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Tuition to rise slightly for 2012-13 academic year By Beckie Strum STAFF WRITER
The university will raise tuition by about 3.6 percent for the 2012-13 academic year — a relatively small increase amounting to around $1,307. The Committee on Budget and Fiscal Affairs delivered its annual budget report and recommendations regarding Syracuse University’s financial health to the University Senate on Wednesday evening. The presentation offered the first public look at SU’s budget for the upcoming year, including
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brandon weight | staff photographer KARL ROVE, deputy chief of staff for former President George W. Bush, spoke in Goldstein Auditorium on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Rove addressed the crowd for 30 minutes before fielding audience questions.
Rove discusses Obama, elections By Kathleen Ronayne DEVELOPMENT EDITOR
President Barack Obama was the topic of choice for Karl Rove on Wednesday during a talk in Goldstein Auditorium. “It is going to be a very close, very hard fought race. But if you look at the numbers, it shouldn’t be close,” Rove said, launching into statistics on Obama’s approval ratings. “No president’s ever been re-elected in the modern era with numbers this low a year out.” Rove addressed the crowd for 30 minutes on what he views as the failures of the Obama administration and the big issues for the 2012 election. He then answered audience questions on topics ranging from his involvement with the super PAC American Crossroads to the difference between national politics and Texas politics to Iran’s nuclear capabilities. The College Republicans hosted the event. The audience filled about half of the auditorium, and many audience members were not Syracuse University students. Out-of-control spending, unemployment and government overreach with the health care bill were the
focus of Rove’s critique of Obama. He showcased his deep political knowledge by getting specific on the issues and tossing out statistics while remaining conversational. Rove began by citing unemployment numbers under the Obama
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administration. By those numbers, he said, this is the worst recovery of any national recession since World War II. The reason? “Maybe because we tried to spend our way out of it,” he said. This led into Rove’s next major critique of Obama and what he said is one of the biggest issues for 2012: tackling the deficit. The president, he said, is unwilling to take on entitlement spending. He also blasted the president and Congress for not pass-
ing a budget before the start of the fiscal year, something he said has not happened since 2007. “No wonder the country’s got grave financial difficulties,” he said. Rove’s passion ignited when addressing the health care law, which he views as an ineffective government overreach that will increase both costs and the deficit. The president’s statistics on the number of people without health insurance, 45 million, is a shocking number, he said, but one that is misleading. The true focus should be on the working poor, about 5 million or 6 million people who don’t have health insurance. “Maybe we oughta be focused on designing health care answers to help them, not to discombobulate everybody,” Rove said. The solution, he said, is giving help directly to the individuals, not to their employers.
Faculty call for more transparency from university administration By Beckie Strum STAFF WRITER
One message to the central administration stood out at Wednesday’s University Senate meeting: more transparency. “A recurring theme has been transparency in almost all of the comments,” said Samuel Gorovitz, a philosophy professor and often out-
spoken university senator. In nearly every topic of discussion at Wednesday’s USen meeting, faculty and staff called for more transparency from the Syracuse University administration. Some professors called for more data and documents when it comes to university finances, others wanted more inclusion in
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The Daily Orange sits down with Karl Rove for a Q-and-A session on Page 8. For more Rove coverage, see Page 3.
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Protestors respond to Rove’s visit By Nicki Gorny STAFF WRITER
chase gaewski | staff photographer College Democrats organized a peaceful rally Wednesday at 6 p.m. before Karl Rove, deputy chief of staff to former President George W. Bush, spoke at Goldstein Auditorium. Participants said they were not protesting Rove himself. They were protesting his policies.
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Protestors lined the pathways between the Schine Student Center and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Wednesday in response to Karl Rove’s visit to Syracuse University. “I think we have a fantastic welcoming party for him,” said Amy Snider, president of the College Democrats, in a speech at the protest. The protest, organized by the College Democrats, was not officially directed at Rove himself, but against Rove’s facilitation of corporate greed within the political system, Snider said. The protest began at 6 p.m. and lasted until 7 p.m. Rove, former deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to former President George W. Bush, spoke at an event organized by the College Republicans in Schine at 7 p.m. Students and representatives from community organizations held signs, chanted anti-Rove messages and
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Davis, Lang fight to keep Interfraternity Council officials work with DPS to develop changes concerning party security defamation lawsuit in NYC By Marwa Eltagouri ASST. NEWS EDITOR
The Syracuse community’s avid appreciation for Orange basketball and the revenue the team brings to the city’s economy are now being cited by Bobby Davis and Mike Lang’s attorneys as reason to move their defamation suit against Jim Boeheim out of Onondaga County. The lawyers filed papers Tuesday claiming residents’ “obsession” with Syracuse University basketball prevented the former ball boys from receiving a fair trial. The legal papers filed by lawyers for Davis and Lang state the community’s focus on the team has always been intense, but it has been even more intense this year due to the team’s performance and high ranking for a majority of the season. Since head coach Boeheim took over the team in 1976, the Orange has experienced numerous victories, such as a near-national championship game win in 1987 when Davis worked as a ball boy, according to the papers. This year, the team was undefeated for the first
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several weeks of the season and is currently 26-1 and ranked second in the country. Syracuse itself is home to at least 30,000 alumni and many businesses that are supported by both the school and team’s nationally recognized success, lawyers wrote. The games bring in tens of thousands of fans, who eat and drink in local restaurants and stay in area hotels. Davis said the community’s obsession with the team creates a great recognition and emotional attachment to Boeheim and his players. The coach appears in a variety of television commercials, ranging from eyewear to local hospitals. He often receives free meals in restaurants; one restaurant has a front parking spot that reads “Reserved for Coach Boeheim,” according to the papers. “Even if potential jurors claim that they will be able to put aside their love of school and team, they will be unable to tease apart the deep loyalties they have to Boeheim and his employer, SU, and to the critical roles both play in the area’s economic life,”
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The Interfraternity Council is developing new changes to security that would put the Department of Public Safety in charge of monitoring the areas where the fraternity houses are located during house parties. Jeff Cucinell, vice president of external affairs at IFC, said Chestnut Street Security Inc. officials currently are in charge of door-todoor monitoring of different fraternity house parties and making sure everyone is in compliance with the guidelines. Chestnut Street Security, located in East Syracuse, is an independent security company that provides trained staff to maintain the safety and order to any venue, event or business, according to its website. At events where alcohol is being served, chapters cannot invite more than 150 guests, including members. If more than 150 guests are exceeded, security must be hired to supervise the event, according to the Office of Frater-
nity and Sorority Affairs Event Management Guidelines and Community Expectations. The chapter also cannot provide any alcohol, including kegs or hard alcohol, according to the guidelines. Cucinell said the guidelines will not alter with the new security change. The only change will be who is responsible for monitoring the area, he said. The changes will be beneficial, Cucinell said, because DPS is a local organization and is more knowledgeable about ongoing campus events. “DPS is, I guess, more
up to speed on what’s going on campus,” he said. The policy is not set in stone yet, he said. Officials are still working out the details. So far, Cucinell said, the response from fraternity members has been neutral. He said the reaction has been quiet because the changes are not major. Cucinell said operations will continue as they currently are. “DPS is not going to be out trying to ‘get people,’” he said. “It’s going to be the same kind of system.” snbouvia@syr.edu
PARTY POLICIES Some of the IFC’s standards regarding invite-only events where alcohol is served:
•Guests may bring a maximum of six beverages, none of which may exceed a 7 percent alcohol content. •Guests must give their names and their alcohol to the event manager upon arriving. The guests receive a bracelet with a number of tabs that correlate with the number of drinks they brought. •The chapter must provide non-alcoholic drinks and beverages equal to the number of underage guests at the event. Source: Syracuse University Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Event Management Guidelines and Community Expectations.
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he current squabble between religious groups and the White House over the mandate that all institutions receiving public funding pay for contraception services has brought the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often referred to as Obamacare, back to the forefront of American politics. The contraception debate, which President Barack Obama tried unsuccessfully to put an end to last week, has been framed as the conservative’s war on contraception and the right’s attack on woman’s health. In reality, these claims are absurd. The real issue is one of religious freedom and a health care bill that offers many similar assaults in the future. At first the argument for Obama’s contraception mandate was that because many church organizations receive federal funding they could simply live by the new rules or give up their funding. They overlook the fact that the
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the right direction federal government has to play by a set of rules, too. This set of rules is simple, quite straightforward, and has been generally the same for more than two hundred years. I speak, of course, of the U.S. Constitution. Let us not forget that it is the law of the land, and it lays out the functions of the federal government quite clearly. The first amendment states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” The
federal government must follow these rules, and therefore, the funds they distribute must also. Mandating contraception undoubtedly violates a church’s right to freely exercise by forcing them to violate religious doctrine. The left, realizing that it has no constitutional standing in this debate, has resorted to accusing conservatives of being against women or against public opinion. Pundits point to public opinion polls showing a majority of Americans in favor of the Obama mandate and other polls showing most sexually active Catholic women use contraception. They are simply blind to the fact that none of this matters. Our constitution was written to protect the rights of minorities against the tyranny of the majority. It wouldn’t matter if 99 percent of the country was in favor of the president’s decision. The “compromise” offered by Obama last week fails for two main reasons. The first is the
change that the president made only shifts the costs the religious institutions still have to foot the bill indirectly. As Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin said this weekend, “It’s a distinction without a difference.” The second is very simple. There is no compromise to be made on any of our constitutionally guaranteed rights. It’s actually quiet fortunate that this debate has come to the forefront. Americans have the chance to get a good look at the health care act, of which the most draconian and unpopular facets will be released upon the public in the years to come and, not so coincidently, after the election. Unfortunately, though the rights of the people must prevail, and probably will prevail in this case, it is only the tip of the iceberg, a tragic preview of what is to come. Patrick Mocete is senior political science and policy studies major. His column appears every Thursday. He can be reached at pdmocete@syr.edu.
