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A night out DJ’s on the Hill creates an additional 18and-over night.

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Political roots University Politics columnist Rachael Barillari discusses the importance of the grassroots organization NYPIRG. Page 5

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Festival fashion Follow this advice to dress for comfort and function at Juice Jam. Page 9

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On a high note

University Union creates music festival to amplify Juice Jam experience

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uring the fall of 2012, Kelly Benini left for Los Angeles to intern with Goldenvoice, the agency behind behemoth West Coast music festival Coachella. Though Benini, University Union’s concert director, didn’t get the chance to make the trek to Indio, Calif., she still felt inspired.

“I thought it was cool to see what they were doing,” she said. “I was inspired to create something.”

That something — hosting the first-

ever student-run music festival on Syracuse University soil — has been in the works for more than half a year, said UU President Billy Ceskavich. Once UU crunched the numbers, he said the organization was confident the show would do well.

The idea of expanding Juice Jam from a single-stage show to a daylong festival format was broached at UU’s weekly board meeting, hot on the heels of last year’s sold-out Juice Jam concert featuring rapper Childish Gambino and electronic dance music DJ

Calvin Harris.

Though the idea finally came to fruition in a matter of months, last year’s UU President Lindsey Colegrove said the concept of a multi-stage festival was years in the making.

“I got the chance to budget for the event,” she said. “But I’m extremely excited to see the current board exceeding expectations with Juice Jam this year.”

Ceskavich said that UU weighed price options with the logistics of a second stage. The goal was to make 2013’s itera-

tion of Juice Jam a combination of a bigger festival, a la Coachella, without straying too far from the concert’s roots.

As student interest in concert programming changed, Ceskavich said, so did Juice Jam. “With any event, we have a reasonable responsibility to do it right,” Ceskavich said.

The logistics of having a second stage on Skytop Field wasn’t altogether impossible, but Benini said, getting all of the acts confirmed was see UU page 8

SU student remembered for passion, spontaneity

By Annie Palmer Asst. News Editor

When people met Emma Wozny, they found her kind spirit infectious.

“She always wanted people to be happy,” said Wozny’s friend Sarah Richheimer, “She always tried to cheer people up with her spontaneous personality.”

Wozny, a junior psychology and neu-

roscience major, died Monday at her family’s home in Verona, N.J. She was a staff writer at The Daily Orange and spent a semester abroad in Spain with the SU Madrid program in fall 2012. Those who knew Wozny said they will remember her for her passion for traveling and her outgoing personality.

After coming back from Spain, Wozny

was brimming with stories about her time abroad, said Richheimer, who is also a contributing writer for The Daily Orange. Wozny’s passion for experiencing different cultures seemed to underline her excitement, Richheimer said.

“We heard all of her stories from when she was abroad and daily she had story after story,” said Richheimer,

a junior public relations major. “She used to say how much she wished she was still there.”

Richheimer said she attributed Wozny’s excitement about her travels to her spontaneous, outgoing character and “passion for life,” which Wozny often used to cheer up others. Just before classes

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Bicyclist hits car on Euclid Ave.

DJ’s adds monthly 18+ night

By Annie Palmer

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A cyclist crashed into a Honda Civic on Wednesday evening, damaging the windshield and ripping off the car’s right sideview mirror.

The accident happened on the 800 block of Euclid Avenue. The cyclist was taken to Upstate University Hospital.

Kumar Ashutosh, the driver of the Honda Civic, said he was driving down Euclid Avenue when the cyclist, who was in a bike lane on the right side of the road, suddenly made a left turn into his car.

The cyclist rode into the car’s right door, knocking off the rearview mirror and smashing his elbow into the windshield. The impact left a large dent in the windshield.

Ashutosh, a pulmonary doctor at University Hospital, said he talked with the cyclist before EMS responders took him to the hospital. Ashutosh said the cyclist claimed he signaled

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DPS to give bike safety tips Saturday

By Brett Samuels Staff Writer

The Department of Public Safety is providing an opportunity for bicycle tuneups Saturday and tips as part of its effort to increase cyclist safety and responsibility.

DPS Detective Cleveland McCurty is overseeing the event, which goes from 2-6 p.m. on the Huntington Beard Crouse Hall patio. The goal of the event is to better inform students about the cycling etiquette on campus and how to avoid bike theft.

McCurty said cyclists have a large presence on campus, but not all students follow traffic laws, which can lead to dangerous situations. DPS also wants to promote awareness of more efficient bike locks.

“A lot of people ride bikes, and a lot of them don’t realize that when you ride a bike in the street you’re responsible for obeying traffic signals,” McCurty said. “Ultimately one of our missions is to keep staff, faculty and students safe in a campus environ-

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Paying tribute

The flag on the Quad stands at half-staff in memory of Emma Wozny, the junior neuroscience and psychology major who died at her family home in Verona, N.J., on Monday. She was a staff writer at The Daily Orange and spent her fall 2012 semester studying abroad in Spain. Wozny enjoyed travelling and spending time with friends. Those who knew her said they will remember Wozny for her outgoing and spontaneous spirit, as she always cheered up her friends with her good humor.

GrubHub competitor comes to SU

By Ellen Meyers Contributing Writer

Although the Huffington Post reported Syracuse University students ordered more late-night food from GrubHub than any other campus in the country, the go-to food site might now be facing new competition.

The newly-launched website HungryCuse.com was created by Bob Sheehan, along with his son

Devin and his daughter Siera. The family owns the company, Hungry College Menus.

The Sheehan’s have created similar websites for other campuses, such as HungryRhody.com for University of Rhode Island and HungryHuskies.com for University of Connecticut. The family’s goal for HungryCuse.com is to create a food ordering site that better caters to the local market.

“I think those sites do a great job of when you bounce from place to place, but I don’t think they do the best job in their own particular local markets,” said Devin Sheehan. “There is no focus there. So really, it comes from trying to do a better job, a better branding in each specific market we come in contact with.”

This past week, the Sheehans

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DJ’s On The Hill will add another 18 and older night with its monthly “House on the Hill” event. The event will be separate from the bar’s weekly 18 and older night on Tuesday.

It will be held on the third Saturday of every month and will feature house, techno and electronic music played by several disc jockeys, said Mike Cauchon, DJ’s bar manager.

“We created these 18 and over nights just to give kids a better club experience because the majority of kids aren’t 21,” Cauchon said. “We wanted to give kids that aren’t 21 a chance to have a night life, too.”

The idea for “House on the Hill” was created during the summer when a student disc jockey approached Cauchon and explained that house was quickly becoming a popular genre among college students, and that the bar could specifically benefit from having an 18 and older night. Cauchon said the “house experience” of a complex lighting and sound system also drew him in.

The bar hired additional guards with Buffalo Security Co. to prevent underage drinking and check IDs, while a team of four DJ’s employees covers the main f loor of the bar, he said.

The four employees on the main floor will prevent underage customers from getting drinks from legal friends they may have arrived with, Cauchon said. The wristband system will also help prevent this, he said, adding that underage patrons will be stamped upon entrance while those 21 and older will be given a wristband indicating they’re of drinking age. Any underage customers found with a drink in their hand will be “kicked out” of the bar, he said.

So far, Cauchon said the bar has experienced few problems during its 18 and older nights on Tuesdays, which started in January.

“As long as everyone under me and my staff is doing their job, we won’t run into any serious issues,” Cauchon said.

DJ’s wants to provide an experience that is both safe and entertaining, he added.

Said Cauchon: “We heard from kids that they really wanted a place that they could go and have a clublike experience. I think these kids just want to go out and dance, and that’s what I’m trying to give them.” apalme05@syr.edu

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UU president confronts Juice Jam safety following tragedy Like many Syracuse University students, this past weekend I became aware of the deaths of two attendees at the multi-day Electric Zoo music festival in New York City.

This tragedy has hit close to home for many at Syracuse, as one of the victims, Jeffrey Russ, was a recent graduate of SU and a friend to many on campus.

To pass away so suddenly and at such a young age is always a shocking tragedy. I send my condolences to Jeffrey’s friends and family as they work to grapple with his passing.

