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Get out and vote Two SU students announce their candidacy for SA president. Page 3

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Youthful approach Generation Y columnist Nina Rodgers explains need for millennials to focus on relationships, as well as careers.

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Natural treasures Our student entrepreneur series begins with The Alyse Collection.

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Sister act Emma and Jackie Firenze form a foundation for Syracuse women’s soccer.

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emma fierberg | staff photographer (left and top right), luke rafferty | video editor (bottom rght) (LEFT) MIKE MILHOLLAND points to several beds at the Oxford Street Inn, the homeless shelter where he has worked for 29 years. The inn closed its doors for the last time Monday night and has moved closer to the city. (TOP RIGHT) A set of clothes for the inn’s residents lies underneath a bed inside the shelter.

(BOTTOM RIGHT) A line starts to form outside the inn’s entrance Monday night. With 90 beds and eight cots, the inn receives about 100 visitors a night.

Taking shelter Oxford Street Inn closes doors for last time, moves to better location

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fter Mike Milholland’s first day volunteering at the Oxford Street Inn, he didn’t know if he would be back for a second one.

It was 1984. He had just arrived in Syracuse from Buffalo, N.Y., and walked into the cold, dirty Oxford Street Inn. He remembered the distinct smell, the poor conditions of the beds and one lone, insufficient heater.

He still remembers how one of the co-workers treated the homeless people there.

“I’m standing in this area and somebody came up to this volunteer I’m working with, and the volunteer just kicks him in the stomach and knocks him down,” said Milholland, the Inn’s program manager. “I was thinking, ‘Is this really what it’s like out here?’ I asked myself, ‘Is this really going to be it?’”

Twenty-nine years later, on The

Oxford Street Inn’s last day, Milholland said he is leaving the shelter with a sense of gratitude.

The Oxford Street Inn, which has been in operation since 1979, opened its doors to the homeless community in Syracuse for the last time on Monday. On Tuesday, the shelter will relocate to a new building on South Clinton Street, and be renamed the Catholic Charities Men’s Shelter. The inn is known for its open-door policy, and supporters of the shelter hope the

new facility will help those in need battle their addictions.

Since the shelter’s opening, Milholland said it has had a policy that accepts anyone who comes for help, regardless of whether they are sober. This policy is different from other homeless shelters in the area, he said.

“We’ve never turned anyone away because, even if we’ve maxed out, it always seems preferable to get someone

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Board of Trustees to create scholarship in honor of Cantor

By Natsumi Ajisaka ASST. NEWS EDITOR

A scholarship fund will be created in Chancellor Nancy Cantor’s honor that will help students pay for immersion and engagement programs, Board of Trustees members announced Monday.

These programs include study abroad, internships and the Syracuse University Los Angeles program, said Peter Englot, associate vice president for public affairs.

The scholarship fund will cover activities that help immerse students in the real world, as well as their future professional fields, he said.

“It was, in particular, under her tenure that SU vigorously developed these kind of opportunities to get out in the world,” he said.

The scholarship fund will help offset the additional costs of these programs, which are not usually covered by stan-

dard financial aid packages, according to a Monday SU News release. The Board of Trustees is asking for donations to the fund.

The eligibility requirements have not been developed yet, nor has the dollar amount given per student, Englot said.

Criteria for earning the scholarship will be developed in the coming months, he said.

He said the board hasn’t talked about

any more details — such as whether the scholarship will be merit-based.

As far as donations, the goal is open-ended, Englot said, with no particular dollar amount in mind. But he said people have already contacted the university the day of the announcement about donating money.

“We’ve already seen expression of high interest,” he said.

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SEPT. 24, 1963 JSG issues statement concerning students in CORE picketing Joint Student Government has released a statement concerning recent CORE activities involving SU students.

“This refers to the series of events occuring over the past 10 days and the policy statement made last night by Vice President Eric H. Faigle,” said JSG President James Morris.

The Joint Student Government statement: “We as students of democracy ask that actions, regardless of what principles they may be derived, be kept within the framework of the laws that preserve our democratic ideals.

“If at any time existing rules and regulations are violated, such individuals and groups shall be judged in accordance with present policies.

“Such power includes the determination that detention or arrests by civil authorities is sufficient grounds for revocation of any type of scholarship or suspension form the university.”

“The student government recognizes the need and right of students to demonstrate

responsibility. We enact the following act to limit only those demonstrations that violate local, state or federal laws, endanger life, limb or property and thereby reflect discredit upon our university.

“In case of violation of university or student government policy regarding such demonstratons, the following principles shall be applied.

“1. Student will be expected to obtain with their own lega representation in connection with their participation (in) such actions.

“2. Each student participating in such a demonstration will be expected to meet all financial obligations resulting from his action, and responsibility for any damage to public or private property must be assumed by each student involved.

“3. This bill, upon passage, shall take precedence over all previous bills concerning student demonstrations.”

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By Zach Schweikert CONTRIBUTING WRITER

eliot grigo | contributing photographer IVAN ROSALES, a junior accounting and policy studies major, announces his run for Student Association president on Monday.

chase gaewski | photo editor BORIS GRESLEY, a junior political science and public policy major, announces his candidacy for president outside Hendricks.

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Rosales hopes to better academic achievements

By Dylan Segelbaum ASST. COPY EDITOR

Ivan Rosales announced his candidacy for Student Association president Monday, and said if elected, he hopes to work closely with Chancellor-designate Kent Syverud to ensure student feedback is heard.

Rosales, a junior accounting and policy studies major, announced his candidacy during a speech shortly after noon in the Schine Student Center. His running mate is Simone Gold-

slager, a junior advertising major.

“We’re all so proud that we’re the No. 5 party school, but I bet we’d be even more proud if we could say the same for our academic achievements,” Rosales said.

Rosales first got involved in SA during the 55th Session. He most recently served as chair of the Student Life Committee during the first part of the current session, but resigned partly because he was unsatisfied

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Gresely wants to improve member accountability

By Meredith Newman NEWS EDITOR

Surrounded by supporters on the Quad, Boris Gresely announced his candidacy for Student Association president on Monday morning.

He made the announcement in front Hendricks Chapel at about 10:45 a.m.

Gresely, who is the first candidate to enter the race, said despite the small turnout, he wasn’t disappointed.

Gresely, a junior political science and public policy major, served in SA for three semesters.

While in SA, Gresely was a part of the Academic Affairs, Student Engagement and AdOp committees. He said he decided to run for president because he his ideas and experience.

Gresely said his campaign will run behind the slogan, “Alliance for Change.” His campaign plan

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After creating a scholarship in Rob Edson’s honor and placing his initials on the Carrier Dome field, the Syracuse University community has found another way to commemorate the former athletic director’s life.

