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Supreme Court to hear affirmative action case

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Making progress Members of SA’s Student Engagement Committee create a plan to allow for more student involvement.

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By Kathleen Ronayne DEVELOPMENT EDITOR

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Syracuse faceoff After a battle in the court, the defamation lawsuit against Jim Boeheim will be heard in Onondaga County, a decision The Daily Orange Editorial Board agrees with.

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Fun and fabulous Syracuse drag performers strut their stuff in the annual drag show.

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On the battlefield Syracuse pulled out a 10-9 win over Army on Sunday to improve to 2-0 this season.

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FAB MELO (51) puts back a C.J. Fair miss over UConn’s Andre Drummond.

The basket gave Syracuse a 71-69 lead with 31 seconds left and was the difference against the Huskies on Saturday in Gampel Pavilion. With the victory, SU clinched the outright regular-season Big East title. SEE PAGE 16

As provost of the University of Michigan in 2003, Nancy Cantor worked tirelessly to help prepare the university for a landmark affirmative action case that went all the way to the Supreme Court.

On Tuesday, the court decided to hear another case challenging affirmative action policies in college admissions, this time against the University of Texas. Depending on how broadly the court rules on the case, it could overturn the 2003 decision, which ruled that public colleges and universities could use race as a factor when determining admissions. The ideological makeup of the court has changed since 2003 to a more conservative body.

In 2003, the court heard two cases involving the University of Michigan: Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger. The court ruled the policy used by undergraduate admissions that admitted students based on a strict point system largely considering race was unconstitutional, but that universities could take race into account in narrowly defined ways that justify a compelling state interest.

Cantor was instrumental in preparing Michigan for the cases, working with then-president Lee Bollinger to gather data that showed the compelling state interest for affirmative action. Cantor’s social science background was crucial, as the two used a number of university and national studies to prove their point.

“We really argued the compelling state interest in terms of the educational benefits of diversity on a college campus for everyone,” Cantor said.

Both the 2003 cases and the case

against the University of Texas are brought on grounds that affirmative action policies violate the equal protection clause in the 14th Amendment.

The UT case is significant because in addition to asking the court to rule the university’s policies unconstitutional, the student and her lawyers have also asked the court to completely overturn Grutter, said Brian Fitzpatrick, an associate professor of law at Vanderbilt University Law School.

If the court does rule on the broader point, “no public or private university

“We really argued the compelling state interest in terms of the educational benefits of diversity on a college campus for everyone.”

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in America will be able to use affirmative action. And that’s why this case is so significant,” Fitzpatrick said.

UT allows any Texas student who graduates in the top 10 percent of their high school class automatic admission to the state university. This policy was adopted as a race-neutral alternative that would ensure diversity among the student body. High schools in Texas are still fairly segregated, so this plan produces significant diversity at UT, Fitzpatrick said.

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Panelists talk on current media Road to Recovery founder said he is coverage of sexual abuse cases treating victim of another SU coach fine allegations

By Nicki Gorny and Shannon Hazlitt STAFF WRITERS

A panel of experts agreed the media has both great power and responsibility in reporting about sexual abuse during a symposium in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium on Thursday.

“If it weren’t for the media exposing these issues, we would still be 20 or 30 years behind,” said Robert Hoatson, president and co-founder of Road to Recovery, a nonprofit charity based in New Jersey that aids victims of sexual abuse.

Hoatson spoke as part of a panel of sexual abuse advocates during the daylong sympo-

sium “When Games Turn Grim: Can Media Cover Sports Scandals Responsibly?” presented by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. The symposium addressed media coverage of sports scandals, prompted by the recent sexual abuse accusations against former associate men’s basketball coach Bernie Fine.

Fine was placed on administrative leave in November when two former ball boys, Bobby Davis and Mike Lang, publicly accused Fine of molesting them from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. He was fired Nov. 27.

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The president of Road to Recovery, a group that supports victims of sexual abuse, said he is treating a victim who has been molested by another coach at Syracuse University.

Robert Hoatson, the president and cofounder of Road to Recovery, spoke on the advocates panel during the symposium “When Games Turn Grim: Can Media Cover Sports Scandals Responsibly?” on Thursday afternoon.

“By the way, I am working with a vic-

tim of another Syracuse University sport — a head coach,” Hoatson said approximately halfway through the hourlong panel. “The reason I cannot tell you who it is and why is because the person is not there yet, but the person did give me permission, just yesterday, to say, “You can say that much.’ And who knows, maybe he’ll watch today and say, ‘Maybe I’ll go a little further here,’ because these stories tend to come out in pieces.”

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications held the symposium to examine the media’s coverage of

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Students judged in showcase

Suspects of robbery still unidentified

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By Sarah Schuster

lack, photo editor at Time magazine; Whitney Johnson, director of photography at the New Yorker; and Maggie Steber, a documentary photographer, according to a Feb. 20 SU News release.

The judges made their decision Saturday, but the winners of the Alexia Tsairis competition will be announced Tuesday.

An off-campus robbery occurred early Saturday morning at 1 a.m. on the 700 block of Euclid Avenue.

A male student said he was approached and robbed by two suspects while stepping outside his private Euclid Avenue residence.

The suspects first struck him in the head and then demanded his belongings. About $5 in cash and a cellphone may have been taken, the student said, according to an email sent to Syracuse University students by the Department of Public Safety.

The student has minor bruising to the head, but there were no reports of weapons used. The direction the suspects were last seen headed is unknown. DPS is asking students who live in the area and who may have seen the incident to help identify the suspects.

As of press time, DPS Chief Tony Callisto said there were no further developments on the case and all information available was included in the alert. He said the Syracuse Police Department is still looking for the suspects.

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Judges and spectators gathered in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Saturday afternoon for the Alexia Tsairis photography competition.

This year marks the 21st competition initiated by the Alexia Foundation for World Peace and Cultural Understanding, a nonprofit organization with a mission to provide financial aid to young photojournalism students and increase their understanding of other cultures.

The foundation was named after Alexia Tsairis, a junior photojournalism student who died in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988. Tsairis was returning home for Christmas break after spending a semester studying abroad in London. The bombing killed 243 people, including 35 Syracuse University students.

The competition is offered to students and professionals. Each contestant submitted 10 to 20 photographs along with a story proposal, explaining how they will use the photography to promote world peace and cultural

brandon weight | staff photographer PETER AND APHRODITE TSAIRIS, founders of the Alexia Tsaris photography competition, began the program in remembrance of their daughter, a photojournalism student and Pan Am Flight 103 victim. understanding. The photographs will be judged by how well they tell the proposed story, technical ability and style.

