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Literature professor to start in fall

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The English Department has hired Manan Desai to teach Asian-American literature beginning in fall 2011, according to an email sent to students Monday from Prema Kurien, director of the Asian and Asian-American studies minor.

Desai has research and teaching background in Asian-American literature and South Asian studies, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the South Asian American Digital Project, according to the email. The email was sent to students in the AAA program on behalf of the English Department. Kurien could not be reached for comment.

The process to hire faculty members for the AAA program, which is in its first year at SU, began last summer, said Gerry Greenberg, senior associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences involved in the search and hiring process. Desai was officially hired within the last few weeks, he said.

The position “was specifically created with the idea of someone who

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onathan Massey ventured into uncharted territory when he became the first nonchancellor to fill the role of University Senate’s presiding officer — or in other words, the USen taskmaster — last September.

For five years, Massey watched Chancellor Nancy Cantor run the presiding officer position, calling on speakers, directing conversation and sometimes heated debate, and keeping the senate on task. That all changed when Massey became the main test subject for a pilot program. USen tested if an individual besides the chancellor could fill USen’s presiding officer position and moderate meetings more efficiently.

Though Massey is the first non-chancellor in the position — one that affects the flow, length and tenor of the meetings — SU leadership applauds a

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Eastern Michigan considers SU assistant Murphy top candidate for head coaching job

By Andrew L. John and Brett LoGiurato THE DAILY ORANGE

Syracuse assistant coach Rob Murphy is under strong consideration for the vacant head coaching position at Eastern Michigan.

EMU will give an official announcement on the head coaching situation Thursday, said athMURPHY letic department

spokesman Jeremy Allen.

Pete Moore, Syracuse’s director of athletic communications, said he talked to Eastern Michigan about Murphy on Tuesday. He said the school told him its decision had not been finalized, but that it has completed interviews and that Murphy is a candidate.

On Tuesday afternoon, FoxSports. com reported Murphy accepted the position. Phone calls to Murphy seeking comment Tuesday were not returned.

Allen said Murphy is a top candidate for the position. He added that

an official decision on Eastern Michigan’s next head coach had yet to be finalized, even though an announcement will come Thursday.

The news comes two weeks after Murphy removed his name from consideration for an opening at Kent State, where he had been an assistant for two years prior to his seven-year stint at Syracuse.

Eastern Michigan is located about 35 miles from Murphy’s native Detroit, where he already has strong basketball roots. He helped coach Detroit Central High School to a Class

A state title in 1998 and Crockett Technical to the Class B state title in 2001.

The Eastern Michigan job would give Murphy his first head coaching opportunity in the college ranks.

He will look to turn things around at a slumping program. The Eagles finished with a record of 9-22 this past season. They also lose their leading scorer, Brandon Bowdry.

Murphy was hired at Syracuse in 2004 after assistant coach Troy Weaver left SU for a position with the NBA’s Utah Jazz.

He became known as a prolific recruiter who helped the Orange develop some of its top young players over the past seven years, including Hakim Warrick, Terrence Roberts and Wes Johnson. At the NCAA Tournament in Cleveland, SU forward C.J. Fair said Murphy was instrumental in his growth in his freshman season.

Murphy was also known for penning the Orange’s popular 2009-10 season theme song, “Shut It Down.” aljohn@syr.edu bplogiur@syr.edu

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Designer speaks on industry

By Maya Kosoff Contributing Writer

John Patrick, founder and fashion designer of the clothing collection Organic, posed a question to students in The Warehouse Auditorium: “You all have the opportunity to define and create what the 21st century will look like — how we see it. What do you want it to look like?”

Patrick spoke about the future of fashion and his own experiences in the industry at 2 p.m. on Tuesday at The Warehouse. About 20 of Patrick’s clothing articles were on display in the lobby of The Warehouse. The lecture was sponsored by the fashion design program in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Organic is a clothing collection for men and women that combines fashionable clothing with a sense of eco-consciousness. Patrick founded the company in 2002.

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joshua kissi and travis gumbs, the founders of the blog Street Etiquette, speak to students in Schine Student Center on Tuesday.

Street Etiquette is a New York City-based blog about men’s fashion. Kissi and Gumbs decided when they were younger they wanted to redesign the idea of male fashion, prompting them to start writing about it. The blog was ranked the Best Men’s Style Blog by the Guardian UK, and the bloggers were selected as part of the “40 bloggers who really count” by the London Times.

Video entries, Schine location mark changes to event Speaker su showcase

By Michael Boren Asst. News Editor

This year’s Syracuse University Showcase will feature student- and faculty-produced videos on sustainability for the first time, but the new exhibit initially saw less interest than anticipated.

The deadline to submit sustainability-related videos was originally April 11, but it was extended to April

18 after the number of submissions fell short of expectations. As of Tuesday evening, Roman Yavich, a gradate student in the Master of Public Administration program, received three videos and is waiting for two to come in, as well as two more that may come through. He said he originally hoped for 10, but was not disappointed.

“I think that people are just busy,”

he said. “I think that making a video is a pretty time-consuming thing.”

The video submissions are one of several changes for this year’s SU Showcase, in which students will present projects on the theme of sustainability on May 2.

“This is the first year that we’re doing this, and it was kind of a spurof-the-moment type of thing,” he said.

SU Showcase will take place in

Panasci Lounge in the Schine Student Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., as opposed to last year when most of the presentations were held on the Quad, said Rachel May, coordinator of sustainability education. Officials who organized SU Showcase last year recommended moving it inside, given it was not the best situation for people to hear presensee su showcase page 6

Student receives $30,000 in ninth annual business plan competition

By Meghin Delaney Asst. News Editor

Teams of students competed for the best business idea in the Panasci Business Plan Competition last weekend, with the winning plan, PiezoTouch Inc., raking in a total of $30,000.

The competition was overseen by the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship and was held for the

ninth time this year, said Thomas Kruczek, executive director of the center.

This year’s first prize went to Leena Chitnis, a graduate student in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. Chitnis was awarded $25,000 on Saturday for her plan for PiezoTouch Inc., which would enable electronic users to send a human touch, wirelessly, to another

person. Chitnis was granted an additional $5,000 as the recipient of the Fetner Prize in Sustainable Enterprise.

This is the first time the firstplace prize in the Panasci competition and the Fetner Prize have been given to the same business plan, Kruczek said. This is the second year the Fetner Prize has been given out.

“Basically, I’m developing a product called the electronic skin, or e-skin, that allows people to communicate via touch,” Chitnis said of PiezoTouch Inc. “For instance, if I touch my cellphone, you’ll be able to feel it on your face.”

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To Megan Luce, the cycle of the U.S. food industry only supports corporate agriculture and leaves the local farmer out.

“The way our food system is set up right now, it is going to crash and burn,” said Luce, the regional field organizer for Democracy Matters, a national nonprofit organization that advocates removing private money in politics.

Luce spoke Tuesday in Room 107 in the Hall of Languages. Her presentation, “Food, Politics and Money,” was aimed at creating awareness of the food industry’s problems and how citizens can make a change.

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letters to the editor Edmunds’ scholarship, credentials prove ability to teach Asian-American literature On behalf of the College of Arts and Sciences, I am responding to an article titled “Professor receives criticism,” which appeared in Tuesday’s issue of The Daily Orange. The article discussed Susan Edmunds, an associate professor of English, and her class “Ethnic Literatures and Cultures: Asian American Fiction,” an English course that is part of the new Asian and Asian-American studies minor.

Edmunds is an esteemed scholar who adds enormously to the success of the college, which rests on the strength of our faculty, each of whom is an inspired leader in his or her field.

An expert in 20th century global literature and culture who received her doctorate in English from Yale University, she is known for her innovative scholarship and rigorous pedagogic technique, utilizing broad historical, social and cultural contexts. Colleagues at Syracuse

University and around the world praise Edmunds’ work as of the highest caliber and as illuminating and strongly compelling — much of it characterized by her ability to build original, often bold, arguments on the basis of newly discovered historical phenomena. She has published two books and numerous scholarly articles, and has received numerous honors and awards, including the English Department’s Graduate Teaching Prize.

Counter to a claim in The D.O. article and in some emails and leaflets appearing on campus, Edmunds has outstanding credentials to teach AAA. Premia Kurien, a professor in the sociology department who directs the AAA minor, has supported Edmunds, citing her expertise and experience in Asian-American literature, while students have cited her exceptional reading, listening and rhetorical skills. Edmunds’

involvement with the AAA minor exemplifies our commitment to offering interdisciplinary programming that cuts across multiple schools and colleges, while offering a multidimensional perspective of critical issues and topics.

The existence of the AAA minor, currently in its first year, is the result of many hours of work contributed by numerous faculty members at SU. To date, it consists of more than 30 courses, excluding language courses, which are taught by more than 20 faculty members from different colleges on campus. Additionally, the program has included extracurricular events, including speakers from schools such as Columbia University, Cornell University and University of Pennsylvania. This growth results partly from student interest, the commitment of new resources and the acquisition of several new faculty members over the past few

years. We plan to continue the development of this program into the future and are currently examining the hire of a senior-level faculty member to begin in the fall of 2012.

As the dean of SU’s largest college, I am always willing and interested to hear students’ ideas, suggestions and concerns, and seek to foster an atmosphere that promotes open discussion and debate among students, faculty and staff. Treating one another with respect and civility is an essential aspect of such an environment. In the interest of promoting mutual respect, understanding and information sharing, today I am meeting to talk with students on this matter.

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Criticism of English professor laden with racism, does not reflect abilities “The petition also demanded that ‘transparency and non-tokenizing’ student participation be involved in the hiring process for the AAA studies minor.”

The above quote is taken from a recently published article in Tuesday’s edition of The Daily Orange. The article by David Propper, titled “Students say professor lacks background to teach Asian and Asian American

studies course,” targets professor Susan Edmunds of the English Department, claiming she is not qualified to teach the course ETS 315: “Ethnic Literatures and Cultures: Asian American Fiction,” which is part of the newly instated AAA minor here at Syracuse University.

This statement, along with the claims from Asian Students in America (ASIA) is a direct attack on the qualifications of Edmunds, stating that her involvement in the instruction within the program is solely due to her being white for the sake of her being white.

This claim is laden with a racism that SU and professors like Edmunds are fighting with all their effort. The mindset that only Asian-Americans are qualified to teach about Asian-American studies has profound and

disturbing resonances to the very claims that stated only men should be able to read and write and that women and African-Americans should not have the right to vote.

Years of progress and strides toward equality seem to be overlooked with such a claim that Edmunds is not qualified to teach the course, despite having earned a bachelor’s degree and doctorate from Yale University.

Should these ignorant accusations be heeded by the English Department, what will follow? Will all teachers be banned from teaching about cultural issues to which they cannot externally identify? The petitioners seem to be overlooking the fact that Asian-American literature is rooted in American literature as much as its Asian connections. It is not simply called “Asian literature,” after all.

Are we all still being judged solely on the color of our skin, despite the scholarly aptitude of studying at the world’s most prestigious universities and colleges? I caution all who fall into the mindset of agreeing with these petitioners that they are calling for exactly what America and this university has been fighting against for decades.

The heeding of these arguments will lead to further and greater segregation on this campus and will rob aspiring students from gleaning the greatest educational experiences possible. This outright racism is unfounded and personally attacks an astute and exemplary professor solely on the color of her skin.