Michael Tricarico, a freshman broadcast and digital journalism major, created the shirt because of the effect Edson had on both the Onondaga Community College and SU communities. Sales from the shirts will benefit the Rob Edson Scholarship Fund, Tricarico said.

The scholarship is designed to help former athletes who are returning to SU to complete their degrees.

Tricarico said he came up with the idea for the “Rise Up for Rob” T-shirts after being inspired by a Twitter hashtag, which many students wore during Saturday’s football game against Tulane University.

“I personally didn’t know Rob Edson,” Tricarico said, “but I did hear a lot from members of the community and other students about the large role he played in athletes’ lives.”

The phrase “Rise Up for Rob” originated from a Twitter hashtag started by Sarah Bregg, a sophomore at Onondaga Community College.

Bregg, an exercise science major, as well as a soccer, basketball and softball player, said Edson was always supportive of his athletes.

“Personally, on game days he would tell me to rise up to the occasion and that everything would be OK, because no matter what the score was when the buzzer sounded, he was proud,” Bregg said. “This is where the hashtag originated.”

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Chance The Rapper to headline Nov. 6 Bandersnatch concert

By Erik van Rheenen STAFF WRITER

Hip-hop artist Chance The Rapper will headline University Union’s first Bandersnatch concert of the semester on Wednesday, Nov. 6, in

the Schine Underground.

Two DJs — DJ Rashad and DJ Spinn — will open for the rapper.

The show is one part of Chance The Rapper’s Social Experiment Tour, a coast-to-coast series of shows. Doors

to the Underground will open at 7 p.m. and the performance will start at 7:30 p.m.

Concert tickets will go on sale Friday, Sept. 27, at the Schine Box Office and will cost $5 for all Syracuse Uni-

versity and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students and faculty.

Hailing from Chicago, Chance The Rapper, whose real name is Chancelor Bennett and who performs under a

stage name, garnered critical success from his sophomore mixtape, “Acid Rap.” Released during the summer, it was hot on the heels of his 2011 debut, “#10Day.” ervanrhe@syr.edu

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Environmental professionals should aim to break out of stereotypical mold

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odern notions about environmentalists have existed for decades and have provided us with the stereotype of a “dirty hippie.”

This label has come to describe those who consider themselves champions for the environment, yet the term has transcended and caused the current stigma surrounding professional environmentalists. This only causes people to perceive the profession with naivety.

The “dirty hippie” stereotype does not promote a serious consideration for environmentalists and their undertaking of environmental missions.

This typecast says these unwashed, smelly youths have their heads in the clouds and their minds stuck in la-la land. According to critics, they don’t know what it’s like in the real world and don’t have a realistic view of the world’s problems.

The first thing needed to make the world a better place is understanding what someone is trying to say. Playing up a stereotype does not benefit anyone; it only leads to the loss of respect and authority.

Environmentalists have a great deal

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21st-century tree hugger to offer this world. Because they need to persuade and inform the masses about the world’s issues, it would make the job easier if a new image was brought to the table.

Quite frankly, being considered dirty and smelly is distracting and childish.

This stereotype is a hard one to break for anyone in the environmental field. It’s been around for decades and some people continue to add fuel to the fire.

Like all stereotypes, this particular one has developed from a seed of truth.

Since the days of the advent of beatniks and hippies in the late 1950s-60s, the stereotype has grown and f lourished, mainly because of a lack of understanding between different groups of people: the conservative,

suburban Americans and their children crying for social change.

Environmentalists became associated with 1960s counterculture, which is heavily characterized by hippies. The two became synonymous with one another because of this. The polarization of this counterculture and “Leave it to Beaver” suburban culture of the era separated the social groups, thus stimulating the stereotype.

Stereotypes divide people with differences, creating a negative caricature in an extreme light. While they can be humorous or light-hearted, like the “dirty hippie” cracks are intended to be, they often times hinder professionals who seek to reach outside of the narrow label.

Environmental professionalism should not differ from other career fields.

No matter what field you’re in, every career, profession or job requires professionalism — a manner of appearance and actions that convey a skilled and qualified person.

This is no different for environmental fields, though the stereotypical environmentalist is often at odds with the businessman, busi-

nesswoman or other professional individual.

Being professional is not to say that you can’t be yourself. It’s important to separate individualism from professionalism. You can be qualified and formal, while still maintaining your own style.

Most professionalism comes from one’s attitude — a cocktail of confidence and respect for others. Combined with a somewhat conservative wardrobe, any young worker can be on the way to success. It is taking what you have to offer, what you bring to the table and encouraging others to take you seriously.

There is a time and place to be professional, as well as different times and places to be informal. The most important thing is to walk the line that defines both areas.

You can still have your eccentricities, just pair them with professionalism. That way, we can truly make a mark on this world, moving us toward a better place.

Meg Callaghan is a senior environmental studies major at SUNY-ESF. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at mlcallag@syr.edu.

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Despite possible desensitization, SU students have connection to city’s homeless Syracuse University students should be more proactive about helping the homeless.

The Oxford Street Inn, a homeless shelter in the city of Syracuse, is changing the way it provides rehabilitative services to visitors with drug and alcohol problems. It is now making its resources more readily available. This emphasis on improving the lives of the homeless is commendable.

SU students should follow suit by recognizing the presence and magnitude of homelessness in the community.

Students are familiar with homelessness. These people become familiar faces to students who frequent Marshall Street and the downtown area. While they exist in greater abundance in other neighborhoods in Syracuse, some can even be seen on or around campus.

Because students see the homeless so often, they might become desensi-

EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board tized to the problem. Students must understand that their connection to the homeless is much closer than they think, despite the university’s somewhat separated placement from the rest of the city.

Since the start of Nancy Cantor’s chancellorship in 2004, she has worked to integrate the university with the city of Syracuse. The Connective Corridor and Say Yes to Education programs provide ways to link students with the urban environment in which the homeless reside.

The connection is important and students should appreciate it. Not all universities attempt to build close relationships with their respective towns.

Students should take advantage of these ties to the city. SU students are

offered a privileged education while on the Hill, and should work to pay this forward to the homeless.

Students can volunteer with organizations available on the SU campus, such as Habitat for Humanity, which works to build affordable housing for people in need.

The university should also better advertise community service opportunities for students and offer a wellrounded array of options for students to get involved in.

Additionally, professors should integrate information about Syracuse’s homeless population into class curricula. This would make students conscious and knowledgeable of their surroundings.

This understanding is crucial for students, as students are just as much part of this community as the homeless are.

After all, students are merely visitors making a four-year appearance in their home.

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Young people should not sacrifice relationships for career, educational pursuits

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sk any college student where they see themselves in 10 years and you’ll probably hear something along the lines of: “Settled into a high-paying career, traveling the world and enjoying all of the things I’ve worked for.”

