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N • tune inAnderson Cooper will be speak-ing at Syracuse University on April 24 for the annual “Truth Be Told” event.Page 3
P • Board gamesTwo students won a competi-tion to design a Connective Corridor billboard series for the coming school year.Page 9
S • One more timeBrothers Derek and Dylan Maltz close out their last season playing lacrosse together at Syracuse. Page 20
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college of arts and sciences
Spina appoints acting dean
men’s basketball
Grant to declare for draft
grant
3 Syracuse city schools could be phased out after April 30
By Stephen Baileysports editor
Syracuse forward Jerami Grant will declare for the 2014 NBA Draft.
Pete Thamel of Sports Illustrat-ed reported the decision early Monday after-noon before SU Athletics released an announcement two hours later.
“After exten-sive discussions
with my family and coaches, I have decided to pursue my dream of playing professional basketball and enter the 2014 NBA Draft,” Grant said in the release. “I am so
see grant page 16
Pencils down
see ruhlandt page 8
Fowler HiGH ScHool
delAwAre elementAry ScHool
HuGHeS elementAry ScHoolprogress report
Fowler High School, Delaware Elemen-tary and Hughes Elementary School have all failed to meet the academic standards set by the New York State Education Department.
source: syracusecityschools.com
enrollment 1130
Attendance 86%
Pupil/teacher ratio 14.6:1
enrollment 481
Attendance N/A
Pupil/teacher ratio 10:1
enrollment 575
Attendance 92.26%
Pupil/teacher ratio 10:1
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illustration by natalie riess art director
By Ellen Meyersasst. news editor
Karin Ruhlandt, chair of the depart-ment of chemistry, was named the interim dean designate for the Col-lege of Arts and Sciences on Monday.
Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina named Ruhlandt to the position. Spina said he chose Ruhlandt last week, but he held off the announce-ment because of Chancellor Kent Syverud’s inauguration.
George Langford, current dean of Arts and Sciences, announced on Dec. 11 that he would resign from his position on June 30 to return to teaching. Ruhlandt will
By Annie Palmernews editor
T hree Syracuse city schools, which were once in danger of closing, have been given anoth-
er chance to survive if they can submit a plan of action by the end of April.
The Syracuse City School District
must submit a plan for Fowler High School, Delaware Academy Elementary School and Hughes Elementary School — all considered persistently low-achieving schools by the New York State Education Department — by April 30.
In a March 4 letter to superinten-dent of schools Sharon Contreras, Ira Schwartz, assistant commissioner
of NYSED, said the district has five options: close the schools and relocate the students, phase out the schools to replace them with new ones, cre-ate an agreement with an educational partnership organization to run the schools, convert to charter schools or allow the State University of New York, or in Syracuse’s case, Onondaga Com-
munity College, to provide education. On Wednesday, parents, teachers
and representatives from the Syra-cuse Teachers Association will meet to discuss the future of the three schools, said David Cecile, a commis-sioner on the Syracuse City School District Board of Education.
By Naomi C. Falkstaff writer
Senior Matt Daddi’s four pieces of ink that lay symmetrically on his ribs and biceps signify the values he carries with him every day.
“It’s how I express myself,” he said, describing the tattoos. “Songwriters write songs, artists make art, poets write poetry. I get tattoos.”
In the summer of 2010, a conver-sation with his stepmother led the mechanical engineering major to solidify the idea for his first tattoo, which he got at Body Language Tattoo & Piercing parlor in Storrs, Conn.
Because of the hardships he endured growing up, his stepmother mused on how Daddi had gained mature insights at quite an early age.
So, written in his artist’s own script across his right rib, the first tattoo Daddi got inked reads, “Every struggle is preparation for what’s to come.”
The next piece materialized after the death of his great-grandfather and great-grandmother, Nonny and Nonno, both of whom he was very close to.
Daddi said his great-grandfather
was a great mind and an inventor.“They were a huge influence on
my life,” Daddi said, “When I’m old, I wanna be able to tell stories like my great-grandfather did and affect people the way he did.”
Because of the influence they left, his left ribs are covered by a master-fully shaded calla lily, his great grand-mother’s favorite flower. Above rests his great-grandfather’s last words: “Buona sera,” or goodnight.
About a year afterwards, Daddi got two more pieces.
His ex-girlfriend actually brought about the idea, always telling him that his goals were too big and, ulti-mately, unrealistic.
“If you limit your dreams, you will limit where you go,” he said. “You have to push yourself.”
His right bicep reads “Live Life Laugh Often,” and continues on the left bicep with the quote, “Love Always Dream Big.”
Daddi tries to live by these eight words consistently. Already having secured a job for next year after grad-uation, it seems as though the real-ization of his goals has just begun.
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i nsi deN • In the worksThe Student Association Academic Affairs Committee updated the assembly on its current initiatives Monday night. Page 7
P • Powerful Paris Abroad columnist Maggie Cregan discusses how in France, Paris’s influence is tough to miss. Page 9
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By Justin Mattinglystaff writer
This fall, Syracuse University stu-dents will have the opportunity to learn about development and cul-tural reconciliation in an area once influenced by Nazism and Soviet Communism in the 20th century.
SU Abroad is currently accept-ing applications to a new program in Wroclaw, Poland that is offered in the fall. The program, titled The Culture and Politics of Recon-ciliation, studies issues in Poland. Through coursework, travel and a research project, students will study
the effects of war, colonialism and cultural division, according to SU Abroad. The application deadline for the Wroclaw program is May 15.
SU Abroad currently offers a sum-mer program in Wroclaw, and it will continue once the semester-long pro-gram starts. Both programs focus on themes of urban transformation and ongoing models of reconciliation in the aftermath of 20th century totali-tarian oppression, including Nazism and Soviet Communism.
Roughly 20 students applied to the summer and semester pro-grams combined, Sue Shane, direc-tor of programs at SU Abroad, said
in an email. SU Abroad expects 10
students to participate in the fall
semester program. The Wroclaw program follows
the same process and deadlines as the other eight SU Abroad programs, Shane said. Unlike other semester-long programs offered through SU Abroad, the Wroclaw program is not offered in the spring.
Students will also be able to travel to several European capitals, which Shane said strengthens the learning process.
“While the home base is in Wro-claw, Poland, much of the program is taught in major cities throughout the greater region, including Berlin,
$3,300 How much the SU Abroad
program in Wroclaw, Poland costs according to SU Abroad.
@ArtSciencesSU @SyracuseU chemist Karin Ruhlandt named interim Dean of The College of A&S. The College is psyched to have her!
In custodyChristopher “Shinobi” Dug-
ger will appear in court Tuesday. In February, he and Duncan “Wonderboy” Miller were arrested outside of Hall of Languages.
