Mornings on the Hill for March 1, 2022

COMING UP ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL.. AN UPDATE ON THE WAR IN UKRAINE…
AND HOW STUDENTS ON CAMPUS CAN GET SUPPORT THE NEW YORK STATE SPECIAL OLYMPICS WERE HELD IN SYRACUSE THIS WEEKEND. WE’LL TELL YOU HOW THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER FOR THE EVENT. AND A FULL LIST OF WINNERS FROM THE NAACP AND SCREEN ACTOR GUILD AWARDS FROM THIS WEEKEND. ALL THAT AND MORE COMING UP ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL… 
GOOD MORNING. I’M JAMES KATTATO. THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH US ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL.
AND I’M RACHELLE LEGRAND. HERE’S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE STORIES WE’LL BE COVERING THIS HALF HOUR.

WELCOME BACK AND HAPPY FAT TUESDAY!
NOW PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE CELEBRATING MARDI GRAS, BUT LET’S DIVE IN ON THE HISTORY OF THE CELEBRATION.
MARDI GRAS IS A CHRISTIAN HOLIDAY. IT IS A FRENCH TERM THAT TRANSLATES
TO FAT TUESDAY AND IS ALWAYS HELD THE DAY BEFORE ASH WEDNESDAY…ITS A
CELEBRATION WHERE PEOPLE INDULGE IN RICH AND FATTY FOODS BEFORE
HAVING TO GIVE IT ALL UP FOR LENT. NOW ITS CELEBRATED IN COUNTRIES ACROSS THE WORLD BUT THE BIGGEST CELEBRATION IN THE UNITED STATES IS HELD IN NEW ORLEANS.
THE MORNINGS ON THE HILL TEAM ARE WEARING OUR MARDI GRAS COLORS
TODAY. JAMES AND I ARE WEARING OUR BEST PURPLE TODAY FOR THE
CELEBRATION, ISN’T THAT RIGHT JAMES. WHY DONT YOU TWEET US AT @MORNIN
WITHOUT THE G- ON -THE- HILL AND TELL US IF AND HOW YOU ARE CELEBRATING FAT TUESDAY TODAY!

OUR TOP STORY… ACTIVE COVID CASES ON CAMPUS ARE ON A STEADY DECLINE. OUR MORGAN SCOTT JOINS US LIVE TO TELL US HOW STUDENTS ARE ADJUSTING TO LEVEL BLUE.  
AS OF TODAY THERE ARE 55 TOTAL ACTIVE CASES ON CAMPUS. A 78 PERCENT
DECREASE FROM JUST LAST WEEK. I SPOKE WITH STUDENTS TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT ABOUT THE DECLINE.

