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Making music Across campus,

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several divisions of Student Association at Monday’s meeting. Page 3

discusses the decision to close The Warehouse during latenight hours. Page 5

students dance to the original beats of fellow student DJs. Page 9

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Coming to terms

Allred files affidavit for Davis

Former A Chi O members reflect one year after chapter closes

Document alleges Fine’s wife had sex with players

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By Liz Sawyer NEWS EDITOR

The wife of Bernie Fine had sexual relations with multiple basketball players, according to an affidavit by Fine’s first accuser, the New York Daily News reported late Monday night.

Former ball boy Bobby Davis states in the affidavit he overheard Fine’s wife, Laurie, discuss performing oral sex on players as well as the “specific size and physical attributes” of their genitalia with another coach’s wife, according to the article.

Syracuse University fired Fine, then an associate men’s basketball coach, on Nov. 27 following sexual molestation allegations from Davis and Davis’ stepbrother, Mike Lang. Fine was terminated the same day ESPN released an audiotape in which Laurie Fine acknowledged she feared her husband had an inappropriate relationship with Davis.

The former coach has not been charged with any crimes and maintains his innocence.

It has been previously reported that Davis and Laurie Fine had sex when Davis was a high school senior, according to the article.

The affidavit was filed Monday in the New York Supreme Court by attorney Gloria Allred, according to the New York Daily News article. Allred also filed a defamation lawsuit on behalf of Davis and Lang in early December.

The December lawsuit claimed SU men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim defamed the alleged victims when he said they were lying about being sexually abused

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receiver David Tyree has devoted his life to helping others post-career. Page 20

claire pedulla | contributing photographer The former house of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority now stands dark and empty after the National Headquarters closed the Lambda chapter at SU on Jan. 28, 2011 because of “risk management issues.”

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am Mulligan stood in front of the house and stared, her eyes fixed on the empty spot above one of the front windows where a sign that once read “Alpha Chi Omega” used to be. Two women and a man approached her, looked up at the house and turned to face her.

“What used to be there?” they asked.

Mulligan, who returned to Syracuse University’s campus for Homecoming weekend in November, was saddened by their question. As a 1989 SU alumna who pledged the Alpha Chi Omega Lambda chapter her sophomore year, she said she found it hard to imagine the house without current students.

“It’s sad to see it so empty, sad to see it without letters,” she said. “Sad to know no new students will ever know what was once there.”

The chapter was closed one year ago due to “risk management issues.” Members of the chapter were informed of the closing Jan. 27, 2011, and were told the closure would go into effect the next day. The women living in the house were allowed to continue their residence there until the end of that semester.

Newhouse II studio renovations enter design phase

By Jessica Iannetta STAFF WRITER

Groundbreaking for renovations to Newhouse II could start as early as spring 2013 and will involve restructuring the exterior of the building and upgrading the studios.

“Right now, we are proceeding into the design work,” said Eric Beattie, director of the Office of Campus Planning, Design and Construction. “It’s not definite, but a spring 2013 groundbreaking is conceivable.”

A spring 2010 study determined upgrades were needed to the back of

Newhouse II facing Waverly Avenue and to the broadcast studios.

The modifications to the studios will include changes to the studio space, equipment and control room, according to a Sept. 23, 2010, article published by The Daily Orange.

The construction will take about a year to complete once it starts, Beattie said.

The upgrades were originally projected to cost $12 to $15 million, but Beattie said they may now cost $15 to $20 million. The increased cost is mainly because the price of the materi-

als has changed since initial planning.

The final cost will also depend on what options the school chooses, he said.

“Once we come up with design concepts, we will have more precise cost estimates,” Beattie said.

A fundraising campaign to finance the renovations is ongoing, said Lorraine Branham, dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

“We are working on a couple of significant gifts that we hope will really jump-start the fundraising process,”

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All former members of the Lambda chapter transitioned to alumna status and were prohibited from representing themselves as active members of an A Chi O chapter, said Katie Sisco, senior advertising major and president of the chapter at the time of its closure.

Upon receiving the news, Sisco

“We don’t have a house anymore, but we still have our memories.”

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said she was both shocked and overwhelmed. She said she spent the previous semester and all of Winter Break preparing for her new position as president, only to meet disappointment two weeks into the spring semester.

“I was devastated, I felt angry,” Sisco said. “But I had to step up and be a leader through it all.”

Sisco said the other A Chi O members were even more surprised because as a member of the executive staff, Sisco

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Newhouse commits more than $300,000 a year to equipment upgrades, allowing the school to operate with cutting edge communications technology and equipment. Because of this, Newhouse offers students professional facilities, including computer and photography laboratories and television and audio studios.

Newhouse creates an “all-digital learning environment” for its students because of these advanced amenities.

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Rookies of the year With a lack of experience and depth, St. John’s is being forced to compete in the Big East with a freshmen-laden roster.

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In the Jan. 24 Crime Briefs section, Rayshon Mason’s involvement in a case involving unlawful possession of marijuana was misstated. Mason was the complainant. The Daily Orange regrets this error.

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Media mogul to speak on self-branding

Initiative in final round to win grant

By Stephanie Bouvia

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Syracuse’s Near Westside Initiative is a finalist for a share of $15 million given by the national consortium ArtPlace, an organization that works to fund creative projects and bring artists into various communities to bring economic prosperity and vitality to the area.

The NWSI is an organization that is partially funded by Syracuse University. Its mission is to revitalize and invigorate the Syracuse Westside through promoting artistic and cultural development.

Maarten Jacobs, director of the NWSI, said the organization is one of 128 finalists for the grant. He said ArtPlace will then choose 40 organizations to receive the money.

Jacobs said Carol Coletta, president of ArtPlace, approached the NWSI last year about applying for the grant. The NWSI applied about eight months ago, Jacobs said, and did not make it through the next round, so it reapplied in midDecember. Jacobs said 2,200 other organizations also applied for this grant.

Last year, 34 organizations were selected to receive a total of $11.5 million, according to a Jan. 25 article published by The Post-Standard. In New York state, Syracuse and Poughkeepsie are the only areas outside of New York City with organizations that are among the finalists, according to the article.

The final application is due Feb. 15, Jacobs said.

If chosen, Jacobs said the NWSI would receive $500,000, which would be put toward renovating a building located at 115 Otisco St. The 4,000-squarefoot, two-story building would be con-

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COLLABORATIVE EFFORT

ArtPlace is composed of nine of the nation’s top foundations, eight federal agencies and six of the largest banks in the United States.

Participating foundations include: Bloomberg Philanthropies, The Ford Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation and The Robina Foundation.

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The National Association of Black Journalists at Syracuse University, with support from the Black Communications Society, will host marketing executive Steve Stoute in the

“A Conversation with Steve Stoute”

A presentation by media mogul and marketing executive Steve Stoute Where: Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium When: Wednesday, 6 p.m.

How much: Free

munication and rhetorical studies major, was not elected to the general assembly. Representatives expressed concerns regarding a lack of professionalism and lack of participation in the last SA presidential election.

Two candidates ran for positions on the Finance Board. Christine Davis, a junior broadcast and digital journalism major, was elected after discussing her desire to have a positive effect on the SU student body.

Joshua Chaplin, a junior public relations major, emphasized his dedication and strong work ethic, but he was not elected because some members felt his knowledge of the

Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Stoute, the author of “The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy,” will discuss his experiences as a music executive and his transition into advertising, according to a press release.

Stoute developed a branding science that is the foundation behind the McDonald’s ‘I’m Lovin It’ campaign, and the MAC cosmetics campaign featuring Lady Gaga, according to the release.

Stoute is also the CEO and founder of branding and marketing firm Translation. He has worked with celebrities such as Mariah Carey, Will Smith, Eminem, U2 and Jay-Z. Troy James, a sophomore advertising major and special project coordinator and public relations assistant for NABJ, will moderate the event.

James said the organizations have been promoting the event since the beginning through social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.

He said it took about a month to book Stoute. The process slowed down when the organization was denied funding for the event from the Student Association, James said. They then had to reduce the amount of money they asked for and re-request the funding.

James said the organizations are expecting about 200 people to attend the event.

Christen Westbury, a senior advertising major and president of BCS, said in an email that no matter what industry students are in, it is essential for them to have the tools to set themselves apart from their competitors.

Said Westbury: “Students at SU are always encouraged to think beyond the confines of normality; with that said, it is imperative to expose them to someone who has done just that.”

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charlotte horton | contributing photographer (FROM LEFT) FLAVIO SOMANJI, BRIANNA SHETLER, LUCAS AFLEN AND CARA JOHNSON speak to Student Association representatives at Monday’s meeting in hopes of being elected to the general assembly and having an influence on the Syracuse University community.

