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The Student Association of Syracuse University held elections for members of its assembly at the group’s Monday meeting in Maxwell Auditorium.

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Ben Williams has a reputation at the faceoff X, but he may be incorporated more in the offense than ever before. He scored just three goals all of last season.

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GREEN PRINT SU officials detail future sustainability efforts

Schumer visits university Sen. Chuck Schumer discusses legislation to address student debt

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yracuse University is a recognized front-runner in the international movement toward sustainability, and its long-term Climate Action Plan is positioned as the driving force behind its success with sustainability.

The CAP, established in 2007, is the university’s official framework and master plan to become carbon neutral — or not produce carbon emissions beyond zero — by the year 2040, said JoAnne Race, senior administrator of the Office of Sustainability Initiatives.

If all goes well, gross emissions should be reduced by at least 65,000 metric tons, according to the CAP. Any emissions remaining after Dec. 31, 2040, will be offset by the university.

Funding is built into the CAP — which means the university expects its investments in energy-saving initiatives to eventually pay for themselves. The predicted offset should begin in fiscal year 2023, with “positive program-to-date cash flow being achieved from fiscal year 2030 forward,” according to the CAP. “When you have projects that have a payback period into the future, you actually will be saving future money that the university would be spending on maintenance or energy,” Race said. “And so they have a financial system in place where they’re investing money into sustainability projects with the understanding that actually, they’ll get some of that money back over the long term.”

Race added that SU was one of the first colleges to sign see sustainability page 6

United States Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) visited Syracuse University Monday afternoon to hold a brief press conference about a bill recently introduced to tackle rising student debt.

Su r r ou nde d SCHUMER by about 60 students and faculty members inside Eggers Hall, the Democratic senator laid out the Reducing Educational Debt (RED) Act, a bill that would make the first two years of community college free. This bill would enable student loan borrowers to refinance at lower rates and increase the number of Pell Grants, which — unlike loans — do not have to be paid back.

The legislation is a package composed of three separate bills developed by Democratic senators: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), according to The Washington Post.

“These days college is becoming almost a necessity, but it is priced like a luxury,” Schumer said. “… We have to change the way we finance college.”

Schumer said most SU students graduate with debt but end up getting good, high-paying jobs that will help them pay off the debt.

Even if that’s the case, Schumer said, the environment is more challenging compared to the one that Schumer experienced.

“These people are the future of America and it’s not as easy as it used to be,” Schumer said.

Schumer pointed out that the interest rate of student loans is between 7 and 9 percent, whereas the interest rate that the Federal Reserve is charging on banks is 1 or 2 percent.

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Junior’s tattoo uses quote to honor parents

By Leah Meyers staff writer

Passed down from generation to generation in her family, Daniella Rasho treasures the children’s storybook, “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein. A junior in the Bandier program, Rasho had the last line from “The Giving Tree” tattooed onto her left arm while in New York City her freshman year. The quote, “And then the tree was happy,” is in the same font as the storybook.

Even though the book is about sacrifice and is a metaphor for consumption, Rasho said she took a different meaning out of it. To her, the story reflects a relationship between parents and a child.

Both of Rasho’s parents were Iraqi immigrants and did not have many privileges growing up. So when Rasho was younger, her parents put her in every activity she was interested in.

“They made sure to give me the childhood that they never had,” Rasho said.

Rasho’s father still travels often, leaving for months and even years for work. But he does this to support the family, something Rasho appreciates.

“I wanted to get something that commemorated my parents’ selflessness and that symbolically reminds me to be grateful, to

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cor r ections In Monday’s article titled, “How 3 SU professors helped prove Albert Einstein right,” Stefan Ballmer’s research leave was misstated. Ballmer’s research leave was June 2013 to July 2014. The Daily Orange regrets this error.

In Monday’s article titled, “Students selected for leadership retreat,” Linda Dulye’s name was spelled incorrectly in some instances. The Daily Orange regrets this error.

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empathize and love unconditionally, all traits and morals my parents instilled in me,” Rasho said.

Rasho said that all she ever wants is to make her parents happy. But by following her dreams and maintaining the morals her parents taught her, Rasho said her parents have really found happiness. She said that the tattoo would

always be there to help her remember their sacrifices.

The book is a generational tradition in her family, so a few years ago Rasho bought her younger sister the book as well. Rasho said she read the book to her sister in bed, sharing the same lessons she herself gained from the book. Rasho said her younger sister, who is only

10 years old, already plans to tattoo the same quote someday.

Rasho compares her parents to the trees in the story and said that if she stays grounded, then her trees will be happy and that it works full-circle in that way.

Said Rasho: “If they’re happy, I’m happy.” lmeyers@syr.edu

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@SenSchumer Heading to @SUCampus to rally students behind #IntheRed campaign to reduce student debt & make college more affordable.

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Speaker discusses Internet Harvard professor explains how Internet became commercialized

By Kathryn Krawczyk co-feature editor

Several candidates for positions in the Student Association’s general assembly were evaluated by the current assembly during SA’s Monday night meeting in Maxwell Auditorium. Elections are held every semester.

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Shane Greenstein has closely studied the Internet since it began, getting a firsthand look at its transformation from an idea to a mainstream creation.

“I saw what was happening — we all did,” Greenstein said, before looking around at the audience and quickly backtracking. “I’m not judging your age, but I can tell some of you didn’t.”

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Organization holds elections for assembly

By Nina Leeds staff writer

At the Student Association’s Monday night meeting in Maxwell Auditorium, the assembly conducted elections for eight positions.

Additionally, SA President Aysha Seedat discussed initiatives, including an update on her efforts to bring ride-sharing services, such as Uber, to Syracuse.

Vice President Jane Hong also discussed initiatives she is working on, including implementing a bike share program.

At the start of the meeting, six

assembly representatives were elected. The assembly elected Julie Jung to represent the College of Arts and Sciences, Edward Shao to represent the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Fanta Cherif and Caitlin Smith to represent the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, Spencer Kopko to represent the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and Madison Albert to represent the School of Information Studies.

The assembly also elected Evanna Ojeda to be an under-

graduate representative on the University Senate and Danit Maor to the Judicial Review Board.

what is sa?

The Student Association is the student government body of the university. SA is currently in its 59th session and Aysha Seedat is president. Outside of the cabinet, there are four committees and four boards, which report to the association.

Later in the meeting, Seedat told the assembly that she is working with the ride-sharing company Uber in order to set up

lobbying efforts in Albany. The Uber bill will be going up to vote at the New York State Assembly in late March or early April, Seedat said.

Hong said planning is underway and on schedule for a bike share program, which would allow students to rent bikes for free on campus.

Hong also said that on March 11, the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion will be releasing a report that will provide the SU community with the workgroup’s findings. nsleeds@syr.edu

Years since Netscape created a web browser, which Greenstein called revolutionary

Greenstein, a Harvard Business School professor, took his personal look at the Internet and turned it into a book, “How the Internet Became Commercial: Innovation, Privatization, and the Birth of a New Network,” which was recently published by Princeton University Press.

The professor spoke on his

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Professor discusses NY’s Zika test expansion

By Jack Upton staff writer

A Syracuse University professor of public health said that there is little threat of the Zika virus spreading across the United States.

The virus has been linked to a birth defect called microcephaly, which causes severe underdevelopment in the brains of newborn babies. It is transmitted by both the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitos, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website.

David Larsen, the assistant professor of public health at the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, said the U.S. is habitable for the Ae. albopictus mosquitos but not the Ae. aegypti mosquitos.

“Most people in the U.S. have air conditioning,” he said. “That invention along with window screens greatly decreases our contact with mosquitos, and we don’t have a huge mosquito-borne illness problem.”

Larsen’s comments come in response to New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Feb. 4 announcement that he was directing the New York State Department of Health to expand a program that tests pregnant women who may have been exposed to the Zika virus.

While the Wadsworth Center in Albany had already began testing on symptomatic New Yorkers, the program will now be expanded for pregnant women who have traveled to areas where there have been evidence of infections from the virus, regardless of whether

the women have had any symptoms of the virus, according to a press release from Cuomo’s office.

“These actions will help us continue to ensure the safety of New Yorkers,” Cuomo said in the release.

“We are in constant communication with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and are taking proactive steps to raise public awareness, address any potential cases of Zika, and protect the public health.”

