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Centennial connection SU and ESF kick off a series

Wasted time The Daily Orange Editorial Board

Big news Rapper Big Sean will

Pulling the trigger Villanova handed Syracuse its

of celebrations for the 100th anniversary of their partnership.

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weighs in on the handling of SUCOLitis. Page 5

headline University Union’s winter concert.

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Judge, student work to end blog investigation

By Dara McBride NEWS EDITOR

More than 100 days after it began, the investigation into SUCOLitis, the satirical blog dedicated to Syracuse University’s College of Law, is reaching an end.

Len Audaer, the second-year law student who has been under investigation for harassment since October, and lawyer Mark Blum have been in mediations with a federal judge and representatives from the law school for the past two Mondays. The meet-

ings have each lasted about three hours, Audaer said. The group hopes it will be able to come to an agreement within the next week, he said.

“We’ll sign all the paperwork, and that will be the end of the matter,” Audaer said. He could not release specific details about the agreement at this point.

SUCOLitis, a WordPress blog, began publishing online in the fall.

Satirical posts about the law school, which used names of real law school

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J. Michael closes following Marshall water main break Speaker notes shifting legacy of MLK Day andrew renneisen | staff photographer Members of the Black Celestial Choral Ensemble of Syracuse University sing “It is Well” for the 26th annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration on Sunday in the Carrier Dome, where a dinner was also held.

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By Melissa Canales CONTRIBUTING WRITER

To Kirt Wilson, an associate professor at Pennsylvania State University, the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. is becoming invisible.

“Being invisible happens when people think they know exactly who and what you are, and they never met you,” said Wilson, keynote speaker for Syracuse University’s 26th annual Martin Luther King dinner held Sunday in the

Carrier Dome.

The event began with a dinner and continued with dance performances and singing before the speech from Wilson. Students, faculty and community members commemorated the legacy and death of King. Almost all of the 2,180 tickets to the dinner were sold, according to a Jan. 19 article in The Daily Orange.

Wilson spoke about the importance of King’s legacy and said that King was not only a civil rights activ-

ist but also a human rights activist.

Wilson said he believes celebrating — rather than commemorating — King’s legacy can make King more invisible. It appears the celebration has become more of a holiday and less of a remembrance of what King truly stands for, Wilson said.

Before the speech, the Black Celestial Choral Ensemble, directed

by Byron Canada, performed a song called “It is Well.” The ensemble SEE MLK PAGE 6

J. Michael Shoes on Marshall Street will remain closed for an indefinite period of time after the basement flooded eight to nine feet deep on Friday due to a water main break that closed the street down.

The water operations office of Syracuse’s Department of Water received a phone call at 7:30 a.m. when a pipe broke on J. Michael’s fire service sys-

tem, said Paul Travato, assistant superintendent of water operations.

Syracuse’s Department of Engineering, National Grid, the Department of Public Works, the Department of Water and the fire department were all on site.

A water main could break due to old pipes that have not been replaced, Travato said. About 15 years ago, the water main on Marshall Street was renewed, Travato said, and businesses

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Change proposed to student organization funding

By Sean Cotter STAFF WRITER

A new ranking system could change how student organizations receive money from Student Association as part of one of three goals that SA President Neal Casey made for this semester.

Casey said he aimed to improve the budget process, include students in SA’s decision-making process and make SA a results-based organiza-

tion. With the new session getting underway, Casey and members of SA are now attempting to create concrete results from these broad goals.

During Monday’s SA meeting, the Assembly will vote on this semester’s financial vision, a guide set each year for the Finance Board to follow during budget season. This year’s version is much more detailed and hopefully clearer than those of past years, Casey said.

“We knew that there were many issues that need to be fixed,” Casey said.

One major addition to the financial vision is a programming-capital tier system. The system would rank student organizations in four different tiers, which would have different limits on funding, by looking at how many successful events an organization has put on in the past.

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kirsten celo | photo editor LT. JUNKINSON (LEFT) AND BILL VOIGHT (CENTER) , both from the Syracuse Fire Department, pump out water from J. Michael Shoes.

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glorianne picini | contributing photographer PAUL ANG, a senior environmental resource engineering major at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, helps put T-shirts on the seats in the student section of the Carrier Dome on Friday before the men’s basketball game against Villanova University. Otto’s Army distributed the T-shirt supporting Syracuse and promoting the Say Yes to Education program.

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SU honors century of connection

• Patrick Delaney, 24, was arrested Saturday, according to a Syracuse police report. He was charged with one count of following a vehicle too closely, one count of common law DWI, one count of DWI with a blood-alcohol content of .08 percent and above, and one count of aggravated DWI, according to the report.

• Jared Snips, 23, was issued a ticket for an open container violation Sunday at 2:30 a.m. on the 700 block of Walnut Ave., according to a Syracuse police report. Samuel Townsend, 21, was issued a ticket for an open container violation Sunday at 1:55 a.m. on the 800 block of Sumner Avenue, according to a Syracuse police report. Alexander Nelson, 19, was issued an open container violation Sunday at 12:40 a.m. on the 800 block of Lancaster Avenue, according to a Syracuse police report. Nelson is an Onondaga Community College student, according to the report.

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Student’s clinic in Sudan plans for transition

By Audrie Tan

Contributing Writer

As Southern Sudan closes in on the prospect of recovery from decades of conflict with the north and nears a vote for independence, one small village in Southern Sudan is heading toward a different kind of healing.

The village is Duk Payuel, home to the Duk Lost Boys Clinic, founded by professional speaker and human rights activist John Dau, now a public policy student at Syracuse University.

The clinic, which opened in 2007 and is funded by the John Dau Foundation, is one of few operating clinics in the region. It provides treatment for many illnesses, including malaria, diarrhea and malnourishment.

“We actually are regarded as the best medical clinic in the region,” said Sean Herron, public relations director of the foundation and a sophomore policy studies and economics major at SU. The goal is for the government to provide the same level of health care, but that will not happen until the clinic can ensure the government has the proper resources and will be able to support the clinic for the long run, Herron said.

“We don’t want to all of a sudden pack our bags and leave,” he said.

In Syracuse, where Dau relocated in 2001, there is still a tight-knit community that continues to support the clinic and Dau, who is currently in see sudan page 6

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brandon weight | asst. photo editor hugh canham , an ESF professor of forest and resource economics, shows an aerial image of the SU and ESF campuses in 1961 as he talks about the 100-year history of partnership between the schools.

One hundred years ago this fall, the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry found a home in the basement level of Lyman Hall at Syracuse University.

Returning to its roots, ESF and SU held the first in a series of centennial celebrations in Lyman at 4 p.m.

Thursday.

“We have come home again,” said Robert French, Centennial Committee co-chair, as he welcomed the gathering of ESF and SU faculty and staff.

Holding the meeting in Room 132 of Lyman Hall — the room one floor above where the initial 52 forestry students learned — was very important and symbolic, French said. Members from ESF’s Board of Trustees, Alumni Board and College Foundation, along with members of the SU administration, were present.

A presentation by ESF’s professor Hugh Canham on the history of ESF and how the school came to SU kicked off a year of celebrations on Thursday. The Centennial Committee has a $100,000 budget to celebrate the collaboration between the schools, French said. The presentation on ESF’s history was given again Friday on the ESF campus and open to students.

Canham first visited ESF and SU in 1955, when he was a senior in high school and his math teacher told him to visit the campus. The two toured through ESF’s Bray and Marshall halls, but Canham also spent time at SU. “I came to realize that day how closely interrelated the two places are,” Canham said. Today, ESF and SU students continue to share houssee centennial page 4

City, campus volunteers plan to enhance bicycle safety

By Joe Genco Staff Writer

A group of volunteers from the Syracuse area are trying to make the city a safer place for hikers, walkers and cyclists.

CNY Pathways announced its citizen’s action plan to connect Syracuse and make it a safer place for alternative modes of transportation in a public meeting Friday. The plan

includes improving crossing signals, painting new bike lanes, and connecting and mapping various trails in the city’s parks.

CNY Pathways formed a year ago by the volunteer coalition Forging Our Community’s United Strength, known as F.O.C.U.S., of greater Syracuse. The group’s volunteers include representation from residents, the city government, Syracuse Univer-

sity and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Part of the group’s report was a study about dangerous intersections in the city. Volunteers from AARP did a study as part of the federal “Complete Streets” legislation on the safety of the city’s intersections.