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Assembly approves 8 candidates

By Dylan Segelbaum STAFF WRITER

The Student Association held several rounds of elections for positions in the general assembly, Judicial Review Board, Finance Board, University Senate and Administrative Operations Committee at Monday night’s meeting in Maxwell Auditorium.

Nicholas Iaquinto was elected to a position on the Judicial Review Board after being denied the position at last week’s meeting. With the opportunity to clarify his previous comments, he secured the position with a unanimous vote.

“Last week was just very unclear about what some of his points were,” said SA President Dylan Lustig. “He came up, he cleared his answers up and apparently everyone liked him.”

The function of the JRB is to hold SA members who have accumulated 12 or more demerits accountable. It has the power to remove a member from his or her seat if necessary. The JRB can also serve as a mediator for conflicts between student organizations.

Four candidates ran for positions on the general assembly and spoke of their past leadership experience and why they would be qualified to represent students in their home college.

Of the four candidates, three were elected.

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Although the meeting was extensive, the president worked to keep the assembly on task and focused on the elections and reports.

ZERO Lack of clarity concerning the SA codes During the meeting, representatives expressed confusion about which members held a vote in the assembly if they were also members of the cabinet.

Elected representative Flavio Somanji, a sophomore biology major, said he will focus on cracking down on student violations of academic integrity. Lukas Alfen, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Cara Johnson, a sophomore broadcast and digital journalism and political science major, were also elected to the assembly.

Johnson is a member of the SU women’s ice hockey team and is the only Division-I athlete in SA. In her speech before the election, Johnson said she would serve as an effective liaison between student athletes and the student government.

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Number of positions filled within various divisions of SA at the meeting.

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LET TERS TO THE EDITOR

Administrators fail to handle education student’s case correctly Syracuse University’s failure to properly handle the case of Matthew Werenczak harmed more than Mr. Werenczak and his reputation. The university’s actions also harmed its own students, the schools and the children at those schools that the students are trying to help.

Though there certainly is value in minority children being able to see role models with whom they can identify, the children really need teachers who truly care about them. The ethnicity of the teachers matters much less than the quality of those teachers. By pandering to the racism of the member of the city’s Concerned Citizen’s Action Program, the university has taken the easy way out instead of standing up for those children and the students trying to help them.

Did the university even consider that those children would also be helped by spending quality time with people who do not look like them and learning to trust those people? Many inner city children only see white people as the police officers who break down the door to their apartment to arrest their fathers, brothers or uncles.

Teaching is a very tough career choice. The average new teacher only lasts about three years before leaving the profession. How many other students in Mr. Werenczak’s program will look at the university’s conduct and decide not to accept

student teaching assignments where the need is greatest? Graduate students have invested a great deal of time, money and effort training for a career that will never reward them financially. Without knowing that the university will not support them, many students in those programs will either only work in “safe” schools or will leave their program.

Though the university may not appreciate the manner in which Mr. Werenczak expressed his displeasure with the comment he found so offensive, that does not mean Mr. Werenczak should not have protested the grossly insensitive comment. Has the university even spoken to the member of the city’s Concerned Citizen’s Action Program? In light of the university’s responses to many questions being asked about this, probably not.

The university may intend to send a message to Mr. Werenczak and other students who find themselves in such uncomfortable positions. Unfortunately, that message does more than harm Mr. Werenczak and his reputation. It casts the university as an institution that cares more about sweeping an unpleasant situation under the rug as quickly as possible than it cares about its own students and its own community.

Charles S. Brown, Jr., Class of 1986

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Public interest group prepares for critical part of political calendar As you may know, the New York Public Interest Research Group is New York’s largest studentdirected advocacy organization and connects college students from 20 different campuses, teaching them to work on political campaigns.

Since 1973, NYPIRG chapters have worked with countless students to win on campaigns aimed at protecting our environment, defending consumer rights and preserving funding for higher education, among other victories.

The spring semester falls on the most critical part of the political calendar. The state legislature is in session, which means there is ample opportunity to push bills for positive change and enact a budget that will protect higher education funding and amply fund projects and agencies. NYPIRG offers students a unique opportunity to get involved in the legislative process by attending lobby days, generating phone calls to officials and working on massive petition drives to influence our policy makers in Albany.

At the top of the legislative agenda this year is increasing higher education funding. Recently, politicians in Albany have cut funding for the State University of New York system and Bundy Aid while restructuring the Tuition Assistance

Program to make it available to fewer students.

Similarly, in Washington the income threshold has been lowered for the Federal Pell Grant.

Other legislative priorities for the semester include preventing hydrofracking from ravaging Central New York, limiting mercury pollution, enacting the New York State Dream Act, achieving redistricting reform and pushing for publicly funded campaigns.

Of course, in addition to the legislative work, NYPIRG will offer services to the needy through the Hunger and Homelessness Outreach Campaign and provide advice to consumers seeking justice through our Small Claims Court Action Center.

The semester will prove a productive and successful one only with the support of the student body. Our semester will kick off with a Student Action Meeting Feb. 23 at 3 p.m. in Huntington Beard Crouse, Kittredge Auditorium. By getting involved with NYPIRG, you will be working to better New York while gaining valuable skills.

Here’s to a great semester,

Ted Traver

NYPIRG PROJECT COORDINATOR, SYRACUSE UNIVERSIT Y AND SUNY-ESF

Campus support group aims to inform students of scholarship opportunities When I was 18, I fell in love with ideas. I remember exactly when it happened. I was a college freshman, and a well-known poet took an interest in my writing.

He was worldly and looked like a rock star, and he said my writing showed I had a penchant for history, philosophy and politics. He introduced me to poets whose work reflected these intersections: Pablo Neruda from Chile; Octavio Paz from Mexico; W.S. Merwin, just recently the poet laureate of the United States; and Charles Simic, another poet laureate.

That was it. I was hooked by the urgencies of beauty, human rights and the mysteries of human love. I started reading and writing with passion and learned to seek out faculty and cherish scholarly conversations. And lo and behold, I learned that it’s possible to travel beyond campus and pursue the joys of reading and writing in far flung places.

I discovered there are grants for students and graduates that allow you to travel and explore ideas across the globe. Just four years after meeting that faculty poet, I found myself in Helsinki, Finland, as a Fulbright scholar studying poetry. What an experience!

Here at Syracuse University we have similar stories from our undergraduate and graduate students. Last year, senior John Giammatteo won a prestigious Marshall Scholarship for two years of study. This year, he is at the City University London, and next year, he will work at the University of London’s School for Oriental

and African Studies. And as I write, Qi Li and Amy Rabideau are both pursuing doctorate programs funded by National Science Foundation fellowships at the California Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respectively. In 2010-11, 10 SU students won Fulbright Scholarships to study throughout the world.

I want to encourage students to learn about a campus support group called the Nationally Competitive Scholarship Committee, or NCSC. I serve as the co-chair of this committee alongside professor John Western, a geographer who studies the nature of cities, among many other things. Together, professor Western and I want you to know that there are amazing, life-changing opportunities for SU students and recent graduates. You don’t have to be enrolled in SU’s honors program to take advantage of these awards. Grants like the Fulbright, the Mitchell, Marshall, Rhodes, Udall, Goldwater and many more offer young people who are in love with learning the chance to explore new horizons.

Whether you’re in the sciences, the social sciences or the humanities, there are support mechanisms that you can learn about, and our committee is here to help you. You can learn more about us at: http://nationalscholarships. syr.edu/

Stephen Kuusisto

UNIVERSIT Y PROFESSOR, CO-CHAIR NATIONALLY COMPETITIVE SCHOLARSHIP COMMIT TEE DIRECTOR, THE RENÉE CROWN UNIVERSIT Y HONORS PROGRAM

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Students, officials must solve VPA issues together Effective Friday, administrators at the College of Visual and Performing Arts cut the hours students could access The Warehouse.

The Warehouse was previously open 24/7 to design students, who use the space to complete assignments.

The building is now closed from midnight until 6 a.m. Students received an email Jan. 23 notifying them of the change, which went into effect a few days later.

The email said the change was made in response to illegal and inappropriate behavior in the building, including urinating in garbage cans, stealing equipment, breaking into offices and drinking alcohol in the building.

VPA administrators did not act appropriately in how they took the space from the students. The students were not involved in the decision

EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board and were not given a warning before the space was revoked during night hours. If students had been given a warning, the inappropriate activity may have decreased on its own.

Instead of closing the space off, increasing building security may have stopped students from taking part in illegal activity.

Although the students who misused the space should be punished for their actions, it is unfair to revoke privileges from all the students. Not all students disrespect the space. Students are expected to use the space to complete class assignments. Other space on campus is not as useful for VPA students

because they do not offer the same resources. By closing the building, the school is taking away six hours from students, and as college students, a lot can be accomplished between midnight and 6 a.m.

