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Feast your eyes on this Syracuse University expands its art gallery

Taking care of business With its 29-3 win over Akron the SU football team

and the University of Montreal reports adolescents who smoke may be at risk for depression. Page 9

to Thursday’s opinion column.

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with latest SU art exhibit, “4x4”. Page 13

gets to 1-0, as expected, for the first time since 2003. Page 24

Lost in transit SU cushions college costs, students elsewhere forced to transfer

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ast winter, Kimberly Grindle saw a counselor for the first time.

“My anxiety was such a level that I was making myself sick,” she said. “I just had been getting broken down every day.”

Grindle developed problems with anxiety when she realized how much debt she had accumulated — about $17,000 — while attending three semesters at Emerson College.

Though financial aid had covered about 60 percent of her tuition, Grindle expected to pay $7,000 a semester, in addition to personal expenses.

Even working 20 hours a week during the academic year wasn’t enough

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dave trotman-wilkins | contributing photographer Jill buckvar (left) and sara massarsky, a students in the School of Architecture, sit in the living room of their fully-furnished Park Point apartment. The complex of luxury apartments, opened this semester with 226 beds in two- and four- person options.

Park Point’s luxury impresses residents, attracts future occupants

By Stephanie Smith Contributing Writer

Across the street from students sweating out hot temperatures in Haven Hall, students at the newly leasing Park Point Syracuse apartment complex are receiving air conditioning, Internet, cable, full kitchens and free coffee.

The 226-bed luxury housing complex is located on the corner of Comstock Avenue and Marshall Street, with the option of either living in a two or four bedroom apartment.

Students can choose a 10 or 12-month lease and are able to renew their lease because Park Point has a firstcome-first-serve policy, with current residences getting top priority.

“We are just so happy to be part of the Syracuse University community,

and we’re thrilled about the response and interest we’ve received,” said Wendy Roche, marketing director for Park Point. “Our residents are top notch, and we couldn’t be happier.”

It costs $855 per month for a four bedroom apartment with a 12-month lease and $949 per month with a 10-month lease. A two bedroom apartment costs $905 per month.

Applications are available for download on the Park Point website and are currently being accepted for next fall. Roche said she has heard students plan to camp outside of the complex to get their names first on a list for these apartments.

Park Point includes accommodations, such as heating and air conditioning, a washer and dryer, personal landline, utilities and a fit-

ness center. Roche said new residents have so far enjoyed what amenities the apartment complex has to offer.

“We have already had a resident barbecue and have other functions planned so our residents can get to know each other better,” Roche said.

“Everyone really loves the private courtyard, resident lounge and fitness center — and they keep telling us how luxurious everything feels.”

Roche said she has heard positive feedback via the apartment’s Facebook page.

“As one of our residents said on our Facebook page, Park Point Syracuse is ‘exclusive, well-equipped, suited for mature, on-their-own students,’” Roche said.

Jill Buckvar, a current Park Point resident, said living on Main Cam-

pus in a luxury apartment building was an asset and took away some of the stress of dealing with university housing.

“Not only are these apartments located in such a convenient area, but they take the stress out of the moving process since everything is set up previously upon the students’ arrival,” Buckvar said.

Buckvar said Park Point’s amenities have made her happy with her choice for housing this year.

“Accommodations, such as free coffee in the mornings and fitness center, can help any student’s day go by with more ease and less stress,” Buckvar said. “I absolutely love my apartment and am very satisfied with my choice.” sasmit12@syr.edu

SU handles fluke overenrollment

By Dara McBride Asst. News Editor

Had Danielle Moon, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, known Syracuse University’s acceptance rate beforehand, she said she wouldn’t have been as nervous waiting to hear from the school last spring.

“I was kind of surprised,” Moon said about learning she had been admitted. “But I was really excited.”

Of the 22,925 students who applied to Syracuse University for fall 2010, 13,694 were admitted, putting SU’s acceptance rate at 59.7 percent — higher than most other private schools. The school had a target of

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Obama pushes jobs plan on Congress

In order to turnaround the economy and create new jobs, President Obama called on Congress on Monday to approve an extensive plan to rebuild and update the nation’s transportation networks, according to The New York Times. Those updated would be the nation’s roads, rail and airway runways, among others, within the next six years.