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academic affairs
Anderson Cooper to visit SU
su abroad
Students apply for first fall semester in Poland
Sixth lottery round ends, housing remains limited
flagS of our fatherS
The College of Charleston selected Glenn McConnell, a former South Carolina Senate member, as its new president. McConnell once campaigned to keep the Confederate flag hanging over the state’s capital building.source: usa today college
from court to concert
Rapper 2 Chainz performed at the University of Michigan Thursday, two days after pleading not guilty to pos-sessing a controlled substance. 2 Chainz is scheduled to perform at SU’s Block Party April 25.
source: usa today college
free learning
Two University of Wisconsin-Madison professors wrote a paper arguing that the first two years of col-lege should be free at public schools.
source: wisconsin state journal
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see housing page 8
see cooper page 8
Cars line a street in Krakow, Poland. The city is one of the destinations that students enrolled in the SU Abroad Wroclaw program will visit during their fall semester. Other travel destinations in the program include Berlin, Prague and Dresden. courtesy of chase gaewski
It is somewhat of a non-traditional location, so I will get a somewhat authentic experience.
Jake Fabrizio freshman international relations and history major
Here’s a look at some of the major news and events that are happening on cam-puses around the country.
By Ellen Meyersasst. news editor
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper will speak at Syracuse University on April 24 at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Her-genhan Auditorium.
Tickets will be available for $2 at the Schine Student Center Box Office on Wednesday. Cooper is coming as part of Truth Be Told conversation, an annual event hosted by Alpha Phi Alpha. The fraternity is hosting the event in collab-oration with the SU chapter of National Association of Black Journalists, said Kelvin Sherman, president of the SU chapter of NABJ.
The event will be in a question-and-answer format, allowing Cooper to take questions from moderators, audience members and social media, Sherman said.
Sherman added that the NABJ and Alpha Phi Alpha began filling out the paperwork early on in the fall semester to bring Cooper to SU. They received confirmation that Cooper would come in February, he said.
Sherman said he hopes students
By Caroline Strangestaff writer
The Syracuse University Office of Housing, Meal Plan and I.D. Card Ser-vices has run out of space for students, prompting them to use the Sheraton SU Hotel and Conference Center for the second year in a row, and forcing some students off campus.
“We have had more participants than space allows,” Kelly Rodoski,
news manager at Syracuse Univer-sity, said in an email.
The housing lottery ended its sixth round April 9, but some students still don’t have housing and will wait for the results of the seventh round to find out where they’ll be living next year. Students still without housing must add themselves to a residence hall waitlist or South Campus waitlist, and will be placed randomly no later than July 15, according to a campus-wide
SU Housing email. Students who haven’t fulfilled
their two-year housing requirement are guaranteed housing during the seventh round, and those who have lived on campus for two years or more are not guaranteed housing, accord-ing to SU Housing. Rodoski added that students who have already met the housing requirement could be forced to find off-campus housing.
For the 2014–15 school year, SU
Housing is offering 32 rooms in the Sheraton, Rodoski said. The hotel currently houses 64 sophomores and two resident advisers. Next year, the Sheraton will house the same number of students, she said.
Rodoski said single rooms, three-person suites and two-person suites filled up the fastest, but she said that it’s more because of fewer rooms than any other reason. Incoming
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Student disagrees with columnist’s opinions on Affordable Care ActSelf-proclaimed conservative Max Antonucci’s column on the Affordable Care Act misdiagnoses problems with the legislation, misunderstands the nature of single-payer healthcare and underesti-mates the viability of free-market alternatives.
The ACA’s implementation has been plagued by so many delays, waivers and exemptions that it is impossible to verify Mr. Antonucci’s claim that “all major aspects of the law are now in effect.”
Here’s what we do know about the ACA. It further insulates consumers from the true cost of care, adds millions to a hemorrhaging Medicaid system, and retains the problematic link between employment and insurance.
The ACA is a massive wealth-transfer program, with young and healthy individuals subsidizing costs for their older, sicker counterparts.
Mr. Antonucci is correct to fear a single-payer system, but his reasoning is suspect. The problem with single-payer is not cost, as the author sug-gests, since this approach would succeed in reduc-ing administrative costs.
But single-payer would eviscerate health care innovation in the U.S. — an undeniable strength of the current system, despite its flaws. It would also empower federal bureaucrats to decide which procedures and drugs are off limits to consumers. Not quite “death panels,” but eerily Orwellian nonetheless.
To declare the free-market “doesn’t work on health care” presupposes that market-oriented healthcare has been tried and failed, which is simply untrue.
The status quo is riddled with regulations, mandates and public financing. Third party payers distort price signals and undermine economic efficiency. Supply is limited by licensure require-
ments and artificially low medical school enroll-ment. Prices are set, below market equilibrium, by government payers — which account for approxi-mately half the entire insurance market.
And just because Mr. Antonucci is unaware of free-market alternatives does not mean they do not exist. See Sen. Paul’s S. 2196; or Rep. Broun’s H.R. 4224; or Rep. Rokita’s H.R. 4160.
Most proposals call for some combination of: standardized tax relief to purchase insurance; elimination of “first dollar” coverage; robust health savings accounts; block grants to reform Medicaid; means-tested Medicare benefits; portable, individ-ually-owned private insurance; and a cap to the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored insurance.
According to Mr. Antonucci, conservatives have two options: A) relinquish any hope for free-mar-ket health care, or B) accept “actual” socialized, single-payer medicine. I fail to see a distinction between these choices. If conservatives relent and choose Option A, Option B will follow close behind.
James Paul, MPA Candidate 2014, Maxwell School
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Onondaga Nation deserves legal recognition of former territoryThe Onondaga Nation should be able to reclaim recognition of its original territory because it is believed the land was taken away illegally.
On Tuesday, the Onondaga Nation will protest at the White House in an attempt to get legal recognition of land that it consid-ers unlawfully taken from 1790 to 1822. The land encompasses more than 4,000 miles, including regions stretching from Ithaca, to Bingham-ton, with Syracuse in the geographi-
cal center. The nation is not looking to
reclaim control of this land, but seek recognition to have their opinions heard regarding Onon-daga Lake, said Joseph Heath, the nation’s general consul. He added that the nation considers the lake sacred, and has been very upset with its severe pollution.
In 2005, Onondaga Nation filed a Land Rights Action in federal court, which was then rejected in 2010
because of how much time has passed since the land was first taken.
Because the Onondaga Nation is not seeking major control of the ter-ritory, and only seeking recognition that the land was originally theirs, using the amount of time that’s passed as a defense against the Onon-daga Nation’s requests is unjust.
While the courts may be able to argue that the nation is very far removed from regions it seeks to reclaim, they cannot make that
same argument for Onondaga Lake. The lake has been considered sacred for hundreds of years and continues to be highly valued by the Onondaga Nation. When the New York state government proposed building an amphitheater on the lake without consulting any citizens of the Onondaga Nation, it raised a lot of concerns, Heath said.
The Onondaga Nation tries to work with New York state on these matters, but the governor
has ignored the requests, Heath added. This is very different from the Onondaga County legislature, which has had a very beneficial rela-tionship with the nation, he said.
Regardless of whether the land is recognized as original territory of the Onondaga Nation, there needs to a stronger relationship between the state and its indigenous people. The lake was a sacred part of Onondaga Nation’s cul-ture long before the colonists arrived, and should be respected as such.