Cool. But what about a spouse?

Kids? It seems like the new “American Dream” that millennials have does not include a family. Generation Y surely has the competitive edge when it comes to education and related endeavors, but has sacrificed desires to have a family for success.

For such a driven generation that mostly has it together when it comes to academics and ambitions, we seem to have missed the mark when it comes to our personal and romantic lives. We can’t be completely matured and advanced individuals if we accept the notion that healthy relationships are a road block to success.

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A popular piece published by The New York Times during the summer titled “Sex on Campus: She Can Play That Game, Too” explored the concept of “hookup culture” on college campuses and the driving role young women play in it. Through interviews with women from colleges like the University of Pennsylvania, it was found that “women at elite universities were choosing hookups because they saw relationships as too demanding and potentially too distracting from their goals.” Some young ladies even view the amount of effort it takes to have a successful relationship in college as being just as much work as a “four-credit class.”

In an interview with The New York Times that was published Sept.

13, Barnard College President Debora Spar expanded on the concept of “satisficing.” In her new book, released more than a week ago, “Wonder

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a chain reaction Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection,” Spar suggested that women should “satisfice,” or settle for second best, in certain situations “to stop trying to be flawless professionals, mothers, homemakers, cooks and athletes … to take the pressure off.”

This should not be taken out of context to mean we should be complacent with our lives, particularly when it comes to developing meaningful relationships. Today, most young people settle for sub-par relationships, flings and romances to focus on class work, extracurricular activities and

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Spar also wrote that her generation “made a mistake” and took “the struggles and victories of feminism and interpreted them somehow as a pathway to personal perfection.”

Millennials have done the same with social mobility. Lingering economic crises in the country have caused us to develop such paranoia and fear of financial instability that we’ve been pushed to a point where we are choosing business development instead of personal growth.

At this point, most millennials are putting off marriage and having children until at least their late 20s or early 30s. The median age for men in the United States to marry has risen to 29, while the age for women is 27, according to an article by Match.com.

Millennials have applied the narcissistic label of the “Me, Me, Me Generation” to professional growth.

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We still haven’t struck a balance between a prosperous career and fulfilling love life.

There is nothing wrong with dedicating a substantial amount of time, energy and effort into pursuing your dreams. That doesn’t make you a self-centered person. But there is also nothing wrong with envisioning yourself as having more than a few measly hookups in your future –– it doesn’t make you less successful, ambitious or independent.

This generation has never settled for anything less than exceptional.

When it comes to obtaining positions in the most competitive programs, internships or schools, we have risen above expectations. Relationships are no different. One does not have to be sacrificed for the other.

Nina Rodgers is a sophomore sociology major. Her column appears weekly.

She can be reached at nmrodger@syr.edu.

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Members view proposed constitution

By Brett Samuels STAFF WRITER

The Student Association’s parliamentarian proposed a new SA constitution Monday, saying that as time has passed, the needs of the organization have changed.

SA’s weekly meeting began at about 7:45 p.m. and took place in the Shaffer Art Building. At the meeting, the new constitution was presented to the assembly. In addition, three student assembly members were elected.

The proposed constitution dictated that a speaker of the assembly, instead of the president, will preside over SA meetings. Another change included creating more defined roles for the president and vice president.

“This new constitution aims to make things clearer and make things work better,” Parliamentarian Ben Jones said.

He added that the president will still be the leader and primary spokesperson for SA, but when supervising meetings, the elected speaker would take the president’s place.

The new draft also outlined the vice president’s role, which will be as a liaison between the cabinet and assembly. The assembly will interpret the vice president’s role at SA’s discretion.

Jones said the assembly will continue to discuss the proposed constitution throughout the next couple weeks. There will be an opportunity to make changes before voting on the new constitution, he said.

Three seats were also filled during the meeting. Two students were elected as representatives for the L.C. Smith College of Engineering

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with the direction in which he saw the assembly headed. He was one of the three students on the chancellor search committee.

His platform is based on how SA can refocus and recommit to the student body. It comprises three parts: academic excellence, diversity and student engagement.

With a new chancellor starting next semester, students need a way to have their feedback and concerns about academics heard, Rosales said.

Rosales said he’d do everything in his power to hold a monthly town hall during one of SA’s Monday meetings with the chancellor and vice chancellor and provost present. That way, Rosales said, feedback about academics is taken down and brought to the right people.

When discussing diversity, Rosales said it isn’t an issue and should be promoted — but self-segregation on campus is one.

Both he and Goldslager, if elected, would

ali mitchell | staff photographer (FROM LEFT) DAN HERNANDEZ, ZACHARY REERS AND ANJANI LADHAR participate in Monday’s general assembly elections. Reers and Ladhar, both in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, were elected to be its representatives. and Computer Science, and a third student was elected to the only open seat for the School of Architecture.

Anjani Ladhar and Zachary Reers were elected to be L.C. Smith representatives, filling two of the three open seats for the school.

Ladhar, an undeclared freshman in L.C. Smith, said she believed she would be able to represent the females in the school.

“I’ve seen in my classes in engineering that the guy-to-girl ratio is like 3-to-1, so I feel that having a girl representative from the engineering school is important,” Ladhar said.

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work with campus organizations to hold a weeklong event celebrating different cultures.

This would lead up to a cultural fair on the Quad or in the Schine Underground.

A large part of the student engagement pillar of his platform focuses on addressing the issue of hunger. He said a lot of people don’t know there’s a food pantry in Hendricks Chapel for students who can’t afford housing or a meal plan.

One idea Rosales had for this issue is to hold a canned food drive, he said.

“That way we, first of all, make sure the pantry is always full,” Rosales said, “but the next step from that is you’re starting a conversation that the issue exists on the Hill.”

He and Goldslager have made sure all of their goals are plausible and can be done before they leave office. They’ve met with Syracuse University Food Services and Hendricks about their ideas, Rosales said, and all are on board.

“We’re not going to promise you the stars if we can’t deliver,” he said. “But if we can get you the moon, that’s what we’re going to do.” dmsegelb@syr.edu

showed interest in getting involved with her college and Syracuse University as a whole, which he believed would make her a great addition to SA. Reers, a freshman bioengineering major, filled the second seat. He stood out for his preparation before the meeting, said Nick Bonafilia, a senior chemical engineering major.

“He read through the constitution before coming to SA,” Bonafilia said. “He showed a lot of passion for SA.” Patricia Cafferky, a third-year architecture student, was elected to fill the only open seat for the School of Architecture.

“Architecture students generally keep to

themselves, and I think it’s a problem,” Cafferky said. “I’d love to play a role in fixing that and showing them the other things they can be involved in.”

Bonafilia said it can be tough to find architecture students with the time and energy to represent the school in SA. This, Bonafilia said, is why he supported electing Cafferky.

