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Student Association elected Antonia Su to serve as the organization’s historian. Su will help plan Syracuse University’s sesquicentennial celebration.

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O • Respectful language

Columnist Mallory Stokker argues that understanding the powerful history behind the term “queer” helps foster a safe learning space in college and beyond.

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Oscars Guide 2020

Syracuse women’s basketball defeated a top-10 opponent at home for the second time this year, forcing a Louisville scoring output that tied its season-low.

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on campus

Association approves cannabis legalization

Student witnesses racist incident

By Chloe Arambel

contributing writer

By Sarah Alessandrini asst. copy editor

A Syracuse University student said she witnessed the racist incident that occurred early Saturday morning on University Place.

A driver reportedly shouted a racial slur while passing by two students between Ernie Davis and DellPlain halls, according to a Department of Public Safety notice issued Saturday evening. The incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. and did not involve a physical altercation.

Leah Buxbaum, a sophomore who lives in DellPlain, said she was sitting in her dorm when she heard the N-word shouted from her open window.

“Ten minutes later, I heard yelling, and then I looked out the window and a car was driving by,” Buxbaum said.

After hearing the racial slur, Buxbaum said she looked out the window and saw a student chase after a car driving past the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. The student shouted a homophobic slur at the car, Buxbaum said.

Ten minutes later, I heard yelling, and then I looked out the window and a car was driving by Leah Buxbaum su sophomore

About 10 students appeared to be standing near the steps outside Phi Psi at the time of the incident, she said.

DPS officers met with the two impacted students to offer support and resources, the report said. The report, which does not mention the use of a homophobic slur, does not identify the students nor reference Phi Psi. The department is investigating the incident and has no suspects at the time, according to the report.

At least 26 racist, anti-Semitic or bias-related incidents have occurred at or near SU since Nov. 7. A racial slur was yelled at freshman Minghao Ai as he left Day Hall on Nov. 16. An individual also yelled a racial slur at a Latino male and female on Dec. 4 while driving on Euclid Avenue.

SU suspended its chapter of the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity after members and guests shouted a racial slur at a Black woman Nov. 16. The university suspended four students involved in the incident. scalessa@syr.edu @sarahalessan

Leading the charge KIARA LEWIS scored a game-high 24 points in Syracuse’s 59-51 win over No. 5 Louisville on Sunday afternoon in the Carrier Dome. The starting point guard also snagged four steals for a defense that held Louisville to 51 points, well below its average of 75. elizabeth billman asst. photo editor

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County outlines health solutions

By Molly Gibbs

senior staff writer

An Onondaga County health improvement plan outlined solutions for responding to chronic diseases and opioid-related hospitalization and overdoses.

The 2019-2021 Community Health Assessment and Improvement Plan, released Jan. 16, used feedback from more than 3,000 county residents to outline the community’s overall health and detail existing resources that could be used to respond to health concerns.

The health department partnered with Crouse Health, St.

We are always trying to do innovative and impactful work on substance abuse and mental health initiatives within our community Mariah Reilly

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Joseph’s Health and the Upstate University Hospital for the plan, which is released every two years, at least.

Onondaga County exceeds almost all of New York state in its rate of opioid-related hospitalizations and overdoses, according to this year’s plan.

The health department has already begun training medical professionals to prescribe buprenorphine, a medication that assists treatments for opioid addiction, the plan states. Community members are also being trained to administer naloxone, which can counter the effects of an opioid overdose.

The health department see health page 4

The New York State Bar Association formally expressed support for legalizing recreational cannabis use for adults in the state.

The NYSBA adopted a report from its Committee on Cannabis Law on Jan. 31. The report provides guidance to governing bodies considering recreational cannabis legalization and recommends legislation allowing municipalities to opt out of legalization.

Recreational cannabis use is currently illegal in New York state.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in his State of the State address that legalization will be an administrative priority this year. After months of debate with lawmakers in 2019, the push for legal recreational cannabis use ended in a stalemate amid concerns about the logistics of legalization and taxation.

“The State Bar Association is obviously very influential when it comes to the law and making laws,” said Ben Coffin, a defense attorney with the Onondaga County Bar Association. “It is definitely going to have a real influence on the legislation.”

The committee recommended that the state hire a professional organization to study the state’s current policies and suggested that any forthcoming legislation contain social equity provisions.

Cuomo’s January budget proposal, which would allow adults over 21 years old to legally purchase cannabis and sets up packaging, labeling and advertising oversight, also calls for “social equity licensing opportunities.”

The legalization of recreational cannabis will keep a lot of people out of the criminal justice system, Coffin said.

Susan Scholl, an internship placement coordinator at Syracuse University’s Falk College who specializes in public health, said lawyers see first-hand the effect of lowlevel cannabis arrests on the court system and those convicted.

“It seems, too, that the bar is recognizing, along with other entities, that adults can make reasonable and informed decisions about private behaviors,” Scholl said. “Perhaps they are acknowledging that legalization is inevitable.”

Support of the bar association’s adoption has not been unanimous. Some members of NYSBA’s House of Delegates, which adopted the committee’s report, expressed concerns see cannabis page 4

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SU men’s basketball forward Marek Dolezaj gained more than 10 pounds over the summer, and can now use both strength and finesse in the low-post.

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Lecture series Jelani Cobb, a reporter for The New Yorker, will discuss the intersection of race, politics and the media.

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

ANIMAL CRUELTY Antonio Martin, 41, of Buffalo, was arrested after he allegedly hanged his children’s cat and sent them photos of the body. Martin was arraigned Friday in Erie County on charges of aggravated animal cruelty and two misdemeanor charges of endangering the welfare of a child. source: associated press

ATTIC FIRE A fire started in the attic of a twofamily home on Fitch Street around 4:00 a.m. Saturday. All of the home’s residents were able to escape the fire. The Syracuse Fire Department is currently investigating the cause of the fire. source: cny central

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Power of poetry JESSICA MONTGOMERY, a dual graduate student, performed two poems by Langston Hughes at Hendricks Chapel’s Music and Message event Sunday. The weekly event features musical performances and is free and open to the public. Sunday’s event featured performances from the Black Celestial Choral Ensemble and Setnor choral ensemble. hannah ly staff photographer

Spectrum’s internet, phone and cable services experienced fiber optic damage Saturday afternoon. Spectrum users across the Northeast were affected. A spokeswoman for Spectrum said repair crews took multiple hours to gain access to the area. source: local syr

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SA historian to help plan 150th anniversary

By Mira Berenbaum staff writer

Student Association has elected a new historian to help plan Syracuse University’s 150th anniversary celebration.