There will be two first-place winners, a student and a professional photographer. There will also be secondplace winners and three awards of excellence given in each student and professional category.

For a full-time undergraduate

student in fall 2012, the first-place award is $15,000 to fund a threemonth internship with MediaStorm, a multimedia production house in Brooklyn. The award also includes a grant of $1,000 for completing the proposed picture story. In addition, $500 will be awarded to the sponsoring academic department.

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Project Impact program allows students to plan, execute specific campus initiatives

By Brandi Potts CONTRIBUTING WRITER

When sophomore Mike Cacciatore wrote his campus initiative, it was four pages long. It needed more detail, so he expanded it to five. Parts needed to be changed. He rewrote it. It needed more detail. He expanded it to seven.

Cacciatore spent all his free time this semester reworking his plan in the computer lab of the Schine Student Center. Now, his proposal has been finalized within the Student Association, in which Cacciatore is a general assemblymember representing the College of Arts and Sciences.

Project Impact is program that gives a group of three to 10 students an opportunity to create its own plans for a visible effect on campus.

SA’s Student Engagement Committee will aid the group in executing its idea, Cacciatore said.

Student Engagement Committee Chair Sean Dinan said he knows many people who have ideas and

want to make a difference on campus, but they do not have the means or connections to do so.

“Through this program, we’re giving them that,” Dinan said.

“They have support and can get something changed on campus, and they don’t necessarily have to be a part of the association to do that.”

To apply for the program, groups can pick up applications in the SA office, Dinan said.

Students can fill out their basic information and answer four questions about their initiative on the application. It is due by 5 p.m.

March 9. Only one form is needed per group, according to the application instructions.

After receiving completed applications, the Student Engagement Committee will review and interview the applicants, Dinan said.

The three most feasible initiatives will be chosen by the committee.

“The committee will decide if they think these people are really up for the task and see if the initia-

“Student organizations here and people here are pretty engaged, and they have some good ideas.

So I think all we need to do is reach out and let them know that this is something they can do — and for free.”

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tive is possible based on their proposal,” Cacciatore said. “If it’s not realistic, then we can help them out

and point them in the right direction to make it realistic.”

The cabinet will elect only one group out of the chosen final three to carry out its plan, Dinan said.

SA provides the group with a $250 budget for its project. The money will come from SA’s fundraising account, not student activity fees, said SA President Dylan Lustig.

“You don’t typically need a lot of money to do an initiative,” Dinan said. “I can’t see anybody needing more than $250 for anything, ever.”

The money may only go toward achieving the initiative, Cacciatore said. A student liaison, or mentor, within the Student Engagement Committee will handle the money and assist the elected group in completing its initiative. The mentor will serve as a contact students can consult within SA, Cacciatore said.

The project within the initiative will be of similar scale to SA’s Ernie Davis Dining Center initiative, which changed the hall’s operations to shut off unnecessary lights to

after a certain hour, Dinan said.

Dinan wants students to use this opportunity to get involved with the community, he said.

“I’m encouraging students because we’re spending four years here on campus and you can go to classes, but it’s more important to go beyond that,” Dinan said. “I think that doing something like this, that’s getting involved. It gives you the college experience and leadership experience for the future, and I just think it’s important to be involved in your community.”

Lustig said that with strong promotion from the Public Relations Committee, he expects many students to learn about the project and participate. “ S t u d e nt o r g a n i z at io n s here and people here are pretty engaged, and they have some good ideas,” Lustig said. “So I think all we need to do is reach out and let them know that this is something they can do — and for free.” bspotts@syr.edu

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Athletics department should restore Otto’s costume, remove Nike logo Dear Dr. Daryl Gross, As former Syracuse University mascot team members, we are extremely happy to see a new, bright and clean Otto the Orange strolling through the sidelines. We know firsthand there isn’t enough Febreze in Onondaga County to make an old costume smell fresh. However, we are extremely disappointed by the addition of a new feature to the suit: the Nike swoosh. As proud alumni of SU and ongoing fans of our good buddy Otto, we are asking you to remove the Nike logo from the costume.

We understand the financial partnership the SU Athletic Department has with Nike and the company’s importance to funding our beloved teams. We are grateful for the road trips, warmups and other gear that made our experience in costume possible and unforgettable. We recognize the business side of college athletics and the need to maintain positive relationships with your biggest sponsors.

But a school mascot costume should be regarded as more sacred ground. A mascot is

the face of any university. Otto, in particular, is the emblem and logo emblazoned on paraphernalia worn by every fan that bleeds orange. It is as sad to see a corporate logo displayed on Otto as it would be to see one plastered on the Hall of Languages or the Kissing Bench. Otto is SU. Otto is not Nike.

Wearing Nike shoes or participating in Nike events is understandable. But it is absolutely unprecedented in the mascot community, collegiate or professional, to have a corporate logo so prominently and permanently affixed to a costume.

Speaking on behalf of our voiceless furry friend Otto, we expect you to do the right thing and remove the giant Nike logo. Please restore Otto to a symbol that only represents SU, our great alma mater.

Thank you for your time and attention. GO ORANGE! Sincerely,

Ben Youngerman, Class of 2009 Nick Natario, Class of 2008

Anthropology professor questions administration’s transparency There has been a lot of chatter over the past week about transparency at the administrative level. Faculty have complained there is little, administration claims there is lots. The most recent new administrative appointment presents an interesting case. First of all, did anyone in the general community know that the position of associate vice chancellor for academic operations was being created?

There was no search, thus no reason for an announcement of a search.

And then there was the public news reporting on the new position and its occupant, Chris Sedore. On Feb. 6, SU News posted a release in impenetrable prose: “Christopher Sedore, CIO and vice president for information technology, has been named to the newly created position of associate vice chancellor for academic operations. … Sedore’s keen ability to make data-driven decisions will be of significant value in providing support and guidance to Academic Affairs support units and their leadership, including Enrollment Management, University College, the Syracuse University Library, Information Technology and Services, and the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, each of which will be within Sedore’s operational portfolio.

Vital connections for each unit’s leader will be maintained to the vice chancellor and provost and other collaborative partners.”

This was an announcement of a significant change in lines of reporting, i.e. that the Dean of the Library, Suzanne Thorin, an academic position, will no longer report directly to the vice chancellor like every other dean, but rather to an associate vice chancellor, a nonacademic position, who then reports to the vice chancellor.

