Feb. 2, 2023

LACROSSE GUIDE 2023 ENERGIZED

‘Here to stay’

By Jana Seal news editor

At the start of the spring semester, Syracuse University’s Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence disseminated a resource document for professors on artificial intelligence in academics. While making their spring syllabi, some faculty said they were unsure about how to address the opportunities for cheating and plagiarism following the introduction of ChatGPT in November 2022.

ChatGPT, standing for Generative Pre-training Transformer, is a chatbot trained on 570GB of Internet data – including Wikipedia, webtexts and books – to produce written responses to user-submitted queries. The OpenAI-created bot is built from GPT 3.5, which Jing Lei, SU School of Education interim associate dean for academic affairs, referred to as a

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member of the same technology family that shares parts of their language model.

Now, responding to newfound customized access to automatically-generated data, SU professors are navigating ways to use ChatGPT as a tool to enhance learning and as something that presents questions about academic integrity.

For retired SU professor and plagiarism expert Rebecca Howard, the tool’s potential in education outweighs any plagiarism or cheating concerns it might present. She pointed to previous technological advancements in the 1990s like the internet and Wikipedia, which, at the time, sparked similar panics over cheating and dishonesty.

“People were forbidding their students to get on the internet, which is just hilarious to think about,”

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SU’s InclusiveU partnership with SCSD promotes inclusivity

By Roxanne Boychuk contributing writer

Matthew Falanga, a former Syracuse City School District student with an Individualized Education Plan, didn’t have a clearcut plan for his education after graduating from a high school in the SCSD. Through the OnCampus program, Falanga ended up spending the next year living a college experience on Syracuse University’s campus.

OnCampus, a partnership between SU’s InclusiveU program and SCSD, is an initiative under InclusiveU where students from the SCSD with developmental disabilities can gain a college experience at SU. The program provides students with the opportunity to take SU courses, gain work experience and participate in social activities with other students, according to the program’s website.

SCSD students with Individualized Education Plans — which ensure a child with an identified

disability attending an elementary or secondary educational school can receive specialized instruction and services — are eligible to apply for the OnCampus program.

Brianna Shults, the director of InclusiveU, said the people and activities within the program provide an immersive college experience, like that of traditional students, for OnCampus students.

“SU and SCSD collaborate by combining all of the benefits of InclusiveU with the resources

from the SCSD to bring high school students with intellectual disability to college,” Shults said. “OnCampus students are a part of InclusiveU and Syracuse University.”

Falanga said he’s appreciative of the program and his personal, meaningful experiences at SU. He especially enjoys the area around the university and the dining hall’s chicken tender Thursdays and pizza Fridays, he said.

After ChatGPT was unveiled at the end of 2022, faculty navigate plagiarism concerns and the inevitability of AI

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INSIDE

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NEWS

“It’s very good at sounding smart. It’s just not very good at being smart.” - Chris Forster, SU professor on ChatGPT Page 1

CULTURE

“There have been people in my life where drinking is a requirement to hang out with them. I just let go of those people, but then, new people come into my life ... We just come as we are, and it’s a gift.” - Ivonne Millan, SU junior Page 5

OPINION

“Being a feminist can be exhausting when it feels like you are constantly involved in situations where others need to be educated.” - Lily Newman, columnist Page 8

SPORTS

“You don’t see too many pitch invasions in Syracuse, New York,” - Ian McIntyre, men’s soccer head coach Page 12

COMING UP

Noteworthy events this week.

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Hochul proposes NY annual budget with 2.4% increase

By Kendall Luther asst. news editor

Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed a $337 million plan to reduce gun violence on Wednesday as part of her New York state Executive Budget plan for Fiscal Year 2024.

The proposal would allocate money to crime analysis centers, data sharing for local partners, youth resources and efforts to stop the flow of illegal guns into the state. The full budget would represent a 2.4% increase from 2023’s FY budget.

Hochul also said she hopes to revitalize the criminal justice system by raising court-appointed attorneys’ salaries and delegating funds to the state district attorney and state police.

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The budget also proposes increased investments in health care and education, as well as addresses housing, public transportation, bail laws and safety. The plan will not increase state residents’ income taxes.

“Our $227 billion budget will include unprecedented investments in areas that will make a positive impact in people’s lives that’ll make the New York dream real,” Hochul said in her presentation.

Hochul also discussed revising the state’s new bail laws. Hochul has faced controversy from both Republican and Democratic legislative leaders and bail reform advocates for her positions. She said she looks to engage in thoughtful conversation regarding factors that determine bail for serious and low-level offenses.

The budget includes a $1 billion multi-year plan to fix the state’s mental health care by augmenting treatment services and resources and improving facilities. Hochul said these efforts will also address drug addiction and the fentanyl crisis.

The New York Housing Compact, a plan to create 800,000 homes over the next decade, received an allocation of $25 billion in the pro-

posal. Hochul stated her objective was to ensure that residents can realistically achieve the “New York dream” by making the state an affordable place to work, live and raise families.

The budget will invest a record-breaking $34.5 billion in public school aid, the largest increase in the state’s history. The state will continue investments in child care to ensure affordability for working parents and guardians, she said.

Hochul’s $5.5 billion climate plan investment in the budget would promote energy affordability, reduce emissions and invest in clean air and water. $500 million will be devoted to clean water infrastructure funding and $400 million will go to the Environmental Protection Fund. Hochul also included a proposal to implement the Waste Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act, which “transfers the onus of recycling to the

producer — not the taxpayers,” according to 2023’s State of the State report.

“Yes, we have the nation’s most ambitious plan. We’re proud of it, but I am never one to rest in our laurels, not now, not ever,” Hochul said. “We’ll continue to ensure a cleaner, healthier environment for future generations.”

Hochul emphasized the importance of quality, affordable and accessible health care. After making state history with the largest investment in the U.S. last year, the budget will invest $500 million to support the state’s healthcare objectives, according to the proposal. Hochul said money will go towards preparing for future public health emergencies and toward supporting underserved communities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hochul also commended the legislature for passing an amendment to the state constitution for abortion rights, which she said will be on the ballot in 2024. Hochul and legislative leaders have referred to this bill as a “direct rebuke” to the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade.

“I will never ever waver in my belief that that is a basic fundamental right,” Hochul said.

The budget would also allot $1.3 billion to economic development investments. This includes adjusting New York’s minimum wage to match the rising cost of living, providing fully paid parental leave to employees and establishing grant funding and tax credits for the Regional Economic Development Councils.

Hochul celebrated the state’s success in attracting companies at the forefront of the manufacturing industry, including Micron, which announced its plan in October to build a 1,400acre semiconductor fabrication facility in Clay, just north of Syracuse, projected to create nearly 50,000 jobs.

The proposal will now undergo negotiations to create a finalized 2024 Executive Budget by March 31, the end of New York’s fiscal year. After the proposal is adopted, Hochul is responsible to implement the budget over the next fiscal year, with oversight from the legislature.

“This is a pivotal moment for our state. We can’t just sit on the sidelines and wish things were different,” Hochul said. “If we want to make real progress for our people, we can.”

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Graduate Student Organization officially recognizes SGEU

By Anjana Dasam asst. copy editor

Syracuse University’s Graduate Student Organization passed a resolution to officially recognize Syracuse Graduate Employees United — which announced its campaign to gain recognition as a union by SU on Jan. 17— during its meeting Wednesday.

In a press statement released on the day it announced its intent to unionize, SGEU cited low stipends, high workloads and lack of healthcare and parental benefits as factors which necessitated a union for graduate student workers on campus. During GSO’s discussion on the resolution, graduate student employees shared their personal experiences dealing with the concerns SGEU has voiced.

Some international students at the meeting emphasized their concerns about how their allocated $20,000 annual stipends are not enough to cover their living expenses like food, rent and transportation.

Aditya Srinivasan, a PhD student in the Social Science PhD Program at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, said that graduate students being able to get by doesn’t mean change isn’t needed.

“As an Indian international student who earns far less than what is needed to live in a place like Syracuse — which is not expensive by the way — I could not be more in support of a resolution like this, because for international students, these protections matter,” Srinivasan said.

Emma Culver, also a graduate student worker in the Maxwell School, said her stressful daily schedule as a student and graduate assistant drove her support of the resolution.

“I had to take on a second job,” Culver said. “Now I am working about 30 hours a week, on top of all my schoolwork, and all of my other requirements just to be able to pay my rent.”

Some GSO senators pointed to the Hendricks Chapel Food Pantry as a resource for graduate students that could alleviate the need for a union, but others contested that the supplies of the pantry don’t realistically address all issues or meet the demand.

