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INSIDENEWS

Paying tribute Remembrance Scholars

organize a 5K race in honor of the Boston Marathon victims. Page 3

INSIDEOPINION

Top of the list As the summer months

approach, Syracuse leaders must work to address five specific issues. Page 5

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Getting Lecky Hakeem Lecky matched a

Party on Ke$ha flaunted

Major question Experts, former players and

season high with two goals in Syracuse’s win over top-ranked Notre Dame.

rock and roll spirit at Friday’s Block Party. Page 11

advisers weigh in on whether student-athletes are clustered into easier majors. Page 20

COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE Despite unusual relationship, Maxwell, Arts and Sciences provide opportunities for students

By Jessica Iannetta ASST. NEWS EDITOR

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ark Brown applied to the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs in 1961 for the graduate program in philosophy. But by the time he completed his degree, he was no longer a Maxwell student.

The philosophy program had moved to the College of Arts and Sciences, representing just one of many changes in the relationship The White paper between Maxwell and Arts proposed several and Sciences during its changes to the 89-year history. relationship between As a student, Brown, Maxwell and Arts and who is now an associate Sciences that are still in philosophy professor emeri- effect today. tus at Syracuse University, March 2010 was not the only person to Vice Chancellor and identify with two different Provost Eric Spina schools during their time at sends the White paper to faculty in Maxwell the university. and Arts and Sciences.

Although a separate school in many ways, Max- April 2010 Two faculty committees well is still a part of Arts and are formed to discuss Sciences, and the relation- changes proposed in ship has been an unusual one the White paper. from the start. The relationSeptember 2010 ship has not been without The committee on the tension, but professors and relationship between administrators from both Maxwell and Arts and schools agree the positive Sciences updates aspects outweigh the nega- faculty on its work. tive ones.

October 2010 “It’s a unique situation. In By-laws for the creation some places, the boundaries of a faculty council in are very clear, and in other Maxwell are approved. places, they’re not clear,” September 2013 said Eric Spina, vice chancel- Students will enroll in a lor and provost. “I think from new signature program time to time, things have in Maxwell, first come up, which have led to proposed in the paper. more or less tension.”

Through this relationship, Maxwell and Arts and Sciences share many services. Undergraduate students with social science majors take classes in Maxwell, but are enrolled in Arts and Sciences. When they graduate, their degrees list both Maxwell and Arts and Sciences. Some

CHANGING TIMES

Dancing in the

STREET Students celebrate in Walnut Park with costumes, free food, musical performances

Euclid Avenue transforms into festival atmosphere with student celebrations

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chase gaewski | photo editor TOP: Students celebrate MayFest on Friday afternoon at Castle Court. RIGHT: Warm weather brings students out in masses, gathering at Castle Court on Friday. LEFT: An inflatable pool on Euclid Avenue provides entertainment to several students. Despite university-sanctioned entertainment in Walnut Park, many students chose to celebrate on Euclid.

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Members of the administration hope to work with faculty on the future direction of SU’s academic strategy.

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History celebrated A couple commemorates the anniversary of the first LGBT wedding at Hendricks Chapel.

SPORTS

NBA-bound Michael Carter-Williams is headed to the association, overcoming holes in his skill-developing game.

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Picture perfect Syracuse University students lay down relief prints during an event last week on the Quad. The prints were part of the final project for PRT 257: “Printmaking: Introduction Relief.”

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CRIME BRIEFS • A 21-year-old senior in the College of Arts and Sciences was issued an appearance ticket for violating a nuisance party ordinance on the 900 block of Lancaster Avenue at 5:25 p.m. Saturday. He hosted a party of more than 200 people in the house, in the front and back yards, and on the sidewalk. Guests were consuming alcoholic beverages and there was unlawfully loud music, according to the police report.

• A 21-year-old junior in Arts and Sciences was arrested for disorderly conduct on the 500 block of Euclid Avenue on Saturday at 3:55 p.m. At the time of his arrest, he appeared intoxicated. He was booked and taken into custody for the night, according to the police report.

• A 23-year-old male was arrested on the 300 block of Westcott Street at 11:01 p.m. on Saturday on charges of driving while intoxicated and failure to yield for an emergency vehicle. He had a blood-alcohol level greater than 0.08 percent, according to the police report.

• A 22-year-old senior in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management was issued an appearance ticket for violating a nuisance party ordinance. He was ticketed on the 500 block of South State Street on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. after hosting a party on the 900 block of Lancaster Avenue, according to the police report.

• A 48-year-old male was issued a ticket for an open container violation on the 400 block of James Street at 10:45 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the police report.

— Compiled by Alex Ptachick, staff writer, acptachi@syr.edu

The Department of Public Safety has not yet issued official figures for arrests during MayFest. To check for updates, go to dailyorange.com.

chase gaewski | photo editor ALEC HEMBREE , a fourth-year student in the architecture program, finishes first among male runners in the 5K race on campus, organized by the 2013 Remembrance Scholars to benefit victims of the Boston Marathon attacks. Hembree finished the race with a time of 19:05.

Remembrance Scholars host 5K for marathon victims

By Sam Blum STAFF WRITER

In past years, Alexandra Doney was only a spectator at the Boston Marathon. But this year, she took first place in a race honoring victims of the Boston bombings on April 15.

“I’ve been going to the Boston Marathon ever since I was a little girl, and I didn’t go this year because

of classes,” said Doney, a freshman English and textual studies, political science and citizenship and civic engagement major. “I usually stand where the bomb first went off, so it really hit home.”

Doney was one of hundreds of people who took to the roads of Syracuse University for a 5,000-meter run and walk on Sunday to raise money for

the victims of the marathon bombings. The race, which started and finished at the Schine Student Center, consisted of a three-loop course around the campus.

The race was organized by the Remembrance Scholars, a group of SU seniors who represent the 35 students killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie,

Scotland, in 1988.

The funds raised through race registration will benefit a New England organization called Technology Underwriting Greater Good.

Organization members started their own fundraiser after the tragedy, and will donate money to The One Fund Boston, the Boston Red

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Petition calls for SU Athletics to pay Big East exit fee

By Nicki Gorny ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Two Syracuse University students have started a petition calling for SU Athletics, not the entire university, to pay the $7.5 million Big East conference exit fee.

The petition went live on Change. org on Thursday, said Ross Lazerowitz, a sophomore systems and information science major who co-launched the petition with sophomore policy studies major Emily Ballard. More than 200 members of the SU community, including students, faculty and alumni, had signed the virtual petition by Sunday, according to the website.

The petition, Lazerowitz said, is

intended to call for transparency within the administration and raise awareness about the exit fee among the SU community.

Many students do not know about the exit fee or how the university plans to pay for it, Ballard said. The University Senate passed a resolution earlier this month stating that SU Athletics should cover the fee, but Ballard said it has been largely ignored.

“That showed me that we needed to get more student support behind it,” she said.

Ballard, who is also chair of the Student Association’s Board of Elections and Membership, said she is

happy with the online response so far, and would ideally like to see 500 people sign the petition.

Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs, said in an email that the revenue gained while in the Atlantic Coast Conference, which would be redistributed to the university colleges, will exceed the total cost of the exit fee.

“Funding initiatives like this across the university budget happens often when it is an initiative that benefits the entire university,” he said.

Lazerowitz said he was disappointed that Chancellor Nancy Cantor and Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina did not stay to field questions

after their presentation at last Monday’s SA meeting, which catalyzed the launch of the petition.

Although Spina met with SA cabinet members later in the week, Lazerowitz said he felt this is not the same as an open forum. Students have not been given sufficient information about the exit fee, he said, and there is no breakdown of how tuition is allocated.

“I just feel like it’s very closed door with a lot of this stuff,” he said. “I don’t feel like there’s enough transparency in the administration.”

On Friday, one day after the petition went live, Cantor responded to an

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ONLINE ACTIVISM While students, professors and alumni have all signed the virtual petition, Emily Ballard, who launched the petition, said faculty and alumni are especially influential.

“The faculty and alumni are the really powerful ones,” she said, noting that some alumni have said they will not provide further funding to the university until the exit fee is resolved.

Ballard said the petition is being spread through social media, and supporters will have an active presence on campus during the week, as well.

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LET TERS TO THE EDITOR

SA officials encourage fellow members to pass election running mate bill Every November, students log on to MySlice to select the next president, comptroller and home college assembly representatives for the Student Association. Every year, the question is raised: “How do we vote for vice president?”

The answer? You don’t.

The SA vice president is supposed to represent the entire student body. Although the vice president is the second highest-ranking officer in SA, the president-elect appoints the VP. Although students should be able trust the decision of their newly elected president, we believe they should have a voice in choosing the vice president.

Under the bill proposed by President Allie Curtis and Vice President Duane Ford, prospective presidential candidates would have to name running mates prior to formally announcing their candidacy. The presidential and vice presidential candidates would campaign as a team, collect 500 signatures from the student body and then jointly submit their letter of intent and interview with the Board of Elections. This would also provide the vice presidential candidates an opportunity to debate each other prior to election week.

Vice presidential candidates would then appear on the ballot paired with their running mates, just as they do in our national election. This is a typical electoral process among collegiate student governments.

As former vice presidents, we have all been active in the campaign process, often offering ideas and support for our presidential candidates. While our support

for our respective presidents during the campaign season and our ability to work well with them was integral in our appointments, we believe changing the process as described above will give students a greater voice. These changes will foster a more cohesive administration and allow the president and vice president to develop a clear vision for SA from the inception of their campaign.