Obama’s new plan comes in light of Democrats facing increasingly bleak re-election chances. Democrats shouldn’t expect any pre-election legislative wins since a hasty passage of the plan seems unlikely, according to The New York Times. With lawmakers leaving for home in the next few weeks to campaign and Republicans generally opposed to passing the plan quickly, it seems the plan will have to wait until elections have concluded. Despite this, the White House says the plan could begin to create jobs in 2011 if Congress moves quickly.

Afghanistan will support troubled bank

Abdul Qadir Fitrat, the chairman of the Central Bank of Afghanistan, promised Monday to lend the troubled Kabul Bank whatever it needs to avoid a collapse, according to The New York Times. The bank ran into issues last week when it was discovered they had suffered huge losses by lending money to allies of President Hamid Karzai and using millions of dollars to invest in risky real estate in Dubai. On Monday, the number of bank customers trying to empty their savings account decreased, although security remained stiff. Fitrat did admit he did not know how much money had been withdrawn over the past few days, but said Kabul Bank was meeting the demands of customers with its own resources, according to The New York Times.

Public safety radio still not ready

During Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita and 9/11, public safety officials were unable to communicate with one another by radio. Instead, they were forced to resort to running handwritten notes between command centers for communication. Nearly nine years after 9/11, public safety radio is still not a reality, according to The New York Times. In the past seven years, $7 billion in federal grants and other spending has been used to improve the ability of public safety departments to communicate. Yet numerous experts in public safety communications say it will be years down the road if a single national public safety radio ever becomes a reality, according to The New York Times. Even the focus in Washington has switched over to developing the next generation of emergency communications— wireless broadband—instead of focusing on public safety radio.

Salmon modified for consumption

The Food and Drug Administration is working to approve the first genetically modified animal for human consumption, according to The Washington Post. The decision is highly controversial and much anticipated by the public, as it could forever change the way American food is produced. A Massachusetts company, AquAdvantage Salmon, is seeking federal approval to market the modified salmon, saying the salmon is safe to eat and is environmentally friendly. According to a document from the FDA, the modified salmon is as safe to eat as Atlantic salmon. On Sept. 19, a panel of scientific experts will advise top FDA officials on whether to approve the altered salmon. The panel will meet for two days so they can hear from the FDA staff, the public and AquAdvantage, according to The Washington Post.

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crime briefs Students’ apartment burglarized A Syracuse University student’s apartment on the 100 block of Comstock Avenue was burglarized Thursday morning, according to an e-mail sent by the Department of Public Safety to the student body.

An assistant sports editor at The Daily Orange lives in the apartment that was burglarized.

The suspect entered the house by cutting through the screen of an unlocked bedroom with a knife, according to the e-mail. The unknown male demanded and received several items from one of the students living there.

Although a knife was present, the student was uninjured, according to the e-mail.

Once the student gave away the items, the suspect fled the scene, according to the e-mail.

The student described the intruder as a black male in his early 20s, about 5 feet 10 inches, 215 to 230 pounds and last seen wearing a black shirt and pants, according to the e-mail.

Three other homes near campus were broken into this weekend, according to Syracuse police records. One located on Burnett Avenue belonged to an SU employee. A neighbor called the police after seeing an unknown male leave through the window. Nothing was taken from the apartment.

The other two homes were located on Thurber Street and Lorraine Avenue.

• Syracuse Police issued 22 open container citations to SU and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students this weekend. Eight students received tickets on Euclid Avenue; four students received tickets on Ackerman Avenue; seven students received tickets on Lancaster Avenue; one ticket was issued on Livingston Avenue; one ticket was issued on Sumner Avenue; and one ticket was issued on Comstock Avenue, according to police records.

• Syracuse police arrested an SU student on Saturday for petit larceny and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, according to police records.

Oluwaseun Olushoga, a sophomore in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, was arrested upon leaving Lord & Taylor in Carousel Center, according to police records.

• Syracuse police arrested an SU student for four charges relating to driving a car on South Campus. Andrew Nigro, a freshman in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, was issued tickets for aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree, failure to obey traffic control devices, uninspected vehicle and unregistered vehicle.