Senators also discussed ways to structure the resolution in order to ensure inclusive language, specifically with respect to language pertaining

to international and Indigenous students. The resolution passed with a two-thirds majority.

Sadie Novak, a fourth year PhD student in the College of Arts and Sciences, said that although graduate students know they are signing up for a challenge, change is still necessary.

“We all know what we’re signing up for when we come to graduate school. We know it’s going to be hard. We know that we are supposed to be

very rigorously tasked with intellectual challenges in our research, and in our teaching,” Novak said. “What we’re not really supposed to be tasked with here in graduate school is figuring out how to put food on the table, figuring out how we’re supposed to be paying rent, being concerned about going to the doctor if we are sick and broken.”

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Hochul named public safety as her “number one priority,” and announced expanded efforts to address gun violence. MALCOLM TAYLOR contributing photographer

SU’s Graduate Student Organization passed its resolution to recognize SGEU with a 2/3 majority vote during its Wednesday meeting. CASSANDRA ROSHU asst. photo editor

Hochul’s proposed budget total

DPS, CRB present policy revisions for campus arrests

By Stephanie Wright asst. news editor

The Syracuse University Community Review Board heard two policy revision proposals from the SU Department of Public Safety during its Wednesday night meeting. Both proposals could change DPS officers’ procedures for arrests and exculpatory evidence.

The first proposal would prohibit DPS officers from arresting SU students, staff and faculty in any classroom or other setting for academic instruction, except for in certain outlined circumstances. The proposal comes nearly a year after DPS officers arrested a SU student inside the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.

The exceptions for the rule included instances where there is probable cause to believe the suspect committed a violent felony offense, is believed to be armed with a weapon, has made threats of violence to themself or others and when DPS officers are in “hot pursuit” of a suspect.

The CRB added recommendations to the classroom arrest policy that prioritized “minimal impacts” to the learning environment, according to the recommendation. The recommendations outlined that in cases with -

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Howard said. “Collectively we’re acting pretty much the same now as we collectively did with the introduction of the internet, and of Wikipedia…. And we’re doing the same thing now. We will work it out and calm down. But right now everybody’s writing about how to catch people using ChatGPT.”

She explained the AI isn’t able to generate a piece of scholarship on its own in the first place. It uses patchwriting, which Howard said takes the language of an original piece, substitutes some synonyms and moves words around to generate a new text. She said the bot will say something that seems sensible, but the writing won’t be very good.

Chris Forster, a professor in the English department with a focus in digital humanities, used GPT 3.5 for assignments in his fall “Literature and its Media” course. He said that what people can learn about the data set that an AI is trained on is more valuable than the wall of text an AI can produce.

“Rather than it being a way to get to write your papers for you, or to provide an intellectual interlocutor, I think these things like the image generators or chat GPT give people a …way of interacting with these sorts of large data models that are also going to be shaping things that are a lot less obvious, right?” he said. “Companies are going to be using these for things … like determining credit ratings, trying to figure out investment risk.”

In learning about the data that bots pull from, Forster identified the value of disciplines in the humanities. He pointed to the process of interpreting the language produced by GPT 3.5, which he said looks like a close reading in an English Lit class.

“It’s trying to think really carefully about, ‘what is the structure of this article? How does it progress narratively? What are the sort of

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Michele Krak, an OnCampus coordinator, said the program is a fitting environment for growth as students transition into adulthood. She said OnCampus students socialize with SU students frequently and participate in activities on and off campus.

“Students are introduced to a college setting with age-appropriate peers to explore academics in a setting that allows for exploration of interests with mentored support,” Krak said. “Students 18-21 years of age have the opportunity to be actively engaged with rigorous content in a college setting and still have support from a mentor.”

InclusiveU offers a “Peer2Peer” program, which pairs non-matriculated InclusiveU students, including students from the OnCampus program, with current SU students who serve as “peer partners.” Peer partners accompany InclusiveU students to engage in activities on campus from playing games to working out at the gym to just getting lunch. InclusiveU works to emphasize the social aspects of college just like it does the academic aspects, Shults said.

“College is an opportunity to participate in not only academics but also essential social experiences and connections with other stu-

out imminent threat and danger, classroom arrests should be a last resort option, and that a DPS supervisor should be present at them.

Additionally, the CRB recommended that a DPS supervisor communicate with the academic instructor or Student Services prior to an arrest. Additionally, in cases of staff or faculty arrest, DPS should contact the applicable supervisor or dean.

For all DPS responses to threats of selfharm, the CRB recommended that DPS coordinate with Counseling Services, which would bar cases of imminent threat. The CRB’s recommendations were not applicable to “crimes in progress or imminent danger to the health and safety of the college community,” according to the proposal.

During last year’s arrest of a student at the Whitman School, DPS officers immediately responded to multiple threats of physical assaults and determined it was necessary to physically remove the suspect from their classroom, according to an SU news release following the arrest. The suspect expressed difficulty breathing while restrained during the arrest. One of the officers, who restrained the suspect, said at the time that he found a knife on the suspect.

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implications and connotations of some words?” Forster said. “Do I understand what sort of texts have shaped it?”

In her “Rhetorics and Robots” course at SU, Krista Kennedy — a professor in the writing and rhetoric department who studies rhetorics of technology and algorithmic rhetorics — said she’s interested in how much agency and control a human has when writing with a bot like ChatGPT. She said the next time she teaches a class like professional writing, she wants to assign students a format like a cover letter, and have them write one with ChatGPT and one on their own to compare.

In his literature course, Forster asked his students to do something similar when the class read “Dracula”— after crafting a prompt to feed to the AI, students turned in an entirely botwritten paper alongside a reflection. He said one of the most interesting conclusions from the assignment was how much power the way the prompt was crafted can have on the end result.

He said that in the class and in his own experimentation, giving ChatGPT a sophisticated prompt produced a more sophisticated response. He said students who just instructed it to “write an essay on Dracula” ended up with text that sounded like a high school essay on the book, adding that plagiarism hasn’t been a significant concern for him because the bot can’t complete insight of its own.

“In a field like English literature or film studies, to some strong degree our bread and butter is close analysis. If you spent any time playing with ChatGPT as it currently exists, it’s just not very good at that,” Forster said. “It’s very good at sounding smart. It’s just not very good at being smart.”

Howard said she’s actively using ChatGPT to help her write a book about teaching with the service. She said that rather than worrying about whether writing with AI is cheating or plagiarism, people in academia should be figuring out

dents,” Shults said. “We are not offering a special program for students, and they are fully integrated into everything here at the university. Students select their courses and the ways they want to engage with the college campus to make this an experience that is meaningful for them.”

OnCampus offers students a number of opportunities to obtain life skills and enter adulthood while being involved on campus. Shults said past students from the program have earned university recognition as Remembrance Scholars, executive board members in on-campus organizations and most recently as Unsung Heroes.

Falanga said he’s determined to make the most of his time here at SU and to experience college to the fullest.

“I want to study hard, believe in myself and make it through my own journey,” Falanga said.

Ultimately, Shults said, the program creates accessibility that might not otherwise be there for students who participate in OnCampus. As they transition into adulthood, she said they have a unique opportunity to really experience the school and community aspects of college life.

“Our goal is to give students with intellectual disabilities the same opportunity other young adults have — to experience a college campus, learn and grow — so they can be prepared for a more independent adult life,” Shults said.

ensures that any DPS officer or official involved in a criminal case will identify and provide potential exculpatory evidence to the prosecution as early as possible at the beginning of a trial. CRB gave no additional recommendations on the proposal.

how to go about crediting a bot as a collaborator.

She also emphasized the importance of deciding how to ethically acknowledge having collaborated with a bot. Finding ways that are not just based on 19th century ideas of plagiarism – but on what applies to the present day – is a more pressing concern than whether students are using patchwriting to produce simple text, Howard said.

“If students are using ChatGPT to answer assignments, and the instructor can’t tell that it’s not a student in their class who wrote it, there’s the problem,” Howard said. “The problem is in the assignment if we’re asking students to do stuff so basic that ChatGPT can do it instead. There’s where the real fear is, (where) everybody realizes they’ve got to change what they’re doing. You don’t want to have to completely teach differently, but that’s what we’re gonna have to do.”

Margaret Usdansky, the founding director for SU’s Center for Learning and Student Success, said SU doesn’t have plans for any significant adjustments of its academic integrity policy or evaluating student work made using ChatGPT.

Usdansky said because the university’s academic integrity policy can be made to apply to AI-written work, the current plan is suited to new technologies like ChatGPT.