Antonia Su, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, was elected to the position during an SA Assembly meeting Feb. 3. The historian is in charge of analyzing and organizing SA records, according to the organization’s constitution.

“For the 150th celebration, I want to show off different ideas and initiatives that different committees in Student Association have accomplished,” Su said.

The sesquicentennial celebration will take place March 24, SA

President Mackenzie Mertikas said at the Feb. 3 meeting. SA is still determining what its exact role in the celebration will be, Mertikas said.

SA is planning events for the celebration throughout the week, and SA members will serve on various sesquicentennial committees, Mertikas said.

Su is SA’s third historian. She initially joined SA to be a voice for international students and to share information from the organization, she said. Now, her job is to learn from SA’s history and use it to move forward, Su said.

John Jankovic, SA’s Student Life Committee co-chair, created the historian position in 2017. He served in the role for two years

see SA page 6

source: syracuse.com

FLU SPREADING Seasonal flu is spreading more rapidly through central New York than other parts of the state, according to the state health department. The department reported nearly 140 lab-confirmed cases per 100,000 people, with 349 cases confirmed in Onondaga County alone. source: syracuse.com

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SA members will serve on various committees responsible for planning the sesquicentennial. hannah ly staff photographer

on campus

’Cuse Works service connects students to jobs

By Sarah Alessandrini asst. copy editor

Syracuse University launched an online resource in January to provide employment opportunities to students. ’Cuse Works is a rebranding of the Student Employment Office, said Camille Donabella, director of student employment operations and strategy within the Student Employment Office. The resource aims to connect students to federal work-study and non-federal, workstudy jobs both on and off campus.

“It’s an opportunity for us to build our job opportunities on campus and give students a meaningful experience in just about any job

they can select,” Donabella said.

“So, it’s not just a paycheck. It’s more than that.”

The online resource will also add job and opportunity listings on Handshake, SU’s career database, that fit with ’Cuse Work’s six university shared competencies and 10 professional skills.

The shared competencies are learning goals or traits that “transcend the academic requirements” of typical classes, according to the ’Cuse Works website. The University Senate approved these shared competencies, which include creative and critical thinking and civic and global responsibility, in 2018.

Professional skills should see jobs page 6

Work crews have begun cutting down trees on Erie Boulevard East in Syracuse as part of the Empire State Trail project. The New York State Department of Transportation has cautioned drivers to prepare for traffic disruption along the route.

The Syracuse Fire Department responded to a house fire on McKinley Avenue on Saturday night. Firefighters were able to quickly contain the fire, and the residents of the home escaped before the firefighters arrived. source: cny central

CITY OFFICE Mayor Ben Walsh’s administration is creating a new Office of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility.

The office is part of an initiative to create a workforce in Syracuse city government that is reflective of the city’s population. source: wrvo

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The online resource, which launched in January, connects students to jobs on and off campus. elizabeth billman asst. photo editor

New York state will file a lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to block New York residents from participating in “trusted traveler programs.” The decision is in retaliation to a state law allowing residents to apply for driver’s licenses without proving citizenship. source: associated press

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health has trained about 200 people to administer naloxone. An overdose can happen anywhere, said Mariah Senecal-Reilly, a program coordinator at Onondaga Health Department who has worked on community mental health and substance use issues.

“We feel it’s important to get naloxone out as widely as possible throughout our entire community,” Senecal-Reilly said.

The health department is also working on a program using medication-assisted treatment to help county jail inmates with a history of substance abuse transition back into the community after their release.

The program will likely begin in the coming months and will involve a peer transition service that connects inmates to different community services prior to their release, Senecal-Reilly said.

“We are always trying to do innovative and impactful work on substance abuse and mental health initiatives within our community,” she said. “So, it is always ever-changing.”

The county’s plan also proposed two programs that increase access to nutrition, physical activity and regular healthcare meant to address chronic illnesses.

Over half of census tracts in Syracuse are food deserts, and 26.1% of Onondaga County’s residents have experienced food insecurity due to income and affordability, the plan said.

Food deserts are areas where the poverty rate is greater than 20% and more than 33% of resifrom page 1

cannabis about the consequences of legalizing recreational use. Michael Markowtiz from the Nassau County Bar Association said endorsing legalization would be a “fundamental mistake.”

Joel Hay, a professor at the University of Southern California who studies drug legalization, questioned how much legalization would help remedy other social problems.

The county’s report outlines health challenges within the community and identifies existing resources that could improve outcomes. corey henry photo editor

dents are over half a mile from a supermarket.

One of the proposed programs would partner with Westside Family Pharmacy and Emmi Farms to increase access to healthy and affordable food and beverages. The health department initiated a pilot version of the program last November.

“It is hard to see how legalizing cannabis will help with problems like the opioid crisis, poverty, poor education or lack of medical care,” Hay said. Decriminalization is a far better approach, he said.

Though cannabis would be illegal under decriminalization, individuals possessing cannabis would not face legal prosecution, according to the Journal of the Missouri State Medical Association. Instead, civil penalties such as fines or drug education would be implemented.

“The Westside has very limited access to fresh produce,” said Kathy Haase, another program coordinator with the health department.

“The population that we were trying to reach really has limited access as far as transportation and even having a grocery store nearby.”

Although stores like Price Rite, Aldi,

It is definitely going to have a real influence on the legislation Ben Coffin

defense attorney

Dollar General and Walmart have continued to offer groceries in Syracuse’s Westside neighborhood, the area has lost three discount grocery stores in the past two years.

While the department’s pilot program received an overall positive response, its cost will determine whether or not it is feasible, Haase said “We’re in the process of determining how we can work on that feasibly because it could be a very important program and would certainly be a way of increasing access and removing barriers to healthy foods,” Haase said. “It all comes down to the sustainability of it.”

The health department also partnered with Emmi Farms for its Farmers Market Nutrition Program, a food security initiative supporting the county’s Women, Infants and Children clinic in Syracuse, the plan said.

