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Gender-neutral housing attracts 82 students

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Joint degree to be offered in fall 2010

By Jon Harris

Contributing Writer

Forty-one pairs of students are signed up for gender-neutral housing, offered for the first time in fall 2010, said Eileen Simmons, the director of the Office of Housing, Meal Plan and I.D. Card Services in an e-mail.

Phase three of Syracuse University’s housing reservation process ended Thursday at 5 p.m., with numbers of how many people took advantage of the option released Tuesday. The number of students who signed up neither met nor failed to meet expectations, Simmons said. Those who signed up said they are following the growing national trend of students who choose to room with friends regardless of sex.

But others in the university communi-

By Lorne Fultonberg Staff Writer

Students will be able get both an undergraduate and a master’s degree in five years to be a high school teacher under a collaborative program from the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Education that will be available in fall 2010.

The program, announced Friday, is designed to accommodate students who may not have come in as education majors but want to gain a New York state teaching certification. The coursework will be similar to the curriculum for students who enter as education majors, but the program will present the courses in a different order so students can complete their college education on time.

It is more accommodating and better suited for students who don’t know what they want to do the minute they step on campus, said Douglas Biklen, dean of the School of Education.

“What this program says is that a student who’s further along, say toward the end of their sophomore year, may say, ‘I’m an English major, I’m a math major, I’m a science major, I’m in chemistry or physics, or whatever, and I’d like to be able to teach,’” Biklen said.

“What this allows students to do is be able to get a teaching credential and go out and teach even though they’re kind of starting a little bit later in the game.”

The fifth year of the joint program will be treated as a year of graduate school, said Marie Sarno, program specialist for the School of Education, meaning undergraduate financial aid will not carry over. But the university will automatically provide a one-thirdtuition discount for the fifth year, she said.

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How many people signed up?

82 students What rooms are open to this option?

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Two-person suites and apartments How many of these rooms are there?

Jessica wolfe (left), Annie Louton (middle) and Jessica Haberny, a freshman fashion design major, a sophomore art photography major and a sophomore fiber arts major, respectively, complete their installation for an Intro to Fibers class on the Quad on Tuesday. The work, part of a three-week project, was crocheted and took two hours to set up.

776 Where are the rooms located?

South Campus, Watson Hall, Haven Hall, Washington Arms, Booth Hall, DellPlain Hall

ty expressed concerns of impropriety as well as potential roommate conflicts for romantic couples.

For the first time, opposite-sex students could sign up to live in the same residence. Students could select a roommate of the opposite sex for two-person suites on Main Campus or apartments on South Campus for the 2010-11 school year. Watson Hall, Booth Hall, DellPlain Hall, Washington Arms and Haven Hall all have suites that were options for gender-neutral housing, in addition to the two-person apartments on South Campus, Simmons said. This provides 776 options, according to the SU housing Web site.

Simmons said the 82 students who signed up for the option wasn’t below or above expectations, as she wasn’t sure how many students would use the new program.

SU joins the ranks of more than three dozen colleges and universities across the United States that offer this housing option. Gender-neutral housing programs allow upperclassmen to select roommates with whom they are the most comfortable, regardless of gender. Gender relations have evolved over time, as students 18 to 24 years old are four times more likely than those over 55 to have a best friend of the opposite gender, Simmons said.

Amit Taneja, associate director of SU’s LGBT Resource Center, said there has been a “generational shift over the years” that has made it acceptable to see housing page 7

Take Back the Night rally encourages students to stand up to violence

By Katrina Koerting Staff writer

Every two and a half minutes a woman in the United States is sexually assaulted, said Janet Epstein, the associate director of What: Take Back the the R.A.P.E. Night Center. That Where: Hendricks means that Chapel a When: Tonight, 7:30 during 5 0 -m i nut e p.m.

How much: Free class, about 20 women

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will be assaulted.

At Take Back the Night on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., students, faculty, staff and community members will gather at the steps of Hendricks Chapel to speak out against sexual and other forms of violence against people of all genders, races and ages.

Take Back the Night is an international event for people to speak out against interpersonal violence. The night’s events will consist of speeches on the steps of Hendricks, a march around campus and a speak-out ses-

sion inside the chapel.

This year’s Take Back the Night, in its eighth official year, is expected to have a higher attendance than previous years. More people have expressed interest and activities leading up to the rally were expanded, Epstein said.

“Take Back the Night is an opportunity for individuals to come together in large numbers and say violence will not be tolerated on campus,” Epstein said. “It lets people take a step forward.”

Chancellor Nancy Cantor will open the rally, followed by Tiffany Steinwert, the new dean of Hendricks, as the keynote speaker.

Sacchi Patel, the graduate assistant at the R.A.P.E. Center, said he’s excited to see Steinwert as the keynote speaker.

“It seems like she’s been really involved in speaking out about these issues,” he said. “She’s well-versed in Take Back the Night issues and LGBT issues.” see night page 8

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Grant to fund education for green jobs

By Elora Tocci Staff Writer

The federal government awarded Syracuse University a $ 2.5 million grant in stimulus funds Thursday to fund a new degree program to train engineers and utility workers in technology that enables more control over energy consumption.

The grant will educate and train the next generation of engineers and utility workers in the implementation of “smart grid” technology and policy programs.

Related associate’s, bachelor’s and graduate degree programs will take effect in May 2012 at SU, said Courtney Quatrino, spokeswoman for National Grid, which is partnering with SU for the program.

Smart grids increase electrical efficiency and reliability by allowing customers to easily monitor and control their energy consumption. The programs will grant degrees to students interested in developing smart grid technology and implementing policies regarding the use of smart grids.

“All smart grid users receive a smart meter for their homes that displays their energy consumption levels in real time,” Quatrino said.

“The grids help customers save money and use energy efficiently because the display tells them how much a certain amount of electricity will cost at a certain time of day.”

The grids monitor energy levels used for everyday tasks such as washing the dishes or doing laundry. Customers can also receive additional programmable equipment for household appliances such as thermostats, she said. see smart grids page 6

maria salatino | contributing photographer seamus heaney, a Nobel Prize-winning poet, reads from his original poems in Hendricks Chapel on Tuesday as part of the University Lectures Series. He read from and explained the inspiration behind his poems and held a Q & A session afterward.

Nobel Prize-winning poet reads original work, shares inspiration

By Susan Kim Staff Writer

A poem is a breath of spirit and a surge of life, said Seamus Heaney, a Nobel Prize-winning poet, during his lecture at Hendricks Chapel on Tuesday.

“A lot of the poems I’ve written are trying to bring together a world where writing isn’t work, it is a kind of indulgence,” he said.

Heaney spent most of the lecture, titled “Selected Poems and Preoccupations,” reading and interpreting his original and translated poems. Many of his poems related to his own life experiences. After reading 20 poems,

Heaney answered questions from the audience about his inspiration and the importance of poetry.

Before reading his poem “A Drink of Water,” Heaney recalled the woman who inspired him to write it — an old neighbor who believed in magic and superstition. Though he was afraid of her, Heaney said, he saw her every morning when she came to his well to fill her water bucket.

Heaney’s poems also drew from his experiences in Ireland, such as the time he went to Galway to take part in what he considered one of his “greatest sinful indulgences” — eating oysters. In “Oysters,” Heaney

described what he remembers of this childhood experience.

During the Q-and-A session, Heaney said his personal inspiration comes from a memory he forgot about but is unexpectedly awakened to serve its purpose as an idea for a poem.

Heaney also said the voice of poets is equally as important as the voice of economists or political forecasters who seem to be in control in today’s society. People and the community place value upon poetry, he said.

“That value is earned not just by what is going on now, but by what has been inherited, what is in the language, what is to be cherished from

the past, what belongs to us, and what we must keep and extend, if possible,” Heaney said.

Iona Holloway, a sophomore psychology major, said she enjoyed the lecture because she realized Heaney’s poetry related to his personal life and experiences. She also said hearing him in person helped her understand the poems of his she read in high school.

“When he speaks, he has got such an amazing way of putting things,” Holloway said. “When the person who has actually written the poem speaks it, you get the meaning more.” shkim11@syr.edu

Cuomo investigates student health insurance plans across NY state

By Dara McBride Staff Writer

Aetna, the health insurance included in Syracuse University’s student plan, was part of a health care investigation lead by New York Attorney General

Andrew Cuomo that found many college student health insurance plans provide inadequate and expensive coverage.