At the end of the meeting, President Allie Curtis announced Cara Johnson will be stepping down from her role in public relations.

Curtis said she will take care of public relations matters until a new chair is put in place.

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“When people that go inside SA, they think that they’re leaders now and their potential has been peaked. I don’t think that’s correct,” he said. “I think SA is a resource for students, and that’s where I’m directing it.”

If organization members share the ideology that SA is a resource for students, he said, others on campus will want to work with it.

Gresely said he hopes to change SA from being a virtual representation to being a direct representation. He plans to propose a bill that will give each home college representative a set of students. This representative will have contact information for all of the students he or she represents.

“This campus is really big and there are resources. And there are leaders at SA that know. But unfortunately, how do you connect to them? You can’t because there’s no means to it.”

He said this will allow assembly members to be accountable to represent their constituents.

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consists of three different components: reform, reconnect and redirect.

If elected, the goal of this plan is to keep Gresely and other members of SA accountable.

“It’s illustrating to the people that from day one, you can keep me accountable. You can say, ‘Hey Boris, you said you were going to do A and you didn’t. What’s going on?’ It’s a way for people to keep me accountable, and also to make me honest.”

Gresely said if elected, he would implement a three-branch system within SA. The current structure doesn’t make sense, he said, because “the people who are new in SA get lost right away.”

He also wants to create an internal finance board. The board would specifically focus on SA’s budget and how decisions are made.

He also hopes to establish a leadership development committee, which will focus on how SA members can be effective.

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off the streets and out of the cold, even if they end up sleeping on a bench,” Milholland said.

Although the shelter has allowed drug addicts and alcoholics to stay at night, Milholland said the shelter does not support their behavior. He said the shelter is simply providing “an ultimate safety net” for members of the homeless community who are not quite ready to begin rehabilitation.

Milholland said he has personally seen the homeless population increase in Syracuse.

When he first started, he said, the inn averaged 35 residents a night. Recently it has averaged nearly 100. This can sometimes lead to overcrowding with the inn’s 90 beds and eight cots.

District Three Councilor Bob Dougherty commended the inn for accepting those who have dealt with substance abuse.

“There’s more to it than just a place to sleep,” he said. “There’s camaraderie with the staff and people who are willing to offer you direction with your life.”

The Oxford Street Inn has played a significant role in Syracuse’s homeless community because of its open policy, said Sheila Austin, the coordinator of the St. James Emmaus Ministry.

Austin said the church also contributes to helping the homeless in Syracuse. Volunteers go to the Oxford Inn and provide meals, haircuts and other resources, she said.

Austin said about six times each month, church volunteers feed at about 140 people at the inn, some of which are first encounters, but many of which are familiar faces. She said she estimates there are roughly 450 homeless people in Syracuse.

“We’re reaching a large number of people just through what we do at that shelter alone,”

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she said.

With the shelter’s new location on South Clinton Street, it is helping the homeless by moving them closer to other resources, Austin said.

She said because the new homeless shelter is in a more central area, it will be easier for the homeless to reach the Rescue Mission for meals, the bus station for transportation and the Samaritan Center for services.

Milholland, the Oxford Street Inn’s manager, said the new building will have more bathrooms, more showers and more beds for homeless residents.

He added that the new location will also have increased security, therefore preventing dangerous people from entering during the night.

Milholland said he recalled a night in the past when a homeless man entered the shelter holding a baseball bat studded with nails and wrapped with barbed wire. These situations will be prevented in the new facility, he said.

Dougherty, the district councilor, said the homeless community in Syracuse has often been problematic for both businesses and residents. He described the area around the Oxford Street Inn as ones “you didn’t want to go through often,” adding the homeless often provoke fear.

“We’re reaching a large number of people just through what we do at that shelter alone.”

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With the Oxford Street Inn’s location change, Dougherty said residents have already expressed concerns about the increased amount

emma fierberg | staff photographer The Oxford Street Inn, a shelter in Syracuse, has an open-door policy toward drug addicts and alcoholics. Many neighboring shelters in the city don’t have the same policy. of the homeless by the bus station.

“It tends to be a rougher scenario at the Oxford Inn because they come in and they’re messed up,” he said about those who come to the inn. “But even if someone is addicted to alcohol or drugs, they still need a place to sleep.”

The shelter’s open policy toward alcoholics and drug addicts will remain the same in the new facility, but there will be changes to the rehabilitation services, Milholland said.

He said the shelter will return to its original mission of providing for those who have no other options. This idea lost its scope throughout the Oxford Street Inn’s history because of patrons who abused its open-door style of hospitality.

Milholland said the discernment process between visitors who “really need to be here” and those “screwing around” will become much faster.

He added that the new building will make this easier with a more developed staff area for counseling and a better environment to encourage volunteers.

Reflecting on the Oxford Inn’s almost 34-year history, Milholland said: “I’ll miss everything, I’m quite sure. But quite honestly, the best of all that the Oxford represents, what we have to tried to do here, that’s coming with us.”

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they’ve sold more than 340 shirts.

The T-shirts were highly visible at the game, said Ben Glidden, president of Otto’s Army. The group also distributed the shirts throughout the first few rows of the student section, he said.

“We tried to distribute the T-shirts to as many people as possible, students and nonstudents,” said Glidden, a junior public relations major. “Students in the first row hung the shirts over the railing for all to see.”

Tricarico said Edson’s cousin contacted him on Facebook and told him how great the project was.

“The family is all for this,” he said.

Later this week, a meeting will be held to discuss possible plans for the online distribution of the shirts.

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Tricarico said he wanted to create something the student section could use to commemorate Edson and thought T-shirts would be the best idea.

Tricarico contacted Holy Shirt!, a Syracuse T-shirt company, with his ideas and spent Thursday and Friday working on the design, he said. Pete Sala, senior associate director of athletics for facilities and the managing director of the Carrier Dome, agreed to provide funding for the shirts, Tricarico said.

On Friday evening and Saturday morning, Tricarico said, he and Otto’s Army started selling the shirts for $5. Since Friday, he said

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Among those who have donated are Melvin Stith, former dean of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, and his wife Patricia.

The scholarship fund, Patricia Stith said, is a “fitting way” to keep Cantor’s support of SU students going.

“Her philosophy has always been that students should go out and experience the world,” she said of Cantor. Patricia Stith said her husband has always been interested in helping Whitman students study abroad and supporting similar opportunities.

The kinds of programs funded by the schol-

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arship will help students by exposing them to different kinds of people and help them work “harmoniously” with people of different backgrounds, Patricia Stith said.

Having known for a while that Cantor was leaving SU, those who cared about her started thinking of ways to honor her tenure, she said.

