Mornings on the Hill for November 18, 2020

good morning I’m Sarah Al-Shaikh thanks for joining us for mornings on the hill
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as you can see we are bringing you this newscast remotely and I’m coming to you
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from my south campus apartment in Syracuse new York,
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I m Mat Mlodzinski also coming to you from Syracuse New
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York in my apartment inside away from this wintry mix and
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I m rob flaks
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and we’re bringing you this special report live from Viewpoint
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and last but not least from COVID 19 quarantine in my own apartment
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I m ryan clark
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our top story this morning is the spread of COVID 19
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on campus while classes have been online since last Thursday the cases
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continue to stay well above the 100 case threshold
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J Michael Haynie and a message to campus addressed the status of those cases
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yesterday well if you will a testing and surveillance bubble
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on the campus of Syracuse university that that bubble burst
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um you know about about eight or nine days ago
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uh which you know is very clear from our numbers but
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you know I i do want to make clear that it didn’t have to burst
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it it burst because I think um the
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the fatigue if you will that many of our many of our students and others have
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experienced maybe came to a head over over the
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Halloween weekend SU currently has 584 students in
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quarantine with 266 active cases in New York
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now the SU campus has had over 348 positive tests within the last 14 days
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and that includes two staff members who also tested positive
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now Haynie saying that many hundreds of students will be remaining on campus for
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the thanksgiving break and students who do plan on leaving and
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returning home must take a mandatory departure test
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with a negative result before they’re allowed to leave and with
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an astronomical 636 students currently
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quarantining on campus
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our fort hatchet takes a look at the different quarantining conditions
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and the toll it’s taking on some students after a long grueling fall
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semester that was impacted by a pandemic many SU students are ready to pack up
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and head home for the holidays but with a record number of COVID
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cases on campus that’s not an option for everyone
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i kept saying mom I m gonna be eating cheerios on thanksgiving
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in isolation and she said no you’re not no you’re not
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and it looks like that is what i will be doing that’s junior Tim Kalinowski he’s
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one of nearly 700 students currently quarantining on Syracuse’s campus
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after coming in close contact with someone who tested positive Kalinowski
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is serving his 14-day sentence in the Sheraton on university avenue but he
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says it’s not your typical hotel stay I m like
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i don’t really get to use the gym and go down to the pool and
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you know I m not really like congregating in the lobby
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and you know uh getting you know getting served you know my ties by the pool like
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that’s not really what’s happening here Hannah Goldberg is quarantining on south
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campus which mostly houses positive cases
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she’s surprised by the lack of supervision so like we’ve literally been
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hanging out because like anyone with COVID can hang out with each other and
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like no one’s really checked on us which is
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weird because you would think that sick kids would get checked on more but like
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we’ve really just been doing our own thing like i could get in my car right
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now and probably leave and no one would notice but no matter where students are
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staying it’s hard not to feel like they’re missing out on things
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you forget that the world is spinning outside you kind of it feels like your
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life is on pause right now and that you that you know the
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rest everything else is going on out there
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and you don’t really know it for mornings on the hill
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I m fort hatchet Syracuse men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim
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announced on Sunday night that he tested positive for COVID 19.
