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Members continue at quick pace

By Dara McBride News Editor

At less than 20 minutes, the first University Senate meeting for the semester was short, just as presiding officer Jonathan Massey said it would be as he opened the meeting.

“We’re going to be lean, mean and quick, judging by the assembly today,” Massey said, as the monthly

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University Senate is an academic governing body with powers such as proposing policy on grading, student life, and athletics, among many others. It also approves new curricula and recommends faculty for promotion.

dave trotman-wilkins | staff photographer jonathan massey, presiding officer of University Senate, speaks to committee members at the first meeting of the semester on Tuesday in Maxwell Auditorium. Members gave committee reports in fewer than 20 minutes at the meeting, which Chancellor Cantor did not attend.

meeting began at 4 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium Wednesday.

About 30 people were in the auditorium when Massey started, and senate members trickled in throughout the meeting. With little discussion at

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Mandated deposit on kegs expires in NY SU to honor legacy of MLK inside

By Flash Steinbeiser Staff Writer

New York state’s keg registration law expired a few weeks before students left for break, so this will be the first semester since 2002 that students will be able to rent a keg without a mandatory deposit.

The registration law, in effect since 2003, expired on Nov. 22 with little warning to those who regularly purchase kegs. Licensed alcohol retailers are also no longer required to report all keg sales to the State Liquor Authority or collect the mandated deposit.

When the legislation first went into effect in 2003, all kegs had to be

marked with tags that identified the renter’s name, address and driver’slicense number. If the renter did not return the keg within 30 days, a mandated deposit of $75 dollars would be given to the state, according to the law.

In 2008, the deposit was reduced to $50, and the time given to return the keg was extended to 90 days. Three years later, local keg distributors are relieved that the legislation has finally expired.

Now that the law has expired, licensees may still have their own deposit requirements to encourage patrons to return empty kegs to the licensee, according to the New York

State Liquor Authority website.

April Emmons, a manager at Sabastino’s Pizza on Westcott Street, said she saw keg sales diminish after the registration law was put into effect. She said she has not seen a drastic sales increase because most of Sabastino’s keg customers are Syracuse University students and because most of those students were away for either Thanksgiving or Winter Break.

“Students are just now coming back to school,” Emmons said. “So hopefully we’ll see some change here.”

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Dome at 26th annual celebration

By Anne Krengel Contributing Writer

Forty-eight years after Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech, Syracuse University will con-

26th annual MLK Jr. Celebration SU’s annual dinner and program

honoring King.

Where: Carrier Dome When: Dinner at 5 p.m.; Evening program at 6:30 p.m.

How much: Dinner tickets are $25 per person; program is free

tinue to honor King at its 26th annual celebration in the Carrier Dome.

“The goal is to keep the memory of Martin Luther King alive,” said Ginny Yerdon, administrative assistant and special events coordinator at Hendricks Chapel. “I think it’s important to remember his accomplishments and be focused on how we can be better people.”

SU’s celebration on Sunday at 5 p.m. is one of the largest universitysponsored events in the country. Yerdon said 2,155 of the available 2,180 tickets for the dinner have already

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Local gallery objects film’s censorship

By Elora Tocci Staff Writer

The artist-run, Syracuse-based organization Light Work has joined the nationwide protest against a gallery’s censorship of the video “A Fire in My Belly,” which explores art history

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Showing of controversial video Where: Menschel Media Center When: Now until Feb. 13 How much: Free from a homosexual perspective.

The short silent film was originally part of the exhibition “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture” at the National Portrait Gallery, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The gallery removed the video on Dec. 1 after pressure from the Catholic League and conservative members of Congress, who claimed the video was offensive and perpetuated anti-Christian sentiment. They took particular offense to an 11-second segment that depicts ants crawling over crucifixes.

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Say Yes to celebrate new program

By Katrina Koerting Staff Writer

Say Yes Syracuse will hold the first ever Say Yes Day this Saturday in the Carrier Dome during the men’s basketball game against Villanova University.

Susan Dutch, the director of marketing and communications for Say Yes, said she hoped the event would raise money and awareness for the nonprofit organization.

“We really hope it will get people to understand it and to motivate action,” Dutch said.

Say Yes Syracuse is a local chapter of the national nonprofit Say Yes to Education, which relies on additional youth education programming from volunteers to help students get accepted and graduate from college.

The money raised from the event will help fund the new Nottingham

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ashli truchon | staff photographer Students stand at the College Place bus stop, where Centro’s new LED screen will soon show real-time arrival updates for the Connective Corridor bus. The electronic screen is part of a pilot program set to launch this month that combines GPS technology with the city’s buses.

GPS program to feature real-time bus arrivals

By Meghin Delaney Asst. News Editor

With the installation of new technology on the Connective Corridor bus, students may avoid waiting outside for long periods of time in the cold.

The Centro transportation organization will be launching a GPS pilot program this month. The program will allow riders to view interactive maps of 20 buses online, as well as real-time updates of the next bus’ arrival on its website and at some bus stops, according to a press release on

the Connective Corridor website.

The website will allow riders to input their current location and where they are headed. Riders will be able to track their bus by the minute.

There are 15 LED display systems located at bus stops on the Syracuse University campus and in the downtown area that will provide a countdown until the next bus arrives, according to the press release.

The LED screens currently tell users the date and time at the College Place bus stop on campus, but they

do not announce when buses will be arriving. When buses do arrive, riders are greeted with the route number and destination of the bus.

The pilot program will last for 18 months, and once the program is established, the system will expand to every route, according to the press release. The program will start with the Connective Corridor but has the ability to expand to the entire system, which serves about 40,000 people per day, said Joe DeGray, Centro’s vice president of operations, in the release.

This round of updates cost about $2.25 million, according to the press release. The money is being funded through the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act grant money that Centro received.

In addition to being able to check the status of buses online and at certain bus stops, a group of SU volunteers have been working since October to launch an application on the iPhone to help riders track buses. see centro page 6

Community college grads earn higher initial salary than other grads

By Jessie Gwilt Contributing Writer

Community college graduates have a higher average starting salary than those from state or private universities, according to a new study.

Graduates with an associate degree from one of Florida’s 28 community colleges earned an average of $47,708, while those who graduated from one of Florida’s 11 public universities earned about $36,552, according to an article published in The Miami Herald Jan. 1. Each year the Florida secondary

school system tracks college graduates from the previous school year and records this information.

Syracuse University also analyzes and records data on graduates each year. The most recent data reveals that the graduating Class of 2009 earned an average starting salary of $40,932, according to the SU Center for Career Services website.

The School of Information Studies had the highest reported average salary of $52,250, and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

had the lowest at $29,913. The overall average is an almost $7,000 difference from the reported community college graduates in the Florida system.

Michael Cahill, director of the Center for Career Services, said that in the long run, the analytical and communication skills provided by many degree programs allow career advancements.

“Any degree that is going to train you in a specific discipline, whether it be in technology or applied science, is going to generally command the higher salaries at the start,” Cahill said.

Those who earned the most were students who specifically had the associate degree, according to The Miami Herald article. Those with an associate degree earned slightly less than those who graduated from a community college with a bachelor’s degree, which is now offered in areas such as teaching, education, nursing and applied technology.

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Fall fashion trends move toward androgynous look

icking off a new year in fashion means the start of fall 2011 New York Fashion Week. However, many people do not realize that fall promotions actually start way earlier than February’s runways.

Fashion ad campaigns are just as important in determining a brand’s prospects as anything else. The face of the brand is determined from ad campaigns, as well as the key looks and themes throughout the collection.

After reviewing campaigns from the likes of Proenza Schouler, Balenciaga, Jean Paul Gaultier and Calvin Klein, I’ve noticed a strong push toward a genderless society,

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i’m judging you where each model is a guessing game for the viewer. The rugged style of macho men and the skinny emo-hipster seemed to have fused into a look in which models have the bone structure of a man but the slim body of

a woman.

This fall, there is no such thing as male and female anymore. There is only style, fit and fashion.

“To be more philosophical about it, we are growing as a people and as races and as cultures; it’s OK to not care what your gender is as long as you look great in clothes,” said Cator Sparks in a Dec. 21 article written by The Telegraph’s Melissa Whitworth.

Fashion has always been about overstepping boundaries and creating the next new trend — creating a style different from anything else in the past. But lately, the industry seemed to be in such a dull stance, with fashion recycling itself within different eras.

Nothing new and futuristic has managed to come and stay. This ditch the industry created for itself is a likely reason for fashion’s growing interest in pulling out the sex and gender card.

“Sexuality and gender crossovers are always a place to go … but especially now that the industry has become slushy with products, and luxury has lost some of its allure,” said Cathy Horyn in her Jan. 12 New York Times article.

The recent popularity of transgender models have been on the rise these past few

seasons, with Andrej Pejic and Lea T securing advertising and modeling contracts with brands such as Marc Jacobs, Jean Paul Gaultier and Givenchy. These brands not only appreciate Pejic and T for their outspoken stance on transgender issues but also their ability to look both masculine and feminine.

