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Stepping in The involvement of the U.S. attorney

New Orleans or bust As the NCAA Tournament continues

Boston breakdown The Daily Orange looks at the

Campusfood was recently bought out and expanded by larger competitor GrubHub. Page 3

general in the NYPD Muslim student investigation allows for the matter to be resolved. Page 5

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remaining four teams in the East Region, including what each must do to advance to the Elite Eight. Page 20

Buildings to remain heated

By Rachael Barillari ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Although weather predictions for the upcoming week are unseasonably high with possible temperatures reaching the upper 70s and lower 80s, the air conditioning will not be turned on in North Campus buildings.

“We just want to give people a heads up as to why the buildings may not have air conditioning on demand because of the very time and labor intensive process to bring chilled water into the various North Campus buildings,” said Will Wallace, public relations coordinator for the Energy Systems and Sustainability Management Department at Syracuse University.

Students received an email from the department Monday informing them that turning on the air conditioning this early in the spring semester is not a possibility, but the depart-

gabriel shore | contributing photographer For the one-year anniversary of the Japan earthquake and tsunami, the Japanese Student Association is placing more than 1,000 paper cranes around campus. The Hall of Languages will also be lit up with red and white lights to symbolize the Japanese flag.

Unfolding memories

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Dunkin’ to close for construction

By Marwa Eltagouri ASST. NEWS EDITOR

The Dunkin’ Donuts located on 746 S. Crouse Ave., adjacent to Marshall Street, will be closed for construction until Saturday. Officials plan to reopen the store at 5 a.m. Saturday, according to a notice left on the front window of the venue by Dunkin’ Donuts staff.

Walter Travassos, supervisor of Saint Miguel Construction, the team currently working on the

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SU community continues to support Japan one year after earthquake, tsunami strike coast

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or weeks, Noriko Tomita worried from the safety of her Syracuse home.

She read updates on the earthquake and tsunami that shook Japan. She watched as the disaster destroyed her hometown of Sendai. She made call after call to friends and family who never picked up.

Villages were washed away. Train lines were shut down. The threat of nuclear radiation loomed.

“I could not sleep well for a couple of

“I’m going to remember this for a long time. I’m not going to be able to react to any smaller earthquakes.”

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weeks because sights of the tsunami and damaged town in Japan teared my heart,” said Tomita, a visiting research associate from Tohoku University.

A year later, the Japanese Student Association is bringing together the Syracuse University community to remember those affected by the March 11 disasters and to celebrate the progress of Japan’s reconstruction efforts.

The 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck on March 11, 2011, at 2:46 p.m. The tsunami followed only 33 minutes later. The tragedy

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Protestor speaks on civil rights

Bus to take students to NCAA game

By Dylan Segelbaum STAFF WRITER

Student Association officials announced Monday evening that a bus will be provided to students for the Orange’s Sweet 16 matchup against Wisconsin.

PJ Alampi, chair of the Student Life Committee, introduced the plan in his report during SA’s weekly meeting, held at 7:30 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium.

Fifty-five seats will be available for the bus, which will be free for students attending Thursday night’s game at the TD Garden in Boston.

Additional details, including where to pick up a ticket for the bus, will likely be announced Tuesday on SA’s Twitter feed, Alampi said.

The plan to provide transportation to the event was discussed by various members of the cabinet, including President Dylan Lustig, after the SU men’s basketball team’s victory against Kansas State, he said.

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(CENTER) DON SAWYER, a sociology professor, spoke to fifth-graders from Seymour Magnet School who visited SU for Shadow Day. After following members of Lambda Sigma Upsilon, Sigma Lambda Upsilon and Golden Key Honor Society, the students ended the day with a tour of the Carrier Dome. Sawyer and SU scholar athletes spoke to the students and had them repeat: “Your current situation does not determine your future” in unison. The day was meant to inspire the students to strive for a higher education.

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SA will provide a bus to transport students to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, ensuring that SU students will be able to attend the game.

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The College of Arts and Sciences representatives ran for positions on the Alumni Board and Judicial Review Board, respectively, but they were not elected by the general assembly due to reservations about their qualifications.

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Students ordering food online through Campusfood will notice a significant change to the website, as the business was recently bought by GrubHub. The new Campusfood homepage now has a large red box that outlines the change and encourages customers to move their accounts to GrubHub. GrubHub, a company based out of Chicago, raised enough money in September 2011 to buy out Dotmenu, the company that previously

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The number of seats available to student season ticket holders on the bus provided by SA to cheer for the Orange in Boston.

the available technology on this earth, is there not a website that will tell us who delivers?”

Keeping to this premise, GrubHub was born. The company’s mission statement is “to be the best place in the universe for finding and ordering food.”

Abby Hunt, public relations manager at GrubHub, said Maloney and Evans are hilarious individuals, and their humor is reflected in how the company advertises and presents itself.

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President Barack Obama nominated Syracuse University Dean of Libraries Suzanne Thorin on March 12 to serve on the National Museum and Library Services Board.

The National Museum and Library Services Board is the advisory board for the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The institute helps advance innovation, learning and cultural and civic engagement in the country’s 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums through research, policy

development and grants, according to the institute’s website.

The board consists of the institute’s director and deputy directors as well as 20 members of the general public who have experience with libraries or museums, according to the website.

Thorin is one of three individuals Obama nominated to serve a four-year term.

“It’s an honor to be nominated by the president,” Thorin said. “I think it’s a nice thing for SU. It’s a happy thing.”

Chancellor Nancy Cantor said

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Obama’s nomination of Thorin shows appreciation for the national significance of her work, according to a March 13 SU News release.

“As libraries re-invent themselves as nerve centers of the information revolution, Suzanne continues to be recognized by her peers not only for the depth and breadth of her experience, but for her intellectual agility as an innovator,” Cantor said in the release. “We’re thrilled for her and honored by this presidential recognition of one or our own.”

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“We were just wearing these little armbands.

We weren’t doing anything to hurt or bother anyone.” the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld students’ rights to free speech. The decision continues to influence school speech cases, and Tinker still advocates for what she called “the power of youth to take things forward.”

Early childhood experiences in Iowa instilled in Tinker a strong moral obligation to advocate for peace. Her parents, Tinker said, “kept speaking up for justice” during the civil rights movement.

With her five siblings, she watched images of the Vietnam War unfold on television.

“As kids, we were so moved by that,” she said.

As a 13-year-old, Tinker wore a black armband to junior high school in protest of the Vietnam

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owned Allmenus and Campusfood, two websites that function as online food ordering services.

Founded by Matt Maloney and Mike Evans, the company officially started asking customers to transfer to GrubHub on Campusfood’s website March 8, GrubHub’s eighth birthday.

On the “About Us” page on GrubHub’s website, Maloney and Evans tell the story of their business. They met while working at apartments.com. One night, in a bar, both asked: “Why, given

When the charred bodies of four young girls were found in the back stairwell of a Baptist church in Alabama in 1963, free speech advocate Mary Beth Tinker felt connected to them and other youth suffering during the civil rights movement.

“I related to those girls because they were about my age,” she said to students, professors and community members at the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium on Monday night. “I wondered if their church basement was like our church basement.”

After that, Tinker said, she started getting more involved. The 11-year-old started picketing.

Tinker, an early pioneer for students’ free speech rights, spoke at an event titled “At the Schoolhouse Gate: Freedom of Speech in Schools — A Conversation with Mary Beth Tinker” as part of the Tully Center for Free Speech’s Distinguished Speaker Series.

Her decision to protest the Vietnam War by wearing an armband to school led to a landmark decision by

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devastated Japan’s northeastern coast killed almost 20,000 people.

For students like Zeo Imai, the earthquake and tsunami had lasting effects.

Imai, a graduate accounting student, was home in Tokyo when the earthquake struck.

Although he had faced them before — Tokyo is home to more than 1,500 a year — the March 11 earthquake was the largest he had ever experienced.

Now he keeps an emergency kit at home, stocked with necessities such as water.

“I’m going to remember this for a long time,” Imai said. “I’m not going to be able to react to any smaller earthquakes.”

••• Paper cranes symbolize well-being, happiness and health. One thousand paper cranes grant one wish, said Midori Shiroyama, the JSA president.

