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Editor of The New Yorker to speak at 2014 graduation ceremony

ESPN’s motion to dismiss Laurie Fine’s libel lawsuit gets thrown out of court

By Brett Samuels

By Jacob Pramuk

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David Remnick, a Pulitzer Prizewinning author and editor of The New Yorker, will deliver the 2014 Commencement address May 11 in the Carrier Dome.

Remnick, who is also an expert and commentator on Russia, will give his

On Monday a federal judge denied ESPN’s motion to dismiss a libel suit filed by Laurie Fine, the wife of former associate men’s basketball coach Bernie Fine.

Fine was fired in November of 2011 amid sexual abuse allegations.

He was never charged and has denied all accusations.

The suit was filed in response to ESPN’s coverage of Laurie Fine amid sexual abuse allegations against her husband. U.S. District Judge Lawrence Kahn said in his decision that he could not determine if ESPN’s reporting was “fair and true,” according to court documents.

In the ruling, he also said that ESPN’s coverage was a report of official proceedings like a Syracuse Police Department investigation, but that the network didn’t describe the conclusions of the investigation.

The request for dismissal was filed last August, and the case will “move forward” after the motion’s denial, said Lawrence Fisher, Laurie Fine’s attorney.

“Today, we were given the green light to hold ESPN responsible,” Fisher said.

ESPN could say its reporting was fair and true and not “grossly irresponsible” in defense of the dismissal motion, Fisher said. But until Kahn said he couldn’t declare the reporting as such, he wasn’t able to move forward until ESPN’s motion to dismiss the suit was denied, he said.

“She is extremely happy with today’s decision,” Fisher said of Fine.

Fisher said Laurie Fine will continue to argue that ESPN’s coverage was neither fair nor true, but grossly irresponsible.

David Scott, a spokesman for ESPN, said that the network “stands behind” the reporting.

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David Remnick will give the commencement address at this year’s ceremony. Here are some of the previous speakers: • 2013: Nicholas Kristof • 2012: Aaron Sorkin • 2011: J. Craig Venter • 2010: Jamie Dimon • 2009: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

speech at the joint ceremony for Syracuse University and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, according to a March 31 SU News release.

“As an author and journalist, David Remnick is one of the most insightful chroniclers of world events and the people who shape them,” Chancellor Kent Syverud said in the release.

Remnick graduated from Princeton University, and began his reporting career at The Washington Post in 1982, where he eventually became the paper’s Moscow correspondent. He joined The New Yorker in 1992, and in 1998 was named editor of the magazine. In 2000, Remnick was named Advertising Age’s Editor of the Year.

“His insatiable curiosity, excellence at his craft and integrity are qualities we work to cultivate in all our students, and I know the message he will share will make this momentous day even more special for them,” Syverud said in the release.

Leo Wong, a senior advertising see remnick page 8

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Monday marked SU’s Class Act Day, where seniors were encouraged to donate money to the university to support future students’ campus experiences. Page 3

JEFF MCCORMICK responds to reporters’ questions at the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service at Suffolk University in Boston on Feb. 19. courtesy of michael j. clarke

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Alumnus runs for Massachusetts governor with support of local friends, reflects on time at SU

By Ellen Meyers asst. news editor

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rom playing on the green to making green, Jeff McCormick has always been a leader.

McCormick, a Syracuse University alumnus, not only led his teammates in high school and college to winning several lacrosse games, but also led businesses toward earning profits.

Now he wants to lead the state of Massachusetts.

His SU history consists of a degree in biology and a national championship ring. His personal history includes founding a company that finances growing businesses. In February, McCormick announced his run for governor as an independent candidate.

“He is truly a Renaissance man,” said Tom Foley, executive associate dean of the Martin J.

Whitman School of Management.

During his time at West Genesee High School, located just outside of Syracuse, McCormick was as an All-American lacrosse player and a respectful student. When McCor-

mick attended SU from 1979–83 as an undergraduate, he played men’s lacrosse, winning a national championship in his senior year as captain, while pursuing a degree in

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JEFF MCCORMICK (RIGHT) faced Johns Hopkins University as a SU’s men’s lacrosse player from 1979-83. courtesy of alex freedman

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Joe LoBello, the Marshall Street icon, looks forward to retirement plans, leaving a legacy of cutting hair at Syracuse University. Page 11

S • Picking his spots Syracuse attack Dylan Donahue has combined shot selection and strength to become an elite scorer.

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Student starts extensive tattooing

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SU Chancellor Kent Syverud stopped by the Student Association meeting Monday night. He spoke and answered questions. Page 7

By Naomi C. Falk staff writer

Brandon Mercado’s first tattoo is just the first step in getting a piece that extends over his collarbones and shoulders.

As a sophomore two years ago, the now-senior information technology major took a road trip to Saratoga, N.Y. with some friends.

He was intent on getting his first ink, a chest piece that reads “Live Life No Regrets.”

“The more I think about it, the less I really know,” Mercado said, describing the meaning behind his tattoo. “I’m a pretty sporadic person anyway. The idea was in my BRANDON MERCADO, a senior information technology major, got his head, and I knew they have good first tattoo during a road trip. He plans on extending the tattoo over his collarbones and shoulders. shira stoll staff photographer artists in Saratoga.”

He collaborated with his tattoo art- Regrets’ pissed her off.” my tattoo, and let her do her thing ist to choose the script, and the whole For his next step, Mercado aims with my input,” Mercado said. process took roughly two hours. to get the top and bottom of his Though, when it comes to the The first time Mercado showed chest outlined with tattoos. often strict judgment of the corpohis mom his tattoo, she was not Mercado plans to return to Sara- rate world, Mercado is aware of the amused. Not a fan of body art, she toga, and may get stars or roses on stigma placed on visible tattoos. had previously warned him against his chest, along with his mother and Said Mercado: “I will be congetting anything so permanent. grandmother’s initials. The overall scious of about it. I know it will have “She didn’t care about ink on my outline will be similar to that of some sort of impact, but, nowadays, body, she cared about the percep- Chris Brown’s placement, reaching pretty much everyone has a tattoo. tion,” he said with a laugh. “I think to the bottom of his shoulders.

It’s been normalized.” the fact that I wrote ‘Live Life No “I want to go to the chick who did ncfalk@syr.edu

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The Daily Orange Editorial Board discusses David Remnick as the 2014 commencement speaker. Page 5

O • Not-so-heroic

Pop Culture columnist talks about Young Adult novels transitioning into poor, unoriginal movies. Page 5

P • Souled out

As the profitable winter season ends, Soulscarf comes out with a new line of spring accessories. Page 12

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Dean Steinberg on #crimea lessons for East Asia: everyone is watching what the US will do next. @MaxwellSU @MoynihanMaxwell roundtable

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Roped in Syracuse University’s first outdoor ropes course includes giant wood towers, nets and high-rope elements. See tomorrow’s paper

How many people have died in Crimea as a result of the recent violence.

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need to know Here’s what’s happening around the country.

Making deadline The enrollment period for President Barack Obama’s health care law closed Monday, with at least 9.5 million people gaining coverage.

Obamacare enrollment numbers by month

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Lighten up The District of Columbia mayor signed a bill decrimalizing possession of up to an ounce of marijuana. state by state breakdown: marijuana possession other: 10

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Seniors donate to Experts address issues in Crimea at discussion SU campus

(from left to right) James Steinberg, Kateryna Pischikova and Brian Taylor discuss developments in Crimea on Monday.

The Ukranian province has attracted international attention since it was annexed by Russia. svitlana lymar staff photographer

By Omar Shaaban contributing writer

When protests broke out in Kiev this past winter, hostility soon spread to the rest of the region. As a result, part of the Ukraine was annexed by Russia.

To better understand the issue, students and faculty met in Eggers

Hall Monday afternoon in front of a roundtable discussion of the current crisis’ different perspectives. Ukrainian native Kateryna Pischikova led the discussion with two Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs faculty members to provide students with an informed account of things going on the region.

Pischikova began the discussion by providing insight on Ukraine’s politics before the incident. The unrest can be attributed to many factors but culminated when former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych went back on his promise of signing a joint deal between Ukraine and the European Union,

she said.

In what was seen as Ukraine’s most democratic election to date, Yanukovych centralized much of the government’s power, resulting in the first wave of protest in Kiev, the nation’s capital. Pischikova, a visiting scholar at Cornell and author of see crimea page 9

whitman

Dean holds town hall meetings with students

By Justin Mattingly staff writer

In an effort to interact with Martin J. Whitman School of Management students and hear their concerns, Dean Ken Kavajecz is hosting town hall style meetings.

The meetings are held in the Milton Room in Whitman, and the latest meeting took place Thursday to focus on the school’s seniors. The meetings allow students and administrators to communicate about important issues facing the school, Kavajecz said in an email.

“The meetings open up lines of

communication among school partners and maximize the chances of unearthing new ideas,” he said.

Kavajecz was inspired to hold these meetings because of a need for transparency, dialogue and engagement with the students, he added.