“For now, the policy is broad enough and talks clearly enough about instructors’ ability to set course-specific expectations, and about the assumption that the work you turn in is your own, unless it’s clear from the assignment that it can draw on other sources,” Usdansky said. “And that isn’t going to change overnight because ChatGPT exists, right?”

In its resource document on ChatGPT, SU did provide recommendations for professors concerned about cheating and plagiarism in their courses, including AI detection softwares like GPT2 Output Detector and GPTZero.

Among other recommendations, the document also includes alternatives to assignments

Brianna Sclafani, a student at SU’s College of Law and member of the CRB, encouraged students, faculty and staff to submit feedback by emailing the CRB at CRB@syr.edu. spwright@syr.edu @StephanieWri

that students could use ChatGPT to complete, like concept maps or other visualizations which replace traditional writing-focused assignments, including podcasts, videos, speeches, interviews, drawings, storyboards and performances.

Bei Yu, iSchool professor and director of SU’s Information Science and Technology Ph.D. program, said that as far as academic integrity goes, ChatGPT is one of many incoming technologies that will dramatically change the way people live their lives. She said that when thinking about the role AI should play in education, it’s important to consider the understanding of the technology as a skillset that students will need as they enter the workforce.

“At many different levels for a university, educational institution or for higher education as a profession in general, we need to be forwardthinking, we need to be proactive instead of reactive,” Yu said.

For Forster, the ultimate goal of incorporating ChatGPT into courses and exploring how the technology works is to expose students to it at the earliest possible moment, so they can be prepared to navigate it in their lives and careers. But when it comes to producing work that matters, he said he doesn’t see any utility.

He gave the example of modernist art, referring to the premise that because pieces in the genre sometimes look meaningless, the art has to convince the viewer to take it seriously. Student work should do the same.

“What I’m looking for when I read an essay is not just does it sound like a human, but is it a human?” Forster said. “With ChatGPT … people seem to ignore that as a reader of something, I care about what produced it and inspired it. Was there a person who actually had this thought and actually meant and intended it with conviction?”

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The proposed revisions will change DPS procedures for arresting students, faculty and staff in academic settings. EMILY STEINBERGER senior staff photographer

“OnCampus” program provides SCSD students with development disabilities an immersive college experience. JOE ZHAO contributing photographer

Sober & social

By Sophie Szydlik asst. digital editor

As a sober college student, Ivonne Millan is tired of being asked “why.” It seems that question — dripping with judgment and scrutiny — always overshadows her simply because when she’s offered an alcoholic drink, she declines.

While at Syracuse, she’s sought social communities that accept her regardless of her decision to be sober. But that has been no easy feat.

“It’s challenging if the whole night, you’re going to be questioned about a single decision,” said Millian, a junior studying psychology. “It makes it impossible to feel like you’re welcomed and accepted the way you are.”

Millan describes herself as one of few students at SU choosing to abstain from drinking and using other substances. Being sober can be an isolating experience, since many social interactions involve drinking and partying, she said.

With a history of alcoholism in her family, Millan decided when she was young she wasn’t going to drink and has remained steadfast in her commitment.

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Dr. Brian Johnson, a professor emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Studies at Upstate Medical University, said this human urge to ask ‘why’ is reflective of a larger phenomenon in addiction medicine — mass denial.

In addition to making it difficult for people to rationalize sobriety, Johnson said mass denial prevents those struggling with a substance to recognize they need help.

“There are basically two categories of people — people who drink recreationally and people who have alcoholism,” Johnson said. “But most people don’t realize the true definition of alcoholism, which is ‘repeated harm from drinking.’ Just those four words.”

Suddenly, it seemed that everyone Millian met only wanted to hang out in the context of drinking, and when she explained that she didn’t drink, she was judged. She felt forced to decline invitations and felt isolated from the rest of her peers.

“Coming here was a shock. Every kind of social interaction or opportunity to meet and connect with other people had to involve drinking.” Millan said. “It was a difficult topic, especially talking about it with my peers and how I wasn’t comfortable doing it. So I just wouldn’t be social.”

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Syracuse native captures 50-year love story with new film

By Nate Lechner asst. culture editor

On Friday, Bill Muench will be returning to his hometown of Syracuse, eager to reunite with his friends from Jamesville-Dewitt High School. This homecoming isn’t part of a high school reunion, but the premiere of Muench’s passion project.

“There is no way I ever dreamed that when I was 61 years old, I would come back to Syracuse to premiere a film that I had made,” Muench said.

The film, titled “The Artist and The Astronaut,” is a documentary chronicling the relationship between Pat Musick, an artist, and Jerry Carr, an astronaut. The endeavor was a dream for Muench, having known them for over 20 years. He wanted to explore the unique life experiences of the couple and all the notable events they experienced.

“They both showed up at major historical events through the ‘60s in the ‘70s, either by accident or design, and the film is kind of reliv-

ing these famous events through the eyes of the artist and the astronaut,” Muench said.

He originally conceived the documentary at Musick’s 90th birthday party in 2016, at the Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas. While there, Muench reflected on Musick’s life and legacy as an artist and wanted to tell her story.

Musick said that when she and Carr first heard about Muench’s plan for the documentary, they were happy that their relationship was going to be

shown to the public.

“Well, both of us were very excited about it. The story of our lives is intriguing to so many people that we’ve met around the world that couldn’t figure out how we put our space together,” Musick said. “That was what Bill saw and wanted to document that, it was just exciting.

After years of research, interviews and production, the documentary wrapped nearly six years later, on Musick’s 96th birthday. Muench will be screening the film at the Museum

of Science and Technology of Syracuse this Friday.

Muench said he wanted to depict the evolution of the relationship between Carr and Musick throughout the decades and their work in their specific fields, ending with their time together since retirement.

“I could see how [the documentary] would go back and forth, you would just bounce between the two of them during those decades, and then they got together in 1978,” see movie page 7

illustration by lindy truitt asst. illustration editor

Experts say being sober on a college campus is daunting, but possible with sober social programming, support networks and self-affirming boundaries

New exhibition chronicles Black activism

CONCERTS THIS WEEKEND

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The house show venue Redgate will host their first concert of the semester this weekend. The Accountant and AllThumbs, Knowahh and Josh Carus will all be performing. Attendees should direct message @redgatecuse on Instagram for the address.

WHEN: Friday Feb. 3 at 10 p.m.

PRICE: $5 presale, $8 at door

Funk ‘n Waffles

By Anthony Bailey culture editor

Stepping off the elevator to the 6th floor of Bird Library, the sound of saxophonist Gil Scott-Heron softly plays in his powerful, post-bop style. But this performance, which was recorded at Hendricks Chapel in 1973, is not just a sound to appreciate — for Jessica Terry-Elliott, it is something bigger.

“This space comes alive,” said Terry-Elliott, one of the exhibition’s curators. “And just knowing that is something that was performed on this campus — that’s something … very powerful that students can be proud of.”

The recording is part of the much larger exhibition on the top floor of Bird Library, named “A Love Supreme: Black Cultural Expression and Political Activism of the 1960s and 1970s.” Research for the exhibit started in May of 2022 with Terry-Elliott, and curator Caroline Charles joined her in June.

The exhibition brings viewers through the artistic, social and political changes for Black culture of the ‘60s and ‘70s, referred to as the Black Arts Movement. This movement was championed by impactful political speakers, like Malcolm X, and revolutionary musicians, like Scott-Heron and John Coltrane, whose novel 1965 album “A Love Supreme” inspired the title of the exhibition.

Terry-Elliott sees this period as one of the most important for Black creatives and politicians to redefine and establish what “Black” is.

“The 1960s is truly a reconstruction of a modern age. And I say that primarily because this is a moment where, what we see all throughout this exhibition, you see Black people reclaiming their Blackness,” Terry-Elliott said. “They are not negotiating with anybody, what those things are. They are very clear about … what ‘Black’ is.”

The two curators put months of research into putting together “A Love Supreme,” as they had to decide both what works would be displayed and how they would be seen. The entirety of the exhibition was organized by the duo — even the cover art was conceptualized by Charles. As the curators found their favorite works in the archives, some went on to become focal points of the entire exhibition, like Jerry Wilson and Masood Ali-Wilbert Warren’s paintings in the “SOUL” section of the exhibition.

While the whole exhibition is made up of materials and art from SU’s Special Collections Research Center, there is still a personal touch to the exhibition, Terry-Elliott said. As both her and Charles are Black women, Terry-Elliott believes that their personalities and identities are woven into the exhibition.

“It’s not going to be lost on anybody that chooses to visit this exhibition,” Terry-Elliot said. “You’re gonna walk away knowing who curated it, even if you don’t know us.”