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Boeheim released a statement thanking everyone for the well wishes
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the 76 year old tested positive following the basketball program’s most
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recent round of testing and immediately began isolating at home
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this pods and operations come less than two weeks before the team was expected
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to start its 2020 season results are in from congressman Anthony Brindisi’s
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broadband survey that began last winter the congressman says it revealed that
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new York22 has the slowest internet in the entire state i think there’s got
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to be greater oversight uh and where companies like we have seen
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in this area we have seen some of the smaller providers expand
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into the underserved markets uh so we really got to look at
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who’s who’s willing to to take that risk to go into rural areas
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and help those companies along more than 1 000 local residents responded to the
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survey while over 120 000 took an internet
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speed test the results show that 83 of those
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involved were dissatisfied with their internet speed
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while more than 50 percent even rated their internet as poor
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or terrible but an expert in political polling at the SU school of political
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science says that this survey should be called
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into question I m not sure I believe it partially
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because if you look at the survey results it’s an opt-in survey right so
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people can choose to take it you see um if you get an email or see online
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somewhere take this survey about um you know is your internet
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access too slow take this survey who’s going to take that
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people whose internet access is too slow despite the results of the survey
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Brindisi might not even get a chance to change anything
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early on in the election Claudia Tenney was the one that stormed out in front
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leading an early and in-person voting now that absentee ballots are being
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counted however Brindisi has come storming back now he
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might have a chance to make internet access for all
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in new York22 a real possibility and it’s a real possibility that Brindisi
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wins that election too after election day the congressman
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trailed by over 28 000 votes to Claudia tenney now
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Brindisi trails by just five thousand votes with absentee
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ballots still being counted and the seventh heaven rescue has been
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experiencing an increase in adoption since the pandemic began
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our Cyera Williams tells us how those adoptions can get tricky
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when time at home may be limited seventh heaven rescue
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experienced an increase due to people having more time
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on their hands definitely had an increase in applications for dogs last
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year she said we had
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97 dogs adopted this year
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the end of the third quarter we’re already at 204 dogs
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and they expect 200 more to be adopted by the end of this year
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but what does that mean for a pet in a pandemic the
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the increase in applications everybody seems to say
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oh I m home now or my kids are home now so
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it’s a great time to get a dog which there is some truth to that
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but what we’ve had to really have conversations about
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is what is your home going to look like um when we get a handle on COVID
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that handle on COVID may be going back to work and your free time now being
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limited with the economy reopening slowly and
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people returning back to in-person interaction your
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pet who would be used to having new home will not be alone
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you have to think about what time away can do to your new pet
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how are you going to help your dog adjust to that again
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so they don’t get separation anxiety that if you’ve been home
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all the time with them and now you’re going to be gone for four hours or
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five hours
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you really need to start doing that ahead of time with
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short amounts of time not just diving into I m there all day to
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all of a sudden I m gone for five hours owners should make a plan that considers
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the dog’s well-being after the pandemic adopting a dog is not
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a short-term thing it’s it’s a commitment we hope for 12
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to 15 years in fayetteville Cyera Williams
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coming up here on mornings on the hill a look into a new club here on
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campus to help make sure students don’t feel alone those temperatures are
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dropping which means ski season is upon us but with Covid
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it’s going to look a little bit different
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at Greek Peak mountain resort here in New York reservations are required
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masks must be worn when you are not skiing or riding
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and no hanging out in the lodge however it’s not all bad news the marketing
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director at Greek Peak believes that this is a great opportunity
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for people to pick up the sport and get outdoors
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so i think we’re going to see a lot of folks from down state
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that want to come up and they still want to get away for a week
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but it’s going to give them an opportunity to try the 50
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ski areas that we have right near new york state you know there’s just a lot
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of opportunity this winter for people to not
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shut in uh you know there’s it’s proven that getting outside
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even in the wintertime enjoying that that crisp
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air um and just being outside is good for your health
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most student clubs on campus had to adjust to cover 19 this semester but
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one new club was actually created because of COVID 19.
