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Kristof to deliver address

Bigger and better Sadler Dining Center will expand to accommodate more students.

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By Nicki Gorny ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Political prioritizing The National Veterans Strategy is worthy of federal attention, but not until more urgent issues have been addressed.

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chase gaewski | photo editor (FROM LEFT) JOHN SPINKS AND TOM LAWSON , players on the Rochester Wheels, warm up before an exhibition game. The players participated in OrangeAbility 2013, featuring sports like power soccer and wheelchair basketball.

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Not in the cards Syracuse ruined its late comeback with later, more crucial errors against Louisville on Saturday.

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or Alis Sefick, finding recreational sports for her son Peyton, who uses a power wheelchair, was extremely difficult.

“It was so hard to find a sport he could participate in,” she said. “But once he found power soccer, it just clicked.”

The Seficks were among

members of the community, including residents and Syracuse University students and staff, who participated in OrangeAbility 2013 on Sunday. OrangeAbility is SU’s second Accessible Athletics Expo, featuring sports such as power soccer, sled hockey and wheelchair basketball.

The power soccer team Peyton Sefick plays on, CNY

United, offers people of all ages who use a power wheelchair the chance to develop their skills and compete against other teams from across the country, Sefick said.

Peyton Sefick uses CNY United to immerse himself in the sport of power soccer, and eventually earned a spot on the U.S. National Team.

ONLINE Watch OrangeAbility 2013 participants play accessible sports, including wheelchair basketball and power soccer.

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Nicholas Kristof, an award-winning reporter and columnist for The New York Times, will deliver the 2013 com mencement address at Syracuse University, senior class marshals announced Sunday evening.

“He embraces what Scholarship KRISTOF in Action is, and because of that, I think he’ll connect to us and do a great job,” said Stephanie Kranz, a mathematics and policy studies

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PREVIOUS COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS 2012: Aaron Sorkin, awardwinning acreenwriter, producer, playwright 2011: J. Craig Venter, worldrenowned scientist 2010: Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase 2009: Joseph Biden Jr., 47th vice president of the United States 2008: Bob Woodruff, ABC News journalist

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18-year-old woman Vigil honors life of local student dies in SUV, bus crash

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A Westhill High School student was killed early Saturday morning in a crash between an SUV and Centro bus on Comstock Avenue.

Anna Pullano, 18, of Syracuse, died at Upstate University

Hospital due to injuries from the accident, according to a Syracuse Police Department news release.

She was a senior at the high school.

The crash happened at about 12:43 a.m. A Centro bus was driving north on Comstock Avenue and struck Pullano’s GMC Denali,

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Candles flickered as a light snow fell on a huddled crowd outside of Westhill High School on Saturday night.

More than 150 people gathered to honor the memory of Anna Pullano, a Westhill senior killed earlier that morning in a car accident with a Centro bus near Syracuse University.

She was 18.

“What happened is certainly a tragedy we’re all feeling deeply,” principal Lee Roscoe said quietly to the crowd.

The vigil started at about 9:30 p.m. and the crowd — which included family, friends, classmates and Westhill employees — slowly grew during the next half an hour.

Pullano’s school photo was fixed to a tree in

front of the school, and mourners individually stepped forward to place flowers and candles below it. A moment of silence was held at 10 p.m. and was shortly followed by a performance of “Amazing Grace.” Some stood silently while others embraced one another and cried.

Roscoe addressed the gathering twice, thanking all for

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ONLINE Who is Syracuse? You tell us. The Daily Orange is looking for nominations for individuals who exemplify the Syracuse University community. The nonimation form is available until March 17.

International students face distinct challenges at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

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CORRECTION In a Jan. 16 article titled “CitrusTV, Z89 complete student-led renovation project of Watson Hall studios,” the time when plans to relocate CitrusTV’s studios was misstated. Plans to relocate began in fall 2010 under Brad Slavin’s predecessors.

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Sadler dining hall to expand

By Alfred Ng STAFF WRITER

Sadler Dining Center will undergo a major makeover this year, with a 5,200-square-foot addition scheduled for completion in August.

As the number of students on West Campus grows, there has been a need for a bigger and better dining hall, said Eric Beattie, director of the Office of Campus Planning, Design and Construction.

“This addition is to meet the increased demand for the dining hall seen over the past few years caused by the new ESF residence hall and anticipated increase in patrons from the Campus West apartments and Dineen Hall,” Beattie said in an email.

Built in 1960, Sadler’s dining center opened with seating available for 800 students, according to the Syracuse University Archives’ website.

Today, it’s the nearest dining hall for students at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s Centennial Hall and for residents at Sadler and Lawrinson halls. These three residence halls house more than 1,400 students, according to SU and ESF’s housing websites.

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WJPZ to make film on history

By Leslie King STAFF WRITER

WJPZ, the all-student-run radio station at Syracuse University, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. To commemorate this milestone, a documentary about the station will be released later this year.

Scott MacFarlane, a 1998 SU alumnus, is producing the documentary, called “Greatest Media Classroom,” with Oklahoma-based film specialist SVP Media. The documentary will tell the story of WJPZ, known today as Z89, and its effect on alumni and students.

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Lyrical dancers performed at DanceWorks’ annual showcase titled “DanceWorks Presents: Untamed” on Feb. 28, March 1 and March 2 in Goldstein Auditorium. DanceWorks is the largest student-run dance organization on campus. Students audition to be choreographers in the spring semester, then hold a full day of tryouts. The dancers have held weekly rehearsals since October, preparing for the showcase.

Sequester could cause flight delays during Spring Break

By Brett Samuels STAFF WRITER

Automatic government spending cuts could have both immediate and long-term effects on Syracuse University students.

This week, flying home for Spring Break could get more difficult, and in the future, students may lose some opportunities for financial aid or jobs after graduation.

Automatic spending cuts went into effect Friday when President Barack Obama signed an order forcing government agencies to cut $85 billion from their budgets before Oct. 1, according to a March 1 article by The Chicago Tribune.

The cuts could potentially close air traffic control towers, which could cause flight delays and create issues for air travel. But airport delays are not the only way budget cuts could affect students. The inability of Republicans and Democrats in Congress to reach a deal could also have negative consequences for financial aid and the search for jobs after graduation.

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“We might see decreases in federal aid, which could make all the difference for someone on the edge of not being able to afford college.”

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Syracuse hasn’t made any decisions about staffing cuts yet, but Aviation Commissioner Christina Callahan said the airport is staying in touch with the national groups in charge of air travel.

“I’m not going to speculate on what type of cuts are going to happen locally, but we’re in constant communication with the national partners, the TSA and the FAA,” Callahan said. “We’re in wait-and-see mode right now.”

The airport sees a spike in travel close to Spring Break, Callahan said, and closing air traffic control towers would lead to possible delays for students leaving Syracuse.

Victor Yang, a freshman elemen-

tary and special education major, plans on taking the train back home to Boston for Spring Break. He said the lack of delays is one of the advantages of taking a train instead of flying.

The government sequester has been an ongoing issue, with Congress and Obama unable to work out a large-scale deal.

Kristi Andersen, a professor of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, said there wasn’t a willingness to compromise for a deal. She said she believes Republicans were more focused on maintaining party values.

“For Speaker Boehner, the cost of

going against public opinion, which supports a balanced approach of costcutting and tax increases, is less than the cost of opposing members of the GOP in Congress, who are firmly against any tax increases,” Andersen said.

Republicans have created an identity around budget cuts, said Jeffrey Stonecash, a professor of political science in Maxwell. They aren’t interested in a deal that involves raising taxes, even if it means preserving government programs, he said.

The $85 billion in budget cuts will affect each state differently, but the areas most directly influenced could be the U.S. Department of Defense and employees of the federal government, who would see fewer workdays and smaller paychecks.

For college students, the effects of sequestration could also be felt in the form of financial aid. The budget cuts will affect certain federal financial aid for students, as well as the federal work-study program, according to a statement by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

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women & gender

Film highlights equal rights advances for women, confirms more progress necessary

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athrine Switzer was determined to finish the Boston Marathon, even if it meant crawling on her hands and knees.

This story is how the audience is introduced to the new PBS documentary, “Makers: Women Who Make America.” The film is about women who have fought for political power, economic opportunity and personal autonomy in the last 50 years. Not only did the documentary address the inequality between women and men in society, it addressed the inequalities between white women, women of color and the lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual community, as well.

Switzer, a long-distance runner, was a junior at Syracuse University in 1967. She trained with the manager of the men’s track team because the university did not have a women’s team at the time.

Back then, the Boston Marathon was not open to women. Switzer was only able to register for the race by using her first initial and last

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i am woman, hear me roar name. When one official found out a woman was running the race, he chased her, but Switzer ignored him and kept running.