Additionally, the CDC is recommending that pregnant women either abstain from sexual intercourse or a use a condom when having any sexual contact with a male partner who has traveled to an area where the transmission of the Zika virus is active, according to the release.

Larsen said that because the Ae. aegypti and the Ae. albopictus mosquitos also carry the dengue disease, which hasn’t spread across the U.S., there should be little fear about the Zika virus spreading.

The Ae. aegypti mosquitos are very rare in the U.S., Larsen said, and reside mostly in warm climate locations such as Puerto Rico, Southern Florida and Southern Texas.

Larsen, who specializes in infectious disease epidemiology and malaria, said only climate change could lead to the viruses spreading, because it would allow the Ae. aegypti mosquitos to survive around the country.

“Anything beyond a call for more research and travel warnings would be an overreaction,” Larsen said. jfupton@syr.edu

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ELECTION 2016 Donald Trump threatened running for president as an independent candidate and said he might sue Texas Sen. Ted Cruz over his eligibility for president. source: usa today

WORLD

SYRIA At least 50 civilians in Syria were killed on Monday by airstrikes, which the U.S. State Department blamed on the Syrian government and Russian allies. source: nbc news

U.S. PLANNED PARENTHOOD The Colorado Planned Parenthood damaged during a deadly November shooting reopened. source: reuters

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Alumna expresses disappointment in women’s lacrosse coverage As a Syracuse University and Daily Orange alumna, I was, yet again, really disappointed to read this year’s Lacrosse Guide.

For the umpteenth time, the coverage focused almost entirely on the men’s team with, quite frankly, uninformed and lazy coverage of a women’s team that, year after year, continues to dominate the sport.

For a paper that prides itself on fair, balanced and independent coverage of the university and its surrounding areas, what justifies publishing two stories about two individual players on the women’s team, compared to the five stories and a “100

Years of Syracuse Lacrosse” feature about men’s lacrosse?

I recognize that the men’s team has historically been one of the top programs in the nation, has won numerous national championships and draws huge crowds to the games. I used to be one of those fans and I’m not denying the success of the program. But the women’s team made it further in the NCA A Tournament last year, starts one of the best attackers in the nation in Kayla Treanor and was just voted the top ACC team in preseason polls. The D.O. sports staff clearly knows

all this, but a bunch of girls playing sports just isn’t as interesting to five male sportswriters, I guess.

When The D.O. starts to plan out next year’s lacrosse guide, remember this: Your readership includes women. And keep in mind that SU is home to not only an excellent Division I women’s team, but a club team with a full roster and countless more women who try out every year. Remember that Syracuse’s suburbs have some of the best women’s high school teams around, with players who are recruited by top Division I schools every year. As a former

lacrosse player, can you imagine what it’s like for me and all those women like me who don’t see themselves represented in mainstream sports coverage, and then can’t even find women represented in their college newspaper?

I can’t believe I have to say this in 2016, but women play sports. Women care about sports. Gender equality in college athletics exists for a reason.

It’s just too bad it doesn’t exist in the minds of The D.O. sports staff, too.

Avery Hartmans Syracuse University Class of 2014

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Democracy Matters member offers perspective on 2016 election With the 2016 presidential primary season upon us, a bombardment of insults and lies have swept through the political vacuum by those trying to seek the nations’ highest office. With candidates from both political spectrums claiming to look out for every American it is quite ironic that as of October only 158 families have provided nearly half off the money to presidential campaigns. Among those families there is almost no diversity, as the donors “overwhelmingly” fall in the same demographic: old, white and rich.

It is time that regular Americans are given the opportunity to put their voice towards issues that are essential to them.

Wealthy special interests should not dominate the political agenda.

Today, students feel excluded from

the political arena because we do not have nearly the wealth nor the power to influence elections like others do. A 25-dollar donation seems almost meaningless compared to the millions donated by others.

Supreme Court cases like Citizens United v. FEC have morphed America into a money-driven political system.

Now it is nearly impossible to run for political office unless you are extremely aff luent. In addition, with voter turnout usually around 50%, it seems dubious that the current culture will encourage more voters.

It is important to remember that America is a democracy. Every citizen is entitled to have his or her say in the political arena. America as a whole should embrace the idea that all diverse opinions

are salient. However, as long as campaign finance remains largely unregulated, and wealthy special interest takes precedent over the rest of America, our democracy is under attack.

My name is Seth Porter, and I’m a senior Political Science and Television, Radio and Film major. I am writing on behalf of

Democracy Matters. We are a student-run, non-partisan, political advocacy group on campus. Our main priority is on limiting money in politics. Everyone should have an equal say in the political process, regardless of one’s financial situation.

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ootball season may be over, but one New York state lawmaker is just setting his sights on tackling the use of synthetic marijuana in the NFL. New York State Sen. Jeff Klein, a Democrat, sent a letter to Commissioner Roger Goodell earlier this month proposing mandatory drug testing for synthetic marijuana.

Since synthetic marijuana has become more prevalent in the NFL and their current screening procedure doesn’t detect it, Klein urged that the league follow in the footsteps of the New York State Senate to stop the drug that sent 6,800 New Yorkers to the emergency room last year.

The drug is technically illegal in all 50 states. However, there are several loopholes in the system which means it can still be sold easily. In many cases, the product is marketed with cartoonish characters to appeal to a young audience without stating the dangers of smoking it and is sometimes sold as incense at gas stations and small, privately owned corner shops.

The city of Syracuse has even been labeled “Spike Nation” because of the vast number of bad batches of synthetic marijuana that have sent people to Upstate University Hospital. As reported

by Syracuse.com in July 2015, 256 of the 414 synthetic marijuanarelated calls to the Upstate New York Poison Center came from Onondaga County. By the end of that year, the deaths of six people were connected to synthetic marijuana in Onondaga County.

But whatever the repercussions throughout New York state, the NFL is a private company and should be treated like one. Politicians outside of professional football shouldn’t have any place in determining the league’s drug policy and any action taken in this regard should be left up to Goodell and the Players Association, not overbearing government entities.

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There have been several cases of synthetic marijuana usage by professional football players, including two in 2016 alone. And in just the past month, Syracuse University alumnus and New England Patriots defensive end Chandler Jones had to be hospitalized after suffering a bad reaction to the drug. Some of the side effects associated with synthetic marijuana include psychotic behavior, hallucinations and seizures.

Although synthetic marijuana falls within the NFL’s banned substances list, it’s unfortunate that the highly addictive drug, also known as spike, spice and K2, isn’t already being tested for.

Because of the drug’s damaging side effects, the NFL would likely receive positive feedback for administering mandatory drug testing in an effort to curb synthetic marijuana usage. It has been reported that it would cost the NCAA $300 per athlete to test for the chemicals in synthetic marijuana, according to Deadspin in 2011. Assuming the NFL is willing to spend a similar figure, they would have to hold up their end of the bargain.

Jeff Pauline, an associate professor and sport management graduate program director in SU’s David B. Falk School of Sport and Human Dynamics, said, “If you’re going to start mandatory testing, the punishment has to be more than a slap on the wrist.”

Sure, there’s always the chance that the league would not come down hard enough on players that test positive for synthetic marijuana, considering Chandler Jones wasn’t given a suspension for the first-time offense.

But one of the more concerning problems with Klein’s letter — and

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the U.S. government in general — is not the implementation itself, but the fact that it inserts a governmental voice where there shouldn’t be one and opens the door for lawmakers to get in the way of big business.

Sports especially doesn’t have a good history when New York state politicians have gotten in the way.

Take for example the political resistance to mixed martial arts in New York as the only state that has banned Ultimate Fighting Championship and similar organizations from hosting professional matches.

Supposedly, the higher-ups who have made the decision are against it due to union disputes. And like governmental encroachment in sports industries, no matter how many fans and professional fighters want it in the Empire City, they can’t have it because of the interests of a select few.

This type of interference only widens the divide between private business and lawmakers, considering Ultimate Fighting Championship made efforts to bypass the state government by booking an event for April 2016. Although the measure was denied by a federal judge earlier this month, the same type of defiant response could lead to unnecessary bad blood between the NFL and New York state if lawmakers move forward with imposing additional drug sanctions.

Washington’s elected officials go to work each day because they are there to represent what the people want. Klein’s type of interference isn’t necessary. Yes, preventing the use of a harmful drug such as synthetic marijuana is important. But the NFL already has a governing body.

Klein should focus more on what ways he can help New Yorkers and less on babysitting the heads of the NFL. Kyle O’Connor is a sophomore sport management major and political science minor.

