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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.”

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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

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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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crime briefs • Reaquan Wilson, 16, of Syracuse, was arrested and charged with a count of disorderly conduct on Feb. 21 at 2:08 a.m. on the 700 block of Westcott Street, according to a Syracuse police report.

Syracuse police officers encountered several adults, including Wilson, while responding to a fight involving about 20 people, some with knives, at the Westcott Community Center, according to the report. The adults were walking in the driving lane, impeding the officers’ response, according to the report.

After officers received a report that the fight was breaking up, they asked individuals to move to the sidewalk, according to the report.

Those in the road were forcing cars to slow down, according to the report. Wilson refused to comply and continued walking down the road, according to the report. The officers asked him again and said his refusal could result in disorderly conduct. Wilson laughed and refused to listen, according to the report.

The officers then arrested him, according to the report. Wilson continued to laugh and told the officers they “were trippin’,” according to the report.

Police found a knife on Wilson after his arrest, according to the report. Wilson said he had come from a party at the Westcott Community Center and left once the police arrived, according to the report.

It is unknown if Wilson was one of those involved in the fight at the center, but no blood was found on Wilson’s knife, according to the report. The case is closed by arrest.

• A larceny occurred at Dunkin’ Donuts on 746 S. Crouse Ave. between 11 and 11:30 p.m. Thursday, according to a Syracuse police report. A large rug was taken from inside the store, according to the report. A white man in his 20s, another white man and two other females are suspects, according to the report. The case remains open.

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

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sean harp | staff photographer annie osterhout, a yoga and dance professor in the department of exercise science, shows Orange U Yoga participants correct form during the Gamma Phi Beta Yogathon event on Sunday.

Yogathon raises awareness for cancer

By Maddy Berner Contributing Writer

The chair pose, the tree pose, the locust and the wheel — they are all standard yoga moves. Now they come with a twist. They have been modified to help the bodies of women with breast cancer.

Gamma Phi Beta held its first Yogathon event on Sunday to raise money to benefit the Libby Ross Breast Cancer Foundation. The sorority hosted two yoga sessions, taught by Syracuse University instructors, in the Killian Room of the Hall of Languages.

The yoga classes are part of the foundation’s Pose for Pink Yoga Program, which provides support for women dealing with cancer through yoga. The classes are designed to strengthen the parts of the body affected by breast cancer.

The goal of Gamma Phi’s program, called Orange U Yoga, was not only to raise money but also to get

young people involved and help fight breast cancer.

Approximately 30 participants signed up for each yoga session, said Lori Ross, the co-founder of the Libby Ross Breast Cancer Foundation. Relaxing music played as the participants followed an instructor who was at the front of the room.

Between sessions, people could help themselves to water bottles and granola bars.

Ross created the foundation in memory of her mother, Elizabeth, who lost her battle with breast cancer in 1998. Since then, the organization has worked to provide various support programs and raise awareness about the disease.

Through the success of the event, a generous amount of funds was raised, Ross said.

Ross attended the event and said she was excited about its success.

She and Orange U Yoga’s main coordinator, Rachel Brenner, are close

“Rachel and the Gamma Phi girls have done a really great job. She’s done a wonderful job of putting it together.”

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friends and have talked about doing a fundraiser for the organization before. Brenner came up with the idea for the yoga classes, Ross said.

“Rachel and the Gamma Phi girls have done a really great job. She’s done a wonderful job of putting it together,” Ross said.

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Jacob Nolan saw the need for cheap, accessible groceries, especially among freshmen and sophomores with limited means to get off campus.

Now he and two other Syracuse University students will try to address that need through an online campus grocery delivery service called My Campus Groceries. The service, which launched at midnight Monday, allows students to make grocery orders online and have Wegmans groceries delivered to them.

“We’re hoping to make this a real campus service and build a relationship with students,” said Nolan, a freshman marketing, entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises, and supply chain management major who had the initial idea for MyCampusGroceries. com. “We’re focusing on customer service and making it enjoyable.”

Nolan and Lauren Sanfilippo, a freshman finance major, created the website through E-commerce’s Webhosting service, using less than $100 of personal funding to cover startup costs.

Nolan and Sanfilippo, with help from sophomore entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises major Harley Dalton, will run the entire operation. That includes going to Wegmans, buying the groceries and delivering them to customers beginning on Sunday. Students could begin ordering groceries at midnight.

Nolan and his partners will deliver groceries on Sundays, and students can make food orders until each Saturday at midnight. Students must create a personal My Campus Groceries account to make orders on the website, which includes categories such see groceries page 6

JPMorgan Chase official, other speakers highlight job availability in foreign countries

By Audrie Tan Staff Writer

Shane Berkley flew in from Hong Kong on Friday to help students’ career plans take flight.

Berkley, executive director of investment bank operations at JPMorgan Chase & Co., was one of four speakers at an event organized by the student-run initiative Work In Asia to help students find job opportunities in Asia. The event, called “Your Direct Flight to Asia,”

occurred Friday in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.

Berkley, who is currently working in Hong Kong, has worked in Australia, New York and London. He stressed the importance of recognizing and adapting to changing trends in the global marketplace and cited a versatile skill set as a valuable asset in today’s unpredictable market.

“Today we work in a global marketplace,” he said. “The great thing about working in business is that

if you pick the right role, there are global opportunities.”

JPMorgan Chase is expanding rapidly on a global scale, Berkley said. The company is aggressively moving its technology and operations into countries with growing economies, such as China and India, he said. JPMorgan Chase currently has 70,000 employees across the globe and operates in more than 60 countries, Berkley said.

Berkley said international

revenue constitutes 30 percent of JPMorgan Chase’s total revenue, which means a wealth of employment opportunities are available overseas, especially in countries with developed economies, such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and Japan.

Recruiting for internships and job positions is a common practice at JPMorgan Chase, Berkley said, and the company takes in as many as 30 graduate students for its full-time

program in Asia each year.

Because the marketplace is constantly changing, many companies like JPMorgan Chase are looking to hire people who can work in a demanding and changing climate, Berkley said.

“You need people who can look at different markets, at different products and are very adaptable,” he said.

JPMorgan Chase is currently see asia page 6

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Small annoyances on Marshall add up to street in decline

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arshall Street is going to pieces.

I really, truly knew this was the case when I saw the following sign on Starbucks’ door: “ATTENTION CUSTOMERS!!!

This Starbucks location will be closing on Sunday, February 27 at 6:30 p.m. We apologize for any inconvenience. We will reopen Monday, February 28 at 6 a.m.”

Wait, what?! Starbucks usually closes at 10 p.m. on Sundays. But on this particular Sunday, they closed three and a half hours early. And to not reopen all the way until six the following morning?! Sure, they apologized, but what good were their words? I felt like the world was crumbling down around me. The sorority girls standing behind me might have burst into tears. This was a disaster.

And it’s not just Starbucks. J. Michael Shoes temporarily relocated to Marshall Square Mall, which isn’t even technically on Marshall Street so much as it’s behind it.

Then, of course, there’s the construction.

The construction prevents me from actually walking on the street itself and forces me to venture out dangerously into the street in the direction of incoming traffic. Caught between a rock and a hard place, I could otherwise choose to cut behind the barricades and walk through the buildup of snow and water and potentially ruin my shoes or drown.

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I’m not the only one who has lost faith in Marshall Street. Fifth-year industrial design major Tyler Maiman said, “Armory Square is the new Marshall Street. Although that might just apply to me because I’m always at The Warehouse.” Not at all. Armory Square is Syracuse’s untapped jewel. Their bars have bulls, and Starbucks hasn’t threatened to close early.

And back on Marshall Street, Pita El Saha has stopped serving free pita chips and hummus after midnight. So when I stumble in there at 2 a.m. after the bars close, wanting to do nothing more than cram free food into my mouth, I am instead required to pay for my very own neatly packaged bag of chips and a container of hummus. Don’t they know I can’t do that? My credit card lives at Chuck’s Café.

Perhaps Marshall will brighten up when Chipotle Mexican Grill opens. The sun will shine more frequently, the bars will stay open later, and the world will make sense again.

Maybe by then there will be stores on the other side of Marshall Street, the attempt at a hookah bar will actually turn into a successful business venture, and Tops Friendly Markets will have relocated closer to campus. (What is it doing on South Campus anyway? If it were closer, we wouldn’t have to drive as far for our grocery shopping, and we could help save the environment.)

But by then, I’ll be gone, and it definitely won’t be the same. So for now, I only have a few, simple requests for Marshall Street. If you ever want to be included on a campus tour, you have to get yourself together. No more unsightly construction and more openness to bartering for pita and hummus. Back in the old days, the island of Manhattan was purchased for a couple of beads and a quarter. Charney’s doesn’t even think sharing its name with mine qualifies me for a discount.

And definitely, definitely prevent any more crazy antics from Starbucks about closing early. Because otherwise I’m left with Dunkin’ Donuts, and that’s, like, where the B-list people go.

Marina Charny is a senior English and textual studies and writing major. Her column appear every Monday. She can be reached at mcharny@syr.edu.

New York state must reform redistricting system Partisan politics have become bitter and divided. This isn’t evident in only Washington but also on a state level. What’s a good way to work toward ending partisan politics in New York state?

It’s simple: establish an Independent Redistricting Committee.

Redistricting corruption has plagued the state for years. Currently, New York law has a legislative task force that carves out electoral districts that give easy victories to various party members. The districts do not represent what the voters want. An example is in Central New York, where senatorial districts 49 and 50 cut Syracuse and its immediate surrounding areas in half.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Fortunately, Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announced the Redistricting Reform Act of 2011, which proposes that an Independent Redistricting Commission is made to permanently reform the way electoral districts are drawn in New York. This includes for the panel to hold public hearings across the state, as well as to post the redistricting plans on the Internet. I hope the Redistricting Reform Act is passed because this could be a step down a long path that would solve many of New York’s corruption problems in the future.

