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Steamed A court denies Project Orange Associates’ request to condemn SU steam plant. Page 3

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Spark up Samuel Blackstone discusses the possibility of the legalization of medical marijuana.

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Comstock, Euclid lose power after electrical fire

By Rebecca Kheel and Beckie Strum The Daily Orange

East Syracuse lost power for approximately 30 minutes Monday after a transformer blew, causing an electrical fire on East Colvin Street in front of Manley Field House at approximately 10:40 p.m.

National Grid shut off power in order to fix the transformer.

National Grid and the Syracuse Fire Department responded to the electrical fire and were at the scene to fix the transformer shortly after it blew, said Department of Public Safety Chief Tony Callisto.

The outage affected Euclid and Comstock avenues.

Firefighters hosed the line where the fire erupted with a steady stream until

about 11 p.m.

DPS blocked traffic to South Campus on East Colvin Street between the intersections of Comstock Avenue and Skytop Road.

Many drivers traveling out of South Campus were unaware of the road block, and DPS experienced difficulty rerouting them.

“You always encounter problems when you block major road arteries,” said DPS officer Carl Hawlley.

DPS officers were stationed at Manley and scattered throughout the area at street lights, directing traffic while the lights were out, said DPS officer Jim Keefe.

The fire forced buses traveling to Man-

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andrew burton | special projects editor The Department of Public Safety blocks off a portion of East Colvin Street while National Grid fixes a blown transformer that caused a power outage along Euclid and Comstock avenues Monday night.

Hip-hop artist to advocate for inclusiveness

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men’s basketball team advances to the Sweet 16 for the second consecutive year with a convincing 87-65 win over Gonzaga Sunday.

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Bridging the gap between hip-hop and community awareness, rap artist Common will visit Syracuse University on March 30 to speak about the positive effects of social inteWhat: Common gration in Where: Hendricks the Syracuse Chapel When: March 30, 7 c o m m u n i t y and beyond. p.m.

The GramHow much: $5 with an SUID my Awardwinning hiphop artist will spread awareness about Islam and racial issues, host a question and answer session with the audience, and perform two pieces of poetry at Hendricks Chapel at 7 p.m. The event is a collaboration between the Student African American Society and the Muslim Students Association at SU. “We carry a series of events on campus where we educate and spread awareness about Islam and also African-Americans,” said Nyuma Njie, president of SAS and vice president of programming for MSA. “Common, being that he is very dedicated to the community, basically does what we do on a larger level.”

Common has produced more than seven albums, including “BE” and “Finding Forever.” Beyond producing music, in 2007 Common founded “The Common Ground see common page 8

cheryl mowczan | contributing photographer Mitchel Wallerstein, dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, is leaving Syracuse University in July to become president of Baruch College. He served as dean of Maxwell for seven years.

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hen Mitchel Wallerstein returned to Syracuse University in 2003 after 31 years away, he was surprised by the changes that greeted him.

No student protested across the Quad, the football team no longer played in Archbold Stadium and his alma mater, the Maxwell School of Citizenship and

Maxwell dean reflects on partnerships, internationalization of school while preparing to leave in July

Public Affairs, had a new building — one in which he would soon reside.

“It was a very, very different time,” he said of his years as a graduate student in Maxwell. “It was a time of great student activism. Literally, every day there were student protests in front of Hendricks Chapel and marches on the Quad. The students were very, very engaged.”

Wallerstein has been Maxwell’s dean

for the past seven years. He will leave the No. 1 graduate school for public affairs in July to become president of Baruch College, a City University of New York school.

During his time as dean at Maxwell, Wallerstein developed new partnerships with other colleges within SU, oversaw the creation of new programs

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Trustees pass budget, benefits

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The executive committee of Syracuse University’s Board of Trustees unanimously voted to pass the employee benefits proposal and the fiscal year 2011 budget on March 11, said Kevin Quinn, vice president of public affairs.

The committee, made up of about 15 to 20 members from the Board of Trustees, met at the Lubin House, SU’s headquarters in New York City, to vote on the proposal. No changes were made between the March 3 University Senate meeting and the final passage on March 11, Quinn said.

The changes to employee benefits have sparked debates between faculty, staff and administrators since the release of the original proposal in January. On March 3, a special meeting of USen was arranged to discuss changes made to the plan. USen committees and members expressed both concern and praise for the proposal and budget at that meeting.

The new employee benefits proposal will save the university $ 3 million, according to a statement

by Chancellor Nancy Cantor at the March 3 meeting. Most notably, the new proposal decreases the university’s contribution toward retirement benefits from 11 percent to 10 percent, provides a $1,000 offset to a tax to employees with same-sex domestic partner benefits and extends benefits to oppositesex domestic partners.

The fiscal year 2011 budget that passed proposed a 4 percent increase in student tuition, the lowest increase in more than 40 years.

Members of Student Association discussed student concerns relating to increasing tuition costs and financial aid at Monday night’s meeting.

“One of the most common complaints is that student tuition is going up and they don’t know why,” said SA President Jon Barnhart.

Barnhart spoke to the assembly about the correlation between an increasing number of students and a greater need for financial aid. The assembly also passed a resolution supporting the creation of an Asian and Asian American Studies program, which will be presented to University Senate on Wednesday.

For the fiscal year 2011, undergraduate tuition will increase by 4 percent, the smallest increase in 44 years. Barnhart said many students do not know how to go about getting financial aid to cover tuition costs. Individual students and specific student groups have brought forth concerns regarding financial aid and tuition to SA, he said.

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ic Society, a group that has actively protested tuition increases, will be working together to create a tuition packet to inform students and answer questions about where tuition money is going.

“It’s an idea on the table that we’re moving to action,” Barnhart said. There is no set time for when the tuition packet would be made available.

Barnhart has spoken with presidents of other universities’ students governments to see how they handle tuition concerns at their respective schools, in order to see what best suits SU. SDS and the administration have also tried to find ways to better inform students about their tuition.

Barnhart said he is “trying to put them together to find out what’s the best way to communicate where tuition goes.”

Although SA does not have any control over tuition costs, members can express their ideas on how to lower costs to the administration. Continuing the practice of eco-friendly habits was among the ideas on how to save the university see sa page 4

Steam plant to remain under university control after court decision

By Justin Murphy Staff Writer

A New York state appeals court denied a request by Project Orange Associates to seize Syracuse University’s steam plant and pipes Friday, saying the proposed eminent domain action would benefit only Project Orange and not the public.

In a unanimous decision, the court said the underlying basis of Project Orange’s request was its “outdated business model.” The proposed condemnation was the latest in a series of attempts to free Project Orange from a contract with SU, according to the ruling, and “a merely incidental public benefit coupled with a dominant

private purpose” is not grounds for state condemnation.

SU is currently operating the steam plant, which provides steam to the university, Crouse Hospital, the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse VA Medical Center and Upstate Medical University. Operations cost $ 6.1

million this year and are expected to rise by $ 3.1 million for the 2011 fiscal year.

Project Orange ran SU’s steam operation on Taylor Street from 1990 until last fall, when the parties split ways amid increasingly contentious litigation. Project Orange filed a lawsuit against SU

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SU alumnus, touring manager for Jonas Brothers to speak on career in music industry

By Kelly Peters Staff Writer

Syracuse University alumnus Rob Brenner, touring director for the Jonas Brothers, will speak Tuesday about his experiences What: Rob working in the Brenner music indusWhere: Room try as part of 007, Martin J. Bandier Whitman School of the Program for Management When: Today, 6:45 Music and the p.m.

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ship Lecture Series.

The lecture will begin at 6:45 p.m. in Room 007 of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management and is open to all students. Brenner is also currently the head of touring for Jordan Sparks and Demi Lovato.

In the past, he has managed acts such as Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and Mary J. Blige.

The Soyars Series invites speakers from the music industry, including artist managers, booking agents, music publishers, marketing executives and even artists themselves, said David Rezak, director of the

Bandier Program.

Based in management, Brenner’s job focuses on coordinating the musician’s live tours, Rezak said.

In the past, touring managers were extremely detail-oriented, organizing artists’ notebooks and setting itineraries for each member of the tour. But with newly advanced technology, Brenner’s job in the touring industry is evolving, Rezak said.

“The management company is the hub,” he said. “What Rob does is he liaisons for the management company out to the live touring

piece of the revenue stream.”

