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A Syracuse man, 55, pleaded guilty to robbing a bank near Syracuse University’s campus and will now serve at least 7 years in prison. Page 3

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Syracuse University students are developing a mobile app to combat phone addiction. The app won the Fast Forward Competition last weekend. Page 11

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Syracuse took to Destiny USA to display a set of new Nike uniforms that it will wear starting in 2014.

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university senate wrap-up A look at major talking points during the last senate meeting of the year

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Senators vote for promotion review process

The University Senate is the academic governing body of the university and is made up of faculty, students, staff and administration members. The majority of its work is done in 17 standing committees, which report to the full senate at least once a year.

By Jacob Pramuk asst. news editor

Budget report outlines issues facing SU

By Dylan Segelbaum staff writer

To make accurate recommendations about challenges facing Syracuse University, some faculty senators are calling on the school’s administration to give them access to information they’ve had in the past.

“We can guess as well as anyone else, but after a while it’s just hearsay and speculation,” said Craig Dudczak, chair of the University Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Affairs.

“And I think that we’ve had very warm and respectful relationships in the past several years — certainly in the time that I’ve served on the committee — and we need to continue to have

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During the meeting, SU senators said that access to information is important for making recommendations on issues like enrollment, budget and athletics. those relationships going forward.”

Issues about access to information and transparency were brought up several times when the budget committee presented its report to the University Senate on Wednesday afternoon. The committee’s 12-page, 5,127-word report focused on three

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Douglas armstrong, acting University Senate moderator, applauds during Craig Dudczak’s budget report on Wednesday. Dudczak outlined three areas of focus for Syracuse University. margaret lin photo editor

Senators take firm stances in last meeting of year

By Maddy Berner development editor

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he University Senate’s last meeting of the year included a big win for fossil fuel divestment, a heated discussion about promotions and a response to campus hate crime.

The Senate’s final meeting convened in Maxwell Auditorium at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. The room was almost full of attendees, including Chancellor Kent Syverud and Vice Chancellor Eric Spina, and lasted about two hours.

One of the more notable successes of the afternoon came at the end of the meeting, when USen passed a motion in support of fossil fuel divestment. Divest SU, the student group responsible for urging Syracuse University to cut ties with companies that use fossil fuel, has been see

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The University Senate on Wednesday took a step to ensure that faculty will continue to have influence on tenure and promotion decisions.

After more than 30 minutes of discussion in Maxwell Auditorium, senators passed a motion to move toward creating a committee of tenured faculty members that would hear appeals from Syracuse University administration and individual schools and colleges on promotion decisions.

If created, the Committee for Faculty Status Resolution would review appeals, vote on them and make recommendations to the

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Committee: SU should plan for sports unions

By Dylan Segelbaum staff writer

Senators raise their hands to vote on Wednesday. The senate passed a motion that would allow it to move toward creating a faculty committee that hears appeals on promotion decisions. margaret lin photo editor

Regardless of the merits of a federal agency’s ruling that football players at Northwestern can unionize, Syracuse University should begin planning if the decision is upheld, according to an advisory budget committee.

That statement is included in a 12-page, wide-ranging report from the University Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Affairs, which was presented on Wednesday.

The budget committee’s report said the March 26 decision from a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board’s Chicago office has “serious potential see unionization page 16

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Pistil ale doesn’t live up to novel packaging

By Tom Sharkey staff writer

After too many months of putting up with brutal winter weather, spring has finally sprung, and anticipating the return of everybody’s favorite weed — no, not that kind — I bought an ale brewed with dandelions.

Like all of the brewing company’s labels, Magic Hat’s Pistil ale comes branded with a colorful label boasting an attention-grabbing design.

I’ve admitted that I’m a sucker for marketing and good design, and I definitely think I’m partial to Magic Hat beers simply because I feel so cool holding their bottles.

Afraid to lose the “cool factor” of drinking from a Magic Hat bottle with the label on open display, I chose not to pour the dandelion ale into a glass and instead drank it proudly from the bottle.

The first thing I noticed was the beer’s aroma. While it certainly wasn’t as strong as a real dandelion, I was surprised to pick up on a definite floral scent with hints of what

smelled like dandelion. The Pistil also had hints of citrus and was a very fragrant beer.

The beer also tasted floral and citrusy, but compared to the strength of its smell, the taste was somewhat mild. Pistil went down smooth and didn’t lose any of its pizazz as I kept drinking; it kept its medley of flavors until the last sip.

Magic Hat is one brewing company that seems to always push the boundaries and experiment with new flavors. Though I certainly enjoyed Pistil and would drink it again without second thought, I was a bit bummed that the beer wasn’t more exotic tasting.

It could have been the psychedelic label or the striking dandelion infusion that built my expectations so high for the beer, but either way, I was taken aback by how light and easy it was on my palette. I guess the lesson I learned is that I shouldn’t have jumped the gun on Pistil simply because its description seemed so novel.

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Man admits robbing bank near SU

By Brett Samuels asst. news editor

By Dylan Segelbaum staff writer

A Syracuse man now faces at least seven years in prison after admitting Wednesday that he robbed the Chase Bank branch just off the Syracuse University campus last August.

Mark Evans pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary and thirddegree robbery — both felonies — before County Court Judge Anthony Aloi shortly after 8:45 a.m.

Evans, 55, of 120 Gifford St., was arrested Aug. 17 after Syracuse police say he took a taxi to the Chase Bank at 649 S. Crouse Ave. and then slipped a note to a teller demanding money. After he robbed the bank, police said Evans got back into the taxi. An officer spotted Evans downtown and tased him after he tried to get away. Money from the bank was found on him, police said.

In a separate case, Evans also admitted Wednesday to burglarizing a home in DeWitt on Aug. 15.

He’s served prison time for three prior felony and two misdemeanor convictions, said James Daley, the assistant district attorney who prosecuted the case. Police said Evans was paroled for a prior bank robbery not long before he robbed the Chase Bank branch. The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s website shows Evans has been in and out of prison since the 1980s.

The address listed for Evans is The Rescue Mission, an emergency shelter and center that feeds the hungry. The shelter is about a fiveminute drive from SU. Here’s how the sentences will work: For the burglary charge, Evans will be sentenced to five years in prison and five years of post-release supervision.

He will receive a two to four year prison sentence for pleading guilty to robbery.

But he also has time left on the previous prison sentence he was paroled on, which does not “expire” until 2018. That means he will likely serve about four more years after the other sentences are done. All of the sentences will run consecutively, or one after the other.

Handcuffed and chained around his walker, Evans occasionally looked up and made eye-contact with the judge. Evans has short, gray hair and is balding. He was wearing a green jail uniform and orange shoes.

When Aloi was asking Evans see evans page 9

Tickets to see Anderson Cooper on April 24 in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium sold out Wednesday, shortly after they went on sale.

Abdou Diakite, president of Syracuse University’s Alpha Phi Alpha chapter, said tickets to see the CNN anchor went on sale at 11 a.m., and the event sold out by about 12:30 p.m. There were enough tickets on sale to fill the capacity of the auditorium, he said.

Alpha Phi Alpha and the National Association of Black Journalists at SU are hosting the event, and Diakite said he was pleased with the way the organizations were able to drum up interest for the event.

“I was proud of the chapter and of the NABJ that we could promote the event effectively,” he said. “Anderson Cooper is a high-profile speaker and a lot of people want to see him.”

For students who were unable to purchase a ticket in time but still want to hear what Cooper has to say, Diakite said the event will be streamed on TVs in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and in the dining area of the Schine Student Center.

