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Search for director nears end

Call for reform Editors who feel student publications are neglected in Student Association’s budget process would like to see improvements.

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By Liz Sawyer STAFF WRITER

INSIDE OPINION

A clearer vision The Editorial Board suggests SA’s financial vision should specifically address funding for student publications.

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INSIDE PULP

Through the lens Two Syracuse University students plan to take up their cameras and tail a humanitarian on his musical mission through Mozambique.

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Storms flood SU buildings, East neighborhood

By Michael Boren and Katie McInerney THE DAILY ORANGE

Severe storms packing hail and blinding rains tore through campus at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, leaving buildings flooded, roads closed and classrooms evacuated.

Flooding occurred at Crouse-Hinds Hall, the School of Information Studies, E.S. Bird Library, Sadler Hall, the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and on Marshall Street. Floodwaters also rose to nearly one

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INSIDE SPORTS

More or less The recent renovations to Manley Field House helped many teams, but left the track and field program at a disadvantage.

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top: matthew ziegler | staff photographer; bottom: andrew renneisen | asst. photo editor TOP: Students walk through the Quad as a severe storm rolls toward campus Tuesday afternoon. BOTTOM: A tour group trudges its way through water on the bottom floor of Crouse-Hinds Hall, where an inventory room was flooded. SU officials scrambled to remove water and restart servers in multiple buildings after the downpours.

Cory Wallack and a committee have spent the last two academic years looking for a qualified Health Services director. Now they’re hoping they’ve finally found one.

Health Services is in the formal decision-making process for a director and is performing reference checks on each of the three candidates, said Wallack, co-chair of the search committee and director of the Counseling Center. He said he anticipates the department will announce the new director before the end of the spring semester and have the candidate start work by July 1, he said.

“It’s crucial for them to have someone who’s providing the senior leadership for their office,” Wallack said.

Health Services officials declined to reveal the names of the candidates, but Wallack said none of them are from Health Services.

Without a director, Health Services has been lacking the person who leads and carries out the department’s mission. Directors are responsible for the oversight of all the policies and procedures in Health Services and for collaborating with the other health and wellness units on campus, said Rebecca Dayton, associate vice president of student affairs for health and wellness, in an email.

In the absence of a director, Dayton and Kristen Jones-Kolod, execu-

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Two-car collision leaves student injured

By Jon Harris and Debbie Truong THE DAILY ORANGE

Two cars collided at the intersection of Euclid and Ostrom avenues Tuesday at approximately 9:37 p.m., leaving a student injured and bystanders rushing to the scene.

A black Mazda Millenia was traveling northbound on Ostrom when it collided with a blue Honda CR-V turning left onto Euclid Avenue from Ostrom. The Mazda had heavy front-end damage, as its hood was crunched into its windshield. The CR-V had damage down its passenger side.

Ellie Sul, a junior communication and rhetorical studies major, was a passenger in the

Honda and was bleeding from her head following the accident, said Kyle Yi, the driver of the Honda and senior biochemistry major. Sul was taken to Crouse Hospital on a stretcher by Rural/Metro at approximately 9:50 p.m., Yi said. Yi and Sul were the only two in the Honda, he said.

Neither Yi nor the driver of the Mazda was transported for injuries.

David Khai, the driver of the Mazda and a first-year student at Onondaga Community College, said he was traveling on Ostrom and had the right of way when the Honda turned left onto Euclid in front of him. He said they both had a green light on Ostrom. Khai was

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jenna ketchmark | design editor Rescue crews respond to an accident involving two cars at the intersection of Euclid and Ostrom avenues Tuesday night.

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Editors find issues with funding plan

By Jon Harris ASST. NEWS EDITOR

By Laurence Leveille ASST. COPY EDITOR

When Student Association announced its new tier system to fund programming for student organizations, the editors of Jerk and Zipped magazines were concerned about how the success of their publications would be judged.

Under the new tier system, organizations are funded based on their prior programming experience. But the system neglected to include any specific details on publications.

Gregory Miller and Molly Gallagher, editors in chief of Jerk and Zipped, respectively, said their concerns were validated after receiving the Finance Board’s recommendations — not because they were not fully funded, but because they feel the budget process for publications as a whole is inadequate.

“The main issue here is that SA isn’t making any attempt to reform the budget process,” said Miller, also a staff writer for The Daily Orange.

Student publications interested in receiving funding from SA must provide the Finance Board with at least three requests, including things like more funding, more copies or more color pages. Of these three requests, one must be the same as what was funded the previous semester. A fiscal

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World hunger

CATHERINE BADGLEY, an assistant professor of biology and a research scientist in the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan, speaks to students Tuesday in the Life Sciences Complex.

She presented “Feeding a Hungry Planet: Crisis and Opportunity” and spoke on sustainable alternatives to the current food system.

Women in Science and Engineering brought Badgley to campus.

The job market proved more challenging for Syracuse University’s Class of 2010 than for the previous year’s graduates, reflecting the continued effects of the country’s economic downturn.

“I believe the Class of 2010 represents probably the worst job market for college graduates in the last 15 years,” said Michael Cahill, director of SU Career Services.

SU’s Class of 2010 Placement Report will be published on Career Services’ website by the end of the week, Cahill said. The annual report details employment and salary of students within six months of graduation.

For 2010, many SU graduates were able to obtain jobs through internships, and some vied for graduate school instead of job searching. The market is expected to turn around for 2011 college graduates as employers begin to increase their job postings.

Only 60 percent of respondents from the Class of 2010 reported holding full-time positions within six months of graduation, a decrease from 2009 when 65 percent of respondents reported full-time employment, according to the report. In reports from the previous five years — from 2004 to 2008 — between 74 and 79 percent of graduates reported obtaining a full-time job within six

months of graduation.

Most of the 2010 information for the annual report was collected using a survey emailed to graduates in October. Nearly 37 percent, or 956 graduates, of the 2,585 bachelor’s degree recipients in 2010 responded to the survey. Cahill said the responses received this year allow for a good snapshot of the class.

Although full-time employment among graduates was down in 2010, the average salaries of graduates increased. There were also more respondents employed in New York state than in 2009.

The average salary for 2010 graduates was $43,000, an increase from $40,932 in 2009. Graduates of the School of Information Studies had the highest average salary at $55,800, and the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science was second at $54,500.

The College of Human Ecology, which had only nine graduates who provided salary information, had the lowest average salary at $30,200.

The College of Visual and Performing Arts and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications had the second- and third-lowest salaries. VPA’s graduates had an average salary of $32,200 and Newhouse graduates had an average salary of $32,600.

But students’ educational background is going to play into whether

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Bird Library officials install digital signs to inform visitors of hours, announcements

By Meghin Delaney ASST. NEWS EDITOR

E.S. Bird Library will become the latest building on campus to broadcast news and upcoming events through digital signs when the installation process is completed in the fall.

The signs will look like large flatscreen televisions and have a small window for CNN and other video news, as well as a ticker along the bottom with Syracuse University news, said Pamela McLaughlin, director of communications and external relations at Bird. The university may also use the system for emergency alerts, she said.

The signs will be a convenient way of informing patrons about what is happening in the library, McLaughlin said. The signs will include announcements for events and library hours, she said.

One digital sign has already been installed next to the circulation desk, she said, and another sign will be installed in the cafe during the summer. McLaughlin said both signs should be up and running in the fall.

Training was held last week on the Four Winds Interactive software, the program that runs the signs. SU licensed the software program, and the library acquired the digital signs as part of an agreement with Samsung, McLaughlin said.

The signs will be similar to those already in place in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, the Martin J. Whitman School of Management and the School of Information Studies, McLaughlin said.

The number of digital signs on campus has slowly been growing in the past six years, said Roger Merrill,

“A digital sign network provides an immediate and flexible messaging system.”

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director of information technology services in the iSchool. Merrill has worked with SU to implement the digital signs.

Between SU and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, there are approximately 50 digital signs around campus, Merrill said. He said he expects the number of signs to continue to grow as departments realize the benefits of the signs and budget

for installations.

In terms of the library, the signs will take communication to the next level with “interactive” information, such a directory map, he said. The signs offer more than traditional marketing material, Merrill said.

He also said he anticipates the signs will eventually have services that can display room schedules and resource requests.

A process that would allow student groups to submit electronic announcements on the digital signs, instead of on taped-up f liers, is now being discussed, Merrill said.

“One goal in the iSchool is to eliminate the static paper fliers with current and dynamic information,” he said. “A digital sign network provides an immediate and flexible messaging system.” medelane@syr.edu

WHAT IS FOUR WINDS?

Four Winds Interactive software is a digital signage software company. Digital signage is the term for display technology, such as LCD, plasma and LED displays to an audience. The signs can be interactive or noninteractive. The company has more than 5,000 signs worldwide, with more than 50 signs at SU. Four Winds Interactive is made up of two components that allow users to control their entire digital signage network from one location. The signs in the library will include announcements for events and library hours. Both signs in the library should be up and running in the fall.

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SA’s financial vision, tier system inadequately assess funding requests from student publications Among an otherwise streamlined Student Association budget season, the new financial vision proved unsatisfactory for two student publications: Zipped and Jerk magazines. Both of these publications asked for more money than they received and said the new budget process continues to inhibit their ability to grow their presence on campus.

The financial vision alleviates most of the confusion and ambiguity surrounding requests by student organizations for programming, such as bringing in a speaker, hosting a dance or sponsoring a concert. The tier system, however, does not accommodate or assess publications appropriately. Given that funding for publications has been an issue in previous sessions, SA could have worked to fix these issues by specifically addressing publications in the new financial vision.

SA evaluates publications’ requests based on the number of students who participate in the publication and by reading them and subjectively assessing their relevance to students, said SA Comptroller Jeff Rickert. Although the budget process frustrated only two publications, it is clear this process is flawed. The number of students involved is not necessarily

editorial by the daily orange editorial board representative of success or quality and can be ambiguous. Likewise, the Finance Board lacks the expertise to evaluate the quality or potential of a publication based on personal opinion alone.

The new tier system marked a big and mostly successful change to the budget process. But SA should tweak the system to provide publications with rules specific to them. Funding a publication for an entire semester is much different from funding a student organization for one event. Publications should have a path for attaining more funds to put toward a multitude of things, such as a higher distribution or more color pages.

Such proof of success could include advertising revenue. Giving more money to organizations with advertisers may seem counterintuitive, but in reality advertising shows a publication has attracted the trust of businesses and the readership to make that advertising viable.