Some students said they find the potential insights of the music industry Brenner offers to be advantageous.

“I know the Jonas Brothers are kind of teen-based, which obviously isn’t most college students,” said Alex Barker, a senior film major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. “However, (the tours are) still run by professionals. I think you can appreciate what the people have to do to make that work.”

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ley and South Campus to detour and drop travelers off at alternative stops.

Judy Ferris, a Food Services employee at Ernie Davis Dining Center, was traveling back on one of the detoured buses and was dropped off at an alternative stop on Colvin Avenue closest to her car in the South Manley parking lot. She said she was disoriented and didn’t know how to get back to her car.

“The bus driver just stopped and yelled that if you’re going to Manley to get off,” she said. “I was like, ‘I don’t know where I am.’”

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money and potentially lower tuition.

SA also passed a resolution supporting a minor in Asian and Asian American Studies. Students have been trying to enact the program since 1997. The resolution will be presented to University Senate on Wednesday for approval.

Although SA passed the resolution, there is still concern surrounding the program.

Ran Li, a junior in the College of Arts and

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By 11:10 p.m. the Fire Department told DPS the situation was safe, and the street lights and electricity across campus came back on. DPS cleared the roads approximately five minutes later. rastrum@ syr.edu rhkheel@ syr.edu

Sciences who presented background information on the program to the assembly, said the next step is for the administration to begin a faculty search for next year. As of right now there are no full-time Asian and Asian American Studies faculty members.

The current interim chair is Prema Kurien, but she might not be here next year, he said.

“This bill has been on the table for quite some time now,” Barnhart said. “In meeting with the chancellor’s cabinet, it seems that support for this is overwhelming.” lgleveil@ syr.edu

“One of the most common complaints is that student tuition is going up and they don’t know why.”

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hat was once only a dream shared by potheads throughout America may soon become somewhat of a reality.

States across the country are debating policy changes concerning the legality of medical marijuana.

This year alone, 14 states will consider legalizing marijuana for medical purposes or reducing the penalties for possessing small amounts for personal use or both. On top of that, 14 states have already relaxed their marijuana laws.

I am opposed to the legalization of marijuana. While many state that the legalization of medical marijuana will help bring us out of the economic recession, I think there are alternative routes.

“A new poll reports half of New York voters support legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes,” an Associated Press article published on March 22 stated. “The Siena Research Institute shows 50 percent

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back legalization, while 41 percent are opposed and 9 percent say they don’t have enough information.”

Whether it’s a general change in attitude or a result of the recent economic recession, drug laws that have been in effect for more than 40 years may soon go up in smoke.

Experts believe that since many of today’s adults were baby boomers who grew up in the ‘70s, when experimenting with drugs was the norm, there has been a general shift in the population’s attitude toward marijuana. A 2009 Gallup poll asked people if they thought marijuana should be legal, illegal or if they had no opinion. The results found that 44 percent of Americans supported legalizing marijuana, compared with only 12 percent in 1969.

One explanation is that the recent economic recession has caused states to look for money in different places and that the idea of regulating and taxing marijuana would solve many

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sweet like splenda of the financial problems and budget deficits states like California and New York are facing. This answer seems to be closer to the truth.

Although public opinion has shifted, the majority of Americans are still opposed. In the same 2009 Gallup poll, 54 percent of people believed marijuana should be kept illegal. A better alternative, and one that no one seems to address, is lowering marijuana’s status from its current status as a Schedule One drug.

Schedule One drugs, as classified and defined in the Controlled Substances Act, are drugs that have no accepted medical use or

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value and have a high potential for abuse. Other drugs under this schedule include ecstasy and heroin.

Science has shown that marijuana does have medical value, and to say that it is highly addicting is a stretch of the truth to say the least. The Controlled Substance Act is archaic and outdated. Before legislators even address the question of the legality of marijuana, they need to change the way they enforce it.

However, Syracuse University students expressed their support for legalization.

Jeanine Stanislaus, a sophomore public relations major, cited the drug’s medicinal uses as one of her reasons. “It’s been proven that marijuana can relax people who are sick,” Stanislaus said. “Cancer patients often use marijuana as a way to ease the pain they experience when under chemotherapy.”

Chris Schultz, an undeclared freshman in the College of Arts and

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Sciences, explained his support as a logical conclusion when considering the patterns of human behavior.

“Legalization is necessary,” Schultz said. “People throughout the country will continue to use marijuana whether or not the drug is legal. A smart move by the government would be to legalize marijuana so the government could place a large tax on it.”

Prohibition of alcohol in the United States came to an end during the Great Depression because of its money-making ability. Politicians and government officials are just realizing that same fact in regard to marijuana. I’m not one of them, but the economic advantages seem to be the clinching point for many people who were once opposed to legalization.

Samuel Blackstone is a sophomore magazine journalism and political science major. His column appears weekly and he can be reached at sblackst@syr.edu.

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micromanaging what the speakers talk about and wants to let Brenner take the discussion in any direction he wants. The one thing he does encourage speakers to talk about is their background, especially those who are SU alumni. Many of the younger speakers who have just recently entered the music industry provide an example of success to students, he said.

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in November 2008 based on allegations of price gouging and secret cooperation with other companies, and SU countersued shortly thereafter. SU now claims Project Orange broke its lease, forfeiting the cogeneration plant it owns on university property.

In April, Project Orange asked the state to condemn SU’s steam plant and the pipelines connecting it to campus.

“The decision of the Appellate Division in the condemnation case ref lects what the university has said in all aspects of the litigation: POA’s claims are an attempt to evade POA’s obligations under its agreements with the university,” SU spokesman Kevin Morrow said in an e-mail.

Project Orange President Adam Victor declined to comment on the court’s decision, saying he had not yet reviewed it.

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“That fires students up. They think, ‘I could do that. That could be me in five or six years,’” Rezak said.

He said many speakers in the Soyars Series, which is held weekly, are valuable networking opportunities for students.

“It’s not just about the information that the speaker passes,” he said. “Sometimes it’s information, inspiration and networking opportunities. There’s just a lot of reasons why we find it relevant for our students.” kapete01@ syr.edu

the steam battle November 2008: Project Orange Associates sues Syracuse University based on allegations of price gouging and secret cooperation with other companies. SU countersues.

Oct. 19: SU begins producing its own steam after Project Orange stopped operating the plant because of the allegations the lawsuit is based on.

Nov. 23: Project Orange offers SU free steam. SU rejects offer.

Feb. 12: A pipe bursts in the SU plant, releasing asbestos.

and SU filed against each other are still pending in state Supreme Court. They could go to trial this spring if a judge does not dismiss them. jdmurp05 @ syr.edu

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and majors, and adapted the school to thrive in what he sees as a more international world.

Wallerstein’s visit to SU for his primary interview for the Maxwell deanship, in 2003, marked his fi rst time on campus since 1972, when he graduated with a master’s degree in public administration. Wallerstein was one of about a dozen initial candidates for the position, said David Rubin, chair of the search committee and then-dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

“We liked the fact that he was an SU grad,” Rubin said. “We do think that knowing the institution helps a lot, and having Orange in your blood is good.”

Wallerstein met his wife while attending SU in the ‘70s. While both have fond memories of the SU they had attended, the changes he saw upon his return were welcome ones. He said the university suffered worse fi nancial conditions than it does today and many of the buildings around campus were old and in disrepair then. The Maxwell building, which is home to his office, had not even been built yet.

“I felt the place looked a lot better,” he said of his visit.

After graduating from SU, Wallerstein went on to receive a master’s and a doctorate degree in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he began his career in academia in 1978. He then went on to teach at Holy Cross College, George Washington University, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins University and eventually SU. Wallerstein moved to Washington, D.C., in 1985, where he worked for the National Research Council of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, the U.S. Department of Defense and the MacArthur Foundation.

He attributes his almost 20-year period in Washington to what he said people call the “Potomac fever.”

“It means that people go there thinking, ‘Oh, I’m just going to stay here for a year or two,’” he said. “I stayed for 18.”

While in Washington, Wallerstein spent five years working in the Clinton administration as deputy assistant secretary for counterproliferation policy and senior representative for trade security policy. He worked on issues regarding nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, while also protecting national security by keeping such technologies secret.

Of his experiences in the Clinton administration, Wallerstein said one of his proudest accomplishments was establishing and cochairing a NATO committee on nuclear proliferation after the fi rst Gulf War. During that time, he spent about one weekend a month in Brussels working with committee members.

