Mornings on the Hill for April 5, 2022

MILLIONS OF UKRAINIANS ARE WITHOUT HOUSING….HOW TWO HARVARD STUDENTS ARE TRYING TO HELLP.
THERE’S A LOT GOING ON IN THE SPORTS WORLD, THIS WEEK. SYRACUSE WOMEN’S LACROSSE WITH THE NAILBITER OVER THE WEEKEND.
AND THE BIGGEST NIGHT IN MUSIC HAD SOME BIG WINNERS.
All that plus your weather and more coming up on this edition of Mornings on the HIll.
GOOD MORNING. I’M CALVIN MILLINER. THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL.
AND I’M ALLISON TURNER. HERE’S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE STORIES WE’LL BE TALKING ABOUT IN OUR FIRST HALF HOUR.
OUR TOP STORY, FURTHER UPDATES ON RUSSIA’S INVASION ON UKRAINE.
OUR JAMES KATTATO IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM TO TELL US WHAT STEPS OTHER COUNTRIES ARE TAKING.
CALVIN, ALLISON… AS OF 8:30 THIS MORNING, MORE THAN 7 POINT ONE MILLION
PEOPLE ARE INTERNALLY DISPLACED IN UKRAINE, WHICH IS A 10 PERCENT INCREASE SINCE MARCH 16TH.
JUST TO BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE NUMBERS FOR YOU.. MORE THAN 50% OF DISPLACED HOUSEHOLDS HAVE CHILDREN, 57% HOUSE ELDERLY MEMBERS, AND 30% HAVE A CHRONIC ILLNESS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE FLED UKRAINE AS WELL. OVER 4.2 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE
LEFT LOOKING FOR REFUGE IN OTHER COUNTRIES.. ALL OF THIS BEING A MOTIVATING FACTOR FOR TWO HARVARD STUDENTS LOOKING TO HELP.
TWO FRESHMEN AT THE UNIVERSITY HAVE STARTED A WEBSITE TO HELP UKRAINIAN REFUGEES CONNECT WITH SAFER BORDERING NATIONS THAT WILL TAKE THEM IN.
THE WEBSITE IS CALLED UKRAINE TAKE SHELTER.COM. OVER 18,000 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP TO BE POTENTIAL HOSTS FOR FLEEING REFUGEES.
OIL PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE AS THE UNITED STATES ARE PLANNING NEW SANCTIONS.
THIS COMING AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED THE COUNTRY WOULD
RELEASE MORE THAN 180 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL FROM ITS STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
JUST TO BREAK IT DOWN IN LAMENS TERMS FOR YOU, THIS BASICALLY MEANS THAT BIDEN WILL TAP INTO THE NATION’S OWN SUPPLY OF OIL, RATHER THAN GO OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY FOR IT AS AN IMPORT.
HE SAYS THE MOVE AIMS TO LOWER PRICES AT THE PUMP, WHICH ARE STILL SKY HIGH. ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A.. THE CURRENT NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR REGULAR GAS IN THE UNITED STATES IS FOUR DOLLARS AND 17 CENTS. IN THE NEWSROOM, JAMES KATTATO. MORNINGS ON THE HILL.COVID CASES ARE ON THE RISE IN CENTRAL NEW YORK…HOW DOES THIS EFFECT STUDENTS? OUR KATELYN MCCARTHY HAS MORE ON THE COVID NUMBERS AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY.
WHILE COVID CASES ARE ON THE RISE IN ONONDAGA COUNTY…SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY HAS NOT SEEN A HUGE INCREASE.
ON FRIDAY, VICE CHANCELLOR J. MICHAEL HAYNIE EMAILED THE STUDENT BODY TO INFORM THAT THE SCHOOL WILL STAY IN MASK LEVEL YELLOW ALTHOUGH THE COUNTY HAS SEEN A SHARP INCREASE.
BUT IN ONONDAGA COUNTY, FOUR PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM COVID IN THE PAST THREE DAYS..
AND EIGHT PATIENTS IN INTENSIVE CARE.