This tragedy vividly highlights the risks present at many large-scale events. In light of recent events and on behalf of University Union, I would like to emphasize the impor-

LETTER TO THE EDITOR tance of personal safety leading up to Juice Jam 2013.

Each year, we work diligently to ensure the safety of all Juice Jam attendees. As we have worked to increase this year’s venue capacity, we have worked hard to ensure personnel are ready to address safety concerns at all times.

School officials, event staffers, and medical professionals are all on-hand to make sure students stay safe throughout Juice Jam 2013.

In addition, we ask that all attendees at Juice Jam take a moment to consider the

importance of personal safety. Make a conscientious effort to stay hydrated throughout the day. Always consider the risks involved with any controlled substance. And, never hesitate to help someone in need.

Juice Jam is a time for the Syracuse student body to come together and enjoy the beginning of a fresh school year. We are thrilled to host what should be the most exciting Juice Jam in history. But we should also make an effort to stay safe throughout the day.

Together, we can make Juice Jam an exciting and responsible success.

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NYPIRG serves as effective grassroots organization at SU

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small loft turned office space above Faegan’s Café and Pub adorns a compilation of polychrome papers reading the letters N-Y-P-I-R-G. Anti-fracking signs hang next to the Marshall Street-facing window; bumper stickers boasting eco-friendly slogans are displayed; construction paper signs and old campaign t-shirts allow the word “empowerment” to echo throughout the room.

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campus watchdog These embellishments, plus the various chalk and bulletin boards, proves this space does indeed belong to one of the most effective grassroots organizations students at Syracuse University can access.

Within these walls, student-supported efforts that affect the entire state of New York come to fruition. It is within these walls that NYPIRG Project Coordinator Nicole St. James works year-round to ensure students have a platform to voice their concerns.

St. James describes the non-partisan New York Public Interest Research Group as a student empowerment organization set on being a voice for student rights and the campaigns students support. She said she acts as a liaison between the students at SU and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and NYPIRG’s main office in New York City.

The organization is currently heading two campaigns that should matter to the entirety of both SU and SUNY ESF’s student populations: Higher Education Affordability and Voter Registration.

There has not been a major movement of student activism in the United States in decades, St. James argues. She rightfully believes the rising cost of college tuition should be the cause for students to begin taking more political action.

Though NYPIRG has lobbyists in Washington to speak on behalf of this issue, student representatives here in Syracuse work throughout the year to keep local politicians aware of growing concerns and to prepare for the annual Higher Education Action Day each spring. At this event, students from the local chapter nobly lobby for higher education issues in Albany and show support for affordability legislation.

The rising cost of education combined with the declining funding provided through programs like the Tuition Assistance Program affects almost every student in the Syracuse area to some extent. St. James said she is always looking for students to represent this voice, an opportunity those compelled to change this rising-cost trend should seize.

As higher education becomes a greater necessity for entering the global and American workforce, the time could not be more prime to also get involved with the organization’s push for the passage of the New York Dream Act. If passed, this legislation would give undocumented students the access to TAP they need to gain an education and therefore aid this country’s progression.

Making changes democratically often involves casting a ballot, which is why it is imperative to ensure individuals from our age bracket are registered voters. Voter registration and mobilization are NYPIRG campaigns that are also of current high importance, as the registration deadline is just more than a month away.

The organization has a goal of registering 1,200 students by Oct. 11. Since the start of the semester, several hundred students have already been registered, St. James said. Though NYPIRG is a designated lead organization for the approaching Voter Registration Day on Sept.

24, encouraging peer registration should be a push of all students whether representing the organization or not.

Becoming involved politically is often an intimidating concept, but NYPIRG is an organization that makes it easy.

By giving students the skills and outreach methods to make small grassroots efforts like tabling and clip boarding, or larger exertions like lobbying and event planning, true activism becomes a possibility worth reaching – and climbing to the loft above Faegan’s – for.

Rachael Barillari is a senior political science and Middle Eastern studies major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at rebarill@ syr.edu and followed on Twitter at @R_Barillari.

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n interesting thing about cyber warfare is that it can make a war thousands of miles away feel a lot closer to home.

Aside from the shocking news of chemical warfare in Syria, U.S. citizens have been experiencing a high level of cyber warfare from the Syrian Electronic Army. This group of politically motivated hackers has been flexing their muscles all month with their computing capabilities.

Media companies have reported the SEA as a group of anonymous computer hackers who support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Although a direct connection has not been officially linked between Assad and SEA, it is highly suggested.

According to Infosecurity magazine, SEA’s official website is registered by the Syrian Computer Society, which is a state-affiliated organization that was headed by Assad in the 1990s.

Most people have never experienced the violence and bloodshed of war firsthand. But due to our increasing dependence on social media and online news reporting, we have experienced the barrage of cyber attacks the SEA has committed in the past month.

The cyber attacks committed by the SEA have been frequent and numerous. NPR, The Huffington Post, Al Jazeera, Human Rights Watch and BBC Weather were the first victims.

Then about a week ago, when Obama’s course of action in Syria was still undetermined, the SEA attacked The New York Times’ website and Twitter domains, making it difficult for people to access these sites.

Most recently, on Sept. 2, the SEA hacked the U.S. Marine Corps recruiting site. The group posted a message directly from the Syrian army calling President Obama a traitor.

To gain access to most of these websites, the SEA used a phishing email technique targeted at the registrar Melbourne IT, an Australian company that sells website addresses such as NYTimes.com.

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SCRIBBLE digitally affected A phishing email is an email soliciting useful information. The only catch is that it appears to be from a trusted source. As a result, the victim will usually give the information willingly. The technique operates similarly to a double agent.

Information technology specialists have touted the cyber attacks as fairly basic. However, it is hard to take much comfort from these statements seeing as they have continued all month. The only relief is that the attacks on these media sites have been harmless, some even quite humorous.

For instance, when SEA hacked the BBC’s Twitter account, it declared, “Forecast for Tel Aviv on Saturday – 5000 degrees Kelvin with northern fog and eastern high pressure front.”

But attacks like these are meant to create chaos. While the attacks have done little damage in the United States, in Syria, the SEA and other hacking groups have used comparable methods to create propaganda and track down anti-regime rebels.

Cyber warfare will continue to grow exponentially with our online use. As a result, Americans will be closer to war as they witness many of these cyber attacks at the same time as the government.

Ultimately, Americans will need to be more careful online. Fact checking and email assurance are now more fundamental than ever before. After all, as the Syrian cyber attacks have demonstrated, the National Security Agency is no longer the only group attempting to access our information.

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SA should focus on campus goals, not country The Student Association should continue to prove it is proactive with tangible on-campus initiatives, before looking to tackle national student issues.

At the second SA meeting of the semester, President Allie Curtis discussed her experience at the ACC Presidents Conference in an address to the assembly. The conference focused on other universities’ efforts to emphasize national student issues and gain student support to lobby local politicians.

She said this is a concept that would make SA better “defenders of the students.”

It is encouraging that Curtis is looking beyond Syracuse University and considering larger issues that confront students. Still, it is

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EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board crucial that SA puts the university first and maintains focus on the day-to-day issues yet to be solved.

SA should also make sure not to take on too many projects.

Large-scale, tangible improvements have yet to be seen on campus. Therefore, SA should continue to undertake smaller-scale projects before broadening its scope to include national issues.

After a tumultuous spring semester with the departures of most of the organization’s cabinet members, an experienced cabinet is necessary to lead and rally students around a regional or

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national issue.

For now, the cabinet is getting back on track. Assembly members voted on a new bill during Tuesday’s meeting that provides startup money for new student organizations. This suggests a step in the proper direction and that more progress is ahead for the student group.

Continuing to cross off oncampus goals from SA’s agenda will help build its reputation among students. From there, they will be able to better hone student support for the national student issues Curtis has suggested that the organization target.

For now, SA should make sure it doesn’t bite off more than it can chew.

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started, Richheimer said, she and Wozny went to the Great New York State Fair, where Wozny rode an electric bull. Richheimer said she took funny pictures and video footage of Wozny riding the bull, but because she loved to make people smile, “she wasn’t even angry” about the embarrassing recordings.

