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Members of committee to host open forums March 18

By Dara McBride Development Editor

Staff, faculty and students are invited to discuss what they would like to see in Syracuse University’s next chancellor during a series of open forums on March 18, university officials announced Wednesday.

There will be three opportunities

for the campus to participate: • Staff members are invited to a forum in the Schine Underground from noon to 1:30 p.m. Search committee member Ryan Williams, associate vice president of enrollment management and director of scholarships and student aid, will host the forum.

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er forum in the Schine Underground from 4-5:30 p.m. Search committee member Kendall Phillips, professor and associate dean of research and graduate studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, will host the forum.

• Students are invited to the last forum of the day, held in Maxwell Auditorium from 7:30-9:00 p.m. The

forum will be a part of the Student Association’s weekly meeting, but all students are welcome to attend. SA Chief of Staff and junior film major PJ Alampi will host the session.

Representatives from Spencer Stuart, a New York-based search firm hired to assist the university in the search,

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2 SU football players face felony charges

By Chris Iseman Sports Editor

Four Syracuse University students, including two Syracuse football players, were arrested on charges of burglarizing South Campus apartments on Feb. 23, according to Syracuse police.

All four students were arraigned in Syracuse City Court on Wednesday.

Defensive end Markus Piercepierce-brew- Brewster and defensive tackle ster Davon Walls are both charged wit h seconddegree burglary and petit larceny after burglarizing an apartwalls ment on the 400 block of Winding Ridge Road while the residents were sleeping, according to court documents. They’re accused of stealing a f lat-screen television, an Xbox gaming system, two iPods and Xbox games, worth a total of approximately $ 950.

“We are very disappointed and do not in any way condone the alleged behavior that resulted in these charges,” Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer said in a statement.

“This does not represent the core values of our program or the conduct expected of student-athletes representing Syracuse football. We will be following the judicial process and will act accordingly.”

During the burglary, Pierce-Brewster stayed outside of the apartment and acted as a “lookout” while Walls entered the apartment through the unlocked back door at about 1:15 a.m., according to court documents.

The SU Department of Public Safety’s video surveillance cameras captured video of Pierce-Brewster and Walls in possession of the stolen property, according to court documents.

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City officials look to hire company to boot vehicles

By Caroline Strange Contributing Writer

Sequester cuts may hurt work-study

By Michelle Sczpanski Design Editor

As part of the series of federal budget cuts known as the sequester, Syracuse University is projected to lose approximately $80,000 in federal work-study funding for the 2013-2014 academic year, according to a report released by the National Association of School Financial Aid Administrators.

Along with sequestration cuts, SU is facing other reductions that could

result in an additional loss of about $120,000 in federal work-study funds, said Ryan Williams, SU director of scholarships and student aid.

Additionally, SU is set to lose about $175,000 in Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant awards, resulting in a total loss of approximately $360,000 worth of federal funding for work-study, Williams said.

“It certainly is something that we are concerned about. However, we

Schumer proposes bill to forgive loan debts of deceased students

By Emma Wozny Staff Writer

New York Sen. Charles Schumer has proposed a new bill that would require private college loan providers to forgive debts in the case of a student’s death.

The legislation is named “Andrew’s Law” after Andrew Prior, a Northeastern University alumnus who grew up in the city of Syracuse, according to a Feb. 27 article published by The Post-Standard. Prior

was killed in a car accident involving a drunk driver on Nov. 13, 2010, months after graduating.

Prior’s parents, David and Rose Prior, were harassed by loan providers about their son’s unpaid student loans. Several companies agreed to forgive the loans, but one continued to seek payment, according to the article. This company threatened to take their car and home away if they did not pay the loans they had co-signed.

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have been planning for this now since summer,” Williams said. “Once we began to hear that this was a possibility and the cuts might happen, we began immediately thinking about how are we going to deal with it.”

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chase gaewski | photo editor (clockwise From Top left) Sarnai davaadagva, caroline reusse, tathiana jones and calvin huyhn are all work-study students at Syracuse University. Sequester cuts could cause the university to lose about $80,000 in federal work-study funding for the 2013-2014 academic year.

Syracuse city officials are looking to transfer the responsibility of booting cars to a private company to more efficiently collect more than $6 million in unpaid parking tickets.

A boot, or wheel clamp, can be placed on the wheel of a car to prevent it from moving when a driver has three outstanding tickets for more than 90 days, according to the city of Syracuse website.

Paylock, the New Jersey-based company that would assume responsibility for the booting, is already providing the Syracuse Police Department with booting equipment, according to a Feb. 27 News Channel 9 article.

City officials have asked Paylock to provide a proposal for providing services, said Matt Silverman, executive vice president at Paylock. It is an opportunity to provide a more consistent level of control than the police department can offer, he said.

Syracuse police officers have been responsible for booting cars since 2008, following legislation that was passed in 2007, said John White,

supervisor at the Parking Violations Bureau, in an email. The reason for the potential switch is to enable the police department to better attend to its other responsibilities.

The amount of boots placed on cars in a particular neighborhood is dependent on the degree of compliance with parking laws in a particular area. The boot can be removed after payment for the ticket has been made, White said, then the Paylock call center will give the driver a code to release the boot.

Tickets can be paid in two ways, White said. A driver can pay with cash at the Parking Violations Bureau in City Hall, in which case a member of the boot crew will be dispatched to remove the boot.

Otherwise, a driver can call the toll-free number on the boot notice left on the vehicle to pay using a credit card, debit card or electronic funds transfer.

If the boot is not returned to City Hall or the Public Safety Building within 24 hours, a fee of $25 will be charged per day, according to the city’s website. see booting page 9

Unpaid parking tickets in the city of Syracuse total to more than $6 million, with approximately 14,000 vehicles in violation of laws.

Source: http://www.syracuse.ny.us/Booting_Program.aspx

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Syracuse Stage founder dies at 87

By Meredith Newman Asst. News Editor

Arthur Storch, founder of Syracuse Stage, died Tuesday at the age of 87. Storch served as producing artistic director from 19741992, and was considered a pioneer of the Syracuse regional theater movement.

Among Storch’s biggest accomplishments was building a strong relationship between the Stage and Syracuse University’s drama department. The relation-

ship became a national model for undergraduate drama programs and professional theaters, according to a March 6 Syracuse Stage press release.

Storch was also the chair of the SU drama department from 19731992. As producing artistic director for the Stage, he directed 30 plays and supervised the production of more than 100 others. He was also integral in making the Stage well-known for its artistic talent, as well as developing the

drama department into one of the most prestigious bachelor’s of fine arts programs in the country, according to the release.

He left SU in 1992 after receiving the Mayor’s Achievement Award, according to the release, and the Arthur Storch Theatre in the Syracuse Stage/SU Drama complex was named in his honor.

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Development of virtual storytelling, audience immersion in news content controversial

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art of a journalist’s role in society is to bring the audience into the story.

Immersive journalism uses gaming platforms and virtual reality to take this idea to the next level and puts users inside a reconstruction of events.

Nonny de la Peña, manager of the University of Southern California MxR lab, presented this technology in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium on March 4. Many of the audience members reported that the experience felt real and responded emotionally.

In a 3-D environment based on actual new stories and through a virtual reality headset provided in the lab, the user can experience the story as if he or she was a first-person witness.

The project is in its early stages, but if it receives enough funding in the future, it could be expanded so that the headsets are available at home for day-to-day use.

While this immersive experience could be a great way to get audiences engaged with the news, it could turn facts into a subjective experience, and bring journalism even further into

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virtually real the realm of infotainment.

One of the simulations de la Peña presented, “Hunger in Los Angeles,” was a rendering of a news story in which a man collapsed into a diabetic coma outside of a Los Angeles food bank. Once inside the game-like environment, the user is a helpless observer in a six-and-ahalf-minute narrative that was re-created using audio from the original event.

Media influencers and policy makers alike frequently cite violent video games as a catalyst for real-world violence, although de la Peña is quick to dismiss this correlation.

Many virtual reality games put the user into the role of the aggressor in society, but it

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might be better for our collective psychology to become compassionate observers instead. This immersion experience could help inspire more altruistic behavior in any reality.

There’s also a question of how realistic to make these simulations. The Uncanny Valley Theory states people are turned off by likenesses that seem almost, but not quite, like real humans.

Jeff Sonstein, associate professor in the College of Computing at the Rochester Institute of Technology, says, ‘“Don’t make it too real.” But de la Peña remains optimistic, saying, “I think we’re gonna be able to break that,” and that it’s only a matter of time before those limitations will be overcome.

By putting people in an event that’s purely based on fact, this experiential narrative may help curb reporter bias and allow audiences to feel more in control of the news they are digesting.

This idea of combining virtual reality and news storytelling is not entirely new. One of de la Peña’s first virtual reality projects

was Gone Gitmo, in which users were able to experience life as a detainee at Guantanamo Bay. The experiment began as a documentary called “Unconstitutional,” and was created using pictures and first-person accounts from Guantanamo.

If this medium becomes more widespread, it won’t be without controversy. It may help the audience become more involved in a news story, but if immersive journalism becomes the norm, it could threaten the written word as a method of communication.

I doubt virtual storytelling will replace traditional journalism, as most news would be irrelevant by the time these virtual worlds are built.

