. The Binghamton office of the National Weather Service said the projected snowfall is the “first significant winter system of the season” and will bring with it lake effect snow showers. source: syracuse.com

‘BOOMER’ CONTROVERSY Bob Lonsberry, who hosts a radio show on Syracuse’s WSYR station, said the colloquial term “boomers” used to describe baby boomers is “the n-word of ageism.” The tweet, which also called the term an epithet, went viral. Lonsberry later deleted it amid backlash. source: syracuse.com

DRUG PLAN The Syracuse Common Council approved a joint prescription drug plan with Onondaga and Oswego counties that is expected to save Syracuse residents $1 million next year. Syracuse and the two counties received requests for proposals from nine companies, ultimately sticking with their current provider at a reduced rate. Onondaga County will pay $15.4 million for the plan. source: syracuse.com

DEATH CERTIFICATES Cuomo signed a law Tuesday requiring death certificates in cases of opioid overdose to specify which drug was involved in each death.

Previously there was no requirement.

Recovery advocates praised the law, saying it will better track which opioids are causing the most deaths. source: syracuse.com

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mcmahon of Elections announced that it was having “technical difficulties with tabulating the results” of the election.

“First thing we’re gonna do is we’re going to sit down with our board of elections commissioners and figure out what went wrong,” McMahon said.

The Onondaga County Legislature appointed McMahon in October 2018 after former County Executive Joanie Mahoney left the position to become chief operating officer at SUNY-ESF. McMahon was officially appointed to the position midterm on Nov. 1, 2018.

County and city republicans held a watch party at the Embassy Suites by Hilton near Destiny USA. More than 150 people gathered in the Syracuse hotel’s Liberty Ballroom to watch election results come in.

McMahon’s career in politics began in 2005 when he was elected to the city council.

In 2012, he was elected as chairman of the Onondaga County Legislature.

His election campaign for county executive focused on three main subjects: poverty, infrastructure and economic development. McMahon’s platform included calls to improve waste water management, create affordable taxes and attract business to the area. from page 1

evictions an assistant professor of food studies at the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics. They are also looking to determine how much people being evicted know about the eviction process and their legal rights, he said.

Data collection won’t be completed until about summer 2020. The six-member research team is interdisciplinary, including professors from Falk, the College of Law and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

In Syracuse, the problem of having bad landlords is more structural than individual, Weissman said.

“It’s really a broken system,” he said.

“Certainly, there are some really terrible landlords operating in Syracuse, but we have a legal system that allows it to continue.

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clinic weeks, Carpentier said.

Patients eat meals together, facilitated by a dietician and a diet tech, Carpentier said.

They get their body composition checked by the resident nurse to track their progress. At community meetings, patients set goals for the day, participate in mind-body wellness activities and nutrition education, and participate in group and individual therapy sessions.

“We really try to diversify the experiences they’re having with food and really try to normalize that for them,” Carpentier said. “We really try to think about what they’re going to face outside of here and how can we simulate that here to help them know how to deal.”

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elections Martin of the Libertarian Party, respectively. Hogan served four terms in the 2nd district Common Council seat, leaving the council in 2013 after term limits prevented him from running for a fifth consecutive term.

District attorney

Two newcomers unsuccessfully contested long-standing incumbent Bill Fitzpatrick for the position of district attorney.

Bill Fitzpatrick, who has served as DA since 1992, earned about 53% of the vote. He defeated Democrat Chuck Keller and Republican Gary Lavine by about 15% and 45%, respectively.

Keller, endorsed by the Onondaga County Democratic Committee, served as a criminal defense attorney for more than two decades and focused his campaign on prison and bail reform. Lavine, counsel to Syracuse-based law firm Bousquet Holstein PLLC, was endorsed by the Conservative Party.

Fitzpatrick told The Daily Orange that he has focused on understanding factors behind crime and conviction rates throughout his

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“He did a fine job,” said Rep. John Katko of McMahon’s campaign. “He ran on his record, and he’s got a lot accomplished.”

Both sides ran negative campaign advertisements at different points throughout the campaign season.

McMahon raised a total of $800,488 in funding during his campaign, according to state election data. Malavenda donated more than $1 million to his own election efforts.

Malavenda, a Syracuse businessman, spent the last 40 years running Duke’s Root Control, a private company that removes tree roots from municipal sewers. His campaign platform was focused on fixing county infrastructure, creating economic opportunity and improving government functions.

“I certainly want to congratulate Tony Malavenda, his family and all his supporters for a hard fought race,” McMahon said.

In his role as county executive, McMahon has supported an extension of a sales tax agreement with Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh between the city and county. McMahon’s 2020 budget proposal included creating a new county-run foster home for teens and creating Office of Diversity and Inclusion for the county and assuming control of local sewers, Syracuse.com reported. irmiragl@syr.edu | @IndyRow gkstern@syr.edu | @gabestern326

About 150 people gathered at the Embassy Suites by Hilton near Destiny USA for the Onondaga County Republicans’ watch party. elizabeth billman asst. photo editor

continue. We have a job market that allows it to continue.”

Almost all of the residents the researchers have interviewed currently work, Weissman said. A medical emergency leading to out-ofpocket costs or lost workdays has occurred immediately before an eviction in many cases studied, he said.

The researchers have also found that city rents are higher than reasonable in many cases, and rent varies minimally between neighborhoods, Weissman said. Students living on Euclid Avenue are not paying much more than people living in some of Syracuse’s poorest neighborhoods, like the Northside and Southside, he said.

