Gallery: Weren’t here? We got you! Top moments from 2024-2025 school year

Cassandra Roshu | Senior Staff Photographer
Sept. 7, 2024: Mr. 305 took the stage in the 315 in September. Pitbull, along with Flo Rida, Stephen Sanchez and Megan Moroney, were a number of artists who performed in Syracuse in September.

Cassandra Roshu | Senior Staff Photographer
Sept. 14, 2024: Syracuse University hosted the 14th annual Coming Back Together Black and Latino Alumni Reunion, welcoming over 1,500 people. The event aims to inspire current students at SU.

Joe Zhao | Senior Staff Photographer
Sept. 22, 2024: Quavo rocked out the JMA Wireless Dome at Juice Jam performing some songs of his own and hits from Migos. Simno and Maisie Peters opened, performing their own original hits.

Laura Lemgruber | Contributing Photographer
Oct. 2 - Nov. 5, 2024: New York State Sen. John Mannion and Rep. Brandon Williams met for four debates in the race for the NY-22 seat. Democrat John Mannion won the New York 22nd congressional district race.

Cassandra Roshu | Senior Staff Photographer
Oct. 28, 2024: Wendy Hennessey, Sandra Jacobs and Dave Jacobs (left to right) stand in front of Shirt World — an independently-owned Syracuse University merchandise store. After 48 years, the store officially closed its doors.

Cassandra Roshu | Senior Staff Photographer
Nov. 9, 2024: Syracuse University students dressed in banana costumes pack Faegan’s Cafe and Pub to the brim. People circulated through multiple bars around Marshall Street during the Banana Crawl’s first visit to SU.

Aaron Hammer | Staff Photographer
Nov. 20, 2024: UAlbany’s Lilly Phillips drained a go-ahead 3-pointer with three seconds left as Syracuse fell to the Great Danes 73-70. The upset loss led to a fiery postgame press conference from Syracuse head coach Felisha Legette-Jack, blaming the SU community for the low attendance.

Aaron Hammer | Staff Photographer
Nov. 30, 2024: Syracuse Football upsets then-No. 8 Miami to knock the Hurricanes out of the College Football Playoff. Students and fans rushed Ernie Davis Legends Field to celebrate the Orange’s first AP top-10 win since 2017.

Leonardo Eriman | Photo Editor
Dec. 27, 2024: SAN DIEGO, CA – First-year head coach Fran Brown celebrates Syracuse’s DIRECTV Holiday Bowl victory. The win marked SU’s first bowl game victory since 2018, clinching the program’s third 10-win season this century.

Solange Jain | Senior Staff Photographer
Feb. 2, 2025: The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile came to Syracuse University’s campus to recruit its next class of Hotdoggers. There are only 12 Hotdoggers in the nation, two for each of the six Wienermobiles.

Leonardo Eriman | Photo Editor
Feb. 6, 2025: Then-No. 2 Duke, led by projected 2025 No. 1 NBA Draft pick Cooper Flagg demolish the Orange 83-54. The JMA Wireless Dome was packed with a season-high crowd of 23,313 fans.

Joe Zhao | Senior Staff Photographer
April 14, 2025: Syracuse basketball legend Carmelo Anthony appeared at Dazed, a new Cannabis store on Marshall St., for a meet and greet. Anthony launched his own cannabis line, StayMe7o, in April 2024. Dazed’s Syracuse location sells Anthony’s brand in-store.

Leonardo Eriman | Photo Editor
April 24th, 2025: Hundreds of SU students and faculty gathered at the Einhorn Family Walk for the “Hands Off!” rally. Protestors rallied against many of President Donald Trump’s executive orders regarding higher education.

Ike Wood | Asst. Photo Editor
May 3, 2025: CHARLOTTE, NC – No 4. Seed Syracuse men’s lacrosse captured the ACC Championship, taking down No. 1 Seed Notre Dame and No. 3 Seed Duke. Players celebrated the victory by storming the field, hoisting the trophy and cutting the net.