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The best is yet to come The Daily Orange sports staff previews this weekend’s slate of games as the East Regional returns to the Carrier Dome for the first time since 2005. Inside we have everything you need to know, including breakdowns of both games, information on where to dine this weekend and features on the last time each pair of teams played each other. See insert

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The student, a freshman, had The Counseling Center has seen an heard there was a suicide committed increase in usage during the past two in her residence hall the year before years, said Cory Wallack, director of and was unable to sleep because she the Counseling Center. In 2008, 4,871 worried the building was haunted. students used Counseling Center serâ&#x20AC;&#x153;It was the rumor mill creating vices, as opposed to 4,546 students in anxiety,â&#x20AC;? Jacobs said. The student 2007. The number increased again in had heard about the suicide of Jordan 2009, but Wallack could not recall the will halsey | asst. photo editor Schaffer, a freshman who lived in statistics. Wallack also could not idenDellPlain Hall in September 2008. tify specifically if the increase was a Schafferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suicide was the second result of students seeking counseling of 14 student deaths since July 2008, after a death, but he said there is an mark coury of Cornell is bombarded by members of the media in a Carrier Dome locker room the start of an unusually high death immediate influx of students coming Wednesday. Coury began his collegiate basketball career at Kentucky and transferred after his sophotoll Syracuse University has experi- to the Counseling Center each time more season. Coury will face his former team for the first time Thursday night (9:57 p.m., CBS), as the enced in the past year and a half. there is a student death.

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Administration clarifies confusion over finances

Faculty question senateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s influence, activism

By Beckie Strum Asst. News Editor

Faculty members in University Senate question the senateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to act as an influential adviser to Syracuse Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s administration on important decisions in light of its role in shaping the employee benefits proposal and the 2011 budget. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There has been a general drift of a less activist senate,â&#x20AC;? said Robert Van Gulick, a faculty member on the Budget Committee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The process is less structured. Matters that the senate could address, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t or arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allowed to have a say in. They have less vigorous debate.â&#x20AC;?

While USen has the power to finalize decisions regarding curriculum, its role in all other decisions, such as the administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s changes to

employee benefits, is only advisory, according to its bylaws. But faculty is concerned that the structure of the monthly meetings and declining faculty activism hinder USenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s influence on important decisions at SU. Eric Spina, vice chancellor and provost, disagrees and said he and other administrators continue to view USen meetings as constructive discussions that have a direct influence on decision-making.

Van Gulick pointed to the March 4 USen meeting as an example of inefficiency. The meeting was meant to discuss the budget for fiscal year 2011 and changes to the benefits proposal, but had to be cut short, resulting in little debate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the past, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have it presented, see faculty page 6

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jenna ketchmark | asst. photo editor lou marcoccia, SUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief financial officer, clarifies financial information at Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting.

Confusion about the definitions of terms used to describe the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s endowment was cleared up by Lou Marcoccia, Syracuse Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s executive vice president and chief financial aid officer, at Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s University Senate meeting.

Members of USen expressed concern with the decline in the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s endowment and the cause of two distributions in one fiscal year. They also were uncertain about what exactly a distribution is. A given fiscal year ends June 30 and distribution is given in August. But in fiscal year 2009, a second distribution was made prior to the usual June 30 due to the market crash in fall 2008. Among other concerns at the meeting was the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to maintain a high enrollment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m trying to understand a couple of things that still seem to me not transparent,â&#x20AC;? said Samuel Gorovitz, a professor of philosophy, at the meeting.

A distribution is a share â&#x20AC;&#x201D; called a unitâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; bought when a donor gives a gift to the university, Marcoccia said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If (thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) a unit value of $500 and someone gives us a

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SU profits rank No. 4 in NCAA

By Kathleen Ronayne Asst. News Editor

The Syracuse University men’s basketball team earned one of the four top seeds in this year’s NCAA Tournament, and it also earned another top four spot — it has been ranked the fourth-most profitable program in the Tournament.

A recent article by CNBC listing the 2008-09 profits for teams in the Tournament lists the Orange at No. 4 with a recorded profit of $9,032,878. The rankings are based on each school’s personal reporting as part of a requirement in the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act. The profit is calculated from the difference between each school’s reported expenses and revenues. For the 2008-09 year, Syracuse reported $7,784,244 in expenses for men’s basketball and $16,817,122 in revenues, according to the Equity in Athletics Data Analysis Web site.

The University of Louisville drew in the highest profits, far beyond the competition at $16,869,659. Ohio State and the University of Wisconsin also drew in more profits than Syracuse.

The men’s basketball team finished with a record of 28-10 in the 2008-09 season. The team lost to the University of Oklahoma in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.

Because each school calculates its own revenues and expenses, SU’s chief financial officer, Lou Marcoccia, said it’s impossible to make an exact comparison between profits.

“What’s likely taking place is some people may account for certain things on one campus and other types of expenses that aren’t charged on another campus,” he said.

The CNBC article also lists the name and capacity of each school’s home stadium. The Carrier Dome seats 33,633 fans, beating every other stadium on the list by at least 10,000 seats. SU’s large basketball facility increases the opportunity compared with other universities for ticket sales and contributes to higher revenues, Marcoccia said.

The SU athletic department must pay a rental fee to the Carrier Dome every time it uses the facility, he said, which contributes to the team’s expenses. A share of ticket revenue must be given back to the Dome to help balance its budgets, he said.

The profits brought in by the basketball team go toward supporting the other athletic teams on campus, Marcoccia said. kronayne@syr.edu

will halsey | asst. photo editor Students sit along the wall outside Goldstein Auditorium in Schine Student Center on Wednesday, waiting to see “Saturday Night Live” comedian Andy Samberg speak. The line began forming six hours before the doors opened and wrapped around the building.

Samberg line starts six hours early, extends outside

By Kathleen Ronayne Asst. News Editor

Evan Fonseca, Keith Tripler and Kyle Kuchta, all freshmen in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, were the first students to wait outside Goldstein Auditorium to see Andy Samberg speak Wednesday night.

They got there six hours early.

“We knew this was going to be big,” Fonseca said. “People did this for the Villanova game who are real big sports fans, so for film and art students, this is our Villanova.”

The three students began waiting in line at 1:30 p.m. for doors that

opened at 7:30 p.m. By 3:30 p.m., about 15 students were sitting along the wall outside the auditorium, and by 5:30 p.m. the line was outside. Fifteen minutes before the doors opened, the line wrapped down the steps outside Schine, along the walkway between the building and the library, and down Waverly Avenue to its intersection with University Avenue.

Becky Sellmeyer, an employee of Student Centers and Programming Services, said the line could be moved outside for safety reasons because the weather was nice. Having all the students wait inside would

have violated fire codes and blocked the flow of traffic, she said.

Tripler, a freshman art photography major, said he became a diehard Samberg fan after seeing “Saturday Night Live” filmed last year. The three students brought a Syracuse-themed board game, Orangeopoly, to pass the time.

Unlike Fonseca and his friends who knew to arrive early, some students were shocked at how long the line became. Kathy Calella, a sophomore English education major waiting near the end of the line, said she thought there was probably more available space inside that wasn’t being used.

“I expected there to be a line in Schine, like for other events,” she said. “But I did not expect it to be wrapping around the building.”

Melia Robinson, a freshman majoring in both magazine journalism and information management and technology who started waiting in line at 2 p.m., said she and her friend were excited about the event all morning.

“We had class together two hours ago,” she said, “and we were playing hangman with the lyrics of Andy Samberg songs.” kronayne@syr.edu

NCAA Tournament brings fans to campus, increases hotel business

By Andrew Swab Asst. Copy Editor

Three-pointers, fast breaks and upset games have attracted fans across the country to come to Syracuse University this week to watch the East Regional games of the NCAA Tournament.

