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School of thought Syracuse city school

Looming deadline Large federal spending cuts that

Words of wisdom Pop Culture columnist James

Trails less traveled Members of the SU

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officials discuss budgets and the potential loss of jobs. Page 3

affect students will be enacted Friday if Congress cannot reach a better solution. Page 5

O’Hare honors the morally inspiring writings of Dr. Seuss with some rhymes of his own.

dynamics Revitalization efforts downtown attract younger demographic to Armory Square

By Jessica Iannetta ASST. NEWS EDITOR

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Burglaries spark DPS warnings

By Dylan Segelbaum ASST. COPY EDITOR

After a recent string of burglaries in the East neighborhood and South Campus, the Department of Public Safety is urging students to remember to lock their doors and windows.

“If you can secure your unattended property and lock your doors — that’s what we’re asking you to do,” said Vernon Thompson, commander of DPS’ Investigations and Crime Prevention Unit. “That could go a long way in deterring a lot of things that go on.”

DPS has posted two alerts about the burglaries. The first was sent out last Wednesday to people living off campus about burglaries and

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points to lead Marquette to a 74-71 win over Syracuse.

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Downtown

Friends remember Morales As a coach for the Onondaga Community College club football team, Jason Morales was there for his players both on and off of the field.

When Shawn Radder’s girlfriend lost her life in a car crash, it was Morales who let Radder cry on his shoulder in the hospital.

“That’s how committed he was to his players. It was really never just about football with Jason,” said Derek Demperio, director of football operations at OCC. Jason Lloyd Morales, a 23-year-old senior sport management major at

Outing Club spend weekends together on various trips. Page 9

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Photos by Chase Gaewski PHOTO EDITOR

sk any Syracuse University student if he or she would be willing to live in Syracuse post-graduation. The answer is typically “no.”

That’s what Forrest Ball, a May 2012 graduate, thought as an undergraduate.

Forrest Ball, a 2012 SU graduate, stands in his apartment in downtown Syracuse, where revitalization efforts are underway.

Pastabilities, an Italian restaurant, relocated to Armory Square in 1985, becoming one of the first businesses to move to the area.

“I felt like living back on the Hill again, I would be back in undergrad.

And that was a chapter I was ready to move on from,” said Ball, now an admissions counselor for SU. But Ball, like a number of SU alumni and employees, chose to settle in the downtown area, drawn by the revitalization efforts in Armory Square and the lower cost of living. He lives downtown with two other SU graduates on the corner of Jefferson and Salina streets in the Loews Building, which houses the Landmark Theatre.

Together, Ball said he and his roommates pay $1,680 a month. For a threebedroom apartment in Washington, D.C. — where Ball originally hoped to go after graduation — it would cost $1,100 per person without utilities.

Downtown developers and business owners are noticing two groups move into Syracuse’s downtown: recent college graduates and baby boomers. Downtown developer Bob Doucette described the residential area in Armory Square as having “no vacancy.”

“As soon as apartments are built, they’re being filled,” Doucette said.

Downtown rental units going for market-rate prices are at 99 percent

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32.1% Family

households

67.9% Non-family

households (singles or living together but unmarried) occupancy, according to downtown housing statistics from the Downtown Committee of Syracuse. Forty percent of downtown residents are tied to the University Hill area, showing that university-area institutions and employees are investing in the downtown community.

Throughout Syracuse, Doucette, 65, is recognized as the leader behind downtown redevelopment in Armory Square and along South Salina Street.

Longtime residents say they are seeing downtown rise as historic buildings are revamped and businesses pop up.

About a year ago, construction began on The Inns at Armory Square, a 180room Marriott Courtyard/Residence

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Bill could alter policy on absences

Budget cuts could slash jobs

By Debbie Truong ENTERPRISE EDITOR

By Avery Hartmans ASST. COPY EDITOR

Syracuse city school officials can expect to see a loss of nearly 100 jobs if the school budget passes, said Board of Education members during the first of two public budget hearings Monday night.

The board convened in the Syracuse City School District boardroom at 5:30 p.m. to present the 2013-2014 budget and open the floor to questions from the public. Suzanne Slack, chief financial officer for the district, presented the projected state budget and outlined how it will affect the city of Syracuse.

“We’re getting down to the point where you can’t cut a whole lot more.”

Suzanne Slack

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE DISTRICT

Slack pointed out that the state budget, which will be presented on March 21, has a direct effect on Syracuse schools in terms of funding. Approximately 77 percent, or 77.5 cents of every dollar that comes into the district, is from state aid, she said.

“We are very reliant on state aid,” Slack said. “Any change in state aid funding has a very significant impact on us because we don’t rely heavily on property taxes or other sources of revenue.”

But Stephen Swift, president of the board, said state funds are not enough to solve all of the district’s problems, particularly the issue of teacher cuts.

The division of state funds is unfair to poorer districts such as Syracuse, Swift said, and there is a real need for education reform at the state level.

“We’ve cut probably 25 percent of our staff over the past few years,” he said. “We’re getting down to the point where you can’t cut a whole lot more.”

If the board approves the local budget on April 10, 95.7 jobs will be eliminated. Because of retirement or already vacant positions, the district will likely see 63 layoffs in total by July 2013, including 22 teachers.

Sharon Owens, the mother of an eighth-grade student with special needs, voiced her concerns about

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luke rafferty | asst. photo editor GRAEME REID, director of the LGBT Rights Program at Human Rights Watch, speaks about LGBT rights and perceptions across the world during his talk in the Hall of Languages on Monday night.

Speaker talks on world LGBT rights

By Sam Blum STAFF WRITER

Graeme Reid, director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Program at Human Rights Watch in New York City, spoke about human rights issues and how they relate to traditional values in front of a nearly filled Killian Room in the Hall of Languages on Monday.

Reid talked about the problems surrounding LGBT rights and perceptions in many different countries, including his native country of South Africa.

He delved into his studies in South Africa, which focus on the way black and gay youths act in their own country. Their actions support their lifestyles in terms of laws, but not in terms of traditions.

“In the research, I show how contemporary gay identity in rural South Africa is a hybrid identity, drawing on many different traditions, and is unmistakably a product of its time, place, history and culture,” Reid said.

He praised a resolution that was adopted by the United Nations

Human Rights Council in 2011, which focused on maintaining sexual orientation and gender identity rights.

The resolution suggested a study should take place to analyze different discriminatory laws and practices against sexual orientation and gender identity that occur around the world.

Reid said this resolution may seem insignificant, but it is a big step toward bettering human rights laws.

“It was a watershed moment,” he said. “It was a watershed moment because it was the

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Search for truth in cold case continues

By Kelvin Read STAFF WRITER

Cordero Ducksworth didn’t know his father was murdered until he was 33 years old.

“I’m 33 years old, married with a child and everyone knows what happened except my siblings and me,” Ducksworth said. “All those years of growing up without a father flashed right back in front of me.”

After his mother told him about his father’s murder in 1989, Ducksworth worked to find the truth

about his dad, who was killed by a white police officer in Taylorsville, Miss.