—compiled by Beckie Strum, news editor, rastrum@syr.edu

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nicole roberts | staff photographer ryan boniello and taylor ball , a sophomore biology major and an undeclared sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences browse the textbook selections at Follett’s Orange Bookstore.

A textbook rental program added this semester at Follett’s Orange Bookstore on Marshall Street has proven to be a popular option among students, said Elio DiStaola, the director of public and campus relations for Follett Higher Education Group.

Follett’s began renting textbooks this fall after announcing the RentA-Text program last April. The program provides students with the option of renting a new or used textbook for an academic semester instead of buying it. At the end of the semester, students return the book to the bookstore, according to the Rent-A-Text website.

With over 800 titles currently available for rent at Follett’s, DiStaola said it is too early to provide any statistics on how many books have actually been rented so far.

But DiStaola said the rental program has been very popular and has received positive feedback.

“Throughout our pilot program and the early stages of the national rollout, the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive,” DiStaola said. “The most refreshing feedback being directly from students and parents for making school more

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Loss of hospitality major provokes student resentment

By Katrina Koerting Staff Writer

Last May, Jen Lambert, a senior hospitality management major, was shocked and upset to find out her program would no longer be offered to incoming students.

“It’s embarrassing to have to apply in a few years for jobs and have to say the program was cut,” Lambert said. “It’s a good program, but because the program was cut, other people might not think that. It loses all credibility.”

She said she doesn’t regret coming to Syracuse University because of the friendships she made over the last three years, but she said she would tell freshmen and sophomores in the program to consider transferring.

The dean, faculty and staff of the College of Human Ecology announced

in May that the hospitality management program would no longer be offered to incoming students. After the announcement, many students said they were upset at the decision and the fact that they were not informed prior to May. This freshman class will be the last group to complete the degree.

Instead, the program may be broken up into more concentrated versions of the degree, such as food studies and event management, said Michele Barrett, the communications manager for the College of Human Ecology, in an e-mail.

All current students will be able to complete their major or minor in the program with the same class curriculum. The staff will also remain the same but will teach different courses relating to their fields in

four years, Barrett said.

The program began in 1986, focusing on restaurants and food management. A few years ago, it incorporated lodging into the program.

There are about 200 students in the program now, with an average incoming class of 30 students, Barrett said.

Dana Clark, a senior hospitality major, said the students have accepted that their program will not be offered to incoming classes.

“I feel we got the best deal we could in letting everyone finish their major,” she said. “I feel we could protest until the end of the earth and get nothing. I just wish we knew the real reason because they danced around it.”

Some of the students said they would like to see the major get moved into

the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, because running a hotel or restaurant is a business, rather than have the program no longer be offered.

They also said they did not like how they were told. Some said they thought it was unfair how the college held a meeting to tell them the program was no longer being offered and there was not anything they could do. Students said they felt their questions were not fully answered.

Human Ecology officials could not be reached for comment in response to student concerns of unanswered questions.

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said Marcella LaHara, a sophomore hospitality management major.

“We had a meeting last spring with the dean, and I just ended up crying,” LaHara said.

“It’s very defeating, feeling that our hands are tied.”

Like other students in her program, LaHara is confused about why the program was cut.

“It’s baffling because it’s a growing field,” she said. “Other schools are catching onto the trend, and we’re getting rid of ours.”

She said she considered transferring to Cornell University when SU announced it would no longer offer her major, which she wanted to pursue since her sophomore year of high school.

But LaHara said she has decided to stay at SU because of her other commitments. She is an resident adviser, she’s declared a minor and she’s the president of the Hospitality Management Association, a club on campus that brings in guest speakers, goes on trips to hotels and allows students to learn about hospitality, including event planning.

After a few years of trying to become a club, the association was officially recognized as a student group last year.

“We all dedicated so much time to be recognized as a club, and when we finally got official status, our professors were so happy for us,” she said. “The dean canceling our major was

“I feel we could protest until the end of the earth and get nothing. I just wish we knew the real reason because they danced around it.”

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kind of a slap in the face that you worked really hard, but it’s not important.”

With the program no longer being offered, the club members are worried the club will not last past this freshman class.

“It puts an expiration date on the club,” said Lauren Wannermeyer, a junior hospitality management major.

The club is trying to get other students on campus outside of the hospitality management program to join the club, but Wannermyer said this could be difficult. She said it is rare for students to join professional clubs that are not connected to their major.

