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Open discussion SU hosts first-ever “White

Survey says Students must take advantage

Pony tales As schoolwork winds

New beginning Lisaira Daniels brought SEC experience to

House Young America series” with Cornell University to promote sustainability. Page 3

of the rare opportunity to voice concerns and support for administration. Page 5

down, the SU equestrian team gears up for Nationals. Page 13

TV icon, alum Clark dies at 82

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Senators discuss athletics, international student aid

By Rachael Barillari ASST. NEWS EDITOR

By Liz Sawyer NEWS EDITOR

Television personality and Syracuse University alumnus Dick Clark died Wednesday at age 82.

Clark suffered a heart attack Wednesday morning at St. John’s hospital in Santa Monica, Calif., where he went to undergo an outpatient procedure the previous day, according to an online article by The Associated Press.

Pursuing his passion for broadcast at SU, Clark worked as a disc jockey at the student radio station while earning a business degree. He was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and graduated in 1951.

The national DKE fraternity website commemorated Clark on its homepage after learning of his death with a photo and the words “Brother Dick Clark.”

“The entire SU family mourns the loss of our family member, Dick Clark,” said Chancellor Nancy Cantor in an official statement on the university’s website. “More than

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Syracuse after leaving Georgia and became an immediate contributor to the Orange.

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photo courtesy of su archives DICK CLARK, former host of “American Bandstand” and “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” died Wednesday morning at Saint John’s hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. Dick graduated from SU in 1951.

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Adequate assistance to international students is not supplied by Syracuse University, according to a report presented at Wednesday’s University Senate meeting. This has proved heartbreaking for Sam Gorovitz.

Gorovitz, a philosophy professor, explained during the meeting he had an international student leave one of his classes because the student did not have the language skills to survive the class or access adequate support to acquire the needed skills.

“Their needs are immediate, and too many are crashing and burning,” Gorovitz said.

Gorovitz recounted his story in response to the Ad Hoc Committee on Enrollment’s report presented at the 4 p.m. meeting. The implications of larger class sizes and international student support services were the focus of investigation, which recommended the Office of the Provost review the programs available to international students.

The committee, which is composed of faculty members and student representatives, was charged with “assessing the nature and impacts of recent growth in the undergraduate student popula-

tion” by the USen Agenda Committee in November 2010, according to the report.

International students require specialized services to embrace full academic and social integration, said Mary Lovely, professor of economics and chair of the committee

“We could do better if we collect and make available information with the explicit intent of engaging community in a collaborative planning process.”

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that presented the report.

In addition to recommending the Office of the Provost review the programs in existence and assess their effectiveness, the committee also urged the addition of more opportunities to support “social

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differences Tension between Syracuse Police Department, residents in Near Westside begins to fade

By Alexandra Hitzler STAFF WRITER

or many years, the relationship between the Syracuse Police Department and residents living in the city’s Near Westside has been one filled with tension and animosity.

But that relationship is slowly beginning to improve, said Maarten Jacobs, director of the Near Westside Initiative.

The recently released book, “I Witness: Perspectives on Policing in the Near Westside,” details the

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carly reeve | staff photographer ERIC SPINA, vice chancellor and provost, agreed with the recommendations made by the Ad Hoc Committee on Enrollment to create more opportunities for international student assistance.

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Tomaselli recants recantation

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lauren murphy | asst. photo editor YUSUF ABDUL-QADIR AND JOSH BRANSKY, an engagement fellow at SU and a freshman architecture major, respectively, participate in Wednesday night’s first-ever “White House Young America Series,” The event took place in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium from 6-9 p.m.

Less than one week after recanting his initial accusations of sexual abuse against Bernie Fine, Zach Tomaselli changed his story again Wednesday, claiming that he was abused by Fine.

Tomaselli released a statement to national media outlets Wednesday that directly contradicted the previous statements he made Friday. After becoming frustrated with the media, Tomaselli said he lashed out by lying to The Post-Standard about his interactions with Fine.

“Yes, my credibility with the media is shot, but I am not going to give up now,” Tomaselli said in the statement. “Bernie molested me.

PERIOD.” Tomaselli, 23, of Lewiston, Maine,

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Panel discusses activism as essential part of academics #140cuse

By Dylan Segelbaum STAFF WRITER

When it comes to solving the critical issues that face the United States, community involvement is not better than education, said Marion Wilson, associate professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

“Activity is not better than academics; it’s core to academics,” Wilson said. “What we’re doing is academics.”

Wilson was part of a seven-person panel that discussed how collaboration could solve the issues of inclusive urban education and environmental sustainability in the firstever “White House Young America

“I feel like we have this responsibility as students to want to promote inclusivity, to be inclusive and to understand our peers.”

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Series,” held Wednesday at Syracuse University.

The event, which took place from 6-9 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, featured presentations

by White House officials, SU and Cornell University students, and open-format dialogue.

Chancellor Nancy Cantor and high-ranked SU administrators such as Thomas Wolfe, senior vice president and dean of student affairs, were in attendance.

Toward the beginning of the event, Azhar Ali, junior education major at SU, discussed the challenge of defining inclusive urban education and said it differs for each indi-

vidual. He also contended that students have an obligation to address this problem in the community.

“A lot of the students I spoke to were really apathetic and were more or less indifferent and had this defeated attitude toward promoting inclusivity,” Ali said. “I feel like we have this responsibility as students to want to promote inclusivity, to be inclusive and to understand our peers.”

After a spoken-word performance, Jeremy Blum, a senior at Cornell, discussed the importance of information in promoting sustainability.

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Showing a continued devotion toward environmental protection, Syracuse University highlighted Earth Week with its annual Showcase for Sustainability.

“This year’s showcase promotes the general idea of sustainability, with an emphasis on a green economy, non-recyclable plastic materials,

as well as the notion of the entertainment industry going green,” said Emma Edwards, freshman policy studies major and head of SU’s Sustainability Club.

Journalist and author Paul Roberts gave the keynote address Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium as the daylong showcase was drawing to a close.

Roberts focused on the com-

plexities of each person’s individual actions and how those actions can waste limited resources. He compared the world to a cellphone and said people know what they put into and get out of it, but they don’t actually understand how it works or what effects they have on the environment.

“If you take an action in one part of the global economy, it can ripple

By Anna Giles STAFF WRITER

through and affect a lot of unforeseen areas,” Roberts said.

Consumers, especially Americans, wastefully purchase new products when they already own similar ones, Roberts said. He said this not only wastes the physical product, but it also wastes all of the resources used to make that product, which is much more than consumers realize.

Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies will host a social media conference to discuss the effects of emerging real-time Internet on business.

The event, called #140cuse, is the local version of the widely known #140 conWhere: Schine ferences, which Student Center are currently When: Thurstaking place in day, 9 a.m. to Syracuse and 5:15 p.m New York City.

How much: The conferences, Free created by Jeff Pulver, are meant to be a “platform for the worldwide Twitter community to: listen, connect, share and engage with each other,” according to the #140 website.

“The purpose is to bring people together and share ideas, inspire peo-

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SU recognizes Earth Week with annual Showcase for Sustainability

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to kick off Thursday #140cuse conference

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Traditional, progressive ideals collide in election cycle

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n 1975, then-future President Ronald Reagan captured the essence of American conservatism by saying, “The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority and more individual freedom.”

His comments draw a stark contrast between the two competing ideologies in America, conservatism and progressivism, which are central in the upcoming elections.

The progressive movement is a societal and governmental reform movement started in the early 20th century and continued today. At its core, progressivism rejects the founding values of natural rights and limited government that the United States was founded on as outdated and unneeded. This was recently displayed in Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s comments that if a country were coming up with a constitution today, she wouldn’t recommend using the American Constitution as a model.

The progressive believes social progress must be driven by a government of experts wielding centralized power and rally around the idea of an ever-changing administrative government whose authority transforms over time to solve society’s woes. This is reflected in modern federal bureaucracies and evolutionary interpretations of the Constitution.

The conservative rejects the ideas of progressivism and is in many ways a response to initiatives like the New Deal. Conservatism is based on conserving the principles of individual liberty, private property, constitutionalism and natural rights that were advocated by some of history’s great thinkers. Many argue these principles are out of date and new principles

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the right direction should be established as times change.

First of all, progressives offer a future that moves the country backward by returning to the days in which government was the master and individuals were the subject. Secondly, and most importantly, these principles are not exclusive to one generation but are enduring and inalienable, as is boldly stated by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.

These rights cannot be morphed or changed by a government because they come from the individual’s humanity. Following the Constitution is integral in retaining these rights and principles because it is written to protect them.

