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N • Living greenCampus Sustainability Day is Wednesday and several SU orga-nizations are preparing to mark it with activities and a documen-tary screening.Page 3
P • Love thy neighborSU students are taking the initia-tive to help Livingston Avenue resi-dent Lenora Monkemeyer, who has been living without water, heat or electricity for several years.Page 11
S • The long termAJ Long is Syracuse’s starter, but it’s only because Terrel Hunt is out. If he performs well against Clemson and even leads SU to a win, he could start making the spot his own. Page 20
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john tummino, a Remembrance Scholar, stands among 35 folding chairs set up on the Quad to represent the SU students who died in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing. Tummino became a scholar to honor a family member who died in the bombing. margaret lin photo editor
Remembrance Week 2014part 3 of 4
By Ellen Meyersstaff writer
When John Tummino arrived at the first meeting for this year’s Remembrance Scholars in August, he brought a Notre Dame hat that he got from his third-cousin, Wendy Giebler-Sefcik.
But, it was not just any hat. It was the hat that Giebler-Sefcik’s first husband, Jay Giebler, was wearing when terrorists bombed Pan Am Flight 103 on Dec. 21, 1988. It was the hat that was found near Giebler when authorities found his body among the wreckage in Lockerbie, Scotland.
Bringing the hat to the Remembrance Scholars meeting stunned the whole group because none of the Scholars knew about the connection, said Tummino, a senior broad-cast and digital journalism and political science dual major.
As soon as he showed the scholars the hat, “all sound sucked out of the room, like we were in a vacuum,” he said.
“It really served to ground us and say, ‘this is why we were here,’ because this hat traveled from that airplane to the ground and all the way and ended up here in Syracuse, and here we all are,” Tummino said. “It was almost a way to be like, ‘let’s remember who we’re doing this for.’”
On Friday, Giebler-Sefcik, who Tummino calls his aunt, will come to SU for the first time for Remembrance Week, which is held each year at SU to honor the 35 students
comingfullcircleStudent honors family member who died in Pan Am Flight 103 bombing by becoming Remembrance Scholar
Boeheim lawsuit reinstated
By Dylan Segelbaumstaff writer
New York state’s high court on Tuesday unanimously reversed two prior decisions throwing out a defamation lawsuit against Jim Boeheim, ruling his comments that two former Syracuse ball boys were lying about being sexually abused to get money were not opin-ions protected under free speech.
In a 16-page decision, Judge Jenny Rivera wrote that at the early stages of the lawsuit when it was thrown out, Boeheim’s comments could have had a “defamatory connotation.” Thus, the court ruled former ball boys Bobby Davis and Mike Lang have a “reasonable” claim to recover damages for defamation. The case will now be sent back down to the lower trial court.
The court’s decision was 6-0, with five other judges concurring with Rivera. Judge Eugene Pigott did not take part in the decision.
Davis and Lang sued Boeheim, the head men’s basketball coach, and Syracuse University on Dec. 13, 2011, after he called the step-brothers liars who were out to get money for alleging they were sex-ually abused by a former associate head men’s basketball coach.
That former coach, Bernie Fine, was fired from SU on Nov. 27, 2011. He has denied all wrongdo-ing and was not charged following a yearlong federal investigation.
A state Supreme Court justice on May 11, 2012, threw out the lawsuit, ruling that Boeheim’s comments were opinions pro-tected under free speech. That decision was upheld 3-2 on Oct. 4,
see lawsuit page 10
Case will now be heard again in lower court
see rememberance page 5
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By Jesse Nicholsstaff writer
Rochelle Ford considers her work in the public relations department of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications her “ministry.”
Ford joined the Newhouse faculty as the department chair of the P.R.depart-ment last June. She has incorporated elements of her faith and her experi-ence as a minister into her work.
“I view my work as a ministry, what I do every day working with students is a ministry,” Ford said.
For Ford, this includes exercis-ing core Christian values. But it also includes connecting with students and sharing her personal struggles.
Ford had to overcome anxiety, depression and forge her own path after not receiving her master’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park on time. But her strong faith has given her confidence to look forward.
“I’m not ashamed that I’m a single mom; I’m not ashamed that I’ve been divorced,” she said. “God’s given me the grace to get through them and still be standing.”
Prior to her arrival in Syracuse, Ford served as an administrator at Howard University in Washington, D.C., where she promoted diversi-ty-related issues and led a minis-try for single parents. During that time, Ford also took a mission trip to Kenya, which transformed her out-look on life.
At Newhouse, Ford feels inspired to bring her life experiences, toward improving the department.
“I do believe God gifted me the ability to teach,” Ford said.
Ford also said that she hopes to channel her skills toward modeling a new public relations department.
In the meantime, Ford has settled in at North Syracuse Baptist Church, a place she said she’s found great sup-port during her transition into her role at Newhouse, where she hopes to one day make a positive impact across the globe.
“I really want to do things that will make a difference in peoples’ lives and help them achieve their dreams and make this world a better place,” Ford said. “I think it’s a calling.”
PR department chair draws on Christian faith
WORK wednesday | rochelle ford
ROCHELLE FORD considers her work as the public relations depart-ment chair her “ministry.” joshua chang staff photographer
INSIDE N • More eyes After receiving a grant, the city has added 16 cameras to the North Side to help cut down on crime.
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P • Round and round Former Orange Girl Janet Dean donated $25,000 for a new scholarship to benefit the marching band’s twirler.
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Eat itOn Friday, SU community mem-bers will join with other state schools to crunch into a New York state apple and help set a record of 1 million crunches in a day. See Thursday’s paper
@SyracuseCRs“My priority is to give the United States the kind of influence it should have.” #dailyquote #TODAY #BoltonatSUN
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Peanut butter jelly time(FROM LEFT) NATALIE REBEYEV AND MIHO HATANAKA, 2014 Remembrance Scholars, make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in the Whit-man Atrium on Tuesday for the Oxford Inn and Bishop Foery Foundation in honor of Remembrance Week. Other events in honor of Remembrance Week include a documentary screening on Thursday and the Rose Laying Ceremony on Friday. amanda piela contributing photographer
SU organizations prepare for sustainability dayBy Ali Linanstaff writer
Sustainability groups on campus plan to spread information and to screen a documentary as part of the second annual Campus Sustainabil-ity Day on Wednesday.
Students of Sustainability at Syr-acuse University and other organiza-tions are aiming to promote aware-ness of students’ effect on the envi-ronment. The day’s events include a
table in Schine Student Center from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. where students can get information on ways they can be environmentally aware, a social media contest with various prizes, a screening of the movie “Bag It: Is Your Life Too Plastic?” held in Gif-ford Auditorium at 8 p.m. and a Solo Cup art installation.
SoS, now in its third semester since being founded, focuses on informing the students and fac-ulty of conscious consumption, the
industrial food system, the benefits
of vegetarianism and veganism and
other related issues, said Colton Jones, a senior psychology major and co-president of SoS.
The purpose of Campus Sustain-ability Day is to encourage students to learn more about what’s around them, Jones said.
“(There are) a lot of things going on outside this institution,” he said. “We need to be more conscious.”
For example, the table set up in Schine will provide information on
Diplomat discusses US policy By Jen Bundy staff writer
John Bolton does not believe President Barack Obama wakes up thinking about America’s national security.
“He simply doesn’t care much about national security issues,” he said. “He is just not that interested in it.”
Bolton, the former United States ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush, spoke Tuesday night in Hendricks Chapel in front of a crowd of around 40 people. Bolton was invited to speak on national security and foreign pol-icy by the Syracuse University College Republicans.
Tech companies fail to hire minorities, report saysBy Danny Mantoothcontributing writer
Technology companies are failing to hire the increasing number of minorities graduating with com-puter science and computer engi-
neering degrees, according to recent research by USA Today.
The research shows that approx-imately 2 percent of workers across seven Silicon Valley companies are African-American and approxi-mately 3 percent are Hispanic. More
than 4 percent of those receiving bachelor’s degrees in computer engineering and computer science in 2013 were African-American, and over 6 percent were Hispanic, according to the Computing Research Association.