This change matters greatly to the academics at the university. The library is at the core of our intellectual enterprise. I have known Chris Sedore for more than 20 years — once upon a time he was a student in the anthropology department. I know Sedore has real skills.

I think the issue is, what is this new role that has been created for him? What in fact will he be doing that the head of the library would report to him? Is the library only to be thought of as a place to access data and the library’s management is about efficiency? What is the intellectual task at hand?

Where, one asks, is the transparency that Kevin Quinn assures us is present?

Deborah Pellow

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Defamation case deserves to stay in local county The defamation case against Syracuse University and men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim will be heard in Onondaga County, according to a judge’s ruling Wednesday.

Bobby Davis and Mike Lang, the first two accusers of former associate head coach Bernie Fine, filed a venue change request through their lawyer, Gloria Allred. Allred and the accusers did not think they could receive an impartial trial because of the pervasive influence of the Syracuse University basketball team.

Though Allred didn’t appear in court last week, Mariann Wang, who argued for the prosecution, failed to show that a fair trial could not be reached in Onondaga County.

The Daily Orange Editorial Board acknowledges it will be difficult to find jurors who are not biased in this

EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board case. People from this area generally know and respect Boeheim, but there isn’t substantial reason the case should be held in New York City, as Allred, Davis and Lang requested.

First, none of the people immediately involved in the case live or work in New York City. The act of defamation Davis and Lang are suing over also did not take place in New York City.

Second, holding the trial in New York City would produce a great inconvenience for all those involved, financially and otherwise. Having to account for travel expenses would only be an added financial nuisance for all. A lawsuit in New York City would also dis-

rupt the day-to-day activities of the parties involved. Although a lawsuit is serious and justice should be served, it is unrealistic to expect all parties to stop doing other activities during this case.

Finally, if the case were heard before a jury in New York City, it would not be held before a jury of peers. The people in Central New York are most similar to those who are involved in the case. Davis, Lang and Boeheim are all Central New York residents. They hold a stake in this community and should be heard before this community.

Obviously, venue seems to be an important part of a trial, as both lawyers had strong views as to where the trial should be held. But there are no concrete reasons to hold the venue in New York City.

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Spying on Muslim students by New York Police Department unjustifiable

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he New York City Police Department was revealed to have been monitoring Muslim students throughout New York state almost one week ago. The surveillance both demonstrates that the NYPD, unjustifiably, overreached its scope and found it correct to keep tabs on students for their religious beliefs.

Reports on students and Muslim student associations were prepared regularly for NYPD police commissioner Raymond Kelley. At one point, an undercover police officer went on a whitewater rafting trip with Muslim students, according to a report from The Associated Press. A report was then given to Kelley with students’ names and how many times they prayed. According to the AP report, the NYPD employed a student informant at Syracuse University.

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Those who support profiling and the NYPD’s actions believe the police are looking out for the best interest of the public. By allowing the police to monitor any suspicious people, the public is better protected. But security, rather than a free expression of religion or speech, is what is most important.

Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York City, said on his radio show that New York City made mistakes after the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing. “We just cannot let our guard down again. We cannot slack in our vigilance,” he said. “The threat was real. The threat is real. The threat is not going away.”

But the threat Muslim students pose is not clearly defined. The motivation for spying on Muslim students is also unclear. The NYPD has yet to provide convincing evidence that

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to the left, to the left their resources have been wisely spent on this program.

The reason MSAs were examined is that 12 people who had once been a member of an MSA have either been arrested or convicted on terrorism charges, said Paul Browne, an NYPD spokesman. There has been no suggestion the MSA-monitoring program has helped at all to prevent a terrorist attack. Being a member of an MSA is not enough to warrant surveillance.

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has not been proven.

Another common line of reasoning in support of profiling follows the logic that “not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists have happened to be Muslims.” Subscribers to this belief generally also believe Islam is mainly about destroying the United States and West. Further, they believe if Muslim students have nothing to hide, police should be able to monitor their activities.

There are flaws to these arguments. Not all terrorists have been Muslims. If we consider terrorism to be using fear to achieve a political means, the United States might as well have a problem with Christians and other religions, too.

Being targeted for one’s religion alone is just as morally and logically wrong as spying an entire race or political ideology. If a core principal

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of the United States is freedom from government intrusion, some Americans have forgotten this.

By spying on Muslim students, the NYPD alienates the very people it needs to help solve real crimes.

To treat all Muslims as suspicious people will just undermine the police.

Monitoring students is only part of what the NYPD has done. The AP reported Wednesday the police tried to find the location of Muslim businesses and obtain photographs of all mosques in the Newark area.

The NYPD apparently has a policy of being suspicious of Muslims, but there is little to show it is helping.

Suspected criminals need to be spied on; ordinary people do not.

Harmen Rockler is a junior newspaper journalism and political science major. His column appears every Monday.

He can be reached at horockle@syr.edu.

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But in addition to the 10 percent plan, the university also considered race as a factor when making the rest of its admissions decisions.

Abigail Fisher, a white female who was not in the top 10 percent of her class, claims she was denied admission based on her race.

“She’s saying the use of race as a factor is unconstitutional because there is a race-neutral alternative,” Fitzpatrick said.

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The symposium included four panel discussions concerning the journalism, advocacy, public relations and ethics of media coverage of sports scandals.

The first panel consisted of journalists, who spoke on how to write sports scandal stories.

Their discussion was followed by a talk from advocacy panelists who spoke of the importance of being sensitive and responsible when reporting on victims and accusers.

The advocates panelists said media should be conscious of words used to describe sexual abuse cases, be proactive in investigating them and be a source of information by providing aid resources in articles covering the topic.

“The media needs to question the wording that they’re using and the issue of palatability for their audience,” said Katherine Redmond, founder of the National Coalition Against Violent Athletes.

Words and phrases like “engaged in,” “performed oral sex” and “fondled” imply that an act is pleasurable or consensual, she said.

Additionally, Allison Young, director of sexual abuse services and family transition services at the Elmcrest Children’s Center, said the terms “scandal” and “victim” are biased and contain subtle, negative connotations that prevent victims from coming forward.

In terms of investigating allegations of sexual abuse, Redmond said journalists are often reluc-

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Thomas Keck, chair of the political science department at Syracuse University, said he thinks UT will lose the case, but it is unlikely the court will overturn Grutter. Although five justices now lean more conservatively, the Supreme Court generally makes decisions more narrowly and one case at a time, he said.

