February 28, 2011

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Takin’ it to the mat A sorority event raises money for breast cancer. Page 3

Former student, local resident dies on Saturday By Dara McBride NEWS EDITOR

A member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and former student in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management died Saturday night. Philip Alcott, who enrolled at Syracuse University in fall 2009 but did not return to campus this academic year, was a Syracuse resident. Thomas Wolfe, senior vice president and dean of student affairs, did not comment on the

cause of death. The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office could not be reached for comment. Alcott is still listed as a student in SU’s student directory system. Wolfe said he was not sure why this was. Because Alcott retained ties to the campus, Wolfe said the SU community wanted to reach out to support the Alcott family and the students who knew him. “We’re reaching out to all the communities where he spent time when he was a

student here,” Wolfe said. Wolfe sent an e-mail Sunday afternoon to SU students, faculty and staff about Alcott’s death. The Counseling Center, Hendricks Chapel and the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program are available for those around campus who need support. Eddie Banks-Crosson, director of fraternity and sorority affairs at SU, said the SAE and SU community was available to support those who knew Alcott.

Kid Cudi to headline Block Party

Feed me SU students need more viable groceryshopping options. Page 4

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By Amrita Mainthia ASST. FEATURE EDITOR

Do something crazy Sunday’s Skrillex performance at the Westcott Theater brought the crowd to its feet. Page 9

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Scooped up Scoop Jardine’s clutch play late gives No. 17 Syracuse a 58-51 win over rival No. 11 Georgetown. Page 20

dkmcbrid@syr.edu A previous version of this article appeared on dailyorange.com on Feb. 27.

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“Philip Alcott was a member of the Syracuse community as well as our Greek family,” Banks-Crosson said in an e-mail. “I ask that the members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity be given the privacy and respect that they deserve during their time of loss. Syracuse University and the Greek community stands with and ready to support them.”

Put your hands up

SKRILLEX, a dubstep artist hailing from Los Angeles, hypes up the sold-out crowd at the Westcott Theater on Sunday night. This was the last performance Skrillex gave before leaving for London. Though the concert was slated to start at 8 p.m., the opening acts didn’t start until 9 p.m. The two opening acts, Silas Maximus and Mikey Parkay, did not generate a rise out of the crowd, acting merely as background music. Before the show started, a crowd of people, dressed eclectically and carrying glow sticks wrapped around the theater. SEE PAGE 11

Author publishes after SU Press deal ends By Susan Kim COPY CHIEF

After Syracuse University Press stopped publishing a book due to concerns about libel and defamation of character, author Fawzia Afzal-Khan decided to self-publish it instead. “SUP in the United States of America has committed an act of terror against my book and my rights as a U.S. citizen to publish and circulate my work,” said

Afzal-Khan, whose self-published edition of the book, “Lahore with Love: Growing Up with Girlfriends, Pakistani-Style,” has been available for purchase on Amazon. com since January. Afzal-Khan’s contract was terminated and the publication of the book ceased after SU Press became aware in mid-2010 that the portrayal of one of the characters “raised very serious concerns of libel and defamation of character,” said Alice Pfe-

iffer, director of SU Press, in an e-mail. Madeeha Gauhar, actress and founder of the Ajoka Theatre in Pakistan, was “shocked to read an entirely false, fabricated, defamatory, scandalous, malicious, and utterly disrespectfully depiction of her and her family in the book titled ‘Lahore with Love,’” according to a letter SU Press received in April 2010, which was obtained by The Drama Review. In the letter, lawyer Shazil Ibrahim

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Rapper and singer Kid Cudi will headline this year’s Block Party in the Carrier Dome, University Union officials announced Friday. Nas & Damian Marley will be one of the opening acts, and another opening artist will be announced at a later date. Block Party, Syracuse University’s annual spring concert hosted by UU, is the biggest show of the year and will take place April 29 at 7 p.m. “We’ve been trying to get Kid Cudi since I was a freshman, but it never worked out,” said Andrew Beyda, president of UU and a senior television, radio and fi lm and music industry major. “We’ve had four years of built-up anticipation, and now we can fi nally make it happen.” Online presale tickets for the lower level of the Dome will be available for

SEE BLOCK PARTY PAGE 6 purchase Tuesday on the SU Athlet-

HOW TO BUY TICKETS FOR BLOCK PARTY:

Six tickets can be purchased at one time. Presale tickets for the concert will be available online Tuesday at 11 a.m. for $15 for students with a valid SU/ESF ID. The tickets will be on sale on the SU Athletics website and can be picked up at the Carrier Dome box offi ce. Students can purchase tickets in person starting March 8 at the Schine Box Offi ce for $15. Tickets for the general public will also be sold starting March 8 for $25.


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