In addition to working with the president, Wallerstein also worked as the vice president for international programs at the MacArthur Foundation. The MacArthur Foundation works to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places and understand how technology is affecting children and society, according to its Web site.

It was in this position that Wallerstein had the opportunity to travel across the world, including to the headwaters of the Amazon, the Ngoro Ngoro crater in Tanzania and the Riff Valley in Kenya. He was part of a project at that focused on biodiversity conservation, which worked to eliminate the extinction of species and to preserve forests.

“Some of the places you’re about as far away from civilization as you can be on the planet,” he said of the places he traveled to during that

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But Wallerstein always knew he wanted to return to academia. As an SU alumnus, Maxwell seemed like the perfect place for that return.

Maxwell is the No. 1 graduate school for public affairs, according to U.S. News and World Report, and one of the top 10 international affairs programs. In addition, the school houses all of the undergraduate social science departments, and the students in those programs are jointly managed between Maxwell and the College of Arts and Sciences. It’s also home to a number of academic institutes, including the Campbell Public Affairs Institute, the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, and the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism.

When Wallerstein came to the university in 2003, the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism was managed under the College of Law and was just getting off the ground. His work in the Clinton administration with counterterrorism specifically made him question why Maxwell didn’t have a bigger role in the institute.

“It struck me as odd when I came that here’s this No. 1 school for public affairs in the country, and it has no focus on national security, particularly counterterrorism,” he said.

William Banks, director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism, said Wallerstein approached him when he fi rst came to the university about jointly managing the institute through Maxwell and the College of Law. The two met during the summer of 2003 after Wallerstein was hired, Banks said, and they immediately hit it off after discovering they shared common interests in the area of national security.

“It just became natural that we would try and work together, and it seemed to us and to (the dean of the law school) that it made sense for the institute to expand,” Banks said.

Since the schools began jointly running the institute, Wallerstein has proven to be a collaborative and involved dean, Banks said.

“Mitch is open, he’s collaborative, he’s very smart, he does his homework, he comes to meetings and events prepared, and he has his own ideas, but he’s quite willing to let others have their say and shape the way discussions go,” Banks said.

In addition to partnering with the College of Law, Wallerstein, together with Rubin, the dean of Newhouse, began two new degree programs between Newhouse and Maxwell.

One combines masters in public relations and international affairs for a degree in public diplomacy. The only other school that offers this type of degree is the University of Southern California. Students can also combine the television, radio and fi lm and history majors for a degree in history and documentary fi lmmaking.

From the committee that brought Wallerstein to the university to developing new programs to serving on the committee that helped implement a new budget system for the university, Wallerstein and Rubin bwecame close colleagues and friends.

“I fi nd him to be a very friendly guy with a good sense of humor and a backbone, and he can be tough and fight for his school, and I could be tough and fight for my school, so I liked that in him,” Rubin said.

In addition to the new programs on the graduate level, the undergraduate Middle Eastern studies major was also created in 2008. The program began in 2003, but the major was not available until 2008, said Mehrzad Boroujerdi, director of the program.

Boroujerdi also said Wallerstein worked hard to bring an international perspective to Maxwell. He has traveled across the world to

strengthen Maxwell’s relationships with other universities, including making an agreement with the American University of Beirut so that students can study in Lebanon. Wallerstein said he thinks his international experiences made him a desirable candidate for dean

“Mitch is open, he’s collaborative, he’s very smart, he does his homework, he comes to meetings and events prepared, and he has his own ideas, but he’s quite willing to let others have their say and shape the way discussions go.”

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because today’s world is more globalized than ever.

Wallerstein said he, Rubin and current Newhouse Dean Lorraine Branham have had a joke since Newhouse III was built: it’s Maxwell’s turn for a third building.

He didn’t get that building. But he did accomplish many other things during his deanship — 11 endowed professorships and chairs were created, Maxwell’s individual endowment doubled and the Moynihan Institute received a $10 million grant from Congress.

He also kept Maxwell the No. 1 school in its field — an achievement initially made by his predecessor, John Palmer — for all seven years of his deanship.

“When you’re No. 1, there is no place to go but down, and that didn’t happen. He kept it there,” Rubin said. “While I don’t put great store in these kinds of rankings, nevertheless, I think it’s a very good sign that Mitch took a strong Maxwell and kept it strong.”

After spending seven years in Syracuse, Wallerstein will return to a city lifestyle at Baruch. The school is about the same size as SU, with 16,000 students, but there is no quad, no dormitories and no green space.

In addition to the academic opportunities he will receive at Baruch, he’s happy to be moving closer to his family.

But even as he moves on, he will value the time he’s spent at SU and the accomplishments he’s made. Syracuse may not be as exciting as the headwaters of the Amazon, as exotic as the Ngorongoro Crater or even as fast-paced as New York City, but it’s a place he’s called home more than once.

“I’m going to miss Central New York,” he said. “Until you leave it, you don’t really appreciate how friendly and engaging it is up here. The pace is a little bit slower. Of course it’s a much smaller city. So, you know, I have to adjust my thinking.” kronayne@ syr.edu

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Foundation,” where he reaches out to urban communities in order to help them realize their full potential.

“We thought this was a very important person to bring to campus to talk about anything about interfaith or lessons in life that students can benefit from, listen to and enjoy,” said MSA president Mahad Hashi.

Yusuf Abdul-Qadir, president assistant for MSA and vice president of external affairs for SAS, said he hopes to include in the event students from Syracuse public schools in addition to SU students. Abdul-Qadir said he wants Common to inspire the youth of Syracuse to become more involved with the community.

“We’re going to give away about 30 free

tickets to kids in the community; that would include local high school students,” AbdulQadir said. “We want them to engage with him and see that there’s a lot of opportunities that can be useful.”

Both MSA and SAS believe that Common has the ability to unite the campus and community through his inspiring lectures and poems, Abdul-Qadir said. He said he believes that there’s a lack of unity on the SU campus not only between Muslim and African-American communities, but also between all groups and communities.

But Abdul-Qadir said he believes Common will raise awareness among the diverse set of communities at SU and beyond.

“We wanted to bring someone who can give to the campus community,” Abdul-Qadir said. “But at the same time, would also bring people together.” ansteinb@ syr.edu

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By Adam Popescu Contributing Writer

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he Bible and Playboy are not typically equated, but the Atheist Agenda at the University of Texas at San Antonio hoped to convince the student body of their parallels as it exchanged students’ religious texts for pieces of pornography during its “Smut for Smut” campaign.

“Forty-two religious texts were exchanged,” said Carlos Morales, president of the UTSA Atheist Agenda. “We ran out of pornography.”

Ideological divisions among the student body at UTSA were revealed as Atheist Agenda traded copies of print and video pornography for holy texts during a three-day period in early March. Atheist Agenda said religious texts were worse than pornography, while pro-Christian students contended the event should not have happened.

“I was angry, yet I was humble because anger would only make them feel victorious.”

Spenser Eggleston

member of “Dear Atheist Agenda, JESUS LOVES YOU!!!!!!!!” Facebook group.

As Atheist Agenda members handed out the pornography in exchange for religious texts March 1 on the steps of UTSA’s library, Christian protesters began gathering around them in the early afternoon, according to a March 2 article in UTSA’s student newspaper, The Paisano. UTSA police arrived on the scene later that afternoon to separate the two groups, and agnostics bridged the gap between the two, pleading for peace, according to The Paisano.

Morales said the religious literature was

much more harmful than pornography, describing it as anti-woman, pro-violence, pro-genocide, sexist and racist.

The pornography was kept sealed in manila envelopes and was purchased by members of the Atheist Agenda. The group screened identifications to ensure those procuring the pornography were at least 18 years of age.

The Atheist Agenda will read the scripture it received as pieces of literature and donated the excess books to halfpricebooks. com, Morales said. No religious scripture was defaced or destroyed.

Thomas Jackson, founder and former president of the Atheist Agenda described the group as an anti-theist social organization dedicated to the philosophy of free thought and the promotion of aggressive activism against theology and theological institutions.

Morales claimed that the event was intended to shock and awe students in order to get religious people to come to the event and spread ideas. This mode of aggressive activism has been a contentious issue for members of a pro-Christian group, who created a Facebook page titled “Dear Atheist Agenda, JESUS LOVES YOU!!!!!!!!” to oppose the Atheist Agenda.