The 21 students who met last week in The Warehouse Auditorium to discuss how to act against this should be applauded for their civilized response. By forming a letter to submit to administrators and attempting to set up a meeting between representatives and administrators, the students are showing they can be mature and that they care about the space.

VPA administrators and students must work together to find a better solution to this. Students should be allowed to use the space to work, but they should not be allowed to disrespect the space.

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Despite dreary weather, ecosystem in city of Syracuse alive, beautiful

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ities are ecosystems. An ecosystem is the sum of interactions and relationships between biotic and abiotic components of the environment.

This includes plants, animals, microbes, rain, sun, pavement and soil, all of it. Even Syracuse is an ecosystem.

We’ve all felt the force of Syracuse — scrambling to cover exposed skin from fierce winds, finding stray cats slinking around on garbage night and crushing worms that creep onto sidewalks when the ground is soggy.

Examining cities as part of a living system puts environmental health in a new light. The water quality of a lake can be measured using turbidity, temperature and dissolved oxygen; all of which play a role in whether the lake is healthy.

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But taking counts of populations, like a species of fish or insects, shows how well that ecosystem is functioning. A body of water could appear pristine but have too low of a pH from acid rain to support aquatic life. This will show in the population counts, and fish don’t lie.

Humans direct how different resources, like water, move through urban ecosystems. Many older cities like Syracuse have a combined sewer system. This means storm water sewers and municipal wastewater are connected. During major storm events, the sewer system is overwhelmed and raw sewage goes into storm sewers instead of going to the treatment plant.

Clogged storm sewers back up this noxious concoction onto the streets. Every time the intersection of Lancaster Avenue and Euclid

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green and read all over Avenue floods, I wonder if the drunken frolickers should be more concerned about the E. coli or lead content of the water.

Last Friday, some classmates and I wandered the Northside of Syracuse to evaluate it for an ecosystem restoration project. It was 40 degrees and raining, miserable weather to be walking in, but highly representative of life in Syracuse.

My team was looking to get a feel for the neighborhood and a sense of the existing ecosystem. Many of

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the buildings had peeling paint, but most of the homes still looked lived in and cared for. We took note of parks with mature trees, boarded up buildings with their street number spray painted orange on it and children’s garden next to a playground.

We found a park without a name on Lodi Street. It had large grassy areas and a defunct cemetery tucked into the eastern edge. The cemetery looked abandoned, and after closer inspection, no one had been buried there in more than 100 years.

The whole park was on a gentle hill facing west. Being exceedingly mature, more than one of us jumped to the conclusion that this would be a banging sledding hill.

After some debate, we decided to leave the cemetery portion

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untouched — neighbors would probably not appreciate us disturbing the graves across the street from their homes to plant trees.

The humans and environmental conditions in an area need to be in sync for a restoration project to be successful.

Interdisciplinary urban ecosystem restoration fosters more comprehensive designs. Landscape architects see green spaces for recreation, engineers want to implement rain gardens that encourage infiltration, biologists geek out over squirrel populations and policy wonks hash out the details of zoning laws.

Despite all of the gray, Syracuse is alive.

—Leanna Mulvihill is a senior forest engineering major and environmental writing and rhetoric minor. Her column appears every Tuesday. She can be reached at lpmulvih@syr.edu.

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was more aware of the behind-the-scenes details.

Neither she nor the other sisters expected the sorority to close for the reasons it did, especially at the dawn of recruitment.

“It’s weird a year later just because I feel like I blocked everything out for a year — it was so devastating,” she said.

Mulligan said there was little she or other alumni could do upon hearing the news. Many knew SU was supportive of the house and reached out to the National Headquarters, but were unable to do anything without knowing the exact circumstances surrounding the closure.

Marsha King Grady, A Chi O’s national president, said she had no comment one year later.

Though former A Chi O members are no longer sisters under the name of the sorority, they still remain close. Sisco said in the midst of last year’s upsetting events, some sisters grew out of touch.

But, she said, there was an effort made recently to bring the ex-members back together to reflect on the positive memories.

Sisco said she admits it’s difficult for her and

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by Fine, who is also Boeheim’s neighbor.

“I believe Boeheim deliberately chose to ignore what he knew was improper behavior, or actually knew precisely what was happening and did nothing to intervene,” Davis said in the affidavit, according to the article.

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Branham said.

Nena Garga, a senior broadcast and digital journalism and political science major, said in an email she thinks the studios need to be upgraded.

“Based on the control rooms I have been in, the Newhouse one is quite dated,” she said.

“Working in a dated control room isn’t helpful because the industry is beyond what we are learning on. It’s not the most realistic for kids to learn in.”

Melanie Witkower, a sophomore television, radio and film and marketing major, said she would prefer if the renovations were not done during school.

“I would definitely not like to be inconvenienced for an entire semester for a nicer building exterior, learning happens regardless of what the outside of the building looks like,” she said in an email.

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her former sisters to meet without a house to congregate in, but even with the physical house gone, headquarters failed to abolish their sisterhood.

Everyone feels the same way toward each other as they always had, she said.

In New Jersey, where Mulligan serves as president of SU’s Central New Jersey Alumni Club, she said she finds it comforting to know she still has the same relationships with her sisters despite the chapter closing.

She said she recently met some of her former sisters in November, and they often have gettogethers that she has no intention of ending.

“We don’t have a house anymore, but we still have our memories,” Mulligan said.

Sisco said what got her through the turn of events was the support she received from the SU community and fellow sorority houses. With sorority recruitment now in full swing across campus, she said she wishes nothing but the best for other houses.

“The only thing I want to stress is that we wish everyone else good luck with recruitment this weekend,” Sisco said. “The most important thing we took from this experience was how great the other houses and the Syracuse community were to us, so though we may not be a

chapter anymore, we’re incredibly supportive.”

Even as an alumna, Mulligan saw similar support. She said she recently attended a university alumni gathering in Philadelphia for an SU basketball game, where she ran into former sorority sisters of different houses.

“They were shocked and sad, but it was so comforting to know that the other houses really loved us and wanted Alpha Chi Omega to continue just as bad,” she said. “It’s comforting to know they really stand behind us and remember us for who we were rather than what happened.”

Today, former sisters of the Lambda chapter dedicate their time and effort into sports, other campus organizations and their academics.

Though prohibited from joining another campus sorority, the women have been able to take the time that was devoted to A Chi O and put it toward extracurricular activities and schoolwork, Sisco said. Sisco is now concentrating on her classes and her involvement in DanceWorks she said.

The house is still under the ownership of the A Chi O Lambda chapter of SU, according to the Department of Finance Office of Real Property Services. Despite rumors of the house becoming

a future residence hall for SU first-year females, SU’s Office of Housing, Meal Plan and ID Card Services has no interest in the property, said Sara Miller, associate director of news services in an email.

Sisco said she continues to feel poorly about A Chi O’s National Headquarters, though, who were responsible for shutting down the chapter.

She does not approve of how the situation was handled, which makes her think it is unlikely the chapter will recolonize at SU in the near future, she said.

“I would say I hope it comes back in the future because the memories I had at Lambda were incredible, but seeing how awful National Headquarters were, it would be hard to see another chapter come back,” she said. “If SU was willing to work with them, it would have to be after all of us left since it was such a negative experience.”

But Mulligan said she has hope.

“I hope it comes back,” she said. “I have a son who will be two years old now, and though he can never be recruited, of course, I would love for the chapter to be back by the time he goes to Syracuse.”

“It is not only Fine’s relationship with me and other boys that would have tipped Boeheim off. For years, Bernie Fine’s wife Laurie Fine had sexual relationships with basketball team players. Players used to talk openly about it as a known fact,” Davis continued.

According to the affidavit, when Davis told Fine about Laurie Fine’s off-court relations with other players, he said, Fine “gave no reaction to my statement at all, indicating it was not

a surprise, not a big deal. It was impossible that James Boeheim did not know.”

Court documents state Davis accompanied Laurie Fine to a player’s off-campus house in 1993, according to the article. Laurie Fine and the player went into the player’s bedroom, and when the player came out, he fist-pumped the air and bragged that he had just had sex with the assistant coach’s wife, according to the article.

Years later, Laurie Fine talked about having

sex with players and described their “physical attributes” to another coach’s wife while Davis drove them around Syracuse, according to the article.

Both Allred and Kevin Quinn, SU’s senior vice president for public affairs, could not immediately be reached for comment.

“Based on the control rooms I have been in, the Newhouse one is quite dated.”

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Marisa DeCandido, a junior broadcast and digital journalism major, agrees with Witkower and said she would like to see the money go to upgrading the studios first, which she said have a lot of outdated equipment.

Said DeCandido: “The field of broadcast journalism is always changing, and having better equipment will help us be better prepared after we graduate.” jliannet@syr.edu

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position was not extensive enough — especially because a position on the board involves the allocation of $2.5 million in budgets.

