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By Justin Mattinglyasst. news editor
Starting next fall, Syracuse Uni-versity will no longer grant trans-fer credit for courses that students take while on a leave of absence to study abroad.
Beginning in the fall of 2015, study abroad opportunities for credit will be available to SU stu-dents through SU Abroad’s centers and their short term, summer and featured programming, said Kevin
Quinn, SU’s senior vice president for public affairs in a statement. Stu-dents can also earn credit through SU Abroad’s affiliated World Part-ner programs and through a special case petitioning process. Credits obtained while on a leave of absence will no longer be able to transfer without a preapproved petition.
The policy was discussed among the deans, SU Abroad and the Provost’s Office, Quinn said.
“This is a change that has been in conversation for a couple of years and it puts (SU) sort of in align-ment with what other universities are doing, which is wanting study abroad to be really substantive and
By Annie Palmerstaff writer
Change is happening in E.S. Bird Library for the first time in 30 years as new ideas and renova-
tions come to fruition – but not without financial struggle and political setbacks.
It wasn’t until Chancellor Kent Syverud said in his inauguration speech that he hoped to “empower research excellence at SU” and later vis-ited Bird Library and noted its outdated appearance that the ball really started rolling, said Ronald Thiele, SU Librar-ies’ assistant dean for advancement.
While Syverud has expressed a desire to strengthen SU’s reputation as a research university, Thiele said his visit to Bird yielded fairly simple concerns:
improving the quality of the space.The building’s first floor renova-
tions were revealed in August and by next January the lower level will be completely redesigned. The renova-tions took place thanks to a generous $150,000 donation by the family of two Syracuse University students in 2012, Thiele said.
“I think the chancellor sees that the library is important to the academic rigor and student experience on cam-pus,” Thiele said. “Bird was built prior to the student center, so because this was the center of information, where do kids go when they get out of class? They come to the library.”
The current renovations are the first Bird Library has seen since 1972 but
Building the next chapter Construction on Bird Library began in 1969 and was finished in 1972. The current renovations to the basement and first floor of the library are the first renovations to the library since it was built. Administrators say more funding is needed for future improvements. courtesy of su archives
The sixth floor of Bird Library is pictured here shortly after it opened in 1972. Though the library has become a social space, some students think it should be a place for serious study. courtesy of su archives
As Bird Library begins renovations, some say more funding is needed
This is a change that has been in conversation for a couple of years and it puts (SU) sort of in alignment with what other universities are doing.
Margaret Himleyassociate provost for interna-tional education and engagement
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N • Opening upSweet Basil Thai House has opened on Marshall Street and has begun introducing the com-munity to its dishes.Page 3
S • Shaping upMatt Mancz, Syracuse’s top assistant strength and condition-ing coach, has come a long way from interning with the program.Page 16
P • Homeward boundIt’s house hunting season, check out Pulp’s guide to arranging off-campus housing.Page 9
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O • Choice wordsCampus Issues columnist Nina Rodgers discusses the two main issues raised by the #SpeakUpSU event last Friday.Page 4
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SU Abroad alters credit rule
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By Gigi Antonellecontributing writer
Seven years ago, Patricia Szul, an undeclared sophomore in the Col-lege of Arts and Sciences, began what she considers the hardest fight of her life.
It started when Szul’s mother was diagnosed with cancer. As her mom became sicker, Szul began feeling depressed. These negative feelings transformed into an eating disorder, anorexia nervosa. Szul now remem-bers those feelings with a lotus flower tattoo on her back.
“I was in such a bad place with my mom being sick, I was so sad,” Szul said. “It gave me control over the situation.”
But even when her mom’s health improved, Szul’s condition worsened.
Szul said she refused to eat, and when she tried, she would get sick.
At the end of her sophomore year in high school and throughout the sum-mer, Szul was in and out of the hospital for about five months.
After struggling with anorexia for four years, Szul got a tattoo of a lotus
flower on her back. It represents beau-ty and resilience, two things her thera-pist stressed during her treatment.
She got the tattoo at the end of her senior year when she finished treatment and was declared “cured” — although Szul recognizes that no one can be completely cured from an eating disorder.
“It’s a daily reminder that I went through that. I got through it,” Szul said. “I’ll never be fully cured, but I feel so much better about myself now.”
Szul considers her therapist one of her best friends — someone she can talk to about anything. She still speaks with her at least once a month.
“She really made me believe I was beautiful and helped me overcome a really hard time in my life,” Szul said.
Szul’s mom is now cancer-free and Szul promotes a healthy life-style. She offers a word of advice to girls and to anyone suffering from an eating disorder.
“Get help. Talk to people and be patient with yourself,” Szul said. “Don’t waste your life trying to be per-fect. It’s not worth it.”
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PATRICIA SZUL got her lotus flower tattoo after finishing treatment for anorexia nervosa. It represents beauty and resilience, which her thera-pist stressed during treatment. doris huang staff photographer
INSIDE N • Climbing the ladderSUNY-ESF earned its highest ranking ever in several college rankings lists. Page 7
In the Sept. 15 article, “Black Celestial Choral Ensemble puts in work on stage, in the community,” Nina Rodgers was misidentified. She is currently a columnist for The Daily Orange. The Daily Orange regrets this error.
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@SUFixItGet a good night’s rest. Avoid caffeine and alcohol before bed, leave your worries behind you, and sip some chamomile tea. #SUFIXIT
Breaking newsFormer Washington Post editor and SU alumnus Harry Rosenfeld will speak at SU on Tuesday about his new book. See Wednesday’s paperN
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Here’s additional business that was discussed at the Student Association assembly meeting on Monday night in Maxwell Auditorium:
PEOPLE’S CLIMATE MARCH
Syracuse University and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students involved in New York Pubic Interest Group, New York state’s largest student-directed interest group, will be attending the People’s Climate March this Sunday in Manhattan.
NYPIRG
The Syracuse University chapter of NYPIRG reminded students that the deadline to register to vote in New York state is Oct. 10, and if students want to have their voices heard it is important to register. NYPIRG offers internships every semester in which students receive credit and training to be public advocates.
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Assembly discusses Syverud’s Fast Forward plan
Thai restaurant on Marshall Street expands menu By Thomas Beckley-Forestcontributing writer
Sweet Basil Thai House, Marshall Street’s newest dining option, will feature a menu with half Thai food and half Vietnamese food.
The new restaurant opened its doors on Sept. 5, replacing Cosmos Pizza & Grill. Sweet Basil, featur-ing a menu of half Thai and half Vietnamese cuisine, was previously located in Mattydale. The Matty-dale store, located on Brewerton
Road, was very popular and the restaurant’s success prompted the move to Marshall Street, said Tom Tran, Sweet Basil’s manager.
“There are so many students and potential customers in this area,” he said. “By opening up this loca-tion, we’re offering something new on the market.”
Tran said he hopes to provide “authentic Vietnamese food” to Syr-acuse University and the surrounding area. He added that the restaurant would be sticking to its Vietnamese
menu at first, and would be rolling
out its Thai menu later on, most likely beginning with Thai curries next
weekend. Sweet Basil’s menu offers many gluten-free and vegan friendly dishes, making it appealing to a wide range of clientele.
Tran also said that he has been hiring from the student body to meet the considerable staffing demands of the new Marshall Street location.