In an effort to make that one wish come true, she said, the JSA folded 1,000 paper cranes with the help of the SU community.

Their wish: for the people of Japan to get well.

The paper cranes, which are arranged to form a Japanese flag, will be displayed at Huntington Beard Crouse Hall on March 23 and at E.S. Bird Library on March 26. In May, the JSA will send the flag to the Consulate General of Japan in New York, Shiroyama said.

Reminders of Japan will be prominent on campus in remembrance of the one-year mark of the disasters.

The Hall of Languages will be lit up in red and white from Monday to Friday to symbolize the colors of the Japanese flag, Shiroyama said.

A majestic paper crane that measures 3 meters high by 5 meters wide will rest in front of the building, on the field between the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Schine Student Center.

Shiroyama said it took all nine JSA board members, 54 sheets of large white paper and five hours to fold the crane — but it was worth the time and effort.

The Japanese community has developed a

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War. She, her brother and his friend were ultimately suspended for violating a policy the town’s principals and superintendent hastily crafted after reading a news article about the upcoming protest in the high school paper, Tinker said.

With assistance from the American Civil Liberties Union, Tinker and the other students sued the school district for infringing on their First Amendment rights. Although she didn’t like breaking official rules, Tinker said she felt that kids should have rights.

“We were just wearing these little armbands,” she said. “We weren’t doing anything to hurt or bother anyone.”

The Tinker family received hate mail and a bomb threat on Christmas Eve. They lost cases at district and appellate courts. But four years later, the U.S. Supreme Court heard Tinker’s case.

“It was intimidating and exciting all at the same time,” she said. “I thought we were going to lose because kids aren’t going to win up against these powerful people.”

In Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, the Supreme Court ruled in Tinker’s favor. Setting a standard for free speech rights at schools, the Supreme Court wrote in a 7-2 decision that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the school-

stronger presence on campus since the earthquake and tsunami, Shiroyama said.

“It was kind of surprising for me to see students’ reactions to Japan,” she said.

Before the March 11 disasters, most students didn’t know the JSA existed. Others were unaware there was a Japanese community on campus. But the group’s efforts to raise money and awareness for the earthquake and tsunami helped to increase its presence.

Last year, the JSA sent more than $8,000 to the Consulate General of Japan in New York, Shiroyama said, adding that the group hopes to raise money again this year.

The on-campus presence the JSA has so far maintained will help reach its goal.

Members are selling handmade pins for $3.

They will host an event March 23 at HBC Room 323, where participants can buy onigiri, or Japanese rice balls, for $2. The paper crane project already raised about $50.

At the end of the semester, the JSA will send the donations to the Consulate General of Japan once again, Shiroyama said.

••• As with most disasters, interest in the March 11 tragedy has waned in the last year. Only recently has Tomoko Walter seen extensive coverage of the earthquake and tsunami, prompted by the one-year mark of the disasters.

But Walter, a Japanese language professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, remembers when it was all anyone could talk about.

After the earthquake and tsunami, Walter received emails from students who had long graduated. She received phone calls from friends she hadn’t heard from in years. Students asked her personal questions in class.

Is your family OK? How are you? Did anyone get hurt?

Only a year ago, people shared a common worry about the state of Japan and those who were affected. But the earthquake and tsunami, despite the damage they caused, are no longer pressing topics of discussion.

“I think we should not forget what happened,” Walter said. “But at the same time, we have to keep looking forward.” shkim11@syr.edu

house gate.”

In addressing contemporary free speech cases in schools across the country, Tinker said the state of free speech, and the schools themselves, is not good. She said she thinks better civic education and social media are imperative for effecting social change.

“It is good for young people because they can get their ideas out,” she said.

Addressing an audience member who disagreed with her justifications for free speech in schools, Tinker said, “It’s good to have different opinions. That’s democracy.”

Now a pediatric nurse in Washington, D.C., Tinker cares for youth who face violence daily and come to her with stab wounds.

Josh Eisenfeld, senior television, radio and film major, said he enjoyed hearing about Tinker’s personal experience and thought she offered a fresh change of pace from previous speakers.

“Usually we have people who are so-called ‘experts,’” Eisenfeld said. “She was not necessarily an expert, but it was interesting to hear from someone who has firsthand experience in how free speech can change the country.”

Sophomore Kacie Flynn was pleasantly surprised by the conversational tone of the event because she had expected a lecture.

“I thought it was interesting,” said Flynn, a communications design major. “A nice perspective on how kids can be involved, get active and use their voice.” ewcarey@syr.edu

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Attorney general’s involvement in investigations to bring clarity U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is looking into an investigation conducted by the New York Police Department that monitored several Muslim students associations, including the one at Syracuse University.

The news of the investigation broke in February. At a subsequent Senate Appropriations Committee meeting, Holder called the events disturbing. He later announced his office is looking into concerns.

Both the NYPD and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg have defended the investigation, saying it was within NYPD’s legal limits.

That someone is looking into the NYPD investigation is welcome news, and it is hoped the attorney general’s investigation will bring more light to the situation. If Holder’s office finds wrongdoing with the investigation, they must carry out the appropriate sanc-

EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board tions. The NYPD’s intelligence unit currently operates without any outside oversight.

The gravity of the situation is intensified with the U.S. attorney general’s involvement as it signifies a change from the past 10 years. It is uncommon for the attorney general to get involved with situations like this. In the past, federal agents have used civil rights to investigate police abuse.

But during the last decade, federal agents have not been involved with the police department’s counterterrorism efforts.

As long as the attorney general’s office acts efficiently, the claims and confusion about the investigation can be put to rest.

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Using scientific process to plant flowers helps eliminate soil contamination

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cience is not just for the elite.

Anyone can wield its power, including when it comes to planting. Phytoremediation is when plants are used to make contaminants in soil, air and water less harmful. The method makes it easy to get your guerilla gardening on.

Specific plant species have the ability to remediate certain contaminants like heavy metals, petroleumbased chemicals and Polychlorinated Biphenyls, commonly known as PCBs. The conventional way to handle on-site pollution is to excavate soil and replace it with clean soil from somewhere else. This is expensive.

The Environmental Protection Agency holds landowners responsible for cleaning up any contamination on their property, even if it happened

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before they bought the property. This makes former industrial sites less appealing to buy.

Instead of waiting around for a developer to clean up vacant lots, citizens can do it themselves. The ground has thawed; itís time to get seeds started.

Chromium is taken up by sunflowers and stored in the stems and leaves. Paulís Scarlet Climber Rose releases chemicals that support bacteria that degrade PCBs into a nontoxic form. Mercury can be taken in by a plant and then released into the air, but that is still being researched.

Scientists made these connections seemingly by accident. On highly polluted sites where it appeared no life should exist, these plants got along fine. Slowly, the cases were studied

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green and read all over until phytoremediation became a viable technique for cleaning up contaminants. This isnít something you could sit down and do calculations to figure it out. You had to be there in Tyvek suits taking samples.

You Are the City published ìBrownfields to Greenfields: A Field Guide to Phytoremediation.î This is a booklet of instructions for soil testing and planting plans to encourage citizens to use phytoremediation in their neighbor-

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hoods. The plants listed in the guide are available and inexpensive. A field lab at la Finca del Sur in the South Bronx is demonstrating the techniques discussed in the field guide.

Though this project is directed at New York City residents, it is relevant for the city of Syracuse. More than 10 percent of Syracuse is vacant lots, some of which people are hesitant to buy or use because of potential contamination.

I know an urban ecology class here tests for lead in the soil of student rentals in the university neighborhood, and the results are not comforting.

Phytoremediation can be highly effective under the right conditions and frequent retesting of soil is imperative to determine its success.

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requires an expert. Is the pollution very deep in the soil or is it just on the surface? Do you need to consider how the groundwater is affected?

The field guide gives guidelines about appropriate levels of different toxic materials depending on the siteís use. Proceed with extra caution if you intend on growing food or if young children will be playing there.

Let the plants take care of all the biochemistry. All you have to do is take a few soil samples and make a couple of strategic planting decisions.

Science is for everyone. And so are flowers.