Representatives Ben Jones, Boris Gresely and Kemi Akindude were elected to positions in the Administrative Operations Committee.

Administrative Operations reviews all legislation for adherence to the SA codes before it is presented to the assembly and assists the parliamentarian by possessing a better understanding of the codes than most members of SA. Although the meeting ran nearly three and a half hours, some representatives argued it was not without purpose.

“It shows this assembly is more engaged than ever, and we’ve seen that over the course of the last semester,” said SA Vice President Alexandra Curtis.

Other business discussed: • Kemi Akindude was also elected to University Senate after expressing her interest in dealing with academic affairs within the

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verted into a space for local artists. The top floor would comprise two apartments and the bottom floor would have three studios and a small gallery, Jacobs said.

The space would be used for the NWSI’s Artistin-Residence program, Jacobs said. The program hosts an artist for one year to work in and improve the Westside art scene.

Jacobs said NWSI hopes to revitalize this particular building because the organization has owned it for a long time, it just hasn’t had the funds to renovate it, he said. The building also

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senate, as she does in SA. • On Feb. 13, University Union President Rob Dekker and other UU members will be in attendance at the SA meeting to discuss general procedures, including those that were involved with Rock the Dome.

• A total of $27,091.73 in special programming funds was distributed between The National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs Inc., the Zamboni Revolution, and the Music and Entertainment Industry Student Association.

• PJ Alampi, Student Life Committee chair, said free buses to Wegmans and Target will be provided on some Sundays in February, March and April in his report. He also said an initiative called “Designated Dave” may soon provide students a way to return to campus safely without the Department of Public Safety.

• During the Finance Board elections, disagreement developed regarding whether the director of the Public Relations Committee has a vote in the general assembly. This is a matter that will be pursued later due to confusion with the wording of the codes. dmsegelb@syr.edu

coincides with ArtPlace’s mission to bring artists into a community, he said.

Jacobs said he expects to hear about ArtPlace’s final selection in late March or early April.

“They’ve been good at doing pretty quick turnarounds,” he said.

Jacobs said he thinks the NWSI’s odds of being selected are very good. He said an ArtPlace employee happened to be in Rochester shortly after the New Year, and she stopped by the NWSI to visit the site, which Jacobs said gave the initiative a “huge advantage.”

“I’d definitely put them beyond 50 percent at this point,” he said. “We’re optimistic, cautiously optimistic.” snbouvia@syr.edu

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utting calories or carbohydrates are diet methods people frequently use to lose weight quickly, but these extreme measures prove to be ineffective and damaging to the body and self-esteem.

At a given time, one out of every three women and one out of every four men is on a diet, according to a study conducted by the University of Colorado and published in a spring 2011 issue of the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics’ Healthy You magazine. Of those dieters, two-thirds regain the weight lost within a year and nearly all do within five years.

Lynn Brann, assistant professor in the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, said diets are popular because they produce shortterm results, but people end up gaining back their previous weight, if not more, when they return to their regular eating habits.

“A lot of people have trouble following through on those eating plans because they serve as a shortterm solution for weight loss instead of lifestyle changes,” Brann said.

People attempt these quick-fix solutions frequently, Brann said, because they have temporary goals to lose weight sparked by events like a wedding or the creation of a New Year’s resolution. For college students, goals may include shaping up for Spring Break or the summer, she said.

These extreme diets aimed at reaching immediate results, such as limiting calorie intake to a low number or cutting carbohydrates completely, cre-

ates a craving for foods dieters label “bad,” according to the article. If this restriction is stopped, however, the body will eventually desire these foods less and instead hunger for nutrient-rich food the body needs. This will make the body feel better in the long term, according to the article.

Brann said instead of focusing on short-term diet plans to lose weight, people must do an entire re-evaluation of their lifestyle choices to drop the pounds for good. But these large changes, like choosing healthy alternatives for meals all the time, can be quite difficult college environments like dining halls, she said.

“So much access to really tasty food is a bad environment to get fit,” Brann said.

She said although students may know what to eat to keep a healthy lifestyle and options to do so are available in the dining halls, students also constantly have unhealthy choices accessible. The knowledge about healthy living does not always translate to behavior, she said.

Focusing on a lifestyle of healthy food choices has other benefits than keeping a fit physique, including improved cholesterol levels, blood pressure and self-esteem. These results, found in a study by the University of California-Davis that was included in the Healthy You article, also showed that, in addition to not being able to maintain the weight loss from dieting, the dieters had lower self-esteem than before they initially lost the weight.

People need motivation to change for the long term, Brann said, not just to get thin for Spring Break.

Janine Savage, a sophomore child and fam-

ily studies and public health major, said she has learned about crash diets from nutrition classes she has been required to take in Falk. She said these diets supply instant gratification, but individuals need to adapt changes to their daily routines to make a lasting difference.

“It is a process you must adapt to,” Savage said.

“Changes do not happen instantly.”

Savage said she tried a short-term regime when she purchased the P90X exercise plan, which is a series of intense video workouts.

“It was a really intense huge change, so I couldn’t adapt it to my lifestyle,” Savage said.

In comparison, Savage said when her sister tried to lose weight, she joined a gym and went on a reasonable diet, which had a very strong, lasting effect on her health and weight loss.

Daniela Lopez, an undeclared freshman in Falk, said she gained weight when she first came to college. Lopez said she was an athlete in high school and gained weight without the regular workout routine.

Unhappy with the weight, Lopez initially tried a strict weight loss plan that included not eating after 5 p.m., but she only gained more weight because she would be famished and over-indulge.

When she realized this was not resulting in a slimmer figure, she changed her routine to include 10 minutes of stretching a day and at least 30 minutes of exercise about three to four times a week.

Said Lopez: “Now I also drink a lot of water and am satisfied with several small meals throughout the day.” rebarill@syr.edu

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Student pursues musical ambition through mixing beats, performing at various venues Editor’s note: “Day in the Life” is an occasional series chronicling the responsibilities of the newsmakers, characters and public figures on campus.

I anna moulton | contributing photographer (FROM TOP) Sophomore public relations major and self-taught student disc jockey James Saulsky remixes music and creates beats for parties and gigs with his controller. He has played since his freshman year and opened for trance group Above & Beyond at the Westcott Theater this past Thursday. Saulsky adjusts the wiring of the speakers and mixer that are part of his DJ booth at Phi Kappa Theta fraternity house.

By Erik van Rheenen ASST. FEATURE EDITOR

t’s 9:45 p.m. and James Saulsky can’t get the audio cord to stay plugged into the mixer.

Electronic music fades intermittently from his disc jockey setup, the heavy bass and David Guetta sample breaking up because one stubborn plug refuses to stay in place.

“It’s conking out on me again,” said Saulsky, a sophomore public relations major, laughing and trying to jiggle the cord back into place. “I’ll fix it, though. No biggie.”

This past weekend was a hectic one for Saulsky. Thursday and Friday were a whirlwind.

He opened for trance group Above & Beyond at the Westcott Theater on Thursday and played at a fraternity party on Friday night. The New Jersey native juggles his hectic school schedule to try to play at least two shows a month.

Just before the start of Winter Break, Saulsky signed to Royal Fetish Records. He is the older half of electronic duo Synchronice. His younger

brother, Will, is his partner. The two joined forces during their opening set for Above & Beyond. Will, a junior in high school, cut class and made the 3.5hour trek to Syracuse to perform with his brother.

Frenetically remixing and intuitively turning knobs, Saulsky reflects on shows of semesters past. From house shows to events on the Quad, he has played his fair share of venues.

“One time when I performed at the Westcott, a fight broke out right after my performance,” he said. “Luckily, it didn’t happen again.”

But on Saturday night, the house lights are still on and the dance floor is empty. Only a few fraternity brothers are milling around at Phi Kappa Theta. Saulsky, tinkering with the mixer and jamming the plug back in, looks out the window at the snow whipping in the breeze.

With sorority recruitment in full swing and conditions deteriorating outside, the street outside isn’t paved with partygoers.

“It’s going to be a pretty quiet night,” he said.

Saulsky has been a DJ for about a year, after playing guitar for eight years. He used to play in a rock band in high school and still treasures his Les Paul, still strumming it from time to time.

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“It’s different,” he said. “When you’re in a band, audiences only really react to you at the end, so you don’t know how you’re doing. When you’re a DJ and you put in a really cool drop during your set, everyone goes wild right away.”

Electronic music didn’t come naturally for the self-taught DJ. It wasn’t until his junior year of high school that he finally understood the genre’s appeal.

On a camping trip in the backwoods of New Jersey, Saulsky lay in his tent with his headphones planted in his ears. When a trance song recommended by a friend popped up on shuffle, he savored the soothing sounds of the track.

