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Duking it out The Daily Orange political

Finding inner strength Women speak out about their

Path to contentment Louisville transfer Chris Smith has

launched a partnership with Ithaca College TV to encourage crosspromotion. Page 3

columnists battle it out about campaign finance as the 2012 election gears up. Page 4

struggles with anorexia in honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Page 13

become a key contributor, but he had a long road to get to U of L. Page 28

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Order of protection dismissed

By Marwa Eltagouri ASST. NEWS EDITOR

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Critical call Expected change to alcohol policy encourages students to report intoxication

By Rachael Barillari and Laurence Leveille

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tudents in alcohol-related emergencies will soon be able to call for help without fear of punitive action on first offense.

The Syracuse University administration will update its alcohol

policy to include a new step, which officials hope will be implemented by the end of the semester.

Rather than facing probation on first offense of extreme intoxication, a student in need of medical transport would be reprimanded.

The reprimanding would include a meeting with the Office of Judicial

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A judge dismissed Zach Tomaselli’s order of protection against Syracuse University’s former associate men’s basketball coach Bernie Fine on Wednesday before hearing any evidence.

Tomaselli, of Lewiston, Maine, obtained a temporary order of protection from Fine on Feb. 6, claiming Fine repeatedly called him on both his home phone and cellphone in attempts to intimidate him.

The order of protection was dismissed by a Lewiston district court judge with prejudice, meaning the issue cannot be brought back to court, according to an article published by The Post-Standard on Wednesday.

The threshold to obtain an order of protection is low, so a judge issued the temporary order of protection without requiring Tomaselli to submit any evidence of harassment, according to the article. The protection order was dropped, however, before any evidence was heard.

Tomaselli told The Daily Orange that Lenny Sharon, Fine’s attorney, said he and Tomaselli could come to a “gentleman’s agreement” in which Fine would no longer contact him as long as the order of protection was dropped.

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Former SUNY Upstate Medical University scientist falsified reports in published works

By Maddy Berner ASST. COPY EDITOR

A former scientist at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University was found to have falsified reports in federally funded projects, including two published studies.

Michael Miller, the former professor and chair of the university’s Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, engaged in research mis-

conduct in four studies funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institutes of Health. He falsified and fabricated data in grant applications, manuscripts and in published journals related to alcohol, ethanol and mice experiments, according to a Feb. 27 case summary by the Office of Research Integrity, which investigated the misconduct.

The two journals that published Miller’s work, the Journal of Neurochemistry and Developmental Neuroscience, retracted the reports last month, according to an article published by The Post-Standard on Tuesday. Retraction Watch, a blog that records when research documents are pulled from publications, first reported the retractions.

“Dr. Miller neither admits nor

denies committing research misconduct,” the ORI published, “but accepts ORI has found evidence of research misconduct as set forth above.”

As a result of his misconduct, Miller agreed to refrain from contracting with any U.S. government agency; to have future research supervised for two years after a one-year period of exclusion; to have any institution he works for while being supervised submit his

research to be certified by the ORI; and to exclude himself from any participation on an advisory board for three years, according to the summary.

Miller first joined Upstate in 2000 and brought with him more than $3 million in research grants, much of which was put toward research on the effect of alcohol on brain cells, fetal alcohol syndrome and other aspects

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CAMPUS BRIEFS SUNY chancellor to visit March 5 SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher will visit Syracuse on Monday to discuss the “Power of SUNY” on Central New York.

Zimpher and eight State University of New York college presidents will attend the SUNY Central New York Regional Showcase in the Comstock Ballroom in the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center, according to a Feb. 29 article in The Post-Standard.

The SUNY Regional Showcase Days began Oct. 5 on Long Island and will end May 1 in Buffalo for the Western New York Region. There are 64 SUNY campuses that are grouped into 10 regions corresponding to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Regional Economic Development Councils, according to the article.

Maxwell announces lecture series The Tanner Lecture Series on Ethics, Citizenship and Public Responsibility at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs will kick off with former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Bill Bradley.

The series was launched because of the support of W. Lynn Tanner, a Maxwell alumnus. He is the founder, CEO and chairman of TEC Canada, a leadership development organization dedicated to accelerating the growth and development of 21st century leaders, according to a Feb. 27 Maxwell press release.

Speakers in the annual lecture series will be leaders in their given fields. The lectures will aim to engage and provoke attendees about issues citizens of nations and of the world face and to leave a lasting impression that influences their future, according to the release.

VPA professor to travel to Cuba John Warren, associate professor and director of choral activities in the Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, is one of seven nationally chosen conductors to represent the Eastern Division of the American Choral Directors Association in the International Conductors Exchange Program for 2012.

Warren will travel to Cuba in May to attend the U.S./Cuban Choral Summit in Havana, Cuba. The summit includes workshops, rehearsals and performances by U.S. and Cuban choirs, according to a Feb.20 SU News release.

The ICEP works to connect potential leaders of the U.S. choral community with people of similar interests around the world. Setnor recently hosted Carmen Collado López, director of Coro Polifónico de La Habana, for two days of workshops with SU students, according to the release.

—Compiled by Rachael Barillari, asst. news editor, rebarill@syr.edu

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Cult following

MADELINE FOLLIN, singer for indie-pop duo Cults, croons during the band’s aggressive set in the Schine Underground. The group headlined the first concert of the Bandersnatch Music Series of the spring semester Wednesday night. A few hundred fans flocked out to the show to watch the up-and-coming group in concert. Follin and co-member Brian Oblivion brought a five-piece band to play during the concert to make for a louder live experience. Local band The Vanderbuilts opened the show, playing a blend of indie folk-rock. See page 18

Biklen chosen as recipient of education award

By Stephanie Bouvia ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Douglas Biklen was chosen for the 2011 UNESCO/Emir Jaber al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah Prize for his work promoting education and equal opportunities for people with educational disabilities.

Biklen, the dean of the School of Education at Syracuse University, was selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for the award. A ceremony hosted by the Kuwaiti government was sched-

uled Wednesday at Kuwait University, according to a Feb. 27 SU News release.

Biklen could not immediately be reached for comment.

UNESCO created the award in 2002 with the support of the Kuwaiti government, according to the release. The organization honors two people every two years, one from the Arab states and the other from another part of the world.

The prize recognizes accomplishments in supporting and promoting quality education for those

with intellectual disabilities and comes with a $40,000 award, which is split between the two recipients, according to the release. But due to Biklen’s significant work in school inclusion, he was selected as the sole laureate this year, according to the release.

“UNESCO’s recognition of Doug Biklen’s international leadership in scholarship and advocacy for persons with educational disabilities is so well deserved,” said Chancellor Nancy Cantor in the release.

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WHAT IS UNESCO?

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization was founded in 1942 during World War II. Based in Paris, France, it is an organization made of 195 members and eight associate members that work to support peace, eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, science, culture, communication and information.

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Orange Television Network, Ithaca College TV join to cross-promote

By Jessica Iannetta STAFF WRITER

Orange Television Network and Ithaca College Television have forged a partnership to encourage crosspromotion and exchange knowledge.

The two student television networks will exchange ideas and help promote each other’s channels through social media outlets.

“For right now, it’s mainly crosspromotion through social media and other means, as well as brainstorming and meeting other students who have different experiences,” said Hannah Coulson, a junior television and radio major at Ithaca College and ICTV publicity director. “It’s worked pretty well so far.”

Charlotte Lipman, a junior

television, radio and film major at Syracuse University and promotion manager at OTN, said she is also excited about the partnership.

“It’s really great just to have another TV station that works very similarly to how ours does and just to have someone else to bounce ideas off of and have the support of another station,” Lipman said.

The partnership started after Lipman began exchanging social media campaign ideas with Coulson. The two decided to expand the partnership into other areas. Because the idea of working with other student TV stations had already been discussed, Coulson said, ICTV was very interested in the idea.

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s the 2012 presidential primaries continue and the election approaches, campaign finance and super PACs are dominating the conversation. The Daily Orange conservative and liberal columnists take on the issue.

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Ideas, not money, must be driving factor behind campaign success

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andidates’ ideas should drive their success, not their donors.

But we’ve seen corporations and individuals pile in millions of dollars to help fund candidates’ campaigns since the Citizens United v. Federal Election Committee ruling.

The United States spends the most money on its campaigns. The Center for Responsive Politics reports more than $75 million spent by outside groups in the 2012 election cycle, alone.

Candidates in the United States spend the longest time running for office. Other countries spend far less, and there is no suggestion their democracies have been weakened. Many of these countries have a wider variety of political parties and different ideologies.

Sheldon Adelson, a billionaire who has donated $11 million to the pro-Gingrich super PAC, told Forbes Magazine in February, “I’m against very wealthy people attempting to or influencing elections. But as long as it’s doable, I know I’m going to do it.”

Donors like Adelson admit to a problem but continue to use their influence. Government regulation should exist to ensure

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to the left, to the left money does not corrupt our political system.

The United States does not need to spend so much on its campaigns. Money spent on campaigns is not necessarily producing better candidates or leaders.

When a few wealthy individuals control which candidates get financial support, the security of our democracy is threatened.

Whether these groups or individuals support liberal or conservative candidates is irrelevant. The basis and fundamental values of this country do not support this behavior.

Harmen Rockler is a junior newspaper journalism and political science major. His regular column appears every Monday. He can be reached at horockle@syr.edu.

Super PACs run by candidates’ former aides influences actions

itizens United v. Federal Election Commission gave corporations and the wealthiest Americans the ability to contribute unlimited amounts to super PACs in a failed attempt to protect free speech.

The Republican primaries have given us a peek into the sweeping changes that the decision has had on the election landscape and, in turn, the significance of your vote. Indeed, of the $60 million collected by super PACs this year, $33 million has come from just 24 donors.

Of the super PACs supporting the top four Republican candidates, each one has raised more than 96 percent of their funds from “large donors” who gave more than $25,000 at a time.

Now, Mitt Romney’s once inevitable nomination has become less sure. In New Hampshire, Romney looked to be the favorite and was beginning to coalesce support from conservatives. Today, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich continue to hang on, not because of support from regular voters, but because of support from these 24 individual donors.

Another issue is with the independent nature of super PACs. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United prohibited these groups from coordinating with the candidates they support.

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opinion that matters Many of these super PACs are run by each candidate’s former aides. Carl Forti, Romney’s former national political director, now heads the independent super PAC supporting Romney.

Becky Burkett, who was previously head of fundraising for Gingrich, now heads his PAC. Nick Ryan served as a senior adviser to Santorum and now manages his PAC. Notice the pattern here.

Super PACs have given the wealthiest an unjust advantage to influence election results.

But worse, by having former aides control these groups candidates create the semblance of independence while maintaining a degree of control. A direct violation of the ruling and proof of its faults.

Stephen Fox is a graduate student studying for his master’s degree in entrepreneurship and a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. His columns appear online weekly. He can be reached at smfox03@syr.edu.

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Left, right both use big money in campaigns when it suits them best

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he Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission opened the door for the current structure of campaign spending, most notably super PACs. This new campaign tool has been attacked for allowing people to give the amount they want to organizations that work on behalf of campaigns and for giving “big money” too much influence.

The issue of “big money” in campaigns is one the left has no standing to make. The left is fine with unions spending millions on their behalf. The New York Times reported in the 2008 elections that labor unions spent nearly $450 million. That’s about $200 million more than leading conservative super PAC American Crossroads plans to raise.

The left refuses to acknowledge groups supporting their causes like moveon.org and Media Matters for America, which have both received enormous gifts from wealthy individuals. Spending will be more balanced between groups on the left and right now.