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Voter rights become crucial election issue
As each day passes we draw clos-er and closer to 2014 midterm elections. There are several
Senate positions that will be crucial for Democrats to win if they want to retain control. On April 7, they demonstrated plans to do just that.
The master plan is called the Voter Expansion Project and it’s being spearheaded by Vice President Joe Biden, former President Bill Clinton and other significant Democrats. The big names are a necessary move for the Democrats because this is perhaps the most important battle to fight in the months prior to election season.
When the Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act last year, it opened the door to restrictive voting policies across the entire country. States such as North Carolina and Texas responded by immediately implementing policies that make voting exponentially harder.
In a video announcement of the Voter Expansion Project, Biden refer-ences a part of Texas’ voting legislation that classifies a gun permit as an acceptable form of identification but not a student ID.
Democrats have tried to call atten-tion to the fact that these policies are blatantly anti-left wing. In response, the Justice Department has expanded its defense of the remaining sections of the Voting Rights Act, filing lawsuits in both North Carolina and Texas.
The Democratic Party needs to make sure its entire voting base can make it to the polls in November, which makes this battle paramount. Even beyond the ramifications in the results, these restrictions are in direct violation of America’s most important right.
As recently as 2006, the Voting Rights Act was reauthorized with a 98-0 vote in the Senate. Clearly both parties can agree that the right to vote is something that should not be tampered with.
However, the actions of the Supreme Court have provided an avenue for certain states to systemati-cally handpick exactly who turns up at the polls.
As a result, the fight to re-expand voters’ rights is about much more than the elections of 2014. It comes down to preventing conservative states from limiting the rights of their citizens in order to promote the success of the GOP’s political aspirations.
Throughout history, people have fought and died for the right to vote. It is one of the most basic principles of American democracy and deserves to be treated as such. A pillar of justice like this should not be thrown by the wayside en route to achieving party
goals. The fact that conservative states are limiting the right to vote is, as President Barack Obama said at a fundraiser last week, “un-American,” according to an April 10 Washington Post article.
Significant Republican support exists for the right of all citizens to vote. GOP officials such as Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) and Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) have publically backed the Voting Rights Act for years. Even George W. Bush spoke favorably of the Voting Rights Act at the Civil Rights Summit last week.
The bottom line is that some con-servative states and officials are trying to apply partisan restrictions to what President Ronald Reagan called “the crown jewel of American liberties.” Democrats have incentive to fight these restrictions based on the impor-tance of 2014’s upcoming elections. However, their greater responsibility is to defend the most important aspect of American democracy.
Reagan put it best in a 1981 state-ment supporting the extension of the Voting Rights Act. “…for this Nation to remain true to its principles, we cannot allow any American’s vote to be denied, diluted or defiled.” It’s time the GOP started to heed his words.
Chris Piemonte is a senior politi-cal philosophy major. His column
runs week and he can be reached at [email protected].
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student associationevery tuesday in news dailyorange.com @dailyorange april 15, 2014 • page 7
Federico vicente, director of academic affairs for SA, discusses four main initiatives for this semester. The projects include creating more study spaces for students and revamping teacher evaluations, among others. tabitha hoag contributing photographer
Academic Affairs Committee gives update on main projects
@SA_TodayAnd 70% of students surveyed are not
satisfied with current university rankings. #SAToday
@SAsga_AlumOrgSU#suSAnews New @SAatSU web site will
launch fall 2014. #SAToday via @SA_Today
@PhilPorter13I would wear shorts to assembly tonight but
I’m afraid my preppy Grandfather who ALWAYS dressed up would haunt me from beyond......
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tSU for passing a resolution to lift the ban on Professional MMA in NY. #legalizemma
tweet it outHere’s a look at what some people were saying during Monday’s meeting.
By Jessica Iannettastaff writer
In a wide-ranging meeting on Monday night, the Student Association assembly discussed academic affairs initiatives, budget appeals and the results of two surveys.
Director of Academic Affairs Federico Vicente discussed four initiatives the commit-tee has been working on in his first report of the semester.
The committee’s four main projects this semester have been creating more study spaces for students, creating library kiosks, revamping teacher evaluations and creating a Multi-Language Writing Center, Vicente said.
Expanding study space is the committee’s newest initiative, and so far the university has agreed to keep the Life Sciences building open until 2 a.m. during finals week. Commit-tee members are talking to staff at Carnegie Library about keeping the library open late during finals week as well, Vicente said.
“We’re trying to increase the times study spaces are open around campus so students can have more spaces to study besides just Bird library,” he said.
The committee is also working on creating library kiosks that would allow students to reserve study spaces and access book reserva-tions. In addition, the committee is looking into making teacher evaluations available to students so they can have more informa-tion about professors when choosing classes, Vicente said.
There has also been progress in creating a multi-language writing center, an initiative the committee has been working on since the beginning of the semester, Vicente said. The center would provide help to students writing essays in languages other than English.
Members of the committee have been meeting with the chairs of language depart-ments about the center, Vicente said. Most of the chairs like the idea of the center, he said, but are concerned about logistics such as where the funding will come from.Budget AppealsComptroller Patrick Douglas presented 32 funding bills to the assembly for approval fol-lowing a week of appeals.
At the last week’s meeting, the assembly voted to fully fund, partially fund or deny funding for registered student organizations based on recommendations from the finance board. Organizations that were either partially funded or not funded had the chance to appeal the decision last week, but risked forfeiting any amount they were previously granted.
Of the 32 funding bills presented, 23 were either fully or partially funded, and nine were denied funding. Many of the organizations that received funding through appeals were
denied funding last week because of missed budget meetings or other technicalities.
CitrusTV successfully appealed the Finance Board’s funding decision. The orga-nization initially received only $54,488.51 of the $101,251.28 it requested but following an appeal received an additional $23,000 to fund new lights in its studio, Douglas said.
The assembly unanimously approved all 32 funding bills.Self-Segregation and Diversity SurveyDuring his report, President Boris Gresely presented the findings of a self-segregation survey conducted by the Student Engagement Committee. One hundred twenty-three stu-dents took the survey. Some highlights of the survey include:• 86 percent of students surveyed said the Syr-acuse University community is either “fairly diverse” or “very diverse.”• 94 percent of students said they think self-segregation exists on campus• 80 percent of students surveyed said they had an “average” or “broad” level of outreach
to others in the community.• 48 percent of those surveyed said students seeking comfort with similar people cause self-segregation. • 46 percent of students surveyed said they would like to see facilitation of a structured opportunity for dialogue among different groups.Other business discussed:• Representative Eric Evangelista presented a report on the 2014 General Concern Survey. The survey addressed topics such as advis-ing, food services and financial transparency and was filled out by 314 SU and SUNY-ESF students, Evangelista said. The purpose of the survey was to present a general overview of student concerns so that the assembly could address them with future initiatives, he said.• The assembly approved a bill calling for New York state to legalize mixed martial arts. Assem-bly Representative Jihun Han, who introduced the bill, said MMA is a fast growing sport and New York is the only state that bans it.