Paul Czuprynski

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Students should work with administration to air grievances As the individual who co-authored the Student Association resolution for the Asian and AsianAmerican studies minor last year, and as a student who is enrolled in this minor, I felt it was necessary for me to comment on this issue.

When student concerns were raised in January, this was one of the first issues SA’s Academic Affairs Committee investigated.

After meeting with the administrators and faculty members involved in the process, I know they are actively doing their best to support student interest. In response to the fact that professor Susan Edmunds does not have a substantial background in Asian-American studies, there is currently no faculty member on campus that does. Edmunds volunteered to

teach this course because there was a strong student interest for it. When the minor was approved a year ago in University Senate, a search committee began to find the appropriate faculty for it. Students must understand that academic hiring processes take time because of the numerous parties involved and the need for the search committee to review each candidate carefully. I have inquired about having a student on this committee, but students traditionally do not participate in these committees because of human resource problems. However, students were still given a voice in this process.

Throughout the school year, potential candidates visited campus, and students were invited to attend open forums led by the candidates.

The feedback of the individuals who attended was taken into consideration.

On Monday night, an email went out to the AAA listserv that a new faculty member who specializes in Asian-American literature has been hired for the program, proving the success of the hiring committee. As an experienced member of SA, I have greatly affected campus by working with the administration and not against it. While I applaud the students involved for their activism, I urge all students to take the mentioned factors into account and take advantage of the resources available to them.

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SU Showcase should focus on different topics On May 2, Syracuse University will host its third SU Showcase, a day devoted to students presenting their academic work. The event began under the name MayFest in 2005 as a day to showcase student research and creativity through presentations, displays and performances, among other things.

The day and its cause have gradually diminished, as well as student appeal and participation. The administration’s decision to make the overarching topic sustainability for the second year in a row represents a major flaw in the potential scale of the event.

Environmental sustainability is an immensely important and relevant topic, especially to Syracuse, which is trying to brand itself as the Emerald City. But seeing as this was the topic of SU Showcase last year, perhaps the day would have drawn

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greater student participation if the theme targeted a new section of students on campus. Though nearly every profession touches environmental sustainability in some way, students are moved and inspired by a variety of other broad, appropriate topics for such a day.

If SU Showcase means to unify student work across campus, as it has the potential to do, than it must be better organized to attract more student participation. This could include tailoring the topic for each school and college’s focus; simply changing the topic from year to year; basing the focus off one or more university lectures, which already have campuswide appeal; or marketing the event

more thoroughly.

The university reuses the term “sustainability” to reference a host of university issues, including finances, benefits, environment, infrastructure and other policies. It is a buzzword and a go-to word that is losing its effectiveness and meaning, no matter how important and loaded that meaning is.

There are hundreds of students who are proud of work they’ve produced in class and would likely want to show it off. There must be a way to tap into this talent and interest.

Likewise, cloistering the exhibit in Panasci Lounge may facilitate the presentation process, but it removes it from its very public previous location on the Quad. If the university likes the way the day has evolved into a smaller, green-focused event, then perhaps it should rename SU Showcase to the Sustainability Showcase.

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Recent media critcism of philantrophist Mortenson makes both parties look bad

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ver the weekend, investigative journalists Jon Krakauer and Steve Kroft of the CBS show “60 Minutes” may have ended philanthropist Greg Mortenson’s career.

In a spot that aired Sunday night, Kroft accused Mortenson of fabricating parts of his best-selling memoirs “Three Cups of Tea” and “Stones into Schools,” and of running his Central Asia Institute, which supports women’s education in Afghanistan, unethically. Krakauer followed Monday with “Three Cups of Deceit,” an 89-page report published on a new website for long-form journalism, www.byliner.com.

Both sides of this row look pretty ugly in the end — Mortenson and his two Central Asia Institute board members haven’t handled the accusations elegantly at all, and some of the allegations seem impossible to refute.

The “60 Minutes” spot leaves out a

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lot of relevant facts; and the scene where Kroft confronts Mortenson at an Atlanta book signing is at least ethically questionable, if not a clear distortion.

Krakauer’s report fills in the facts “60 Minutes” misses and gives a compelling alternate narrative to Mortenson’s version of the events.

The report leans heavily on unfair attacks against Mortenson’s character, though, and Krakauer’s early support of Central Asia Institute could constitute a conflict of interest.

Krakauer hasn’t published a book since 2007, and timing the story to coincide with the launch of a rather innovative journalism outlet seems very fishy.

Perhaps Central Asia Institute hasn’t done a great job in its schoolbuilding efforts, but this isn’t news to anyone invested in international development. Development work is extremely difficult, and doing mostly

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too left for politics construction work is obviously one of the least useful ways to go about it when compared with sustainable, well thought-out projects done by well-established organizations. Doing good poorly is better than doing no good at all, though.

“Three Cups of Tea” presents the upshot of development as the best way to wage the war on terror, and anthropologist Nosheen Ali took issue with this in an article published in the journal Third World Quarterly last June. Development is good because it makes people’s lives better, not because it advances the United

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States’ interests abroad. The possibility to fighting terrorism makes the charity even more appealing — that educating girls provides maximum returns on development investment.

“The Greg Mortenson brand,” as Krakauer puts it, has done more than journalist Nicholas Kristof or economist Amartya Sen could hope to do in popularizing their ideas.

Self-branding in order to do maximal good isn’t at all selfish or egomaniacal, even if it turns out to be incredibly profitable. But lying is a serious concern, and the extent to which Mortenson exaggerated anything in his book isn’t clear — some embellishment is perfectly acceptable to make a book readable, and some of the most damaging facts in Krakauer’s report aren’t entirely convincing.

What we can learn from this story is a healthy criticism toward humanitarian work. Nonprofit accounting

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tends to be a mess, even though the field has become much more accountable in recent years. Giving at an inspiring event to a charity that does a lot of outreach will always have the side effect that much of that donation is spent on outreach — this isn’t news either. Again, it’s still better than not giving at all.

People who have great stories aren’t always saints, and they don’t need to be. Mortenson’s run on the best-seller list is probably over, and it will be interesting to see how his speaking engagements pan out. But we shouldn’t lose faith in the power of humanitarian work or the value of charitable giving — we should just give it the same degree of scrutiny we would any other spending.

Scott Collison is a senior philosophy and physics major. His column appears every Wednesday, and he can be reached at smcollis@syr.edu

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tations outside, May said.

The video ideas resulted from collaboration between May and Students for Tomorrow’s Environmental Policy, a graduate student organization that studies environmental policy, Yavich said. Promotions for the videos began about a month and a half ago.

The videos have come from undergraduate students, graduate students and professors. Yavich said one video was about fishing in Nova Scotia and how local fishermen were suffering economically because fish farms were destroying wild fish.

Yavich is working with students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts to arrange the videos in a particular order. The videos will be screened in Schine, and Yavich hopes the videos will also play on television screens in places like the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, he said.

One aspect of SU Showcase that has remained the same between this year and last year is the theme: sustainability. There is a lot of student research going on with sustainability, and the university wanted to include climate change and sustainability in its curriculum, May said.

There will “easily” be 100 displays in Panasci, ranging from class projects to individual ones that visitors will be able to see or touch, May said. The projects will be arranged by themes rather than departments.

Said May: “Having those all grouped together means you can have engineers and social workers and people from lots of disciplines all kind of mingling in one place.”

to further develop the plan to adapt to the needs of the blind and deaf. She wants to be able to send text messages to blind users that will translate into Braille on their smartphone. Users would be able to feel and read the Braille right from the smartphone, she said.

Chitnis said she was extremely pleased and humbled when she won the competition. She is excited about the money awarded to her, but

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Competing plans

The Panasci Business Plan Competition is a student business plan competition, hosted by the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The competition is made possible by the late Henry Panasci, founder of Fay’s Drugs.

Any team of students from any school or college at Syracuse University can enter the competition. However, the team leader must be enrolled as a student in an SU program. Individuals can enter as well. The submissions must be the team’s own work and ideas.

The top three teams are awarded prize money if they have the most potential for growth. First place receives $25,000, second place receives $10,000, and third place receives $5,000.

Also given out at the competition was the Fetner Prize in Sustainable Enterprise. This award recognizes the entry reaching in the final round that has the greatest potential for positive influences on society.

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said it was the endorsements that truly mattered in this competition.

“I needed the endorsement,” she said.

“It’ll be easier to convince others I’m a real businesswoman. When I have the ability to raise that kind of money, people believe in me.”

The semifinals of the competition took place on Friday with 16 teams composed of 39 total students, according to a Tuesday SU news release. The teams presented their business plans to business leaders from Syracuse and across the United States. Student teams were judged on creativity, feasibility, innovation and oral presentation.

The top five teams competed in the finals Saturday. The top three teams were selected by judges after the judges read the business pitches and heard the team pitches, according to the release. The top three teams were chosen based on their potential for growth and the ability to attract outside financing, according to the release.

Each year, the competition is funded from money left by the late Henry Panasci, who was a local business leader in Syracuse and the founder of Fay’s Drugs, Kruczek said.

Kruczek said Panasci was an outstanding entrepreneur.

The second-place team was Rylaxing LLC, made up of five seniors in the College of Arts and Sciences, the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and Whitman. The Rylaxer is designed to make a twin bed into a comfortable and supportive sofa. The product comes in three sizes, and the creators wanted to make entertainment possible in an already overcrowded dorm room, according to the release. The team was awarded $10,000 for its plan, according

“I needed the endorsement. It’ll be easier to convince others I’m a real business woman. When I have the ability to raise that kind of money, people believe in me.”

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to the release.

Two graduate students in the School of Information Studies placed third and earned $5,000 for their GraFighters plan.

GraFighters is an online fighting game that allows users to upload drawings, watch them come to life and battle them against other drawings, according to the release. When drawings are uploaded to the website, the characters are scanned, and their strengths, weaknesses and fighting style are determined based on the drawing, according to the release.

This year, Kruczek said he was pleased to see entrepreneurship taking off all over campus and not just within the business school.

“That’s what makes this year different from all the others so far,” he said. “I can’t even imagine what next year is going to be like.” medelane@syr.edu

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job well done.

“He’s truly helped be able to shape discussions and really keep them going,” said Cantor, who works with Massey on the Agenda Committee. “He’s done a very good job of balancing, giving people their voice, but also making sure that enough people can speak.”

Indeed, the average length of a Massey-run meeting in the 2010-11 year was shortened in comparison to the long meetings of last year.

Changing roles

Jonathan Massey joined University Senate in 2002 and since then has held numerous positions including:

Co-chair of LGBT Concerns Committee (2006-08)

Two key policies arose under Massey’s leadership — the LGBT studies minor and a revised same-sex domestic partner benefit package. Both policies were instrumental in supporting SU’s LGBT community.

Agenda Committee member (2009-10)

The Agenda Committee consists of a vice chancellor or a vice president chosen by the chancellor and 11 other members of USen who are elected. Members of the committee are responsible for setting the agenda for each meeting.

Agenda Committee chair and presiding officer (fall 2010)

Massey became the first non-chancellor to fill the role of USen’s presiding officer position last September. As Massey plans to leave this role beginning next fall, USen may continue this practice.