Conservatives believe the main purpose of government is to preserve, protect and respect the rights of the individual, not to infringe on them or create new ones. Individuals deserve to have

government as their subject and not their master.

Therefore, conservatism advocates limited government as laid out by the Constitution. This position not only has constitutional backing, but also the backing of the simple truth that with more government comes less individual freedom.

Unlike the progressives who believe the administrative state makes the United States great, conservatives realize the implementation of the principles of the American founding is the reason the nation is exceptional. This is evident today in the progressives’ resistance to decrease the size and scope of government. They argue if there is less government control over individuals and the economy that the nation will descend into some Hobbesian state of nature.

Today, conservatism intellectually and morally is the superior ideology. This is because conservatism values and respects the individual. Conservatives agree with Reagan and want to return to a society based around the individual and inalienable principles of America’s founding, not the ever-changing will of the government and its administrators.

Patrick Mocete is a senior political science and policy studies major. His column appears every Thursday. He can be reached at pdmocete@syr.edu.

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Students given opportunity to voice concerns, support Students have the rare opportunity to weigh in on one of the highest-ranking officials on campus.

This year marks the first time Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina is up for his five-year review. Students have until Friday to fill out a survey sent through SUmail. As of Wednesday’s University Senate meeting, about 1,500 students, or 12.7 percent of the undergraduate body, filled out the survey.

Even if students do not know Spina and may want to opt out of the survey, it is designed so students can skip questions they are not comfortable answering. The survey has general questions about the administration.

Students should be able to express their opinions for these questions.

Students should take the opportunity to express concerns or compliments toward the administration as a whole. It is important to maintain a system of checks and balances between the student body and the administration.

EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board The vice chancellor’s responsibilities, and even his name, seem unfamiliar to most students.

There is a statement in the survey explaining the vice chancellor’s duties, but Spina is not necessarily a notable name to students on campus. Students know Chancellor Nancy Cantor, but Spina is much less well known.

Although students bear some responsibility to know who highranking campus officials are, the administration is also responsible with making Spina and his work more visible to students. Students can emphasize the need for this through their survey responses.

Even if students do not know who Spina is, now is the time for them to make their thoughts and opinions on the administration clear. Whether the thoughts are good or bad, students must use this opportunity to be heard.

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HBO program ‘Girls’ adds twist to recycled female characters from recent shows

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t’s not easy being a girl. Or that’s what television executives have decided at least. No matter what channel you turn on lately, there’s a new show dedicated to the plight of the 20-something, city-dwelling girl.

You can’t throw a rock without hitting a billboard for a show featuring a quirky, funny female lead or two with shows like “Whitney,” “2 Broke Girls” and “New Girl.” Zooey Deschanel’s dolllike eyes are everywhere.

Just this Sunday, the newest addition to the girl power era of entertainment debuted on HBO. Simply titled “Girls,” we’re introduced to — you guessed it — a different set of girls.

They’re different because they’re not like women of “Gossip Girl” or “Sex and the City.” They’re unique; they scoff at the cosmopolitan downing ladies of

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“Sex and the City.”

Females have saturated culture at breakneck speeds, pushing themselves forward. The eccentrically adorable friend was almost always just a supporting character. She has been the funny best friend to the hot female lead, always available for advice and comic relief. Her voice has just been a small part of a bigger story. Characters like Hannah in “Girls” or Jess from “New Girl” never had the stage to themselves.

If “Friends” had been made 20 years later, it may have just been called “Phoebe.” Instead of an ensemble cast, the series would’ve followed Lisa Kudrow’s famously unusual character.

Maybe Phoebe’s jingle “Smelly Cat” could’ve become the theme song. TV executives are so desperate to keep churning out more female-friendly con-

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the one that got away tent that you can probably expect to see the pilot in NBC’s fall 2013 schedule.

Although the surge of girls on film is getting stories out there, they’re done with varying degrees of quality.

Unfortunately, not everything can be an examination of girls’ so-called lives.

Pseudo forward thinking “Whitney” tanked with critics and people alike. It never clicked with audiences.

Instead of realistically showing relationships modern women experience,

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we’re offered lady parts jokes from creator and star Whitney Cummings.

“Girls” on the other hand is showing an uncomfortably realistic portrait of women growing up. The girls of “Girls” need to end relationships, actually find paying jobs and deal with pregnancy scares. And none of the issues come with the easy answers pop culture has spoon-fed us into believing exist.

The main character, Hannah, only gets back into her parents good graces — and wallet — after passing out in front of them after a mug of opium tea.

These are not the choices we’re used to seeing on television. Everything should be fixed with a heartfelt phone call and a lip-glossed smile.

Although some may complain these stories only give a very small slice of America pie, they’re an important

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stepping stone. You have to start somewhere, and smart and entertaining shows like “New Girl” or “Girls” are the perfect place to begin. Networks usually focus on the male demographic between 18 and 34. Deschanel is doing great on Fox, and “Girls” opened to good ratings. This only means we can expect to see more and better coverage.

There may even be some more racial diversity in casts. No matter how much I love CeCe on “New Girl,” the gorgeous Indian model can’t be the only woman to not check Caucasian on shows that are selling themselves as progressive and female-friendly.

Ariana Romero is a sophomore magazine journalism and political science major. Her column appears every Thursday. She can be reached at akromero@syr.edu or followed on Twitter at @ArianaRomero17.

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CLARK FROM PAGE 1

an American icon, he was a superb guide to tectonic shifts in American popular culture for generations. We at his alma mater will remember him most fondly, however, for the warmth and generosity with which he helped guide generations of SU students as they set out to navigate the landscape of careers in the entertainment industry. Our thoughts are with Kari and the entire Clark family, and we will miss Dick greatly.”

Clark was best known for hosting “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” and the original “American Bandstand.” His New Year’s Eve show became an annual ABC Network tradition. Clark captivated audiences for more than 30 years by introducing the entertainment and counting down to midnight as the ball dropped in Times Square.

“American Bandstand” was one of network TV’s longest-running series on ABC’s daytime lineup from 1957-87. The show introduced stars including Buddy Holly and Madonna. The show eventually solidified its place as an American classic when Clark donated the Bandstand’s original podium and backdrop to the Smithsonian Institution.

“The entire SU alumni community is saddened by the news of the passing of the great icon Dick Clark, who many of us remember as host of ‘America’s Bandstand,’ and later the person who welcomed in each new year,” said Brian Spector, president of the SU Alumni Association. “He was obviously a legend and someone who will be missed forever.”

Born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., on Nov. 30, 1929, Clark began his career in show business as a teenager. Clark worked in the mailroom of WRUN, a radio station run by his father and

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uncle in upstate New York, according to the ABC article. Clark was on the air before he graduated high school, filling in for announcers and the weatherman.

Widely known as “America’s oldest teenager” because of his boyish looks, Clark bridged the gap between new music and traditional show business, according to the article. He was the founder of Dick Clark Productions, which produced game and music shows, beauty pageants and more.

“The $25,000 Pyramid,” ‘’TV’s Bloopers and Practical Jokes” and the American Music Awards are also shows under Clark’s name.

After suffering a stroke in 2004 that affected his ability to speak and walk, Clark continued performing. Although his speech was still impaired, Clark was back on TV within a year, hosting his New Year’s Eve special. That year, Clark told the audience: “I had to teach myself how to walk and talk again. It’s been a long, hard fight. My speech is not perfect, but I’m getting there,” according to an ABC article published Wednesday.

Clark returned to host the show every year and was recently joined by Ryan Seacrest, radio personality and host of “American Idol.”

Many students at SU grew up watching Clark on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” and said the annual celebration wouldn’t be as memorable without him.

“My initial reaction was that New Year’s Eve will never be the same,” said Jack Wentzell, sophomore sport management major. “Then I learned that he was a Syracuse grad, which was especially touching. It’s just a personal connection for us here at SU.” egsawyer@syr.edu —Asst. Copy Editor Maddy Berner and Asst. News Editor Marwa Eltagouri contributed reporting to this article.

photo courtesy of su archives DICK CLARK graduated from Syracuse University in 1951 with a business degree. He worked at WAER radio station and was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

Clark is featured above in his senior portrait.

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Blum discussed his involvement with sustainability organizations at Cornell. He suggested measures, such as a meter, to show how wasteful consumption results in higher electricity bills and said this could help curtail the problem.

But while the topics of inclusive urban education and sustainability guided the event, it also stressed the importance of open dialogue and collaborative community action.

Victoria McCullough, assistant to the director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, and Samuel Ryan, regional and youth

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Roberts used the example of food. People are normally very protective of what goes near their mouths, yet they don’t bother to think about the resources needed for production, so they don’t think being wasteful is a serious issue, he said.