Expert recommendation could also gauge the quality of publications. This could come from a

willing professor, the publications’ advisers or a team of visual and print journalism students.

A history of awards should also help determine a publication’s success.

Quantitative data makes drawing conclusions and deciding finances much easier.

Clearly, publications don’t easily lend themselves to objective evaluation. Rather than rate publications on the number of students involved, perhaps SA should rate them on the number of cumulative hours put into planning, writing, reporting, designing, editing, preparing launch parties, working with other organizations, etc. This may be difficult to regulate, but were SA to enforce tallying these hours, the most active and dedicated — and ultimately successful — publications would come to the fore.

Rickert, the SA comptroller, said publications rarely ask for more than $5,000. Although the scale may be smaller than that of programming requests, a difference of $1,000 means a lot in terms of what a publication can do and how much it can grow. Perhaps publications should be placed on an entirely different set of tiers that appropriately fit the scale of their operations.

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Letters to the Editor unfairly accuse student organization ASIA of prejudice As a former member of Asian Students in America who was involved in the development of the Asian and Asian-American studies minor, I believe ASIA’s depiction in The Daily Orange as a “racist organization” is unjust. While I do not agree with the assertion that professor Susan Edmunds is “unqualified,” I do understand the grievances of the students involved in this controversy. ASIA has always sought to address the intellectual and emotional needs of the Asian and Asian-American community on campus. While the university largely ignored these issues for a long time, ASIA has filled this void by educating and empowering its members. The organization has

let ter to the editor been a leading advocate for the creation of the minor. Though AAA is an academic program, it is also a culmination of a long struggle.

I believe the issue is not with Edmunds, per say, but stems from the underwhelming development of the program. Classes are sporadic and are often taught by adjunct professors. There is an insignificant number of faculty members designated for the program, and none of them specialize in the area of Asian-American studies (Edmunds has her bachelor’s and doctorate in English). Currently the minor has no chair. And without a leader,

the program is doomed for failure.

Though I understand it will be a long process to create a viable and world-class program, there must be more action taken by the administration to prove its dedication to the minor. Students, and in particular ASIA, are reluctant to give up the reigns because of past apprehensions. However, the administration, faculty and students must work together to address the issues at hand. Without that, there will only be more frustrations and misunderstandings that will undo all the hard efforts that came before.

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.S. and Chinese diplomats will meet in Beijing Wednesday to discuss human rights, following a notably terse and last-minute State Department announcement Thursday. The meeting is part of a now-annual routine: The State Department issues a report on the human rights situation in China, China answers with its own indictments of the United States, and diplomats meet in the spring to discuss.

Human rights were never intended to be a routine, and the perpetuation of this practice threatens the power of the idea. By manipulating human rights as a political tool without ensuring their fulfillment at home, the United States risks devaluing the language of human rights and damaging American reputation abroad.

The U.S. and Chinese governments have vastly different views

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on what human rights are, and this is largely a hangover from Cold War thinking. The Cold War began in 1948, as the Universal Declaration on Human Rights was finished. As the world lined up on ideological sides, the list of human rights got split into two - social and economic rights, such as welfare guarantees and employment schemes, landed on the Soviet side, and Americans lined up behind civil and political rights.

Each side postured about how the other failed, using the doctrine as a political weapon. But the wall fell and should have freed a new generation of thinkers of the sharp ideological separations that led to a never-intended separation of human rights.

This perceived conflict between civil-political and socioeconomic human rights is one of the most contentious issues in the philosophical and legal literature on human

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rights. It amounts to an intellectual hangover from four decades of split ideology, and there are blatantly clear arguments to resolve it.

Essentially, human rights depend upon each other, and the fulfillment of the whole list suffers when any of the rights are denied. Take the right to free expression as an example.

Without some basic education, it is worthless - the speaker has nothing critical to say. In the other direction, civil and political rights ensure that economic and social guarantees function as they’re intended - Chinese reforms that actually led to calamitous famine in the Great Leap Forward wouldn’t have happened if

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those who were starving could have spoken up and challenged ill-formed government plans.

Neither the United States nor China has a great human rights record. Severe poverty persists in the wealthiest nation on earth, and our educational and health care systems are an embarrassment. This is a human rights issue on par with suppressing speech or arbitrary arrests, if the argument sketched above goes through.

The recent disappearances and arrests of political figures such as Ai Weiwei raise grave concern about human rights in China, and the continued detention of Nobel Prize laureate Lu Xiaobo is simply ridiculous. These abuses are more of an affront to the American mindset that puts civil and political rights above all others, but this mindset is inappropriate from a human rights perspective that is appropriately

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holistic.

Human rights have the power to be a transformative idea, and governments that wield it to condemn political rivals like China or justify military intervention must take up the impetus to secure social and economic rights for all of their citizens to be consistent.

A major component of the practical power of human rights lies in naming and shaming, and meeting in Beijing to raise concerns about the recently deteriorating human rights climate in China is needed.

But for these meetings to have true effect, both sides must make a better effort to own up to the human rights treaties they have signed.

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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tive director of budget and operations within the Division of Student Affairs, shared responsibility for leading Health Services. Dayton said they worked hard to keep the system running as smoothly as possible, but did not take on new initiatives, policies or directions like a perma-

“It’s to the university’s credit that they want to take the time to get the absolute right candidate for this position.”

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nent director would.

Kathy VanVechten, special assistant to the director of Health Services, said the department has remained intact because of the staff’s dedication to providing quality service to students.

“People here are very talented and selfdirected,” VanVechten said. “We’ve had an alternative to a director that has been very successful, and we’re very fortunate for that.

I’m grateful to them for being so committed in this period of time.”

But Wallack said Health Services is struggling to interact with other campus health and wellness offices and to remain a visible presence on campus. He said some work isn’t

getting done — not because of a lack of effort by the Health Services staff, but because Health Services employees see students on a day-to-day basis and have little time to do much else.

The search for a new director began in September 2009, when James Jacobs, the former director, took a job as the director of health services at Ohio State University, according to a Nov. 9, 2009, article published in The Daily Orange.

Dayton hired the search committee, made of administrators, in fall 2009 to conduct a national search for potential candidates. The search committee is co-chaired by Wallack and Colleen Bench, director of the Parents Office.

Bench could not be reached for comment.

In the beginning of the search, the committee was only looking for medical doctors and ended up receiving a small pool of applicants, Wallack said. The committee eventually decided that the applicants weren’t qualified and refused to hire any of them, he said.

In spring 2010, Health Services began working with a consulting firm and loosened the previous requirements — accepting applications from medical doctors, nurse practitioners and those with a background in health administration or public health, which diversified the group of applicants, Wallack said.

The search was narrowed to three candidates several weeks ago; in February 2010, there were 10 candidates, Wallack said.

While at SU, the candidates ate lunch with four health and wellness interns who are doing their internships at Health Services, said Dayton, associate vice president of student affairs for health and wellness.

The students evaluated the candidates in terms of management style, vision for health

stacie fanelli | staff photographer Health Services has been functioning without a formal director since September 2009, and the search is still ongoing. The committee expects a director to begin in July. services, understanding of college health, and passion for the position, Wallack said in an email. Students were also able to voice their opinions and meet the candidates during an open forum on campus, Wallack said.

Though the search has taken almost two full years, the Health Services staff feels it has been worth the wait, VanVechten said.

“The university is committed to getting the best possible director here, and that can take time,” VanVechten said.

Wallack said he was initially surprised how long it was taking to find candidates, but realized those with high levels of education and experience are less likely to leave their jobs due to the economic crisis. He has seen a decrease in the number of qualified applicants in other searches throughout the Division of Student Affairs, he said.

“People don’t want to relocate families right now,” Wallack said. “Selling houses is hard to do.” egsawyer@syr.edu

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agent must also attend a budget hearing.

The Finance Board determines how much money to allocate to student publications partially based on success, but mostly based on how many students are involved with the planning and execution of the publication, said SA Comptroller Jeff Rickert. Finance Board members also read the publications as part of the evaluation to see how they relate to students, he said.

Rickert said 12 publications were funded

by SA this semester and that it is important for editors to realize their magazines do not apply to everyone on campus. He said he didn’t

“I love that there’s this robust marketplace of ideas, but I think there needs to be a finer evaluation measure about how magazines are sustained and given the opportunity to prove themselves.”

Melissa Chessher

CHAIR OF THE MAGA ZINE DEPARTMENT

know how students could read 12 publications and that the campus has reached its saturation point.

But student publications Jerk and Zipped are not satisfied with this process.

With the new tier system, organizations that hold programs, such as University Union, have a chance to receive more money as they prove their ability to host successful events. But editors feel publications that

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the only one in the car and said he was going about 30 miles per hour when his vehicle collided with the Honda.

“I tried to slow the car, but it’s hard to control at those speeds,” Khai said.

Officers from the Syracuse Police Department and the Department of Public Safety declined to comment.

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prove to be successful and well read do not have the same opportunity.

“There’s a lot of hypocrisy there,” Miller said.

This budget season, Jerk requested funding for 5,000 copies, which is 1,000 more than the request from last budget season. This increase was based on a readership survey and the speed with which copies typically run out each month, Miller said. The Finance Board rejected the request, stating Jerk was “already the largest publication on campus, printing 4,000 copies per issue, and they also have a large Web presence.”

“They’re handicapping us,” Miller said. “We already meet the needs of what we have, and they’re not making any attempt to understand our position.”

Miller has emailed both Rickert and SA President Neal Casey, explaining his case and offering to have an open dialogue about how to improve the budget process after the budget meeting two weeks ago. Neither Rickert nor Casey responded to the email.

Molly Gallagher, editor in chief of Zipped, agrees SA has not been recognizing student publications that have gone “above and beyond.”

SA needs to take publications’ use of social media and advertising into account when distributing money, Gallagher said.

“There are publications who aren’t doing this, who aren’t active on Facebook and Twitter,” she said. “The Student Association doesn’t seem to be recognizing student publications that are doing that.”

Both Miller and Gallagher said SA should develop a campus-wide survey or a better evaluation process to determine what publications are most familiar to students.

“They have to look at the whole package,” Gallagher said. “They have to look at events, they have to look at staff members across campus, they have to look at social media.”

Although Jerk and Zipped would like to see a reformed budget process that would support the growth of publications, other editors — including Kirsten Acuna of Medley magazine, Danielle Emig of The Student Voice, Saman-

tha Lifson of Medusa Magazine, and Meredith Popolo of Equal Time magazine — said they are satisfied with the system.

