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SU students who are returning home to hotspots said they’re nervous about the trip and plan to follow strict public health measures when they arrive.

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After returning to Long Island in March, singer-songwriter Sarah Gross reworked her debut album.

On Friday, she will release the lead single “Arizona.”

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With Syracuse entering its second bye week at 1-7, our three beat writers give an A through F letter grade for each position based on their performances through eight games.

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coronavirus

SU moves all classes online as student cases skyrocket

By Michael Sessa asst. news editor

Syracuse University will move all classes online Thursday as coronavirus cases skyrocket among students, marking an early end to in-person instruction for the fall 2020 semester.

The announcement from Chancellor Kent Syverud came nearly two weeks before SU intended to end inperson classes on Nov. 24. This is the second time SU has suspended inperson instruction since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic,

the first time being March.

“Our community has done an extraordinary job navigating this semester in the face of so many challenges,” Syverud said in a campuswide email. “We were so close to finishing the semester together with in-person instruction and activities on campus. I regret we have to pause now, but it is the right decision.”

Syverud made the announcement hours before the university’s COVID-19 dashboard confirmed 52 new cases among students since Tuesday. The university is also well

beyond New York state’s limit of 100 positive tests in a fixed two-week period. Under the state’s guidelines, universities that record 100 positive coronavirus tests in a two-week span are required to suspend inperson instruction and limit oncampus activities.

“As we have done since the beginning of this pandemic, we must continue to prioritize the health and wellness of the campus and broader Syracuse communities,” Syverud said. “Even now, we have no documented cases of COVID-19 infection

that have been traced to an exposure in the classroom.”

SU was monitoring 180 active cases among students and employees in central New York as of Wednesday, the most the university has had at any point in the fall semester. There are currently 491 students in quarantine.

SU will also pause all in-person and on-campus student activities, Syverud said. Libraries and indoor and outdoor recreation facilities, including the Barnes Center at The Arch and SU’s satellite fitness cen-

ters, will be closed starting Thursday. Greek life and other school, college and student organization-sponsored events are also suspended.

Students can reserve library items for pickup at Bird Library by appointment. Libraries will also offer delivery to on-campus buildings, such as residence halls.

Students may also continue to schedule and attend health or counseling appointments and visit the Dome testing center for COVID-19 testing.

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coronavirus

Staff, faculty support students in quarantine

Transition to online presents uncertainty

By Sarah Alessandrini asst. news editor

KATE WALTERS, an external relations assistant at Syracuse University, doubles as a “pod leader,” delivering supplies to students in quarantine. emily steinberger photo editor

By Christopher Scarglato asst. culture editor

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ate Walters takes the drive from her East Syracuse home to Syracuse University to make deliveries to students in quarantine.

Walters, an external relations assistant at SU, is currently one of 11 “pod leaders” on campus, which has grown from a few leaders at the beginning of the school year. The leaders are staff and faculty from across different SU departments and provide support to students who are quarantining in places such as South Campus and at the Sheraton Hotel.

Pod leaders work on an on-call basis and also deliver items to students that they may have forgotten or need while in quarantine. Although the leaders don’t personally

hand deliver the items to students in quarantine, they work as an advocate for them, said Joe Hernon, SU’s director of emergency management and business continuity.

“We’ve asked students to basically pick themselves up and go lock themselves away for 14 days,” Hernon said. “It’s just to provide another layer to help them out.”

Hernon and Carrie Abbott, SU’s director of first-year and transfer programs, formed the program in August. The pod structure was initially created when some first-year and transfer SU students from hot-spot states quarantined at SU dorms and stayed in small groups over the 14-day period.

SU eventually reimagined the pod structure and applied it to students who needed to isolate once the school year began and COVID-19 exposures began to rise. Leaders facilitate

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Ben Harteveld feels like he has never had a semester end normally during his time at Syracuse University.

“I’m still upset we didn’t get to finish a full semester,” said Harteveld, a sophomore architecture major. “We have yet to have an ending experience where we all say goodbye in a normal way.”

SU announced Wednesday that it would transition all classes online for the remainder of the fall semester due to a recent spike in coronavirus cases on campus and in Onondaga County. The university first suspended in-person instruction in March, halfway through the spring semester, after the pandemic spread to the United States.

Now that SU has moved classes online for the rest of the semester, students feel uncertain about their departure from campus and what the transition to online learning means for their last week of classes.

After hearing about rising COVID-19 numbers on campus on Tuesday, Julia Bolukh and her roommate, both architecture students, went to clean out their belongings from the studio.

At the time, Bolukh, a freshman, didn’t think classes would move online so quickly. When SU announced Monday that it would transition to online learning after Nov. 16 due to rising cases both on campus and in the county, Bolukh was hopeful that she would have more studio time before the semester ended.

“We were thinking of packing stuff up just in case, but we still thought we’d have studio today,” Bolukh said. “When we saw the see students page 4

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election 2020

Students reluctant to return home for break SUNY-ESF students react to Biden win

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HARRY OWENS, a Syracuse University student from Long Island, is one of many SU students anxious about returning to areas with higher rates of coronavirus infections compared to central New York. emily steinberger photo editor

By Mira Berenbaum asst. copy editor

Savannah Stocker doesn’t plan to leave her house once she goes home for winter break.

Stocker, a sophomore from Florida studying inclusive elementary and special education, is one of

many Syracuse University students who will return home to a coronavirus hotspot spot over winter break.

For her, going home means greater risks of contracting the virus and intense public health restrictions.

“I don’t plan on leaving my house much,” Stocker said.

While Stocker has adapted to

social distancing at SU, she has spent more time with friends this semester than she did when she was at home because of lower infection rates in Onondaga County. The county, up until recently, had maintained low case levels, though cases are now skyrocketing as part of a nationwide surge.

In the past week, the United States has recorded over 100,000 cases for three days straight, the highest number it has confirmed in a single day since the pandemic began.

Students who are returning to coronavirus hotspot states for winter break told The Daily Orange

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election 2020

Howie Hawkins unfazed by latest election loss

By Abby Weiss

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Syracuse presidential candidate Howie Hawkins expected the 2020 election to be a tough year for third parties. So when his Green Party campaign received less than 0.5% of the popular vote in New York state, he wasn’t surprised.

(In 2016), there was a lot of dissatisfaction with the candidates, and a lot of progressives wanted to cast a protest vote for the Green Party,” Hawkins said. “But 2020 was a referendum on Trump.”

Syracuse University College of Law alumnus and Democrat Joe Biden won the presidential election on Saturday after securing victories in key battleground states, including Pennsylvania and Michigan. President Donald Trump continues to falsely dispute the results of the election.

Hawkins, the co-founder of the Green Party and a retired UPS employee who lives in Syracuse, said he was in a meeting with his campaign team when he heard about Biden’s victory. Unfazed by the news, he continued the meeting as normal.

This was Hawkins’ 26th campaign — and loss — for public office.

“It really didn’t divert us. We

kept going through our agenda,” he said. “By that point, we assumed it would be Biden in office.”

Hawkins and his running mate, Angela Walker, received 0.2% of votes nationwide and 0.3 percent in New York, according to the Associated Press. The Green Party needed 130,000 votes or 2% of the total voter turnout in New York to appear on ballots in the state during next year’s election, after the state passed a stricter ballot access law in April. The Green Party will have to secure 45,000 signatures to remain on the ballot.