Legislation to close hydrofracking loophole brings victory to all state residents The state Assembly passed legislation Feb. 13 that closes a loophole in New York state law that had allowed wastewater from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to avoid classification as hazardous waste, even if it met the criteria to be treated as such. Bill A7013, known as the “Hazardous Waste Bill,” will ensure that if the wastewater from fracking meets the criteria of hazardous material it be labeled as such. This means it will be
LET TER TO THE EDITOR subject to more careful reporting, transporting and proper disposal regulations. Fracking is an intense industrial process used to free natural gas bubbles trapped in shale beds by breaking open the rock and depositing sand and chemicals to hold the frac-
ture open. The process can have a multitude of undesirable effects, including air, noise and water pollution. The legislation is a victory for any state resident concerned with issues of public health. If passed by the Senate and signed into law, provisions in the law would aid in keeping carcinogenic chemicals out of Syracuse-area watersheds. Last year, this bill passed in the state Assembly but was stalled in the Senate. To
ensure the safety of our drinking water, it is imperative New Yorkers lend their support. If you feel that our lands and waters should be protected from the adverse affects of natural gas drilling, please send that message to your state senator. Sincerely,
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Blue lights primarily create sense of safety for students The importance of the Blue Light Alarm System on campus is debatable. The 152 blue lights have not proved to be more effective in cutting down on crimes. Department of Public Safety Capt. John Sardino said the effects of the blue lights are questionable. The system was installed in the late 1980s in response to a number of violent incidents on campus. In the age of technology, many students have cellphones on them at all times and can call DPS in case of emergencies. Blue lights can also help provide a sense of security for Syracuse University students, although they do not guarantee security. It could take DPS officers up to two minutes to respond to students. But if a student’s cellphone is not working or not easily accessible and an emergency does occur, blue lights might prove to be helpful. If potential
EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board assailants are trying to attack someone, they might be more reluctant to if there are blue lights. A problem with the current blue light system is how easy it is for students to prank DPS officers, which Sardino said does happen. It is irresponsible for students to do so because there may be other emergencies DPS should respond to instead. Safety will always be an important campus issue. In the 1980s, blue lights were a new way to keep students safe. Now, they seem to be outdated. Students should practice necessary safety precautions, like walking in well-lit areas and carrying a cellphone. DPS officials should continue to strategize new and better ways to keep the campus safe.
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Houston’s death throws culture’s obsession with celebrities back into spotlight
fter Whitney Houston’s untimely death last weekend, a lot of weight fell onto the producers of the 54th annual Grammy Awards. The event, which sells itself as “music’s biggest night,” gave the showrunners only a few hours to figure out how to memorialize one of music’s biggest icons. Their answer was a somber LL Cool J announcing, “There is no way around this. We had a death in our family.” The “NCIS: Los Angeles” actor went on to request a prayer for his “fallen sister.” For LL Cool J and other musicians, a star like Whitney Houston is like a family member. She has inspired pop music in a way almost no one else has and paved the way for so many to follow her. To those of us who don’t have chart-topping singles, Houston was the
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singer for whom we always turned the radio up. As long as the car windows are closed, we’re all belting out “I want to feel the heat with somebody!” We forgot that Houston wasn’t our family member, but a voice on the radio. I still remember the now famous 2002 interview she had with Diane Sawyer. The interview focused on Houston’s personal issues, like supposed drug use and inner demons. After an amazingly rich career, Houston’s was boiled down to “crack is whack.” If we weren’t thinking about the whackness of crack, we were contemplating the singer’s tumultuous relationship with Bobby Brown. She won the Guinness World Record for most awarded female artist of all time, and all anyone noticed was the emphatic way she would say her ex-husband’s name or how thin
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the one that got away she was getting. We sounded like her grandma. “Whitney, you’re looking a little thin there. Are you eating anything? You don’t have to yell Bobby’s name, we can all hear! We should probably make her some soup.” Even though most people have never seen or met Houston, most of us still felt like we deserved a front-row seat to her scandals. The view that a celebrity’s day-today difficulties belong to the public is a pretty pervasive element of our
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culture. The pop culture guru herself — no, not me — Lady Gaga dedicated an entire video to it. In her video “Paparazzi,” Gaga literally dies for the American public. She knows they want to see her decay, so she shows it to them. Instead of letting everyone talk about her eventual failure, Gaga put it all out there. Viewers of MTV’s 2009 Video Music Award witnessed Gaga’s publicly staged death scene during her “Paparazzi” performance. Whether we’re ready to admit it or not, everyone loves a good train wreck. Lindsay Lohan. Charlie Sheen. The Kardashians. We’re all like moths to a flame. Celebrities have a fine line to walk. They want us to care about them enough for their faces to be sprawled across People magazine, but they also want their privacy. Once
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the spotlight becomes a little too glaring, they want out. Large sunglasses appear in every picture, and the publicist is on double duty cleaning up their image. This is also when we care the most. Those same embarrassing paparazzi shots celebrities try to keep to a minimum hit viral status within minutes. They become trending topics on Twitter and front-page news. These controversies disappear just as quickly as they become the hottest gossip — some other starlet has taken too many drugs or lost too much weight. Whatever the issue, it’s big news now, and we need to know. But one thing is for sure: Celebrity downfall will never go out of style. Ariana Romero is a sophomore magazine journalism major. Her column appears every Thursday. She can be reached at akromero@syr.edu.
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passed out fliers. Signs bore messages such as “Tax the 1 percent,” “Corporations are not people” and “Super PACs undermine democracy.” “Every single person’s vote should count, and every single person should be able to be represented in their government, not just people who are millionaires and billionaires who can make huge campaign donations and therefore have a bigger say,” said Lauren Ford, health care organizer for the progressive membership organization Citizen Action of New York. At about 6:30 p.m., representatives from College Democrats, the Syracuse Peace Council and the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism coalition, or ANSWER, stood on benches to make brief speeches. “Somehow we went from a country where
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lawyers wrote. For the 2010-11 academic year, lawyers wrote the team’s revenue was more than $19 million and the net profit to the university was $11.5 million. This made SU the 34th most profitable college sports team in the country and the fifth most profitable basketball team. The defamation suit against Boeheim results from Davis and Lang’s claim that the coach defamed them when he publicly accused the stepbrothers of lying about Bernie Fine, former associate men’s basketball coach, molesting them. Boeheim later apologized for these comments. The concern of Davis and Lang’s lawyers
your vote matters to where your money matters,” Snider said to a responsive crowd. Ursula Rozum, a staff member at the Syracuse Peace Council, furthered Snider’s message
“Somehow we went from a country where your vote matters to where your money matters.” Amy Snider PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE DEMOCRATS
by urging people to sign a petition for the Move to Amend campaign, which seeks to end corporate personhood. Phone Myind, a graduate student in public administration, said he agreed with the protesters and supported the Move to Amend
over the Orange-crazed community leading to an impartial trial is similar to the concerns that drove state prosecutors to seek a different jury pool in the child sexual abuse trial against former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, lawyers wrote. Davis and Lang said they understand the Syracuse community’s admiration for the university’s basketball team due to their own experiences and fondness for the team. But it was because of Boeheim and the team’s favorable treatment that Davis was initially “brushed aside” when he attempted to inform local police or school officials about Fine’s abuse, lawyers wrote. “Even today, both Bobby Davis and Mike Lang can readily spout statistics about the players, the schedule of games, the win-loss
campaign. He said he would both join the protesters and attend Rove’s presentation because he was interested in hearing the opposite perspective. Brigitte Eisenkeit, a local community member, said she also came to see Rove even though she doesn’t share his views. She said she thought the protest, like any protest, is important in showing the opposing sides of an issue. Snider said that the location of the protest was beneficial. “We are effective in raising awareness because this is a highly traversed area on campus,” Snider said. “In addition to the amount of press that we’ve received just for announcing that we’re having a protest — I think our message is getting out there.” Snider also said she was happy with the turnout of the protest overall. She said: “We’re able to make a big impact with the number of people that we have.” nagorny@syr.edu
record, and many other Syracuse basketballrelated facts,” lawyers wrote. “In short the loyalty and emotion inspired by the Syracuse basketball team is deep-seated and not easily shaken.” On Feb. 21, Onondaga County Supreme Court Justice Brian DeJoseph is expected to hear the arguments of both sides on whether the defamation case should take place in New York City or Syracuse. Gloria Allred, the high-profile attorney representing Davis and Lang, said in an email she had no comment regarding the filing of the papers. 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. meltagou@syr.edu
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top-down decision-making. The climax of the evening’s push for transparency came from the Committee on Women’s Concerns. The committee gave a report on the recent reorganization of university child care services, which led to mass frustration and anger from parents around campus. In summer 2010, the university reorganized its day care programs provided for the young children of SU’s employees. The preschool and day care programs moved from the Division of Student Affairs into the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, then named the College of Human Ecology. Talks had been going on for years about capitalizing on the expertise of SU’s faculty in Falk for running its day care programs, said Eric Spina, vice chancellor and provost, at Wednesday’s meeting. But after central administrators gave the go-ahead, the following year of reorganization proved to alienate and infuriate many parents and staff members at the day care center, according to the committee’s report. Parents sent letters, emails and met in person with the Committee on Women’s Concerns explaining how they were left in the dark about changes to their children’s education and care. “They felt that at every turn in this process, there was at best little transparency and at worst disrespect by Falk College administrators and faculty,” the report read. Responding to the report, Spina acknowledged the merger of the day care into Falk wasn’t perfect. “Things could have been done differently,” he said. “They would have been done differently.” Parents and their sympathizers present at Wednesday’s meeting used a number of disheartening words to describe the top-down merger: botched, toxic, disrespectful, condescending and clouded. Thomas Keck, a political science professor and parent of children at the day care center for six and a half years, said the parents’ anger highlighted in the report reflects his own experiences. “The report very accurately captures the spirit of frustration that was felt by a good number of parents at the center regarding that transition process that was truly botched in a number of ways,” Keck said. Keck also offered that the report was a bit dated because it did not include some of the very recent and very important improvements to the day care, such as hiring the new director. The parents’ emails expressed anger at central administrators and Falk administrators and faculty. But Marty Hanson, who delivered the report Wednesday, cautioned against pointing fingers at any one group involved. “It’s about a very broken process and the need for more transparency,” Hanson said. The chancellor could not make it to Wednesday’s meeting because she was giving a talk in North Carolina on building trust among members of a community or organization.