WIC provides its patients with coupons to purchase locally grown fresh produce at farmers markets or roadside stands in addition to their regular WIC benefits. The health department held the market seven times this past summer and provided more than 2,000 pounds of fresh and local produce.

The health department is also working on developing a produce delivery service with the Syracuse City School District for faculty and staff at the 33 buildings, Haase said.

“We know if people are eating more fresh produce, it helps to reduce the risk of chronic illness, which is the overarching goal,” she said. mogibbs@syr.edu

The goal of the proposed budget’s social equity provision is to correct harm to individuals and communities that cannabis prohibition has disproportionately impacted, according to the budget.

People convicted of cannabis violations can experience trouble accessing student loans, subsidized houses and certain jobs or licenses, Coffin said.

“The legalization of it has the potential to avoid all of that for people,” Coffin said. caarambe@syr.edu

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gender and sexuality column

Understanding the term ‘queer’

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he word “queer” has a violent history of being a slur, and is fraught with negative history. However, it has an equally powerful history of being reclaimed as a term of rebellion and empowerment. While not everyone who is LGBTQ is comfortable self-identifying with the term, there are many others who claim the term proudly.

While LGBTQ individuals may be comfortable with other members of the community using “queer,” the issue becomes more complicated in the classroom, where the term is used academically.

Syracuse University has several classes labeled “QSX,” which stands for queer sexuality, as well as other classes that are not explicitly centered around the LGBTQ experience, such as some English and Textual Studies classes that discuss queer theory. One important aspect of the use of queer in the classroom is that “queer” has a sociopolitical meaning as well as an identity-related one.

“I use it in lots of different ways, not just as an identity category,” said Dr. Margaret Himley, Director of the LGBT Studies program and Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at Syracuse University. “It’s about Queer Nation, which is the first

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time the word came up in a kind of positive context which had to do with political activism during the HIV/AIDS epidemic.”

Queer Nation was founded in 1990 by LGBTQ activists concerned with the HIV/AIDS epidemic, as well as homophobic violence and discrimination.

Queer theory began to emerge in academia, Himley said.

While the term is rich with history, it can be hurtful when people use it without understanding the meaning behind it, even if they do not intend to be malicious.

“The risk, I think, is that there are people who are not in the LGBT, queer community who don’t understand the history of the word, and so they don’t know quite what they’re saying,” said Himley.

Even being part of the LGBTQ community does not guarantee using the word in a way that is not hurtful. What is comfortable for one person may be uncomfortable for the next. Ultimately, what is most important in the use of the term is respect and understanding.

Himley said the word carries a history of violence.

Ultimately, proper and sensitive use of the term requires learning

and expanding one’s understanding, which is exactly what a good college course has the potential to do.

Part of learning and growing includes making mistakes. The key is not to never make a mistake, but rather to learn through those uncomfortable experiences to become a more informed person.

“We learn, and we all screw up,” said Himley. “We do this in a calm, forgiving, and educational way.

Because there’s a lot to learn.”

In order to get a quality education, it’s important for individuals to feel safe, and in order to achieve that safety, their personal boundaries must be respected. However, it’s equally important, particularly in the college setting, to expand our understandings of history, society, and of perspectives different than our own, and emphasize the importance of queer history and LGBT studies.

Through honest, open, and informative discussions, we can foster an environment that is both inclusive and revolutionary for people both inside and outside of the LGBTQ community.

Mallory Stokker is a junior magazine journalism major. She can be reached at mstokker@ syr.edu. She can be followed on Twitter at @_malloryyrose_.

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The D.O. made the wrong choice to capitalize ‘Black’

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ear Editor, The Daily Orange Editorial Board made the wrong decision, choosing last month to capitalize the word ‘Black’ “when referring to a culture, ethnicity or a group of people part of the African Diaspora,” without giving the word “white” a similar treatment.

The editors’ justification points to the paper’s “history of racism and exclusivity” and the desire to “better reflect the communities we cover.” Yet, the unevenness from a potentially published sentence like “white students and Black students unite in the face of racial inequality” creates an editorial and institutional structure wherein one race is given more emphasis than another.

This is racist.

Personally, I think neither should be capitalized. Black and white people are not monolithic groups, nor do they share one identity or lived experience. To assume otherwise is prejudicial.

In researching the practice of capitalizing “Black,” I came across two prominent black nationalist groups. On the Southern Poverty Law Center website under the category of “Extremist Files,” black nationalist groups such as the New Black Panther Party (NBPP) and the Nation of Islam (NOI) as antiSemitic, anti-white hate groups, and leaders of these groups are not shy in voicing their hate for others.

Louis Farrakhan, leader of the NOI, just last year stated,

“Pedophilia and sexual perversion institutionalized in Hollywood and the entertainment industries can be traced to Talmudic principles and Jewish influence. Not Jewish influence, Satanic influence under the name of Jew.” In 2018 he tweeted, “I’m not an anti-Semite. I’m antiTermite.”

In 2009 King Samir Shabazz, a former leader of the NBPP, said in a documentary produced by National Geographic, “I hate white people.

All of them. Every last iota of a cracker, I hate it.” Shabazz calls his black nationalist followers to action: “You want freedom? You going to have to kill some crackers! You going to have to kill some of their babies!”

Both the NBPP and NOI style their web posts and manifestos in terms of “Black” and “white.”

In January 2020, motivated by a righteous desire to extinguish racism, The Daily Orange Editorial Board, intentionally or not, moved the student-run periodical closer to the likes of anti-Semites and anti-white black nationalists like Farrakhan and Shabazz.

Both black and white nationalist extremism is a threat to our society.

And now, The D.O. Editorial Board is speaking the language of one of those groups.

Sincerely,

Cesar Gray Syracuse University Class of 2021 Political Science, Writing and Rhetoric

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before passing the position to Cassandra Pravata in fall 2019, he said.

One of the historian’s main roles is to sort through more than 20 boxes of SA archives in Bird Library, Jankovic said. The historian is responsible for uploading the boxes’ contents into an online database so all students can access SA history, he said.

“The position was really created with the sesquicentennial in mind, but now we realize that it could be expanded to so much more,” he said. “I had these ideas of making time capsules or digital time capsules.”