But we are shifting toward a society made to be more aware, and maybe even more paranoid, about what is and isn’t real in a world completely immersed in virtual communication.

Kat Smith is a senior creative advertising major.

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Societal acceptance of female quirks should give women greater confidence

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rowing up, too many movie plotlines featured female leads negatively defined by her quirks. The female protagonist got good grades, but struggled getting the guy. She was sarcastic and emotional as opposed to being perky.

There was forever an unspoken toss-up between the “popular girl” and the “funny female dork,” a character who usually evolved into a beautiful swan by the end of the film.

In films, quirky women needed men to shape them, smooth them out and make them whole.

But nowadays, quirky is the new ideal, and it has nothing to do with men at all.

Zooey Deschanel in “New Girl,” Tina Fey in “30 Rock” and Sofia Vergara in “Modern Family” all embody women who are smart, funny and a different type of beautiful than what I was exposed to as a child.

Jennifer Lawrence has become a victor for females everywhere. As the actress strode on stage to accept her Oscar for Best Actress on Feb. 24, she tripped on the stairs.

Palms to the f loor, Lawrence pushed herself from the steps and accepted with utter grace an outstanding award seconds after committing a clumsy fall.

She gives a new depth to elegance: It is nothing without a few embarrassing moments.

It is Lawrence’s quirkiness that makes her so much more charming than the typical bland Hollywood personality. Her ability to discuss peeing her pants openly is endearing to the rest of us because it makes her real.

We view her as imperfectly perfect.

Nowadays, being quirky is just as important as being traditionally sophisticated and refined.

I know I am marked by my fear of squirrels and strange sayings such as, “I’m going to expand my mind” when I tell my friends I am headed to class. Of course, “The Lord of the Rings” Hobbit feet I once made with a friend in high school, using old sneakers and beige duck tape perfectly expose my inner dork.

The quirks are what make us real. To hide

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the new breakfast club them is like hiding our own identities.

There was once a desire to refine our personalities to be delicate and modest, to laugh a typical laugh, walk with a standard stride, wear matching clothes and accessories, cut our hair in a certain shape and enter into only small talk with strangers.

It’s accepted, and even invited now, to snort along with a belly-aching laugh, skip down stairs, wear neon, floral and leather in the same outfit and cut, dye and mess with our hair until it fits perfectly with who we are.

I personally feared how my quirks would be received when I entered sorority recruitment this past February. I feared intense judgment every time I entered a house.

I figured I would not be able to find another girl who delighted in her awkward tendencies as much as I did.

That was before I had conversations about made-up childhood games, my adoration for cloud stationary and “Dragon Ball-Z.” I found my house and it was these conversations that got me there.

The world is always pressuring us to fit into a specific mold. But the fact is, we’re all pretty weird, and I mean that in the best way possible.

Our oddities define us, grow with us and make us who we are. Female quirkiness is finally being celebrated, as it should be.

I only hope I become a woman who embodies a confidence so fully that it allows her to own every quirk, even those Hobbit feet tucked away at home.

Anna Hodge is a freshman magazine journalism major. Her column appears weekly.

She can be reached at ahodge@syr.edu and followed on Twitter at @annabhodge.

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Establishing MOOCs ensures expansion of higher education Universities have a responsibility to instill knowledge and learning beyond campus perimeters. Providing massive online courses is a progressive way to continue developing and expanding that reach.

Syracuse University opened its first MOOC this semester. ìIntroduction of Data Scienceî is a free online course offered through the School of Information Studies.

The course was open to the public and easily filled its 500-student maximum capacity. No credit is given for satisfactorily completing the four-week course.

Instead, students will receive a letter of completion signed by iSchool Dean Elizabeth Liddy.

SU should begin developing MOOCs for 100-level content in areas of study from across the university. This would enable more of the public to receive a form of higher education, making SU a stronger competitor against fellow institutions already well-versed in MOOC learning experiences throughout the world.

MOOCs are beneficial for a wide range of people seeking a taste of higher education for several reasons. This learning style lends itself well to high school

EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board students looking to get a sample of college classroom content. It also helps alumni stay up to date on the latest developments in various fields.

Those who cannot pursue a degree due to cost or who are uninterested in attending a university can also benefit by having the chance to gain specific, refined knowledge in a field of interest free of charge.

MOOCs do not weaken the value of paying to attend an institution full time, as those enrolled in the courses only receive limited content compared to actual college classrooms, and donít experience hands-on learning or building relationships with professors. They also do not receive college credit.

Cultivating and establishing more MOOC courses will ensure SU continues developing its commitment to bettering the lives of others through advanced learning.

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Boy band talent for creating lasting, catchy tunes must be recognized, appreciated

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oy bands. They’re cute, cuddly and all-around dancing machines. But, as of last week, they may just be the villains of the year. Yes, those adorable floppyhaired crooners are apparently on the same level as super villain Bane from “The Dark Knight Rises.”

At last week’s New Musical Express Awards in Britain, One Direction’s resident-Taylor-Swift-exboyfriend, Harry Styles, won Villain of the Year. He beat out British Prime Minister David Cameron, Skrillex and Psy for the top sarcastic honor.

Poor One Direction even won Worst Band, against the likes of Mumford and Sons and Justin Bieber.

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on boy bands. They’re not here to change lives with their music and deep messages. Instead, as N’Sync says in their song “Pop,” “All that matters is that you get hyped and [they’ll] give it to you every time.”

More than 10 years later, N’Sync’s promise still rings true. The girls who grew up listening to N’Sync or The Backstreet Boys still watch classic videos on YouTube more often than they would like to admit. I’ve seen college women who still know all of the lyrics and choreography.

The musical high promised in “Pop” is still working a decade later.

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the one that got away Since boy bands started busting their sweet moves and singing about girls that made their little hearts go pitter-patter, they’ve received equal measures of adoration and hostility.

For every overly excited crying preteen, there’s a jaded 20-something rolling his or her eyes at the cottoncandy pop these boys are peddling.

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it’s easy to become sick of them. It seems like their music was made in a lab to get stuck in your head for weeks. The knack for getting “What Makes You Beautiful” playing in an endless mind loop is what producers get paid the big bucks for.

The same could be said about whatever Rihanna’s newest song is.

But once the clock strikes 1 a.m. at whatever bar or party those uber culture-haters are at, I bet they, too, will be compelled to belt out One Direction’s “Live While We’re Young” with everyone else.

It may seem more hip to hate whatever is popular, but accepting the kitschy and ridiculous parts of low culture is all part of the fun. That’s the reason off-the-wall rollercoaster

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“American Horror Story” is on the same network as the serious Cold War drama “The Americans.”

We’re a nation experimenting with the dichotomy of mind-numbingly silly and sharp intellectuality. People tune in to watch the Oscars and the MTV Movie Awards because both extremes have an important job in our society.

If we didn’t appreciate the low culture that spawns boy bands as much as we did, Justin Timberlake would never have become the falsetto superstar he is. And that’s just not a world I’m ready to live in.

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Students in anthropology class explore the role of union workers on SU’s campus

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By Annie Palmer Staff Writer

n the basement of Boland Hall, among scraps of broken doors and windows that were once used on campus, Bill Brown constructs dozens of handmade frames for maps seen by students every day.

Brown, the head carpenter for residence halls on Main Campus, usually works alone.

But since the middle of February, he has been shadowed by Mayara Martinez, a sophomore anthropology major, as a part of her research on the interaction between Syracuse University students and union workers.

“My goal is to represent the workers in a light that the students can relate to,” Martinez said. “I know I can’t reach everyone, but I know I can reach a few people and really get to know their story in-depth.”

Martinez said the research is a part of a project through her ANT 481: “Ethnographic Techniques” course in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

The goal of the project is to help students see workers as three-dimensional individuals who spend their daily lives committed to the university, Martinez said.

The four students from the class participating in the project – Martinez, Arielle Terry, Chu Wu and Alexandra Coughlin – were assigned various union sectors across campus to shadow and further investigate the experiences its workers. The sectors include groundskeeping, food services, library services and housekeeping. The students were instructed to develop a six-page research plan and apply it by shadowing union workers from February until the end of the spring semester.

“Once I learned about the project, it became apparent to me that I had, in fact, been guilty of not acknowledging service workers on campus,” said Coughlin, a senior anthropology major. “It takes a lot of work to make

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will help run the meetings. Search committee chair Joanne Alper will also be present. The forums will hopefully draw in a strong attendance representative of the campus, said Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs at SU. “We are eager to hear from our many constituents and know that an open process like this is the best way to ensure our next chancellor represents the wide range of people and interests that make Syracuse University such a dynamic and special place,” Alper said in a statement released Wednesday.

In addition to the forums, the website syr.edu/ chancellorsearch went live Wednesday.

The website includes an online survey, search timeline and information, and an opportunity to suggest a specific candidate or provide other feedback to the search committee.

The search committee held its first meeting in February to discuss the challenges facing the university and the ideal chancellor for SU. These are the first public forums discussing the chancellor search.

Chancellor Nancy Cantor announced Oct. 12 she plans to leave the university when her contract expires in 2014. The committee is expected to end its search by November or December.