Acuna, editor in chief of Medley, has no problems with SA’s budget process, but said SA needs to understand why publications are becoming digitalized because there are reasons behind it.

“They see we’re putting it up, so they think they don’t have to fund for more,” she said.

One reason Acuna puts Medley online is because there are not enough issues for everyone on campus, she said. It also gives incoming freshmen and alumni who are not on campus a chance to see the magazine.

Another concern regarding the budget process is the number of new student publications appearing on campus. This semester, two new magazines came to campus, which concerned some people, including Kathleen Corlett, editor in chief of What the Health magazine.

When SA announced the new tier system, Corlett was not concerned, but the news about two new publications on campus made her worry about budget cuts to already existing magazines. She decided to apply for the same number of issues as last semester because she was afraid to get denied, she said.

Popolo, editor in chief of Equal Time, said she had the same concern and suggested SA offer more money toward publications, but didn’t know what else SA could do.

In early February, Rickert planned to meet with Melissa Chessher, chair of the magazine department, to discuss a way to allocate money to student publications and determine what makes them successful. The meeting was canceled, and another has yet to be rescheduled.

Rickert said if the Finance Board were to create a system based on success, “we would have to award certain ones and punish others, and in punishing others, we would have to get rid of some.”

Chessher said SA could look into the following when distributing funds to publications:

awards a publication receives and how many; operations through advertising; a diverse staff from schools across campus; if they have ways to measure their audience via social media; if they have an online presence; and what services they bring to campus.

Whether or not a magazine is launching or has sustained itself is also a factor to take into account, Chessher said. Newer magazines should have a trial period in which there should be limited copies and distribution that allow for the chance to succeed. There should be “a range and a thought behind the amount of funding” distributed to a magazine after the first year, she said.

“I love that there’s this robust marketplace of ideas, but I think there needs to be a finer evaluation measure about how magazines are sustained and given the opportunity to prove themselves,” Chessher said.

It is not only the improvements SA should make that need to be taken into consideration, but what publications can do as well, said Acuna, editor in chief of Medley.

She said: “I think both sides need to meet in the middle somewhere.”

and film major, was playing in a patch of grass with friends behind Shaw Hall when she heard the collision. Rossetti turned, saw the aftermath and dialed 911, she said.

Rossetti’s friend, senior exercise science major Kelsey Rubeor, was the first to rush to Khai, the driver of the Mazda. Rubeor said she shut the car off after seeing the cab filled with smoke. Rubeor took Khai by his hand and helped him to his feet, she said.

Khai was visibly “stunned,” but was able to make his way to the Honda without help, Rubeor said.

The Mazda ended up in the middle of the road under the streetlight, while the Honda was on the left side of Euclid just past the Ostrom intersection following the accident. The passenger side of the Mazda had the most damage. Both airbags in the Mazda deployed, Rubeor said.

Rachael Card, a freshman English and textual studies major who was also playing behind Shaw at the time of the accident, said the Mazda appeared to have the right of way.

DPS, SPD, the Syracuse Fire Department, Rural/Metro and Syracuse University Ambulance were on the scene. DPS and SPD officers

blocked off Euclid from Sumner Avenue to Comstock Avenue. Officers also blocked off Ostrom from Euclid to University Place. Firefighters from the Syracuse Fire Department swept away debris scattered across the intersection from the Mazda.

Several of those assisting on the scene began to leave at approximately 10:02 p.m., which is when a flat bed from MC’s Towing showed up to tow the Mazda. As of 11:50 p.m., the Honda was no longer on Euclid.

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Twelve publications were funded by Student Association this semester under the new tier system for student organizations.

The Finance Board determines how much money to allocate to student publications partially based on success, but mostly on how many students are involved with the planning and execution of the publication.

Finance Board members also read the publications as part of the evaluation to see how they relate to students. Some of these publications include: • Jerk magazine • Zipped magazine • Medley magazine • The Student Voice • Medusa magazine • Equal Time magazine

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or not they are hired, as well as their salary, Cahill said.

“A lot of it really is a matter of supply and demand,” Cahill said. “We still don’t educate enough engineers to fit the needs of the world, and that’s the same in technology areas, so they’re going to be able to command a little bit higher salary. For most communication companies, all you have to do is open your door and say we have jobs here and you’re going to have a line.”

Eighty-seven percent of the respondents who found a position within six months of graduating reported their job was related to their career goals, a decrease of 3 percent from last year.

“I think we’re finding that students are taking positions just to bridge into the opportunity that they really want to have,” Cahill said.

For 2010, 54 percent of respondents holding a full-time job are working in New York state, compared to 52 percent in 2009. Of those working in New York, 14 percent reported being employed in Central New York, an increase from 12 percent in 2009.

In the job market, graduates often take a job that isn’t their first or second choice, something not as frequent in previous years, Cahill said. Job searching now requires more persistence and work from the student, he said.

“You kind of have to prepare yourself for it to take a little bit longer, whether it means taking a part-time job or going back to something you did in the summer just to sustain yourself,” he said.

Many students are going to graduate school because of the tough market, Cahill said.

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In the 2010 report, 21 percent of respondents reported they’re continuing their studies in graduate school, which is the same percentage as 2009. Forty-one percent of those in graduate school are enrolled at SU, compared to 30 percent in 2009.

The overall placement rate, which includes those holding a full-time position and those attending graduate school, is 81 percent for the Class of 2010, a drop from 2009 when the placement rate was 86 percent. The placement rate had reached 94 percent in 2008 and 95 percent in 2006 and 2007.

“We’ve seen the overall placement rate being about 95 percent,” Cahill said. “The last few years, it’s been down and is a little bit lower this year. I think this is the bottom. I think we’re going to see it come up next year.”

Employers are planning to hire 19.3 percent more college graduates in 2010-11 than 2009-10, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers Job Outlook 2011 Spring Update survey released in April. Employers have received nearly 45 percent more applications this year, but the total number of job postings reported by employers has nearly tripled, according to the survey. The survey included responses from 174 employers.

Cahill said one of the trends that have emerged during the past few placement reports is students obtaining their job from an internship. In the 2010 report, 20 percent of responding graduates reported obtaining their job through an internship, and 25 percent reported it in 2009.

“It’s like a long interview,” Cahill said. “By the end of a three-month period of time, you can pretty much tell if a student, if an intern, is going to fit in your organization and be able to contribute. It’s a good process, really, for both.” jdharr04@syr.edu

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and a half feet at the corner of Euclid and Lancaster avenues.

The Department of Public Safety issued an Orange Alert on Tuesday at about 5:12 p.m., urging students to stay indoors because of severe weather with high winds and hail. But the worst of the storm had passed by then. The sirens blared for one minute right after the alert was sent. The Orange Alert ended just after 6:11 p.m.

Hail the size of one to three quarters fell in Syracuse during the storm, said Steven Ippoliti, a National Weather Service meteorologist.

Water moved a desk when it spewed out from the carpet in a classroom in the basement of the iSchool, said Alex Rydzak, a technical lab consultant in the iSchool.

“I looked over and there was carpet in a bubble and water was shooting out,” Rydzak said.

Water spread from the classroom into the server room and hallway. The servers went down but were not damaged, and the classroom was evacuated, Rydzak said. Several chairs and tape stretching between the walls blocked off the flooded area. Signs saying “Closed due to Flooding” and “No Trespassing” dangled from the tape.

The down servers were causing many problems for students, but everything should be back to normal by Wednesday morning, said Rohan Kamat, a technical lab consultant in the iSchool.

The server went down inside the Newhouse complex, where an inch and a half to two inches of water covered parts of the basement in Newhouse II after a pipe burst, said Jim Pampinella, manager of network and wiring services for the Information and Technology Services department. ITS officials unplugged the network system, which controls all three Newhouse buildings, and were ready to replace it if necessary, he said.

A portion of University Place in front of Bird was under water, and cones blocked off most cars from entering the street at the corner of University Place and South Crouse Avenue at about 4:30 p.m.

Near that corner, the bottom floor of CrouseHinds flooded, causing water to spread into an inventory room. Several SU officials worked to move boxes out of the room as water continued to flow through a corner of the brick wall in the nearby entrance room.

“We’re just trying to save our publications,” said Charlotte Tefft, associate director of admissions, who was helping move boxes.

Most of the inventory is shrink-wrapped, so not much was lost, Tefft said.

“We’ve had flooding before, but never into our inventory room,” she said.

Christine Fitzsimons, a senior creative advertising major, walked up from the bottom floor of Crouse-Hinds to alert the admissions office of the flooding when water flowed into her classroom.

“It was really thick, I mean it was really deep,” she said.

Her class was canceled and evacuated about 20 minutes after it started. People were having difficulty walking around and getting inside, she said.

Part of Sadler Dining Center also flooded at 4 p.m. and was cleaned up by 5 p.m.

Areas of the sub-basement of Bird flooded after the storm and the northeast quadrant of the building lost lighting, but no students were evacuated from the building, said Pamela McLaughlin, director of communications and external relations at Bird.

“I looked over and there was carpet in a bubble and water was shooting out.”

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About half of Starbucks f looded on the side facing Marshall, said Michael Weiss, a barista. The store never stopped serving customers, but the doors facing Marshall were locked as employees cleaned up the mess, he said.

Just off campus, flooding stretched from the middle of the 600 block of Euclid to the middle of the 700 block, forcing most cars to turn around and find an alternate route.

A Hoagie Haven truck was disabled after trying to drive through the water, observers at the scene said. Six students pushed the Hoagie Haven truck out of the road and into a driveway on Lancaster after it was disabled.

At about 4:40 p.m., about 35 people were standing on water-covered lawns and sidewalks, watching traffic drive through the intersection. As rain began to fall again at 4:57 p.m., most students headed indoors.

Zach Goldstein, a senior entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises major, was sitting on the porch waiting for the rainstorm to come through. Only bigger trucks were able to make it through the intersection, and a smaller car’s bumper was taken off as it tried to drive through, he said.

Sam Okazaki, a junior photojournalism major who lives on the 600 block of Euclid, said

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Some of the campus buildings affected during Tuesday’s storms include: • Crouse-Hinds Hall • School of Information Studies • E.S. Bird Library • Sadler Hall • S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

she ran outside with her camera at about 4:20 p.m. after hearing the storm.

“There were torrential downpours instantly,” she said.

Once the rain stopped, a man rode through the water on a boogie board being towed by a truck, she said.