The historian position is not a part of SA’s cabinet, but an internal advisory role for an Assembly member should be collaborative, Jankovic said. Information often gets lost due to yearly turnover within the organization, he said. from page 3

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enhance students’ roles in the workplace, according to the website. ’Cuse Works aims to help students develop conf lict management, leadership and problem-solving skills.

Previously offered jobs in departments such as Food Services, SU Libraries and the SU Bookstore are now listed on Handshake as ’Cuse Works jobs. Students may also find on-campus positions relevant to fields such as marketing, research and graphic design, Donabella said.

After students are hired, they’ll meet with their supervisors to outline lists of personal goals for their new positions, she said. Students receive feedback from their supervisors and performance reports at the end of the academic year.

“What I really like about the ’Cuse Works program is the focus on professional development,” said Kristen Aust, director of career advising in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Working in positions on or off campus helps

For the 150th celebration, I want to show off different ideas and initiatives that different committees in student association have accomplished

Antonia Su sa historian

“We can actually learn from our history and create these traditions and create these little things that can actually engage more students with knowing what Student Association is, was and will be,” Jankovic said. mlberen@syr.edu

students develop critical thinking, communication and intercultural fluency skills that employers value when hiring college graduates, Aust said.

Looking ahead, Donabella said she plans to expand ’Cuse Works to include more off-campus jobs. The Student Employment Office currently has partnerships with external agencies such as SUNY Upstate Medical University and Mayor Ben Walsh’s office, she said. ’Cuse Works will also host training sessions and programs such as the Financial Literacy Dinner series, Donabella said. The sessions will teach students financial skills such as banking, budgeting, paying taxes and direct depositing.

The program may also include career readiness certificates for courses that students can include on a resume, Donabella said “Our real goal is to be the best student employment office that we could possibly be, and hopefully we will be looked at by other institutions as a model about how student employment should work,” Donabella said.

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INTRO The most stark instance of gender inequality is in the Best Cinematography category: in 92 years and with over 920 winners, there has only been one woman ever nominated.

Women have never won the category.

KEY: Each box symbolizes a winning film, from 1928-2019. In 2018, symbolized in yellow, Rachel Morrison was nominated for Mudbound. Blade Runner 2049 was the film that won the category that year.

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After #OscarSoWhite in 2015, the Academy said it had learned its lesson. But with the exclusion of any women from the best director category and lack of representation from people of color in categories across the board, the awards show has drawn criticism once again.

Many critics and audience members alike have called out the Academy for blocking female directors such as Greta Gerwig (“Little Women”), Kasi Lemmons (“Harriet”) and Lulu Wang (“The Farewell”) from a chance at the category. Only one woman has ever won the award for best director: Kathryn Bigelow for her movie “The Hurt Locker” in 2010.

While Gerwig may be a standout in the field, the options for women in producing, directing and writing roles are slim. According to a study by the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative at the University of Southern California, only five out of the 112 directors hired for the top 100 movies of 2018 were women.

The same study found that out of 1,438 content creators in Hollywood, only 4.2% were female directors, 13.2% were female writers, 20.7% were female producers and 1.7% were female composers from 2007–2016. In the cinematography category, only one woman has ever been nominated: Rachel Morrison for “Mudbound” (2018). There have been no female winners in the category, according to The Guardian.

Sophomores Saachi Jain and Paul Levine are the inclusive education chairs for the professional film fraternity Delta Kappa Alpha. Together, they started to host weekly workshops for organization members to discuss issues regarding race, gender, sexuality, disability and more in the entertainment industry.

In terms of this year’s nominations, Levine mentioned that the type of role women tend to be nominated for differs from which the types of roles men are nominated. Especially in the horror genre, Levine compared characters such as Lupita Nyong’o’s characters in “Us” and Toni Collette’s performance in “Hereditary” to Joaquin Phoenix’s “Joker.”

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“We’ve seen this character before, where it’s like a guy whose bad actions are justified by the bad world around him,” he said. “It’s interesting to me that that character gets a lot more recognition in the industry than when it’s a woman in a more controversial type of role.”

Representation of race and ethnicity

Last week, Joaquin Phoenix, best actor Oscar nominee for his performance in “Joker,” called out his peers for their elitist attitudes toward nominations during his acceptance speech at the British Academy Film Awards.

“I think that we sent a very clear message to people of color that you’re not welcome here,” Phoenix said. “I think that’s the message that we’re sending to people that have contributed so much to our medium and our industry in ways that we’ve benefited from.”

Phoenix added that he feels that he has contributed to the problem by not ensuring that the productions he has been a part of are inclusive and diverse as well. Cynthia Erivo, who was nominated for her role as Harriet Tubman in “Harriet,” praised Phoenix for his criticism, according to Variety. Erivo was the only person of color nominated in an acting category at this year’s Academy Awards.

Some claim that the lack of representation in the nominations stems from the lack of representation in the Academy itself. April Reign, creator of the #OscarsSoWhite movement, said in a column for Variety that while it has made some progress in diversifying its members, the Academy is still stuck on its white male-orientated mentality.

“Overwhelmingly, what we saw in 2019 with these nominations is that most of them are films that reflect the experiences of straight white men,” she wrote.

“Since the majority of the Academy are white males, and the nominations are viewed through their lens, that may explain why we are seeing the nominations that we are.”

At this year’s awards, “Parasite” was named “Best Picture,” making the South Korean thriller the first foreign-language film to win the award. The feature also took home “Best International Feature Film” and its director,Bong Joon Ho, won “Best Director.” The movie already made history after becoming the first foreignlanguage film to win the SAG ensemble award, which is similar to the Oscars’ best picture category.

Jeremy Jung, a senior majoring in film, says that as an Asian American pursuing a film career, just existing in the industry is helping to balance the scales. According to the USC study, only 3% of directors were Asian or Asian American out of 1,006 directors and 900 films. Only 5.6% of the directors were Black or African American.

“I believe that me existing as an Asian American, working in the film industry, or when I do, it’s going to make a statement in itself,” Jung said.

Through their workshops, Levine and Jain say that discussion between people helps to bridge gaps between the various races and ethnicities and can promote collaboration between demographics as well.

“Collaborating with people of color is also so important because film is not told in one language or one color — it’s multiple,” Jain said.