IN THESE PAST THREE DAYS THERE HAVE BEEN 760 CASES…THE HIGHEST SINCE
MARCH 5TH
IN RESPONSE, ONONDAGA COUNTY HELD A DRIVE THRU MONDAY, AT THE STATE FAIR GROUNDS HANDING OUT FREE MASKS AND TESTS TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THATS YOUR UPDATE ON THE COVID CASES ON CAMPUS
FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL, IM KATELYN MCCARTHY
REPUBLICAN SENATORS LISA MURKOWSKI(MUR-COW-SKI) AND MITT ROMNEY SAY
THEY WILL VOTE TO CONFIRM JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON’S HISTORIC NOMINATION TO THE SUPREME COURT.
GIVING PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN’S NOMINEE A NEW BURST OF BIPARTISAN ENERGY AS SHE SEEKS TO BECOME THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ON THE HIGH COURT.
THEY ANNOUNCED THEIR DECISIONS MONDAY EVENING AHEAD OF A PROCEDURAL VOTE TO ADVANCE THE NOMINATION AS DEMOCRATS PUSH TO CONFIRM JACKSON BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
THEY JOIN SEN. SUSAN COLLINS, WHO ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THAT SHE WOULD BACK JACKSON.
Certain greek organizations are making a return to campus.
Our own Rachelle Legrand joins us now with the story.
Thank you ALLSION ,
When most people think of Greek life, they associate it with parties, drinking, hazing. Im live at the schine student center where the National Panhellenic Greek Council at Syracuse University is gathered thisweekend to change this narrative.
Over the weekend, members of SyracuseUniversity’s National Pan-Hellenic Council, gathered with the rest of the Syracuse student body in the Goldstein Auditorium for the Greek Unity festival. The event introduced the Greek communities presence on campus and celebrated their history within the black community.The event featured a step show that brought out students, alumni, and members from black Greek organizations from all over the country.
I am from indiana Univ. and pledge at Tall Univ. and i never thought i that i could come to another campus and be apart of another family and being apart of alpha kappa alpha sorotiy inc. allowed me to be able to have another family away from my family.
Although the greek organizations wear different colors, have different step routines one thing they all re-iteratd is that is that they give black students a place they can call home, especially at a predominantly white institution.
It gives me a place
of home, you know ttheres not alot of people that look like me, that speak like me, that think like me, for me it just gives me a place that i can feel comfotable at an di know thta wherever i go…we try to extend that to people who are not apart of the fraternity.
This celebration welcomed the soroities Sigma Gama Rho and Zeta Phi Beta who recently returned to the Syracuse University campus. Monique Wright- Williams, expressed her happiness about her chapter returning to campus.
There really arent words for this…not only is …but my chapter, tthis is where i was made…and those young ladies we have are phenomanal.
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having
representation in general this si the first time since 2013, 2014….staying on campus and making an imnpact.
These greek organizations are ensuring to promote community service, scholarship all while unifiying students on campus.
live from schine student center, I’M _rachelle Legrand, mornings on the hill.
ARE APRIL SHOWERS BRINGING MAY FLOWERS?
AND OUR CALVIN CHRISTIFORO HAS A STORY ABOUT THE MENS LACROSSE TEAM
THAT’LL TOUCH YOUR HEAD AND YOUR HEART
ALL THAT AND MORE….COMING UP
OFFICIALS SAY MOBSTER DOMINIC TO-DAY-OH HAS BEEN RECAPTURED IN
FLORIDA AFTER BEING PLACED ON ESCAPE STATUS YESTERDAY. TO-DAY-OH WAS
CONVICTED OF KILLING 3 OTHER MOBSTERS
IN THE 80’S AND TRIED TO KILL 2 OTHERS, HE WAS SPENDING THE LAST YEAR OF
HIS SENTENCE IN A FEDERAL HALFWAY HOUSE IN ORLANDO WHEN OFFICALS SAY
HE DID’NT RETURN FROM AN
AUTHORIZED APPOINTMENT. THIS FOLLOWS A REJECTION FROM A FEDERAL JUDGE LAST YEAR FOR COMPASSIONATE RELEASE DUE TO TO-DAY-OH SAYING COVID-19 CAUSES A HEALTH AT RISK FOR HIM.
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW ARE FLYING DOWN SOUTH THIS WEEK, YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK YOUR FLIGHT STATUS.
