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Al-Megrahi hospitalized Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the

Righteous rally Relay For Life provides an

Years of entertainment The First Year Players mark

No place like home The Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre Yankees

convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber, was hospitalized Friday after his health worsened. Page 3

opportunity for those directly or indirectly affected by cancer to join together. Page 5

their 20th year as a group with the musical “The Drowsy Chaperone.” Page 11

“hosted” the Syracuse Chiefs in Syracuse’s stadium this weekend while their stadium gets renovated. Page 20

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Tomaselli recants prior accusations

By Liz Sawyer NEWS EDITOR

Zach Tomaselli, the third man to make sexual abuse allegations against Bernie Fine, now says he made up the entire story. In a series of email exchanges to The Daily Orange, Tomaselli wrote that he never actually met Fine and has been lying for months.

“It has become a burden of a lie and I am sick of it,” Tomaselli wrote in an email to The Daily Orange. “Bobby Davis told me what to tell detectives and it pretty much took off from there.

The evidence that supports me is just pure luck, not real evidence.”

Tomaselli, 23, of Lewiston, Maine, accused the former Syracuse Univer-

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Lawyers to Relay For Life event raises more than $148,000 move case forward RENEE GARDENER dances with students at Relay For Life 2012 on Saturday night. Approximately 2,000 people attended this year’s event, including several representatives from Syracuse University, SUNY-ESF and Upstate Medical University.

By Nicki Gorny STAFF WRITER

Laurie Tewksbury’s childhood friend, Stephanie Boyle’s great aunt and mother, Jamie Goldfarb’s grandparents, Jack McGowan’s father.

All have been affected by cancer, and all were among those remembered or honored at Relay For Life in

the Carrier Dome on Saturday night.

“Everyone knows someone who’s been affected by cancer,” said Katie Bresnahan, a junior public relations major and co-chair for the event. “It’s a cause that everyone can relate to.”

Approximately 2,000 people attended Relay For Life at SU this year, including representatives from many

Syracuse University student organizations, the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, SUNY Upstate Medical University and the local community.

As an American Cancer Society fundraiser, Relay For Life raises money for cancer research and free services provided to cancer patients.

The event encourages participants to remember those who have died and to honor those still fighting the disease.

With 5,000 Relays this year in approximately 25 countries, it is the largest fundraiser in the world, said Erin Shuff, senior director for special events for the American Cancer Soci-

she hopes they will continue to return. The Syracuse University crew team showed its support Thursday night, and Nunez said she was happy to keep the shop open two hours later to accommodate them.

Now that the down payment has

The slander suit against Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim should move forward, a lawyer representing two former ball boys argued Wednesday.

Mariann Meier Wang filed papers in response to an earlier request by Boeheim’s lawyers, saying the case deserves to go to court, according to an article published online by The PostStandard on Thursday. Both sides are scheduled to make their cases April 27 before New York Supreme Court Justice Brian DeJoseph.

Boeheim called the former ball boys, Bobby Davis and Mike Lang, liars and said they were trying to gain money after accusing former associ-

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Boba Suite Tea House to remain open; employees see spike in sales

By Rachael Barillari ASST. NEWS EDITOR

After a spike in business during the past two weeks, Boba Suite Tea House owner Glenda Nunez announced Sunday the shop will remain open on South Crouse Avenue.

“All the paperwork is signed,” said Nunez, who officially made the

entire $25,000 down payment to the previous owners to keep the tea house open. She had exactly one month, from March 15 to April 15, to accumulate the entire sum. On April 2, Nunez said she was still short about $10,000.

The money was raised through Nunez’s personal connections —

who have become investors in the business — about $1,000 in costumer donations and a large increase in business after social media announcements of the shop’s financial difficulties.

Nunez said the tea house has gained many new customers who came to support the shop, and

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CAMPUS BRIEFS Car crashes into house A car crashed into the front porch of a house on the corner of Madison Street and Ostrom Avenue at about 2:30 a.m. Friday, said Andrew Johnson, a Syracuse University student and resident of the house. There were no reported injuries.

Multiple SU students live in the house the Nissan Altima crashed into. The male driver was intoxicated, Johnson said. Another resident and two bystanders helped pull the driver from the car, and the driver proceeded to leave the scene before emergency responders arrived, he said.

The car was registered to the driver’s girlfriend and his whereabouts remain unknown, Johnson said.

Local artist’s work displayed The current work of Brendan Rose, Syracuse’s public artist in residence, will be the subject of a new photographic survey on view April 19 to May 12 at the Syracuse Public Artist in Residence Space located in the State Tower Building, 109 S. Warren St., according to an April 11 SU News release.

Rose’s sculpture, titled “Hidden in Plain Site: Urban Sculpture and the Work of the Syracuse Public Artist in Residence,” was researched, organized, designed and installed by firstyear graduate museum studies students in VPA, according to the release.

—Compiled by Stephanie Bouvia, asst. news editor, snbouvia@syr.edu and Breanne Van Nostrand, asst.

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Everybody take it off

Runners take their mark at the second Nearly Naked Mile run, sponsored by the Syracuse Univeristy Triathlon Team. At the starting line, the team stripped down to underwear or a costume. All clothing taken off will be donated to a charitable organization in Syracuse. Runners wore layers to donate as many articles of clothing as possible. Fast runners and those with the “Best School Spirit” in the event won gift certificates and vouchers for various establishments around campus. Department of Public Safety officers did not tolerate any indecent exposure. Other universities had held similar events that received enthusiastic responses.

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Al-Megrahi brought to hospital due to illness

By Marwa Eltagouri ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, was transferred to the hospital Friday after his health quickly worsened.

Al-Megrahi was taken from his home in Tripoli to a private hospital, according to a Reuters article published Friday. His brother, Abdulhakim, told Reuters that “his health began to deteriorate quickly and we were worried about him, so took him immediately to the hospital where he is receiving a blood transfusion.”

The former Libyan officer was the only man convicted for involvement in the Pan Am Flight 103 tragedy that killed 270 people, including 35 Syracuse University students returning from semesters abroad in London and

Florence, Italy, through SU Abroad.

He was freed by Britain in 2009 on compassionate grounds after he was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer. It was believed that al-Megrahi would only live for a few months. The release angered several relatives of the victims, and drew criticism from President Barack Obama’s administration.

Several U.S. politicians have pushed for al-Megrahi’s extradition to the United States, but the National Transitional Council denied the request, according to the article.

Al-Megrahi, who served as an intelligence agent during former Libyan dictator Moammar al Gadhafi’s rule, denied any role in suspected human rights abuses in Libya before Gadhafi’s fall and death last year, according to the article.

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Absentee ballot applications due April 23 Students who plan on voting via absentee ballot in the New York state primaries are running out of time. Applications must be received by mail Tuesday or be delivered in person to the Onondaga County Board of Elections by April 23, the day before the New York state GOP primary. All students who wish to complete a ballot must be registered voters in New York state. Here are four easy steps to voting with an absentee ballot:

1. Verify your registration.

Don’t worry if you’ve lost your voter registration card; you won’t need it to actually vote. However, it is recommended that students double check their registration before applying for an absentee ballot.

Students can verify their voter registration online at the NYSVoter Public Information website. Registration can also be verified through the Onondaga County Board of Elections, located at 1000 Erie Boulevard West in Syracuse.

2. Confirm eligibilty

4. Complete and return ballot

Each state has different qualifications a person must meet to apply for an absentee ballot. In New York state, you are eligible to vote absentee if you will be: • Unavoidably absent from your county on Election Day • Unable to appear at the polls due to illness or disability • A patient in a Veterans’ Administration Hospital • Detained in jail awaiting grand jury action or confined in prison after conviction for an offense other than a felony

The Board of Elections will mail applicants an absentee ballot and a return envelope. Fill out your ballot, sign it and then mail it back the county Board of Elections. Your ballot must be postmarked the day before voting, April 24, or personally delivered to the county Board of Elections no later than the closing of polls.

3. Apply for your absentee ballot.

Because, the deadline to request an absentee ballot by mail has passed, students looking to vote via an absentee ballot should download the application online at longdistancevoter.org.

