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DethronedDanny Fersh reprimands those responsible for his rejection by the Homecoming Court selection committee. Page 7
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Starting strongBehind the interior presences of Fab Melo and Baye Moussa Keita, Syracuse defeats Cal State-Los Angeles by 30 points in its first exhibition game of the 2011-12 season. Page 16
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Night owlColleges across the United States are beginning to implement midnight classes for working students. Page 3
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Join the clubThe Daily Orange Editorial Board comments on SU’s entrance into the 50K tuition club. Page 5
By Nick CardonaSTAFF WRITER
Candidates for the 4th District Com-mon Council seat went head-to-head Tuesday night.
The candidates, Khalid Bey and Howie Hawkins, spoke in front of about two dozen people at Syracuse University and will face off on Nov. 8.
Bey, the Democratic candidate, touched on numerous issues that have affected his community throughout his life, both as a Syracuse resident and a political activist. Bey focused on the relationship between the com-munity and its elected officials dur-ing the debate at 6 p.m. in Watson Theater.
Hawkins, a longtime community activist, focused his side of the debate
on the economy and how the rich can help by paying their “fair share” — a term that was echoed throughout the debate from the Green Party candi-date.
The lack of city-funded jobs for Syracuse citizens was one of the top-ics the candidates discussed. The main initiative people need to take is to get their name out there, be proactive and get involved, Hawkins said. In relation to SU, Hawkins said students need to bring their skills into the community and be able to assist in their specific field.
Bey said people, especially SU stu-dents, need to find what type of jobs are in demand in the area. Bey said he believes there is a lack of knowledge facing the public about what the job market is really about. SU students have to blend into the community if they really want to get involved with the public, he said.
When discussing education, the two candidates disagreed about where to get the money to fund the school system.
“I know where the money is, the rich have it,” Hawkins said.
In comparison, Bey said citizens have to be “cautious of painting a picture that cannot be delivered.”
Councilor candidates debate jobs, education
By Peter WaynerCONTRIBUTING WRITER
A group of defendants known as the Hancock 38 began a series of trials at the DeWitt Town Court on Tuesday evening. The protesters, many who are senior citizens, were arrested in April for lying across the entrance of Hancock Air National Guard Base in Mattydale. Approximately 30 of the original 38 will stand trial.
“There shouldn’t be a trial. We
should not have been arrested,” said Ed Kinane, a defendant and 1967 graduate of Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. “We were involved in behavior protected by the First Amendment.”
Those arrested were protesting the MQ-9 Reaper drones remotely piloted from Hancock. They wrapped themselves in red-spattered sheets and lay down, blocking the gate to rep-
resent innocent civilians killed by the unmanned intelligence and armed aircraft, according to an article pub-lished in The Post-Standard on April 22.
Kinane said the issue is personal for him, as he is a Syracuse resident.
“It’s our tax money that’s support-ing this, it’s being done in our name, it’s generating enormous amounts of ill will against the United States, which threatens the safety of all of
us,” he said. “Right here in central New York, in effect, we’re within the war zone.”
Tuesday’s trial was preceded by demonstrations at the U.S. Attorney’s Office on South Clinton Street and at Hancock.
At the Attorney’s Office, a scene including a scale model drone and several protesters pretending to be dead innocents and freshly enraged al-Qaeda trainees. Signs at the air
base read, “Drones=Terrorism,” and “What if They Used Drones on Us?”
Retired Army Col. Ann Wright of Honolulu helped with the demonstra-tions. She retired from her 29-year military career in 2003 as a reaction against the U.S. invasion of Iraq. She worries about what blowback could come from using drones.
“What goes around comes around,” she said. “I think that
Hancock 38 trials begin following April arrests, defendants arraigned
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“The main goal is to get SU students involved in the process and to eventually vote in November.”
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chris griffin | staff photographerKHALID BEY, the Democratic candidate for 4th District Common Council, talks during a debate in Watson Theater on Tuesday night. Bey stressed the relationship between the community and its elected officials.
mary wagner | staff photographerHOWIE HAWKINS, the Green Party candidate for 4th District Common Council, addresses nearly two dozen people Tuesday. Hawkins focused on the economy and how the rich can help by paying their share.
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Bumpin’ bumpin’KREAYSHAWN released her first mixtape “Kittys x Choppas” in 2010 and came to Syracuse University on Tuesday night to perform in Goldstein Auditorium in the Schine Student Center. She and Neon Indian were brought by University Union. The video she recorded for her single “Gucci Gucci” in 2011 generated nearly three million YouTube views in the first three weeks. Its sudden popularity earned the artist media attention and a deal with Columbia Records. SEE PAGE 7
Educator speaks on Uganda
Late-night classes rise across nation
NCAA approves option of providing up to $2,000 to student-athletes
By Nick SesslerCONTRIBUTING WRITER
After singing and playing his guitar to a traditional Hebrew song, Aaron Kintu Moses personally introduced himself to the audience by asking a question.
“Abayudaya, can you pronounce this word?” challenged Kintu Moses.
After the audience echoed the word, Kintu Moses sounded it out, “Ah-bu-da-ya. It means Jew, and I am a Jew.”
But Kintu Moses said he is no ordinary Jew. Kintu Moses explained to the crowd Tuesday night at Hen-dricks Chapel that he leads a small Jewish community in Uganda of no more than 1,000 people, dispersed between five villages.
In this community, there are two schools that support 363 children, 200 of them boarding students. These schools are what brought Kintu Moses to Syracuse, and many other universities and charities around the United States.
The problem is that money, which is required to send these children to school, is a scarcity for many of these Ugandan families. Full tuition for one year costs about $100.