“I was just like, ‘Whoa, this is awesome.’”

At 10:30 p.m., the only audience Saulsky entertains is a handful of fraternity brothers milling in and out of the room. While looping a synthesizer, he double checks to make sure no one is coming before subtly clicking onto Campusfood.com.

“I don’t get the chance to eat sometimes before I play a party,” he said. “If it’s not too packed, I can get away with ordering food while I work.”

The speaker crackles with static and drops the beat again, leaving Saulsky scrambling to finagle with his controller until trance music danced its way back out. He’s battled bouts of technical troubles, everything from blown speakers to faulty wiring. He keeps his fingers crossed that his software won’t glitch during a gig.

“People trip over wires all the time at parties, and then they look at you like it’s your fault,” Saulsky said, tapping his fingers anxiously on the controller.

It’s 10:56 p.m., and the dance floor, like the snow-driven Ostrom Avenue, remains vacant.

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party to remember are dissipating.

“Not every night I DJ is glamorous,” Saulsky said.

Saulsky fades out the electronica in favor of

“When you’re a DJ and you put in a really cool drop during your set, everyone goes wild.”

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some soft rhythm and blues. Scrolling through his music library, he jokes about the shuffled songs.

His is filled with eclectic tunes, including Russian folk music, which Saulsky claims is relaxing.

Instead of playing folk music, Saulsky opts for his Synchronice set list.

He and his brother, Will, split songwriting duties for the project. The duo shares a knack for penning songs in the most unlikely of places.

They have collaborated during car rides and stayed up long hours after live shows when inspiration strikes.

Changing tracks, one of his sillier projects blares through the speakers: a rap song of his.

Embarrassed, he lets it keep playing with a goofy smile and mouths the lyrics over a “very cheesy horn sample.”

“I hate the sound of my voice, but my brother and I just thought it would be fun. Why not, right?”

The snow subsides and Saulsky decides to call it a night with no real party in sight.

He closes his laptop, bringing the music to a halt. He walks over to the door, hoping the deliveryman has braved the storm with his meal in tow.

“You get a few boring nights as a DJ,” Saulsky said. “But it’s something I never want to give up.” ervanrhe@syr.edu

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Disputable copyright bill pits Silicon Valley against Hollywood executives

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s society has been catapulted into the information age, the line between the right to information and the sanctity of copyright ownership has increasingly blurred.

With no precedent to dictate how information sharing should be limited or encouraged, the legislative process to determine this is now a no-man’s land of intellectual goods.

Silicon Valley is on one side and Hollywood is on the other.

This gray area has resulted in the widely contested Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act bills. It also caused the controversial shut down of Megaupload, enabled by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Each side is the champion of its own extreme need. Those who protested SOPA and PIPA on Jan. 18 effectively besmirched the bill. That side fostered hatred against impeding the free flow of information. The entertainment industry and the heralds of copyright inviolability sponsor an absolute copyright ownership. Their goal is to maintain the ability to take action against those who steal or enable the theft of copyrighted materials.

Annie Varni, a junior television, radio and film major, believes both sides of the spectrum have rights backing their demands and causes to validate them.

“Censorship is bad and restricting the free flow of information could be deadly at a time when everything is expanding so rapidly,”

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our ram is bigger than yours she said. “But at the same time, the production studios can’t be expected to sit aside and watch their property be stolen and distributed at their expense.”

Presented as a means to stop foreign piracy of American copyrights, SOPA and PIPA garnered massive support from Hollywood and American entertainment groups. International sites that share links to illegally uploaded movies and songs frequently violate their copyrights.

Pat Longstaff, a communications law professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, is a member of the U.S. State Department Advisory Committee on International Communications Policy. She believes a misguided sense of ownership plays a role in the idea of communal information.

“Because it’s been so easy to steal movies and music online for all these many years, people have gotten to the point where they think they’re entitled to it,” she said.

Though the protests against censorship seem to be founded in the bedrock of freedom,

the claim is paradoxical. Many of the more radical protests perpetuate the extinction of intellectual ownership, which violates American rights in its most basic element.

Jill Hurst-Wahl, a professor at the School of Information Studies with interest in copyright and digitization, acknowledges the importance behind the concept of these bills. But she found that they may be too stifling in an age of information growth and sharing.

“My concern is that while we need to protect intellectual property, these two laws do it in a very broad way that could be harmful for information sharing,” she said.

This cyberwarfare is best examined through the recent shutdown of international link-sharing site Megaupload and the ensuing uproar.

The day after the Internet protests, the FBI charged Megaupload and shut it down due to piracy violations of DMCA. Internet group Anonymous responded by launching attacks on the websites of the Justice Department,

Universal Music, the Motion Pictures Association of America, and other government and entertainment sites.

Though Megaupload helped to distribute pirated American entertainment property, the public met the legal action against the site with disdain and criticism.

Hurst-Wahl believes the solution is being more innovative in the approach to copyright sanctity and giving credit and profit where it is due. She also believes that using legislation as an end-all is not ideal.

“I think what needs to happen is for different people to come to the table to solve this problem without legislation,” she said.

Though the key to solving this issue remains unclear, Longstaff may have summed up its issues best: “Being against things is the American way. Shutting down other people’s freedom is not.”

Jessica Smith is a senior information management and technology and television, radio and film dual major. Her column appears every Tuesday. She can be reached at jlsmit22@syr.edu.

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Rappers’ dom(e)ain Rock the Dome lineup of Ludacris, Rick Ross exudes potential

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By Ibet Inyang

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t’s not every day that Ludacris and Rick Ross team up for a concert in Syracuse.

With two established and talented rappers with great music, University Union’s Rock the Dome will give students good reason to trek through the snow to the Carrier Dome. Plenty of fans will yell “Aye!” and Rick Ross might even take his shirt off, unfortunately.

As for the music — expect to hear a lot of old favorites, the occasional ‘rah’ from Rick Ross and the duo’s collaborative effort from a few years back, “Down in tha Dirty.” But new music will definitely be on the agenda. Both artists recently released mixtapes, and with the popularity they’ve generated, the show will definitely be worth the ticket.

Ludacris’ mixtape “1.21 Gigawatts: Back to the First Time” — Nov. 15 Luda uses this mixtape to give a huge middle finger to the radio and all of his haters. The music on this album clearly wasn’t made for radio; if it were played, every other sentence would probably be censored. As always, Ludacris brings clever rhymes and an aggressive delivery, but now his lyrics are raunchier and more controversial than before. There’s the usual claim of being the best in the game and references to money and women, and even more present are his shots at other rappers.

Although he doesn’t say it directly, the “counterfeit rappers” he disses in songs like “Bada Boom” and “Say It to My Face” are most likely Drake and Shawn Jay. He calls them

out for accusing him of stealing their flows and starting beef on Twitter. Packed with the worst language and hardest flows, these actually are some of the best tracks on the mixtape. Though “Bada Boom” is one of the tape’s biggest hits, these two songs are perfect for Luda to rock at the Dome.

Rick Ross’ “Rich Forever” — Jan. 6 Just as the title suggests, this album is all about how much of a boss Ross is. The mixtape is meant to promote his upcoming album, “God Forgives, I Don’t,” set to release later this year. The mixtape is filled with classic Ricky Rozay: songs boasting his wealth. In “Yella Diamonds,” he talks about one of his chains for four minutes. He also talks about his easy access to drugs in “Off the Boat,” in which he also unnec-

essarily says that he’ll “blow up your house.”

However, the mixtape does contain a lot of tunes with head-bobbing, bass-driven beats perfect for rocking to in the Dome. One of the highlight tracks is “Keys to the Crib,” in which the “only trending topic is the cash,” but the smooth yet danceable beat is undeniably sick.

Another track that he should definitely perform at the concert is the mixtape’s title track, “Rich Forever.” The song starts off with a beautiful chorus by John Legend, followed by a verse by Ross tracing his humble roots. The song talks about the idea that being rich forever could possibly be a mentality rather than just material wealth. However, the beat gets heavier later when Ross begins talking about money. Hands in the Dome will definitely go up in the air. ieinyang@syr.edu

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WOM EN ’ S L ACROSSE

Young goaltenders face tall task replacing veteran Hogan

By Stephen Bailey ASST. COPY EDITOR

Trying to replace an All-American in Liz Hogan stands to be Gary Gait’s biggest challenge.

Although with two talented goaltenders ready to step up and take over, the Syracuse head coach might have some of the burden taken off his shoulders.

Either way, Hogan is gone and the Orange has no choice but to proceed without her.

“Liz was great, all-time greatest goalie I think in Syracuse, and she’ll be missed,” Gait said.

“We appreciate everything she brought, but now it’s time to move on. We’ve got two new players that are looking to step in and fill those shoes.”