In addition to the throng of new student hires, he brought several long-time employees over from the prev ious Matt yda le
PATTARAPORN KITTISAPKAJON, a waitress at Sweet Basil Thai House takes the order of a customer sitting at the counter of the new restau-rant. Sweet Basil Thai House, on Marshall Street opened on Sept. 5 in place of Cosmos Pizza & Grill. tingjun long contributing photographer
By Alexa Torrenscontributing writer
Fresh out of a “positive, engaged and active” meeting with the Board of Trustees, Student Association Pres-ident Boris Gresely was excited at SA’s meeting on Monday about the prospects of Chancellor Kent Syver-ud’s Fast Forward Syracuse plan.
Gresely was able to sit down with
the board to make suggestions on how to improve Syracuse University, such as establishing “an alternative to Castle Court” for students and making a more positive “student cli-mate with the chancellor.”
At their meeting in Maxwell Auditorium, SA assembly members discussed upcoming events that may lessen the apparent tension between the chancellor and SU students that
has formed as a result of the chancel-lor’s condemnation of SU’s top party school title. There were also discus-sions about the chancellor’s Town Hall meeting, Gresely’s meeting with the Board of Trustees and other SA events.
A Town Hall meeting for the chancellor to connect to SU stu-dents is being held Monday, Sept. 22 at 4:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The purpose of the meeting is for
students to familiarize themselves with the Fast Forward Syracuse plan designed primarily by a steer-ing committee and several working groups. A question-and answer ses-sion will also be held.
The three-part Fast Forward plan is being implemented to pro-vide “the key strategic direction and framework” that is necessary
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10 points to WhitmanWhitman has introduced the Goodman IMPRESS program to create competition among students and track progress.See Wednesday’s paper
By opening up this location, we’re offering something new on the market.Tom Transweet basil’s manager
By Sara Swanncontributing writer
As the Ebola virus continues to spread throughout Africa, a Syracuse University professor is doing his part to help track its prevalence.
After six weeks and more than 500 hours of hard work and dedica-tion, Ken Harper, an S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications professor and director for the New-house Center for Global Engage-ment, and his team launched the first website to successfully track the Ebola virus in Liberia on Sept. 8.
Harper heard from a former stu-dent that little to no information was being released to the public and even government officials were having trouble interpreting the data.
“Without information, there’s more fear. Without information, officials cannot make informed deci-sions,” Harper, the U.S. Director for the project, said. “Digestible, easy-to-access information is the very first thing people need.”
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Website tracks ebola in Liberia
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On Friday, a crowd of students, profes-sors, administrators and community members gathered in Grant Auditorium
for a town hall-style event, “#SpeakUpSU.” Hosted by the Syracuse National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, an array of student organizations showed up to voice their concerns, opinions and heartfelt comments con-cerning identity on Syracuse University’s campus.
Of the many emotional experiences students shared at #SpeakUpSU about discrimination and marginalizing on campus, two recurring topics that stuck out to me were concerns over the word choice in Chancellor Kent Syverud’s email addressing the Hanna Strong video, along with multiple responses from some students in New-house shared concerning their experiences in the school. Both topics are representative of two areas of SU campus life that need the most addressing.
On Sept. 7, Chancellor Syverud sent out an email to the SU community as a reaction to the Hanna Strong story with the subject “Tolerance and Respect.” Syverud stated his plans for moving the campus community forward. “I believe this, and other less visible incidents, presents us with an opportunity to have an open, civil and frank discussion. Issues of tolerance and respect are something confronted by many people on campus and off, in ways visible and not,” he said.
After first reading the email, I couldn’t help but to feel a little uneasy with the use of the word “tol-erance.” I realized I was not alone in my thoughts on Friday, when a number of students at #Speak-UpSU voiced their discontent with the use of that word. Students took to Twitter to share their thoughts on this conversation with comments such as, “I just don’t want to be tolerated,” or “Why should I be ‘tolerated’ on my own campus?”
I believe Chancellor Syverud had good inten-tions in his email — especially in acknowledging that instances of discrimination and hate speech
occur quite often on campus, but just might not be caught on camera. But tolerance is one of the darkest issues facing SU’s campus — to be put up with rather than accepted, constantly questioned, doubted and underestimated. Especially for me, as a student of color in Newhouse, ‘tolerance’ is something that I feel on nearly a daily basis. To first be discouraged from even transferring into the school by faculty advisors and then to be spo-ken-over and isolated socially from classes makes the already-challenging Newhouse experience even more daunting.
During the event — which even had to be extended for one additional hour to provide more time for feedback — members of the audience took turns on the microphone to let their voices be heard. Unlike some of the forums, panels and discussions that happen on campus, #SpeakUpSU stood out as an event where the changes to come afterwards were not just empty promises or thoughts, but actual plans of action.
#SpeakUpSU was an event that should extend beyond the confines of Grant Auditorium and to the respective spaces on campus where there is a dire need for change. One thing that was made clear at #SpeakUpSU was that this was not a group of angry students who came together to whine, complain and blame the world for their life experiences. It was a valid discussion with a motive to shift the culture of SU to a space where no student — regardless of race, gender, class, sexual orientation, religion and all other forms of identity — should just feel tolerated.
Nina Rodgers is a junior sociology major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at
NINA RODGERSA CHAIN REACTION
The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Commu-nications’ decision to automatically enter all Newhouse students in a lottery for Oprah Winfrey tickets was poorly planned and communicated. Newhouse should have offered its students the option to be entered, in order to prioritize stu-dents that actually wanted to attend the event.
Winfrey will speak in Goldstein Auditorium on Sept. 29 as part of a day-long series of events to dedicate the Newhouse Studio and Innovation Center. Of the 500 tickets available for the Gold-stein balcony, 200 were offered to Syracuse Uni-versity students and the other 200–300 tickets were reserved for a lottery for Newhouse students.
Because Winfrey is here for a Newhouse event, it made sense for the school to reserve some tick-ets specifically for its students. However, the way in which the lottery was planned and publicized potentially took tickets away from students — both enrolled and not enrolled in Newhouse — who truly wanted to see Winfrey speak.
Newhouse could have improved its lottery in two ways: notifying its students about the lottery option before tickets were handed out in Schine
Student Center and by giving its students the option to be entered into the lottery instead of automatic entry.
If Newhouse students had known about the lottery, some may have made the choice not to stand in line for a ticket. This could have allowed more non-Newhouse students to get tickets. And if Newhouse had asked students to opt in for the lottery, it would have cut down on the number of people entered in the Newhouse lottery.
Newhouse students have 48 hours from when they’re selected to pick up their tickets. Because Newhouse automatically entered its entire student body, this could lead to a high number of unclaimed tickets than if they had required students interested in seeing Winfrey to opt into a lottery. Though the unclaimed tickets will re-enter the lottery, the 48-hour window could also make the process of handing out tickets more complicated and inconvenient.
The system Newhouse devised was ineffi-cient, and it was a poor choice to notify stu-dents about the lottery after the initial tickets were handed out.
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Tuesday, Sept. 10 was Internet Slowdown Day, devoted to advo-cating the idea of an open Internet. Major tech behemoths like Netflix, Twitter and Reddit helped paint a dark picture of the Web’s potential future by participating. What users saw was a Web that contradicted the essence of online communication. A Web that forced companies to pay to transmit information, one where Internet Service Providers regulat-ed traffic with roadblocks and most importantly, one that completely violated the First Amendment.
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler recently refused to let ISPs slow down traffic, however Washington is still debating the idea that supe-rior levels of service can be offered for an additional price1. Opponents of net neutrality fail to understand that either way you look at it, you are still creating a “fast lane” and a “slow lane” for Internet traffic2,
which prevents the democratization of information. The idea that all data is equal is what makes the Internet so powerful. Companies like Netflix and Twitter would not suffer without net neutrality, but the Web’s ability to foster entrepre-neurship would be severely dimin-ished. It empowers the individual to create and share content with nothing interfering. It allows for toddlers named Charlie who have a craving for fingers to become just as recognizable as a Hollywood super-star. Most importantly, it creates a level playing field that allows all of us to contribute to the collective intelligence of our species.