The people who came up with the idea for the scholarship could’ve done it in a lot of other ways, Patricia Stith said, but Cantor “really cared about students going out into the world and becoming better people.”

Cantor announced she would leave last October, and will depart SU to serve as chancellor of Rutgers University’s Newark, N.J., campus on Jan. 1. najisaka@syr.edu

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Just bead it

the sweet stuff in the middle

Student creates jewelry line The Alyse Collection using precious gemstones

By Gabriela Riccardi

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hen Brittney Rutigliano walks into Starbucks, she’s glittering.

A shimmering pendant bounces just above her belly

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button, swinging from a sparkling chain no more slight than unspooled piece of thread. The jagged surface of the pendant’s jewel catches in the light. Each spike gleams like a mineralstudded stalagmite. Her wrists are armored in gold – three shining bracelets stacked on each arm. Gold beads line up on each stretchy thread. Big, flat stones anchor some of the bracelets.

“This is amethyst,” says the senior selected studies in education major, pulling the chain of her necklace up and catching the pendant between her fingers.

The sleeve of her sweater slips down. Her right arm is adorned with jasper and quartz stones and edged with gold beads.

She waves her left wrist. “And this is 18-karat gold,” she says of its ring of beads. The centerpieces, she says, are made up of sandstone and pyrite stones.

Though the jewelry looks like it could have been plucked from the glass cases of a boutique or department store, the pieces are actually Rutigliano’s own creation. For more than a year and a half, she’s been making and selling her own line of jewelry called The Alyse Collection.

Rutigliano said she had always been creative. As a child, she made a hobby of stringing beads onto wire necklaces. But it wasn’t until she was older and frustrated with department store jewelry prices that Rutigliano chose to pursue jewelry-making as more than just a hobby.

“My sister, one day, was like, ‘You can make the same stuff.

You can probably just do it and sell it for a fraction of the cost,’” Rutigliano said. “After that, I just started making them, and my friends loved them, and it started from there. I started my

photos by sam maller | asst. photo editor BRITTNEY RUTIGLIANO, a senior selected studies in education major and creator of The Alyse Collection, sells handcrafted jewelry pieces like necklaces and charm bracelets. own business.”

Rutigliano’s parents own a floral shop. Although she started her venture with little knowledge of entrepreneurship — she hopes to become a school counselor — she gathered advice of her mother, who offered insight on everything from finances to a business plan. Rutigliano’s sister, who works in public relations, gave her marketing tips, such as establishing a strong social media presence on websites like Pinterest.

With a small wince, Rutigliano plunged two years’ worth of savings into her project and began her business.

Two winters ago, she started using Etsy — an online boutique where artists sell their handmade items — then launched her own website. Her sales began to climb. Next, Rutigliano expanded her client base from online sales by maneuvering her

products into stores.

After bringing a small box of her pieces to the owner of J Michael on Marshall Street, she landed a spot in the store.

Her collection is also sold in a boutique back home on Long Island. Additionally, she hosts trunk shows for friends and others interested in her products.

Part of why she thinks her business works is her approach to quality and pricing.

“Semi-precious stones are very important to me,” she said.

And they can be affordable, too. Most of Rutigliano’s jewelry is priced between $20-$35, with higher-end bracelets costing $150 for a set of three. This, she said, is a college budget-friendly way to own valuable stones. She donates 15 percent of sales to charity, usually St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Rutigliano won’t disclose from where she gets her ship-

ments of stones, but her business is flourishing. Along the way, she has managed to pay herself back for her original investment, and then some. Just the other week, she made her first sale outside of the country to a customer from Northern Ireland.

She’s certainly working for success. Typically, Rutigliano spends four hours a night putting her jewelry together. She stations herself on the floor of her room, shuffling through seasons of “Mad Men” with beads in her lap.

“She sits on the floor with all of her stuff out — beads, nail polish to bind it, all her clippers and scissors and all that,” said Ciarra Lee, Rutigliano’s roommate and senior broadcast and digital journalism major. “She’ll do that for hours.”

When business is slow, Rutigliano works only once or

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Politics spark disputes, involvement among citizens

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s someone interested in politics, my first glimpse into an Italian-style political discussion was thrilling. Admittedly, I wasn’t prepared to see it up close.

It was a Wednesday night and I was getting ready for dinner with my host mother Daniella, her son Paulo and one of Paulo’s friends. A news station was on television in the background, and when a story came on about Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister of Italy, I knew where the conversation was headed.

The news was about one of Berlusconi’s recent trials. Paulo’s friend had some casual criticism of him, and Paulo agreed. Daniella started to disagree, though, and the two sides went back and forth. Slowly, their voices got louder and eventually they started to fight.

I couldn’t get all of the details since they were speaking Italian, but I understood enough. Daniella was gesturing the most, her hands waving in the air and hitting the table, to the point where I had to move her wine glass.

She was passionately — almost furiously — defending Berlusconi’s actions. She argued he pays more taxes than any citizen and all of these trials are an attempt by communist Democrats and the media to peg him for nonexistent crimes.

Paulo’s friend was calmer, retorting Berlusconi’s policies hurt the economy and the country’s equality. At least he tried to argue

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lost and found in florence that. Most of the time, Daniella cut him off with repeated shouts of “No!” Still, he kept trying to get his point across. I could tell he was becoming progressively riled up, as he ultimately knocked over his own wine glass.

Paulo was also engaged, but fearfully so.

He was arguing that more action be taken to help the poor and unemployed. But he argued to little avail. He told his mother to get news from somewhere other than broadcast television – perhaps the Internet – for different points of view.

Daniella then scoffed and went into an animated rant about how she’s too busy working and running the house to read anything online.

I would have said that she was avoiding the point, but I was too hesitant to interject.

In the end, Paulo just shook his head while repeatedly saying “Cosa dici?” or “What are you saying?” while his mother kept yelling.

At one point, Daniella even turned to me and said, “You have to pay for your mistakes, and

I’m paying for mine now.” I’m not sure if she was talking about something like paying taxes, or mistakes she feels she made while raising Paulo.

The oddest part, though, was how quickly the fallout faded. Paulo’s friend went out for a cigarette and Daniella smiled and patted his back as he went. The two of us calmly talked for a while, and Daniella said she understood that they have different viewpoints. She only became mad when they said she didn’t understand anything.

I could’ve said she was guilty of the same thing when she shouted they were too young to understand anything. But I kept a neutral face and nodded, afraid to start another fight.

That evening gave me a glimpse of how differently people discuss politics in Italy.

Their passion shows deep involvement and awareness, which is essential for democratic citizens. This can sometimes lead to serious disagreements, but Italians manage to keep their relationships intact. In a way, the discourse is actually better.

Despite that, though, it’s something I didn’t feel prepared to handle, even as a lover of politics myself. It looks like Italy is on a whole different level here, for better and for worse.