Sophomore Alyssa Costantino and freshman Kelsey Richardson, the pair Gait referred to, are left with the tough task of filling the void left by Hogan. As the second-string goalie last season, Costantino learned under the Big East’s leader in save percentage, starting one of the five games she appeared in. Richardson, on the other hand, has no collegiate experience, but enters the season after a dominating senior campaign at Jordan-Elbridge High School. Gait said the two have performed comparatively thus far in practice and have an equal chance of starting the Orange’s season opener against No. 10 Boston College on Feb. 21.

But that’s nearly a month away, and both goaltenders have opportunities inside and outside of practice to impress their coach to earn the starting job.

SU traveled to Orlando, Fla., on Saturday for the U.S. Lacrosse Champion Challenge and a scrimmage against England — the team’s first live action of the season, excluding an alumni scrimmage last weekend in the Carrier Dome.

It was also the first real chance for the goalies to prove themselves.

So far, Gait likes what he has seen. “(I’m) extremely happy. They’re very talented,” Gait said. “It’s just going to take a little confidence building, to jump in there and make a few saves. I think you’ll see them really develop into solid goaltenders.”

That development may be through a joint effort in games.

Gait said it’s possible Costantino and Richardson split time throughout the season. By running a two-goalie system, Gait could provide both underclassmen with valuable experience while ensuring the Orange always has a capable backup on the sidelines.

In practice now, though, both candidates are pushing each other for the leg-up to start against the Eagles in less than a month.

For Richardson, the shots she’s facing now are harder and more accurate than those she

“Liz was great, alltime greatest goalie I think in Syracuse, and she’ll be missed. ” Gary Gait

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faced in high school. During her senior year at Jordan-Elbridge, she recorded 197 saves and turned away 55 percent of shots against her.

“It’s definitely different,” Richardson said.

“The competition is better at this level, obviously, but I’ve had a lot of fun lately. Starting off the season, just coming into a new challenge and trying to fight for the spot, it’s been fun.”

For Costantino, this season brings immense opportunity.

She finished last season with a 38 percent save percentage and led the Orange to victory in her lone start. But behind an All-American and four-year starter, Costantino’s minutes were few and far between.

Though she didn’t earn much on-field experience, Costantino learned and adapted to the college level under the tutelage of Hogan.

“As a freshman I think being a goalie is possibly one of the hardest positions to adjust to because you look to be relied on as the leader of the defense,” said Hogan, who is now an assistant coach at Colgate. “But also you have to work up to the speed of the game, the shot selection, the shot placement.

“So I think as a freshman she adjusted pretty well, and hopefully with another year under her belt she’s actually improved even more.”

Gait feels Costantino has improved, but not enough to separate herself from Richardson.

The position battle has been highly competitive in practices, both goalies said. The two alternate turns between the pipes during 7-on-7s and other drills, and when one makes an impressive save, the other is driven to match it.

“It’s friendly competition,” Costantino said.

“It’s good to have that person to keep working against, and you’re trying your best every time because you’re trying to beat her out. So it’s only helping both of us.”

The duo will continue working to improve so they can challenge opposing offenses this season.

But, whether splitting time or playing with a consistent starter, the goalie tandem will be hard-pressed to fill the shoes left by Hogan.

“Me and Kelsey both have big shoes to fill,” Costantino said. “We’re working on everything we can to be just like Liz.” sebail01@syr.edu

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The 12th-ranked Orange looks to rebound from a disappointing 10-8 regular-season record and first-round exit in last year’s Big East tournament. Leading scorer Michelle Tumolo is back for her junior year under head coach Gary Gait, and the captain will look to lead SU into a rigorous opening stretch of the the season. After opening the season against No. 10 Boston College, Syracuse proceeds to take on four more ranked opponents to open the season, including the likes of Northwestern, Maryland and Florida — the top three teams in the country. That five-game span will be the most challenging during the regular season, perhaps preparing the team for a lengthier postseason run this season.

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ICE HOCKEY

Shorthanded defensive lineup playing better in stretch run

By David Wilson STAFF WRITER

It didn’t take long for Syracuse to lose its first defender. Akane Hosoyamada played in just seven games before suffering a season-ending leg injury.

Then Christina LaCombe, who hasn’t played since December, left the team for personal reasons, leaving SU with just six. But the shorthanded defensive lineup has played admirably for the Orange thus far.

“I think there’s a certain amount of confidence amongst the group when they sense that they know they’re playing,” SU head coach Paul Flanagan said. “They can never determine how much ice time they’re going to get. That comes from coaching, but I think that maybe they feel a little bit more secure in their position.”

With only three defensive pairings left for the rest of the season, the Syracuse defenders actually feel they’ve improved without two of their teammates. By earning more playing time each night, the players know their set roles and have developed confidence on the ice. The Orange (9-16-3, 0-3-3 College Hockey America) will need its defense to continue to improve and play strong as it searches for its first conference victory with just six games left in the regular season.

SU defender Jacquie Greco in particular has benefited from an increased role on defense.

Early in the season the junior found herself oftentimes a healthy scratch. Now, she has become one of Syracuse’s top defenders and gained confidence with each game.

She said the players know they have to push each other to stay sharp physically and mentally as the team enters the final stretch of the season.

“We know we have nothing to lose, so we put all our effort out there,” Greco said.

“Competitive play within a team is really good, but sometimes it isn’t good and us six are able to work together. We know who we work with best. We know how to work with other people, so I think it’s actually helping us.”

Greco’s consistent presence in the lineup also gives the Orange another offensive threat.

The assistant captain has played forward in addition to defense. Though she likely won’t be used on offense with the lack of depth defensively, she can provide a scoring punch around the net when needed.

“It gives me a little edge because I can do both,” Greco said. “I can go up if I think it helps

me in my advantage and then I can help out on ‘D,’ and even when I was playing forward I was the first back-checker back, and I can help out the ‘D.’ Being both positions you know what both positions need help with.”

Brittany Krebs has also stepped up to fill the void left on defense. Like Greco, Krebs rarely saw the ice last season and early this year, but with Hosoyamada and LaCombe both out, the sophomore has tallied four points and played well defensively in 25 games this season.

Flanagan said he has been impressed with how all six defenders have responded to the challenges without Hosoyamada and LaCombe.

He specifically pointed out Greco and Krebs for their seamless transition into the lineups in the second half of the season.

“We know we have nothing to lose, so we put all our effort out there.”

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Flanagan said it was unfortunate for the program to lose LaCombe for personal reasons. She last played on Dec. 3 against Lindenwood and later left Syracuse. It was especially tough for her cousin, Allie LaCombe, who was emotional following her departure. But the Orange defenders battled through it.

This year’s SU defense has been through plenty of turmoil with injuries and departures, but the group has emerged as one of the strengths of a team that has struggled to score goals. In Syracuse’s first win in 10 games last Saturday, the defense withstood 55 shots by Quinnipiac as goaltender Kallie Billadeau made 53 saves to preserve a 3-2 victory.

For Flanagan, the defense’s resilience is a testament to the depth and character of this group of players.

“Just going through some adversity and the numbers, that’s why you have to have some depth, and we continue to try to develop that through our recruiting,” Flanagan said. “If we had lost two of our better ‘D’ last year or the year before, it would have been devastating. I just give credit to these kids for being prepared.” dbwilson@syr.edu

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Ikpah returns to court after heart defect threatens career

By Nick Toney STAFF WRITER

Art Luptowski could see Sesoo Ikpah wasn’t himself sitting on the bench. He looked tired, thin and weak, and the American International (Mass.) College head coach knew something was off.

The junior guard looked lost, unable to return to the court with his Yellow Jackets teammates.

“He went from leading FOR THE our team in minutes played his sophomore year to leading our team in games missed,” Luptowski said. “It was heartbreaking to see him out of the game.”

It wasn’t as if Ikpah didn’t serve the playing time. Instead, he physically couldn’t handle it.

Following his breakout sophomore campaign at the college in Springfield, Mass., doctors found Ikpah had a heart defect that threatened to end his basketball career. But almost three years after that career-ending diagnosis, Ikpah started a game against New York Institute of Technology early this season, playing with the help of a small defibrillator implanted in his chest.

“I felt comfortable, like I was at home,” said Ikpah, who is among the leaders in minutes played for the Yellow Jackets with 31.7 per game this season. “I’m back to full strength now, no doubt.”

But it was a long journey back to the court for Ikpah. In 2009, paramedics had to revive the heart of Ikpah’s older brother, Tav, after it stopped beating. Soon after, heart failure specialist Susan Brozena at the Hospital of the

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University of Pennsylvania diagnosed Sesoo with the same career-threatening condition.

“He was the last player you’d think would have a heart problem,” Luptowski said. “He was such a well-conditioned athlete that you just assumed he was in the best possible state of health.