I think it’s kind of refreshing to see cases going down and kind of return to normality in a sense. I personally would really like to maybe get rid of masks in classrooms and see my classmates>
I personally think if Syracuse University knows that COVID is not being contracted into the dorms, or on campus and the numbers are low and they are conssistent with everything else in the county and what New York has claimed, then they should probaly roll it back using that color system they have in place anyway.
IT HAS ONLY BEEN ABOUT A WEEK SINCE THE UNIVERSITY TRANSITIONED TO
COVID LEVEL BLUE…BUT MASKS HAVE BEEN ON SINCE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
REPORTING LIVE, I’M MORGAN SCOTT FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL.
AND AFTER S-U ANNOUCNED ITS MOVE INTO THE BLUE ZONE, COUNTY EXECUTIVE RYAN MCMAHON HAS BEEN ASKING FOR A METRIC TO GET RID OF MASKS IN SCHOOLS AS CASES DECREASE COUNTY-WIDE.
THE INDOOR MASK MANDATE IN SCHOOLS WILL BE LIFTED STATEWIDE, STARTING TOMORROW, WHICH IS EARLIER THAN GOVERNOR HOCHUL INITIALLY STATED. CASES HAVE DROPPED 98 PERCENT IN NEW YORK SINCE THE INITIAL OMICRON SPIKE IN JANUARY.  
Our Allison Turner is in-studio to explain to us how to fix the issue.
THANKS, GUYS.
IT’S A STORY THAT NEVER SEEMS TO END. STUDENTS COME TO CAMPUS FOR CLASS OR TO DO WORK, BUT THEY THEN HAVE TROUBLE CONNECTING TO THE WIFI OR IT DOESN’T WORK ALTOGETHER.
BECAUSE OF THIS, THEY WILL USE THEIR PERSONAL “HOTSPOTS” ON THEIR
PHONES TO GET INTERNET ACCESS, BUT THAT DISRUPTS NORMAL WIFI
CONNECTIVITY, MAKING IT HARDER FOR OTHERS TO CONNECT TO THE WIFI.
IN RESPONSE, THE UNIVERSITY RECENTLY SHARED STEPS ON WHAT TO DO
WHEN THE WIFI ISN’T WORKING, AND I’M GOING TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR YOU.
FIRST YOU WILL GO UP TO WIFI UP IN THE TOP CORNER. TURN THAT ON, AND SELECT ‘AIRORANGEHELP’.
ONCE THAT IS SELECTED, YOU’LL GO TO ‘AOH.SYR.EDU’ AND YOU’LL SEE A PAGE
LIKE THIS, YOU’LL CHOOSE WHICHEVER ONE OF THESE OPTIONS WORKS BEST FOR YOUR COMPUTER, AND WHICHEVE WORKS BEST, YOU’LL DOWNLOAD IT.
IT’LL TELL YOU TO REVIEW THE PROFILE IN SYSTEM PREFERENCES IF YOU WANT
TO INSTALL, SO YOU’LL GO TO SYSTEM PREFERENCES AND YOU CAN SEARCH PROFILES, WHICH WILL BE DOWN HERE WITH THE LITTLE CHECK MARK.
AND THEN YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS, SUCH AS WHEN YOU DOWNLOADED IT, ALL OF THAT.
IF YOU WANT TO INSTALL IT, CLICK INSTALL.
AND THEN YOU’LL PUT IN YOUR SYRACUSE ID AND PASSWORD.
AND THEN IT’LL SHOW INSTALLING PROFILE.
AND THEN ONCE IT’S INSTALLED, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO. BUT IF YOU CAN’T, THEN YOU’LL GO UP BACK TO WIFI AND CHOOSE ‘AIRORANGEX’.
If WiFi problems persist, email help@syr.edu to connect with ITS and get support 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
For Mornings on the Hill, I’m Allison Turner

TODAY MARKS ALMOST A FULL WEEK INTO RUSSIA’S ATTACK ON UKRAINE. AND
RIGHT NOW — UKRAINE IS ON STAND BY AS A RUSSIAN MILITARY CONVOY 40 MILES DEEP IS APPROACHING THE CAPITAL CITY OF KYIV (kee-yiv).
CURRENTLY THE DEATH TOLL IS UNKNOWN, BUT MORE THAN HALF A MILLION PEOPLE HAVE FLED UKRAINE.
GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL IS SET TO ORDER A RUSSIAN SANCTION AND OPEN NEW YORK’S DOORS TO UKRANIAN REFUGEES.
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT OUTREACH AND RETENTION PROGRAM, AS
WELL AS ORANGE SUCCESS, ARE HERE FOR THOSE WHO NEED COUNSELING DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.
SUPPORT IS OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FACULTY. YOU CAN REACH THE
HOTLINE NUMBER AT 315-443-4357 OR YOU GO ONLINE TO EXPERIENCE-DOTSYRACUSE-DOT-EDU.
Coming up here on Mornings on the Hill–
A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER
AND STICK AROUND FOR A NEW SEGMENT ON OUR SHOW WITH OUR MILES HOOD AND A LOOK AT SOME WINNERS.

Stay with us for those stories and much more here on Mornings on the Hill.

TIME TO CHECK YOUR WEATHER.

OUR LAUREN HELMBRECHT (HELM-brekt) IS LIVE IN STUDIO TO TELL YOU WHAT TEMPERATURES TO EXPECT TODAY. BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.