Furthermore, under our current system, if the president vacates his or her seat for any reason, a voting member of cabinet must be elected to fill the seat within 10 days or a campuswide election will be held. Under proposed changes, in the instance of a presidential vacancy, the elected vice president would automatically become president, ultimately simplifying a process that, under our present system, could detract from the profounder efforts of SA members.

Because of the aforementioned reasons, we urge SA to pass this bill and encourage students to support their representatives to ensure its success.

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Hopeful doctoral student reaches out to SU for educational funding assistance I am Zuheir Khlaif from West Bank, Palestine. I graduated from Syracuse University in August 2012. I got my master’s degree in instructional design, development and evaluation with a 3.939 GPA. I worked hard on my courses to get a high GPA; I finished my degree in 11 months.

I gained an admission for a doctoral program in IDD&E for the fall of 2013 at SU. The admission committee asked me to look for financial aid to cover my study. I applied for tuition scholarship in the School of Education, but unfortunately, I will not be offered an assistantship in the first year of my study. This decision frustrated me because when I attended SU previously, I put in my mind that I should work hard on my master’s program to get a scholarship or

an assistantship for the doctoral Program in IDD& E. I am eager to get doctorate from SU because of its high reputation in the Middle East area. In addition, I have a good experience in my field and I have a good qualification for the doctorate in IDD& E. Now, I am looking for an assistantship or a scholarship to cover my tuition at SU. My family will help me to cover the rest of the expenses such as living, insurance, etc. I do not have enough resources to cover my study and the life of my kids. What I need is an assistantship or a job to cover tuition at SU. I hope the community at SU will help me in my endeavor to achieve my goals.

Thank You,

Zuheir Khlaif

2012 MASTER’S GRADUATE IN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION

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SU administration responds to student’s discontent with Chancellor Cantor I am writing in response to the letter from student Ross Lazerowitz that appeared in Thursday’s Daily Orange. I want to share some thoughts regarding Lazerowitz’s concerns.

Chancellor Nancy Cantor and Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina proactively reached out to the Student Association several weeks ago because they wanted to share with SA and student leaders the presentation they have made to faculty and staff from the schools and colleges regarding critical opportunities and challenges facing Syracuse University. They delivered an hourlong presentation at the April 22 SA general assembly meeting.

Knowing the meeting had a full agenda, the chancellor and provost were aware of and sensitive to SA’s time constraints and full agenda, which included a forum on potential Schine Student Center redesign

and reconstruction, a presentation from the Student Engagement Committee and general SA business. They also knew in advance of the general assembly meeting that Provost Spina already was scheduled to meet with SA leaders subsequent to that night’s general assembly — a meeting that took place this past Thursday and was characterized by robust give and take.

Chancellor Cantor and Provost Spina are readily available to answer questions or listen to concerns from students, whether at events, in person or via email, and both have a strong record of doing so. They look forward to continuing to gather student input on the vital issues facing SU. Sincerely,

Kevin Quinn

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Coulter’s speech disappoints student looking to hear diverse political opinions When I attended Ann Coulter’s lecture on April 24, I approached the event with the most open mind possible. As a self-identified liberal, I find myself at home on the Syracuse University campus, surrounded by a community that generally reaffirms my left-leaning political values. Therefore, I try to embrace opportunities to expand my views.

But Coulter did nothing to diversify my personal politics. Rather than offer a legitimate discussion of conservatism and the Republican Party, she only seemed to use manipulative rhetoric to further bigotry and racism.

Throughout her lecture, Coulter highlighted key political issues as a polarized affair. She portrayed President Barack Obama and the liberal left as the ultimate enemies.

Politics are not so black and white. Likening the current political climate to such a dichotic split does little to further the bipartisan dis-

cussion this country so desperately needs.

But what offended me most was her overt use of racism. Coulter made open jabs toward the black community, Latinos and Asian Americans. To my further disbelief, members of the Syracuse community cheered on in support. These comments only distanced Coulter from those she should have been trying to reach: the diverse group of students in attendance.

I left last Wednesday night filled with disappointment. Coulterís third appearance at SU reflects poorly upon many and only furthers unfair stereotypes that permeate the Syracuse campus. This is no longer the 1950s, and I hope Coulter, the College Republicans and the entire GOP soon realize this fact.

Billy Ceskavich

POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY MAJOR CL ASS OF 2014

Alumnus commends respect students exhibit at Coulter presentation It has been 15 years since I last wrote a letter to The Daily Orange, but after returning to my alma mater for April 24’s lecture by conservative firebrand Ann Coulter, I must write to commend the students for their conduct during the event. You made this alumnus proud.

As a libertarian brand of Republican, I passionately disagree with Coulter on certain issues and bristle when she seems oblivious that snarky condescension undermines even her most meritorious arguments.

The students clearly understood what many do not: that genuine respect for the listener is an indispensible precursor to persuasion.

The last student to ask a question made a seri-

ous statement about the perception in some parts of the world that the American people do not care about civilian casualties caused by drone strikes.

He received a curt response that —in its thoughtlessness — validated exactly what he had just said. It was far more powerful than the disruptive tactics I witnessed many times as a student.

I appreciate your respect for the rest of us who came to hear Coulter speak and want you to know your perspectives were heard more loudly than all the shouting in the world.

Thank you,

Derek T. Shepard Jr., Esq. ONONDAGA COUNT Y LEGISL ATOR 13TH DISTRICT

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Young Republicans Conservative columnist Michael Stikkel explains why young voters should align with the GOP.

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Feminism remains relevant as women’s inequalities persist

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any people stray from identifying themselves as feminists today because of the term’s negative connotations and belief that it is no longer a relevant ideal. Many believe the work of feminists is done because of past successes. But current events prove society still needs feminism.

On April 26, Lucy Sherriff, a writer for The Huffington Post, explored the varying attitudes toward feminism on college campuses in the United Kingdom. Sherriff found that many students mocked the ideology because they were unable to see feminism for what it is — a movement aiming to give women equality and respect within society.

A similar sentiment can be found among youth in the United States.

While almost everyone supports equality, some are unwilling to identify as feminists due to the negative connotations associated with the label, such as being radical braburners and men-haters.

But feminism has always been about equality, from the suffragettes’ fight for women’s right vote to the members of the women’s liberation movement vying for equal opportunities and the end of discrimination.

Fortunately, society has come a long way since these movements.

Opportunities for women have advanced from what they once were as a result of the work and perseverance of feminists.

Even student groups on college campuses push to end the negative connotations of the ideology. A group of students at Duke University has identified this issue and started the “Who Needs Feminism?” campaign on campus to confront the misconceptions of feminism within society. The group does not release a single definition of feminism. Instead, it attempts to diminish the amount of negative associations with the term and allow people to define the ideal themselves.

But the misconception still lingers that the work of feminists is finished.

Recent events demonstrate why

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i am woman, hear me roar the movement is still a crucial piece of society.

We still need feminism because the media coverage of the Steubenville, Ohio, rape was more sympathetic to the rapists than their victim, because there are people who think, “She was asking for it” and because rape culture is so deeply embedded into our society that we don’t even recognize when it’s occurring.

Feminism is necessary because women in full-time careers only make 78.8 percent of what men earn in similar career fields. This gap, which is not expected to close for another 45 years, is even wider for women of color.

Women in many parts of the country still do not have full reproductive autonomy over their bodies and are still wrongly told they can’t accomplish both personal and professional goals. It is clear we still need feminism.

Feminism must persist because women’s athletics are not celebrated nearly enough as men’s, because girls are shamed for celebrating their sexuality and are held to unrealistic standards of beauty.

We still need feminism because without it, these inequalities and double standards will continue to persist.

We still need feminism because we can and will do better than this.

The first step is confronting these negative connotations and stereotypes to demonstrate that equality and feminism go hand in hand. As long as women’s issues persist, feminism will always be relevant.

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Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at rnasa@syr.edu and followed on Twitter at @rararahima.

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Five issues must be addressed before fall In the last semester, the Syracuse University community has witnessed numerous controversial actions taken by the university administration, the student government and local politicians unfold into substantial, lasting debates.

The issues at the root of these conversations vary widely. Below are five issues that have had significant effects on the campus community and deserve attention during the summer.

SU’s administration must improve how it handles university funding. The Big East exit fee debate, construction of buildings like the football facility and the lack of university housing highlight an absence of fee payment guidelines, improper financial planning before beginning projects and the failure to allocate resources to necessary projects, respectively. These issues must be addressed to ensure SU is in better financial standing and better equipped for students by fall.

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EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board

Students need to be informed about the chancellor search developments throughout the summer. Candidates for the position will be interviewed in the summer, according to the chancellor search committee’s published timeline. It is the committee’s duty to keep students involved in the process, despite being off campus. Circulating surveys and other methods of feedback collection are possible approaches.

Members of SA’s 57th Session have acted irresponsibly during the spring semester. They must use the summer months to regroup and plan an effective second half of the term. The organization can use the time to fix internal issues and prove its efficiency and dedication to the student body.

With the proposed closure of

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Fire Station No. 7, campus safety remains a legitimate concern. The station is the closest to SU and Upstate University Hospital. Shutting down the station means a highly populated region of Syracuse will not receive the same rapid response time. Though the closure is unadvisable, Syracuse firefighters from other stations must use the summer months to familiarize themselves with the university layout.