Well conditioned or not, Ikpah couldn’t play with the small but dangerous chance that his heart could fail and he could die. For the entire 2009-10 season he sat on the bench, never missing a game or practice, but never participating.

He lost weight — enough for Luptowski to notice — but said he never lost hope that he’d get the chance to play basketball again.

In August 2010, Ikpah jumped at the opportunity to receive a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator, a small device implanted in the chest that administers a life-saving electric shock if it detects an irregular heartbeat.

“He was the last player you’d think would have a heart problem.

He was such a wellconditioned athlete that you just assumed he was in the best possible state of health.”

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“It is really small, and it sits right under my skin,” Ikpah said. “They tied it right to my rib bones, just in case. If it picks up on anything, it’ll shock you.”

But “picking up on anything” and reviving a pulse are two very different things to Luptowski. In 2003, the coach watched in horror as one of his AIC players — Samuel Gil Alfaro — died in practice from an undiagnosed heart condition.

Luptowski described the day Alfaro died as his “worst nightmare.” So even though team doctors tested Ikpah heavily before clearing him for practice, Luptowski said he struggled to let another player with another serious heart condition risk his life “for a game.”

“My son plays basketball, and you have to look at (Ikpah’s) situation like that because these players are like my kids,” Luptowski said. “It comes down to whether or not you’d allow your own child to play a game if you knew they could die from it. That decision kept me up nights.”

Before Ikpah stepped foot on the court, Luptowski took as many precautions as he could. He met with Ikpah’s parents. He met with Brozena, the doctor who suggested the defibrillator. He even met with the manufacturer of the device for reassurance.

“I didn’t want to go through what I went through (in 2003) again,” Luptowski said. “Especially with a player and a person like (Ikpah).”

The coach’s apprehension wasn’t Ikpah’s only obstacle. After AIC filled all 10 scholarship spots under the assumption Ikpah’s was over, the NCAA could only grant Ikpah a medical hardship waiver. And as a non-scholarship player, Ikpah couldn’t play in games during the 2010-11 season.

Ikpah could only practice and wait. He finished his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and took graduate-level courses, hoping to go to medical school. Only the promise of basketball kept him at AIC, Luptowski said.

On Nov. 11, his patience paid off. Ikpah gained back his scholarship in time to lead the Yellow Jackets with 13 points in his first game since Feb. 24, 2009.

The most important statistic for Luptowski wasn’t the points, though. The coach said what impressed him the most was Ikpah’s teamleading 34 minutes played — a testament to his love of the game.

“A lot of players claim they love playing basketball,” Luptowski said. “This guy has a box put next to his heart that proves he loves playing basketball and would risk his wellbeing because he loves playing basketball. You talk about passion? He’s exactly what I look for in a player.”

Games of the week NO. 2 SYRACUSE 84, ST. JOHN’S 76

Moe Harkless and D’Angelo Harrison are as talented as they come in the Big East. The Red Storm started five freshmen against Duke in Cameron Indoor Stadium, and they kept the game close. But Madison Square Garden is a

home-court advantage, and the Orange should dispatch St. John’s.

NO. 4 MISSOURI 89, NO. 8 KANSAS 85

The Border War, basketball style, shouldn’t disappoint. But don’t tell that to Frank Haith’s Tigers, who lost a game they should’ve won on paper to Oklahoma State last week. Still, there’s a lot at stake for what could be the last KansasMissouri game in years (Missouri leaves for the SEC next season). If Marcus Denmon emerges from his slump, the Jayhawks could be handed their second road loss this season.

NORTHERN IOWA 78, NO. 13 CREIGHTON 70

The Missouri Valley Conference is known for close games in league play, and Northern Iowa should provide a close one for the 13th-ranked Bluejays. Doug McDermott and Creighton might not have enough to keep Northern Iowa off the glass, and if that’s the case, this could be an upset.

NOTRE DAME 72, NO. 15 MARQUETTE 65

After beating Connecticut and Syracuse, Notre Dame is 6-3 in the Big East. Marquette should provide a tough day for Jack Cooley inside, but the spot-on perimeter shooting should give the Irish an edge.

CONNECTICUT 80, SETON HALL 74

Seton Hall won a home game against UConn in early January by playing angrily. Jordan Theodore and Herb Pope wanted to prove the Pirates weren’t the team that got embarrassed

by SU, and they proved it. That’s exactly what UConn needs to do after three straight losses.

Jeremy Lamb needs to take over for the Huskies in this home game. nctoney@syr.edu

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“It’s better to see yourself doing it more so than thinking of what you did,” Hemingway said. “So when you see yourself doing it and you know for a fact it wasn’t right, you’re going to think twice about doing it the next time.”

On Saturday, the defense improved, holding Cincinnati to 5-of-23 shooting (21.7 percent) from beyond the arc and making key stops late in the game to key a comeback bid.

But the offensive deficiencies that have hampered the Orange all season appeared again.

Cincinnati used the same defensive game plan countless others have employed against SU. The Bearcats stayed compact in the paint to take away the inside game the Orange heavily relies on.

In the first half, Hemingway caught the ball at the left wing to set up the high-low with center Shakeya Leary. But Leary was fronted on the low block and Hemingway couldn’t get the ball to her. Holding the ball, she looked to Leary twice before finally throwing it out to Elashier Hall, who missed a 3-pointer from the left wing.

“With me, personally, I just feel like they’re always coming at us,” Hemingway said. “So we just got to be smart and know when to pass it and how to pass it.”

Other times, Hemingway settled for a pullup jumper on the wing after taking a dribble and deciding it was her only option. Though Syracuse saw many possessions end in the same frustrating fashion, Hillsman said he was pleased with the shot selection overall.

And though the Orange’s comeback in the final two minutes fell short thanks to an offbalance pull-up jumper from the foul line by Cincinnati’s Bjonee Reaves, SU guard Carmen Tyson-Thomas refused to assess the big picture.

The loss was tough to take, but Tyson-Thomas said it wouldn’t change the team’s mindset heading into its game with the Friars on Tuesday.

“I think we’re going to do what we do regardless,” Tyson-Thomas said. “So, I mean, we’re going to rebound and we’re going to make shots.

We’re going to score high-low. We’re going to get the ball into Kayla (Alexander). We’re going to get the ball into Iasia. We just got to continue to do what we do at Syracuse.

“And we’re going to keep playing basketball.” rjgery@syr.edu

NOT SO KIND NEW YEAR

Syracuse hasn’t gotten off to a good start to Big East play, struggling mightily in 2012. The Orange is 2-5 since the calendar changed and can’t find a rhythm to turn things around, scoring less than 60 points in all five losses. Here’s how SU has fared since Jan. 1: DATE

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Safdar brings unique experiences to Orange

By Trevor Hass CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Komal Safdar suffered a chipped bone in her right wrist a year and a half ago. The injury was likely due to wear and tear on her wrist.

Rather than giving up, the right-handed Syracuse freshman used the injury as motivation. She developed a brilliant left-handed game highlighted by a killer serve and tenacious overhead during her rehabilitation process. Safdar played her teammates in high school and college with her non-dominant hand and frequently came away victoriously.

“Komal did her diligence with rehab,” Syracuse head coach Luke Jensen said. “She’s followed the advice of the trainers, and she never took a day off with the thought all the time that she would get back and play and represent the Orange.”

Now Safdar is back to playing right-handed in her freshman season with Syracuse, but she has the secret weapon of switching to her left hand if the need arises. After getting medical clearance on Jan. 16, Safdar did just that, playing No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles for Syracuse (2-2, 1-1 Big East) against Texas Christian five days later. Safdar dropped both matches, but bounced back with decisive victories that helped the Orange beat St. John’s and Buffalo.

Safdar arrived at SU after an accomplished career at Ursuline Academy (Ohio) that included winning Greater Cincinnati player of the

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grind to me and going through my journey, and I finally found that sense of contentment,” Tyree said, “and it kind of just led up to that moment in 2007, where I like to say eternity met time.”

While at Syracuse, Tyree never thought about what the NFL could bring him. The 6-foot, 206-pound receiver was slightly undersized for the position, and his college stat-line proved it.

Just 39 catches for 655 yards in his first three seasons at Syracuse.

“I guess I found out that I wasn’t the prototype wide receiver,” Tyree said. “I always felt like there was more I could have done there, but for me it was always about being a complete football player, and that’s why I got into special teams.”

Tyree’s effort was never in question. He embraced any role given to him and was one of the hardest working players on the field.

“I knew once I got into the secondary I could run blind because he would put his body in there to block for me,” former Syracuse running back Dee Brown said. “He would sacrifice the catch to make a key block to spring one of the running backs or the quarterback.”

In a collegiate career that Tyree told The New York Times was marked by drugs and alcohol, he may have found his biggest savior during his freshman year when he met his eventual wife, Leilah. During his SU career, Leilah became pregnant with their first son.