Diakite said promotions for the event began Monday, and the reaction see tickets page 8

break down: April is National Child Abuse Awareness Month. Here is a breakdown of some statistics on the issue:

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children suffer from child maltreatment

Pinwheels spin between the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Schine Student Center. They are part of efforts for Child Abuse Prevention Month. joshuah romero asst. photo editor

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Groups raise awareness of abuse

By Anna Merod staff writer

Hundreds of pinwheels were spinning in the wind this week on the grassy area between the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Schine Student Center.

They were part of an effort by the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, Falk, Kappa Omicron Nu — the national honor society for child and family studies majors — and the Syracuse University chapter of the Society of Public Health Education, which raised

money and awareness for National Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Falk, the student groups and the child advocacy center planted a garden of 1,000 blue and silver pinwheels in total to support the cause.

Last Thursday and Friday, the see child

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Number of children in the United States who died due tp abuse or neglect in 2012.

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Of the number of children who died because of abuse or neglect, 70.3 percent were younger than three years of age. source: childhelp

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Showtime’s documentary series to educate country on climate

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he critically acclaimed network Showtime has brought up action-packed and drama-filled series such as “The Tudors,” “Homeland” and “Dexter.” The network is now adding a new documentary series to its impressive line-up, “Years of Living Dangerously.”

“Years of Living Dangerously” focuses on climate change reporting with a new twist, which students and faculty should watch.

Showtime should be applauded for its move to pick up this series, and other networks should follow in its footsteps.

The nine part series, which aired its first episode on April 13, is not the usual lecturing style seen in typical documentaries such as “An Inconvenient Truth.” Instead, the show will feature a slew of renowned actors and actresses, including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford and Jessica Alba, speaking from locations across the globe on current and future climate change effects.

This groundbreaking mode of science communication is just what the environmental field needs. By using well-known public figures and understandable wording, the science behind climate change can now reach the millions of Showtime subscribers, many of which may not have a science background.

All too often, the science of climate change is misunderstood and distorted intentionally by climate change deniers and other times unintentionally by the average person.

While “Years of Living Dangerously” will reach new audiences, it is important to remember that a show on a premium channel will still leave out large portions of the public. Other more accessible networks should follow in Showtime’s stead in creating easily digestible climate science programs. For example, a show like this would work well on Fox or the National Geographic

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Channel, which recently re-launched “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.”

The beauty of this series is that it does not only focus on creating science programming that is easily understood by the public. The show also incorporates the social dynamic of climate change, which can have a greater effect on large audiences.

For example, in the first episode, Don Cheadle, an accomplished actor best known for his roles in “Ocean’s Eleven,” “Hotel Rwanda” and “Crash,” travels to the American Southwest to report on the increasingly severe droughts the area is experiencing. Instead of focusing on the science behind the droughts, Cheadle follows devout Christian and scientist Katharine Hayhoe.

Though the droughts cannot be directly correlated to climate change, they are hypothesized to be connected to it. The show does not concentrate on the importance of the science’s uncertainty, which can often confuse viewers.

Instead, Cheadle follows Hayhoe on her journey to communicate science to religious audiences.

On the show, she talks to those who have the same amount of familiarity with the subject as the audience does to help understand the connection between extreme weather and climate change. With her religious background, she makes the connection for audiences that climate change is an overarching social crisis and not just an environmental one.

Other programs have not taken the course to communicate the social effects and more easily understandable science as “Years of Living Dangerously” has. As the climate change “debate” continues and governments create only small efforts to mitigate climate change, it is imperative that this be progressed by other networks.

One way to increase this type of programming is to support this Showtime series. By watching “Years of Living Dangerously,” not only can your view on climate change be affected, but also network heads will see the high ratings that these shows can garner.

In this one instance, we do not need to take to the streets to persuade public action on climate change. All we need to do is take a seat and turn on the television.

Meg Callaghan is a senior environmental studies major at SUNY-ESF. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at mlcallag@syr.edu.

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Colbert replacing Letterman has promise

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’ve loved David Letterman for a long time. Even though my parents were devout Leno fans, I would silently will them to flip the channel to CBS while “The Chin” was on a commercial break.

Seeing a live taping of “The Late Show” even topped my bucket list.

And on Nov. 24 last year, my small fantasy came to fruition in the famously freezing Ed Sullivan Theatre as tears streamed from my eyes.

So when Letterman announced his retirement on April 3, it was like he chucked one of his wooden pencils, missed the lens and pierced my heart.

The man I loved to watch whimsically pair white socks with grey suits and calculatedly button and unbutton his suit jacket was vaporizing before my eyes.

When CBS announced on April 10 that Stephen Colbert would be Letterman’s replacement before his desk microphone had even gone cold, it was as if CEO Leslie Moonves had personally rubbed large chunks of sea salt in my fresh wound.

If this was a joke, I was certainly feeling the sting of the punchline. I wanted to hate Colbert — and I did — until researching him made me see he is a great candidate for the show.

When I heard Colbert would drop his shtick for “The Late Show,” I was

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confused. Resting atop my mountain of questions was, “Will the real Colbert please stand up?”

Who was this guy who had played a character on TV since 1997? And why was CBS so keen on giving this actor Letterman’s job?

After researching Colbert, I found out he was a product of The Second City, an improvisational theatre company that has spawned talents like Steve Carrell and Tina Fey. Letterman’s interviews are unrivaled because of his ability to be so quick on his feet, even when he’s sitting.

Colbert’s education and his experience conducting only partially scripted interviews on “The Colbert Report” make it plausible that he will be able to keep pace with his predecessor.

In addition, in a video uploaded on April 10 with The Second City, Colbert mentioned how eager he was to exorcise his alter-ego. “I get so jealous of Jon Stewart who gets to be keen on their subject, but I can’t,” Colbert said. “I cannot pronounce Iraq correctly with Christiane

Amanpour ... I have to be dumb.”

And it’s his desire to shed an old layer and aspire to do something new that makes me believe Colbert’s enthusiasm and energy will ensure his triumph.

It’s also likely Colbert will have success reaching a millennial audience that Letterman had not been able to accomplish.

Colbert seems he can keep up with the Jimmys on the internet.

By the numbers, he has almost 3 million more Twitter followers than Jimmy Kimmel and his 2013 viral parody video of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” garnered hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube.

Though it will take some time for Colbert to fill Letterman’s shoes, I know the late-night host is leaving his show in good hands.

Since starring in plays in prep school, Colbert has been training for this gig for most of his life. His desire to be great and his ability to accumulate a younger audience for CBS makes Colbert worthy of having his name on the Ed Sullivan Theatre marquee.

Erin Jensen is a graduate student in broadcast and digital journalism.

Her column appears weekly. You can reach her at ejense01@syr.edu or on Twitter at @erinrjensen.

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University Senate needs athletics, administration transparency Unless there is more transparency and information provided to the University Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Affairs, progress will remain minimal and these issues will not be resolved.

During Wednesday’s senate meeting, the committee requested more information from both the university and Syracuse University Athletics, and said it wasn’t able to make decisions based off the information it had at the time.

The committee was expecting to use

information from a report by Bain & Co., which was supposed to be released in February, but still remains unavailable. The committee was also hoping to use information from an annual salary report, which hasn’t been made available to the committee. As a result of this lack of transparency, the committee is lacking sufficient information, which leads to an inability to provide the best insight and recommendations.

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productive to have a committee that makes recommendations on the budget without sufficient information to do so.

The committee also asked for more information from SU Athletics regarding its fiscal policies, such as revenue allocations, funding for expansion and the ramifications of a student athlete union. Without specific details from SU Athletics, the senate could not make any formal decisions or recommendations on these issues.

No representatives from SU Athletics spoke at the meeting.

Since SU Athletics is both one of the most highly profitable and costly programs for Syracuse University, there should be more open discussion between the department and the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Affairs.

