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Life lessons Former Microsoft executive

John Wood offered students advice at Tuesday’s inaugural Phanstiel Lecture. Page 3

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Funding denied Student Association was justified in denying funding for Rock The Dome and CitrusTV at Monday’s meeting. Page 5

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Circle of life Drama students win

The backbone While the No. 2 Syracuse women’s lacrosse

Orange Circle Award for their dedication to philanthropy. Page 9

team offense has been the main reason for its climb up the ranks, the Orange’s defense has been steadfast as well. Page 16

Student loan rates to double

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her classmates have come to appreciate the Creekwalk and are eager to spread the word.

“The Creekwalk is something that runs right through downtown Syracuse, so it’s so connected to us, especially since it runs right by The Warehouse, which is where the

Student loan interest rates will double July 1 for about eight million loan borrowers.

Each year, almost eight million lowand moderate-income students receive federally subsidized student loans, according to a March 13 U.S. Public Interest Research Group news release.

The interest rates are expected to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on new loans by the July deadline.

Kaye DeVesty, director of the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarship Programs at Syracuse University, said about 63 percent of SU undergraduates have borrowed under the Federal Direct Student Loan program.

“This is a loan administered and funded by the government to help eligible students pay for college,” DeVesty said in an email.

The average subsidized loan borrower would have $2,800 in increased student loan debt over a 10-year repayment term, according to the release.

The more money taken out, however, the larger the increased interest becomes. If the maximum amount of $23,000 is assumed, borrowers will experience a ballooned interest of an additional $5,000 over a 10-year repayment period and $11,000 over 20 years, according to the release.

“Bottom line, it costs more to borrow,” DeVesty said.

In March, college students delivered about 130,000 letters to Congress urging legislators to keep the interest rate at 3.4 percent, according to a March 20 Time magazine article.

In Washington, D.C., this has become a partisan issue.

President Barack Obama and other Democrats have urged Congress to extend the low rate and Rep. Joe Courtney of Connecticut has introduced legislation to stop the rate hike. Democrats predict it will cost the government $3 billion to keep the rate at 3.4 percent for one additional

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TOMMY PALASEK (14) stretches to knock the ball away from a Cornell player. Palasek and the No. 14 Orange played the No. 5 Big Red to a 3-3 tie at halftime, before unraveling in the second half and ultimately falling 12-6. Cornell outscored Syracuse 5-1 in the third quarter, winning 5-of-7 faceoffs and controlling possession for the majority of the frame. A Bobby Eilers score 2:25 into the fourth quarter cut SU’s deficit to 8-5, but the Big Red responded with a 4-1 run to close the game. With the loss, SU falls to 5-5 on the season. SEE PAGE 20

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Design students create Onondaga Creekwalk branding

By Casey Fabris STAFF WRITER

Students are using their creativity and design skills to revitalize the Onondaga Creekwalk.

The 38 students, all juniors in the communications design program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University,

have taken on the task of creating a campaign to give the Onondaga Creekwalk a facelift this semester in CMD 352: “Design Project Management.” The course is offered to students during the second semester of their junior year and is required for the major.

Students will present the final proj-

ect to Syracuse city officials at 10:30 a.m. April 18 at The Warehouse. The presentation is open to the public.

Daphnee Ochoa, branding group leader for the Creekwalk project, said the Creekwalk wasn’t something students talked about until this year, when they were assigned a project on it. Now, she said, she and

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Take Back the Night to hold march, rally at Hendricks

By Sarah Taddeo STAFF WRITER

The final event for the Advocacy Center’s Take Back the Night campaign will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Hendricks Chapel.

Take Back the Night is an international event for faculty, students and community members to speak out against interpersonal violence against all genders, races and ages.

Wednesday night’s event will include a free-of-charge rally, march and speak-out session.

Janet Epstein, director of the Advocacy Center, said Take Back the Night is an avenue for the student body to get involved in ending sexual violence on campus.

“Our student committee has really spearheaded these events,” Epstein said. “It comes from their understanding of sexual and relationship violence and prevention, and they formed this in a way that we hope will connect with other members of our community.”

More than one in four college women are victims of sexual abuse or assault every year, according to a U.S. Department of Justice report. The

“If somebody is being abused and other people know about it, there are ways that we can create an environment that doesn’t allow that abuse to go on.”

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Advocacy Center at Syracuse University is a place where students who have been abused or suspect abuse of a loved one can receive counseling and medical or legal assistance, Epstein said.

“People see these as private issues, but the reality is that it affects everyone,” Epstein said. “If somebody is being abused and other people know about it, there are ways that we can

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SU takes top honors at National Model United Nations conference

By Sarah Schuster STAFF WRITER

Delegates from the international relations program returned home victorious for the first time after a week at the National Model United Nations conference in New York City.

The conference was held at UN headquarters and simulated the tasks of UN officials to teach students what it means to actually be part of the organization. The students returned to Syracuse with an Outstanding Delegation award, the highest honor given at the conference, said Francine D’Amico, Syracuse University’s model UN faculty adviser and international relations professor.

She said last year’s SU delegates came home with a Distinguished Delegation award, and in years’ past they have gotten an honorable mention.

But this is the first year SU students have come home on top.

The 20 student delegates who attended the conference went through an intensive application process, D’Amico said. Each needed to be an international relations major, have a minimum 3.0 GPA and had to take previous IR classes to apply.

The selected students took a

three-credit course to prepare for the conference, D’Amico said. They studied the UN system and rules and procedures of the actual event. She said they also learned everything they could about the Republic of Gabon, the country they portrayed at the conference.

D’Amico said the win reflected the hard work they put in during class, which focused on public speaking.

On April 2, the students traveled to New York City, where they applied everything they learned during the

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National Model United Nations conferences work to address global concerns in a real-world context. The conferences address important regional conflicts, peacekeeping, human rights, economic and social development, and environmental issues. Student participants hope to gain a better understanding of the UN and build their skills in diplomacy. Conferences for 2012 took place in Washington, D.C., Xi’an, China, and New York City, where the Syracuse University students attended.

chase gaewski | staff photographer JOHN WOOD, former Microsoft executive and founder of Room to Read, spoke at the inaugural Phanstiel Lecture in Hendricks Chapel on Tuesday evening as part of Philanthropy Week at SU.

Philanthropist offers life lessons

By Nick Cardona STAFF WRITER

John Wood’s greatest piece of advice for students is to do things that scare them.

Wood put Philanthropy Week at Syracuse University in full swing with the inaugural Phanstiel Lecture, which featured Wood, founder of Room to Read, an organization aimed to help children in developing countries earn a fair education in an unfair society.

He spoke to a full audience Tuesday evening at Hendricks Chapel about his nonprofit organization and his goals for the next five to 10 years.

“Education is the issue that affects every other issue,” Wood said.

“We’re proud of what we’ve accomplished, but it’s not enough.”

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“It has a ripple effect on everything.”

Wood, a former executive at Microsoft, left the technology industry to chase his dream to build schools and libraries, and to transform the lives of millions of children.

Since Room to Read was founded in 2000, Wood and his group have built

more than 1,500 schools and 13,000 libraries, while influencing more than six million children.

“We’re proud of what we’ve accomplished, but it’s not enough,” he said.

Wood said his goal is to reach more than 10 million kids by the end of 2015, and he said he believes they are on the right track.

Wood gave students in the audience some advice about how to reach their goals and how to gain the success he believes everyone deserves.

He talked about his appearance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and said he was scared before going on because the previous guest did not

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Bradley speaks on American policy

By Jen Bundy STAFF WRITER

People filled every seat in Maxwell Auditorium on Tuesday night, overflowing into the aisles. All were waiting for the arrival of Bill Bradley, the inaugural speaker for the Tanner Lecture Series on Ethics, Citizenship and Public Responsibility.

Bradley stood out among the crowd with his immensely tall frame. A former NBA basketball player and New Jersey senator, Bradley spoke for more than an hour about the mounting obstacles America faces today in politics and the vital role of democracy.

James Steinberg, dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, introduced Bradley by listing off his wide range of accomplishments, including two NBA championships, a Rhodes Scholarship, a candidacy for president and three terms in Congress as a senator.

Steinberg said choosing Bradley as the inaugural speaker for the newly founded series was fitting due to his dedication to strengthening public responses and civic commitment, a mission the Maxwell School shares.

The lecture, described by Bradley as “informal,” was a collection of thoughts, ideas, opinions and stories

shared with the audience.