Wannermeyer declared her major when she was a sophomore after a friend told her about the program. She said she was upset other students coming to SU undecided and unaware of the major will not be able to transfer into the program like she did.

“It makes me sad for future generations of Syracuse students,” she said. “My experience at hospitality management was defining because learning that the program existed was an eyeopener. I can see myself doing awesome with this after college.”

While a lot of students are upset about the program ending, most are concerned more for the freshmen. The incoming class will have to finish out the program alone and might not have the same course selection because there will be fewer people to fill the classes.

“I feel bad for the freshmen who, in three years, will be taking classes with three people,” said Matt Legault, a senior hospitality major, “but I guess that happens whenever they cut a program.” krkoerti@ syr.edu

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Hipsters stereotyped, improperly judged I understand your underlying qualms about society and the ever-present need for people to feel “connected” to a group, or thus, “fit-in.” I can apply this critique to several different categories from living on this lovely campus for nearly three years now: There are the jocks, the incandescent, the over-achieving nerds, and dare I say, yes, even the semi-critically thinking Daily Orange writers sub-category.

Everyone at this school tries to find something to associate with; in a school as large as this, sometimes, it is necessary. However, your attack upon the so-called “hipster” community is a bit one- sided. Let me explain.

The title of your piece, “Hipster students provide entertainment, sense of predictability for SU Community,” is completely inaccurate.

They, perhaps, provide entertainment and a sense of predictability for

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you, but not for the majority. Replace “hipster” in that title with any other category (e.g. Jocks, Preps, Geeks).

Can you see the offensiveness?

Hipsters, though technically devoid of their affiliation with this label, are not a source for your entertainment.

Nor are they predictable. That’s just your assumption with narrowly targeting hipsters based on their appearance and the two-faced lying girl who actually bought her clothes at Urban Outfitters instead of a secondhand shop.

Why does the “SU student taking a drag off his American Spirit cig” ease your fears? I find fallacy in this logic. It actually heightens my fears because some kid is smoking, and I could catch the secondhand smoke. In my opinion, most generally, “hipsters” would prefer to not smoke because it doesn’t help your body or the environment in any way. Most of

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let ter to the editor the “hipsters” I know don’t smoke.

Yeah. Please explain.

How does a kid “sweating through his long-sleeved plaid” assure you that school is back? What assures me is when I arrive and see people with their backpacks and purses, carrying books and studying. I then have the revelation that, “Oh. School is back.”

Normally, perspiring men do not aid in that discovery. Instead, I tend to cringe and take a couple of steps back.

First, let’s get real: Yes, some “hipster” kids are filthy rich. However, I know many who are not. I know many who are lower-middle class and are here at SU solely on the financial aid they received or the scholarships they applied for or the three jobs they pulled off over summer. Don’t assume

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that just because they are here, they are paying full price.

Second, the ratty, vintage look that I see on most hipsters are actually purchased at low-end secondhand shops. I purchase clothes ranging from Urban Outfitters to Express to Salvation Army. Some, yes, come from thrift stores or vintage stores.

Majority comes from the five dollar rack at the local Target.

Thirdly, hipsters can be worldly, and they embrace it. That’s the whole point. They listen to music around the world; they grab styles from Africa, France, Korea, wherever, to find something that suits them. When I went abroad last semester, there were a million of French “hipsters,” English “hipsters” — whatever culture you want, you could find them. Half of the time, they wear clothes that they made themselves or purchased at a vintage shop. I don’t understand why

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being “worldly” is an unattractive characteristic of a group. In fact, we need more people like that, in my opinion.

Lastly, anyone who calls themselves a hipster is not a hipster. That is the hipster code. So, if you find anyone trying to be a hipster, they are automatically not in that category. AKA, the girl who attempted to push off an item of clothing as secondhand when it was, in fact, from Urban Outfitters. She’s not a hipster. But at least she’s not bragging about the ridiculous amount of her parent’s money she spent on a designer handbag, either. Or at least she’s not a narrow-minded individual sectionalizing a particular group of people in order to make her deadline for her opinion piece. It’s all a matter of perspective.

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3,300 students, but 3,467 enrolled.

