Mornings on the Hill for October 28, 2020

Amy coney Barrett nomination is affecting central New York an app developed by SU students
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that promotes the black lives matter movement and a new scholarship to honor a former SU
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dean all that plus weather and iron sports coming
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up on this edition of mornings on the hill
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good morning and welcome to mornings on the hill I m Samantha Croston
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and I m Xavier brown let’s get right to our top story early voting began just four days
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ago and the country as anticipated that over a third of the total votes have already been
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cast our reporter Ryan Clark is live at the Dewitt town hall to see how Onondaga county
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has been dealing with early voting
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it could be a week it could be two weeks it depends on how slow it goes with the candidates
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the reason why a combination of voter delays and party lines according to a new Siena college
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poll when asked this question over 80 percent of republicans said they plan on voting in
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person on election day while many more democrats plan to either stay home or vote early public
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perception of who’s ahead and who’s behind in many ways doesn’t matter until I certify
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that election on November 28th you know so the difference in when party voters hit the
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polls can affect the numbers the board of elections says republican candidates like
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president trump and john Katko could be leading the way heavily early but those numbers will
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be misleading because not all votes will have been counted to help the public understand
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the BOE has partnered with the Newhouse school of public communications at Syracuse university
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to send students across the area to tell their stories it’s about democracy and action and
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voting what are people’s individual stories about what motivates them to vote what was
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difficult what was easy why do they do it
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the 2020 election is less than a week away and Syracuse residents have seen a bombardment
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of negative political advertising NCC’s James Corrigan reports on the damage these ads do
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to the political system and the one local official bucking the trend
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he’s got a pretty high approval rating higher perhaps than even his owner assemblyman al
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stirpe who made riley the star of his campaign last week watching one nasty political ad
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after another has made watching the news a soul-crushing experience this ad was a response
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to the barrage of negative campaign ads in central new York it’s psychologically and
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emotionally damaging to the entire country this year the Syracuse tv market has seen
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the most congressional ads in the country and as attack ad after attack ad plays over
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the air residents have gotten sick of them early voters in clay did not hold back on
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the ads I m disgusted I m sick of them I think it’s terrible turn the sound off or change
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the channel the consequence of negative campaigning is more than just a few annoyed viewers it
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makes that cooperation that’s necessary to do politics much harder because you have disregard
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or deep anger toward the opposition party rather than seeing them as a potential partner
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this is a reality that voters like Richard duda are well aware of we’re going to have
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actually have a better state a better county a better country
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it’s going to take positive thinking and it’s going to take compromise it’s why ads like
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stirpe s are seen as a breath of fresh air we’ve gotten dozens of
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emails and voicemails they said we’ve been waiting for something that we can watch and
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listen to James Corrigan mornings on the hill
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Amy coney Barrett has been confirmed to the supreme court of the united states her appointment
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secures a 6-3 conservative majority for the court enough to overturn landmark cases our
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rob flax explains how one case if reversed could impact us here in Syracuse rob?
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that’s right guys with that 6-3 conservative majority on the supreme court previously decided
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cases don’t look so decided now Amy coney baron herself
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saying that the crucial case roe v wade that decided abortion rights in this country is
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not settled case law and is still up for discussion and what that means is parenthood here in
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central new York are very concerned about that we’ve spoken to some members here at
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planned parenthood and they say that their members are worrying that services that they
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rely on might not be able to continue but for the time being
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they have a message for those members who rely on
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the care they give so we are still here we are still here to provide our patients with
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education with the health care services that they need so they need not be concerned and
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think that they have to go out and get um 500 packs of birth control pills today three
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two one q now this is an important location this is the cny planned parenthood and it
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would be the main location that a student would go to from SU if they needed some of
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these services but planned parenthood says they’ve had people as far away as
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Pennsylvania come because the quality of care that they can receive, and Syracuse students
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are grateful the Panhellenic association and the
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sororities here on SU have organized a fundraiser for them
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now that’s independent of baron but it did coincide with it and those donations are skyrocketing
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guys they’ve had over 2 000 donations so far and it’s not even close to done so a lot of
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gratitude from the SU community for the services planned parenthood provides we’ll see if those
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services can continue with Amy coney Barrett on the bench rob flax Mornings on the hill
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we’ve been watching those COVID numbers closely as the Halloween weekend approaches mornings
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on the hill Cyera Williams has our update this week Cyera how are those numbers looking?
