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Syracuse’s game against Georgetown on Saturday sold out, breaking the record for largest on-campus college
basketball crowd with 35,012 tickets sold.That surpasses the record-setting
crowd of 34,616 people who watched Syracuse beat Villanova on Feb. 27, 2010.
Saturday’s game is the final Big East regular season game between Syracuse and Georgetown in the Carrier Dome. It will be the 17th time an SU-Georgetown game in the Dome will have an atten-dance of more than 30,000.
Since Syracuse last set the on-campus record for attendance in 2010, Dome staff members have added more seats court-side and in the football press box area, allowing for a larger crowd, according to an SU Athletics news release. The Syracuse-Villanova game in 2010 and Saturday’s game are the only two basket-ball games SU Athletics has announced as sellouts prior to the game.
Not only is it the final Big East game in the Dome between the two rivals, but Syracuse and Georgetown are currently tied for second in the conference. Syra-cuse plays Providence and Georgetown plays DePaul on Wednesday before the teams meet this weekend.
Former Syracuse star Carmelo Anthony will be honored, and his jer-sey will be retired in a ceremony dur-
ing Saturday’s game.Otto’s Army President Ben Glidden
said he first heard the news on Twitter while in class.
Glidden, a junior broadcast and digi-tal journalism major, said the record-breaking Villanova game happened before he was a student at SU. He said a poster from the game hung in his room, and he always wished he had been there.
“But now I get to be a part of some-thing that’s going to be even bigger than that, which is awesome,” he said.
Patrick Duffy, a sophomore finance major, was the first to arrive outside Gate E at the Dome to camp out for a close seat at the game. He set up his tent at about 10:30 p.m. Monday.
Duffy, who camped out for the game last year as well, said he has a twin brother who goes to Georgetown.
The game is a big rivalry within his family, he said, and the potential for a sellout didn’t influence his decision to camp out early.
“I still would’ve camped out regard-less, but it makes it even more exciting,” Duffy said. Chris Robinson, a freshman sport management major, found out about the record-breaking announcement via Twitter when he saw the SU Athletics tweet that said, “35,012.”
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By Dara McBrideDEVELOPMENT EDITOR
The search committee tasked with finding Syracuse University’s next chancellor will meet for the first time Wednesday, providing an opportuni-ty for the committee to set its course and introduce members.
The on-campus meeting is expect-ed to last from 9 a.m. to noon, commit-tee chair Joanne Alper said. A dinner Tuesday night welcomed members onto the committee.
“We’re basically soaking in everything right now, listening to the trustees, listening to the mem-bers of the committee. We’re going to be listening to deans, to faculty, to students, to staff, to alumni,” said Alper, also a 1972 alumna and vice chair of the Board of Trustees, as well as a retired judge.
Chancellor Nancy Cantor announced Oct. 12 she plans to leave the university when her contract expires in 2014. The committee is expected to end its search by Novem-ber or December, Alper said.
Twenty-one members serve on the search committee: seven members from the Board of Trustees, eight faculty representatives, three student representatives, one staff representa-tive, one dean representative and one cabinet representative.
At Wednesday’s meeting, each member will discuss what he or she considers the challenges facing SU, and what kind of chancellor the com-mittee should look for, Alper said.
It won’t get much bigger than this.
Syracuse and Georgetown are playing their final regular season Big East matchup in the Carrier Dome. A ceremony will honor Carmelo Anthony and his jersey will be retired to the rafters. If both teams win their games Wednesday, Saturday’s tilt is for first place in the Big East.
Now, add a record-breaking crowd of 35,012 into what should be a wild, passionate Carrier Dome.
This is a golden era to be a Syracuse fan, as four of the current top five attendance figures for basketball in Dome history have taken place in the last four years.
SYRACUSE VS. VILLANOVA, 2010
This was hyped as a potential record-breaker from the start of the season. Fans camped inside the building all week. Hundreds bought shirts about attending the game that read “With 34,616 of my friends.” After the win, SU moved to No. 1 in the rankings.Final score: Syracuse 95, Villanova 77
One year after Syracuse and Villanova produced a then-record-breaking crowd, their matchup in the Dome produced the next highest ticket total. This time, Villanova got revenge, handing Syracuse its second straight loss. The defeat was part of a four-game losing skid for the Orange.
Final score: Villanova 83, Syracuse 72
35,012Syracuse-Georgetown game sells out Dome, breaks record
SYRACUSE VS. VILLANOVA, 2011
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The Carrier Dome crowd chanted “Ger-ry, Ger-ry!” throughout the game as Gerry McNamara scored 29 points and had eight assists in his final home game. He shined, but Syracuse fell to a Villanova squad that entered the game ranked No. 4 in the nation.Final score: Villanova 92, Syracuse 82
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33,633SHOUT IT OUTThe Syracuse University com-munity is invited to contribute to the search for the next chancel-lor via email at [email protected]. Input on what community members would like to see in the next chancellor, as well as candidate suggestions, are wel-come.
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In good faithJewish SU students find a place on campus to observe their religion. Page 11
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No. 15 in jersey heavenCarmelo Anthony’s uniform will join that of other Syracuse greats, retired to the Carrier Dome rafters forever Saturday. Page 20
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Going greenCampaigns geared toward ESF students would promote carbon neutrality.Page 5
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140 characters Alumni run Twitter account to connect with students and provide career advice. Page 3
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Panel addresses gun control in USBy Max Antonucci
Staff Writer
The gun control discussion has offi-cially begun at Syracuse University.
“Guns for America: Joining the Conversation,” an event held Tues-day at Hendricks Chapel, consisted of a diverse panel that took questions from the audience on issues such as gun control, gun violence and mental health. It was the first of many events this year to get the Syracuse commu-nity more involved in national gun control dialogue.
Stephen Barton, a 2012 SU alum-
nus who is an outreach assistant for Mayors Against Illegal Guns in New York City and a victim of the July 2012 movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., gave the keynote speech for the event.
“This isn’t an urban issue or a gang issue or a minority issue,” Bar-ton said. “It’s an American issue, and it affects us all.”
Grant Reeher, a professor of politi-cal science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and director of the Campbell Pub-lic Affairs Institute, moderated the
event. Questions from the audience were written and submitted while the panel gave its opening statements. Questions were also asked through Twitter with the hashtag #SUGun-Talk.
Mental health was the first topic addressed. James Knoll, director of the Forensic Psychiatry Fellow-ship Program at the State Univer-sity of New York Upstate Medical University, said it’s important to remove the negative stigma of men-tal health, since it often prevents
By Jen Bundy Staff Writer
Syracuse University students seek-ing career advice have a new place to look for it: Twitter.
On Jan. 14, SU Career Servic-es launched a Twitter account, @WorkingOrange, to highlight the various career paths of alumni, according to a Feb. 7 SU News release.
@WorkingOrange allows alumni to live-tweet for a day or longer about their careers and lifestyles, and offer post-graduate advice, said Kim Brown, assistant director for alumni programs in Career Services.
“I refer to it as job-shadowing people on Twitter,” she said. “Alum-ni now can so easily share what it means to do their job, how they got their job or even what they studied here at SU.”
The idea was discussed at a weekly brainstorming session of the social media team within Career Services, Brown said. New York University recently set up a similar account, but SU developed its own model to focus on alumni connections, she said.
“It was a no-brainer to reach out
to alumni because SU alumni are so engaged on Twitter,” she said.
Brown initially used her per-sonal Facebook and LinkedIn rela-tionships to reach out to alumni and gauge their interest. From the start, there were already 100
alumni interested in tweeting for @WorkingOrange, she said.
Each day, a different alumnus uses @WorkingOrange, represent-ing a variety of careers and ensuring
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By Taylor BakerStaff Writer
With a still-recovering economy and rising higher education costs, many families worry if they can afford to send their children to a certain university or college.
In respons e to these concerns, President Barack Obama and his administration created the College Scorecard, a website that compares financing options and education statistics of various colleges and universities to help the user find their best college, according to its website.
Students who graduated in 2011 racked up an average of $26,600 in student loan debt — a statistic that has increased by 5 percent from 2010, according to the Institute for College Access and Success.
In an attempt to avoid massive debt in the future, College Scorecard works to provide accurate numbers of what a student would be paying during and after attending a partic-ular school, according to its website.
Although College Scorecard
provides adequate information for prospective students, it’s not enough to inform students what to expect when attending a university, said Kaye Devesty, director of financial aid at Syracuse University.