“I think UT is very likely to lose this case and their existing policy to get struck down,” Keck said. “But it is likely the court will do that with the specific circumstances that apply to UT, and it is less likely that the court will go out on a limb and overturn Grutter.”

If the court did overturn Grutter, he said, the implications would be significant.

Cantor said she was initially surprised the Supreme Court decided to hear the UT case, given the Grutter ruling is so recent. It is important to remember that the Grutter decision did not say race should allow universities to accept people who aren’t qualified, she said.

“You want a rich mix of people who come from different geographies, who come with different life experiences, who bring different talents and different interests,” Cantor said. “That’s what underlies the notion of race as a plus factor, one

tant to question coaches because they fear losing access to valuable sources. She also said the demand for breaking news leads journalists to report rumors.

Redmond said she advised reporters to investigate circumstances fully, even if that meant missing out on breaking a story.

“While the other sensational news outlets are spinning these types of stories, you’re the ones that rise to the top,” she said, “because you’ve taken time, because you understand what the truth is.”

When reporting on cases of sexual abuse, Julie Cecile, executive director of the McMahon/ Ryan Child Advocacy Center, said she encouraged media outlets to be a source of information on sexual abuse by including contact information for sexual abuse aid organizations in articles.

Although the panelists offered advice to journalists about covering sexual abuse situations, they said the media is a powerful force in confronting this abuse.

“Once the victim comes forward in the media,” Redmond said, “they get their power back.”

Charles Dickson, a doctoral candidate in broadcast and digital journalism, said he found the panel informative at first, but then came to resent the implication that journalists were blameworthy and untruthful when reporting on sexual abuse and sports scandals.

“That’s what we’re supposed to do,” he said.

“We tell the truth, and we don’t work off of assumptions.”

A third panel discussed how public relations professionals should balance their obli-

gations to the client with the accusers, victims and the public. The final discussion focused mainly on the ethics of the criticized decisions made by the media.

Ethics panelist Robert Steele, director of the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University, believes the Fine and Sandusky cases call attention to the often limited ability of news organizations — particularly sports journalists — to examine issues beyond teams winning and losing.

“The root of this story is not just what two men were accused of doing. It is very much about the widespread prevalence of sexual abuse in our society and how important it is to address this,” Steele said.

Steele said that with each assignment, journalists must weigh their values for being most successful in their careers with their morals for doing what is best for the general public to which they are communicating.

The way journalists involved with the scandal weighed these morals was a theme that was echoed by Newhouse Dean Lorraine Branham and the other three panelists throughout the rest of the discussion.

David Rubin, former Newhouse dean, said journalists who prioritize the ease of their careers, the use of master narratives, and who echo stories already printed about a topic are reasons why the media is often criticized for their coverage of the scandals.

“Journalists will come to a story and assume they know what it is,” Rubin said.

Rubin said it is hard for all journalists, particularly sports reporters, to write stories that are not master narratives because it often means they must go against famous athletes and the powerful sports organizations that protect them, such as the NCAA. Journalists, such as those covering the scandals, often fear this decision will jeopardize their careers, especially if audiences do not accept their unflattering stories about a popular athlete.

Rubin gave the example of how although claims had been made against Fine long before Sandusky made headlines for sexual abuse, these allegations were not revealed by the news media until after the Penn State scandal was brought to light.

Steele emphasized a principle from an earlier panel that he and Branham believe can guide all journalists to making decisions that best serve their journalistic and civic values.

Said Steele: “Do justice to the complicated truth.” nagorny@syr.edu smhazlit@syr.edu

among many plus factors.”

SU, like many institutions, includes race in a qualitative review of applicants as the Grutter decision allowed for, she said. If the Supreme Court does take a wider view and overturns Grutter, the effects on higher education would be negative, she said.

Said Cantor: “There can be nothing more important for educating a global diverse world than for allowing universities to make qualitative reviews that really play to the strengths of a diverse talent pool.” kronayne@syr.edu

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notorious sports scandals, specifically the recent Jerry Sandusky and Bernie Fine sex abuse cases that rocked Pennsylvania State University and SU, respectively.

When the panel was opened to the audience for a Q-and-A session, broadcast and digital journalism professor of practice John Nicholson told Hoatson his comment about the second SU coach effectively made students and faculty cast a shadow of suspicion on every head coach at the university, which was irresponsible.

“I think that’s a terrible thing to do,” Nicholson said. “Get some proof, then make your accusation. Throwing stuff out there is completely irresponsible and I think is counter to the purpose of trying to do something about the terrible abuse of children.”

Hoatson told The Daily Orange in an interview Saturday it is likely the unnamed coach is no longer employed by the university.

“I believe he’s not. This happened many years ago,” he said. “We don’t think he’s still there.”

After the panel convened, Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs for SU, released a statement.

“While the University has no information about this allegation, as soon as Mr. Hoatson’s remark came to our attention, we made the police and District Attorney aware of it,” Quinn said. “We encourage any victim to come forward and report abuse to the authorities.”

Syracuse Police Department spokesman Sgt. Tom Connellan said in an interview after the advocates panel that Hoatson’s information regarding another accused coach was unknown to SPD before Hoatson spoke during the symposium.

Connellan said SPD first received word of the situation when members of the media contacted him after Hoatson’s comments.

“No one has come to us,” he said. “We’re just finding out about this within the past few hours.”

DPS officers also called to inform Connellan of the comment immediately after it was made to the general public.

There was no official report of the situation to SPD, Connellan said. He said SPD’s next step is to reach out to Hoatson. egsawyer@syr.edu brvannos@syr.edu —Staff Writer Zach Brown contributed reporting to this article.

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He said this summer he plans to look at the growth rings on scales of fish, including brown trout and salmon, to determine if this winter caused more rapid growth than usual.

Though the effects of this one winter on many species could be minimal, if warmer winters become a pattern it could spell trouble for some local animals that will not be able to adapt quickly enough — especially if there is another freeze.

He said many scientists at ESF will be doing research in the future that can help them better determine more precise effects.

Said Shields: “We have other people doing models on what to expect based on changes in temperature due to climate change.”

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his year’s warm winter has researchers at SUNY-ESF wondering how the weather will affect the behaviors and populations of local wildlife.

Most State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry biologists said it is too early to tell exactly how the warmer winter will affect local animals, but they can infer the immediate and long-term effects from previous research.