On top of that, if a permanent reform of the redistricting process isn’t reached in time for the 2012 elections, Cuomo has promised he will veto anything the current legislative task force has drawn up.

I personally applaud the governor and will be supporting him every step of the way in his reform efforts.

Rebecca Weiss

Senior in the College of Arts and Sciences Member of the Syracuse Universit y and State Universit y of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry chapter of the New York State Public Interest Group

Federal budget cuts threaten aid to students at SU, nationwide The recent budget cuts proposed by the federal government have threatened many social programs that benefit many people, including a lot of students at Syracuse University. The two major cuts affecting college students now are the Pell Grant and Student Education Opportunity Grant (SEOG). These two grants are awarded on a need-based priority, for lowincome undergraduates, such as myself. As an SU student, we all know the rising costs of tuition and see the significant difference from our first year until now. Tuition is expensive, and so are things like textbooks and art supplies. Going to college will soon be a luxury and not a right, as it should be.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR The SEOG program granted more than $2 million for SU students this past year, and the Pell Grant was awarded to nearly 4,000 SU students. This makes it evident that SU students need these programs to not be cut, and we all need to take action to prevent this from happening. If the proposed cuts were to pass, 1.7 million students around the country would no longer be eligible for the grants, and another 7.5 million students would have their aid reduced.

Although this number is national, the cut would obviously harm many SU students.

As a student who needs these grants, I urge you to contact Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle of the 25th Congressional District, or your representative back home, to not cut these highly beneficial programs. You can contact Congresswoman Buerkle at her D.C. office, 202-225-3701, or find your representative at http://capwiz. com/naicu/home/. How many more education cuts do we need, there isn’t enough room in Hollywood to support us all!

Contact them, it won’t take longer than five minutes. Time is money!

Elton Wong

Senior international relations major

Students need better access to supermarkets editorial by the daily orange editorial board Syracuse University must help make supermarkets more accessible to the many students without meal plans.

Student Association will start a bus to Wegmans this weekend, and a group of three students have started a Wegmans grocery delivery service. But the two projects show students need more than these admirable attempts to expand access to essential food items.

Many students and student households on this campus do not have access to a car.

A single student can’t bring more than several bags of groceries home in one bus trip, and a student walking to Tops Friendly Markets by South Campus, likewise, can’t carry more than a few bags through the snow.

SU stocks the Schine Student Center with a handful of easy, frozen food options but not with fresh vegetables or fruit.

Students’ best option for variety is the South Campus grocery store, which is more expensive than going to a traditional supermarket with generic items. With the emphasis the university has put into things like “Healthy Monday,” it seems counterintuitive that students without meal plans should have such difficulty accessing healthy foods.

The inaccessibility of supermarkets makes the livelihoods of students with severe food allergies, diabetes, vegan or vegetarian diets or other dietary constraints considerably more difficult. The dining halls place an emphasis on providing meal options for kosher, gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian diets. But with an increased push for a cramped campus to move to off-campus apartments and housing complexes with fully equipped kitchens, many far from any dining hall, SU should seriously re-evaluate how students eat. Students save money by cooking at home and can easily eat healthier or more appropriate diets for their lifestyles.

Students shouldn’t go weeks without buying groceries or be forced to eat sandwiches and bagels at the library or their college eatery because supermarkets are miles from campus. The dilemma of opting for less healthy options, such as cheap fast food, represents a phenomenon in many real neighborhoods, such as Syracuse’s own South Side, because supermarkets sit miles away and cater to a population with easy access to cars.

The university has invested millions of dollars on the Connective Corridor, providing fast and regular bus routes through the city and to Carousel Mall. But it is ridiculous that access to one of the necessities of life — healthy food — requires months of SA members working to implement a measly weekend bus. It’s safe to say students see food as a more pressing issue than experiencing downtown.

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Recent spike in admissions rate still requires more transparency, discussion The Daily Orange published an editorial on Feb. 21 that called for more open dialogue about the recent spike in the Syracuse University admissions rate — 10 percent from 2008 to 2010.

A number of responses to that editorial accused our Editorial Board of setting up a false dilemma: more diversity on campus vs. academic quality. The editors do not believe this tradeoff exists, nor did we pit these issues against one another in last week’s edito-

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rial. We believe increasing diversity with regard to race, geographic location, socioeconomic class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender or any other identity has no effect on SU’s prestige and, in fact, boosts the quality of education by exposing students to a variety of perspectives. We observe and interact with that truth every day.

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a change to the admissions strategy led to an increased acceptance rate. Our criticism lies not in the strategy’s intended goal but in the lack of transparency regarding the change.

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its changes. For instance, the number of undergraduates the university has accepted to meet its target freshman class size grew by about 50 percent in the past decade. There must be an honest, open dialogue about the reason for these changes because — as we pointed out in the editorial — SU’s academic competitiveness affects everyone affiliated with this campus.

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offering internship programs in New York.

Interns who fare well will be eligible to apply for the full-time program offered in Hong Kong and Singapore. The internship position for spring 2012 will be posted on OrangeLink, SU’s online job and internship database, Berkley said.

Students interested in working in Asia or the United States can also apply for internship and job positions through the JPMorgan Chase website, Berkley said.

As more companies grow internationally, employers’ expectations are starting to change with the market, he said. More employers are looking for people with the ability to adapt their skills to a dynamic marketplace. And this may be handy — not just in international organizations but in all jobs, he said.

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progress very quickly in an organization,” Berkley said.

Berkley said the two most important qualities JPMorgan Chase looks for in potential recruits are a willingness to work hard and genuine interest in the profession. Students should look for something that really interests them but should also be prepared to move on to something else when the market changes, he said.

Chung Chen, professor of managerial statistics in Whitman and one of Friday’s speakers, said it is important for students to know and understand their strengths and seek a profession that plays to these strengths.

Rafael Balbi, a senior economics major who studied abroad in Spain last semester, said he attended the event to learn more about job opportunities in regions he has not visited, especially China.

Said Balbi: “I want to look outside the box and see what else is out there, what else is going on around the world.” atanying@ syr.edu

zixi wu | staff photographer chung chen , a professor of managerial studies in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, spoke to participants in Friday’s Work In Asia student-initiative event.

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sean harp | staff photographer Participants in Orange U Yoga practice a pose during Sunday’s event. The event helped raise money and awareness for the Libby Ross Breast Cancer Foundation.

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tor and board member for the foundation, said she and others from the foundation were at the Yogathon event to reach out to students.

“That’s more of our goal than bringing in big dollars,” she said.

Pearson said another goal was to bring knowledge about breast cancer to young women.

Charlotte Lipman, a sophomore television, radio and film major, said she thought the session was relaxing. She could still feel the stretches afterward, she said.

“When I leave, I always feel that my posture has gotten better,” she said.

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ics website at 11 a.m. Student tickets cost $15.

Tickets can be purchased in person at the Schine Box Office on March 8. The price for general public tickets, which also go on sale March 8, is $25.

SU students have expressed interest in seeing Cudi for more than four years, Beyda said. In an annual UU artist survey sent to the entire student body through SUmail, Cudi received the highest number of votes for any artist. UU received 3,100 responses, its highest ever, with 36 percent of students ranking Cudi

Lipman also has a close connection to the disease and said the program hit close to home for her. Her mother’s cousin had breast cancer.

Lauren Wannermeyer, a junior hospitality management major, said she had never done yoga before and stuck to the easier modifications. She said she was glad to support breast cancer research and awareness.

“As a woman, I can sympathize with those who are suffering,” she said.

By the end of the day, Ross said she felt the foundation’s message got through.

“It definitely put in the heads of the girls that support services are very important,” she said, “and that awareness is something they could keep in their future.” mjberner@syr.edu

as their top headliner choice and another 30 percent placing him second, Beyda said.

“The student demand for Kid Cudi simply blew the other options out of the water,” Beyda said.

UU officials expect tickets to sell quickly due to high demand and the campus-wide appeal of this year’s lineup. Because last year’s Block Party, headlined by Drake, sold out, approximately 2,000 additional tickets will be available for sale, said Harry Roberts, director of UU concerts.

“Last year, Drake broke the attendance record, and we want to build on that success,” Roberts said. “Our goal is to one-up that this year.”

Cudi’s first single, “Day ‘n’ Nite,” hit No.

as dairy, fruits and vegetables, snacks and beverages. When students are ready to check out, they can pay through a PayPal account and select a preferred delivery time on Sunday — any half-hour interval between 7 and 9 p.m.

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management trio will then deliver the groceries directly to students’ residences. The prices online will be the same as the prices in the store, but students will pay a flat $5 delivery fee in addition to the bill for each delivery.

My Campus Groceries is still growing and adding products to its interface. The website lists basic grocery items, such as milk, eggs, cereals, fruit, water and snacks like chips, granola bars and soda. The trio plans to expand options on the website in the future. Due to all the different products Wegmans offers, the website doesn’t fully list everything that can be ordered, Nolan said.

Customers use the “Contact Us” tab on the website to ask for an item not listed, Nolan said, and it can be added to their order. The trio hopes students use the “Contact Us” tool as much as possible so they can learn which items are most popular and needed while encouraging customer involvement, Nolan said.

“We want it to be like your friends are doing you a favor and going to pick up a few things you need from the grocery store,” Dalton said.

This is not the first grocery delivery service at SU. Adam Peruta, an SU graduate and associate professor of strategic communication at Ithaca College, started One Click Grocery in 2004, which he said he ran with two partners.

They sold One Click Grocery after three years, but Peruta said he expanded his initial idea into a different business.

3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2009. His first album, “Man on the Moon: The End of the Day,” features popular singles “Make Her Say” and “Pursuit of Happiness.” Cudi’s second album, “Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager,” peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop and Rap charts. Cudi is signed onto West’s G.O.O.D. Music label, as is rapper Big Sean, who performed at SU on Feb. 23 as part of UU’s Bandersnatch Music Series.