Joseph Montesano, a senior construction management major at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, said he grabbed his roommate’s kayak and took it out into the middle of Lancaster.

“I got a text that said there was a flood party on Euclid, so I headed outside,” he said.

At 4:50 p.m., a Syracuse city truck arrived and an employee began clearing storm drains of debris to allow water through. The street remained flooded nearly an hour later, but the water receded by the night. A flash flood warning remained in effect for Onondaga County through Tuesday night. mcboren@syr.edu knmciner@syr.edu — Asst. News Editor Meghin Delaney and staff writer Liz Sawyer contributed reporting to this article.

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Bucknell University professors, students to excavate hill in Greece for 1st time in almost 100 years

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ucknell University professors and students will embark on a trip this summer — an archaeological dig in Thebes, Greece.

Two university professors and six students will participate in the first excavation of Ismenion Hill in nearly 100 years, according to an April 18 Bucknell news release. After receiving approval on March 29, the excavation will begin June 14, said Julia Ferrante, the senior news writer in the Bucknell Office of Communications. Ferrante said plans for this excavation have been in the works for more than a year.

The joint project between Stephanie Larson and Kevin Daly, two classics professors at Bucknell, and Vassilis Aravantinos, ephor of prehistoric and classical antiquities for the Greek region of Boiotia and director of the Thebes Archaeological Museum, received funding through a $350,000 grant given in installments over a span of three years, Ferrante said. Other scholars from the United States and abroad will join the excavation, she said.

The dig will occur during the next few years, said Tom Evelyn, Bucknell spokesman, because the professors will travel back to campus as well.

Three juniors and three seniors were among the students chosen for the excavation, Ferrante said. The majority of the students are classics majors, but there is an anthropology major as well, she said.

Ferrante said the students were selected because of their exceptional work at the university. A couple of the students have worked with Larson and Daly before, Ferrante said.

Evelyn said the dig presents an opportunity for Bucknell students to do hands-on research in their fields of study.

“Some cases, the students chosen are students who plan to go on to graduate school doing this kind of research,” he said. “Some

are students who have studied this area and this period before and can bring a certain level of expertise.”

The area being excavated is of particular interest because large portions of it have never been excavated before, Ferrante said.

Despite its significance, there have only been two limited excavations within the boundaries of Ismenion Hill, Daly said in the news release.

Daly and Larson could not give further comment on the topic until the team publishes results on the excavation, Daly said in an email.

“This new dig presents a further opportunity toward expanding our knowledge of the city and restoring Thebes to its proper place on the cultural map," Daly said in the release.

In the release, Larson said the research team knows for sure that Ismenion Hill is a place of significance.

“To some degree, we are going to let the archaeology dictate where we dig and how we proceed,” she said in the release. “While we do have some specific questions, we also want the soil to tell us its history."

Evelyn said the dig presents an opportunity for the students and professors because the excavation site has an archaeological value to those who study the classics.

He said: “There is no better place to study the classics than in Greece on one of the sites where we know that significant finds will be made.” medelane@syr.edu

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Students cook with local teens

By Valentina Palladino STAFF WRITER

ZiAsia Walker came to her Wednesday afternoon cooking session prepared. The ninth-grader from Nottingham High School pulled out a sheet of paper with a Paula Deen

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Cooking on the Hillside will culminate its semester of work with local teens with a cooking competition.

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home from an inspiring trip to the Cannes Film Festival, Eisenfeld was determined to film a documentary — the band’s musical tour was the perfect subject.

Though the main focus of the film will be the music and concert tour of Santos and his band, both students are aware that aspects of Santos’ life and the social message of his work will naturally appear throughout the documentary.

“We want to create some art that also tells a story and let’s people hear some great music which they would never hear of otherwise,” Armour said. “When we go to the shows, we want to talk to Feliciano’s countrymen and get a sense of what his music means to them.”

The documentary was a natural choice for Armour and Eisenfeld after taking a course titled TRF 459: “Documentary Production.”

Both Armour and Eisenfeld believe in the power of nonfiction to portray gripping stories that reflect reality.

“What attracts me the most to documentaries is that it’s a puzzle in that if you’re not a writer or if you’re not really someone who’s

recipe printed on it — “The Ultimate Lady’s Cheesy Mac and Cheese.”

“My mom makes this for all our holidays,” Walker said. “I love it because it’s really creamy!”

Walker’s macaroni and cheese recipe will compete Wednesday against a handful of other student-made dishes in Cooking on the Hillside’s Iron Chef Competition. The competition is the capstone event to a semester of cooking, eating and learning. Cooking on the Hillside began as the cooking and nutrition program of Syracuse’s Hillside Family of Agencies nonprofit organization, a group that provides enrichment programs for middle and high school students.

The first Iron Chef Competition culminates weeks of cooking and learning for the Hillside students. In pairs, students will prepare a recipe of their choosing, and their dishes will be judged by a panel of culinary professionals for taste, appearance and nutritional value.

Mike Olsen, director of Hillside, was intrigued when Kate Callahan, a 2010 alumnus with a bachelor’s degree in nutrition, approached him with the idea for a cooking and nutrition program two years ago. Olsen wanted to develop new after-school activities that would teach students something useful to take home and share with families and friends.

“Most kids have no idea about healthy versus unhealthy meals,” Olsen said. “The program teaches them to be self-sufficient and helps them educate others when they go home and share recipes with family and friends.”

After Callahan graduated, sophomore nutrition and dietetics major Marissa Donovan took over and renamed the program to Cooking on the Hillside. Each Wednesday, local teens go after school to the Hillside Center on East Avenue ready to cook.

At 3:30 p.m., Donovan strolls

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andrew renneisen | asst. photo editor JOSHUA EISENFELD AND MICHAEL ARMOUR, both junior television, radio and film majors raised money through grants given by Syracuse University officials and other donations to fund a documentary project that will be filmed in Mozambique this summer.

Students to document humanitarian musician in Mozambique

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documentary of a concert tour usually includes bright lights, dramatic wardrobes and extensive travel to major cities all over the world. Rarely does one imagine the lead singer to have a limp or concerts being held in the previously war-torn villages of one of the poorest nations in the world.

Plane tickets for a 30-hour trip purchased and professional recording equipment in tow, junior television, radio and film majors Mike Armour and Joshua Eisenfeld are focusing on the latter.

They said they are both eager to begin their first feature-length documentary this summer as they follow humanitarian and musical artist Feliciano dos Santos on his tour through his native African country of Mozambique.

“It’s not going to be like a big nationwide, well-paid-for tour where people are lining up for tickets,” Armour said. “It’s going to be more going from village to village performing songs that help people understand his message.”

Armour and Eisenfeld will follow Santos and

his band, Massukos, from June 17 to July 19 as they perform in impoverished villages suffering from problems like hygiene, sanitation, lack of water and diseases such as HIV and AIDS. Since the early ’90s the band has been performing traditional music of the Niassa province that speaks out on and educates people about these issues. Santos also established a nongovernmental organization called Estamos that directly and actively works to improve the conditions in Mozambique.

The two students, old friends from their hometown of Pittsburgh, have been engaged with their own personal lives at SU up until this project.

“We had a pretty good way about us freshman year. We joined our own fraternities, had pretty separate lives; but ever since he came to me with this project over the summer, we’ve been doing something for it every single day,” Armour said. “We’re both really involved but this project, it’s our No. 1 priority.”

Eisenfeld discovered Santos’ story in the National Geographic’s Emerging Explorers Program this past August. Upon returning

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the corridors of the Hillside facility, once an elementary school, poking her head into different classrooms to round up the budding chefs.

Word travels quickly in the halls of Hillside — once one student knows it’s cooking time, everyone knows.

Donovan and the second program coordinator, Victoria Li, a junior nutrition and dietetics major, provide Hillside with a different recipe in advance each week. Hillside coordinators buy the ingredients and have them ready and waiting in the kitchen.

The teens casually make their way to Hillside’s tiny kitchen, which is equipped with one oven, a standard-sized refrigerator, a few large silver sinks and two areas of counter space.

Gathering at a circular table in the middle of the room, the students flip through orange folders, where they keep all their nutrition and recipe materials.

Hillside volunteer and sophomore nutrition and dietetics major Jocelin Lamprey said volunteers come prepared to guide a nutrition lesson that complements that week’s recipe. While students learn about nutrition before they cook, the students said the program is more casual than

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“Most kids have no idea about healthy versus unhealthy meals. The program teaches them to be self sufficient and helps them educate others.”

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a regular class. On the last class before the Iron Chef Competition, the students review major nutritional concepts, such as the food groups, the importance of moderation and portion control, and the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats.

The daily recipe fits the lesson perfectly — pizza.

After taking a nutrition quiz with the volunteers, students begin making personal pizzas with precooked pizza dough, fresh tomatoes and tomato sauce, ricotta cheese, pesto and fresh basil leaves. Volunteers help students understand how to measure ingredients, cook raw ingredients properly and follow recipe directions carefully. Most of the cook-

ing, however, is up to the student. The group has tackled everything from baked chicken to gourmet salads.

“My favorite recipe was the Greek quinoa and avocado salad,” said Nottingham ninthgrader Christina Harris. “I don’t normally eat salad either with all that stuff in it, but it was different and I liked it.”

Trying new foods and experimenting with different cooking methods are big parts of Cooking on the Hillside. Marissa Donovan said she chooses recipes that are healthy examples of different ingredients and their nutritional values, giving students exposure to different, raw ingredients every week.

Volunteers and teens take away new experiences from Cooking on the Hillside, said Donovan, who sees the program as a way for college students with a passion for nutrition to use their interests to educate others.

“As volunteers, we get to learn how to work with specific age groups and how to relay our knowledge of nutrition with teens,” Donovan said. “We see what our education can bring us and allow us to do in the future.”

Harris said she enjoys working with the Syr-

WHAT IS COOKING ON THE HILLSIDE? Cooking on the Hillside is a cooking and nutrition program and a part of Syracuse’s Hillside Family of Agencies. The agency is a nonprofit organization that provides enrichment programs and services for local middle and high school students.

Kate Callahan, an SU alumna, started the program two years ago in collaboration with Mike Olsen, the director of Syracuse’s

acuse University student volunteers because the personal attention lets participants learn the most they can from each lesson while having fun.

“The volunteers teach us how to maintain our diets, and they interact with us, too,” Harris said. “They’re very helpful and friendly.”

