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O • Pulling the plug

Pop culture columnist CassieLee Grimaldi discusses why long-running TV shows are hurting networks. Page 4

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S • Adopting to change

Syracuse holds a special place in the hearts of these alumni sweethearts. Page 11

Syracuse guard Rachel Coffey closes out a superb career after a tumultuous, difficult upbringing. Page 24

Inconvenient truth

Whistleblowers to visit SU as part of nationwide tour to discuss value of diligence

Miner to speak at Elect Her

By Brett Samuels asst. news editor

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner will serve as the keynote speaker for the Elect Her initiative, which will take place on the Syracuse University campus on April 5.

Elect Her is a program that encourages and trains college women for student government and future political office. It aims to reduce the gender gap in political leadership, according to the organization’s website.

The group will hold a training seminar at SU in Hall of Languages room 500, said Allie Curtis, a Student Association representative who helped organize the event.

Curtis said she got in contact with the mayor’s office, putting in a request see elect

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Library hosts room dedication Syverud speaks at event for renewed Carnegie Library Reading Room

By Jacob Pramuk asst. news editor

By Anna Merod staff writer

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hen Jon Oberg was a researcher for the U.S. Department of Education, he noticed that student loan lending companies were illegally collecting millions of taxpayer dollars.

He knew they were wrong and he knew he needed to do something.

The Department of Education said the agency could do nothing to stop the companies. Because it failed to hold the lending companies accountable for their actions, Oberg said he reported the

case to the Inspector General, the Government Accountability Office and Congress.

Soon enough, Congress cut off the subsidies that wasted taxpayers’ money, Oberg said. However, he added, no effort was made to reclaim the illegal subsidies that were collected before Con-

gress’ regulation.

“In my opinion, the department didn’t do enough to recover the illegal payments. Congress only stopped it prospectively,” Oberg said.

Oberg and four other whistleblowers will speak at see whistleblowers page 9

Kent Syverud “sprinted” into Carnegie Library while exploring buildings on his first morning as Syracuse University’s chancellor Jan. 13. The beauty of the library’s high-ceilinged Reading Room immediately impressed him.

At the time, Syverud was unaware that the building had undergone renovations after falling into disrepair in recent decades. The front doors he had just walked through had been sealed for more than 30 years.

“For decades the front door was see carnegie page 8

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TATTOO tuesday | duane ford

Author inspires meaningful body art

By Naomi Falk staff writer

Still a work in progress, Duane Ford’s tattoo pays homage to his favorite author, the late David Foster Wallace.

During his senior year of high school, the junior political science major read Wallace’s speech “This Is Water.” Though he initially appreciated the speech, realizing its striking construction and rhetorical value, it wasn’t until college that his fascination with the author blossomed.

“After I graduated, I got really into it. I read it again, and it really resonated with me,” Ford explained.

He got the first portion of the tattoo on the right side of his chest at Extreme Graphix Tattoo Shop in Rochester, N.Y. It reads “This Is Water.”

The font, a deliberate decision, flows airily and gracefully with the words placed atop on another.

“There’s a feeling that this kind of script gives me. When I see it, it doesn’t seem like just words,” Ford said.

The second time he went to the

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parlor, he emerged with a black koi fish. He plans to fill it in, deepening the shading and body color of the koi while still maintaining the intricate shape and movement of the scales.

The fish swims symbolically upstream, upholding a characteristic that Ford deeply values.

“It’s working towards something,” he said. “It’s going upstream against the grain.”

In Wallace’s speech, he describes two fish in his opening anecdote; thus, Ford plans to get another fish alongside the first to complete the piece.

Being a Pisces, he will arrange them in the manner of the astrological symbol.

After having spent a few sessions in the tattoo parlor, Ford understands the increasing popularity of tattoo culture as indicative of striking social change.

Said Ford: “It shows that you don’t have to be this robot suit-and-tie, going in and out of work every day.

You can have some individuality, and that’s becoming more accepted.” ncfalk@syr.edu

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In a March 17 article titled “Another year wiser: On his 80th birthday, maintenance man reflects on his work, life in Syracuse,” Lonnie Reeder’s age was misstated. Reeder is 90 years old. The Daily Orange regrets this error.

In the same article, the time period Reeder went to school was unclear.

Reeder went to school around the same time as Jim Brown.

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Not only is Pat Driscoll the director of operations at Say Yes to Education Syracuse, but he is also an NCAA referee. See Wednesday’s paper.

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@AllieCurtisSA Thrilled to announce that Syracuse’s own Mayor Stephanie Miner will be the keynote speaker at #ElectHer!

91 percent The portion of Syracuse’s population for whom poverty is determined, according to New York State Community Action Association.

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UPSTATE holds I-81 competition School of Architecture group receives entries for urban rest stop design

By Claire Moran staff writer

Student group aims to curb Syracuse poverty ON THE RISE In 2013, the poverty rate in Syracuse was more than twice as high as Onondaga County’s poverty rate.

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After aiding the elderly and homeless during Spring Break in Washington, D.C., Syracuse University students now hope to lend a hand in Syracuse.

Students who went on an alternative Spring Break trip are forming a group called Power in Numbers. The organization wants to raise awareness and help end hunger and homelessness in the area, said Chantal Perets, a sophomore psychology and public relations major.

On any given day in Onondaga County, more than 424 individuals and families are homeless and reside in shelters, according to the Housing and Homeless Coalition of Syracuse and Onondaga County.

More than 1,700 young people in Onondaga County do not have a permanent home.

Perets said she and others were inspired by the trip to bring change

in the Syracuse community.

“We want to bring awareness of the cause to Syracuse and do what we can for the Syracuse community because we learned that when you

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have a large group of people motivated and interested in making a difference, it becomes really easy to make that difference,” she said.

In 2013, the city of Syracuse’s poverty rate was 34.3 percent, according to the New York State Community Action Association’s poverty report. Forty-nine percent of children in Syracuse also live below the poverty line, compared to Buffalo’s 46 percent and Rochester’s 50.4 percent.

While in D.C., students took the opportunity to connect with the homeless. Kyle Wilkinson, a senior environmental policies, planning and law student at SUNY-ESF, said when the students went to the D.C. Central Kitchen, the students cooked and ate meals with homeless people.

Wilkinson said the people at the kitchen are constantly ignored and neglected.

“Some of them were even saying, ‘Wow, this is really amazing. I’m

actually having an intelligent conversation with somebody who sees me for who I am,’” he said.

Perets and other students said they have noticed a problem with the perception of homeless people in the Syracuse community. Perets said there is “definitely a stigma” and negative connotation about homelessness.

“I think people make stereo-

HARD TIMES • 37.6 percent of female-headed households with children live in poverty in New York State.

• The unemployment rate in Syracuse is 8.9 percent, while Upstate New York’s unemployment rate is 7 percent. source: new york state community action association

types, like the money that they are asking for are being used for drugs, but the thing is, you learn to break down those stereotypes and stigmas see homelessness page 8

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state by state New York The New York State Senate voted down the DREAM Act on Monday. The bill would expand tuition assistance to children of illegal immigrants for DREAM Act (dollars)

A Food Services worker at Ernie Davis Dining Hall lays out shamrock cookies on a table decorated to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The table had Irish soda bread, mint ice cream, brownies, Lucky Charms Rice Krispy Treat and shamrock-shaped cookies. All of the workers wore green shamrock beads, while the dining hall had shamrocks decorated throughout the dining hall area. Students, staff, faculty and Syracuse residents took part in other St. Patrick’s Day celebrations such as the parade downtown on Saturday. Despite below freezing temperatures, 20,000 residents attended. Duriing the parade, 139 groups performed.

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After crossing the dangerous Interstate 81, pedestrians often have to walk under the highway overpass on a dark, gloomy passageway.

But the passageway may soon become an inviting space for pedestrians with changes to its design and functionality.

UPSTATE, a part of Syracuse University’s School of Architecture, is hosting a contest to create an “urban rest stop” beneath the viaduct where I-81 meets the Connective Corridor, according to a document from the competition. The temporary urban rest stop would display artwork, lighting and mobile facilities as a way for travelers and residents to engage with Syracuse’s culture.

Marc Norman, the director of the UPSTATE competition, said that the project will show that the highway “can be not just a barrier, but a connector.”

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Crowdfunding serves as modern, Long-running TV shows hurt innovative form of investment network’s content, creativity

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f you’re a college student or recent graduate, you’ve probably been asked by a friend or acquaintance to help fund a project on a crowdfunding platform.

On March 3, Kickstarter surpassed $1 billion in pledges for created projects in total.

That’s a lot of donated money, considering it launched in 2009. If you do the math, that’s $200 million a year. With the success of 57,979 projects so far, according to Kickstarter’s website, crowdfunding has slowly transitioned from an under-the-radar concept to a mainstream way to start creative projects.

Whether the project is launched through Kickstarter, or other crowdfunding sites like IndieGogo, or GoFundMe, it’s no longer an anomaly to reach out to the online community for money. Crowdfunding is now the new normal — and it’s benefitting millennials the most.

Generally speaking, Gen Y is strapped for cash. The growing popularity of crowdfunding among millennials is due to the fact that it’s a successful way to get funding for a project without having to reach out to larger companies for investment. On an individual scale, we’re seeing ideas turned into physical products. In a broader sense, crowdfunding has created a network of entrepreneurs and artists that’s encouraging more and more creativity among our generation.