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Although USen meetings are monthly, this was the last meeting of the semester. Now, the committee

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n 2011, the smartphone application Snapchat gave users a new way to communicate, with short messages that last for up to 10 seconds on the receiver’s screen before disappearing.

Now, colleges are taking advantage of Snapchat’s popularity and using it as a way to get in touch with students.

Tennessee Wesleyan College was the first of at least six universities and colleges in the U.S. to use Snapchat as a way of interacting with students, according to a March 31 Time magazine article. TWC debuted its Snapchat account in October.

These colleges use their Snapchat accounts to promote various events happening on campus and rally support for sports teams, according to the article. Some use their accounts to offer giveaways to students. TWC also used it to reach out to new students, providing hints for an on-campus scavenger hunt during an orientation day.

Brittany Shope, college editor and web coordinator at TWC, said that the college is exploring more ways to use its Snapchat account in admissions, but has been using it to reach out to current students in many ways.

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“I really just started using it for sending little reminders or videos from events on campus, any messages from departments,” Shope said. “It was really more initially used for kind of fun communications, which I think is what Snapchat is for.”

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According to TWC’s Public Relations Plan, the Snapchat account is used to “interact visually with audience video news briefs, announcements, engaging contests, etc. “ Shope said that the college has about 60–70 Snapchat friends. She said sometimes students will reply to the Snapchats she sends, but more often they just receive the messages without replying.

Shope said Snapchat is different than the other forms of social media the college uses, namely Facebook and Twitter, because the message may not last as long but is more personal.

“I know prospective students enjoy when the college Twitter tweets back at them and the Snapchat is just another way to personalize that com-

munication and make those students, specifically those prospective students, feel that not only are they choosing Tennessee Wesleyan, but Tennessee Wesleyan has chosen them,” Shope said.

Since Snapchat users are identified only by username, it is difficult to designate which groups receive which messages, she said. For example, it is hard to distinguish between prospective students and current ones when trying to send a message to only one of those lists.

Shope added that it is important for colleges and universities to not be afraid of using social media to get in touch with students. She said that institutions should be willing to try out new social media outlets and see if those outlets work for them, just as TWC is doing with Snapchat.

“If someone is really considering coming to our college, they’re going to go to our Facebook page and see what our students are saying on that page or look at pictures of other students because if they can look at pictures and see students engaging in activities or winning awards in academics they can visualize themselves there,” Shope said.

She added that other institutions can also benefit from taking advantage of social media.

Said Shope: “That’s really the future of higher education communications is utilizing free platforms like social media platforms to show your college story, to show who you are as an institution to those audiences out there.”

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campaigning the cause for months.

Paul Hagenloh, a history professor, presented the formal resolution. At the end of the meeting, several student members embraced one another.

Emma Edwards, a junior geography and policy studies major, said she’s been with Divest SU since it began its campaign in October 2012.

Last year, the group’s resolution passed in the Student Association, she said.

“Now that the students have done their part, it’s so encouraging to see the faculty also take this issues seriously and voice their support for the students,” she said after the meeting.

However, the final decision to divest has to be made by Syverud and the Board of Trustees, said Ben Kuebrich, a graduate student studying composition and cultural rhetoric. Thankfully, they already have a majority of university support, he said.

Another serious topic addressed was the LGBT Concerns Committee about a campus incident last semester, when several educational signs about the trans* community were desecrated between the Schine Student Center and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

The committee proposed a resolution, stating: “The Syracuse University Senate condemns all acts of physical or symbolic violence against those protected explicitly in the University’s nondiscrimination policy, whether targeted toward

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tickets was “phenomenal.” He said students across campus were ecstatic to hear Cooper was coming to campus, adding that even some alumni reached

any individual or group of students, faculty, staff or community members.” It unanimously passed.

To start the meeting, Syverud made a few remarks. The recently inaugurated chancellor said he wanted to pay particular attention to the budget report on enrollment and athletics, and the agenda report on promotions.

The meeting began with a few unanimous decisions regarding commencement, promotions, emeritus status and curricula changes.

Steve Brechin, professor of sociology and Nancy Cantor’s husband, was granted emeritus, meaning he will retire after this academic year.

topics discussed at wednesday’s meeting • Fossil fuel divestment • New classes being added • Introduction of new minors and programs • University budget report

In addition to several new classes being added to each college, a new minor and programs were introduced. The David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics now has a minor in mindfulness and contemplative studies, and a certificate of advanced study in intercollegiate athletic advising and support. The College of Visual and Performing Arts now has a five-year bachelor’s of music in music industry.

A tense discussion followed the introducout and said they wished they had been able to see Cooper during their time on campus.

The format of the event will be questionand-answer. Students will be able to pose questions from their seat in the audience, as well as via Twitter. Although it was difficult to finalize the arrangement to bring Cooper to SU, Diakite

tion of a proposal to pursue creating a facultydriven committee for promotions and tenure, sponsored by the Academic Affairs Committee and Committee on Appointment and Promotions. After a couple of amendments to the wording of the proposal, it passed. The issue will be brought up again next fall.

Before presenting his monthly report on the university’s budget, Craig Dudczak announced he would not be returning as chair. He went on to discuss three important points: adjusting support services for incoming students, simplifying the budget model of the university and determining the position of SU Athletics within the university.

“There probably is no single issue on this campus that divides a faculty as ‘What is the role of athletics in the university firmament?’”

Dudczak said, before stating the committee needs more information in order for it to make an official recommendation.

Co-chairs Steven Fantigrossi and Rosemary Kelly, of the Committee on Student Life, discussed several meetings they conducted throughout the year. These included a conference with Student Association President Boris Gresely about restructuring SA and student involvement on campus. The committee also met with Patricia Burak of the Slutzker Center for International Services to discuss the challenges of providing for international students.

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said he’s happy that the event came together.

“It was challenging in terms of booking him because he’s an extremely high-profile speaker and a high-profile person,” he said. “I’m looking forward to the conversation that will be had during the event.” blsamuel@syr.edu

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budget areas of “continuing challenges” for the university moving forward: enrollment, SU’s budget model and how athletics fits into the school as a whole.

Enrollment

class as they shop for the best deal at the best price,” the report states.

Dudczak said during the presentation the committee believes undergraduate growth should be curtailed. He said the committee spent the most time this semester on enrollment because members thought it was probably the “central issue.”

During former Chancellor Nancy Cantor’s tenure, enrollment “significantly increased,” according to the budget committee’s report.

Numbers the administration previously provided put this increase at about 22 percent from 2004–2012. The report states it appears that was done to compensate for declining rates of tuition increases as well as growing “discount rates.”

SU has looked to so-called “geographies of opportunity” such as the South and the West, as the admissions staff has said the number of students entering college will decline during the next decade, according to the report. International students, who Dudczak said made up 1-in-9 people in this year’s incoming freshman class, have also been heavily recruited. These students typically do not get much financial aid, which helps lower the cost of tuition for others, according to the report.

But the report states support services on campus have not kept up. The issue of inadequate resources for international students has been brought up repeatedly in the senate during the past several years.

These strategies have created a “bi-modal” distribution in socioeconomic classes at SU, according to the report.

“It is our concern we may have removed the university from the marketplace of the middle

SU’s budget model

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he was waiving by pleading guilty, a woman’s cellphone began going off loudly.

“At least she wasn’t wearing flip-flops,” Aloi said after the woman left the courtroom, remark-

evans questions to make sure he understood the rights

The university’s budget model has become a “hybrid” decentralized and centralized system, according to the budget committee’s report.

The initial idea of the current model was to allow deans and directors of centers to make decisions about their budgets and reap the rewards or consequences, Dudczak said. But areas of the university are “taxed” and share common costs, and some places appear to have lost money, according to the report. It’s unclear, the report said, whether these apparent losses were the result of decisions from the administration or these different centers.