Well there might have been thrity two thousand fans in the dome over the weekend but for some media students SU’s game against Duke was no where near the biggest game of the season.
OUR Calvin Christoforo JOINS US LIVE out side the Carrier Dome to tell you how this years edition of the media cup went down between W-A-E-R and the Daily Orange.
WAER took down the media cup 58-46 inside the domeREPORTING LIVE, I’M Calvin Christoforo FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL.
AND SYRACUSE WAS CHOSEN AS THE LOCATION FOR THIS YEARS NEW YORK STATE SPECIAL OLYPMICS. OUR KATELYN MCCARTHY IS HERE TO GIVE US ALL THE DETAILS, KATELYN…
AFTER TWO LONG YEARS, THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS IS BACK AND WAS HELD IN SYRACUSE OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE OPENING CEREMONY KICKED OFF ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE ONCENTER,
WITH THE TRADITIONAL TORCH LIGHTING WELCOMING OVER 300 ATHLETES ACROSS THE STATE.
EVENTS AT THIS YEAR’S SPECIAL OLYMPICS INCLUDED DOWNHILL AND CROSS COUNTRY SKIING, SNOWBOARDING, FLOOR HOCKEY AND FIGURE SKATING. ATHLETES OF ALL AGES ARE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND DIFFERENT LEVELS OF EXPERIENCES, BUT DOESN’T STOP PEOPLE FROM HAVING FUN AT THE EVENT.
THE GAMES CONCLUDED WITH A CLOSING CEREMONY AND A DANCE PARTY TO CELEBRATE. 
THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS HAVE CONCLUDED BUT SYRACUSE WILL HOLD THE EVENT FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
REPORTING INSIDE THE STUDIO, I’M KATELYN MCCARTHY FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL.
STAY WITH US HERE, ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL..
(TAKE VIDEO VO)
IT WAS A BIG WEEKEND FOR SPORTS.
WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE SYRACUSE VS. DUKE GAME AND WHAT TO EXPECT THE REST OF THIS SEASON FOR THE ORANGE NATION. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL.
GOOD MORNING I’M CALVIN MILLINER WITH YOUR ORANGE SPORTS UPDATE HERE ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL.
SO WE GOT HOOPS, HOOPS, AND HOCKEY FOR YOU TODAY! A LITTLE TRIPLE H ACTION FOR YA
WE START IT OFF WITH SYRACUSE MEN’S BASKETBALL VS DUKE IN THE DOME THIS WEEKEND.
COACH BEY-HEIM AND COACH K SQUARE OFF FOR THE LAST TIME EVER
AND IT WASN’T PRETTY FOR THE ORANGE. THINGS GOT OUT OF HAND QUICKLY.
DUKE WENT ON A 14-0 RUN LEAVING SYRACUSE FANS STANDING FOR FIVE
STRAIGHT MINUTES BEFORE BUDDY BUCKETS DROPS THE MID RANGE JUMPER.
BUT PAOLO BANCARO, BANG
BANCARO BANG
TO INCREASE THE BLUE DEVILS LEAD
BUT BUDDY BUCKETS HAS SOME OF HIS OWN
AS HE TRIES TO GET HIS TEAM BACK IN IT BEFORE THE HALF
BUT THE BLUE DEVILS WERE JUST TOO MUCH FOR THE ORANGE
THEY CAME OUT SHOTS ABLAZIN
THE ORANGE LOSE TO DUKE 97 -72
HERE’S WHAT THE LONGTIME COMPETITORS HAD TO SAY ABOUT ONE ANOTHER

WE SWITCH OVER TO WOMENS BASKETBALL. THEY LOST TO BOSTON COLLEGE OVER THE WEEKEND
THE TEAM FELL 91-75 ON SENIOR DAY BUT THEY ARE NOW IN THE ACC
TOURNAMENT. THEIR NEXT OPPONENT, CLEMSON. THE ORANGE HAVE A RECORD
OF 11 – 17
AND CLEMSON IS 9-20. THE MATCHUP IS TOMORROW AT 1 AT THE DOME.
NOW ONTO THE ICE, THE SYRACUSE ICE HOCKEY TEAM ARE CHAMPÍONS. THEY WERE FASHIONABLY LATE IN WINNING AS THEY PULL THIS OFF, 3-2 IN OVERTIME.
AND NOW PLACE AN AUTOMATIC BID FOR THE NCAA TOURNAMENT.
INSIDE THE MLB, THE LEAGUE CONTINUES TO MAKE EFFORTS, TO REACHING A NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT SAVING THE 162 GAME SEASON.
THAT’S A WRAP FOR ME AND IM PASSING THE ASSIST TO THOMAS COOK