“We’re talking about homes that landlords paid less than $20,000 for, and people are renting for $1000 a month, so that’s pretty alarming, and the conditions are beyond deplorable,” Weissman said.

One tenant spent her rent on a brief stay in a motel because bed bugs had infested her home, he said.

Syracuse has “a serious crisis” of substandard housing and poverty, said Gretchen Purser, a professor of sociology at Maxwell. The six researchers discussed that sentiment in an Oct. 15 letter to the editor at Syracuse.com.

“All of the people we interviewed for our study are living in substandard housing with obvious code violations,” the letter reads.

“These conditions include sewage backing up into their houses, leaks, broken windows, doors without locks and vermin.”

The letter was submitted in response to articles concerning a tenant participating in the case study. After hearing about the many code violations in a tenant’s rental property, University Neighborhood landlord Ben Tupper donated $1,000 to help her relocate.

“We really need to just reshape the way in

which we understand the challenges of housing here in Syracuse,” Purser said.

Syracuse set out to reduce evictions in May by presenting 11 initiatives to improve overall housing stability in the city. The anti-eviction measures include requiring that a property be registered with the city’s rental registry before a landlord can file to evict a tenant.

New York state also passed the Housing Security and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 in June. The act made tenant blacklists and unlawful evictions illegal. Weissman said the new tenant act and city initiatives will impact the study’s findings, but it’s too soon to notice any immediate changes.

“Both what the city is doing and the attention that this current administration is paying to housing instability and the very strong changes that the state enacted are very positive steps, without a doubt,” Weissman said.

Upstate New York Eating Disorder Service has Sol Stone Centers in Elmira, Vestal and Ithaca and a nutrition clinic office in Liverpool.

Chelsea Finn entered the Sol Stone Center in Elmira for treatment of an eating disorder when she was 24 years old, two months after she got married. She found the facility online and went in for metabolic testing, which measures the rate at which an individual consumes energy. The testing is helpful for doctors to see how severely an eating disorder is harming the body.

Finn received treatment from the Sol Stone in Elmira for almost two months, living at the center since her home was three hours away.

She still goes to nutrition and therapy appointments close to home but said Sol Stone helped her reacclimate to the real world and utilize her support system.

“It made it a lot easier to go back into real life because they give you the life skills and the meals that you need to eat on your own,” Finn said. “So, it was really good to transition out of there because they didn’t just want to get you better they wanted to keep you better.”

For Finn, her eating disorder was an isolating and lonely experience that caused her to push her family and closest friends away. The encouragement she got from Sol Stone and the way she was submerged into the program were important for her path to recovery, she said.

The center’s clients are in a lot of pain, and their interactions with Sol Stone staff can be really hard, Carpentier said. These interactions are one of the hardest parts of the job, she said.

“Sometimes I have to make decisions that

are difficult for them, I have to push them in ways they’re not comfortable with, and we have to sit with that discomfort together,” Carpentier said.

Eating disorders often become a coping mechanism for those experiencing trauma and other forms of mental illness, Carpentier said. At Sol Stone, patients are taught through a variety of treatment methods that there are other ways to cope with trauma that don’t involve harming their bodies, she said.

“It is the most beautiful thing you can do and the best gift you can give yourself to recover and be present in your life, with your family, with the people around you and with the experiences you are going to have,” Carpentier said.

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tenure as DA. He has also promoted eight diversion programs, which process cases involving adolescents and at-risk groups.

County comptroller

Democrat Marty Masterpole defeated Republican incumbent Matt Beadnell by a slim margin, earning about 52% of the vote and securing the county comptroller position.

The race pitted an elected city official against an appointed incumbent. Masterpole, who previously held positions in the county legislature and the Common Council, has served as city auditor for eight years. County Executive Ryan McMahon appointed Beadnell to the position of county comptroller in January, taking over the position after former Comptroller Bob Antonacci became a state senator.

Democrat Nader Maroun ran unopposed for Masterpole’s former position as Syracuse city auditor.

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SU must promote women’s sports more $300 million investment useful for city students A s women continue to make their mark in the sports arena, the spotlight continues to shine primarily on men. Syracuse, like many other universities, can do more to ensure that all teams receive publicity and support from the school.

In the 2016-2017 basketball season at Syracuse University, the women’s team advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC’s women’s tournament as the men’s finished seventh in the ACC. Edward Russell, an associate advertising professor at SU, said the results of a project that showed how deeply ingrained this gender divide is in athletics.

“We did an advertising project to promote how much better our women’s team was than our men’s that year. Truthfully, we found in research that no one cared,” Russell said. “Over 90% of women said they’d rather watch the men’s basketball game than the women’s.”

In order to see significant change in the stands at women’s sporting events, the university must commit to continuously investing in the promotion of female sports. By failing to do so, female athletes and fans continue to be fed the idea that they are simply not as capable or important as their male counterparts in the world of sports.

Title IX does require “that the athletics programs meet the interests and abilities of each gender,” but does not require schools to spend equal amounts of money on both men’s and women’s teams. While SU spent over $13 million on men’s bas-

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ketball in the 2016-2017 academic year, the school set aside only $5.5 million for the women’s team.

This focus on men’s sports also has also been shown to have adverse effects on female student athletes.

Anne Osborne, a communications professor at SU and an expert in the field of sports media and fandom, said there are connections between how much representation athletes received and how they might feel about their personal performance.

“There’s a theory called symbolic annihilation that basically says the groups that are unrepresented or underrepresented in the media, what that communicates is a lack of importance,” Osborne said.