When Richheimer heard the news about Wozny’s death, she said she felt utter shock and disbelief, thinking back to when she first met Wozny during their freshman year, when they lived on the fourth floor of Day Hall.

Liza Posner also met Wozny during their freshman year; the two girls were roommates.

Posner, a junior advertising major, said Wozny

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“It’s just a tragedy. There’s no words to express how you feel. Anytime someone young and bright passes away, it’s a tragedy.”

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quirky, fun personalities.

Posner said her fondest memory of Wozny was when they would make fun of a stuffed animal, called “Sharky,” that Wozny kept on her

bed. She said Wozny would give Sharky human qualities, writing Post-it notes around the room illustrating what its interests were.

“I don’t think it’s really fully hit me yet that she’s gone,” Posner said.

Daniel McDowell had a similar reaction when he heard the news that the bright student he had just met had died. He met Wozny last week when she attended her first international relations class taught by McDowell.

“It’s just a tragedy. There’s no words to express how you feel,” said McDowell, an assistant professor of political science. “Anytime someone young and bright passes away, it’s a tragedy.”

Though Wozny only attended one class, McDowell said she had already made a lasting impression.

As a part of the course, it was suggested that students make a Twitter account, McDowell

said. Wozny was one of the first students to make a Twitter, registering her Twitter handle as @yay_psc_124, named after the class, he said.

“I thought it was so cool that she had signed up for Twitter specifically for the class and had a sense of humor about it,” McDowell said. “In class, I brought up that Emma had joined and I saw that she instantly had a smile on her face.”

The day after learning of her death, McDowell said he shared Wozny’s obituary in class and had a moment of silence in her honor. He said he chose to dismiss class early because he didn’t feel it was right to discuss such difficult news and then continue on as if it was a normal day.

“Unfortunately, I won’t have the chance to get to know her now,” McDowell said. “But from the brief period that she was in my class, I knew she was a special person.” apalme05@syr.edu

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Social drinking network Facebook application allows users to appoint designated drivers for events

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hree universities in Texas are helping the Texas Department of Transportation pilot a new Facebook-integrated app used to appoint designated drivers for events before social outings.

Of the 7,096 motor vehicles accidents in Texas involving people 18-24 under the influence of alcohol, there were 2,181 serious injuries and 231 deaths, according to an Aug. 22 TxDOT news release.

The app is called Person Appointed to Stay Sober. Users log into the app, create an event and invite their friends, one of whom can offer to be the driver of the night by RSVPing “yes” to the event, according to the app’s website.

If no one offers to be the P.A.S.S. for the occasion, the app sends an email to the user 15 minutes before the event begins. The app lets passengers pay drivers for gas money. Potential P.A.S.S. drivers submit their recommended donation amount and car occupancy.

“It is well known that college life often includes some events that involve drinking,” said Phil Wilson, TxDOT executive director, in the release. “In those situations, we hope this app will encourage college students to leave the driving to someone who has not been drinking.

Crashes related to alcohol are entirely preventable and we feel this new technology offers yet another option to curb drunk driving.”

The app will be a one-year test run to search for adjustments that can be made to improve the program and make it more userfriendly, said Becky Ozuna, a TxDOT spokeswoman. TxDOT is currently in the process of developing versions available through Apple’s App Store and Google Play. For now, the mobile-friendly app Web page can be found at www.thepassapp.com.

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ment, so the traffic aspect is very important.”

A large number of students use bikes for transportation, McCurty said, and a surprising amount of students continue riding bikes through the winter.

With so many bikes being used around campus, DPS works to prevent bike theft.

Forty-six bikes were stolen in 2012, McCurty said. All the bikes reported as stolen had cable locks that were cut, except for two which were left unsecured, he added.

In order to limit future thefts, McCurty said the emphasis of Saturday’s event will be on theft prevention.

McCurty recommended using a U-bolt bike

illustration by andy casadonte | art director The University of North Texas, the University of Texas at Brownsville and Midwestern State University were selected to test the app.

“We chose three different schools that were geographically spread out and different in size to see how this app could work among various populations,” Ozuna said. “At the end of the school year, TxDOT is planning on administering surveys to students at each school to measure the effectiveness of the app. Depending on the results, TxDOT will then decide whether or not to expand the program.”

The University of Texas at Brownsville has trained students to talk about the P.A.S.S. app and passed out key chains and door hangers during Welcome Week to promote the event, said Doug Stoves, assistant dean of residential life and auxiliary services at the school.

He added that the university’s Greek Council, as well as ROTC took the lead in this project to spread awareness among the student community.

“We plan on a continuous presence on cam-

pus throughout the school year to see how well the P.A.S.S. app can be integrated into the student culture,” he said.

Stoves and Ozuna both said they acknowledge that drunk driving is not exclusively a college-age problem, and expressed their hopes that the general population will use the P.A.S.S. app.

While the TxDOT is only partnering with three universities, anyone who has a Facebook account can use the P.A.S.S. app.

lock, which he said are more effective than chain and cable locks. He said DPS will raffle off a U-bolt lock on Saturday.

The event will also offer cyclists a chance to register their bikes with DPS. McCurty said it’s often difficult to recover stolen bikes because they’re taken out of town, or are altered so they can’t be identified.

If a bike is registered, DPS and the Syracuse Police Department will have a record of a student’s bike, which they can use to identify stolen bikes that are recovered, he said.

Steve Morris, an owner at Mello Velo Bicycle Shop on Westcott Street, said the majority of its customers are Syracuse University students, and he also recommends students register their bike.

“I’ve talked to police who say they’ve found bikes, but don’t know who they belong to, so reg-

istering it is a way they can return the bikes,”

nance, McCauley said.

Morris said in addition to using a U-bolt lock, riders should avoid leaving their bikes outside or in an unlocked garage overnight.

Sean McCauley, who is a senior bioengineering major and co-captain of the Syracuse University Cycling Club, agreed that the best way to prevent bike theft is to keep it indoors when possible, and lock it using a U-bolt lock.

McCauley added while registering a bike is useful, it’s more important to take steps to prevent bike theft from happening at all. He said registration is only effective once a bike is stolen.

Said McCauley: “The best way to prevent bike theft is to just avoid situations where theft would be a possible outcome.”

“Ultimately one of our missions is to keep staff, faculty and students safe in a campus environment, so the traffic aspect is very important.”

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Morris said.

Mello Velo will have a mechanic at the event to talk to students about proper bike mainte-

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SU graduates develop location-sharing social media app

By Shannon Hazlitt Staff Writer

Three SU graduates have helped to create an app they hope can allow people to tour the world and know about exactly where they are with the push of a button.

The free app, called CO Everywhere, launched Aug. 27. The app pulls up content from all over the world, displaying a variety of information including photos, tweets, events, reviews and local deals for any area the user chooses. A team of seven, including three SU graduates, created CO Everywhere.

Unlike some earlier apps that use location specific interactive media, CO Everywhere allows users to draw their own unique area of interest with their finger on a virtual map, said Tony Longo, CEO and co-founder.

CO Everywhere then pulls up information for that area, said Longo, who graduated

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the toughest part of booking this year’s Juice Jam festival. All of the artists on the Juice Jam lineup had to approve all of the other acts on the bill, she said.

Benini said during the booking process, members of the UU concert board would “blow up her phone” with email chains ballooning to more than 100 messages. When looking at artist availability, Benini wanted to book artists that met a constant demand for different genres in UU programming.

This year’s acts came from both the survey issued through the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment and from suggestions on UU’s social media outlets, Benini said.

“We had a lot of pressure to pick acts that weren’t too small, but still fit what we wanted to accomplish,” she said. “A lot of time and planning went into it.”

From the early stages of selecting performers, Benini knew she wanted to accentuate a few different genres on the festival bill. One of the most common concert programming headaches — artist availability — played a pivotal role in the artists UU could bring to campus.

“We looked into some major bands, but availability didn’t work out,” Benini said.

“But the responses to The Neighbourhood coming for Juice Jam on social media have been great.”

Most of the artists’ booking agents were on board with the student-run festival concept early on, and several were agents UU has worked with previously.