When Alampi and Ivan Rosales-Robles, the undergraduate representatives on the committee, heard from Spencer Stuart that collecting student input could be one of the more difficult aspects of the search, they began discussing

this campus run smoothly, so they definitely deserve more respect from the student body.”

The project works in accordance with the Service Employees International Union, one of the largest service unions in the country, Coughlin said. The union comprises more than 850 workers, with more than 100 different job specifications in each sector.

Coughlin’s research is focused on workers within library services. She shadowed a library technician at E.S. Bird Library, witnessing hours spent answering student questions through an instant messaging service on the library’s website. Much of a union worker’s day is spent serving the student population, so

Seeing service workers as real individuals was the goal envisioned by the creators of the project: John Burdick, professor and chair of the anthropology department, and Robert McClure, chief union officer and professor of political science and public affairs.

The two created the project after years of cultivating relationships between union workers and SU faculty, Burdick said. In 2008, he created the Purple Players, a storytelling troupe that allows union workers to share their personal stories with a student audience.

Through the Purple Players and the shadowing project, Burdick has spent much of his career devoted to making sure union workers

“There is a certain misconception among students that the work that Food Services employees do is unskilled. In actuality, as I’ve seen first-hand, these jobs are very demanding. I’m embarrassed that such a lack of respect exists on campus.”

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the culture of avoidance between workers and students hits the workers hard, she said.

Terry, a senior sociology and anthropology major, began her research by shadowing workers in Bird’s Pages café. Terry instantly related to the experiences of the union workers since she is assistant manager of operations in the Carrier Dome and knows several other Food Services employees.

“There is a certain misconception among students that the work that Food Services employees do is unskilled,” Terry said. “In actuality, as I’ve seen first-hand, these jobs are very demanding. I’m embarrassed that such a lack of respect exists on campus.”

holding the forum with SA. By holding the forum at the same time as the SA meeting, at least 50 students will be present, they said.

Alampi and Rosales-Robles, chair of SA’s Student Life Committee and a sophomore accounting and public policy major, are working together to organize the student forum. They said having SA members present also means there will be a number of student leaders with knowledge of how the administration works.

They plan to reach out individually to campus organizations and leaders to encourage more students to attend, as well as use social media to spread the word.

Alampi said that although both he and Rosales-Robles are able to serve on the committee and are knowledgeable about SU, neither knows every student’s concern. This is why it is important for students to attend the forum to voice their opinions, Alampi said.

As a student, Rosales-Robles said he appreciated the efforts SU has made with campus diversity. He said he hopes to see that continue with the next chancellor, as well as increased outreach to the West Coast, where he is from.

The forum is an opportunity for students to discuss the future of SU, Rosales-Robles said.

The goal of the meeting is not to discuss what students do not like about the university, but what trends students would like to see SU continue or return to with the next chancellor, he said.

“We don’t want this to turn into complaining,” Rosales-Robles said. “The point is looking forward – where we want the university to go.” dkmcbrid@syr.edu @ daramcbride

continue to feel included within the university community.

“Sometimes we separate the union from the educational part of the university,” Burdick said. “The workers know and believe they are an integral part of the students’ education. That’s why this project exists, to show that the students understand and appreciate what they do for the university.”

Wu, a junior anthropology major, understood the nature of student and union worker relationships long before the project began, he said. While living in Lawrinson Hall during his second year, Wu became friends with one of the housekeepers he often saw working

on his floor. He felt especially connected to the project when he was given the opportunity to shadow the housekeeper.

“The interactions that I had with housekeeping were really special,” Wu said. “I not only learned how complicated it is to keep the dorms clean, but I was also able to catch up with the housekeeper I knew and learn more about her personal life.”

Brown, the head carpenter, cites the students as the most important people in his job.

He said helping students get out into the real world is the pinnacle moment of working on a university campus.

When he first heard about the shadowing program, Brown said, he wasn’t sure about having a student in his workshop. It is the place where he feels most comfortable at SU. As a union worker, spending time on campus can feel like spending time in “another world,” he said.

After one session, he and Martinez had bonded by swapping stories about their personal lives, he said. Brown told Martinez stories about growing up as a part of an Irish family on Long Island while Martinez spoke of her Cuban ancestry.

“Mayara is such a thoughtful person with such a great story,” Brown said. “When I see young people come forward and go above and beyond, shame on me if I can’t learn anything from them. We’re both learning here.”

Martinez and the other students involved are representing an important issue, Brown said. Every country is built on its workers, but the key is recognizing everyone shares the same goals, he said.

“The more that students and workers interact, the better the learning environment,” Brown said. “The best thing about this is that when you don’t think you have a story, you do.

Everyone has a story to tell.”

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Thompson identified Walls as one of the suspects in the incident, according to court documents.

The footage also shows Pierce-Brewster driving his car up to his own apartment and, together with Walls, taking the stolen property

“This does not represent the core values of our program or the conduct expected of studentathletes representing Syracuse football. We will be following the judicial process and will act accordingly.”

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out of the car and carrying it into the apartment, according to court documents.

Pierce-Brewster, a junior, is a JUCO transfer from the City College of San Francisco. He played in 13 games for Syracuse last season, racking up 30 total tackles, 11 of them solo, and one sack. He’s one of only two returning starters on Syracuse’s defensive line.

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Walls, a junior, is a JUCO transfer from Coahoma Community College in Mississippi.

The Brooklyn, N.Y., native played in only three games for the Orange last season.

In two separate incidents, two SU students, Erwing Augustin and Bradley Valik, both sophomores in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, were also arrested on charges of burglary on the 400 block of Winding Ridge Road and the 200 block of Winding Ridge Road, which took place Feb. 23.

Both are charged with two counts of seconddegree burglary and two counts of petit larceny, according to court documents.

Augustin and Valik are accused of stealing a flat-screen television, a Playstation gaming system, six Playstation videogames and an amplifier from an apartment on the 200 block of Winding Ridge Road. The total value of the property was more than $1,000, according to court documents.

DPS security cameras captured footage of Augustin and Valik carrying the stolen property into their apartment, according to court documents.

The two are also accused of stealing a f lat-screen television, a set of Xbox controllers and an Xbox gaming system from an apartment on the 400 block of Winding Ridge Road at about 1:30 a.m. The total value of the stolen property is estimated at about $750, according to court documents. cjiseman@syr.edu @ chris_iseman —Asst. News Editor Jessica Iannetta contributed reporting to this article.

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hi Alpha Tau, a professional communicative arts fraternity at Emerson College, is raising funds to help new member Donnie Collins afford a female-to-male confirmation procedure.

Collins had a student insurance plan through Emerson’s health center and worked tirelessly with the director to develop a claim that would cover 80 percent of the cost, only to have the claim denied, according to The Huffington Post.

The brothers responded immediately to help Collins raise the approximately $4,800 needed for the first procedure.

Up to this point, Collins had been paying for all of his procedures out of pocket because his current insurance plan considers the procedures to be cosmetic, according to a Feb. 28 Out.com article.

Princeton Review named Emerson the friendliest campus for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students. The support from the fraternity brothers is considered normal for the campus’ greek life

organizations, said Regina Lutskiy, president of Emerson’s Alliance of Gays, Lesbians and Everyone Else, in an email.

“I know that the world was shocked by the story, but it was really just another day for us here at Emerson. Greek life isn’t about the parties, but it’s about taking care of your brothers and sisters and finding a group that shares your beliefs,” Lutskiy said. “All of our sororities and fraternities are very LGBTQ friendly, and I can’t imagine it any other way.”

The fraternity quickly raised $8,100 to cover the entire procedure, and has now raised more than $19,000. Any excess funds will be donated to the Jim Collins Foundation, which provides financial aid for gender-confirmation surgeries to transgender people, according to Out.com.

The brothers started an Indiegogo page to advertise the fundraiser and state their mission. The brothers made it clear on the website and in interviews that this is not just about raising money, but spreading the story of the struggle of transgender students.

The top procedure is the next step for Collins.

He has wanted the surgery for more than three years. He has legally changed his name and has been undergoing hormone replacement treatment for the past 14 months, he said in a video interview with The Huffington Post.

“It’s been incredible, and I definitely feel like this is the proudest moment of my entire transition,” said Collins in a Feb. 28 Out.com article. “Not only am I accomplishing what I wanted to, but I can actually give back to a community that has given me a lot of support.” mjblanch@syr.edu

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Schumer publicly condemned the companies during a trip to Syracuse in February. Since then, all loan providers have forgiven the debt, according to the article.

Kristi Andersen, a political science professor at Syracuse University, said federal loan providers are already required by law to forgive college loans if a student dies. This includes those borrowed by the student’s parents. However, this rule does not yet apply to private loan providers.

This was the problem for the Prior family.

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number, 2,462 students, or about 50 percent, actually use it, Williams said.

But for students who do use their federal workstudy funding, like Audrey Hart, a sophomore magazine journalism and history major, the potential loss of funding is a cause for concern.

“I pay for my tuition, so I just kind of try to work whenever and wherever I can. I work over Christmas break and summer break, but I also need to work over the school year,” said Hart, who has worked in the bookstore since the fall of her freshman year.

If she wasn’t able to receive adequate federal work-study money or enough hours, Hart said, she would have to look for a job off campus or pick up a second job.