“Prospective parents and stu-dents need to do a fair amount of research and ask a lot of questions,” Devesty said. “But it is a great place to start to get questions answered.”
While the site offers informa-tion on some financial aid options, it doesn’t include information on options such as scholarships or grants offered by schools that don’t have to be repaid, Devesty said.
The College Scorecard website gives users several options when searching for a particular univer-sity. These options provide an over-view of a specific school in regard to degrees and majors offered, as well as future occupations. It also provides schools that are close to the student’s local address, along with details such as the size of the student body, campus culture and
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stephen barton, a 2012 Syracuse University alumnus and victim of the July 2012 movie theater shoot-ing in aurora, Colo., gave the keynote speech during the discussion on gun control tuesday night.
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College Scorecard lets students compare education quality, cost
Alumni operate Twitter account, give career tips
“It can be intimidating to reach out the right way to alumni. Tweeting is awesome and takes the pressure off for the students.”
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Studio C hosts Friday event to generate ideas for community engagement If you are interested in civic engagement and working within the community at Syracuse, come on down this Friday to The Warehouse on the fourth floor at 3 p.m. It is a really great opportunity to get involved with the community, the Connective Corridor and the Near Westside.
“We created these workshops to engage students with the community and see where the possible areas of collaboration could happen and possibilities of new projects and social ventures,” said Chris Guimarin, com-munications design major and co-coordinator
of Studio C.Studio C will be hosting a creative gathering
of students from all majors who are interested in civic engagement and social entrepreneur-ship. At the event, students will help generate ideas and teams for the social/nonprofit sector of the RvD IDEA Awards through IDEA Syra-cuse, and to develop projects that will build portfolio work, open career doors, launch or support new community ventures, or connect on an idea that can really help a local nonprofit organization or local business.
“What we want is to find students who are genuinely and truly interested in the idea of building community through engagement and advancing public good through public interest and design,” said Linda Hartsock. “It’s about making a difference in the world.”
The best ideas and projects will get space in Studio C – a brand new collaborative co-working space designed by civic engagement students for civic engagement students. Think of it as a civic engagement incubator of creative brains, working on projects that
build a better community through public interest design.
Show up! That’s what making change is about, right?
For more information, contact Chris Guimarin, communications design major and co-coordinator of Studio C, at [email protected] or Quinton Fletchall, industrial and interactions design major and co-coordinator of Studio C at [email protected].
Check out the article on dailyorange.com titled, “Building the future: Studio C encour-
Misconceptions about paper industry should be avoidedMeg Callaghan’s Feb. 13 article, “Give the gift of sustainability when making traditional Valen-tine’s Day exchanges,” was circulated to SUNY-ESF’s Green Campus Initiative’s club listserv. I opened the email anticipating another thought-provoking article from Meg, as I usually look forward to reading her work. Unfortunately, after arriving upon the fourth paragraph, I found some common fallacies regarding the paper industry and its environmental impacts.
This is, regrettably, a perfect example of the results of commercialism Meg’s article was urging us all to avoid. In the current climate of “sustainable” marketing, it is important for those interested in being sustainable to know the facts about the production and life cycle of their products. Moreover, an educated approach must
be taken when addressing sustainable versus unsustainable products, so as not to promote further misconception. As a senior paper science engineer at ESF, I have an obligation to speak on behalf of the industry we so readily rely on.
According to Two Sides U.S., an environ-mentally conscious nonprofit organization in pursuit of sustainable business, “in the regions with decline of forests it is most often due to agriculture and development.” Sustainably managing forests can combat these degrading transitions and, at the same time, produce paper. Furthermore, Kraft pulp mills (like the one where much of the paper for Hallmark cards is made) are energy self-sufficient, and often generate excess steam and electricity, which can be used by an associated paper mill or sold to
neighboring industries or communities.I do support what I feel was an important
message of Meg’s article: a less-commercialized holiday and celebrating Valentine’s Day purely for showing loved ones how much you care. However, we can attempt to do so without mak-ing unsubstantiated false claims concerning a product or industry that is strongly promoted as a part of the innovative environmental institution we attend. A wealth of information can be found with simple web searches or by visiting www.twosides.us, of which ESF is an allied organization.
Aislinn BrackmanSTATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND FORESTRYUNDERGRADUATE, PAPER ENGINEERING, CLASS OF 2013
PRESIDENT, UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATIONTREASURER, PAPYRUS CLUB
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D ramatic improvements in sanitation and medicine continue to improve human
health. Hand sanitizer is now a staple of this cleanliness regime, especially during flu season, but overuse may be leading us down the wrong path.
As this time of year is full of sneezes, sniffles and sicknesses, hand sanitizer is everywhere – in the din-ing and residence halls, classrooms and even our own pockets. While hand sanitizer is beneficial, overuse of anything is never a good thing.
Made to kill microorganisms, hand sanitizer aims to keep us healthy. These microorganisms are bacteria, fungi and other organisms that are often too small to see with the naked eye.
But when we kill as much as we can, we’re killing at a high rate that may have negative consequences for humankind and our environment.
There are good and bad microorgan-isms, all with an important role within our ecosystems, just as any other organism. Certain types can make us sick, while others benefit us explicitly.
Of the various microorganisms, there are many beneficial bacteria, such as the commonly called “gut flora” that live in our intestinal track and aid digestion. There are other bacteria that live on our skin that actually help maintain its health.
Other microorganisms even help us in food production, such as bacteria in yogurt and cheese, or yeast in bread.
When we use hand sanitizer too
often, it can kill the microorganisms that will not harm us, along with the ones that will.
The overuse of hand sanitizer has also been linked to the creation of “super bugs,” which become resistant to sanitizers. Because these organisms have a short life cycle, resistant genes can be passed quickly through genera-tions. Evolving quickly to survive, these organisms can become used to
environments with hand sanitizer.Hand sanitizer is not the only cul-
prit in the creation of “super bugs.” A plethora of antibacterial products and pesticides also do this job. The key is to recognize there should be a balance. We need our health, but we also need other organisms’ health to live in a functioning world.
By killing everything we can, even if we cannot see these tiny creatures, we are disconnecting ourselves from the greater environment. Without our environment, and every piece of it interconnected and interdepen-dent, we would not be here today.
Hand sanitizer and other products are important because they contrib-ute to keeping us healthy. But just as you can eat too much food and
become sick, using too much hand sanitizer has a bigger negative effect than we often realize. Overuse of anything will negatively affect us in the long run.
Sometimes common sense can play a heavy part in staying healthy. Keeping your hands clean does not always require hand sanitizer. Even with the recent progress in health fields, past generations have survived without it. Use hand sanitizer spar-ingly, when necessary, and help maintain a healthy, happy environ-ment for us all.
Meg Callaghan is a junior environmental studies major and writing minor at SUNY-ESF. Her
column appears weekly. She can be reached at [email protected].
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Overuse of hand sanitizer leads to extermination of beneficial microorganisms
SUNY-ESF’s Campus Climate Change Committee is working to ensure the school meets a 2015 deadline of becom-ing carbon neutral. To get students more involved in reaching this goal, a comprehensive campaign tailored to environmentally conscious college students should be enacted.
A report is released annually with updates on the State University of New York College of Environmental Sci-ence and Forestry’s carbon footprint. Student involvement is lacking from the report. Those compiling the report claim creating incentives to entice students to take surveys about their environmental behavioral patterns may increase involvement.
But surveys are not completely reli-able, and may produce a skewed report. There is no way to accurately gauge if those taking the survey are being truth-ful about their carbon footprint. The considered incentives to entice students to take the surveys, such as pizza events, are not the most effective way to attract college students to the cause.
Therefore, the efforts to compile sur-
veys should be refocused to create and invent a sustainability campaign aimed at ESF students. The campaign should be catered to this specific demographic, and should inspire students to become more ecofriendly in their daily lives.
This campaign should include in-person contact with ESF students to generate more dialogue about their school’s goal to be carbon neutral by 2015. Open forums could also be hosted to educate further. In addition to this, producing awareness through social media could be included in the overall efforts to reach students.
ESF is an ideal place to set an example of a large-scale green initia-tive for other institutions because of its dedication to environmentally focused education.
All ESF students should be commit-ted to reducing the school’s carbon foot-print, as their careers will be affected by the earth’s future state of sustainability.