Leanna Mulvihill is a senior forest engineering major and environmental writing and rhetoric minor. Her column appears every Tuesday. She can be reached at lpmulvih@syr.edu or followed on Twitter at @LeannaMulvihill.

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“We said once we got back to campus we would reach out to our advisers and see what we could do,” Alampi said.

The decision for SA to coordinate the event instead of SU’s official student section, Otto’s Army, came down to logistics and the source of funding, Alampi said. He said he reached out to Ashley Andrew, president of Otto’s Army, to gauge member interest before deciding on using one bus.

It is yet to be discussed whether transportation will again be provided if the team advances to the Elite Eight, Alampi said.

Andrew said that while she was not informed that the plan to provide transportation to the game was finalized, she is grateful students attending the game will have a way to get there.

“It’s great to see SA expressing interest in getting students there,” Andrew said. “For Otto’s

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Before a candidate can be officially nominated, he or she must undergo an intense evaluation process. Thorin knew that she might be nominated for about a year. The process includes an FBI background check, an application and financial reports, Thorin said.

“They do everything they think is necessary so that you are not an embarrassment; you are a positive force for the president,” she said.

Thorin will now go through the confirmation process. The U.S. Senate must approve her appointment, and although there will not be a hearing, there will be confirmation documents for senators to review, Thorin said.

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Army, that’s one of our main goals — to be able to get students there for the game, whether it’s at the Dome or anywhere off campus.”

Earlier in the meeting, representatives from Vera House and the SU Advocacy Center spoke to members of SA to discuss the White Ribbon Campaign and the various services that are available to students. SA wore white once again to show support for the cause.

Chauncey Brown, men’s outreach program coordinator for Vera House, discussed the origins of the campaign and some of the complexities of domestic violence and sexual abuse. The notion that women have the power to solve domestic violence by themselves is flawed, he said.

Being educated and empowered are essential to combating issues of domestic violence and sexual abuse, he said. This does not necessarily mean physically getting involved in an altercation.

“I tell individuals all the time that it’s not about us putting on a Superman cape and thinking that

The National Museum and Library Services Board holds meetings several times a year. The IMLS is primarily a granting organization that gives grants to libraries and museums, so the allocation of funds to the nation’s museums and libraries are frequently discussed. The board also talks about program changes, relevant issues and other topics on the chairperson’s agenda. The position is not paid, but members are reimbursed for their travel expenses, Thorin said.

Thorin said she believes her past experience has prepared her for this job. She worked at the Library of Congress for 16 years and was also dean of libraries at Indiana University. During her time at IU, she oversaw a house museum, giving her museum experience as well.

you have to jump into every situation,” Brown said.

Janet Epstein, director of the Advocacy Center, said its services are available at all times and that meetings are confidential. She also discussed how the significance of the White Ribbon Campaign extends beyond just wearing ribbons and pins.

“The more we talk about it, the more we can understand our own personal power to make a positive change,” Epstein said.

After the presentations, elections were held for an Alumni Board representative for the Class of 2015 and for positions on the Judicial Review Board.

Musu Sirleaf, of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, and Ivan Rosales, of the College of Arts and Sciences, ran for the contested seat on the Alumni Board.

Sirleaf was elected to the position by the general assembly. Many members felt she had greater experience working with administrative officials and had taken the initiative to contact alumni

Thorin came to SU in October 2005 and is currently in charge of the university’s libraries, including the Special Collections Research Center, the Belfer Audio Archive, and SU Press. During her tenure, the SU Library has received almost $1.5 million in grants, according to the press release.

“It all adds up to experience that will come to bear with the work of the board,” Thorin said.

Charlotte Hess, associate dean for research, collections and scholarly communication, knows Thorin from her time at IU. She said she is happy about Thorin’s nomination.

“I’m thrilled for her,” she said. “I think she’s an excellent choice.” jliannet@ syr.edu

before applying for the position.

Arts and Sciences representatives Michael Cacciatore and Conor Sullivan ran for positions on the Judicial Review Board.

Cacciatore was elected by the general assembly, and Sullivan was denied a position.

Several members, including Nick Iaquinto, who holds a position on the board, expressed concerns regarding Sullivan’s ethical stance on approaching issues.

Other business discussed: • Iaquinto introduced a bill to solidify language in the SA codes that would ensure that home college committees must meet at least once per month. A system for enforcing the provision is still being discussed, and the bill will be voted on next week.

• Three special programming bills were passed Monday night. Of the $140,000 in the account for the spring 2012 semester, only $329.73 remains. dmsegelb@syr.edu

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She described GrubHub as a “bigger and better Campusfood.”

Kali Kearns, a freshman public health major, said she uses Campusfood about once every two weeks and was a bit apprehensive about the change.

“Campusfood was a great website. It was easy to use and self-explanatory. The change might be a bad thing because everyone’s used to Campusfood,” she said.

Hunt said GrubHub offers basically the same services as Campusfood but extends to more than what’s available on campus. They are located in 50 cities and more than 400 college campuses, she said.

“GrubHub helps students whether they’re on campus, at home or even after you graduate,” she said.

They have also removed the 75 cent service

“Campusfood was a great website. It was easy to use and self-explanatory. The change might be a bad thing because everyone’s used to Campusfood.”

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fee and offer a free app for mobile devices with the same restaurants and services as its website.

Bob O’brien, a sophomore information management and technology major, said he uses Campusfood about once a week and just recently used GrubHub for the first time.

“I thought Campusfood was easier because they have all my information already,” he said.

He said, however, his information was transferred from his Campusfood account to GrubHub after using it for the first time.

There is a link on Campusfood’s website to transfer all costumers’ accounts to the new website.

But, he said, the change doesn’t bother him that much.

“It doesn’t matter where you’re ordering it from,” he said, “as long as the food is there on time.” seschust@syr.edu

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Out with the flu SU sees significant decrease in influenza cases

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decrease in flu cases this year, both nationally and on the Syracuse University campus, may be due to the warm winter season.

“The warmer winter months may play a role. The influenza virus is better able to survive and circulate in colder, drier environments,” said Maureen Thompson, an associate professor at the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.

As of Feb. 29, there were 21 confirmed cases of the influenza virus at SU, compared to 165 cases last season, Thompson said. She said influenza cases typically peak in January and February, but there have been years in which cases peaked in March and April.

The definite reason for the lower numbers is, however, difficult to determine, Thompson said.

The warmer winter may not be the only cause for the lower number of reported flu cases. Because the 2011-12 strain of the influenza virus is very similar to the 2010-11 strain, prior exposure to last year’s strain and vaccinations may actually cause individuals to be more immune than in past years, Thompson said.

In early March, the United States experienced a

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ment will be taking other actions in an attempt to cool certain buildings.

Wallace explained that upon turning on the air conditioning, the chilled water necessary to create the cooling takes several days to get started and filter into underground coils used to create the cool air.

Although the weather is unusually warm right now, Wallace said, the possibility of temperatures dropping again could cause residual water in the cooling system to freeze and rupture the coils, causing serious damage.

Usually the air conditioning process is ready to begin by May 1, Wallace said. The department has moved the date up this year to start the cooling

relatively low number of flu illnesses as well, according to a weekly influenza report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“Nationally, the numbers of confirmed influenza cases for 2011-2012 are dramatically lower than last season,” Thompson said. “Onondaga County follows this pattern.”

Although SU Health Services greatly publicized free flu vaccine opportunities this past winter through campus-wide emails, a relatively low number of students received the vaccination, Thompson said. She said this is interesting because the number of people who get vaccinated affects how many people contract the virus.

“Even though I didn’t get the flu shot, the emails made me more aware and more cautious so I wouldn’t get sick,” said Amy Zuckerman, a freshman psychology major.

Thompson said SU students are not the only ones skipping out on vaccinations. Only 23 percent of adults ages 18 to 49 typically receive the vaccine.

In contrast to this year’s trend at SU, the rates of influenza vaccines are increasing on a national level, Thompson said. The higher number of vaccinations nationally results in a smaller number of those con-

systems by April 15.

For now, Wallace said, the department is going to try and keep the buildings as cool as possible for as long as possible each day.

