Mornings on the Hill for Sept. 16, 2020

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coming up on mornings on the hill the dome is still being renovated as the football season
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kicks off Onondaga County is looking for people to help keep the integrity of the vote students
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tune in via zoom to juice jam and let us know if boogie with the hoodie was ahead all that
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plus your weather and orange sports coming up on this edition of mornings on the hill
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good morning my name is Cyera Williams and thanks for joining us on mornings on the hill
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and I’m Ryan Clark here’s a look at some of the stories we’ll be talking about in our
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first half hour [Music]
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last night a student a Syracuse student was robbed at knife point and demanded to hand
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over their belongings after the mugger fled the scene police say he met up with an additional
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suspect behind the Syracuse VA medical center
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no injuries were reported but police described the suspect as 5� 10� male medium build
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wearing a dark jacket sweatpants and a black hat
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if you have any information following this incident you can call the number on the screen
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a student tested positive at Jamesville elementary school.
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a student has a positive at Jamesville elementary school. Jamesville elementary closed Monday
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after a positive case but open reopened Tuesday CDC says 40% of children who are COVID positive
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are asymptomatic. superintendents are reassuring parents and students by increased cleanings
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renovations to the carrier dome have been underwear for over a year and mornings on
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the hill reporter Ford Hatchet is outside the dome this morning to detail how things
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are going ford how are things looking out there?
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Yeah Ryan well the dome’s new roof much anticipated it’s nearing its completion in fact this morning
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as we speak you can see some of the renovations going on late last minute construction on
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the roof behind me once it’s completed the dome will be ready to host orange sports for
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the first time since march but chief facilities officer at the university Pete salas says
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the dome could actually be used as a classroom
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we need this facility for our students now I need to get this place open not only for
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athletics but for our students
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it’s very very important to the student body with a limited number of classrooms on campus
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large enough to accommodate COVID restrictions Sala says students should be able to access
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the dome to complete their work Sala says the long-awaited new roof and air conditioning
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are on their way to being completed as well the renovations also include projects that
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make the dome more accessible to those with disabilities such as concessions counters
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made for everyone
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not having a cutout where somebody in a wheelchair needs to roll up if you and I are together
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and you’re a chair user you have an issue we can go to the same counter and it’s the
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right height
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now Sala says the project is still scheduled to be completed by this Friday just two days
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from now which would give the university a week’s worth of breathing room before the
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football team has their home opener against Georgia tech next weekend. Ryan?
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the Barnes Center is holding in-person classes on the basketball courts next to the women’s
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building the fitness center has also begun to host
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classes such as Zumba on zoom the gym in the barn center is
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now open by appointment
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our mornings on the hill Samantha Croston checked out
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a
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fundraiser Sunday morning held by the flight room fitness
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if you’re comfortable coming to the ballot box
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in November the last day to apply online for an absentee ballot is on October 27th but
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post office officials say they cannot guarantee timely delivery within 15 days of the election
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November 2nd is the final day to apply for an in-person for an absentee ballot. November
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third or election day is the last day to postmark a ballot received by November 10th make sure
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to get those votes in with election day right around the corner
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COVID 19 concerns have kept people away from the ballot box new info suggests staying home
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isn’t the only issue with voting during a pandemic typically during this time the Onondaga
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board of elections begins its hiring process for elections inspectors people hired to ensure
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the integrity of each and every vote now the BOE has to take precautions to prevent the
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spread of covet 19 and that cost well it’s expensive so we’ll have extra inspectors at
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every polling place that will uh be assigned the task of maintaining social distance uh
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inside the polling place and uh making sure our all our environment is clean inside the
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polling place that tables are wiped down after every use that polling machines are weight
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own after every use and that voters remain safe while they come and vote in person other
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costs like ppe sanitary supplies and extra polling inspectors
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seem small but sarnie says that on a county level the costs are massive and troublesome
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um you know we have a lot of grant money in Ontario county uh that we’ve kind of saved
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for a rainy day and it’s raining uh so uh you know we’re using a lot of it but that
