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A Falk professor is teaming up with 13 other universities to further obesity research thanks to a $4.9 million grant from the USDA. Page 3

With a Great Gatsby theme, the Hospitality Management Senior Class Gala ends its program with jazz, food and an auction. Page 11

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Freshman pitcher Sydney O’Hara may be on her way to becoming the best two-way player in school history. Page 20

SU raises $82,000 for Relay

By Brett Samuels asst. news editor

ALLIE CURTIS AND DANIELA LOPEZ, former Student Association president and current SA vice president, welcome the crowd to “Elect Her,” an event aimed at encouraging college women to get involved in student government and pursue political office. margaret lin photo editor

Yes, she can

Despite adversity, women prove their place in politics

By Lydia Wilson asst. copy editor

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llie Curtis almost gave up.

She went home in the summer of 2012 after serving as Student Association vice president and realized how much she enjoyed freedom from the dayto-day grind of SA and social media battles. Curtis received insults on Twitter — including being called a

a man’s world The following states have never sent a woman to either the Senate or the House.

Miner, others encourage leadership during “Elect Her”

prostitute — and they became hard to ignore, she said.

Curtis, a senior public relations and political science major, remembers being 16 years old and telling herself that she’d shatter the glass ceiling. But after her experiences as vice president, she felt worn down and began to think that a position behind the scenes, such as campaign manager, would suit her better. see female

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n order for Syracuse women to win, they have to understand what they’re up against and how to overcome setbacks that can sometimes seem insurmountable.

This was the theme at Saturday’s Elect Her workshop, titled “Syracuse Women Win.” The event aimed to inspire women at Syracuse Uni-

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The number of women who have been elected state governor in United States history.

versity to run for student government and future political positions.

The five-hour workshop — held in the Killian Room of the Hall of Languages — included exercises about constructing political messages, campaign teams and political strategies.

Between workshops, keynote speaker and Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner spoke, as well as other local see elect

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limited influence 98 of 535 members of Congress are women, which is 18.3 percent. source: www.nwpc.org

Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF students raised more than $82,000 during the weekend in Relay for Life.

Nearly 2,000 Syracuse University and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students participated in the event from Friday at 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Saturday. Students from various campus organizations formed groups, and then took turns throughout the night walking the track in the Carrier Dome.

Of the amount raised, about $10,400 was raised at the event and the rest came from online donations, said Nick Palmateer, a junior biotechnology major who is on the Relay for Life planning committee at Syracuse University. Palmateer said it was his third time participating in Relay at SU, but this year seemed to have the best turnout yet.

“To look down at the turf around 9 p.m. and see everyone having such a good time and see the entire turf packed is so rewarding,” he said.

For some, Relay has meaning beyond just raising money to help fight cancer.

It’s an event that can become a tradition and a support system for students like Sara Freund, a senior writing and rhetoric major and participant in this year’s Relay. Freund has been a part of Relay since middle school, and has a very personal connection to the event.

Freund’s mother was diagnosed with cancer and went through radiation and chemotherapy at the end of Freund’s sophomore year. While she was at home spending time with her mother during treatment, Freund said she realized how important an event like Relay for Life is.

“It’s for the people who have had cancer, who are battling it, and who we’ve lost,” she said. “It’s about celebrating them and giving them hope while we try to find a cure for this disease.”

Freund described Relay for Life

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Singer reflects on a capella group

By Jen Bundy staff writer

Jeff Kurkjian loves being on stage.

And, as President of Otto Tunes, he finds himself there quite frequently.

“Performing has always been a passion for me,” said the junior broadcast and digital journalism and political science dual major.

Kurkjian is one of the founding members of Otto Tunes, an allmale a capella group at Syracuse University. He created the group his first semester on campus. The group originally called themselves ‘The Mount Men,” since the group members all had roots in Flint and JEFF KURKJIAN is one of Otto Tunes’ co-founders, and helped start Day Halls in the Fall of 2011. genevieve pilch staff photographer With Kurkjian assuming the role of the group in the Fall of 2011. leader and president, Otto Tunes grew The hard work paid off. Otto Washington, D.C. and New York City, from four friends singing together Tunes now has more than 2,600 performed at schools, hospitals, on the Mount to placing the highest Facebook likes and is requested to church services and nursing homes, among all of the Syracuse a capella perform at several events each week. and did so all while finding time to groups at the International Competi“When I began my presidency, release its first album in November tion for Collegiate A Cappella in March. I told myself the goal was to get to 2013, titled “Opening Pitch.”

“The hardest part for us was where we don’t have to ask to be a Said Kurkjian: “Otto Tunes has establishing our ‘thing.’ We really part of someone’s event,” he said. been an incredible experience, to be wanted to become the group that “Today, we get upwards of three or able to make something out of nothing. everybody on campus wanted to four performance requests a day. I know that this group is in it for the hear sing,” he said. “We reached out My goal really has been to get us to long haul. I cannot wait to come back constantly in the beginning, per- where we are.” for the 10-year Otto Tunes reunion.” forming anywhere we could.”

Otto Tunes has gone on tour in jbundy@syr.edu

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An Onondaga County Supreme Court justice has upheld his decision to toss an SU accounting professor’s lawsuit against the university. Page 3

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University Union awards student filmmakers at debut Syracuse University Film Festival. Page 11

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Syracuse drops its first two home games of the year to N.C. State.

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USDA grant to support obesity plan

By Justin Mattingly staff writer

Fun house People jump and play in a bouncy house as part of a carnival held by Syracuse University’s National Panhellenic Council on Sunday afternoon in Walnut Park. The NPHC hosted events that were open to the public — such as the carnival — as a part of the organization’s 90’s week. The purpose of the carnival is to get students together to relax on a warm day. Other events included 90’s Karoke Night, a presentation titled “The Portayal of Black Women in the Media” and a Young Jeezy concert. joshuah romero asst. photo editor

Justice upholds decision to throw out lawsuit

By Dylan Segelbaum staff writer

The decision to throw out an accounting professor’s lawsuit against Syracuse University and several of its current and former employees stands, an Onondaga County Supreme Court justice has ruled.

In a March 27 order, Supreme Court Justice Brian DeJoseph denied almost every part of accounting professor David Harris’ new motions with his lawsuit, including ones to suspend and reverse the judge’s previous decision. The newest ruling was not available until recently because it hadn’t been filed in the county clerk’s office.

Harris originally filed his lawsuit in March 2013 against SU; former Chancellor Nancy Cantor, Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina; former Martin J. Whitman

School of Management dean Melvin Stith; associate accounting professor Susan Albring; and accounting professor Randal Elder. DeJoseph threw out the suit Dec. 4, ruling Harris’ legal claims of defamation, breach of contract, retaliation, discrimination and intentional inflict of emotional distress did not stand.

Oral arguments for the new motions in the case were heard Feb. 11.

Elder, Albring and Spina — through Senior Vice President for Public Affairs Kevin Quinn — declined to be interviewed. Harris, who MySlice lists as teaching ACC 385/685: “Principles of Taxation” this semester, and Stith did not return four phone calls each. A spokesman for Rutgers-Newark did not return three calls and an email.