The application will request personal information, as well as a description of why you chose to vote absentee. Then, mail in or deliver the application to the Onondaga County Board of Elections before the deadline.

—Compiled by Liz Sawyer, news editor, egsawyer@syr.edu Source: longdistancevoter.org

POLLING STATIONS

For those students who are able to make it out to the polls April 24 for the New York state primaries, here are four local venues where you can cast a ballot:

1. Bird Library, 222 Waverly Ave. 2. Erwin First United Methodist Church (parking lot entrance), 920 Euclid Ave. 3. Edward Smith School (library), Lancaster Avenue and Broad Street 4. Toomey Abbott Towers (lobby), 1207 Almond St. source: ongov.net/elections

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Valkyrie ad proves The Daily Orange is subjecting community to sex industry To the Editors: Is it the ad from The Valkyrie Club that now appears to be running regularly in The Daily Orange? Or is it the completely disingenuous letter to the editor from the club’s representative? I’m not sure what’s making me feel dirtier.

Oh, no, it was the fact that The D.O. is prostituting itself and Syracuse University to the sex industry. That’s it, I think. Apparently neither The Valkyrie Club’s representative nor the students in charge at The D.O. understand the difference between sexual attrac-

LET TER TO THE EDITOR tion and anonymous financial transactions for sexual services.

If there was a serious women’s movement on campus, we’d see protestors showing up at Valkyrie with cameras, just to record who shows up. In the meantime, I’ll stop reading and picking up The D.O. until it stops disgracing itself and the university.

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s Americans continue to use social media and the Internet, Congress needs to keep pace with privacy laws involved with companies online. Several news stories highlighting the abuse of social media demonstrate the need for laws to enhance security and privacy online.

The European Union began debating legislation that will protect users and their data online. These new regulations are expected to become law in 2013. The United States needs to follow the EU as technology develops. Exploitation of personal data is a problem the government is not addressing.

Congress has a poor track record legislating what happens online. The Stop Online Piracy Act was crafted as a way to stop file sharing online and protect copyrights. The act was pushed by the music and film industry. The bill had the potential to drastically change the way people could act online. The potential for images, music or video to be censored sparked worldwide protest.

Websites like Google and Wikipedia “censored” themselves or posted messages about stopping the legislation.

Some Congress members admitted they did not fully understand the Internet or the way some websites work.

Rep. Melvin Watt (D-N.C.), a SOPA supporter, said, “As one who acknowledged in his opening statement that he was not a nerd and didn’t understand a lot of the technological stuff, I’m not the person to argue about the technology part of this.” A legislative body trying to regulate something unfamiliar results in weak policies.

Studies have shown employers are asking potential employees for Facebook passwords. Sharing Facebook passwords can be more destructive than an email password because email doesn’t always contain personal photos or friends’ contact information.

Maryland was the first state to ban employers from asking for Facebook passwords . Other states have decided to try and pass similar laws. The

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to the left, to the left Department of Justice has received requests to determine if being forced to give a password to get hired is illegal.

Congress needs to take a more aggressive approach to legislating what happens to personal data online.

Personal data is being handed over when subpoenaed. On April 6, the public learned what data is released when the police subpoena a Facebook account. The Boston Phoenix published information given to Boston police about Philip Markoff, the “Craigslist Killer.” Markoff killed a woman he met on Craigslist in a hotel room in 2009.

Markoff’s comments and photos were among data turned over to police.

“Facebook has been pretty tightlipped about the subpoena process, even refusing to acknowledge how many subpoenas they’ve served,” according to the Phoenix article.

Online sites users are unaware of what information can be released to police. Equally unclear is how easily Facebook or Twitter distributes personal information upon request.

The United States needs to follow the EU with online privacy legislation.

The EU plans to impose fines on up to 2 percent of a company’s revenue if user data is breached. Under proposed legislation, personal data must be able to be transferred across social networking platforms. These reforms aim to ensure accountability and individual privacy.

If the United States does not push for online regulations, the public’s privacy and data will undoubtedly be abused.

Harmen Rockler is a junior newspaper journalism and political science major.

His column appears every Monday. He can be reached at horockle@syr.edu.

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Relay For Life raises awareness, support Syracuse University’s Relay For Life provides an easy opportunity for the university community to help make a difference in the fight against cancer.

On Saturday night, more than 2,000 community members gathered in the Carrier Dome to raise money for cancer research and to help provide free services to cancer patients. The event also remembers those who have died from cancer and supports those still struggling with the disease.

Half of all men and one-third of all women will develop some type of cancer in their lifetimes. But cancer doesn’t only affect those diagnosed with the disease. Many students on campus, though they may not personally have the disease, likely

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EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board know someone who does.

There will be 5,000 different relay events in more than 50 countries this year, making it one of the largest fundraisers in the world.

Last year, the SU Relay For Life event raised more than $175,000. The event is on track to generate a similar amount this year. The relay event does more than just raise money. It also raises support and awareness.

For all those directly or indirectly affected by cancer, relay reminds them they are not alone. Seeing 2,000 people gathered in the Dome all supporting

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the same cause can be reassuring to those who are dealing with cancer in their lives.

Although the event raises money for cancer, it is lively and features different activities throughout the overnight event. Students can participate in Zumba, and there is live music and activities such as jousting. But there are somber events, too, including a survivor lap and a luminaria ceremony to honor those who have died.

Regardless of how community members have been affected by cancer, Relay For Life provides an opportunity for the community to work together toward a common goal: fighting cancer.

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ety and staff partner for SU’s Relay.

“The phenomenon that Relay For Life is,” she said, “proves that people really do care and are really passionate about the fight against cancer.”

SU’s Relay, which is the largest student-run event on campus, raised about $148,594 this year as of press time, and organizers hope to match last year’s total of $175,000 through online donations at syracuserelay.org. The organization will accept donations throughout the next few months.

Relay participants began entering the Dome and staking out spots on the turf with pillows, blankets and tents at 6 p.m. Saturday. By 7:15 p.m., when cancer survivors kicked off the event with the first lap around the perimeter of the field, reclining students abandoned their spots to line their path and cheer them on. Everyone joined the survivors in circling the field after the first lap.

Live music played throughout the night as representatives from fundraising teams

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sity associate men’s basketball coach of molesting him in a Pittsburgh hotel room in 2002 during an away game. Fine has denied the claims and has not been charged.

In a phone interview with CNY Central, Tomaselli said: “It was a game to me. It was fun trying to make this story come alive. I was told by Bobby Davis what kind of porn Bernie likes. So I would add we were watching lesbian porn and going on and on. But, it didn’t pan out because of my school records, there was a hole I didn’t fill,” according to an online article

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walked the path around the field. Alongside the path were various fundraising tables, including photo booths, henna tattoos, face painting, tarot card readings, video game stations, hula hoop contests and $2 rides in wheelchairs around the field provided by Upstate Medical University’s team.

The fundraising stations were organized through fraternities and sororities, residence halls, student organizations, independent community members and other fundraising teams.

This wide variety of participants is what makes Relay a unique event to co-chairs Bresnahan and Tewksbury, a senior advertising and marketing major.

“It’s really nice to go in and see all these students from all different ways of life and areas on campus coming together for one cause,” Bresnahan said. “We’re all banding together for a night.”

Haircuts were also offered on the main stage to benefit Locks of Love, a nonprofit organization that provides wigs to children who have lost their hair because of medical treatment. Purple

hair extensions were available nearby for a donation to the American Cancer Society.

At about 10 p.m., the carnival atmosphere subsided with the beginning of the luminaria ceremony. At this time, glow sticks were placed in decorated paper bags, each representing a loved one who has died or is fighting cancer. Participants bought the decorated bags throughout the night and placed alongside the field.

As the lights dimmed, everyone in the center of the field walked the path together again.

Organizers read aloud the names of those who had passed away first, followed by the names of those who are still fighting, while large screens displayed photos of the individuals. As the hourlong ceremony continued, walkers stopped by the bags representing their loved ones to grieve and reflect.

The somber mood lightened after the ceremony. While some participants left at this time, many more settled in for the night. The event continued with live music, Zumba and many more laps around the field until the early hours of the morning.