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Though the schools may eventually be phased out, Cecile said he has received mixed feedback from parents and teachers about the changes, adding that there has been little tur-moil among the community so far. The real discussion, he said, will begin after the school board issues a vote on the proposed plan.
As it stands, Fowler High School could become a Public Safety High School starting next year, while the plans for Delaware Academy remain unclear, Cecile said. The letter states that Con-treras is considering letting a SUNY institution, such as OCC, assume the responsibility of edu-cating students at Delaware Academy.
In the letter, Schwartz indicated that Hughes Elementary School was already being converted into a Latin School. This alternative model will have selective admission and several assess-ments to make sure students are accelerated and keeping pace with the curriculum, said Maxwell Ruckdeschel, vice president of the school board.
The school would be based off of the Latin School of Chicago, which is an accelerated, tuition-based school that currently serves 66 Chicago neighborhoods, according to its web-site. The school did not report its average test scores for 2011, but it does have a pupil to teacher ratio of 8-to-1, according to a Chicago Magazine study of the “Top Private Schools in
Chicago and the Suburbs.” Fowler High School has a pupil to teacher
ratio of 14-to-6, compared to the New York state average of 12-to-5, according to high-schools.com. Hughes and Delaware have simi-larly high ratios. The ratios demonstrate why 19 schools in the 30-school SCSD are consid-ered priority schools, NYSED spokeswoman Jeanne Beattie said in an email.
“Those (priority schools) are schools that eventually could be forced to close or change dramatically if they don’t improve,” Beattie said.
In 1989, New York state planned to phase out 100 schools due to poor academic per-formance, Beattie said. There are currently about 220 schools statewide that are consid-ered priority schools, she said.
Fowler, Hughes and Delaware were all given almost three years and state financial support to improve, but did not show enough progress, Ruckdeschel said.
The disparity stems from a host of issues, and income inequality is a major component. Fowler High School is located in the Southside neighborhood of Syracuse, which has a medi-an household income of $22,901 and “high poverty and unemployment rates,” according to a Syracuse neighborhood study.
Across the U.S., there are severe achieve-ment gaps from district to district. In Syracuse, gaps exist within the district — just two miles down the road from Fowler High School is Wes-thill High School, which has the highest gradu-
ation rates in Central New York, Cecile said. Fowler has maintained a graduation rate of
about 29 percent for the last four to five years. “In my opinion, the achievement gap has to do
with the high poverty level in Syracuse and the Westside of Syracuse in particular,” Cecile said.
In districts ridden with poverty and unemploy-ment, problems at home can leave children to be raised in an “environment that is not conducive for
learning,” Cecile said. Many jobs aren’t available for kids in the community around Fowler, so the new schools will need to get students interested in a career to motivate them to finish their high school diploma, Cecile said.
If the district plans to phase out the schools, it will also gradually displace teachers, Cecile said. By next year, the 9th grade teachers will be removed from the school, then the 10th grade
teachers, and so on.Cecile, who also served as principal of Hen-
ninger High School for 26 years, said the method of phasing out teachers is ineffective. Three years ago, Henninger, Corcoran High School and Not-tingham High School moved several teachers out of its district, but they “haven’t seen a high success rate after that,” Cecile said.
If the district moves more teachers out of schools like Fowler — it has cut more than 1,000 members of its staff in the last 3 to 4 years — the move will only hurt students and the community, Cecile said.
In communities surrounding schools like Fowler, Cecile said, the residents get to know the teachers and the teachers are “very dedicated” to helping their students and the community.
“You’re moving those supports out of the com-munity and it throws a whole new issue in there for some of the kids,” Cecile said. “Some of the fami-lies have known these teachers for many years.”
But even if the community wanted to save these schools, it is unlikely that the city could give them more money. Syracuse is in “dire straits,” Cecile said, with the city struggling to repair its roads and water system, so extra funding would have to come from the state.
For now, schools like Fowler, Delaware and Hughes will continue to reflect those “dire straits.”
Said Cecile: “When you look at that, you’ve got to say what’s going on in the community that’s causing that? Is there something that we could do differently?”
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assume her position on July 1.Spina said “quite a few” people were con-
sidered for the position, but he didn’t specify the exact number of people nominated. Ruh-landt is very respected throughout Arts and Sciences and SU, he said.
“She got a considerable number of nomi-nations from her colleagues in the college,” he said. “She’s a distinguished professor. We
don’t have a lot of distinguished professors, so she has shown over an extended period of time very strong qualifications.”
Ruhlandt is dedicated to her research and all of her students, Spina said, adding that she has worked internationally and has worked to increase the number of female faculty mem-bers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines.
Ramesh Raina, the head of the Arts and Sci-ences Faculty Council and chair of the depart-ment of biology, echoed similar sentiments about Ruhlandt.
“She’s a good scientist and she cares about teaching, she cares about research,” he said. “Hopefully she’ll be able to promote these two major agenda items.”
Ruhlandt could not be reached for comment on her appointment.
Spina said he sent emails out to the Arts and Sciences faculty and staff to ask them for nomi-nations for the interim dean around Spring Break. They had about a week to nominate someone and give reasons why, he said.
Once he received the nominations, he said he spoke with some members of the Faculty
Council and other faculty members to get their perspectives on the nominees. Spina said he also talked to Syverud throughout the process and he is supportive of Ruhlandt’s appointment.
The college is still working to choose a long-term dean. Spina said the Arts and Sciences faculty voted on their representatives for the dean search com-mittee late last week. Spina, Syverud and the Arts and Sciences Faculty Council are currently setting up a meeting to choose the committee members, Spina said. He added he thinks they will finalize the full committee within a couple of weeks.
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In my opinion, the achievement gap has to do with the high poverty level in Syracuse and the Westside of Syracuse in particular.
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Dresden, Prague, Warsaw, Krakow and Vil-nius,” she said. “This multi-site dynamic allows for a more intensive and comparative approach, which works well for a program focused on learn-ing through action research.”
Students enrolled in the fall semester will take classes that are not available in the summer pro-gram, Shane said. They’ll be able to take classes with European students at the University of Lower Silesia who are also interested in peace and justice studies and conflict transformation, she said.
“This is not possible during the summer, where the program is designed for students from U.S. universities,” Shane said.
Housing is situated in the center of the Wroclaw, and students will be able to take pub-lic transportation to the university and other parts of the city, according to SU Abroad.
The fall 2014 program has a $3,300 program fee, which in addition to the cost of living, is significantly lower than other programs abroad, Shane said. Every student accepted to the program will receive a $1,000 travel grant from SU Abroad.
Kelly Montague, a senior geography major who studied in Poland in the summer of 2013, said she grew as a student while in Wroclaw, but also trav-eled to places she never thought she would go.
“Not only did I get to learn so much more in-depth information about World War II and Central Europe, but I also got to travel to very important places,” she said. “I was able to visit places forgotten
even by the residents of Wroclaw and really under-stand the magnitude of events that took place in Poland for Jewish people and Polish people alike.”
