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GEARING UP Female enrollment increases by 5 percent at engineering school

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today. In 2011, 90 women graduated from the school and in 2012 that number increased to 106.

Education, Joyce believes, lays the groundwork for interest in any field, but must be stressed as early as fourth grade to really capture a student’s attention. In engineering, students sometimes fail to visualize how they can apply it in everyday life, so educating them about its “crucial place in our world” is a key part of sustaining their interest, she said.

Others cannot look past the complexity in engineering programs,

The tens of thousands of marchers celebrating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech revisited old territory, and marked some new ground in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.

The march took place between the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument, to emulate Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic speech. The speech, which celebrates its 50th anniversary on Aug. 28, focused on justice, jobs and freedom.

Marchers also made a stop at the recently completed Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, which opened in August 2011.

Despite the progress King’s monument represents, the marchers focused on changes still to be made.

“No one denies progress,” said Paula Johnson, a professor at the Syracuse University College of Law who attended the event. “But in some ways we have regressed tremendously. Economically, the position of people of color— and women of color in particular— is worse statistically than it was 50 years ago.”

She said housing and incarceration rates have also worsened, rather than improved, among minorities since 1963.

Ronald Taylor, president of the NAACP chapter at SU, said the country has advanced in some ways and stagnated in others since the 1963 march on Washington.

He said the idea that America has become a post-racial society has stalled the progress of the civil rights movement. “Only 50 years ago you had some of the most disgusting travesties known to the human race occur in this very country,” he said.

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hen Michelle Dube was a little girl, she preferred Lincoln Logs to Barbies. For Callie Sher, she liked to spend her time fixing motorcycles and cars as a kid.

Now, both are students at Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, and credit their interest in engineering to the environments in which they grew up.

“When I was in high school, nobody ever encouraged me to continue with math and science,” said

Kathleen Joyce, assistant dean for student recruitment at L.C. Smith.

“Since then, I think our culture has changed a lot, we’re not as slotted into predetermined categories.”

In the past eight years, female enrollment at L.C. Smith has increased by five percent to a total of 28 percent. To some, this may seem like a small improvement, but for many female engineers at SU it is an inspiring statistic that stems from the college’s efforts to grow its female community.

Though the gap between female and male students is starting to close,

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there is still much to be done.

“This is a persistent, systemic issue where we have seen a lack of encouragement toward women to pursue math and science opportunities in college,” Joyce said. “I think it’s important that all students are educated about what these fields are.”

Since beginning at SU twenty years ago, Joyce has seen a marked change in the level of encouragement for females entering the science and engineering fields.

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Past ischool projects Google Glass: After information management and technology senior Bob O’ Brien won Google’s #IfIHadGlass in March, the iSchool agreed to give him $1,500 for the high-tech specs.

He has since posted several updates on social media for the iSchool about Google Glass. #BostonMarathonTweets: Information management and technology graduate student Andrew Bauer and social media professor Anthony Rotolo created an interactive map of the 200 tweets sent from Boston briefly after the marathon bombing, showing the chaos of the city’s reaction as it occured.

svitlana lymar | staff photographer The NEXIS lab’s focus on new technologies and social media trends impressed Microsoft’s research FUSE lab, which donated $24,000 to the iSchool to continue the school’s research. This semester, the college features a NEXIS class called IST 200: “Invent the Future.”

Foursquare rocketship: Isaac Budmen, an information management and technology graduate student, created a model rocket ship, placed in Hinds Hall in April 2012, that dispensed gumballs when passers-by checked in to the school’s Foursquare location.

Grant furthers iSchool lab’s social media, technology studies

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The School of Information Studies’ NEXIS laboratory received a $24,000 grant from Microsoft Research FUSE Labs to boost its ongoing research in emerging technologies and social media.

The New Explorations in Information and Science laboratory, known as the Starship NEXIS, according to its website, focuses heavily on social media trends and new technologies.

The NEXIS laboratory was founded in 2011 to study social media, but officials in NEXIS have since expanded experimentation into fields like 3D printing, network devices and data visualization, said Hailey Temple, NEXIS intergalactic resources manager.

This semester, the iSchool is introducing IST 200: “Invent the Future,” a three-credit NEXIS class directed toward undergraduates. The class focuses on the intersection between

Ask the experts: Why is there turmoil in Egypt?

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the military, after barely a year in office. Why did that happen?

Since the Egyptian military ousted President Mohamed Morsi from office in early July, the crisis in Egypt has become more complex.

The crisis has brought more uncertainty to the country’s future, as indicated by recent tensions between the Muslim Brotherhood and the military.

The Daily Orange spoke with two professors to update students on the crisis and to explain the situation.

Mehrzad Boroujerdi, an associate professor of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs: The military and the Egyptian people felt that the Muslim Brotherhood, represented

by Morsi, did not perform well.

Egypt was going down the drain economically, they were monopolizing the power, which lead to these massive protests. There was a strong sense that the military had a hand in creating (problems such as)

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information and science, said Anthony Rotolo, NEXIS captain and professor of the class.

One project planned for the class examines the “quantified self,” a trend in which people wear body sensors while exercising to keep track of heart rate, blood pressure and other metrics, Rotolo said. Students will wear sensors purchased with grant money and use the data to create visualizations of their own biometrics, he said.

“It’s not what you would consider a typical research center,” Rotolo said about the lab. “NEXIS is an environment that is a little unstructured by design.”

The NEXIS staff, or “crew,” consists of 11 undergraduates, graduate students and faculty, according to the lab’s website.

Part of the grant money, which was donated to the school in July, will most likely go toward new equipment for the lab, said Rotolo. Grant money

will also be used to organize events to recruit more students, either as lab crewmembers or students in the NEXIS class. The class is open to students from all majors, but requires instructor approval to enroll.

Microsoft researcher Shelly Farnham was impressed by the NEXIS lab’s support for “incubationoriented R&D (research and development) with the students” after visiting the iSchool, according to an see ischool page 8

Technology helps relieve book costs

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With textbook costs increasing at a rapid rate, students and organizations are using technology for cheaper alternatives.

“It’s just unfair,” said Danya Demeo, a senior biology and neuroscience major. “Most of the textbooks I have to purchase are specific to my major and I have to buy them new at full-price.”

Textbook prices have been on a sharp rise for the past decade, according to a June 2013 report by the Government Accountability Office, which found that the cost of new textbooks rose an astounding 82 percent

from 2002-2012.

“Textbooks are expensive because the textbook marketplace doesn’t work like a normal marketplace,” said Nicole Allen, a program director for the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition. “Publishers essentially have free range to set prices very high.”

SPARC, an advocacy group, is looking to promote Open Educational Resources. These include textbooks and other learning materials that have been published online under a license that makes their content available to the public for free, according to SPARC’s website.

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BOOKSTORE ALTERNATIVES Open-source textbooks: Textbooks and other educational materials published online under a license are available to the public for free.

Books2Bucks: A database created by student Kyle Coleman that allows students to trade and sell books to each other directly, which Coleman says cuts down on the cost.

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Expansion plan attracts investment in Syracuse, Connective Corridor The Onondaga Commons Comprehensive Expansion Plan is attracting investment in Syracuse, particularly in the Connective Corridor and the West Side neighborhood. Increased maintenance fees reaching as much as twice as what business owners currently pay were announced early this summer as part of the upscaling urban development plans.

Business owners with higher-income customers seem thrilled, such as Norm Swanson, the developer of the Genesee Grande and Parkview hotels and the CBC student housing complex, who has voiced his widespread support. On the other hand, businesses unable to afford such a hike will be forced to close or to increase their prices, triggering a change of customer profile, or closure all the same due to decreases in sales.