The investigation, which included only health insurance agencies that

sell plans to New York students or New York residents attending school out of state, discovered many coverage plans exclude coverage for alcohol-related injuries. These plans also work with health insurance

“Given the cost of even simple surgeries and the compounding costs of a single serious illness, these caps are simply too low to protect students against the risk of becoming seriously ill.”

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brokers that make contributions to schools and offer insufficient coverage, among other issues. Some coverage plans cap per-illness spending at $1,000 to $2,500.

SU’s Aetna student plan currently covers 100 percent of cover services performed at SU Health Services, but — as Cuomo’s report found — does not cover injuries from alcohol. In addition, SU’s servicing provider, Haylor, Freyer and Coon, Inc., was one of the five insurance brokers Cuomo subpoenaed.

Cuomo sent out a letter April 6

to more than 300 college presidents in the nation alerting them of his investigation that subpoenaed 10 of the largest student insurers and five insurance agents, brokers and consultants.

“Given the cost of even simple surgeries and the compounding costs of a single serious illness, these caps are simply too low to protect students against the risk of becoming seriously ill,” the letter sent to colleges said.

Suggestions to improve student coverage include adding preventative see insurance page 7

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Parents support students’ efforts to “Take Back Commencement” We are writing to express our profound disagreement with the selection of Jamie Dimon as the 2010 commencement speaker.

Dimon, as chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., was directly involved in causing and profiting from the worst financial crisis since the Depression. The decision to invite Dimon shows a complete insensitivity to the suffering of people all across the country caused by the excesses of the banking industry.

Why honor such a man in these times? A man who took $25 billion in taxpayer money in 2008 and used it to scoop up securities firms and failed banking operations at bargain prices.

A man who organized an aggressive and very expensive lobbying effort on behalf of JPMorgan to fight new regulations that would curb the bank’s profits. Is this the man to inspire the Class of 2010? What example can he offer other than the example of personal enrichment and greed? Surely, the Class of 2010, the graduating class that faces the worst economic climate in decades, deserves better than a representative of the failed banking industry.

Chancellor Nancy Cantor, in her response to the widespread outrage over her choice of

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speaker, said that Dimon falls into the same category as other past speakers including Joe Biden, Bob Woodruff, Frank McCourt, Billy Joel and Jane Goodall. We profoundly disagree. Jamie Dimon’s name does not belong anywhere near this distinguished list. Dimon is part and parcel of a banking industry that robbed students of this generation of their hope of having a life as good or better than their parents. There are no heroes in the financial meltdown, just participants with varying degrees of culpability. If the choice of commencement speaker comes down to who made the most money in these hard times, then by all means, Jamie Dimon’s name should be near the top of the list (No. 2 in 2009). But this is an unworthy standard upon which to choose the commencement speaker. It ultimately cheapens the reputation of Syracuse University by giving the impression that the university is available to the highest bidder.

Cantor states that Dimon and past speakers “were all stars with an inclusive reach into both the fears and the hopes of our next generation.”

How can a man who made $17.6 million in 2009, a year marked by high unemployment, record foreclosures and the fallout of the financial sector, really understand the fears of the Class of 2010?

Students from this year’s graduating class will be saddled with record school loans, debt and limited job opportunities. Parents of these graduates have endured many sacrifices to ensure their children finish college. Many families and friends sitting in the audience at commencement will have lost their life’s savings and retirement funds. To make these students and families come and listen to a representative from the banking industry, in this of all years, shows a callousness and lack of compassion on the part of the university toward those who are suffering.

For all these reasons, we support the Syracuse students in their efforts to have Jamie Dimon removed as commencement speaker and replaced by a speaker who represents the best hopes and aspirations of the Class of 2010.

Parents in Support of “Take Back Commencement 2010” takebackcomencement2010@gmail.com

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Obama’s support of Patriot Act hypocritical, misleading

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n March 31, a federal judge ruled that the National Security Administration, overseen by Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, illegally used wiretapping. The judge ruled that in 2004 the Bush administration illegally wiretapped an Islamic charity in Oregon. This was done because the charity was suspected of having terrorist connections. No warrants were issued to justify the wiretaps, which is acceptable under the Patriot Act. This ruling could potentially stop the wiretapping currently being used by the NSA and Obama administration.

This is a trend of individuals accepting loss of privacy for a sense of security. Many, aside from some civil liberties activist groups, find it perfectly legitimate for the government to invade citizen privacy in the hopes of catching terrorists. There is no public record of how many terrorists have been caught and how many wiretaps were conducted. Despite privacy concerns, there are people who defend the Act. The Pariot Act has been renewed numerous times, with support from both Republicans and Democrats.

The principle argument made by these individuals is that the legislation protects Americans without risking their freedoms. In 2003 former Attorney General John Ashcroft said, “The Patriot Act grants the executive branch critical tools in the war on terrorism. It provides the legislative branch extensive oversight. It honors the judicial branch with court supervision over the act’s most important powers.” The judicial branch has now struck down one of the most egregious uses of the Patriot Act. At the time, Ashcroft used the fact that there had been no abuses to support his argument. This recent case is a striking example of an abuse.

Despite the defenses of the Patriot Act, it should be judged on its constitutionality rather than any results. Generally, stripping people of their rights will allow authorities an easier time to gather evidence.

Doing so ignores the Fourth Amend-

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to the left, to the left ment, which requires that warrants be issued for search and seizures of a person’s belongings without probable cause. The Constitution has no exceptions for terrorism. It cannot be selectively interpreted.

President Obama has claimed that the act is harmful, yet he has re-authorized it upon several occasions. In 2003, he promised to repeal the Patriot Act yet still voted for it.

In December 2005, he stated that he wanted to end the wiretapping provision under the act. In March 2006, he voted to re-authorize the Patriot Act. This past February he approved a one-year extension for it.

His record paints the picture of someone hypocritical and misleading. While he publicly claims that the Patriot Act is unlawful, he has privately approved of its usage. He did not deceive voters, for his record was not a secret. But he projected a false image. On multiple occasions he criticized the Bush administration for its use. At this point, he is no different than President Bush in his respect toward the Constitution — it is simply a rough guideline, something getting in the way. Unfortunately, too few are calling him out on it. He will have to come up with a good story if he decides to explain for the inconsistencies between his words and actions.

The judge’s order is open to appeal from the Obama administration.

Hopefully, the order will remain intact. The incident highlights that the rules set out under the Constitution apply to everyone, regardless of the situation.

Harmen Rockler is an undeclared freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. His column appears bi-weekly, and he can be reached at horockle@syr.edu.

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. does not deserve defense Please spare me the defense of JPMorgan Chase & Co. They, first of all, put 600 of the best people I ever worked with out on the streets of Syracuse when they closed a facility that delivered, with current technology, the very products the liaison with Syracuse University is supposed to develop. The jobs that belonged to these employees were largely shipped out of state and over-

LET TER TO THE EDITOR seas, to the detriment of the local and state economies in which both JPMorgan AND SU reside.

The betrayal of productive and loyal employees is standard operating procedure and may be viewed as business as usual in quest of profit, but the good deeds don’t end there.

Read this: www.rollingstone.com/politics/ story/32906678/looting_main_ street/1 and then tell me that the leader of an organization that condones either behavior has a message worthy of our new graduates.

Rob Burwell

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“Relay for Life” given poor editorial treatment As a Syracuse alumna (Class of 2009) and last year’s public relations chair for Relay for Life, I was overjoyed to hear from my peers and current Relay committee members that this year’s event at the Carrier Dome raised a record-breaking $153,000 — the most of any Relay at SU to date!

It was incredibly disappointing, however, to realize that I had to turn to the third page of The Daily Orange to read the meager coverage about this fantastic event. The Relay is unique in that it engages every part of the Syracuse University

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LET TER TO THE EDITOR community. It’s an emotional night that involves much of greek life as well as student organizations from all realms. City and campus businesses, university faculty, staff and local families also participate.

Thousands of people in more than 200 teams descended on the Dome to rally in the fight against cancer.

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Most disappointing of all? Realizing that the front-page coverage went to the “Walnut Park can S*** My B***s” Facebook page. Get your priorities — and real news — straight. I hope in the future I can count on D.O. writers to cover what really matters to the greater SU community.