Knowing this, it seems unspeak-able to put hurdles in the way of the average user. Unfortunately, major ISPs are able to fund lobbying cam-paigns to get their word across to officials in Washington. But the fight is far from over. I urge the Syracuse
University community to have their voice heard in this pivotal issue. Contact your representative here and your one at home and voice your concern for the Internet’s future. ISPs can lobby all they want but ultimately, a Congressional vote is the deciding factor.
This is not an issue that should divide the rich from the poor, this is one that is questioning who the government works for, and the answer should be obvious. If net neutrality loses, it would be the gov-ernment serving the highest bidder, a corporation who could then easily monopolize the open Internet we know and love. It’s called the World Wide Web for a reason. Do not let one or two corporations seize con-trol of it.
Rohan KrishnanSyracuse University Class of 2017
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Students should fight net neutrality
California is among other states that have recently made tre-mendous progress for worker’s
rights and have passed legislation that, if successful, could set a nationwide standard. Labor laws in the U.S. are often unforgiving to the problems of everyday life, such as sickness of employees or their family members.
According to a Sept. 10 Los Angeles Times article, Gov. Jerry Brown (D-CA) signed a new law that requires employers to provide one hour of paid sick leave for every thirty hours worked, but only up to 3 days per year. According to the governor’s office, about 40 percent of California’s work-force has no paid sick benefits.
Paid sick days provide a more reasonable and higher standard for treatment of employees, but its economic success remains to be seen.
Passing legislation at a state level is an effective way to test for the economic success of a bill before proposing it at a national level. If the bill is successful in California, it should be implemented nationally in order to improve employ-ee treatment.
California is the second state, after Connecticut, to pass legislation that mandates paid sick leave. According to a Sept. 11 US News article, Eileen Appelbaum, a senior economist at the Center for Economic Policy Research, says that in Connecticut there was very little abuse of the sick day policy. Appelbaum also claims that thirty percent reported cost increases of 2
percent or less and the remainders had higher cost increases or were unable to report the costs. In short, there are some drawbacks to the policy, but its implementation in Connecticut has provided generally positive results.
Improved treatment of workers by providing paid sick days not only benefits the worker, but fosters better employee-employer relationships and prevents the spread of illness.
Mandating paid sick leave is not the only way Brown is helping employees. This year, Brown also signed legislation raising California’s minimum wage to $10 per hour by 2016. Brown says that there is more similar legislation to come. Higher minimum wages and paid sick days have the strongest influ-ence on the labor standards for lower working class; they tend to hold jobs where employers do not readily offer
benefits to their employees. It is clear that we can expect a lot from Brown’s administration.
These pieces of legislation, which protect California’s workers, are very progressive and help to raise the stan-dard level of treatment for workers.
However, it is important to test legislation in big states like California before bringing them to national prominence. After the legislation has been implemented, economists and politicians can analyze the costs and benefits and determine whether or not it is not only beneficial to the worker, but causes little or no harm to the econ-omy. While every state has different needs, values and economies, data gathered from the implementation of policies in individual states can help form national policy decisions.
President Barack Obama should
wait and see the effects of higher labor standards before trying to implement them nationally.
According to the White House web-site, the Obama Administration sup-ports the Healthy Families Act, which would offer up to seven days paid sick leave. This legislation is premature and should be postponed until the effects of paid sick leave in California and Con-necticut are thoroughly analyzed.
Brown and the State of California may be setting nationwide standards for sick leave and other employee bene-ficial labor laws. They should continue proposing progressive legislation in order to set a standard for other states and eventually the federal government.
Rachel Potter is a senior political science and sociology major. Her
column appears weekly. She can be reached at [email protected].
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to make SU a more prestigious institution and enjoyable learning environment, according to the Fast Forward website.
The three components of Fast Forward Syr-acuse are a strategic plan, a campus master plan and an operational excellence program. The strategic plan aims to continue SU’s reign as a renowned institution and develop aca-demic programs in the areas that are needed. The operational excellence program will aid in increasing effectiveness and efficiency, and
also gathering funds to implement the strate-gic plan and the campus master plan, accord-ing to the Fast Forward website.
At his recent meeting with the Board of Trustees, Gresely shared concerns that assembly members spoke about at last week’s SA meeting. He addressed the partying ban at Castle Court and the importance of administration stepping up to create new alternatives for students to have fun on cam-pus. Gresely also suggested a student-led tour of campus for the Board of Trustees, which he hopes will allow some disconnected members of the administration to get a bet-
ter feel of student life on campus and why some improvements are necessary. Gresely said he felt that the board was very “recep-tive” to his ideas and he hopes that they can be set into action.
Director of Public Relations Austin Galov-ski delivered a report detailing the upcoming Fast Forward Kickoff Event. The purpose of the event is to bring together campus organizations, Greek houses and residence halls to celebrate the implementation of Fast Forward Syracuse. Depending on the date of Shack-A-Thon, the event will be held on either Sept. 25 or Sept. 29.
It’s important that health care workers, volunteers, journalists and the public have accurate information about the state of the outbreak.Brian Dawsonuser interface/user experience designer for ebolainliberia.com
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charts to inform the public of the total con-firmed, probable and suspected cases and deaths of the Ebola virus. The number of cases and deaths of healthcare workers is also provided. In addition, the website shows a colored map of the affected areas with the total number of Ebola cases for each specific region displayed. Under the “Resources” tab on the website, there are informational graphs and downloadable PDF documents about how the Ebola virus is trans-mitted, symptoms of Ebola and how the virus can be found.
While the website received more than 7,300 page views in the first five days of operation, only 4.6 percent of the population in Liberia has Internet access, which makes spreading information and awareness about the Ebola virus more difficult, Harper said.
However, word travels fast and local media are aware of the website and are using it to
support their reporting, which is then distrib-uted to the public via radio and newspapers, Harper continued.
To create the website, Harper worked with fellow Newhouse professor Dan Pacheco to assemble a team of journalists and developers with a variety of skills ranging from web design to crisis mapping.
Among the many volunteers on Harper’s team
was Steven King, an assistant professor of inter-active media at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As head of development, King recruited students at UNC-Chapel Hill to assist him in developing the website.
Brian Dawson, who is a 2011 graduate of Newhouse’s photojournalism program and currently works for IDEO in San Francisco, has been leading the user interface/user expe-rience (UI/UX) design for the project. Daw-son’s main job is to decide what information needs to be presented and what the best way to present that information is.
“It’s important that health care workers, volunteers, journalists and the public have accurate information about the state of the outbreak. It’s the biggest outbreak, in terms of cases and deaths, since the discovery of the virus in the mid-70s,” Dawson said. “We thought it would be valuable to connect accu-rate data from the World Health Organization and the Liberian Ministry of Health and Social
Welfare with highly legible, up-to-date charts.”In the future, the team wants to display more
data and give more detailed visualizations so the spread of the disease can be better predicted, King said. The team also wants the site to work for multiple countries going forward, he added.
Another hopeful future addition to the web-site will be a modular, data-driven web appli-cation that visualizes and presents the major data points to track Ebola in other countries while offering regional, global and historical context to the public, journalists, government officials and healthcare workers, Harper said.