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Students have most influence in debt policy Legislation varies by politician and opinions by individual.

But if there a singular topic in which students can speak as a collective voice, it is combatting student debt.

United States Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced the Reducing Educational Debt (RED) Act on Monday at Syracuse University in efforts to alleviate college debt. The bill put forth by the senator would make the first two years of community college free for about 9 million students nationwide, enable student loan borrowers to refinance their federal and private loans at lower rates and increase availability of Pell Grants. Schumer said if the bill is passed, students would see the advantage of the proposal by the 2016 fall semester.

But even if students do not agree with Schumer’s specific plan, his decision to initiate the #InTheRed campaign, a movement that urges students to call on Congress to take action on college affordability, is telling of the existing dynamic between college students and political power: college debt alleviation is one of the few areas of policy in which students have significant influence.

Although young people often try to channel their energies into complex and generally divisive social, political and economic discussions, honing in on student debt as a united front from student to student allows for a stronger push to achieve a central objective. But before these objectives can be realized, it is essential that young people

acknowledge the weight their voices carry in discussions specific to higher education regulation to come together as a driving force for shared positive change.

For SU students, the average total debt from federal loans is $27,000, according to data from President Barack Obama’s 2015 college scorecard — a shared number with that of 61 percent of New York state college graduates, according to Schumer’s office.

These numbers alone should inspire students to do their research. But it is efforts like Schumer’s that push the conversation past a complicated piece of legislation and allow students to engage with a living campaign that can spur movement and are more likely to generate tangible change.

But, at the same time, it is important that students are careful not to blindly support political initiatives simply because they cater to the buzzwords of “student debt.” To wield political power effectively is to be informed and dig deeper past the surface of the topic in which they are the primary stakeholders.

There is not a one-size-fitsall approach when it comes to combatting student debt, but there is a uniform concern among U.S. college students in regard to rising tuition costs and loan interest rates. And while students are free to have an opinion on any subject, it should be acknowledged that current college students have the unique ability to reap the benefits of a shared voice in an issue as prominent as that of student debt.

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SU not among private universities receiving state grants

By Michael Burke asst. news editor

Syracuse University is not among 29 private colleges and universities in New York state that will receive a total of $35.3 million in grants announced by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Feb. 8.

The grants are funded by the Higher Education Capital Matching Grant Program, which provides private institutions matching grants “for the construction, rehabilitation or repair of classrooms, laboratories

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sustainability such a plan into effect, a testament to the university’s long-standing commitment to sustainable living and teaching.

“Sustainability is inking into every school and college here and everything that we do,” Race said. “Hopefully, it will just become part of the normal mindset of everyday living.”

With the recognition SU is receiving for its sustainability efforts, this goal may not be so far off.

Best College Rankings ranked SU No. 13 for teaching sustainability. The United States Environmental Protection Agency included SU in its list of top 30 largest green power users among higher education institutions, a ranking received as a result of the university obtaining 35 percent of its power from wind energy, Race said.

She added that of this list, SU is ranked number one out of the schools in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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The amount of metric tons that global emissions should be reduced by at Syracuse University by 2040, according to the Climate Action Plan

This interest in the green movement is not new — sustainability has been toward the top of SU’s agenda since 1972, when the university first called for energy conservation in reaction to the international energy crisis of the 1970s, according to the Office of Sustainability website.

Years later, in 1990, SU initiated its first campus recycling program. In 1993, the Environmental Finance Center was established. And in 1995, the Hendricks Chapel

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internet book at Syracuse University in Hinds Hall’s Katzer Room on Monday afternoon. During his lecture, Greenstein covered how the Internet started as an open network and quickly became privatized.

After an introduction from Lee McKnight, an associate professor in SU’s School of Information Studies, Greenstein went on to sum up what he called the historical question he tackled in his book: why did the commercialization of the Internet have such a transformative economic impact?

From the beginning, the Internet was something to study, Greenstein said.

“I think it’s conservative to say it changed the way we live and shop and play,” he said.

But looking at this broad creation, many wonder, he said, if there is one person who turned the Internet from an open source

and other facilities,” according to a Cuomo press release.

according to the release.

Colleges and universities that will receive funding for projects include the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, the Rochester Institute of Technology, the University of Rochester and Fordham University.

“New York’s colleges and universities are among the best in the nation — and with this funding, we are helping them make big investments that will benefit students in both the near and long-term future,” Cuomo said in the release.

Although SU won’t receive funding from this program, it was part of a winning bid from the Central New York Regional Economic Development Council that won $500 million in state funding as part of Cuomo’s Upstate Revitalization Initiative.

That money is going toward building a National Veterans Resource Complex, which is tentatively planned to be built on the western part of Waverly Avenue. SU is currently in the process of choosing a firm to design the NVRC.

Lutheran Campus Ministry began its Ten Tons of Love program, which promotes the reuse of clothing and household items in the Syracuse area.

“Back through the ‘90s and into the 2000s, there have been a few things we’ve accomplished each year in terms of sustainability and its just grown,” Race said.

“Now, we’re up to pages of accomplishments every year.”

For example, a bike share program that the university piloted last spring is expected to expand soon. Under this program, students will be able to rent bikes for 24-hour periods from locations across campus. The official locations will be unveiled in the spring, but are expected to include residence halls, the Schine Student Center and South Campus, Race said.

She added that a rainwater harvesting system on the roof of the Carrier Dome has also been implemented and has already seen positive results.

As part of this project, two 25,000-gallon cisterns collect dripping rainwater from the top of the Dome, and then use it to flush the toilets inside.

“That was a successful project where we engaged engineering and (College of Visual and Performing Arts) students,” Race said. “Engineering students were involved in the planning and design and construction. Also VPA students designed the signage.”

Further examples of sustainable initiatives already on campus include the Climate Change Garden next to the Life Sciences Complex, the 240 solar thermal panels used to heat water on South Campus and the compost of all pre- and post-consumer food waste from all eight university dining halls, according to the website.

Although the exact details of the Fast Forward initiative’s Campus Master Plan have not yet been released, Race said she

believes that sustainability will “absolutely” be incorporated into the plan, which is being developed by both Sasaki Associates — a design firm operating out of Massachusetts — and the SU administration.

Melissa Cadwell, marketing manager for the sustainability division at SU, said she “truly believes the administration values sustainability.”

university to come together and talk about sustainability, to me, tells me they believe in it and they want to see the university succeed in making it a sustainable campus,” she added.

But a large and looming issue in campus sustainability lies in informing the generally uninformed student body, a task Maria Dombrov, president of Students of Sustainability, said is “really difficult.”

Dombrov said she and the other members of SoS work closely with the Office of Sustainability Initiatives to ensure SU students are aware of on-campus climate initiatives and university programs.

“Our organization is very involved with the university aspects of bridging students organizations with university programming,” Dombrov said.

To further help the cause, SU has undertaken an effort at curriculum advancement as part of the CAP. The Sustainability in the Curriculum Task Force, created in fall 2008, is charged with “reviewing selected models of sustainability education, evaluating the current state of educational opportunities at SU … and preparing possible revisions to existing curricula and introduction of new academic programs,” according to the CAP.

project to something commercialized.

“People ask who orchestrated the Internet or if there was an orchestrated statement,” Greenstein said.

He said many people think there was a sort of Thomas Edison or Manhattan Project behind the commercialization of the Internet. But if there’s one thing anyone should take from his talk, Greenstein said it’s that this just isn’t true. Though describing it as “cheesy,” he marked the Manhattan Project and Edison with big red X’s in his lecture slides to stress his point.

There wasn’t one, or even five firms that contributed to Internet commercialization, he said. There were thousands.

Outsiders in the technology world were looking to become insiders — and make some money in the process, Greenstein said. Even many people with just a small business entered the world of providing Internet service to consumers, adding an extra $20,000 to their pockets every year,

he said.

Soon, strong outsider firms figured out how to break from the mob. In November 1994, Netscape created a revolutionary web browser, and by the following June, Bill Gates quickly tried to buy it out, Greenstein said.

$35.3 million The total amount that 29 colleges and universities will receive in funding from the Higher Education Capital Matching Grant Program

Under the program, grantees must match every dollar provided by New York state with three dollars of their own,

THROUGH THE YEARS Several Syracuse University initiatives in the 1990s were aimed at sustainability. These initiatives are continuing into 2016.