In spite of these concerns, Short Enterprises, a Syracuse-based development firm, describes businesses opposition as a “persistent problem in community and economic

LETTER TO THE EDITOR revitalization,” explaining that “the public sector is facing severe budgetary cuts, which have raised questions about the long-term continuance of public sector management.” It points to “imaginative options” for new initiatives, which consist in handing over the public sector management to private hands. More and more private investments are taking the lead in shaping our urban landscape, which means less and less power for community residents.

Not much space is left for them in the decision-making process and, instead, private interests become protagonists. This is clearly reflected in Short Enterprises newsletter where Syracuse University’s preferences are stated at length and at no point it mentions

the views of non-business owners or neighborhood organizations, such as the Westside Residents Coalition.

So, who are these development plans for?

The initiative is presented as a means to “better the neighborhood” but ridding the neighborhood of poverty and neglect by ridding it of its poor and neglected population is not the definition of bettering a neighborhood. It is, in fact, the definition of gentrification. To help would mean to invest in Fowler-High School, in legal services to respond to police brutality and in adult

learning centers so that residents don’t have to live their lives on minimum wage. Yet perhaps, minimum wage is a prerequisite for profitable investment in the “public art, bike paths, new vegetation and special transportation services, among other amenities” that Syracuse University would like to have along its Connective Corridor, between the top of the hill, and the “vibrant Downtown.”

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ast week, President Barack Obama made a stop at Henninger High School in Syracuse as part of a bus tour across New York and Pennsylvania to address the cost of higher education.

Although the president was greeted relatively warmly at each of his stops, many prominent Republicans jumped at the opportunity to do what they do best — criticize Obama.

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left is the new right Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, characterized Obama as a “lame-duck president” who effectively delivers speeches, but has difficulty implementing many of his policy proposals.

But when it comes to why the president has had difficulty enacting many of his plans, Preibus should take a figurative look in the mirror.

Republicans have no one but themselves to blame for Obama’s supposed status as a “lameduck president.”

When Democrats had supermajorities in both houses of the 111th Congress, the president faced a considerably less amount of trouble in passing such policies as the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), banking reforms and student loan reforms.

Only when Republicans seized control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2010 midterm elections did the policy enactment and implementation stages of the policy process grind to a halt.

What’s more, it’s laughably ironic that Preibus criticized the president for not being vigilant enough in getting his policies enacted on the heels of House Republicans’ 40th vote to repeal Obamacare in early August.

Apparently, for Republicans, not only is Obama ineffective in terms of getting legislation through Congress, but the policies he’s actually been successful in implementing are no good.

I’m reminded of the old joke about the customer who complains, “The food at this restaurant is terrible — and such small portions!”

Yes, it would appear that Republican leaders would really love to have their cake and eat it, too.

When Obama takes his policy proposals to the public, he’s not doing enough to implement them. And when he reaches out to Congress to get legislation passed, he’s met with a cacophony of objections from a Republican Party still bitter about the drubbing they

took this past November.

It is this constant, relenting dissent that has led to a present-day do-nothing Congress, whose astounding inaction is reflected in record-low approval ratings.

A split Congress in which each house is controlled by different parties will naturally have a more difficult time passing legislation, but the priorities of the Republican-led House are so far out of joint that the 113th Congress is on track to be one of the least productive in recent memory.

And congressional productivity isn’t likely to improve (or, more accurately, exist) in the coming weeks. The House is scheduled to convene for only nine days in the entire month of September.

The congressional stalemate over nearly every policy proposal becomes more concerning as the Sept. 30 deadline to keep the federal government operating grows ever closer.

If Congress doesn’t negotiate a budget deal by that date, the federal government is poised to shut down. Moreover, if the federal debt limit isn’t raised by then, the government faces the possibility of a default later this fall.

It seems that budget battles such as this have become the norm under the current balance of power in Congress. Republicans have grown to see compromise as weakness, and come to the negotiating table with unrealistic demands such as significant changes to Medicare and Social Security, or the dismantling of Obamacare.

It’s time for congressional Republicans to put up or shut up.

Instead of slamming Obama for going public with his policy initiatives, they should offer substantive plans of their own. Instead of relentlessly voting to repeal health care reform, they should introduce the jobs legislation they promised the American people in the 2010 midterm elections.

But the American people shouldn’t hold their breath for reasonable compromise in the face of the looming fiscal crisis. We’ll only be left with a hasty, last-minute deal that leaves us poised to begin this fight again in a few months.

David Swenton is a senior political science and writing and rhetoric major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at daswento@syr.edu or followed on Twitter at @DavidSwenton.

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SU should use feedback to ease textbook costs As textbooks become more expensive, Syracuse University officials should come up with strategies to ease the costs for students.

Between 2002 and 2012, textbook prices rose 6 percent each year, according to a June report published by the Government Accountability Office. This is yet another financial burden with which college students must deal.

To mitigate rising fees and help students afford these educational supplements, SU faculty and staff members should critically assess how essential each textbook is to its respective course.

In addition, there needs to be a clear distinction between the purpose of a recommended textbook and a required textbook. While a recommended textbook in one class might help a student better understand course material, it might be an unnecessary financial burden for others.

A textbook should be considered required if students will be tested

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Faculty should draw a line between these two types of textbooks. They should also inform students weeks before the semester begins which textbooks will play an essential part in grasping the course’s concepts.

To determine whether textbooks should be required or recommended, the various departments should consult students who have taken the classes.

Engaging them through end-ofsemester class evaluations could provide evidence to determine how necessary certain textbooks are in specific courses. These evaluations would give students the opportunity to rate both their professor’s performance, and also the importance and value of the textbooks. This could prevent

future purchases of potentially superf luous class materials.

The questions within these evaluations would ask how much a student used the textbook and if it should continue to be used in the class. This could determine whether a textbook should be required or recommended based on how often students used them, were tested on their content or referred to them to complete homework.

This may not result in the removal of the textbook altogether, but it would provide insight into the necessity of the text in a specific course.

While the university cannot change the publishing industry’s mounting price of textbooks, it can make students’ lives easier by looking into how essential certain texts actually are in the classroom environment.

This could save students from yet another financial burden in higher education.

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Both males, females deserve equal rights to education worldwide

t’s fitting that our first day of classes fell on Women’s Equality Day. Aug. 26 marked 93 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment.

This day commemorates women achieving the right to vote, which took decades of activists coming together to enact change.

The right to vote goes hand in hand with education. If women were globally given the opportunity to pursue an equal education, there would be no sense in claiming they are incapable of making important decisions.

All people deserve the right to an education, regardless of whether they are male or female.

The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 is considered a starting point of the revolution to gain support for education and suffrage, and led to many rights for women in the United States today.

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In colonial times, women were discouraged from attending school and could only go if there was enough room left for boys. In 1833, Oberlin College became the first college to accept women and African American students. In 2011, for the first time, more American women received bachelor’s degrees and advanced college degrees than men.

This is huge progress for the United States. However, there haven’t been as many strides globally.

Certain women are stepping up to lead the fight for equal education.

Malala Yousafzai is a 16-yearold Pakistani girl who wrote an anonymous blog for the BBC about her life under Taliban rule where, at times, girls were banned from attending school. She was also featured in a documentary from The New York Times about her life in which she gave interviews, expressing her views about pro-

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head over heels moting education for women.

Last October, Taliban gunmen shot her in the head and neck while she was returning home from school.