“In times of great crisis we must work together to overcome great odds. When people are suffering we must not be bound by ego or institutional greed, this project is an example of such ideals — good people with varying talents working together towards a common goal,” Harper said. “I’m proud to count myself among these people who choose to do more than care — they act.”
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location with him. As for the SU student community, reactions
to the new opening have been positive. Raelle Alfaro, a junior public relations and psychology major, said one of her friends already went to Sweet Basil and enjoyed it, and she’s looking forward to trying it herself.
Other students like Imani Howard, a senior political science and African American studies major, are excited for the future of the new dining option, but will always remember what came before it fondly.
“The new Vietnamese place looks cool and I’m looking forward to trying it out,” she said. “Still … I’m always going to miss Cosmos. It holds a special place in my heart.”
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By Anjali Alwisstaff writer
SUNY-ESF has climbed to an all-time high in the U.S. News and World Report college rankings.
U.S. News and World Report ranked the State University of New York College of Envi-ronmental Science and Forestry No. 30 in the nation’s top public universities for the 2015 edition of U.S. News’ Best Colleges.
SUNY-ESF also earned the No. 45 spot in the “Great Schools, Great Prices” category, which calculates the best-value schools in the nation. SUNY-ESF is the only SUNY campus listed among 50 schools selected for this recog-nition, according to a SUNY-ESF press release.
“Rankings mean a lot for any school, but they are especially important for a small college like ESF,” said Robert French, SUNY-ESF vice president for enrollment management and mar-keting, in an email. “We are by far the smallest school on the National Public Universities list this year, so we don’t have the broad name recog-nition that comes from being a bigger university.”
French said the higher rankings the school achieved this year were primarily due to improvements in the rating component tied to graduation rate — which has been rising steadily — and the college reputation rating that is based on a U.S. News survey of peer institutions.
Students at SUNY-ESF echoed the same sentiments — the university has been thriving for years and is finally getting recognized for it.
“It’s a big deal, it’s a very prestigious school
and it’s specialized so it’s tough to get into. It’s cool that it’s being recognized as top 30. It’s finally getting some press,” said Bridget Snover, a sophomore landscaping architecture major.
There have been some changes implemented lately that may account for the newfound recogni-tion, French said. The college recently renovated Centennial Hall, which the Princeton Review ranked among the 20 best college residence halls, as well as added the new Gateway Center.
SUNY-ESF has recently added popular new majors in Sustainable Energy Management and Environmental Health, as well as a Mighty Oaks intercollegiate athletics program just four years ago, he added.
“I would say for the most part our recognition has come from having great faculty, strong research programs aimed at solving environmental prob-lems and other factors that have been important to ESF’s success for a long time — and those factors would include our long standing partnership with Syracuse University ,” French said.
French noted that while these are the high-est rankings SUNY-ESF has received, they are by no means a surprise.
“ESF was ranked No. 77 on the National Univer-sities list just two years ago,” French said, “and we have done well in the rankings for many years now.”
For Snover, the rankings reflect her experi-ence on campus.
“For the future, I think for anyone that goes here — it just helps you a lot,” Snover said. “You learn a lot. It’s not easy but you’ll definitely get your money’s worth by going here.”
The Gateway Center at SUNY-ESF is a hub for campus activities. The college was recently ranked No. 30 in U.S. News and World Report’s 2015 rankings of top public universities — its highest ranking ever. margaret lin photo editor
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administrators say more funding is needed for the library to compete with the country’s top college libraries. As the library enters its next chapter, there are also questions about whether Bird should continue to act as a social space or whether it should become a place for more serious study.
But Syverud was not the first person to notice the libraries out of date facilities. In 2012, SU established a review committee to evaluate the collections, services and operations in the uni-versity’s libraries, according to the committee’s report. In its recommendations, the committee said SU Libraries must redefine its “strategic direction” on campus and establish priorities for library investment and development.
This same sentiment was noted in the 2003 Campus Master Plan, which details a need to expand Bird Library. The plan is written every 10 years and states architectural and campus planning improvements as recommended by an architectural firm.
It has been 10 years since the last Campus Mas-ter Plan was issued and a committee is now being formed to create a new one, said Student Associa-tion President Boris Gresely. Gresely said he hopes the committee will use the opportunity to renew infrastructure that’s out of date, such as the library.
“The library should be state of the art, it should be a place where you’re like ‘wow,’ and it’s unfortunate that it has been pushed aside (by the administration) to a certain extent in the past,” Gresely said.
A social sphereWhile students have traditionally used Bird
as a place of social gathering, Graduate Student
Organization President Patrick Neary said he believes students have lost sight of what the library is truly intended to be — a place for research and learning.
The new renovations only further that mis-conception as they involve an open floor plan that encourages collaborative workspaces, Neary said. Collaborative workspaces can be places where students earnestly work, but they don’t always mesh with individual study spaces when placed side by side, he said.
“There are a lot of floors that are terrible places to study,” Neary said. “If I’m going to sit here and do five hours of math research, and there are people talking all around me, how am I going to study?”
This means that the current state of Bird Library, and some undergraduates’ desire to keep it a social sphere, do not align with the chan-cellor’s vision. But students also have an impor-tant stake in the future of Bird, said Gresely.
Students “pay into the big pocket” because SU is tuition driven, Gresely said. It then becomes the university’s responsibility to decide how the money is budgeted. But if stu-dents voice where they think the money should go, they could see real change, he said.
The need for donationsDeborah Pellow, head of the University Sen-
ate Library Committee, said that while physical changes are the easiest modifications to make, they usually yield little effect on the internal quality of the library. The most recent renova-tions have made Bird appear more like a “21st century library,” but Bird and SU Libraries’ collections need both renovations and funding. Once the collections are able to be improved, she said Bird Library may be more in line with the national standard for research libraries.
“Slowly, slowly donations have to happen,” Pellow said. “And there is money being pin-pointed, but for something like collections you need regular funding.”
For facilities like Bird, alumni donations really drive its ability to afford the renovations it needs, said Thiele, the assistant dean for advancement. And data backs up this assertion: according to a report issued by the University Senate Budget Committee, SU Libraries cur-rently spend $18,372,392 in order to operate
— this placed SU at No. 84 in the Association of Research Libraries’ ranking of peer institutions.
The Budget Committee report also states that in order for SU to be among the Top 50 Associ-ation of Research Libraries, it would need “an infusion of $7,000,000 plus regular increases” to bring SU equal to No. 50.
But it’s not as easy as just “asking someone for a million dollars,” said Thiele. Most alumni choose to donate to their home college, and securing donations for the library can be chal-lenging because some believe that it is part of the operating budget of the university, he said.
Now that the chancellor has set goals to improve the university’s research capacity, he said he believes Bird has a real chance to improve both aesthetically and in how it serves the students.
“So one way that donors can facilitate this is to fund the library,” Thiele said. “Then we can make those things happen, just as we have with the furniture — we don’t see that as the end. It’s one of those things that can pay it forward for the entire university.”
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Bird Library,shown here around 1972–73, was built before the student center. The basement floor of the library is currently under major renovation until January, which will include two new classrooms, a quiet reading space and an open study area. courtesy of su archives
Slowly, slowly donations have to happen. And there is money being pinpointed, but for something like collections you need regular funding.
Deborah Pellowhead of the university senate library committee
affordable for a lot of students,” said Margaret Himley, associate provost for international edu-cation and engagement.
SU students’ eligibility for financial aid and confidence in the academic and profes-sional value of the abroad experience are some advantages of the policy change, according to an email from Himley to SU faculty obtained by The Daily Orange.