ACCORDING TO FLIGHT – AWARE – DOT – COM , MORE THAN THREE-THOUSAND FLIGHTS WERE CANCELED AND TWELVE – THOUSAND FLIGHTS DELAYED DUE TO HURRICANES AND TORANDOES IN THE SOUTH.
MAJOR AIRLINES LIKE AMERICAN, ALASKA, AND SOUTHWEST IN CITIES SUCH AS MIAMI AND ORLANDO EVEN TO BALTIMORE CANCELLED FLIGHTS UNTIL SUNDAY.
and now for your local weather here in syracuse from our ari horton
THANK YOU ALLISON AND THANKS EVERYONE FOR WAKING UP WITH US THIS
MORNING. FOR WEATHER TODAY I’M OUTSIDE ON CAMPUS BECAUSE IT’S
ACTUALLY STARTING TO WARM UP HERE IN SYRACUSE. AND I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR YOU THE WARM WEATHER SEEMS TO BE STICKING AROUND.
1) CURRENT CONDITIONS
BUT FIRST THE CURRENT CONDITIONS. NOW I KNOW I SAID ITS STARTIING TO
WARM UP AND IT IS COMPARED TO THE SNOW AND SLEET WE WERE HAVING JUST
LAST WEEK. RIGHT NOW ITS SITTING AROUND DEGREES. AND ITS THE WIND
CHILL THATS MAKING IT FEEL COLDER THAN IT ACTUALLY IS. YOU CAN EXPECT
SOME MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TODAY. COMING IN THIS MORNING THERE WAS A
BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE, SO HOPEFULLY YOU’LL GET TO SEE MORE OF THE SUN LATER TODAY.

TOMORROWS PLANNER
ALTHOUGH THERES NO RAIN TODAY MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR RAIN BOOTS
AND UMBRELLA READY TOMORROW. YOU CAN EXPECT SPRINKLES AND LIGHT
SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. BUT HERE WE SEE THOSE WARM
TEMPERATURES STAYING CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WE HAVE A SOLID

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45 DEGREES IN THE MORNING AND THE HIGH OF 59 FOR THE DAY.
5-DAY FORECAST
NOW I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THINKING THE CHANCES OF RAIN LOOKS LIKE ALOT.
BUT HERE IN SYRACUSE I DONT THINK WE CAN BE PICKY. WE’RE SEEING ALOT OF
THOSE SPRING 50 TO 60 TEMPERATURES THIS UPCOMING WEEK, SO I THINK
WE’RE PAST THAT FALSE SPRING WE TOLD YOU ABOUT LAST WEEK. APRIL
SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS YEAH, WE’RE IN THAT PART OF THE SEASON. I WILL SAY TO KEEP YOUR UMBRELLA HANDY BECAUSE THE SHOWERS THIS WEEK CAN BE SPORADIC. LIVE OUTSIDE SCHINE FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL, IM ARI HORTON. BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.
THE SYRACUSE MEN’S LACROSSE GAME THIS PAST WEEKEND AGINST NOTRE DAME WENT FAR BEYOND THE FIELD.
OUR CALVIN CHRISTOFORO IS LIVE IN STUDIO TO TELL US THE IMPORTANCE OF A GAME THAT MEANT SO MUCH MORE THAN A SCORE ON A BOARD.
MENTAL HEALTH MATTER’S. THAT WAS THE MESSAGE BEHIND SU MENS
LACROSSE’S CONTEST WITH NOTRE DAME ON SATURDAY BOTH SCHOOL’S WORE
SHOOTING SHIRTS PREGAME TO HONOR FOUNDATIONS CLOSE TO EACH
PROGRAM. FOR NOTRE DAME IT WAS THE TOMMY O’BREIN FUND HONORING
TOMMY OBREIN A FORMER NOTRE DAME LACROSSE CAPTAIN AND HIGH SCHOLL
LACROSSE COACH THAT COMMITED SUSIDE IN 2020 AT THE AGE OF 49. FOR
SYRACUSE IT WAS THE 15 FOR LIFE FOUNDATION WHICH RAISES AWARENESS
FOR MENTAL HEALTH TO HONOR ROB KAVIVIT A SYRACUSE STAR ATTACKMAN
AND NATIONAL CHAMPION WHO SUFFERED FROM SILENT DREPRESSION AND
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE LAST YEAR. ROB’S BROTHER ANDY RUNS THE FOUNDATION
AND HOSTED A ZOOM CALL PIROR TO THE GAME WHERE HE TOLD ATTENDEES THESE ISSUES ARE MORE COMMON THAN YOU THINK.
