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Student dies from fall Saturday; cause remains unknown

By Jessica Iannetta ASST. NEWS EDITOR

A Syracuse University student died from a fall early Saturday morning.

In an email sent to SU students, faculty and staff Saturday morning, Chancellor Nancy Cantor identified

the student as Marianne Guppenberger, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.

The cause of death has not yet been released.

Multiple calls made to officials from the Syracuse Police Depart-

ment and Department of Public Safety this weekend were not returned.

Guppenberger was from Taipei, Taiwan, and was a resident of Day Hall, according to the email.

“At this very difficult time, our hearts are with Marianne’s family,

friends, and all members of the SU community whose lives she touched,” Cantor said in the email. “The loss of a member of the campus community is painful for all of us, and everyone is affected differently.”

Thomas Wolfe, senior vice presi-

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“They get a lot of extra rebounds.

Pretty much they had two 3s off their rebounds, got extra possessions where we couldn’t get a shot up.

They did a great job off their offensive rebounds.”

Brandon Triche

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Familiar mistakes resurface in Final Four as Michigan ends SU’s season

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Dean excited to promote ideas at SU ASST. NEWS EDITOR

For Ken Kavajecz, a school’s community is its most important asset.

“A school isn’t a building; a school is a community,” he said. “The closer the community works together and helps each other, because every constituency needs help at some point in time, the stronger it’ll be and the more successful it’ll be.”

Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina announced Kavajecz’s appointment as dean of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management Friday morning. Kavajecz is currently chair for the Department of Finance

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By Jessica Iannetta

By Chris Iseman TLANTA — Like he had done so often during Syracuse’s late-season struggles, Brandon Triche stood in front of his locker just minutes after a loss, trying to explain how the Orange’s offense disappeared.

Except this time, it was in the Final Four. The same offense — and the same shooters — that had sent Syracuse on a surge through the NCAA Tournament became sporadic once again with a trip to the national championship on the line.

While Triche spoke, his teammates scattered around the locker room sat in stunned silence. There was no future game to turn their attention to. There was no hope the offense could be corrected. The season was over.

“The one thing that got us losing four or five games in a row and everybody losing faith,” Triche said, “is the reason why we lost the game today.”

After the incredible turnaround that included a run to the Final Four, one that came after finishing the regular season 1-4, Syracuse’s season came to a crashing end on Saturday with a 61-56 loss to Michigan in the NCAA Tournament semifinals in front of a Georgia Dome crowd of 75,350 fans. The same problem that made a run to the Final Four seem like a pipedream crept back up once again, as the Orange struggled to hit the shots it needed.

Ultimately, it cost Syracuse its season and a trip to the national championship.

The Orange shot 41.8 percent for the

dent and dean of the division of student affairs, said student affairs is providing support to all those affected.

A time to remember Guppenberger on campus will be planned for a later date, according to the email.

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Assembly votes to discipline Curtis in 3 ways

By Debbie Truong ENTERPRISE EDITOR

nate shron | staff photographer MITCH MCGARY slams home a two-handed dunk in the Wolverines’ 61-56 win on Saturday. Syracuse struggled to shoot the ball well, especially from 3-point range and Michigan ended the Orange’s season in the Final Four.

Student Association President Allie Curtis will no longer occupy the podium for the remainder of the semester’s general assembly meetings.

The decision to withdraw Curtis’ ability to preside over assembly meetings was part of a three-pronged disciplinary effort against Curtis that was reached during Sunday’s special general assembly meeting in the Schine Student Center. Additionally, Curtis was censured for allowing a nonmatriculated student to serve in the cabinet, and ordered to submit proof of cost before she’s issued stipend

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ONLINE Syracuse fans reflect on their Final Four experiences in Atlanta.

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CORRECTION In an April 4 article titled “Things to do in Atlanta while you’re waiting for the Final Four,” one of the suggested destinations was referred to by the incorrect name. The destination was Centennial Olympic Park.

The Syracuse community reflects on the University Avenue fire that killed four firefighters 35 years ago.

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Kokedama creations The SU Bookstore wil host a class teaching the art of creating Kokedama moss balls.

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The morning after After Syracuse’s season ended in the Final Four, here’s a look back on the near championship season that wasn’t.

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All in for Kevin Ware A Louisville cheerleader holds up a sign during the team’s Final Four game in honor of Kevin Ware, who broke his leg during an Elite Eight matchup against Duke. Ware’s injury was so graphic that many of his teammates and his coach, Rick Pitino, cried on the court.

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MayFest to feature Earl Sweatshirt

By Erik van Rheenen STAFF WRITER

Rapper Earl Sweatshirt will headline MayFest in Walnut Park on Saturday, April 26. Electronic music producer Sound Remedy will open the concert. University Union will announce the middle act at a later date.

The concert will start at 1 p.m. and lead into Block Party, featuring pop star Ke$ha, at 6:30 p.m. Entry is free for Syracuse University and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students. Graduate students and guest tickets will be available at the Schine Box Office on Monday for $21.50.

Earl Sweatshirt is a member of Odd Future and has appeared alongside label-mates Frank Ocean and Tyler, The Creator. The 19-year-old rap artist’s sophomore album, “Doris,” is slated for release later this year after his critically acclaimed debut, “Earl,” was released in 2010.

Sound Remedy, an electronic music producer hailing from Los Angeles, has garnered an online following for his remixes and beats.

Red Bull MXT will also be hosting a DJ to play before the show and between set changes.

Free food, beverages and beer for attendees 21 and older will be available at the show with proof of valid ID. ervanrhe@syr.edu @TheRealVandyMan

luke rafferty | asst. photo editor BRYAN CARTER, PAUL CARTER AND CHRIS CARTER, all SU graduates, react while watching Syracuse lose to Michigan at the Hudson Grille in downtown Atlanta. The grill, located about 10 minutes from the Georgia Dome, was a gathering spot for many SU alumni.

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Fans in Atlanta react to team’s Final Four loss

By Dylan Segelbaum ASST. COPY EDITOR

ATLANTA — Syracuse fans in downtown Atlanta stood solemnly after Brandon Triche was called for a charge, fouling out with 19.2 seconds left and the Orange only down by a basket. But the mood wasn’t much different throughout the night in the Hudson Grille.

Though there was a brief burst of excitement after James Southerland hit a 3 with 40.3 seconds left in the game to bring the Orange within one point of Michigan, for most of the second half Syracuse fans in one of the official alumni spots quietly watched the Orange trail the Wolverines.

Michigan defeated Syracuse on Saturday night 61-56 in the Geor-

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Loss silences crowds on Marshall

By Brett Samuels STAFF WRITER

Sometimes silence captures a moment better than words. It was silence that captured the mixture of shock, disappointment and frustration that Syracuse fans felt after falling to Michigan 61-56 in the Final Four.

It was a game that saw Syracuse jump out to an early lead, then fall behind by 11 at halftime. The Orange came charging back, and even cut the Michigan lead to two points with 20 seconds left, but its rally fell short.

“It’s tough to look at the positives right now because I feel like we let that one get away. That was a tough

loss,” said Tyler Simons, a freshman at Onondaga Community College.

“But I thought it was a great season overall. We went further than everyone thought we would and did a lot of things experts said we wouldn’t do.”

Other fans weren’t as ready to reflect on the upside after the heartbreaking loss.

Syracuse resident Mary Thorpe’s initial reaction to the final moments of the game was one of frustration, both with the team and the referees.

“Unbelievable. Some of the calls that went against us were ridiculous and we just couldn’t get any breaks,” she said.

Many fans were also disappointed in the way some Syracuse players performed in the biggest game of the season.

“It seems like (C.J.) Fair carried the team, but then guys like (James) Southerland and (Michael) CarterWilliams, who have been good all year, just didn’t contribute enough tonight,” said Richard Sa, a freshman architecture major.

Despite the fact that the Orange never led in the second half, fans who had packed into Varsity Pizza on Marshall Street maintained a positive attitude, with constant

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gia Dome to advance to the national championship game of the NCAA Tournament. The Wolverines play Louisville in the national championship on Monday night at 9:23 p.m.

Though Syracuse fans at the restaurant were noticeably upset with the outcome of the game, most said the team exceeded the expectations they had for the season.

“We got way further than what I thought,” said Theotis Whitlock, who traveled down from his home in Raleigh, N.C., and watched the game at the Hudson Grille. “It’s kind of bittersweet.”

Whitlock said he expected the Orange to win the national championship, but added that a couple of

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Despite Final Four game, Relay for Life raises about $114,000

By Natsumi Ajisaka STAFF WRITER

Judy Blaszka passed away in her sleep early in the morning in late October 2009, during her daughter Gina Blaszka’s sophomore year at Syracuse University.

Gina had been sleeping on the couch nearby when her father came downstairs to check on her mother and discovered she had died. She had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer during Gina’s senior year of high school.

“I couldn’t believe after such a strong fight she was gone,” Gina Blaszka said.

At the 10th annual Syracuse Relay

for Life in the Carrier Dome on Saturday, Gina Blaszka was among the top fundraisers, raising more than $1,700.

“Freshman year, when I dedicated a lantern to my mom, I never thought it would change from ‘In Honor’ of my mom to ‘In Memory,’” said Gina Blaszka, a graduate student in early childhood and special education.

Relay for Life is a national fundraiser for cancer research that enlists teams to fundraise and walk laps for 12 hours to honor loved ones fighting cancer. At the end of the night it was announced that the Syracuse Relay raised $114,361.23.

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Alampi’s resignation signals lack of talent utilization in SA

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J Alampi sat in disbelief behind the Flint Hall main desk nearly two weeks ago.

Once an ideal selection for chief of staff, Alampi was now under investigation by the Student Association.

Just several days prior, the news had broke detailing his involvement with SA’s mishandlings concerning the concealment of now ex-Director of Public Relations Colin Crowley’s non-matriculated status.

This was the tipping point for Alampi, as he sat thinking back on a semester in which he watched the organization he cared so deeply for unravel in front of him.