If women are not receiving the same exposure as men in sports, research shows they ultimately lack the feeling of validity and power in what they are doing. When attendance numbers are so drastically different, it is inevitable for females on campus to feel less important or accomplished.

SU’s female athletes earned their spots on the university’s sports teams and have achieved tremendous feats. But they haven’t received the exposure they deserve. They’ve entered an arena society largely reserved for men.

“It reinforces this understanding of sports as a domain for men, as a place to celebrate masculinity and male excellence,” Osborne said.

While working toward solutions to this problem is complicated, it is not impossible.

Osborne suggests long term investments and sustained efforts into promoting Syracuse University’s female sports teams. This means making sure students know when there is a women’s sporting event coming up and connecting fans with the players. The school should advertise for women’s games in the same way it does for men’s games, including merchandise, posters and events dedicated to female teams.

“If programs were willing to really invest and make a long-term commitment I think we might be surprised at what we would see,” Osborne said.

There are financial considerations the school has to make, though.

“It would require probably siphoning some of the funding that goes towards men’s athletics off of the programs and into women’s athletics to try to promote those and it is a greater risk,” Osborne said.

“With greater support you would also start to get the ability to recruit better athletes.”

Female athletes at Syracuse University continue to thrive year after year. The problem is that many of their peers are not aware of that. SU must take the time and resources to amplify the amount of attention female student athletes receive.

Alex Battaglia is a freshman newspaper and online journalism major. abatta02@syr.edu @alex_battaglia.

letter to the editor

Call on Katko for tougher gun control

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ear Editor, The amount of gun violence in the United States is a problem that other advanced countries do not deal with. In terms of homicides by firearms per 1 million people in advanced countries, the US ranks the highest with 29.7 homicides, almost four times as high as the second-highest Country, the American Medical Association said.

What sets our country apart from others is our mass shooting epidemic. Since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, there have been at least 2,273 mass shootings, leaving at least 2,570 dead and 9,472 wounded, according to Vox. A part of our nation’s problem is the ease of access to buy guns.

Our country needs to improve gun control policy to prevent more mass shootings. One way to accomplish this would be by passing a law requiring universal background checks before someone would be able to buy a gun.

This is a bipartisan solution with a 2015 survey reporting that 90% of Democratic and 81% of Republican gun owners support background checks. The FBI has said that the Charleston Church shooter would have failed a background check if it had been received before he purchased the weapon.

As a country, we have to address the mass shooting epidemic that we face, and universal background checks would help accomplish this in a matter that people on all sides agree on. We need to be proactive and push

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our leaders to pass gun control laws, so this will never be an issue that affects the schools and universities in Syracuse and the surrounding areas.

In February, the House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill for universal background checks. At the time, our Congressman, John Katko, was not in Washington to vote on the bill, but did release a statement saying he would not have voted for it.

We need to call on Congressman Katko to support stricter gun control laws. We cannot afford to have another person die as a result of Congress’s inability to pass stricter gun control measures.

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nvesting in and improving public education in the United States could hardly be more popular. Presidents from Lyndon Johnson to Obama touted their goals SYDNEY of serving as GOLD “the educaW R ITING FROM tion presiTHE LEFT dent” despite the wide variation in their policy stances and partisan alignments.

In a nation that values hard work and determination, it’s difficult to stomach an education system where students born into privilege so blatantly benefit from academic advantages, regardless of talent or effort. Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh announced in September that the city will invest $300 million in its public school system.

The investment provides the city, struggling with poverty and violence, with the opportunity to level the academic playing field in an increasingly unequal nation.

The ongoing project focuses on renovating the facilities of Syracuse’s public schools. Prior to the renovation, several schools were lacking the physical resources necessary to best teach the curriculum.

Bellevue Elementary School had no walls, and students struggled to remain focused in a school where you could hear the lesson being taught the next class over just as well as the one right in front of you. Some extracurricular activities couldn’t find the necessary space or equipment for their projects.

Students perform considerably lower at schools with poor infrastructure and facilities across the board, and even talented students fail to thrive when their school’s resources insufficiently nurture them.

Suzanne Slack, the district’s Chief Financial Officer, said updates could improve the student experience.

“Our science labs need to be aligned with today’s science curriculum, our art and music rooms have to be the right size and configuration to accommodate kilns, sinks, musical instruments for kids to succeed,” Slack said in an email.

Even with talented teachers and students, a school can only teach the lessons it is physically equipped to offer. While some schools across the nation have consistent access to the latest educational resources, most don’t, and no amount of raw intellect or passion can make up for that.

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When students see their school improving, they see the government demonstrating its belief in them. They see a community telling them that they are worthy of opportunities. It’s a powerful message, especially in a district like Syracuse’s where several schools have been ranked among the lowest performers in the state.

“All children deserve an inspiring school environment and we are doing our best to provide that with our facility renovations,” Slack said.

“People hold their school building memories for a lifetime. You find this out when a school closes or is repurposed because folks of all ages come out to talk about the bricks and mortar of their childhood and beg to keep it as is.”

The United States is riddled with low-performing schools.

Some schools in California have no air conditioning. Some schools in Philadelphia have no heat and struggle with asbestos exposure and rodent infestations. In Detroit, the drinking water in schools was cut off because of possible lead and copper exposure. Many of these districts have received press coverage and attention from lawmakers and local officials.

But merely naming an issue isn’t enough. Talking about improving education doesn’t actually improve education. State of the art facilities, new books and well-paid teachers improve education, and welleducated students improve cities.

Good schools mean better value for homes and that talented students aren’t hesitant to start families in their childhood neighborhoods. $300 million is a lot of money.