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Syracuse University faculty urged the administration to become more transparent about the issues listed below during the University Senate meeting held Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium. •Data and documents outlining university finances •Inclusion in top-down decision-making •Merger of the university day care •Recent reorganization of SU’s Human Resources
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In addition to the calls for future transparency from the parents and staff at the day care center via the Committee on Women’s Concerns, several professors asked the administration for more transparency regarding financial data and the reorganization of human resources. Robert Van Gulick, a philosophy professor and member of the USen Budget and Fiscal Affairs Committee, said the committee and university community should have access to more detailed budget information.
“The report very accurately captures the spirit of frustration that was felt by a good number of parents at the center regarding that transition process that was truly botched in a number of ways.” Thomas Keck
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Just several years ago, he said, the university used to post breakdowns of how money was spent on and within each of the schools and colleges. That data is no longer posted for the campus community to review, a change administrators told him was meant to prevent those outside the SU community from seeing the data. “Why outsiders would want to see our financial data isn’t quite clear,” Van Gulick said. “So I want to make a public statement here that we hope that it will go back up.” Craig Dudczak, associate professor of communication and rhetorical studies, raised a concern about the recent reorganization of SU’s Human Resources, which included appointing Kal Alston to the newly created position of senior vice president for human capital development. He said if USen is to have any meaningful advisory role in university affairs, it seems reasonable that the senate hear about major reorganizational projects before they get released in SU News. In his own call for more transparency, Samuel Gorovitz applauded the Committee on Women’s Concerns for providing an open and honest report. “It is a courageous, forthright and lucid report,” he said, “which recounts the carnage that results from a process that is not collaborative and not transparent.” rastrum@syr.edu
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Rove then sat down for a Q-and-A. The questions touched on Rove’s personal experiences — how Texas politics are different than national politics — to current topics, such as whether Rove thinks taxing the 1 percent will end America’s problems. On the latter, Rove gave an emphatic answer. “It won’t. Love your sign, man,” he said to an audience member, “but it ain’t gonna work.” He went on to highlight his view that America is a place where hard work and determination are rewarded. “I am sick and tired of people saying, in this country of ours, that there oughta be a limit on what people can dream and do,” he said, evoking the achievements of Bill Gates, which drew applause from the audience. Rove continued to hammer Obama throughout the Q-and-A, calling the stimulus bad policy and saying the president needs to be someone who brings everybody together. Rove referenced the development of the Bush tax cuts, and said former President George W. Bush and his team gave several concessions to the Democrats to work together to pass the cuts. When questioned on his involvement with American Crossroads, a super PAC, Rove said he thinks the effect of the Supreme Court’s Citi-
zens United decision will be “relatively small.” The decision allows for independent groups to raise and spend unlimited sums of money from individuals and corporations on activities such as political advertising. The money flowing into the super PACs will be from individuals, not companies, he said. Members of the audience ranged from students to community members and Democrats to Republicans. Dylan Rocke, vice president of the College Republicans, said he liked the talk because Rove used an unbiased approach by using numbers and statistics to make his points. Rocke enjoyed hearing Rove’s thoughts on the health care bill and taxing the 1 percent. But the facts didn’t impress Amy Snider, president of the College Democrats, quite as much. Snider is a political science major and said she understands that statistics can be manipulated to work to a certain advantage. In politics, she said, opinion often trumps facts. By bringing Rove to campus, the College Republicans hoped to attract a variety of people with different ideologies and saw the event as an educational opportunity. Zach Weiss, chairman of the group, expressed that sentiment when he addressed the crowd. Said Weiss: “No matter which side of the aisle that you’re on, we just want to see a strong turnout this election season. We want to see a lot of students making informed decisions.” kronayne@syr.edu
Q&A session with political strategist Karl Rove By Kathleen Ronayne DEVELOPMENT EDITOR
The Daily Orange: Can you talk a little bit about your views on the role of corporate money in politics through super PACs and other independent spending groups? Karl Rove: I think the Citizens United decision is going to have a minimal impact. I think what is going to happen is that the idea of giving large personal contributions or, in essence, through privately-held companies, is going to be the thing, not corporate America giving. The Democrats have been doing this for years. In 2000, an anonymous donor gave $14 million to the NAACP to run an ad accusing George W. Bush of being a bigot. It didn’t matter to the liberals when they were doing it, but once Republicans started … to go out and get big contributions that do the same thing to them that they’re doing to us, then they got wired up about it. American Crossroads spent a lot of money in 2010 trying to get Republicans elected into Congress. $72 million.
What is the goal for 2012? $240 million.
There has been a standstill in Congress. Do you think we need more bipartisanship? We need presidential leadership. We need a president who will step in and say, “I want to get something done, and I’m going to work both sides to get it done.” Not a president who says, as this one did, “I won” and dismisses suggestions made by Republicans on the stimulus bill. … This president of the United States’ attitude is, “I’m going to demonize you at every opportunity.”
Speaking of the word “demonizing,” there’s been a lot of negative campaigning going on within the Republican primary. Do you think that negative campaigning so early could have a negative affect come general election? Well, it’s not all that early. It depends on what it is. If it is an honest disagreement about records and decisions — you supported this and I don’t, I’m for this and you’re not — then it’s acceptable and won’t, over the long run, hurt. But if it’s
a saying that’s fundamentally unfair, then it could lead to lasting effects. Democrats have pretty brutal battles, and they got past it. I think the Republicans will, too.
A lot of candidates like to attack what they perceive as the liberal media. What do you think of the media’s coverage so far of the primary? I think it’s been generally poor. For example, we see in the debate where the No. 1 issue is the economy, the No. 2 issue is the economy, the No. 3 issue is the economy, the No. 4 issue is spending issues and deficits and the No. 5 issue is health care. And what do they want to talk about? Abortion, social issues, gay marriage. They look at Republicans through the prism of their eyes, which is Republicans are an exotic form of weird, alien life and have to be looked at through the prism of only social issues, and I don’t think that’s been particularly constructive.
A lot of students probably were first exposed to super PACs through Stephen Colbert. What do you think about Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow and his treatment of the system? He’s mocking it. He would prefer to have the political discourse in the country unduly influenced by people like him, by people who publish newspapers and write editorials and have TV programs in which they can express their opinions. He’s entitled to that, just as his network spends corporate money to give him a venue on which he can pontificate about issues of the day. Everybody else should have the same right.