The party used to need only 50,000 votes to stay on the ballot, which is significantly fewer votes than the current threshold, Hawkins said.

Hawkins received fewer votes this election than 2016 Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who won 1% of the popular vote that year.

Hawkins attributes the Green Party’s losses in the 2020 election to two factors: a staunch commitment among progressives to remove Trump from office and the fact that Hawkins appeared on fewer ballots nationwide. The Green Party was on the ballot for 30 states this year, as opposed to 45 in 2016.

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Hawkins believes many of his would-be voters chose Biden simply to get rid of Trump.

“Most progressives saw Biden as a vehicle to get rid of Trump, and Trump supporters saw Trump as a better guy for the economy,” he said. “It wasn’t about issues. It was all about Donald Trump, either for him or against him.”

Hawkins believes Biden’s moderate stance on some policy issues, as well as his efforts to appeal to conservative voters and politicians, will

let down many progressive voters.

“A lot of progressives are going to be disappointed,” he said. “A honeymoon will be short, and then a lot of people are going to be looking back at the Greens and what we’re trying to do.”

As part of his platform, Hawkins advocated for a federal plan to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and an economic Bill of Rights, which would guarantee rights to

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Valerie Luzadis, a professor of environmental studies at SUNY-ESF, hopes Joe Biden’s presidency will lead to a renewed political effort to address climate change and other environmental issues.

Luzadis, who serves as president of the United States Society for Ecological Economics, has worked with individuals in the national security and military fields who wanted to address climate change but couldn’t under President Donald Trump’s administration. “(Climate) wasn’t front and center because it wasn’t allowed to be,” Luzadis said. “I think we’ve rounded the bend on this being something we can’t talk about.”

Biden, a former vice president and Syracuse University alumnus, obtained over 290 electoral votes to become the 46th U.S. president.

SUNY-ESF students and faculty said that, while they’re hoping for a greater emphasis on environmental policies under Biden’s administration, they’re still worried about whether it will be enough.

Sophia Mitchell, a freshman environmental biology major at SUNY-ESF, was relieved when Biden won. Mitchell, a first-time voter, hopes the new administration will pay greater attention to the scientific community.

Biden has committed to reentering the U.S. into the Paris Agreement, a multilateral agreement through the United Nations to reduce carbon emissions to curb climate change. Trump announced in 2017 that he was pulling the U.S. out of the agreement.

But some professors said Biden’s power to shape climate policy could be limited, especially if the Democratic Party does not gain control of the Senate, leaving a divided Congress.

“We’re really limiting the possibilities,” Luzadis said. “Congress has a huge amount of power, as per the design.”

Biden’s track record of reaching compromises with the opposite party couldz facilitate legislation to curb climate change, regardless of whether Congress leans Democratic or Republican, said Andrea Feldpausch-Parker, an associate professor in the department of environmental studies.

“He has much more skill as a person that can work in bipartisan spaces,” Feldpausch-Parker said.

Some SUNY-ESF professors said that the outcome of state and local races will also have an impact on environmental action in politics.

Despite the uncertainty around how the results of the 2020 election will impact environmental legislation, Feldpausch-Parker is optimistic that climate and conservation activists will keep pushing for change.

“Never underestimate our scrappiness and ability to problem solve when resources are scarce,” she said. “Groups are chomping at the bit to act.” mmrand@syr.edu

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classes The university’s dining halls will continue to provide grab-and-go meals for students, Syverud said. Other cafes and dining centers, including Eggers, Food.com, Life Sciences, Goldstein, Kimmel, Starbucks and the Faculty Center will remain open with normal hours, a university official said. Otto’s Juice Bar at the Barnes Center and Pages in Bird Library will be closed starting Thursday.

SU’s call to suspend in-person instruction comes as Onondaga County continues to report record-high numbers of coronavirus cases. The county confirmed 222 new cases from page 1

students update today, we knew we did the right thing.”

Some students were not surprised by the early transition to online learning, though they said it’s disappointing.

Anika Carlson, a sophomore studying international relations and Italian, said SU was right to transition classes online now because it seems unable to trace where the spikes in cases are coming from. SU officials have said new student cases have increasingly been linked to community spread in central New York rather than to super-spreader events, like the one that caused a cluster of cases among students in early October.

“I wasn’t really shocked after getting the news yesterday, but it still feels kinda sudden,” said Nicholas Ihley, a junior biotech major. “I’m not gonna get to see anyone, everyone’s going to be sheltering in place.”

Tommy McMullen, a junior television, radio and film major, said the transition won’t affect him as much because all of his classes were online already.

Although Bolukh took some important materials from the studio, she said her professors haven’t clarified exactly what items she’ll need while working remotely. She’s not sure whether she should bring her drawing board home to Michigan, as it will be difficult to transport by car.

As of now, Bolukh plans on leaving campus on Nov. 21. But some students said they’re planning to leave earlier as a result of the spike from page 3

hotspot that they are nervous about the trip home but plan to follow public health guidelines to avoid infecting themselves or bringing the virus home to their families.

Both Stocker and Daphne Budin, a sophomore from the suburbs of Chicago who is studying human development and family science, are nervous to travel home by plane. While they expect airlines to enforce social distancing practices, increasing infection rates across the country make traveling seem much more daunting.

“Getting there is definitely very stressful,” Budin said. “When I physically get there, I’m not worried.”

Capeley Zimet, a sophomore from California who is studying information management and technology, is planning on driving to Newark, New Jersey, so she can take a direct flight home and avoid exposure to the virus at multiple airports.

Like Stocker, many students said they plan to strictly adhere to public health guidelines once they return home, hoping to lower their chances of contracting the virus over break.

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of the virus on Wednesday, 66 of which were related to higher education, County Executive Ryan McMahon said in a virtual briefing. The number of cases reported Wednesday is the largest single-day increase that the county has seen since the start of the pandemic.

Students are encouraged to begin planning their testing and departure from Syracuse, and the university will work to accommodate students leaving early, Syverud said. SU will also provide accommodations for students who need to remain on campus into winter break.

The university has come close to exceeding New York state’s limit on positive tests multiple times this semester. At the height of an emerging coronavirus cluster in early

While the rise in COVID-19 cases nationwide poses risks to SU’s ability to open safely, the university looks forward to welcoming students back to campus next semester, Syverud said. University officials have said that low case numbers in the surrounding area were instrumental in SU’s success in mitigating the virus’s spread early in the semester.

“I ask all to travel safely, and to know that we look forward to welcoming students back next semester,” Syverud said. “The University will remain in close contact with our campus community. And we will share frequent updates on our spring 2021 planning.” msessa@syr.edu

in cases. The university said Wednesday that students could depart from campus earlier than their scheduled check out time.

Ihley planned on leaving campus the day before Thanksgiving, but he now thinks he’ll go home this weekend instead.

I’m not gonna get to see anyone, everyone’s going to be sheltering in place Nicholas Ihley junior biotech major

SU has also closed libraries and gyms and limited dining halls to take-out only.

“I think everyone’s been pretty stressed out recently, just seeing everyone go home doesn’t help that,” said Alexandra Grypinich, a sophomore architecture student. “With the libraries and the gyms closed now, it feels kind of pointless to be on campus.”