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The program curriculum will teach students necessary skills to operate the technology, create policies regarding the technology, ensure smart grids become prevalent in households and allow future generations to improve them.

“Students will master everything from designing smart grid security to operational technologies.”

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“The curriculum will encompass a comprehensive spectrum of skills regarding logistics and tactical requirements,” Quatrino said. “Students will master everything from designing smart grid security to operational technologies.”

National Grid received its own federal stimulus grant of $ 2.2 million, which it

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ing certificate in New York state, teachers must possess a master’s degree. Students usually graduate in four years with a degree in education and a degree in a specialization of their choice. They can enter the workforce, as with an initial certificate with a bachelor’s degree, right away and eventually go back to get their master’s degree to earn the professional certificate, perhaps part time while keeping their job, Biklen said.

Under the new joint degree system, students receive the undergraduate and master’s degrees at the same time at the end of five years. They can also obtain a master’s degree in about a year less than they would if they were to get their undergraduate degree first, rather than concurrently.

“So this is a way to allow people to get into teaching even though they’re coming into it a bit late,” Biklen said. “The advantage for the student is that instead of doing a year and a half or two years, they’re able to do the degree in a year at the master’s level.”

The problem in the past was that students who decided they wanted to be teachers after a year or two of college had a hard time fitting in the requirements to get the degree.

plans to use for educating and training its own employees in smart grid technology, Quatrino said.

SU was the lead applicant for the grant, leading National Grid to partner with SU on development programs and educational opportunities. Other institutions that will implement smart grid programs in the coming years include the University of Buffalo, the State University of New York at Buffalo, University of Rochester, Clarkson University and Onondaga Community College, Quatrino said.

National Grid is also using its grant to implement a smart grid pilot program in the Syracuse area.

Smart grids will be set up at 39,400 homes. Because the university and the streets immediately surrounding it are in the program’s targeted area, some students will have the opportunity to experiment with the smart grid t echnology in their homes.

“The federal government supports smart grid programs and developments because they see the potential in it,” Quatrino said.

“Smart grids are our future.” ertocci@ syr.edu

Now students who transfer into the program can complete it without having to worry as much about finishing on time, Sarno said.

“You can do our traditional dual program — we’ve had students start as late as the sophomore year and fit it all in — but I think some of those people might look at this and say, ‘Yeah, but I can have more f lexibility and not be as crazy or stressed if I do the extra time and get the master’s at the end,’” she said.

The new program will draw in students who couldn’t pursue the career before, Biklen said. In the past, they had to tell some students to wait and get a master’s degree, which would take more time, he said.

The program has been in the works for about a year and a half. Its strongest advocates have been professors Joanna Masingila and John Tillotson, both professors in Arts and Sciences and the School of Education, Biklen said.

Biklen said he hopes the new program will be a popular choice.

“I think for young people there’s a lot of interest in education because it’s seen as an area where you can make a difference in society,” Biklen said. “Our hope would be that students see this as an opportunity to get trained and get experience teaching.” lefulton@ syr.edu

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room with a person of the opposite sex. “Ultimately, the goal of the policy is to increase options that work for students,� he said.

In talking with colleagues from other universities offering the gender-neutral housing option, good friends of the opposite sex are much more likely to utilize this option than romantic couples, Taneja said.

Student Association Vice President Angelo Coker said the option is a “growing trend among universities around the country� that doesn’t force people to room with the same sex if they’re uncomfortable with it. Students who are gay and are more comfortable living with the opposite sex now have the option to, he said. “Those who are now comfortable with being openly gay, lesbian or transgender, it’s easier now for them to attend a college of their choice, not having to worry about if it’s gay-friendly,� he said.

SA President Jon Barnhart expected the modest turnout, he said. “With its first year in progress, I don’t expect a huge turnout,� he said. “However, I really do hope that students take advantage of it.�

But Barnhart’s chief of staff, Neal Casey, said he thinks the students will embrace the new housing option and help the program get off to a quick start. “The student reaction is going to be probably very positive,� he said. “I think that most students don’t really care one way or the other the way the

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care and eliminating monetary caps per injury or illness, Cuomo’s letter said.

SU currently has two insurance plans. Aetna Student Health underwrites the $2,537 domestic student plan, and HTH Worldwide underwrites the $1,155 international student plan. The vast majority of SU students are not required to carry health insurance.

HFC, SU’s service provider, is responsible for providing the university with quotes from various insurance companies on an annual basis, said Kevin Morrow, a university spokesman. “HFC has been very supportive of our students, and the university has maintained a good working relationship with the company,� Morrow said.

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policy is, but I think that the students that will benefit the most will have great, positive feedback for the program.�

Over the past four years, various students at SU and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry

have approached university staff to ask them to consider gender-neutral housing, given that other institutions offered the option, Simmons said.

In fall 2008, the University Senate Committee on LGBT Concerns brought several students, faculty and staff together to consider the option.

After several meetings, it was recommended that SU conduct a pilot program for gender-neutral housing for fall 2010. That pilot program was approved by the Student Affairs Subcommittee of the Board of Trustees in fall 2009, Simmons said.

“I really do think it shows a more inclusive atmosphere or an effort to make our campus more inclusive in a lot of ways,� Barnhart said. “It shows the open-mindedness of our student body to not only come out and say that they need this, (but) to say that this is something we want and something we need from our university.�

But some residents may feel uncomfortable with members of the opposite sex living together, whether because of religious reasons or how they were brought up, said Danielle Sutton, Residence Hall Association president.

The Campus Bible Fellowship, an evangelical student organization, disproves of the new housing option, said Sandy Jewell, a staff member of the group. It would be preferable if a man and a woman weren’t living together, she said.

Coker, SA vice president, is taking advantage of the gender-neutral housing option and will be rooming with Sima Taslakian, SA parliamentarian. They want to share an apartment on South Campus because they’re “literally best friends,�

Taslakian said. “For me personally, I don’t have that many girl friends,� Taslakian said. “I feel more comfortable with Angelo (Coker) than anyone else.�

Taslakian and Coker don’t expect any roommate conflicts, they both said.

But not all roommates are expected to blend as well as Coker and Taslakian. Residence hall staff members are preparing to handle conflicts that may arise from the new living arrangement, Sutton said. Under the current policy, same-sex couples can already room together, so residential advisers know how to handle “disputes between couples,� she said.

In terms of domestic violence, Sutton said a resident’s safety is the main concern. “In any situation like that, they’re going to move that person immediately,� she said.

Another concern regarding the gender-neutral housing option is the residence hall’s structural layout. There is a limited supply of two-person suites on Main Campus and there aren’t any gender-neutral bathrooms, Barnhart said.

Coed bathrooms have become a part of many colleges and universities across America, sometimes causing problems among residents. At Vermont’s Green Mountain College, a student filed a lawsuit against Vermont’s Department of Public Safety for the scarcity of single-sex bathrooms, according to an article published in The Daily Orange on Jan. 26.

For the future, Barnhart said he looks for SU to experiment with gender-neutral open and splitdouble dorm rooms. “I believe that if the pilot program goes really well in the next few years, we’ll have a completely gender-neutral residence hall system,� he said.

The open and split-double rooms are not in the formal plans for the gender-neutral pilot program, and may not be included in the future should the program succeed past the first year, Taneja said.

Barnhart said SU is evolving to modern-day standards with the gender-neutral housing option. “I really do think that, without having to rebuild the wheel, we’re able to take the old soul of Syracuse University and really make sure it adapts to its student body and the changing ideas and values of this country.�

Thomas Palmer, vice president of the collegiate division of HFC, said the company was not ashamed of being subpoenaed in February 2009.

Cuomo’s office requested all files, documents and proposals from the preceding seven years.

HFC sent off 14 boxes of material to the attorney general’s office in early March 2009, Palmer said.

He has not heard any comments or criticisms back from Cuomo and is not surprised, he said. “I’m rather proud of the fact that the attorney general office recognized that we’re one of the leading agents in New York state,� Palmer said. “That he wanted to look through our files for his background informational investigation.�

Palmer said the Aetna insurance was a “quality plan� that was a fraction of what students would have to pay in a community-rated program or as a dependent, $300 or $400 a month.

HFC currently has about 800 SU undergraduate students insured with Aetna, Palmer said. He

estimated there were close to 2,000 on the SU campus without health insurance. “Between 18 and 28 percent of any college population does not have other sources of health insurance when they arrive on campus,� Palmer said.