What do you think the fluctuations in Republican front-runners shows? What they’re looking for is somebody they have confidence can beat Obama. So that’s why there are sort of weekly anchors. They’ll say, “This guy sounds great, well this gal sounds great, and I’m going to be for them.” It has been weird. … People keep saying Romney hasn’t been able to close the sale. Well, hell, Barack Obama couldn’t close the sale until June of 2008, and even then it required having the superdelegates come in on his behalf. kronayne@syr.edu
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X-files Brown University student uncovers lost recording of 1961 Malcolm X speech
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espite what is recorded in history textbooks, passed down verbally or kept in people’s memories, parts of history can fall through the cracks as people and events vanish from public knowledge over the years. Brown University senior Malcolm Burnley recently uncovered a forgotten piece of history while researching for a class project. Burnley discovered a long-lost audiotape of a 1961 speech given by Malcolm X while in Providence, R.I. Burnley started his journey in the University Archives to work on an assignment for his narrative writing course, according to a Feb. 7 Brown press release. Students in the class were instructed to write a historical narrative piece based on real-life events. While researching in the archives, Burnley found a front-page photo of Malcolm X, an African-American civil rights icon, which drove him to look for the photo’s source, according to the release. Malcolm X’s long-lost speech was from a college speaking tour. During the tour, Malcolm X defended his views on the Nation of Islam, Burnley said in a video published by Brown. His speech covered topics of black power, orthodox Islam and his disdain for the American political system, according to the release. Malcolm X decided to visit Brown on his speaking tour after an essay was published in the Brown Daily Herald that was severely critical of the Nation of Islam, calling it an illegitimate religious organization, Burnley said. Burnley researched the speech for four months. During the process, he interviewed
audience members and the essay’s author, Katherine Pierce. After speaking with Pierce, Burnley discovered the audio recording of the speech, according to the video. “I was immediately struck by the warm and professorial tone he took with the audience,” Burnley said. Lehigh University professor Saladin Ambar is writing a book on a speech Malcolm X gave in 1964 at Oxford University. Ambar said he believes finding this speech may lead to the discovery of even more lost recordings. “There’s probably going to be lots of other uncovered troves of speeches and interviews found about Malcom X,” Ambar said. “He was one of the most undocumented individuals in modern American history.” Burnley shared his story outlining how he found the recording with various national news outlets such as The Associated Press, The Huffington Post and NPR. Burnley said he is humbled and amazed by the experience. “This whole thing has been serendipitous and just spiraled,” he said in the release. “I’m lucky to have come across a story at Brown that reveals a larger historical moment. It has become a defining experience as a student at Brown and as a writer.” dspearl@syr.edu
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how much students will be paying in tuition and living expenses, faculty pay increases and any serious issues in SU’s finances. For next year, three major financial concerns facing SU include whether the university can financially support the rapidly growing student body, a recent drop in funding for academic research and the rising cost of tuition and student expenses. “We have to be aware of the burden of tuition increases,” said Martha GarciaMurillo, chair of the Budget Committee. The 3.6 percent tuition increase for next semester is lower than last year’s increase of 3.8 percent, according to the report. The university plans to continue lowering the tuition increase over the next several years, reaching a minimal 3 percent increase by the 2015-16 academic year. In addition to tuition increases, the average cost of student housing and meal plans will increase by 3 percent, an increase of about $400. With the tuition at private and public universities on the upsurge, next year’s 3.6 percent tuition increase seems minimal. But as the national student debt reaches astronomical levels, the cost of attending SU remains a worrying issue for the Budget Committee and the administration, according to the report. The committee also offered its concerns about the tremendous increase in students on campus in the past six years. The size of the undergraduate student body has increased by about 2,500 students in the past decade. The rapid increase in students has raised red flags about whether SU has adequate classroom and dorm space, research facilities and technology to effectively accommodate the increase, or whether deficiencies in those areas are hindering student learning. “We want to make sure they have the resources to succeed,” Garcia-Murillo said. Talk about the increase in students elicited a number of concerns about SU’s undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio. That ratio is a common measure of institutional strength in higher education and is posted in nearly every college-search guidebook and
website. The budget report offered a ratio of 13.7-to-1 for 2011. Right before the student boom in 2005, the student-to-faculty ratio was marginally better at 13.5-to-1. But the number of full-time faculty who are teaching and interacting with undergraduates is unclear, several professors in the audience said. Professors, like Samuel Gorovitz, called for more nuanced and transparent data that truly represents the number of faculty who teach undergraduates. “I am very worried when I see these ratio numbers,” said Gorovitz, a philosophy professor and former dean of the College of Arts and
“We want to make sure they have the resources to succeed,”
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Sciences. “To increase undergraduate enrollment as we are doing at a remarkable pace and increase faculty numbers in proportion doesn’t mean that we have stability. It may be that the faculty coming in are teaching less at the undergraduate level.” The Budget Committee turned questions about the specifics of SU’s increasing enrollment over to the Ad Hoc Committee on Enrollment, which is researching the effect of the six-year increase and will present an update later in the semester. A third major concern in the budget report was the drop in funds for academic research in 2011 from about $85 million to $65 million. A sharp drop in research grants from New York state primarily contributed to the drop at SU, according to the budget report. Available research money plays a big role in SU’s reputation nationally and abroad, particularly in the sciences, engineering and for doctoral programs. The committee recommended that the central administration, in collaboration with the school and colleges, create a clear plan for raising more research funds. “From the community perspective,” GarciaMurillo said, “research is really important for the reputation of our university.” rastrum@syr.edu
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Finding your Obi-Wan Kenobi necessary to function away from home
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hen I left for college, I expected to find everything I was looking for. No Dad to insist that leggings aren’t pants, and no Mom to ensure that guys leave the house by 11. Life was perfect. If I declared every Monday “Drunk Bananagrams Monday,” I would not only make it happen, but have a band of 35 floormates willing to play. And they’d probably make some video, causing me to customize my privacy settings on Facebook. But maybe I wasn’t as self-reliant as I hoped. It’s safe to say that I looked for the guidance and direction I left back home in the all of the wrong places here at school. One night last year, my friend and I got into one of those 29-to-1 female to male parties where everyone spills beer on the floor, makes out in dark corners of the room and breaks glow sticks in your hair. As the night wore on, I found myself hectically looking for my friend and found her on the lap of a 300-pound, muscle-top-wearing, questionable drug-using frat guy. She was crying profusely
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have me your way about the EAR 105: “Earth Science” exam she bombed earlier that day. I took her home. The next morning, I asked my friend why she sat on the lap of someone who could potentially kill her had he been the one giving the lap dance. She said, “Not sure. He kinda looked like my dad.” This taught me that as much as we hate the restrictions of home, we seek direction from pretty much anyone willing to give it. After going the entirety of last year without any quality direction, I finally found my own Obi-Wan Kenobi, my Neo, my Mr. Miyagi. His name: Danny Fersh. Big nose, small dick. You may have heard of him. He was something of a legend on this campus and wrote The Daily
Orange’s humor column up until last semester when he graduated. Despite my patent admiration for his work, Fersh wasn’t exactly my first choice. Before Fersh there was the SUpercard swiper in Ernie Davis Dining Center, that guy who hands out demo CDs on Marshall Street and my TRF 211: “Screenwriting” professor. She almost became my mentor until I gave her a coffee mug with photos of our faces on it. Damn. In fact, Fersh didn’t even know my name until his roommate and I became best friends. We were forced to interact one drunken night. A few weeks later, Fersh said he wrote the humor column and suggested I should try to be the next “him.” But it wasn’t until this conversation that I knew Fersh was destined to be my mentor: Me: Danny, I need you to get online ASAP to make sure this column sounds good. I’m nervous. Fersh: You gotta’ learn to just write and not worry. Take care of your column and the rest will be OK. Me: Stop being a cross-breed between my Dad and his Dad. I can’t stop being nervous. Fersh: Nervousness is the enemy of funny. Find your happy place. The words will fall from
the sky. TEN MINUTES and SEVEN TEXTS LATER Fersh: Sometimes I have weird and dirty thoughts. Suggestions? Me: I’ve got some anime porn in my closet. I’ll bring it by tomorrow. Thanks for your unfailing wisdom. Night. Fersh: It’s my pleasure. Get some rest, kid. I searched high and low for someone to follow around, and Fersh fit the bill. He was offensively funny, knew no boundaries and most importantly — he made me a better writer. When we come to college, we’re looking for a life free of restrictions. But when we realize how much we miss the direction of someone older and more experienced, we tend to look for it in the wrong places. A mentor isn’t that oddly adult-looking kid who sits behind you in philosophy or that frat guy who looks like your dad. A mentor is someone who gives you endless advice and at the end of it all, simply says, “It’s my pleasure.” Kara McFarlane is a sophomore television, radio and film major — assuming “radio” is even a thing anymore — and her column appears every other Thursday for your reading pleasure. Kara can be reached at knmcfarl@syr.edu. Follow her on Twitter at @karanicolemcf.
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Meme mania By Chelsea DeBaise ASST. COPY EDITOR
Some say the universe began with the Big Bang. In a way, the “SU Memes” page wasn’t all that different. The “SU Memes” page had more than 1,000 “likes” on Facebook within 12 hours of its creation Feb. 7. Creator Jeremy Strege, a sophomore advertising and psychology major, had simply wanted the page to reach 100 likes. Mission accomplished. Strege was inspired by a similar page dedicated to Boston College students. Students posted memes, small generic photos frequently shared among people. They often include text that appeal to a specific audience. Strege saw the appeal in the page despite being an outsider to the inside jokes. “They were pretty funny, and I didn’t get any of the references,” said Strege. “So I thought if we made a Syracuse one it could be pretty popular, too.” With the help of his roommates, Strege contributed the first few memes. He soon allowed the site to be completely public, and he made it possible for anyone to post SU memes to the wall. The site has since accumulated hundreds of memes posted by multiple users. Strege reflected on his favorite of all the memes posted thus far and immediately started laughing. “Have you seen the Zoolander one?” he said and continued to laugh as he recited the punch line: “What is this, a school for plants?” While many students were amused by the memes — the Facebook page has more than 4,800 likes — some criticized the
Student-run Facebook page becomes overnight sensation direction the page took when such a large number of people began posting freely. “It’s kind of blown up,” said Allan Duso, a sophomore television, radio and film major. “Now if you go on the Facebook page and you try to search through it, it’s hard to find the good ones. It’s a lot of clutter now.” Despite his frustration with the overflow of memes on the page, Duso was able to find a few diamonds in the rough and smiled at a particular meme featuring Mufasa and Simba from “The Lion King.” The meme compares Syracuse University and the State University
“It’s kind of blown up. Now if you go on the Facebook page and you try to search through it, it’s hard to find the good ones.” Allan Duso
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of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry to Pride Rock and the Elephant Graveyard from the film, respectively. Brian Burr, a sophomore advertising major, also appreciated the competitive nature of “The Lion King” meme. “My favorite part is the whole Syracuse, ESF battle,” Burr said. “The comments are even funnier than what the meme actually is.”
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Historical romance novelist reminisces, chronicles career By Emily Pompelia STAFF WRITER
Casually leaning against the lectern, Beverly Jenkins read aloud two letters in the prologue of “Indigo” called the “Indigo Letters.” The room fell silent as Jenkins maintained the attention of the audience, captivated by the words she had written. “I haven’t read those in a long time, and it’s the first time I have not cried,” she said. Howls of laughter and moments of heartrending suspense filled Maxwell Auditorium on Wednesday when the author spoke to the small crowd. Jenkins spoke about her journey as the nation’s premiere African-American romance-fiction writer and reminisced about how the tear-driven “Indigo Letters” was one of the weirdest writing experiences of her career. “When I got done writing it, I was soaking wet, tears running,” she said. “These letters just came through me.” Jenkins was invited to speak at Syracuse University as part of SU’s celebration of Black History Month on behalf of the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the women’s and gender studies department. Fascinated by the people and stories of the 19th century, Jenkins has written books about American slavery and black history. She said she highlights women who have “slipped through the cracks of history,” setting her stories in places such as Kansas, Nebraska and Denver.