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would be an Asian-American literature expert,” Greenberg said.

The announcement comes amid recent claims from some students that Susan Edmunds, professor for ETS 315: “Ethnic Literatures and Cultures: Asian American Fiction,” is not qualified to teach the course because she

Required learning

The Asian and Asian-American studies minor consists of 18 credits. Twelve of the total credits must be in advanced level courses. There are two required courses for the minor: AAA 101: “Introduction to Asian and Asian-American Studies” This three-credit course examines how cross-border transactions in Asia, as well as between Asia and the United States and Canada, have shaped ideologies and politics, markets, marriage, labor and personal, social, political and cultural identity.

SOC 300: ”Contemporary Asian Americans” This class is an exploration of a topic not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. This course is offered for three credits. source: coursecatalog.syr.edu

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With his eye on the clock, Massey worked above all else in the interest of time, even in the face of heated speeches or criticism on a few occasions.

In the fall, Massey will hand over the reigns as USen’s presiding officer when he takes a sabbatical to focus on his ongoing research in organic architecture in the United States. His departure also leaves the Agenda Committee chair position, which he currently fills, open for next year.

Up until 2010, the chancellor moderated USen meetings, a job mandated in the USen bylaws.

But as recently as last year, Cantor would find herself in an awkward position — having to field questions that focused on her and her decisions.

She suggested to other Agenda Committee members that they separate her role to allow another individual to take the podium.

The Agenda Committee’s main charge is to run the meetings, and its members agreed that the individual elected as the committee’s chair should serve as USen’s presiding officer as well.

Massey was part of the presiding officer discussions, but he did not know he would be elected the Agenda Committee’s chair prior to the first USen meeting on Sept. 15. When he was elected the chair, Massey became presiding officer by default. The unexpected job made him a focal point and leading figure, for better or for worse, of every meeting since.

Massey’s service within USen stretches back to 2002, and some of his greatest effects on the governing body predate his stint as presiding officer.

Within a year of joining USen, Massey was elected to the LGBT Concerns Committee, and he then served as co-chair from 2006 to 2008.

In those two years, two key policies developed under his leadership: the LGBT studies minor and a revised same-sex domestic partner benefit package. Both policies were instrumental in

“Since we both sit near the podium I’ve watched him interact with various speakers. He puts them at ease and is always respectful and supportive, especially when the person is perhaps a bit unsure.”

Barbara Kwasnik

Curricul a Committee Chair

supporting SU’s LGBT community, and Massey said he had some of his best times working on the committee.

“What I liked about LGBT Concerns was that the discussions were constructive and productive, but there was a lot of laughter, and people were very happy to work together,” Massey said.

“It was an enjoyable way to learn more about the university and to start contributing to university governance.”

It was in this committee that Massey really began to get a feel for administrative positions, he said. He didn’t lead the charge on the LGBT studies minor or revised benefit package. But by giving reports, presenting cases and affirming the benefits package changes, Massey helped get these initiatives over various hurdles, he said.

does not have a strong enough background in Asian-American studies.

Fliers and leaflets were dropped in one of Edmunds classes in March, and an online petition questioning Edmunds’ background in teaching courses on Asian-American literature began prior to that.

Asian Students in America (ASIA) declined to comment, as the issue is still ongoing. The campus group sent out an email to group members on April 7 addressing the incident when fliers were dropped in Edmunds’ classroom.

The process of hiring Desai followed the same protocol as hiring any other new faculty member, Greenberg said. When a department sees a need for a new position, members of the department draw up a proposal for Eric Spina, vice chancellor and provost, to review. If approved, the department begins searching for candidates and accepting applications.

Hiring is done through specific departments, not programs. In this case, the hiring was done through the English Department, but the search committee also had members from the AAA program specifically, Greenberg said.

Students had the opportunity to meet and interact with potential candidates for the position when they came to campus, he said.

George Langford, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will meet with students Wednesday to discuss recent concerns about the AAA minor. kronayne@syr.edu

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His intense work and collaboration with other members on the LGBT Concerns Committee also instilled a great amount of pride in his USen work, Massey said.

“It inspired in me the idea, perhaps delusional, that committee service can also be intellectually engaging and enjoyable,” he said.

After serving on the LGBT Concerns Committee, Massey worked as an Agenda Committee member from 2009 to 2010. He took the reigns as Agenda Committee chair and presiding officer in fall 2010.

Massey’s policies and actions have been well received by some colleagues, including Curricula Committee chair Barbara Kwasnik. Massey tries his best to be attentive and responsive to questions and comments on the floor, Kwasnik said in an email.

“It’s not easy to set the right tone, but he seems to have the ability to do just that,” Kwasnik said. “Since we both sit near the podium, I’ve watched him interact with various speakers. He puts them at ease and is always respectful and supportive, especially when the person is perhaps a bit unsure.”

As Massey’s tenure as presiding officer comes to a close, his experience may leave a legacy — one in which the Senate Agenda Committee chair continues to fill the presiding officer position. It’s a practice Cantor said she believes will continue as well. bjweight@syr.edu

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cycle in which small farmers complain they are losing land and subsidies to large food corporations because those corporations provide funds to political campaigns. As the corporate side of agriculture continues to donate money to legislators, the government is giving the subsidies to the big-business farms, she said.

“This is not economically sustainable,” Luce said.

From 2009 to 2010, Congress received $2,073,550 from American Crystal Sugar, $199,301 from Tyson Food and $397,538 from Monsanto, a seed production company that also spent $6.5 million on lobbying, Luce said.

After receiving these massive sums from corporate agriculture businesses, Congress gave $6 billion to the corn ethanol industry with the extension of the George W. Bushera tax cuts, Luce said. Between 1995 and 2006, Congress gave the major agricultural companies $56 billion in corn subsidies and $2.2 billion to producers of high fructose corn syrup, Luce said.

“None of this is a secret; it has to be open to the public by law,” Luce said, adding the money could go to better use, such as to student loans and health care.

Luce said legislators now spend 50 to 60 percent of their time campaigning and very little time actually legislating or spending time with everyday constituents. As campaign prices rise every year, so does the amount of time candidates must spend with corporate businesses to raise campaign

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funds, Luce said.

“Slowly, everyday citizens are being closed out of the system,” Luce said.

The solution to this is changing who citizens put into office by implementing public funding, a voluntary system that allows candidates to use funds provided by public grants to support their campaigns, she said. With this system, candidates spend more time with constituents and less time raising money with big business, Luce said.

Public funding is an option in a number of states where it is extremely popular, Luce said.

In Arizona, Connecticut and Maine, 80 to 85 percent of candidates use the public funding option, she said.

A proposed bill in Congress, called the Fair Elections Now Act, would also give candidates who use public funding a 20 percent discount on broadcasting advertisements, and would allow any donation of less than $100 by constituents to be matched by the government 5-to-1, Luce said. The government would match a $100 donation as $500, for example.

“Democracy Matters wants to get the money out of politics and people back in,” Luce said.

Eddie McLaughlin, a senior television, radio and film major, said although he was aware of the influence lobbyists and corporations have on campaign contributions, he did not know the specifics of how these groups influence what he ends up eating.

McLaughlin, also an officer in the Syracuse chapter of Democracy Matters, said the campus group has started a petition to get the public funding option for New York. rebarill@syr.edu

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ingful to me. I was conscious of the fact that there was an opportunity for me to become the Johnny Appleseed of organic sustainability,” Patrick said. “I could be the lightning rod for other designers.”

Patrick also said he believes in educating his buyers through transparency. One way of doing this is through the implication of a source map. Source maps show buyers where his products originated and where they were created.

He creates his clothes relying on domesticity.

He uses both domestic labor, such as knitting and sewing, and natural domestic elements, such as wool from Red Hook, N.Y., to create his garments.

He also cited the importance of pop culture in inf luencing fashion. For example, women have replicated the style of clothing featured on “Gossip Girl,” taking the clothes on the show and tailoring them to their own style using items featured in Patrick’s own collections.

As for sustainability in fashion, Patrick said people need businesses that are ethical. Fashion has an inherent responsibility to be part of the sustainability solution, but sustainable clothing “doesn’t mean we can’t wear beautiful things,” he said.

Patrick said the fashion industry is in a commodity crisis and cited the end of cheap cotton as an example.

“We are privileged in this existence — yet in the world, commodities are becoming harder to procure,” he said.

Patrick said he uses recycled materials,

“I was conscious of the fact that there was an opportunity for me to become the Johnny Appleseed of organic sustainability.”

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such as recycled polyester, in every one of his collections.

Sarah Pinchock, a sophomore environmental and interior design major, said she tries to purchase organic clothing when she can.

“I have a few articles of clothing that are organic. Organic clothes can be expensive, but I like shopping at thrift stores,” Pinchock said in regard to purchasing sustainable clothing.

Patrick, who has nearly 30 years of experience in the fashion industry, lives and works in upstate New York. His offices are in downtown Albany.

“I practice what I preach,” he said of living a sustainable lifestyle, which includes shopping at a food co-op four blocks away from his offices.

Patrick stressed his most prominent piece of advice to young designers.

He said: “There’s talent, and then there’s ambition. You can have all the talent in the world, but if you don’t have ambition, your talent will never be used to its full potential.” mekosoff@syr.edu

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Under close watch

University of California Davis students accuse administration of spying during tuition, budget protests

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By Alex Ptachick STAFF WRITER

he University of California Davis administration has been accused of spying on and infiltrating peaceful student protests during the past year as students continue to rally against tuition hikes.

After California Gov. Jerry Brown announced a $1.4 million cut to higher education in January, students and faculty at UC Davis began voicing their thoughts and opinions through peaceful protests.

Just a decade ago, tuition was $3,000. Today, tuition is $13,000, and financial aid continues to be cut, said Eric Lee, a junior political science major and a self-proclaimed spokesman for students against rising fees.

But at one of these peaceful protests on March 2, a student questioned a woman dressed in plain clothing about her position. The woman said she was an administrator. Later, students looked up the woman’s name and discovered she was, in fact, a police officer, Lee said.

This led to students accusing the UC Davis administration of spying on their protests throughout the past year.

UC Davis students received a 280-page document from the university, accessed after filing

a public records act request, that confirmed university and police authorities have been organizing for more than a year by holding orientation meetings over the summer and on weekends, Lee said.

Cres Vellucci, a member of the Board of Directors of the Sacramento County American Civil Liberties Union, said the document “showed a chilling picture of a university, saying it wanted to ‘help’ students, but the unmistakable tenor suggested that UCD wanted to monitor and control free-speech activities.”

Vellucci has been helping students with their struggles against the university.

And although walkouts and rallies run by infuriated students continue on campus, the main concern is the students’ rights to privacy and free speech, Lee said. The students are not satisfied with the information received in the document and are filing another request for more.

In this request, Lee said, students are also asking UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi to dismantle the Student Activism Team and to issue a written apology.

The Student Activism Team is made up of

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faculty and staff members, Student Affairs staff and members of the police department, and has a goal of keeping the campus safe, Katehi wrote in an opinion article published March 14 in the UC Davis newspaper, The California Aggie.

After a March 4 demonstration in which 300 students threatened to march on Interstate 80, the Student Activism Team took action, Katehi wrote.

Lee said the UC Davis administration has also started “snooping” the Facebook pages of students to obtain information about planning protest events.