“This policy will support SU Abroad over the long term, both programmatically and fis-cally, while ensuring students with special circumstances have an opportunity to petition to study abroad via a non-affiliated program,” the email reads.
SU students who wish to study in a non-af-filiated abroad program will petition to Himley and the dean of the applicable school/college.
Petitioning students should submit their peti-tion form nine to 12 months prior to the program start date, according to the form. In the email, Himley said that SU Abroad will meet with each school and college to fine tune the procedure for the petitioning process. If the petition is approved, students pay SU tuition, receive SU
financial aid and receive SU credit, which is cal-culated into GPAs, according to the email.
A process will be in place for vetting non-af-filiated programs before sending SU students to the location, according to the email.
In an interview with The Daily Orange, Himley said safety is one of the reasons SU Abroad vets the programs.
“We want to be sure that there are things in place should something happen, there are evacuation and medical procedures so we know that our students are safe when they’re studying abroad,” she said.
SU Abroad is looking into the programs that students have been going on during their leave of absence, Himley said.
“We don’t know all of those programs (yet),” she said. “One such program is in Prague, for example, and we have sent a staff person to review it, and it’s a good program in terms of academics and support and student safety.”
Himley said SU Abroad is in the process of adding Prague to its list of World Partners. SU Abroad hopes the new policy will add to the list of World Partners, she said.
The first deadline for petition submissions is Nov. 1, which will be for fall 2015 programs.
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By Madysan Foltzstaff writer
Syracuse University isn’t simply a learning institution for Ben Tupper — it’s a way of life.
A popular landlord, SU alum-nus and current SU graduate stu-dent, Tupper has been a major part of the SU landscape for the past several decades.
Tupper’s newest project is a time capsule, which he hopes to bring to campus within the next few months. Tupper wants to get a 55-gallon “indestructible” bucket to hold items that represent SU students as individuals and as a collective com-munity. He plans to put the time capsule on one of his properties – 137 Clarendon Ave.
“Being involved in student culture and student life both as a landlord and as a student, I wake up everyday feeling like I’m 21 years old,” Tupper said. “I don’t feel like an old tired man, I think ‘Hey, what can I do to make the experience even better?’”
While he still needs to get clear-ance from the city to dig at this loca-tion, Tupper said he is confident in the outcome.
“It’s all still in the planning stages,” Tupper said. “I’ve already sent the word out to my tenants and they’re all excited.”
Tupper got the idea when his Tupper Property Manage-ment business partner Tiffany Buza told him about a few stu-
dents who “buried some Zimas in a backyard 15 years ago and couldn’t remember where they put it.” He found it hilarious, and it got the ball rolling.
Students may not know the significance of 137 Clarendon Ave., the place where the stage was set for Livingstock, Tupper said. The precursor to Mayfest, Livingstock raged on from as early as the 1960s to the 1990s
Landlord plans time capsule
see time capsule page 10
One-bedroom: High $830, low $600 including all utilitiesMulti-unit: High $700, average $575, low $495
“Yes, yes. Can I ask you a question? Are there landlords that actually say no to that?”
“All of my one bedrooms include all utili-ties, three quarters of my two bedrooms include all utilities, in fact, I only have two that are plus utilities. Everything over three bedrooms, you know com-plete houses, are all plus utilities.”
“All the houses are wired for cable and Internet but the cost is the responsibili-ty of the tenants.”
“Individual houses or multiple-unit houses almost all of them have parking, I only have two houses that have on-the-street parking only.”
“It’s a one-page document that all par-ties concerned have to sign, including if they have roommates.”
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a part of historyTo submit ideas and SU memorabilia to place inside the time capsule, contact Ben Tupper at rentfromben.com.
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Want to ditch the dorms? There are a lot of landlords renting out apartments and houses in the area, all of which have
different policies regarding rent, utilities and more. Pulp com-pares three landlords so you can know what to look for when
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High: $650 per monthAverage: $525Low: $425
“Every house is different. Some of my houses have more parking than people and some of my houses have more cars than parking.”
“The average — and again all this stuff is averages — it can vary depending a lot of variables, but a safe number I tell stu-dents to budget for is like $45 a person a month, for a year-round average.”
“Cable and Internet, I have no relation-ship with. Tenants can choose whatever provider they want and get whatever services they want.”
“I’m really proud to say that I have a full-time guy who works just for me. He plows just for me.”
“Every basement has a washer and dryer in it.”
“I allow subletting because under New York State Law tenants have a right to sublet, so I am in no position to tell people no.”
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Four-bedroom / four-bathroom12-month lease: $1,039 per-person per-month10-month lease: $1,079 per-person per-monthTwo-bedroom / two-bathroom12-month lease: $1,219 per-person per-month10-month lease: $1,299 per-person per-month
“We have a private contract that when snow comes they ride around periodi-cally and they remove all the snow.”
“For the four-bedroom, we give them $160 electricity allowance for each person, and then for the two-bedroom, it’s a $100 allowance for each person. Generally nobody goes over that, so that includes your electricity, water, sewage, gas.”
“It also includes your cable with HBO and high-speed Internet.”
“As long as they are approved — the person that is looking to sublet — what we do is just we take the person that is looking to get out of the lease and the other person will have their own individ-ual lease.”
“Parking is free as well and it also includes all the amenities that our club-house has to offer as well.”
“Washer and dryer is in each apart-ment. It’s free to use.”
“In the single house it’s free laundry and multiple-unit houses are coin operated.”
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When my host family and I ate empanadas during my first Sun-day in Chile, I was in love — with
my hosts, but also with the bready, cheesy goodness of Chile’s national food. When we ate empanadas during my second Sunday, I was overjoyed.
Now that I’ve been here for almost two months, my stomach growls when I think of Empanada Sundays. I’m like Pavlov’s dog, except way more excited when the bell rings.
Lunches are the most important and largest meal in Chile, Ecuador and most of South America. The lunches are so large that rather than dinner, Chileans have “once” (pronounced “on-say”). “Once” takes place sometime between 8–10 p.m.
The little baked delicacies—small slices of heaven—come in many variations, but they’re always cheesy and delicious. My favorite is the
“napolitana” with cheese, ham and tomato inside. The Chilean specialty is called “pino” and it has beef, onions, raisins, black olives and hard-boiled eggs.
Bonding with my host family is the only thing better than the empanadas on Empana-da Sundays. Our normal routine is to take a 10-minute walk to an empanada store and buy two empanadas per person, as my hosts and I haven’t made them. This is the only meal my family doesn’t cook because they said the process is long.
This tradition of relaxing Sundays was even stronger in Cuenca, Ecuador, where I spent a month for the fi rst leg of SU Abroad’s program.
There, my host family and I would drive about 40 minutes to their homestead in the country-side to spend the day with the entire extended family and eat a huge lunch.
Even on my fi rst day in Cuenca, I was whisked o� to the countryside moments after meeting my host mother. About 20 relatives were gathered in the house they use just for Sunday gatherings. I greeted everyone with a kiss on the cheek, as is customary in Ecuador and Chile. This was my fi rst time speaking with native Spanish speakers. My fi rst “relax-ing Sunday” was more of a “sink or swim” language immersion experience.
Downtown Cuenca turned eerie on Sun-days. All the locals were most likely enjoying lunch with their families. The central plaza, which is normally full of people, was empty. The only people walking around were tourists and “gringos,” people from the United States.
During my second night with my Ecua-dorian host family, I was waiting around for dinner until about 10 p.m. After working up a real appetite, I went to my host mom to ask if dinner was soon. Apparently the tea we shared earlier in the night was our “dinner.” I explained to her the United States concept of dinner. We shared a good laugh and had some more tea as I ate a little dinner. Unfortunately, it wasn’t an empanada.