Deer populations may be positively influenced by warmer weather, said William Shields, a biologist and professor at ESF. “We know that harsh winters kill deer, so a soft winter will allow deer to survive better because they can get more food,” he said.

But Shields said the larger deer population might cause issues for local individuals because a larger population will eat from more gardens and cause more car accidents.

He also said the warmer weather could cause bears to spend less time hibernating, which may cause them to be more of a nuisance in people’s trash.

Insects such as beetles, wasps, moths and bees that bury themselves in the ground could experience some consequences from the lack of snow caused by the warmer winters, said Alex Gerson, a former ESF student and doctoral candidate at the University of Western Ontario.

“Snow is an insulator,” Gerson said. “It makes the insects’ environment more stable.”

When there is no snow on the ground, temperatures may vary more and could harm the burrowing insects’ ability to store food as fat, Gerson said.

Kim Adams of the ESF extension service said certain insects such as the borers, which spend winters inside trees or in people’s homes, could actually benefit from the warmer winters.

And if there are more insects, Shields said, then the increase will naturally influence their predators, such as birds. Adams said a former ESF professor had students conduct research to see if an expansion of migratory birds in the North was taking place.

“We’ve actually seen that migratory birds will stop migrating if you provide them with enough food,” he said.

Fish may also benefit from this warmer winter, said Neil Ringler, an ESF fisheries ecologist.

Fish may lay more eggs because their embryos could have a better chance of survival with more favorable temperatures.

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previously claimed the show’s title during his freshman year.

Deyo emphasized the underlying significance — beyond entertainment value — of drag’s history.

“You find a voice in the fact that you’re able to challenge gender norms,” he said.

In front of a boisterous crowd of about 900, Cocktail challenged those norms.

Flanked by three male dancers dressed as police officers, Cocktail toyed with each.

Cocktail exited the stage and during her absence, the trio of officers’ spirited routine — including a well-timed crotch grab — fired up the crowd.

Returning in a flashy gold bra, pink wig and heels, Cocktail moved to the music. The officers stripped down to tight shorts. Judge Lauren Adamski, program coordinator at the LGBT Resource Center, commended the mid-routine costume change but criticized Cocktail, later named third runner-up, for relying heavily on her dancers to involve the audience.

The end result was a collaborative effort. All but two of the costume items were borrowed, one piece coming from an unknown friend of a friend.

“The bra came from a stranger,” she said. “I don’t know who she is, but thank you stranger.”

••• Sporting a leather jacket and slicked back hair, Rachel Valletta adopted the persona of Clint Torrez. Two female backup dancers joined her, wearing body-hugging shorts and tops.

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moves in the racy number culminated when a backup dancer provocatively crawled to Valletta for a steamy lap dance.

“In past years, when I’ve watched the show, those are the routines you enjoy most — when you can tell they’re up there, enjoying themselves and not taking themselves too seriously,” she said, a smile stretched across her face.

The senior geochemistry and geography major approaches most situations with positivity and a laid-back attitude, even when she’s been treated with so much less. Valletta has coped with outright disrespect to smaller exchanges hinting at intolerance, she said in an interview after the show.

On more than one occasion, Valletta said bartenders at Chuck’s avoided serving her because she wore a tie. However, Valletta recalled one situation that set her off.

A few years ago, she and her club softball teammates finished practice when a driver passing by shouted a derogatory slur for lesbian.

Valletta yelled back, infuriated.

Having the ability to remain upbeat despite the ignorance comes down to mentality, Valletta said.

“It’s accepting the fact that there are going to be ignorant people wherever you go — ignorant to sexual orientation or race or culture,” she said.

On Friday, Valetta let loose onstage accompanied by risqué lyrics and material adapted from Jason Derulo. The judges deemed the routine worthy enough for a first runner-up finish.

••• When Joseph Trevino went dress shopping earlier in the week for Friday’s show, he had an unsettling encounter at a store off campus.

The store clerk denied Trevino access to fitting rooms, claiming men were not permitted to try dresses on. He pressed for further explanation but received none.

“It was pretty homophobic,” he said.

As Donatella Rumors, Trevino danced to

songs by artists like Rihanna and Lady Gaga.

Trevino spent just four hours choreographing and preparing for the show’s performance.

Not every step was neatly choreographed, but Trevino’s spirited expressions held the audience’s attention. He glided across stage in a sparkly ensemble, rousing the audience and judges to claim The Performer of the Hill title.

Being in the spotlight was a welcomed change for Trevino, better acquainted with the behind-the-scenes aspect of running a show like he did for last year’s drag show.

“Usually, I’m backstage. I’m the stage manager,” he said. “It was good to be on the other side.”

••• Two-time performer Dixie Normus, identified by her stage name, and Mulan Rogue were second runner-ups. They rehearsed five to seven hours per day the week before the show, one session lasting until 5 a.m. The two performed “Light My Candle” and “Tango Maureen” from “Rent.”

The pair’s rendition of “Light My Candle” offered a slower pace from the more raunchy tone set earlier in the night.

Two judges, Kerry Fox, associate director of student activities, and Eddie Banks-Crosson, director of fraternity and sorority affairs, declared their soft spots for “Rent.” Fox craved more energy from the tango, but Banks-Crosson praised the pair.

After the show, Normus approached Shangela.

“Do you like performing?” Shangela asked.

Normus nodded yes.

“You should keep doing this,” Shangela said, smiling.

Shangela appreciated the audience, but she also emphasized the purpose of the evening.

“I hope that with us being here, myself and JuJuBee, it just helps spread the message of love, acceptance and equality.” dbtruong@syr.edu

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rag is the art of playing off gender roles. It’s the art of stepping on stage and letting loose your inhibitions. In drag performance, males take on the traditionally female persona and vice versa.

But misconceptions about the art exist.

Audiences sometimes assume performers are the characters they personify, overlooking that beyond drag, performers lead everyday lives.

“I think people forget that,” said Nick Haas, president of Pride Union.

“So they assume what they do onstage is who they are as a person, where a majority of the time, that’s not the truth at all.”

Traditional gender roles were tossed to the wayside Friday night for the 10th annual Totally Fabulous Drag show.

Professional drag queens JuJuBee and Shangela of RuPaul’s Drag Race hosted the event. Throughout the 2.5-hour show, they wove in hilarious commentary and well-timed jabs. The event raised $156 in tips, with 70 percent of the proceeds going to Sage Upstate and Friends of Dorothy.