1990

Syracuse University initiated its first campus recycling program.

1993

The Environmental Finance Center at SU was established.

1995

The Hendricks Chapel Lutheran Campus Ministry began the Ten Tons of Love program, which promotes the reuse of clothing and household items in the Syracuse area.

2016

A bike share program at SU is expected to be implemented in the spring.

Her faith, she said, results from the presence of the university’s campus sustainability committee — a group of students, faculty and staff that meets several times a semester to communicate sustainability issues and goals.

Representatives from the campus community that specialize in purchasing, dining and construction attend the meetings, Cadwell said.

“To get that amount of people from the

Look at those entrepreneurs — they were nobody. They were just a few guys with an idea.

Shane Greenstein harvard business school professor

But Greenstein said these outsiders aren’t created by luck. Open governance and modular technologies, meaning no limit on who can use and see things on the Internet, made this all possible, he said.

“Look at those entrepreneurs — they

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The number of solar thermal panels used to heat water on South Campus

“Climate change in general is our world’s most challenging, important problem of our time at the moment,” Race said. “I feel like the whole future of our planet is at stake, and I just feel that the more exposure students have, the more they seem to understand.” brkenned@syr.edu

were nobody,” Greenstein said. “They were just a few guys with an idea.”

As they could easily work on new technologies from their garages instead of high-tech firms, all these creators collectively built a network no one would expect. Greenstein called this process “innovation from the edges,” or people coming from the outside to collaborate on one massive project — in this case, the Internet.

After Greenstein’s talk, the program moved to an open question and answer session. Attendees discussed trends and topics regarding the Internet, with a strong focus on social media and the outsider that was Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook.

“I enjoyed his input and his look at the industry,” said Ian MacInnes, an assosicate professor in the iSchool who has followed Greenstein’s work since the 1990s. “He’s a really good person to have talking about the history of the Internet.” kjkrawcz@syr.edu

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WHAT IS THE EU? The European Union is an economic and political partnership between 28 European countries.

WHY WAS THE EU FORMED?

Professors discuss possibility, effects of UK leaving the EU

The EU was formed in the aftermath of World War II to foster economic cooperation between states. The idea was that economic interdependence would create peace instead of conflict.

WHEN THEY JOINED Here is a list of the 28 European countries that are members of the EU and the years that each country joined the political partnership:

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20 7 21 9

1. BELGIUM 1958

15. SWEDEN 1995

2. FRANCE 1958

16. CYPRUS 2004

3. GERMANY 1958

17. CZECH REPUBLIC 2004

4. ITALY 1958

18. ESTONIA 2004

5. LUXEMBOURG 1958

19. HUNGARY 2004

6. THE NETHERLANDS 1958

20. LATVIA 2004

7. DENMARK 1973

21. LITHUANIA 2004

8. IRELAND 1973

22. MALTA 2004

9. UK 1973

23. POLAND 2004

10. GREECE 1981

24. SLOVAKIA 2004

11. PORTUGAL 1986

25. SLOVENIA 2004

12. SPAIN 1986

26. BULGARIA 2007

13. AUSTRIA 1995

27. ROMANIA 2007

14. FINLAND 1995

28. CROATIA 2013

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By Caroline Bartholomew staff writer

The Daily Orange: Why would the U.K.

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want to leave the EU? Glyn Morgan: Some people want to leave, but not others. I think at the moment, the polls suggest a third of the population are strongly in favor, a third are strongly against and a third don’t know. People who are against the EU tend to be on the right of the political spectrum, the conservatives.

Half I would say are opposed to the EU because they’re nationalists. They think that Europe represents some awful threat to their national identity.

The other half object to the EU for specific policy reasons and they think the EU over-regulates all business or encourages migration.

Tod Rutherford: Britain has always had a somewhat ambivalent relationship with the EU. When the EU was formed in the 1990s Britain wanted to opt out of certain things.

The main controversy in Britain is the social part of the EU treaty, which has rules and regulations, such as standards in the labor market. Since then, there have been on and

nited Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to hold a referendum by the end of 2017 to decide the future of the U.K.’s relationship with the European Union. Until then, Cameron will try to negotiate the U.K.’s membership treaty since many British people are unhappy with the political and social restrictions the EU has placed on them.

507.4 million The population of the EU as of January 2014

The Daily Orange interviewed Glyn Morgan, an associate professor of political science who specializes in the EU, and Tod Rutherford, a professor of geography who specializes in economic geography, to discuss what this breakup could mean.

off tensions around how the EU works. … What’s really tipped it over the last year has been the migrant crisis. It’s made a lot of people in Britain very nervous, especially around potential security or terrorism issues.

The D.O.: What are the pros and cons of the U.K. leaving?

G.M.: The principal con is that were Britain to exit the EU, it would be likely that Scotland, and maybe even also Wales, would exit Britain. The Scots in particular and also the Welsh are more in favor of the EU than the English, and then you would have a major breakup of the U.K. A British exit could signify the end of Britain.

The D.O.: How would this affect both the U.K. and the EU economically?

G.M.: It’s not clear whether foreign companies would invest in Britain to the extent that they do. It’s not clear if London, which is a major component of the British economy, could survive a breakup with the EU. Most of the larger corporations in Britain are against a “Brexit,” as they call it.

T.R.: About 50 percent of British exports

are to the European continent, and it’s estimated that British trade with the rest of the EU is about 50-60 percent higher than it would be if Britain didn’t have those trade agreements in place. If they do leave, Britain could just try to negotiate a free trade agreement with Europe.

The D.O.: How likely is it that the U.K. will leave?

G.M.: My guess is the chances of them leaving are lower than 20 percent. Once the campaign starts, the middle group, who are undecided at the moment, will shift to remain rather than leave.

T.R.: The critics of the “Brexit” are saying that what Britain wants is “to have its cake and eat it too,” and you can’t do that. Europe won’t be thrilled about negotiating any kind of treaty that gives Britain everything it wants without getting anything in return, and in fact loses the funding that Britain has. It also sets a very bad precedent because other nations might say they want to leave too, and then the whole thing falls apart. cbarthol@syr.edu

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schumer these hardworking people?” Schumer said.

The average debt of SU graduates in the year 2014 was $34,584, according to the Institute for College Access and Success.

These days college is becoming almost a necessity, but it is priced like a luxury. We have to change the way we finance college.

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Schumer said the legislative package costs money but can be sustained by using the Buffett Rule — a principle that a household earning more than $1 million annually should not pay a smaller share of its income in taxes than middle class families pay, according to The White House website.

Schumer also suggested closing loopholes and ending tax breaks to oil companies as ways to fund programs proposed in the legislation.

Sean McAllister, a junior finance major in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management who was invited to this year’s State of the Union address as Schumer’s guest, was also at Schumer’s side during the press conference.

During a Q&A session with the press, Schumer said if the bill passed this spring, students would see the benefit of it by the fall 2016 semester.

CHUCK SCHUMER, a Democratic senator from New York, spoke in Eggers Hall on Monday to discuss the Reducing Educational Debt Act, which would reduce rates for student loan borrowers. lucas hallorman staff photographer

Schumer said in an interview with The Daily Orange after the Q&A session that he wants the legislation to be a product of bipartisanship.

“The issues that Democrats are pushing are the ones that people care about, and if the Republicans move too far to the right or become too far obstructionist, they’ll lose out,” Schumer said.

“I think the country is changing,” he continued. “People are tired of the obstruction and say, ‘let’s get things done’ and I’m the one who always reaches out to Republicans.”

Schumer also weighed in on bipartisanship during the Q&A session, when he was asked about Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, who died of a heart attack on Saturday.

“I didn’t agree with him on a lot of his views, but he was a brilliant man,” Schumer said. “He had a probing mind.”

Schumer added that an idea suggested

by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to keep the vacancy of the Supreme Court after the presidential election is not right. ssugiyam@syr.edu | @SatoshiJournal

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Though it may seem a relic from the ’70s, the pinball scene is growing in Syracuse through collections, tournaments and more.

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Students in the selected topics class FIL500: “On-Set Film Production” in VPA get hands-on experience working on a real film set. The VPA professor teaching the class is the director of the film “39 1/2,” which has a shooting deadline coming up this June. courtesy of kara herold

Film class offers students real-world experiences on an independent film set

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group of students and a professor huddle around a table in Shaffer Art Building, laughing.

“Let’s do a people auction,” one girl said. “Like auction off people for dates.”