Culinary education has proven to be empowering for the teens. Olsen said students were wary at first, but now those who participate really enjoy the classes and there is currently a waiting list to get into the program. Knowing how to cook and use kitchen utensils and appliances give teens more freedom to bypass a bag of potato chips or frozen pizza, Olsen said. Some students have even expressed interest in pursuing cooking as a career.

“A student told me that because of the program, he was now looking into culinary arts as a college major and possible career,” Olsen said.

“It’s great for me to see students go from start to finish. They come in with little knowledge of cooking or nutrition, and how much they’ve learned by the end is impressive.” vlpallad@syr.edu

Hillside Family of Agencies.

The program is formatted like a class, though it is not required for the local students. Students come in to the agency at 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays and start the with a nutrition lesson, which go over concepts like portion control and different classification of fats. The students then start cooking the pre-determined recipes with the help of the four SU volunteers.

The program will host its first Iron Chef Competition to showcase what the teens have learned throughout the semester.

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very good at coming up with the creation of the story, you have the stuff all in front of you,” Eisenfeld said.

This project, however, is completely separate from anything related to either of the two students’ assigned coursework. Armour and Eisenfeld didn’t want the documentary to count as their capstone or thesis projects.

They see this project as their first step into the professional filmmaking world.

“For the most part, this is a steppingstone.

It’s going to be a learning process for us,” Eisenfeld said. “We learn so much here, but most of the learning you get in documentary film, in anything, is actually experiencing it and learning from your mistakes.”

The two have been vigorously committed all year to making their project plans a reality. The money raised will fund costs of travel, equipment, postproduction and the two sets of Rosetta Stone purchased to learn the national language of Portuguese. The two students have raised $18,000 and hope to raise more.

They began by creating their own production company, Exodus Productions, to help stay organized and professional. Through their website, they promote their project and accept donations from people willing to support their initiative. They also hope to receive more funding by setting up a page on IndieGoGo, a website that enables users to raise money for personal causes and campaigns.

With June fast approaching, Armour and Eisenfeld constantly seek opportunities to generate awareness for their project. Their project plans have been accepted to next month’s round of the Pepsi Refresh Project and will be eligible

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to vote on come May 1. If they win, they will receive $10,000 to help finance their project.

The two have also received financial support from the university. Chancellor Nancy Cantor has supplied Exodus Productions with a grant of $5,000; and Lorraine Branham, dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, has donated $2,500 to each student.

The two presented both with their proposal, their budget and their plans for the finished film after they return. In the proposal, they said any profit made would go toward Estamos, Santos’ NGO. Though both students intend to distribute the film to networks like PBS and CNN, they see great potential for other students to become a part of the project through finance, marketing, public relations and more.

The experience in Mozambique sets the two apart from the more customary summers of their friends and peers, most of whom will hold internships or part-time jobs. However, Armour and Eisenfeld feel this project will teach them more than a normal internship would.

“It’s a little intimidating that next spring I’ll be looking for jobs and people will be saying, ‘Who do you know? Who have you interned with?’ and I’m not going to have a name,” Armour said. “But I’m teaching myself, and I think that any production company that I would want to work for would find that more substantial.”

Nodding in agreement, Eisenfeld added, “I don’t see how this is much different from a normal internship other than that we’re making our own internship and taking the initiative to learn on our own.

“This is the kind of stuff I see myself doing for the rest of my life.” dmodiama@syr.edu

Recipe Box Make-your-own frozen foods

Some days you like to be lazy and throw a frozen pizza in the oven or heat up some chicken tenders. Making your own at home not only costs less (most of the time), but you know exactly what’s going in your food.

Focaccia bread pizza Why go for a frozen pizza when you can make your own, dough and all? This recipe takes some time, but it’s well worth it. Plus, all the ingredients can be found at one of the “little stores” on campus.

For the focaccia dough: • 1 cup warm water • 1 package dry, active yeast or 2 ounces live, active yeast • 1 teaspoon sugar • 5 cups flour • 1 3/4 cup olive oil • 1 teaspoon salt Dissolve the sugar in the warm water and toss the yeast in. Let the yeast slurry sit in a warm, dry place for about 15 minutes until the water smells like dough (this means the yeast has bloomed). Combine flour and one cup of olive oil in a large bowl, and add the yeast mixture after the 15-minute wait.

Here comes the fun, muscle-pumping part. You need to stir that dough until it comes together. I recommend using a wooden spoon and lots of patience. It’ll take about 12 minutes. When it forms into a smooth, sticky mass, take it out of the bowl and knead it for a couple of minutes. Put it back in the bowl, pour 1/4 cup of olive oil over the dough and let it rise for an hour.

After it rises, put it on an olive oil-coated jelly roll pan (the one with a half-inch lip

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around it) and stretch the dough until it lies flat. Let it rise for another hour. After the second rising session, put it in the oven at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Let it cool when you take it out; otherwise, the bread will flatten.

The olive oil creates a golden, crispy crust while the inside is nice and fluffy.

To make it a pizza, take your favorite pizza sauce (or make your own) and slather it on top of the cooled bread. Generously sprinkle with mozzarella and place it in the oven on broil for about three minutes, until the cheese bubbles.

Chicken tenders Chicken can be boring, but you don’t have to resort to the freezer to make it more exciting.

• 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts • 2 eggs, beaten • 1/2 cup flour • 1/2 cup breadcrumbs • 1 teaspoon oregano • 1 teaspoon Parmesan cheese • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper • 1/2 teaspoon red chili flake Heat a pan with some butter to medium. Cut the chicken into inch-thick strips. This might sound a little odd, but put the chicken in the flour first — not the egg. The flour gives the egg something to hold on to, making more of a crust. Dip the flour-coated chicken strips in the beaten egg. Combine the breadcrumbs and spices in another bowl, and dredge the chicken in that. Place a few of the strips in the pan, turning every three to four minutes, until the crust browns. Because they’re smaller, the chicken should cook through just fine (to be double sure, preheat your oven to 350 degrees and throw the tenders in there on a sheet tray for about five minutes afterward).

—Compiled by Sara Tracey, Feature Editor, smtracey@syr.edu

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Three thousand years ago, Otto the Orange bravely trekked those ridiculously annoying stairs and struck a deal that was intended to last for all of eternity.

The agreement was simple: In exchange for a ritual animal sacrifice, unlimited SUpercard dollars and Otto’s testicles (I don’t know why you wanted a gender-neutral mascot, but whatever), you would bestow upon us one day each spring in which all of the Syracuse University community could revel and rejoice under a sun-lit sky in beautiful, warm temperatures.

That day was MayFest. Or SU Showcase. Or Block Party. Or whatever the hell we call it now.

So you can imagine the shock and betrayal I felt when I discovered on weather.com that the forecast for this coming Friday is rainy, with temperatures in the 40s.

Come on! What did we do to deserve this?

Are you still mad about that whole Walnut Park thing? Please. Everyone knows the real party’s still on Euclid. Don’t act like you’re not invited.

Just bring proper ID this time.

Look, we all know that you’re fickle and vengeful. Maybe all this cold rain is just your way of saying that after three millennia, you’re no longer satisfied with unlimited

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f*** it, we’ll do it live Crunchwrap Supremes from Kimmel Food Court and a spare set of citrus genitalia. We get it. That’s why, instead of pleading for your mercy, we’re prepared to bargain for your cooperation.

Here is a list of things our campus can offer you as sacrifices in exchange for some extra sunshine: • Seven lifetime supplies worth of Ugg boots and black leggings. Don’t worry — we’ll find a way to replace them before the female student body has to go naked for too long. After all, J. Michael Shoes is still open in Marshall Square Mall.

• The Martin J. Whitman School of Management. I’m OK with it if you are.

• South Campus. Trust me, they’d be fine with it, too.

• All Pepsi, Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts and Sbarro products. Don’t worry — you can keep Taco Bell open as long as you want.

• Chipotle Mexican Grill. Serves them right for charging $1.50 extra for guacamole.

Like waiting in a 30-minute line during off hours isn’t payment enough.

• The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and For-

estry. We all know this is their fault, anyway.

• Justin Bieber, Robert Pattinson and Zac Efron. They’re all just uglier versions of me.

• The lacrosse team. It’s time to give the rest of the NCAA Division I schools a chance.

• Jerk magazine. Like anyone would notice.

Before you send these humble offerings back down the mount in an angry storm of thunder, lightning and Bieber, please stop to consider just how much we value our MayFest-ShowcaseBlock Party April 29 shindig.

We might not have a real name for it, but a campus-wide celebration is the only way we know to end a semester right. Exam season can’t start unless we’re properly hung over and sun burnt from an afternoon of warm-weather debauchery.

So put away your clouds, keep the rain stashed for another day and give us some sunshine for crying out loud! If you’re nice, we’ll even throw in some extra leggings and Ugg boots. They’ll look great with Otto’s testicles.

Danny Fersh is a junior broadcast journalism major. His column appears every Wednesday. For an amazing semester, he would like to thank Katie, Kathleen (x2), Sara, Amrita, Danielle, Colleen, my ADV 206 editor, Sadler 613, Watson 235, 35 Clara del Rey, 207 Comstock, 9318 West Parkhill, Mom, Dad, Dooby, Bujey, Ruchela, Pedro, Shaychel Knersh, Douche Kensington, Nicolas Cage, Abram, Schneids, Carson, Tex, Lu, the Mare Nasties, the Eurovisionaries, the Azaharry Potters, Bobby, Maite, Raquel, Carmen, Rosie, Dr. J. and The Jill, Nick Markakis, the Wenners, Charlie Sheen, Jerk, JaVale McGee, V for Vendetti, the Crew Team paparazzi, the haters, the lovers, and of course John Stamos. You can reach him at dafersh@syr. edu and follow him on Twitter @Fersh_Prince.

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Engaging NBC app gives users total access inside Royal Wedding

By Nephtaly Rivera Staff Writer

ot sure if you’ve heard, but two pretty popular people are getting married this Friday in England. Prince William and Kate Middleton are tying the knot, and millions will be watching. With many media outlets covering every aspect of the ceremony, it is only right for the mobile world to get in on some of the action. From NBC News comes “The Royal Wedding,” an application that has all the information needed to follow the big day.

The app’s main screen contains a series of pages with information on the big day, covering the latest news on the ceremony, biographies on both William and Middleton, and the etiquette and tradition for a royal wedding. Visually, the main screen is attractive: clear, easy to navigate and on a constant scroll. The screen is designed to make the options look like paintings going across the screen. However, there is no way to stop the “paintings” from passing by. There is no settings menu to shut that option off. Content-wise, this feature doesn’t matter, but it makes navigating the app annoying.