When it comes to the issue of allowing people to donate what they wish to political causes they support, why should this not be

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the right direction allowed? Why shouldn’t free people be able to do what they want with their own resources, political or not? Of course, it’s not fair.

Why not then branch out and limit the time someone can volunteer on a campaign, lest someone not have an equal amount of energy or enthusiasm for a candidate as others?

This isn’t an ideal system. It would be much better to have individuals donate what they may to campaigns and have those campaigns be responsible for who they take money from and what is done with that money.

Don’t let the left fool you into thinking this is new. Like most things, the left was for it before the right started doing a better job at it.

Patrick Mocete is senior political science and policy studies major. His column appears every Thursday. He can be reached at pdmocete@syr.edu.

Suppressing campaign finance creates selective suppression of free speech

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espite popular notions often coming from the left, those against corporate campaign finance are interested in a selective suppression of free speech.

Much to the dismay of liberals, in the 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision, the Supreme Court ruled the government has no power to restrict the broadcast of electioneering communications.

This includes restrictions on funding.

Specifically, this ruling allows corporations, unions, nonprofit organizations and individuals to pool money with no limit in support of political candidates through political action committees.

There is one condition. To pool funding with no limits, a PAC must have no direct coordination with candidates or political parties.

This is the perfect blend for maximum political expression. People are free to support for their favorite candidates without government interference, but they are prevented from funneling money into their favorite candidates’ pockets. This blend is known as a super PAC. Critics on the left assert super PACs allow corporations to drown out the voices

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vast right wing conspiracy of individual Americans. A corporation is only a group of individuals who have chosen to come together, to produce goods or services.

The First Amendment grants all people the freedom of assembly, and the Constitution sets no arbitrary limits on the resourcefulness or scale of an organization.

At no point are governments or selfproclaimed free speech advocates on the left justified in knocking down groups of people that they find too well prepared to deliver a political message.

We live in the United States where everyone is entitled to free speech and political expression, but no one is entitled to a free platform.

Michael Stikkel is a sophomore computer engineering major. His columns appear online weekly. He can be reached at mcstikke@syr.edu.

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Probation status shows lack of responsibility EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board The College of Medicine of SUNY Upstate Medical University was put on probation after failing to comply with 15 of 129 standards prescribed by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. The college was one of four institutions put on probation.

For students in the college, the university and the Syracuse community, this probationary status is alarming.

The status shows a lack of responsibility on the part of administrators, which is troublesome at a medical school where students are trained to save lives. Course administration and curriculum are the main issues.

Administrators must constantly be working to ensure the school is meeting or exceeding standards. The university’s administration should be familiar with the standards. The standards for accreditation by LCME are posted online in a 30-page document and accessible for administrators.

The College of Medicine should not need to be placed on probationary status to fix the issues the committee outlined. Administrators should know where issues lie and should work to fix them before being placed on probation.

The LCME granted the university two years to address the issues and must submit a plan to address the issues by Aug. 15. The university will continue to graduate students with an accreditation during this time period.

The university must make the changes in a timely and appropriate manner, as the reputation of the College of Medicine, the Upstate Medical University and the State University of New York system is at stake if the university loses its accreditation.

Moving forward after the probationary period is lifted, the university must be vigilant in taking the time and effort to make sure the university is up to standards to continue being accredited.

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Jolie’s exposed leg overpowers important wins at Oscars leg eclipsed the Academy Awards coverage this year: Angelia Jolie’s right leg,

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I remember when I first met Angelina Jolie’s right leg. It was Sunday night. I saw a Tumblr post of the actress standing proudly on the red carpet.

Jolie’s leg jutted out of her Versace dress. It just knew it was about to cause a commotion. She looked fabulous. I should probably confess I’ve been Team Angie since 2005.

When my roommate said she missed the awards show, I told her, “Angelina’s leg. That’s all you’re going to need to know for tomorrow.”

From Jolie’s sly expression, she also knew this would be the thigh-high slit seen round the world.

It didn’t take long for the leg to become famous. @AngiesRightLeg joined Twitter before the telecast was even over. The Twitter handle sent its first tweet, saying, “Look at

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the one that got away me!” at 10:36 p.m. Obviously because no one was already ogling it.

Since its inception, @AngiesRightLeg sent 28 tweets. Almost all of them were reminders of the leg’s presence. As of Wednesday night, it had more than 41,000 followers.

In Hollywood, there’s so much hype leading up to the Academy Awards. The moment awards season begins nominees are put under a microscope. Every early win is a step closer to an Oscar and every loss is a devastating blow to a fragile ego.

Entertainment websites start Oscar predictions as early as September.

Despite the pre-Oscar buzz, once the lights went out in the Kodak

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Theater, Jolie’s name was on the tip of everyone’s tongue. The hardworking professionals who had just won an award were forgotten. An actress’ leg outshone Hollywood’s biggest award show.

“The Descendants” screenplay acceptance speech became a commentary on Jolie’s pose. When writer Jim Rash went up to accept his award, he struck Jolie’s defiant stance. It was a humorous moment, but a moment that should have been about Rash and his fellow screenwriters. He’ll always be remembered as the guy who struck the Jolie pose during his speech.

We all missed the significance of Octavia Spencer’s best supporting actress win because we were staring up Jolie’s dress slit. Including Spencer’s win, only a half-dozen African-American women have earned an Oscar.

This important moment in American culture became a passing thought because of the infamous

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Versace dress and the Internet sensation of “leg bombing.”

Leg bombing is a lot like photo bombing, but it features Jolie’s right leg instead of your dumb friends.

The protruding leg has been photo shopped onto Abbey Road, the moon and next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The leg also has been bombed onto Brad Pitt during his “Interview With A Vampire” days, the Queen of England and three-time Oscar Award-winning actress Meryl Streep.

I love Jolie, her leg and a good meme as much as the next girl — as long as that girl isn’t Jennifer Anniston — but one scantily clad leg doesn’t deserve this much attention. This leg bombing will surely blow over as quickly as the Sad Tom Brady meme after the Super Bowl.

Ariana Romero is a sophomore magazine journalism major. Her column appears every Thursday. She can be reached at akromero@syr.edu.

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Coulson said she, the station manager and the on-air promotions director traveled to Syracuse in December to meet with Lipman and the OTN coordinating producer.

During the visit, she said, the two teams discussed the details of the partnership as well as the differences between the stations.

One major difference is how the two stations are run, Lipman said. OTN is SU’s student television network, but CitrusTV, the student television studio, supplies much of its programming.

OTN also does not have an executive board.

Instead, it has many employees and a general manager: professor Andy Robinson.

ICTV has a more regimented executive board and creates and airs all its own content without the help of a separate television studio, Lipman said.

Lipman and other members of the OTN staff will visit ICTV in April.

In the future, Coulson and Lipman said they hope to expand the partnership to other schools and have a yearly workshop where the

“We were thinking that at some point we could invite more college television stations of the Northeast into this partnership, just for the purpose of television production and broadcasting and to have a greater community.”

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different television stations could meet and share knowledge.

“We were thinking that at some point we could invite more college television stations of the Northeast into this partnership,” Lipman said, “just for the purpose of television production and broadcasting and to have a greater community.”

For now, the partnership doesn’t include any program swapping because ICTV has a policy that they only air programs made by ICTV students. However, this policy is currently under review by the executive board, Coulson said, and could change in the future.

Coulson said she is excited about the new partnership and how it could help both television stations.

“I think it’s a great opportunity for all of the students involved to have a chance to meet other people and learn things that they couldn’t necessarily learn from their own station,” she said. “I think it’s a really exciting opportunity for both schools.” jliannet@syr.edu

WHAT IS OTN?

Orange Television Network serves the campus through broadcast on digital channels 2 and 2.1 and through cable as part of the package provided to subscribers in residence halls. Another milestone was reached this fall when OTN became the nation’s first fully digital highdefinition collegiate TV operation. OTN employed about 25 students last year, and around 350 students work voluntarily through Citrus TV. Students living off campus, as well as anyone else, can view OTN’s online stream at orangetv.syr.edu.

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of neurobiology, according to an Oct. 3, 2000, Upstate press release.

Miller is quoted as being a “well-funded, well-published scientist who not only brings to the SUNY Upstate his outstanding record in research, but also his ability as an accomplished administrator and faculty member,” said Kenneth Barker, then-provost and vice dean of Upstate, in the release.

Miller retired from the university last November.

Doubts concerning Miller’s research first surfaced in 2009, when co-workers alleged he engaged in scientific misconduct. Upstate launched an investigation that involved several interviews and reviews of scientific files and lab

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Miller agreed to refrain from contracting with the government; have future research supervised for two years after a one-year exclusion period; submit research for ORI certification; and exclude himself from participation on an advisory board for three years.

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“That was something I was definitely willing to agree to because it was just gonna be such a hassle,” Tomaselli said.

Sharon told The Post-Standard that Fine denied Tomaselli’s claims of harassment, but he assured that Fine will not contact Tomaselli in the future.

“Dr. Miller neither admits nor denies committing research misconduct, but accepts ORI has found evidence of research misconduct as set forth above.”

Office of Research Integrity notes, according to The Post-Standard article.

Ivan Oransky, the co-founder of Retraction Watch, praised how Upstate handled Miller’s case. He said “they did everything by the book,” according to the article.

There seems to be a growing trend of scientific research fraud cases worldwide, Oransky said in the article. Another recent investigation involved a heart researcher at the University of Connecticut who made up evidence about the benefits of red wine, according to the article.

Derryl Geddes, the director of public and media relations at Upstate, could not be reached for comment. mjberner@syr.edu

Investigators are currently looking into Tomaselli’s allegation that Fine molested him in 2002 in a Pittsburgh hotel room when Tomaselli was 13 years old.

Fine, who was fired from the university Nov. 27, has denied the allegations and has not been charged. meltagou@syr.edu — Staff Writer Michael Cohen contributed reporting to this article

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Sustainability Club members hope to limit use of water bottles, promote organization

By Nick Smith

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Emma Edwards has to think outside the box to conquer an ironic challenge in expanding student awareness about the Syracuse University Sustainability Club.

“It is difficult since we can’t just put up posters — that is not sustainable,” said Edwards, a freshman policy studies major and the club’s president.

One of the ways members plan to raise awareness is by hosting events, such as a water taste test held in the Schine Student Center on Feb. 20. During the event, club members offered unmarked samples of bottled water, tap water and filtered tap water to students and asked which sample they liked best.

Edwards said she considered the event to be a huge success. More than half the participants preferred the taste of tap or filtered tap water.

In addition to events, Edwards said the club plans on using Internet resources like Facebook to spread its message, as opposed to distributing leaflets on campus. Club members hope to encourage people to come to meetings and think about issues of sustainability, she said.

Though increasing and retaining membership has been a challenge since Edwards first started the Sustainability Club last fall, she said the club has come a long way.

“At first, we did not have goals or structure, and membership f luctuated greatly at each meeting. Now, we have set goals and

given ourselves deadlines to meet them,” she said. “We have elected positions and a core group of members who are dedicated to the club.”

Although the club’s primary focus is to eliminate water bottle use, Edwards said the group plans on branching out into other issues.

“Decreasing the use of plastic water bottles on campus involves a lot of work. Once we have met our goals and increased in membership, we can begin to focus on other issues on campus such as recycling or awareness,” she said.

The club, which works closely with the SU Sustainability Division, is not yet recognized by the Student Association, but Edwards said there are plans to become a registered student organization in the fall.

Dan Olken, an industrial design major and member of the club, joined at the beginning of this semester. He said he thinks other students should join because environmental issues are becoming more and more crucial as the environment worsens.

