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Welcome to National Avocado Day!
Today we celebrate avocados! A fruit that grows on trees, avocados have a tough skin with a greenish or yellowish flesh inside, as well as a large seed. They can range in size from that of a hen's egg to up to about four pounds, depending on their variety. Some major varieties are Hass, Fuerte, Bacon, Zutano, Rincon, Mexican, Guatemalan, Booth 8, Booth 7, Lula, and Waldin. They are native to Mexico and to the area south of there down to the Andes Mountains.
The Aztecs are known to have eaten avocados. For a long period of time, avocados were only eaten in Central and South America and in the Caribbean, where they gained the name "alligator pear." In 1833, horticulturist Henry Perrine became the first to plant avocados in Florida. They were first planted in California in the 1880s. By the turn of the century, orchards were established, and avocados first gained commercial importance.
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Syracuse basketball among 6 finalists for 2025 recruit Derek Dixon (PS; $; Waters)
Derek Dixon, a highly-rated combo guard in the 2025 recruiting class, announced his final six schools on Tuesday and the Syracuse Orange made the cut.
Dixon, a 6-foot-4 guard who attends Gonzaga High School in Washington D.C., revealed his six finalists via X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
Dixon’s list included Syracuse, North Carolina, Arizona, Pittsburgh, Virginia and Vanderbilt.
Dixon is ranked as the No. 56 prospect in the ‘25 class by ESPN.com. He’s at No. 62 in 247Sports’ rankings for the class and On3.com puts him at No. 70.
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London Jemison, a 2025 prospect, visited Syracuse for the Pittsburgh game. Dec 30, 2023. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.comdnett@syracuse.com
Syracuse men’s basketball recruiting target puts Orange in top six (PS; $; Ditota)
A top 40 prospect in the Class of 2025 has included Syracuse in his list of top six schools.
London Jemison, a 6-foot-7 forward, will choose a college from a list that includes SU, Virginia, Louisville, Kansas, Vanderbilt and Alabama, he announced on social media.
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Jemison visited SU last December. Orange coaches offered him a scholarship in September of that year. He has scheduled official visits to every other school on his list of finalists, the final trip to Virginia on Sept. 27th.
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Why Syracuse Basketball will have a DEEP 2025 Recruiting Class | Syracuse Orange Podcast (youtube; podcast; Locked on Syracuse)
Syracuse Basketball should have a deep 2025 high school recruiting class. First of all, the Cuse are in the running for at least 11 players headlined by: Kiyan Anthony, Tyler Jackson, London Jemison, Acaden Lewis, and Derek Dixon. Adrian Autry has also offered more than 20 scholarships for the cycle, and the Orange will have at least nine roster spots open for the 2025-26 season.Jackson Holzer gives you three reasons why Syracuse Basketball will have a deep recruiting class in 2025 on this edition of the Locked On Syracuse Podcast.
Syracuse Basketball will have a TON OF SCHOLARSHIPS Available for 2025-26 | Syracuse Orange Podcast (youtube; podcast; Lockewd on Syracuse; premieres at 10 AM)
Syracuse Basketball should have a deep 2025 high school recruiting class. First of all, the Cuse are in the running for at least 11 players headlined by: Kiyan Anthony, Tyler Jackson, London Jemison, Acaden Lewis, and Derek Dixon. Adrian Autry has also offered more than 20 scholarships for the cycle, and the Orange will have at least nine roster spots open for the 2025-26 season.Jackson Holzer gives you three reasons why Syracuse Basketball will have a deep recruiting class in 2025 on this edition of the Locked On Syracuse Podcast.
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Syracuse residents say new housing strategy is OK as far as it goes, but do more (PS; $; Knauss)
Do more. That was the message Tuesday night at a public hearing on Syracuse’s proposed housing strategy.
Speakers generally expressed support for the new plan, which targets two middle-income neighborhoods for investment, but many said officials also must work harder across the city to address code violations, vacant houses and other problems.
“This isn’t enough. We have to chew gum and walk,’’ said Maurice “‘Mo” Brown, an Onondaga County legislator and one of about 15 speakers who addressed the Syracuse Common Council at the hearing.
Among other things, Brown and other speakers urged councilors to opt into a state law known as “good cause eviction,’’ which places some limits on rent increases and the reasons for evictions. Municipalities outside of New York City have to opt in for the law to take effect locally.
Other speakers noted that their neighborhoods face significant problems with lead hazards, burned out vacant structures and code violations.