The health care bill passed in March requires loss ratios to be at 85 percent. A loss ratio is the ratio of money an insurance company pays out in claims compared with the amount of money it receives.

Most of the carriers that HFC have target loss ratios in the mid-70 percentile areas, Palmer said. Current regulation by New York’s Insurance Department is a minimum loss ratio of a 65 percent for blanket student health plans. “This organization has a very high standard of not just service, but also ethics and honors here,� Palmer said. “We always, always, strive to do our very best for our clients, be it the

university client or the students. Ultimately, our clients are the students that participate with our programs.�

“Those who are now comfortable with being openly gay, lesbian or transgender, it’s easier now for them to attend a college of their choice, not having to worry about if it’s gay-friendly.�

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After the rally on the steps, participants will march through campus beginning around 7:50 p.m., circle around Marshall Street and return to Hendricks for the speak-out. During the speak-out, which is scheduled to start around 8:15 p.m., attendees can talk about violence or listen in a safe place, meaning no recordings or media will be allowed inside.

“It’s inspiring,” Epstein said. “The speak-out part creates a community that’s caring and it’s OK to talk about what happened. It honors those that have been victimized.” She added it also helps dispel the myth that it’s the victim’s fault.

A weeklong schedule of precursor activities

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began April 7 with a panel discussion about building healthy relationships and helping friends in violent situations. Right before the panel, Every Five Minutes, a student theater troop, performed a skit about violence and had the audience figure out ways to solve the situation.

During the week, student volunteers for Take Back the Night set up tables where people could show their support against violence.

The length of this year’s event, eight days, has been doubled from previous years, and organizers have seen an increase in interest, Epstein said.

“People are coming out to events,” Patel said.

“It seems like the word is getting out, and people are discovering this is an issue that affects all people. They want to come out and show their support.”

Every year the R.A.P.E. Center e-mails a

statement against violence to all of the departments on campus to endorse the week’s events.

This year, Epstein received not only people agreeing with the statement, but many departments wrote back asking what else they could do to help, Epstein said. She was unsure of how many but said it was “enough for her to notice.”

The center has also seen an increase in alumni who are donating to the event and coming in support for it, Epstein said.

This will be the eighth time the R.A.P.E. Center has hosted Take Back the Night, but the event was on campus for at least four years before that, Epstein said.

Before the R.A.P.E. Center became involved, individuals organized the event. Two female students came to Epstein in 2003 and asked if the center would co-sponsor it with them so they could attract more people. The first Take Back the Night was on the same night as the celebration for the men’s basketball team winning the national championship, so the event had some competition, she said.

There were only 50 people there, but they were able to draw attention to the cause by marching around campus as people walked to the Carrier Dome. When the girls graduated in 2003, Epstein promised to keep it going each year, she said.

This event takes place at colleges across the

country, but SU’s Take Back the Night differs from many at other campuses because men are involved in the night, Epstein said.

“Some schools don’t involve men,” she said.

“They feel it’s a woman’s issue. We feel very strongly that it’s everyone’s issue.”

About half of the 16-member student planning committee is made up of men, and an allmale student group, A Men’s Issue, is also very involved with the event. A Men’s Issue meets weekly to discuss men’s roles in violence, especially violence against women, Patel said.

The event has 37 co-sponsors this year, ranging from individuals and SU Athletics to greek organizations and student organizations.

“You rarely see something on campus where faculty, staff and students come together for one event,” Patel said.

Last year more than 1,000 people came to Take Back the Night. This year the center is hoping for 3,000, Patel said.

He said the one thing he hopes people take away is that individuals can make a difference, and sexual violence affects everyone.

Epstein said she hopes Take Back the Night is the beginning of becoming an “empowered bystander” for some people, who will work toward “being part of a respectful, caring community.” krkoerti@syr.edu

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o develop ideas for advancing social media’s role in business, student teams from the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the School of Information Studies will participate in a weekend-long project.

The “Social Media’s Future Charrette,” sponsored by VPA and the iSchool, will take place Friday through Sunday. Thirty-six students from eight colleges at Syracuse University will participate in an event and work on a specific problem through a visual collaborative process.

A charrette is a design-based collaborative project that works by creating a neutral zone, allowing people to feel safe and build upon each other’s ideas, said Chris McCray, the director of the School of Design.

“The key to the success of the charrette is a diverse group of people bringing different skills to the table to have free-f lowing

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Students explore ways for businesses to utilize social media

conversation,” McCray said.

Deans of each of the participating colleges chose students for the Social Media Features after e-mails were sent out asking students if they might be interested in the topic.

The students participating in the charrette will be presented with a specific problem dealing with social media’s relationship with business. The students will then work together to find solutions to that issue.

There are no preconceived notions for the conclusions, and solutions students will design and conceptualize, McCray said.

The project is “completely exploratory where we let dialogue f low organically and go where it needs to go,” McCray said.

The idea for the charrette developed from a large interest from businesses and corporations in social media that were dealing with the problem of not knowing how to use that interest, McCray said. The student

projects will explore ways to maximize the potential of social business as a way for businesses to communicate both internally and with their clientele.

The weekend charrette starts on Friday with dinner and introductions at the COLAB, located on the fourth f loor of The Warehouse. The COLAB was created as an interdisciplinary space meant to bring together students with different skills and interests in order to approach projects and problems collaboratively, according to its Web site.

“One of the major aspects of collaborating is getting to know each other, checking our egos at the door and getting rid of the fear of working with each other,” McCray said.

The rest of the charrette will be focused on guest speakers and introducing the problem for discussion, he said.

A visual thinking process will take place on Saturday. The student participants will

hear presentations about social media and business from SU alumni and current SU student entrepreneurs.

Students will present their ideas on Sunday to businesses and professionals attending the presentations. Creators of the event hope they will be able to implement some of the students’ ideas within their organizations, according to an SU news release.

Social media has become an important part of people’s daily lives and affects the way people think and act, McCray said. The charrette will be useful for adding insight and informing businesses how to use social media resources better in the future, he said.

Social media was born in “academia,” McCray said, “and in the life of college students and for us, we see students as the future consumers and customers of business.” svangrub @ syr.edu

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ork was picking up for Mouth’s Cradle’s first album. The band had released its EP track that fall and was looking forward to breaking out in the music industry. But by the winter of 2009, band member Kevin Hegedus faced an unusually bad flare-up of Crohn’s disease.

Hegedus knew he had Crohn’s, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestines, for about three years, but this time, it was particularly intense.

After some delay and Hegedus’ efforts to work through the condition, Mouth’s Cradle successfully released its album, “The Next Big Thing,” April 6. The CD was featured on the front page of iTunes’ music store in the “New and Noteworthy” section. The creation of “The Next Big Thing” is the story of a mental and physical struggle of two SU

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students trying to make an album.

A typical end-of-summer party in 2008 in Allentown, Pa., the kind where friends will soon depart to different colleges, is where Hegedus, aka Mouf, a sophomore music major, and Brandon Linn, aka BLinn, a senior writing major, met for the first time.

Hegedus had organized a backyard party where his friends’ bands could play a few sets. This event became a pivotal moment in the formation of Mouth’s Cradle.

“That party at my house was the first time I played any of my songs to an audience,” Hegedus said.

“Those earlier songs were more personal and private,” Hegedus said. “When I started working with Brandon (Linn) we got bigger ideas. What came instead of a concert for just a few friends, it became bigger ideas that we wanted to share with a bigger audience.”

After not spending significant time

together until 2009, Hegedus and Linn began to collaborate on their music using Linn’s in-house studio.

“I would start sending him some beats and he would create his own songs,” Linn said.

In the fall of 2009, Mouth’s Cradle performed at Funk ‘n Waffles — for the first time as a two-man act.

“I kind of consider the first Mouth’s Cradle concert to be the one that I did with Brandon (Linn),” Hegedus said.

During Winter Break, production on the album came to a halt when Hegedus’ Crohn’s disease flared up.

“It was very, very painful and really interfered with my life,” Hegedus said. “Me and my family decided it just wouldn’t be a good idea for me to return to college that semester, which was too bad because Mouth’s Cradle was really starting to look promising.

We were going to play all these shows, we had all these big plans.”