Max Perrin, a sophomore civil engineering major, has been a member since the club’s inception. He said he is excited that the club is starting to make progress and sees great potential in it.

“We’re an easygoing group that would love anybody and everybody to join,” he said. “The possibilities are endless. The more interest we get, the more likely we are to make big changes on campus.” nxsmith@syr.edu

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Affairs to discuss the incident that led to medical assistance, said Thomas Wolfe, senior vice president and dean of student affairs.

The caller at the time of the incident would not be reprimanded, but Judicial Affairs might want to have a conversation with him or her, Wolfe said.

The addition to the codes will be a step toward partial medical amnesty, also known as the Good Samaritan Policy, at SU. Medical amnesty policies aim to protect students from punitive judicial action when calling for help in drug- and alcohol-related emergencies.

“The decision has been made,” Wolfe said.

“We’re moving in that direction.”

Two years ago, Devon Stewart, a 2011 SU alumnus and former president of the university’s chapter of Students for a Sensible Drug Policy, proposed the idea of a medical amnesty policy at SU to the administration and Student Association. Since then, they have been working to implement a policy that would reflect his proposal.

Under the current policy, students face probation on first offense of extreme intoxication and potential indefinite suspension on second offense, Wolfe said. Although the exact details for the updated policy are not hashed out yet, officials hope it will be written into the codes by the semester’s end, he said.

“The old policy had the elements of it already,” Wolfe said, “but this codifies it in a very specific way to send a message that we want students to act responsibly with each other and to report these things.”

Stewart introduced the idea of medical amnesty to Chancellor Nancy Cantor in June 2009. He then introduced the idea to SA at a general assembly meeting in February 2010. A month later, SA passed a resolution in support of a medical amnesty policy.

He proposed a policy that would protect students from the current sanctions but require them to attend a risk management meeting on first offense.

“The whole idea is really getting people to understand their behaviors,” Stewart said.

The purpose of the medical amnesty policy is to help first-time offenders and prevent future incidents. But repeat offenders who constantly put themselves and others in danger should face the consequences, Stewart said.

Before the administration made a proposal to update the current alcohol policy to include reprimand, Wolfe created a task force within the Division of Student Affairs to research

BIKLEN FROM PAGE 3

“Doug is a consummate publicly engaged scholar, partnering with cross-sector collaborators both to advance scholarship and to make a tremendous impact on lives here and now locally, nationally and globally.”

Biklen has worked for more than 40 years to support researchers and advance the well-being and educational opportunities for students who have disabilities, according to the release. His works, including novels “Achieving the Complete School” and “Schooling without Labels,” have had a significant effect on families struggling with disability, according to the release.

UNESCO honored Biklen with this year’s award because of his global contributions through his work on education, communication and the quality of life for people with disabilities, according to the release. The award ceremony included an address by H.E. Falah Al-Hajraf, the minister of education and high-

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medical amnesty policies across different campuses and look into the university’s current practices, he said.

There are at least 91 universities that have implemented a medical amnesty policy that covers drugs, alcohol or both, according to SSDP’s website. As of 2011, New York became one of five states to “grant limited immunity from prosecution for possession of controlled substances for people who seek or obtain medical assistance during an overdose,” according to the website.

At Cornell University, which has a similar policy to the one Stewart proposed, the number

“I honestly would like to see the bystander be a lot more secure.

I think that, honestly, they are someone who gets placed in a difficult situation, and they’re often very afraid to reach out the Department of Public Safety.”

PJ Alampi

CHAIR OF THE STUDENT LIFE COMMIT TEE ON SA

of emergency calls during drug- and alcoholrelated emergencies increased after the policy was enacted in 2002, according to a 2006 study in the International Journal of Drug Policy.

But the task force Wolfe created found that these policies do not make a difference statistically, he said. The crucial aspect of the policy is to keep students safe.

“What we want to do is make sure that the students know that it’s better to report these things so that their peers don’t suffer any more than they have to,” Wolfe said.

Capt. John Sardino of the Department of Public Safety said the changes to the policy are positive. People will be more likely to call for help and be more proactive in reporting someone who needs medical attention without worrying about getting in trouble, he said.

He said although the policy change would generate more calls for DPS, he does not see this as an issue, and the department should not have a problem keeping up with the calls for service.

“I see us getting a couple more calls on a weekend, but I don’t think there will be a huge spike in the number of calls we get,” Sardino

er education at Kuwait University, a speech by Biklen and an artistic show by students with disabilities, according to the release.

Ambassador Ali Al-Tarrah, Kuwait’s permanent delegate to UNESCO, said in the release that the award shows that Kuwait shares UNESCO’s passion for improving the quality of education for people with disabilities. He said candidates for 22 countries vied for the award.

Biklen said in the release that he hopes the prize will further advance disability studies and draw attention to the global inclusive education movement.

“Hopefully it will help shine a spotlight on the international inclusion movement and allow more opportunities to connect with educators internationally,” Biklen said in the release. “I envision an international movement to recognize the importance of educational innovation to address cognitive differences, all without labeling children as intellectually impaired.” snbouvia@syr.edu

said.

During a given weekend, Sardino said there are about five to seven students in need of medical assistance related to alcohol intoxication.

Sardino said he only expects DPS to receive a few more calls than usual because most students already call when someone is in need of medical assistance.

“Plenty of students called to report friends and students in trouble and didn’t really worry about what was going to happen, and they reported it because it was the right thing to do,” Sardino said.

Paul Smyth, manager of emergency medical services at SU Ambulance, said SUA may see an increase in calls for help due to the changes.

It is difficult to track alcohol-related ambulance calls, Smyth said, as injuries or altered mental status because of intoxication could be the reason for calling. But there is no way to pinpoint exactly how many calls are made exclusively due to intoxication.

If a high influx of calls were to ensue due to the policy changes, Smyth said it may be difficult for SUA to adapt because it is difficult to change staffing levels for a policy or try to predict how it will affect their call lines. But SUA will do its part to make the policy as successful as possible, he said.

In addition to updating the codes to include reprimand on first offense, SA is also working to raise awareness about overdrinking and underage drinking.

SA began working on the initiative again this semester, said PJ Alampi, chair of the Student Life Committee. He described the updates as both a policy and an educational program that will encourage bystanders to take action and teach students how to be aware of when someone has reached his or her limit.

“I honestly would like to see the bystander be a lot more secure,” Alampi said. “I think

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that, honestly, they are someone who gets placed in a difficult situation, and they’re often very afraid to reach out the Department of Public Safety.”

Alampi said he has been reaching out to the Options Program within SU’s Counseling Center to learn more about the steps students have to take after speaking with Judicial Affairs and to understand the policy and where it is headed, he said.

SA will also be working with the Red Watch Band program, which teaches students about the warning signs of alcohol poisoning, and will revamp informational stickers in the bathrooms, Alampi said.

“Our responsibility beyond the policy is to educate the students on responsible drinking habits,” he said.

Alampi said he hopes updating the current policy will make a difference, but the outcome of the policy change does not fall back on the administration, he said. Students are responsible for taking action and reaching out for help.

“If the policy does change, they need to be that active bystander and reach out to the university and say, ‘You know, someone is in danger,’” Alampi said.

He also stressed that the policy is not a free pass for students, but an opportunity for them to be careful and understand the university will support and protect them if needed, he said.

Wolfe said he hopes the direction the policy is going will increase safety for students and raise awareness of the effects and dangers of alcohol.

“My message here is if a student needs a hospital, a student needs a hospital,” Wolfe said. “… This isn’t about a rule. This is about the well-being of our students. Everything we do is about the well-being of our students.” rebarill@syr.edu lgleveil@syr.edu

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Hilton-Jacobs speaks about importance, need for racial diversity in entertainment

By Shanice Maxwell CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs empowered an enthusiastic audience of students and faculty in a discussion on the importance of media diversity Wednesday evening in the Halmi Screening Room.

Hilton-Jacobs, an actor and producer, was the guest of honor at the 11th annual Conversation on Race in Entertainment Media.

He spoke on how to thrive in the entertainment industry, beginning the discussion with a Q-and-A with Richard Dubin, host of the discussion and professor of practice at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Hilton-Jacobs began by saying, “I was 14 when I started. … I was going to be an artist,” before answering several questions about his roles in films “Claudine” and “Cooley High.”

The response to his wit, frank humor and intelligent discourse was well received.

Murmurs of affirmation, nodding heads and a constant sea of laughter were hard to ignore as he spoke about his role in the popular ABC TV series “Welcome Back, Kotter” and told stories from his life in showbiz.

Hilton-Jacobs also spoke on the lack of diversity and stagnant nature of the business.

“I have 43 years of being in the game,” he said. “Not much has changed.”

Making it in the entertainment industry hasn’t been an easy road for people of color, Hilton-Jacobs said, but students should be inspired, not discouraged.

“Hollywood is a segregated business,”

Dubin said. “It’s as segregated as it was in the ‘60s.”

Hilton-Jacobs said he would like to see more diversity in the roles people of color play. Still, he never allowed his skin color to deter him from accomplishing his dreams. Hilton-Jacobs challenged students to go after what they want regardless of the obstacles they may be confronted with.

Students asked questions as varied as how to deal with self-doubt as black writers and his opinion on Oscar recipient Octavia Spencer from “The Help.”

Brittany Dandy, a television, radio and film graduate student, said she thought the discussion was enjoyable and relatable.

“His personality screams unafraid, and I felt he was honest and motivating, which is most important when trying to motivate people trying to break into the industry,” Dandy said.

Hub Brown, Newhouse Diversity Committee member and associate dean for research, creativity, international initiatives and diversity, and professor Brad Gorham both said they found the discussion to be a huge success.

“It was everything we wanted it to be,” Brown said.

Hilton-Jacobs said when it comes to combating the diversity barrier still present in the industry, diversity should not matter.

“We should do what’s important to us,” he said. “It’s not about selling out.” srmaxwel@syr.edu

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he life of a monk is filled with vows of celibacy and silence. Monks practice restrictions on their diet, dress and use of electronic devices.

Now, 17 students at the University of Pennsylvania are getting a taste of this culture in a new class on monastic life and aestheticism.

Justin McDaniel, who teaches the three and a half monthlong course, said he originally started the class to fill the demand for hands-on humanities courses, an area that was lacking at UPenn.

“I talked to the people who were taking the typical religion classes, and there seemed to be a lot of student interest,” McDaniel said.

The majority of the class material is on Catholic and Buddhist monastic tradition, with a focus on monastic history. Contemporary monastic society is also covered in the class, McDaniel said.

For the hands-on portion of the course, McDaniel had his students integrate the ways of monks into their own lives. The class began with gradual restrictions such as a dress code — black shirts for women, white for men. But the real challenge came when they had to go a full month without technology,

physical contact from other humans and news from the outside world, McDaniel said.

McDaniel said he feels that putting these principles into practice is the best way for students to really grasp the topic.

“Sometimes the best way to learn is by doing things,” McDaniel said. “We can talk about these monastic groups, but you want to really see what it would be like to take on these restrictions.”

By taking on these restrictions in their everyday lives, McDaniel said students will not only be able to grasp an idea of the rigid lifestyle the monks live, but also understand what makes them choose the monastic life, and perhaps gain some inner peace of their own.

“Throughout history, people all over the world have been taking restrictions in their life in order to gain paradise with God or religion,” McDaniel said.

“What we’re trying to do is answer questions such as: Does this make your mind change? Do you look at the world differently? Why would people do this?”

As expected, there have been some difficulties for students in adapting to the monastic lifestyle, McDaniel said. He said a few students have struggled with the course and considered dropping out. But, he said, the students generally dedicate themselves

and see the benefit of the class.