American rapper Nas and Jamaican reggae artist Damian Marley, son of Bob Marley, collaborated on their May 2010 album, “Distant Relatives,” after creating and performing the song “Road to Zion” together in 2005. The album reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Rap

“We’re hoping to make this a real campus service and build a relationship with students.”

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My Campus Groceries could also face competition from the Student Association’s Wegmans bus service, which starts at the end of the week. But Nolan said he believes the two services speak to different audiences.

“All students have different preferences,” Nolan said. “Some don’t want to wait in line and lug their groceries home when they have the option to have them delivered directly.”

The key to making the business successful is ensuring the staff stays dedicated to its customers and to one another, said Craig Watters, assistant professor of entrepreneurial practice in Whitman.

“Dependability is a big challenge,” Watters said. “Pulling together a staff that can do it is key.”

As more customers register, Nolan said he plans to add a feature that will allow students to choose backup grocery items in case their first-choice item isn’t available.

Stephanie Ricciardi, a sophomore communications design major, said she believes busy students who have no time to worry about their weekly food supply will benefit from the service.

“For some people, the weekends are their only days to do homework. Getting groceries delivered saves you a trip, letting you focus on other things,” Ricciardi said. “And for only $5 more? I think it’s worth it.” vlpallad@syr.edu

and Reggae charts. “As We Enter” hit No. 10 on the iTunes Hip-Hop/Rap charts, and “Strong Will Continue” is featured in the 2010 FIFA World Cup video game. Both songs appear on “Distant Relatives.”

The other opening artist will be announced within a few weeks, Beyda said, and will round off the acts for one cohesive show.

“Nas & Damian Marley, combined with Cudi, will make for a really solid hip-hop show,” Beyda said. “The opener is a very interesting pick that has been garnering some attention lately and will add a nice element to Block Party.” mainthia@ syr.edu

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tudents protesting climate change under Interstate 81 were greeted with 135 honks Thursday.

The local chapter of the New York Public Interest Research Group and climate action group 1Sky arranged for the small gathering of State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Syracuse University students to come out in support of the Clean Air Act. From 5:30 to 6 p.m., students cheered and waved signs at the corner of Harrison and Almond streets.

About 10 students came out for the event, but NYPIRG project coordinator Ted Traver said he thought more students would have shown up if they had been aware of the event.

“There are still some politicians that don’t believe in global warming, and that’s ridiculous because it’s right in our faces.”

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NYPIRG chose to arrange the rally on the Clean Air Act because climate change is a cause frequently disregarded for other issues, such as the events happening in Egypt, Traver said.

“It’s one of these things that always gets pushed to the back burner,” Traver said.

The group wanted to catch the attention of commuters on their way home from work, Traver said.

He said he hoped seeing the student protestors would cause people to think about the Clean Air Act and contact New York politicians, such as Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Sen. Charles

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The Clean Air Act was signed into law by Schumer, to support the act.

“There are still some poli- President Richard Nixon in 1970 and has ticians that don’t believe in been a highly successful tool for the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate global warming, and that’s harmful emissions that threaten public ridiculous because it’s right health, according to a New York Public in our faces,” said Elton Interest Research Group news release Wong, a junior international from Feb. 24. relations major at SU. Wong started interning A Supreme Court case from 2007 with NYPIRG about a month required the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases since greenhouse gases pose a ago and was at the rally holddirect threat to public health, according to ing a “Honk for Clean Air” the release. sign. He said the current college generation cares about In 2010, big polluters spent $500 million on attack ads and lobbying efforts to climate change.

After hearing about the undermine the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases, according to the rally at a NYPIRG meeting release. A continuing budget resolution two weeks ago, Jessica Colmust be sign into law by March to avoid a lington, a freshman infor- shut-down of federal agencies. mation management and technology major at SU, The NYPIRG is New York’s largest stusaid she wanted to attend dent-directed public interest advocacy the event. She joined the group, according to the release. The group works on a range of issues, includstudents after her afternoon ing consumer protection, government class. reform and higher education, according to JP Tucci, a freshman the release. environmental biology major at ESF, was holding a “Think long range, stop climate change” sign and counting the number of cars that honked in support of the group.

“I’m obviously pro-environment,” Tucci said.

Kelly Bell, a freshman environmental biology major at ESF, held a sign that read, “I like my lungs intact, protect the Clean Air Act.” She said she felt like she was making a difference by being at the rally.

“I just think after people know everything,” she said, “they’ll be able to vote on an educated basis.” dkmcbrid@syr.edu

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demanded restitution for the damages Gauhar suffered because of “Lahore with Love,” according to The Drama Review’s website.

Although the book does not name Gauhar, “it is obvious to anyone reading the book, including all those who even remotely know of her, that the entire chapter titled ‘Mad/medea’ is a depiction (however false and fabricated) of Mrs. Gauhar and her family,” according to the letter.

SU Press and Afzal-Khan were asked to release a public apology, to immediately recall the book and cease its distribution, and to pay $1 million “on account of loss, damage and distress” suffered

by Gauhar, according to the letter.

Afzal-Khan said quotes from the chapter had

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been pulled out of context in the letter. According to the letter, Afzal-Khan humiliated Gauhar using phrases such as “bloody b****” and “you are a whore not a woman” in the chapter.

The book is a “fictionalized memoir,” AfzalKhan said, and there is a disclaimer at the beginning of the book.

“While this book is a memoir and, as such, based on real-life incidents, people, and places, it is nevertheless my recollection of these, hence more a matter of partial perception than ‘fact.’

Names of people and descriptions of some events have been changed/fictionalized to protect identities and privacy,” according to the section marked “Disclaimer,” which appears on the copyright page of the book.

Pfeiffer of SU Press said Afzal-Khan initially offered to revise the book but later withdrew that offer. But Afzal-Khan said although she told

SU Press she would consider her options, she never agreed to change or drop the chapter. After thinking about the situation, Afzal-Khan said she realized she had “written nothing that is libelous, nothing to be ashamed of.”

Afzal-Khan also said SU Press did not specifically pinpoint which parts of the book it considered defamatory.

Susan Davis, national contract adviser of the National Writers Union, said Afzal-Khan, a member of NWU, contacted the union when she realized SU Press wanted to stop publishing “Lahore with Love.”

“She felt they were being frightened away by a frivolous lawsuit,” Davis said. “This woman in Pakistan threatened to sue. The threat has never happened. The threat has never materialized in Pakistan or in the United States.”

Afzal-Khan hired a lawyer in Pakistan to take care of the legal situation, Davis said, but SU Press officials had already made up their minds to cease publication of the book.

“It was not a negotiation,” Davis said. “There was no wiggle room there to bring about any kind of change.”

The Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act passed by President Barack Obama’s administration in August 2010 would have protected SU Press and Afzal-Khan, Davis said.

Amy Vanderlyke, a professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and an associate at the Sugarman Law Firm, said in an e-mail that the SPEECH Act would have protected SU Press and Afzal-Khan “assuming that the country (Pakistan) does not provide as liberal protection for writers as the United States’ defamation laws.”

The SPEECH Act was enacted because the United States “so highly values free speech and expression,” Vanderlyke said. The act is a way to protect American authors by “prohibiting certain

types of foreign defamation lawsuits,” she said.

Afzal-Khan said the reason she chose to publish “Lahore with Love” with SU Press instead of a trade press was because she had maintained a good relationship with Mary Selden Evans, executive editor of acquisitions at SU Press.

She and Evans had exchanged “warm e-mails” and “developed e-mail correspondence over the years,” Afzal-Khan said. But once SU Press received the letter, “Mary Selden Evens disappeared like she did not exist,” Afzal-Khan said.

Evans did not respond to calls and an e-mail from The Daily Orange.

“Their behavior in every way has been reprehensible,” Afzal-Khan said. “This is not the way an author should be treated.”

Pfeiffer said both SU Press and Afzal-Khan chose to end the contract, “as often happens when authors and publishers have issues that cannot be resolved.”

SU Press recognized Afzal-Khan’s right to publish the book and offered to transfer full publishing rights without cost if Afzal-Khal wished to obtain a new publisher, Pfeiffer said.

“At the time, it was our understanding that Dr. Afzal-Khan was pursuing that route,” she said, “and we wished her well moving forward.” shkim11@syr.edu

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On Aug. 2, 1943, Chancellor William Pearson Tolley founded SU Press. It was his intent that the publishing company enhance the school’s academic reputation. Today, SU Press has more than 1,200 titles in print and continues to publish new books in specialized areas, such as geography, Native American studies, religion, Middle East studies and Irish studies, among others.

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By Sam Littman and Hunter Lurie THE DAILY ORANGE

he Academy almost always selects an inarguably great group of actors, ensuring most American filmmaking legends will get their due at some point. Once in a while, if we’re lucky, the panel allows the best film of the year to take home the prize most Americans will remember.

This year’s ceremony was unsurprisingly riveting, defined by a major upset in one of the most important categories — along with the honoring of a number of current and former great talents who helped shape moviemaking as we know it today.

Best Picture: “The King’s Speech” The rebel fi lm buff might be inclined to write off “The King’s Speech” as an Oscar-tailored period piece, but it’s really so much more. A fi lm with genuine heart that aims to help us understand one man’s monumental struggle, “The King’s Speech” is the rare drama that manages to not fall in love with itself when it easily could have succumbed to that. It’s a fi lm that commands respect even if it might not live up to expectations.

Shamefully melodramatic Best Picture winners, such as “The English Patient” (1996) and “Crash” (2005), are comparatively narcissistic. “The King’s Speech” did not

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aspire to win the Best Picture award. It’s simply a beautifully told story that just happened to be a masterpiece.