“As Christians we must remember it is not ours to judge, but to instead love everyone,” said Peyton Vickers, the site’s administrator, on the Facebook page.

Spenser Eggleston, a student in the Facebook group, was angered by the events and said he disagreed with the university’s decision to allow the event because he felt it insulted his religion.

“I was angry, yet I was humble because anger would only make them feel victorious,” Eggleston said in an e-mail. “I do not support UTSA’s decision because even though I believe in free speech, the Atheists did this to purposely anger the religious community.”

Stephen Duke, a member of the Atheist Agenda, described threats toward himself and other members of the group via the

Atheists at the University of Texas at San Antonio exchange porn for Bibles

illustration by jill stromberg Internet, mail, word of mouth and face-to-face interaction.

“One of our members told me someone wanted our group president to be shot,” Duke said in an e-mail. “Some guy on Facebook threatened to bring a rifle to school but ‘was only kidding.’ Overall, though, I think the campus took it in stride and everybody acted appropriately.”

Despite the derisive subject matter, the event was sanctioned by UTSA as a matter

of free speech, said Marianne Lewis, UTSA’s director of public affairs. The Atheist Agenda went through the same protocol required by any student organization, she said.

“It created a lot of dialogue and in that regard, I think that’s what the university is a forum about: dialogue and different viewpoints,” she said. “There was no violence, but there was a lot of healthy, passionate exchange of information.” afpopesc@ syr.edu

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Campus apartmen ts!

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Located 2.5 miles away from Main Campus, the South Campus apartments are ideal for those looking for a personal bathroom, private bedroom and kitchen. While there is no buffet-style dining center, residents can purchase their meals market-style at Goldstein Student Center’s food court or at the South Campus Express mini grocery store. While taking a bus to and from classes can be inconvenient, the ability for residents to have a car at their apartments makes up for it.

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Traveling to and from this three-dorm complex can feel like quite the odyssey. However, if the constant calf-burning workout of walking up the College of Law steps can be overlooked, the actual residence halls, which were renovated only a few years ago have rooms that look beyond average and are well furnished. Most rooms are split-doubles, which are comparatively small to the other offering on campus. For any foursome looking for a suite next year, BBB’s suites offer generous amounts of floor space, complete with two open-doubles and a common room.

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By the Feature staff

ith the housing reservation process starting today, now is the time to pick the best dormitories for next year. When selecting the perfect residence hall, there are many aspects to consider: location, distance from classes, quality of building and, above all, wall thickness. A tricky process for sure, all it takes is one lottery number to place a student in a dream room in Watson Hall or in eternal social banishment on Mount Olympus. So be sure to have multiple backup options, pick friends with good lottery numbers and no matter the result, pack ear plugs for those extremely thin walls.

WATSON HALL

Watson is centrally located near E.S. Bird Library, Schine Student Center and the Quad. The residence hall contains opendoubles, quads and even six-person suites that make it an ideal location for upperclassmen to live. Watson is not available for freshman, which gives it a more mature vibe. One of its downfalls comes from not having a dining hall, but Ernie Davis Dining Center is right across Comstock Avenue. To make up for its lack of dining facilities, Watson is equipped with a convenience store that sells microwavable meals and snacks.

“Haven Hall is one of the most convenient locations. Although it is considered an older dorm, I think Haven is nice and comfortable.”

Alyssa Cashman

“It’s close to everything. The bathrooms are nicer than a lot of other dorms’ and there’s an ATM in the basement, which is convenient.”

Hall

A neighbor to the newly built Ernie Davis Hall, DellPlain Hall allows its residents to share Ernie Davis’ new facilities. DellPlain houses 436 students on its eight floors.

The dorm offers open-doubles, split-doubles, singles and quads, as well as two- and four-person suites. The first floor of the facility sports a kitchen available for student use, but that doesn’t make up for its missing dining center or convenience store.

Ernie Davis is the newest edition to SU’s collection of residence halls. It houses 250 students and seats 500 in its dining center, in addition to having a gym facility.

But Ernie Davis fire alarms are notorious for going off at all hours of the day and night.

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Melissa Cole

“Walking down the law steps to BBB “It’s a chore to get up it sucks because it can get really windy. ” likes 10 times a day.”

FRESHMAN FILM MAJOR, RESIDENT OF BREWSTER HALL

Victoria Campbell

FRESHMAN MANAGEMENT MAJOR, RESIDENT OF BOOTH HALL

Although it is one of the smaller residence halls on campus, Marion must not be ignored. Standing in the shadow of Watson Hall, Marion is located near Kimmel Hall, Ernie Davis Hall, two parking garages and the greek houses of Walnut Park. At just three floors high, Marion houses 143 students.

The alternating coed rooms are open-doubles. In the basement, Marion conveniently has a small gym and laundry area, though both are in need of a facelift. If residents learn how to use an indoor voice, Marion would be perfect, but until then, it can get a little loud. The walls are thin and anything spoken in the courtyard or by a neighboring room might as well be said over a loudspeaker.

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BOOTH HALL

Some students view Booth Hall as the ugly sister of DellPlain Hall. Booth has eight floors for its 261 residents and offers views of Thornden Park, Syracuse and Lake Onondaga. It is also a very short walk from both Marshall Street and Main Campus.

On the downside, Booth is on top of a steep hill. It is one of the highest points on the Hill beside Mount Olympus.

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SOPHOMORE EDUCATION MAJOR, RESIDENT OF DELLPL AIN HALL

HAVEN HALL

Though Haven is a little farther away from campus than other residence halls, it houses 372 students in split-doubles, singles and four-person suites that contain four single rooms and a common room. Each floor holds a lounge for hanging out with friends or studying, as does the main floor. Haven just closed its dining center, so most students now have to walk to Ernie Davis to reach the closest dining facility, but it does have a coffee machine and nicely sized rooms that attract both upperclassmen and lowerclassmen alike.

Located on Comstock Avenue, Shaw Hall offers one of the most convenient locations for party hoppers. Offering opendoubles and singles, Shaw offers a basic yet slightly cramped living experience. The bathrooms, on the other hand, are a different story. A little renovation wouldn’t hurt the aging facility’s unappealing look. Beyond the dated bathrooms, the Shaw experience is certainly not a negative one. The hall has its own dining facility, and with the arrival of Ernie Davis, Shaw’s dining center should no longer be overcrowded. While there are better choices on campus, Shaw’s location certainly makes it nicer than other offerings.

ERNIE DAVIS HALL

FRESHMAN BUSINESS MAJOR, RESIDENT OF HAVEN HALL

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KIMMEL HALL “The building is confusing and the walls are paper-thin - I have no desire to know how often my neighbors are getting laid.”

Jorie Richtin-Zack

SOPHOMORE BUSINESS MAJOR, RESIDENT OF WATSON HALL

“The dorm is kind of small, but I felt that was easier to get to know everyone. ” Justin Kwasnik

FRESHMAN COMPUTER ENGINEERING MAJOR, RESIDENT OF KIMMEL HALL

While known for its late-night food court, Kimmel Hall on Waverly Avenue houses 113 students in open-doubles.

Because of the dorm’s small size, Kimmel residents create a strong community. The hall has a convenient location, a plus when traveling to class, the library or parties off campus.

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Earning their stripes T

By Alexander James STAFF WRITER

he White Stripes have a longstanding reputation as one of the loudest and wildest live bands around. Their new live album, “Under Great White Northern Lights,” does a good job of recreating that trademark vigor, with 16 tracks of guitar rips, drums hits and crowd roars. An impressive live album is tricky to make, yet this one succeeds by highlighting the band’s strengths: Jack White’s unrestrained energy, Meg White’s complementary drumming and the audience’s passionate involvement. “Under Great White Northern Lights” is a great collection of White Stripes hits that should satisfy fans until the next studio album is released.

For the sake of context, know that this is a collection of live songs from the 2007 summer tour. The White Stripes’ performance in Canada was a first for their career, as they were out to blow away foreign audiences with their

primal energy. That much is clear from the first track, “Let’s Shake Hands,” which begins on a stern note with bagpipes and militaristic snare drumming. One minute in, the song explodes into overdriven chaos as Jack White screams and hacks away at his guitar’s six strings. The result is crazy and volatile, which continues into the equally wild “Black Math.” The first two tracks set up the unpredictable vibe that ensues throughout the album.