Asking tax-payers to subsidize any project with a price tag that high is, understandably, a hard sell, especially when some districts’ increased funding has failed to improve school quality.

But the nature of these renovations emphasizes the 21st century classroom in a way that projects shepherded by other districts across the nation has not. By investing in comfortable, useful and welcoming facilities, the Syracuse school district has the potential to transform the district into an inviting place for its students — somewhere they can access the opportunities all students deserve.

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Geraldine Williams just celebrated 50 years at SU. She considers coworkers and students to be

‘like family’

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GERALDINE WILLIAMS works at the dining center for the football team as a group leader. Williams recently celebrated her 50th anniversary of working for SU.

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he number 13 has always been significant in Geraldine Williams’ life. Her mother died on the 13th, her son — who passed away five years ago — was born on the 13th. She even said her address number is 1331.

And on Oct. 13, Williams celebrated her 50th anniversary working at SU. But she said it doesn’t feel like it’s been that long at all.

Williams has been working at SU Food Services for the past five decades in jobs at Haven Hall, Washington Arms and Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center. She is now a group leader at Manley Field House’s dining center.

Originally from Trenton, Tennessee, Williams moved to Syracuse about 13 years after her mother.

Williams’ father had passed away and her mother was struggling with the loss.

When Williams moved to the city, her first job was at a local hospital. But when her great nephew, who was a baby at the time, passed away in the hospital, she couldn’t stand going to the area.

Her mother, who was working at SU already, encouraged her to apply to the university, and she was hired. Her first job there was at Haven Hall, where she worked for 10 years.

Eventually she moved to the kitchen in Washington Arms, where she got a raise and was promoted to a group leader.

Although she was warned not to go to that kitchen because it was hard, Williams said she enjoyed it and loved working there because it was like family to her. When she was told it the kitchen there was closing, she said she just couldn’t stop crying. Her mother asked what had happened, but said, “Well, you stop crying,” “My mother was very religious, and she could really see things ahead of time,” Williams said. “God closes one door, another door open. At the time I couldn’t see it.”

After working at Washington Arms, Williams moved see williams page 8

from the stage

Landmark Theatre receives grant ‘The Crucible’ cast and director share insights

By Diana Riojas feature editor

The Landmark Theatre will soon undergo a facelift after receiving a $2 million capital grant from the state to renovate the seating and marquee. Mike Intaglietta, the executive director of the theater, said he plans to raise $500,000 to finalize the project initiative and will start construction in the summer of 2020.

While the Landmark Theatre can now seat 3,000 people, Intaglietta said the capacity will likely go decrease after renovations to

accommodate for taller patrons.

The major complaint he hears from guests who stopped coming to the shows is the seats.

“It is why it’s been a priority for so long. The challenge has always been that it is a substantial investment. And we’re so glad that we’re finally able to tackle this project,” Intaglietta said.

The major initiative that Intaglietta is planning with the new grant is having wheelchair accessible seating at the front of the orchestra and in the back of the venue to create multiple seats available at different price points.

The new grant will also help restore seat locations that are currently unavailable to sell.

Because parts for the chair are rare, Intaglietta said some of the seats would be used for parts for other seats.

Armrests in the aisle seats will be moveable, he said, so it’s easier for people in wheelchairs to transfer between seats. Intaglietta also plans on maintaining the theater’s look by keeping the original armrest and utilizing them in the new seats and having the seats be velvet red see landmark page 8

By Bridget Froding contributing writer

Though Halloween has officially come to an end, the spirit of the holiday is still alive and well with the upcoming show “The Crucible” at the Department of Drama of Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Based on the Salem witch trials of 1692, the story highlights mass hysteria and betrayal, and will premiere at the Syracuse Stage/SU Drama

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Theater Complex with its opening night on Saturday at 8 p.m.

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williams to the commissary, and then Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center. Now, Williams is working at Manley Field House in the dining center for the football team and coaches.

It’s rewarding. It’s a good feeling that I can put a smile on somebody’s face or encouraging them to stay in school, or do better on the football field.

Geraldine Williams su food services employee

Leading up to the anniversary, Williams dropped hints about the big day. But on the anniversary, Williams said no one had congratulated her.

“You know, it didn’t bother me a whole lot, but it bothered me a little bit,” Williams said.

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That was until a cake and balloons were brought out, and Williams realized she was being surprised. Williams said her manager, some of the football players, all of the football coaches and Sue Bracy, director of Food Services all came to the surprise. They also invited her sister and her friends.

She said she was holding back tears. “Oh, it was just, it was the best because I never had a surprise.”

Williams received a jersey with her name on it and a football for the anniversary.

“You can’t not help but fall in love with Gerry,” Bracy said. “She’s out there. She’s very vibrant. Everybody at Food Services knows who she is, she just drags you in.”

A student once called Williams “Babydoll” in her early years while working at Washington Arms, and the nickname recently resurfaced.

Williams said despite her early hours, the players energize her. She said she feels like a second mom that she takes care of someone else’s kid when they’re not around. She said when she was growing up, everyone acted like your parents. This included principals, teachers and neighbors.

“It’s rewarding. It’s a good feeling that I can put a smile on somebody’s face or encouraging them to stay in school, or do better on the football field,” Williams said. “It’s worth it.” alweis@syr.edu | @_allisonw

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crucible town’s minister Reverend Parris discovering a group of girls with his slave Tituba dancing in the woods at night. Among these girls are his daughter Betty and his niece Abigail Williams. Fearing consequences from the religious town, the girls accuse several townspeople of engaging in witchcraft. Subsequently, these “witches” are then publicly executed to preserve Salem’s Christanity.