In “Absence of the Abstract,” Terry-Elliott and Charles displayed works from Black creators that emphasized the realities of what they were asking for. For many of the creatives in this display, concepts like freedom and safety were not abstract— they were concrete things that were not given to them.

The display compares artists’ works that revealed their lived realities, as their works reimagine what life would be like if they were given these “abstract” rights. Pictures of imagined Black presidents, like “Cleaver for President” by the Black Panther Party, are directly next to “Panther Mother and Child” by Emory Douglas, a painting of a Black mother teaching a naked young child how to shoot a gun.

“When you see this case, you have to contend with what it means to be fighting for your free-

dom,” Terry-Elliott said. “What does it mean to be denied justice? All of those things are not abstract words. These are words with a real meaning.”

The exhibition, which is open every weekday, will run until the end of the semester, giving students the chance to find material they would want to interact with. This was one of the most important parts of the exhibition for Courtney Hicks, who supervised the exhibition for the SCRC.

“My favorite aspect of the exhibition is how it teaches, shares and gathers visitors to honor, discover and learn from Black voices,” Hicks said.

Beyond the works of the exhibition itself, Charles said one of the most important things about the exhibition is the ability for students to do their own research on the items and works on display. Because all the works came from the SCRC, SU students can have hands-on experience with all the works, which is a unique appeal to the exhibit, Charles said.

“These are things that (students) can go and look at themselves,” Charles said. “I think that having it here lets people know that ‘Oh, I could get the call number for this particular item. And I can look at it myself, I could do more research into it.’”

Outside of the artistic progression shown in the exhibition, there is also a strong emphasis on the social changes that happened in the U.S., and even on SU’s campus.

A photo of Black and Latino students protesting in front of 119 Euclid sits in a back corner of the exhibition. About 150 students attended the protest, and Terry-Elliott said finding that image was one of the most emotional parts of her research.

“That was the past speaking to a present moment, in telling us that we’re doing what we’re supposed to be doing.”

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A declassified Syracuse February survival guide

By Aine Hunt humor columnist

February. It’s cold, it’s sad and let’s be honest, it’s hard to spell. That’s saying something because I was born in Febaruary. Februhary 21st, mark your calendars! February combines my two least favorite things: Valentine’s Day and hard nipple-inducing cold weather (nothing against hard nipples, everything against cold weather). However, with this being my fourth February in Syracuse, I know a thing or two about getting through these difficult times.

The first step to getting through the next 27 horrible days is preparing yourself for Syracuse’s infamous weather. At risk of sounding like your mother, wear an effing hat. I don’t care if your friends make fun of you!

Did you know you lose most of your body heat through your head? Actually, that’s not true. But my mom told me that fact so many times it sounds real to me. To be honest, you should probably start wearing a hat everyday anyway. Your hairline is starting to kiss the back of your neck.

Another awesome way to avoid the winter weather is to never leave the comfort of your overpriced Syracuse apartment. No food? No problem. That’s why incels invented UberEats, dumbie. Life hack: you can’t slip on ice from your living room. You know what you can do?

Watch other people fall from your window. Whoops, down goes your DoorDash driver! That fall is worth at least a $3 tip.

Let’s talk about the heart-covered pink ele-

phant in the room. The real reason most people hate February: Valentine’s Day. Not only does the day itself suck, but the lead up to Valentine’s can really have you feeling #single. Who is Valentine’s Day’s most significant victim? We can all agree that title goes to CVS.

All I want to do is go to CVS for my weekly Plan B, but the aisles are littered in stuffed pink teddy bears that fart Hershey kisses when you squeeze them in the right place. Poor CVS—and poor me for that matter.

So, we’ve established that Valentine’s Day sucks. But what’s the best way to get through it? The day of, I try my best to stay off all social

media. There is nothing that will have you saying “maybe I should text my ex” quite like seeing a happy couple on Instagram. Prove the boomers wrong, and delete the app for a day. That way you won’t wake up alone in your bed with an empty box of chocolates and 12 missed calls from Jacob (Tinder).

February’s tough on all of us, but it helps to remember what comes after winter. Spring!

And with a Syracuse spring comes blue skies, green grass and a quad full of men in shortshorts. I don’t know about you, but to me, that sounds worth it.

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The downtown venue Funk ‘n Waffles will host a Phish tribute band, The Lizards, as they go on tour around the country. The Lizards hope to recreate the “Phish Experience” for people who miss the psychedelic rock, which became more of an experience than a concert that took over the ‘90s and early 2000s. Tickets are for sale on Funk ‘n Waffles’ website. Attendees must be 18 or over.

WHEN: Friday, Feb. 3 at 8 p.m., with doors opening at 7 p.m.

PRICE: $18.22

Funk ‘n Waffles

The chicken and waffles restaurant will also be hosting a Notorious B.I.G. tribute band, The Frank White Experience. The band hopes to give people the experience of not only Biggie but the entirety of the ‘90s hip-hop scene. Tickets are for sale on Funk ‘n Waffles’ website. Attendees must be 18 or older.

WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 4 at 9 p.m., with doors opening at 8 p.m.

PRICE: $18.22

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Steven Hayman, an associate professor of piano, will be performing at the Setnor School of Music. The event will be free to all and will also be live streamed.

WHEN: Sunday, Feb. 5 at 2 p.m.

PRICE: Free

illustration by soph medeiros contributing illustrator

Curators Jessica Terry-Elliott and Caroline Charles began research in summer of 2022 to show the changes of Black culture during the ‘60s and ‘70s with art and works from the times. leanne rivera staff photographer

Millan believed there had to be a third option — a place where she could still have a rich social life yet still feel her boundaries were respected. Then, a few months into her freshman year, she discovered Orange After Dark and University Union, two social organizations that hosted events on campus, free from the shroud of alcohol or substances.

“There hasn’t been a moment in one of the events where I felt like I’m not fitting in,” Millan said. “I feel like I can let loose and just be myself, without having to explain or justify my choices.”

To try and be sober on a college campus, Johnson said, is not an easy undertaking. In an environment filled with triggers and pressure, the word ‘no’ can feel nearly impossible to say.

Johnson emphasized the importance of support networks, like living on a sober floor and attending a local Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, which, given its high success rate, Johnson believes should be an on-campus resource and is nothing to be ashamed of.

“If you don’t have denial, you know that a substantial minority of people who drink alcohol have alcoholism. And it kills 4% of Americans,” Johnson said. “So, if someone is not drinking, they do not owe you a reason why. It’s noble and brave, not somehow inferior.”

The camaraderie and acceptance at both OAD and UU events, Millan said, was palpable, and inspired her to join the executive boards of both organizations to give other students that same

Muench said. “And for the rest of their time together made art that dealt with all those issues we just spoke about.”

To help tell a story that takes place across many eras, Muench sought the help of experienced composer and Rochester native Todd Hobin, who he had been a fan of for years. Hobin has been a composer for over 50 years and Muench said he brought a lot of creativity to the documentary’s score.

feeling. A fellow OAD board member, Courtney Conte, also applied to the executive board to give back to the student community. Unlike Millan, though, Conte isn’t sober.

Conte explained that instead of viewing drinking as something black and white, she strives to embrace life in shades of gray with moderation. This philosophy is what led her to OAD, Conte said, because even though the events are sober, they don’t just cater to the sober community.

“It takes away that stigma of ‘oh, you’re going to an Orange After Dark event? Are you going because it’s a sober space?’” Conte said. “We don’t advertise it like that, and that creates an environment where everyone is included.”

Even though she isn’t sober, Conte recalled experiencing similar social situations as Millan did, where drinking felt like a requisite in order to have a social life.

Conte refused to accept that if she declined an invitation to a party her only other option was to stay in her room at night. For her, OAD became a middle ground.

“There’s always a huge pressure, especially on underclassmen, that you should be going to the frats or house parties. Why wasn’t Orange After Dark on that docket?” Conte said. “I can still go out on a Saturday night. Or, I do grocery bingo with OAD … There is room for both.”

Both Millan and Conte emphasized the power of walking into an OAD event and feeling accepted. Whether a student is attending an OAD event because they are embracing a life of sobriety or because they wandered in from a flier they saw

The film has three different music drops and features 11 original songs composed by Hobin. He said creating music that resembles a specific place and time was easy for him, as he lived through many of the events that Muench features in the documentary.

“Somebody says, hey, guess what — this riot happened to take place on the Cornell campus in 1968. See, I know where I was in ‘68, I know the music I was playing.,” Hobin said. “I know it was on the radio and I played all that music. So for me, it was an instant.”

outside, Conte said there is a place for them at OAD.

Millan echoed similar sentiments, and added how the inclusive nature of OAD alleviates the self-consciousness she often feels when people are questioning her sobriety.

very personal decision. Why should I have to?”