“This should perk the ears of students who use devices like Facebook to organize events,” Lee said. “Some organizations, like the police and school administration, are not interested in protecting privacy when our interests are against theirs.”

The university’s purpose for chaperoning students during demonstrations is to ensure the safety of all students and to help address issues,

Katehi said in her opinion article.

“We accompany demonstrators to ensure their safety and the safety of those in their path,” she wrote.

Katehi also wrote in the opinion article that she was pleased with the university and campus law enforcement efforts, saying the focus is completely on “ensuring the safety and protection of our entire campus community during protests, demonstrations and emergencies.”

But Lee said Katehi’s actions — especially calling in the Student Activism Team for the March 4 demonstration — are unnecessary. He emphasized that no harm has been created by the students’ peaceful protests.

“There hasn’t been a single injury that hasn’t involved a police officer,” Lee said. “It’s just regular nerds like me, holding signs with puns written on them.” acptachi@syr.edu

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THE Alternative ways to celebrate informal holiday with Mary J

By Katie McInerney and Flash Steinbeiser THE DAILY ORANGE

dmit it — watching “Dazed and Confused” for the fifth year in a row doesn’t exactly say “Happy 4/20!” like it used to. And you have to outdo last year’s 4/20, which means you can’t just order Insomnia Cookies on the cheap once again.

Not to worry, though — Syracuse is more than capable of keeping you busy during this most wonderful time of the year. Your spirits may be low during this final (and unnaturally cold) stretch to summer break, but The Daily Orange is here to get them a little… you know…

Here are 15 things you can do on 4/20 instead of sitting on your couch after getting high:

Skip class. Officials took

Throw a party. From what

away the real MayFest.

we’ve heard, Wednesday is

This evens it out.

the new Thursday.

Hop on the Connective Cor-

Hit up the sorority bake

Use copies of The D.O. as

ridor. On second thought, it’ll

sales. That way, when your

rolling papers. Hey, can’t

take more than 4/20 to do that.

mom asks what you did on

complain about shameless

4/20, you can tell her you

self-promotion.

Eat at a dining hall. And, for once, enjoy it.

donated to charity.

Roam through the South

Add definitions to Urban

Ride your scooter around and

Campus quarry. Oakwood

Dictionary. Face it — you

scare people. No one will hear

Cemetery is way too obvious.

know you make up terms

you coming. Makes it fun-

And it’s so freshman year.

while high. Why not share

nier. Plus, scootering while

them with the world?

high is more fun anyway.

Watch “Super High Me.” A stoner

Listen to Kid Cudi with your

Attend the University Senate

classic, the movie follows come-

friends. At Block Party, you’ll

meeting. It’s the last one of

dian Doug Benson as he doesn’t

realize he can’t actually sing live.

the year. Be there — Max-

smoke weed for 30 days, and then

You’ll need the positive memories.

well Auditorium at 4 p.m.

smokes weed constantly for a

Bonus: His newest album features

Remember: Practical jokes

month. The grow shop scenes will

tracks titled “Ashin’ Kusher” and

are always the funniest. Just

make your mouth water.

“Marijuana.” It’s like he speaks

don’t stare at Chancy for too

your language.

long, she’ll notice…

Three words: $5 Chinese buf-

People-watch in Panasci Lounge.

Avoid the dreaded smizzboot.

fet. Getting to Super King Buf-

With its proximity to Schine Din-

Don’t be that one kid who

fet, located in Shop City Plaza,

ing Center and the comfortable

overdoses on weed: smokes

will be an adventure in itself.

chairs, Panasci makes the per-

too much and then throws up.

Then, can satisfy your munch-

fect location to sit, munch and

First off, you’ll never live that

ies in so many delicious ways.

text your friend, “I see you,” only

down. Second of all, how could

to watch her turn around and

you possibly smoke too much

wonder where the hell you are.

weed?

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Black Box Players commemorate 25th anniversary

By Danielle Odiamar Asst. Feature Editor

For most people, the thought of awards season brings to mind the glitz and glam of beautiful gowns, red carpets and gold statues.

But for the Black Box Players, a Syracuse University theater production company, those gold statues come in the form of a simple black box. The boxes are marked with gold Sharpie marker and are awarded at the end of each year to honor the hard work of those involved with the student-run company, which wrapped up its 25th anniversary with a production of “Autobahn” on April 9.

“It’s funny, it’s fun, it’s a celebration of the year we just had, and it’s our board recognizing good work,” said Brooke Feldman, a senior stage management major and media relations representative for the Black Box Players. “We try to have fun with it because what we do is still work, and we’re always proud of our work.”

The Black Box Players, a not-for-profit theatrical student organization open to all SU students, started in 1986 and has since dedicated itself to operating like a professional theatrical production company.

Putting on anywhere from two to six shows a semester, the group has an executive board of 15 people, 30 regularly involved members and a membership of up to 150 people throughout a single season. Each academic year, shows are produced, managed, directed, designed and performed entirely by students.

“I think it’s an invaluable skill that any person interested in theater or producing theater

“No one really knows us by name, and people don’t realize that if you just take a 10-minute walk down the hill, there is so much theater with the Black Box and beyond.”

Brooke Feldman

media relations representative for the Bl ack Box Pl ayers

can gain from actually doing it,” said Devon Ritchie, president of the Black Box Players and a senior costume design major. “You can sit in a classroom and hear how to do everything, but until you actually implement it, it only soaks in so far.”

The organization is funded by SU’s Student Association and supported by the Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Every production is performed at Syracuse Stage’s Black Box Theater, which seats 60 people. The small space, however, has not limited the range and creativity of the players.

“The Black Box Theater is so intimate that the possibilities of doing any type of production are there,” Feldman said.

Feldman recalls one performance of an hourlong adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”

Only a curtain was used as a backdrop, and the entire budget went into the costumes.

“You can put on such great theater with minimalistic capabilities. Sometimes the best stuff is done through the little things done to bring out that vision and the characters themselves,” Feldman said.

Creating these theatrical experiences takes careful planning one season in advance. The process begins with directors who come to the board with ideas and concepts for a show. After the board reviews each proposal, it decides which productions work best based on a set of criteria.

“We weigh what it will do for the students watching the shows educationally; and also for people involved, ones that are challenging for them artistically,” Ritchie said.

Feldman said the board members also work to find a way of developing an idea and delivering the original vision of the proposal the best they can.

From there, directors get in touch with designers and start the creative process of casting, costume design, set design and promotion.

Two shows for next semester have already been chosen and are in the planning stages. The next important step for the group is publicizing the performances to the entire student body.

Feldman said the organization is working on putting together a street team that would be solely responsible for promoting the Black Box Players throughout campus, which Feldman said is separated from Syracuse Stage.

“No one really knows us by name, and people don’t realize that if you just take a 10-minute walk down the hill, there is so much theater with the Black Box and beyond,” Feldman said.

Ritchie said it is a goal of the company to incorporate a wider variety of students and talents. Because Black Box Players is a production company, the need for public relations, marketing, entrepreneurship and design are all skills that can be strengthened through working with the group.

“Theater is constantly changing in terms of dealing with different personalities and interesting, wild concepts,” Feldman said. “If you can do this, you can take on the world.” dmodiama@syr.edu

it’s showtime Black Box Players is a completely student run, not-for-profit organization that is open to all Syracuse University students dedicated to providing an enriching theater experience to the university and surrounding communities.

Here are a few of their past shows: • • • • • • • • • • • • •

An adaptation of Hamlet “Revenge of the Stage Pandas” “General of Hot Desire” “Disco Pigs” “Oedipus Rex” “Equus” “A Clockwork Orange” “Autobahn” “Women and Wallace” “The Bald Soprano” “Uncommon Women and Others” “Summer and Smoke” “Fool For Love”

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Hip-hop group supports non-profits with Syracuse tour stop

By Erik van Rheenen Staff Writer

Indie hip-hop group Zion I & The Grouch give collaborating a new meaning. The originally separate artists joined forces to perform as one unified act for their Healing of the Nation tour.

On each stop of the nationwide tour, the Bay Areabased rappers donate the ticketing fee revenue to local charities that strike a chord with them.

“We’re living in intense times,” said Corey Scoffern, a solo emcee hailing from Oakland, Calif., with the stage name The Grouch.

“There’s a lot of big things happening in the world, and we’re just trying to motivate audiences to be the best people they can be.”

The tour, which started in San Francisco on March 19, is in support of the rappers’ sophomore release, “Heroes in the Healing of the Nation,” which is one of several collaborative albums. Tuesday, the group performed at Syracuse’s Westcott Theater to raise money for two local nonprofit organizations.

The group donated its proceeds to the Zen Center of Syracuse, a facility that offers guided meditation and other Zen practices. It also donated to Imagine Syracuse, an organization

“We’re living in intense times. There’s a lot of big things happening in the world, and we’re just trying to motivate audiences to be the best people they can be.”

The Grouch member of zion i & the grouch

that aims to provide all children in the Syracuse area the chance to learn various art forms, including poetry, dance and music, through after-school programs and hands-on workshops. Imagine Syracuse works alongside the Zen Center during its annual six-week young artist summer program.

When Jessie Keating, executive director of Imagine Syracuse, received a phone call from the Zen Center about the show, she was sur-

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#NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement Millions of people use Twitter to keep up with important contacts or companies relevant to their field, network with future employers or get their work out there. I use Twitter to find and create absolutely ridiculous hashtags that only my close friends and I understand or find funny. That being said, you can only imagine my excitement at the discovery of the hashtag “NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement.”

For those of you who haven’t already heard the whole Jon Kyl-Stephen Colbert saga from which the hashtag was born, the joke came about from a simple misunderstanding. After Kyl, a U.S. senator (R-Ariz.), claimed that over 90 percent of Planned Parenthood’s services are abortions, Colbert kindly pointed out that, in fact, only 3 percent of Planned Parenthood’s operations are abortion services. In response to the 87 percent discrepancy, Kyl released a statement saying his comment was “not intended to be a factual statement.”

Created by Colbert’s official Twitter account, the hashtag has generated some hilarious tweets. Some of my favorites include “Jon Kyl is one of Gaddafi's sexy female ninja guards,” “Jon Kyl assassinated Archduke Ferdinand” and “Jon Kyl cheated on Sandra Bullock” — all of which, of course, ended with #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement.

What an amazing new world of opportunities this hashtag has allowed. Essentially, this hashtag has allotted me the power to say virtually anything as long as it’s followed by the trending phrase. Like Kyl, if anyone were to ever call out my tweets as being insensitive or inappropriate, I can simply reply with #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement. With it, I can incriminate and publically humiliate all my dearest of friends with absolutely no repercussions. The possibilities are endless. If a senator can do it, why can’t I? — Compiled by Danielle Odiamar, asst. feature editor, dmodiama@syr.edu

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prised but excited to hear the hip-hop group was eager to support both organizations.

“It’s great to see a musical act that’s so socially conscious and remind people to open their eyes to what’s happening in their own backyard,” Keating said. “Hopefully this will help the rich diversity of people of the area who are in poverty to get a lift.”

The decision to donate to the Zen Center was spearheaded by Zumbi, emcee for the duo Zion I, who felt a personal connection with the organization. Zumbi, who has practiced Zen meditation for more than 15 years, recognized the importance of self-reflection in both the hip-hop group’s musical styles and in having a positive outlook about the world.