The play is directed by Gerardine Clark, a professor at the department of drama with 45 years of theater experience. Clark said obstacles that come with performing a period piece is creating a stage that appears historically accurate.

“The purpose of all the people engaged in the from page 7

landmark like the current ones.

“From a distance, when you look at the entire orchestra, it will look almost entirely the same,” said Intaglietta.

With the new renovations, Intaglietta said, having a sophisticated audio loop ready for theater-goers who request audio assistance is also something to consider to ensure a quality experience.

A portion of the funds will also go to the marquee. Intaglietta said having a sign that is indicative of the era the Landmark Theatre was established will give the theater have a more cohesive look. The current marquee was originally set in the mid-1950s.

Devon Hubbard, the owner of The Brine Well Eatery, an establishment close to the

I think it’s particularly important now as it parallels a lot of the themes we see in today’s society Ian Soares actor

production is to make the audience feel smart, to feel that viscerally they get it,” said Clark.

Caitlin Kobland, who plays Abigail, said she wanted to be involved with this production because of the brilliance of Miller’s

GERALDINE WILLIAMS grew up in Tennessee and moved to Syracuse shortly after her mother and sister.

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literary techniques.

“There is not a line in this show that is not meant to be there,” said Kobland. “Mr. Miller is incredibly smart, everything you need to know about suspicion, Puritan Massachusetts and each character is written in the text.”

In developing her portrayal of Abigail, who is the story’s antagonist and acts as the ringleader of the group, Kobland meticulously read the original play, and used the 1996 film adaptation for visual inspiration.

As the story progresses, Abigail becomes increasingly disliked by the audience. Kobland explained that despite her cruel decision of accusing members of her community of witchcraft, she is essentially a young girl driven by fear.

“The Crucible” is one of those plays

theater, said the Landmark Theatre’s new look could both harm and help his business.

If the theater is able to attract a younger audience for the new shows they are able to host, he said, they tend to come to his establishment. Though more people coming to the area may create a shortage in parking which can hinder restaurant attendance.

“If they’re doing renovations and getting better, it can only attract more people,” said Hubbard.

Intaglietta said his team will take full advantage of the summer 2020 hiatus, creating more accessibility and comfort for their guests.

“The Landmark has been such a center for arts entertainment for 90 plus years here in New York. And we have a lot of potential that we haven’t even tapped yet,” Intaglietta said. ddriojas@syr.edu | @TheDianaRiojas

2020 The Landmark Theatre recently received a $2 million grant from the state. The money will be used to renovate the venue’s seating.

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that remains largely relevant throughout time,” said Ian Soares who plays Giles Corey, the elderly man accused of witchcraft. “I think it’s particularly important now as it parallels a lot of the themes we see in today’s society.”

Playing a man who is nearly 60 years older than himself, Soares said that in order to prepare for his role, he studied the physicality and behavior of people at that age.

Despite the apparent age difference between the two, Soares mentioned that there are commonalities between the pair.

“We share a similar curiosity in life, which can lead to trouble if one is not careful,” said Soares. “We’re both very driven people and are always looking for something new to explore.” blfrodin@syr.edu

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(LEFT TO RIGHT) ANDY TRICK, JEREMY DEPOYSTER, MIKE HRANICA and KYLE SIPRESS are all members of the band The Devil Wears Prada. The group will perform songs off its new album “The Act,” at The Westcott Theater on Sunday. courtesy of the devil wears prada

Back again Metalcore group The Devil Wears Prada returns to Syracuse

By Anya Wijeweera contributing writer

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n Nov. 10, the metalcore band known as The Devil Wears Prada will be performing at The Westcott Theater with opener Norma Jean. The doors open at 7 p.m.

This show serves as a stop on the North American leg of its current tour. On the tour, the band has been promoting its most recent album “The Act” which was released on Oct. 11. also comes three years afer the band release its sixth album. The band consists of Mike Hranica, Jeremy DePoyster, Kyle Sipress and Andy Trick. The band’s fame has been rising since they decided to work with the record label Atom Splitter PR, said Hranica, the vocalist for the band.

The record label represents popular artists such as The Amity Affliction and Alice Cooper.

Hranica said this isn’t the band’s first-time touring in central New York. The band formed in 2005 and he said that there isn’t a radical contrast to the places they have toured. Hranica said the band tends to have a “northern personal taste” and has no issue being around New York.

The latest album ventures away from the typical music the band has previously played, he added.

“The overall product is certainly a move away from the traditional metalcore from the last 14 years.

We went about writing songs that were meant to flex

the boundaries,” Hranica said.

Hranica said the band wanted to change its style and challenge its previously set boundaries with this new album and its ongoing tour. He said the band believes that people are comfortable with its sound. This is why they decided to change the song writing process.

When the band originally started in high school, Hranica said the band was in a lazy state.

“I ended up haphazardly trying out for vocals for this band just being friends with the original members,” Hranica said.

He added that he enjoyed expressing himself, but never had rock star aspirations. In between his junior and senior year that the band started touring.

After Hranica graduated from high school in 2007, the band started traveling on the road full time.

Tim Tatulli, one of the representatives of the band from Atom Splitter, said that the band’s schedule “changes on a daily basis.”

The band wants to show its audience that they are capable of testing its limits, Hranica said. They are producing an album that is considered untraditional with regard to the normative metalcore genre. There is only one way to truly describe the album, he said.

“I would encourage one to listen to the record, it really speaks for itself,” Hranica said. awijewee@syr.edu

The overall product is certainly a move away from the traditional metalcore from the last 14 years. We went about writing songs that were meant to flex the boundaries.