Johnson, who was the head of Addiction Medicine at Upstate for 13 years, explained that culturally, there is a tendency to deny the prevalence of drug addiction and an even stronger urge to deny the lives it claims.

“Twenty-two percent of Americans die from drug addiction, according to 2021 mortality rates. And alcohol consumed in large quantities is a drug,” Johnson said. “That denial makes people startled to hear that because we don’t think about it. But people are being killed all around us.”

Because this collective denial is so rampant, Johnson said, the urge to question a person’s decision to be sober is natural, since both the risk of alcoholism and a desire to be sober seems unfathomable.

Setting boundaries to affirm personal needs was also something Johnson suggested for sober students, from having conversations with friends about any problematic comments to creating distance from individuals who don’t respect those needs.

For Millan, setting boundaries to protect her sobriety has given her the power to reclaim her narrative and allowed her to inspire others to do the same with her work at OAD and UU.

“There have been people in my life where drinking is a requirement to hang out with them.

“It’s very easy for me to see someone offering alcohol and say ‘no.’ But then I think of the exhausting questions that will come up afterward.” Millan said. “I don’t want to explain my

Hobin said he played at the JamesvilleDewitt high school prom in 1980 when Muench was a senior. At the time, Muench could not have imagined that the two would ever work together. For both Muench and Hobin, coming back to the central New York area to present their film is something they do not take for granted.

Hobin said that he spends a lot of time performing on the road and doesn’t get many opportunities to come back to the New York area. Being able to perform for people who have been

I just let go of those people,” Millan said. “But then new people come into my life, who may or may not drink, and they don’t expect me to. We just come as we are, and it’s a gift.”

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with him since the beginning of his career is a welcome feeling after years of traveling.

Muench said many people he grew up with will attend the screening, as well as family friends and relatives. He hasn’t seen many of these people in a long time, and is overwhelmed that he can present his passion project to them.

“It’s not coming in for a victory lap or to take a bow,” Muench said. “It’s absolutely humbling, the support we’re getting from the Syracuse community.”

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There have been people in my life where drinking is a requirement to hang out with them. I just let go of those people, but then, new people come into my life, who may or may not drink, and they don’t expect me to. We just come as we are, and it’s a gift.”

Ivonne Millan junior psychology major

By Emilie (Lily) Newman columnist

Trigger Warning: This story contains mentions of sexual assault and rape.

It’s difficult to be the only person in the room to stand up and say that a joke isn’t funny or that a professor needs to be held accountable. Some may tell you “you’re taking it too seriously” or “it’s just a joke,” but you’re not and it isn’t.

What may just be harmless humor to one person can be one of a thousand pinpricks for another, which altogether creates a pain much greater. This is even harder in college because of the prevalence of peer pressure, felt especially by women.

“The Feminist Killjoy Handbook” was created by British-Australian writer and scholar Sara Ahmed, with the intent of describing how it feels to kill the mood or ruin the fun when we find ourselves in the presence of sexist jokes or at the hands of patriarchal constructs.

Ahmed wrote in Feminist Killjoys (And Other Willful Subjects), “Does the feminist kill other people’s joy by pointing out moments of sexism? Or does she expose the bad feelings that get hidden, displaced or negated under public signs of joy?” Women are often blamed for being too dramatic or too serious when they react to what offends them but why is “joy” coming from the pain of others in the first place?

On a college campus, fraternities often put the well-being of women at risk and we feel like we’re killing their fun by pointing it out. When a fraternity denies certain girls because of their race, looks, body type or other superficial reasons, it isn’t easy to take a stand. These men put women into difficult positions instead of making the right choice themselves to be more inclusive.

Not only are women experiencing the burden of this discrimination but now they have to choose between having fun or supporting one another. Being a feminist can be exhausting when it feels like you are constantly involved in situations where others need to be educated.

These conversations are difficult and emotionally burdening. Going out with friends should be an escape from the stress of work, classes and professional life. Instead of forcing women to choose between having a social life and being a “good” feminist, we should all be in support of education and change.

It’s not an understatement to say that Greek life is a large part of our campus life — at Syracuse University, there are 54 fraternities and sororities on campus, a total of 3,535 people in these houses.

SU has a history of fraternities and sororities being suspended for various incidents that have prompted the Feminist Killjoy in many. Infamously known is Phi Kappa Psi, which SU placed on disciplinary and social

probation until May 2024 after SU students protested allegations of sexual assault by the fraternity’s members.

These feelings of being a killjoy do not just apply to women but all marginalized groups. Two years ago, SU suspended Alpha Chi Rho, also known as Crow, after members allegedly yelled racist slurs at a Black woman from the fraternity house. While it is easy to criticize these fraternities, it is harder to abstain from the culture altogether.

As a result, in November 2021, hundreds of students protested outside Interfraternity Council chapter houses, including Phi Kappa Psi, to protest rape culture in Greek life. This type of action helps to relieve a single woman from being the killjoy who stands up to an entire fraternity of toxic men. This support needs to be seen more often.

This is not unique to SU. In November of the same year, Cornell University suspended all fraternity events amidst multiple allegations of sexual assault and drugged drinks. Such allegations should make everyone run, but are instead ingrained in college culture.

As women, we want to support each other, along with all marginalized groups on campus but it can be difficult to be the one who tells your friends not to go out or to avoid certain groups because of their actions.

While women feel guilt for participating in college life, men are often getting a slap on the wrist — as small as social probation — for sexual assault,

drugging drinks and pinning women against one other for a “Bootcamp.” It should not be women’s job to avoid the sexist situations that surround us every day. It feels like we have to miss out on certain experiences if we want to be considered real feminists.

And larger systemic action also needs to be implemented, not mere social suspension. There should be more than a 25-minute online sexual assault prevention training for students, especially with 10% of students at SU reporting to have “experienced some form of nonconsensual sexual assault,” with “6% indicated

they had experienced relationship abuse during their time as a student at SU.”

The responsibility to combat rape and party culture should no longer be placed on teenage girls. Being a Feminist Killjoy should never bring a sense of shame or guilt, and 20-year-old girls should not be at the forefront of systemically uprooting SU.

Emilie (Lily) Newman is a sophomore political science and magazine, news and digital journalism major. Her column appears biweekly. She can be reached at jsweintr@syr.edu.

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Opponent Preview: Everything to know about the Catamounts

By Connor Smith senior staff writer

A year after its first double-digit loss season ever, Syracuse returns to the field Saturday afternoon to host Vermont in its 2023 season-opener.

The Orange missed the NCAA Tournament for the first time (in a non-pandemic year) since 2007, when they went 5-8. Second-year head coach Gary Gait leads a young SU team, expected to be led by redshirt sophomore attack Owen Hiltz and highly-touted freshmen Joey Spallina and Finn Thomson. Syracuse also has a new starting goalie in Will Mark, who transferred after playing three seasons at Long Island University.

Vermont finished last season 12-7, going 6-0 in America East play, and losing in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to top-seeded Maryland. The Catamounts won the America East Tournament behind wins over UAlbany and UMBC and won all of their conference games by at least seven goals last season.

Here’s everything to know about Vermont before Saturday’s matchup:

All-time series

Syracuse leads, 1-0.

Last time they played

Then-No. 7 Syracuse and Vermont faced off in week three of the 2021 season, with the Orange coming out on top in a 17-13 win in the firstever meeting between the two schools. Stephen Rehfuss led SU with six assists and eight points and Hiltz added five points behind four goals.

SU had some defensive issues, allowing Vermont to generate 52 shots — including 34 on goal — but goalie Drake Porter recorded a career-high 21 saves. Catamounts midfielder JJ Levandowski led them with 13 shots and Thomas McConvey had four goals on six shots. Porter, though, helped Syracuse escape a potential home upset.

“When they did get their shots off, for Drake Porter to have 20 saves, that says something too,” then-head coach John Desko said after the game.

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ends in Toronto playing hockey. The time commitment meant Calof never felt “super connected” to her religion.

Going to Israel changed that.

The Canadian team spent five hours at Yad Vashem. Some players had family that were holocaust survivors or knew people that had family who escaped Nazi Germany. Calof said the team experienced the muse -

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Of course, the benefit for the Orange is the transfer portal, which Johnson called “the great equalizer.” There isn’t one right way to build a college football program today, Johnson said, pointing to TCU, which didn’t rank in 247’s top 20 once over the past five years, but played for the national championship this season. Teams like TCU and Syracuse can go out and convince bench players at marquee schools to come in and earn significant snaps right away, even after losing recruits out of high school.