Orientation has been criticized for not effectively transitioning freshmen into college life. To amend this issue, SU officials should make it a priority to revamp the program before summer’s end.

More small-scale mandatory events and encouraging student groups to host information sessions during orientation are effective approaches to improve this process. This would allow students to become quickly connected with peers who share interests and would ease the transition process.

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faculty members receive dual appointments in both schools, and tenure and promotion committees are also joined.

But each school has its own budget, dean and faculty council, and many student services, including admissions and advising, are run through Arts and Sciences.

Several measures have attempted to further define this relationship, including a proposal, or White paper, which Spina distributed to faculty in March 2010. The goal of the paper, Spina said, was to clarify the relationship between the two schools and start a discussion about possible changes.

Topics discussed in the White paper included the creation of a Maxwell undergraduate signature major, faculty governance within Maxwell and the processes of appointment, tenure and promotion, according to a copy obtained by The Daily Orange.

Following the release of the paper, two committees formed to gather input from faculty: a committee on the relationship between Arts and Sciences and Maxwell, and a committee to investigate the creation of a signature undergraduate program in Maxwell. Both committees came back with comments and suggestions that are still in effect today.

One of the most important changes was the creation of a faculty council within Maxwell, said Jeff Stonecash, a political science professor who served on the Maxwell and Arts and Sciences relations committee. The council allows the school’s faculty to directly voice concerns to the dean.

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committee led to the creation of the citizenship and civic engagement major, which will start in the fall. The program allows students to apply what they learn in class to real-world issues, said Paul Hagenloh, program director.

The program also promotes the Maxwell name and status as one of the top public affairs schools in the country, Hagenloh said, which can, in turn, attract more students.

Thomas Keck, chair of the political science department, agreed that Maxwell’s reputation can attract students, but pointed out Maxwell has no role in undergraduate admissions.

“We don’t want to take over the admissions process,” Keck said, “but it would be nice if it included some role for Maxwell to help recruit outstanding high school students.”

The relationship between Maxwell and Arts and Sciences can make establishing interdisciplinary programs easier, Hagenloh said. The new program requires students to graduate with a double major, and since Maxwell is a part of Arts and Sciences, students can easily pick up a second major, he said.

Maxwell forms the social sciences division of Arts and Sciences, but is not totally separate, said Cathryn Newton, dean emerita of Arts and Sciences. Students enrolled in Arts and Sciences can easily take courses in all three of its divisions: social sciences, the sciences and mathematics, and the humanities, she said.

“That is an immense advantage for students because universities that have a separate policy school, a separate school of government or a separate policy institute are siloed in ways in which Syracuse must never become,” Newton said. “It is the students and faculty who will pay the price if we erect barriers between these units.”

Many students are now graduating with more than one program of study, Newton said.

In addition, she said prior estimates stated about 70 percent of students enter SU without knowing what they want to study. The relationship between the two schools gives students the freedom to change their minds without necessarily having to switch schools, she said.

George Langford, dean of Arts and Sciences,

“It is the students and faculty who will pay the price if we erect barriers between these units.”

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also noted the importance of students’ access to both schools. There is value in not duplicating departments, he said, but acknowledged a difference in perspective between the two schools.

Maxwell is a professional school, and its brand is based on its well-regarded master’s program in public administration, Langford said. Because the social sciences departments are part of Maxwell, they tend to focus more on the “professional side of things,” he said.

“We do not have the same professional orientation,” Langford said of Arts and Sciences. “We have more of a humanist approach to research that you find in our humanities departments, and you have a more basic science approach in our science departments.”

But Stonecash, the political science professor, said he doesn’t think the divide is prevalent, and said he finds it odd that people would classify some faculty work as purely academic.

“Are they saying their work doesn’t apply to the real world?” he said.

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email from Lazerowitz and arranged a meeting with him and Ballard this week. Lazerowitz said he pushed for a town-hall-style meeting, but Cantor cited time constraints. She agreed to meet with SA early next semester, he said.

Mahlet Makonnen, a sophomore policy studies major, said calling for transparency within

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Cross and the Boston Children’s Hospital, said Stephanie Kranz, the lead organizer of the event.

“We came up with the idea right after the tragedy occurred,” said Kranz, a Remembrance Scholar. “Then, I got the Remembrance Scholars and some students together and we just started planning the event, and it was all good news after that. The weather was great, we secured donations and it just took off.”

The turnout was far greater than expected.

Kranz said she bought 150 T-shirts for the participants, but ran out well before registration closed. Aside from mascot Otto’s air horn malfunctioning at the start of the race, the event went off without any problems.

Alec Hembree, a fourth-year student in the architecture program, was the first male finisher, coming in at 19:05. Doney was the first female runner to cut the tape, finishing at 22:40.

Hembree was separated by less than a second from fellow runner Aidan Cunniffe for the majority of the race, but pulled ahead late to win

Regardless of the nature of the divide, there have been disagreements about money and fundraising in the past. The two schools have separate budgets, Newton said, which can sometimes make it difficult to sort out who pays for what.

“The question might be, well, where would the funding for this come? Should it come only from Arts and Sciences? Should it come only from Maxwell? Should it come from both? And if so, what should the proportions be?” she said.

“You can just imagine how quickly that can become a budgetary issue.”

In addition, some Arts and Sciences students identify more with Maxwell when it comes to alumni donations, said Brown, the associate philosophy professor emeritus.

“There certainly is a considerable value to alumni allegiance,” Brown said. “The Maxwell school, in a way, understandably, draws that kind of allegiance in a way that the College of Arts and Sciences doesn’t.”

Asking the donor where his or her interest lies and facilitating the donation accordingly have largely resolved this confusion, Langford said.

The split among students is about 50-50 in terms of which school they identify with, he added.

But regardless of which school a student or alumnus chooses to identity with, the relationship between Maxwell and Arts and Sciences benefits all students, said Hagenloh, program director of the new Maxwell program.

“It’s an unusual relationship, a unique relationship, but that’s the strength of it,” Hagenloh said. “Nowhere else in the country do you get this close connection between the College of Arts and Sciences and such a strong public affairs school. Usually, they’re just totally separate worlds.” jliannet@syr.edu @JessicaIannetta

the administration was a factor in her decision to sign the petition. She said she would like to see an open forum that discusses how the fee will be paid.

“There’s no communication between students and administration, and that’s why I signed up for the petition,” she said. “I want the students to be informed, as I wasn’t until recently.” nagorny@syr.edu @Nicki_Gorny

by seven seconds.

“Up by Hendricks Chapel, down Crouse Hill, I just turned on really hard and just sprinted down hill,” Hembree said. “Then, at the corner, I turned it on again to see if I could keep that distance up. I didn’t know what his sprint speed at the end would be.”

Unlike Hembree, Doney won without any close competition. The second-place finisher came in more than a minute later. But even with a decisive finish, Doney said she didn’t enter the event with the expectation of winning.

“I haven’t raced in a year and a half. It just felt right,” Doney said. “I’m used to running with guys. I guess my competitive edge won out.”

At the end of the race, several participants said the day was more of a way for runners to give back in a way they enjoy.

Dan Powell, the fourth-place finisher and graduate student, said he didn’t have any personal connection to the Boston Marathon, but comes from a family of runners.

Said Powell: “As a runner, I empathize with the need to keep running a safe and fun event for everyone.”

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t SUNY-ESF, almost 1-in-4 students ride their bikes to class. About 5 percent of faculty and staff regularly bike on campus. For the college community, biking isn’t a leisurely activity, it’s a culture.

The Bicycle Safety Committee at the State

University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry works to strengthen the cycling culture on campus, and is currently working with numerous campus and community organizations. Committee members hope to reduce the number of bikerelated injuries and make biking in areas frequented by students and faculty safer, said

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Bicycle Safety Committee works to strengthen cycling culture at SUNY-ESF

committee chair Melissa Fierke. The committee formed in January as a sub-committee of the Campus Climate Change Committee.

Fierke, who is an avid cyclist, formed the committee due to the results of a commuter survey the Office of Energy and Sustainability conducted last fall, as well as personal experiences, such as close calls with buses.

“That was really why the administration got behind me when I stepped up to say I wanted to form this,” Fierke said. “They were immediately receptive to everything.”

The survey found that 24 percent of ESF’s student population and 5 percent of faculty and staff members biked to campus regularly.

There have been 95 crashes in 2012 in the Syracuse area, with 10 being in the university area, Fierke said, adding that many comments in the survey indicated people did not ride their bikes as often as they would like because of fear.

Lindsay Perez, a graduate landscape archi-

tecture student at ESF, was one of the first people Fierke reached out to when forming the committee. Perez has been in a few bike accidents and is working with multiple community groups, such as Bike Euclid, to implement more infrastructure that reminds cyclists and motorists to be more aware of each other.

Perez said she hopes that someday, they can get together with the Bicycle Safety Committee or another organization.

“We want to carry on a mission, not start from square one again,” Perez said. “There just has to be a way to keep the ball rolling.”

Current efforts to make campus safer for cyclists include fighting policies that limit cyclists’ access to sidewalks around ESF’s campus, said Fierke, also an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology.

The committee, which is open to ESF and Syracuse University faculty, staff, students and local community members, plans to organize bike safety events at student orientations, remove the curb by Illick Hall that makes it difficult to access ESF by bike this summer, work to create safer intersections and create a website that educates students about careful biking practices, she said.