But she survived and continued to fight for her cause. Malala Day was created on July 12 —her birthday — when she spoke at a United Nations meeting to call for worldwide access to education.

Access to education is priceless and must be available to both men and women. It can lead to a greater quality of life through job opportunities and necessary skills like reading and writing.

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women is an intolerable form of oppression because it restricts a choice and limits how far they can go in life.

Education should be a basic right, but due to worldwide power struggles, it has ended up as a privilege. Those who do have access to higher education, such as Syracuse University students, can help promote change.

College is the perfect time to learn about the world.Meet people from other parts of the country, or even the globe. Embrace SU’s diversity and learn about other cultures. Take some classes that focus on the world’s systems and how people benefit or suffer from them.

It’s easy to get trapped inside the campus bubble, but both incoming and returning students need to be aware that their education is not something to take for granted. Our education is the key to the rest of our

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lives – and the key to improving life for others.

Women’s Equality Day celebrates that women are able to participate in American politics as leaders, voters and volunteers. That right is just one step toward creating equality between men and women on all levels, but must be looked at on a global scale.

This anniversary is a sign that change can happen. It takes time, organization and demonstration, but it is achievable. The women before us fought for the equality and freedoms we celebrate today, and it’s our role to do the same for those who come after us.

The first step is to learn about the problems, then work to fix them.

Laura Cohen is a junior magazine journalism and women’s and gender studies major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at lgcohen@ syr.edu.

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MLK Jr.’s 1965 speech to SU campus highlights race, education On July 15, 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. visited Syracuse University and spoke to the community about the ongoing civil rights movement and the importance of racial equality in public school systems.

Below are two excerpts from MLK’s speech: “Allow me to dwell for a few moments on certain aspects of de facto segregation in our leading northern cities. In the South, however, small and slow the change, the general direction is toward reducing the number of negro children attending segregated schools. But in the North, the trend toward school segregation is accelerating. Urban segregation housing patterns, plus increasing negro population, plus lack of job opportunities, plus outward movement of white students to suburbs and private schools, have combined to sharply increase the rate of effective segregation of ghetto schools.

Civil Rights forces and their allies are engaged in exposing the segregated character of our public school system. Efforts to change the physical pattern of segregated schools are afoot in most cities. “Bussing,” “pairing,” “open enrollment,” and “freechoice” discussions may be heard all over. But, has this important struggle to alter the neighborhood school overshadowed in interrelated, equally serious problem-- the utterly low quality of education which is offered at these substandard ghetto schools? Are we so doctrinaire that we fear

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shortages of gasoline, showing that Morsi was incapable of addressing the economy.

Isaac Kfir, a visiting professor of law and international relations in the College of Law: What we essentially are seeing is an attempt by the military to reestablish control and law and order in Egypt as a result of Morsi’s rise to power. The military see Morsi as incompetent at the time.

There were a number of incidents in the Sinai Peninsula relating to al-Qaida activities that saw the killing of a number of Egyptian sol-

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textbooks available to the public, Allen said.

One of the pioneering Open Educational Resources initiatives is called OpenStax College. Since 2012, this Rice University initiative, funded partially by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has offered free peer-reviewed open source textbooks, Allen said.

Because the content is licensed under Creative Commons, the material can be reused, revised, remixed and redistributed freely.

to press vigorously the demand for immediate establishment of quality education, believing it will blur or blunt our will to end Jim Crow schools?

I must adknowledge that this tendency has existed: it leads to a myopia which places an increasing burden on our children who retrogress daily in subnormal schools an, in a sense, provide a smoke screen for the further deterioration of substandard staff, facilities, and pupil performance.”

-“To summarize, at the heart of the northern educational problem is the ghetto school, which with each passing day casts more children upon the human slag-heap, leading to increased frustration, and thereby raising more impediments to any solutions.

This is a continuous on-going process. It is so complex that many run from it because the enormity of it overwhelms them.

But let us perhaps see it as a gigantic forest fire whose flames destroy at the center and spread at the periphery. The tendency is to flee from a forest fires, but one knows that such flight will not halt the spread of disaster and destruction. Techniques used to fight such fires must analogously be applied from spreading and the flames with in must be reduced and abated.”

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diers. Morsi’s inability or unwillingness – the military saw it as unwillingness, he claimed he was unable to deal with the situation – escalated out of control.

But there is also tension between a religious body and a secular military. The military is a very powerful entity in Egypt, so once Morsi attempted to maybe influence the military, the military reacted.

The D.O.: How is religion playing a role in the crisis?

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rent issues and future progress, the atmosphere of the march was motivated and purposeful, said Danielle McCoy, a political science and African-American studies senior who attended the anniversary march.

“When we finished the march (everybody) knew we were one step closer to making that dream come true,” she said. “It was amazing.”

“If we don’t acknowledge our past, how can we refer to our future? If we don’t look back, how can we prevent history from repeating itself?”

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Both Johnson and McCoy said they were moved by the youngest speaker to appear at the anniversary march, 9-year-old Asean Johnson.

“I am marching for education, justice and freedom,” said Asean in his speech, a video of which appeared on The Huffington Post website. He decried public school closings in African-American and Latino communities, saying, “Every child deserves a great education.”

Marchers also brought up other recent issues that share the original spirit of the movement, such as same-sex marriage.

“Martin Luther King had a dream that we’d all be treated the same—that’s not being treated the same,” McCoy said about state laws banning gay marriage.

The march was in many ways a piece of living history, emphasizing old issues as well as new, as young people walked side-by-side with those who attended the original march in 1963.

The military in Egypt has always been a secular entity. They’ve always tried to keep religion out of the ranks. When Morsi comes into office, he has a very social, somewhat religious agenda. One could even suggest that he is trying to copy what was happening in Turkey, and the military does not like that.

There were also a lot of concerns that if Egypt becomes a religious entity, it would lose a lot of foreign aid. Egypt is one of the largest Arab countries, so there were a lot of concerns that would affect the situation.

McCoy said the presence of people who had attended the original march motivated and inspired the many students and young people there.

“I think that a lot of people—especially this generation—we’re too complacent, we’re too afraid,” she said. “Back in 1963, people put their blood, sweat and tears (into the movement).”

History will continue to be made when President Obama addresses the public from steps of Lincoln Memorial Aug. 28, on the speech’s actual anniversary.

With many 50-year anniversaries of civil rights landmarks coming up, Johnson urged people use the anniversaries as motivation to address current issues.

The Cold Case Justice Initiative at SU will mark another 50-year anniversary in a few a weeks, with the fifty-year anniversary of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Ala. that killed four young girls.

Students can honor the anniversary, Sept. 15, in Grant Auditorium by watching a screening of the Spike Lee documentary “4 Little Girls.”

There will also be a discussion with Helen Shores Lee, a judge from the 10th judicial circuit in Alabama and civil rights author.

In addition, the campus NAACP chapter will hold its convocation, hosted with the Student African-American Society, in the Gifford Auditorium on Sept. 12. The speaker, to be announced Sept. 1, was a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement and attended the 2012 presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., NAACP campus chapter president Taylor said.

Taylor said that anniversaries, such as the anniversary of the march on Washington, should motivate future progress.

“If we don’t acknowledge our past, how can we refer to our future?” he said, echoing the campus NAACP’s 2013 platform: using the past to guide the future. “If we don’t look back, how can we prevent history from repeating itself?” mmcregan@syr.edu @MaggieCregan_SU

guarantee that the military will address the economic difficulties in Egypt. Many Egyptians are below the poverty line, there’s very poor infrastructure. If the military has the upper hand, supporters will say it was the correct measure. Others will say they did something illegal.