He spoke about his search for the truth in a presentation at the Syracuse University College of Law on Monday night. In an effort to bring those responsible to justice, Ducksworth enlisted the help of the Cold Case Justice Initiative, an SU program founded in 2007 that works on civil rights-era cases.

As a part of the presentation, Ducksworth, his wife and CCJI

co-directors Paula Johnson and Janis McDonald spoke about Ducksworth’s quest to find justice for his father’s death and other racist crimes committed during the civil rights era. Duckworth’s visit is a part of a yearlong series of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of several important civil rights milestones, according to a Feb. 15 SU News release.

On April 9, 1962, Cpl. Roman Ducksworth, Cordero

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When Ben Jones assumed his post as parliamentarian of the 57th Session, he promised to stamp out contradictory procedures and refine the Student Association’s existing codes.

Jones, who has spearheaded bills and modifications to the way SA conducts meetings this semester, continued on that trajectory Monday evening in Maxwell Auditorium. He introduced a bill that would make attendance mandatory for assembly representatives at all board or committee meetings in which they belong.

The same bill would also reduce the penalty for missed meetings from two demerits to one per absence.

Contrary to SA’s existing codes, which state each missed committee or board meeting amounts to two demerits, the organization currently assigns just one demerit, or penalty, per absence. Passing the bill at next week’s meeting would essentially implement a practice that has already gone on, unchecked, within SA. “No one reads the ethics codes,

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As parliamentarian, he has continued to modify and point out contradictions to longestablished SA codes.

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After gaining two representatives last meeting, they have since lost one representative.

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“I feel that if you’re going to step up for another responsibility, you should be punished for not going.”

Ben Jones

EXPL AINING A BILL THAT, IF PASSED, WOULD HOLD ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATIVES ACCOUNTABLE FOR AT TENDING MEETINGS FOR EVERY BOARD TO WHICH THEY BELONG

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The amount of money the Disability Student Union received for being named the Registered Student Organization of the Month.

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Syracuse University, died early Saturday morning after he was hit by a car in New York City.

Morales leaves behind a girlfriend and 2-year-old son.

Prior to his death, Morales was in New York City working on his senior capstone project and interning for the St. John’s University athletic department. At SU, he was active in the Phi Iota Alpha fraternity and often worked with members of the Student Association.

Those who knew Morales remember him for his dedication, energetic personality, love of sports and passion and care for others.

When he attended OCC, it was this love of sports that drew Morales to the club football team Demperio started in fall 2011. Although he wasn’t eligible to play on the team, Morales still wanted to be involved and became head coach.

Because Demperio had little football experience, he said it was Morales who held the team together.

“I can convince the guys to sign up to play football, but Jason kept them in it for the long run,” Demperio said.

Morales’ love of sports extended to his internship with the St. John’s athletic department. He sometimes worked as late as 2:30 a.m. coming up with promotion ideas, including what Karli Hausman, assistant athletic director of marketing information, described as “the best marketing plan I’ve ever seen.”

“You could tell he was very dedicated to what he does and that he really wanted to better his life, not only for himself, but for his son,” Hausman said.

Though he was only at St. John’s for a month, Morales left enough of an impression that Hausman and others in the marketing department

“told, not asked” television crews and Madison Square Garden officials at the St. John’s basketball game Sunday to have a moment of silence for Morales before tipoff, Hausman said.

Morales left a mark at SU, as well. Though he was never a member of SA, Morales was always in the SA offices, and wanted to know what the group was working on, said Allie Curtis, SA president.

During Curtis’ campaign for president last year, Morales helped introduce her to different groups of people on campus she would not normally have met, she said.

In particular, Curtis remembers one instance when Morales pulled her onstage during a National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations barbecue. After Morales endorsed her, Curtis thought that was it and began to leave the stage. But to her surprise, Morales picked her up, swung her over his shoulder and dunked her, fully clothed, into a nearby kiddie pool.

“I could have been very mad but it was hilarious,” Curtis said.

It was this energy and personality that attracted so many people to him, said Luis Sosa, a 2012 SU graduate who was in Phi Iota Alpha with Morales.

Morales always had a “sense of looking out for people,” and acted like a big brother to many of the younger fraternity members, Sosa said.

When Morales left SU to intern at St. John’s for the semester, he had already overcome a lot of struggles, and his determination was beginning to pay off, Sosa said.

“Everything was getting better. He was graduating and taking care of his girlfriend and son,” Sosa said, trailing off. “He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

“And that’s where my heart breaks.”

REID

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first U.N. resolution to bring specific focus on human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.”

Reid said being gay in some foreign countries can be difficult because politicians often use the topic of sexuality as a scapegoat when dealing with larger issues. In Zimbabwe, he said, negative attention toward gays routinely occurs more often during the election cycle because that’s when the issue is most discussed.

He told the story of a Jamaican man who was stabbed and stoned to death with encouragement from police for being widely perceived as gay.

“Gays and lesbians often live in secret due to laws and social prohibitions,” Reid said. “They are the easy targets for social panics that erupt in times of crisis. In Jamaica, for example, gays are seen as harbingers of moral decay.”

Despite the controversies surrounding the way countries have traditionally viewed LGBT issues, Reid said tradition is something that should be embraced rather than feared.

“We should hold onto the idea of tradition and its principle and dynamic,” he said. “They’re compatible with the human rights principles. We should guard against unseating the terrain of tradition to conservative and homophobic rhetoric.”

Freshman television, radio and film major Elaina Crockett said she feels there is a profound value in the work Reid does.

“There are a lot of inequality issues worldwide, and I really appreciate anyone that wants to combat those issues, regardless of what that looks like,” she said. “Going to Latin America, Africa, countries that we don’t hear a lot about as far as their views on tradition and sexuality – I think it’s great to shine a light on it.”

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Large spending cuts to limit student aid If Congress cannot agree on an alternative to reducing federal spending by Friday, $85 billion will be automatically slashed from federally funded programs for the rest of this fiscal year. The potential federal sequester cuts would affect all demographics of New York, and have direct consequences for college students in the state.

Instead of making seemingly severe spending cuts that will hurt New York’s public education systems, environmental advances, crime prevention programs, public health and more, Congress should create a cohesive, concrete plan to spread the reductions in spending over time.

Though this would mean it may take longer to reduce the deficit, it also means much of the progress New York and fellow states have made using these funds will not be lost.

If the cuts begin Friday, college

EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board students in New York will experience it most in financial aid and work-study positions. About 4,520 fewer low-income students will be granted federal financial aid, and about 4,150 fewer students will receive work-study positions, according to a Feb. 25 article in The Post-Standard.

Both of these cuts are worrisome, as financial aid and work study help many students afford their college education.

These dramatic cuts are retrogressive to the plans President Barack Obama spoke of in his inaugural address just last month. Instead of helping more students attend college and eventually better the American economy and society, these cuts will prevent students from attending college.