An excellent feature of the app is the number of videos available. Given it’s from NBC News, the app displays interviews and content from the network’s shows, including the “Today” show and “Dateline.” The app is jam-packed with videos.

Under the page about William and his life, you can view segments from “Today” about William and what he has been doing in preparation for the wedding. There are also exclusive interviews with William and his brother Harry.

Royal wedding fans can also interact with friends via social media websites Facebook and Twitter to share their thoughts on the wedding.

This is especially useful when browsing some of the fashions of the big day. Numerous pages display the possible dresses and jewelry Middleton can wear

for her wedding. All those options will generate just as many opinions about what she should or should not wear. You can post or tweet about your favorite styles straight from the app.

The fun you can have with the app does not end the day of the wedding at Westminster Abbey. The app features suggestions on how you can host a tea party with your own guests to celebrate the occasion. It suggests must-have items, such as an assortment of tea and pastries. It has recipes for easy foods you can make quickly and even has an option where you can share your recipes with others within the app. Some of the advice is great to celebrate the occasion, such as keeping a bottle of champagne close to toast the couple after the nuptials. But for us in the United States, a glass of orange juice and some toast will be more appropriate as coverage of the wedding will begin at about 4 a.m. Eastern time. The app also has a live map detailing the royal wedding route from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey.

NBC News will have live tweets you can read during the entire ceremony.

All the media coverage of the wedding shows the widespread excitement for the big day. Now you can follow along using “The Royal Wedding” app, a free and fun way to keep the excitement going throughout the ceremony. nerivera@syr.edu

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Tan’s relationship with stepfather as coach helps her become leader

By Stephanie Hastings Contributing Writer

Christina Tan grew up with the advantage of having a coach in her own home. She played both soccer and softball throughout middle school, but by the eighth grade she knew tennis was the sport she wanted to pursue.

Rob Horsch is partially to thank for her transition to tennis. Horsch, Tan’s stepfather, was an assistant coach for the Nevada, Las Vegas women’s tennis team for the 1992-93 season and now works as an instructor on his own.

“Honestly, I never ever had to worry about her. It makes life so much easier when you have someone you can count on.”

Luke Jensen

SU head coach

Tan said her stepfather taught her not to worry about winning or losing. And to stay mentally tough by keeping her focus despite surrounding distractions.

“One thing I have always emphasized is before you go into your match, have a specific game plan,” Horsch said in an email.

“It requires some preparation regarding the strengths and weaknesses of your opponent, and getting your ‘head’ right for the match.”

Her decision to pursue tennis led her to Syracuse, where Tan has flourished. SU head coach Luke Jensen said Tan, now a senior, was the only freshman captain of a team in SU athletics history. This year, Tan has played mainly in the No. 4 spot in SU’s rotation. She has 96 wins in her four-year career.

Jensen said it is rare for a team to have a freshman captain. The head coach said it is difficult for a first-year player to take on that leadership role and earn the respect of the older players.

But Tan could handle that responsibility.

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done is as good as anything anybody’s ever done here, and we’ve had a lot of great assistant coaches. He’s ready to be a head coach.

“He’s going to be a tremendous head coach.”

“What he’s done is as good as anything anybody’s ever done here, and we’ve had a lot of great assistant coaches. He’s ready to be a head coach.”

Jim Boeheim

SU head coach

In his only other experience as a head coach, albeit at the high school level, Murphy led Detroit’s Crockett Technical to the Class B state title in 2001. From there, he spent two

“Honestly, I never ever had to worry about her,” Jensen said. “It makes life so much easier when you have someone you can count on.”

Jensen said Tan is a “tough out.” She forces her opponents to beat her because she doesn’t make a lot of mistakes, he said. She stays aggressive on the court while still maintaining her steady style of play.

Jensen attributes part of her success to her stepfather. He said living with Horsch was an advantage because she was always around the game. Jensen said Horsch taught her an all-around game and how to think like a pro.

“She has benefited from that environment,” Jensen said. “It shows when she’s competing.”

Alessondra Parra, Tan’s roommate and teammate, said even when Tan is off the court, she is working to get better.

“You can always count on her,” Parra said.

“She’s just that kind of person.”

Tan said one of the biggest lessons she has learned from her stepfather is to appreciate the opportunities as a Division I tennis player because many people never get the chance.

She said she probably would not be a tennis player if her stepfather had not introduced her to the game.

She also emulated his style of play.

“His consistency and his fitness … are two things that have bled into my game as I was growing up,” Tan said.

Horsch said Tan’s strong level of fitness has been key to her success. Her mother, a physical trainer, helped her in terms of conditioning. And he credits Jensen and associate head coach Shelley George with helping her mature.

But Horsch’s influence on Tan’s development cannot be understated either.

“I believe coaching Christina has helped her game develop to the collegiate level,” Horsch said. “During her sophomore year in high school she set the goal to play Division I tennis at a top university. Her mother and I merely helped her stay the course and encouraged her to keep on going.” sbhastin@syr.edu

seasons as an assistant at Kent State before coming to Syracuse.

During his time at Syracuse, Murphy played a big role in the recruitment of several key players, such as Donte Greene, Wes Johnson and Kris Joseph.

Joseph and teammate C.J. Fair attended the press conference in support of their former coach. When it was all over, Joseph took to Twitter to publicly thank the man who played perhaps the biggest role in his recruitment.

Former Syracuse point guard Adrian Autry, an assistant at Virginia Tech, is expected to replace Murphy. An official announcement is expected sometime this week.

Murphy said he and Boeheim have already had discussions about setting up a game inside the Carrier Dome between SU and Eastern Michigan. It could happen as soon as this season, Murphy said.

Boeheim joked that the matchup between the two teams will happen early in Murphy’s career, before Murphy is able to work his magic at his new program.

But until then, Murphy’s focus will be on getting things in order at Eastern Michigan.

sean harp | staff photographer christina tan has relied on advice from her stepfather throughout her tennis career, one that included her being the captain of the SU tennis team her freshman year.

He acknowledged he has some work to do and is eager to dive right in.

“Get that program back to winning and

what’s expected,” Murphy said. “That’s my focus now.” aljohn@syr.edu

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After SU wins 1st game with Hoyas, rain forces cancellation of game 2

By Ryne Gery Staff Writer

andrew renneisen | asst. photo editor leigh ross watches the Syracuse softball team during its matchup against Georgetown on Tuesday. Game two of the doubleheader was cut short by rain.

Leigh Ross has seen her share of bad weather over the years. The Syracuse head coach said the team usually finds a way to play through the weather. But in the second game of a doubleheader against Georgetown on Tuesday, Ross experienced a personal first.

“First tornado warning,” she said. “That’s the first time for that, but syracuse 9 we usually play in anygeorgetown 0 thing. This was a little different, a little scarier when it’s a tornado.”

The two teams decided to pack up in a rain delay and meet at Manley Field House at about 5:15 p.m. for a final decision. Afterward, the game was officially canceled, according to the SU Athletics website. The first lightning delay came at 3:13 p.m., with Lacey Kohl at the plate in the bottom of the second inning. With SU out in front 3-1, it was another precious game lost to the weather as the team tries to build an at-large resume for the NCAA tournament.

The rainout in game two came after the Orange (31-11, 9-5 Big East) defeated the Hoyas (12-37, 5-9) 9-0 in game one.

After the first delay, Georgetown packed up its equipment and headed for the team bus while Orange players ran to their cars in the parking lot as it started to rain. The teams returned to the field at about 4 p.m. to remove the tarp and warm up, but the rain picked up minutes later and the delay continued. The field was covered with puddles and flooded around home plate.

SU players removed the tarp again at 4:18 p.m. One minute later, it started to rain again, prompting a collective, “Are you kidding me?” from the Orange. The rain only lasted a few minutes, so the grounds crew began to prepare the field for the game.

As the grounds crew put dry dirt on the field and raked it, Lisaira Daniels said, “We’re playing this game.”

But another lightning strike at about 4:45 p.m. delayed the game again. Georgetown reloaded the bus, and SU took its equipment to a storage room.

The teams finally gave in as the Orange Alert sirens blared at about 5:15 p.m.

For SU, it was the fourth cancellation of the season. The team missed out on a game against Notre Dame after the Irish had travel issues.

And SU canceled a doubleheader against Cornell after rain forced its series with Providence to be moved.

The poor weather is hurting SU’s chances to make the NCAA tournament.

With tough competition in the Big East, it won’t be easy for the Orange to repeat as tournament champions and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Ross said the team is shooting for 40 wins to make its case. But with only 10 games left, the Orange would have to win nine of those games to reach its goal.

Ross said Syracuse has tried to schedule extra games with Colgate, Cornell, Siena,

“First tornado warning.

That’s the first time for that, but we usually play in anything. This was a little different, a little scarier when it’s a tornado.”

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Buffalo and Albany to make up for the cancellations, but SU hasn’t had any luck. Ross said the other teams have had weather issues and struggled to fit games in around their conference schedules.

For Ross, the bad weather has just been a part of this season.

“You really can’t plan for it,” Ross said. “We can’t even get on our field and practice. It’s just been one of those years, and that happens every now and then.”

Syracuse wins first game 9-0 Syracuse defeated Georgetown 9-0 Tuesday at SU Softball Stadium. The second game of a planned doubleheader was canceled after a rain delay of approximately two hours.

The Orange used a big first inning in the win.

SU ace Jenna Caira loaded the bases after walking two batters and hitting one with a pitch, but got out of the jam with a strikeout. The SU lineup scored three runs in the bottom half of the inning highlighted by a two-run home run

by Kohl.

Caira settled down after the first inning, allowing just two hits and no walks in her last four innings in the circle. Stacy Kuwik pitched one inning in relief.

Syracuse scored four runs on six hits in the bottom of the fourth inning to break open the game. Hallie Gibbs’ two-run home run to left-center field in the sixth inning enacted the mercy rule to end the game. rjgery@syr.edu

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a month. Last year in the old Manley, Brenner could vault at least once or twice a week.

“It definitely hasn’t been ideal,” Brenner said.

“We have not been vaulting as much as I would like by any means.”

Brenner said she considered quitting, but felt it was worth fighting for her dedication to pole vaulting and her team.

But at least in part, it drove away others, including her former coach Enoch Borozinski, who worked with the field athletes. Borozinski cited it as one of the reasons he decided to leave Syracuse and take a job at Nevada, Las Vegas.