Kavajecz has made maintaining contact with students and building a sense of community a priority, Whitman assistant dean of undergraduate programs Lindsay Rapp said in an email.

“He is showing his commitment to hearing what our current students have to say about their experiences in

As a student, you know your recommendations and feedback are being heard when you communicate directly with the dean.

Lindsay Rapp whitman assistant dean of undergraduate programs

the school,” she said. “As a student, you know your recommendations and feedback are being heard when you communicate directly with the dean.”

Kavajecz held at least one town hall in the fall semester for graduate students, Rapp said. Because of the positive feedback, he wanted three meetings scheduled for undergraduate students in the spring, she said.

The meetings will continue to be held on an ongoing basis, Kavajecz said.

Scott Rosenthal and Sakina Kader both attended Thursday night’s meeting to voice their concerns about see town

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Class of 2014 gives back money to university as part of Philanthrophy Week

By Alex Ptachick staff writer

Members of the class of 2014 did their part to give back to their soon-to-be alma mater when Syracuse University celebrated Class Act Day on Monday.

Graduating seniors were encouraged to give back to SU by donating $20.14 to commemorate their graduation year as part of the 2014 Senior Class Giving Campaign. The event also kicked off this year’s Philanthropy Week. Donations were accepted via the Class Act website, where students, friends and relatives of the class of 2014 participated and shared their stories on the website.

Students who donated $20.14 or more received an invitation to enjoy refreshments at the Class of 2014 Donor Appreciation Event on April 23 from 5–7 p.m. The event is set to be held at Club 44 in the Carrier Dome, according to the Class Act website. see class

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‘Religious freedom’ argument Case uses losing argument of takes wrong perspective on case citizens versus corporations

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eligious freedom” is a big phrase being thrown around a lot lately, especially in the contraception debate. Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores recently was brought before the Supreme Court to argue that the chain store should be able to deny its employees access to insurance that provides contraception. This is because it has the “religious freedom” to operate its business based on the principles taught to them through scripture, as Hobby Lobby president David Green has said publicly.

For-profit employers should be allowed to make these decisions, but should not use religious freedom as the argument behind it, since it is not a strong reason.

If we assumed this popular definition of “religious freedom” is true, then other Christian, for-profit businesses could do plenty of other things in its name. These would include denying services to unmarried couples who’ve had sex (First Corinthians 7:2), a non-virgin woman that got married (Deut. 22:13-21), anyone with tattoos (Leviticus 19:28), people with round haircuts (Leviticus 19:27), and even men who pull out during sex (Genesis 38:9-10).

As you can see, “religious freedom” isn’t the way conservatives should frame this argument. This little phrase distorts what it actually means. It’s the freedom to have any beliefs you chose to — not to enforce your beliefs on other people. Does this mean you’ll have to accept things you disagree with, like homosexuality and abortion? Yes. Did anyone ever say freedom is easy? No, and it takes a little sacrifice from everyone. Framing the argument this way is both wrong and ridiculous.

This doesn’t mean Hobby Lobby can’t make a strong case for its right to deny these kinds of insurance to its employers with other conservative arguments. These arguments not based in religion, and this actually winds up working to their advantage.

First off, Hobby Lobby is a privately-run companies competing in the free market, so it should

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ESCAPING THE ECHO CHAMBER be able to provide whatever it wants to employees.

Yes, you would have businesses that provide lousy wages and nothing else, but then few skilled workers would apply. The businesses that then provide good benefits like well-paying salaries, pensions and health care have more people willing to work there and support their business, which will also help them stay profitable and competitive. If you don’t believe me, go ask Costco — it’s worked great for them. So Hobby Lobby can deny contraception access, but the consequences for its business are on the owners.

If that argument doesn’t work for conservatives, the next one would be finding a way to separate health care from one’s job. People would then be free to make their own health care decisions without worrying about their employer’s religious beliefs. If someone had a moral issue with contraception, it’d affect their health care and no one else’s. Plus it would actually connect one’s health care premiums to their health, not their employment — it might encourage people to stay healthy so they’d pay less. I’m certain a solution that includes individual responsibility — while encouraging good health and fiscal responsibility — will work pretty well.

Sadly, I doubt the conservative conversation will seriously shift towards either of these two arguments. The “religious freedom” argument, as flawed as it is, is still too powerful of a buzzword that quickly hits the hearts of whoever hears it.

It’s unlikely anyone outside the echo chamber will seriously listen and Hobby Lobby will be on the losing side of the Supreme Court’s gavel.

Max Antonucci is a junior newspaper and online journalism major. His column appears weekly. You can find him on Twitter @DigitalMaxToday or email him at meantonu@syr.edu.

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orporations are people,” was one of Mitt Romney’s biggest gaffes during the 2012 presidential election. Now, America is one decision away from being under full corporate control.

The “contraceptive mandate” of the Affordable Care Act, requiring companies to pay for the contraceptive needs of their employees, has always been under heavy fire. During hearings last week, the conversation was finally at a federal level.

The arguments spanned two connected cases, Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Sebelius. There is one overarching debate: does the contraceptive mandate infringe enough on the religious rights of corporations to render it unconstitutional?

Conservatives are again trying to make the ridiculous claim that making corporations pay for any contraceptives would be tantamount to religious oppression. By this logic, the right of a corporation to act within its own narrow religious views outweighs the individual rights of any female employee.

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy put this view into proper context, commenting that the argument is currently viewed only from the perspective of the employer. A write up of the arguments on SCOTUSblog cited Kennedy asking, “What about the workers, who may not agree with their employers’ religious beliefs … Does religion just trump that?”

Here lies the true issue with the conservative approach. If the Supreme Court rules in favor of this ideology, they would be setting a precedent that the rights of the corporate elite outweigh the rights of the people they employ.

Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan recognized the danger immediately. According to SCOTUSblog’s recap, they showed concern for the slippery slope — if corporations are granted exemption from this mandate on the grounds of religious freedom, complaints will undoubtedly follow about other services such as vaccinations,

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blood transfusions and others. The end result would be a significant and unacceptable decline in the rights of employees.

Another problem here is that the word “mandate” is a bit of a misnomer. Similar to the “individual mandate” part of the ACA, it is actually legal for a corporation to refuse to provide contraception. They would only be required to pay a small penalty instead. Justices pointed out that this penalty would be an insignificant cost to any corporation.

The bottom line is that conservative lawyers, justices and politicians have somehow arrived at the conclusion that the First Amendment trumps all. They argue that being forced to act outside of your own religious beliefs is less acceptable than denying somebody else’s right to safety or good health.

At the end of the arguments, the question facing the Supreme Court was very clear: Do the religious rights of corporations outweigh the rights of their employees?

Hopefully the Court sees sense and rules in favor of American citizens. However, should the conservative school of thought triumph, we could see a world where corporations get away with everything and employees get nothing. Anything can be avoided by claiming it infringes upon religious freedom.

A ruling in favor of these ideas would be a dangerous road to travel and one that would curb the freedom of the American people while giving corporations free reign. We can only hope the Supreme Court agrees and saves the country from that fate.

Chris Piemonte is a senior political philosophy major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at cmpiemon@syr.edu.

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La L.U.C.H.A, HASA to discuss controversial Hispaniola ruling Collaborating Syracuse University student organizations, the Haitian American Student Association and Latin Undergraduates Creating History in America, have come together to bring “One Mother, One Island, Two Identities: No Reason For Conflict” to the university campus on Sunday, April 6, to discuss the tensions that exist on the island of Hispaniola. The event will be held in room 304 ABC in the Schine Student Center located on 303 University Place, Syracuse,

N.Y., at 2 p.m.

With the participation of guest panelists Dr. Yveline Alexis, an Oberlin College assistant professor, Gerald McElroy, a development director of the nonprofit Yspaniola and Syracuse University professor, Dr. Silvio Torres-Saillant, the organizations plan to highlight the past and present legal, cultural, economic and political relationship between the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

This workshop is in response to the controversial

ruling of the Dominican constitutional tribunal that strips citizenship from Dominicans of Haitian descent born in the Dominican Republic after 1929, affecting over 250,000 people.

We cordially invite you to learn, participate and explore the notions of race, citizenship and advocacy in not only the context of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, but in the context of the world. As the issues highlighted in this island will raise a wider conversation about our role as

global citizens when it comes to human rights violations due to race, cultural differences and governmental relations. Consequently through this event we seek to not only educate and raise awareness on the issues discussed above, but to move toward solidarity and coexistence within one island, one motherland, where there should be no reasons for conflict.

The Members of HASA and La L.U.C.H.A

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oung adult novels are wonderful. The public especially has certainly embraced this genre — the success of “The Hunger Games,” “Harry Potter,” and “Twilight” prove this perfectly. The amount of film adaptations that have occurred in the past few years show Hollywood sees the potential to make serious cash off of books for young adults.