“I think it’s incredible that $100 a year is so much for these people when so many people here are paying around $50,000,” said Peter Saulson, a physics professor who attended the lecture with his wife, Sarah.
“It really shows how much we take for granted,” he said.
The opening of these schools is a recent occurrence, following a period of instability in Uganda that heav-ily dispersed the Jewish community, Kintu Moses said. The ruler at that time, Idi Amin, had ordered the death sentence to anyone who practiced Judaism.
Free to practice their religion, the Ugandan Jews have received funding from an organization named Kulanu, which means “All of Us” in Hebrew. This organization gives aid to up-and-coming Jewish communities around the world, he said.
Kulanu is largely supported by volunteers. They help teach students, provide medical care and build infra-structure.
Kintu Moses encouraged audi-ence members to support the schools through Kulanu either by donating money or volunteering. This is what brought Barbara Black to the lecture, whose brother-in-law, Mark Wein-stein, is a plastic surgeon.
By Christina LevinSTAFF WRITER
Those aimlessly roaming the Inter-net late at night can now go to class instead. Some students at colleges, like Bunker Hill Community College in Boston, have been attending lec-tures past midnight since the idea originated there in 2009, according to an Oct. 26 USA Today article.
A handful of colleges across the country are offering midnight classes to accommodate students with chil-dren, inflexible jobs or simply a habit of staying up late, according to the article. This phenomenon helps man-age over-enrollment and overbooked classes by providing unconventional meeting times — some lasting until 2:55 a.m.
Chancellor Nancy Cantor did not rule out the possibility of Syracuse Uni-versity implementing midnight classes but said in an email it was unlikely.
Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina said he did not know if SU plans on implementing midnight classes.
“This is the first I have heard of this, and I am not aware of any col-leges at SU considering such a move,” he said in an email.
Lookman Mojeed, a senior biology and international relations major,
By Corey CrockettCONTRIBUTING WRITER
As debates heat up among sport and academic professionals, the NCAA made a groundbreaking move Thurs-day and approved a measure that will provide additional compensa-tion to student-athletes.
The Division I Board of Directors adopted a package that — in addition to more stringent academic stan-dards — will give athletic confer-ences the option of providing up to an additional $2,000 to student-athletes on top of scholarships, according to a report from the NCAA provided by Erik Christianson, director of public and media relations.
This ruling will apply to head-count sports — limited to men’s foot-ball, basketball and four women’s sports — and equivalency sports that reach the value of a full scholar-ship, according to the NCAA website. Head-count sports award a set num-ber of full scholarships to members of the team, while equivalency sports have a total scholarship allowance to provide team members, according to
a September 2007 article published on Stack magazine’s website.
“This isn’t about paying student-athletes, but it is about being fair and recognizing that in Division I it ought to be important to meet this need,” said Graham Spanier, chair of the Student-Athlete Well-Being Working Group and Pennsylvania State University president, on the NCAA website.
The additional funds awarded to athletes are to address the “miscel-laneous expenses” student-athletes have, according to the NCAA website.
With academics and the time com-mitment associated with playing collegiate sports, student-athletes don’t have time for a job and need money, said John Wolohan, professor of sport management at the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.
“I think they needed to do some-thing,” Wolohan said of the changes.
Wolohan acknowledged that he is unaware of the financial circum-stances of Syracuse University, but he said the majority of collegiate
athletic departments do not make a profit. Even if the aid comes from athletics, the department will make less and could drain more academic resources.
“When the board approved giv-ing student-athletes who receive the full amount of aid an additional miscellaneous expense allowance, they also allowed schools to remove non-athletics aid from the team limit calculation,” according to the NCAA website.
This recent change is a fraction of what many athletic experts are calling for: paying athletes.
When Wolohan spoke of provid-ing athletes compensation for play-ing sports, he referenced previous
rulings that determined student-athletes do not fulfill an integral part of the university and cannot be considered employees.
Depending on how many student-athletes receive additional aid from this new change, universities could be providing hundreds of thousands of dollars, Wolohan said.
“That extra money has to come out somewhere,” he said.
Academic standards were also strengthened, increasing the mini-mum Academic Progress Rate and implementing new penalties, among other academic changes.
Though the financial changes are far from giving players com-pensation and making them uni-versity employees, they do provide aid to give student-athletes the nec-essary funds to afford the college lifestyle.
While he acknowledged the money has to come from somewhere else, Wolohan cautioned naysayers.
“Is it the worst thing in the world?” Wolohan said. “No.”
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City graduation rates were another major topic discussed during the debate. Both candi-dates said elected officials, mainly school board members, need to find more creative ways to get students involved. The candidates agree it’s hard to keep students’ attention in class, but with more innovative ways of learning, they
will begin to thrive. Another topic both candidates agreed on
was public safety. Hawkins and Bey said par-ents should be involved in their kids’ lives because most of the crimes committed by children often occur after the doors of the recreation centers close.
SU students’ safety is a main priority of the university, but both candidates said they believe the students should not be looked at differently than other Syracuse residents. Hawkins said SU
students should “receive no special treatment, just sufficient treatment.”
Mallory Lang, an intern for the New York Pub-lic Interest Group and a junior political science major, coordinated the event along with NYPIRG.
Lang said she believes having the debate at SU will encourage more students to vote.
Said Lang: “The main goal is to get SU stu-dents involved in the process and to eventually vote in November.”
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said implementing midnight classes at SU can be viewed as practical. But a course would need to be sufficiently interesting and interactive to compel him to attend class and remain alert throughout, he said.