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Hegedus left SU for the semester to undergo surgery. Throughout the spring, he has had to endure a long recovery process at home in Pennsylvania — away from school, friends and where Mouth’s Cradle began to gain momentum.

“It has sucked,” said Max Gredinger, a freshman in the Bandier Program for Music and the Entertainment Industries and the manager for Mouth’s Cradle. “I haven’t been able to meet up with my artist.”

Emily Ramon, a sophomore illustration major and fan of Mouth’s Cradle, said she was upset when she learned that Hegedus would not be at school. “It was like losing your best friend for a semester,” she said.

Linn, however, had a different outlook on it. “It’s a good thing, you create your best music. A lot of (Hegedus’) songs are deep and emotionally written lyrics,” he said. “A lot of pop

these days is selfish bulls**t about getting drunk, but Kevin’s lyrics were really, really, deep.”

Grace Heraty, a sophomore painting major, a friend of Hegedus’ and fan of Mouth’s Cradle, said Hegedus is not a sheltered, cookie-cut person.

“One of his projects (for a class) was an installation on a girl who was in love with the Statue of Liberty.

Like, that’s weird,” Heraty said.

Ramon described a scene she said she felt was a “Kevin moment.”

Hegedus dressed up as the character Princess Mononoke from the movie “Princess Mononoke” for Halloween, while Ramon dressed up as the video game character Link, from “The Legend of Zelda” series.

“We were thinking about how we were hungry and we wanted to go to Kimmel (Food Court), but we were thinking that there was no way we SEE CRADLE PAGE 12

All prospective students must learn lessons tour guides don’t teach

ear Prospective Student, Thank you for visiting Syracuse University! I hope you enjoyed your stay with us as much as we enjoyed hosting you. That being said, I feel your experience here did not reflect our school in its entirety. As your appointed host, it is my duty to use this letter to inform you about some of the things we didn’t discuss during the weekend.

First of all, you should know that the sun really does rise during typi-

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f**** it, we’ll do it live cal daylight hours here in Central New York. You probably knew as much already, but I wanted to con-

fi rm that fact for you since you were passed out — I mean, “resting” on my floor all day Saturday. Granted, keg stands can be really tiring, but that’s no excuse for sleeping through your campus tour. Heck, your younger brother drank twice as much as you that night, and he still recovered in time to study for his bar mitzvah the next morning.

Still, despite what you saw and heard Friday night, students here actually do work for class. Sometimes.

Just hours before those DPS officers handcuffed you to the side of their car, I was studying for a quiz in Newhouse II. I know we never told you about any academic buildings during your stay, but that’s the establishment you peed on after we got kicked out of that house party on Livingston Avenue.

We here at SU take our studies very seriously. In fact, as a journalism major, I fully intend to use Friday’s events for an expose I’m writing about underage binge drinking.

Your belligerent journeys through both main and south campus make for an excellent account of how alcohol affects the teenage psyche.

I think we both know you would’ve never hooked up with my roommate’s girlfriend if you were sober.

Though I suspect you would’ve worn that Wonder Woman costume whether you drank or not.

Despite all the fun you had in that spandex outfit, I can’t help feeling SEE FERSH PAGE 12

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guilty for being a terrible host. While we were out partying, we should have been discussing academics. Instead of forcing you into a KY Jelly wrestling match with two female rugby players, I should’ve shown you the Quad. Funneling jungle juice down your throat seemed like a good idea while we were waiting at the bus stop, but now I realize that moment was just a missed opportunity to tell you about our extensive alumni network.

You see, picking a college is a very serious matter. It’s not all fun, games and public urination. The process requires work, attentiveness and dedication. Whether you’re an architecture major who works 100 hours a week or a party animal, like that naked guy we saw passed out against the Saltine Warrior statue, eventually you have to hunker down and study for a degree. Otherwise, the whole experience becomes one big waste of tuition.

That’s why I strongly encourage you to look into the many academic programs this great university has to offer before you make your fi nal decision. When you do so, I trust you’ll fi nd that SU is the place for you. Plus, it’s worth mentioning that the terms of your probation stemming from Friday night’s incidents prohibit you from leaving New York.

Either way, I hope to see you here next fall.

Sincerely yours, Danny

could just walk in there with that many people, cross-dressing as Japanese animation characters,” Ramon said.

“We were essentially playing dress up,” Hegedus said.

The two ended up not going to Kimmel.

“Demon,” one of the tracks from the Mouth’s Cradle’s album, was later inspired by “Princess Mononoke.”

Work on the album had to continue throughout the spring. Linn began to work with Hegedus using e-mail. Not even illness would stop Linn and Hegedus’ evolution as friends and members of Mouth’s Cradle.

Both were committed to finishing their first album.

Songs on the album have a pop, hip-hop and electronic sound to them. Artists such as M.I.A., Ghostface Killah, MF Doom and Joanna Newsom all influenced the creation of the album, Hegedus said.

Both Hegedus and Linn continuously worked on the album up until it was released in April. Feeling better after his flare-up, Hegedus made a trip to Syracuse Thursday night to perform with Linn at Spark Contemporary Art Space. The two opened for the band Sleigh Bells. Linn said they hope to book more shows as their popularity grows.

Linn will be graduating in May and plans to go to California to check the music scene there, he said. Feeling better, Hegedus said he plans to come back to SU in the fall.

“I truly wouldn’t sign on to any project I didn’t believe,” Gredinger said. “I know they’re going to get big.”

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Danny Fersh is a sophomore broadcast journalism major and his column appears every Wednesday. He would like his readers to know that he was the naked party animal passed out against the Saltine Warrior statue, but every other event described in this column was fictional. He can be reached at dafersh@syr.edu.

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Out of the shadows By lowering difficulty, ‘Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction’ creates user-friendly game play

By Alex Hemsley

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adically changing the key dynamics of the series, “Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Con-

viction” rids itself of the frustration that plagued past “Splinter Cell” installments. The terrible pacing, sloppy controls and bad level design present in prior versions are all vastly improved.

“Conviction” follows the main protagonist of the series, Sam Fisher, as he tries to take revenge against his daughter’s killers. Riveting at points, the story in this edition of the “Splinter Cell” saga was not the only reason to play “Conviction.” The retooled game play certainly justifies a play or two.

With this improvement comes a simplified structure. Former “Splinter Cell” games used to be based on a hard system of trial and error involving light and darkness. At any point Fisher was spotted by the enemy, he would die. Overall, the system angered causal and serious players alike. With an unforgiving design, one wrong step could mean hours of playtime wasted.

Heated feedback led the developers, Ubisoft Montreal, to completely

change the stealth system. Fisher

the immersion of the player. Each

became faster, stronger and more

mission no longer starts out with

agile. He was transformed from the

a giant text box explaining what to

hunted to hunter.

do, where to go and who to kill. Now,

These improvements lead to radi-

everything from mission titles to

cal changes in the way that “Convic-

flashbacks is painted onto walls. This

tion” plays. No longer does the player

allows the player to feel Fisher’s raw

need to slowly move from shadow to

emotions and gain basic information.

shadow. Instead, the player is able

Another problem with the game is

to move quickly through each level,

the strength of the player’s weapons.

using guns and grenades whenever

At the start of the game Fisher is

stealth does not work.

given a silencer pistol. By the game’s

In a sense, Ubisoft put an increased

completion, he acquires an arsenal of

emphasis on the speed of the game.

assault rifles, grenades and an assort-

The only major problem of “Convic-

ment of useful gadgets.

tion” is its length. The campaign mode

The biggest complaint emerges

only takes five hours to complete,

during the final few levels, when

which does not justify a $60 price tag.

the player discovers that the best

But, to justify the high price,

weapon to deal with enemies is still

Ubisoft supplements the short single-

the silencer pistol, not the arsenal or

player mode with a fantastic multi-

assault rifles. Not the first game with

player option. Instead of creating a

starting weapons that are too power-

whole new game type for the player to

ful, “Conviction” just happens to be

explore, the co-op missions are exten-

the latest. This system makes any

sions of the single-player experience.

type of character progression seem

To make the transition even smoother, everything transfers from one campaign into the other. This

like a senseless waste of time, leaving a bad taste in the player’s mouth.

The most accessible game in the

includes weapons and technical

series, “Conviction,” can be enjoyed

upgrades. Helping make the game

by new players and old. The game has

more accessible to all, this design

some minor issues, but as an overall

choice was a welcomed one.

package, it furthers the improvements

The new artistic direction that

made to the classic stealth series.