Half of African-American and Hispanic graduates with computer science degrees from leading uni-versities are being hired by major technology companies, according to the USA Today article. The research
Here is a round-up of news happening around the nation and the world:
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Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee sprinter who competed in the 2012 Olympics, was sen-tenced to five years in prison on Tuesday for killing his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day in 2013.
source: washington post
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i’m loSin’ it
McDonald’s Corp. announced Tuesday that quarterly profit dropped by nearly one-third and warned that global restaurant sales will fall again in October.
source: reuters
U.S.
north Korea FreeS american detainee North Korea has released one of three detained Americans on Tuesday. The former detainee, Jeffrey Fowle, 56, is now on his way back to the United States.
source: fox news
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show timeAs part of Campus Sustain-ability Day, campus orga-nizations will be screening “Bag It,” a documentary about plastic bags and other plastic merchandise and its effects on the environment.
Star gazingHolden Observatory, the second building constructed on cam-pus, will re-open for astronomy classes next semester after a donation from a professor.See Thursday’s paper
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“There are two competing visions of the United States in the world and the contrast is quite stark,” Bolton said.
Bolton, currently a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a com-mentator on Fox News, said he believes the worldview being embodied through Obama’s leadership and policies is leading the country to a dangerous place.
Upon election in 2008, Obama made domes-tic policy the focus of much of his time and energy and does not see threats and problems in the world as that challenging, Bolton said. This lack of interest coupled with a detached, unin-volved leadership style has allowed the percep-tion of America to weaken within the past six years of Obama’s administration, Bolton added.
“President Obama does not believe in American exceptionalism,” he said. “He doesn’t see America as the solution, but as part of the problem.”
There are several foreign policy areas Bolton said he is concerned about, specifi-cally Russia’s conflict with Ukraine, China’s territorial claims in Southeast Asia and the unfolding crisis in the Middle East. One of the biggest concerns revolves around Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent annexation of the Crimea region in Ukraine and the rising uncertainty in Eastern Europe, he said.
While Putin has proven he is determined to see his objectives through as an assertive leader, Bolton said Obama and the Western powers have shown the ineffectiveness of their alliances.
“If I were in the Kremlin looking at the makeup of the Western leadership, I would be pressing ahead as vigorously as I could,” he said. “Because
you won’t get a better situation than this.” Bolton said the perpetual leadership fail-
ures of Obama in the Middle East, his inability to prevent chaos in Libya and Syria and the rising threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria sends a strong message to the world.
“Lessons are being learned in the Middle
East and other regions that the United States is unable or unwilling to stop adversaries from taking advantage of us,” he said.
Joanne Christie, a local DeWitt resident who attended the lecture, said she has seen John Bolton on Fox News many times and was excited to have the chance to hear his lecture.
“He is so knowledgeable and I agree with him on so many issues,” she said. ”Obama is a lame duck president and it is just killing me inside. I constantly worry about the future for my children and grandchildren.”
Bolton delivered criticism surrounding the murder of Christopher Stevens, the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, and two embassy secu-rity staff on Sept. 11, 2012 in Benghazi.
Bolton said he cannot process how the per-sonal representative of the president can be murdered and the only response is one arrest.
“That is laughable,” he said. “No retribu-tion, no retaliation. No response at all.”
Bolton said Hillary Clinton, former secretary of state under Obama, is also to blame for the Benghazi incident. Bolton has worked under six secretaries of state, all different people and lead-ership styles, but none would have responded to the crisis the way Clinton did, he said.
“The secretary of state did not make any com-ments the day of the event,” he said. “Not one of our people would have gone home that day. Do you think Colin Powell would have gone home?”
The continued decline of American influ-ence, budget cuts to military spending and no clear strategy to combat threats has threatened America’s role as a world power, Bolton said.
Bolton added he believes the best solution is to focus on the upcoming elections in 2014 and 2016.
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Lessons are being learned in the Middle East and other regions that the United States is unable or unwilling to stop adversaries from taking advantage of us.John Boltonformer u.s. ambassador
John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, spoke in Hendricks Chapel on Tuesday night in an event hosted by College Republicans. He talked about President Barack Obama’s foreign policy during his lecture. kadijah watkins staff photographer
man of experienceAssistant Secretary of State: 1989-1993Under Secretary of State: 2001-2005U.S. ambassador to UN: August 2005-December 2006source: american enterprise institute
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who died in the bombing. As a Remembrance Scholar, Tummino represents Gretchen Dater, who was studying abroad through SU and died on Pan Am Flight 103.
Giebler-Sefcik had been married to Giebler for nine months before the bombing. Right after their wedding, they moved from New Jersey to London for work.
They planned to go back to New Jersey for the holidays, Giebler-Sefcik said. She had more vacation time than her husband, so she went back a week early to spend time with her family while Giebler stayed at work.
On Dec. 21, 1988, Giebler-Sefcik was at her sister’s house. Her sister turned on the television right at the moment when the news broke that the United States lost contact with Pan Am Flight 103.
“I knew at that minute that he was gone,” Giebler-Sefcik said. “I couldn’t imagine that he would be on TV if it wasn’t really, really bad.”
When the authorities contacted her and asked if she had any idea what Giebler was wear-ing on the flight, Giebler-Sefcik knew he had to be wearing the Notre Dame hat, she said.
Originally, it belonged to a friend. But when Giebler saw the hat, he had to have it, so he
made a trade with his friend. Since then, Gie-bler always wore the hat in casual settings, including the duration of Pan Am Flight 103.
Eileen Tummino, John Tummino’s mother and Giebler-Sefcik’s second cousin, only met Giebler a few times before his death. Still, she remembers him as a nice person who drew people in. When she and the rest of the family found out what happened, they were numb.
“You’re in shock, you’re completely in shock,” she said. “So as a family, we just tried
to quietly be there for each other, because some people react differently.”
Although the subject may seem too heavy for children to comprehend, the family never kept its connection to the Pan Am Flight 103 tragedy a secret. Eileen Tummino said John grasped the concept more and started to ask questions about Giebler when he was 6 or 7 years old. They would talk about the tragedy and watch movies and documentaries about it.
For Tummino, the idea of becoming a Remembrance Scholar, however, ignited when he met Fergus Barrie his freshman year. Barrie was then a visiting scholar from Lockerbie. Barrie lobbied to stay at SU as a full-time stu-dent and through their friendship, Tummino learned what Lockerbie was like.
“I started to get involved in his life, and that brought Pan Am (Flight) 103 and Remem-brance back into my life,” he said.
Ultimately, his personal connection with Pan Am Flight 103 became a big driving force in his decision to apply to be a Remembrance Scholar. As semi-distant as his connection is, it is an important one because he thinks not many people have a similar connection since it happened 26 years ago.
“Your nephew goes to the school where 35 kids died in the flight. I don’t see how I couldn’t apply. I kind of had to,” Tummino said.
Tummino applied, but he did not tell Gie-bler-Sefcik until he was accepted as a Remem-
brance Scholar. He was afraid of not being accepted, Giebler-Sefcik said, so he surprised her with the honor.
“I was so taken aback and so touched that he would even apply for this honor,” she said. “It really meant so much to me that he would honor my first husband and do that for us.”
As for the Notre Dame hat, Giebler-Sefcik wanted to donate the hat to the SU archives of Pan Am Flight 103, along with legislative documents and other personal items. She feels less attached to objects, she said, and felt good about letting go of those items. She cherishes Giebler’s memory in her heart.
Giebler-Sefcik had Tummino bring the items, including the hat, to SU. Tummino said it was incredible to hold the items, knowing where they had been.
“I almost didn’t feel worthy to hold some-thing that like that,” he said. “It’s pretty sacred.”
Although Tummino recently turned the hat over to the archives, he will still have part of Giebler with him on Friday during the Rose Laying Ceremony.
At the ceremony, he will lay a rose not only for the student he represents but for Giebler as well. Knowing that Giebler-Sefcik will be there, Tummino said it is the right thing to do.
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You’re in shock, you’re completely in shock. So as a family, we just tried
to quietly be there for each other, because some
people react differently.
Eileen Tumminojohn tummino’s mother
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The Ebola crisis has stirred up fear in lawmakers and the American public. At least 40 members of
Congress support a travel ban on the West African nations at the center of the Ebola crisis. Politically, calling for travel bans makes sense.
But rather than going to extremes, Republicans should use this opportunity to propose sensible alternatives. The Ebola crisis doesn’t call for a ban, but a change in how travel visas are given, especially to those coming from West Africa.
Currently, when people who have recently been in one of the West African nations infected with Ebola arrive in the U.S., they undergo screening at American airports. Despite these screenings, Ebola has reached the U.S.