These models’ androgynous looks are the muses of many fashion brands and designers today, presenting the concept that it is luxurious to be genderless.

Using sexuality to enhance a brand has always been in and out of fashion for several decades now, but this time it looks like it will stay and change the way consumers view fashion. Women are constantly pulling inspiration from menswear, and with help from GQ, Esquire and Details magazines, I would not be surprised if men’s fashion starts to do the same.

As an industry struggling to get out of a world where everything has been the same for decades, changing the roles of gender and sexuality seems like fashion’s best bet in breaking the mold.

Vicki Ho is a senior public relations major. Her column appears every Thursday, and she can be reached at vho@syr.edu.

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University Senate loses purpose by rushing through meetings Long discussions have disappeared from the monthly University Senate meetings. Consisting of faculty members and administrators, including the chancellor and vice provost, USen makes decisions related to all academic and faculty issues.

Thoughtful deliberation and debate has been stifled by the overwhelming wish to finish the meetings as soon as possible. Since fall 2010, the agenda for every meeting has been rushed through with very few moments devoted to feedback and questions. Wednesday’s meeting lasted no longer than 20 minutes.

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The longest meeting last semester was only a half-hour. The passion and participation found in fall 2009 and spring 2010’s meetings are now absent.

Even the use of the meetings seems to have changed.

During the last academic year, USen meetings were used to address issues such as raising money for Haiti relief and protests over moving collections from the library to an off-campus site. There has been no comparable give-and-take for more than a semester, and apathy prevails.

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editorial by the daily orange editorial board of the individual committees do is extensive and laudable. For instance, the Budget Committee spends months evaluating and drawing up the details of Syracuse University’s finances, and the Committee on Curriculum constantly updates course offerings.

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and space must be created at USen meetings to talk about these issues before handing them over to a small group. If major issues are rarely put on the table for the entire senate to discuss, unique ideas and feedback are lost — all for the cause of a short and painless meeting.

If senators and the faculty members and administrators become complacent and passive about USen meetings, the senate as a governing body loses its power and instead becomes a set of disconnected, singularly focused committees.

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been purchased. Tickets for the dinner cost $25, but the program following the meal is free and open to the public at 6:30 p.m.

A 20-member committee, comprised of students, staff, faculty and community members, has been working on the event since March. This year’s theme is “Heirs of a King: Remembering and Continuing the Work of Global Legacy.”

“A lot of planning goes into organizing the dinner and program,” Yerdon said. “There are numerous committees, and it is a lot of work, but I think it brings a lot of people together. People like the event and are proud to work on it.”

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Wednesday’s meeting, USen began the spring semester similarly to how it ended in the fall.

Most USen meetings from the fall semester lasted about 20 minutes, and the December USen meeting was 18 minutes long.

Chancellor Nancy Cantor was not present for the meeting. Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina said Cantor was away in Washington, D.C., on business.

Barbara Kwasnik, a professor in the School of Information Studies, presented the Committee on Curricula’s 30-page report, which listed new and changed courses, a new minor, and new degree and certificate programs. The report

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The app, called “USE,” is set to be launched in February and will tie into Centro’s GPS infrastructure and display the buses in real time on the screen.

Keisuke Inoue, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Information Studies, has been involved in working on this project since its inception last March.

“My estimate is that the app will launch in the end of February or early March,” he said.

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“Most of the people protesting the video didn’t actually see the exhibition,” said Jeffrey

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Theresa Jenkins, a financial aid counselor at SU, will serve as this year’s celebration chair.

Jenkins, who comes from an African-American family, said she still remembers the pain people felt when King was murdered.

“I remember my parents crying,” she said.

“Only later did I realize why everyone was so distraught and what he meant to them. But as long as we continue to do this, he’s alive through his sister, and he’s alive through us.”

Jenkins said the dinner will consist of traditional African-American foods, such as corn bread, barbecued pork ribs, fried chicken, collard greens, black-eyed peas, baked macaroni and cheese, banana pudding and sweet potato pie. Vegetarian and kosher food alternatives will also be available.

The program following the meal will include the presentation of the 2011 Unsung Hero Awards, as well as performances from the brothers of King’s Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the Black Celestial Choral Ensemble, the Underground Poets and the Creative Arts Academy, among others.

Keynote speaker Kirt Wilson, an associate professor of communication arts and sciences at Pennsylvania State University and an AfricanAmerican scholar, will discuss what it means to be an heir of King and continue his legacy.

Sign language interpreters will be present for the first time.

Roxane West, a sophomore sociology major, said she plans to attend the dinner and hopes to learn how to better serve the Syracuse com-

munity and the world.

“It should be really interesting and a lot of fun,” she said. “I’m really excited to hear the guest speaker, and I encourage everyone to attend. If this dinner can inspire us to advocate for social justice and change, the world will be a better place.”

For Jenkins, the celebration chair, this will be her fifth King dinner, and many of her family and friends have attended the celebration.

“Martin Luther King made a major impact on our country,” Jenkins said. “It’s important that we commemorate him. It’s important for us to remember and to remind our children where they come from and how the world has changed from the ’50s and ’60s to the 2000s.”

was unanimously approved after a brief discussion on sequencing for the changed courses in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Pat Cihon, a member of the Academic Affairs Committee, presented the committee’s report in lieu of its chairperson Bruce Carter. During the fall semester, the committee met biweekly to discuss the changing relationship between the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

Cihon also reported on a meeting in which he was personally involved. He held a meeting in the fall with Spina and Senior Associate Provost Kal Alston to discuss the timing of notice for either reappointing or not reappointing nontenure faculty members. It was decided timing would be consistent for probationary staff.

The Academic Affairs Committee also rec-

ommended approving the proposal for a Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute in the College of Arts and Sciences.

For the spring, the committee plans to undertake the tasks of appointing an ad hoc committee for the five-year review of the vice chancellor and provost. The committee also plans to look further into the concerns about the increasing student enrollment. An ad hoc committee was put in place this fall to look into the issue of the increasing enrollment and will report back to the Academic Affairs Committee some time in the spring, Cihon said.

The formal agenda ended in less than 10 minutes, and Massey announced that the Honorary Degrees Committee would like to bring back a nominee for consideration that was previously discussed in December. He asked non-senators

to leave the room, and Don Saleh, vice president for enrollment management, suggested finishing public business first. Massey asked if there was any old or new business to discuss, but no one spoke up. He then asked non-senators to leave.

Senators exited Maxwell Auditorium at about 4:20 p.m., and the honorary degrees discussion lasted for only a few minutes.

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tions of the buses, is launched, Inoue will begin working on updates to the app. Updates will include the ability to check into social networking websites, such as Foursquare, and have event listings for places on the Connective Corridor.

“We want to do the upgrades because that’s what the Connective Corridor is about. It’s supposed to be about the arts and cultural events and bring a revitalization of the community,” Inoue said. “We’d like to encourage people to spend time in that area and utilize the buses.”

Inoue said the timing of future updates to the app may vary, but an update would ideally be launched only a few months after the basic bus-tracking app launch.

Robbi Farschman, the director of the Connective Corridor, said in the press release that she hopes the updates to the system will make the buses a more convenient means of transportation. She said she hopes the Centro developments

would keep students from using the excuse of not knowing when the bus is coming.

Hoone, executive director of the Museum and Arts Center, which runs Light Work. “I think it was quite an overreaction. Most people just heard it criticized Catholicism and felt that was enough to censor the work.”

In an article published by The Washington Post on Jan. 19, Smithsonian secretary G. Wayne Clough said he stood by the decision to pull the video but admitted the decision might have been made a little too quickly.

“We had to act rather quickly because of the world we live in of quick news cycles,” Clough said in the article. “But looking back, sure, I wish I had taken more time. We have a lot of friends who felt left out. We needed to spend more time letting our friends know where this was going. I regret that.”

Clough said in the article that he never felt the Smithsonian was under siege or that the criticism carried over to the entire institution.

The late artist David Wojnarowicz crafted the film to symbolically depict the plight of people living with AIDS after the AIDS-related death of his close friend, photographer Peter Hujar.

Light Work, located in Watson Hall’s Robert B. Menschel Media Center, began screening the roughly 13-minute-long video on Dec. 10 and will continue to show it until Feb. 13, the date it was scheduled to run until at the National

Portrait Gallery.

“Shortly after the video was removed from the exhibition, organizations around the country decided to protest and advocate for free speech,” Hoone said. He said advocating free speech was why Light Work got involved with the protest.

“We’re an organization that supports artists and their freedom, and we wanted to show some solidarity with the protesters,” he said.

Because the screening began just days before Winter Break, most students have not seen the film at Light Work, but plans are in the works to have a public discussion on campus, Hoone said.

He said Light Work representatives have been talking with Tiffany Steinwert, dean of Hendricks Chapel, to coordinate a forum on the film.

