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The SU club golf team has seen success, and shares tips through a map of the course at Drumlims Country Club. Page 10

WHERE WERE YOU? SU community members reflect on their memories of 9/11 Text by Meredith Newman // News Editor Illustration by Andy Casadonte // Art Director

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cross the world, people watched the World Trade Center collapse through their televisions, the United States they knew collapsing with it.

Twelve years later, the memories of that day are still fresh in the minds of those

at Syracuse University.

Every generation remembers it differently. They have different stories with different perspectives. Still, it is a day in history everyone remembers.

——— When the first tower fell, Lt. Col. Michael Bianchi was in the sky, surrounded by clouds.

He couldn’t see the earth below or around him. Only white clouds through small windows. The only connection he had was through the aircraft’s radio, and what he heard shocked him.

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Allen will start; Hunt to see snaps

By David Wilson SPORTS EDITOR

Drew Allen will once again be the starting quarterback for Syracuse on Saturday against Wagner. But, once again, he won’t remain in the lineup for the entire 60 minutes.

Qua r terbacks coach Tim Lester said Tuesday that Terrel Hunt will get some snaps under center when the Orange plays its first game in ALLEN the Carrier Dome at 4 p.m.

“I know Drew is going to be our starter,” Lester said. “He has the most reps, he’s running the offense well. But HUNT Hunt’s going to play. We’ve committed to giving him a shot.”

Allen has started each of SU’s first two games, but has thrown six interceptions to just one touchdown. Hunt, meanwhile, played Syracuse’s final series against then-No. 19 Northwestern on Saturday, rushing for his first career touchdown.

Hunt was visibly excited Tuesday and said coaches have been giving him a bit of extra attention during practice. He’s once again getting snaps with the first team and felt comfortable during his first appearance of the season.

“Drew is kind of down, you know,” Hunt said. “And I just want to get a shot.”

He said believes he did enough in his one drive to warrant more playing time, and now he’s getting that.

Aside from the turnovers, Allen improved from the Penn State game on Saturday.

He completed 27-of-41 passes and threw his first career touchdown. He

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I had more fun last year.

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I liked the variety of music, I just feel as though they could’ve picked better performers.

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VOTE How do you think this year’s Juice Jam music festival compared to previous years’?

A. It topped all other Juice Jams B. It wasn’t really my idea of a festival C. Not a good year for UU D. I didn’t even go

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Obama addresses Syria plan

By Natsumi Ajisaka Asst. News Editor

President Barack Obama announced in an address Tuesday night that he has asked Congress to postpone voting on military action in Syria as the United States pursues diplomatic action.

Though holding off on a congressional vote, Obama first justified his call for intervention in Syria — seemingly leaving the option open. He listed evidence of the Bashar al-Assad regime carrying out an chemical attack on the Syrian people, as well as possible consequences of U.S. inaction, which included an Assad regime emboldened in chemical warfare and further regional instability. Obama also addressed concerns about the strike, conceding that Americans are weary of war and stating he wouldn’t deploy ground troops or an air campaign.

In the past few days, Obama said, talks with Russia and Syria have given “some encouraging signs.”

Obama said the threat of a

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SPD arrests, charges 3 teens for robberies

By Dylan Segelbaum Asst. Copy Editor

Syracuse police said Tuesday that they’ve arrested and charged three teenagers for an attempted robbery that happened near Syracuse University a little more than a week ago. One of the teenagers who was arrested has also been charged in two robberies close to campus.

Here’s the Syracuse Police Department’s account: At about 1:15 a.m. on Sept. 1, police responded to a call about a 52-year-old man who said three men tried to rob him while he was walking on the 1300 block of East Colvin Street. The man told police that one of the men showed a handgun and demanded the items he was carrying. They ran away after the man didn’t comply.

Police arrested three teenagers on East Colvin Street and Moore Avenue who matched the description of the

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yuki mizuma | staff photographer (FROM LEFT) helen hudson and Stephanie Miner, common councilor and mayor, respectively, celebrate Miner’s win of the mayoral Democratic primary on Tuesday. Miner, the incumbent, defeated Common Councilor-at-Large Pat Hogan and citizen activist Alfonso Davis.

Miner wins mayoral Democratic primary as incumbent

By Nicki Gorny Staff Writer

Incumbent Stephanie Miner won the Democrats’ mayoral nomination Tuesday, beating Common Councilor Patrick Hogan and citizen activist Alfonso Davis in the Democratic primary election.

“Four years ago, just about this very same week, the people of the Democratic party took a risk on me, and I said to them … ‘I will lead this city forward,’” Miner said to

the crowd of supporters who filled a room of the Sheraton University Hotel and Conference Center on University Avenue. “And tonight, we saw that the people of the Democratic Party said ‘We are a city moving forward and we are going to continue to move forward together.’”

Miner will run as the Democratic candidate in the mayoral election on Nov. 5. Her Republican opponent has not yet been determined.

Her supporters, dressed in a mix

of professional attire and T-shirts reading “Miner for Mayor,” began to gather shortly after 8:30 p.m. Chatting and eating, they watched the election results roll on several televisions throughout the room.

Early counts showed Miner leading the three-candidate race, and several supporters said they expected Miner to win the nomination. But this didn’t lessen the applause when she appeared in the ballroom shortly after 10:45 p.m.

“It’s the moment we’ve been waiting for,” said Councilor-atLarge Helen Hudson at a podium in front of patriotic balloons and campaign posters before introducing Miner to the crowd of approximately 60 people.

For those present at the gathering, the reputation Miner has built as a strong leader in her term as mayor makes her an ideal candidate for re-election. see miner page 6

SU earns No. 62 standing in national university ranking

By Tamara Rasamny Contributing Writer

Syracuse University’s ranking fell four spots to No. 62 in the 2014 U.S. News and World Report national university rankings that were released Tuesday.

The 2014 ranking is a few steps down from last year’s position at No. 58, placing SU back to where it was ranked two years ago. Brigham Young University; Clemson University; University of Maryland, College Park; University of Pittsburgh;

and Worcester Polytechnic Institute share the No. 62 spot with SU in the 2014 ranks. The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry fell nine spots to No. 86.

The annual report takes note of factors like the school’s acceptance rate, class size, freshman retention rate and the five most popular majors, according to the report’s website.

“I would say that rankings are among a range of information stu-

dents and families look at when they consider college, so we want to be ranked as high as possible and recognize their significance,” said Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs. “However, rankings also often fluctuate for colleges and universities each year and don’t capture the full character, value and strategic direction of an institution.”

Kelsey Burke, a junior communication and rhetorical studies and English and textual studies major, said she was disappointed with the

university’s fallen standing. She said the ranking wasn’t concerning, but felt SU should have improved this year.

“Once you improve, you would hope to keep on improving, and that is with anything, really,” she said.

Jose Blanco, a junior television, radio and film major, was not as disappointed. He said he felt the ranking shouldn’t be taken as seriously.

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Advocacy organizations prove themselves as necessary components of SU

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n Wednesday, the Quad will be more than just a traditional, picturesque green space — it will be an area of opportunity for students.

Many of Syracuse University’s recognized student organizations will be at the student involvement fair with information tables. As students pass by, they should be aware of the ones that advocate for them in terms of gender issues, and should consider getting involved.

We need these types of groups on campus to discuss the things we might not get into in an academic setting.

One feminist organization to look for is Students Advocating Sexual Safety and Empowerment.

SASSE is made up of people who believe in solving social justice issues surrounding gender, sexual and reproductive health, as well as the intersections of economic and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender justice, said President Erin Carhart.

“We hold events like ‘The Vagina Monologues’ and discussion circles to talk about how we can achieve the goals of reaching equality for all people,” Carhart said.

“The Vagina Monologues” is SASSE’s

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head over heels annual theater production, which consists of series of stories that retell women’s experiences from around the world.

SASSE’s vice president, Clare Keaney, said getting involved with the organization is easy — she started by attending a meeting last year. Keaney and Carhart said new members bring fresh ideas, to which SASSE is always open.