The current model is also difficult for the average person to understand, according to the report.

“We think that we need to get back to a simpler model, at least one that in its simplicity might be more revenue transparent to all members of the university community,” Dudczak said.

Athletics

SU needs to come up with a greater academic plan that states the role of athletics at the university, Dudczak said. Though athletics are generally appreciated at SU, the budget committee’s report states it is “uncomfortable” with the perception of how the department is

managed and fits into the university’s mission.

The lack of transparency in athletics’ budget and how it fits into the rest of the budget process intensifies a “feeling” that athletics is drawing money from academic areas, according to the report. This idea has come up in the past with the controversy surrounding how SU should allocate the $7.5 million Big East Conference exit fee.

Athletics is a net expense to the university.

The department receives $7.4 million from the so-called “subvention” revenue-sharing pool, Dudczak said. That means other programs are in effect subsidizing athletics, he said. But, he said, most Division I programs are not self-sustaining.

The committee wrote that it wonders if there’s an idea that athletics must “continue to get bigger to survive.” The report cites the move to the ACC and proposal for a new downtown Syracuse stadium.

Transparency

After the budget committee’s presentation, other senators raised concerns about transparency.

They noted a report from Bain & Co. — a global management consulting firm analyzing key aspects of the university — has not been released yet. Neither has a report about faculty salaries, as well as how they compare to peer institutions.

“There’s an appearance that there are worries of erring on the side of too much transparency,” said Crystal Bartolovich, an associate professor of English.

When asked about the senate’s discussion about transparency, Chancellor Kent Syverud said he was still absorbing the comments made at the meeting, but will be responding to them in the future. dmsegelb@syr.edu | @dylan_segelbaum

ing he also didn’t like the song that was playing.

Sentencing is set for May 7. Evans was not granted bail.

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promotions Board of Trustees.

“It’s a mechanism to appeal a promotion decision to a faculty body,” said James Watts, chair of the religion department, who presented the motion on behalf of the Academic Affairs Committee and the Committee on Appointment and Promotions.

The motion was planned hastily, within the last week, to record USen’s opinion before the university Board of Trustees meets in May, Watts said.

The Academic Affairs Committee had heard that the Board of Trustees intended to adopt recommendations presented to the senate by the ad hoc committee on promotions last November, Watts said. Some faculty disagreed with the ad hoc committee’s suggestion that the provost should make the final decision on promotions, he said.

The Academic Affairs Committee and Committee on Appointment and Promotions came up with alternatives. Watts presented the motion on behalf of both committees.

“There needed to be a faculty or senate voice on this, so we did this quickly,” Watts said.

As the motion passed in the last meeting of the semester, the Agenda Committee will come up with the language to change senate bylaws and bring it to the senate for approval in the fall semester, Watts said.

Most of the senators present on Wednesday agreed with the overall goals of the committee.

However, tense debate surrounded the resolution’s specific language.

Senators proposed amendments to align the motion with senate procedures, like committee creation and appointment. Watts said that some of the processes needed to be refined because they were put together so quickly. Sam Gorovitz, a professor of philosophy, was among those who questioned the procedures for creating the committee, calling the motion “superfluous.”

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child abuse groups also collaborated with the McMahon/ Ryan Child Advocacy Center to sell pinwheels and wristbands for $1 in Falk College and Ernie Davis Hall. It’s all a part of the Pinwheels for Prevention awareness campaign that the center participates in every April, said Brooke Tyszka, an academic counselor in Falk’s Office of Student Services. All proceeds raised went to the McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Center.

The campaign at SU raised $118, said Sara Mileski, the president of Kappa Omicron Nu, which she believes is successful. Mileski and the leaders of SOPHE are already planning new methods for fundraising to improve the growth in donations and awareness for next year’s campaign, she said.

Pinwheels for Prevention is a national campaign in honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month that places blue pinwheels throughout the community, said Emily Alber Chase, an administrative assistant at the McMahon/Ryan Center.

“The idea is that you want every child to have a happy, carefree, loving childhood and so the symbol of the pinwheel kind of represents that,” Alber Chase said.

Four years ago, a Falk student interned at the McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Center, Tyszka said. The student suggested that SU should participate in the Pinwheels for Prevention awareness campaign.

diversity of the proposed five-person committee.

They brought up diversity issues from the schools members represented to their race and gender.

While senators debated, Chancellor Kent Syverud, who spoke toward the beginning of the meeting, meticulously scribbled notes sitting in the second row of the auditorium. After nearly 40 minutes, and another failed amendment, the amended motion carried.

Watts stood at the front of the auditorium, answering questions throughout the discussion. After the meeting, senators congratulated him as they walked out of the Maxwell School of Citizenship of Public Affairs.

The motion’s passage addressed an essential problem with promotions, Watts said.

Watts said that promotion and tenure votes happen at different levels in the university. Faculty in specific departments and individual schools and colleges evaluate tenure and promotion cases, but the vice chancellor and provost has reversed some negative decisions in recent years, he said.

In some cases in the last 10 years, the vice chancellor and provost has recommended that the trustees grant faculty members tenure despite the fact that committees within individual schools have declined to promote them, he said. Faculty, in these cases, gets tenured and not promoted.

Watts said that many faculty and administration feel tenure without promotion to associate professor is “generally a bad idea.” Senate debate surrounded the question of how to keep that from happening without giving up the faculty’s right to decide on promotion.

“This motion doesn’t solve the problem, but it generally moves us toward it happening less often,” Watts said.

For now, senators will have to wait to see what happens. Watts said he thinks the Board of Trustees could come up with its own plan or allow the senate to move forward with the plan that it approved.

But he said the senate clearly established its stance on its involvement with promotions.

Said Watts: “I don’t know what’s going to happen next. But what happened here is the senate affirmed that it wanted faculty to remain in control of the faculty promotions process.” jspramuk@syr.edu

“In Falk College, we have students that will be working with children in their future careers and who really care about this issue, so that’s why it’s so important for our students, in particular, to be involved with this project and to raise awareness,” she said.

In honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month, Alber Chase said the clock tower at Crouse Hospital will be illuminated by a blue light for the remainder of the month.

The McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Center, which opened in 1998, provides all of the services an abused child needs within the same building, she said. The center assists families and their children in Onondoga County, and last year the center assisted more than 700 children in the county.

One in 10 children will be sexually abused before the age of 18, Alber Chase said, and 90 percent of sexually abused children have been abused by someone they know.

“There’s a lot of warning signs. If you just see a child you know acting a little differently, even just abnormal bumps and bruises, there’s a lot you can do if you know what to look for,” she said.

Although the campaign has not raised a lot of money through donations, Tyszka said the “striking” pinwheel garden between Newhouse and Schine has been successful in raising overall awareness about child abuse on campus.

Said Tyszka: “A lot of people forget about children, and children’s needs kind of get swept under the rug a lot, so it’s good for this age group to start thinking about what they can do to help.” almerod@syr.edu

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RACHEL SAMPLES, a senior television, radio and film major, is one of the co-creators of Tock, an iPhone app that encourages face-to-face communcation. The app won Syracuse University’s Fast Forward competition and RvD IDEA award. emma fierberg asst. photo editor

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achel Samples and Jacquie Greco want you to look them in the eyes when they’re talking to you.

That’s why they created Tock, an anti-social media iPhone app and a winner in Syracuse University’s Fast Forward competition.

Tock is designed to combat what Samples, a senior television, radio and film major, calls phone addiction, or the constant need to check one’s social media profiles, text or take a selfie during social situations. Phone addiction serves as a social crutch, Samples said, giving people the option of simply burying their face in their phones, rather than talking with and meeting new people.