In the suit, Harris alleged he was shunned and retaliated against after bringing “excessively high”

course grades and rigging in the tenure process to light. He was seeking various kinds of damages.

Then-chair of Whitman’s Joseph I. Lubin School of Accounting, Harris said in the suit he met with Albring on March 23, 2012 to discuss her four-year evaluation, including issues she needed to address to better her chances of getting tenure such as her classes’ “excessively high grade point average.” Albring refused to sign her evaluation, the lawsuit alleges, and ran off, saying she was going to talk to then-Whitman senior associate dean Elder.

Elder and Harris met a few days later, but they ended up getting into an argument when Harris asked Elder if he had a conflict of interest because of a “personal relationship” with Albring, according to the lawsuit. The suit alleges that Elder then yelled for someone to call the police.

According to the lawsuit, Harris later met with then-Whitman dean Stith, who eventually said Harris’ position as accounting chair would not be renewed. On Oct. 1, 2012, Harris sent a formal complaint to Cantor and Spina, according to the lawsuit.

Motions that Harris filed asked DeJoseph to disqualify himself from the case because of “gross bias” and to suspend the decision to throw out the lawsuit and to consider allegations of fraud.

DeJoseph said it’s a justice’s call whether to recuse himself from a case and that Harris’ claim was “without merit.” The court ruled that Harris’ motion to suspend the decision to throw out the lawsuit was untimely. And there was no evidence to “entertain” Harris’ allegations to charge the defendants or their lawyer with perjury

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More than 35 percent of adults in the United States are obese, according to the American Heart Association. Thanks to a recent grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Syracuse University and 13 other universities across the country are teaming up to create obesity prevention programs.

David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics associate professor of nutrition science and dietetics Tanya Horacek is part of the 14-university team that has received a grant worth $4.9 million from the USDA to create obesity prevention programs.

Horacek said she has been with the team of researchers for nearly 20 years and throughout their time together they have received the grant, which is for five years, three or four times.

“We try to do a good job of making sure we have enough time to plan a good intervention, recruit subjects and actually complete the study,” she said. “This initiative has different tiers that require different planning.”

The initiative is aimed at encouraging young adults to learn the skills necessary to live a healthy lifestyle.

During the first year of the study, a small group of students will be recruited to become experts on campus about the initiative, she added. see obesity page 8

need to know still looking for answers Searchers for Malaysia Flight 370 continue to trace sounds in different areas of the Indian Ocean. source: cnn

$203.3 million How much “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” made globally during the weekend. source: yahoo

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egardless of what issue is floating around the public sphere, taxes are always a reliable dividing point. If anyone mentions taxes, at least half of the country will have an opinion on it. This makes taxes, without a doubt, the most oversimplified aspect of politics we all discuss today.

This is because of the simple, powerful reaction taxes get from voters. However, the issue of raising and lowering taxes is a lot more complicated than anyone makes it out to be, especially mainstream conservatives.

The only simple truth I can say about taxes with total confidence is that nobody likes them. Both parties can probably agree that no one really enjoys giving his or her earned money to the government for whatever its hidden plans are.

But as much as people hate taxes, especially when we’re getting taxed more after college, taxes are also a part of living in a civilized society that uses the money to keep functioning. Conservatives and liberals would both love lower taxes, but sometimes more tax revenue is a sad necessity. So the question doesn’t become how we can lower taxes and keep them low, it’s how we can lower taxes when we can and raise taxes when we need to in a way we can all agree on.

That, unfortunately, is where all the simplicity ends on the tax topic. But there are some points that I think we can start trying to agree on.

Taxes should be lower on people who we know will spend most of their income and bring that money back into the economy,

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such as the middle and working class. This includes those out of work, whether it’s those still studying in school or those who’ve retired with higher medical costs, as they need all the money they can manage.

Business owners actively investing their money in their own work, or other businesses that are employing new people, should be rewarded with lower rates. People who donate greater shares of their income to charity should get bigger tax breaks for their compassion.

On the other side, taxes should be higher on people hiding large savings in off-shore accounts just to avoid taxation. Business owners who have the profits to triple their own salaries without increasing their workers’ wages can afford higher taxes without consequence. The same concept applies for already profitable businesses sending jobs overseas and keeping those jobs away from people in the U.S. This also goes for citizens who would otherwise be investing more in political lobbying, super PACs and other forms of legalized bribery instead of in businesses around them.

Higher taxes should also be applied for people who use tax loopholes that they lobbied into the system.

That tax money should go toward rebuilding roads, bridges and other infrastructure to give the private sector better working

conditions. Good early education to citizens will also help keep citizens out of poverty, get more high-paying jobs and contribute more taxes in the long run. Taxes should go toward a social safety trampoline that can catch people falling into poverty and help propel them back up to a better place in life.

This is all definitely still scratching the surface of the tax issue, but it should at least give conservatives something to keep in mind: Just because people have a simple, powerful dislike of taxes doesn’t mean they should take that and apply it to their actual policy on them.

Low taxes are a great thing to work toward as a party, but it isn’t as simple as lowering as many taxes as possible to make everything better. Like most other issues, it’s full of gray as opposed to being black and white.

Phil Kramer is a freshman advertising and marketing management major. His column appears weekly. You can reach him at pwkramer@syr.edu.

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Ordinance harms city businesses The Common Council’s updated certificate-of-use ordinance on businesses will not solve the issues it’s intended to. The ordinance did not solve the issues 11 years ago when it first passed, and it seems unlikely it will now.

In 2003, Syracuse lawmakers passed the ordinance, requiring business owners to apply for a certificate of use in order to open or maintain their businesses. These businesses were also penalized for violations, including illegal sale of alcoholic beverages or tobacco, noise control violations and fire and electrical code violations. This ordinance applied to all Syracuse bars, restaurants, drug stores and corner stores.

On March 31, the Common Council updated the ordinance to include hookah bars and smoke shops and also added on background checks of the owners. Now, individuals who have committed misdemeanor crimes within two years of the application or felony charges within five years will not receive a certificate of use.

Both the Common Council and Mayor Stephanie Miner said this update was to improve the quality of life, but ordinances against business owners are not the right move.

While public safety is a convoluted issue with many factors, going after businesses is not necessarily the proper tactic. The addition of hookah bars and background checks under the revised ordinance hurt businesses and does little to solve public safety issues.

The need for updates to the ordinance shows that the rules established in 2003 were ineffective and that store owners were able to circumvent them. The new ordinance will be overseen by the Division of Code Enforcement, according to a March 31 press release from the mayor’s office. Though this may make it easier to enforce these regulations, it is still difficult to monitor.

The rules preventing former criminals from opening a business are also detrimental, as they prevent people trying to change their lives from moving forward. Discouraging this demographic harms both the chances of criminal reform and business growth in Syracuse.

To take on the issue of public safety, Syracuse lawmakers should be taking aim at institutional issues instead of targeting businesses.

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egardless of what issue is floating around the public sphere, taxes are always a reliable dividing point. If anyone mentions taxes, at least half of the country will have an opinion on it.

This makes taxes, without a doubt, the most oversimplified aspect of politics we all discuss today.