“If it hadn’t been for the Tournament, it would have been a relatively quiet week (for us),” said Roger Doty, general manager of the Holiday Inn Carrier Circle hotel.

The Holiday Inn, the Sheraton and

the Renaissance hotels have all noticed a large increase in business from this time last year due to the Tournament, but the increase is similar to when SU hosted the Tournament in 2005.

SU will host the East Regional of the NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship. The games will feature matchups Thursday between No. 2 seed West Virginia and No. 11 seed Washington at 7 p.m. and between No. 1 seed Kentucky and No. 12 seed Cornell at 10 p.m. The winner

of both games will play Saturday.

All games will be played at the Carrier Dome and are part of the cause of the increase in business for hotels throughout the Syracuse area.

David Heymann, general manager of the Sheraton Hotel, said he estimates the increase in business to be 78 percent for the Sheraton, and the hotel will be booked in full on Thursday and Saturday. That percentage is about the same as when SU last hosted the Tournament in 2005, he said.

The Sheraton was selected by SU, which owns the hotel, to house members of the media.

“It’s a logical place for media for its proximity to the Carrier Dome,” Heymann said.

While the Sheraton is the closest hotel to the SU campus, the Holiday Inn will house the Cornell men’s basketball team. The Cornell team traveled just 55 miles to SU, compared with the farthest team, University of Washington, which see hotels page 4

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The most recent student death took place on Feb. 20, when Jamie Klemczak, a senior women and gender studies major, was killed by a hitand-run driver while she was crossing the New York State Thruway in Herkimer County.

All but two of the deaths have been unrelated, said Thomas Wolfe, senior vice president and dean of student affairs.

The first death was Weixing Cai, who died in July 2008 when he fell from his apartment’s balcony. Matt Wanetick died while studying abroad in Strasburg, France, in October 2008.

Alec Waggoner died in October 2008 after he was hit by an SUV while riding a bike in Thornden Park. The two related deaths were Oh Saem and Wang Young, who died in a car accident in November while driving to the New York City area for Thanksgiving. Nicholas Glagola died when a branch struck him while he was cutting down a tree in February 2009. John Morse died in June after he fell from the Irving Avenue parking garage. Kelly Farmer died in July after she fell, hit her head and drowned in Hiawatha Lake. Danny Facto died after a motorcycle accident in August. Stepan Dinis died of heart disease in January. In addition to Schaffer, there were three other suicides: Lisa Crowly, Gleidy Espinal and Christopher Wallace.

“I’ve never seen a thing like this,” Wolfe said.

“Nobody has.”

Student Affairs, which spearheads the university’s response to a student death, has not changed its approach to responding to a death since the high number of deaths because it already has a strong protocol in place, Wolfe said. Because SU dealt with the loss of 35 students on the Pan Am 103 bombing in 1988,

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dealing with tragedy is engrained into the university’s culture, he said.

The high number of student deaths caused the Counseling Center to adapt by reaching out to potentially affected students faster and more thoroughly than in previous years, Wallack said, but it has not changed any protocols. The protocols include identifying any group who may be close to the student who died, holding meetings with those groups, offering individual meetings and making counselors available for 24 hours.

To prevent suicides and lower the number of student deaths, the Counseling Center is encouraging and teaching the university community to be more proactive in identifying at-risk behavior, Wallack said. It has resumed public service announcements on local radio stations about warning signs of suicide behavior and will be placing signs in the residence halls, advertising the Counseling Center and displaying warning signs.

Students usually have three distinct reactions to a peer death, Wallack said. Students close to the person who died show the seven stages of grief, other students experience grief triggered by a student death over the death of another person they knew and the third group of students seek counseling because they are facing mortality for the first time.

And although it is a very small number, some students have come into the Counseling Center overwhelmed by the high number of recent deaths, Wallack said, but the reaction to student death more typically experienced is students worried about their own mortality.

“Students are realizing they are not invincible,” Wallack said. “For many, they have never had anyone their age die. They start to think, ‘I’m vulnerable. I might die as well.’ Part of what we see is an increase in anxiety.”

Though the deaths are tragic, Wallack said, he does see a more positive byproduct — the

strengthening of community.

“Obviously I don’t wish a death in our university community. That goes without saying,” Wallack said. “But one thing that I have noticed is that our community has become tighter, and when there is a death, it’s a positive experience to really see how students support each other.”

Gail Riina, the Lutheran chaplain, said she also has noticed an increase in the number of people seeking her counseling for grief after a student death. Some students have approached her with anxiety specifically because of the high number of deaths.

With the death toll’s increase, Riina said, she believes the approach to counseling has become more personalized. When student deaths were rare, the whole university felt affected, Riina said. But as deaths became more frequent, those who were not directly affected were desensitized and ignored it, she said.

“I think that desensitization is in some ways more defensive,” she said. “I think we all feel it a little bit, but not the way we did in the beginning.”

The chaplains at Hendricks have been discussing leading a learning program about the stages of death and grief and how different religions cope with and honor death as a result of the high number of student deaths, Riina said.

Jacobs, the Protestant chaplain, said despite the claims that more students are facing their mortality, she still feels students remain unworried. She said that for most students, life goes back to normal after a death unless they were personally affected.

“Despite the fact that 14 young people in the last year have died fairly easily, people who are between the ages of 18 and 25 still see themselves as immortal and that it’s not going to happen to them, and it just doesn’t take up too much of their thinking,” she said. “It’s a self-protection mechanism, I guess.”

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had to travel 2,730 miles, almost 50 times the distance of Cornell.

The Holiday Inn will not only house Cornell students and alumni from Ithaca, but alumni from across the country as well, Doty said.

Doty, the regional manager for the Holiday Inn, said most Cornell alumni want to come back to Central New York. It has been nearly 30 years since the last time Cornell went this far in the Tournament, which he said is an incentive for fans to stay at the Holiday Inn. During the Tournament, the Holiday Inn’s business is double that of this time last year, Doty said. He also had been getting calls since last year about the Tournament, and most bookings started in October, he said.

Across town, the Renaissance Syracuse Hotel is housing mostly fans instead of media or the basketball teams. Still, Jerry Keohane, director of sales and marketing for the Renaissance, said business has gone up by 20 percent.

“We try to keep (fans) here as long as we can,” he said.

The Renaissance is decorated with orange and blue balloons to offer guests a welcoming, sports-themed atmosphere. Keohane said this week has been particularly busy, but the hotel also recognized some of the variability that comes with the business of offering rooms to fans of teams that could lose a game at any point during the weekend.

As far as business for hotels is concerned, Keohane said, Saturday’s occupancy rates are “all based on who wins.”

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‘Classless’ campaign is failing for good reason I am comfortable writing this because, as Tuesday’s e-mail blast to the senior class makes abundantly clear, 98 percent of you are with me.

There are few more turbulent times than a college student’s senior year; the prospect of giving up a life built over four years for the great unknown looms. The challenge of nailing down gainful employment in an uncertain market, of wondering whether that first job will net enough to get by and of paying off student loans are all front and center. This is most certainly not the time to entertain the suggestion of donating money to Syracuse University.

The people behind the barrage of e-mails must know this, or else they would not assume a strategy that involves planting seeds of guilt: “Did you know that your tuition only pays 80 percent of the costs of your education?” “Only 2 percent have donated … don’t you want to see your name on the list?” “Don’t let the College of Human Ecology win!” Even the campaign’s moniker “Be a Class Act!” connotes a projection of guilt, intentional or otherwise; am I to be

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LET TER TO THE EDITOR labeled as “classless” should I choose not to participate?