“The idea is smart because the majority of the classes I would like to take overlap,” Mojeed said. “Introducing midnight classes would most likely lessen the overlap. But realistically, I probably wouldn’t make it to class that late.”
Though midnight classes are still uncom-mon, they are becoming popular in community colleges, where two-thirds of the students work full or part time, according to the article.
Joy Goodie, an adjunct instructor at the Community College of Baltimore County who teaches a midnight psychology class, said mid-night classes demand familiarity with one’s personal habits — like knowing what part of the
day when one is most productive.“On the day of class I usually work a full day,
do homework with the kids and make dinner,” said Goodie in an email. “Just before class, I often see patients in my private practice, grab a bite to eat and catch up on grading papers. It is important to understand your personal cir-cadian rhythm so that you do not find yourself impacted negatively by doing this type of class.”
It is critical to have enough mental agility instead of merely being able to power through, Goodie said.
“It is not for everyone, and there is also a big difference from being awake at that hour and being in a place where your learning ability is maximized,” she said.
Some may wonder why anyone would choose to enroll in a midnight class when online cours-es are now widely available. But an online class does not suit everyone’s learning style, Goodie said.
“Online courses require that you are a self-starter, independent learner, comfortable on the Internet,” said Goodie, who is also a mental health consultant. “This type of learning does not work for everyone.”
Midnight classes offer non-traditional stu-dents who may work second shifts a chance to further their education, said Charles Miron, coordinator of CCBC’s psychology department, in a Dec. 6, 2010, press release.
“As our society diversifies, so must our way of educating students so that learning is equal-ized,” Goodie said. “The day of the traditional student is gone.”
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O ccupy Syracuse and Occupy College participants have been lacking high numbers
of involved Syracuse students in rela-tion to the total university popula-tion, so Orange, it’s offi cially time to step your game up.
The Women’s and Gender Studies Department is hosting a discussion and teach-in Nov. 10 at 11 a.m. titled “Feminism and the 99% Movement.” The event will take place in the Atrium Lounge on the third fl oor of Sims Hall. I’ll be co-facilitating the discussion about women and the Occupy Wall Street movement. with another WGS student
I encourage students to attend this discussion. It’s important for SU students to start getting involved in the Occupy movement and talking about the most effective ways to go about contributing our own voices and experiences to this sociopolitical movement.
There are a plethora of reasons why you should be motivated to come out and support the Women’s and Gender Studies Department, the Occupy movement and me on Nov. 10.
For starters, everyone else is doing it. Following the success of two separately organized protests and walkouts at colleges and universities nationwide, 68 schools have signed up on OccupyCollege.org to participate in the National Student Solidar-ity Teach-ins on Wednesday and Thursday. Syracuse University has remained absent from all three forms of activism thus far — but it’s better late than never.
This is a chance to offer your perspective. If you’re not happy with the way Occupy Wall Street and Occupy College have operated thus far, this discussion is your chance to talk about it. The movement has been criticized for excluding dif-ferent races and genders. The only way to make it more inclusive is for all students from different social
locations to lend their thoughts and ideas for progress.
Be a part of something bigger than over-studying for your exam the next day or spending valuable time talking about the demise of Kim Kardashian’s 72-day marriage. Not to discredit the importance of grades, but one test or paper will be just a fl eeting moment in your life, whereas a discussion about feminism and Occupy Wall Street has the potential to stick. And as for the Kardashian-Humphries saga, get your mind out of the gutter and start talking about important issues.
Plus, I’m bringing special brown-ies — special in the sense that I seldom bake or do anything in the kitchen. Take advantage of this momentous occasion by stopping by and at least humoring my baking skills and pleasing your taste buds.
Countless students talk about the myriad of issues facing our country and our age group specifi -cally, but it’s time to stop talking and take action. The Occupy Wall Street movement embodies a social movement that is — gener-ally speaking — representative of our generation’s sentiments. If you’ve tweeted about the Occupy movement, debated with friends and made comments on Facebook statuses, it’s probably time for you to turn those smaller conversations into larger discussion.
Krystie Yandoli is a senior women and gender studies and English and
textual studies major. Her column appears every Wednesday. She can be
reached at [email protected] or followed on Twitter at @KrystieLYandoli.
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Meeting offers students way to join, debate Occupy movement
SU joins $50K club as college costs climbThe most recent tuition increase has inducted Syracuse University into the 50K club.
This week, The Chronicle of Higher Education released the list of universities whose combined tuition, room and board and living expenses exceed $50,000. Students and their parents have already felt the fi nancial affects of the 3.6 percent tuition increase. But the Chronicle article reminds us of the pressure increased tuition should put on both the university and its students to use the money wisely.
Put into context, the 3.6 percent increase was very low relative to past increases at SU and compared to increases at other schools. For example, the Berklee College of Music increased tuition by 8.3 percent.
But the fact remains that SU
joins 122 other colleges whose cost of attendance exceeds $50,000. By Jan-uary, student loan debt will reach $1 trillion and exceed America’s combined credit card debt.
It leaves us wondering where the money is going. As tuition increases, the university should feel beholden to students, who bank roll opera-tions. SU should feel more pressure to ensure that all those operations directly aid the educational process, keep administrative costs as low as possible and strengthen academics. The most gracious and responsible thing that universities could do in this bleak economy would be to pub-lish a general breakdown of where tuition money goes, just as citizens
can view the details of a county or state budget.
The fi nancial pressure students feel at college is no more pronounced than in the dining halls. Students face this dilemma, however comical, everyday: eat a light, healthy meal or make the most of the $12, or more, students pay for a single dining hall visit.