“Practicing meditation keeps you in the moment,” said Zumbi, whose real name is Steve Gaines. “When you’re able to focus and reflect on your own thoughts and outlook, it puts you more in tune with the world around you.”

The idea for the charity-based tour, Zumbi said, was heavily influenced by the concepts of optimism and social awareness that permeated the group’s latest album.

“We wanted to use the album to create a

movement,” he said. “We all have families and kids, and we know what it’s like having hard times. For us to have the opportunity to finally do something like this, that we’ve wanted to do for so long, it resonates from the music we’ve written.”

Because the trio is not signed to a record label, it’s allowed to collect donations for charity while touring the country. The trio said signing with a major label is not part of the group’s definition of success.

“When you’re not on a label, it makes it easier to do things like this, and it keeps the music genuine,” Zumbi said. “It’s not like, ‘Check out my new Prada slippers or look at my new Gucci belt.’ It’s about writing music with friends that we think will make a difference for the fans who listen to it.”

Keating, who planned to attend the concert on behalf of Imagine Syracuse, echoed the importance of the reasons behind Zion I & The Grouch’s motivations.

“It’s great that these guys are trying to promote consciousness, both by donating to charities and with their message,” she said. “It’s great to work with such socially aware artists.” ervanrhe@syr.edu

How would you like to be my personal assistant?

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ife is full of seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Anyone who has ever attempted to pull an all-nighter for a project due the next day, parallel park on Marshall Street or convince the bouncer at Chuck’s Cafe that the baseball card you gave him at the door was your legal ID — and that, yes, you did hit 24 home runs for the Phillies in 2004 — knows exactly what I’m talking about.

Last night I, too, was faced with a task that pushed the outer limits of my willpower to a place I usually dare not venture unprepared: the other side of my living room sofa. My two roommates and I were discussing our plans for 4/20 while watching a Planet Earth marathon when they suddenly left me alone with the television. However, as the program shifted to commercials, I found myself staring straight at a remote control that was several feet out of arm’s reach.

Desperate, I turned my Nike shoelaces into a makeshift lasso, which I cast from my ridiculously comfortable couch nest. Sadly, though, my rope wasn’t long enough to reel in the remote, my cellphone or the Sweet Spicy Chili Doritos and ranch dressing dip perched next to it.

So with no roommates, no means of communication, no sustenance and an insufficient shoelace retrieval apparatus, I could only come to one conclusion: I need a personal assistant.

This job is not for the faint of heart. In addition to phenomenal retrieval abilities, all applicants must have strong personal skills, experience in the profession and the ability to dead-lift a keg from my bathroom floor. They must be fluent in English, proficient in Spanish and willing to curse at strangers in Mandarin.

Computer skills are key. All applicants need to be familiar with Photoshop, InDesign and that weird Swedish website where you can download “South Park” episodes and soft-core porn. You must also be able to type at least 80 words per second for when I dictate my personal memoirs.

Physically, I need someone who is taller than 6-foot-4 or shorter than 4-foot-8. If you can’t fit

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f*** it, we’ll do it live inside my oversized suitcase, you damn well better be able to carry it around for me.

I also demand that my assistant be educated, preferably with a law degree with a specialization in criminal defense, but I’ll settle for a GED. Finally, all applicants must be at least a brown belt in Jujitsu. I haven’t been attacked by campus ninjas before, but that makes me more suspicious, not less.

If selected, you will face a number of wideranging and difficult tasks. In the classroom, you will take notes from my professors and wake me up when I am called on to participate.

In my apartment, you’ll be in charge of cooking, cleaning, laundry and telling my roommates their bedtime stories when I’m not available to tuck them in myself.

Communication will be a large part of your job. You’ll manage my Twitter, Facebook, Myspace and email accounts, answer my cellphone whenever my mom calls, and serenade the various objects of my affection with love songs outside their bedroom windows until they call the cops.

This job may sound demanding, but I promise its rewards will be worth far more than the $3 semiweekly stipend you’ll receive for your services. Starting your career with me will lead you on a path toward personal success and professional prosperity.

Or prison. Same difference.

Danny Fersh is a junior broadcast journalism major. His column appears every Wednesday. To apply to be Danny’s personal assistant, leave a cover letter, resume, writing sample, urine sample and $20 at the Thornden Park amphitheater tomorrow night. Or reach him via email at dafersh@syr. edu and follow him on Twitter @fersh_prince.

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Danzer’s serves up new flavors, hearty dishes

By Leah Rocketto CONTRIBUTING WRITER

n a city dominated by Italian and Chinese restaurants, it’s easy for diners to get stuck in a food-rut. To avoid that rut and try something new, take a drive to Danzer’s German & American Restaurant.

Its golden sign and green building helps Danzer’s stand out in a sea of gray warehouses and grayer skies. When diners walk through the white doors, their senses are attacked. Loud laughs and conversations ring through the restaurant. Colorful Oktoberfest posters and beer signs line the forest green walls. The smells of spices and frying oils linger in the air. Everything about the restaurant welcomes customers, including the sociable hostess.

As she guided us to our table, we passed the bar, located at the center of the restaurant.

The shelves of beer steins and dozens of beer taps were impressive and had me wishing it weren’t a school night. Given the amount of beer paraphernalia, one can assume his or her tap options are top notch.

As we scanned the appetizer section of the Danzer’s menu, we struggled to select our starter. Every item made my mouth water.

After much deliberation, we settled on the homemade hot German potato salad ($4.25).

When the dish arrived, steam carried the salty scent to our noses. The perfectly cooked potatoes were accompanied with bacon bits and a cream-based sauce. As I took my first bite, I experienced my first potato-related foodgasm. The bacon provided a natural salt flavor, making the saltshaker unnecessary.

The cream sauce had an underlying tartness, possibly from some acidic element, which added a unique taste to the dish. Despite the combination of cream and starch, the potato salad was surprisingly light. If it weren’t for the rest of the meal, I would have ordered seconds and possibly thirds.

For one entrée, we ordered the beef roulade ($16.95), choice top round filled with an onion and bacon stuffing and braised in a burgundy sauce. Once again, the saltshaker was pushed aside because the bacon provided the perfect amount of salt. The wine-based sauce added some sweetness and a tiny tang to the dish. The tender onions and meat made the dish more flavorful and easy to con-

sume. Served with red cabbage and butter noodles, the beef roulade hit all the right gastronomical notes.

The second entrée only kept the foodgasm going. For a new experience, we ordered jager schnitzel ($15.95), a thin leg of veal sautéed with mushrooms and parsley in a winelaced cream sauce. Although I’ve never had veal before, I could tell this piece was properly prepared. It was tender enough to cut and eat with ease — something not all chefs accomplish when cooking meat. Once again, the cream sauce did not leave me feeling full to the point of nausea.

It kept its velvet-like texture while remaining light. The aftertaste of sweet, red wine was a pleasant surprise. The sides of honey-glazed carrots, peas and rice made for a wellbalanced dish.

Surprisingly, we still had room for dessert and decided to order a traditional apple strudel ($5.75). The golden brown crust crunched and crumbled as I sliced it with my fork, a good sign of a well-made pastry. The tender, tart apples combined with the plump, sweet raisins for the perfect balance of textures and flavors. The homemade whipped cream and cinnamon ice cream only added to the sweet comfort of this delicious dessert. As I took my last bite, I completed my second foodgasm of the night.

The fun, friendly atmosphere and the fantastic food make dining at this hidden gem a true pleasure. If you’ve never tried German food, Danzer’s is the perfect place to pop that gastronomical cherry. It’s sure to be a memorable experience. lmrocket@syr.edu

DANZER’S GERMAN & AMERICAN RESTAURANT 153 Ainsley Drive (315)-422-0089 danzers.com

Hours: Monday—Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 10 p.m.

Menu: German potato salad, beef roulade, jager schnitzel and other traditional dishes Rating:

4.5/5 Chilies

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Orange successful in faceoff X; Kraus-Simmons trophy goes to SU

By Zach Brown and Michael Cohen The Daily Orange

The one disadvantage Syracuse had on paper going into Tuesday’s game was at the faceoff X. The Orange has struggled all year with faceoffs, and Hobart featured a faceoff specialist in Bobby Dattilo, who entered the game with a .658 percentage at the X. But SU managed to split 24 faceoffs evenly with the Statesmen. Hobart head coach T.W. Johnson attributed the Orange’s success to its wing play.

“I think there were some where we actually won the draw,” Johnson said. “And I think their wing guys, we knew that going into the game, they’ve got fast guys on the wing.”

Syracuse’s groundball work countered the Statesmen’s advantage at the X, helping the Orange to a 13-7 win. Johnson thought that led to one of the biggest differences in the game, and one of the biggest reasons why his team lost — possession.

“I think the bottom line was they had the ball a lot more than we did tonight,” he said.

Part of that came from Hobart’s sloppiness with the ball, as 20 turnovers turned Statesmen possessions into Orange chances. The Orange has struggled in previous games this year, going just 7-of-27 against Duke on April 3 and 5-of-13 against Villanova one week earlier.

But Tuesday, the wing players helped elimi-

nate what could have been a major advantage for Hobart.

Syracuse’s faceoff success started at the opening whistle. Jeremy Thompson and Dattilo had a quick battle at midfield before the Orange midfielder flipped the ball backward to his left. As it flew just inches above the ground, SU senior Jovan Miller came in from the wing, reaching his stick out with one hand to make the catch just before the ball hit bounced away.

“He’s a real good faceoff guy,” Thompson said of Dattilo. “He’s a quick kid, and I think mentally I just went in there prepared not to jump, just get down on the ball. I got that first one, so it felt good.”

Syracuse brings trophy home once again As Johnson watched the Syracuse players hoist the Kraus-Simmons trophy for the fifth straight season, the Hobart head coach had one thought running through his mind.

“I wish I had it,” Johnson said.

But in his seven years as head coach of the Statesmen, Johnson’s side has only defeated the Orange in 2006. Other than that game, SU has won by an average of 4.5 goals per game during Johnson’s tenure.

This year, SU knocked off Hobart 13-7 to retain the trophy created to honor a legendary coach from each of the two programs. For Syracuse, it commemorates the career of Roy Simmons Sr., who was at the helm of the Orange for 39 years and won 253 games. Hobart’s Babe Kraus com-

danielle parhizkaran | asst. photo editor Syracuse and Hobart battle in the faceoff X in the Orange’s 13-7 win in the Carrier Dome on Tuesday. The two teams split the faceoffs, with each winning 12. piled 208 wins in his tenure with the Statesmen.

Roy Simmons Jr. was in a box at the Carrier Dome watching SU win the Kraus-Simmons trophy for the 24th time in its 26 years of existence.

And Roy Simmons III is on the SU coaching staff as the team’s director of operations.

SU head coach John Desko said his team is reminded of what the Simmons family means to the lacrosse program when it walks into the Roy Simmons Sr. Coaches Center every day of the season. That makes retaining the trophy all the more meaningful.

“It’s great to keep the Kraus-Simmons trophy here in Syracuse,” Desko said. “It brings a little more importance to this game having the trophy and having the Simmons family watch us play and keep the trophy here in Syracuse.”