The program’s emphasis on travel also drew Jake Fabrizio, a freshman international rela-tions and history major, who will be studying in Poland in the fall. He said the variety of travel destinations attracted him, and the program made sense given the interests of his major. Fabrizio said the authenticity of the program is also appealing.
“It is somewhat of a non-traditional loca-tion, so I will get a somewhat authentic experi-ence,” he said. “I won’t just be with all SU kids, I will be with tons of European students.”
Montague said the program provided an unforgettable experience.
Said Montague: “This program and its course instructors facilitated learning experiences and formed memories that I will never forget.”
will take away how Cooper is a normal per-son, but at the same time learn from such a high-profile person in communications.
“I want people to see how much of a per-son he is,” Sherman said. “He’s a champion of true journalism and also of muckraking reporting, where he wants to get the story out and he’s advocating for people and what’s right.”
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overseas expansionThe Wroclaw program is another addition to SU’s study abroad options. Currently, the school offers eight center-based programs:
Beijing, Hong Kong, Florence, Istanbul, London, Madrid, San-tiago and Strasbourg
freshmen won’t have an issue getting hous-ing because a certain number of rooms are reserved based on the number of students admitted, Rodoski said.
At press time, Rodoski was unable to answer where students under the mandatory two-year on-campus housing contract will be placed after they were closed out of the hous-ing lottery.
Though the lottery system has not changed, some students were frustrated with the system’s arbitrary assignments. Natasha
del Amo, a freshman public relations and political science dual major, said the univer-sity should factor students who are trying hard to maintain good grades into the system.
“It would be better if it was based off of GPA,” del Amo said.
Del Amo said she wanted a triple on main campus, but because of her selection time, she was unable to secure her first choice. Instead, she and two of her friends will be living in a South Campus apartment.
Brittany Muller, a communications and rhe-torical studies major and a first-year transfer student, had tried to get a two-person suite, but those options filled up before her time.
Muller decided to sign up for the open and split double round. On April 7, she and her future roommate went to request each other, however, Muller said she received a message saying she was ineligible for the round. Muller called SU Housing’s office to find out why, and she was told it was because she was a transfer student, not a first-year. Later that day, Muller received a call saying she would be put in the round for split and open doubles.
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By Erik van Rheenenasst. feature editor
W hen Tiffany Soohoo glances out a window of the Ware-house in September, she’ll
see what started as a class project with fellow sophomore Karina Campos, blown up to enormous proportions on the Connective Corridor billboard. The two won a recent design competi-tion, and will see their work displayed in early September.
“It’s going to be really cool to see,” said Soohoo, an industrial and inter-action design major.
As part of a visualization course, Soohoo said her class was charged with developing a design concept for the Connective Corridor billboard. Cam-pos, also an industrial and interaction design major, said she and Soohoo, who
knew each other since their freshman year, decided to be partners.
“We’re both really into typogra-phy, and never did anything to that scale before,” Soohoo said. “We didn’t have to submit our design, but we did.”
The design the duo submitted was a nine-month series of billboards brand-ed “We Are Syracuse.” The phrase will be emblazoned on the Connective Cor-ridor billboard for the new academic year, starting in September.
Quinton Fletchall, the Connec-tive Corridor project coordinator for Syracuse University’s Office of Com-munity Engagement and Economic Development, knows how tough it is to capture glances of passers-by on the corner of West Fayette and West; especially, Fletchall said, since drivers rambling past the billboard aren’t
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No matter where you are in France, it’s difficult to escape the shadow of Paris.
My most recent trip to France’s capital this weekend made me think about just how
much the city domi-nates life in France. Paris, after all, houses the majority of France’s tourist landmarks, the seat of government and the epi-
center of its artistic life.In many ways, Paris is to the
French what New York City is to Americans, or at least East Coast-ers. Everyone either lives there, pretends to live there or has plans to move there.
“Paris, Paris, Paris,” said my 10-year-old host sister over dinner one night, making a face. “When are people going to start talking about Strasbourg?”
Despite my host sister’s frus-tration with the Eiffel Tower being the de facto national symbol of France, Paris does indisputably sit at the center of French culture, government and society.
France is hierarchized in every aspect, and Paris always sits on top of the pyramid. W hereas American journalists refer to “the W hite House” when referencing the president ’s administration, in France, they simply refer to “Paris.” All over France, banks, businesses and corporations that have nothing to do with the capital city tack “de Paris” onto the end of their names.
Parisians are by no means unaware of this fact. Tell a Parisian you’re living in Stras-bourg, and you tend to see a facial expression akin to that of someone who’s just swallowed sour milk.
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(FROM LEFT) KARINA CAMPOS AND TIFFANY SOOHOO won a competition to design the Connective Corridor billboards. The duo will feature Syracuse community members as a key part of their theme, which is “We Are Syracuse.” joshuah romero asst. photo editor
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“I would put some of my drawings and models. In 2070, a lot of the technology we use to build will change. I’m also an athlete, so I’ll put basketball shoes and a uniform. Sixty years ago, they were wearing Chuck Taylors and tube socks.”
John Haydensophomore architecture major
“A costume of Otto that represents Syracuse. He is energetic, vibrant and I’ve experienced that energetic and vibrant feeling since I’ve been here.”
Daquan Thomassophomore public relations major
“My favorite book in college — ‘The Time Keeper’ by Mitch Albom. Because it teaches you a lesson to enjoy life and you shouldn’t live life by time.”
Danielle Benavidesjunior public relations major
“My lanyard from SummerStart 2012, because there is this whole idea of only freshmen wear their lanyards. I walked around with it all summer — people told me to put it away. It represents fresh Oranges on campus.”
Travis Davissophomore public health and african-american studies major
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The Syracuse University Traditions Commission collected items from students who wanted to contribute to a time capsule. It will be kept in the University Archives until SU’s 200th birthday.
What would you bury in a time capsule for SU’s 144th birthday?
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the fascination with Paris. It is, after all, a city of superlatives, with record numbers of tourists, iconic museums and world-renowned food.
The capital city and everything in it tend to be built on a grand scale. My class spent a total of almost six hours in the Musée d’Orsay and still didn’t see everything. But even the Musée d’Orsay is dwarfed by The Louvre, which displays 35,000 works of art over 652,000 square feet.
Paris even has the biggest and best of non-French hallmarks. For example, as of this month, you can find the world’s biggest Chipo-tle restaurant in the City of Light.
But Paris can also be also full of surprises. For example, when I saw a group of street musi-cians with accordions step onto the subway, I wasn’t expecting to hear them bust out old school hip-hop. For the record, the combina-tion of hip-hop and accordion works surpris-ingly well.
The city presents certain challenges, too. The ancient city’s streets aren’t laid on a neat grid like New York City’s, but rather winding and irregular. This means that finding your way around on foot can be difficult, and using the subway for even relatively short trips can require multiple line changes.
For me, the Paris versus the rest ques-tion has personal implications. As I slogged through French grammar exercises in high school, I always had my heart set on studying abroad in the city. When I found out that Syra-
cuse University didn’t have a Paris program for my major, I briefly toyed with the idea of study-ing abroad with another program in order to get my wish.