Though the results of the report are not public, the city is using them to

improve safety, said Paul Mercurio, Syracuse’s transportation planner.

“The crossing time given by the lights at crosswalks is too short, and the city is planning on extending that time and updating the whole system this year,” Mercurio said.

Safety and convenience for cyclists is another concern. The city plans on painting new bicycle lanes see bikes page 6

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had the option to put in new pipes.

Marshall Street was originally closed off to traffic and is now open, but vehicles cannot park on the street. The sidewalk in front of J. Michael was also closed due to worries about its stability, said Pete O’Connor, commissioner of the Department of Public Works.

Water reached the top of the stairs and caused the wall to collapse in J. Michael’s basement. National Grid turned the power off so that the Syracuse Fire Department could pump the water out without injuring anyone, Travato

“It’s like a bad dream.

You get all excited having a big weekend, and then this happens.”

Jim Hicks

Manager of J. Michael Shoes

said. The water was pumped out by 11:30 a.m.

“It looks pretty bad, and the foundation caved in,” Travato said. “It caused a lot of damage.”

Jim Hicks, the manager of J. Michael, received a phone call Friday morning from the Syracuse Police Department about the water problem and arrived at the store at 9 a.m. to look into the problem. With no foundation after the flood, Hicks said officials did not know how the building was still standing Friday.

The flooding damaged inventory, including Longchamp bags, Ugg boots and all of the North

Face merchandise stored in the basement, which is half the size of the selling floor. Every individual item downstairs would have sold in the store for more than $100, Hicks said.

The incident happened just before the Syracuse University men’s basketball team played Villanova University, a weekend that would have seen a lot of sales, Hicks said. He did not have an estimate on how much the store was losing.

“It’s like a bad dream,” Hicks said. “You get all excited having a big weekend, and then this happens.”

Woodford Bros., which is made up of structural construction specialists, reinforced the joist underneath the store on Sunday by installing jacks and posts to hold up the floor, said John Vavalo, the owner of J. Michael. Before a decision can be made about what to do next, the basement has to be cleaned and a new foundation wall needs to be built, he said.

Engineers will be visiting the store Monday to assess what to do next, he said.

J. Michael was not the only store affected.

Heating is turned off in J. Michael and Halo Tattoo, Vavalo said. An assistant manager at Starbucks announced the coffee shop had to close down at 12:53 p.m. Friday. The water had been shut off for about 20 minutes because of the water main break. The store received no damage, but it will remain closed until the water is turned back on. The water was still off as of Sunday night.

Vavalo estimates that the store will be closed for at least a month, he said.

“It’s so cold out, too, people need things,” Vavalo said. “I feel bad for them.” lgleveil@syr.edu A previous version of this article appeared online at dailyorange.com on Jan. 21.

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If chosen to receive funding, new organizations or ones without a history of successful programming would start out on the first tier, which provides a maximum of $5,000 per event, said Jeff Rickert, SA’s comptroller.

Organizations with successful programming would move up to the second, third and ultimately fourth tier, which provide a maximum of $12,000, $25,000 or unlimited potential resources per event, respectively, he said.

But the system does not guarantee that every student organization will receive funding. The money SA gives to organizations each semester does not nearly match the amount that organizations request. Student organizations requested a total of $1.3 million in the fall, but SA only had $700,000 to give out. With that kind of press for money, SA members have to make sure that they are not letting a dollar go to waste, Rickert said.

There was nothing as explicit or detailed in previous years as the tier system, Rickert said.

“Everyone would just look at the comptroller at the time and say, ‘Has this group done any programming before?’” he said.

SA begins each session with a $2 million budget. Out of this, about $800,000 goes to the operating budgets of organizations such as SA, CitrusTV and Student Legal Services.

After that, the remaining $1.2 million is split up, with about $700,000 available for organizations’ events in the spring semester and the other $500,000 reserved for events in the fall, Rickert said.

Last semester, about 70 organizations received funding, and about five of them had issues that resulted in wasted money, Rickert said. Wasted money does not happen a lot, but it does happen more than he would like to see it happening, he said.

“That was one of my big things: I didn’t think that we should be giving money to groups that weren’t operating successfully,” Rickert said.

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ing and classes.

SU Chancellor Nancy Cantor and ESF President Cornelius Murphy were both present for the gathering commemorating the 1911 partnership between the schools.

“ESF is steeped in some very rich history,” Murphy said. “Much of that history is characterized by our relationship with Syracuse University.”

The New York State College of Forestry was originally located at Cornell University, but after a dispute concerning how forestry was being taught, the college lost funding and left Cornell in 1898. It was re-established at SU in 1911.

Today, ESF has a closer relationship with SU than with any institution in the state of New York, Murphy said.

In addition to Canham’s history given at the event, Edward Galvin, director of SU’s Archives, made a brief presentation and

ESF Timeline • The New York State College of Forestry was originally located on Cornell University’s campus.

• After a dispute on how forestry was being taught, the college lost funding and left Cornell in 1898.

• The school was re-established at Syracuse University in 1911.

“That was one of my big things: I didn’t think that we should be giving money to groups that weren’t operating successfully.”

Jeff Rickert

Student Association comptroller

To address the goal of including more students in the decision process, SA is planning town hall meetings around campus. Students will be able to express ideas and concerns in an open forum, something SA has done in the past. They will be working with the Residence Hall Association, said Jen McKay, chair of the Student Engagement Committee.

The town hall meetings are another medium to find out what students want, and SA will hopefully benefit greatly from them, Casey said.

For the final goal of making SA a more results-based organization, Casey was optimistic that the attitude of SA’s cabinet and assemblymembers was what would make this session successful.

“In the past, SA has judged itself on what it’s working on. We want to focus on what we accomplish,” Casey said. “It was great to see that they’re all just as excited as I am.” spcotter@syr.edu

Casey’s Plans Student Association President Neal Casey has made three main goals clear for this semester. They are: • Improve the budget process • Include students more in SA’s decisionmaking process • Make SA a “results-based” organizations

“ESF is steeped in some very rich history.

Much of that history is characterized by our relationship with Syracuse University.”

Cornelius Murphy

State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry President

announced the ESF display that was assembled with the archives. A case commemorating the centennial is on display in the Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center, and a more extensive virtual exhibit is available online.

Cantor said she and the administration were “all thrilled” to mark the anniversary.

Both institutions are ones that individually and collectively work to help the environment, and students from both schools work together on programs such as Say Yes to Education, Cantor said.

“We’re still joined at the hip in so many ways,” Cantor said of the relationship between the two campuses, adding that ESF and SU students both always graduate in the same ceremony.

Though reaching the century mark is an impressive record, Cantor said the campuses must prepare for another century.

“If we are to have another century,” Cantor said, “it better be a century that’s careful about the planet.” dkmcbrid@syr.edu

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Law school wastes resources, time on harassment case Members of the College of Law look forward to the end of a 100-day investigation of a law student for allegedly creating the satirical blog SUCOLitis. Faculty prosecutors claimed the blog constituted harassment, and the case will be settled later this week.

The law school has drawn this case out far too long. The school wasted resources and time, and it compromised its reputation before ultimately deciding the controversial case would be settled quietly within the school.

Too many facts remain unclear.

The law school charged one student when the website claimed to be authored by a group. And none of Syracuse University’s definitions of harassment directly encompass the nature of this case.

From the beginning, the law school has blown the offensiveness of the blog and the ensuing investigation out of proportion. Hiring a federal judge to settle a case at an insti-

editorial by the daily orange editorial board tution that teaches law constitutes an incredible waste of resources.

The school should have kept the case completely internal and resolved it months ago.

The blog’s possible effects on the reputation of the school and its students pale in comparison to the bad press the school has created for itself in this case. For a law school with already low national rankings, this case may be retroactive in recruiting talented students.

The settlement should not have included shutting down the website, which disappeared over the weekend.

Protecting students’ reputations may be particularly important at a law school. But taking legal action to ban students’ speech sets a frightening legal precedent, causes selfcensorship and limits free expression throughout campus.

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DJ’s stirs fond memories of Maggies, boosts Marshall Street bar scene

or seniors such as myself, this year’s return to Syracuse was accompanied by surprising and exciting news: the opening of a new bar on Marshall Street.