Obama has proposed a more balanced approach to the acrossthe-board cuts, in which he aims to combine some spending cuts with tax hikes and limited tax breaks. Though this is a better option than the sequester because it will decrease the effects of the cuts, it could also create issues. If taxes are raised too high, college affordability may be compromised for some families sending students to school.

The federal budget deficit needs to be addressed, but large cuts starting this week are not the most beneficial option for citizens and college students. Voting to extend the deadline may also prove inefficient because needed compromise will only be delayed further. Therefore, creating a plan to make consistent, but not such detrimental, cuts over an extended period of time is the best option.

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DOMA unconstitutional, US court must end persistent discrimination

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he U.S. Supreme Court will better define marriage in the next month when it begins hearing arguments concerning the Defense of Marriage Act. The act exists to define marriage as between a man and woman, thereby refusing benefits for gay couples.

The act inherently creates inequalities and should be struck down. Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation should not be allowed to continue. It is fundamentally against the nation’s values of individual liberty and equality.

The law has been challenged several times in court. In a case the Supreme Court will soon hear, Windsor v. United States, the provision of the law in question regards federal benefits for same-sex couples. While spouses in opposite-sex marriages are eligible

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for Social Security survivor benefits, insurance and the ability to file taxes jointly, same-sex couples are forbidden from these benefits in DOMA. The Obama administration filed a brief Friday in opposition to the law.

Solicitor General Donald Verrilli wrote, “The law denies to tens of thousands of same-sex couples who are legally married under state law an array of important federal benefits that are available to legally married opposite-sex couples.”

America has had a history of discrimination. Though some forms have decreased, when it comes to same-sex marriage, the history of discrimination lives on. Discrimination continues to get codified into our laws.

Social conservatives like DOMA for a variety of reasons. Many argue

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to the left, to the left marriage is simply supposed to be between a man and a woman. They argue this is the way defined in the Bible and is the “natural,” “correct” order for things.

This same logic has persisted throughout our nation’s history.

It is the logic that harbored discrimination toward AfricanAmericans, prevented women from voting and couples of different races to marry. Throughout history, we have decided this logic is incorrect. Laws and court rul-

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ings have gradually enabled equal treatment under the law. The Supreme Court should continue this progress.

The courts, not voters, must be partly responsible for ensuring fairness. Conservatives often feel it appropriate for voters to decide whether same-sex marriage is acceptable. In many states that have voted on the topic, voters have not approved measures to allow samesex marriage.

Much like voters did not vote to expand African-American rights and interracial marriage, voters should not have the right to deny same-sex couples marriage. Government has protected minority groups in the past and should continue to do so.

Individual liberty is one of the core beliefs of those in the United States. True conservatives will

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argue the government should not decide which marriages are preferential to others. We cannot deny individuals rights when they have no control over who they are. Just like gender and race, individuals do not get to decide their sexual orientation.

The United States needs to move beyond institutionalized discrimination. Determining DOMA unconstitutional is a step in the right direction. We should all want a nation that ensures all citizens be treated fairly and without preference. Discrimination, whether by law or behavior, should not be accepted.

Harmen Rockler is a senior newspaper and online journalism and political science major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at horockle@syr.edu or followed on Twitter at @LeftofBoston.

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so moral of the story is, read the ethics codes,” Jones advised the assembly.

The second half of the bill would also make attendance at these meetings mandatory for all assembly representatives, regardless of the number of committees or boards they serve on.

Currently, each representative selects a primary committee or board, such as Student Life or Student Engagement, to serve on. Attendance is not mandatory for any secondary committees or boards to which the assembly member might belong.

Though Jones said the bill didn’t develop out

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how these budget cuts will affect special education teachers.

“My son is at a position where he is going to be preparing to go on to high school,” she said.

“He has an excellent core of teachers, special ed teachers, so I’m interested in how many of that proposed cut will include that population.”

School Superintendent Sharon Contreras said cuts to teaching positions were kept at a minimum. Ten percent of administrators were cut in the proposed budget, as opposed to 2 percent of teaching positions, she said.

“Teachers are the heart of education, so we try to stay as far away from the classroom as possible. That’s why most of the cuts were at the administrative level,” she said. “But we’re getting to the point where there’s nowhere else to cut and we certainly don’t want to reduce direct services to students.”

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of response to low meeting attendance, he said passing the bill would shore up any doubt and hold members more accountable.

“I feel that if you’re going to step up for another responsibility, you should be punished for not going,” said Jones in response to a representative who questioned if the bill would place an added burden on members.

In addition to Jones’s bill proposal, Finance Board member Lucia Ha was confirmed as assistant comptroller. Earlier this semester, sophomore Patrick Douglas was confirmed to the same position. The position would introduce the pair to comptroller duties, as both have comptroller ambitions. Ha’s transition from Finance Board member to assistant comptroller leaves the board — which votes on funding requests

Despite the potential cuts to district jobs, the newest budget does propose a more stringent process for hiring new teachers.

The board is proposing what Slack called a “bar exam for teachers,” which is a part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive budget proposal.

This stricter set of requirements for incoming educators would increase the difficulty of the teacher certification exam, and require prospective employees to spend more time in the classroom as student teachers.

The proposal would also affect the Annual Professional Performance Review, a teacher evaluation tool. If the APPR is not strictly implemented, the district could be at risk of losing funds from the state, Slack said.

But for Contreras, a higher standard for teachers is an important aspect of the new budget.

Said Contreras: “It is a very important exercise to us, making sure we run effective buildings and efficient buildings.” avhartma@syr.edu @averyhartmans

from registered student organizations — with seven voting members and three vacancies.

Ha said that in addition to developing her financial skills, she’d like to focus on better informing the student body of SA’s budget and appeal procedure.

“Last semester, when organizations came to us, only 50 percent came back for appeals, and I think that’s a really low number,” she said.

Other business discussed: • The Disability Student Union was presented a $100 check for being selected the Registered Student Organization of the Month. The Student Life Committee received 12 applications for the award, the most since the program began.

• University Union President Lindsey Cole-

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Ducksworth’s father, was traveling on a bus back to Mississippi because his wife was sick when he was awoken by police officer William Kelly. Disoriented from sleep, Roman Ducksworth was unable to defend himself, and was dragged out of the bus and shot in the heart by Kelly, Cordero said.

The murder was ruled a justifiable homicide after Kelly claimed self-defense. No charges were officially brought against Kelly.

Roman Ducksworth’s case is one of 122 that have been opened by the FBI to investigate crimes committed during the civil rights era. The FBI closed Ducksworth’s case after Kelly died.

Even though the suspect died, McDonald, CCJI co-director, said answers still need to be found.

“The issue is justice,” McDonald said. “These acts cannot go down without impunity. Someone has to be held answerable.”

McDonald, co-director Johnson and SU law students continue to do research into cold cases through CCJI. “Time and again, after talking to the families, you realize that the families are so grateful to have someone take their cases seriously,” said Johnson. “We made the FBI investigate some cases that they weren’t taking seriously.”