“The Union Forever” slows the tempo down, which allows White to show off his unique vocal range by approaching near-psychotic levels with his wails and shrieks. Performances of hits “Ball and Biscuit” and “Icky Thump” maintain this energy, as the Whites sound aggressive and in tune with one another. The momentum starts to heat up in the ninth track, with an emotional version of Dolly Parton’s classic “Jolene.” The minor-chord guitar strums resonate with the crowd one minute, then the drums kick in and the song bursts into

After years without a new album, The White Stripes prove they’re just as good live as they are in the studio

overdrive. It sounds great and comes as close to matching onstage energy as a musical medium can. The sound engineers for this album did a terrific job of clearly balancing instrumentation, vocals and crowd ambience while maintaining the mood of a riotous live show.

Naturally, the audience plays a major role in recreating the live White Stripes experience.

Acoustic ditty “We Are Going to Be Friends” and the Burt Bacharach cover “I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself” contrast in sound, yet both are enhanced by crowd hand claps and well-placed sing-alongs that complement the band’s flawless delivery. The Stripes give classic “Fell in Love with a Girl” an overhaul, slowing down the tempo and jacking up the audience involvement, and the result is terrific.

Things transition seamlessly into “When I Hear My Name,” which captures one of Jack White’s finest guitar solos. For a guy that usually tones down theatrics on albums, this is

some seriously wild shredding. The album concludes with a nearly six-minute, epic rendition of “Seven Nation Army,” the band’s signature song. This is a wild anthem that needs to be seen in person to be fully appreciated, but this version nonetheless ends the live show in proper fashion: wildly and unpredictably.

The White Stripes are known for their prolific output, after releasing five stellar albums between 1999 and 2005. Yet Jack and Meg White have remained absent from the musical scene since 2007’s acclaimed “Icky Thump.”

Naturally, the band’s release of a live album in 2010 seems like an obvious attempt to drum up attention and give fans some fresh material.

But that’s not a bad thing: “Under Great White Northern Lights” may be nothing more than a collection of hits and covers, but The White Stripes perform with so much passion that fans can’t help but eat this up and crave more. ajhaeder@syr.edu

Release date: 3/16/2010 Sounds like: The White Stripes on steriods Genre: Alternative rock

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‘Under Great White Northern Lights’

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Spring Break springs you back into romantic relationships

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ike chicken soup is good for the soul, Plan B is good for the unprepared and Windex is good for the Greeks, a little vacation time is good for relationships.

Whether you’re deep in love, falling in love, looking for love or avoiding love, a little peace and relaxation or a lot of techno and tequila can be magical.

Taking a breather from reality, schoolwork, responsibilities, pledging and Kalzonies can be cleansing and can change you more in just one week than in 12 sessions with your psychiatrist.

It’s mostly about being out of your comfort zone. Isn’t it always easier to have the homecourt advantage? Winning on the road is much more of a challenge. You’re not used to the court, you’ve got fans cheering for the other players, you have to adjust to new lighting and sleep in anonymously worn-in beds. Plus, traveling creates constipation, so it’s not always a pretty picture.

So making it work with your previous lover or relying on the support of a prospective loved one is much more likely to happen on the road than at home.

Watching your man navigate an airport with poise and then grant you the window seat while squishing himself next to a mildly obese stranger who carried on lo mien and sleeps with the light on during your red-eye flight beats most acts of chivalry you might have encountered pre-vacation. At home, you’re lucky if your seat at Bleu Monkey gets pulled out for you or you get to watch the movie you voted for, but on vacation, you’re treated like a princess.

Talia Pollock

did it hurt when you fell from heaven?

Of course you’ll get the royal treatment from men at resorts. With unlimited drinks and food, all the guys turn into waiters for hot girls in teeny-weenie bikinis. Forget waiting in line for another round, guys simply bombard you with bottles and even generously offer to pour them in your mouth so you don’t get parched.

Flash back to Chucks Café on a Friday night and you’re lucky to push your way to the bar through all the guys ordering refills of pitchers.

If a relationship can survive or thrive on a vacation, you’ve got a pretty solid thing going on. We’re always talking about how difficult long-distance relationships are and how taxing and tolling it is to be separated from our significant others. But what happens with the opposite?

On vacation, you and your beau are practically attached at the hip. You sleep together, wake together and dine at least seven meals a day together. There are no classes or group projects or intramural basketball games to interrupt your one-on-one time. No responsibilities other than to sunbathe next to one another, reapply sunscreen, say cheese for this picture and that picture, and then retake this picture and that picture because your smile in this and

that looked forced. Heck, if you can survive a week together while taking pictures without forcing smiles, you’re a mench.

Experiencing a change of scenery with your loved one is always nice, too. There’s just something about doing it in a hotel bed or gazing out over a beautiful sunset that can make you appreciate your companion so much more.

Everyone looks sexier by the ocean than by their MacBook, right?

And then there’s the temptation that vacations bring. There is the weeklong mingling of hundreds of other college students stumbling around in minimal clothing, all burnt and peeling, ready to make some memories. It might be a shock and a treat to see so many girls without black leggings or so many guys without greek letters, but if you can stay true to the one with which you came, you two have got something really special.

But hey, we can’t forget that sometimes, new relationships bloom during Spring Break. Not much can trump a romantic evening on the beach with the winner of the booty-dancing contest. On vacation, because we are free from stress, we unleash our truest selves. And when we are ourselves, our hearts (or our lady and man parts) seem to relax and yearn to be utilized a bit more. But now, it’s back to the books.

Talia Pollock is a junior television, radio and film major and the assistant feature editor. She recommends a camping excursion for the ultimate relationship builder. There’s just nothing quite like peeing in the bushes together. Her column appears weekly and she can be contacted at tpollock@syr.edu.

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Syracuse breezes by Catamounts in 1st round of NCAA Tournament

By Tyler Dunne Managing Editor

BUFFALO—Déjà vu doom briefly crossed Andy Rautins’ mind. His 2-on-1 alley-oop to Kris Joseph in the second half sailed high and Joseph crashed to the hardwood. Like Arinze Onuaku. Eight days prior.

Rautins ran over — head coach Jim Boeheim screaming at him syracuse 79 in the background — and vermont 56 grabbed Joseph’s head to get his attention.

“Use an expletive in there, but I told him I messed up,” Rautins said. “I immediately knew it was my fault. We just have to be smarter.”

Lesson learned. The last thing Rautins wants is another crippling injury.

For one game, Syracuse easily overcame the injury heard around the world. And in the process, SU hinted that it might roll right along without Onuaku. On Friday night, Syracuse coasted to a 79-56 first-round win over Vermont in front of 18,948 fans at HSBC Arena. Smaller and faster, Syracuse raced upcourt with abandon. Its quicktrigger shots fell.

And, oh yeah, Syracuse scored on the aforementioned play. On his way down, Joseph passed the ball to Rick Jackson, who laid it in. It was that kind of night for Syracuse. Playing at a higher gear, SU compensated for Onuaku’s absence.

“That’s what it was, we got our transition,” Rautins said. “We have three or four guys that are capable of getting out and running with the ball.”

Unlike its Big East cohorts, Syracuse didn’t give Vermont life. From the onset, the Orange used its superior speed and size to race to a 35-10 lead. Syracuse totaled 24 assists and continuously found the open man to break the game open. Syracuse’s balanced scoring — five players scored in double figures — was too much. Wes Johnson led

all scorers with 18. Jardine added 14.

The key was swaying defense to offense. Vermont couldn’t keep up.

“I just thought our defense was better,” Boeheim said. “And then when our defense is better it picks up our offense and our offense kind of gets us going.”

Expect a slightly expanded outside game, players say. With three 3-pointers apiece, Johnson, Rautins and Brandon Triche stretched Vermont’s defense. But nothing radical.

“It’s more of the same,” Triche said. “A lot of times in the game we only have one big man, so now it’s just Rick. It’s really similar. There’s going to be a little bit more 3s taken and probably more shots up by the guards, but other than that it’s the same.”

More of the same includes some showtime from Syracuse’s other point guard. The Orange’s furious run to start the game was punctuated by one shirts-and-skins, playground play by Jardine midway through the first half.

With one dribble under his legs, Scoop Jardine lulled Nick Vier to sleep and then froze the Vermont guard with another blink-quick crossover.