“If I don’t finish this race, then everyone is going to believe women can’t do it,” Switzer recalled saying to herself while running the marathon. But on that day, Switzer proved women are able to run 26 miles and 385 yards.

After finishing the race, Switzer affirmed, “I started the Boston Marathon as a girl and I finished the Boston Marathon as a grown woman.”

Many who participated in the women’s liberation movement were young like Switzer.

They knew they did not want to continue living in a society full of blatant discrimination.

Young people, many of who are still in college, helped changed the way an entire country thought about civil rights, and challenged policies that perpetuated inequality for years.

While this film documents how far women have come, the fight for equality is not finished.

About 18 percent of congressional members are women, but when women make up approximately half of the population, this percentage is not enough. It’s now more acceptable for women to pursue careers outside of the home, but they still do not make the same amount of money as men. Women don’t need to get their husbands’ approval to make personal decisions like getting a credit card, but a woman’s right to reproductive autonomy is still constantly under attack.

It is necessary to recognize these inefficiencies to change them.

Switzer recognized the gender-based discriminatory practices of the Boston Marathon and had the determination to run regardless.

In 1967, SU did not have a women’s track team, but today, more than 11 athletic programs are available to women.

The persistence of Switzer, Gloria Steinem, Barbara Walters, Oprah Winfrey, Judy Blume and Shirley Chisholm has brought a tremendous amount of inspiration to women. These women have demonstrated that a group of people can voice their concerns and challenge dominant discourses.

Women in 2013 may not be facing the same challenges as women in 1967, but challenges still exist. By not addressing them, we are committing a great disservice to the women who brought us to where we are today.

Rahimon Nasa is a sophomore magazine journalism and international relations major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at rnasa@syr. edu and followed on Twitter at @rararahima.

Term ‘diversity’ masks core issues of racism; university must foster respectful climate On Tuesday night, a collection of student organizations held a town-hall-style meeting to discuss the perception of students of color on campus. Much of the forum was couched in the safe word “diversity,” rather than addressing the reality of racism that students of color face.

In a forum on race, it doesn’t make sense to talk about diversity to a room mostly full of people of color. Though well-intentioned, unfortunately,

LETTER TO THE EDITOR the conversation deteriorated into victimblaming. For instance, many students brought up the issue of “self-segregation,” and encouraged each other to meet and talk with people they normally wouldn’t.

Not only does this put people in the position

of being “native informants,” but it doesn’t question why many students feel the need to self-segregate in the first place. Despite conventional belief, racism manifests itself in more ways than just explicit verbal hatred. Often times it expresses itself in passive-aggressive micro-aggressions. For example, students recounted classroom experiences where professors and other students commented on how surprised they were that they were “well-spoken.” The implication here is that it is somehow unusual or abnormal for students of color to coherently express their ideas. These aren’t problems of diversity, they are problems of racism. It must be understood that incidents like these are not isolated events; they are reoccurring situations students of color must constantly navigate at predominately white institutions. At the institutional level, what are black students to make of the slew of crime alert emails that use extremely vague descriptions like “male, black, early 20s, no further description” that clearly rely on old tropes of criminal-

ized black masculinity? Is it any wonder that in dealing with these dehumanizing occurrences on a constant basis, students of color want to be among people who celebrate and affirm their dignity and humanity?

By no means is this an attempt to shame or chastise the hard work and effort that students put into this program. We bring these points up to suggest that the university take an active and consistent role in implementing institutional solutions to fight what is not always a safe, and often times a hostile, environment for students of color. It is incumbent upon the university to not only foster an educational climate where the dignity of students of color is championed and respected, but more importantly, the university must also be fiercely anti-racist.

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Not a fair deal Conservative columnist Michael Stikkel argues Democrats helped create the sequestration, failed to offer a balanced budget and wrongfully passed the blame onto Republicans.

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Educational campaign is temporary fix The report calling for a National Veterans Strategy by organizations at Syracuse University is a request that should be addressed by the federal government. But this call to action should not be given higher priority than other issues on the national stage.

After analyzing 1,300 federal and state policies, executive orders and laws related to veterans and their families, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families and the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism at SU have created a report to explain why the current policy environment makes it challenging to properly allocate resources to veterans and their families.

The report claims the National Veterans Strategy may be the best method to effectively allo-

EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board cate resources from the public and private sectors to veterans.

But an educational campaign addressing these issues is a temporary solution.

Recommendations within the report for executing the strategy include creating a presidentially directed Veteran’s Public Engagement and Collaborative Governance Commission and establishing a single point of federal authority responsible for coordination and implementation of the strategy, among several others.

Making a comprehensive plan for improving the entire veteran resource allocation system is wor-

thy of federal attention.

Most American and NATO troops are set to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014, and a complete plan should be formed by that time.

But it is not as urgent as issues currently consuming American political and societal discourse.

The post-sequester economy, gun control debate and same-sex marriage rights are issues that need to be addressed first.

Action for this cause can be taken right now in the form of an educational campaign to inform veterans and their families of what they can do to obtain resources. Despite the larger, holistic issues the strategy addresses, this could aid the situation temporarily.

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DeSalvo’s proactive leadership style will ensure successful SA budget season

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t 3 p.m. this past Friday, the most crucial period of the spring semester promptly began for Student Association Comptroller Stephen DeSalvo.

In the SA office, located on the lower level of the Schine Student Center, DeSalvo sat across from me at his desk and officially closed the online budget submission system used by Syracuse University’s registered student organizations.

The organizations submit their budgets every semester with the hopes DeSalvo and the Finance Board will recommend they receive funding from the student activity fee account. This budget season marks the first time groups with large operating budgets, like University Union or CitrusTV, will submit their budgets online as well.

Now serving his second term as SA comptroller, making this his fourth budget season as the top financial leader of the student government, DeSalvo has mastered the ability

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to realize and predict the issues bound to arise when charged with efficiently allocating the holdings of the student fee.

This experience and pledge to be as proactive as possible are the factors that foreshadow DeSalvo executing the most successful budget season yet. This success is defined by encouraging groups to take advantage of the tier system, limiting the number of mistakes groups make on their budget documents and the actual ability to distribute most of the student fee money.

To make the tier system more effective, SA passed a bill in January that increased the amount of funding a group can apply for and are eligible to receive in each tier. Substantial carry-over balances of the student fee meant students currently enrolled at SU, and therefore paying the fee, were not able to take the fullest advantage of the funding. The recently enacted legislation will be especially helpful this budget season for the lower-tier

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Budget document errors made by organizations are unfortunately a common issue every budget season.

When organizations make mistakes in filling out their budgets, the Finance Board cannot recommend that group receive the money it requested. This results in groups making appeals to the board in a second attempt to receive funding and not as much money being distributed from the account as possible.

This semester, DeSalvo began combating this issue before any group could fill out a budget proposal.

He began weeks ago by revamping

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fiscal training. Leaders of all registered student organizations must attend a training, hosted by DeSalvo, before applying for student fee funding. After analyzing the mistakes groups were making on their budgets last season, DeSalvo focused on these problem areas and posted a PowerPoint presentation about the issues online to hopefully avoid as many issues as possible.

At last Monday’s general assembly meeting, Lucia Ha, the newly appointed assistant comptroller, commented beyond the prevention of mistakes. Ha said she hopes to make more groups aware they can make an appeal to be granted funding if they are denied, which is an equally important aspect of the fee-granting process.

Ha joins Patrick Douglas in the role of assistant comptroller, which is yet another example of DeSalvo’s proactive mindset. Elevating capable members of the Finance Board to his assistance allows for the possibility of well-trained and experienced comp-

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troller candidates coming next session who will carry on the progress DeSalvo has so diligently put in motion.

DeSalvo’s ability to plan for the future while decisively handling issues that face him in the present are what make the Finance Board the most efficient facet of SA. But DeSalvo makes clear it is not as simple to attack problems and pass bills for the general assembly as it is for him and his board, as the assembly must deal with many more hurdles, such as working with administration, students or outside agencies before changes can be made.

Though this is understandably the case, all members of the organization can apply one philosophy to their own work, which fuels DeSalvo’s success: being proactive, not only reactive, is the key to student government success.

Rachael Barillari is the editorial editor and a junior political science and Middle Eastern studies major.

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“My entire career in power soccer has been amazing,” Sefick said. “I love the sport. I will be playing for a long time.”

Growing up with a disability has given him a different perspective on things, he said.

“But I wouldn’t have been able to do half of the stuff I’ve done without power soccer,” Sefick said.