It was then that Alampi began to draft the first line of his letter of resignation. A letter this now ex-chief of staff never predicted he would come to write.

Despite Alampi being partially at fault for the way Crowley’s status was concealed, he has provided years of dedicated service and commitment to SA. But after several weeks of dishonesty and an extreme lack of transparency by SA members, it is clear Alampi made the right choice to leave the organization.

SA’s focus this semester has concentrated on internal relationships, as proven by the recent string of events. This is no longer a place for the best student leaders of Syracuse University to exercise their strengths and put forth their efforts to serve the student body, though it should be.

“It has become an organization that is about being an organization, and not about being the defenders of the students and being a resource

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campus watchdog on this campus,” Alampi rightfully explained.

Alampi correctly takes the blame for his part in the recent scandal and admits it was a factor in his resignation decision, but he said this was not the only reason.

For almost the entirety of the semester, Alampi said he was not being utilized by President Allie Curtis to help execute initiatives. Alampi said he attempted to coordinate weekly meetings with Curtis, but she stopped attending after the first several weeks of the semester.

He also asked Curtis to bring him three large initiative goals beyond internship credits, one of Curtis’ campaign points. These goals were never delivered.

It made Alampi question his role in the organization — a remarkable echo to the complaint driving Taylor Carr from the same position in SA last year during Dylan Lustig’s administration.

Alampi will rightfully continue to serve the SU community as a student representative on the university’s chancellor search committee and as a Syracuse University Alumni Board representative for the class of 2014.

This past February, I felt sure Alampi would

not mirror the actions taken by Carr almost exactly a year ago. But I also had confidence in members of my student government to take their jobs seriously.

Alampi and Carr are similar student-leader hybrids at their cores. Both wanted to lead the organization, but after the votes failed to fall in their favor, they continued to serve the student body in an appointed capacity, which came to be unproductive.

They experienced their organization disappoint them, realized their goals and concepts would never be put into motion and felt falling to the wayside was more admirable than representing an organization they no longer believed in.

This will become a frequently reoccurring situation if the association does not drastically change course and begin utilizing and harnessing the talents and skills of its members.

A trend of responsibility must follow the descending nature of the organization, not only concerning the Crowley situation, but the inefficiency of the assembly as a whole.

Though SA members are students first, this is not an excuse for the dwindling sense of accountability concerning their roles outside the classroom.

The sooner this logic is understood, the better.

Rachael Barillari is the editorial editor and a junior political science and Middle Eastern studies major. Her column appears weekly.

She can be reached at rebarill@syr.edu and followed on Twitter at @R_Barillari.

Instructor takes issue with decreased student attendance due to Final Four I am a huge sports fan. Anyone who knows me, or has taken one of my classes, knows that there is almost nothing I am more passionate about than sports. College, pro, amateur, extreme, strange, winter, summer, whatever, I love them all. And I love that Syracuse made it to the Final Four. I even love that, thanks to the Student Association, Otto’s Army is being bused to and from Atlanta.

What I don’t love, however, is that, despite our having lost, students will be missing Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in most cases because they will get in too late to make early classes in any sort of human form. When you teach a Monday and Wednesday class like I do, that means they are missing an entire week.

It just seems as though there had to be a more efficient way; leave Monday night after the game. Leave at some horrible hour on Tuesday, like 3 a.m. The students will be sleeping on

LETTER TO THE EDITOR the bus no matter when you leave, so just make sure they are back for class.

Obviously the NCAA and networks are partially to blame for using a Saturday-Monday schedule for the finals and not a Friday-Sunday.

I get that.

But we do have to take care of our students as students first and fans second. Going to the Final Four is, most likely, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I don’t begrudge them that experience one bit. In fact, I am jealous. But missing an entire week of class this close to the end of the semester is a tough pill to swallow as an instructor, and I wish there were a better way.

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exposes his point of view on the divestment campaign happening at SU and SUNY-ESF. According to Stikkel, divesting in fossil fuels is actually contradictory to activists’ goals and promotes unnecessary sacrifice.

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SA members fail to effectively correct faults The necessary steps to begin rebuilding the Student Association after almost two weeks of inefficiency were not executed appropriately by members of the organization during a meeting on Sunday.

Members provided further disservice to Syracuse University students in two instances: the choice to issue a censure to President Allie Curtis as a form of punishment for several misdeeds she committed, and the decision to not revote on Curtis’ impeachment after the discovery of four fraudulent votes.

A censure does not directly address Curtis’ lack of professionalism during the first half of her term in office. This public document listing her wrongdoings against the organization, and therefore SU students, promotes an idealistic assumption that issues within the administration will not arise in the future.

This form of punishment does not help mend the issues plaguing the organization and is rather selfserving. Instead, a system of checks

EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board and balances needs to be placed on the presidency to ensure mishandlings are not reoccurring.

This would better serve SA’s constituency because students could witness their governing body actively trying to repair obvious flaws. Issuing a document does not supply this confidence.

As punishment, Curtis also is not allowed to preside over assembly meetings for the duration of the semester. Members feel this provision will allow them to better operate while questions still exist concerning Curtis’ leadership.

Though this may be viewed as a punishment, it is rather a correction to an existing f law within the organization. When the highest officer of a group is in charge, it is difficult for members of the organization to criticize that person’s performance. This is one of the reasons Chancellor Nancy

Cantor no longer leads University Senate meetings.

This is a step in the right direction because it is fixing an incompetent quality, not because it is proper punishment. But the provision also only applies to the last four meetings of the semester.

The vote to impeach Curtis was fraudulent, as four extra votes were tallied when the ballots were collected. This discrepancy should automatically lead to a revote by the assembly.

The assembly’s choice not to revote leaves the student body with a lack of confidence in its student leadership. A revote would have both supplied assurance and quelled fears of those who now rightfully perceive the result of the six-hour-long meeting with uncertainty.

After the hours SA has dedicated to sorting out the issues surrounding Curtis’ presidency, the organization should have taken the time to properly instill confidence in the student body.

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She’s the First successfully takes action against global education issues for women

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vercoming the global gender disparity in education may seem like an overwhelming task, but it’s not hopeless.

As a young child, Kadisha Phillips, a sophomore television, radio and film major, recalls her father always reminding her to appreciate the opportunities she was given to obtain an education. Since then, Phillips has developed a desire to help girls who have not been as fortunate.

This dedication to helping others motivated her to join the student organization She’s the First.

Last week, She’s the First hosted an awareness week to bring attention to a global leading injustice: the lack of access to education for girls. She’s the First is a nonprofit organization which sponsors education in the developing world by helping girls be

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the first in their families to graduate or attend school.

In most impoverished parts of the world, there is an unfortunately tremendous gap between female and male student enrollment. Girls face obstacles like poverty, forced marriage and physical abuse.

The United Nations Population Fund estimates 63 percent of the163 illiterate youth in the world are female. According to the World Bank, Nigeria, Pakistan, India and Ethiopia are among the highest with out-ofschool female children.

Many families in these countries struggle to earn enough to send their children to school. When families do have this ability, they are more likely to send their sons to school than their daughters.

Instead of going to school, girls are sent to work or to become a child bride.

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i am woman, hear me roar The International Center for Research on Women approximates that if the current trend in girls’ education continues, 38,000 young girls will get married every day for the next 10 years.

Despite these daunting numbers, She’s the First is rightfully dedicated to changing this trend, even if it means educating one girl at a time.

The money raised by the SU chapter goes to a student in Kenya named Mbithe Pius. She attends the Kibera School, her favorite color is red and

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she loves math. She is also the first girl in her family to attend school.

“She sends us report cards, a little bio she writes about herself and pictures she colors for us,” said Makaela Newsome, a sophomore nutrition and dietetic major and president of the organization. Without the help of She’s the First, Pius may have never had the opportunity to pursue an education.

When girls like Pius are given the opportunity to attend school and excel, they have the chance to positively change their community.

Various studies have demonstrated when women gain economic mobility, they are more likely to invest their income into the wellbeing of their family than men are.

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tion are four times less likely to marry as a child, and an extra year of school leads to a decline in fertility rates. The Word Bank also revealed that girls with an extra year of year of education can earn 20 percent more as an adult.

She’s the First has been instrumental in helping Pius in achieving her dream of going to school.

Although the organization is only able to sponsor the education of one girl so far, it is progress.

When a group of people identify a problem and continuously take action to address the issue, they have the potential to overcome challenges like the global gender disparity in education.

Rahimon Nasa is a sophomore newspaper and online journalism and international relations major.

Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at rnasa@syr.edu and followed on Twitter at @rararahima.

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Common Council approves bike lanes along Waverly, Comstock

By Alfred Ng STAFF WRITER

The Syracuse Common Council approved the addition of new bike lanes along Waverly and Comstock avenues, with the hope of making traveling safer for cyclists, drivers and pedestrians.

The council approved the three-quarter mile road reconstruction from Irving Avenue to Comstock Avenue on Waverly Avenue, and from Waverly Avenue to Euclid Avenue on Comstock Avenue to join the Connective Corridor bike lanes. This addition will make traveling safer, said Paul Mercurio, the department of public work’s transportation planner.

The $1.34 million project to add six blocks of bike lanes was approved by the Common Council last week, though many were hesitant to approve the plan because of its high costs, said Councilor-At-Large Lance Denno. After finding 80 percent of the project’s funding from federal grants that support transportation upgrades, the council remained reluctant to approve the plan until the Onondaga County “Save the Rain” program agreed to contribute $250,000.

Syracuse is no stranger to cyclists, as a 2010 census collected by the League of American Bicyclists showed that the city had a higher percentage of bicycling commuters than Albany, Rochester and New York City. University Hill was the most sensible place to add new bike lanes, as college students made up the highest percentage of bicycling commuters in the city, Mercurio said.

“That’s why bike lanes were proposed for Euclid Avenue, because so many students use bikes,” said Bob Dougherty, common councilor and a self-proclaimed avid cyclist. “It makes the most sense to put them where there’s heavier traffic.”