Jardine kissed in a high banker, was fouled and the Orange-embroidered crowd exploded to a “Scooooop!”-pitch.

Jardine made his ensuing free throw to give Syracuse a commanding 35-10 lead.

“I think that caught everybody by surprise,” Jardine said. “I’ve got to see it. I’ve got to go back and see that.”

From there, Syracuse shifted to autopilot.

Vermont used a 15-2 run to close SU’s halftime lead to 12. But that’s as close as the Catamounts got. As the second half progressed, free-spirited alley-oops and an assortment of backups spilled onto the court. After a two-game losing streak, the top-seeded Orange got back on track.

“We go on runs,” Triche said. “We’re a team

court hathaway | staff photographer Andy Rautins dribbles downcourt in Syracuse’s 79-56 win over Vermont Friday. The senior helped guide a balanced scoring attack that featured four double-digit scorers. that goes on runs. I think it was our defense and rebounding. We rebounded great in that stretch and got in transition.”

This remains a strange sight for Jardine. At times Friday, he glanced around the court, did a double take, a triple take and asked himself, “Is this 2010 or is it 2011?” All season he has had Onuaku at his disposal underneath. Take that piece away and some things change. DaShonte Riley will see more time, sure. But the Orange will go

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as far as its six-man core takes it.

Syracuse’s 270-pound rock is in sweats, rendered to a pseudo-coach role.

“It’s a big blow to our team,” Jardine said.

“He’s one of my best friends on this team. I just want him to go through this whole moment with us, but we’ll be fine.”

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Inspired by past, Orange edges longtime rival Hopkins in balanced win

By Brett LoGiurato Asst. Copy Editor

BALTIMORE — Before the Syracuse men’s lacrosse team played Johns Hopkins Saturday, its members gathered together to watch some of their past.

The squad enjoys watching former greats. syracuse 10 They appreciate history. rather than sit idle for johns hopkins 7 And an hour and a half before Hopkins, SU watched film of the 1989 national championship game against JHU — a shootout that ended in a narrow victory for the Orangemen.

“They love watching old Syracuse games,” SU head coach John Desko said of his current team.

“And we had an hour and a half to kill before we left to come to the field, so we just set up a projection and the guys picked what they wanted to watch.”

What the team watched was a balanced offensive juggernaut and an attack that exposed a defense led by one of the greatest Johns Hopkins defenders of all time, Dave Pietramala — who is now the school’s head coach. And the No. 3 Orange (4-1) took those lessons to heart Saturday night, riding a balanced offensive attack to a 10-7 victory over the No. 7 Blue Jays (4-3) before a crowd of 6,504 at Homewood Field.

Six different players scored for SU, which included a career-high three goals for senior midfielder Max Bartig. SU had five goals in the first half from five different players. And that harmony led to first-half domination. The Orange controlled the faceoff X, winning 6-of-8 draws before the break, driving SU to a 19-9 shot advantage.

“I think every time we play Syracuse, we know every player on their offense is a weapon,” said Hopkins goaltender Mike Gvozden, who finished with 14 saves.

Continuing that balance to start the second half, Bartig notched the first hat trick of his career with two goals to open the quarter, and Stephen Keogh added his second goal of the game to plant the seeds of a blowout. It was 8-1 SU, and the Orange built a cushion it would never relinquish.

It was the theme of balance that caught Pietramala’s eye.

“If you told me (before the game) we’d hold Keogh to two (goals) when he’s been scoring five and six a game,” Pietramala said, “and you told me we don’t give Daniello a goal, and we hold Cody Jamieson to one goal and Jovan Miller to none, I’d tell you we got a pretty good chance to win the game.”

But that cushion almost vanished as the second half went on. The Blue Jays took advantage of their possessions and showcased a vaunted offensive attack of their own, with senior Steven

Boyle adding two goals and leading a charge.

As it has time and time again this season, the Orange failed to take a lead and run with it, instead allowing Johns Hopkins to slowly creep

“It probably started earlier today when we got to watch the ‘Cuse-Hopkins game (from 1989) at the hotel. Just watching that game gave me inspiration to try something.”

Cody Jamieson

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back into the game. Stymied by Gvozden, who made one point-blank save after another, the Orange scored just one goal over the span of a quarter and a half.

“I thought both teams in the first half and second half had opportunities to score a couple more points,” Desko said. “But I thought the goalies came up big and made some great one-on-one saves and some saves you don’t see every day.”

Fittingly, the game was finally sealed when the Orange’s offensive balance truly came full circle.

The Blue Jays crept to within just two at 9-7. Enter junior longstick midfielder Joel White — best known for locking down star JHU midfielder Michael Kimmel Saturday — to the offensive fracas.

Sprinting in from the ride side after Jeremy Thompson took the faceoff, White grabbed the groundball off the wing and stormed down field.

Just seconds after Hopkins had scored its goal, Desko thought about taking a timeout. He knew White was about to shoot.

Luckily for Desko, his longstick midfielder knows his way around the offensive end as well.

Back of the net. Nine seconds after the Blue Jays’ goal. Momentum, and game, back in hand.

“We’ve had different guys contributing all year,” Bartig said. “He’s perfectly capable of doing that. He steps up in big-time situations when we need him to.”

Tingled with shades of 1989, the Orange again walked out of a game with the Blue Jays with an all-around effort on the offensive end.

“It probably started earlier today when we got to watch the ‘Cuse-Hopkins game at the hotel,” Jamieson said. “Just watching that game gave me inspiration to try something.” bplogiur@syr.edu

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Despite Jackson’s early foul trouble, Orange keeps poise

By Matt Ehalt Staff Writer

BUFFALO — Rick Jackson said he didn’t want to pick up that third foul and the seat on the bench that would come with it.

Nevertheless, just 55 seconds after foul No. 2 against Gonzaga on Sunday, Jackson committed his third foul and made the long, sad walk back to the bench.

Syracuse only led Gonzaga by one point.

Big but raw freshman DaShonte Riley was about to play extended time in the Orange’s most important game of the season. The game was in the balance, and Syracuse’s center was a rarely used player who averaged 1.4 points and 1.3 rebounds per game.

The defining moment of the game loomed ahead.

“I knew that the team needed me, and I wanted to be that presence in the middle, but DaShonte got in there and he did a good job,” Jackson said. “And that’s when I finally relaxed. He’s handling the middle, and I just couldn’t wait for the second half to start up.”

Syracuse could have wilted. Instead, it closed the half on a 25-11 run that helped ice the game in the Orange’s 87-65 win over Gonzaga in a second-round West Regional game at HSBC Arena in Buffalo.

Gonzaga’s 7-foot center, Robert Sacre, scored just one basket in the final 8:58 of the first half, with Riley doing a serviceable job of containing him.

“This team has had such great cohesiveness all year no matter what five guys are on the floor,” shooting guard Andy Rautins said. “We’re all on the same page. We’re more than confident in DaShonte stepping up and having big minutes. He’s progressing every day. We have confidence in whoever is on the floor.”

When Jackson left, Syracuse quickly used a 9-0 run to balloon its lead to 31-21, before Gonzaga sliced the lead to 32-28. Rautins then scored four straight points, before finding Brandon Triche for a layup that pushed the lead back to 10.

In that final 8:58, the Orange stepped up defensively, limiting Gonzaga to just 11 shots and forcing four turnovers. Gonzaga tallied

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So much for that. Sunday’s 87-65 thrashing of Gonzaga muzzles this logic. Onuaku’s injury is a huge blow. He makes Syracuse deeper and bigger. Paired together, Onuaku and Rick Jackson bludgeon smaller teams underneath. But after Syracuse breezed through Buffalo, it’s obvious that Onuaku’s absence is not the apocalyptic loss that many—count me in—expected.

The injury put blinders on the perfect storm unraveling. Syracuse doesn’t need Onuaku until the national title game. Finally healthy, Wes Johnson is reintroducing himself to America as a completely new player.

And Syracuse’s road to Indianapolis is big man-proof. The Orange has already faced the best center — Zags 7-footer Robert Sacre — it would until Kentucky in the finals.

Granted, DaShonte Riley looked like a kid with his permit trying to navigate through construction-laden Route 81 at times. But don’t

just two buckets in the final 3:49 of the half.