At the box office

Levine said that the power lies within movie-goers, as they can choose what movies to give their money to.

“If you want to see movies and support movies of people that are typically more marginalized, pay money and see those movies,” Levine said. “Like, don’t give all your money to movies that you know are going to be successful anyways.”

According to a 2015–2016 study from the University of California, Los Angeles, films with casts that were 21–30% of a minority background received the highest median global box office receipts and the high median return on investments.

Minority movie-goers dominating the international box office sales in general. Minorities accounted for the majority of ticket sales for five of the top 10 films in 2016, according to the same study.

Levine and Jain both mentioned that seeing more representation in the awards ceremony partially comes from the demand of movie-goers at the box office. As an international student as well, Jain strives to create films about stories that showcase different perspectives from the industry norm.

“As a person who tells stories about people of color, I think the most important things is just sensitivity,” she said. “And I feel like once a sense of sensitivity, empathy and just understanding is developed, I think that film will change.” abnakamu@syr.edu

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“Parasite”

It’s that time of the year again, The Academy Awards, and so many fantastic films got recognized. Yes, the Oscar nominations have their shortcomings (cough, cough, no female directors, cough, cough, few people of color nominated for acting), but this is not a discussion about what should or should not have been awarded. This is about honoring the weird and fascinating statistics that make up a small pool of this year’s films.

So, here are some numbers to think about relating to the nine best picture nominees.

Note: Most of the numbers collected are from IMDb’s trivia section for each individual film.

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This spot could have been used to honor Christian Bale’s ridiculous weight-loss regimen —he weighed 225 pounds for last year’s “Vice” and dropped 70 pounds for this role. However, the number 20 is honoring the minutes Bale and co-star Matt Damon took to film a fighting scene. Both actors said that this was the most enjoyable scene to film, and their chemistry is one of many of the exhilarating aspects of “Ford v Ferrari.”

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That’s the reported number of times actor Joe Pesci turned down his role as Russell Bufalino. Pesci has mostly retired from acting, aside from appearing in several commercials and three previous films since 2000. He was coaxed back to this role by Robert De Niro and earned high praise for contributing to yet another great mafia film.

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Taika Waititi’s anti-hate satire is filled with several details that comment on the Nazi Party’s ideological rise in Germany. Several of those moments lead to laughs, as does one scene where the main character’s home is raided by the Gestapo. That is the number of times the phrase “heil Hitler” was uttered in one minute in a scene to show how ridiculous the protocols of the Nazis were during World War II. Waititi somehow expertly toes the line between humor, tragedy and critique of radicalism throughout “Jojo Rabbit.”

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“Joker” is the first R-rated film to gross more than 1 billion dollars worldwide.

On top of that, the film’s budget is about $55 million, pennies compared to the price of most superhero films. Amidst controversy, praise and dismissal, “Joker” and star Joaquin Phoenix have risen to the top of the Oscars world (leading all films with 11 nominations) thanks to the combination of an art film commentating on society’s pitfalls and a familiar brand.

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These are the four color palettes chosen for each of the four main characters in their costume design.

Meg’s pair is lavender and green, Jo has red and indigo, Beth’s is pink and brown and Amy’s is light blue, with their mom Marmee wearing a combination of all of the colors.

This is just another small detail that adds to the strong presentation of Greta Gerwig’s film, along with the sweet and ingenious portrayal of the classic story.

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One of the oddest coincidences of this year’s group of Oscar nominees. Three nominated members of the film, director/writer Noah Baumbach, Scarlett Johansson and Laura Dern, have all gone through at least one divorce. In fact, this is Johansson’s third film (“Lost in Translation” and “Her”) that features marital troubles and/or divorce as a plotline.

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That’s the number of hours the LA Hollywood Freeway (US 101) was shut down for a sequence during the day. Quentin Tarantino did not digitally recreate any cars for this scene, one of many special touches the director used to depict 1960s Los Angeles in his 10th film.

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Yes, I’m using this number twice, but it’s warranted in this scenario. Director Bong Joon Ho was most impressed with two of the film’s six nominations: best editing and best production design. He was happy with these awards because, as he explained in an interview with The Wrap, Korean technicians are barely recognized in the film industry. The attention to detail in “Parasite” is second to none, as the usage of architecture and editing heighten the themes presented in the film.

Honorable Mention — 2,500: the price in U.S. dollars of a single garbage can used to film in the Park family’s expensive home.

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When mentioning “1917,” one could discuss the more than 5,200 feet of trenches that were dug for the film or the six months of rehearsal the actors used to get the film right. However, the number we’re highlighting is a fraction because, according to director Sam Mendes, the longest continuous shot in the film is about eight-and-a-half minutes. The edits in the film are expertly hidden by characters’ movements behind objects and flashes to black.

With a white screen lining the back wall and circular tables filling the center of the room, Skybarn welcomed Syracuse University students Sunday evening to watch the 92nd Academy Awards.

Partnering with entertainment company A24, SU’s cinematic fraternity, Delta Kappa Alpha, hosted the watch party for all SU students.

“It’s like the film sporting event of the year,” SU senior television, radio and film major Sam Rietta said.

Dressed formal attire, students gathered at 8 p.m. to view the show. Meanwhile on the West Coast, the 2020 Oscars was held at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles.

The Oscars has 24 categories each year.

Emily Lundin, an SU senior illustration major, said her favorite category is shortform animation because it is an essential aspect of each film viewers watch. Lundin said the category is often “underrated.”

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Meanwhile, SU senior film major Alex Smithline said his favorite Oscars category is best original screenplay.

“The film’s all about the story, and if the story isn’t good, there’s a good chance the movie won’t be as good” Smithline said. “It starts with the pen and paper.”

When the nominations came out, some students had varying opinions on underrepresented films.

Justine Leslie Smith, one of the watch party’s hosts, said that it was a “travesty” that the film “The Farewell” was not recognized.

“It’s, like, completely universal,” she said.

“You feel something no matter who you are, no matter where you’re from, and the fact that they didn’t recognize it I think is a travesty.”

SU senior television, radio and film major Daniel Preciado hopes that “Parasite” will sweep the categories it is nominated for. However, he does not think it will win best picture.

