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Refocusing The R.A.P.E. Center is

Truly inclusive The Daily Orange Editorial Board urges

Classic experiment SU drama department’s interpretation of

Overtime in the Dome No. 17 Syracuse escapes a tough

looking for student input in the discussion to change its name. Page 3

the chancellor to listen to faculty, students and alumni concerned with the rising acceptance rate. Page 5

“Lysistrata” modernizes the Greek tale with an innovative angle. Page 9

Rutgers team to capture an 84-80 victory in the Carrier Dome on Saturday. Page 16

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DJ Diplo to perform at Hillel concert

By Jon Harris Asst. News Editor

More than 60 people gathered at Syracuse City Hall on Thursday to discuss a proposal that would reduce the area east of Syracuse University where an ordinance that places strict limits on rental housing exists.

The ordinance, adopted in June, requires property owners to have one off-street parking place for each potential bedroom before owneroccupied homes can be converted into rental homes. The ordinance exists in the Special Neighborhood District, which currently stretches from parts of Comstock Avenue to Westmoreland Avenue. Councilor-at-Large Jean Kessner has proposed shrinking the size of the district.

The Syracuse Common Council’s Neighborhood Preservation Committee, of which Kessner is chair, held the public meeting that lasted from 5:30 p.m. to nearly 7 p.m.

City officials implemented the Special Neighborhood District in 1991.

The bedroom and parking ordinance is currently being challenged and is before the state Supreme Court. Kessner said she believes the enforcement of the ordinance is on hold while it is in court.

Kessner’s proposal would shrink the Special Neighborhood District by half of its current area but would not address the legal challenge being addressed in court.

Twenty-six people at the meeting each gave an address — although almost all of them went over the allotted time of two minutes — in front of the four members of the Neighborhood Preservation Committee, two other Syracuse common councilors and Common Council President Van Robinson.

Several people said they appreciate the balance between renters and home-owners in the neighborhood but don’t understand the rationale behind Kessner’s proposal to reduce the district.

“This hearing is premature,” said Michael Stanton, president of the Southeast University Neighborhood see neighborhood page 6

By Amrita Mainthia Asst. Feature Editor

brandon weight | asst. photo editor Pat driscoll , future leader of the Syracuse Say Yes to Education program, visits students at Dr. King Elementary School on Thursday. Driscoll spent nine years as the city’s parks commissioner.

DJ and musical artist Diplo will perform March 26 as part of Hillel at Syracuse University’s 60th anniversary celebration.

“We went with a DJ because it’s a really big market right now,” said Jonathan Groffman, co-director of University Union’s Bandersnatch concert series. “And this guy is everywhere.”

Diplo, a Philadelphia-based American DJ and part of the two-man group Major Lazer, was picked because of the increasing popularity in DJs and dance music, Groffman said. Diplo has worked and collaborated closely with artists such as M.I.A., Sleigh

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Lifelong Syracuse resident prepares to lead Say Yes program

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fter working for nine years as the Syracuse parks commissioner, selfproclaimed “lifelong Syracusean” Pat Driscoll is stepping into new territory.

Driscoll, born and raised in Syracuse, will become the local leader of the Syracuse Say Yes to Education program on March 15. Since stepping down from his former position Jan. 22, he has begun working toward his new role. He attended meetings with Say Yes employees and spoke to students Thursday at

Dr. King Elementary School about staying involved in Say Yes. The Say Yes program is a national nonprofit organization that focuses on improving the academic performance of students in urban areas.

Syracuse has adopted the program and reached out to all public schools in the city.

“I have three kids in Syracuse city public schools. I know the Say Yes program has made an impact on the kids and their families in our school district, and I know they’re very committed to the city of Syracuse,” Driscoll said.

Driscoll has several ideas for the

future of the Syracuse program, including reaching out to volunteers and retired teachers who would each help three to four kids read or do homework, he said.

Driscoll likes to think of the Syracuse Say Yes program as a puzzle, he said.

“There are lots of different moving parts, and my job is to be able to make sure that the moving parts are moving in the right direction,” he said.

Many colleges and universities are a part of the Say Yes program, including State University of New see say yes page 6

What is Say Yes?

Say Yes to Education, Inc. is a national, nonprofit education foundation committed to dramatically increasing high school and college graduation rates for the nation’s urban youth. The Say Yes program promises free college tuition to one of nearly 100 colleges and universities for those who meet the residency, graduation and admission requirements. The Syracuse chapter is the first Say Yes chapter to embrace an entire school district, and it is the largest school improvement program of its kind.

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By Amrita Mainthia Asst. Feature Editor

For more than a year, Hillel at Syracuse University knew it wanted to celebrate its 60th anniversary in the biggest way it could.

To do that, the group hoped to bring a big-name artist with widespread campus appeal — but making that happen was not easy.

After Student Association denied Hillel’s request for funding three times, the group needed to find a different source for the money. Their main source: Chancellor Nancy Cantor. Cantor gave the group $35,000 in funding, said Hillel President Michael Weiss. Hillel also received $15,000 from Bandersnatch, a subdivision of

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Truck strikes jogger on East Adams Street A pedestrian jogged into traffic while crossing East Adams Street near Upstate Medical University Hospital and was struck by a pickup truck at 12:35 p.m. Sunday, said Sgt. Gary Bulinski of the Syracuse Police Department.

The pedestrian, Robert Stanton, 43, of Verona, was traveling north on East Adams when he was hit by a 2011 Chevy Silverado pickup truck, Bulinski said. Bruce Lyons, 52, of Milton, was driving the truck, Bulinski said.

Stanton was taken to University Hospital and treated for a broken pelvis and a head injury, Bulinski said. His injuries appeared non-life threatening, Bulinski said.

SPD closed off East Adams, from Almond Street to South Crouse Avenue, for between two and a half to three hours, he said.

The cause of the incident is still under investigation.

• Kevin Halloran, 21, of Syracuse, was arrested for driving while intoxicated on the 300 block of Waverly Avenue on Feb. 12 at 1:58 a.m., according to a Syracuse police report. A Department of Public Safety officer initiated the investigation, according to the report. DPS charged Halloran with four counts related to driving while intoxicated, according to the report.

• Latoya Ray, 26, of Syracuse, was arrested on the 1800 block of East Fayette Street on Saturday at 10:25 p.m., according to a Syracuse police report. She was charged with one count of driving while intoxicated; one count of assault in the second degree; and one count of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, according to the report.

— Compiled by Jon Harris, asst. news editor, jdharr04@syr.edu

shijing wang | contributing photographer John baily, a leading scholar on Afghan music from the University of London, plays the Afghan rubab at Friday’s concert as part of the Music of Conflict and Reconciliation colloquium. The colloquium is the third symposium in the yearlong four-part Ray Smith symposium.

Professors explain music’s influence in foreign conflicts

By Debbie Truong Staff Writer

With outdated monitors and cramped, closet-like recording studios at the Buduburam refugee camp in Ghana, a hip-hop artist and others captured music’s presence in the camp with the aid of Michael Frishkopf.

The hip-hop artist, Samuel Morgan, nicknamed Shadow, came to the refugee camp as an orphan and developed his musical styling in recording studios there. When Shadow was

denied a traveling visa, Frishkopf helped Shadow and fellow recording artists produce a video and establish the Web- and satellite-based Refugee Music TV. Frishkopf, from the University of Alberta, shared his experiences as one of several speakers in Kittredge Auditorium on Thursday for the “Refugees and Exile” colloquium, which is the third of the four-part Ray Smith Symposium: Music of Conflict and Reconciliation. A miniseminar, film screening and concert

on Friday were also part of the twoday event.

Hip-hop rhythms with socially charged lyrics, such as “We want water, we want food, we want shelter,” rang from a video clip Frishkopf played. Frishkopf said Shadow and fellow musicians do not want to be defined solely as refugees but as serious artists striving to break into the western world’s mainstream music scene.

“Music is vital to human life,” Frishkopf said.

The Buduburam refugee camp houses over 40,000 refugees, even though it is only constructed to hold 8,000, Frishkopf said. Running water and sanitation are nonentities, Frishkopf said, and employment remains scarce.

Frishkopf also lectured about mainstream music’s influence on Liberian refugees and called for cultural interventions instead of political ones to cure Liberia’s ails. Cultural interventions are sustainable see colloquium page 4

RAPE Center seeks student suggestions for name change

By Christina Levin Contributing Writer

To better convey its services, the R.A.P.E. Center is looking for student input in forming a new name, which is anticipated to be in place by the end of the semester.

“We’ve had people come in that weren’t sure this is the right place for them, and then I wonder about all the people who don’t come because they see that name and feel that it’s not the appropriate place for them,” said Janet

Epstein, the center’s associate director.

Student focus groups gathered in the basement of the Health Services building last Monday to discuss the change, which could signal the center to redefine its core mission. The meeting was held to make sure a broad range of student voices were heard, Epstein said.