In a phone interview, Borozinski said it didn’t make sense for him to stay in a situation in which the facility didn’t have what he needed to coach effectively.

Other reasons Borozinski said he left included better facilities in his specialization at UNLV, having more scholarships and being closer to home.

“I saw what was supposed to be coming in (Manley) and like I said, did it affect my decision to leave? Yeah. Absolutely,” he said.

As for pole vaulter Paris McLean, she was fed up the moment she laid eyes on the revamped Manley. Without a pit, the walk-on junior decided to quit the team.

She emailed assistant coach Dave Hegland to let him know she was leaving. Hegland said he could not confirm if anyone else quit because of the renovation.

“Pole vaulting was my passion. It was the one thing I finally found that I liked, and I was actually good at,” McLean said. “It hurt.”

Hegland, who took over Borozinski’s position, acknowledges that pole vaulters were hit hardest by the renovation. But they certainly aren’t the only ones.

When SU sprinter Sham Lewis saw the facility, he had one question.

“First thing I thought in my mind was, ‘How are we going to practice? We’ve got a bigger group than last year. How are we going to get everyone to practice?’” Lewis said.

When describing how the sprinters run on the straightaway, Lewis points at a safety mat propped up against the wall. That safety mat is his cushion from a concrete wall.

The sprinters start at the entrance door from the locker rooms and slam into the mats to break their momentum. Lewis can’t imagine running full steam ahead without it.

“Luckily we have mats. If we didn’t have mats in here, sprinting wouldn’t exist,” Lewis said.

••• At the start of the season, the sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers and multi-event athletes had a meeting.

In that meeting, Hegland said he talked about

clearing the hurdles

Despite the obstacles presented to some of the Syracuse track and field athletes at the renovated Manley Field House, they continue to produce in their respective events. Here’s a look at some of the season’s accolades:

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Personal records set

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Big East qualifiers (13 short-track runners and field athletes)

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y e a r in sports the challenges the new facility would present. He said if an athlete were only 95 percent committed, he or she should pursue other interests.

“It’s going to be hard,” Brenner said, recalling what Hegland told the team. “We’ve got a lot of athletes. We’ve got one coach. We don’t know exactly what’s going to happen with the practice facility. We don’t know when we can get in there, and if you don’t have what it takes and you’re not willing to commit 100 percent to our team, then you can consider other options.”

That meeting was the first time many athletes found out about the change and challenges of the revamped Manley.

Lewis heard myths and rumors during his career at SU that Manley would be renovated.

When that time finally came, though, he was caught completely off guard.

No one told him. The SU Athletics website did.

“I saw the reconstruction on the website, and I was just like, ‘Oh, oh. This could be good or bad,’” Lewis said. “It’s funny, something this big happens and you think it’d be broadcast.”

Since the construction didn’t start until the summer, Hegland said the topic of the new Manley was discussed when the athletes returned to school. He said he talked to some athletes individually before the meeting as well.

When Brenner was recruited, she was told that there would most likely be changes to the practice facility. But she said she was led to believe a pole-vault pit would always be included.

Borozinski said he never guaranteed anything.

“They were very vague as to what would happen to it,” Brenner said.

Although a pole-vault pit was not implemented, it was part of the plan at one point during the renovation.

Rich Ranieri, vice president of Ballard Construction, the main construction company hired

by SU to renovate Manley, said a pole-vault pit was in the initial plan. By sometime in August, that plan was nixed because of space constrictions.

Another potential idea was putting in an elevated track.

“It’s probably the most expensive idea and probably not the best idea,” SU head coach Chris Fox said of an elevated track. “It would be more like a Bally fitness center than it would be a college track.”

In an email, assistant director of athletics for communications Sue Edson said, “We considered many plans for renovation to best serve all of our student-athletes.”

Syracuse athletes didn’t have a definitive idea of what was in store. But as far back as the winter of 2008, SU’s athletic department informed high schools that held track meets at the old Manley to start looking for a new place to compete, said John Rathbun, executive director of Section III athletics in New York state. Manley was no longer regulated for competition, he said.

Rathbun said SU senior associate director of athletics Barbara Henderson told him in 2008 that the facility would not be usable for 2009.

Because the construction was delayed, Section III was able to use it for one additional year, Rathbun said.

But McLean said she was unaware of how drastic the change would be.

“It kinds of makes me wonder why they waited so long,” she said. “Did they not care to let us know?”

Ranieri said SU came to Ballard in February or March of 2010 with a conceptual outline. Ranieri said football was what SU wanted the focus to be. And it wanted a track on the perimeter of the field.

The only field event Ranieri said he talked about between the two sides was a pole-vault pit.

Fox said he couldn’t give an exact date when he knew the renovated Manley would be different for his program. He said even during construction, there was no certainty as to what

the facility would be like.

Looking back, Fox still isn’t sure if athletes should have been informed of the changes sooner than when they returned this fall.

“Hindsight is 20/20. Perhaps,” Fox said.

“I didn’t know what we were going to have until it was finished,” he added. “We didn’t know what the final product would be until it was done.

If someone was dissatisfied that they weren’t told ahead of time, again, maybe we should have, but I’m not sitting around lamenting that.”

••• Before the FieldTurf was installed at Manley, the Syracuse softball team practiced at the Carrier Dome. First baseman Kelly Saco said the team would either get kicked out of the Dome early or practice would be canceled to make room during basketball season.

Now Saco said the new Manley has brought a sense of certainty to the team’s practice schedule.

Head coach Leigh Ross said having batting cages in Manley gives her players the chance to hit whenever they want.

“It is a lot more convenient, and we actually get to practice,” Saco said of the new Manley.

At least seven teams besides the track team use Manley to practice in and out of season. And those teams have largely seen benefits from the renovations.

Edson said the renovation was important to the success of all SU teams. She said it has provided additional space for every team to train and practice, and has been more flexible in terms of scheduling practices.

SU men’s lacrosse head coach John Desko said Manley has helped with training both in and out of season. He also said that during basketball season, practicing with 80 yards of turf at Manley is better than 50 yards at the Dome.

Long-stick midfielder Joel White said the athletic department “really stepped up and gave us a good place here.”

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“If they were pissed off, then they had a right to be pissed off. They still understand that football needs this facility, and that’s OK. ”

Chris Fox

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Although the new Manley has been an uphill climb in many aspects, several athletes still have overcome the obstacles, either setting personal records or qualifying for Big East and/or the ECAC/IC4A. Thirty-eight athletes have qualified for the Big East and 28 for the ECAC/IC4A. Sprinter Flings Owusu-Agyapong said though she was surprised when she saw how different the facility was, she doesn’t think it has affected the team in a negative way.

“We came in and we knew it was different,” she said. “But instead of focusing on what was wrong, we just decided to focus on, ‘OK, this is what we have to work with.’ It’s not bad at all. It’s been great. We’ve all pretty much (set personal records).”

Sixty-seven athletes have set personal records this season, including Rubeor, who said she’s set more personal records this year than any other year.

Rubeor said though the team has had the toughest adjustment, it has benefited by figuring out how to work with the facility.

“It benefits every team on campus,” Rubeor said. “Unfortunately, our benefit is the adjustment and being adaptable and learning what it is to not have everything that you want.”

Rubeor said that at a track meet, athletes often encounter unexpected circumstances. She

“It was a huge renovation. It benefited a lot of teams.

Softball loves it, football loves it, soccer loves it, lacrosse loves it. Track and field — not so much.”

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Though White said he could only take away positives, he understands how some teams might not have gained as much from the new facility.

“They tried to help out everybody. I think some people are probably not as happy with losing some of the stuff in here,” White said. “I know the track and field team isn’t too happy, but I think they’re working with us.”

For his part, Fox stresses that compromising was important. Although some of his athletes were displeased, they know that other sports need an acceptable space to practice as well.

“If they were pissed off, then they had a right to be pissed off,” Fox said of his athletes. “They still understand that football needs this facility, and that’s OK. I’m sure there are some people that are disgruntled, but as I say, compromise is a part of life.”

••• The hardest part for some track and field athletes has been the adjustment to the new facility. But the adjustment has also carried its benefits for the team. In a news release from SU on June 16, 2010, Gross said, “The Olympic sports will be able to enhance their practice opportunities as well.”

But to athletes like Lewis, that enhancement never came. And he hopes the athletic department realizes that.

“I hope they know and they’re aware,” Lewis said. “I don’t know if they had track in mind when they put this new facility in, but I’m hoping they got some sort of idea that this is slightly affecting us.”

said not having everything at the new Manley prepares for the uncertainty of meets.

Hegland said he was most concerned with field-event athletes going into the season. But he has been impressed with how his athletes have weathered the storm.

“You’ll never be defined by your facility,” he said. “And if you think you can’t be a great athlete because you only have two lanes or because you can’t long jump as much, then in my opinion you were never going to be a great athlete anyway.”

Hegland said the new Manley has also cut down on injuries. In previous years, the track team would do all its running on the track surface. This year, the team does its warm-up and low-intensity running on the FieldTurf, putting less stress on athletes’ legs.

When asked which facility she’d rather have, Rubeor said because of all the personal records, she would take the new Manley, even after the tears she shed for the old Manley.

Lewis said he prefers the old Manley, calling it ideal.

Fox has seen both the advantages and downfalls of the new arena. For him, it’s all about compromise.

“You have to be a team player,” Fox said.

“Not just within your own team, but within the athletic department. We have a nice facility. Do we have the best facility in the country? No. We may someday.” dgproppe@syr.edu

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After win, SU moves above .500 for 1st time since February

By Zuri Irvin Staff Writer

After 11 minutes had gone by in the second half, Syracuse woke up.

It was at this point, with the Orange seeing its lead shrink to only one, that Michelle Tumolo, Tee Ladouceur and Amy Cross combined on a textbook display of givesyracuse 13 and-go passing. The play cornell 9 reasserted the dominance of what was becoming a stagnant Syracuse attack.

Until that point, the offense hadn’t scored in more than 20 minutes of play and had given up five straight goals to a Cornell team gaining in confidence.

“The first half of the first half was just outstanding,” SU head coach Gary Gait said. “And rebounding from the lapse was nice to see. It’s better to come from behind by just rebounding before we have to get there.”