This and that Syracuse junior midfielder Kevin Drew registered the first two-goal game of his career. He scored the third goal of a 4-0 Syracuse run in the second quarter and the final goal of a 5-0 SU run in the third quarter. … The Orange held Hobart scoreless for a stretch of 15:56 in the first half. … Freshman Chris Daddio set a career-high by winning six of his nine faceoff attempts. … Syracuse’s three man-up goals were its highest total of the 2011 season. … Freshman Matt Harris recorded his first career goal. … Desko is now 12-1 all-time against Hobart. zjbrown@syr.edu mjcohe02@syr.edu

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money. That was the case in the 2004 Champs Sports Bowl. That bowl game, which ended in a 51-14 loss to Georgia Tech, was the last time the Orange had played in a bowl game prior to the Pinstripe Bowl.

But in the Dec. 30 Pinstripe Bowl, which the Orange won 36-34 over Kansas State, the university came close to balancing its expenses and revenue after the Big East conference distributed payouts to the six Big East football teams that played in a bowl, Gross said.

“We are happy to have been in a bowl game.

It is a reward for a great season. The expenses and payout for the bowl are almost equal. We do foresee a small profit, which will be reinvested in the program as we continue its resurgence,” Gross said in a statement.

During a Feb. 9 University Senate meeting, Gross said the football team received a little more than $1 million by attending the Pinstripe Bowl, but ticket allotment and team expenses lowered that amount.

Crouthamel said bowl revenue is always put back into the program to aid in overcoming the deficit of the program. “Anything extra that an athletic program can generate goes back into the program to cover the red ink,” he said.

SU’s athletic department declined to provide financial information pertaining to the football team’s appearance in the Pinstripe Bowl. As a private institution, the university isn’t required to release financial data. Pinstripe Bowl officials also declined to provide financial figures for this article.

For Crouthamel, the costs of playing in nonBCS bowls have been overwhelming in the past and remain overwhelming today. But it would be hard to justify changing the current bowl system.

“It’s difficult to say let’s get rid of the system because, from a financial standpoint, the coaches don’t suffer, the staff doesn’t suffer, but the program suffers,” he said.

Crouthamel said SU was lucky financially to be invited to the Pinstripe Bowl.

“That’s a bus ride down there for the team instead of getting on an airplane and flying cheerleaders and band members and everybody else down there,” he said. “That was a godsend from an expense standpoint.”

Kansas State ended up making $125,089 from the bowl game, according to KSU’s 2010-11 Institutional Bowl Expenses report. Kansas State had to absorb 219 tickets while the Big 12 conference failed to sell 82 of its allotted tickets, for a total expense of $35,155.

Kansas State’s total bowl expenses were $1,348,511. The university received an expense allowance from the Big 12 of $1,473,600, made up of an appearance fee and travel allowance.

The Big 12 and Kansas State received a lower ticket allotment than the Big East for the Pinstripe Bowl because of Syracuse’s proximity to New York City, said Kenny Lannou, Kansas State’s director of athletic communications.

“We broke even pretty much, and I think that’s the case for most of the bowls outside the BCS,” Lannou said. “I think the exposure, the experience, and then from a football standpoint, to get back to the postseason for recruiting and then the extra practices, I think it outweighs the cost.”

Big East payout Although the Pinstripe Bowl had a payout of $2 million to each of the participating schools, the SU football team never saw the money.

The Big East shares all of its postseason revenue, a common trait among many of the country’s conferences. The payouts from each of the bowls are pooled together before being allocated to the teams that play in bowls. In the 2010-11 bowl season, six teams from the Big East took part in

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The payoff

Different bowls pay out different amounts of money. The Big East, like many conferences, pools its bowl game payouts together. Then, they share the revenue with each bowl participant, allocating money to schools based off appearance fees and travel allowances. Here are the bowl game payouts and expense allowances from the Big East to the five teams other than SU that made a bowl in 2010-11: big east team in a bowl game

Connecticut West Virginia Louisville Pittsburgh South Florida

bowl game

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Champs Sports Bowl Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl BBVA Compass Bowl Meineke Car Care Bowl

bowl game payout

$17 million $2.13 million $1 million $1.5 million (combined) $1 million

expense allowance from big east (including travel)

$2.5 million $1.5 million $1.3 million $1.25 million $1.2 million

Source: ncaafootball.com and data from Big East officials

bowl games. Regardless of a win or loss in the bowl, both teams receive the same payout.

The athletic directors of the Big East’s member schools agree on a preset amount the school will be paid for appearing in its respective bowl to cover its expenses, said Nick Carparelli, senior associate commissioner of the Big East.

By having preset amounts, the conference may end up giving certain schools more money than the payout of the school’s bowl game, which helps to alleviate the issue of schools losing money by participating in bowl games.

“One of the philosophies behind being in a conference is that the conference as a whole generates greater revenue than any one school could generate on its own,” Carparelli said.

Each bowl team gets an appearance fee and a travel allowance from the Big East included in the payout. SU received a total of $1.6 million from the Big East, which is less than the $2 million Pinstripe Bowl payout. That payout included a $1.5 million appearance fee and a $100,000 travel allowance, Carparelli said.

The teams know in advance what their payout will be, so they know if their spending will go under or over budget, he said.

“If they want to stay within the budget and make a little extra or if they come in under budget, that’s their business. If they want to spend more than their appearance fee for a given reason, that’s their prerogative as well,” he said.

The $1.5 million appearance fee given to Syracuse was the second largest fee allocated by the Big East this bowl season, trailing only Connecticut’s fee of about $2 million.

West Virginia, which played in the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, Fla., on Dec. 28, received a $1.3 million appearance fee and an approximately $200,000 travel allowance from the Big East, said John Paquette, associate commissioner of the Big East. The Champs Sports Bowl had a payout of $2.13 million.

Paquette said the conference’s travel allowance given out to its bowl teams ends up being between $100,000 to $300,000, depending on how far the school has to travel.

Pittsburgh, which participated in the BBVA Compass Bowl in Birmingham, Ala., on Jan. 8, received an appearance fee of $1.1 million and a travel allowance of around $150,000 from the conference, Paquette said. The Compass Bowl had a combined payout of $1.5 million.

E.J. Borghetti, senior associate athletic director at Pittsburgh, said in an email the rewards of playing in a bowl game outweigh the financial considerations. Some of these rewards are increased national exposure, a chance to play teams from different conferences and additional practice time.

“Even lower-profile bowls are televised by national networks,” Borghetti said. “That benefits recruiting, alumni relations and the overall visibility of your program.”

Ticket allotment Another concern of the bowl process is the ticket requirement every bowl places on participating schools.

“One of the obligations that a school has in accepting an invitation to a bowl game is to bring its fans,” Carparelli said. “In every bowl agreement, there’s a ticket commitment that’s involved, and if a school sells all their tickets,

then that’s a positive for a lot of reasons. If they don’t, the school is on the hook for the tickets they have not sold.”

Connecticut was on the hook for 14,729 unsold tickets of the 17,500 it was allotted by the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, according to the university’s 2010-11 Institutional Bowl Expenses report, meaning it had to absorb $2,924,385 in ticket expenses. When added to the university’s other expenses — including travel, lodging and meal expenses for the team, staff, band and cheerleaders — Connecticut ended up with a total of $4,280,998 in expenses.

“I think our ticket sales would’ve been increased if we were in a bowl that was a little closer,” said Mike Enright, associate director of athletics at Connecticut. “Obviously Phoenix is far away and is an expensive place to fly to.”

Despite playing in the Fiesta Bowl, which has a payout of $17 million, Connecticut was given an expense allowance from the Big East of $2,523,200.

By participating in the Fiesta Bowl, Connecticut ended up losing more than $1.7 million.

“It’s really not the BCS’ concern on whether individual schools make or lose money on their games,” said Paquette, the associate commissioner of the Big East.

Although Connecticut lost money in the Fiesta Bowl, Enright said it was worth playing in the game to gain exposure for the football program and the university.

After paying all of its bowl teams, the Big East takes the remainder of its BCS money and funds from its television contract and splits it up into eight equal shares — one for each Big East football member, Paquette said. The equal revenue share for each conference team has been reported as between $2 million to $2.5 million per school, he said.

From the 2010-11 bowl games, the Big East received a net BCS revenue of $21.2 million as a conference with an automatic bid to the BCS. The conference had approximately $30 million in funds before the 2010-11 bowl payouts were allocated among the bowl-participating teams.

Then the remainder was split into equal revenue shares to each Big East school, Paquette said.

Champion in the red The scene in Glendale, Ariz., was similar to the Syracuse postgame field celebration at Rutgers

— on a much larger scale. After Auburn won the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 10, the program collectively rejoiced after it was surrounded by a scandal during the season.

But in the current bowl system, Auburn lost more than $600,000 in the game.

Auburn was allotted 17,400 tickets, according to Auburn’s 2010-11 Institutional Bowl Expenses report. The school had to absorb 2,456 unsold tickets, an expense of $781,825. When added to the university’s other expenses, Auburn spent a total of $2,901,706.

The BCS National Championship Game had a payout of $17 million. But Auburn’s conference, the Southeastern Conference, pools its bowl revenue together and then splits it into 13 shares, said Scott Carr, senior assistant athletic director at Auburn. One share is given to each of the conference’s 12 teams, and the other goes to the league office, he said.

Auburn received an expense allowance of $2,287,600 from the SEC, which failed to cover its more than $2.9 million in expenses.

Similarly, in the Western Athletic Conference, each school’s bowl payout goes to the conference, and then the WAC gives each bowl team an expense allowance, said Mike Waller, associate athletic director at Boise State.

“We want the conference to be as successful as possible,” Waller said. “If there’s money made or saved by the expenses of a bowl, then everybody in the conference helps share in that luxury.”

But Boise State lost money in the MAACO Bowl Las Vegas on Dec. 22, which had a payout of $1 million. Boise State had to absorb 3,059 tickets, an expense of $168,245, according to the university’s 2010-11 Institutional Bowl Expenses report.

Boise State’s total expenses for the bowl game were $585,603. The university was given only a $375,000 expense allowance from the WAC. At Boise State, like so many schools under the system, it’s only about breaking even.

“I would say that at Boise State, we try our best to break even,” Waller said. “We’re pretty good at breaking even on what the conference gives us. If we’re in a BCS game, like the Fiesta Bowl, then that’s a different story because the payout is so much larger. But in a non-BCS game, we attempt very strongly just to break even.” jdharr04@syr.edu

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Lade shuts down top scorer in return to lineup

By Michael Cohen Asst. Sports Editor

A little more than three minutes were gone in the first quarter when Sam Miller virtually disappeared. Hobart’s leading scorer — and the 22nd best scorer in the nation — vanished beneath the cloak of the Syracuse defense, never to be heard from again.

Miller’s goal with 11:51 remaining in the opening period was his last shot of the game.

“After the first goal, we clamped down and made sure we knew where he was at all times during the game,” SU goaltender John Galloway said.

And for the first time in the last four games, the “we” included defender John Lade. The AllAmerican defender missed two of the last three games with a left ankle injury suffered on April 3 against Duke and missed all but one quarter in the game he did play in — SU’s loss to Cornell.

But Tuesday, Lade started in his familiar spot alongside Brian Megill and Tom Guadagnolo on the Orange defense and harassed Hobart’s Miller for all 45 minutes he played.