“Wait no, let’s auction off roles in the film,” another one joked.

They continued to brainstorm goofy ways to raise $30,000.

The making of an independent feature film isn’t cheap. Syracuse University film professor Kara Herold needs $60,000 to finish shooting her film, $30,000 of which she’s fairly certain she has covered. She and her students are raising the money through her Kickstarter account and by applying for grants.

Many of these expenses are for transportation, housing and food for her crew — the students of her selected topics class, FIL 500: “On-Set Film Production.”

The class was started last semester for students to gain experience working on a real movie set. Come Spring Break, students will be working on the set of Herold’s film, “39 1/2.”

But this semester, the class is facing budget cuts and has undergone major changes in structure, location and the cost of operation to compensate.

“39 1/2” combines narrative drama and comedy genres in telling the story of Kara, a filmmaker going on 40 years old who is desperate to have a child. It’s influenced by films such as “Bridesmaids,” “Mistress America” and “Raising Arizona.” Herold has been working on the film for a couple years, setting her shooting

deadline for June.

Her ultimate goal for the class and film is for “39 1/2 “ to premier at Sundance Film Festival — where her film “Grrlyshow” premiered in 2001 — and to bring her students with her.

Each student in the class is assigned a specific department and/or role for the duration of the class: lighting department, grip and electrical departments, art department and production.

During a typical day of shooting, as a second assistant director last semester, junior film major Eryn Pendergast had a seemingly never-ending list of tasks to prioritize.

She woke up at 6 a.m., helped load a U-Haul with film equipment, organized the set with all the odds and ends, such as a first aid kit, signed in the actors, kept all the members of the cast and crew see 39

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fast facts HERE ARE SOME THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE FILM:

plot Kara is a fimmaker who is about to turn 40 years old and is desperate to

genre Narrative Drama and Comedy

inspiration Bridesmaids Mistress America Raising Arizona

deadline June

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Post Valentine’s Day advice from an unqualified life coach

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he doctor is in. The love doctor, that is. Not like a real doctor, let’s be clear here. I cannot diagnose you, nor will I write you a prescription (unless it’s for Nature Valley Bars because I have like a hundred of those). My advice should keep your relationships standing, at least until you have to fill out your

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WORKING ON IT relationship renewal forms in April along with your taxes. I have definitely been in a relationship before.

Question: Is it impolite to steal food off your date’s plate while

they are in the bathroom?

Answer: I think people are too politically correct these days. What happened to the time when you could swear at your mother and she would give you a nickel and a ham sandwich? Human beings were born to survive. While your date is in the bathroom, steal as much as you can off of her plate. And before you say,

“I bet you’re saying this because guys pay for the meal,” I am in favor of egalitarianism. If she paid for the meal, awesome. Now you have food and more money to contribute to your primary goal of survival.

Q: How long should I wait before texting a guy back? Does he even care? Will he think I’m crazy if I text him back right away?

A: Everyone has a phone and everyone looks at it all the time.

Ever since scientists discovered that the natural world is super boring, we’ve stuck to smartphones to keep us entertained and to like other people’s pictures. But if we all have our phones on us, who cares when someone texts

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39 1/2 on schedule and did favors a mile a minute wherever and whenever she was needed.

“It’s stuff you can’t learn in a classroom that’s so valuable as a filmmaker,” Pendergast said. “(Herold) really took me under her wing, and this is something I really would like to do after school ends. It’s cool that she saw that in me and was really able to teach me.”

Herold holds her students to the standard of a professional crew.

“I’m really putting a lot of responsibility on the students, like this is your job, you learn it,” she said. “And then if they show up and they don’t know how to do it, it’s kind of like, if you were on the set, you’d be fired.”

Pendergast and junior film major JJ House, a former advertising representative for The Daily Orange, are preparing for their responsibility as this semester’s co-assistant directors by doing preproduction work with Herold during her other class, FIL 500: “Business of Art Filmmaking,” applying for grants to fund the class and scouting out green rooms and shooting locations in New York City.

House described the role of assistant director as “the engine of the set.”

“The necessity to be resourceful as a film

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humor back? We all know you saw it, and if you want to talk to him/her, you should do it whenever you like. This feels like the ending to a terrible speech from Disney Channel’s newest musical “Millennial Lies.”

Q: Do you think she’ll get mad if I told her we were going to dinner but then go to my mother’s house instead? Times are tough and no one beats Mama’s cooking.

A: I have to say, I think she would be pretty mad, and I would be too. What is this, amateur hour? You take her to dinner with your

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student is taken to a new level with this class,” he said.

This class isn’t the first opportunity VPA students have had to work on their professor’s sets. Before the class existed, Herold and other professors directing their own films would often unofficially ask a few students to help them out.

Herold decided the trial run of the course was a success. The students walked out with applicable real-world experience, she said, and she was able to shoot part of the footage for her film.

The film department has implemented several major changes to the class this semester. First, the class will go to New York City for 10 days during spring break with the students working 12- to 16-hour work days.

This change happened because last semester, Herold needed too much equipment for student projects. Also, the longer work days in a more concentrated time frame is a more accurate experience to the schedule of working on a real set for a feature film, she said.

The next major change was the size of the class. Due to budget cuts, the class shrunk from 24 students last semester to 12 this semester. To choose which few students got to enroll, Herold sent out an application.

To further narrow down candidates, she also judged their academic performance and talked to their professors. She ended up turning away more than 20 students.

In future semesters, Herold said she hopes the class can be available to all students who would benefit.

The future of the class is in jeopardy for now, though. With funding up in the air,

parents on date one — everyone knows that.

If you are serious about your significant other, take her to Medieval Times.

Q: What’s the perfect date that screams I don’t like you that much, but I don’t really want to be alone?

A: Kissing is boring. The hand stuff is where all the fun happens. My favorite is sign language. Usually, I’ll just quote either Bible scripture or old John Travolta movies, whichever turns her on more.

Q: My devotion to work and to my group’s cause has afforded me a lot of professional opportunities. I have a couple of work vehicles, and I get to travel a lot. But I still feel unful-

filled. Usually, I’m doing tasks for my boss, and I don’t have a lot of time for family (don’t get me started on my father) or friends, making it hard to meet people outside of work. I’m being torn apart. I want to be free of this pain. I don’t know what I have to do, and I don’t know if I have the strength to do it. Will you help me?

—Looking for love in Alderaan places A: First off, you must be a huge Star Wars fan because that pun is as priceless as a light saber (which you can order on Amazon.com!)

Relationships with your father are tough, and I understand that, but don’t do anything rash.

Your father loves you very much, and I think if you really took the time to see him face to

there’s no guarantee it will continue. Herold said that the film department as a whole has a $20,000 yearly budget. It cost $6,000 just to feed the students in the On-Set Production class last semester, she added.

“I’m always begging for money,” Herold said. “That’s basically all I do since I started this class.” aerdekia@syr.edu

Budget cuts have strained the On-Set Film Production class. Seats had to be cut from 24 to 12, as it takes $6,000 just to feed students.

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face, it will do you both some good.

Second, take advantage of those travel opportunities. There’s a whole world out there to explore, I think you should take advantage of those vacation days you’ve been saving up and take a trip to see a buddy you haven’t seen in a while. Perhaps Rian Johnson directs it? Either way, I’m sure whatever progress you’ve made is right on track, even though JJ Abrams isn’t there anymore.

Danny Cuneo is a senior television, radio and film major. He is single and ready to eat Pringles. His column appears weekly in Pulp. He can be reached at dacuneo@syr.edu.

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By Taylyn Washington-Harmon contributing writer

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Freshen up everyday style staples with bold accessories

eans with a white tee is among the greatest style staples in history. Everyone from James Dean to Marilyn Monroe has owned the look and it has yet to go out of style since its creation. The only thing that sucks about denim and white tees is that everyone has them. But with a little creativity, you can put together a look that’s entirely yours and stands out from the crowd.

Depending on your personal preferences you can spin the look any way to reflect your mood, but don’t think that the look can’t be elegant — all it needs is to be paired with the right accessories and additions. The best way to spruce up this age-old look is through pops of color and ultra bold accessories that no one expects.