In recent years, young adult genre is totally dominated by dystopian sagas, full of grim, boring worlds and supposedly badass, but mostly white, solemn heroines. Last weekend, the film adaptation of “Divergent” hit theaters and proved that the genre and its leading ladies are becoming derivative of each other, creating a bleak future for Hollywood blockbusters.

Maybe I should be glad that young women are being portrayed as strong, agile archers and warriors. Sure, Katniss Everdeen is cool, but I keep seeing movies and books with similar futuristic worlds and women who seem like they could be cut and paste from one story into the next. The upcoming “The Giver” and “The Maze Runner” have more similar themes and aesthetics in the film versions to “The Hunger Games” than their own original texts.

It’s all an indication that something is wrong. The problem lies within Hollywood and existing gender schema in pop culture and beyond.

The heroines in these titles are characterized as tomboyish and not ones to care about how they look, but the filmmakers and casting directors certainly care a lot about looks. Most of them tend to be white, between sizes two and six, and for all intents and purposes, drop dead gorgeous. In “Divergent” the main character, Tris, is supposed to be exceedingly plain, and yet directors casted Shaliene Woodley, who is eye-popping and anything but ordinary.

Accuracy and dedication to the source text aside, this really emphasizes the cookie-cutter effect that is so observable in these movies. Audiences are made to feel like there is only one

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This is probably an indication that Hollywood needs to rethink its blockbusters and who’s in them. These new movies are so unoriginal that they cannot stand on their own. In an August issue of Entertainment Weekly, the cover story featuring the cast of “Divergent” had the headline “Is This the Next Hunger Games?” plastered across it. Hollywood should be striving for new representations to tell stories that are the first of their kind, not the next of another’s.

I fully support Tris and Katniss’s bad-assery, but I think they deserve some more interesting counterparts to complement the desiccated world of young adult fiction. Different examples are few and far between, such as the film adaptation of “The Fault in Our Stars,” which also stars Shailene Woodley as one of the most unique heroines of our time. Another book due to be adapted as a series is “Dorothy Must Die” which combines everything we love about Oz with “Kill Bill”-like action sequences.

There is plenty out there for Hollywood and book publishers to draw from, and now is the time for them to do it. Audiences won’t want to see the same story again and again, and we certainly won’t want our heroines to become abstracted from great women into bland characters designed for movie studios to make money rather than for us to actually enjoy.

Cassie-lee Grimaldi is a senior television, radio and film major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at cgrimald@syr.edu and reached on Twitter @cassiegrimaldi.

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Commencement speakers need diversity While David Remnick is an excellent choice as the Class of 2014 commencement speaker, the Commencement speaker recommendation committee should have addressed the lack of diversity with speakers in the last few years.

Remnick is a Pulitzer Prizewinning author and the editor of The New Yorker, one of the top magazines in the country. On Monday, SU announced he would be delivering the 2014 commencement address on May 11 at the Carrier Dome.

Remnick is an excellent choice because many writers have the skill set to deliver great speeches, and the many subjects that are covered

by The New Yorker give Remnick a perspective on more than just journalism, which many students can relate to.

As one of the final moments a

person will remember about his or her time as a student at SU, the commencement speaker should provide a strong, inspirational speech that students connect to and take to heart. Remnick will be able to provide that with his experiences as the editor of The New Yorker.

However, SU should take into consideration this is the third year in a row SU had a person in the communications field as the commencement speaker, after New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof spoke in 2013 and Aaron Sorkin, the creator of “The West Wing” and “The Newsroom,” spoke in 2012.

With commencement speakers, SU has not been very diverse in its selection. Of the 19 commencement speakers since 1995, including Remnick, five have been in the field of communications. This means more than one-fourth of the speak-

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In the past, SU has had speakers from varying fields, such as Billy Joel, Bill Clinton and Jane Goodall.

The committee should make more of an effort to rotate the types of commencement speakers each year, rather than having a writer three years in a row.

The commencement speaker should be a person that can appeal to students across the entire campus, in fields that represent other aspects of the university, such as business, arts, politics and science, among others.

Remnick is a strong choice for SU’s 2014 commencement address, but he will become another addition to the list of writers that have spoken at SU. For future commencements, the university should strongly consider diversifying its selection.

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Syverud attends meeting, responds to student questions

By Jessica Iannetta staff writer

Chancellor Kent Syverud answered student questions for nearly 40 minutes on a wide range of topics relating to communication, student life and academics during Student Association’s assembly meeting Monday night.

Syverud, who was attending his first SA meeting since he became chancellor in January, spoke for about 10 minutes before opening the floor to questions from assembly members.

Since coming to Syracuse University, Syverud said he has met with students, faculty and staff to learn about the university and get advice.

“I guess I’ve learned that what keeps this place going is not so much the work of the guy at the top but the people in every part of the university, if they cheerfully and consistently remember the mission of this place,” he said.

The university currently faces three main challenges, Syverud said. First, SU needs to develop a strategic plan that clearly outlines what its priorities are and how they can be achieved. Second, the university has many areas currently in transition including athletics, the College of Arts and Sciences and fundraising. Finally, communication among administrators, students and staff needs to be improved, Syverud said.

The theme of communication is a topic that Syverud came back to again and again during both his initial speech and the question-andanswer session. Syverud stressed the need to connect with the campus community through many different modes of communication in order to get feedback. He pledged to increase transparency and be honest with people about why decisions are made.

“There are more committees here than any

Chancellor kent syverud speaks to Student Association assembly members at Monday night’s meeting. Syverud addressed issues such as tuition costs, communication and transitions at the university. sam maller staff photographer

place I’ve ever been. So, in theory, there should be more meetings here than in any place I’ve ever been and so there should be more oppor-

boris gresely, Student Association president, laughs during Monday night’s meeting, which had a lengthy Q&A with Chancellor Kent Syverud. sam maller staff photographer

tunities to talk in person to people at those meetings,” he said. “Nevertheless, it feels like people are still surprised a lot by decisions.”

Raising tuition is one decision that many students have asked Syverud about since he became chancellor, he said. He noted that sometimes there can be tension between the goals of providing students with a broad, liberal arts education and preparing students to have successful careers upon graduation. Tuition needs to cover both these goals, he added.

It’s important that the university use data to keep track of how students are doing and evaluate whether an SU education is worth the cost of tuition, Syverud said.

Syverud also discussed the issue of acceptance rates and student diversity. Applications to SU have grown substantially in recent years and the university’s acceptance rate is high compared to peer institutions in some programs, he said. But Syverud said SU has more ways to apply than any other university he’s studied, making the admissions picture even more complicated.

“So I cannot give a single answer to all those questions,” he said. “But I do think that if we’re doing things right here, many more people will want to come here and by definition that means

the acceptance rate will go down.”

Following the question-and-answer session, Syverud returned to his seat and stayed for the rest of the SA meeting before walking back to the chancellor’s house on Comstock Avenue.

Other business discussed:

• Vice President Daniela Lopez gave a presentation about BandVersity, a website that helps create a community for college students to discuss their interests and college life. Lopez said the website could be a good way for SA to connect informally with students and listen to their concerns. SU would be the pilot school for this website, she added.

• Allie Curtis presented a resolution supporting Elect Her, a program that encourages and trains college women to run for student government and future political office. The resolution passed unanimously. Elect Her will take place this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

• Student Life Committee Chair Aysha Seedat gave a presentation on the committee’s initiative to allow transfer students to rush during their first semester on campus. The petition the committee is circulating currently has more than 500 signatures, she said. jliannet@syr.edu | @JessicaIannetta

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Iranian filmmaker to guest lecture in course

By Alex Hoaglund contributing writer

For a select group of students, being able to work with Abbas Kiarostami, filmmaker, poet, video artist and photographer is nothing short of “a miracle.”

Owen Shapiro, artistic director of the Syracuse International Film Festival and professor in the Syracuse University Department of Transmedia, called Kiarostami one of the most influential filmmakers in the industry.

“Filmmakers know him and are very influenced by him,” Shapiro said.

Kiarostami, who hails from Iran, is conducting workshops and giving guest lectures with College of Visual and Performing Arts students for two weeks, which began Monday. Shapiro is coordinating Kiarostami’s visit. Two SU art and design graduate students, June Kyu Park and Tian Guan, are in charge of managing the workshops.

About 20 students will be participating in the workshops. Every student will be required to make a short film while being guided by Kiarostami. In addition to Kiarostami, seven other guest lecturers will come to Syracuse from places across the country such as Virginia, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City to work with students for the two-week workshop. from page 1

remnick major and 2014 class marshal, said he chaired the Commencement Speaker Recommendation Committee, which was made up of all the university marshals from each college and school on campus.

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“It will be very hands-on, but it’ll also be philosophic and aesthetic,” Shapiro said, although he wouldn’t divulge everything the students will learn during the two weeks.

Kiarostami is an awarded and unconventional film director who is highly celebrated internationally, according to a press release from the Syracuse International Film Festival.

upcoming events

Kiarostami will be holding several events in addition to teaching his guest lecture series.