I received a message via the university’s Twitter account assuring me that the campaign is about “choice.” That may be true, but it is unquestionably in painfully poor taste. I can’t speak for the masses, but insulting my intelligence with constant requests for a donation above and beyond the $200,000 I have already contributed certainly dampens the prospect of my entertaining a phone call from the alumni relations office when I do in fact have the means to give.

In lieu of a donation, I’d like to make the following suggestion: that the possessor of the brain behind the “Be A Class Act” nonsense resign his or her position, allowing the $36,000 salary it pays to be reallocated to the campaign. That should go a long way.

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Mexican drug trafficking may lead to demise of Spring Break in Cancun

fter almost a full week of hearing wonderful Spring Break stories, I decided to take a trip down Spring Break memory lane.

I keep nearly every e-mail that is sent to me, so out of boredom, I started looking through past Spring Break trips, such as Habitat for Humanity, that Syracuse University has offered. I came across an e-mail from last year that warned students not to travel to Mexico because of the possible risks. I haven’t heard much news about Mexico lately, so I probed the current situation.

The Mexican government is on the brink of being called a “failed state” due to its continuous decay and sure sign of collapsing. The Pentagon

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released a statement that declared Mexico’s folding a result of the government’s overall infrastructure being besieged by criminal gangs and drug cartels. CNN released a report Tuesday on the current status of Mexico and the U.S. government’s strive to help the country in its time of need.

Our lovely secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, left Tuesday on a mission to Mexico, armed with every White House official you can think of. That includes Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen. Clinton’s goal is simple and straight to the point: help stabilize Mexico in order to stabilize

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the art of looking for trouble border control and decrease drug trafficking in the United States.

While her goals are simple, the task is not. Mexico has been collapsing for years now, and the situation is only getting worse with increased drug trade and financial market failure. Border control is also getting out of hand and is becoming more inconsistent than most Americans would like to see. Many in govern-

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ment would parallel Mexico as a “failed state” with countries such as Somalia or the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

If Clinton is to make any headway in changing Mexico for the better, she needs to focus on what many SU students see as common sense.

Erica Schmitt, a sophomore public relations major, said she feels that Clinton needs to push for stricter immigration laws and more consistent border control.

“We can’t keep throwing money without requiring actual change from both sides of the border,” Schmitt said. “This would mean collaborating but going through with plans.”

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If Mexico is to be saved, drug trafficking must be at the top of the list of things to be dealt with. Looking just at the last two years, tourism to Mexico has dropped dramatically because universities are warning students that the country is too dangerous due to drug trade violence. Parents are receiving the same e-mails from schools and are making sure their children play somewhere safe if they decide to travel.

I guess we’ll see what happens in the next few weeks, but authentic tequila connoisseurs might as well kiss those days goodbye.

John Sumpter is a junior international relations and Middle Eastern studies major. His column appears weekly and he can be reached at jfsumpte@syr.edu.

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and then people would meet on it. Then it was all very rushed this year,” Van Gulick said.

After calls for more discussion about the budget presented at the March 4 meeting, the administration dedicated two hours of Wednesday’s USen meeting to discuss concerns about the budget, which was approved by the board of trustees March 11.

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Harvey Teres, faculty representative on the board of trustees, was present at the discussion Wednesday and said in an e-mail that he felt it was a “welcoming sight of thoughtful, committed members of the faculty exchanging views with competent, reflective members of the administration about matters that have rarely if ever been publicly discussed at SU.” Van Gulick and other professors said the main problem with the meetings is they are too short to accommodate thorough debate about important issues. USen has 18 committees that hold focused discussions separately, but the senate does not have a venue to discuss issues at length as an entity.

Jeffrey Stonecash, a former member of the Budget Committee and a professor of political science, feels tension stemming from the administration about open dialogue and criticism at the meetings.

“I have never heard an administrator express anything other than the party line,” Stonecash said. “You get the impression that asking real questions is not OK.”

Pat Cihon, a member of the Academic Affairs Committee, recommended having a neutral party chair lead the discussion instead of the chancellor.

Open discussion at meetings would be conducted in a more appropriate manner if a non-involved person guided the conversation, he said.

Robert McClure, a political science professor, has been at SU for more than forty years.

In that time, administrators of all sorts have always chaffed at faculty USen members and sometimes for good reason, he said.

He also said he thought faculty apathy for extended discussion in USen was a change in the times, rather than this particular administration’s management of USen. “In modern society, students find it difficult to pay attention to a lecture for 45 minutes, and the University Senate is the same,” McClure said. “It wishes not to deliberate and think, but hurl sound bites and then go home for dinner.”

The notion among faculty that USen is incapable of having an influence on major decisions

is another possible reason why faculty activism is down, said Steven Diaz, a mathematics professor. Diaz said the faculty, whether through the senate or not, should be able to have long discussions about and criticize the administration’s decisions.

Van Gulick proposed starting a blog during the ongoing discussion on employee benefits. While the blog never came to fruition, the creation of an ongoing blog devoted to senate discussion beyond meetings might make USen a more effective entity, he said.

McClure said a USen blog couldn’t hurt, but it could not replace the face-to-face dialogue necessary in the senate as well as in an academic setting.

“Collegial discourse rounds the sharp edges of our differences and facilitates a more inclusive and warmer sense of community,” McClure said. “There’s something to be gained in a democratic setting from people having to answer questions, to respond in the moment, to engage in a give-and-take.”

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push to increase the endowment through investments.

At the time of the market crash, the university’s endowment was nearing its goal of $1 billion, said Chancellor Nancy Cantor. Just as the endowment reached this point, the market started to decrease.

“The university had two years worth of distributions because when the market was increasing, they decided to take endowment out in August, but then it started going down,” Marcoccia said.

Instead of taking money out of the endowment in August, the policy shifted to a monthly distribution in which only some money was taken out at a time in order to prevent greater losses, Quinn said. This was part of the reason why the expected value of $1 billion in endowment funds went down to $708 million.

Robert Van Gulick, a member of the Budget Committee, expressed his concern for upcoming years with regard to budget and demographics as enrollment climbs to a level similar to that of the

1990s. At the time, this resulted in serious budget deficits after the enrollment bubble burst.

Cantor reassured USen that applications have reached a record high this year, and the university can maintain the rising enrollment without causing similar budget deficits, by expanding their recruitment strategy across the country and looking for more transfer students.

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gift of $1,000, they would buy two units,” he explained.

The endowment decrease is a result of the cash flow distribution, which are those taken from the endowment and moved to the university’s operating funds, Marcoccia said. Following every fiscal year, money from the endowment fund is moved to the operating fund in August.

But since the market was down in fiscal year 2009, rather than waiting until August to take the next distribution out, it was taken out before the fiscal year ended. This allowed for two distributions to occur in one year.

Beginning in the fiscal year 2004, SU’s board of trustees and administration aggressively began to

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Other business discussed • Ran Li, a student advocate for the Asian and Asian American Studies minor that was passed, asked when the administration would begin a faculty search. There cannot be a program without faculty, he said. USen members will have meetings during the next couple weeks to discuss the issue, but they do not know exactly when there will be a new director. lgleveil@syr.edu

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By Jess Siart Staff Writer

ew York state residents are in danger of losing 41 state parks and seeing a service reduction at 23 state parks under Gov. David Paterson’s proposed budget.

The cut to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Places would affect the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, which uses state parks for coursework and research. ESF has a history of involvement at Chittenango Falls State Park and Clark Reservation State Park, both of which are set to close under the proposed plan.

“To have these kinds of facilities and resources, it’s so important, and it would pretty much be a devastating loss to our campus if they closed,” said Diane Kuehn, a professor of forest and natural resources management at ESF. Park funding has been restored in the New York state Senate and will now move on to the Assembly. But Paterson and the legislature still have time to reverse the restoration.