IT’S JUST TOO PREVILENT, WE ARE HERE TO LEARN NOT TO TEACH BUT, ONE
AND FIVE ADULTS DEAL WITH MENATL HEALTH ISSUES SO DO THE QUICK MATH, THERE IS 200 OF US IN THSI CALL SO THERE IS 40 PEOPLE, AT LEAST 40 PEOPLE
WHO HAVE AN ISSUE, DOESN’T HAVE TO BE A CRISIS.
AND WHILE THE GAME HELPED THE FIGHT AGIST MENTAL HEALTH ITS STILL AN
ISUUSE HAPPENDING CLOSE TO HOME. JUST LAST WEEK BINGHAMTON UNIVESRY LACROSSE GOALIE ROBERT MARTIN COMMITED SUSIDE DUE TO MENTYAL HEALTH ISSUES. KAVIOTS MESSAGE, CHECK IN AND NEVER ASSUME THAT IF
THINGS LOOK GOOD ON THE OUTSIDE, THAT THEY ARE GOOD IN THE Inside.
FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL, I’M CALVIN CHRISTOFORO.
STILL TO COME ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL.. OUR MARCUS VEAL HAS ALL YOUR
HIGHLIGHTS AND UPDATES IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS AND WERE STILL BUZZING OVER GRAMMY WINNERS…
ALL THAT AND MORE IN JUST A BIT.
GOOD MORNING I’M MARCUS VEAL WITH YOUR ORANGE SPORTS UPDATE HERE ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL.
WE GET THINGS STARTED WITH WOMEN’S LACROSSE — AFTER A NAILBITER AGAINST NUMBER SIX LOYOLA IN THE LAST GAME YOUR NUMBER FOUR RANKED ORANGE TOOK ON PITT AT THE DOME LAST SATURDAY.
SYRACUSE LOOKING TO STAY UNBEATEN IN A-C-C PLAY AND TO GET ITS 10TH WIN
OF THE YEAR
MIDWAY THROUGH THE FIRST…MEGAN TYRELL
SHE WAS ALL OVER THE BOX SCORE
PITT UP 4-2 AFTER QUARTER ONE
HOW DID THE ORANGE RESPOND? BY SCORING EIGHT UNANSWERED GOALS
IN THE SECOND QUARTER AND WELL INTO THE THIRD
MEGAN TYRELL..EMMA TYRELL…EMILY HAWRYSCHUK
12 SECONDS INTO THE SECOND HALF
KATE (MASH-E-SKE) FOR HER FIRST GOAL OF THE YEAR
COACH IS FIRED UP
THOSE EIGHT UNANSWERED GOALS WERE PART OF A 16-TO-2 RUN OVER THE FINAL THREE QUARTERS.
MEGHAN TYRELL NOT ONE NOT TWO NOT THREE…BUT SIX OF THEM THANGS
EMILY HAWRYSCHUK FOUR GOALS HERSELF
DEFENSIVELY…SYRACUSE HELD THEIR OPPONENT TO LESS THAN 10 GOALS FOR THE FIFTH TIME THIS SEASON
AND IT’S THE ORANGE THAT GET THE WIN IN THIS ONE WITH A FINAL SCORE OF 18 TO 6…HERE’S COACH TREANOR POSTGAME ON WHAT SHE SAW.

NEXT GAME FOR WOMEN’S LACROSSE WILL BE AGAINST THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE COUNTRY NORTH CAROLINA THIS SATURDAY AT THE DOME.
FROM THE TURF TO THE DIAMOND…SYRACUSE SOFTBALL PLAYED AT HOME THIS PAST WEEKEND FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL SEASON.
AFTER SOME WEATHER TROUBLE ON FRIDAY…THE ORANGE TOOK ON PITTSBURGH AND SWEPT THEM IN A DOUBLE HEADER AT SKYTOP FIELD THIS PAST SATURDAY.