As of Wednesday, Syracuse head coach John Desko was unsure whether Lade would be able to go against the Statesmen. He erased any doubts about his status with a typical

danielle parhizkaran | asst. photo editor john lade (40) looks to defend Hobart’s Sam Miller in the Orange’s 13-7 win over the Statesmen on Tuesday. After sitting out two of the last three games with a left ankle injury suffered against Duke, Lade returned and held Miller to one goal on one shot. physical performance that has come to personify the senior.

“The ankle has been getting better in the

past couple weeks, and it felt good to be out there today,” Lade said. “And it feels good right now.”

Lade showed no signs of limited mobility Tuesday and said there isn’t one part of the game in which the ankle bothers him more than other facets.

With 4:48 remaining in the second quarter, he beat several Hobart players to a groundball, scooped it and quickly passed it into the offensive zone. Minutes later, Lade alertly darted away from Miller when a ball bounced off Galloway toward the sideline and outran Hobart’s Cam Stone to give the Orange possession.

It was plays like these that indicated to Miller his counterpart was fine.

“To be honest, yeah. He seemed all right to me,” Miller said.

Primarily an off-ball player, Miller posed no easy challenge for a player with a weak ankle.

He ran tirelessly through the Syracuse defense, utilizing screens and making back cuts trying to get open.

But wherever he went, Lade went, too. Miller came into the game averaging 2.18 goals per game on more than seven shots a contest. His stat line Tuesday: one goal, one shot.

“He’s very good off-ball, so you have to make sure that you’re on him,” Lade said. “If you’re off him for too long, he’s going to get that time for him to shoot and stick a ‘G’ like he did early in the game.”

And after that first goal, Lade was never off him again. On a rare occasion in the fourth quarter, Miller popped free along the right side-

line of the attacking zone. His teammate Paul Reintjes spotted him and attempted to throw him a pass out from behind the goal.

While the ball was in flight, SU’s Bobby Eilers was whistled for a penalty. Nonetheless, Lade dipped in front of Miller and picked off the pass anyway.

So with his team leading 12-4 at the conclusion of the third quarter, Desko made the decision to take Lade out of the game. The senior stood on the sideline and watched as Guadagnolo took over the assignment on Miller, though Lade said he could have gone the full 60 minutes if necessary.

With 4:34 left in the fourth, Miller went at the Syracuse co-captain, but Guadagnolo muscled him to the ground and the ball popped free. Lade applauded from the bench.

“Tom is a great defender,” Lade said. “Having him shut down their leading scorer, I feel just as happy for him as I would for me. … I was low man on the totem pole today, so I was the first one out.”

For the first time in the 16 days since he injured that left ankle, Lade was OK with standing on the sideline. His 45 minutes of work were complete, and the ankle felt fine. It was a reassuring sign for arguably the nation’s best close defender.

And his teammate Kevin Drew took notice.

“The defense played well,” Drew said. “We got Lade back now, so we’re doing good.” mjcohe02@syr.edu

missing piece

John Lade injured his left ankle in Syracuse’s game against Duke on April 3. Prior to that game, SU was undefeated at 7-0. Lade missed a portion of the game against Duke and sat out two of the next three games. Against Cornell, which handed Syracuse its only loss of the season, Lade only played in the first quarter. Tuesday, he returned to the field against Hobart and held the Statesmen’s leading scorer to a single goal in a Syracuse win.

Here is a look at how Syracuse fared in the four games Lade missed parts of or did not play in at all up until Tuesday: Date

April April April April

Opponent

3 No. 3 Duke 9 Princeton 12 No. 5 Cornell 16 Providence

Result

Lade’s participation

W, 13-11 Injured in second half W, 7-5 Did not play L, 11-6 Left after first quarter W, 13-3 Did not play

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The number of shots Syracuse took against Hobart. It marks the thirdhighest total for the Orange this season. SU more than doubled Hobart’s total of 21. Stephen Keogh had a gamehigh eight shots for Syracuse.

The Orange offense broke out in a big way for perhaps its most consistent game since an 18-13 romp over Albany earlier this season. Ten different players scored for SU. Five different players recorded assists.

THE BAD John Galloway

There wasn’t much wrong with the Orange’s victory, but Galloway sticks out as the most pressing issue off SU’s second straight victory. He allowed seven Hobart goals while only making fi ve saves in the victory. Still, Galloway and SU came away with a relatively easy victory.

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STORYTELLER

“I think we executed much better. … The guys really appeared to understand what we were trying to accomplish.

This is the time of year where you like to see those kinds of things.”

John Desko

SU HEAD COACH

THE UGLY Sam Miller

There was nothing ugly about this win for SU, so Hobart attack Sam Miller gets the nod. The nation’s 22nd leading goal-scorer failed to deliver, coming away with only a single goal on a single shot. John Lade and the rest of the SU defense shut him down.

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And that brought back the memories of dangerous, high-flying SU attacks from recent years.

“I think we’ve tried to play like that all year long,” Syracuse head coach John Desko said.

“We don’t rely on just one player to get it done for us offensively. … We believe in that. It’s team play.”

All year long, the Orange offense has struggled. SU has failed to reach double digits in five of its 12 games. Those include two five-goal performances and SU’s only loss when it scored six goals against Cornell.

Even when Syracuse has reached double figures, the team has gone quarters at a time floundering on the offensive end while opponents forge comebacks.

This time, Hobart tried to shut down Syracuse’s offense at first with a 1-3-2 zone, a new defensive wrinkle the Orange had not yet seen this year. But Thompson and Amidon quickly solved that defense.

The two senior midfielders stood 15 yards away from the goal on opposite hash marks.

Thompson got possession and forced the single Hobart defender to slide over to him. Thompson quickly flipped the ball over to Amidon on the right hash, and Amidon did the rest for the 1-0 lead.

“I think we executed much better,” Desko said. “We ran the offenses. The guys really appeared to understand what we were trying to accomplish. This is the time of year where you like to see those kinds of things.”

Hobart managed to stay with the Orange through the first quarter, as SU only held a 3-2 lead after 15 minutes. But SU took over in the second.

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Jovan Miller ended a personal three-game scoring drought with a running shot from the right side on SU’s first possession of the period.

Junior midfielder Bobby Eilers continued his strong showing in recent games with a goal four minutes later.

Kevin Drew then got into the mix on a transition goal. He was left unguarded in the middle of the field, and attack JoJo Marasco found him cutting to the net.

“I’ve just been staying out a little more, get some offense going a little bit,” said Drew, who had a career-high two goals in the game. “We’ve been working on fastbreaks every day in practice, so we’re just working on that.”

Syracuse’s leading scorer Stephen Keogh capped off that second-quarter run by scooping up a rebound on the crease and finishing with a putback a minute after Drew’s first score. That put the lead at 7-2, and Hobart would never close the margin to less than three goals throughout the game.

The key for SU’s offense Tuesday was that mix of the primary and secondary scorers. Syracuse got its expected contributions from Keogh, Amidon, Thompson and Marasco, all of whom had at least two points in the game.

But the additional scoring from Eilers, Drew, Pete Coleman and defender Matt Harris turned an average offensive performance into one of SU’s better scoring games this year.

“I think we executed much better,” Desko said. “We ran the offenses. The guys really appeared to understand what we were trying to accomplish. This is the time of year where you really want to see those kinds of things.” zjbrown@syr.edu

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Despite gaudy win-loss record, SU struggles against top competition

By Jarrad Saffren Staff Writer

While Syracuse got off to the best start in program history this season, there was still a glaring hole in the Orange’s resume. To be the best, a team has to beat the best, and SU has fallen short in that department.

The lack of impressive victories is an obvious blemish. But SU’s ace pitcher Jenna Caira insists the disparity is strictly a coincidence.

“We’re not going to go into a game and say, ‘This team’s a lower seed, so they’re worse than this other team,’” Caira said. “The good teams have that mental toughness to bring the same intensity regardless.”

With 14 games remaining on the regularseason slate, SU has the second best overall record in the Big East at 29-10. But the Orange is just 8-5 in conference play, putting it fifth in the Big East standings. All five of the losses came against South Florida and Notre Dame, the second- and third-place teams, respectively. The eight wins came against Rutgers, Providence and Villanova — the sixth-, 11th- and 12th-place teams in the 13-team Big East.

SU did manage to turn a season-high fivegame losing streak against USF and Notre Dame into a five-game winning streak against Providence and Villanova. Outside of those five losses, the Orange has beaten up on conference opponents by an average of more than seven runs per game.

Caira attributes the five-game losing streak as an expected slip-up amid a rugged threemonth gantlet.

“We had been playing well since February, so we were due for an off week,” Caira said.

“The next week in practice, we worked on small details. We can’t just go out there and hit home runs. We have to put the ball in play. I have to hit my spots, and our defense can’t make errors.”

Caira’s theory is backed by SU’s 10-4 record against winning teams prior to conference play. The stretch included wins over a pair of Western Athletic Conference title contenders in Hawaii (30-13, 8-4) and Fresno State (26-11, 10-2), as well as a fellow Big East title contender in rival Louisville (32-13, 10-4) in a game that didn’t count toward either team’s conference record.

SU’s struggles against conference title contenders won’t be a cause for concern in the near future. The Orange doesn’t play a team ahead of it in the standings until a season-closing, threegame set against the Cardinals that will count toward both teams’ conference records.

Prior to that series, Syracuse takes on another pair of conference bottom-feeders in 10th-place Georgetown and Seton Hall, which sits in last place. But the Orange will also take on a trio of small-conference winning teams in Massachusetts, Binghamton and Niagara.

Even though her team has been nearly flawless against lesser opponents, SU head coach Leigh Ross stressed the importance of taking

george clarke | contributing photographer jenna caira and Syracuse got off to a record start this season by dominating lowly teams. Despite its 29 wins, the Orange has struggled to beat top teams in the Big East. care of business before the big Louisville showdown.

“The losses against South Florida and Notre Dame just put a little pressure on us to win all those games before Louisville,” Ross said. “We needed a late run last year just to get to where we got. We’re in a much better position this time.”

The Orange is currently deadlocked in a cluster at the top of the Big East standings. The top five teams in the conference are separated by a grand total of three games. Last season, fifthseeded SU snuck up on everybody by becoming

the lowest seed in Big East tournament history to emerge as the champion.

This season, the Orange has spent the entire year near the top of the conference standings, building off the momentum it created in last year’s postseason. SU catcher Lacey Kohl understands the Orange won’t be sneaking up on anybody.

“Teams know we’re not a fluke because of what we accomplished last year,” Kohl said.

“Those losses don’t worry us, but we’re definitely not sneaking up on anybody this year either.” jdsaffre@syr.edu

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Freshman Marrow adapts to college game, finds niche in No. 6 position

By Andrew Tredinnick STAFF WRITER

When her father was laid off from his engineering job, Aleah Marrow’s parents were left with minimal money to send their daughters back to private school. Marrow’s mother, Anna, turned to the idea of homeschooling as a way to balance her daughter’s difficult travel tennis schedule with academics.

Marrow traveled an hour and a half each way to practice with her coach in Fayetteville, N.C., during the week. In addition, there were lengthy trips to tournaments on the weekends. Keeping that balance was difficult.

But Marrow loved the chance to spend a majority of her time on the tennis court.