Should’ve won

Hunter: “127 Hours” Sam: “The King’s Speech” Just as King George VI was deservedly rewarded for his efforts, the film about his struggle was rewarded with the industry’s most famous honor.

Best Director: Tom Hooper, “The King’s Speech” Even after winning the Best Director award from the Directors Guild of America, the consensus was that David Fincher would take home the statue for directing “The Social Network.”

Though not as stunning as “The Social Network” or as visceral as “Black Swan,” “The King’s Speech” is a classically filmed, extraordinarily moving period drama. At just 38 years old, Hooper helmed “The King’s Speech” with masterly assurance and wisdom and will probably own the stage again soon.

Should’ve won

Hunter: David Fincher, “The Social Network” His labyrinthine navigation through layers of timelines and quirky characteristics, as well as his iconic visual conception, helped him to put his style on a glorious pedestal.

Sam: David Fincher, “The Social Network” “The King’s Speech” is an example of perfect filmmaking. “The Social Network” is an example of perfection accentuated by innovation.

Best Actor: Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech” There is something to be said for Jesse Eisenberg’s chilling portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg, James Franco’s exhausting performance as Aron Ralston, Jeff Bridges’ commanding performance as Rooster Cogburn and Javier Bardem’s daring performance as the cancer-stricken father Uxbal, but none truly compare to Firth’s accomplishment in the role of King George IV. Firth’s perfected stutters impress, and his vulnerability, frustration and courage ultimately overwhelm and even inspire. This was a role Firth deserved, and to say he conquered the challenge would be an understatement.

Should’ve won

Hunter: James Franco, “127 Hours” Instead of Firth, I would’ve chosen Franco, who delivered one of the most profoundly inspirational performances I’d ever seen in a film.

Sam: Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech” If you aren’t moved by his final speech, you are, well, immovable.

Actress: Natalie Portman, “Black Swan” Though Portman entered the race as the distinct frontrunner, people thought Annette Bening (“The Kids Are All Right”) had a good chance at taking home her first Oscar because of her overall career achievements. Truth is, Portman’s been acting for nearly as long. The 52-year old Bening made her debut in 1988 while the 29-year-old Portman broke out in Hollywood in 1994. A generational talent, Portman is the most celebrated star in the industry, her performance already iconic despite the mere three months since the film’s release.

Should’ve won

Hunter: Natalie Portman, “Black Swan” I haven’t seen a woman go through such intense terror since Mia Farrow in “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968), so it was really refreshing to see.

Sam: Natalie Portman, “Black Swan”

Portman delivered one of the most physically demanding performances in quite a while, which was also one of the most expressive.

Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, “The Fighter” Before taking home his first Oscar, Bale had never been nominated despite at least six excellent performances tucked under his belt. In a performance simultaneously funny and tragic, cartoonish yet brutally realistic, Bale stuck out as the nominee with the best chance at taking home a statuette. In any other year, the perpetually overlooked Mark Ruffalo (“The Kids Are All Right”) might’ve stood a decent chance, and Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush (“The King’s Speech”) could have been a frontrunner — but not with Bale’s tremendous performance standing in the way. If the Academy is to be applauded for their nominations in any one category, it deserves praise for its Best Supporting Actor selections, with John Hawks (“Winter’s Bone”) and Jeremy Renner (“The Town”) earning invites for performances the Academy usually ignores.

Should’ve won

Hunter: Christian Bale, “The Fighter” Bale was a terrific pick for the Best Actor award. His complete immersion into the role of Dicky Eklund was fascinating from beginning to end, and it provided a unique twist to an otherwise straightforward film.

Sam: Christian Bale, “The Fighter” As much as I loved Ruffalo and Rush, this year there’s no denying Bale fully deserved the award.

Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, “The Fighter” Previously nominated two years ago for “Frozen River,” Leo stirred up some controversy in Hollywood after buying her own advertisements for award consideration. Leo’s consistency in portraying a caring, borderline-overprotective and angered mother surely gained her respect from Academy voters who recognized her immense talent, which stems from her television background and stints in various films such as “21 Grams.” Leo fully deserved her Oscar, as her role as Alice Ward was an enriching addition to an already well-cast film.

Should’ve won

Hunter: Melissa Leo, “The Fighter” Sam: Jacki Weaver, “Animal Kingdom” While it’s hard to argue against Leo winning, Jacki Weaver’s performance in “Animal Kingdom” was profoundly frightening and truly original.

Best Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, “The Social Network” It would not be an exaggeration to proclaim Sorkin’s script as the greatest of this decade.

Containing arguably the sharpest dialogue and the densest, even subtly haunting, psychological study in any movie to come out of Hollywood this millennium, the film could act as a template for teaching screenwriting. It takes after world cinema classics such as “Citizen Kane” (1941) and “Rashomon” (1950), adding a dash of “The Great Gatsby.” Sorkin used the past to create something entirely new and revolutionary.

Should’ve won

Hunter: Aaron Sorkin, “The Social Network” Sorkin’s adaptation of Ben Mezrich’s book was a triumphantly well-deserved win. Its flawless transitions between scenes and locations and its charismatic dialogue will be praised for years to come.

Sam: Aaron Sorkin, “The Social Network” The Syracuse University alumnus’ script belongs alongside “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991) and “Schindler’s List” (1993) as the best adapted screenplay filmed in an SU student’s lifetime. smlittma@syr.edu hflurie@syr.edu

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Skrillex wows crowd at Westcott performance

By Colleen Bidwill ASST. FEATURE EDITOR

Vince Lyons waited in a line wrapped around the Westcott Theater, packed with people donning rainbow wigs and gas masks, standing in the cold for an hour.

Lyons, a college student from Baldwinsville, N.Y., studies music theory, and as an aspiring DJ, admires those who create dubstep music. He said he was looking forward to seeing Skrillex play.

Will it be worth waiting an entire hour?

He smiled and said, “I’ll let you know after the show.”

Rising dubstep artist Skrillex performed Sunday to a sold-out crowd at the Westcott Theater as his last show in the United States for a month. He plans to fly to London on Monday to tour and perform in Europe.

Despite the audience members’ low energy during the opening acts, Skrillex’s interactive performance ultimately hyped up the crowd.

The sold-out show demonstrated dubstep’s rising popularity in Syracuse.

At about 9 p.m., an hour after the concert was supposed to start, Silas Maximus, one of the openers, began playing on the dimly lit stage. The concertgoers bobbed their heads and danced briefly, but many talked over the music while the scent of marijuana wafted through the room. At one point, Maximus stopped the music, and boos emitted from the crowd.

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at about 10 p.m. Unlike Maximus, who didn’t interact with the audience, Parkay was lively and upbeat, constantly fist pumping in rhythm with the music. The crowd erupted in cheers after his first song.

While everyone danced, Taylor Pormeter, a student from Cassadaga, N.Y., faced a slight predicament: He was in crutches.

“All I could really do is put them up,” he said.

Although he enjoyed the concert, Pormeter thought the opening acts could have been better.

For Kaitlin Maloney, a sophomore international relations major, this was her fi rst dubstep concert experience. She said a friend introduced her to the genre, and she has since grown to like it.

“You can feel it in your body,” she said, looking around at the restless crowd.

When Skrillex took the stage at 11 p.m., the crowd erupted into hysterics, and for the next hour and a half, he evoked high energy and enthusiasm to every single song in the set. Skrillex’s interactive performance kept the audience engaged.

Josh Masteropietro, a Syracuse resident, danced along with the rest of the audience. He smiled and said, “This is awesome, I love it, I am having fun,” as he pointed toward Skrillex.

About halfway through his set, Skrillex paused. “You guys are making me sweat,” he said. The crowd erupted into more cheers.

Many people knew Skrillex’s music and

Miley Cyrus shakes off Disney image with controversial media scandals

’ll admit it: I was once a die-hard Hannah Montana fan. I waited five hours outside of the San Jose Convention Center to see a free Hannah Montana concert. I joined a Hannah Montana fan club to get an advanced-sale ticket for her next show. I once even owned two Hannah Montana shirts. In my defense, I grew out of the Miley Cyrus spell pretty quickly — OK, it lasted until I graduated high school. When the summer before my freshman year of college rolled around and the April 2008 issue of Vanity Fair featured a sheet-dressed Miley on its cover, I was pretty much done. However, the Miley train was at full speed, and the heart of the Cyrus family was “achy breaky.”

Although the “Hannah Montana” television show ended more than a month ago, Miley has made her name more prominent than ever.

Once again, Miley’s celebrity status is at the expense of her father. In the March 2011 issue of GQ Magazine, Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley’s father and official scapegoat, expressed how difficult it’s become to father Miley. It now seems like everyone is on Miley’s side.

In the interview, Billy Ray said the “Hannah Montana” show cost him his family’s normalcy.

“Heck, yeah. I’d erase it all in a second,” he said.

But hindsight is 20/20, and such remarks are media gold.

So how does America’s famed daddy’s girl reply? She says Billy Ray is just jealous and bans him from appearing on “The View” following the article’s release.

Though I’m not arguing Billy Ray can successfully pull the “victim of Hollywood” card in the case of his now-fragmented father-daughter

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andrew renneisen | staff photographer The crowd jams out to a sold-out performance by dubstep artist Skrillex Sunday night.

A line of eager concertgoers wrapped around the Westcott Theater before the show. belted out the lyrics. However, Skrillex also played some classic tunes, such as Michael Jackson’s “Pretty Young Thing,” and paused during the songs, encouraging the audience to sing along.

Skrillex’s antics continued throughout his set. He took a shirt, swung it around and then tossed it into the anxious crowd. During one of his more well-known songs, “Sexy Lady,” he dove from the stage into the audience, much to the displeasure of the security who quickly

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All in all, the Cyrus family’s spotlight is pretty much over. Miley has already exhausted the gamut of social scandals. Her latest single, “I Can’t Be Tamed,” foreshadows a sex tape, which is all we’re really missing at this point. Billy Ray already made his has-been appearance on “Dancing with the Stars.” The world already has enough father-daughter drama, thanks to Lindsay and Michael Lohan. The only benefit of the Cyrus drama is that it feeds material for “The Miley Cyrus Show” on “Saturday Night Live.”