Indeed, many of us had often speculated about what the old Maggies space would be turned into — another apparel store, a new dorm, Chipotle?! But none of us could’ve been at all prepared for the shock and wonder of the discovery that the old Maggies had reopened as Maggies: The Sequel.

Officially, the new bar is called DJ’s on the Hill, a strange name for a bar located on a flat street with no music. To be fair, the name might have something to do with the bar’s location on the biggest hill in the city, but as many of us know,

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alcohol and the big picture rarely mix well.

Thus far, DJ’s most positive attributes include no cover, proximity to Chuck’s, no cover and the nostalgic aura of days gone by. Do you remember being a freshman, getting into Maggies with a 6-foot-8 kid’s green card, feeling special, totally ordering yourself a drink and fraternizing with people cooler than any single human being you’d ever met? Those were good times.

Unfortunately, DJ’s does appear to closely check IDs. But eager freshman girls are always invited to wait by either of DJ’s two convenient entrances for exiting seniors who are so over the bar scene and are just looking to make a really good new friend.

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blondes know better On my first foray into DJ’s on Friday night, I found the crowd of greeks (Lucy’s was packed), non-greeks (so was Chuck’s) and randos all chatting among themselves. It seems as though talking is quickly shaping up to be one of the most popular things to do in DJ’s. One random alumnus happily reminisced about his days at Syracuse University with me for about a half-hour before disclosing that he had actually gone to college

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somewhere else. The place seems promising.

Best of all, DJ’s comes complete with an exclusive, roped-off VIP lounge — an ideal location to sip on some Dom Perignon and mingle in high company. It’s also an ideal location to stow away one’s jacket and befriend the bouncers, nice people who might hook you up with a free beer if you’re even remotely attractive. Clearly, there’s something for everyone.

As far as the Marshall bar scene goes, DJ’s seems to fit right in.

Its very presence increases your options, your opportunities, your potential plans for the evening. It allows you to extend the depth and scope of your social life, broaden your horizons, push your boundar-

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ies. Your chances of running into people you know have now increased.

You must work harder at looking hotter. Don’t let the subzero temperatures or concerns about pneumonia throw you off. Don’t forget about that VIP section.

Regardless of what it’s called, Maggies will always have a special place in our hearts. Thus, DJ’s on the Hill is worth checking out, if for no other reason than the fact that there is no cover and the best things in life are free. How can you say no to that?

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this year to connect existing ones and to make cycling safer in the city, Mercurio said.

Helping citizens take advantage of green space is another initiative of the group. Peter King, a student at ESF, has set up an interim website with maps of the Syracuse area showing trails for hiking or biking. The group hopes to expand on this website and even set up electronic walking tours in some parks.

“The university neighborhood has plenty of trails and sidewalks we want to develop to connect the area with parks and cemeteries,” said Chris Abbott from the department of parks,

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students and professors, covered topics such as the attractiveness of the first-year class.

The blog went private on Oct. 20, and members could view posts if they had a password. But faculty prosecutor Gregory Germain requested Audaer contact the writers behind SUCOLitis and have the site shut down as part of the settlement. The site was shut down within the last few days, but Audaer said he could not give specifics on how or when.

Germain proposed settling the matter with a federal judge, Audaer said. Germain suggested Judge George Lowe for the position, and Audaer said he and his lawyer agreed. The law school is paying for Lowe to help with the settlement, Audaer said, although he did not know how much. Assistant faculty prosecutor Steven Wechsler has also been present at the meetings.

The settlement is confidential and cannot

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was followed by a dance performance by the Creative Arts Academy, as well as a song performed by SU’s MLK Community Choir.

The 2011 Unsung Hero Awards were given to four recipients: Omolara Funmilola Akinpelu of Project EMERGE; Eileen Baldassarre, coordinator of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program; Kwame Adusei, a doctor at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center’s Mater-

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Sudan and voted in the independence referendum earlier this year. Voting has ended, but results are still being counted. At more than 3,790,000 votes cast, 98.81 percent of the votes are for the secession of Southern Sudan, according to the Southern Sudan Referendum results website, last updated Sunday.

Sudan’s north-south war, which spanned five decades and ended in 2005, was Africa’s longest civil conflict. The conflict was fueled by differences in ethnicity, oil and ideology, and religion. It killed an estimated two million people and displaced four million people in Southern Sudan. The conflict officially ended in January 2005 with the signing of a peace agreement.

The Southern Sudan clinic is operated by a team of mostly Sudanese staff, with Kenyans comprising the majority of the medical sector because of the lack of trained Sudanese doctors.

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“The university neighborhood has plenty of trails and sidewalks we want to develop to connect the area with parks and cemeteries.”

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recreation and youth programs.

Zachary Samoila, a junior international relations major, said he supports new bike lanes and

be discussed, Germain said. As the faculty prosecutor, Germain said it is his job to attempt to resolve disputes whenever possible, but he could not discuss who made the suggestion to move forward with the settlement.

Germain said he has no way of knowing when the discussions will end, but he hopes it will be soon.

Audaer will not confirm or deny that he is associated with the blog in any way. In an Oct. 18 meeting with Tomas Gonzalez, senior assistant dean of student life, Audaer said he was told that a female complainant specifically named him. She filed a complaint against him after reading a post on SUCOLitis that said she had hooked up with more than one male law school student at the start of the semester, Audaer said.

At the law school’s Student Bar Association’s meeting Tuesday night, SBA President Steven Goodstadt invited Germain to speak and answer questions about the investigation. Ed Mullaney, an SBA senator and second-year law

saw the advantage in making changes.

“They should put them in,” he said. “The streets usually aren’t a problem, but in the winter they can be dangerous for bikes.”

The group has also acquired a $175,000 grant from the federal Safe Routes to School Program to make it safer for children to walk to school in the city. This funding is already being put to use at three local schools.

Other than the one federal grant, the group is relying on volunteer work and advocacy, and many of its initiatives have no planned date of completion. One goal, building a trail all the way around Lake Onondaga, is estimated to cost $9 million.

“We have people here from all over,” said Chuckie Holstein, executive director of

“It feels great. I can start a new semester without this dragging on.”

Len Audaer Second-year l aw student under investigation

student spoke out against the investigation.

Mullaney said the blog and how the investigation was handled are some things that had divided students at the law school and frustrated students and staff. He said he spoke at the meeting because he felt it was important to vocalize student opinion.

Mullaney said at the meeting that the investigation has not been handled well because it has gone on too long and has negatively affected the school’s reputation. He said the law school members needed to come together as a community and put the issue behind them.

The blog investigation, which has received

“This event to me is crucial in reminding us of all the work our people have done as well as the even greater amount of work left to do.”

Maria Peña senior international relations major

nal Child Health Center; and Sacchi Patel, a graduate assistant at SU for his work in the university’s Rape Advocacy, Prevention and Education Center.

Maria Peña, a senior international relations major who helped hand out awards, said

she attended the event because she believes it is very important to remind students of King’s work.

“This event to me is crucial in reminding us of all the work our people have done, as well as the even greater amount of work left to do.”

programs that teach skills in proper childbirth procedures and, most recently, malnutrition management.

More than 20 percent of the children in Dau’s home village of Duk Payuel are severely malnourished, according to the John Dau Foundation’s December 2010 nutrition survey report. The nutrition program focuses on educating the locals on how to grow their own crops, although flooding in the region has slowed efforts. The clinic distributes packets of seeds, which has a double benefit because the plants can be grown for food or to sell for money, Herron said.

Today, the clinic serves more than 55,000 people throughout Duk County, said Tom Dannan, executive director of the John Dau Foundation.

Dannan explained that nutrition was last on the priority list because of other issues the clinic had to deal with in its infancy stage, such as childbirth and blood banking.

The clinic is being built up little by little, Dannan said.

“Because JDF is small, we’re able to stay

focused on one thing at a time,” Dannan said.

This long-term approach has paid off. The child mortality rates in Duk Payuel have fallen by more than half since the clinic opened.

Since the distribution of bed nets, there were no confirmed cases of malaria for the month of November, Dannan said, who spends six to eight months a year in Sudan.

Handing over clinic operations to the Sudanese government at some point is one of the clinic’s biggest goals, Dannan said. This is not likely to happen soon but planned for some time in 2012, Dannan said.

Although there is no set time frame for the handover, Dannan said he hopes the government will take more responsibility as funding for the clinic will ultimately run out. Another global disaster, such as the Haitian earthquake, could draw away help from the clinic.