1. The long tee is a breezy on-trend piece to add to your closet. It’s minimalist, but striking enough to turn heads in the halls on your way to class. Tie the end for your desired length or leave it loose for full drama. Paired with ripped boyfriend jeans, the look is art school chic and loose enough to dash around campus in. Slip-on shoes in a chic print, like snake skin, and keep the outfit from falling flat, especially when they have an unexpected pointed shape instead of the round toe look we’re used to seeing. Be daring with a look-at-me statement necklace like a gold chain and a graphic bowler bag. The accessories take you from weekday to weekend instantly.

2. Go for a more elegant look with a classic white

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tee and skinny jeans and pairing them with ultrafemme heels and a kimono-inspired cardigan.

White tees make it super easy to play with color, so adding unexpected patterns with drama seriously boost the look. Florals are an easy print to work with while bright colors like turquoise and mustard add a sophisticated flair. Go accessory-heavy and chunk on bracelets for an attention-stealing arm party that’s totally Instagram-worthy. The finishing touch? A unique, playful pouch adds interest and keeps people guessing what’s inside. The overall look is boho glam that’s just sexy enough for date night.

3. Guys, let’s be honest, not every dude can be as suave as a Calvin Klein model in denim, so put your own spin on the classic white tee and jeans. Bring out your most extravagant, eye-catching kicks and pair them with a leather jacket. The minimalist color palette allows you to go as crazy as you want with the rest of your look, so why not go all out? Don’t forget to ‘gram your #OOTD all of the sneakerheads will dig.

4. If you’re feeling more Warholian, go pop artesque with monochrome sneakers. Color is an instant way to make it seem like you put in extra effort. The flash of color grabs attention while not completely stealing the spotlight from the rest of your look. Topped with a DIY acid-washed denim jacket, you can rough and tumble out of bed on the way to class without anyone knowing it only took five minutes to put together your outfit. It’s easy to work the Canadian Tuxedo when your denim tones are not the same color, and to make it even better, mix up the textures. Acid wash adds to the retro vibe while maintaining an air of modern IDGAF attitude.

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More college students should embrace white tees and jeans over sweats or yoga pants simply because it’s easier to look polished while saving time getting dressed in the morning. Look to old Calvin Klein and Levi’s ads and channel the effortless cool that move from the classroom to the street. Just watch out for spaghetti sauce stains.

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Syracuse (18-8, 8-5 Atlantic Coast) won its eighth game in its last nine contests on Sunday by defeating Boston College 75-61. On Monday, Orange head coach Jim Boeheim went on the ACC coaches teleconference to talk about his team before SU travels to face No. 18 Louisville (19-6, 8-4) on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Here are three things he touched on.

Bye bye With Boeheim’s team surging up from the doldrums of the conference standings, the possibility of getting one bye, if not two, in the ACC tournament has increased.

The Orange is just one game behind Notre Dame, the team that currently holds the No. 4 spot in the ACC. The top four teams won’t play until March 10, and will receive two byes.

“We’ve lost the last two times we’ve had the double bye,” Boeheim said. “I think that when you sit there for two days, and somebody plays, and they’re a good team, it’s a problem. If you have a double bye and you happen to catch somebody who isn’t very good — but that isn’t going to happen.

I think it was when we played in the first year in the league, we had a double bye and we got N.C. State. They were playing good, and we just never got going in the game.

“I’ve never liked the double byes. I don’t even like the single byes when you’re playing a good team.”

If the season ended Monday, Syracuse would be the No. 7 seed and have a single bye.

Boarding school After struggling as a rebounding team for the much of the first part of the season, Syracuse has outrebounded opponents in eight of its past 10 games. SU was beat on the glass by 26 to Wisconsin in early December, but has since righted the ship in that department.

“I try not to think about it to tell you the truth,” Boeheim said. “I’m thinking the same way as I was when we were getting outrebounded. … It’s certainly helped our record that we have rebounded better. But exactly why, I’m not really (sure). We’ve got the same. We’ve improved a little bit defensively and rebounding-wise. … Obviously that’s a big contributor to winning.

“We’ve gotten better on offense a little too, so I think it’s just a gradual improvement in those areas. Not that we necessarily did some extra work on something and that’s why it’s better. That’s not the case.”

Finding his shot Louisville head coach Rick Pitino discussed Syracuse’s Tyler Lydon at length during his time on the teleconference. And with the stretch forward/center coming off a career-high 20 points on Sunday, the SU head coach also had some things to say about the freshman.

“He got off to a big start in the Bahamas,” Boeheim said. “I think they didn’t know who he was. I’m not sure we did either. But I know they didn’t. They left him open …

When we came back, they started to guard him a little bit better obviously. He hesitated a little bit … He was wide open in the Bahamas, and I think he felt like he needed to be wide open to shoot for a while there.

“But once he’s gotten more comfortable.

He’s shooting the ball when he’s open. But he doesn’t have be wide open now.”

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men’s basketball

Beat writers address must-wins, rebounding and myths Syracuse (18-8, 8-5 Atlantic Coast) has now won eight of its last nine games and faces a tough test in No. 18 Louisville (19-6, 8-4), who self-imposed an NCAA Tournament ban. With ACC play winding down, beat writers Sam Blum, Jesse Dougherty and Matt Schneidman discuss three questions surrounding Syracuse basketball.

good side as of now, can’t afford any sort of loss to a team it should beat.

1. Which games left on Syracuse’s schedule are must-wins and why?

S.B.: It’s as though the answer to that ques-

Sam Blum: It’s important that Syracuse wins three of its last five games to put itself in great position to not only be a lock for the NCAA Tournament, but also have favorable seeding and possibly the (always feared) double-bye in the ACC tournament. Syracuse must win at home against North Carolina State. The Orange is stockpiling good wins, but a bad loss like that does a lot of damage. Then they really must win either at home against Pittsburgh or on the road at Florida State. Three out of five would be nice, but two out of five is a must.

Jesse Dougherty: The only must-win games left for Syracuse are against Pittsburgh and N.C. State, which are the two home games left on the schedule. After that, I don’t think the Orange “has to” beat any of Louisville, North Carolina and Florida State on the road, although a win over the Seminoles would help avoid any tournament-bid question marks.

Matt Schneidman: In order to solidify a bid to the NCAA Tournament, I think Syracuse has to win three of its last five games.

That would mean matchups against Pittsburgh, N.C. State and Florida State are mustwins since games against Louisville and North Carolina are acceptable losses, at least more so than the others. None of the final five games on the Orange’s regular season schedule would be considered “bad losses” because even N.C. State (who sits 3-10 in conference) has arguably the most talented player in the league in Anthony “Cat” Barber. But the home stretch of the season is when a team like Syracuse, one that’s straddling the bubble even if it’s on the

2. The last time Syracuse severely lost the rebounding battle was against Pittsburgh (-18). Is SU’s improvement on the boards the new normal for the Orange?

tion is in the question itself. It certainly is one of the most underrated aspects of Syracuse’s success, and better rebounding has coincided with more wins. But better rebounding has also coincided with better defense. And better defense typically means more missed shots, which means more chances to get defensive rebounds. But this team, as Jim Boeheim said on Monday, is gradually getting better in almost every aspect. It’s been a fun evolution to watch.

J.D.: It’s really hard to judge rebounding success, especially because so much of it is tied to how many shots Syracuse’s opponents are missing (which has been more and more as the zone has tightened up in the last month or so). But it does seem that the Orange is an improved team on the glass, and you’d have to think that Dajuan Coleman is going to continue to be a big factor on the defensive glass since his absences have coincided with a lot of the Orange’s “rough” rebounds stretches.

Coleman doesn’t necessarily have to be grabbing the rebounds himself, but having his strength and size in the middle of the zone goes a long way in helping his teammates get the job done on the defensive glass.

M.S.: Syracuse has outrebounded its opponents in eight of the last 10 games, so yes, it’s definitely become the new normal. The days of being outrebounded by double digits are gone, and Wisconsin’s +26 margin on the glass in SU’s first loss of the season seems like eons ago. The key to this turnaround has been Tyler Lydon, who has asserted himself as a physical presence on the interior. Sure, he’s still getting pushed around on occasion but starting with a nine-rebound performance against Duke

and Marshall Plumlee, the SU freshman has nicely complemented his expanding offensive game with more of a reinforcement to Tyler Roberson down low.

3. Matt Milon is just the latest player to hurt SU without much of a history of high scoring. Why does that frequently happen and will it hurt Syracuse down the stretch?