The money raised for the American Cancer Society makes a difference in the lives of cancer victims, said Shuff, the American Cancer Society staff partner for SU’s Relay.

“There’s only so much that medical staff can do for you,” she said. “That’s where the American Cancer Society kicks in.”

In addition to cancer research, the money will go toward free American Cancer Society programs like Road to Recovery, a ride service that takes cancer patients without transportation to treatment; Look Good, Feel Better, a program that gives patients tips on makeup, wigs and hats; and Hope Lodge, a hotel for patients’ families who travel for cancer treatment.

In the effort to end cancer, young people play an influential role, Shuff said.

“College students are different. I think they often care even more because they have all the energy of youth that just comes with that time of your life, and they feel even more motivated to make a difference in the world,” she said. “Relay provides an excellent opportunity.”

published Friday.

Tomaselli went on to write in the email, “I NEVER met Bernie fine or went to an autograph session. I sat in the nosebleeds at the Pitt game at the dome in ‘03 but that is it. I lied.”

Davis denied telling Tomaselli details of his interactions with Fine when interviewed by ESPN on Friday.

“I never said anything like that at all to the kid,” Davis told ESPN, according to an article published online Friday. “I just spoke to him a couple minutes. There were like two phone calls between us and they lasted a total of three to four minutes.

“It was very short,” Davis said of their conversations, according to the article. “I asked him all the questions. I asked him

to describe Bernie’s house, to describe the arena, to name the players on the team at that time. He kept changing his story with me. He couldn’t name the players, couldn’t describe the house. I said, ‘You just need to call the police.’ I called back and asked him if he called the police and he said, ‘No one answered.’ I said, ‘No one answered?’”

Tomaselli said he misled the police, media and general public because he greatly disliked the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team after it beat his favorite team, the Kansas Jayhawks, in the 2003 championship game.

“I don’t have feelings most of the time. I just hate people without caring,” Tomaselli wrote.

Tomaselli said he wasn’t sorry for lying

about the case or accusing Fine, but did feel bad about hurting SU head coach Jim Boeheim, who is being sued for defamation by Fine’s first two accusers, Davis and Mike Lang, according to the CNY Central article.

Tomaselli will begin serving a three-year and three-month prison sentence April 18 for sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy who attended a summer camp where Tomaselli used to be a counselor.

When asked if the real reason he lied about Fine was to gain leniency in his own abuse case, Tomaselli said, “I can’t talk about my case, but you can guess the answer,” according to the article.

DEFAMATION

“Boeheim’s statements not only harmed Bobby Davis and Mike Lang, they also no doubt had a substantial chilling effect on other victims of sexual abuse who already face so many obstacles to reporting,” Wang wrote, according to the article.

In an affidavit included in the court filings, Davis wrote that Boeheim’s comments have caused “tremendous emotional and financial harm” to him and Lang because of his status in the Syracuse community.

“Having someone like Jim Boeheim, who everyone in Syracuse seems to hold up as a god, immediately come out and make false statements ... has been extraordinarily painful and has brought both a new, added layer of fear and shame and revived my old feelings of profound guilt and anxiety,” Davis wrote, according to the article.

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ate head coach Bernie Fine of molesting them.

Fine has denied all wrongdoing and has not been charged.

Boeheim apologized 10 days after his remarks, but Davis and Lang have since sued Syracuse University and the head coach for defamation. Boeheim’s lawyers filed papers March 13 saying his original statements were hyperbolic and sarcastic opinions protected by the state and federal constitutions. As a result, his lawyers requested the slander suit be dismissed.

In the papers filed Wednesday, Wang wrote that Boeheim’s statements were hurtful to Davis and Lang and affected other sexual abuse victims as well.

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Speculation has risen regarding alMegrahi’s involvement in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing after the film “Lockerbie: Case Closed” debuted on Al Jazeera’s website Feb. 27. He announced that he would release a book of memoirs further maintaining his innocence earlier that week. meltagou@syr.edu

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been made on the shop, Nunez said there will not be any issues with further expenses.

“The next payments are of $1,000 each, which is more manageable in the long term than $25,000 in one month for the down payment,” she said.

With the future of the shop ensured, many new implementations will be taking place. New tea flavors, such as watermelon and vanilla, will be added to the menu, as well as more topping choices like caramel.

Nunez said she also plans to start offering milkshakes, and more food items will be available in the fall.

Boba Suite will also be expanding its catering service of baked goods and bubble teas, and the staff is reaching out to artists in the Syracuse community to display their works in the shop.

Nunez said she is thankful to all who have come to purchase tea and will be doing promotional events in the near future. rebarill@syr.edu

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Field work

Students get hands-on experience through environmental internships

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By Shannon Hazlitt STAFF WRITER

earing the piercing snarl of a weasellike mammal as it thrashed in a cage was just part of a day’s work for Tim McCoy. “They are neat little guys,” McCoy said. “They are very shy, and people don’t get to see them often.”

McCoy, a graduate student at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, often encountered this creature, called an American marten, when he worked in the Adirondacks two summers ago through an internship with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

The Environmental Conservation Department’s Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources will hire 26 more graduate and undergraduate students from colleges throughout New York state this summer for similar on-the-job internships, both paid and unpaid. The Division of Lands and Forests will also hire about 18 more students to work on preserving forest health.

McCoy said the program offers students from many colleges throughout New York state an enjoyable and practical, real-life opportunity.

“For me, there are two types of days: field days and lab days,” McCoy said.

Some of his time was spent in the woods of Newcomb, where there is an extension of the ESF campus in the heart of the Adirondacks.

But McCoy said most of his work was in the lab studying the stomach contents of the marten to determine its diet.

He said his work with the Environmental Conservation Department is important in protecting martens, as this species is of special concern to New York. Although they used to be found throughout the whole Northeast, the martens are now unique to New York, Maine and New Hampshire due to fur trapping and deforestation.

Learning how to identify the animals that the marten eats by studying the hairs and bones in their stomachs was one of the most challenging, but also valuable, experiences he had during the internship, McCoy said.

McCoy also said networking was a major benefit of this internship because the Environmental Conservation Department is a tough agency to get hired into.

“The more experience you have, the better off you are going to be,” McCoy said.

Students who apply for this paid internship can work with the Environmental Conservation Department in many locations throughout New York state other than the Adirondacks.

“It’s a great opportunity for students to get hands-on experience in the field,” said Jim Eckler, a coordinator for the program and senior wildlife biologist with the Environmental Conservation Department.

Eckler said the students he supervises get to work with the department on many tasks, most of which involve extensive field work, requiring participants to be outside six to eight hours a day.

Wildlife surveys are one of the most important tasks in the field the interns work on, Eckler said.

These surveys involve projects such as listening for the calls of rare bird species and recording the sounds bats make at night to locate their food so it can be analyzed later by a computer.

Matt Slade, a senior at ESF, w orked with Eckler at the Montezuma Wetlands Complex through an internship with SUNY-Cobleskill from May to August 2011. He said besides gaining practical skills such as identifying plants and animals, the program taught him to communicate and handle responsibilities.

“Everyone should apply to these positions,” Slade said. “They really are a step in the right direction of where we want to go in the conservation field.” smhazlit@syr.edu

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William Mellen was peeling potatoes when he noticed his arms were covered entirely in giant black spiders. Thirty seconds later, they were gone.

Mellen, a sophomore anthropology major, experiences hallucinations like this periodically as a result of his bipolar disorder.

The first Wellness Week, sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs, will address mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety and schizophrenia. The events kicked off Sunday with a hike to reduce stress. Throughout the week, there will be opportunities to participate in yoga and pet therapy.

Nearly 30 percent of college students reported feeling “so depressed that it was difficult to function” at some time during the year, according to a 2009 study from the American College Health Association. The Send Silence Packing event will represent this issue, with more than 1,000 backpacks lining the Quad to represent the number of suicides committed by college students every year.

Syracuse University’s Counseling Center is available as a resource for students who feel overwhelmed by emotion or difficult circumstances in their lives. About 15 to 20 percent of SU students utilize the Counseling Center during a typical academic year, said Cory Wallack, its director for the past nine years.