Dougherty said he supported more bike lanes because it would encourage more people to ride their bikes while creating a safer environment for both cyclists and drivers, and a vibrant com-

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at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he is also a professor of finance. He will begin his time as dean in July.

“We’re really excited about Ken coming to Syracuse. I think he’ll be a great fit and an important part of the community,” Spina said.

“In my interaction with him, he came across as someone with a great deal of intellectual depth, someone who really understands the world of business higher education.”

Melvin Stith, current dean of Whitman, announced last April that he would step down as dean at the end of the Spring 2013 semester.

Stith has been dean of Whitman since January 2005.

In January, the Whitman dean search

munity for the city.

The new bike lanes will be similar to the lanes on University Avenue, with raised sidewalks between cars and cyclists. These raised bike lanes are usually only possible on wide roads, Denno said.

This addition will reduce Waverly Avenue’s four lanes of traffic to two lanes of traffic, which would increase parking spaces along the avenue without delaying the flow of traffic, he said.

One of the greater benefits, Denno said, is that these new lanes will be connected to the bike lanes on University Avenue’s Connective Corridor, a lane that has stood alone since its was built in 2012.

“You don’t want strips of cycle tracks isolated from each other; you want to connect them from one part of the city to another so they’re fully integrated,” he said. “In this case, Waverly and Comstock are already wide streets, and at the same time tie into the bike lane on University Ave. It’s a geographic opportunity on this halfmile stretch of road.”

Denno said planning and design for the new bike lanes are set to finish by the end of this summer, and construction is expected to start by spring 2014. alng@syr.edu

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The Connective Corridor’s bike network, with its green pavement that is specially designed to be durable, skid-resistant and reflective, is among the first in the country to implement new federal standards for bicycle safety. These green bike lanes were installed on University Avenue and East Genesee Street in phase one of the Connective Corridor, and more will be added on Salina Street, West Fayette Street and Washington Street in phases two and three.

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committee narrowed to three candidates.

After the candidates visited campus, the short list was sent to Spina last month to make the final decision.

Kavajecz described his philosophy for a business school as a three-legged stool, with the three legs being excellence in research, innovative teaching and outreach. These three concepts need to reinforce each other, and Kavajecz said he hopes to promote ideas, projects and innovations that strengthen these interactions.

The first item on Kavajecz’s agenda when he starts his job in July is to meet with the faculty, staff and students at Whitman.

“I can’t do my job unless I understand the strengths within the school and the areas where people think we should spend some time,” Kavajecz said. “No one knows those better than the students, faculty and staff that are in the school.”

Although current Chancellor Nancy Cantor will leave at the end of next year, Kavajecz said he is “very confident” in university leadership and that the university is on a good path.

He also said he agrees with Cantor’s vision of Scholarship in Action. At UW-Madison, Kavajecz said one of the school’s strongest ideals is that “our actions at the university impact the world,” and that this is a philosophy he will continue when he comes to SU. Lorraine Branham, dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and chair of the search committee, said as someone

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money to conduct business over the summer.

The general assembly also decided against revoting on continuing the impeachment process against Curtis after four fraudulent ballots were cast during last Monday’s vote.

Eugene Law, the assembly representative who submitted the motion to remove Curtis from presiding over the remaining assembly meetings, said he doesn’t believe discussion relating to Curtis’s conduct will conclude by semester’s end.

“I feel that it’s sort of inappropriate for her to chair meetings that are discussing her actions,” Law said.

The motion passed 1 to 15. Vice President Duane Ford will oversee the remaining meetings, though Curtis will continue in her capacity as president outside the Monday general assembly meetings.

Curtis will also have to provide proof of cost for items such as travel and lodging for events such as student send-offs before any of the $2,000 summer stipend she’s allotted through SA can be dispersed.

The censure admonishing Curtis for her actions states she has “kept her decision-making private and undisclosed,” throughout the 57th session. Curtis proposed the idea of creating a press secretary position to keep a nonstudent — former public relations co-director Colin Crowley — in the organization without informing cabinet members of her intentions.

The censure didn’t refer to Crowley by name.

“Her closed decision-making process has promoted non-transparency and a lack of integrity,” according to the censure, which also criticized Curtis for missed meetings and demonstrating a lack of professionalism.

Assembly representative Sean Dinan said he once waited two hours for Curtis to appear during her office hours and said he was in the office on occasions when Curtis did not show for meetings with then-Chief of Staff PJ Alampi. During the meeting, Curtis acknowledged she missed some meetings, but notified Ford beforehand in those instances.

“I can’t do my job unless I understand the strengths within the school and the areas where people think we should spend some time. No one knows those better than the students, faculty and staff that are in the school.”

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who was very involved in the search process, she feels good about the choice.

The search committee was impressed with Kavajecz’s experience with both undergraduate and MBA programs, Branham said. During his time at UW-Madison, Kavajecz served as associate dean of both the full-time MBA program and the undergraduate program.

Research is one of Kavajecz’s strengths, Branham said. Although Kavajecz won’t be doing research as dean, his strong research record indicates that he understands its value.

“He can really help elevate the standard of research at Whitman,” she said.

Branham said the undergraduate program

The assembly voted against issuing a censure against chair of the Student Life Committee Ivan Rosales-Robles for anonymously sending a cryptically worded email to a Daily Orange editor and Curtis indicating Crowley’s academic status.

While some assembly representatives called Rosales-Robles’ actions inappropriate, they conceded his actions were not as severe as Curtis’.

The general assembly did not motion to issue a censure against Public Relations Director Cara Johnson who, along with Curtis and Alampi, had knowledge of Crowley’s status as a non-matriculated student.

Alampi resigned as chief of staff on Tuesday. The organization is in search of chief of staff applicants, Curtis said before Sunday’s meeting concluded.

Curtis also said the organization is looking for a recorder, as Belen Crisp, who is currently holding the position, is taking a leave of absence. Crisp acted as recorder on Sunday, but couldn’t be reached for comment after the meeting.

Fraudulent votes Despite the discovery of four fraudulent votes, the general assembly voted against rescinding Monday’s vote to halt impeachment proceedings against Curtis.

The votes were discovered after Board of Elections and Membership chair Emily Ballard cross-checked the ballots with the final roll call, according to a press release issued on Wednesday. The four votes were not signed, Ballard said. SA’s advisers counted Monday’s votes and did not realize there were four unsigned votes.

During Monday’s vote, 29 assembly members voted against continuing with the impeachment process against Curtis and 18 voted in favor. The vote was originally counted as 31-20.

While the votes did not sway the decision in either direction, a revote would have been “important from the standpoint of integrity,” Parliamentarian Ben Jones said. dbtruong@syr.edu @debbietruong

under Kavajecz at UW-Madison was very innovative and added that she thinks he can help Whitman improve its rankings.

Whitman was ranked 61st last year on Bloomberg Businessweek’s list of best undergraduate business programs, falling 14 spots from its ranking of 47th in 2011.

But Spina, the vice chancellor and provost, said as long as Kavajecz works with the faculty and staff to improve the overall programs at Whitman, the rankings will take care of themselves.

“The main thing that I see is that he can make the educational experience and research productivity of the school better,” Spina said. “I think the ranking will ultimately improve once we do that.”

Kavajecz agreed and said he thinks rankings are an “imperfect measure” of a business school. But he said they can be used as a tool to understand which aspects of the school need improvement.

Overall, Kavajecz was very highly rated by both the search committee and students and faculty who met with him when he visited Syracuse University, Spina said.

“We all thought he really understood Whitman and Syracuse University. He did a great job of talking about the direction the school should take in the next decade or so,” Spina said. “He really has some good ideas about how to move Whitman forward.” jliannet@syr.edu @JessicaIannetta

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ESF partners with study abroad program, allowing students to learn on ship

By Shannon Hazlitt

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arcy Balcarce sailed through squalls, navigated by the stars and received credit toward her degree for it.

The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry is now affiliated with SEA Semester, a study abroad program that allows students to learn about various environmental topics including oceanography, marine policy and climate while living on one of two 127-foot sailing vessels. The first six weeks of the program take place on land in Woods Hole, Mass.

“It was a life-changing experience,” said Balcarce, a senior environmental science major. “I was on the SU sailing team, but this was totally different.”

The affiliation, which ESF communications announced on March 28, makes it easier for students to transfer their financial aid toward SEA Semester, said Emily Quackenbush, coordinator of International Education at ESF. It also makes it easier for students to transfer credits they earn while participating in the program, and waives the admission fee for ESF students.

In addition, Kim Schulz, the ESF faculty contact for SEA Semester, is currently working on establishing an official marine science minor at ESF that students can fulfill either at ESF or by enrolling in a SEA Semester course.

She said having hands-on, day-to-day experiences with marine science research as a participant in SEA Semester is one of the best ways for students to decide if they want to pursue a career in marine science.

Balcarce said the program helped her decide to pursue a minor in marine policy.

She is currently working on her senior capstone project, which is a continuation of a research project she started while on the SEA Semester program called Oceans and Climate Cycles. Her research focuses on how a chemical produced by plankton can affect climate change.

Schulz said every student who participates in SEA Semester has to come up with an idea for a research project. The ideas help determine where the ships will sail.

“Each cruise is a little bit different,” she said.

One of the ships is based in the Atlantic Ocean and one is based in the Pacific, Schulz said. Both are equipped with modern labs that students can use for their research projects, she added.

The labs are also used to conduct continuous projects that involve everyone in the program, Schulz said.

In one of the most notable projects, students have been monitoring plastics in the ocean for more than 30 years, Schulz said.

Although the program originated with only oceanography courses, it has since expanded to include many other academic areas such as history and cultural studies, Schulz said. For example, one course available is “Sustainability in Polynesian Island Cultures and Ecosystems,” which allows students to learn about environmental policy.

“Almost any student’s interest can be met with this program,” Schulz said.