“At the moment, it’s a big issue when there’s a huge need, but we’re mindful that in five years, it could be something else — that’s why the government needs to get going,” Dannan said.

As hope for the independence of Southern

F.O.C.U.S. “We were looking to connect not just the city but the whole county and even other counties.” jdgenco@syr.edu

Bike Safety CNY Pathways, a group formed by the volunteer coalition F.O.C.U.S., announced their plan to make the Syracuse area a safer place for hikers, walkers and cyclists. The group plans to improve crossing signals, paint new bike lanes and connect and map various trails in the city’s parks.

national press, is not the only matter the law school is dealing with. The law school received the lowest bar-exam passing rate of the 15 American Bar Association’s accredited law schools in New York state, according to statistics released by the New York Law Journal in December. Seventy percent of SU’s first-time exam takers passed the July bar exam.

Hannah Arterian, dean of the College of Law, did not respond to interview requests to speak about SUCOLitis or the law school’s ranking.

Audaer said he thought settling the matter in this way was fair and respectable of the law school. He said the issue is now “old news,” and he is glad to see it not go to trial, which would mean continuing the investigation into the spring semester.

“It feels great,” Audaer said. “I can start a new semester without this dragging on.” dkmcbrid@syr.edu A previous version of this article appeared online at dailyorange.com on Jan. 20.

Peña said.

James Osei-Sarpong, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said he believed the event was very well organized and that it helped him understand and appreciate King more than before.

King is the reason Mouhamed Sourang, a freshman in the School of Information Studies, said he dedicates himself to the community.

“If it wasn’t for the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,” he said, “I would not be here at Syracuse University pursuing my dream with hopes of one day helping my native people in Senegal.” mgcanale@syr.edu

“At the moment, it’s a big issue when there’s a huge need, but we’re mindful that in five years, it could be something else — that’s why the government needs to get going.”

Tom Dannan executive Director of the jon dau foundation

Sudan grows, the same goes for the future of the clinic in Duk Payuel, which recently hired a team of new staff.

Dannan echoes this hope for a prosperous new Sudan.

“They have a lot of resources,” he said. “So if they invest it properly into education and health care, then that place can be a paradise in 20 years.” atanying@syr.edu

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raduate students at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry now have the opportunity to help improve the environment in developing communities and receive credit for it.

ESF was one of 26 schools to officially partner with the Peace Corps in December by adding a graduate program that allows students to receive academic credit while volunteering abroad. The program will begin next year, and applications were already received last week.

“We have a growing number of students who are interested in the problems in the

“I have recruited at and visited ESF, and just the kinds of students that attend that school, they’re very motivated and passionate.”

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developing world,” said Scott Shannon, dean of instruction and graduate studies at ESF. He said the Peace Corps gives students the opportunity to address environmental problems at a grassroots level.

The Peace Corps’ Master’s International Program is designed to incorporate one to

two years of coursework, depending on the program of study, with two years of volunteering in a developing community. The program was created in 1987.

Shannon said the school’s goals and education are aligned so well with those of the Peace Corps that it provided a natural opportunity to add such a program.

There are now five new programs of study available at ESF for a master’s of international studies in the environmental field. There have always been a large number of students that join the Peace Corps after their undergraduate studies or before entering graduate school at ESF, and many have already shown interest in the Master’s International program, Shannon said.

“Based on the interest that’s been expressed in meetings we’ve held in the fall, there are probably anywhere from five to 15 applicants,” Shannon said.

ESF will be holding an environmental career fair on Feb. 23, during which a Peace Corps representative will be available to speak with for more information. Shannon also encouraged any students to give him a call if they have any questions.

ESF students are a perfect fit for the program, said Denia Navarrete, a Peace Corps recruiter at the New York regional office “I have recruited at and visited ESF, and just the kinds of students that attend that school, they’re very motivated and passionate,” Navarrete said. “They just have a lot of good information to share with the international communities that we work with regarding the environment.”

In bringing the program to ESF, the school

illustration by alejandro de jesus | art director must also assure students benefits, either by giving a number of credits or waiving tuition for service, Navarrete said.

The master’s program is meant to integrate education and fieldwork, Navarrete said. Coming back to the United States with more than two years of professional experience means students are ahead of the game, she said.

The Peace Corps is currently soliciting proposals from schools, and the entire application process usually lasts about one academic year, Navarrete said.

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs’ international relations

graduate program, another school with many Peace Corps alumni, has also just submitted a proposal to the Peace Corps to add the Master’s International Program.

Maxwell already integrates off-campus study and applied field research in its degree program.

“It seems like a natural fit to incorporate the work that many volunteers do as part of their Peace Corps service because it’s so relevant to what our students will be doing postgraduation anyway,” said Nell Bartkowiak, associate director of graduate studies for the international relations program. mmamisan@syr.edu

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nostalgia nook razor scooters Coming from California, I definitely had to adjust to life in Syracuse. Believe it or not, it’s not because of snow. And it’s not that there aren’t any In-N-Out Burgers or Peet’s Coffees in Syracuse. It’s how fast East Coasters walk, especially those from New York City. Just yesterday, I went on a trek to meet a friend on Marshall Street from good ol’ Lyons Hall, and it took me nearly 30 minutes.

You know what would help this dilemma? A Razor scooter. Seriously, problem solved. How can we not love that sleek silver scooter? It was the go-to mode of transportation for kids too scared to skateboard and too young to drive. Okay, so skateboarding ramps were really high. But even if you weren’t daring enough to skateboard, the scooter could still allow you the speed and ability to do impressive stunts. I mean, jumping off of sidewalks could be considered a remarkable feat.

If you were a worrywart or your parents were safety freaks, there was the handydandy foot brake on the back, and the handlebars could be adjusted to your needs.

You could scooter through any sort of weather. Yes, even snow.

But the best part of the Razor scooter was how portable it was. You didn’t need to lock it up in a bike rack or park it anywhere. You could just easily fold it up and carry it around, unless you happened to be forgetful and accidentally leave it behind (yeah, I went through my share of Razor scooters). Either way, I may just become that girl breezing down Comstock Avenue on a scooter. It’s better than walking, and maybe I’ll finally beat you East Coasters.

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don Ladd will also be signing copies of two of his books and will award free copies to the first 25 students present.

This year’s keynote speaker, Dorothy Butler Gilliam, will be featured Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium. Gilliam worked as a columnist for The Washington Post, covering the civil rights movement. She was the only black female journalist covering the movement

in the ‘60s.

The committee was immediately drawn to Gilliam as a speaker because of the effect her story would have on students, Exume said.

“We wanted to gain some insight into being the only one of her kind during that time,” he said. “We felt that would be a great story to bring to campus.”

The poets of Verbal Blend, SU’s spoken-word program, will perform a diverse array of poetry Thursday at 7 p.m. in Watson Theater.

Friday is the Campus Day of Service and will last from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will give students

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created to salute the outrageous style of their freak-in-chief, fellow performer Lady Gaga’s devoted followers have been affectionately described as “Little Monsters,” celebrating the no-apologies strangeness of Gaga herself.

Both women have built careers on being anything but normal and created entire personas through their music, which is sometimes polarizing but nevertheless iconic due to their eccentric personalities, outlandish clothing and unpredictable nature in and out of the studio.

They took the world by storm precisely because they were like nothing we had ever seen.

What makes for a good freak, though? How exactly do they come about? Take any of the most-discussed figures in entertainment, and you can see that they were building their lasting impressions way before stardom. Reveling in your differences is usually discouraged in adolescence, but it’s those who manage to fight past the taunting while refusing to relinquish what makes them so peculiar who ultimately

the chance to design cards for local children’s hospitals and elderly homes. Syracuse children and community members will also be able to interact with students and participate.

“It is very important to get local kids onto college campuses so they can envision themselves there in the future,” Exume said.

Community service played a vital role in King’s life and still remains a part of his legacy today, Exume said.

The celebration ends Friday evening at 7 p.m. with a performance showcase at the Skybarn, located on South Campus. Singletary said she

captivate us.

“I used to get made fun of for being either too provocative or too eccentric, so I started to tone it down,” said Gaga in an interview, describing her high school days. “I didn’t fit in, and I felt like a freak.” Good thing she continued on her quest to weirdness, though, dropping one hit single after another and making it socially acceptable to cry, “Rah, rah, ah, ah, ah” while fiercely clawing at the air.