Carlson tried to change her flight home, but it was too expensive. She’s keeping her original check-out time on Nov. 20. Harteveld and Grypinich also have flights home that day.

McMullen is unsure when he’ll depart for the semester, but he thinks he’ll leave sometime next week.

“I’m going to miss my friends,” McMullen said. “I was very upset (at the news), but I understand you gotta do what you gotta do.” mlberenb@syr.edu

Budin said she is not too nervous about the increasing infection rates in her hometown because her family follows social distancing practices. Over the summer, she was not allowed to see anyone outside her household until June, when she saw friends from 6 feet apart and with masks on.

As much as I would love to come back to campus and see my friends, I don’t really want to come back to another online semester of uncertainty Olivia Galel sophomore international relations major

“My parents will be there, and my grandma comes over to my house,” Budin said. “I don’t want them to get (COVID-19). It’s definitely a little nerve-wracking, but my family

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hawkins employment, health care, affordable housing and a stable income.

When the Green Party needed a candidate, Hawkins agreed to run because he was one of the few candidates in his party with the experience to run a large-scale campaign, he said.

Hawkins said he doesn’t plan to run for public office again, but may if party members ask him to. He would like to be a campaign manager for another party member.

“I have no definite plans,” Hawkins said. “I never planned to run 25 times. It’s really up to

October, the university missed the limit by 20 positive tests. During the last reporting period ending on Nov. 6, SU missed it by only 2.

SU will encourage students leaving campus early following the transition to online classes to receive COVID-19 testing at least three days before departing campus, said Rob Hradsky, vice president for the student experience, in a campus-wide email.

Students shouldn’t leave campus to return home until they receive a negative test result, Hradsky said. Students who chose to leave before their results come in should take health precautions, including quarantining in their room at home, to protect their family and friends, he said.

It was all about Donald Trump, either for him or against him Howie Hawkins green party presidential candidate

SU has encouraged students to get tested at the Dome before returning home to avoid exposing their families to COVID-19. emily steinberger photo editor

is very strict.”

While Harry Owens, a freshman studying broadcast and digital journalism and sports management, lives in New York state, going home to Long Island still makes him nervous because of the increased infection rates there.

Owens plans to quarantine when he gets home before coming into contact with his family.

“I’m a little bit nervous to go back to Long Island because it’s safer up here,” Owens said.

“But I want to go see my family.”

Olivia Galel, a sophomore international relations major from Florida, said the warm weather in her home state makes it easier to see others outdoors from a distance. Galel and her family are less likely to be affected by the increasing infection rates because they don’t go out much, she said.

“If I keep my distance from others and stay outdoors six feet apart, I should be okay,” Galel said. “COVID is definitely a concern in the back of my mind.”

Although Zimet often sees her tightknit group of friends at school, she plans to spend most of her time over break with her family.

“I’m going to go back to just being with my family, especially because I haven’t seen

them in so long,” Zimet said. “I was pretty strict when I was at home.”

But Galel, Stocker, Zimet and Budin all said they are concerned about travel restrictions hindering their ability to return to SU in the spring semester.

During the fall semester, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s travel advisory required students traveling from hotspot states to complete a 14-day quarantine prior to the start of the classes. The order impacted nearly 3,000 SU students.

Cuomo has since changed the advisory to require individuals entering the state from anywhere except New Jersey, Pennsylvania or Connecticut to bring proof of a negative COVID-19 test completed in the last three days. Travelers then quarantine for another three days before receiving a second test that determines if they can leave quarantine.

“As much as I would love to come back to campus and see my friends, I don’t really want to come back to another online semester of uncertainty,” Galel said. “Traveling from a state that’s not around the corner, I’m definitely questioning when I’ll return because of the big trip I need to make.”

the Greens. I’m not saying no, but I’m not seeking anything. I’ll be involved, but whether I’m a candidate or not remains to be seen.”

Hawkins hopes to assist local Green Party candidates with their campaigns so that the party can gain ground through local elections. The main goal of Hawkins’ presidential campaign was to encourage more Green Party candidates to run for local office and to put issues on the public agenda that Democratic and Republican candidates usually ignore.

By 2024, Hawkins hopes to have more Green Party representatives in local office and possibly in the state Legislature. After this year’s election, he’s more confident that a

higher number of Green Party members will run for office, he said.

Hawkins said he has received many messages from young people encouraging members of the party to keep running for office.

“Young people see more clearly than older people, who have kind of resigned themselves to the fact that we don’t have real solutions for the climate, in poverty, and economic opportunity in racism,” Hawkins said. “People, particularly teenagers, say, ‘Keep going, I want to vote for you, but I couldn’t this time.’ It just doubles your commitment when you hear all this encouragement.”

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nov. 12, 2020

finance

column

Smart Money: Tackling student loans

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College education isn’t cheap, so here are some strategies to help manage your student loans, whether they are federal or private. emily steinberger photo editor

By Andrea Lan columnist

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tudent debt in the United States is at an all-time high, and it’s climbing fast. Total student debt more than doubled between 2009 and 2019, increasing from $772 billion to $1.6 trillion.

Tackling the issue of student debt requires rewiring the cost structures of the higher education system and addressing many complex nationwide issues. However, there are smart ways you can get a head start on tackling your loans.

To start, refund checks are not free money. Many private loans will offer you about $5,000 in refund checks that can be deposited directly into your bank account. But if you accept this money, you’re essentially taking on an additional loan that will be added to your student loans.

If you take a $5,000 refund check today at an interest rate of 5%, that will grow to be over $10,300, which you’ll have to pay back in 15 years.

There’s three main kinds of student loans: federal subsidized, federal unsubsidized and private loans, specifically Sallie Mae. Federal subsidized loans are student loans in which the government pays for your interest payments while you’re in school. With federal unsubsidized and private loans, your loan will begin to gain interest while you’re in school.

The interest rate on federal loans tends to be significantly lower than

private. Federal loans stand at 2.75% for undergraduates, while the popular Sallie Mae interest rates range from 4.25% to 12.35%. As of March 31, federal student loans were placed on automatic forbearance — you can still make payments as desired — and interest rates were set to 0% until Dec. 31. The way your private loans have changed since the beginning of the pandemic will depend on where you are borrowing from.

Sallie Mae has no automatic forbearance, but if requested, you may suspend your student loan payments for up to three months without impacting your credit standing.

You’ll still gain interest, but the interest accrued during this time won’t be added to the total amount of your loan and be subjected to additional interest.

Depending on the type of loan you have, the date that your loan starts to grow will differ. If you’re a freshman with a $10,000 federal subsidized loan, your $10,000 will start to gain 2.75% interest a year compounding six months after graduation. Assuming you don’t make any payments, your loan, including principal and interest, totals $17,204 after 20 years.

But for a federal unsubsidized loan of the same amount of money and with the same time period, your loan will total $19,176 because interest will have been accruing since freshman year instead of six months after graduation. If you had a Sallie Mae loan for $10,000 at an inter-

est rate of 5%, your loan will total $32,251 after 24 years. These numbers are understandably daunting, as most students have more than one type of loan. One way to manage this is to start early.