Bradley spoke of what he missed most about politics since leaving Congress in 1997. He said he missed not constantly being active in public policy.

“I miss the hopes, the fear, the dreams of the people — and sharing that,” Bradley said. To fill these voids, Bradley said, he writes books and conducts a Sirius XM Radio show called “American Voices,” which focuses on Americans’ stories of sacrifice and inspiration.

Bradley then discussed American politics and how it does not reflect

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We believe you are idealistic and in denial about the very world you live in. The reality is the ‘60s are gone, and women do not need to prove themselves quite so much anymore as the ball is already rolling in favor of women. There are more educated females in this generation than males at this point. More women are executives, political leaders and athletes than ever before. Women can be both the boss and attractive, and do not have to make any sacrifices to either condition.

What you have yet to learn: Has there ever been a human being who didn’t want to be attractive to another human being, male or female, ever? A man who is not attracted to a half-naked woman — or man, there is no difference — crawling toward him? It’s attractive and no one really even knows why. Whatever the case, who are you to tell us what we should be attracted to?

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LET TER TO THE EDITOR designed to take advantage of another’s “weaknesses”? This is a weakness men are not ashamed of and in fact publicly celebrate.

In our opinion, if you ask any woman, and they answer honestly, they will admit that they appreciate the attention, especially if it’s from someone they are attracted to. If evolution had not determined this aspect of our nature, you may not be here to make such a stink over a woman you don’t even know, in a paid advertisement. Off this logic, why are you not condemning Victoria’s Secret or protesting in front of movie theaters? Why are you not protesting Abercrombie and Fitch for plastering their walls with children in sexually suggestive poses?

This topic is sophomoric and cliché, at best.

There are so many other things to be angry and passionate about.

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Madonna’s return to top of charts revives pop-star feminist conversation

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here aren’t a lot of musicians or pop stars who can say they’ve achieved No. 1 albums in every decade since 1980, but Madonna joined the ranks last week.

Her most recent album, “MDNA,” now tops the Billboard Charts at No. 1. This marks Madonna’s eighth No. 1 album on the Billboard Top 200 chart.

Soft Skull Press published a collection of essays less than a month ago called “Madonna and Me.” It was written by female authors and edited by Laura Barcella. The essays explore the relevance of Madonna in relation to their feminist consciousness raising. The essays feature a range of topics, from early sexuality in young girls to religious influence, and even mentions the celebrity’s capitalist and materialist attitude embodied in her hit “Material Girl.”

While Madonna’s music and iconic significance has spanned multiple decades, my own understanding of her is limited to my few encounters related to Madonna in popular culture: her famous make-out session with Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears onstage at the 2003 MTV Music Awards; tabloid pictures in front of New York City Kabbalah centers; and watching the varsity squad dress up as “Material Girls” during summer cheerleading camps.

And yes, I’m going to avoid the conversation about how I was a cheerleader in high school.

Our generation is less familiar with Madonna and more aware of similar conversations around feminism and Lady Gaga. Some women claim Gaga is a positive depiction of females in the music industry and emulates progressive ideals that promote feminist issues. Others aren’t so fond of Gaga, some of the same critics who don’t associate Madonna with feminism, say Gaga embraces traditional sex appeal and doesn’t challenge patriarchal notions in the mainstream.

Emily Nussbaum contributed to “Madonna and Me” and also wrote an article for New York Magazine online about New York City’s Slutwalk in October. The article was called “The

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not a barbie girl Rebirth of the Feminist Manifesto: Come for the Lady Gaga, stay for the empowerment.” Nussbaum uses Gaga in her title in the same way she suggests Gaga is used in the contemporary feminist movement, a means of appealing to the general public and drawing individuals into more important conversations.

Gaga seems to be political in the same ways as Madonna, but she has a long way to go if she wants to catch up to the Queen of Pop’s influential status. Madonna’s record sales may not be what they once were — “MDNA” debuted at No. 1, then plummeted down 88 percent, from 379,000 copies to 46,000 — but she’s done her fair share of shifting public discourse around sexuality, religion and gender constructions.

The jury’s still out on whether Madonna and her actions are considered feminist, but “Madonna and Me” helps unpack the complexities that come along with a critical analysis of Madonna and forces readers to think twice before answering this question with a simple “yes” or “no.”

Jessica Valenti puts it best in the book’s foreword. She writes, “Maybe my ever-changing mind on Madonna and what she means for women and feminism is part of the point. …

Whether you think Madonna is an appropriator or an inspiration, perhaps what makes her so outstanding is that one person can mean something so different to so many people.”

Krystie Yandoli is a senior women and gender studies and English and textual studies major. Her column appears every Wednesday.

She can be reached at klyandol@syr.edu or followed on Twitter at @KrystieLYandoli.

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Romney withstands satirical comedy as campaign continues

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t’s been well observed fake news programs such as “The Colbert Report” or “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” are meant entirely for entertainment purposes. Both Stephen Colbert and Stewart reassure the audience they are just comedians, and it’s all for the laughs.

But political satire is social commentary that can only appeal to a politically aware audience. This audience appreciates jokes that are an exaggeration of a politician’s worst attributes.

While the programming has been surveyed and dismissed as legitimate news outlets, they hold another, more important function in the political playing field: deciding which politician is better by determining which satire is the least cringe-worthy.

After sweeping some primaries last week, and with Rick Santorum’s announcement Tuesday that he’s out of the campaign, Mitt Romney’s pretty much guaranteed himself the Republican nomination. Even with Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich persistent in continuing their campaigns despite their recent low polling numbers.

But many Republican elite still suspect Romney is too moderate to succeed against President Barack Obama in the general election. This attitude prompted one of Colbert’s characters — which he’s described as a “well intentioned, poorly informed, high status idiot” — to accept Mitt Romney as his candidate by exclaiming that he’s “Settled for it!”

If “settling” is the worst stab satiric writers can throw at Romney, then he’s in good shape. Late-night talk shows and sketch comedies have portrayed Romney as being robotic, nonconfrontational and just plain awkward.

Observe the trajectory of the “Saturday Night Live” cold open, with all Romney parodies played by Jason Sudeikis.

Scandal-free Romney, Nov. 19.

“You don’t hear much about me in the news because the other candidates like Herman Cain and Rick Perry are hogging all the headlines with sex

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scandals and whoops-a-daisies.”

Then, he questions a former female employee of his sexual harassment tendencies, saying, “So Debra, did I ever treat you in a way that might ever be considered as sexual harassment to some of those prudes out there?”

Debra responds: “You once said I was a sharp dresser.”

“Uh-oh, over the line!” says Sudeikis. “Keep me away from the ladies because I’m a real dog — bark, bark.”

Robot Romney, Feb. 11.

“You just caught me in my den, where I’m relaxing and not appearing ill at ease,” he said, commenting on Newt Gingrich’s poll results. He added, “Figure it out, Newt! People just don’t connect with you as a person. Fortunately, that’s not a problem I have.”

Awkward Romney, April 8.

A parody C-SPAN announces, “Following his primary victories last Tuesday, Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney made campaign stops in a dozen cities across the country, where he claimed to be interested — in things we know he is not interested in.”

If the spoofs portray Romney as an innocent, awkward robot — at least we can program a robot not to say stupid sh*t that discounts the separation of church and state.

With Santorum out we can finally look forward to an Obama vs. Romney campaign. We’ll see inexperience vs. robotics, Muslim vs. Mormon, black vs. white. And then whatever satire the comedies will throw our way, too.

Lauren Tousignant is a senior communications and rhetorical studies and writing major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at letousig@ syr.edu or followed on Twitter at @lauT1.

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SA correctly denies funding for UU, CitrusTV SA made the right decision to deny funding to both University Union and CitrusTV at Monday’s meeting.

UU wanted to hold the second Rock the Dome concert in the fall, but SA was uncertain about funding another large-scale UU event. CitrusTV officials missed their appointed meeting for a reason SA did not deem an extenuating circumstance, so they were also denied funding.

Having two large-scale events during the fall would overcrowd the semester. UU already holds Juice Jam in the fall, meaning Rock the Dome would have to be held toward the end of the fall semester and might interfere with sporting events, the university’s Orange Central plans and student

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If SA funded two large-scale UU events in one semester, the available programming funds would be dominated by UU. A much smaller amount of money would have to be dispersed among the rest of the campus organizations that use money for events. The first Rock the Dome concert was funded for UU by a separate, special allocation and was not part of the 2012 programming budget.