McDaniel, who spent some time living as a Buddhist monk in Thailand after studying as an undergraduate student, said his own experiences with religion have helped him to become an expert on the topic. He uses that expertise in teaching the class, he said.

“I bring in my own experience, but the class is not about my experience,” McDaniel said. “I’ve studied the subject for most of my life, so instead, I bring that knowledge to the class.”

McDaniel said he has impressed with the amount of work and dedication students are putting into his class. The course is really for students who want to live a little bit differently, he said, and the success of the course has much to do with the effort and eagerness of the students to participate, he said.

“The students are coming from all kinds of religious traditions and a wide variety of approaches and reasons that they’re taking the course,” McDaniel said. “But one thing that links them is a desire to learn more about themselves. Will they continue to do this after the class? I doubt it, but they will have gotten a taste of something different.” dspearl@syr.edu

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Individuals reflect on how eating disorders influenced their lives Text by Colleen Bidwill ASST. FEATURE EDITOR

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ecrets. We all have them. Some eat you alive.

What if yours literally did?

Anorexia. Bulimia. Words rarely spoken around campus. But in a time where extremely skinny models grace catalogs and diet secrets clutter front covers, it needs to be discussed.

Last year, in 1,500 students seen at the Syracuse University’s Counseling Center, about 7 percent of the clients were seen for an eating disorder, said Cory Wallack, director at the Counseling Center.

Maybe it’s your best friend.

Roommate. Family member.

Or maybe it’s you.

Three brave individuals spoke up about being a support system or recovering from an eating disorder.

These are their stories.

••• In eighth grade, Colleen Baker developed a habit of consuming only Diet Coke for three days in a row.

Then after starving for three days, she binged and purged — six times a day. Within months, she dropped 30 pounds.

Baker was always the “chubby girl.” Although she always felt big, she wasn’t pressured by her parents or peers to change her size.

Change crept into her life when she obtained contacts and her braces came off. Suddenly, Baker realized the weight could come off, too.

“I just wanted to be able to feel small for once in my life,” Baker said.

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Students who challenge integrity get served with justice

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he sky hung low. Cold fog swept between my boots. Rain fell from the gutters of the Heroy Geology Building as I sauntered in for my 9:30 a.m. exam.

The auditorium was a nippy 56 degrees.

Fluorescent lights blurred my vision as I sat down behind Mr. “Too-smart-to-stay-awake” and his close friend, Mr. “So-hungover-I-droolon-the-desk.”

Syracuse University, it isn’t easy juggling my time as a part-time student and part-time detective. But on this particular day, I stumbled upon something so terrible, so despicable and so horrifying — I could not dare keep it to myself.

Some would call it an art. Others, a dark art.

Either way, one thing is for sure: It has never stopped, and it never will.

On that early Monday morning, I walked in feeling confident and prepared. As it turns out, not everyone embraced my positive energy. Rather, my friend Mr. “So-hungoverI-drool-on-the-desk” thought he’d con his way through this test of mental and emotional stamina.

He wasn’t so lucky, and here is the story of his unfortunate fate.

The kid looked hesitantly to his left and to his right. Test forms A and B came down the row. Quickly, he swapped his Form A for a Form B. He looked casually at the similar Form B in front of Mr. “Too-smart-to-stay-awake.”

Turns out, his friend had a similar idea.

Neither had studied. Brains empty, the two began to sweat. Their hairlines grew disturbingly moist as they decided on the next

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have me your way best option.

The kid looked down at his hand. It was covered fingertip-to-wrist in notes. Unfortunately for him, his salty palm perspirations smeared the answers. His plan had faltered.

Seconds passed. My heart beat violently against my chest.

Refusing to let this setback get to him, the kid lifted his foot to his knee. Within the Adidas stripes on his clearly new, and now soiled, shoes were more notes scribbled between the lines. This kid was no rookie to the cheating game.

His mother should be so proud.

It was just as I thought. This student was trying to scurry his way out of academic integrity.

I saw him lean forward toward his shoe. Too forward. He couldn’t see the notes. Squinting, his eyes looked suspicious. Again, he was cheat blocked.

Just as I was sure he would finally fall at the feet of her majesty, Scholarship, he pulled one last trick from under his sleeve.

Literally. He pulled his phone out from his sleeve.

Photos upon photos of class notes scrolled past the screen of his iPhone. He had done it

again. Until the phone slid from his wet fingers.

As his last cheating device ricocheted off the sides of the desk, the professor raised his eyes solemnly. Slowly, he made his way to the top of the auditorium, clawed his way toward the young scholar and asked him to meet him in the hallway. His time had come.

Later that afternoon, I made my way through campus, questioning students to give up details on what happened in the hall. Turns out, the kid ended up getting a $100 fine and a zero on the exam.

For the sake of inserting a pop culture reference, I’ll say that the moral of the story is: “Cheat too hard, professors gonna fine you.”

The biting cold faded by the time I walked home that evening. Orange lamplight softened my shadow. My mind was at ease knowing an academic criminal got served a cold plate of justice.

That kid knew what he was up to. But overtly risky business never flies when you try sidestepping the law. He learned that the hard way.

SU, I leave you with this: We are never free from the darkness within ourselves. But it is what we do with that darkness that separates Orangemen from average men.

Goodnight, Orangemen. May you prosper and seek justice always.

Kara McFarlane is a sophomore television, radio and film major — assuming radio is even a thing anymore — and her column appears every other Thursday. Though she plans to hang up her hat as a private eye, she recommends this column be read out loud in the voice of a young Sherlock Holmes. She can be reached at cnmcfarl@syr. edu. Follow her on Twitter at @karanicolemcf.

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Diverse performers, lighting schemes drive musical event

By Claire Dunderman CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The spotlight fizzled onto the stage. Seated at a piano, the performer clarified the source of her piece to the audience.

“This is actually by my friend Sarah Dooley, who wrote this when we were in high school,” said Carly Blane, a sophomore musical theater major. “I thought you might enjoy this.”

The trickling of piano notes danced across the room and a driving melody ascended the silence. Blane sang “Life Ain’t Fair,” her vocals rising in pitch and power as the song progressed. The song stopped and the lights blinked off, cuing the start of the next performer.

This was Blane’s first time performing in the 13th annual Prism Concert, hosted by the Setnor School of Music at 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Blane is one of the few nonmusic majors in the student-run concert, although any nonmusic majors could audition to be in the show.

Fourteen acts performed in the show, including the Samba Laranja: The Syracuse University Brazilian Ensemble.

“We’ve been asked to perform the show a number of times,” said Josh Dekaney, part-time instructor of percussion at SU and one of the directors of the Brazilian Ensemble.

The concert organizers also asked other groups to perform and take part in the show, like the music industry students.

“It allows them to see what it’s like managing everything,” Dekaney said.

The concert, which lasted for an hour and a half, had an array of lighting techniques and musical acts.

“There’s a mix of performances in the show,” noted Jen Ortiz, a senior music industry major

who attended to support her classmates. “Some songs are contemporary classical, some are original and some are from groups like First Year Players.”

The pieces and performers were wide in diversity. The first act was a cappella group

“The most important part of the concert is the students.”

Josh Dekaney

PART-TIME INSTRUCTOR OF PERCUSSION

Otto Tunes singing “I Won’t Give Up.” The show started in complete darkness, and though the group’s sound resonated through the room, the audience could not pinpoint from where exactly they came.

Another notable performance was the DK Funk Collective. The funk group gave an electrifying and adrenaline-pumping performance with loud, booming solos from the band’s trumpets and saxophones. William DiCosimo played the keyboard. DiCosimo, the director of the music industry program, added to the fun dynamic onstage by making faces at the other players.

As each performer ended and the spotlight faded, a new lighting effect appeared for the next act. Sometimes the spotlight turned orange, fixated on a performer in the balcony. Other times it shone on center stage.

The show ended with the Brazilian Ensemble in an enthralling display of percussion. The ensemble performed behind the audience in the balcony. The audience was so moved it clapped before the ensemble performed its last number.

Students danced enthusiastically in their seats.

“The most important part of the concert is the students,” Dekaney said.

The excited audience and the grand pounding of the final notes of the ensemble’s piece showed the spirit of the concert. Through music performed by students, audience members were ultimately moved by the diverse acts in the concert. cmdunder@syr.edu

MUSIC MAKERS Several diverse acts performed at the 13 th annual Prism Concert. Here are two that took the stage.

The Syracuse University Brazilian Ensemble

This group of drummers, also known as Samba Laranja, is part of the Setnor School of Music. Adjunct professor Joshua Dekaney and other members of Samba Laranja teach a world drumming class to students interested in percussion. Samba Laranja also partners with local high schools to teach students Brazilian and Afro-Cuban rhythms and songs.

Otto Tunes

Otto Tunes is Syracuse University’s allmale a cappella troupe. The group is made of 14 men who are mainly freshmen. Currently, there are six tenors, six baritones and two bass performers. Otto Tunes has performed in previous events such as the “Songs for Somalia Benefit Concert” in November 2011.

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“I would always be tall, but if there was no fat on my body, maybe boys could lift me and make me feel little.”

What started as a mere improvement project transformed into a seven-year struggle with bulimia, along with some episodes of anorexia. Now Baker, a junior psychology and television, radio and film dual major, can proudly say she has been clean for eight months.

To offer support on campus, Baker founded Students Helping to Acquire, Promote and Enhance Self-esteem in September, a club that promotes healthy body images and openly discusses eating disorders.

Tim Carter, her boyfriend of four years, admires how she has used her struggles as a motivation to help others and as her own cathartic release. She’s come a long way from when they first met as juniors in high school.

“Where I saw a pretty, bubbly and intelligent blonde, she saw nothing of the sort, and that really alarmed me,” he said.

The jig was up in high school when her dad found remnants of a purging session in the toilet. Her parents got her a counselor, whom she talked to until college. When she stepped on campus, it seemed like everyone’s lips were sealed about eating disorders. She only heard murmurs of a then-nonexistent support group.

She wanted to spark the conversation, reach girls who felt pressured to look a certain way. Baker recalls growing up and seeing images of celebrities she wanted to look like.

She remembers buying Paris Hilton’s “Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose” in eighth grade. She flipped through the pages, amazed at how skinny Hilton was and how eating anything you wanted was “chic.” She followed that advice. But the food didn’t stay down.

“So many images of beautiful skinny women in magazines and on TV swarmed around me, and I assured myself that I could be that if I just lost some more,” she said.

“Little did I know, I looked like a skeleton already.”

She began to find peace within herself at college. Last June, she decided enough was enough and ate healthy foods to lessen potential remorse. Now, she eats what she wants without any guilt.

“You don’t need to be perfect all the time,” she said. “Those pictures aren’t reality.”

••• Harriet Brown noticed her 14-year-old daughter develop a sudden fascination with gourmet cooking. She frequently read cookbooks and prepared the recipes. Brown gradually realized she would eat none of it.

Her daughter was diagnosed with anorexia

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with an anosognosic mindset, not recognizing that her actions were problematic.

Brown sought guidance. She searched for books that would give her advice in helping her daughter. What she found disappointed her.

“There are a lot of eating disorder memoirs, but not really help for families who want to get involved,” said Brown, an SU magazine journalism professor. “I wanted other parents to know that they weren’t alone in this.”

Brown wrote “Brave Girl Eating: A Family’s Struggle with Anorexia,” published in 2010.

It described her oldest daughter’s nonconventional family-based treatment.