“Conviction” takes helps to enhance

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Doubles pair Harman, Sardinha propels SU to record season

By Allison Guggenheimer Staff Writer

Luke Jensen could not come up with a doubles pair more different than Emily Harman and CC Sardinha.

Their style of play, their mentalities, their behavior and their hometowns all contrast.

They contrast so much that Jensen, the Syracuse tennis coach, did not think to pair them together until 16 weeks into the season. Even if they are two of SU’s best players.

“It really wasn’t close to even on our radar,” Jensen said. “You just couldn’t get further apart, and as the season rolled around we just kept on mixing and matching and throwing in different combos and when we got to it, it clicked from the start. Their games absolutely came together.”

Since then, the pair has not lost in seven games.

Harman and Sardinha have melded their opposing styles of play to create a balanced doubles team. As their chemistry improved, so did their dominance. Twice in their last three matches they have defeated their opponents 8-0.

“Our games complement each other, and that goes along with the chemistry as well,” Harman said. “We know where we’re going without even telling. That’s what makes a good doubles team, and I think it’s progressed really nicely.”

The connection they have formed over the three weeks is partly due to playing together in practice. Spending time on the court together, they have learned where to expect one another.

They now know that there will usually be some-

“Our games complement each other, and that goes along with the chemistry as well. We know where we’re going without even telling.

That’s what makes a good doubles team, and I think it’s progressed really nicely.”

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one there to back them up.

But a good deal of their success as a doubles pair has come from the tutelage of Jensen, who won the doubles of the French Open with his brother in 1993.

Jensen’s experience has made him not only a great coach but a doubles authority. He knows exactly how players need to position themselves to cover as much of the court as possible, especially given the opponents’ formations.

He is coaching the doubles teams to play like pros, whether it means trying a lefty serve or spending more time at net than usual. Doubles is where Jensen is most comfortable, and therefore, most effective as a coach.

He believes that opposites are often successful on the doubles court because they can play off each other. Harman and Sardinha play directly into this theory.

“I’m the more consistent player that works better at the baseline for returns,” Sardinha said. “And she’s the net player who can put the points away.

The effectiveness of the pair is important because the doubles point sets the tone for the rest of the team match. The doubles matches are played before the singles so they are a warm-up for the players. A win can put them in a great position for their individual matches, but a loss can slow them down.

Sardinha appreciates the opportunity to face her opponent before the singles because she can hear what Harman thinks of the opponent as well. Given their opposite tendencies on the court, they are likely to analyze a player differently, so they get twice the information from one match.

These distinctly different styles of play have earned Harman and Sardinha the nicknames Batman and Robin. Jensen affectionately calls them his superheroes because they are both forces on the court, Sardinha playing the No. 1 singles spot and Harman playing No. 2.

Harman fills her role as the more experienced player, with the more volatile style of play, and Sardinha does so through her consistent performance.

“Harman’s Batman,” Jensen said. “Harman’s

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After finishing with the best record in program history, the Syracuse tennis team (19-2) will look to prove itself in the Big East tournament. The tournament will afford head coach Luke Jensen and the team an opportunity to make a case against the conference’s top teams, including Notre Dame and DePaul. SU did not play either the Fighting Irish or the Blue Demons in the regular season. Syracuse, who played its final regular-season game on April 10 against Temple, will have 12 days off before heading to South Bend, Ind., for the tournament.

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Osazuwa shines in outdoor slate after All-American winter

By Rachel Marcus Staff Writer

Until Saturday, Uhunoma Osazuwa hadn’t lived up to the hype.

Tabbed an All-American following the conclusion of the indoor track and field season in February, Osazuwa was expected to do big things this spring.

But in her first outdoor meet earlier this month at the four-day Texas Relays, Osazuwa was basically a no-show. Placing 43rd in the 100-meter hurdles, the Syracuse standout essentially used the event as a tuneup to prepare for the rest of the season. And at the 44th annual Sea Ray Relays in Knoxville, Tenn., this weekend, the results showed.

“Coming to Tennessee, I expected either to match my (personal record) or do better,” Osazuwa said following the event. “I wanted to get a good enough score to get me into NCAAs early rather than having to worry about relying on a later meet. It feels great to (achieve my personal record), but to do it this early in the season makes me excited for what I’ll be able to do later on.”

The meet, which joins the top NCAA qualifiers in the nation, is one of the top competitions of the season for multi-events. Osazuwa also earned fourth place in the javelin (34.56m) and finished first in the long jump (5.88 meters). The senior standout went into Thursday’s heptathlon events holding a slim first-place lead over

“Coming to Tennessee, I expected either to match my (personal record) or do better. I wanted to get a good enough score to get me into NCAAs early rather than having to worry about relying on a later meet.”

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SU heptathlon All-American

As the lone SU representative at the event, Osazuwa finisher higher than any other collegiate athlete, placing second behind only former heptathlon All-American Tammilee Kerr from Iowa. Osazuwa finished with a lifetime best and NCAA provisional-qualifying score of 5,378 points, placing her fourth in the NCAA for the heptathlon.

Kentucky’s Precious Nwokey, 3,358 to 3,349.

Osazuwa’s teammate of four years, Bernard Bush, competed with her at the Texas Relays and has seen her grow and mature through the years. Her victory, though by herself, was shared with Bush and the rest of the teammates.

“We’re kind of a family,” Bush said. “We’re all excited for her.”

While Osazuwa was by herself in Tennessee, 17 of her track and field teammates were out west competing in the Sun Angel Classic in Tempe, Ariz. While there, the team put on one of its best performances of the season. The Orange took two first-place finishes and five top-five finishes at the event.

“For those competing on the national level, we want to see personal bests,” head coach Chris Fox said.

Osazuwa has lived up to her status as an AllAmerican, an honor she earned at the end of the indoor season and one she hopes to receive at the end of the outdoor season as well.

“I want to start off well for the outdoor season,” Osazuwa said before the event.

Osazuwa doesn’t compete again until the Penn Relays in Philadelphia on April 22, but the rest of the team, fresh off its high-level performance at Arizona State, heads to Princeton this weekend looking to build on the strong results seen in Tempe.

After facing stiff competition out west for three straight weeks, SU returns to the East Coast to participate in a familiar event, the Princeton Larry Ellis Invitational.

The hope is that the familiarity and the importance of the event will lead to more top finishes.

“For some of the other athletes, at the very least we’d like to shoot for Big East qualifying marks,” Fox said. “We want a lot of our (athletes) to treat these events like bowl games.”

Although Osazuwa is not competing this weekend, her feats from last weekend, along with the rest of the team’s top performances last

weekend, set the stage for the meet this Saturday.

“From this point forward, we’re just looking for big marks,” Fox said. rnmarcus@syr.edu

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After arguably its best showing of the season, the Syracuse track and field team will spend the next week focusing on the Princeton Larry Ellis Invitational and the Penn Relays. The next two meets will serve as preliminary meets leading up to the much anticipated Big East championships later this month. A good showing there would lead to the regional and national meets next month.

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will halsey | asst. photo editor john lade started what eventually began the play that won the game for Syracuse Tuesday against Cornell. After the junior saved the ball from going out of bounds, he pushed it upfield to midfielder Joel White, who advanced through the Big Red defense.

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onto the ball. You can’t give Lade any more chances than you have to.

“Looking back on it, I probably should’ve tried to hold onto the ball for a minute and a half,” Pannell said after the game. “Just stood

back there by myself because I know I’m capable of it.”

Instead, Lade was given another chance, an opportunity he seized. Like he had done repeatedly, he shut down Pannell.

“We knew they were going to go for the last shot,” Galloway said. “We knew we just had to play patient defense and wait for the right moment to get the ball. It’s remnants of last (season’s) championship game (against Cornell), just waiting for the right moment to get the ball.

And John was fortunate to make a play.”

Hopping past Lade after the game, SU midfielder Kevin Drew and attack Christian Pagli yelped his way.

“Yeah, Lade! We got ‘em, Lade! You got ‘em, Lade!”

In part triumph and part disbelief, Lade grinned.

“We did it. Thank God I was able to get a stick on the ball.” bplogiur@syr.edu

Marasco with an injury in the first quarter and trailing for nearly the entire game, the Orange found a way to break the hearts of Cornell — just as it did in last year’s national championship.