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that the audience was the final arbiter of the success of a play. If the audience was restless and not focused, it was not the fault of the audience. It meant that the director and actors had more work to do,” said Jim Clark, former producing director of the Stage and former chair of SU’s drama department, in the release.

Storch left an important legacy in Syracuse communities across the country

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“I would think that this law has a good opportunity to pass. It seems like a reasonable idea, and not something that banks or lenders would want to go on record as opposing.”

Kristi Andersen

Political science professor

While some students may worry about the future of work-study money, Williams said students should not see any effects on federal work-study money or awards, at least for the upcoming academic year.

“We do not want these cuts to fall on the backs of students,” Williams said. “Fortunately for us, this year, we are in a position to be able to support this.”

To keep funding for the upcoming year stable, money to replace the federal funding cuts will come mostly out of operating costs, he said. But if cuts continue or become more drastic in subsequent years, Williams said, students who work on campus could potentially be affected.

Although SU is able to adapt to a decrease in funding, other colleges and universities do not have the means to maintain their current financial aid awards under the federal

through his leadership in the American Regional Theatre movement during the 1960s and 70s, said Timothy Bond, current producing artistic director of the Stage and SU Drama, in the release.

Said Bond: “His belief in the power and purpose of theatre to enrich the human spirit, and his passion in training the next generation of theatre artists remains a guiding force for all of us at Syracuse Stage and SU Drama.” mhnewman@syr.edu @MerNewman93

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The new law would require that private loans be discarded if the student dies, even if the parents had borrowed the loans or co-signed them, according to The Post-Standard. The family would only be required to provide a copy of the death certificate to the company.

“I would think that this law has a good opportunity to pass,” Andersen said. “It seems like a reasonable idea and not something that banks or lenders would want to go on record as opposing.”

Kaye DeVesty, director of financial aid at SU, said in the case of a student death, financial aid department employees try to be sensitive and helpful to the needs of the family. The proposed bill would prevent families from receiving requests to fulfill financial obligations or

provide additional details about their child’s death, DeVesty said.

“All federal educational student loans have a provision that the debt will be canceled upon the death of the student,” DeVesty said.

“In fact, federal parent loans borrowed by the parent of a student are also canceled upon the death of the student. ‘Andrew’s Law’ will do the same for students who borrow private educational loans where the parents or others co-sign the loan.”

This policy would benefit the families, she said.

Said DeVesty: “It would be a great relief to the parents already trying to cope with tragic circumstances.”

funding cuts.

The University of California, Davis is set to lose $180,000 in federal funding for federal work-study and grant awards, which is equivalent to 38 work-study jobs and 18 grant

awards that the university does not have the means to replace, according to a March 5 Reuters article.

Sean Fernandez, a sophomore finance and accounting major, said the effects of the sequestration cuts on federal work-study are concerning.

“It’s a shame because it gives students an opportunity to make money while studying on campus,” he said.

Fernandez holds a work-study job in the Whitman Undergraduate Office. He said if he lost federal work-study money, he would try and find a job off campus. But transportation could be a potential issue for students without cars, he said.

Said Fernandez: “I would definitely look elsewhere, but it would probably make the process a lot harder.”

50% Of the 5,230 students who were granted work-study for the 2012-2013 academic year, only 2,462 students, or 50 percent, use the funding.

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This can total up to $ 500.

Katie Gray, a senior history major, said she has only had two parking tickets in two years and has never had her car booted.

“I really don’t think I paid my parking tickets,” Gray said, adding she would probably pay

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under the threat of the new booting process.

If individuals are wondering about how much they may owe in parking tickets, they can find their outstanding tickets by checking their license plate number on the city of Syracuse’s website, White said.

Syracuse officials will meet on March 13 to discuss the new booting approach, according to the News Channel 9 article.

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If you are a trendsetter — meaning your outfits end up being copied by those on The Sartorialist, your iTunes playlist included the “Gossip Girl” soundtrack before it came out or you’re convinced “Portlandia” was loosely based off of you and your friends — there have undoubtedly been days when you’ve wondered if you are too cool for Syracuse. But it may be worth more consideration.

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College is stressful. Classwork can be overwhelming on its own, and adding any extracurriculars can drive a person to the brink. But you don’t need to do a semester in Tibet to get a little Zen in your life and take some time for you. Go back to the basics this Spring Break.

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Spring Break is the most important week of the academic year — a week for relaxing, partying and doing anything other than sitting in a classroom. Many students get the opportunity to travel during this week of utopia, but for those remaining in Syracuse, don’t worry – there are endless opportunities, no matter what your Spring Break needs are.

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Try some slightly more challenging terrain at Chittenango Falls. This destination is about 20 minutes outside of Syracuse, so you may have to suck up to a friend with a car, but it is well worth it. The waterfalls are absolutely gorgeous, so you may want to suck up to a friend with a DSLR camera, as well. The hiking in this area can actually provide something a little heartier than the flatlands at Green Lakes, turning a normal afternoon into an adventure.

Spring Break in Syracuse offers options for students of all varieties

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Green Lakes State Park is an absolute must. Green Lakes is aptly named for the appearance the water takes during the spring and summer months: an unmistakable emerald hue. While the lakes might be in the “no-man’s land” stage between iced over and melted, the park’s beauty will be undeterred, no matter what time of year. Take a walk around either lake for some of the best tranquility Syracuse has to offer. Or, if you’re craving a little more activity, jog around both lakes for a lovely little 5K. emma fierberg | staff photographer

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The Starbucks on Marshall Street is always packed to the gills, but what is the fun of going to a coffeehouse that’s on every corner?

Hop on the Connective Corridor and hit up Freedom of Espresso to get away from the mundane grind of campus.

The coffee is good, if a little overpriced, and the environment is chic, relatively quiet and perfect for people-watching or reading a good novel.

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Even though it is easy to complain about the unpredictable weather in Syracuse, there are actually some seriously beautiful areas if you’re trying to get back into nature this break. Step out of the classroom and into the great outdoors.

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Get your center-finding on at Morningside Yoga on Westcott Street this break.

It is located in a small house tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the busier side of the popular street, perfect for some relaxation and connecting of the body and mind.

Morningside Yoga offers classes in Hatha yoga, as well as Vinyasa flow.

Take your pick and let the stress roll off of your child’s

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For the just plain exhausted: Make the trek down to East Genesee Street and lose all of your worries in the gloriousness that is SpaZend. SpaZend has everything an overworked college student could ever need: massage services, body wraps, body scrubs and various body rituals.

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FOR THE MUSIC JUNKIES

If you are in any way seduced by the retro quality of vinyl, stop into Sound Garden to spend some time flipping through your favorite 12-inch records. Plus, it’s right down the street from Freedom of Espresso — bonus! If you have ever watched “Empire Records” in your youth, this place will be right up your alley. Who knows? You might end up hooking up with a young Renee Zellweger look-alike, if you’re lucky.

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The mind of an unstoppable intellect doesn’t stop during Spring Break. Whether you are a creative type – a rightbrainer, as Michael Gazzaniga and Roger Sperry would say – or a quantitative left-brain-learner, there are perfect vacation destinations for you, right in the 3-1-5.

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FOR THE RIGHT-BRAINER

The Everson Museum of Art on Harrison Street is one of the most underrated art venues in Upstate New York. The art museum has a modern flair — a little more O’Keefe and Rockwell than Michelangelo and Raphael — but no matter what your flavor, there is an exhibition here that will quell your need for inspiration. Every exhibit offers a discount for college students, so you can get a little culture for cheap.

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Visit the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology in Armory Square. Don’t be turned off by the parts of this museum that are catered to children — the options inside are insanely awesome for visitors of all ages. The section devoted to aeronautics, especially, gets a little heavy for younger viewers and can be extremely engaging for the college-age viewer wanting to geek out. The gift shop also offers badass Albert Einstein T-shirts, though you may want to opt for a large).

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n a world without spell-check, I would be jobless, homeless or worse: the next Bachelorette.

Long before I wanted to be a writer (and long before my life’s plan B was making 20 men fall in love with me via reality television), I was a bad speller. I didn’t realize it until fourth grade when my teacher would choose a different student’s name to be the bonus question on our spelling tests.

The week, it was my name, and I was ecstatic. Like the asshole fourth-grader I was, I finished the test with confidence and even ridiculed my neighbor after she had spelled my last name “Shuster,” omitting the “C.” Amateur.

How elementary of her.

But the day the tests were returned, my teacher placed it on my desk facedown, shaking his head. Confused, I turned it over, my eyes immediately drawn to the red “X” at the bottom of the page. “Sarah Schuser,” my careful fourthgrade handwriting read.

Schuser — I had forgotten the “T.” It was then, in that moment of humility, I had found my greatest weakness.

I was bad at spelling.

Everything after that event was a whirlwind of failed spelling tests and red dotted lines.

I would sit at a spelling bee before it even started and panic when I had to write on the whiteboard. It became part of my identity, an inside joke among friends. The class clown, the girl who wore a bra first and then me: the bad speller. That’s one for the yearbook.