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yes that’s right and good morning Xavier but with those numbers looking pretty steady there
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could be a change with Halloween weekend so far there are only 59 students in quarantine
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this week there are 12 active cases within central new York area but just one outside
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the new York area now if you take a look at this graph you can see that the recovered
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cases continue to increase and there is a striking decrease in active cases so far this
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week now given the off-campus party that uh spiked few cases just last week or a couple
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weeks ago chancellor Kent Syverud said that there shouldn’t be a gathering that hosts
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more than five people those who participate or go to a Halloween gathering can face consequences
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in Syracuse
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Cyera Williams mornings on the hill
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due to the pandemic there’s something new this year for students leaving campus for
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winter break steven shoemaker has more
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Goal is we come back in January but we just want to err on the side of caution first as
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the end of the semester is right around the corner Syracuse university students need to
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properly pack up their belongings to head home in the event that students are unable
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to return next semester due to the coronavirus pandemic this time around students
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will need to do a better job of properly labeling their belongings they leave behind so the
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housing department will know which items belong to which students
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based on what we experienced last march when it was spring break students left didn’t pack
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their belongings up and we couldn’t make head nor tales of whose belongings were on the
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left side of the room and on the right side of the room Syracuse students should take
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home all of their clothing valuables and essential items that they will need over winter
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break larger items like refrigerators and TVs can be left behind but must be properly
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labeled students who are living on canvas will not be able to come back over the break
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and are going to have to return their room keys this will be done by placing the key
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into the gold envelope and then returning it to your building’s main office the idea
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of not being able to return next semester is sad but due to the state our country is
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currently in it is safer to air on the side of caution you know honestly I try not to
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think about it even though like in the back of my head I know that that’s a possibility
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um it makes me really sad it is hard to accept that Syracuse university students are going
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to have to start to pack up their rooms in just November but it is the right route to
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take with next semester being unknown for mornings on the hill I m steven shoemaker
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last week on mornings on the hill we told you about a scholarship being given to Kevin
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Richardson from the central park five this morning we get to hear from Richardson himself
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to find out what this degree really means to him people thought
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not everyone, but it was others that thought that we were
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basically, the bottom of the totem pole you know so to have my name attached to something
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like Syracuse attached to kids to be inspired by me into
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further kids education you know at the end of the day that’s all I really wanted to leave
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my imprint on the world um I m not there yet but um I will be taking some classes
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so, I m serious about really playing the trumpet again everything else seems great but to be
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connected to have a bachelor s in fine arts and music
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that’s icing on the cake and we are looking forward to Richardson joining us here on campus
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in the spring
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coming up here on mornings on the hill the university stepping up to honor the late dean
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Lorraine Branham find out how plus what are students planning
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for Halloween weekend stay with us for those stories and much more on mornings on the hill
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our resident weather girl sierra Ryder is live out on the weather deck to tell us what
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to expect
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it’s been a while since we’ve last seen a black lives matter protest here in Syracuse
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but they continue throughout the country reporter Sarah Al-Shaikh shares how three SU students
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are helping the movement in their own way taking all the knowledge I learned four years
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and actually applying it I feel like to something the world can use it just really just feels
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amazing Caleb obiagu Brandon Elliott and john Paul bessong met at Syracuse university as
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computer engineer and computer science majors and they created safe loot a website mapping
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out black owned businesses across the united states right now it just feels like the black
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community is struggling the most Caleb says naming the site safe loot is a way to reclaim
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the word loot a word that’s overshadowed peaceful protests it’s a way to use the word loot in
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a positive light but safe loot does not support looting we do not endorse looting of any kind
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from any business it’s just um we also understand that the black community if they are looted
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it would be harder to ever rebuild with just one click you can see all the black owned
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businesses throughout the united states including right here in Syracuse all the flavors are