Let’s be real, most of us don’t have thousands of dollars lying around to pay off loans. One misstep I often see is students saving sums of money “for when I start paying my loans.” If you have money to contribute to your loan after setting aside an emergency fund, contribute to it now. With the way interest works on debts, what you pay now will have a lot more buying power than it will in 20 years. With strategic budgeting, a small monthly contribution of $10 to $50 can be easily built into your life and will save you thousands of dollars in the future.

Many loan servicers allow you to set automatic payments to make toward your loan, which is an easy and low-maintenance way to start.

Go to studentaid.gov to find out how many student loans you have, as well as which company you will be paying back. For private loans, go directly to the loaning company’s website to get started. As always, if you have any questions, set up an appointment with me or any of the Smart Money Coaches through Orange SUccess. You got this!

Andrea Lan is a junior finance major and a Smart Money coach in the Office of Financial Literacy. Her column appears bi-weekly. She can be reached at alan01@g.syr.edu

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ome holiday traditions may look different in 2020, but watching Charlie Brown specials in your home will remain the same. Well, only if you have AppleTV. AppleTV, Apple’s streaming service, has acquired The Peanuts, meaning that holidays specials such as “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” and “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” will no longer be on cable TV as they have been for decades. The news sparked outrage — so much so that there’s a petition to put The Peanuts back on the air.

Apple did say that both holiday specials can be streamed for free this year, but for the following years, you’ll have to pay to watch Charlie Brown. I’m sure I would hear this news in any other year and brush it off. But this year, when normalcy is scarce, having a coronavirus-safe tradition taken away feels so unfair.

I think of my grandma and aunt, who would count down the days to watch the Charlie Brown specials. But this is where television networks are going. Streaming is an attractive technology for consumers, said Shuba Ghosh, a professor at Syracuse University’s College of Law. “People can watch things wherever, they’re not tied to the cable or any particular device. So they’re trying to get a set of programs that would be appealing to the public release,” Ghosh said.

SU senior Steve Kemp said there are not only more options for shows on streaming services, but there are more movies available as well.

“I love it when streamers like Netflix invest large sums in prestige filmmakers and franchises. Take

something like David Fincher’s ‘Mank’ or Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman,’ which traditional studios weren’t shelling out for— these services are often the only ones willing to take those sorts of risks these days,” Kemp said.

The Peanuts move is reminiscent of Friends’ and Sesame Street’s move to HBO, as well as The Office’s upcoming move to NBC’s new streaming service, Peacock. Just as streaming services were motivated to acquire these shows, AppleTV has its reasons to acquire The Peanuts.

Charlie Brown’s audience age range and publicity could increase subscriptions to AppleTV, said Barbara Jones, a professor of practice in the television, radio and film department at SU. “Generations of legacy ‘annual tradition’ and noise opportunities ultimately drive subscriptions to their service,” Jones said.

Despite the original shows available on streaming platforms, consumers still want classics, according to Washington Post columnist Alyssa Rosenberg. As TV barrels into streaming services, cable must think of its next move.

“I don’t know how cable networks are going to make it without forming some sort of partnership with a streaming service. There may just be too many cord-cutters for cable to survive,” Kemp said.

In a year where so many traditions have changed, The Peanuts’ move to AppleTV feels even more wrong. But the switch could have been easily predicted. Good grief.

Rachel Pierce is a senior broadcast and digital journalism and political science major.

Her column appears bi-weekly.

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We must hold Biden and Harris accountable, just like Trump

By Hamere Debebe columnist

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his is a historic election, with the highest rate of voter turnout seen in 120 years. While the election feels never-ending, it would have had a different outcome if specific demographics didn’t vote on a record-breaking scale. Black women specifically did the heavy lifting, with 91% voting for former Vice President Joe Biden, according to exit polls.

All over the country, people of color did their part. Black youth in Georgia supplied Biden’s run to flip the state at a staggering rate of 90%, while the same white liberals — specifically women who spent the last six months shouting liberal ideologies and making aesthetic info-

graphics for Instagram about the Black Lives Matter movement and immigrant children in detention — voted for President Donald Trump at a higher rate than they did in 2016.

Indigenous voters also helped to flip the swing states of Arizona and Wisconsin, though their voting rights have been systemically suppressed in the United States for generations as well.

On the flip side, this year was no different from 2016. Most white Americans favored and voted for Trump, even after his disastrous handling of an ongoing pandemic that has left over 200,000 people dead. We gave white voters a pass to support his racist and intolerant mission — twice.

How do we move on with a country that’s still divided, with one half shouting to keep their racist and

imprudent ideologies and president? I have no answer. But I do have advice for those willing to listen.

I see little hope in this newly elected administration pursuing legislation that would benefit the same demographics who worked to appoint it. The work and needs of people of color will once again be swept under the rug until our votes are needed again in 2024.

The man we’ve elected is like the president before him. Biden has advocated for cutting social security for the past 40 years, worked with two segregationist senators to oppose desegregation policies of the U.S. Department of Education and supported the infamous 1994 Crime Bill.

I voted for this man because that was the only option available for a

Black person in the U.S. Because this election is for the Black women who organized and campaigned to protect themselves and their children from the danger of Trump and his administration.

Because, as Black Voters Matter Fund co-founder LaTosha Brown stated perfectly, “The fact that we have matched and topped white voter participation and done that while going through voter suppression in new and old forms every year, we are extraordinary.”

To the young white liberals who love using marginalized groups’ social issues to live out their Hunger Games fantasies: Use your privilege and hold this man and his administration accountable.

Don’t forget the millions who ral-

lied to make this new normal happen. We have to turn these hashtags, tweets and TikTok videos into legislation, budgets and policies that benefit people of color.

Don’t start backpedaling because you feel safe again under Biden and Harris. Additionally, don’t congratulate Harris for being the first-anything vice president — Black, Asian American, woman — until she does the work to show that she’s represented these groups.

Despite this election, nothing has changed. All I propose is that you learn from the past four years, because we never forgot.

Hamere Debebe is a freshman political science major. Her column appears bi-weekly. She can be reached at hedebebe@syr.edu

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Exhibit combines 2 artists’ work

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Although Syracuse University master’s student Cady Spencer and alumna Katie Shulman have two different methods of creating art, they were still able to collaborate to create “A Waltz Between Worlds.”

The exhibit, which ran from Nov. 2 through Friday, was located at Random Access Gallery in Smith Hall. “A Waltz Between Worlds” served as a platform to showcase Spencer and Shulman’s work. It was also the first exhibit at Random Access since the gallery reopened.

Our works were literally combining and interacting with one another.

I don’t think Cady and I ever imagined our works would be so intertwined.

SARAH GROSS originally planned to release her debut album in the spring, but postponed it to December due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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SU junior reworked her debut album, release planned for December

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yracuse University junior Sarah Gross relied on “That ’70s Show” to get through quarantine. This binge-watching inspired the song “The Other Side,” which is featured on her upcoming debut album “Songs from the Passenger Seat” coming out this December.

Ahead of the album’s debut, Gross will drop the lead single, and favorite of hers, “Arizona” on Friday. She also plans to release merchandise and music videos

for her album in the coming weeks. The album has been pushed back since the spring, and the junior thinks it’s among some of her best work.

“What I have now is infinitely better than what I had before,” Gross said.

“I genuinely like the music I am creating right now.”