“In simple terms, the Academy can be a little — and by a little I mean a lot — racist,” Preciado said. “They just don’t care about for-

eign films that are not in English, so they will not let Parasite be the first movie ever to win best picture even though it deserves it.”

As students shuffled in, each guest was able to fill out a ballot on their predictions in each category. The person with the most correct prediction of the night won prizes sponsored by A24, including “The Lighthouse” on vinyl, A24 blue-rays and other A24 merchandise.

Rietta has attended the watch party for the past four years, and said that this year, his favorite movie was “Jojo Rabbit.”

“I am really rooting for that one tonight,” he said. “Being at Syracuse last semester when we had some very kind of contentious endings of the semester, a movie about tolerance and a movie about kind of the accepting of other people was very timely.”

Smith said each year the Oscar watch party has a fun, enjoyable atmosphere.

“Instead of sitting on your friend’s couch, you get an excuse to dress up nice and get your friends together,” she said. mctucker@syr.edu

“Little Women” (Jacqueline Durran) PRODUCTION DESIGN “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM “The Neighbors’ Window” ADAPTED SCREENPLAY “Jojo Rabbit” (Taika Waititi) ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY “Parasite” (Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won) ANIMATED SHORT FILM “Hair Love” ANIMATED FEATURE FILM “Toy Story 4” ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Brad Pitt (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”)

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Sprinters turn to technique, positivity ahead of ACCs

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Aja Davis finished warming up for the 200meter dash and softly walked to the edge of the Manley Field House track on Feb. 7. At the beginning of practice, Davis appeared calm. That’s how she wants to be, she said, because her demeanor sometimes interferes with her technique.

“I get a little aggressive,” Davis said, “and it gets hard running the race.”

Davis isn’t the only runner focusing on combining technique and a clear headspace.

Her teammate Eunice Boateng, who competes in similar events, said being the “chill teammate” sets the tone for grueling seasons.

Sprinters coach Dave Hegland said he’s seen “nice improvement” in both runners as the from page 12

upset During the Cardinals’ 13-game win streak, their average margin of victory was 17.7 points. The fourth victory of that run came against the Orange on Dec. 29, the conference opener for both teams. Then-No. 7 Louisville squeaked by Syracuse, 62-58 after SU led with less than two minutes left.

In that game, Syracuse held Dana Evans, the Cardinals’ point guard and leading scorer to nine points on 3-for-16 shooting, her only single-digit performance all season. On Sunday, Evans again did not look like herself — clanking shots off the rim, attempting risky passes and failing to stay with Lewis.

The junior finished with 13 points on 4-for-17 shooting along with five turnovers.

It was not just Evans, though. Early on, the visitors misfired several passes to put the ball back in SU’s hands, allowed wide-open 3s and gave up offensive rebounds. By the first media timeout, the Cardinals had already committed five turnovers, their total from the entirety of their last game against the Orange. from page 12

dolezaj had a team-high 17 points in the NCAA Tournament against TCU, but scored mostly on jump shots. Dolezaj’s ball skills had potential for a big man, evident with straight-line drives to the rim, but struggled to match the strength of sturdier players his height in the post.

In the first five weeks last summer, Dolezaj tried to add weight. It started in the weight room: When he first arrived on campus, he struggled to bench one repetition of 125 pounds, but built up to 145 this offseason and easily reaches six reps now. The result was a 10-12 pound weight gain that he said allowed the same quickness in a stronger frame.

Though Dolezaj’s strength has improved, it’s still seen as a slight weakness by opponents and the SU coaching staff. When Dolezaj wants a defender on the block to move, he dribbles with his head down — like a freight train breaking through a barrier on the tracks — and rarely chooses to operate with his back facing the rim. from page 12

defense erased life a streaky offense injected. But in the last few weeks, the Orange slowly began to erase their season-long reputation.

It started with holding Virginia to 57 points, but that was overshadowed by a loss where the Orange tallied just 41 points themselves. It accelerated when they turned Boston College over more than 20 times and left with a road win. And it reached a new high against the Cardinals.

Three turnovers on four possessions greeted Louisville to open the game, including two that sailed aimlessly past intended targets. In the first quarter’s early minutes, those Cardinal miscommunications paralleled the SU press hinting at the potential. Syracuse flipped to primarily man press from a zone, one it deployed against Louisville on Dec. 29. Lewis and Elemy Colome trapped Louisville guards near midcourt, trying to force Evans and other guards toward Gabrielle Cooper at the other side.

Atlantic Coast Conference’s Indoor Championships draw near.

Even on a university-declared snow day, the Orange practiced. Boateng credits her teammates’ positivity in helping her persevere through difficult seasons.

“Once you have that positive mindset, that’s when it starts to unroll,” Boateng said.

“It’s worth it, and you learn to become mentally strong and go through with everything.”

Prior to races, the team runs through a prerace routine to find their rhythm. Three days out from a race, the team will run their final “high quality” workout. Then, they take the following day off to rest and recover. The day before a race is a light day — also called a pre-meet day — that includes mock block starts, accelerations and 20-meter fly’s. Davis said pre-meet days get runners “in the mindset of competitiveness.”

At the Harvard Crimson Elite on Jan. 31, Davis finished the 60-meter dash at 7.50 seconds to become the top collegiate finisher in the event. Davis clocked in her collegiate-best (7.43) in the prelims. Just over a month before that, Davis ran that same race six-tenths of a second slower.

Still, Davis said she needs to improve her running mechanics. Sometimes, her competitiveness can lead to a chaotic race technique.

“I just focused on what my coach said during the race,” Davis said. “Practicing a lot of things like working my arms and turning over my legs to execute it throughout the race.”

Every runner has the athletic talent to perform at the Division I level, Boateng said, and needs to not only focus on technique, but also the mental aspect. For Boateng, positivity starts when she wakes up, eats breakfast, drinks a

protein shake, goes to the trainers and gets to practice early.

Boateng followed Davis in the 60-meter sprint at the Harvard Crimson Elite, clocking in a time of 7.64 in both the prelims and the finals, coming in fifth place in her heat in the latter.

With ACCs in mind, Boateng wants to be in a “good mental space” and give 100% effort every practice. Boateng and Davis have two more chances to compete — meets in Boston and Washington — before ACCs begin on Feb. 27. Until then, they need to lock down their techniques and remain positive.