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a friendly face is a club specifically for making friends
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during this pandemic the club meets every friday at 4 pm on zoom
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where students play games to get to know each other Asha Duerdan is the SU student
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who started the club and she says while it takes time to
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build friendships the first step is being yourself
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i would urge them to like go through with it and put themselves out there
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because that’s how you get other people to feel confident
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and comfortable and being themselves and it kind of grows from there
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and now for more on holiday spending and all your money needs let’s head on over
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to our own Joshua Miller from money with miller
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with the pandemic that’s getting worse and the holiday is right around the
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corner what’s the best way to save over the next few winter months
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well first let’s set a budget it’s always important to have a budget
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and to set a limit and understand that with the states heading into lockdowns
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it’s important to put some money away into that emergency fund hopefully
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unemployment does not increase over the next few months
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but if that were the case you want to make sure that there’s no income coming
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in you have enough money for a few rainy
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days weeks and even months now for that holiday spending it’s
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important to buy those loved ones and family members gifts
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but how about doing it in a smart way that can include shopping online
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finding those great deals online on amazon and shopping early
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getting those holiday deals whether it’s black friday or cyber monday
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and finally understanding that you may have to scale down with a pandemic
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and the winter months coming ahead now a quick
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look at the market over the past few days continuing on the uptrend some
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stocks to look at the report this week are lows and target one stock to look at
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in particular is home depot took a hit today after reporting its
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quarter earnings but look to see it make a comeback
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in the few coming weeks another quick reminder to keep an eye on those
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stay-at-home stocks and those consumer stocks
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and coming up next in sports we take a look at Syracuse’s upcoming match up
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this week against louisville stick around and still come
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how figure skating has brought a family closer together
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good morning I m xavier brown with your orange sports update here on mornings on
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the hill with the orange coming off a bye week
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they get ready to travel down to louisville this weekend for a game with
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an early season favorite to a team that’s a season turned into a
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retreat Syracuse’s defense has played well
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but the reoccurring issue has been Syracuse and Syracuse’s inability to put
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points on the board Syracuse only scores about 18 points per
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game which is below the acc average this season
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the defense has forced some turnovers but still give up about 31 points per
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even with the struggling louisville team this weekend will be a tough one
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Syracuse will host its host its men’s basketball season opener when they face
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off against bryant on friday november 27th in the carrier dome the
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bulldog the bulldogs feature former liverpool high school standout charles
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pride a Syracuse native and 2017 new york state champion
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Syracuse was 18 and 14 and had won its first acc tournament game before culver
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19 ended the college basketball season
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Syracuse returns four out of five starters from last season
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even though there will be a short pause to the start of the season due to a
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positive test this will be coach jim Boeheim’s 45th
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season as Syracuse’s head coach the 23rd ranked ladies orange first game
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is the the 10th of december they prepare to
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take on the unranked miami lady hurricanes
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these ladies are confident after securing another top 15 recruiting class
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Syracuse also has Kamilla cardoso who has yet to play our first minute for
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Syracuse’s women’s basketball team however the six foot
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seven and one of the 20 candidates for the 2021 lisa leslie award
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watch list the annual award is is in its fourth year of recognizing the top
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centers in women’s ncaa division 1 college basketball
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the winner of this award will be presented next april of 2021
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cardoso is a mcdonald’s high school all-american
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out of hamilton heights christian academy in tennessee
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she is the highest ranked recruit in program history
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the 2020 college basketball season is just two weeks away
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Syracuse basketball fans will have a roster mixed with new and fresh faces
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but even though athletes only have four seasons on the hill
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the program that coach jim Boeheim has built his players coming back for more
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our mat Mlodzinski explains why Syracuse basketball
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the Syracuse basketball program is unique in this way
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you know demetrius nichols ryan blackwell
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and matt roe for their time in Syracuse orange jerseys
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but after they got done playing college hoops they all made the Syracuse area
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their home for blackwell it’s the location i like
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the small town feel and atmosphere it’s very easy
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to get around it’s a great place like now when the
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weather is really nice outside nichols calls it his home away from home
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when you first was a freshman you by your senior year you’re almost a man
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so this is a place where it’s like my second home where it’s
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it has taught me to grow in a lot of ways on and off the basketball court
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and rose saw it as a great place to raise a family this is really a safe