Gross began tracking the album in February but struggled to find a sound she was truly proud of. With her previous EP and four singles, she focused on growing her name recognition with more pop and funk sounds to appeal to a larger audience.

But when she was sent back to Long see album page 8

native american heritage month

ESF holds event on violence against women

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Veterans Day weighed on Lizette Rivera, a United States military veteran and the faculty sponsor of Diversity @ ESF 24/7/365.

After participating in ESF’s first Veterans Day celebration, Rivera presented on missing and murdered Indigenous women and children during the Diversity @ ESF 24/7/365 meeting

this evening.

Rivera, the director of student inclusion initiatives and special assistant to the chief diversity officer at ESF, and Emily Li, a junior at SUNY-ESF and founder of the group, chose this week’s topic because it is Native American Heritage Month, Rivera said.

The meetings are meant to be a safe space for participants to share what is truly on their minds after listening to difficult

topics, Li said.

Meetings are held on Wednesdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and Thursdays from 1-2 p.m. The group has met since the fall 2018 semester in person but turned to Zoom this semester.

“This is not just a presentation,” Rivera said. “This is meant to promote dialogue.”

Rivera started her presentation by playing a video of a poem, “MMIW: Pocahontas.”

“MMIW” stands for missing and murdered Indigenous women, and the woman reading the poem recognizes Pocahontas as the most famous missing Indigenous woman in history.

Rivera had tears in her eyes following the reading of the poem because she learned from the poem that Pocahontas was captured at 10 years old.

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The showcase’s name originated from the fact that the artists were able to combine their different sculptures and make them interact with each other.

The two artists used different methods to create their work, which features sculptures made of different materials.

Spencer used polystyrene foam in her sculptures because it is easy for one person to carry around and allows her to be more independent as a person and an artist, she said. Shulman utilizes a lot of weaving and wrapping with materials such as cloth to make her sculptures.

Brett Morgan, the curator of the exhibit, was intrigued about the exhibit after hearing Spencer and Shulman pitched it to the gallery last year. Morgan operated as a “third artist” during the creation of the exhibit and decided how the layout of the exhibit should be, Shulman said. He was also able to make the components of the sculptures from the two artists “talk to each other” through strategic placement.

Initially, Spencer and Shulman had pitched a normal twoperson show. But with Morgan’s extensive involvement throughout the creation of the exhibit, the two artists’ different art styles were able to flow together, Shulman said.

“Our works were literally combining and interacting with one another. I don’t think Cady and I ever imagined our works would be so intertwined,” Shulman said. see gallery page 8

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quarantine communication between students and family members, and deliver items such as nail polish and yoga mats.

“If you need grandma to come drop you some soup off, we can find a way to coordinate that your grandmother can drop some soup off,” Hernon said. “Little creature comforts.”

Brent Huot, an SU sophomore who is currently staying in isolation at the Sheraton, expected there to be more communication from pod leaders.

We’ve asked students to basically pick themselves up and go lock themselves away for 14 days. It’s just to provide another layer to help them out.

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His first form of contact was a message from his pod leader three days into his isolation asking if he wanted to connect via Zoom. To get tested for COVID-19, he has been in contact with the Dean of Students Office, The Barnes Center at from page 7

album Gross saw it as an opportunity and took the time over the COVID-19 lockdown to hone her music project.

“I am most proud of myself for giving myself time,” Gross said. “It was not trying to get in my head about the pressure of what other people are gonna think about it and just make music that I want to make.”

“Songs from the Passenger Seat” is more reflective of Gross’ own taste in music, with inspiration for the sound from artists such as Kacey Musgraves and Maggie Rogers.

Gross compiled a playlist of 17 songs that she referenced as she recorded. Because she loved the steel pedal guitar on Kacey Musgraves’ “Slow Burn” and “Golden Hour,” Gross incorporated the instrument into her own music. The acoustic and electronic elements of “Back in my Body” by Maggie Rogers also influenced Gross’ album.

In June, Gross started to rework the album, which was set for a spring release.

Recording began in July at Silo Recordings, the studio of a family friend in Long Island, and will finish in Syracuse at both her home studio and SU’s Belfer Audio Laboratory and Archive studio.

During her time recording on Long Island, Gross worked with her sound engineer Bill Hafener. She recorded some vocals, guitar and flute there before coming back to Syracuse.

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gallery Morgan, who is a graduate student at SU, believes the two artists also played a big role in the creation of the exhibit.

“What’s really nice about the project is we were all able to trust each other,” he said.

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event me up,” Rivera said when the poem ended.

She then played the TEDx video — “Running for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women” — hosted by Rosalie Fish, a member of the Cowlitz Tribe. Fish said that the murdering and kidnapping of Indigenous women is an epidemic in the United States. Children are significantly affected by these events because they are left without mother and grandmother fig-

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The Arch and SU’s COVID-19 Office and said each service kept referring each other to one another.

“I get the idea,” Huot said. “I just feel it could be better executed … There’s definitely a lack of communication with the resources students are provided with.”

The pod leader program has SU staff and faculty working two jobs at once. Walters said she’s on Microsoft Teams daily to communicate with other leaders and checking to see which students are added to the quarantine list.

Walters’ schedule with pod work varies week to week. She has had three students in one week, but over 40 in another.

Vicki Smith, a pod leader and assistant director of student success at the College of Visual and Performing Arts, said that the leaders are doing the best they can despite the rising cases at SU. With 180 active cases as of Wednesday night, the university will transition to fully online learning for the rest of the semester starting Thursday.

More leaders from different schools and backgrounds have joined throughout the school year, and the leaders have become more connected with one another, Smith said.

Smith joined the job in October and first worked with students isolating themselves on floor three of the Sheraton. Her job eventually expanded out to other floors as more students were put into quarantine.

“I’m just trying to just be the best resource I can,” Smith said.

Walters, who works at the Newhouse School of Public Communications, first volunteered for the job after an email popped up from Newhouse assistant dean Karen McGee in late September. presented a challenge for Gross. The studio only allowed for one person to record at a time, so running recording sessions effectively was difficult as an artist and producer, Gross said.

The album has multiple collaborators, including a steel pedal guitarist from Australia, members from Gross’ band and singers from SU’s Main Squeeze a cappella group.

Lauren Goodyear, one of Gross’ roommates and a contributing vocalist on the album, worked on backup vocals and harmonies for Gross’ album alongside vocalist Gillian Pelkonen. The trio sat in Pelkonen’s basement one night talking about Pelkonen’s relationship and decided to write a song about it. They started to sing harmonies together, and “Overload” developed from there.

“Every person in her life has contributed (to the album) in some way, maybe even if they don’t know it,” Goodyear said.

“She has a lot of great connections with musicians. I think that wouldn’t get an opportunity to be on something if she hadn’t reached out to them.”

Nicholas Peta, an SU graduate student and instrumentalist on the album, has worked closely with Gross and helped her with the production of the album. One of Gross’ greatest abilities is bringing people together to make music through her talents as a lyricist, he said.

Peta specifically did a lot of work with Gross on the lead single, “Arizona.” Gross gave Peta an idea of what she wanted on the track and after multiple takes on

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KATE WALTERS acts as a liaison for students in quarantine and delivers them items they may have forgotten or need. emily steinberger photo editor

Although Walters doesn’t have much contact with students as an external relations assistant, she has two college-age children and contracted COVID-19 in the spring.