Because English is a hard language to learn, OK? “‘I’ after ‘E,’ except before ‘C’” is a lie. The “R” is suddenly silent in “February.” It sure doesn’t help that we, as people, pronounce everything wrong. You say, “asterick,” but it’s spelled “asterisk.” You say “hi-archy,” but it’s spelled “hierarchy.” And why would anyone make words as similar as “pitcher “ and “picture”?

These are the problems that haunted my youth. Other girls my age were worrying about boys and body issues – I was agonizing about weekly spelling tests. I know, my situation was profoundly more difficult.

But it didn’t stop me from writing. When that pesky red line appears on my Microsoft Word document, I left-click. When that doesn’t work, I try Google. There are so many ways to get around actually learning how to spell that I never did.

As a result of that, I’ve been able to blissfully

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i put the “party” in pity party float around my weakness. Most of the time.

Every once in a while, there’s that typo in an important email. My friend laughs at my really rough drafts. In a discouraging moment, it’ll hit me: I’m a fraud. I’m bad at the basic root of my craft.

I should not be able to get away with this.

In what other profession can you be bad at the most fundamental element of your field and still get to pursue it?

I could have Parkinson’s disease, but that wouldn’t stop me from becoming a surgeon!

I might not have peripheral vision, but that can’t stop me from becoming a bus driver! I’m a liar, but that doesn’t stop me from becoming a politician!

Only the 21st-century writer can get away with shit like I do.

Imagine me in the mid-20th century: Hemingway, Fitzgerald and I in a Parisian café just chilling, pretending to be European, nonchalantly chain-smoking. The only sound is the “tap, tap, tap” of our typewriters.

“Yo, Hemingway! Is the word spelled ‘abandEn’ or ‘abandOn’?”

That old man would probably tell me to walk right into the sea.

Besides the fact that I would waste paper and ink, no editor would ever look at a draft I typed on a typewriter. No spell-check, let alone a “Delete” key. In those times, I would more likely be Hemingway’s hooker than intellectual equal.

Except even good hookers have mastered the basic elements of their craft. Damn it.

That is why I dedicate this column to spellcheck. Because of spell-check, I might have a shot at having a career.

Thanks spell-check. I definetly nede yu.

Sarah Schuster is a sophomore studying magazine journalism, but if that doesn’t work out, she’ll probably end up building a Grilled Cheese and Puppy Emporium. Inquire about grilled cheese at seschust@syr.edu. Puppies: @saraheschuster.

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JACK THE GIANT SLAYER Director: Bryan Singer

Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci, Ewan McGregor Release date: March 1 Rating: 2.5/5 Popcorns

Amusing fairytale reboot provides mild fun but forgettable entertainment STAFF WRITER

fter Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” grossed more than $1 billion worldwide in 2010, every big studio joined the mad rush to churn out as many fairytale reboots as humanly possible.

In the three years since, every single one has bombed.

The entire misguided trend has been an expensive disaster, from over-stylized mishaps like “Mirror Mirror” and “Red Riding Hood” to the so-called “edgy” re-imagination of “Snow White and the Huntsman” and “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.”

“Jack the Giant Slayer” is a bit of both, lurching back and forth between fanciful children’s tale and action epic. “Jack” doesn’t quite work as either, but the mildly entertaining popcorn flick benefits from charismatic acting and cheeky dialogue to counteract its weak story, along with CGI graphics so underwhelming they resemble an Xbox game.

Directed by Bryan Singer (“The Usual Suspects,” “X-Men”), the big-budget 3-D fable is a cheerful two-hour distraction — more than what can be said for the other remakes — but it doesn’t

offer much beyond light, campy amusement.

Nicholas Hoult (“Warm Bodies”) was the ideal casting for Jack and Ewan McGregor charms as a friendly knight, but they’re unwitting passengers on what feels a clichéd, vaguely familiar theme-park ride.

“Jack”’s fresh retelling of the classic story is ultimately a generic adventure, borrowing elements from “The Princess Bride,” “Shrek,” “Harry Potter,” “Vertical Limit” and “Aladdin,” as well as landscapes straight out of Middle Earth.

Literally book-ended by parents reading storybooks to their children, “Jack” chronicles the Kingdom of Cloister, an average medieval land a la “Shrek”’s Duloc, but without the giddy puppet welcome song. Angsty teen princess Isabelle (Eleanor Tomlinson) is mad at her father, cartoonish King Brahmwell (Ian McShane), for forcing her to marry his nefarious adviser Roderick (the usually brilliant Stanley Tucci).

Roderick and his lackey Wicke (Ewen Bremner) slip away down secret passages into their underground lair, revealing secret plans to overthrow the king — cackling away like the live-action caricatures of Jafar and Iago they are. It’s a wonder Roderick never

called Jack a “street rat.”

That night, Isabelle sneaks out in disguise and happens across Jack, fresh off of trading his uncle’s horse for a handful of magic beans.

But Aladdin — sorry, Jack — is a lowly peasant, so the princess is off limits.

Hoult’s Jack is a charming lead brimming with the toothy-grinned curiosity and teenage vulnerability fast becoming the young Brit’s shtick. Hoult and Tomlinson’s romance is serviceable enough for glorified Aladdin-andJasmine impressions, trading slightly out-ofbreath flirting and furtive glances in between Jack’s giant-slaying.

Jack accidentally drops a bean underneath his house where it gets wet, boosting the wood shack with Isabelle inside up into the clouds on a massive beanstalk. Jack ventures up the stalk with Elmont (McGregor), the king’s knights and the scheming villains to save Isabelle.

McGregor is the only supporting actor who seems like he’s having any fun, skipping through the film with dandy enthusiasm as the swordfighting, comic relief donkey to Jack and Isabelle’s Shrek and Fiona. He even says “tally-ho.”

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and rain, giving the terrible, no-good, dastardly fiend Roderick cover to cut the rope, sending several knights kersplat.

Up in Giant Land, the remaining knights set off across a Middle-Earthly plain, following Isabelle’s tracks like when Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli chased after captured Merry and Pippin.

At times, the pixelated backdrops legitimately seem lifted from a video game.

Eventually, they meet the race of foul giants with comically hackneyed voices led by General Fallon (Bill Nighy lazily re-using his Davy Jones voice from “Pirates of the Caribbean”) and lots of pulpy death ensues both in Giant Land and down on Earth.

The giant-slaying generally involves Jack jumping on their backs, like when Harry Potter leaps on the troll in “The Sorcerer’s Stone.”

After some predictable fights and an overblown medieval battle sequence, Jack saves the day and gets the girl. The end.

“Jack the Giant Slayer” is harmless, derivative fun and sadly, the best entry in a foolish genre, which isn’t saying much. For once, it’s a fairytale adaptation that doesn’t take itself too seriously. rjmarvin@syr.edu

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SU Drama to perform Shakespearean comedy

By Claire Dunderman ASST. FEATURE EDITOR

Flirtatious maidens covered in flowers, lovers being duped and scandalous tales.

This isn’t Spring Break. This is the Syracuse Stage and the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

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Syracuse Stage and SU Drama present “A Midsummer NIght’s Dream” Where: Syracuse Stage When:March 6-31 How much: $30-51

WHO’S WHO Ethan Butler (Lysander) Kimiye Corwin (Hippolyta/Titania) Derek Goh (The Changeling) Max Miller (Demetrius) John Pribyl (Bottom) Justine Rappaport (Fairy) Rachel Slotky (Hermia) Lindsay Smiling (Theseus/Oberon) Rachel Towne (Helena) David L. Townsend (Puck/Philostrate)

Continuing the Stage’s 40th anniversary season, John D. Archbold Theater is housing William Shakespeare’s fantastical play, which started its run Wednesday and goes through March 31. The play is a co-production between Syracuse Stage and the VPA Department of Drama.

The play is directed by Bill Fennelly, who is best known in the theatrical world as the resident director for the national tour of “The Lion King.”

Set amid the turn of the 17th century, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a widely popular play that has been performed for centuries around the world. The play is a comedy and has many humorous and farcical parts to it.

However, scholars have pointed out that the play parallels “Romeo and Juliet” in many respects, though the largest difference is that it does not end in tragedy.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a play within a play. It’s the story of a collection of actors that go into a forest, but are deceived by mischievous fairies that live in the woods. At the same time, a group of Athenians are celebrating a wedding between Theseus, the Duke of Athens, and Hippolyta, the Amazon Queen.

Multiple plot twists and conniving character interactions later, nothing ends up turning out as originally planned.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” marks the Stage’s third to last performance of the semester. Other upcoming productions are “Good People” by David Lindsay-Abaire and directed by Laura Kepley; and “An Iliad: An Edgy Adaptation of Homer’s Epic Story Told

emma fierberg | staff photographer ETHAN BUTLER AND RACHEL SLOTKY, both juniors in the SU drama department, share a moment while playing Lysander and Hermia in “A Midsummer NIght’s Dream.” by a Single Poet,” which is adapted from Homer by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare, translated by Robert Fagles and directed by Penny Metropulos.

Following “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” SU Drama will perform one more production, closing its current season with a musical. “Violet” is a musical set during the civil rights movement that follows an abused woman through her journey to be healed. Authored by Brian

Crawley, the musical’s book is based on “The Ugliest Pilgrim” by Doris Betts. The music is by Jeanine Tesori and the lyrics also by Crawley.

Rodney Hudson directs the show, while the musical direction is by Brian Cimmet.