But students also have a responsibility to themselves and their parents to take advantage of everything the increased tuition has made possible on college campuses: study abroad, language tables, clubs, offi ce hours, fi eld trips, lectures and research projects. Every class a student skips is about $100 thrown away.
Both universities and students need a nice lesson in fi scal respon-sibility.
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“(Weinstein) does work repairing the cleft palates of many children in Africa who suffer from malnutrition,” said Black, an associate professor in the College of Nursing at Upstate Medical University.
“And I believe he visited this community last year,” she said.
Kintu Moses confirmed Weinstein had vis-ited the community and expressed gratitude for his help.
Another popular option for people willing to volunteer is a mitzvah trip, which many Jewish adolescents choose to make when they have their bar mitzvah.
Paying for tuition isn’t the only thing Kintu Moses was worried about. He also talked about the energy problems the area had been suffer-ing from, such as frequent blackouts. The com-
munity relies on electricity to pump its water up from underground.
Kintu Moses also spoke about how malaria was the most common preventable disease in Uganda, claiming tens of thousands of lives each year. He showed pictures of students enacting malaria awareness skits.
Despite all its problems, Kintu Moses was delighted while showing the crowd pictures of new latrines, water wells and students wear-ing smiles. He discussed a number of projects the community had been working on, such as microcredit loans to help start businesses and a coffee co-op.
Kintu Moses said he believes if he can con-tinue to raise support the community will grow and be capable of sustaining itself.
Said Kintu Moses: “I feel the mission that began in Uganda is being felt elsewhere around the world.”
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Jean Kessner, councilor-at-large of the Syracuse Common CouncilKessner was the only councilor to vote against spending another $155,000 on surveillance cameras. Her reason? It’s unclear on when — or if — police will stop installing cam-eras, she said.“You don’t lose your freedom all at once,” she said. “You lose it bit by bit.”What price residents are willing to pay for freedom is worth public debate, she said. At the same time, she said she applauded the crime reduction in areas where cameras
already exist.“If a community wants these cameras I would never stand in their way,” Kes-sner said. “There’s nothing worse than feeling afraid, uncomfortable.”But police need a well-thought-out plan to install the cameras, including details on how long the cameras stay up and who can access the recordings, she said. Kessner argued that police should apply for grants that add officers to the streets instead.“This seems to be a culture of fear instead of a culture of enabling ourselves to be strong,” she said.
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Eye onSyracuse police to spend more than $155,000 in grants for security cameras around city
By Michael BorenSTAFF WRITER
T he Syracuse Police Department will spend more than $155,000 in grants to expand its collection of surveillance cameras across the city. The Syracuse Common Council
approved the funding Oct. 24. Surveillance cameras became a controversial topic last year when Syracuse police requested approval to use an $84,400 grant to purchase five security cam-eras. With more cameras on the way, The Daily Orange takes a look at two different views: one for and one against the cameras.
Harry Lewis, treasurer of the Southeast Univer-sity Neighborhood AssociationLewis’ neighborhood association covers the East neighbor-hood, where many Syracuse University students live. Cameras are a “fabulous idea,” Lewis said, but police need to add them in the right neighborhoods.Because the East neighborhood remains one of the safest parts of the city, adding cameras there would be a waste of money, he said.“A camera on a mugging on Euclid Avenue won’t do a
damn thing,” he said.But in areas with higher crime, Lewis said, the cameras could take the role of parents by making kids stay out of trouble.Lewis acknowledged that adding cameras to one part of the city could just shift crime to another part. That’s why he believes cameras will eventually go up in many neighborhoods around Syracuse. “We’re never rid of the problem,” he said.
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somebody is going to say, ‘Well, America, you’ve killed thousands of people of ours with these things, we’ll just take out the U.S. Embassy.’”
Capt. Anthony Bucci of the 174th Fighter Wing, the Air National Guard unit piloting the drones, cannot not comment on the trial while it remains open, but said the protesters had the constitutional right to protest and that “we in uniform support and defend the Constitution.”
Bucci said drones are a “highly effective platform to be able to stay over an area of inter-est” for a prolonged period of time. He added that the drones provide “great imagery and intelligence … to make a better assessment of the targets they wish to go after and try to reduce collateral damage.”
Kinane and Wright said they are con-cerned that due process is not playing a role in deciding drone targets, and the use of unmanned weapons could escalate world-wide and at home.
“What ever happened to due process? What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty?” said Clare Grady, a defendant from Ithaca. “Is it all up to the president and the military man with the gun in his hand?”
Tuesday’s proceedings were mainly taken up by arraignments, with many defendants representing themselves. Witnesses and evi-dence will be called as the trail progresses.
The protesters said they believe the trials will be an opportunity to relay their concerns to the community.
“We as citizens are responsible for the actions of our government,” said Ellen Grady, Clare’s sister. “When war crimes are being committed as they are now, we speak up.”
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T he world is full of injustices. Some are minor, some are
major. Some can be remedied by a simple act of kindness. Some are so bad the only way to recover is pick-ing yourself up from the ground, pull-ing the wedgie out of your backside and binge drinking immediately.
The worst part about these injus-tices: They’re inevitable. Everyone has been on the wrong side of for-tune at least once in their lives. You might not know it yet, but last week it happened to you.
Yes, you. It started in early October, when I
decided to run for Homecoming king. As a senior, I figured the best way to end my illustrious college career would be the same way I started it: loud, belligerent and wearing a crown I stole from a stranger.
So I researched the position, updated my resume, photo-shopped my headshot to make me look like David Hasselhoff and spent hours drafting and redraft-ing answers on the Syracuse University Homecoming Court’s written application.