Jenkins, who possesses a down-to-earth personality and an obsession with Angry Birds, has a unique way of writing history books masked as romance-fiction novels. “Because if they were really history books, nobody would have read it. Nobody would have picked it up,” Jenkins said.
“That’s the beauty of these books. I give them these love scenes — that’s the treat. And they’re so busy being fanned and treated that they don’t even know that they’ve learned a whole lot about American history.”
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Jenkins has published 30 books since 1994. Before becoming well known, Jenkins said, she worked at a library near Detroit until she “stumbled” onto this career. “I had no idea this is what I was going to be doing with my life,” she said. “I love books so much. All I ever wanted to do, as we say on east side of Detroit, was work in a ‘libary.’”
Almost 20 years later, Jenkins has received numerous awards and has been named one of the Top 50 Favorite African-American Authors of the 20th century. But she comes from humble roots. When a crew from People magazine came to Jenkins’ home to do a five-page spread, she took them to her basement to show them where she works. Her office is under the steps next to the water heater. Through her work, Jenkins honors the African-American women who have come before her: the activists, doctors and teachers. She said she believes they deserve credit that is long overdue. These heroines become characters in her books. One of her most popular novels, “Indigo,” stars Hester Wyatt, a free black woman struggling to find her way in society after losing both of her parents as a child. Hester was a tribute to the women running the Underground Railroad, Jenkins said. The love scenes help spice up her historyheavy books, Jenkins said. “I give them these love scenes — that’s the treat,” she said. “And they’re so busy being fanned and treated that they don’t even know that they’ve learned a whole lot about American history.” Afua Ansah, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, attended Jenkins’ lecture for extra credit in an African-American studies class and was fascinated by Jenkins. “I came here just expecting to write a summary for extra credit, but I loved how she highlights history,” Ansah said.
Jenkins spent just as much time fielding questions from the audience as she did reciting her prepared speech, and she gave plenty of advice. “I tell artists: ‘Don’t worry about it. There’s always going to be haters. Do your thing. Because you never know where you’re going to wind up,’” Jenkins said. “Pass along the gift. God will take care of the rest.” empompel@syr.edu
FOUR BOOKS BY BEVERLY JENKINS:
• “Something Old, Something New” (2011): Wishing they had eloped
instead, a young couple struggles to keep their love alive as they head down the aisle while their families attempt to control the wedding ceremony. • “Midnight” (2007): During the American Revolution in Boston, no one would suspect a stunning young woman to be a spy. If only she could control her heart when a handsome rebel walks into her life. • “Vivid”(2001): In the 19th century, it isn’t socially acceptable for a breathtakingly beautiful black woman to be a doctor. The town mayor is faced with a decision to fire Viveca or to follow his heart. • “Indigo” (2000): When Hester Wyatt agreed to house an injured, runaway slave on the Underground Railroad, she never thought it would turn into a great friendship, let alone love. source: beverlyjenkins.net
Snow tubing event provides students with thrilling winter activity By Chelsea DeBaise ASST. COPY EDITOR
When it comes to outdoor activities during the cold winter months, it can seem as though athletes have all the fun. If you don’t have the agility to carve through powder on a pair of skis, or the strength to propel yourself up and over the Where: Greek Peak top of a half-pipe When: Saturday, Feb. 18, at 9 p.m. on your snowHow much: $5, Schine board, you might Box Office just be out of luck.
Orange After Dark Event: Midnight Snow Tubing
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There was one person who was not surprised by the sudden success of the SU memes: Anthony Rotolo, a professor in the School of Information Studies. Rotolo’s classes focus on social media, and he is well acquainted with the concept of the meme. “The best memes actually connect with a shared experience, oftentimes in real life,” Rotolo said. “SU memes is the same thing.” Not only was Rotolo an expert of social media concepts such as the meme, he was also the inspiration for one on the SU page. He laughed while recalling the moment when a student who noticed a Rotolo-class-inspired meme brought it to his attention. The meme showed a baby pumping his fist in excitement over the idea that the Twitterfeed for Rotolo’s class was no longer visible. Despite the mocking nature of the meme, Roto-
Unless, of course, you go snow tubing. On Saturday, Syracuse University students will have the opportunity to snow tube at Greek Peak Mountain Resort with Orange After Dark. The $5 tickets will provide transportation from the Schine Student Center to Greek Peak in Cortland, N.Y. The event is hosted by the Office of Residence Life. Snow tubing involves a lot of the same elements as skiing and snowboarding: the looming hill, the accelerating speed and the wind whipping through your hair while gliding toward flat ground. Unlike skiing and snowboarding, there is no athleticism required. One has only to jump on a giant inner tube, hang on tight and
enjoy the ride. Intended for students of all ages, the snow tubing event especially caters to students looking for a fun alternative to campus life on a Saturday night. Marisa Nicole Palmer, a freshman broadcast and digital journalism major, was very excited for the event. “I’m super pumped,” Palmer said. “I’ve never been snow tubing before, so I’m really happy.” Palmer lives in DellPlain Hall and plans on going to the event with multiple friends who live on her floor. Pointing out that this was the first time the event was being held, Palmer said there was definite appeal in that.
lo was not at all bothered. On the contrary, he was excited. “At least we’re reaching people,” he said. “Any reference this class gets with SU memes is flattering.” SU memes continue to be posted each day, depicting all sorts of Syracuse-related topics.
Rotolo interprets the success of this phenomenon as a positive thing. “As of right now I think it’s a great expression by students,” Rotolo said. “I think if we walk that line between funny and going too far, it’s a great aspect of campus life.”
“I think it’s a really good event for freshmen in particular because it brings everyone together,” Palmer said. “It’s a new event that not a lot of people do.” Palmer was all smiles when talking about the event, and she didn’t seem bothered in the least at the likelihood of cold weather. Instead, Palmer suggested that snow tubing was a perfect event to take part in while in Syracuse because there is no escaping the snow anyway. Palmer was most enthusiastic when predicting what her favorite part of the event would be. “Going down the hill with a bunch of snow flying around my face and being cold.” cedebais@syr.edu
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With a whirlwind of memes circulating around the web, it’s hard to tell how to use each one correctly. Pulp compiled a list of famous memes and history of each one. Y U No Guy: This figure stands with his arms out in a questioning gesture and asks why a subject has not done something. Success Kid: This toddler with his hand in a fist is used to illustrate a positive event, whether it is meant to be sarcastic or to highlight a real success. Creepy Wonka: This meme, which captures a condescending pose of Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, includes patronizing captions that are tinged with irony toward the reader. Scumbag Steve: The backward-cap-clad Steve is accompanied by descriptions or actions that are rude or unethical. Good Guy Greg: Greg, seen with a blue polo and a cigarette, is the opposite of Scumbag Steve. The Most Interesting Man in the World: This dapper spokesman for Dos Equis beer spoofs the brand with its text, modeled after the “I don’t always do , but when I do .”