Family-based treatment allows the individu-

“So many images of beautiful skinny women in magazines and on TV swarmed around me, and I assured myself that I could be that if I just lost some more. Little did I know, I looked like a skeleton already.”

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al to live at home, but it requires parents to eat every meal with their child and find creative ways to get them to eat. The treatment’s philosophy is to stop searching for the root of the eating disorder and instead focus on restoring physical health and weight.

Brown’s daughter, who at her lowest weighed about 71 pounds, had to consume 5,000 calories a day. She didn’t lose any more weight, but she failed to gain weight. Each day became a battle against the high-calorie food she was afraid of.

To extinguish her daughter’s fears, Brown wrote “One Spoonful at a Time” for The New York Times Magazine in November 2006. It’s an article that took awhile to get her daughter’s permission to publish.

Then in high school, her daughter saw her friends having body issues. Witnessing that made her change her mind. Brown recalled her daughter saying one day: “You know, it might help if other people knew about this other way of dealing with it.”

Five hundred pages. That’s how many pages Brown scribbled in her journal on her daughter’s recovery. Fifty pages. That’s how many pages of the book she wrote in two months.

After four more weeks at an artist colony in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., “Brave Girl Eating” was born. Brown chose the title to combat the stereotype that people with eating disorders

were spoiled rich girls just acting out.

“What you have to go through in recovery takes bravery and courage,” she said.

Brown maintained her daughter’s anonymity, calling her “Kitty,” a childhood nickname.

No pictures were slipped in the pages. “Good Morning America” wanted her to come on the show on one condition — show pictures of her daughter at her sickest. She declined.

Her daughter recovered after 18 months.

Brown still gets two or three emails a day about the book with overwhelming positive remarks from parents and people who are suffering, saying, “You get it.” She believes full recovery is possible, and families should support their child and defeat that negative inner voice no matter what.

Brown said: “You have to have someone louder than that voice saying, ‘No, that’s lies.’”

••• Rachel Beckman hid her secret beneath a perfect façade. High GPA. Vice president of a sorority. Assistant feature editor for The Daily Orange, where her new boyfriend worked.

In about a month, that was over. A junior at the time, Beckman left campus in 2002 to treat what she had snuck under everyone’s nose: an eating disorder.

The uncovered secret, hidden since her senior year of high school, made her parents place her for treatment at the Kartini Clinic for Disordered Eating in her hometown of Portland, Ore. — treatment she wrote about in a weekly column for The D.O. Her boyfriend and sports editor at the time, Eli Saslow, saw this as an opportunity to reach out to others.

“I’m about to begin a fight against bulimia, an illness that has nearly destroyed my life,” Beckman, a 2004 alumna, wrote in October 2002. Destruction to her 5-foot-6-inch, 127-pound frame wasn’t obvious. Having the traits of both an anorexic and bulimic meant she didn’t look startlingly thin, a warning sign.

She wrote in an October column that her perfectionism, obsession with fashion magazines, a year in a sorority house and other underlying factors contributed to her situation.

During her year in treatment, about 150

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emails from readers, teachers and students suffering from eating disorders flooded her inbox. Beckman sympathized, but she didn’t necessarily have answers for them; she was still trying to recover.

Beckman replied to everyone. One email in particular made a lasting impression. It was from a girl living in the Brewster/Boland/ Brockway Complex who spent every night in the study carrel binging and purging into a trash can.

“I didn’t expect myself to fix her or solve her problems, but I am still kind of haunted by that because I was in the same position, except it was in the first-floor bathroom at my sorority house,” she said.

Her life was filled with therapy, medication and psychologists. She followed a food plan, maintained a food journal and ate three meals under parental supervision. She wrote that she felt partly comforted with this because her eating habits could go completely unchecked on campus. On the other hand, she felt stifled by the restriction.

She was ashamed to admit how her eating disorder and depression were intertwined.

“They feed off each other like twin demons plotting my demise,” she wrote in a November 2002 column. “… So my goal now is to fight to get my life back.”

She fought and returned to campus a year later with tools to continue her recovery — monthly weigh-ins with an SU Health Services nurse, therapy with a psychologist every two weeks and a food plan.

She reunited with Saslow, who wrote long daily emails while she was gone.

“We really kind of fell in love during all of these crazy times, and it was totally unexpected,” she said. The pair married in 2008.

Beckman will always have a different outlook on food. She can’t skip meals, and if she gains a few pounds, she may get anxious. But those are tiny parts of a full life.

Ten years later, Beckman is a freelance writer for The Washington Post. She has Saslow and a new addition to the family — seven-monthold daughter, Sienna. Beckman is healthy and happy.

There is no façade. Not anymore. cbidwill@syr.edu

BEFORE & AFTER

BREAKING IT DOWN Eating disorders come in several varieties. Here are three of them: Anorexia People who are anorexic refuse to eat in a normal fashion. It doesn’t mean they never eat, however, their food consumption is so minimal they lose weight. It is sometimes combined with low self-esteem or depression.

Bulimia Bulimics have a combination of compulsive overeating and anorexic characteristics. People who are bulimic consume enormous amounts of food at a time and compensate for their binge eating. Methods include self-induced vomiting, large amounts of exercise, diet pills, laxatives or fasting.

Compulsive overeating (binge eating) These individuals have impulsive and excessive eating patterns. But they don’t handle their overeating like a bulimic. Instead, they feel shameful, which often causes repeated episodes.

Source: eatingdisordershelpguide.com

courtesy of colleen baker COLLEEN BAKER at her lowest weight in eighth grade. Baker struggled with bulimia until eight months ago. The media attention of skinny celebrities like Paris Hilton influenced her eating disorder.

courtesy of colleen baker (FROM LEFT) COLLEEN BAKER AND TIM CARTER before Alpha Gamma Delta’s spring formal. Baker and Carter have been together for four years and he has been a strong support system.

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Cults captivate audience with assertive full-band set

By Joe Infantino STAFF WRITER

Engulfed by a musical trance, Madeline Follin, lead singer of Cults, swayed behind the microphone stand. She moved to the music’s rhythm, her eyes hidden behind dark bangs.

A heavy melody rose swiftly over a buzz of conversation. All at once, images of masked teenagers riding bikes were projected on the wall behind the band, and the music crashed into a monstrous clash of drums. The beat quickened, and Follin exaggerated her movements. The cacophony of noise lurched to a screeching stop, and the band members threw their hands up, hinting at the crowd to do the same.

The crowd in the Schine Underground on Wednesday night cheered, a few with hands above heads, clapping out of rhythm. Follin approached the microphone and tilted her head back to sing along to “Abducted,” a song off the band’s 2011 self-titled debut album.

An indie-pop band, Cults headlined the first Bandersnatch Music Series concert of the spring semester. The concert was sponsored by University Union. Syracuse natives The Vanderbuilts opened the show for a few hundred fans.

“I’ve known Cults for a few years,” said Kevin Lee, a sophomore finance major. “This was my first time in (the Underground), and the

atmosphere was great for this show.”

The Vanderbuilts warmed up the crowd.

As the hometown group took the stage, friends and fellow classmates greeted them warmly.

The music started and aside from bobbing their heads, The Vanderbuilts stayed relatively motionless like the crowd. The crowd and band quickly warmed up to each other with help from violinist Aya Yamamoto, who never stopped dancing even with her violin tucked under her chin.

Christie Glaser, a senior music major, thinks indie folk-rock is growing more popular on college campuses today.

“It’s more comfortable for a lot of people to identify with,” she said. “It’s music people can get down to and enjoy.”

The highlight of The Vanderbuilts’ set came with a steady and consistent beat on the bass drum, kicking off a lively folk song. As the guitars came in, the tune of “I’m Coming Home” was immediately recognizable. The guitars stopped, but the drum persisted, and Yamamoto filled the empty space with a riff on the violin.

As the song came to an end, the band thanked the crowd for coming.

After The Vanderbuilts left the stage, the lights dimmed. Sampled noises echoed throughout the room, soon muffled by increasingly loud guitars. The crowd waited in the dark, anticipating Cults’ first song.

elizabeth reyes | staff photographer AYA YAMAMOTO, violinist for The Vanderbuilts, plays during the band’s set. The local group opened for indie-pop duo Cults on Wednesday night in the Schine Underground.

The band used a digital projector to add a psychedelic feel to the room. Shapes bent and mutated on the wall behind the dark silhouettes of the band. Normally a duo, Follin and partner Brian Oblivion enlisted a full five-piece band for the performance. The extra musicians added aggression to the music, which didn’t phase fans, who consistently bobbed along.

After a few songs from their debut album, Follin stopped the music to announce their next track.

“We’re gonna play a slow jam for you now,” she said.

Motown-esque song “You Know What I Mean” got the audience swaying.

Digital snow graced the wall, reminding the crowd of the cold waiting just outdoors. As the song reached its climax, Follin belted into the microphone and the crowd whistled and cheered wildly.

Oblivion connected with the crowd when he asked for the location of the nearest bar. Smirking, he announced the final song, “Abducted,” and begged the crowd to stay into the music for just a while longer.

“If you have an ounce of energy left, this is your moment, unless, of course, you have a ton of work to do after the show,” he said.

Students danced with the music, which crescendoed into an inaudible mess with only a hint of the original song.

The show came together effortlessly, said Jonathan Groffman, executive adviser to the Bandersnatch Music Series.

“We were close to a sellout, and people really seemed to be into it,” he said. “That’s really all I look for when judging whether it’s a success or failure.” jtinfant@syr.edu

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Right on

Jibes at hippie culture, over-the-top gags carry outlandish Apatow comedy

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By Daniel Taroy STAFF WRITER

hese days, comedies rarely offer anything new. Unless Melissa McCarthy is crapping in a sink, what we see in theaters is an assembly line of one crazy situation after the next — all designed to crank out a fixed quota of laughs per minute. They lack organic moments that make good comedy genuinely funny and relatable.

Every now and then comes a comedy that’s so brazenly ridiculous you laugh in spite of your better judgment. Such is the case for Judd Apatow’s “Wanderlust,” a movie so centered on its outrageousness that you can’t help being swept along for the ride.

Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston play George and Linda, a city-slicking couple chasing the modern American dream.

They’ve barely moved into their “micro-loft” when a string of misfortune leaves them jobless and homeless. Cut to the bickering pair driving into the outskirts of civilization, where they might make the journey to self-discovery and tap into that elusive wanderlust.

They briefly stay with George’s yuppie older brother before stumbling into Elysium, an idyllic collection of free spirits who move to the beat of their own drum circle and share sexual partners like they share their psychedelic drugs. This selfdubbed “intentional community” is essentially a commune — a pot-scented orgy of trees and hugs.

Written and directed by David Wain, “Wanderlust” best compares to a sketch comedy show à la “Saturday Night Live.” It plays like a series of comic sketches — some funnier than others — that rely on clichés for cheap laughs. And as a pseudo-analysis of post-recession society, it runs the risk of taking itself too seriously and losing its humor in the process.

Much of the movie’s success comes from its unwillingness to compromise. Whereas most comedies would suffer from holding jokes an uncomfortable beat — or two or three — too long, the technique serves the zaniness that “Wanderlust” maintains. You’d think that Rudd sitting silently on a toilet for five minutes would be overboard, but the jokes only get funnier the longer they overstay their welcome.

Fortunately, the film never takes anything seriously, not even the hippie lifestyle it gently lampoons. The bohemian hallmarks are there — nudists, bongs and incense — but never at the expense of finding good fun in bad taste. Much like its protagonists, the movie throws clothes and caution to the wind, resulting in a surprisingly fresh comedy.