About 1,500 students currently use the therapy services exclusively and many are enrolled in the Options program for alcohol- and drugrelated issues. Wallack said the center has a staff of only 11 therapists to serve a student population of almost 20,000.

“It’s really not feasible,” he said.

Because of the lack of resources, the Counseling Center staff is forced to assess which students have the greatest clinical need for their services based on a preliminary telephone interview and whether the student has access to insurance.

“It’s both negative and positive,” said Helayne Kushner, a senior psychology major.

“It’s free, but it’s really hard to get an appointment. I mean, you’ve got to plan these sessions weeks, months in advance.”

The health fee covers only a certain number of hourlong sessions before students are referred to off-campus psychological services. Wallack said only about 40 percent of students continue treatment. Though the most common diagnosis at the center is clinical depression, a minority of students seek someone to talk to because of a situational inf luences like breakups, rather than medical inf luences, Wallack said.

“We’ve become a society that is afraid of sadness,” he said.

David Benjamin, a junior mechanical engineering major enrolled in University College, doesn’t pay the health fee, and therefore, he cannot access the Counseling Center or the alternative services provided by the psychology graduate program.

Benjamin, who suffers from bipolar disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder, sees an offcampus therapist and is eligible for assistance from the Office of Disability Services. He also finds comfort in the campus chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

NAMI holds biweekly support group meetings and screenings of mental health-related films like “A Beautiful Mind.” The group’s main goal is to act as a support system for mentally ill students, and their friends and families.

Members of the group also discuss the shame attached to the label “mentally ill.”

“If people are aware that there’s help out there, maybe some of the stigma will be eradicated,” said Mellen, who is NAMI’s president-elect.

Active Minds is another mental illness education student organization at SU. President Lexy Davis said when she was tabling for the organization in the Schine Student Center, people tended to back away from her table after reading what the group was about.

She is afraid that too few people know how to deal with their own struggles, let alone address those of friends and family.

“Even if you don’t know the right thing to say or how exactly to fix the situation, sometimes just simply sitting next to someone you love who is going through a hard time and letting them know you care and they are not alone makes the biggest difference in the world,” she said.

Active Minds and NAMI’s executive boards frequently visit classes to educate students on the realities of mental illnesses so that people like Benjamin no longer feel victimized.

Wallack said there is a common attitude that marginalizes sufferers of mental illnesses. He said it can be remedied with more compassion and empathy.

“If you had a broken leg, no one would tell you to just walk it off,” he said. “There needs to be an understanding that emotions are as legitimate when there’s a lack of control.”

Benjamin feels like his disorders separate him from mainstream society.

When he was younger, his brother used to say, “Well, there’s David’s way of thinking and then there’s the rest of the world’s way of thinking.”

He does credit his disorder, however, for his ability to think more deeply than the average person, which helps him to expand his skills as a creative writer.

“Everybody here thinks that your psychological disability is a disability,” Benjamin said.

“It’s not. It’s an extra additive to who you are.” sfanelli@syr.edu

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Musical wakes up audience

By Max Antonucci STAFF WRITER

First Year Players’ love for theater remains constant in last 20 years

By Anna Hider STAFF WRITER

During high school, theater was a huge part of Sammy Kanter’s life.

But when he came to Syracuse University as a newspaper journalism major, he worried his passion would die out.

But First Year Players, an organization that casts first-year or transfer non-drama students, kept it burning.

He remained in FYP for four years.

After his freshman role in “Anything Goes,” he stayed on to work behind the scenes to co-produce “Fame” in 2008 and “Urinetown” in 2009. He seriously considered transferring to a college that offered a major in theater management, as SU offered none.

But it was also FYP that made him decide to stay.

“I kind of let FYP be my education,” said Kanter, a 2009 alumnus and now a theater producer and entrepreneur.

A lot can happen in 20 years, but as the First Year Players celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, the group’s effect on its members and alumni endures. This season’s production, “The Drowsy Chaperone,” ran April 12-14.

In 1992, Ed Golden, Syracuse University’s vice president of Student

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chase gaewski | staff photographer Cast members of musical comedy “The Drowsy Chaperone” belt out a musical number in Goldstein Auditorium. Rachel Free starred as Janet Van De Graaff, an actress choosing between her career as a showgirl and love. The show’s cast is composed of all freshmen and first-year transfer students.

Today’s theatergoers may forget about the wonder behind a great theater production, but the First Year Player’s production of “The Drowsy Chaperone” reminded Syracuse University that the stage can still act as a portal into another world.

With a wonderfully silly script, moments of spectacular stage direction and audacious stage numbers, the final result is a delightful celebration of life onstage. Directed by senior television, radio and film major Nick Deyo, the musical ran from April 12-14 in Goldstein Auditorium, marking the organization’s 20th production.

The plot focused on an old man, named the Man in the Chair, who loves musical theater and wants to share his passion with the audience. He plays a record of his favorite show, called “The Drowsy Chaperone,” the tale of a Broadway star feeling doubtful about ending her career for marriage while her producer seeks to end her marriage to save his own career.

The old man’s insightful and humorous narration drives the productions as the story came to life onstage, its emotional power amplified by the show-within-a-show element. His commentary reveals many nuanced stage secrets while he also deals with real-life elements, such as ringing phones. This fascinating angle keeps the play interesting, clever and fun to watch.

The musical numbers were well organized and entertaining. Each duet had charming chemistry, and every ensemble performance showcased strong, complex choreography.

The music from the live orchestra pit suited the mood of each number, but often drowned out the characters’ lines and made the play difficult to follow. And while every number was strong, none truly stood out from all the others.

The actor driving the entire show was the Man in the Chair, played by Matt Fernandes, a freshman English and textual studies major. Onstage constantly, he never broke character as an amiable, honest and occasionally quite emotional old man.

Plenty of other standouts in the well-balanced cast drew laughs from the audience with their quirkiness.

Nick Padula, a freshman film major, and Drew Muller, a freshman advertising major and a staff writer at The

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ately, it seems fashion fans can’t open a magazine or laptop without being bombarded by personal style bloggers.

In what is arguably the biggest shake-up in fashion media since the dawn of the Internet, a new voice of fashion authority has arrived.

Many of these bloggers have reached levels of fame once reserved for average A-list celebrities. Think audiences of thousands, book deals, exclusive brand partnerships, features in the biggest media outlets and coveted front-row seats at international fashion weeks.

I contribute to Cupcakes and Cashmere’s reported 6-million-per-month page views and regularly check on the antics of The Man Repeller blog. While I enjoy viewing these sites, I often become extremely frustrated — many popular personal style blogs are full of portrayals of unrealistic, unattainable lifestyles.

Two weeks ago, Texas Monthly published a notso-flattering profile of Jane Aldridge, the blogger behind Sea of Shoes. The story portrayed Aldridge as, well, a brat. She scolds the reporter for touching her Miu Miu booties and describes shoes as “the only accessible thing in fashion.” At $750?

Sure, I’ll run out right now and grab myself a pair.

Aldridge, 20, also shrugs at the mention of college. “I’m already doing what I want,” she said. This includes creating elaborate photo spreads for each post. Her mother, who photographs these shoots, admitted to contributing $70,000 to the blog since it started five years ago in the Texas Monthly article.

Unsurprisingly, New York Magazine’s snarky fashion blog The Cut tore Aldridge and her family to shreds. This prompted Aldridge

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not my natural hair color to call the Texas Monthly piece “grossly exaggerated,” even though she appeared on WFAA News 8 Daybreak, a local Texas talk show, to promote it just days before.

I first came across Aldridge and the style blogging phenomenon in a 2009 Teen Vogue article. In the story, Fashiontoast’s Rumi Neely describes bloggers as “real girls with normal clothing budgets.” Yet a quick check of Fashiontoast’s archives from March 2009 shows the then-24-year-old posing in clothes from Wal-Mart and Target paired with pieces by designers Alexander Wang and Chloé.

Flash forward to April 2012, and Neely is still blogging strong. But this time, she dons almost all designer labels, including Proenza Schouler bags costing about $2,000 and $710 Isabel Marant wedges. Aldridge’s photograph in the article also contradicts Neely’s comments. She wears a Prada skirt, standing in front of a wall of designer shoes that decorate her bedroom. Though I enjoy fashion, I don’t own a thing from any of those labels — much less a closetful of them.