This is because of the simple, powerful reaction taxes get from voters. However, the issue of raising and lowering taxes is a lot more complicated than anyone makes it out to be, especially mainstream conservatives.

The only simple truth I can say about taxes with total confidence is that nobody likes them. Both parties can probably agree that no one really enjoys giving his or her earned money to the government for whatever its hidden plans are.

But as much as people hate taxes, especially when we’re getting taxed more after college, taxes are also a part of living in a civilized society that uses the money to keep functioning. Conservatives and liberals would both love lower taxes, but sometimes more tax revenue is a sad necessity. So the question doesn’t become how we can lower taxes and keep them low, it’s how we can lower taxes when we can and raise taxes when we need to in a way we can all agree on.

That, unfortunately, is where all the simplicity ends on the tax topic.

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ESCAPING THE ECHO CHAMBER But there are some points that I think we can start trying to agree on.

Taxes should be lower on people who we know will spend most of their income and bring that money back into the economy, such as the middle and working class. This includes those out of work, whether it’s those still studying in school or those who’ve retired with higher medical costs, as they need all the money they can manage.

Business owners actively investing their money in their own work, or other businesses that are employing new people, should be rewarded with lower rates. People who donate greater shares of their income to charity should get bigger tax breaks for their compassion.

On the other side, taxes should be higher on people hiding large savings in off-shore accounts just to avoid taxation. Business owners who have the profits to triple their own salaries without increasing their workers’ wages can afford higher taxes without consequence. The same concept applies for already profitable businesses sending jobs overseas and keeping those jobs away from people in the U.S.

This also goes for citizens who would otherwise be investing more in political lobbying, super PACs and other forms of legalized bribery instead of in businesses around them.

Higher taxes should also be applied for people who use tax loopholes that they lobbied into the system.

That tax money should go toward rebuilding roads, bridges and other infrastructure to give the private sector better working conditions. Good early education to citizens will also help keep citizens out of poverty, get more high-paying jobs and contribute more taxes in the long run. Taxes should go toward a social safety trampoline that can catch people falling into poverty and help propel them back up to a better place in life.

This is all definitely still scratching the surface of the tax issue, but it should at least give conservatives something to keep in mind: Just because people have a simple, powerful dislike of taxes doesn’t mean they should take that and apply it to their actual policy on them.

Low taxes are a great thing to work toward as a party, but it isn’t as simple as lowering as many taxes as possible to make everything better.

Like most other issues, it’s full of gray as opposed to being black and white.

Max Antonucci is a junior newspaper and online journalism major.

His column appears weekly. You can tweet him @DigitalMaxToday or email him at meantonu@syr.edu.

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he arrival of spring often leads to a focus on freshly planted flowers and blooming plants, but for SUNY-ESF it has led to recognition for one of its buildings on campus.

The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and an architecture firm received a merit award from the New York chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for the Gateway Center’s green roof.

The ASLA presented the honor at its award ceremony and reception on April 3 at the Center for Architecture in New York City.

Andropogon Associates of Philadelphia, a landscape architecture and ecological design firm, designed the Gateway Center’s green roof.

It was funded with a Green Innovation Grant of $413,000 from the New York State Environmental Facilities Corp., according to a March 27 press release.

Building and design awards are positive for SUNY-ESF because they show commitment to excellence, Tim Toland, a landscape architecture associate professor, said in an email.

“As a researcher, this award means that we are on the right track with this idea,” he added.

The green roof can enhance the experience of students, faculty, staff and visitors to campus, Toland said. He said SUNY-ESF prides itself on innovative design because the students and faculty take ideas from the class-

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rooms and use them in the real world.

“The idea of practicing what we teach is very strong here,” he said. “This award reinforces that approach.”

The roof currently has a large deck component that is used by the campus community year round, Toland said. It is also open and accessible when the building is open so that people can eat, study and socialize on it.

The roof is located right outside of the Gateway Center, SUNY-ESF’s admissions office, so prospective students and families can see what the university is all about, he said.

Toland added that the plants used on the roof are considered marginal plant communities because they are characterized by extreme growing conditions, based on a combination of soil, water and climatic conditions.

Andropogon Associates, the architecture firm that designed the green roof, chose to use plants such as Eastern sandcherry, Sand dune willow, American beachgrass, Field wormwood, Wavy hair-grass and Canada wildrye,

said Darren Damone, an architect at Andropogon Associates.

“We chose those plants because conditions are harsh,” he said. “The type of soil is not like the soil on the ground. It’s lightweight and drains quickly.”

Damone said he and his associates also worked with faculty at SUNY-ESF including Tim Toland and Don Leopold, an environmental forest biology professor, in order to determine the best plants for the roof.

“As our firm was going through the process, we consulted with them and found a plant community that was native to Upstate New York,” Damone said.

He said the firm chose those plant communities because the roof reflects the natural conditions that the plants are used to in Upstate New York, such as drought and flooding. The firm conducted an 18-month study on the plants to ensure that they would survive on the roof, he added.

The aesthetic aspects of the roof are due to a combination of things, Damone said. The

design was also based on how well the plants would flow with the deck type and roof edge, he said.

Damone said that the firm also used wooden materials because it drew inspiration from local plant communities and wood is common to coastal communities like Lake Ontario.

For Andropogon Associates, the award means that they can design something that is both aesthetically pleasing and highly functional, Damone said.

“You can have a beautiful space that’s aesthetic but it also serves a function of research and learning,” he said.

SUNY-ESF will continue to monitor the green roof for at least two more years, Toland said, by looking at plant survivorship and growth dynamics, as well as water quality.

Toland said he and Leopold hope that they will have enough data to convince others of the viability of these plants at the end of the monitoring period. lwkirsch@syr.edu

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female politicians “I convinced myself I wouldn’t run for SA president, after having years of ambition to do so,” Curtis said.

Caroline Bright, one of Curtis’ mentors who ran for Vermont State Senate in 2012 when she was 22 years old, talked her out of it.

“She sat me down, told me not to digress, not to step behind the lines. So I thought, ‘OK, I’m doing this,’” Curtis said.

Unlike many women, Curtis didn’t deviate.

She moved forward. She took steps to foster a support system for young women entering the political sphere when she held an Elect Her workshop to SU on Saturday.

The event was organized by Curtis and ended women’s leadership week, said Daniela Lopez, SA vice president and a junior studying political science, policy studies and Spanish language, literature and culture.

“Programs like Elect Her are important because, instead of pitting women against each other just because we may have opposing political views, we were able to come together, have a conversation and work together afterwards,” Lopez said.

Lopez said while she has reservations about pursuing a career in politics, it was encouraging to hear Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner speak at the event.

“It was good to be reminded that no matter how much you’re talked about or how much hate you receive, you can’t slow down and you can’t let it interfere with your agenda,” Lopez said.

Curtis said that though women’s leadership week came to a close, she won’t stop campaigning for the cause of equal representation.

Bright believes that obstacles faced by women like Curtis cause women to prefer less visible positions such as campaign manager, creating a gender

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gap and unequal representation both in student and national government leadership positions.

The tribulations women in leadership roles face explain why more women don’t run for office, because it’s not for lack of interest, she said.