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going to blend and mix together Darren Chavis is the owner of creole
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Seoul the restaurant’s been around for five years but not without challenges monsieur
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finale is a black-owned business they come in inspecting instead of expected but Chavis
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says he’s honored to be listed on safe loot it’s the support he’s
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been looking for this is going to give me a platform to really demonstrate you know
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well let me know if I m the best for mornings on the hill I m Sarah Al-Shaikh
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sorority recruitment is just a few months away potential new members got a glimpse about
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how the recruitment process will run this year at the panhellenic Greek council’s recruitment
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expo this past Monday night hundreds of potential new members hopped onto zoom and learned about
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the recruitment process and all 13 sororities at SU those interested in joining a house
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in the panhellenic council have until December 11th to register
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Syracuse university is establishing a new scholarship program to honor the late dean
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Lorraine Branham our ford hatchet details how the scholarship
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adds to Branham’s legacy the Lorraine branham scholarship will be given to as many as 10
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students each year to fund their education in honor of the late dean Lorraine branham
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the scholarships will give talented students from disadvantaged backgrounds a chance to
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join other distinguished new house alums something associate dean hub brown says was always one
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of branham’s goals to be a more diverse group to be a group that was more open to the future
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of what the country and what the uh what our professions
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are going to be all about and there’s just something so fitting about having a branham
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scholarship pave the way for the next generation of brilliant journalists I
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I can’t imagine a more fitting tribute to Lorraine uh and to what she stood for but
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if the dean was still here she wouldn’t let the celebration last too long oh I think she’d
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be very excited and then she’d turn around and said okay so now get to work because she
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would she’d be all about making sure we started you know finding those students
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dean branham of course passing away in April of 2019 but through this scholarship program
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the university and the new health school are making sure
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that her mounting and monumental legacy carries on for mornings on the hill I m Ford Hatchett,
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Sam?
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coming up after the break josh miller has your orange sports update and a world series
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champion is caught partying with the team after testing positive for COVID 19 mid game
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stay with us
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good morning I m josh miller with your orange sports update here on mornings on the hill
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the Clemson tigers are the number one ranked team in the country for a reason even on an
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off day you’re going to get the best from the tigers the orange however
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did hold their own for three quarters and had a lot of positives to build off of going
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forward the orange defense continued to turn heads this defense swarms to the ball
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and boy they are fast and physical turnovers in the Syracuse defense also go together like
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peanut butter and jelly and they did that against the tigers too Garrett Williams how
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about that man his first career interception is a pick six against Trevor Lawrence it was
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also the future first round draft picks first career pick sticks thrown nonetheless a crib
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call for Williams and the Syracuse defense is just flat out good
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the orange got it done with explosive plays also a blocked punt set up with Sean tucker
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rushing touchdown let’s not forget that tucker’s a freshman and he’s a beast he’s only going
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to get better as time goes on and that’s a great positive for the orange rex Culpeper
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with the exception of a few mistakes played well especially with the big plate of McKee
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Johnson for an 83 yard head coach dino babers knew how good the tigers were but the effort
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from the orange was there I think you’re playing a very exceptional football team and you just
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can’t you can’t make mistakes it’s just hard to stay with a team like this you’ve got to
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get lucky they got to give something to you and then you got to play almost a perfect
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game time for the keys of the game for this weekend’s
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matchup against wake forest first establishing a run game get Sean tucker going get the big
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guys up front going force the wake forest defenders to pack the
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box to then give space for receivers to get open one on one and make rex gold paper how
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get some throws secondly explosive plays big runs big passes and great special teams play
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will help the orange next turnovers when the orange don’t have the ball take it and when
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they do keep it it’s pretty simple lastly the orange need to weather the storm the orange
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can do all these things and keep their cool through adversity they’ll be able to get back
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into the win column this weekend
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there you have it the la dodgers are the 2020 world series champions the dodgers took the
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title four games to two against the Tampa bay rays this was the dodgers third world
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series appearance in four years they were finally able to walk away with a championship