Aldridge isn’t the only blogger notorious for representing unattainable fashion. Leandra Medine of The Man Repeller also boasts a closetful of designer labels. Best friends with jewelry designers Danielle and Jodie Snyder of DANNIJO, she often wears their several-hundred-dollar necklaces in her posts. It also doesn’t hurt that designers regularly send her pieces to feature on her blog, though Medine told fashion news website Fashionista that she only features clothing she thinks “jives with her brand.”

As a college student, I feel these blogs represent and promote unrealistic lifestyles. Sure, I occasionally envy their quilted Chanel bags and Dries van Noten booties, and I also respect their entrepreneurial spirits and understand the appeal of their blogs. But fashion shouldn’t only be about fantasy and wealth.

It’s time for a more mainstream approach to fashion, where fashion followers attired in H&M can contribute to the conversation, too. Sure, it’s fun to dream of Louboutin and Prada, but let’s leave them for the pages of Vogue and Elle.

Julie Kosin is a sophomore magazine journalism major. Her column appears every other Monday. She can be reached at jkkosin@syr. edu. Follow her on Twitter at @juliekosin.

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Affairs at the time, founded First Year Players to give freshmen non-drama majors and firstyear transfer students a chance to step into the spotlight. The entirely student-run organization puts on one show every spring — FYP alumni, upperclassmen who stay on as part of the staff, handle everything from casting and directing to creating the set and advertising.

Golden founded the only other First Year Players organization at the University of Virginia, where he previously worked before coming to SU in 1981. The organization has made memories for its members ever since.

For this year’s show, the group partially chose the comedy musical due to its strong message of the enduring magic of theater, said Alex Rogers, FYP co-producer and a senior advertising major, and Rodney Fleming, FYP’s public relations director. The show tells the tale of a Broadway actress and her struggle with choosing between love and her career. “’The Drowsy Chaperone’ really pays hom-

“Musicals were a big part of my life in high school, and I knew I wanted them in my life, but not as a major.”

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age to theater and how theater gives someone an

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Daily Orange, played a pair of wisecracking gangsters disguised as pastry chefs who entertained with goofy accents and dessertbased puns.

Another stellar duo included Will McDonald, a freshman television, radio and film major, and Sarah Bogden, an undecided sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. McDonald played Feldzieg, a stern producer, while Bogden took on the character of Kitty, a naïve dancer hoping to be the star of his next production. Their characters contrasted in intelligence and played off each other with enthusiasm and commitment.

THE SHOW MUST GO ON

First Year Players have tackled musicals big and small for 20 years. Here’s a list of the group’s productions from the past 19 years: 2012: “The Drowsy Chaperone” 2011: “The 25th Annual Putnam

County Spelling Bee” 2010: “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” 2009: “Urinetown” 2008: “Fame” 2007: “West Side Story” 2006: “Anything Goes” 2005: “Follies” 2004: ”How to Succeed in Business

Without Really Trying” 2003: “Damn Yankees” 2002: “Kiss of the Spider Woman” 2001: “A Chorus Line” 2000: “Cabaret” 1999 “Pippin” 1998: “City of Angels” 1997: “Hair” 1996: “Little Shop of Horrors” 1995: “Into the Woods” 1994: “Godspell”

escape, and that’s what FYP does,” said Fleming, a junior advertising major.

Auditions for the show started in late January, and students handled every little detail of the production. Fleming and Rogers stood in the FYP office in the basement of the Schine Student Center, surrounded by a mess of costumes, music stands and props as they finished up last-minute work two weeks before showtime.

Although the members study a variety of majors, they share a passion for theater that forms strong bonds between them when they put on a full-scale production.

“Musicals were a big part of my life in high school, and I knew I wanted them in my life, but not as a major,” said Kim Brown, a 2006 alumna who majored in broadcast journalism and political science.

Brown, who acted in FYP’s 2003 production of “Damn Yankees,” was the only member of the cast who attended the organization’s 20th anniversary celebration during Homecoming week in November. It featured pictures and videos from past shows, performances put on by current members and, of course, a party.

“It was so great. The current members got to see the impact FYP had on others,” Rogers said.

Old photos and a clip of “Damn Yankees” made Brown nostalgic. Another friend who also acted in the show joined Brown at SU. Reminiscing about the fun they had, the two sang songs from the show.

“It was a walk down memory lane,” said Brown, who still remains on campus as SU’s alumni programs coordinator.

She remembers trying out for FYP with a friend. During the dance portion of the audition, Brown went to do a big, showy kick, fell on her wrist and broke it. Luckily, she made the cut despite her fall, but she spent most

Faking intoxication, McCauley Braun, an undecided freshman in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, played the Drowsy Chaperone, the often drunk yet cheerful older woman tasked with keeping the bride and groom apart before the wedding ceremony. Her performance was playful and lighthearted.

Another scene-stealer was Carlos Cervantes, an undecided freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. As the villain Adolpho, a womanizing, egocentric European asked to break up the upcoming marriage, Cervantes outshined most actors onstage with his minor yet hilarious role. Whenever he introduced himself, he planted his cane on the ground and flourished his cape.

The stage, a rich widow’s mansion coupled with a small section of the old man’s apartment, was deceptively simple. Several hidden touches kept things fresh and captured the scenes’ different tones, like one capturing a character’s near-mental breakdown with mirrors and smoke. Lighting was an especially strong tool, capturing the shifts between the world of the musical and the Man in the Chair’s apartment swiftly so that the audience never lost track of the play’s brisk pace.

“The Drowsy Chaperone” is a simple tale about the volatility of love, and it never takes itself too seriously. As the time for the wedding gets closer and each characters deals with internal struggles, they gradually have revelations about their true feelings in different ways. The play offers a goofy yet heartwarming look at the reasons why people fall in love.

This was an ambitious play from the First Year Players, but they still succeeded in putting forth a hilarious, quirky and energetic production to satisfy every viewer. The Man in the Chair certainly accomplished his goal of having people in today’s world appreciate the touch of magic of stage productions. meantonu@syr.edu

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chase gaewski | staff photographer LISA PRYWES, a freshman in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, fixes the makeup of Becky Shafer, a freshman magazine major, for the show. rehearsals in a full-arm cast. Brown said that some of her favorite memories include going to Kimmel Food Court with the cast to get food late at night after rehearsals.

“We would all go, still in full makeup. I can still see the pictures in my head,” she said.

Memories weren’t the only thing Kanter and Brown took away from their time with FYP. Kanter still stays in touch with friends he made through FYP and hangs out with them on a regular basis.

“I tell my friends that I was in a coed theater fraternity,” Kanter joked. Brown also likened the experience of FYP to being part of a greek organization, claiming it was either “join a

sorority or do FYP.” By celebrating their 20th anniversary, alumni and current members looked back at how FYP influenced the lives of those who participated in it. Kanter, who attended FYP’s 15th anniversary celebration in 2007, noted the alumni marveled at how the group started out small and transformed into a big campus organization.

“I think it’s lasted so long because the people involved are so passionate. The people in it create bonds — like a family, essentially,” Kanter said. “I’m thrilled that the organization is still alive and affecting people.” amhider@syr.edu

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Match up class schedule, interests with interactive video games

By Joshua Rivera STAFF WRITER

t’s April and course registration is in full swing. Students do their best to MacGyver their classes into a three day week with none before 9:30 a.m. Pulling it off will make friends jealous, and you’ll have plenty of time for other activities — perhaps a video game. No matter what your academic interests are, chances are there’s a game that’s a perfect match.

BIO 409: “General Microbiology” = “fl0w” Like any science, taking a course in biology requires a lot of memorization. There’s a lot of material to cover when studying microorganisms, and trying to retain that information can be stressful. So why not explore some similar ideas with a relaxing, immersive simulation?

Indie game “fl0w” comes with an excellent, ambient soundtrack that allows you to lose yourself while controlling an aquatic microorganism. It grows and eats smaller microorganisms while trying not to get eaten. It’s a simple game that settles into a relaxing rhythm, a nice change of pace that’ll get you in the frame of mind for studying.