Through SEA Semester, students can receive up to 17 credit hours of science courses, Schulz said, and she is currently working on getting more history and cultural courses to count toward majors at ESF with fewer science requirements.

Approximately seven to 10 students from ESF have participated in the program in the past eight years, Schultz said. This number will likely increase once more students learn about the benefits of the affiliation, she added.

Quackenbush, the international education coordinator at ESF, said the program can be a valuable resource for students.

Said Quackenbush: “I think it’s a great opportunity for practical hands-on learning, which is very valuable later when interviewing when you can recall those experiences and what you’ve learned.” smhazlit@syr.edu

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Institute receives donation to finance verbal communication program

By Annie Palmer STAFF WRITER

For years, Barbara Tresness struggled to learn how to communicate with her son, Graham Tresness. As a result of cerebral palsy, he communicates nonverbally through eye gaze technology, which is a device that tracks a person’s eye movements and translates it into speech.

Graham Tresness’ condition served as the inspiration behind his mother’s $100,000 donation to the Burton Blatt Institute, which will help fund Communication Hope through Assistive Technology. The program, called CHAT, will help youth with disabilities that affect their verbal communication, according to an April 1 BBI press release.

The BBI is an organization affiliated with Syracuse University that assists people with disabilities.

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calls didn’t go the Orange’s way and that the team lost its composure toward the end.

David Lustig, a 2004 alumnus, seemed to feel the same way as Whitlock about the team.

“In many ways, this was a gift,” Lustig said, especially because of the way the Orange played during the end of the regular season. “But all in all, it would’ve been nice to see a win.”

Lustig, a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, said he decided to travel down to Atlanta when watching one of Syracuse’s games in a University of Pittsburgh bar last week.

voice,” said Peter Blanck, a professor of law and chairman of the BBI. “This new grant is an attempt to apply that principle to a new generation of young kids with disabilities.”

The CHAT program includes CHAT Camp and CHAT Central, two separate initiatives in which families with children with disabilities can reach out to others who share the same experiences and develop a supportive community, Blanck said. Beginning in August, CHAT Camp will allow nonverbal children to interact with each other and will provide families with training in nonverbal communication technology, he said.

CHAT Central will be a website that creates national online communities for parents of nonverbal children, Blanck said. The program will also include interactive games and a socialization feature.

“It was very difficult for our family to find information to learn more about Graham’s con-

dition,” said Tresness, who is also a member of the BBI’s Board of Advisors. “The website will be able to provide these families with the resources to find what is available in the city of Syracuse and nationwide.”

Tresness said her son has experienced a great deal of difficulty in utilizing eye gaze technology in school because it involves bringing a computer everywhere he goes. Many teachers limited how he could use the device, so the 12-year-old boy had to constantly prove that the computer was necessary for communication, she said.

“When an adult loses communication from a stroke, everyone accepts that they cannot talk, and is very receptive to finding technology to bridge that gap,” Tresness said. “Many times, when a disabled child utilizes this technology, people aren’t receptive and don’t understand the communication technologies they rely on.”

The CHAT program will help facilitate community-wide understanding of these tech-

nologies that children like Graham Tresness rely on, his mother said. She hopes nonverbal children won’t have to prove that devices help them communicate.

For the last few months, Tresness’ son has been visiting the BBI and utilizing the CHAT technology by using computers to learn to communicate nonverbally with other children who have communication problems.

The Tressness’ gift to the BBI comes from a desire to make the world a better place for children with disabilities everywhere, Blanck said. The CHAT program will improve communication for people with or without disabilities, he said.

“Oftentimes in academics you can pursue academic research, but it’s rare that there is a worldwide impact,” Blanck said. “Through this program, we really hope to touch the lives of people in Syracuse and beyond.”

He said he had a lot of alumni friends coming down to watch the game and wanted to be at a place for the game with Syracuse fans everywhere.

“It’s a family,” he said.

Chris Chico, a 1998 alumnus who went to the game in the Georgia Dome and walked to the Hudson Grille afterward, said he was “pleasantly surprised” by how Syracuse was represented in Atlanta.

“To have everybody out here this past 3-4 days, it’s been awesome,” he said.

A few hundred Orange fans gathered at the grill. Many watched the game on the patio, as it was about 50 degrees and there was only a light breeze.

A group of street performers played for most

of the first half on a nearby street corner, which mixed with sounds from the restaurant’s televisions and the Muse concert across the street at Centennial Olympic Park.

The grill, in the shadow of the CNN Center and Omni Hotel, sits about 10 minutes away from the Georgia Dome and was the designated pregame gathering spot. The branch in Sandy Springs, Ga., was the watch-spot for the game.

Despite this, there were several dozen Michigan fans in the restaurant hanging out in groups.

When there were still more than five minutes left, a small pocket of Michigan fans on the patio outside the restaurant started a “Let’s go Blue” chant that drowned out the Orange fans.

Though Syracuse fans would pump their fists into the air or even flip over their seats when the Orange made a 3 or drew a foul, many focused their attention back on the restaurant’s Samuel Adams pitchers when the team was trailing by 10 to 12 points.

There was still some optimism right before the second half when one Orange fan — who was slurring his words — pointed at the crowd on the patio and repeatedly shouted, “We’ll win this game.”

But most fans cleared out quickly while images of Michigan’s celebration played on the restaurant’s 20 televisions before them.

chelsea stahl | staff photographer Fans at Varsity Pizza on Marshall Street watch Syracuse take on Michigan in the Final Four on Saturday. The Orange lost 61-56, marking the end of its tournament run.

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chants of “Let’s go Orange.”

But when Syracuse’s final possession resulted in a turnover, Varsity went silent as reality sank in.

“It sucks. I know making the Final Four is a big deal, but right now I’m just frustrated and it’s depressing to come this far and lose, especially when it’s that close,” said Imran Khanbhai, a freshman management major.

After the game, the sense of disappointment spread throughout Marshall Street as fans slowly filtered out of local bars and restaurants.

The Syracuse Police Department and the Department of Public Safety were stationed at almost every corner around Marshall Street, which was closed to traffic during the game.

Though most fans were left wishing the outcome of the game had been different, Steven McCarthy, from Camillus, said once the disappointment of the loss passes, fans should be happy about the team’s performance.

“It’s a tough way to end the season when you’re one game away from playing for a national championship,” McCarthy said. “But making the Final Four is really difficult. This is our first one in 10 years, so I think there’s a lot to be proud of looking back on this season.” blsamuel@syr.edu

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“Don’t for a minute underestimate the power that is in you,” Tom Wolfe, dean of Student Affairs, told the crowd during the opening speeches. “Look around at the people who have been touched by cancer, and whose lives have been altered by it.”

Wolfe, who said his father died of cancer 14 years ago, described Relay for Life as passing hope from one generation to another.

Before the participants started walking laps, Phi Delta Theta, one of the major team fundraisers of the night, offered turns on the Super Smash Bros. video game, caricatures and $2 serenades. The fraternity has been involved with Relay since it came to campus two years ago.

Stephen Collins, a senior policy studies major and fraternity president, said his younger brother Christopher was diagnosed with cancer at 7 years old. The lump on Christopher’s head initially seemed like a routine injury. A CAT scan revealed multiple tumors, including one on his leg and another that had to be removed from his optic nerve.

Collins said the tumors are contained for now. Christopher is the most resilient of the five siblings, he said, and he has “only grown bigger” since then.

Phi Delta Theta, Collins said, raised money for Relay for Life because many of the brothers have been personally affected by cancer.

Joey DiStefano, a junior environmental engineering major, was one of two “Snitches” raising money on behalf of the Quidditch team.

DiStefano dressed in all yellow, with a matching headband and cape. For $2, participants could chase the Snitches around the field to try and win a prize.

“We ran through the field, we ran over people, we even ran through people’s stuff,” he said.

Immediately after the national anthem at 7 p.m., participants lined up along the edge of the field as a group of cancer survivors began the “Survivor Lap.” People crossed the field to cheer on the survivors coming around the bend.

The relay teams began their first lap at 7:30 p.m., and at 8:30 p.m. the lights went down in the Dome for the luminaria ceremony. People stood in groups by paper lanterns circling the field and faced the stage as photos of those being honored by the lanterns flashed on the Jumbotron.

Almost no one moved as the names on the lanterns were read aloud.

Participants moved silently back to the track.

The pack traveling around the Dome, sparse just 15 minutes before, became dense.

But the atmosphere picked up again when Syracuse’s Final Four game came on, and the crowd roared with approval.

As participants watched the game, one runner continued to circle the track by himself.

Holding a balloon poodle from one of the fundraising tables, Trevor Zalkind started running around 10 p.m. He stopped almost four hours later at 1:45 a.m.

The freshman public relations and international relations major said he heard about a woman who ran during an entire Relay for Life event. After noticing she wasn’t in the Dome, he decided to take her place.

“I had a ton of Chinese food before this and a cinnamon roll,” Zalkind said. “I brought my flamboyant running shoes though.”

He said some family friends and grandparents had died from cancer.

Many participants left before or after the game. Those who stayed remained on the field playing football and soccer to stay awake, or gathered in circles to rest, settling in for a long night. najisaka@syr.edu

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Student reflects on Relay for Life, draws positivity from emotional night

By Samantha Schnapper CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Editor’s note: This story was written from the point of view of a participant of the Relay for Life event. She participated in the full 24-hour walk held in the Carrier Dome on April 6 and wrote this piece as a reflection of the day’s events.

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nspiration. Pride. Sadness. Bliss.

These are only a few of the multitude of emotions that I was overcome with as I watched the survivors take their first lap around the Carrier Dome.

On Saturday, Syracuse University hosted its annual Relay For Life. There were 209 teams and 1,840 participants working together to raise money toward finding a cure for cancer. By the end of the night, $114,361.23 had been raised. It was a night when all different organizations came together as one to honor those who lost their lives to cancer and to celebrate the many who won the fight.