The numbers at Syracuse University suggest many women are interested in politics: At

She sat me down, told me not to digress, not to step behind the lines. So I thought, ‘OK, I’m doing this.’

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SU, 49 percent of political science majors are women. Women also account for about 49 percent in the overall enrollment in SU political science courses, said Tess Slater, an academic adviser at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

While SU sees nearly equal representation in political science enrollment, and women outnumber men in college enrollment, men hold roughly 60 percent of executive leadership positions in student governments across the nation, Curtis said.

This trend mirrors the national trend of a male-dominated government in which women only make up 18.3 percent of Congress.

Women are missing from the political ring both on and off the screen. Because of this, many of them don’t have as many role models as men, Bright said.

“If young women can look at political leaders and say, ‘She looks like me, maybe I could do that too,’ it makes a huge difference,” Bright said.

Role models can also include women in leadership positions on television shows or movies. Bright said she realized how influential this could be when she saw Geena Davis acting as president in the television series “Commander in Chief.”

“It suddenly clicked, and I realized I had never thought about the possibility of running for president until I saw a woman on screen,” Bright said. “Portrayals of women in popular culture are huge. They have an impact that can’t be underestimated.”

When young women see few representations of strong female politicians in popular culture and rarely interact with elected women in visible positions, they begin to think of the field as an unrealistic option, Kristi Andersen, a political science professor, said in an email.

Andersen said research shows that women are also less likely to run because they aren’t encouraged to think about politics as a career.

Women sometimes don’t pursue rigorous career tracks because they feel pressured to choose between family and work, Bright said.

“Until men feel the same societal pressure, then we’re going to be sitting here without change. When men and women have an equal role in home-life responsibility, then we can move towards equal roles in politics,” Bright said.

Bright is currently executive director at The Hattie Caraway Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit organization which encourages women to get involved in political office and public life in Arkansas. Bright’s organization and others like it are important because young women often believe they don’t belong in politics, Curtis said.

In sixth grade, Curtis’s teacher asked each student what they wanted to be when they grew up and wrote down their responses on the chalkboard. Many girls in Curtis’ class called out careers such as model or actress.

But when Curtis said she wanted to be president, the teacher laughed and said, “Don’t get ahead of yourself now.”

“It was perfectly acceptable for women to dream about being models or actresses, but when I said I wanted this position of power, I was told that I shouldn’t,” Curtis said.

“From the very beginning, society finds ways to whittle away at women’s ambitions.”

Political science professor Stuart Thorson said that women running for office today realize the notion that’s been planted in their minds is wrong.

“Somebody or a set of somebodies made them realize they could do something that they’ve often been told wasn’t for them,” Thorson said.

Though the political science professors are roughly two-thirds male, Curtis said she has never felt a lack of support. Thorson has mentored Curtis when she’s encountered obstacles, and currently advises her on her senior thesis.

“Politics is a profession in which you get bruised a lot,” Thorson said. “You need a support system. You need someone to pick you up again.” lawilson@syr.edu

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in court. D’Antonio said it appeared Harris’ “modus operandi” was to attack everyone who disagrees with him, according to a transcript of the oral arguments.

The court did not award money or sanction either party. But DeJoseph wrote the court would not hear any more matters that have been repeated in the past or are “simply frivolous.” It is unclear if Harris will pursue an appeal. dmsegelb@syr.edu | @dylan_segelbaum

harris — something he was saying should reverse the previous decision — the order stated.

Harris alleged the opposing side “factually misstated” things that were in his complaint — something that played a significant role in the lawsuit being thrown out.

But the opposing lawyer, Tom D’Antonio, said Harris’ full complaint was presented

obesity After that, they will interact with students at the high school level and younger in order to promote living a healthy lifestyle.

The funding applies to an age range of two to 19 years old, but her team focuses on the top edge of that range, which are the young adults, she said. The intervention will “affect everyone on campus,” Horacek said, but will only be testing freshmen specifically.

The campaign the team created is titled “Get Fruved.” The term “Fruved,” is made up of letters from “fruits” and “vegetables.” said Sarah Colby, an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee who is the head of the project.

Colby said the initiative harnesses the power of peer-to-peer interaction in an effort to get children, adolescents and college students to eat more fruits and vegetables and adopt healthy lifestyles.

“The college students are the ones developing the interventions and changing their campus environments so that those environments help support healthy behavior,” she said.

The grant makes it possible for the team to

We try to do a good job of making sure we have enough time to plan a good intervention, recruit subjects and actually complete the study.

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have a wider outreach, while allowing them to continue working on projects that have been successful in the past, she said.

Colby said the popular conception is that people do research for the sake of research, but that’s not necessarily true.

“The heart of this is that we’re going to improve health,” she said. “The reason why the research is important is that it is essential that we understand and document what worked and why it worked so that others can do the same or make it even better.”

Lynn Brann, a professor in the department of public health, food studies and nutrition, said in an email that Horacek’s team’s research is beneficial to everyone at SU. Horacek’s research will also help students who participate in the study to gain knowledge and skills for their future careers, Brann said.

She said studies that include a thorough assessment of the environment, like the one Horacek and her colleagues are implementing, are crucial for having a better understanding of where to focus the efforts of nationwide obesity prevention.

Horacek said she wants to see the initiative grow and spread across the country, eventually allowing schools to monitor their environment and benchmark their progress with other schools. jmatting@syr.edu

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elect her female politicians in Syracuse and on campus.

Miner began the event by sharing her experience as the first woman mayor of Syracuse and the promise and challenges women face in politics.

“The traditional gender role is that women are socially expected to be pleasant and likeable,” Miner said. “And to be assertive is not something that is seen as pleasant or likeable.”

The only way to break these stereotypes about women — particularly in leadership positions — is to have more women in these roles, Miner said.

“That’s why we are seeing these ‘Lean In’ and ‘Bossy’ campaigns,” she added.

Miner said she didn’t run for mayor in 2009 thinking about her gender in the capacity of becoming the first female mayor. When asked what it is like to be the first, Miner said she bluntly responds with, “I don’t know, I’ve never been a man.”

As the crowd’s laughter subsided, Miner said once she was elected, she did begin to notice how her gender affected her political career.

In one instance, Miner said she was in a rush in the airport and she needed special access to a plane. She showed a guard her ID that included her name and her position as mayor. Miner said she told the guard that she needed to go through, but his response after looking at her ID was, “OK, but is the mayor with you?”

But Miner said she has not let these moments of sexism deter her. She added that her election as a woman and someone who is 5 feet 4 inches tall proves that “leadership doesn’t look like any one thing.”

After Miner won her election, she said she helped support other local candidates running for office as well. Women need to support each other in politics and not reinforce stereotypes, she added.

“We can be our strongest allies, but we can also be our biggest enemies,” Miner said.

After Miner spoke, Jean Kessner, president pro-tempore of the Syracuse Common Council, spoke on how to craft a strong political message.

Kessner said it is important to become knowledgeable about public issues.

“All issues, especially in an old city like us, are very complex,” Kessner said. “You don’t have to have a solution, you have to care.”

The message a politician constructs has to be universal for everyone and also matter to the politician personally, she said. A politician should explain to the public why their message matters to them and why they are running to accomplish it. This message must also be consistent, she added.