The D.O.: Is the interim president, Adly Mansour, actually in power, or does the military have the power there?

I.K.: The Muslim Brotherhood is a religious organization. I wouldn’t describe them as fanatical. They’re a conservative social movement.

That’s where their roots are based.

The D.O.: Was Morsi’s ousting a step in the right direction for Egypt?

M.B.: Mansour was appointed by the head of the army. Sisi, the head of the armed forces, is really the main guy. He calls the shots. Mansour is a figurehead.

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“Government also has a vested interest in OER because it could dramatically cut down the amount of spending that financial aid is used for with textbooks,” Allen said.

While open source textbooks are perhaps the way of the future, the selection is still quite limited at this time, Allen said.

Frustrated by the high cost of textbooks, Kyle Coleman, a senior majoring in accounting, information management and technology, economics and finance, designed a database for Syracuse University students called Books2Bucks.

“Books2Bucks is essentially an online mar-

ketplace for students to trade and sell textbooks directly to each other at a fraction of the cost,” said Coleman in an email.

Coleman said he came up with the idea during his sophomore year. While with the Student Association, he emphasized the importance of the program.

“While we really didn’t have the power to lower tuition costs, I thought that lowering the price of textbooks could be a great start,” Coleman said.

Working hand in hand with the SU bookstore, Coleman created a website for students to buy and sell textbooks directly to each other.

While many students were doing this via Facebook groups, Books2Bucks added a search feature for title, author and ISBN code for more specific and tailored results.

“Right now, the traffic is very minimal on the site,” said Coleman. “It has the potential to help so many students, but I just don’t have the time to put into it to make it a success.”

Coleman said he hopes the website will see some kind of resurgence. For now, he wants students to find frugal ways to acquire their textbooks.

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City ranks as safest area from natural disasters

By Nicki Gorny

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n spite of its reputation for heavy snowfall, Syracuse ranks as the top housing market for safety from natural disasters.

“Generally, I think Syracuse is a pretty safe place,” said Mark Monmonier, a distinguished professor of geography in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Monmonier has researched the topic through his book, “Cartographies of Danger: Mapping Hazards in America.”

Monmonier’s sentiments ref lect the rankings that real estate service website Trulia released Aug. 15. Although no area is completely risk-free from natural disasters,

according to the site, 10 large metro areas were recognized for their relatively low risk for five major natural disasters: wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and floods.

Syracuse topped the list, with nearby Buffalo, N.Y., three cities in Ohio and others following in the rankings.

Monmonier said Syracuse’s status on the list is largely the result of its fortunate location.

“We’re far enough away from the Atlantic that we’re not going to have problems with storm surge,” he said, addressing the risk of a hurricane. And without a major body of water running through the city, Syracuse tends not to f lood.

In terms of earthquakes, the city’s distance

illustration by andy casadonte | art director from a major fault line prevents major quakes from occurring, said Robert Moucha, assistant professor of earth sciences.

But this doesn’t mean an earthquake couldn’t happen in Syracuse, Moucha said, noting that a 2.7-magnitude earthquake just shook the Adirondacks on Sunday.

“There are faults everywhere,” he said.

“And unfortunately, most of the faults on this side of the U.S., we only know of them once they activate.”

Maps, such as the one generated by Trulia, typically look at geographic factors like plate boundaries and known fault lines, in addition to historical record, he said. For Central New York, no real history of earthquakes exists, he added.

Monmonier also said a top ranking doesn’t guarantee safety in Syracuse from earthquakes or other natural disasters.

For example, while tornadoes are not common in the area, he said, they could – and have – touched down in Central New York.

Should a natural disaster occur, Kevin Wisely, commissioner of the Onondaga County Department of Emergency Manaagement, said the city is prepared. A comprehensive emergency man-

agement plan, which is reviewed annually and is currently undergoing updates, details various city organizations’ responsibilities for prevention, response and recovery in the case of a natural disaster.

The plan, which Wisely said could apply to any kind of natural disaster, was last used at its most basic level during preparations for Superstorm Sandy last fall. Given Sandy and other hurricanes’ relatively minimal effect, in addition to two recently mild winters, a fullscale implementation of the plan hasn’t been necessary in years, he said.

Wisely said his department is currently forming a community resilience strategy to address this, as well as supplement the current emergency management plan with individuals’ roles and responsibilities in case of a disaster.

“The essence is to build a more resilient community so that our citizens, as well as our citizen groups, become better prepared to manage themselves and their communities during times of need,” he said.

Efforts toward the community resilience strategy began last spring and will continue throughout the first half of 2014, he said. nagorny@syr.edu

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believing the four years it takes to receive a degree is too rigorous, said Alexis Lopriore, a junior bioengineering major.

“It definitely is difficult, but if you want it bad enough, then you just have to push through it for four years,” Lopriore said. “We know why we are there and we stick to that.”

Caitlin Houghton, a junior biomedical engineering major, said people often insinuate she’ll find a job more easily than her male peers because she is a female in a maledominated field.

“When I was in high school, nobody ever encouraged me to continue with math and science. Since then, I think our culture has changed a lot.”

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She said even though the program is challenging, there are a good amount of females in most of her major’s classes.

Dube, a sophomore civil engineering major, said that, compared to the other engineering schools she visited, L.C. Smith had a surprisingly large amount of females in the engineering program. Other schools, she said, held a female to male ratio of 20:1 for engineering students.

“Compared to other schools like Newhouse, Whitman and VPA, having females be 28 percent of the student body seems pretty low,” Dube said. “But when you’re in the field and you’ve been looking at different schools, it’s actually a lot.”

Dube said she wasn’t expecting to be surrounded by many females when coming to L.C. Smith. When in a smaller class of nearly 20 students, she said she was pleasantly surprised to find there were eight female students.

Outside of the engineering community at L.C. Smith, Dube said, most female engineers discover their passion through a natural inclination toward math and science, as well as their family backgrounds. Her father is an engineer, she said, so he geared her toward science-based activities in her childhood.

“Growing up, I don’t think girls are as open to the idea of math and science,” Dube said.

“The toys that we’re brought up on, such as Legos being for boys and Barbies being for girls, is somewhat at fault for this.”

Sher, a junior mechanical engineering major, said her family had a lot to do with sparking her interest in engineering. Like Dube, Sher’s

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iSchool press release.

The lab’s past projects include a data visualization of tweets about the Boston Marathon bombing last April, a model rocket connected to Foursquare and social media consulting for local companies like Destiny USA and CNY News Network, said Bob O’Brien, a NEXIS crewmember.

“We work on the final frontiers of technology,” NEXIS crewmember Temple said. “People

father is also an engineer, so she would spend her free time working on cars and motorcycles with him. From this, Sher became interested in working with machinery and decided to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering.

Though she loves her program at L.C. Smith, Sher said she still feels like a minority within the student body.

“I sit next to most of the girls and sometimes there are 10 girls in a 100 person class,” Sher said. “I think people definitely notice the deficit, but I also think we might be moving past it a little bit.”

Even though she feels like a minority, Sher said she also appreciates some of the qualities that come along with it, such as the feelings of accomplishment and the ability to stand out more easily. She said groups like the Society of Women Engineers at L.C. Smith also help students realize the positives to their situation.

Along with SWE, L.C. Smith also has a group called Women in Science and Engineering, which develops relationships between female students and faculty members in the sciences and engineering fields.

These programs, which help create a “welcoming sense of community” for women at L.C. Smith, were further aided by a five-year $ 3.4 million National Science Foundation Advance grant, which was awarded in 2010 to strengthen the presence of female faculty members in science and engineering, said Laura Steinberg, dean of L.C. Smith.