• Free film screenings When: April 1 & 9 at 7:30 p.m.

Where: Watson Theater

• Free poetry reading

When: April 10 Where: Nancy Cantor Warehouse

In his films, Kiarostami uses simplicity to explore complex human issues. He is influenced by those around him and stresses the importance of material over technique, according to the release.

Kiarostami said he uses an improvisational approach with his actors.

“I think that technique for technique’s sake is a big lie, as it doesn’t answer real feelings and real needs,” he said in the release.

Last time Remnick was on SU’s campus, he came for the dedication of the Bill Glavin Magazine Lab at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Wong said the committee sent a list of potential speakers to Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina for consideration, and the options were narrowed down based on a few factors, including availability and price.

He added that Remnick should be an engaging speaker with plenty to offer the graduating class.

Shapiro compared film students working with Kiarostami to somebody studying piano working with somebody like Arthur Rubinstein, a famous classical pianist. It is an honor for the students who are so inspired by film to practice their passion with someone so influential, he said.

Hannah Crowell, a sophomore film major, said in an email it’s vitalto gain hands-on experience.

Although she is not participating in the workshop, Crowell said she would be very interested in participating in something similar in the future.

“It’s a great way to get experience and advice from someone who is ‘in the business.’ You can lecture and show students work and discuss it as much as they’d like, but you will not really understand and you will not really grow as a filmmaker until you get hands on experience,” Crowell said, referring to the professors working with students.

Shapiro mentioned one student in particular, who is currently studying abroad for the spring semester and is extremely influenced

by Kiarostami’s work. The student is coming to Syracuse for the two weeks of the workshop.

“We have people making those kind of sacrifices to study with him,” Shapiro said, emphasizing the influence and importance of Kiarostami within the world of film. aahoaglu@syr.edu

“He brings a very international perspective and lots of experience,” Wong said. “He seems very personable, very light-hearted and a great speaker so I’m looking forward to it.”

He hopes Remnick is a speaker all of the students in the audience can be excited about, he added.

Said Wong: “I hope it’s something students can relate to and be inspired by because that’s what a commencement speech should do.” blsamuel@syr.edu

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town hall Whitman-related issues.

Rosenthal, a senior accounting major, came to the meeting to relay concerns that the capstone, which is required for all Whitman undergraduates, is not as well organized as it should be.

“The capstone is supposed to take everything you have learned over your four years and put them into one class, where you apply all those skills,” he said before the meeting. “That doesn’t happen and I want to voice my concern.”

Rosenthal added that he appreciates Kavajecz taking the time to host the meetings.

Kader, a senior entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises and Spanish major, said limiting smoking outside of Whitman was the main concern she brought to the meeting.

“I wanted to talk to the dean about making boundaries around Whitman so people can’t smoke so close to the doors,” she said before the meeting. “It bothers me a lot and other people have also mentioned it, so I wanted to see what we can do about that.”

Kader appreciates how approachable Kavajecz is, adding that the meetings were a great way to voice opinions on problems.

Kavajecz said students have responded well to the meetings. He added that they felt more connected to the school.

“Everyone that has participated has, I believe, really gotten a great deal out of the time and feel much more of connection to the Whitman School,” he said.

Although the feedback has been helpful, Rapp said she wishes that more students attended the meetings.

Said Rapp: “The dean wants to form a partnership with the student body and I would like to see more students taking advantage of the opportunities provided.” jmatting@syr.edu

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class act Kristen Duggleby, assistant director of annual giving programs, said a committee of seniors led the event to energize the rest of the class to participate in fundraising.

The Senior Class Giving Campaign started with the Class of 2010, but the first Class Act

looking ahead

Philanthropy Week kicked off on Monday with Class Act. Here are the events for the rest of the week.

Wednesday, April 2 • Phanstiel Lecture & Orange Circle Awards, 4 p.m.

Thursday, April 3 • Thank-a-Donor Day, all day • Philanthropy Week Scavenger Hunt, all day

Day took place last year, she added.

“The Class Act initiative runs the entire academic year with a major focus and push second semester,” Duggleby said. “Class Act Day was started to put an intense emphasis on educating students about giving back to SU, having students make a gift to support what is meaningful to them and creating a buzz through social media.”

Duggleby said the amount they’re able to raise varies year-to-year. Although the initia-

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governor biology on the pre-med track.

After completing his MBA in finance in 1986, McCormick ventured into the business world. In 1994, he founded Saturn Partners, a company that finances early-stage businesses, in Boston.

McCormick said his interest in business — and applying his scientific background to solving business problems — drove him toward finance.

Eventually, his work made him realize that state government needed someone who is business savvy, leading him toward running for governor.

“That approach to solving problems — breaking down a problem, bringing in experts and creating solutions — is what drew me to the political side of life. It’s that skill set that we desperately need in the public sector,” McCormick said.

McCormick said he is where he is today because of those who have always been by his side. On long bus rides to and from games, his coach, Roy Simmons Jr., would talk to McCormick not only about specific plays, but also the direction of McCormick’s life and the effect he could have on people, he said. Simmons and many others took an interest in McCormick, shaping his life and influencing the character he has today.

Throughout the years, McCormick said he still keeps in touch with his former teammates, both in the good times and the bad times. Earlier in March, one of McCormick’s teammates from both high school and college, Randy Lundblad, died after a two-year battle with liver cancer.

McCormick traveled to Michigan, where he delivered the eulogy for his beloved teammate.

McCormick was exceptionally close with Lundblad and his other teammates, considering that about half of them in 1983 were also seniors, McCormick said.

“When that happens, you’ve been through the meat grinder for a lot of hours — thousands of hours,” he said. “So you can appreciate the kinds of bonds you get as team. Given the nature of lacrosse as a true team sport, you live together, you work together and you die together.”

But not everyone was a fan of McCormick or his team. He said some people have a preconceived notion about student-athletes, despite

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tive is targeted toward seniors, all students can give back to support an area of SU, whether it’s scholarships, an individual college or student life, she said.

“We want them to leave their legacy and give to what is important to them,” Duggleby added.

Following the donation process, an email was sent to each donor, congratulating him or her and offering up the opportunity to share the accomplishment on Facebook and Twitter. The social media posts were used as a sign of pride, while also encouraging others to join in the giving.

PJ Alampi, a member of the 2014 Senior Class Giving Committee, said he gave to the annual fund in order to make sure SU stays in top shape.

“Giving back to SU is important because it provides years to come with the same amazing opportunities we, as seniors, found on the Hill,” he said.

Simone Goldslager, a member of the Student Philanthropy Council, which hosts Philanthropy Week, said giving back to SU as a student is important because the school gives students many opportunities that others may not have.

She added that everyone has their personal reasons for coming to SU, and their unique reasons to give back to the university.

“We all have a story for why we came to SU. My dad came here, and I thought that SU presented me with the brightest future,” Goldslager said. “I think that when we think about the reasons why we came to SU, giving back isn’t something that’s hard to do — we want to do it.” acptachi@syr.edu

his teammates becoming successful businessmen, producers, lawyers and teachers.

McCormick said he remembers talking to Bob McClure, a professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, about the issue, and McClure told him that people don’t realize how tremendous the demands of student-athletes are.

“You have to be hyper-efficient; especially as a pre-med student, to get your work done and still perform every day at the highest level,” he said.

It was a tough balance to manage, McCormick said. But, he added, the key to a great education is to be as deeply and intensely engaged as possible.

“Regardless if it’s sports or music or programming or a club or a sorority, just go at it with your heart and your mind and your soul, and you’re going to get a lot out of it,” he said.

“But you won’t if you’re passive.”

Foley said he was a football coach at West Genesee when he met McCormick. Foley ended up becoming a counselor in the College of Arts and Sciences and would meet with McCormick to talk.

But they lost touch after McCormick left SU until they reconnected in the 1990s, Foley said.

After learning about McCormick’s success in business and his charity work, such as the Sean

There’s no hidden agenda. It really is him trying to do the right thing for his community.

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McDonough Charitable Foundation, Inc., he said he was amazed at what McCormick had accomplished and how he wanted to give back to the community by running for governor.

Foley said he thinks it is tough to be an independent candidate, especially competing in a state like Massachusetts, where Democratic candidates tend to be more popular.

Pete Wilson, the press secretary for McCormick’s campaign, said although McCormick has not had much experience in politics, his

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crimea “Promoting Democracy in Postcommunist Ukraine” provided further insight into the domestic policies that helped shape the current situation.

“Before leaving, Yanukovych signed an interim agreement with other political leaders, one of them being Russian, which has since been used as leverage for invasion,” she said.

However, Russian president Vladimir Putin and his supporters overlook the fact that the agreement was never signed and finalized, leading to condemnation from the West and its allies, she said. A big fear held by many Ukrainians is that Crimea will serve as a catalyst for Russian military to annex other areas, she said.