“You don’t want to promise too much,” she said.

“Don’t make a promise without explaining it.”

Above all, Kessner said working in politics can serve as another way to solve problems and keep democracy alive.

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role gender played in the politics on campus.

Allie Curtis, the Elect Her campus curator and former SA president, shared experiences

in her presidential campaign where she was mocked for her femininity.

“The worst thing you can do is see some kind of aggression, and not say something about it,” Curtis said.

Curtis added that this was one of the main reasons why she wanted to bring Elect Her to SU. Adrianna Kam, SA Board of Elections and Membership Chair, said she did not experience much sexism during her campaign, likely because her position was not as public.

Kam added that her hard work is worth the reward of seeing other students inspired to pursue leadership positions as a result.

Said Kam: “That’s the biggest impact, is seeing how you inspire other students.” almerod@syr.edu

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A group of students perform during Relay for Life Friday night in the Carrier Dome. Throughout the event, various groups performed and provided entertainment that included a capella performances and dance numbers.

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alexa machikas (left) and hannah feeney (right) lay in the center of a pile of blankets during the Relay for Life event. Students took turns walking around the turf of the Carrier Dome throughout Friday evening into Saturday morning. emma fierberg asst. photo editor

During Relay for Life, there was a ceremony that featured luminaries, which honored the names of those who have been affected by cancer or lost their fight with the disease. Many participants described it as the most emotional part of the evening. emma fierberg asst. photo editor

as being fun and stressful, but seeing cancer survivors in attendance makes everything worth it.

Elizabeth Lafontaine, a senior at SU who served as the event’s co-chair, said she was happy with both the overall turnout and the number of people who stayed for the entire night.

Planning for Relay for Life began in September, Lafontaine said, adding that it was difficult at times since the event is so dependent on participation. The planning committee began setting up in the Dome on Thursday night, and continued Friday afternoon until doors opened.

Lafontaine said the event is important because it gives organizations such as sports teams, greek organizations and dorm communities the opportunity to come together to fight cancer. She said the event’s setting adds to the experience.

“It gives an unusual opportunity to campout in the Carrier Dome with other students not needing to worry about getting seats for a sporting event,” she said.

Even for first-time participants, the event still had meaning. While nobody in Sarah Schuster’s family has dealt with cancer recently, she said that didn’t make being a part of Relay for Life any less emotional.

Schuster, a junior magazine journalism major and a Daily Orange staff writer, participated in Relay for Life for the first time Friday night.

She said her high school had a similar event, and thought it would be something good to take part in.

“I have a connection to cancer through people not even in my family and got choked up talking about it,” she said.

Schuster added that an event like Relay for Life connects those who have been affected by cancer and provides a way for them to unite in support of cancer research.

Palmateer said he has friends and family who have had cancer, and being from a small town he said when cancer affects one person, it affects everyone close to them.

He said the portion of the evening dedicated to honoring and remembering those who have dealt with cancer is an emotional highlight, and makes all the work as part of the planning committee worth it.

Seven months after planning began for this year’s Relay for Life and 12 hours after the event officially began, Lafontaine said there were still around 100 people on the track — they were still running to honor and remember those affected by cancer, and still running to raise money for a cure. blsamuel@syr.edu

Race for a cure glendan allen and katy oatway, a freshman sculpture major and junior psychology major respectively, take part in tarot card readings during downtime in the Relay for Life event. Group members took turns walking around the Dome turf. emma fierberg asst. photo editor

Student cancer survivors carry a banner for Relay for Life, which is an annual fundraising event for the American Cancer Society. This year, nearly 2,000 students participated. In total, the event raised about $82,000 for cancer research. emma fierberg asst. photo editor

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DIANA WIANT attended the gala on Saturday night. The event raised more than $5,000. hannah wagner staff photographer

VERNON GREENE, a professor of public administration and international affairs, sits at a table at the gala. The hospitality management program that hosts the gala is on its way out. hannah wagner staff photographer

End of the story Gatsby-themed celebration marks 11th, final Hospitality and Management Senior Class Gala

By Eric Lyons staff writer

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hile there weren’t any evident love triangles or poolside murders, the final Hospitality Management Senior Class Gala would not be a “The Great Gatsby”-themed event without a little mystery or drama.

Between the live jazz, ice sculptures, flapper headbands and martini glass centerpieces, Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center transformed into a scene from one of Jay Gatsby’s dinner parties on Saturday night for the 11th annual Hospitality Management Senior Class Gala.

But amid the festivities, the one

question that plagued the room was why was the David B. Falk College of Sports and Human Dynamics is phasing out the Hospitality Management Program.

The program started in 1986 as Food Systems Management and changed its name to Hospitality and Food Service Management in 2000.

In 2008, the hospitality management department was officially created in Falk.

In a letter sent to hospitality management majors in May 2010 — four months before the class of 2014 arrived — Diane Murphy, dean of Falk College, explained that the College of Human Ecology saw a “clear synergy” between the hospi-

tality management and sports management departments.

In the letter, Murphy said she

I don’t really know why they did it. Hospitality management is one of the fastest growing industries.

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planned to blend the two programs together to “accelerate the interdisci-

This year’s Hospitality Management Senior Class Gala was “The Great Gatsby”-themed. hannah wagner staff photographer

plinary strength and scholarship” of the college. However, even four years after the decision, students, parents and faculty remain confused over the decision to close the program.

“It’s sad because we found out second semester of freshman year we were going to be the last class.

I don’t really know why they did it.

Hospitality management is one of the fastest growing industries,” said Michelle Bevilacqua, the assistant general manager for the event. “A lot of faculty left and the ones still here will probably lose their jobs.”

More than 80 people dusted off their best Roaring ‘20s attire and took a trip back in time for this year’s

themed dinner. The night began with cocktails and hors d’oeurves, while guests made opening bids on silent auction items that ranged from premium Yankees-Orioles tickets to a signed Chandler Jones Patriots jersey. Proceeds from the event went to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central New York.

The 25-person senior class began planning the event in mid-October as part of their final project for their senior capstone. The group voted on the theme of the dinner and the charity, planned the menu, organized the guest list, was in charge of both front and back of the house arrangement see gala page 12

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Syracuse University Film Festival debuts in Watson Theatre

By Brendan Krisel asst. copy editor

There’s Tribeca, Cannes, Sundance and now, Syracuse University.

This weekend, Watson Theatre transformed from a lecture hall to a movie theater for the first Syracuse

University Film Festival. After receiving submissions in March, 68 student films, ranging from 56 seconds to 24 minutes long, from four different categories, were screened over three days.

University Union had meticulously planned the event since the end of the 2013 spring semester. The project

was part of a transformation for UU’s cinema department, which has been primarily known for screening films on campus. The festival marked a big step in UU Cinema’s relationship with student filmmakers.

Michael Magaña, film festival director of SUFF, said that the goal

of the festival was to provide these talented filmmakers with a venue.

“Our mission this year, that will stay the same for years to come, is to give students the opportunity to showcase their work to a broad audience on campus, and that’s what we did with 68 student submissions,” Magaña said. “The back-

bone to our festival was original student programming, so it was kind of a festival for the students, put on by the students, and it’s going to stay that way.”