To do this, certain buildings will be pre-cooled using the university’s automated ventilation system to allow cold air into the buildings at night, Wallace said. The air will circulate through the buildings and cool the interiors, so the buildings may feel less warm when they open in the morning. As outdoor temperatures rise during the day, the indoor temperature will increase as well.

Officials are looking to do this in buildings that get particularly warm during the day, Wallace said.

Newhouse III is one building that will undergo the temporary cooling process. This is because the wall of windows located on the building’s west side trap the heat from the afternoon sun. By cooling

tracting the illness. Although vaccination rates are not reported for Central New York, Thompson said, access to the vaccine has been promoted through the availability of flu shots at pharmacies.

Thompson said the low number of individuals reported with influenza is surprising, but influenza is a highly unpredictable virus. knvanbru@syr.edu

FIGHTING THE FLU

Although there are many different flu viruses, the 2011-12 vaccine protects people against influenza A (H3N2) virus, an influenza B virus and the H1N1 virus that emerged in 2009.

It is recommended that everyone 6 months or older gets a flu vaccine as soon as they are available, as a vaccine is the best way to prevent influenza.

People who are at high risk of serious flu complications include adolescents, pregnant women, people with chronic health conditions such as diabetes or heart disease, and people 65 years or older.

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the building throughout the night and early morning, it is hoped the building will stay cooler longer as the day goes on, Wallace said.

Wallace said he is unsure of exactly how many buildings the department will be attempting to cool using their ventilation systems. Quite a few have the systems, he said, and he anticipates all buildings with the capabilities will be alternatively cooled.

North Campus buildings with ventilation systems are mainly academic, Wallace said. Residence halls do not apply, as there are no building-wide ventilation systems to control the individual rooms.

This year’s air conditioning issue is rare, as possibilities of great fluctuations in temperatures are uncommon, Wallace said. The warm weather so early in March puts the department in a “sticky situation,” he said. rebarill@syr.edu

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remodeling of the store, said the schedule to reopen depends on whether the workers can finish the project on time.

The construction is part of a regulatory remodeling that takes place every seven years, Travassos said. The shop will not undergo any expansion or major changes, but it will receive a makeover consisting of new wallpaper and cabinets.

“It’s just something that needs to be done,” Travassos said. “There will be no big changes. Everything will stay the same.” meltagou@syr.edu

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March Madness drives Orange supporters to new feats of fandom

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By Erik van Rheenen ASST. FEATURE EDITOR

arch Madness brings out the best and worst of college basketball fans. They make, bet on and anguish over brackets.

The lucky pack arenas to cheer on the Orange in person. Here’s four ways that some Syracuse University fans spent their opening weekend of the Big Dance.

Last-minute ticket Kelsey Miller was nervous that she wasn’t going to make it to the game. After a morning whirlwind of internship interviews in Pittsburgh, the sophomore advertising major picked up tickets for the Orange’s Thursday game at the Consol Energy Center the only way she could.

By getting scalped. She bought her ticket from an amiable fan outside the stadium instead of stressing over finding cheap tickets online.

“For a scalper, he was a nice guy,” she said.

But rooting for the Orange while sitting in a section stuffed with UNC Asheville fans wasn’t as easy as rocking the Carrier Dome.

“Once UNCA got on a roll, I felt like I had a huge target on my head,” Miller said. “The place was roaring for the Bulldogs, and five minutes earlier no one knew that was even their mascot. When you’re wearing orange in a sea of purple, it’s hard to hide.”

At the stadium, Miller exchanged high fives and small talk with other orange-clad fans at the game.

She mingled with supporters of other schools, shaking off heckling from a Kansas State fan with a handlebar

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technology

Students spend week in Silicon Valley, soak up inner workings of industry

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ast week’s Spring Break marked the opportunity for students to flee the bipolar Syracuse climate for more tropical destinations. Despite the inherent yearnings of college-aged Americans to seek out beer, beaches and scantily clad coeds during this springtime hiatus, a group of students opted out of quintessential Spring Break destinations in favor of more technologyoriented travels.

This group went on the School of Information Studies’ second Spring

Break in Silicon Valley outing from March 11-16. The program offered two credits to 15 students chosen from a competitive applicant pool in December 2011, in addition to real world learning and networking.

According to the SBinSV website, the program exposed students to the hub of innovative technologies and practices bubbling over in Silicon Valley, acknowledged worldwide as a meeting place for minds that cherish innovation, beauty and clean code.

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our ram is bigger than yours In this city, nerdiness is next to godliness, and a right to hubris is earned in a coliseum of intellectual competency.

The concepts etched on white boards in living rooms and scribbled on napkins

in coffee shops embody the forwardthinking nature of modern technology.

The lucky group learned how the same methods and school of thought can be applied to Central New York by visiting a smorgasbord of companies and academic venues. Some included large-scale technology companies like Google and Facebook, and smaller-scale start-ups like Crowdtilt and Stanford University.

This visit was one of the main reasons for applying for the trip, said Chris Becker, a junior information manage-

ment and technology major. But Becker took away a much larger lesson than the ins and outs of techie networking.

“I had always thought that starting my own business was next to impossible, but this trip changed everything,” Becker said. “We talked with CEOs and engineers that dropped out of college to pursue their dreams, and they have been extremely successful. It was great to realize that these people were on my level and not some business god that

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mustache and posing for a picture with a mocking poster of Fab Melo. The view wasn’t bad, either.

Miller said: “Sniping seats six rows up from the court from scalped tickets was just awesome.”

Bracket battle Most fans battle in bracket pools of 10 or 20 other competitors. Stephen Cassilo is duking it out with 40 other friends to vie for his own bragging rights.

Cassilo, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, labored over his bracket for weeks leading up to the tournament. He caught seven games a week to scope out the field of teams.

“I suffer a bad bracket every now and then,” he said. “Otherwise, I’d be set to be an analyst for ESPN.” Consuming 48 games in 96 hours is daunting, but it is Cassilo’s favorite part of the tournament.

He spent the first weekend of March Madness

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graduated from an Ivy League college.”

Ariel Norling, a senior policy studies major, applied to the trip to indulge her inner geek.

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parked on the couch in front of the TV with his family. Watching the first few games of the tournament is a family tradition for the Cassilo clan.

“Ever since I was in middle school, my parents would let me come home at noon so I wouldn’t miss any games,” he said. “Luckily, now it falls during Spring Break, so I don’t have to worry.”

When the friendly bracket competition resumes back on campus, Cassilo resorts to craftier methods to stay updated.

“I’m always checking the Twitter-sphere to see how I’m doing,” he said. “It’s the best when you know when the Cinderellas are being born and when brackets are being busted.”

Out of air Faithful bracket makers know their hopes deflate when their picks flop.

At Syracuse University’s Information Technology and Services Office, however, hopes get popped instead. Literally.

Bob Marturano, an information technology analyst, devised the idea for a balloon-popping

What she took away from it was a catalyst for change. She believes her interactions with her tech idols may have changed her career path.

The trip made her question some of the academic conventions she had planned to pursue.

“Going into the trip, I was planning on staying in Syracuse and working on my start-up

pool four years ago.

Sixteen staff members participate, drawing four team names from a hat: one representing each conference. The competitors blow up a balloon for each team. When a tournament game ends, the winner gets to pop the loser’s balloon.

“The only rule is that the person whose balloon you’re popping has to be present,” Marturano said.

The balloons hang resolutely in rainbow hues from outside each cubicle in the office. But when one technician comes away victorious, the faculty aren’t afraid to broadcast one another taking triumphant jabs at one another’s balloons.

Marturano said: “One of our staff members has been videotaping some of the poppers and putting them on YouTube.”

B-ball beats The Orange has had its share of theme songs to greet the team on the court, from “Unfinished Business” to “Shut It Down.” But Joey Papoutsis, a junior in the Bandier Program for Music and the Entertainment Industries, decided to

over the summer and going to graduate school in the fall,” she said. “(My interactions) have given me a lot to think about and has changed my perception about what my options and possibilities are with my start-up.”

These 15 students went against the grain by snubbing the typical Spring Break experience.

bring students together to write an unofficial anthem for this year’s squad.