Part of the reason why this grant is so important, Steinberg said, is because there is a lack of strong female role models for women in the engineering field. When students lack role models and their parents aren’t engineers, she said, engineering becomes an unknown, undiscovered field.

In a recent survey released by the school, Steinberg said the most common word students used to characterize L.C. Smith was “community.” The idea of a welcoming community is what attracts more undergraduate students to L.C. Smith, and this remains especially true for females entering the field of engineering, she said.

“We show L.C. Smith to be attractive in the way that we present ourselves – we say we’re welcoming to women and we know there will be a lot of women in our courses,” Steinberg said. “This supports the idea that L.C. Smith is a team-oriented place, where females work together instead of working against each other.”

For the future, Steinberg said the United States needs to change how it communicates the field of engineering to female students.

Describing not only the principles learned in engineering, but the problems that engineers solve as well, is an important distinction, she said.

“We know that it’s not that women aren’t good at it because women have just as good of an aptitude in science,” Steinberg said. “We just haven’t explained the pleasures and the joys that we get from engineering.” apalme05@syr.edu

that work there are really passionate about tech and where it can take us.”

“It is really going to help make more opportunities available to more students,” Rotolo said.

Temple, who is a junior public relations and information management and technology major, hopes the grant from Microsoft will help allow the lab to “build a repertoire to showcase” and potentially create opportunities to collaborate with other corporate partners.

Said Temple: “If we find something that’s really inspiring, it’s great to have that support.” lggorman@syr.edu

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Even in small spaces, students express creativity through dorm decor

By Kristin Ross

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ransforming a college dorm room from what is generally a small, “white box” to a student’s home away from home isn’t always an easy task, but since Syracuse University students are required to live on-campus their first two years, students have learned to embrace their interior decorating styles. See how these four students took that opportunity and decorated their rooms as an extension of their personalities. klross01@syr.edu @kriskross22

shira stoll | staff photographer Name: Zach Phillips Year: Sophomore Major: Political science and television, radio and film Dorm: Brewster Hall Decorating style: “Mom” style

spencer bodian | asst. photo editor Name: Maddy Lyon Year: Freshman Major: Fashion design Dorm: Boland Hall Decorating style: Random, colorful, groovy

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“It definitely would not look like it does without my mom helping me set it up, but it’s also like a classic boy room, with a bunch of blues and navy and greens. But it also has pictures of friends and sports teams, which I like.”

Name: Madeline Hofmaier Year: Freshman Major: Theater design and technology Dorm: Boland Hall Decorating style: Boho

“My mom is an interior designer, so she definitely influenced the decorating of my room. Being an artist, I have to be in a bright environment, because it’s used to create. In my room at home, whenever it’s messy or dark, it’s hard to be in there. I always have to have a bright desk for inspiration.”

“I have a large stuffed animal lion on my bed, so I can lean on it like a big body pillow. My room is kind of like avant-garde, really colorful and there’s an eclectic mix of what’s going on in there. Everyone always walks into my room and says, ‘Oh, are you artsy or what?’”

Name: Orly Israel Year: Sophomore Major: Television, radio and film Dorm: Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center Decorating style: The suite life of Orly and Umar

“Our floor is 66 people, and 58 of them are girls, so our boys are held up to a pretty high standard, and we’re trying to be the top of that. So we keep our room pretty clean and try to have it very pleasant to be in.”

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Use new semester as initiative to stay fit, positive

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ates are a magical thing. They make things official. They serve as a launching pad, a starting line.

I’ve always tried to use that to my advantage — especially as a fitness trainer, when motivation is at its highest and the eagerness to succeed is overwhelming.

This is how I know many of you — whether you are a wide-eyed freshman or a long-tenured faculty member — are using the fall semester to start anew. For some, it may be setting a new fitness goal. Some guys wanna get swole, I get it. Some girls might want to drop a dress size.

I’m all about spreading the joy of working out.

But motivation extends to more than just physical health here — it’s something you’ll need to carry through correctly to make your semester a great one. It’s as important mentally as it is physically.

Both are connected, and the right, positive outlook in both areas is key to long-lasting health and wellness.

Many of us will try to reinvent a part of ourselves. We’ll make up for a past mistake, or we’ll try to be someone or something we weren’t before.

Just keep it intrinsic.

There are two kinds of motivating factors: extrinsic, or the external factors (he’s hot, I want him, I need to be hot to make him want me), and intrinsic, or the internal factors (I want to do this to better myself, to better my quality of life).

According to the American Council on Exercise, in regards to exercise, intrinsic motivation means a person is engaged in physical activity for the inherent pleasure that comes from the engagement itself.

Intrinsic activity is associated with positive attitudes and emotions, like happiness and relaxation. Maximal effort and persistence when faced with barriers is demonstrated. The goal is always to maximize that potential, but to not expect it to always be present.

On the other hand, extrinsic motivation involves participation and motivation outside of enjoyment: rewards, praise and introjection — pursuing an activity because of an external factor.

JILLIAN THAW

writer, editor, sweater For fitness, that external factor is often physical, like losing weight. What feelings are associated with that? Usually bad ones, like guilt, stress, pressure and — the worst — negative association. It’s like going to the gym not because you want to sweat and feel awesome and empowered afterward, but because you ate a cookie.

One of the hardest parts of training people is trying to strengthen intrinsic motivation: the desire for someone to promote a healthy change because they truly want it, no matter how difficult it may be. And they want it for the right reasons: to better their mental and physical health.

Don’t use the new academic year for the extrinsic reasons. Extrinsic motivation cannot sustain you. People who try to undertake a healthy change for external factors — vanity, for example — drop their diets and exercise regimes within two weeks of starting them. Don’t be that person, in whatever you choose to explore this year.

Learn what makes you happy. Undertake new activities. Figure out which ones you enjoy, and which ones challenge you in the best ways.

Do things for the right reason. Believe in your own capabilities, and do everything with a positive mind and good heart.

That should always be the ultimate motivation.

Jillian is a magazine, newspaper and online journalism masters student. Her column appears every Wednesday in Pulp.

She tells people how to be healthy through writing and from the recumbent bicycle at the front of the cycling room in Archbold Gymnasium. Email her at jathaw@ syr. edu and follow her on Twitter @ jathaw.

FROM THE BOX OFFICE

August 23-25

By Ian Tecklin STAFF WRITER

Though this weekend’s box office was up nine percent compared to the same time last year, late August is typically an uneventful time regarding new releases. Still, three new releases all underperformed while two holdovers from last weekend both remained strong.

Of the three new releases, “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones,” “The World’s End” and “You’re Next,” none took the top two spots, which respectively went to “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” and “We’re the Millers.”

Maintaining the top spot for the second weekend in a row was The Weinstein Company’s “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” which earned $16.5 million. Audiences and critics alike have responded favorably to the film, which stars a high-profile cast: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, James Marsden, Robin Williams and Liev Schreiber.

The film continues to maintain its strong position at the box office because of great reviews, strong word-of-mouth – it has an ‘A’ rating on CinemaScore – and significant Oscar buzz. The film was made for an estimated $30 million and is on track to earn close to $100 million.

In second place was Warner Bros.’ surprise hit comedy, “We’re the Millers,” which grossed $13 million. Made for $37 million, the film is on its way to gross nearly triple that. It’s great news for Jennifer Aniston, whose career has been negatively affected by a series of box office flops.

Sony Pictures’ “The Mortal Instruments: City

of Bones” ranked third at $9.3 million, which is disappointing, considering the film is an adaptation of the worldwide best-selling series of novels with a cult-like following.