I told the selection committee how I would rule this campus with the strength of Genghis Khan and the compassion of Brangelina. I promised to lower tuition, raise academic standards and institute mandatory dance-offs to settle all grading disputes.
But alas, it was not to be. Last Friday, I received notification
that — despite my stellar GPA, extraor-dinary qualifications, Hasselhoff-esque sex appeal and “more-than-just-friends” love for Otto the Orange — the committee rejected my application. I would not be allowed to interview for the position, and my name would not
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By Joe InfantinoCONTRIBUTING WRITER
A line of anxious students gathered in front of Goldstein Auditorium in the Schine Student Center. Unwilling to let
go of Halloween, students dressed in combi-nations of jean jackets, big glasses and neon colors. Or maybe they tried to imitate the eccentric wardrobe of rapper Kreayshawn. Regardless, the fans’ vibrant garment choices reflected the excitement that buzzed around the room.
Up-and-coming acts Kreayshawn and Neon Indian performed last night as part of the Noisey College Tour. The Syracuse audience of more than 100 fans greeted the performers with skepticism at first. But as each act progressed, that uncertainty trans-formed into enthusiasm displayed by the crowd’s dancing.
The first student in line, Rohan Thakore, a freshman industrial design major, waited more than 45 minutes to get in.
“I heard of Neon Indian about a month before I moved here through Pandora, and I really liked his style,” Thakore said. “I’m just hoping for an awesome performance. I hope he does everything with a lot of passion and just lets loose for this college experience.”
The concert started around 8:15 p.m., 15 minutes later than its scheduled time. Time dragged for a bit, as nothing happened onstage except for the disc jockey scratching a few records. A piercing scream erupted from the audience moments later as Kreay-shawn skipped onstage. Seemingly pleased with the reaction, she gestured for more with a wave of her hand.
“Don’t you wanna make some noise for me?” the rapper shouted.
Besides Kreayshawn’s enthusiastic entrance, fans were slow to get caught up in the music. A few songs into the set brought her biggest reaction when she asked if there were any smokers in the building. This ques-tion prompted half the students in the audi-ence to raise their lighters in the air, waving them from side to side in the dark atmosphere of the auditorium.
The anticipation for Kreayshawn’s most popular song, “Gucci Gucci,” was tangible. The crowd was bobbing their heads and arms in beat with the music when everything except for spotlights spinning around the room went black. As “Gucci Gucci” played through the speakers, the entire crowd broke out in dance, whereas before only a few people were rocking from side to side.
The noise hushed as Kreayshawn and her
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appear on the final ballot. I’ve dealt with rejection before. It’s easy.
All you have to do is take a deep breath, sleep off your sadness and buy a blow-up doll that looks like the object of your affection. The real victim of all this: you, reader.
Without my name on the ballot, you can’t experience the sheer lunacy that is a Danny Fersh campaign. I’m the type of person to
do just anything for your approval, let alone your vote. Rules mean nothing to me. Decency means even less.
As a Homecoming finalist, I would have ridden around campus on horseback, asking — nay, demanding your vote through a giant orange megaphone. I would drape every build-ing on this campus with campaign posters, lawn signs and giant banners of American heroes with my face on theirs.
Imagine: George Washington Fersh cross-ing the Delaware River with the Continental Army. Martin Luther Fersh Jr. preaching
to thousands about his dream to become Homecoming king. Lindsay LoFersh get-ting out of rehab. Lindsay LoFersh going back to rehab. Uncle Sam … Fersh. Mount Fershmore. The possibilities were endless. Unfortunately, the Homecoming selection committee stripped you of the opportunity to experience them.
I just don’t understand. So what if my only campus-related activity is 600 words of potty humor in The Daily Orange? Who cares if I thought being Homecoming king would earn me diplomatic immunity on other college
campuses? Why does it matter that I wanted to accept my crown in the nude?
Selection committee, you robbed me and the SU student body of a truly special Homecom-ing. Now, nobody will ever know that I wanted to be king.
Danny Fersh is a senior broadcast journalism major. His column appears every Wednesday.
He’d like to give a shout out to AZD’s Jamaican bobsled team and his lovely formal date. If
you still want Danny to be Homecoming king, protest naked on the Quad tonight at midnight.
Or just email him at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter via @fershprince.
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posse of performers walked offstage. About 15 minutes and one sound check later, the lights dimmed once more. A hidden smoke machine filled the air as orange and purple lights vio-lently flashed around the stage. Space-age ambient sounds began to play when the flash-ing lights evolved into multicolored strobes. Then Neon Indian emerged from the back of the stage, striking their instruments. Students loudly cheered and threw their hands in the air.
Besides consistent head nodding and foot tapping, the crowd stayed motionless for five songs. Alan Palomo, lead singer of Neon Indian, paused in between songs to talk to the crowd.
“Can we hit those lights? I feel like I’m play-ing on a basketball court,” he said referring to the spotlights twirling around the room. This provoked a laugh from the audience.
Finally, as Neon Indian played the opening synth notes of “Polish Girl,” fans’ hands flew to the air once more as everyone began to dance. Palomo belted into the microphone,
evoking applause from the audience. As the simple yet catchy synth line continued through the song, bodies bounced from side to side, imitating the bands exaggerated move-ments onstage.
Monica Bermudez, a freshman entrepre-neurship and television, radio and film dual major, said she never stopped dancing during the Neon Indian set.
“They were great performers, in my opin-ion, better than Kreayshawn,” Bermudez said. “All Kreayshawn did was walk and talk, but Neon Indian was visually passionate about their music.”
Sweating in the dark, Wayne Smith III said he felt freed from the stress of the week as he danced and sang along with the music.