The evening opened with an inspirational speech by one of our own SU students. Her warm words describing her personal battle with cancer captivated everyone in the venue and exemplified the reason why we were all there. After her moving speech, the survivors were first to commemorate the event with a lap around the field. Then their caretakers were asked to join them, followed by all other participants. As everyone walked the track together, uplifting music played in the background.

I have personally participated in Relay For Life since my freshman year of high school when my friend Jenna Margolis, a junior at Susquehanna, and I thought it would be a worthwhile event to attend.

Unfortunately, when we were sophomores in high school, the event became more personal to us: My friend’s mother

was diagnosed with breast cancer. Watching my best friend and her mother walk together with such grace during the survivor and caretaker lap was a sight that I will never forget. They, along with the many other survivors, were such inspirations to the community and to me. From then on, Jenna and I began putting in work to make Relay a success by recruiting people and asking local stores to donate.

To my pleasure, when I arrived at SU, I was thrilled to witness such a high level of hard work put forth by the planning committee in preparation for Relay For Life. I was also proud to learn that SU is one of the top 25 universities for Relay For Life fundraising.

During my freshman year, my grandmother, Shirley Schnapper, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Though I was devastated, I knew she would remain strong and overcome the disease. My grandmother is an inspiration to me and to everyone who knows and loves her. I am so proud of her and how far she has come. She is my inspiration and motivation to fundraise and participate in Relay For Life. My hope is that if I, along with many other motivated individuals, continue to support this cause, we will one day have a cure for cancer.

As I reflect on the success of Saturday evening’s event, I note that the Dome was not as full as it was in previous years due to the Final Four basketball game. Still, it showed that the people who came truly cared about helping put forth efforts toward making a difference.

The myriad organizations held activities such as face painting, tarot card reading, ballroom dancing and video games. Friends came together to hang out, relax and participate in something meaningful. The organizers even had the basketball game projected on the jumbotron for all to watch.

shira stoll | staff photographer Luminaries were lit in the Carrier Dome at the Relay for Life in honor of people who have lost their lives to cancer. Students marched to raise awareness.

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The evening was filled with emotion, and the most evocative event was the luminaria ceremony that honors those who have lost their lives to cancer. As all of the participants walked around the field together, the names of those who have passed were read

aloud in memory of their lives.

As the list of names came to an end, the survivors’ names were also read aloud. I was overcome with a feeling of optimism as I heard the long list. While there was a mournful element to this event, I was filled with a sense of promise for the future.

When my grandmother’s name was read, I couldn’t help but sport a resilient smile: She is one of the fortunate survivors. With the help of Relay For Life and the like, I am hopeful that the list of survivors will far outweigh the list of the deceased.

Heroes are all around us. Among the SU students, the basketball players embody heroism and provide entertainment, school spirit and hope. But while these players are iconic, the true heroes of Saturday night were those cancer survivors. It reminded me that life is filled with priorities and perspective. Friends, family and loved ones are the most important aspects of life. scschnap@syr.edu

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Wu-Tang frontman GZA impresses Westcott audience

By Alfred Ng STFF WRITER

The Westcott Theater transformed into the 36 Chambers of Shaolin as founding Wu-Tang Clan member GZA took the stage on Friday night.

The theater was filled with an unlikely blend of hip-hop heads and hipsters, an odd pair that made up the legion of Wu-Tang fans. From audience members who had started listening to GZA three years ago to diehard fans who’ve listened since 1996, every pair of hands was focused on throwing up the iconic Wu-Tang “W” throughout the night.

“I first saw the Wu-Tang Clan when my dad took me to Lollapalooza ’96 when I was 10,” said Dan Cafferty, a Syracuse resident at the show. “I like GZA a lot. It’s different because I’m a random dorky white kid, but it’s just really good music.”

One of GZA’s opening acts was Syracuse University’s own Jay Foss, a young, up-and-coming emcee known for his smooth style and clever lyrics. Foss had been listening to the Wu-Tang Clan since he first had a CD player and was starstruck to open for the rapping legend.

“The GZA was one of the most solid rappers out of the Wu-Tang to me,” Foss said, as he was preparing to perform. “It’s a huge opportunity for me and I really appreciate it.”

Other opening acts included The Goonies, DJ Afar & IRealz and alternative rap group Ratking. After four hours of opening acts, WuTang chants buzzed around the packed Westcott Theater as swarms of killer bees grew restless to see The Genius.

“Everyone’s going to flip when The GZA comes out; he’s a legend,” said Isaac Mekker, one of the excited fans anticipating the Wu-Tang Clan front man.

The crowd erupted when GZA walked onto the stage, Wu-Tang chants now louder than ever. GZA made sure that his performance would bring the ruckus, as he demanded the soundman turn his microphone up to the maximum volume before jumping into his first song.

The speakers blasted GZA’s voice as he performed some of his greatest solo hits, such as “Clan in Da Front,” “Cold World” and “Shadowboxin’.”

And while GZA serves as the oldest member of the Wu-Tang Clan at 46, he delivered the same energetic performance that the Wu-Tang Clan is known for. GZA led a one-man Wu-Tang Clan show at The Westcott Theater, performing the hip-hop group’s greatest hits, including

joshuah romero | staff photographer GZA, the former frontman of the iconic rap group Wu-Tang Clan, performs at The Westcott Theater on Friday night. GZA performed some of the group’s greatest hits for the crowd, including “C.R.E.A.M.,” as well as songs from his successful career as a solo artist.

“C.R.E.A.M.,” “Protect Ya Neck” and “Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta F*ck Wit.” Much like his hit record “Liquid Swords,” GZA’s performance was both smooth and sharp, as he demonstrated a commanding energy that only a veteran member of the Wu-Tang Clan could have.

He walked to the center of the stage, asking the audience — “Can I get a SUUUUUUUUUUUU?” — otherwise known as the Wu-Tang Clan rally call. The call echoed around The Westcott Theater, right before GZA kicked into “Triumph” off the “Wu-Tang Forever” album.

In between his sets, GZA performed an a

cappella verse in tribute to the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard, a founding Wu-Tang Clan member who died in 2004 from a drug overdose. The tribute led into GZA performing “Shimmy Shimmy Yah,” one of Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s greatest hits.

GZA also performed songs off his classic 1995 album “Liquid Swords,” with dedicated fans in the audience finishing every rhyme that GZA rapped. He rewarded the crowd’s devotion when he jumped off the stage into the audience, rapping “Crash Your Crew” as he was surrounded by droves of Wu-Tang enthusiasts.

As the song promised, GZA crashed the audi-

ence’s crew, walking through the roaring waves of fans. The crowd grew uncontrollably wild at this point, pushing and shoving each other to get as close to The Genius as possible. He posed for several pictures with audience members before returning to the stage.

After GZA closed out the show, he stayed around on stage signing items from the crowd and posing for photos. Adoring fans handed over their Wu-Tang shirts, “Liquid Swords” albums and sneakers for the hip-hop icon’s autograph before he left the stage. alng@syr.edu

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Music festivals provide distinct opportunity for unconventional fashion

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ashion has always been a way of expressing your personality or opinions, and I wholeheartedly believe that the freedom to wear what you want is one of our greatest rights.

But while we live in a country where our fashion choices are abundant, you should still pick clothing that represents you in the best possible light. As superficial as it sounds, what you choose to wear says a lot about you.

Music festival season is upon us, and with it comes festival style. Ankle boots, cutoffs and breezy dresses will fill the crowds at Coachella, Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo. For some, it seems that these festivals have become less about the music and more about making a fashion statement.

But there’s a thin line between a stylish look and an over-the-top costume.

People take these opportunities to dress like they can’t in “real life.” For example, if they want to dress like Lady Gaga for a day, it’s not

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never wears pajamas in public out of the norm in these situations.

It’s the same with sporting events. Walking down Marshall Street on Saturday, the sea of orange was filled with distinctive displays of school spirit. Syracuse T-shirts were cut to more flattering silhouettes, temporary tattoos of Otto were spotted on fans’ cheeks and girls used hair chalk for color highlights.

The issue of inappropriate costumes is especially relevant on college campuses. Fraternities and sororities have theme parties that are mostly offensive. Golf bros and tennis hoes?

Who thought that was a good idea?

Syracuse unfortunately doesn’t have a music festival, but we do have the celebration known as MayFest and Block Party.

With this year’s performer, Ke$ha, girls are bound to dress as crazy as possible. Ke$ha is known for her over-the-top looks including feathers, studs, leather, fringe and glitter.

While it’s fun to go out and dress crazy with your friends, you don’t want to cringe when you look at the photos in 10 years.

Thanks to social media, every outfit you wear is memorialized on the Internet for everyone to see. Are you prepared to have your parents or your boss see you wearing that extremely low-cut dress out to the bar?

I sometimes wish Syracuse was a bit more like New York City. In NYC, people dress their best at all occasions. The capital of fashion and street style means you have to dress your best. But in Syracuse, it’s sweats, over-the-top ensembles or completely

unoriginal outfit choices. I see girls walking down the street wearing the exact same coat, boots and bags, and wonder where their sense of self went.

It may provide a sense of comfort to wear the same thing as everyone else, but where’s the fun in that? Having your own sense of style says a lot about you as a person, and knowing what is appropriate to wear for certain situations will improve others’ perception of you.

While they say to not judge a book by its cover, the first thing people notice about you before you even say a word is your appearance.

Instinctually, we judge people by their looks.

It’s unfortunate, but true.

Don’t just follow the trends — set your own.

Not every trend is going to look good on everyone anyway.

Allison Mariotti is a senior magazine journalism major. She has too many shoes to count, but could always use another pair. Her fashion column appears every Monday in Pulp.

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FYP’s ‘Wedding Singer’ proves benefits of happy actors

By Noah Silverstein STAFF WRITER

The stage was set for a concert straight from the Reagan administration.

When Robbie Hart started rocking out with his wedding band, the audience soon realized this wasn’t your standard musical. Neon lights flashed, dancers in taffeta dresses flew through the air and electric guitars riffed power chords.