Four Syracuse University student acts competed for the title of Performer of the Hill in front of a panel of three judges at Goldstein Auditorium, a prime locale for the performers, said Haas, a senior in the State University College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

“That space allows them to feel comfortable because they’re not like at a bar, experiencing drag,” he said. “It’s a safer space that people know, so they feel a little more accepting, a little more open-minded.”

Four student acts are reflecting on their experiences in the show.

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A terrible way to motivate someone to play a video game: “Try to complete this without dying 900 times.” But in the case of “VVVVVV” (pronounced “Veeeeeee”) it is a simple fact. You will die about 900 times while playing “VVVVVV,” but you’ll love almost every minute of the roughly three hours it takes to complete. While “VVVVVV” is cruel for being so challenging, it is also kind. Death has almost

zero consequence. When you die you’re sent back to a checkpoint, and this game is extremely liberal with its checkpoints.

Maybe it’s because the game’s six characters (each with a name starting with the titular V) are ridiculously adorable in their 8-bit simplicity. Or maybe it’s because it has a most thrilling and energetic chiptune soundtrack. Either way, playing the game is simple. Try and find your friends by moving left to right and flipping gravity to get past death traps. Good luck.

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The most brilliant video games are ones that set out to accomplish something that can only be achieved through the interactive nature of the medium. Much like a poem requires you to apply your experiences to it to be fully appreciated, these kinds of games need you to interact with them to dig up a new meaning. “Braid” is a game about time, and how we relate to it as human beings.

It’s simple to play (think “Super Mario,” but with a painterly aesthetic and beautiful music) but difficult to explain. It starts innocently enough: You’re Tim, off to save the Princess from a terrible monster. But all that begins to unravel with a simple question: What if you can take back the mistakes you’ve made? It’s a question that drives much of the narrative and the gameplay, but it’s also the question that brings about one of the most poignant and unsettling endings in video games.

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“Crayon Physics” isn’t the most memorable name in video games — it’s kind of dry, actually — but it tells you exactly what to expect. And what you get is surprisingly entertaining and plenty challenging. “Crayon Physics” is a puzzle game that is, as it states on the website, “not about finding the best solution. It’s about finding the awesom-

est one.” Your goal is to get a small red circle from one spot on a page to another, marked by a star. There are different obstacles, platforms and contraptions in each puzzle.

Players solve them by drawing in things like boxes, gears and bridges, which all respond to gravity and inertia. Mind-bending and playful, “Crayon Physics” pulls off with ease the most important trick in puzzle games: It makes you want to solve its puzzles.

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In the 90s, LucasArts established itself with point-and-click adventure games, doing more than churning out Star Wars products. The company’s games emphasize storytelling, puzzle solving and exploration and 1990’s “The Secret of Monkey Island” is one of the best. The player assumes the role of Guybrush Threepwood, an affable

yet clueless young fellow on a quest to become a mighty pirate. Quirky puzzles and hilarious dialogue abound, and the special edition’s redone graphics and voice acting make playing this game an absolute delight. Much like Harry Potter fans would jump at the chance to have a drink of butterbeer, playing this video game classic will have you pining for a grog at the SCUMM bar. More than 20 years later, the game’s characters and world are all still vibrant and memorable.

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“I knew he had it in his left hand, he had to go high, wasn’t going to go low unless he dropped his stick,” Lamolinara said. “So I went down hoping he would try to get a quick high and he did. Came back up with it, and it hit me in the helmet.”

Syracuse trailed by one at the half after the sluggish second quarter, but the offense came to life in a fast-paced third quarter. Both teams combined for seven goals — always answering the other — and neither could pull ahead by more than a goal. Heading into the final 15 minutes, the score was knotted at 8.

The Orange had some work to do after the brutal second period in which its offense disappeared.

SU managed just two shots in the final seven minutes of the second quarter and went into the half down 5-4. And while the Orange struggled to find any rhythm against the physical Black Knights defense, Army surged in front.

Army attack Conor Hayes’ goal with nine seconds left in the half gave Army its first lead of the game, and the Black Knights stormed into the tunnel with confidence.

When the final nine seconds ticked off the clock, Army’s fans erupted in excitement while the home crowd went silent. On the field, the Black Knights celebrated, greeting Hayes with high fives while Syracuse ran straight to the locker room.

“In the first half, we struggled a little bit. Not only weren’t we getting good shots, we weren’t getting very many shots,” Cometti said. “... In the second half, coach made adjustments to the

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offense, which I think helped, and we moved around the crease a lot, which I think helped us get a lot better looks.”

The adjustments worked as Syracuse came out with energy in the third quarter.

Derek Maltz evened the score nearly three minutes into the half on a feed from Tommy Palasek. And just 10 seconds later, after SU took the ensuing faceoff, Palasek snuck a bouncing shot by Army goaltender Zach Palmieri to give the Orange a 6-5 lead.

But Army answered.

Not even a minute later, Devin Lynch beat

“In the second half, coach made adjustments to the offense, which I think helped, and we moved around the crease a lot, which I think helped us get a lot better looks.”

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Lamolinara while falling down to tie it back up. The frantic play continued when Garret Thul found the back of the net in transition to re-energize the Black Knights sideline.

But Syracuse kept pace using the adjustments head coach John Desko made at the half, forcing Army defender Tim Henderson to slide out on the midfielders.

“We tried to leave him a little bit more on an island and make him come from the crease and try to get our crease middie open,” Desko said. “And I think you saw with Luke Cometti scoring some goals there, we took advantage of some of that with a doublecrease offense.”

That strategy was executed perfectly by Cometti to score the final goal of the quarter with more than a minute left.

Cometti streaked in along the left side to finish a pass from Palasek from behind the net, simply catching and finishing in one motion.

It was the same play he scored on in the final period off the feed from Barber to put Syracuse up for good.

“I thought when we needed to, we played well,” Desko said. “We dug it out.” rjgery@syr.eduu

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STORRS, Conn. — Ryan Boatright needed two right-handed dribbles to curl around the screen set by Roscoe Smith. Working from the left side of the court back toward the top of the key, Boatright’s third dribble was a crossover from right to left that split Dion Waiters and Scoop Jardine at the top of the Syracuse 2-3 zone.

His penetration sucked in Fab Melo, and Boatright lofted a floater up and over the 7-footer.

In swept Andre Drummond, left hand extended far above that of any other player on the court.

With a soft touch he tipped in Boatright’s miss, tying the game with 47 seconds remaining.