S.B.: Everyone is going to have a career night some night. I know that the rhetoric is that Syracuse always gives up big games to unknowns, but I’d be willing to bet it doesn’t happen to SU more than it does anyone else. The Orange is always a team that is subject to get burned by outside shooters. It literally always combats that problem by extending the zone. It’s like Boeheim lulls teams into a sense of confidence, and then takes that away. Milon made one 3-pointer in the second half. So clearly there’s a way to stop the bleeding when necessary.

J.D.: Let’s get something straight: Weird players lighting up the scoreboard is not a “Syracuse thing.” It’s a “college basketball

thing.” Even further than that, it’s a “sports thing.” Teams logically prepare for the other team’s best players and, in turn, unlikely scorers, or heroes if you will, show up in box scores across college basketball every night. With that said, Milon scored 25 points for Boston College with the Orange held the Eagles’ best scorer, Eli Carter, to seven points while making just 2-of-9 shots. Yes, it’s never good to let any player to score 25 points, but SU shut down the player that BC runs its offense through and a 14-point win was the result.

M.S.: From T.J. Sorrentine in the first round of the 2005 NCAA Tournament to Milon on Sunday, it seems that some noname sharpshooter always gets the best of the Syracuse zone. Don’t buy into the myth.

It’s how the zone works. Some shooters will get hot and buy real estate from beyond the stretches of the zone and hit a couple in a row. It happened with Pittsburgh’s Lamar Patterson two years ago and it happens with bigger-name players than ones like Milon. The less popular names just stand out more and it’s fun for everyone to pick them out.

After struggling on the boards early on in the season, Syracuse has outrebounded opponents in eight of its last 10 games. jessica sheldon staff photographer

women’s basketball

Syracuse jumps back into Top 25 at No. 23 after 2 wins

By Jon Mettus digital editor

Syracuse is back in the Associated Press Top 25 — at No. 23 — for the first time since Dec.

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williams would imagine (Williams) is the same.

“He’s athletic. He’s got more than one move.”

Thirteen times last year Williams managed to get a shot off after the faceoff, each one usually coming off a breakaway from the X. He last broke free toward the net and scored on March 22 against Duke. Williams swatted the ball away from the Blue Devils’ Jack Rowe and sprinted forward while holding the stick in his left hand.

He ran about 35 yards and through four defenders to score in the span of seven seconds. Williams’ quickness, perhaps more than any other quality, makes him an ideal candidate to break the barriers of a cookiecutter faceoff specialist.

“I think he shoots the ball pretty well on the run, which not a lot of face-off guys do,” Desko said. “I think that’s an added threat.”

7. The Orange (20-6, 10-3 Atlantic Coast) has won six games in a row and is coming off a two-win week in which it beat Virginia, 91-57, and North Carolina State, 55-52, on the road.

SU’s biggest win during the six-game

The 6-foot junior said there were discussions last season about getting him more involved in the offense. Usually after faceoffs though, Williams gave way to an SU midfield line that accounted for three of the team’s top six scorers.

The Orange features a reshaped first line of middies this year with former second-line players Tim Barber and Sergio Salcido and transfer Nick Mariano to round out the trio.

It’s a more balanced line than it’s predecessor, one that likely won’t account for nearly onefourth of the team’s points like last year’s.

That leaves Williams with slightly more freedom to take advantage of open lanes he sees instead of immediately dishing away the ball. And freedom is exactly what Williams has been looking for.

“I’ll do whatever I can to get more balls in the net,” Williams said. “Having the opportunity, potentially, to score some more would be great.” cgrossma@syr.edu | @connorgrossman

streak came at No. 16 Miami on Feb. 1. Syracuse put in the go-ahead bucket with 45 seconds left to upset the Hurricanes, 57-51.

The Orange had ranked as high as No. 20 early in the season, but dropped off after a

blowout loss to then-No. 5 Maryland on Dec. 2.

Syracuse will host No. 10 Florida State (21-4, 11-1) on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Carrier Dome. jrmettus@syr.edu | @jmettus

BEN WILLIAMS has been used primarily as a faceoff specialist in his career. Now, he might start playing a larger offensive role. logan reidsma senior staff photographer

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After 51 years, a new coach is leading DIII St. John’s

By Tomer Langer asst. copy editor

Pat McKenzie’s family is ingrained in the history of St. John’s (Minnesota) University. The former point guard and current head coach played from 2000-04, his father, Pat, played at the school from 197579 and his younger brother, Kevin, played from 2010-14.

The three of them played in completely different eras, but all ended up playing for the same head coach.

Jim Smith became the head coach of the Johnnies in 1964. On March 17 of last year, Smith retired after spending 51 years on the job. He didn’t go into the season knowing that it would be his last.

“All of a sudden the decision seemed right,” Smith said.

Smith is the winningest coach in Minnesota college basketball history on any level.

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reiss

you’re not. It’s just like anything else.”

When she got back into acting after two seasons, the rejections were harder to take than the ones in basketball. She could control her play on the court. If she didn’t perform, she could improve parts of her game for the future. In acting, Reiss couldn’t control whether or not she was pretty enough or had the right skin color.

But she kept practicing ways to elicit emotions better. The enthusiasm Reiss now uses when working out alongside Syracuse players was being steered in a different direction.

superstar Here’s a look at some of the movies Syracuse assistant coach Tammi Reiss acted in and their rankings, according to Rottentomatoes.com: Juwanna Mann 10 percent Love and Basketball 82 percent Double Teamed 58 percent

Reiss has always been able to hold an audience, Beth Burns, the coach that hired Reiss at San Diego State said. During games, she’d wave to the crowd and yell toward coaches.

She let her emotions rage for everyone to see.

“There’s no way you can (have fun) by being quiet, sitting on the bench and being introspective,” Reiss said. “I can’t be that way. I love putting on a show.”

After enough time passed, Reiss returned to playing in 1997, the WNBA’s inaugural season.

She hadn’t played in five years, but trained with Tylawsky. With just six months of prep, Reiss was taken fifth overall by the Utah Starzz.

But Reiss only played for two seasons and served as an assistant coach for another two. In between playing and coaching, Reiss returned to acting to play Vicki Sanchez in Juwanna Mann, what she calls the highlight of her career.

Co-stars Tommy Davidson and Kim Wayans replaced Basketball Hall of Famer Dawn Staley and current Clemson head coach Audra Smith,

His 786 wins rank second all-time in Division III history and 14th in NCAA history among all divisions. He had the best winning percentage in school history among coaches who were around for at least 20 games.

Smith left his imprint on the university in more ways than one. He coached golf and cross country, among other sports, and even served two different stints as the athletic director. Now, McKenzie is tasked with replacing a man whose lasting legacy on the school spans over half a century.

“I never once felt like he’s looking over my shoulder or I’m in his shadow,” McKenzie said. “If anything, I feel like he’s got his arm around my shoulder.”

McKenzie, who was an assistant under Smith for the last nine years, said that there were nerves and anxious moments when he first took over. But as his young head coaching career has progressed, it’s become easier for him with the continued level of support

from his former boss.

Smith said that he would be there to help McKenzie whenever he needed it, but he stressed that he would try and remain as hands-off as possible.

McKenzie was hired on April 15, just under a month after Smith’s retirement decision came. He felt cautiously optimistic that he would get the job after talking with people around the community.

Still, he had to go through the full process of applying and interviewing with the committee that was formed to look for Smith’s replacement. One of the members on the committee was Mitchell Kuck, who was just finishing his junior year.

The committee did its best to remain unbiased and to give a fair shot to every candidate, according to Kuck. But he also acknowledged that people in the community had a feeling that McKenzie was preparing to get the job for whenever his predecessor

decided to retire.

McKenzie is naturally more intense and serious than Smith was, though he credits that to Smith’s long tenure and McKenzie’s inexperience at the helm. But his favorite moment from this season broke the norm.

After getting their first win of the season, McKenzie celebrated and shouted with the rest of his players in the locker room.

“It was just a great memory for me, and it was something I’d never seen out of him before,” Kuck said.

McKenzie conducts a few things differently now that Smith is gone. He focuses more on the players’ strength and conditioning and runs practice in a more structured manner.

With the Johnnies entering a new phase in their programs history after 51 years of relative consistency, it’s up to McKenzie to find a way to continue the success.

both who she played with at UVA. Watching production replaced watching opponents’ film.

Performing for talent evaluators and cameras replaced teammates and fans.

“When the light turns on on that camera and you got to hit a scene or hit an emotion, you’ve got to be on,” Reiss said. “You got to perform. It’s a lot like sports.”