As Walters began to deal with parents and students who were dealing with quarantine, she would get phone calls at night. It didn’t bother her.

“I’m used to getting up at midnight with a sick kid because that’s who I am. That’s what I do,” Walters said. “As long as I can help somebody …

You just do what you can to make it easier.”

At the end of October, Walters received one student who was celebrating her birthday inside quarantine. She took the time to create a care package for the student, stuffing it with goodies like Goldfish crackers, cookies, apple cider, a coloring book and a birthday card.

The student’s parents thanked Walters and told her deans at Newhouse what a great job she did.

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piano, the two molded the final piano tracks for the song.

Both Peta and Goodyear describe “Songs from the Passenger Seat” as a very warm album in that listening to it almost feels like a “hug.” Gross hopes her audience finds the album comforting, espe-

cially in the current circumstances.

“Because we can’t connect in person, I really feel like for me, sharing my music with other people (and) working with other people is my way of reaching out … communicating and checking in,” Gross said.

I sort of saw it and then kind of collaborate with them and come up with something.”

Much of this trust stems from the three of them being friends before the exhibit was even made. The trio first met each other through a critique class they took in fall 2018.

COVID-19 has been an obstacle for the exhibit. Usually Random Access Gallery holds an opening night when it showcases new work, which serves as a hub for graduate students and other people in the Syracuse community. But

an opening like this isn’t possible due to social distancing measures.

Regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, the exhibit has been successful. Because fewer people are allowed in at a time, the artists had their work cover more space in a room than it would during an exhibit showcase before the pandemic.

Because of this, the exhibit creates a close, intimate relationship between the viewer and the work of art that viewers wouldn’t normally get in a room packed with people during a pre-

pandemic opening, Shulman said.

Even though the last day for “A Waltz Between Worlds” was last Friday, the artists hope to continue creating work that is similar to the work in the exhibit.

“This iteration of the show at Random Access is over, but I do think it has sort of given the three of us this example of how to create really intimate art experiences for a single person,” Shulman said.

ures, she said.

Rivera decided to add the word “children” to the evening’s title because Indigenous children are not exempt from the trauma that Indigenous women face, she said.

After watching the TEDx video, Rivera teared up again because the story related to her own experience as an Indigenous woman, she said. While she grew up in Chicago, her family is from Puerto Rico and of Taíno heritage.

“We are the first people that Columbus encountered when he came to the Ameri-

cas,” Rivera said. “My people were the first ones that went missing, and were murdered and raped in silence.”

Before the group moved to an open discussion, Li reminded everyone of the group’s six rules to keep in mind during the time. They included only speaking to one’s own lived experiences, not sharing what other people say outside of the meeting and remembering to leave time for others to speak.

It is important to follow these guidelines because it creates a safe space and a brave space for everyone to confidently

share what is on their minds, Li said.

One of the members who has attended since fall 2019, ESF graduate student Rose Osborne, said she comes to the meetings because the conversations push her to think about topics on social justice, race, sexuality and politics.

“I don’t get that so much at ESF,” Osborne said. “This is one of the few spaces that consistently I can talk about those kinds of things with other people. I can learn things like I did tonight. I can hear other people’s perspectives and explore aspects of my own identity.”

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signing day on 14 players, eight of whom were freshmen.

Throughout the season, McIntyre constantly chopped and changed formations and personnel, noting that, without a normal preseason, he was still learning about players and where they fit best.

With just four freshmen in SU’s 2021 class so far and a handful of transfers expected, McIntyre will have greater continuity entering the season.

“We are delighted to welcome these four outstanding young men to our program,” McIntyre said. “It is a talented initial group that will take tremendous pride in representing Syracuse University.”

Here’s a breakdown of the four recruits:

Oluwaseun Oyegunle

Oyegunle, who goes by “Olu,” continues the pipeline from Canadian club Sigma FC to Syracuse. Current SU players Simon Triantafillou and Hilli Goldhar played at Sigma, and former stars Tajon Buchanan and Chris Nanco also represented the club.

Oyegunle joined Sigma as a 15-year-old after the club spotted him at Brampton Soccer Club, an Ontario-based team, Sigma technical director and head coach John Zervos told The Daily Orange. At the time, his natural strength and speed made him a logical fit in their defensive system, but Oyegunle’s ability with short passes was less impressive, Zervos said.

“He was decent in the long passing game, I think he was just never taught that way,” Zervos said.

Playing as a left-sided center back or left wingback, Zervos saw significant development in Oyegunle as they worked with him on receiving possession and playing short or medium passes out of defense. Oyegunle was like “a sponge” absorbing information, Zervos said. Initially, there were four or five colleges interested in Oyegunle, but by the time he could speak with programs, that interest expanded significantly.

Francesco Pagano

Pagano, from Fayetteville-Manlius High School, is the second local player to join Syracuse’s roster after Liverpool High School product Jeorgio Kocevski was part of its 2020

class. The lone forward in the class, Pagano was prolific for the Hornets in 2019, racking up 18 goals and six assists in just 11 games.

United Soccer Coaches named him CNY Player of the Year and New York State Player of the Year, and he earned High School AllAmerican honors. Pagano, along with Oyegunle, will arrive at SU in the spring of 2021.

“Cicci is a top talent and a player with an extremely high ceiling,” McIntyre said. “Each year it is our priority to try and keep our best ‘local talent’ home. Cicci is a passionate SU soccer fan who has been around our program for a number of years.”

Aidan Arber

A native of Upper Saddle River, NJ, Arber will add some much-needed depth to Syracuse’s fullback group. When Syracuse played with a back four this year, both Sondre Norheim, a natural centerback at 6-foot-4, and Triantafillou, who previously played in midfield and right back, were forced into new roles at right and left back, respectively.

Arber brings a strong pedigree to Syracuse, having previously played for MLS team New York City FC’s academy before his move to the Players Development Academy in New Jersey.

“Aidan is a talented player who fits in perfectly with the way that we play here at Syracuse,” McIntyre said. “He possesses a wonderful work ethic, energy, and enthusiasm to his game that complements our style of play and allows him to play as both a fullback and a wingback in our system.”

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Adenuga, from Toronto, will join a crowded Syracuse midfield group that will return starters Amferny Sinclair, Julio Fulcar and Noah Singelmann, while Kocevski, who made several starts in 2020, will also vye for playing time.

Adenuga follows a similar path that top-scorer and freshman Deandre Kerr made coming from Toronto FC’s academy.

He more recently played for Vaughan Soccer Club, which produced former SU stars Ryan Raposo and Massimo Ferrin. As McIntyre noted, Adenuga can bring something different to SU’s midfield, which mainly consists of high-energy, ball-winning players in Sinclair and Fulcar.

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Syracuse secures 9 players on National Signing Day

By Cameron McKeon staff writer

Syracuse women’s soccer announced nine additions on Wednesday for National Signing Day. The Orange picked up a forward, five midfielders, two defenders and a goalkeeper in the batch of recruits, three of whom join Syracuse from Ontario, Canada.

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report card Emerman: A It’s in vogue to say running backs don’t matter, but this Syracuse team kind of embodies that idea. The talent difference between a true freshman fourth-stringer and Syracuse’s top two backs is negligible at best.