That strategy worked not just with Shrader, one of the program’s most valuable players, but also with defensive backs Jaeden Gould and Jayden Bellamy, both of whom SU offered out of high school, but neither of whom played much at Nebraska and Notre Dame, respectively. They’re both expected to be major contributors for the Orange’s defense next season.

Syracuse is ranked 55th in 247’s transfer team rankings this year, but 17th among schools that brought in six players or less. Granted, the Orange lost some key players like Ja’Had Carter and Duce Chestnut to the portal, but the incoming talent shows they can compete in an increasingly-important area of college football.

SU also lost some of its most important assistant coaches this offseason, with both coordinators, along with Monroe and Mike Schmidt — top recruiters — departing. Syracuse isn’t alone, with 27 ACC coordinators changing teams in the past 14 months, but

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the grind of daily practices and is an avid film watcher. Moesch said he often takes it upon himself to compete with the younger players, showing them what it takes to succeed at a high level.

Brandon Barnard, who plays lacrosse

“I think he was seeing the ball very well today.”

The Catamounts report

Vermont lost its top three goal scorers from last season, including its No. 1, McConvey, who earned America East Offensive Player of the Year and third-team All-American honors last season after registering a program-record 60 goals. Gone, too, are veteran attacks Michael McCormack (40 goals, 11 assists in 2022) and Liam Limoges (32 and 11).

One key returner is attack David Closterman, a graduate student who was first-team all-conference last year and started all 19 games. He finished second on the Catamounts with 65 points and led the team with 36 assists. Closterman had three points — all on assists — in the Dome two years ago. Joining him is senior attack Brock Haley, Vermont’s second-best assists man last season and a fellow all-America East first-team selection.

UVM has two returning goalies who saw limited action last season. Two-year starter Ryan Cornell graduated after winning America East Defensive Player of the Year (the first time ever a Catamount has won the award) and notching an 8.91 goals against average, which ranked fourth nationally. George Egan, a junior, allowed 11 goals in five games last season, while Matt Shaffer, a graduate student, allowed four goals in 24 minutes over seven games.

How Syracuse beats Vermont

Both of these two teams are facing a lot of unknowns heading into the season, given how much talent each lost after last year. Syracuse lost its top four scorers, including Tucker Dordevic, who recorded 47 goals — 13 more than second-best Brendan Curry. Dordevic transferred to Georgetown after the season, while Curry and Owen Seebold graduated. Mikey Berkman, who had 14 goals and nine assists as a redshirt sophomore last season, also entered the portal, eventually settling at Division-II Rollins College.

The departures present the Orange with a youthful attack, led by Hiltz, who’s returning from an injury suffered before last season, and Spallina

um front to back.

Calof described the trip as something bigger than sports. Walking into the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem with 40,000 people in the crowd was eye-opening for her. Knowing the struggles of Jewish people throughout history and seeing everyone come together in that moment was overwhelming, but made her feel honored.

Hockey isn’t very popular in Israel, with only a few rinks in the entire country. For the games, NHL owners donated a rink that was

those losses “sting” since recruiting is all about relationships, Johnson said.

Assistants like Monroe, who recruited Florida and the Tri-state area for the Orange to bring in players like Trill Williams, Chestnut and Mikel Jones, knew where talent was in those areas, and wouldn’t waste time, Johnson noted. Now, Syracuse will have to rebuild relationships with high schools essentially from scratch, while Monroe’s work will carry over to Minnesota.

“Whatever (Monroe) had established with the guys down there, that’s gone,” Johnson said. “Now (the high schools’) attention will follow him.”

Babers deserves credit for the replacements he’s brought in, notably new tight ends coach Nunzio Campanile, who has deep ties to the talent-rich area of Northern New Jersey. The head coach is clearly emphasizing local recruiting — Syracuse signed the most New York players (four) in any class since Babers arrived and the coach will be the keynote speaker at the New Jersey Minority Coaches Association coaches clinic in March.

It remains to be seen what success Campanile and the other new assistants can have recruiting for SU. What is clear, though, is that Syracuse is a program predicated on developing talent, not on bringing in the nation’s top high-school players. Jones, Matthew Bergeron, Oronde Gadsden II and Sean Tucker were all 3-stars out of high school. Today, they’re viewed as future NFL players, a credit to Babers and his staff.

“They’re gonna just have to work harder on development,” Johnson said. “They may not get the guys everybody’s gonna read their clippings

and basketball with Moesch, said that Moesch’s mindset has rubbed off on his teammates and that he’s a “really good role model,” partially because of how composed he is. Younger athletes often seek out Moesch to ask questions, Barnard said.

“I’m always telling (them) don’t worry about it, you’re young, you’ve got time to get better. I’m

and Thomson, two five-star freshmen. Midfielder Jackson Birtwistle, who finished fifth on SU in points last season, also returns. It’s unclear where most of Syracuse’s scoring will come from, though Hiltz is a good place to start. Gait said each of the younger players will have their opportunities, too.

“You’re gonna see an entirely new attack this year, and I’m excited about it,” Gait said. “There’s no way one guy’s gonna be amazing without the other guys.”

To take down Vermont in the season-opener, Syracuse will need a strong offensive performance, something that eluded it in several games last season, particularly in games against Maryland, Johns Hopkins and Notre Dame, when it failed to exceed 10 goals. Mark will also need to have a strong game in net, and SU’s defense will have to contain Closterman and Haley.

Stat to know: 48th

put into a basketball stadium. Playing in a round-robin format, the top two teams would play in the gold-medal game.

Canada was a forceful presence throughout and breezed through the first games of the tournament, having defeated the U.S twice in the round-robin stage. But the teams met again in the final. With a thin roster, the Canadians dressed just 15 players, but Calof stepped up in the final, helping Canada to a 6-2 victory.

Calof was named MVP of the tournament,

While SU consistently faces one of the toughest schedules nationally — including the fifth-strongest last season — Vermont was barely in the top 50 last season. The Catamounts lost at No. 3 Duke last February, the only ranked team they played until losing to Maryland in the NCAA Tournament. Syracuse, meanwhile, faced 10 ranked opponents in its 14 games last year. While both teams enter this game unranked, Vermont will be an underdog against the only power-conference school on its schedule.

Player to watch: David Closterman, attack, No. 10 Closterman is entering his fourth year as a starter, and earned America East Rookie of the Year honors in 2019 when he had 25 goals and 12 assists in 14 games. He’s been a go-to scoring option for Vermont for several years now and will be the point man for Syracuse to shut down on Saturday.

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“controlling the pace” from the defensive end, Miller said. She garnered local recognition. Kids started to ask her for autographs. Calof said it was the only “life-changing” trip she’d ever been on, with the combination of religion and hockey giving her life-long memories and knowledge.

“Maccabi Canada emphasizes that they’ll bring athletes who are Jewish to Israel,” Miller said “But they’ll bring home Jewish athletes, and that’s what I think happened with Shelby.”

about and that’s fine. Because once you get them on campus, I think that staff is really good at developing players and supplementing through the transfer portal when they need to.”

That means there should be some faith that the 18-hour days Babers and his staff put in leading up to the first signing day in December, and the class

just trying to keep [our younger players’] positivity up.” Moesch said.

At 190 pounds, Moesch knows he’ll have to add some mass by the fall if he wants to have success in college. He plans to use Hobart’s workout program during the summer to prepare himself for the season.

Moesch recognizes the positive impact that basketball has had on his life and, before

they’ve assembled, will pay off in some form. The rankings might not be flashy (or even appealing), but with where Syracuse’s roster is today, it’s not surprising. The onus is now on Babers and his newlyadjusted staff to prove the rankings services wrong.

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leaving for school, has used his notoriety to mentor younger athletes in his community whenever possible as he prepares to leave for Hobart.

“This little kid and his dad came up to me… and he asked for a picture…it was a very surreal moment for me,” Moesch said. “I used to always be the guy asking for pictures.” narubins@syr.edu

Syracuse’s 2023 recruiting class is last in the Atlantic Coast Conference and among all Power Five schools. meghan hendricks photo editor

The season opener will be just the second time Syracuse has faced the Catamounts as Syracuse won 17-13 last season. trent kaplan staff photographer

men’s basketball

Alex Moesch becomes three-sport athlete at Chittenango High

By Alex Rubinson contributing writer

Alex Moesch, a three-sport athlete at Chittenango High School, was doing defensive pick-and-roll drills with his basketball coach when he realized the drills were very similar to a drill he runs consistently on the lacrosse field.

“I felt like I had a better (understanding) of the defense…personnel-wise it’s the same for basketball and lacrosse,” Moesch said. “It was easy for me to read the defense.”