Having three large-scale events during the school year should become a tradition for students. It

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breaks up the school year nicely, gives students more events to look forward to and can appeal to a lot of different students on campus. SA and UU should collaborate and find a way to fund Rock the Dome outside the programming budget.

Last semester, it was highly publicized when Jerk magazine did not receive funding from SA. Jerk officials made a mistake when filling out the paperwork for funding and were denied by SA. This semester, CitrusTV officials made a mistake by missing their meeting and were also denied funding. They should have known better than to miss their meeting, especially in light of what happened to Jerk last semester.

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design students work 99 percent of the time,” Ochoa said. “Whenever they’re not sleeping at home, they’re at The Warehouse.”

William Padgett, professor of the CMD 352 course, said the class takes on one large, complex project for the semester and divides the students into various groups. The students then complete and pitch a project to the client, like they will do after graduation when they work at professional design firms.

“It’s perfect timing because it’s the middle of their time with us,” Padgett said. “It’s junior year, it’s second semester, they’ve got a lot of things under their belt and next year’s their senior year, and they’re pretty much getting ready to go out and go to any design firm in the world.”

Padgett and Rod Martinez, another professor of the class, pitched the project to city officials after seeing an article in the newspaper about how the city had taken steps to improve the

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year. In opposition, Republicans are in favor of doubling the rate and say it would cost the government nearly $7 billion to keep the rate down, according to the article.

Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of FinAid.org, estimated the cost at $5.6 billion for one year, according to the article.

Congress’ tight budget makes it difficult to

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class at the actual conference.

“The hardest part was being able to communicate with people not from the same place as your own and finding common ground,” D’Amico said. “It’s the same as the real UN.”

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create an environment that doesn’t allow that abuse to go on.”

The rally at Hendricks Chapel will feature keynote speaker Tiffany Braley, LGBT outreach coordinator at Vera House in Syracuse. After the rally, there will be a march on Marshall Street. The speak-out session will be held at Hendricks as well, and it give students a private place to express how

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get along too well with Winfrey. Wood went on anyway to promote his book, and Winfrey, as a result, donated three million dollars to Room to Read — one of the biggest donations in its history.

His other piece of advice was not to be afraid to ask for help. He talked about his run-ins with CEOs of major companies, asking for their frequent flier miles so he could travel around the world for free.

Martin-Abdul Davis, a senior finance and marketing major and president of Alpha Phi Alpha at SU, said he and his fraternity have donated more than $25,000 in the past three years to charities to benefit the local community. That effort, Davis said, resonates with Wood’s message of not being afraid to

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area, but needed to improve the creek’s brand, Padgett said.

Padgett said the class originally focused on magazine design, but in the ‘90s it evolved into a project management class. The class first did projects on programs within the university

and then moved to nonprofit projects. In recent years, however, the professors have chosen forprofit projects. Padgett said the client puts up money to sponsor the class.

The professors chose to take on for-profit clients

because they felt it made the clients more accountable and involved in the process, Padgett said.

“They were really engaged because they obviously are paying for something. It’s not the going rate at any kind of design firm. It’s a small fraction of that, but all it does is really makes them involved,” he said.

Katja Andersson, public relations group leader for the project, said the goal is to improve citizens’ perceptions of the Creekwalk. She said they hoped to promote the creek as a social space for families and nature lovers.

“Even if we’re the kids up on the hill, … I still think we know we can make a difference, especially with our design skills,” Andersson said.

As public relations group leader, Andersson said it is up to her to make sure there is a good turnout for the final presentation that will take place April 18. Andersson and her team have been reaching out to local newspapers, radio and TV stations, and embracing social media such as Facebook and Twitter to get the word out.

Rachel Renock, digital design group leader,

said the students usually design for themselves, and are, for the most part, able to design whatever they see fit. She said she felt it was beneficial to experience the practicality of a real campaign.

The digital design group has focused on creating a new Web page for the Creekwalk, an application and a QR code scanning system, which will allow visitors to scan a code that will lead them to additional information that coincides with signs along the Creekwalk, Renock said.

Although she and her classmates are working for a client and must meet their needs, Renock said city officials have given the students a significant amount of freedom with the project. She said she hopes the city will implement as much of their work as funds permit.

“That’s been really cool and interesting because you always think in school, ‘This is my time to be as creative as I possibly can because when I get to the real world they’re going to tell me to tone it down,’” she said. “But they really haven’t. They’ve let us make a lot of creative decisions.”

cover the costs of interest-rate reduction.

At first, the doubling of the interest rate seems very negative, as students are graduating with a record-high average debt of $25,000 and the total outstanding student loan debt is expected to top $1 trillion this year, according to the article.

The 3.4 percent current interest rate, however, has only been in effect for one year, according to the article. The rate deduction plan was passed by Congress in 2007 as the College Cost Reduction and Access Act. Since the passing, the interest rate on subsidized loans fell until it

reached 3.4 percent this year. This is the same year the act is set to expire.

Also, an interest rate of 6.8 percent is still fairly low, as private student loans average 9 to 11 percent interest rates, according to the article.

If the government decides to contribute the billions needed to keep the interest rates low, legislators will likely be forced to cut spending elsewhere, according to the article.

Though DeVesty said the loan is still excellent in many respects, she would like to see the interest rate remain at 3.4 percent.

Dee Lockett, a senior communications and rhetorical studies and English and textual studies major, said she feels the hike is quite negative for students. She said the loans she applied for to attend SU amounted to a large sum, so a higher interest rate will only make it more difficult to pay back.

Lockett, a contributing writer to The Daily Orange, said she applied to graduate school to defer her loans further. She said she had to take out another loan to attend graduate school.

Said Lockett: “This is not reassuring at all.”

A lot of students had previous experience with model UN in high school. This, along with good team rapport and support, D’Amico said, allowed the students to be successful.

At the conference, sessions were held from early in the morning to almost 10:30 p.m.

D’Amico said the students often worked into the night writing resolutions reports.

Michele Cantos, a senior international rela-

tions and public relations major, said it was her first Model UN conference, and she was honored to be part of this year’s delegation.

“The experience allowed me to see diplomacy in action,” she said in an email. “The best part of this conference was meeting students from all over the world and hearing so many languages being spoken.”

Along with the overall outstanding award,

Nicholas Iaquinto and Zachary Jutcovich received honors for having the best position paper, and Ivan Bakin and Kyra Murphy won Best Delegates in Security Council.

“They worked really hard. It’s really a grueling week,” D’Amico said. “It was impressive to see them take the work very seriously. It wasn’t a game.”

sexual or relationship violence has affected them personally. All students are welcome to the events.

The Advocacy Center tabled in Schine Student Center on Monday and Tuesday, Epstein said.

Students came by and added their handprints to the Hands Against Violence fabric. This project consists of a piece of fabric covered in handprints and signed names, with each hand representing a promise to not participate in sexual violence.

A Men’s Issue, a student organization affiliated with the Advocacy Center, also held its third annual “Breaking the Silence to Stop

Violence” event in Schine on Tuesday.

“That event brings together groups from campus to perform around the theme of bringing people together to prevent violence,” Epstein said.

The exact time of origin of Take Back the Night is unknown, but Epstein said she got involved when students approached the Advocacy Center, then known as the R.A.P.E. Center, in 2002 and asked for sponsorship for Take Back the Night events at SU. “We made a pledge to these students that we would keep the project going after they gradu-

ated,” Epstein said. “That first year we had 60 students attend, and this last year we had 1,500.”

Epstein said she hopes to fill Hendricks Chapel again at this year’s event.

“It is up to all of us to create a community that doesn’t tolerate sexual and relationship violence, but instead models respect,” Epstein said of the motives behind Take Back the Night.

“This event brings large groups of people together to say that if we all work together we can really make change.”

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the heavy involvement of money in politics puts their future at risk, Bradley said.

“Where would we be without government?”

Bradley asked, listing off services the government provides, including the construction of roads, and the service of the weather bureau.

He said citizens who distrust the government and advocate for drastically rolling back government, such as Tea Party members, are “detached from reality.”

Though Bradley said he values the role of government, he also emphasized the need for accountability, responsibility and practically.

He said the debt crisis must be handled with a combination of tax increases, spending cuts and reforming of Social Security and Medicare.

Said Bradley: “Once we gain control of our government, we can move on in the 21st century as what we were, even more, in the 20 th century.”

“Even if we’re the kids up on the hill, … I still think we know we can make a difference, especially with our design skills.”

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Duane Ford, a freshman policy studies major, said people should only invest their time and effort if the group of people they are helping are willing to do it themselves.

