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Code confusion The Student Association

Walking warning The Daily Orange Editorial

confirmed the existence of an emergency reserve fund at Monday’s meeting. Page 3

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It’s time for a change The Syracuse Stage performs

Board urges students to practice safe methods while crossing streets. Page 4

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its first show of the semester, “Caroline, or Change,” to the tune of a positive note. Page 9

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Third accuser reports filing restraint By Marwa Eltagouri ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Zach Tomaselli, the third man to bring forth allegations of molestation against Bernie Fine, is reporting to have obtained a temporary order of protection from harassment against the former associate men’s basketball coach Monday. The filing of the order was reported by The Post-Standard on Monday. That same day, The Post-Standard reported that Tomaselli later told reporters he fabricated the documents. Controversy continues to surround the issue, and Tomaselli has spoken out against The Post-Standard’s second article. Filing a knowingly false complaint is a criminal offense subject to prosecution. Tomaselli, 23, of Lewiston, Maine, emailed what he said is a copy of the order to The Daily Orange. In the document, he said Fine repeatedly called him on both his home phone and cell-

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Developers work to solve tax-related problems with bookstore, gym By Nick Smith

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Developers for a new bookstore and gym complex on University Avenue, which will also include retail stores, have drawn up a plan they hope can solve tax-related issues that delayed construction, said Cameron Group LLC partner Thomas Valenti. Since talks about a new complex started in 2006, Syracuse University, the Cameron Group and the Syracuse city administration have been at odds over how the complex would be taxed. The property for the complex is owned by SU and has tax-exempt status, but the university plans to lease it to the Cameron Group for construction. Upon completion, the Cameron

Group will re-lease the fitness center and bookstore to the university. Once the property is leased, it loses its tax exempt status, according to a March 7, 2011, article in The Daily Orange. Valenti said he and his associates created a proposal for a payment in lieu of taxes agreement, which is a possible solution to keep the portion of the complex used by the university tax-exempt. The structured tax payment will compensate for the tax revenue the city would lose. “We are going to meet with the Syracuse Industrial Development Authority on February 21 seeking its approval for our PILOT agreement,” Valenti said. Though the agreement would allow for the bookstore and fitness

“If the proposal passes, I hope that we can begin in June and that we could open the bookstore and fitness center for the fall 2013 semester.” Thomas Valenti

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center to remain tax-exempt, the city would still generate tax revenue

from the parts of the complex used for retail. Kathleen Joy, Syracuse Common councilor-at-large and chair of the Finance, Taxation and Assessment Committee, said if the agreement is approved by SIDA, it will then be voted on by the Common Council. “This project is good for our economy, creates jobs, revenue and brings students down off the hill and the public toward other university-area businesses,” said Joy, who has been a proponent of the project since its inception. The complex, which will cost approximately $20 million to complete, would be 54,400 square feet, with the fitness center occupying 47,700 square feet. The university

plans to completely move the bookstore in the Schine Student Center to the new complex. As of now, there are no plans for what will be done with the space in Schine. “If the proposal passes, I hope that we can begin in June and that we could open the bookstore and fitness center for the fall 2013 semester,” Valenti said. The complex was originally expected to be complete by summer 2011, but it was hindered by the tax dilemma. Valenti said the nature of the PILOT agreement being proposed on Feb. 21 could not be released, as it has not yet been approved by SIDA and the city council. The details will be made public information afterward. nxsmith@syr.edu

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Challenge accepted The Kendo club gets down to business as it practices mastering the martial arts.

sports Check out Wednesday’s paper for coverage of the Syracuse women’s basketball team’s game against Skylar Diggins and No. 2 Notre Dame.

wo hundred family dwelling units have been assigned to the university, according to a telegram received by Ernest Reed, director of veterans’ education. Described as “converted barracks,” the structures are now located at a war housing center in an Eastern state. They are of frame construction and are understood to contain two small dwelling units apiece. The new houses will probably be moved onto the university farm off East Colvin Street, where 25 two-family prefabricated houses already are being erected.

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Although several months are likely to elapse before the promised new units can be moved, erected and made ready for occupancy, administration officials were elated at the news, coming at a time when they anticipated a larger number of returning veterans. The housing units were assigned to Syra-

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cuse by the federal public housing authority. Senator James M. Mead (D-N.Y.) sent the first word of the assignment to Dr. Reed. Confirmation of the order was later received by telephone from New York City. Trailers for married veterans have been erected at Drumlins after residents of sections nearer the university objected. Recently purchased by the university was the Paramount apartment house, 700 University Ave. Housing officials have not yet disclosed whether the building will house male students or coeds. However, residents now in the apartment house are protesting eviction measures which rule that they must vacate the apartments by June 1. —Compiled by Breanne Van Nostrand, asst. copy editor, brvannos@syr.edu

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CRIME BRIEFS • There were no arrests made at Thursday night’s Rock the Dome concert. Only a few students were escorted out for smoking marijuana or because they were too intoxicated, said Department of Public Safety Capt. John Sardino. DPS and the Syracuse Police Department had 10 officers each at the concert, Sardino said. • Four SU seniors, a 22-year-old and a disc jockey were issued nuisance party violations early Saturday morning on the 1100 block of Madison Street, according to Syracuse police reports. • Billy Yancy, 34, of Westcott Street, was arrested at about 6 a.m. Saturday morning on the 1300 block of South Salina Street and charged with eight counts related to driving while intoxicated, according to a Syracuse police report. Yancy was charged with one count of DWI; one count of DWI with a BAC of 0.08 percent or higher; one count of leaving the scene of a property damage accident, one count of aggravated unlicensed operation; one count of unlicensed operator; one count of having an obstructed drivers view; one count of inadequate lights; and one count of inadequate stop lamps. An officer pulled Yancy, in a 2004 red Jeep, over on the 1300 block of South Salina. As the vehicle came to a stop, Yancy exited the vehicle and began to approach the patrol car. The officer then put Yancy in custody and waited for other units to arrive. When Yancy was asked why he approached the patrol car, his speech was random and didn’t make any sense, police noted. It was later discovered that Yancy’s Jeep was involved in a hit-andrun incident that occurred on the 100 block of Fernwood Avenue. The Jeep had several yellow scratches on the driver’s side rear quarter panel, which were consistent with the damage done to a fire hydrant. The passenger in the Jeep told police Yancy had hit the hydrant and left the scene to avoid police detection. • A 47-year-old complainant, who is in a wheelchair, told police a 50-yearold woman poured coffee on her while they were both in the dayroom of their apartment building. The 50-year-old woman, who told police she is blind, told the officer the 47-year-old poured coffee on her and broke her glasses. Neither complainant had coffee stains on their clothing, police noted. A glass door to the lobby was broken and each complainant blamed the other. The 47-year-old said the 50-year-old swung at her but missed and hit the door, while the 50-yearold claims the other complainant’s wheelchair broke the glass door. Police concluded that no crime was committed and advised both complainants to stay away from each other. —Compiled by Jon Harris, staff writer, jdharr04@syr.edu

charlotte horton | staff photogapher Student Association members wore white at Monday night’s meeting in Kittredge Auditorium to support the Vera House Foundation’s annual White Ribbon Campaign, which is aimed at ending domestic violence. Members voted to elect two candidates to the general assembly.

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assembly seats that remain open in SA. Only two colleges currently hold the maximum capacity of representatives.

The newly elected Finance Board member was denied from a position at last week’s election. Chaplin came back this week, however, to prove himself worthy of joining the Finance Board.

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A bill to repeal a prior action eliminating the mention of the emergency reserve fund in the Student Association codes was proposed during the SA meeting Monday at 7:30 p.m. in Kittredge Auditorium. The general assembly will vote on the bill at next

week’s meeting. Two weeks ago, a bill was approved that eliminated all mentions of the emergency reserve fund from the SA codes. Members questioned the existence of the account and decided that removing it would prevent any future confusion, Comptroller Stephen

This semester, 80 undergraduate students are getting the opportunity to work with officials from Destiny USA and the Rosamond Gifford Zoo to expand their social media presence. Information science professor Anthony Rotolo’s IST 486/686: “Social Media in the Enterprise” class is taking on the two clients to give students the opportunity to work in both a corporate environment and a nonprofit environment, Rotolo said. Students will be working in groups with the organizations on different social media aspects such as blogging, content production, policies and metrics, and new and trending social networking sites,

The board previously lacked a thorough knowledge about the remaining money in the emergency reserve fund. This caused confusion over the fund’s mention in the SA codes.