THE DUKE GAME DIDN’T GO TO PLAN FOR SYRACUSE FANS. OUR THOMAS COOK IS LIVE THIS MORNING WHERE FANS LINED UP WELL BEFORE THE GAME.
While all is quite now… Thursday and Friday this was the place to be on campus. Right outside of gate H… Students started camping out 48 hours before the Duke game… and while they dealt with frigid temperatures and close to a foot of snow… They say it was all worth getting to see the two winningest head coaches battle it out once more inside the
Dome…
I came here with seven layers on, I got one left on. It’ sliterally like Hawaii out here
Hawaii or the freezing cold take your pick… regardless it’s become a tradition… camping out before the biggest game of the year. While the cold temps may have kept some away, die hard fans embraced the temperatures. The opportunity to get a front row seat meant setting their tents up early.
We wanted a really good spot at the game. We wanted to watch it. It is Coach K’s last game against Syracuse and Jim Boeheim so we’re like we might as well get there first and get a good spot.
The Otto’s Army team say they have tried to market these games to get more students to
The students have been great this year. We have put a lot of work in, all of the Otto’s Army executive board to market these games better but that doesn’t happen without the students and their dedication
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Even though Syracuse couldn’t deliver a win. Otto’s did all they could breaking a Dome record for the most students at a sporting event. Jim Boeheim even said after the game it was one of the most disappointing things about this year not being able to deliver a W in front of such a big student section.  
STILL TO COME HERE ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL.
WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING AWARDS BECAUSE THE SEASON IS FINALLY HERE.
AND OUR NEW SEGMENT
STAY WITH US–THAT STORY AND MORE JUST AHEAD.
IN A NEW SEGMENT CALLED ‘MEALTIME WITH MILES’
OUR RESIDENT MEAL CORRESPONDANT, MILES HOOD IS LOOKING TO FIND SOME
LOCAL FLAVOR THAT STUDENTS CAN SINK THEIR TEETH INTO WITHOUT HAVING TO TRAVEL TOO FAR FROM CAMPUS. CAN YOU TELL US MORE MILES? 
THAT’S RIGHT… I AM ON A JOURNEY TO FIND SALT CITIES BEST EATS AND TREATS
AND WERE STARTING CLOSE TO HOME… JUST DOWN THE HILL ON MARSHALL
WITH CLASSICS LIKE AKROPOLIS AND VARSITY HANDLING PIZZA AND BURGERS
YOU MIGHT BE CRAVING SOMETHING DIFFERENT
THIS IS CHIMAC CHICKEN HOUSE  
A SMALL LITTLE HOLE IN THE WALL THAT CAN FIT MAYBE 12 BUT THEY’RE
PUSHING BIG FLAVOR AND PORTIONS
SERVING UP TRADITIONAL KOREAN FRIED CHICKEN AT A CLUCKIN’ GOOD PRICE
THE FOWL MAY BE THE STAR BUT IT’S EVERYTHING ELSE THAT’LL KEEPS ME
COMING BACK
ROAST PORK AND DUCK, OODLES OF NOODLES AND EVEN SEAWEED SALAD
I WENT FOR THE TONKATSU CHICKEN WITH RICE AND CURRY. THE SERVER TOLD
ME IT WAS HIS FAVORITE
I ALSO GOT SALT AND PEPPER SQUID AND CRAB WONTONS
THIS WAS SOME OF THE BEST CHICKEN I’VE HAD IN MY LIFE… JUICY AND AND
FLAVORFUL AND THE SECRET STAR OF MY MEAL WAS THE SALT AND PEPPPER
SQUID , BOLD AND CRUNCHY, ONE MIGHT EVEN CALL IT INK-REDIBLE
AFTER EATING ALL THAT FOOD I HAD TO TRY THE DESSERT AND THOSE WERE OUT OF SIGHT AS WELL.
ALL TOGETHER IT RAN ME JUST UNDER 40 DOLLARS.
NOT THE CHEAPEST LUNCH I’VE HAD BUT A TASTY ONE FOR SURE AND I HAVE PLENTY OF LEFTOVERS FOR HOW MUCH I SPENT