CNY United supports this philosophy with its work in promoting and advancing the sport of power soccer, which offers those in power wheelchairs the chance to play soccer.

But individuals don’t need a disability to play an accessible sport, said Rachel Matheson, events coordinator for the Disability Student Union. Individuals with and without disabilities can play the sport competitively together.

OrangeAbility 2013 was sponsored in part by the Disability Cultural Center, community partner Move Along Inc., the Department of Recreation Services, Hendricks Chapel’s Wellness Initiatives, the Beyond Compliance Coordinating Committee, the Disability Rights Clinic at SU College of Law’s and the Disability Student Union.

“This has been a huge collaboration on part of the entire SU community,” said Eddie Zaremba, president of the Disability Student Union. “We all worked really hard to make this event happen.”

The first OrangeAbility occurred in 2011, but did not occur in fall 2012 due to logistical issues and timing, Zaremba said. Instead, it was moved to spring 2013.

Many of the organizing agencies, such as DSU and Disability Cultural Center, were still new organizations in fall 2012. Moving the event to spring 2013 put OrangeAbility organizers in a

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better planning position, he said.

DSU is a student-led organization dedicated to sharing and listening to the concerns and voices of students who identify as having a disability, said Zaremba, also one of the organization’s founding members.

There have been student groups in the past focused on disability culture, but none have been able to sustain a campus presence, Zaremba said. This left him and other founding members with an opportunity to create their

“I love being able to bring together these two different athletic worlds.

For me, I believe anyone can come together and do anything.”

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own undergraduate group.

“I was in the right place at the right time,” he said. “My prerogative was to assemble a group that would last, because disability identity and culture is here to stay.”

Diane Wiener, director of the Disability Cultural Center and adviser to DSU, said she is proud students led the initiative to create the organization and give a direct voice to students who identify with having a disability.

“A lot of the message is about raising awareness about the variety of human experience and the complexities of that,” she said.

Similar to other human characteristics such as race, national origin or age, there are various cultures within disability identities, Wiener said.

“They are themselves diverse, just as we are,” she said.

The OrangeAbility event showcased the diversity of disability culture in the SU community with participants of all ages partaking in exhibition wheelchair basketball games or practicing power soccer shots.

Utica, N.Y., resident Mike Olsen spent much of the afternoon displaying his wheelchair basketball skills, but also shared information about his experience monoskiing.

After breaking his back in a construction accident, Olsen, who was an avid skier, said he looked for a way to get back into the sport.

He found a way to re-enter athletics with a program called Sitrin STARS, or Success Through Adaptive Recreation and Sports, which helps individuals with physical disabilities participate in various adaptive sports to stay healthy both physically and emotionally, according to its website.

Olsen has been able to compete in monoskiing competitions across the country, and has placed first at several ski mountain races, he said.

“You just have to live life to the fullest,” he said. “You cannot let negativity win. There is always a silver lining.”

Adaptive sports have also been a large part of Cody Arnold’s life. The Marcellus High School student has been playing wheelchair basketball, sled hockey and competing in road races for years.

“I just want more people to come out and join,” Arnold said. “You don’t need a disability to play — my able-bodied friends and I play sled hockey together and hit each other just as hard as anyone else.”

Adaptive sports are just as physically taxing and, at times, more difficult than original sports, said Laura Singer, a freshman religion and political science major who attended the event.

“I don’t think people realize it may take even more strength and dedication to play adaptive sports,” she said. “Just little things — like always dribbling the ball and wheeling in the chair are so hard.”

Members of the SU women’s rugby football club who attended said they had trouble learning the different chair maneuvers for wheelchair basketball.

Jenna Bordy, a junior advertising and finance major, said she and her teammates did not expect it to be as difficult as it was.

The team was there to support teammate Brenna Keefe, a member of DSU. “I love being able to bring together these two different athletic worlds,” she said. “For me, I believe anyone can come together and do anything.”

Inclusion was a major focus of the event, said Zaremba.

The best way to engage the community and see a positive culture change is to create an environment where everyone feels included, he said.

“We always have to ask ourselves what being a part of the SU community means,” Zaremba said. “We are saying that there should be access for all, orange for all, inclusivity for all.”

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cial education major and class marshal for the School of Education.

“I think he’ll be relatable,” she said. “I think he really writes about powerful issues that people need to care about, in a way that makes people care.”

The selection process for SU’s commencement speaker begins a year in advance, said Susan Germain, executive director of the Office of Special Events, when all students have the opportunity to submit suggestions for commencement speakers through a website, starting in March.

This list of more than 1,000 names is then given to a student selection committee, which comprises the two senior class marshals and student marshals from each college. These students then research each candidate, often looking up YouTube videos of a potential speaker’s past presentations, and ultimately submit a list of 30 suggestions to Chancellor Nancy Cantor, Germain said.

Cost and availability of the speakers factor into Cantor’s final decision, Germain said, as well as a desire to have a variety of different people.

This year marked the first time a small reception was held for student marshals at the Goldstein Faculty and Alumni Center to announce the speaker, an idea Kranz and fellow senior class marshal Kishauna Soljour came up with. Usually, an email is sent to class marshals to announce the speaker before the formal announcement.

“We put a lot of effort in this,” Soljour said, “so an email seemed anticlimactic.”

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major involved in the selection process as one of two marshals representing the senior class.

Kristof will speak at the joint graduation ceremony for SU and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry on Sunday, May 12, in the Carrier Dome.

Kristof came to SU in November 2010 for the University Lectures series.

Since joining The New York Times as an economics reporter in 1984, Kristof has won two Pulitzer Prizes: one in 1990 for his joint coverage of China’s Tiananmen Square democracy movement with his wife Sheryl WuDunn, and one in 2006 for his columns on the genocide in Darfur.

He has worked as a correspondent for The New York Times in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Beijing and Tokyo, in addition to serving as associate managing editor of the paper, responsible for Sunday editions. His work has allowed him to report on six continents and live in four, as well as visit more than 150 countries, all 50 states, every province in China and every main island in Japan.

“I think he’ll be a great speaker,” said Jenna Maldiner, a marketing and advertising senior and marshal for the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. “Obviously, he’s got a lot of outerworld experience to bring in and tell us about.”

A career as a writer makes Kristof an especially good choice as a speaker, said Emily Deshaies, a senior accounting major and Whitman class marshal. She said she thinks Kristof is well-spoken and thus should convey a good message.

Kristof should appeal to students at SU, said Maggie McCabe, a senior elementary and spe-

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fficials in SUNY-ESF’s Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships are working to make their financial aid award letter more informative and clear through a standardized system being implemented at SUNY schools across the state.

This system is a part of a campaign called SUNY Smart Track. The program focuses on making students and parents more aware of what goes into financial aid on each State University of New York campus and how they can best avoid debt from college expenses, said Patricia Thompson, assistant vice chancellor for the SUNY office for student financial aid.

The idea for SUNY Smart Track was sparked about a year and a half ago, Thompson said, when she and other members who work with SUNY’s financial aid started looking at some of the correlations behind why students default on loans in New York state.

“Smart Track is an innovative approach to a few issues that are facing students today,” she said. “What we really hope is that students understand what it means to be a student loan borrower and have the resources to answer their questions.”

The SUNY Smart Track system was implemented at six campuses last September, including Niagara County Community College and the University at Albany, Thompson said.

“So far, we have had really positive reactions because we work really closely with each campus to develop what we need for them specifically,” she said.

Ensuring there is a clear distinction in financial aid award letters between loans that need to be repaid and grant money is one of the main functions the standardized award letter will serve, Thompson said.

The biggest immediate difference for the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry financial aid award system is that the award letter has been reformatted, said John View, the

director of the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships at ESF. The letter will now include metrics on the college’s graduation rate, median loan amount and repayment, as well as the school’s annual default rate, he said.

About 92 percent of undergraduates at ESF receive financial aid, View said.

He added that although these statistics have already been available to the public, it is the first time they will be included as a sidebar on the actual award letter.

The award letter will also include a more comprehensive breakdown of ESF’s cost of attendance, View said, based on his best estimates of expenses such as class supplies and transportation.

“I think, behind the scenes, it makes our job more difficult, but it comes with the territory,” View said, “We just want to do the best we can at allowing students to be successful.”

Daryl Harper, a sophomore studying environmental resources engineering, said he thinks ESF already has a user-friendly online resource for getting information about financial aid.

He said he took a seminar at ESF that showed him how to use the website to apply for grants and loans. He said since he took the course, he has been successful at applying and receiving financial aid on his own.

While Harper said he was fortunate enough to have help applying for financial aid, he thinks SUNY Smart Track could be an important resource for students who are coming into college with limited information about it.