Wood’s last piece of advice came from one of his mentors, who told him, “Whatever you do, it’s going to be difficult, but you should do it anyways.” nrcardon@syr.edu

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the strongest aspects of society. The biggest reason, Bradley said, is simply money.

The Supreme Court decisions in 1972 and 2010 that overturned regulations on campaign contributions as a hindrance on free speech allowed special interest groups to funnel millions into politics, he said. The notion that a corporation can be legally defined as a person is something Bradley said he strongly objects.

“I’ll believe a corporation is a person when a corporation gets married,” he said.

This dominant role that money plays in politics, Bradley said, is a direct result of a few public policy mistakes in the past decades regarding the deregulation of the financial market and the repeal of campaign finance laws.

All American citizens need to realize that

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Syracuse Say Yes to Education opens its first-ever center to help students through college process

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yracuse Say Yes to Education provided financial aid guidance to Syracuse City School District students and parents for the first time Saturday.

Say Yes opened its Financial Aid Counseling Center on Saturday and will hold counseling sessions from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. every Saturday until Sept. 8, with the exceptions of May 26, July 7 and Sept. 1, said Pat Driscoll, director of operations for Syracuse Say Yes. Driscoll said the counseling center is open to all Syracuse City School District seniors, parents and recent graduates. The center provides students and parents with access to professional financial aid counselors that can help them navigate through college financial aid applications and better understand the financial pack-

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ages that they receive from colleges.

Counselors help students and parents fill out forms such as the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the New York State Tuition Assistance Program application and the College Scholarship Service Financial Aid Profile, Driscoll said. The counselors are also available to help families understand their student loan agreements before they sign paperwork.

“As any college student or parent knows, the financial aid forms that have to be filled out for colleges can be somewhat complicated, so we thought it only made sense to provide assistance to parents and students in the city’s school district,” Driscoll said.

Susan Dutch, director of marketing and communications for Syracuse Say Yes, said the organization decided to provide the counseling to the school district because of the popularity of the Say Yes to Education scholarship and grant programs.

Say Yes offers a variety of grant opportunities, including the Say Yes Opportunity Grant and the Say Yes Choice Grant, that provide financial assistance to college students who have attended at least three years of school in the Syracuse City School District.

“Our college scholarship program gained so much popularity that it was more than evident that the financial burdens of college were of concern to the school district’s students and their parents,” Dutch said. “It just seemed necessary to start up a program to try to help them further with their college finances.”

Dutch said she thinks it’s important to help students and their families gain full knowledge of the financial aid process, including the resources available to students and their responsibility to pay back what they’ve borrowed after graduation.

Nearly two-thirds of student loan borrowers in the United States misunderstood or were surprised by details of the loan process, and when asked about the monthly repayment, 20 percent acknowledged that the amount was unexpected, according to an April 2 Chicago Tribune article.

Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of the FinAid. org website, said in the article that the repayment process is often not laid out clearly for students in their financial aid award letters.

“Many students will sign whatever piece of paper is put in front of them,” Kantrowitz said.

“They figure that they’ll figure out how to pay back the debt after they graduate. But the time to minimize student loan debt is before you incur the debt, not afterward.” adhitzle@syr.edu

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stacie fanelli | asst. photo editor ANGELA ROBINSON, 1978 SU alumna, received a trophy at Tuesday’s Orange Circle Awards. Robinson hosts In Contact, a public affairs show based in Atlanta.

Give and take

Charitable members of SU community honored at Orange Circle Awards, extend advice to student body

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By Anthony Reyes CONTRIBUTING WRITER

he audience roared from all sides of the room as three Syracuse University alumni and one Drama Department professor strode to the stage to receive a glass award from Chancellor Nancy Cantor.

In the Regency Ballroom of the Sheraton University Hotel and Conference Center on Tuesday afternoon, 2003 alumnus Mark Klein called up each winner to the stage.

Klein, one of last year’s winners, described them as “incredible individuals who have selflessly given to the community.”

The trophies, known as the Orange

Circle Awards, have been given out since 2009. The event was part of the university’s second Philanthropy Week, which raises awareness about the importance of giving back to SU and recognizes those who support SU through generous donations, according to a SU News release. Each year, one student group and three university alumni who have contributed to their communities receive the awards.

The three alumni who received the award this year were 1966 alumnus Eric Mower, who runs his own communications firm; 1966 alumna Judith Mower, who contributes to businesses and civic organizations across

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Explore methods of staying healthy during allergy season

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llergies make hot days into hot messes. Streaming eyes and running noses are unattractive and annoying, but there are ways to sidestep embarrassing symptoms.

And there’s no better place to look for advice on preventing the sniffles than Nick Jr. Dora the Explorer doesn’t

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just do it

just explore anymore. Apply her problem-solving strategies to allergy management and you’ll laugh all the way through the pollen-drenched Quad.

Before I reveal “The Dora Method,” what exactly are allergies?

Claritin’s website defines them as “a sensitivity of your immune system to something that is ordinarily harm-

less.” The medical term for allergy symptoms is allergic rhinitis.

Here’s the simple four-step guide to deal with allergies the Dora way.

STEP 1: IDENTIFY WHETHER YOU HAVE A CHRONIC ALLERGY

Method: Pet Boots the Monkey Boots is a cute monkey sidekick, but more significantly, he is one

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the country and in Europe; and 1978 alumna Angela Robinson, who hosts In Contact, the only public affairs show in Atlanta that addresses topics from an African-American perspective.

The student group that won this year’s award was All Star C.A.S.T., or Community Actors & Students’ Theater, a program that pairs SU students with students from the community with special needs, fueling their passion for theater.

The group’s faculty adviser and drama professor Elizabeth Ingram accepted the award for the group. In her speech, Ingram acknowledged the joys children with special needs have when collaborating creatively with SU students.

“Twenty-one years later, we have four different theater groups, and we have created theater in a safe, nonjudgmental environment,” she said proudly with a smile.

Ingram also talked about her daughter, who was born with Down syndrome. Moving from England to Syracuse, Ingram decided to start a theater company, and her daughter suggested that students with disabilities should be a major component of the program.

A video played in the ballroom, briefly highlighting the accomplishments of each winner.

One colleague of the Mowers said in the video: “It is a privilege to be in Syracuse because of the Mowers.”

Robertson received praise as a force of nature bringing people to a common goal. Of the All-Star C.A.S.T., one person expressed that everyone takes joy in seeing those who are perceived as less intelligent knock down any preconceptions.

After the presentation, the room opened up for to a conversation with the audience and many student attendees participated. All winners explained the effect the university had on their lives and answered questions about how students can also give back to the community and make a difference.

Before the awards were distributed, the attendees enjoyed a luncheon, talking with one another and enjoying a gourmet Asian chicken salad with egg rolls on the side.

While eating, the crowd discussed two topics: their greatest accomplishment at SU and how they hope to stay connected as part of the SU community. The dining tables were decorated with

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orange napkins and tablecloths, and everyone was given custom-made fortune cookies, containing inspirational messages for the attendees.

Robinson talked about her efforts of expanding knowledge and interest in SU in her hometown of Atlanta.

“You don’t ever want the best and the brightest students to wear a sweatshirt from another school,” she said.

Stressing the importance of service to the community, she advised students to put their best efforts in whatever they may undertake in the future.

“Just run with it,” she said. “The best part of it all is being fulfilled.”

The Mowers, the 1966 alumni who received the award during the ceremony, talked about their contributions to both SU and the Syracuse community. They said they could never repay back the university for all that it has done for them. The two encouraged students to build their social intelligence, reminding them that many opportunities are available to them.

“We are sending unique graduates into the world. We’re not a label or a cookie-cutter school,” Eric Mower said proudly.

The recipients received a large ovation from the audience at the end of the reception. Many students stayed behind to interact further with

PHILANTHROPY WEEK EVENTS

Thank-a-Donor Day

Thursday This event reminds students to thank donors for their gifts extending the semester. Without donors, tuition would run out on Thursday, 29 days before the end of spring semester. Students are encouraged to send a few words of thanks to thankyou@syr.edu.

Class of 2012

Thursday, 5-7 p.m.

Club 4.4, Carrier Dome Seniors who have made gifts to the 2012 Senior Class Giving Campaign are invited to this event Thursday night. It offers behind-the-scene tours of the Carrier Dome and the opportunity to relax in the exclusive VIP lounge in the Dome.

Philanthropy Week is sponsored by the Division of Advancement and External Affairs.