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Beat writers predict No. 11 Virginia to beat Syracuse

By The Daily Orange Sports Staff

After a first-round NCAA Tournament loss to Baylor ended a 20-14 season, Syracuse tips off its campaign against Virginia on Wednesday night. The Orange won both their exhibition tune-ups ahead of hosting the reigningnational champions in the Carrier Dome.

Here’s what our beat writers predict for SU’s opener.

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Cavalier Effort Virginia 68, Syracuse 54 Something still doesn’t feel right about a season-opening conference game, but that won’t change the outcome here. Earlyseason basketball can lead to rust for offenses facing the pack-line and 2-3 zone.

So, both teams will rely on their stars, Mamadi Diakite and Elijah Hughes, for offense. Look for the Orange to rely on the three-ball and limit turnovers. But UVA’s front court will accentuate SU’s center issue. The upperclassmen duo of Diakite and 7-foot-1 Jay Huff have an advantage over Quincy Guerrier and Bourama Sidibe, allowing the Cavaliers to pull away. While Syracuse may have a better showing when these teams meet again in January, talent wins out in November.

Michael McCleary

Hangover averted Virginia 62, Syracuse 55 Championships hangovers won’t come into play in this game, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be within reach. Virginia’s Mamadi Diakite is expected to be one of the top players in the ACC, but beyond him, Virginia returns just three main rotation players from its championship roster. But Virginia has done fine to reset its team in the past. Syracuse can shoot the ball, and Elijah Hughes will most likely find himself among the top offensive players in the ACC after a strong season-opening performance leading a young Syracuse group. The Orange hasn’t lost a season-opener since 2003, but Virginia is the outlier in 16 years of opponents.

Josh Schafer

Packed in Virginia 67, Syracuse 57 Predicting an ACC matchup where both teams are replacing top scorers from a year ago might as well be throwing darts into the ocean, especially considering defending national champion UVA enters this game without its three top scorers from a season ago. But in a game with so many uncertainties, a stalwart Virginia

Syracuse hosted Virginia in its final home game in March. The Orange lost 79-53 as the Cavaliers made a program-record 18 3-pointers. daily orange file photo

defense still feels like a lock. The Cavaliers have had a top-10 ranked team in adjusted defensive efficiency every season since 2014, per KenPom.com. That’s a tough matchup for a Syracuse team that needs to find new scoring options. Meanwhile one of Virginia’s main returners from a year ago is 6-foot-9 forward Mama-

di Diakite, who will likely find room to score as newcomers in the SU frontcourt adjust. Syracuse may figure out all the changes throughout the season, but to ask them to have it all solved when the defending champs come to town on opening night is an unrealistic expectation. sports@dailyorange.com

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Syracuse’s surrendered the most sacks (45) in Division I football, eight more than the Orange did in 2018.

Aside from flawed pass protection, the Orange hurt themselves with penalties worse this year than any other under Babers. SU’s never been called for more than 94 penalties in a season with Babers at the helm and never given up more than 61 penalty yards per game in a season. The 2019 team is on pace for 112 penalties at nearly 76 yards per game.

And on top of swelling sack numbers and skyrocketing penalties, SU’s turnover margin is notably lower than the fifth-ranked plus-13 gap the Orange created a season ago.

“We need to get better,” Babers said on the Monday before SU lost to Pitt, 27-20. “And what normally happens with football teams at this stage of the game is that everyone looks at their young players. Well, your young players should be developing. But you have to lean on your older players. So, my thing is, we need our older players — our best players have to be our best players.”

To Babers’ point, Syracuse is, in fact, young and inexperienced this year. On the offensive line, redshirt freshman Carlos Vettorello and true freshman Matthew Bergeron are starting at the tackle position, Bergeron taking over for graduate-transfer Ryan Alexander who left the team prior to the Florida State game. It’s a stark contrast from last year’s line that featured experienced tackles Koda Martin and Cody Conway. SU’s current tackles have 11 starts combined and there’s no guarantee they turn into the monsters from a season ago.

Even if they do, it’ll take a couple years.

On defense, the Orange are well short of their 43-sack mark in 2018 while having to break in new linebackers and interior linemen. In the secondary, three second-year players — Ifeatu Melifonwu, Trill Williams and Andre Cisco — are still learning..

To say that Syracuse is having some grow-

suspension after receiving a red card against Boston College. The senior started at center back for the Orange in all 16 regular season games. As a result, McIntyre resorted to a back four with Dylan McDonald and Sondre Norheim at center back and John-Austin Ricks and Simon Triantafillou on the wings.

A back-and-forth first half saw both sides create chances, but neither could capitalize.

SU’s best chance came from the left foot of Ricks, whose strike from the top of the penalty area forced a diving save from UNC goalkeeper Alec Smir. The Orange out-shot the Tarheels 7-3 in the first half.

“It wasn’t just the back four, it was the front guys who worked extremely hard, too,” McIntyre said. “They worked tirelessly to get pressure on the ball.”

For much of the second half, North Carolina pinned Syracuse in its own half. When SU won the ball, it constantly gave it back with errant passes and dribbles. The Orange left UNC’s Jonathan Jimenez unmarked at the back post in what surely looked to be the opening goal, but the freshman directed his header wide left.

With five minutes remaining in regulation, Kelly nodded in a lofted cross from Pieters but he was ruled offside. Replays showed Kelly was kept onside by Sondre Norheim, but the call was not reversible. Sebastian Berhalter then rung a free kick off the crossbar with less than a minute remaining.