Though the ages of the creators vary, our generation is right in the middle of this concept that fosters innovation. Go to Kickstarter.com and you can browse a catalog of projects divided into different categories.

Kickstarter also curates a page of Staff Picks and Most Popular, in order to drive traffic to a variety of projects. As of March 17, the most popular projects on Kickstarter include albums, an illustration book, a coffee shop and a library designed by 108 eighth grade students from Berkeley, CA. But Kickstarter isn’t just for the average Joe. After the campaign for the Veronica Mars Movie attracted 91,585 backers and

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raised $5.7 million last year, the actual movie was released a few days ago on March 14. The highly publicized campaign brought Kickstarter even further into the public eye and proved crowdfunding as the new way to launch a project, by involving supporters in the process from beginning to end while creating a stronger fan base.

For those raising money for a cause, crowdfunding has also become the norm.

Because of Kickstarter’s strict guidelines on approving projects—they require an actual product to be created—charities and causes can be found on IndieGogo and GoFundMe. Like Kickstarter, you can look through campaigns and contribute to what’s important to you. Our generation has the opportunity to look through an archive of causes, giving us the opportunity to make a difference even if it’s not our own project.

Crowdfunding is used by people of all ages, but millennials stand to gain more than just a successfully funded project. We’re experiencing a time when we can browse through tech products, films, albums, magazines and charities and be a part of their success.

Crowdfunding as the new normal enables opportunity, promoting creativity and innovation by showing how possible it is to follow through with an idea.

The effect this will have on our generation is lasting. We will continue launching products and starting causes because now we know that if we have a good idea, there are probably a lot of people willing to back it up.

Kate Beckman is a freshman magazine journalism major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at kebeckma@syr.edu and followed on Twitter at @Kate_Beckman.

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ith media as the U.S.’s largest export, television is truly America’s art form. Scholars and critics of pop culture alike have said TV has gone through golden ages, and many agree that we’re currently in another golden age.

Between all the great shows, like “Breaking Bad” and “Game of Thrones,” along with countless cable channels slotted with derivative reality programming, there is bound to be some filler. However, all that filler exacerbated when network executives chose to renew lower quality shows, like “Glee,” “The Big Bang Theory” and crime procedurals like “CSI” for multiple seasons at a time.

This practice is called long-term renewal.

On March 12, “The Big Bang Theory” was renewed for an additional three seasons, and “Glee” for two more seasons, mainly due to both of their repeated successes in bringing in Nielsen ratings.

High ratings are usually directly correlated with high ad sales and the more money a show makes from ads, the more inclined executives are to keep it on air. From a business standpoint, this makes total sense, but as a TV lover and hopeless romantic for the storytelling art form, it makes me cringe.

Despite my sentiments, there is a touch of pragmatism in my argument. With online, “over-the-top,” and other forms of alternative viewing on the rise, live viewing is on a definite downswing. So how much do Nielsen ratings actually mean and are the ads that companies pay for actually reaching consumers if everyone just watches the next day on Hulu? The answers are still unclear.

The bottom line is that TV will become less profitable if the old business model doesn’t adapt. However, long-term renewals seem the opposite of an adaption and more of a reliance on the old ways of media.

Besides this practice being passé, it hurts emerging storytellers and the medium as a whole. “The Big Bang Theory” is one-note

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LIVING VICARIOUSLY THROUGH YOU and low concept — the jokes are stale and will only grow staler as three years inch on.

Who knows where “Glee” is going. These shows drone on and having no clear ending or resolution in mind. These examples prove that network shows are out of ideas.

Rather than rely on old tactics and old shows, networks should compete with services such as HBO and Netflix and take risks with their shows.

This worked in the 80s for NBC, which began the decade in last place out of all the networks. With the threat of cable encroaching on its territory, NBC was forced to innovate with high concept shows, with great writing, and cinematic qualities.

Shows like “Hill Street Blues” and “St. Elsewhere” upped the ante and established the high standard to which we hold shows today — not to mention, also put NBC back on top.

Great, high quality shows like the “The Walking Dead” and “Downtown Abbey” retain artistic integrity and are able to pull in sizeable audiences, in live viewings and on Netflix. These two shows are examples of innovation and diversity of the field. They are stark contrasts to derivative sitcoms, formulaic police shows and reality families that seem to clog up the TV Guide.

So rather than renewing shows, networks should be looking to fresh voices and innovative ideas to reinvigorate the airwaves.

Great shows will be the types that you see on TV, the kind that audiences will be dying to binge watch.

Cassie-lee Grimaldi is a senior television, radio and film major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at cgrimald@syr.edu and reached on Twitter @cassiegrimaldi.

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Republicans, Democrats need mutual respect for political progress

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ost in the news of missing planes and basketball, yet another Republican official completely abandoned his sense of professionalism in a public arena.

Between scandals like Chris Christie’s Bridgegate and questionable abortion quotes from men like Todd Akin, this seems to be a disconcerting habit that members of the GOP continue to display.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, demonstrated an unacceptable lack of respect for tradition, his colleagues and the entire Democratic Party in a March 5 committee hearing.

Elected officials are expected to maintain a certain standard of decency during their interactions with each other. Even the staunchest of political rivals understand the importance of mutual respect. Issa, however, disregarded these norms completely when he cut off Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) mid-sentence during the hearing.

At the hearing about the accusations of the Internal Revenue Services’ targeting specific individuals, Issa spent the majority

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of the time peppering Lois Lerner, a former IRS official, with questions. Lerner invoked her Fifth Amendment right against selfincrimination. Issa then promptly declared the hearing adjourned without ever giving the Democrats an opportunity to speak.

Cummings attempted to ask for a continuation of the hearing, but Issa refused and had Cummings’ microphone turned off mid-sentence. While the enraged Cummings continued to speak, Issa led the rest of the Republicans on the board out of the room.

Issa has singlehandedly fueled the IRS investigation for months. He claimed to have evidence showing that the IRS’ actions were really an attempt by President Barack Obama to silence conservative critics. Cummings, on the other hand, said he has evidence against Issa’s claim. This could have been a factor in Issa’s decision to silence Cummings

at the committee hearing.

The blatant disrespect caused several Democratic officials to call for Issa’s removal as committee chairman. Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (D-Ohio) wrote a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) calling Issa “a disgrace” and maintaining that he “should not be allowed to continue in a leadership role.”

Boehner, however, backed Issa’s position as chairman. While Boehner’s statement didn’t explicitly defend Issa’s actions, it established overall support for the controversial committee chairman. Democrats are universally offended by Issa’s behavior and the House Rules Committee has “absolutely reached a boiling point,” Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY) said, according to a March 6 Washington Post article.

In the aftermath of Issa’s actions, some Republicans have complained that focusing on the conflict between Issa and Cummings is distracting people from the content of the hearing itself. They’ve been raising concerns about Lerner’s reluctance to answer the questions posed to her and claiming that

Democrats are trying to divert attention to Issa’s poor conduct.

But the reality is that Cummings intended to ask about the possibility of having Lerner’s attorney speak for her. Had he been allowed to pose this suggestion, there’s a very good chance that more information would have been gleaned from Lerner and the Oversight Committee may have gotten some answers.

Instead, what resulted was another iteration of an incredible lack of professionalism on the part of a GOP official.

The larger issue here is that without at least a modicum of respect between opposing parties, bipartisan cooperation is almost impossible. Republicans can’t complain about Democrats’ unwillingness to work across the aisle if they continue to ridicule and disrespect them in such public settings.

If the officials of the GOP don’t realize this, they risk continuing to paint the entire party in a negative light.

Chris Piemonte is a senior political philosophy major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at cmpiemon@syr.edu.

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Panel provides valuable views on whistleblowing Whistleblowing has become a major subject of national debate recently, and students should be prepared if they ever find themselves in a similar situation.

The American Whistleblower Tour is making a stop at the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium on March 26. The event will have a panel of five whistleblowers discussing how whistleblowers should be treated, what a person can expect as a whistleblower and what he or she should do to prepare if he or she is ever in a situation that calls for whistleblowing.

Much of the media coverage about whistleblowers displays the repercussions, like the highly-profiled incarceration of Chelsea Manning and U.S. government’s treatment of Edward Snowden. Students should be made aware of the potential benefits that come as a result of whistleblowing, especially with incidents where the information revealed has helped students.

Jon Oberg, a researcher for the U.S. Department of Education and one of the speakers on the tour, for example, alerted officials after he noticed student loan-lending companies were illegally collecting millions of taxpayer dollars. The

kinds of acts that are being revealed on have serious consequences and can affect students.

The tour is focused on college campuses, which is smart because the students on campus today are the future leaders of the workforce. Students may one day encounter a similar situation in their future careers, and the panel would help students prepare for that. Students should know what to expect and how to protect themselves, if they ever do become whistleblowers — a lesson that may not be taught in a classroom.

Students could have a lot to gain as a result of whistleblowing, and should see both sides of the coin for this widely-debated issue. Still, it is important for students to be able to know the pros and cons of the decision, so they can evaluate whistleblowing for themselves.

It is good that the tour features five different speakers from a variety of industries, to show all the different kinds of whistleblowing and circumstances surrounding each of the incidents.

There are many factors that contribute to whistleblowing, and this panel helps students to form their own opinions on the issue.

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Week highlights professional fraternities The members of Phi Sigma Pi National Honors Fraternity, Delta Sigma Pi Business & Economics Fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity and Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity came together to form Syracuse’s first Professional Fraternity Council. The mission of this council is to promote professional, academic and community service involvement of the wider Syracuse University campus through events that showcase the excellence and intellectual diversity of the SU student body.