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their first one since 1988. two other big stories emerged from game six
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of the series race starting pitcher Blake Snell was taken out of the game after not
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giving up a single run and the raise up one I guess manager ray’s manager Kevin cash thought
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Snell was pitching too well next at-bat Mookie bets gets a double sending Austin Barnes a
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third who would then come home on a wild pitch tying the game then at the start of the eighth
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inning dodgers third baseman Justin turner was removed from the field after his COVID
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test came back positive after the dodgers win turner was celebrating back on the field
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with teammates at times without a mask dodgers didn’t directly address turner’s behavior
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but the move was highly criticized on social media
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regardless the dodgers are your 2020 world series champs now for a look ahead to this
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weekend for Cuse athletics women’s soccer takes on Miami on Thursday still chasing their
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first win of the season currently sitting at 0-3 cross country competes
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at the acc championships in north Carolina Friday and at 8 p.m. men’s soccer is in Virginia
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also looking for their first win coming off a tie against Virginia tech last Sunday Saturday
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we have football against wake forest and on Sunday at noon women’s soccer has
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another go against Virginia still to come here on mornings on the hill we found out
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how restaurants are going to fair a Syracuse winter stay with
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us that story and more just ahead
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Onondaga county has put 200 thousand dollars aside to help local restaurants stay afloat
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this winter earlier this week I went to a local restaurant
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to find out what one restaurant owner plans to do with the money in march alone restaurants
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lost 25 billion dollars and 3 million jobs nationally rise and shine owner Danielle mercury
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says the 5 000 grand will stop the bleeding I think we have about 700 restaurants in Onondaga
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county I mean think about every single one of them going to 50 capacity and then half
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of them going out of business that’s a lot of money that’s just gone the grant is aimed
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at helping restaurants extend their outdoor dining season mercury has already spent thousands
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on an outdoor patio four heaters and a fire pit but even with
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all that on days like today when the temperature drops into the 40s people choose not to eat
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outside that’s why mercury plans to build a see-through dome-like structure
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right here in the parking lot that will be fully heated the structure should be done
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by the end of November and will fit 25 to 30 people one in three new Yorkers in the
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restaurant business are still unemployed since the beginning of the pandemic new York state
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restaurant association president Melissa flyshoot says that getting employment numbers back
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up in the industry is crucial for community and economic development when restaurants
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go into a neighborhood they tend to work really hard to revitalize the community and bring
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people together they provide jobs and then you see oftentimes that other businesses will
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come back mercury says adapting to change is what makes her and the people in the restaurant
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industry so resilient we have that backbone that just kind of pushes us to keep going
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no matter what so when we faced all these challenges there was just one more day for
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us applications for the grant will be available on the economic development website by the
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end of this week
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finally this morning the CDC released guidelines on how to stay safe when celebrating Halloween
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some of the activities they suggest to avoid may surprise you door to door and trunk or
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treating violates social distancing costume masks don’t substitute face mask and the two
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should not be layered it is a safety hazard because layering masks makes it hard to bedding
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make breathe hands are clean outdoor movies with other friends is dangerous if screaming
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will likely occur more distance is needed to lower the risk
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there are lower risk activities that you should try instead one is social distance pumpkin
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carving another is scavenge scavenger hunts in the neighborhood while admiring houses
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it is even safer to do a scavenger hunt in your own house movie night is also a great
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option especially if you can do it in your own home there are plenty of Halloween themed
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movies to pick from in virtual costume contests make sure to have a prize ready for the winner
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speaking of prizes Xavier one great one could be chocolate it is national chocolate day
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and I for one am ready to celebrate what’s your favorite chocolate if you had to choose
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one
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this might not be a popular opinion but I am not a chocolate fan what would you say
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your favorite piece of chocolate is for me definitely snickers or milky way but folks
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either way whether you like chocolate or not make sure you find a way to celebrate today
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well honestly that is going to do it for us this Wednesday here on mornings on the hill
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I m Xavier brown follow us on social media
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and I m Samantha Croston thanks for watching orange nation we’ll see you next Wednesday
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live at 10 a.m. right here on OTN
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