A group with a similar mission in mind is A Men’s Issue.

AMI is a dialogue-based group that recognizes sexual and other forms of interpersonal violence as a systemic issue. Members address this and acknowledge it as a men’s issue, said AMI’s president, Christopher Gucciardo. The group’s goal is to move our society to one free of violence and that embraces gender equality.

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“I’ve never been a victim or survivor of any kind of interpersonal violence, but I know too many people that have,” Gucciardo said. “I work for them — I work for my friends and my family.”

Group members are looking forward to recruiting new people so they can empower, educate and enlighten more men on campus, Gucciardo said. He said he believes new members will bring new perspectives and stories.

AMI often collaborates with the Advocacy Center, which provides support to students who are affected by sexual and relationship violence. The center has additional peer programs that work toward similar goals.

An example of this is e5m (every five minutes), a student theater troupe that performs scenarios relating to issues of sexual assault and relationship violence, and leads audiences in conversations about what people can do to prevent violence.

Sex-Esteem, similarly, is a peer sexuality program that discusses relationship and sexuality issues, and helps students develop skills to facilitate discussions with other students on campus. Its goal is to promote

healthy, respectful relationships free from all violence.

Students can also train through the Mentors in Violence Prevention Program to facilitate conversations between peers about what each of us can do to prevent sexual, relationship and other forms of interpersonal violence. After training, these participants then earn the title of Empowered Bystanders.

The actions of these advocacy groups are positive and necessary steps to make our campus more just and respectful. But they need student participation to function and better our community.

“If we weren’t advocating for students and each other, who would be?” Carhart asked.

That assessment is spot on. As students, we should work together for the common goal of bettering our world, starting with what’s right in front of us: our campus.

The semester has just begun, so it’s the perfect time to join the movement. After all, any one of us could be the next great leader of a group that makes a real difference.

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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Business model benefits higher education, advances university resources The qualities Syracuse University shares with corporate America are necessary for the growth and betterment of the school.

A recent report by Mother Jones magazine revealed a national trend in which higher education is becoming more like large businesses, as financial incentive for college administrators are on the rise, similar to that between corporate executives. This causes major pay discrepancies between faculty and administrators.

Although some view corporate America as materialistic and unfair, business qualities like financial incentives for university leaders — including department heads and other administrators — are necessary to improve the university.

Administrative incentives

EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board have been criticized because they cause pay discrepancies between college administrators and professors. But they are crucial to attract skilled and notable faculty.

SU was named to “The Million Dollar Club” by Mother Jones, and cited Chancellor Nancy Cantor’s annual salary as more than $1 million. Other university presidents on the list include Yale University, Johns Hopkins University and Northwestern University. Between 2011-12, presidents at private universities made four times as much as he average professor.

This benefits the university, though, as passionate educators who are attracted to the financial

incentives often draw students.

By offering these incentives and enforcing competition among faculty like a business does, this could ensure higher performances in the classroom because professors might work harder to impress their higherups and ultimately achieve higher-paying positions.

If a business-like model in higher education drives professors to work better with students in the classroom, it is undoubtedly positive.

Potential college applicants might take note of these leading department heads and university officials, who are known for their skills and receive a larger stipend than a typical professor.

The university should continue a business model if it advances the educational resources at SU.

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Potential for marriage equality in New Mexico, Hawaii demonstrates progress

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e’re America — the land of the free and home of the brave. While we’ve certainly lived up to our reputation as the “home of the brave,” we’ve been lacking in the freedom department for some time.

Fortunately, the push for more widespread marriage equality continues, as Hawaii and New Mexico are poised to become the 14th and 15th states to legalize same-sex marriage. It appears we are making progress in ending this form of discrimination.

Last Friday, the New Mexico Supreme Court announced it will decide if same-sex marriage should be legal statewide after several counties have started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

New Mexico is unique in that its laws neither expressly allow nor prohibit same-sex marriage.

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Abercrombie called for a special legislative session to move forward on a bill that would legalize gay marriage.

Hawaii currently allows civil unions between same-sex couples.

The special session of the Hawaii State Legislature is set to begin Oct. 28.

If Hawaii and New Mexico indeed become the 14th and 15th states to allow gay marriage, this will have been a productive year in the fight for marriage equality.

Such an expansion of equal rights would be welcome in a nation that prides itself on the freedom it affords its citizens.

What’s sad is that it has taken us this long to get to even this point. The fight for marriage equality has been arduous, but there is reason to hope that success lies ahead.

We’ve seen only relatively incremental victories until this year, when the U.S. Supreme Court

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left is the new right paved the way for more widespread acceptance of same-sex marriage by overturning key provisions of the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8.

Currently, approximately 30 percent of the American population lives in areas where same-sex marriage is legal, according to The Atlantic.

We still have a long way to go.

Even in the past four years, though, public opinion on the issue has shifted dramatically. A 2009 Gallup poll found support for marriage equality at only 40 percent.

Then, a July 2013 Gallup poll found that support had risen to 52

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percent — more than double the support of the first Gallup poll on the subject taken in 1996.

It’s incredibly encouraging to see the American public begin to embrace the ideals of equality and liberty for which our nation has long stood and fought.

For too long we’ve treated lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans as second-class citizens by denying them the rights enjoyed by those who happen to love someone of the opposite sex.

What’s even sadder is that opponents of same-sex marriage have long used religious doctrine to justify their support of discrimination.

The staunchest opponents will likely say that same-sex marriage goes against God’s will and that its legalization will only bring judgment upon our nation.

But these tired, old arguments have been used to oppose nearly every

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just social cause through our history, including the freeing of slaves, granting rights to women and allowing interracial couples to marry.

Opponents of these causes have been on the wrong side of history time and again, and it’s very likely that opponents of marriage equality will long be remembered as standing on the wrong side, as well.

Advocates for same-sex marriage must remain mindful that such social change is not easy. It never has been.

But progress has been made at an increasing rate, and that’s something for which to be hopeful.

The ball is in your court, Hawaii and New Mexico. Do the right thing.

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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For example, Lisa Daly, a Syracuse resident who said she has spent a few days campaigning both door to door and on the phone for Miner, said she admired Miner’s environmental initiatives and foresight regarding the city’s budget and general affairs.

“I think she’s doing a great job,” she said.

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Daly added that Miner represents one of many strong female leaders in the city, along with the county.

The other candidates who took the podium in the ballroom after winning their respective primary elections Tuesday night were also women: Mary Anne Doherty for city judge, Pam Hunter for councilor-at-large and Monica Williams for Onondaga County legislator.

To Miner, this reflects the diversity she has promoted in her time in office, she said in an

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“We have a better government when we have more diverse people at the table,” Miner said. “The people that you saw up there tonight are a reflection and testament to the work that we’ve been doing to encourage and support underrepresented people in leadership positions, and I’m going to continue to do that.”

Andrew Frasier, a senior geography major who has been working on Miner’s campaign

since the spring, said Tuesday’s victory marked a major accomplishment in Miner’s path to mayor.

“Today’s a big step,” he said, adding before the results were tallied, “It all boils down to tonight.”

But it’s not the end, said campaign manager Kyle Madden.

“We’re going to get back to work tomorrow.” nagorny@syr.edu @Nicki_Gorny

“America is not the world’s police man.”

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men. An investigation determined they had attempted to rob the man at gunpoint.

On Aug. 29, three men robbed three graduate students at the intersection of Stratford Street and Sumner Avenue at 8:45 p.m. About 10 minutes later, three men robbed a graduate student on Comstock Avenue between Acorn Path and East Colvin Street.

The police’s criminal investigation division was already looking into the Aug. 29 robberies, and determined the 14-year-old was involved with them. He was charged with attempted robbery in the first degree and later, two counts of robbery in the second degree — all felonies.

Sgt. Gary Bulinski of SPA said it hasn’t been determined if the 15- and 16-year-olds were involved in the Aug. 29 robberies.