So how does the PFC start putting its excellence into practice this semester at SU? Through Professional Fraternity Week, from March 18–22. During this week, each fraternity will host an event that is representative of its core mission as well as engaging our student body. See a list of the events taking place below: Tuesday, March 18, 7 p.m. at

Whitman School of Management, Room 003 Alpha Kappa Psi Presents: A Conversation with Don Kelly Don Kelly, one of the nation’s best trial lawyers, will be speaking on white collar crime, criminal background checks, drug testing and how different things affect your ability to successfully make it in the corporate world.

Wednesday, March 19, 7:30 p.m. at Huntington Beard Crouse Hall, Gifford Auditorium Phi Sigma Pi Presents: Religion and Identity, Exploring Religion in the Context of our Daily Lives Join Phi Sigma Pi in a conversation on how Religion plays a role in on our daily lives whether we practice it or not. Syracuse religious leaders Mohamed Khater, Dr. Ethan Worthington and Rabbi Daniel Fellman will guide us through practices, core values, misconceptions and every day applications of their religions

guiding us towards a path of not only tolerance, but understanding.

Saturday, March 22, 1 p.m. at Hall of Languages Room 211 Alpha Phi Omega Presents: Relay for Life’s Minute-to-Win-it!

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Join Alpha Phi Omega in a minuteto-win-it tournament to beat cancer! Two dollars per person and you must register with a team of 2 to 4 in advance! Teams with the most points will get prizes! 100 percent of the donations will go to the Syracuse Relay for Life!

Be sure to save these dates! For more information on the PFC, Professional Fraternity Week, or anything else, please do not hesitate to contact Merlin Valdez at mrvaldez@syr.edu Merlin Valdez Communication and Rhetorical Studies ‘14 The members of the Professional Fraternity Council at Syracuse University

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tweet it out Here’s a look at what some people were saying during Monday’s meeting.

@PhilPorter13 “I’ve got my green tie and I’m ready for another Assembly Meeting! #samonday”

@katieh412 “Loved seeing @Living_SU at the @SAatSU meeting tonight! #greatpresentation #accessiblecampus”

@CStockdale1 “Who has two thumbs and was just elected as your new SA Newhouse Assembly Representative ? #thisgirl”

@Living_SU “@SAatSU Thank you for having us! We look forward to working with you all :)”

@LopezaDaniela “Thank you Living SU for coming and speaking to assembly today here at @SAatSU”

(From left to right) Jack harding, Marcelo fuentes and gabe shelton run for seats in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Harding and Shelton were elected to two of the empty seats.

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Assembly elects representatives, Finance Board members

By Jessica Iannetta staff writer

Student Association elected three assembly representatives and two Finance Board members during a series of uncontested elections at Monday night’s meeting.

Two students were elected to represent the College of Arts and Sciences and one student was elected to represent the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. As a result of these elections, there is now one spot open for an Arts and Sciences representative and no open spots for a Newhouse representative. The election of two Finance Board members leaves five vacancies on the board.

The first election of the night was for the three open Arts and Sciences seats. Jack Harding, a freshman political science and international relations major, Marcelo Fuentes, a sophomore economics and international relations major and Gabe Shelton, an undeclared freshman in Arts and Sciences ran for the open seats.

Harding, who is also a student representative in the University Senate, and Shelton were elected to fill two of the seats.

“I believe that at the end of the day, if you’re going to be involved you shouldn’t care about yourself,” Shelton told the assembly. “You

should always care about listening to others.”

Shelton and Harding both said they would like to join the Academic Affairs Committee. Fuentes, who wanted to join the Student Engagement Committee, was not elected to fill

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The Student Association is currently looking for students who want to serve on the Syracuse University Board of Trustees. SA is looking for a sophomore or junior to serve as the other student representative on the board alongside SA President Boris Gresely, said Adrianna Kam, chair of the Board of Elections and Memberships. Interested students should go to the Student Association offices to pick up a petition. Petitions are due on March 27.

the third seat. Several assembly members who had worked with Fuentes in other organizations expressed concern that he was involved in too many activities and would not be able to fully commit to SA. Charlotte Stockdale, a junior public relations major, ran uncontested for the last open Newhouse seat and was elected. Stockdale, who is also a staff writer for The Daily Orange, said she is pas-

sionate about her college and is eager to represent her fellow Newhouse students and professors.

In the final election of the night, Diane Choo, a junior marketing and finance major, and Mike Damico, a freshman advertising and finance major, were elected to the Finance Board. The Finance Board is the 12-member board in charge of reviewing applications for funding from student organizations.

Living SU

The assembly heard a presentation from organizers of Living SU, a multimedia campaign run by the Division of Student Affairs that works to connect students with events happening on campus. Living SU recently launched a website that aims to put all the events held by SU student organizations in one convenient place, said Jill Ouikahilo, communications director for Student Affairs.

Events that student organizations put on their OrgSync pages are automatically added to the Living SU website, Ouikahilo said. The website also has a section that incorporates social media streams from campus organizations and a blog about what students are doing on campus.

“We are not affiliated with any other college on campus. All we’re trying to do is make stu-

dents feel good and that’s what all our content’s about,” said Maryann Akinboyewa, a junior marketing and writing major who runs the Living SU blog. “It’s not about us, it’s about the students on this campus.”

Committee Reports

President Boris Gresely gave a brief report highlighting the various initiatives that the SA committees are working on. A few of the initiatives are as follows: • The Student Engagement Committee has created a survey to get feedback from students about the issue of self-segregation on campus and is currently working on creating a report on the results.

• The Student Life Committee has been focusing on the issue of transfer students not being able to participate in greek life until they have 12 SU credits.

• Academic Affairs is currently working on the idea of setting up a multicultural writing center where students could get help from graduate students when writing essays in languages other than English.

• The Public Relations Committee has been sharing stories about initiatives SA is working on through Twitter and Facebook posts.

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carnegie closed, and it was really on its way to being lost,” Syverud said.

On Monday afternoon, Syverud spoke between two gleaming columns, commending the Carnegie Library Reading Room’s appearance and function during its dedication. The Reading Room, which was restored to its original appearance to offer silent study space, opened Jan. 13 with an unofficial ribbon cutting ceremony after nearly four years of construction.

Syverud applauded the work of planners and donors in leading the renewal of the library, which was originally built in 1905. He called the restoration, and what it represents, a “giant step forward” for SU. Interim dean of libraries and university librarian K. Matthew Dames started the ceremony while Syverud sat at a table to his right

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urban design brief, “The URS will use art to engage diverse communities in exploring the history, impact and potential of the highway by reimagining the rest stop — typically a utilitarian rural amenity — as an urban activator.”

After the first round was completed, the four finalists were announced. The winner of the competition will be announced on April 3. The winning design will be implemented in August near Forman Park, according to the brief.

Contestants were given a budget for the project and asked to submit a design that included certain elements from other organizations: the Photography and Literacy Project, the Urban

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with his wife, Ruth Chen, and vice chancellor and provost Eric Spina.

He reflected on the renovation process and the aura of the Reading Room, which he called

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“indescribable.” Dames said students and faculty have reacted just as positively, adding that the first student who entered the Reading Room after its opening simply said, “wow.”

Syverud agreed, adding that he now sees the room as a university landmark alongside Hendricks Chapel and the Carrier Dome. Syverud said he remembers stopping to relax after Video Project, the Mobile Literacy Arts Bus and the South Side Initiative, according to the brief. The Photography and Literacy Project is a collaboration project that brings Syracuse students to city schools to work on video and photography projects.

The Urban Video Project operates electronic displays along the Connective Corridor, while the Mobile Literacy Arts Lab is a renovated bus that serves as a mobile classroom for arts education in Syracuse city schools. The South Side Initiative leads partnership programs between the university and the community to revitalize Syracuse’s South Side.

All of these organizations focus on cultural education, so the contestants were asked to focus on similar goals, Norman said. Contestants were asked to make a design that could sustainably

entering Carnegie Library for the first time, thinking, “Wow, this is a university.”

When the room was renovated, most of the space, including the columns, arches and a statue that sits in the front lobby, was restored to its original appearance. Syverud said that renovating the room was especially vital because most of the 2,500 libraries funded by steel magnate Andrew Carnegie nationwide have fallen into disrepair or no longer exist.

“This is a historic space but it also has to be a living space,” Syverud said.

After the dedication, Student Association president Boris Gresely said students have provided positive feedback about the Reading Room. They use Carnegie Library more now than before the renovations, he said.

He added that it offers a respite from E.S. Bird Library, where it can be noisy.

“Students can move from Bird Library and study,” Gresely said. “They can do the things they want to do in a quiet space.”

Syverud said after the dedication that students have expressed that they study in Bird Library because it is closer to areas where they can eat.

He added that potentially offering services like coffee or food sales could attract more students to the Carnegie Library Reading Room, which he believes students should use consistently.

“It ought to be packed with students 24/7,” Syverud said.

Dames said after the dedication that the university is still considering initial feedback from the Reading Room’s first few months before planning anything new. Parts of the building, including new second and third floor restrooms, are still under construction.

But he said that in considering adding any student amenities to Carnegie Library, the university would first have to think about preserving the library’s unique silence.

Said Dames: “It’s always about striking a balance.”

survive in an outdoor environment for five years and to focus on building a community.

