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illustration by natalie riess art director By Stephen Bailey sports editor PART 2 of 3
Almost two decades ago, Jim Boeheim switched to his signature defense almost exclusively. As other teams across the country implement more zone now, Syracuse is
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very time Andrew Kouwe caught the ball on the wing in practice, he knew where to look for a shot — right over his roommate, Hakim Warrick. The Syracuse sophomore forward was often late rotating to the corner during the 2002-03 season. “Hakim sometimes wasn’t the best defender in the back of the
zone,” the walk-on Kouwe said. “Sometimes he would get a little bit lazy coming out on the shooters.” “Read the play,” Jim Boeheim would tell Warrick. “Don’t react.” They drilled it every day until Warrick’s slides became second nature. And when the time came for his final test — a swing pass from Kirk Hinrich to Michael Lee with three seconds left in the national SEE PAGE 18
Obama discusses raises Miner announces stadium task force to minimum wage level city
By Brett Samuels asst. news editor
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner announced today the members of a new task force to study a proposed sports arena in the city of Syracuse. The mayor originally announced her intention to form the task force during her State of the City address on Jan. 23. There are 24 members on the
task force, including Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud. Miner said in a release that any project involving SU athletics is bound to generate interest in the community. She said given the magnitude of a potential new stadium, the process should be thorough. “When we approach such a major possibility for development, we need to do so methodically to
ensure the right choices are made for this once in a generation decision,” Miner said. Other task force members include Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, state Sen. John DeFrancisco and Gregory Eastwood, interim president at Upstate Medical University. blsamuel@syr.edu
By Charlie Mastoloni staff writer
President Barack Obama covered several topics that included minimum wage, education and implementing policy with or without the cooperation of Congress during his fifth State of the Union address. The most sweeping reform
Obama addressed in his State of the Union speech, among his many reforms, was his proposal to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time since 2009. President Obama proposed giving America a raise by changing the minimum wage from its current value of $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an see obama page 8