Light Work teamed up for a special showing with local ArtRage Gallery to show the film on Dec. 14, a separate screening outside of the Light Work location, where it is currently being shown. Hoone said it was the snowiest night of the year, but about 25 people still showed up.

“This is a serious issue of censorship and freedom of speech,” Hoone said. “It’s an important issue, and we’d love to give students and the community a chance to talk about it.”

Other organizations that are screening the video include The New Museum in Manhattan,

the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, among others.

“We cannot afford to take hard-won civil liberties for granted and need to remain vigilant and protect artistic freedom,” said Lisa Phillips, director of The New Museum, in an e-mail. She called the film “a poetic meditation on man, life, death, faith and suffering.”

What’s Changed at Centro Centro will be launch a pilot GPS program this month to allow readers real-time updates on the Connective Corridor bus schedule. Changes included:

•15 LED displays systems are in place at bus stops on SU campus and in the down-

town area to announce the next arrival of a Connective Corridor bus •The website will allow readers to input their location and destination and track their bus to the very minute.

•An iPhone app, called the USE app, will be launched in February to help readers track buses.

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National Controversy The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., removed David Wojnarowicz’s short silent film from an exhibit because the Catholic League and conservative members of Congress claimed the film was offensive and perpetuated antiChristian sentiment. Offense was taken particularly to an 11-second segment that depicts ants crawling over crucifixes.Smithsonian secretary G.Wayne Clough said in The Washington Post he stood by his decision to withdraw the film, but admitted the decision may have come too quickly.After the video was removed, organizations around the country decided to protest the decision, which is why Light Work got involved.

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By George Clarke STAFF WRITER

Despite the Tucson, Ariz., shooting, during which a gunman shot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in the head and killed six others, several New York politicians have indicated that they don’t plan to change

how they meet with constituents. Giffords (D-Ariz.) was meeting with constituents outside a grocery store when the shooting unfolded. Following the tragedy, Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) and Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said they planned to carry guns.

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Rep. Louise Slaughter spoke with Giffords on the morning of Jan. 7, a day before she was shot in Tucson, and said at a Jan. 10 press conference in Rochester that she was “stunned” by the shooting.

“And to think that she can’t go out and do her job without someone going out and shooting her in the head should really terrify all of us,” said

Arizona shooting does little to change how local politicians interact with public Medical Center in Tucson and her accused shooter, 22-year-old Jared Loughner, faces court, local politicians explain their security measures.

Slaughter, a Democratic representative.

In light of the Tucson shooting, Slaughter told reporters that she plans no changes to her security protocol and feels that firearms have no place on the floor of the House of Representatives. Mayor Eric Dyster of Niagara Falls offered Slaughter additional protection as a response, but Slaughter said in a press conference that she believes a bodyguard standing behind Giffords could not have prevented someone from shooting her in the head.

Slaughter, whose 28th Congressional District includes portions of Rochester, Buffalo and Niagara Falls, has encountered violence against her office before. A brick was thrown through her office window in Niagara Falls on March 19, two days before Congress voted on the health care reform, according to a March 22 Associated Press article.

“I’ve never been afraid for myself,” Slaughter said at the press conference in Rochester. “To this day, I love going into Wegmans and staying there a half-day, just talking to people.”

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On Jan. 12, New York’s junior senator flew with President Barack Obama aboard Air Force One to attend the memorial service for the

shooting and to visit Giffords.

“We may never make any sense of this heinous crime, but I remember how Gabby so often urged people to stand up to the violent language that divides us and focus on solutions,” Gillibrand said in a statement that afternoon. “That is exactly what we need to do right now.”

Gillibrand’s office is not authorized to speak about the senator’s security policy.

Gillibrand was an opponent of gun control during her days in the House, even enjoying a 100 percent rating from the National Rifle Association at one point, according to a Jan. 23, 2009, press release by Gillibrand’s House office.

One of her first Senate votes was in opposition to a bill that would expand gun rights in the District of Columbia, according to an article published in the (Albany) Times Union on Feb. 26, 2009.

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Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, freshman representative of the 25th Congressional District, has considered no changes to her personal security policy or her views on gun control, said John Buttarazzi, Buerkle’s chief of staff.

Some psychologists have claimed Loughner, the alleged shooter, displayed mentally unstable behavior.

“This was a deranged individual,” Buttarazzi said. “She remains a strong supporter of the Second Amendment.”

Buerkle posted a four-sentence statement to her House website that said she was shocked and saddened by the shooting.

Though dates and venues are yet to be determined for an upcoming town-hall meeting with Buerkle, she is still arranging the meeting for her constituents, Buttarazzi said.

Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-25th)

Freshman Rep. Richard Hanna still intends to meet with his constituents, said Reneé Gamela, Hanna’s Washington communications director.

“We haven’t changed a thing,” Gamela said.

Hanna has announced no upcoming town-hall meetings.

Rep. Richard Hanna (R-24th)

On his first day in office, New York’s new governor reopened the Capitol’s Hall of Governors to the public. The hall holds Cuomo’s suite of offices, according to a Jan. 10 article in the New York Daily News.

“I’m comfortable with the security that we have here in the Capitol and that I have personally,” Cuomo told the Daily News.

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quadrant that will be added to Say Yes in the fall. Nottingham is the fourth and final quadrant that was part of a “four-year roll-out plan,” in which a quadrant, usually made up of six schools, is added each year, Dutch said.

With the addition of the Nottingham quadrant, Syracuse will be the first city to implement Say Yes district-wide and will be the largest Say Yes program in the country.

The district has about 22,000 students from kindergarten through 12th grade, Dutch said.

Sunday’s event will promote the program through entertainment and by giving gifts to the people at the game. Both past and current SU athletes, along with Say Yes founder George Weiss, will participate in a two-minute free-throw competition during halftime, during which PepsiCo Inc. will donate $44 to Say Yes to

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assistants, software programmers or auto mechanics, made $39,108, and graduates with associate degrees were paid $31,836 on average, according to the article.

“There are specific degrees, such as nursing, where you don’t need a bachelor’s degree.

These degrees are attractive for people who

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main source of beer. Emmons said that during the registration law’s tenure, other forms of beer, particularly 30-packs, have become the primary seller.

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Education for every basket that is made. There will also be updates throughout the game on the amount of money raised, Dutch said.

Free Say Yes signs and orange Say Yes T-shirts will be left on every seat in the student section. Basketball players will wear the shirts for warm-ups, as will the cheerleaders who will lead the crowd in Say Yes cheers. A Say Yes flag will be featured when the university flags appear, and 15- and 30-second profiles on Say Yes scholars will be shown on the big screen during the game, Dutch said.

In addition to the event, Say Yes is also raising money by selling $10 T-shirts in the bookstore and at Saturday’s game. People can make $10 donations by texting “COLLEGE” to 27722. Each donation will be matched dollar-fordollar up to $1 million between the Central New York Community Foundation and Say Yes to Education Inc., which is based in New York City.

There will also be special areas located around Syracuse where people can watch the game and

donate money, Dutch said.

Money raised outside of the event will go toward the Say Yes programs and their scholarship fund. Any money raised inside the Dome will not go toward the scholarships due to compliance rules.

Say Yes will provide students who attended a Say Yes high school for their sophomore, junior and senior years the difference in tuition costs after they receive their financial aid package. There are currently 18 schools in the Syracuse City School District that have the after-school programs. All of the schools already offer the scholarship.

Dutch said she hopes SU students get involved. The new quadrant will increase the number of positions for SU students by 25 percent, she said. Students are able to work as paid tutors in the high schools, volunteer in the after-school programs or can work as paid camp counselors in the summer camp.

“A lot of people are looking at Syracuse and saying ‘Wow,’” she said. “It’s a national pro-

gram, and we’re setting the stage.”

Last semester there were 110 SU students who spent eight to 10 hours a week tutoring at Say Yes schools for Literacy Corps, 30 more than in spring 2010, said Colleen McAllister, the Say Yes Winnick Fellows Program coordinator who also assigns students to the schools.

The Say Yes Winnick Fellows Program is part of the Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service. Although the center is not affiliated with Say Yes to Education, it supports the program. In spring 2009, Literacy Corps did a pilot program with Say Yes and officially began working with Say Yes that summer.

Evan Wichman, a junior music education major and a past counselor for Say Yes, said he is excited for the program’s expansion.

“I definitely think it’s a good thing for the program to do,” he said. “It’s nice to see it’s growing and has the ability to do so.”

can’t afford a four-year degree,” Cahill said.

Willis Holcombe, chancellor of the Florida College System, provided some explanation as to why some of the reported values were so high and said the earnings should not necessarily be compared to graduates from state colleges and universities.

Students at community colleges prepare for specific careers, but individuals who attend state or private colleges and universities receive a much more varied education that is often heavy in humanities and consists of courses that

provide general knowledge in certain areas.

Additionally, students who graduate from a community college tend to be older and have some job experience.

“Our colleges have two real drivers of enrollment: recent high school graduates and unemployed workers who decide they want a career, so they pick a field and attend community college,” Holcombe said. “The average age of students in the Florida community college system is 28.”