Somehow, SU managed to extend the game to overtime, its sixth time playing more than 90 minutes this season.

“In the last five minutes (of regulation), I think we rode our luck a little bit,” McIntyre said. “But I thought we got a second wind in overtime, and I thought there were going to be chances for us to find a winner.”

Two 10-minute overtime periods passed with no goals. It was up to penalty kicks, which are “a lottery,” McIntyre said.

Ferrin went first and scored. UNC’s first kick taker, Santiago Herrera, couldn’t do the same. Miesch laid out to his right and deflected Herrera’s low, driven shot wide for the only miss between either side. SU’s Severin Soerlie and Matt Orr — both of whom didn’t play a minute in regulation or overtime, calmly slotted their penalties, including the winner from Orr. “Ice in the veins of our five shooters,” McIntyre said. “On the road in a difficult environment, I thought they were five excellent penalties. Didn’t give their goalie any chance.”

The Orange will face No. 2 seed Virginia, who they have not played this season, in the tournament quarterfinals at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

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Lewis continued her aggressive play after halftime. A minute into the third, Lewis beat her defender with a left-to-right crossover and finished at the rim. A hesitation dribble on the next possession gave her another make in the paint. She then found Gabrielle Cooper in the corner for a 3-pointer off a drive-and-kick. Three possessions, seven points, all Lewis.

Even when her shot wasn’t falling — Lewis went 1-for-4 from deep — she stayed aggressive. After grabbing a rebound in traffic with 1:25 left in the third, Lewis went

TRILL WILLIAMS walks off the field after the Orange’s loss to North Carolina State.

SU is the only team still without an ACC win. gavin liddell staff photographer

ing pains is correct, but incomplete — they’re also missing the necessary skills to compete.

As Babers said before playing Boston College, it relies on “elephants and hippos” up front on the lines and the Orange are missing many fringe-NFL talents.

And with all that arrives the bigger truth for Syracuse: To have success like it did in 2018, Syracuse will need the perfect blend of talent, experience and luck that will only come together on rare occasions. Otherwise, it’ll be left to claw its way out of the dregs of the conference like this year.

“Not going to point any fingers at any particular group,” senior Kenneth Ruff said. “We all have to come along and at the end of the day we all have to play together as a team. The first few weeks we didn’t do that. Everybody wanted to have their name in the lights. It’s not about that.”

The ACC wasn’t very good last year — teams not named Clemson or Syracuse (which combined for 24 wins in 2018) finished with a collective 45.8 winning percentage. The 2019 ACC isn’t much better, with the 10 teams that aren’t Clemson or Wake Forest winning just 51.5 per-

cent of games. In any given year, the ACC lends itself to one non-Clemson team surging to 10 wins. Last year was Syracuse’s turn.

That’s the reality Syracuse exists in.

Babers recruits at a solid level, runs his program well and should develop some of SU’s young talent into good football players. It will surely not rank dead last in the country in sacks two years in a row or get penalized at a crippling rate.

But with SU’s limited pool of talent, reliance on some good luck and seemingly constant need to build depth at one position group or another, 10 wins isn’t a realistic resting expectation for seasons to come.

Neither is three.

Last season was the pendulum swinging one way for Syracuse, this year is it coming back.

The hope — and most likely outcome — for the future is to end up somewhere in the middle.

coast-to-coast and drew a foul at the rim.

On a similar play later, she got cut off at the elbow, but found Cooper in the corner with a cross-court pass for a triple.

At the end of the quarter, Lewis’s alley-oop inbounds pass to Digna Strautmane gave SU its third buzzer-beater, her seventh assist of the game and the Orange a 51-46 lead heading into the fourth.

Throughout the game, most of SU’s halfcourt sets consisted of running Lewis through on-ball screens, allowing her to drive and either create for herself or kick out to shooters on the perimeter. After Ohio knotted the score at 46, SU went on a 14-0 run.

SU also asked Lewis to make plays at the

end of the shot clock. With 7:45 remaining in the fourth, Lewis pulled up from straightaway and banked in a 3-pointer.

Lewis then finished a left-handed layup in transition after Cooper dove for a loose ball and found her, giving SU a 12-point lead, one they wouldn’t relinquish.

Ohio, one of eight Division I teams to win at least 30 games last year, was one of the hardest Syracuse opening games has in Hillsman tenure, he said. If Lewis’s first quarter play is an aberration, and she can maintain her attacking approach consistently, SU should have no problem with being different.

Andrew Graham is a senior staff writer for The Daily Orange where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at aegraham@syr.edu or on Twitter @A_E_Graham.

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Back to basketball Syracuse men’s basketball opens its season against Virginia. Our beat writers pick a winner.

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Marina Markova’s injury at middle blocker has forced SU volleyball to turn to other options.

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S PORTS

Cavalier effort Get to know Virginia basketball before it travels to the Carrier Dome on Wednesday night.

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MIDDLING OUT

women’s basketball

Orange open with 66-54 win over Ohio Editors note: For full coverage of Syracuse women’s basketball’s season-opener, see dailyorange.com

acc atlantic DINO BABERS AND TOMMY DEVITO walk off the field together after a 16-10 loss to North Carolina State in Raleigh.

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It won’t always be this bad, but Syracuse is at a crossroads

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fter Boston College stretched Syracuse’s losing streak to four games, kept the Orange winless in conference via a 58-27 thrashing and came four rushing yards shy of 500 on the day, head coach Dino Babers settled into his seat at the folding table in front of the ANDREW media. He adjusted GRAHAM his microphone and ‘ TA K E A LA P ’ like a metronome on a beat delivered what’s become his stump speech.