On paper, the idea of two Type-A personalities discovering themselves in a tribe of peyote-imbibing hippies seems stereo-

typical and almost reductive. But onscreen, the tribe of hippies doubles as a tribe of genuinely talented comedic actors, whose commitment to the material breathes new life into this stale concept.

Aniston demonstrates that there’s more to her than her fading Rachel persona. “Wanderlust” feels like her comingout party as a real movie comedienne. She’s having more fun here than we’ve seen her have in a long time, especially when she lets loose in a bizarre but hilarious LSD-induced sequence in which plants cry and she flies out of a tree.

Her chemistry with surrounding players, namely off-screen boyfriend Justin Theroux as the Jesusfaced commune leader, reminds us why she did so well on “Friends.”

However, Rudd is the film’s MVP and one of its few emotional centers.

He takes the role of the typical straight guy and imbues it with a sweetness that stands out from the surrounding madness.

His earnestness is somehow more convincing than his outing in last year’s “Our Idiot Brother,” and he somehow manages to hold the whole unhinged mess together.

But don’t be fooled into thinking that he can’t shoulder his share of raunchiness. One scene in particular features Rudd giving a certain body part a very long and deranged pep talk, an obviously improvised sequence that stands out as the movie’s strangest but funniest moment.

“Wanderlust” almost stalls when it hits the most convenient plot point it can find: a corporation arrives, threatening to bulldoze Elysium for commercial development. However, Wain and company stay hell-bent on making the most comedy they can out of the hackneyed situation. And thankfully, after a couple of poop and penis sight gags later, they do.

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Orange joins nation’s elite in rankings

By Jacob Klinger STAFF WRITER

More than four years void of respect have left a mark on Syracuse co-captains Emily Harman and Alessondra Parra.

The team is acutely aware Who: West Virginia of its lack of Where: Morgantown, W. Va. national recogniWhen: Saturday, 3 p.m. tion for its strong early-season performance, driving the Orange tennis program throughout this season.

“It’s not an easy feeling to know that the nation’s disrespecting you,” Harman said.

The Syracuse players (8-4, 3-1 Big East) avoid directly focusing on national rankings, preferring to keep the potential distraction in the back of their minds. With a berth in the NCAA tournament and a national championship as the team’s stated goals, the Orange knew it had to climb into the national rankings.

After SU knocked off Boston College and Harvard, then No. 55 and No. 60, respectively, the team cracked the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Top 75 national rankings for the first time under head coach Luke Jensen, reaching No. 73.

The next week, despite a pair of wins over Temple and Rutgers, the team was unranked once more.

On Tuesday, SU was ranked No. 39 by the ITA, its highest ranking in program history.

The Orange will face West Virginia and Pittsburgh on the road Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

Still, the ranking came after years of disrespect, a fact that Jensen and his team are keeping firmly in mind.

“I didn’t feel like we should have lost the ranking,” Parra said after Sunday’s win over then-No. 25 Yale. “There was no reason we should have lost it, but we did, and it just felt like, you know, people once again were kind of underestimating us, even

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carly reeve | staff photographer EMILY HARMAN and Syracuse picked up one of the biggest wins in program history last weekend by defeating then-No. 25 Yale.

The Orange ascended to No. 39 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings this week, the highest ranking in school history. disrespecting us, and it was so good, it felt so good to come out here and prove them wrong.”

The ITA rankings are both computer-generated and subject to committee votes. Yet both Jensen and his players have long been befuddled by the system.

When the Orange dropped out of the rankings after the wins over Temple and Rutgers, Jensen told his players after practice that they were no longer ranked.

The announcement produced mixed emotions.

“We were confused and kind of mad at the same time, just we thought we earned that spot,” freshman Jimena Wu said. “… At the end of the day, it was kind of like motivation to keep on working and aim higher so it didn’t happen again.”

Traditional powers are typically coastal teams in year-round tennis locales, such as UCLA and Miami (Fla.), or schools steeped in tradition, like Harvard, Duke and Yale. SU fits neither description.

The climate and lack of tradition has held the program back in terms of recruiting. Jensen could not recruit elite players because they turned down SU for more prestigious programs.

The struggles that followed came as no surprise.

It was a vicious cycle.

The same perceived prestige is in play when rankings are made, and the developing Orange program raised eyebrows in the typically reserved tennis community.

“We did a lot of things differently even before. We did push-ups on the court, we served and volleyed all the time and the energy is a level that we set that we have to be there every single time,” Harman said. “A lot of these teams are kind of ho-hum here and there, but we come out as a full unit.”

Yet improvements in recent years have somewhat broken the cycle of struggles that traditional outsiders deal with. Jensen said people should look

no farther than this year’s freshman class and its expectations as proof of the program’s growth.

“We made a pact as freshmen to be like, ‘We’re gonna make it to the NCAAs,’” Wu said.

Still, the SU’s future success depends on maintaining an underdog mentality. And that mindset carries through the team from the top down.

Heading into the Orange’s matchups with West Virginia and Pittsburgh, the team knows it has a target on its back. Jensen called the matches “their Super Bowl,” noting that upsets over Syracuse will make the season for this weekend’s opponents.

Despite the recognition the new ranking brings, Jensen is looking to keep his team hungry.

“We are not the establishment, we’re the movement. We are, you know, what is all that is really good about the game,” Jensen said. “I want them to take their shot, to play with that extra sense of anger and urgency.” jmklinge@syr.edu

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Freshmen Hehir, Lowry look to conclude indoor campaign on high note

By Jacob Pramuk STAFF WRITER

With two laps remaining in the 5,000-meter run at the Big East Indoor Track and Field Championships, Martin Hehir slipped ahead of his pack of teammates, with Jace Lowry following close behind. The freshmen runners vied for position until Lowry darted ahead of Hehir, who tailed closely behind but failed to catch up on Who: Columbia Last the final lap.

Chance The pair finished Where: New York four-tenths of a When: Saturday second apart, good enough for third and fourth place in the Big East.

“He went right by me. I was feeling pretty horrible,” Hehir said. “Then I just stuck right on him, but he still got me.”

The success in the Big East came as a surprise to the newcomers, but they’ll attempt to carry that momentum into the outdoor season. Before that

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starts, though, both Hehir and Lowry will likely wrap up their indoor seasons with a mile run at the Columbia Last Chance meet in New York City on Saturday. While the meet gives them a final opportunity to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships, Hehir and Lowry both said their times are well off the automatic NCAA qualifying mark.

But whatever the outcome, the indoor season saw both runners improve considerably in their first collegiate season after early struggles and setbacks.

At the beginning of the season, Hehir couldn’t keep up with workouts. Lowry wasn’t running due to an injury. As the year progressed, they fought their way back to competition and started their rebound season. Hehir and Lowry, who are roommates, used each other and the tight-knit group of freshmen runners to motivate themselves to turn difficulties into success. “(Being roommates) has worked out great,” Hehir said. “We just ended up making each other want to work harder and go faster.”

Head coach Chris Fox said he wasn’t sur-

prised by their performance in the Big East championships because of their recent progress. Lowry won the U.S. Cross Country Junior Championships three weeks ago. Hehir ran a

“They’re pretty competitive with each other, but they help each other out. That’s exactly what you need to have a great team.”

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3,000-meter time before the Big East championships that was among the top freshmen distance runners in the country. Those two performances alone show the turnaround Hehir and Lowry

have made, contributing to Fox’s optimism heading into the indoor championships.

“I’ve seen them develop faster than any freshmen we’ve had here,” Fox said.

Fox said the dynamic between Hehir and Lowry has pushed them to improve. They train hard together, and each one motivates the other with competition. But they also help each other when the time comes. Fox said that relationship is important to the success of a team.

“They’re pretty competitive with each other, but they help each other out,” Fox said. “That’s exactly what you need to have a great team.”

As the indoor season winds down and the outdoor season begins, Hehir and Lowry both hope to improve even more. The pair will continue to rely on each other for an extra push in competition. The prospect of beating a friend will continue to serve as a motivator for both of them.

Said Lowry: “In every race, I want to beat him, and he wants to beat me.” jspramuk@syr.edu

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Orange, Mercyhurst resume heated rivalry in tournament

By Austin Mirmina STAFF WRITER

Megan Skelly dejectedly watched as the Mercyhurst players celebrated by thrusting the College Hockey America championship trophy high above their heads.

The sting was a familiar feeling for the def lated Syracu se te a m, Who: Mercyhurst which lost to the Where: Moon Township, Pa. Lakers in the When: Friday, noon title game for the second consecutive season.

“During the game I actually thought we were going to win. It was such a heartbreaker,” Skelly said. “It was so hard to watch them get a trophy, standing there and celebrating on the ice. We’ve had some very chippy, tough games, and to see them win for so many years definitely fuels the fire.”

SU (10-21-3, 1-8-3 CHA) is set to renew its rivalry with Mercyhurst (22-6-3, 8-1-3 CHA) when the team travels to Moon Township, Pa., to square off against the top-seeded Lakers at noon Friday in the first round of the CHA tournament. Mercyhurst has won all nine conference championships since the CHA began in 2002, so the Orange needs a wellbalanced effort to spark an upset and end the Lakers dominant run.

Head coach Paul Flanagan has had reason to cringe when his team faces Mercy-

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hurst. The Orange has never recorded a win against the Lakers in its four-year program history, going 0-17-1 all-time against the Lakers. SU’s narrow 5-4 loss in last year’s CHA tournament championship was one of the closest games it has ever played against the Lakers.

The heartbreak remains with the SU players. Visions of the hoisted, beaming trophy remind them of what could have been.

But the Orange geared its anger toward its struggles this season to try to avenge its losses to Mercyhurst and finally dismiss its bad fortunes.

Junior defender Jacquie Greco said Syracuse will use that championship loss as a source of motivation when the puck drops.

“Every time we play Mercyhurst we use that (anger) to our advantage,” Greco said.

“We know how they play, we hate how they play and we would like nothing more than to beat them, especially in a playoff game when it really counts.”

The rivalry between the two programs has raged all season. During a regular-season matchup Feb. 10, emotions quickly escalated.

With time winding down in the third period and a probable 6-2 win at hand for the Lakers, senior Kelley Steadman reached over and ripped off an SU player’s helmet as she skated to the net. The Orange immediately retaliated and a scuffle broke out.

It was a cheap play by Steadman. But Fla-

sarah kinslow | staff photographer MEGAN SKELLY and Syracuse play in the College Hockey America tournament this weekend. SU plays Mercyhurst in the first round, a team it is 0-17-1 all-time against. nagan said that his team will need to prove its toughness by taking those blows and earning the respect of the Mercyhurst players.

“The penalty was a complete lack of sportsmanship on their part, but our team has to garner that respect,” Flanagan said. “We shouldn’t be worried about what they might do. Instead, we need to worry about taking care of business ourselves. We need to beat this team.”

Strategically, the Orange will rely on short bursts of momentum to capitalize against the Lakers. That starts with sacrificing their bodies on defense. Blocked shots

by defenders and big saves from sophomore goaltender Kallie Billadeau are small things that SU must do to win.

Beating Mercyhurst for the first time in program history will require the ultimate sacrifice. But Skelly said her moment of celebration against Mercyhurst is long overdue.

“I’ve wanted to beat Mercyhurst for four years,” Skelly said. “To beat them would be a huge relief. It’s like a stepping stone for the program of the future. We’re only focusing on one game at a time, but if we can get a win, it would be amazing.” awmirmin@syr.edu

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SU holds opportunity to pick up marquee victories at Citrus Classic

By David Propper STAFF WRITER

For Leigh Ross and Syracuse, this weekend could define their season.