For more information and ticket sales for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and other upcoming shows at the Stage, visit syracusestage.org.

Lovette, Tamar Smithers and Danielle Brown.

The concert will also feature such genres as rhythm and blues, gospel and Latin jazz, and is meant to empower women through song, music and message. It is in conjunction with Women’s History Month and will be carrying the theme throughout the performance. The concert is free of charge and open to the public. Anyone interested in attending or wanting more information about the event can contact Yudaisy Fernandez at cfac@syr.edu or 315-442-2230.

ware Party,” as NBC’s “The Today Show” said about its off-Broadway debut in 2007. “Dixie’s Tupperware Party” is a one-man show about Dixie Longate, the trailer park Tupperware lady. Dixie, played by a man in drag, owns the stage by telling the audience her entire life story, all while convincing them to buy her Tupperware by explaining its many alternative uses, including making Jell-O shots. The show is filled with raunchy tales, free giveaways and audience participation, and is sure to be a good time for all — though the show’s website insists it is not recommended for anyone under the age of 16. The one-act show will be staged at the Oncenter Carrier Theater, running the week of Tuesday, March 12.

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Events SUArt Gallery Lunchtime Lecture Wednesday, March 13

The SUArt Gallery is a resource at Syracuse University that shouldn’t be appreciated by art students alone. On Wednesday during Spring Break, Associate Director David Prince, along with SUArt, will be hosting a lunchtime lecture for those who want to learn a little bit more about the gallery’s permanent collection. In this particular lunchtime lecture, Prince will be taking a closer look at Yasuo Kuniyoshi’s Forbidden Fruit collection and explaining the iconography contained within it. Kuniyoshi was a Japanese artist who specialized in painting – famed for his cubist

work – as well as his Intaglio printmaking and lithography. The lunchtime lecture, as with all of the lunchtime lectures hosted by SUArt, will be free and open to the public. It will be held in the Shaffer Art Building.

The Journey Through Music of the African Diaspora (JMAD) Series, hosted by the Community Folk Art Center Thursday, March 14

The Community Folk Art Center will be holding its Women in Music concert on March 14 from 7-8:30 p.m. The concert will feature a variety of female singers, including Erika

Soulful Sit-Down Thursday, March 14

As part of a series of talks about a higher plane of thinking, Soulful Sit-Down will allow students to unwind and try to figure out more about themselves and their way of thinking.

The Soulful Sit-Down will be similar to the ones that have already occurred throughout the semester, which have featured discussions about trying to find deeper a meaning to life and speakers that talk to the group and engage in important, possible life-changing interactions.

For those who haven’t had time to partake in one of the sit-ins during the grind of daily classes, the sit-in held during Spring Break will be the perfect opportunity to reflect and meet a new community of people interested in securing peace of mind. The series takes place at 204 Tolley from 7-8 p.m.

Dixie’s Tupperware Party at the Oncenter Carrier Theater Friday, March 15

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Dark Hollow at The Westcott Theater Saturday, March 16

Listen up, Dead Heads: Dark Hollow, a local Grateful Dead tribute band, will be performing at The Westcott Theater on March 16. The band Solar Garlic will open. Doors open at 7 p.m., show begins at 8 p.m. and tickets are $10 for general admission. Westcott shows are always a great way to mix it up with a combination of students and Syracuse locals, so this will be a perfect opportunity to expand your social bubble a little bit before the semester gets back in session and it’s too hard to get off campus.

There’s no better way to bring Spring Break to an end than riding on “Casey Jones’” infamous train with a few Syracuse locals. St. Patrick’s Day will begin at midnight that night, so be sure to grab a drink at the bar before you go, just keep truckin’ responsibly.

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“It doesn’t matter how many minutes he plays. If he’s just able to be somebody like that, with his presence there, we’re going to be very hard to beat.”

The number of free throws Syracuse made. Also the number of free throws DePaul attempted. Forward James Southerland knocked down all 11 of his attempts as the Orange dominated at the line.

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for one dazzling stretch, he was outstanding.

And that inspiring 4:25 of basketball turned a four-point deficit into an 11-point lead that No. 17 Syracuse (23-7, 11-6) never relinquished.

“I think there is so much more in Rakeem that we’re not getting,” SU head coach Jim Boeheim said. “He plays three minutes, he gets two or three blocks, three rebounds and we’re a different team.

You don’t realize it, but a lot of that was his play.

“It just turned the game.”

Perhaps worn down by three straight losses, perhaps thrown off by the unusual 6 p.m. start time, Syracuse opened the game sleepily and quickly fell behind. But Christmas connected on a rare jump shot with 5:46 remaining in the first half that seemed to snap his team out of an apparent funk.

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Southerland out of the game. Syracuse’s guards were struggling to hit outside shots, and having Southerland in the game stretches out the defense and opens up the middle. Boeheim said even when Southerland’s not shooting well, defenses still guard him, since he can get hot at any time.

He didn’t Wednesday. Instead, Southerland went to work on the offensive glass. Late in the first half, Southerland missed a 3-pointer, but got the rebound. He missed the putback, and got the rebound again. Then he did it yet again.

This time, he made the putback, drew a foul from Jamee Crockett and converted the threepoint play. In a game in which he couldn’t get anything going from the perimeter, Southerland’s aggressiveness inside and scrappiness on the boards paid major dividends for Syracuse.

“I did a good job of attacking the boards and getting my missed shots, especially in the first half,” Southerland said. “After a while, just crashing and

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The small forward finished second on the team in scoring with 16 points on 7-of-16 shooting to go along with seven boards. Fellow forward James Southerland scored more, but Fair was, as always, the model of consistency for the Syracuse offense.

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“He had a few rebounds, had about three blocks.

He was just going at it, and that’s what we need him to do.”

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later, sending a Cleveland Melvin jump shot aside and giving Jamee Crockett the same treatment.

That set up a pos session during which Syracuse had four looks at the basket and ended with a traditional three-point play by James Southerland.

“He had a few rebounds, had about three blocks,” guard Brandon Triche said about Christmas. “He was just going at it, and that’s what we

going after everything just helps us as a team.”

Half of Southerland’s points, though, came from the free-throw line, a place that had been foreign to him for most of the season.

In the second half Wednesday, Southerland took 10 free throws and hit them all, finishing with 11 on the night. Coming into the game, Southerland took only 12 free throws in Big East play and 33 for the whole season.

“You could tell James, he wanted to have a good night,” forward C.J. Fair said. “He was being very aggressive. I mean, that’s something we need out of him. I was proud of him, the game he had in his last game here in the Dome.”

Southerland electrified the crowd with about 7:26 left when he took a feed from Brandon Triche and slammed it through the basket for two more inside points.

About four minutes later, Southerland missed a jumper. Again, he got his own rebound and drew a foul from Montray Clemons. Southerland stepped to the line and hit both free throws – seemingly a foregone conclusion.

Right after, Boeheim took him out and

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Forward James Southerland knocked down a jumper to stretch Syracuse’s lead to 67-46, putting DePaul out of reach for good.

nities to aid a team with a half-court offense that’s grown stagnant.

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need him to do.”

At 6-foot-9 and 242 pounds, Christmas possesses all of the physical tools to excel, if not dominate, in the Big East. But his career his been a rollercoaster with more drops than climbs, an incredibly steep learning curve that has proved difficult to sum mit.

He played beautifully in place of Fab Melo on the road at Cincinnati last season, scoring four points while grabbing nine rebounds and blocking three shots. Then, he clamped down on Kansas State’s Jordan Henriquez, nearly a 7-footer, in the second half of an NCAA Tournament game last season and nearly posted a double-double himself.

It set the stage for a potential sophomore surge a la Melo — only such a jump never came.

“He’s so far behind the curve,” Boeheim said.

For now, Christmas’ unique physical talents show in tantalizing glimpses. He’s had three games this season in which he was either one point or one rebound shy of a double-double, and Wednesday’s four-minute stretch may have been his most influential this season.

subbed in Grant. The crowd gave Southerland a standing ovation, and he walked to the baseline and saluted the student section.

Southerland’s outside shots were off the mark, but it didn’t matter. He was still a nightmare for the Blue Demons’ defense.

Said Southerland: “When the shots weren’t falling, you’ve just got to attack.” cjiseman@syr.edu @chris_iseman

The guard scored 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting, but DePaul needed Young to make his presence more obvious to pull off the upset. The junior averages nearly 17 points per game and likely needed to exceed that mark for the Blue Demons to win.

He scored two points, blocked three shots and grabbed three rebounds during the flurry. But in the rest of his 17-plus minutes, he barely doubled those numbers.

As March continues — and if Triche and Southerland continue to struggle shooting the ball — Christmas becomes a focal point for the second consecutive season. Last year, he was tasked with filling in for Melo in the NCAA Tournament, thrust into the fire at a time with national championship aspirations.

This year, he represents a balancing act. Anything he can contribute inside tips the defense a little bit more in his direction, which, in theory, creates more space for his teammates on the perimeter.

The talent is there. The flashes are, too. And exactly when they surface will play a major role in this team’s postseason chances.