In its final regular-season home game, the Orange (8-7, 5-1 Big East) defeated the Big Red 13-9 behind a second-half stand and a combined eight goals between Tumolo and Cross in front

of 382 in the Carrier Dome on Tuesday. The late surge pushed Syracuse to a win over its in-state rival and boosted the team above the .500 mark for the first time since it won its first game of the season against Colgate.

The Orange avoided a loss Tuesday by withstanding a furious Cornell (5-8, 3-4 Ivy League) comeback.

The gritty Cornell team battled back after Syracuse came out flying and cruised through the first 15 minutes of the game. Halfway through the first half, Syracuse had 13 shots and six draw controls compared to Cornell’s one shot and zero controls.

“Early in the game, we were focused and fresh and we were finding those open players,” Gait said. “We converted a couple passes inside, and we were finishing. Things just went our way.”

But by the end of the frame, it was apparent Syracuse was having problems keeping the opposition out of the 8-meter arc. As a result, Cornell scored the final three goals of the first half and the first two of the second after penetrating the defense for close-range shots.

SU’s free positions were challenged as

well. Cornell’s lackluster goaltending grew in confidence with each save, and Kyla Dambach turned 10 shots aside in the game. The momentum the Orange once claimed was now threatened.

Cornell’s streak carried over into the second half when Big Red junior Katie Kirk shimmied past SU’s Janelle Stegeland and scored an unassisted goal from within five feet. What was once a 7-1 lead for the Orange became 8-6 after Kirk’s goal.

“A little letdown — I think sometimes when it comes that easy, you mentally relax a little bit,” Gait said of the Orange’s early struggles in the second half. “And I think we did that.

We let them back in the game. But a little bit of refocusing there at the end there, and we found the answer.”

But things turned around for the Orange when Cross and Tumolo reignited a fading Syracuse attack at the 18:59 mark. Cross netted her third goal of the game on an assist from Ladouceur, and Tumolo scored two goals in the next five minutes to push the lead back to 11-8.

Cross finished with four goals on the night,

equaling her total for the entire season.

“I just felt really good,” Cross said. “Our team is really good about encouraging one another.

Just having my team behind me really helps.”

As Cornell began to climb back into the game, Gait’s message to his Syracuse team was simple: win the second half.

And in the end, it did. The Orange overcame a 5-0 scoring run by Cornell from the 8:24 mark of the first half to the 21:23 mark of the second. It responded by scoring five of the next six goals to escape with a win.

“We really try to push ourselves to be the best we can that day,” SU goaltender Liz Hogan said.

At 8-7 overall, Syracuse now stands above .500 for the first time since the first week of the season. And going back to dominating the final minutes meant building precious momentum for the final stretch of the regular season.

“It was about winning the second half of the game,” Gait said. “We had the first half won, so it’s 0-0 going into the second half. And I basically said if you win the second half, you win the game.” zoirvin@syr.edu

Syracuse’s success in draw controls ultimately carries team to victory

By Allison Guggenheimer Staff Writer

Gary Gait has talked about draw controls all season. His Syracuse team has struggled throughout much of the year, and he saw a correlation between the team’s record and its inability to win the draw.

In Syracuse’s 13-9 win over Cornell Tuesday, draw controls and offensive firepower went hand in hand once again. Syracuse’s plus-eight differential in draw controls in the first half propelled it to a 6-0 lead in the first 15 minutes.

And Becca and Linley Block were two of the main catalysts for SU’s success in draw controls. The twins combined to win three draw controls on the day, all of which came during

“Linley and Becca Block are really starting to mature on the draw circle. They’re really starting to understand where the ball’s going.”

Gary Gait

SU head coach

that first offensive run.

“In that first 15 minutes, the ball was in their stick and they were making plays that really helped on the draw control,” Gait said.

When Syracuse was able to control the draw, it was able to control the game. SU dominated the opening minutes of play as it won the first three draws of the game. Each of those wins led to a goal.

After scoring six unanswered goals to start the game, Syracuse’s offense faltered a bit when it couldn’t win the draw controls. The Orange had won every draw prior to the Big Red winning its first with 8:15 left in the first half. Cornell went on to score four straight goals, cutting Syracuse’s six-goal lead to make the game 8-7.

But SU stopped Cornell’s run by winning a draw minutes into the second half, shifting play back in favor of the Orange and putting the game away.

Attack Alyssa Murray, who led the team with

four draw controls, said starting off plays by winning the draw gives a team the momentum.

Murray also said the key for controlling the start of each play was how well the players on the circle were able to work together. Earlier in the season, SU’s younger players did not mesh in a way that helped them win draws.

“We’ve really tried hard to pick that up during the rest of the season, and I think it’s just finally coming together,” Murray said. “So it’s really based off of communication that we’re being more successful.”

One difference that propelled SU to additional success in the draw Tuesday was the success of the Block twins early on. Becca has 19 draw controls so far this season, and Linley has six. Although Murray leads the team with 28, Gait said the Blocks have been instrumental in the team’s recent success in draws.

“Linley and Becca Block are really starting to mature on the draw circle,” Gait said.

“They’re really starting to understand where the ball’s going, how to read the draw person, and I think it showed today.”

To maintain strength around the draw circle beyond the first stretch of the game — something SU didn’t do effectively Tuesday — is a matter of focus, Gait said. He was happy with how the team started the game, but Syracuse let down a little toward the end of the first half.

Although the progress with draw controls was apparent, Gait is still looking for a more complete performance from his team.

“You’ve got to stay focused for 60 minutes,” Gait said. “When you’re playing well, you can’t relax.”

The Orange has had trouble holding leads all season. But even as Cornell chipped away at SU’s lead — after winning seven of 10 draw controls in the second half — the Big Red never tied the game.

Goaltender Liz Hogan said although the team was not always as focused as it had been in its dominant first 15 minutes, the Orange was never shaken by Cornell. Though SU attack Michelle Tumolo said the near-collapse was a little disconcerting, Hogan thought the team maintained composure.

“If you feel rattled, you’re probably going to give it up,” Hogan said. “For the most part, a

lot of people on our team have confidence that the attacks are going to do what they’re going to do. They’re going to put the ball in the back

of the net. And our defense is going to come up with the stop.” alguggen@syr.edu

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Emotional Murphy bids SU farewell

By Andrew L. John Staff Writer

Uneven

exchange Manley renovations benefit most SU teams, but track and field takes time to adjust

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he first time Kelsey Rubeor stepped into the nearly renovated Manley Field House, she burst into tears.

What had been her home for the past three years transformed into something she didn’t recognize. The Manley she knew was gone, replaced by a facility she didn’t even fully realize was coming.

“I actually cried. I’ll be honest. I’m not a teary person,” said Rubeor, a multievent athlete on the Syracuse track and field team. “To have something that was so concrete in my mind be so drastically different was a huge ‘oh my gosh.’ The fact that there wasn’t a track here was like an anxiety attack to that. It was a very emotional reaction.”

A track was eventually laid down, which Rubeor said was a sigh of relief.

Still, Manley was different from what Rubeor and other SU athletes grew familiar with over their careers.

The old Manley had a regulated six-lane track, a regulated straightaway and longjump, high-jump and pole-vault pits.

The newly renovated Manley was missing these things. Instead, it had a threelane track and a two-lane straightaway surrounding the new FieldTurf at the center of the arena, used for football, lacrosse, softball and soccer. The pits that were once in the old Manley were not in the revamped arena, except for a makeshift high-jump pit, Rubeor said.

Though the new facilities have improved many teams’ ability to practice, the Syracuse track and field team is the exception.

“It was a huge renovation,” Rubeor said. “It benefited a lot of teams. Softball loves it, football loves it, soccer loves it, lacrosse loves it.

“Track and field — not so much.”

In a statement to The Daily Orange, SU Athletic Director Daryl Gross said, “The renovation to the Manley Arena enhances opportunities for a large portion of our student-athletes, including our track and field programs. This is about the entire Syracuse athletics program, as we are trying to be extraordinary in all of our sports.

The facility benefits many of our sports, and we are excited about that.”

••• Not everyone shares Gross’ enthusiasm.

For pole vaulter Tara Brenner, the change was a “disappointment.”

Brenner said the pole vaulters focus on getting back into shape with conditioning and training in the fall before they get into the technical work of actual pole vaulting.

Without the pole-vaulting pits, Brenner vaulted in the fall semester only once in

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And this semester, the only time Brenner and her fellow pole vaulters practice is when they take 33-mile trips to the State University of New York at Cortland.

She estimates that happens a few times see manley page 19

out with the old Though the Manley Field House renovations enhanced practice ability and conditions for most of Syracuse’s teams, the track and field program ended up with fewer resources than before. Here’s a comparison of what the track team had before the Manley renovations and after: Old Manley New Manley

Six-lane regulated track Three-lane track Eight-lane straightaway track Two-lane straightaway High-jump pit Makeshift high-jump pit Long-jump pit No long-jump pit Pole-vault pit No pole-vault pit

Former Syracuse assistant coach Rob Murphy bid farewell to SU on Tuesday, five days after being introduced as the new head coach at Eastern Michigan.

In a press conference inside the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center, Murphy expressed appreciation for the opportunity he was given at SU. MURPHY “I just want to thank (head) coach (Jim) Boeheim personally.

I’ve had a great…” Murphy said before pausing for 33 seconds while holding back tears. “I’ve had a great, great seven years.”

Murphy was introduced as the new head coach at Eastern Michigan last Thursday, after a seven-year stint on Boeheim’s staff. The 38-year-old leaves for his first Division I head coaching position, just 35 miles from his hometown of Detroit.

Murphy reflected on his time in Syracuse while at the podium. Not just his time with SU, but also in the community. Syracuse is where he met his wife, TeNesha, and it’s where his two children were born.

As he fought back his emotions, he discussed how his time at Syracuse shaped both his personal and professional life.

“Seven years ago in 2004, when I was awarded this opportunity to take over this assistant coaching position, vacated by Troy Weaver, I didn’t have a lot of experience at the high major level,” Murphy said. “I was a young coach trying to find my way. Coach Boeheim gave me the opportunity of a lifetime.

“I’m extremely, extremely happy where my career has gone, and a big part of my career has come from Syracuse and head coach Jim Boeheim.”

Murphy now takes on the difficult task of turning things around at Eastern Michigan, a school that has not made an NCAA Tournament appearance since 1998. The Eagles finished with a record of just 9-22 this past season.

Boeheim said he has no doubt Murphy is ready for the challenge.

“This is a sad day for me,” Boeheim said at the press conference. “Rob has been just an unbelievable coach here for us. What he’s see murphy page 17