Green initiative campaign will be more effective than surveys
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The committee will discuss issues specific to SU and those affecting higher education as a whole, such as tuition cost and students finding post-graduation employment, Alper said. She declined to say what her concerns were, saying she would like to hear from other members of the committee first.
Most recently, the university’s budget has become a point of concern as the university copes with factors like pressure to limit tuition costs.
At the February University Senate meeting, senate members discussed alternative ways
to diversify and expand the school’s revenue sources to ensure financial security. The transi-tion to a new chancellor provides an opportu-
nity to put changes in place, senators said.Unlike past chancellor searches, SU com-
munity members will have the opportunity to speak their concerns and suggestions via the Internet, Alper said. SU community members are invited to contribute via email at [email protected] with input on what they would like to see in the next chancellor, as well as candidate suggestions.
The committee also plans to create a survey and hold public forums to gather community input. No dates for the forums have been set yet.
Since membership to the committee was announced, some have questioned whether the committee will properly serve SU. At the December USen meeting, senate members
noted not every SU school or college had repre-sentation, and that faculty members may also be in administrative positions.
Search committee consultants suggested keeping the committee to about 20 members, Alper said. Each faculty member was selected as someone who concentrates on the interests of the entire university, not of a specific group, Alper said. Alumni are also sufficiently rep-resented, as each trustee and some faculty members are alumni, she said.
“It’s not who’s going to be the best chancellor for VPA or Arts and Sciences,” Alper said, “It’s who’s going to be the best chancellor for Syra-cuse University.”
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the school’s setting. Colleges and universities report the data
on the College Scorecard website to the U.S. Department of Education, but Devesty said families should still continue to do extensive research on schools on their own to be fully equipped with substantial information.
In Obama’s State of the Union address, he said the College Scorecard is the first step toward lowering the cost of college in the United States.
Briana Calafiore, a junior accounting and finance major, said she thinks the College Scoreboard is a good first step, but hopes to see additional initiatives.
“I think it’s good to see effort made by the nation to ensure our students are continuing their education, but I don’t necessarily think it’s
the only step we need to take in progressing,” he said.
Megan Clark, a junior marketing and public relations major, said she had not heard about the website, but would con-sider using it when she applies to graduate school in a few years.
“There’s a lot less financial aid offered at that level, therefore using College Scorecard would be beneficial to weigh out my options,” she said.
While the College Scorecard can be a good
way to compare schools, for Clark, there was no comparison.
“I mean if you’re extremely undecided on what you want do and where you want go, then I definitely think College Scorecard is a useful tool,” she said. “Yet, as a prospec-tive student, I didn’t have many choices to compare. I always knew I wanted to go to Syracuse University.”
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diversity on the account, she said. Some employers SU has partnered with will
handle the account for an entire week, she said, but in general, a new alumnus will share tips each day, she said.
“The goal is to show students what career paths are out there and that your major doesn’t
necessarily equate to your career,” she said. Currently, Brown is working on the logis-
tics of scheduling the guest tweeters to make sure a variety of career paths are showcased each week.
“We want to make sure we don’t have four news reporters in one week,” she said.
The site has featured many guests, including Matt Friedman, a 1994 alumnus and co-owner of a strategic communications firm; Christine Beckett, a 2007 alumna who is an attorney in
Massachusetts; and Josh Lukin, a 2002 alumnus who works for Major League Baseball.
Matt Park, a 1997 alumnus, was the @WorkingOrange guest tweeter on Feb. 4.
Park, also known as the “Voice of the Orange,” is the play-by-play broadcaster for the SU football and men’s basketball teams. He is also an adjunct professor at SU’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
“Overall, this is a phenomenal idea for cur-rent and past students to have a window each day into a different career,” Park said. “Any way to get those conversations started is great.”
Because Feb. 4 was also the day of the Notre Dame basketball game, @WorkingOrange gave followers an inside look at the day-to-day rou-tines involved in broadcasting, Park said.
One major benefit of the @WorkingOrange account is the interaction it allows between alumni and students, said Park, who answered questions and interacted with followers through his guest appearance on the account.
Park said he did not receive many career-oriented questions, since his field is somewhat narrow, but the diversity of the guest tweeters gives students from every major a chance to make new connections.
“This account really creates a very inter-active way for our alumni to connect with students,” said Mike Cahill, director of Career Services.
Students following the account might become
more fascinated with a particular career they may not have been exposed to otherwise. The account is a great use of the increased presence of social media in networking connections, Cahill said.
Career Services embraces other social media such as YouTube. The center has its own chan-nel, where it posts video interviews with alumni from across the country with different career paths, he said.
“It is a wonderful way to enhance the work of Career Services and the connections we can provide,” he said.
@WorkingOrange is a great tool to reach out and personally network with alumni in a more causal setting, said Brown, the assistant direc-tor for alumni programs.
“It can be intimidating to reach out the right way to alumni,” she said. “Tweeting is awesome and takes the pressure off for the students.”
Students do not have to follow closely everyday, she said, but can do so on their own schedule.
SU alumni are very responsive to connect-ing with students to offer them advice and tips about life on and off the SU campus, said Park.
“My personal philosophy in terms of help-ing students is that somebody helped me get where I am,” he said. “Any success is derived from a break, so it is my duty and pleasure to pass that along.”
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least in the first few rows — is what everyone camping out wants, he said.
His group of 16 friends combined with others
to form a 28-person group after some tent issues, he said. Robinson joked this was the first time he’s camped out for something since he was “9 years old in the woods.”
He said he’s excited to be part of history, but that it’s up to students to make the game an experience.
Said Robinson: “Hopefully, it’s a raucous crowd. I want a loud 35,000. I don’t want a quiet 35,000 — you know? It’s only special if we make it special.”
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“It’s not who’s going to be the best chancellor for VPA or Arts and Sciences. It’s who’s going to be the best chancellor for Syracuse University.”
Joanne AlperchanceLLor search committee chair
WHAT’S OTTO’S ARMY?otto’s army is the officially recognized, student-run organization that represents the student fans of syracuse University athlet-ics. the organization started in 2006 and is recognized as sU’s official student section. otto’s army works with sU athletics and the carrier dome to better the fan experience.
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BUFFALO-NIAGARA FALLS: 106
SYRACUSE: 132ROCHESTER: 92
ALBANY- SCHENECTADY-TROY: 143
NEW YORK CITY: 128
By Alexandra HitzlerSTAFF WRITER
Houses in Syracuse are sitting on the market longer than almost anywhere else in the United States, according to
new data released from Realtor.com.Only eight other markets in the country have
a longer median age of inventory than Syracuse, according to the website. The median time for a house to remain on the market in Central New York is 132 days, compared to cities such as Sacramento, Calif., and San Francisco, where houses are on the market for two months or less, according to the website.
The number of houses listed on the market
has dropped by approximately 15 percent since last year, CNY Central reported Thursday. This could mean local homeowners are reluc-tant to put their houses on the market, accord-ing to the report.
John Arquette, real estate broker and owner of John Arquette Properties, a real estate company that has offices throughout Central New York, said he thinks the local real estate market is suffering from the lack of newer and updated homes.
“The price of these older homes is not reflec-tive of the updates they need and they are overpriced,” Arquette said.
Arquette said he thinks once sellers realize
this is an opportune time to sell, the local real estate market will grow much stronger.
Mark Re, vice president and general man-ager of the Central New York division of Real-tyUSA, said the national statistics produced by Realtor.com do not match the local statistics his agency has.
Re said his company has experienced a 22 percent increase in sales in the last year.
“In my time as a realtor, I have never seen a better time to buy and sell than now because we are in an even market,” Re said. “If a seller puts their home on the market and it’s priced correctly, it will sell quickly.”
Real estate in the Syracuse area is cur-
rently in an even market, meaning it’s nei-ther a buyer’s nor seller’s market, Re said. But he said he predicts it will shift slightly toward a seller’s market in the spring.
Re said the National Association of Real-tors has repeatedly reported that Upstate New York’s real estate market is one of the most stable in the United States.
“We are the only area in the country where we didn’t have a bubble to burst,” Re said. “We don’t usually rise or decline quick-ly like the rest of the country. I sincerely think there has never been a better time to buy or sell in Central New York.”