Johnson and McDonald said they continue to travel to Mississippi to search through archives about the cases.

“These are cases that need to be addressed, even 50 years later,” Johnson said. “We keep finding evidence that the Justice Department hasn’t looked at, and we keep trying to bring that to their attention.”

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larcenies on the 500 and 600 blocks of Euclid Avenue. The other was sent out Monday to students living on South Campus about burglaries in the Winding Ridge Road area.

Thompson said there were two crimes reported in each area, but there’s no indication

grove presented a PowerPoint detailing the process behind selecting entertainment acts for events coordinated by the organization, such as Juice Jam and Block Party. In response to criticism that UU selects primarily rhythm and blues and hip-hop performers for larger scale events, Colegrove cited cost, venue and artist availability, as well as responses indicated on student surveys, as methods behind the bookings.

• The Department of Public Safety Advisory Board is working on making campus officers more approachable to students. Among the events discussed is a pancake meal served to students by DPS officers. dbtruong@syr.edu @debbietruong

“Imagine if it was your father who was killed.

Even if he was white or black, you would still want to find answers.”

Janis McDonald

CCJI CO-DIRECTOR

McDonald said people ask why they continue to work on these civil rights cases, even 50 years after the crimes. She said there needs to be a sense of closure for families.

“Imagine if it was your father who was killed,” McDonald said. “Even if he was white or black, you would still want to find answers.”

Even though his father’s case is officially closed, Ducksworth said he won’t give up until he gets justice.

“It’s just a beginning for us,” he said. “It’s a late beginning, but it’s still a beginning.” kbread@syr.edu

CASE CLOSED The unsolved murder of Frank Morris, a shoe shop owner in Ferriday, La., initially sparked the Cold Case Justice Initiative at SU. Suspected Ku Klux Klan members set Morris’ shop on fire in 1964, and Morris died of severe burns four days later.

SU College of Law students, under the direction of CCJI co-directors Paula Johnson and Janis McDonald, researched the case. This ultimately led to new information from witnesses, the appointment of a special FBI agent and a pledge from a U.S. attorney for a full review of the case.

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they’re connected. The common theme in all four, he said, is that they’re unforced or property is left out in the open.

This includes expensive items such as MacBooks and GPS units being left in sight in the front or back seats of cars, Thompson said.

Often, these crimes are committed by other students, he said. Thompson described them as “crimes of opportunity.”

As a response, DPS is increasing its patrols through the University Area CrimeControl Team and Orange Watch. This increase usually continues until the burglars are caught, he said, or officers are needed in a different area.

Syracuse University has taken preventative steps with housing, such as installing improved locks to prevent burglaries, he said. But students should still be proactive.

“We’ve made the apartments very secure,” Thompson said. “But they’re not secure if you don’t lock them — if you leave them unlocked.” dmsegelb@syr.edu @dylan_segelbaum

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HACKED

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Illustration by Micah Benson

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hether it’s through $100 antivirus software or the student-safe, multimilliondollar Air Orange X network, hackers can find creative methods to work their way into any digital property.

Corporations across the country are feeling pressure from China via illegal cyber attacks.

Cybercrime has allowed the Chinese government to peer into private American corporations, and steal valuable intellectual and personal data.

Recent high-profile cyber attacks have struck companies such as Twitter, Facebook, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.

Mandiant, a private cybercrime forensic company hired by several high-profile corporate clients, confirmed many of the most prominent and sophisticated attacks have origi-

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Inn on the corner of South Franklin and West Fayette streets.

Back in the 1980s, Armory Square, a former warehouse district, had a “Wild West” atmosphere filled with too many bars, Doucette said.

He wanted to change that. In 1984, he and friend George Curry, now a teaching professor emeritus at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, bought the Labor Temple Building on the 300 block of South Franklin Street.

Artisan Italian restaurant Pastabilities moved into the refurbished building in 1985.

Karyn Korteling, owner of Pastabilities and Pasta’s Daily Bread, said customers initially didn’t want to walk to the new location because not much was happening in Armory Square. Those who were in the city to work were eager to get back to the suburbs to be with friends and family.

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5,438 Total population for downtown Syracuse’s 13202 ZIP code.

Today, customers enjoy round-the-clock activity and better walking paths, Korteling said.

She said it is a relief to no longer hear friends complain there is nothing to do downtown.

“This downtown is definitely revitalized.

It’s rediscovering that synergy that downtowns need in order to feel alive,” Korteling said.

Having moved to the suburbs to start a family, Korteling is considering moving back to the city now that her children are grown.

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Chinese governmentsponsored cyber attacks threaten US companies

nated from a building operated incognito by the People’s Liberation Army, a sector of the Chinese government, according to a Feb. 19 article published by The Associated Press.

Economists worry many unprotected industries could fall victim to hacks that permit information to leak into the wrong hands. In addition, vital systems like oil pipelines, water treatment facilities and power grid operators are being forced to implement stringent security protocols to protect against the threat of widespread system blackouts, according to a Feb. 19 NBC News article.

But Milton Mueller, a School of Information Studies professor and director of the Internet Governance Project, said he thinks the threats are overstated.

“I don’t think it is true that our power grid could be brought down by hackers from the outside,” he said. “The idea that foreign hackers can bring down a power grid is not really

able to happen.”

Many of the nation’s most secure companies are protected by a thick perimeter of protective software, but when this is breached, the hacker has access to an entire system, according to the NBC News article.

Large investment banks trade continuously across the world on a daily basis. If a coordinated financial attack were to penetrate a multinational financial institution, the repercussions could last for years. Although deleting mass amounts of financial data could be harmful, many fear that small changes to transactions could wreak the most havoc, according to the NBC News article.

Though the FBI can handle cyber investigations, many large corporations choose to use firms like Mandiant because they promise anonymity and investigative control. In addition, if an investigation is handled in-house, it is less likely to affect investors and stock price than if it were brought

to the attention of a congressional committee, according to the Associated Press article.

As the frequency of cyber attacks increases, companies like Mandiant reap the benefits.

Today, the company boasts 30 percent of the Fortune 100 as clients. In addition, revenue grew 76 percent from 2011-2012, according to a Feb. 19 Daily Beast article.

Although there are retaliatory actions the United States can take against China as a matter of policy, if the hackers in Shanghai are working with the approval of the Chinese government, there is likely no way for the U.S. government to hold them accountable, said Mueller, the iSchool professor.

“They are not attacking us. We have a deal of economic interdependence,” he said. “We are certainly spying on them, but we don’t hear about that. They seem to be very focused on getting intellectual property from companies.”

Cities across the United States are seeing growth faster than the suburbs, according to census data. In cities where there is still a decline, it is less dramatic than other years. The trend of singles or small families — especially young people — moving into downtown areas is seen throughout the United States in cities such as Philadelphia and Boston. Downtown Syracuse, ZIP code 13202, has a median age of 28.5, according to the census.