The center’s current name, “Rape: Advocacy, Prevention and Education,” does not reflect the full scope of the services the center offers, Epstein said.

The R.A.P.E. Center, established in 1990, has two objectives: to provide support services for sexual assault survivors and to coordinate and oversee sexual assault prevention programs, according to the center’s website.

The center also addresses issues such as relationship violence, domestic abuse, stalking, nonconsensual touching and verbal abuse, Epstein said.

The center first began considering a name change last year, Epstein said.

With a new name, the center hopes to incorporate both parts of its mission while maintaining the identity of the center, Epstein said.

“The goal is to find a name that is going to take into account all the different types of situations that might lead someone to need the support that we can provide,” she said.

Samantha Lifson, president of Students Advocating Sexual Safety and Empowerment, said in an e-mail that the current name is a confusing

acronym because it requires a colon for it to make sense, and some people don’t want to classify their experiences as rape.

“People who have been involved in domestic violence or other types of harassment may not want to use the word ‘rape’ to describe what happened to them,” said Lifson, a senior advertising and women’s studies major. “A name change would better encompass everything that the center provides.” see rape center page 4

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The word “safe� was mentioned often when the student focus groups met and brainstormed, Lifson said. “At the forum, the word ‘safe’ kept coming up — it really hits what the center wants to position itself as,� Lifson said. “We didn’t decide on that word specifically, but it kept appearing in our ideas.�

It is challenging to pick a suitable name for a center that offers wide-ranging services and addresses touchy subjects, Lifson said.

Seth Finkelstein, a junior mechanical engineering major and co-president of A Men’s Issue, said because of the current name, students see the center as a provider of just one aspect of its mission: help services for rape victims. “People initially think they can only go there if they’re raped,� Finkelstein said.

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and can be replicated through social networks, he said. “True communication always has an emotional component,� Frishkopf said. “Music can be a cultural mass media.�

John Baily, a leading scholar on Afghan music from the University of London, followed Frishkopf’s presentation with a historical account of music from Afghanistan.

Prior to the outbreak of war in 1979, the “radio station was the hub of musical activity� in Afghanistan, Baily said.

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University Union, and another $5,000 from cocurricular funding. A few private donations helped as well, Weiss said.

With the help those contributions, Hillel will bring DJ Diplo of Major Lazer to SU on March

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The center needs to be careful implementing the change and selecting a better replacement, Finkelstein said. But the center should still provide rape services to students who need them, regardless of the name, he said.

Epstein said the center will not shy away

from its responsibility of providing services to help those who have been affected by rape and said “rape� should remain in the center’s name. “It’s really important to say the word because it’s silenced,� Epstein said. “There’s not a whole lot of conversation about rape and the issues that are related.�

Alison Kurtzman, a member of a theater group, Every Five Minutes, that raises awareness about rape and sexual assault, said the center has been trying to expand and convey information about other kinds of violence issues besides rape, such as domestic abuse. The theater group is run through the R.A.P.E. Center. “We’ve been trying to branch out,� said Kurtzman, a junior broadcast journalism and psychology major. “We’re really trying to broaden the services that we offer.�

It might be difficult to get students who are already familiar with the center and its name to change their ideas about it, Kurtzman said.

A name change will be helpful once the word is

The Soviet move-in and eventual political takeover by the Jihad ended the flourishing musical period. Several million refugees from Afghanistan were exiled to Pakistan and approximately 1 million more to Iran, Baily said.

Though there has been little significant creativity since the “golden era� in the ‘60s and ‘70s, Baily said Afghan music has circulated to neighboring Pakistan and Iran, as well as to far-off cities with large Afghan populations, such as Hamburg, London and Toronto.

But Baily also brought up an example in which Afghan music “stirred up schisms.� He said an Afghan music concert in Fremont in

2000 brought ethnic schisms to the forefront.

Audiences accused the Afghan performers of sympathizing with the regime during communist Afghanistan, he said.

Baily contrasted his argument of music’s role in conflict by discussing the “therapeutic, healing qualities� of music among older generations. The free flow of music through social networking tools enables listeners to recall a time before conflict, he said.

Peter Castro, an associate professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, followed Baily. Castro stressed the importance of providing opportunities for communities to have their own voice through music.

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modate everyone, he said. “We look at the cost-per-student ratio, and it would have definitely increased the student fee,� said Casey, referring to the $150 charged to students every year to fund events. “It would have been difficult for us, especially when we have so many other events to fund.�

SA’s Finance Board also took into consideration “programming capital,� Casey said, which

“The goal is to find a name that is going to take into account all the different types of situations that might lead someone to need the support that we can provide.�

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SA refused to issue monetary support to Hillel three times between April and October 2010, despite the fact that the group revised its financial requests each time. This was in large part due to the inability of SA to distribute so much money to any one organization, said Neal Casey, SA’s president. With many significant financial requests, there was no way to accom-

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What is the R.A.P.E. Center?

R.A.P.E stands for Rape: Advocacy, Prevention and Education and was established in 1990 with two objectives: to provide support services for sexual assault survivors and to coordinate and oversee sexual assault prevention programs. The center first began considering to change its name last year and hopes to have a new name this semester.

out and more people feel invited to approach the center with different problems, she said.

Kurtzman said the name change would help prevent conflicts that could escalate into rape, she said. “Domestic abuse might turn into rape,�

Kurtzman said. “They’re very interconnected.� chlevin@syr.edu

“True communication always has an emotional component. Music can be a cultural mass media.�

Michael Frishkopf

Professor at the Universit y of Alberta

“Music is a passion of mine,� he said. “To bring together my interest in conflict resolution and music is tremendous.� dbtruong@syr.edu

reflects on each group’s historical experience with campus events.

Since Hillel is a nonprofit, national organization, its events are often funded privately, Weiss said, so SA does not always know the details of its events. SA refused to fund the group because it had no reason to believe Hillel could pull through in planning and executing a large-scale event, Weiss said.

Weiss persisted, however, and attended a roundtable discussion with Cantor, Dean of Student Affairs Thomas Wolfe and other student leaders on campus. Cantor, a proponent of Hillel, recognized the importance of the organization’s 60th anniversary and decided to help fund the concert.

Cantor often attends various events, dedications and panel discussions hosted by Hillel.

After providing the initial base of funding for the concert, Cantor seemed excited about the event, Weiss said, and the pair has kept in touch. “It’s really nice because it gives us an opportunity to work closely with the leadership of this university, and that’s a big part of what makes us a great organization,� Weiss said. “Cantor’s been there for us whenever we’ve needed her.�

Being rejected by SA multiple times created some tension between the group and Hillel, Weiss said. But since then, the leadership teams from Hillel and SA discussed and sorted out communication errors and misunderstandings between the groups, Weiss said. “Hillel or SA aside, we’re still students, and we’re all on the same team,� Casey said.

SA plans to help promote and market Hillel’s 60th anniversary in any way it can, Weiss said, and the groups have been working closely together. “We’ve never had a stronger connection with SA,� Weiss said. “We’ve made a lot of progress, and there’s absolutely no tension anymore.� mainthia@syr.edu

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Chancellor must respond, listen to concerns about spike in acceptance rate After changing the recruitment strategy, Syracuse University’s reported acceptance rates alarmingly rose more than 10 percent in the past two years, causing SU’s ranking on the U.S. World News and Report to drop and earning the campus a new qualifier: “A+ school for B students.”

The implications of an increasing acceptance rate require the chancellor to reach outside her top officials for feedback, as this change affects thousands of alumni, students and professors whose cumulative tenure at this institution dwarfs the current administration’s.

The chancellor and her top officials moved SU’s recruitment strategy in a direction focusing more on inclusiveness, ultimately diminishing selectivity and perhaps prestige.

Ivy Leagues pride themselves on miniscule acceptance rates of less than 10 percent. The shift in recruitment strategy and subsequent rise in the acceptance rate could devalue the SU diploma, cause larger freshman classes and affect the quality of an SU education.

The administration justifies the rising acceptance rate with the idealis-

editorial by the daily orange editorial board tic goal of increasing student diversity and socioeconomic inclusiveness.

The new recruitment strategy has paid off, as the number of students eligible for the Pell Grant, intended to aid lower-income students, increased by 16 percent last year.

But putting the value of campus diversity aside, the administration has chosen to change SU’s recruitment strategy to one largely untested and one that reverses three decades of working to make SU’s a more exclusive education.

SU already feels some of the negative consequences of a now 60 percent acceptance rate. 2010’s freshman class was unintentionally large, causing overcrowding in classes and especially in campus housing. If SU wants to increase diversity by accepting and potentially enrolling larger numbers, then the infrastructure - enough dorm rooms, classrooms, staff and faculty - must be in place beforehand. Likewise, the quality of education could decline if class sizes

continue to increase.

Faculty know best how larger class sizes may affect their ability to teach.