Syracuse ranks 8th in the country for amount of time houses remain on market
WAITING TIMEIn January 2013, the median age of inventory – how long a house remains on the market – was 108 days, according to Realtor.com. The median age of inventory for Syracuse and other nearby cities is listed below, in days:
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Discussion addresses rape, violence against womenBy Eric Riter
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
On Tuesday night in Eggers Hall, four women asked an audience of about 35 to consider the quote, “A woman’s body is the platform of struggle.”
The South Asian Students Association and Lambda Phi Chi Sorority, Inc. sponsored an event called “Screams of Silence,” which addressed the issues of rape and violence against women. Some of the topics discussed included how women can protect themselves against such attacks, what role pornography plays in attacks against women, and what laws have been implemented in the United States to end the violence.
With the help of active participation from the audience, Fariha Ahmed, a member of Lambda Phi Chi, discussed how women can protect themselves from violent acts. As an example, the group reflected on a situation in which a girl was assaulted in Thornden Park.
The group agreed neither women nor men should walk alone late at night, saying this puts a target on the person’s back.
“It’s just not smart,” said Megan Reynolds, a sophomore biology and nutrition major who attended the event.
Reynolds said she felt it was her duty to pro-
tect herself. People believe they should be able to walk around with no fear, but that is not reality, she said. People can control their own actions, but not the actions of others.
The discussion also touched on what role pornography has played in rape cases. People talked about how pornography as a whole has
normalized sexual violence, and that it is gener-ally a male-dominated culture.
Attendees and panelists discussed their differing opinions regarding why men rape women. Many of the female panelists and audi-ence members said it was because men want to show their dominance over women and feel in control, much like the male-female dynamics displayed in pornography.
One student brought up Charles Darwin’s idea of male competition for women, and the
idea that it is a natural instinct to want to mate. He suggested that biology, while not a justifica-tion for rape, is a possible reason for why men rape women.
Students said they viewed the discussion with positivity and support.
“People brought up very good points,” said Corina Lara, a sophomore biology major. “The biological part is true and should be considered.”
Modern government came into discussion toward the end of the event. The group of women brought up the Violence Against Women Act, which expired in 2011.
The main goal of the act was to hold rapists accountable and eliminate as many loopholes as possible for men to escape punishment. Recent-ly, people have been fighting to get it signed into law again.
The bill passed only in the U.S. Senate on Feb. 12. Twenty-two senators voted against the bill, claiming the statements in the bill are com-mon sense and that there is no need for the leg-islation because it’s a waste of time and money.
The group made a comparison to legislation banning murder and stealing. Though those things are both common sense, they have leg-islation.
patients from coming forward and accepting mental health care.
Knoll blamed this stigma mainly on public figures that associated mentally ill patients with shooting tragedies such as that in Newtown, Conn.
“It’s profoundly selfish, mental illness or not, to vent one’s rage at the horrific expense of others for a moment of satisfaction,” Knoll said.
A lot of focus went toward the New York gun control law, which was the first law passed in the United States after the Newtown shooting. Scott Armstrong, political communications consultant and former New York state lobbyist for the National Rifle Association, said the law focused too much on keeping guns away from gun-owners who hadn’t broken laws, rather than punishing those who had broken them.
“It is a sickening feeling that your govern-ment labels you a potential criminal when you have done nothing different, you have done nothing wrong and you’ve done nothing to hurt,” Armstrong said.
Other topics addressed included the role of the media. Common Councilor At-Large Helen Hudson, former president of Mothers Against Gun Violence, said violence in video games and the news has been sensationalized, and makes many people accept it as a part of their lives.
Hudson also addressed structural vio-lence, saying gun violence often takes place in and is blamed on specific communities, making it harder to stop gun violence in these areas.
“You‘ve got to get people out of that,” Hud-son said. “If not, it just starts to snowball into that culture.”
After the event, Hudson said she felt the panel discussion led to great dialogues, and that even she was made more aware of certain topics such as mental health. She and Arm-strong made dinner plans to discuss their different ideas further.
“We’re going to have disagreements across the board, but you know what? At least we’re talking about it,” she said.
Thomas Wolfe, senior vice president and dean of student affairs at SU and the main organizer of the event, said he felt the event accomplished its goal of creating spirited dialogue.
He said his personal highlight was Barton’s speech, adding that Barton has given his life to the issue and his speech was a great statement on the remarkability of SU students. He said he hopes Barton will be able to come to future events, which will focus on more specific topics, to continue the discussion.
Said Wolfe: “Stephen is always welcome at Syracuse University.”
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“People brought up very good points. The biological part is true and should be considered.”
Corina LaraSOPHOMORE BIOLOGY MAJOR
ASK THE EXPERTSThe panelists for “Guns for America: Joining the Conversation” included:
•StephenBarton,a2012SUalumnusandoutreach assistant for Mayors Against Illegal Guns in New York City
•GrantReeher,directoroftheCampbellPublicAffairsInstituteandpoliticalsci-ence professor.
•JamesKnoll,directoroftheForensicPsychiatryFellowshipProgramattheState University of New York Upstate Medical University
•ScottArmstrong,politicalcommunica-tions consultant and former New York statelobbyistfortheNationalRifleAssociation
•HelenHudson,commoncouncilorat-large and former president of Mothers Against Gun Violence
the sweet stuff in the middle
By Chelsea DeBaiseFEATURE EDITOR
W hen Zach Goldberg was grow-ing up, his grandfather was always the one to lead the fam-
ily seder every year on Passover.Ten years to the day of his grandfa-
ther’s passing, it was Goldberg who led the Passover seder, his first at Syracuse University’s Winnick Hillel Center for Jewish Life.
“That was really a very meaningful experience for me. It was a very big deal,” Goldberg said. “That was a real connection I was able to make.”
Goldberg, a sophomore economics and policy studies major, is the president of the student board at Hillel. Hillel orga-nizations are places to practice Judaism, catering primarily to reform and conser-vative members.
The Hillel building, located on Wal-nut Place, is not a temple. While an audi-
torium is dedicated to religious services, it serves more as a community center. A weight room, pool table in the lobby, spacious dining room and fully kosher kitchen are available to members.
The SU neighborhood is also home to the Chabad House, led by Rabbi Rapo-port. The two organizations offer differ-ent types of services to Jewish students looking to practice their faiths away from home.
But Goldberg felt he identified with Hillel most. His parents had a Hillel organization when they were in col-lege, and passed down this desire to their son.
It is the place on campus he identifies with most.
“I’m in a fraternity, but this is still where I come,” Goldberg said. “And that’s what draws a lot of students here — it feels like home.”
Goldberg pointed out that one aspect of Hillel students identify with most is the way the services are run. Many
students who join Hillel went to Jewish summer camps, and the types of services felt very familiar to them, Goldberg said.
Every religious service at Hillel is entirely student-run.
Brian Small, the acting Jewish chap-lain at SU and interim executive director of Hillel, finds the use of student-led services extremely significant.
“We find that it gives the students a sense of ownership,” Small said. “This is their community and they should be able to take care of their community any way that they can.”
Small is not a rabbi. Hillel does not have a rabbi as a regular member of their staff.
For Small, his involvement came as a result of his own time spent at SU. He graduated in 2002 and began working at Hillel as a program director in 2007.
“I got involved to create the Hillel program I’d always wanted as a student
as an undergraduate,” Small said.When Small was an undergradu-
ate, Hillel was run through Hendricks Chapel. The population of Jewish stu-dents was still high, Small said, but the amount of active participants was much smaller.
Attendance has grown since Small’s tenure as an undergraduate. Accord-ing to Marisa Bunis, vice president of communications on the student board at Hillel, the freshman orientation this past year held the highest attendance to date for Hillel.
For Bunis, much of the appeal of Hil-lel comes from its welcoming nature. Non-Jewish participants are welcome, and Hillel has held joint events with other spiritual organizations across campus, including the Muslim Student Association.
“I’ve found a great community there. I like to think we’re really welcoming,” Bunis said. “It’s really nice to have that group to go to. It’s like
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A four-part series exploring the role of spirituality in the lives of Syracuse University students
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CLOSER TO HOMELife on campus provides opportunity for students to explore Judaism further, find elements of family in new venues
SPIRITUAL ACTORBrian Small is the act-ing Jewish chaplain at Syracuse University. The chaplaincy des-ignated to different spiritual groups within SU is generally given to a member of the faith who has been officiated in some way. Hillel is the only Jewish organization officially affiliated with Hendricks Chapel. Since the university and Hillel do not have a practicing rabbi, Small was chosen to carry out the position.