Roberts argued against electric cars being the government’s end goal for lowering oil usage. He said it would be about 40 years before

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originally accused the former Syracuse University 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.

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outreach associate for the U.S. Department of Education, fielded questions and facilitated discussion from audience members.

Attendees expressed concerns about the continued reliance on oil in society, unequal per-pupil expenditures and the declining quality of U.S. public schools compared to the rest of the world.

Like many of the other event hosts, McCullough assured members of the audience their voice would be heard.

“Your ideas, your suggestions will really inform the policies that we’re trying to make,” McCullough said. “I can guarantee that what you say here really informs and shapes what we’re doing back in Washington.”

The event concluded with a panel showcas-

ing the efforts of individuals in the community that have achieved this kind of change.

Nida Nizam, a senior at McGill University and moderator of the panel, said she hoped this would inspire attendees to get involved in the movement.

“Hopefully there have been some examples that give you ideas for ways that we can apply all our talent, passion or interests into tangible results and change for your community,” Nizam said.

“Everybody’s waiting for each other. Get moving.

Make some friends. And start making change.”

SU students who attended the event had mixed thoughts.

Rachel Mandel, a freshman psychology major, said she enjoyed the event but thought

it could have been more structured. She did, however, enjoy the discussions that involved students.

“Overall, it was a good experience,” she said.

“It was definitely interesting, though there was room for improvement.”

Dylan Sodaro, a junior international relations, Middle Eastern studies and policy studies major, agreed. He said he wished the event had showcased the efforts of the youth in Syracuse more.

“For a slight period of time, it turned more into a public forum town hall meeting,” Sodaro said. “But that panel at the end I enjoyed the most, to hear from the people and what they were doing.”

those kinds of cars could actually be in service, and by then, too much oil will have been used.

Rather than completely create new technology, Roberts advocated improving old technology, like the use of sails to power boats. He said there are only two ways to use less oil: “Be more efficient or find an alternative.”

While Roberts spoke about actions that governments need to take, like switching from oil to natural gas, he also focused on actions individuals should take. One action, he said, is following the flow of people moving to cities. Without the need for private

transportation or a large plot of land, city life conserves a lot of resources. He said small farms should be grown in large cities or have gardens planted on rooftops because this prevents the need for the resources involved in transportation.

Several seats may have remained unoccupied in the audience, but the support of students, faculty and community members in attendance provided a sense of approval for what Roberts said.

“I thought he was right on about a lot of issues,” said Joshua Klein, a senior political sci-

ence major. “He brought up a lot of really good points that I think others should be aware of.”

Rachel May, coordinator of sustainability education at SU, said she brought Roberts to Syracuse because she heard he was a tremendous speaker. She said she agreed with Roberts’ ideas of complexity.

“This idea of complexity, you need to be careful with how you tinker with the system,” May said. “There are a lot of positive and negative consequences to every action, and people need to be aware of that.”

Last week, Tomaselli claimed he had never actually met Fine and had lied for months to corroborate the story of Bobby Davis, the first man to make allegations against the coach.

A few days later, Tomaselli said he had a “complete psychiatric breakdown” when he recanted.

“It has become a burden of a lie and I am sick of it,” Tomaselli said in an email to The Daily Orange and other media outlets Friday.

“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. I made the ENTIRE thing up. I have never met Bernie in my life.”

When ESPN’s Mark Schwarz spoke with Davis last week, Davis denied ever disclosing any details about his time with Fine to Tomaselli.

“I never said anything like that at all to the

kid,” Davis told ESPN. “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.

Tomaselli reported for a three-year and threemonth prison sentence Wednesday for sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy who attended a summer camp where Tomaselli used to be a counselor.

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integration, language acquisition and academic advisement” for international students, whose enrollment numbers are steadily increasing.

Gorovitz said these actions must be taken immediately for the students who are “suffering, struggling and failing” because of the current inadequate support.

“It’s very clear that we have an institutional commitment to all students, and we also have an institutional commitment to engagement with the world,” Lovely said.

In investigating the claim of larger class sizes, the committee found SU’s undergraduate enrollment had increased 11.8 percent, and graduate enrollment increased 5.9 percent between 2006-2010. The College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs experienced the largest increases. Though there has been an increase

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ple to go out and do things,” said David Rosen, #140cuse Conference organizer. “We have amazing stories that we want to be told.”

The event will take place Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. in the Schine Student Center and will feature more than 50 different speakers, including Alexis Ohanian, entrepreneur and co-founder of Reddit; Tim Pool, journalist and web broadcaster from the Occupy Wall Street movement; and Josh Lukin, director of club initiatives at MLB Advanced Media, according to the #140cuse website.

The speakers will address a variety of topics

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in the number of admitted students, the report found little change in academic qualifications of incoming students.

The committee found that studying data on the actual distribution of class size would be the best indicator of classroom conditions, but “existing class size data is subject to measurement error of unknown proportions,” according to the report.

Because of this, it was advised by the committee that the university create an information system to measure and monitor the distribution of class size because it is a tool necessary for guiding SU’s academic advancement.

“We are able to do things now that we were not able to do 10 years ago because of the availability of more advanced computers and knowledge on how to assemble data bases,” Lovely said.

The committee found that 50 percent of faculty members who responded to a survey believe that class sizes have increased. Half the respondents felt the increase negatively affected

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their teaching.

In response, the committee recommended the university engage the campus community in shared plans of enrollment management.

“We could do better if we collect and make available information with the explicit intent of engaging community in a collaborative planning process,” Lovely said.

After this report, Martha Garcia-Murillo, professor of information studies, presented the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Affairs report with its recommendations concerning major university initiatives, athletics, the library, construction, debt and maintenance, fundraising, the endowment, fringe benefits and faculty salaries.

The main point of discussion regarding this report concerned the athletics program.

SU Athletics will generate more funds once the university moves to the Atlantic Coast Conference. The current subvention, or amount of financial support from SU for athletics, is $7.7 million and will remain unchanged, according

to the report.

Several senators expressed confusion concerning where the money will be distributed after earning greater expected revenues from moving to the ACC. Senators questioned if the expected earnings will be put back into the athletics department or distributed throughout the university.

Lou Marcoccia, executive vice president and chief financial officer, said university officials are unsure of how much money will be generated through the transition to the ACC and where it will be distributed.

The final recommendations of the committee included the support of various university initiatives like the Near Westside Initiative and the Connective Corridor. Another suggestion was that the dean of libraries work with the development office to raise funds exclusively for the library to ensure it has sufficient resources to “address the scholarly needs of faculty and students,” according to the report.

ranging from local issues to global problems, as well as how innovative technologies are making the world smaller and providing a better quality of life for people, according to a Jan. 26 iSchool press release.

The conference is meant to be fast-paced, with guests speaking in 10-minute intervals.

There will be two panel discussions that will be 15 or 20 minutes each. One of these panels will focus on year-round sports blogging, while the other will focus on local start-up businesses, Rosen said.

He said technology has dramatically changed the world people live in today, from the way they interact with one another to how businesses operate. Rosen said he hopes the speakers will focus on where technology has

been in the past, where it is now and how people can utilize it as a tool in the future.

Approximately 650 people have signed up for the event, but they are expected to attend at different intervals throughout the day, Rosen said. Each of the speakers’ talks will be posted online so that students who could not make it to the event can still hear what the speakers have to say.

“It’s definitely interesting to everyone on campus,” Rosen said. “We have people from all schools coming, people from the community coming. I think it’s important to know that these new technologies aren’t just affecting students in Newhouse or students in the iSchool.

Everyone is being affected.”

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False alarm

University of California-Los Angeles email mistakenly notifies 894 wait-listed students of their acceptance to school

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pproximately two weeks ago, University of California-Los Angeles officials caused a stir within the community when they falsely notified 894 wait-listed students of their acceptance to the school.

The university’s financial aid office sent the email to both admitted and wait-listed students to inform them about financial aid offers. The email was completely standard and gave no inclination about admission status until the last line, which congratulated the students on their acceptance to UCLA, said Ricardo Vázquez, university spokesman.

“Everything in the email was fine, except for the last line,” Vázquez said. “Obviously, for the students who were admitted, it was fine, but it sent a mixed message for the students who were still on the waiting list.”

Included in the email was a link that took the students to a revised provisional financial aid letter. Upon opening the email’s attached financial aid offers, the award letter made it clear wait-listed students were still on the waitlist, Vázquez said.

These mixed signals from the email and

award letter inside caused confusion for the wait-listed students and their parents, Vázquez said.