Sean Tucker has been a terrific surprise for SU. He runs hard, shakes arm tackles and is a decent pass blocker. He needs to improve his receiving out of the backfield, but that’s nitpicking for a freshman who’s provided stability and played through injuries. Even converted receiver Cooper Lutz has done well behind Tucker, giving SU its strongest offensive unit even with Abdul Adams and Jarveon Howard opting out.

Hillman: A The running backs have been perhaps the most impressive position group for Syracuse. The unexpected opt outs of Howard and Adams left a void at the position, but Sean Tucker has shown he may be the best back on the roster, even when the two experienced ones return. His power running game has offset a disappointing passing game, impressing in almost every outing. Cooper Lutz’ ability in swing passes and outside runs adds versatility to an offense lacking many weapons. The running backs, what many thought was a problem, is a strength for SU.

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Dabbundo: D It depends on the development of Anthony Queeley, but this offense wide receiver room has massively underperformed. Replacing Trishton Jackson is a tough ask, but the Orange haven’t even come close. Taj Harris has hit some deep plays, but the play-to-play success has been rough. It’s been far too much boom-or-bust from this wideout group, who has often looked out of sync, dropped passes.

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emerman for initially winning over Johnson.

Yes, he almost certainly won’t end up in Syracuse. But Johnson easily could’ve given his word to Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina or another Blue Blood. Getting a verbal commitment from the best point guard in a class is worth praising.

One line that sticks out in Johnson’s announcement is, “(The SU coaches) have treated me with the utmost respect which is why they will remain one of my top choices.”

ence) struggled through a shortened 2020 season and finished with the worst record in program history.

“2021 will technically really be my first recruiting class that we’ll have coming in,” head coach Nicky Adams said. I was hired so late in 2019 that in 2020 we were just focusing on transfers.”

The Orange have nine seniors and two graduate students moving on from their time at Syracuse, including goaltender Lysianne Proulx, who led all of Division I in saves per

game (9.13) this past season.

Below are the players that signed their National Letters of Intent to Syracuse on Wednesday: Koby Commandant, Midfielder, John F. Ross (Ontario) CVI Chloe Deveze, Midfielder, San Clemente (California) High School Erin Flurey, Forward, Central (New Hampshire) High School Sierra Giorgio, Goalkeeper, Bill Crothers (Ontario) Secondary School

Kylen Grant, Defender, Sir Wilfrid Laurier (Ontario) Secondary School Emma Klein, Midfielder, Amherst Central (New York) High School Kendyl Lauher, Defender, Cannon (North Carolina) School Ashley Rauch, Midfielder, South Lakes (Virginia) High School Margaret (Mags) Thornton, Midfielder, West Chester East (Pennsylvania) High School

Emerman: C It’s often tough to tell who’s to blame on a failed play between an SU receiver and quarterback. The offense relies heavily on option routes, so miscommunications have happened relatively often, especially without spring ball.

Taj Harris is averaging 72.4 yards per game and was once leading the ACC in total yards, but also has some crucial drops and is First Team All-Bad Body Language. Sophomore Anthony Queeley has been a pleasant surprise and shone in Harris’ one-game absence for flipping off a camera, and his development will be key for SU going forward.

the lack of outside receiving talent. Luke Benson and Aaron Hackett both seem skilled but have only combined for 11 catches. Their blocking has been key in unlocking the run game and bolstering the offensive line, but it remains a mystery why they’re not targeted more downfield.

Hillman: B I’ve been impressed by the offensive line’s performance. Babers couldn’t have expected to be without both Dakota Davis and Chris Bleich three months ago. Yet, he’s adjusted by moving Chris Elmore and plugging in Darius Tisdale. Carlos Vetterello has been far improved at center and Matthew Bergeron has been consistent at tackle. Syracuse has still allowed 32 sacks on the season, but 21 of those came in the first four games. Since then, SU has had a decent front five.

Hillman: D I expected this offense to be terrible, but not this bad. A lot of the blame has to fall on the wide receivers. Harris has been up-anddown, but often complained on the field and was seen showing his middle finger to the camera. Anthony Queeley has shown flashes and Nykeim Johnson is far more of a threat on punt and kickoff returns. But that’s about it.

No one else has more than 50 yards receiving or a touchdown. This has been one of SU’s most disappointing groups, and that’s a bold statement given my expectations for them.

Tight End

Dabbundo: BThis tight end duo of Aaron Hackett and Luke Benson is a ‘what could have been’ position for the Orange. I don’t understand why they aren’t more involved in the SU offense, given that both have shown an ability to make plays for the Orange. Hackett received high scores for his blocking from PFF, Benson found the end zone on a big play against Duke, and the Orange really should use these two more. Eleven combined season catches is not enough. At this point, why not try.

Hillman: B I don’t blame this position group’s lack of production on themselves. Any Syracuse fan knows how important Aaron Hackett is in run blocking and what Luke Benson can do in the open field. Unfortunately, Sterlin Gilbert’s offense doesn’t utilize tight ends, just like Babers’ offenses of years past — even if it’s one of Syracuse’s best positions.

Offensive Line

Dabbundo: CThe Orange’s offensive line was another injury or two from a complete disaster. They’ve avoided that, but they still haven’t been good.

While the Orange haven’t given up as many sacks in recent weeks as they did early in the season, they still rank near the bottom in line yards and haven’t done well against four-man rushes. Syracuse’s No. 1 one cause of downfall has been offensive line play for two seasons, and this group hasn’t performed well enough to keep the offense afloat. I’d argue Chris Elmore has been their best offensive lineman, and that’s a major concern given the other four have much more experience.

Emerman: C+ Another group that’s tough to grade, this time simply by virtue of small sample size. Tight ends have never been featured in Dino Babers’ offenses at Syracuse, and this year is no different, despite

Emerman: BAll things considered, this offensive line has been good enough. The unit’s expectations to begin the season were about as low as possible, but the product on the field has been far from disastrous. Converted fullback, tight end and nose tackle Chris Elmore has been great at guard, and Airon Servais, who’s started every game since his freshman year, has remained an iron man. The line’s also improved since the beginning of the season; SU has an 8.16% sacks allowed rate in its last three games compared to its 11.55% overall. For reference, the Orange had an 11.44% QB sack rate in 2019.

Committing, decommitting and re-committing to Syracuse appears impossible, but apparently Johnson isn’t shutting the door on that possibility.

It will surely sting Syracuse fans if Johnson turns around and ends up in Durham or Lexington. But that too seems unlikely.

If the NBA axes its age eligibility requirements for the 2022 season like commissioner Adam Silver hopes, the prospect of earning millions would likely outweigh any collegiate offer, even from the most storied programs. Even if the NBA isn’t ready to make that change, Johnson would be the

perfect candidate — an uber-talented 18-year-old with his academic eligibility reportedly in question — to join the NBA’s revamped G-League program for elite prospects.

None of the news between Johnson’s verbal commitment in February and his decommitment in November reassured Syracuse fans he’d actually arrive on campus. He transferred from Mayfair to Oak Hill Academy (Va), then injured his foot. In August, he left Oak Hill and eventually landed back in California at Centennial High School. With those moves came reported academic eligibility troubles, adding

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Defensive Line

Dabbundo: C Replacing defensive linemen Kendall Coleman and Alton Robinson was never going to be easy, but the Orange’s front three has really struggled against the run this season. There have been good games, but the consistency has been lacking. They’ve allowed the fifth most line yards in the ACC and have the third lowest stuff rate. That makes it tough for me to give them anything higher than an average grade.