FSC 406: “Advanced Forensic Science” = “Batman: Arkham City”

HST 355: “The Italian Renaissance” = “Assassin’s Creed II”

With enough resources and discipline, you could become like Batman if you wanted to.

Studying forensics is the first step. Batman is the World’s Greatest Detective after all.

All you’d need to do after that is master most of the world’s martial arts and learn torture resistance and toxicology to keep your body functioning at Olympic-level performance.

Those aren’t requirements in a forensics course or in this action-adventure game where Batman plays detective. You regularly analyze crime scenes for bullet trajectory, chemical residues and other fun “CSI”-esque activities — plus, you can save the world and that’s always fun.

The “Assassin’s Creed” series is steeped in history. It uses real events as a backdrop against which an everlasting feud between two groups — the Assassins and the Knights Templar — plays out in a grand conspiracy unknown to the public. The second installment takes place in the Italian Renaissance as you assume the role of Ezio Auditore da Firenze, the son of a disgraced nobleman who discovers this secret war. Aside from the cloak-and-dagger nature of the plot, the recreations of cities like Venice and Florence are remarkable. The game can even be played in the Italian language, great practice for those planning to study abroad in Italy.

ARC 193: “Introduction to Architectural Concepts for Non-majors” = “World of Goo” Designing structures is hard. Architecture majors spend an entire extra year to earn their degree. Physics-based puzzle game “World of Goo” is one that will spur on appreciation for the thought that goes into designing structures. Giving you a crash course in the subject, the game requires you to build structures made from lively balls of goo that connect in a web-like manner to form towers, bridges and other constructs. It’s simple to play but hard to complete. jmrive02@syr.edu

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goals to open a huge lead.

Megill set the tone for Syracuse early in the game, using his brute strength to overwhelm Rutgers’ faceoff specialists and earn the Orange possession most of the first half.

Maltz picked up a hat trick less than 11 minutes into the game, and Palasek added two of his own. Then Maltz added his fourth goal with two seconds to go in the first quarter to put the stamp on the onslaught. The Orange scored nine first-quarter goals to rush out to a seven-goal lead.

“It gives our offense opportunities to score and gives our defense a break at the other end,” SU head coach John Desko said in the press conference. “You could see it today, just having the ball on offense and getting some things to work, getting the different midfield groups in, it just helped with all our execution and eliminate all that frustration by not having the ball.”

Syracuse added two more goals four minutes into the second quarter, forcing Rutgers head coach Brian Brecht to pull the plug on starting goaltender Steven Lusby.

SU was also efficient on its man-up opportunities, scoring goals on three of its four chances in the first half to add to Rutgers’ defensive woes.

“It was great to see the offense clicking and really rolling in the first quarter,” Maltz said.

“We’re just going to move forward from here and work hard in these next couple of days for a good Hobart team on Tuesday night.”

The offensive ambush allowed Desko to

“You could see it today, just having the ball on offense and getting some things to work, getting the different midfield groups in, it just helped with all our execution and eliminate all that frustration by not having the ball.”

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mix and match in his lineup, providing his bench players with valuable game experience.

He started Bobby Wardwell in net but inserted Matt Lerman and Dominic Lamolinara between the pipes in the second half.

Meanwhile, the offense never slowed.

The Orange picked up six goals in the third quarter to continue its dominance. Syracuse’s 19 goals in the game were a season high, and the six goals allowed matched a season low.

All things considered, Desko was extremely pleased with his team’s performance.

Said Desko: “A good day, almost a perfect day for us.” adtredin@syr.edu

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SU takes 2 games from ND; Injuries take toll on tennis team Softball Syracuse’s eight-game winning streak was finally snapped in a weekend filled with dramatic endings.

After losing its first game in two weeks Saturday, the Orange recovered to win the final two games to take the weekend series against Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. Two of the three games were decided by one run and came down to the final inning of play.

In the front end of SU’s doubleheader Saturday, the Orange fell 4-3. Syracuse built a 3-2 lead going into the sixth inning, but the Fighting Irish battled back for the win. Notre Dame’s Katey Haus hit a solo home run off SU starter Jenna Caira in the bottom of the sixth. Then in the bottom of the seventh with a runner on third, Caira threw a wild pitch and Notre Dame scored the winning run.

SU bounced back in game two of the doubleheader with a dominant offensive performance in an 8-2 win. Veronica Grant led the way with three RBIs on the day. Freshman Julie Wambold continued her hot hitting, driving in two runs and scoring twice. Pitcher Stacy Kuwik tossed a complete game.

In the rubber game Sunday, Syracuse came through with the late-game magic to earn a 3-2 victory. Down by a run going into the seventh inning, Grant laced her first home run of the season to tie the game up, and then Wambold hit a homer in the eighth inning to put SU on top for good. Caira went all eight innings and

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today, the opportunity to see an original piece of baseball history,” Horn said. “… This plaque, by bringing it to Syracuse today, we hope that it helps this community understand the importance of Jackie Robinson.”

The Chiefs’ wore light blue jersey tops with navy blue sleeves featuring two light blue stripes. A white “S” and “C” were on the front of the jerseys, and the Chiefs wore gray pants.

allowed just two runs.

With the win, the Orange reached the 30-win mark for the fourth straight season under head coach Leigh Ross.

Tennis Syracuse likely needed a weekend sweep on the road at Georgetown and Seton Hall to stay on the right side of the NCAA tournament bubble.

The No. 57 Orange has been moving down the rankings despite a string of convincing wins, and the last week of the regular season was no time for a letdown.

But injury problems have been building for the Orange lately, and Syracuse lost Friday for the first time since Feb. 24.

Georgetown snapped the Orange’s fivematch winning streak with a 5-2 victory, winning the doubles point and four of six singles matches. Syracuse rebounded Sunday to defeat Seton Hall 5-2 in an almost must-win situation, but the Orange will need a strong Big East tournament performance this weekend in Tampa, Fla., to win and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Senior co-captain Alessondra Parra and sophomore regular Aleah Marrow were out of this weekend’s lineup with injury issues, and their absence brought freshmen Breanna Bachini and Jimena Wu back into the fold Friday at No. 5 and 6 singles. Bachini lost her match in three sets, while Wu won in straight sets.

Tyler Moore, who honored the day further by drilling a pitch from Yankees starter Ramon Ortiz over the right-field wall in the second inning, said it’s a privilege to devote a day to the baseball pioneer.

“It was great,” Moore said. “Jackie, the things he did for this game was unbelievable, and it’s always good to pay him tribute.”

Robinson’s plaque on display Sunday is not the one that hangs in the Hall of Fame, as the museum chose to re-cast his plaque in 2008. Horn said the original plaque did not say Robinson was the first to break the color barrier because

Syracuse was forced to forfeit the No. 6 match Sunday due to injury issues. Bachini was hurt in her match against Georgetown and couldn’t play against Seton Hall. This currently leaves the Orange with five healthy players. Marrow and Bachini will not be available for the Big East tournament, head coach Luke Jensen said. He said Parra’s status should be known Monday.

The Orange leaves Tuesday morning for Tampa, and the Big East tournament starts Thursday.

Track and field Graduate student Jarret Eaton won the 110meter hurdles Saturday at the UNC Kent Taylor/Joe Hilton Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C. His finishing time of 13.77 seconds was 0.34 seconds better than the runner-up and ranks 11th best nationally. It was his first victory of the outdoor season after he finished second at the Auburn Classic last week.

Matt Callanan, Amadou Gueye and Darren McClusky also competed in the 110-meter hurdles, placing seventh, eighth and 11th, respectively.

Frank Taylor took second place in the long jump with a 7.22-meter leap, and Will Watson finished 11th with his jump of 6.47 meters.

For the women, Klarrisa Ricks leaped 5.87 meters to win fifth place in the long jump.

Ashley Keyes jumped 5.39 meters, good for 10th place, and Ieva Staponkute’s 5.35-meter leap placed her at 11th.

the humble Robinson was adamant about not calling attention to his accomplishment.