The 14- and 15-year-olds were taken to the Hillbrook Juvenile Detention Center. Both were charged with attempted robbery in the first degree . The 15-year-old was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, a misdemeanor. The 16-year-old is being held at the Onondaga County Justice Center. dmsegelb@syr.edu

military strike was one of the factors that changed the diplomatic situation. Russia’s agreement to push Syria to give up its chemical weapons was a sign of progress, he said. The Syrian government, Obama said, has since admitted having these weapons.

Syria has also said it will join the Chemical Weapons Convention, which bans chemical arms, he said.

Current diplomatic options include a resolution to the United Nations Security Council — to be worked on with France, the United Kingdom, Russia and China — to make the Assad regime surrender its chemical weapons, Obama said. The United States is also asking U.N. inspectors to report what they’ve found at the site of an attack on the suburbs surrounding the capital city of Damascus.

During his address, Obama reviewed key points about the Aug. 21 chemical attack, noting that the administration holds the Assad regime responsible.

“When dictators commit atrocities, they depend upon the world to look the other way

until those horrifying pictures fade from memory. But these things happened,” he said. “The facts cannot be denied.”

The chemical attacks, Obama said, were not only a violation of international law, but a threat to U.S. security.

If the United States doesn’t act in any way, the Assad regime could continue to use chemical arms, weakening bans on such weapons and encouraging other governments to do the same, Obama said. Iran, an ally of Assad, could take cues from United States’ inaction and proceed with its nuclear program. The fighting could spill over, Obama said, into neighboring Turkey, Jordan and Israel — countries allied with the United States.

But, he said, after involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, his proposal wouldn’t be popular. The targeted strike would have a clear objective and wouldn’t involve deploying American troops or an air campaign like the ones in Libya and Kosovo, Obama said.

Obama defended the idea of a targeted strike — which he said members of Congress have called a “pinprick” strike — as giving Assad pause before using chemical weapons.

He dismissed concerns of retaliation, claiming that the Assad regime is not a serious threat to the U.S. military, nor is it interested in escalating the situation. Any other possible forms of retaliation from the regime, he said, are similar to threats the United States faces on a regular basis.

“America is not the world’s police man,” he said. “Terrible things happen across the globe, and it is beyond our means to right every wrong.”

But, he said, stopping the use of chemical weapons can keep the American people safe, and is in itself a reason to act.

“That’s what makes America different,” said Obama. “That’s what makes us exceptional. With humility, but with resolve, let us never lose sight of that essential truth.” najisaka@syr.edu

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spencer bodian | asst. photo editor Construction on Bank Street, in downtown Syracuse is currently underway. Project officials hope to make the street pedestrian-friendly and will cost more than $1 million in renovations. Specific plans include introducing outdoor furniture, planters and LED lights to the alley.

STREET-WISE Syracuse begins construction to renovate desolate alley downtown

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ith $1 million, the City of Syracuse is transforming a dark, unwelcoming alley into a pedestrian destination.

“This is going to go a long way toward making it really an enjoyable place, not just for the residents, but for anyone visiting,” said Lisa Romeo, director of communications for the Downtown Committee of Syracuse, about the ongoing plans for Bank Street, which runs parallel between South Warren and South Salina streets.

By late October or early November, the city plans to introduce outdoor furniture, planters and LED lighting to the alley, said Ben Walsh, deputy commissioner of neighborhood and business development. The one-way street will also be repaved to include curves that will dissuade speeding.

Construction on the street, which is in between East Fayette and East Jefferson streets, is currently underway. He said the rest of the alley, between East Fayette and East Washington streets, is slated

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everyone has a different list, but in the end of it, they are all just lists,” he said.

America’s Top Colleges — a list created by Forbes — evaluates a larger range of universities, including liberal arts schools, which are

for an update after this winter.

The project marks a major change for Bank Street, which has stood dark and uninviting for years, he said, even after a city ordinance in 2011 effectively removed the dumpsters lining the street. The new look will complement the extensive development currently taking place in the area.

Romeo, of the Downtown Committee of Syracuse, said the area nearest to Bank Street— the 200, 300, and 400 blocks of South Salina and South Warren streets — currently claims more than $51 million in investment. More than $282 million is being spent on development in downtown Syracuse as a whole, she continued.

Redevelopment projects in the buildings along Bank Street have brought the entrances of 16 residential units to the alley, Romeo said. The Syracuse Media Group, located in the Merchant Commons buildings, is the only business with an entrance on the alley.

While Romeo said the reconstruction was primarily a beautification effort — emphasizing the safety of downtown as a whole — Walsh additionally noted some health and safety concerns for the business owners and residents in regular contact with the alley.

Bank Street had the “problems you’d associate with a dark, dank alley with lots of dumpsters,”

rated separately by U.S. News. In Forbes, SU is listed as No. 123, almost twice the ranking listed in the U.S. News and World Report.

Paula Hughes, a freshman public relations major, said that although the change in SU’s rank by U.S. News and World Report might be unfortunate, “it is just a rating” and shouldn’t be taken to heart.

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he said, noting that people tended to hang out in the area or use it as a bathroom. “It wasn’t a place where you would typically want to find yourself.”

Walsh said both the recent development, as well as a need to replace the sewer line under the alley after a major April 2011 storm, played a major role in terms of timing.

What Walsh described as phase one of the project — replacement of the sewer line and introduction of green infrastructure through a trench drain — was completed in fall 2012. This phase was primarily funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and cost approximately $430,000.

Other funders of the approximately $1.1 million project, he said, include National Grid with $250,000; the Syracuse Industrial Development Agency with $225,000; New York State with about $93,000; and Onondaga County with about $108,000, particularly for use toward green infrastructure.

Don Lemp, president of M. Lemp Jewelers, which sits beside Bank Street, said he has supported the beautification project from the beginning.

“A neighborhood has to look like a neighborhood,” he said. “To have an alleyway in the middle of the neighborhood doesn’t create that neighborhood feel.”

Bank Street’s “rejuvenation” is a positive reflection of the development downtown, he continued.

In his 35 years with a business founded in 1890, he said he’s seen a lot of ups and downs in the area.

“From where it was 10 years ago, I didn’t think I’d live long enough to see it happening,” Lemp said.

“What I’ve seen happening in the last two or three years has been amazing. Nothing short of amazing.”

they all glanced over university rankings during their application processes, they agreed that rankings do not accurately portray the value of universities across the United States.

Blanco said he stresses the importance of professors at universities and how that adds to a college’s value. He questioned how the rankings consider a professor’s teaching ability and credentials.

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He also pointed out that a good university does not necessarily always have good professors, and vice versa.

“Despite the fact that SU is still at a high stance in academia, it has a lot to do with you — the student — and it really depends on what you make of it,” Blanco said. “It depends on what you do.” twramn@syr.edu

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First meeting to take place Wednesday, senators to approve committee

By Marwa Eltagouri Staff Writer

The University Senate will hold its first meeting of the 2013-14 academic year at 4 p.m. on Wednesday in Maxwell Auditorium.

The Senate is the academic governing body of the university and consists of faculty, students, administrators and staff. It holds the power to recommend faculty members for promotion, amend curricula and propose new academic policies.

Most of the Senate’s work is completed through its 17 committees, which report to the full Senate at least once a year.

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Bianchi, who was a company commander and captain at the time, was flying between Fort Drum, N.Y., and Rochester, N.Y., on a training mission at the time.

The idea that thousands of people lost their lives in one singular, collective attack on American soil horrified him.

Air traffic control forced the pilot of Bianchi’s plane to turn around, and for the next 45 minutes, the young father only thought about one thing: his family.

Having been in the military his entire adult life, the shock eventually wore off and Bianchi’s strategic thinking kicked in.

“While you’re overseas, you’re more keenly aware of that threat to national interest and a dislike for our way of life. But when you come back to the states, and have it come back here — it was shocking to us. It was shocking to me.”