Max Antonucci is a junior newspaper and online journalism major. His column appears every Tuesday in Pulp. Visit his website at www.MaxwellAntonucci.com, find him on Twitter at @DigitalMaxToday or email him at meantonu@syr.edu.

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twice a week. But when she receives a new shipment or preps for a trunk show, Rutigliano works seven nights a week. In that time, she can make 100 bracelets. But sometimes, she’ll spend four hours making one beaded necklace.

“I’m a workaholic. I really am,” she said.

“I go to sleep at 5 o’clock in the morning. I’ll spend time making jewelry from 12 [a.m.] until 5 [a.m.] and I’ll go to school the next day and go to work at Urban [Outfitters]. I don’t have a life.”

For Rutigliano, motivation is a must when it comes to running a business. People close to her count her as one of the most selfmotivated people they know.

“She’s really taken it upon herself to do it on her own,” Lee said. “She has her own website and she set up shop at J Michael. It wasn’t like she asked anyone to help her do anything.”

Though Rutigliano isn’t sure if she’ll pursue her business as a full-time venture after graduation, she doesn’t want to give it up. For Rutigliano, her business is her love.

Said Rutigliano: “It’s a nice way to relieve some stress and escape once in a while. Some people exercise … Some people sing. This is a good way for me to relieve my stress. This is my passion.” ggriccar@syr.edu

TATTOO TUESDAY

By Naomi C. Falk STAFF WRITER

Ever since she can remember, Kali Mehrotra has been a dancer.

Mehrotra, a senior writing and rhetoric and English and textual studies major, started with the typical ballet, tap and jazz combination. But her true passion for dance was ignited when she was 6 years old and her mom enrolled her in a classical Indian dance class.

She spent the next 10 years of her life training diligently to gain the official status of a professional dancer. To adopt this prestigious title, Mehrotra had to dance in a grueling 4-hour performance, with each dance lasting about 12 minutes.

Those years of dedication paid off when she finally completed her training. She said wanted something to freeze those feelings in time so she’d never forget them.

Her first tattoo, the Om sign, is a representation of not only her specific style of dance, but also of her culture: Mehrotra was born in New Delhi, India. The symbol represents peace and is of Hindu origin.

“In Hinduism, we believe that Om is the sound you hear in space,” Mehrotra said.

“When you meditate, you always say it.”

Located on her rib, right by her heart, the black tattoo also incorporates the elephant Ganesh. This aspect of the piece is symbolic of overcoming obstacles – fitting for someone who worked so hard to achieve her dancing dream.

Mehrotra caught the ink fever after getting this tattoo, and got two more when she was 19 — approximately one year after her first.

The second piece is a dandelion with its petals blowing off. The words “dream big” are written in cursive underneath the flower.

She bought her first and second tattoos at Revolver Tattoo in New Jersey, where she lives.

The third tattoo she got with her two best friends from high school. Three small stars grace the top of her foot — one for each friend.

“I just wish I didn’t get them so close together,” she explained. “If I got more, I would have to think a lot about it — it would have to be something I really, really want.”

Regardless, she said, she really loves her Om tattoo. The immortalization of her life’s passion is a constant reminder of what she loves and what she’s been through.

Sometimes, when she goes home, she

shira stoll | staff photographer KALI MEHROTRA, a senior writing and rhetoric and English and textual studies major, uses her Om sign tattoo to represent her dance style, her Hindu culture and peace. returns to her old stomping grounds — her dance school — and teaches beginner dance classes and basic steps. But she said she doesn’t really have time to keep up with dancing on her own anymore — it’s been nearly two years since

she last performed.

“But it’s all engrained in my head,” Mehrotra said. “I could go back to it with the snap of a finger.” ncfalk@syr.edu

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By Elaina Crockett STAFF WRITER

cona Pop went wrong by releasing “I Love It” too soon before the album debuted.

By the time “This is…Icona Pop” came out, we were already tired of the duo.

Yes, the song — which features English singer-songwriter Charli XCX — is catchy and possibly a great break-up anthem, but because of incessant mainstream overplays, the song has become annoying.

The entire album is pretty much the same as the opening track: short, electronica-based songs with vague lyrics and little substance. While this isn’t always a bad thing (because who really sits and analyzes music while dancing in a club?), an entire album full of it is overkill. Unless, of course, you’re Ke$ha.

Speaking of Ke$ha, she was an obvious influence for the song “We Got The World,” during which the Swedish pop duo sing “We can live fast, fly young,” and “We found a way to live the dream until we die.” Also, like Ke$ha, the group doesn’t actually sing in the traditional sense. They more or less talk into the microphone over an electronic beat.

Icona Pop, made up of Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo, has this habit of performing its songs in perfect unison. In “Ready for the Weekend,” this works really well. In the opening seconds, the duo does a rather beautiful harmonization, which fades into the rest of the song.

Unfortunately, the rest of the track is just

Despite success of ‘I Love It’ single, Icona Pop delivers forgettable performance on full album

over-synthesized dance music with a dreadful, high-pitched voice repeating the word “weekend” again and again.

Another problem with Icona Pop: The lyrics are really simple. In some cases, there is only

IN SYNC If you like this album, check out these tracks: 1. “C’Mon” by Ke$ha 2. “Every Inch” by Florrie 3. “Starring Role” by Marina and The Diamonds 4. “Feed Me Diamonds (RAC remix)” by MNDR 5. “You’re Gonna Love Again” by Nervo

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Love It.” “Just Another Night” is the first (and only) bit of depth we get from this album. It’s raw and emotional, and you can feel it. It proves Icona Pop is capable of making real music, not just mindless dance tracks. Still, the duo needs a little more of that and a little less of the partyrock anthems.

“Hold On” takes a break from the synthesizing sounds and uses actual instruments. This song is a feel-good track — inspirational, even — as Icona Pop convinces us to “hold on” to whatever they are talking about. But because of the vagueness, it’s hard to understand in what direction the album is going.

“Then We Kiss” sounds a little like a Foster the People track and an interesting way to end the album. It isn’t a bad addition at all, but it doesn’t help the album, either. “Light Me Up” sounds more conclusive and would have been a better way to end things. “Then We Kiss” hints at a romance, one not mentioned at any point earlier in the album, and right as we find out more about the relationship, the song and album just end. It’s unfair.

Icona Pop’s album isn’t awful. It just isn’t good. While some people prefer party songs and fun tracks, albums should tell stories and give more insight into the artist. “This is…

Icona Pop” falls short of that. And without any collaborations with other artists (with the exception of Charli XCX), it offers very little variety and interest to the listener.