In 2008, more than 40 years after his induction in 1962, the museum hung a new plaque that listed Robinson’s achievement because the Hall of Fame felt it was important to educate future generations, Horn said.

Robinson’s No. 42 has been retired throughout baseball since 1997.Yankees closer Mariano Rivera will be the last to wear the number.

He was already wearing it when MLB made the decision to honor Robinson in that regard, and the number was grandfathered in.

Staponkute also competed in the triple jump and finished second.

The Orange will compete in the Larry Ellis Invitational in Princeton, N.J., and the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif., next weekend.

Rowing The Syracuse women’s crew team competed against No. 12 Radcliffe (Harvard) and No. 20 Dartmouth on Saturday in Boston at the Charles River Challenge. Radcliffe swept the event’s five races to win the O’Leary Cup. Radcliffe’s varsity eight crew finished with a time of 6:56.8, ahead of Dartmouth’s 6:58.2 and SU’s third-place finish of 7:01.1.

Syracuse’s best finish came in the varsity four race. The crew of coxswain Kristina Herb, Ashley Marsh, Laura Adams, Morgan DiValerio and Amy Ludovici finished second with a time of 8:11.3. Radcliffe cruised to victory with a time of 7:57.9. Dartmouth finished in 8:15.2.

Syracuse’s second varsity eight crew finished third with a time of 7:37.2. Radcliffe, with a time of 7:12.3, easily finished ahead of the Dartmouth Big Green’s time of 7:28.2.

The Orange also competed in the varsity four B race. SU finished third behind Dartmouth and Radcliffe in the race.

The Orange has a weekend off to prepare for the Big East Double Dual on April 28 in Indianapolis, Ind. —Compiled by The Daily Orange Sports staff

John Melnick, 57, of Syracuse, said he was glad to see the Chiefs recognize Robinson and that it’s important to remember the sacrifices he and the African-Americans who followed him into baseball made.

“I think it’s great. I think it’s important,” Melnick said. “I think Jackie Robinson is a legend beyond belief and anyone that has stopped to look at baseball and its history and sacrifices African-Americans have made for his country and their perseverance. I don’t know how to describe something like that.” cjiseman@syr.edu

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Freshman duo leads SU to rout over Hoyas

By David Wilson STAFF WRITER

Syracuse’s scoring attack was firing on all cylinders again. Just five days after scoring 22 goals against then-No. 6 Dartmouth’s 11thranked scoring defense, the Orange dismantled yet another stellar defense with 22 goals SYRACUSE 22 against Georgetown on Saturday.

GEORGETOWN 11 For the second consecutive game, Michelle Tumolo matched a career high with eight points, scoring three goals and finding freshmen Kailah Kempney and Devon Collins for her five assists.

“She’s been kind of like a mentor to me since she also plays the crease,” Collins said of Tumolo. “… She doesn’t do it for herself.

She likes to make other people look good.”

With seven combined goals in the first half, Kempney and Collins powered No. 2 Syracuse (10-2, 4-0 Big East) to a 22-11 rout over No. 11 Georgetown (8-5, 4-2 Big East) after building an insurmountable eight-goal halftime lead. Kempney and Collins finished with five goals apiece against the Georgetown defense.

The Orange offense executed to near perfection with Kempney and Collins leading the way. And the pair’s production came off Tumolo’s playmaking ability.

At one point, Tumolo peeked out from behind the left side of the net and threaded a pass through four GU defenders to find Kempney for an easy finish past an unsuspecting goalie.

The freshmen have learned they don’t need to make the spectacular play to be efficient.

They just need to do their part within the offense and the production will follow.

“They’re playing well,” Syracuse head coach Gary Gait said. “They’re filling their roles beautifully and that’s what we’d hoped they would do, and I think that’s what’s nice about this team is everybody kind of has their role and understands it, and they’re willing to expect it and do their best at it.”

Their job is to attack the crease, and both stayed aggressive to find the back of the net a combined 10 times Saturday. With Kempney and Collins scoring, SU didn’t have much trouble breaking the Hoyas’ defense.

“They didn’t do anything that we didn’t expect them to do. They just did it better than we did on the defensive end,” Georgetown head coach Ricky Fried said. “… They took advantage of the mistakes we made, and I think that’s what makes them a very dangerous team.”

Even when the plays aren’t spectacular, they still reflect the high lacrosse IQ of the

freshmen pair.

Knowing the Hoyas place a lot of pressure up top during clears, Collins suspected she could get some easy opportunities by beating the GU defense down the field.

She exploited that hole in the defense about 10 minutes into the game. Collins sprinted downfield during a draw and positioned herself behind the Georgetown unit for an uncontested goal on a long pass from Becca Block.

“I just like to get down there first because it gives you the best opportunity to have a man-up on offense, and you can play like a 2 vs. 1 game, a 3 vs. 2,” Collins said. “So it just maximizes the team’s scoring opportunities, and I think it just works out for the best.”

All season long, Kempney and Collins have matched each other goal for goal. Each has 22 this season after their impressive five-goal efforts.

But the duo isn’t getting caught up in any competition to outscore each other. They’re just worried about helping the team.

“We’re both just trying to contribute as much as we can as a team instead of individually,” Collins said. “We kind of just look out for what’s best for the team, and we just want to win.”

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Gary Gait said the stellar performance of Becca and Linley Block is consistently overlooked.

In Saturday’s 22-goal performance against No. 11 Georgetown, they tallied only three points, but their contributions — some of which didn’t show up in the scoring column — undoubtedly helped propel SU to victory.

“They create transition and they make us a very fast, athletic team,” SU head coach Gary Gait said. “When the ball can come out of the defensive end that quick it (does) not just gives us a clear, but transitions into a fast break.”

The Blocks led consecutive counterattacks to give No. 2 Syracuse (10-2, 4-0 Big East) an early five-goal lead, and from there the Orange cruised to a 22-11 victory over the Hoyas (8-5, 4-2 Big East) on Saturday. In addition to the goal and two assists they combined for, Becca and Linley Block added three and two draw controls, respectively, and applied constant pressure on the GU attacks.

Linley Block fought through a slew of players to earn a draw control 10 minutes into the game. After getting fouled by Hoyas attack Rosie Corcoran, Linley Block took the restart and sprinted down the heart of the field.

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Entering the shooting arc, Linley Block found Alyssa Murray cutting in from the right for an easy goal.

Ten seconds later, SU struck again. This time, it was Becca Block’s turn.

Becca Block picked up the ensuing draw just over midfield. Looking up from the right side of the field, she saw freshman attack Devon Collins cutting diagonally toward net from the left side.

She lofted the pass over the helpless Georgetown defense, and Collins beat GU goaltender Barb Black to open SU’s lead to 7-2.

The Hoyas never got closer than four goals from that point on.

“We just know our roles on the team and that’s to push the ball in transition,” Becca Block said. “So we’re just looking for opportunities to do that.”

That certainly shows in the stats. Becca Block is third on the team with 23 draw controls — trailing only Kailah Kempney and Kirkland Locey, who have split duties on faceoffs this season. Linley Block is seventh with 11.

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That intensity carries over to the defensive side of the field.

Georgetown came into the game averaging 19.8 goals in their last four games, but the Orange held it to just 11. In the first 9:50, the Hoyas found the back of the net only once as SU ran out to a 5-1 lead.

Though Georgetown finished with 30 shots — a number that seems relatively impressive given SU’s defensive prowess — most were contested.

Allowing pressured shots is actually part of the Orange’s defensive philosophy, Gait said.

“They’re scoring when we get beat cleanly and don’t have a stick on the body or we’re not putting pressure on the shot,” Gait said.

“That’s when they’re going to get scoring opportunities, but when we execute, stay with our player, match with them and let them take shots when we’re pressuring them, we make the saves and that sparks us in transition.”

That approach plays right into the Blocks’ strengths. Press and run.

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“Linley and Becca, along with the other defense, have really been consistent this year, and they’ve done a great job,” Gait said, “but they don’t get as much credit for what they do for our offense, and I think that’s really where they come into play.”

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an unofficial name to try and localize the team to the upstate New York region, the fans in Alliance Bank Stadium were there to support their hometown Chiefs.