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“It offers students opportunities for services, offers opportunities for Friday night Shabbat, you can celebrate different holidays, classes, events — just a place to express their Judaism. It’s hard to do that in your dorm room sometimes.”
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a family on campus.”Bunis recalled her first Shabbat din-
ner at Hillel, which fell on the first Friday she spent away at college. She was reluc-tant to go, but was convinced by a friend. She returned week after week.
While Bunis understands the struggle of being a student and balancing faith with school, she doesn’t have much trou-ble finding the time.
“For me, it’s important,” Bunis said. “I love to go out and I also love going to Hillel on Friday night. And I do both.”
Several blocks away from Hillel on Ostrom Avenue is the Chabad House. While Hillel’s center is a large building, Chabad, to the untrained eye, could easily be a home. It is tucked between residen-tial buildings, unassuming in stature.
The resident rabbi at Chabad, Rabbi Rapoport, recognizes the homelike feel-ing of Chabad House and embraces it.
“We have a slogan: ‘Every orange Jew’s home,’” the rabbi said with a laugh. “It offers students opportunities for ser-vices, offers opportunities for Friday night Shabbat, you can celebrate differ-ent holidays, classes, events — just a place to express their Judaism. It’s hard to do that in your dorm room sometimes.”
Rabbi Rapoport came to SU in the
early 1980s, when he was asked to lead the SU Chabad House by the Lubavitcher Rebbe. He has lived in Syracuse and practiced at Chabad ever since.
The rabbi lives with his wife, Chanie, who is involved with Chabad as well. Chanie will be spending the upcoming week helping kids bake hamantaschen, a traditional cookie served to celebrate the holiday of Purim. The Chabad House will be holding a Purim party on Satur-day for students.
Aviva Oskow, a senior communica-tions design major, holds the presence of the rabbi and his wife very dear.
“They’re kind of like a set of parents at school,” Oskow said.
Oskow joined the Chabad House her junior year. She had celebrated several high holy days with Hillel, but never quite felt she fit in with the community there.
It was only after talking to a friend from home who attended the University of Minnesota that Oskow heard about the Chabad House at their campus, and she decided to look into the one at SU more closely.
Upon attending her first event at
the Chabad House, Oskow immediately felt welcome. She said by the second or third time she went to the house, she was treated like a regular.
Oskow considers her faith more of a cultural part of her life, an aspect of her heritage. She is not an active Jewish practitioner, but recognizes the difficulties faced by those on campus that are.
The rabbi also empathizes with this difficulty.
“Beyond school, there’s many things happening — there’s friends, there’s boyfriend-girlfriends, the social life and sports,” the rabbi said. “There’s a lot of distractions.”
But for the student who exhibits strength in their spirituality and wants to observe it despite these distractions, the rabbi doesn’t feel that being on cam-pus would make a difference.
As for him, the rabbi finds joy in prac-ticing Judaism with the college-age group.
Said the rabbi, with a smile: “Stu-dents keep me young.”
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E very day, life is ruined by a poo in cubicle two. On campus, at some point in the day or night, someone forgets to
flush. Ten minutes later, an innocent victim bolts from the cubicle they’ve just dropped their pants in, horror on their face due to the sight of someone else’s feces.
There is a social stigma stuck on poo, and rightly so. A fart interrupting an awkward silence on a first date should not lead to poop chat. But within the safety of the Sex and Health column, let’s forget the cloak and dag-gers and answer the question on everyone’s lips: How do you go about laying what integra-tive nutritionist Shannon Morehouse calls a “golden banana?”
Pooping is the final step of the digestive process, where waste product leaves the body through the anus. According to Sarah Good-man’s book, “The Truth About Poop,” the aver-age person produces one ounce of poop for every 12 pounds of body weight daily, meaning the average man poops about a pound a day.
On principle, sh*t stinks. And so it should. Smelly deposits in public bathrooms are unfor-tunate, but it just means the bacteria in the gut
and intestines are doing their job in the diges-tive process, according to WebMD.
When it comes to color, if you’re pooping brown log shapes, you’re on the money. Bile from the liver is responsible for the brown color of feces — although eating beetroot can have you sh*tting rubies, Morehouse says.
It takes about three days for the food you eat to meet its watery fate in the toilet bowl, accord-ing to WebMD. If your eat-to-poop turnaround is faster, poo may be more green in color, so don’t be alarmed by your bowel’s early nod to St. Paddy’s Day. Any black poo (normally tar-like) may indicate internal bleeding, according to WebMD. A trip to the doctor is a must.
When it comes to frequency, Morehouse says at least once a day is preferable. However, consis-tency is key, according to the Everyday Health website. You can help your digestive tract out by eating foods high in fiber, Morehouse says. Whole grain cereal or bread, as well as whole fruits, vegetables and nuts, are a solid choice. Prune juice also works if you can stomach it.
Drastic changes in your poop schedule mean you might be flipping the constipation or diarrhea coin. Both are equally uncomfortable conditions, but help is at hand.
“Adding ground flaxseed to cereals is an easy way to help aid bowel movements,” Morehouse says. “For people who are chronically consti-pated, I advise them to take magnesium, which is a muscle relaxant and will help them to ‘go.’”
The Everyday Health website calls diarrhea “stool on speed,” caused by anything from stomach viruses to lactose intolerance. If loose poo strikes, be sure to drink an ocean of water to avoid dehydration.
But what if you’re popping out poop that could moonlight as a flotation aid? Poop that doesn’t sink indicates high fat content caused by malabsorption in the digestive tract, a clas-
sic sign of celiac disease (gluten intolerance), according to Everyday Health.
Spending time reading a novel or a dirty magazine while you squeeze is also not advis-able. Anal cushions, sensing pressure in the abdomen, naturally fill with blood to stop leaks, Dr. David Gutman, founder and lead physician of Advanced Hemorrhoid Specialists, told Esquire magazine.
Sitting for extended periods of time on the toilet can stretch these cushions, causing hem-orrhoids – bleeding, itching and tissue falling out your hole ensues.
In a word, “ouch.”And for health’s sake, wash your hands.
Research by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Queen Mary, University of London, found that one in every six phones is contaminated with poop.
That’s enough poop sharing for one week, so to those responsible for poo in cubicle two… just flush.
Iona Holloway is a senior magazine jour-nalism and psychology major. She’s over this sh*t. Email her at [email protected] or check
out her website, www.ionaholloway.com.
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By Alfred NgSTAFF WRITER
As the only film festival to be hosted on every continent — including Antarctica — the Banff Mountain Film Festival made its stop in Syra-cuse on Tuesday night, showing a series of films featuring the great outdoors.
Coming out of Alberta, Canada, the world’s largest film festival showcased the works of 11 adventurous filmmakers and their cinematic journey with nature in Grant Auditorium on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
From the tops of mountains, to the depths of the Grand Canyon and into the cold glaciers of Antarctica, each film showed a different explo-ration of the vast wonders of both the world and the human spirit.
“I liked that the films are all adventures
and pushing the limits with people challenging themselves,” said Tannis McCartney, a geology graduate student who attended the festival.
One of the movies, a documentary titled, “Gimp Monkeys,” showed exactly what McCart-ney described. It followed a trio of amputees climbing a mountain together, becoming the first all-disabled team to ascend the 7,573-foot tall El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
The festival’s grand prize-winning film, “Crossing the Ice,” featured a first-person per-spective of two best friends from Australia and their mission to be the first expedition team to travel from the edge of the continent to the South Pole — on a pair of skis. The trek took more than three months, with the cruel Antarctic blizzard challenging the will of the two glacial amateurs.
“I liked that they made the movies them-
selves,” said Max Gade, an earth sciences graduate student. “It showed the brotherhood between the two, combined with the extreme outdoor adventure.”
While the festival honored inspirational feats of human will and the dangers of intense envi-ronments, it also made a note to show the lighter side of people and nature. The film “On Thin Ice” was a lighthearted music video starring a drunk man ice skating on a frozen ocean and skinny dipping in the sub-zero sea, the whole time con-tinuing to take swigs from his bottle of vodka.
Along with exemplifying both harsh and fun times in nature, the festival also showcased urban exploration and extreme sports in the honorable mention-winner, “Industrial Revolu-tions,” an upbeat music video showing extraor-dinary feats of mountain bicycle acrobatics
in an abandoned iron yard, creating a unique concrete circus.