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film festival music videos, either adapted or original, shorts, animation and film trailers.

William Olivas, co-director of cinemas, said that the format was a success, and that the festival showcased everything from long-format films to promotional videos.

“During the first two days of the festival when our student exhibitions were the most dense, we probably had two, three, four hundred students

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and even served the meal.

“Tonight is the culmination of all the things we have learned since freshman year,” Kathryn Wickham, the co-auction manager said. “The planning, the hosting, the serving — everything except the auctioning.”

Guests made their way upstairs for dinner, where they were greeted with a live performance by four-piece jazz band The Lulu’s.

Between the music, dim lighting, aged-orange carpet and lively dinner banter, the ambience replicated the world of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

After an opening speech by senior Veltris Patterson, the emcee for the event, and an icebreaker called the left-right-left game, where diners passed a variety of Syracuse University cups around the table every time Patterson said the words left or right in his speech, soup was served.

Patterson’s speech was followed by a few more speeches from Murphy, Jamie Greer, the general manager of the program, and Bevilacqua.

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milling in and out all day long,” Olivas said.

Throughout the entire weekend, Olivas said that the attendance was probably between four to five hundred people. While many students may have come for a specific film, they ended up staying for much more of the showcase due to the high quality of the films, said Chaz PenceGriffin, the other co-director of cinemas.

“There was a lot of high quality in the scripts and the stories, the cinematography, the editing, the sound, so we really had a diverse amount of quality films turned in this year,” Pence-Griffin said.

While UU considered the event a success and plans on holding the event next year, some things about the festival may be changed. UU experienced difficulties showing some of the films, which may have been due to how they were submitted.

In order to combat similar issues in the future, the submission process will be revised for next year’s festival, Olivas said. While he did not want to reveal any changes prematurely, Olivas said that digital submissions will be emphasized for next year’s festival.

Pence-Griffin said SUFF is figured to be

a staple event in the future for UU, given the success of this year. Olivas also thinks the festival has a bright future, and said that he was proud that SUFF will continue to provide many talented students to show their work for years to come.

Said Olivas: “We had a lot of freshman filmmakers come up to us and say how glad they were that SU offered something like this, and in my freshman year we didn’t and I’m excited that we can leave that behind for future generations of Syracuse students.” bskrisel@syr.edu

an outstanding job,” said Joe Adamo, hospitality management’s adjunct instructor. “This will definitely be the most memorable gala because it is the last one and one of the biggest.”

As the night wrapped up and the wine continued to flow, more guests wandered from their tables to ensure they had the winning bids on coveted auction items.

By the time the lavender creme brulee and trio of lemon squares were served for dessert, a back and fourth battle ensued for the YankeesOrioles tickets, which were eventually won for more than $400. The group managed to raise $5,500 before the end of the night, and is still calculating the final tally.

“This is the smallest group and we are probably going to raise as much money as the other classes, which is impressive because we have about 40 percent less people,” said Enrico Livanos, co-auction manager for the event, during the main course.

The hospitality management class of 2014 may be the smallest class in the 11-year history of the program; but they went out in style by raising the most money from a gala in the program’s history and being able to grant a child with a life threatening illness his or her wish. eglyons@syr.edu

VELTRIS PATTERSON emceed the 11th annual gala, starting the event with an icebreaker game called left-right-left and a speech. hannah wagner staff photographer

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left Attilio’s Restaurant and Bar feeling the same as I did when I first arrived — thinking that the restaurant’s service was under par. But if I overlook the dining service and the price, then the food at Attilio’s wasn’t so bad.

When I first walked in, I saw the bar, which is completely segregated from the dining area. I felt a little awkward standing by the door looking for the dining area. I was greeted by pairs of eyes staring me down from the bar. I looked for the hostess, wishing that wherever she was, she could hurry up and usher me to my table.

While I was waiting, I scanned the bar room. The bar area was dark, with deeply colored décor and dim lighting. Not much sunlight came through the windows, and there weren’t too many people enjoying happy hour.

I caught a woman’s eye, who turned away, laughing with a gentleman by the bar.

Surprisingly, the hostess was a woman who at first appeared to be a patron enjoying the bar scene. She wanted toward me, greeted me and

Attilio’s Restaurant and Bar serves bread with crust glazed by oregano and olive oil with every meal. Crushed red peppers, oregano, fresh minced garlic and fresh grated Parmesan cheese line the dipping plate, which is filled with dipping oil. keegan barber staff photographer

ushered me to my table. I was a little bothered, thinking she could have ushered me to my table before blending herself into the small crowd by the bar. She took me through a small door and into the dining area.

The room wasn’t packed with diners. The place was pretty quiet. Beautiful red leather chairs were grouped around small tables covered with white linen tablecloth. The walls were dark red, and the ceiling and molding of the walls were black. The lighting was dim, but you could get sunlight at the front of the dining room, by the windows.

Attilio’s offered a variety of entrees, including seafood pasta dishes and veal. I ordered the restaurant’s traditional lasagna for $15.

My first impression of the lasagna was that it was elegant. It was placed in a huge,

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dramatic, contemporary white bowl, which made the dish look beautiful. The lasagna was baked with mozzarella, and I was glad that it wasn’t overloaded with cheese, and was instead drowned in delicious marinara meat sauce.

The portion of the entrée was massive and I couldn’t finish it. I probably only would have been able to finish it if I had skipped the bread and the soup before the meal.

But I would never pass up the bread and soup at this restaurant. I usually limit myself to one slice of bread from the breadbasket, but this time, I almost let myself have three slices.

The bread was soft and warm on the inside, and the crust was soft yet toasted. The crust was gently glazed with olive oil and oregano.

The presentation of the bread dipping plate was beautiful. It was a big, white square plate that had dipping oil spread out from the

middle. At each corner of the plate were mini piles of dry condiments for the dipping oil: red crushed peppers, oregano, fresh minced garlic and fresh grated Parmesan cheese.

I had fun swirling the condiments into the middle of the oil, lightly soaking bite size pieces of bread into the oil as it picked up the condiments — the minced garlic was my favorite touch to the bread dipping experience.

Before I was ready to leave, I decided to finish my drinks. Instead of waiting for me to leave, the waiter already took away my tip and filled-out receipt. I thought that was inconsiderate. I was not happy with the service, but I was happy with the food.

Unless I crave their lasagna badly, I probably won’t go back. But I am happy to go home to try to make my own version of minced garlic with dipping oil and bread.

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Syracuse loses late lead, drops doubleheader to NCSU

By Paul Schwedelson staff writer

Syracuse was two outs away from knocking off North Carolina State in its home opener. And then it all went downhill.

N.C. State took a 6-5 advantage on a Hanna Sommer two-run home run in the seventh inning. Two batters later, Leah Jones hit a solo homer to cushion the lead.

The Wolfpack (23-10, 12-4 Atlantic Coast) went on to sweep the Orange (13-18, 6-7) in the doubleheader Sunday, winning game one 8-6 and game two 7-0. After nearly staging an upset against the defending ACC tournament champions, SU unraveled and got blown out in game two.

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It’s kind of hard to keep that level. Being out here for seven hours, eight hours, two games, it’s a lot.