When the Yankees jogged out of their dugout to take the field, only one fan clapped from the stands behind first base. Yankees starter Adam Warren retired to the side in the first inning and walked off the mound to virtual silence.

One week ago, Warren pitched on the same mount as the visiting starter.

Warren said the start Saturday felt nothing like the team’s home opener. His white uniform and taking the field first didn’t shake the feeling of being on the road.

“To me, it felt like just another start. I didn’t really think too much about it,” Warren said. “For me, I’ve already pitched here before, so it didn’t really feel any different for me than the last start.”

The Chiefs, on the other hand, welcomed the opportunity to play a road game in their home ballpark, in front of their own fans.

Mark Teahen, who spent six full seasons in the major leagues with the Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox and Toronto Blue Jays before this season, said he didn’t mind having to be the road team but admitted it felt out of the ordinary.

“A little strange,” Teahen said. “I’d prefer to play all our road games at home, so it’s nice to still be in front of our fans here.”

The Yankees won’t have that luxury until opening day of 2013, and even that target date is uncertain right now. The renovation would have to go almost exactly as planned for the stadium to be ready in time.

PNC Field, which opened in 1989, was in desperate need of a renovation. The Yankees drew less than 5,000 fans per game, had the second-

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worst attendance in the International League and the fourth-worst for all Triple-A teams last season.

As the Triple-A affiliate of a major league team that draws more than four million fans each season, the lack of attendance for Scranton was startling.

The architect for the new stadium is EwingCole, the firm that designed the Philadelphia Phillies’ stadium, Citizens Bank Park, and Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, Pa., the home of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Phillies’ Triple-A affiliate.

Mike Vander Woude, Scranton/WilkesBarre’s director of broadcasting and media relations, said the new stadium will be a much more appealing place to watch a game for fans.

“If it’s going to be anything like those two stadiums, then yeah, you’re going to have no complaints,” Vander Woude said. “When we go down to Lehigh Valley, it’s one of the best stadiums in the league to go to. Roomy concourses, 360 degrees, wrap around the whole ballpark and a lot of fan amenities that you’re not going to have at any stadium that’s 24, 25 years old like our stadium is.”

But to play for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre while those changes take place is a challenge.

DeWayne Wise is a 34-year-old outfielder who spent nine seasons playing in the major leagues.

As a member of the Chicago White Sox in 2009, Wise drew fame when he made a leaping catch up against the U.S. Cellular outfield wall to preserve Mark Buehrle’s perfect game.

Now he’s one of the oldest players on his Triple-A team and trying to make it back to the major leagues.

Wise said the constant travel is toughest on players who have families because they’re flying them to road cities all season. Instead of having to live out of a suitcase for short spurts of time, as they do during every other season, Wise and his teammates will do so for the

yuki mizuma | staff photographer JUAN CEDENO and the Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre Yankees won their “home opener” Saturday 6-3. Other than their uniforms, little else felt like home for the Yankees. entire six-month season.

“I think pretty much everybody is just going to be hopping from hotel to hotel, suitcase to suitcase all year,” Wise said. “It’s going to be frustrating. The guys that have families, that are married, kids, it’s going to be like flying your wives and kids to the road cities all year.”

Ramiro Pena, the Yankees’ shortstop, has spent considerable time in the major leagues as a utility infielder for the New York Yankees.

Standing in front of his locker in the clubhouse Saturday, Pena said the situation was “OK” several times and that the players were adjusting.

Still, this much travel is an anomaly.

“It’s tough. It’s tough to get used to. It’s tough everywhere you play,” Pena said. “But like I

said, we’re trying to deal with this.”

The players said knowing two months in advance of the season what the situation would be helped them prepare for the unorthodox home schedule. Wise said winning can help make this strange season a little easier.

The Yankees started out the season 1-5, and Wise told his teammates they better start winning games or else it’s going to be a “long year.”

They’re still playing baseball, but for this season, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees are a team without a home.

“You know coming into the season what it’s going to be like,” Wise said, “and we’re just trying to stay positive, stay focused, and go out and play.” cjiseman@syr.edu

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12-0 run sends SU to blowout win

By Andrew Tredinnick ASST. COPY EDITOR

Brian Megill had a day to prepare for his new role as Syracuse’s faceoff specialist.

After assistant coach Kevin Donahue told the starting close SYRACUSE 19 defender that he would be the RUTGERS 6 starter at the faceoff X against Rutgers, it was all Megill could think about.

And he flourished.

“I was thinking about it all night what move I would do first, but I ended up losing the faceoff, so I was kind of eager to get back up there again,” Megill said in the postgame press conference. “I was able to find my comfort zone, and the wings did a good job boxing out for me.”

With Megill assuming much of the responsibilities and succeeding at the X, the Orange (6-5, 3-1 Big East) offense unleashed 13 first-half goals en route to a 19-6 thrashing of Rutgers (5-8, 1-4 Big East) at the ESPNU Warrior Classic in Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday. Attacks Derek Maltz and Tommy Palasek were the primary beneficiaries of a newfound success at the X, scoring four and three goals, respectively, in the first half.

No. 14 SU outshot the Scarlet Knights 29-14 and won 9-of-16 faceoffs in the first 30 minutes to take a commanding 13-3 lead into the break. The Orange also won an incredible 7-of-7 faceoffs in the third quarter. Rutgers scored two quick goals in the opening quarter, but the Orange rattled off 12 straight

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With Syracuse close defender Brian Megill taking the bulk of faceoffs against Rutgers on Saturday, the Orange solved its biggest problem for a game. Megill dominated in the X to help SU take a 9-2 lead after the first period and open up a 19-4 advantage going into the final 15 minutes. Here’s a look at the faceoff battle and the score for each quarter of the game: PERIOD

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yuki mizuma | staff photographer The Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre Yankees score during their home opener Saturday at Alliance Bank Stadium in Syracuse. With PNC Field undergoing $40 million renovations, the Yankees will play their home games in six different ballparks throughout the course of this season.

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees will call 6 different stadiums home while their ballpark is renovated, leaving them

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long the first-base line, the S c r a nt on / Wi l ke s - B a r r e Yankees warmed up in their home white uniforms with the iconic Yankee blue pinstripes. On the other side of the field, the Syracuse Chiefs adorned their road grays.

On the outfield wall in leftcenterfield, though, a sign declares

Alliance Bank Stadium the Triple-A home of the Washington Nationals.

When lineups were announced, the public address announcer read the Yankees’ lineup first and then emphatically listed off the Chiefs’ starters to applause from the crowd.

This is the bizarre situation the SWB Yankees find themselves in for the 2012 season. As their home stadium in Moosic, Pa., PNC Field,

undergoes a $40 million renovation, the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees is roaming around upstate New York to play home games in six different stadiums. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre will play “home” games in Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Batavia, in addition to Allentown, Pa., and Pawtucket, R.I. The Yankees played their “home opener” Saturday in Syracuse, winning 6-3.

Aside from taking the field first and wearing their home uniforms, nothing had the feeling of being in their own ballpark.

“The only thing that felt like a home game was that we had white pants on. That’s it,” Yankees manager Dave Miley said. “And we got to hit last.”

Though SWB adopted the moniker the “Empire State Yankees” as

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Robinson honored 65 years after breakthrough

By Chris Iseman ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

For one day at Alliance Bank Stadium, the number 42 was encircled in the dirt behind home plate, taking the spot where an interlocking “SC” would normally be. The tradeoff, though, was well worth it.

The Syracuse Chiefs celebrated

Jackie Robinson Day on Sunday before and during their game against the Scranton/WilkesBarre Yankees, marking the 65th anniversary of Robinson becoming the first African-American player in Major League Baseball to break the color barrier. The Chiefs wore commemorative Negro League-

themed jerseys and hats during the game, and The National Baseball Hall of Fame brought Robinson’s Hall of Fame plaque to the stadium and displayed it in the concourse for fans to view.

Bradford Horn, the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s director of communications and educa-

tion, said programs are held in the museum every year on April 15, but the Hall of Fame wanted to bring the plaque to enhance fans’ ability to understand Robinson’s legacy.

“Our presence here today is designed to give all of the Syracuse community, those who are out here

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