These two factors — job experience and age

— often open up more doors and allow people to demand more money.

Florida’s community colleges work closely with the state colleges and universities, as well as with surrounding employers. The colleges tend to offer majors that are in specific demand at the time.

Said Holcombe: “We have a fine employment rate of graduates with specific skills because we work very closely with employers to determine in which fields jobs are needed.”

In 2009, the State Liquor Authority and Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services drafted a bill that would turn the legislation into law. The bill would have raised the statemandated deposit back to $75, but it did not pass in either branch of the state Legislature.

William Crowley, spokesman for the New York State Liquor Authority, said he was not

sure why the law expired. He said the Liquor Authority made a suggestion two years ago to further the law’s sunset.

“For whatever reason, it didn’t pass this year,” Crowley said.

Crowley said the main reason the registration law was put into place was to curb underage drinkers from purchasing kegs. He said that with the

costly deposit fee, underage drinkers would not be able to collect enough money for the purchase.

Now that the keg prices are back down to an affordable level, business managers, such as Emmons, are hopeful that keg popularity will increase.

Said Emmons: “$75, that’s a lot extra for someone to come up with.”

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Connecting threads Bookstore apparel company provides work, benefits for single mothers

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t began with a high school reunion — three best friends and an idea written on a cocktail napkin at 2 a.m.

The idea? MoJo, an apparel company that would break the cycle of poverty and empower single mothers. After brainstorming the mission of the company, brothers Darr and Tom Aley asked longtime friend Valerie Schaffner to join their endeavor.

“They said to me, ‘Sister, you’ve got to come on board,’” said Schaffner, a writing instructor at Syracuse University. “At that time, there wasn’t a company. It was just a bunch of high school buddies saying how we can make the world better.”

Nearly a year and a half later, with the aid of Schaffner as the director of business development for the company, MoJo was on its first college campus: SU. The name “MoJo” is an abbreviation for the Aley brothers’ organization, Moms and Jobs. The products, handmade by single mothers from Lowell, Mass., give these women the opportunity to earn a stable income and improve their standards of living. Clothing items, such as mittens, scarves and hats, are available at the University Bookstore and in the Carrier Dome. Prices range from about $20 to $45.

The company has expanded its charity to more than just single mothers with a “Two for You” deal. When a blanket is bought, MoJo donates another to a homeless shelter in San Francisco or Boston.

Gale Younell, the bookstore’s divisional merchandise manager, worked with Schaffner to decide which items to order. According to Younell, the products have sold well and will remain a staple in the bookstore.

“It is a wonderful cause, and I am so excited for it to grow,” she said.

Originally, the Aley brothers wanted to create a business that dealt with children living below the poverty line. They soon realized that the best way to conquer it and build awareness would be to start out with the parents, especially single mothers.

“In the United States, there are 11 million single moms, and they take care of one out of every four children,” Darr said. “This is not just an inner-city problem.”

Schaffner said these issues hit home.

“When I became a single mom, I wanted to show my own two sons that good things can come out of adversity,” she said. “I am no different from these women in Lowell, Mass., with the exception of the fact that I was blessed with a college and grad degree.”

MoJo is not just an ordinary business. It hires single mothers for 25 see mojo page 11

Premarital sex — immediate satisfaction or barrier to long-term happiness?

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obody wants to be in the position of Steve Carell’s middle-aged virgin character in “The 40-Year-Old Virgin.”

I mean, who really wants to be screaming Kelly Clarkson’s name at age 40, as clumps of hair are waxed off his chest? And all this for the hope of finally getting laid? Some people wait to have sex because of religious or personal beliefs. But a stigma is still associated with being a virgin:

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do the body right the older the virgin, the stranger the person must be.

For many college students, virginity is a state of the past, lost in the backseat of a car or in the aftermath of senior prom. But for others, sex is an experience yet to be had. In fact, a 2006 study found that about half of the Harvard University undergraduate students had never had sexual intercourse. These Harvard virgins may inadvertently be building future marital bliss.

A recent study in the Journal of

Family Psychology found that there are benefits to waiting until marriage to have sexual intercourse. Married couples who waited rated their quality of sex 15 percent higher than people who had premarital sex. Their relationship stability was rated as 22 percent higher, and their satisfaction with their relationships was 20 percent higher than those who had premarital sex.

Obviously, I don’t go to Harvard.

So for all I know, those sexless students may just be too busy memorizing equations, writing novels and wearing sweater vests to get action.

But in a society where half of us will probably get divorced and teen mothers are so common that they get their own television shows, maybe placing sex on a higher pedestal is worth considering.

To many college students, marriage may seem as far away as see smith page 14

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Events THURSDAY:

the Oncenter Complex. Call the ticket office for prices.

Every third Thursday of the month, the city of Syracuse will open up several artistic venues to the public for free. The night boasts free tours of 24 art galleries, performance spaces and museums, among others.

8 p.m. — Syracuse Symphony Orchestra — All Mozart

5 p.m. — Th3: The Third Thursday

5:30 p.m. — Urban video project

One in a series of video-art installations called “For Syracuse,” this piece by Jenny Holzer shows the relationship between language and art. All videos in her work are projected on an LED curtain at Syracuse Stage.

Installments of the project will be shown every day at 5:30 p.m. through May 30.

8 p.m. — LeAnn Rimes concert

Country crooner LeAnn Rimes will perform at Turning Stone Casino in Verona, N.Y. Her debut album, “Blue,” reached No. 1 on the top country albums charts. Since then, she has released nine other studio albums, selling over 37 million records worldwide.

FRIDAY:

1 p.m. — Afghanistan through film

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Syracuse University’s South Asia Center is sponsoring a series of short films exploring different facets of Afghan culture. There will be three films in the series: “Terror’s Children,” “Kabul Transit” and “Afghan Star.” The event is free and will be held in Eggers Hall in Room 060.

7:30 p.m. — Syracuse Crunch vs.

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The local orchestra will play several of Amadeus Mozart’s classic pieces, including the overture to “The Marriage of Figaro,” at the John H. Mulroy Civic Center at the Oncenter Complex. Conductor Daniel Hege will lead the orchestra and guest performer Janet Brown, a professional operatic soprano.

SATURDAY:

9:30 p.m. — Sigma Phi Epsilon hosts Paul Markham concert

Rising hip-hop artist Paul Markham is set for a show at the Sig Ep house at 721 Comstock Ave. Markham has performed alongside artists Mike Posner and Wiz Khalifa. Tickets are limited and are $10 for guys and $5 for girls.

E-mail Adam Bottorff for more details at apbottor@syr.edu.

SUNDAY:

1-8 p.m. — January Jam Fest

Many music groups, such as The Jazz Police, Commander Cody Band and Los Blancos, will perform at the Palace Theatre. There will also be fine-art raffles and prizes. All proceeds benefit scholastic and public programs of the Central New York Jazz Central.

—Compiled by The Daily Orange Feature Staff

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— Compiled by Lucas Sacks,staff writer, ldsacks@syr.edu

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MOO THUNDER STOUT ABV: 4.9 percent RATING: 3.5/5 Though not intense in flavor, this brew pours completely black. With a low ABV for a stout, Moo Thunder Stout isn’t too intimidating. It tastes the same as it smells: relatively light with subtle coffee and chocolate flavors. For someone wanting to try an out-there canned beer, this one’s good.

PORKSLAP PALE ALE ABV: 4.3 percent RATING: 3/5 The style is more common for cans, but this beer stands out. It has mild herbal and floral scents. These same flavors come through in the taste, but as far as American pale ales go, there are plenty of better ones. If you buy it for the name alone, at least the can will be a conversation piece — the orange-soda-colored can has a graphic of two pigs belly-bumping.

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percent higher than minimum wage, pays for their entire health care and children’s day care bills, and provides the mothers with free classes in money management, marketing and business planning. MoJo even completely finances the mothers’ personal designs for the company and gives them 10 percent of the profit, Darr said.

The company originally began with 25 stitchers in Lowell, Mass. However, due to recent

“MoJo is selling you products, but not doing it for the money, but to change lives.”

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successes, including a deal with the University of Pittsburgh and Red Light Management — a record company that manages artists Dave Matthews, Alicia Keys and Faith Hill — the company will expand to San Francisco with a total of 160 stitchers. Matthews will start selling MoJo apparel at his concerts, Schaffner said.

“MoJo is selling you products, but not doing it for the money, but to change lives,” she said.

Schaffner has spent time as a guest speaker at colleges around the country and met with purchasers and licensing directors at various colleges. She said she is grateful for SU’s trademark licensing administrator Marc Donabella’s help, who licensed SU’s logo on the products and assisted her with other licensers.

Donabella said he is always on the lookout for new products and that he was drawn to the

MoJo is an apparel company whose goal is to reduce the number of single mothers in poverty. By paying for daycare and health care and giving them a job that pays more than minimum wage, the group empowers the women to break the cycle of poverty and help their children.