YOU CAN FIND THIS PLACE OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK AND THEIR ON DOORDASH IF
YOU CAN’T MAKE IT DOWN HERE
FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL, I’M MILES HOOD AND YOU CAN CATCH ME AT MY
NEXT MEAL
IT WAS A BIG WEEKEND FOR ACTORS AND ACTRESSES .WE KICKED OFF AWARDS SEASON, AND HISTORY WAS EVEN MADE.
OUR ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER AIR-EE HORTON HAS THE BIG WINNERS FROM THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS AND THE N DOUBLE A-C-P IMAGE AWARDS.
THE 28TH ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND AND THERE WERE SOME BIG WINNERS ACROSS THE MANY CATEGORIES.
THE SOUTH KOREAN SURVIVAL DRAMA T-V SERIES THAT TOOK NETFLIX BY STORM
SQUID GAMES MADE HISTORY AT THE AWARDS FOR BEING THE FIRST NONENGLISH LANGUAGE T-V SERIES TO WIN ACTING PRIZES.
THE THRILLER WAS NOMINATED FOR FOUR CATEGORIES AND WON IN THREE OF
THEM — STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A TELEVISION SERIES, FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA
SERIES AND MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES. THIS WAS BOTH HO-YEON JUNG AND LEE JUNG-JAE’S FIRST SCREEN ACTOR NOMINATIONS AND WINS.
THE COMEDY SERIES TED LASSO TOOK HOME A COUPLE AWARDS THEMSELVES FOR ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES AND JASON SUDEIKIS FOR MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES.
AND FOR HIS PERFORMANCE IN KING RICHARD, WILL SMITH TOOK HOME THE
AWARD FOR MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE. SMITH ALSO TOOK HOME AN AWARD AT THE 53RD N-DOUBLE-A-C-P IMAGE AWARDS.
THE IMAGE AWARDS HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND AND BIG WINNERS EMERGED. SMITH TOOK HOME THE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE FOR HIS PERFORMANCE IN KING RICHARD.
(TAKE NEXT GRAPHIC RESPECT)
JENNIFER HUDSON WON BOTH ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR AND OUTSTANDING
ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN RESPECT — THE ARETHA FRANKLIN BIOPIC.
(TAKE NEXT GRAPHIC HEAUX TALES)
ON THE MUSIC SIDE OF THE AWARDS JAZMINE SULLIVAN WON OUTSTANDING
FEMALE ARTIST OVER OTHER NOMINEES — ARI LENNOX, BEYONCE, H.E.R AND CHLOE. SULLIVAN ALSO WON OUTSTANDING ALBUM FOR HER 2021 E-P HEAUX TALES.
AND WRAPPING UP YOUR ENTERTAINMENT HERE FOR THE MORNING EE-SA RAE —
FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN INSECURE — WON OUTSTADNING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES AND THE SHOW AS A WHOLE WON OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES.
THESE AWARD SHOWS KICK OFF AWARDS SEASON AND SET THE TONE FOR THE BIG STAGE OF THE OSCARS IN MARCH. BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.
FINALLY THIS MORNING WE WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH.
AND RIGHT HERE AT THE COMMUNITY FOLK ART CENTER RIGHT OFF OF EAST GENESSEE STREET THE ‘CARRY THE WAIT’ EXHIBIT IS SHIFTING PERSPECTIVE TO CELEBRATE BLACK WOMEN AND THEIR EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA.
AND THAT EXHIBIT WILL BE HERE UNITL APRIL 27TH.
THAT IS GOING TO DO IT FOR US THIS TUESDAY HERE ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL. I’M JAMES KATTATO–FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA!
I’M RACHELLE LEGRAND. THANKS FOR WATCHING ORANGE NATION. WE’LL SEE YOU THIS FRIDAY, LIVE AT 10 AM RIGHT HERE ON O-T-N.