When Samples and Greco, a graduate television, radio and film major, teamed up for their new media entrepreneurship class, they didn’t know they were already behind.

Sean Branagan, professor of the

class, said that the class is geared around launching digital media businesses. When Samples and Greco created the Tock team, it was the only group still open to accepting new members and defining its concept.

The brainstorming process was extensive, Samples said. The team had a thick yellow pad with pages of what they called “crazytown ideas.” However, over Winter Break, the idea for Tock hit them. It turned out that all they needed was some parental guidance.

“Over Winter Break, I was at dinner with my mom, and at our kitchen table I was on my phone and she just looked me dead in the eyes and was like ‘Come on,’” Samples said.

Greco had a similar experience at home, when she would be in the living room with her entire family and would be buried in her phone for no reason.

“I guess you don’t really notice it until somebody calls you out for it. Over Winter Break both Rachel and I got yelled at for being on our phones so much,” Greco said.

When they got back to SU, Samples

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and Greco witnessed phone addiction amongst their peers, and decided to do something about it. When Branagan heard the idea, he was sold.

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For one night, music groups, dance groups and comedy groups will come together to raise money for one cause.

TAP and Nourish International will host their first ever Spring Showcase, Friday, April 18 in Grant Auditorium.

TAP, a Syracuse University student tap dancing team, partnered with Nourish International, an SU service group, to raise money for Nourish International’s summer project in Uganda. The idea behind the event was to combine diversity and talent.

“It’s both to bring together talents from across campus while also contributing to an important cause and another student organization,” said Molly Linhorst, TAP president and a senior international relations and political science major.

When recruiting groups to perform, TAP and Nourish International tried to incorporate performances from different cultures and mediums. Performers include TAP, First Year Players, Mouse House Players, Orange Pulse Dance Troupe, comedian Samantha Ruddy, The Lulus, Kalabash and the Syracuse Ballroom Dancing Organization.

Taylor Denton, marketing coordinator for Nourish International, said the diversity of the groups will provide something to see for everyone.

“There’s a different collection of performances and everyone is so different that every three or four minutes there’s going to be something brand new on the stage and something more exciting than the last,” said Denton, a sophomore advertising major.

The idea for collaboration of the two groups came from personal relationships between Linhorst and members of the Nourish International executive board. It wouldn’t be enough to put on a showcase with different groups — they wanted a cause attached, Linhorst said.

“I thought that was very thoughtful of her to include us because they certainly could have just made the money and bought TAP shirts or something cool,” said Ellen Moore, a senior international relations and policy studies major and president of Nourish International.

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erhaps the only thing more upsetting than a 50-degree drop in temperature over a 24-hour period is the notion that these bat-sh*t ridiculous weather patterns will soon come to an end.

It’s easy to feel that the future can’t come fast enough, that these days of April blizzards couldn’t be done with soon enough. But the end of the year is going to come far faster than any of us want it to.

May is fast approaching, and that means the year at Syracuse University is coming to a close. For some students, this means a several month hiatus; for us older bones, it means saying goodbye to undergraduate life forever.

But one thing underclassmen and soon-tobe graduates can all identify with is the terror of finding work for the summer — or for life.

CHELSEA DEBAISE LET’S GET WEIRD

A wise woman once told me that the internship/job search has really become akin to the unwaveringly awkward process of dating.

While at first I thought this was just a witty throwaway comment, after giving it some thought I realized this could not be truer.

The prep work for the two events is very similar. And by prep work, I mean changing into multiple outfits and staring anxiously into the mirror.

Is this outfit too slutty? Or is this outfit not slutty enough? I want my look to say I’m hardworking to a fault, intelligent and compulsively good with

grammar — but in the hottest way possible.

Though you won’t express it outwardly, there’s also an underlying hope that the opposite party is going to spend a whole lot of money on you.

An aside to female readers who often feign that they’re going to pick up the check at the end of the date — it’s cute, but let’s call a spade a spade.

For a date, this could mean a big fancy dinner with wine or champagne. For a job interview, this could mean being put up in a swanky hotel. Kudos if that last part applies to the end of your first dates as well. You’ve got game. Or you are a prostitute.

I think the most parallel element between the two events, though, is the progression of expectations. On a first date, for the first few minutes you spend your time bracing yourself for the worst.

The chances of us going anywhere seem slim to

none, but maybe the food will be nice. Maybe we will exchange numbers and never call each other again, but at least it won’t be awkward.

But then, something happens — some awesome eye contact or a perfectly catered joke, and bam, despite yourself, you begin expecting sex.

It’s the same with any job interview. You don’t want to be hopeful. You don’t want to get your heart shattered after building a false assumption that you’ve got it in the bag. But at some point, your interviewer expresses just how impressed they are with you and you can’t help but start building yourself up.

It only gets worse. It’s the slow crescendo from “maybe I actually have a shot at this position” to “if they don’t hire me, I have just cause to burn this whole place down.”

Which is not altogether unlike the progression from, “I think I at least have a shot at a kiss goodnight” to “if this guy doesn’t put out for at least 10 minutes I am going to key his car — and then burn this whole place down.”

The thing is, you just shouldn’t be burning any place down. Go into dates and interviews optimistic, but don’t feel like you’re entitled to that high-salary job, or that highly chiseled body lurking underneath the clothes of your dinner partner. What happens happens.

Just always be sure to come prepared with an updated resume and a non-expired pack of condoms and you should be ready to roll.

Chelsea DeBaise is a senior writing major.

Despite the possible grey area between the two topics she discussed this week, she does not support sleeping with your interviewer to get a job.

She can be reached via email at cedebais@syr.edu or on Twitter @CDeBaise124.

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giant panda guerilla dub squad Where: The Westcott Theater, 524 Westcott St. When: Friday, April 18, 8 p.m.

How much: $15 A five-piece band hailing from Rochester, N.Y., the Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad plays a blend of psychedelic music with heavy reggae roots, while also dabbling in Americana with its 2012 record “Country.” The band has also had plenty of time to hone its live sound — with more than 800 shows under its belt over the past six years, the Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad has trekked all across the U.S.

animal eggstravaganza Movies shown at the Salt City Horrorfest include Lost Boys, Halloween II, The Invisible Man and Sleepaway Camp.

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f running from pumpkin-headed ghouls and reciting “Candyman” three times in front of a dusty mirror are two of your favorite pastimes, this weekend’s Salt City Horrorfest will have you screaming bloody murder in delight.

The 2014 Salt City Horrorfest will be held at Syracuse’s Palace Theatre on Saturday. Doors open at 11 a.m., and tickets cost $15 in advance and $20 at the door of the theatre for a day full of movies and horror-themed happenings.

What began 14 years ago as an event featuring movies and bands has morphed into a fullfledged movie festival, with beer, wine, food trucks and a slew of horror-related activities.

The fest will offer up 10 spooky favorites, including “Halloween II,” “Candyman,” “Pumpkinhead” and “The Lost Boys.”

Although the screened films will span from a range of five different decades — the oldest having been released in 1960 and the most current offering from 2007 — all films will be screened in 35mm film.

Jemola Addley, co-director of the festival and co-owner of Resurrected Tattoo parlor, explained that the appeal of screening movies in 35mm is its nostalgic feel.

“The horror-loving community is into the ‘retro’ aspect of the fest. They love the free movie posters, trivia and special film trailers screened,” Addley said.

The Salt City Horrorfest is considered the biggest 35mm Horror Film Festival in Upstate New York. Attendees are also encouraged to come dressed up as their favorite horror movie icon.

In order to ethically provide the audience with the movies they want at an affordable cost, the directors of the event made sure to obtain screening rights from the original film studio of each movie being played, Addley said. “(Fans) love the fact that they can see their favorite horror film on the big screen, the way it is meant to be seen and not pay the excessive fees corporate film chains charge,” Addley said.