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“Part of the reason we made the bill to scrap all of the reserve fund stuff from the codes was because we thought we weren’t using it anymore and that it didn’t exist.”

like Instagram, Rotolo said. “It’s about how you use social media in the context of your organization,” he said. Rotolo said the class partnered with CNY Central, a local news outlet in Syracuse, last semester. At the end of that semester, Rotolo said he began talking to officials from Destiny USA and the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. “I realized they were two perfect clients,” he said. Officials from both clients have visited the class already, Rotolo said, and they have given presentations to the students. Students will be assisting Destiny USA with its opening, which is slated for this spring, Rotolo said. Because of this, students in

the class have access to information regarding Destiny USA that is not yet public. “The students are really given an inside look,” he said. Officials from Destiny USA and the Rosamond Gifford Zoo could not be reached to comment. David Aitken, Destiny USA team member, said in a Feb. 6 news release that he is happy about the collaboration. “As a Syracuse University alum it is always exciting to have the opportunity to work with the school and engage with the students,” Aitken said. “We look forward to a successful semester and getting some great feedback in the classroom.” snbouvia@syr.edu

Community to discuss sexual abuse in forum By Jen Bundy STAFF WRITER

A forum on child sexual abuse will be held at Hendricks Chapel at 4 p.m. Tuesday to discuss the effects of child sexual abuse, the barriers causing silence, bystanders, how to report suspicions, local advocacy services and the legal process. Thomas Wolfe, Syracuse University’s senior vice president and dean of student affairs, will moderate the forum, which is co-sponsored by University Senate’s Women’s Concerns Committee, Hendricks and the Advocacy Center at SU. The forum will feature numerous

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In light of accidents, students must take precautions to remain safe on campus During the weekend, two students were injured after being struck by vehicles. The first incident happened on South Campus Saturday morning. A student was hit by a Centro bus while trying to cross from one side of the street to the other. The second incident occurred on Comstock Avenue in front of Sigma Alpha Mu on Sunday night. The first student was treated for non-life-threatening injuries to the head and the second student suffered a broken leg. The two incidents serve as a reminder for all members of the Syracuse University community to remember basic safety on campus. Pedestrians must look both ways before crossing the street and should cross major roads in the crosswalk when the walk signal is on. At night, pedestrians should look for well-lit areas and try not to wear dark clothing. Pedestrians should minimize distractions while walking out in public. Don’t try to cross the street while texting or listening to music. At night, students should also travel in

EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board groups and care for one another’s safety. Young adults often feel immune to the dangers of the real world, but these two accidents show that we are not immune. The incidents also serve as a reminder for drivers on campus to be vigilant. Student drivers and those who drive through campus frequently know jaywalking happens and should follow basic safety tips, too. The tips that apply to pedestrians apply to drivers as well. Keep your eyes on the road. Don’t be distracted by cellphones, music or other passengers in the car. It is fortunate the two students suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the accidents this weekend. But the incidents are a jarring reminder to all on campus that we are not invincible.

All students, athletes or not, treated equally by Office of Judicial Affairs I am writing in response to an article in Monday’s Daily Orange that implies a studentathlete received preferential treatment from the Office of Judicial Affairs. First, I want to be very clear: All students at Syracuse University are treated equally through the university’s judicial system. As you may expect, due to university policy and federal student privacy laws, I am unable to comment about actual specifics of any student’s judicial case, but I can and do want to address the situation as it was presented in the article. Based on information in the article, it is clear that each case resulted in the same sanction — each student losing a full semester and unable to complete and receive academic credit for one semester at SU. The fact that one of the students had already begun the semester, which was then later forfeited in terms of academic credit and tuition reimbursement, does not constitute differential treatment. And most critically, each student was held

LET TER TO THE EDITOR accountable through the student judicial process, for their violations of the student code of conduct, and made clear they understood the cause of their behavior and that they learned from their experience. Within each sanction lies the opportunity for students to actively engage in their learning, growth and personal development. Upon completion of their sanctions, all students are required to follow the proper protocol and meet with the relevant offices as they seek to re-enter the university. In this vein, the primary goal of the student judicial system, according to the Judicial System Handbook, is to serve as a “learning experience that is intended to result in the growth and understanding of individual responsibilities on the part of all persons.”

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ifferent people do different things. This semester, I’m taking two biology classes and a landscape architecture studio. As an environmental resources engineering major, I feel like they let me out of the computer lab for rumspringa. Getting past stereotypes can be difficult. Landscape architects are divas. Engineers are socially awkward. At the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, the environmental forest biology department assumes it is the entire school. We need to get over it. We need each other. Biologists track species populations on maps created by geospatial engineers; water resources engineers use plants to prevent erosion studied by botanists; and

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green and read all over three-dimensional matrix and equally spaced each seed in the pot. The professor laughed at us. The greenhouses in Illick Hall seem like more fun than should be allowed. We get to play in the dirt and make jokes about sexual and asexual propagation. We don’t even have to hunch over a computer screen. It is always about 75 degrees, and there is a banana tree. In Syracuse. In February. Last week, I had to adjust my expec-

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GIS data? Can we take soil samples? Who has waders? We were waiting to get some numbers to chew on. The landscape architects mostly think our math is magic. They talk about rerouting the creek through contaminated industrial sites. We politely explain that would be absolutely disgusting; they smile and act like we’re not total buzzkills. I still don’t understand the point of ornamental plants, biologists who study specific species in-depth seem like they have fetishes and I can’t tell you why trees make people happy. But that’s OK because someone else can. 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 or followed on Twitter at @LeannaMulvihill.

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Fitzpatrick told The Post-Standard in an article published Jan. 19 that Tomaselli changed his story from Connecticut to Pittsburgh. When Tomaselli called Fitzpatrick a liar to the media, Fitzpatrick offered to play that portion of the recording for The Daily Orange. The detectives’ interview with Tomaselli was conducted in Albany on Nov. 23 by Clark Farry and Raul Santana of the Syracuse Police Department. “We also want to talk about this UConn thing and how we made sense of that,” Farry said nearly 48 minutes into the interview. “Because you’ll have to explain that for us.” “Before I forget, and then I promise I’ll shut up,” Farry said shortly thereafter, “when you first spoke with Raul (Santana) the other day, you mentioned UConn. And I think you began to figure out it wasn’t UConn. Explain that to us again.” Tomaselli launched into an explanation in which he said he told Marcus Spaulding, who he called his best friend from high school, about going on the road trip. He said he discussed the trip with Spaulding, 23, of Copenhagen, N.Y., back in high school. When the news about Fine first broke in November, Tomaselli said he went through the full story with Spaulding. It was during this conversation, Tomaselli said on the recording, that Spaulding indicated remembering the game was against Pittsburgh and not Connecticut. “He remembers about a trip with Syracuse. He had remembered it as Pittsburgh,” Tomaselli said on the recording. He then said Spaulding asked him whether it was a Pittsburgh game that Tomaselli actually attended. “And I said, ‘Well, yeah,’” Tomaselli said on the recording. “I definitely switched my story really fast because I wasn’t sure. I knew it was a rivalry game. And I wasn’t familiar, and I’m still not 100 percent familiar with their exact rivals, but I knew it was a big, big game.” Spaulding could not be reached for comment, but he told The Post-Standard in an article published Jan. 20 he has no memory of Tomaselli attending the game or telling him about it in high school. Tomaselli told The Daily Orange on Jan. 27 that he thinks Spaulding is denying he remembers the aforementioned events because he “doesn’t want to be out in the media.” He reiter-

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phone in attempts to intimidate him. Fine is prohibited from having any direct or indirect contact with Tomaselli and is prohibited from “threatening, assaulting, molesting, harassing, or otherwise disturbing the peace”

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people with direct influence and knowledge on the topic of child sexual abuse, according to a Feb. 1 SU News release. The speakers include Julie Cecile, executive director of the McMaho n / R y a n Where: Hendricks Chapel Child Advocacy When: Today, 4 p.m. Center; Bryan How much: Free Lendy, detective