Not every family spends their Sundays like my hosts, but relaxing with family and a good meal has been a staple in my experience in South America.
Danielle Roth is a junior majoring in mag-azine journalism and international relations.
She is following her desires for good food and adventure in Santiago, Chile. Email her
at [email protected] or tweet at her @danielleroth_ .
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before it was ultimately shut down after a riot in 1999.
“That front yard has always been a historical place,” Tupper said.
Now the area is known as the heart of Kap-pa’s Corner — an area on campus dominated by members of SU’s marching band and broth-ers of Kappa Kappa Psi, a national honorary band fraternity.
But it’s not just Tupper’s tenants and
members of the marching band that can get involved — Tupper said he wants everyone in Syracuse to get involved.
Kelsey May, a junior policy studies and geography major, is excited for the time cap-sule because it embodies a tradition that she holds dear.
“I’d be interested in learning what’s important to a student 50 years ago,” May said. “When you talk to someone that went to Syracuse, you’re like, ‘Oh my god, I went to Syracuse too!’ There’s just this bond that (Syracuse students) have I hope translates
well into the time capsule.”Samantha Steinert also wants a hand in the
action. The sophomore child and family studies major said she would put a laminated picture of Jim Boeheim in the capsule.
“School spirit is what unites us all -— we’re all crazy Orange fans,” Steinert said. “I hope that’s one tradition that sticks around.”
May and Steinert will have a chance to place their respective items in the capsule on the Friday before homecoming, when Tupper plans to hold a ceremony.
As for the contents of the time capsule, Tupper
has a few ideas in mind. He wants a marching band uniform, any unused pieces of early-2000s technology and a pack of red solo cups, which he said is the “symbol” of students today, but he still wants students, faculty and local residents to have the majority vote.
“People almost always come back after they graduate. Forty or 50 years from now, there will be someone who comes back and will be there to open the capsule,” Tupper said. “And people now can come together and have fun thinking of things to put in it.”
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By Isha Damlecontributing writer
Michael Montante’s band didn’t start in a friend’s garage. It started through Facebook.
Montante, a sophomore in the Bandier Pro-gram for Music and the Entertainment Indus-tries, became one of four members of the pop-punk, alternative rock group Faith and Fiction.
A founding band member, who is no longer in the band, approached Montante via Facebook. From there, Faith and Fiction was born.
Though all four members of the group, which was formed in 2011, are based in Buffalo, they’ve recently been splitting their time between Syra-cuse and Buffalo.
Last week, the band finished recording its sec-ond EP, “Kids in the Clouds,” at Syracuse’s The Square Studio with producer Steve Sopchak. The EP, which the band began recording last Novem-ber, will likely be released in the next few months.
Montante, one of the band’s guitarists, chose the Bandier program with Faith and Fiction in mind, hoping to use the skills and expertise he acquires there to help the band progress.
“(It) actually motivated me a lot more because I see what can be done in this industry and now I’m kind of learning what to do,” he said.
The Syracuse University connection was a coincidence, as the band had decided to record with The Square Studio before Montante decided to attend SU.
The other band members are bassist and back-ing vocalist Konstantin Klimuk; lead vocalist and guitarist Timothy MacDonald and drummer Wyatt Kluckhohn.
Both Montante and Kluckhohn, a sophomore at Rochester Institute of Technology, have had to frequently travel to and from Buffalo to keep up with band-related events. Despite the distance,
Montante said the band is in constant contact. MacDonald, 23, said even though it took them
a while to complete recording the album, the environment of the studio and Sopchak’s style of producing made it worth the wait.
“He’s just really down to earth, so just work-ing with him helps the creativity, the spark, and that just makes the songs that much better,” MacDonald said.
Kluckhohn, 20, said he was excited to have a second EP out on the music market. Now the band has something tangible to show off for the hard work the members have put into the EP, along with the experiences and memories they have.
“Everybody really put all of themselves in here and it’s a really good representation of who we are and what we’re capable of,” he said.
Kluckhohn said the band’s newest member, bass player and backing vocalist Konstantin Klimuk, has been an influential factor in the band’s growth as songwriters. Klimuk, 23, joined the band two years ago.
“I love recording and I love writing probably the best,” Klimuk said. “I love playing live, but I think my favorite part is actually starting with a small idea and working, watching it progress until it’s actually in the studio and it’s all done.”
Montante said as the band’s following grows larger and stronger, live performances are his favorite part about being in the band.
This July, more than 200 fans came to the band’s show at the Forvm in Buffalo. Montante said it was exciting to hear them singing along to the songs they had written. He considers the show one of his favorite experiences performing live.
“There’s nothing better than when you have a show where everything goes right for you,” Mon-tante said.
Faith and Fiction’s music is available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon and Xbox Music. The band will perform in Buffalo on Sept. 25, and is
currently working to organize a show in Syracuse. Although labels have approached the band, it
is not signed to one yet. Band members said they’d be open to signing with a label when they find one that meets their needs.
The band also has plans to produce a music video to accompany the release of “Kids in the Clouds.” The group has released lyric videos before, most notably in December for its single
“You Stole My Sweater.” As Faith and Fiction’s popularity grows, the
band members have no plans of changing who they are to please other people.
“We’re obviously going to make music that we think people are going to like, but at the same time, we’re not confining ourselves to a certain genre or a certain sound,” Kluckhohn said.
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TIM MACDONALD, Faith and Fiction’s lead vocalist, rehearses at The Square Studio. The band finished recording its second EP last week. connor martin staff photographer
Alternative rock band Faith and Fiction divides time between Syracuse, Buffalo
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PATRICK O’BOYLE has made a niche for himself at Chadron State as someone willing to play any postion, no matter if it’s quarterback or long snapper. courtesy of kevin jelden
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Needing a spark in its season opener, Chad-ron State turned to backup quarterback Patrick O’Boyle.
O’Boyle led the Eagles to three touchdown drives and a 42-25 win over Missouri University of Science and Technology as he went 3-for-3 in the air with 91 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 79 yards with another score.
But O’Boyle doesn’t just play quarterback. On extra points, he is the holder. On kickoffs, he plays on the coverage team. On punts, he is the team’s long snapper. In his niche, four-position role, the senior O’Boyle has earned a spot on Chadron State’s (1-1) 12-player leadership council.
“I’m just a guy that if they ask me to play free safety on defense, I’d go out there and do my absolute best,” O’Boyle said.
In 2013, the Eagles unveiled the “Pat Proj-ect” — their version of the wildcat offense. The package centers on O’Boyle going in at quarter-back and other players also substituting to fit his passing and scrambling skills. The “Pat Project” forces defenses to prepare for O’Boyle and cuts into their time to prepare for the rest of the team.
“They were struggling to try and stop it and whenever a defense is struggling, you want to continue to attack that part of their defense,” Chadron State head coach Jay Long said. “It was something that really helped us out”
This past spring, the Eagles’ long snapper graduated. The 6-foot-4, 210-pound O’Boyle vol-unteered to try the new position. After practicing throughout the spring, he earned the starting
long snapper job on the punt team.When O’Boyle told his father and former
high school football coach, Tom O’Boyle, that he would be long snapping, Tom O’Boyle laughed.
“Who better understands that the most important completion is the center to the quarterback or the center to the punter on the offensive side of things?” Tom O’Boyle said. “He loves being in the clutch, critical situa-tions and coming through.”
Being a coach’s son exposed O’Boyle to more game film and all the positions at an early age. Now, watching more film is more important than ever with his new roles on special teams.