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By Daniel Taroy STAFF WRITER
ou might be surprised to learn that “The Vow” is not based on a Nicholas Sparks novel. The misconception is easy to understand, what with the movie’s two impossibly good-looking leads and the use of a Taylor Swift ballad in its trailers. After all, who else would put Rachel McAdams through the arduous task of playing opposite a Hollywood heartthrob once again? In “The Vow,” a man has to romance his wife all over again after she loses her memory in a car crash. It’s the kind of movie we’d come to expect from a genre dominated by Nicholas Sparks best-sellers and knockoffs. It’s like buttery comfort food: You don’t really need it, but who can blame you for sneaking some mac and cheese? In spite of its premise, the film retains some merit by never veering too deeply into melodrama. Although you never lose sight of the movie’s trajectory, it does a commendable job of easing up on sappy moments in exchange for spots of humor. Channing Tatum and McAdams have charm to spare as Leo and Paige, a husband and wife living a chic lifestyle in the middle of Chicago. He’s a music studio owner, and she’s a sculptor in a near-perfect replication of her role in “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” another weepy romance. There’s enough chemistry at work here that we believe in their relationship long before Paige is catapulted through a windshield in grotesquely elegant slow motion. Their courtship plays like a hipster love dream, a montage with lots of plaid, abstract art and wedding vows written on takeout menus — look how in love they are. After the accident, Paige’s memories are wiped clean and replaced with those of a former self. In her mind, she’s still a Lake Forest socialite attending law school and engaged to a slick, suit-and-tie-wearing guy — the complete opposite of the free-
‘The Vow’ expectedly induces tears with stale format, recycled characters
spirited lifestyle she had with Leo. Consequently, Leo is suddenly introduced to previously unknown aspects of her previous life, including her conservative parents who disapprove of their marriage. Sound familiar? It must have taken an incredible amount of restraint to keep from casting James Marsden as Paige’s wealthy ex-fiancé. Tatum is surprisingly satisfactory as a doting husband, whose repeated attempts at helping his wife remember their marriage can thaw even the coldest and most skeptical of hearts. He’s never been a particularly strong actor, but even as an uncomfortable and misplaced hipster (did I mention the fedora?), he’s empathetic enough to accept these misgivings. McAdams, on the other hand, is as good as she wants to be. Every character we’ve ever seen her play surfaces at one point or another during “The Vow.” She’s every bit as confused and sympathetic as Allie in “The Notebook,” but she can also be as cold and humorless as we’ve seen her in “Mean Girls” and “Midnight in Paris.” But this tonal imbalance often makes it difficult to invest in her character, leaving Tatum to shoulder most of the aww-inducing work. It might be worth noting that “The Vow” is loosely based on true events, a fact we’re reminded of at the movie’s beginning and end. The disclaimer almost seems like a cop-out for its calculated plays on audience emotion. Those I talked to before watching the movie — including the friend I dragged to the theater with me — repeatedly said they were ready to cry, box of tissues in hand. With expectations like that, it’s easy to resent a movie for its obvious emotional cues: sob at this song; empathize at this voiceover. No one said “The Vow” had to be good, only that it had enough romance and reason for us to care. And while it mostly succeeds in the latter, you can’t help but wonder if those tears were well earned in the end. dataroy@syr.edu
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Traditional powers Duke, UNC facing challenge for ACC title By Stephen Bailey ASST. COPY EDITOR
Duke and North Carolina have dominated the Atlantic Coast Conference ever since its creation in 1953. In 46 of 58 seasons in the ACC’s existence, and each of the past eight, the Blue Devils or Tar Heels have finished the season with at least a share of the regular-season crown. Each entering the stretch run of their respective conference schedules at the top of the ACC standings, the two perennial powerhouses are not alone. Florida State is right there with them. “Well, all three teams are extremely gifted,” Miami (Fla.) head coach Jim Larranaga said Monday on the ACC coaches’ teleconference. “All three teams have different ways of hurting you. Carolina has got the biggest team. And size in basketball can really be a factor if the size has athletic ability and skill; and Carolina has both. “So they are a very, very talented team, and so is Florida State and so is Duke.” The 20th-ranked Seminoles made it clear from the start of the season this year’s ACC competition would be a race between the three teams. FSU won seven straight conference matchups after falling to Clemson on Jan. 7. Though no player averages more than 14 points per game, eight Florida State players record at least seven points per contest. The Seminoles are tied with two of the most explosive teams in the country and have had the upper hand against the two historical powerhouses. Florida State’s winning streak included a 90-57 rout of No. 8 UNC and a buzzer-beating 76-73 victory over No. 5 Duke on Jan. 21. The Blue Devils slid a bit after that game, allowing 76 points to an inexperienced St. John’s squad and falling in overtime to Miami. But Duke came out of that slump to hand North Carolina its second conference loss Feb. 8, courtesy of a 10-point comeback in the final two minutes. It was capped off by an Austin Rivers’ 3-pointer from the right wing as time expired at the Dean E. Smith Center. The improved play of junior guard Seth Curry — who is averaging 17 points on 48 percent shooting over the Blue Devils’ last two games — factored into the turnaround, head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “He’s playing very well,” Krzyzewski said Monday on the ACC coaches’ teleconference. “The other thing with Seth, we’ve used him in multiple roles. Sometimes when you switch him like that, there’s a little bit that can hurt a kid. Again, what the team needs sometimes puts that young man in a position where he’s not as comfortable. “So we’ve had a little bit more stability with the perimeter and offense really playing outstanding basketball. Tyler (Thornton) has given us good leadership. So the people around him have been stable and that helps him.” Duke has four players averaging double digits in scoring. Led by freshman Rivers, who averages 15 points per game and 41 percent from deep, the Blue Devils have potent scorers at each position. Though he wishes the production would be more consistent on a game-by-game basis, Krzyzewski is pleased with his team’s performance thus far in the season. “Really, overall, I think these kids have done an unbelievable job, coming from the base that they had,” Krzyzewski said. “None of them were star players for us last year.”
For the Tar Heels and Blue Devils, who close out their seasons with a March 3 rematch, there would be no better momentum-builder than a win over their respective arch-nemesis. After UNC senior forward Tyler Zeller almost single-handedly fumbled the game away in the closing minute of the teams’ first game this season, the 7-foot, 250-pound big man will be relied on to dominate the paint. Larranaga said the Tar Heels are able to counterbalance a poor shooting performance with strength inside. “I think Carolina is so big and they can miss shots and that can still be good offense for them,” Larranaga said. “Just like the other day, they can crash the offensive boards and turn a miss into a make in a split second.” Luckily for the Seminoles, the Tar Heels’ schedule does not give them a chance to avenge their blowout loss to FSU earlier this season. But FSU will likely have to hand the Blue Devils another loss Feb. 23 if it wants to become the first team other than Duke or UNC since Wake Forest in 2003 to earn the sole distinction of ACC regular-season champion. Matchups against North Carolina State and Miami also provide challenges at the tail end of the Seminoles’ conference slate. But before those highly anticipated contests, and the looming conference tournament, Florida State must avoid falling in to what could be a trap game against Virginia Tech on Thursday. The Hokies, which FSU beat 63-59 earlier this year, are 14-11 overall and are led by junior guard Erick Green, who paces VT with 15.5 points per game. “Obviously, everybody has tremendous respect for Green,” FSU head coach Leonard Hamilton said Monday on the ACC coaches’ teleconference. “Like most teams they have guys who are stepping in and out of those led roles from game to game. “They have some talented players, and you never really know who’s going to have a good night from night to night. That’s why you have to be prepared to go out and defend them, and everybody has to be on the defensive focus.” sebail01@syr.edu
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serving as the director of Hoop Group from 2001-04. And the relentless recruiter used those connections when he got back into coaching as an assistant at St. Joseph’s (Pa.) and Pittsburgh, before landing his first head coaching job in 2007 at Robert Morris, where Rice brought Toole on as an assistant. The three years Rice spent at RMU transformed him from a coach’s son and former collegiate point guard into a hot coaching prospect known for bringing in talented recruits. Now in his second season as the head coach at Rutgers (12-14, 4-9 Big East), Rice has brought in the best recruiting class in the Scarlet Knights’ history. And he has motivated that talent to buy into his intense approach. “Every day you have to go in with that same mindset, that focus: ‘OK, we’ve got to get everybody going in the same direction, focus and get improved,’” Rice said during the Big East
“There were no days where Mike’s personality wasn’t on display. That’s the beauty of Mike. He’s always on. He’s always engaged.” Phil Martelli
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coaches’ teleconference Feb. 9. “And if we don’t, you really can go crazy because of the fact that there’s just so much to work on with this team.” Headlined by 6-foot-9 forward Kadeem Jack, the No. 33 overall prospect, Rutgers’ 2011 recruiting class was 24th-best in college basketball, according to Rivals.com. Jack turned down offers from West Virginia, Miami and Arkansas. “He’s relentless,” St. Joseph’s head coach Phil Martelli said. “… Mike’s not afraid to get his hands dirty in recruiting. He recognizes the fact that you have to coach your current team and recruit your future teams.” Working under Jamie Dixon at Pittsburgh, Rice helped assemble a 2007 recruiting class highlighted by DeJuan Blair and Brad Wanamaker. As the lead recruiter for Wanamaker, as well as 2008 signees Tray Woodall and Nasir Robinson, Rice utilized relationships built from his time at the Hoop Group, former Panthers assistant Orlando Antigua said. Through it all, he has always been the same exuberant, passionate pickup player Toole matched up against on the New Jersey court and went on to learn from at RMU. “He doesn’t bullsh*t you,” said Toole, Rice’s successor as RMU’s head coach. “He tells you
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continue to play basketball and try to gut out wins.” Syracuse has been up and down offensively from the start of the season. It has 12 wins in which it scored 80 or more points, but it also boasts seven victories in which it has failed to score 70. The Orange’s current six-game winning streak highlights those discrepancies even more. It started with two slugfest games against Cincinnati and West Virginia when SU put up 60 and 63, respectively. Syracuse then exploded for 95 against St. John’s and survived in overtime
exactly how it is, and I think that people appreciate that when they really get to know him because the way that he is in recruiting is the way that he is when he coaches you is the way that he is with everything.” And while Rice is known for being animated on the sidelines and chastising referees, his passion is complemented by compassion toward his players. In 1987, Rice, then a freshman point guard at Fordham, went to the Brooklyn home of assistant coach Jack Armstrong for Thanksgiving dinner. Surrounded at the table by Armstrong’s boisterous Irish family, the 18-year-old Rice fit in perfectly, Armstrong said. He always does. “What you see is what you get,” Armstrong said. “Some of it is sometimes overly enthusiastic, occasionally a bull in a china shop when he was a young player. But when you get to know him, how could you not love him?” Mike Deane felt the same way. After coaching at his alma mater for three seasons, Rice was hired as a “restricted-earnings coach” in 1994 by the former Marquette head coach. Deane had already completed the interview process for the open assistant position when he received a call from former Fordham head coach Nick Macarchuk on a Friday night toward the end of training camp. Macarchuk convinced Deane to give Rice a shot. Deane had a ticket waiting for Rice at LaGuardia Airport the next day. And on that Sunday, Deane offered him the position. “He was a guy that you had to kind of lasso and hold back a little bit, but he’s a very intelligent guy,” Deane said. “He’s very well-spoken. He could interact very well with anyone, whether it was the biggest benefactor for the university to the common guy on the streets that delivered a pizza to him.” After his time at Marquette, Rice would go on to be an assistant coach at Niagara and Chicago State before working for the Hoop Group and ultimately rejoining the coaching ranks at St. Joseph’s. At St. Joseph’s, Rice entered Martelli’s office fired up every morning. He continually broke down opposing matchups to the finer details — how the Hawks should defend opponents’ ball screens and offensive sets. “Whether it would be with a blocking pad when guys are taking power layups, whether it was in making sure they knew exactly their defensive assignment, it was every day,” Martelli said. “There were no days where Mike’s personality wasn’t on display. That’s the beauty of Mike. He’s always on. He’s always engaged.” Rice then took his madness to Pittsburgh in 2006 and finally earned his first head coaching position in Moon Township, Pa., where he turned Robert Morris into a consistent postseason participant. The Colonials went 46-40 in the three years
with 64 against Georgetown. Then came the 59.3 percent shooting performance for 85 points against UConn and Monday’s horrid 52 points against Louisville. It may seem like a lot of inconsistency, but sophomore Dion Waiters has another way to describe it. “There’s games like Connecticut where everything’s going right,” he said after the win over the Cardinals. “You’ve got to be able to face adversity when things aren’t going right. Tonight, the offense wasn’t flowing, but the defense was.” The only game in which SU wasn’t able to overcome that adversity was against Notre Dame’s burn offense. The Fighting Irish ran the shot clock under 10 seconds on nearly every possession and shot an even 50 percent
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SCOOP JARDINE
6-2, 190, SR 8.4 PPG, 4.9 APG
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JEROME SEAGEARS
6-1, 170, FR 7.3 PPG, 2.3 APG
BRANDON TRICHE
6-4, 205, JR 9.6 PPG, 2.9 APG
ELI CARTER
6-2, 190, FR 13.6 PPG, 2.1 APG
Jardine’s last two games couldn’t have been more different. He shot 8-of9 and hit all four of his 3-point attempts against Connecticut, but followed it up with an 0-of-8 performance from the field at Louisville.