So between the pole dancing and the underage drinking, she really is just being Miley.

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At the end of his set, he announced he would play a new song for the audience. The crowd screamed.

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“It was insane, such a good show,” Cutri said.

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Success of MTV’s controversial series ‘Skins’ stems from fleshed-out characters

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ne of MTV’s latest series, “Skins,” had a lot to live up to with its inaugural season.

The hyped-up advertisements about the series brought the commentary up tenfold, and the fact that the show started off as an extremely popular BBC teenage drama doesn’t help. With the season finally coming to a close, MTV proves the show has come a long way in the scripted series department.

When MTV first announced its release of an American take on “Skins,” it seemed as if the show would surely flop. A network primarily dominated by reality shows (and maybe some music), MTV has had its fair share of struggles in the past with the art of the scripted series.

In 1999, the network premiered “Undressed,” a racy late-night dramedy about collegiate sexual encounters. The show failed to outshine its “Real World” and “Road Rules” competitors and was canceled within two years. However, the network’s next move was somewhat intelligent. “My Life as Liz” uses the aesthetics of a reality show but is labeled a scripted comedy.

Though the show holds minimal substance, its first season’s good ratings imply there may be

some longevity to the series. Still, the network lacks a legitimate drama.

So was this new “Skins” adaptation successful? Though the promo looked as if the show portrayed a terribly unrealistic representation following a group of hipsters and their rebelliously unorthodox lifestyles (something I know I’d definitely hate), I had to find out for myself. And I must say I did not hate it by any means.

The pilot episode was exceptional, providing the audience with that “hook-you-in” factor, which is sure to captivate and pull in the viewer. It’s relatively easy to zip through the first six episodes and catch up. Next are the ridiculously surreal situations in which the characters find themselves.

The show’s strength is its character development, most likely the reason for its popularity here in the states. In series such as “FlashForward,” which failed after one season, characters were all introduced in the first episode in, well, a flash. You weren’t invested in the story because you weren’t invested with the characters. In “Skins,” each episode focuses on the plights of one character — this makes it easy to follow and catches the viewer’s interest.

Despite the sometimes ludicrous storylines,

the series will undoubtedly become a success.

Why wouldn’t it be? It’s appealing to a younger demographic that eats this stuff up. As pathetic as this sounds, teenagers want to be as rebellious as possible without actually defying the norm. “Skins” is the perfect escapism for teenagers to pretend like they’re a part of some “utopian” lifestyle they wish they had the cojones to mimic. What it all boils down to is that teenagers love watching other teenagers make out. The end.

Also, MTV is finally taking a step in the right direction. Its older audiences were so invested in “The Real World,” “The Hills” and other horrendously fake reality shows broadcasted. Those teenagers aren’t teenagers anymore. It’s time for the network to start luring a new generation of viewers in an innovatively fresh fashion. MTV can be taken more seriously now.

So while you won’t find me dying to TiVo the show at the expense of being labeled a pedophile, you can bet teens and preteens alike will gather around the television Monday nights at 10 p.m. for their weekly helping of “Skins,” followed by a healthy serving of status updates and pointless tweets: “Skins, like, IS my life!” raparks@syr.edu

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Syracuse allows program-record 21 goals in loss to Cavaliers

By Zuri Irvin Staff Writer

Speed kills. Especially if one team has trouble getting back on defense.

After figuring out how to exploit a hole in Syracuse’s transition defense, the Cavaliers were off to virginia 21 the races in Syracuse’s 21-11 to Virginia on Sunday syracuse 11 loss inside the Carrier Dome.

“They just ran by us one-on-one a couple times in the transition,” SU head coach Gary Gait said.

“That’s just them taking it to us and getting the job done.”

Virginia’s transition offense and Syracuse’s lack of transition defense combined for a Cavalier rout Sunday in front of a crowd of 767 in the Dome.

Of Syracuse’s 11 goals against Virginia, six were answered by Cavalier scores within the next 90 seconds.

Syracuse dropped back an extra defender on draw plays in an effort to combat transition scores, but Virginia’s foot speed eventually proved to be too much as the Cavaliers were able to re-establish

possession throughout the game.

SU now falls to 1-2 on the season. The 21 scores allowed is the most a Syracuse team has relinquished in program history.

“They had good possession, but overall our defense wasn’t communicating,” SU defender Lindsay Rogers said.

Syracuse dug itself a first-half hole after it was called for seven eight-meter penalties. Virginia converted four of them. After the Orange fell behind again early in the second, the Cavaliers made it difficult to regain possession. As a result, SU was responsible for each of the five yellow cards awarded and committed 18 second-half fouls to Virginia’s two.

“We have to work on team D,” Rogers said.

“And other than that, we just have to hit our slides and make sure we’re coming in with the right technique.”

Syracuse was caught in a three-minute stretch — ending at the 10-minute mark in the first half — that featured several looks on net without putting one in. The Orange was able to pull to within five

on a Katie Webster goal at the end of the half.

“I think I took it to the goal more and just had more confidence,” Webster said.

The Orange scored again to open the second half to cut the score to 10-6, but Virginia made sure SU’s comeback stopped there. Eighty-one seconds later, the Cavaliers’ Julie Gardner scored. Sixtyone seconds after that, Virginia struck again, this time with a goal from Ainsley Baker.

Though Syracuse remained aggressive on the offensive end, its inadequate transition defense kept its own offense at bay. The Cavaliers controlled a number of draws, forced five first-half turnovers and played Syracuse into early offensive mistakes. That allowed Virginia to stay patient with the ball, create methodical challenges and strike often on the Syracuse defense.

Repeated challenges guided Gait’s decision to switch goaltenders halfway through the game, from usual starter Liz Hogan to freshman backup Alyssa Costantino.

“She was having a tough day,” Gait said of Hogan. “When you’re having a tough day, you’re

looking for something to change momentum a little bit.”

Costantino entered the game in the final two minutes of the first half and made a couple of impressive saves to keep the scoring margin at five.

Hogan relinquished 15 goals in 37 minutes of play, and Costantino allowed six in 23. Hogan recorded seven saves compared to Costantino’s three.

Poor transition defense, at least in part, resulted in the team’s senior goaltender being relegated to the sidelines and one of the most disappointing losses in recent memory.

“We didn’t give her a lot of help,” Gait said of Hogan. “It wasn’t a matter of benching her. It was just an opportunity to get a younger player a little bit of experience.”

The Orange will have plenty of time to straighten out any defensive miscues. Syracuse has two weeks off before facing Maryland on March 12.

“But you have to have the ball to score,” Gait said. “And a lot of times, if you look at possession, we didn’t have the ball that much.” zoirvin@syr.edu

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Final-period heroics power Orange to 2 weekend victories over Niagara

By Ryne Gery Staff Writer

With time running out in overtime Friday, Syracuse needed a near miracle. Luckily, an SU trio was able to provide it.

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Ashley Cockell raced down the right side of the ice and sent the puck toward the net. The desperation shot went

through a crowd of players and hit off Brittney Krebs’s stick before it was deflected into the net

by Kelsey Welch with 2.7 seconds remaining.

The miracle shot — the only shot taken in overtime by either team — gave Syracuse a much-needed 2-1 win over Niagara and set off a wild celebration. The Orange bench quickly rushed the ice to mob Welch near the net. The celebration continued for SU after a 4-2 victory Saturday to complete the sweep.

Syracuse head coach Paul Flanagan said his team was filled with self-doubt after blowing leads and settling for two ties against Robert Morris a week earlier. A tie wasn’t good enough for SU in its final regular-season series. The Orange needed to win.

“We’re kind of getting sick of the ties,” Flanagan said. “For us to get back and get that ‘W’ was huge for the psyche of our team.”

The feelings of self-doubt crept into his players’ mind during the third period Friday.

On a power play with less than eight minutes remaining, sophomore Isabel Menard had an open net and a chance to give the Orange a twogoal lead. Menard’s shot from in close hit the top post and sailed over the net.

Menard jumped in shock that she missed.

She said the team could feel the momentum shift.

“It was tough. I had the whole net, but I hit that post,” Menard said. “It was a bit, ‘Oh no, not again.’”

The missed opportunity left the door open for Niagara, and the Purple Eagles tied the game on a power play with 6:01 left. After ending regulation tied, Flanagan thought his team was headed for a third straight tie. But the bounce in overtime bailed out the Orange and changed its luck.

Syracuse carried the momentum from Friday into Saturday and broke out of its recent scoring slump.

The Orange entered the third period Saturday trailing 2-1 and struggling offensively.

Flanagan said he urged his team to attack the net instead of passing the puck around the perimeter. The head coach also changed his team’s forecheck, or its defensive strategy in its offensive zone.

In the second period, SU used an aggres-

sive 2-3 forecheck. The system creates pressure by bringing the defenders into the zone to chase the puck and leaves one forward out top to defend breakaway opportunities, Flanagan said.

After failing to create turnovers with the system, Flanagan told his team to sit back and wait for Niagara to make mistakes in the third period.

“When they had possession and we’d back off a little bit, and sure enough they coughed it up,” Flanagan said. “I think that paid off for us.”

The change resulted in more scoring chances for SU. The Orange capitalized and scored three goals in less than five minutes in a decisive third period.

Sophomore Holly Carrie-Mattimoe tied the game with a power-play goal that floated just inside the right post. Less than two minutes later, the senior Cockell scored the go-ahead goal. Menard’s second goal of the game banked off the right post to give SU breathing room with more than seven minutes left.

After five straight games scoring two goals or less, Flanagan was relieved to see his team’s offense break out.