As the opening song neared its end, Hart assumed power stance, solidifying the electricity that the remainder of the performance would need to live up to.

The First Year Players’ production of “The Wedding Singer,” the musical adaptation of Adam Sandler’s cult hit movie, opened on Thursday for its three-night run. With one of the most talented casts in FYP’s recent history, the show certainly had all the right elements to secure an extraordinary night at the theater.

Inconsistency, however, played a part in hindering the young cast from fully achieving heights that were just at arms reach.

“The Wedding Singer” tells the story of Robbie, the leader of a wedding band in mid-1980s New Jersey who loses himself after being jilted at the alter by his fiance. He finds solace in Julia, a waitress who he befriends.

It becomes clear that the two are meant for one another, but Julia’s greedy Wall Street investor fiance Glenn, as well as other roadblocks, stand in their way. With the help of his band mates and his grandma, Robbie ponders: Does true love prevail over the things in life we only think matter?

The beauty of a student-run theater organization like FYP is the sense of community it fosters for its new members each year.

The show’s director, junior television, radio and film major Bryce Garcia, remembers his turn on the stage in 2011’s “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” “like it was yesterday.” Now, as the chief visionary for this year’s incarnation, he said he’s delighted at the chance to work with the new class.

Putting on a comedy like “The Wedding Singer” that leans toward the lighter side of

the musical theater repertoire seems like the easier route to take. However, Garcia claims the show is deceivingly complex, underrated among many of the other musicals considered for this year’s production.

“It’s fun, but very technical at the same time,” Garcia said, referring to the complex rock-show staging and music required of each performance.

Such is where the production met occasional hiccups. The hidden difficulties behind “The Wedding Singer’s” approachable facade kept FYP’s performance from being excellent.

In particular, the second act’s top number, “All About the Green,” a song proclaiming greed and all that defined the 1980s, had its hand in too many visually appealing tactics, forcing it to look sloppy.

As with any opening night, technical difficulties with microphones had their way with the young cast. Despite these set backs, the actors maintained utter professionalism, never wavering in their performances.

Shining brightest of all was leading man

By Kristin Ross ASST. FEATURE EDITOR

Unless you are a child prodigy studying for the national spelling bee, memorizing the entire English language is seriously impossible.

For those times that deem you unworthy of participating in conversations due to the use of large vocabulary, feel inferior no more.

Thanks to smartphone dictionary applications, it is now socially acceptable to carry around a pocket dictionary.

But the most useful is the Urban Dictionary app.

Say you’re excited about MayFest and are getting ready to pregame. In the spirit of the carefree feeling the day brings, you ask your sheltered roommate if he has any chasers. Confused, he asks, “What’s a chaser?”

Your facepalm could have been avoided if your roommate had slyly used the Urban

Dictionary app.

The screen is simple and user-friendly.

Type the word or phrase you want to look up in the search bar and the results instantly appear in a list format.

Based on the Urban Dictionary website, the app is essentially a dictionary filled with slang

Zach Phillips, a sophomore television, radio and film major, whose charm, seemingly endless vocal talent and sympathetic qualities radiated from the stage in his performance as Robbie.

While needing the show’s first number to ease into the role, he found his footing and proved unstoppable until the very end. Phillips’ varied ability helped to perfectly execute “Casualty of Love,” Robbie’s bitter hate-letter to love after losing his own.

Shanice Bland, a television, radio and film major, steals scenes as Linda, Robbie’s ex-fiance who re-enters the picture at an inconvenient moment in the musical’s plot. During her moment in the spotlight, “Let Me Come Home,” Bland shows off her intense voice and dance moves.

Was FYP’s “The Wedding Singer” perfect?

No. But perfection means little in comparison to the sheer joy visible on the cast members’ faces. They truly loved what they were doing.

And the audience loved it, too. nbsilver@syr.edu

words and phrases posted with user-submitted definitions and accompanying sentences.

For example, searching “chaser” lends the definition: “Something you drink right after taking a shot or swig of hard alcohol. Usually juice, pop, or beer.”

The accompanying sentence reads: “You gotta use a chaser when drinkin everclear!”

Bonus tip: Type your name in the search bar. You’ve never read a more colorful description. klross01@syr.edu @kriskross22

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By Jackie Grossman STAFF WRITER

e’ve all heard the hype about Emmymagnet “Modern Family,” a mockumentary-style show that explores the dynamic among individuals in nontraditional families. The television show has been commended for pushing the envelope on age; race; and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender stereotypes in a hilarious, non-pressuring way.

But despite making leaps toward breaking down traditional family boundaries, the show has received criticism from the LGBT community for portraying Cameron and Mitchell’s relationship as unaffectionate. Fans even created a Facebook campaign to demand a kiss between the two, and the show had to have a special episode — appropriately titled “The Kiss” — to feature the couple kissing. In the background.

So where can we find a show that explores a modern family and portrays these families a bit more realistically, PDA and all? Enter The New Normal.

“The New Normal” is an NBC sitcom that airs Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. It centers on Bryan and David, a gay couple living in Los Angeles, and the daily struggles they face with each other and the people around them.

Much of this first season deals with the couple’s desire and preparation for having a baby: asking their good friend Goldie to be the surrogate, shopping for and naming the baby, etc.

There are plenty of hilarious hiccups along the way that lead up to the season finale, when Goldie goes into labor during Bryan and David’s elaborate and well-planned wedding ceremony.

The show is without a doubt an in-your-face series with a bit of edginess that refuses to wait for society to make up its mind about

homosexuality. Creator and executive producer Ryan Murphy claims his show “stands on the shoulders” of “Will & Grace,” the samesex marriage-equality trailblazer.

It is clear that “The New Normal” pushes much further into normalizing homosexuality.

Rather than acting outrageously flamboyant (Jack from “Will & Grace”), the men in this new show are secure in their homosexuality without having to flaunt it. Sure, there is plenty of kissing, holding and cuddling, but nothing more than what you would see between a heterosexual television couple.

What’s great about this show is that it blends quick-witted humor with important political and human-rights issues, protesting hot topics such as the Defense of Marriage Act. It also adds some unexpected sentimental moments, such as the tear-jerking scene when Bryan and David have an epiphany about naming their baby.

Despite its sophistication, “The New Normal” seems to have gone under the radar thus far, receiving mixed reviews that claim the show wants what “Modern Family” has. But it’s clear that the show has great potential. In

order to get these numbers up, the writers may have to sacrifice their demand to express their political and human rights viewpoints for more humor and entertainment.

Keep an eye on this show. While laughing away at the cutting jokes, you may be surprised at how much you can learn in one episode. jigrossm@syr.edu

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By Michael Cohen and Chris Iseman THE DAILY ORANGE

ATLANTA — Mike Hopkins sat inside a locker in the back-right corner of the room. His suit jacket hung on a hook to the right of his face. He was dazed. Misty-eyed.

The Syracuse assistant coach spoke quietly as he explained the final play of the game, detailing what was supposed to happen before turning to what went wrong.

The season wasn’t supposed to end with the ball in Trevor Cooney’s hands, the redshirt freshman guard forced to hurl a right-handed runner at the rim out of desperation. It should have been with Southerland, the sharpshooting senior who was silent for 38 minutes before scoring five quick points to give the Orange life when its season seemed dead.

But that all went wrong when Michigan played six seconds of perfect defense to preserve a 61-56 win and earn a spot in the national championship game. The most important possession of the season went up in flames with a backup guard thrust into a precarious position.

“If Michael Carter-Williams and them were in there it would be a little bit different,” Hopkins said.

Only they weren’t. Carter-Williams and Brandon Triche, Syracuse’s two starting guards who handle the ball almost exclusively, both fouled out. It left the keys to Cooney, a sparsely used role player unfamiliar with the point guard position.

The situation was as follows: Syracuse down 59-56 with 15 seconds left. Head coach Jim Boeheim calls timeout.

It was designed for Cooney to bring the ball up the court and find Southerland, who had two options based on how Michigan defended him.

He ran off a double screen and could either pop out for a catch-and-shoot 3-pointer — something he had done dozens of times this season — or he could change direction and go back door for a quick two.

“He had two options,” Hopkins said. “Then the guy just popped. So he went back door and Trevor was stuck.”

As Southerland curled off the screen, a Michigan defender was there to greet him. He tried to go back door, and that was covered as well.

It meant Cooney, a player in his first NCAA Tournament and only on the court due to foul trouble, would have to create on his own.

He drove right, opting for a two-point basket instead of a 3, and flung up a runner against an arriving double team.

nate shron | staff photographer MICHAEL CARTER-WILLIAMS attempts to draw a charge on Tim Hardaway Jr., but the call went UM’s way. Carter-Williams fouled out of the game, which resulted in Trevor Cooney having to play point guard late in the game and ultimately take SU’s final shot.

The shot clanged off the rim. Michigan got the rebound. The game was over.

“The best play probably should have been shooting the 3. He’s a great 3-point shooter,” Triche said of Cooney. “You either want to just go early if you have 19 seconds left and maybe get two points with 12 seconds left. But once it got eight seconds and he didn’t find James, he probably should have put it up and shot a 3.”

Tim Hardaway Jr. snared the rebound and threw the ball ahead to Jordan Morgan for an emphatic slam with two seconds left.

Michigan was off to the national championship game. Syracuse was off to the airport.

“Trevor had no choice,” Boeheim said. “That was it. He had no choice. He did the best he could in that situation.”

Michigan solves Syracuse zone in first half The defense that stifled four previous teams in the NCAA Tournament wasn’t there. Michigan became the first team to adequately crack Syracuse’s 2-3 zone, working the ball inside, then back out to the arc for open shots and critical 3-pointers.

The Orange’s slow start on defense was uncharacteristic for a team that pummeled its way through the tournament with its zone.

But against the Wolverines in the Final Four, one win away from the national championship,

Syracuse’s intensity on defense lessened.