Declining prestige may also lessen professors’ desire to work at SU. The administration must listen to faculty concerns and input, as they have much at stake in the change to recruitment.

The acceptance rate has increased so dramatically students are watching their diploma lose value even before graduating. We should likewise have a say in the change to recruitment and rising acceptance rate, as this directly affects us and our hireability in an ailing economy.

Finally, alumni should also contribute to the conversation. Though the most removed from campus, thousands of alumni and their degrees depend upon the reputation of an SU education. The faculty, students and alumni have poured too much money and time into this university to see the value of that investment threatened, perhaps affected permanently, by the ideals of a few relatively momentary administrators.

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University needs medical amnesty policy to protect students from fatal overdose As an addiction psychiatrist, I have very strong views on the importance of medical amnesty for possible alcohol or other drug overdoses.

The most instructive example occurred in 1986 when University of Maryland basketball player Len Bias died from a cardiac arrhythmias induced by a cocaine overdose. After being selected the second pick in the National Basketball Association draft, he celebrated by using cocaine.

He then had three seizures. During and after the first two short seizures, no one called medical authorities because his friends were afraid of

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what would happen given the illegality of cocaine use. Had they done so, Bias would probably have retired from the NBA a rich man. However, the third seizure did not stop (status epilepitcus), and medical personnel were called. For Bias, the call came too late and he died.

A harm reduction approach to medical amnesty would work best.

There should be a consensus among Syracuse University administrators and security, including the Syracuse police, that any student who makes an emergency call for medical assistance for themselves or their friends

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This includes use of a substance that produced the possible overdose and any illegal paraphernalia or substances noticed on site by emergency medical technicians. Counseling on the difficulties of inappropriate use of alcohol or other drugs should occur after the person is stabilized and healthy.

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would be to have alcohol breathalyzers in every living facility so that students who come home from a night of drinking could get an estimate of their blood-alcohol level. This would enable them, for example, to see whether or not their level would be over the limit for driving while intoxicated, and they could start to see the relationship between their blood-alcohol level and intoxication.

It might also give others an estimate of potential alcohol poisoning or genetic tolerance to alcohol. Colleges are for learning, and students would do the math.

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Harm reduction approaches in no way condone substance use, a point that should be brought home to timid SU administrators who always fear legal action. By delaying instituting policies like this, they put their students at risk. With good medical attention, the vast majority of people can recover from alcohol or other drug overdose. There is no recovery from death.

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York schools, City University of New York schools and 23 other private colleges and universities, said Christopher Walsh, director of the higher education initiative for the Syracuse Say Yes program.

Walsh said he believes Driscoll is a great candidate for the job because he lives in Syracuse.

“He has a lot of experience,” Walsh said. “He’s a city resident, he’s very familiar with the school district, and he has excellent leadership skills.”

Say Yes provides social, emotional, financial and health care support, as well as legal advice, for students who complete the program and choose to go to a college affiliated with it, Walsh said.

But in light of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s state budget cuts, Driscoll said he is not sure if education cuts will affect the Say Yes program.

“We are still waiting to hear about that,” he said. “We hope not.”

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Association. “It’s premature not just because the city is still before the state Supreme Court arguing the related lawsuit; it’s premature because the necessary groundwork hasn’t yet been done to lay the foundations for revising the district boundaries.”

Barbara Humphrey, president of the Westcott East Neighborhood Association, said it’s not possible to comment on the proposed boundary changes, as it remains unclear what effect the changes will have on the Special Neighborhood District.

“Rather than make a change to the boundaries at this time, perhaps the Common Council should take a more holistic look at the zoning amendments,” Humphrey said.

Other speakers were ready to endorse the shrinking of the district.

Sharon Sherman, executive director of the Greater Syracuse Tenants Network, said the council should abolish all special zoning regulations that restrict the supply of rental housing.

“It is clear that this legislation was aimed, since its inception, toward the discriminating against a class of tenants, which are students,” she said. “It is discrimination in that it restricts the rights of students to rent housing by restricting the sale of housing for the purpose of rental.”

The Syracuse Property Owners Association, which is a group of university landlords who manage a bulk of the student housing in the district, supports the reduction of the district’s size, said Joseph Tupper, the group’s president. But he said he would’ve proposed an even greater shrinking of the district, which drew complaints from many

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Bells, Britney Spears and Linkin Park, according to a UU press release.

Tickets are available for purchase on Monday at the Schine Box Office. They will be $5 for students, faculty and staff with a valid SU ID. The concert will be held in Goldstein Auditorium at 8 p.m.

Normally Bandersnatch concerts take place in Schine Underground, but University Union expects a large turnout because Diplo is a popular artist, Groffman said.

“Having the concert in Goldstein allows for three times the amount of people,” he said. “The

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resentatives could cause the U.S. Department of Education to rescind a $400,000 grant SU receives to support the Say Yes program in Syracuse schools, according to an article published Sunday in The Post-Standard.

SU officials have asked for help to preserve the grant, according to the article. SU has drawn $132,000 of the grant money, said Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs, in the article. He also said the Say Yes program is critical for the city, university and region.

Driscoll is the right man for the new position in the Say Yes program because he is all about the youth, both academically and recreationally, said John Walsh, deputy commissioner of the Syracuse Parks, Recreation and Youth program. Driscoll is very supportive of youth sports, including hockey, basketball and football, he said.

“He will make it a better program,” he said.

“Anything he puts his hands on is a success.”

As parks commissioner, Driscoll said he was responsible for the administration and operation of recreational programs, including events in Clinton Square, facility maintenance

of those in attendance.

Absentee landlords — landlords who don’t live in the neighborhood they rent out to tenants — are the people that concern John Carlos, who has lived on Sumner Avenue for more than 30 years. There are too many landlords who don’t live in the neighborhood and only have a financial interest in the district, he said.

Students have papers all over their lawns because they put their trash and recycling outside in the morning and let the wind blow it around, which absentee landlords typically don’t see, said Peter Couvares, of Maryland Avenue.

“You walk over where it’s all rental properties, and it’s frat row,” he said. “And that’s not where I want to live.”

Couvares said he still loves the neighborhood and moved there because it’s full of students.

But there’s a balance in the area between owneroccupied homes and rental homes that needs to be maintained, he said.

Paul Hagenloh, an associate professor of history at SU who lives on Westminster Avenue, said he would have never bought a house in the neighborhood if the city ordinance was not in place.

Hagenloh also said he would not suggest a change to the district’s boundaries now because of the downturn in the housing market.

“This is a terrible time to even consider a change,” he said.

After listening to several of the statements, Dick Ford, of Fellows Avenue, said the rationale behind the proposed boundary changes was more unclear to him than when he walked into the meeting.

Said Ford: “After listening to all that’s been said, I’m confused but at a higher level.” jdharr04@syr.edu

floor space is huge and will let people do what they love: dance.”

A pair of to-be-announced special guests will open for Diplo, Groffman said, and they complement his style very well.

“We’re still finalizing them, but they’ll be the perfect lead into Diplo,” Groffman said.

“They’re two dance party artists that will get everyone going.”

The concert, part of a weeklong anniversary celebration for Hillel, is made possible partially through funding provided by Chancellor Nancy Cantor.

This is the first UU and Hillel collaboration, Groffman said. Primarily intended as a Hillel event, the concert is also a part of UU’s Banders-

of parks and the overseeing of the Syracuse dog control division.

Driscoll is looking forward to bringing his skills to his new job because he is able to collaborate with many different neighborhoods, he said.

“As park commissioner, I was able to build a lot of collaborations,” he said. “I’d like to bring that skill set to Say Yes to Education because there are a lot of different partners involved to make it successful, whether it’s Syracuse University or city school districts.”

The program is always looking for people to donate money, Driscoll said. At the Jan. 22 SU men’s basketball game versus Villanova, fans donated more than $250,000 through a text-todonate campaign, Driscoll said.

“That was a wonderful tribute,” he said. “Folks in our community believe in the program. They believe it is a game-changer, so to speak.”

Driscoll said he hopes to raise awareness about the program for families and the community, as well as create a future model for other cities utilizing the program. Syracuse is the first citywide implementation of the

“I have three kids in Syracuse city public schools. I know the Say Yes program has made an impact on the kids and their families in our school district, and I know they’re very committed to the city of Syracuse.”

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program.

Said Driscoll: “I hope that another municipality, maybe in another state, says, ‘Wow, they’re doing great things with the Syracuse Say Yes program, how do we climb on board?’” snbouvia@syr.edu

Downsizing

The Syracuse Common Council’s neighborhood preservation committee held a public meeting Thursday to get comments on a proposal that would shrink the area of the Special Neighborhood District, which is east of SU. The city has special restrictions on rental housing in the district. The proposal would cut the size of the district in half, although Councilor-at-Large Jean Kessner said the proposal is not legislation to be voted on.