Kendrick Lamar, the Compton, Calif., rapper who netted the second most requested spot on UU’s annual Juice Jam survey, shares a booking agent with Earl Sweatshirt, the Odd Future rapper who headlined MayFest 2013. The same agent UU went through to book DJ Pauly D for Winter Carnival also works with DJ Robert DeLong. Pop starlet Ke$ha shares a booking agency with Juice Jam’s indie stage hip-hop artist Ab-Soul.

“It’s really a testament to building relationships. It’s Networking 101,” Benini said. “The agents we’ve worked with before know that we won’t just throw the artists to the wolves.”

Juice Jam is the second UU concert to get a dual-stage makeover — last year’s MayFest concert in Walnut Park was the first to get an overhaul, with both the Red Bull stage and a main stage, she said.

from the School of Information Studies in 2001.

“The app is built on top of the world’s social content,” he said. “We only do one thing, but we do it really well— we help you define the geography.”

Within the first four days of the app’s release, CO Everywhere was downloaded thousands of times across 62 countries, Longo said.

The app pulls content from more than 1,400 sites every day, he said. Many of the sites are specific to certain areas of the globe and unfamiliar to Americans, he added.

Users can organize their content in four different ways: by events, deals from local businesses, social media interactions or all three combined and posted in reverse chronological order.

The app can also help students studying

Ceskavich said that UU decided Juice Jam was the best option to revamp next because of its location and size. He also said that while UU works to keep programming fresh, he’s not sure the festival format would be conducive to a concert like Block Party.

“Juice Jam was the most feasible because of the openness of the venue,” he said.

The shift to a higher capacity made this year’s Juice Jam the highest selling one in its history, shattering last year’s record by a 1,000-ticket margin. The festival sold out its 9,500 tickets last Thursday.

UU bolstered precautionary measures with the added capacity, and Ceskavich said concert security is always a priority for the organization.

Ceskavich also said the fact that Juice Jam sold out and sold out quickly reaffirmed UU’s confidence in the new format. The goal of the two-stage setup is to have constant music throughout the day without overlapping set times.

“It’s just a really fantastic feeling,” he said.

Ken Consor, a former UU concert director, acknowledged that the concert format is something UU talked about during his tenure as concert director, but was never really put into action. He also said the festival format adds to a recent history of campus concerts setting trends.

“Syracuse concerts have been really progressive compared to most colleges,” said Consor, a 2013 alumnus in the Bandier Program for Music and the Entertainment Industries. “It’s a great idea; it always had the vibes of a festival. And you can definitely make a case that this is the best Juice Jam lineup since it started.”

Also progressive, Consor noted, is a conspicuous lack of criticism in the complaints department.

“Every show we did when I was here, people complained,” he said. “I haven’t seen any complaints at all for this show.”

Though this year’s Juice Jam isn’t jumping head first into the music festival pool, Benini said she thinks it is a critical first step for UU toward making the Juice Jam Music Festival bigger in the future.

“We’re taking baby steps to starting a festival on campus,” she said.

The Juice Jam Music Festival will take place on Sunday at Skytop Field on South Campus. Entrance to the festival will open at noon, and music is slated to start at 12:30 p.m. ervanrhe@syr.edu @TheRealVandyMan

abroad familiarize themselves with locations in the country they’re studying in, Janelle Bridson, who works on CO Everywhere’s community team, said in an email.

The app is similar to Banjo, an application that allows users to view social media posts based on a defined location, said Carlos Caicedo Bastidas, an iSchool professor.

CO Everywhere takes it a step further by allowing users to specify a specific area to follow, said Caicedo, who teaches a class on mobile app design and development.

“That’s very innovative from my perspective,” he said.

Banjo is compatible with both Android and Apple devices, while CO Everywhere isn’t out for the Android yet. This significantly limits the number of users who can experience the benefits of this app, Caicedo said.

Longo, one of the app’s co-founders and

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promoted the website with “Eat Cheap Week,” where they collaborated with restaurants to give special discounts for people who use HungryCuse.com.

Restaurants listed on their website include Cal-Zonies, Acropolis and Alto Cinco.

“The advantage is it promotes the site and the restaurants on the site,” Devin Sheehan said.

Bob Sheehan said his family has always wanted to start a website specifically for SU. The family lived in Binghamton, a city about an hour south of Syracuse, for 27 years before moving to Rhode Island.

“We did live in Binghamton for the longest time,” he said. “The kids grew up in Binghamton. We’re big Syracuse fans.”

The Sheehan family also stressed that interactions with students and local businesses are important, especially on social media platforms. Their main social media platform is Twitter, because it’s easier to find students constantly that way, said Siera Sheehan, HungryCuse.com’s social media marketer.

For instance, a female SU student retweeted HungryCuse.com, which resulted in a free pizza brought to her residence hall, Siera Sheehan said.

She said that the website would continue deals like this in the future.

Because the website was launched recently, Siera Sheehan said they have not received as much attention as they would like. As of Tues-

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the turn with his hand.

Ashutosh said he didn’t notice the cyclist

CEO, said creating an Android version of the app is high on the CO Everywhere team’s priority list and should be released some time this fall.

In the meantime, he hopes the app can also connect people in real life as well. Dan Adams, a CO Everywhere co-founder and CTO, once told him how he’d always wanted to learn how to pickle different types of food.

Through CO Everywhere, Adams noticed a post about making pickles by a neighbor he’d never met. Because of that post, Adams gained a cooking skill and a friend.

“I got the chills when he told me that,” Longo said. “That thousands of times over for all of the people around the world who are using this app; that’s incredibly powerful.” smhazlit@syr.edu

day night, HungryCuse.com has 353 followers on Twitter and 77 likes on Facebook.

“I feel like I’ve heard of it, but I wouldn’t be able to tell you more about it,” said Alejandra Charrabe, a sophomore architecture major.

Charrabe said that, last year she and her floormates would use GrubHub about seven times a week. But if HungryCuse.com had cou-

“I think those sites do a great job of when you bounce from place to place, but I don’t think they do the best job in their own particular local markets.”

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pons and was faster, Charrabe said, she would use the website instead of GrubHub. Drew Perdue, an undecided freshman on the pre-law track in the College of Arts and Sciences, used HungryCuse.com to order food when the dining hall was closed, after his roommate told him about the website.

“It was really convenient,” he said. “I ordered from there the other night, so I just go on and they have my order saved and all that, so I just kind of plug in what I want, and it just comes to the dorm.” ekmeyers@syr.edu

until the accident happened.

Sgt. Gary Bulinski of the Syracuse Police Department did not immediately return a phone call. najisaka@syr.edu @NatsumiAjisaka

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Columnist gives advice for choosing stylish, functional Juice Jam outfit Text by Jenna Belmonte FASHION COLUMNIST

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ome meticulously plan their outfits every evening before bed, while others fly by the seat of their pants and pick their daily duds moments before dashing out the door. I respect both methods of outfit selection; however, there are some occasions that require even the most spontaneous of us to do a little preliminary planning.

One such occasion is a concert.

Getting dressed for one is akin to solving a math problem. Admittedly, math is not my forte, but I feel that I can solve this particular equation and help you look and feel spectacular at this year’s Juice Jam Music Festival.

The first step in solving this fashion problem is following a simple acronym that you may have already learned: PEMDAS. I have reformulated this mathematical acronym to fit our fashion purposes, and below, I explain the new, appropriate “operations” that should be performed.

“P” stands for “prioritize.” When picking out a concert outfit, it is imperative that you prioritize whether you want to look insanely stylish or would rather aim for functionality.

For example, you may want to wear a pair of pants or leggings that don’t have pockets. While these pants may look awesome, they are not going to afford you any storage space. You will either have to hold your belongings for the duration of the concert or bring a bag or purse, which will probably be searched before you enter the venue. This delay means more time in line and less time where

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you want to be. Ergo, pockets are a must.

Footwear is an aspect of your outfit that requires you to prioritize whether you want to be stylish or comfortable. I find that the best

concert shoe for both men and women is a sneaker. Yes, flip-flops are easy to throw on, and heels and boots dress up an outfit, but these choices can lead to smashed toes or blisters. The safest choice is to slip into your best

pair of sneakers, be they old school Chucks or a new pair of Supergas.