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being said I mean that grant money was slated for you know machine replacements and stuff
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down the line so we’re gonna feel this budget hit just how badly Syracuse feels the hit
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is something sony says we won’t know until after the election
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and coming up on mornings on the hill a local business is hurt from a lack of fans in the
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dome
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time to check your weather I hope everyone put away those jackets today in Syracuse because
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it is going to be a high 77 degrees with temperatures mostly sunny and temperatures will drop down
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to 66 degrees Later tonight but the national news story for today is hurricane sally which
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made landfall in Alabama as a Category 2 storm that is threatening record floods and for
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today let’s look at the five-day forecast Friday will be mostly sunny and cool with
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a high of 61 degrees and a low of 39. this Saturday it will also be mostly sunny and
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cool with a high of 59 and a low of 38 and on Sunday you’ll be able to enjoy mostly sunny
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skies with a high being of 61 degrees and the low dropping to 40. back to you in the
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studio
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well local shops in downtown Syracuse see an uptick in sales when the orange are in
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the dome this year well the players are playing but the fans across the country have to watch
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from their TVs Morning�s on the Hill reporter sierra Ryder says no games means less money
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for the Syracuse economy
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hi Ryan it was announced Friday that there will be no fans allowed inside the dome for
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the foreseeable future and this is going to affect some of the stores in downtown Syracuse
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that typically rely on these fans for sales one shop that will be feeling the effects
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is scholars and champs this store sells a variety of vintage Syracuse university clothing
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and paraphernalia it typically is a popular destination for students and fans on a football
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weekend now store owner Bert ausser told me he’s already been noticing a difference
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scholars and champs he’s up to 40 transactions on a su football weekend and now the goal
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is to just maintain its sales and reach out to the existing Syracuse community for its
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sales back to you in the studio.
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the revised 2020 and 2021 schedule with some plays replaced with a virtual medium Syracuse
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stage is moving to an online program for the entirety of the fall season the six show series
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will be available online to those who pay to subscribe in the Syracuse community market
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director joe Wieland says despite the shift online the theater is still losing out on
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in-person revenue we wouldn’t expect to make even half of what we would make in a normal
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season we would expect that you know if things go well hard to say maybe forty percent we
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lost in terms of revenue from last season we were down about a million dollars the music
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and entertainment industry took a hard blow with proven 19 shutting down bars and recording
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studios a rally being held on September 22nd to let hashtag let the music play is challenging
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the executive order by Andrew Cuomo governor Andrew Cuomo that is that limits large gatherings.
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A field packed with Syracuse student parking lots cluttered with cars and feeling the vibration
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of your favorite artist blare through your bones is usually what Syracuse students experience
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each year for juice jam a virtual concert with headlining artists like a boogie with
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the hoodie ahri linux and bad bunny took students to their laptops and screens this year to
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be virtual I thought it was pretty good because I mean again we’re getting used to this whole
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new world so I think it was good just to have something and for it to be virtual it was
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really good for the virtual concert I honestly think they did the best that they could have
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done I mean there could have been that live aspect with 400 students gathered on vimeo
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students say it just wasn’t the same and look forward to a COVID-free Juice Jam next year
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well Syracuse university libraries are offering a virtual series of workshops starting this
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week a bit of a solution here the workshops include writing research art and other ways
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that su feels students can grow while still on zoom the seminars are available to students
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faculty and researchers with registration
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and it’s still not too late to sign up for one of the several club sports teams and intramural
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events on campus Stephen has the latest on how you can get involved Stephen you’re there
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thanks Ryan are you still trying to get involved in activities on campus if the answer to that
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question is yes it is not too late for students to sign up for one of the many club sports
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and intramural events that Syracuse has to offer if you go online to the barn center
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at the arch under be active there are links that list all the club sports teams as well
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as the intramural teams you can get involved in by clicking on the intramural sports tab
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it will take you to the homepage where you will then click on the link that says
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I am league’s website this website will show you all the intramural events as well as club
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sports teams that you can sign up for I am definitely intrigued by the punt pass and
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kick intramural event you have until October 1st to register before the deadline closes
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there are also a bunch of different video game leagues and tournaments you can get involved