EXISTING SPECIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT PROPOSED SPECIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT Source: Provided at Thursday’s meeting held by the Neighborhood Preservation Committee

natch concert series.

Hillel approached UU because of its expertise in booking and planning concerts, he said. After selling out last year’s Block Party, Juice Jam and this year’s previous Bandersnatch series concerts, UU members were excited to plan this event, Groffman said.

“We want to continue our streak and help get Hillel’s name out there,” Groffman said. “They really wanted to get more into the mainstream campus events as opposed to just religiousbased events.”

Fifty percent of the concert’s proceeds will benefit Hendricks Chapel and its new interfaith programming curriculum. Hillel’s president, Michael Weiss, views the concert as an impor-

tant step in forging a stronger relationship with Hendricks and its dean, Tiffany Steinwart.

“We were in Hendricks for our first 53 years on this campus,” Weiss said. “It’s time we give a little back to them for all that they’ve done for us.”

With the stress of funding issues gone, Hillel and UU are pleased to put forward a headliner that appeals to a wide audience and hope to sell out the show.

“We’re celebrating having a campus presence for so long,” Weiss said. “And we want this to be an entire student celebration. We want to make people aware and give them a chance to celebrate.” mainthia@syr.edu

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Two students prepare, raise money for trip to Honduras

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n June, Nina Fabrega and Kaley Donovan will be in Honduras, learning how to survive in a tropical rain forest.

Fabrega and Donovan, both juniors at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, will participate in Operation Wallacea, a United Kingdom-based organization that runs biological and conservation research sites in 11 countries.

“I’m excited for the whole experience,” said Fabrega, an environmental studies major with a concentration in biological applications. “I’m looking forward to meeting people and professionals that are doing what I want to do someday.”

Operation Wallacea is a network of scientists, nongovernmental organizations, professors and students who research biodiversity and conservation at sites around the globe, as well as work with the local people to help conserve their natural resources. Research sites include Indonesia, Honduras, Egypt, South Africa, Mozambique, Cuba, Peru, Madagascar, Guyana and Mexico, according to the Operation Wallacea website.

ESF is a good school to work with because of the students in the wildlife and conservation programs who want to gain fieldwork experience, said Sara Carlson, manager of the U.S. office at Operation Wallacea.

The research group in Honduras has already discovered 30 new vertebrate species and found four that were thought to be extinct, Carlson said. The program is entirely funded by tuition from volunteers, especially college students, Carlson said.

Fabrega and Donovan first heard about the opportunity in ESF professor Tom Horton’s ecology class. After going to an information meeting, they both decided to go to the Honduras expedition because the travel costs were cheaper.

They began fundraising in October and held a fundraising event at Tully’s Good Times restaurant on Thursday, where patrons could use coupons to take a percentage off the bill and donate it.

The two have set a goal to raise $4,000 for the four weeks they spend traveling and researching, Donovan said. They still have a bit to go, she said, but have plenty of ideas up their sleeves, including a “safe, sponsored party.” They also plan to host 50/50 raffles and bake sales at campus events, such as those held for Earth Day. In Honduras, participants will study biodiversity and deforestation rates around a coral reef zone, and they will also be exposed to a rare ecosystem called a cloud rainforest. Their first week there will be dedicated to “jungle training,” Fabrega said.

“We’ll be learning how to study in a

zixi wu |contributing writer FROM TOP: Kaley Donovan (left) and Nina Fabrega, juniors at the State University of New York College on Environmental Science and Forestry, laugh while fundraising for their trip to Honduras at Tully’s Good Times restaurant. Ken Lukas, a junior environmental resources engineering major, hands in his fundraising coupon at Thursday’s event. rainforest, how to be able to sleep in a tent in the forest, basically survival,” she said.

In the next two weeks, the girls will be traveling in a mobile group, interviewing local farmers and community members to see how deforestation affects them and discussing how to preserve their resources and use them wisely.

Horton, the ESF professor, runs the DNA lab at Operation Wallacea and trains

volunteers in molecular techniques, such as DNA extraction. For students, participating in Operation Wallacea is an important opportunity.

“These students and I get to participate in something that has some pretty serious meaning, that is, protecting biodiversity while helping the human element,” Horton said. “I’d say that mission is a good one.” mmamisan@syr.edu

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years, but the story of “Lysistrata” was conceived and published at a juncture in the war when Athens was at a low point in the warfare. The plot involves the women of Athens and Sparta, fed up with their husbands constantly at war. The females wage a strike, denying the men sex to stop the fighting.

Though an ingenious plan in theory, the strike proves difficult for all involved.

Joseph Fierberg, a member of the play’s Old Man Chorus, said Cross’ directing process was focused on character development.

“In the first two weeks, before we started working on the show, (Cross) had us do a lot of exercises to get into our character’s mental and physical state of being, including choosing an animal which resembles our character,” said Fierberg, a sophomore musical theater major.

Breaking the boundaries of a customary play, Cross said he had innovative goals for his piece. “Our show is based on futurism, surrealism and Dadaism,” Fierberg said. The last of those inspirations is a concept deeply rooted in the antiwar movement.

Praise must be given to choreographer Andrea Leigh-Smith, who is also part of the drama department faculty. The movements she strategically created for each part of the play not only furthered the plot but also developed the characters’ state of being from one moment to the next. Shane Goldbaum-Unger, a junior stage management major and stage manager for “Lysistrata,” said there is “untraditional blocking” in the piece.

“The cast did a lot of movement work for

the show. It’s very expressive in that sense,” he said.

The futuristic movement of the ensemble constitutes the play’s new modern feel.

The cast members of “Lysistrata,” consisting entirely of SU acting and musical theater majors, leave no open gaps in their portrayals.

All the actors, thanks to the preparation from their director, executed their individual persona with confidence and bravery.

Most notable among the cast include Milly Millhauser, a junior acting major, who pulled off playing the confident, mediating lead, Lysistrata, with masterful skill. Her every movement around the stage, up ladders and into the audience had a realistic spark to them. Most particularly, in her preaching to the rest of the ensemble, she pours endless amounts of emotion into every word she utters. Although she was not engaged in much of the actual fighting onstage, Millhauser’s poise was never lost. Her presence shined through during her dialogue.

Another standout, junior acting major Kendal Cooper, played Lampito, a Spartan woman who agrees to help Lysistrata in her strike to end the warfare. One of the more extreme personalities onstage, Cooper had a level of intensity that never went too overboard or fell flat — a perfect balance performers endlessly try to master.

Though several individual performances stood out, “Lysistrata” proved to be an ensemble effort. Each character inspired and played off one another on the stage, and no one acted as a subordinate to another.

The level of difficulty in paying homage to a dramatic staple is sky high, and Cross’s vision sends this production of “Lysistrata” to the moon. nbsilver@syr.edu

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He proceeded to sing “This Nearly Was Mine” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific” without the “cheater.”

After singing three more songs, Mitchell joked with the audience.

“Well, time flies when there’s only one act, huh?” Mitchell said. “You guys are the best audience ever. It is warm in Syracuse.”

His tone then took a serious turn. Lowering his voice, he said that despite current issues in the world, he’s still optimistic about the future.

“I think one of the things that has kept us all going is hope,” Mitchell said. “Hope for our kids and hope for all of our generations that follow us.”

He then launched into “America the Beautiful” and “Wheels of a Dream” from the musical

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“Ragtime.”

When he finished, he received a standing ovation. The clapping persisted, and Mitchell stepped out again, finally concluding the show with “The Impossible Dream” from the Broadway musical “Man of La Mancha.”

After Mitchell’s performance, he held a book signing for his children’s hardcover story, “Lights on Broadway: A Theatrical Tour from A to Z.” All proceeds from the show will go to the Actors Fund, a charity that helps support those in the show business during times of need or in transition.

After the show, sophomore musical theater major Emily Boyke said she enjoyed Mitchell’s performance.

“I love that he came to campus because I wouldn’t know another time when I would be able to see him, especially for $5,” Boyke said. “That was really tremendous.” mnperez@syr.edu

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Bold move

Unconventional choreography, creative direction invigorate Greek classic ‘Lysistrata’

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photos courtesy of michael davis | syracuse stage FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: Amos VanderPoel depicts the councilor in the Greek play “Lysistrata.” The Old Women Chorus sings their lines.

Milly Millhauser performs as the main heroine, Lysistrata.

By Noah Silverstein Staff Writer

yracuse University’s production of “Lysistrata” gives the nearly 2,500-year-old masterpiece a breath of fresh air. With a new experimental reworking, the drama department’s interpretation puts an innovative spin on the classic Greek drama.

“Lysistrata” runs until Feb. 27 at the Arthur Storch Theatre of the Regent Theatre Complex.

Under the direction of the brilliantly creative Stephen Cross, a faculty member of SU’s drama department, the experimental aspects of this retelling are carried off with ease, grace and expertise. In a field in which tradition is valued, Cross takes conventional techniques and shapes them into his own image.