Perez is working with Paul Mercurio, transportation planner for the city of Syracuse and an ESF alumnus, to implement more bike safety infrastructure.

Statistically, building more bike lanes almost always makes biking safer for communities, Mercurio said.

Mercurio said he is also looking to improve conditions around Comstock and Waverly avenues. He and his department are still looking into long-term solutions. In the short term, he said city officials are looking into creating specific bike lanes on the roads.

“The most effective thing is to take a good, hard look at our roads and make sure that they accommodate all users,” he said. “It’s about balance.” smhazlit@syr.edu

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Costumed students enjoy weather, musical performers in Walnut Park

By Natsumi Ajisaka and Alfred Ng STAFF WRITERS

Students dressed as gorillas, bananas, clowns, Gumby and a penguin were all spotted in Walnut Park on Friday afternoon — a sign of Syracuse University’s annual MayFest celebration.

“MayFest is a coming together of all students,” said Ben Young, a senior biophysical science major who was wearing a clown wig and patchwork sweatshirt from New Orleans.

“People come out to see people they don’t usually see.”

Jake Higgins, a sophomore broadcast and digital journalism and information management and technology major, dressed as a gorilla.

“I got this gorilla outfit my junior year of high school and break it out at random events.

Everyone always loves it whenever I do,” he said.

Students celebrated MayFest in Walnut from 1-6 p.m., where attendants were provided with free food and music. Students 21 and older were able to drink free beer. The event featured a performance by rapper Earl Sweatshirt.

Many students flocked to the park due to the warm weather and music artists. Department of Public Safety Chief Tony Callisto said Walnut drew 4,000 people by 2 p.m., exceeding the amount of people on Euclid Avenue.

One of those people was TJ Stone, a senior English and textual studies major, who celebrated MayFest in Walnut for the first time. He cited Earl Sweatshirt’s performance as a reason for attending and as his favorite MayFest memory.

“I’ve never been to (Walnut Park’s event) before this, just because I’ve never liked the artist before this year,” Stone said. “This year was the first good artist that they’ve had.”

The event was separated into three areas along Walnut Avenue — one for students older than 21, an area with musical performances and a third area dedicated to food and beverages.

The designated drinking area, closest to E.S. Bird Library, filled with people happy to have free beer.

Jad Elsabeh, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, would not let a leg injury prevent him from attending the end-of-the-year celebration.

“Everybody’s out. Not just some people, everyone’s out. I have to be out, it’s my mission,” Elsabeh said from his wheelchair. “Look at how many f*cking people are out here today.”

The bass blasting from the stage took over the park. Most of the students dancing pointed toward the stage and threw their arms over each other’s shoulders, chanting and jumping up and down.

DPS had no trouble maintaining control in Walnut. Chief Callisto said the park was a safe and fun environment for students partying.

John Sardino, DPS associate chief, said on Sunday that there were no arrests or tickets given during Walnut’s celebration.

Keith Kobland, media manager for SU News Services, estimated there had been at least one to three accidental injuries. There was also an estimated two to four students who “had too much to drink” and had to be escorted from the park, he said.

The food area between East Adams and Harrison streets appeared more picnic than party, with students sitting around and eating free, university-provided food. Students packed the area as they lined up for refreshments, with many favoring the chicken kebabs.

“We’ve already eaten everything on the menu, but our favorite was the chicken kebabs,” said Sam Jacobsen, a sophomore sociology major. “We’ve been hanging out at Walnut all day eating them.”

For Skye Osuka, MayFest was a way to forget the stress of finals and look forward to the summer.

“I’m here instead of Euclid Avenue because of the good music,” said Osuka, a freshman nutrition major. “MayFest is a place where people can be themselves. I’ve been doing that by dancing all day.” najisaka@syr.edu alng@syr.edu

chase gaewski | photo editor Friends help a partygoer up after he falls to the ground on Friday afternoon at Castle Court. Official MayFest festivities began in Walnut Park at 1 p.m. and ended by 6 p.m.

joshuah romero | staff photographer Students cheer as Sound Remedy performs on stage in Walnut Park for MayFest on Friday afternoon. Earl Sweatshirt and The Chainsmokers also performed during the day.

Students celebrate end of school year with bouncy castle, inflatable pool on Euclid Avenue

By Maggie Cregan and Annie Palmer STAFF WRITERS

Despite being in the middle of a losing game of Kan Jam, Ian Campbell embraced the atmosphere of freedom and celebration that defines MayFest.

“Jack Frost isn’t on our front lawn,” said Campbell, a junior civil engineering major, referring to last year’s cold weather. This year’s MayFest allowed him to escape the pressure of school and celebrate the warm climate.

Friday’s MayFest celebration consisted of Syracuse University students wearing tank tops, shorts and summer dresses while embracing the weather along the sidewalks, roofs and yards of the 400 and 500 blocks of Euclid Avenue.

Students outside 423 Euclid Ave. took advantage of the weather by soaking in an inflatable pool.

“The pool is definitely making this year’s MayFest the best one so far,” said Charles Morgan, a resident of the house and senior bioengineering major. “If you’re not on Euclid, you’re not at MayFest.”

Despite the warm weather, Rich Festante, a graduate student in the School of Information Studies, said MayFest couldn’t compare to previous years, when Walnut Park wasn’t open and

everyone congregated on Euclid.

“This is not MayFest,” Festante said, standing with his dog Ruskin by a beer pong table set up outside 501 Euclid Ave. However, the excitement on Euclid — which, by early afternoon, was lined with beer pong tables and Frisbee games — ran high.

Partygoers crowded into a monster-truckshaped bouncy castle at 510 Euclid Ave. Melissa Viola, an undeclared freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, joined four other students sitting on the roof overlooking the party, where they danced and sang.

“I’m really enjoying my first time at MayFest,” Viola said. “I’ve been having fun since 10:30 this morning.”

Jaime Rivera, a senior finance major, walked through the party in a green jersey that read, “Live 10 Euclid.” Rivera said he recruited a full gamut of amateur DJs, including DJ Thick Rigs, DJ Sasquatch and DJ Suavez, in celebration of MayFest.

“I also rented the bouncy castle on Monday, which cost me $200,” Rivera said. “It was definitely worth it.”

Erica Noman, a sophomore communication and rhetorical studies major, said she hoped this year’s MayFest would live up to last year’s.

Noman and her friends constructed a makeshift

beer pong table out of wood they found in their basement so they could join the crowds already playing outside.

“My first year of MayFest was epic, and today has been really fun so far,” Noman said. “MayFest is the one time of the year that our tuition finally pays off.”

Syracuse Police Department officers patrolled Euclid on foot and in cars.

Officer Kevin Corcoran said officers were looking out for underage drinking.

Corcoran said student arrests during MayFest have decreased in recent years, which can be attributed to the university and police making students more aware of potential legal ramifications.

At about 5:15 p.m., two SPD officers entered a house on Euclid due to a noise complaint. As a result, attendees were forced to vacate the premises.

John Sardino, Department of Public Safety associate chief, said no arrests were made at the university-sponsored celebration in Walnut.

He said several arrests and ticket citations were given at parties on Euclid, Harrison Street and in the East neighborhood. Most of the problems stemmed from open container violations and noise complaints, Sardino said.

“In comparison to last year, we have seen similar numbers reported for students who were arrested and for those who received ticket citations,” Sardino said. “We had very few problems at Walnut Park.”

Phil George, a senior broadcast and digital journalism major, said MayFest serves as a great way for students to release pent-up stress accumulated during the course of the semester.

He said he has been attending MayFest since freshman year, and found the experience more enjoyable as a 21-year-old because of the free beer available in Walnut.

“I think MayFest is an important part of the Syracuse tradition,” George said. “We’re all happy to be here and we’re going to have a great time.”

Nicolette Gomez, a senior psychology and neuroscience major, moved through MayFest on crutches after severely spraining her ankle Thursday. Gomez said she appreciated the sunshine, since this was the first MayFest she experienced without bad weather.

Said Gomez: “It’s my last MayFest before I graduate from SU, so I’m just going to spend it with the people closest to me.” mmcregan@syr.edu apalme05@syr.edu

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Earl Sweatshirt keeps MayFest partiers rocking

By Ibet Inyang STAFF WRITER

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When The Chainsmokers took the stage in Walnut Park on April 26, they weren’t sure what their set list was going to include.

“We actually don’t decide what we’re going to play in our set until we get onstage,” said Drew Taggart, DJ for the duo and SU alumnus. “It’s just like the idea of chain-smoking — we feed off of each other and the crowd.”

And the crowd, consisting of girls clad in flower tiaras and boys sporting tank tops, was hungry for the biggest party of the year: MayFest.

“MayFest is always the best break from classes, and everyone just comes together and enjoys a good time, good food and good music,” said Amanda Al-Sayah, a sophomore television, radio and film and international relations major.

The festivities got underway at 1 p.m. when “The Wedding Singer” free tells food the story of Robstudents began enjoying and dancing bie, the leader of a wedding band in mid-1980s as loud music filled the air. Rapper Earl SweatNew who loses himself after beingRemedy jilted shirtJersey headlined the show after Sound at the alter by his fiance.opened.

He finds solace in and The Chainsmokers Julia, who he befriends.