But, despite Paris’ obvious appeal and undeniable status in France, there are advantages to living in a lesser known city. Paris is physically enormous, for one thing, and it’s much easier to feel at home among Strasbourg’s 272,116 residents than Paris’s 2.2 million.
Smaller cities also provide a different view on a country’s culture than the central metropolises. Paris is, in many ways, a globalized city, full of restaurants from every culture and tourists of every language. Strasbourg, on the other hand, in the heart of the very traditional Alsace region, provides a truly French perspective, complete with
inconveniences like stores shutting down on Sundays and an utter lack of Chipotles.
Despite how amazing it can feel to round a corner and catch a sudden glimpse of the Eiffel Tower, I’m glad I’m not going to be spending my entire semester in a city of such intimidating proportions and massive tourist appeal. For students studying abroad, sometimes getting to the heart of a country means avoiding the f lashiest landmarks and brightest lights.
Maggie Cregan is a sophomore history and magazine journalism major. From Cleve-
land to Syracuse to Strasbourg, she enjoys rocking out and getting hopelessly lost. If you
want to talk to her about this column, or are Keith Richards, reach her at mmcregan@syr.
edu and follow her on Twitter at @MaggieCregan_SU.
“My lanyard from SummerStart 2012, because there is this whole idea of only freshmen wear their lanyards. I walked around with it all summer — people told me to put it away. It represents fresh Oranges on campus.”
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likely to pay much attention. Their attention is more than likely on the road instead.
“It’s no easy task,” said Fletchall. “It’s some-thing I struggled with. A billboard is a long but short image.”
Fletchall said he took on the challenge of designing the Connective Corridor’s billboard himself — the current “Dear Syracuse, With Love” series, featuring a monthly love letter to the Salt City, was his brainchild — before decid-ing to open it up to competition.
The focus on individual stories, Fletchall said, made Campos and Soohoo’s design a front running contender.
“They were among three or four finalists,” Fletchall said. “I wasn’t a judge, but I listened in on it. They won for going out there and cap-turing the average person from Syracuse.”
Since finding out they’d be designing nine months of Connective Corridor billboards in late February, Soohoo and Campos buckled down for planning. Soohoo said she knows a lot of students who have never forayed into down-town Syracuse. Through the project, she said she was reminded about how much the Connec-tive Corridor does to bridge the campus and city.
Their overarching design was based on hav-ing Syracuse residents and students spell out the monthly theme (September, the first month their designs will go up, reads “Passion”) by holding up individual letters. Soohoo and Cam-pos spent a long time deliberating on words that summed up their mission statement.
“It was easy to narrow down words, since we had a certain number of letters we had to use, because of the space of the billboard,” Campos said. “But even when we had that list, it was hard to pick from still.”
The concept of the themes, Soohoo said,
was to start simple before ending the project’s nine-month span by spelling out “Syracuse.”
“We’re really big on not only getting SU stu-dents. We thought it was the easy way out,” she said. “We’ve contacted people in the community, and we want to feature who’s making a difference — people who are passionate and have stories to tell.”
Fletchall said Campos and Soohoo’s first two designs will be ready to go by the end of the semester. Between calling movers and shakers in the Syracuse community and scheduling interviews with local residents, Soohoo said the project has almost been like a part-time job.
But both students have also found their experiences breaching the SU bubble and hit-ting the city streets have helped kindle their passion for the project.
“I was a little shy at first,” Campos said. “But everyone has been really open to talking with us, even if it’s randomly on the street. We really want this to be embedded in the city.”
It’s that kind of drive Fletchall admires in Campos and Soohoo — he said the duo’s eager-ness has made helping them through the design process exciting.
“They’re bringing a lot of energy into the pro-cess,” he said. “I ran into Karina on the street a few days ago, and she talked all about how the planning is going and they’re both completely on top of it.”
Fletchall also echoed the duo’s sentiments about the cool-but-unusual feeling of seeing their work stretched over a canvas as big as the Connective Corridor billboard.
“Work is typically featured in class,” he said, “But having it on public display with your name attached is an amazing feeling.”
Like Soohoo, Campos will be a junior when she gets to see her work get unveiled. But she said that getting to work on a project of this scope as a second-year student was an experience in and of itself.
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Black Label Society“Catacombs of the Black Vatican”
entertainment one lpRelease date: April 8
Top track: “Damn the Flood”Rating: 2/5
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By Jessica Cabestaff writer
Zakk Wylde and his iconic bull’s-eye guitar are back, but not quite with a vengeance.
Wylde’s band Black Label Society’s ninth album, “Catacombs of the Black Vatican,” takes a step backward in terms of creativity, but Wylde’s guitar playing saves it from falling into total mediocrity.
“Catacombs of the Black Vatican” is Black Label Society’s first album since 2010’s career peak “Order of the Black,” where the band started dabbling in speed metal. The results were the best set of songs Wylde notched under his belt, with corrosive guitars, biting vocals and, of course, his signature shredded solos.
But the band’s latest release shows them reverting back to their old sludge metal formula, with languorous, muddy riffs and Wylde sounding more like Chris Cornell than Ozzy Osbourne.
It’s not that metal has to be fast to be good. If Black Label Society had released “Catacombs of the Black Vatican” in 1998 when they got their
start, it would be a perfectly fine first effort. But fans of the band have heard all this material before. After showing the world in 2010 that it’s not a one-trick pony, the band made the baffling decision to go back to its old tricks.
The album’s saving grace is Wylde’s skill as a guitar player. Although many of the lightning fast, squealing solos on the heavier tracks — i.e., every song but “Angel of Mercy,” “Scars” and “Shades of Gray” — start to sound the same about halfway through the record, Wylde’s talent is undeniable. His solos are all that’s keeping “Cata-combs of the Black Vatican” from sounding like an Alice in Chains or Soundgarden rip-off.
These solos keep the music metal.But the best guitar players are the ones
who turn their instruments into something human. Technical skill is a must, and being able to shred is certainly a prerequisite to be taken seriously as a guitar player in metal, but the greats don’t stop there. The greats scream, cry and howl with joy through their instru-ments, making music that elicits an emotional response from listeners.
Wylde achieves that here, especially on “Angel of Mercy.” The ballad boasts a melody and structure similar to the greatest metal slow burners. Think Metallica’s “Fade to Black” with updated production, a Southern vibe and more power ballad cheese.
The song’s lyrics, like most of Wylde’s, are far from poetry. He’s a straightforward lyricist to a fault. But the music is memorable and touching, especially once Wylde’s mournful guitar solo kicks in.
“Angel of Mercy” is the first example on the album that Wylde is more than a shredder. He’s expressive in his playing, and if there’s one tear-jerking moment on the album, it’s this one. It’s not when he’s singing, “No angel of
mercy is gonna hear my call/ No angel of mercy to dry the tears that shall not fall.” It’s when he’s letting his music speak for itself.
While the record is thin on surprises, there are some strong tracks that don’t just rely on Wylde’s playing. “Damn the Flood” is one of the songs that sounds the most like classic metal, as if Wylde wants to remind listeners that he played guitar for Ozzy.