Like Minaj without her wigs, Gaga without her meat dress, West without his tweets, Snooki without her pickles, and Perez Hilton without excessive punctuation, celebrities would lose what makes them utterly bizarre and therefore wildly successful if they weren’t freaks. Whether you abhor or adore them, their popularity remains undeniable, and all have firmly cemented their places in pop culture history. So if it’s attention you seek, don’t hesitate to let your freak flag fly. I, for one, have perfected the leaves on my clover tongue and expect overnight fame to come shortly.

Sarah Lee is a senior magazine journalism major. Her column appears every Monday, and she can be reached at shlee01@syr.edu.

thinks the showcase is the week’s most popular event because tickets sold out in less than two days last year. She said students especially loved the Greek Stroll Competition, which will be included in the showcase this year.

Exume described the competition as yet another way to remember King, who pledged the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity while in graduate school at Boston University, he said The committee members feel strongly that the week will be just as much of a success this year as it has been in past years, he said.

Exume said: “Every year’s participation has been phenomenal.” saschmal@syr.edu

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often Big Sean is featured in West’s and other artists’ music, Landman said.

“But as a standalone artist, he’s definitely a big draw, and he’s recognizable to students here,” she said.

Frank Costanzo, a senior civil engineering major, said he will definitely attend the concert. He has been impressed by UU’s concert selections this year, he said.

“I love Big Sean,” he said. “I like his style — he’s not your typical, talk-about-guns type.”

But not everyone is as excited or aware of the artists.

“I don’t listen to mainstream music, so it’s as not relevant to me,” said Tyra Jeffries, a junior public relations major. Despite that, Jeffries said she recognizes UU’s attempt to address student interest.

“It’s good,” she said. “It makes it seem that the campus cares about our opinion and intake, which is their job and what they should be doing.”

Rapper Donnis released his mixed tape “Diary of an ATL Brave” in 2009 and has toured with artists Chiddy Bang, Matt & Kim and Bruno Mars. His single “Gone” is featured in a popular Adidas campaign and will complement Big Sean well, Landman said.

Whether or not students recognize the names, Roberts said he hopes for a sold-out show.

“Big Sean is an up-and-coming artist with a unique flow, so hopefully people will be attracted to that,” he said. “It’s a great chance to see them both before they really blow up.” mainthia@syr.edu

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Nothing to celebrate WORLD B. FREE performed at an after-party Saturday night following the basketball game between Syracuse University and Villanova University. The after-party was a combined effort between the social fraternity Phi Kappa Psi and the SU men’s basketball team. Jake Ober, a Phi Psi brother and after-party performer, predicted a Syracuse win, but the Orange lost the game to the Wildcats with a score of 83-72.

Former SU forward Arinze Onuaku performed with Ober for their combined number, “Unfinished Business.”

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Big Sean to perform at Winter Carnival

By Amrita Mainthia ASST. FEATURE EDITOR

Hip-hop artist Big Sean and rapper Donnis will perform Feb. 23 to kick off Syracuse University’s Winter Carnival 2011, University Union members announced Monday.

“Hip-hop is really popular on campus, and we wanted to make sure that we picked artists who are credible and blogged about,” said Gabriella Landman, a Bandersnatch

co-director.

The concert will be held in Schine Underground at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale Monday for $5 to all SU and State

Big Sean UU’s concert during the univer-

sity’s Winter Carnival Where: Schine Underground When: Feb. 23 at 8 p.m.

How much: $5 for SU/ESF students, $10 general public

University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students and $10 to the general public.

The selection of the artists, who were booked in November, was directly based on the UU fall concert survey sent out to all students through e-mail, Landman said. Big Sean and Donnis have been in high demand, and students have been asking to see them for years, said Harry Roberts, director of concerts for UU.

The event is co-sponsored by SU’s Winter Carnival board and the Bandersnatch committee, a subdivision of UU concerts.

Discovered by Kanye West, Big Sean has released three mixed tapes and is signed to West’s G.O.O.D. Music. His debut album will feature Pharrell Williams, Kid Cudi, Chiddy Bang and Mike Posner.

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MLK week to help students realize dreams

By Sarah Schmalbruch CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Syracuse University will honor Martin Luther King Jr. this week with a slew of events highlighting the civil rights movement advocate.

Michelle Singletary, an assistant director of the Office of Residence Life and a member of the Diversity Committee, which is responsible for the celebration’s theme and events, sees this as a great introduction to the week.

“What I like about our dream week is that it kicks off right after dinner in the (Carrier) Dome,” she said about the annual dinner held Sunday night. “It gets people to think about what Dr. King stood for and the fact that the holiday is not just one day.”

When creating the theme of 2011’s King celebration, the members of the Diversity Committee did not look any further than the simple yet powerful concept of King’s dream, Singletary

said. The word “D.R.E.A.M.” will be used as an acronym and will stand for “dare to remember everything about the man.”

All events will take place between Monday and Friday. Kendall Exume, a member of the ORL’s Diversity Committee, said the week will provide students with the chance to either identify their own dream or witness the dreams of others.

Starting Monday, the lawn between the Schine Student Center

and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will become a field of dreams, dotted with planted flags to express the dreams of SU students. The flags will remain on display throughout the week.

On Tuesday, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., the Panasci Lounge in Schine will house art created by children from the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Edward Smith elementary schools in Syracuse. Illustrator LonSEE DREAM WEEK PAGE 8

reaks fascinate me.

Chalk it up to my own genetic mediocrity and incapacity to demonstrate anything more interesting than making my tongue into a three-leaf clover — an accomplishment I basked in for days — or emitting throaty sounds similar to that creepy girl’s death rattle from “The Grudge” (that one’s not usually a crowd-pleaser).

Luckily, there seems to be no shortage of freaks in the public eye these days. Take newly appointed hip-hop princess, Nicki Minaj, for example. Her debut album, “Pink Friday,” was certified platinum earlier this month after its November release, a feat not accomplished by a female rapper since Lil’ Kim eight years ago. That means more than 1 million people have deemed Minaj’s perpetual voice changes, sporadic growls and hot-pink mane compelling enough to purchase the record, despite free availability via calculated Google searches.

Let Minaj herself explain her identity, as she charmingly raps in Kanye West’s “Monster” track: “First things first, I’ll eat your brains, then Imma start rockin’ gold teeth and fangs … (insert blood-curdling scream) I’m a mothaf***in’ monster!” Apparently, freakiness sells, and it sells big.

“Anybody that knows me knows I have a very, very bipolar personality, so one minute I’m excited, and the next minute I’m crying, and the next minute I’m cussing and yelling, and the next minute I’m singing Enya,” said Minaj to FADER magazine last year about her erratic behavior. “I’m not kidding. And the point is, my rap style now reflects my true personality because I am so weird.”

Gone are the days when the masses embraced any vanilla star that the entertainment industry churned out.

Normalcy is now regarded as a label to be actively skirted — being normal equates to being boring, and being boring is the highest offense one can receive. In today’s era of distractionprone, stimulation-craving consumers, the freakiest reign in terms of capturing attention and ensuring others anticipate their every move and questionable wardrobe change.

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title lets the audience know what kind of show to expect. While NBC’s latest comedy, “Perfect Couples,” attempts to explore and poke fun at the lives of three couples, the title doesn’t deliver what you anticipate. Still, the title on this new sitcom is the least of its problems because the characters on “Perfect Couples” are far from their namesake.

Three married couples are portrayed in the series. Dave and Julia (Kyle Bornheimer, Christine Woods) come the closest to playing a normal couple — the ups and downs they experience are relatable. The noisy, oversexed and confrontational Vance and Amy (David Walton, Mary Elizabeth Ellis) are the most entertaining of the trio, but that soon becomes annoying as it turns out that arguing and sex are the only things they do throughout the entire episode.

The “perfect couple” is Rex and Leigh (Hayes MacArthur, Olivia Munn), the uptight and proper self-proclaimed relationship experts.

However the problem isn’t the actors, it’s the material they are given. On paper, “Perfect Couples” sounds like a very promising sitcom, coming from the people behind “Friends” and

“30 Rock” and starring some pretty funny actors. But the characters, especially Rex, Leigh and Amy, are one-dimensional and will most likely be given the same storyline for the entire duration of the show without an opportunity to grow. Munn’s Leigh is plagued to be the fake, know-it-all housewife, something that will tire out over multiple episodes. MacArthur plays a hopelessly devoted guy who hangs on every word that his wife says and tries to make her happy to any extent. His endless pandering to Leigh is simply aggravating. Ellis’ character is the show’s resident hothead who blows everything out of proportion, also something that won’t be funny to watch for multiple episodes.