“We are sending unique graduates into the world.

We’re not a label or a cookie-cutter school.”

Eric Mower

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the winners.

Student Association President Dylan Lustig serves on the Student Philanthropy Council and applauded this year’s winners.

“I always think of an SU alum as someone who gives back to the community and makes a huge impact,” said Lustig, a sophomore international relations and economics major. “I think the winners are a testament to the SU alumni network.” ajreye01@syr.edu

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furry primate. Claritin’s website warns pet fur is a huge cause of perennial, or chronic, rhinitis. Chronic rhinitis causes year-round discomfort and can also be caused by dust spores, mold and cockroaches. Symptoms include sneezing, clear nasal discharge, congestion and an itchy throat. If rubbing up to animals like Boots makes you itch, skip to Step 4.

STEP 2: IDENTIFY WHETHER YOU HAVE A SEASONAL ALLERGY

Method: Hang out with Isa the Iguana If you aren’t familiar with Dora and her pals, Isa the Iguana loves to chill in the garden.

But gardens are grassy hell for those suffering from seasonal allergic rhinitis, or what Pollen. com calls “hay fever.” If you only suffer from allergies in the spring, your immune system is reacting to the seasonal specific pollination system of trees, plants or weeds, according to Claritin’s website.

Ragweed is present in grassy areas on campus and fields that run alongside highways. It can cause nasty allergies, something sophomore biology major Stephen Krachie knows about.

“Usually, my allergies are the worst in the winter,” he said. “The South Campus apartments with the ragweed, grass, the heating and the mold, it’s ridiculous.”

Ragweed is particularly vicious in the late summer and fall, while tree pollen is worse through spring and summer, Nasonex’s website warns.

STEP 3: CHECK OUT POLLEN LEVELS

Method: Borrow Dora’s map If you can’t get hold of Dora’s map, Claritin, Nasonex and many news sites have five-day

regional pollen forecasts available. The pollen count is measured in grains of pollen per cubic meter over a 24-hour period, according to Pollen.com. The higher the pollen count, the worse the symptoms are. Pollen levels peak in the morning and are low after rainfall.

STEP 4: FIGHT BACK

Method: Fill Dora’s bottomless backpack with allergy fighting goodies.

Dora is never without her backpack, so she’s always armed with these pollen-fighting tricks.

1) Avoidance: My brother Andrew tried and failed to avoid grass pollen while playing a 36-hole round of golf. Avoiding grass is difficult, and you may become a hermit in the process. Avoiding animals is easier. Krachie is allergic to cats, so he doesn’t have one. Simple.

2) Medication: Tablets, liquid capsules and nasal sprays are readily available. Claritin’s site has an allergy quiz that recommends medications specifically related to your symptoms and allergy type. WebMD warns that medications may cause drowsiness, so check the label.

3) Shampoo: Cleanliness is a must, as hair makes the perfect home for pesky pollen spores. The Claritin site recommends washing your hair, body and clothes daily, as well as covering ventilation systems to stop spores creeping into your house.

Equipped with the wisdom of a 6-year-old Nickelodeon character, you now have the power to fight against allergies. Go play in the woods, but watch out for Swiper the Fox. He might make you itch, and he’s after your backpack.

Iona Holloway is a magazine journalism and psychology dual major. Her column appears every Wednesday. She thinks Dora’s haircut is a sensible pollen fighting precaution.

She can be reached at ijhollow@syr.edu.

KANE BREWING CO.

Driving through central New Jersey warrants a stop at Kane Brewing Co. in Ocean Township in coastal Monmouth County.

Founder Michael Kane launched the brewery in August 2011.Garnering respect in the craft beer community, it received praise as a top new brewery in the January 2012 issue of Beer Advocate magazine. The brewery focuses on American-style and Belgian-influenced beers entirely self-distributed on draught to restaurants and bars around coastal and northern New Jersey. Its first bottled brew, a Belgian strong ale, is in the works.

The brewing happens in a 5,000-square-foot warehouse using a two-vessel system yielding 20 barrels per batch. Kane imports German and English malted barley that’s milled in a separate room to keep airborne grain particles from entering the beer during fermentation. Using three 40-barrel fermenting tanks, the brewery creates 1,200 gallons of beer at a time.

Head High 5/5

India Pale Ale, 6.5 percent alcohol, ~60 IBU (International Bitterness Units) A West Coast-style IPA, it’s full of flavor with a color lighter and a taste drier than many other American-style IPAs. It smells specifically like grapefruit. The flavor starts with citrus followed by more floral hop notes. It has a mild biscuity malt flavor that helps balance the beer.

Afterglow 4/5

Rye Pale Ale, 5.5 percent alcohol, ~50 IBU This ale has a grainy rye smell mixed with a piney hop presence on the nose and taste. Well balanced and flavorful, it is buttery from the rye. This beer trumps Sierra Nevada’s Ruthless Rye as a more complex and higher-quality product.

Overhead 4.5/5

Imperial IPA, 8 percent alcohol, 100+ IBU This seasonal release is a defining example of the style. Overhead smells strongly of citrus and tastes hoppy, with notes of grapefruit and orange rind. Its finish is strong and bitter. Many Imperial IPAs aren’t as balanced because existent malt presence doesn’t fully counterbalance the lingering bitterness after each sip.

Kane currently brews Head High and Afterglow year-round, along with seasonal and limited releases that are brewed in smaller batches regularly. A visit to this brewery is a must for anyone in the tri-state area.

—Compiled by Lucas Sacks, staff writer, ldsacks@syr.edu

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other’s Cupboard Fish Fry & Diner looks so tiny that we nearly drove past it Saturday afternoon after hopping in the car in search of brunch.

The restaurant captures the “classic diner feel.”

The fairly brusque service and a casual atmosphere feel secondary compared to the main event — the food.

Mother’s Cupboard’s claim to national fame came two years ago when Adam Richman of Food Network’s “Man vs. Food” stopped in to take the Whole Frittata Challenge, in which the restaurant dares customers to try to finish an entire frittata.

That’s six pounds of meat, vegetables and eggs. I knew I had to try it.

“I’ll have the frittata, please,” I told the waitress.

“Half?” she asked.

“Nope, whole.”

I swear she smirked.

“And I’ll get it with cheese.”

Ha. I’d show her.

Several of my dining partners gave me pep talks.

We all agreed that getting the free T-shirt bestowed upon all those capable of finishing the frittata would be pretty freaking cool.

We tossed around different strategies. Eat quickly so that my stomach wouldn’t have time to realize how full it was. Stop drinking my steaming mug of coffee; an empty stomach was key. Approach the meal with a “can do” attitude; if I decided to force myself to finish, I couldn’t fail.

A few fist bumps and a couple of “Rocky”-esque shoulder rubs later, and I felt confident about my ability to polish off the heftiest of plates.

Then I saw the frittata. It was massive. A waitress brought the giant portion to a table of gentlemen in front of us, and I coolly scoped out who would be my frittata-eating competition. She placed it in front of a sturdy looking fellow with his back to me, and I admitted his odds of conquering the plate were better than mine. To my horror, the waitress placed about three more empty plates around the table in front of his companions. They planned to all share one frittata. Gulp.

My confidence momentarily waned, but managed to kick back into high gear with the encouragement of my friends. When the frittata eventually arrived, my mouth gaped.

The meal’s makeup: one pound of potatoes, four eggs and enough bell peppers, onions, pepperoni, Italian

Mother’s Cupboard’s 6-pound frittata makes challengers go big or go home with leftovers

sausage and broccoli to bring the frittata to a whopping six pounds. On top, two pieces of toasted Italian bread gleamed gold with butter.

The heap thickened in the middle, so I decided to employ a tunneling technique, attacking the center with a ravenous ferocity. Each bite tasted delicious. The pepperoni in particular added a divine saltiness, and the broccoli snapped in my mouth. The hunks of potato were so hot I nearly had to spit out a few bites with a burned tongue.

About 15 minutes into the meal, everything still tasted amazing, but I realized that a little goal adjustment was necessary: All I wanted was to wolf down enough of the frittata that at least part of the white plate underneath could shine through. All ambitions of finishing dashed away.

After 30 minutes, I felt close to the point of gastronomical explosion. My eyes glazed over, and I no longer participated in the conversations going on around me.

With each new bite, my stomach swelled. And I still couldn’t see any of the plate underneath the mound.

40 minutes of valiant eating effort later, I had to call it quits or risk releasing all of the consumed frittata back to its original place.