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ated that idea Monday. After explaining to Farry and Santana how the story changed from a game against Connecticut to a game against Pittsburgh, Farry attempted to clarify. “So initially you thought, but you’re not positive, but you thought it was UConn, right?” Farry asked. “Yeah,” Tomaselli responded on the recording. “It’s not that I wasn’t positive it was UConn. My mind really did think it was.” A request to interview Farry and Santana for this story was denied. Syracuse police spokesman Sgt. Tom Connellan said members of the police department are prohibited from commenting about an ongoing investigation. ••• In the interview Jan. 27, The Daily Orange asked Tomaselli to whom he ever mentioned attending a game between Syracuse and Connecticut. He said with confidence he never mentioned UConn to either Farry or Santana. “By the time it became anything formal, even over the phone with Farry or Santana, it was always Pittsburgh,” Tomaselli said. Aware of his statements in the recording, The Daily Orange again asked for affirmation that Tomaselli had remained consistent with detectives about attending a game against Pittsburgh. “Right,” Tomaselli said. Tomaselli said there was a chance he mentioned Connecticut to the very first person he spoke with at the SPD back in November as well. But he explained that the only person to whom he definitely mentioned attending a game against Connecticut was Mark Schwarz, an “Outside the Lines” reporter for ESPN. Tomaselli said he spoke with Schwarz days after Schwarz’s initial report Nov. 17 in which Bobby Davis and Mike Lang brought forth allegations of sexual abuse against Fine. “I called Mark Schwarz because I knew that since ESPN was getting hammered that they would want to hear my story,” Tomaselli said. “And I definitely wanted to speak with him and back up Bobby and Mike.” Tomaselli said he walked Schwarz through the entire series of events surrounding his own situation. Tomaselli admitted that instead of saying Pittsburgh, he told Schwarz it was a rivalry game possibly against UConn. Schwarz confirmed Tomaselli’s account of their phone conversation. ••• During the interview with Farry and Santana, Tomaselli was also questioned about the

exact date of the game. It was determined the game Tomaselli claims to have attended took place Jan. 22, 2002, in Pittsburgh. He said he traveled via bus to Pittsburgh on Jan. 21, spent the night in the hotel and attended the game the next day. It was during this night, which Tomaselli said he spent in the same room as Fine, that he was allegedly molested. Jan. 22, 2002, was a Tuesday. In his interview

of Tomaselli, according to the document sent to The Daily Orange. “The defendant Bernie Fine is trying to intimidate me at all costs and will not stop unless ordered to,” Tomaselli wrote, according to the copy of the document. Tomaselli additionally wrote in the affidavit for protection from abuse and harassment that Fine has been contacting him to “harass, ter-

rorize, and intimidate” him “at all costs.” He also wrote that Fine said he will never be found guilty, and he will make Tomaselli “pay dearly” for reporting Fine to investigators, according to the order. The order was filed at the Lewiston District Court. A hearing on Tomaselli’s complaint will take place at the same court March 6, according to the document.

Fine, who was fired from the university Nov. 27, has denied the allegations and has not been charged. Federal agents and the Syracuse Police Department continue to investigate the allegations.

sergeant at the Syracuse Police Department; and Ellen Ford, clinical director at the Vera House. Other speakers include Allison Young, director of abuse services and family transition services with Elmcrest Children’s Center and professional counselor at NuStep Professional Counseling Services; and Janet Epstein, director of the Advocacy Center. Advocacy Center volunteers Sam Myers and Eric McGriff, a junior and freshman, respectively, will also sit on the panel, according to the release. Panelist David Hubert will also tell a personal survival story of child sexual abuse, according to the release.

Child sexual abuse is a difficult issue to talk about, but it affects many people, Wolfe said. While the recent scandals involving Bernie Fine and Jerry Sandusky have heightened awareness, the issue of child sexual abuse transcends those specific instances, he said. The panel will begin with opening remarks from Wolfe, followed by speeches from each of the panelists. After the final remarks, the forum will open for questions from the audience. The goals of the forum are to inform SU and the community about child sexual abuse, explore services, educate about prevention on and off

campus and discuss how to heal survivors of child sexual abuse, according to the release. Janet Epstein said she believes the forum will be the first of many opportunities for the community and campus to have conversations and learn more about the issue to support those affected, according to the release. The forum is free and open to the public and all of the SU campus. Representatives from a number of university organizations and offices will be in attendance to answer questions. Said Wolfe: “I really hope this forum can bring about change and ultimately promote healing.”

“Before I forget, and then I promise I’ll shut up, when you first spoke with Raul (Santana) the other day, you mentioned UConn. And I think you began to figure out it wasn’t UConn. Explain that to us again.” Clark Farry

DETECTIVE WITH THE SYRACUSE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IN INTERVIEW WITH TOMASELLI

with Farry and Santana, Tomaselli thought he attended a weekend game. “I would imagine, and again I can’t say for sure, that it was a weekend game or an end-ofthe-week game or a day we didn’t have school,” Tomaselli said on the recording. “Because my parents put education pretty high, so I wouldn’t think that they would pull me out of school for that.” Since then, Tomaselli acknowledged that the attendance records from the Copenhagen School District near Watertown, where Tomaselli grew up, show that he was in school on the day of the game and that he took a test. Fitzpatrick, whose office obtained the records, confirmed this. “The school officials — I don’t know if that specifically means the superintendent — whoever the record keeper is at the Copenhagen School District would be prepared to testify under oath that Zach Tomaselli was in school on that date,” Fitzpatrick said. ••• When confronted about the exchange with detectives Farry and Santana involving Connecticut on the recording, Tomaselli changed

his story again. Tomaselli initially told The Daily Orange that when he called SPD, the first person to answer the phone was a police dispatcher. And he said it was possible that he mentioned attending a game between Syracuse and UConn to this person, who Tomaselli did not previously identify. But on Monday, when he was read the exchange on the recording, Tomaselli said Santana was the first who took his call at SPD’s Abused Persons Unit. “The first person that took the phone was Santana,” Tomaselli said. “If you call the abused persons line, it’s always a detective that actually answers. So that was the first person that I talked to. “What I meant by dispatcher is the first person to ever answer the phone, which now because you’re jogging my memory … … Whenever I called, the first person to answer, I remember, was the person I told it to. And you would think that’s a dispatcher, but it really was Santana.” Later in the same interview, though, Tomaselli told The Daily Orange he was informed for the first time on Monday that Santana was the one who took the initial phone call back in November. “I never — until right now, until you just said this — knew that the first person I talked to was Detective Santana,” Tomaselli said. This, however, is indeterminable by the portion of the audio recording played for The Daily Orange. It does not indicate who Tomaselli initially spoke to at the police department. “Well, he is,” Tomaselli said, referring to Santana. “Because he’s the first person that picked up at the Abused Persons Unit.” Tomaselli said he did not realize one of the two detectives interviewing him was the same person who took his initial phone call only days earlier. He didn’t make the connection. But on the audio recording, Farry questioned Tomaselli about a specific previous conversation he had with Santana — the conversation in which Tomaselli mentioned attending a game against UConn. There is no confusion or hesitation on Tomaselli’s part as Farry completed the question, even though he claimed to be unaware of having a previous conversation with Santana until Monday. The Daily Orange asked Tomaselli why he did not question Farry’s statement that he had already talked to Santana. “OK, well, that’s a good question,” Tomaselli said. “Then maybe I did know.” mjcohe02@syr.edu

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More than a feeling Study shows women experience pain more intensely than men By Katie Van Brunt

STAFF WRITER

omen feel pain more intensely than men, according to a study recently conducted at Stanford Hospital and Clinics, which surveyed 11,000 men and women. Researchers studied pain levels in both sexes by analyzing electronic medical records of patients’ reports of pain across a large range of different diseases, according to a Jan. 23 article in Time magazine. The research found a distinct gender-driven difference in how much discomfort patients said they felt. Health care professionals asked patients to rank their level of pain on a scale of zero to 10, zero meaning no pain and 10 meaning the worst pain imaginable, according to the article. When analyzing the results, researchers found most responses signified medial pain levels, but women overall were more likely to indicate higher levels of pain than men, said Atul Butte, lead author of the study and chief of systems medicine in the department of pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine, according to the article. The results were consistent across all diseases, which means women feel pain more intensely than men in every aspect no matter what the ailment is, according to the article. “We completely wouldn’t have expected such a difference across almost all disorders,

where women were reporting a whole pain point higher on the 0-to-10 scale than men,” Butte said in the article. Students at SU agreed with this study, but unlike Butte, it did not surprise them. “I think we feel more pain than men do because our bodies are more fragile than men,” said Megan Barnes, a freshman political science major. “I think also because men are stronger and can build muscle easier than we can, they have a stronger pain tolerance. Also, I think feelings are involved, so women feel pain higher. We are emotional creatures.” According to the study, some explanations of why there is a gender difference with pain tolerance have nothing to do with biology, but rather with cultural stereotypes. For example, because men may feel pressured by our cultural norms to be tough, they may report feeling less pain than they really do, especially when asked by a mostly female nursing staff, according to the article. “Women experience more pain because it has to deal with us mentally, too,” said Diana Acebedo, a freshman social work major. “Once it’s mental it becomes physical, so we would experience pain on a higher level.” The study also explained that one reason for a difference in gender pain tolerance has to do with the differing hormones in men and women. Studies have shown estrogen in women can actually help to ease pain women experience because it dampens the activity levels of pain receptors. But when women experience low levels of estrogen during their menstrual cycle, they become more sensitive to pain, according to the article. “The gender bias would make sense because if there is a correlation between increase hormones such as estrogen, then when a woman’s body is flushed with estrogen in specific moments, she will be able to tolerate more pain,” said Dan Liddick, a senior biology major. “Since women experience fluctuation in those hormones and because men usually have a plateau level of hormones, then yeah, the gender bias makes sense. I am not surprised.” Butte mentioned in the article he hopes to further study pain and suggests this study may help doctors better address the actual pain patients may be experiencing, which would make treatment on pain more successful. knvanbru@syr.edu