Also, I recommend bringing a hoodie or a jean jacket that you can easily tie around your waist, given that Syracuse weather is fickle, and

odds are it will either get cold or rainy at some point.

“E” stands for “equip.” It is important to equip yourself with the essentials (i.e., your cell phone,

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Foul-tasting, high-ABV beer too strong to handle, undrinkable

By Avery Hartmans

BEER BITES

Nothing says “welcome back” like the massive alcohol consumption during syllabus week.

This year, I decided to honor my last first week of school the right way: drinking the most alcoholic beer I could find.

Typical beers have an alcohol by volume of anywhere from 4 percent to 6 percent. I decided to double it. Enter: Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron at 12 percent ABV. When I asked the gentlemen employees in the beer aisle if I could find anything with a higher ABV than that, they looked at me with genuine concern. But I shamelessly purchased the beer, disappointed that it only came in a 4-pack.

How innocent I was back then.

When I finally worked up the courage to crack open a bottle a few hours later, I cautiously sniffed it and was pleasantly surprised. The Palo Santo Marron, a brown ale, is brewed in handmade Paraguayan Palo Santo wooden vessels. Combine that with an infusion of caramel and vanilla, and it seems flavorful and delectable — until you drink it, that is. I’m pretty sure I can still taste my first sip, despite numerous tooth-brushings and a trip to Faegan’s to assuage my violated palate.

The Palo Santo immediately tasted like alcohol. I should have guessed that, but it was a surprise in the worst kind of way, like when one of your roommates fills up a water bottle with vodka, puts it in the fridge, then forgets to tell you it’s not water.

But after continuing to drink it

— moving past the fact that I basically just took a shot — it got even worse. Gone were any hints of delicious caramel or the full-bodied, oaky aftertaste I was expecting. Instead, I felt like I was consuming something that was genuinely bad for me, like it was probably chewing through the lining of my stomach before biting massive chunks out of my liver.

I soldiered on. I kept thinking, “Hey, maybe it’s not as bad as I remember.” But somehow it got increasingly more disgusting and only succeeded in getting me a little buzzed after a third of a beer.

And here’s why: Despite the package assuring me the beer should age “with the best of them,” Dogfish Head beers are best fresh. My pack was bottled on April 10, so by now, it had lost almost all hops flavor.

I gave this beer one last chance: I offered it to two boys. In my mind, boys will drink just about anything with alcohol in it, so if a guy couldn’t handle it, this brew was truly undrinkable.

When they each took one sip and looked at me in horror, I knew it wasn’t just my underdeveloped palate that was the problem. I poured the remainder of the open beers down the drain — they were the general color and consistency of sludge, by the way — then exiled the remaining two Palo Santos to the back of the fridge.

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Students gear up for Juice Jam music festival

By Lauren Porter CONTRIBUTING WRITER

In mid-August, a simple 140-character statement from University Union got students excited. The tweet contained news about the Juice Jam lineup and did not disappoint.

“I’m ready for this year’s Juice Jam,” said Erin Bridges, a junior social work major. “It should be fun and entertaining. This is like the first big school event and you get to hang out and hear some great music.”

UU announced six acts and a two-stage festival style concert. It triggered a positive response from students and resulted in 9,500 tickets being sold, making it the highestselling Juice Jam to date.

Bridges, who is most looking forward to seeing The Neighbourhood and Kendrick Lamar, said UU made a smart decision adding a second stage to the event.

“It’s a good way to make people happy and

“It was worth the extra work.”

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bring a wide range of music to the school,” she said. “There is something for everyone to listen to, so I think that’s a good thing.”

The festival is taking place at Skytop Field on South Campus, per usual, but to make room for the second stage, UU is disposing of the student activities fair. This didn’t seem to bother Luke Mazur, a sophomore economics major, who said he is attending the concert merely for the carefree, outdoor environment.

“I’m really going to just hang out with my friends,” he said. “It’s still early in the semester before you really do a lot of work, so it is good to just go and have a good time.

I went last year so I’m going looking forward to this year, too.”

Even though the festival hasn’t happened yet, Mazur had a suggestion to improve next year’s Juice Jam. He proposed that there should be two separate headliners who perform at different times — possibly even on different stages.

Similar to Mazur, Rachael D’Addezio, a junior graphic design major, is going for the camaraderie and also to see friends she hasn’t seen yet this semester.

“You get to just see everyone who you missed over the summer,” she said. “The fun atmosphere is really why I’m going; I’m not really interested in the artists that are coming.”

Others are going to see specific artists.

Performing on the main stage are Kendrick Lamar, Nicky Romero and The Neighbourhood. Artists on the indie stage are Robert DeLong, Ab-Soul and Smallpools.

Billy Ceskavich, the president of UU and senior information management & technology and political science double major, said in an email that planning and coordinating the multiple acts — and the two stages — was something his team had to start early. But they ran with the idea as soon as it seemed possible.

“We’ve worked hard throughout the past few months to coordinate the logistics for multiple stages with various SU staff. It was worth the extra work,” Ceskavich said. “We first developed the idea through a brainstorming session and quickly found it both feasible and in line with growing student interest.”

Like any concert, there are some students who aren’t going to go. Some students weren’t impressed by the lineup, while others have already seen some of the performers. But the event still managed to sell out.

“I’ve never been to Juice Jam, but I’ll go next year, my senior year,” said Danielle Jimenez, a junior communications and rhetorical studies major. “And hopefully [UU] will bring someone good, someone I want to see. All the good artists performed before I came to SU.” Then, of course, there are the diehards who will attend the outdoor concert rain or shine. As of Wednesday night, there was a chance for rain during the day on Sunday.

Said Anibal Oller, junior information management & technology major: “I don’t care if it rains. If Kendrick Lamar will be there, I’ll be there.” ljporter@syr.edu

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Campus parties provide memorable nights, regardless of national 5th-place ranking

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know my picture clearly suggests a man who is the essence of partying.

Just last night I ate a block of cheese in slippers while getting more and more infuriated at my crossword puzzle. The cheese was also “extra sharp.” So yeah, I’m a pretty wild guy.

I’m sure everyone knows this by now, but Syracuse University is now officially the No. 5 party school in the nation, with the No. 1 school being the University of Iowa, according to the Princeton Review.

And fifth is fine. Most of my pee-wee soccer trophies are just that. The more I think about it, those trophies seem a little mean-spirited.

But how did we lose to Iowa? It’s like losing to Corey Thompson.

Who’s Corey Thompson? Exactly.

It’s not that I have anything against Iowans.

From everything I’ve heard, they are probably some of the nicest people in America and also very easy to be taken advantage of by any ole con man selling musical instruments.

I thought of my extensive cheese nights and started to wonder if I was the one contributing to the “not tubular” party reputation of Syracuse

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concert ticket, keys, cash for the day and other must-have items). In ordeto hold all of these items, your pockets cannot be shallow.

“M” stands for “map.” It is a good idea to map out your plan for the day of the concert.

Are you just going to the concert, or are you going out afterward and perhaps not returning home until the wee hours of the morn-

University. Do the kids still say tubular?

The more I ref lected, the more I realized that my lifestyle is essentially that of a Latina grandmother.

A good chunk of my day involves Spanish soap operas. No, really. My favorite is “El Talismán,” which is like “Lost” but even more confusing.

I began to think it was time for a change. So last weekend I decided that this Latina grandmother was going to paint the town red, which sounds like the plot of a phenomenal blockbuster.

First on the docket was figuring out what I was going to wear. There’s a lot of pageantry to

the art of “going out.” From my experiences, a lot of the outfits people wear to go to parties would make you look like an absolute crazy person in the light of day.

I settled on a shirt with a very clear Taco Bell stain on it. In my mind it added an element of mystique to me. “What could have caused that stain?” they would wonder. “Is it blood? Is it a loaded Griller?” It was honestly a little bit of both.

Because I’m not associated with any frat, I mainly end up in only the dankest of basements, which isn’t a problem necessarily. After a while, those sweaty basements feel like home. Though if any fraternity wants to adopt me a la “Harry and The Hendersons,” I wouldn’t be opposed to it.