Papoutsis, president of the student-run record label Marshall Street Records, asked student DJ Chris Baugh, who appeared on the label’s “Electro-Cuse” mixtape, to produce a beat for a freestyle hip-hop track. Baugh, a junior television, radio and film major, obliged. Papoutsis decided to open tryouts to any student rapper who felt confident enough to freestyle about the team.

“We thought it would be a cool idea to have a contest to see who could come up with the best verses about SU basketball,” Papoutsis said.

After spending hours in Hall of Languages, Papoutsis and 14 members of the label team chose student rappers Diverze and Miraculous.

They recorded the track, called “My Team’s Number One,” in a single afternoon and released it in the nick of time.

“We sent the song to the head music supervisor at ESPN,” he said. “So hopefully if we keep winning, it gains traction.” ervanrhe@syr.edu

Between company visits, networking and the In-N-Out Burger trips, they received much more than the standard tan.

Jessica Smith is a senior information management and technology and television, radio and film dual major. Her column appears every Tuesday. She can be reached at jlsmit22@syr.edu.

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Registration begins March 21.

*NOTE: Common side effects include increased appetite for academic success and elevated status with parents.

Students taking this remedy reported alarming rates of on-time graduation, recurring visions of studying abroad, and generalized feelings of euphoria.

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Dual Hearts Two weeks ago, holding a camcorder inside the Halo Tattoo parlor, Erica Franceschini filmed a needle etching an eagle with a flag on a man’s arm for a class project. A year and a half earlier, the sophomore public relations major sat exactly where the man did, getting two small hearts tattooed on her wrist.

A week after she moved in freshman year, she received a coupon from the Marshall Street shop and decided to get inked. Getting the tattoo had been on her mind for two years. After going through a “dark place” when she was younger, she said it felt right to celebrate her strength and support systems.

“It’s just a reminder that you’re stronger than this, you have people that love you, you don’t have to drop down to that dark place,” she said. “And it’s right there where I can see it at all times.”

—Compiled by Colleen Bidwill, asst. feature editor, cbidwill@syr.edu

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By Ibet Inyang STAFF WRITER

he shinbone must be connected to the foot bone because The Shins’ latest album had me dancing. Corny jokes aside, the indie rock band’s new album, “Port of Morrow,” stays true to its classic rock roots while slapping on a few indie accents along the way.

The Portland, Ore. based band has been in the indie music scene since 1996. It quickly rose to fame with hits such as “Caring is Creepy” and “New Slang,” both featured in the movies “Garden State” and “The Spongebob Squarepants Movie” from its album “Oh, Inverted World.”

This quirky and fun mix introduced The Shins to the world as a band that merges the old and new. With “Port of Morrow,” the band continues to give listeners this impression. Through simple songs with surprisingly profound messages, The Shins once again makes their mark in the music world.

Listening to front man James Mercer is like getting a glimpse of Paul McCartney. He may not be a British rock star, but Mercer’s way of smoothly belting out high notes in a joyful wail is reminiscent of The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”

Then there’s the mellow atmosphere that the band’s music conjures up. Its use of simple beats and instruments, plus a minimalist approach to production, recalls The Beach Boys’ good vibrations with a cool indie spin.

It’s no wonder that one of the band’s simplest songs is called “Simple Song.” It is composed of a single bass laying down a midtempo beat. A little guitar and drum serve as background accompaniment. Once you throw in Mercer’s McCartney-like vocals, the indie smash is complete. The sweet simplicity of this tune

Mellow songwriting, thoughtful lyrics give The Shins’ album healthy dose of optimism

gives off a laid-back, refreshing sway-your-head-fromside-to-side vibe.

On the other hand, the video for “Simple Song” is anything but. The video tells the story of siblings who fight and tear their house apart to find the deed their late father claimed to have left behind. The band’s ability to harmonize such an unpretentious song with a chaotic backdrop adds an amplified level of creativity to its act.

The Shins’ commentary on the human condition is also worthy of praise. The band doesn’t hit on any hard-pressing world issues but simply tells fans that things are going to be OK. Everyone needs a little encouragement in their everyday lives, and The Shins are the perfect indie cheerleaders during “It’s Only Life.” They urge listeners to not let the perils of life get them down: “I’ve been down the very road you’re walking now / It doesn’t have to be so dark and lonesome / Takes a while till we can figure this thing out and turn it back around.” If that doesn’t get you through the day, I don’t know what will.

On the downside, the album’s mellow trance doesn’t allow for much else. Hypnotized by the infectious beats and inspiring vocals, listeners may not realize that most of the songs sound the same. It’s as if the band got into such a laid-back groove it forgot to offer some variety. This doesn’t mean Mercer should spit a freestyle rap in the middle of “Simple Song,” but the band should show its range of style.

Nevertheless, “Port of Morrow” is worth a listen because of its classic and indie tones, simple production and mellow vibes. Showing off their ability to produce good music, The Shins prove that their tunes are easy on the ears yet substantially satisfying. ieinyang@syr.edu

Sounds like: The Beatles meet The Beach Boys Genre: Indie Top track: “Simple Song”

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Eaton reflects on winning national championship for Orange

By David Wilson STAFF WRITER

When Jarret Eaton edged Devon Hill of Miami (Fla.) and Barrett Nugent of Louisiana State by one hundredth of a second in the NCAA 60-meter hurdles championship March 10, he became the first individual national champion in Syracuse history.

Three days later, Eaton still couldn’t describe how much his achievement meant.

“It feels great,” Eaton said March 13. “I can’t really put it into words how I’m really feeling, but I’m really happy and excited, and it’s been a blessing. It’s been a long season, so I’m just really excited.”

All year long, Eaton’s been putting up impressive numbers that have pushed him onto the national scene, capped off by his performance March 10. With Eaton’s finish of 7.54 at Jacksons Indoor Track in Nampa, Idaho, the graduate student finished off an undefeated season in the biggest way possible: becoming the program’s first national champion. The hurdler entered the meet as a favorite after enjoying a breakout season highlighted by his time of 7.49 at the Penn State National Invitational on Jan. 28 in State College, Pa. It was the fastest time in 15 years and the second-fastest in NCAA history.

On the heels of his championship day, the national honors continued rolling in.

Eaton was named a United States Track &

“I saw people to my left kind of creeping up, so I didn’t actually think I won. … I had a million thoughts process through my brain.”

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Field and Coaches Association First Team AllAmerican on March 12 and is also a finalist for the Bowerman Award, given to the nation’s top track and field athlete.

On top of the individual success, though, Eaton helped to vault the SU track and field program into the national spotlight. That was head coach Chris Fox’s goal when he arrived at Syracuse in 2005.

“It shows that we can compete at the highest level,” SU assistant coach Dave Hegland said. “I think we’ve had guys kind of helping the program move towards this program over the years. I’m really happy for them as well.”

Hegland said past All-Americans Michael LeBlanc and Kyle Heath are among those who set the foundation for the Syracuse

track program.

Those former athletes got the program moving in the right direction, Hegland said.

And this season, Eaton continued to advance the program.

Fox said the next step for Syracuse is to continue to recruit at a high level. Though Eaton practically fell into SU’s lap when he transferred from Division-II West Chester (Pa.) University, Syracuse won’t get so lucky in the future.

“We need to recruit the best kids in the country,” Fox said. “… Hegland and all of us are always on the lookout for the next Jarret.

They’re just quality kids.”

Eaton broke the Syracuse record and qualified for the NCAA Championship Jan. 21 at the Cornell Upstate Challenge in Ithaca with a time of 7.61. From there, Eaton made headlines with standout performances throughout the season, winning each of the events in which he competed.

On March 9, he won his heat in the preliminary heats of the NCAA Championship to qualify for the championship heats Saturday.

And his final competition ended up being one of his tightest races this season.

Coming off the final hurdle, Eaton was neck and neck with Hill and Nugent, and he needed a lunge in the final meters that sent him tumbling across the finish line to come away with the victory.

“I saw people to my left kind of creeping up, so I didn’t actually think I won,” Eaton said.

“… I had a million thoughts process through my brain.”

Eaton admitted to some rare nerves before the final run of the indoor season, but he found solace from an unlikely source: the music of Michael Jackson.