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DeSalvo said. But last week, a high-ranking administrative official alerted members of SA this was not the case, he said. The account is still active and contains about $176,000. The funds were collected approximately eight to 10 years ago from students to be used in the event of an emergency. SA has received $1,300 in interest per year from this account, which is added to SA’s budget every year, DeSalvo said. “Part of the reason we made the bill to scrap all of the reserve fund stuff from the codes was because we thought we weren’t using it anymore, and that it didn’t exist,” he said. If the bill is passed, SA will leave any mention of these funds in the codes and will only use them in the case of emergencies. However, this money can theoretically be utilized in other instances, like if SA overspends its estimated budget, DeSalvo said. Earlier in the meeting, two candidates ran for positions on the Finance Board. Both were elected by the general assembly. Joshua Chaplin, a junior public relations major, was one of the individuals elected to the board. He failed to receive approval from the assembly last week but was determined to run again. “I was nowhere near as prepared as I should have been,” Chaplin said. “I felt as though I owed it you guys and myself to come back and show you that I do have what it takes to take an active role on the Finance Board.” Patrick Douglas, a freshman accounting major, was the second candidate approved for a position on the Finance Board. He discussed his prior experience with allocating funds in high school and emphasized that he would not be afraid to voice his opinion regardless of whether it was unpopular. There are still two open seats on the board. Minji Hwang, a freshman communica-

tions and rhetorical studies major, and Sophia Borrelli, a sophomore broadcast and digital journalism major, were confirmed, with little argument, to positions as representatives on the general assembly. Hwang said she wanted to serve as a voice for students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, addressing any concerns about the recent changes to The Warehouse’s hours. She also advocated the implementation of comment boxes throughout campus and said her communications background would aid her when talking to administrators. Borrelli expressed a desire to promote SA by attaching its name to more campus events. She discussed plans to create events like a volleyball tournament to help students relieve stress. The School of Information Studies and S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications are now fully represented in the general assembly. A total of 21 open seats remain.

Other business discussed: • SA will provide round-trip buses to New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, New Jersey and Washington D.C. for $99 for Spring Break. The buses leave from the Schine Student Center at 5 p.m. March 9 and depart at 10 a.m. March 18 from the various locations to return to campus. • President Dylan Lustig discussed the early stages of a possible youth leadership summit at SU, which would allow students to discuss important issues with several officials from the White House. • Lynde Folsom, a member of the Judicial Review Board, introduced a bill that allows members of the JRB to maintain their positions as officers in other organizations, as they currently cannot. However, if the JRB is reviewing a case where one of its members is affiliated with a group, he or she cannot participate in mediations. • After contacting the author of the SA codes, it was determined that committee chairs — as long as they hold a position on the general assembly — have a vote. This was a debated question at last week’s meeting. dmsegelb@syr.edu

charlotte horton | staff photographer (FROM LEFT) MINJI HWANG AND SOPHIA BORRELLI discussed why they would be good assets to SA. The two students were later elected to the general assembly.

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the daily orange

the sweet stuff in the middle

drew shapiro | contributing photographer (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Musical theater star Greta Oglesby delivers a powerhouse performance as Caroline in Syracuse Stage’s production of “Caroline, or Change.” She acts opposite Seamus Gailor as Noah Gellman, and Danielle K. Thomas, who takes on the role of the Washing Machine.

Southern charm Folk opera set in Louisiana delivers strong impression with talented cast, thought-provoking story

By Ian Simon-Curry

STAFF WRITER

hange is scary and inevitable. At times in history, it comes so forcefully that it can both divide and unite people. Showing at Syracuse Stage now

Caroline, or Change

Where: Syracuse Stage When: Through Feb. 26 How much: Varies according to seating

through Feb. 26, “Caroline, or Change” reveals this through the emotionally charged story of Caroline, an AfricanAmerican maid working for a Jewish family in 1963 Louisiana. The play contrasts Caroline — a poor and long-suffering single mother with four kids, one of whom is at war in Vietnam — with the Gellman’s, a comfortably middle-class family dealing with the death of their mother and wife. Rose, Mr. Gellman’s new wife, struggles to find her place in the family. Discover-

ing that her stepson Noah leaves change in the pockets of his dirty clothes, Rose decides to teach him a lesson. Rose tells Caroline that she can keep whatever change she finds. Noah is fond of Caroline and does not object at first, but the seemingly harmless arrangement soon brings up questions of pride, race and entitlement that set the plot in motion. The musical, with lyrics by Tony Kushner and music by Jeanine Tesori, is through-composed, meaning it is

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Q&A with SU alumna Heather Dubrow, new star on “Real Housewives” By Allie Caren

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Syracuse University alumna and Westchester, N.Y., native, Heather Dubrow is the newest addition to this season of Bravo’s “Real Housewives DUBROW of Orange Coun-

ty,” which airs Tuesday at 9 p.m. Dubrow, who studied musical theater, had dreams of performing on Broadway and even dabbled in acting. The Daily Orange talked with Dubrow about her budding TV career on the hit reality show.

The Daily Orange: How did you come to live in Orange County? Heather Dubrow: I lived in LA for a

long, long time. I’ve been on the West Coast for 22 years. I was up in LA for a long time, and then I met my husband when I was 27. We got married, and we moved down to Orange County. I walked around the house for about three weeks going, “Oh my gosh, I’m a housewife. What did I just do?”

He’s 10 years older than me. He’s a plastic surgeon. We did not meet on a consult. We met on a blind date through some mutual friends. And yes, it was love at first sight — for him! It’s funny because it’s true.

Did you meet your husband at school?

To be honest with you, I had never watched the show. My five best

How does one get “invited” to be on the Housewives?

friends and I were going to open a restaurant, and my husband said to me, “You know, this would be a good TV show. Let’s pitch it.” So we put it together, and we were getting a good response, but as it turned out, people wanted us to open the restaurant before we shot it. (There) is a very long way of

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entirely sung without spoken dialogue. Tesori combines American musical theater styles, gospel and traditional Jewish melodies into what she calls a “folk opera,” according to the show’s program notes. The resulting songs are playful, spiritual and deeply moving. The show’s 1960s setting made its sets and costumes charming and nostalgic. Costume designer Candice Donnelly clad the female characters in dresses with high, fitted waists and wide skirts, and the men wore suits with wide-legged pants. Scenic designer William Bloodgood wrapped the stage in the gnarly limbs of quintessentially Southern pecan trees while incorporating period details like aluminumedged countertops. Beyond the charming retro aesthetic, what is fascinating about the musical is that the audience relates to and feels sympathy for all its characters. Kushner employs a sort of moral relativism in which the scale of the characters’ problems is less important than the sympathy the audience feels for them. Demonstrating this are the struggles faced by both Caroline and Rose. Unlike Caroline, Rose enjoys a life of financial stability and education, yet she struggles to feel accepted and loved in the family she married into. In contrast, Caroline is confined to poverty and soul-crushing manual labor, yet she shares a love with her children that Rose has not experienced. The two women come from completely different worlds, but both their hardships stir sympathy in the viewers. The cast of brilliant actors also helped draw emotion from the audience. Stephanie Umoh played Emmie, Caroline’s willful and intelligent daughter. As the voice of the civil rights movement in the play, Emmie embodies what Caroline

is too afraid to accept. Umoh captured both Emmie’s rebelliousness and sweetness, all while belting out passionate vocals. More impressive singing came from Doug Eskew, who played personifications of a laundry dryer and a bus. His soulful voice seemed made for gospel, often eliciting whoops of appreciation from the audience. Also personified was the radio, played by Caitlainne Rose Gurreri, Christina Acosta Robinson and Gabrielle Porter in a way that evoked the musical “Dreamgirls.” However, the show-stealer was Greta Oglesby in the title role of Caroline. Though Caroline was sometimes hard to like, Oglesby’s performance proved breathtaking, bringing the entire audience to its feet at the play’s end. When playwright Kushner saw her in a previous production at the Guthrie Theatre, he became choked up, according to a Syracuse Stage press release. Timothy Bond, producing artistic director at Syracuse Stage, said he worked on bringing Greta Oglesby to town for a number of years, and “Caroline, or Change” presented the perfect opportunity to do so. After the show, Bond expanded further on his reasons for bringing the musical to Syracuse. “I really wanted something that was going to touch people in a deep, historical way and also something to do with current issues around how divided we are in our country,” he said. Whether Bond was referring to economic, political or racial divisions, the show is meant to make a strong impression — and it certainly does. It combines brilliant writing, high production values and an exceptional cast to create a resounding image of life in the South during the 1960s, but its truths and messages are felt powerfully in the present. Theatergoers will be satisfied. And for those whose weekend plans don’t include a musical, perhaps it’s time for a change. insimonc@syr.edu