There was a rally Saturday at Clark Reservation in protest of the park closures, which Kuehn attended. The event was put on by the Sierra Club, the Council of Park Friends and the League of Conservation Voters and drew a crowd of more than 700 people.

“I’ve never seen the parking lot so full,” Kuehn said. “There were people of all ages, from little kids to seniors.”

Allan Drew, a professor of forest and natural resources management, takes students in his forest ecology and natural resource ecology classes to Clark Reservation State Park.

“I’ve taken students there in the past, and I’ve also done research there so the closing of Clark would be difficult,” Drew said. “I’d have to find another lab for the course and it would close off a good site for the research I do.”

By switching to a new location, ESF students and faculty wouldn’t be able to build on the years of background knowledge they have at Clark Reservation, Drew said.

Throughout ESF’s years of partnership with the state parks, students have been involved in effectively controlling invasive species in the parks. If the parks were to close and students were no longer able to help the controlling effort, there could be consequences, Drew said.

“If the park were to close for a year or longer you’d have no control over invasive species for that period of time,” he said. “You want to stay on top of the invasive species

New York state plans to cut funding to parks used by ESF students for class, research

because once it’s out of control, it’s too expensive to control.”

The parks are also important to the surrounding communities. The Council of Park Friends runs a summer program at Clark Reservation that is open to the public and offers information about the area’s plants and animals, as well as guided walks with naturalists, Drew said.

“It’s an enriching kind of experience for the community,” he said. “To close the nature center it would mean that all of that would disappear.”

Because there aren’t any national parks in New York, the state parks fill the public demand for outdoor recreation, Kuehn said.

A reduction in outdoor activity areas could increase the already problematic levels of obesity in the state, Kuehn said, as well as cripple the small businesses that rely on parks to attract visitors.

Along with using the parks for coursework, many ESF students are involved with the state parks on an individual basis.

Matt Brincka, a graduate student in the forest resources management and recreation management program, volunteers at the central region parks to help control invasive species and works with Syracuse schools to educate children about the environment.

Both Chittenango Falls and Clark Reservation state parks are home to species that are not found anywhere else in the world, Brincka said. ESF has the unique opportunity of being able to observe and research these species. But Brincka said she is worried about their future.

“The big question is what will happen to these species if the parks shut down,” Brincka said. “If we lose that area, we lose that species.”

But Tom Hughes, natural resource steward biologist for the New York Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, remains optimistic that even if the proposed parks close, research will be able to continue.

“We have some very important natural resources within our parks and we have federally protected species within our parks,” Hughes said. “So we have an obligation to continue to support and protect those species.”

Aside from the academic losses that would occur if the parks closed, students would lose a valuable source of recreation, Brincka said.

With the parks located so close to campus, students are able to enjoy the area’s scenery and hiking, he said.

He said he believes students will look elsewhere for outdoor recreation if Chit-

nysparks.state.ny.us chittenango falls state park, one of the parks set to close under the states proposed budget cuts, has been the site of ESF coursework and research. tenango Falls and Clark Reservation state parks close, which would increase traffic in other local state, county and city parks.

“I could see Green Lakes getting more crowded, and I think that would create a negative experience,” Brincka said.

Both students and faculty have written letters to Paterson to voice opinions on the closings, Brincka said.

“I forwarded the e-mail address to his office to a bunch of people, and they’ve paid it forward,” he said.

The central region parks are an important part of the state’s history, Brincka said, and if the

parks close their unique histories could be lost.

While ESF could lose Chittenango Falls and Clark Reservation state parks, there is still plenty to be done at other area parks, like Green Lakes State Park, Hughes said. He remains hopeful that the partnership with ESF will only get stronger.

“Regardless of what happens with the parks closing,” he said. “We would continue to enhance and sustain our partnership with ESF and its students.” jlsiart@ syr.edu

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By Dana Rose Falcone Contributing Writer

With the dining centers decorated and orange streamers and balloons filling the Schine Student Center, Syracuse University celebrated National Orange Day, an observance of the university’s founding on March 24, 1870. Wednesday marked 140 years of SU tradition.

While the entire campus was exploding with orange, Shelly Kruger, a sophomore hospitality management major, said she felt the university could have done a better job incorporating SU’s history into the National Orange Day festivities.

“They could tell more about it so that we could be more involved,” Kruger said. “I didn’t know about (the) history.”

Noah Silverstein, a freshman communications and rhetorical studies major, suggested setting up activities in more places on campus than just Schine and the Women’s Building, which is where the Traditions Commission and the Alumni Club of Central New York hosted a “birthday party” for SU Wednesday evening.

“It was just in Schine, where not that many people go every day,” Silverstein said.

But the National Orange Day celebration engaged students, faculty, staff and alumni in

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an effort not just on campus but nationwide.

Alumni groups in Chicago, Philadelphia, Rochester, N.Y., Washington, D.C., and New Jersey participated in a variety of philanthropy events in their communities. The Army ROTC even donated money to SU’s First Book Program and the United Through Reading Military Program.

The Traditions Commission acknowledged the milestone by giving out free orange and blue cookies, cake and orange punch in Schine Atrium during the day. Students donning orange clothing had the opportunity to enter a drawing in Schine for an SU-themed grand prize.

Kruger forgot to dress in orange before her 8 a.m. class Wednesday, but she went down to Schine to pick up some free prizes anyway.

“I think students really like free stuff,” she said. “My boyfriend and his friends are leaving class to get cake.”

Orange balloons around the student center were not just decorations — students who popped a balloon received a 10 to 60 percent discount at University Bookstore. While the bookstore did not offer any special National Orange Day T-shirts, NCAA gear filled the store.

“It’s a great thing that we can be celebrating our school and our team at the same time,” said Rose Crisalli, the University Bookstore

program manager of customer and marketing relations.

Silverstein agreed that the success of SU’s men’s basketball team is a remarkable part of the university community.

“The whole being No. 1 in the Big East is pretty big,” he said. “We’ve been in March Madness before, but it’s not every year, so that’s pretty cool.”

But students felt in touch with their Orange pride for reasons other than athletics during Wednesday’s festivities.

“My dad worked here. I’m from the area, so I’ve grown up with the SU community my whole life,” said Katherine Holgat, a sophomore elementary and special education major.

Students who attended the festivities in Schine and the Women’s Building seemed pleased with their free T-shirts, snacks and appreciation for the Orange. National Orange Day successfully brought together Orange lovers close to campus and those who once called SU home.

“It’s important because there’s all these people before you that participated in what you’re participating in,” Kruger said. “It’s important to keep tradition going.”

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Bigfoot Ale

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. California

$10.99 per 6-pack 9.6 percent alc./vol.

Bigfoot Ale is not nearly as elusive as its namesake but is just as big in flavor and alcohol. Bigfoot is Sierra Nevada barley wine-style, which means that it has the alcohol content of wine but is made with grains, thus making it a beer.

Bigfoot succeeds as it pours a dark brown hue and has a wonderfully earthy hop character. The ale gives a floraland pine-laden hop flavor, as well as a very strong taste of alcohol. The presence of malts creates a nice balance between the two. At 9.6 ABV this beer is enjoyable, but just know that after three you are pretty toasty.

Oyster Stout

The Porterhouse Brewing Co. Dublin

$10.99 per 6-pack 5.2 percent alc./vol.

Ground Break

Ithaca Brewing Co. Ithaca

$10.99 per 6-pack 6 percent alc./vol.

Spring is here! Whether it snows again or not, this season is ripe for delicious beer. Ground Break is a wonderful take on the Farmhouse ale, which is characterized by a brightly colored body and flavor highlights of fruit as well as many spicy notes. It smells highly of citrus and tastes deeply of lemon, hops and yeast. I am impressed with Ithaca on a regular basis, and Ground Break certainly enforces my feelings. Check out the brewery for a fun day trip if you so desire. You won’t be let down.