Since these screenings seem to have not been completely effective, absolute travel bans are being proposed. Such bans would prevent anyone who has been in an Ebola affected country in West Africa from travel-ing to the U.S.
The call for travel bans looks good polit-ically because it is a definite and drastic contrast to what the Obama administration is doing. The Senate elections are all about tying Democrats to Obama; the Ebola issue is just one more negative to pin on the oppos-ing party.
However, absolute travel bans on Western Africa are not the right policy move. If travel bans are instituted, people will try to cover up where they have been. One of the key ele-ments in preventing people who are infected with Ebola from entering the country is the ability to track their recent travel history.
In addition, travel bans could make it much more difficult for American doctors and medical supplies to reach the infected countries in West Africa. If proper medical services cannot reach these countries, then
the problem of Ebola could perpetuate, resulting in a much larger problem for the U.S. and the global community.
Instead of absolute travel bans, lawmak-ers should implement visa restrictions, which provide more flexibility than absolute travel bans. For example, when doctors from the U.S. who are fighting the Ebola outbreak in West Africa need to return home, they will be able to obtain the proper visas, provided that they are first cleared and screened. But if someone just wishes to take a trip to the U.S. and has been in the infected countries of West Africa, then their visa can be denied.
With midterm elections approaching, everything is being politicized, including the Ebola crisis. Out of the growing number of lawmakers pushing for a travel ban, many of them are Republicans.
It is the job of the challenging party — in this case, the GOP — to make the incumbent party look as if there is an obvious lack of sound leadership. The incumbent party, on the other hand, must give an appearance of competency and good leadership.
Both parties are playing politics with the situation, but at the end of the day, real policy solutions need to be proposed to help prevent a very real problem.
Visa restrictions assure the American public that an Ebola outbreak will not occur in the U.S., while also assuring that proper medical personnel can travel to West Africa in order to fight the Ebola outbreak.
Politics rules everything, especially in the weeks leading up to elections. But hopefully, politics will not affect the debate surround-ing Ebola to the point where wrong policy solutions are pursued.
Ebola is a serious problem that needs to be met with serious policy discussion. The Obama administration needs to do more to face this problem head on, and the alterna-tives Republicans are proposing need to be improved. Save the politics for later.
Chris Pulliam is a sophomore policy studies and political science major.
His column appears weekly. He can be reached at
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Republicans should propose travel visa policy instead of outright banCHRISPULLIAMCOOL, CALM, CONSERVATIVE
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OOPINION
Not a week goes by without news headlines declaring hackings or cybersecurity
attacks of some sort. Whether these breaches include
pictures of at least 200 celebrities, 100,000 pictures from third-party Snapchat applications or the 76 mil-lion households affected by JPMor-gan Chase’s recent hack, more and more of the places we thought were safe are becoming targets for future cyber attacks.
With all these security breaches, one thing is clear: millennials aren’t safe.
We need to stop expecting com-panies to guarantee our security and privacy, and take it upon our-selves to do so.
In some cases, there’s not much people can do. Companies that are attacked end up losing millions of people’s private information like
their home and email addresses, phone numbers and, in some cases, their payment numbers. This is nothing new. It has happened to stores like Target, Home Depot and, most recently, Kmart.
Customers who shop at certain stores shouldn’t have to expect to that their information will be sto-len after their weekly grocery run to a supermarket.
Companies should be held responsible for these hacks. But since — as of right now, at least — there’s no solid way to guarantee security from hackers, millennials need to take it upon themselves to make sure that they do their best to
protect their private information.According to a Sept. 5 Wired
article, people need to follow three simple steps to avoid getting hacked.
The first and most obvious step to take is avoid using the same password for everything. Instead, download a password manager, which generates random encrypted passwords for all the accounts you have and allows you to use one main password to unlock the rest. Another cautionary step is to set up a two-factor authentication, which forces you to type in a code sent to your device when you are signing in from a foreign location or different device.
Syracuse University is also taking similar precautionary mea-sures by mandating that students change their SU NetID passwords at least once a year, starting on
Nov. 3. As for security issues with
Snapchat, the app itself seems to guarantee privacy by making its pictures and chat messages self-de-struct in a certain time period. But hackers were able to obtain many pictures through third-party apps that allow their users to save pictures instead of having them disappear forever. So although hackers did not necessarily attack Snapchat’s servers, they did obtain the pictures another way and millennials should be wary of apps that might not have as strong of a defense system.
Some have argued that nude photo leaks from Snapchat or any other platform are the senders’ fault. I am not blaming people who had their photos stolen from them. Hackers should have never done that in the first place. But since
they have, millennials must take appropriate measures to avoid falling into these traps until com-panies are able to develop airtight security measures.
Corporations that put their cus-tomers’ information at risk must take necessary steps to secure that information. Until they do, we can’t always stop hackers from gaining access to our personal accounts — but we can take appropriate and cautionary steps to decrease the likelihood of these cyber attacks happening to us individually.
Tamara Rasamny is an international relations and
newspaper and online journalism dual major.
Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at
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@Tam_Rasamny.
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Millennials must take precautions to avoid falling victim to hackers
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SU should consider heat lamp factorsStudent Association’s initiative to install heat lamps on campus bus stops has the potential to improve student life during winter. But in order for the heat lamps to be practical, the university must find answers and solutions for three overarching concerns during its pilot program of heat lamps next semester. The university should keep in mind the issues of being environ-mentally friendly, the overall cost and potential safety concerns.
During the trial period, this uni-versity needs to figure out when the heat lamps will turned on and off, how they should be activated and at what temperature they will be used.
SU should also figure out how
the lamps can be set up so they are not left on if there are no students waiting at the bus stop, as that would not be energy or cost-effi-cient. If possible, lamps should be activated by students with a switch or by motion sensors.
Another issue is the cost and practicality of installing heat lamps at bus stops. If the pilot program proves successful, heat lamps will be expanded to more than the two trial bus stops. But with this expansion will come the question of if all bus stops on South Campus will be renovated for heat lamps, or just main stops such as Goldstein, Skytop or Manley.
The cost and effort of installing heat lamps on every single bus stop
might prove to be too much. Student safety could also be a
concern. The heat lamps have the potential to attract people who are not affiliated with the university seeking warmth and shelter. If non-students trespass in campus bus stops, students could feel uncomfortable or unsafe while waiting for buses.
The university should be aware of this problem when considering installing the lamps.
It’s good that SA is looking into helping students during the winter. But if it wants the initiative to be both practical and successful, it should consider all of the sugges-tions listed above during the heat lamp trial period.
Food for thoughtEnvironment columnist Azor Cole discusses the cruel treatment factory farm animals face before slaughter.See dailyorange.com
Falling flatTechnology columnist Aarick Knighton explains how Apple’s lackluster new iPad shows the decline of the tablet industry,See Thursday’s paper
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topics that students are unfamiliar with or tend to seek out, he said.
The social media contest will allow students to upload images of how they are being sus-tainable on campus, said Christine Edgeworth, a senior geography major and co-founder of SoS. Students can win prizes including reus-able water bottles and Strong Hearts Cafe gift cards, she said. Students’ names will be drawn every hour for prizes.
SoS also wants to encourage people to chal-lenge themselves and step out of their comfort zone, Jones said. Along with providing infor-mation, the organization is creating large-s-cale works of art to promote environmental issues, Edgeworth said.
The red Solo Cup art installation will be a continuation from the Red Cup Project that was seen around campus last week in which four students placed cups in different places
on campus. The purpose of the project is to make students aware of the university’s party scene and the fact that Solo Cups can’t be
recycled in Syracuse. Art is one of the best ways to reach out to
people and get them involved, Edgeworth said. It is also an outlet to inspire and show people how they affect the environment in ways they don’t realize or typically think about, she said. SoS was started for students who are interested in sustainability, but didn’t have an open place for their ideas, she said, and it is a place where they can see their visions through.
SoS also works to attack issues that today’s generation is left to fix, Jones added.
Along with Divest SU, an organization at SU that focuses on fossil fuels and renewable energy, SoS is working with SU’s Sustainability Division. This sustainability entity will also be holding its own competition for Campus Sustainability Day.
There is a logo design competition for SU’s Office of Sustainability Initiatives as well as a campus project design competition that allows students to see their ideas for sustainability become a reality on campus, said JoAnne Race, senior administrator at the Office of Sustain-ability Initiatives.