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Compliance with international laws threatens freedom of tweets

ecently, Twitter users are using the platform to complain about, well, Twitter. The recent decision to adhere to the laws of nations around the world has resulted in its implementation of tweet censorship. I thought that was an oxymoron, too. The company now abides by the laws of nations that employ more restrictive freedom of speech practices than the United States. In each country that prohibits conversation about specific topics, Twitter will comply with that nation’s censorship practices by removing tweets. The poster and the tweet itself will be replaced by a message alerting that the tweet has been removed per censorship regulations. This alert is manifested in a visually offensive blob of gray with black text, dubbed around the web as the “gray box of shame.” Tweets that fall under this category will be taken down after the original post, and the tweet will still be visible to the rest of the world. A protestor in a censorship-oriented country can tweet to his heart’s content about contraband conversation, but the existence of these tweets within the country in question will be short-lived. For a social media outlet that has been used to kick-start revolutions, this move seems counter-constructive. Now, Twitter’s growing following is complaining about the company’s new stance on censorship. David Lurie, a senior public relations major, thinks Twitter’s new approach is a necessary evil. “The decision by any government to censor dissent is unconscionable,” he said. “But Twitter’s management team has its hands tied and is providing an outlet that would otherwise be impossible to maintain.” So Twitter’s approach, a slap in the face of free speech, is a necessity. The company’s decision to censor tweets in certain nations didn’t come as a willful disfigurement of their communication gift to the world, but a desperate attempt to keep the service functional to its fullest extent. If Twitter chose not to abide by the laws of certain countries, its service would be removed from that nation entirely. Like a light extinguished on a string of Christmas

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our ram is bigger than yours lights, it wouldn’t just hamper the communications of one country, but also harm worldwide communications. That one extinguished light would prevent information from leaving or entering that nation through Twitter. By dimming the light, Twitter can keep its functionality there. Ben Tepfer, a senior television, radio and film major, finds that Twitter’s approach isn’t a forfeit of freedom of speech values, but rather an attempt to salvage them. “In part, I respect Twitter’s choice to respect other country’s laws — whether or not we, as Americans, think they are ‘fair,’” he said. “Global citizens have always been resilient in the face of freedoms being oppressed. We may have to change the way we communicate, but our messages will stay the same.” By adhering to censorship policies, Twitter will have to remove a controversial tweet in a certain country, but the message will still escape. That controversy will complete its task of tearing down borders by perpetuating the spread of information. There are loopholes that individuals in censored nations can take advantage of to sidestep the new rules. These are vehicles for maintaining free speech in censored nations. Retweets of a censored tweet are not blocked. People in affected nations could very well change the location of where they are tweeting on their Twitter account. With these loopholes, individuals can circumvent Twitter’s restrictions. It’s much better to have a candle in a black cave than to be left with no vision. As Lurie said: “Some speech is better than no speech at all.” 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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Is there anything you fear about putting your family in the spotlight?

telling you my husband talked me into doing the show.

I did allow them to shoot the children. They’re definitely a part of it. I’m a mom of four kids under the age of 8 — it’s a big part of my life, so I felt that if we were going to do it, then we should just do it.

If you could give viewers one hint of what to expect this season, what would it be? I think that a lot of things have come out this season that maybe people have been skating around for a while, and it should be interesting to watch.

Did you and your husband set any restrictions as far as what can be taped? Not really. We’re not that controversial, which may be boring — I’m not sure. We don’t have any secrets. We’re not like that. We fight like normal couples fight, and our family is

What do you most look forward to getting out of this experience? I think that life is a series of opportunities, and sometimes you take them and nothing comes of it, and sometimes something interesting comes, so I’m just sort of seeing it that way. Follow Heather Dubrow at @HeatherDubrow

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Del Rey’s debut album swings between brooding lyrics, upbeat melodies

By Ibet Inyang

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

ow that the new year is in full swing, many will look for the next big thing in music: something fresh and different. Audiences will get just that in Lana Del Rey. Her sound — which mixes pop, rock, hip-hop and even grunge — is like no other. And her second studio album, “Born to Die,” will definitely introduce listeners to something new. The New York native is the self-proclaimed “gangster Nancy Sinatra” and embodies the persona of a bad girl from her emotional lyrics to her ghetto-fabulous nails. Her songs about being a man’s ‘ride or die’ and proclamation that ‘money is the anthem’ explain it all. But unlike Sinatra, Del Rey offers a vocal range that spans from a sweet and subtle whisper to a low and burlesque kind of moan. She crosses her dark lyrics with beautiful melodies so that the album actually leaves a weird feeling of happy sadness. Del Rey has a tendency to sing a couple of octaves below the norm and then shoot up to a high, sweet sound a couple of bars later. In the album’s title track, “Born to Die,” Del Rey cracks out a couple of strange melodies and performs them with a subtle whiney sound. For such a beautiful girl, it’s rather strange she doesn’t try harder to sing prettily. In “Video Games,” she sounds a bit like she’s in a drunken daze. Though she counterbalances this with more pure sounding tunes like “Radio” and “This is What Makes Us Girls,” her low and husky sound will definitely be what she’s known for. Her dark lyrics also make the album stand out. The album is called “Born to Die,” after all. Throughout it, she touches on themes of death, love, loss and overall sadness. Mixed with her moaning voice, it gets a bit depressing. But in many of the songs, she juxtaposes the sad lyrics with an up-tempo beat. In “Dark Paradise,” she sings, “I wish I was dead” in the sweetest voice

before the danceable chorus comes in. Then in “Summertime Sadness,” not a happy title to begin with, the chorus is so catchy that listeners may forget that they’re listening to “I’ve got the summertime, summertime sadness.” The day Del Rey puts out a full rap album will be a sad day for music. However, the songs that play on her hip-hop influences are the most interesting. In songs like “Off to the Races,” her infamous moan actually works in the beginning verses to boost her gangster appeal. Her pop inspired interpretation of rapping somehow fits with the hip-hop beat. In songs like this and “National Anthem,” in which she glorifies money like a true G, she shows lots of versatility. Thus far, Del Rey has been the talk of the town for her unconventional sound — and more notably, her awkward and tone-deaf Saturday Night Live performance. No one can dispute that her music is something different. The album’s beautiful yet somber lyrics, complex melodies and combination of genres produce a rather innovative mix.

stereogum.com Sounds like: A mixture of Britney Spears, Elvis Presley and Kurt Cobain Genre: Alternative

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SU to rely on offense while young goaltenders settle in By David Wilson STAFF WRITER

Last year, Syracuse called on its defense to prevent other teams from scoring while its young offense continued to develop. Though the defense wasn’t great, the offense was the bigger liability for the Orange. A year later, SU is leaning on its offense, which has transformed from youthful and inexperienced to a unit defined by depth. “It’s definitely a great thing to have,” midfielder Sarah Holden said. “It’s going to be hard to scout us just because we’re going to have a well-rounded attack.” SU entered nearly every game with Liz Hogan in net last season. The All-American led the Big East in save percentage and was 10th nationally. Meanwhile, the offense ranked in the bottom half of the nation in goals per game with just more than 12. But now, even with Hogan gone, No. 12 Syracuse still has lofty expectations with nine starters and four of its five leading scorers returning from last season. Michelle Tumolo is the unquestioned leader of that bunch. The junior attack, who was named the Big East’s Preseason Offensive Player of Year, was Syracuse’s leading scorer a season ago with 63 points. Tumolo also set SU’s single-season assist record for a sophomore

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last season. With a talented and capable cast surrounding her, Tumolo is excited to spearhead the offensive attack. “It’s good because then the defense on the opposing team doesn’t know who to mark,” Tumolo said. “It’s great to have everyone who scores because if I’m covered, Alyssa (Murray) can score. If Alyssa’s covered and I’m covered, we’ve got Katie Webster. Everyone’s an option and everyone’s a weapon. It’s great to have bal-

“It’s definitely a great thing to have. It’s going to be hard to scout us just because we’re going to have a well-rounded attack.”