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smith Those with shellfish allergies should avoid this stout. A beer made with oysters? Yes. The label reads, “Fresh oysters are added during the brewing process.” Now does this mean that your beer tastes like oysters? No. But the stout does have a fairly good flavor that comes in the form of heavy coffee and chocolate notes with a slight sour tang to it. I really thought this beer would be a little more special, but it really fell short of impressing me. Try the Oyster Stout if you’re curious, but it’s certainly not worth the money.

the questions were opened up to the rest of the audience and Davis no longer remained the only one to share an awkward moment with Samberg.

While some questions were serious, Samberg was forced to sign a poster with a malfunctioning pen and choose which member from his band, “the Lonely Island,” he would rather kill.

“He was very real with everyone,” said Heather Newkirk, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. “Some of the questions asked weren’t very relevant, but he still took them in stride.”

Although Haines had to endure negativity from the crowd as he tried to keep up with Samberg’s behavior, he gave the show the unique flavor.

“I made Andy look good,” Haines said, “I tried to find any questions I could.”

Even though audience members could finally stop clenching their teeth as Haines left the stage, Samberg would not have been able to shine without him.

“Davis kept his cool the whole time, it was really good,” Newkirk said. “Since they kind of matched each other, Andy Samberg seemed to have a really good time hanging out with him.”

functioning and available. The bionic eye can replace lost vision by implanting a camera on a retina.

With all of these artificial organs underway, I

would say that the bionic man and true artificial intelligence aren’t all that far off. But that would be way too sci-fi.

Jessica Smith is a sophomore information management and technology and television, radio and film dual major and the technology columnist. Her column appears every Thursday. If you know how to reach Jude Law, contact her at jlsmit22@syr.edu.

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photos by carly piersol | photo editor ANDY SAMBERG (left) and Davis Haines share an uncomfortable conversation that ranged from retirement home-sex to sandwich juice Wednesday night in Goldstein Auditorium. The two talked before a sold-out audience of 1,500 students while also debuting exclusive digital shorts that have never been aired.

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By Flash Steinbeiser

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ndy Samberg could not stop cringing.

Samberg’s face, along with the entire audience of Wednesday night’s sit-down Q-and-A session with the “Saturday Night Live” comedian, was lockwwed in a permanent grimace as the moderator, Davis Haines, a sophomore music education major, misfired one awkward joke after the next. While Haines certainly received as much laughter as Samberg, it was clear that the audience was not laughing with him, but instead, the audience was laughing at him.

Sitting down next to the famed comedian, whose very presence sold out Goldstein Auditorium, Haines had the daunting task of matching wits

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with Samberg as the two uncomfortably discussed their sex lives, impersonations of celebrities and, yes, even “mouth queefs.”

“I can see where it’s nerve-racking, but don’t let those nerves translate into trying to out-comedy a comedian,” said Evan Fonseca, a freshman film major.

The discussion began as a relaxed affair when Samberg marched on stage to the sound of thunderous applause. He proudly brought No. 44 out of retirement by holding up a custom football jersey that sported his name and the number once held by Ernie Davis and Jim Brown.

“I think the commentator was a little awkward. I think he talked a little too much about himself,” said Alyssa Ierardo, a freshman biology and chemistry major. “I think some

of Andy’s funniest moments up there were when he was trying to break the awkwardness.”

Taking his seat next to Haines, Samberg wasted no time stirring laughter. Facing the crowd, Samberg greeted the audience by lowering his voice and extending his syllables to say “Hiiiii.”

From there, Haines tried his own hand at comedy, telling Samberg he mistook the comedian for a porn star named “Candy Samberg.” Samberg chuckled at the questions Haines had prepared for “Candy” until Haines asked, “Have you ever had sex?”

Samberg paused. The audience fell silent. Finally, Samberg forced out his answer.

“Yes …” Samberg said, “… You actually had this question for a porn star?”

Q&A session with Andy Samberg creates more winces than laughs

The duo then took a detour from the awkward exchange as they explored more serious questions. Samberg revealed that he was unprepared for his audition to join the cast of SNL, which he performed in front of actress and SNL veteran Tina Fey and SNL creator Loren Michaels.

“So that was super mellow,” Samberg said sarcastically.

They then compared their best impressions, which ranged from Haines’ impersonation of “The Sugar Water Guy” from the movie “Men in Black” to Samberg’s rendition of Adam Duritz from the band Counting Crows having sex … with Andy Samberg.

Haines confessed that his girlfriend and Samberg shared the same first name, and that he said Andy’s name during sex.

Samberg winced a bit more.

In an attempt to recover, Haines reassured Samberg that his girlfriend’s name was different because it was spelled “Andie” instead of “Andy.”

“He made awkward comments about his girlfriend and how he loved Samberg,” Ierardo said. “I mean, Andy Samberg is kinda dirty, but he made it over the top.”

When Samberg and Haines weren’t exchanging random pauses or questioning one another’s jokes, Samberg showed the audience exclusive clips from SNL that had never been aired.

One clip was an extended version of the SNL digital short “Boombox,” which included a scene that was cut from the television version.

As the conversation reached its end, SEE SAMBERG PAGE 8

Buying artificial organs will soon be practice of the future

rtificial organs. OK, so the name isn’t as catchy as the “Wii,” nor will it perforate society as wholly as the iPod nano, but hey, it’s got its own movie, “Repo Man,” with Jude Law as the leading actor. It will be pretty difficult to beat that one.

“Repo Man,” which hit theaters last week, is a film set in the future, when artificial organs are bought on credit and if users do not pay their debt, the organs get repossessed.

Jude Law is a widely esteemed British actor. An artificial organ is an internal organ created by mankind using applicable technologies. Sorry,

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our ram is bigger than yours Jude Law, you loose this competition of what is more cool.

While development of artificial organs has been under way since the mid-1950s, scientists and engineers are just beginning to make strides toward making an artificial heart that

can be completely self-powered and entirely life sustaining. Actually, a little-known fact is that the inventor of the first permanent total artificial heart is Syracuse University alumnus Dr. Robert Jarvik, who earned his bachelor’s degree in zoology here in 1968. This invention was made possible by the wonders of, you guessed it, technology.

Dr. Alain Frédéric Carpentier, a leading surgeon in heart transplants, is currently working on a wholly independent artificial heart and thinks it could be ready for trial by 2011. The early model of this heart functions by

using sensors developed from animal tissues and synthetic materials.

However, just because people with heart or kidney or even lung disease won’t have to wait for the next motorcycle accident to be moved up on a donor waiting list, that doesn’t mean you should practice daily binge drinking or poor exercise habits.

The cost of one of these self-reliable artificial hearts, including the surgical procedure, can cost as much as $1 million. Good luck getting that covered by the new Obama health care plan.

So what else can we expect from

bionics in the future? Actually, we can expect a fully functional lung and kidneys. Grim Reaper beware, the spectrum of kryptonite weaknesses of humankind is continually shrinking.

Not only are there artificial organs in the works meant to prolong death, but there are also ones being used now to enhance life. For example, the artificial eyeball. And this is an important one — how else are you supposed to look at Jude Law? The artificial eye is much less complex than the artificial heart, which is one of the reasons it’s currently fully SEE SMITH PAGE 8

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In the zone Action movie ‘Green Zone’ uses shaking camera modes and action sequences to great effect

By Sam Littman

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o fi lmmaker takes more pleasure in disorienting and distressing his audience than Paul Greengrass, whose latest picture, “Green Zone,” is expectedly crazy.