In each sport’s most recent season, Moesch averaged 19.6 points per game in basketball, tallied 25 goals in lacrosse and has shot as low as a 36 in golf. His primary sport is basketball, which he is set to play at Hobart College in the fall. But while he’s still in high school, Moesch has challenged himself to compete in as many sports as possible.

Moesch developed a love of all sports from his father, who introduced him to different sports and encouraged him to continue to participate and ignore setbacks. His father coached him for the majority of his athletic career.

“He’s always talked to me about body language,” Moesch said. “If you miss a shot, it’s not the end of the world.”

Moesch acknowledged the fact that, while other players could put their full focus on one sport, he has to divide his time among

club sports

three. But he said the positives still outweigh the negatives.

“It makes you a more diverse person,” said Tyrus Kelly, Moesch’s close friend and basketball teammate. “(He has) the mental endurance of being in a slump but being able to get out of it and know good things are to come.”

Chittenango basketball coach John Clancy noticed that Moesch had built up skills from other sports that translated over to the basketball court. Clancy explained that, in lacrosse, Moesch is constantly getting “beat up,” which has helped him to be a better defender in basketball. Playing golf also had an impact on Moesch’s game on the court, Clancy said.

“His concentration is pretty unwavering,”

Clancy said. “High school rivals know this and are already setting their game plan around how to limit Moesch’s impact.”

Even as Moesch continues to focus on basketball at the college level, he plans to continue playing golf. His success as a multi-sport athlete has helped him understand his responsibilities as a top player.

“He likes to lead by example,” Kelly said. “He’s always trying to look for what’s best for the team.”

Clancy stressed that Moesch appreciates

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SU equestrian team provides chance for riders of all levels

By Emily Klein contributing writer

Liz Rolon was nervous about joining the Syracuse English Equestrian Team when she arrived at SUNY ESF. She had only been riding for two years, but joined a team that featured a blend of life-long and intermediate riders with just a few beginners.

We come from different backgrounds, have different interests, and have different strengths, but we all love riding. It’s what brings us together,” said Rolon, now co-captain of the team and a two-year member.

The equestrian team, composed of both Syracuse and SUNY ESF students, travels to Affinity Farms in Skaneateles weekly for practice and is preparing to send riders to regional and national shows. In 2019-2020, the team finished second in its division before the pandemic halted competition.

The program is a member of the International Horse Shows Association (IHSA) and is in a division — labeled zone 2, region 2 — with Le Moyne, SUNY Geneseo, Oswego, St. Lawrence and Cazenovia, as well as Canadian schools Ottawa

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and Guelph, among others. Over the fall 2022 semester, the team completed six shows. It will finish the regular season in February with shows against Cazenovia and St. Lawrence, on Feb. 25 and 26, respectively.

When a member joins the program, they fill out a questionnaire for IHSA that will determine which level they will compete at. In order to get promoted up a division, a rider must achieve 36 points in a single season. A first-place finish at a show is worth seven points, second place is worth five, third is four and so on. If a rider reaches 36 points in one of the higher divisions, they will advance to regionals. A top-two finish at regionals earns a spot in zones, where riders can qualify for nationals with another top-two finish.

“Getting into the horse world can be really scary,” said Rolon, “So having people answering your questions and helping you maneuver through buying your first boots was so heart-warming.”

Lilly Forney, a transfer student from John Carroll University, has been riding for 15 years and showing competitively for 11. It’s her first year on the Syracuse team, say -

ing she’s developed as a collegiate equestrian and improved as a rider.

Forney said the various levels of experience has been an asset to the club, but the upperclassmen have been crucial to help “acclimate” younger riders on the teams.

“It’s refreshing to have a group of girls my age to work and ride with,” Forney said. “With great experience comes great knowledge that can be passed on to younger and newer riders.”

The first six shows of the competition season have presented a challenge for the captains, who have to decide the lineup each week. Rolon said with the increase of new additions and a roster filled with many seniors, filling slots can be difficult.

Forney added that this season has been more of a “learning year” for the younger members of the team.

“We don’t want to throw freshmen right into their first intercollegiate competition too soon, and we don’t want to neglect seniors in their last year of competition,” Rolon said.

Head coach Denise Van Patten has coached the team since 1996. She was drawn to coaching because she wanted to witness the development

of her riders, both on and off the horse, she said.

Rolon said Van Patten knows when a rider needs help before they even know it themselves, noting that having a coach with her experience has been an asset for the team. Forney said Van Patten has improved her mentality, helping adjust her mindset to understand the demands of showing in IHSA. Forney added that Van Patten prepares her riders for the collegiate level.

“It’s an amazing learning experience to feel your body and try to understand how it works on top of an independent half-a-ton animal,” Rolon said. “She’s very intuitive and that helps shape my riding for the better.”

The 2023 Regionals will be held at St. Lawrence on April 1 and zones will be held at Skidmore College a week later. Currently, three riders have qualified for regionals. Rolon said she’s nervous because the experience can be “daunting” for a younger rider like herself, but she’s excited to compete with her team at regionals.

“We have a couple of other teammates who are going to regionals as well and I have total confidence in them,” Rolon said. “They will crush it.” eklein04@syr.edu

Opponent Preview: Everything to know about Boston College

By Anish Vasudevan senior staff writer

Syracuse is desperate for a bounce-back game. After a complete defensive collapse against Virginia Tech and a close loss to Virginia, the Orange have struggled through their hardest stretch of conference play.

Now, SU has the chance to catch its breath against Boston College, who’s two spots below it in the Atlantic Coast Conference rankings. The Eagles are hot off a commanding win over ACC leader Clemson and they’ve won three out of their last four games.

Here’s everything to know about Boston College (11-12, 5-7 ACC) before the matchup: All-time series Syracuse leads 56-26.

KenPom Odds

Syracuse has a 59% chance of winning with a projected score of 70-67.

Last time they played

In the final hours of 2022, the same script from most of Syracuse’s games throughout the early season wrote itself again. The Orange fell behind early to a worse Eagles’ squad, but they came back and put the game away by the final 10 minutes of the second half.

BC exposed the issue Syracuse has had when

Joe Girard III and Jesse Edwards aren’t clicking offensively. It takes a while for the Orange to get third or fourth options involved in the offense, which was the case at the end of December. It took exactly 10 minutes for SU to get its first lead of the game.

Benny Williams, who took a “personal day” during Syracuse’s last matchup, took advantage of BC’s defensive strategy, which was focused on Girard and Edwards. He didn’t hesitate to take open shots and even showed a presence on the boards which had been absent for the entire year. Boeheim said postgame that this was the version of Williams he had seen outside of the JMA Wireless Dome.

“Benny is the best player in practice. Every day, at the forward position,” Boeheim said. “He is our best forward and I’m going to stick with him,” Boeheim said.

The Eagles report

The Eagles haven’t turned around their season since last seeing the Orange. BC dropped four-straight games before defeating Notre Dame and Louisville. All the defeats were substantial except for a onepoint loss to Duke, who defeated it 65-64. But the Eagles just defeated Clemson, who’s currently at the top of the ACC rankings, 62-54.

Boston College could carry some of that defensive momentum into Saturday night as it will most likely work on double-teaming

Girard again. Like the Orange, the Eagles struggle at guarding the deep ball, but only Girard and Justin Taylor will most likely take 3-pointers for SU, not giving it that much of an advantage in that regard.

The Eagles are much easier to stop offensively, averaging a 47.5% effective field-goal percentage, a mark that’s 301st nationally, according to KenPom. They shoot 29.4% from beyond the arc, which is 344th in the country.

How Syracuse beats Boston College

Yes, Boston College is terrible at shooting from 3-point range. But against the zone, which has been prone to leave wide, wideopen looks for shooters recently, Syracuse still needs to lock up defensively. At this point in the season, there’s not enough room for another defensive collapse, especially against a very beatable BC side.

Syracuse will need to focus again on Makai Ashton-Langford, who finished with a teamhigh 14 points against the Orange on New Year’s Eve. He’s scored more than 20 points in two out of BC’s last four matchups and could get hot at home.

This is a bounce-back game for Syracuse and one it should put away by the end of the first half. If it’s close through the final 10 minutes of the game, the Orange can’t turn the ball over or solely rely on Judah Mintz in those situations. He’s been antsy at times, making a multitude of mistakes with the

ball. When it comes down to it, Syracuse will need Maliq Brown, Chris Bell or whoever else is slotted into the offense to step up.

h3>Stat to know: 23.5

The Eagles only average 23.5 defensive rebounds per game, a mark that’s third-worst in the ACC. They let their opponents collect roughly 35 total rebounds per game, giving Syracuse a much-needed advantage on the glass. Williams took advantage of this at times in the last matchup but other players like Bell, who has struggled to rebound but said he’s working on it with the assistant coaches, have the opportunity to clean the glass. Second-chance opportunities will be plentiful on Saturday, it’s just up to SU to make the most of that.