Getting to a dank basement is a journey full of aggressive yelling and strange misunderstandings. At one frat, a brother ran up and yelled, “This is not the house you’re looking for!” I questioned whether that was a “Star Wars” reference, thinking I found a fellow admirer of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Needless to say, I wasn’t let into that party.

Now, I wouldn’t say I’m a good dancer. I’d say

that I’m the greatest dancer that’s ever existed.

My dancing somehow combines all of the best dance styles into one. The monkey? Check. Your drunk uncle at a wedding? Check. Intoxicated ostrich? Double-check. But as I looked up from the shenanigans occurring around me, I noticed the inherent good vibrations. Everyone, even the creepy guys prowling the perimeters, seemed to be having a good time.

These were not the feelings of people who received a fifth place trophy. And trust me, I know those feelings quite well. This was truly living in the moment. Not caring that most of the sweat you’re covered in was not produced by you. Or that there is a mysterious bucket of urine in your line of sight.

Because, really, who cares if we’re one or five, or in a dank basement or a mansion? Simply not caring is what brings about the best times.

So, stick that in your cornhole, Iowa.

ing? If you plan on doing something later on, bring a nice cardigan or jacket to dress up your concert outfit and to effortlessly complete your evening look.

“D” stands for “diversity.” It is important to keep practicality and pocket size in mind, but it is also fun to mark the occasion of your concert attendance by wearing something you don’t wear every day. You could dig an old concert T-shirt from the back of your closet, or even customize a plain shirt that you don’t wear often by writing a favor-

ite band’s lyrics on it.

“A” stands for “accessorize.” By all means, wear some funky chains or load up on bangles, but whatever baubles you don, make sure that you will not be heartbroken if you lose them. Jewelry has an uncanny habit of going missing at concerts, so bear that in mind. Also, a favorite cap or beanie and some shades can top off your concert look nicely.

Lastly, “S” stands for “streamline.” While it is tempting to go all-out for concerts and

slap on some leather hot pants and a feather boa, it is good to remember that comfort is key.

So remember, follow PEMDAS and know that sneakers, pants with deep pockets, a shirt you can move in that has a dash of pizzazz, a jacket and some light jewelry are all you need to have a sweet time at this year’s Juice Jam.

CHRISTIAN UNKENHOLZ

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Christian Unkenholz is a sophomore public relations and political science major. He can be found at Kimmel Dining Hall most nights.

His column appears every Thursday in Pulp.

He can be reached at cdunkenh@syr.edu.

Jenna Belmonte is a magazine, newspaper and online journalism graduate student. Her fashion column appears every Monday in Pulp.

She can be reached at jmbelmon@syr.edu.

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How ‘bout them apples Apple Festival returns to SU, features food, vendors, exercise

yuki mizuma | staff photographer BEAK & SKIFF APPLE ORCHARDS contributes apples, such as these Paula Reds, to the annual Apple Festival on the Quad. The event also offers local produce and crafts.

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yracuse got a taste of fall weather this week, but students who really want to celebrate the season’s arrival should check out the third annual Apple Festival on the Quad between 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. on Friday.

The Department of Recreation Services, in partnership with Syracuse University Food Services, will host the festival. It will feature games, food, a farmer’s market, products from local vendors, booths for SU programs and a 2-mile walk/run “fun race.”

Joseph Lore, director of Recreation Services, said he considers the Apple Festival one of his department’s great successes. The event brings the Syracuse community to the university’s campus and exposes students to parts of the city they may not be aware of otherwise.

“It allows the university community to experience the diversity and richness of Central New York’s products and services,” Lore said.

Local apple orchard Beak & Skiff, located in LaFayette, will provide freshly picked apples for the festival. The orchard is also open in the fall months for apple picking.

Some other companies that will be represented are Gannon’s Isle Ice Cream, SpaZend, Gramma and Grandpa’s Kettlecorn, Joy Khan Jewelry and Karen’s Crafts. Students will be able to shop from these vendors in a “buy local” market environment.

But the Apple Festival isn’t just about buying cool stuff and supporting the local economy. One of its main purposes is to encourage a healthy lifestyle, which is evi-

dent by the 2-mile walk/run. Lore said the Department of Recreation Services strives to provide students with activities to improve both physical and emotional well-being.

“Our department offers members of the university community the opportunity to experience a variety of health and wellness opportunities through the execution of quality programs,” Lore said.

The walk/run will begin at 12:15 p.m., and although participants were encouraged to register in advance, don’t worry if you missed the Sept. 3 deadline. Participants are welcome to register the day of the event.

But if physical activity or shopping isn’t really your thing, try out other aspects of the Apple Festival. For instance, everyone has to eat. Why not eat locally grown produce and other delicious food from the farmer’s market?

Although there is a farmer’s market every Tuesday in Clinton Square, some students may not have the means to go downtown to buy the reasonably priced, fresh food.

The Apple Festival is a unique opportunity for people in the SU community to cater to students.

So get out of your dorm or apartment this weekend and celebrate the fall weather before the winter months set it. No matter what your interests are — whether you want to do a bit of shopping, run off the stress week two of classes laid on you or eat a healthy, locally grown meal — the Apple Festival has something to offer everyone. jmcabe@syr.edu @jessica_cabe

THE BIG BREAK

BE-BQ (BARBECUE)

Where: The Westcott

Where: The Quad

Supporters of local music have a rare opportunity to see nine bands perform at one show this weekend. Day three of the first round of The Big Break, the Westcott Theater’s battle of the bands contest, will be at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Strange Reflex; Short Notice; Nineball; Circle the Suffering; Go Down, Moses; Suited Stranger; The Unknown Woodsmen; The Next Generation; and Man Woman Machine will each perform for a half-hour to prove who is the band worthy of a big break.

The winner will receive a cash prize and free studio time. Tickets are $8 at the door, and all ages are admitted.

For the second year in a row, the BE Wise campaign is hosting its BE-BQ on the Quad. The student-run organization raises awareness about alcohol and safe drinking habits. Like last year, the barbecue will have free food and games. There will also be a DJ contest between three students: Victor Suarez, Avery Landau and Nathan Fornal. Each will perform a 30-minute set, and the winner will be decided by audience votes. Finally, there will be a volleyball game between Syracuse University Ambulance and the Department of Public Safety.

Theater, 524 Westcott St. When: Sept. 6, Doors at 5 p.m., show at 5:30 p.m.

How much: $8

SYRACUSE IRISH FESTIVAL Where: Clinton Square When: Sept. 6-7, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

How much: Free Celebrate Irish pride this weekend at the Syracuse Irish Festival. This year’s festivities will include live performances by

(Rain location: Goldstein Auditorium) When: Sept. 6, 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

How much: Free

Gaelic Storm, Dublin 5 and Searson. Performances will take place on Friday evening and throughout the day on Saturday. Festival attendees can also participate in a number of activities including learning Irish phrases, taking whistling lessons, viewing harp demonstrations and tracing family roots to find your ancestral homeland. So if you feel like getting off campus this weekend, head to this colorful celebration and learn more about Irish history and culture.

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Allen was up and down in his first collegiate start and Campbell will provide a tough test in the secondary. With cornerback Daniel Jones out for the season and true freshman Dwight White replacing him, Campbell could take on an even greater responsibility in providing safety help.

If Colter plays, then Syracuse will need to find a way to limit the damage he can deal with his legs. One solution could be to use Spruill to spy on the quarterback. The senior can cause problems with his arms, too, but that will be a joint effort in the secondary.

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If Mark plays, it seems he will be limited to offense. That’s good for Syracuse — he’s most valuable as a return man. He’s still listed atop the depth chart at running back. The front seven will be in for a chore against Mark whenever he’s on the field.

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Florida at Miami, noon Middle Tennessee at North Carolina, 12:30 p.m.

South Carolina State at No. 4 Clemson, 12:30 p.m.

Western Carolina at Virginia Tech, 1:30 p.m.

No. 2 Oregon at Virginia, 3:30 p.m.

Old Dominion at Maryland, 4 p.m.

Duke at Memphis, 4:30 p.m.