“The show was hype, it had high energy and a lot of jumping around,” said Smith, an undeclared freshman in the School of Information Studies. “Why not utilize the
shows on campus? I just wish there weren’t so many people just sitting there. I mean, what’s the point?”
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By Ian PhillipsCONTRIBUTING WRITER
B efore Hunter S. Thompson wreaked havoc at every hotel in Las Vegas in between mescaline trips, he downed
shots of rum and turned over hotel minibars in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The novel “The Rum Diary,” written by Thompson in the early 1960s but not published until 1998, remains one of the defining works of the father of gonzo journalism. The film adapta-tion of Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing in Las
Vegas,” though a failure upon initial release, is a cult classic. The film adaptation of “The Rum Diary,” written and directed by Bruce Robin-son, may have trouble reaching this legendary status. It fails to capture the obsessive, detailed beauty of the brilliant, rebel author’s writing.
Johnny Depp once again plays the role of Thompson, this time under the pseudonym of Paul Kemp. Kemp, an alcoholic American expa-triate from New York, flees to Puerto Rico, where he finds a job as a writer for a failing newspaper.
“The Rum Diary” is the story of how Thomp-son became a great journalist. At the beginning, he can’t find his voice as a writer. By the end, he realizes he must use his voice to fight against the injustices he finds. The movie only gets halfway into fully developing this point. If you want to see a truly great portrayal of the effect of Thompson’s writing, watch “Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson” instead.
Another part of the movie involves Kemp’s encounter with Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart), a rich American businessman living in Puerto Rico with his beautiful lover Chenault (Amber Heard), the source of Kemp’s affection. Sand-erson’s plan to develop a resort on beachfront property feels more like the plot of a ‘80s comedy than a fully developed representation of Thompson’s first battle against the “bastards” of capitalism.
Since stumbling upon the original manu-script of “The Rum Diary,” Depp has always been fascinated with Thompson, and turning this book into a movie has always been a passion proj-ect for him. In his performance, Depp captures the essence of Thompson through his mumbled voice. Despite almost always being drunk or under the influence of a strange drug introduced to him, he always has a put-together demeanor.
Meanwhile, as the disgruntled and out-of-his-mind Moburg, Giovanni Ribisi steals every scene with his lightning-fast intensity and hilarious characterization. As the fiery and colorful Lot-terman, Richard Jenkins deserves more screen time. Sanderson’s intended cartoonish persona and two-dimensional nature makes it difficult for Eckhart to do much with the character, and Heard’s performance of the entrancing Chenault comes off as more dull than enticing.
Although the film is supposed to be about
Thompson’s quest to find his voice, it ends up being a squeaky-clean, Hollywood version of “The Rum Diary.” Though the film is entertaining, it lacks both Thompson’s insight and indignation. The greatest absence from the film: the novel’s haunting final lines, which embody Thompson’s emulation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s writing style. These words could have been said in a final voiceover, or perhaps represented by one image. Instead, the film resorts to a tidy epilogue instead of exploring the more indefinite freedom of the original story.
And this marks the movie’s biggest problem: capturing the novel’s mood and Thompson’s style of journalism, driven by individual feelings rather than objectivity. In “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” the bright lights and ringing slot machines of Las Vegas mask the empti-ness of the American Dream. In “The Rum Diary,” Puerto Rico looks exciting and pretty, but the tropical paradise conceals the pervasive lies of those in power.
When the “Fear and Loath-ing in Las Vegas” movie rep-licated the book’s famed “wave speech” on screen, it did exactly what Thompson intended with his novel. It stripped away the layers of the beast and made him relatable while simultaneously justifying a counter-cultural generation. It’s hard to compare these two stories, as they were written at two very different times in Thompson’s life. But when you strip away the layers of “The Rum Diary” that Depp and Robinson attempt to recreate, there is nothing but a hollow center.
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Mookie Jones As much as Melo impressed, Jones digressed. He fouled out in only eight minutes. In those eight minutes on the court, he missed a 3-pointer and a free throw. On a Syracuse team with plenty
of depth, the junior forward didn’t do any-thing to distinguish himself.
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The nine points and seven assists repre-sented a complete game for the SU point guard, something head coach Jim Boeheim expects to see all season from his most experienced player.
“He started out the game and had three real-ly nice passes, got the ball to people,” Boeheim said. “And I think he was more aggressive offensively to start the second half, and that’s the way he’s going to play.”
Triche’s aggressiveness pleases BoeheimHaving just missed a dunk from the right side of the hoop, Brandon Triche chased down the rebound into the left corner and fired up a 3-pointer. He missed again.
Such was the theme for Triche on Tues-day in SU’s win over Cal State-Los Angeles. The Syracuse starting shooting guard went 2-for-11 from the field and 0-for-3 from long range.
But head coach Jim Boeheim couldn’t have been happier with Triche’s mindset. He was finally attacking, and that’s exactly what Boeheim wanted.
“Brandon was very aggressive tonight, and that’s the way we want to see him play,” he said. “He got 11 shots up in 15 minutes. In the last two years it would take him 35 minutes to get 11 shots.”
In a game in which 10 Orange players received 14 minutes or more of playing time, Triche made the most of his time on the floor. He showed no hesitation in looking to create his own shot from different places on the court.
Several times Triche looked to push the ball coast-to-coast in transition. He pulled up for floaters in the lane, attacked the rim
and found Melo on a perfect dish for an easy dunk.
“I just tried to take advantage of all my opportunities,” Triche said. “I wasn’t in that much, just because it’s the beginning of the season and everybody is going to play. Just trying to have fun, have a great feel out there.”