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anced scoring.” Webster and Holden could benefit the most from Tumolo’s stellar passing. The midfielders finished tied for second on the team in goals last season with 32 apiece — a plateau neither feels would have been attainable without Tumolo. “I love when Michelle has the ball down low,” Webster said. “You know she’s either looking to go 1 v. 1 because she’s quick or she’s got that quick pass. She’s a great assister.” The fourth cog to this potential offensive machine is Murray. The sophomore was second on the team in assists last season to give the potent duo of Webster and Holden yet another distributor. But what makes expectations so high for Murray and Webster in particular is the progress expected between their freshman and sophomore seasons. Last year, they were thrust into action as freshmen for a mediocre offensive unit. Though the young Orange had an up-and-down 2011 campaign, it could pay off this season. With a year of full-time experience under their belts, the sophomores are a year ahead of where most sophomores are expected to be. “It definitely helps all of us,” Murray said. “We all learned, whether we were on the offensive side or the defensive side. … You just learn a lot just being on the field, knowing the experience, getting all the nerves out that way when you come back the next year. You’re like a vet.” The biggest question this season is how the team replaces Hogan. Though SU head coach Gary Gait has been impressed with the play of Alyssa Costantino and Kelsey Richardson in net, it’s impossible to replace a goaltender like Hogan. So the Syracuse offense will have to pick up the slack and carry the team as it adjusts in net. “Our coaches are really stressing the importance of going hard all the time, and I think you’re definitely going to see a lot more goals with us, and we’ve been working on our shooting, so hopefully we’ll be better finishing,” Holden said. “… Look to see a lot of goals and hopefully less goals on the defensive end.” dbwilson@syr.edu

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laughing. “It was late at night. It was around 10:30 at night, and I was like, ‘Well, I hope that’s him calling me about a job’ because I knew that the Syracuse opportunity would be a good one.” About three months later, in June, Hillsman officially announced Read would join the Syracuse program as an assistant coach. Hillsman first learned about Read when he bought his book, “The Basketball Encyclopedia of Plays,” online as a high school coach and developed a relationship with him after running into him at the women’s basketball Final Four. The SU head coach knew Read, known as a brilliant mind in basketball circles, would fill in seamlessly for Moody. The first-year assistant has worked at nearly every level in the last 14 years from the NBA to the WNBA to the United States Basketball League and women’s college basketball. He has made a name for himself at each of his nine previous stops for his unrivaled diligence in scouting and game preparation, breaking down film and taking notes for hours on end. And he brought that eye for detail to Syracuse, the next rung on his coaching ladder as he continues to work toward his ultimate goal of becoming a head coach. “He was the guy that I wanted in a position that if we hired someone to come in and strictly do game planning and game prep,” Hillsman said, “I thought he was our best option.” ••• Cheryl Miller gave Read his first big break in the coaching profession. The former Phoenix Mercury head coach was impressed by Read’s extensive basketball knowledge when the two worked together at Turner Sports, and she hired him to the Mercury in 2000. Miller was an analyst and Read was a senior archivist. They developed a relationship talking basketball and scribbling plays with thenanalyst Doc Rivers during production meetings. “I got a call from Cheryl and she said, ‘I’m looking for a coach,’” Read said. “And I said, ‘I’ll call you back, I’ll write down some names and I’ll tell you who’s really good out there.’ “And she said, ‘No, you dingbat, I’m talking about you.’” Read took a break from his internship with the Orlando Magic and joined Miller’s staff in Phoenix. Fellow Phoenix assistant Tom Lewis had his reservations about Read, who had never worked in the WNBA. That doubt disappeared the first day he met him when the staff sat down at the

team offices. The conversation turned to other teams around the league and Read took over, naming every coach, player, draft pick and previous year’s record for every team. An amazed Lewis said Read was like a “WNBA encyclopedia.” “You don’t need to have a laptop in front of you,” Lewis said. “You just need Vonn on everything. Any questions Cheryl and I had on anything, we just asked Vonn.” Read began building that knowledge and passion for the game when he was 13. He began taping games and editing them into highlights of well-executed offensive and defensive sets. Read then wrote down the plays in books, serving as the foundation for the twovolume series “The Basketball Encyclopedia of Plays,” which he said features more than 8,000 plays. The tapes now sit on DVD in his collection of more than 1,000 college basketball games in his spare bedroom, a library he said represents his education in the game. “I would probably challenge anybody if they’ve watched more games than I have,” Read said. “I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.” ••• For Read, every opportunity along his journey came with a hint of surprise as he questioned whether he was worthy for the job. In April 2005, the call came from former Kentucky women’s basketball head coach Mickie DeMoss. DeMoss was one of the most respected assistant coaches in the nation as a member of Pat Summitt’s staff at Tennessee and asked Read to come to Lexington, Ky., for an interview. “For her to want some help from me from a basketball standpoint, I was humbled,” Read said. “She won six national championships. I don’t know there’s a lot I can teach her.” DeMoss knew Read was perfect as a scouting and X’s and O’s guru. Rivers and Miller both gave him glowing recommendations. In simply calling DeMoss back before a big Boston Celtics playoff game, Rivers said it all. It was Read’s first job in Division-I college basketball, and he was determined to make the most of it. That was clear to DeMoss when Read first arrived at Kentucky. Read had to take the NCAA recruiting certification test in the spring. Read planned to take the NCAA manual home to prepare, but DeMoss told him to skim over some practice tests and it would be a breeze. Still, he insisted on reading the manual — something DeMoss called “torture.” Soon after, DeMoss learned Read scored a 100

on the test. She quickly learned that excessive preparation seeped into everything he did, filling folders with thousands of plays Kentucky’s opponents ran after watching countless tapes. “Whether it was taking an NCAA test, whether it was scouting an opponent,” DeMoss said. “He just didn’t leave a stone unturned.” ••• After working at Kentucky under DeMoss, Read was inspired to be prepared if a head coaching opportunity ever came knocking. He organized two binders outlining how he would run his own college program. “Sometimes people get opportunities and they’re not prepared, and I just want to be as prepared as possible,” Read said, “once I get the opportunity to try to give our kids the ability to be successful.” One binder dedicated to how Read would run the program — from recruiting to academics — is about 200 pages long. The other, focused strictly on basketball strategy, is “a lot bigger.” And he began filling notebooks under DeMoss just as he did as an NBA scout. With that background and his passion for the game, Lewis said he is surprised Read isn’t already a head coach. Dee Brown leaned heavily on Read when Brown was the head coach of the Orlando Miracle and San Antonio Silver Stars and Read was an assistant. He said Read’s organizational skills and knowledge of the game make him an ideal candidate to lead a team. “He’s head coach material,” said Brown, who is now an assistant coach with the Detroit Pistons. “He’s so entrenched in developing players and offensive stuff, but he knows how to coach a game and knows how to run a system and run a program.” ••• Sixty days before Syracuse’s season started, Read began the grind.

The assistant coach watched 15 to 20 tapes of all 29 of Syracuse’s opponents on the schedule this season. He sat in his office 12 hours a day to break down six games at a time and repeated the process until he completed a scouting packet on every team just before the Orange began play in November. Read handles all the advanced scouting for SU — a responsibility normally split among three assistants. “It really helps me get a leg up, and I’m also able to get their calls and really take my time and learn these teams,” Read said. “And so now it’s just a refresher when I’m doing it.” His refresher during the year consists of 12 more tapes from this season for each opponent. With the foundation already laid during the fall, he can focus in on the specific calls and prepare a game plan to exploit their tendencies. “I’ve never had any regret just as far as not preparing the team in the right way,” Read said. “And that’s kind of why I’ll watch as many games as I watch.” Two hours after Read detailed his basketball journey from his office overlooking the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center court, Hillsman described Read as a relentless worker whose value to the program has been immeasurable. As he prepared for practice, the head coach glanced up at Read’s office, knowing his assistant was probably breaking down more film for the team’s matchup with Cincinnati that Saturday. And as with everything he’s done throughout his career, Hillsman knew Read would be thoroughly prepared to make his job a little easier when the Orange took the court the next day. “You really can’t say it’s one certain game because he’s so important for every game,” Hillsman said. “He’s an important part of what we do, and everything that he brings to the table has been a plus.” rjgery@syr.edu

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Injured stars return to lead CBU lineup By Nick Toney STAFF WRITER

Scott Dennis was absolutely giddy when he entered Mike Nienaber’s office. After suffering through four miserable high school basketball seasons, Dennis, then a freshman guard, had finally found a winner in Division-II Christian Brothers University (Tenn.). And after an Elite Eight run in the NCAA Tournament sparked by his play and the FOR THE performance of fellow freshman Zack Warner, both Dennis and Nienaber, the CBU head coach, had no reason to believe the winning would stop. “Right after the 2008 season, he came right into my office smiling,” Nienaber said. “He looked at me with that twinkle in his eye and said, ‘Coach, I want to do this again.’ And I remembered thinking with him and Zack we had a chance to do it.” Nienaber believed his star players could lead CBU to its first title before injuries derailed the Buccaneers’ high tournament hopes a year ago. Both Dennis and Warner sat out portions of the 2010-11 basketball season with injuries. As a result, the Bucs plummeted to the bottom of the Gulf South Conference. But after a disappointing, injury-riddled season, both Dennis and Warner are back for their senior seasons in 2012, keying a resurgent Bucs team that has tournament aspirations once again. After sitting at the end of the bench at home games, Warner said both players are “hungry to win again.” But to recapture the glory of previous seasons, both Warner and Dennis had to endure an excruciating rehab process. Dennis suffered a stress fracture in his foot when he landed awkwardly after a rebound. Suddenly, the player who averaged 11.3 rebounds per game — most in the nation for a guard —could barely walk, let alone jump to grab rebounds. “He was miserable,” Nienaber said. “You could tell by just looking at him that he wanted to be out there, and not competing was driving him crazy.” Warner shared that desire to compete, but he couldn’t play through his pain either. The 6-foot-10 forward could hardly run the court during a midseason loss to Delta State (Miss.), and he decided to re-evaluate his decision to keep doctors as far away from his injured back as possible. “I was playing nowhere near 50 percent, and even worse, my back was contorted because I was in so much pain,” Warner said. “I wasn’t really surprised when the doctor said it was broken.” CBU struggled without their injured stars. Nienaber said he wanted to keep Dennis and Warner around as the Bucs lost 8 of their last 10 games, but sometimes, he’d have to exclude them from road games and focus on the players that he had who were healthy. Dennis and Warner said that even at their lowest points, they didn’t let that disappointment affect their recoveries. Dennis had a cast and Warner wore a cumbersome plastic back brace, but inside their apartment, the