The director of perhaps the most unforgettable fi lm of the last decade, “United 93” (2006), and arguably the best action fi lm of the last decade, “The Bourne Ultimatum” (2007), Greengrass is well known for his trademark shaky-cam aesthetic, one of the most recognizable techniques in cinema. He is a beacon of hope in an era when action movies encourage audiences to melt into their seats with computergenerated imagery explosions supplanting old-school thrills.

The action in “Green Zone” is set in March 2003, during the days leading up to the Iraq War. In desperate search of weapons of mass destruction, the United States is relying on Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Matt Damon) and his platoon to unearth some proof that will bolster the United States’ case in declaring war. Like Jason Bourne, the inquisitive Miller is crafty, commanding and brutish when he needs a quick answer to meet a deadline. Like Jason Bourne, he’s explosively efficient.

When the stalwart Miller continually comes up empty after being fed falsified leads, he becomes suspicious and sus-

pects that government officials, namely the blatantly villainous Clark Poundstone (Greg Kinnear), might have led him astray on purpose. With the assistance of a disabled but keen and highly motivated rebel named Freddy (Khalid Abdalla), Miller manages to expose a few secrets and inch closer to the elusive General Al Rawi (Yigal Naor). An equally conspiracy-weary Wall Street Journal reporter, Lawrie Dayne (Amy Ryan), informs Miller of a source named Magellan, whose actions and advice might have prompted, and subsequently complicated, the entire ordeal.

The best action fi lm director in the cinema today, Greengrass stands alongside Michael Mann as a master of turbulent fi lmmaking. The preciseness with which Greengrass composes his disorienting action sequences is astonishing. He establishes a rhythm that the fi lm pulses to in riveting fashion. Similar to Michael Mann, whose fi lm “Collateral” (2004) validated the use of a less stable camera in expensive studio features, Greengrass revels in rejecting convention in order to achieve a heightened sense of reality. Where 3-D fi lms such as “Avatar” (2009) distance themselves from the audience by constantly reminding viewers that they are watching a movie, Greengrass’ cinema is participatory, and ultimately more engaging and physically draining.

Released seven years after the outbreak of the war, “Green Zone” benefits from hindsight,

toying cleverly with varying ideals concerning U.S. intervention in Iraq. In adapting Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s “Imperial Life in the Emerald City” for the screen, master screenwriter Brian Helgeland (“Mystic River”) focuses the dramatic energy on singular insights pertaining to the fate of Iraq rather than boring audiences with a typically broad overview of the United States’ intentions. The motives of a solider (Miller), journalist (Dayne), warmonger (Poundstone), concerned citizen (Freddy) and high-ranking Iraqi official (AlRawi) complement each other perfectly, highlighting the concerns that made the impending conflict so controversial.

While Greengrass succeeds in depicting complex moral dilemmas, he remains a mediocre dramatist. “Green Zone” is dense by the paltry standards set by comparably expensive action movies, but it lacks emotional resonance and says little about the human condition. With only five fi lms to his credit, though, Greengrass still has time to evolve into an artist whose ability to portray subtle human emotions does justice to his aesthetic.

Unlike every one of Greengrass’ prior works, which ennobled Iraq War cinema, “Green Zone” is neither devastating nor revolutionary. It is merely startlingly powerful cinema with the potential to shake any viewer to his or her core. smlittma@ syr.edu

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Dancing in the Dome

By Jared Diamond and Andrew L. John The Daily Orange

12 Cornell (29-4) First round (Jacksonville, Fla.): Def. 5 Temple 78-65 Second round (Jacksonville, Fla.): Def. 4 Wisconsin 87-69 Johnathan Gray scanned the Cornell locker room for even the tiniest opening, searching for a place to stand quietly and absorb this moment.

He settled for a nook in the corner, tucked against a side wall near the entrance to the team bathroom. There, amid a sea of bright lights and television cameras, he could finally breathe.

His teammates were suddenly celebrities.

Reporters who Gray knew only from TV were treating the Ivy League champions like one of college basketball’s elite programs. Surrounded by urinals and a row of shower heads, Gray, a freshman who began the season as a team manager, watched in awe.

“Do they all know that this is Cornell?” Gray said, laughing. “We never had more than maybe one camera in here after our games all season.

This is unbelievable.”

But it was no mistake. Twelfth-seeded Cornell

has become the Cinderella story of this year’s NCAA Tournament and the primary attraction at this weekend’s East Regional at the Carrier Dome. By dominating Temple and Wisconsin in the Tournament’s first two rounds, the Big Red has established itself as a legitimate force and transcended the cute, cuddly image often held by mid-majors that reach the Sweet 16.

Today marks Cornell’s greatest challenge, when it takes on top-seeded Kentucky, arguably the best team remaining in the Tournament (9:57 p.m., CBS). No. 11 Washington plays No. 2 West Virginia to undercard the evening’s festivities (7:27 p.m.).

It’s the classic David vs. Goliath — The Big Red’s collection of unknowns against the Wildcats’ slew of All-Americans and projected NBA first-round draft picks. And Cornell has made its intentions eminently clear: It has come to Syracuse intending to win.

“I’m enough of a fan of college basketball to understand why this is so intriguing to everybody,” Cornell head coach Steve Donahue said at Wednesday’s introductory press conference. “I get it. I don’t know if our guys really understand it. They believe that they’re a good enough basketball team without all the other things that go along with it to play with anybody

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in the country.”

It seems the crowd will be on the Big Red’s side. The normally orange Dome turned red for the team’s open practice, with a large group of fans making the 60-mile trek from Ithaca to Syracuse. The Big Red took the court to rowdy applause, while Kentucky was inundated with boos from both Cornell and SU supporters.

And though Cornell has never played in the Sweet 16, it is no stranger to facing tough opponents. It nearly upset then-No. 1 Kansas on the road in January, maintaining a one-point lead with just 49 seconds remaining.

That experience gave the Big Red all the confidence it needs as it looks to continue shocking the country and advance to the Elite Eight.

“I think we’re a much better team than when we played Kansas,” center Jeff Foote said. “I think we’ve come a long way. We’re a much more improved team.”

1 Kentucky (34-2) First round (New Orleans): Def. 16 East Tennessee State 100-71 Second round (New Orleans): Def. 9 Wake Forest 90-60 John Wall trailed behind a group of teammates scurrying into the Carrier Dome tunnel as a chorus of boos came pouring down from a nearby crowd. Despite being the No. 1 seed in the East Regional, the crowd’s aggression was evident as the Kentucky players exited the court following a practice session at the Carrier Dome on Wednesday.

“Every game is like that,” UK guard Eric Bledsoe said. “Every game we’ve played so far, they have something negative to say about us.

But we don’t even think about it, we just keep playing.”

With Cornell’s campus not far from the Dome, the Wildcats (34-2) will likely have to overcome a daunting sea of Big Red — and the hostilities of neutral fans wanting to see an upset of Northern

Iowa-proportions — if it hopes to advance past Cornell (29-4) and on to the Elite Eight.

During an open locker room media session, UK freshman superstar DeMarcus Cousins said he’s fully expecting the game environment to be unfriendly. And that has Cousins and Kentucky prepared for the worst.

“That’s basically how it is,” he said. “I mean, coming into this game, it’s going to be just us and Syracuse fans and Cornell fans. It’s going to be a tough game.

“But I believe the best games we’ve played have been on the road, when the crowd is against us. So I think we’ll be ready for it.”

Including Bledsoe and Cousins, Kentucky’s squad has anywhere from four to six NBA first-round draft picks. For Cornell, it would be difficult to find one or two players that will get more than a second look from NBA scouts.

“They’re used to playing games on national TV, big-time spotlight,” Cornell center Jeff Foote said. “John Wall has been the No. 1 overall pick in a lot of people’s minds for a while now.”