In 2008, Bianchi was deployed to Afghanistan with a transition team, where he helped host, train and mentor soldiers in the Afghan army. He is currently the department chair of the ROTC program at SU. ——— Lauren Kleinberg remembers everything about being in her grandma’s car that day: The taste of the slice of pizza she was eating and the cold drink she had right before. She remembers her grandma’s expression when she told Kleinberg and her older brother Jacob the news.

Kleinberg’s father worked as a stock trader on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center. No one in her family had heard from him or been able to contact him.

“I just immediately started freaking out and

Wednesday’s meeting will likely be uneventful, said Bruce Carter, Senate moderator and chair of the Agenda Committee. The first meeting is dedicated to administrative tasks. Only two “real” items are on the agenda, he said.

The first item includes the approval of changes to committee membership, as new senators will be added to committees and others will resign.

The second item is a motion from the Appointment and Promotions Committee to recognize faculty who had been promoted by their colleges after the Senate’s spring deadline last semester.

“Both are routine issues and not likely to be

controversial,” Carter said.

The Senate will then break into individual committees for a brief meeting to arrange their schedules for the year, introduce new members to the committee and, if necessary, elect committee chairs, Carter said.

Committee chairs are eager to move forward with their agendas for the year and focus on newer projects. Craig Dudczak, chair of the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Affairs, said in an email that while 80 percent of the budget agenda is fairly regular, some areas of the budget will require more attention this year.

The growth of international students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels requires additional budgeting for the various services these students require, he said.

Harriet Brown, chair of the Committee for Diversity, said in an email that her committee is eager to work with the campus community on an unveiled project aimed at promoting more conversation about diversity on all levels of the university.

Said Brown: “I can’t say more than that yet, but it’s going to be exciting and I think has a lot of potential.”

not really understanding,” she said. “We just all sat in the car and hugged one another.”

After hearing the news of the World Trade Center’s collapse, she and he brother tried to do everything to find their dad. They went online.

They started calling hospitals. Doing anything possible to help find him.

Kleinberg and her family would later learn that her father had died. She was 7 years old, Jacob was 10 and her baby brother Sam was 2.

When she looks back on Sept. 11, Kleinberg, a sophomore inclusive early childhood special education and child and family studies major, sees one thing: the look on her grandma’s face.

“At that moment we just knew something was off.”

“Students came together to not only share their misery, but their concern for one another,” he said.

When the students came together and began supporting one another, Shaw wasn’t surprised.

“It was heartwarming, and I was really impressed. I didn’t know what to expect. But I would think that’s what Syracuse (students) would do.”

——— Maj. Paul White will always remember crossing the bridge on his way to class.

That’s where he was as a cadet beginning his last year at the U.S. Military Academy when he heard that a plane had flown into the World Trade Center.

He continued on to his next class, international relations, where he learned more about what had happened.

Crossing the bridge that day will always stay with White.

It was where everything changed.

“I joined the army at a time of peace, without having to go to war. No one was looking for a war then.”

After graduating the following spring, White was stationed in Fort Drum and eventually deployed to Iraq. He is currently a senior military instructor for SU’s ROTC program.

——— Sept. 11 is Julissa Wilson’s dad’s birthday. She woke up early that day to make a special birthday breakfast for him.

But as she ran down the stairs, hoping to surprise him, she saw the television was on. She sensed that something was wrong.

Wilson, who was 10 at the time, was living on a military base in Hawaii.

She was on the other side of the country, but when she watched the replays of the planes crash-

ing into the towers — and their subsequent fall — Wilson knew her family’s home was vulnerable.

It would be just shy of 60 years since Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, a day that guided the country into a world war. A day no American wanted to repeat.

Because of safety concerns, Wilson and her friends weren’t allowed to go to school for about a week. Families on the base weren’t allowed to leave, and several thorough security checks were conducted on the base.

“I just didn’t know what it all meant at the time — where it would lead us.”

——— “Professor, professor — we’re under attack.”

It was Brad Gorham’s third week teaching as a communications professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Gorham and some of his students were talking after his COM 107: “Communications and Society” class when a student ran back to tell them the news.

Twitter hadn’t been invented yet, and the 24-hour news cycle was a term that had yet to be coined. All Gorham and those around him had was a small television.

“You’re watching people get killed. And you know it’s real,” he said.

But it’s being in Newhouse when the first tower fell that he will remember forever. Students frantically called their loved ones around him as Gorham took in the image of a newscaster saying: “I don’t know that I can see the building behind the smoke” and the collective “Oh my God” of those around him.

“For me, there are principally two times in my life where we’ve had those ‘Do you remember where you were?’ moments. For my generation, I can tell you exactly where I was when the Challenger exploded. And this was the second.”

“I just didn't know what it all meant at the time — where it would lead us.”

Julissa Wilson

senior political science major

——— Buzz Shaw’s day began as any typical Monday would. He was working on a draft of a speech and preparing for the week when he heard the news, which sent him into a f lurry of decision making.

When the media revealed it was an act of terrorism, he knew the university needed to step in to support the students, faculty and staff on campus that would undoubtedly be affected.

Shaw had various departments gather at Hendricks Chapel to figure out how best to help the grieving community. Students began to mobilize, providing support for their peers who had been affected.

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Drumlins Country Club West Course holes

J.T. Smith, vice president of the golf team, breaks down each hole at Drumlins West

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1: A short Par 5. Off the tee, play your

4

straightest club at the corner. Leaves a midto-short iron shot to an accessible green.

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2: A hilly Par 4. Three wood is a good option

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3

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off the tee, leaving you a short iron to a lowered green.

3: A short Par 4. Avoid the hazard on the right.

Play your second shot to the front of the green.

4: An uphill 135-yard Par 3. Better to be

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short than long. Don’t miss right.

5: A narrow, short, uphill Par 4 with

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trees lining both sides of the fairway. A good tee shot makes a birdie very possible.

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6: The hardest hole on the course. A long,

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dogleg right Par 4. Out of bounds on both the right and left side. Play a confident tee shot to the center-right of the fairway, leaving you a mid-iron shot to a lowered green. Not a bad idea playing for bogey on this hole.

7

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7: A long Par 3 with an elevated green.

A mid-iron played to the center-left of the green is good. Par is a good score here.

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9 11

8: Take advantage of this short Par 5 as long as the wind is not blowing in your face. A blind tee shot played left of the large pine tree leaves a long-to-mid-iron shot to an elevated green.

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9: A short downhill Par 4. Favor the left side of the fairway, leaving you a wide-open shot to an open green.

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10: A long Par 3. Favor the right side of the green, as any shot missed to the left flows downhill into a ravine.

11: A long Par 5. The key here is a good

second shot in the fairway, leaving you an approachable shot to the green.

12: A tricky, downhill Par 3. Aim left as the

hill funnels balls to the green. The hole is out of bounds on the right side.

A tough approach

Despite Syracuse club golf team’s recent success, addition of varsity program not expected in near future

By Stephen Bailey

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ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

consider creating a varsity program.