“When’s the last time we scored more than two?” Flanagan said. “That’s where we’ve been struggling.”

Syracuse last scored three goals against Wayne State nearly a month ago. The four goals were the most SU scored in a game since it notched five against Robert Morris on Jan. 14.

The big weekend came when the Orange needed it most. Carrie-Mattimoe said the sweep gives the team momentum going into its rematch with Niagara this Friday in the College Hockey America semifinals.

“We’re pumped,” Carrie-Mattimoe said.

“You can hear us in the dressing room. We’re ready.”

Flanagan said the lucky bounce in overtime Friday was what his team needed to end its struggles. He said it gave his team the confidence it lacked in recent weeks.

“That fortuitous bounce at the end off that stick,” Flanagan said, “I just think it’s an infusion, a jolt of confidence.” rjgery@ syr.edu

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Interior play from Hemingway, Alexander fuels Syracuse win

By Michael Cohen Asst. Sports Editor

Kayla Alexander and Iasia Hemingway were beating Providence. A pair of free throws by Alexander gave the duo a three-point cushion over the Friars with 5:34 remaining in the first half.

The score: Alexander syracuse 63 and Hemingway 18, Proviprovidence 47 dence 15.

“We just want to keep giving them opportunities,” Syracuse head coach Quentin Hillsman said. “I think if you keep giving them opportunities and they get clean catches, that they will do a very good job of scoring for us.”

The combination of Alexander and Hemingway worked flawlessly Saturday, just like it has

“We did an awesome job throwing the ball inside.

(The guards have) been very unselfish throwing the ball to Iasia in the high post. And Iasia’s been very unselfish turning around and looking for Kayla.”

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in each game of the Orange’s current five-game win streak.

SU’s two interior players owned the first half of Saturday’s 63-47 win over Providence by scoring their team’s first 18 points of the

game. The high-low attack that has become the staple of Hillsman’s offensive game plan was in perfect form during the team’s final home game of the regular season. Alexander and Hemingway combined for 32 of the Orange’s points as 1,034 watched this tandem almost singlehandedly bring down Providence (12-15, 5-10 Big East).

The pair of post players made their presence felt from the outset. The team’s second possession saw both Alexander and Hemingway collect offensive rebounds before the former converted a layup to put Syracuse (21-7, 9-6 Big East) on the board.

The next Orange basket came a little more than a minute later, when Hemingway caught a quick inbounds pass from Tasha Harris and converted an easy layup.

Those four points foreshadowed the theme of what became a two-man offensive game.

“We did an awesome job throwing the ball inside,” Hillsman said. “(The guards have) been very unselfish throwing the ball to Iasia in the high post. And Iasia’s been very unselfish turning around and looking for Kayla.”

Though the plan of getting the ball to Hemingway and Alexander was simple enough, Syracuse found different ways to do so to kept the Friars off balance.

One possession featured the high-low pass from Hemingway at the free-throw line to Alexander in the paint for an easy layup. The next opportunity was a fast break during which either player ran right to the rim, eyes looking back to the SU guards to receive a pass.

The latter is something Syracuse point guard Erica Morrow said runs through the mind of all the Orange’s guards.

“When we work on our transition offense, our first look is up the floor,” Morrow said. “We try to emphasize running our lanes and the four or five running to the basket and getting early

ashli truchon | staff photographer kayla Alexander goes up for a layup in Syracuse’s 63-47 win over Providence on Saturday at the Carrier Dome. Alexander had 18 points, six rebounds and five blocks. position. That’s one of the toughest places to guard in transition.”

The Friars’ lack of size only compounded their woes defensively. Providence didn’t have a true center on the floor to start the game, and Alexander and Hemingway lit up the middle for 30 points in the paint by the time the final whistle sounded.

Head coach Phil Seymore attributed his team’s struggles to a lack of depth at the frontcourt position and the absence of quality reserves off the bench.

“We don’t have a lot of depth there and some inexperience,” Seymore said. “Whenever that happens, we might be stopping them for a little while, but after a while it starts to work for them.”

It worked to the tune of 51 percent of Syracuse’s total points.

Eventually, though, the rest of the Orange chipped in. Erica Morrow and Carmen TysonThomas each added eight, but only Alexander and Hemingway logged double-digit performances.

The lack of production from his guards

doesn’t concern Hillsman, however. The trio of Morrow, Harris and Elashier Hall combined for only 15 points, but they tallied 12 total assists and committed only two turnovers among them.

That 6-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio is what allows Hemingway (14 points) and Alexander (18 points) to be so successful, Hillsman said.

The post players can’t thrive unless they receive good entry passes.

And Saturday, they got them. The bulk of Alexander’s points required her to do nothing more than catch and throw up an easy layup or soft hook shot. The passes and her positioning did the rest.

“When you look at Kayla, she’s not one that’s screaming and begging for the ball,” Hillsman said. “But it seems like they’re doing the screaming and begging for her by saying, ‘You’re going to take it, you’re going to shoot it.’

“They’re doing a very good job of saying whether you want it or not, we’re throwing it to you.” mjcohe02@syr.edu

Orange heads to UConn facing near-impossible odds in finale

By Mark Cooper Asst. Sports Editor

After Saturday’s loss to Syracuse, Providence head coach Phil Seymore said emphatically that the Orange was a lock to be in the NCAA tournament field.

Seymore said he didn’t see a way Syracuse could be denied.

The Orange had just dominated the Who: Connecticut Where: Gampel Pavilion Friars 63-47 for its fifth straight Big When: Today, 7:30 p.m.

East win — a feat difficult enough that it was the first time SU had done so in 20-plus years.

And Seymore wasn’t sugarcoating his answer about whether or not SU belongs in the tournament.

“Definitely, yeah, no question they are,” Seymore said. “You know, the league is tough, so you can take some losses in it. But they won enough games in nonconference, and they beat some pretty good teams.”

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what should be a sold-out Gampel Pavilion. The team is preparing for a near-impossible game to win against the No. 1 team in the nation on UConn star Maya Moore’s Senior Night.

“It’s a tough game to play them on opening night,” SU head coach Quentin Hillsman said.

“It doesn’t matter when you play them. UConn’s a very good basketball team, and they have great players.”

Syracuse is in a three-way tie for seventh in the Big East standings, so the final game against UConn does have some implications. A win or loss could be the difference in whether the Orange receives a bye — the top eight seeds get a first-round bye.

But if the Orange loses to the Huskies — and all but Stanford have lost to the Huskies this season — it probably won’t deter SU’s NCAA tournament hopes. Syracuse was a No. 9 seed in ESPN’s last Bracketology on Feb. 21. The Orange could be even higher in the next edition, as it won both games this week.

“No matter what happens from this point on,” Hillsman said, “we finished winning five out of our last seven. If we lose (at UConn), and we lose in the first round of the Big East tourna-

ment, we’ve won five of our last seven.

“And it’s hard to keep a team out of the tournament when they close the season like that.”

Syracuse hasn’t had much success against Connecticut and head coach Geno Auriemma.

The Orange lost to the Huskies by 21 last year in the Carrier Dome in a decent showing. UConn also dashed Syracuse’s tournament hopes last season by beating the Orange 77-41 in the Big East tournament.

Three years ago, SU played the Huskies tough, losing just 65-59. But the next year, in a controversial game that involved a Nicole Michael tripping incident, UConn asserted its dominance in a 107-54 rout.

Syracuse assistant coach Rick Moody said he was watching tape of the Huskies earlier in the week when he was pulled out of the room to speak to a television reporter.

And it was a good thing Moody had to step away.

“I was just about to puke,” Moody said. “The one thing I know about Connecticut is this: I have so much respect for Geno. … When I watch them, the thing that separates them from 90 percent, if not 95 percent, of the other teams in

this country is how hard they play.”

Moody singled out Moore. The National Player of the Year frontrunner leads the Huskies with 23.4 points per game, but Moody didn’t mention that. He singled her out for her effort. He said the way she takes charges and dives across the floor for loose balls rubs off on the rest of her team.

“Geno demands that out of them, and he gets that out of them,” Moody said. “It’s kind of scary.”

Hillsman said after the Providence win that his team will go to Storrs, Conn., looking to win.

There is no intimidation factor, as evidenced by the tussles between these two teams in recent seasons.

If Seymore is right, this will be a game between two NCAA tournament teams. For Syracuse, it will match UConn’s immense effort that Moody talked about in order to stay in the game.

“They’re going to bring intensity,” Moody said. “We match that intensity and then play very intelligent basketball, and if we do that, we do it long enough, meaning all 40 minutes, and we have a game plan the kids trust and then execute that game plan, then who knows.” mcooperj@syr.edu

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Without leader Wright, Hoyas offense slips in final minutes

By Andrew L. John Staff Writer

WASHINGTON — This version of Syracuse vs. Georgetown was supposed to be about two rival teams surging, led by two of the top point guards in the Big East.

Instead, Georgetown had just two days to strategize for Syracuse after its floor leader, Chris Wright, underwent surgery on his left hand Thursday. And all Wright could do was watch as SU point guard Scoop Jardine stole the show and guided the Orange to a 58-51 victory inside the Verizon Center.

“It was tough,” Wright said. “I didn’t want to miss games, but I was just there trying to support my team and do whatever I can.”

Wright broke the metacarpal bone in his left, nonshooting hand when he collided with Cincinnati guard Cashmere Wright in a loss to the Bearcats. Ruled out for the final home game of his career at Georgetown, Wright was relegated to the end of the Hoyas bench with his hand wrapped in a soft cast.

There wasn’t much he could do.

“Chris Wright is their leader. He gets their offense going,” Jardine said. “It hurts them a lot.

I feel bad for him seeing him there, and I know he wanted to play in this game. It hurts them a whole lot.”

As Georgetown’s second-leading scorer, Wright is averaging 13.1 points and 5.4 assists

on the season. But during the three games prior to his injury, the senior scored 21.7 points per game and was a major reason Georgetown won eight Big East games in a row.