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courtesy of cari gold | cbu sports information (RIGHT) ZACK WARNER and Scott Dennis are keying a resurgent Christian Brothers University (Tenn.) team this season. The Division-II Bucs (17-3) have tournament aspirations and are contending for the Gulf South Conference championship. two roommates focused solely on their respective returns. Staying positive helped more than just Dennis and Warner. Sophomore guards Cory McArthy and Harry Green gained more playing time and valuable experience with the two stars out. “When Scott and Zack came back this

“It was really a silver lining because this season we can rely on either guy to take over, but we’ve got other options.” Mike Nienaber

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season as seniors, they came back to a team with role players who could ease them back into the rotation,” Nienaber said. “It was really a silver lining because this season we can rely on either guy to take over, but we’ve got other options.” A deeper CBU team has looked good so far. More than halfway through the league schedule, both Dennis and Warner are playing like their freshman-year selves for the 17-3 Bucs. Warner said the mission this season is to send his senior class out with the championship they’ve been denied so long. “Being out has made me cherish the ability to be out there this season,” said Warner, who leads CBU with 17.6 points per game this season. “I know Scott feels the same way. There’s a sense of urgency with this team to send us out in style.” Nienaber can’t think of a better way to send his two stars out than making another Elite Eight run. And this season, the Division-II Elite Eight is in Highland Heights, Ky., not far from Dennis’ old high school in Cincinnati, where he remembers losing season after season. If CBU were to win there, Nienaber expects Dennis to be giddy again.

“I don’t want to put the cart ahead of the horse,” Nienaber said, “but after all they’ve been through, these guys deserve to win.”

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NO. 2 SYRACUSE 79, CONNECTICUT 70

UConn is always down for a battle against the Orange. The return of Fab Melo helped a lot, and UConn can’t match up with SU’s depth, but be prepared for a close game here. If Shabazz Napier and Ryan Boatright can avoid turnovers, this one could be even closer. NO. 13 SAN DIEGO STATE 69, NO. 14 NEVADA-LAS VEGAS 67

Jamaal Franklin hit a buzzer-beater in January to upend then-No. 12 UNLV. The Rebels have been a tough team to figure out. They beat North Carolina but lost to Wyoming. With both teams jockeying for position in the Mountain West tournament, head coach Steve Fisher and the experienced Aztecs should take this one. NO. 3 OHIO STATE 64, NO. 11 MICHIGAN STATE 60

The Spartans had a bounce-back win at home over Michigan after a bad loss to Illinois. The Buckeyes defend extremely well, and William Buford can still play better as a second option to Jared Sullinger. The edge goes to Ohio State in a clash of the Big Ten’s best.

K. Abdul-Jabbar (Hyber) D. Rodman (Brown) K. Durant (Cooper) T. Duncan (D’Abbraccio) L. Bird (McBride) S. O’Neal (Patankar) L. James (Toney) V. Carter (Cohen) K. Bryant (Harris) B. Walton (Iseman) C. Anthony (Mainthia) C. Barkley (McInerney) D. Nowitzki (Ronayne) P. Maravich (Gery) C. Webber (Pramuk) C. Bosh (Propper) Y. Ming (Truong) T. McGrady (Wilson) B. Russell (Mirmina) W. Chamberlain (Prise) D. Schayes (Tredinnick) P. Ewing (Bailey) C. Laettner (Klinger)

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NO. 24 LOUISVILLE 77, WEST VIRGINIA 71

Beating Providence in overtime isn’t exactly a good sign for West Virginia. Now, they’ll face Rick Pitino’s red-hot Cardinals. Louisville has a center in Gorgui Dieng to match the guard play of Peyton Siva, and the same can’t be said for the Mountaineers. In a physical Big East game, the Cardinals continue their hot streak because Kevin Jones can’t be Kevin Pittsnogle, too. NO. 6 BAYLOR 65, NO. 4 MISSOURI 61

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LEADING THE WAY

As seniors on the Christian Brothers University (Tenn.) basketball team, Zack Warner and Scott Dennis have provided veteran leadership on a young team with championship hopes. Here’s a look at their stats so far this season for the 17-3 Bucs: PLAYER

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sarah kinslow | contributing photographer MARGOT SCHARFE is tied for the team lead in scoring this season with 22 points. The sophomore has notched 11 goals and 11 assists in a breakout season for the Orange.

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Unselfish Scharfe emerges as scorer, remains humble By David Propper STAFF WRITER

When Syracuse needed to get on the board, it turned to its humble goal scorer. With time winding down in Friday’s contest against Robert Morris and the Orange trailing by two goals, Margot Scharfe stepped up once again. After a Caitlin Roach slap shot was turned away, Scharfe, with her back to the net, collected the puck and spun around in one motion to shoot at the cage for a highlight-reel goal. It was arguably the most impressive goal of the season for Syracuse, but Scharfe didn’t think so. “Oh God, it was a pretty nice bounce I got,” Scharfe said. “ … I don’t think any of my goals are pretty, so I just have to throw it on the net and hopefully something good happens.” And that’s sums up Scharfe in a nutshell. The sophomore forward performs on the ice but deflects attention off it, minimizing her own accomplishments. Scharfe is tied for the team lead in points with 22, scoring 11 goals and giving out 11 assists. While SU head coach Paul Flanagan and teammates realize how valuable Scharfe has become in her second season,

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exposed after only two matches now hope for a strong start to the season quickly turned into sour disappointment. But Harman, who has been at the forefront of this tennis team since her rise as a freshman, followed Jensen’s lead and reminded her youthful teammates that they just needed to work a little harder. Whether it meant practicing with higher intensity or hitting the ball for an extra hour after practice, the senior captain was optimistic that the Orange could learn from its sluggish start. Harman said it was extremely important for the young players to get comfortable with the system under a high level of competition to create a strong dynamic and encourage development. “As a freshman, I remember playing against Florida International, who was ranked No. 52 at the time,” Harman said. “We didn’t win a

the viable scoring threat remains even-keeled, refusing to acknowledge how important she has been to Syracuse (9-18-3, 0-5-3 College Hockey America) this season. “I don’t know. I think I’ve helped out. I’ve been producing a little more this year, so that helps,” Scharfe said. “But I think I could do a little better in terms of providing for the team.” While Scharfe downplays her crucial role for the Orange this season, her teammates and coaches have no problem describing how much she has meant to the team. Junior Holly Carrie-Mattimoe said without Scharfe’s production this season, the Orange’s results would be “devastating.” Flanagan said Scharfe has exceeded his expectations after a freshman campaign in which she netted just seven goals and collected 15 points. Though Flanagan admits Scharfe isn’t the fastest, or most skilled, her intangibles take her a long way. “She was born with some real good hockey instincts,” Flanagan said. “She does a good job of doing the best she can with what she has.” Scharfe said because she isn’t blessed with a load of natural talent, she tries to anticipate

what’s going to happen on the ice. And Scharfe doesn’t just rely on her hockey smarts — she puts in long hours on the ice. She’s usually on the ice before and after practice, and no matter how long she’s out there, Scharfe never lets up. Though Flanagan calls her the Orange’s best all-around player, another distinction she earned is most humble. “She won’t take credit for anything,” Flanagan said. Carrie-Mattimoe remembers one time earlier in the season when Scharfe scored on a two-on-one opportunity, and the first thing she did was apologize for not making an extra pass. “I like to apologize a lot, so I’m trying to stop that,” Scharfe said. As of late, Scharfe is apologizing less and gaining confidence as the Orange enters its

final leg of the season. Her teammates have called her names like “superstar” as a way to break her out of her timid shell. Another way has simply been the play Scharfe has shown on the ice. That’s when she’s most comfortable letting her performance do the talking. And with every puck she deposits in the back of the net, Flanagan sees the confidence growing for a player who was a walk-on entering her freshman year. Scharfe joined the team unheralded. And though her play might not be flashy and she apologizes even when she triumphs, Flanagan wouldn’t have it any other way. “You just open the door for her and let her play,” Flanagan said. “You hope that the other players are paying attention to her work ethic and her humility as a player and just where it’s gotten her.”