“I’m a big fan of extreme sports and love bik-ing, and when you do stuff like that with a bike, I think it’s absolutely incredible,” said Ed Milde, a geology graduate student.
The Syracuse University Outing Club, a student organization run by SU and State Uni-versity of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students, brought the festi-val to SU’s campus. The group sets up hikes and outdoor trips for members all year long, similar to the ones featured in the film festival, but much more beginner-friendly.
Said Gade: “I’ve always been outdoorsy. These outdoor adventures were always inter-esting to me.”
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LUBAVITCHER REBBEThe Lubavitcher Rebbe opened the first Chabad House in California and then around the country thereafter. The Rebbe died in 1994, but since his passing, more Chabad houses have been opened in his legacy than were started during his lifetime.
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Hit the brakesBy Riddley Gemperlein-Schirm
STAFF WRITER
R iding a bicycle while drinking from a steaming cup is not the safest way for a monkey to enjoy a warm beverage,
but it is the perfect logo for Mello Velo Bicycle Shop & Café.
A place where customers can satiate their hunger and satisfy their biking needs, Mello Velo is exactly what it sounds like: a bicycle shop and a cafe. Bicycle photographs hang on the walls and bicycle-centric art decorations are scattered throughout the cafe, located at 556 Westcott St.
Walking into the cafe, I was struck by how quiet it was. While this calmness would be nice for studying or relaxing, I like my din-ing establishment with a little more pizzazz. Thankfully, some music was turned on half-way through our meal.
The cashier made up for the lack of noise with her cheerful attitude and attentiveness. She greeted us with a smile and waited patient-ly while we decided what to order.
Mello Velo serves breakfast all day, as well as wraps, paninis, soups, salads, smoothies
and a plethora of coffee drinks. They also offer both house and locally made baked goods, with everything from muffins to biscotti.
The menu boasts that all of their food is made with organic and locally sourced ingredients whenever possible, and all of the meat-centered dishes can be made vegetarian by subbing the meat for tempeh, a protein made from soybeans.
Most of the tables and chairs, as well as the plates, silverware and mugs, are mismatched, adding to the kitschy and eclectic feel of the cafe. Mixing and matching adds an unexpected dimension of quirkiness, and livens up the meal.
We waited a fairly long time for our food to arrive, but this was expected, as there is no designated cook at Mello Velo. The cashier is a jack-of-all-trades — she is the waitress and cook. Although it took longer to get our food, I appreci-ate the cafe’s effort to be a one-person store.
I have high expectations for cappuccino. There should be a proper ratio of milk-to-espres-so-to-foam. Ultimately, there should be less milk, intense espresso and more foam. However, Mello Velo’s version fell short. The cappuccino we ordered for $3 came out before the food, and
while the espresso was strong, there was too much milk and barely any foam. The cappuc-cino was a latte — a lattachino, if you will.
For my main meal, I had the Tempeh Wrap, $6.50, and a side of Asian-style Slaw, $2.25. The wrap was made with tempeh, cucumber, pear, avocado, slaw and vegan garlic squash dress-ing. When the wrap first arrived, the roasted red bell pepper tortilla was an attractive, vibrant, bright red, and there seemed to be a plentiful amount of filling.
If not cooked properly, tempeh can be bitter, but thankfully this tempeh was tender, sweet and smoky from the grill. I enjoyed the inter-play of the sweet pear and the rich avocado. However, the dressing was a major downfall. I could see it, but I couldn’t taste it. The dressing had no flavor and only added a gummy texture to the wrap. The side of Asian-style Slaw, with cabbage, carrots and bell pepper, was doused in an obscene amount of citrus dressing, making it overly sweet.
My dining companion ordered the Medi-terranean Wrap, $5.25. The wrap was made with house-made hummus, couscous salad, spinach, cucumber, feta and red onion. I
liked the idea of the wrap more than the wrap itself. The couscous was dry and needed to be dressed more. I did enjoy the hummus, which was creamy and delightful.
While the food was mediocre and I probably wouldn’t come back to the cafe to eat, I would come for the fun, distinctive atmosphere and, of course, if I want to buy a bike.
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Mello Velo Bicycle Shop & Café serves a wide variety of paninis and sandwiches, and the cafe doubles as a bike shop. The atmosphere was enjoyable but the food was mediocre.
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SU overcomes slow start, rides 2nd-half run to win over RUBy Trevor Hass
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Elashier Hall ran off of Shakeya Leary’s screen and bulldozed toward the basket.
She laid the ball up and in, drawing a foul in the process. The and-one extended Syracuse’s lead to double digits, capping an 11-0 run for
the Orange that burst the game open and distanced SU from Rutgers.
Following a sluggish, puzzling 15-point first half, Syracuse (22-3, 10-2 Big East) scored 43 points in the sec-ond half, knocking off Rutgers (14-11, 5-7) 58-45 and depriving C. Vivian Stringer of her 900th career win. That second-half spurt was the difference Tuesday at the Carrier Dome, as Hall, Brianna Butler and Carmen Tyson-Thomas took matters into their own hands and ignited the Orange to victory.
“I think coming into the second half, we played more of our tough style of basketball,” Butler said. “We made more shots, slowed it down and took care of the ball, and I think that was the major change.”
In the first half, Syracuse didn’t take care of the ball, and it certainly didn’t make shots. The
Orange shot just 6-of-30 and turned the ball over 14 times in its lowest-scoring half of the season.
Mired in an inexplicable slump, Syracuse played sloppily and disjointedly throughout the entire first half.
SU head coach Quentin Hillsman tried every-thing. He even put the 5-foot-9 Tyson-Thomas at center, going with a three-guard lineup with Butler, Brittney Sykes and Rachel Coffey.
His three-guard scheme was partially just an experiment. Nothing else was working. The offense was stagnant and no one could hit shots, so Hillsman knew he needed scorers on the floor.
But it was also out of necessity. Kayla Alex-ander picked up her second personal just more than five minutes into the game on a soft foul. She sat on the bench for the rest of the half as Leary logged heavy minutes and SU’s offense remained dormant.
“It was frustrating, but at the same time, our bench is deep,” Alexander said. “Any other person can step up and play. It’s frustrating to watch from the bench, but I’ll gladly watch my teammates just as much, too.”
With 4:35 remaining in the first, Hillsman implored his team to “push it.” But that didn’t
work, either. Coffey heaved the ball into Tyson-Thomas’ vicinity, hoping she’d catch the Hail Mary. But Rutgers guard Precious Person inter-cepted the pass. Butler snatched it from Person and dished it to Tyson-Thomas, but the guard missed a layup and the ball skirted out of bounds off of her foot.
It was a microcosm of the abysmal open-ing frame full of errant passes, lackadaisical rebounding and atrocious shooting. At half-time, the Orange players were flustered, won-dering what they could do to rectify an unim-pressive first half.
“I just challenged them,” Hillsman said. “I said, ‘The tougher team’s going to win.’ At halftime, I just went down the row to each player and I told them, ‘You’re not doing this, you’re not doing that. It’s up to you.’”
And Syracuse delivered. After trading baskets with the Scarlet
Knights through the first nine-plus minutes, Syracuse started to take command. Tyson-Thomas started the 11-0 run with a bucket at the 10:31 mark, converting inside and clapping her hands twice in excitement.
Two possessions later, Alexander muscled her way to an and-one off of a crafty pass from
Coffey. Alexander hit the free throw, propelling Syracuse to a 32-27 lead, which was the biggest lead for either team at that point.
After three free throws, Hall’s and-one capped the run – one that was the first spurt for either team.
Minutes later, Butler drilled two 3-pointers that put the game out of reach. The first came off of a pass from Alexander, while Sykes fed Butler on the second, which sealed a 20-9 run for the Orange.
“First half, I had a poor shooting half from the 3, but second half I just wanted to come in with the mentality that I had to make shots in order to help my team,” Butler said.
Syracuse only turned the ball over three times in the second half, chopping 11 off its first-half total. Loose balls that went Rutgers’ way in the first half went to Syracuse in the second. Shots that rolled around the rim and out became swishes and momentum-shifting 3-pointers.
“When you play a game like that, it has to be the intangible things,” Hillsman said. “It has to be 50-50 balls and hustle, and I thought in the second half we did that.”
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Syracuse clung to a double-digit lead late in the second half. But Rutgers wouldn’t go away. Every time the Orange scored, the Scarlet Knights answered on the other end.