“With his ability to finish above the rim and you’re pulling Fab away from the basket, I think it gave opportunities for Drummond to tip some balls in and get some lobs over the top,” SU assistant coach Gerry McNamara said.

It was a recipe Connecticut (17-11, 7-9 Big East) repeatedly turned to in the second half Saturday night, relying on Drummond’s athleticism to convert missed shots into putbacks and lob passes into vicious dunks. Though the Huskies ultimately came up two points short against the Orange (29-1, 16-1 Big East), falling 71-69 in front of a sold-out crowd at Gampel Pavilion, UConn’s freshman center shone brightly. He tallied a double-double in the second half alone, finishing the game with 17 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks.

Much like in the first two meetings between these two teams, Connecticut opened the game looking to lob the ball to Drummond in behind the back line of the Syracuse defense.

His first two buckets of the game were alleyoop dunks finished over the top of Melo on feeds by guard Shabazz Napier. Both plays caught Melo cheating toward the high post, and Napier was presented with chances for easy lobs over the top.

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and tied the game up twice in the final five minutes. Yet the Orange (29-1, 16-1 Big East) never trailed in the final 20 minutes, hanging on for a 71-69 victory over the Huskies (17-11, 7-9 Big East) in front of 10,167 at Gampel Pavilion on Saturday. No. 2 Syracuse clinched the outright regular-season Big East title and set a school record for most regular-season wins in a season with the victory.

The Orange nearly suffered an epic collapse as it was stagnant offensively in the second half.

“I thought we made some mistakes, but as long as we were scoring we were fine,” SU head coach Jim Boeheim said. “We just stopped scoring for a few minutes.”

The Orange scored one field goal over a period of 8:55 in the second half, letting the Huskies back into the game. All season long, Syracuse has been the team forcing its opponents into long droughts offensively as it pulls away by making shots.

In the first half Saturday, SU did just that. A 13-0 run put Syracuse ahead 25-10 and quieted a roaring crowd.

Kris Joseph slammed a fast-break dunk home to put SU up 11. About a minute later, Dion Waiters drove through the heart of the Huskies

“He’s pretty good at catching and dunking,” Syracuse shooting guard Brandon Triche said.

“A guy like that, so athletic, he pretty much if he gets one step — even if he gets no steps — he’s pretty much going to dunk it. There’s not too much you can do. He’s got a lot of power behind his jump.”

But later in the half, Melo hung back defensively and broke up a third lob attempt from Napier. And after Drummond tried creating his own offense — a right-handed hook shot that hit nothing but backboard — it was clear any production from the 6-foot-10, 270-pound freshman would come solely at the rim.

That prompted a second-half adjustment

by Connecticut associate head coach George Blaney to help get Drummond involved as close to the basket as possible. He slid small forward Roscoe Smith into the high post, forcing Melo to make decisions on defense.

Melo could either step up on Smith, or hang back on Drummond and allow Smith to take uncontested jumpers in the lane.

“That’s the play that kills us, when they put a guy in the middle and I have to come up,” Melo said. “Because if I don’t come up, then they’re going to shoot. When I come up, then they pass the ball down because it’s hard for the forwards to come back on time.”

Smith checked into the game at the 15:20 mark of the second half, and Drummond tipped in his missed jumper on UConn’s very next possession. Ten minutes later, the story was the same. Melo stepped up and partially blocked Smith’s shot, but Drummond caught the deflection and laid it back in to cut the SU lead to two, 63-61, with 5:15 remaining.

Thirteen of Drummond’s 17 points and 10 of his 14 rebounds came in the second half.

Six of those 10 rebounds were on the offensive end of the floor.

“When they mix it up and put the forward in there and had Smith attacking from the

defense to throw in a two-handed slam.

“I thought in the first half we played as well offensively as we played in a long time,” Boeheim said. “We had a lot of different options.

We were moving the ball, we were pushing it, partly because we did a better job on the boards.”

The Orange shot 51.4 percent in the first half and led 43-29 at the break. On SU’s first possession out of halftime, Joseph hit a 3 to give the Orange its largest lead of the game.

But UConn stormed back, putting a charge back into the arena. Drummond, who finished with 17 points and 14 rebounds, did most of his damage in the second half. His tip-in brought the Huskies within 54-42. A Ryan Boatright 3 brought the deficit to single digits.

As the Huskies found their rhythm, Syracuse’s offense disappeared. The Orange made 1-of-11 shots and turned the ball over three times in the nearly nine-minute cold stretch.

“We ran a lot better in the first half,” Joseph said. “The second half we were trying to focus on our half-court sets. We should have just continued to run because they weren’t getting back with us.”

With 4:18 left, Shabazz Napier launched a lob toward the bucket from beyond half court, and Drummond was right there. For the first time since UConn led 6-5 with 16:55 left in the first half, Syracuse was no longer in the driver’s seat, and Boeheim called a timeout with the game knotted at 63-63.

high post, it gave (Drummond) some opportunities to crash the offensive glass,” McNamara said.

With 13 seconds remaining, the Huskies had one final chance to tie the game. Trailing 71-69, it appeared that Blaney wanted to call Drummond’s number again.

Jeremy Lamb fed Smith at the high post, and Smith turned to look down low for Drummond on the block. Melo didn’t budge.

Smith pump-faked, but Melo held his

ground. He was determined to stick with Drummond.

The end result was an off-balance shot by Smith with less than two seconds remaining.

C.J. Fair stepped in from the left to block it and send Syracuse home with a win.

“I knew he was going to try to pass it down low to Drummond,” Melo said. “He pumpfaked and I didn’t jump. So he didn’t have anywhere to go.”

Out of the timeout, Joseph sliced into the lane for a layup. Then Melo grabbed a rebound off a Scoop Jardine miss and scored after Drummond was called for goaltending on his follow.

A tip-in by Drummond knotted the game again, this time at 69-69, with 47 seconds to play.

Then Fair drove into Drummond, and Melo came through with the finish.

Needing one defensive stop to win, Syracuse

let Connecticut attack the inside. Fair said they didn’t want to give the Huskies an opportunity to win the game with a 3.

When Smith drove into Melo and Fair, he didn’t have a chance to win the game, either.

“We’ve found a way all yearlong to make something good happen,” Boeheim said. “We’re not dominating by any stretch of the imagination.”

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The number of points Syracuse’s bench scored. The Orange’s superior depth was on display as Connecticut’s bench failed to score a single point Saturday.