The core responsibility of the Office of Sus-tainability Initiatives is to educate campus members on how they can be conscientious on issues of sustainability, including energy use and building as well as transportation efficiency, Race said. She hopes that through Campus Sustainability Day people will be more aware.
“We want to get students to know that the way they behave affects the campus and envi-ronment,” she said.
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was based on the Computing Research Associ-ation’s annual Taulbee Survey, which includes 179 United States and Canadian universities that offer doctorates in computer science and computer engineering.
Syracuse University professors and stu-dents alike are concerned with this trend. Chilukuri Mohan, chair of the department of electrical engineering and computer science in the College of Engineering and Computer Sci-ence, said in an email that the situation results from “a national lack of understanding of what engineers and computer scientists do and how their work impacts the world.”
He said one possible cause is that students often don’t receive career advice that leads them to study topics like engineering or com-puter science.
Some have pointed out that there are other potential reasons why tech companies aren’t hiring minorities besides the statistics.
Moutaz Maharem, a freshman mechanical engineering major, said there could be a flaw in defining what a minority is in the study. While Caucasians make up a significant proportion of those in the industry, Asians lead both blacks and Hispanics and only trail whites, according to a July 24 Washington Post article.
“I think it’s the opposite,” Maharem said. “I think they (minorities) actually do get hired.”
Others have suggested looking at colleges and
universities themselves regarding how many engineering and computer science graduates they produce and the quality of its curriculums.
Data from the National Center for Edu-cation Statistics showed that African-Amer-icans and Hispanics made up 9 percent of all computer science graduates in 2012, and as statistics from 2013 prove, that number is increasing, yet tech industries still lag far behind. Tech industries claim that the edu-cation system is to blame for not producing enough viable, worthy candidates to merit hiring, but the numbers do not support that assertion, according to the USA Today article.
Arthur Paris, a professor of sociology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has been interested in this subject for quite some time.
“The progress has been rather slow,” he said, referring to the integration of minorities into the technology industry. “The interest in STEM is much more recent.”
Paris said that he believes societal and eco-nomic success depends on diversifying and employing SU’s best and brightest, no matter their race.
He said that as the composition of jobs shifts to more in the tech industry, it’s a matter of human capital.
But Mohan said he’s confident SU students will contribute to the solution rather than the problem.
Said Mohan: “I believe that our students will lead the way in addressing the shortage of minority employees in the tech industry.”
(There are) a lot of things going on outside this institution. We need to be more conscious.
Colton Jonesco-president of students of sustainability
citydailyorange.com @dailyorange october 22, 2014 • PAGE 9every wednesday in news
By Anagha Dasstaff writer
A week after the city announced 16 police surveillance cameras will be installed on Syracuse’s North Side, some local
politicians are saying the cameras need to be expanded into other neighborhoods.
“If I could find more money to get more cameras, I would do that,” said Pamela Hunter, a Syracuse councilwoman. “There are more neighborhoods and streets that could use these.”
Bill Magnarelli, assemblyman for the 129th district, received a $224,500 state grant, which was made available to assem-bly members for capital projects within their districts. The assembly members lis-tened to the citizens of their districts and assessed their needs in the city of Syracuse, Magnarelli said.
“People came to my front door to lobby for these cameras because some of their neighbor-hoods were being overrun by drugs, prostitution
and other criminal activities,” Magnarelli said. Five of the cameras will cover Washing-
ton Square Park and four more will cover Park Street. The Hawley-Green area will also receive about seven new cameras.
The Syracuse Common Council also installed nine cameras on the Near West Side in 2010, specifically to reduce the frequent gun and drug crimes that happened there.
Hunter, the chairwoman for the Syracuse Common Council’s Public Safety Committee, said the locations of the cameras on the North Side were based on community input and request. Though the North Side is receiving cameras, Hunter said the same crimes occur both on the South and North sides of the city.
Hunter said crimes have changed over time, and the council is always listening to the concerns of the community. An increase in car and home break-ins affect people on an everyday basis, she said.
“There are never enough resources in some districts. In a recent community meet-ing, South Side members came to the North
Side and we realized the same kind of crimes are being committed,” Hunter said. “Syra-cuse is a blended city and all the sides have the same issues. It’s a community problem and we need to work together to solve it.”
Magnarelli mentioned that the old cam-eras were seen to be beneficial this past spring in an arson case. A suspicious fire broke out and a woman died. Neighbors said they had seen two young teens walking by the house around the time of the fire. When the police looked at the camera positioned near the street, they noticed that the man who started the fire arrived after the two teens had passed the house.
“This case proved that cameras are bene-ficial to the city,” Magnarelli said. “Not only did the camera capture the perpetrator, but it also stopped two young innocent men from being questioned about a crime they didn’t know anything about.”
The 16 new cameras should be completely installed within the next couple of months, Hunter added.
The cameras are being installed through the Syracuse City Police Department’s Criminal Observation and Protection Sys-tem. COPS is an ongoing policing program designed to protect citizens in Syracuse from crimes through investigation and prosecu-tion, Hunter said.
Magnarelli said he thinks the police can clean up neighborhoods pretty well if cam-eras are installed, and he would like more neighborhoods in the city to get cameras.
“The cameras are portable so they can be used as a deterrent to stop crime in the street and make our streets in Syracuse safer,” Magnarelli said.
He added that issuing the state grant to install new cameras was the right decision.
“There’s no legal right to privacy out in the public,” Magnarelli said. “If you perpetrate a crime in public, the privacy issue is moot to me. The bottom line is, if we’re going to protect our neighborhoods and children on the street, then I think we’re doing the right thing.”
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2013, by an intermediate state appellate court in Rochester. Oral arguments before the Court of Appeals — the highest court in New York state — were held on Sept. 9.
Senior Vice President for Public Affairs Kevin Quinn said in a statement that SU is still review-ing the decision. The understanding, he said, is the case will be returned to the lower trial court, “at which point we will assess our options going forward.” SU’s attorney, Helen Cantwell, did not return two phone calls on Tuesday.
Celebrity attorney Gloria Allred, one of the lawyers representing Davis and Lang, said in a statement that the court’s decision is a “great victory” and that they are looking forward to proceeding with the lawsuit.
Rivera wrote in the decision that a person cannot be held liable for an opinion — which, unlike statements, cannot be proven false. But if an opinion is based in facts the “rea-sonable reader” does not have access to, then it can be considered defamatory. It’s up to courts to decide if something is opinion or fact, she wrote.
The court took three factors into consider-ation:
— If the statement has a “precise meaning” that is “readily understood”
— If the statement can be proven true or false — The broader social context of the statement Boeheim used “specific, easily understood
language” in calling Davis and Lang liars who were out to get money, she wrote. The second part of his statement “weights heavily in favor” in making Boeheim’s comments something
that can be proven false.He is also a well-respected member of SU
and the community, Rivera wrote. Boeheim also spoke with authority and made references to Davis’ allegations and the university’s 2005 investigation before SU released a statement about them.
Though Boeheim added “I believe” before some of his comments, Rivera wrote this phrase is not enough to make something an opinion. His comments were also not in an op-ed or letter to the editor, which “encour-aged” the reader to be less skeptical.
Vincent Bonventre, a professor at Albany Law School who frequently comments on the Court of Appeals, said it simply ruled that Boe-heim’s statements were not opinions — meaning he could later be found liable for defamation.
“The Court of Appeals is not saying that Boeheim defamed Davis. They’re not saying Davis should win the lawsuit,” Bonventre said. “All they’re saying is whatever Davis said in his papers when he started his lawsuit — if that turns out to be true — Boeheim could be responsible for defaming Davis.”
Bonventre said the Court of Appeals tends to be more protective of free speech rights than the U.S. Supreme Court. And if someone had just told him that Boeheim could be liable for defamation, he’d be surprised. But looking at the decision, he said, you can see “what the court is getting at.”
The defamation lawsuit against Boeheim and SU is one of two remaining legal matters remaining from the fallout of the Fine allega-tions. In a separate case, Fine’s wife, Laurie Fine, is suing ESPN Inc. for defamation over its reporting on the case in federal court.
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Orange Girl alumna endows twirling scholarship for SUMBBy Natalie Goldsteincontributing writer
When Janet Dean was searching for the perfect college more than 50 years ago, she had a specif-ic requirement: a school where she could twirl.