In addition to the lineup of flicks, the event will include two trivia sessions with prize giveaways and a chance to win a brick from the cabin of the original “Evil Dead” movie through a live auction. Signed movie posters

Salt City Horrorfest revives classic scary movies from Bobcat Goldthwaite and Joel Schumacher will be auctioned to help raise funds for the Syracuse International Film Festival, hosted each year in October.

The Horrorfest is funded entirely by local artists, bands and community groups. Though it’s managed in Syracuse, word of the upcoming Horrorfest reaches a worldwide audience through movie directors, bloggers, horror websites and podcasts.

“There are five key people that run the fest,” Addley said. “We use thousands of our own hard-earned dollars putting this event on for the community and Upstate New York.”

Movies screened earlier in the day will be more kid-friendly, while “The Girl Next Door,” which carries an “R” rating, will play past midnight, ending the festival sometime in the eerie, early Sunday hours.

As for what makes a movie worthy of being part of the festival, Addley explained his own criteria: it needs to be, well, scary.

Said Addley: “A ‘good’ scary movie is a film that makes you jump and keeps your attention on the screen — not on your cellphone.” mkpolizz@syr.edu

Where: Rosamond Gifford Zoo When: Saturday, April 19, 10 a.m.

How much: Free for zoo members The Rosamond Gifford Zoo is set to unleash its always egg-celent annual Animal EggStravaganza, where zookeepers present critters with egg-shaped enrichment items through the morning and afternoon. Animals participating include African lions, armadillos, red pandas and the giant Pacific octopus. For fans of exotic wildlife, the event is shaping up to be an egg-citing one.

“fat girl interrupted” Where: Oncenter Carrier Theater, 515 Montgomery St. When: April 18,19, 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.

How much: $32 Comic Lisa Lampenelli, who studied journalism at Syracuse University, is coming to the Oncenter War Memorial Arena this April to perform her one-woman theatrical show, “Fat Girl Interrupted.” The standup comedian is probably best known for participating in roasts on Comedy Central, but her new show focuses more on herself, including her struggles with men, food and body image.

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on that,” Branagan said.

Tock facilitates face-to-face contact by making a game out of who can stay away from their phone the longest. When Tock is downloaded, users create a Tock profile, which syncs information from various social media profiles. Once a user creates their Tock profile, they can invite their friends to Tock.

When two or more users Tock, they agree upon a certain amount of time they must stay away from their phones, and whoever swipes in first loses.

The winner then has points added to their profile, which can be redeemed for real-life rewards.

“We’re still in development, but hopefully it’s going to be this addicting game and you also get the tangible rewards of meeting people face-to-face,” Samples said.

While the app has not yet been developed, the Tock team has been busy promoting its idea. Since winning the Fast Forward competition, the team won the top prize in the

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Raymond von Dran IDEA Awards and has been invited to the New York State Business Plan Competition to compete for up to $50,000.

The team is also launching the first of many Tock events on April 23 at Chuck’s Café. From 9–11 p.m., the Tock team will collect people’s phones, and in return give out a free drink voucher for every hour people can resist the urge to check their phones.

Greco is confident the event will be a success.

“People are just going to fall in love with the idea, and after this event they are going to realize they don’t need to be on their phones all night when they can just have a good time with their friends,” Greco said.

So far the pair has received very positive responses, and many people, especially parents, have asked how to download it, Samples said.

Branagan believes Tock will take off, and that Samples and Greco have created a product that can change social conduct and behavior for the better.

Said Branagan: “You just watch how people entertain the thought of it. It could be a movement; it’s got the potential to be bigger than just an app.” bskrisel@syr.edu

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their own businesses and giving knowledge about sex and reproductive health. The partnership will allow students go to Uganda two summers in a row.

Denton said each year the end goal is to leave the place of service better than they found it, and the showcase will help raise

It’s a great cause and a great way to be a part of something bigger.

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enough money to do so.

Moore said the event gives them the oppor-

tunity to get their name out on campus, while allowing them to reach their monetary goals.

They have already raised more than $5,000 and hope to raise more. Going to the show will allow people to contribute to a big cause in an easy way, Denton said.

“For people who can’t always make a difference by traveling to Uganda, the tickets are $3, that $3 can go a long way when a bunch of people do it together,” Denton said. “It’s definitely a good way to help in a small way.”

One of the things Moore is looking forward to is watching her peers do things they’re passionate about, while she presents about Nourish International, something she is passionate about.

“It’s a great cause and a great way to be a part of something bigger,” Moore said. “At the end of the school year where we’re all getting kind of selfish and thinking about the things we’re going to miss, or we’re looking forward to for the summer, to kind of just take a step back and realize how much we can do together and what impact that will have.” ekbaty@syr.edu

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drops the weight that we’re going to target for him, he’ll play. Absolutely.”

John Miller (center)

Austin Wilson (quarterback)

By Stephen Bailey

Miller began taking first-team snaps on April 6 and has since impressed his teammates and coaches.

His move allows Rob Trudo, who had been transitioning to the center position, to return to left guard, where he started all of last season.

Miller’s strength is his snapping ability. While Trudo struggled to consistently place shotgun snaps — occasionally hitting a running back in the chest rather than the quarterback’s hands — Miller is accurate and consistent with his timing.

A strong performance in the Spring Game could help the front-runner lock up the starting job.

“Some people are natural at it, and Miller is,” Syracuse quarterbacks coach Tim Lester said. “Our guys love it when he’s in there just because they know where it’s going to be and when it’s going to get there.”

Adonis Ameen-Moore (running back)

Ameen-Moore is primed for a return to the rotation after receiving only five carries last season.

Once a Tank package specialist, the rising senior is working to slim down and become more of the downhill, power-type back that SU lost in Jerome Smith.

SU running backs coach DeAndre Smith called Ameen-Moore’s improvement the biggest surprise of the group this spring, and said he expects him to get more carries in the fall.

“Absolutely he’ll see some snaps,” Smith said. “If he progresses like he should and he

The rising sophomore has taken the majority of second-team snaps this spring and boasts the strongest arm of the quarterbacks.

“He has a cannon,” rising junior quarterback Terrel Hunt said. “That’s the first thing. He can throw.

Sometimes I’m like, ‘I’ve got to step my game up.’”

Make no mistake, Hunt’s job is secure. But Wilson can strengthen his hold on the backup job with a strong Spring Game performance.

He’s been competing with freshman A.J. Long and fellow rising sophomore Mitch Kimble, who missed time earlier in the spring with a lower-back injury.

Wayne Williams (defensive tackle)

The junior college journey is over for Williams, but the path to playing time is still long from over for the 6-foot-4, 330-pound space-eater.

He’s working to get in shape, and defensive coordinator Chuck Bullough said Williams can only play 5–10 plays full speed.

“He’s got to get in shape,” SU defensive line coach Tim Daoust said. “Thank the Lord he’s here now and not in August.”

Williams said he expects to contribute in the fall, and teammates agree he has the talent and strength to do so.

We’ll get a live look at his motor for the first time Saturday. sebail01@syr.edu | @Stephen_Bailey1

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spring game The scoring system in the planned format lets the offense score in the typical ways — touchdowns are worth six, extra points one and field goals three.

The defensive side is where SU is getting more creative. The defense gets seven points for touchdowns, but also can get six points for a turnover, three for a three-and-out and one for a stop.

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contract has now been signed by both sides.

“I thought it was very, very important — and all of us did — to have the first game in the Dome,” Frazier said.

Syracuse and LSU have played twice before.

The Tigers defeated the Orangemen 13-10 in the 1965 Sugar Bowl before SU took the rematch 23-10 in 1989 the Hall of Fame Bowl.