“On the one hand, you have the email line at the end congratulating them for the admission, and on the other hand, when they clicked on the link and went to the letter, it was very clear that they were still on the waiting list,” Vázquez said.

The email was sent out during the weekend of April 6, so the office was not able to respond to calls from students and parents until the following Monday. To combat the issue, the financial aid office sent out a second email Monday afternoon, clarifying the situation, Vázquez said.

Despite the large volume of wait-listed students that received the email, Vázquez said the office was not overwhelmed with calls from applicants. Most of the callers expressed confusion regarding the situation rather than anger, he said.

“We had a few calls from students who were confused,” Vázquez said. “We told them that the original email’s purpose was to let them know that their provisional award letter had been changed and that it wasn’t intended to communicate the status of their admission.”

Students on the UCLA wait-list will not be notified of their application standings until after May 1 and will hear directly from the admissions office, Vázquez said.

The office apologized for its mistake and is looking into it. Officials attributed the mistake to human error, he said.

“It was a very regrettable mistake because we understand and realize that this is a very difficult and anxious time for parents and students as they try to make those decisions on where to go to college,” Vázquez said. “We sincerely apologize if those students might have been led to believe that they were admitted rather than still on the waiting list.”

This is not the first incident of false notification of admission within the UC system.

In 2009, UC-San Diego sent out acceptance letters to 28,000 applicants who were actually rejected. In 2010, UC-Santa Barbara falsely admitted 60 wait-listed applicants, according to an April 10 article in the Los Angeles Times.

UCLA hopes to put in procedures to prevent an incident like this from occurring again, Vázquez said. dspearl@syr.edu

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tense relationship between police officers and residents, and it has been opening a dialogue between the two groups. Officers and residents have since been working on improving their relationship.

Jacobs said he thinks the strained relationship between police and Near Westside residents stems from a long history of mistrust.

“There’s a whole gamut of feelings that residents have for police,” Jacobs said. “Some love the police, some really trust them in their efforts, but then you have those who have had incidents where, too many times, the police didn’t show up for them, or they felt they were treated unfairly, and that’s where the strong sense of tension and mistrust comes from.”

The tension between the two groups also comes from the police department’s installation of surveillance cameras in the area approximately a year ago.

“For a lot of residents, the cameras were discouraging,” Jacobs said. “For them, it meant that everyone thought that this was the worst area in Syracuse, and it took away some of their sense of pride for their community.”

The cameras were set up specifically on the Near Westside because of the frequent gun and drug crimes that were occurring in the area, said SPD spokesman Sgt. Tom Connellan.

“The cameras were put up to bring a sense of safety to the area,” Connellan said. “They have been effective. Crime in the areas where the cameras were installed significantly decreased from 2010 to 2011.”

From 2010-11, arrest charges on the Near Westside decreased by 49 percent, overall reported crimes decreased by 29 percent and drug-related arrests decreased by 47 percent, according to data released by SPD officials.

Common Councilor Bob Dougherty said while he ardently supported the installation of the cameras to reduce crime rates, he recognized the frustrations it brought to the residents.

“The cameras definitely brought added tension to the area,” Dougherty said. “I know some Westside residents felt like they were being picked on and that their civil rights were being violated.”

Dougherty said though cameras introduced frustration, there was a general sense of approval for the effects it had on the neighborhood.

“I think it really brought a new sense of safety to the residents living there,” Dougherty said.

Jacobs, Near Westside Initiative director, said while the issue of the camera installations brought frustration to residents and police, it also brought about an outlet of discussion between the two groups.

“The issue gave people an opportunity to voice their frustrations, and for many in the area, it was the first time they experienced police listening to the general public’s concerns and considering other solutions,” Jacobs said.

Ben Kuebrich, editor of “I Witness,” which was released in February, said the communication sparked by the camera controversy is exactly what police and Near Westside residents needed to mend their relationship.

The book’s purpose was to spark further dialogue and build trust between police and residents, Kuebrich said.

The book provides readers with perspectives from both Near Westside residents and police officers on the issue of neighborhood policing to create a mutual understanding between the different groups. Kuebrich said almost all police officers that patrol the Near Westside own a

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copy of the book.

“The Westside is usually just represented by police reports and newspapers that report on the crime and poverty in the area, but there’s so much more to it,” Kuebrich said. “The book was a way to let residents and police speak out about their experiences.”

Steve Parks, SU professor and board member of the Gifford Street Community Press, where Kuebrich’s book was published, said both police and residents have made progress in their relationship since the book was released.

Police and residents have held multiple faceto-face delegations to gain a better understanding of each other, Parks said.

The two groups have also held events such as brunches to invite further communication between each other. Additionally, SPD’s intramural baseball team, which consists of police officers, will lead a youth baseball clinic some time this summer, Parks said.

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Jacobs said though progress has been made, there is still work to be done to improve the relationship between police and residents.

“One of the things that I’d like to see is walking patrol officers in the neighborhood,” Jacobs said. “All studies show that officers who patrol the neighborhood on foot and really get to know the residents have a much better relationship with them.”

Jacobs said the Near Westside Initiative office has proposed the idea to city officials in the past, but funding walking police patrol has proven to be too expensive. Jacobs said he hopes to find a way to fund the walking patrol in the near future.

“The problem with building up this sort of relationship is that it takes time,” Jacobs said.

“It can get pretty frustrating on both sides to keep trying when progress can be slow, but a strong relationship between the two is really vital for the community.”

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“Some love the police, some really trust them in their efforts, but then you have those who have had incidents where, too many times, the police didn’t show up for them, or they felt they were treated unfairly, and that’s where the strong sense of tension and mistrust comes from.”

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Recognizing 4/20 as holiday is unnecessary, plays up everyday recreation

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illions of students throughout the nation will spend April 20 in a voluntary coma.

That’s right: It’s almost 4/20.

Dating back to 1971, 4/20 was the ultraunderground, top secret and totally undecipherable code that pot-smoking, herb-inhaling snuffers used to ensure their illicit daily recreational activities slipped quietly through the system.

But today, we value subtlety just about as much as we value the law. So 4/20 has become our annual hiatus from reality — an excuse to intently stare at moving objects and/or eat our body’s weight in chicken wings and Cheetos.

But the University of Colorado-Boulder likes to call it a “Smoke-Out,” “Smoke-A-Thon” or “Smoke-a-rama,” where students spend 24 hours on their Quad in mind-numbing equilibrium with the world around them.

The “one day” where people sit still and eat.

Only in America, people.

You see, the once avant-garde and clever “cannabis culture” has transformed into a

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have me your way group of kids that will go to lame and obvious extremes to ensure 4/20 isn’t contaminated by the conservative or the Department of Public Safety.

But I don’t get it. What’s the point in devoting an entire day to “celebrating” something you already do most mornings over waffles and Ernie Davis Dining Center omelets? Are you going to host a backyard “smoke-out” every Wednesday afternoon before your 3 o’clock recitation, or every Sunday night before you sit down to watch “Celebrity Apprentice”?

I didn’t think so.

Sure, drinkers have St. Patty’s Day, but isn’t part of the low-key stoner culture staying low-key?

Last time I checked, wearing a graphic T-shirt with a pun that says “Highagain” instead of “Heineken” or “Don’t Fear the Green Reefer” rather than “Grim Reaper” is the opposite of low-key.

If you think preordering 29 egg rolls, four Insomnia Cookie boxes (that’s 48 f***ing cookies), two Vitos from Jimmy John’s and a cup of Roly Poly Roly Yo with granola and strawberries is playing it cool, you must already be snuffed out.

I mean, seriously. Who spends an entire day skipping class to engineer a window filter that also complements his or her teal and cardinal red color scheme?

Who sprints to the front of the Kimmel Food Court Taco Bell line during an “American Dad” marathon to pony up for six Crunchwrap Supremes and a Doritos Locos Taco?

And what moronic kid spends hours sitting in his running car nodding his or her head in a “side, side, up, down” motion to a dubstep remix of ambient forest tones?

I’ll tell you who: stoners — State University

of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry Plant Pathologists because they’re people, too, and adult men who have ass prints molded to their couches from too many hours of watching “Cheaters” and late-night HBO. Oh, and one more group: us.

Ad Council can make an anti-drug public service announcement with a Morgan Freeman voiceover, but we will still sit paralyzed in our cars staring at dashboard lights, letting 7-Eleven taquitos, Slurpees and powdered doughnuts infiltrate our bodies on the daily.

Syracuse, 4/20 is our way of life. In a way, we’ve made every single day a holiday, and April 20 is the day we get to fully embrace our habits.

So, in honor of the holiday that further perpetuates our already disgusting and illegal habits, I hope you sincerely enjoy 4/20.