The track starts off as driving hard rock before shifting into a half time head banger before segueing into a blues solo and wrapping up right where it started. It’s a wild journey to take in a little more than three minutes, but that kind of variety is what Black Label Society needs in order to step out of its own shadow.
Sludge is great in rock and roll. The muddier the better. But after more than a decade and a half as a band, Black Label Society needs to explore other avenues. It incorporated speed metal into “Order of the Black” and ended up with its freshest, heaviest and best work to date. Wylde and his crew need to find some-thing more than their Southern-tinged, sludge metal formula if they want to stay relevant.
BORN TO BE
WYLDEBlack Label Society sticks to its usual Southern-tinged metal playbook
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in syncIf you like this album, check out these tracks:
1. “Man in the Box” by Alice in Chains2. “Pretty Noose” by Soundgarden3. “Iron Man” by Black Sabbath4. “Dazed and Confused” by Led Zeppelin5. “Fade to Black” by Metallica
Lately, Parker has turned her commitment to the sport into more playing time. After spend-ing an entire calendar month watching from the Syracuse bench, the freshman has been a regular in the SU rotation since netting a goal against Harvard on March 18. She’ll look for another opportunity to contribute offensively when the No. 1 Orange (13-1, 5-1 Atlantic Coast) heads to Ithaca, N.Y., to take on Cornell (6-6, 3-2 Ivy League) on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Not knowing what to expect when the season began, Parker said she’s now more comfortable than she’s been all year. The resulting confidence has allowed her to earn an expanding presence on a squad littered with talented upperclassmen.
“With the schedule this year and the amount of difficult teams we play, you have to find your role,” Parker said. “Be comfortable in it and work hard to improve.”
Parker was a standout athlete at Portsmouth (N.H.) High School, playing soccer, basketball and lacrosse. She particularly excelled in the latter, tallying 66 goals, 49 ground balls and 103 draw controls during her junior season.
Despite all that success, Parker was initially worried her skills wouldn’t translate to the next level.
“I was coming from a talent level that wasn’t anywhere near the New York upstate area,” she said. “I was nervous about the speed of the game and how I would fit in a player role, different style.”
Fortunately, Parker found that she enjoyed the fast-paced attack run by the Orange.
But the new system still provided a steep learning curve, which forced Parker to mostly
watch and observe from the sideline through February and early March. She took in every-thing she could, particularly the constant effort by the midfield unit.
Although each midfielder excelled in one particular area, they embraced their role for the benefit of the entire team.
If they could do that, so could she.“They sacrifice everything between the two
30s,” Parker said. “When you see that, you can do that in practice. Those kinds of things … that’s the motivation.”
The upperclassmen, like senior Amy Cross, have seen the competitive drive in Parker and the team’s other freshmen.
“You just see them working hard, and it really gives you hope for the future of this program,” Cross said. “You know you have to do that extra work and you’re going to be on both ends, and it’s awesome to see (Parker) working that hard.”
Orange head coach Gary Gait said the sheer amount of lacrosse Parker has played gives her tremendous upside as a budding college player. Throw in her commanding presence and hand-eye coordination, and she can become a key piece for the Orange in the coming years.
“She’s got great size, great stick work,” Gait said. “She just understands the game really well.”
For now, though, Parker is content to learn from some of the best players in the country and build even more confidence. Then, just maybe, the next wave of lacrosse talent will be watching her on their computers.
“Our team has been doing so well lately, and we’ve been given a shot to get in there and show what we can do,” Parker said. “It’s been cool to watch and be able to put that into action the last few games.”
“Coming here and playing with Derek has been awesome,” Dylan said. “We knew it was coming, but I couldn’t ask for much more from this season with him.”
Growing up, Dylan and Derek took every opportunity to be around each other.
They often played sports with their friends and were always a package deal. Derek a center and Dylan his point guard. Derek a quarterback and Dylan his receiver. And above all, a duo around the lacrosse net.
Dylan was just 3 years old when they first started playing “mini lax” in their basement, and Derek — whose size has allowed him to dominate around the crease throughout his Syracuse career — could always use his size against his younger brother.
As they grew older they took the game out-side and started regularly watching SU lacrosse with their dad. They learned the names of the players, wore blue and orange gear and absorbed the rich tradition.
“They fell in love with the game when they were little,” Derek Sr. said. “I did my best to show them good lacrosse, and that just hap-pened to be Syracuse lacrosse at the time.”
But when Dylan got to Stone Bridge and the two were finally on the same high school team, Stone Bridge head coach Scott Mitchell put them on different practice lines to see what they could on their own.
“Hey Coach, can I play with Derek?” Dylan asked as his line left the field and Derek’s went on.
“Can I try being on a line with my brother?” Derek asked when he came off.
But when games came, Mitchell paired the two like he always knew he would.
“Guys like that, you can’t split them up,” Mitchell said. “They had a great chemistry and were phenomenal together.”
At season’s end, Derek’s decision to attend Syracuse was an easy one. He wasn’t heav-ily sought after and getting an opportunity at Syracuse was always his dream.
But in the three years after Derek left Stone Bridge, Dylan became one of the top players in an area not traditionally known for its lacrosse. He surfaced as the sixth-ranked attack and No. 18 player in the Class of 2013, according to Inside Lacrosse, and drew interest from a variety of programs.
Then in the summer of 2011, Dylan and Derek sat on their back porch while Dylan called SU head coach John Desko. It had been a little more than a year since he promised his older brother they’d run on the same field again, and he stuck to that.
“He made the decision on his own, and Derek had a lot to do with it,” Derek Sr. said. “He want-ed another chance to play with his brother.”
Now, after just one more season where Derek is doing his best to help a deep attack unit and Dylan is scratching at the surface as a freshman, they’ll soon part again. But Dylan will carry on the family tradition after Derek graduates, and the youngest Maltz — 13-year-old Danny — is a budding lacrosse star.
“He could be the best of all three of us,” Derek said.
And when he was asked if Danny could end up at Syracuse, Derek smiled and said, “With our track record, why not?”
In the short term, Syracuse is chasing a national championship and the Maltz brothers are doing anything they can to win a ring, just like their dad.
Derek’s collegiate career will soon end. Dylan’s is just beginning. But gratuity has replaced their tears.
Derek said: “We’re just happy we’ve been able to play another year together. It’s been a blast. We’re always going to be able to look back on it and that’s what’s important.”
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thankful to Coach Boeheim and the rest of the Orange coaching staff for guiding me through-out my college career, and am grateful to my teammates for two incredible seasons.”
Grant is being projected as a mid-to-late first-round pick in most mock drafts after averaging 12.1 points and 6.8 rebounds as a sophomore this season. He was limited down the stretch by a sore back, and managed just four points on 2-of-3 shooting in SU’s season-
ending loss to Dayton in the NCAA Tourna-ment Round of 32 on March 22.
“I am excited to start my journey in the NBA, but I also look forward to finishing my college degree,” Grant said. “I cannot thank my coaches, teammates and the entire Orange community enough for all of their support.”