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IN GAME ONE…IT WAS A SCORELESS BALLGAME THROUGH THE FIRST FOUR
INNINGS. GRADUATE STUDENT ARIANA ADAMS TOOK THE CIRCLE AND WENT THE FULL SEVEN INNINGS…WITH FIVE STRIKEOUTS WHILE GIVING UP EIGHT HITS.
THE PANTHERS TOOK A 3-NOTHING LEAD IN THE SIXTH UNTIL SYRACUSE TIED IT
UP AFTER A DOUBLE STEAL AND A TWO RUN DOUBLE BY FRESHMAN INFIELDER
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PITT RESPONDED WITH THE GO AHEAD RUN ON AN RBI DOUBLE TO TAKE A 4-TO-3 LEAD IN THE SEVENTH…
LAST AT BATS FOR THE ORANGE…GRADUATE OUTFIELDER PARIS WOODS SAID
RELAX I GOT THIS. SHE TRIPLED DOWN THE LINE IN LEFT FIELD AND THEN SCORED ON A PASSED BALL FOR THE 5-4 WIN.
OVER IN GAME TWO…THE ORANGE ONLY SCORED ONE RUN AFTER GRADUATE INFIELDER NELI CASARES-MAHER SLID ACROSS HOME PLATE AFTER A WILD PITCH.
BUT ONE RUN WAS ALL LINDSEY HENDRIX NEEDED IN THE CIRCLE. A COMPLETE
GAME SHUTOUT FOR THE SOPHOMORE WITH 12 STRIKEOUTS AND JUST TWO HITS ALLOWED.
UP NEXT FOR SYRACUSE IS A THREE GAME SET AT HOME AGAINST NOTRE DAME THIS WEEKEND. THE SYRACUSE FOOTBALL TEAM HELD ITS SPRING GAME ON FRIDAY, MORNING ON THE HILL REPORTER THOMAS COOK JOINS US NOW TO TELL US WHAT WE LEARNED. MARCUS, GOODMORNING. ITS THE FIRST TIME SYRACUSE FOOTBALL FANS HAVE
BEEN INSIDE THE DOME SINCE THE END OF NOVEMBER. NOW THERE HAS BEEN
PLENTY OF CHANGE. ROBERT ANAE (A-NIE) COMES IN AS THE OFFENSIVE
CORDINATOR AND JOSH BECK AS THE QUATERBACKS COACH. AND SPEAKING OF QUATERBACKS DAN VALARI TRANSFERED IN FROM MICHIGAN TO COMPETE WITH GARRETT SHRADER.
NOW SHRADER DID NOT PLAY ON FRIDAY, DINO BABERS SAID AFERWARDS IT WAS
A PRECAUTION FOLLOWING HIM TWEAKING HIS HAMSTRING AFTER A LONG TUCHDWON RUN IN PRACTICE.
ALL AMERICAN RUNNING BACK SEAN TUCKER ALSO DID NOT PLAY BUT IS FULLY HEALTHY.
WITHOUT SHRADER JUSTIN LAMSON SHINED UNDER CENTER THROWING TWO DEEP TUCHDOWN PASSES.
AFTER THE GAME, DINO BABERS WAS HAPPY WITH HOW THE TEAM COMPETED.
we really try and take care of each other. we know how dangerous it is to go that live
DINO BABERS ALSO SAYS HE WANTS ALL OF HIS QUATERBACKS TO GET BETTER BUT IT APPEARS GARRETT SHRADER WILL BE QB 1 AS THE ORANGE HEAD INTO FALL CAMP.
YOU CAN SEE THE SYRACUSE FOOTBALL TEAM PLAY INSIDE THE DOME TO OPEN THE SEASON AGAINST LOUSIVILLE OF SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3RD.
REPORTING OUTSIDE THE DOME, THOMAS COOK, MORNINGS ON THE HILL.
THANK YOU THOMAS!
BASEBALL IS BACK IN CENTRAL NEW YORK. THE SYRAUCSE METS OPEN THE SEASON TONIGHT TAKING ON THE SCRANTON WILX-BERRY RAIL RIDERS AT N-B-T BANK STADIUM.
PLENTY OF PROMOTIONS GOING ON AS WELL…THE FIRST ONE THOUSAND FANS AT TONIGHT’S GAME WILL GET A METS BUCKET HAT.