Syracuse University was the first school to sell their products. The organization is expanding its headquarters to San Francisco and their products to University of Pittsburgh and University of Cincinnati.

Also, MoJo recently signed with Red Light Management who has artists such as Dave Matthews, Alicia Keys and Faith Hill. Dave Matthews will sell MoJo apparel at future concerts.

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“The cause itself of being able to employ single mothers is something worth getting behind,” he said.

Schaffner said using SU as a pilot school makes sense with Chancellor Nancy Cantor’s mission of “Insights Incite Change.” Last summer, Schaffner had her business communication class use MoJo as a case study start-up company. The students practiced writing business letters and proposals. One student suggested a concert, which could become a reality because of the deal with Red Light Management.

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Fraternity, SU basketball team partner for after-game party

By Amrita Mainthia ASST. FEATURE EDITOR

Hours after the Villanova game ends on Saturday, the Orange will still have some unfinished business to attend to on Westcott Street.

Syracuse University social fraternity Phi Kappa Psi and the SU men’s basketball team

Orange out - Shut it down!

Postgame event featuring student performers Where: Westcott Theater When: 7:30 p.m. - 11 p.m.

How much: $5 will host an event following the Villanova game on Saturday night called “Orange out — Shut it down!” at Westcott Theater from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.

“We think this party will be a great way to follow the biggest game of the season,” said Richie Calabro, a sophomore broadcast journalism major and Phi Psi’s social chair.

The event features a performance by Phi Psi

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retirement. The idea of not having sex so that a better marriage may be possible in the future seems as unnecessary as not buying an $8 martini so that the money can be put away in a retirement fund.

I’ve experienced sexual intercourse (and $8 martinis), and I can attest to the enjoyment

brother Jake Ober and former SU center Arinze Onuaku, the artists of “Unfinished Business.”

The song has been a popular anthem for this year’s basketball season, much like last year’s “Shut it down,” and has been promoted all year.

Along with Onuaku, many current basketball players will attend the afterparty to hang out and meet students. It’s a rare opportunity for both the players and students alike, and these interactions will help create a more unified student body, said Ober, a sophomore television, radio and film major.

“This merge with greek life, the dance team and athletics is brand new and very important.

It gives more incentive for greek life to come out and get involved in other events in the future who are a big part of the SU campus,” he said.

Two other musical acts, Marcus Canty and World Be Free, will also play Saturday night.

Additionally, the SU Dance Team will perform alongside Ober and Onuaku.

Tickets are $5 and can be purchased from any Phi Psi brother, from the Schine Box Office

or at the door. All revenue earned on Saturday will be donated to the Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation, which supports cancer research.

The party, open to all SU and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students, was first suggested to the fraternity by SU Athletics, Calabro said. The event will be the first of its kind to merge such influential groups on campus, he said.

“A lot of activities in greek life are exclusive, but we wanted this to be open to all of campus,” Calabro said.

(in both). At the same time, I can see the argument for saving ourselves. Despite the physical pleasure sex can bring and the intimacy it can provide, imagine how much more meaningful sex could be if we waited?

While sexual intercourse is seemingly a biologically natural endeavor, it can also bring unwanted consequences when not done with care. In fact, the Center for Disease Control reported that in 2008, Onondaga County was a Top 10 county in New York for frequency of gon-

orrhea in people between the ages of 15 and 24.

STDs aren’t the only difficult surprise that can arise from unprotected sex. Watch a couple episodes of MTV’s “16 and Pregnant,” and I shouldn’t have to tell you what struggles might accompany being a young, accidental parent.

So what does this all mean? Should we all sport chastity belts until wedding bells ring?

For those of us who have had sex, are our future marriages doomed from ever blossoming to their fullest potential?

“We think this party will be a great way to follow the biggest game of the season.”

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Hosting the event at Westcott Theater, which has a capacity of 700, will allow for a large number of attendees and give students a chance to get off campus for a Syracuse event.

“We’re all ready to go (for Saturday). Hopefully we win the game, and everyone has a great time,” said Dan Mastronardi, a Westcott Theater representative and event booker.

If the event is successful, Phi Psi would love to host more events that would incorporate the basketball team and greek life, such as pep rallies at Goldstein Auditorium, Calabro said.

The Phi Psi brothers are selling an unlimited number of tickets to students who are interested. Their goal is to get as many people there to enjoy a night of food, drinks and a celebration of Syracuse basketball.

“Saturday will definitely be fun,” Ober said.

“It’s about celebrating the future win over Villanova with the team, all of SU and everyone in the Syracuse community.” mainthia@syr.edu

I don’t think so. I haven’t conducted a study, but I’m willing to bet that there are many happy married couples that had sex before tying the knot. On the other hand, there are probably a lot of divorced and unhappy married folks wishing they’d done a bit more thinking and a little fooling around before getting hitched.

Alicia Smith is a graduate student in magazine, newspaper and online journalism. Her column appears every Thursday, and she can be reached at acsmit05@syr.edu.

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n giving “The Green Hornet” its first substantial big-screen treatment, director Michel Gondry and writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg certainly had their work cut out for them. Not only is “The Green Hornet” essentially anonymous compared to the likes of “SpiderMan” and “Batman,” the hero’s dynamic is also very unfamiliar. How would Rogen and Goldberg introduce an uncoordinated trust-fund baby who plays second fiddle to his much more capable sidekick?

Meanwhile, Gondry was tasked with an even greater challenge: making Rogen believable as a masked crime-fighter.

The principal creative minds behind “The Green Hornet” are not uniformly successful in their execution of a relatively difficult production. They’re just clever enough to convince the audience of Rogen’s expectedly hilarious antics.

The studio easily could have opted for a more traditional leading man, but with the wildly imaginative Gondry on board, what fun would that have been?

Content to party his life away in sunny Los Angeles, Britt Reid (Rogen) gets a wake-up call when his uncaring father, newspaper tycoon James Reid (Tom

Wilkinson), dies from an allergic reaction to a bee sting. Britt promptly fires everyone at the mansion, save for the maid and the exceptionally skilled mechanic Kato (Jay Chou), who happens to be an ace martial artist and inventor. Together, Britt and Kato conspire to pose as criminals so that they may infiltrate the Los Angeles underworld more easily and turn in the real criminals once they have them figured out.

Reid uses his father’s paper, The Daily Sentinel, to spread word of his actions as the mysterious Green Hornet to attract the attention of the city’s most prominent gangsters. Chief among the crooks is the Russian mobster Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz), whose calculated ruthlessness might be too much for the novice heroes to overcome.

When Britt and Kato both become enamored with Britt’s new secretary, Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz), their jealousy of each other — not their inexperience — threatens to undo all they had worked for.

Rogen embraces his most challenging role to date by simply being himself: confident yet humble. Rogen knows he’s not going to be a dominant dramatic force in a superhero movie at this stage in his career, and thus he requests that the audi-

ence take him as he is or reject the film altogether. And he is simply outstanding.

Newcomer Chou (a hugely successful pop star all over Asia) is similarly terrific as Kato, reprising a role that was inhabited by the legendary Bruce Lee in a shortlived television series by the same name.

Still trying fruitlessly to recapture the magic he conjured in “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004), Gondry brings little of his magic to the table and actually bogs the action down. The climax is wholly unworthy of what came before. It becomes a mess of bullets, explosions and car chases that is hard to distinguish from a Michael Bay movie. The final half-hour is entirely generic and borderline ridiculous. Gondry also mishandles Waltz, an Academy Award winner, as he allows the actor to become a caricature of his iconic character in “Inglourious Basterds” (2009).

Shaking up a famed franchise necessitates great risk, and Rogen handled his role in the production perfectly. The project thrives and dies with his performance, which was, in turn, born of his own script.

Even if the film is occasionally absurd, Rogen ensures that it is always quite enjoyable. smlittma@syr.edu

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Hansbrough leading Irish after Harangody’s departure

By Rachel Marcus Asst. Copy Editor

Someone had to step up for Notre Dame this season. The losses of seniors Luke Harangody and Tory Jackson meant 32 points per game were gone. So was invaluable senior leadership.

Their departures created a void both on and off the court.

But through 21 games this season, that void has hardly been noticeable. The team is ranked 16th in the country and already notched key wins over then-No. 8 Connecticut and then-No. 9 Georgetown.

The main reason for avoiding a falloff: senior guard Ben Hansbrough.

“I think I’m a little different than last year,” Hansbrough said. “I have a little bit bigger of a role this year. I’m a captain.”

In his second season with Notre Dame after transferring from Mississippi State, Hansbrough has proven to be the engine that makes 16th-ranked Notre Dame go. The guard leads the team in points and assists per game with 15.8 points and 3.4 assists per game. The ultra-competitive point guard has turned the Fighting Irish into a legitimate threat in the Big East.

The name “Hansbrough” is a familiar one in the college ranks. His older brother, Tyler Hansbrough, was an NCAA champion at North Carolina and now plays in the NBA. But the Irish’s players don’t make comparisons from one Hansbrough to the other. Tyler was a dominant low-post player. Ben brings leadership and a special play-making capability, said teammate Tim Abromaitis.