“Obviously extremely disappointed about the outcome of the game. I think the young men did play hard, obviously the score did not indicate that,” Babers said.

“We’ve got to find something to hang our

hat on, we’ve got to get into this break and dig deep and find out about ourselves.”

To Babers and his players’ credit, they haven’t made excuses this season — one in which Syracuse (3-6, 0-5 Atlantic Coast) has yet to beat a Power 5 opponent as the calendar turns to November. But the frustrating truth remains: That after a 10-win season, Syracuse regressed badly. And though 2019 is a harsh example of what SU can expect in the ACC, it’s a more realistic future expectation than 2018’s double-digit wins.

Syracuse’s regression in areas it excelled in 2018 — turnover margin, sacking opposing quarterbacks while protecting its own and penalties — was expected.

But the differentials have been brutal.

The offensive line issues are well documented and with a quarter of the season left, the numbers paint a bleak picture.

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Clemson, 9-0 (6-0) Wake Forest, 7-1 (3-1) Louisville, 5-3 (3-2) Boston College, 5-4 (3-3) Florida State, 4-5 (3-4) NC State, 4-4 (1-3) Syracuse, 3-6 (0-5)

acc coastal Virginia, 6-3 (4-2) Pittsburgh, 6-3 (3-2) Miami, 5-4 (3-3) North Carolina, 4-5 (3-3) Virginia Tech, 5-3 (2-2) Duke, 4-4 (2-3) Georgia Tech, 2-6 (1-4)

men’s soccer

SU advances in ACC tournament on penalty kicks

By David Schneidman staff writer

Syracuse was exhausted. It didn’t have starting center back Nyal Higgins due to red card suspension, forcing head coach Ian McIntyre to stray away from SU’s trademark 3-5-2 formation. Massimo Ferrin was in the starting lineup despite injuring his back four days prior — an injury he thought would keep him sidelined, McIntyre said. The

Orange had to travel 636 miles to Chapel Hill, North Carolina after losing their chance to host an ACC tournament on Friday, too.

Despite being undermanned and injured, No. 10 Syracuse (7-5-5, 2-4-2 Atlantic Coast) inched past No. 7 North Carolina (7-7-4, 3-5) on penalty kicks, after a scoreless regulation and two overtime periods in the first round of the ACC tournament. The Orange were a perfect five-for-five from the spot.

“I asked the guys for a response to our last game against Boston College,” McIntyre said. “We were terrific. We were warriors out there.”

Syracuse would have hosted a first-round game with a win against Boston College in the final game of the regular season on Nov. 1, but “let one slip,” McIntyre said. SU was up a goal and a man at halftime but conceded twice in the final 45 minutes. Instead, they earned the No. 10 seed and a second trip of the

year to Chapel Hill.

On Oct. 12, Syracuse upset then-No. 18 North Carolina, 4-3.

After falling behind 3-1, the Orange stormed back with three goals — two from Ryan Raposo and one from Sondre Norheim — in the final 20 minutes. The loss marked the first of a six-game winless streak to end the regular season for the Tar Heels, including five losses.

Higgins was unavailable due to see penalties page 10

Syracuse entered the 2019-20 season with an almost entirely new look. It’s different than last year’s team that lost in the second round of the NCAA tournament. It’s even different than it was in April, when Tiana Mangakahia announced she’d return for one final season instead of entering the WNBA draft.

Since then, Mangakahia has been diagnosed with cancer and ruled out for the season. SU assistant coach Tammi Reiss left for a head coaching job at Rhode Island.

SU’s all-time 3-point percentage leader, Miranda Drummond, graduated. In all, SU replaced eight departures with three freshmen and three graduate transfers.

The program’s flux caused SU to drop from No. 10 last April to No. 21 entering Tuesday’s season-opener.

“We’re tired of hearing the comments of where we are and how far we have fallen. We haven’t fallen. We’re ready to go. We’re ready to play,” Hillsman said at Media Day on Oct. 11.

Hillsman was right. No. 21 Syracuse (1-0) indeed was ready. Specifically, point guard Kiara Lewis was ready. Despite a slow start in which SU fell behind 22-10 after the first quarter, the Orange won their season-opener for the 13th consecutive season, this time beating Ohio 66-54.

After the first quarter, the Bobcats (0-1) couldn’t contain Lewis, who finished with 16 points, eight assists and nine rebounds. With the win, Lewis and SU revealed that it may have answers to the off-season’s questions.

When asked at media day about replacing Mangakahia, Hillsman said he’s “not concerned at all” because SU has Lewis — a top-25 recruit who averaged 8.4 points per game for SU last season. Lewis committed three turnovers in the first quarter. She struggled to initiate the half-court offense, and SU looked disjointed.

Lewis’s tentative play continued into the second. At one point, sophomore forward Emily Engstler found Lewis uncovered above the break in semi-transition, but instead of shooting the three, she dribbled out to reset the offense. Hillsman saw this and immediately called timeout, meeting Lewis by half-court for a one-on-one chat as SU trailed 24-15.

That’s when Lewis’s approach flipped. On the first play out of the timeout, Lewis drove to her right and found Brooke Alexander in the corner for a 3-pointer. Later, Lewis pushed the ball hard after a stop, sidestepped an Ohio defender and finished an andone layup to bring SU within four. She then sunk a floater in the lane and drew an offensive foul on the other end, right in front of the SU bench that erupted in excitement.

Led by Lewis, Syracuse won the second quarter 21-10 and headed into halftime with a one-point lead. see ohio page 10