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anything bad,” SU head coach Leigh Ross said.

“It’s just they got two big hits at the end of the game and it put them ahead.”

In game one, the lead changed four times.

The two teams battled back and forth, but in the end it was N.C. State who came through with the game-changing hits at the right time.

Syracuse trailed 4-1 entering the bottom of the fifth inning and then took the lead, scoring four runs on five hits in the frame.

Mary Dombrowski led off with a single and scored on a single by Shirley Daniels. Nicole Lundstrom batted next and scored Daniels and Alyssa Dewes on a double to center field. Lundstrom then scored on a single by Julie Wambold.

Dombrowski said that hitting was contagious for Syracuse in the fifth. The Orange did not rely on one big hit, but was still able to take the lead.

Syracuse had a chance to beat one of the top teams in the ACC. Even though it lost, SU’s players had a positive outlook.

“I think we battled really hard,” Lundstrom said. “I think we did a lot of good things in that first game. The ending just didn’t go

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young At the Hill Academy in Ontario, Young was a safety and wide receiver on the football team. He said that even though football added various skills to his lacrosse game, the latter is different.

But even with his football background, he knows he has to be smarter about how to use his aggression and physicality.

“You know that you need to play defense,” SU defender Brandon Mullins said, who also played football in high school. “You know that you have to be mean sometimes. You got to be able to play physical and hit people when you need to.”

On Tuesday, Syracuse will travel to Ithaca to face No. 2 Cornell. Dan Lintner — the Big Red’s top scoring attack — also went to Hill Academy, and may very well be guarded by Young.

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our way but we were in it the whole time.”

Regardless of the loss, SU had to bounce back quickly, Dombrowski said, due to the nature of playing a doubleheader.

In game two, Syracuse was not able to respond, and N.C. State won 7-0. The game was shortened to six innings, due to travel arrangements for the Wolfpack.

Emily Weiman pitched all 13 innings for North Carolina State, surrendering just 13 hits and striking out 16 batters. The Syracuse offense struggled to get momentum. This time, the contagious hitting worked in the opposite way.

Ross said it’s difficult for the team to maintain its high energy throughout both games.

After the big hits in the fifth, the energy level was high, but it was not sustained.

“It’s kind of hard to keep that level,” Ross said. “Being out here for seven hours, eight hours, two games, it’s a lot.”

Team members did not blame the pitchers, even though they allowed 15 runs. Sydney O’Hara pitched six and two-thirds innings for SU, struck out 11 and allowed eight runs, but four came in the seventh inning.

Lindsey Larkin started game two, but was pulled after allowing four runs in one and two-thirds innings.

Freshman Christina Clermont came on in relief and had the most impressive pitching performance of the day. Clermont went four and one-third innings, allowing three runs on four hits. She entered the game with an 8.01 earned run average, but Lundstrom said Clermont pitched with more confidence than in past outings.

“Even if they got a hit, you could just see it in her face, she was just focused on the next batter,” Lundstrom said. “You like to see your pitchers focused on the next one and not thinking about all the other things that are going on.”

After both games, Ross told the team she’s not going to critique every aspect of its performance, because over time doing so gets repetitive. Ross gave N.C. State credit for scoring in key spots.

Syracuse will focus on the positives in preparation of a doubleheader with Binghamton on Wednesday.

Said Dombrowski: “That’s the only way in sports that you can continue on through a season, so we’re alright. We just know now what we need to work on for this week to be better against Binghamton.” pmschwed@syr.edu

Although Lintner graduated before Young started playing lacrosse, he knows his game well enough to agree that the “Mean Canadian” fits Young well. He’s also well aware of the challenge his defensive capabilities present.

“He’s a big guy, so he’s definitely got that to his advantage,” Lintner said. “I’m not really the biggest guy, so I’m definitely going to have some different sort of tactics to get around the size disadvantage.”

Young’s size is certainly an advantage on defense, but also may be one of the reasons he’s had to dilute his in-game physicality to some extent this season.

Even with the slight change in approach, Young has no qualms with filling a role that Desko and his teammates agreed is integral to the team.

“If that’s my role,” Young said. “I’ll take it, sure. Whatever we need to do for the win.” sblum@syr.edu | @SamBlum3

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offense quarterback Terrel Hunt as the anchor.

“I love it,” Hunt said. “I just listen to what (McDonald) says. He tells us to go fast, we go fast.”

McDonald said the goal is to have his players do everything faster and think less in the process. Though the offense became simpler last year, McDonald said it was still too complex.

This year, he wants Hunt and Co. to just go.

“The best way to do that is to continue to cut, cut, cut, cut,” McDonald said, “until you really get the nuts and bolts where they can go out and execute with their eyes closed and be really efficient.”

The switch first came last season in the second half against Northwestern on Sept. 7. Syracuse had only scored 24 points in six quarters on the season and trailed the Wildcats 34-7 at the break.

Lester said the offense was sputtering, and the execution simply wasn’t high enough. They had practiced the fast-paced offense in great detail at camp during the spring.

“We figured OK, let’s spread ’em out,” Lester said.

“Let’s crank this thing up and see what happens.

“At that point we kind of found who we were and found our identity. We’ve just continued to try and build on it ever since.”

Since then, Syracuse has spent even more time mastering its newly adopted approach.

The offense has become something of McDonald’s brainchild. He assigned members of

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o’hara runs (three), RBIs (13) and runs scored (16) as a mainstay at the No. 6 spot in the lineup.

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his coaching staff to study various teams’ offenses in an effort to shape an offensive dynamo.

Then he concocted what he felt was the perfect fit, plucking pieces and melding them into a new scheme.

Lester looked at Texas A&M, Missouri, UCLA, Ohio State and the Philadelphia Eagles, among others.

McDonald found that Texas Tech ran the most plays in the country at 87 per game. In Doug Marrone and Nathaniel Hackett’s last season at Syracuse in 2012, the offense ran close to 80 plays a game.

In spring practice, as soon as one play’s over, a manager signals to start the next one.

Normally they’d have to wait for an official, but this spring it’s one play after the next and the offense is often moving faster than it would be legally allowed to in a game.

One key component is cutting corners and getting more people involved. The offense fits Hunt perfectly, Lester said, because it caters to his athleticism and ability to improvise.

“Most of my communication is short,” Hunt said. “I just have to go to the line and tell them what to do. The receivers are getting it from the sideline, so we’re all ready.”

Lester and Hunt have grown accustomed to the fast-paced offense, but Lester realizes it would appear ridiculously swift to a bystander watching for the first time.

Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer said the transition to a more zippy offense has been relatively seamless. His players grew accustomed to the change last season, and now they’re al Player of the Week honors, and O’Hara could be on her way to becoming not only the best freshman in program history, but also the best two-way player Syracuse softball has ever seen.

“Just thinking about coming in here and getting those awards, I never in a million years would expect that,” O’Hara said. “I just go out

TERREL HUNT and the Syracuse offense will try to run a play every 18 seconds this season and 84 plays per game. The Orange thrived last season when it ran an up-tempo offense, and will look to do the same in its second year in the ACC. ziniu chen staff photographer

working to iron out the kinks.