Some attribute the changes downtown to work done, in part, through SU, namely the Connective Corridor and Near Westside Initiative. Both initiatives aim to revitalize the city through artwork and community involvement, as well as strengthen the connection between SU and downtown.

Marilyn Higgins oversees both projects as vice president of community engagement and economic development at SU. Higgins said downtown development spurred because of attention from developers to South Salina Street and SU’s 2006 purchase of the former Dunk & Bright Furniture warehouse on West Fayette Street. The remodeled space is now The Warehouse, which SU uses for classroom, gallery and office space.

Higgins works out of The Warehouse, and walks to work from her home in Franklin Square only a few minutes away. She moved from the suburbs to her apartment, a spacious loft with exposed brick, which costs $1,275 a month, she said. In the summer, she sometimes commutes from a cottage she keeps on Lake Ontario.

Living in the city, Higgins said she sees the benefits of SU’s initiatives.

“I enjoy doing the work because I love the city and I love making it better,” she said.

Alumni still in the area as SU employees or residents say they take advantage of downtown amenities, such as the Connective Corridor bus route, more than they did as students.

Ball, the 2012 graduate, said he rides the Con-

nective Corridor bus instead of driving when the weather is bad. The free route is a 30-minute trip that starts at the Goldstein Student Center on SU’s South Campus and weaves its way downtown to The Warehouse. The route back to campus makes slightly different stops.

The university pays Centro $450,000 a year to run the Connective Corridor bus route and other SU routes.

But there are some drawbacks to living downtown. The area lacks a grocery store, and residents are forced to park on the street if their building does not provide parking.

The city of Syracuse is also still changing.

The heart of Armory Square is rich with boutique shops and restaurants, but beyond the quaint cobblestones, the city transitions into an urban center still trying to find its place as a recovering Rust Belt city.

Amanda Gold, a 2008 graduate, decided to

move downtown when her father Neil, a 1970 alumnus, retired to Manlius, N.Y., from Long Island. Drawn to the business scene in Armory Square, Gold and her father purchased three Armory Square women’s boutiques in March: Jet Black, Bounce and Frankie & Faye.

As a student, Gold said she probably visited Armory Square three times as an upperclassman. When she tells current SU students who shop at her boutiques that she lives within a three-minute walk from the store, they seem surprised.

She said she hopes they realize Syracuse offers the feeling of living in a big city, but with fewer complications and a lower cost.

“I love the small town atmosphere, but the city feel,” Gold said. “If we had a grocery store, I probably would never have to leave downtown.”

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luke rafferty | asst. photo editor LEAH DAVIS, a junior environmental studies major at SUNY-ESF, cross-country skies across treacherous terrain with the Syracuse University Outing Club. The club goes on a wide variety of outdoor adventures.

SUOC members embrace cold weather, adventure with cross-country skiing outing

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By Joe Infantino ASST. COPY EDITOR

he sign reads, “John Young Trail: no beginners.”

Ten Syracuse University Outing Club members, many of whom had never cross-country skied before, discuss the sign.

Despite the warning, they bravely agree to push forward.

“If I die, guys, the car keys are in my pocket,” said Allie Burhans, president of SUOC, jokingly.

Burhans, shadowed by Laura Sowalskie, the public relations representative for the club, led outdoors enthusiasts to Barnes Corners for a day of skiing, bonding and a lot of falling. The trip was one of 11 trips the outdoors club went on last week. It hosts a similar number of trips every week, each available to its more than 100 active members.

The cross-country ski trail starts flat, but it isn’t long before the skiers approach a steep incline. One by one, with skis wedged into the snow, tips flaring out to the sides, they silently scale the hill. A few slip, but most

reach the top unscathed.

The descent is a different story.

After a few peaceful minutes of level terrain, the skiers reach the first significant decline. Burhans leads and makes it down safely, followed by two more successful skiers. But the next few to breach the edge of the hill aren’t as lucky.

Three skiers fall, one after the other. Onlookers laugh and cheer from a distance, encouraging the fallen to get back up. By the end of the trip, all 10 SUOC members would meet similar fates.

“Gear doesn’t look right if it’s not all scratched up,” said Nate Roser, a caving leader for SUOC. “The same goes for people.”

Back on campus, the gear hanging from the walls of the equipment room – known as the E-room – in the basement of Skybarn exemplifies the all-or-nothing attitude Roser and other members share.

The walls are lined with memorabilia from past trips. To the right are the canoes, dented and scratched from years of use. To the

left are some worn-out couches. In a back room hang skis and boots old enough to have belonged to some members’ grandparents.

Across from the front door is a counter where more often than not, a trip leader waits to answer questions.

“What do you think about a contest to see who can build the best wigwam?” asked Joey O’Reilly, a sophomore at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

O’Reilly is one of the students responsible for planning SUOC social events. Though leaders don’t often deal with these questions, O’Reilly was excited about the idea and wanted to get some feedback.

Burhans, who answers various questions such as ones about rental guidelines and SUOC parties, fully supported of the idea.

Whether camping out under the stars or hiking to the nearest diner, SUOC members seem to stick together. It was no different on the group’s cross-country ski trip to the trails at

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Film screening addresses brutality of Attica prison rioting

By Ruth Li

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Naked inmates lined up, hands on their heads, while guards pointed at them with guns. Dead bodies lay on the ground, covered in blood as helicopters dropped gas bombs on the prison. Smoke filled the air.

Even after almost 40 years,

inmates still burst into tears when recalling what happened that day in Attica, N.Y. Monday evening, the hourlong documentary film, “Criminal Injustice: Death and Politics at Attica,” screened in Slocum Hall. The film depicted black-and-white footage of the tragic Attica prison riot in 1971,

one of the most intense moments in New York state’s history. The film screening was followed by a Q-andA session with the film’s directors and co-writers, Dave Marshall and Chris Christopher.

“It’s a topic that touches people,” Marshall said. “It’s a tragic story.

People’s lives were destroyed and con-

tinue to be haunted by this.”

In 1971, about 1,000 inmates started a riot to demand better conditions in the prison. They asked to negotiate with the governor, but then-Gov. Nelson Rockefeller saw the negotiation as a sign of weakness and refused their demands.

The riot was suppressed by force.

Using helicopters and firearms, state police and prison guards retook the prison. Twenty-nine inmates and 10 hostages were killed.

An enormous amount of research took the filmmakers two and half years to finish the film. However, Marshall said many official documents

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By Ian Feiner STAFF WRITER

Maneuvering the sidewalks of Syracuse University, senior magazine journalism major Debbie Lechtman said she is always protected from evil, thanks to the custom-drawn Hamsa on her inner right forearm. Lechtman’s relationship with the popular symbol can be traced back to her cultural roots, quasi-religious beliefs and trying childhood.

Stemming from areas of the Middle East and North Africa, the Hamsa, which literally means “five fingers of the hand” in Arabic, is an amulet associated with the belief of divine protection — most particularly from the dreaded “evil eye.”

Today, the Hamsa is a well-known image, and has become a modern spectacle of art, culture, fashion and in this case, a permanent piece of body imagery.