One problem was bad marketing. While the film is similar to other young adult fiction films like “The Hunger Games,” Sony failed to effectively showcase both good fight scenes and special effects, two main aspects that attract audiences beyond the teen demographics.

Sony must have known the film would not do well, given its lackadaisical approach to advertising and marketing. Audiences were also not impressed, given the low 12 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. With the film’s $60 million production budget and less than $35 million spent on prints and advertisements, it is absolutely critical that the film perform strongly overseas.

Focus Features’ “The World’s End,” the second new release this weekend, took fourth place with $8.8 million. The film, directed by Edgar Wright, stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost from “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz.” Those two films earned $13.5 million and $24.6 million, respectively. Their movies have had limited success, so if history is any indication, the newest installment will gross somewhere in that range.

The final new release, “You’re Next,” claimed the sixth spot with $7 million. Lionsgate may have expected a better opening, given the film’s positive reviews and decent 77 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Regardless, it will be profitable for Lionsgate, as the studio reportedly acquired it for only a couple of million. ijteckli@syr.edu

Study abroad students offer future travelers advice, tips

By Hannah Tibbetts CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Studying abroad continues to be a highlight of attending college, and many Syracuse University students take advantage of that opportunity.

A lot of these students, though, worry about things like packing, meeting host families and settling into a new atmosphere. In a lot of ways, it mirrors the experience of going off to college for the first time.

About 40 percent of SU students go abroad to one of SU Abroad’s eight overseas centers or through Syracuse’s World Partners programs, which include Prague and Australia, said Jennifer Horvath, manager of marketing and communications at SU Abroad. Students can also choose to study abroad through other school programs.

“You’re not necessarily going with your best friends, you’re meeting a whole bunch of new people and you’re kind of having to fit in a group all over again,” Horvath said. “Especially if you’re going to a big overseas center like London or Madrid, you’re going with 200 or 250 other people and you have to get used to your new city. It’s an adjustment.”

Horvath is currently helping the fall semester students settle into their new homes, but some past study abroad students have lent their own advice.

Senior international relations major Claire Rupert recommended attempting to learn the language of the country in which you are studying. She says it can go a long way in helping you fit in.

“The natives will respect you a lot more if you even attempt to speak the language,” Rupert said. “Even if you order a box of water instead of a bottle.”

Rupert, who studied in Strasbourg, France, suggested packing light, not only to avoid fees, but also to have room to bring things back.

International flights set limits on how heavy luggage can be. These limits decide whether the airline will accept your bags. It can also delay checking into a flight. Most airlines will charge at least $100 in baggage fees if it’s too heavy.

“I went to Europe with one of my suitcases three-fourths empty and came back with it filled to the point where it was almost considered cargo,” Rupert said.

Students can always buy supplies when they arrive, especially smaller items like shampoo and towels. Another tip to keep extra weight off is to bring basic clothes that can be worn with multiple outfits.

Sierra Cruz, also a senior international relations major, is currently climbing mountains and chasing llamas in Santiago, Chile. She has been studying there since June and is now taking classes to improve her Spanish.

Cruz suggested students pay attention to the climate and season of the country to which they are traveling.

For those about to embark and those planning to do so in the second half of the school year — spring applications are due Oct. 10 — Horvath recommended trying any and every opportunity that a program offers.

Said Horvath: “Take advantage of all the opportunities that are there, especially events that are optional and just part of the program.

Just say yes. The staff is there to support you and to help you make this the best experience that it can be.” hrtibbet@syr.edu

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MILL-ERS Predictable road-trip movie, ‘We’re the Millers,’ still funny despite unoriginal premise

“WE’RE THE MILLERS”

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber Cast: Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts, Will Poulter Release date: Aug. 7, 2013

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By Brittany Russell CONTRIBUTING WRITER

hen watching “We’re the Millers,” you pretty much know exactly what to expect before you enter the theater. It’s a comedy centered on a road trip with a cast of diverse characters racing to get to the finish line.

The movie is very comparable to “Identity Thief,” which premiered earlier this summer and embraced Melissa McCarthy’s hilarious personality. While “We’re the Millers” is less outrageously funny than “Identity Thief,” there are plenty of funny moments to keep it from becoming dry. And with Jennifer Aniston’s and Jason Sudeikis’ extremely likeable personalities, they have been warmly received in their leading comedic roles.

Despite its predictability, “We’re the Milers” is a must-see for anyone who loves a good laugh and doesn’t find the harsh language and portrayal of drugs offensive. Aniston and Sudeikis make an outstanding team, with their humorous personalities balancing each

other perfectly. And Aniston had no problem breaking out of her sweet personality to totally rock the sexy character of Rose.

Being a film about a road trip, the movie was surely prone to quite a few setbacks throughout the journey.

Each stop along the trip becomes more shocking and scandalous than the previous.

While some moments are funnier than others, the sequence of stops makes for an exciting adventure with the Millers, and helps the characters develop and reveal more about themselves. This allows them to dig themselves into deeper holes and create more trouble, from which they struggle so desperately to get out.

Sudeikis plays David Clark, a small-town drug dealer who loses his stash and money after stepping in on a fight. Upon finding out, his jerk of a boss, played by Ed Helms, forces him out to embark on a risky journey to Mexico to retrieve a “smidge” of weed from an international drug dealer to smuggle back across the border.

David realizes that this is certainly not

a task he can do alone. So, he persuades his neighbors: Rose (Aniston), a stripper; Kenny (Will Poulter), an abandoned and naïve teenager; and Casey (Emma Roberts), a homeless girl. They pretend to be a quirky and close-knit Griswold-type of family — a ploy to throw off border patrol as they attempt to come back into the United States. Although the disguise works, the situation becomes twisted when they are targeted for accidentally stealing from the international drug dealer.

Aniston and Sudeikis give equally engaging performances — though Aniston seems more like a sidekick to Sudeikis’ character rather than a second leading role. She has a few very funny moments throughout the movie, like teaching her “son” how to kiss while his “sister” helps and his “dad” watches, but for the most part lets the supporting cast members take care of the majorly comedic scenes.

This is surprising, because “We’re the Millers” was an important film for both Aniston and Sudeikis’ careers.

It’s Aniston’s first real raunchy film (with

the exception of “Horrible Bosses,” which is far less scandalous than this one), and Sudeikis’ first post-Saturday Night Live role. It’s understandable, though, because all four members of “We’re the Millers” perform better as a family than as individual comedians.

The real comedians of the picture, though vastly underrated, are Edie and Don Fitzgerald (Kathryn Hahn and Nick Offerman) for their “stalkerish,” yet innocent, persona given off by many accidental run-ins along the trip. Don’s career in the Drug Enforcement Administration also adds an extremely doubtful element to the hope that the Millers will make it back safely with the entire “smidge” of weed. It is just the twist the movie needed.

All in all, “We’re the Millers” puts a unique spin on the genre of family vacation movies, which will certainly be hard to forget. With big-name leading roles and an excellent supporting cast, the movie is definitely worth the watch. baruss01@syr.edu

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Syracuse offense to feature outside runs more frequently

By Stephen Bailey ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Jerome Smith put his sweatpants on and walked away from the practice field after clocking a 4.48 40-yard dash.

“I’m done,” Smith said. He had just run the fastest time of any of the running backs on test day this summer. But turning to leave he saw Prince-Tyson Gulley warming up again.

Moments later, Smith watched as Gulley ran a 4.48. “Oh man, I’ve got to go again,” Smith said.