Knowing more information about ESF’s financial aid system could help students make more informed decisions about what they can afford while in college and if ESF is in their price range, Harper said.

Said Harper: “It could be very helpful as far as money management and making sure your aid is actually helping you throughout the course of the year.” smhazlit@syr.edu

$15,565

The average amount students pay to attend SUNY-ESF after receiving grants and scholarships.

65.8%

The percent of full-time students who receive their bachelor’s degrees from SUNY-ESF within six years.

3.9%

The amount of SUNY-ESF students who default on their federal student loans within three years of entering repayment.

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The amount families typically borrow in federal loans for a student’s undergraduate study. This works out to about $199.92 in federal loan payments a month in a span of 10 years. source: whitehouse.gov graphic illustration by cheryl seligman | design editor

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“Sometimes I’m worried I won’t have time to eat because of how long the lines are, so it’d definitely be great.”

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“I’m sure that Sadler has been much more heavily used in the last two years,” said Brenda Greenfield, executive director of the ESF College Foundation. “For our students at ESF, I’m sure that the expansion would benefit them when they’re using the dining halls now.”

Along with growing by more than a quarter of its current size, the dining center’s interior upgrades will include new flooring, lighting and an accessible entrance, said Dave George, director of Food Services, in an email.

This will make Brockway Dining Center the only dining hall on campus without wheelchair access, according to the website.

The expansion will also bring culinary improvements to Sadler Dining Center, such as a new deli service bar for made-to-order sandwiches, an expanded dessert section and a permanent stir fry cooking station, George said.

“We’re adding popular made-to-order stations, which our customers have been enjoying

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The radio station’s alumni association commissioned the film and is funding its production, MacFarlane said in an email. The association’s board of directors determined the station’s history so “dynamic and rich” that a documentary highlighting its successes was a good idea. The board then chose MacFarlane to produce the documentary because of his experience as an investigative television reporter, MacFarlane said.

During filming Friday in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, alumni documented their experiences working with WJPZ during their college years.

“WJPZ is what you make of it, you can get involved in so many different aspects of radio and apply it to almost any job.”

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“We wanted a radio station that reflected the real world, to put education to work and be independent of the university,” said Bill Bleyle, who founded WJPZ with Craig Fox in 1973.

Bleyle and Fox insisted on having a station that was totally independent from the university so they could run things on their own terms.

It took a lot of people who loved radio and who wanted to put it into the hearts and souls of the community to take WJPZ to where it is today, Bleyle said.

“Not a day goes by that I don’t flashback to my time at WJPZ. It was a springboard for my career,” said Matt Freeman, a 1994 alumnus, during filming. “Someday, I’ll be in a nursing home and I’ll tell my neighbors about how I was part of an all-student-run radio station that operated professionally and commanded the market, and they won’t believe me.”

Freeman recounted his experience reporting live during the war in Iraq in 1991. Freeman and others were in the Carrier Dome watching Syracuse play UConn when it was announced the United States had invaded Iraq.

“The Dome filled with ‘U-S-A’ chants louder than any ‘Go Orange’ chant I’d ever heard,” he said. “After the game, we went straight to the station and joined the on-air coverage. After

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in other campus locations,” he said.

Sadler Dining Center currently only has one made-to-order station that alternates on a daily basis.

The expansion is expected to shorten lines and increase the amount of seats by adding an entirely new dining room to the hall, he said.

Students said they have felt the effects of overcrowding in Sadler’s dining hall, and many feel the expansion has been long overdue.

“Usually around 7:30 p.m. it gets so crowded in here that you can’t even find space to sit down,” said Sarah Kelly, a freshman painting major. “Sadler definitely needed this. I think it’s way too small to support all the students from all the dorms and ESF.” Erika Sertl, a freshman wildlife science major at ESF, said the shorter lines would help

decrease the amount of time spent getting food.

“Sometimes I’m worried I won’t have time to eat because of how long the lines are, so it’d definitely be great,” she said.

Sadler already went through renovations last summer, converting the bathrooms to single-occupant bathrooms and refurbishing several bedrooms. With the dining hall’s upgrade, students said they are feeling more optimistic about the residence hall.

“Personally, I don’t eat here that often. I mostly eat at Ernie Davis Dining Hall because the food’s better,” said Daritzya Barajas, an undeclared freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. “I think I’d be more likely to eat at Sadler with the additions because it brings so much more variety to Sadler.”

that, WJPZ went all news for a while.”

Alumni continued to express how WJPZ helped them in their careers during filming.

“WJPZ taught me how to work with people in a professional environment who may see things differently,” said Chris Velardi, a 1995 alumnus.

But WJPZ isn’t just for Newhouse students.

Marty Dundics, a 2001 alumnus of the College of Visual and Performing Arts who got involved in WJPZ as a freshman, said he has always loved radio. He began working the 2-4 a.m. shift and was then promoted to work at the “Z Morning Zoo” as a junior.

“WJPZ is what you make of it, you can get involved in so many different aspects of radio and apply it to almost any job,” he said.

WJPZ recently got a new studio, MacFarlane said, and even though many things have changed, “the spirit, energy and family atmosphere of WJPZ is the same now as it was in 1998.”

MacFarlane said viewers can experience a benefit of WJPZ that other clubs don’t offer: family.

Said MacFarlane: “We are the largest family in America.”

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“We might see decreases in federal aid, which could make all the difference for someone on the edge of not being able to afford college,” said Colin Crowley, president of SU’s College Democrats and columnist for The Daily Orange.

James Ward, president of the College Republicans, couldn’t be reached for comment.

In addition, Crowley said students will likely feel the brunt of negative economic effects resulting from budget cuts. He said economic downturns usually cause students to find fewer

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which was heading west on Acorn Path. Police closed Comstock Avenue from Stratford Street to East Colvin Street as they investigated the scene.

Pullano was the only person in the Denali.

SPD officials identified the bus driver as Richard Dowell, of Syracuse. Centro released a statement early Saturday expressing condolences to the family. The statement also said there was no alcohol in the driver’s system at the time of the crash.

“We are deeply saddened and send our condolences to the family of the victim of this morning’s accident,” the statement said. “The Syra-

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coming and supporting the Pullano family.

The vigil was mostly silent. Many sobbed and consoled each other while all gathered closer and closer to the tree that memorialized Pullano.

People who spoke at the candlelight vigil described Pullano as a caring person who was always happy, smiling and friendly to everyone.

They said she was recognizable by her beautiful blue eyes.

“I think she’d like to be remembered as someone who was always nice to everyone, no matter what anyone else thought of you,” Westhill student Holden White said.

White said Pullano was the first person to greet him in the halls at Westhill during his freshman year, and made him feel welcome at the school.

Phoebe Langdon and Bri Linton, both seniors, played on the girl’s varsity tennis

and lower-paying jobs.

Despite all of the potential repercussions of the sequester, Crowley said he doesn’t think students are particularly well-informed about the budget cuts.

“It’s difficult for anyone, students included, to maintain interest when we have a fiscal cliff every two weeks,” Crowley said. “Eventually, people stop caring and I think we’re starting to see that happen.” blsamuel@syr.edu

@DAILYORANGE cuse Police Department is currently conducting the investigation into its cause. Following Federal and State regulations, Centro administered post accident testing which showed no presence of alcohol in the bus driver’s system.”

SPD Sgt. Gary Bulinski said the cause of the accident is still unknown and the investigation could take a few days. Multiple SPD Crime Scene Unit vans were investigating the accident scene in the early morning hours.

The hashtag #PrayersForPullanos began circulating at about 11 a.m. Saturday, with family, friends and Westhill community members posting their condolences.

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team with Pullano.

“She was just so friendly all the time,” Langdon said. “She was like the perfect human being.”

They both said Pullano mentored members of the team. She was also energetic and known for her antics.

Langdon said Pullano would order pizza during matches and bring a rotisserie chicken for their coach before every game.

One time during practice, Linton said, Pullano made members of the team dress like tigers and crawl across the court to Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger.”

“If we were having a bad day, she would be right there to cheer us up and make us laugh,” Linton said.

At about 10:30 p.m., mourners held up their candles in unison. They said, “To Anna,” raised the candles to the sky, then softly blew out the flames. dmsegelb@syr.edu @dylan_segelbaum

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chase gaewski | photo editor (COUNTERCLOCKWISE FROM TOP) SAM KOGON, AYA YAMAMOTO, GRENNAN MILLIKEN, MAX NEWLAND AND DAVE RIDDELL, four SUNY-ESF seniors and alumnus Milliken make up The Vanderbuilts. The band does not associate its with one particular genre, but its style is more of a hybrid between several different styles. The band has played at The Westcott Theater several times in the last two years.