Richmond at North Carolina State, 6 p.m.

Because of the reputation of each school’s journalism program, the game has been dubbed “The Prose Bowl.”

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Syracuse’s 37-34 win over Northwestern in 2009 was the first of Doug Marrone’s career with the Orange.

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8 QB Drew Allen 45 RB Jerome Smith 1 H-back Ashton Broyld 88 WR Jarrod West 22 WR Adrian Flemming 85 TE Beckett Wales 60 LT Sean Hickey 55 LG Rob Trudo 59 C Macky MacPherson 68 RG Nick Robinson 72 RT Ivan Foy

97 DE Tyler Scott 67 DT Sean McEvilly 99 DT Chance Carter 94 DE Dean Lowry 45 SLB Collin Ellis 46 MLB Damien Proby 44 WLB Chi Chi Ariguzo 23 CB Nick VanHoose 24 S Ibraheim Campbell 10 S Traveon Henry 2 CB Dwight White

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2 QB Kain Colter 5 RB Venric Mark 6 WR-X Tony Jones 80 WR-Y Mike Jensen 17 WR-Z R. Lawrence 14 WR-H Christian Jones 75 LT Jack Konopka 53 LG Geoff Mogus 65 C Brandon Vitabile 64 RG Ian Park 78 RT Paul Jorgensen

Northwestern 34, Syracuse 17

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94 DE Robert Welsh 52 DT Eric Crume 96 DT Jay Bromley 93 DE Micah Robinson 38 OLB Cameron Lynch 11 MLB Marquis Spruill 35 OLB Dyshawn Davis 8 CB Keon Lyn 28 FS Jeremi Wilkes 3 SS Durrell Eskridge 9 CB Ri’Shard Anderson

Missing the Mark: Pat Fitzgerald expects Kain Colter to play, Venric Mark will likely be used in some capacity and Syracuse’s offense can’t score enough against Collin Ellis and Northwestern.

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`Cats run wild: The Wildcats have too many weapons for Syracuse to handle. If Venric Mark plays, he’ll punish the Orange again this year.

Northwestern 31, Syracuse 24

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Alley `Cats Strike: ‘Cowboy Drew’ improves in this shootout, but a dynamic NU offense is the difference late.

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Shafer views Allen as ‘older freshman,’ similar to Paulus

By Stephen Bailey ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Drew Allen and Greg Paulus are similar, but different. Both were first-year starting quarterbacks for first-year Syracuse head coaches.

Both transfers.Though by appearance they are quite different — one a 6-foot-5 Texan, the other a 6-foot-1 former all-conference point guard — Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer said he views them in similar lights.

“You kind of look at it as he’s an older freshman in your system,” Shafer said on the Atlantic Coast Conference coaches teleconference Wednesday.

Shafer’s comparison served as an asterisk for his assessment of Allen. He said that coming into training camp, he had to look at Allen not as a senior, but as someone almost entirely new to the playbook.

Even Allen’s 16-for-37, 189-yard, two-interception stat line in the Orange’s 23-17 loss to Penn State on Saturday had to be absorbed with the understanding that it was his first start in five years, Shafer said.

“The thing I was most pleased with was that he never really was flustered on the sideline,” Shafer said. “I thought he had good control and command.

He kept working toward making the next play go.

We had a few dropped balls, a couple missed routes from the supporting cast, but liked the way he worked positively through those situations.”

It wasn’t quite as sharp as Paulus’ SU debut in which he went 19-for-31 for 167 yards, throwing one touchdown and one interception in an overtime loss to Minnesota, but Paulus finished his 2009 gridiron experiment with more interceptions (14) than touchdowns (13) in his first year playing football since high school.

“The thing I was most pleased with was that he never really was flustered on the sideline.

I thought he had good control and command.”

Scott Shafer

SYRACUSE HEAD COACH

Allen was good enough to earn a scholarship from Oklahoma, where he backed up two of the best college quarterbacks in recent memory in Landry Jones and Sam Bradford.

Now he has a chance to redeem himself after a shaky debut with a road game against No. 19 Northwestern in Evanston, Ill., on Saturday.

“I’m looking forward to seeing him get his second start this week,” Shafer said.

H-backs roles to expand against Northwestern Ashton Broyld and Brisly Estime are X-factors for the Orange. They play an undefined position that lines up all over the offensive side of the ball designed to provide equal parts versatility and unpredictability.

But Saturday against Penn State, Broyld, a sophomore, lined up exclusively in the slot.

Only once did he run anywhere but forward — taking a pitch from Allen for a 3-yard gain on SU’s first drive.

Estime, a freshman, only saw the field for one play. He dropped a swing pass coming out of the backfield.

“(Estime) kind of wanted to take Football 101, pass it, get an ‘A’ in the class and move forward to Football 201,” Shafer said. “And that’s kind of where I see Ashton.”

Shafer said both of their roles will expand gradually this season. Broyld, who played in the backfield for the Orange regularly last year, said Tuesday he misses playing running back.

Both Shafer and Broyld did agree that the consistent reps he’s getting in the slot have been beneficial. While Shafer said on Saturday that Broyld did misread some routes, he was Allen’s most targeted receiver and finished with a team-high four catches for 46 yards.

Regarding Estime, Shafer said he’ll slowly be integrated into the offense.

“Gradual process means a little bit more and I think he’s ready for that,” Shafer said.

Tough Big Ten start provides pros, cons Most Division-I teams open each season with cupcakes in the early weeks. Syracuse, however, chose tougher slate starters in two favored Big Ten teams: Penn State and Northwestern.

“A lot of teams in the country will start off with some warm-up games and there’s benefits to that,” Shafer said, “but on the flip side a lot of us are starting off against foes that are pretty doggone good. And that’s what our schedule says.”

So far, it hasn’t worked well for SU. The Nittany Lions beat the Orange on Saturday and the Wildcats looked impressive in a 44-30 victory against California.

Said Shafer: “You can’t really have 20-20 hindsight when you’re doing all the scheduling.” sebail01@syr.edu @stephen_bailey1

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sterling boin | staff photographer IAN MCINTYRE and the Orange officially begin the program’s ACC era with Friday night’s matchup at in-conference foe Virginia Tech. SU is off to a 2-0 start this season.

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program record-setting season.

“Last year in the Big East, we proved ourselves,” defender Tyler Hilliard said. “The ACC is obviously the next step up. As Mac likes to say, we’re playing with the big boys now.”

For Hilliard, an Atlanta native, and Nick Perea, a Florida product, SU’s conference realignment is something of a “homecoming,” Hilliard said. Syracuse’s new in-conference schedule includes road games to the Southern states, giving Hilliard and Perea’s families the opportunity to watch them play.

It also allows for Hilliard and Perea to compete against friends who play for other ACC teams, such as Clemson, North Carolina and North Carolina State.

The Big East, McIntyre said, was what attract-

ed him to SU and it was a “fantastic soccer conference” for the Orange. Each Big East team played differently from the next and presented SU the challenge of a variety in styles of play. McIntyre expects the diversity to be no different in the ACC. But there is much that sets the ACC apart from the Big East. McIntyre listed the quality of the facilities, support systems and recruiting abilities as some factors that make the ACC a stronger league than the Big East.

And then there’s the on-field success.

“If you go through the number of national championships, the number of players of the year, number of players going to the pro ranks, the coaches of the year in the ACC, it’s just amazing,” McIntyre said. “I think players and student-athletes want to play with and play against the best.

“The ACC is a wonderful opportunity for us to really test ourselves and that starts Friday.” pmdabbra@syr.edu @PhilDAbb

touchdowns, but fumbled early in the second quarter. Gulley only rushed for 24 yards in his first action since he torched West Virginia for 213 yards and two rushing touchdowns in the Pinstripe Bowl.

Running backs coach DeAndre Smith said Gulley’s footwork was lacking, and much of the technique they practiced during the summer and training camp went out the window.

“He didn’t make plays,” Smith said.

If Syracuse is able to move forward and outduel Northwestern, it will likely be because of its running game. DeAndre Smith described Jerome Smith as powerful and Gulley as an all-around guy, and said that his task is to make sure both running backs score touchdowns and minimize their mistakes.