On Feb. 5, Herman Frazier, deputy

first Atlantic Coast Conference seasons.

years. All five lineup players recorded

athletics director, told The Post-Stan-

“When we are able to shore up our

a 75 or lower on Drumlins West Course

very year, two or three inter-

Forty years ago, the original team

dard that SU was in preliminary talks

programs and make sure our budgets

at tryouts last week. They’re adding

ested students ask Ken Walcyk

was disbanded. Walcyk is now pushing

about adding golf. Frazier said it was

are there and someday the boss gives

tougher and tougher opponents each

about golf scholarships. And

for a rebirth, but SU Athletics has kept

being discussed along with baseball,

an indication that’s the direction

season, including NCAA teams in two

every year, the club team head coach

him and the rest of the team out of the

and that the long winters would not fac-

we’re going to move, our staff is well

36-hole tournaments.

has to turn them away.

loop with its plans.

tor into the decision.

positioned to get going pretty quickly,”

Junior President Bram Berkowitz,

There was one in 2009 who went on

“Trying to get information about

Frazier deferred comment to SU

to sign with the College of Saint Rose.

what’s going on — if there’s a chance —

Athletics spokesman Joe Giansante for

In the meantime, the club golf

Orange, said the team is capable of com-

There was another in 2011 who was so

has been a little frustrating,” Walcyk

this story. Giansante said that while the

team is on a decadelong ascent as it

peting at the Division-III level, but the

interested in playing competitive golf at

said. “It’s something I’m used to, but I’m

athletic administration is always assess-

enters its first season in the National

ACC — the toughest golf conference in

Syracuse that he sent a highlight DVD

not going to give up on it because it’d be

ing potential sports to add, its current

Collegiate Club Golf Association. At

the country — wouldn’t be realistic.

to Walcyk.

great for the students. They deserve a

focus is 98 percent budgetary restraints,

least one player has qualified for the

“I definitely would have loved the

chance to get out there and play competi-

facility upgrades and the success of cur-

National Collegiate Golf Champion-

chance to be part of a varsity team in my

tively with those other teams.”

rently established programs in their

ship in Las Vegas each of the last three

But despite the Orange’s rise to what Walcyk said is the NCAA level, Syracuse photo by luke rafferty | video editor

University Athletics has yet to seriously

Giansante said.

who is also a columnist for The Daily

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13: A short Par 4. A blind tee shot requires

you to favor the left side of the fairway. Fairway funnels toward out of bounds on the right. A good tee shot makes a birdie very possible.

14: Another long Par 5, very similar to No. 11.

Tee shot should be played just left of the big tree. Again, a strong second shot to the center of the fairway leaves a good approach shot.

Avoid the bunker in the front left of the green.

15: A Par 3 with a steeply sloped green. Any

shot into the green will settle down toward the front. Better to come up short than long here.

16: A short Par 4 with out of bounds on the

left. Favor your tee shot just left of the trees on the right, giving you a short wedge into the green. Do not miss the green long.

17: A long, uphill Par 4. This hole requires a

long, straight drive, followed by a mid-iron shot into a firm green. Par is a great score here.

18: This Par 3 is definitely the most interesting hole of this course. An extremely elevated tee box requires a short iron to a sloped green. Do not miss long. Par is a great score on this hole.

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Nanco showcases speed as part of deep SU freshman class

By Josh Hyber STAFF WRITER

Ian McIntyre has stressed the importance of his freshman class.

The elite play of Alex Halis has been noticeable. Emil Ekblom has started every game at striker. Oyvind Alseth has started every game on defense.

Chris Nanco is a bit quieter, but he’s been just as big a piece as the rest of his class.

“He’s had a very promising, very good start,” McIntyre said. “He’s an electric, dynamic player. He still has a lot to learn, but I think for a first-year guy he’s started really strongly.”

While Nanco is fourth on the team in points and, for stretches, has been one of the team’s go-to players, his nonchalant demeanor says otherwise. When asked about his early success, Nanco smiled and shrugged his shoulders.

McIntyre, Syracuse players and even Nanco himself know about the calm attitude

he possesses. But Nanco also knows that his role on the team isn’t as the expressive star.

His role is to keep the SU offense moving. He expresses himself by putting the ball in the back of the net.

“Chris is more of a quiet, introverted individual,” McIntyre said, “but he’s certainly got a lot of personality underneath that. We’re looking for him to express himself and to keep defenders on their back foot.”

Added Nanco: “I play for the team. I try not to have an ego. It’s not really that much of a big deal (that I don’t get a lot of the credit). Everybody’s doing things for the team and it’s one, big collective group effort.”

Through three preseason and four regular-season games, Nanco has given midfielders another option for outlet passes. He’s developed with his fellow freshmen, but also with sophomores Stefanos Stamoulacatos and Juuso Pasanen.

While working with and watching Nanco during the summer, Stamoulacatos realized that the forward’s speed would be an asset right away.

The way Nanco has found space, received balls and taken defenders one on one has proven that.

Against Virginia Tech, Pasanen and Nanco connected on a one-two passing play, which almost resulted in a goal for Nanco. It was then Pasanen realized Nanco would be a contributor.

“He’s a young, fast, interesting player,” Pasanen said. “He’s quick with the ball. Whenever you give the ball to him, you can be sure he’ll do something with it. It’s always exciting to see

“I play for the team. I try not to have an ego. It’s not really that much of a big deal (that I don’t get a lot of the credit).”

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what he does with the ball and he’s capable of scoring goals so it’s good for the team.

“He’s not the guy who will throw jokes around in the locker room or anything. But he’s the guy who just puts the effort in on the field,

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which is good for the team.”

He might not be the most talkative player on the team, but the forward from Ontario, Canada, has meshed well with Halis and Ekblom on the field. The freshman trio has had a hand in seven of the team’s eight goals this season. And if hockey assists were recorded in soccer, the players point totals would be even higher.

Nanco, Halis and Ekblom combined for all four goals in Monday’s 4-1 victory over Manhattan. With the Orange leading 1-0 midway through the first half, Nanco replaced Grant Chong.

He immediately made his presence felt, sending a pass to Ekblom that led to a scoring chance. Nanco was on the receiving end of a another scoring chance moments later after receiving a through ball from Halis, but it was grabbed by Manhattan defender Sean Towey.

As the Orange continues its Atlantic Coast Conference schedule, Nanco will have to continue his strong play — whether he does it with brashness and flare, or his calm, cool and collected self.

Said Stamoulacatos: “Soccer players don’t have to be loud and obnoxious. Chris being quiet — I mean, off the field we joke around and what not — but he shows his true potential on the field and that’s all that matters.” jmhyber@syr.edu

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Wagner coach, AD guides Seahawks for 33rd straight year

By Phil D’Abbraccio ASST. COPY EDITOR

Walt Hameline is the same person Tom Masella knew he was 33 years ago.

The difference now is that Hameline has a much more impressive list of accomplishments to his name.

“He believes in certain philosophies, playing physically tough football, and over the years it hasn’t changed. His beliefs are still his beliefs,”

“He’s a great manager of his time. He’s very organized and he delegates. Everybody, in all sports, has a job to do and he expects everybody to do it and he holds you accountable.”

Tom Masella

WAGNER OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR

said Masella, Wagner’s associate head coach and offensive coordinator. “He’s still as competitive as he was when he was an assistant here, and still wants to keep building and raising the bar here for all athletic programs.”

Thirty-three years of service to Wagner athletics as the athletic director and head coach of the football team hasn’t made Hameline any less humble. He coached Wagner to the school’s only national title when his football team brought the 1987 Division-III title home to Staten Island, N.Y. Today, he governs an athletic program of

nearly 20 Division-I teams.

Even after 214 career victories — he’s one of just eight active Football Championship Subdivision coaches with more than 200 — and enough influence on a school to have the football field renamed in his honor, Hameline takes little credit for Wagner’s progress.

“You’re only as good as the people you wrap around you,” he said. “I’ve been very fortunate to have good people around me.”

This weekend serves as a bit of a homecoming for the 61-year-old, who grew up an hour away from Syracuse in New Hartford, N.Y., just outside of Utica. Hameline’s Seahawks square off with the Orange, his daughter’s alma mater, in the Carrier Dome at 4 p.m. on Saturday.

After a standout playing career at Brockport State, Wagner Athletic Director P.J. Carlesimo hired Hameline as the head football coach in 1981, then added the responsibility of assistant athletic director.

When Carlesimo left to coach basketball at Seton Hall in 1982, Hameline stepped into the athletic director position while maintaining his job as head football coach.

Today, very few dare to manage an entire athletic program and football team simultaneously, but Hameline hasn’t relinquished either title.

“He’s a great manager of his time,” said Masella, who played on the first Seahawks team Hameline coached. “He’s very organized and he delegates. Everybody, in all sports, has a job to do and he expects everybody to do it and he holds you accountable.”