Dean began baton twirling at age 10 and had competed nationally for years. She wasn’t ready to give it up when she moved on to college. So when Dean discovered that she could become the Orange Girl – a halftime favorite among SU foot-
ball and basketball fans – Syracuse University moved up to the top of her list.
But without the scholarships Dean had, which were unrelated to twirling, coming to SU and performing as the Orange Girl from 1957–61 wouldn’t have been possible.
In an effort to give more twirlers the same opportunity she had, Dean is working to create a scholarship specifically for the Orange Girl.
Dean, ’61, and her husband John Dean ’59 (State University of New York College of Envi-
ronmental Science and Forestry), donated a lead gift of $25,000 to create the Janet K. Smith Feature Twirler Scholarship.
“When you’re a recipient of a scholarship and so much, you appreciate and remember it,” said Dean, an alumna of the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
Dean said she hopes the scholarship will help SU recruit top-of-the-line twirlers, regardless of financial restraints.
This is the first endowed scholarship that
benefits the Syracuse University Marching Band, which does not offer scholarships to its musicians.
The Deans have donated half of the nec-essary $50,000 to fund a full scholarship. Director of Gift Planning Christina Walker said the department will fundraise the rest of the money through marketing and publicity toward alumni and friends of the university.
Walker said she expects the remaining money to be raised in one to two years. Once
Like a good neighborLENORA MONKEMEYER wears on average five layers of pants during the fall to match her five layers of coats and sweaters. “It’s much faster to put on another layer of clothing than to change out of the top layer of clothing,” Monkemeyer said. For years, she has been living without water, heat and electricity on Livingston Avenue.
Most students living on Livingston Avenue handle the infamous Syracuse winters by simply turning up their thermostat.
This is not an option for their neighbor, Lenora Monkemeyer, who lives at 717-719 Livingston Avenue, only minutes from the Syracuse University campus.
Unlike the students who live around her, she has lived without water, heat and electricity for more than two years.
“It doesn’t bother me too much,” said Monke-meyer, a ’73 Syracuse University alumna. “I’ve learned to make the best of the situation.”
When Alexandra Figueroa, a senior interna-tional relations and anthropology double major, first saw Monkemeyer’s home on her street, she thought it was abandoned.
“I have seen Lenora on campus since my fresh-man year — walking on campus, sitting on the bus to keep warm or attending lectures,” Figueroa said. “I didn’t realize she lived right in our neighborhood or how bad the conditions were until this semester.”
Figueroa, with her two roommates Stephanie Breed and Melaina Reney, knew they had to help.
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Together they organized a donation drive in mid-October to help collect supplies such as food, blankets, cat food, hand warmers and other miscellaneous items to be delivered to Monkemeyer on Nov. 1.
“We really want to do whatever we can to help her. She is our neighbor,” said Reney, a senior history and education double major. “I don’t think most students on campus are aware of Lenora’s situation.”
With no access to utilities, Monkemeyer is in need of a variety of supplies. She has become very resourceful with a multitude of strategies to keep warm and healthy during the coldest months.
“It is simple really — all you have to do is wear thick layers and bundle up,” she said.
Beyond just adding extra layers, Monke-meyer has worked hard to insulate her house from the notorious Syracuse winters.
She puts layers of plastic and translucent contact paper over the windows and plugs up any draft holes with excess pieces of rug liner.
“One advantage of not having heat is the fresh air quality in the house,” she said. “Although, the hardest part can be the darkness.”
Monkemeyer said she is not worried about living without heat for another winter; she often stays with local friends if the tempera-tures drop too low.
She currently lives with her niece, Maureen
Monkemeyer, the daughter of her brother who also shared the home for several years until his death in 2012.
Monkemeyer and her niece have shared many memories since Maureen was a young girl, even traveling to France together to see Versailles.
Monkemeyer’s father, Herbert, was the original owner of the house on Livingston Avenue and allowed his daughter to stay there during her collegiate years. Monkemeyer has called Livingston Avenue home ever since.
“I love being near campus. All the students are very interesting and have so many different majors and are great fun to talk to,” said Monke-meyer, who graduated SU with a degree in music.
After college, Monkemeyer used her 20 years of dance training to teach ballet and piano lessons at the Metropolitan School of Arts in Syracuse and for the community. She also worked as organist at a local church. But injuries to her arm and ankle forced her to give up both jobs several years ago.
Monkemeyer has received support in the past from SU students, such as Maisha Baddoo, an ‘09 alumna who helped raise $5,600 dollars to prevent the City of Syracuse from seizing her house due to back taxes.
Growing up in the 1940s has made Monke-meyer very resourceful and somewhat set in her ways, said Baddoo.
“SU is her life. She loves Syracuse,” Baddoo said. “Even though her situation is depressing, she is committed to living here. She has a rare vitality.”
When Baddoo met Monkemeyer, her house had not fallen into such bad conditions, how-ever once a leak in the roof was discovered, the maintenance of the house fell to the wayside. Water damage contributed to the house’s dis-repair as bills piled up and went unpaid.
Monkemeyer said the most recent repair estimate was approximately $22,000.
Mišo Suchý, a trans-media professor in the College of Visual and Performance Arts, said he hopes the SU community will be motivat-ed to utilize the available resources to assist Monkemeyer. Suchý has known Monkemeyer for two years and has helped her out in the past.
“The university has so many resources, from the law school to health services to the social work department to various student organizations,” Suchý said. “If the campus can become inspired, it could make a significant difference for Lenora.”
Whether it’s legal services, assistance in rebuilding her roof or helping organize her finan-cial obligations, Suchý said he believes SU has the potential to make a big difference in the life of a former alumna and SU community member.
Donations for Monkemeyer are being accepted at 706 Livingston Ave. throughout October and will be delivered on Nov. 1.
Monkemeyer said she cannot accept some donations because she does not eat food con-taining dyes, white flour or meat. Her lifestyle is very focused on sustainable and organic eating.
Breed, one of the organizers of the donation drive for Monkemeyer, said supporting Monke-meyer goes beyond just donating money or food.
“Just stopping by Lenora’s house, talking and listening to her stories can make a huge difference as well,” Breed said.
This sentimentality is what motivated her neighbors to start the donation drive.
“There has been a lot of activism on campus this semester; we have spent a lot of time talking about ourselves. We should start talking about what is around us,” Figueroa said. “We should stand up for doing things within the communi-ty, so why not start right next door?”
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I love being near campus. All the students are very interesting and have so many different majors and are great fun to talk to.
Lenora Monkemeyerlivingston avenue resident
Monkemeyer takes a quick nap in the reception hall at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center after staying up all night working on a computer.
Everywhere Monkemeyer goes, she wears a handmade hat that she received at a potluck. She said she loves being near campus and talking to students.
Monkemeyer’s home requires a considerable amount of work in order to bring it up to code. The house’s roof, flooring and wiring are just a few of the elements that must be fixed before 717-719 Livingston Ave. is deemed inhabitable by the city of Syracuse.
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By Eliza Weinrebcontributing writer
Mr. Shop, a family-owned business, prides itself on being a modern, high-end men’s store. Though the Armory Square men’s boutique has been around since 1990, owner Joel Shapiro keeps up with the ever-evolving fashion indus-try. Shapiro spoke to The Daily Orange about his experiences in the fashion industry, his opinions on the changing retail environment and his secret to success.
The Daily Orange: What made you decide to open up a boutique?Joel Shapiro: We’ve always been in men’s fashion and the idea of opening in Armory Square fit because it was a new and upcoming area at the time. Our clothing is very contem-porary, not classic. We have brands like Hugo Boss, Theory, Zegna — higher-end lines — and we’re known for being very contemporary.
The D.O.: What’s your favorite part about owning a boutique?J.S.: Dealing with the cutting edge of fashion. Everything we’re doing is very modern. We’re a very forward thinking fashion store — it’s exciting.
The D.O.: What about your least favorite part?J.S.: It’s business. I still have to run a busi-ness. If you could dress everyone everyday and not have to deal with all the other stuff, that would be awesome.
The D.O.: How have things changed in retail since you first opened?J.S.: Fashion changes all the time and you just have to keep up with it. You must have the willing-ness to change and move forward. Just because it was in last year, doesn’t mean it will be this year. You always have to be two steps ahead.
The D.O.: How has your store been so success-ful and managed to stay open for so long?
J.S.: Stores that have been able to continue to bring in the modern flavor survive; those who didn’t are no longer around. We need to be forward thinking. We’re a business that is not about selling widgets. It’s fashion. If you are not up to date, you go down.