“He’s pretty well rounded as a player,” Abromaitis said. “He’s definitely making a name for himself.”

That’s because Hansbrough’s presence on the team has been so crucial for the Fighting Irish this season.

While Notre Dame has had players like Abromaitis help lead it to its No. 16 ranking, Hansbrough is that one player who can do it all.

In a conference as tough as the Big East, Notre Dame will need the play of Hansbrough.

But the Fighting Irish also depend on his leadership. On the court and off. If you ask his coach and his teammates, they are sure to mention his leadership capabilities in addition to his talents.

A captain in just his second season with Notre Dame, Hansbrough has been a muchneeded floor general with Jackson and Haran-

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gody gone.

“He’s been a heck of a leader for us,” Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey said. “I think he, with some of the other captains, stepped into a void there.”

It is up to the captains, Hansbrough said, to keep Notre Dame ready for the Big East schedule throughout the season. Defensively, he thinks the Fighting Irish are better. But other than that, Hansbrough can only say that the team is different — in no particular way.

No surprise since Notre Dame lost two of its best players.

When asked how he has changed, Hansbrough reiterates what others don’t fail to say about him: his leadership.

“The strongest part of my game is just some of the different things I can do,” Hansbrough said. “I’m not just a shooter. I can pass the ball, I can drive, I can defend, I can do a little bit of everything.”

That bigger role has been noticed by Abromaitis. Much of the team’s success is because of the guard’s play, Abromaitis said. Hansbrough brings the fun. He brings the energy and the fire on the court, the forward said.

The Notre Dame basketball team has a new look. And Hansbrough leads the charge.

“He’s really passionate, and I think that’s translated onto the court,” Abromaitis said. “I think he makes everybody on the court better, both with his communication and also with his play.”

Ultimately, Hansbrough still has the family name. Still has a brother in the NBA. But he also still has one season left at Notre Dame to continue making a name for himself with that do-it-all mentality.

As Big East games continue and tough matchups loom on the schedule, both Hansbrough and Notre Dame face an uphill climb.

Though it beat Georgetown and Connecticut, it also lost to Syracuse and Marquette. The Top 10 is loaded with Big East teams. There is no easy way out in the conference. Nine Big East teams currently sit in the AP Top 25 poll.

But Hansbrough is ready for the challenge.

Ready to do some special things in the Big East, he said. His 16.6 points per game in six Big East games lead Notre Dame and is eighthbest in the conference.

If the Fighting Irish go far this season, the guard may be a big reason why. Especially if he can keep performing like he has to start the season.

True enough, his overall game catches Brey’s eye. But perhaps more valuable is that fiery competitiveness that not every player has.

“Ben just wants to win,” Brey said. “He’s the ultimate guy. He wants his team to win, and that’s one of the things I’ve really respected.”

Big man on campus Kemba Walker Guard Connecticut

Fresh off his 24 points, including the gamewinning shot against Villanova last Monday, Walker will look to lead the No. 8 Huskies to a nonconference win over Tennessee on Saturday. In six Big East games, Walker leads the conference in scoring with 25.5 points per game while maintaining an average of 25.5 points per game on the season. Walker is

courtesy of notre dame media relations ben hansbrough has stepped up to fill the void left by Luke Harangody and Tory Jackson at Notre Dame. The senior point guard leads the Irish in points and assists. second in the nation in points per game, just barely behind BYU’s Jimmer Fredette.

Game to watch No. 16 Notre Dame vs. Marquette Saturday, 7 p.m.

Two teams in the middle of the pack in the Big East square off in a rematch of a game at Marquette from 10 days ago. The Golden Eagles (13-6, 4-2 Big East) coasted to a 79-57 win

in that game, but the Fighting Irish (15-4, 4-3) seemed to correct some mistakes in its win Wednesday against Cincinnati. Marquette has four players who average double digits in scoring this season, led by Darius Johnson-Odom’s 15.9 per game. The key may be the play of Notre Dame’s leading scorer Ben Hansbrough. The guard was held to nine points in the team’s first meeting. rnmarcus@ syr.edu

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Hype surrounding BYU’s Fredette hasn’t affected his game

By Allison Guggenheimer Staff Writer

Jimmer Fredette has played the same way all his life.

His high school coach, Tony Hammel, said Fredette was always a cut above the pack. The Brigham Young point guard has been sinking baskets since he was in kindergarten.

“He was just a small, chubby kid that loved basketball,” Hammel said.

Fifteen years later, the only thing that’s changed is the hype.

“Jimmermania” has arrived.

The shooting sensation has put BYU (18-1) on the national landscape. Fredette has gotten the country’s attention, whether by making shots from anywhere on the court, scoring a seasonhigh 47 points in a game at Utah or leading his team to the No. 9 ranking.

He also leads the nation with 26.1 points per game.

Yet all this attention seems to be the biggest thing that has changed for Fredette. He has not made any major changes to his game or his attitude. The senior has always been a shooter, regardless of whether or not he has a swarm of media following his every move.

“It’s something that is a little different from what I used to have,” Fredette said. “But it’s something that’s great for our program out here at BYU to get a lot of national attention, so people know who we are, and for myself as well.

I’m still playing pretty much the same way I’ve

always played.”

That’s been the key for Fredette: playing the way he’s always played. When other kids couldn’t even reach the basket with their shots, Hammel remembers Fredette being able to hit 3-pointers.

The shot that has left so many Division I opponents reeling comes from his family, who taught him how to play basketball. He spent a lot of time working on the sport with his older brother T.J. As he grew into his 6-foot-2, 195-pound frame, he learned to get the height required to make his now-famous jump shot over taller defenders.

Throughout his high school years, he honed a fierce desire to get the ball in the basket.

Over Winter Break of his junior year in high school, his team was playing in a tournament in Albany. Down by one, with three seconds left, Fredette held the ball in his own end of the court.

“He took it the length of the floor and nonchalantly hit a jump shot 3-pointer, and we won the game,” Hammel said.

In a similar display five years later — albeit on a much grander stage — Fredette made a buzzer-beating 40-foot shot to end the first half of BYU’s 104-79 rout of rival Utah on Jan. 11. After the ball swished through the net, he walked calmly toward the locker room, seemingly oblivious to the eruption of cheers breaking out throughout the Jon M. Huntsman Center.

Yet even with the increased hype surrounding his All-America play, Fredette said he is still

looking to refine his game.

Specifically, he said he wants to improve his point-guard skills. Prior to his junior year with the Cougars, he was a shooting guard, so he has been getting used to handling the ball more and acquiring an instinctive sense of where to pass the ball.

Playing the point is a skill that, at his height, he needs to learn in order to play at the next level.

“He’s better suited for point guard,” Hammel said. “I think he’s more dangerous when he has the ball in his hands, and as a point guard, you have the ball in your hands at all times.”

Fredette trained on the USA Select team this past summer, playing against the team that won the FIBA world championship. There, he trained with NBA players such as Rajon Rondo and Stephen Curry.

Curry also made the transition from shooting guard to point guard in his senior season at Davidson. Fredette gained some valuable experience in the gym with those guys, and it is paying off this year.

“To be able to play at that level,” Fredette said, “and to know that you kind of belong and are able to compete and make good moves and still play basketball against these guys is really a confidence booster within itself.”

So far, Fredette has risen to every challenge he has faced. Even in BYU’s only loss so far this season to UCLA, he had 25 points, a game high. He is putting himself in Player of the Year discussions.

He has become so well known for making shots anywhere on the court that his name is now synonymous with successful 3-pointers.

Syracuse guard Scoop Jardine went so far as to commend opponent Dion Dixon from Cincinnati on his “Jimmer Fredette 3s.”

So as “Jimmermania” rages on, Fredette can sit back and enjoy the attention. Even if he is just doing what he has always done.

“I’m having a great time,” Fredette said.

“Best time of my life.”

The Pearl-less Volunteers Four games into Tennessee head coach Bruce Pearl’s suspension, the team cannot form a true identity.

Losses to some unimpressive opponents, including Oakland and Charleston — both at home — seem to indicate that the Volunteers are floundering. Yet impressive victories over Big East opponents Pittsburgh and Villanova confound that evidence.

It leaves Volunteer fans, as well as the nation,

wondering whether Tennessee is a contender or pretender.

A buzzer-beating victory against Georgia Tuesday seems to indicate a scrappiness that could make the team a threat in the future.

Its upcoming game against Connecticut — a game Pearl can coach because it isn’t a SEC game — could help define a path for this team’s up-and-down season.

Game to watch: No. 11 Texas at No. 2 Kansas Kansas is working on the longest current home winning-streak in college hoops, with 69 consecutive wins inside Phog Allen Fieldhouse.

But despite an undefeated record and a No. 2 ranking, Kansas remains relatively untested, facing only one ranked team this season. A game against Baylor Monday that was supposed to test the Jayhawks turned out to be an easy victory thanks to twins Marcus and Markieff Morris, along with the Bears’ disappointing season thus far.