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The Vanderbuilts release album, prepare to graduate, keep on playing

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t’s 6:15 p.m. at The Westcott Theater and The Vanderbuilts can’t get on stage for a sound check.

The other bands are taking too long, and the stage manager tells the band to show up at 8:15 p.m. for their set.

But the five college friends are relaxed, laughing as they walk down

Westcott Street, their breaths spiraling up into the chilly January night.

On this evening, Jan. 16, they’re playing the second slot, sandwiched between Homeward and Phantom Chemistry as openers for The Young Rapscallions. “What We Forget,” The Vanderbuilts’ second studio album, dropped March 1.

After two and a half years togeth-

er, the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry seniors and alumnus are still as carefree and easygoing as they were when they won Syracuse University’s Battle of the Bands in October 2010.

“If people didn’t like our sound that much, we wouldn’t have gotten the opportunities that we have,” Max

Newland said, “and all the help from so many different people out of the goodness of their hearts, just because they like the music we play.”

Sam Kogon, Dave Riddell, Aya Yamamoto, Newland and Grennan Milliken had instant musical chemistry, winning Battle of the Bands three weeks after their first

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Native Syracuse band takes SXSW, ‘30 under 30’ by storm

By Joe Infantino ASST. COPY EDITOR

Not only will former Syracuse-University-bandturned-indie-rockers Ra Ra Riot perform at SXSW next week, they are also featured on BuzzFeed’s “30 Under 30” list of bands to see at this year’s festival.

The list, compiled by the social website, BuzzFeed, and one of its partners, Taco Bell, consists of 30 bands with members under the age of 30 that staff members think are worth seeing this year at the South by Southwest festival.

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practice.From the beginning, their sound was original, fusing guitar, bass and drum parts blended with keyboard, banjo and violin in cheerfully offbeat harmony.

The band can be described as a hybrid of indie-folk, rock and pop, with a sound echoing David Bowie and Bob Dylan. But The Vanderbuilts like to keep their genre undefined.

The parts are always in motion. Kogon sings lead in soulfully smooth but ranging styles, though sometimes keyboard and banjo player Riddell and bassist Newland take over vocals, while Kogon and Riddell dash across the stage between the guitars, banjo and keyboard.

“What We Forget,” their newly released fulllength album, is a more polished incarnation of The Vanderbuilts’ energetic sound. Produced

by Grammy award-winner Jay Newland, with added violin arrangements from Finnegan Shanahan, the bold concept album has more nuanced layers and refined playful riffs, yet still jumps styles from song to song.

“We don’t necessarily know how we sound.

Our sound changes, but we know how to play together,” said Kogon at a February practice in his apartment, adorned with psychedelic Jimi Hendrix posters.

As Newland tuned his bass guitar boasting a deep red spackled finish, he added, “We know each other now. I know some weird chords that Sam’s just going to jump to. I know I can look

Other well-known artists on the list include Alt-J, Passion Pit and Kendrick Lamar.

Ra Ra Riot, known for its mix of rock and orchestral arrangements, made a name for itself by touring with the likes of Jack’s Mannequin and Tokyo Police Club in the early stages of its career.

Now, the band has released three full-length albums. Departing from its original sound, the band received mixed reviews for its third release, “Beta Love.” Instead of a baroque-pop sound, the new album — the first since cellist Alexandra Lawn left the band — features a

more contemporary synth-pop sound.

SXSW, a platform for small bands to jumpstart their careers, is held every spring in Austin, Texas. This year, the music festival runs March 12-17.

Distinctive to SXSW, performances are everywhere, from bars to stages and hotels to Whole Foods Markets. The annual event attempts to cater to all music tastes, including electronic, hip-hop and bluegrass.

The entire SXSW event is separated into three parts: interactive, film and music. The

film and music portions feature independent projects, while the interactive festival consists of panels and presentations from up-and-coming minds in the technology industry.

Taco Bell and its “Feed The Beat” program are inviting fans to contribute to a fan-made “rockumentary” featuring Passion Pit and Wildcat!

Wildcat! Those who aren’t traveling to Austin can watch the filming, followed by a live-streaming concert, on the program’s website March 11.

“We don’t necessarily know how we sound. Our sound changes, but we know how to play together.”

the crowd for Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell at a Westcott show last September.

On the freezing walk back to the Westcott, the band members joke about The Young Rapscallions’ drummer Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who played McLovin in “Superbad.” They dare each other to walk up and say the line, “Hey you, McMuffin!”

Inside, a small crowd is huddled on the stained black tile floor as Homeward ends its set screaming a hard-rock cover of Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.” The Vanderbuilts quickly set up, hastily complete a sound check and kick off their half-hour set.

“Do you guys want to move up front?” Kogon asked the scattered crowd. “It would be cooler…”

The set bounces from new, catchy, riffladen tracks like “Erasing Time” and “Down, Down, Down” to older folk-twanged favorites “She Takes the Cake” and “I’m Coming Home,” awash in Yamamoto’s authentic violin plucks. The quiet crowd begins to grow, bobbing their heads and tapping their feet as the set progresses.

By the time The Vanderbuilts walk offstage, sweaty and smiling around 9:15 p.m., The Westcott Theater has a pulse.

In an interview two years ago, fresh off of the SU Battle of the Bands win and about to release their first EP, The Vanderbuilts said they were just having fun and simply trying to show Syracuse they existed, unsure and unconcerned with the future.

“We’re just kind of going with it right now, wherever it goes. We’ll make the decision when we come to it,” said Newland in the interview.

Now, fresh off of the “What We Forget” release and two months from graduation, the crossroad is here, and the band plans to stay together. Though they each have careers to worry about, Kogon, Riddell, Yamamoto, Newland and Milliken still enjoy playing music together. Now, they’ll do it in New York City.

“In the beginning, I wasn’t sure where it was going or what kind of shows we would play. I didn’t foresee us playing shows as high-profile as Leon Russell,” Yamamoto said. “Now, the band will be in a new place, and I’m really looking forward to experimenting more.”

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back at Grennan (on drums) and sense when he’s going to do something random. I think that just comes from our comfort level.”

The Vanderbuilts, a play on American railroad baron Cornelius Vanderbilt, is the one name they didn’t all hate. They originally planned to change it, but countless shows, a growing fan base and two studio albums later, the name stuck.

Back before the show, the band decompresses in Yamamoto’s snug living room. She and Riddell drink loose-leaf tea while Kogon scarfs down dinner, wielding drumsticks as chopsticks. A colorful painting sits on a stained old couch next to a coffee table strewn with the game Bananagrams, burnt incense candles and a copy of Dante’s “Inferno.”

The conversation jumps from Kogon explaining his broken arm — he slipped on ice and is stuck wearing a sling — to a discussion on the IFC series “Portlandia” before finally moving to the night’s set list. By the time they’ve agreed on songs and scribbled the list on a ripped paper bag, it’s time to head back to The Westcott.

In the past two years, The Vanderbuilts have opened for popular indie bands Cults, Titus Andronicus and Caveman — even warming up

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Tracklist: 1. Some Time After 43 2. Erasing Time 3. Let Me Know 4. Spring Awoke 5. Moscow 6. I Wish I Was A Saber Toothed Tiger 7. Near And Far 8. Gypsy 9. Down, Down, Down 10. Elvis 11. Lies 12. I’m Coming Home 13. Had A Hat Check back and read tomorrow’s Decibel for a review of The Vanderbuilts’ newest album, which was released March 1.

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t’s funny how we tend to get caught up in the characters and plot drama of television and forget the people who actually bring these characters to life.

For instance, we’ve all heard of Sarah Jessica Parker and Cynthia Nixon from “Sex and the City,” and Eric McCormack and Debra Messing from “Will and Grace.”

But does the name Michael Patrick King ring a bell?

The executive producer of “Sex and the City” and writer for “Will and Grace,” King helped create these shows’ reputations for being quick-witted and hilariously sassy. Fortunately for viewers, King has teamed with comedian and actress Whitney Cummings to create the sitcom, “2 Broke Girls.”

“2 Broke Girls” is a relatively new show that follows the daily adventures of Max and Caroline, who are — you guessed it — two broke girls. The sitcom is filmed at Warner Bros. Studios, but is owned by CBS. The network successfully defeated others in a nasty

bidding war for the highly demanded show.

It has done extremely well for CBS in its first one and a half seasons, as the show ranks in the top 15 among viewers ages 18-49 — the key demographic for advertisers — and within the top 25 for total number of viewers. “2 Broke Girls” has also received support from various big-spending sponsors including AT&T, Verizon, Apple, Toyota, Time Warner and Target.