“Proposers are tasked with creating designs

viewing, lingering, interaction and conversation for visitors,” the competition brief stated.

Two different “design juries” judge the two different stages of the competition.

The judges will consider entries based on competition guidelines and how well the design will use the space allotted to achieve the goal, according to the brief.

Norman said he has several expectations for how the campaign will play out. He said bringing the community together and educating people about the arts and culture of Syracuse were a couple of the main focuses. He said he hopes that this urban rest stop, which is different from the traditional highway rest stop, will be a model for other cities.

Said Norman: “The goal is to create an example of how you can enliven what people see as an area you want to avoid.”

WHAT IS AN URBAN REST STOP? It will go beneath the viaduct where Interstate 81 meets the Connective Corridor. It would display artwork, lighting and mobile facilities to engage residents and travelers with the culture in Syracuse. to enliven the sites and display frameworks and projection surface supporting and foregrounding the artworks. Spaces should encourage

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elect her to see if Miner would be interested in speaking at Elect Her. She heard back a couple days later that the mayor would be willing to speak.

“To have somebody who’s a trailblazer in her own right, she’s done really good work for women in politics,” Curtis said. “She’s the ideal person to speak at our event here.”

Curtis said a few different types of speakers will be involved in the event. An Elect Her facilitator will lead training. A student panel of women, a female who is a communications expert and a

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homelessness because you only know for sure by talking to a person,” she said.

Olivia McVoy, a sophomore social work major who also went on the trip, said that many people believe in stereotypes that describe homeless people as lazy or ex-convicts.

“I was one of those people, I had no idea what to expect because I had only heard the negative connotations of being hungry and homeless,” she said. “I feel like everybody comes in with these stereotypes in their heads because that’s all that we really learn.”

Before she went on this trip for the first time, McVoy said she would put her head down and walk away like they didn’t exist. Now, when she sees homeless people on Marshall Street, she said she gives them extra change or food.

“That’s where the problem starts,” she said.

“We marginalize these people in invisibility.”

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dynamic woman in politics make up the speakers.

Miner will serve as the dynamic female speaker, while Syracuse Common Councilor Jean Kessner will speak as the communications expert, Curtis said.

“She has so much to offer us, sharing her own personal stories about being elected to office,” Curtis said.

Miner was elected mayor of Syracuse in 2009 and previously served as a Syracuse Common Councilor and a regional representative for former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, according to an SA press release. She is the first female mayor of Syracuse. blsamuel@syr.edu

Perets also said her perception of homeless people has changed since the trip.

Said Perets: “My perspective has changed in that I don’t look at them as homeless people, I look at them as people.” ekmeyers@syr.edu

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Law students visit South Africa during Spring Break

By Ellen Meyers asst. news editor

A College of Law professor and a group of Syracuse University students visited South Africa during Spring Break to study the country’s legal system.

Deborah Kenn organized the week-long course so that students could study the country’s constitutional, economic and social past and present, according to a March 4 SU News press release. It is the second time Kenn has put together a trip of this kind.

The course was made possible because of a partnership between SU and the University of Fort Hare in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa, which is home to the Nelson R. Mandela School of Law, according to the press release.

“The transition of the South African legal system from apartheid to the present is critical for our law students to understand,” Kenn said in the press release. “For students interested in understanding international justice,

as well as our own country’s history of intentional discrimination and racism, this opportunity is invaluable.”

During the trip, Kenn and students visited several sites, such as the Constitutional Court.

The Constitutional Court is the highest court, equivalent to the United States’ Supreme Court, Kenn said in an email. The group heard arguments in an age discrimination case that the 11 Justices of the Constitutional Court were hearing, she added.

The group also visited other government agencies, townships, non-governmental organizations and historically segregated universities, according to the press release.

Kenn said they also visited Soweto, a township in South Africa. Mark O’Brien, a senior in the College of Law, said in an email that they also visited Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, the Nelson Mandela National Museum and Nelson Mandela’s prison cell on Robben Island near Cape Town.

Slaves from various Southeast Asian countries lived in Cape Town’s Malay Quarter, which is now called Bo-Kaap. courtesy of mark o’brien

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Nelson Mandela’s prison cell is located on Robben Island near Cape Town. He spent 18-of-27 years in prison here before the fall of Apartheid. courtesy of mark o’brien

Students traveled to the top of Table Mountain to see the view of Cape Town, South Africa.

They also visited areas like Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth. courtesy of mark o’brien

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whistleblowers experience.

Oberg said there were some repercussions when he reported the loan companies, but the consequences were not as extreme as some of the repercussions other whistleblowers on the panel faced.

He added that he is glad students at Syracuse University will have the opportunity to hear his and other whistleblowers’ stories because they may be confronted with the same ethical questions whistleblowers face.

“Most people, over their career, are going to run into situations where there are ethical questions,” Oberg said. “They’re going to have to decide whether to do the right thing at some personal cost or not.”

Gutterman said sharing the whistleblowers’ stories is important in order to recognize and understand how their efforts and stories have shaped the media.

“In many ways, the public wouldn’t get to know much about what’s going on without having media as an intermediary in these cases,” Gutterman said.

Gutterman said he hopes to teach students at Newhouse how to develop and understand the relationships journalists form with sources that can become whistleblowers.

But whistleblowers’ experiences extend beyond the journalism world and into almost all workplaces.

James Clark, an organizer of the Whistleblower Tour and a professor of theater management at the College of Visual and Performing Arts, said workers face pressure “to fold into

whistleblowers a panel on March 26 in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium as part of the “American Whistleblower Tour: Models of Courageous Citizenship.” Besides the panel, events sponsored by the Government Accountability Project’s national campaign will take place throughout the month.

A whistleblower is a person who sees some sort of wrongdoing in the workplace and decides to speak up and challenge it, said Louis Clark, president and corporate and financial accountability director of GAP. “All students eventually are going to be in the workforce,” Louis Clark said. “I think they’ll be more informed about what the options are once they get to that workforce if they learn about whistleblowing, and they also learn about the protections whistleblowers now have.”

GAP is a nonprofit organization focused on protecting whistleblowers, advancing free speech and encouraging citizen activists to promote accountability within corporations and the government, according to GAP’s website.

Government corruption, particularly during the Nixon administration, was prevalent before the GAP began in 1977, Clark said. GAP emerged after scandals in the Nixon administration as part of an ongoing effort to instill government reform.

The Whistleblower Tour has visited colleges across the nation for three years now and will come through SU for the first time next week,

said Roy Gutterman, director of the Tully Center for Free Speech at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Gutterman said the whistleblower panel is one of the biggest events during the Whistleblower Tour. Gutterman added that besides Oberg, some of the most famous whistleblowers such as Thomas Drake and Jesselyn Radack will speak on the panel.

Drake was a senior NSA official who was indicted under the Espionage Act by the Department of Justice after he learned of their continuing surveillance projects. Radack became a whistleblower after she revealed the government mishandling of the interrogation of “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh, one of the first terrorism prosecutions after 9/11.

She currently represents Edward Snowden, who came into national scrutiny after revealing details about the NSA’s global surveillance program. “These are people who are at the top of their professions who took some significant risks to let the public know about things that the public needed to know about,” Gutterman said.

The purpose of the Whistleblower Tour is to provide students the opportunity to hear about the unique experiences of whistleblowers so students can understand how their stories relate to a variety of fields studied on campus, Louis Clark said.

Louis Clark said students will learn about what’s involved in whistleblowing, the downsides, dangers and problems that come out of whistleblowing and the thought process most

the majority” and remain silent when a person sees something concerning.

“This is a kind of demonstration to show that people do this and make a difference in people’s lives,” James Clark, who is Louis Clark’s brother, said. “The people who are coming here are examples of people who have done that.”

In addition to the panel, there will be smaller discussions and events held throughout campus, and a feature of Robert Shetterly’s art exhibit, “Americans Who Tell the Truth” at SU’s 914Works gallery, James said.

He added that Shetterly will also talk to illustration, art, music and drama students to discuss the importance and sense of responsibility artists have to social issues.

Louis Clark, the president of GAP, said he has seen a positive shift in the acceptance of whistleblowers in society.

“One of the reasons the Government Accountability Project began was to change the culture, and compared to what we were facing in the 1970s,” he said. “I would say there is actually a much more positive view of whistleblowers in the culture.”

Louis Clark said this culture shift is due to the assistance of the media, adding that overall, the media have created a positive portrayal of whistleblowers.

Said Louis Clark: “I think the media is really the salvation of whistleblowers. I think it’s through the media that whistleblowers really have an opportunity often to gain momentum around their concerns.” almerod@syr.edu

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(CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT) DANA LUCAS AND STEPHEN HASS, both Class of 2006 alumni, pose inside the Carrier Dome during their 2013 wedding. ANDREW SOUSA AND JACKI GARFINKEL SOUSA graduated together in 2006. They returned to SU for a food tour of all the restaurants they frequented as undergraduates. JENNY AND JON SACKS met during their freshman year as residents in Sadler Hall, and graduated in 2008.

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couple of oranges Married alumni reflect on memorable moments with college sweethearts

Editor’s note: In honor of Syracuse University’s upcoming 144th birthday, the Orange Traditions series highlights the lasting influence and importance of SU in the lives of students and alumni.

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t’s the classic story of boy meets girl.

Throughout the years, Syracuse University has found itself at the heart of relationships. Some even blossom into marriage, and although these couples are no longer on campus, their Orange pride keeps them connected to each other and their alma mater.