“When (Rick) went out, me and Kris took it upon ourselves to get to the boards,” Wes Johnson said. “When DaShonte came in, we knew we would be fine when he came in. We would have to crash the boards more and really make an emphasis on defense to get out to the shooter and make it tough for them.”

The soft-spoken Riley was pleased with his performance in the extended time, which saw him total 15 minutes with an assist and a steal but no points or rebounds. He played for all but 29 seconds of that 8:58 stretch.

“I knew that the team needed me and I wanted to be that presence in the middle, but DaShonte got in there and he did a good job. And that’s when I finally relaxed. He’s handling the middle, and I just couldn’t wait for the second half to start up.”

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“I wanted to go out there and play hard,” Riley said. “I know I was going to play some minutes in this tournament, but I never knew I would be put in a situation where the game was that close, but at the same time I just wanted to go out there and play hard and just give an effort.”

court hathaway | staff photographer rick jackson (left) stands with head coach Jim Boeheim in SU’s 87-65 win over Gonzaga Sunday. Jackson got into early foul trouble, but the Orange didn’t miss a beat.

For Brandon Triche, it’s all about confidence.

As the season wound down, the freshman point guard said his confidence was low. That stopped him from attacking the basket and playing aggressively like he normally does.

He did not score double-digit points since a

game against Providence on Feb. 2, and his numbers dropped like an anchor.

But in his first two NCAA Tournament games, the offensive output has returned, coinciding with a rekindling of his confidence. Triche scored 13 points against Gonzaga on Sunday and is now averaging 11.5 points per contest in the Tournament. He hit two more 3s against the Bulldogs, moving his two-game total to five. He had just five 3-pointers in his last 14 games entering the

Tournament.

“My confidence is high, I’m having fun and that’s the key. You just have to have fun out there,” Triche said. “Toward the end of the season, I really wasn’t having fun out there and also just putting a lot of pressure on myself to do good, so I think that kind of affected my game. So now I’m just playing at ease. I’m at ease with myself, and I’m playing comfortable and I’m helping the team out.”

lose sleep over Onuaku’s health. If he returns, it’d be a bonus. A surprise $10 bill in Jim Boeheim’s pocket.

To be clear, Johnson’s body was battered more than anyone realized. That parentaladvisory fall against Providence and hand injury against Connecticut severely dumbed down Johnson’s game. His hip was bruised.

His heel was bruised. His hand inflated to oven-mitt horror. No wonder Johnson shot only 31 percent in an eight-game stretch. He had no lift.

At HSBC Arena, Johnson made a statement on both ends. With Onuaku out and Jackson in foul trouble, Johnson grabbed 14 rebounds.

Offensively, he was possessed. Aggressively launching any shot he pleased — rewatch that step-back 3 immediately after class — Johnson earned himself thousands with each stroke.

“If I caught it and I shot it, I thought it was going in,” Johnson said. “It was kind of hard to get me out of my zone.”

Simultaneously, the game was caving for Syracuse inside. This was the worst-case sce-

nario. When Jackson picked up his third foul with 8:58 still to go in the first half, the Orange should have self-destructed. Sacre practically foamed at the mouth when Riley re-entered the game. At every opportunity, Sacre blasted his right shoulder into Riley’s sternum to post up. The paint was an MMA octagon for him.

In disbelief, head coach Jim Boeheim yelled at officials, “This is bull****!”

Only Gonzaga never made a push. Take away Riley’s gruesome two-play sequence — an eyesore air ball and the ball being plucked out of his hands by a player half his size — and he served his purpose.

“Losing A.O. hurt our team,” Jardine said.

“We feel like A.O. is still with us. I’m going to keep saying that. His presence isn’t out there, but DaShonte played against A.O. all year. For him to give us minutes is a help.”

In 15 minutes, Riley used up his five fouls.

He’s probably the only player in school history to receive a standing ovation after scoring zero points. Orange fans became parents boosting their son’s self-esteem. They knew

Riley would be needed again.

Funny thing is, this side of the bracket is favorable for Syracuse.

Butler is one of the smallest teams left in the Tournament. Xavier is a team predicated on slashers. Kansas State is feisty, but not overpowering. Syracuse wouldn’t see a threat on the block until Kentucky in the championship game, when there’s always a 50-50 chance DeMarcus Cousins will Rasheed Wallace himself out of a game.

And maybe by then, Onuaku will be an Advil away from playing. Depth isn’t a concern. The field is weak in the frontcourt, and we’re watching Wes Johnson redefine himself with each shot.

“You have to,” he said. “The Tournament is a whole new season. I’m going out there and reintroducing myself.”

For Syracuse, that will be enough to reach Indy.

Triche comes on again

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Tyler Dunne is a managing editor at The Daily Orange, where his columns appear occasionally. He can be reached at thdunne@ syr.edu

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Rautins leads hot-shooting Orange offense with bevy of 3s

By Tyler Dunne Managing Editor

BUFFALO — At the very moment Syracuse’s foot was on Gonzaga’s throat, Scoop Jardine took pity. After all, the point guard has seen this too many times. Jardine knows exactly when Andy Rautins is going to erupt. There’s an extra hitch in Rautins’ cuts, a cruel snarl in his lip.

So Jardine found him. And, well, sympathized.

“Once Andy hit one or two shots, I felt bad for the opponent,” Jardine said. “Andy does a great job of running and getting to the spot more than any shooter. A lot of guys in this country can shoot, but a lot of guys in the country can’t get to the spots as fast as Andy.”

The result was a hailstorm of 3s that buried Gonzaga, 87-65, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Friday. Rautins’ one-man scoring spree rendered Gonzaga a speck in SU’s rearview mirror. He turned HSBC Arena into his personal driveway, exploding for 11 points in a span of 2:08.

By the time the Zags could call a mercy

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and looking for his shot, he’s definitely one of the best players in the country, without a doubt,” shooting guard Andy Rautins said. “His unselfishness out of that — 31 points — is what separates him from a lot of players.”

Hampered with injuries down the stretch of the regular season, Johnson’s numbers slipped.

He was no longer the dominant force that carried Syracuse to a No. 1 ranking. His shots were bouncing off the rim instead of smoothly dropping through the nets. Johnson said his badly injured right hand prevented him from picking up a laptop, much less controlling a basketball.

Against Georgetown in the Big East tournament on March 11, he scored 24 points and said he finally felt healthy. Friday night, in the NCAA opener against Vermont, he led SU with 18 points.

Sunday was no different.

He came out firing, hitting a 3 from the left cor-

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game was effectively over. Rautins finished with 24 points, going 5-of-9 from deep.

“Andy’s a great shooter,” sophomore Kris Joseph said. “We all know that. Everybody in the crowd knows that. And so does Gonzaga. But he does a great job of getting open and knocking down shots.”

Believe it or not, Rautins used to be tentative.

He used to shy away from this role. Five years ago — even though his Dad, Leo, was Team Canada’s senior coach — Rautins was nearly cut from the country’s Under-21 team. Content going through the motions, Rautins couldn’t differentiate himself during tryouts. The junior coach, Dave Crook, told Leo that Andy had to go.

“Dad, I might get cut,” Leo remembers Andy saying on the phone. To which Leo replied, “Damn right! What are you going to do about it?”

So Rautins turned on the jets at the tryouts, made the team and led Canada to a bronze medal.

This mindset has only grown over time.

Shots are earned, not granted. Against Gonzaga, Rautins hunted down his shot and lifted Syracuse to the Sweet 16. It’s not as much the quick release

as the quick cuts that have Jardine in awe.

“He runs the whole game,” Jardine said. “Andy never stops moving. You know when Andy really, really wants it because he gets to that spot. It’s easy for me.”

Rautins can no longer sneak up on anybody.

Synonymous with Syracuse, he is arguably the purest shooter in college basketball. So he has to earn it, has to remember that tryout with Canada.

He knows that passiveness can halt a shooter more than any exotic defense a coach throws at him.

Chances are, Thursday will be the same story.

Butler will dog Rautins. At which point, the fifthyear senior knows what to do.

Syracuse’s second-round whitewash was a rerun of so many games this season. At certain times, Rautins must take over.

“It’s just setting the tone for the team and being aggressive,” Rautins said. “If I hit one or two, I’m going to keep going and look for my shot.”

ner to give SU its first lead at 3-2. Gonzaga retook a 6-3 lead, and Johnson tied it with another 3. He took four of Syracuse’s first five shots, asserting himself like he did before the injury.