Max, played by Kat Dennings (the emo girl in “The House Bunny”) comes from a poor, working-class family. Caroline (Beth Behrs) was born rich but is now broke after her father got caught operating a Bernard Madoff-esque scheme. The two are pushed together by fate. They end up working in the same restaurant and become roommates and best friends.

Max and Caroline’s vastly different upbringings are the subject of much sarcastic and witty banter between the two.

Although Max makes countless cuts about Caroline’s old life, she also realizes there is more to Caroline than trust funds and

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Thumbs up designer clothing. Caroline is able to look past Max’s tough exterior and discover her inner sweetness, especially her aptitude for baking incredible cupcakes.

The two plan to raise enough money to

open a cupcake shop. They soon realize, however, that paying outstanding bills, saving money and maintaining healthy friendships and romances at the same time is extremely difficult.

Broadcast in more than 35 countries, “2 Broke Girls” has been nominated for eight awards, and has won both an Emmy and People’s Choice award.

Despite these accomplishments, the show has received mixed reviews, ranging from incredible appraisal to outright hatred. Those who applaud the show appreciate the acting and character chemistry. Other critics, such as Emily Nussbaum of The New Yorker and Glenn Garvin of The Miami Herald, argue the show is absurdly offensive and profits from uncomfortable racist and sexual jokes.

Still, one could argue this show is no raunchier than “Two and a Half Men.” It’s a viewer judgment call. And since “2 Broke Girls” is only in its second season, Spring Break provides a perfect opportunity to get caught up and decide which side you’re on. jigrossm@syr.edu

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PETA, like-minded activists take fashion protests too far My views on animal rights have always been somewhat conflicted. I certainly advocate for the ethical treatment of animals, yet I eat meat and wear leather.

But for some reason, I could never wear fur.

It’s probably because of the stigma associated with it. Animal rights organizations like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals demonize designers who feature animal fur in their collections and celebrities that wear it.

Last March, a woman associated with PETA “flour-bombed” Kim Kardashian on the red carpet of her perfume launch party because she wore fur.

When Lady Gaga wore a Hermès fur coat, PETA released a statement accusing her of being a hypocrite after publicly saying she doesn’t wear fur. Lady Gaga responded by reprimanding PETA, saying, “I do not support violent, abusive and childish campaigns for any cause.”

She continued by addressing the Kardashian flour-bomb incident, saying, “To campaigners, save your flour to make bread for the children who are hungry. And Kim Kardashian is fabulous.”

While I don’t wear fur myself, I think these activists should respect people’s decisions to wear fur or other animal products. Also, where were the activists when Lady Gaga wore a meat dress to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards? Or when just about every starlet carries the latest designer leather bag?

People have such a visceral reaction to fur because of its resemblance to a live animal.

Plus, fur is associated with luxury and wealth, whereas the leather tanning process is less of a

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never wears pajamas in public resemblance to a carcass.

In the 1980s, aggressive protests led to a steep decline in the sale of fur. A PETA member tossed a dead raccoon onto the plate of Vogue magazine editor in chief Anna Wintour while she dined at the Four Seasons; another tossed a tofu cream pie in designer Oscar de la Renta’s face.

Recently, however, fur has become trendier.

According to The New York Times, two-thirds of the collections at New York Fashion Week in 2010 featured fur. Many vegan advocates are trying to change what is considered luxurious and redefine what is cool.

In 2008, vegan actress Natalie Portman released a line of stylish vegan footwear. The shoe line, which retailed for $200 a pair, failed a few months later. Still, most top designers continue to use real leather and fur.

But fur isn’t just confined to old millionaires with f loor-length mink coats.

Street style blogs are filled with 20- and 30-year-olds wearing luxurious furs outside of fashion shows. Fur is expanding to the young and trendy, even on Syracuse University’s campus. UGG boots are lined with sheepskin, and many girls wear fur vests and fur-trimmed North Face jackets.

By Claire Dunderman ASST. FEATURE EDITOR

During Spring Break, there will probably be many group dates out to favorite bars and restaurants.

However, there’s always that dreaded moment when finishing a meal: figuring out the tip.

Fortunately, there’s usually someone in the group that’s pretty good with numbers, but there’s always the possibility that you could be sitting with the bill, stuck with trying to split the tip of a meal that costs some arbitrary number like $183.17.

Never fear, because Tip Master Tip Calculator is not only a calculator, but is designed to mediate this exact problem. You won’t have to make the waiter check your table three times before figuring out the math of the meal.

Tip Master, created by Roman Mbwasi, is a sleek way to figure out the bill with a variety of options and customizations. Punch in the price of your meal, then the percentage of

Protests from PETA and organizations like it have died down since the 80s and 90s, especially in the fashion sphere. The incidents with Kim Kardashian and Lady Gaga showed how their methods are outdated.

PETA bullies anyone who wears fur, calling them “fur hags” on the official PETA website.

I respect its right to protest and vocalize its views, but calling Kardashian “mindless” makes it sound like a grade-school bully.

These luxurious fads seem to rise and fall with the economy, and with the current recession, it would seem that a $2,000 fur vest wouldn’t sell well. Yet Ohne Titel sold more than 15 shearling and fox vests, priced just less than $2,000, in the days after its fall 2010 show.

Some of PETA’s protests are overly offensive.

At London Fashion Week in 2012, protesters from PETA wearing little black dresses and heels walked down Bond Street holding two dead, skinned foxes and a sign that read, “Here’s the rest of your fur coat.”

I personally don’t wear fur because it doesn’t really suit my style. And even if it did, I definitely can’t afford it. But I respect anyone’s decision to either wear fur, go vegan or somewhere in between.

While I respect animal rights organizations’ right to speak their minds and protest, I think they should find less offensive means that don’t attack individuals.

Allison Mariotti is a senior magazine journalism major. She has too many shoes to count, but could always use another pair.

Her fashion column appears every Monday in Pulp. She can be reached at admariot@ syr.edu.

the tip you want – or pick 15, 20 or 25 percent.

It also lets you calculate the bill and tip depending on how many people are paying for the meal. It says what each person should pay, tip and bill.

The application also allows you to figure out whether you will round the total bill, so each person can pay an easier amount. You can also do this for the tip as well, then round the tip.

There’s a customizable element to the app as well. Don’t want to waste time putting in the specific amount of tip you want to calculate?

You can save up to three different percentages.

No matter the venue, being able to calculate tip quickly and painlessly will not only make your waiter happy, but will allow you and your gang to have the rest of the night on the town.

It’s almost Spring Break after all — do you really want to do math? cmdunder@syr.edu @ClaireDunderman

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THRILLER: Rice’s OT winner propels Orange past Virginia

By Trevor Hass ASST. COPY EDITOR

Kevin Rice caught Dylan Donahue’s pass in overtime, turned toward goal and rifled a shot past Virginia goalie Dan Marino.

Rice hoisted his hands in the air and immediately dropped to one knee before getting pulverSYRACUSE 9 ized by his teammates.

The sophomore attack’s VIRGINIA 8 game-winner with one minute remaining in overtime ignited No. 16 Syracuse (2-1) to a thrilling 9-8 win over No. 6 Virginia (4-1) on Friday night at the Carrier Dome in front of 5,388 fans. Sparked by Matt Harris, JoJo Marasco and Donahue, the Orange used a 3-0 third quarter to pull ahead of the Cavaliers 7-6. UVA responded to send the game into overtime, but Rice delivered the dagger.

“I’ve been watching Syracuse and Virginia my entire life,” said Rice, a Skaneateles, N.Y. native.

“To be a part of that game and to be a part of a game like that was really special to me.”

Rice stood five yards out on the left side of the field when Donahue made his move. Rice waited patiently in his “sweet spot.” When the pass came, Rice reared up and cannoned past Marino.

“Well, if I had to pick a spot on the field to shoot from, it would be right there,” Rice said.

Trailing 6-4 at the half, Syracuse defender Brian Megill said he was frustrated going into the locker room. SU jumped out to a 4-2 lead, but surrendered four consecutive goals to the highoctane UVA offense.

Owen Van Arsdale’s strike with five seconds left in the second quarter was the cherry on top

of a disappointing half for the SU defense.

“You can ask Bobby (Wardwell), I used some choice language that I don’t use often,” Megill said. “I think it really hit the guys home.”

Syracuse responded with its second 4-0 run of the game, scoring three goals in the third quarter to halt UVA’s momentum.

Marasco and Donahue scored in the final 1:10 on left-handed lasers as SU reclaimed the lead, 7-6, heading into the final frame. Marasco’s strike gave him 100 points on his career and knotted the game at six. Matt Pratt extended the lead to two when he zipped a shot past Marino from 10 yards out early in the fourth.