“Once I do get (to ACCs),” Boateng said. “I want to know I’ve prepared myself well and gave my all before I got there so that is really a representation of who I am and what I can do, and not just a wasted rep.”

“We were just throwing the ball out of bounds,” Louisville head coach Jeff Walz said.

“There wasn’t anybody close. I had no idea what we were doing.”

While five different Syracuse players scored in the first quarter to give it a three-point lead, Louisville primarily attacked in transition through Jazmine Jones. She dropped 24 points on 8-for-12 shooting last time out against SU and again looked the Cardinals’ top scoring threat.

The senior beat the full-court press for an easy score three times in the opening 10 minutes.

In the second quarter, the Cardinals committed six turnovers and allowed six offensive rebounds which the Orange turned around for 14 points. Louisville’s man-to-man defense scrambled to keep up with Lewis and Emily Engstler, who sunk open 3s to extend SU’s lead to 10 by halftime, its largest of the game.

“We thought that, for the last couple of weeks, we’ve been playing good defense,” Hillsman said. “Now, we’re starting to score some points.

I think the defense was good on both ends of the floor. We just got matched up and tried to keep them in front of us. We attacked the paint, we got to the foul line, I thought that was huge.”

Less than a minute and a half before halftime, Louisville’s Yacine Diop drove into the lane and kicked it behind the arc, but Lewis was in the way. Lewis didn’t rush up the court, instead surveying her options before finding Engstler on the perimeter. In space, the sophomore neglected to take the 3 and dished to Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi, whose inside position gave her a simple layup. Moments later on the other end, Djaldi-Tabdi drew a charge — the Cardinals’ 13th turnover of the first half, one fewer than their season average.

When Evans drilled a corner 3 on the first possession of the second half to cut SU’s lead to seven, it seemed unlikely Syracuse would be able to resist one of the nation’s best teams for another half. The Orange blew leads against ranked teams in West Virginia and Michigan earlier this year. The sides traded buckets over the next few minutes before Lewis’ sevenpoint run gave SU the insurance it needed.

“I know we tend to struggle coming out of halftime,” Lewis said. “We got a lead, we let teams come back in the game but we just had to stay poised and that’s what we did.

Run our sets and control them, we gained

momentum from that.”

From there, Syracuse looked comfortable and refused to waver. The Orange played conservatively in the fourth quarter, taking just three 3-pointers in the final frame while working the ball inside and getting to the free-throw line. Gabrielle Cooper’s long ball from the corner with four minutes left, bringing SU’s lead to 12, secured its best win of the season.

As each game passes, the Orange’s NCAA tournament fate remains unclear. On Sunday, SU once again showed it is capable of beating one of the nation’s top teams, this time in dominant fashion. But Hillsman and Syracuse’s players know this marquee win means nothing if it isn’t followed by more of the same, something SU has failed to do this season.

With six games remaining until the ACC tournament, Syracuse has much more to prove.

“You can’t go out and lose games on the back of this now,” Hillsman said. “You can’t undo all your good work. Obviously, you beat a top-5 team and it’s important, but now you can’t start to drop games. You have to continue to build off this win.”

Associate head coach Adrian Autry helped Dolezaj add simple maneuvers: pass and shot fakes to help Dolezaj strike defenders offbalance. Though simple, it has at times made matching Dolezaj against a smaller, quicker player a liability. His speed advantage remains when shifting around bigger defenders.

“Sometimes he has a smaller guy on him, sometimes he has a bigger guy,” Autry said.

“I’m just trying to give him something he’s comfortable with so he has a go-to.”

Sporting a black-eye sustained from going for a rebound in the Feb. 1 Duke loss — friendly fire from his interior neighbor Bourama Sidibe — Dolezaj said it all depends on the matchups.

Notre Dame and Virginia don’t go for fakes.

The young Blue Devils did and flew past him.

He’s learned when moves work and when they don’t throughout the season. And Dolezaj brings a different approach to each game.

When asked how easily he can identify a team he can fool, Dolezaj shook his head to dismiss the question.

“There’s a lot of ways I could improve,” he said.

MAREK DOLEZAJ added weight over the summer so he could take advantage of mismatches in the low post more often. max freund staff photographer

“We held (Evans) under 15 points,” Lewis said. “And that’s what helped us out in the first game and we did that again this game.”

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The number of turnovers Syracuse has forced in the past three games combined

That combined with Louisville missing guard Elizabeth Balogun — playing for Nigeria in the Olympic qualifiers overseas — to limit Louisville’s options from the perimeter. So the Cardinals tried the interior pass near the elbows that worked last time with Jazmine Jones, but the 2-3 zone collapsed and suffocated.

During the opening 10 games of ACC play,

that was Syracuse’s problem: the zone was too easy to navigate. Guards Cooper and Lewis got caught on ball screens and help defense was late to slide. Syracuse sat at 317th in the country with 427 fouls entering Sunday’s game, mostly resulting from penetration off the wing.

“Maybe we can just hedge a little bit and get back to our player,” Amaya Finklea-Guity offered as a solution two weeks ago. Maybe just better on-ball defense, Lewis said.

In the third quarter, as Syracuse’s offense hit another drought, those fixes ensured SU’s lead still sat at six by the time Maeva DjaldiTabdi’s layup with 5:07 left fell through.

Lewis continually poked the ball away from Evans. After one deflection when the ball bounced to Mykasa Robinson, Hyman, Cooper and Djaldi-Tabdi surrounded the sophomore and forced a travel.

With each offensive foul and turnover, Walz patrolled the sideline with his arms crossed.

He yelled at refs until he picked up a technical foul. He subbed in players for a spark until the

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final clock hit zeros. Clad in his purple shirt, gray pants and black shoes, Walz tried everything to crack this changed defense.

That’s why when Louisville cycled the ball around with under seven minutes left in the fourth quarter, “de-fense” chants rang through the Carrier Dome followed by two claps. Some fans rose, anticipating another Louisville turnover and transition opportunity.

During defensive collapses in past weeks, and even in the opening quarter against the Cardinals, most fans sat silent during defensive possessions. There weren’t chants. Syracuse’s season-long defensive performance didn’t warrant them.