The task of reviving an ancient classic, such as “Lysistrata,” with a contemporary spin can be an intimidating process. Traditionally, Greek theater can be stoic and stiff, both physically and in regard to storyline. Syracuse Stage’s production breaks down this wall and inserts vigorous physical movement, adding a modern and experimental side to the ancient text.

Written in 411 B.C. by Athenian playwright Aristophanes, “Lysistrata” looks to Athens and Sparta, the two feuding states of Greece during the Peloponnesian War. The war lasted for approximately 30

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A long line of locals and Syracuse University students stretched around the circular seating area of Schine Student Center on Thursday night, waiting to enter Goldstein Auditorium to hear Brian Stokes Mitchell perform.

“It’s really surprising, actually,” said sophomore musical theater major Blair Beasley, gazing at the crowd ahead of her. “I would’ve never expected this many people to show up.”

Presented by Pulse Performing Arts Series, the performance is the organization’s last major show of the year, said Pulse member Maggie Gleason, who is also a senior art history and public relations major.

Inside the auditorium Thursday night, the Brian Stokes Mitchell Trio, consisting of a pianist, bass player and drummer, sat quietly on the stage. A few minutes later, Mitchell stepped into the spotlight.

In his greeting to the audience, the Broadway legend noted the unusual weather.

“Who would’ve thought it’d be so warm in Syracuse?” said Mitchell, who has also dabbled in television and book publishing.

Mitchell has acted in the musicals “Man of La Mancha,” “Kiss Me, Kate” and “Ragtime,” as well as various other Broadway plays. His best-known television role is Trevor, one of Hillary Banks’ boyfriends in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” Stokes discussed the characters he typically plays on Broadway and said, “I seem to play a lot of bad boys.”

Taking on the persona of a married heartbreaker mourning over his days as a bachelor, Mitchell crooned “Where Is the Life That I Led” from the Broadway musical “Kiss Me, Kate.”

Next, tapping into his jazz roots, Mitchell sang Cole Porter’s “Love for Sale” and Ira Gershwin’s “How Long Has This Been Going On.” The other songs Mitchell performed were a combination of Broadway tunes and personal favorites, one of which was Antonio Carlos Jobim’s “The Waters of March.” He alternated between singing and playing the melodica, a flute-piano instrument hybrid, for the song.

The most memorable part of the show happened when Mitchell pointed to the microphone in his hand.

“In 1946, they didn’t have these things,” he said. “I call them ‘cheaters.’

We have this great, great hall here with these wonderful acoustics and a great high ceiling, so I thought it would be fun to do (a song) in 1946 style for all of you tonight.” see mitchell page 8

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Poor host, headliner choices contribute to lackluster Saturday Night Live season

By Ryan Parks

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

fter finally finding time to catch the latest episode of “Saturday Night Live,” I kind of wish I hadn’t.

Hosted by Russell Brand with musical guest Chris Brown, the episode flunked. Big time. Harshly reviewed by critics all season, these new skits continued to fail in revitalizing the series’ once-prestigious reputation. The show can thank Mr. Katy Perry for that.

The episode seemed promising when it opened with a surprisingly hilarious “O’Reilly Factor” spoof, starring Jason Sudeikis as Bill O’Reilly and Fred Armisen as President Barack Obama. The sketch had some great one-liners and actually managed to bring out a few roars from the audience — as if that’s what the show’s objective is. Unfortunately for the viewers, this satisfying feeling was very short lived (five minutes and 10 seconds, to be exact).

Out (of the closet?) comes Brand, rocking his trademark leather pants, a disgustingly tight shirt and his lion maneesqe facial hygiene. For this particular show, most viewers look forward to the host’s monologue as a way of predicting how smooth the rest of the episode will be. And you’d think that having a “professional” comedian opening up should make things easy. Wrong.

Not only was he painfully spoon-feeding us the punch lines, but his overall stage presence was borderline awkward and undoubtedly uncomfortable. We don’t need you to emphasize ev-ery sin-gle word as if we’re a society of chimpanzees watching the show on mute. In addition, enough is enough with the gawky body movements. We get that you’re a drug addict, but please get your fix before entering the stage. Sorry to break it to you, Russ, but the eye-bulging, arm-flailing attributes are already patented by George Lopez’s comedy.

After struggling to hold our attention when speaking (not joking) about the British queen, “The King’s Speech” and “Black Swan,” Brand decided he’d take a poke at his wife’s antics and his personal fake struggle with Hepatitis C, desperate attempts for a few laughs. When in doubt, start

talking about your bombshell wife and rumors of sexually transmitted diseases, right?

Enough with the monologue, though.

There was still an entire episode dedicated to persuading us that Brand deserves his title as a legitimate comedian. What’s sad is that the cast is actually very talented, yet the guest appearances and writing seem to hinder their improvisation abilities.

Aside from Brand contributing a bunch of different accented voices, the sketches themselves were not that bad. “A Spot of Tea,” a skit in which Andy Samberg, Bill Hader and Brand portray old women drinking tea during a series of earthquakes, had potential to be amazing, had it been executed in a slightly different manner. A manner excluding Brand.

“Weekend Update” was hands down the best sketch of the episode. Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah carried out impeccable impressions of Eminem and Lil Wayne, while Hader played reoccurring character Stefon. The skit’s success had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Brand was absent. Promise.

Just when it seemed there was no salvation for the lack of comedy, Chris Brown hit the stage, and he hit hard (no pun intended).

“Over the top” is just one way of describing his butchered vocals and extreme dancing.

I take back my previous statement about “Weekend Update” — this was the funniest skit.

Brand and Brown should lay low for a little — actually, Brown should lay low for a while. One thing’s for sure: I don’t think we’ll be seeing Brand live from New York for quite some time. raparks@syr.edu

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Do-everything freshman Fair crucial to SU’s fortunes in final games C.J. Fair has made one 3-pointer in his college career. He has attempted three. In a college basketball age in which teams and athletic 6-foot-8 wings like Fair live and die by the 3, no statistic speaks to his game more.

And no single play from this season better provides paradox to Fair’s game. With the 3 against Georgia Tech on Nov. 27, the selfless freshman became selfish for once. Still, Fair’s sampling in selfishness showcased his mentality, which is rare in freshmen. The mentality and resolve to do the proper thing and be in the right spot at the right time.

If there was one 3 Fair should have taken all year, this was it. The Georgia Tech defenders sagged off Fair, and the freshman drilled the shot to give SU a two-point lead.

As the first-half buzzer sounded, he held his shooting arm in the air, almost posing, as the snapshot validated the credence of Fair, again, doing what SU needed. Even if this play was the polar opposite to almost all of the others Fair has made all season.

That is because Fair is the garbageman with an aesthetically pleasing grace to his game. An efficient game in which Fair never takes a bad

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purify the colors shot. He is shooting 55 percent on the year.

And with SU head coach Jim Boeheim trusting Fair more and more game to game, Fair has excelled, averaging 12 points and 36 minutes in SU’s last three games.

“I’m just proving to my coach I should be out there,” Fair said after SU’s 84-80 overtime win over Rutgers on Saturday. “And he is sticking with me.”

With three games left, SU’s season depends on Fair. It’ll either be pedestrian NCAA Tournament team or Final Four contender. And it hinges on Fair because, with his recent play, he has enabled Syracuse to re-enter the national discussion. SU has reached a new level of playing and style because Fair opens things up for everyone.

He knows his role. He recites the same rheto-

ric after every game. It doesn’t start with him. It starts with others. Just ask Fair himself about a certain kind of play. He’ll tell you.

“Rick Jackson, he gets attention,” Fair said Saturday when speaking of one of his own second-half layups. “He is on the low post. I just try to make myself unguardable, especially when other people drive. I look for the offensive rebound. It is about being aware of where the shooters are.”

Fair is the player SU guard Brandon Triche compares to Wes Johnson, fused with Kristof Ongenaet’s penchant to sacrifice.

The latest example of that came with Fair’s 17-point outing in SU’s win over Rutgers on Saturday. The first came with the 3 in late November.

With the Georgia Tech bench screaming, “He’s a driver! He’s a driver!” Fair became selfish for the first time all season. His 3-point attempt shocked SU head coach Jim Boeheim in the title game of the Legends Classic in Atlantic City.

With the 3, Fair forecasted exactly what he provides. It came 22 games before Boeheim said Saturday that Fair has separated himself as the prime contributor of SU’s freshman class.

“I don’t think there is any question about

that,” Boeheim said.

Now heading into the season’s stretch run, Fair is the crucial cog in the Syracuse lineup.

He is the versatile rookie sixth man, bringing what no other Syracuse player can — a duality of selflessness and scorer. That duality was on display once again in SU’s win Saturday.

There was his block on Rutgers’ leading scorer Jonathan Mitchell in the first half. There were his weak-side rebounds, including one at the end of regulation to sew up overtime. And there were a bevy of short-range shots. Just pick one of the six he made. He only took eight.