“It doesn’t matter how many minutes he plays,” Triche said. “If he’s just able to be somebody like that, with his presence there, we’re going to be very hard to beat.” mjcohe02@syr.edu

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Midfield depth, improvements bolster Orange

By Trevor Hass ASST. COPY EDITOR

Matt Pratt flaunted Syracuse’s midfield depth against Virginia on Friday night.

Ripping a shot through the UVA defense and into the Who: St. John’s lower left corner of Where: Chester, Pa. When: Saturday, Noon Dan Marino’s net, Pratt’s fourth-quarter goal capped a 4-0 run that busted open the Cavaliers’ momentumdraining zone defense.

That midfield depth has been a constant so far this season, and the No. 10 Orange (2-1) is counting on it once more as it prepares to face St. John’s (3-1) on Saturday at noon in the Whitman’s Sampler Independence Classic in Chester, Pa. Syracuse will look for continued production from both its first and second units – a core of six players that has scored 14 goals and attempted 36 shots on goal – in its Big East opener.

JoJo Marasco, Luke Cometti and Scott Loy comprise the first midfield unit, while Henry Schoonmaker, Ryan Barber and Hakeem Lecky make up the second.

“I think we’re really happy with the first group as far as the execution,” head coach John Desko said. “The second group is starting to pick up, too. They’re doing pretty good as far as the execution on offense.”

All six players are capable goal-scorers, and present match-up nightmares for opposing defenses. Marasco leads the first unit with five

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goals and six assists, while Cometti has four goals and Loy has two. Loy and Cometti are both taller than 6 feet, 2 inches, making them tough to contain.

In addition to six legitimate offensive threats, the midfield also has faceoff specialist Chris Daddio, who’s won 53 percent of faceoffs this year – up from 49 percent last year and 50 percent in 2011.

“We’ve just been jelling with the offense. I think everybody’s easy to talk to and confront.

There’s not a lot of big personalities or anything.”

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Syrac use had a strong offensive showing against Albany and a tremendous defensive performance against Army. In both games, though, the team struggled to put a complete package together.

But Friday night against the Cavaliers, both the offense and defense clicked for the first time.

Much of the team’s production stemmed from the midfield, where Marasco netted two goals, Cometti converted one and Loy added an assist.

Schoonmaker, who anchors the second unit, said the fact that everyone on the midfield is easygoing and has a laidback mentality helps the unit mesh.

“We’ve just been jelling with the offense,” Schoonmaker said. “I think everybody’s easy to talk to and confront. There’s not a lot of big personalities or anything.”

He also said one of the midfield’s best attributes is the players’ ability to convert defense into offense. In the third quarter against UVA, long-stick midfielder Matt Harris came away with the ball, jetted the other way by himself and scored.

“I think a lot of our middies can do that,” Schoonmaker said. “I’ve always liked to go from defense to offense. That’s one of my favorite things to get that transition. When I’m on defense, I just kind of think about the next chance on offense. It’s a little motivation.”

The offensive transition may be easier this week as St. John’s figures to avoid the zone, Desko said. He expects a variety of alignments, like what SU saw against Virginia in the first half. He said he’s seen mostly man-to-man with some early sliding and some slow-to-go when watching the Red Storm on tape.

Whatever defense it’s met with, though, the Syracuse midfield will make adjustments and improve, as it’s done all season.

“I think we’re just getting used to playing with each other a little more,” Barber said.

“Three weeks makes a whole lot of a difference.”

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SU embracing extra rest for Big East tourney

By David Wilson ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

In the locker room before Syracuse’s season finale against Louisville, head coach Quentin Hillsman only needed to write one thing on the board to motivate his team: “Win.” With a victory, the Orange would take the No. 3 seed Who: TBD Where: Hartford, Conn. in the Big East tourWhen: Sunday, 8:30 p.m. nament and lock up a double-bye. A loss would leave SU fifth in the conference, playing on Saturday instead of Sunday.

“Obviously, we knew coming into this game what this meant,” Hillsman said. “This meant third place, and our kids really played with some urgency and we were extremely tired coming out of that last game that we just played.”

The Louisville win gave the No. 24 Orange (23-6, 11-5 Big East) a bye into the Big East tournament quarterfinals Sunday at 8:30 p.m. at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. Villanova will face the winner of Friday’s GeorgetownProvidence game on Saturday, and the winner of Saturday’s game will move on to face SU. Health hasn’t been an issue for Syracuse – something that continues to surprise Hillsman – but exhaustion has. The Orange’s last four games featured a pair of tests against ranked teams and another pair of matchups with likely NCAA Tournament teams, including a tripleovertime tilt with Villanova.

SU players agreed with the importance of the double-bye. The past weeks have been more than just physically exhausting.

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“Physically, mentally, emotionally,” SU guard Carmen Tyson-Thomas said, listing the types of exhaustion that have set in. “Got some schoolwork to catch up on.”

The only other time Hillsman has had a team this healthy, he said, was the last time he guided the Orange to the NCAA Tournament. In 2008, Hillsman’s second season with the Orange, Syracuse capped off a 22-9 season with a trip to the tourney. That year, only five players started games for SU, and all five started 31 games.

But this year’s extra rest could help SU make a deeper run. Syracuse ended the 2007-08 season with back-to-back losses, first in the opening round of the Big East tournament, then in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. But the extra day of rest should make a difference.

“To earn a double-bye is tremendous for our program, and we need rest,” Hillsman said, “so it’s good to not have to play until Sunday.”

No matter what happens in the Big East tournament, the Orange appears poised to return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009. Even Hillsman was willing to admit it after SU’s win over then-No. 13 Louisville.

Though the goal is finally in sight and almost tangible, center Kayla Alexander is still reluctant to look that far ahead and admit her team is heading toward its goal of a tournament berth. It’s a mindset that could help Syracuse as postseason play kicks off on Sunday.

“It’s good to have in sights, but when we’re there playing, then I’ll be like, ‘We’re there,’” Alexander said. “That’s when I’ll be like, ‘We accomplished our goal.’ Until then? One game at a time.”

With six days off before the Orange’s next

game action, Syracuse has time to prepare —there’s no need to rush. SU is likely to face Villanova for a third time in the Big East tournament.

Last time, it was a marathon. The time before, an upset. So it’s time to prepare. Time for Syracuse to get ready for “grind time,” as TysonThomas puts it. This year’s team may not have the injuries of past seasons, but that doesn’t mean the next weeks will be easy.

“We’re off the next four days,” Hillsman said before an extended pause. “I’m just kidding.”

Laughter ensued. Even during a stressful part of the season, Hillsman and the Orange stay loose.

“Definitely going to take some time off tomorrow and start preparing some things for the tournament,” Hillsman said, “but we need the rest. We really do.” dbwilson@syr.edu @DBWilson2

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Seniors focus on getting to line; Triche steady in home finale

By Michael Cohen and Chris Iseman THE DAILY ORANGE

Just as they did against Marquette, the same way they did against Georgetown and exactly like they did against Louisville, the shots kept missing.

One after another — from either James Southerland or Brandon Triche — the ball was released only to clang off of the rim a second later.

“We had another bad shooting night, so we knew we had to go to the basket to just get a rhythm. That’s something we want to do, is get to the basket more and get to the line more.”

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Syracuse’s two best shooters combined to miss 11 of their 12 attempts from beyond the arc on Wednesday, relying instead on a relentless attack of the basket that yielded repeated trips to the free-throw line. The Orange shot 31 free throws and made 24 of them in a 78-57 win over DePaul, employing a physical style of play to snap its three-game losing streak.

“We fought through all that (bad offense), played good defense and got on the boards and really just gritted it out,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said. “That’s what you have to do.

You can shoot poorly and still win. It makes it a lot more difficult.”

With Triche and Southerland both experiencing declines in their shooting percentages in recent weeks, the duo made a conscious effort to look for points inside against DePaul. Southerland, who shot a total of 12 free throws during the entire Big East season entering Wednesday’s game, nearly matched that total in 35 minutes.

His six offensive rebounds led to 11 freethrow attempts, and Southerland converted them all. He finished with a game-high 22 points, despite making only five field goals.

“We had another bad shooting night, so we knew we had to go to the basket to just get a rhythm,” Syracuse guard Michael Carter-Williams said. “That’s something we want to do, is get to the basket more and get to the line more.”

During one particularly impressive sequence in the first half, Southerland

sam maller | asst. photo editor DAJUAN COLEMAN is hounded by two DePaul defenders in Syracuse’s 21-point victory over the Blue Demons on Wednesday night at the Carrier Dome. The Orange shot better than 75 percent from the free-throw line to put an end to its three-game losing streak. grabbed three offensive rebounds on the same possession. He missed a 3-pointer, grabbed his own rebound, missed a putback, grabbed his own rebound, missed again, grabbed his own rebound and was finally fouled by Jamee Crockett inside.

He powered the ball up and in through Crockett’s foul and completed a traditional three-point play to break a 24-24 tie.

Triche, whose shooting woes date back to Feb. 2 against Pittsburgh, adopted a similar strategy against the Blue Demons. He scored 15 points on Wednesday without making a 3-point shot. He tallied seven of his points at the freethrow line.

Like Southerland, he, too, had a critical three-point play during the 15-0 run late in the first half that propelled Syracuse to victory. He drove down the left side of the lane and finished through contact, then converted at the line to push the lead to 30-24.