NEW YORK METS GREAT MOOKIE WILSON WILL THROW OUT TONIGHT’S FIRST
PITCH AND WILL STICK AROUND AFTER TO SIGN AUTOGRAPHS ON THE CONCOURSE FOLLOWED BY FIREWORKS AFTER THE FINAL OUT.
FIRST PITCH IS SCHEDULED FOR 6:35 TONIGHT.
THAT’LL DO IT FOR YOUR SPORTS UPDATE ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL. I’M MARCUS VEAL. ALLISON AND CALVIN BACK TO YOU.

STILL TO COME HERE ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL.
SPRING FOOTBALL MAY HAVE JUST HAPPENED BUT OUR LAUREN HELMBRECHT
LETS US KNOW HOW THIS YEARS WOMEN’S N-C-A-A TOURNMENT IS TACKLING GENDER EQUALITY
AND WERE TALKING GRAMMYS… WINNERS, LOSERS AND MORE STAY WITH US–THAT STORY AND MORE JUST AHEAD.
THE KANSAS JAYHAWKS ARE OFFICIALLY N-C-DOUBLE-A CHAMPIONS. LAST NIGHT,
KANSAS OVERCAME THE LARGEST DEFICIET IN A MEN’S MARCH MADNESS
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND BEAT THE NORTH CAROLINA TARHEELS 72 TO 69.
AND ON SUNDAY, SOUTH CAROLINA HANDED U-CONN ITS FIRST LOSS IN A
WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. THE GAMECOCKS DOMINATED THE HUSKIES 64
TO 49. OUR REPORTER LAUREN HELMBRECHT TELLS US HOW THIS YEAR’S MARCH MADNESS TOURNAMENT LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT, THANKS TO A VIRAL VIDEO.
WITH ONE TIK TOK, SEDONA PRINCE CHANGED THE FUTURE OF WOMEN’S
BASKETBALL. THE OREGON FORWARD POSTED A VIDEO AT LAST YEAR’S N-C-
DOUBLE-A MARCH MADNESS TOURNAMENT SHOWING THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S WEIGHT ROOMS. THE MEN’S WERE
SPRAWLING AND HIGH-TEC, AND THE WOMEN’S…SEEMED LIKE AN
AFTERTHOUGHT. THE VIDEO IMMEDIATELY WENT VIRAL, AND THE N-C-DOUBLE-A
VOWED TO DO BETTER FOR IT’S WOMEN. SO A YEAR LATER, LET CHECK IN ON HOW THEY DID.
PRINCE’S VIDEO SPURRED AN EXTERNAL INVESTIGATION INTO N-C-DOUBLE-A
GENDER EQUITY. AND THE RESULTING ONE HUNDRED AND 18 PAGE REPORT
CALLED FOR DOZENS OF CHANGES. THIS YEAR, THE N-C-AA STARTED
IMPLEMENTING THEM. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE MARCH MADNESS BRAND
AND LOGO WAS USED FOR MEN AND WOMEN. THE WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT NOW
HAS 68 TEAMS, UP FROM 64. AND THOSE FUN GIFTS AND COOL LOUNGES FOR THE PLAYERS? THEY’RE IDENTICAL.
BUT THERE’S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO. AND MOST OF THAT WORK IS ABOUT
MONEY. IN THE 2019 TOURNAMENT BEFORE COVID, THE N-C-DOUBLE-A SPENT
NEARLY THREE TIMES AS MUCH MONEY ON THE MEN’S TOURNAMENT AS THE
WOMEN’S: 53 POINT 2 MILLION VERSUS 17 POINT 9. A MAJORITY OF THE N-C-
DOUBLE A’S REVENUE COMES FROM MEDIA DEALS. WHILE THE MEN’S
TOURNAMENT IS SOLD AS AN INDIVIDUAL PACKAGE, THE WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT
IS GROUPED WITH OTHER SPORTS. MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO ACCURATELY VALUE
HOW MUCH MONEY THE WOMEN COULD BRING IN. THE N-C-DOUBLE-A IS
RENEGOTIATING THE NEXT BASKETBALL BROADCAST CONTRACT IN 20-24.