Rather than practicing Wednesday, the SU head coach held a meeting in the academic part of Manley Field House to talk about the team’s goals for this upcoming weekend. But before the meeting even started, Ross knew exactly what she wanted from her Who: Citrus Classic team.

Where: Orlando, Fla. “I want them to When: Friday to Sunday look at themselves as a Top 25 team,” Ross said. “To know that every single time they step on the field, they should expect to win the game. Period.”

Ross wants to see her players lose all fear and overcome any personal obstacles to contribute to the team. And she wants to see that mentality displayed on the field. Although it’s a goal she wants to see extend throughout the entire season, she knows this weekend has to be the start. The Orange (5-5) has another tough stretch of games in the Citrus Classic in Orlando, Fla., taking on No. 24 North Carolina and No. 17 Auburn on Friday in a doubleheader, and then Virginia and No. 15 Michigan. SU ends the five-game weekend Sunday when it takes on No. 11 Baylor.

“I think we as a team have to define who we are,” Ross said.

Stephanie Watts said last weekend the team didn’t take all of its opponents as serious as the Orange needed to. SU lost to unranked Pacific and then to powerhouses No. 14 Arizona and No. 16 UCLA to finish the weekend 2-3.

Watts said it is important to consider every opponent as a legitimate threat, regardless of reputation, especially at the start of the season.

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he’s got a little more range on his shot. He’s got that sort of Canadian box style where the ball’s at his ear, and he’s just putting it where it needs to be.”

But that wasn’t Maltz’s style before he arrived at Syracuse.

“From last year to this year, he’s developed an outside shot a little more. He can shoot, he’s got a little more range on his shot.”

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Under Mitchell at Stone Bridge, Maltz had to do it all. When Mitchell took over in Maltz’s sophomore year, the program was a perennial loser and the laughing stock of the school.

Maltz, whose father played on Syracuse’s first national championship team in 1983, changed all that. He made lacrosse matter at Stone Bridge, organizing his teammates for shootarounds and pushing them to get better.

“It needs to be first game, each game, every inning, every out,” Watts said. “Make sure we’re focused for every single one of them. Anyone can win on any given day in the beginning of the season because it’s kind of a free-for-all.”

A situation Syracuse struggled with in its losses was the lack of clutch hitting with runners on base. Against Pacific, SU left 10 runners on base and against Arizona, the Orange stranded 11 runners on base.

A few days later, Watts rolled her eyes, still annoyed by the failure to get those runners home. She said it was probably the one thing that prevented Syracuse from having a bigger weekend.

With the talented lineup Syracuse has, Watts said the team has to start hitting to its capability to challenge tougher competition and take

“We obviously have to score our runs if we plan on winning games against big teams. We didn’t do it, and we didn’t win, so it’s obviously a direct effect.”

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care of weaker opponents.

“We obviously have to score our runs if we plan on winning games against big teams,” Watts said. “We didn’t do it, and we didn’t win, so it’s obviously a direct effect.”

Morgan Nandin was one of the players to leave the bases full, but she said the only thing to do is get over the deflating out.

“It kind of changed the culture of our program right now, where a lot of the guys in our program kind of expect to win,” Mitchell said.

“And sometimes they forget how hard it was to turn things around. Derek was kind of the kid who turned things around.”

For Mitchell, the transformation was clear when Stone Bridge faced defending state champion Langley (Va.) High School in 2010.

Stone Bridge had lost to Langley the previous two seasons by a combined score of 32-1. But in Maltz’s senior season, he was adamant this game would be different.

The Bulldogs star was everywhere. He played the wing on faceoffs, was a part of the team’s man-up unit and set the offense.

With Maltz leading the way, Stone Bridge was tied with Langley at 10 in the fourth quarter.

But soon, Maltz’s body broke down. His legs cramped up. He began throwing up on the sideline. Maltz battled through the sickness and exhaustion to score the final goal of the game, capping a 13-11 loss for Stone Bridge.

“The fact that he had the choice to quit, but just like in the weight room, he decided, ‘I’m not going to, I’m going to win, I’m going to keep pushing,’” Mitchell said. “I think that’s the difference between Derek, who makes me look a lot better, and someone who I need to coach or push or tell.”

That winning mentality and competitive nature has served him well at Syracuse.

And now, he’s making the most of his opportunity out on the field. If he ever needs a remind-

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“It’s always frustrating when you can’t knock someone in,” Nandin said. “But you just can’t dwell on it. Forget about that at bat and move on to the next at bat and hit them in the next one.”

Ross said she isn’t worried about the team’s inability to push runners across yet. With the lineup continuously changing early this season, Ross said she’s still looking to place players in the right spots.

“I think that’s tough,” Ross said. “You don’t know who’s going to be a clutch kid until you get into that situation, so I think we’re still trying to find those kids who are going to step up when the opportunity arises.”

And with 13 or 14 players capable of cracking that starting nine, it makes Ross’ job that much tougher.

Syracuse wants to prove to the nation that it’s a Top 25 team, but without improved clutch hitting, that might not be so easy to accomplish.

Watts said it doesn’t matter how Syracuse does it. It needs to plate those runners in scoring position, and it needs to start this weekend.

“Make sure we’re scoring that run,” Watts said. “That’s definitely one of our goals.” dgproppe@syr.edu

STIFF COMPETITION

Syracuse travels to the Citrus Classic in Orlando, Fla., this weekend. The Orange will play four ranked teams in three days. Syracuse (5-5) is 0-4 against ranked teams so far this year. Here’s a look at SU’s five opponents for the weekend: TEAM

North Carolina Auburn Virginia Michigan Baylor

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chris janjic | staff photographer DEREK MALTZ is tied for the Syracuse lead in goals with four through the first two games this season. SU travels to play defending national champion Virginia on Sunday. er to stay hungry, Maltz just has to think back to his high school days. “’Don’t expect anything, earn everything’ was our big motto in high school,” Maltz said.

“And I think that’s helped me a lot here as well because I wasn’t really expecting to come in as

a freshman, and I didn’t ever think that I’d be starting here as a sophomore.

“I just wanted to work my hardest and prove to the coaches that I could contribute in any way possible.” rjgery@syr.edu

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Syracuse endures hot, cold stretches on offense in loss

By Stephen Bailey ASST. COPY EDITOR

Michelle Tumolo lay flat on her back, staring at the Carrier Dome ceiling as her teammates celebrated around her.

She was relishing a moment that she said was incomparable to any other in her Syracuse career. The awestruck junior’s wraparound goal from the right side with 51 seconds left forced overtime between the Orange and No. 1 Northwestern.

“I was just trying to use the crease to get away from the girl that was face-guarding me, so I really tried to work around it,” Tumolo said. “And I beat her over the crease, and I got that shot off.”

The score capped a three-goal comeback by the No. 11 Orange in the final 4:16 of regulation and gave Syracuse a chance to earn a marquee win over a Wildcats team that rarely loses. Had the SU (1-2) offense played at that high level — the same level that led to six first-half goals on 15 shots — throughout Wednesday night’s 11-9 overtime loss to the Wildcats (3-0), the Orange could have earned its first-ever victory over a top-ranked opponent. But the offense crumbled in extra time, glaringly inefficient, just as it was in the first 25 minutes of the second half.

Coming out of halftime with a 6-3 lead, the Orange offense was flat. Bridget Daley and Katie Webster dropped balls in the offensive zone, while senior midfielder Sarah Holden lost possession immediately preceding Northwestern’s goals to get back into the game.

“I think we played so hard in the first half, we got to relax a little bit and we didn’t get going as fast as we were in the first half, physically,”

SU head coach Gary Gait said. “We rushed our passes. We made mental errors and that’s just from going full speed, taking a break, and that team has a great defense, and they put a lot of pressure on us.”

It took nearly 14 minutes for the SU offense to manage its first shot of the second half.

And even then, Daley only coughed up a chesthigh attempt that goaltender Brianne LoManto handled with ease.

Freshmen Kailah Kempney and Gabby Jaquith botched their free-position attempts.

Meanwhile, the Wildcats opened up the second half with six straight goals to take a 9-6 lead.

“I think we played so hard in the first half, we got to relax a little bit and we didn’t get going as fast as we were in the first half, physically.”

Gary Gait

SU HEAD COACH

And when Katie Webster, who recorded a hat trick in the first half, couldn’t put away SU’s fourth free-position attempt of the frame with eight minutes remaining, it appeared the game could be over.

But Alyssa Murray re-energized the Orange.

She snuck a free-position shot past LoManto’s right foot to keep the Orange alive. Freshman Devon Collins followed with a free-position

score to cut the Wildcats’ lead to just one with 3:40 left.

“I just wanted to score and put it away,” Murray said. “I wanted to start a run. I just knew it was my time to do something for the team.”

The offense returned to form. Ball movement stretched the aggressive Northwestern defense thin, and when both Murray and Collins attacked, the defense was forced to foul.

Then Tumolo tied the game with less than a minute to play. It appeared, heading into overtime, the Orange had all the momentum.

“I thought we were going to (win it),” Murray said.

Instead, the offense regressed.

After winning the opening draw, Natalie Glanell threw an errant pass to Collins, and it rolled off the far sideline.

Northwestern midfielder Erin Fitzgerald scored on the ensuing possession, and Shannon Smith added another goal at the end of the first overtime half.

Then with 2:31 left, Webster stepped to the 8-meter line again. A goal there followed by a draw victory would give the Orange a chance to tie the game back up.

Instead, she passed the ball out. Webster said she was affected by the pressure applied from three Wildcats defenders. Her failed attempt contributed to SU’s poor 3-of-10 free-position shot conversion rate.

“I think it’s a mental issue there. Even on the defensive end you (need to) get your sticks in the

shooting lanes, and I think when you step onto that line, you’ve got to have a plan in place and know what you’re going to do to get off a good shot,” Gait said.

The Wildcats escaped the Carrier Dome with a victory, but the Orange found it is capable of competing with Northwestern.

The Syracuse offense just needs to establish some consistency.

“We can’t really go negative about this because we played our hearts out, and I honestly think we were the better team,” Tumolo said. “We fought until the end, and they came out on top.” sebail01@syr.edu

UP AND DOWN

Syracuse and Northwestern battled back and forth Wednesday night, both going on scoring runs throughout the game. The Orange scored four unanswered goals early to take a 4-1 lead.

Later, Northwestern scored seven straight goals to take a 9-6 lead, but SU answered with three goals to force overtime. Here’s a look at the runs each team made in regulation of SU’s overtime loss: TEAM

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Syracuse first four 14:21 Syracuse first two 44 seconds Northwestern both seven 14:24 Syracuse second three 3:25

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When Erin Fitzgerald rolled around Jill Cammett to find the back of the net just more than one minute into overtime, Syracuse needed to answer.

But the Orange never found the equalizer.

NORTHWESTERN 11 Nearly two minutes later, attack Shannon Smith SYRACUSE 9 NU wrapped around the net for a tight-angle goal to give the Wildcats a twogoal lead, ending the SU’s chances of upsetting the No. 1 team in the nation.

“I had Casey (Bocklet) sitting on the crease,” Smith said, “and actually someone on my team was like, ‘You have seven seconds left,’ so I went in and luckily it went in.”

After Smith’s fifth and final goal in overtime, No. 1 Northwestern (3-0) ran out the clock to secure an 11-9 overtime victory over the No. 11 Orange (1-2) in front of 877 in the

“They were setting picks on top of the crease. We had to communicate, we had to set a switch ... but where we made our mistakes was we just had to get around the crease quicker and make our slides.”

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Carrier Dome. Smith and Bocklet gave the Syracuse defense trouble most of Wednesday night, combining for six goals — five for Smith — and two assists. The Wildcats used a pick-heavy offense to score just enough to escape the Orange’s upset bid.