Lechtman first became familiar with the Hamsa symbol when she was young. Having

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Tug Hill Plateau.

The trek began just before noon. The snow, falling steadily through the trees, stuck to group member Sowalskie’s wool hat as she quickly coached a few students on the basics of balance. Shortly after, the skiers formed a single-file line behind Burhans, whose bright pink hat made her an easy beacon to follow.

A couple of miles later, the skiers recounted memories from past trips as they glided to a stop at the ledge of a roughly 700-foot-wide

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about the prison riot are still sealed and the state police destroyed a large amount of files. Some of the historical footage used in “Criminal Injustice” was gained from independent filmmaker Cinda Firestone, who made the documentary “Attica” in 1974.

The film shows how living conditions in the

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been primarily raised in her father’s home country of Israel, Lechtman was exposed to the image frequently, and it soon became her icon of defense against the evils that subdued her.

Growing up, Lechtman had a tumultuous relationship with her mother, who suffered from a mental illness. Her mother was often abusive, though Lechtman said she viewed her mother as her sole protector. But when her mother and father turned on her, Lechtman said she sought other means of protection and comfort.

“I had a really difficult family life early on,” she said. “I never thought why I was drawn to this particular symbol when I was younger, but I guess when the people who are supposed to protect me most turned the blind eye, I had to find something else, and my Hamsa and Nazar charms were always there.”

Lechtman’s enduring relationship with her mother ended the summer before her junior

year of college, after her parents divorced, but the Hamsa symbol has stuck with her ever since.

Upon returning to SU for her third year of college, Lechtman had her sister, an art student, design a custom Hamsa that she then brought to Halo Tattoo. After 30 minutes under artist Mike Tommyrot’s gun, the Hamsa was complete.

From then on, Lechtman said she has been permanently protected from evil forces.

Lechtman’s tattoo is a cumulative representation of superstition, culture and religion. She said she greatly respects the mysticism that lies within the symbol she bears, and even sports jewelry of a similar symbolic nature.

Said Lechtman: “The Hamsa may be a popular image today, but it’d been my protector since I was 5. It’s a symbol that transcends all religions and has meant something to me my entire life.”

gorge. For these skiers, there was one primary reason for an outing club: respect for the great outdoors.

“When people think of New York, they think of New York City. But that’s wrong. This is it,” Sowalskie said, pointing toward an ice wall forming across the gorge. “Central New York is the real New York.”

Seldom does everything go as planned, said Joe Sullivan, a junior at ESF. His second ski pole went missing sometime between loading the cars back at SU and unloading them at Barnes Corners.

With broken and sometimes missing gear, leading a trip often calls for improvisation.

Before embarking on the slippery trails, Sul-

livan waded knee-deep in the snow, looking for a replacement to his missing ski pole.

He finally deemed a shoulder-high branch worthy of the job.

But after four miles, and just as many hours, Sullivan said he regretted dragging the stick along.

“It was so much easier skiing with one pole,” he said. “I should have ditched the twig miles ago.”

At the end of the trip, when all skiers were accounted for, the group members surveyed their equipment for damage. Two ski poles were snapped in half and two were bent beyond recognition.

“I don’t think I’ve ever been on a trip with so much broken gear,” said Burhans. “But not to

worry, we’ll just add it to the trophy.”

The trophy is a SUOC tradition in which members of a trip present their damaged gear to the rest of the club.

To its members, SUOC is far more than an afterschool club. For many of them, it is their main social group. They often spend their weekends together. In a week, more than 20 members will drive to West Virginia to spend Spring Break in caves, on boulders and in rivers.

“Everything we do is outdoors,” Roser said. “You wake up, maybe hike, then eat, go caving, eat again, drink, sleep and do it again the next day.”

Attica prison at the time were unbearable and overcrowded. Prisoners were abused and there was not enough food.

Christopher, co-director of “Criminal Injustice,” said the problem still exists, even today.

In the film, the chosen spokesman for the prisoners, Elliot “L.D.” Barkley from Rochester, N.Y., was believed to have been killed by a ricochet bullet. However, after going through the first version of his autopsy, Christopher confirmed the long-held prevailing rumor that a

guard murdered Barkley.

“The more I learned about his personal story, the more outraged that I became,” Christopher said. “There are so many horrible things that we would have had to fill up a 60-DVD set to tell the story in its entirety, because it is such a tragedy.”

The two filmmakers said they think it is time to open up the sealed files of the Attica prison riot to give closure for those whose lives were destroyed by the event.

Tatiana Williams, a freshman social work

major, attended the event as a requirement for one of her classes that deals with imprisonment and criminal justice. She said she is interested in criminal injustice issues and how prison systems function properly.

Said Williams: “Both of the people that made it are from Rochester and I’m from Rochester. It’s going to be interesting to see what they put together and what their perspective is in that situation.”

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rent Reznor has never really had a penchant for making happy music, but the Nine Inch Nails frontman hasn’t sounded sadder than when channeling his industrial broodiness into a new electronic band side project with his wife: How to Destroy Angels.

Fans who thought Reznor’s score for “The Social Network” soundtrack spiraled into doom-and-gloom despair are in for a similar experience: How to Destroy Angels’ debut record, “Welcome Oblivion,” is 13 tracks of cold, calculated meditations on life, the universe and everything in it.

“Welcome Oblivion” is a Reznor project through and through. From the glitchy handclaps and bleak industrial murmurings on the album’s opener, “The wake-up,” How To Destroy Angels settles into the same gloomy experimentations Nine Inch Nails famously dabbled in.

As a complete album, “Welcome Oblivion” really isn’t easy on the ears. Tracks like drum-heavy “Keep it together,” showcasing some dream-like vocals from Mariqueen Maandig, and the title track are densely produced, demanding rapt listener attention.

Reznor’s most obvious fault on “Welcome Oblivion” is watering down what should be a difficult album with a few throwaway pop songs. Pianodriven “How Long” features some soaring choruses from Maandig — and might feature the catchiest melody in Reznor’s catalog — but really has no place on this album.

The same goes for puzzlingly folky “Ice Age,” which is cutesy and mostly acoustic, but lacks the well-planned electronic elements Reznor focuses on for the rest of the record.

But Nine Inch Nails’ flaw as a project was its cold, robotic tendencies. Reznor keeps How to Destroy Angels sounding resolutely human. That’s almost a stretch for an album that relies on drum machines

and synthesizers as crutches, but “On the Wing” ditches the industrial fuzz for some reverb-soaked vocals dripping with nostalgia. The chirpy synths on “Strings and Attractors,” not to mention Maandig’s heartstring-tugging vocal performance, keep the song sounding far from emotionless.

His silly — if thought-provoking — pop songs aside, Reznor taps into some dark and damaged parts of his psyche. “Too late, all gone” shows off some ominous vocals and feedback-laden synthesizers, while “And the Sky Began to Scream” begs for dubstep remixes with its robotic instrumentals and haunting vocals.