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Lamb scored 19 points, but only managed seven in the second half. After the Huskies’ go-to scorer missed a 3-pointer with more than seven minutes left, he didn’t take another field goal, failing to assert himself down the stretch.

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SU FORWARD

NCAA Tournament showed no signs of complacency and played with the grittiness necessary to make a deep run in March.

The Orange, a team simply adding wins to its tally sheet, took the floor in a hostile environment Saturday and faced a team that desperately needed a victory to save its season.

Yet as the final minutes played out, it was the

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Syracuse players who seemed to want the game more.

Despite a sold-out crowd of more than 10,000 imploring the struggling Huskies to play well, the Orange came out flying and seized momentum. Uninhibited by the deafening roars inside Gampel Pavilion, Syracuse put together one of its best halves of the season to stun Connecticut and take a 14-point lead.

SU was plus-10 on the boards in the first half, too. A product of superior effort.

“I think the way we started kind of took the wind out of their sails,” SU assistant coach Gerry McNamara said.

UConn finally got its act together 23 minutes into the game to mount a furious comeback after facing a 17-point deficit. It was a run McNamara said he and the team knew was coming.

But in a game in which a win would yield very little, Syracuse still refused to be beaten.

Four consecutive missed jump shots allowed the Huskies to pull within eight by the 13-minute mark of the second half. That’s when SU guard Dion Waiters flung himself down the lane to attempt a vicious two-handed dunk.

He was whacked in the air by UConn’s Niels Giffey. Waiters ended up on his backside under the hoop, clutching his right wrist and grimacing. He got up and made both free throws.

Waiters went on to make two more gutcheck plays for the Orange. First, he twisted through traffic and into the lane for a lefthanded layup that gave his team a 69-65 lead with 2:12 remaining.

With 17 seconds left, he made what Triche called a pure “effort play.” UConn’s Ryan Boatright, who had already hit four 3-pointers on the night, was wide open on the left wing. Waiters lunged at him and blocked the shot when he just as easily could have stuck a hand up to merely contest it.

Down the stretch, Connecticut’s supposed leader was nowhere to be found. Jeremy Lamb attempted zero shots in the final 5:46 of the

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So it was forward Roscoe Smith who took the big shot for the Huskies on the final possession of the game. He was halted in the lane by Syracuse’s Fab Melo, and C.J. Fair sped in to double Smith and block his attempt.

Another hustle play by Fair sealed the win for the Orange. Meanwhile, Lamb stood watching roughly 28 feet from the basket, providing no help.

That’s the difference between a team with Final Four potential and a team staring the National Invitation Tournament dead in the face. One does anything to win at any time, the other shows up when it feels like it.

Said Fair: “We stayed in there fighting.”

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SURVIVAL GAME

SU holds off UConn’s run in 2nd half for win

Syracuse proves toughness in win over Huskies

By Mark Cooper

MICHAEL COHEN

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TORRS, Conn. — Syracuse’s once-mighty lead turned to nil.

Connecticut climbed out of a 17-point hole, and the game was tied with less than a minute to play.

Facing the more raucous end of Gampel Pavilion, C.J. Fair drove to the left block against Andre Drummond.

As he prepared to force up a shot, he drew a second defender in Roscoe Smith. That left Fab Melo in position, by his lonesome, on the right side.

Fair’s contested layup spun off the rim, but the SU center slammed it home and gave the Orange a twopoint advantage that would hold up for the final 31 seconds.

“I saw C.J. come in for the layup, (and) I knew it would be hard because UConn has a lot of big guys,” Melo said.

“But I just went to the glass and the ball came off the rim and I put it in.”

Syracuse’s defense held, as Fair blocked Smith’s tying attempt in the final seconds. The Orange came out red-hot from the field and led by 14 at halftime, but UConn was resilient

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The amount of wins on the season for Syracuse, setting a program record for the most in a regular season.

The number of Big East wins for Jim Boeheim, who reached the milestone with Saturday’s win.

lauren murphy | asst. photo editor KRIS JOSEPH goes up for a shot over UConn’s Andre Drummond. Joseph’s layup put Syracuse ahead 65-63 with 3:51 left in regulation. The senior forward led SU to victory with a game-high 21 points.

TORRS, Conn. — It’s 2 p.m. on Saturday, seven hours before tip-off, and a slew of Connecticut fans are gathered outside Gampel Pavilion, waiting patiently for that night’s showdown between the Huskies and No. 2 Syracuse.

It’s 2 p.m. on Saturday, and the 3-pointer by Alex Dragicevich comes up short in Madison Square Garden. His miss seals the St. John’s upset of No. 20 Notre Dame and hands Syracuse the No. 1 seed in the Big East tournament.

At this point, the Orange is presented with a choice.

A suddenly less-important date with the Huskies provides an opportunity to sit back a bit, circa 2010, and begin gliding toward the NCAA Tournament. Or it provides the chance to dig in, finish the regular season strong and not make the same mistakes the 2009-10 Syracuse team did — tripping up in the season finale to Louisville and getting upset in its opening game at the Big East tournament.

As Brandon Triche pointed out, past teams have fallen short. Past teams, he said, lacked effort.

“The last few years we were kind of disappointed because we didn’t make the effort that we should have, winning games and getting to the

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STRIKE BACK: Syracuse pulls out win over Army in fast-paced, back-and-forth matchup

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ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

yan Barber curled into an opening on the right side of the net, but he couldn’t handle a pass from teammate Tim Desko.

Moments later, Barber was the one the ball, SYRACUSE 10 with looking to make ARMY 9 a play. The Syracuse midfielder ran behind the net

on the left side and saw an opportunity. Luke Cometti stood waiting in between Army defenders in the same spot he had been earlier.

Barber hit Cometti with the pass, and he finished it to give the Orange a one-goal lead with more than seven minutes to play.

“With that pass, Ryan, I was fortunate enough to cut and he saw me and we’ve been playing together the whole

season,” Cometti said, “so he knows my tendencies, I know his, so it was a beautiful feed.”

Cometti’s goal held up as the game-winner as Syracuse defeated Army 10-9 in front of 5,619 in the Carrier Dome on Sunday. In a backand-forth matchup that saw seven ties and four lead changes, the No. 6 Orange (2-0) made enough plays to prevail over the pesky Black

Knights (2-2).

SU overcame 25 turnovers and a scoreless second period to earn the win behind an impressive performance from goaltender Dominic Lamolinara in the second half.

Lamolinara turned away five shots, including one by Alex Van Krevel in the final seconds to seal the win for the Orange.

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