Most of the comedic highlights of this show come from Dave, played very well by Bornheimer. Vance is arguably the best character to watch because his emotions easily flare up whenever he fights with Amy. Though excessive in the first episode, Vance was the most entertaining aspect in this laughless comedy. Even when they are just complaining to each other about their wives, the two guys have a great chemistry that is worth watching.

The only couple that seems to be genuine and is enjoyable to watch is Dave and Julia. It’s a

shame that they have to share screen time with the two other couples. If the show was just about their daily lives, it wouldn’t be such a bad show to watch.

NBC should be worried about “Perfect Couples” blending into its Thursday night comedy block. However, the more important thing here are ratings, and the premiere episode, even against Fox’s “American Idol,” stood high at 4.1 million viewers, according to pifeedback.com.

The premiere retained most of the audience from “Community” in the 8:30 p.m. slot.

It has been a long time since NBC has had a “Friends”-type sitcom on its schedule. The workplace comedies, such as “30 Rock,” “Parks and Recreation” and “The Office,” are critical darlings and have a very loyal audience, but ratings for those shows can’t compare to the apocalyptic ratings that “Friends” brought the network during its 10-year run.

So, you can’t blame NBC for bringing back the three guy/three girl formula that worked so well for so long — but “Perfect Couples” isn’t going to be the show to do it.

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Jardine benched, but Waiters fails to lead comeback

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Dion Waiters received the orders from Jim Boeheim with 13:23 remaining in the first half.

With Syracuse down one to Villanova, Waiters entered the game for the first time, replacing his struggling cousin Scoop Jardine.

Boeheim told the freshman Waiters to take the game over.

“I had to try and get us going, we had to find our offense some way,” Waiters said. “Coach just told me to take over, make plays. So I tried to go out there and make plays.”

With the substitution, it was the start of a game in which the SU head coach relied on his freshman to make a difference. Because of Jardine’s struggles, Boeheim chose to play Waiters for 25 minutes, including the final 6:30 of the 83-72 loss to the Wildcats. He chose to stick with the aggressive mindset and style of play Waiters showcased Saturday, leaving his starting point guard Jardine on the bench in the process.

Even if, after the game, the head coach felt both Jardine and Waiters played poorly.

Even though Waiters failed to score in the second half.

“It was a disappointing game from Scoop and Dion’s perspective,” Boeheim said. “They have played well. They have had a good week of practice. We are not going to win if those two guys go 3-for-20.”

Boeheim did not specify why he chose to play Waiters in place of Jardine to end the game, saying only that the point guard play was not good Saturday and that the Orange needs more leadership out of the position.

Jardine went 1-of-8 from the field, registered two turnovers and failed to grab a rebound in 22 minutes. Waiters went 2-of-12 with two turnovers and five assists.

“I take somebody out,” Boeheim said, “I take them out for a reason.”

Waiters attempted to be the offensive catalyst for SU after a start to the game in which Boeheim, Jardine and Waiters all said the Orange didn’t bring enough energy. Waiters brought his usual confident, crass mentality to the court, attempting eight shots in 12 firsthalf minutes.

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room and thinking. For a team at a crossroads, it was perhaps the most telling image of reflection.

That crossroads comes from the Orange’s inefficiencies in what was a vaunted 2-3 zone.

“In the first half, we were not good defensively,” SU head coach Jim Boeheim said. “We let them into the lane and let them get open 3s.”

The failure of the 2-3 zone was the prime reason Syracuse lost to Pittsburgh Monday, as the Orange went down 19-0 in the game’s first eight minutes. It was the prime reason Syracuse lost to Villanova, as eight Wildcat 3-pointers helped Villanova to 40 first-half points.

Five days prior to Saturday’s Villanova game, Hopkins could sense that this exact dilemma was on the brink of arriving. The Pan-

nate shron | staff photographer jim boeheim relegated Scoop Jardine to the bench for good for the final 6:30 of Saturday’s loss against Villanova. Jardine scored two points on 1-of-8 shooting and had two turnovers. Freshman Dion Waiters took Jardine’s spot in the final minutes.

With an Orange offense looking stagnant for the second game in a row, Waiters exhibited a certain mindset to put the SU offensive burden on himself. It was one of brashness, best exemplified when he fouled Villanova wing Corey Stokes hard on a 3-point attempt midway through the first half, only to glare down and crack a smile at Stokes as he lay on the court.

Jardine was relegated to the bench for those final seven minutes of the game. The point guard said he understood why he was on the bench to end the game: He played poorly, going 1-of-8 from the field. He brought “nothing” Saturday. As simple as that.

“I didn’t run the team, I didn’t execute nothing. I did nothing to help our team at all,” Jardine said. “I didn’t get us in sets.”

In the first half, Jardine looked lost. The junior point guard struggled against the ball pressure of Wildcat guards Maalik Wayns and Corey Fisher. The Orange offense rushed sets to

keep up with the eight first-half 3-pointers of Villanova. By halftime, the Orange was down 40-29 as Boeheim grew weary of not only Jardine’s play but Waiters’ as well.

The duo attempted 14 of the Orange’s 27

thers exposed the Orange’s 2-3 zone for the first time all year. It explicitly showed all future SU opponents an efficient way to get ahead of Syracuse.

“What a lot of teams do,” Hopkins said in Pittsburgh, “is they watch the tape, and they do it the same way. We are going to have to do a better job keeping those guards out of the lane because Villanova is a pretty good team.”

Saturday, with a season-high 11 3-pointers, Villanova’s guards rarely got in the lane. The Wildcats pounced. But they didn’t do it in the same way as Pittsburgh. Rather, the opposite.

And when watching the film, opponents can couple it with the grim reality of statistics.

Pittsburgh and Villanova were polar opposites for this SU 2-3 zone. Against the Panthers, Nasir Robinson and company bullied SU for 32 points in the paint. Against Villanova, the Wildcats registered only two points in the paint at halftime, as 18 of their first 24 points came from

behind the arc.

Syracuse’s suffocating zone failed against two different approaches, and Hopkins’ worst nightmare came to fruition. Until the deficiencies in the zone are quelled, the Orange won’t be the top-five team it should be.

In five days, SU’s zone defense was gutted.

Now, instead of just watching the tape of the Pittsburgh loss, Seton Hall and the rest of SU’s 10 regular-season opponents will have two games to watch. Two different classes and lessons to be learned on how to attack the zone.

That is a real cause for concern. That is the main cloud above Syracuse’s collective heads, as well as the heads of Boeheim and Hopkins.

With Hopkins in the locker like Onuaku 10 months ago, the scene after Saturday’s Villanova game bore a resemblance to postgame Butler for SU’s coaches and players.

Villanova lit up the Orange to hand SU its second consecutive loss. An 18-0 start to the sea-

“It was a disappointing game from Scoop and Dion’s perspective. They have played well. They have had a good week of practice. We are not going to win if those two guys go 3-for-20.”

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first-half shots, too selfish for the head coach’s liking.

“I feel like we were trying to score more than we were trying to get the team in stuff,” Boeheim said.

In the second half, Waiters spelled Jardine from 15:30 to 9:30, tallying only one assist in the six minutes. But 12 seconds after Jardine returned for Waiters, he turned the ball over. He would leave the game for good less than three minutes later, watching next to SU assistant coach Rob Murphy as Waiters played his part in applying a frantic end-game press.

For Jardine, it was just one of those games.

It was his turn to sit on the bench, not directing his team as he watched his little cousin fail to take the opportunity to carry a comeback.

“Coach is going to go with how the game feels,” Jardine said. “I would have done the same thing.” aolivero@syr.edu

son was forgotten, replaced instead by a losing streak. Questions remain to be answered.

The paramount answer this team is searching for now is one that was on full display in front of 33,736 at the Dome Saturday and one that had Hopkins and others sitting coldly next to and in lockers.

Will SU’s zone rehabilitate?

If it does, this Syracuse team is one talented enough to prevent a repeat of Onuaku’s scene, not in January but March. And despite the frustrating loss Saturday, Boeheim still has hope.