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Smith was held to just one goal in the half and that came on a free-position shot.

But once Bocklet used a Smith screen on Cammett to open the period’s scoring at the 24:30 mark of the second half, Northwestern had found an offensive game plan to spark its comeback.

“We were able to make some adjustments at halftime,” Northwestern head coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said. “I think the girls came out of the locker room after half mentally, physically to be able to compete.”

The Wildcats went scoreless for about the next four minutes until Smith scored again, the first of four goals in four minutes.

Smith’s goal was another tight-angle shot that the Syracuse defense never managed to respond to.

“She’s really good in those tough situations,” Hiller said. “She puts her shots away.”

Northwestern midfielder Beatrice Conley scored about 1:30 later to tie the game at 6 before back-to-back goals by Smith in a minute span gave the Wildcats their first lead since the 29:02 mark of the first half.

Once again, Smith’s goals came with the help of Bocklet.

The first goal of that stretch came when Smith set a pick letting Bocklet come around the net. The freshman lofted a pass over a pair of Orange defenders to find Smith for her third goal of the game.

“We just needed to communicate,” SU defender Janelle Stegeland said. “They were setting picks on top of the crease. We had to communicate, we had to set a switch … but where we made

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our mistakes was we just had to get around the crease quicker and make our slides.”

Smith’s next goal was on another tightangle shot.

The senior once again took advantage of Syracuse’s focus on stopping Bocklet’s pick-and-roll tactics to make just the amount of space she needed to squeeze one past SU goaltender Kelsey Richardson and give Northwestern an 8-6 lead.

“They started working the crease, and they found some success there and doing that three, four, five times in a row,” Syracuse head coach Gary Gait said, “and we needed to make an adjustment when we did.”

The Wildcats eventually went away from the pick-and-roll tactics and got one more goal to stretch the lead to 9-6.

Syracuse scored three unanswered goals to force overtime. But with Northwestern holding a one-goal lead in the extra period, the Wildcats went back to their old tactics to ice the game.

Smith held the ball behind the net for Northwestern for nearly an entire minute as the first of two three-minute overtime periods wound down. Bocklet stood in the crease setting picks and trying to get open, and Smith, for the fifth time on the day, was able to put one home.

“Kelly really trusts us with it,” Smith said, “and I think we worked really well around the crease setting picks for one another and being patient enough and waiting for the right opportunity for that opening.”

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more than 10 points per game for the Cardinals.

“Chris has been steady throughout the season,” Louisville head coach Rick Pitino said through Louisville athletic media relations.

“He gives great effort in practice, carries it over to games and has provided us with good senior leadership this season.”

••• Dan Hurley first met Smith when he was a freshman at Lakewood High School in New Jersey. Hurley noticed his talent, toughness and work ethic.

“His passion about the game, his willingness to practice hard and train hard every day was something really impressive for a high school kid,” said Hurley, who coached at St. Benedict’s from 2001 to 2010 and is now in his second season as the head coach at Wagner College.

Before going to St. Benedict’s, Smith scored more than 1,300 career points at Lakewood. In his final season at St. Benedict’s, he averaged 18.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 2.8 steals per game.

Hurley, who also coached Smith’s brother, J.R., at St. Benedict’s, said the biggest difference between the two brothers is size. J.R. Smith stands about 6 feet 6 inches and 220 pounds, while Smith is 6 feet 2 inches and 195 pounds.

“I think J.R. was a little more — his skill level was maybe a little higher in his senior year opposed to Chris,’” Hurley said. “But both played the game at a similar pace.”

But Hurley also had an unspoken bond with Smith, as both of them are younger brothers of an accomplished athlete. Hurley’s older brother, Bobby, is a former Duke and Sacramento Kings guard.

“He’s handled that as well as any younger brother could,” Hurley said. “With a sibling that’s very successful and pseudo-famous, I’m kind of astounded at the way he kind of handles that because that’s not an easy thing to do.”

Hurley said Smith’s development on the court and his ability to be comfortable with himself has impressed him more than any other player he has ever coached.

“Since Manhattan and what he’s been able to do at Louisville, he’s a great example,” Hurley said. “He’s really matured so much as a player and as a person, and I use him as an example when I talk to my players at Wagner about growth and development.”

••• At Manhattan, Smith learned to value his opportunities. Especially after being ruled ineligible after originally signing with Seton Hall.

“Once I got into school, I was the happiest kid alive,” Smith said. “Like I just got into college, I got to show whether I can play and have fun playing.”

Smith averaged 9.9 points per game as a freshman and 13.4 points as a sophomore, which ranked him among the top 15 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

Then came the decision to transfer to Louisville, one Smith said he made with his father, who told him that if he was going to transfer, he needed to play for one of the best college coaches in the country.

“He said, ‘If you’re going to do it, you got to go all out with it,’” Smith said. “So it was easy.

My dad told me that it was either coach Pitino or coach Roy Williams, and those are the only coaches he would let me play for really.”

Pitino fit the bill.

Smith had to sit out the 2009-10 season due to transfer rules, which gave him an opportunity to work out with the team in practice and learn the plays.

Steve Masiello, who was an assistant coach at Louisville for six years before being hired as the head coach at Manhattan in April 2011, said Smith’s rebounding ability and physical tools were attractive to Louisville.

Masiello first met Smith at St. Benedict’s while he was recruiting Samardo Samuels, a former Louisville player who is currently on the Cleveland Cavaliers.

When Smith transferred to Louisville, he and Masiello would talk about Manhattan and developed a good relationship. And then Masiello was hired at Manhattan at the end of Smith’s junior year at Louisville.

“We made a trade,” Masiello joked. “They traded Chris Smith for me.”

Although Masiello is now at Manhattan, he and Smith maintain a close relationship and talk just about every week. Smith even follows all of Manhattan’s games.

“He texted me the other day and said, ‘Man, I can’t wait to get up to New York. I want to try and catch one of your games and then go see my brother play with the Knicks,’” Masiello said.

“It’s really full circle for him.”

••• When Smith was ruled ineligible and Seton Hall became a sudden afterthought, his brother was there for him. And when J.R. Smith was involved in a car accident in June 2007 that killed one of the passengers in the SUV he was driving, his younger brother Smith was there for him.

The two brothers worked out in Denver — when J.R. Smith was a member of the Denver Nuggets — for about two and a half months in 2007 until Smith became eligible to play college basketball.

J.R. Smith’s car accident added even more pressure to Smith while he worked to gain eligibility.

“And then I was just like, ‘You know what, I’ll go out there and me and him can be together because that’s what really tied our bond,’” Smith said.

Both Hurley and Masiello say the two brothers, separated by two years, still work out often together, with J.R. Smith pushing Smith and demanding the most out of him.

“My brother pushes me in every aspect of life,” Smith said. “He wants me to be better than him. That’s what he tells me. I just have to live up to all the potential that I have and everything that’s within my capabilities.”

Looking to the future, Smith said he needs to improve on taking defenders one-on-one to get to the basket and creating for other teammates.

He hopes to get a chance at an NBA team. Otherwise, he said he’ll head overseas.

And through it all — the eligibility issues, transferring to another school, sitting out a whole season and trying to follow in the footsteps of a star older brother — Smith has just one message.

“A lot of people doubted my abilities in the past,” he said. “But throughout the whole thing, I just stayed strong and just tried to prove everybody wrong. And to this point, I have.” jdharr04@syr.edu

LANDING SPOT

After playing two seasons at Manhattan College, where he started 41 of 50 games, Chris Smith has fit in perfectly in the Louisville lineup for the past two seasons. Here’s a look at some of his stats during his collegiate career: TEAM

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Going his way

Brother of Knicks forward, Smith finds fit at Louisville after transfer

By Jon Harris

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n May 2007, Chris Smith found his school. He signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Seton Hall — a school that would let the St. Benedict’s Prep senior stay in New Jersey and offer the competition of Big East basketball.

There was only one problem: grades.

“I was being recruited by a lot of midmajors,” Smith said. “When I was being recruited, it was like, ‘We don’t know if we can take you because of your grades.

We don’t know if we can take you because of your grades.’

And then Seton Hall gave me the opportunity.”

But shortly after, Smith was ruled ineligible by falling just short of the required GPA. And as quickly as Seton Hall had entered Smith’s life, it was gone. Smith signed with Manhattan upon becoming eligible, playing his first game in December 2007 and starting 41 of 50 games over the next two years. At the end of his sophomore year, he transferred to Louisville, where he has been ever since.

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guard, will lead No. 19 Louisville (22-8, 10-7 Big East) into the Carrier Dome to play No. 2 Syracuse (29-1, 16-1 Big East) at 4 p.m. Saturday, as both teams wrap up the regular season and look for momentum heading into next week’s Big East tournament.

But beating one-loss Syracuse and avenging a one-point loss just a couple of weeks ago would hardly be the biggest obstacle the 24-year-old Smith has overcome.

After being ruled ineligible and losing the chance to play at Seton Hall, he became a leader on a small conference team, finally made it to a Big East school in Louisville and Chris Smith then had to sit LOUISVILLE GUARD out the 2009-10 season. And perhaps the biggest obstacle has been trying to follow his older brother, J.R. Smith of the New York Knicks.

All the while, Smith’s past and current coaches describe him as a gym rat, someone who gets to the gym first and leaves last. They describe him as a practical joker, someone who is fun to be around and is comfortable in his own skin. As a player, they say he has a high basketball IQ and has worked hard to become a starter who averages

A lot of people doubted my abilities in the past.

But throughout the whole thing, I just stayed strong and just tried to prove everybody wrong. And to this point, I have.

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courtesy of louisville athletic media relations CHRIS SMITH leads Louisville into the Carrier Dome on Saturday to play Syracuse. The fifth-year senior transferred to UofL from Manhattan. He is the younger brother of New York Knicks forward J.R. Smith.

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Exhaustion set in. Standing in the Stone Bridge (Va.) High School weight room, hands on his hips, Derek Maltz was ready to call it a night.

In the midst of a grueling dumbbell rip and press workout during Winter Break, Maltz decided he had enough.

Then Scott Mitchell reminded him why he was there all alone that night.

Maltz was penciled in as a starter

for Syracuse in the fall. But he hadn’t proven anything on the field yet to lock it up.

“He kind of powered through the last couple sets, so he gets it,” said Mitchell, his former Who: Virginia Where: Charlottesville, Va. c o a c h When: Sunday, 4:30 p.m. at Stone Channel: ESPN Br id ge. “ He’s

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the type of kid you just have to remind real quick to get it.”

Two games into the season, Maltz has established himself as a worthy starter on the Orange attack unit. The sophomore is tied for the team lead with four goals, scoring twice against both Albany and Army. Maltz stepped in for Stephen Keogh as the team’s crease attack, playing around the net and searching for openings to finish feeds from teammates Tim Desko and

Tommy Palasek.

He’ll look to continue his early success when No. 6 Syracuse (2-0) takes on No. 1 Virginia (4-0) in Charlottesville, Va., at 4:30 p.m. Sunday.

Keogh perfected the role during his career, leading SU in goals each of the last three seasons. Now, Maltz is the Orange’s finisher on offense.

“Playing the crease here is pretty much the easy part,” Maltz said. “I got Tommy and Tim behind the cage,

and they’re doing all the dodging and looking for me.”

Against Albany, Palasek found him for two goals in close. Against Army, the two connected for another around the cage. But his first score came on a rocket in transition from about 10 yards out.

“From last year to this year, he’s developed an outside shot a little more,” Palasek said. “He can shoot,

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