So he took his sweats back off, ran another 4.48 and began to walk away again. This time Smith saw George Morris II and Devante McFarlane warming up after three tries each.

Morris ran a 4.46.

“The thing we couldn’t do last year is really get outside and take some long runs to the house,” Smith said. “So that’s what we really worked on this summer, is pushing ourselves in sprints, and finishing sprints.”

Expect more outside runs from Smith, Gulley and the rest of the running backs this season as Syracuse has adjusted its offensive scheme to fit its faster backfield and offensive line. The Orange will run more pitches and pulling plays, straying away from the up-tempo style, hurryup sets and heavy doses of between-the-tackle runs the team featured last season.

That approach often limited the packages in which Smith or Gulley could break outside for a bigger gain.

“We were a very heavy inside-zone team last year and sometimes it hurt us because we couldn’t get the ball outside,” center Macky MacPherson said.

Smith logged 1,171 yards and three touchdowns and Gulley 830 yards and nine touchdowns last season, but after a summer of speed work and with a better-suited offensive line, Smith expects them to be even more dominant this year — especially on the edge.

“I think we can get out there and stretch out some defenses,” he said.

Running backs coach DeAndre Smith empha-

sized that the changes in personnel and play-calling puts Jerome Smith and Gulley in the perfect situation to succeed. He expects each to average five yards per carry and four after contact.

Last year each back was limited to certain packages, DeAndre Smith said. This year they’ll both be available for use in every situation.

“I think what they were doing last year with the speed and the tempo and things like that, it didn’t allow them to branch out, so to speak, with some other runs,” DeAndre Smith said.

Another factor in the improved outside running game is the Orange’s new offensive line coach, Pat Perles.

Perles has been drilling the offensive linemen on cutting almost every day. The ability to take down linebackers at the second level and free up the ballcarriers, can turn five-yard gains into 25-yard gains.

“Sometimes you go hit them, try to knock them out and sometimes you just take their legs out,” sophomore guard Rob Trudo said. “Either way you get the job done and get some yards.”

Perles will stand 10 yards away from a singlefile row of linemen and roll a three-foot red ball diagonally toward them. The goal is for each player to dive around the outside of the ball, swinging his inside elbow in front of the ball.

Gulley said he’s noticed an improvement in the linemen’s cutting ability.

“They’re doing very good at getting to the linebackers faster and it’s allowing our reads to be very easy,” Gulley said.

With Syracuse’s season opener against Penn State just three days away, the running backs and linemen are eager to showcase their speed and agility against another defense. No more taking-it-easy cutting down a linebacker. No more playing half-speed.

When asked how he thinks the run game will fare against “Linebacker U,” a nickname for Penn State, Jerome Smith smiled.

“We’ll put that to the test,” he said. sebal01@syr.edu @Stephen_Bailey1

ziniu chen | staff photographer JEROME SMITH has rushed for 1,000 yards in each of the last two seasons. Smith and the rest of SU’s running backs are looking to bounce to the outside more this season.

Shafer getting creative to spread touches; SU to use ‘3 starters’ at CB

By David Wilson SPORTS EDITOR

Orange football head coach Scott Shafer has always liked running backs to return kicks, but this year, there’s a bit of an extra reason for his choices.

Prince-Tyson Gulley and Jerome Smith, who are both listed as the starting running back, will get their carries — they’re perhaps Syracuse’s two best offensive players – but George Morris II and Devante McFarlane have tremendous upside, too. The Orange needs to find a way to get the ball in their hands. Putting them back on kickoffs is a way to do that.

“I think we have a good plan, both in the kicking game as well as the offensive side of the game plan to try to immerse the kids in the different situations that we can plug them into,” Shafer said. “It’s a good problem to have, but we’re creatively trying ways to get them on the field.”

H-back Ashton Broyld is another running back SU is looking to get on the field in creative ways. He frequently lined up in the slot during training camp and has primarily worked with the wide receivers, but Shafer hasn’t ruled out

some Wildcat-type packages.

Broyld came to Syracuse as a quarterback.

With an unsettled position, it might be a good time to put the talented Broyld on the field without losing an established quarterback, which is what would’ve happened in Wildcat packages a year ago.

“Ashton has a lot of abilities and can play a lot of positions and he’s had a real good summer camp,” Shafer said. “I think he’s getting a good feel for the game going into his second season and the biggest thing is just putting him in position where he can make plays that he’s confident running.”

Syracuse to use ‘3 starters’ at cornerback Brandon Reddish and Ri’Shard Anderson are both listed as starters at cornerback, opposite Keon Lyn, but it’s not a traditional position battle. Shafer said they are “three starters” for two spots.

“You never want to go into a game and play two corners the whole game,” Shafer said. “We didn’t last year. It’ll be in a rotation. They’ll all play. One guy will get the nod as the starter, but the next guy may play the same amount of plays

or more depending on how each series works itself out.”

Shafer likes to have 16-18 guys capable of playing on the defensive side of the ball. He has three quality starters, plus a fourth cornerback in Julian Whigham, who Shafer said could find a spot in that rotation or in other, smaller roles.

The same philosophy is why both Wayne Morgan and Darius Kelly are listed on the second team at free safety. Some guys are better against the run, others are better in nickel-and-dime situations. There will be a role for both of them.

“We try to find smaller roles for each guy, so they can have a real streamlined, targeted approach to the game plan and what their role will be in the game,” Shafer said. “The good news is that we’ve had great competition, not just with the two of them in the secondary, but the whole group.”

Marona unlikely to play for otherwise healthy Orange Syracuse will likely be without defensive end Tyler Marona when it opens the season Saturday against Penn State at MetLife Stadium in

East Rutherford, N.J. “Probably the only one would be Tyler Marona and Macauley Hill,” Shafer said.

“Everyone else should be amped and ready to go.”

SU Athletics announced Monday that Hill, a wide receiver, will have season-ending lowerbody surgery.

Marona figured to play a part in the Orange’s rotation at defensive end before his injury. Syracuse will go with Micah Robinson and Robert Welsh as the starters at end, with Ron Thompson and Isaiah Johnson providing depth off of the bench.

Shafer’s comment confirms that kicker Ross Krautman and offensive lineman Kyle Knapp will be ready to go on Saturday. Krautman was listed as the starting kicker on Monday’s depth chart, and Knapp was listed as the second-team left tackle. Neither had been practicing when the Orange closed practice to the media, but Shafer said Saturday that both were returning to good health. dbwilson@syr.edu @dbwilson2

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1973

Syracuse head coach Ben Schwartzwalder retires and Penn State wins 16 straight meetings from 1971-1986.

Scheduling issues and the beginnings of conference realignment damage the rivalry.

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“Bill O’Brien’s a special guy,” Sullivan said.

“I’m very impressed with the things he does, the way he handles himself.”

Lining up under center against Syracuse on Saturday could be Hackenberg, who was one of O’Brien’s top priorities when the coach first arrived on campus. Hackenberg, a true freshman quarterback and Penn State’s first five-star commit after the Jerry Sandusky scandal, could make the first start of his career when the Nittany Lions play the Orange at 3:30 p.m. at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. With the idealistic quarterback — Hackenberg’s 6-foot-4 build fits the Nittany Lions’ prostyle offense to perfection — and the mastermind head coach, PSU hasn’t missed a beat. It would have been bowl-eligible last season and is receiving votes in the preseason AP Top 25 this year.

For a moment, though, everything could have fallen apart in the wake of the scandal.

Running back Silas Redd, who played two years for Penn State, was the first one to go. He departed for Southern California and it seemed more would follow in droves.