Just six years after taking over as head coach, Hameline led the Seahawks to a 13-1 record, winning more games than any other college football program despite one of the most difficult D-III schedules in the nation. The team also upset heavily favored Dayton to capture the

courtesy of wagner athletics WALT HAMELINE has been at Wagner for 33 years. With more than 200 wins as the Seahawks’ head coach, he has also been revolutionary as the college’s athletic director.

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spoke on Tuesday before it was revealed that Hunt would play, but he knows the reason he will be benched for part of Saturday.

“I know I can play a lot better than I did,” Allen said. “I have full confidence in my ability and full confidence in the offense to do better.

Take away those plays and I feel like as a whole we did a great job.”

Right now, those mistakes are too glaring. He’s not making up for the turnovers in enough other ways that Syracuse can leave him as the unquestioned starter. He’ll have a chance to fix that, but Hunt’s coming up fast.

“Drew’s just got to fix that one major mistake,” Lester said, “that, for us, is the No. 1 thing that we try to avoid.” dbwilson@syr.edu @DBWilson2

1987 national championship.

In the late 1990s, Hameline oversaw several improvements to Wagner’s athletics. A new softball field was opened. Both Wagner College Stadium and the track and field facility underwent renovations. The Spiro Sports Center — a $13 million project for students and student-athletes — was constructed.

All in a span of four years.

“We took a lot of little steps along the way,” Hameline said. “We’re on track and we’re working hard to keep improving and we’re happy where our program is. We’re happy where we are academically. We’re awful proud of what we’re getting done.”

On Sept. 15, 2012, the 1987 championship team returned to Wagner College Stadium to commemorate the 25th anniversary of its victorious season during halftime of the Seahawks’ season opener against Monmouth. They recognized its head coach before the start of the game.

Hameline now coaches his home games at Hameline Field.

“I’ve always said that when you get into a hall of fame or get something named after you, there’s so many other people that made that happen,” he said. “It’s a great honor, and at the same time, it happened because I was so fortunate to have those good players, good coaches and administrators that were so supportive to our program.”

His success didn’t stop there.

Despite opening the 2012 campaign with three straight losses, last season was one of Wagner’s most successful of all time. The

Seahawks captured their first Northeast Conference championship and triumphed to snatch the league’s first-ever NCAA FCS win with a victory over Colgate in the first round of the playoffs.

Hameline is a player’s coach, said fifth-year running back Dominique Williams, and is like a father figure to some of his players in the way he teaches them. Although Hameline’s admittedly less involved with the Xs and Os than he once was, he said there is nothing like getting on the practice field and watching players develop.

He still enjoys his job as much as he did 33 years ago.

“I really love what I’m doing and you get excited about going in, trying to get things accomplished,” Hameline said. “Whether it’s the AD side or the football side, you want to try and get better each and every day.” @PhilDAbb pmdabbra@syr.edu

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Moore reflects on snaring Allen’s 1st TD pass

By Trevor Hass and David Wilson THE DAILY ORANGE

Drew Allen’s first collegiate touchdown pass wasn’t to Ashton Broyld. And it wasn’t to Jarrod West or Jeremiah Kobena, either.

It was to true freshman Kendall Moore.

“He’ll always remember that as his first career collegiate touchdown,” Moore said about Allen.

The 6-foot-6, 250-pound gargantuan Moore is listed as an offensive lineman on Syracuse’s roster, but now plays tight end for the Orange.

When Syracuse tight end Beckett Wales went down with an ankle injury in the second quarter against Northwestern on Saturday, Moore knew it was his time to shine.

Allen and Moore’s touchdown connection came on a 16-yard strike down the middle early in the third quarter. Moore added two more receptions, finishing with 37 total yards. He said catching Allen’s first touchdown pass is

especially meaningful, considering all that Allen’s been through to get to this point.

“After my first catch, I was really excited,” Moore said on Tuesday with a slight grin.

“When the second catch came around, I was even more excited.”

Moving forward, Moore hopes to improve his speed. He said his goal against Wagner is to have a short-term memory and repeat his performance from Saturday night.

Regardless of what happens the rest of the season, Moore has his first career touchdown.

“When I saw the opportunity to score a touchdown, I just ran,” Moore said, “and when I got it, I was overwhelmed.”

Krautman’s status in question

A handful of players were banged up after SU’s loss to Northwestern on Saturday.

Wales missed the entire second half. Allen came out with most of the first-team offense for

the final drive.

Ryan Norton replaced Ross Krautman. The kicker’s apparent injury is the one that head coach Scott Shafer is most concerned about.

“We’ve got a couple guys that I think are going to be fine,” Shafer said. “The one I’m waiting on is Ross Krautman.”

Shafer was asked specifically about Wales, who was walking around with a boot on his left foot on Monday, but didn’t address the tight end’s health specifically.

Both Wales and Krautman missed time in training camp — Krautman with a confirmed groin injury — and the kicker missed an extra point on Saturday.

“He’s got an injury he’s had for a long time,” Shafer said, “and we’re waiting to hear back exactly where we’ll stand with him.” tbhass@syr.edu dbwilson@syr.edu

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Versatile Hunsberger bounces back from ACL surgery

By Austin Mirmina STAFF WRITER

After hyper-extending her left knee in a game against Marquette on Oct. 16, 2011, junior midfielder Megan Hunsberger collapsed to the ground, unaware of her injury.

“It was the weirdest feeling ever,” she said.

Hunsberger hobbled to the sideline, where SU head coach Phil Wheddon approached her and asked if she could continue playing. She gave an affirmative nod and trotted back to her position. But immediately, Hunsberger recognized there was a problem.

“When I ran back onto the field, someone played me the ball, and I laid it off (to a teammate),” Hunsberger remembered. “I just knew. I crawled off the field.”

Hunsberger was disappointed to learn that she tore her left ACL and would require seasonending reconstructive surgery. The searing pain was all too familiar for Hunsberger, who had previously torn her right ACL while playing for Freedom (Pa.) High School.

The injury was another setback and possible impediment to Hunsberger’s career at Syracuse. But with a little motivational support from former teammate Megan Bellingham, Hunsberger set her sights on returning to full strength as a threat for the Orange. She has battled back and Wheddon expects her versatility to play a vital role for SU this season.

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college experience, but it is understandable,” Berkowitz said in an email. “The club team is a strong team, no doubt, but for us to go out there and compete with the likes of Georgia Tech and (Boston College) is asking a lot.”

Drumlins pro shop employee Connor Wisniewski agreed. He played for four years at Division-II Le Moyne before taking the job five years ago.

Wisniewski said the players would have to be able to shoot between 64-67 on the private course, Drumlins East, to compete at that level.

He added that his team would have “stomped” the Orange.

Then he compared them to the ACC schools. “‘Holy cow’ is all I’ve got to say,” Wis-

Upon her arrival to Syracuse, Hunsberger impressed the coaching staff with her explosive speed and ball-handling ability, Wheddon said.

She was an immediate contributor as a freshman, tallying two goals and playing in 14 games before tearing her ACL. The Orange also relied heavily on Hunsberger’s exceptional field vision, said senior defender Kayla Afonso.

“It was devastating when we lost her, because I know how good she can be when she’s on the field,” Afonso said. “She scored goals and created opportunities, so it definitely hurt us last year. We didn’t have that speed and her talent.”

As a result of her injury, Hunsberger had trouble walking up the steps in her two-f loor apartment on South Campus. She moved into Bellingham’s single-f loor apartment on Slocum Heights, and the pair formed a bond that helped guide Hunsberger through the recovery process.

Bellingham was a fifth-year senior at the time, and her three debilitating knee injuries rendered her incapable of playing another game with the Orange. But Bellingham stayed close to the team as an assistant coach, providing Hunsberger with uplifting words of encouragement during her recovery.

“My biggest advice for her was always ‘There’s going to be a day when you can play again. Always keep your eyes on that,’”

Bellingham said. “It can be discouraging at times. … I can’t tell you how much respect I really gained for her watching her go through that process.”