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place to live it’s
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great for kids growing up great school systems
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in Syracuse onondaga county they all have different reasons for staying in
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the Syracuse area but there is one common ground that the SU
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basketball community
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is a slam dunk this community really rallies around
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the players they treat them with a lot of respect
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they’re kind of like rock stars in this town blackwell says coach Jim Boeheim is
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a main reason for that he’s created a great culture and create
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helped create the community here and brought it to what it is not just
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from basketball but he’s done such great things at the community that
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you know it welcomes us it makes us feel like we want to come back
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and because of that everlasting connection the players don’t want to
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leave great place to raise your family
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education wise it’s great i think i can see myself
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being here until retirement it’s just no other place
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that i’d rather be honestly people with heart conditions
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do not usually pick up a profession that increases their heart rate but one
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Syracuse fitness trainer decided to not listen to his doctors
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our stephen shoemaker tells us how this one
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man kept fighting and is motivating others to do the same
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what is just another day for most is so much more than that for srdan lukach
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it is another day to live srdan was born with a heart defect which makes
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each day more cherishable than the next
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he shows up to his job every day in order to inspire others
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and to teach the youth about the importance of having a healthy heart
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through physical activity growing up he struggled with obesity
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and depression and used boxing and fitness as an escape
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from his scars the non-profit organization was formed by surgeon
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in order to help fight the risk factors for heart disease the reason i started
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fight for hearts is uh because i’ve seen what fitness did for me
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so even though i was a competitive athlete um
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putting that aside just the workouts and being fit
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i had a better quality of life in the times of COVID 19
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one of the fitness trainers has been helping surgeon with making virtual
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workout videos to inspire others to
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stay active if it’s just
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you know helping out one person you know that’s worth my time you know whether
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even when we do the group you know fitness exercise maybe
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I m not you know maybe not everyone is soaking it up but
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it’s just one person for me one person is just enough you know
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exercising and staying healthy are key elements to maintaining a healthy heart
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all it takes is a little bit of dedication knowledge
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and a little bit of added motivation all the way down let’s go let’s go
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got it good work good form awesome job if surgeon was able to work out
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and stay healthy through his heart deficiency then many should be
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influenced and inspired to do the same at the lysander arena in
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baldwinsville one family of figure skating sisters
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says the sport has taught them more and how to be better to each other
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mornings on the pill reporter sierra ryder has that story
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figure skating has become the family sport for the scherflings
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and it all started with a learned escape flyer in kindergarten
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she got more and more into it joined the synchronized team got a private coach
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and then her younger sister started right away from when they were like
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three or four years old today all three of the scherfling sisters
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skate each becoming interested in the sport from their older sister
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i thought it was fun when they were doing it and then they looked cool doing
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it so i wanted to
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like i tried all the other sports like soccer and
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horseback riding and stuff and i just always done this one so
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the sisters skate five days a week working on different routines
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landing jumps and trying to reach their goals but skating so close together
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can put the sisters on thin ice when it comes to skills
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it is hard i know my daughter mentioned that when one can do a jump ring
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and then the other one doesn’t or if they just haven’t landed it yet and
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somebody else does especially if they’re the younger one
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it can cause a little stress instead of letting the competition
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spiral out of control the girls make sure to break the ice
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and support each other they do a lot of just watching it together
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on tv they’ll do practice jumps they have little spinners at home
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so they do they should come up with ideas for music
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and all that stuff i like winning which is like
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but like if she got first when i got second i wouldn’t be as like
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dang it i didn’t get first because it’s still like her
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so I m not really like rivals i wouldn’t be mad if she won but
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even when the competition is fierce the sisters agree that the ice is more fun
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together it’s good because if we have like
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competitions away or like skate camps i always have like a friend there with
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me like I m not alone
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and that’ll do it for your morning sports thank you I m xavier brown
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and the people who put our newscast together have a final farewell
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stay with us and as we close out our final show of the semester we want to
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give a special mention to the people
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who make this show happen every week
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i want to turn it over to our producing team the backbone of the show