But most stuck with it. And then the recruits

1987

Penn State’s streak is snapped as the Orangemen thrash the Nittany Lions 48-21 in the Carrier Dome. Syracuse wins again in 1988, but loses the following two matchups before the series is suspended in 1991.

“Was I surprised that he stuck with it? No. Was there wavering or questioning? I think at times, at least early on, we looked.”

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started to come.

Hackenberg was the first, but Adam Breneman, the No. 2 tight end in the country, joined him nine days later. And, most importantly, they stuck with it even after sanctions came down.

“I think it says something about the type of character that guy had and all the other recruits that we had that held on to their commitment despite the sanctions,” guard John Urschel said.

“It’s a great place for football and there’s something special here and I think they recognize that, and I think that’s why they kept their commitments.”

Hackenberg committed after the scandal broke. But before sanctions came down, for a time, he had to rethink his decision.

1991

Syracuse stays in the Big East while Penn State leaves for the Big Ten, putting the rivalry on hold for what would be 17 years.

He sat down with Sullivan and his family and went through the whole litany of pros and cons.

Hackenberg’s answer, Sullivan said: “I want to go there.”

“Was I surprised that he stuck with it? No. Was there wavering or questioning? I think at times, at least early on, we looked,” Sullivan said. “You know, ‘OK, what are we going to do?

Do you really want to do this?’ And Christian always said, ‘I want to go to Penn State.’”

Hackenberg was not available to comment because O’Brien does not allow freshmen to talk to the media.

Hackenberg only arrived at PSU this summer, but immediately he’s been thrown into the fire, competing for the starting quarterback job at a Big 10 school. He relishes the spotlight, Sullivan said. Fork Union opened the season in his senior year with a game televised on ESPN. His year ended with the Under Armour AllAmerica Game.

People don’t talk as much about the scandal now as much as they did last year.

“It’s nice to not have the media be talking about things other than football,” Urschel said.

But Hackenberg sticking with his commitment will inevitably once again thrust him into the spotlight.

“That just shows the type of guy that he is, shows his character and the things that matter

2008-09

Penn State creams the Orange 55-13, and again, 28-7 the next year as the two-year, home-and-home series does not go well for Syracuse.

2013

The rivalry is reborn again. Syracuse will take on Penn State on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. “I think they have a very good shot,” Drummond said. “It’s always great going into the game being the underdog.

Coach Shafer’s gonna have those guys ready to fly high.”

to him the most,” safety Malcolm Willis said.

“Now that he’s here, he’s in a battle for that quarterback spot.”

But Hackenberg can only carry the Nittany Lions so far. In a best-case scenario — and assuming he doesn’t redshirt — he will play in one bowl game in his career. If he leaves early, he will never carry them to the postseason.

So his arrival is as much symbolic as it is tangible. PSU has three more years before it can again be the power it once was. Once that time passes, the Nittany Lions will be in good hands.

“As for the future,” Willis said, “as long as Penn State football keeps doing what it’s doing, then we should be fine.”

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STATE OF PENN STATE

courtesy of the daily collegian BILL O’BRIEN took over for Penn State in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal in 2012. Due to NCAA sanctions, the Nittany Lions will not be bowl eligible for another three seasons. Regardless, O’Brien has kept the program’s recruiting prowess intact.

Even after scandal, O’Brien reloads with 5-star QB Hackenberg

By David Wilson SPORTS EDITOR

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here had to be some hesitancy. Christian Hackenberg knew what he could be up against at Penn State — perpetual scrutiny, a thinner supporting cast and three seasons without postseason play.

But it’s still Penn State. There’s still the tradition of excellence. The Nittany Lions still play in front of hordes of adoring fans that remained steadfast through scandal and controversy.

That all sold the school to the quarterback, but even more important was the new man at the helm.

“He wanted to play for Bill O’Brien,” said former Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy head coach Micky Sullivan, who coached Hackenberg at the high school.

Hackenberg hadn’t even been on the radar when former head coach Joe Paterno was finishing up at PSU. It wasn’t until O’Brien was hired and made Hackenberg one of his first recruiting priorities that Penn State would find its eventual quarterback of the future.

In less than two months a rookie head coach sold a program embroiled in scandal to the No. 2 quarterback recruit in the nation.

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THROUGH THE YEARS

For almost 20 years, their rivalry lay dormant. From 1991-2008, Syracuse and Penn State did not play each other. It resumed when the Nittany Lions throttled the Orange in 2008, and beat SU again in 2009. Now, for the first time since then, the rivalry kickstarts again at MetLife Stadium on Saturday. The Daily Orange takes a look back at some of the defining moments of one of Syracuse’s oldest rivalries.

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1950

1953

1950-70

Syracuse and Penn State tie 0-0 in their first-ever meeting at the Polo Grounds in New York. The Nittany Lions had won 29 straight games, but the Orangemen’s defense made several goal-line stands in the first half. An injury to PSU fullback Mike Palm slowed the Nittany Lions’ offense in the second half, but the underdog Orangemen were unable to capitzalize.

Penn State defensive back Lenny Moore intercepts a pass to seal a 20-14 Nittany Lions victory. After he is shoved out of bounds into the SU bench, an Orangemen player jumps on Moore, sparking a brawl. Fans leap down from the stands and enter the fray as the fighting goes on for several minutes. When the field is finally cleared and play continues, Penn State takes a knee to end the game.

Syracuse beats Penn State 27-7 at Archbold Stadium, snapping the Nittany Lions’ eight-game winning streak. The Orangemen crowd the line of scrimmage to take away the run game, and ultimately return three interceptions for touchdowns as first-year Penn State head coach Rip Engle’s Wing-T offense sputters out in Syracuse.

Penn State wins 11 of 21 games as the rivalry heats up. “I think they were the No. 1 rival that Syracuse had,” Robert Drummond, Syracuse running back from 1985-88, said.

“Syracuse-Penn State always made for a great game, always made for national television.”

AT A GLANCE

THEY SAID IT

“No one knows when they are 100 percent or what percentage they’re playing at. The biggest thing is, I’m not below 100 percent.”

Robert Griffin III WASHINGTON REDSKINS QUARTERBACK ON KNEE INJURY

The Syracuse running game will be more focused on the outside this season.

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Broyld: Allen taking most 1st-team reps

By Stephen Bailey ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Quarterback Drew Allen has been working primarily with the first team, sophomore H-back Ashton Broyld said Tuesday.

“I go with Drew most of the time and a little bit of T(errel) Hunt,” said Broyld, who is listed as the first-team H-back and has practiced ALLEN there throughout the summer.

Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer has gone to great lengths to veil who his starting quarterback will be when the Orange BROYLD opens its season against Penn State on Saturday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Shafer said that the team has a “direction” in which it’s going at a press conference on Saturday, and Broyld indicated that direction appears to be Allen when The Daily Orange asked him if Allen was working mostly with him on the first team.

“Yeah, you could say that,” Broyld said. “T-Hunt gets reps in there, too, because it’s still a battle. We’re just trying to get the hang of each other pretty much.”

Shafer closed practices to the media last Wednesday and has been steadfast in his comments that both Allen, the senior transfer from Oklahoma, and Hunt, the redshirt sophomore, are still competing for the job.

Being Allen’s last chance to play after backing up Sam Bradford and Landry Jones at OU, he’s eager for the opportunity to get on the field, though he did not acknowledge his starting role.

“I’m very excited,” Allen said.

“Nervousness is not a factor to be honest. Maybe I’ll be nervous on Saturday, just a little bit, to get those first couple plays, if my number is called.” sebail01@syr.edu @stephen_bailey1

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