As the hurdler stood at the starting line for the race, “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” played over the PA system at Jacksons Indoor Track.

The single is one of Eaton’s favorite songs by one of his favorite artists.

“Now that I think back on it, maybe (it was a sign),” Eaton said, “but it was helpful to make me relax and stay focused and kind of get my mind on the right track.”

The national championship doesn’t mark the end of Eaton’s journey at SU. Hegland still plans on Eaton running once every two or three weeks so he’s ready to compete in the outdoor NCAA Championships in June.

After that, Eaton hopes to qualify for the Olympics. Eaton wanted to peak during an Olympic year, and he appears to be doing just that. U.S. Olympic Trials begin June 22 in Eugene, Ore., but Eaton still isn’t looking too far ahead.

He still has goals to accomplish before he can turn his attention to that dream.

“I’m back to running races and just thinking one week at a time for when outdoor nationals and outdoor USA championships come,” Eaton said. “I’m just taking baby steps now.” dbwilson@syr.edu

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Surprise teams, powerhouse programs fill rest of Sweet 16 A look at the teams remaining in the regions other than the East:

West Region — Phoenix NO. 1 MICHIGAN STATE (29-7) VS. NO. 4 LOUISVILLE (28-9) THURSDAY, 7:47 P.M., TBS

Michigan State has been to the Final Four six times in the last 13 years, and Tom Izzo’s Spartans are still the favorite to do it again out of the West Region. Not many teams can stop Draymond Green. The Spartans senior forward posted a triple-double in the second round against Long Island-Brooklyn and is averaging 20 points, 12.5 rebounds and eight assists for the tournament.

Meanwhile, after losing two in a row to finish the regular season, Louisville has now won six straight. The Cardinals are trying to do what Connecticut did a season ago: go on an extended winning streak to win a national championship a few weeks after winning the Big East tournament.

NO. 3 MARQUETTE (27-7) VS. NO. 7 FLORIDA (25-10) THURSDAY, 10:17 P.M., TBS

Just like Draymond Green for Michigan State, Marquette’s Jae Crowder has been a double-

double machine down the stretch. He followed up a mammoth 25-point, 16-rebound effort against Brigham Young on Thursday by putting up 17 points and 13 rebounds against Murray State on Saturday.

This is Florida’s first tournament game against a singledigit seed, after blowing out No. 10 Virginia and No. 15 Norfolk State. The Gators found their 3-point shooting stroke against Norfolk State, burying 10-of-28 3s after a 4-of-23 performance from long range against Virginia.

South Region — Atlanta NO. 3 BAYLOR (29-7) VS. NO. 10 XAVIER (2312) FRIDAY, 7:15 P.M., CBS

On an athletic Baylor squad, sharpshooter Brady Heslip stole the show in the team’s third-round win against Colorado. The sophomore hit 9-of-12 3-pointers, accounting for all 27 of his points.

Thus, BU has advanced despite getting nine points total in two games from Perry Jones III. Xavier edged out Notre Dame in the Musketeers’ second-round game and came back from a double-digit, first-half deficit to defeat No. 15 Lehigh on Sunday. Xavier center Kenny Frease scored 25 points on 11-of-13 shoot-

ing against the Mountain Hawks.

NO. 1 KENTUCKY (34-2) VS. NO. 4 INDIANA (27-8) FRIDAY, 9:45 P.M., CBS

Kentucky and Indiana meet in a rematch of one of the most memorable games of the regular season. IU forward Christian Watford’s buzzerbeater 3 on Dec. 10 handed UK the first of its two losses and showed that the Hoosiers were for real this season.

So far in the NCAA Tournament, Kentucky’s offense has been on point. The Wildcats are averaging 84 points per game in the tourney, shooting 55.5 percent from the field.

Midwest Region — St. Louis NO. 1 NORTH CAROLINA (31-5) VS. NO. 13 OHIO (29-7) FRIDAY, 7:47 P.M., TBS

North Carolina was cruising through the first weekend until Kendall Marshall got hurt.

The sophomore point guard, who had 21 assists in UNC’s two NCAA Tournament games, fractured his right wrist against Creighton and had a screw inserted in it Monday, but his status for Friday is up in the air.

Ohio is the highest-seeded team left in the

tournament. The Bobcats, who defeated Georgetown in the tourney two years ago, upset Michigan and then defeated South Florida to reach the Sweet 16. Guard D.J. Cooper, who has 20 points and six assists per game in the tournament, is Ohio’s leader.

NO. 2 KANSAS (29-6) VS. NO. 11 NORTH CAROLINA STATE (24-12) FRIDAY, 10:17 P.M., TBS

Kansas barely avoided being the third No. 2 seed to lose in the first weekend, squeaking past No. 10 Purdue in a threepoint victory. The Jayhawks haven’t gotten their offense going yet in the tourney, scoring 65 and 63 points in the two rounds, respectively.

North Carolina State entered the NCAA Tournament having won four of five and beat No. 6 San Diego State by 14 in the second round. The Wolfpack then upset No. 3 Georgetown, 66-63.

An NC State-UNC Elite Eight matchup would be the fourth meeting between the two teams this year, and the Tar Heels have won the first three.

—Compiled by Mark Cooper, sports editor, mcooperj@syr.edu

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Despite daunting schedule, Orange becomes national threat

By Stephen Bailey ASST. COPY EDITOR

Gary Gait’s first attempt failed.

Frontloading his team’s schedule last season, the Syracuse head coach hoped to prepare the Orange, which entered 2011 ranked No. 5 in the nation, for a deep postseason run. But Syracuse stumbled through the early part of its slate. It lost five of its first seven games and eventually failed to qualify for the NCAA tournament.

This season, Gait tried it again. This time it worked.

“We’re more athletic. We’re deeper,” Gait said. “I think we have players that fit in our system from top to bottom, and I think that’s a big difference.”

The Orange (4-2) has pushed through the daunting schedule to a remarkable start and the No. 2 ranking in the nation. After entering the season slotted No. 12 in the preseason poll, Syracuse has averaged 13.2 goals per game, defeated two top-five opponents and took national powerhouse No. 1 Northwestern into overtime.

And SU has done that despite losing AllAmerican goaltender Liz Hogan and leading goal-scorer Tee Ladouceur to graduation.

“Last year we tried numerous times find-

ing the right mix of players that could finish games,” Gait said. “We kept trying different people throughout the entire season, and this year we had a group with some subs that we knew were going to be the contributors right from fall ball on.”

Senior defender Janelle Stegeland sees the same fluency. But she also sees a new approach — one that every member of the 2012 Orange is buying into.

She said the team is focused solely on each game rather than looking at the big picture, a common occurrence last season.

“This year we really have gone in with the mindset that against those teams, we have nothing to lose,” Stegeland said. “We weren’t expected to win those games, so I think going into them we all came in together with a ton of energy — more energy than we’ve ever had.”

The Orange showcased that energy in its season-opening 23-12 victory over then-No. 8 Boston College. Sophomore Alyssa Murray led the scoring attack, setting a program record with eight goals.

But the Orange has won close contests, too.

Two of its four victories have come by one goal.

Even in losses, the team has fought hard until the final whistle.

Trailing the top-ranked Wildcats 9-8 with less than a minute left in regulation, junior attack Michelle Tumolo wrapped around the net and launched the game-tying goal. It completed a three-score comeback in the final five minutes.

“I think that’s what we lacked last year. We were a one-half team,” Tumolo said. “This year we’re a whole-game team. Coming out strong, we’ve been beating teams 6-2 in halves and then continuing it in the second half.”

And Syracuse has carried that energy into overtime, too. SU defeated No. 4 Florida in double overtime March 3 and followed up with a 10-9 victory over No. 5 Maryland a week later.

While Tumolo has led the charge offensively — pacing the team with 15 goals and 12 assists — the junior attack said the Orange’s success can be attributed to superb play from a slew of contributors.

Seven players have scored at least five times. Freshman Kailah Kempney, one of those seven, leads the team with 20 draw controls. And between the pipes, sophomore Alyssa Costantino and freshman Kelsey Richardson have played well despite entering the season inexperienced.

Costantino has started every game and allows less than 10 goals per game, but Richardson has made the most of her opportunities as well.