Don’t fear the green reefer.

Kara McFarlane is a sophomore television, radio and film major — assuming radio is even a thing anymore — and her column appears every other Thursday. She can be reached at cnmcfarl@ syr.edu. Follow her on Twitter at @karanicolemcf.

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Horse play

Equestrian team displays unbridled love for horses, saddles up for practice

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lauren murphy | asst. photo editor (FROM TOP) JENNA PAREZO, a sophomore marketing and finance dual major and member of the Syracuse University equestrian team, walks her horse, Junior, around the training ring. Though Junior is Parezo’s favorite, she will not be able to ride him during the IHSA National Championship. The team of nine members practice at Stone Tree Farm in Baldwinsville, N.Y. under the watchful eye of their coach Denise Van Patten.

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he wind rustles through foliage just beyond the wooden fence of the training arena.

Junior eyes it warily. But with a quick clicking of heels and slight shortening of reins, horse and rider regain focus and move forward.

They move around the ring as a single entity, trotting and cantering in concentric circles, practicing their form. Another horse and human pair passes by, leaping easily over a pair of low crossbar jumps, but Junior and his rider pay them no mind.

The rider is Jenna Parezo, captain of the Syracuse University equestrian team. Parezo, a sophomore marketing and finance dual major, rides in the intermediate division of officially sanctioned horse shows. She will represent SU at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association’s National Championship on May 3-6, riding in the international division. She qualified after winning her events at last weekend’s zones competition, hosted by the IHSA. She won for Zone 2, Region 2.

And Junior, a big beautiful Warmblood with a coat so dark it nearly looks black when the light hits it just right, is her favorite horse.

“He focuses on everything except what you need him to focus on,” Parezo said, laughing. “But I’ve learned to ride him pretty well, so it’s fun.”

Parezo brushes Junior’s coat until it shines underneath the florescent lights of the stable. She goofs around with the horse like an old friend, pushing his head around playfully, talking quietly and patting him affectionately. Though Junior is Parezo’s favorite, he will not be the horse she rides at Hunt Horse Complex in Raleigh, N.C., for nationals.

“Riding in college is all about riding absolutely anything,” Parezo said. The team will travel down South and meet a completely fresh group of horses. They won’t have control over which they ride. Their home stable will not be bringing any of their own.

The team only has nine members, Parezo said, but they’re a small group that she has grown to cherish. Along with putting in six hours each week at the barn, the team travels to multiple out-of-town shows together each semester. They spend all three days traveling and riding competitively.

The stable the team usually rides

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Two original ‘Rent’ cast members to sing, tell stories

By Claire Dunderman STAFF WRITER

Mark with his camera. Roger with his guitar.

Two characters from the Broadway musical “Rent” that theater fans instantly recognize by their artistic connections.

The men that brought these characters to life on stage and film have been touring the

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Who: Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp Where: Goldstein Auditorium When: Thursday, 8 p.m.

How much: $5 with SU ID country together for a year now.

This Thursday, Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp of “Rent” will visit Syracuse University at 8 p.m. Their performance in Goldstein Auditorium consists of a variety of acts: some songs composed by the duo, some from “Rent” and others accompanied by a 10-piece band onstage.

The performance is a part of the Pulse Performing Arts Series. Students with an SU ID can buy tickets for $5, and tickets for the general public are $20.

Fans of the show, like Kristin McAvoy, are glad the duo collaborating.

“I got to see ‘Rent’ last year and have been excited about the play ever since,” said McAvoy, a sophomore in the School of Information Studies. “I’m excited that I’ll get to see two of the original actors from it.”

This isn’t the first time performers from “Rent”

visited campus. Idina Menzel, an actress in the original Broadway show and the movie, sang at SU in 2009. Her husband, Taye Diggs, a 1993 SU alumnus who also acted in both, visited in November.

Pascal, from the Bronx, N.Y., stepped into the Broadway world when “Rent” made its in 1996.

From there, he’s performed in shows like 1998’s “Cabaret.” He’s worked with Rapp since the original run of “Rent,” and the two appeared in the film and other tours of the musical. Rapp, from Joliet, Ill., stepped into the spotlight in 1993’s “Dazed and Confused” before his role in “Rent.”

Since last year, the two began performing together again after touring for “Rent” in 2009.

Not everyone interested in seeing the performance has to be a Broadway fan, said Sarah Ross Cappella, associate director in the Office of Student Activities.

“I think that this performance will reach out to those who are the die-hard fans, but also to others as well,” Cappella said.

Reagan Morehouse, a fan of the movie, was thrilled to see the actors were coming, but is disappointed that she can’t attend.

“I bought my ticket first thing in the morning, and I was so upset when I found out that I had something going on at the same time,” said Morehouse, a freshman biomedical engineering major.

The performers will be part of a short meet and greet after the show, Cappella said. Fans have the opportunity to be up close and personal with their Broadway heroes.

Said Capella: “It’s a very intimate setting that people usually don’t get to have with performers like this.” cmdunder@syr.edu

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at is Stone Tree Farm in Baldwinsville, N.Y., about half an hour away from campus. The main stable, attached to the indoor training ring, sits atop a hill leading down to a series of rolling pastures, an oval pond and the outdoor training ring.

As the wind whistles and the horses’ hooves plod methodically on the dirt, a shrill voice rings out above everything else. The voice belonged to Denise Van Patten, the coach for the SU equestrian team for 14 years and Junior’s owner.

Parezo admitted that working with Van Patten was difficult at first. Van Patten has an acute attention to detail that makes riding under her watchful eye demanding. But in the

“I go home and my trainers at home are just in awe of my riding.”

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past two years, Parezo’s appreciation for her has grown immensely.

“I’ve gotten to know her and realized how much she’s improved my riding,” Parezo said.

“I go home and my trainers at home are just in awe of my riding.”

Van Patten is friendly with her students when they ride, joking often as she barks out instructions. But her actual instructions are firm and meticulous. She critiques the timing and technique of the “flying lead changes” of a horse that canters by, a movement that involves the horse switching the direction of its stride in midair.

She encourages riding without stirrups, forcing riders to activate their legs more and rely less on the small iron devices holding their seat in place. The riders nod and make adjustments accordingly, heeding her advice.

When they aren’t competing, the riders have

lauren murphy | asst. photo editor JENNA PAREZO, captain of the Syracuse University equestrian team, practices with Junior in the outdoor training ring, She spends six hours a week at the barn, which is 30 minutes from campus, and participates in multiple out-of-town shows each semester. fun at the barn together, sometimes participating in “pony playtime.” Each team member rides one of the barn ponies for an entire lesson, rekindling childhood memories.

Parezo, a member in SU’s chapter of Gamma Phi Beta, said it can be difficult being on a team while attending school as a full-time student. Finding time for every activity and still keeping up with her curriculum is an

undeniable challenge.

But in Parezo’s eyes, it’s worth every bit of the trouble.

“I will always find time for riding,” Parezo said. “This trip to the barn is like a safe haven. It’s a break from the reality back at school. Even a trip here twice a week lets you take a breath.”

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HORSE TRIVIA • There are about 75 million horses in the

world.

• In the state of Arizona, it is illegal for cowboys to go through a hotel lobby in their spurs.

• Horses sleep between two and a half to three hours. Though, they sleep longer in the summer versus the winter.

• No horses are identical.

• “Filly” is the term for a female horse.

Horses’ teeth are one way to estimate its age.

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Genre remodeling ‘Cabin in the Woods’ rounds up usual suspects for unusual twists in horror film

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here’s a mythical air surrounding “The Cabin in the Woods.”

Part of this comes from its screenwriters Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard, considered forefathers of today’s geek culture. After all, Whedon created “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and Goddard worked on “Lost.” Who better to subvert the scary movie genre than these two?

The other part comes from the movie itself. Touted as another typical teen slasher, “The Cabin in the Woods” is anything but typical. Credit goes to the movie’s marketing department for masking this movie — Goddard’s directorial debut — as mindless torture porn like “Saw” rather than the subversive horror study it secretly is.

The best way to understand and absorb “The Cabin in the Woods” is walking into it blindly. Anyone familiar with work by Whedon or Goddard knows the value of avoiding spoilers and preserving the experience. With a quick 90-minute runtime and plot twists left and right, it’s hard to discuss the movie without giving too much away. The less theatergoers know, the better.

The trailers and posters all boast the same tagline: You think you know the story. It wouldn’t ruin anything,

however, to say the movie starts with a traditional setup. It follows five college students on a weekend trip to the titular cabin, a destination so remote that it’s “unworthy of global positioning.”