As a result, Kentucky naturally gets roped into the stereotype of one-and-done prima donnas of which college basketball fans generally despise. Cornell is viewed by the general public as a team that plays the “right way.” Kentucky simply has loads of NBA-caliber talent.

It’s that kind of negative attention that has made UK the target of some harsh criticism this season, giving the players an “Us against the World” kind of mentality in the midst of this Tournament.

And in the process, Kentucky wouldn’t mind silencing those who keep reminding them that Cornell is the team with the “smart guys.”

“I think it’s stupid,” Cousins said. “But I’m not going to let it get to me. I mean, we’re here to play basketball, it’s not a spelling bee.” jediamon@syr.edu aljohn@syr.edu

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SYRACUSE 84, BUTLER 76

I wonder if Wes Johnson caught the Nets’ big win last night.

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SYRACUSE 80, BUTLER 70

Butler doesn’t match up well and won’t hit enough 3’s to beat Syracuse.

This should set up the Orange vs. Kansas State.

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SYRACUSE 78, BUTLER 63

The Bulldogs can shoot, but this isn’t going to be a chess match. Syracuse will go at it early and often.

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BRANDON TRICHE

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RONALD NORED

6-0, 174, SO. 6.1 PPG, 3.7 APG

ANDY RAUTINS

6-4, 195, SR. 12.0 PPG, 5.0 APG

Rautins tortured Gonzaga with his 3-point shot Sunday but will have stiff competition from the sophomore. Mack leads his team in scoring in the NCAA Tournament and has bulk on Rautins.

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he may be the most important — thanks to that versatility — of the 49.

Said Bailey: “We work out for this. Things are going to get interesting once the pads get on.”

Under center Ryan Bartholomew spoke with Jim McKenzie Wednesday. But SU’s current starting center wasn’t picking the brain of the recently departed three-year starter due to graduation. He has done that enough over the past couple years.

On Wednesday, it was just everyday talk.

“I’m sure this season I’m going to call Jim up and ask him what he thinks,” Bartholomew said after practice Wednesday. “I trust Jim, he is a very good

WES JOHNSON

6-7, 205, JR. 16.5 PPG, 8.5 RPG

WILLIE VEASLEY

6-3, 206, SR. 10.2 PPG, 4.3 RPG

Johnson might be the frontrunner for the Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player right now with his numbers. Veasley will need to be on his game for Butler to win.

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The movie Hoosiers was filmed at Butler’s home court, Hinkle Fieldhouse. The Fieldhouse was opened in 1928 and has hosted U.S. presidents Herbert Hoover, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

The infamous Jim Jones of the Peoples Temple cult, which inhabited Guyana in the late 1980s, graduated from Butler.

STAT TO KNOW The Bulldogs’ Shelvin Mack shot 7-for-9 (78 percent) from behind the 3-point line in Butler’s win over UTEP in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

BIG NUMBER KRIS JOSEPH

6-7, 207, SO. 11.0 PPG, 5.5 RPG

GORDON HAYWARD

6-9, 207, SO. 15.2 PPG, 8.3 RPG

Both players have a very nice inside-outside game and the ability to carry their respective teams when needed. Hayward may have finally met someone who matches up well with him.

RICK JACKSON

6-9, 240, JR. 9.9 PPG, 7.0 RPG

MATT HOWARD

6-8 230, JR. 12 PPG, 5.3 RPG

Jackson has played serviceably in Onuaku’s absence, but Howard has the ability to rattle him physically. Look for a good matchup here.

ANTWON BAILEY and Syracuse are learning a new offensive system this spring.

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6-3, 215, SO. 14.1 PPG, 3.1 APG

Triche has come across his confidence yet again and is knocking down big shots from the outside.

Nored is a solid player in Butler’s three-guard set, and these two should be interesting to watch.

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guy. But today, we didn’t talk about football today.”

As the spring wears on, Bartholomew acknowledges that relationship will have to continue even though McKenzie will be prepping for medical school. He is the man anchoring the offensive line now.

After McKenzie started three consecutive seasons at center for the Orange, the would-be redshirt senior decided to forego his last year of eligibility after receiving his undergraduate degree. Bartholomew then stepped up to No. 1 in the depth chart.

And Marrone is happy with what he’s seen thus far. Whatever time Bartholomew has spent talking to McKenzie about football must be enough.

“I think he is fine,” Marrone said. “I think he is a solid player, I knew that coming in. He hasn’t showed me anything to think anything else. He has been a good football player.” aolivero@syr.edu

JIM BOEHEIM

W-L: 829-292 34 SEASONS

BRAD STEVENS

W-L: 86-14 3 SEASONS

Boeheim is obviously the more seasoned of the two, as the SU coach has been patrolling the sidelines longer than Stevens has been alive. He also has had a lot of NCAA Tournament success.

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Number of games Butler has won in a row since a 67-57 loss to UAB on Dec. 22. It’s the longest winning streak in the nation.

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Triche appears more confident than ever, and how Andy Rautins continues to keep his team humble and emotionally under control.

The game showed that Syracuse wasn’t mired in a funk following the Big East tournament, just as it showed that SU wasn’t just a polished clunker with no horsepower like some of its conference counterparts.

“Syracuse basketball is about being ready to play and being consistent,” SU head coach Jim Boeheim said. “We’re usually ready to play.”

It has gotten to the point where this isn’t really that much of a bold statement. Forget Bracketology, how Syracuse fares against midmajors or its record west of the Mississippi.

The reason Syracuse is primed for a national championship is because of moments like the ones Sunday against Gonzaga. It has been right in front of our eyes the whole time. Throughout the season, there were a million occurrences when the Orange was expected to fail and it proved everybody wrong.

North Carolina was supposed to be too tall, too physical for Syracuse in November. Cornell was pegged as the quintessential trap game, the ideal opportunity for SU to come crashing back down to earth before the conference schedule started. With a banged-up Johnson, Syracuse was supposed to struggle against Villanova in front of a sold-out Dome, just like it was against Georgetown down in D.C.

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They don’t have the big bruiser down low!

Other teams are too good! Just as you would say that about Kentucky, the same applies to Syracuse. The Orange isn’t invincible like the UConn women. It bleeds, too.

Before you start shaking your head, I’m not overlooking the fact that A.O.’s absence didn’t prevent Syracuse from steamrolling Vermont and Gonzaga in the first two rounds. But let’s look at the facts. Vermont had the size of a high school squad, and I think its coach started scouting me at some point in the game to play small forward.

Then there’s Gonzaga, which instead of attacking the basket tried to make it rain like it was on fire in NBA Jam. The Bulldogs got away from attacking the basket, although they did score 38 points in the paint. When Rick Jackson went to the bench with 8:58 left in the first half, Gonzaga acted as if it had to pay a toll to enter the lane. This isn’t the GW Bridge.

So here stands the Orange, four wins from a national title. A.O. hasn’t practiced in two

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And when facing Gonzaga, the Orange was supposed to struggle without one half of its twoheaded frontcourt monster.

The team has been hearing these doubts, these second guesses since Midnight Madness, and it’s getting to the point where Syracuse deserves the benefit of the doubt. If there’s a leak in the frontcourt, it’s more than likely they’ll fix it. If the opposition has better guard play, chances are SU will be able to game plan around it. It’s the same thing the team’s been doing all year.

“We try to play with a chip on our shoulder whenever we go out there,” sophomore guard Scoop Jardine said. “It was a team that was doubted in the beginning of the year. Every time we go out there we try to take it one game at a time and play Syracuse basketball.

“Coming into the Tournament, we had lost two games straight. People kind of turned their heads. Then we lost Arinze Onuaku. We knew it was a good team all year and we could stick together and just play basketball.”