Playing the second half against Towson on March 13, she allowed only three goals while making eight saves.

“Even in practice, they’re stuffing us left and right,” Tumolo said.

This year, Syracuse is a legitimate contender for the national championship.

The Orange passed its early-season tests and is no longer an underdog. The SU players know their remarkable performance has placed a target squarely on their backs, and they will likely be favored in every game for the rest of their regular season.

But Tumolo said there will be no let-up in intensity. The team’s goals are far loftier than a quick start and national recognition.

“Coming in we didn’t have anything to lose,” Tumolo said. “Now that we’ve beaten them, we’ve got a lot to lose. “… Every game is a big game, no matter who we play, ranked or not. We’re just going into each game knowing that we’re a huge component and everyone’s out to get us.” sebail01@syr.edu

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Second-ranked Johns Hopkins heads to play No. 1 Virginia as underdog

By Ryne Gery

ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

For two weeks, all Dave Pietramala heard about was the “monkey” on his program’s back. The talk started when Johns Hopkins was preparing for its matchup with UMBC on March 10. It grew louder as his team’s game against Syracuse approached.

Five straight losses to the Orange served as the “monkey” for the Blue Jays. Last Saturday, Pietramala and his players finally felt relief after breaking the streak.

But only for a second.

“A good win,” Pietramala said. “Nice to be 7-0. I think we put ourselves in a good position, and now we go down to a place and against a team that no one’s going to give us a chance against.”

The team Pietramala referred to was No. 1 Virginia and the place was Charlottesville, Va. Though the Hopkins head coach leads the

No. 2 team in the country, he cast the Blue Jays (7-0) as the underdogs. Since Pietramala took over the program, JHU has gone 4-10 against Virginia (8-0), and the last time it beat the Cavaliers in Charlottesville was in 1998.

But even with that recent history of losing in the series, Pietramala’s statement was immediately challenged. After a brilliant performance against Syracuse, the undefeated Blue Jays look plenty capable of ending UVa’s dominance.

Still, Pietramala dismissed the thought his team was seen as a real threat to topranked Virginia.

“Very few. Very few (give Hopkins a chance),” the coach said without hesitation.

“You know that as well as I do. Down there — that’s a completely different monkey, that’s a gorilla. We have not had a lot of success down there.”

With a stifling defense led by goaltender

Pierce Bassett and an offense that can score in bunches, though, Hopkins is well equipped to give the Cavaliers a fight. The Blue Jays are ranked second in the nation in scoring defense, allowing 5.3 goals per game, and average 10.4 goals per game offensively.

Their opponent, the defending national champion, is ranked seventh in scoring defense and fourth in scoring offense. The Blue Jays’ stingy defense will be tasked with containing defending Tewaaraton Trophy winner Steele Stanwick, who leads the nation with 25 assists in eight games.

For Hopkins, the key to its success on defense has been communication.

JHU defender Tucker Durkin said the team does a simple communication drill each practice. There is no ball needed as the players walk through their defensive sets, working on calling out plays and relaying them to their teammates.

Though simple, the drill has been effective.

“I think that’s helped us a lot once we get out there and play in games,” Durkin said.

“It just comes natural to be talking, have a conversation with the guys next to you and communicating our defense and everything that goes with it.”

That communication by the Hopkins defense was on display against SU. The Blue Jays kept the Orange offense in check all game, getting steady play from Bassett in net, playing physical with SU and owning the advantage in possession time all game.

It resulted in a scoreless third period for a Syracuse offense that couldn’t get going.

And the struggles were apparent throughout the game.

SU midfielder JoJo Marasco, one of the team’s top playmakers, was held without a shot against the tough Blue Jays unit. And attack Tim Desko managed just two shots on goal.

While the Hopkins defense kept Syracuse

off the board, the Blue Jays offense exploded to put the game out of reach.

JHU attack Brandon Benn scored four goals, finding openings around the net as his teammates worked the ball around and looked to attack. The Blue Jays also got five goals from the midfield, firing hard shots past an overmatched Matt Lerman in net for SU. “Especially with our midfielders, a lot of big guys, even the smaller guys are really fast,” Benn said. “They do draw a lot of attention. It opens it up for our attack, and we just have to make sure we capitalize on our chances.”

Hopkins midfielder John Greeley said the unit’s performance was among its best all season. But the offense has been clicking for much of the season, registering 10 or more goals in five of its seven wins.

Against Syracuse, JHU attack Wells Stanwick emerged as a playmaker, handling the ball with confidence. The freshman, brother of Virginia’s Steele Stanwick, finished with one goal and one assist.

After the game, Pietramala said Stanwick’s performance just showed Hopkins is loaded with playmakers all over the field.

“I hope we’re becoming a team of just another guy,” Pietramala said. “And I guess that may not sound particularly exciting, but we’re going to have to be that way because there are going to be days where first midfield doesn’t shoot the ball. We’ve seen those.”

Pietramala knows the Blue Jays will need their offense to be clicking again to beat Virginia. And they’ll need to play at the top of their game from start to finish — something Hopkins didn’t do against Syracuse after building a comfortable lead through three quarters.

“We really got to find a way to finish the game,” Pietramala said, “especially walking into the hornet’s nest we’re walking into on Saturday.” rjgery@syr.edu

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Late run launches SU to 3rd round of WNIT

By Chris Iseman ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

In a span of six minutes, Syracuse kept its season alive. Late in the second half of its secondround game against Drexel in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament, the Orange SYRACUSE 65 took control.

SU crashed the boards DREXEL 43 hard, got plenty of shots to fall and played tough defense during a decisive 21-2 run that extended its season.

“Every shot we missed, it felt like we got the offensive rebound,” SU head coach Quentin Hillsman said in a phone interview. “I thought that was huge for us, but we did a very good job of making shots, and I thought that defensively we got out on our shooters, and we shut down all open shots.”

The Orange (20-14) clicked at just the right time to advance to the third round of the WNIT with a 65-43 victory over Drexel (19-14) Monday night in the Daskalakis Athletic Center in Philadelphia. Syracuse will now play Temple (23-9) Thursday back in Philadelphia at 7 p.m.

The Orange finished with an astounding 58 rebounds against Drexel, leading to 22 second-

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to the NCAA Tournament in every season.

With Saturday’s victory over the Commodores, Wisconsin clinched back-to-back trips to the Sweet 16 for the first time in school history.

chance points.

Junior center Kayla Alexander finished with a double-double, scoring a game-high 16 points while grabbing 11 rebounds. Three of the Orange’s guards also finished with double-digit scoring outputs. Carmen Tyson-Thomas scored 13 points, while Elashier Hall and Rachel Coffey each had 11.

Until Syracuse’s late run, SU and the Dragons matched each other at both ends of the floor, creating what looked to be a battle to keep playing in the tournament. But late in the game, Drexel fell apart.

“Actually, during that time, I thought they were playing really well and so were we,” Hillsman said. “It was sort of like we were matching each other, and then finally when they got cold, we started making shots, starting rebounding and our defense picked up, so I thought that was the biggest thing.”

Despite a horrid shooting performance where they shot 15-of-57 from the field, the Dragons managed to hang with SU. With less than 14 minutes left in the game, Drexel got two straight baskets to pull to within 36-34. SU forward Iasia Hemingway then committed her fourth foul when she was

called for a blocking foul guarding Dragons’ forward Tyler Hale, prompting Hillsman to take her out of the game.

With about five minutes left, though, SU began its dominant stretch. It took advantage of its free-throw opportunities and found its shooting stroke. As Drexel’s defense packed the paint, Syracuse’s shooters took off. A 3-pointer by Hall put the Orange up 49-41.

SU knocked down free throw after free throw as its lead ballooned to double digits.

Syracuse also kept the Dragons’ offense from getting any open looks and ratcheted up its pressure defense to wreak havoc on Drexel.

“As long as we can make shots and get into our pressure, I feel like we have a good chance to win every basketball game,” Hillsman said, “and that’s what happened tonight.”

Syracuse’s next game, against a formidable opponent in Temple, will require SU to maintain its consistent offense, stifling defense and dominance on the glass.

Hillsman said his team is hitting its stride to extend its season one game at a time.