These characters aren’t remarkable departures from their scary movie predecessors. In fact, the movie bypasses character development altogether for the sake of molding them into classic stereotypes instead: the whore, the athlete, the fool, the nerd and the virgin. It’s frustrating and usually the mark of a lesser movie, but these archetypal portrayals have massive payoff.

Within the first 30 minutes, the audience follows their RV through every standard horror setting imaginable: an abandoned gasoline station straight out of “Deliverance”; an isolated mountain pass reminiscent of “The Evil Dead”; and the eponymous cabin that might as well be pulled directly from “Friday the 13th” — eerie lake and all.

As expected, things take a turn for the worse.

The trailers divulge one of the movie’s key but not entirely unexpected elements: They aren’t alone. The cabin is under the watchful supervision of two middle-aged researchers working in a far-off laboratory. They’re capable of adjusting everything in the woods, from

moonlight brightness to pheromone levels. Any other movie would save this plot point for its big reveal, but Whedon and Goddard throw it into the first frame.

After all, you think you know the story.

But “The Cabin in the Woods” is actually a very funny movie. Make no mistake; this is a scary movie through and through, but there are enough inside jokes and jabs at slasher movie clichés for die-hard horror fans to appreciate.

After all, why not walk into a creepy basement? Why not have sex in the middle of the woods?

In Whedon and Goddard’s hands, this is both a love and hate letter to the scary movie, a genre that has practically collapsed under the weight of self-awareness and endless spoofing. But not since 1996’s “Scream” has a self-proclaimed horror movie dissected the genre so effortlessly. Rather than embracing the usual scare tactics, the movie collects these tropes to deconstruct them.

Even the title is about as classic as it gets: Fear of isolation and things that go bump in the night still ring true today. “The Cabin in the Woods” is a self-aware exploration of what it means to be a scary movie. And infused with Whedon and Goddard’s cheeky wit, it’s the first scary movie in a long while worth watching. dataroy@syr.edu

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strictly softball here. I fell in love with it right away.”

Through texts and Facebook chats, Daniels said her former Georgia teammates and coaches have followed her second act. Daniels made her presence felt immediately after transferring to SU in 2010, hitting a teamhigh .370. The outfielder led SU in batting again last season and has started every game in her career for the Orange.

This season, Daniels is the lone player hitting above .300 and ranks in the top five in the Big East for batting average, hits, runs scored, stolen bases and total bases.

With Daniels leading the way the last three seasons, the Orange has won two Big East tournament titles and has earned its firstever win in the NCAA tournament.

Daniels nearly gave up the game after a roller-coaster experience at Georgia. But now that she has resurrected her career at SU, that one-year stop with the Bulldogs seems like a lifetime ago.

••• Shirley Daniels tried to understand her older sister’s decision, but it wasn’t easy. Most of her high school teammates dreamed of playing softball for Georgia, a two-hour drive from their hometown of Newnan, Ga. Leaving after the best season in Bulldogs history was unfathomable to them.

“I was shocked when she told me,” Shirley Daniels said. “Where we grew up, Georgia softball was a big deal. Players don’t just walk away from that team.”

Especially players that had a first year like Daniels. As a freshman, she started all but six

Y E A R IN SPORTS games in right field for the Bulldogs, hitting .309 at the bottom of the Georgia lineup. And more impressively, Georgia rose to the No. 4 ranking in the country and clinched its first-ever College World Series berth.

From the outside looking in, everything was perfect for Daniels at Georgia. But Daniels had reason to worry.

Daniels’ mother, Lisette, said Georgia was dragging its feet on offering her daughter a full scholarship — something the Bulldogs avoided during Daniels’ freshman season because of how late she signed in the recruiting process.

To solve the problem, Lisette Daniels said Georgia bounced around the idea of having Daniels switch majors.

“That made Sai (Lisaira) feel a little uncomfortable,” Lisette Daniels said.

“Because she sees herself as a student first and an athlete second.”

When Georgia started grooming potential outfield replacements, Daniels said she was fed up. She had raised her game to an SEC-level caliber of play, but still longed for some security on the team.

“Obviously coaches want to find the next best thing,” Daniels said. “For me, when you have people producing on the field and giving it everything they’ve got, they need to know they’re getting the support they deserve. I love everyone at Georgia, and we’re still close, but I had to make a change in my life.”

Daniels decided that change was quitting softball for good and focusing on earning a nursing degree. She asked for her release from the program soon after.

“It was shocking at first. We never want to lose that caliber of player and that caliber of person,” said Georgia head coach Lu HarrisChamper. “But in the end, Sai had to do what felt

right for her and her family.”

••• On the local recruiting trail, Syracuse hitting coach Wally King met Le Moyne head coach Christina Plew-Whitlock, who worked with Daniels as her personal hitting coach throughout high school and into her freshman year in Georgia.

Whitlock had just accepted her first college head coaching position at Le Moyne, but she didn’t hesitate to play matchmaker between SU and her star pupil with College World Series experience. She said she helped Daniels and her mother with the final touches of her release from Georgia. Soon after that, Daniels committed to Syracuse.

“I felt an immediate family connection,” Daniels said. “Georgia always stressed that I’m a person first, but I really felt it here.”

Ross needed a player like Daniels to take SU softball to the next level. Her 2009 team was a confident, albeit inexperienced group. Adding a proven player like Daniels would push SU in the right direction.

“It was a chance we couldn’t pass up,” Ross said.

“To have a player like that come in from a program like that only makes our program better.”

Before she could help improve SU, though, Daniels would have to get used to Syracuse. In one turbulent semester, she had moved from a school two hours away from home to a school about 1,000 miles away.

“It was overwhelming to come here,” Daniels said. “The new school, the new team, the snow — everything. I called my mom crying a few times, and I told her I was coming home on the next flight.”

But the promise of the softball season kept Daniels in Syracuse. And another promise, made by then-third baseman Hallie Gibbs on the porch of the softball house, gave Daniels something to look forward to.

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“She said, ‘If you play as well as you can here, we’ll be a damn good team,’” Daniels said. “And it showed me that while the results weren’t there on the schedule, these girls were confident and they wanted to compete.”

That was the turning point. Daniels bought into the Syracuse program and King’s hitting approach, transforming from a speedy slap hitter to a potent offensive threat.

“She really needed to buy in before they could use her the right way,” Plew-Whitlock said.

“When she did, they really started winning.”

••• Shirley Daniels finally understood her sister’s journey. Playing at Georgia may have been lifechanging for Daniels, but her renewed career made her something more than just a Bulldog.

Playing at SU made Daniels happy.

Just like that, Daniels felt like a softball player again. And this time she felt like she was more than just a number.

“We have a bond here and you can tell on the field,” Shirley Daniels said. “We play for each other, and we have that love for each other.”

Daniels said she isn’t the same player that took the field for Harris-Champer. She said she’s more easy-going, more open to instruction, and as a two-time captain, more mature.

She’s also willing to admit that when her softball career ends, a new opportunity will present itself. After all, when the door at Georgia closed, another one in Syracuse opened. And as Daniels’ career winds down with each game this season, she said she’s thankful that she got that second chance.

“I wouldn’t be the person I am today without that year in Georgia,” Daniels said. “I’ll worry about what comes next when it comes, but Syracuse is home to me.” nctoney@syr.edu

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an immediate boost against Rutgers in the ESPNU Warrior Classic in Charlotte, N.C., last Saturday. Up to that point in the season, he had taken just nine faceoffs through SU’s first 10 games. In his first two seasons at Syracuse, Megill never took a faceoff for the Orange.

But despite his limited experience, the 6-foot, 226-pound defender had a monster game at the X. The junior secured 8-of-12 draws in his first

“He’s a great close defenseman, but he’s also good on ground balls.

He’s shown that the last three years, and even if he loses a faceoff, he can still get after the guy, maybe take the ball away and pick it up, and he can push it in transition.”

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major appearance at the position as the Orange trounced RU 19-6.

One of the biggest challenges for Megill is to balance his faceoff role with his preferred position at close defense. Unlike most faceoff specialists, who take the draw and head to the sideline, Megill takes the faceoff and then takes his position on the backline.

It’s a tasking duty — if he loses the draw he must scramble back to cover his man — but Megill said that motivates him even more to get the ball up the field.

“It’s an incentive to win,” Megill said. “If I win, I’m able to get the ball down and take a

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East Greenbush, N.Y. His brother’s tribulations also inspired Forth to extend his helping hand beyond the Forth household.

“He was always interested in working with kids,” Columbia High School Athletic Director Mike Leonard said. “He’s always just watching them grow up and work with kids at different camps we had, interact with people.”