With less than a minute and a half remain-ing, Rachel Coffey dribbled around the perime-ter, searching for an open shot. Eventually, she found enough space and drained a 3-pointer. RU answered, but Coffey wasn’t done. Elashier Hall found the junior wide open in the right corner on the next possession. Another 3.
“Obviously, Rachel Coffey was tremendous,” SU head coach Quentin Hillsman said. “She was tremendous. She made some huge shots in that second half.”
The back-to-back 3s helped seal Syracuse’s 58-45 victory over Rutgers (14-11, 5-7 Big East), and highlighted an explosive second half that culminated with a season-high 17 points for Coffey.
Though Coffey failed to tally even one assist – same was the case for starting point guard Cornelia Fondren – she was the Orange’s (22-3, 10-2) leading scorer at halftime, albeit with a measly five points on 1-of-5 shooting, and more than made up for her lack of execution as a
distributor with her scoring output.The first half was admittedly frustrating
for Coffey. The turnovers piled up as entry pass after entry pass got knocked away and left her with four giveaways heading into the break. Her 3-pointers, with the exception of one that fell through, bricked and rimmed out. A 3-point heave in the final seconds of the first frame bounced out, and Carmen Tyson-Thomas’ fol-low missed as well. SU headed into halftime trailing 19-15 in a sloppy game.
“First half, I was frustrated,” Coffey said. “I didn’t make any shots, so I knew I had to do something to come up big. I had no assists, so I had to do something, so I made shots.”
Star center Kayla Alexander was relegated to the sidelines for all but five minutes of the first half due to foul trouble, and finished with just seven points on 2-of-8 shooting. Coffey accounted for a third of the team’s points in the opening frame, and kept Syracuse alive in a game that could have been lost.
The overall offensive production wasn’t pretty. Coffey ended up the only player in double figures and the Orange shot just 26.6 percent from the field. But Coffey bailed SU out.
Brittney Sykes sprinted down the court for a fast break just more than five minutes into the
second half. Syracuse had a chance to take its first lead, but the guard missed the transition layup. Coffey, though, was there for the offen-sive rebound and putback to give the Orange its first lead of the game. To that point, Alexander had taken just one shot.
“We have too many threats on our team. So I slack one day, someone else is going to pick it up the next day,” Alexander said. “Today it was Rachel, and that’s teamwork. There’s 14 of us, and any one of us can show up any given day.”
Coffey’s putback was the only non-3-pointer she attempted. After nailing one in the first half, it took her until the 3:40 mark of the second to try another. Then she knocked down back-to-back 3s.
She followed her two straight 3s with a miss, and didn’t shoot again. But by then the game was all but won for Syracuse.
“I just try to play,” Coffey said. “When I’m open, I’m going to shoot it. Late clock, I’m going to shoot it. Every time I shoot it, I want to make it, so it’s not really any different.”
The only blemish on Coffey’s strong sec-ond-half performance was the lack of assists. She turned the ball over once more in the final frame for a total of five, without even one helper.
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Coffey drains clutch 3s in season-best 17-point showing against RutgersThe Orange as a team finished with just seven
assists compared to 17 turnovers, and its two point guards failed to register a single assist between them. But Hillsman can’t be too concerned. When asked if the dearth of Coffey’s assists is a concern, the head coach didn’t hesitate with an answer.
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program and the university. His legacy still lives on at the Carmelo K. Anthony Basket-ball Center, and on Saturday in the Carrier Dome, his No. 15 jersey will be raised to the rafters.
“Carmelo’s young legacy has had a huge impact,” Athletic Director Daryl Gross said in a statement via SU Athletics. “The National Championship is just one dimension of it. His giving back to the University in an effort to build the practice facility has meant so much.”
Gross credited the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center for helping Boeheim get his fastest-ever 100 wins.
“This is as a result of the indoor practice facility. Our recruiting has been enhanced and the student-athlete welfare as well,” Gross said. “His impact has been priceless.”
In his one year at Syracuse, Anthony had 35 consecutive double-figure scoring games, and finished with the seventh highest single season point total in SU history. He averaged 22.2 points and 10 rebounds.
“It’s virtually impossible to quantify what Carmelo Anthony has meant to the basket-ball programs at Syracuse University,” Jim Boeheim said via a team spokesman. “He made such an impact as a player in his one season at Syracuse, helping us to the NCAA champion-ship. He has stayed connected to the program since, most notably with his extremely generous
gift, which helped the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center become a reality. The state-of-the-art facility has helped the men’s and women’s programs tremendously.”
Opened in September 2009, the facility hous-es two courts, a weight room, locker rooms and administrative offices. There’s a memorabilia hallway featuring the 2003 national champion-ship trophy, and televisions playing the title game against Kansas.
When Anthony arrived in Syracuse in the summer of 2002 with Gerry McNamara and Billy Edelin, then-sophomore center Craig Forth saw an atmosphere change.
“The transformation we had over the sum-mer, certain people leaving, the players coming in, the work ethic,” Forth said. “There was a sense of togetherness into our training. I remem-ber being at the Archbold Gym and working out prior to the season and busting our butts. It wasn’t one person beating at everybody else. It was ‘Everyone needs to finish this drill.’”
Guard Josh Pace saw the potential once the group began informal scrimmages.
“As soon as we started those games,” Pace said, “we kind of knew what kind of talent he was.”
Off the court Anthony had no trouble loosen-ing up. Pace remembers riding around campus with Edelin and Warrick with Anthony driving, gladly pulling over to flirt with a girl Pace eventually dated.
Anthony’s first basket as an Orangeman was a breakaway dunk at Madison Square Garden against Memphis in a 27-point debut.
“It was a great thing to be a part of,” Pace said. “It was good to see and I’m glad I had the chance to be a part of it. Obviously, when you look at how things play out in the NCAAs and in college, you could say that, that team was meant to be together.”
In February and March of 2003, Anthony tore onto the national stage. Many others, though, had already bared witness.
Mike Daniel, Anthony’s coach at Towson (Md.) Catholic High School, called him a once-in-a-lifetime player.
“As a freshman, he had a lot of pain in the knee area, and it stopped him from playing sev-eral games,” Daniel said. “But I remember the last game of the year, he came to my office and said, ‘Coach, this is the last game. Can I give it a shot?’”
Playing the No. 1 JV team in the Catholic league, he scored nearly 40 points, about 15 rebounds and two blocks.
Local players saw his passion. Baltimore-area players such as Donte Greene came to Syracuse. Current forward C.J. Fair is from Bal-timore. Oak Hill Academy’s Eric Devendorf and
Baye Moussa Keita followed Anthony’s path. They all had the luxury of practicing and work-
ing in the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center. Regardless of the time Anthony spent on campus, he will have an effect on generations to come.
“A lot of people can’t do that, or won’t do that,” Pace said. “That tells you what it meant to him when he was here, when he was at Syra-cuse. And that tells you about our program and the type of people we recruit and bring in.”
Commentator Jim Nantz said in the CBS broadcast moments after the final buzzer of the national championship game that Anthony’s smile would last a long time. It did.
At Midnight Madness in 2011, the Dome crowd went berserk after Boeheim said five words: “There’s one more guy here.” Everyone knew who that “guy” was.
Shirt World owner Dave Jacobs has worked at his shop on Marshall Street since 1976. He said no individual player has been more popular in his time at SU than Anthony was in 2003.
Even today, Anthony’s No. 15 jersey is promi-nent among Dome spectators. And on Saturday, his will take its place among the SU greats.
Though skeptics question whether Anthony should have his jersey in the rafters of the Dome, as he only played at Syracuse for one year, Washington has an answer.
“I’m glad he’s able to get his jersey retired,” Washington said. “It’ll always be good to see his number up there.”
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Providence’s four victories is arguably its most recent, a 71-54 win over then-No. 21 Notre Dame on Saturday. Cotton scored 19 points, but got plenty of help.
Six-foot-9 center Kadeem Batts paced the Fri-ars with 20 points and forward LaDontae Hen-ton chipped in with 13 points and a team-high eight rebounds. Point guard Vincent Council
handed out 11 assists to become the program’s all-time leader.
The balanced effort makes Providence a dan-gerous opponent, despite the team’s record. And Boeheim knows Syracuse will have to fight to earn its 10th conference win.
“They’re playing really well and it will be a tough game,” Boeheim said.