Thea waitress Chainsmokers are a New York-based becomes clear that twoPall are meant for one DJItduo consisting of the Alex and Taggart. another, but Julia’s greedy Wall Street investor Since meeting online and first collaborating fiance Glenn, wellthey as other roadblocks, stand the in on music in as 2009, have toured across their way.

With the help of his band mates and his world, but performing in Syracuse was like grandma, Robbie ponders: Does true love prevail coming full circle. over the things in life to we only think matter?

The two hope bring a very distinct The beauty of a student-run theater approach to electronic dance music. organization like FYP is the community it “We really want to sense makeofsomething origifosters forrefreshing, its new members each year. nal and and we’re still trying to The show’s director, junior television, radioto find our sound,” Taggart said.

“But we want and film major Bryce Garcia, remembers his make more pop-sounding songs that everyone turn on the stage 2011’sway “The Annual can listen to onintheir to25th work or in an Putnam County Spelling Bee” “like it was arena full of people.” yesterday.”

Now, as the chief visionary for this The crowd went crazy during the duo’s set, year’s incarnation, he said he’s and delighted at theas dancing without inhibitions shouting chance to worksat with class. of other fans. some students onthe thenew shoulders Putting on a comedy like “TheSound Wedding The energy didn’t stop when Remedy Singer” that leans toward the lighter side of

took the stage. A mask-wearing DJ who started just a few years ago, Sound Remedy is finally finding his own sound and success.

After growing up with classical music and seeing what music had to offer, he was motivated to pursue EDM as a career.

“I’ve always loved electronic music, but when I graduated college and saw other people getting jobs that they were unhappy with, and I just didn’t want to do anything else, so I decided to go for it,” he said.

Sound Remedy describes himself as a “oneman show,” as his shows ultimately consist of just him and his computer, and has allowed him opportunities he never saw coming earlier in his life, including the chances to travel around the world with his music.

Fans chanted “Earl” as Earl Sweatshirt, his DJ and fellow Odd Future member Syd Tha Kyd walked onstage. The crowd was more than ready the musical theater repertoire seemshis likeset. the after Sound Remedy finished rocking easier route to take.

However, Garcia claims People in the crowd bobbed their heads the show is deceivingly complex, underrated as Sweatshirt performed hits from his debut among of the other musicals considered album,many “Earl.” for He thisalso year’s production. treated fans to songs from his upcomfun, but very technical thebeats samefrom time,”his ing“It’s record, “Doris,” playing at the Garcia said,iPhone. referring to the complex rock-show charging Between Sweatshirt’s highstaging music required of each performance. energy and performance and coaxing of the crowd Such isthings where the production metfor occasional to repeat like, “I got kids” a laugh, he hiccups.

The hiddenthe difficulties behind “The Wedseemed to capture audience. ding Singer’s” approachable facade kept Jasmine Holloway, a sophomore in FYP’s the Bandperformance from being excellent. ier Program for Music and the Entertainment In particular, the Sweatshirt second act’sdid topan number, Industries, thought excellent “All About thethe Green,” song proclaiming job of getting crowdaexcited.

She took special greed all that defined the 1980s, had its note ofand how interactive he was with the audience. hand in too many visually appealing tactics, Her only complaint: His set just wasn’t forcing it to look sloppy. long enough.

As with any opening night, technical dif- for a Said Holloway: “People come to MayFest ficulties with microphones had their way good show and to come together and havewith a good the young these set backs, time, and cast. that’sDespite what Earl provided.

Hethe was the actors utter professionalism, never perfectmaintained ending to the day.” wavering in their performances.ieinyang@syr.edu Shining brightest of all was leading man

FYP’s ‘Wedding Singer’ proves benefits of hap

By Noah Silverstein STAFF WRITER

The stage was set for a concert straight from the Reagan administration.

When Robbie Hart started rocking out with his wedding band, the audience soon realized this wasn’t your standard musical. Neon lights flashed, dancers in taffeta dresses flew through the air and electric guitars riffed power chords.

As the opening song neared its end, Hart assumed power stance, solidifying the electricity that the remainder of the performance would need to live up to.

The First Year Players’ production of “The Wedding Singer,” the musical adaptation of Adam Sandler’s cult hit movie, opened on Thursday for its three-night run. With one of the most talented casts in FYP’s recent history, the show certainly had all the right elements to secure an extraordinary night at the theater.

Inconsistency, however, played a part in hindering the young cast from fully achieving heights that were just at arms reach.

By Kristin Ross ASST. FEATURE EDITOR

Unless you are a child prodigy studying for the national spelling bee, memorizing the entire English language is seriously impossible.

For those times that deem you unworthy of participating in conversations due to the use of large vocabulary, feel inferior no more.

Thanks to smartphone dictionary applications, it is now socially acceptable to carry around a pocket dictionary.

But the most useful is the Urban Dictionary app.

By Lizzie Hart

Restaurants can also be saved to personal Dictionary lists such asapp. “places to try.”

The is simple user-friendly.

The screen top menu bar hasand three icons. The first Type the word or phrase you to look is a light bulb under which youwant specify whatup in the search bar and the results instantly type of food you want to eat. Here, you choose appear in a list format.whether you want somethe category of cuisine, Based on the Dictionary where casual orUrban upscale and if youwebsite, want to the try app is essentially a dictionary filled with slang something new.

rants based on your taste.

The first step is to rate area restaurants you have already been to on a five-star scale. Then, you tell the app the types of food you prefer.

From there, Ness adapts to your preferences and recommends other eateries in the area to try.

Users can view recommendations through both a restaurant bio card and map view, which allows them to base their restaurant selection on either its description or location convenience, respectively.

Each card has a photo of a plate of food or the interior or exterior of the restaurant, pricing and location information.

Right on the card, you can save or dismiss recommendations for later. You can also see additional information like more photos, the menu, popularity rankings and other reviewer’s comments.

The second is a clock icon, where you choose if you want to eat now or later.

Lastly, there is a location icon where you choose how close the restaurant must be to your current location.

Like Facebook, Ness users have a profile, can connect with friends and view a news feed that shows where friends have been eating.

You are able to link the app with your Facebook and Foursquare accounts so the app can learn more about your taste. Additionally, your friends are automatically synchronized in the application.

Ness’ attractive and easy-to-use interface makes the application all the more convenient, and removes the hassle of finding a place to eat in any location.

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Ke$ha shines, upholds partygirl reputation during Carrier Dome rager

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he crowd partied on.

They partied from the first bass-rattling beat of

Drop City Yacht Club’s set to the dying strains of Ke$ha’s second encore: a homage to the Beastie Boys’ “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party).”

They partied between sets, dancing and singing with the PA’s steady stream of Top 40 hits, and they partied during sets, electrifying the Carrier Dome from the second the house lights darkened.

“It’s great to be in the Dome.

I feel ready to tackle someone,” rhythm and blues crooner Trey Songz said in an interview before Block Party. “I’m going to come out there and kick ass.”

Kick ass he did.

Even for Corey Landis, a junior biomedical engineer who counted Block Party as his 103rd concert. He didn’t love the lineup, but this year’s Block Party was all about having a good time.

“If you look at how big these artists are,” Landis said, “the ticket is totally worth the price.”

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sam maller | asst. photo editor KE$HA took inspiration from past generations of rock and roll during her set at Block Party.

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t this year’s MTV Movie Awards, Selena Gomez performed her new song, “Come and Get It,” in an outfit she described as “glam tribal” with a traditional Hindu bindi on her forehead.

I took offense to how she described the style.

First of all, Hinduism and “glam tribal” certainly aren’t the same thing. And since when is religion a fashion statement?

This move by Gomez drew criticism from many religious groups, including the Universal Society of Hinduism.

They released a statement saying, “The bindi on the forehead is an ancient tradition in Hinduism and has religious significance. It should not be thrown around loosely for consumer fashion.

Selena should apologize and then she should get acquainted with the basics of world religions.”

This is an example of cultural appropriation.

Cultural appropriation encompasses sports teams that incorporate Native American culture into their team names and mascots, “fashionistas” wearing jewelry with crosses on it without knowing the religious connotation, or getting tattoos of Chinese characters without grasping its true meaning.

Retailers like Urban Outfitters and Vic-

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Yacht Club, who rattled off Outkast and The Beach Boys in the same breath when discussing influences, a swaggering Trey Songz quickly burst into hit single “Say Aah,” his performance bolstered by a jazzy backing band.

“Mr. Steal Yo Girl” lived up to his moniker.

Showing off both his falsettos and his abs, Songz drew staccato bursts of swoons and screams that swelled down from the upper deck.

The Block Party faithful partied on from the cheap seats, though junior architecture major Tyler Hedge said he thought more fans could’ve moved down to the pit.

“If they moved the stage back, more people could get a better experience,” he said. “Being that close to an artist makes the concert that much better.”

But Songz kept his performance intimate, despite the distance between the higher-tier seating and the stage.

“Are there any special girls in the audience?” he asked to an answering roar from the females. The applause when he followed up this question by saying his next song was already about a special girl was significantly quieter.

Songz seamlessly slid between gentle ballads and club-bangers at the drop of a beat, slyly blowing a kiss to his fans before launching into “Heart Attack.” He spent most of his set croon-

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never wears pajamas in public toria’s Secret have a long history of cultural appropriation.

Just last year, at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, supermodel Karlie Kloss strutted down the runway wearing a Native American headdress, a leopard-print bikini, turquoise jewelry and fringed heels.