And now, as Syracuse begins the final drive toward another Final Four, there’s going to be a whole new set of doubts and concerns. What will SU do if Butler gets red hot from beyond the 3-point arc? How will it contain Kansas State’s Jacob Pullen in the Elite Eight? Will Evan Turner or John Wall take over and crush the dream in Indianapolis?

At this point, we might now know a little better. Think about the last time you doubted Syracuse this season and remember what happened. Odds will say 30 out of 34 times you were

weeks now and is not playing tonight. I’m not a doctor, nor did I sleep in a Holiday Inn Express last night, but it’s not looking good on the center’s availability. Realistically, even if he somehow runs onto the court like Willis Reed, how much can he give to the team having not played since March 11? This isn’t a video game. He will be rusty and probably not have the stamina to play more than 10 to 15 minutes, tops.

We’ve already seen that the Orange is susceptible to foul trouble, and that will loom even larger without Onuaku. With a healthy Onuaku, foul trouble is a lesser issue. It’s a little thorn in the side. Without him, it’s like a stabbing. It can be fatal to this team’s chances in the Tournament.

“Without Arinze, we don’t have the depth and the size that’s been very helpful to us all year long,” SU head coach Jim Boeheim said before the Orange played Vermont. “It changes our rotation. It changes how we can play, how we can attack the game.”

Jackson joined Onuaku on the bench early in the first half of Sunday’s game, but Gonzaga did not take advantage. Do you really think that the rest of Syracuse’s opponents will not

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capitalize? Don’t think Cousins and Patrick Patterson won’t foam at the mouth with Jackson out of the game if the two meet. Or Kansas State’s band of athletic freaks won’t go the hoop like it’s an ATM giving out free cash.

On the offensive end, Syracuse shot 12-of-25 from 3-point range against Gonzaga. That will be a hard feat to duplicate the rest of the way. If foul trouble persists, DaShonte Riley, while doing a serviceable job, isn’t going to help much offensively.

It will turn into four-on-five on the offensive end. Teams can slide a double team to Wes Johnson (deservingly so), Rautins, Jackson, Kris Joseph or whoever is gelling offensively. The defense will get much stouter the rest of the way.

Syracuse is still good enough to make the Final Four or possibly the national title game.

This team is the real deal. But come crunch time, it will be playing without its best lineup.

Its best lineup has a 100 percent healthy A.O., plain and simple.

Then again, if Onuaku makes a full recovery, all bets are off.

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As SU advances deeper into the NCAA Tournament, the question begs to be posed:

WILL SYRACUSE WIN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP YES

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Syracuse has proven itself before, will do so again

emember that time Syracuse was playing Gonzaga and the feisty Bulldog attack was supposed to expose a planet-sized hole in the Orange’s game plan after Rick Jackson committed his third foul?

Yeah, me neither.

The truth is, Syracuse chugged along Saturday with its biggest weakness exposed, flapping behind it like a loose bumper on the highway, begging for the well-equipped Zags to take a stab at it.

And 30 minutes later, Wes Johnson and company were still rolling, ignoring the “check engine” light and plowing through their second-round matchup. It should have been a distraction, or at least a bump along the way, but the Orange ended up winning the game by 22 — the Bulldogs just another blurry vision in the rearview mirror.

It has been the same story all year.

We all thought Syracuse would eventually slip up. It never did.

It’s that kind of resilience that shows why Syracuse will win the national championship.

Without Onuaku, Syracuse’s title chances diminish

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“We took it amongst ourselves to go out there and play hard,” Johnson said. “We’re coming off the two-game losing streak and winning the previous game with Vermont. We came here and played our game of basketball. That was the main thing we were trying to do.”

The story last Sunday was supposed to be about life without injured center Arinze Onuaku and moving on without the “seven-starter” rotation that had gotten Syracuse to the Big Dance in the first place. But by day’s end, all the chatter was about how dynamic Johnson played, how freshman point guard Brandon

he biggest reason Syracuse won’t have its one shining moment come April 5 is sitting on its bench in a gray jumpsuit.

He has not dressed for an NCAA Tournament game and might not for the rest of the season due to an injury he suffered in the Big East tournament.

That young man, of course, is Arinze Onuaku, and we’re talking about the injury to his right quad, which has received more national attention than The Situation’s abs.

With Onuaku’s leg being as reliable as a Toyota Prius right now, it will be too tall a

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task for SU to win its second national title. With a healthy and reliable Onuaku, Syracuse would be the favorites to win it all and party like rock stars in Indianapolis. Without a true center, especially one with the size and skill of Onuaku, SU is ultimately an alsoran in the 65-horse race.

Onuaku’s injury hurts the Orange in ways that will come to the forefront as the Orange goes deeper into the Tournament. Maybe Butler won’t exploit it come Thursday. But with a relentless Kansas State squad possibly on tap, The Villain Evan Turner (One armed embrace to Mark Titus) possibly waiting in the national semifinals and then the most talented team left in the tournament, Kentucky, most likely waiting in the finals, A.O.’s injury will be too much to overcome.

Just look at Onuaku’s injury from a parallel angle. Let’s say Kentucky big man DeMarcus Cousins was in the same boat as Onuaku: availability and status unknown. All the banter would be how, without Cousins, Kentucky couldn’t win it all.

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football

With only 49 on field, SU players see increased repetitions

By Tony Olivero ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

By the time it trickles down to Antwon Bailey, it’s the end of the domino effect.

With just 49 non-specialist scholarship players on Syracuse’s football roster as of Wednesday’s practice, SU head coach Doug Marrone realizes he is asking all of his players to compete in practice. The depth chart is only so deep.

And though the detriments of having fewer than 50 players on the practice field at the collegiate level are obvious, Marrone believes there is the plus for each player of increased time in 11-on-11 drills.

For the entirety of the team, repetitions are aplenty. Everyone is getting a look. The first two days of practice have literally provided everyone with a chance. The facts are the facts: The other seven Big East teams average 90 players on their spring rosters. A staggering 38 more players than what SU put on the field Wednesday.

“We are going on the field with 52 scholarship players, three are specialists,” Marrone said following Wednesday’s practice. “For the players out on the field, they are doing a nice job because when you have a limited number of players out on the field, you are getting a lot of reps.”

A lot. In comparison, SU entered the 2009 season with what many thought was a low number of players — around 70.

And the player who is affected the most could be Bailey.

During Syracuse’s two practices this spring, the pint-sized running back has seemingly been in every play for the Orange. As a dual-threat out of the backfield to carry the ball and haul in passes, Bailey is the offensive threat touching the ball the most.

“It is what you came to college to do, play football,” Bailey said. “It’s tiring, but at the same time it is what you expect.”

And with Monday’s loss of former

running back Mike Jones after he was slotted to switch to wide receiver on the pre-spring depth chart, Bailey is going to have to expect it more.

Bailey was on full display Wednesday. As one of a group of three running backs, including rising senior starter Delone Carter and rising sophomore Averin Collier, returning with in-game experience, Bailey ran through the same core plays time and time again.

With every call of, “Red-80, Red-80,” the rising junior was able to get a little taste of everything. One possession, it was a handoff from quarterback Ryan Nassib. The next, a catch in the flat on a pass from Charley Loeb.

With his speed and catching ability, Bailey is the one player at a skill position who it appears will be called on most frequently with this abbreviated roster. Sometimes it will be as a receiver.

Sometimes, as a blocker. And of course, sometimes as a running back.

But Bailey feels he is ready for it.

As long as his body can hold up, he will be able to help hold the paper-thin team together. He did it some last year, as he finished second on SU with 339 rushing yards, as well as fourth in receiving with 27 receptions out of the backfield.

And in that aspect of the spring, SEE BAILEY PAGE 13