The acceptance rate fell compared to 2009, when it was at 60.1 percent, and to 2002, when it was at 80.3 percent, according to information prepared by the Office of Enrollment Management.

This year is a change from the past two years when, due to difficult economic times, the school actively recruited and offered more financial aid in attempts to meet admission goals, said Eric Spina, vice chancellor and provost.

The school admitted fewer students and doled out a lower percentage of financial aid in 2010, but the yield of students accepting SU’s offer was unexpectedly higher, Spina said.

“If we had known what our yield rate was going to be, we could have admitted fewer students, which would have driven the acceptance rate down,” Spina said.

Donald Saleh, vice president of enrollment management, said the school has a “sophisticated formula” for attaining the desired target of students, but it did not work as expected this year.

“If you’re offering less money, fewer people are going to say, ‘Yes, they’re coming,’” Saleh said. “And that model has worked pretty well over the past few years, and something happened this year that threw it off.”

Saleh said he had talked to other institutions like SU, and they experienced the same trend.

Saleh said the schools were still looking into why their “magnetism” had increased.

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While Syracuse is at an almost 60 percent admissions rate, larger public schools like the University of Maryland, College Park accepted 45 percent of students and the University of Delaware accepted 48 percent, according to an article updated Aug. 3 on The New York Times’ website.

Admissions rates in 2010 for smaller, private institutions were also much lower, according to the article. Bucknell University accepted 31 percent, Cornell accepted 18 percent and Brown accepted 9 percent.

SU did not depend on drawing students from the waitlist to meet the incoming class goal, Saleh said. Between five and 10 students were

versity be more selective, while still drawing from a larger selection pool next year.

The target acceptance rate for next year will be decided in the next couple months, but Saleh said he anticipates admitting fewer students.

Spina said SU is happy with the new class, and the school is meeting the desired mix of students.

“We’re accepting good students, and the students are working hard while they’re here,” Spina said. He said the reports of SU graduates moving on to the best graduate schools and into jobs during the difficult economic times has proved the quality of the SU name.

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“If we had known what our yield rate was going to be, we could have admitted fewer students which would have driven the acceptance rate down.”

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removed from the waitlist and granted acceptance this year.

Saleh said the university is still accepting academically strong students, citing information prepared by the Office of Enrollment Management.

In fall 2002, incoming students had a median SAT score of 1180 and mean GPA of 3.49. Fall 2010 students had a median SAT score of 1170 and a mean GPA of 3.60. Incoming 2009 students had the same mean GPA and a SAT score of 1160.

Saleh predicted the acceptance rate will fall into the 50 percent range within the next few years, and he said he would like to see the uni-

sity was being judged against other institutions because of its higher acceptance rate.

“Selectivity is not the thing to optimize around,” Spina said. “What we want to optimize around is the quality at large of the incoming class.”

Julie Walas, recruiting specialist for the School of Information Studies, said SU has come a long way from a period about 10 years ago when the acceptance rate was around 80 percent.

Still, changes have had to be made to deal with the larger size of the incoming class.

The iSchool added one more freshman forum advising group — led by Walas herself — and restricted outside students from enrolling in certain courses.

Ross Friedman, a freshman marketing and management major, said the attention he receives from professors in class depends on whether he is in a large lecture or a small class.

“I expected to be a number, and that’s what I am in a class of 300,” Friedman said.

Friedman said he was shocked to learn he had gotten into SU and one of the top nationally ranked business programs in the country. He had worried his SAT and GPA scores were not good enough.

Now here, he said he loves the university, but said SU risked losing its good name because of the high acceptance rate.

Kandice Salomone, associate dean of advising and academic support in the College of Arts and Sciences, said the office has had to make small adjustments to deal with more students. To handle additional summer processing, Advising and Academic Support typically hires five summer workers, but seven were

hired this year.

She said the traditional “summer melt” of losing a few incoming students over the summer did not happen this year and caused the extra workload.

“I was a little nervous about being able to do this,” Salomone said. “But I was pleasantly surprised.”

Class size has not changed, ensuring students get the same amount of attention, Salomone said. There are still 16 students in each first-year forum group, which runs first semester to help new students adjust to the university, and 87 faculty members assigned to the groups.

Maximo Patino, director of recruitment and diversity at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, said both SU and Newhouse are still places where students could feel like more than just a number, despite the increasing number of those attending.