“We had to fight through some difficulties tonight,” said SU goalie John Galloway. “We just needed to make some adjustments, but you have to give credit to Cornell.”

And most of that credit goes to Fiore.

The freshman goalie used his feet, shins, stick and chest to deny the Orange. SU fired off 40 shots, compared with just 20 from the Big Red. It was just another example of a goalie having a career night when the Orange came to town.

“It was just one of those games where we ran into another hot goalie,” said SU head coach John Desko. “We outshot them and a lot were on cage. You can’t tell guys not to shoot those.”

Cornell knew it could punch a ticket to the postseason with a win against Syracuse, and it showed. A win on Tuesday night would make its season. It has been no secret that Syracuse gets every team’s best shot, and this was a perfect example. Cornell looked poised to do it for 59 minutes and 59 seconds.

“I said to them when I walked in the locker room, my heart bleeds for you because they put so much into it,” Tambroni said. “When you are that close to winning, that one is going to sting for a long time.”

A sting courtesy of Daniello.

As his teammates hooted, hollered and skipped into the locker room, Daniello was as calm as ever. His 5-foot-7 frame had cameras surrounding it from every angle, but the expression on his face never changed.

That was until he was asked if he thought his goal beat the horn.

“I saw the referee cross the crease and raise his hands, so I just went along with it,” said Daniello, breaking out into a chuckle.

“I had a good feeling about it and just went along with it.”

For Daniello, there were hints of uncertainty in his voice. Tambroni said it was unfortunate there was no instant replay. But for White, it was as clear as day.

“I am telling you, I had no doubts,” White said. “As the ball hit the net I panned through and I saw the clock still had one second on it.

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Cornell goalie Fiore excels in losing effort

By Brett LoGiurato and Rachel Stern The Daily Orange

ITHACA, N.Y. — A.J. Fiore grew up fast.

Just one year ago, Fiore was starting at local Ithaca High School. Tonight he was starting against Syracuse, the nation’s No. 2 team.

“We told A.J. (Fiore) he was going to start on Sunday, and he had this look on his face of poise and calm and confidence,” said Cornell head coach Jeff Tambroni. “Seeing him smile in pregame gave me a pretty good sense that here is a freshman goalie that has a chance to arrive.”

Fiore had a career-high 20 saves, as he faced 40 shots from an Orange offense eager to put up goals. The true freshman began his Cornell career as the starting goalie. After struggling in the last few games, he has split time with junior Mat Martinez. And in a one-goal win over Harvard three days ago, Fiore did not even step on the field.

But tonight, he was ready to go. Despite playing the two-time defending national champions, Fiore felt the most calm he as all season.

“I realized I have not played to my full potential this season,” Fiore said. “I don’t know if it has just been nerves or what. For the first time, instead of going out there so serious, I tried to go out feeling good.”

But just four and a half minutes into the game, SU attack Max Bartig fired a shot past Fiore. He could have started to doubt himself.

He could have looked to the sideline, wondering if Martinez was warming up.

But the freshman reacted like an upperclassman. A veteran who knows how to shake off a first-quarter goal.

“You knew they would come out firing — that is the kind of team they are,” Fiore said. “You just have to put it behind you and not dwell on it that early.”

And Fiore certainly settled in. The game was knotted at one after the first 15 minutes. This was the first time all season Syracuse did not hold the lead after the first quarter. As the game wore on, Fiore made save after save. As the Orange offense tried to bounce shots past the freshman, the goalie used his feet on more than one occasion to stop the ball.

Even on the last play of the game, he stuffed Cody Jamieson’s potential game-winner right on the doorstep. And while it wasn’t enough, Tambroni saw plenty from his goalie.

“That was as good a performance as we’ve had from our goalies since Matt McMonagle,” Tambroni said. “He was about as good as I have had the opportunity to coach, and watching A.J. (Fiore) today reminded me of him.”

Marasco hurt SU freshman midfielder JoJo Marasco left the team’s game against Cornell in the first quarter after suffering what is only being described now as a “lower left leg injury.”

As the rest of the members of the SU team huddled before the start of the second quarter, Marasco remained on the bench writhing in pain while hunched over, grabbing his left leg.

Before halftime, the freshman walked off the field limping, accompanied by two SU trainers on a trip to the locker room. At the half, it was announced he would not return, and at the start of the third quarter, he stood on the sideline on

will halsey | asst. photo editor Tim desko (21) tries to get a shot around Cornell goalie A.J. Fiore. The Big Red freshman made a career-high 20 saves, holding the Orange to eight goals on 40 shots. Having not played just three days earlier against Harvard, Fiore shined Tuesday. crutches.

Marasco was not available for comment after the game. There was no word on how the injury would affect his status for Sunday’s game at Rutgers.

With Marasco’s injury, other midfielders saw increased time for the Orange. Non-regulars Pete Coleman, Steve Ianzito, Joe Coulter and Ryan Barber played more extensively.

In addition, members of the attack, such as Chris Daniello, shifted between attack and midfield. If the injury to Marasco is a serious one, Daniello said he would be fine with rotating between positions.

“I’ve kind of been doing it all season,” Daniello said. “And now I’m going to be doing it a little more.”

Déjà vu?

As Syracuse’s game against Cornell wound down yet again to the final minutes, memories crept into plain view of last year’s championship game, when SU came back for a thrilling 10-9 overtime victory on Cody Jamieson’s tally in the extra session.

And for a second, it looked like Jamieson would be the hero once again.

Coming in from behind the net, Jamieson beat his defender to the inside and was on the doorstep. But Fiore turned away his shot.

“I just took a shot,” Jamieson said. “Last year, you had time. This year, the last time I looked up at the clock, I think it said 10 seconds and I was out on the wing. I didn’t really have any time to think and react.”

When Jamieson saw that Fiore had made the save, his first thought was to get the ball back.

And then he saw that Chris Daniello was there to do just that and be the hero this time around.

“I didn’t think there was that much time left on the clock,” Jamieson said. “Even when Chris did finally pick it up, I thought, ‘That horn has to be going off sometime.’” bplogiur@syr.edu restern@syr.edu

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the good

The number of goals Syracuse scored over the final 10:10 of regulation. The Orange had only scored four goals the entire game up until that point.

Chris Daniello

His game-winner gave the senior a hat trick and boosted his team-leading point total to 33 on the season.

the bad Syracuse offense

Syracuse connected on just 20 percent of its shot attempts (8-of-40) and committed 19 turnovers on the night. The Orange’s eight goals were its lowest total against the Big Red since a 19-6 loss on April 11, 1987.

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“I knew the whole time it was a goal. I watched it right in to the net, and as I kept going I looked right up to the clock and saw there was still one second left.

There was no doubt.”

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the ugly

Austin Boykin, Cornell midfielder

The Big Red’s primary faceoff man went just 3-of-14 at the X, allowing Syracuse to keep the ball for much of the game. The lack of possession also contributed to Cornell’s low-scoring performance.

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With the score tied at seven, Chris Daniello picks up a rebound and fires in the gamewinning goal as time expires.

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Despite milestone year, Jensen hungry to prove Big East worth

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uke Jensen’s tenure leading the Syracuse tennis program has been defined by his overwhelming confidence, which consistently straddles the line dividing boldness and outlandishness.

But turn the conversation to his team’s schedule, and a hint of frustration creeps onto his face. His trademark cartoonish grin shrinks. The effervescent quality that exemplifies Jensen’s bubbly personality begins to dim.

Because even now, fresh off the greatest regular season in team history, Jensen recognizes that the Orange’s 19-2 record doesn’t necessarily prove anything yet. Not on the national scale. Not on the level he has vowed to reach.

Though Syracuse has won 13 straight matches and is undefeated in Big East play, its apparent dominance may be misleading. It is unranked and has not played the best three teams in the conference: Notre Dame, South Florida and DePaul, all of whom have spent all or most of the season in the national polls. SU has only faced one team currently in the Top 25.

Syracuse is trapped in a sort of tennis purgatory — too good for a large portion of the tennis world but still unproven against the upper echelon — and is searching for a way to escape it. Next week’s Big East tournament is Jensen’s best opportunity yet to demonstrate that all his talk is leading to results.

No matter how well SU has played thus far, it is impossible to gauge the extent of the team’s improvement without seeing how it handles the conference’s elite.