In Wright’s absence, freshman Markel Starks was thrust into 24 minutes of action — more than twice as many minutes he has played in any league game this season. When Starks wasn’t on the floor, guards Jason Clark and Austin Freeman found themselves in the unfamiliar position of handling the ball and initiating the offense.

Although Georgetown hung around, riding a wave of emotion on Senior Day, Wright’s presence was noticeably absent from the game.

“Obviously Chris Wright not playing is a huge, huge thing,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said. “I hope he’s all right. I hope he can come back because Georgetown is obviously one of the best teams in our league when he’s playing. That’s a huge loss.”

Without Wright, Georgetown turned the ball over 16 times and scored its second-lowest point total of the season on 36 percent shooting. Its lowest point total came Thursday against Cincinnati, when Wright left the game early.

Though the Hoyas stayed in the contest and made their runs, the offense was clearly stagnant.

Down the stretch, when Georgetown needed a basket, it couldn’t seem to find any open looks and shot 0-for-5 from the field during the final 2:47.

mitchell franz | staff photographer Dion Waiters dribbles the ball past Georgetown’s Markel Starks in Syracuse’s 58-51 win on Saturday. Starks filled in for Chris Wright, who was out with a broken left hand.

“At points, we were holding the ball a bit too long looking for something,” Freeman said. “We were just looking for each other and holding the ball too long.”

With their biggest wave of momentum, the Hoyas took their second lead of the game with 10:00 left to play. But Jardine kept coming. SU subsequently reeled off a 9-1 run of its own, capped by a pull-up 3-pointer by Jardine at the top of the key to give the Orange a six-point advantage.

Each time Georgetown made a serious run, Jardine and the Orange answered right back.

Jardine finished with a game-high 17 points and seven assists against the freshman Starks.

“He managed the game for them,” Georgetown head coach John Thompson III said. “He controlled the game for them, and then when we made a run, he answered with some key buckets.”

Georgetown now finds itself in an apparent freefall in the Big East standings after losing three of its last four games. But in the locker room after the game, Jardine was adamant Georgetown is still very much a contender in the conference.

Wright still may return for postseason play, and from where Jardine stood, the Hoyas aren’t hanging their heads after losing their leader.

“I don’t care of they’re good or they’re bad,

they’re still going to come out and play with everything they’ve got,” Jardine said. “They lost their leader, but they still came out and gave us their best shot.”

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When times got tough against Villanova, and then against Georgetown, it was Syracuse again making the plays at crunch time.

Through 30 games, Syracuse is the worst free-throw shooting team (65.7 percent) in the league. Yet the Orange made 8-of-10 inside the final minute against Villanova and Georgetown to seal the two victories.

“We knew what we had to do, and we went out and executed,” Joseph said. “We’ve overcome a lot, and we’re just trying to build momentum going into the tournament.”

Syracuse is far from playing mistake-free basketball, and even Boeheim has said recently that there’s still some work to be done. Still, there’s now evidence to suggest that although once wounded by the gantlet of the Big East, Syracuse is peaking at exactly the right time.

And now there’s no looking back. The bar has been raised again, and the team that started the season winning 18 in a row is re-emerging down the stretch.

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that seemed to be hitting the panic button just a week ago, it’s about as optimistic of a situation imaginable.

Boeheim warned those who were acting as though the season was already over. “The season is over when we’ve played 18 games in the league,” he said after Syracuse’s win over West Virginia on Feb. 14 as part of a defiant press conference.

After a rough patch, the Orange has now reeled off four consecutive wins, the secondlongest winning streak in the league.

“I never like to lose, and I don’t want to lose four in a row,” SU point guard Scoop Jardine said Saturday. “But I think that helped us. I think we really got to see who we were and see the things we have to work on to get better.”

It almost never happened, though. Syracuse almost lost at home on Feb. 19 against Big East bottom-feeder Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights took SU into overtime, where the Orange made the necessary plays to pull it out.

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box score Syracuse Player

Assists Rebounds Points

Jardine Jackson Triche Southerland Waiters Joseph Melo Moussa Keita Fair

7 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0

4 7 3 3 2 2 1 1 4

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Freeman Clark Starks Sims Lubick Vaughn Thompson Sanford Benimon

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2 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0

5 7 2 4 5 1 3 1 1

16 11 6 6 4 3 3 2 0

Andrew L. John is a staff writer at The Daily Orange, where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at aljohn@syr.edu.

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two-point second-half lead over Syracuse.

One possession earlier, Georgetown forward Nate Lubick tied the score with a backdoor cut in the Hoyas’ bread-and-butter Princeton offense. Lubick gave his team a lead for the fi rst time since the 19:11 mark of the fi rst half.

A lot had changed since Jackson’s emphatic dunk at the 17:30 mark of the second half gave the Orange a commanding 12-point advantage.

“We just had to keep our composure,” said SU forward James Southerland, who had nine points on the day. “No one getting down. Keep attacking. Keep going hard.”

And on the very next possession, Syracuse got back to its own bread and butter with its transition offense, led by Jardine and freshman guard Dion Waiters. Waiters grabbed a rebound off a Markel Starks’ missed 3-pointer and streaked up the floor. Jardine ran right alongside. And Waiters found Jardine streaking on the left. He pulled up for a jumper to tie the game back up at 45-45.

From there, Jardine took over. He scored seven of his 17 points in the crucial end-of-game stretch to pull the Orange back ahead.

After SU took a 47-45 lead on a Jackson layup, Jardine arched a shot over a Georgetown defender to put the Orange up three. On the next possession, he started out in transition.

Dribbling up, he stopped at the top of the key and nailed a 3-pointer.

“They were rhythm shots,” Jardine said.

“They were playground shots I knew we needed at that time. And I took it upon myself to take them.”

Those playground shots shifted the balance from the first 13 minutes of the half, when the Hoyas took control and crept back from a double-digit deficit. They did so by stopping an SU transition attack that led the Orange to a 33-23 halftime lead. The Orange scored 14 of its 33 first-half points on the fast break.

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JIM BOEHEIM speaks to an official in Syracuse’s win over Georgetown on Saturday. Led by point guard Scoop Jardine, SU fought off a Georgetown comeback attempt in the second half, when the Hoyas took a 45-43 lead. The Orange regained the lead to win. shots. The Hoyas shot 5-of-13 from beyond the arc in the second half, compared to just 2-of-12 (16.7 percent) in the first. And Syracuse couldn’t create turnovers or get out to quick possession starts off rebounds.

“In the first half, they were more conservative,” SU guard Brandon Triche said. “In the second half, they knew they needed to shoot.

So they started shooting them, and their guys made them. But we made plays when we needed to win.”

The two biggest of those plays, SU head coach Jim Boeheim said, came from his point guard Jardine. And for Jackson, Jardine is the person the Orange looks to in tough situations.

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“You look for your point guard to get into those gaps and find guys that are open,” Jackson said. “I think he did a great job of that. … Guys tend to step off him, and that opens up the midrange for him to get those shots. And he made them.” bplogiur@syr.edu

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“They were rhythm shots. They were playground shots I knew we needed at that time. And I took it upon myself to take them.”

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The number of 3-pointers Georgetown attempted in its 58-51 loss to SU on Saturday. That number accounted for half of the Hoyas’ total shots. Georgetown made just seven of those 25 attempts.

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Scoop Jardine Jardine followed up a stellar effort at Villanova with another big game on the road. He hit three clutch shots in the final 10 minutes against Georgetown to help the Orange stave off a second-half Hoyas run. He led Syracuse with 17 points.

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With Georgetown down 54-51, SU forward Kris Joseph partially blocks Jason Clark’s tying 3-point attempt. Brandon Triche grabbed the loose ball and hit two free throws to all but seal the victory.

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Starting in place of injured point guard Chris Wright, Thompson couldn’t pick up the slack. He shot 0-of5 from the field, including 0-of-4 from beyond the arc as Georgetown struggled collectively on the offensive end.

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After quick start, SU offense struggles in rest of victory

By Zach Brown STAFF WRITER

Syracuse took possession with about 50 seconds left in the third quarter and held for what it hoped would be the last shot.

As the clock ticked down to 20 seconds, senior midfielder Jovan Miller started his run near midfield.

Once the help came from an Army defender to cut Miller off, he dished the ball to junior attack Tim Desko behind the net. Desko worked his way out front with the clock dipping below 10 seconds. Army sent a double team at him, eventually popping the ball free.

SU senior attack Stephen Keogh scooped up the loose ball on the right side with three seconds left. He sent a desperation pass behind his back to the front of the crease. But the buzzer sounded as the pass fell harmlessly to the Carrier Dome turf.

And that failed possession epitomized the Orange’s offense for much of its 11-9 win over the Black Knights on Sunday in the Dome. After scoring seven goals in less than 12 minutes to open the game, SU mustered four scores the rest of the contest. It endured a scoreless stretch that lasted just less than 27 minutes. The Orange tallied four shots on goal after halftime.

“I think we came out in the second half impatient,” head coach John Desko said. “I thought that we wanted to make something happen right away and maybe relaxed a little too much looking at the scoreboard.”

The offense’s struggles started in the second quarter when Army switched to a zone defense.

That helped the Black Knights slow the pace of the game more to their style of play, as the Orange couldn’t find the back of the net with its shots.

After scoring seven goals on nine shots in the first quarter, SU tallied two on 16 shots in the second. Only half of those attempts were on target, and by then John Desko felt Army goaltender

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defense clamped down on the Army offense, not giving the Black Knights any free shots or easy assists. Army only took one shot in the first quarter, while Syracuse took nine.

“I think the guys came out excited to play, as we all saw,” Desko said. “Really up-tempo, we won faceoffs, created some unsettled situations.

I thought we shot the ball well, especially in the first quarter.”