But when Robinson’s lob pass into the paint missed Jones and landed in the hands of Djaldi-Tabdi, she swung the ball above her head and gazed for Lewis up the court. Even when Syracuse’s ensuing fast-break didn’t end with a basket, another bucket to build its lead even further, the chants started again. arcrane@syr.edu | @CraneAndrew

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dailyorange.com @dailyorange feb. 10, 2020 • PAG E 12

STAYING ALIVE For the second time this season, Syracuse defeated a top-10 opponent in the Carrier Dome

men’s basketball

Dolezaj stronger, smarter in the post

By Michael McCleary senior staff writer

In the first game since an offseason that promised to end a career-long weakness, Marek Dolezaj positioned himself between the baseline and the high-post. Virginia’s defenders rarely offered openings in SU’s season-opening loss Nov. 6, but a Dolezaj face-up, rip and a left-handed drive opened one.

But Dolezaj didn’t look at the rim. He never turned around fully.

The 6-foot-10 quasi-point forward cocked back and swung a one-handed, no-look pass to Buddy Boeheim on the wing for an open 3-pointer.

“Just trying to find the open guy,” Dolezaj said after the loss.

I’m just trying to give him something he’s comfortable with so he has a go-to Adrian Autry

su men’s basketball associate head coach

GABRIELLE COOPER hauled in six rebounds and steadied Syracuse at the top of its 2-3 zone. Cooper missed SU’s previous game ­— a win over Boston College — with an illness. elizabeth billman asst. photo editor

By David Schneidman staff writer

We were just throwing the ball out of bounds.

There wasn’t anybody close.

I had no idea what we were doing.

Jeff Walz

louisville head coach

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ate in the third quarter, Louisville slowly chewed away at Syracuse’s lead, something the Orange had for all but 19 seconds of the game. SU’s grip on the match was the weakest it had been all afternoon, and a potential top-10, resume-boosting win was slipping away.

Then, Kiara Lewis took control. With less than three minutes remaining in the third quarter, Lewis bulldozed into the paint and somehow got a contested finger roll to swirl into the rim. She then swished a desperation fadeaway 3 as the shot clock expired. On SU’s next possession, Lewis again found a sliver of space in the paint and floated one

in off the glass. SU’s four-point lead grew back to nine, and SU’s upset bid remained alive.

“What I said in the huddle to our staff going into the fourth quarter was, ‘We lost one point in that quarter,’” Syracuse head coach Quentin Hillsman said. “It was so important just trying to keep some distance. It was the difference in closing the game down.”

Lewis’ game-high 24 points gave Syracuse (12-11, 6-6 Atlantic Coast) the cushion it needed to finish No. 5 Louisville (21-3, 10-2), 59-51, on Sunday afternoon at the Carrier Dome. It was the Cardinals’ second loss in as many games following a 13-game win streak.

The Orange earned their second top-10 win this season, keeping their postseason aspirations afloat.

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women’s basketball

SU limits Louisville to season-low 51 points in upset

By Andrew Crane asst. sports editor

Quentin Hillsman had spent the second-quarter media timeout warning the referees about a push-off.

Strolling to midcourt while Syracuse huddled around its bench, Hillsman mimicked Dana Evans’ extended arm motion, when Kiara Lewis took contact but was called for a foul.

Hillsman’s eyes widened as he continued to move his elbow, circling back toward the bench. Syracuse had already forced 10 turnovers at that point, and he saw the oppor-

tunity for more. So when Teisha Hyman fell backward one quarter later after Evans’ elbow drove into her at the Louisville bench, Syracuse’s bench rose as an official blew the whistle. Hillsman clapped his hands at another Cardinal miscue.

“It’s so important that we understand who the other team’s best shooters are,” Hillsman said. For Louisville, that was Evans — who placed the ball on the ground and stormed down the court.

Syracuse’s defense, the worst in the ACC after a Jan. 16 loss to Georgia Tech, bailed out the Orange and

their still-iffy offense against the Cardinals. In the sequence following Evans’ offensive foul, Lewis sprinted from behind in transition and blocked the point guard’s layup. Disruptions by SU’s defense turned into steals, steals into transition points, and transition points into an established press that created even more disruptions.

Twenty-two turnovers by Louisville built on the 23 by Boston College and 24 by Virginia to give the Orange 69 in three games — their highest combined trio this season. Those rising numbers allowed a 19.5 fouls-per-

game average to drop to 14 against the Cardinals. Louisville’s 75 points per game was sliced into its lowest single-game output this season. And the result, Syracuse’s 59-51 upset over No. 5 Louisville, flashed what the Orange’s changed defense can do.

“It wasn’t about anything they did offensively, it was more about defensively what they did,” Louisville head coach Jeff Walz said.

Four games, four weeks, even four months before Syracuse stifled Louisville into a 35.2 shooting percentage, the defense was what see defense page 10

But Dolezaj was hesitant to declare passing his biggest strength, even though until then he had dazzled with little more than that ability. There were some shots, some drives that the player Syracuse teammates have called “Magic Johnson” would not take.

Dolezaj said he’s stronger, but the Orange have rarely seen him play strong. Twenty-two games later, he still gets pushed back on post-ups, still is bothered by the slightest bit of contact on his own offensive drives, but there’s now an essence of unpredictability. Over the last few years, Syracuse’s (14-9, 7-5 Atlantic Coast) big men have all been tabbed a similar miscue: too skinny, weak and not a natural fit at the five.

Dolezaj simultaneously fits into that category, and rises above it. Though just 185 pounds, Dolezaj has mastered his body control in such a way that he can employ a powerful and patient post game, absorbing contact and finishing through it.

“He’s very difficult to guard,” head coach Jim Boeheim said after Syracuse’s loss to Duke. “If we find some way to get 20 pounds on him, it would be nice, but he’s still a good player.”

The balance of finesse and control around the rim has contributed to some of Dolezaj’s career-games in recent weeks. Against Duke — one of the best teams in the country — Dolezaj scored 22 points and has scored 15-plus points in two of his last four games for a perimeter-oriented SU team. After Dolezaj fouled out against Wake Forest, Syracuse lacked an inside presence and just barely escaped with a win.

Two years ago, like most big men new to Syracuse, Dolezaj’s rawness often masked occasional flashes. He

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