SO, IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WE’LL SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE N-C-DOUBLE A
MARKETS THE WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT AS A STAND-ALONE PROPERTY…AND IF IT CONTINUES TO ADDRESS THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT GENDER EQUITY REPORT.
FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL, I’M LAUREN HELMBRECHT.

IT WAS A NIGHT FULL OF WINS FOR THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
NIA LUCKY IS IN STUDIO TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE BIGGEST MOMENTS FROM THE
2022 GRAMMYS
OH IT WENT DOWN AT THE 64TH ANNUAL GRAMMYS. THE BIGGEST NIGHT IN
MUSIC TOOK PLACE IN LAS VEGAS AT THE MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA. AND
WHAT’S THE SAYING? WHAT HAPPENS IN LAS VEGAS, IS SHARED ON MORNINGS
ON THE HILL. THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT. THE NIGHT KICKED OFF WITH A HIGH ENERGY PERFORMANCE FROM SILK SONIC SINGING THE 70’S INSPIRED 777.
BRUNO MARS AND ANDERSON PAKK HAD QUITE THE NIGHT AND I’M QUOTING
PAKK HERE WITH “IN THE INDUSTRY THATS WHAT YOU CALL A CLEAN SWEEP”.
THE DUO WENT HOME WITH BEST R&B RAP SONG, SONG OF THE YEAR, AND
RECORD OF THE YEAR FOR LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN. THE SONG WASN’T THE ONLY THING LEFT OPEN. 1/2 OF THE GROUP HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A WARDBROBE MALFUNCTION.
PAKK PLAYED OFF THE SOUR MOMENT LIKE A TRUE WINNER AND SPEAKING OF
SOUR,OLIVIA RODRIGO ACCOMPLISHED HER BIGGEST DREAM AND IS NOW A
MULTI- AWARD WINNING ARTIST FOR THE DEUBT STUDIO ALBUM. THAT IS NO
SURPRISE AFTER THE DRIVERS LICENSE RECORD BROKE MOST STREAMS EVER
IN 24 HOURS ON SPOTIFY. AND I DEFIENTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THAT ONE. THE 19
YEAR OLD SAID A BIG THANK YOU TO HER 23.6 MILLION INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS
RECENTLY ALONG WITH A AFTERPARTY PIC WITH PARIS HILTON
FORMER DISNEY CHANNEL STAR FOLLOWED IN HER MENTORS FOOTSTOOPS
WHEN ON THE RED CARPET DROPPING THE TROPHY. THAT IS A GOOD PROBLEM
TO HAVE WHEN YOUR HANDS ARE TOO FULL AND IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHO JOHN
BATISE IS YOU SURE DO NOW. THE BIGGEST SWEEP OF THE NIGHT. THE 11 TIME
NOMINATED ARTIST COULD BARELY STAY SEATED WINNING 5 GRAMMYS AND THE
NIGHTS FINAL HONOR, ALBUM OF THE YEAR FOR ‘WE ARE’. AND IT COMES RIGHT
AFTER A HEART TOUCHING MOMENT WITH THE STAR RECENTLY MARRRYING
WIFE JUL-E JAOUAD BEFORE SHE WAS SCHEDULED FOR A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT. BUT BATISTE WANTS EVERYONE TO FOCUS ON THE LOVE AND ALWAYS REMAIN POSITIVE.
NIA LUCKY MORNINGS ON THE HILL
FINALLY THIS TUESDAY NEWHOUSE IS HAVING THEIR SECOND EVER SYMPOSIUM.
THIS FRIDAY MORNING AT 10 A-M IN HERG AUDITORIUM OR NEWHOUSE 3 ROOM
1-40, THEY WILL BE SHOWCASING STUDENT AND FACULTY RESEARCH AND
CREATIVE ACTIVITIES THAT HAPPEN RIGHT HERE AT THE NEWHOUSE SCHOOL.
THAT IS GOING TO DO IT FOR US THIS TUESDAY HERE ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL. I’M CALVIN MILLNER –FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA!

I’M ALLISON TURNER. THANKS FOR WATCHING ORANGE NATION. WE’LL SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY AND FRIDAY, LIVE AT TEN A-M RIGHT HERE ON O-T-N.