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hi guys i just want to say a huge thank you to every single person who was
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involved with mornings on the hill this semester
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it was obviously a semester like any other but i think overall
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it taught us how to collaborate communicate
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with one another it taught us patience in dealing with
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how to create content how to organize a show in the middle of a pandemic
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but everyone came in each week ready to work ready to take direction
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ready to pitch ideas and the semester would not have happened had people not
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come in with
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a passion to make the show hit the air every wednesday at 10 a.m
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so i just want to say thank you for the lessons that i learned
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this semester and everyone that i met along the way
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it was a great job and i look forward to more shows in the future
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and for the viewers thank you for tuning in each week um thank you for
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your patience through our early shows when we were still learning the ropes
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and everything but i hope you enjoyed what
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we put together for you and
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we do it for you guys so thanks for tuning in
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i want to thank my fellow producers for teaching me the ropes and
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guiding me through some long nights and some very early mornings in the studio
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you guys have made me re-fall in love with the art of journalism and
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storytelling and to the rest of the talent that you
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guys see every week on camera you guys have allowed me to become a
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leader in the newsroom thank you for trusting me and putting your best foot
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forward every week and to our amazing viewers hopefully we
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will meet again next semester for more editions of mornings on the hill
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it has been an unusual semester to say the least
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and there have been a lot of bumps in the road but i am so proud of our
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mornings on the whole team for all that they do first thank you to
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all of our talent for providing amazing content every week
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to our directors jill rox megan and amanda
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for making sure everything ran smoothly to professor Kobland
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thank you for always putting the students interest first and always
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having our backs to my other fellow producers thank you
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for putting up with me and guiding me through the ups and downs
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and most importantly thank you to the viewers for tuning in
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each week i hope that you enjoyed our show thank you thank you
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thank you and we will see you all next semester for mornings on the hill
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okay now it’s my turn to address all of you i just want to say that
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first and foremost the semester has flown by for me it seems like just the
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first day that we were out there in the tent together and uh and then putting
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together dynamite shows um i want to say that
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first and foremost to all of the reporters the anchors and the people who
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were the content creators great job this semester you guys i know
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that uh sometimes it it seemed like you were a major part
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of the show and other times not necessarily the case um but i want
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you to know that’s what teamwork is truly all about that’s what i was proud
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of to watch this class come together as a team um i also want to say that uh
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that I m proud of you guys for for the reasons that
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uh i think some of you i’ve been able to articulate this too
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you are here at this university during probably the most
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challenging time in the history of Syracuse university we’ve been around
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for 150 years and i could make the uh i could make the
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the case that um you know what you folks have gone
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through is far more challenging than what the class uh the classes that went
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through 9 11 went through what classes had to go through during
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wartime and protests and coming home from war and all the challenges
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going through a pandemic i might suggest supersedes all of those so
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job well done for all of you guys gals for
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showing up every week with a smile on your face um
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and to my producers um to to to izzy to josh to julia and to sarah who wasn’t
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able to join us on this little recording but i know feels as strongly
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thank you to all of you guys because i know how much hard work you put into a
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one credit class and how much time you spent on this and really you gave it
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your your all um I m appreciative I m proud
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and I m definitely here for you not only if you want to take the class
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again and that’s
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each and every one of you but also as you move ahead and get that first job
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keep in touch with me and let me know how i can help okay
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so that’s all i have to say for mornings on the hill
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um to all of you and to our viewers for watching this semester
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thank you thank you as well well that’s going to do it here on mornings on the
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hill for our final episode of this semester
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unfortunately the copen19 pandemic sent us home early
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but we wish you all to stay safe and reporting live one last time
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I m ryan clark and we’ve seen all the challenges and the wonderful
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expectations that we’ve had thrust upon us here we’ve been so happy
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to deliver you the news here on campus giving you what you need to know
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despite any circumstance signing off for the last time this semester
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been great delivering you guys news and sports all semester long signing off
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matt Mlodzinski thanks again so much for watching everyone
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enjoy the rest of your semester and we hope to see you again
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next semester I m sarah Al-Shaikh