Midfielder JoJo Marasco put Syracuse on the board early, scoring at 14:34 off an errant shot by attack Tim Desko. Marasco picked up Desko’s shot as it rolled past the goal, then ran around from behind the net and shot it while diving to

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The number of goals SU scored in the first quarter en route to a 7-1 lead after the period ended. The seven were the most the Orange has scored in a quarter this season.

Quick start

Syracuse scored early and often in the first quarter, jumping out to a 7-0 lead and holding an 8-1 lead in the middle of the second quarter. JoJo Marasco and Tim Desko scored two goals each in the first quarter.

Tom Palesky started seeing the ball better.

The Orange still managed to take a 9-3 lead into halftime. But it started falling apart right out of the break.

“We became less patient,” sophomore attack JoJo Marasco said. “Once we would get the ball, we’d try to go to the goal right away. We’d get it around maybe once, and we thought we had a couple opportunities. We need to take high percentage shots, and we weren’t taking them.”

Syracuse’s first possession of the third quarter ended with an offside violation. Its second ended with an Army goal.

Keogh started the possession with a shot from the middle that Palesky deflected out of bounds. SU kept the ball, and the Orange then worked the ball around for nearly two minutes.

Senior midfielder Josh Amidon finally got a look from the middle of the zone. But as he wound up for a shot, the ball popped out of his stick into the air. Black Knights midfielder Brandon Butler scooped it up and took off the other way. He sped down the right side and bounced a shot past Syracuse goalie John Galloway to put the score at 9-4.

Fortunately for SU, that was the only goal Army scored in the third. But as the Orange offense continued to sputter, its defense finally started to give way, allowing the Black Knights to storm back.

“It’s really frustrating for them to get back in the game like that,” Tim Desko said. “And how well we played in the first half, we couldn’t keep that up.”

As Army’s offense began to click, Syracuse still couldn’t find any rhythm. After the Black Knights pulled within four, Desko was stripped coming out from behind the goal. Army scooped up the loose ball and turned it into a goal a minute later.

The Orange again took possession with the

score at 9-6. But Palesky made a kick save on a Marasco shot, and Army converted again with a goal about 30 seconds later.

SU did manage to end the scoring drought with two late goals and hold off the Black Knights’ comeback attempt. But it was the

offense’s disappearance that allowed Army to claw its way back in the first place.

“It was frustrating, but we’d like to be more patient on offense in the second half,” Tim Desko said. “We weren’t doing that.”

the ground right outside the crease.

Syracuse scored six more times in the quarter, while Army had only one goal. The Orange had a commanding 7-1 lead, and it seemed all but certain SU was cruising for an easy victory. But then Army slowed down Syracuse by switching to a zone defense, and offensive struggles set in for the Orange. And those struggles lasted two quarters.

“They started to have the ball a lot more than us,” Marasco said. “We finally settled down, and we got that final goal.”

SU scored only twice in the second period and failed to find the back of the net for the entire third. Syracuse’s offense became nearly nonexistent, rushing shots and turning the ball over.

But while SU struggled to score in the third period, Army struggled nearly as much.

The Black Knights took seven shots but got the ball past Orange goalie John Galloway only once.

If the Syracuse defense didn’t stop Army in the third quarter, when SU’s offense never scored, another upset would’ve been nearly inevitable.

“Our defense knew that our offense took care of us in the first half,” Galloway said. “For the third period, when the Army defense put a wall up, our defense knew that it was our turn.”

The defense didn’t have much of a choice.

Syracuse had to hold Army where it was.

Especially considering Army put together a run in the fourth quarter that almost spelled disaster for Syracuse.

Army scored about five minutes into the period, when Black Knight midfielder Pat Brennan pulled away from Orange midfielder Josh Amidon and ripped a shot on the run from eight

yards out. The Black Knights followed that up with two more goals. All of a sudden, Syracuse’s comfortable lead was almost gone. Army was right back within striking distance.

Tim Desko broke a near nine-minute scoreless drought for Syracuse when he fought around Army defender Matthew Marasco and scored from about five yards out. That put SU up 10-7, but Army responded three minutes later with two straight goals to pull within one.

Jeremy Thompson scored with 1:06 left to put SU up 11-9, a goal Syracuse needed to cap the win. One that Syracuse came very close to not getting.

“Fortunately, we came alive at the end of the fourth,” Desko said. “We were able to put a couple more goals in to seal the deal.”

THE BAD SU’s near-collapse

The Orange almost lost to the team that knocked SU out of the NCAA tournament a year ago once again, blowing an early seven-goal advantage. The Black Knights got within one goal with 2:15 remaining, but Jeremy Thompson’s late goal saved the Orange from a mess.

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“Our defense knew that our offense took care of us in the first half. For the third period, when the Army defense put a wall up, our defense knew that it was our turn.”

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Third-quarter drought

Syracuse and Army combined for just one goal between the two in the third quarter, a goal by Army’s Brandon Butler with 9:18 remaining. After Syracuse jumped out to a hot start offensively, the Orange offense stalled after the half.

FAT LADY SINGS 1:06, Fourth quarter

Jeremy Thompson’s goal puts Syracuse up 11-9 with a goal off of a feed from JoJo Marasco. The goal allowed SU to stave off a relentless Army comeback in the fourth quarter.

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Behind Jardine’s big game, SU edges rival Georgetown on road

By Brett LoGiurato

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mitchell franz | staff photographer SCOOP JARDINE sets up a play during Syracuse’s 58-51 win over Georgetown on Saturday. Jardine had a game-high 17 points with seven rebounds. The point guard scored seven points in the final 10 minutes.

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ASHINGTON — Because he’s known Scoop Jardine since the seventh grade, Rick Jackson sees what Jardine refers to as “playground shots” often. Playground shots like the 15-foot turnaround high-arch that swooshed into the basket Saturday or the gutsy 3-pointer right in the face of Georgetown’s Julian Vaughn.

“I think he just got comfortable,” Jackson said. “He found a rhythm.

When a guy finds a rhythm, it’s hard to stop him. That’s what happened today.”

After leading Syracuse’s potent transition attack to near perfection in the first half, Jardine turned the Verizon Center court into his playground late in the second half as well. He had 17 points and seven assists orchestrating the SU offense, and his three late clutch shots helped the Orange (24-6, 11-6 Big East) hold on to a 58-51 win

against No. 11 Georgetown (21-8, 10-7) in front of 20,276. The crowd was the largest ever for a Georgetown game in the Verizon Center.

The win was No. 17 Syracuse’s fourth straight and second consecutive on the road against a ranked team. And it inched the Orange closer to a potential top-four spot in the Big East and double-bye in the conference tournament.

And it couldn’t have happened without Jardine’s heroics.

“He made some big shots,” Georgetown head coach John Thompson III said. “We made a run, and he hit one or two 3s. Those were big shots for them.”

Those baskets came on the heels of a very different scene a couple of minutes earlier. A scene that featured Austin Freeman high-stepping his way down the court at the end of a seismic shift that gave Georgetown a SEE GEORGETOWN PAGE 17

Two weeks after panic, SU hits stride at right time due to clutch late play

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ASHINGTON — When Syracuse traveled to Philadelphia on Feb. 21 to take on Villanova, it was smack dab in the middle of the Big East — seventh in the conference with three games to play. It wasn’t where most thought it would be after going more than two months into the season with an unblemished record.

After winning four of its last 10 games, Syracuse took to the road for

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goin’ hog wild consecutive games against nationally ranked teams ahead of the Orange in the league’s pecking order.

Now, just a week later, after road wins against Villanova and Georgetown, Syracuse might be the hottest team in the conference. Rolling on a four-game winning streak, the Orange has sole possession of fi fth place, with a chance to finish as high as second in the standings.

The final stretch of the regular season sounds like an ideal time to hit a stride. And it’s all because Syracuse is finally making the key plays

down the stretch.

“This was a big win because of how close everybody is in the standings,” Kris Joseph said after SU’s win over Villanova. “We needed this one, and we’re not done. We’re looking for a few more.”

After Syracuse’s win over Georgetown on Saturday, Jim Boeheim’s squad is sitting pretty. Assuming SU takes care of DePaul in its final regular-season game inside the Carrier Dome, it can finish no worse than

fi fth in the Big East.

Since it beat St. John’s and Notre Dame — two of the four teams currently ahead of SU in the standings — earlier this season, the Orange holds the tiebreaker if the Red Storm loses one or Notre Dame loses both of its final two games.

Finishing fourth would guarantee Syracuse a double-bye in the upcoming Big East tournament. For a team SEE JOHN PAGE 16

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PREEMPTIVE STRIKE

SU scores 7 in 1st, holds off Army to avenge tournament loss

By Chris Iseman

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yracuse sent the message early.

Army wasn’t leaving the Carrier Dome with another win. Not this time. The Orange wouldn’t let it happen and took SYRACUSE 11 command of game early.

ARMY 9 the And for SU, it’s a good thing it pulled away quickly.

Army made a comeback bid that

had another upset looking increasingly possible.

“Fortunately, we got off to a very good start against West Point,” SU head coach John Desko said. “Which is a good way to play them if it can happen.”

Syracuse found a way to hold the lead over Army and fought off the comeback attempt for an 11-9 win in front of 4,443 inside the Dome. The No. 1 Orange (2-0) went on a scoring

run in the first quarter that proved to be the deciding factor in the game.

Syracuse started to struggle after the quarter, though, while No. 17 Army (1-2) came alive. For the Orange, that early scoring run and a third-quarter defensive stop was just enough to halt the Black Knights.

In the game’s early stages, everything came together for the Orange on both ends of the field. The Syracuse

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aaron katchen | staff photographer TIM DESKO makes a move toward the net in Syracuse’s 11-9 win over Army on Sunday at the Carrier Dome. The Orange fought off a comeback by the Black Knights in the fourth quarter to avoid an upset loss.