In high school, Forth was a star on the basketball court and drew the eye of Syracuse assistant coach Mike Hopkins as Columbia High’s all-time leading scorer, rebounder and shot blocker. But what stood out even more was his behavior off the court.

Forth worked with the Challenger League softball, basketball and football leagues, and when Forth set his high school’s scoring record, he handed the ball to his favorite cheerleader, Jaime Adams.

Adams has Rett syndrome, a neurodevelopment disorder almost exclusively present in females. People that suffer from Rett are rarely able to talk or walk and are especially prone to scoliosis, growth failures and seizures. While not part of the autism spectrum, its symptoms are often confused with autism.

More than a decade later, the ball still sits on a shelf in her room.

“It’s hard for her because she can’t talk or

breather, whereas if I lose, you got to go down and do double-duty.”

Desko still believed that giving Megill the opportunity outweighed any drawbacks.

The head coach needed a chance to assess whether Megill is worthy of regular reps at the position.

If successful, the Orange could have found a valuable piece to spell Chris Daddio and Ricky Buhr if they struggle during a game, or someone who could take start at the X moving forward.

“No matter what you do, when you do it for the first time there are going to be tweaks and adjustments with him or other players,” Desko said. “… Just decided to go with it and glad we did, and we know more about it, and we’ll know more about it in the next couple games.”

Megill said he’s lifting extra and running more in practice to increase his stamina for late-game situations in his dual role.

Starting close defender Matt Harris, who matches up with Megill along the wing during faceoffs, said Megill’s defensive responsibilities have helped ease him into the position. Megill’s exuberant strength and tenacity picking up ground balls make him a dangerous foe at the X. “He’s a great close defenseman, but he’s also good on ground balls,” Harris said. “He’s shown that the last three years, and even if he loses a faceoff, he can still get after the guy, maybe take the ball away and pick it up, and he can push it in transition.”

On Tuesday, Megill and four other SU players had trouble beating Hobart faceoff specialist Bobby Dattilo. The nation’s best faceoff man tormented SU, winning 18-of-28 draws in the contest. Megill tried to hold his own, but he was outdueled in five of his eight attempts.

Megill understands that it may take time to settle into his new role. Every performance might not be as perfect as the one he faced against Rutgers, but he has embraced it so far.

“Anything I can do to get out there and help this team win and give us the chance to get some extra possessions I’m going to do,” Megill said. adtredin@syr.edu

nothing,” said Jaime’s father, Burke Adams, “but you can tell whenever she sees Craig come along she lightens up with her smile, and her beautiful eyes open up wide and brighten.”

As an inclusive education and geography double major at SU, Forth continued to help in his community. Forth worked as a student teacher for a fourth-grade class at Salem Hyde Elementary School as well as the Big Brothers, Big Sisters program in the Syracuse area.

But while Forth was a star off the court, he never quite lived up to his lofty expectations on it.

Forth often felt the wrath of the Syracuse fan base, but the boos never really got to him. He was always harder on himself, pushing himself to be the best that he can be.

“There were some times when I went up to games or I’ve seen him and talked to him, and he was always upbeat and positive,” Leonard said.

“He always just wanted to work harder, even to this day.”

After four years and 136 starts at Syracuse, Forth didn’t have the basketball opportunities that Carmelo Anthony or Hakim Warrick did.

Despite ranking seventh in Syracuse history in blocked shots, his 4.7 points per game wouldn’t cut it in the NBA. After playing overseas in Slovakia and Croatia in 2006, he returned to his roots. Forth settled down with his wife, Amanda, in his hometown of East Greenbush and taught. Not ready to walk away from the game for good, he took over as the girl’s junior varsity basketball coach at his alma mater, Columbia High School.

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Forth teaches first-graders at Red Mill and was named the head coach of the girl’s varsity basketball team at Columbia High last year.

“He’s first-class,” Leonard said, “… high integrity, great academics, he’s brilliant, too.

And he’s always had a knack for working with kids and gets along with everybody.”

Forth’s life goal always existed in the education sphere. His brother never had the education opportunities he had hoped for, and he never wanted that to happen to anyone else.

His life with Jeremy Forth also influences the way he teaches. Working with young children, it is understandable for teachers to become frustrated. Growing up with an autistic brother, Craig Forth’s patience is unparalleled.

“I treat all students with the utmost respect and give them the time they need to grow and develop,” Forth said. “I also have many strategies based on my experiences with many children that help me give students the room they need when experiencing difficulty.”

In 2004, Burke founded The Miracle League of the Capital Region. According to its website, “The Capital Region Miracle League offers baseball, basketball, bowling, football, soccer and track & field to special needs athletes of all ages from Upstate New York.”

As an athlete and brother of an autistic child, helping children with special needs play sports was something Forth had always done.

While a student at Columbia, Forth often played sports with special needs students, even wheeling around Adams’ daughter, Jaime, on the

basketball court and helping her shoot the ball.

Jaime Adams’ name now adorns the home of The Miracle League’s Jaime M. Adams Field.

The field opened in 2009, and Forth, though busy with a young daughter, tries to make it there as often as he can to help out with the children.

Standing 7 feet tall, Forth’s stature could certainly be intimidating, but the younger kids are never afraid of him. They affectionately refer to him as the “Green Giant” and love having the former national champion at Adams Field.

“He comes out whenever he can because he got married, and he’s got a little baby girl now,” Burke said. “… So he’s got a lot going on now, but he comes out when he can.”

Forth is a king in his old stomping grounds.

He enters the gymnasium to the cheers of adoring fans.

But this isn’t in front of the tens of thousands of fans that fill the Carrier Dome, which Forth called home for four years; it’s the gymnasium at Columbia High, often sparsely filled with only about 100 fans.

But at this point, there’s no place he’d rather be.

Because Forth loves to teach. And in East Greenbush, he can do that better than anywhere else.

“He’s in our athletic hall of fame. There’s a banner in our gym. He’s the only one that has his number retired,” Leonard said. “It’s kind of funny.

He’s coaching there and his name is out there on the wall. … We still have a lot of people go up to him and congratulate him or ask for an autograph or picture, so it’s a pretty neat thing to watch.” dbwilson@syr.edu

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Jenna Caira finally felt comfortable in the circle. For the first time in a few weeks, the senior ace was loose.

It showed with the brilliant performance she notched Wednesday.

“I felt very confident. I SYRACUSE 8 felt loose,” Caira said. “I had PITTSBURGH 0 a lot of trust in my ability knowing that the peoSYRACUSE 4 and ple behind me were going PITTSBURGH 1 to just help me out. I’m just trying to take off the pressure on myself. Just allowing my team to help and not go in there and do it all by myself.”

Relaxed and ready, Caira set the tone for stellar pitching when the Orange (32-10, 9-2 Big East) topped Pittsburgh (23-21, 6-10 Big East) in both games of a doubleheader at Skytop Softball Stadium on Wednesday in front of 103 and 137 home fans in each game, respectively. Caira and junior Stacy Kuwik shut down Pittsburgh’s hitters, combining to go 13 innings without allowing a single earned run. Caira picked up her 20th win of the season in an 8-0 mercy-rule win in the front end of the twin bill. Kuwik carried the strong pitching in game two, picking up her 10th victory in a 4-1 Orange win.

Though Kuwik had been the one on a roll lately, with Caira laboring at points, this time the roles were reversed. Caira made it seem effortless against the Panthers.

Caira showed she had extra bite with her drop ball and changeup right away, retiring the first 10 batters in order. The first hit she allowed was a slow roller that second baseman Stephanie Watts couldn’t throw to first base in time in a close play.

Caira finished with nine strikeouts in her six innings of work. Most Pitt batters never seemed to be in rhythm. Many of them were out in front of Caira’s finesse pitches.

“That’s the kind of pitcher I am. I’m not an overpowering strikeout pitcher,” Caira said.

“I’m more of a keep the batters off balance and get the routine groundballs.”

For last couple of weeks, Caira tinkered with her mechanics. In this start, everything came together for a full game.

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After a Pittsburgh walk, Yvette Bravo hit a fly ball to right field that sophomore Shirley Daniels dropped. Daniels subsequently threw the ball into SU dugout on the throw into the infield, allowing a run to score.

The only run the Panthers managed wasn’t earned. From there, Kuwik remained poised and retired the next two batters to strand a runner at third.

“I knew they scored, but I’ve been in tougher situations,” Kuwik said.

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In that moment, SU head coach Leigh Ross could catch her breath.

“I was holding my breath on that one,” Ross said. “Because I was just like, ‘Let’s just get this over with.’”

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As long as both continue to slow down opposing offenses, Caira knows the duo will keep making lives difficult for those batters at the plate.