“It’s been smooth. It’s been real smooth,” Shafer said. “We went up-tempo a little bit those last couple games especially, and I think the kids were eager to get back into that, as were the coaches.”

With McDonald’s goal at 84, he’s hoping to dwarf Syracuse’s mark from a year ago. That 10-play increase would result from convert-

ing on third down and playing more efficient, mistake-free football, he said.

The change in pace is a strategy, but execution remains the key.

Said McDonald: “At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter how fast you play if you’re not scoring points.”

there, and I play hard.”

Long before O’Hara began wreaking havoc on collegiate opponents, she started conquering her competition just 17 minutes from campus in Central Park in Cicero, N.Y. A 5-year-old O’Hara was the last batter of the inning in a tee ball game and was given the chance to run the bases to make her feel good.

But as she was rounding first, O’Hara laid out the first baseman.

Ever since then, Jim and Michele O’Hara knew their daughter was going to be an athlete.

In her first year of coach pitch, O’Hara played on the only all-girls team, much to the dismay of the boys in the league. As a seventh grader, O’Hara allowed only two hits in her modified season, Jim said. Then as an eighth grader, she earned a spot in the Cicero-North Syracuse

know what she was going to get from the freshman at the start, but now she knows exactly what to expect.

“I would look at her and think she’s coming at me,” Ross said. “She has this in-your-face attitude. She’s not afraid of you.”

As O’Hara continues to mow down the competition and succeed at the plate, she’s already starting to define her career as what could be one of the best in program history.

Stephanie Watts — who graduated from Syracuse in 2012 — had a standout freshman season.

She started in all 51 games, leading the team with a .318 average and setting then-singleseason team records in steals, triples and runs.

Watts went on to set program records in games started, runs scored and total bases. She also ranks second all-time in hits and stolen bases, third in home runs and fourth in RBIs. But she never threw a pitch.

Neither did 2013 graduate Veronica Grant, who set six freshman records en route to becoming SU’s all-time leader in doubles, while ranking third in stolen bases and fourth in games started and runs scored.

Current pitching coach Jenna Caira, who led the Orange in wins, innings pitched and strikeouts as a freshman and went on to set program records in 11 different pitching categories, was never a primary part of the lineup.

Now that she’s working with someone who closely resembles her talent, Caira noted the similarities between her freshman season and O’Hara’s.

“I look at my freshman year and I had my ups and downs, too,” Caira said. “I think that she’s found ways to battle through, and I think she’s really starting to find her own.”

Watts and Grant excelled with their bats.

Caira did so with her arm.

O’Hara does both.

Caira is only one of two players in SU history to be named an All-American, and based on Ross’s intuition, there could be a third member of that club in the near future.

When O’Hara was making it look easy against Georgia Tech two weeks ago, a voice went off in Ross’s head.

“That could be an All-American,” Ross said.

“That was the first time I actually thought that.

“This kid has potential to do that.”

She has this in-your-face attitude. She’s not afraid of you.

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High School starting lineup because of her bat.

“She’s always looking to gain the extra edge over others,” said Kim Aupperle, a pitching coach who worked with O’Hara from ages 9–16. ”It’s not just something that she shows up and has the skill to do.

She does have the skill, but she has that work ethic.”

That showed in her senior season as O’Hara was named the New York State Gatorade Softball Player of the Year when she led C-NS to a Class AA state championship.

She went 19-0 on the mound, compiling a 1.60 ERA, 283 strikeouts in 128.2 innings and three no-hitters, one of which was a perfect game. And O’Hara also hit .500 with nine home runs, 40 RBIs and nine doubles her senior year.

She finished her varsity career with 25 home runs and 38 doubles at the plate, to go along with a 52-4 record with 741 strikeouts on the mound.

“She was just on a different level,” Aupperle said.

Ever since her first game for Syracuse, O’Hara has been a dual-threat player that is making a bigger name for herself every time she steps on the field.

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SYDNEY O’HARA started off her collegiate career by throwing a no-hitter on the mound, and driving in two runs at the plate. It set the tone for what has been a stellar freshman season, as she’s established herself as a great dual-threat in just her first season. logan reidsma staff photographer

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n Feb. 7, freshman Sydney O’Hara threw a no-hitter against Austin Peay in her firstever collegiate appearance.

Six innings. Twelve strikeouts. One walk.

O’Hara became just the fourth pitcher in school history to accomplish the feat — the first to do so in a debut — and added a 3-for-4 performance at the

plate with a double and two RBIs. But that was just the start.

In her first collegiate season, O’Hara has dominated on the mound, leading the team in earnedrun average (3.66), strikeouts (107, 70 more than the next highest), wins (10), innings pitched (86) and opponent batting average (.232). But she’s also matched Shirley Daniels for the team lead in doubles (eight) and ranks fifth on the team in home see o’hara page 16

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Syracuse continues transition to fast-paced offense

By Trevor Hass asst. sports editor

When Syracuse’s offense slowed down in practice one day, quarterbacks coach Tim Lester quickly grew antsy.

“I swear to you, it was the longest 20

minutes of my life,” Lester said. “It felt like we were going at a snail’s pace.”

That drive — an effort to help the defense prepare for a different look — has been the exception for Syracuse’s offense this spring, not the norm.

Offensive coordinator George McDon-

ald has talked at length about playing “full-bore fast,” a shift in mentality that started early last season and continued throughout the year.

Now McDonald is working to ensure SU’s offense reaches an even faster pace. Syracuse averaged 73.7

plays a game last year — fourth in the Atlantic Coast Conference. This year he hopes that number jumps to 84, and also said he’d love to get a play off every 18 seconds. He wants balance, simplicity and speed, with

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Young’s tough play helps SU

By Sam Blum asst. copy editor

Among his teammates, Sean Young is referred to as the “Mean Canadian.”

It’s a playful term that endears him to the rest of the Syracuse players, but is also derived from a very serious aspect of his game.

The sophomore — who attended high school in Ontario — gets his nickname from a physical ingame persona more than a stoic off-field personality.

“It’s a mentality of me and growing up,” Young said, with a noticeable cut marking the upper portion of his nose. “I just grew an attraction to those sports. Contact sports.”

Young’s physical on-field approach has helped him, and the Orange defense, this season. He has collected 10 ground balls, and is tied for second on the team with seven caused turnovers.

And even though the former football player has had to make a conscious effort to scale back his physicality this season — with the refs having a tighter whistle — he’s been a defensive asset for a team that has played a lot of it.

“It is important to have someone like that,” SU head coach John Desko said. “You don’t want guys cutting and running and scoring in close to the goal without being down to the ground after getting hit.

“You want to make sure they pay a price for going in there.”

When SU played Notre Dame on March 29, it was the Orange that almost paid the price. Young put Syracuse in a man-down position just minutes into the fourth quarter when he was called for an illegal body check while pouncing on a ground ball.

Young said that officials are making more calls like that this season, and the Notre Dame mishap was just an untimely mistake.

“I feel like I have to be smarter, because especially this year, they’re trying to clean up the game,” Young said. “I definitely have to be smarter about where I pick my opportunities to play physical and where not to.”

Growing up, if he wasn’t playing one contact sport, he was playing another.

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