Our waitress sauntered over with to-go containers.

When I filled mine up, excess food spilled over the sides. Looking at the loaded container, you would have thought I didn’t eat anything at all.

Although I didn’t leave Mother’s Cupboard with a free T-shirt or bragging rights, I did gain a silly memory, a full stomach and leftovers to last me into next week. jidonfro@syr.edu

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Taste: 5 The frittata tastes delicious. Enough said.

Presentation: 2 Predictably, a whole mess of meat, vegetables, eggs, and potatoes slopped together doesn’t look too pretty.

Price: 4.5 Although the price of the whole frittata feels a little steep, you’ve got to bear in mind that you’re going to have lots of leftovers.

stacie fanelli | asst. photo editor Mother’s Cupboard, a Syracuse landmark, is famous for its hefty, filling dishes like the Whole Frittata, which is packed with six pounds of eggs, vegetables, meat and potatoes. The diner also serves gigantic pancakes.

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By Ryne Gery and Andrew Tredinnick THE DAILY ORANGE

ITHACA — Bobby Wardwell knows there is definite room for improvement.

The freshman goaltender showed flashes of brilliance in net, holding Cornell scoreless in the second quarter, but there were also some moments he wishes he could have back.

“I feel pretty comfortable, like I said, I was still pretty nervous, but I thought I settled in a little bit in the second quarter,” Wardwell said. “I just need to come out and play a full 60 minutes.”

In Wardwell’s second career start, he made 12 saves in an up-and-down performance between the pipes. The effort was highlighted by five vital saves in the second quarter that allowed the Orange to carry a 3-3 tie into the break. But he struggled in the second half, yielding nine goals on 15 shots.

His performance was confounded by SU’s lack of possession throughout the game. The Big Red hounded the Syracuse goaltender from the opening whistle, ripping 46 shots throughout the game while also having a 39-23 groundball pick-up margin.

“I know I got a little tired, and I’m sure the defense got a little tired,” Wardwell said. “I don’t know how long they possessed the ball for in the second and first half, but they were on offense a lot, so I think the just wore us down one by one.”

In the second quarter, Wardwell responded flawlessly to the flurry of Big Red chances. He

made two huge saves on the doorstep on shots by Matt Donovan and Roy Lang, and then he made two big saves on outside shots.

Late in the game, Cornell broke the barrier and the shots began to fall.

Wardwell struggled in the clearing game, committing a costly turnover that resulted in a goal to put the Big Red up by four late in the third quarter.

SU head coach John Desko said he still saw definite room for growth from the freshman.

“I think Bob did a good job,” Desko said. “I thought he forced it a couple times in clearing situations to give them some easy goals, but I thought he saw the ball pretty well, made some good saves.”

Lang dominates on both ends of field Desko marveled at Roy Lang on film. He saw a player who carried the load for Cornell on offense and defense while also playing the wing on faceoffs and in man-down situations.

On Monday, Desko spoke glowingly about the Cornell midfielder, singling out “No. 48” as a key matchup for his team heading into its game against the Big Red. On Tuesday, Desko acknowledged Lang again, this time after he burned the Orange for three goals.

“We had so much focus on Lang in transition going from defense to offense, and for him to get those early goals are disappointing,” Desko said. “And we found ourselves playing catch up the rest of the way.”

andrew renneisen | staff photographer (CENTER) BOBBY WARDWELL attempts to save a shot in Syracuse’s 12-6 loss to Cornell on Tuesday. The freshman, in his second career start, came up with 12 saves.

Lang keyed a blowout 12-6 victory for Cornell, scoring three goals while also controlling possession for the Big Red with his physical 6-foot-3, 205-pound frame. He got the Big Red on the board first in the opening frame and then added the first two goals of the second half to break the game open for his team. Soon, the rest of the Cornell attack came to life, and the Orange’s defense couldn’t contain it.

Lang made his presence felt almost immediately, beating SU defender Joe Fazio on a drive toward the net and absorbing a hit from Matt Harris as he sent a shot high into the back of the net.

After remaining relatively quiet the rest of the half, he scored again after controlling a faceoff just 20 seconds into the third quarter.

Less than three minutes later, Lang blistered a shot into the goal that left SU defender Brian

Megill standing with his hands on his hips as he watched the replay.

Defensively, he also drilled SU midfielder Drew Jenkins along the crease as he waited to receive a pass from Tommy Palasek with the Orange trailing 6-3 in the third quarter.

His all-around performance left an impression on Desko that matched the one he noticed on film leading up to the game.

“We were focused on Lang in transition going from defense to offense. I think offense, they’re pretty balanced, they share the ball pretty well,” Desko said. “… They dodged us a couple times in the zone and that hurt us. But we had to slow them just because they had so many offensive possessions for so long a time.” rjgery@syr.edu adtredin@syr.edu

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By Jacob Klinger STAFF WRITER

The math is simple. Sixty-four teams make the NCAA tournament. Syracuse is currently ranked No. 57.

With potentially backbreaking away matches at Georgetown and Seton Hall this weekend, Syracuse’s postseason is in the balance. Yet the team remains unfazed.

“Right now we’re just treating it as another match, which we always treat as a tournament match anyway,” senior Emily Harman said. “I think the team’s ready to roll.”

The Orange (12-4, 5-1 Big East) is set to travel with a lean squad of six players, as Alessondra Parra (toe) and Aleah Marrow (concussion) were not cleared to compete. SU will also be playing its first match outside since losing to South Florida on Jan. 14. But with two conference matches remaining against the Hoyas on Friday at 1 p.m. and Pirates on Sunday at 3 p.m. heading into the Big East tournament, the team feels ready.

Especially since the injuries are nothing new.

“This whole season has been about adversity,” head coach Luke Jensen said. “I definitely know from day one we haven’t had everybody on the team at the same time 100 percent healthy.

Something has always been injured.”

The six cleared players who will travel to Washington, D.C., Friday are suffering from nagging injuries themselves. And while the grinding nature of the sport makes such lingering knocks far from unusual, the severity of the injuries currently striking the program

is an anomaly.

In the past two seasons, none of the Orange’s players have gone down due to injury, Jensen said. Unlike those years, though, this team has depth to make up for the losses.

Every healthy player has started and won singles matches this season, including walkon Jimena Wu, a player Jensen said could

“Right now we’re just treating it as another match, which we always treat as a tournament match anyway. I think the team’s ready to roll.”

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compete at No. 1 singles. At Tuesday’s practice she played a set with SU’s No. 1, Emily Harman.

Wu, a natural baseliner whose three singles starts this season have come at No. 6 singles, provides a stark contrast to Harman’s all-action serve and volley game. At one point, a deep forehand from Wu produced a rare net error from the closing Harman.

Though the wind at Skytop Tennis Complex played with the team’s shots, the whole team struck the ball cleanly, moving their teammates around the court as they prepared for the cru-

cial upcoming weekend.

“I just like the way they’re striking the ball, I like the way they’re moving and I just like their confidence right now,” Jensen said. “They should be confident. They’ve earned a really nice season so far, so they’re ready to get after it again.”

The absences of Parra and Marrow will test the team. All six traveling players will be forced to play both singles and doubles while shaking off three weeks’ worth of rust.

Jensen expects his players to improve throughout the weekend as they get re-acclimated to competing against someone other than their teammates.

The players aren’t concerned.

“I think we’re all good enough tennis players now that taking two weeks off and not playing a match isn’t going to be too effective,” freshman Komal Safdar said. “… I really don’t think it makes a big difference in the end. That first match we’ll be ready, we’re prepared.”

Jensen said he hopes his injured players will be cleared before next week’s Big East tournament. Yet in his mind, the tournament starts Friday at 1 p.m. against Georgetown.

With national and Big East championships as the team’s stated goals, the team must work through its mini-injury crisis and rest before next Friday’s Big East quarterfinals.

Anything short of two wins and a semifinal appearance in the Big East will likely bring SU’s season to a close.

Sophomore Maddie Kobelt, like the rest of her teammates, isn’t letting the magnitude of

the occasion bother her.

“The whole season and everything has been ‘on the line’ for every sport, for every team, so, you know, I think if we just go in, you know keep our heads strong and keep the focus on really what we’re trying to do out there, then we’ll be fine.” jmklinge@syr.edu

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Defense quietly putting together dominating season

By David Wilson STAFF WRITER

The potent offensive duo of Michelle Tumolo and Alyssa Murray has garnered attention all season long for Syracuse. Both of the attacks have been named Big East Offensive Player of the Week once this season and have combined for more than 100 points.