“We can get there, but right now we’re not good enough to beat a top-five team,” Boeheim said. “I think we can get better, but we still have a lot of work ahead of us.”

Tony Olivero is the development editor at The Daily Orange, where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at aolivero@syr.edu.

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By Brett LoGiurato SPORTS EDITOR

Rick Jackson wants some help. Fifteen rebounds.

Seven offensive, eight defensive. Look down the Syracuse stat sheet, and no one even comes close to Jackson’s output.

“I mean, help would be nice,” Jackson said.

“A little help would be nice. But what can you do? Guys rely on me to be that great rebounder and go out and get every rebound.”

In Saturday’s 83-72 loss to Villanova, Syracuse relied on Jackson to grab rebounds, much like it has all season. And he delivered. Problem is, no other Syracuse players delivered.

Not Kris Joseph. Not James Southerland. Not C.J. Fair. Not SU’s two freshman centers, Fab Melo and Baye Moussa Keita. And in several key situations, Jackson was on an island down low. SU head coach Jim Boeheim praised Jackson’s rebounding efforts after the game. But only Jackson.

“Rick is doing a good job,” Boeheim said. “We had a few good defensive possessions where our four-man just didn’t get a rebound. Rick did a good job.”

But Boeheim wasn’t so kind to other SU forwards who manned the wings down low in his 2-3 zone. Specifically, Fair and Southerland were his targets.

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We played two teams this week (that) I think are legitimate top-five or six teams in the country, and we weren’t good enough.”

The latest loss for SU came as Villanova jumped out to a double-digit fi rst-half lead behind that shooting clinic led by sophomore guard Maalik Wayns. He hit 6-of-7 shots en route to 17 first-half points.

Syracuse’s 2-3 zone — designed to force opponents into taking perimeter shots — was beaten at its own game. Wayns, a 20 percent 3-point shooter on the season coming into the game, went 3-of-4 from beyond the arc. Fellow guard Corey Fisher, who came in shooting 32.1 percent

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Fair grabbed only one rebound in 10 minutes of action after having nine in a season-high 36 minutes Monday at Pittsburgh. And in 16 minutes, Southerland didn’t have a single board.

Twenty-six minutes and only one rebound from two wing players in the zone.

“That’s just not going to get it done for us,” Boeheim said. “James has played (54) minutes (in the last two games combined) with one rebound. That’s just not getting it done.”

Boeheim even went as far as to say that the two are “probably not quite ready for this level of game.”

And inside the middle of SU’s zone, Melo and Moussa Keita kept struggling. Boeheim put Jackson in the middle for some of the game, but Jackson said he does his best rebounding work from his usual forward position.

Melo logged eight minutes after getting just two in Pittsburgh. He had two defensive rebounds. And in 13 minutes, Moussa Keita grabbed four.

SU’s inability to control the glass in several key spots led to crucial offensive rebounds and second-chance points for Villanova. And those kept Syracuse from mounting a lengthy rally to come back from a double-digit second-half deficit.

“Just because you can jump doesn’t mean

Scoop Jardine watched from the bench as Kris Joseph tried to lead Syracuse back from a late double-digit deficit. He had a clear view of Joseph willing his way to the basket and of his steal and dunk to bring the Orange within four.

Jardine, SU’s starting point guard, had been benched in favor of freshman Dion Waiters because of his poor play. And as he watched Joseph take over, Jardine knew how important

from 3-point range, made all three of his firsthalf 3-pointers against the No. 3 team in the nation.

That happened, Boeheim said, because the Syracuse defense left the Wildcats with too many open shots. Syracuse point guard Scoop Jardine said that although he thought SU contested shots, its intensity wasn’t the same for a team that came into the game allowing its opponents to shoot 28.4 percent from beyond the arc.

“Our defensive energy wasn’t there,” Jardine said. “We were there contesting the 3s, but there’s a difference when you’re going out there with a high hand and when you’re moving them off their spot. That’s a different shot.”

Villanova posted a whopping 40 first-half points against an Orange defense that allows 60.1 points per game to its opponents, and SU

found itself down 11.

The Wildcats cooled off in the second, hitting only 3-of-11 from 3-point territory. Two in a row from Stokes made Jardine throw up his hands, but SU began to creep back as the Wildcats couldn’t hit with nearly the same efficiency down the stretch.

“Wayns is a (20) percent 3-point shooter. He made his first 3,” Boeheim said. “Sometimes that happens. After we started guarding them a bit better, those other guys went (0-for-5) in the second half. Except Stokes.”

As Villanova struggled relative to the first half, Kris Joseph — back from the concussion that forced him to miss Monday’s game at Pittsburgh — led the Orange’s comeback attempt.

Sixteen of his game-high 23 points came in the second half.

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But it wasn’t enough. Villanova thwarted both SU second-half rallies. The first came as Stokes hit the 3. The last came as SU tried to complete a furious comeback from 13 down with a little more than five minutes to play.

At one point, a Joseph dunk brought Syracuse back to within four at 69-65. But Brandon Triche airballed a 3 with a chance to cut the lead to three, and two Wildcats free throws put the game nearly out of reach at 73-65.

And afterward, Triche realized why SU couldn’t mount a complete comeback: the one adjustment it needed came 20 minutes too late.

Said Triche: “It took us a whole half to be able to stop Villanova from shooting the 3.”

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“Our defensive energy wasn’t there.

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it was to have Joseph back from a concussion he suffered against Cincinnati last Saturday.

“He brought it today,” Jardine said. “We needed every point he had. We would’ve gotten blown out by 30 if we didn’t have him. I’m really happy to have him back.”

In his return to the court, Joseph led the Orange with 23 points on 8-of-15 shooting from the field. He shot 4-of-7 from beyond the arc.

Sixteen of those 23 points came as SU tried to mount a second-half rally, but Joseph’s contributions alone were not enough. After the game, Joseph said he had no hesitation to be physical and drive to the basket after the concussion. In fact, Joseph said Jardine gave him some inspiration before the game.

“Scoop came to me, and he said, ‘Nobody on this team can guard you. So just take them to the basket,’” Joseph said. “He told me it’s my world.

After that, I had a lot more confidence in myself.”

Joseph said he felt good after the game. And Boeheim felt good about having his star back in the lineup as well.

“Offensively, he had a good game,” Boeheim said. “In the second half, he got open shots, knocked them down and got to the basket. I thought he had a really good offensive game.”

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The Orange couldn’t cash in on multiple chances late in the game. Dion Waiters missed a 3-pointer. Brandon Triche got an offensive rebound, but Kris Joseph missed a 3 as well. Nova hit four straight free throws in the final 36 seconds to seal the win.

Wayns was the catalyst that kept Villanova’s engine running, especially in the first half.

The sophomore point guard poured in 17 first-half points as the Wildcats jumped out to an 11-point first half lead. Just a 22.4 percent 3-point shooter on the season, Wayns nailed three of his first four treys.

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Jardine, Wayns’ counterpart, was as bad as the Villanova point guard was good Saturday. In 22 minutes of play — nine minutes fewer than his season average — Jardine scored just two points on 1-of-8 shooting. He finished with only two points and three assists, with two turnovers. And SU head coach Jim Boeheim left Jardine on the bench for the final 6:30 in favor of freshman Dion Waiters.

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Double-doubles from Hemingway, Alexander lead SU to win at Marquette

By Michael Cohen Asst. Sports Editor

Quentin Hillsman said his two low-post players won the wars. Possession after possession, Iasia Hemingway and Kayla Alexander cleaned up on the glass, dominating Marquette’s front court.

It was a performance that, in Hillsman’s mind, could result in more wins if it carries over into future games.

“You’re getting more opportunities, and you’re taking away more opportunities (from them),” the SU head coach Hillsman said in a phone interview after the game. “So as long as we can keep doing the things we did today on the boards, we will be in good shape.”

Hemingway and Alexander’s dominance on the glass helped the Orange (14-4, 2-3 Big East) end a two-game losing streak with a 69-63 win on the road at Marquette Saturday. Both players logged double-doubles, as SU had a plus-12 rebounding advantage over the Golden Eagles (15-4, 3-3 Big East). It was the team’s first road

victory of the season in three tries.

The strong rebounding performance by Hemingway and Alexander had been lacking in SU’s previous losses to then-No. 6 West Virginia and then-No. 15 Georgetown. In those two games, Syracuse’s two best interior players combined for 22 total rebounds. Saturday, Hemingway and Alexander combined for 20 rebounds alone.