Boeheim’s breakdown on parity in college basketball prompted a quick look ahead to March, when the season comes down to one game in the NCAA Tournament.
The head coach acknowledged that the small gap in talent from team to team makes him optimistic SU can make a deep run, while also causing him to realize the realistic possibility of an early exit for the Orange.
For now, Syracuse has six games left in the regular season.
The team’s focus is on the Friars on Wednes-day night. The ultimate goal remains the same as it was before the season. Until March arrives,
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SYRACUSE 72, PROVIDENCE 60 Fried.
SYRACUSE 79, PROVIDENCE 64Do you want Friars with that?
MICHAEL COHEN
RYNE GERYSYRACUSE 76, PROVIDENCE 67The Friars’ run comes to an end.
CHRIS ISEMAN
1,484Days since Providence beat SU.Jan. 28, 2009, was the last time
Providence beat Syracuse. The Fri-ars topped the Orange 100-94 that
Wednesday night in the Dunkin’ Donuts Center, despite a career-high
35 points from Jonny Flynn.
STAT TO KNOW BEAT WRITER PREDICTIONSPROVIDENCEF R O M P A G E 2 0
By Jacob KlingerASST. SPORTS EDITOR
Syracuse’s defensive slides were too sloppy, communication was weak and 16 goals were just too many.
Even when the Orange double-teamed Alba-ny, the Great Danes’ attack had its way Sunday.
“We knew their attack was good, but I don’t think we were expecting them to come out firing as hot as they did,” sophomore defender Brandon Mullins said. “Kind of being sur-prised like that, it just threw us off-guard the whole game.”
After allowing eight first-half goals, the Orange played from behind the rest of the game, and Albany continued to score from close range on blown defensive coverages. Syracuse’s defense must regroup when it hosts Army this weekend in the Carrier Dome.
The Black Knights play a more physical attack that will look to fire from outside, differ-ent from an Albany team that attacked in close. Six-foot-3, 231-pound attack Garrett Thul leads the unit. In three games, he has 12 goals on 45 shots. Midfielder John Glesener will rotate in and out of attack.
“They switch it up, they go back and forth with it, so you got to be ready for that,” SU head coach John Desko said. “Those are two big, strong physical players who can really shoot the ball hard from the outside.”
Thul and Glesener will break through dou-ble-teams and slides, Desko said. And while the Orange can’t fully plan for physical dominance, it can scout better in preparation and talk better on the field.
Albany’s game-winning goal Sunday came off of a missed slide. Defender Brian Megill slid
to cover Lyle Thompson in the first minute of the second overtime, leaving Miles Thompson open on the crease. No one covered for Megilll when a midfielder should have checked down.
SU goaltender Bobby Wardwell said he thinks it came down to communication. Two or three players moved to cover Lyle Thomp-son, and a couple Great Danes were left open on the backside.
Mullins chalks the defeat up to more than communication. Even when the Orange could get two defenders on an attack, it couldn’t stop the quick hands and feet of the Thompsons.
SU will have to push out more on defense and tie up the hands of the Black Knights shooters. Mullins expects a physical battle throughout with picks to free up Thul. Still, Army presents a more manageable challenge.
“I have a feeling they’re going to be a little
more traditional,” Mullins said. “I think our defense will be able to adjust a little more to what they’re used to.”
Army will be better scouted, too. Megill rattled off Thul and Glesener’s shooting stats after watching film of Army’s victories over Virginia Military Institute and Massachusetts. Mullins used the game tape from SU’s loss to look for adjustments.
Even with the tinkering and improvements, SU’s defense is expecting a long, brutal fight in front of a sizable pro-Black Knights crowd.
“There’s no coming-to-the-Dome jitters, they’re used to it, they come here every year,” Megill said. “And they never quit, I mean, they’re Army. They’re the Army.”
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Mistakes in opener force SU defense to work on slides, communication
“We let Cotton get a hot start against us. He made a lot of 3s, we got to find him at all times.”
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though, the Orange can only continue to build its resume as it tries to maintain its lofty posi-tion in the rankings.
“We feel we’re one of the top teams in the country,” SU guard Brandon Triche said. “A lot of teams are losing, but it don’t really matter until the tournament.”
“As soon as we started those games, we kind of knew what kind of talent he was.”
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W E D N E S D AYfebruary 20, 2013
‘HE ALWAYS HAD THAT MENTALITY TO BE THE BEST AT WHAT HE DOES.’
By Josh HyberSTAFF WRITER
I n the early 1980s, Dwayne “Pearl” Washington was a basketball legend in the Brownsville neigh-
borhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. In 1983, he came to Syracuse as one of the nation’s
top pros-pects. The next year, back in his hometown just 20 min-utes down
the road in the Red Hook neighbor-hood, future Syracuse star Carmelo Kyam Anthony was born.
Washington led the Orangemen to a Sweet 16 appearance his freshman season. But in his three-year stint at
Syracuse, he never got over that hump. In 1987, a year after Washington left for the NBA, the Orangemen reached the national championship.
Syracuse faced Indiana at the Superdome in New Orleans. SU held a 73-72 lead late in the game when Indiana’s Keith Smart hit a last-second jump shot to propel the Hoosiers to a 74-73 victory. Smart’s shot made the Superdome synonymous with Syra-cuse heartbreak.
In the 2003 national champion-ship game, Anthony made it a place of Syracuse euphoria. The outstretched hand of Hakim Warrick prevented
Michael Lee from becoming another Keith Smart, and SU defeated the Kansas Jay-hawks 81-78 in the national title game. Anthony deliv-ered Syracuse what the 1987 team couldn’t: a national championship.
“To go back to New Orleans again, to play for a championship game and win it,” Washington said, “made it even more special.”
In eight months at SU, Anthony became the team’s star player, the face of the
“She died in my arms.”Oscar Pistorius
SOUTH AFRICAN OLYMPIC SPRINTER AND ALLEGED MURDERER AT HIS HEARING IN PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA.
HE CLAIMS HE UNKNOWINGLY SHOT HIS GIRLFRIEND REEVA STEENKAMP THROUGH HIS BATHROOM DOOR.
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The number of Joe John-son’s career game-winning buzzer-beaters. Only Kobe Bryant and Gilbert Arenas
have more since 2003.4
After establishing greatness at Syracuse, Anthony’s legacy continues with ongoing success of Orange basketball program
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National, conference parity keeps Orange focused on FriarsBy Ryne Gery
STAFF WRITER
Jim Boeheim wasn’t about to reflect on the past Saturday night at Seton Hall – another stop on Syracuse’s
farewell tour through the Big East. I n s t e a d , B o e h e i m explained the challenge his
team, and every other team in col-lege basketball, faces in the present.
Parity rules the game today, some-thing the SU head coach was remind-ed of that afternoon when he watched Virginia Tech, sitting in last place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, take North Carolina State into overtime on the road before falling by four.
“We’ve got to concentrate on each game where every game is incred-ibly tough in this league and in every league,” Boeheim said. “There’s just unbelievable balance in college bas-ketball now.”
Boeheim’s message comes before
Syracuse welcomes an upstart Provi-dence team to the Carrier Dome for a rematch in Big East play. For the first time all year back in January, the Orange (21-4, 9-3 Big East) trailed at halftime before clinching a six-point victory over the Friars. Providence (14-11, 6-7) is riding a four-game win-ning streak and playing arguably its best basketball of the season heading into its matchup with SU on Wednes-day at 7 p.m.
“They’ve won four in a row and it was an even game up there,” Boeheim
said. “So obviously, they’re a really good team.”
That’s all Syracuse can expect after the Friars first battle with the Orange. Providence jumped out to an early lead behind a hot shooting performance by junior Bryce Cotton.
He nailed five 3-pointers and only missed one shot in the first half, scor-ing 17 points to carry his team to a three-point lead at the break.
The spectacular shooting display left an impression on C.J. Fair, whose first recollection of Syracuse’s 72-66
win at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center was the 6-foot-1 guard who finished with 24 points that night.
“We let Cotton get a hot start against us,” Fair said. “He made a lot of 3s, we got to find him at all times.”
Cotton leads the Big East in scor-ing with 20.4 points per game, and in 3-pointers with 73. His play has been crucial to the Friars’ four-game win-ning streak in which they’ve climbed out of the conference cellar.
The most impressive of
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Carmelo Anthony’s jersey will be retired Saturday in a ceremony in the Syracuse vs Georgetown game.