“We’re not Penn State, we’re not Texas at Austin,” Patino said. “These are programs that have 40,000 plus students.”

Patino said he did not think SU’s reputation was at risk, but instead was positively changing, citing the increased geographical diversity. SU has a recruiting specialist in Los Angeles and another moved into an Atlanta office last week.

Patino said Newhouse was also becoming more ethnically diverse; incoming students of diverse ethnic background was at 9.8 percent in 1999 and is at 23 percent in 2010.

Terra Peckskamp, director of the Office of Residence Life, said ORL did not have any additional concerns for the incoming class because of the size.

“The concerns we have for this year’s class are the same as they are for any incoming class: that we are able to develop strong residential communities where students are able to connect with one another, find time and space to focus on their academics and that we are able to meet the safety and security needs of our residents,” Peckskamp said in e-mail. “This year, as any year, we will be able to do that.”

The primary impact of the larger class is students are living in rooms normally used as lounge space, Peckskamp said. She said ORL staff members have needed to be more creative in identifying common spaces for students to study, socialize and gather for floor meetings and activities.

But for Moon, the freshman in Arts and Sciences, dealing with so many new faces is just yet another part of adjusting to her new college life.

“There’s so many people,” Moon said. “This is the first experience I’ve had where I get to meet this many.” dkmcbrid@syr.edu

Admission statistics First Year Class: Fall 2002 Applicants: 11,676 Admits: 9,380 Admit rate: 80.3% Enrolled: 2,916 Median SAT: 1180 Mean GPA: 3.49

First Year Class: Fall 2010 Applicants: 22,925 Admits: 13,694 Admit rate: 59.7 % Enrolled: 3,467 Median SAT: 1170 Mean GPA: 3.60

First Year Class: Fall 2009 Applicants: 20,929 Admits: 12,583 Admit rate: 60.1% Enrolled: 3,248 Median SAT: 1160 Mean GPA: 3.60

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Connective Corridor’s design approved, director appointed Construction work is set to start on Syracuse’s Connective Corridor in spring 2010, but the corridor experienced a number of changes this summer.

The corridor aims to connect downtown Syracuse with University Hill via art attractions, shopping, and a free bus service from Centro.

Syracuse University appointed a new director to head the university’s portion of the corridor, which is a shared project with the city.

Robbi Farschman assumed her new position June 7 and works out of the university’s Office of Community Engagement and Economic Development.

The director’s task remains the same: continue to develop the Connective Corridor into a viable conduit between the university and the city.

Also in June, the Syracuse Common Council approved new fundraising and legislation to allow the corridor to enter its final design phase. The passed bills also approved the redesign and construction of Forman Park.

“This unanimous vote of the Syracuse Common Council reflects broad recognition that the Connective Corridor is pivotal for the city’s ongoing revitalization,” said SU Chancellor Nancy Cantor in a press release.

In 2005, SU announced its idea for the Connective Corridor. Upon completion, administrators and city officials hope the corridor will have both a physical route — with buses and walking paths — and a cultural link to the city.

City and state officials have funneled millions of dollars into the project since its inception. SU shares a partnership with the city because any government funding must be distributed and administered from the city.

So far the corridor has passed through several design phases and design teams and is anchored around The Warehouse in the Near Westside.

The corridor began the art-side of its mission this past summer. It featured several events, including an arts and crafts festival and sidewalk chalk-drawing competition.

Now attention will turn to whether the corridor can become a physical link, too.

Connective Corridor construction will begin this fall and did not occur over the summer, Farschman said in an e-mail. The construction will include converting some parts of University Avenue into a two-way street and working on East Genesee Street.

— Compiled by Abram Brown, staff writer, adbrow03@syr.edu

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Syracuse’s Follett’s is now one of more than 700 Follett’s bookstores offering RentA-Text. DiStaola said the company expects to bring huge savings to students on a national level. Books available for rent in Follett’s include history, French, economics and psychology books.

Many students also use other textbook rental services, such as Chegg.com.

To rent textbooks, students must be 18 years old or older and have a valid credit card, e-mail address and state-issued ID, according to the Rent-A-Text website. Students also fill out a rental agreement, stating they agree to return the books by the date listed. The rental period lasts for a whole semester and should carry students through finals, according to the Rent-A-Text website.