“I think our energy was a little bit low,” Triche said. “We needed to be more active and we weren’t. I think that was the biggest thing.”

Michigan shot 44.8 percent in the first half, and went 35.3 percent from the perimeter in that stretch. The Wolverines broke through Syracuse’s zone and nailed big shots that resulted from ample open looks. By the time the Orange’s defense returned to form it was too late. Its slow start defensively gave Michigan enough of a chance to pull out the 61-56 win over Syracuse on Saturday night in the Georgia Dome to advance to the national championship.

The Orange’s zone is stifling not only for its incredible length, but also because of how the players move within the zone. They quickly anticipate where passes are going to go, and immediately get their hands into the passing lanes to get steals or force turnovers.

But the Wolverines committed only 10 in the entire game, and a remarkable two in the first half. Michigan managed to do what every other one of Syracuse’s opponents hadn’t in the tournament.

In the Elite Eight, Marquette committed 14 turnovers. Indiana made 19 in the Sweet 16.

Michigan point guard Trey Burke said Syracuse is “magnificent” in the zone, and said it was tough to get the ball into the middle.

Regardless, the Wolverines took care of the ball, and that was a major difference in the game.

“They pride themselves on deflection. We just tried to be as careful as possible,” Burke said.

“We know they strive off of turnovers. They do a good job of turning turnovers into touchdowns.”

Syracuse made defensive adjustments coming out of halftime. Perhaps its most significant change was that it left Michigan big man Mitch McGary open in the high post to let him take jumpers. That let the Orange defend on the arc to take away his passing options.

In the first half, McGary was 2-of-3, but in the second, he was only 2-of-5. Syracuse allowed him to hit a couple if it meant taking away any open 3-pointers.

As a team, Michigan also struggled in the second half. The Wolverines shot only 33.3 percent from the field, and 28.6 percent from the arc.

Syracuse’s lack of defensive activity in the first half, though, allowed Michigan to build an 11-point lead. By the time the Orange’s zone defense looked like the same one that had tormented opponents through the tournament, it was too late.

With SU’s offense struggling, the slow start defensively hurt the Orange badly.

Said Southerland: “We just got off to a slow start.” mjcohe02@syr.edu cjiseman@syr.edu

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FINAL FOUR Michigan overcomes Syracuse size advantage to dominate rebounding

By Chris Iseman SPORTS EDITOR

ATLANTA — Mitch McGary’s jumper from the right elbow bounced off the rim and into the hands of Tim Hardaway Jr. He drained eight seconds off the shot clock, and then shot a 3-pointer that swished through the net to give Michigan a 10-point lead.

The Wolverines continued to earn extra possessions by crashing the glass. It gave Michigan ample opportunities to hit key 3-pointers.

“A lot of them were off offensive rebounds, where they got it and kicked out when our defense wasn’t set,” Syracuse guard Trevor Cooney said. “If you make those shots, it’s tough to defend. They did a good job of that.”

“We had to get on the glass and they got a few offensive rebounds. I can’t blame the bigs for that. We had to come back and help rebound and we didn’t. It was just an all-around effort as to why we lost.”

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By the end of Michigan’s 61-56 win over SU in the Final Four on Saturday night, the Wolverines finished with 37 total rebounds, 13 of them coming on the offensive glass. The Wolverines scored a total of 14 second-chance points. Against Syracuse, a team that had

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national title game for the first time in 10 years.

“I feel as though I’ve got to produce at a high level for this team to even have a shot at winning,” Fair said quietly to a reporter. “That’s how I think about it.”

Fair was brilliant in the Orange’s 61-56 loss to Michigan on Saturday inside the Georgia Dome, scoring a game-high 22 points and grabbing six rebounds. He made nine of his 20 fieldgoal attempts and was the only source of offense for Syracuse in portions of both halves.

But in the biggest game of the season against arguably the best team Syracuse has faced all season, Fair’s production alone was not enough. Michael Carter-Williams and James Southerland were major no-shows offensively, and Fair could not win the game playing one-on-five.

“Without him,” forward Jerami Grant said, “we wouldn’t have won a lot of games that we won.”

When it was all over, though, after Jordan Morgan punctuated Michigan’s victory with a soaring two-handed dunk in the final seconds, the mood in the Orange locker room was eerily similar to the scene in Milwaukee following a

a significant height advantage all over the floor, Michigan hit the glass hard to extend possessions and keep the ball out of the Orange’s hands.

In a game where Michigan’s shots were falling — especially in the first half — Syracuse continuously failed to take advantage of the Wolverines’ misses. Orange assistant coach Mike Hopkins said Friday it would be key for Syracuse’s guards to be aggressive on the glass, much like they were in the Orange’s Sweet 16 win over Indiana on March 28.

That didn’t happen enough against Michigan, especially on the offensive boards.

Syracuse’s guards only grabbed one board on the offensive glass. It continued to cost SU critical possessions.

“They get a lot of extra rebounds. Pretty much they had two 3s off their rebounds, got extra possessions where we couldn’t get a shot up,” Syracuse guard Brandon Triche said. “They did a great job off their offensive rebounds.”

With just more than nine minutes remaining in the game and the score 45-41 Wolverines, Hardaway missed a jumper. Wolverines center Mitch McGary secured the rebound, then found Hardaway open at the top of the key.

Hardaway swished home a 3-pointer to push Michigan’s lead to 48-41.

It was a running theme throughout the entire game. And each rebound Syracuse failed to secure killed the momentum it was picking up attempting to close the deficit.

With five minutes left, Michigan point guard Trey Burke missed a jumper. Glenn Robinson III was right there for the rebound and putback. The Orange had closed to within four, but another Michigan offensive rebound pushed the lead back to six.

After the game, Syracuse point guard Michael Carter-Williams said the Orange’s

74-71 loss to Marquette on Feb. 25. On that night, which became SU’s second loss in a streak where it dropped four out of five, Fair went almost 12 minutes without an official field-goal attempt in the second half.

He let out his frustration quietly — almost in a whisper — to the same reporter, expressing his displeasure over his lack of involvement in the offense when he is clearly the team’s most reliable scoring option.

“He’s a great player. I think he had a mismatch on him and was able to knock down shots. He just carried us the whole game offensively.”

Michael Carter-Williams

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On Saturday, Fair did not attempt a shot in the final three minutes. Instead, CarterWilliams turned the ball over, Brandon Triche did the same and Trevor Cooney flung up a wild one-handed runner with nine seconds remain-

nate shron | staff photographer CJ FAIR AND BAYE MOUSSA KEITA surround Tim Hardaway Jr. as the Michigan guard attempts to secure a loose ball. The Wolverines outrebounded Syracuse by four boards. guards weren’t hitting the glass hard enough.

He said the responsibility doesn’t fall completely on the Orange’s centers and low-post players.

“We had to get on the glass and they got a few offensive rebounds. I can’t blame the bigs for that,” Carter-Williams said. “We had to come back and help rebound and we didn’t. It was just an all-around effort as to why we lost.”

Still, Syracuse’s centers finished with only three defensive rebounds combined. McGary finished the game with an impressive 12 boards, seven of them coming on the defensive glass.

Rebounding was a problem for Syracuse for the entire game, right up until the final 10 seconds. With the Orange down by three points, Cooney was running the point with both Carter-Williams and Triche having fouled

out of the game.

Cooney dribbled up the court and shot a jumper that clanked off the rim. Hardaway grabbed the rebound, leading to an emphatic fast-break dunk that sealed the win for the Wolverines.

The final play was fitting. Syracuse’s rebounding inefficiency — at both ends of the floor — hurt its chances of moving on to the national championship. From start to finish, the Orange wasn’t aggressive on the boards.

“They got a lot of offensive rebounds which led to open shots,” SU forward James Southerland said. “If we had crashed a little bit more and got some rebounds, it would’ve stopped them.”

ing to ensure defeat.

The empty offensive trips in the final three minutes came, coincidentally, on possessions where Fair never attempted a shot. For 37 minutes he was spectacular, and Syracuse went away from him in the three most important minutes of the season.

“This was the first time during the tournament that we were down,” Syracuse assistant coach Adrian Autry said. “They’re a good team. We cut the lead to half, and we never could really get over that four-point opportunity. We came up with a couple of empty possessions.”

Fair opened the game by scoring nine of his team’s first 14 points. He showed his strength with a driving bank shot, his touch with a baseline jumper and his range with a 3-pointer from left of the circle over the 6-foot-10-inch Mitch McGary.

And when Syracuse trailed by 11 with 15 minutes remaining, Fair brought his team back almost singlehandedly. He scored seven of the next 13 points for the Orange, and his baseline f loater cut the Michigan lead to three, 48-45, with just under eight minutes remaining.

“He’s a great player,” Carter-Williams said.

“I think he had a mismatch on him and was able to knock down shots. He just carried us the

whole game offensively.”

Fair carried them Saturday — the same way he had all season — and he finished the year as the team’s leading scorer, rebounder and most accurate 3-point shooter.

But none of that mattered in the final three minutes, as Fair stood idle while CarterWilliams (two points, five turnovers) and James Southerland (five points, held scoreless for the first 38:02) hoarded the ball with the season on the line.

Afterward, Fair spoke quietly and candidly about his play compared to that of his teammates, about how he feels he has a mismatch in every game he plays and without him Syracuse is cooked. It was a postgame scene that mirrored several during the last five months, only this time there were a few more sniffles and tear-stained eyes.

All around him his teammates hung their heads, not one of them happy with the way they had played. But there was Fair — this team’s Mr. Consistent — caught awkwardly between personal success and collective sadness.

He did his part. But nobody joined him.

“I was being aggressive like I think I should have,” he said. “I just think we didn’t score enough.”

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a freshman who is experiencing winning — and the starting lineup — for the first time.

Mitch McGary, a 6-foot-10-inch forward not yet old enough to drink, handled the limelight with ease while displaying the poise and maturity expected from his counterparts. He scored 10 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and dished out a career-high six assists while leading the Wolverines to an 11-point halftime lead that Autry said created “an uphill battle all game.”