They dominated Marquette’s three starting forwards, who grabbed just eight boards collectively.

“Whenever they get close to the rim, they can battle some and win those wars,” Hillsman said.

“That was just so big for us to get battling on the boards.”

Alexander and Hemingway’s play keyed a huge second-half turnaround for SU. Trailing by seven at halftime after only managing 22 points — SU’s second-lowest first-half total of the season — the Orange poured in 47 in the second half.

After committing 19 first-half turnovers, Hills-

man said the team relaxed and was able to create more chances on the offensive end of the floor.

That led to better looks at the basket and a 21.5 percent jump in field-goal percentage. The Orange shot at a 54.8 percent clip in the second half.

Aside from the steady rebounding, that was the biggest reason SU was able to come back and win the game, Hillsman said.

“We took care of the ball,” he said. “We only had seven turnovers in the second half. That was a big number, just taking care of the ball.

And we got great shots. That was the most important thing for us.”

In addition to snapping a two-game losing skid, Saturday’s win against Marquette was also an important addition to SU’s NCAA Tournament resume. The Golden Eagles received 33 votes in the most recent Top 25 poll, good for a No. 29 national ranking.

They also have wins over two ranked opponents in Georgetown and West Virginia — two teams that defeated Syracuse. Marquette is still

the only team in the country to beat the No. 9 Mountaineers this season.

“This is a very big RPI game for us because they’ve beaten some good teams,” Hillsman said. “We’re very pleased with the win, and a win on the road is big for us.”

The aggressive rebounding by Alexander and Hemingway needs to continue if the Orange wants to move up in the Big East standings.

The team sits in 10th place heading into a mini two-game homestand against Pittsburgh and South Florida.

In particular, the rebounding must be there against the Panthers. Pitt is a team that has a size advantage over SU at every single position, Hillsman said, so it will likely come down to the Orange’s will to work harder.

“It’s going to be a very physical game in the paint,” he said. “And we have to win the battle on the boards again. We have to take advantage of being at home in our conference games.” mjcohe02@syr.edu

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Despite opportunities, SU ice hockey swept by Niagara in weekend set The Syracuse women’s ice hockey team (10-13-2, 4-4 College Hockey America) was held scoreless for nearly 104 minutes in the midst of two losses to Niagara (8-12-4, 5-2-1) this weekend.

The Orange outshot the Purple Eagles by a 28-18 margin Friday but failed to score. Niagara forward Jenna Hendrikx scored the winning goal with 21 seconds remaining in regulation to defeat the Orange 1-0.

Freshman goaltender Kallie Billadeau turned away 17 shots for Syracuse, but the late goal was the difference in a tight contest. SU forward Isabel Menard had a game-high six shots.

Syracuse tried to overcome its scoring woes on Saturday but was shut out once again for the first two periods. The Purple Eagles used two second-period goals to pull away in a 3-1 victory

over the Orange.

Niagara was able to capitalize on two of its six power-play opportunities in the second game. Despite four power-play situations in the final period, Syracuse was unable to take advantage. The Orange was 0-for-4 on the power play during the game.

The Orange pulled in a goal with 16 minutes remaining in the third period when Sadie St. Germain connected on a pass from Jessica Sorensen.

But Syracuse freshman defender Christina LaCombe hit the post with less than seven minutes remaining, and the Purple Eagles scored a goal with 3:21 remaining to put the game out of reach.

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Both the Syracuse men’s and women’s track and field teams placed third in the Cornell Upstate Challenge this weekend.

Syracuse’s third-place finish on the men’s side was highlighted by its victory in the 4-by800 meter relay, earning the Orange 10 of its 69 points. A one-two finish by freshman Donald Pollitt and junior Matthew Callanan in the 60-meter hurdles added 18 more points.

A one-two finish by freshman Ashley Keyes and senior Lareea Chisholm was the highlight of the women’s third-place finish, accounting for 18 of its 45.33 points.

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The Orange was also able to total 10 points in the men’s one-mile run, with third- and fourth-place finishes by juniors Roman Acosta and Steve Murdock, respectively. SU also got 10 points with second- and fifth-place finishes by freshman Michelle Riley and sophomore Roseda Lo, respectively, in the women’s 800meter run.

This Saturday, the Orange will head to State College, Pa., for the Penn State National before returning to New York for the New Balance Collegiate in New York City.

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SU loses 2nd straight as Wildcats shoot lights out

By Brett LoGiurato SPORTS EDITOR

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s Syracuse clawed back from a double-digit deficit, Dion Waiters drove down into the offensive end of the court with a chance to cut the Villanova lead to five.

Instead of looking to create, though, he took the ball into the teeth of the Wildcats’ defense and forced a shot.

Rick Jackson got the offensive rebound but promptly turned the ball over. And on the resulting trip down the court for Villanova, Corey Stokes made Waiters pay for rushing his shot. He drained a 3-pointer, one of 11 triples on the day for the Wildcats, and they were back to a doubledigit lead.

It was a chain of events that typified the day for Syracuse.

“They hit a lot of shots, man,” Waiters said. “There’s not much else I can say about that.”

A Villanova (17-2, 5-1 Big East) 3-point shooting clinic, sprinkled with some costly Orange (18-2, 5-2) mistakes, led the No. 7 Wildcats to an 83-72 victory before 33,736 inside the Carrier Dome — the second-largest on-campus crowd in college basketball history.

It is Syracuse’s second consecutive conference loss after winning five in a row to open Big East play. And after the game, SU head coach Jim Boeheim assessed the reality of his team’s current situation. An opinion the head coach held at the beginning of the season that, after two losses in six days to two Top 10 teams, Boeheim said is now a fact.

“I think they’re a top-five or top-six team in the country,” Boeheim said of Villanova, “and right now, we’re not.

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nate shron | staff photographer DION WAITERS is met by a slew of Villanova defenders while driving to the basket in Syracuse’s 83-72 loss Saturday. SU shot 43.5 percent from the field and allowed Villanova to shoot 50 percent, including 45.8 percent from 3-point range.

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andwiched inside a random Carrier Dome locker Saturday, Mike Hopkins looked defeated. Slouching between the grated orange metal following Syracuse’s 83-72 loss to Villanova, the SU assistant coach Hopkins was in the same position as Arinze Onuaku 10 months earlier.

Ten months ago, the former SU center Onuaku cried behind a towel while stowing away, finding solace in a single Energy

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Salt Lake City, Onuaku’s career came to an abrupt end. The No. 1 seed Orange had failed. As his teammates fielded questions about the upset loss to Butler, Onuaku tried to block everything out.

Saturday, though, there was no hiding behind a towel for Hopkins. The loss wasn’t of the same magnitude. Syracuse’s season isn’t over. But still, the assistant coach sat there for a moment, scanning the locker

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Seven SU players selected in Major League Lacrosse draft

By Chris Iseman ASST. COPY EDITOR

John Desko called the whole thing a “distraction.” In the opening week of the 2011 men’s lacrosse season, the last thing Syracuse’s head coach wanted was for his seniors to be thinking about their post-SU plans.

“I think our guys in college really need to focus on their college experi-

ence,” Desko said Wednesday. “What the team’s trying to do right now, getting ready for our first game and the rest of the season and to graduate.”

But for the first time in the league’s existence, Major League Lacrosse moved its draft prior to the start of the collegiate lacrosse season. Seven members of the Orange were selected in the 2011 Major League Lacrosse

draft on Friday, the most of any team in the country. Of the first 10 picks, four were SU players.

Joel White, a long-stick midfielder, was the highest Syracuse player selected when the Rochester Rattlers took him with the second pick.

The Rattlers also later took midfielder Jovan Miller with the second pick of the second round, and then

drafted goaltender John Galloway in the fourth round.

“The Lord answered my prayers,” Miller tweeted Friday. “Me, Joel, and Galloway get to play on the same team for years to come!!!”

SU midfielder Jeremy Thompson went to the Hamilton Nationals in the first round as the sixth overall pick.

The Boston Cannons selected mid-

fielder Josh Amidon with the 10th overall pick in the second round. Also going to Boston was John Lade, as the Cannons took the defender with the fourth pick of the third round.

Attack Stephen Keogh was the final Syracuse player taken in the draft.

Keogh, the first pick of the fifth round, will join Thompson in on the Nationals. cjiseman@syr.edu