After the inevitable public outrage, Victoria’s Secret pulled the footage of Kloss modeling the offensive costume from the CBS broadcast.

Although cultural appropriation at Syracuse University is especially apparent during Halloween — with sexy Pocahontas costumes and so on — it doesn’t stop there. The issue bleeds into everyday outfits and the controversy deepens.

Urban Outfitters is one of the biggest offenders on this front. In 2011, it was criticized for its

ing from center stage, bathing in the funky rainbow spotlights.

From the raucous applause after Songz left the stage to bookending his set with two fan favorites, “Bottoms Up” and “2 Reasons,” Mr. Steal Yo Girl almost passed off as Mr. Steal The Show. Fans flocked to the stage’s barricade as Songz walked off in a series of strobe lights, trying to see him up close.

“I want to set the weekend off right and have some fun,” Songz said in a pre-show interview.

Not one to get upstaged, a glitter-clad, barely dressed Ke$ha stormed the stage with a troupe of back-up dancers and punkish-looking band to her hit “We R Who We R.” Though the Block Party survey listed Ke$ha as a pop act, her set owed more to lewd, unadulterated rock ‘n’ roll. She wore a white guitar like an oversized necklace before shredding on “Blah Blah Blah,” and re-imagined mega-hit “Take It Off” with grungy guitar licks. Even the choreography for older material featured some Springsteenian power slides from her dancers.

Some songs, though — “C’Mon” and “Your Love Is My Drug” — didn’t get the rock-star remix.

Ke$ha trotted out “Gold Trans Am” from her newest album, “Warrior,” for the first time live, riding onto the stage atop a gold-painted toy Trans Am. But members of the crowd mistook the song’s beat for a Queen song. The tune borrowed from the Bowie songbook instead, with a few growly “Wham, bam, thank you

“Navajo”-inspired clothing line, which included a “Navajo Hipster Panty” and a “Navajo Print Fabric Wrapped Flask.”

If you’ve read your American history textbooks, I don’t have to tell you why this is deeply offensive.

The Navajo Nation Government sent a ceaseand-desist letter to Urban Outfitters, demanding they remove the trademarked name from the products.

But Native American nations aren’t the only cultural groups that are portrayed inaccurately in fashion.

Urban Outfitters was reprimanded again for its St. Patrick’s Day merchandise, which featured a shirt with the slogan, “Kiss Me. I’m Drunk, or Irish, or Whatever.”

Abercrombie and Fitch sold a T-shirt that featured caricatured faces with slanted eyes and rice paddy hats with the phrase, “Wong Brothers Laundry Service — Two Wongs Can Make It White.”

The retail fashion industry also has a nasty habit of labeling any cultural print as “ethnic” or “tribal” without learning the history or even the name of the print.

Ikat prints, a complicated printing process

practiced from Mexico and Uzbekistan to Cambodia and Japan, feature an almost bleeding-dye-like pattern. Shibori is a Japanese method of intricate tie-dyeing. And the often-labeled “tribal print” is actually called a Ganado pattern, developed by the Navajo Nation in the late 1800s.

There is also the question of who actually owns the rights to cultural symbols. If you visit India and purchase a traditional sari, is it considered cultural appropriation if you wear it in the United States?

I’m not saying we should never purchase culturally inspired clothes, but people should do research beforehand and avoid buying the mass-produced, offensive items sold by fashion industry giants.

Before you say, “It’s just fashion,” or “You’re just looking for something to be offended by,” think about the cultures whose traditional garb is used as sexy lingerie in a Victoria’s Secret fashion show.

Allison Mariotti is a senior magazine journalism major. She has too many shoes to count, but could always use another pair. Her fashion column appears every Monday in Pulp.

She can be reached at admariot@syr.edu.

sam maller | asst. photo editor TREY SONGZ got the crowd moving at Block Party before Ke$ha took the stage. Known for his sensual style and claim to having invented sex, Songz kept it sexy during his set. ma’am’s” from Ke$ha.

“This place is about to blow,” the singer said with a slur as the wobbling bass of “Blow” kicked in, setting off confetti cannons that flanked the stage.

Ke$ha introduced most of her songs with a quick anecdote, including “One morning, I woke up and couldn’t find any f*cking toothpaste” for “TiK ToK,” and “Don’t f*ck with

crazy b*tches, boys” as a prelude to “Cannibal.”

As quickly as Ke$ha left the stage after finishing “TiK ToK” with a flourish, the crowd thundered into a chant of her name. In true, rock princess form, she obliged the encore request with smash hit, “Die Young.”

And the crowd partied on. ervanrhe@syr.edu @TheRealVandyMan

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he 2011 reboot of “Mortal Kombat” grabbed my attention like no other fighting game has. For its follow-up, NetherRealm Studios was handed the keys to the DC Comics franchise, “Injustice: Gods Among Us.” I was excited to see if I could jump in just as easily as before.

Games like “Street Fighter” and “Marvel vs.

Capcom” can seem pretty obtuse to new players, so I really appreciated the single-player modes in “Mortal Kombat,” which actually bothered to teach you how to play.

Rather than just swapping “Mortal Kombat” characters for DC superheroes, NetherRealm crafted some cool new systems to make “Injustice” feel different. Each character has a specific power that can be activated with a single button, in addition to their standard combos and super moves.

For example, Wonder Woman can switch between her lasso and a sword and shield, Batman can call in robotic bats to surround him and Superman can charge his abilities for greater damage.

In most fighting games, it doesn’t really matter what stage in which you’re fighting — it’s just background visuals for the fights.

In “Injustice,” though, the stages are filled with interactive elements. Throwable cars, swinging pipes and missile-firing buttons can be easily turned against your opponents.

By performing a simple combo in certain spots, you can even hurl your opponents into completely different parts of the level. These transitions result in crazy scenes of characters hurtling through walls, off of buildings and even into other dimensions.

Speaking of other dimensions, the story mode offers some context for all the hero-onhero violence.

In an alternate universe, the Joker unleashes a nuclear weapon on Metropolis, killing thousands, including Lois Lane. This tips Superman over the edge. He kills the Joker and creates an authoritarian world government, forcing the other heroes to join him or die.

In the main universe, the Joker enacts a similar plan, but instead of a massive explosion, it transports him and a few heroes into that alternate universe, beginning a war between Superman’s regime and the Justice League.

Much like the story mode in “Mortal Kombat,” “Injustice” is divided into chapters, each featuring a different character for three to five fights at a time. Most chapters include a minigame, like blocking thrown cars or aiming

Combat game ‘Injustice’ offers accessible fighting style in alternate superhero universe arrows at a rampaging Solomon Grundy.

Cutscenes seamlessly transition into battles, which is a cool trick, but the cutscenes look strangely bad compared to the fights. Not many games look worse during cutscenes than in action, so it’s hard to figure out why.

Other single-player modes include Battles and S.T.A.R. Labs. Battles set up a ladder of 10 fights with a character-specific ending. S.T.A.R. Labs offer short, distinctive challenges, like dodging Catwoman’s attacks for 20 seconds or protecting a civilian using only heat vision.

Compared to any other game, this would be an exceedingly full package, but “Injustice” doesn’t quite have what “Mortal Kombat” had.

I missed the tag-team fights, which were fun variations that also allowed for cooperative play.

The overall tone of the game is also a bit muted. “Mortal Kombat” is nothing if not over the top, and NetherRealm seems somewhat shackled by the DC license.

Still, the accessibility of this game is even greater than that of “Mortal Kombat,” and it’s hard to ignore the appeal of watching Aquaman feed The Flash to sharks.

If you’re a super fan, or just looking to beat up your friends for a few rounds, “Injustice” is a solid one-two punch. ikdavis@syr.edu

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Aggressive SU defense stymies UND offense to protect lead

By Trevor Hass ASST. COPY EDITOR

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Notre Dame didn’t score in the first or fourth quarters.

David Hamlin kept Matt Kavanagh in check, Dominic Lamolinara made six saves and No. 7 Syracuse’s (11-3, 5-1 Big East) defense stymied No. 1 Notre Dame (10-3, 4-2) all night long at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., in front of 19,875 en route to a 10-4 win at the Konica Minolta Big City Classic.

“The defense I thought was stingy all day,” SU head coach John Desko said. “To hold a team

like that to one goal in the second half is great for our cause.”

Offense was sparse from the get-go. Neither team scored in the first 19 minutes. Both teams sputtered from the opening faceoff. The game didn’t look like a top-10 showdown.

But Notre Dame came alive in the second quarter.

After Hakeem Lecky tied the score at one for Syracuse, Westy Hopkins gave the Fighting Irish a 2-1 lead at the 5:23 mark in the second quarter.

Less than a minute later, Kavanagh — a

freshman attack who came into the game leading the Irish with 36 points — showcased why he’s been Notre Dame’s most consistent weapon all season. Kavanagh whizzed a lefty sidearm shot underneath the arm of Hamlin.

It was a shot similar to the one that killed Syracuse’s defense less than two weeks ago against Hobart when Alex Love scored six goals.

Notre Dame surged into halftime with a 3-1 lead and appeared to have all of the momentum, but it didn’t last long Syracuse’s defense dominated in the second half, stifling Kavanagh and the rest of the Notre Dame offense.