Brian Taylor, an associate professor of political science at SU, said that many Russian elites claim the annexation is long overdue. Crimea was a part of the Soviet Union and much of the general populace speak and identify as Russian, unlike the vast majority of Ukrainians who identify as Ukrainian.

After the discussion, sophomore international relations major Brendan Finlay outlined the complexity of the issue.

“By letter of law, it was illegal but there may have been support in Crimea and annexation,” Finlay said.

Taylor said Putin may have “won Crimea but lost Ukraine,” as the invasion could have a polarizing effect of the rest of the nation aligning itself with the West. He elaborated that democratization means a huge upheaval of the current system. Putin’s agenda is slowly but surely growing more authoritarian with access to free media and political participation very marginalized in Russia, he said.

“Growing interdependence is a check on aggressive behavior,” said James Steinberg, dean of Maxwell. “That being said, the more intertwined a nation is with Russia, the less likely it will be to act.”

Steinberg added that ultimately, the nations believe that Putin will cave to their demands once the fiscal realities take hold.

This proves to be a double-edged sword, as many nations in the region are not getting involved in the crisis because their economies could face the repercussions as well, he said.

Countries in the Far East, namely China, have far too much invested in Russian markets to get involved, Steinberg said. Crimea also serves as a test for how powers like the U.S. will act when other areas of constant political realignment, he added.

What needs to be addressed, he said, is the fact that without enforcers in the international community to punish aggressors like Russia, they will be able to continue without concern for their actions. omshaaba@syr.edu

jeff mccormick poses for a photo with his family. McCormick wants to create and maintain jobs as part of his platform for Massachusetts governor. courtesy of alex freedman

outsider perspective could benefit the Massachusetts government.

“Others have said they have business experience, but not the experience growing businesses that he does,” Wilson said. “I think having a fresh look at problems that the state faces is one of his strong suits.”

Mike Messere, the head coach of boys varsity lacrosse at West Genesee, first met McCormick when he participated in a summer recreation lacrosse program when he was in middle school. When Messere learned that McCormick was running for governor, he said he thought it was great because McCormick was the kind of person that people needed.

“His whole life and his work were in business, in the business of developing businesses, the business of evaluating whether businesses were going to be responsible or viable,” Messere said. “That’s number one. Number two, he gets along with everybody. He’s very good at personal contacts.”

But that doesn’t stop others from worrying.

Foley said he had a friend run for Congress before and saw how people get “chewed up” by the process

because of how others generally treat politicians.

Yet, McCormick’s announcement to run for governor didn’t surprise him, Foley said, because of McCormick’s real, good-natured ambitions.

“There’s no hidden agenda,” he said. “It really is him trying to do the right thing for his community.”

Wilson also noticed McCormick’s consideration for others since he started working with him. McCormick and Wilson attended a St. Patrick’s Day parade on Cape Cod with Wilson’s wife and baby. As Wilson’s wife struggled to carry both her son and a diaper bag, McCormick grabbed the diaper bag from her to help out.

“That’s just kind of the guy he is,” Wilson said.

Foley echoed similar sentiments, adding that there are some little things that the average person wouldn’t know about McCormick, like how he has competed in several marathons or how he has played minor league baseball.

Said Foley: “He’s almost too good to be true.” ekmeyers@syr.edu | @Ellen_Meyers

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After 47 years on the job, Joe LoBello retires from iconic post as Marshall Street barber Text by Eric Lyons staff writer

Photos by Doris Huang contributing photographer

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uring a March Madness tournament in the mid1990s, a male cheerleader walked into the Orange Tonsorial to get his hair cut. He requested either Duke Drumm or Joe LoBello, two the most experienced barbers on Marshall Street, to shave SU into the back of his head in typical mid-90s fashion.

LoBello decided to let the more experienced Drumm do the shearing and stood aside to watch.

After about 20 minutes of trimming, cutting and shaving, LoBello realized Drumm had been looking in the mirror while working and wrote “US” instead of SU. With a quick look at one another and without alarming the cheerleader, the pair quietly turned “US” into “CUSE.” Whether or not this is the origin of ‘Cuse is still unknown, but LoBello and Drumm haven’t received any royalty checks from Dick Vitale.

Now, after nearly a lifetime of cutting hair, chatting with customers and giving advice, LoBello turned off his clippers and hung up his scissors for the last time. LoBello retired last week after working on Marshall Street for more than 47 years.

He started cutting hair at the Orange Tonsorial back in 1967 after graduating from barber school. He worked at the Tonsorial for more than three decades next to his friend Drumm, the only person who has spent more time on Marshall Street, and he’s been there since 1960.

When the barber business took a downturn with the long hair hippie craze of the ‘70s, LoBello cut wigs for ROTC cadets to hide their non-regulation locks underneath, and moonlighted as the night manager at Hungry Charlie’s (now Chuck’s Cafe) for six years.

“Joe has always been extremely outgoing and a hard worker. He has put a lot of time in around this campus and a lot of people know it,” Drumm said.

In 2000, the Tonsorial closed, and LoBello and Drumm took their talents and experience to Tony Christopher Hair Design.

During the past 40 years, the pair’s scissors have graced the heads of “Planet of the Apes” star James Whitmore; Tommy James & the Shondells’ drummer Jim Payne; ESPN announcer and now bald Mike Tirico, whose curly hair LoBella admits was a pain to cut; and Syracuse University men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim, who has been a regular customer since he was an SU freshman in 1962.

LoBello and Drumm have cut SU Men’s Crew Coach Dave Reischman’s hair for the past 12 years, but they still see barber page 14

JOE AND LINDA LOBELLO plan to spend a good part of Joe’s retirement at their camp at Black Lake. Joe LoBello first started cutting hair at the Orange Tonsorial with his friend Duke Drumm.

After his home shop Orange Tonsorial closed, in 2000, LoBello began cutting hair at Tony Christopher Hair Design.

SU coaches and athletes including Jim Boeheim are frequent haircut clients of LoBello and Drumm.

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Soulscarf to launch spring line, to benefit Fair Trade USA

By Jocelyn Delaney staff writer

With a chilly spring still in the weather forecast, there is one thing that can brighten up the season: Soulscarf is launching its spring line on April 3.

Soulscarf was started by Syracuse University student Celeste Currie in 2012, and is a company known for its thick wool infinity scarves and philanthropic mission. The company donates 20 percent of its proceeds to one of four charities: the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Feed The Children, Project H Design or The Breast Cancer Society.

“It’s really great knowing that I’m only in college and I’ve been able to give so much back to charities,” said Celeste Currie, who is a senior information management and technology major.

Each Soulscarf has one of four different colored hearts sewn onto it, which represents the charity the money was donated to. So far, Soulscarf has managed to donate almost $8,000 to these charities.

But Currie wanted to continue to give back while being trendy and wearable even when it isn’t bitter cold — so she found scarves that were handmade by women in India through Fair Trade USA. The organization’s mission is to cultivate a more equitable global trade model that benefits farmers, workers, consumers, industry and the Earth by helping local economies, according to the Fair Trade USA website. All the scarves in the spring line will benefit this organization

and the women who create the scarves.

The new line will feature lilac, coral and creamcolored scarves, Currie said. The scarves will be a more traditional style, not an infinity scarf, which is something Currie hasn’t tried yet.

Allison Pang, a senior public relations major who does communications work for Soulscarf, is excited to see the response from Soulscarf fans.

“I think there’s always risk involved in doing something new, but I think it will be received well by Soulscarf wearers,” Pang said.

Currie created Soulscarf as part of her information technology design and startups course in the School of Information Studies that required her to come up with a business idea. She was looking for a warm scarf to sport on campus during the harsh winters.

Everything she found was too expensive, so she decided to knit one for herself. She took that thought to her ideas class and began developing her business.

With no business background, Currie said Google was her best friend. She found a manufacturer and began pricing her product. She invested the money she saved to go abroad to start her company. Before she knew it, scarves were selling out.

“It’s obviously a very cute and versatile item to have in your wardrobe,” said Ellen Picket, a junior public health major. “And it makes the Syracuse winter a little more bearable, but I really like knowing that it was created by a student. To put a face to the brand is something really unique and special.”

MARICELIS GALANES, a theater major who models for Soulscarf, shows off one of the brand’s spring line scarves, which is set to launch April 3. courtesy of drew osumi

Soulscarf is also sold in J Michael Shoes and other small boutiques.

Currie was also able to get Soulscarf in Pure Barre studios, a workout franchise, which has brought in much of her business.

“I’ve watched as she’s gotten scarves in Pure Barre studios all over America, sold out of scarves during the holiday season and get featured in U.S. News & World Report for her

startup endeavors,” Pang said.

Currie’s success has driven her to expand her line. She has tried other designs before, but her original knit infinity scarf has always been the most popular.

She is hoping that this new spring line with fun colors and a lighter weight will give her fans new, creative options for their wardrobes. jdelaney@syr.edu

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Colombian superstar oversteps her limitations, gets experimental on self-titled album

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est known for her skillful blend of Latin and pop music, Shakira has shown throughout her career that her interests lie elsewhere, too. But on her self-titled tenth studio album, the Colombian pop star takes the challenge of creating an allencompassing record a bit too literally.