The new responsibility made Tyree consider becoming an NFL player. Despite his mediocre college numbers, he was drafted by the Giants in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL Draft.

But his addictions caught up with him in 2004, when he was arrested for drug possession.

His relationship with Leilah took a turn for the worse, and when he was released from prison, Leilah told him she was pregnant again.

year in 2010. She earned first-team all-state honors all four years and also won the state doubles tournament with her sister.

The freshman brings that winning mentality to the Orange program. It’s something Jensen noticed when he first scouted her at a tournament in Michigan when she was 14.

Jensen said Safdar’s doubles partner was the worst player on the court, but rather than getting discouraged, Safdar remained calm.

She offered words of encouragement and kept the match close.

“There’s an aura about Komal that I saw on that day that continues to be true today,” Jensen said.

Through three matches at Syracuse, Safdar has impressed her coaches and teammates.

Safdar plays in pants and opponents often give Safdar quizzical looks. She plays tennis in clothing that covers her body because of her religious beliefs. But those inquiring looks typically turn into a dropped jaw as Safdar rips groundstroke after groundstroke to earn the win.

“She’s like a Clark Kent superhero,” Jensen said. “She’s such a great problem solver, and she doesn’t get overwhelmed by the environment or the situation.

“I think it’s her ability to compete at such a high level, with any situation in front of her, that gives her this superpower to work the situation and come out with a victory.”

Tyree needed to make a decision to change his behavior or risk not seeing his children. At that point, Tyree said, he found faith, allowing him to change his ways and become an allaround better person — on and off the field.

“It’s really just an expression of the changed man that God has given me,” Tyree said. “I just try to honor God through that and whether it’s on the football field, through my marriage or raising six children, everything I believe, it permeates from that.”

In the NFL, Tyree found his greatest success on special teams.

Tyree made 77 tackles in his six-year professional career and earned a 2005 NFL Pro Bowl appearance.

Still, his greatest moment came as a wide receiver. Super Bowl XLII is the moment he will forever be known for, even if he only made four catches during the 2007 regular season.

“It’s like when the coaches tell you, if you just hustle good things will happen. He’s one of those guys,” Brown said. “He’s just going to do everything he’s supposed to do and good things are going to happen, and inevitably, it did for him.”

After making one of the greatest plays in Super Bowl history, Tyree dealt with more hardship. During training camp in 2008, he suffered a meniscus injury and was sidelined for four to six months.

He was eventually cut from the Giants and missed the entire season.

The Baltimore Ravens signed Tyree in 2009.

Despite being hampered with numerous groin and hamstring injuries, he was productive on special teams.

But through the adversity, Tyree decided that he could do more off the field.

“It gave me the fortitude, and it rearranged my priorities in life,” Tyree said. “Between my faith and my growth and maturity as a man, the game is going to fade away. And I had a piece of insurance that if I never played again I was going to be extremely fine, and not just fine but excited about it.”

Tyree now lives in Wayne, N.J., and works

Safdar hopes to become a professional tennis player, but she is also on the premed track and excels academically.

Senior Alessondra Parra said Safdar has a burning desire to improve in all she does on and off the court. During Winter Break, the team traveled to Florida to train together.

Though Safdar didn’t have any homework or classes to worry about, she brought a chemistry book to study.

“She would wake up early in the morning before practice, and she would just read it, just to be better and get ahead and do the best job she could in her classes,” Parra said. “She has the same approach on the tennis court.”

Safdar started playing tennis at a young age with her sisters, Mehvish and Nida, and her parents. The family learned the game together and got better as a group. At age 8, Komal began taking lessons and entering tournaments.

She then went on to play in high school, honing her skills while also learning how to be part of a team. In her first year in the SU program, Safdar appears to be fitting in well as a key to the Orange’s success.

“I think the biggest thing about playing in high school is that it taught me how to be on a team,” Safdar said. “I learned how to cheer for others and how to be there for them.” tbhass@syr.edu

with children through numerous philanthropic efforts. In 2006, Tyree and Leilah started a group called Next In Line, which served to mentor children ages 12-18 once a month, but it closed its doors in 2009.

Tyree caused controversy last summer when he came out in opposition of same-sex marriage in a video. Tyree’s video for the National Organization for Marriage came on the heels of messages in support of marriage equality from former Giants defensive end Michael Strahan and Steve Tisch, Giants chairman and executive vice president.

“Everybody has a choice at the end of the day, and I think that’s what it boils down to,” Tyree said. “It was just kind of an honor, and I think I really needed to take that opportunity to reinforce that backbone of culture anyway, of all civilizations starts with marriage.”

He also sits on the board for the Children of the City group in Southwest Brooklyn, an organization that provides support for children in the city and guides them to success.

Abby Meadows, the director of development and outreach for the program, said Tyree has been able to make a splash with his devotion to the children.

“David has been involved with (Children of the City) for several years and has devoted countless hours of his personal time to speak to the children and spread the word about the work of the organization,” Meadows said in an email.

Tyree feels the catch gave him the appropriate exposure to further reach the lives of others and promote the benefits of positive decision-making.

With faith restored, Tyree continues to try and help those who try to conquer their own challenges, just as Tyree has done in the past.

“The catch really wasn’t for me, it wasn’t about me,” Tyree said. “It was about having a visible presence in some way, shape or form to reach other people and touch their lives.” adtredin@syr.edu

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SU slides entering stretch run

By Ryne Gery

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Quentin Hillsman’s thoughts drifted to the big picture.

Following a deflating one-point loss at the buzzer to conference doormat Cincinnati, the Syracuse head coach went from dissectWho: Providence ing his team’s Where: performance Providence, R.I. on the boards to When: Today, 7 addressing its p.m. bleak outlook for the remainder of the season.

“It’s very easy now to just pack it in,” Hillsman said. “That’s the easy thing to do. That’s the wrong thing to do. That’s what we’re not going to do.

“We’re going to continue to practice hard. We’re going to continue to play as hard as we can play and do everything we can do to win basketball games.”

With eight games left in the regular season, Syracuse is at a crossroads. The Orange has watched its NCAA tournament hopes all but vanish with nine losses and zero quality wins through its first 22 games.

Hillsman acknowledged the disappointing start in mentioning the possibility for his team to crumble down the stretch, but he also remained adamant SU would not allow that to happen.

The Orange (13-9, 2-6 Big East) has its first chance to show that resilience and set the tone for the end of the year against Providence (12-9, 4-4) in Rhode Island at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Following a 41-point blowout loss to powerhouse No. 3 Connecticut and that dramatic last-second defeat to the Bearcats, SU has reached its low point this season. And if the Orange wants to make a postseason run, it has to improve in every phase of the game.

Last Wednesday’s lesson was in defense.

The Huskies ran the Orange off the Carrier Dome floor with a barrage from the 3-point line. UConn went 12-of-25 (48 percent) from beyond the arc, including 8-of-13 to blow open the game in the second half.

SU forward Iasia Hemingway said the team spent “a good hour” on Thursday breaking down the film of the loss, stopping at each defensive breakdown and turnover to analyze the team’s mistakes.

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DAVID TYREE’S heroic 32-yard catch against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII kept the New York Giants’ game-winning drive alive in an eventual 17-14 victory in 2008. The former Syracuse wide receiver made just four catches in the 2007 regular season.

Securing destiny

Four years after miraculous Super Bowl catch, Tyree uses fame to spread message

By Andrew Tredinnick

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ith one catch, David Tyree secured his spot in football history.

During the fourth quarter in Super Bowl XLII, on Feb. 3, 2008, the New York Giants were faced with a third-and-5 from the 44-yard line with less than two minutes remaining. The Giants trailed the then-undefeated New England Patriots, 14-10.

Giants quarterback Eli Manning dropped back, evaded two Patriots pass rushers and lofted the ball high up into the air.

With Patriots safety Rodney Harrison draped over him, Tyree leapt in the air, clutched the ball to his helmet and hit the ground with the ball hovering a mere inch from hitting the ground. A miraculous catch that helped New York complete a game-winning drive a few plays later.

“I felt it was a moment that was impart-

ed upon me which gave me a tremendous platform and opportunity even outside of football to energize people’s lives, which has been really exciting,” said Tyree, who was a wide receiver for Syracuse from 1998-2002.

Tyree’s memorable play is being revisited this week as the Giants and Patriots are set to play again in Super Bowl XLVI this Sunday. It was a careerdefining catch for the former SU wide receiver. Just not in the way many think.

Tyree played just one season in the NFL following the Giants’ Super Bowl win in 2008, and he has used the catch to pursue endeavors in various ministries and charities to forge hopeful and positive relationships in society.

For Tyree’s new view to take shape, though, his life needed to be completely restored.

“Ultimately, it was really just about the

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