••• Not many people can say Otto the Orange showed up to their wedding reception, but Dana Lucas and Stephen Hass can.

The mascot’s appearance was just one element of the couple’s orange-themed wedding at Hendricks Chapel on June 1, 2013. The couple lives in Charlotte, N.C., but Dana (Class of 2006) said it just made sense for them to have the wedding at SU. “We were able to show (family and friends) where we met and the environment that allowed

us to grow as people,” Stephen (Class of 2006) said.

“We relived our memories and created a new one.”

The two met through greek life in the spring of their sophomore year when Dana’s sorority, Phi Sigma Sigma, participated in a philanthropy event for Kappa Delta Rho — Stephen’s fraternity. When they had a philosophy class together, Hass referred to Lucas as “the most interesting thing” about it.

After graduation, they helped start the SU alumni club in Charlotte. Dana, the club president, said she wanted to continue her Syracuse spirit and pride. That pride shows itself in an unofficial Syracuse bar where as many as 200 fans gather frequently during basketball season.

“It’s become a sort of tradition, in a way,” Dana said, “and this year has definitely been the best year for watching games so far.”

••• Jacki Garfinkel Sousa was sitting on a wooden chair with a Syracuse logo in their New York City

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SU cricket club competes in U.S. collegiate championship

By Eric Lyons staff writer

The Syracuse University Cricket team didn’t spend time partying on the beach with the other spring breakers when it traveled to Florida last week.

Instead, the team was all business when it played in the America Collegiate Cricket National Championship March 12–16 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Syracuse team brought 12 members to Florida for its first appearance in the national tournament. It won two out of three games and finished tied for third in its group, missing the next round by a single point.

“We did a really great job and the bowling was extremely impressive,” said team captain Ashish Mare.

In countries like India and Sri Lanka, cricket is king. The game is played with two teams of 11, which earn runs by hitting the ball and running from wicket to wicket — sets of posts.

Each side plays two innings, which consist of batting and fielding. An inning can end when a team makes 10 outs, which occurs when the ball is caught in the air, the bowler (think baseball pitcher) hits the wicket — much like a strikeout — and if the ball touches the wicket while one of the batters tries to advance.

Before competition, the team had to make special adjustments. As a result of the Syracuse weather and a lack of proper fields, the Florida championship was one of the first times the team played with a regulation cricket ball.

To prepare, the team resorted to renting out batting cages in the ShoppingTown Mall and Angie Petrie, associate director for programs at

Recreation Services, helped the team arrange practice time in Manley Field House.

With limited amount of practice with a hardball, the club still managed to beat Emory- Riddle and Southern Alabama, but suffered a close loss to Central Florida — the defending regional champs — in its second game. At the end of the weekend, three Syracuse team members were ranked in the top ten players of the championship. Udaybir Dang, a graduate student in the iSchool who was also the leading wicket taker in the tournament, ranked No. 3 overall, freshman Thushanth Pillai ranked No. 5 and Avinash Gudapati, a graduate student studying engineering, ranked No. 6.

With the recent success at nationals, the team is looking to improve upon its performance in upcoming tournaments and officially put SU on the American cricket map.

“With some more effort, we can definitely get the trophy next year,” Mare said.

The SU Cricket club organized in the mid 1970s and has been active ever since, said Professor Bob Wilson, the team’s faculty adviser.

In addition to the 12 players who played in the tournament, there are an extra 10–12 cricket enthusiasts that are almost exclusively international graduate students.

All have played cricket for most of their lives and some even came to Syracuse because they knew about the cricket club. When the weather permits, the club meets twice a week in places that range from the Women’s Building to the Quad for practices and games.

“It is an activity that can make international students feel the comforts of home in Syracuse and adds to their overall college experience,”

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Wilson said.

Thushanth Pillai, a chemical engineering major, is the only undergraduate on the team.

He heard about the club during international student orientation.

“I went over to recreation services and asked them if they had cricket,” Pillai said.

“They gave me the contact information of a couple of the players and I have been involved ever since.”

In Sri Lanka, Pillai played for a club team during high school. When the Australian

national team toured the country, it practiced with a select group of clubs around the country and Pillai was selected to bowl against the Aussies. He even clean bowled Australian National Team great Brett Lee, who missed the ball during his swing and let the wicket stumps get knocked over.

“It is a team game. It is fun playing with others and at the same time focusing on your role,” Pillai said. “My favorite part is accomplishing things as a team though.” eglyons@syr.edu

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311 311 records Release date: March 11 Top track: ”Friday Afternoon” Rating: 2.5/5

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Lacking creativity, depth in songs, 311’s most recent album fails to stand out in long-winded repertoire

By Jessica Cabe staff writer

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n their first indie release in more than 20 years, reggae-fied alternative rock band 311 still hasn’t broken much new ground. While that’s not a total deal-breaker, their new album, “Stereolithic,” suffers greatly from a lack of energy and variety.

The band’s 11th studio album is still packed with the same old blend of rock, hip-hop, reggae and funk that made their 1995 self-titled record a hit, but 311 takes one step forward and a few steps back with their latest release. Their sound is cleaner than it was in 1995, but it’s not exactly a welcome change. There’s something less genuine about the heavy side of their music now that it’s not as muddy.

“Showdown” is one of the album’s heavier songs, but it’s a prime example of how production can ruin a good piece of music. The guitar sound is flat and muted, lacking any energy at all.

The song, in theory, has solid contrast between the clean verse and its distorted chorus, but the transition is ineffective because there is no change in dynamic. If 311 had

achieved a great hard rock guitar sound, like something on a System of a Down record, “Stereolithic” would have been vastly improved.

Instead, the guitars on the album have no bite.

The vocals are duller, too, which tends to

in sync If you like this album, check out these tracks:

1. “We’re Only Gonna Die For Our Arrogance”

by Sublime 2. “Bombtrack” by Rage Against the Machine 3. “The Power of Equality” by Red Hot Chili Peppers 4. “Excuse Me Mr.” by No Doubt 5. “The Otherside” by Slightly Stoopid feat.

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happen with bands that have been around for more than 20 years. Singer Nick Hexum’s delivery sounds lazy, either because he has lost some power in his voice or some passion after being in the music business for so long.

Another problem with the album is its lyrics. Hexum sings in such a lackadaisical way that you don’t care to pay attention to

the words in the first place. If you do listen closely, you’ll find lyrics that aren’t terrible, but not really good, either. They offer no personality, no message you feel you couldn’t have lived without and they’re not written in eloquent language.

The lyrics on “Stereolithic” are nothing but a means to melody, which actually would have been just fine if the music and delivery were enough to make up for it. But with unimpassioned vocals and flat production, the album doesn’t come close to meeting its potential.

“Stereolithic” does exhibit some positive growth, though. The musicians seem to be paying closer attention to melody if not to lyrics, creating varied sections in their songs. If they’re going to slide in energy, at least they’re taking steps forward in songwriting.

Album opener “Ebb and Flow” is a catchy and straightforward rock song. Its drum part is simple during the verses, but it’s that snare hit on the backbeat that just forces listeners to bob their heads.

Drummer Chad Sexton is without a doubt the most valuable member of 311. He has an impeccable sense of when to fill up the silence

and when to lay back and let the space between the beats breathe.

The tunes, for the most part, are hard not to dance to. But by the middle of the 15-track album, you’re going to start wanting something deeper. There are some really cool musical moments, but there is not enough variety among the songs to warrant listening for an hour.

The standout track that really saves “Stereolithic” from falling into mediocrity is “Friday Afternoon.” It’s the first song on the album that could be considered a ballad, but the band took it beyond being a straightforward, obligatory slow song.

The moments of clean, fingerpicked guitar are where “Friday Afternoon” really shines. The guitar is backed up by a bass line that doesn’t steal the spotlight, but offers its own special beauty. It’s not the catchiest song on the album, but it’s the best example of risk-taking.

After putting out music for more than 20 years, it says something that 311 can still make something that sounds fresh. It’s just a shame the band couldn’t write more songs like “Friday Afternoon” on the album. jmcabe@syr.edu | @Jessica_Cabe

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couples apartment when Andrew Sousa proposed to her.

As an early Christmas gift, Andrew (Class of 2006) presented Jacki (Class of 2006), who is a huge fan of the Muppets, with two boxes.

The first contained a customized toy Muppet that resembled her. The second contained a Muppet that looked like Andrew, holding an engagement ring.

“She began crying immediately,” Andrew said.

During their junior year at SU, Jacki was good friends with Andrew’s roommate. She had heard of his “mysterious roommate,” but was never introduced to him until the next fall at Faegan’s Cafe & Pub. As a chemical engineering major, Andrew spent a lot of time working on his senior project in a basement computer lab he called “the dungeon.”

“The only times I could really only see Jacki were when we went out to eat,” he said.

Jacki added that the couple practically lived in Dinosaur Bar-B-Que during college. So when a Dinosaur Bar-B-Que location opened in New York City, the couple decided that it was the perfect place to have their wedding rehearsal.

A few years ago, the couple visited campus for the first time since graduating and did what they called “a culinary tour,” visiting every single place they used to eat at.

“We even went to Chuck’s and Faegan’s and we felt really old.” Jacki said. “But it brought back a lot of memories.”

••• They call Sadler the “Love Hall.”

It’s a running joke between Jenny (Class of 2008) and Jon Sacks (Class of 2008) who met during their freshman year on the second floor

of Sadler Hall.

“We actually know several couples who met there, including one couple in their 50s,” she said. “It’s just interesting that Sadler brought couples together.”