Late in the third quarter, Hamlin and Kavanagh dueled one on one again. This time, Hamlin got the better of the freshman sniper. Kavanagh attempted two shots within 10 seconds.

Both were contested, though, and both sailed to the left of the net.

Notre Dame didn’t score the rest of the way.

“We were preparing for them all week,” Syracuse defender Brian Megill said. “We knew what they were going to throw at us.”

Lamolinara didn’t have to do much, but he stifled the Irish whenever he needed to make a save.

Will Corrigan busted out a sweet inside-out move in the third quarter and rifled a shot in Lamolinara’s wheelhouse. But Lamolinara was all over it, deflecting the ball toward the ground and gobbling it up.

“You got to give your hats off to Dom,” Megill said. “There were many times where it easily could have been a two-goal swing the other way, but Dom came up standing on his head most of

the game.”

Lamolinara only made six saves on the night, but Syracuse didn’t need much more out of him.

The Irish met walls of SU defenders throughout the second half and only attempted five shots in the fourth quarter.

But Notre Dame head coach Kevin Corrigan didn’t credit Syracuse’s defense much. Instead, he blasted his players.

“We were bad with the ball all night long,” Corrigan said. “We couldn’t handle it in hardly any situation.”

Syracuse dominated on ground balls throughout the game. Chris Daddio, Steve Ianzito and Peter Macartney all finished with three. Macartney laid a massive hit on David Miller late in the third quarter. The Orange was more aggressive and shut off Notre Dame’s pesky offense.

“I don’t know what the statistics were,” Corrigan said, “but I don’t need to know that we got crushed in ground balls.”

The Orange and the Fighting Irish will meet again Thursday. The story might be different then, but on Saturday night, Syracuse’s defense turned a closely contested game into a laugher in the second half.

Hamlin and Megill were too physical for Notre Dame’s attacks, and Lamolinara did what he had to. Syracuse executed its defensive game plan for the Fighting Irish perfectly.

“We were all playing really well,” Megill said.

“The communication was there this week. All legs were rejuvenated from the last month or so with those five games in whatever, how many days.” tbhass@syr.edu @TrevorHass

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ports captivate so many of us for different reasons. They’re a special part of people’s lives and identities from childhood to adulthood.

And every fan, athlete and coach has their own story on why sports are special to them. It’s something I’ve thought about as I tried to figure out what story I should tell as my last for The Daily Orange.

What made a quiet kid think he could pursue a career that required him to do countless interviews? Why did I want to be a sports writer?

The answer always comes back to why sports are special — the chance to see something great, the rush of adrenaline felt in competition, the battle to overcome adversity. These emotions and feelings are all linked to just about every form of sports. And they’re all captured in stories.

The first sports stories that gripped me and my brother — ones that still do — were told by my dad.

He’d tell us stories about the Philadelphia Phillies’ Dick Allen and basketball legend Earl “The Pearl” Monroe — two of his favorite players growing up. He’d tell us stories about his playing days on the baseball diamond — describing the cast of characters on his team and all of the battles they had with their rival throughout the years. And he’d tell us stories about his first few years coaching high school basketball — before we could tag along to practices and games — fondly recalling memorable moments with his players.

Each story still brings a smile to my face.

Each one reminds me why I gave this whole sports journalism thing a shot.

Everyone has stories that are special to

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them. For the last three years at The D.O., I got the chance to put those kinds of stories into words covering Syracuse athletics.

I covered up-and-down seasons for the ice hockey, women’s basketball and men’s lacrosse teams during my time on those beats. I covered the softball team’s record-setting, 45-win season in 2011 and the men’s basketball team’s improbable run to the Final Four this season.

Each team played memorable games — some ending in victory, others in defeat — that I wrote about. But I also simply got to ask the coaches and players about their stories.

Why were sports special to them? What brought them here to Syracuse to continue their careers?

They remembered the first time they picked up a ball. They smiled when a special memory came rushing back to them. They reflected on the bonds with their family, teammates and coaches, and how they’ve influenced them.

The coaches and players here took the time

to answer my questions, giving me some insight into their lives and who they are. Their families and friends took the time to tell me all about them, too.

And it was all so I could tell their stories.

Those experiences are what I’ll take with me.

They remind me why sports are special.

So as I finish up this final column, I think back to my dad’s stories and some of his advice.

He coached with fire and passion. It was reflected in his teams, defined by their competitive play and hustle. He’d often tell his players to “go nuts” on the court. It was his way of saying, “Play hard.”

And when we’d go to the baseball field to hit, he’d constantly remind us, “Don’t get cheated.”

It was about swinging hard every time.

I still think about those two short phrases.

They’re really about working hard and pushing a little harder.

I hope I was able to do that with the stories I told. I hope they captured the emotions, personalities and experiences of the players and coaches I covered. Because when stories do that, they show why sports are special.

It’s certainly been a special ride for me the last three years.

Ryne Gery is a former sports editor at The Daily Orange, where his columns no longer appear.

You can reach him at rjgery@gmail.com.

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He seemed to tiptoe the crease to perfection, but the goal was waved off for a crease violation anyway.

Minutes later, he delivered for real. Rice took a pass from Matt Walters on the left wing — his sweet spot — and cranked a shot past Kemp. The floodgates were open just 26 seconds into the fourth quarter, and the Orange wouldn’t trail again.

“Any time you think you score and some sort of call or whatever takes it away, it definitely gets you going a little bit,” Rice said.

During the next 10 minutes, SU put the game out of reach. Donahue scored his first on a feed from Luke Cometti. The midfielder usually plays around the net, but the Irish defense kept Syracuse’s midfield at bay. So Cometti played on the perimeter, settling for outside shots.

This time, though, he dumped a pass down to Donahue, perched on the crease for the easy goal.

A minute later came the staple of the Orange’s offense: Rice to Donahue. Rice spun behind the net to shake a defender, popped out onto the doorstep and tossed a pass across the crease for another “back-door layup” to Donahue. In a matter of minutes, the game went from a toss-up to decided.

“I think our defense got tired of playing defense all day,” Notre Dame head coach Kevin Corrigan said.

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For three quarters, though, SU struggled to make anything happen on the offensive end. The Irish’s man-to-man defense kept Syracuse’s midfielders away from the net, and UND’s All-American goaltender took away would-be goals when the Orange did get to the crease.

Both teams failed to score in the opening quarter, and the Fighting Irish held SU to just one goal for the entire first half. It wasn’t until Walters scored a man-up goal to kick off the second half that Syracuse began to find its rhythm. Trailing by two entering the half, the Orange notched three goals in the third quarter to level the game heading into the final frame.

Then, Rice took over. His waved-off goal set the tone for a dominant fourth quarter. He found his spots on the field to score and found the play that worked.

With less than five minutes remaining, Rice again crept to the doorstep and found Donahue open across the crease. SU’s offense, which was perplexed for 45 minutes by the Irish’s confounding defense, watched as its lead ballooned to four goals. Any hope of a UND comeback vanished.

“He knows when to take advantage of his defensemen, or if he gets a short stick,” Marasco said. “He’s a great role back and he made some great feeds to DD today, and to see him put some in the net is great. We have a great all-around offense.”

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child and family studies, a major he said he was assigned as a freshman. He wanted to study in the School of Information Studies, but said he got “behind the eight ball” his sophomore year and that the requirements to complete an intercollegiate transfer were too difficult.

The major Lewis remained in, CFS, is one of the two most popular majors for Syracuse football players, according to data compiled by The Daily Orange using player biographies on SU Athletics’ website. The data shows that communication and rhetorical studies is the most popular major for football players for each year dating back to 2007.

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on the football team majored in communication and rhetorical studies, while 11.7 percent majored in child and family studies. On the 2012-13 men’s basketball roster, three of nine upperclassmen majored in child and family studies. The most popular majors in the university as a whole are psychology, information management and technology and architecture, according to Maurice Harris, dean of undergraduate admissions.

Finding a fit In some instances, CRS acts as an alternate area of study for someone who was unable to get into the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

CFS aligns well with the coaching minor offered at SU, and many student-athletes want to help people after college, officials have said. Sociology, another popular major among student-athletes, is the closest thing SU has to criminal justice.

Student-athletes interested in enrolling in more competitive colleges and programs, such as the Newhouse or the sport management major in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, might not have the GPA required to enroll in the school, and instead enroll in their second-choice option, said Kevin Wall, director of student-athlete support services.

Wall said department officials would never tell a student-athlete what to major in. They merely guide them toward something of interest to that particular person.

Athletes placed into CRS or CFS out of high school sometimes have trouble meeting the requirements to transfer into an area of study more applicable to their interests, placing them, as Lewis said, “behind the eight ball.”

“Some of what students are able to do are limited based on how well they start off here at Syracuse,” Wall said, “which is why we really try to stress that first-year experience.”

Members of the University Senate Committee on Athletic Policy have a noticed a high enrollment of student-athletes in CRS and CFS, though the committee is unsure of what that means, said temporary committee co-chair Martha Hanson.

“We were starting to wonder, are athletes being guided into these in order for them to succeed,” Hanson said, adding that tight travel and practice schedules, coupled with the pressure to perform well academically can weigh on student-athletes.

Hanson said the committee is waiting on a list naming the majors of student-athletes from Jamie Mullin, the associate director of athletics for administration who serves as a liaison to the committee. Syracuse spokeswoman Sue Edson, who spoke on behalf of Mullin, said she is unsure of what list to which Hanson referred.