“It’s tough to beat them when they won’t play us,” Jensen said last week, brash and selfassured, but with a wisp of glumness.

Big East women’s tennis does not mandate that all conference teams play each other.

Individual coaches make their own schedules.

Jensen has called Notre Dame and DePaul in an attempt to schedule matches in the past two years to no avail. His requests have been denied.

And that won’t change anytime soon. Notre Dame coach Jay Louderback and DePaul coach Mark Ardizzone both said in recent interviews that they have completed most of their schedule through 2012, and they have no intention of adding Syracuse.

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girls’ best friend In other sports — men’s basketball, for instance — this would perhaps suggest that top teams are afraid of playing SU. A ranked team losing to a talented but unproven team like SU would seriously damage postseason aspirations, so top programs avoid it.

Louderback laughed off that notion. In women’s tennis, rankings mean everything.

To reach the NCAA tournament, it’s sometimes not as much how much you win but who you play. Louderback pointed out that Syracuse lost to No. 3 Michigan, 7-0, earlier this year. No. 6 Notre Dame beat the Wolverines.

That’s why he has turned down Jensen’s requests.

“We have to look out for ourselves and try to play as many of the teams in the Top 25 in the country as possible,” Louderback said. “We would love to play Syracuse and more Big East teams, but until they are in the rankings, it just doesn’t make sense for us to play them all.”

Ardizzone at DePaul learned this reality firsthand just last year. His Blue Demons went 17-4, including 14 shutouts. They were the Big East tournament runner-up, losing to Notre Dame in the championship. It wasn’t enough to qualify for the NCAA tournament. Ardizzone said they were the last team out.

So DePaul loaded its schedule this year with schools that graced the rankings. No room for Syracuse.

“I feel for Luke because I used to beat my head against the wall trying to make mandatory scheduling,” Ardizzone said. “He wants a chance to show how good they really are. Now my team is high in the rankings, and I see it from the other perspective. We got left out last year, and it was hard to take. We need to play top competition.”

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Ardizzone added that financial considerations have stopped DePaul from playing Syracuse. The Blue Demons last came here in 2008 and spent $7,000 — far more than Ardizzone is willing to spend from a tight travel budget, especially to play an unaccomplished opponent.

Jensen deserves nothing but praise for what he has done in his three years at Syracuse. He has taken a nondescript tennis program and begun the process of building a winner. Sophomore Emily Harman said SU had been “mocked” in the past but now is respected. Junior Simone Kalhorn said that the rest of the Big East “is scared of us now.”

Jensen has even started to make good on his promise to recruit professional prospects.

Freshman CC Sardinha, the team’s best player, was on the pro circuit and planned to skip college altogether before Jensen began recruiting her. “This is the best training you can possibly have in the country to become a professional,” she said last week.

And perhaps most importantly, give Jensen credit for trying to play the best Big East opponents. It would be easy for him to talk like he does but shy away from Notre Dame.

Jensen is convinced his team is ready to compete with the cream of the Big East crop right now. That given the chance, Syracuse would prove it belongs in the national rankings. He has never cared that Notre Dame is ranked No. 6 and Syracuse is nowhere to be found on any poll.

“The difference is they haven’t played us yet,” Jensen said. “It’s going to take a massive effort from any team to beat us because they don’t play like we do.”

The chance to back up his words is coming.

Jensen’s team will play the teams he so badly wants to play. This may be the group that justifies his constant hype.

Jensen says he’s coming for the top dogs, and he’ll keep calling until they accept. Next week, they won’t have a choice.

Jared Diamond is the sports columnist for The Daily Orange, where his column appears weekly. He can be reached at jediamon@syr.edu.

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SPORTS

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8 2S Y R A C U S E V S . C O R N E L L 9 7

LOOK FAMILIAR?

In title-game rematch, SU again prevails in dramatic fashion

By Rachel Stern

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will halsey | asst. photo editor Chris Daniello (14) celebrates his game-winning goal in Syracuse’s thrilling 8-7 win over Cornell at Schoellkopf Field Tuesday night. For the second time in a row, the Orange came from behind to beat its upstate rival, much like it did in last year’s national championship game.

Lade’s constant pressure, last-minute defensive stop initiate game-winning sequence

By Brett LoGiurato

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Asst. Copy Editor

THACA, N.Y. — John Lade knew where the ball was going. Cornell attack Rob Pannell had already stalled with possession behind the goal for more than a minute. Then, Pannell did something that surprised Lade — he passed it off.

Lade wasn’t going to let him get it back.

“He’s a great player,” Lade said.

“We just knew we had to lock him up at the end because we knew they were going to try to get him the ball. He wants the ball in his hands.”

Reaching his 6-foot pole into the path of a pass from Cornell attack Scott Austin, Lade knocked down the pass intended for Pannell. And with that, he started SU’s game-winning play. Lunging, he saved the ball from going out of bounds and pushed it to

SU midfielder Joel White, who slithered between three defenders to bring the ball up the field.

The rest of the moment for Lade, who watched as Chris Daniello scooped up a rebound and scored at the horn, was a blur.

All he knew was that he started it.

“Luckily, I was able to get a stick on it and start (the play),” Lade said.

“Thank God for Joel (White) tightroping up the sideline.”

Like he had so many times before, Lade once again shut down Pannell, who came into Tuesday’s game as the leading scorer in Division I lacrosse.

This time, it was with the game on the line. This time, he started SU’s march downfield to victory, an 8-7 buzzerbeating triumph over Cornell.

It was the same story all game for Lade. He didn’t want Pannell to touch the ball. And when he did, Lade made

sure Pannell couldn’t go anywhere.

Lade cut off Pannell’s angles, forcing him into tough shots that were stopped by SU goaltender John Galloway. And as a result, an attack that had averaged more than five points per game was shut down, only mustering three assists and being held with little opportunity to create and make plays for his offense.

“We have so much confidence in what John can do,” Galloway said.

“We knew that he matched up well with Pannell.”

And on the final sequence, it was business as usual for Lade.

Cornell called timeout with 2:11 to play in the game, and Lade knew where the ball was going. Pannell knew where the ball was going. He said after the game that Cornell head coach Jeff Tambroni had called his name in the huddle.

So Pannell stalled. And still, as he had done all day, Lade didn’t give Pannell an inch to work with. On Pannell’s attempted dodges, Lade cut off his angles. He poke-checked him constantly, forcing him to retreat and set up once again.

“Cornell, like anybody, has its go-to guy,” SU head coach John Desko said. “And he’s certainly the go-to guy. He’s leading the nation in points right now. I don’t know who else they would go to in that situation.”

But Galloway and the rest of the SU defense had confidence in Lade.

And Desko’s game plan hinged on Lade constantly pressuring the ball when it was in Pannell’s stick.

When Pannell couldn’t find any space, he passed off. And with that, Lade found his opportunity.

Pannell knew he should’ve held

see lade page 20

Staff Writer

THACA, N.Y. — From Joel White’s point of view, there was never any doubt.

With 33 seconds to play and the score knotted at seven, White scooped up the loose ball in Cornell territory. He spun past three Cornell players, dished the ball off to Kevin Drew and left his teammate with simple directions: Get the ball to an attack.

Drew did just that. After Cornell goalie A.J. Fiore made a pointblank save on a Cody Jamieson shot with 10 seconds to play, the ball squirted out to Chris Daniello.

The senior captain picked up the ball on the right side, and with one second to go, zipped a shot past Fiore.

Let the comparisons from last year’s championship game begin.

As the entire team piled on top of Daniello, Cornell head coach Jeff Tambroni pleaded with the referees at the other end of the field. Fiore just stood there, looking around. Cornell players took a knee.

But for White, the celebration was far from premature. After all, from his “perfect view” there was no question. No need for instant replay. No reason to doubt Daniello’s shot beat the final horn.

“I knew the whole time it was a goal,” said White, a smile plastered on his face. “I watched it right in to the net, and as I kept going, I looked right up to the clock and saw there was still one second left. There was no doubt.”

And with that, No. 2 Syracuse burst any hopes of a No. 9 Cornell upset, as it scored a last- second goal to secure an 8-7 win at Schoellkoepf Field in front of 7,235. The biggest lead for any team was two goals. Cornell gave Syracuse all it could handle. But the Orange kept hanging around.

Despite a career-best 20 saves from Cornell freshman Fiore, losing freshman midfielder JoJo

see cornell page 20