Within a month into their first semester, Jenny accidentally kneed Jon’s face. The incident had Jon in the hospital for the night — Jenny acted as his caretaker for the next two weeks when his jaw was wired shut.

“I felt so guilty after that happened,” Jenny said, chuckling. “I brought Jon liquid foods and TV shows, and ultimately, it brought us together.”

They dated throughout college and married about a year after graduation. They now live in Philadelphia, where Jenny is the president and Jon is the vice president of the SU alumni club.

The two are also very superstitious when it comes to sports, preferring to watch the SU games alone in their apartment filled with stuffed Otto’s.

“It’s very rare that we have anyone else with us,” said Jenny. “To me, that’s a very special tradition that we have together.”

••• SU is more than just a school to these couples.

It fostered their relationships, and will foster many more like them.

“Being together has shaped us more than we’ll ever know,” Stephen Hass said. “It’s a tremendous start to our lives together.”

Jacki Garfinkel Sousa said SU will always have a special place in her heart. “I would’ve loved Syracuse anyway, but because it’s where I met Andrew, I love it even more.”

Even when they leave, SU continues to recognize these strong bonds by sending couples Valentine’s Day cards with an SU theme.

“And who knows?” Jenny Sacks said.

“Maybe they’ll send orange roses next time.” clramire@syr.edu

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Ireland provides more than rowdy St. Patrick’s Day parades

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n one short weekend spent in Ireland, I learned how to pour the perfect pint of Guinness, the real story of St. Patrick and, most importantly, that I need to go back.

Being part Irish-American, I set off for Dublin with high expectations. First of all, the Irish accent is a personal favorite of mine and I wasn’t disappointed. “What a musical language,” I thought as my bus driver exited the vehicle at three in the morning to verbally abuse the cab driver who’d just cut him off.

“How mellifluous!”

Even the one small caveat in our vacation plans — the fact that the city’s popularity on St. Patrick’s Day weekend left us without a place to stay for Saturday night — didn’t dampen my enthusiasm. Another point won by Dublin— the airport officials don’t mind if you crash at the airport McDonald’s.

Which was a good thing, because in the early hours of March 16, every booth was occupied by someone in a Guinness T-shirt with a jacket pulled over his or her eyes.

It’s true that Dublin does pull out all the stops for St. Patrick’s Day weekend. The crowds were packed shoulder to shoulder in Temple Bar, which is not one bar but an entire block, and by the time the bars shut down, the street was ankle-deep in bottles and crushed beer cans.

But my favorite parts of my trip to Ireland had little to do with its world-famous party scene.

Dublin’s streets are almost as animated during the day as at night. The city is filled with costumed street performers, singers and dancers. Most pubs feature live music at some hour, and crowds gather to listen to musicians play everything from traditional folk songs and ballads to Beyoncé covers.

The shopping scene is also well worthwhile.

Clothing retailers offer everything from traditional wool sweaters and Claddagh rings to the season’s latest trends. And George’s Street Arcade is full of stalls and small stores that boast vintage clothes, records, books and jewelry.

Even Irish food, with its reputation for blandness, exceeded my expectations. After months of eating tiny slices of baguette for breakfast, the “proper Irish breakfast” of eggs, bacon, toast, potatoes and coffee was long overdue. Ireland even offers other traditional American fare not easily found in France, like Starbucks.

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But some of my favorite moments in Ireland came when we left Dublin behind on an allday cross-country bus trip to see the Cliffs of Moher. For a country smaller than Ohio, Ireland is incredibly geographically diverse, yet uniformly beautiful.

It only took three hours to drive from one coast to the other, including a slight delay caused by what our guide called a “Western Irish traffic jam” — a woman chasing a herd of cows down the road with a stick. But in that time, we passed hills, flat farmland, rivers, cliffs and huge swaths of rocky coast called the Burren.

Our tour guide explained to us, among other things, that the hubbub around St. Patrick’s Day is a fairly modern phenomenon, started by Irish-American immigrants looking for a way to celebrate their heritage. Ireland embraced the holiday, partly because of the lucrative tourist business and partly because it’d be insane not to appreciate a holiday defined by drinking in celebration of how great your country is.

But this story reminded me of how much more Ireland has to offer than St. Patrick’s Day parades.

As much as I appreciated the citywide party that is the weekend leading up to St. Patrick’s Day, I want more than ever to see Dublin again when the city isn’t full of tourists wearing leprechaun beards — and when bartenders don’t ludicrously overcharge for beers. The beautiful landscapes, historical sites and friendly people all deserve a second visit.

Unfortunately, I have no idea when or if I’ll be able to return to Ireland. Until then, an Irish saying will have to hold me over: “May peace be within you, may your heart be strong, may you find what you’re seeking wherever you roam.”

Maggie Cregan is a sophomore history and magazine journalism major. From Cleveland to Syracuse to Strasbourg, she enjoys rocking out and getting hopelessly lost. If you want to talk to her about this column, or are Keith Richards, reach her at mmcregan@syr.edu and follow her on Twitter at @MaggieCregan_SU.

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ncaas they’re playing well and they’re just a very balanced team,” Hillsman said. “They do a very good job of shooting the ball. They have inside-outside presences and they’re a very good basketball team.”

Coffey said that although she and her teammates don’t know much about their opponent, they’ve got to treat it like any other game, even though they’re playing a No. 11 seed.

ACC foe Notre Dame earned the No. 1 seed in the South Bend Region and Baylor was awarded the No. 2 seed.

Syracuse will practice Tuesday and Wednesday in Syracuse before heading to Kentucky on Thursday. By Saturday, Hillsman said he’ll have

No sleep. Starbucks and Tim Hortons. I just don’t like not knowing, so I’m going to know.

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watched 80 percent of Chattanooga’s games.

“No sleep,” Hillsman said. “Starbucks and Tim Hortons. I just don’t like not knowing, so I’m going to know. I’m going to know and our team is going to know everything I know. Which is probably going to be bad for them. We’ll be very familiar with them by the time Thursday comes around.”

Hillsman said the team is not focused on a potential second-round opponent.

“You have to win that first one,” Hillsman

BRITTNEY SYKES watches excitedly with her teammates as Syracuse’s name is called on the ESPN selection show. The Orange will travel to Lexington, Ky. to face Chattanooga in the first round of NCAA Tournament. emma fierberg asst. photo editor

said. “We understand that playing Kentucky or Wright State would be a tremendously fast game. That’s all we know.”

Because SU hasn’t played since it fell to North Carolina State on March 7 in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament, it has been able to focus an entire week solely on itself. It will now have five days to focus solely on Chattanooga.

Said Hillsman: “We’re ready to play.” jmhyber@syr.edu

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coffey In reality, basketball was simply her escape.

“It was the thing that kept me on track,” Coffey said. “It was one thing that just motivated me and it was really important in my life.”

Growing up, there were a lot of things that could have taken Coffey off track.

When she was just 5 days old, she was adopted by Lorraine Coffey, only to be taken back three months later by her biological mother, Marie Bradford, who used drugs during her pregnancy. Then 5 months later, she was given back to Lorraine.

Rachel survived a potentially life-threatening skin infection, moved homes three times, lost an influential former teacher, grew up in a household with nine siblings and went through school with a suspected learning disability.

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So while her surroundings were always changing, basketball was the one constant.

Now a senior at Syracuse, basketball remains the anchor in her life. She’s the starting point guard on a team preparing for its second NCAA Tournament in as many seasons.

••• When Lorraine Coffey adopted Heather Bradford, the Coffey family changed her name to Rachel.

But three months later, because it was a risk adoption, Marie Bradford, Rachel’s biological mother, was able to take her back.

And when she was back in Bradford’s care, Rachel was neglected. She was put inside a crib for two straight weeks. Her clothes were never changed. She spent nearly every moment in her crib crying.

“It’s frustrating that you could do that to a child,” Rachel said.

Bradford eventually gave Rachel back to Lor-

THE COFFEY FAMILY poses for a picture. Rachel was one of four children that Lorraine and Patrick Coffey adopted into their home. courtesy of lorraine coffey

“It was the thing that kept me on track. It was one thing that just motivated me and it was really important in my life.”

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raine, but she wasn’t the bubbly baby the family had been forced to give up just months earlier.

Rachel would sit in her crib awake and never cry. She’d lost the capability to do so. She had scabies, a skin condition, and Rachel’s doctor said hers was the worst he had ever seen. She’d rub her wrists and ankles together to combat the itching sensation that covered her body.

“She’d wake up and we’d be right there at the crib, then she would just make a whimper,” Lorraine said. “Eventually she saw that we were coming for her when she’d make a sound, and then she was able to cry.

“She had been rejected so much.”

But as Rachel grew up, she took a circumstance that many might let get the best of them, and made the best of it. Though she didn’t live with her biological parents, she grew to view Lorraine and her husband Patrick as her true parents. Her nine siblings, three of which were also adopted, were brothers and sisters.

And because she had a supporting family, she was able to find her true passion on the basketball court.

As she grew older, her streetball skills turned heads and her crossovers left many victims on the ground as Rachel raced to the rim.

••• From Rachel’s perspective, little had changed in the family dynamic as she grew older. But at the age of 11, Rachel was alone in a divided household.

Lorraine and Patrick were getting a divorce,

and everyone was taking their mother’s side, except Rachel, the youngest. She didn’t see her father’s error like everyone else.