One NBA scout told The Daily Orange that he expects Grant to face an uphill battle for minutes early in his professional career, and will likely spend time on the bench or in the NBA Development League.
Grant becomes the second Orange underclass-man to declare for the draft this offseason after
freshman point guard Tyler Ennis announced his departure on March 27. Syracuse is also losing starting power forward C.J. Fair to graduation.
“We’d like to thank Jerami for his tremen-dous contribution to Syracuse basketball over the last two years,” SU head coach Jim Boeheim said in the release. “We wish him well in all of his future endeavors.”
The SU frontcourt will add five-star signee Chris McCullough next season, who is cur-rently playing for IMG Academy in Florida and will compete in the Jordan Brand Classic on Friday.
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to Bromley’s 10 sacks and 14.5 tackles for loss despite regular double teams.
Each showed flashes of potential, but none were consistent playmakers.
“It’s a different road that I’m not used to as far as being a leader,” Crume said, “but I’ve just got to step into my role and keep getting better. Like everybody else on the D-line, we’ve just got to keep getting better.”
Also in the mix are rising senior nose tackle Ryan Sloan and junior defensive tackle Marcus Coleman, rising sophomore defensive end Isa-iah Johnson and Ron Thompson, a rising junior tight end-turned-defensive end.
And by fall, it’s possible 6-foot-4, 330-pound junior college transfer Wayne Williams could crack the rotation, as well.
But currently, he’s focused solely on improv-ing his conditioning. Defensive coordinator Chuck Bullough said he can only go for 5-10 plays at full speed.
“When we first got to winter running, it was like, ‘Oh my God, he’s out of shape,’” Bullough said. “He was huge.”
Sloan and Coleman have gotten first-team snaps in Syracuse’s Okie and other three-down linemen sets, while Daoust emphasized John-son’s improved conditioning and Thompson’s elite talent.
But in the team’s open practice last Tues-day, the highlights for the group came few and far between.
A swim move by Welsh, playing right defen-sive end, led to his swatting of a Terrel Hunt pass attempt, and ensuing championship belt celebration.
Surrounding that, though, were five lengthy touchdowns and limited pressure on the quarterback.
“Developing leaders right now is essential for our defensive unit,” Coleman said.
Last year, Bromley would keep the group in line after a lengthy running play or ineffective pass rush. As of now, no one has stepped up.
Crume, Robinson and Welsh seem to be the logical choices, but none have filled the role yet. And none have the talent that the NFL-bound Bromley did even as a rising senior.
It’s clear there will need to be more bal-anced production from the group. But only time and repetition will tell which defensive linemen become tackles and ends, and which are pushed to the back of the pack.
Said Coleman: “We’re trying to be one of the most aggressive and attacking defenses in the country.”
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It’s a different road that I’m not used to as far as being a leader. But I’ve just got to step into my role and keep getting better.
Eric Crumesu nose tackle
By Tyler Piccottistaff writer
Midfielder Devon Parker said she sometimes has to pinch herself on the Syracuse sideline.
It’s a simple way of confirming that her goal of taking the field against the teams and players she
d i l i g e n t l y w a t c h e d on ESPN3 t h r ou g h ou t high school has been realized.
“When we first played teams like Maryland and Northwestern, I was watching them walk out of the locker room saying, ‘It’s them!’” Parker said. “It just makes me want to try harder.”
Catch 22There were high expectations
for freshman Jordan Evans heading into the season, but the local star has had trouble getting on the field. see dailyorange.com
Net lossWith C.J. Fair, Tyler Ennis and
Jerami Grant leaving, the Orange is losing 60 percent of its points, 45.9 percent of its rebounds and 68.2 percent of its assists.S
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By Phil D’Abbraccioasst. copy editor
Four-star combo guard Franklin Howard verbally committed to Syra-cuse on Monday night in an inter-view broadcast on SportsTalk Live on Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic.
He becomes the third recruit to verbally commit to the Orange’s Class of 2015, joining five-star shoot-ing guard Malachi Richardson and four-star power
forward Tyler Lydon.Howard chose the Orange over Ohio
State, Georgetown, Virginia, Mary-land and North Carolina State. He had other offers from Connecticut, Florida, Miami (Fla.) and Villanova, among other schools, according to Scout.com.
The 6-foot-5, 185-pound Howard missed all of his junior season at Paul VI (Va.) Catholic High School with a torn ACL. He is ranked the No. 17 shooting guard in his class, according to Scout.
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Orange shuffles defensive line in search of stabilityBy Stephen Baileysports editor
As of right now, there are no defensive tackles in the Syracuse locker room. There are no nose tackles or defensive ends, either. Only defensive linemen.
That’s the way defensive line coach Tim Daoust and the rest of the Syra-cuse coaching staff are addressing the units at least, shuffling them regularly through spring ball in search of finding a successful rotation.
With Jay Bromley off to the NFL,
the group is left with no leader and a number of questions.
“It’s really been by committee,” Daoust said. “We’re playing a lot of guys in there.”
With three rising seniors — nose tackle Eric Crume and defensive
ends Micah Robinson and Robert Welsh — there is experience on the line, but the production has been limited. The trio managed just seven sacks and 17.5 combined tack-les for loss last season, compared
By Jesse Doughertyasst. sports editor
Derek Maltz’s high school career was ending. Dylan Maltz’s was just beginning. The only thing either of them could do was stand at midfield and cry.
Derek, a Stone Bridge (Va.) High School senior at the time, was Syracuse bound. Dylan, a freshman, didn’t know the first thing about college recruiting, but had proven to be more than just “Derek’s younger brother” in a short time.
But their lone year together was slipping away in the regional quarterfinals of the 2010 Virginia state playoffs, with Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School leading by five goals and the final minutes ticking off the clock.
So the brothers stood side by side as the season came to an unceremonious end.
“It’s not going to be the last time we play together,” Dylan said to Derek, if not to predict the future, then to lighten the sting of the loss. “I know it’s not.”
It only could have meant one thing, and four years later the Maltz brothers are reunited as teammates at Syracuse. Once again, Derek is a senior and Dylan a freshman, and just a handful of games separate them from another part-ing. And while they’re doing the most to savor that time and help the Orange back to the national championship game, they’re also closing a chapter of family history.
Their father, Derek Maltz Sr., was a walk-on in the early 1980s, was on the team that won the program’s first national championship in 1983 and kick-started 22 straight years of final four appearances. He didn’t push his sons to play at Syracuse, but their devotion to the program and each other are a product of his guidance.
Derek has bounced in and out of SU’s starting lineup this season, and has scored 10 goals while collecting seven assists. Dylan’s minutes have been scarce, but he’s shown flashes of playmaking ability when given the chance.
Last runBrothers Derek, Dylan Maltz savor final season together as teammates
DEREK AND DYLAN MALTZ were teammates in their one year of high school together, and are now playing at SU together for the last time. joshuah romero asst. photo editor
DEREK, DYLAN AND DANNY MALTZ visit Gillette Stadium in 2008. The brothers learned about SU lacrosse from their father, Derek Maltz Sr. courtesy of derek maltz sr.see maltz page 14
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