And for the players who won so many times in their career, that final hill was a bit too steep.

Winning had been steady in Triche and Southerland’s reign, but little else ever was.

Triche, who started every game he ever played for Syracuse, began as a point guard, moved to shooting guard and this year drifted somewhere between the two. And Southerland, a sweet-shooting forward with oodles of athletic ability, endured a rollercoaster career that included academic ineligibility, a stint in Jim Boeheim’s doghouse and 3-point shooting that was beautiful at times and brick-filled at others.

“Definitely looking at James, he missed some 3s that he normally makes 100 percent of the time.

Of course when you depend on that player to make those shots it kind of hurts. You get frustrated because you know he can make that.”

C.J. Fair

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Twice the two players were part of teams seeded No. 1 in both the Big East and NCAA Tournaments. Twice they came up without a trophy.

Triche never morphed into the assassin that Boeheim thought he could be — in 2012 Boeheim said Triche didn’t realize how good he was — and failed to fill the go-to role that Dion Waiters craved a season ago. And Southerland, who set the Big East tournament record for most 3-pointers, did little to expand his offensive repertoire besides the predictable — and on Saturday easily guardable — catch-and-shoot from beyond the arc.

Though they combined for 16 points against

Michigan, Southerland was held scoreless for the first 38 minutes and Triche fouled out as his team attempted to make a comeback in the waning moments.

The former missed his first seven shots including wide-open looks from beyond the arc. The latter passed up open opportunities in the lane and attempted only nine shots.

When he was finally aggressive — and Syracuse trailed by two with fewer than 30 seconds remaining — he picked up a charge that sealed the game and ended his college career.

“I was surprised (at how they played),” forward C.J. Fair said. “Definitely looking at James, he missed some 3s that he normally makes 100 percent of the time. Of course when you depend on that player to make those shots it kind of hurts. You get frustrated because you know he can make that.”

But for four years what Triche and Southerland could do and what they did do have been two different worlds. They sat at the podium after the final buzzer sounded and said they came out flat in the biggest game of their lives.

The energy was low. They weren’t as active as they normally are on defense.

All things that are disheartening for Syracuse fans who see the potential and not the results, the glimpses but never the consistency.

Meanwhile, a Michigan freshman seized the moment that Triche and Southerland could not. McGary picked the 2-3 zone apart out of the high post in the first half, making intelligent decisions that required him to read and react to a defense that stymied Indiana a week and a half ago.

McGary tripled his season-high in assists by catching at the elbows and either kicking out to shooters or finding cutters down low. He looked like a player in his seventh year, not a player making his seventh start.

“He’s a terrific player as a freshman,” Triche said. “I give him all the praise, just being able to come into the tournament and dominate. He really dominated.”

At one point he even grabbed a long rebound and led a fast break himself, his 250-pound frame gliding across midcourt before leaving a perfect no-look pass to Tim Hardaway Jr. for a layup.

What McGary has done in one year, Triche and Southerland failed to do in four. They were senior leaders who, at the season’s most pivotal point, could not take the lead.

It left them one game shy of rewriting a misleading legacy. They’ve won more games than anyone else, but they have no hardware to show for it.

And Syracuse’s historic duo left humbled once again.

Michael Cohen is a staff writer at The Daily Orange, where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at mcjohe02@syr. edu; or on Twitter at @Michael_Cohen13.

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nate shron | staff photographer MICHAEL CARTER-WILLIAMS loses control of the ball in SU’s 61-56 loss to Michigan on Saturday. The sophomore finished with just two points and committed five turnovers.

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game, including a paltry 21.4 percent clip from the arc. Just two players — Triche and C.J. Fair — managed to score in double digits. James Southerland, Syracuse’s most reliable shooter, went 2-of-9 from the field and 1-of-5 from the perimeter. The same shots he swished during his record-breaking Big East tournament performance clanked off the rim.

Michigan wasn’t any better. The Wolverines shot 39.6 percent from the field. But it was the outside shooting that helped push Michigan on to the national championship.

“They made eight 3s and we made three,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said.

“That’s the difference in the game when you really look at it.”

Fittingly, Michigan’s first points of the game came when Tim Hardaway Jr. drilled a 3 from up top. Syracuse didn’t hit its first 3-pointer until the 12:43 mark of the first half when Fair knocked one down from the top of the key.

The Orange finished the game with only three 3-pointers — one each from Fair, Southerland and Trevor Cooney, and Southerland’s didn’t come until there were only 41 seconds left in the game.

What made the night even more frustrating for Syracuse was that two players who did the most damage from the arc for Michigan were mostly unknown bench players overshadowed

by the Wolverines’ star-studded starting lineup.

Caris LeVert and Michael Albrecht each hit two 3-pointers. LeVert hadn’t hit a 3 in the tournament, while Albrecht had three. Syracuse paid plenty of attention to Trey Burke, Glenn Robinson III and Hardaway. Nik Stauskas, who came into the game shooting 44.9 percent from the arc and was averaging 11.5 points per game, didn’t score a single point on Saturday.

“They had players come off the bench and knock down shots,” SU point guard Michael Carter-Williams said. “I didn’t even know who they were, to be honest. … They played with a lot of heart.”

Syracuse had players in its starting lineup who are capable of delivering daggers. Southerland had seven 3-pointers in Syracuse’s four previous tournament games. Triche and CarterWilliams had each hit four.

On Saturday, they lost that rhythm from the arc. Reminiscent of those lackluster offensive performances during the regular season, they couldn’t jumpstart an offense that suddenly lost its confidence.

“Even when we were coming back, our offense still wasn’t really clicking,” Triche said. “I remember at one point, it was 41 to 45, we had the ball three possessions and still didn’t get it there.”

Syracuse made a late charge. It came to within one point. A trip to the championship was right there.

The Orange had 15 seconds to tie the game.

Both Triche and Carter-Williams were on

the bench after they each fouled out. That left Cooney to run the point. He dribbled the ball up the court and drove the lane for a runner, but his shot clanked off the rim.

Another critical miss for Syracuse.

Michigan grabbed the rebound, leading to a fast-break dunk by Jordan Morgan that sealed the win for the Wolverines. Michigan fans erupted. Syracuse fans were stunned.

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After the game, the Orange’s players sat in the locker room with blank expressions on their faces. Carter-Williams stood in front of his locker with watery eyes, answering question after question about how Syracuse’s season could end like this.

The answer wasn’t tough to find. The Orange’s offense had disappeared again.

“That game is how our whole season was,” Triche said. “Especially in games we always lost.” cjiseman@syr.edu @chris_iseman

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39:19 BIG NUMBER

Time into the game that Syracuse forward James Southerland knocked down his first 3-pointer. He finished with just five points on 2-of-9 shooting.

HERO Mitch McGary

The Michigan big man took advantage of Syracuse’s weakness inside and dominated the glass for his third doubledouble of the NCAA Tournament.

ZERO James Southerland

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“Trevor had no choice. That was it.

He had no choice. He did the best he could in that situation.”

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SU HEAD COACH

The Syracuse forward didn’t score until the final two minutes and hit only one 3-pointer. On the game’s final play, the ball wasn’t in his hands as guard Trevor Cooney missed a jumper in the lane.

FAT LADY SINGS 0:09, second half

Syracuse guard Trevor Cooney missed a jumper in the lane with the Orange trailing by three. Michigan shooting guard Tim Hardaway Jr. grabbed the rebound and passed down court to forward Jordan Morgan, who ended the game with an emphatic dunk.

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Triche, Southerland leave with mixed legacies

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TLANTA — In a way it made sense for their careers to end like this, draped in disappointment and missed shots with fulfillment a few points beyond their reach. They are simultaneously historic and humbled, at once the winningest duo in school history and one that never managed to win a tournament.

Brandon Triche and James Southerland, two seniors whose careers came to an end Saturday with Syracuse’s 61-56 loss to Michigan, put forth four years of good

MICHAEL COHEN

not a dime back not great, of hard work but with no hardware to show for it. The most successful stretch in Syracuse history came to an end with a less-than-stellar effort from two players that always hovered at less

than spectacular.

“As a senior, you know this is your last chance,” assistant coach Adrian Autry said. “You want to try to take advantage and seize opportunities. I think as a freshman and sophomore you think you’re invincible.”

And Saturday inside the Georgia Dome, where Syracuse had a chance to return to the national championship game for the first time in 10 years, the seniors who won more than anyone else were outplayed by

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Fair provides SU with another stellar outing in Final Four loss to Wolverines

By Michael Cohen STAFF WRITER

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TLANTA — It ended in a familiar spot for C.J. Fair, the player who has carried Syracuse ever since the season began five months ago on a ship in San Diego Harbor.

He sat before his locker in the early hours of Sunday morning, fresh off a loss to Michigan in the national semifinals, and fielded questions that certainly spawned deja vu for the junior forward.

Once again, and for the fourth

time since Feb. 23 against Georgetown, Fair was asked about his brilliant offensive play offset by the lackluster showing from his teammates. In a season that was dominated by defense first and defense second, scoring was Syracuse’s Achilles’ heel.

And ultimately that dichotomy — the one separating Fair’s offensive consistency from his teammates’ bouts of invisibility — prevented Syracuse from reaching the

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photos by nate shron | staff photogr apher (TOP) C.J. FAIR (5) attempts to lay in over Tim Hardaway Jr. Fair was SU’s most consistent scorer in Saturday night’s Final Four loss to Michigan. The forward led all scorers with 22 points, but was left out of the Orange’s game plan in crunch time when the team’s comeback sputtered. RIGHT: Brandon Triche (20) attempts to finish a drive at the rim over Michigan center Mitch McGary, who dominated the glass with 12 rebounds in a double-double performance. LEFT: Gerry McNamara despondently speaks with the media in the locker room after Syracuse’s season-ending loss. Behind him, fellow assistant coach Mike Hopkins dejectedly sits in disbelief inside a locker.