Rachel just saw her daddy, the man that came to her basketball games and loved her more than anyone else in the world.

“They were able to see that daddy wasn’t doing the right thing and daddy wasn’t coming home,” Lorraine said, “and daddy wasn’t being daddy like he usually was. Rachel, she was younger, and she was more like daddy’s little girl.”

Even after the two split up, Rachel would go over to her father’s house every day.

At home, the scene was more chaotic. There were nine siblings and a mother that worked around the clock.

“We were in the ‘hood, and then our dad moved out, it was difficult adapting, and it was difficult not having your dad around anymore,” Rachel’s older sister Esther Coffey said. “My mom was a stay-at-home mom, and for her to go to work and work overnights, it was a big adjustment.”

Esther became the de facto mother when Lorraine wasn’t home.

When Lorraine was at work and couldn’t bring Rachel to basketball practice, Esther did, and it allowed her younger sister to continue excelling on the court.

••• Near the start of Rachel’s senior season at Kingston High School, Syracuse head coach Quentin Hillsman presented her with a very serious problem.

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PATRICK COFFEY POSES WITH RACHEL COFFEY in their driveway.Patrick moved out of the family house when Rachel was 11 years old. courtesy of lorraine coffey

She needed to get her grades up or she wouldn’t be able to play for him.

School had never been Rachel’s strong suit, nor her greatest interest. She suffered from a learning disability as a result of the drugs her birth mother used, Lorraine said.

But her seventh grade teacher, Valerie Simmons, took it upon herself to make sure Rachel did well in school.

Rachel would spend afternoons in Simmons’ office talking about life. Simmons helped Rachel with all of her schoolwork and went to all of her basketball games.

After Rachel graduated, Simmons would come up and visit in Syracuse and knew the entire SU basketball team.

“She never had children, and Rachel became the daughter she never had,” Lorraine said. “It was something that they fulfilled in each other. There was a need there that Rachel had and there was a need there that Valerie had, and they fulfilled it in one another.”

An elderly Simmons died on Feb. 19, 2013.

When Rachel heard the news, she didn’t know how to process it. She had a game that night against Rutgers, and scored a season-high 17 points in an eventual Syracuse win.

Simmons meant everything to Rachel.

She has a tattoo of Simmons on her arm, and remembers her teacher making time for her when nobody else would.

“It helped a lot, because school was never my interest,” Rachel said. “It helped a lot to see somebody to put that much effort and want me to do good.”

When Kingston head coach Steve Garner announced the honor roll at the end of Rachel’s senior season — a group that Rachel had poked fun at in previous years — this time, she was on it.

RACHEL COFFEY sports a grin for a school picture. courtesy of lorraine coffey

“Once I found out I couldn’t play, it motivated me to go,” Rachel said. “Basketball is one of the only things that could motivate me.

Because if you told me I couldn’t play, I’d go study for a test.”

••• It was the same calm and level-headed approach that Rachel took when she first saw the name Marie Bradford appear in her Facebook inbox.

All then-18-year-old Rachel read was the first part of the sentence.

“Hi. I’m your mother.”

Once she saw the name, she knew who it was

“She never had children, and Rachel became the daughter she never had.”

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and ran downstairs to find Lorraine.

Bradford, her biological mother, had just contacted Rachel for the first time. Bradford had lived in Kingston all of Rachel’s life and Rachel never knew. It came as a shock and surprise to her, but it gave them an opportunity to meet.

Rachel went to the salon where Bradford worked and waited for her mother to come out from the back of the shop.

A few minutes later, Bradford emerged. It was the first time Rachel had seen her biological mother since she was a baby. But for Bradford, the moment was too much.

Without a word, she retreated into the back of the store once again.

“I wanted to tell her that I did forgive her, and that I was thankful for what she did,” Rachel said. “But it’s also kind of hard for her as a person, she still didn’t get over it. She’s going through a lot.”

Since then, the two have met a few times, but haven’t sustained a relationship. And Rachel’s OK with that.

Under Rachel’s bed is a scrapbook. One section holds mementos from her childhood. Her birth certificate with a different name, her old benefit card. On the other are newspaper clippings and photos commemorating her basketball career.

It shows where she’s been and what’s she’s become. It’s a story of her history, and how she overcame it.

It’s not something that she looks at often.

She doesn’t need the reminders.

She could have folded every step of the way, but there were always people there for her.

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Heading into Saturday’s game against Johns Hopkins, Syracuse’s defense needed a facelift.

Somewhere — amid the countless faceoff losses, question marks in the cage and injuries to key players in the midfield and attack — the team’s back line sputtered.

Despite the defense’s evident experience, it yielded 16 or more goals to three of the four ranked teams it faced before squaring off against the then-No. 3 Blue Jays at Homewood Field.

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“Matt coming down the past two weeks we’ve gotten a lot better at communicating,” senior goalie Dominic Lamolinara said. “He’s a captain, he’s been down there before, so he’s got all that experience.”

Harris’ contributions on defense didn’t necessarily surface on the stat sheet. Syracuse (4-2, 0-2 Atlantic Coast) didn’t collect more ground balls than the Blue Jays — an area that Harris excels in — and still allowed 10 goals. But his leadership and experience keyed a pivotal first half in which the Orange gave up just three goals, and had Desko singing the defense’s praises after the game.

With a date with Duke this coming weekend and SU needing to improve its in-conference play to qualify for the ACC tournament, Harris’ insertion into the back line couldn’t come at a better time.

“I think that in previous games, the goals we’ve been giving up were just too easy for me,” Desko said. “We’ve had some young guys in there and we’ve mixed and matched, and we decided to bring (Harris) to limit some of the easy goals.

“I think it helped quite a bit.”

After not starting in a 14–8 win over thenNo. 20 St. John’s on March 8, Harris jogged out alongside Brandon Mullins and Sean Young on Saturday, replacing sophomore Ryan Palasek.

In a complete performance, Harris picked

up a team-leading four ground balls and scored a goal late in the third quarter. But most importantly, he anchored a zone scheme that stymied the Blue Jays’ production in the first half.

Faceoff specialist Chris Daddio was stifled

by Johns Hopkins FOGO Drew Kennedy and would end up winning just 4-of-25 faceoffs in the game, which granted the Blue Jays extra possession and placed the defense under immense pressure.

Yet the Orange’s defensive approach was methodical and keyed Harris’ size and communication skills in the middle.

Syracuse mitigated the playmaking ability of Wells Stanwick — JHU’s dodging attack that feeds passes to diving teammates. The defense played a tight zone and face guarded all cutters, which forced tough-angle shots and put it in position to capitalize on every fumbled pass.

“I think our hustle kind of showed today,” Harris said. “I haven’t seen the groundball stats, but I feel like every time the ball was on the ground on our end we picked it up and made a successful clear. And especially when we’re having a tough day at the X, that’s huge for us.”

If Desko didn’t trust his long-stick midfielders, he’d be more hesitant to pencil Harris in as a close defender for the foreseeable future. But that’s exactly what the head coach did in his postgame press conference.

“Our poles are probably our deepest position,” Desko said. “To put one of our poles down on close defense, it’s a no-brainer for us when we have three poles that we’re still comfortable playing. I think we’re going to continue to do that.”

Two of those other poles are freshman Scott Firman and redshirt junior Peter Macartney. Harris has all the confidence in his teammates, and even seemed a little jealous after the game when he quipped about them being the ones to attack from the midfield moving forward.

That’s something Harris enjoys — his thirdquarter goal came after he carried the ball 60 yards — but won’t be doing much of as he settles into the middle of SU’s revitalized defense.

Said Harris: “They’re no drop-off from me up top.” jcdoug01@syr.edu | @dougherty_jesse

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NATIONAL CHAMPION: MICHIGAN STATE

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NATIONAL CHAMPION: FLORIDA

FINAL FOUR: ARZ, FLA, LOU, MSU The No. 4 seeds are the hot seeds. It’s hard to pick against the Cardinals and Spartans after winning their respective conference tournaments in dominant fashion. Michigan State is as complete a team there is, while Louisville is tournament tested and, yup, Russdiculous.

FINAL FOUR: ARZ, DUKE, FLA, MSU I think Florida squeezes out a couple close wins against UCLA and Kansas. Michigan State is peaking at the right time. Arizona has the easiest draw of any of the No. 1 seeds. Duke has the toughest path, but it’s Jabari Parker’s time to shine.

FINAL FOUR: ARZ, DUKE, FLA, MSU I originally had Kansas here, but Joel Embiid’s injury scares me. If he’s totally healthy, though, I like the Jayhawks to get to Dallas instead of the Gators.

SYRACUSE’S FINISH: SWEET 16 But it won’t be Andrew Wiggins and Kansas that knock SU out. New Mexico can feast on the Jayhawks’ frontcourt without Joel Embiid, and then do the same to the Orange. It’s not that Syracuse can’t make a deeper tournament run, I just don’t see the consistency.

SYRACUSE’S FINISH: SWEET 16 There’s a reason Andrew Wiggins is being hyped up as the next NBA superstar along with Parker. He’s pretty good at basketball. Wiggins goes off, and Syracuse is bounced.

SYRACUSE’S FINISH: ELITE EIGHT Like so much of my bracket, this hinges on Embiid’s back. If he’s healthy, I think the Orange will struggle with Kansas. If not — and things don’t look promising for the center — SU should get to the Gators before falling.