The D.O.: What and who influence you when you are buying for your store?J.S.: The market — we look at what’s hap-pening in the market. Just because we’re in Syracuse, New York, doesn’t mean we don’t look at what’s happening out there in the fashion world. We read what’s happening and then we go to the trade shows and see what’s being promoted. We buy six to eight months in advance, so we have to have a good, keen idea of what’s going on for the next season.
The D.O.: What are some brands that do real-ly well in the stores?J.S.: Ted Baker, Robert Graham, Donald Pliner shoes, Cole Haan shoes. We also have a very large custom-made business. We do custom suits for assistant basketball coach Mike Hopkins, athletic director Daryl Gross and (former) dean of the business school Melvin Stith.
The D.O.: What are some wardrobe essentials for men?J.S.: It’s not about essentials anymore. It’s about what’s in — in today’s world. Years ago, you’d be able to buy a suit and keep it for 10 years. Not today. Men’s fashion is changing just as fast as the women’s business does. That’s the way business works now. Everything changes.
The D.O.: I know you used to own Bounce, Jet Black and Frankie & Faye. What made you decide to sell those businesses?J.S.: It’s simple. The Gold family wanted to buy them, and business is business. If every-thing is right, it happens. It was a really good business move for everybody involved.
The D.O.: What motivates you to continue doing what you’re doing?J.S.: I love the fashion world. Fashion is a very exciting thing. It’s rare to find some-thing that changes so quickly. I’m not sell-ing widgets, potato chips or chocolates — it changes. That’s what’s so exciting to me. It continually evolves.
SUIT YOURSELFThe Mr. Shop boutique offers high-end menswear
The Mr. Shop men’s boutique in downtown Syracuse creates custom-tailored suits and labels itself as a modern, high-end store. Owner Joel Shapiro said the store sells brands such as Hugo Boss, Theory and Zegna. frankie prijatel asst. photo editor
Have you sneezed today? You might have Ebola.
The irrational fear of a pend-ing apocalypse is surging through many American minds lately, thanks to three Ebola cases in the United States. New memes, — yes, “The Walking Dead” one is actually quite ironic — blogs and articles on how scared we should be of this virus are not helping slow down the mass hysteria of those who are under-informed about the disease and about other, much bigger, prob-lems we have in this country.
This “epidemic of panic” — a term coined by New York City Health Department Deputy Commissioner Dr. Jay Varma — has taken the country by storm. It’s something that incred-ibly concerns the NYC health department, said Varma in a Sunday ABC News video.
“We like to say, ‘Common things are common.’ Ebola is not very common. There are lots of other things that cause a fever and illness,” Varma said.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, there have only been three diagnosed cases of Ebola in the U.S. The paranoia about the disease has affected many more, said Dr. Richard Besser, ABC News chief health and medical editor in the Sunday video.
“I think that the spread of disease is under control. What I worry about is that the spread of fear of the disease is not under control,” Besser said.
Ebola is much harder to contract than we are afraid of. It is spread only through bodily fluids, mainly blood, and cannot survive very long in the environment, Besser explained. Since Ebola can only be spread through direct contact with someone who is express-ing physical symptoms, you have a much higher chance of getting that awful airborne disease that kills around 50,000 individuals every year — the flu.
Americans also suffer from other deadly diseases. Cigarette addiction, for example, kills more than 480,000 Americans per year,
according to an April 24 CDC article. Alcohol-ism is not far behind with more than 88,000 Americans deaths annually, according to an Aug. 19 article. Other massive killers like obe-sity, cancer and heart disease are much more prevalent and much more common in the U.S.
Our response to these issues is nothing in comparison to our reaction to Ebola. Why isn’t everyone scrambling to get flu shots instead of demanding to know when an Ebola vaccine is going to be released? Although our fear of Ebola is indeed a rational reaction, it’s getting out of control. Odds are, it’s not coming here and you’re not going to get it.
This “epidemic of panic” is even having an effect on our education here at Syracuse University. This past weekend, S.I. New-house School of Public Communications Dean Lorraine Branham rescinded an invi-tation to Washington Post photographer Michel du Cille and his wife, Nikki Kahn, to participate in the 2014 Fall Workshop. Du Cille had been in Liberia for the past month covering the Ebola outbreak and a need to exercise an “abundance of caution” led to the decision to keep them from attending, Branham said in an email Friday.
In truth, Branham’s decision was the saf-est move to make for SU and potentially, the health of the university community. But it wasn’t the best move for our education. Giv-ing in to paranoia only adds to mass hysteria and ignorance.
As long as you wash your hands frequently and maintain a healthy lifestyle, “the Ebola” isn’t going to get you. Oh, and by the way, sneezing isn’t even a symptom of Ebola.
Georgie Silvarole is a sophomore newspa-per and online journalism major. Her column
appears weekly. You can reach her at [email protected] or on Twitter at
@gsilvarole.
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the full amount is raised, the scholarship will be implemented.
The Gift Planning department is in the pro-cess of creating a publicity video that will feature Dean and her husband announcing the scholar-ship. The Deans also took promotional photo-graphs with current Orange Girl Meghan Sinisi.
The video and photographs will be sent to alumni, with an emphasis on former marching band members and music majors, as part of the fundraising effort. But Walker said the Orange Girl has a universal appeal and she expects donations from alumni of all kinds.
“Anyone can be an Orange Girl,” Walker said. “It doesn’t matter which school or col-lege she’s in.”
SUMB director Justin Mertz said he was humbled by the Deans’ scholarship for the Orange Girl and is grateful for the donation.
“I’m a little in awe that there are people
that are that generous,” he said. While Mertz said he appreciates all dona-
tions given to the school, this scholarship is particularly special to him as it affects the marching band directly.
Mertz said he hopes the scholarship will encourage more competition among prospec-tive twirlers. In the past, he said, some twirlers have opted not to try out to become the Orange Girl because tuition at SU is so expensive.
The role of the twirler is a marching band tradition that goes back decades, Mertz added. Her job during halftime performances is to act as a symbol for the band.
“She adds energy, dynamism, kineticism and a great visual aspect to our band,” Mertz said.
The Orange Girl connects with crowds of all ages, Mertz said, because everyone can appreciate the immense talent and skill she displays with each performance. Mertz has always enjoyed working with the twirlers.
Said Mertz: “They’re fantastic performers and even better people.”
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championship in the next four years.“Why should we ever take it as a negative if
he’s doing what he’s supposed to and he knows what he’s supposed to do?” said Ace Long, AJ’s father, of his son’s confidence.
It’s derived from an underdog mentality, which has Long turning his 6-foot frame into a strength and anyone doubting that into a positive influence. It surfaces in the way he escapes broken pockets to throw into tight spaces and when he smiles at doubts about his stature or play.
When he was a 5-foot-3 seventh-grader, he didn’t know if Division I football was a feasible goal. But his friends and teammates called him “the Joker” because he let out a high-pitched cackle whenever he made a good play.
As he grew into his frame in high school, there were more chances to laugh and more reasons to believe he’d end up leading a big-conference offense.
After choosing SU he started rallying together the Class of 2014 — one of the pro-gram’s best in recent years — and said he was “gunning to be the starter” when he arrived on campus last January.
That didn’t sit well with Hunt, the incum-bent starter. But as Hunt sits with a broken fibula, Long’s opportunity grows every week.
“Right now, he’s our quarterback. He was really sharp with where he was going with the ball,” offensive coordinator Tim Lester said after the Wake Forest win. “It’s only the second game, but we’re in a situation where if he’s the guy that’s out there, I expect him to play to our level.”
The fact that Long’s a stopgap replacement will hang over him until he proves to be more.
The win at Wake Forest didn’t push him any closer or further away from doing so, but perform-ing against Vic Beasley and Clemson’s heralded defensive front could have a lasting effect.
If any SU quarterback is going to march into Death Valley and give the Orange a chance to win, it’s the one with 38 career completions and no reason to believe he’ll fail.
“I really hope that after this season that I’ll be able to push in a competition with Hunt,” Long said. “ ... Everywhere you go, your job is to be the guy. There’s nowhere that you want to go and sit behind somebody, so that’s all I’m trying to do.”
He can’t put himself in that position with one or two games, but a big game in Death Valley could go a long way.