The Orange defense held Virginia’s explosive offense scoreless in the third. It was led by Megill, who shut down Virginia’s leading scorer Mark Cockerton. Everywhere Cockerton went, the Syracuse defense swarmed him, strategically implementing double- and triple-teams to stop the prolific goal-scorer.

“I thought we were playing kind of soft in the first half,” Megill said. “It really showed how good our players can be with our backs against the wall.”

But that buckle came unclamped minutes later. Virginia was far from finished.

After UVA’s Charlie Streep cut the deficit to one, unassisted, Matt White tied the score at eight within a minute as the Syracuse faithful stood, stunned. The previously rambunctious crowd turned silent.

Syracuse was unable to score in the game’s final minutes, and the contest went to overtime.

SU head coach John Desko implored his team

keegan barber | staff photographer KEVIN RICE caught a pass from Dylan Donahue in overtime and converted the gamewinner Friday night at the Carrier Dome in No. 16 Syracuse’s 9-8 win over No. 6 UVA. to not force shots against the Cavalier zone all night. Virginia’s unyielding defense made it tough for the Orange to generate looks at the end of regulation and during overtime.

“When a team plays zone defense, you really have to work hard to get high-quality shots,” Desko said. “We preach to our guys when we practice zone offense, ‘Don’t force it in there right away.’”

On the game’s final play, the Orange didn’t force anything. Instead, SU worked the ball around, holding for the last shot, and its patience proved virtuous. Rice’s game-winner

gave Syracuse its third win over UVA in the teams’ last 11 meetings.

Megill was thrilled to hold Virginia under 10 goals, and said the Cavaliers weren’t used to playing against a team that pressured as much as the Orange.

When Rice converted, Megill sprinted toward the net to congratulate Wardwell.

“It was amazing,” Megill said. “To get that final goal, especially after losing to Albany in double overtime, it feels like you just won a national championship.” tbhass@syr.edu

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The junior also added 14 rebounds. He scored just four points and grabbed eight rebounds in the previous meeting, a Cardinal loss.

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Poor perimeter shooting exposes lack of Orange inside game

By Chris Iseman SPORTS EDITOR

This isn’t supposed to be such a glaring issue.

Syracuse’s outside game is supposed to mask its lackluster inside presence at the offensive end of the floor.

Instead, the Orange’s shooters are only exposing the problem even more.

At a time when Syracuse’s outside shots aren’t falling consistently, its centers aren’t providing the production the Orange needs in the low post. No. 10 Louisville (24-5, 12-4 Big East) center Gorgui Dieng, second in the Big East in offensive rebounding, magnified Syracuse’s uninspiring inside game in the Cardinals’ 58-53 win over the No. 12 Orange (22-7, 10-6) on Saturday.

Dieng finished with 14 rebounds, 10 on the defensive glass, to go along with his 11 points.

Meanwhile, Syracuse centers Rakeem Christmas and Baye Moussa Keita combined for two points and six rebounds.

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2:52 to play.

Then came the turnovers. Two minutes after losing control, Louisville was back in the driver’s seat.

the best chance defensively because we should have enough offense with the way the other guys are playing,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said. “That’s what we’re doing here.”

The Orange had another dismal shooting performance, finishing 20-for-56 (35.7 percent) from the field. Off of its 36 missed shots, Syracuse only grabbed 13 offensive rebounds, and scored a measly seven second-chance points.

The two issues – cold shooting and insufficient offensive rebounds – are a concern for the Orange less than two weeks before the start of the postseason.

Christmas and Keita were 1-for-2 from the field combined. Christmas scored two points on a dunk that made it 28-25 Louisville about three minutes into the second half.

“The thing that bothers me about our centers is they’re in position to get rebounds that they don’t get,” Boeheim said. “They get a rebound and they miss a layup. Layups aren’t that hard.

This is college basketball. You’ve got to be able to make a layup. You’ve got to be able to catch

the ball and put it in the basket.”

Syracuse had virtually no inside presence.

Louisville, though, had sheer dominance in the low post in Dieng. The 6-foot-11 Senegal native was a nightmare down low. He can also knock down mid-range jumpers, which he did to give the Cardinals an early 8-7 lead.

“He made that shot once, so we have to guard and respect that,” Keita said. “Rebounding, we have to box him out because every time the shot goes up, everybody on that team is going to crash the boards. So we just tried to defend that.”

Dieng was more of a threat defensively. Fair said he had two opportunities to drive the lane from the high post, but immediately met Dieng, who quickly slid his feet in position to interrupt Fair’s path to the basket.

But Dieng’s 10 boards on the defensive glass made a difference in the game.

“He does a great job rebounding, talking on defense, controlling his team,” forward James Southerland said. “If he’s not blocking shots,

he’s altering them so you have to adjust when he’s playing you.”

For the first time since Jan. 26, Syracuse had a third center to turn to in freshman DaJuan Coleman, who underwent knee surgery and missed the last five weeks. He played only three minutes against Louisville and missed his only field-goal attempt. Offensively, Coleman is the biggest threat out of the Orange’s three centers, but will likely need more game action before he can produce at a level fulfilling his potential.

Syracuse is faced with a challenge – one amplified against Dieng on Saturday – where it’s missing shots and failing to get the putbacks.

And as Syracuse’s opponents continue to get tougher, the games more meaningful, the Orange needs to find the inside-outside balance it’s been lacking for much of the season.

Said Boeheim: “That’s something we have to do if we’re going to be a good team at the end of the year.”

“I don’t know what we were doing or what we were thinking,” Boeheim said. “We turned it over three times on the out-of-bounds and we got the one-point lead, we got the ball and Brandon dribbles into the guy.

Syracuse and Louisville went back and forth for much of the second half, trading the lead 10 times in total, until the Cardinals appeared ready to take it for good.

Hancock punctuated a six-point run for Louisville with a 3 from the left wing. The 6-foot6 sharpshooter clapped and nodded his head repeatedly before both teams went to the bench for a Syracuse timeout.

But Syracuse had another run left. An overzealous Russ Smith fouled Carter-Williams in the backcourt, sending the point guard to the line where he sank a pair of free throws.

Carter-Williams sliced through the lane for a left-handed finish on the next possession, then found himself back at the line on the one after, where he drilled two more free throws.

In just 64 seconds, Carter-Williams brought SU within one.

“I was just trying to bring my team up and give us a chance in the game,” Carter-Williams.

“We were down seven, so I was trying to be a little more aggressive.”

The game would be decided in the final 4:27.

Suddenly, Louisville began to unravel. A pair of charge calls against Hancock sandwiched a C.J. Fair jumper and gave the Orange a 48-47 lead with 2:52 to play.

Louisville head coach Rick Pitino was irate with the first charge, darting onto the court as the referee made the call. His jacket came off and more screaming ensued after the second one, which gave SU the ball up one with 2:24 to play.

Syracuse clung to that lead on the Cardinals’ next trip after Peyton Siva missed a 3 off of the front rim from the right wing. The long rebound fell to Triche in stride, already taking it to the SU end, but Louisville’s

Smith poked the ball away as he tried to put it to the f loor.

Smith drew a foul on the resulting possession and went to the line, where he hit one free throw to tie it at 48. Syracuse’s first attempt to retake the lead, a layup from Triche, missed, but the Orange kept possession. That’s when the senior guard took the ball out and made the ill-advised pass to Carter-Williams.

“We just got to take care of the ball and make all the right plays,” Triche said. “We were doing that earlier, that’s why we were winning close games, but now we’re not.”

His head coach highlighted the same mistakes as the cause for another loss. The effort was there, Boeheim said, as evidenced by the comeback. But the turnovers were too much to overcome.

“You cannot make those kinds of turnovers in end-game situations,” Boeheim said. “It’s not something we’ve really done this year, but we did it today.”

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Shooting slump feeds latest loss; Triche’s struggles continue

By Ryne Gery and Chris Iseman THE DAILY ORANGE

James Southerland couldn’t get anything to fall.

Neither could Brandon Triche nor backcourt mate Michael Carter-Williams. By halftime, the three combined to shoot 4-for-20 from the field against Louisville’s match-up zone.

For a third straight game against a zone defense, head coach Jim Boeheim watched his team struggle to score. Boeheim expects to see more as his perimeter threats try to find their shooting strokes again.

“It’s always tough to beat zones when you don’t make shots,” Boeheim said. “We had good shots the first half, they were all good shots and we didn’t make many.”

The dismal 9-for-33 shooting performance by SU in the first half was nearly matched by Louisville’s 9-for-29 clip. Though both teams found some rhythm in the second half, Syracuse’s 58-53 loss to the Cardinals on Saturday highlighted the team’s recent problems cracking opposing defenses.