Hunsberger took Bellingham’s words of advice and refocused her abundant energy on contributing to the team. No matter how frustrating the situation, she always kept a beaming smile on the sideline.

Since returning for SU this season, Hunsberger has showcased the potential she displayed two seasons ago. Against Farleigh Dickinson, she delivered a beautiful corner kick toward the back post, and Koval headed the aerial pass into the net for the eventual gamewinning goal.

“Lou-ie, Lou-ie!” her teammates cheered from the sideline, using her nickname.

“When I was younger, I named a soccer ball Louie and I would carry it around everywhere,” Hunsberger admitted with a hint of embarrassment.

Syracuse missed Hunsberger’s natural ability, Afonso said. But her radiant personality and innate silliness is what keeps everyone loose.

“She’s just a clown, really,” Afonso said. “She puts in music and she dances to whatever it is.

She gets everyone pumped up and ready. She’s one of a kind.”

niewski said.

For now, it doesn’t look like a move is imminent.

Giansante said SU Athletics hasn’t given any more of an in-depth look at golf than at baseball or any other potentially new sport. SU officials haven’t considered whether Drumlins would provide an adequate course to host championship-caliber golf and haven’t considered a women’s sport that would theoretically balance out scholarships for Title IX compliance.

He cited gymnastics, men’s volleyball, fencing and sailing as other possibilities, given their rising popularity.

“There are so many things that are out there, it’s really hard to necessarily zero in on one,” Giansante said, “but the overall point is that we’re aware of what’s happening when we have these discussions.”

As the senior associate athletic director at the University of Oregon, Giansante said he spent a full year almost exclusively researching and assessing baseball talent trends across the country as the Ducks planned to reinstate their baseball team.

When they finally did, Oregon held an open tryout for its club players. None made it.

Walcyk was confident that if such a tryout was held at SU, many of his players would earn spots instead of transfer talent and incoming inaugural recruits.

But that day doesn’t appear to be approaching anytime soon. Until then, Walcyk can only keep coaching.

“Nobody’s let me know. They’ve kept me out of the loop,” Walcyk said. “Most of these things that SU does are internal until they decide.”

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Stay healthy; adjust social drinking habits before professional career starts

t’s only three weeks into the semester and many of us are already experiencing drinking fatigue.

I define that as such: It’s a Friday night and your energetic, excited friends are ready to rage. But the thought of drinking alcohol is about as appealing as chugging a bottle of ranch dressing.

“I can’t,” your body pleads. The nausea.

Your stomach is bloated. Your liver needs a break. Water is all you want and all you need.

But the pressure is there. You don’t want to be that person because you think someone will say you’re lame. You’re afraid you’re going to miss out on something (you probably aren’t) and your friends are super annoying.

Don’t be this guy: “You’re so lame! Why aren’t you drinking? It’s the freakin’ weekend!”

My response to the above is this: Screw it, do your thing and don’t let people bother you. But sometimes, we aren’t always so strong and the pressure sets in. That, or we really, really don’t want to miss out on a fun weekend. There are “only” 15 per semester, after all.

So if you’re concerned about your sleeping patterns, your liver and your caloric intake, and you can’t quite muster up the courage to just say no when you feel like it, there are a few ways to handle the situation.

For starters, sip on one drink a night.

Slowly drinking your whiskey-coke concoction throughout the course of an hour or two is great practice anyway. Eventually, you’ll be out of college at a work event, and pounding away multiple drinks isn’t exactly workplace appro-

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writer, editor, sweater priate. When you take it slow, you’re still out, still enjoying a drink and still part of the group, but you’re on your own time, and that’s legit.

Want to trick people into thinking you’re downing a vodka-Sprite? Consider putting just soda in a Highball glass. Swap it in and enjoy.

Or, simply, keep busy. Go to a party and meet people. Play party games. Maybe dance the night away. Keep the energy up and the conversation interesting, and live in the moment.

That’s part of the fun, right? The real reason you went out, right?

Lastly, drink for the culture. Enjoy the art of mixology and appreciate the flavor of a good craft beer or complex cocktail. Food culture is good culture. It’s hard to remember that if you’re wasted or blacked out. Trying new craft beers, types of wine and cocktail mixtures are all fun and engaging cultural activities. Just remember — all things in moderation.

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This weekend marks the end of the summer box office period and start of the fall season.

Now it’s time to review this summer’s releases.

There was plenty of negative buzz surrounding the summer season, but given the substantial amount of blockbusters and big sequels, overall numbers were positive and box office earnings were $4.67 billion, which is up 9 percent from last year, according to BoxOfficeMojo.

It was also a record-breaking season for Hollywood, which released hits like “Iron Man 3” ($1.2 billion), “Despicable Me 2” ($832 million), “Man of Steel” ($660 million), “Fast & Furious 6” ($788 million) and “Monsters University” ($724 million).

While those films were all expected to be successful given their franchise status — sequel, prequel or reboot — there were also expected hits that turned into surprising disappointments. “The Hangover Part III” grossed $351 million worldwide, making it the lowest grossing film in the franchise. And “The Lone Ranger,” which cost an estimated $215 million to make, only grossed $243 million worldwide.

The good news about this summer is that there is still a viable market for new horror films, as some originals proved quite successful. Released in early June, “The Purge” made more than $85 million worldwide on a budget of $3 million. One month later, “The Conjuring” shattered expectations with a $41.8 million opening, and has since grossed more than $259 million on a budget of only $20 million.

The second piece of good news is that certain comedies thrived this summer, evidenced by

the global success of “The Heat” ($218 million), “We’re the Millers” ($179 million) and “Grown Ups 2” ($213.5 million).

The bad news about this summer is that there was an excessive amount of animated features.

In three months, six major animated films were released, of which only two — “Despicable Me 2” and “Monsters University” — were big hits. The other four — “Epic,” “Turbo,” “The Smurfs 2” and “Planes” — underperformed.

The second piece of bad news is that there were no indie hits. The last two summers’ breakout independent films — “Moonrise Kingdom” and “Midnight in Paris” — grossed more than $68 million and $151 million, respectively.

While this summer’s “Fruitvale Station” was relatively successful ($15.7 million thus far), it was nothing like the indie movies that hit the mainstream the past few summers.

Lastly, this summer proved that star power alone does not guarantee success. Take the disappointing results of Johnny Depp’s “The Lone Ranger,” Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx’s “White House Down” and Will Smith’s “After Earth.”

While audiences might have criticized major studios for releasing too many blockbusters, ticket purchases imply it may not have been that bad. After all, the reason this summer was so profitable for Hollywood was because of blockbuster films. Even though Hollywood made more money, it also spent more on a larger number of films.

The good news for audiences, though, is that it’s time to focus on the Oscar-destined films that will soon be released. ijteckli@syr.edu

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Artist shares book portraying LGBT issues in US military

By Yang Bai

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The back of the book reads: “I am a soldier. I am a gay man. There is no greater honor than to serve in uniform. I can’t tell my name.”

These words speak for and shed light on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in the U.S. military, and the eight-year silence it has faced by not being allowed to reveal who they are.

Vincent Cianni, a documentary photographer, shared stories from his upcoming book, “Gays in the Military: How America Thanked Me,” to a group of about 200 people on Tuesday afternoon in Shemin Auditorium in the Shaffer Art Building. The book reveals gay soldiers’ true stories before and after the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

Cianni was invited to speak by Susannah Sayler, an assistant professor in the transmedia department, as the opening lecturer of a visiting artists series for students in the department.

“The goal of this lecture series is to encourage students to consider the role of images and how images can affect social justice,” Sayler said.

“They will cross the four disciplines of photography, film, computer arts and video arts, and generally introduce different artistic practices and approaches to students.”

Not only is Cianni a notable artist, but he is also a professor of photography at Parsons The New School for Design. With that background, and the influence from his undergraduate studies in sociology, he uses photography to pursue human rights issues and social justice.