Carter is Rutgers’ leading scorer and came from Brewster Academy (N.H.), the same school that C.J. Fair played at before Syracuse. He scored 31 points in the Scarlet Knights’ upset win over Florida earlier this year.
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RAKEEM CHRISTMAS
6-9, 222, FR 3 PPG, 3 RPG
AUSTIN JOHNSON
6-8, 255, JR 4.8 PPG, 2.3 RPG
Christmas has played seven total minutes in SU’s last three games. Johnson only plays 17.5 minutes per game, but averages more than three fouls per game.
FAB MELO
7-0, 244, S0 7.8 PPG, 5.5 RPG
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KRIS JOSEPH
6-7, 210, SR 14 PPG, 4.8 RPG
DANE MILLER
6-6, 215, JR 7 PPG, 6.4 RPG
Joseph battled foul trouble against Louisville on Monday, playing just 25 minutes and scoring seven points. Miller is from Central New York and attended Rush-Henrietta High School in Rochester.
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GILVYDAS BIRUTA
6-8, 245, S0 9.3 PPG, 5.3 RPG
Melo is averaging 11 points per game since returning to the Orange lineup. Biruta started the season as a reliable option for Rutgers, but he has reached double-digits in points only once in his last 12 games.
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Rice took Robert Morris to the NCAA Tournament in his last two years with the Colonials, but he hasn’t gotten Rutgers in position to reach the tourney yet. He did lead the Scarlet Knights to impressive victories over Florida and Connecticut earlier this season.
preceding Rice’s tenure. They went 73-31 in the three years under his leadership, reaching the NCAA Tournament in 2009 and 2010. As a No. 15 seed in the 2010 tournament, the Colonials took second-seeded Villanova to overtime. The Wildcats escaped — earning some questionable calls along the way — but former RMU guard Gary Wallace, who plays professionally in Norway, said in an email to The Daily Orange that the oft-animated Rice was not mad at his players in the locker room after the game. Looking back, it is clear Rice has improved the programs at which he has been employed. And in doing so, he hasn’t changed a bit. His success in transforming the Colonials program led to his hiring at Rutgers. Heading to Piscataway, N.J., Rice maintained his fiery personality on the bench. Armstrong, the former Fordham assistant coach, saw that firsthand last year when Rutgers took on Syracuse on Feb. 19. Calling the game for ESPN, Armstrong met with Rice on the Carrier Dome floor before tip-off. “Mike came up to me, and he says, ‘Jack, you should be proud of me. I haven’t gotten a (technical) this year,’” Armstrong said, already beginning to chuckle. “So during the game, he gets a tech, and he looks right over at me, and he’s just shaking his head like ‘Oh, man, you’re going to kill me after the game.’”
This time around, it is the Orange who will be visiting The RAC, a hectic, insanity-driven environment that Martelli said matches Rice’s personality perfectly. The Scarlet Knights have compiled a 10-5 record at The RAC this season, including wins over No. 14 Florida, No. 23 Notre Dame and Connecticut, despite battling through numerous injuries and working with an inexperienced roster. “These guys have talent,” Rice said during the teleconference. “We have a number of guys that on any given night can help us win. We just lack the consistency.” But Rice makes up for it. At each of his stops, he has established a name for himself as both a tremendous recruiter and coach with his consistent, energetic approach. That mindset is the same he had while playing against Toole a decade ago at Normandy Park in Middletown. It’s the same mindset he carried into men’s leagues, in which he often referred to Toole as the Scottie Pippen to his Michael Jordan. It’s the same mindset he has taken into work every day for the past 21 years. And, after growing to be both colleagues and close friends, Toole still thinks he’s nuts. “That’s part of his greatness, is that he is crazy,” Toole said. “He is so intense, so energetic and so passionate about the game.”
from the field. Of course, that night the Orange was without sophomore Fab Melo, who is one of the frontrunners for the Big East Defensive Player of the Year award. In a similar battle of defensive wills Monday, Melo played 37 minutes and scored 11 points with six rebounds. And that’s another factor that helps the Orange adjust to various styles of play. “It’s the depth,” Waiters said. “We got a lot of guys, and everybody believes in each other on the team. It’s not just a one-man show.” When Syracuse has multiple players having good nights, it can turn games into track meets and force opponents to outscore the Orange. But when some players are struggling, one or two typically turn it on like Kris Joseph did with 29 points against Georgetown.
And on the rare occasion when no one can hit a shot, SU buckles down on defense and forces opponents to work for every shot. “We always find a way, offensively or defensively, to make a play,” junior Brandon Triche said. Rutgers averages just more than 66 points per game, so the Scarlet Knights may force the Orange into a half-court battle this weekend. And if that’s the case, Syracuse is fine with it. As long as it comes out on top. “Honestly, when you see those type of games, you just want the win,” Jardine said after beating the Cardinals. “I’m not even mad that I had zero points because at the end of the day the only thing that matters is that we get a W.”
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In his six-year tenure at Syracuse, head coach Luke Jensen said he’s never seen his team play as badly as it did in doubles against Boston College last Saturday. “We’re absolutely pathetic in doubles right now. I just don’t know what happened,” Jensen Who: Temple Where: Drumlins Tennis said. “I couldn’t Center believe how poorly When: Saturday, 11 a.m. we played across the board. I see (improvement) in practice, but it’s not coming out in matches, and that really has to change or we’re going to be in trouble.” The Orange lost all three of its doubles matches in its victory over the Eagles, prompting the head coach to switch up his pairings for Sunday’s contest with Harvard. But SU turned in another poor performance — losing two of its three doubles matches — that forced the Orange to win four of the six singles matches in a second straight comeback victory. Syracuse (5-3, 2-1 Big East) will need an all around better effort in capturing doubles when it hosts Temple (0-3, 0-1 Atlantic-10) and Rutgers (3-1, 0-0 Big East) on Saturday and Sunday at Drumlins Tennis Center. If SU hopes to extend its three-match winning streak, the players must master Jensen’s aggressive volley style and build confidence with their doubles partners. But SU’s struggles haven’t been the result of poor team chemistry. Rather, Jensen said that with five new faces on the nine-player roster this season, the team is having difficulty playing the “serve and volley” approach seen largely at the professional level. “We run a very complex system in doubles,”
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Jensen said. “There isn’t a place on the planet that teaches our style of serving.” In the system Jensen preaches, players move quickly to the net after hitting a serve in an attempt to catch the opponent off-balance. It requires an extreme amount of confidence and also a very aggressive skill set, something the Orange has lacked in its last two doubles competitions against ranked opponents. The approach is used by some of the most elite tennis players in the world. But the SU
“We’re absolutely pathetic in doubles right now. I just don’t know what happened. I couldn’t believe how poorly we played across the board.” Luke Jensen SU HEAD COACH
players have struggled to pick up the complex system, contributing to the lacking play last weekend. Now, Jensen just needs the Orange to carry that intensity from practice over to its weekend matches. Senior captain Emily Harman was first exposed to the aggressive serve and volley style as a high school tennis player, so she fit well into Jensen’s system. But Harman said that SU’s woes in the doubles competition this season have stemmed from its inexperience. “It’s a system that a lot of these girls coming in have never run before in their lives,” Harman said. “And to run it against skilled teams
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stacie fanelli | asst. photo editor IASIA HEMINGWAY and Syracuse are hoping to bounce back from two straight rough performances against Notre Dame and Louisville when SU faces Marquette on Saturday.