The faculty oversight committee on athletics

“Working at a university like Syracuse, there’s definitely an expectation on winning championships, winning games, competing at a high level. Sometimes, the student-athlete you identify to come help you do so isn’t always the studentathlete that education is most important.”

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conducts independent studies to gauge things like major clustering and whether studentathletes receive favorable grades in classes compared to other students, said Michael Wasylenko, a professor of economics and chair of the faculty oversight committee. The committee reports directly to Chancellor Nancy Cantor.

Wasylenko, who is also SU’s faculty adviser to the NCAA, said six or seven others help him on the committee, which conducts reviews of football and basketball student-athletes once a semester. The other sports are reviewed on a rotational basis, he said.

While the data trends toward CRS and CFS as the most popular majors for student-athletes,

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pursue his first interest: engineering.

Smith, a linebacker for Syracuse from 200609, graduated from a vocational technical high school in Delaware, where his concentration was engineering. While he was warned before coming to Syracuse about how hard it would be to balance football and such a difficult area of study, he was put in touch with a couple of members of the football team who were majoring in engineering.

Even so, he learned the hard way and struggled his first semester. After one semester, he transferred and became a dual major in information technology and marketing.

Smith said he was never told not to pursue engineering.

“I think it’s kind of like — imagine you being a child and you touch a stove,” Smith said. “Your parents tell you it’s hot but you’ve just got to see for yourself.”

Fields, the academic coordinator, said student-athletes are never steered toward or away from a major.

“We would never discourage them, but you probably know it’s not going to happen,” Fields said. “But you give them every avenue, every resource to explore those opportunities.”

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Wasylenko contends it is not clustering because there is no “steering” involved.

“I don’t think of this as particularly problematic,” he said. “Where it would be problematic — and it isn’t — and this has happened at other places, is the athletics department is saying, ‘You’re a student-athlete. For the convenience of the program, you should major in tiddlywinks.’

“That’s a problem. That’s steering. What we have — we don’t think — is steering these kids.”

In conjunction with academic advisers in the student-athletes’ home colleges, coordinators in the athletic program provide guidance and offer realistic thoughts on whether a student will fare successfully in a major, said Joe Fields, the men’s basketball academic coordinator.

Fields said he tries to instill the importance of education in the athletes he works with. Part of this involves the realization that a successful athletic career might only last a decade.

But some student-athletes do lose sight of that.

“Working at a university like Syracuse, there’s definitely an expectation on winning championships, winning games, competing at a high level,” he said. “Sometimes, the studentathlete you identify to come help you do so isn’t always the student-athlete that education is most important.”

Athletes that aren’t purely driven by academics, however, are often motivated to stay academically eligible to compete under NCAA guidelines, said Fields, who played four seasons as a Syracuse quarterback and had a stint with the Carolina Panthers before returning to the university as a graduate student.

The CRS major likely appeals to studentathletes — as it is to non-athletes — for its flexibility in career paths, said Kendall Phillips, an associate dean in the department. In total, about 500 students are enrolled in the CRS major, Phillips said.

Save for student-athletes’ differences in height, Phillips said they are not unlike other students. Just as some students might have time constraints with internships or part-time jobs, student-athletes commit their time to sports.

“My experience is that student-athletes are very much like every other group of students,” he said. “There are really strong students, there are those who struggle.”

For student-athletes, the direction of their educations at SU depends on what they put into it.

Lewis, the former defensive lineman, said it took him too long to realize all of the resources at his disposal. If he could do it over, he would have studied something related to computers.

Lewis bought his first computer when he was 10 years old and always had that interest. He never really cared for child and family studies.

“It honestly wasn’t anything I wanted to do at the time, but I really wasn’t focused on my education and I kind of fell behind,” Lewis said.

Lewis does not know how he initially started as a CFS major. He said he believes it was based on GPA and that he was given a major he could thrive in. He did not raise his GPA high enough to transfer out of his major and into something that interested him more, though.

Across the university, inter-collegiate transfer requirements have been rising. Every school except Falk requires at least a 3.0 GPA to transfer from another college, said Renie Kehres, the assistant dean of student services in Falk and academic adviser to many athletes, including Trevor Cooney and Prince-Tyson Gulley. Kehres said Falk requires a 2.5 GPA to transfer in, though the requirements for specific majors are higher.

The NCAA’s 40-60-80 rule requires that student-athletes complete 40 percent of their degree in four semesters, 60 percent in six and 80 percent in eight. Lewis said the benchmarks for completing a major make it more difficult for student-athletes to change majors beyond the early part of college.

Kevyn Scott, a cornerback for Syracuse from 2007-11, was also a CFS major in his first semester of college, though he does not remember how he became a CFS major and said it happened by default. Scott wanted to study information management and technology, though, discovering his passion by researching majors his first semester.

“You’re, by default, placed in certain majors, and if you want to switch out, you can,” he said.

“But I found that information out on my own.”

Scott said the academic support services within the athletic department were extremely helpful when he told them he wanted to move from CFS to the iSchool.

“The academic support side of things is superb,” he said.

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Major clustering has led to a number of issues and large stories across the nation recently.

At North Carolina, an investigation showed that student-athletes were given academic benefits in the school’s African and Afro-American Studies Department.

At Georgia Tech, 82 percent of the juniors and seniors on the football team, 83 percent on the baseball team and 63 percent on the men’s basketball team majored in management in 2007-08, USA Today reported in 2008.

Those are just the headline-catchers. But B. David Ridpath, president-elect of The Drake

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Group, a group of college faculty, authors and activists whose mission is to protect and monitor academic integrity in college sports, said major clustering likely extends further.

“A lot of it, some of the data is unclear, but I think certainly the data that exists on this out there shows that there is a prevalence in major clustering in athletics,” said Ridpath, who is also a professor of sports administration at Ohio University.

One of the main reasons major clustering is prevalent is the battle for student-athletes to remain academically eligible and on course to graduate.

Since graduating, Lewis has started his own business with former SU football player Averin Collier. He said he has not really put his CFS degree to use specifically.

Lewis said he understands how it looks — “it looks terrible” — to have so many football players majoring in CRS and CFS. But the alternative could be more issues with academic eligibility.

“What would their GPA be in those schools, those classes?” Lewis said. “If some of these kids are barely surviving CRS and CFS classes, then we’re really going to be academically ineligible with the harder schools and the harder majors.”

But Fields, the academic coordinator for men’s basketball, said he tries to instill something far more meaningful than eligibility in the players he mentors.

“There’s still a lot of life to live. There’s still a lot of things to be accomplish. You don’t want to be judged and your character determined by what type of athlete you are,” he said. “You want it to be determined by the things you do outside the field. You have more value other than your athletic prowess.” mcooperj@syr.edu dbtruong@syr.edu

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wall-length timeline detailing Syracuse’s storied lacrosse team, a shrine dedicated to the 2003 championship basketball team, aged photographs of teams past — sights of the Manley Field House lobby that snapshot SU’s storied athletic history.

Beyond the arrangement of glasscased trophies and Syracuse lore are non-descript, blue double doors.

Across the threshold and fixed to the wall of the Stevenson Education Center is a list of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll behind framed glass. The names and photos brightly indicate the student-athletes who graced above a 3.0 GPA. Adjacent to the computer labs are the offices of two academic coordinators for the Syracuse football team.

Both have a hand in the education of every football player who crosses into their offices.

“They give you literally everything you need to succeed in whatever classes that you’re taking,” said Andrew Lewis, a defensive lineman for Syracuse from 2006-10, of academic coordinators.

Lewis graduated with a degree in

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week leading up to his team’s test with the No. 1 squad in the nation. So as he sat behind the net, watching Syracuse’s offense develop, he already knew who

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would be open.

Rice popped up to the left side of the net. John Kemp slid over and the right side opened up. Just enough room for his man, Dylan Donahue.

Donahue charged to the net for the easy feed from Rice and the easy goal on the empty net — “back-door layups,” as Kemp put it.

“We talked about that sort of situation, actually, earlier in the week when we were scouting them about how they like to play and slide from behind,” Rice said. “So I definitely had that in the back of my mind before the play started that Dylan

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could be the open guy.”

The Orange (11-3, 5-1 Big East) used the exact same play for two straight goals in the fourth quarter of its 10-4 win over the Fighting Irish (10-3, 4-2) on Saturday at the Konica Minolta Big City Classic in front of 19,875 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The first goal stretched No. 7 SU’s lead to 7-4, and the second put the game out of reach, setting up a rematch in the semifinals of the Big East tournament on Thursday in Villanova, Pa. On a day when JoJo Marasco was largely taken out of the equation,

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the focal point of Syracuse’s offense shifted behind the cage to its attack.

Rice and Donahue each finished with four points, seven of which came in the fourth quarter, to spark the Orange’s late push. Donahue scored three straight goals in the final frame to stretch SU’s lead from one to four goals and put away the Fighting Irish.

With UND’s focus shifted to Marasco and Syracuse’s potent midfield, more was asked of Rice. He appeared to deliver with a fantastic finish late in the third quarter, falling on the crease and slipping a ball past Kemp.

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STAT OF THE DAY Carmelo Anthony’s shooting in the New York Knicks’

97-90 overtime loss to the Boston Celtics on Sunday. Michael Jordan was the last player to attempt 35-plus shots in a playoff game and make 10 or fewer. He went 9-for-35 in 1997.

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