As Cianni read an essay from his book — in front of an audience for the first time — portraits

of soldiers were displayed on the projector. While reading, he often stopped to ask, “What wars are just? What militaries are just?”

“Those photos we take should be about what we are viewing in the world and how we present the world in our own way,” Cianni said.

He said these soldiers chose to join the army and serve their country, yet faced the dangers of torture, beatings and death, just for being gay.

“When I walk into these peoples’ environment and ask them to talk about things that are hard to talk about, I can feel my responsibility for them,” Cianni said.

Cianni then shared his artistic approach to the book and what the final product will ultimately look like. He said he prefers to use black and white photos rather than colored ones because he feels black and white images present reality in a more serious way. Additionally, he said, through photos, people should be able to feel the soldiers’ sorrow and loneliness.

He said he hopes that when the book is finished, it will become a kind of historical reference for people to examine in the future.

After Cianni’s speech, he held a short Q-andA. Laura Perez, a freshman in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, asked Cianni what made him want to share the secret stories of gay soldiers with the public. Cianni responded that a feeling of responsibility called him to take action, to attract people’s attention and to try to push social changes through images and voices.

To help people understand his message in “Gays in the Military: How America Thanked Me,” Cianni separated the visuals from the text.

This is unlike his first book, “We Skate Hardcore,” in which he overlaid text on the photos.

allen chiu | staff photographer VINCENT CIANNI, a photographer, author and artist, speaks to students about his upcoming book that deals with issues regarding the LGBT community in the military.

He said most of the text in the new book will be transcribed interviews to support the images.

Said Cianni: “It will be easier to bring view-

ers into the isolated environment of gay soldiers this way.” ybai08@syr.edu

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“JOBS”

Director: Joshua Michael Stern Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Dermot Mulroney, Ahna O’Reilly, Matthew Modine Release date: Aug. 16, 2013 Rating:

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f you were expecting “Jobs” to be a big box office hit, you were wrong.

It is the first of two movies to portray the life and accomplishments of Steve Jobs — the second to be written and directed by Syracuse University alumnus Aaron Sorkin — but “Jobs” did not set the bar very high.

The film begins in 2001 with the announcement of the first iPod. Then it jumps back in time to when Jobs attended Reed College in Oregon, and tells his story up through his return to Apple in 1996. Then the progression stops.

The movie never works its way back to where it started — 2001 — and it’s hard not to notice it. It was jarring, since a lot of viewers probably expected the film to end with Jobs’ death in 2011, which would have made the movie feel more complete. The audience would have been able to relate to the life of Jobs a little more if it had covered a more recent time period.

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Instead, the film shows the early life of a brilliant college dropout working his way through life’s struggles to become a technology mastermind.

The film moves through scenes and different situations too quickly, making the story a bit difficult to piece together. That, and the fact that all of the scenes aren’t completely tied together, only intensifies the feeling of incompleteness.

Since the story of Jobs’ life is portrayed sporadically, there wasn’t a lot of room for character development.

For example, early in the movie, Jobs tells his pregnant girlfriend that he is not the father of her child. Later, though, he proceeds to name a computer after her while at the same time working with a lawyer to give up his paternal rights. This complex situation is never explained, leaving the audience confused and the character of Jobs’ girlfriend undeveloped.

But then even more uncertainty is added near the end of the film, when Jobs is seen

living with a woman who the audience assumes is his ex-girlfriend and mother of his now-grown child — who is also seen lying on the couch. The viewer is never really certain of the broken family’s storyline.

And since no scene gets explained to the point where you start to care about what’s happening, “Jobs” could have used a unifying storyline.

Although omissions can be expected in any sort of bio-f lick, “Jobs” had too many.

The only audience members that would have been able to completely understand what was happening would be the ones who had an abundance of background knowledge on Jobs’ early life — which most people don’t have, usually associating Jobs’ name with iPhones and Macs.

What helped the film’s reputation tremendously, however, was having Ashton Kutcher as the lead actor. He looked remarkably similar to Jobs in his earlier years, and was able to make his speeches sound just as empowering as Jobs did. Even though the movie was

not as big of a hit as producers would have liked, it helped prove that Kutcher is capable of playing serious roles, as opposed to his usual comedic stints in TV series “That ‘70s Show” and “Two and a Half Men.” Another helpful element to the movie was the setting. It seemed as if it really was filmed in the 1970s.

Judging by the Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic reviews, a majority of people seems to still be disappointed, despite these few redeeming qualities — especially those who felt that important figures within the Apple were left out of the movie or portrayed incorrectly.

As a whole, “Jobs” lacked entertainment and depth, as it barely scratched the surface of a very complex man’s life. With someone as powerful and inf luential as Jobs — who played a part in our everyday tech lives — many hope that Aaron Sorkin’s portrayal of the Apple creator will be more fulfilling. baruss01@syr.edu

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Enchanted troupe Cirque du Soleil musician screens performance film, shares stories from travels

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nstead of playing a typical pit orchestra instrument, Suzie Gagnon plays the accordion and has done so for close to two decades.

On Tuesday, Gagnon, a veteran musician for Cirque du Soleil, came to the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, in conjunction with the Bandier Program for Music and the Entertainment Industries, to present “Alegría,” a film version of one of the many Cirque du Soleil shows she has performed in. Gagnon held a Q-and-A session with the audience following the screening.

Each family-friendly Cirque du Soleil show is meant to bring magic to life through performance art. “Alegría,” which translates to “jubilation” in Spanish, tells a story about the passing of time — having the ability to be unaffected by it and the social changes that come with it.

Like most Cirque du Soleil performances, the costumes presented in “Alegría” are elaborately colorful, and are worn as acrobats fly on the trapeze, perform trampoline routines and twirl batons on fire. The cast of characters includes kings’ fools, minstrels, beggars, old aristocrats and children.

The film also shows instances of audience participation, including pulling members of the audience on stage to dance with cast members, further enhancing the viewer’s experience at home by displaying how a live performance would be.

After the film ended, Gagnon opened the Q-and-A session to the students present at the film screening. She discussed how the troupe and film crew were able to translate a live performance from stage to screen.

“We practiced for two weeks to prepare for it,” Gagnon said. “We had to learn to move differently because of the nine cameras.”

Some questions were asked about performing for the shows. As musicians, Gagnon said, they all have to be in tune with not only themselves, but the other artists, as well. To help with timing, each musician has a metronome playing in an earpiece.

One student asked if there was anything needed to change with makeup and costumes for the film.

“Yes,” Gagnon answered, “because there was different lighting that we had to work with.”

Before every show, Gagnon said she mentally prepares herself by meditating in some way, whether it’s by doing tai chi or simply sitting still.

Traveling is one of the main components of Cirque du Soleil performances, aside from putting on the actual show. Gagnon said the cast and crew travel by whatever vehicle is most efficient, depending on where the next show is located.

“I’ve been living out of my suitcase for so long. For the newer performers, it’s sometimes hard,” Gagnon said. “They come in very excited and eager, but as we perform several shows over the year, the excitement dies down a bit.”

She said the company is like a small city, with more than 50 people working together. They even have a school set up for child performers.

Because Gagnon has been with the troupe for so many years, she said the show and its members have become like a family. She loves performing on stage — the orchestra is in this particular film version of the show — and in the pit.

“I prefer being near the audience, though, because I feel more connected with them,” Gagnon said.

Although a small number of students went to the event, Julia Newman, a freshman in Newhouse and the College of Arts and Sciences, said she thought the presentation was entertaining and informative.

Natasha del Amo, a freshman political science major, agreed, and said the movie and Q-and-A both went well.

“I came because it was an extra credit opportunity, but I think I was surprised by how good it was,” del Amo said.

“It went better than expected.”

Gagnon will speak again on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in Lender Auditorium in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. She will focus on the business side of Cirque du Soleil, as part of the Bandier program. ctceva@syr.edu

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