Hemingway looks to break out of slump against Marquette By Andrew Tredinnick ASST. COPY EDITOR
Iasia Hemingway entered last week on top of the world. The Syracuse forward was the driving force behind a two-game winning streak, and after scoring a combined 48 points those contests, she was named the Big East Player of the Week. But last week against two Who: Marquette Where: Carrier Dome ranked opponents, When: Saturday, 2 p.m. Hemingway was Channel: SNY shut down completely. She shot a combined 2-of-17 in lopsided losses to No. 4 Notre Dame and No. 19 Louisville. And the senior hit rock bottom against the Cardinals on Saturday, finishing with a season-low two points. “It really hurts. She only had two points, and she’s our leading scorer,” head coach Quentin Hillsman said after SU’s 89-62 loss to Louisville, “so when your leading scorer only has two points, it’s tough to win.” Hemingway will look to right the ship when Syracuse (15-11, 4-8 Big East) takes on Marquette (13-12, 4-8 Big East) at 2 p.m. Saturday
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in the Carrier Dome. Hemingway’s demoralizing performances caused SU to struggle on offense, and she will look to get back to form this weekend. SU is 11-4 this season when both Hemingway and center Kayla Alexander both score in double figures. It’s a clear formula for Syracuse to have success. But with Hillsman adamant on getting the ball inside to either of his bigs, Notre Dame and Louisville concentrated primarily on stopping SU’s frontcourt. And it worked. Hemingway was determined to attack the paint against Notre Dame, but the Fighting Irish clogged the area in front of the basket, and she struggled find any openings. Hemingway was 0-of-8 from the field in the opening half, and SU fell behind by 19. She ended up shooting a paltry 2-of-13 from the field. “Honestly, I realized every time I went to the basket they had somebody coming,” Hemingway said after SU’s loss to Notre Dame on Feb. 7. “So I just did what I can to make sure I can help my teammates.” She did some damage from the free-throw
line, going 11-of-12 from the stripe, but despite a better performance in the second half, the Orange fell 74-55. Hemingway’s slump continued into SU’s game against Louisville last Saturday. She picked up two early fouls, and Hillsman took her out. Hemingway never got in a rhythm and missed all four of her shot attempts. “She got in a little bit of trouble in the first half,” Hillsman said. “She had two fouls and I didn’t want her to get her third, and I thought that was the key in the game.” The success of Hemingway and Alexander has been instrumental to the way Syracuse plays in games. The duo combines to score 31 of the team’s 69.2 points per game. And with Hemingway virtually nonexistent offensively against Louisville, the Orange faltered. Alexander did her best to will Syracuse to victory, scoring 20 points, but SU’s offense was hampered by Hemingway’s inconsistent performance. “(Iasia’s) very good for Kayla because as we throw her the ball, she can make great assists from the high post and from the short corner areas and on the wings,” Hillsman said. But when Hemingway went missing in
SU’s two performances last week, Syracuse fell apart. And it had an effect on the entire team. SU guard Phylesha Bullard said that when all things are clicking in the frontcourt, that’s when the Orange finds success. “Iasia and Kayla, it’s really good playing with them,” Bullard said. “They really encourage me. When I get the ball to the high post or even the post, it feels good that they can do something in the paint.” Syracuse guard Carmen Tyson-Thomas said the way SU’s frontcourt performs gives the team a lot of confidence on offense as well. And the Orange’s focus on feeding the frontcourt hasn’t waned despite two rough performances. If Hemingway can end her recent skid against Marquette, the Orange should be able to get back on track. “Those other great teams they do what they do, but if we do what we do better, then that in itself is going to get us a W,” Tyson-Thomas said. “When we play like us, we’re a very good basketball team. I believe that.” adtredin@syr.edu
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field. Something Hamlin struggled to pick up. Though communicating on the field was a challenge for him as a freshman, Hamlin learned by watching SU’s starting unit flawlessly connect on its coverage from his place on the sideline. “Their talk, their communication, which I’ve always had trouble with. In the last year, I began to pick it up, our whole defense as a whole, I think,” Hamlin said. “… Really, just playing with each other, being comfortable with each other on the field, and that came from that great communication.” Now, Megill said Hamlin “never shuts up” on the field, yelling out formations, commands and assignments to him and fellow close defender and new starter Matt Harris. The lingering apprehension has been eliminated completely. “I think more of it when I was a freshman two years ago and he was a redshirt freshman, he seemed a little bit shy,” Megill said. “Now, he’s opened up. He’s opened up like a book.” Hamlin earned valuable playing time last season when Lade went down with an ankle
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Syracuse will debut its new-look team in the season opener Sunday against Albany in the Carrier Dome. Here’s a look at how the Orange has fared in its last five openers: YEAR
2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
OPPONENT
Denver Denver Providence Villanova Hobart
RESULT
W, W, W, W, W,
13-7 15-9 22-3 21-6 13-11
injury that kept him on the sideline for two games. He said that stretch of games alone provided ample opportunity to grow as a player, helping him ease into his full-time starting spot now. Megill is an imposing force on close defense and can guard opponents’ top scorers regardless of their size, while Hamlin is quick on his feet and can neutralize opponents’ fastest dodgers. Despite Hamlin’s abilities, he still spent the better part of the past two seasons on the sidelines. How many minutes he saw — if he saw any at all — varied from game to game, something he’s glad to not have to deal with anymore. “It was a little unsettling last year warming up, and there were some games where you wouldn’t see any time to games where Lade would come out in the first quarter, and I’d have to play the rest of the game,” Hamlin said. In the Orange’s first game of the season, the close defenders are going to receive an immediate test against one of the country’s top scorers in Albany attack Joe Resetarits. Desko called him the “quarterback” of Albany’s attack, as Resetarits finished 2011 with 31 goals while also notching 13 assists. Hamlin has been waiting for three years for this chance, and on Sunday, he’ll finally be out on the field as a starter. If things are going well, Desko should be able to hear Hamlin’s voice resonating throughout the Dome. And Hamlin knows strong communication is what’s going to help make the difference between a win and a loss for the Orange. “It always takes a little while getting used to playing with new guys,” Hamlin said. “But like I said, that communication probably cuts that time in half because it makes playing with new guys so much easier.” cjiseman@syr.edu
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Relentless pursuit Rice’s fiery attitude earns him respect as he attempts to build Rutgers program By Stephen Bailey
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he first time Andrew Toole met Mike Rice, he thought he was a little bit crazy. Playing pickup basketball at Normandy Park in Middletown, N.J., in the summer of 2001, Toole, at the time a standout guard at Pennsylvania, only knew Rice as the older man who competed much harder than he should have on the court. Little did Toole know he was matching up against his future boss and mentor. “Mike was overly aggressive and probably argued every call that was made in the entire game,” Toole said. The two formed a bond soon after when they both worked for the Hoop Group Eastern Invitational Basketball Camp. Rice built an extensive web of connections in the Northeast at the high school, AAU and junior college levels while
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courtesy of tom ciszek | rutgers athletic communications MIKE RICE, Rutgers head coach, has found success in his second season at the helm of the Scarlet Knights. Rice is known for his aggressive demeanor and has led RU to upset wins over Florida and Connecticut this season. Syracuse faces Rutgers on the road at 1 p.m. Sunday.
SU thriving at different tempos By Zach Brown STAFF WRITER
As Jim Boeheim poked fun at his senior point guard after Monday’s win over Louisville, he highlighted arguably the most daunting task Syracuse’s opponents face when they take on the Orange this season. In SU’s last two games, Scoop Jardine has gone 8-of-17 from the field. But all of those makes came in an 8-of9 performance Saturday against Connecticut followed by his 0-of-8 showing against Louisville on Monday. “I told Scoop he’s shooting 50 percent now the last two games,” Boeheim said. “One hundred percent (sic) one game and zero percent this game.” Like Jardine, the rest of the Orange couldn’t miss against UConn and then couldn’t hit anything against the Cardinals. But in both games, one full of offensive fireworks and the other a defensive slugfest, No. 2 Syracuse (26-1, 13-1 Big East) came out on top. And that has been a key for SU this season. The Orange has shown it can win the fast-paced, up-and-down games against teams that like to run while also being able to grind out wins against foes content to slug it out in the half court. Rutgers (12-13, 4-8 Big East) is the next team that will have to decide whether to slow the game down or speed it up against the Orange when SU travels to the Louis Brown Athletic Center to battle the Scarlet Knights at 1 p.m. Sunday. “We can score,” Jardine said. “You watch the UConn game, we made shots. That’s on them if they want to dare us (to shoot) or try to find schemes to beat us. We know we can only beat ourselves. We just have to
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Hamlin becomes more vocal for defense as Orange prepares for opener By Chris Iseman ASST. SPORTS EDITOR
John Desko didn’t need to see the improvements Dave Hamlin’s made because he could already hear them. Over the course of two seasons, the Syracuse head coach could tell his defender was morphing from a shy freshman to a confident, vocal leader. After Hamlin struggled to communi-
cate effectively on the field, the junior has evolved to a point where during games Desko can hear Hamlin’s voice ringing out to help command the SU defense. “His personality is Who: Albany Where: Carrier Dome quiet to begin When: Sunday, 2 p.m. with,” Desko Channel: TWCS, SNY said. “So as a
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freshman, I think that was something the coaches, especially coach (Lelan) Rogers, kept stressing with him, had to keep reminding him to communicate with the other players on the field. But he’s gotten a lot better with that. I think he’s much more comfortable with it.” After redshirting his freshman year and serving as a backup the
last two seasons, Hamlin’s stepping in as a starter at close defense this year. Unlike Brian Megill, who has started every game since he has been in a Syracuse uniform, Hamlin had to patiently wait his turn, knowing that there would be a time when nowgraduated defenders John Lade and Tom Guadagnolo would need replacements. Hamlin will finally get that
chance Sunday in the Orange’s season opener against Albany at 2 p.m. in the Carrier Dome. He and the rest of the SU closedefense unit will try to replicate the type of shutdown defense it has boasted for the past several seasons. And it all starts with the close defenders’ communication on the
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