“Shakira.” still has the singer’s characteristic Latin pop sound, but it also throws in a pinch of electronic dance music, a dash of country and a whole lot of pop, creating a mishmash of genres that might exhibit where

in sync If you like this album, check out these tracks:

1. “Waiting for Tonight” by Jennifer Lopez 2. “Genie in a Bottle” by Christina Aguilera 3. “Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears 4. “Early Winter” by Gwen Stefani 5. “Man Down” by Rihanna

Shakira is as an artist and a person, but doesn’t work as a cohesive collection of songs.

The most jarring genre experiment comes toward the end of the record on “Medicine,” a duet with country singer Blake Shelton. While their voices sound lovely together, this song would have worked much better on one of Shelton’s albums, since it’s unmistakably a country song — and a pretty cheesy one, at that.

“Medicine” is followed by “23,” another track that could make it to country radio. The acoustic guitar-driven, pop country song could follow up a Miranda Lambert tune without question.

But, again, it has no place on “Shakira.”

On the opposite end of the spectrum, Shakira also experiments with EDM on the album’s first track, “Dare (La La La).” The song is a powerfully pumping opener that leads the listener to believe Shakira has hopped on the dance music bandwagon.

But she hasn’t — not quite. While “Dare

(La La La)” is a fine example of the marriage of EDM and pop, it is also the only example of this on the album, and its appearance seems random in retrospect.

Instead, Shakira seems to be stuck in the early 2000s, when bubblegum pop stars like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera dominated the radio.

“Spotlight” is the most obvious offender.

While the instrumentation and use of electronic music updates this song slightly, it still sounds like something a 10-year-old girl would have been listening to in 2003. But Shakira’s not trying to sound nostalgic; “Spotlight” just doesn’t work as a serious pop song in 2014.

Despite the eclectic genre shifts, there are still plenty of examples of what Shakira does best: blending pop, rock and Latin influences.

The first single, “Can’t Remember to Forget You,” featuring Rihanna, is the strongest song on the album and the most obvious example of Shakira’s rock ‘n roll influences. Its chorus features crunchy electric guitars and pummeling percussion, and the song has the catchiest melody on the record.

Rihanna is great on the track, too. She adds her own Barbadian flavor with a sexier, buttery smooth vocal delivery. She offers contrast and doesn’t lose her identity in Shakira’s Latininfused rock song.

Aside from the Latin pop tracks that work well on the album (“You Don’t Care About Me,” “Cut Me Deep”), Shakira’s saving grace is her voice. It’s still wildly unique and instantly recognizable, but also much more listenable than it was 10 years ago. It’s amazing how she’s trained herself to meet somewhere in the middle of weird and unoriginal to deliver vocals that are pleasant to listen to, but still very much her own.

Her best vocals are on “Broken Record,” an acoustic guitar-driven ballad about telling the man she loves over and over how she feels about him. Her voice is so delicate on this track. The vulnerability is beautiful and intimate, as if she’s sitting right next to you singing live. It’s a shame “Shakira.” wasn’t made up entirely of these strong moments.

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It’s pretty brave for Shakira to self-title an album more than 10 years after her English language debut. Maybe “Shakira.” is supposed to serve as a representation of all her sides, all her tastes, all her favorite genres.

But an album still needs to be cohesive.

“Shakira.” might represent the artist as a person, but the music as a package suffers because of her crazy shifts in genre.

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Trip to Morocco provides lessons in Middle Eastern market culture

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n Marrakesh, all roads lead to the market.

As soon as we arrived in Marrakesh, Morocco this weekend, my friends and I knew exactly what our first stop would be. We were headed for the Medina, or the old city, which we knew was world-famous for its colorful goods and atmosphere.

I’ve traveled to many exotic cities while studying abroad, but this trip marked my first foray into Africa. I had high expectations for Marrakesh, one of the largest cities in Morocco, and I wasn’t disappointed.

The markets of Marrakesh are a shock to the senses: displays of pashmina scarves in every color and pattern, pyramids of cinnamon and cumin and the call to prayer resounding through loudspeakers. Motorcycles share the narrow streets with donkeys hauling carts, and you can find knockoff Converse shoes and traditional harem pants at the same stall.

Adding to the cacophony, vendors often call out in a quick succession of different languages to get your attention regardless of what language

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barber consider him a newer customer. Reischman heard about the pair before he was a Syracuse coach, when he brought Gonzaga University to Syracuse for an Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta in 1990.

“One of the guys went down the street to get a haircut at the Orange Tonsorial and came back talking about Duke (Drumm) and Joe (LoBello),”

you speak. “Hola! Ça va, les filles? Good prices, student prices for you!” The Marrakesh markets are a mix of old and new, a linguistic melting pot.

Nothing about shopping in the Medina of Marrakesh is the same as shopping in America, or even Western Europe. In addition to the outdoor setting and insistent merchants, no prices are fixed. Shoppers are expected to barter for everything, and this can be a particular challenge for tourists. Vendors will try — and usually succeed — to overcharge non-natives.

The key to bartering in Marrakesh is to begin by naming a price less than half of what the merchant asked, then proving you’re willing to walk away if the price isn’t right. Though haggling can be a hassle, it’s worth the satisfaction of sealing a purchase with a handshake after a battle of wills.

Like with haggling, the advertising style of Moroccan merchants can take some getting used to. Upon seeing a gaggle of tourists walk by, vendors in doorways will try everything from offering discounts to following you down the street in an attempt to get your business.

It took me a while longer to notice one of the other differences between the Medina and other markets: the stalls of Marrakesh are run exclusively by men. The very few female vendors I saw spread their wares on blankets in the main square or wandered through the alleys of stalls rattling handfuls of bangles.

Some of the purchases I made in Morocco took me by surprise — literally. Heedless tourists walking across the central square will find their hands grabbed and quickly painted with henna by women who then demand two or three hundred dirham (around $25-$35) for their services.

Even more alarming are the street performers armed with animals. After smiling and asking to see my hand, one man unceremoniously draped a (sedated) snake around my neck and

asked my friend to take a picture, for which he charged me two hundred dirham.

My friend had it worse. After telling a merchant she would not pay for a picture, she found herself with a monkey dangling off her purse. When she refused to pay, the vendor loudly expressed his views about her mother with a few choice words.

Despite being overcharged for the privilege of being assaulted with a snake, I don’t regret a single dirham I spent in the Marrakesh markets.

I returned home with gifts for almost everyone I know and a fear of looking at my bank account.

Because I had so little opportunity to explore in the brief time I was there, I’m already forming plans to go back. But, for the sake of my bank account, I’ll put it off until I win the lottery.

Reischman said. “I always remembered that, so when I moved to Syracuse I went to check out their shop and have been going back ever since.”

The warm atmosphere and good conversation are what brings Reischman back to the shop time after time.

“I think Joe (LoBello)’s biggest asset is that he loves talking to people. He gets to know his customers and that is why he has such a loyal group,” Reischman said. “The past 12 years have been like one long conversation that just picks up the next time I am in the shop.”

Following a bout with cancer and now well into his seventies, LoBello has decided it is time to retire.

“I want to go out on a good note,” he said.

LoBello plans to spend the majority of retirement at his camp at Black Lake with his wife, Linda. He plans to go fishing and, on occasion, go to the local casino when Linda lets him.

Linda, who retired from teaching after 37 years, is happy her husband is joining her.

“He’s worked hard his entire life and doesn’t need to do it anymore. It is time for a new phase

in his life. I’m sure he will find something to do — he always does,” she said.

LoBello doesn’t plan to stay away from Marshall Street for too long. He’s already planning his next visit to the shop.

“Some people hate their job. Here, we have a good time laugh and joke around,” LoBello said. “I will miss meeting the freshmen every year. They come in here to get a haircut and we talk to them, give them advice and help them steer clear of trouble.”

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Maggie Cregan is a sophomore history and magazine journalism major. From Cleveland to Syracuse to Strasbourg, she enjoys rocking out and getting hopelessly lost. If you want to talk to her about this column, or are Keith Richards, reach her at mmcregan@syr.edu and follow her on Twitter at @MaggieCregan_SU.

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donahue Donahue faced a steep physical disadvantage.

“He was a little kid,” said his father Kevin Donahue, who is also an SU assistant coach. “I mean little. He was 135 pounds in his senior year in high school, and he had to make up for that.”

To do so, Donahue developed what West Genesee head coach Mike Messere called a “sixth sense” that he never saw before, and hasn’t seen since.

He turned down good shots for great ones, and compensated for his inability to size up opponents physically by edging them mentally.

Messere described Donahue’s sixth sense as an awareness of where his opponents and teammates are on the field, as well as being able to locate the net from any angle and at any time.