Texas has faced some challenging opponents and currently has a 3-2 record against ranked teams. Still, this game should prove to be the toughest test of the season for both teams. alguggen@syr.edu

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someone over there,” Marty said. “We knew we were the underdogs on our team, and everyone was kind of scared of Canada. I’m like, ‘Guys, we can play with them. I’ve played with them in the leagues.’”

Menard enjoyed the Orange camaraderie across the Atlantic Ocean, knowing she may never get to face Marty again. Though this

“I think it gives them a little insight as to what it’s like, and watching Isabel and Stefanie day in and day out, they should have an idea of what it takes physically and then how demanding it can be.”

Paul Flanagan

su head coach

Canada squad was just an under-22 group playing against full national squads, Menard understood why other teams were intimidated by this perennial power.

“Obviously, other countries, they sort of know, ‘We’re playing Canada. Oh, that’s going to be a tough win or it’s going to be tough to win,’”

Hemingway from page 20

basketball, he injected himself into that aspect of her life with unusual methods. Briscoe, who started four years at Division III Stockton College, put Hemingway on the boys’ teams, which he coached from fifth to eighth grade.

“If you want to get better, this is where you have to go,” he told her.

Hemingway hated it. But she knew Briscoe was right. He soon started getting her up at 6 a.m. for runs through the park every day. It

“That’s how I was raised. Regardless of who’s in my way, I’m going to go after it.”

Iasia Hemingway

su forward

wasn’t long before Hemingway began getting up on her own, never complaining, always wanting to work.

And that translated to early success on the court.

“She became very dominant,” Briscoe said.

“She started off blocking shots and rebounding. Because her physical presence was always there, she became physical with (the boys), just earning their respect, so her confidence started to take off.”

Her Orange teammates see that physicality today. When she crashes the boards, someone typically ends up on the floor, whether it’s herself, an opponent or a teammate.

SU head coach Quentin Hillsman calls her relentless on the glass. Senior guard Erica Morrow said she occasionally won’t even crash the

Menard said.

Canada proved to be too tough for Switzerland, which finished fifth, and every other country at the tournament. After defeating the Swiss 5-0, Canada beat Germany, Russia, and Sweden en route to its eighth gold medal at the tournament in nine years. Canada defeated its four opponents by a combined score of 29-0.

Marty recorded two goals in an overtime loss to Germany and then skipped the fifthplace game against Finland to return for Syracuse’s series against Mercyhurst. She said she wanted to get back to SU sooner because it is her senior season.

Menard, who missed the Mercyhurst series, said she was nervous before the first game but soon settled in. She scored two goals and recorded an assist in helping Canada to gold.

She also picked up some new skills and a new perspective after the experience. She said Canada had a coach who spoke to each player individually before every game about mental toughness and national pride.

“He just talked to us, just to remind us why we were here, and we got chosen to represent the country, and just how we’re fortunate to be part of it,” Menard said.

Menard believes the little things she learned in international play, such as mental toughness and teamwork, have already made her a better player.

And despite missing Marty for one game and Menard for three, Flanagan said the experience helps his team in the long run, too. It motivates the younger players to work hard to reach that elite level of competition.

“You’d like to think some of our younger play-

boards, assuming her junior teammate will pull in the rebound.

But for Hemingway, that unyielding persistence has been there from the beginning.

Persistence from each rebound to each step in her journey.

“That’s how I was raised,” she said. “Regardless of who’s in my way, I’m going to go after it.”

A school without books Keeping her daughter off the streets of Newark was one of Henrietta’s concerns. Keeping her safe at school was another.

“You know, Iasia, when school lets out, you stay in the gym,” she used to tell Iasia during her freshman year at Malcolm X Shabazz. “You don’t go outside. … You really don’t know anybody. Don’t go out there.”

Gangs cost Iasia some of her closest friends.

She said in every one of her four years at Shabazz, at least one of her friends was shot. There were fights after school every day. Students showed up to class wearing brass knuckles.

Iasia said Shabazz was bad academically. Its graduation rate sits at 38.6 percent.

“Coming from my school, we didn’t have books,” Hemingway said. “We were lucky to find a book in the library that had all the pages. It was a struggle.”

Even more of a struggle for Iasia. She always felt she was fighting something when it came to schoolwork. There was always something there, blocking her success. But she didn’t find out until college that she suffered from dyslexia.

Still, none of it slowed down her basketball game. Shabazz was among the best in New Jersey during the four years Hemingway spent there. She was named New Jersey Player of the Year as a junior and senior. Scout.com ranked her a Top 25 recruit.

Her parents wanted her to make it out of Newark. And basketball was the perfect way to do it.

“I just tried to keep Iasia busy and off the

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keith edelman | web editor Isabel menard gained international experience playing for Canada in the MLP Cup in Switzerland. She faced off against teammate Stefanie Marty, who played for the Swiss. ers aspire to play on a U.S. or Canadian national team at some point,” Flanagan said. “I think it gives them a little insight as to what it’s like, and watching Isabel and Stefanie day in and day out, they should have an idea of what it takes physically and then how demanding it can be.”

Their backgrounds may be different, but Marty and Menard are both talented players and leaders for the Orange. While Flanagan encourages them to keep playing at the highest

streets,” Henrietta said. “That was my main thing. And she had a love for basketball, so that was just great.”

Two years, too far Despite being from a tight-knit family, Iasia wanted to go away for college. With multiple ACC schools recruiting her, she made it out of Newark. And Georgia Tech, 850-plus miles south, was her school of choice.

For those first two years, the separation was tolerable. Her parents’ constant trips to home games nullified her feelings of homesickness.

But it soon came crashing down.

Henrietta was laid off from her job at Lucent Technologies Inc. in 2006, just a year before Iasia left for Georgia Tech. By 2008, it became clear she would not be able to afford the visits to Atlanta. And then Bassemah’s death hit Iasia hard.

“I really wasn’t focusing on basketball (after that),” she said. “It was more thinking about back home. … So I was just thinking about how my family was doing and not really focusing on what was priority.”

The separation was too much. And as Iasia’s pleas over several months became consistent, Henrietta knew her daughter needed to come back home.

“Now you’ve made the decision, and you’re going to have to live with that decision,” she said of Iasia’s transfer. “And that’s my biggest thing because kids, a lot of parents like to make decisions for kids — I’m not that type of parent. … I always give her the opportunity to make the decisions for herself.”

Home at the Dome If it were up to Henrietta, her daughter never would have left New Jersey. She would have gone to college at Rutgers, just 40 minutes from Newark.

That was too close in Iasia’s mind. She

level, both he and his team welcomed Marty and Menard’s return home.

Flanagan said getting them back for the Robert Morris series was exactly what the team needed to snap its five-game winless streak.

“If they were away sick and they were gone, as soon as they return, it picks our team up,” Flanagan said. “They’re those types of players.” rjgery@syr.edu

Hemingway’s high school accolades • • • • • •

1600 points, 974 rebounds in four years 2006 New Jersey Player of the Year 2007 New Jersey Player of the Year Nike Nationals First-Team All-Tournament Scout.com Top-25 recruit Jersey retired at Malcolm X Shabazz High

wanted to be close to home, but not right in her backyard.

Syracuse was a possible fit. And Briscoe said it was a perfect match.

And after sitting out a year due to NCAA transfer regulations, Hemingway is now a fulltime starter like she was at Georgia Tech.

“I love it here,” Hemingway said. “I don’t regret any of the decisions I’ve made.”

Perhaps more importantly, she is only a four-hour drive away from Newark. Her mom has seen four Orange home games this year. The rest of the family will be at SU’s road contests against Rutgers and St. John’s in February.

When she goes home, she often goes back to Shabazz, where her mom occasionally substitutes as a teacher. The school retired Iasia’s jersey after her graduation, and students ask Henrietta about her whenever she subs.

When Iasia does visit, she tells the students about how she got to Syracuse, about her basketball-driven journey. And her message is simple: If she could do it, in spite of everything, so could they.

“This isn’t easy,” Iasia tells them. “I came from the same school you’re from, and if I can do it, y’all can do it, too. You just have to stay focused. There’s going to be a lot of distractions, but mentally, you’ve just got to be focused.

There’s going to be trials and tribulations. But you’ve just got to fight through them.” zjbrown@syr.edu

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Kotynia sets sights on qualifying for NCAAs in final season

By Stephen Bailey Contributing Writer

Kuba Kotynia has one milestone left to accomplish: get to the NCAAs. The star senior on the Syracuse swim team has won dozens of races. He has placed high in the Big East championship. He owns two school records. But in his and the SU swimming and diving program’s final season, the team’s best swimmer wants more.

“My main goal for this year is to make NCAA finals,” said Kotynia.

With a berth in the NCAAs, his individual accomplishment would provide one last exhibition of relevancy for a dying program.