But if you don’t care, and still love it, this is the perfect album for you. ekcrocke@syr.edu

Release date: Sept. 24 Top track: “In the Stars”

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one verse, which is repeated twice to avoid releasing 1-minute tracks. They do this in “In The Stars,” which isn’t too bad. In fact, it’s arguably one of the strongest songs on the album.

But it only works on rare occasions, like with “I

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he wanted me to go and that if I got there he’d make the throw.”

Long recalls Williams remedying the growing pains Long faced as a young, developing quarterback.

When they were both 13, Long threw an errant pass intended for his cousin. When it left his hand, he thought an interception or incompletion was the only plausible outcome.

But Williams leapt into the air, reached back with his left hand and hauled it in for a big gain.

“He’s a freak athlete. We were just kids and he was making plays you’d see in the NFL,” Long said. “If there’s one thing he is, it’s a playmaker. He always has been.”

But when it came time for high school, Long and Williams weren’t able to play together.

Before moving to Tennessee where he now attends the Friendship Christian School, Long went to St. Pius X High School, a Catholic school in Pottsgrove, Pa. Since St. Pius X was more than an hour away from where they both grew up, Williams instead attended Liberty High School, a public school in the Bethlehem Area School District. If they wanted to utilize years of regimented rehearsal, it would have to be at the collegiate level.

“Since we didn’t play together in high school, we always talked about playing college together,” Williams said. “We didn’t know it would be Syracuse, but we knew it would happen.”

The decision was easier for Long than it was for Williams. A two-star recruit, Long received offers from a handful of notable programs – UCLA and Arizona among them – but was always interested in Syracuse. He verbally committed last March.

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Long’s commitment caught Williams’ attention. As a four-star recruit, he is out of Syracuse’s recent price range. But Long, along with current wide receiver Jarrod West – also Williams’ cousin – lobbied for him to choose SU. So when his decision came down to Syracuse and Michigan — a Big Ten powerhouse versus family — Williams chose family.

“Teenagers always overthink things and second-guess themselves,” said John Truby, Williams’ coach at Liberty. “But he wanted to play with A.J. and I think that was a big factor in his decision.”

July 7 was at one time an ordinary night for Long. He kicked back with family and friends at a birthday party and enjoyed the

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But a few minutes after 5 p.m., a casual scroll through the Twitter feed on his phone sent him running amok. In two consecutive tweets, Williams verbally committed to Syracuse.

A lifetime of anticipation boiled down to one moment, and an unbreakable bond validated hours of unseen work.

His excitement was, at the very least, uncontainable.

“I didn’t know what else to do so I just started sprinting around the block,” Long said.

“Everyone probably thought I was crazy but it was like something I can’t describe. Now I just can’t wait to get on the field with him again.” jcdoug01@syr.edu

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By David Lauterbach STAFF WRITER

When MJ Erb decided to redshirt last year, he knew he’d have to work hard in practice to stay in shape. That work has already begun to pay off less than a month into the season.

In his second race at Syracuse, the Dartmouth Invitational on Sept. 14, Erb was the first Orange runner to cross the finish line.

The redshirt freshman finished third overall with a time of 23:59.56. “(Head coach Chris Fox) wanted us to get used to the system so that we’d be better for the next few years,” Erb said. “It’s definitely helped me a lot because last year, I didn’t have any pressures on me so I was just able to kind of adapt and get used to the training and what would be expected of me for the next few years.”

Just two races into this season, Erb has already proven that he’ll be a contributor for

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Jackie, a sophomore midfielder, and Emma, a freshman midfielder, have continued to prove their commitment to the sport.

While Emma is unlikely to play for the Orange this season due to a bone chip in her right femur, it’s clear that both women are integral pieces of the foundation of a budding program as it transitions into the Atlantic Coast Conference.

“I remember watching them in Disney and they singlehandedly changed the game together,” Wheddon said, referring to a recruiting trip. “Emma got the ball, played it out wide to Jackie, Jackie took a player on, crossed it in the box and Emma headed in the goal. And I’m thinking, ‘Oh great, both of them are coming to Syracuse.’”

Both girls say it’s their parents, Greg and Kelly Firenze, who instilled in them a strong work ethic. Beginning in kindergarten, Jackie and Emma attended every practice and clinic they could. When snow prevented them from playing outside, they worked on their first touches on the small patch of turf in their basement.

“When you’re little, you just never want to stop,” Emma said. “We would go in our basement and be downstairs for hours, just playing and not having to worry, just wanting to play soccer, all day and all night long.”

one of the nation’s best teams – and his coaches have taken notice.

Assistant coach Adam Smith said Erb’s hard work redshirting last year and during the summer has started to pay off.

“MJ’s one of our most fit guys right now,” Smith said. “He’s running with a lot of confidence right now. It wasn’t surprising to see him up there.”

At the beginning of his running career, though, Erb wasn’t even sure he would like the sport at all.

“I did track one year just to see what it was like, and then my high school coach approached me when I was in middle school and convinced me to give cross country a try,” Erb said.

That decision not only led Erb to join his high school cross country team, but also started him on his path to Syracuse.

When Erb was in high school, he became

friends with former SU runner Kyle Heath.

The two ran together at Victor High School in Farmington, N.Y. Erb said Heath told him Syracuse was a good place to go. “(Heath) definitely helped convince me because he ran so well under Fox,” Erb said.

“He showed me how much he trusted Fox.” As soon as Erb got to Syracuse, he trusted Fox and decided to redshirt. It also gave Erb an opportunity to take a year off and not only get better, but also learn from older runners who had redshirted their freshman year.

“They definitely have showed me what I’m supposed to be doing and how it’s supposed to be done,” Erb said. “Those guys are always looking out for me.”

Said assistant coach Smith: “I would certainly hope that he continues his success and we see him being a big part of this squad. We see MJ as one of our top guys.”

Added Jackie: “We’d go over our skills and practice and practice until we’d get it right.

And even when we got it right, we would still continue to do it every single night.”

From the basement in Baldwinsville to Syracuse’s South Campus, their devotion hasn’t wavered.

While the rest of the SU team warmed up goalkeeper Brittany Anghel before Syracuse’s game against Connecticut on Sept. 13

the need to improve.

Hours later, she scored what Wheddon called the biggest goal in program history when Jackie broke a 2-2 tie with a goal in the 90th minute.

It was the first time Syracuse had beaten Connecticut in 18 tries.

Although currently sidelined, Emma has shown the same drive.

This summer, Emma played on the U.S. U-19 Region I Olympic Development Program (ODP) team while at a tournament in Russia.

Coach Ken Krieger said he saw the same passion in Emma that he saw while eating breakfast with members of the national team during the 2011 World Cup in Germany.

“This kid’s desire probably matched my daughter’s,” said Krieger, father of U.S. women’s national team player Ali Krieger. “As funny and fun-loving as she was during time off, on the field it was business. It was almost like a, ‘Hey, my name is Emma Firenze, you killed my father, prepare to die’ type of mentality.’”