SU quarterback Terrel Hunt said he learned the news of the series just before the current play-

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unionization implications” for athletic departments at private universities, though it is too early to speculate what will eventually happen with the ruling. Those implications include more resources being spent on football and basketball — something that would disrupt how sports that do not make money are financed, according to the report. The labor board’s decision would also require that questions about paying athletes in these “non-revenue” sports be addressed.

Football and men’s basketball generated the most revenue out of SU’s different sports last year, according to numbers reported to the U.S. Department of Education. Football generated $33,213,622 in revenue and men’s basketball took

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try to pin punts inside the 15-yard line to score points for the team that’s trailing at the break.

Shafer expects to run about 80 plays during the scrimmage after having a brief sevenon-seven session before it starts.

It won’t be the most conventional scrimmage, but it still gives fans a chance to see SU practice and learn about some of the Orange’s newest pieces.

Said Shafer: “We owe that to our fans. I really love our fans here in Syracuse. I just think they deserve that.”

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“That’s amazing,” Hunt said. “I was actually reading it right before I came down here. I was like, ‘That’s real.’”

The first meeting may only be two years away, but the hype for Syracuse-LSU begins now. And hopefully, Shafer said, it leads to more premier programs coming to the Dome.

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SU Athletics chief communications officer Joe Giansante did not return four calls and an email about the budget committee’s report.

Herman Frazier, deputy athletics director and chief of staff, talked briefly about unionization on Tuesday in a REL 103: “Religion and Sports” class that was open to the public. He cited possible concerns with taxes and “employee relations” — such as if 50,000 tickets were sold to an event and athletes did not show up.

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Staats looks to rediscover scoring stride against Hobart

By Phil D’Abbraccio asst. copy editor

Just four days after what some called his breakthrough game, Randy Staats’ next act was a disappearing one.

Staats’ nine-point show at Cornell led Syracuse to an upset on April 8, but also warned North Carolina who it had to target on the SU attack.

“I think they just noticed that he’s a threat to score, he’s a threat to feed and they didn’t want the ball in his stick very long,” SU head coach John Desko said.

Although the Tar Heels clamped down on Staats — who was coming off the best individual performance Syracuse had seen thus far this year — and held him to a season-low one point all game, the Orange offense was able to overcome his ineffectiveness and still prevail. The junior college transfer hopes to bounce back when No. 4 Syracuse (8-3, 2-3 Atlantic Coast) battles Hobart (4-7, 3-2 Northeast) at Boswell Field in Geneva, N.Y., on Saturday at 3 p.m.

“This was the first game I couldn’t really move or do too much and (the defender) was all over me,” Staats said. “That’s a challenge I like to accept. I failed, I think.”

Up until the matchup with UNC, SU’s thirdleading scorer had logged at least two points in each of the eight games he played.

But no game matched his outing in Ithaca, N.Y., and no goal matched his third one of the night.

Early in the fourth quarter, Cornell’s Tom Freshour picked off Syracuse attack Kevin Rice’s

pass to Staats from behind the cage. Quickly, Staats dislodged both the stick and the ball from Freshour’s grasp and scooped up the loose ball.

Staats spun through a converging defender and ducked away from another, elevating his stick with one hand and pulling it back down to protect the ball, before stepping twice to the side and ripping a shot inside the left pipe for a score.

“I just shrugged my shoulders and started laughing on the sideline when I saw that,” faceoff specialist Chris Daddio said. “That’s just the kind of plays that he makes. It’s fun watching him.”

It highlighted Staats’ takeover of the game and reaffirmed his ability to score with creativity inside the box, a flair he had boasted in spurts previously.

But when the Tar Heels visited the Carrier Dome, their defense gave Staats more attention than an opponent had given him all year. Only one turnover hung over Staats’ head in the box score, but it was a tougher struggle for the SU attack than the stat line indicates.

Junior Jake Bailey often drew him one-onone, and the physical 6-foot-5 defender had help coming each time Staats got a touch. UNC didn’t slide off Staats and double-teamed him quickly — and sometimes threw a third player Staats’ way.

“I’ve got to do a better job of trying to shake them off of me,” Staats said. “I think I’ve got to work a little harder myself to get the ball. It’s on me more than anybody else.”

More than once, Staats ended up on the Carrier Dome turf after another unfruitful possession. Even when he was matched with a short-stick midfielder, he couldn’t capitalize.

But when Syracuse needed a goal most, Sta-

RANDY STAATS exploded for nine points at Cornell on April 8, but was limited to just one point by UNC four days later. UNC sent double and triple teams to shut down the lethal SU junior, who hopes to bounce back against Hobart. spencer bodian staff photographer

ats made the right move with the ball.

“I think it shows that he’s an unselfish player, that he was willing to give up the ball and let the other guys do the work,” Rice said.

In the second overtime, he dodged from behind the cage to the left doorstep. When a Tar Heel came down to double-team him at the goal line, Staats fed an open Billy Ward at the left wing.

And when Ward’s shot made ripples in the back of the net, Staats was the first to rush the

game-winning goal scorer, whose goal negated Staats’ scoreless outing.

But if Staats is paired with a bigger shadow come postseason time, he now knows what it’ll take to get the job done.

Said Staats: “I tried to get open and I wasn’t finding open areas like I was against Cornell.

I think I’ve got to work a little harder and be a little smarter with the ball and try to regroup and focus up again.” pmdabbra@syr.edu | @PhilDAbb

women’s lacrosse

Cross sisters push each other down stretch for No. 1 Syracuse

By Tyler Piccotti staff writer

As Kelly Cross entered the latter half of her lacrosse career at Upper Dublin (Pa.) High School, she faced the tough task of choosing where to play at the college level.

But older sister Amy, then a freshman midfielder for Syracuse, made that decision really easy.

“I have always looked up to (Amy) as a role model,” Kelly said, “so it sort of made sense to just come here and follow in her footsteps.”

Now, senior Amy and sophomore Kelly are dependable contributors on the No. 1 team in the country, combining for 19 goals and 30 ground balls in 2014. They’ll look to finish their final season together just as strong, beginning when the top-ranked Orange (14-1, 5-1 Atlantic Coast) travels west to face No. 9 Notre Dame (9-6, 2-4) at 3 p.m. on Saturday.

Although they are two years apart, both Amy and Kelly said they remain as close as they have ever been. But their tight bond has also sparked a competitive spirit that drives both to play their absolute best.

“We just motivate each other, without even

having to say anything,” Kelly said. “There is always that sense of wanting to one-up each other, which is I guess better for both of us.”

The two siblings grew up in a very competitive atmosphere, especially when it came to lacrosse.

Their mother, Dee, starred at Shippensburg State

It’s going to be sad when Amy leaves. It’s just been a great experience.

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College and captained Team USA in the 1986 and 1989 World Cup tournaments. She is now an inductee in the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame and the head coach of Upper Dublin.

Their older sister Ali also played throughout her childhood and at Shippensburg, while younger sister Julie currently stars for Upper Dublin and has already made a verbal commitment to Syracuse.

Amy and Kelly also played field hockey and soccer,

respectively. In fact, Kelly said she grew up idolizing Mia Hamm and dreamed of playing on the pitch.

However, their constant exposure to the sport helped lacrosse win out by high school.

“They were around it so much, and they just liked it,” Dee said. “Amy would come to every practice, so she would start playing with the older girls. Then Kelly started playing even younger.

“It was pretty much a domino effect.”

Eventually, two generations of Crosses merged as both played for their mother in high school, spending two seasons as teammates.

Dee said being able to coach her daughters was the most fulfilling experience of her life.

Meanwhile, Ali said her sisters’ demeanor on the field was very unique. They played with an edge, but knew when to dial back and never let it spill over.