The track listing f lows seamlessly, each song building on the next with fervent – although hazy – electronics. In the last four songs on the record, Reznor puts on a clinic in buildup, starting with the album’s resident tearjerker, “We fade away.”

It’s probably no accident the resonating synthesizer sounds eerily like a heart monitor fading out and the grim piano chords backing it create an unsettling atmosphere.

“We Fade Away” catapults into the schizophrenic “Recursive Self-improvement,” featuring a flurry of bleeps and bloops that sound just planned enough to be coherent. Its manic instrumentation subtly slides into “The loop closes,” the most Nine Inch Nails-y tune on the album. Like NIN fan favorite “The Hand That Feeds,” Reznor finally belts and seethes his lyrics, instead of fading them behind a muddled backdrop of synthesizers.

The album’s closer, “Hallowed Ground,” shimmers for seven minutes of distorted guitar and angelic piano before winding its way to a close.

The song is the perfect metaphor for “Welcome Oblivion”: challenging to get through, but equally thought-provoking.

The mark of a good album is how much it makes you think when you listen to it.

The Beatles’ “White Album” wouldn’t be remembered as a classic if the Fab Four stuck “Love Me Do” on the record instead of “Revolution 9” because a good pop song does better on the charts. A good album isn’t marked by how many copies it sells or how many singles it spawns.

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By Trevor Hass ASST. COPY EDITOR

Kayla Alexander’s goal hasn’t wavered once this entire season.

She wants to lead Syracuse to the tournament, after failing to do so the past three seasons.

“NCAA,” Alexander said with a straight face, “not NIT.” Now, with the light at the end of Who: Notre Dame Where: South Bend, Ind. the tunnel getting closer and closer When: Tonight, 7 p.m.

– and an unblemChannel: CBS Sports ished mark at home Network – the Orange is on the inside, looking out. No. 22 Syracuse (22-4, 10-3 Big East) faces a massive roadblock Tuesday night, though, as it travels to No. 2 Notre Dame (25-1, 13-0) with hopes of staging an upset. Beating the Fighting Irish would likely ice a tournament berth for SU, while a loss would give the Orange its first two-game losing streak of the season.

“Notre Dame is obviously a great team,” Alexander said. “They’re ranked, what, No. 2 in the country? So we’re going to have to be on our game.”

While Notre Dame’s balance – and talent from top to bottom – differentiates it from other teams, the Irish also has something every other team in the NCAA lacks: Skylar Diggins.

Diggins is averaging 16.2 points, 5.9 assists and 3.3 rebounds, slicing up helpless opponents and dominating the Big East. The 5-foot-9 guard’s assist total is good for first in the conference, with her best performance coming in a 14-assist masterpiece in a win

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over Saint Francis (Pa.) on Dec. 31. Notre Dame scored 128 points that game, far and away its highest total of the season.

In the Irish’s 84-56 win over DePaul on Sunday, Diggins had the second triple-double of her illustrious career and the fourth in Irish history. She dropped 17 points while dealing out 10 assists and snatching 10 rebounds.

The Irish’s offense puts up a staggering 80.8 points per game, just two points behind Big East leader Connecticut. Notre Dame has outscored

“It’s a tough place to play and they pack the place out. It will be good for our kids.”

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its opponents by an average of 25 points, including a 45-point massacre of Providence and 28-point beatdown of DePaul – a team Syracuse beat by a mere four points. Notre Dame held a 23-point halftime lead in that game.

“Obviously Notre Dame is Notre Dame,” SU head coach Quentin Hillsman said. “It’s a tough place to play and they pack the place out. It will be good for our kids.”

In one area SU holds a slight edge, though, is team defense. The Orange gives up 55.5 points per game, while Notre Dame surrenders 55.8. Syracuse also averages 13.4 steals per game – best in the Big East

and two more than Notre Dame.

In its win over Rutgers on Tuesday night, SU came up with 14 steals, swarming the Scarlet Knights and creating turnovers that led to easy buckets.

Defensive dominance and fitness have been at the forefront of SU’s success all season. Now the Orange is up against an explosive offense, one on par with that of UConn – a team that dropped 87 against Syracuse on Jan. 19.

“This is the time of year, it’s about our endurance,” Hillsman said. “It’s about what we do in the weight room. … It’s my job just not to screw it up.”

After sniffing a spot in The Associated Press Top 25 poll most of the season but failing to crack the barrier, Syracuse finally earned a spot in week 14. It hasn’t fallen out of the poll since that point, winning six of its last seven games and currently sitting at No. 22.

Despite getting recognized for her team’s strong play thus far, Rachel Coffey said she isn’t caught up in the ranking. Her mentality is to continue to go one game at a time, with the ultimate goal of reaching the tournament on the horizon.

“We know we’re ranked,” Coffey said, “but we just want to play each game.”

The achievement Alexander has craved for three years is there for the taking. Now, it would take a collapse for Syracuse to not earn its spot in the tournament. A win over Notre Dame would essentially clinch a spot for SU. “I feel like we’re on the right track right now toward our goal and what we want to accomplish,” Alexander said. “We want to take it one game at a time.” tbhass@syr.edu

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free throw was the only blemish on a performance that was essentially perfect.

The player whose body resembles an NFL offensive lineman played with the grace of a dancer, and tiptoed his way over, through and around the Syracuse defense before a rowdy crowd of 16,049 in the Bradley Center.

“We lost the game because we didn’t rebound the ball in the second half,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said. “And when they got it inside, we really couldn’t stop Gardner.”

He became the focal point of the Marquette offense in the second half, asserting himself through superior offensive rebounding, as well as designed plays. The result was the same in both cases: He scored when SU fouled, and scored even more easily when it didn’t.

Gardner, who entered the night shooting 87 percent from the free-throw line in Big East play, made 12 of his 13 attempts Monday. Chants of “Automatic!

Automatic!” rained down on the Marquette big man with each successive trip to the stripe.

When Syracuse didn’t foul, Gardner simply carved the 2-3 zone apart. He sliced through the lane for a basket on a beautiful feed from Jamil Wilson that trimmed the Syracuse lead to 55-54 with 5:53 remaining. Then, he executed a devilish little floater up and over the arms of Baye Moussa Keita the next time down the floor.

His points came in a variety of ways, and they always seemed to come at will.

“He’s like Zach Randolph, in a way, with rebounding,” SU guard Brandon Triche said,

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referring to the Memphis Grizzlies’ power forward. “He just creates space, he doesn’t jump too much. He obviously knows how to get fouled, and he’s shooting like 90 percent from the free-throw line.”

Gardner’s combination of size, quickness and athleticism frustrated Keita and frontcourt partner Rakeem Christmas throughout the second half. His production (26 points on 7-for-7 shooting) dwarfed that of the aforementioned duo combined (nine points on 4-for-9 shooting).

As his teammates were outmuscled by Gardner, DaJuan Coleman watched in frustration from the Syracuse bench. He’s the Orange’s largest physical presence on the interior at 6 feet, 9 inches and 288 pounds, but did not see the court for even a minute on Monday.