But while practicing with the Syracuse Lady Knights of the Women’s Premier Soccer League later in the summer, she injured her right knee.

After seeing two doctors, undergoing an MRI and starting surgery for what appeared to be a torn meniscus, the surgeon discovered a small divot in the back of Emma’s right femur, said her mother, Kelly Firenze.

“It was quite a heartbreaker for all of us,” Kelly said. “… We all shed some tears. We had a couple of days there where we did that, and then from that point on, we decided we needed to move forward and just try to work on getting her healthy.”

Emma likely won’t play this season, but is working non-stop with the Syracuse training staff and has traveled to several of the team’s road games, even though the NCAA doesn’t pay for injured athletes to travel.

On Tuesday, Emma received medical clearance to stop using crutches, and on Sunday during SU’s 2-2 tie with Duke, she stood on the sidelines with a device that tracked her teammates’ heart monitors.

“She can’t play,” SU freshman defender Blake Johnson said, “but she’s there with us all the time.”

When No. 8 Emma and No. 9 Jackie do take the field together, it’ll be their skill, yes, but also their dedication that gets them to that point.

“Growing up, we devoted our lives to soccer,” Emma said. “… We’re living our dream.”

“When you’re little, you just never want to stop (playing). We would go in our basement and be downstairs for hours, just playing and not having to worry, just wanting to play soccer, all day and all night long.”

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“I was kind of depressed,” Thompson said, “because there was a chance for me not being able to play football and I haven’t even got a chance to play in a game or anything.”

The surgery was successful and he missed just one season. His start to 2013 was never in jeopardy, but he had to sit out the spring.

Instead, he spent that season in meeting rooms with tight ends until just three days before the end of camp.

Scott Shafer is in charge now. A year earlier, the defensive coordinator-turned-head coach clamored for Thompson to play on his side of the ball, but Marrone had the last say.

“I had it in my mind as soon as he kind of switched, I was just like, ‘Yeah, I really see it coming now,’” Thompson said. “I started visualizing myself playing defensive end. I pretty much knew it was going to happen.”

For the final three days of spring camp, Thompson went to meetings with the defensive line.

“Those are the types of recruits you want,” Shafer said. “You want the recruit that the offense wants him, the defense wants him ... that’s Ron Thompson.”

Thompson said the surgery wasn’t the reason for the position change, but he admitted he couldn’t imagine how things would’ve been different had he never gotten injured.

He was a star at both positions for Southfield High School in Michigan, but was the No. 13 tight end in the country.

He never had a preference for the position, but he now brings a unique perspective and skill set to SU’s defensive line. His athleticism is what really stands out to defensive coordinator Chuck Bullough.

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The already athletic Thompson is even faster now than he was as a tight end, which is a testament to the work of Will Hicks, SU’s assistant athletics director for athletic performance, during Thompson’s rehab.

Thompson’s still “trying to learn how to be a D-end,” Bullough said, but he’s racked up nine tackles, including two for a loss.

“He has brain farts at times,” said linebacker Marquis Spruill. “I wouldn’t have expected Ron to do as well as he does on defense, him being a tight end and coming into a whole different setting.”

Thompson’s improved in the weight room — he can bench 225 pounds 20-25 times now, up from just 11 when he arrived at Syracuse — and as an athlete while he learns his new position.

From time to time, he still gets a chance to hearken back to his offensive days. In practice last week, he dropped back into coverage and made a remarkable interception.

“Oh, that’s his old tight end days,” Bullough said.

The highlight so far, though, came when Syracuse was routed by then-No. 19 Northwestern on Sept. 7 in Evanston, Ill. It was just Thompson’s second game as a defensive end and he was faced with one of the nation’s premier offensive juggernauts.

The new defensive end charged into the backfield and dragged down Kain Colter for his first collegiate sack.

“It was like I was on the field,” Thompson recalled, “but I was really in my mind thinking like, ‘Wow, I just got a sack. Who would’ve thought?’”

His dream was almost denied. But a year later, he’s finally living it.

“I’m doing my dream,” he said, “playing college football.” dbwilson@syr.edu @DBWilson2

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Ron Thompson thought it was just a groin strain.

It was just a week before the start of his freshman season and the four-star tight end had a chance to be an immediate factor, but the injury relegated him to the sidelines.

The next step was to get an MRI and figure out when he could get back on the field. The doctors took the scan and compared the two sides of his waist.

“Whoa. We see something in your right hip,” Thompson remembered the doctors telling him. “Has it been bothering you at all?”

Thompson had a blood flow problem in his hip. It would require surgery and end his season. Had it been caught later, it could have endangered his career.

“It was kind of shocking because I had never had a problem with it hurting or anything,” Thompson said. “It was just something they caught really fast and actually saved me.”

A year after the surgery, Thompson is no longer saddled with the cumbersome expectations of being an untainted fourstar recruit. He isn’t even a tight end anymore. Now he’s a talented, yet still untested, defensive end for Syracuse. And with an injury to starter Robert Welsh, his role could be expanding.

After the diagnosis, Thompson said he could have never imagined himself in that position. Thompson was coveted by both the Orange’s offensive and defensive staffs, but Doug Marrone, then SU’s head coach, was an offensive-minded leader, unwilling to give up a potential star on that side of the ball.

But even more alarming for Thompson was the lingering prospect that he would perhaps never play football again.

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This past July, A.J. Long and K.J. Williams were like a well-oiled machine.

Williams was exactly where Long thought he would be on every route. And whenever Williams turned to receive a pass, Long had delivered it perfectly into his hands. They hadn’t seen each other in more than nine months, but the timing was crisp and the energy palpable.

For hours, they worked out alone behind a church in Bethlehem, Pa., fine-tuning a connection that is more than a decade old.

Aside from being two Syracuse football recruits in the Class of 2014, Long and Williams are also cousins with a collective dream that will be realized next fall.

After being coaxed by Michigan, Williams committed to SU with Long in mind. For the Orange, the two will bring their own skill sets, unparalleled chemistry and a love for football rooted as much in each other as the game itself.

“I can’t describe how excited I am to play with him,” Long said.

“We wanted to play with each other from the time we were little until we got to college. To be able to continue that is pretty cool and something we’ve always talked about.”

The field at which they met last July is the same field they grew up playing on. Each was 6 years old – Long the quarterback and Williams the running back for the Bethlehem Steelers in the 115pound division.

As they grew up, Williams moved from the back field to wide receiver and became Long’s favorite target. They continued practicing as a pair, making sure to visit the field behind the church at least twice a month to polish their respective crafts.

By the time they were 12, playing football together was second nature.

“I remember feeling like I was inside his head all the time,” Williams said. “Like I knew where

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