“I am very not competitive in the same way Amy and Kelly are,” Ali said with a chuckle.

“We are creepily alike — all four of us, really.

The only thing we fought about was clothes.”

The Orange’s 18-6 victory over Canisius on Feb. 16 was a perfect example of the sisters’ competitive, yet friendly, athletic rivalry, Amy said. When one of them made a big play, the other wanted to follow suit.

“She scored, and then I scored, and then she

scored again,” Amy said. “It’s not a bad competitive, but it pushes us to work hard.”

Kelly said she’s now more motivated than ever to improve her game because it’s the final year for a great senior class. If nothing else, she said the underclassmen are working really hard to help capture a championship that has eluded the program.

That being said, having a sibling in the group makes this season much more meaningful.

“It’s going to be sad when Amy leaves,” Kelly admitted. “It’s just been a great experience that not everyone gets to have, to play with your sister not only in high school but in college.”

The sisters still have at least a handful more games together, and they’re going to savor each one. So will their mother, who tries to attend as many games as possible even though she gets extremely nervous sitting in the stands.

And while a competitive fire burns in the two middle siblings, it will never overcome the connection that lacrosse has brought to their entire family.

“It’s a huge support system, and we push each other to be better,” Amy said. “It’s just cool that we’ve created this ‘Cuse family and we all get to play for such a great team.” tfpiccot@syr.edu

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uniforms behind a curtain in blue, white and gray jerseys, respectively.

The reviews from fans on social media were mixed, but lively. And about an hour later, Shafer and the three players returned to Manley Field House to show the current players the new look.

“They looked like little kids on Christmas Day,” Shafer said.

This is about the kids.

They’re the ones that put the uniforms on. They’re the ones that play and go through the physicality.

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Loeb gave his No. 44 jersey to Dyshawn Davis. Spruill gave his jersey, Cameron Lynch’s No. 38, to its proper owner. Terrel Hunt came out with a white No. 10 jersey.

This new group of three donned the fresh look in front of the team, which “oohed and aahed” before swarming their three teammates at the first chance to touch the new jerseys.

“I seen Florida State’s new uniforms, then I seen Miami’s (Fla.) new uniforms and I’m like, ‘Oh, man. Their uniforms are nice,’” Davis said.

“And then we saw our uniforms and were like, ‘Wow. Ours are just as good as theirs.’”

Syracuse and Nike have been working together for more than a year to overhaul the Orange’s look.

Players had a say in some of the details, includ-

ing unique phrases like “LOCK THE GATE” and “D.I.S.C.I.P.L.I.N.E.” on the inside of the backs of collars for the home and away jerseys, respectively.

“It says ‘LOCK THE GATE,’” Hunt said.

“That’s something Coach Shafer lives by. When he tells you to trap them in there, we’re not letting them out of the Dome.”

But until Wednesday, they hadn’t seen the product of their input.

Only recruits had gotten to see the jerseys during recruiting visits, and Shafer joked that some committed on the spot when they saw them.

“This is about the kids. They’re the ones that put the uniforms on. They’re the ones that play and go through the physicality,” Shafer said. “If they’re fired up about them, then we’re fired up about them.”

Hunt, Davis and Lynch threw their unanimous support behind the gray jerseys as their favorite, but are excited to see the orange ones previewed on Cuse.com, as well. SU Athletics didn’t set an official date for those to be revealed.

Davis was pleased overall with the jerseys — the fact that players had a say helped — but he would like to see more accessories. The orange gloves are new, but the linebacker wants to see cleats that match all the different jersey styles. White ones to go with the white jerseys, gray to go with gray and so on.

But for the first time, the Orange isn’t falling behind on jerseys. Nike gave them a unique look with all their fancily named technology.

They’re made of a “four-way stretch fabric,” the collars feature “Flywire” technology and the helmets are matte.

Syracuse won’t wear them in the Spring Game on Saturday, but when the season opens in August, the Orange will be part of an increasing trend in college football.

“It’s more excitement,” Lynch said. “It sparks some energy for the season. It gets us rolling. It’s good for recruiting and things like that.” dbwilson@syr.edu | @DBWilson2

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football

LSU, SU to start series in 2015

By Stephen Bailey sports editor

Syracuse and Louisiana State have finalized an agreement for a home-andhome series, SU head coach Scott Shafer said at Destiny USA on Wednesday.

The Tigers of the Southeastern Conference will come to the Carrier Dome on Sept. 26, 2015, and the Orange will travel to Tiger Stadium on Sept. 9, 2017.

“We talk to our kids about always stepping up to the plate and taking challenges,” Shafer said, “and the opportunity to see an (Atlantic Coast Conference) school take on an SEC opponent in the Dome in 2015 is what it’s all about.

“Life being short, bring it on.”

Syracuse has played elite programs at MetLife Stadium in each of the last two seasons, and Deputy Athletics Director Herman Frazier said that exposure helped lead to the LSU series. Frazier said discussions began more than a year ago, and an official see lsu page 16

Syracuse showed off its new uniforms for the 2014 season on Wednesday afternoon, modeled by former Orange players Charley Loeb, Jerome Smith and Marquis Spruill. The blue uniform will be the home jersey, white will be away and gray an alternate. connor martin staff photographer

FRESH LOOK Syracuse unveils 3 new Nike uniforms to debut in 2014 season

By David Wilson staff writer

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cott Shafer looked up at the balcony overlooking the elaborate stage in the new wing of Destiny USA. To his right was the dance team and the Syracuse band.

On all sides were balloons. It felt like a pep rally with a horde of SU fans

standing in front of him and up above.

“What’s going on up there?” the head coach asked the fans overlooking him. “That’s what I want to be able to say in the (Carrier) Dome.”

The mere announcement of a “big announcement” Wednesday was enough to drum up support and excitement among fans at Destiny USA. SU Athletics’ announcement was three-

fold. First, Shafer confirmed reports that Louisiana State would come to the Carrier Dome in 2015 as the first part of a home-and-home series.

Then came the jerseys. Then Syracuse announced a buy one, get one free ticket deal for its 2014 opener against Villanova.

The excitement peaked and a longtime jerseys rumor was con-

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Injured SU to score creatively at Spring Game

By David Wilson staff writer

Scott Shafer has tinkered with unique scoring systems in a scrimmage before. He coached in one game in which sacks were worth four

points and tackles for losses three.

The defense won 84-13.

“We’re not using that system,” Shafer said.

Instead, Syracuse will take a slightly more traditional approach in its Spring Game on Saturday at 1

p.m. in the Carrier Dome.

Syracuse is banged up on the offensive line — it has too few players to form two healthy lines — and will be forced to pit the defense against the offense, rather than Team Orange against Team White like in last year’s game.

“We’re a little banged up with the offensive line, but getting some guys back,” Shafer said. “I think it will be a good scrimmage. We’ll be creative with some things that we do to make sure we get everyone involved.” see spring

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recruiting

RB Perkins reportedly commits

By Jesse Dougherty asst. sports editor

Running back Tyrone Perkins verbally committed to Syracuse on Wednesday night, becoming the first player to join the Orange’s Class of 2015, according to Scout.com.

Perkins is finishing his junior year at Friends Academy in Locust Valley, N.Y., and is listed at 6 feet and 190 pounds by Scout.com. He’s not rated or ranked by Scout.com, but the site does list his 40-yard dash time at 4.50.

In a highlight tape posted five months ago at the conclusion of his junior season, Perkins displays an ability to get around the edge and shake defenders with strength and athleticism. The video lists him as a team captain with 91 rushes for 1,029 yards and 24 touchdowns on the season.

Perkins is set to join Syracuse in 2015, following 2014 running back commits Naesean Howard (three stars) and Ervin Phillips (two stars). jcdoug01@syr.edu