single game in that match, but I gained so much because I was playing my heart out against someone who was better than me.” For the first time in their SU careers, five freshmen competed at a level of intensity beyond anything they had experienced in high school. And with the rigors of a tough schedule stacked against them, they were going to have to learn on the fly. The younger players look to Harman as a source of motivation. After opening her freshman season with a loss in the doubles and singles competition against TCU, Komal Safdar’s game was missing a spark. The former Greater Cincinnati Player of the Year wanted to step up and contribute. After being beat handily in her first match, Safdar used her loss as a reminder of what she has yet to accomplish. “Playing against better competition gives us exposure and much more experience to work with,” Safdar said. “We are still struggling, but that’s part of being young. As the season pro-

gresses, playing those quality opponents will give us a really good shot at winning.” Safdar and fellow freshman Amanda Rodgers built upon their mediocre performances by watching team leaders Parra and Harman during practice. The veteran duo hustled around the court to pick up tennis balls in between serves. Those brief moments of observation made the type of intensity and work ethic Jensen expects clear to the freshmen. With Jensen at the helm, the Orange has always been focused on maintaining an up-tempo and aggressive style during each match, something that Jensen said the younger players must do by constantly learning from one another. “These guys have never been coached in this environment before, where they don’t have their private coach,” Jensen said. “We don’t look too much into individual success. I mean, we each have individual matches, but we all play at the same time whether you’re on the sidelines or playing singles and doubles.

“It’s about everyone learning together and getting better as one unit.” Syracuse has rebounded from its earlyseason losses with wins in three of its last four matches. And both Rodgers and Safdar emerged in singles and doubles play to help the Orange get back on track. The turnaround all started by playing with a higher intensity level after the constructive talk in the crowded van down in Florida. And if the Orange freshmen want to turn small steps into large strides as the season progresses, they must soak in the competitive spirit of Parra and Harman and treat this year as a golden opportunity to learn and develop as players. “Both Parra and Harman always come together at the end of practice and tell us how satisfying our accomplishments will feel if we keep playing up to our potential,” Safdar said. “We can’t expect improvement to happen overnight, but it doesn’t mean that we can’t try to make it happen overnight.”

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Though it is a daunting challenge, Quentin Hillsman knows what a win against No. 2 Notre Dame would do for the program. For the first time all season, Syracuse would earn a win over a ranked opponent. Who: Notre Dame A victory Where: Carrier Dome against the FightWhen: Today, 7 p.m. ing Irish might seem impossible, but the Syracuse head coach still welcomes the chance to play Notre Dame with open arms. “It would solve a lot of problems, obviously. That’s one of those games, that’s a huge win on your resume,” Hillsman said. “They’re a very good basketball team, the only team in our conference to beat Connecticut. We have the opportunity to play a great team, and I’m very excited for the opportunity.” Riding a two-game winning streak, the Orange (15-9, 4-6 Big East) enters Tuesday night’s game against the Irish (23-1, 10-0 Big East) at 7 p.m. in the Carrier Dome shooting hot from the field at 50.5 percent in those two wins. For the first time all season, the shots are starting to fall for SU. Trying to take down Notre Dame, though, is a huge challenge, as No. 1 Baylor remains the only team to have beaten the Irish. Not even Connecticut’s vaunted lineup could beat ND, as the Huskies fell 74-67 to the Irish in overtime back on Jan. 7. But if there’s anything on SU’s side, it’s that after struggling offensively for most of the season, it’s finally taking shots with confidence. Syracuse sank 26 of its 45 shot attempts in its 80-54 rout over Providence on Jan. 31, the first of two straight wins. In the Orange’s last game, a 76-61 win over South Florida last Saturday, SU went 27-of-60 from the field for 45 percent and also drained four 3-pointers. Both games combined have elicited the idea of a “ripple effect” among Syracuse’s shooters, leading to them believing their shot attempts will actually fall through the net. “I’d say it’s pretty great to have like two games where we’ve had pretty good shooting,” center Kayla Alexander said. “So if we can have the ripple effect and carry it over, and it’s contagious, I think that’ll help us out going against Notre Dame on (Tuesday).” Even that might not be enough. The Irish is shooting about 49 percent as a team and 35.5 percent from beyond the arc. Four players are averaging at least double digits, with guard Skylar Diggins leading the

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“We wanted to come out and play well today, knowing what’s at stake. We’ve got a great team coming in that can score from all five positions.” After SU’s win over USF, guard Elashier Hall spoke about confidence spreading throughout the team, which helped it play at a level it hadn’t been able to reach all season. From shooter to shooter, whether it’s Alexander in the low post or Hall on the arc, there’s a newfound belief in the capabilities of the Orange’s offense. Forward Iasia Hemingway scored a gamehigh 24 points in the win against the Bulls and would gladly take more of the same against the Irish. If anything, she just doesn’t want to walk off the court with any regrets after playing the No. 2 team in the nation. And she hopes her teammates feel the exact same way.

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SPORTS

TUESDAY

february 7, 2012

Diligent approach

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the daily orange

SPRING SPORTS SEASON PREVIEW Part 1 of 3

TENNIS

After honing knowledge at previous stops, Read brings his eye for detail to Syracuse bench By Ryne Gery

ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

onn Read spent the night at his Albany apartment relaxing last March. Some of his belongings were packed up in boxes, others in storage, as he started to figure out which coaching openings to apply for. He was itching to get back into the game. After a year working in the athletic administration at the University of Albany, he was prepared to move out and transition to a new job, wherever that might be. In Jamesville, 144 miles west, Quentin Hillsman was restless. Lying awake in his bed that night, the Syracuse head coach couldn’t stop thinking about the void left on his staff following the retirement of his mentor and assistant coach Rick Moody. Then, Hillsman got up and dialed the phone. “I thought he accidentally hit my number,” Read said,

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LONG ROAD

After starting his career as an assistant at Division-III Spelman College (Ga.), Vonn Read coached for various NBA, WNBA and women’s college basketball teams before he arrived at Syracuse this season. Here’s a look at Read’s career path:

ORLANDO MAGIC

VIDEO SCOUT/ ASSISTANT COACH/ ADVANCE SCOUT 1999-2001, 2001-04

PHOENIX MERCURY

ASSISTANT COACH 2000

ORLANDO MIRACLE

carly reeve | staff photographer EMILY HARMAN enters her senior season hoping to lead an inexperienced team to the NCAA tournament. Syracuse has five freshmen.

CHARLOTTE STING

Lead by example

ASSISTANT COACH 2002

ADVANCE SCOUT 2003

SAN ANTONIO SILVER STARS

ASSISTANT COACH 2004

With young roster, SU veterans key to team’s early development By Austin Mirmina

DODGE CITY LEGEND ASSISTANT COACH 2005

KENTUCKY

ASSISTANT COACH 2005-08

ALBANY

ASSISTANT COACH 2008-2010

ankur patankar | presentation director

STAFF WRITER

acked into a musty van in Tampa, Fla., a demoralized Syracuse team sought answers after a blowout loss to South Florida. It was not the opening Alessondra Parra and her veteran teammates envisioned for this season. “We had a serious talk afterward about everyone taking responsibility for their own match,” Parra said. “We felt like we should have hit the ground running, and we really took those two losses to heart.” With the addition of five freshmen to the SU roster and a tougher schedule, the defeat served as a reality check for the more experienced players like Parra and senior Emily Harman. The Orange (3-3, 2-1 Big East) quickly learned it had plenty to work on, especially the freshman class. And the veterans had to lead by example to help the freshmen gain confidence. SU head coach Luke Jensen said the freshmen will need to adjust and overcome the learning curve to form a competitive team with the already set pieces of Parra, Harman, and sophomores Maddie Kobelt and Aleah Marrow. The young Orange players will need to soak in the knowledge and experience of Jensen and the upperclassmen.

Syracuse carried a boatload of confidence into that season opener against the Bulls, but was knocked back by a deeper USF squad. The following weekend, Syracuse struggled against another nationally ranked opponent in Texas Christian. The Horned Frogs dominated nearly every game, and the Orange came out empty-handed with the exception of a lone Harman singles victory. However, Jensen, now in his sixth season at Syracuse, used both of those early losses as constructive criticism for his players. He challenged his team with those two matches, trying to see just how well they could hold up against two competitive opponents before the brunt of Big East play kicked in. And although SU’s vulnerable core of freshmen was battered in the loss, Jensen knew that those bitter feelings of dissatisfaction would be a great learning experience for future development. “Every time we lose I feel like it’s much easier to coach these girls, especially the younger ones because they feel the sting and setback of defeat,” Jensen said. “When we’re winning, they’re not pushing themselves as hard. And when we lose, it doesn’t leave a good taste in their mouth.” The Orange’s youth who were

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