On the other end of the field, the Orange defense has been quietly toiling away. The unit

“I think our defense took that as a challenge and said, ‘We’re a solid core.

We’ve got a great defense.

And we can prove it to you.’ And they did.”

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has been focused on winning games and keeping that defender’s mentality of doing whatever it takes to do just that.

“It’s certainly gratifying for them to step up,” SU head coach Gary Gait said.

The Orange defense has held firm since the

start of the season. SU hasn’t allowed more than 12 goals in a single game. The defense’s stellar season-long performance reached its peak Monday as No. 2 Syracuse held No. 6 Dartmouth to just four goals, breaking its previous best of six goals allowed March 31 against Harvard in Foxborough, Mass.

But the Crimson was unranked. The Big Green is among the best teams in the nation.

“It was definitely a huge win for us,” SU defender Becca Block said. “I think we really got the win together as a whole team, which feels good. We made a statement.”

In that victory, the Orange defense stole the show from the Big Green’s vaunted defense.

Before allowing 22 goals to the Syracuse offense, Dartmouth allowed just 8.89 goals per game, 11th fewest in the nation. The Orange’s wasn’t far behind, as the 14th best scoring defense in the country, but SU’s top-20 offense has diverted attention away from that.

The Big Green’s reputation as the defensive powerhouse added a little bit of extra motivation for the talented Syracuse defense.

“I think our defense took that as a challenge and said, ‘We’re a solid core,’” Gait said. “‘We’ve got a great defense. And we can prove it to you.’

And they did.”

The Orange defense has been at its best when it has received help from the offense. During a 15-10 victory over Rutgers on April 7, SU attack

ankur patankar | presentation director BECCA BLOCK (33) has helped lead a stout defensive effort for No. 2 SU this season.

Through 11 games, Block has a team-high 14 ground balls and six caused turnovers.

Michelle Tumolo felt the offense failed to possess the ball as well as it would’ve liked.

The struggles to control the ball led to a 10-goal outing from the unranked Scarlet Knights, just the fifth time Syracuse allowed as many goals this season and the first time against an unranked team.

On Monday, that was fixed. With the Orange

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After winning three games in five days, Syracuse has five days off before returning to action against yet another ranked team in No. 11 Georgetown. The Hoyas provide one of three ranked tests left for the Orange. No. 17 Cornell, which SU will play three days later, and No. 12 Loyola (Md.) are the other two. Syracuse has lost three straight regular-season matchups to the Hoyas, including an 11-10 four-overtime thriller in 2009. But only four players remain with the Orange from that season, including defensive anchors Janelle Stegeland and Jill Cammett.

holding a double-digit halftime lead against Dartmouth, the final 30 minutes were played with a running clock.

The running clock combined with Syracuse’s ability to extend possessions and win the majority of second-half draws to hold Big Green to just six shots in the second half.

“Last game against Rutgers we didn’t do it so well, so we definitely took that and wanted to change that and do better,” Tumolo said. “And it definitely feels good to beat them because in the past we haven’t really done, so it was really good to beat them.”

Even with the recent performances, the success doesn’t seem to be going to any of the Syracuse defenders’ heads.

After the victory over Dartmouth, Block heaped praise upon stalwart goalkeeping the Orange received from Alyssa Costantino and Kelsey Richardson.

But Costantino tossed that praise right back upon the defense in front of her, crediting it for pressuring shots, gathering 17 ground balls and causing nine turnovers.

“With the help of the defense,” Costantino said, “… they’re easy saves to make.”

Even with those kind words, Block was modest when speaking of her defense’s accomplishments keeping a defender’s mentality. Her defense just kept doing the dirty work it needed.

“We got the ball when we needed it in the beginning of the first half,” Block said. “We came up with the ground balls.”

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Wardwell allowed two early goals in the first quarter, he quickly settled in.

Cornell dictated possession for the entire first half, taking 22 shots compared to SU’s 12, but Wardwell stood on his head to keep the Orange in the game. With the Big Red leading 3-2 in the second quarter, SU attack Derek Maltz evened the score at three with a low shot that sailed between the legs of Cornell goaltender Andrew West.

But Syracuse had just one possession in the final 8:54 of the second quarter. Wardwell made four stops in that span, including a huge save on attack Max Van Bourgondien from 10 yards out on the right wing as time expired.

Wardwell gave an emphatic hip bump to defensive midfielder Steve Ianzito as SU held momentum.

“They had the ball for an awful long time. We were playing a lot of defense, so not having the ball as much as we did, the few opportunities we had offensively we got good looks,” head coach John Desko said. “I guess we were feeling pretty good at halftime.”

Excitement turned quickly into desperation.

Twenty seconds into the second half, Cornell midfielder Roy Lang fired a high shot past Wardwell to put the Big Red in front.

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once again as SU went just 8-of-22 on draws.

With Cornell controlling the X, it also owned the possession battle and wore down the Syracuse defense as the game progressed.

Syracuse faceoff specialists Chris Daddio and Ricky Buhr handled the bulk of the duties again on Tuesday, but head coach John Desko also sent defenders Ralph D’Agostino and Brian Megill, as well as midfielder Drew Jenkins, to the X. None had an answer for Cornell’s Doug Tesoriero, who lined up against all five throughout the game. And even when the Orange appeared to be in position to take possession off a faceoff, the Big Red — which also boasted a 39-23 advantage on ground balls — had bodies swarming

BIG NUMBER

The number of turnovers Syracuse made in the game. The Orange made an astounding 14 of those in the second half, including eight in the fourth quarter. Between SU’s deficiency at the faceoff X and its high number of turnovers, the team’s offense had limited scoring opportunities.

THE GOOD The first half

Syracuse played Cornell evenly in the first half, going into halftime tied at 3. After letting in two goals in the first five minutes of the game, freshman goaltender Bobby Wardwell settled in and ended up making six saves in the first half.

THE UGLY

The third quarter

The Orange lost control of the game in the third quarter, as Cornell came out of halftime and kicked off an offensive explosion with a goal just 20 seconds into the period.

The Big Red went on to score five goals in the quarter, while SU managed to muster up only one score. While Cornell’s offense found its groove, SU’s went to sleep.

THE BAD Faceoffs

Cornell won 14-of-22 faceoffs in the game, giving it possession for a large portion of the contest. In a decisive third quarter that saw the Big Red outscore the Orange 5-1, Cornell won 5-of-7 draws. Syracuse tried five different players at the X, while Cornell’s lone faceoff specialist Doug Tesoriero won all 14 faceoffs for his team.

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Less than three minutes later, Syracuse attack Tommy Palasek cut into the middle of the attacking zone looking to even the score, but he was met by four Cornell defenders and lost the ball.

Lang then received an outlet pass and took the ball the distance of the field along the left hash mark, burying a shot into the bottom right corner to give Cornell a 5-3 lead.

“We played well in the first half. I thought they came out well in the second half,” SU defender Matt Harris said. “I think it’s a tough game when we’re 3-3 at half, and we’re playing so well and playing so hard, and it comes out and that’s the end of it.”

Momentum continued to swing dramatically in the Big Red’s favor.

Matt Donovan fired a spinning shot into the right side of the net on Cornell’s ensuing possession, and SU trailed by three less than five minutes into the half. SU midfielder Bobby Eilers scored from 10 yards out to cut Cornell’s lead to 6-4, but that would be the only remnant of offense the Orange would display in the quarter.

“We knew what we had to do to score,” Eilers said, “but we didn’t have the ball enough on offense to do it.”

Costly errors replaced the defensive dominance Syracuse showed in the first half. The Orange had six turnovers in the third quarter.

After Cornell took a 7-4 lead, the Orange attempted to battle back. Wardwell made an outright save on Big Red midfielder Chris Langston

after a long defensive series to earn possession for SU. But as Wardwell carried the ball to the right of the crease to clear, Van Bourgondien knocked down the pass, scooped up the ball and connected into the right side of the net for an easy score to cap the Big Red’s dominant five-goal outburst in the quarter.

And the Orange ran out of gas and never recovered.

“This one is just disappointing,” Eilers said.

“We’ve had highs when we beat them in the national championship, the next year beating them at the buzzer and these last two years, they’ve kind of manhandled us. They’ve taken it to us.”

after the loose balls.

“I thought our faceoff guys, a few times, put it out where we could get it, and they beat us to the ground ball,” Desko said, “or we’d pick it up and they’d check our sticks, and we missed a few ground balls there.”