He is cleared to play after recovering from minor knee surgery, and Boeheim even said he thought he would be able to go against Marquette.

But for some reason, he remained seated, wearing warm-ups, unable to contribute against a huge man amid a huge game.

“I think I’m ready to go,” Coleman said in the locker room after the game. “It’s just up to coach Boeheim.”

Who knows if Coleman would have made a difference, but it’s unclear why Boeheim opted not to try. When asked about it during the postgame press conference, Boeheim said his two best defensive players — Christmas and Keita — were the ones on the court.

On the court, Gardner, a player coach Williams described as “obese” when he thought back to the first time they met, had beaten Boeheim’s team.

Gardner changed his diet when he came to Marquette, and worked vigorously with strength and conditioning coaches to rework his body.

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On Monday, the fruits of his labor showed through, and at one point, Boeheim told an official Marquette was “the most physical team in the conference.”

So, when Gardner lined up a 17-foot jumper to give Marquette a six-point lead in the closing minutes, it was a cruelly ironic knockout punch. For the final 20 minutes, he had bludgeoned the Orange inside, doing his damage on

the interior where his talents went unmatched.

But suddenly, he relented, backed away from the paint he now owned. Everything else had worked, so why not a jump shot, too?

Twinkletoes swished it home, along with the upset.

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Orange’s schedule for 1st season in Atlantic Coast Conference released

By David Wilson ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Syracuse will play its first Atlantic Coast Conference football game against Clemson on Oct. 5, SU Athletics announced the day the ACC released its full 2013 slate. After the conferenceopener, the Orange travels to North Carolina State on Oct. 12 and Georgia Tech on Oct. 19.

Syracuse then returns home to face Wake Forest on Nov. 2 before getting back on the road for another pair of games at Maryland on Nov. 9 and Florida State on Nov. 16. Home games against Pittsburgh on Nov. 23 and Boston College on Nov. 30 round out the Orange’s inaugural ACC schedule.

“We look forward to opening our ACC schedule with Clemson in the Carrier Dome,” SU head coach Scott Shafer said in a press release.

“Our fans will enjoy the months of October and

November with games against some of the best programs in the ACC, including closing out the schedule with traditional rivals in Pittsburgh and Boston College in the Dome.”

The first-year head coach and Syracuse will open their season on Aug. 31 against Penn State at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., for the New York’s College Classic. The game marks the beginning of a new era for the Orange, who will start a new quarterback and have new looks across the field to begin the post-Doug Marrone era.

SU then travels to Northwestern on Sept.

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Golden Eagles (20-7, 11-4).

Fair came out firing to start, connecting on five of his first six shots as Syracuse put to bed any question of how it would respond following an emotional loss to Georgetown during the weekend. He sliced down the left side of the lane to draw a foul on the Orange’s second possession, and converted both free throws for a quick 4-1 lead.

It began a series of buckets that personify Fair’s game. His first hoop was a dunk off of a pretty feed from Michael Carter-Williams. Then came another dunk on a feed from Trevor Cooney. He followed that with a reverse layup off of a rebound that was tipped underneath the basket.

He rarely forces shots and rarely shoots from the outside, relying instead on his craftiness around the basket — an asset a scout from the Miami Heat pointed out during Monday’s game.

“We ran our zone offense like we normally do,” Fair said. “We just have to be patient.”

But something happened in the second half, as Fair’s involvement seemed to disappear.

The Golden Eagles played almost entirely zone defense during that time, and the SU guards had difficulties getting the ball inside.

Instead, the trio of Michael CarterWilliams, James Southerland and Brandon Triche took over the offense. Each of those players missed at least six shots Monday.

Fair missed only three.

Fair made a short jumper with 12:56 remaining in the second half, and that was his final bucket until the last 10 seconds of

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the game. For close to 12 minutes, the Golden Eagles held him without a shot — he got fouled once and made one of two free throws — and handcuffed the SU offense.

Without going inside, the Orange failed to get to the free-throw line. And this season, Fair has been the only reliable inside option. CarterWilliams and Triche have driven to the basket with success, but Fair is the only SU player whose low-post moves can be trusted.

Syracuse shot two free throws in the second half to Marquette’s 28.

“We were doing fine up until the nine-minute mark of the second half,” Triche said. “They would score, we would foul them, we would score, we would foul them, they hit two free throws again, then we don’t score and then we foul them.

“We just kept on fouling and fouling until we started missing shots, had a few turnovers and they got a few breaks.”

Triche, who finished with eight points, said he should have been more aggressive in attacking the Marquette zone. He felt if he had gone at the weak side of the defense more frequently, slicing in from the wing, it would have created more opportunities for his teammates and possibly drawn more fouls.

The interior of the Golden Eagles’ zone honed in on Fair, especially with Baye Moussa Keita and Rakeem Christmas’ limited offensive repertoire.

By the time Fair hoisted and made a 3-pointer with eight seconds left — his first field goal since the 12:56 mark — the game was already over.

He wanted the ball more, but he just didn’t get it.

“At the under-eight minute mark, we had a chance to put the game away,” Fair said. “That’s when they did their damage.”

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By Michael Cohen

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STAFF WRITER

I LWAUKEE — His teammates

call him “Twinkletoes.”

It’s a laughable moniker

on the surface, quite possibly the last nickname you’d expect for the 6-foot-8, 290-pound man it describes.

But to call Davante Gardner by anything else would be an injustice.

“He doesn’t look like a good player,”

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Marquette head coach Buzz Williams said. “But he’s pretty good.”

And on this night, Gardner was spectacular, leading the No. 22 Golden Eagles (20-7, 11-4 Big East) to a 74-71 win over Syracuse with a dominating display of girth and grace, strength and sleight. He scored a career-high 26 points – 18 in the second half – and grabbed eight rebounds as he singlehandedly out-toughed the No. 12 Orange (22-6, 10-5). A single missed SEE MARQUETTE PAGE 14

photo courtesy of mike sears | milwaukee journal sentinel C.J. FAIR skies for a rebound over Marquette’s Jamil Wilson. Fair dropped 20 points but wasn’t the star of the night, as Davante Gardner finished with a career-high 26 points.

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MILWAUKEE — C.J. Fair lowered his voice as the media cleared out of the visitor’s locker room in the underbelly of the Bradley Center.

He sat alone with a reporter when

his voice dropped midway through

because they were pressing and then

He went nearly 12 minutes without

a question about whether he was

they were running zone. It’s hard,

an official field goal attempt, and

frustrated with his lack of touches

kind of, to get the ball inside.”

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in the second half.

He talked quietly, deliberately and honestly.

And so Monday’s game went like

watched its two-point lead turn into

many of the games before it, with

a four-point deficit during that span.

Fair putting forth a wonderfully effi-

The result was a second consecutive

“I’m a good player, so I want the

cient first-half performance only to

loss, 74-71, at the hands of the No. 22

ball a lot,” Fair said. “But it’s tough

see his role diminish in the second.

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