In 2011, nearly 20 years after missing out on a championship, Reiss watched former Virginia teammate Tonya Cardoza coach No. 10 seed Temple against No. 2 seed Notre Dame in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Reiss hadn’t been to a game of that magnitude in years.

As she sat down alone in the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, the bands, the crowd and the cameras all came rushing back. So too did the three losses, crying in the hotel room and the desire for a national championship.

Imitating emotions could only get Reiss so far. She needed to feel the real ones again.

“It just clicked,” Reiss said. “I said, ‘What am I doing? I miss this.’”

and her time had passed. But Reiss said she really wanted to, and did.

“In 21 years of being a head coach, … She was the quickest 1-2 year improved assistant that I’ve ever had,” Burns said. “She wanted to learn and she wanted to get it right and she worked her tail off.”

Reiss now uses her past experience as a tool.

Players respect her because she played professionally. They listen to her advice because she’s pursued so many different avenues. In recruiting, Reiss stresses how she’s seen it all.

She’s working just a few hours from where she grew up. Her parents often come to SU games, and she can travel home to see her 92-year-old grandmother. After stops in Salt Lake City, New York City, Los Angeles, San Diego and Fullerton, she’s finally back the conference where she had her most success.

“I would never say, ‘What if?’ No. I did it,” Reiss said. “… I’m 45 years old, I’m grown now and I’m ready to dedicate myself to basketball.”

Reiss says she still plans on having a “Betty White career” after she retires from coaching in her late 60s.

But one of the reasons she left Cal State Fullerton for SU this past summer is to compete for championships. The Orange sits in fourth place in the ACC, in line for a double bye in the ACC tournament. Three postseason wins and Reiss could accomplish what she did twice as a player at Virginia.

The win that’s eluded Reiss though is a national title. It’s one of the only incomplete tasks on her dwindling list of goals.

The thing Reiss never accomplished as a player is what drove her out of basketball.

But it’s also what brought her back.

“That’s why I coach the game now,” Reiss said. “I want a shot at championships again.

I want that feeling again. I know the pain because I’ve already experienced it. But I want to experience the joy.”

tdlanger@syr.edu | @tomer_langer

pmschwed@syr.edu | @pschweds

In 21 years of being a head coach, … she was the quickest 1-2 year improved assistant that I’ve ever had.

She wanted to learn and she wanted to get it right and she worked her tail off.

Beth Burns former san diego state head coach, on tammi reiss

The next day, Reiss began searching for an assistant coaching position. She heard Burns, who recruited her out of high school, had an open spot at San Diego State.

Burns warned Reiss: Coaching was too hard, she wouldn’t make as much money

TAMMI REISS won multiple ACC championships at Virginia as a player. She’ll try to help Syracuse do the same. courtesy of su athletic communications

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They’re back Syracuse women’s basketball picked up wins against Miami and N.C. State this past week to re-enter the AP Top 25.

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Big shoes

Round ‘em up

After 51 years with one head coach, DIII St. John’s is in its first year with Pat McKenzie at the helm.

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SPORTS

Before Syracuse faces Louisville on Wednesday, our beat writers address three topics in this week’s roundtable.

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FINDING HER ROLE Tammi Reiss progresses as 1st-year SU assistant coach after acting career showtime Syracuse assistant Tammi Reiss didn't fully settle into her coaching career until 2011. After graduating from Virginia in 1992, she dabbled in acting, modeling and business ownership. Here's a look at her back-and-forth career.

Spring 1992 Reiss graduates from UVA as a two-time All-American after reaching three final fours with the Cavaliers. But she never won a national title.

April 28, 1997 The Utah Starzz draft Reiss with the No. 5 overall pick in the inaugural WNBA college draft.

June 21, 2002 Juwanna Mann, Reiss' favorite movie that she worked on, releases. It brought in $13.8 million at the box office.

March 21, 2011 Reiss watches former teammate Tonya Cardoza coach Temple in the NCAA tournament. Reiss got back into coaching right after.

July 5, 2015 Syracuse head coach Quentin Hillsman hires Reiss as an assistant coach. She previously served as an assistant at Cal State Fullerton.

By Paul Schwedelson asst. sports editor

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ammi Reiss almost hated basketball and the sour taste it left in her mouth lingered for years. She couldn’t pick up a ball without remembering the pain.

The national championship she had craved escaped her. First by nine points, then by three in overtime, then by a single one as the clock on the game and her career simultaneously ran out.

Inside a Los Angeles hotel room, Reiss wept and refused to talk to anyone. Not even her parents, who left her alone.

Three trips to the final four. No titles.

She needed something else to fill the void after her relationship with basketball fractured.

“I just wanted to walk away from it,” Reiss said of the torturous end to her two-time AllAmerican career at Virginia. “I didn’t want to coach, I didn’t want to talk about it. … I just needed a break.”

To occupy the time after graduating in 1992, Reiss took up acting throughout the next 20 years. She had barely any experience, save for a few lessons in college. She also bounced between owning a dance club, modeling and working at a Gold’s Gym. Wounds faded over time and she served as an assistant coach at UVA in the mid-90s to appease her parents. In 1997, Reiss got back to playing.

The first-year Syracuse assistant never fully settled on one career until 2011. She said she won’t get back into acting until her coaching career is over. Moving back and forth provided a stretch of time that stalled both tracks. She thinks she could’ve been a star actress or a head coach by now.

“It definitely slowed my career down, but that’s OK because it flourished me as a person in so many other aspects of my life,” Reiss said.

“I wanted to have experiences. I didn’t want to be defined as one thing. That got boring for me.”

TAMMI REISS is an assistant coach for SU women’s basketball. After graduating from UVA in 1992, she switched between acting and coaching. courtesy of su athletic communications

Paul Tylawsky, Reiss’ sixth grade teacher and future personal trainer asked her in eighth grade to choose between basketball and track and field.

“I’m picking basketball,” Tylawsky recalls Reiss saying.

“For now.”

As a player at Virginia, Reiss enjoyed being interviewed so much, she started taking acting lessons as an undergrad. It was the first acting experience she ever gained and even with limited background, she chose to pursue it after finishing her successful collegiate basketball career.

“I was pretty shocked that she wanted to drop something that she loved for something that she’d never done,” Ed Reiss, Tammi’s father, said.

“That’s a little hard to comprehend.”

Reiss went to acting school in New York City, got an agent and landed the first three parts she sought after, two national commercials and a modeling opportunity.

Reiss said she was only starting to get good. She joined a union and had enough gigs to comfortably support herself. Then Virginia offered her an assistant coaching job and her parents urged her to take it. Looking back, Reiss wishes she hadn’t.

“Going back to coaching, going back to acting, going back to coaching. You got to pay your dues, you got to get good, you got to practice your craft,” Reiss said. “… You’re either in or

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men’s lacrosse

Faceoff specialist Ben Williams expands offensive game

By Connor Grossman asst. web editor

Having not taken an official faceoff in nearly 10 months, it took Ben Williams five seconds to do what he did 256 times as a sophomore last year.

He pried the ball away at the faceoff X from Hunter Sanna, and popped it in the air to Tom Grimm five yards behind. While Grimm

took off down the field, Williams ran forward about 20 yards before retreating to the bench.

If only for a moment, Syracuse’s electric faceoff specialist teased a run toward the goal. A run he made successfully only three times last year, and one SU has toyed with him making more frequently going into this season.

“We’ve been incorporating some

things where I’ll stay out on the field,” Williams said. “… We’re still kind of messing around with it. It’s been fun, I’m excited to see how it gets put to work here in the early season.”

Williams broke out last season with the second-best faceoff percentage in the country, and didn’t have to play anything more than a “faceoff-get off” role. But with 63 percent of SU’s points from last

year gone, head coach John Desko will look at new places on his roster to fill the offensive void.

After a shoulder procedure sidelined Williams from taking faceoffs in the fall, it left him with ample time to practice free shooting in anticipation of his expanded role.

He didn’t unfurl any shots toward the net against Siena on Saturday, but maintained dominance on the

draw with 12-of-16 takeaways.

Syracuse didn’t need to leaf too deep into the playbook in its 18-5 win, but is soon expected to roll out scenarios with Williams leading the charge toward the goal.

“Faceoff guys are a different kind of breed,” Saints head coach John Svec said. “Those guys, they’re (lacrosse) junkies, and I

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