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in for those of you who are video game fanatics make sure to jump at the opportunity to register
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for one of the many ways to get involved at Syracuse university also make sure to keep
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in mind that different club sports and intramural events are subject to change due to the ongoing
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coven 19 pandemic reporting live for mornings on the hill I�m Stephen shoemaker back to
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you
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thanks, steven coming up on mornings on the hill Syracuse football comes off their first
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game of the season
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welcome back to mornings on the hill I�m James Corrigan with your sports update and
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it was an off-season of injuries opt-outs and coaching changes but the Syracuse football
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team finally took the field this past Saturday the orange traveled to a fanless chapel hill
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to take on north Carolina but again many thought would never happen turned into one su fans
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wished they never saw the orange came in having won its last six season openers lots of new
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faces this year for the orange including both coaching coordinators first drive of the game
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for unc super software Sam 11 yards out for the score tar heels up seven nothing the dsu
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defense did step up later in the first the pass from Sam Howell the deflection from
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ifatu melo fondue right to Michael jones for the pick the orange though would turn it over
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on downs the offense just could not get it going but they did catch a break late in the
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first half orange now down 7-3 Noah Cooney the punter gets blown up that’s a 15-yard
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penalty quarterback tommy DeVito would lead them down the field for this 29-yard field
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goal attempt at the end of the half but Andre Schmidt whips it to the right and it’s 7-3
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at the break second half more big defensive plays for the orange Sam Howell back to pass
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again and who else but Andre cisco with the int the 13th of his career that leads all
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active players in the country the d kept su in this game but things did fall apart in
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the fourth quarter first it was Javonte Williams taking in for one hour out to make it 17-6
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then Williams again with a six-yard score the second of his three rushing touchdowns
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in the quarter the tar heels would go on to win 31-6 and
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after the game Syracuse coach dino babers said a silver lining of this one was the fact
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that they even played you know I told the official I said he asked me something during
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the game unless I tell you what I�m a lot happier than
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the big ten coaches and I bet you’re a lot higher than the big ten a lot happier than
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the big ten officials we’re playing football in the acc we�re going to get better we’re
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excited
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the su’s men’s soccer season finally gets underway this weekend and after an off-season
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unlike any other the orange are ready to get back on the pitch
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our own josh miller has more Syracuse university men’s soccer season kicks off.
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this Saturday with an exhibition matchup against the university of Virginia here at hook way
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fields the range have been hard at work preparing for this season from zoom workouts to personal
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workouts the orange are eager to play head coach Ian McIntyre spoke about his group and
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the excitement heading into this season as a group we’re really excited by by the chance
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to to compete and to do something that we all
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love this is um uh now we’re getting closer and closer and with a chance now to to pull
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on the uniforms and represent Syracuse university coach McIntyre also stressed with having players
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from all around the world it was not easy to get everyone together we’ve got student
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athletes we’ve got players from all across the world and all across the country so um
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and each had their own challenge this year’s roster
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includes 14 newcomers and 14 returners the orange are led by a senior combo of sandre
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norheim and Simon Triantafillou norheim a defender from Norway was nominated as an acc
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preseason watch list the two combined for 15 points with six goals last season and look
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to lead this young orange roster Triantafillou says the goal is the same it has been every
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season each game we’re going to just go and try and win each game focus on each game and
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our goal is to win the championship that’s still been the goal and eventually the ncaa
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championships in the spring the orange look to put together a successful 2020 campaign
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no matter the circumstances that first test for this young men’s soccer team comes September
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25th against the united states naval academy josh miller mornings on the hill
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With Tom Brady gone from new England the bills come in picked by some to win the afc east
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the jets well not so much to orchard park we go and it was all buffalo from the start
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first quarter josh Allen with the bootleg from three yards out and he could have crawled
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into the end zone from there fills up seven nothing and it would not get better for the
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jets later in the first Allen backed the pass and the jets clearly practicing their social
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distancing not one green jersey in sight and the easy pitching catch to Zach moss for the
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score the bills doubled their lead in the first and they would triple it in the second
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Allen the quick throw to john brown and he does the rest from 17 yards out the bills
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won this one comfortably by the score of 27 to 17.