Donahue was named a U.S. Lacrosse AllAmerican as a senior after leading West Genesee in points, and led the Wildcats to three straight Section III titles.

“He had no other choice but to be selective because of his size,” said SU attack Kevin Rice, who went to Skaneateles High School and played with Donahue in the Empire State games. “As he’s gotten older, it’s stuck. It comes from him being one of the smaller guys and it hasn’t changed.”

After Donahue redshirted in 2012, he played in 20 games, starting in 10, for the Orange last season. He finished third on the team in goals and had the best shot percentage of any player who attempted at least 10 shots.

But while he had developed into a slightly bigger player in three years since high school, he still wasn’t strong enough to be an elite attack. So he went to Matt Mancz — a strength and conditioning coach for football and lacrosse who is better known among student-

athletes as “Muscle Matt” — and laid out a summer workout plan that would lead him into this year.

“He wanted to get stronger so that’s what we did,” Mancz said. “It was nonstop, every day, and with a guy with his ability, he gained the strength to really tie it all together.”

Mancz put him on a regimen similar to Syracuse’s running backs, which developed his core and legs to simultaneously build speed and strength.

Days started early in the morning and ended late at night. They started in the weight room, where Donahue did everything he could to keep up with Mancz, whether they were working legs or upper body. Then he’d fire shots into the cage with Rice before the two played in leagues at night.

“I don’t think he had a job,” said Kevin Donahue while scratching his head. “I’m still paying for that.”

Now Donahue’s the consummate scorer — a combination of intrinsic ability, selectivity and strength that heads an attack unit the Orange has leaned on this season.

As a team, Syracuse has the worst faceoff percentage in the ACC and in turn, takes the fewest number of shots per game. Yet the Orange has maximized its scant number of possessions with the conference’s best shooting percentage, led by Donahue’s efficient approach.

In addition to Donahue’s NCAA-leading shooting percentage of 65.6, 81.2 percent of his shots are on goal and he’s shot more than five times just twice this season. In the first, he netted eight goals in eight shots in a season-opening win over Siena. In the second, he collected a hat trick in seven attempts in an overtime win over then-No. 11 Albany.

“It’s about making the most of possessions and that’s what I try to do,” Donahue said. “We have to make good decisions as an offense, and I

DYLAN DONAHUE has selective shooting tendencies, which have allowed him to score at a 65.6 percent clip, which ranks best in the nation. logan reidsma staff photographer

can control my shooting.”

Kevin Donahue, Desko and Messere described Donahue the same way: a natural.

But the sophomore took his natural skill set and blended it with a longstanding mind-set and off-field workout, and the product is supplying tangible results.

Each one of Donahue’s powerful strides is drawn from mornings in the weight room, going rep for rep with Mancz. Each dodge past

a defender mimics a move made to shed an invisible competitor with no one around. Each temptation to shoot reminds him of a time when he could count his scoring opportunities on two hands.

And shots remain scarce and in a way, sacred. Because if the chance isn’t perfect, Donahue moves on and waits until another one is. jcdoug01@syr.edu | @dougherty_jesse

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running backs a good feeling that I am No. 1 right now. I know that comes with a lot of stuff that I have to carry.”

Namely, the ball. Gulley said he expects close to 20 carries per game, up from 7.6 in 2013. He believes he’ll get 5–7 targets out of the backfield per game after catching just 15 total passes a season ago.

Gulley said he’s very comfortable running routes and catching Hunt’s passes — he’s not exclusively a rusher.

“Tyson never had to adjust to being the No. 1 back,” Hunt said. “We had Jerome as the No. 1 back, but they were both the No. 1 backs in reality. Tyson’s not adjusting at all.”

Whether or not Gulley shines or struggles in his increased role, he’ll have a slew of backups ready to decrease some of the burden.

Morris and McFarlane are preparing for a surge in carries, as well.

Morris said he felt more at ease as the season progressed last year. He had the apprehension and nerves that often come with being a freshman to start, but they quickly subsided.

“In the beginning I wasn’t as fluid,” Morris

said. “I wasn’t myself. As the season went on I got more carries and I got more comfortable.”

Gulley said he feels as though Morris’ speed is one of his best assets. Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer said Morris broke free for a 15–20yard run in SU’s scrimmage last Tuesday.

Morris said his main focus this spring is to work on protecting Hunt. When the ball isn’t handed off to him or thrown in his direction, he knows blocking is imperative to both stay on the field and help the offense click.

Shafer said he’s been pleased with McFarlane’s vision. He said he’s especially lethal inside and that he’s also capable of taking it against the grain.

“George and Devante, they’re doing exactly what they should be,” Hunt said. “What they’re trying to do is learn protection better.

We all know they can run.”

Even Ameen-Moore, who carried the ball just five times last season, is coming on strong, Shafer said. He said Ameen-Moore, a rising senior, “sees some light at the end of the tunnel,” and is continuing to push SU’s top three backs.

“It’s a friendly competition,” Gulley said.

“We’re always clowning each other, letting everybody know. We got a little joke about who catches balls and stuff like that. It’s always a competition, but we keep it in the room.”

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Sophomore midfielder Erica Bodt has been easy to spot during Syracuse’s current fourgame winning streak. And it’s not just the sleek new black hair color that she debuted against Florida on March 15.

The sophomore has tallied six goals during the No. 3 Orange’s (10up next 1, 3-1 Atlantic Coast) quartet of recent vicVS Albany @ Carrier Dome tories, helping bolster Tuesday, 6 p.m. an already explosive Time Warner Cable attack. She’ll look to Sports Channel pile up a few more when Syracuse charges into battle against No. 18 Albany (9-0, 1-0 America East) at the Carrier Dome on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

After starting 2014 with only three goals through SU’s first seven games, Bodt has now bumped her season total up to nine and sits only a pair shy of her freshman mark.

“I’m definitely more confident, which has helped a lot,” Bodt said. “The opportunity has just come the past few games that I’ve had a chance to take it to goal, which is really nice.”

Much of that confidence stems from the hard work she put in before stepping on campus.

Bodt dreamed of playing in the Carrier Dome since her days in middle school. Two of her youth coaches attended Syracuse, so she grew up idolizing the team and made it a personal goal to eventually suit up for the Orange.

But she found her dream in jeopardy when she suffered a stress fracture during her sophomore year at John Carroll School in Bel Air, Md. All of a sudden, her usual routine on the soccer and lacrosse field was replaced with rest and rehabilitation.

“It definitely shook me a little bit,” Bodt said. “I had to reflect on it a lot.”

It also motivated her to come back stronger than ever — and she did. Bodt scored 55 goals her senior season, and was named a 2012 Under Armour All-American. The offer to play at Syracuse became a reality, and she jumped on it.

Orange head coach Gary Gait knew Bodt was a potential superstar, but she struggled to trust herself as a freshman. That’s starting to change this season and the results are showing up in the box score.

“She’s got all the talent,” Gait said. “Speed, athleticism, a great stick. She just needs to build on her confidence level and I think scoring the last few games helps.”

Bodt now adds another dimension to an already dangerous midfield. With two seniors and a junior routinely in the starting lineup, the position is one of the team’s biggest strengths, said fellow middie Katie Webster.

But it will be more of a question mark next year after graduation takes four seniors and a lot of veteran leadership from SU’s midfield depth.

Based on Bodt’s work ethic in practice and passion for lacrosse, though, Webster is confident the sophomore can help fill those voids.

“Having her as a middie out there with us, I know that she’s going to do great things in the next couple years,” Webster said.

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ule and tournament play looming, she’ll have plenty of chances to show off her new look and confidence.

“I made the right decision and I’m really glad that I’m here,” Bodt said. “It’s really exciting to be part of such a great program and atmosphere. It’s just awesome.” tfpiccot@syr.edu

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Ward uses golf experience as Syracuse’s composed leader

By Sam Blum asst. copy editor

During the summers when Billy Ward was growing up, he spent 11 hours each day competing in the hot Syracuse sun.

But Ward wasn’t practicing lacrosse. He was playing golf.

“Golf was my main sport growing up,” Ward said. “I think that’s where I get a lot of my competitive spirit from.”

Ward, now a senior captain for Syracuse (5-3, 1-3 Atlantic Coast), is a level-headed leader for a team looking to bounce back from three losses to start its conference schedule.

He ranks sixth on the team with 11 goals, while also handing out three assists.

Yet Ward didn’t develop his composure on the lacrosse field. Rather, he grew it as one of the top golfers in the area when he was at C.W. Baker High School in Baldwinsville, N.Y. “I think all sports are pretty similar,” Ward said. “It’s the same mental toughness, whether I’m playing golf or lacrosse, you got to do what you got to do. You got to bring that mental toughness to it.”

When Ward was 10 years old, his best friend and next-door neighbor, Billy Markey, encouraged him to take up golf. Markey was 3 years older, but the two had always played sports together in their backyards.

When Ward first started playing, he couldn’t control shots. But he was a fast learner, and became one of the few players in the history of C.W. Baker’s golf program to make the varsity team as an eighth-grader.