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Sales returns to the Carrier Dome turf After a brilliant three-touchdown, 172-yard performance in the 2010 Pinstripe Bowl, Marcus Sales was supposed to be Syracuse’s top receiver in 2011. But Sales missed the entire season after he was suspended indefinitely folWho: Spring game lowing his arrest Where: Carrier Dome in July on felony When: Saturday, noon drug charges. The charges were dropped in October, and Sales was reinstated to the program for spring practice. SU returns its leading receiver from a year ago in Alec Lemon, but must replace Nick Provo, Van Chew and Dorian Graham as threats in the passing game.

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Changes in play-calling At Syracuse’s lone open spring practice in Rochester on April 7, Doug Marrone said the team plans to utilize the quarterback position in its rushing attack this season. Ryan Nassib took all but three snaps under center for the Orange in 2011, but rarely displayed an ability to make plays with his feet. He finished the season with just 39 yards rushing on 65 attempts. Charley Loeb, John Kinder and Ashton Broyld all played at quarterback in Rochester, with the dual-threat freshman Broyld also taking reps at running back.

Broyld, the 2010 New York State Class AA player of the year, spent last season at Milford Academy, where he threw for 427 yards and six touchdowns to go with 259 yards and six scores on the ground.

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Smith and Gulley take over in the backfield Antwon Bailey replaced Delone Carter as the starting running back last season and turned in a solid campaign, rushing for 1,051 yards on 240 carries. This season, Syracuse must fill the starting spot again. PrinceTyson Gulley and Jerome Smith combined for 55 carries in 2011 behind Bailey. Gulley had a promising start to the season, rushing for 89 yards in four games before seeing his season cut short after suffering a broken collarbone. Smith played in all 12 games, giving Bailey a breather throughout the season.

His most impressive performance came in the regular-season finale against Pittsburgh when he broke through for 56 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries.

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The performance of the secondary The Syracuse secondary was exposed by elite wide receivers Chris Givens, Robert Woods and Eric Page early last year. The Orange has to replace its top playmaker from that unit in Phillip Thomas. The safety led the team

with 82 tackles and six interceptions before he was suspended and ultimately left the program. SU also lost Kevyn Scott to graduation.

Scott played in all 12 games and registered four pass breakups and two interceptions.

Shamarko Thomas will serve as the veteran of the unit this year, but young players like Durell Eskridge and Shu Mungwa could shine in the Spring Game.

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The growth of the defensive line Defensive ends Chandler Jones and Mikhail Marinovich formed a formidable pass rush last season. Marinovich finished with two sacks and three tackles for loss in 11 games his senior year. Jones decided to give up his final year of eligibility to enter the NFL Draft, and he is currently projected to go in the first round later this month. Deon Goggins returns on the line and will play both defensive end and defensive tackle. The 6-foot-1, 272-pound lineman started all 12 games last season at tackle. He made 7.5 tackles for loss and recorded 1.5 sacks, emerging as a force at times for Syracuse. Jay Bromley will provide experience alongside Goggins at tackle, where he also played in every game.

Bromley finished with 5.5 stops for loss to go with 1.5 sacks.

—Compiled by Ryne Gery, asst. sports editor, rjgery@syr.edu

Storage, Moving & Shipping Guide 2012 SHIPPING YOUR STUFF?

Here are some good ol’ S&M tips (and by S&M I mean shipping & moving) brought to you by your favorite DO Ad Rep, Kelsey Rowland If you are new to shipping your clothes, gear, furniture and whatever other junk you have lying around – here is some basic info:

NEED YOUR SPACE? We understand. Once you pack flat, you don’t go back. Lame pun, but regardless you save room and don’t have to go back and repack.

NEVER FEAR, YOU HAVE TAPE RIGHT HERE! Usually when shipping a good amount of

items they will provide you with a roll of tape, it’s only common courtesy. USE. EVERY. LAST. BIT. Or don’t come crying to me when the box inevitably breaks and all your precious gifts from your Big are gone.

ANYONE FROM L.C. SMITH CAN TELL YOU… Put too much weight in a cardboard box

and it will break. Don’t just cross your fingers and ship it, pay the extra $20 for another box. Who are you kidding? Your parents are paying for it anyways.

SHIPPING YOUR ITEMS SHOULDN’T BE LIKE A LATE NIGHT WALK THROUGH DARK STREETS. It goes without saying, if it

costs more money than you’d be willing to have stolen from you – don’t ship it. For those of you who aren’t catching on, this means cash, jewelry, expensive sunglasses, etc. Also, any liquids, perishable items, or flammables should be avoided. And for all you crazy activists out there, explosives, flammables, poisons, or radioactive materials are prohibited as well :)

SHOW YOUR BOXES SOME TLC Keep in mind that mail carriers and their vehicles aren’t always the most gentle in the world. If you plan on shipping anything even slightly breakable, make sure it’s padded by soft items – which is ironically another good use for The D.O.

SPORTS

THURSDAY

april 19, 2012

Sweet spot

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the daily orange

m e n ’s l a c r o s s e

Megill adjusting to role at X after mixed results

By Andrew Tredinnick ASST. COPY EDITOR

She found it during a visit to Central New York. A thousand miles away from where she grew up, Daniels finally felt at home at SU. “For the first time, I felt like I was more than just a number,” Daniels said. “I wouldn’t trade my time at Georgia for anything, but it’s not

John Desko knew Syracuse’s ineptitude at the faceoff X severely limited its attacking opportunities. And the head coach was willing to do anything to reverse the Orange’s struggles.

Desko met with Who: Georgetown assist a nt Where: Carrier Dome When: Saturday, 3 p.m. c o a c h K e v i n Channel: ESPNU Dona hue after SU’s 12-6 loss to Cornell on April 10, and the two began to discuss a solution.

Both coaches agreed starting close defender Brian Megill should get the nod at the X. “I felt it was time,” Desko said.

“As opposed to making it Plan C or Plan D, it’s got to be Plan A so we could evaluate and see how he does.”

The junior has made his mark at the X for the Orange since being inserted into his new role last Saturday at Rutgers. Megill provides Syracuse with another option to help overcome the faceoff woes that have haunted SU all season.

He went 11-of-20 on faceoffs in SU’s last two games against the Scarlet Knights and Hobart, and he will look to give the offense a lift when No. 14 Syracuse (7-5, 3-1 Big East) takes on Georgetown (5-6, 1-2 Big East) at 3 p.m. in the Carrier Dome on Saturday.

Megill gave the Orange offense

SEE DANIELS PAGE 18

SEE GEORGETOWN PAGE 19

UP NEXT

chris janjic | staff photographer LISAIRA DANIELS has helped lead Syracuse to prominence during the last three years. After spending her freshman year at Georgia, she transferred to Syracuse and paced the Orange in batting in each of her first two seasons. Daniels is currently hitting a team-high .372.

Daniels enjoys stellar career after finding comfort zone at Syracuse

YEAR in SPORTS 2011-12 | Part 1 of 10

By Nick Toney

W

STAFF WRITER

ith a single, unadulterated statement, Lisaira Daniels was a softball player again.

“I’m coming to Syracuse,” Daniels blurted out to her mother, her sister and her soon-to-be coach, Leigh Ross, over dinner. None of the

three knew the then-sophomore had already made up her mind.

Daniels didn’t want the tension and awkwardness of another recruiting process this time around.

If she was going to restart her softball career, she needed to feel something she rarely felt during her freshman season at Georgia: a sense of belonging.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Part 2 of 3

10 YEARS LATER

Forth grade

Former Syracuse center finds calling in teaching after basketball

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By David Wilson STAFF WRITER

t wasn’t always easy dealing with his brother.

As a child, Craig Forth would often try to teach his brother basic skills, colors in particular. Try as he might, Forth couldn’t get his brother to lock down those skills at a young age.

Still, without him, Forth wouldn’t be the man he is today.

“Growing up with Jeremy was challenging,” Forth said in an email to The Daily Orange. “… There were many times when Jeremy did not understand the world around him.

This caused the majority of issues we faced as a family unit.”

Jeremy Forth was born with autism. Craig Forth always had a great relationship with his younger brother and growing up with an autistic sibling had a profound effect on

his life. It’s a large part of why he wanted to be a teacher and why he specifically chose inclusive education as his major.

Forth was the center on Syracuse’s 2003 national championship team, and after a brief professional career in Europe and the United States Basketball League, Forth turned his attention to the classroom, now teaching at Red Mill Elementary School in

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daily orange file photo CRAIG FORTH played center for Syracuse from 2001-05. After a short stint playing overseas, Forth turned his focus to teaching.