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and in the NBA jimmy butler in the Miami heat took down the Boston Celtics to take a 1-0
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lead in the eastern conference finals and the Denver nuggets completed the 3-1 series
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comeback to stun the la clippers in game seven of round two they’ll take on LeBron and lakers
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in the western conference finals
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well basketball season may be right around the corner but for one former su player helping
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local youths improve their game has no off season here’s matt baginski with more I�m
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outside of the Carmelo Anthony basketball center named after the freshman sensation
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who led Syracuse to their first and only national title
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and while Melo�s had a successful career in the NBA traveling all over the country
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one of his former teammates Billy Edelen has stayed in the Syracuse area his reason to
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help showcase the basketball talent in the three one five between mine boom there we
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go one two good job originally where I�m from in the dmv is tons of uh talented kids
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and stuff so when I was here I saw a lot of kids that reminded me of kids there I�m
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like Syracuse but out of hotbed had some talent but I could tell they needed some of the
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the direction and polish so 13 years later now a lot of those kids are all driving some
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coaching some you know playing overseas just doing all types of stuff so here we are kids
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um you know grow right in front of you with their game their confidence so you just see
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them be successful and that’s like more important than even money and those two girls practicing
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with Edelman drove half an hour to receive instruction
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but to Edelen that drive to get better stands out you got kids they from phoenix you got
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kids from here you see kids I don’t you know and they know so it means something to me
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and Edelen said that his brand which is called gym rats is open to anyone but there is one
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condition come ready to work hard needle and also told me that his instructions are open
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to anyone and come free of charge but he does work on prices
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with some people it’s just up to the person on what route they want to take with him he
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runs them in the evenings at Dunbar park on south state street in Syracuse and just says
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to come ready to listen and try hard for mornings on the hill I�m matt majensky now back to
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James in the studio
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thank you matt and that’ll wrap it up for sports today sierra I�ll send it back to
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you Cyera.
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Still to come here on Mornings on the hill one last look at your weather and a visit
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to central new York�s apple orchard as apple picking season is underway stay with us that
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story and more just ahead
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the start of fall is only five days away and mornings on the hill reporter Sarah Al-Shaikh
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shares how students are getting a jump start on the upstate fall tradition not too long
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ago being out during COVID-19 is was not being too long ago being out with
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friends was not an option because of COVID 19. now su students can do different activities
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while staying safe starting with an activity upstate new York knows a lot about so it’s
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really fun to be out with friends Julia Bauman is one of the students who went on this weekend’s
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apple picking event hosted by the barn center students say this event is about more than
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just picking apples so getting to be outside and enjoy like the nice day and you know get
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to spend time with friends somewhere off campus has been really nice the saying goes an apple
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a day keeps the doctor away and for the barn center keeping doctors away in students healthy
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is their main priority during events like these everybody has to be wearing masks on
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the bus and during the activity as well and we highly encourage social distancing student
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leaders at the barn center say these activities help those who’ve been feeling stuck inside
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this gives people the opportunity to get out and do something uh while also it’s like staying
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safe because being outside is one of the better options and while student leaders are taking
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steps to make sure students are leaving healthy they also hope students are leaving with some
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really good apples maybe some cider donuts but also closer relationships with their friends
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if you have apples on your grocery list consider signing up for the next apple picking event
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there are three more and you can find the details on your wellness portal for mornings
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on the hill I�m Sarah Al-Shaikh
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well the month of September is an important one to the Hispanic community in central New
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York mornings on the hill reporter Xavier brown is live to tell us why Xavier
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yesterday marked the beginning of the Hispanic heritage month here on here locally and nationally
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where people took part of the celebrations all over the place this month provides an
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opportunity for students and faculty to learn more about the culture and history of Americans
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who have laid groundwork like even throughout like middle and high school and elementary
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school and I�m from Miami so you know a lot of a
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lot of nice kind of cultures everything there so being able to celebrate it here it’s definitely
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another piece of home comments will be held this month documentary screenings panel discussions
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performances and lectures I think understanding that su
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is a PWI – a predominantly what institution it’s important to
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keep that community strong
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the idea for the Hispanic heritage month celebrated throughout September in the first half of
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October began as a way to promote history culture and the contributions of Hispanic
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Americans specifically those whose ancestors came from Spain Mexico the Caribbean and central
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and south America communities mark the achievements of Hispanic and Latino Americans with festivals
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and educational activities Hispanic influences are tightly knitted in the fabric of American
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life music food and art are just a few of the things they celebrate this month some
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Greek organizations as well as the office of multicultural affairs the enrollment and
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the in student experiment experience will be hosting events all month and you can find
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more of that information at the website on your screen
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finally this morning certified millennial Paul Rudd wants you to wear a mask the celebrity
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anchor teamed up with the new York governor Andrew Cuomo to provide a funny and also informative
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video encouraging young people to well mask up Rudd is just one message for millennials
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check this out my name is Paul and I am six feet tall almost and I wear my
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mask and it’s all I ask that you wear your mask please wear your mask just wear a mask
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just wear a mask it’s easy it’s simple
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you gotta love Paul Rudd
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that is going to do it for us this morning I�m Cyera Williams follow us on social media
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well guys mascot I�m Ryan Clark thanks for watching mornings on the hill and we’ll see
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you next Wednesday live at 10 a.m. right here on OTN.