“I’ve always wanted to play professional tennis,” Marrow said. “I still do and I still think I can do it and become a really great champion one day. I always felt that in my heart I had a dream and a goal, so I set out to do what I had to do to put in work at a young age.”

Marrow has emerged as the anchor of Syracuse’s singles lineup at the No. 6 position this year. The transition from being homeschooled and practicing with her sister to playing at a Division I program was a unique and challenging experience, but Marrow has finally found her niche on the tennis court as she reaches the conclusion of her first year.

With an astounding work ethic and a long journey onto the courts at the Drumlins Tennis

Center, Marrow has become one of SU’s most consistent threats. She has won 24 total matches in her freshman campaign and has currently won six consecutive singles matches.

Marrow was coached by her sister Amanda for three years of high school, at a court down the road from their house. The sisters would wake up and practice for three hours, take a break and practice three more hours in the evening.

But Marrow never wanted to stop. The sisters trained six times a week, and even on their day off Marrow wanted to hit the ball for at least an hour.

Once, Amanda walked off the court, marking the end of practice for the day. But Marrow was so mad at the abrupt ending that she threw her racket to the ground. It was the only time her mother had ever seen Marrow throw her racket.

“Aleah is very hard working,” Amanda said.

“There were times when I wouldn’t want to practice and Aleah would. Aleah would want to stay out there all day long, and I would want to go home.”

The transition from minimal professional training to Syracuse head coach Luke Jensen’s demanding and structured practice environment was a challenge for Marrow. She was used to practicing when she wanted, performing the drills she wanted and receiving limited coaching in game action.

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Anna believed her daughter would have rather played professional tennis than go to college. But after seeing Jensen and Syracuse compete, the opportunity to get a degree and further learn under Jensen was more enticing.

“I think that she would have forgone college to play tennis,” Anna said. “She met Coach Jensen a few years ago, and it started to sound appealing to what college could offer her.”

Marrow’s extreme self-confidence makes her

a viable threat in the Orange lineup. The velocity on her serve is dangerous, but Jensen said there are still some gaps within her game that need to be filled. There are times Marrow looks to force certain shots during improper moments of games, but if she is able to hone in on certain skills, she could be as dynamic as any player Jensen has ever coached.

“She has to get more consistent,” Jensen said.

“She’s got big weapons and sometimes they hit the mark, and other times they hit the fence, the coaching staff or her partner. That’s youth.

Crazy, wild and uncontrolled youth.”

Jensen began recruiting Marrow three years before she completed high school. Marrow aspired to become a professional tennis player. She was the No. 1 ranked player in North Carolina in the 18-year-old division at the age of 15.

Now those talents Jensen saw years ago are coming to fruition in Marrow’s first season with the Orange.

“I think she’s the most gifted player we’ve ever had here, in all aspects,” Jensen said.

“She’s the complete athlete. She’s bigger, faster and stronger than anyone we’ve ever had. She’s never had traditional tennis training, and she kind of just put it together.

“Her and her older sister were just out there playing without guidance. And she was winning matches, which is phenomenal.” adtredin@syr.edu

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By Ryne Gery Staff Writer

When Bill Tierney took over the Denver lacrosse program in 2009, he told his new team exactly what he told his first team at Princeton more than 20 years earlier. Tierney said he wanted to win a national championship, and he believed his team could accomplish that goal.

Princeton had not even won an Ivy League championship in 20 years and was coming off a 3-12 season in 1987. And Denver had just finished its 11th season competing at the Division I level with a 7-8 record. For both programs at the time, the thought of winning a national championship was a pipe dream.

“They kind of look at you like you have three heads,” Tierney said. “But unless you’re setting those goals very high, they’re never going to achieve anything.”

Tierney admits the goal may have been unrealistic at the first team meeting at Princeton.

But after winning six national championships there, he knew anything was possible for his Denver program. The legendary head coach just had to get his team to believe in the dream.

In his second season, Tierney already has the Pioneers (9-2, 4-0 ECAC) moving closer to that goal. Denver’s best start in program history has earned the team its highest-ever national ranking at No. 5 in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Poll.

But before Tierney could lead Denver to national prominence, he had to leave Princeton.

Tierney spent 22 years at Princeton, building the program into a national powerhouse that won 14 Ivy League titles and went to 10 final fours, in addition to the six national championships.

Tierney said he was ready for a change and a new challenge. And Denver provided that challenge. Unlike Princeton in 1987, though, Tierney said Denver had the talent to compete right away.

“The cupboard was not bare,” Tierney said.

“It’s not like we were miracle workers by any stretch.”

Though Tierney inherited a talented group, he still had to take that talent and mold it to fit his system and beliefs. The Pioneers bought into his system in his first year and went on to win

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Senior captain and midfielder Andrew Lay said Tierney stressed the importance of playing as a team rather than as individuals. Lay said the team has come together under his disciplined approach.

Lay had known about Tierney and his philosophy long before he played for him. Lay, a Denver native, went to Princeton lacrosse camps during summers as a kid. And he had followed Princeton lacrosse closely throughout his childhood after his older brother’s high school teammate, Christian Cook, went to Princeton to play for Tierney.

Cook was a star defender on three of Tierney’s national championship teams. Lay remembers watching Cook and Princeton in the final four on ESPN and dreaming of playing on that stage one day.

“You hear professional athletes talking about shooting the last-second buzzer-beater or something like that,” Lay said. “For a high school kid back in those days, it was kind of the same thing. You watched the final four and you want to win a national championship.”

To do that, Lay hoped to play at Syracuse or Princeton or Virginia. But he wasn’t good enough in high school to play at an elite program, so he stayed home in Denver.

And though he didn’t get to play at Princeton, he is now playing for Tierney on a team that could make some noise in the NCAA tournament.

Denver has won six straight games, including a win over defending national champion Duke. The Pioneers’ only two losses came against then-No. 1 Syracuse and current No. 1 Notre Dame.

Tierney said the team’s balance on offense has been the key to its success. Denver has scored in double figures in every win this season. The team currently leads the nation in points per game and ranks fourth in goals per game.

That offense came up big in its breakout 12-9 win over Duke. Assistant coach Trevor Tierney — Bill’s son — said the Duke win showed the lacrosse world Denver is more than just a “midrange team” that could beat teams outside

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“I don’t think anyone was expecting us to compete with the ACC teams, teams of the higher caliber and the defending national champs,” Trevor Tierney said.

The Pioneers’ own confidence started to grow last year, with a win over No. 17 Stony Brook in March. But Trevor said the team really began to believe it could compete with the elite teams after beating No. 6 Loyola to win the ECAC championship, clinching a birth in the NCAA tournament.

Trevor said the team was shocked after the win and a little overexcited. Junior attack Mark Matthews said the players dumped water on Tierney and danced around in the locker room after the game to celebrate the big win.

After beating Duke, though, Trevor noticed a different confidence in the team. There was no wild celebration in the locker room. The players were calm and collected and ready to move on to the next game.

“The biggest difference was last year after the win against Loyola, it was kind of like we had won a national championship, and it was the ECAC championship,” Trevor said. “When we beat Duke, the guys were excited about it, but it wasn’t the biggest thing in the world to them.”

Bill Tierney said he has noticed more parity in college lacrosse. He said on any given day, any team can win. Tierney said the Duke win shows his team can contend nationally, but it still has work to do before it can be considered a top program.

“I think the win tells our kids that they can do it,” Tierney said. “A bunch more wins will maybe tell us that we are doing it and that will take us into the national tournament.”

First No. 1 Notre Dame earned its first No. 1 ranking in program history this week. The Fighting Irish (9-0, 4-0 Big East) remain the only undefeated team in the country. Notre Dame beat St. John’s 10-7 on Saturday, led by senior midfielder David Earl, who tallied four points on the day. The team trailed St. John’s 5-2 at halftime, but used an 8-2 advantage in the second half to get the

win. Notre Dame travels to Providence this Saturday before a showdown with No. 4 Syracuse the following week.

Game to watch No. 12 Bucknell at No. 16 Colgate

Bucknell (11-2, 5-0 Patriot League) and Colgate (9-3, 5-0 Patriot League) will meet in a battle of unbeatens in the Patriot League. The two teams are tied for first place going into Saturday’s game in Hamilton, N.Y. The game will decide which team gets the No. 1 seed and hosts the Patriot League tournament.

Bucknell needed a furious comeback to keep its perfect conference record intact last week.

The Bison trailed Lehigh 7-1 in the first half, but came back to win behind three straight goals by junior midfielder Billy Eisenreich in the final six minutes. Colgate is led by sophomore midfielder and Tewaaraton Trophy candidate Peter Baum. Baum leads the team with 41 points. rjgery@syr.edu

Nike/Inside Lacrosse Top 20 First place votes in parentheses

1. Notre Dame (12) 2. Johns Hopkins (1) 3. Cornell (2) 4. Syracuse (1) 5. Denver 6. Maryland 7. Duke 7. Hofstra 9. Virginia 10. North Carolina 11. Villanova 12. Bucknell 13. Stony Brook 14. Yale 15. Massachusetts 16. Colgate 17. Penn 18. Army 19. Loyola (Md.) 20. Delaware

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the start, he saw a relentless Orange attack throughout the game that was both balanced and efficient.

Syracuse’s offense has not been the team’s strongpoint this season.

But while the offensive dominance may have been new to this SU team, Johnson was used to seeing it from the Orange.

“I’ve played them for seven years now, and to be honest, it’s the same every year,” he said. “They’ve got talented guys. They have a lot of them.

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or Doug Marrone and the contingent of Syracuse players on the field at Rutgers, this scene was special. Following SU’s 13-10 win at Rutgers on Nov. 13, this group had ensured the Orange’s first bowl appearance since 2004.

Seniors rejoiced. Four — maybe five — years of work finally paid off.

Players bowled their helmets. After the game, SU’s head coach Marrone stood proudly at the podium to deliver his postgame press conference. His goal had been met.

But for Athletic Director Daryl Gross, the work was just beginning before the program would eventually accept an invitation to the New Era Pinstripe Bowl in Yankee Stadium.

That’s because Syracuse’s return to a bowl game meant a return to a system in which financial deficits are commonly a consequence of participating in a bowl game. It’s a system Jake Crouthamel, SU’s athletic director from 1978 to 2005, knew well.

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Crouthamel said. “You’re taking the band, you’re taking cheerleaders, you’re taking some faculty members and administrators, you’re paying bonuses to coaches, you’re paying bonuses to some of the staff members, and your commitment to tickets can’t possibly all be sold.

“It’s really a major undertaking and it’s more red ink — as if we need more red ink.”

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Ten Orange players score as Syracuse rolls past Hobart any point during the game.”

Ten different players scored for No. 4 SU (11-1, 3-0 Big East) in its 13-7 win over the Statesmen (5-7) Tuesday in the Carrier Dome, keeping the K raus-Simmons trophy in Syracuse for the fifth straight season.

The Orange offense played perhaps its most consistent game of the season in front of 4,340 fans, not relying on one short burst but finding ways to score throughout the game.

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danielle parhizkaran | asst. photo editor JOVAN MILLER (23) winds up for a shot in Syracuse’s 13-7 victory over Hobart in the Carrier Dome on Tuesday. Ten different players, including Miller, contributed to the Orange’s scoring output.