As last season progressed, Triche emerged as one of the most consistent scoring options for the Orange. He had 13 double-figure scoring games from January onward as his assertive-ness continued to develop.
Now, Boeheim is hoping he maintains that scorer’s mentality in the 2011-12 season. The head coach acknowledged the importance of Triche’s offensive abilities to this year’s SU team and said Tuesday was a great start for his shooting guard.
“He was very aggressive, they just didn’t go in,” Boeheim said. “But they were all shots he can make. He could go 8-for-11. I thought that was a real good sign that he was very, very aggressive and looking to make plays.”
Tuesday with six of the Orange’s first seven points. He showed aggressiveness early on by finishing off feeds from Brandon Triche and Jardine with dunks. And he was alert in catch-ing a bullet pass from Jardine following a fake shot, calmly laying the ball in off the glass.
When the first media timeout rolled around at the 15:57 mark, Melo’s six points exceeded his point total in all but five games of the 2010-11 season. Although the statistics don’t count toward the sea-son, Melo’s numbers showed an improved game.
“I can run on the court, I can get rebounds, I’m moving better, my reaction is better,” Melo said. “And when I see that, my confidence is
definitely better.”Melo and Keita anchored the Syracuse
defense — one that played both man-to-man and zone — by contesting almost every shot. The Golden Eagles managed just three two-point field goals in the first half, due in large part to SU’s shot-blocking ability.
With the Orange in man-to-man defense on its third defensive possession of the game, CSULA attempted to run a screen and roll with point guard Ryan Wetherell and center Carl Hoffman. But as Hoffman took the feed from Wetherell and went up for the lay-in, Melo con-verged to pin the ball for the block.
Minutes later, Golden Eagles guard Percy Lemle drove through the line after C.J. Fair bit on a pump fake. But Keita was there to extend his arms and alter the shot. Lemle was forced into an
awkward scoop shot that barely reached the rim. Melo and Keita each had a pair of blocks
Tuesday, and freshman Rakeem Christmas added three.
“I feel like we have to send a message early for them to have that mentality that if they go in there we are going to block the shot,” Keita said. “Our goal isn’t to block every shot but to change every shot they take.”
But perhaps most impressive was the expanded offensive repertoire exhibited by each of the sophomore big men.
Keita showed off a soft touch with a right-handed half-hook over Hoffman, and Melo stepped out away from the basket to attempt three jump shots on Tuesday. His first two were missed 15-footers from the free-throw line, but he swished home a short jumper from the right
baseline in the second half. He’s been shooting more often in practice,
and he said Boeheim told him if he makes them in practice, he can shoot them during the game.
It’s a dramatic transformation that prompted Jardine to “call it out right now” and predict a big season for Melo in the locker room after the game. After a tumultuous freshman year, he’s put in the work to get his body in the right shape, and his confidence has followed suit.
“Before he didn’t have no abs, now he’s got like a six-pack,” Triche said. “Just give all the credit to him, the hard work. A lot of people thought it was him not having skills, but he got it there and his stamina is right where it needs to be, his weight is right where it needs to be and it’s coming together all at once.
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courtesy of pittsburgh media relationstodd graham and Pittsburgh are contenders to win the Big East championship in 2011. The Panthers are currently in a three-way tie for second place in the conference.
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By Ryne GeryAssT. sPorTs EdiTor
Todd Graham’s first season at Pittsburgh is filled with highs and lows.
At times, like after beating South Florida 44-17 in September, the Panthers looked like a legitimate threat to win the Big East. And at other times, like the game following the USF win against Rutgers, Pittsburgh was just another mediocre team in the conference.
But even after the embarrassing 34-10 let-down against the Scarlet Knights, Graham didn’t lose sight of his goal for this season.
“I think we took two giant steps forward against South Florida, and then we took three back last week (against Rutgers),” Graham said in the Big East coaches’ teleconference Oct. 10. “So it’s a process, but we don’t have time to go through a process because we want to compete to win a championship.”
That goal remains the same for Graham three weeks later despite more highs and lows that fol-lowed for Pittsburgh. The Panthers, first-place Cincinnati and West Virginia all control their own destiny heading into the final stretch of the season. If one of those three teams wins out, it wins the Big East championship and earns the automatic bid to the Bowl Championship Series. Louisville is also lurking — tied in second place with Pitt and WVU after consecutive conference victories — but Cincinnati holds the head-to-head edge over the Cardinals.
In a wide-open Big East, the title race pic-ture became clearer after Louisville defeated Syracuse, and West Virginia took care of Rut-
gers on Saturday. And it will become more apparent after No. 23 Cincinnati takes on Pittsburgh and No. 24 West Virginia battles Louisville in a pair of conference showdowns on Saturday. Though nothing has been certain in the Big East this year, these four teams have emerged as the frontrunners to take the confer-ence crown.
The race starts with Cincinnati. The Bearcats sit alone atop the conference
standings as the only team undefeated in Big East play. Even though UC’s fast start has the team on top now, head coach Butch Jones said the journey toward winning the Big East starts this weekend against Pitt.
“We worked ourselves extremely hard to put ourselves in this position,” Jones said in the teleconference Monday. “That’s what it’s all about is playing meaningful games in Novem-ber. And championships are won in November, so our players understand what’s at stake.”
Cincinnati is in control for now, but pre-season favorite West Virginia is arguably the most talented team in the Big East. The Mountaineers appeared to be the class of the conference as it rolled through its early-season competition, but that notion was destroyed in an embarrassing 49-23 loss to Syracuse on Oct. 21.