And when you couple those instincts with the “bouncy” Wes Johnson-like element of Fair’s game that Triche speaks about, you get a player SU can’t play without. Even if he doesn’t start or take another 3 all year.

Fair is vital after going from daring rookie in November to necessary as March nears.

“That is the type of player we need,” Triche said. “Someone like him, we need one guy like him.”

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

Orange defense frustrates Rutgers’ Coburn, Mitchell in win

By Tony Olivero Development Editor

After watching Mike Coburn play point guard alongside Jonathan Mitchell at Mount Vernon (N.Y.) High School, Brandon Triche saw Coburn was good. But half a decade ago, Triche said he couldn’t confirm why.

Now Triche realizes Coburn, Rutgers’ starting point guard, played a certain way. He played with grit and strength typical of New York guards such as Stephon Marbury.

Up until Syracuse’s 84-80 overtime win over Rutgers on Saturday, Triche said he saw less of that Marbury-like Coburn in Coburn’s college years. But Saturday, Coburn stepped up for a struggling Mitchell, the Scarlet Knights’ leading scorer. And it validated to Triche exactly why Coburn seemed so good back then.

“This is the first year,” Triche said. “I haven’t seen him play much. This is the first game where I’ve seen him play like he did in high school.”

In the first half Saturday, Coburn’s 12 points flashed Triche back to the days of watching Coburn and Mitchell’s Mount Vernon squad on television. He finished with 18 total points as

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Kris Joseph steps to the line and hits the first of two free throws to give the Orange a four-point lead. Syracuse held on to come out with an 84-80 victory.

On a night when SU dominated from the stripe, it was a fitting ending.

Triche and the Orange keyed on stopping him in the second half.

Coburn’s overall game quickly briefed SU small forward Kris Joseph on his playing style: a player not afraid to talk smack.

Down one at halftime, seconds after Coburn hit a buzzer-beating shot, Joseph and Triche knew a win would come if they stopped the Rutgers point guard. They’d already muzzled his partner, Mitchell, who finished 6-of-17 from the field.

In the second half, the Orange did just that.

In 22 second-half and overtime minutes, Coburn was held to six points as his temper flared with Joseph. Combined with the Orange’s team effort in defending Mitchell, SU’s halting of the Mount Vernon duo led SU to the win.

Mitchell entered the game averaging 23.5 points in Rutgers’ last four games, but he finished with 13 points on 1-of-6 3-point shooting. The teammates brought f lair stemming from familiarity, but Syracuse shut down the duo when it mattered. For Coburn, it was after halftime. And Mitchell was held in check all game.

“I think we did a better job on (Mitchell) than

anybody,” SU head coach Jim Boeheim said.

SU’s scouting report on Mitchell entering the game was carried out by Joseph, Triche and C.J. Fair in SU’s zone. Triche said Syracuse knew Mitchell would pick in the middle of the Orange’s zone to then “pop out” for open shots.

But he was rarely left open as the goal was to make Mitchell shoot off balance by approaching him from intelligent defensive angles.

“Proper angles, not giving him a good look,” Joseph said. “Just keeping him frustrated and keeping the high hand out on him.”

Still, Joseph knew Mitchell’s winner’s mentality would surface eventually. Mitchell won multiple New York state championships with Coburn at Mount Vernon. He was also part of a national championship team at Florida his freshman year before he transferred to Rutgers and reunited with Coburn.

During the game, Joseph said Mitchell told him the Scarlet Knights never give up. Then they stormed back to tie the game and take the lead near the end of regulation with two free throws from Coburn.

But it was only a positive blip in a frustrating

end to the game for Coburn. The frustration reached a boiling point after SU reclaimed a two-point lead with 12:43 left in regulation when Joseph threw Coburn to the ground.

Joseph said Coburn grabbed and held his jersey all game. Joseph finally gave in, and in response, Coburn popped up from the floor and verbally threatened Joseph inches from his face.

“They say the second guy always gets caught, but I didn’t this time,” Joseph said. “I just kind of pushed him to the floor because he was grabbing me. He was holding me, and I was trying to get rebounding position. … It was just a basketball play, nothing personal between us.”

Personal or not, Joseph didn’t respond at all to Coburn’s jawing. On the very next play, he let two of his game-high 21 points do the talking. Joseph drove baseline and posterized Rutgers’ forward Robert Lumpkins with a savage tomahawk dunk.

And with that, Joseph made his statement.

Said Joseph: “I wanted to make a play where I made a statement with that dunk.” aolivero@syr.edu

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big number

Syracuse got to the freethrow line for a season-high 47 attempts Saturday and sunk 34 of them. Forty percent of the Orange’s points came from the charity stripe.

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hero

“We kept attacking. We got good shots a lot. … Free throws are always a big key when we get to the line. We did a good job of hitting the free throws that we needed.”

C.J. Fair SU forward

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Once again Jackson led the way for Syracuse. His 18 points and 12 rebounds signified that Jackson is back to his midseason form. He also had seven blocks.

zero

Jonathan Mitchell

Mitchell came in as Rutgers’ leading scorer on the season but struggled from the field Saturday. He shot 6-of-17 from the field and only 1-of-6 from 3-point range.

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Orange overcomes frustrating Denver zone defense in win

By Chris Iseman Asst. Copy Editor

Last week, John Desko said his team was prepared to expect anything against Denver and adjust on the fly. So when the visitors from Denver switched up their defense in the second quarter, his team wasn’t surprised.

And though it took a while to adjust, Syracuse eventually proved the words of its head coach to be true.

“They switched into a zone defense in the second period and slowed the tempo of the game down,” Desko said. “It forced us to be more patient offensively. I thought their zone was very good.”

Syracuse finally found a way to break through Denver’s zone in the second half to pull away from the Pioneers and win its season opener 13-7. The Orange (1-0) started out the game on a scoring barrage, netting four straight goals within the first seven minutes of the game. But when Denver (0-1) switched up its defense, going from man-to-man to zone, Syracuse struggled at first before solving the new scheme late in the game.

The Orange got on the board early, with Jovan Miller registering the first SU goal of the season less than one minute into the game.

Miller’s goal was followed by three more to open up the game on a 4-0 run, as it kickstarted SU’s offense.

“I think it was relieving, just because there’s been a lot of hype around our season,” Miller said. “I think it calmed everybody down and set the tone for the rest of the game.”

The Pioneers scored with 6:49 left in the first quarter, but that was only a quick interruption between SU’s scoring. Syracuse midfielder Jeremy Thompson and attack Tim Desko both added goals before Denver made

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over into another Orange score.

Pioneers sophomore Chase Carraro sailed a pass outside the box over junior Patrick Rogers’ head. Marasco scooped it up as it rolled past midfield and took off toward the Denver cage.

He sped past defender Brendan DeBlois to the crease, finishing much like Drew did in the opposite corner.

That goal put the Orange lead at 4-0, and SU would extend the margin to 6-1 with five minutes left in the first quarter.

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plan: attack and drive to the basket.

Through that attacking mentality, the Orange engaged in a fast-paced first half. Rutgers’ (13-13, 4-10) 44 points in the half were the most put up by any opponent SU has faced this season. Both teams shot better than 54 percent from the field.

For SU, the offensive output was predicated on inside play and ball movement. Jackson had 11 points in the half. Drives from Kris Joseph and Jardine led to open 3-point opportunities or easy buckets down low. And the crisp passes

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The number of shots Syracuse tallied against Denver on Sunday. The Orange nearly doubled the Pioneers’ total of 26. SU scored on half of its shots in the first quarter, scoring six goals on 12 attempts.

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the good SU offense

Syracuse broke out for 13 goals in its season opener, most of which came on the transition attack for which the program is known. Five Orange players had two goals.

its defensive change.

Desko’s goal was the last Syracuse got easily against Denver’s man-to-man defense. To stop the Orange, the Pioneers switched to their zone defense temporarily, which slowed down SU. “They really made us work hard for our shots,” John Desko said of the Denver zone defense. “When we did get some good shots, the goalie made some saves. They really made us work.”

The Orange struggled to break through the defense and didn’t let the Syracuse offense get close to the net. Instead, Denver forced Syracuse to take shots from the outside, and most of those shots were inaccurate and sailed over the goal or right past it.

In the second quarter, Syracuse took 15 shots, but the Denver goalkeeper only had to make two saves. The rest of the Orange’s 13 shots weren’t close to the net. SU scored once in the second quarter when Stephen Keogh put the ball in the net with four minutes left on an assist from Tom Palasek. It was the lone goal in the entire period after scoring six in the first, leading to a halftime reminder from Desko to his team.

“Coach Desko brought us into the locker room, and we sat down and went over some of our zone offenses that we’ve really worked on in practice,” SU attack JoJo Marasco said. “He just told us to go out there, relax, be patient, and I think that’s what we went out there and did.”