Said Boeheim: “We went after it better.”

For four years, Triche has been the face of consistency for Syracuse. He’s been with the Orange for 137 games and has started every one of them. He’s held a major role in Syracuse’s lopsided records for the last four seasons.

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It was the last home game of his career, but also of a trying season that’s seen him both struggle and dominate. Triche finished the game with 15 points on 4-of-9 shooting, but missed both of his 3-point attempts. He also handed out four assists and hit seven of his nine free-throw attempts.

During a pregame celebration, Triche was among four seniors recognized on Senior Night. While Triche has been up and down this season, his contributions to the Orange in the last four years are unquestionable, Boeheim said.

“He’s been consistent from day one,” Boeheim said. “I think he’s had an underrated effect on our team.”

Triche showed flashes of that Wednesday.

He hit a floater in traffic that gave Syracuse an early 11-8 lead. Just more than seven minutes into the game, SU forced a turnover by DePaul guard Brandon Young, and Triche raced up the court and made the fast-break layup, cutting the Blue Demons’ lead to 17-15.

“He’s a very good player,” Boeheim said.

“He’s had some moments this year, especially this year, where he’s been a great player. I believe that he can do that as we go forward.

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He’s already proven he can do it.”

But his missed shots from outside – shots he’s shown he can make – are where he displays his inconsistency.

Triche has proven he can make big shots in big games. He’s shown he can take over and steadily guide the Orange’s offense when needed. That’s what makes his shooting struggles so perplexing for Syracuse.

Triche has only hit two of his last 18 3-point attempts. Against Louisville on Saturday, he finished the game with eight points on a dreadful 2-of-11 shooting performance.

But against Seton Hall six games ago, Triche exploded for 29 points on 10-of-18 shooting, including 4-of-7 from the arc.

His propensity to be at both ends of the spectrum has elicited concerns about Syracuse’s ability to make a deep run in the postseason.

Without Triche at his best, the Orange’s offense takes a major hit.

He needs to be the player he’s been for most of the past four years.

Said Triche: “For us to get there, I think I have to be playing pretty well.” mjcohe02@syr.edu cjiseman@syr.edu

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Syracuse out for revenge, CHA crown in last weekend

By Jacob Klinger ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Syracuse’s final weekend is a weekend of grudges.

“They’ll just as soon punch you, hit you and take their chances on the kill,” head coach Paul Flanagan said of the Rochester InstiWho: RIT tute of Technology.

Where: Erie, Pa. “It’s pretty effective When: Friday, 4:30 p.m. for them.”

SU takes on RIT on Friday at 4:30 p.m. at the Mercyhurst Ice Center in Erie, Pa., in the semifinals of the College Hockey America conference tournament. The inaugural season series between the two Upstate New York rivals in the Tigers’ first Division-I season is littered with penalties, called and uncalled, as RIT plays a chippy brand of hockey that has almost instantly created a rivalry with the Orange.

If the Orange wins against RIT, it will likely face tournament hosts Mercyhurst in the championship Saturday at 3 p.m., as long as the Lakers defeat Robert Morris. SU has never beaten Mercyhurst.

But to earn the chance to avenge past shortcomings against the Lakers, SU must fight through a different mentally and physically exhausting test in RIT. “We know it’s going to be physical, so I think we’re going to step it up in the weight room a little bit,” Holly Carrie-Mattimoe said after the Orange’s Senior Night victory over Lindenwood. “Just making sure that we’re going hard but not too hard so we’re not tired, as well. I think it’s just a focus thing and a mental thing at this point.”

Physically, SU has to match RIT’s muscular lineup boasting six players who stand 5 feet, 8 inches or taller. Mentally, the Orange must resist the temptation to hit back after the whistle. On Feb. 9, Shiann Darkangelo earned a five-minute momentum-breaking major after a reactionary hit on RIT’s Kristina Moss.

Finishing power plays will also be critical.

SU is 19-of-150, the fifth worst in the nation. In the Orange’s four meetings with the Tigers this season, there have been 48 total penalties. Each game featured at least 10 penalties each.

“They were trying to trap us into theirs, so we just focused on our game and not get involved in that,” forward Jacquie Greco said after a Feb. 9 win over RIT. A fourth win over the Tigers will send SU to the finals, likely against the Lakers and with ultimate redemption on the line.

In five years, Mercyhurst has bested the Orange in 22 of 23 meetings and ended SU’s season three times in the CHA tournament – twice in the final and two years ago by one goal in Tennity Ice Pavilion.

Mercyhurst has effectively locked up the lone CHA spot in the NCAAs, so this weekend is all the Orange has to play for. When CarrieMattimoe speaks of SU’s upcoming trip to Erie, it’s with the aim of a championship, but overarchingly, of revenge.

“Me and Greco have been trying four years,” Carrie-Mattimoe said, “trying to get that the past three years, now four, trying to get that championship and ultimately beating Mercyhurst.”

The Lakers play a direct style, constantly crashing the net and testing the Orange’s physical and mental endurance. With Lakers forwards seemingly perpetually following up Mercyhurst shots, SU is under pressure well after plays are seemingly finished in the crease.

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ziniu chen | staff photographer HOLLY CARRIE-MATTIMOE and Syracuse face RIT this weekend. SU needs a win to advance to the CHA tournament championship, where it will likely face Mercyhurst. match Mercyhurst and its style of play, it has yet to prove it can do so for a full game.

SU held a 3-2 lead at home against the Lakers on Feb. 15, but lost focus and the game 5-3, as it couldn’t match Mercyhurst’s all-action offense in the third period. That collapse ultimately cost the Orange a shot at the regularseason title and possibly an NCAA bid.

The Orange will have revenge on its mind Friday and Saturday, if it makes it. And successful revenge will mean Syracuse’s firstever conference championship.

“Championship win, that’s on the line,” Greco said. “And we’re going to get it, we’re going to bring it back home.” jmklinge@syr.edu

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Christmas sparks Syracuse run, shows potential in win over DePaul

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he brilliance surfaced as if from nowhere, and in an instant, it was gone.

These flashes of greatness from Rakeem

Christmas — flashes that correspond with fleeting beliefs Syracuse could make a run to the Final Four — can both frustrate and elate, inspire hope and then snatch it away. A career defined by inconsistency has become oddly predictable, since one can be su re any prediction will be wrong.

Christmas played 22 minutes in Syracuse’s 78-57 win over DePaul (11-19, 2-15 Big East) on Wednesday, putting forth a Jekyll-and-Hyde effort that illuminates the doubt surrounding this year’s postseason potential. For most of that time, he was ordinary, but SEE DEPAUL PAGE 15

sam maller | asst. photo editor RAKEEM CHRISTMAS contests a shot by DePaul guard Charles McKinney. Syracuse’s sophomore big man was a dominant force in the paint in the Orange’s win on Wednesday night, finishing with six rebounds and five blocked shots in 22 minutes. Christmas’ defensive presence helped spark a pivotal 15-0 Syracuse run toward the end of the first half.

Cold from beyond arc, Southerland takes to inside game in 22-point, 10-rebound Senior Night performance

By Chris Iseman SPORTS EDITOR

So much of James Southerland’s season was defined by his knockdown shooting from the 3-point line. Once he finds his rhythm, his shots keep falling. On Wednesday, that rhythm eluded him for most of the 35 minutes he was on the floor. But with Syracuse struggling offensively, he had to find a way to score.

He abandoned his outside game and went inside. He crashed the boards for second-chance points. He

put on a free-throw shooting clinic.

In his final game in the Carrier Dome, Southerland shot only 5-of-18 from the field and 1-of-10 from the arc, yet still managed to rack up 22 points in No. 17 Syracuse’s (23-7, 11-6 Big East) 78-57 win over DePaul (11-19, 2-15). He hit all 11 of his free-throw attempts and grabbed 10 rebounds – six on the offensive glass – to notch his first career double-double.

“James got every shot we would like him to get,” head coach Jim

“Normally, I would tell him to keep shooting, but he was off rhythm. He was not coming close. It was, ‘Let’s try to get inside.’”

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Boeheim said. “I thought he went back inside and got rebounds and did some physical things I thought were good.”

For the first time all year and only the third time in his four seasons at Syracuse, Southerland was in Syracuse’s starting lineup. Boeheim said it had nothing to do with it being Senior Night. Jerami Grant, who had been starting at small forward since Feb. 2, has struggled, and Boeheim decided to move him back to his original role of coming off of the bench.

Southerland hit his first shot, a

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jumper from the right wing that tied the game at six. Less than a minute later, he drained a 3-pointer from the left wing.

That about ended his outside success.

He lost his stroke. At one point, he missed two 3s in the span of 10 seconds.

Boeheim told Southerland something he wouldn’t normally tell him.

“Normally, I would tell him to keep shooting, but he was off rhythm,” Boeheim said. “He was not coming close. It was, ‘Let’s try to get inside.’”

It wasn’t like Boeheim could take

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Glad we got the win. Last Big East game at the Dome!

- Tyler Ennis

Teixeira out 8-10 weeks, eight of the New York Yankees’ top 10 home-run hitters from 2012 are either Home runs lost: 179 injured to start the season, or not on the team anymore. Total home runs: 227