Player to watch: Quinten Post, forward, No. 12

Post made his season debut against Syracuse, missing the beginning of the year due to a foot injury. The 7-footer didn’t do much in 17 minutes but has been on a tear recently, scoring 29 points against the Fighting Irish earlier this month. Edwards has been solid in the zone, but Virginia Tech exposed how easy it was to get passes down low in front of or behind Edwards. Post will be in the post, no pun intended, so Syracuse needs to mitigate those defensive issues to stop him.

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SPORTING HER FAITH

Shelby Calof won gold with Team Canada at the 2022 Maccabiah Games after finishing her career at Syracuse

By Zak Wolf asst. digital editor

Shelby Calof remembers walking with her teammates through the kids portion of Yad Vashem, the official Holocaust Memorial in Israel, unable to hold back her tears. Surrounded by candles and mirrors, Calof listened to the voice on the loudspeakers as it listed names and ages of children who passed away during the Holocaust. Each one felt like a knife to the heart, Calof said.

“That was a very important part of the trip,” Calof said. “That was the one part that kind of broke all of us and really stuck with us. It was emotionally draining.”

Calof is Jewish on her dad’s side of the family, but she never had time to travel to Israel because she was always too busy with hockey. In 2022, Calof went to the country to help bring women’s ice hockey to the Maccabiah Games — widely referred to as the “Jewish Olympics — for the first time.

“I never had the thought of being a part of adding women’s hockey into the games,” Calof said. “It seemed like something to dream of.”

Calof, from Canada, learned of the opportunity from family friend Mitch Miller, whose daughter competed in gymnastics at the 2017 games. Calof became involved in the proposal after the pandemic when Miller put Calof in contact with Melissa Wronzberg.

Wronzberg wrote articles for Maccabi Canada and had been turned away when she inquired about sending a women’s ice hockey team. Five years later, she saw a post on Instagram from Chelsey Goldberg, who played professional hockey with Wronzberg and was trying to create an American team.

Goldberg’s brother, Chad, played in the 2013 games and she asked to play with the men, but was turned down. Afterwards, she made it her mission to implement women’s ice hockey to the games and was told there would need to be three teams by Hockey Maccabi.

In March of 2021, Wronzberg got to work. She sent an email to Maccabi Canada saying there was interest in the US, Canada and Israel. Goldberg had created a spreadsheet of 50 Americans and 20 Canadians. Maccabi Canada said it would be difficult logistically, but Wronzberg persisted.

The U.S. and Israel put a team together with ease, while Canada struggled. Wronzberg was “hitting a wall.” But then she got a call from Miller, who said Calof was getting names together for the games as well.

“I remember actually started laughing on the phone and said to him, where have you been?” Wronzberg said. “I started to give up hope because I had nothing and couldn’t find enough people.”

Calof searched by going through collegiate rosters, looking for traditional Jewish last names. Calof messaged people who she didn’t know with little success. She received some interest, but many couldn’t commit.

On July 4, there was a Zoom meeting for people interested. It was hard to get people to take two weeks off work and pay 8,500 Canadian dollars. With COVID-19, it was hard to have fundraisers to help lower the cost. But,

eventually, they finally found enough players.

Miller sent out an email saying “We’re Going to Israel” on July 29. The roster was a makeshift one, with only 16 players. But for the first time in history, there would be women’s ice hockey at the Maccabiah games, which was a “big relief,” Calof said.

“I remember sitting there reading it, like, I couldn’t really believe it was true,” Wronzgberg said. “Knowing that it was going to be a chance to not only represent our country, but our heritage as well.

On Canada’s team, some players had been to Israel, while others, like Calof, had never gotten the chance. Calof always considered going on “birthright,” an educational trip that’s free for young Jewish people, but never got to it.

Growing up, Calof celebrated Passover and Hanukkah with her cousins, while going to Synagogue during the high holidays. Her cousins all had Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, but her brother and her never did. She had Jewish friends in high school, but she spent most of her week

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McIntyre earns extension after title

By Cole Bambini sports editor

Syracuse men’s soccer head coach Ian McIntyre has signed a long-term contract extension with the Orange, per a press release from SU Athletics. The 13th-year head coach Syracuse to its first-ever national championship title when it defeated Indiana 2-2 (7-6 PK) in December. The details of the contract were not shared.

In 2022, McIntyre earned Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year honors and became the third ACC coach ever to lead a program to a national title, ACC Tournament title and ACC regular-season title. The Orange, who had only amassed 18 combined wins from 20192021, were projected to finish fourth in the ACC’s Atlantic Division in the preseason poll and McIntyre said he predicted Clemson to win the league. McIntyre and his staff also earned United Soccer Coaches National Coaching Staff of the Year honors.

Besides 2022, McIntyre reached his first-ever College Cup when the program advanced to the semifinals in 2015 before falling to Clemson. That same year, Syracuse won its first-ever ACC title, too. And a year earlier, he earned ACC Coach of the Year honors for the first time when the Orange finished 16-4-1 after starting the season 12-1-0.

While at Syracuse, he has coached 19 MLS SuperDraft selections, most recently five players in the 2023 draft that included MAC Hermann trophy finalist Levonte Johnson. The five players in a single draft was a program record. He coached Tajon Buchanan and Kamal Miller, who both were the first program alumni to play in a FIFA World Cup when they played for Canada at the 2022 Tournament.

The England native is the second-winningest coach in program history and previously had stops at Hartwick and Oneonta State as a head coach while serving as an assistant at Fairfield, too. At SU, he has amassed a 123-86-40 record.

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Recruiting might be concerning, but let’s not panic just yet

all of the offers for players who had committed to play for Robinson. When Marrone abruptly left four years later, SU also garnered a low ranking — 74th nationally — as Scott Shafer scrambled to keep the class together. This year, the Orange are 72nd.

Syracuse’s class isn’t just in the bottom of the Atlantic Coast Conference, but last out of all 64 Power Five schools according to all four major recruiting services (247Sports, ESPN, On3 and Rivals). Rivals’ rankings, for example, has Group of Five schools like Arkansas State, UTSA and Georgia Southern ahead of the Orange, who are listed at No. 94.

The last time Syracuse was this low in 247Sports’ composite rankings was in 2009, when Doug Marrone had just taken over for Greg Robinson. Marrone had to quickly piece together a 16-man class after rescinding almost

Syracuse lost its top recruit, 4-star quarterback LaNorris Sellers, to South Carolina in December, leaving it without a 4-or-5-star player for the fifth-straight cycle, per 247, solidifying Dino Babers’ worst-ranked class as he enters his eighth year as head coach. Four assistant coaches, including ace recruiter Nick Monroe, departed this offseason, too.

Yes, none of that is exciting news for an SU program that just returned to a bowl game for the first time in four years and only the fifth time since 2005. But context is also necessary. For starters, recruiting doesn’t matter as much anymore with the transfer portal. Syra-

cuse can go out and grab talented players it didn’t land out of high school, like Garrett Shrader, Carlos Del-Rio Wilson and Braylen Ingraham — all former 4-star recruits who have arrived from SEC programs. SU also had a lower number of players depart from last year’s team, either by graduating, pursuing the NFL draft or entering the transfer portal. This gave the Orange fewer scholarships to offer and a 15-man class, which is the second smallest in the ACC. Recruiting rankings place a significance on class sizes, which doesn’t Syracuse any favors.

Still, the consensus on these rankings leaves something to be desired. That’s especially concerning considering Babers, who declined to comment for this story through a team spokesperson, has now had eight years to build connections and make impressions in recruiting circles.

On3 national recruiting writer Jeremy Johnson says grassroots work is particularly

important for a program like SU, which doesn’t have regular, ACC-level talent coming out of its backyard. The Orange, Johnson said, have to be personable and build relationships with high school coaches or players at a young age and hope that work pays off eventually.

Syracuse, particularly offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Jason Beck, did have an early relationship with Sellers and secured his commitment last March. Sellers appeared intent on joining the Orange even after South Carolina made its push last fall, citing his relationship with Beck, who had originally recruited him as an assistant at Virginia. Sellers still decommitted, though, leaving SU without its top 2023 recruit and a quarterback in the class. The South Carolina native noted a desire to play close to home in the Southeastern Conference.

shelby calof traveled to Israel for the 2022 Maccabiah Games, winning gold with Canada. courtesy of mitch miller

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