The second-quarter scoring drought didn’t carry over into the second half, as the Orange returned to the field with a new plan to combat the Pioneers’ zone. Marasco took Desko’s message to heart and spearheaded another SU scoring barrage. He fought around a Denver defender, ripped a shot from 10 yards out and found the lower left corner of the net to send SU up 8-3.

Syracuse scored four more goals in the quarter, including one by Tim Desko that he shot behind his back while falling to the turf. Syracuse would score only once more after that, but it was those five goals in the third quarter that gave Syracuse enough to pull away with a lead and keep Denver from getting within reach.

It didn’t necessarily end up being a perfect — or even easy — win, but with a midgame switch

in the game plan, Syracuse did what it needed to pull away for the win.

“We came out in the second half and got a couple goals early, which helped our cause,” Desko said. “I would’ve liked to shoot better in the second quarter, but we didn’t, and we kept working.”

“I kind of like run and gun more (than settled offense),” redshirt junior attack Tim Desko said after the win. “But we’ll take what we can get.”

Tim Desko’s first score in SU’s win came at the 5:12 mark of the first quarter off a failed Denver clear attempt. His second came shortly after a faceoff at the end of the third quarter.

Jeremy Thompson, who finished the day 11-of14 at the faceoff X, created two goals for SU less than 10 seconds after a Denver score and another just 16 seconds after a Pioneers tally. Those chances squashed any momentum Denver had created with its own goals and swung it back in Syracuse’s favor. The first, which Thompson scored, put the Orange up 5-1. The second gave

SU a 9-4 lead. Thompson won a third faceoff near the end of the third quarter that resulted in another Syracuse goal as Tom Palasek found Tim Desko to give Syracuse a 12-5 advantage.

“Having us come back right there, giving up a goal on defense,” Marasco said, “then going right back out and showing the defense that we can score and help them out just as much as they help us out. It’s really motivating and was able to keep us on our toes and keep playing hard and not giving up at all.”

The unsettled scoring display came 10 days after the Orange struggled to get quick scores in an exhibition match with No. 4 Maryland. All 11 Syracuse goals in that game came on long pos-

sessions. Coaches and players said it was a good sign that SU had so much success in half-field scoring last week. But they did want to get the transition game clicking.

The Orange did just that Sunday in getting out to an early lead. Denver switched to a zone defense in the second quarter and bogged down Syracuse’s half-field offense, but SU solved the scoring issue with three goals in three minutes in the third quarter that all but sealed the win.

“I think it’s great preparation,” John Desko said. “A lot of teams are going to play us like Denver played us today, so it’s great preparation for our season.”

also led to fouls, resulting in 16 first-half trips to the charity stripe.

“We kept attacking,” SU forward C.J. Fair said. “We got good shots a lot. … Free throws are always a big key when we get to the line. We did a good job of hitting the free throws that we needed.”

SU carried the game plan through to the second half, during which it built up a comfortable lead. But then came a defensive meltdown, caused by Jackson’s relegation to the bench after picking up four fouls. Rutgers scored on four of five possessions while he was out of the game as Jackson was replaced by freshman Baye Moussa Keita.

An accompanying SU offensive drought

helped Rutgers stay in the game as well.

Syracuse didn’t score for more than four minutes after a putback by Fair gave SU a 64-56 lead.

And after Rutgers’ Mike Coburn hit two free throws, SU found itself down 70-69. On the ensuing possession, Jackson stepped to the line near the end of another physical Big East game — the product of which sent him to the stripe with 9.9 seconds remaining. Jackson split the difference, tying the game.

“Once I missed (the first) one, I just wanted to make that one back,” Jackson said.

After James Beatty missed a 3-pointer on the other end, Syracuse entered its first overtime game of the season. Nine of SU’s 14 points in

the extra session came via the free-throw line, including the clinching point.

Calm, cool and collected, Joseph stepped to the free-throw line. It was a spot the Syracuse players were familiar with by the end of Saturday’s game.

All that stood between uncertainty and a win was one made free throw to extend SU’s lead to two possessions. And as Joseph stepped to the line with five seconds left, he drained the first.

Game over.

“It’s kind of muscle memory,” Joseph said.

“You just have to knock it down, have confidence. You want to be put in a situation like that if you’re a player who wants to make big plays.”

the bad

Denver ground balls

SU scooped up 35 of the 51 ground balls in the game, frequently outhustling the Pioneers. Spanning the second and third periods, the Orange picked up 17-of-21 loose balls.

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storyteller

“I think it’s great preparation. A lot of teams are going to play us like Denver played us today, so it’s great preparation for our season.”

John Desko

SU head coach

the ugly

Denver faceoffs

This is not as much due to Denver’s ineptitude as it is to Jeremy Thompson’s prowess in the faceoff X. Thompson won 11-of-14 faceoffs, leading SU to its whopping 17-7 faceoff margin.

fat lady sings 7:40, 4th quarter

With Syracuse up by six scores, Stephen Keogh feeds Pete Coleman for a goal that gives SU a 13-6 lead. It took away any momentum Denver had from starting off the quarter with a goal and put the contest out of reach.

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“Dog eat dog in this league,” SU junior forward Kris Joseph said. “No team is going to be an easy team to beat. It’s going to be a dog fight to the end.”

Joseph and the Orange saw that the last time they faced Villanova in January, when the Wildcats surprised SU with a potent shooting attack uncharacteristic of the team.

Specifically, Syracuse was exposed in the first half. Villanova made a season-best 11 3-pointers in the game. Eight of those came in the first 20 minutes as the Wildcats used that 61.5 percent 3-point shooting effort to build an 11-point halftime lead.

The 3-point shooting barrage was led by two players — guards Maalik Wayns and Corey Fisher — not known for their prowess from beyond the arc. At one point, the Wildcats made 7-of-9 from 3-point territory.

“They were hitting a lot of contested 3s,” SU guard Dion Waiters said after that game.

“Sometimes, you just can’t do anything about it but continue to play defense. If you run at them, they can go by you because they’re so good at penetrating.

“But in the second half, we made an adjustment.”

But the second-half adjustments weren’t enough. Against Villanova, Seton Hall and Louisville, Syracuse dug itself into too deep of a halftime hole to come all the way back.

Jeremy Hazell led Seton Hall to a huge win in the Dome. Louisville relied on the 3 during a backbreaking 21-4 run to end the first half.

Even against West Virginia on Monday, the Orange escaped despite an impressive shooting display by Casey Mitchell.

On Saturday against Rutgers, SU’s defense allowed the Scarlet Knights to climb back from an eight-point first-half deficit and take a lead into the break. The 44 points were the most given up in the first half this season for Syracuse.

Luckily, a hot shooting half of its own kept the Orange from crumbling like it has recently.

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BEAT WRITER PREDICTIONS STARTING LINEUP point guard

Brett LoGiurato

shooting guard

small forward

Syracuse 65, villanova 61

Jay Wright will undoubtedly be looking sharp. But the Orange will look sharper.

Andrew L. John

Syracuse 71, villanova 68

Barely beating DePaul Saturday is further evidence that Villanova isn’t playing its best of late.

scoop jardine

6-2, 190, JR. 12.2 PPG, 5.9 APG

maalik wayns

6-2, 185, SO. 13.4 PPG, 4.6 APG

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brandon triche

6-4, 205, SO. 11.4 PPG, 2.9 APG

corey fisher

6-1, 200, SR. 16.3 PPG, 5.0 APG

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kris joseph

6-7, 210, JR. 15.0 PPG, 4.9 RPG

isaiah armwood

6-7, 205, SO. 2.3 PPG, 3.8 RPG

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tony olivero

syracuse 73, villanova 71

In their Philly homecoming, Rick Jackson, Scoop Jardine and Dion Waiters will have their most complete game.

rick jackson

6-9, 240, SR. 13.0 PPG, 11.2 RPG

antonio pena

6-9, 235, SR. 10.3 PPG, 7.4 RPG

baye moussa keita 6-10, 213, FR. 2.5 PPG, 4.2 RPG

FREE THROWS Villanova’s last four games have been decided by three points or less. The Wildcats lost the first two, dropping one- and three-point games to Rutgers and Pittsburgh.

They won their last two, however, against Seton Hall and DePaul.

Philly flash

But SU head coach Jim Boeheim knows it’s something that can’t continue.

“We went back to playing defense like we had been — letting the shooter shoot the ball and letting the guard get penetration into the lane,” Boeheim said. “If we didn’t play very well on offense in the first half, we would’ve been really down. … We allowed them to shoot over 50 percent from the field and 55 percent from behind

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Jim Boeheim

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the 3-point line.”

Syracuse clamped down in the second half, though, allowing Rutgers to score only 12 points through the half’s first 13:28. SU survived a defensive breakdown later in the half with senior forward Rick Jackson on the bench in foul trouble.