By the time he was 14, he was scoring in the

70s on an 18-hole course.

“His work ethic from what he has now in college at SU,” Markey said, “I think it really did come from golf. He was probably a better golfer than he ever was a lacrosse player.”

At Baker, he excelled at both sports, but they’d sometimes conflict. Golf was a fall sport at C.W. Baker, but the sectionals took place in the spring. In Ward’s junior year, he had to compete in a golf tournament in the afternoon, and make it back for a lacrosse playoff game that night.

“He controls his emotions on the field,” Markey said, “and I think that attributes from the game of golf.”

Around the time that Markey graduated, Ward started to focus more on lacrosse. It was what colleges were looking at him for, and he had to oblige.

The summers that he’d once spent out on the course were replaced with travel teams and offseason preparation.

And while he’s only started one game this season at Syracuse and doesn’t put up flashy numbers like a lot of his teammates, Ward’s experience in both sports has made him invaluable for the Orange.

“I really can’t say enough about Billy Ward and what he does for us,” senior goalie Dominic Lamolinara said. “He’s great.”

In the spring — when he finds time in his busy lacrosse schedule — Ward packs up his golf clubs and heads over to Drumlins Country Club in Syracuse to play against his teammates.

He modestly insists that several others on the team are just as good as he is, but even SU head coach John Desko said Ward has a reputa-

tion of being an elite golfer.

Sometimes, though, he doesn’t want to compete against anyone and goes alone to clear his head.

He may be a lacrosse player at the collegiate level, but golf will always be a passion.

“Lacrosse gave me what I craved when

I was playing golf,” Ward said. “I loved the team sport, I loved being around these guys.

Lacrosse gave me that.

“I love golf, though. It’s you. You make a mistake; it’s on you. I think I’ve taken a lot of great things from both sports.” sblum@syr.edu | @SamBlum3

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Freshman trio heats up as rising Orange enters final stretch

By Ryan Raigrodski staff writer

Syracuse’s youngest players have helped take Syracuse from an 0-7 start to its highest ranking of the season of 59.

Freshmen Valeria Salazar, Maria Avgerinos and Rhiann Newborn all have enjoyed recent success that has helped the team to wins over then-No. 25 Florida State, then-No. 34 Boston College and then-No. 48 Virginia Tech.

“They have been very important,” SU interim head coach Shelley George said. “They have been huge contributors both in singles and doubles. I only see a very bright future for the three of those players.”

Part of the reason the three have had success is their friendship and ability to play off one another. They’ve been good friends for months, especially Avgerinos and Salazar, who met over the summer before they even got to Syracuse (3-10, 3-5 Atlantic Coast) and have

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recently become doubles partners.

“We’re such good friends,” Salazar said.

“We’re always fooling around. Especially Maria and I. It was just an easy friendship.”

This bond has helped the three of them all grow as players, as they are feeding off of one another on the court and gaining motivation from seeing each other succeed.

Against Florida State, both Avgerinos and Salazar had battles to win their singles matches and lead SU to victory. Avgerinos won in straight sets while Salazar won in a tight threeset matchup, taking the third set 7-5.

“In the Florida State match, I saw Valeria battling to win,” Avgerinos said. “And that gives me that little extra energy to keep fighting as well and get us the win.”

The improvement of the team — which coincided with a surge by the three freshmen — started at the beginning of ACC play, when Newborn won in a third-set tiebreak to give the Orange its first win of the season against Virginia Tech.

But before that, they struggled to win matches.

Salazar did not win a singles match from Jan. 11 until SU’s March 7 match against Florida State. Newborn had only two singles and one doubles win all year before the VT match.

Avgerinos had been riding the bench until Breanna Bachini went down with an injury against the Hokies.

And as they struggled to both win and get on the court, they worked on improving their games in practice and private lessons.

“We put in the hard work,” Newborn said in an email. “And with our game increasing we take what we’ve practiced and incorporated it

against these teams, which allowed us to win some of these tough matches.”

Newborn was doing well in doubles until her early season partner — co-captain Aleah Marrow — went down with a season-ending injury.

She played with three different partners,

We put in the hard work. And with our game increasing we take what we’ve practiced and incorporated it against these teams, which allowed us to win some of these tough matches.

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including Avgerinos, but found no success.

Now George has given the duo of Avgerinos and Newborn a second chance. Against Boston College on March 23, the decision paid off, as the duo won 8-5 to give the Orange a muchneeded doubles point.

This past Sunday, they came back from a break down against the No. 11 doubles team in the country from North Carolina to take the match to a tiebreak, in which they lost 7-4.

Now the pair, along with Salazar, are playing their best tennis heading into the Orange’s last six matches. rlraigro@syr.edu

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Gulley preps to lead RBs

By Trevor Hass asst. sports editor

Jerome Smith is heading to the NFL. George McDonald plans to implement a “full-bore fast” offense. Terrel Hunt is much more comfortable running the show and has a revamped receiving corps to throw to.

Many elements of Syracuse’s offense will be entirely different in the coming months, but PrinceTyson Gulley expects one component to remain constant.

SU will continue to run the ball regularly.

“It’s a running backs’ school,”

NATURAL SELECTION

Tyson never had to adjust to being the No. 1 back.

DYLAN DONAHUE was an undersized attack when he first came to Syracuse, but spent much of last offseason lifting weights to get his strength up.

The redshirt sophomore leads SU with 21 goals and is easily the most efficient of the ACC’s top goal scorers. logan reidsma staff photographer

Terrel Hunt

Donahue’s shot selection helps him become NCAA’s most efficient scorer

Gulley said, “so that’s what we plan to do. We’ve just got to put in the work, and they’re giving us a shot to make plays for the offense.”

Gulley, George Morris II, Devante McFarlane and Adonis Ameen-Moore will look to fill the void left by Smith, one of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s most prolific backs a season ago.

Gulley and Co. know their ability to consistently produce will be imperative when SU enters its second season in the ACC, and are working diligently this spring to ensure there isn’t a drop-off with Smith gone.

Smith rushed 200 times last season, racking up 914 yards and 12 touchdowns. Gulley carried the ball 83 times for 456 yards and four touchdowns, while Morris and McFarlane each picked up close to 300 yards and found the end zone once.

With Smith gone, everyone moves up a spot. Gulley, who was the clear-cut second back last season and is the expected starter in the fall, knows replacing Smith will be a challenge, but it’s one he’s ready to tackle.

“I don’t like to bring all the light on me,” Gulley said, “but it’s

By Jesse Dougherty asst. sports editor

T

he anatomy of a prolific scorer is interchangeable.

Some rely on a powerful shot. Others depend on quick feet. A handful possess a rare combination of strength and speed, defined by one and buoyed by the other.

But Dylan Donahue’s makeup exceeds what the eye can see.

The Syracuse attack was once an undersized transfer with an innate scoring ability that his body couldn’t support. Now his remarkably lean

diet of shots has resulted in the seventh most goals in the country’s best conference, and the best shot percentage in the nation.

“I look for the best shot,” Donahue said. “I’ve always been very particular about when to shoot, that’s all it is.”

But Donahue’s not just picky. He’s a marriage of natural ability and natural progression, evidenced by the 21 goals he’s netted on 32 shots as Syracuse’s (5-3, 1-3 Atlantic Coast) leading scorer this season. The sophomore has always known how to put the ball in the net — even as a slight attack at West Genesee (N.Y.) High

School — but it wasn’t until he grew into his body and refined his build in the weight room that he took shape as a weapon on the Orange’s front line.

And for a team that has enjoyed minimal possessions in a less-thanstellar first year in the ACC, Donahue’s scoring touch — accented by shot selection and physical strength — is as indicative of his development as it is necessary to his team’s success.

“He was frankly a small player coming out of high school,” SU head coach John Desko said. “He’s just a kid who works on everything that he can work on. He had to get in the

weight room and get stronger, especially in the lower body, and he did that and continues to do so.”

Before practices at West Genesee, Donahue would put a bucket of balls in the attacking third. He’d work on his shooting and stick work, dodge imaginary defenders and put shot after shot into the back of the net.

And after practice when his teammates left for the night, he’d grab another bucket and do it all again, his jersey now soaked in sweat and the daylight dwindling.

Yet even with a tireless work ethic, see donahue page 15

shots fired 3 GOALS SCORED

Dylan Donahue is one of the country’s most efficient scorers. Here is how his production stacks up against the ACC’s top scorers based on goals scored, shot attempts and shot percentage.

3 SHOT ATTEMPTS

40.2%

31.1%

37.0%

44.1%

36.4%

29.1%

65.6%

JORDAN WOLF (DUKE)

MARK COCKERTON (VIRGINIA)

JAMES PANNELL (VIRGINIA)

JOSH DIONNE (DUKE)

JOEY SANKEY (NORTH CAROLINA)

MARK CHANENCHUK (MARYLAND)

DYLAN DONAHUE (SYRACUSE)

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