Kotynia, a native of Lodz, Poland, wasn’t quite fast enough his freshman and sophomore seasons. Last season, he recorded “B” consideration qualifying times in the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke at the Big East championship. At the Nike Cup in late November, Kotynia recorded another NCAA “B” qualifying mark

in the 200-yard breaststroke, touching the wall at 1:58.24.

But Kotynia knows that when swimming in Division I, a “B” isn’t always a passing grade.

That doesn’t always cut it if a swimmer’s goal is to swim in the NCAA Championships. An “A,” on the other hand ? that’s an automatic berth.

“I’d like to get under 1:57 in the 200 (meter breaststroke),” Kotynia said. “And that time should give me a shot at NCAAs.” If Kotynia were to record a time below 1:57, it wouldn’t guarantee him a spot at the NCAAs. This is because a guaranteed spot at the NCAAs can only be achieved when a swimmer records a time below 1:54.25 –– the “A” standard.

With the “B” time Kotynia currently has from the Nike Cup, he has a chance to make the cut for the NCAAs, depending on how many swimmers make the “A” cut.

Kotynia and fellow senior swimmer Brian Zimmerman know that Kotynia may very well

need to break 1:57 to actually punch his ticket to the annual championship meet. Zimmerman thinks that because of Kotynia’s extra hours in the pool, he now has the chance to be in national contention.

“He’s been really close (to qualifying for the NCAAs), so I think he can easily be a top contender at Big East’s,” Zimmerman said. “And also possibly make it to NCAA’s.”

As for the breaststroke, the event in which Kotynia has the best chance of making the NCAAs, Zimmerman said Kotynia is one of the best due to his nature to begin races with a powerful start.

The reason for Kotynia’s continued improvement in the breaststroke is his adjusted training regimen. This year, Kotynia has increased his practicing of the specific breaststroke race. He has spent more hours in the pool and less on “general workouts.” Thirty percent of his practice time is spent on his breaststroke, he said.

Kotynia has two more chances to produce an “A” qualifying time ? against Villanova and Providence on Feb. 4 and Feb. 5, and at the Big East championship from Feb. 16 to Feb. 19.

Right now, Kotynia is in a good position to reach his goal. He is right on the bubble, currently 17th in the country with his time of 1:58.24 in the breaststroke race. Sixteen swimmers make it to the NCAAs. “He is ranked at the top nationally at this point in the season,” SU swimming and diving coach Lou Walker said.

For Kotynia, the swimmer who is aiming for one final accomplishment in the program’s final year, he has one final spot to jump, even if Walker says Kotynia is at the top nationally.

If Kotynia reaches 16th or above, he is in. And Zimmerman thinks he has the drive to do it.

“One thing that Kuba is, he is very determined,” Zimmerman said. “He’s been faster this season than he has been in any other.” sebail01@syr.edu

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Fox emphasizes individual workouts during layoff to keep team on pace

By David Propper Staff Writer

Chris Fox can always tell if a runner put in the necessary work over Winter Break. The Syracuse track and field coach can’t see it with his own two eyes — his runners are back home for break.

But when his team returns, Fox can always weed out the ones who slacked off.

“They can see you’re a little soft, maybe not so cut up. People will know. It shows immediately,” said Fox. With nearly a month layoff between the fall and spring season, Fox’s team — the longdistance runners, in particular — departs for Winter Break, and it’s up to the runners if they want to push themselves out the door every day to stay in shape. Fox and his staff designate 70 to 100 miles for his athletes to run each week. For the three weeks, they are on their own, includ-

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ing numerous “tempo runs,” during which a runner should be running at 100 percent for five or six miles. In addition, the long-distance runners try to continuously stretch and work on core exercises.

Though all the athletes got a two-week resting period following the NCAA Tournament that took place in late November, it was time to get back to work once Christmas was over. And for distance runner Joseph Bubniak, it’s not always easy to get back into the swing of things.

“It can be tough to force yourself out the door every day, especially when it’s cold and you can be doing so many other things,” said Bubniak, who trained at home in Danbury, Conn., over break.

Sophomore distance runner Andrew Nelson said it’s a gut check for all the runners because they are on their own, without Coach Fox or anyone else pushing them to get their workout in.

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“Mentally, it’s a challenge,” said Nelson.

Fox knows it can be easy to relax for the first time in four months once a runner is back home.

Fighting the temptations of not putting the work in is the toughest part.

Fox said it’s more of a problem for freshmen to push themselves on their own, but as they mature, it becomes second nature.

A prime example, Fox said, is Bubniak. Last year, as a freshman, he didn’t run too often at home. Now, Fox said, Bubniak realizes how important it is to stay in shape because the SU track team is one of the top northeast programs in Division I. “As we’ve established this program as pretty competitive, the kids know they got to do work when they go home, or they won’t get an opportunity when they get back,” Fox said. “They’re pretty much exposed in the first workout or two.

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going to run in any meets.”

Fox thinks that despite the temptations to take an extended holiday from training, it’s good for all the runners to have alone time to run in a less pressured atmosphere. The training regimen is there, but it isn’t as strict as an everyday practice from the regular season.

Bubniak and Nelson both said the practice over break is less structured and more modified.

It’s more relaxed and about getting 10 or so miles in each day.

But after the long break, it feels good to reunite with the team. Bubniak and Nelson will run in SU’s first meet since the break this Saturday.

“Coming back, you start getting back in the groove. You have a huge group to train with, so motivation definitely goes up,” Bubniak said.

“It’s definitely good to be back.” dgproppe@syr.edu

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january 20, 2011

SPORTS

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the daily orange

pain relief In turbulent life, basketball is Iasia Hemingway’s release

I

ashli truchon | staff photographer Iasia hemingway persevered through countless life struggles on her way to being an integral part of the SU women’s basketball team. She’s third on the team in scoring and rebounding in her first season.

By Zach Brown Staff Writer

asia Hemingway’s homesickness finally reached a tipping point.

Her 15-year-old cousin, Bassemah, had been sick with cancer since Iasia first went to Georgia Tech.

Bassemah wanted to follow in Iasia’s footsteps and play college basketball.

The pair saw each other every day when Iasia was home. They were as close as siblings.

“If you fight this cancer,” Iasia told Bassemah, “you’re going to make it.”

But Bassemah was struggling to fight off the cancer. Iasia’s mother, Henrietta, tried to keep the news from her daughter. She knew it would tear her apart.

But Iasia got updates from another cousin. And at the start of summer in 2008, that cancer cut Bassemah’s life short. It was all Iasia could bear to handle.

That was the final push Iasia needed. She decided then and there that she needed to be closer to home, closer to her family in Newark, N.J. Bassemah’s death brought her to where she is now, a starting forward and the third-leading scorer and rebounder for the Syracuse women’s basketball team.

The transfer, though, has been just a small part of Iasia’s journey. And through it all, there has been bas-

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SU’s Marty, Menard face off in international cup

By Ryne Gery Staff Writer

Stefanie Marty is used to performing on the international stage. The Syracuse captain has competed for Switzerland in multiple world championships and two Olympics, so playing in the 2011 MLP Cup in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, earlier this month was just another tournament.

For teammate Isabel Menard, though, it was as big as it gets. The

sophomore represented Canada for the first time in international play.

“It’s almost both ends of the spectrum,” Syracuse head coach Paul Flanagan said. “You got a veteran like Marty, who it’s no big deal going to something like that, and then Isabel getting a taste of it was pretty good.”

The contrast between the teammates goes beyond their experience levels and to their home countries.

Switzerland must battle for respect-

ability in international play, and Canada is the perennial gold-medal favorite. On a continent where hockey has little fan support, Marty’s Swiss team is an afterthought. It certainly doesn’t have the buzz swirling around like Menard’s team, from the birthplace of hockey.

The two countries and SU teammates met in the opening round of the tournament. Friends from Syracuse pitted against each other in Switzer-

land, creating a unique tournament experience for the pair.

Marty said she couldn’t help smiling for a moment when the game against her college teammate began.

Still, though, she knew she had little time to relax against a dominant Canadian team — one that has much more firepower than the Swiss.

“You are not really playing differently on the ice because you know see teammates page 17

ketball. Hemingway used the sport to help her navigate the streets of Newark and the hallways of Malcolm X Shabazz High School. She used it to overcome a learning disability, her family’s financial struggles and multiple deaths of loved ones.

And as for the next step, she wants

brandon weight | asst. photo editor to use this basketball-driven journey to inspire others.

“I want to be a motivational speaker,” she says. “Because if I can succeed, then, you know, why can’t you?”

Playing with the boys Once George Briscoe realized his stepdaughter was passionate about

see hemingway page 17

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While you’re camping out...

Be sure to pick up In The Paint tomorrow for a special preview of Syracuse’s upcoming contest against Villanova Saturday. The game is a rematch of last year’s contest that featured a recordbreaking crowd. We break down what the Orange has to do this time to come out victorious against another Top 10 Big East opponent in the Wildcats after its loss Monday in Pittsburgh.