WVU bounced back with a 41-31 win over Rutgers last Saturday, but its defensive flaws were exposed again. The Mountaineers were torched for 31 first-half points before shutting the Scarlet Knights’ offensive attack complete-ly in the second half.
Head coach Dana Holgorsen said the team needs more consistent play from the defense as it makes a push for the Big East title. Holgorsen
has preached to his players that when a play doesn’t go their way, they need to move on to the next one.
Building that mentality in his play-ers goes back to preparation and routine throughout the week.
“Our job as coaches is to keep them account-able for what they do on the field and what they do off the field,” Holgorsen said in the teleconference Monday. “So throughout the course of the week, it’s all about knowing your opponent, who you’re gonna play and what you need to expect.”
Charlie Strong felt his Louisville players weren’t getting that message after a 25-16 loss to Cincinnati pushed their record to 2-4. The Cardi-nals had already suffered losses to inferior oppo-nents Florida International and Marshall earlier in the season, and Strong had seen enough.
The head coach simply told his players things were going to change in individual meetings following the loss to the Bearcats.
“I told our players in those meetings, ‘You’ve tried it your way, now let’s try it our way as a coaching staff,’” Strong said in the teleconfer-ence Monday. “‘We know how to coach, but you try to do it your way and it isn’t working, so do it our way.’”
His players got the message. Louisville went on to beat Rutgers and Syracuse, and now it finds itself in the middle of the Big East championship race with freshman quar-terback Teddy Bridgewater and a disruptive defense leading the way.
And then there’s Pittsburgh.The Panthers have struggled to find their
rhythm in Graham’s “high-octane” spread
offense this season. Now, they have lost running back Ray Graham, the Big East’s leading rusher, for the season after he injured his right knee in the first quarter against Connecticut last Saturday.
Still, Todd Graham believes Zach Brown and the rest of the running backs will provide a reliable running game for Pitt.
Even without its star tailback, Pittsburgh’s goal is within reach. And that’s exactly where the head coach wants to be with four games left on the schedule.
“A win for us would put us at the top of the league, so that’s what our goal is, what our focus is to be Big East champions,” Graham said in the teleconference Monday. “So we’re excited about the opportunity this week.”
“A win for us would put us at the top of the league, so that’s what our goal is, what our focus is to be Big East champions.”
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SP ORT S PA G E 16the daily orange
By Michael CohenSPORTS EDITOR
The fi fth-year senior did what he was supposed to and led by example. As Syracuse entered the second half leading Cal State-Los Angeles by just seven, Scoop Jardine took it upon himself to give the Orange some breathing room.
He scored all nine of his points Tuesday night in the fi rst 5:05 of the second half, helping SU extend its lead from seven to 18 right out of the locker room.
“I felt that in the fi rst half we were really tight on offense, so I had to get the team going,” Jardine said. “And that’s what I’m here for. Whatever we need taken care of, I’m here to do it.”
Jardine played the role of passer in the fi rst half and scorer early in the second to put together a complete
performance as Syracuse defeated the Golden Eagles 79-49 in the Carrier Dome. The point guard fi nished the game with nine points, seven assists, two steals and only two turnovers in 17 minutes of play.
After attempting just two shots in the fi rst half, Jardine came out much more aggressive in the second. He scored his fi rst points of the game on a pull-up jumper from the top of the key and followed that with a tradi-tional three-point play that energized his teammates.
He added another pair of free throws and a dunk to cap off a 20-9 SU run that put the game out of reach by the 14:55 mark of the second half.
It was a stark contrast from his performance in the fi rst half, during which he focused more on setting
By Michael CohenSPORTS EDITOR
T he new Fab Melo brought Dion Waiters to his feet. Towel over his shoulder and a water bottle still
in his mouth, Waiters stood up off the Syracuse bench in support of the sopho-more center’s inspired defensive play.
With 7:32 remaining in Tuesday’s exhibition win over Cal State-Los Angeles, Melo alertly snagged a pass out of the air with his right hand to prevent an easy layup by the Golden Eagles. Scoop Jardine fumbled Melo’s outlet pass, resulting in a steal by CSULA’s Quinton Watkins.
Melo turned and sprinted back after Watkins in an attempt to block the shot. Though he was called for goaltending, pinning the ball after it had already hit the backboard, Wait-ers applauded this revamped, mobile version of Melo.
“No, no, no way,” Melo said smiling. “No way. I couldn’t get to that (shot last year). I knew I was going to get a goaltend, but I just wanted to try.”
The slimmed-down Melo played one of the best games of his career Tuesday to help No. 5 SU run away from Cal State-LA 79-49 in its fi rst of two pre-season games in front of 8,668 in the Carrier Dome. Shedding 30 pounds in the offseason, Melo was an active and agile center who ran well up and down the fl oor. He and fellow sophomore Baye Moussa Keita combined for 18 points (14 from Melo) and 18 rebounds in what was a drastic improvement from their performances a season ago.
“Fab and Baye were real good,” SU head coach Jim Boeheim said. “They were really active. They showed a lot of advancement from last year.”
Melo stormed out of the gates
W E D N E S D AYnovember 2, 2011
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SECOND TAKESophomore centers begin season with strong exhibition game
andrew renneisen | staff photographerFAB MELO dunks as a group of Cal State-Los Angeles players look on. Melo showed much improvement in Tuesday’s exhibition game against the Golden Eagles, scoring 14 points and grabbing nine rebounds.
Jardine’s scoring mentality sparks early 2nd-half run
O N L I N E
Major improvementSyracuse women’s soccer had its most successful season in four years under head coach Phil Wheddon. See dailyorange.com
SEE CAL STATE-LA PAGE 13
SEE JARDINE PAGE 13