Daddio said the missed opportunities on faceoffs and ground balls came down to hustle.

The Big Red was first to nearly every ball.

It showed on the first draw of the second half, after Syracuse battled back to knot the game at three going into the break. Daddio lined up against Tesoriero, who kicked the ball out to set off a scramble for possession.

Syracuse midfielder Kevin Drew appeared to have a beat on it, but Tesoriero rushed in to keep the play alive and the ball bounced around on the turf. Cornell midfielder Roy Lang eventually scooped it up and calmly started a Big Red possession around midfield.

Lang then made a dash toward the cage along the left alley, beating SU goaltender Bobby Wardwell high to put his team ahead 4-3, giving Cornell control 20 seconds into the half.

“It hurts a lot. It’s something that we want to do,” Daddio said. “We don’t want other teams doing that to us, so I guess it’s just something we need to work on more.”

The Big Red added two more goals in the next four minutes, and Syracuse fell into an insurmountable hole. The lead grew to four by the end of the third quarter as Cornell outscored the Orange 5-1, largely due to SU’s 2-of-7 performance on faceoffs in the period.

The Syracuse defense, which held strong despite the team going a paltry 1-of-8 in the X in the first half, wilted. The Orange offense, forced to watch helplessly during much of the game, panicked.

“It doesn’t allow us on offense to be patient,”

Desko said. “And I think we feel like we have to catch up, and somebody would score a goal and they’d get the ball back.”

The desperation showed in the final quarter after Syracuse cut the deficit to 9-6, when Eilers turned the ball over working against a double team near the cage.

Desperation turned to frustration and disappointment after the game. For Eilers, those feelings started to build at halftime after seeing his team manage only two shots — in just 54 seconds of possession — in the final eight-plus minutes of the half.

“They held the ball until the end of the half, so that was kind of disappointing,” Eilers said.

“We had like a fast-break opportunity here or there, but we didn’t really have any settled offense.”

andrew renneisen | staff photographer BOBBY WARDWELL kneels in front of the goal. Wardwell held Cornell to just three first-half goals but fell apart after halftime, allowing nine scores in the second half.

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Stephanie Watts and Morgan Nandin grew up on opposite coasts of the country. But that may be one of the only contrasts between the two middle infielders.

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It’s gotten the two the results they wanted, and they’ve shown that on the field, especially this year.

“Now that we’re more experienced up the middle I feel like this is our best year since she’ll be gone next year,” Nandin said.

The Orange is reaping the benefits of the strong defense up the middle by Watts, a senior second baseman, and Nandin, a junior shortstop. The two are roommates off the diamond and have a strong chemistry on it. That uncanny chemistry will be on display Wednesday when the Orange travels to take on Cornell in an afternoon doubleheader starting at 3 p.m. And it all leads back to the backgrounds of Watts and Nandin that practically mirror each other.

Growing up, Nandin and Watts didn’t immediately start by playing softball. They both played baseball — a move that later affected their careers.

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“That made me a lot better than all the girls my age,” Watts said, “so I was always out there hanging with the boys playing baseball versus doing normal softball things with other girls.

So Morgan and I, we’re similar in the sense we’re kind of tomboyish.”

SU head coach Leigh Ross wanted her own daughter to play as much baseball as she could before she eventually had to transition over to softball. She firmly believes it makes players more equipped for what they’ll face in softball.

“I think there’s a different approach to the game when you do have the chance to play baseball with the boys,” Ross said. “... I think Steph and Morgan, both having played baseball a lot of their early years, I think that makes a difference when they are out there. It’s more of a natural kind of feel.”

Ross, who is coaching her daughter’s 12-andunder softball team, said from what she sees there is a more relaxed feel to the game. When playing baseball, relaxed is something far from

what Watts ever felt.

Watts had to prove herself on the baseball field.

Both Watts and Nandin also had older brothers who challenged them. Watts still remembers playing catch with her brother, even though she was seven years younger. It forced her to grow up fast.

For Nandin, her brother played at Le Moyne and is currently in the Canadian American Association. Being the younger sister, she can put herself in Watts’ shoes.

“She’s very tough and I feel like my brother beat up on me, and her brother’s the same way with her,” Nandin said. “Always push her to play better, and so I feel like when I came in she’s was like that older brother to me.”

Watts and Nandin were both shortstops all the way to Syracuse. But when Watts came, the Orange already had a senior cemented at the position. Then a freshman, she made the move to second.

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Watts still remembers the intricacies of playing shortstop. It makes Syracuse’s double-play combination a lethal one.

“It helps so much because I have an understanding of how Morgan’s toss is going to be, how hard it’s going to be, where it’s going be,” Watts said. “I know if she has a really hard play that I’ve got to do everything I can do at second base to get the lead out.”

Besides the chemistry between a pitcher and catcher, Ross said the connection between middle infielders is the next most important.

After three years, Watts and Nandin have that nailed down.

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Cornell’s 3rd-quarter outburst launches Big Red to win over Orange

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THACA — Bobby Wardwell and the Syracuse defense kept Cornell’s explosive attack at bay. Facing a barrage of shots, SU was elated to head into halftime tied at 3.

Despite being outshot at nearly a two-to-one rate, Syracuse was on

steady ground through 30 minutes.

“We came in at halftime, and everyone was real excited,” said Wardwell, Syracuse’s goaltender.

“We liked what we did in the first half, and then right when we came out in the second half I felt that we were a little too excited. They rattled off a couple quick goals, and we kind

of went back and forth from there, but we never really bounced back.”

But No. 14 Syracuse’s (5-5, 2-1 Big East) defense succumbed to the steady helping of pressure from Cornell’s attacking threats in the second half and folded down the stretch. The No. 5 Big Red (9-1, 4-0 Ivy League) scored 20 seconds into the third

quarter, the start of a five-goal frame that ruptured SU’s hopes of pulling off the upset as the Orange fell 12-6 in front of 4,354 at Schoellkopf Field on Tuesday.

Early in the game, SU deployed a tight zone defense to slow down the Big Red’s offensive attack. After

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ITHACA — Bobby Eilers shook his head as he explained his frustration.

Standing in a hallway of Schoellkopf Field, it was painful for Eilers to think about the lack of opportunities for Syracuse’s offense.

Eilers and his teammates found success offensively when they controlled possession, working the ball around and finding holes in the Cornell defense. But those opportunities were few and far between.

“It hurts because we had some plays. We knew what we had to do

to beat their offense,” Eilers said.

“We drove down the alleys, threw behind, threw back up top and we’re scoring like we did three times and it worked. So we knew what we had to do to score, but we just didn’t have the ball on offense enough to do it.”

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Noel to officially select future team on ESPNU

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Three weeks ago, Nerlens Noel narrowed his list of schools to Syracuse, Kentucky and Georgetown.

Noel, the No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2012, will make his decision Wednesday.

The 6-foot-10, 205-pound center from Tilton School in Tilton, N.H., will choose where he will attend school and play NOEL basketball next season at 7:30 p.m. in a live telecast on ESPNU. Shabazz Muhammad, a small forward who is the No. 2 player in next yearís freshman class, will also make his decision during the telecast.

Muhammad is deciding between Kentucky, Duke and UCLA, according to an article published by ESPN on Tuesday.

Noel, who was compared to Anthony Davis, Kentucky center and NCAA Player of the Year this past season, is known most for his shot-blocking ability. He was originally a member of the Class of 2013, but reclassified in February to reach college next year.

The Orange has the No. 11 recruiting Class for 2012, according to Scout. com. Noel would be the third player in Syracuseís incoming freshman class.

Center DaJuan Coleman, of DeWitt, and power forward Jeremi Grant, from Hyattsville, Md., committed to SU in the fall. Coleman is ranked as the No. 6 center and Grant the No. 7 power forward in the class, according to Scout.com Although the Orange does have Coleman coming in next season, Noel would help fill the void left at center

by Fab Melo, who declared for the NBA Draft on April 5. mcooperj@syr.edu

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Big Red dominates X to give SU limited scoring chances

By Ryne Gery

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sively, No. 14 Syracuse (5-5, 2-1 Big East) ultimately couldn’t keep up with No. 5 Cornell (9-1, 4-0 Ivy League) on Tuesday and fell to the Big Red 12-6 at Schoellkopf Field. The Orange’s futility in the faceoff X, a season-long problem, was on display

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Short drive away Syracuse makes the quick trip

to Ithaca on Wednesday to take on Cornell in a doubleheader.

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