Heading to Villanova, the concern will be a complete defensive effort spanning both

Syracuse gave up 11 3-pointers to Villanova in the teams’ first meeting this season, an 83-72 Wildcats win on Jan. 22.

halves. It is a complete defensive effort that was missing Saturday and in a litany of other recent games. Defensive effort Boeheim saw in the second half Saturday and wants to see going forward.

“The second half, there was a little more effort,” Boeheim said. “Keeping guys in front of us, getting back and rebounding the ball.” bplogiur@syr.edu

w o m e n ’s b a s k e t b a l l

Hillsman thinks SU passes tournament ‘eye test’ after win

By Michael Cohen Asst. Sports Editor

Quentin Hillsman called it keeping the bid alive. Syracuse needed a win Saturday against St. John’s to keep its chance of reaching the NCAA tournament for the first time in three years afloat.

“We knew how imporsyracuse 78 tant to win this game was st. john’s 67 just to keep our NCAA tournament bid alive,” SU head coach Hillsman said in a phone interview after the game. “And we wanted to come out and play tough and win the basketball game.”

His team did just that.

Whereas last year’s team struggled in the closing moments of tight games, this year’s Orange (19-7, 7-6 Big East) shined in the final minutes of a 78-67 win over St. John’s (18-8, 7-6).

Syracuse scored on nine of its final 10 possessions to pull away from the Red Storm after trailing most of the game. And once again, SU’s interior game got the job done.

Kayla Alexander and Iasia Hemingway led the way for Syracuse with 26 and 13 points, respectively. The orchestrators of Hillsman’s high-low attack combined for 12 points in the final six minutes alone.

“We knew how important to win this game was just to keep our NCAA tournament bid alive.

And we wanted to come out and play tough and win the basketball game.”

Quentin Hillsman

SU head coach

“We just took good shots,” Hillsman said of the shot selection late in the game. “We knew we had a big advantage getting the ball inside.

So we really did a good job of getting the ball in the paint. It was a very unselfish game by Tasha (Harris) and Erica (Morrow) and Elashier (Hall) to really throw the ball inside.”

The Orange jumped out to a 10-0 lead early over the Red Storm and carried over momentum from Wednesday’s big home win against Louisville.

But after that opening surge, St. John’s responded. At the 13:11 mark of the first half, the Red Storm tied the game at 14 and took the

lead on its next possession. From that point, the Orange trailed until the final five minutes of the game.

What allowed Syracuse to climb back was a dominant rebounding performance. Syracuse more than doubled the rebounding total of St. John’s, holding a 44-21 advantage. Alexander and Hemingway combined for 14 of those. In all, four SU players had at least five rebounds.

“There’s no question we did a very good job on the glass,” Hillsman said. “We really rebounded the ball well. Every time they took a shot, we were there to get a good box out.”

This was especially true down the stretch. St. John’s tallied its final offensive rebound with 7:28 remaining. After that, it was one and done each time down the floor.

“We knew that if we could hold them to one shot instead of multiple shots that we would have a good chance to win the game,” Hillsman said.

This game highlighted an important difference between this year’s and last year’s team.

Before the season started, Hillsman said last year’s team was only a few possessions away from making the NCAA tournament and being ranked in the preseason polls. A couple of more intelligent decisions, and they would have been there.

A year older and wiser, this team seems to

have learned how to play in close games. So far, Syracuse has three conference wins by 10 points or less. And it won Saturday’s game by 11.

“It was about five to 10 possessions that really changed our season,” Hillsman said at the team’s annual media day in October. “So we need to pay attention to the details and really do some things that will have us play better basketball down the stretch and really close games out.”

With the win, the Orange has a good chance to finish the regular season with a 9-7 record in conference play. Three games remain for SU, two of which are probable wins over Cincinnati and Providence. A game at Connecticut follows before the Big East tournament.

At this point in time, Hillsman thinks his team passes the “eye test” to get into the tournament. But he can’t be positive. After all, he’s seen Big East teams with a similar record get snubbed in the past.

“It’s tough because I’ve seen 9-7 teams not get in,” he said. “Honestly, I think that we’re plenty worthy of it. We have some very good wins. We have some very good wins against some top 50 teams. And we’re finishing the season strong so far.” mjcohe02@syr.edu

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Behind 34 free throws, Orange holds on in OT

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In rematch, SU looks to fix 1st-half defense

By Brett LoGiurato Sports Editor

Scoop Jardine saw the repeating theme again Saturday. In Syracuse’s 84-80 overtime win over Rutgers, Jardine and the Orange survived despite allowing their highest first-half point total of the season.

The lackluster defensive performance reminded Jardine of a trend that goes hand in hand with SU’s recent 10 -game struggles.

And it reminded him of another similar lackluster performance — the team’s first matchup with Villanova in the Carrier Dome on Jan. 22.

“Teams seem to shoot well against us,” Jardine said after SU’s win Saturday. “We have to do a better job of making them take tougher shots.”

By Brett LoGiurato Sports Editor

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randon Triche stepped to the free-throw line “half blind.”

With 28 seconds left in Syracuse’s eventual 84-80 overtime win over Rutgers on Saturday and SU up by four, Triche had a chance to virtually close out the victory.

But a little more than three minutes earlier, Triche was poked in the eye by a Rutgers player. As a result, his contact popped out. He prepared to shoot with off-center vision. He looked at Rick Jackson, shaking his head and pointing to the eye.

“I was just telling Rick, ‘All right, man, I’m probably not going to hit rim on this one,’” Triche said. “But when the first one went in, I was just trying to keep the same followthrough and shoot the same shot.”

Triche sunk both, giving SU an 81-75 lead. He went 4-of-4 from the line “half blind” and 9-of-9 overall.

And his success was part of a recurring theme for the Orange.

Syracuse (22-6, 9-6 Big East) stepped to the line a whopping 47 times Saturday in the Carrier Dome, far more than it has in any game all season. The Orange made 34 (72.3 percent) of those tries — many of which came in clutch, late-game situations and in an overtime full of free-throw attempts — to propel it to victory in front of 28,944 in the Dome.

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Syracuse (22-6, 9-6 Big East) heads to Villanova on Monday for a rematch with the Wildcats (21-6, 9-5) at 7 p.m. in the Wells Fargo Center.

Those reminders will lead to lessons Jardine hopes will help the Orange fix what happened last time when Villanova came to the Dome and shot the lights out.

This time, the significance of the matchup is more concrete with only three regular-season games remaining for the Orange. Syracuse sits in seventh place in the Big East standings. Two games in the loss column separate SU from Notre Dame, the second-place team. One game in the loss column separates it from Marquette, the No. 11 team in the conference.

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kirsten celo | photo editor kris joseph prepares to shoot a free throw in SU’s 84-80 overtime win over Rutgers Saturday. SU shot 34-of-47 from the line. into Saturday’s game (64.9 percent), those shots from the line saved a second-half defensive breakdown.

And though that breakdown resulted in an overtime session, free throws helped clinch the game there, too.

“Damn,” SU guard Scoop Jardine

said upon learning of SU’s 47 freethrow attempts. “We need to do that every game.”

Getting to the line so much went hand in hand with Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim’s offensive game

kirsten celo | photo editor rick jackson (middle) and SU will face Villanova for the second time this season Monday. SU lost the first matchup to the Wildcats.

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RAPID FIRE

By Zach Brown Staff Writer

I danielle parhizkaran | asst. photo editor jojo marasco (22) and jovan miller celebrate during the Orange’s 13-7 season-opening win over Denver Sunday in the Carrier Dome. SU took 50 shots in the game in a steady offensive effort.

n Syracuse head coach John Desko’s mind, unsettled scoring is a must. Teams consistently try to slow the pace when playing against his Orange, he said, so when the syracuse 13 oppor tu nities SU has to denver 7 arise, capitalize.

“We have to find ways to get those kinds of goals,” Desko said. “Most teams are going to really find ways to keep the scoring down for both groups and make us slow our game down.”

On strength of transition attack, No. 1 SU captures season opener over Denver

In its 2011 season opener, No. 1 Syracuse got plenty of those goals Sunday in a 13-7 win against No. 12 Denver (0-1) in the Carrier Dome in front of 4,262 fans. The Orange (1-0) scored off Pioneer turnovers in the transition game and directly off the faceoff throughout the day to get the win in the opening game of the season. It was a return to form for SU after most of its success against Maryland in a Feb. 10 exhibition game came in its half-field sets.

“We certainly would like to get (unsettled goals),” Desko said after

the game. “We thrive on those. And hopefully, there’s more to come.”

Kevin Drew sparked the Orange’s transition game early with his goal in the first quarter. The junior midfielder scooped up a groundball in the Syracuse defensive zone and took off. He outran two Denver defenders and finished his full-field sprint with a shot into the top corner of the goal.

After another Syracuse goal less than a minute later, SU attack JoJo Marasco turned a failed Denver turn-

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