“The (housing) strategy alone is not going to fix it,’’ Councilor Jimmy Monto said after the hearing.
But as far as it goes, the housing strategy seemed to have support from the councilors. Six of the seven who attended Tuesday’s hearing said they would vote to approve it. Councilor Marty Nave, who represents the North Side, said he wanted to talk with more of his constituents before deciding.
Council approval is not formally required, but Mayor Ben Walsh has asked the council to vote on the strategy to establish whether it has broad support.
Unveiled in April, the housing strategy is intended to strengthen the tax base and make Syracuse more attractive to homebuyers and investors.
Initially, the most ambitious part of the plan would focus on two middle-income neighborhoods – Tipperary Hill on the west side and Salt Springs to the east – where city officials are planning to develop loan and grant programs to help homeowners upgrade their properties.
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Students game in the esports room at the Barnes Center at The Arch.
From Zero to Hero: Syracuse University Esports Program Earns National Recognition in First Year (syr.edu; Michael)
This past academic year served as “Year Zero” for Syracuse University’s esports program, which includes an academic degree program starting this fall and competitive teams that vie for national championships in their respective games.
But the program’s first year was anything but a “zero” as Syracuse won the Emerging Program of the Year Award at the National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE) National Convention from July 17-19 in Winter Park, Florida, just outside of Orlando.
In addition to the program award, two Syracuse University students—Kamron Manii ’24 and Braeden Cheverie-Leonard ’26—won awards and five other representatives from Syracuse were named award finalists.
“In year zero, Syracuse University esports was nominated and recognized across the board from students to staff for their contributions to the overall collegiate esports industry,” says Joey Gawrysiak, executive director of the esports degree program. “We are proud of what we are building here at Syracuse and want to continue to push the boundaries of what is possible by a collegiate esports program.”
Syracuse’s program employs a holistic, experiential learning-based approach that prepares students for career success in various industries, leveraging the largest collection of faculty and staff members of any esports program on a college campus. The esports communications and management degree, offered jointly by the Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, is among the first of its kind at a major university.
NACE is the only nonprofit membership association of colleges and universities with varsity esports programs. Over 260 schools across the United States and Canada compete for NACE championships every year across a variety of esports titles, and this past spring Syracuse captured the NACE Counter-Strike 2 national championship.
Here’s more about Syracuse’s award winners from the 2024 NACE National Convention:
- Emerging Program of the Year: This award is presented to a program that has been active for two years or less, is on the path to excellence and has displayed outstanding achievements competitively, academically or within their community. Syracuse checked all these boxes, and Gawrysiak describes the program’s successful first year in an episode of the “’Cuse Conversations” podcast.
- Player of the Year (Counter-Strike 2): Manii, who majored in forensic science and psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, received this award as a student-athlete who showed outstanding impact both on and off the game and was a leader who supported his team in multiple ways.
- Student Leadership Award: Braeden Cheverie-Leonard, a sport management major in Falk, received this honor for demonstrating exceptional leadership among his peers and exhibiting outstanding contributions to his collegiate esports community. In this campus tour video, Cheverie-Leonard takes you on a whirlwind tour of his favorite spots on campus, including the esports room at the Barnes Center at The Arch.
- Broadcast Talent of the Year: Daniel Saligman ’27, a dual major in television, radio and film in the Newhouse School and linguistic studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, was a finalist for this award, which recognizes a student who brought insight and electricity to a broadcast as an on-air talent.
- Coach of the Year (Counter-Strike 2): Director of Esports Competition Travis Yang was a finalist for this award that is presented to an individual serving in a coaching capacity who displays outstanding abilities in the development of their team both competitively and holistically.
- Support Staff of the Year: Program Manager Nikita Bair was a finalist for this honor awarded to a non-program director for outstanding leadership, mentorship and contributions to their program’s success.
- Emerging Director of the Year: Director of Production and Outreach Sean Kelly was a finalist for this award given to an individual with fewer than two years’ experience in collegiate esports as a full-time program director who displays outstanding abilities in the development of their program, whether it be competitively, academically or within their community.
- Scholar of the Year: Lindsey Darvin, an assistant professor in the Department of Sport Management in the Falk College, has emerged as a national leader in the movement for greater equity in esports and computer gaming. In this Q&A, Darvin discusses the impact of her research and the course she teaches that is a requirement for all esports majors, Race, Gender and Diversity in Sport Organizations.