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“To see the game from so many aspects, you learn to take on different roles,” said Danny O’Boyle, O’Boyle’s brother and a Chadron State wide receiver. “I really think that’s helped him especially now where he’s playing so many differ-ent roles on our team.”
O’Boyle’s upbringing is continuing to pay off. The two brothers still argue about who is faster. They were raised as all-around athletes, not stuck in any one position.
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Connelly’s athleticism helps freshman excel at SyracuseBy Sam Fortiercontributing writer
In one of the first volleyball games she ever played, Anna Connelly broke an opponent’s nose with a serve. She was in seventh grade.
Volleyball was her first non-contact sport.Connelly grew up in Minnesota, which
meant learning to skate as she learned to walk. She was raised on hockey; it was in the family’s fabric. Skating against local boys molded her into an especially physical competitor. But when she was eight and the family moved to
California, she found volleyball“I got sick of playing hockey,” she said. “I
wanted to play a girl’s sport.” Connelly has played the sport ever since,
from Los Angeles to Syracuse. In her first season as an SU libero, Connelly revels in SU head coach Leonid Yelin’s expectations while fighting through homesickness.
At age 10 on a beach in California, she saw her first volleyball tournament. By the time her family moved to Arizona when she was 11, Con-nelly told her parents she wanted to quit hockey.
Because of her husband’s job as a Fox Sports
executive, Connelly’s mother, Cara Connelly, said their family had seen an ugly side of overly involved parents in athletics and tried not to micromanage their daughter. They told her to play whatever sport she wanted.
“When she came up with volleyball, I was shocked,” Cara said. “I had no idea, but she signed herself up for the school team.”
When Connelly was 13, she became more serious and joined an Arizona club team, which practiced nine hours per week. She hated it. The next season, a friend coaxed her into switching clubs. There, she flourished.
By the time she moved back to California at age 17, Connelly was ready for a harder challenge. She
found the Southern California Volleyball Club, owned by USC men’s volleyball head coach Bill Ferguson and his wife, Brenn Ferguson. Connelly missed tryouts, but they put her on the team any-way, albeit with no guarantees of playing time.
“She’s burning to be coached, and she asks so many questions,” said Brenn, who also coached Connelly in private lessons.
The Fergusons thought so highly of Con-nelly that they hired her to coach a 7–10-year-old’s league.
Moving so much as a child prepared Con-nelly for leaving her home in Los Angeles, but the transition to life at Syracuse still wasn’t easy. To help, her parents sent a memento: a panoramic shot of her backyard — complete with blue ocean, sandy beach, setting sun and, in the distance, the Hollywood sign.
“If I wake up homesick, that gets me through the day,” she said.
The same physical defending she honed in her youth hockey career translates well to the demands of playing libero under Yelin. The gritty, hard-nosed style of play has carried Con-nelly through her first few months at SU.
“He expects so much out of us,” she said. “He makes you want to be better, to not let him down.”
When she came up with volleyball, I was shocked. I had no idea, but she signed herself up for the school team.
Cara Connellyanna connelly’s mom
athletic program’s top strength and condition-ing assistant, and has since used his connec-tion with the players to develop new training regimens with different individual players.
“I (was an intern) purely for the experi-ence,” Mancz said. “It was something I really enjoyed doing, but I really didn’t think I’d be back here a couple years later as a hired assis-tant strength coach.”
After Mancz’s internship ended in May of 2012, he went back home to Levittown, New York, to live with his parents without much of a plan. Mancz worked as a personal trainer, but spent much of his free time sending out resumes and cover letters to different schools, trying to find a place where he could replicate the experience he’d had at Syracuse.
But when Luther was forced to get a hip replacement before the start of Syracuse foot-ball training camp in 2012, he needed someone to fill in for him.
“I said, ‘I can’t pay you, but I’ll try to find you a part-time job and we can give you meals during training camp,’” Luther said of his con-versation with Mancz.
“He said, ‘I’ll be there.’”On paper, Mancz was a volunteer. He didn’t
make money and he didn’t hold the same stature that Hicks had as a 12-year veteran at the time.
But Mancz shifted into a different role. While Hicks was a father figure to many of the players, Luther said, Mancz was more of an older brother.
Luther said when Mancz first started, he was quieter. He worked on learning the ten-dencies of the players and building relation-ships with them, which allowed him to work well with the younger players.
It was Mancz’s job to notice the players that didn’t get noticed.
“People on the other part of the athletic
staff never realized he was an intern or that he was volunteering at the time,” Hicks said. “They all thought he was an assistant coach. The way he goes about his business, you wouldn’t know the difference.”
After Mancz became a full-time employee, he started to not hold back on the players.
Senior running back Adonis Ameen-Moore said that Mancz had to earn everyone’s respect. For Ameen-Moore, that happened when Mancz suggested he switch to working out on the Stairmaster instead of the bikes and treadmills. Ameen-Moore slimmed down prior to this season, and credits Mancz for that.
“He was definitely more reserved, we already had an assistant strength guy,” Ameen-Moore said. “Now he’s definitely more open and vocal and talking to us, telling us we got to go.”
In addition to assisting the football pro-gram, Mancz has also taken on the primary strength coach role with both the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams.
“Some guys need to get pushed,” Luther said, “some guys need to get hugged, some guys need to be left alone, some guys need to be talked to all the time. You can’t train each player exactly the same.
“Matt paid attention to those details.” Mancz isn’t afraid to push players, yet being
able to speak up, change regimens and get a nickname is a product of respect earned.
The name Muscle Matt is playful. He chuck-les when he hears it. “Matt” replacing “mari-nara” in his nickname is just one more sign of the lasting influence he’s left at Syracuse, just two years out of college himself.
“A lot of people try to tell you how much they know or how smart they are or how many books they wrote or how much they can lift or any of those kinds of things,” Luther said. “An athlete doesn’t care about that. They want to know: what you are going to do to help me get better?
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ALEX BONO, SU’s junior gaolie, is one clean sheet away from moving into sole posession of second place on the program’s all-time shutout list. He’ll get the opportunity to get his 23rd shutout when Syracuse hosts Cornell on Tuesday. hannah wagner staff photographer
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women’s soccer
Pongetti adjusts to midfield role, Syracuse’s style of playBy Chris Libonaticontributing writer
Another year, another campus, another team.Last year, Rebecca Pongetti started her fresh-
man year of college at Louisiana State, starting 11 and playing in 18 of the Tigers’ 20 games. But just a few months before this season began, she transferred to Syracuse, preferring the Orange’s quicker, possession-based style of play.
“I got the opportunity with Syracuse and I took it and I didn’t look back,” she said.
Pongetti described her start at Syracuse as “frantic.” LSU was something she had planned in advance when she committed in 10th grade. But SU was a little more unexpected.
As she switches from what she called LSU’s “kick-and-run” style to the Orange’s more
patient, purposeful passing, she’s rotating into more playing time and a new position because of Hanna Strong’s indefinite suspension from the team.
“The speed of play in the (Atlantic Coast Conference) is a little quicker than it is in the (Southeastern Conference),” head coach Phil Wheddon said. “The SEC is a big, physical game and the ACC is a quicker game.”
Pongetti has settled in, but the transition is ongoing. After starting the first three games of the season, Pongetti did not play against Connecticut on Sept. 1 as Wheddon said Strong was better suited for the matchup.