Against the Wildcats, DeAndre Smith said that one-cut-and-go back George Morris II and elusive runner Devante McFarlane will be used more frequently. Morris and McFarlane each ran the ball just once against Penn State.

Syracuse has the weapons. It’s just a matter of how to unleash them.

“They all present certain challenges for defenses,” DeAndre Smith said, “and my challenge is to make sure when we have a play they’re all doing things they’re capable of doing.”

When Smith spoke with his players following the Penn State loss, he told them the unit had a lot of work to do, but that one game doesn’t make a season. Zoning in on Northwestern now and figuring out how to generate offense is the team’s only priority.

If the Orange’s run game improves in week two, one main reason why will be the play of the offensive line. Syracuse center

“They all present certain challenges for defenses and my challenge is to make sure when we have a play they’re all doing things they’re capable of doing.”

DeAndre Smith

SU RUNNING BACKS COACH

Macky MacPherson said the unit made blatant mistakes and was outplayed by a strong PSU front seven.

“It was kind of a knock-down, drag-out fight,” MacPherson said, “and they basically got the better of us that day.”

MacPherson said four people doing their job and one messing up was the theme of the day. Glaring mistakes stuck out when the team watched film Monday and Tuesday.

But MacPherson is confident the inevitable bumps and bruises will slowly disappear.

“This week hopefully we’ll get the running game better,” MacPherson said.

Syracuse will need to have a more complete running attack against the Northwestern defense, a unit that McDonald described as passionate and skilled at stripping the ball away.

Despite the daunting task ahead, McDonald isn’t placing too much stock on the Penn State loss.

“The people outside of our building want to press the panic button,” McDonald said, straight-faced. “It’s a 12-game season last time I checked, and we only played one game.” tbhass@syr.edu @TrevorHass

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Q&A with Wildcat beat writer Rohan Nadkarni of The Daily Northwestern

By David Wilson SPORTS EDITOR

Syracuse travels to Evanston, Ill., to face No. 19 Northwestern on Saturday — its second against a Big Ten team in as many weeks. The Daily Orange spoke with Rohan Nadkarni, a beat writer for The Daily Northwestern, about the Wildcats’ (1-0) injury situation and how they match up with the Orange (0-1).

The Daily Orange: Quarterback Kain Colter and running back Venric Mark’s statuses are both in question for Saturday. What’s the latest on their injuries?

Rohan Nadkarni: Kain Colter participated (Wednesday). Pat Fitzgerald was acting a little coy about it after practice, but it appears that he participated in contact drills and it looks like Kain is certainly going to factor in the game plan somehow on Saturday. How much he’s going to play, I’m not sure.

Kain is coming along pretty well. Venric, on the other hand, appears to be coming on a little slower than Kain Colter. It’s not clear how much Venric Mark is going to play.

The D.O.: If Mark plays, how much a factor will he be in the return game?

R.N.: If anything, they’re going to use Venric in the backfield where they feel like he’s protected a little bit more and he can impact the game a little bit more.

Returns with Venric is sort of a double-edged sword. Not only is there the potential for him to get hurt, but how much are teams actually going to kick to him? I think they’re pretty comfortable with having Sonny Jones or someone else return punts and kicks.

tions for touchdowns in Week 1. What sort of linebacker is he typically?

R.N.: It seems that he’s part of a linebacking group that, for some reason, is in the right place at the right time.

Last year they showed the ability to create turnovers. I think Ellis is going to be a player that has an impact. Obviously, not two interceptions every week or anything like that, but he’s definitely just one of those players that Northwestern has done a good job of developing linebackers in recent years and having that group be a group that creates turnovers.

The D.O.: With Daniel Jones out for the year, Dwight White steps in as a starting cornerback.

He played against California, but what can be expected of him in his first collegiate start?

R.N.: He kind of got picked on the very first play he went into the game, but then he came back and had a solid game. I think if you’re choosing between Nick VanHoose and Dwight White, Syracuse is going to choose Dwight White.

White may be in a little bit of an easier position on Saturday considering he knows he’s going in, starting and he’ll just have a better grasp of his role.

The D.O.: Penn State did a good job to slow Syracuse’s running backs. How does Northwestern match up with a run-heavy team?

R.N.: They’re very lean up front. Coach Fitz used to say he recruits linebackers to play D-line and he recruits safeties to play linebacker. I don’t know if they’re a team that is going to hold up 30 times against a big, bruising back, but they’re going to play that bend-anddon’t-break style. dbwilson@syr.edu

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SU ushers in ACC era at Virginia Tech

SATURDAY, 6 P.M., BIG 10 NETWORK

By Phil D’Abbraccio ASST. COPY EDITOR

Drew Allen, Smith and Gulley were supposed to be steady motors in the backfield. But against Penn State, the running backs were anything but steady. Holes up the middle were nonexistent and runs to the outside were squelched.

Syracuse only averaged 1.9 yards per carry. Less than 72 inches. Close to seven footballs.

Smith finished with two

Two years ago, Ian McIntyre received a call from Daryl Gross.

Syracuse’s director of athletics informed the head coach – who was in Akron, Ohio, for the University of Akron TournaWho: Virginia Tech ment – that Where: Blacksburg, Va. SU was When: Friday, 7:30 p.m. leaving the Big East for the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013.

Now, the Big East posters throughout SU Soccer Stadium have been replaced with ACC banners. The transition into the new league has begun, but the new phase officially kicks off Friday.

“It’s different, for sure,” said goalkeeper Alex Bono. “It’s exciting, nerve-wracking, all at the same time.”

The No. 17 Orange (2-0) embarks into a new era when it travels to Blacksburg, Va., to face Virginia Tech (1-1) at 7:30 p.m. Friday in SU’s first-ever ACC matchup. SU formally joined the new league July 1.

“It’s a new chapter in SU Athletics,” McIntyre said. “It’s a new chapter in the history of our program. Come Friday night, I’m sure we’ll fully understand and appreciate the gravity of the game.”

In moving to the ACC, Syracuse becomes part of what many consider the strongest men’s soccer conference in the country. The ACC has won five of the last eight men’s soccer national championships.

The SU fan base, McIntyre said, is especially excited to watch the Orange host new opponents such as Maryland, North Carolina State and Clemson.

“How you become better is playing against the best opposition you can,” McIntyre said. “To have these caliber teams coming to town is a real exciting opportunity to watch some high-level soccer.”

By switching into the ACC, the Orange believes the more demanding competition will help the program make its next step.

After finishing 3-12-1 in 2011, SU bounced back last year with a 14-6-1,

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ziniu chen | staff photographer JEROME SMITH is brought down by the Penn State defense in the Nittany Lions’ 23-17 win on Saturday. Syracuse failed to establish its running game, averaging just 1.9 yards per carry. The team hopes to execute better on the ground in Saturday’s game at Northwestern.

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yracuse’s first three handoffs set the tone for the rest of the day.

Jerome Smith rushed for 1 yard.

Prince-Tyson Gulley rushed for one, too. Then Gulley ran for a loss of one on the next play and SU was forced to punt.

There was no space to operate. There were no holes to dance

through. And there were certainly no game-changing runs. The element of Syracuse’s offense that was expected to be its strongest suit was stagnant against Penn State, resulting in a 23-17 SU loss on Saturday.

Syracuse’s run game will look to bounce back when the Orange (0-1) faces No. 19 Northwestern (1-0) in Evanston, Ill., at 6 p.m. on Saturday. With many other questions swirling, the Orange will need its

“I’ll spill the beans and let (offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan) know what we used to run and let him know what things Coach (Rex) Ryan might do.”

Darrelle Revis

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Syracuse looks to solidify running game against Northwestern

running game to emerge as a dominant unit when it faces the ultratalented Wildcats.

“I think the biggest thing we want to do is look at the tape like we did yesterday and today,” SU offensive coordinator George McDonald said, “go back and fix our mistakes and move onto Northwestern.”

The run game was supposed to be Syracuse’s bread and butter. With an inexperienced rocket launcher in

AT A GLANCE

Scott Shafer likened Drew Allen to an “older freshman” during Wednesday’s ACC coaches teleconference.

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