Emerman: CThere’s not much to like about Syracuse’s defensive line. The Orange have 13 sacks, tied for second-fewest in the ACC, and two of those came from defensive backs (when it comes to blitzing in the 3-3-5, it’s fair to lump defensive line in with the linebackers). The Cody Roscoe-Josh Black-McKinley Williams line also hasn’t put up much resistance at all in the running game.

Hillman: D I expected this to be a strength for SU entering the year. With three upperclassmen manning the front three, it was expected to be solid. In turn, SU has been slashed game-after-game by dominant running backs and has only sacked opposing quarterbacks 13 times. Replacing Alton Robinson and Kendall Coleman was always a tough task, but their production has been lacking. sports@dailyorange.com @DOSports

an extra barrier to playing college basketball.

That much volatility for a high school junior shortly after making a major life decision — choosing Syracuse — can’t be good. The feeling that Johnson would never make it to Syracuse started as soon as he committed and only got stronger.

Dior-mania ended before it ever began, but its culmination felt more inevitable than anything.

Danny Emerman is a senior staff writer at The Daily Orange, where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at dremerma@ syr.edu or on Twitter @DannyEmerman

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schedule In the 20-game ACC slate, Syracuse will face five teams twice: Boston College, Pittsburgh, No. 5 Louisville, North Carolina and Notre Dame. Syracuse will play five total games against the three other ACC teams that opened the season ranked inside the AP Top 25 poll. The Orange also have two more road games (11) than home (9).

The Orange can begin closed scrimmages or exhibition games as early as Nov. 25. The NCA A also declared Sept.

16 that no team’s schedule should exceed 25 regular season games. All teams, however, must complete 13 games to be considered for the NCA A tournament. tnolan@syr.edu

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Johnson not coming to SU isn’t surprising

Grading Syracuse through 8 games

SEAN TUCKER, a true freshman, has played six games at running back this season for Syracuse after injuries and opt outs thrust him into the starting role.

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Our beat writers analyze each position with Syracuse in its bye week

By The Daily Orange Sports Staff

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ith Syracuse (1-7, 1-6 Atlantic Coast) on an off-week, our beat reporters decided to give each position group a grade, from A to F. No Whitman curve here.

Below is The D.O.’s bye week report card:

Quarterback

Anthony Dabbundo: B I really don’t believe that Syracuse’s issues on offense begin at the quarterback position. Tommy DeVito showed flashes of what he can do, but he needs more time and better receiver play. Sometimes he holds the ball too long, but he’s not close to Syracuse’s biggest problem on offense. Rex Culpepper may have been in over his head, but even JaCobian Morgan flashed some promising signs against Boston College.

If you’re looking for SU’s offensive issues, look elsewhere.

Danny Emerman: C+ It’s tough to give the quarterback position a grade here, considering how much turnover there’s been. DeVito, as expected, was Syracuse’s most effective passer, but even he took too many sacks and threw two uncharacteristic interceptions. Rex Culpepper wasn’t the answer, and it’s probably too early to tell for JaCobian Morgan, who impressed in his first start. Syracuse’s offense — designed to create big passing plays — is 86th in the FBS for explosive play percentage. A good portion of the blame has to fall on the Orange’s QBs. Adam Hillman: BI’ll take the middle ground of three grades.

The carousel of quarterbacks — outside of a few Rex Culpepper games — hasn’t been the offense’s issue with the passing game.

The wide receivers are inexperienced and No. 1 target Taj Harris’ performances are erratic. DeVito’s horrible performances early on were offset by an impressive out-

ing against Georgia Tech, and his injury led to unexpected snaps for Culpepper.

The injuries are obvious, and Culpepper’s struggles factor into the blame. But I see more pressing issues for this offense.

Running back

Dabbundo: AGiven the Orange have been without their top three running backs from the start of the season, the emergence of Sean Tucker and Cooper Lutz has been one of the bright spots for this offense. The opt-outs of Abdul Adams and Jarveon Howard, along with Jawhar Jordan’s injury, have made this one of the Orange’s thinnest spots. Tucker is a newcomer, but his low center of gravity makes him tough to bring down and he’s averaging five yards per carry. Lutz filled in admirably following Tucker’s injury, and given that I thought this would be a bad spot for SU, it has turned out not to be. see report

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Dior Johnson always seemed too good to be true.

The five-star’s verbal commitment came when he was a 16-year-old high school sophomore at Mayfair High School (CA). He’d gone to camps at Syracuse since he was in seventh grade. He played in the same AAU organization as Buddy Boeheim.

DANNY It was a perEMERMAN fect match, one UBUNTU that would vault the Orange back into national championship contention — if only for one year, until Johnson inevitably declared for the NBA. Since then, the No. 1 point guard in his class switched schools twice, suffered a stress fracture in his foot, was rumored to reclassify up a year and said he’d “look at all of my options” if the NBA changes its age requirement for entering the draft.

So when Johnson announced on Twitter on Tuesday night he’s reopening his recruitment process, central New York let out a collective sigh of disappointment.

The most tantalizing, gifted and hyped Syracuse commit since Carmelo Anthony mutually broke up with SU two years before he was set to arrive.

Now he parallels Darius Bazley, who committed to SU in 2018 but spurned the Orange for a $1 million internship with New Balance.

Unlike Bazley, though, the timing of Johnson’s decommitment leaves SU with ample time to replace him.

But Johnson was supposed to be a magnet for prospective recruits — he even said in his commitment blog post that he wanted to bring more five-stars with him. Class of 2022 guard Roddy Gayle Jr., the No. 1 recruit in New York who’s announcing his commitment Friday and listed the Orange in his final six, may serve as a litmus test of what’s to come for SU recruiting.

Johnson was not only Syracuse’s highest rated commit since Anthony, but he was also Syracuse’s last five-star, beside Bazley, since Chris McCullough signed on in 2014. Head coach Jim Boeheim’s recruiting success has been much-maligned in recent years, particularly since Mike Hopkins left for Washington in 2017, but Boeheim deserves credit see emerman page 10

women’s basketball

men’s soccer

SU opens ACC schedule with Miami Breaking down Syracuse’s 4 commits

By Tim Nolan staff writer

The Atlantic Coast Conference released Syracuse’s conference schedule for the 2020-21 season on Wednesday, just over four weeks from its start. The Orange open with three road games, with the first coming Dec. 10 at Miami, and they welcome North

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Number of ACC road games Syracuse plays in 2020-21

Carolina to the Carrier Dome for their first home game on New Year’s Eve. The 20 games are all that the Orange have scheduled currently, but head coach Quentin Hillsman said he expects his team to pick up “four or five” nonconference games to round out its schedule. see schedule page 10

By Alex Hamer

asst. sports editor

Four players have signed National Letters of Intent to join Syracuse (0-3-2, 0-3-2 Atlantic Coast) men’s soccer in 2021. After a winless 2020 season, head coach Ian McIntyre

said in a release Wednesday that the signees will bolster “some immediate needs of the team.”

The Orange’s roster underwent drastic change heading into this season, losing its top-three scorers from 2019 while bringing see signing

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