But the team will be without Strong indef-initely. She was suspended Sept. 6 after she was recorded using racist and homophobic language. Strong plays holding midfielder, the
same position as Pongetti. Strong’s suspension may help Pongetti get
more time on the field. Her absence opens a rotational gap at the holding midfielder position in Syracuse’s 3-5-2 formation. Strong played more than 30 minutes in four of Syracuse’s first five games. Now, the Orange will have to find someone else to play those minutes.
“(Pongetti) still working on her speed of play, taking a quicker first touch so she can play more quickly,” Wheddon said.
She’s also working out of a new position. Pognetti’s played center back since she started playing with the Canadian Youth National Team in her mid-early teens years, but when she arrived at Syracuse, she was shifted to midfield.
Switching from center back to the midfield made it clear to Pongetti that her work was
cut out for her. She had to build her stamina to physically prepare herself for playing in the midfield and adjusting to the new playing style that came with transfer.
“This summer I worked every single day.” Pongetti said. “I ran, I lifted — I did everything I could to be possibly fit for the midfield.”
As a freshman at LSU, Pongetti had to prove herself. This year is no different.
Maddie Iozzi, a sophomore defender, said that Pongetti has continued to improve since she arrived. Iozzi could see it better than most — the two played together on the Canadian Youth National Team.
Said Iozzi: “She was a bit timid at first, but now she’s zipping (passes) in there and she’s gotten a lot better from when she first came.”
After allowing his first goal of the season in SU’ s loss on Saturday, Bono hopes to take sole possession of second place with another shutout as the Orange hosts Cornell (2-1-1) on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The goalie he’s looking to surpass, Rob-ert Cavicchia, will be watching from the stands.
“It’s an honor and a privilege and I don’t take that lightly,” Bono said. “My career at Syr-acuse, I can’t really describe it in words. I can’t describe it in numbers or stats or anything. I couldn’t have asked for any better of an experi-ence, and there’s so much more to go.”
Cavicchia, who played at Syracuse from 2005–2008, will not just travel from Toronto to watch his alma mater. He’ll be specifically watching Bono, who’s only a junior, attempt to further etch his name alongside Joe Papaleo, Alim Karim and Kevin Bacher as one of the top keepers the school has seen.
“Hopefully I will be able to congratulate Alex in person for tying and passing me on the all-time list,” Cavicchia said in an email.
“I’m looking forward to seeing him continue to move up the ranks as one of SU’s all-time goalkeeping greats.”
With four shutouts in Syracuse’s first four games this season, Bono tied Cavicchia’s 22 career shutouts in 25 fewer games. Bono trails Papaleo (1979-82) — who is a family friend of Bono’s — by nine career shutouts, despite starting 27 fewer games than the school’s all-time wins leader.
As a freshman in 2012, Bono became the first freshman keeper since Cavicchia to start a sea-son opener, and proceeded to record a shutout in seven of his first nine games. His 10 total shutouts that year were one short of Chris Whit-comb’s (1985-88) single-season school record.
“We placed a ton of responsibility on him the moment he walked into the program,” SU head coach Ian McIntyre said. “Alex, from the moment he stepped in, he’s been a presence back there.
“Certainly you measure goalkeepers with shutouts, but it’s more than that. It’s important times in important games making that save, but also to have the presence to calm us down when it’s necessary.”
The junior’s 434-minute shutout streak to start this season came to an end Saturday night when Syracuse lost 1-0 to visiting Uni-versity of Notre Dame. Despite finishing with a season-high seven saves, Bono allowed a goal in 74th minute on a header from Irish defender Brandon Aubrey.
Of his four shutouts this year and 22 total, Bono pointed to last year’s shutout against Connecticut and its goalkeeper Andre Blake, Rutgers and St. John’s this year, and Cornell in the first round of the 2012 NCAA tournament as the shutouts he best remembers.
“Every shutout feels the same afterward
because there’s a zero on the other team’s score at the end of the game,” Bono said. “That’s important for me and the rest of the team.”
Regardless of whether he comes up with a clean sheet, as he’s done in over 50 percent of his career starts, Bono has established himself as what McIntyre called “an elite goalkeeper.”
“Alex seems to be playing at the top of his game, and it’s great that he is high up on the records list and accomplishing so much and he is only in his junior season,” Cavicchia said. “The season has just begun. Hopefully he continues to play well throughout and will finish at the top of the list.”
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Rugby loveThe allure of female SU students to a young Englishman helped build the rugby team into the established club it is today.See dailyorange.com
Diploma divideSyracuse’s Ian McIntyre and other college coaches try to fix a system on the brink that hampers player development. See Wednesday’s paper
MATT MANCZ came to SU as an intern in 2012. His duties included setting up and cleaning up the gym. Upon getting hired after his internship ended, he’s quickly shown his worth. And because of it, he’s earned the nickname “Muscle Matt.” bridget williams staff photographer
football
SU, UND to play at 8 p.m.
men’s soccer
Bono looks to move up SU ranks
By Phil D’Abbraccioasst. sports editor
Syracuse and Notre Dame will play at 8 p.m. on Sept. 27 and be televised on ABC, the Atlantic Coast Confer-ence announced on Monday.
The game at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, will be the third time Syracuse has played there in as many seasons.
All three of the Orange’s visits to the stadium have been known as the “New York College Classic.” SU played Penn State there last year and Southern California in 2012,
SU and UND have played each other six times and twice in the New York City area. Syracuse beat the Fighting Irish at Yan-kee Stadium in 1963. In the most recent meeting, visiting SU pulled off a 24-23 comeback victory over Notre Dame in 2008.
SU and UND will also play at Met-Life Stadium in September 2016.
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Assistant strength and conditioning coach earns players’ respect, nicknameMUSC LE
att up nextVS Cornell@ SU Soccer StadiumTuesday, 7 p.m.
By Sam Blum asst. copy editor
Ryan Nassib called him “Muscles Marinara.” Hal Luther dubbed him “Muscular Matt.” To Will Hicks, he was simply “Muscles.”
Matt Mancz says his current nickname, Muscle Matt, is a mixture of all three.
First it was just the football team that called him that. Then men’s and women’s lacrosse followed suit. Muscle Matt isn’t just a nickname anymore, it’s a title that is both a product of his own physique, as well as the respect he’s earned from the athletes and staff at Syracuse since joining as a full-time as the assistant strength and conditioning coordinator.
“It’s like being called ‘Coach,’” said Dan MacNeill, Mancz’s football coach at State University of New York-Cortland. “Who gets called ‘Coach’ is the guy who is usually revered and knows what he’s doing. He’s in that domain.”
Mancz was an intern with Luther, SU’s director of strength and conditioning at the time, in 2012. Though Mancz was mostly in charge with setting up and cleaning up the gym, Luther said Mancz’s attention to detail helped him stand out in a way that very few interns had in Luther’s 17 years with the Orange. He meshed well with the players and fit into both Luther and Hicks‘ — Syracuse’s current assistant athletic director for athletic performance — mindset.
Now with Luther occupying a similar job with the Buffalo Bills, Mancz has stepped into a full-time role with Syracuse. In July, he was promoted to the
brick houseMatt Mancz is 5-foot-9 and weighs 195 pounds, but the weights that he lifts are just one indication of why he’s earned the nick-name Muscle Matt.
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By Josh Hyberstaff writer
Two of the greatest goalkeepers in Syracuse soccer history will be at SU Soccer Stadium on Tuesday night.
B e t w e e n the pipes for No. 20 Syr-acuse (4-1, 0-1 Atlantic Coast) — wearing his c u s t o m a r y
blue jersey, blue shorts and high blue socks — will be Alex Bono. With 22 career shutouts, the junior from nearby Baldwinsville, New York, is tied for second on the program’s all-time shutouts list.
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