“He’s just really getting back — if he hadn’t had this injury, he would be up at an even higher level now than he is,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said. “He was playing at a really high level, and he was getting better. That just took him right back down for eight games, 10 games.”

Even with Johnson gelling offensively, Syracuse still found itself in a bind. Rick Jackson picked up his third foul with 8:58 left in the first half, rendering him to the bench. SU only led 22-21, rarely used freshman DaShonte Riley was in and Gonzaga appeared poised for a run.

Instead, the Orange broke the game open with a brilliant blend of play at both ends of the court.

A quick 9-0 run capped by a Johnson jumper near the 3-point line made it a 10-point game.

The Bulldogs (27-7) sliced the lead to 32-28, but another 9-0 run led to a 47-32 halftime lead.

The crowning moment was a 3 by Johnson

that gave Syracuse a 41-28 lead and forced Gonzaga head coach Mark Few to call a timeout. Even though the shot had already gone through the net, Johnson made sure to keep his right hand elevated at the end of his shooting motion.

“I had to (hold the Michael Jordan pose) because nobody was on me,” Johnson said. “I was shooting that shot in warmups and I let it go and it felt good when it left, so I held it up for a little bit.”

And despite the undetermined loss of center Arinze Onuaku, Johnson may be the key cog to

carry the Orange the distance. He’s averaging 24.5 points in the Big Dance. The injuries are a thing of the past. He’s the Johnson of old. And the Orange is rolling into Salt Lake City because of it.

“It’s starting to get real,” Johnson said. “We just have to keep our mindset where it is, on the defensive end and rebounding end, then let everything else take care of itself.”

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timeout, Rautins was already backpedaling and holding up a “3” symbol with each hand. The Orange coasted from there.

“Just trying to set the tone at the start of the second half,” Rautins said. “Staying aggressive. I think that has been one of our flaws all season, coming out in the second half when we have the lead.”

Shooting 60 percent from the field, Syracuse took a 47-32 lead into halftime. But considering Rick Jackson had three fouls — and the Bulldogs were unapologetically pounding the ball at freshman DaShonte Riley — it seemed SU would need to sweat out the next 20 minutes.

Then, like he has done so many other times, Rautins put the game on his shoulders.

Treating Gonzaga like JV practice dummies, Rautins easily broke loose for a pair of 3-pointers to resounding cheers. The next possession, he drove to the basket, drew a foul and hit two free throws. Seconds later, he tossed an inbounds pass to Rick Jackson, received the ball back and launched another trey from the left corner.

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The Big East Player of the Year had maybe his best game this season, scoring a career-high 31 points and pulling in 14 rebounds.

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He didn’t score until after Syracuse’s lead had grown to more than 20 and managed only eight points on the day.

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the day for the SU team. By Marrone’s own admission, the defense is slightly ahead of the offense at this point thanks to the fact that the offense is learning a new system.

But even with that, Carter said he is just happy Marrone took the time out to help him get back on the field.

“I just felt I needed some time alone, some time to take a step back and focus on my academics,” Carter said. “And that time helped me out a lot, and Coach Marrone helped me step by step.”

Filling the gap With the loss of Jones, Syracuse finds itself in an even deeper hole at the wide receiver position. Jones was listed at the head of the depth chart at the Z wide receiver position, but now someone will need to step up.

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Weaver is a 6-foot-2 senior transfer out of Hofstra. He left Hofstra for Syracuse after the Pride shut down its football program.

Heading into the spring, Marrone expected a great deal from the Division I-AA veteran.

But now, with Jones gone, Weaver becomes a more integral part of the team. And after one practice, it appears as if he is a viable candidate to fill that role.

“We just kind of moved some people around, just kind of moved everyone up one,” Marrone said. “But I think it will give someone an extra opportunity to go. And Weaver from Hofstra, he looked good today.

He played well today. So maybe someone can step up and play that position.”

Even though there has been only one practice between the two of them, Weaver and sophomore quarterback Ryan Nassib are already trying to become familiar with each other. Nassib, who refers to the transfer from Hofstra as “Weav,” had high praise for the

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He’s got some skills that not a lot of receivers have. He’s our only senior receiver, and you know, he has been around the game and he has a lot to offer to the team as well as some of the other guys.”

Now, Weaver is in a prime position to get the playing time Jones may have been able to grab. But just like the rest of the receivers, he says he is just trying to remain focused on learning a new offensive system. Even if he is a veteran, the learning process will take time.

And now the talk of the team is him and the other receivers, not Jones.

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Jones leaves program, LB Carter returns

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court hathaway | staff photographer wes johnson celebrates following Syracuse’s convincing 87-65 victory over Gonzaga in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Johnson netted a career-high 31 points and 14 rebounds as No. 1 SU advanced to its second straight Sweet 16, where it will face Butler.

Dominating performance from Johnson leads SU to round of 16

By Matt Ehalt Staff Writer

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UFFALO — Wes Johnson walked past midcourt, triumphantly holding his right arm in the air.

As the final seconds of a game that had been decided an hour earlier finally ticked away, the emotions began to pour out of him.

It was his day. His show.

He banged that right hand against his chest, administering the same type of blow to his body that he had inflicted on Gonzaga all afternoon long.

Then, as a reminder of what’s to come, he held up four fingers to the crowd seated behind the Syracuse bench that was still savoring the Orange’s impressive 87-65 disman-

tling of the Bulldogs in Sunday’s second-round game in the NCAA West Regional.

“We got four games left, that’s all that is,” Johnson said, referring to the number of wins standing between the Orange and a second national title.

“We’re trying to win it and we got four games, and we’re trying to keep our mindset focused on that.”

Johnson was every bit of a star attraction, powering Syracuse with a career-high 31 points and 14 rebounds as the top-seeded Orange routed No. 8 seed Gonzaga at HSBC Arena in Buffalo. Syracuse earned a trip to Salt Lake City for a Sweet 16 date with No. 5 seed Butler on Thursday at 7:07 p.m.

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UFFALO — On the eve of Syracuse’s second-round game against Gonzaga, players were so uninhibited, so willing to talk about anything and everything.

Scoop Jardine, who has been the team’s resident Joe Namath with the media, dished on the origins of his nickname. No, it’s not basketball-related. His grandmother thought his head was shaped like an ice cream scoop when he was born.

“I just came out and my head was all messed up,” he said.

But the status of Arinze Onuaku? That’s like saying bomb on an airplane.

“No comment, no comment,”

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country grammar repeated Jardine, turning to a different reporter. “Next question.”

A.O. Watch has taken on a life of its own. Since the senior center crumbled to the Madison Square Garden floor on March 11, his status has revved into daily TMZlevel fodder. Above all, the injury gave everybody a new reason to doubt Syracuse.

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Syracuse’s first practice of the spring wasn’t defined by a singular play on the field. Rather, it was simply about who suited up.

After being removed from the prespring depth chart due to academic issues, sophomore linebacker E.J. Carter was back practicing with the Orange Monday. And on the jones other side of the ball, wide receiver and kick returner Mike Jones was absent from practice. Jones informed the team of his leave Monday.

“You know, it was a shock,” SU head coach Doug Marrone said of Jones’ decision to leave the team.

Marrone found out about Jones’ decision to leave the team at 12:45 p.m Monday and said he “is no longer a part of the team” following practice in the Iocolano-Petty Football Complex of Manley Field House later in the day. He will join former starting center Jim McKenzie as a player who had eligibility but will not be with SU in 2010. McKenzie left the team after receiving his undergraduate degree with the goal of attending medical school.

“I don’t understand it,” Marrone said of Jones leaving the team. “I think he’d be better off commenting on that. You know, again, like I told you the time frame: 12:45.”

Jones caught his teammates off guard as well. The rising sophomore was slotted to start as the Z receiver on the depth chart after playing in every game last year as a running back and as the team’s primary kick returner.

Derrell Smith said he woke up Monday morning and thought about seeing his former teammate out there on the practice field. But just hours later, that vision was far from reality.

“I mean, obviously you have to move on,” Smith said. “That was a big loss. Yeah, so it was like a shock to me when I found out this morning.

But the team has to go on. We lost one player.”

Before Monday it appeared the returning starter most likely to miss the spring’s first practice was Carter, not Jones. But Carter was back out there Monday as part of a linebacking unit that was the highlight of see jones page 18