Syracuse went scoreless for nearly four minutes in the first half, a stretch that saw a fourpoint lead turn into a five-point deficit. In that span, C.J. Fair and Southerland each missed jumpers. DaJuan Coleman’s attempt on the low block went long and Southerland’s 3 from the right corner missed, too.

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Despite the cold shooting effort, Southerland said he wasn’t concerned with his 1-for-8 start to the game. He needed to stay confident and keep shooting in the second half.

“I had a little slump at the beginning of the game, but you can’t really focus on how many shots you miss in the first half,” Southerland said. “It would have been fortunate if a couple of those shots went in, but at the same time, you

“We’re shooting horrible.

A couple rolls can go to our favor so anything can happen right now.”

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just got to make sure you hit the next one.”

Almost five minutes into the second half, Southerland’s 3 from the right wing gave the Orange a 30-28 lead – its first advantage since it led 7-6 early in the first half. His 3 at the top of the key three minutes later pushed SU ahead again, bringing the entire bench and Carrier Dome faithful to their feet.

The sharpshooter would finish 5-for-12 from the field and 3-for-5 from beyond the arc as Syracuse turned in a 47.8-percent shooting performance in the second half.

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“We’re shooting horrible,” Triche said. “A couple rolls can go to our favor so anything can happen right now.”

Triche struggles in loss Boeheim has no explanation, only possible theories. Triche’s struggles are confounding, given how much talent and potential he possesses.

There’s no easy answer as to what’s causing his struggles, but Boeheim said the senior guard will continue to be the Orange’s go-to scorer.

“I have no explanation for it, but he’s our guy,” Boeheim said. “We’re going to go with him.”

Triche scored only eight points on a paltry 2-for-11 shooting in Syracuse’s loss to Louisville.

He missed all three of his 3-point attempts and turned the ball over seven times. Syracuse’s outside game has been up and down all season, and Triche’s streaky shooting is much of the reason why.

Triche didn’t hit his first basket of the game until about nine minutes in, when he knocked down a jumper from the right elbow off of the dribble that made the score 12-11 Louisville. He wouldn’t hit another basket until early in the second half when he hit a jumper in the lane that made it 25-23 Cardinals.

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Triche’s seven turnovers – Syracuse finished with 16 overall – made taking down the Cardinals an even more challenging task.

After the game, Triche said his performance was especially painful because he’s not used to committing so many turnovers. Triche averages 2.8 turnovers per game.

Just five games ago, Triche scored 29 points against Seton Hall. In his last four games, though, Triche has been only 15-for-45 from the field.

Boeheim said after the game Saturday that Triche’s struggles could be because he’s trying too hard to help get Syracuse back on track.

“Brandon if anything, he tries too hard to get something done,” Boeheim said. “He doesn’t play well when he tries hard.”

The offense hinges on Triche. When he’s knocking down shots, the Orange has a dependable threat on the outside. Right now, he’s not meeting that capability.

At this point in the season, Syracuse needs a productive and efficient Triche to start winning games again.

“We’re not going to win when he’s 2-for-11 and seven turnovers,” Boeheim said. “We need him to be better than that. He’s a four-year player and he’s a good player. He’s a very good player.

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quickly disagreed. He said tired legs couldn’t be a benefit. After the Villanova contest ended at about 5:10 p.m. Saturday, the team will have had just more than two full days to prepare for Louisville, which has not played since defeating Seton Hall 72-62 on Wednesday.

Still, considering the Senior Night context and desire to snap a three-game losing streak, all of which featured squandered Syracuse leads, SU doesn’t envision a problem finding motivation for Monday’s contest.

“We’re just worried about winning the next game,” Tyson-Thomas said. “We’re not looking too far ahead, we’re never skipping opponents. I feel like we’re just looking at do-or-die.”

The 55-minute battle against Villanova drained energy from both sides. All three seniors, along with Brianna Butler, saw 40-plus minutes of action, with Alexander and Hall leading the way at 48 and 46 minutes, respectively.

In a season with just one overtime game, players and coaches alike expressed amazement at what transpired down the stretch. Hillsman said he couldn’t remember taking part in as memorable a game in his career, aside from arcade-like games he played as a kid.

Against a solid Louisville squad Monday

“We’re just worried about winning the next game.

We’re not looking too far ahead, we’re never skipping opponents.

I feel like we’re just looking at do-or-die.”

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night, a win could alleviate all concerns regarding the NCAA bid that has eluded SU’s senior class. Although 35th-year Villanova head coach Harry Perretta expressed confidence after Saturday’s game that the Orange is “in the tournament, no question,” Hillsman has his doubts, pointing to past seasons like the 22-9 2010-11 campaign that led to a WNIT berth.

While the team has hit a rough patch in the past week, SU carries plenty of confidence for a turnaround.

A win in the regular-season finale would be a definitive start.

“Obviously, we have that sense of urgency right now,” Alexander said. “So we’ve got to finish it up.” kmprisei@syr.edu

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SEEING RED chase gaewski | photo editor MICHAEL CARTER-WILLIAMS sprawls on the floor for a loose ball. The No. 12 Orange failed to take care of the ball late in the contest Saturday. Brandon Triche had three turnovers in the final two minutes, resulting in a 58-53 loss to No. 10 Louisville at the Carrier Dome.

Late turnovers frustrate Boeheim, Syracuse in slim loss to Louisville

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randon Triche started down the court, both hands out, wishing he had the previous play back.

The senior guard tried to sneak a bounce pass to teammate Michael Carter-Williams across the court on an inbounds play, but it didn’t reach him and Louisville’s Luke Hancock

snatched it away.

Regret immediately overcame Triche as he gave away a second straight possession, this time with the game tied. Triche’s lament for his late-game mistakes worsened when Hancock nailed a 3 on the ensuing possession to put the Cardinals ahead for good.

The late turnovers erased a val-

iant comeback and doomed No. 12 Syracuse in a 58-53 loss to No. 10 Louisville (24-5, 12-4 Big East) in front of 31,173 at the Carrier Dome on Saturday. The Orange (22-7, 10-6) overcame a seven-point deficit with less than six minutes to play, but unraveled in the final two minutes.

Triche, who’s been steady all season in the SU backcourt, committed three turnovers in the decisive span of the Orange’s third straight loss in Big East play.

“It’s very disappointing just because it’s out of my character,”

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“We did some real good things, but unfortunately, ‘good’ isn’t good enough in this league.”

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Triche said. “If I was used to making turnovers and everything like that, I wouldn’t think too much of it, but when it’s out of your character, it hurts.”

It hurt for SU head coach Jim Boeheim, too, as he watched his senior guard and team fall apart after putting together a run that gave them a chance to win the game.

Despite shooting 35.7 percent from the field and getting no production from its centers, Syracuse held a onepoint lead and was in control with

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Orange hosts UofL needing resume boost

By Kevin Prise STAFF WRITER

On the road against South Florida on Feb. 23, on the heels of a six-game winning streak, Syracuse took a 13-point lead in the second half and looked poised to hit the 11-win mark in Big East play. But the Who: Louisville Bulls made a Where: Carrier Dome late run and When: Today, 9 p.m. ended SU’s wi n ni ng streak with a 68-66 win.

At No. 2 Notre Dame three days later, the Orange squandered a 15-point lead and dropped a second consecutive decision. Saturday, Syracuse allowed a game-tying layup with less than two seconds left in regulation, missed potential gamewinning shots in the final moments of the first two overtimes, and fell 77-75 in triple overtime.

Just like that, the Orange’s 10-2 start has morphed into a 10-5 conference mark, leaving the team openly questioning its NCAA tournament placement.

“You definitely think about it, because we needed this ‘W’, I felt,” senior center and all-time SU scoring leader Kayla Alexander said. “And I feel like we have to come out with these next couple of games and get it done, because our NCAA tournament future is on the line.”

Syracuse (22-6, 10-5 Big East) faces No. 16 Louisville (23-6, 11-4) at 9 p.m.

Monday at the Carrier Dome in the season finale for both teams before the conference tournament in Hartford, Conn., starts March 8. The contest marks the final regular-season home game for Alexander, along with fellow key contributors Elashier Hall and Carmen Tyson-Thomas. A win would likely secure the first NCAA bid for the No. 22 Orange in five years, while a loss would open the door for a seasonending five-game losing streak if the team makes an early exit in Hartford.

When asked if Saturday’s tripleovertime thriller could help the team prepare for tournament situations, SU head coach Quentin Hillsman

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Parsons shot from the field in a 136-103 win over the Mavericks, making him the first player since Larry Bird (1986) to shoot that percentage and score at least 30, attempting at least five 3s.