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Shafer discusses stopping Clemson defensive end BeasleyBy Jacob Klingerasst. sports editor
Vic Beasley has cost opponents 76 yards on the year.
He’s made eight sacks this season — good for fourth in the country — and leads a Clemson defense that ranks among the top 20 in the country in almost every significant category.
Beasley will threaten to blow up the Syra-cuse (3-4, 1-2 Atlantic Coast) backfield when the Orange visits Clemson (5-2, 4-1 ACC) at 7 p.m. on Saturday in Clemson, South Carolina. When asked about stopping the 6-foot-3, 235-pound graduate student during his weekly Tuesday teleconference, SU head coach Scott Shafer offered up a joke about Beasley before complimenting the entire Tigers defense and touching on how the Orange might protect true freshman quarterback AJ Long.
“Maybe block him with four guys, run the
ball away from him, pray he has a cold or some-thing,” Shafer said.
Blocking Beasley one-on-one will be espe-cially difficult, Shafer said, and the same is true for the rest of the Clemson defense.
It’s also important for SU players to ignore any hype surrounding their opponents, he added.
“You got to knock all the other pomp and circumstance out of it because it doesn’t mat-ter,” Shafer said. “What matters is what’s going on between the white lines and what’s going on for (SU left tackle) Sean (Hickey) and any other guy playing up front, offense or defense, between himself and the guy across from him.”
Shafer pointed to some of the top defenses Syracuse played against earlier in the season like Notre Dame, Florida State and Louisville — currently the No. 39, 58 and 11 teams in total defense, respectively. Clemson is No. 13, allow-ing just 283 yards per game.
“This one is ranking right up there with all those teams,” Shafer said. “Vic is obviously one special player on that team, but there’s a bunch of them to go around, so to me, you just try to change things up and not try to put people in positions where they’re in one-on-one’s all the time.”
Shafer talks playing at Death Valley
Shafer has coached at some of the toughest venues in the country, including Alabama, Auburn, Ohio State, Florida State and Michi-gan, where he was a defensive coordinator for a year. But on Saturday he’ll coach at Frank Howard Field at Clemson Memorial Stadium, or “Death Valley” as it’s known, for the first time in his career.
At capacity, the stadium holds 81,500 fans at and with nearly all of them likely to be cheering against the Orange, Shafer is adjust-ing the way SU prepares this week.
During practices, Syracuse will pump in
music and crowd noise to simulate the hostile atmosphere awaiting the team on Saturday, Shafer said. But he added that SU, per usual, is working through its plays, one at a time and one sequence at a time.
But as much of a problem as the Clemson crowd may be — making it difficult for players to hear plays or snap counts — it’s also motivat-ing, he said.
“It’s why the kids like to play at this level and to play in front of those crowds,” Shafer said. “So for us, going to Death Valley, I’ve never been there. So I’m looking forward to it. It’s obviously one of the great venues in college football and it’s always neat. It’s a place that I’ve always looked at and said, ‘Man, I’d really like to get there someday and see what it’s like.’
“So it’ll be a great experience for our kids. We have to enjoy the moment and focus in on playing the game, one heartbeat at a time.”
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SCOTT SHAFER jokingly said that his plan to stop Clemson defensive end Vic Beasley was to block him with four guys and hope he catches a cold. Aside from Beasley, Shafer knows facing Clemson on the road will be a challenge. margaret lin photo editor
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CHRIS NANCO scored a goal in the first minute of SU’s 4-1 blowout win over Bucknell on Tuesday night. After losing for the first time in nine games on Friday, an offensive outburst prevented a similar fate for the Orange. sam maller staff photographer
long-distance passing drill in warmups, numer-ous passes sailed high and skipped by their target. Midfielder Julian Buescher returned one pass meant for Juuso Pasanen that sent goalie Matt Stith ducking.
But SU players used the conditions to their advantage as it accelerated their passes and quick-ened the pace of the game. In the early moments, the wet surface proved costly for the visitors.
Nanco and Emil Ekblom pressured Bison goalkeeper Mike Lansing’s first touch and the junior whiffed on an attempted outlet pass. The speedy Nanco, who positioned himself to cut off Bucknell’s outside back, jumped on the loose ball and one-touched a shot into the bottom left corner of the net.
“We couldn’t have started the game better,” Ekblom said.
Nanco’s strike — his fifth goal of the season — was the first of 12 shots for the Orange, eight of which were on goal. In the 13th minute, Nanco slid a pass into the middle of the 18-yard box for Ekblom, who sent a shot toward the right corner of the net. Lansing dove across, sprawling out for his best save of the match and leaving SU’s leading scorer shaking his head.
In the 22nd minute, winger Oyvind Alseth lined up for one of SU’s 10 corner kicks of the first half. The sophomore placed a pass onto the head of Ekblom, who redirected it by Lan-sing to give the Orange a 2-0 lead.
In the 40th minute, SU forward Noah Rhynhart took a shot from the right side of the 18-yard box that Lansing dove across the cage to prevent from going in. Moments later, Ekblom and Alseth connected on a backheel
give-and-go, but Ekblom’s shot was blocked by a defender.
“We started off, moved the ball around, they couldn’t really catch us,” Ekblom said. “The first half was very good. We created some good chanc-es, had some good plays and kept possession.”
Syracuse was mere feet away from extending its lead to 3-0 minutes before halftime. Off an Alseth corner kick, Lansing turned around and punched the ball off his own crossbar and over the net.
Though the visitors scored to cut the lead in half 11 minutes into the second half. Three minutes later SU scored again.
An unlikely hero, Alseth, scored the first goal of his SU career in the 58th minute to extend the lead to 3-1. The defender-turned-midfielder scored again eight minutes later, putting the game out of reach. Syracuse’s cushion allowed McIntyre to play five reserves off the bench.
SU’s victory marks the 20th consecutive in
nonconference play and caps an undefeated nonconference schedule this season.
It was a victory that stemmed from two likely sources, its leading goal scorers Nanco and Ekblom, and one unlikely source, Alseth.
“We were pressing them a lot up top and they were making mistakes,” Nanco said. “We were getting the ball closer to the net. It’s much easier to score goals when you’re closer to the net.”
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women’s soccer
SU adopts Fit for 90 system, remains healthy all seasonBy Paul Schwedelsonstaff writer
When sophomore defender Maddie Iozzi wakes up around 7 a.m. each morning, she rolls over in bed, picks up her phone and fills out a questionnaire on the Internet.
Her daily obligations for the Syracuse wom-en’s soccer team have already begun.
She answers five questions rating her fatigue, soreness, sleep, stress and mood.
Players fill out the questionnaires as part of a soccer-specific training system, Fit for 90, every day before 8 a.m. practices. Head coach Phil Wheddon receives a daily report with percentag-es, not the actual answers, of how his players feel and structures his practices based on the results.
In the first season SU (5-8-3, 2-5 Atlantic Coast) is using the system, the result has been one of the Orange’s healthier seasons in recent years, junior captain Jackie Firenze said.
“From (the results), I can say ‘OK, well we really should back off on so-and-so because she’s very sore,’” Wheddon said. “Or I’ll discuss it with that player and say ‘Hey, I noticed you’re very sore,’ so it gives us a little bit more of a feel for the players as well.”
Fit for 90 tailors practice routines around three main premises: the overall workload, the type of workload and the progression of the training session. Based on the results each morning, Wheddon knows how intense practice should be.
“It’s a great way for letting (the coaches) know how we feel off the field and when we’re not in practice,” Iozzi said, “so it’s a good
eye-opener for them.”Before the season, Wheddon approached
John Cone — Fit for 90’s founder, the director of sports science for the Portland Timbers and a friend of Wheddon’s from crossing paths as goal-keeper coaches in the MLS — about the system.
Cone has a Ph.D. in kinesiology and teams at Clemson, North Carolina State and Ohio State have used his system.
Fit for 90 is built around the way practice is segmented. In team sports, oftentimes the entire team practices the same amount at the same intensity. With Cone’s program, practice is broken down on an individual level.
“This allows us to make those micro adjust-ments with an individual within the team to prevent an injury for that player,” Cone said.
Instead of having every player practice a drill for 20 minutes, some players might be best suited to only play 10 minutes based on their questionnaire results.
This allows for optimal training and player development. Cone said that every non-contact injury has at least some component of overuse.
Though Fit for 90 doesn’t give Wheddon the exact drills he should run, it does recommend whether the Orange should practice playing small-sided games with few people on each team or games with more people on each team.