“It’s just very exciting with our progress,” Hillsman said, “and it’s the time of year where

Ryan is looking to make it to the Elite Eight for the second time in his tenure with the Badgers.

Best wins: Ohio State (7 RPI) and (twice) Indiana (17) Worst losses: (twice) Iowa (130) How they got in: Wisconsin earned an at-large bid out of the Big Ten. The Badgers defeated Indiana in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tour-

nament before losing to eventual tournament champion Michigan State, 65-52, in the semis.

About the Wisconsin men’s basketball program Colors: Cardinal and White Conference: Big Ten Facility: Kohl Center (17,230) Mascot: Bucky Badger NCAA Tournament history:

This season is Wisconsin’s 18th appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Badgers have earned a trip to the Big Dance in 14 consecutive seasons, dating back to 1999. Wisconsin is 25-16 all-time in the tournament, with one national championship in 1941 and two trips to the Final Four in 2000 and 1941.

The Badgers were seeded fourth last season as well and advanced to the Sweet 16. Wisconsin defeated Belmont and Kansas State in its first two games before dropping the regional semifinal to Butler, 61-54.

Badgers in the pros: Wisconsin has two active players in the NBA. Devin Harris, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft, is the

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you should be hitting your stride and playing well, and we’re doing a very good job.” cjiseman@syr.edu

starting point guard of the Utah Jazz.

Harris is averaging 10.1 points per game in his eighth professional season. Milwaukee Bucks forward Jon Leuer is one year removed from playing in college.

The Badgers have six all-time first-round picks in NBA history. Michael Finley is the most notable former Wisconsin player.

About the University of Wisconsin

Type: Public Location: Madison, Wis. Enrollment: 42,595 Founded: 1848 President: David Ward Athletic director: Barry Alvarez Famous alumni: Steve Miller, musician; Joan Cusack, actress; Allan “Bud” Selig, commissioner of Major League Baseball; Dick Cheney, attended as a doctorate student and former vice president of the United States —Compiled by Andrew Tredinnick, asst. copy editor, adtredin@syr.edu

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Beasts of the East Two Big East and two Big Ten teams advanced through the East Region to the Sweet 16. Here’s a look at the four teams vying to advance from Boston to New Orleans

— Compiled by The Dailly Orange Sports staff, sports@dailyorange.com

Syracuse’s offense vs.

Wisconsin’s defense

Syracuse survived a scare in its first NCAA Tournament game, beating No. 16 UNC Asheville 72-65.

Top seeds are now 112-0 all time against No. 16 seeds. The Orange rebounded from its subpar performance by pulling past Kansas State, 75-59, in the third round.

X-factor

Syracuse played three teams this season that allow less than 60 points per game — South Florida, Eastern Michigan and Georgetown.

The Orange won all three, but scored just 56 against South Florida and 64 against Georgetown.

James Southerland. The junior forward shot 20.4 percent from 3-point range in 18 Big East regular-season games. But he has come alive in the NCAA Tournament. He’s scored 30 points in the two games and has made 5-of-7 3s. Against a stingy Wisconsin defense, a couple of triples from Southerland could make a difference.

What Syracuse needs to do to win Win the tempo game. Wisconsin has the least amount of possessions per game among Division-I teams. Syracuse has to speed the game up and take Wisconsin out of its comfort zone in the half court. The Orange’s ability to turn Kansas State over 14 times helped it get out in front.

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Looking back

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Wisconsin’s defense stayed consistent in its first two NCAA Tournament games, allowing the Badgers to blow out Montana, 73-49, in the second round. UW then stifled No. 5 Vanderbilt — a popular pick to make the Final Four — in a 60-57 thirdround win.

Wisconsin’s offense vs.

Syracuse’s defense

X-factor

While Wisconsin is known for its defense, the Badgers are sneakily efficient on offense. UW’s nine turnovers per game, second-least in the nation, helps its cause on that end. Still, the Badgers don’t match up well athletically against Syracuse’s long 2-3 zone.

Mike Bruesewitz. Head coach Bo Ryan said Bruesewitz was due, and the junior forward got hot from 3-point range this past weekend. After failing to nail a trey in eight straight games, the forward made 4-of-6 in UW’s two games. He plays 25.7 minutes per game, so those contributions will be important.

What Wisconsin needs to do to win Convert its second-chance opportunities. KSU grabbed 25 offensive boards against Syracuse, but it scored just 20 second-chance points. Ryan Evans, Bruesewitz and Jared Berggren all average five or more rebounds per game. If they can score on offensive rebounds, UW will have a chance.

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OHIO STATE

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Looking back Ohio State cruised to a 78-59 win over No. 15 Loyola (Md.) in the second round to set up a matchup with No. 7 Gonzaga. The Buckeyes were challenged by the Bulldogs all game long, but they ultimately pulled away to earn a 73-66 win and move on to the Sweet 16.

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Ohio State’s offense vs.

Cincinnati’s defense This matchup pits an OSU team loaded with offensive weapons against a stingy Cincinnati defense.

Four Buckeyes players are averaging double figures in scoring in NCAA Tournament play, while the Bearcats have held their opponents to 70 points or fewer in their last 11 games.

X-factor William Buford. The guard is the lone senior on the Buckeyes roster. He is third on the team in scoring, second in assists and third in rebounding.

In addition to his all-around game, he provides Ohio State with experience and veteran leadership that can often be valuable in pressure situations.

What Ohio State needs to do to win Get out in front early. If Ohio State can jump out to an early lead, it should be in position to advance to the Elite Eight. The Bearcats have played in two ugly games so far, but the Buckeyes won’t want to let Cincinnati hang around with a chance into the second half.

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Looking back The Bearcats just got by No. 11 Texas in the second round of the tournament, holding off the Longhorns’ second-half comeback for a 65-59 victory. Cincinnati then upset No. 3 Florida State in the third round with a 62-56 win.

Cincinnati’s offense vs.

Ohio State’s defense Cincinnati boasts talented threats in the paint and on the perimeter, but the Bearcats offense isn’t always efficient. Against Ohio State, UC might hit a roadblock. The Buckeyes are 14th in the nation in scoring defense, allowing a just 59.3 points per game.

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X-factor JaQuon Parker. When Parker finds his shooting stroke, the Cincinnati guard is another threat in the Bearcats’ offense, but he typically flies under the radar with Kilpatrick and Gates getting so much attention.

Against Texas, Parker scored 13 points. In the team’s win over Florida State, he finished with nine points.

What Cincinnati needs to do to win Limit Jared Sullinger. Cincinnati has to find a way to contain Sullinger — no easy task, considering he is averaging 20.4 points over OSU’s last five games. If the Bearcats can find a way to stop Sullinger, they’ll have a shot at advancing to the Elite Eight.

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Getting to know Wisconsin: The team, program, university Syracuse used a dominating secondhalf performance to defeat eighthseeded Kansas State 75-59 on Saturday, advancing to the Sweet 16 for the third time in four years. The Orange will square off against No. 4 Wisconsin, who defeated fifth-seeded Vanderbilt 60-57 in the third round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.

The Badgers (26-9) finished fourth in the Big Ten with a 12-6 mark in conference play. But Wisconsin has been up-and-down against ranked opponents this season, posting a 5-7 record against teams ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 poll. The Badgers are known for slowing the game down in an effort to extend their possessions.

Syracuse (33-2) will take on Wisconsin at 7:15 p.m. Thursday night in Boston. Here’s a look at what you need to know about the Badgers, the Wisconsin program and the university before Thursday’s matchup:

About the 2011-12 Badgers

Statistical leaders: Wisconsin is

led by point guard Jordan Taylor, who averages a team-high 14.7 points and four assists per game. The AllBig Ten point guard has scored 15.5 points per game in UW’s first two tournament contests against 13thseeded Montana and Vanderbilt. The Badgers have three starters who average five or more rebounds per game.

Ryan Evans, a 6-foot-6 forward, leads the team with 6.8 boards per game.

Junior center Jared Berggren, who is 6 feet 10 inches, patrols the paint and blocks about two shots per game.

The head coach: Bo Ryan is in his 11th season at the helm of Wisconsin, and he has led the Badgers

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