SLEEPER: NEW MEXICO

SLEEPER: BAYLOR

The Lobos are led by 6-foot-9 power forward Cameron Bairstow and 7-foot center Alex Kirk. Despite having never reached the Sweet 16, they have the shooting to balance out their offense and match up well with Kansas and Syracuse. Others: Baylor, Connecticut, Oregon

Baylor’s knocked off Oklahoma State twice, Kansas State twice, Iowa State, Oklahoma and Texas since Feb. 1. There’s no reason the Bears can’t use their size and athleticism to take make a run to the Elite Eight. Others: UConn, Kentucky, Tennessee

SLEEPER: KENTUCKY The Wildcats are peaking, and probably the most talented team in the nation. Wichita State is a relatively favorable No. 1 seed for a No. 8 to be matched up against and never rule anything out when UK plays in-state rival Louisville. Others: North Carolina, Connecticut

DOUBLE-DIGIT SEED TO TAKE A CHANCE ON: PROVIDENCE

DOUBLE-DIGIT SEED TO TAKE A CHANCE ON: NORTH CAROLINA STATE

Disclaimer: I’ve got Iowa State knocking off the Friars in the Round of 32. However, Bryce Cotton is good enough to lead Providence past North Carolina. With a different No. 3 seed, I’d put Providence into the regional round. Others: LouisianaLafayette, Stephen F. Austin, N.C. State, North Dakota State

You saw what the Wolfpack did to Syracuse. T.J. Warren is as proficient a scorer as there is and N.C. State’s supporting cast is good enough. I’ve got the Wolfpack beating Xavier and Saint Louis. I don’t think it’ll beat Louisville, but if Warren goes berserk, it’s not impossible. Others: Stephen F. Austin, New Mexico State, Providence

DOUBLE-DIGIT SEED TO TAKE A CHANCE ON: LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE I’ve been riding UL-Lafayette really hard the past few weeks. The ultra-talented Ragin’ Cajuns have a pair of potential first-rounders in Elfrid Payton and Shawn Long and can never be counted out of a game. They rallied back late to win the Sun Belt Championship. Others: Nebraska, North Carolina State, Iowa, Tennessee, Arizona State

TOP SEED TO FALL EARLY: VILLANOVA

TOP SEED TO FALL EARLY: WISCONSIN

I’m temped to pick American over Wisconsin, but I don’t think that’ll happen. After that, Oregon, Brigham Young, Creighton, Louisiana-Lafayette, Baylor and Nebraska are all capable of knocking off the Badgers, who haven’t made the Final Four since 2000. One of them will.

TOP SEED TO FALL EARLY: WICHITA STATE The Shockers got a tough draw. Texas Southern, a potential first-round opponent, is led by West Virginia-transfer Aaric Murray and former-Indiana coach Mike Davis on the sideline — not that they should lose to a No. 16 seed. That will probably come against preseason-No. 1 Kentucky in the round of 32.

The Wildcats cruised through a fairly easy schedule, and each of the four losses they suffered were by a wide margin. If any No. 1 or No. 2 seed goes down in the first batch of games, it’ll be VU (they’re owed one after the Robert Morris game in 2010). But I’ve got Shabazz Napier and UConn beating the `Cats in the Round of 32.

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western michigan or a No. 12 seed, especially given the fact that before they entered the Mid-American Conference tournament semifinals, Western’s RPI was over 100. And by the time they beat Toledo (in the championship game), their RPI was 69. So I think they come in with a little chip on their shoulder.

The D.O.: Looking at the matchup, one of the first things that jumped out to me was Western Michigan’s turnover rate. Do you think that could be an important factor going against SU’s zone?

D.D.: I think it could be a problem. A few times even late in the season when they’ve been playing really good basketball, they’ve dug themselves a hole. And look no further than Friday against Akron in the MAC tournament semifinals. They fell behind 18, went into halftime down 17 and really just looked out of sync offensively. They went on a big run in the second half to win, obviously, but Western cannot afford to do that against a Syracuse team that is deeper, has more talent, is longer and is just going to come in with more experience.

The D.O.: How much zone has the team faced this season?

D.D.: As much as people talk about the Syracuse defense, I don’t think it is going to be as intimidated as another lower seed might be for the simple fact that Western played Eastern Michigan twice this year. And Eastern Michigan’s coach is Rob Murphy, who was an assistant at Syracuse from 2004-2011. So the Broncos are going to fall back on their knowledge of the Eastern Michigan zone, which is very similar to Syracuse’s, in preparing for this game.

The D.O.: So if Western Michigan is to upset Syracuse, how do you see it happening?

D.D.: It’s got to be an inside-out game because that’s when Western is at its best. It’s got to be inside to Shayne Whittington for the first touch on

a lot of possessions. If you’re going to be successful, you’ve obviously got to make that zone collapse and kick it out and hit 3s. When David Brown, the other Western senior is on, that guy can shoot from anywhere in the gym. He’s going to pull it whether he’s 0 for his last three, or three for his last three.

The D.O.: Besides David, I saw Austin Richie (41.2 percent) is a very good 3-point shooter. What kind of secondary shooters do the Broncos have?

D.D.: Austin, I would say he’s a solid point guard, good ball-handler. But in terms of offense, he’s not a real big scoring threat. With that said, when Richie scores 10 or more points this season, the Broncos are undefeated. If you’re looking for secondary scoring in this game, I would look for Connar Tava and I would look for Tucker Haymond. Those two guys were kind of X-factors in the MAC tournament for Western.

The D.O.: On the flip side of the ball, how do you think Western Michigan can defend against the length of Syracuse?

D.D.: That’s going to be tough for Western. If Syracuse is going to go to the rim and take it down low, and if Whittington gets in foul trouble, that’s big trouble for Western. The Broncos have some nice role players on the bench, but they don’t have anybody near 6-11. Not a lot of teams do.

The D.O.: Is there anything else that we haven’t covered that you think will be crucial on Thursday?

D.D.: I think it all comes down to turnovers.

I think Western will be ready for the zone, but I don’t think they’ll be ready for the atmosphere and that big stage that Syracuse has experience with.

It’s pretty much going to be a Syracuse home game.

The D.O.: Has the team experienced anything like that?

D.D.: Not really. They went to Missouri in the nonconference, but it was over Christmas break so it wasn’t a full house. I just don’t see Western being ready for that element just in terms of how loud it’s going to be there. sebail01@syr.edu | @Stephen_Bailey1

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men’s basketball

Q&A with Broncos beat writer

By Stephen Bailey sports editor

In anticipation of No. 3-seed Syracuse’s second-round matchup with No. 14-seed Western Michigan on Thursday, The Daily Orange spoke with David Drew., who covers Western Michigan sports for the Kalamazoo Gazette and MLive Media Group.

The Daily Orange: What was the team’s initial reaction when it found out it was playing Syracuse?

David Drew: Seeing their name up on the big screen was a big thrill because it hadn’t happened in 10 years for this program, but the seed that they got was a little disappointing. I think they were expecting to be a No. 13 seed see western

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women’s basketball

RACHEL COFFEY was adopted when she was 5 days old. Her birth mother eventually took her back, only to give her back to her adoptive family just months later. Through all of her childhood hardships, basketball remained the one constant in Coffey’s life. emma fierberg asst. photo editor

The one constant

By Josh Hyber staff writer

Coffey uses basketball to stay on track through adoption, parents’ divorce, emerges as leader for SU LORRAINE COFFEY looks on as a social worker holds Rachel Coffey shortly after she was adopted. courtesy of lorraine coffey

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ob Dassie had only heard the rumors.

An 8-year old basketball prodigy had just moved to Kingston, N.Y. She could shoot with pinpoint accuracy and dribble two balls at once. And she practiced just down the block from Dassie’s gym.

He had to see the girl that everyone was talking about. He had to see Rachel Coffey.

So Dassie invited her to the Rondout Center, handed her a ball and though she was a short, skinny, hair-braided little girl surrounded by teenage boys, he challenged her.

“Let’s see what you can do,” he said.

SU grabs No. 6 seed for NCAAs

It didn’t take long for Rachel to validate everything that Dassie had heard about her.

She walked out onto the court where all of the older guys were playing and did what only she knew she could do.

What started out as just Dassie watching from the sidelines turned into a spectacle for the entire gym.

“She made more shots than the older guys,” Dassie said. “The older guys were probably about 15, and she was making all their shots.

“That was my first impression and I was very impressed with her basketball skills, her feel for the game and how much she loved basketball at that young age.”

In her hometown of Kingston, everyone viewed Rachel the way Dassie did — as a basketball star. see coffey page 18

Syracuse (22-9, 10-6 Atlantic Coast) earned a No. 6 seed in the South Bend Region of the NCAA Tournament and will play No. 11-seed Chattanooga on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in Lexington, Ky. The game will be televised on ESPN2.

Shortly after the announcement, Syracuse head coach Quentin Hillsman guaranteed a first-round victory. If Syracuse does defeat Chattanooga (29-3, 18-0 Southern), it will advance to play the winner of No. 3-seed Kentucky and No. 14-seed Wright St. on Monday.

“We’re going to win the game,” Hillsman told reporters at the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center.

“We’re not going there to lose. I can’t leave here thinking we’re going to lose the basketball game. I don’t think we’re going to lose the game.”

Although guards Rachel Coffey and Brittney Sykes admitted they know nothing about the Mocs — other than Sykes knowing they’re from Tennessee — Hillsman said he’s somewhat familiar with Chattanooga and already seemed to have a knowledgeable scouting report.

“You got to look back and see why see ncaas page 17