“Obviously you’ve got to have a little bit of a feel with it as well,” Wheddon said. “We see something on the field, you want to fix it, so it’s a balancing act between the information you’re receiving and then what you see on the field.”
Wheddon recognizes that sometimes play-ers are dishonest about how they really feel, but urges them to tell the truth.
Iozzi said she thinks lying was more of an issue at the beginning of the season when play-ers were just getting used to the program. But now, with only three games left, she said play-ers are more open about admitting soreness.
Though dishonesty is a risk, Cone said that in his experience, nobody cares more about their health than the players themselves.
“The biggest challenge is educating the players and making sure that they understand that this is about them, about their health,” Cone said, “and it benefits them to be honest.”
JACKIE FIRENZE and SU have stayed healthy this season using Fit for 90, a daily question-naire that moniters soreness, sleep and more. michael cole staff photographer
We see something on the field, you want to fix it, so it’s a balancing act between the information you’re receiving and then what you see on the field.
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ice hockey
Derrer uses experience on boys teams as Orange defenderBy Jon Mettusstaff writer
When Dakota Derrer was 2 years old, she already looked like a hockey player.
Her brother, Dustin Derrer, who is 3 years older, was pushing her in a cart in the basement of their home in Mancelona, Michigan. She hit her mouth on something, sending her teeth up into her gums.
“For a long time until her regular teeth came in she had no two front teeth, so she already looked tough,” Dustin Derrer said.
Two years later, she started learning how to play hockey. When she joined a team at age 5 or 6, it was no surprise that she played with the boys.
And when Derrer stepped on the ice for Syracuse’s (1-1-4) season opener against Col-gate on Oct. 2., it was her first time playing women’s hockey. The toughness and skills she learned from playing with the guys have helped her become a reliable defender playing significant minutes for the Orange.
“I just think she’s just a steady, stay-at-home defenseman,” SU head coach Paul Flana-gan said. “She’s strong, she ties people up well and she jumps on loose pucks pretty well.”
At 12 years old, Derrer was cut from her hockey team because the coach didn’t want a girl on the roster. So she joined the 13- and 14-year-old team, even though she was younger than all the other players.
In high school, she played on a co-op team with players from five other nearby high schools. There was only one other girl on the team, but
she played goalie, and only one other team Derrer played against had a girl on the team.
“There were a few parents that didn’t like it because they didn’t like seeing a girl get more playing time than their sons,” said Doug Derrer, her father.
Other teams would sometimes target her because she was a girl, Derrer said, but then she would deliver a big hit and they would stop.
“It’s just part of the game,” Derrer said. “I played around it.”
It was that mentality and her ability to play physically that earned her the nickname, “Pork chop,” from her brothers Dustin and Dylan Derrer.
Flanagan has made his team watch a YouTube video of Derrer laying out an opponent in high school — not so much as a motivational tactic, but for entertainment and boosting Derrer’s pride.
In a game during her senior year, Derrer crushed a different opponent as he received a pass over the middle of the ice. Coaches had to come onto the ice to help him up because he had the air knocked out of him and his team-mates laughed at him for getting hit by a girl.
“It kind of showed that she was a girl, but she can hit and play hockey with the guys,” Dustin Derrer said.
Despite her ability, no college women’s teams were recruiting Derrer because no one was looking for a girl playing on a boys’ hockey team.
Flanagan heard about her through a friend that had seen her play, so he sent assistant coach Bren-don Knight to watch her play. After seeing her toughness, SU made an offer and she jumped on it.
Women who have played against men have better awareness defensively and offensively, Flanagan said. Because she played with men, Flanagan said Derrer is psychologically tough-er than other players and women’s hockey isn’t physically challenging for her.
Derrer fights along the boards better than most, she said, and can absorb contact and stay on her skates. She has a hard, accurate shot, Flanagan said, and she moves the puck quickly.
Sometimes, though, she wishes she could still hit people skating blindly across the cen-ter of the ice — something Flanagan was wor-ried about. In her first game for SU, she had to stop herself from checking a girl who was skating behind the net with the puck.
Said Derrer: “I just have to have better footwork instead of running into guys, but I’m getting used to it.”
DAKOTA DERRER (19) played her first women’s ice hockey game when SU hosted Colgate on opening night. She’s used to playing with boys. allie wahl staff photographer
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Hard hitterSyracuse ice hockey defender Dakota Derrer spent her whole life playing with boys and that’s helped her transition to playing on a women’s team.See page 19
Eye of the TigersSyracuse head coach Scott Shafer and Clemson’s Dabo Swinney will discuss Saturday’s SU-Tigers matchup during Wednesday’s ACC teleconference. See dailyorange.com
Clemson game gives QB Long chance to prove worth
AJ LONG has played well in his first two games for Syracuse, amassing one rushing and two passing touchdowns against FSU and Wake Forest, respectively. And while he may be SU’s starter now, a win at Clemson could establish him in that role long term. margaret lin photo editor
AJ Long has packed a lot of firsts into a two-week stretch and his next one could be the
most important of them all.His first college appearance
yielded his first touchdown pass in a loss to then-No. 1 Florida State on Oct. 11. His first start brought his first touchdown run and collegiate win in Syracuse’s 30-7 blowout of Wake Forest last weekend.
Each injects a little more life into a team clawing out of early-season irrelevancy. And now Long has a chance to transform the guarded optimism that accompanies a true freshman into a more solidified spot.
SU (3-4, 1-2 Atlantic Coast) trav-els to No. 21 Clemson (5-2, 4-1) on
Saturday, which will be Long’s first real test as a starter and first oppor-tunity to make a marquee victory his own. A win against the Tigers looks a bit more attainable after their nar-row 17-13 win over Boston College last week, and would push Long from Syracuse’s freshman quarterback to Syracuse’s quarterback.
“It’s a dream that I’ve accom-plished,” Long said before the Wake Forest game. “At the same time, I know it’s not my team. I wouldn’t be in this situation had
Terrel (Hunt) not got hurt. “So now it’s play as well as you pos-
sibly can and, hopefully, when this is over, it’s a competition and it’s not just
you sit back on the end of the bench.”Long’s unflappable confidence as
a quarterback makes him an enig-matic mix of mature and immature.
In the Orange’s 18-point loss to the Seminoles two weeks ago, Long threw two touchdown passes to fellow fresh-man Steve Ishmael. The first ended a touchdown drought of more than 100 minutes for the Syracuse offense and together, the two scores were the most any Orange quarterback had thrown for in a single game all year.
He also threw two interceptions in the game, then stood in front of reporters and proclaimed that “Syracuse football is back” and that the Orange would go to an ACC
JESSE DOUGHERTYTHE DOCTOR’S IN
football
SU, UND to play 4 more times By Jesse Doughertysports editor
The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Notre Dame’s ACC football schedules for the next 11 years on Tues-day and Syracuse appeared four times.
The next time the Orange and Fighting Irish meet will be on Oct. 1, 2016 at MetLife Stadium, which will be — like this year’s matchup between the two at MetLife — a des-ignated home game for SU.
After that, the Orange will travel to play at Notre Dame on Sept. 22, 2018, a previously announced game. Then the Fighting Irish will visit the Carrier Dome in 2022 before Syracuse goes back to South Bend, Indiana, in 2025.
The scheduling announcement is part of a 60-game deal that Notre Dame — a football program still independent although its other sports programs are in the ACC — made with the ACC.
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THE ACTUAL JOBmen’s soccer
Syracuse runs by BucknellBy Josh Hyberstaff writer
It took Bucknell 57 minutes to do what Syracuse did in less than a minute.
SU midfielder Chris Nanco scored just seconds into Tuesday night’s match against the Bison at SU Soccer
S t a d i u m and other than one
second-half defensive lapse, No. 5 Syr-acuse (13-2, 4-2 Atlantic Coast) dictat-ed play from start to finish, handing the Bison (6-9, 2-3 Patriot) a 4-1 defeat.
“It’s always nice in the attacking third to get it down and move the ball,” Syracuse head coach Ian McIntyre said. “We created a lot of chances and scored some good goals.”
McIntyre said the field was slick, almost a bit heavy, from the hour-long rain shower that ended moments before kickoff. During the Orange’s
It’s a dream that I’ve accomplished. At the same time, I know it’s not my team. I wouldn’t be in this situation had Terrel (Hunt) not got hurt. AJ Longsu quarterback
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