Fifteen percent of college students do not purchase textbooks, and the average cost of required materials in one year is $667, according to The National Association of College Stores’ Retail Facts and Figures 2010.

With Rent-A-Text, students can save 50 percent or more on the nation’s most popular textbooks, according to the Rent-A-Text fact sheet.

But not all students are comfortable renting books. Emily Ho, a first-year graduate student in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she prefers to buy her books.

“I don’t use a lot of actual textbooks,” Ho said. “I mainly use smaller books and I mark them up and write in them too much to rent them, so I just buy them.”

The Rent-A-Text program at Follett’s does allow for some light writing and highlighting in the books, according to the Rent-A-Text website. The program also allows students to purchase their books at the end of the semester, if they decide they would like to keep the books.

Ariana Reed, a junior biochemistry major,

“I would consider renting my textbooks from Follett’s if they have them available. I normally get them from Chegg.com, but I would definitely consider renting my textbooks here if they were cheaper.”

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said she prefers to rent her textbooks because when she tries to sell back textbooks at the end of a semester, she gets a lot less than what she paid for.

“I would consider renting my textbooks from Follett’s if they have them available,” Reed said. “I normally get them from Chegg. com, but I would definitely consider renting my textbooks here if they were cheaper.” medelane@ syr.edu

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igarettes have long been associated with lung problems, but new research suggests mental side effects for adolescent smokers, as well.

The ongoing Nicotine Dependence in Teens study at the University of Montreal and the University of Toronto discovered cigarette smoking may increase symptoms of depression in adolescents in the long term.

“One of the reasons we are interested in depression is because it is one of the reasons teens start smoking in the first place,” said Michael Chaiton, head author of the study and researcher at the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit of the University of Toronto.

Chaiton said he became interested in studying adolescents because it coincided with the onset of smoking. Some adolescents are new smokers, while others began in elementary school, Chaiton said.

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“We have followed kids before and after they started smoking in order to understand the onset of these conditions and to find a window for intervention,” he said.

Researchers Chaiton, Joanna Cohen and Juergen Rehm of the University of Toronto and Jennifer O’Loughlin of the University of Montreal have been following a group of 650 high school teenagers since 1999, focusing on the number of teens in that group who specifically used cigarettes to self-medicate.

The groups were divided into categories of never smokers, smokers who did not use cigarettes to improve mood or physical state and smokers who used cigarettes to selfmedicate or improve mood, Chaiton said.

The groups were tested for a range of symptoms common with depression, including hopelessness about the future and trouble falling asleep.

“The addictive phenomenon that occurs with cigarette smoking increases stress in one’s life over time,” Chaiton said. “We found

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Study finds smoking may cause depression in young people that people who are reporting that they find cigarettes help them are particularly susceptible to depressive symptoms after.”

Depression is not related to smoking alone, he said. Activity and diet also play a role.

Although many use smoking as a mood enhancer or social activity, smoking will not make an adolescent’s problems disappear, he said. And it is the addictive quality of smoking that can lead to depression or make pre-existing problems worse.

“A substance like tobacco gives them an element of control over their mood and stress level,” Chaiton said. “In a way, tobacco does work in terms of keeping someone on the same trajectory, but what it doesn’t do is that it doesn’t solve problems.”

Caitlin Virga, a senior psychology and biology major, said stress and the expectation for self-medication and mood enhancement makes cigarettes attractive. She said she typically smokes after drinking alcohol or dealing with stress, and should cigarettes

become unavailable, it would change her mood for the worse.

“If it comes to a point later on in the night where cigarettes aren’t available to me, I will crave them and it will affect my mood negatively,” Virga said.

Treating a smoking habit is a secondary case in the study, Chaiton said. The main focus is depression and the onset smoking habits that worsen over time and predict future depressive symptoms.

For those interested in quitting, Chaiton said dealing with both substance addiction and depression would be more difficult.

Health problems associated with smoking become alleviated once one quits, he said.

“It makes it harder to deal with depression when you have a substance addiction,” Chaiton said. “What we are seeing in this study is that when a person quits cigarettes after an initial withdrawal, their mood improves significantly.” vdnapoli@syr.edu

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to cover her costs.

While financial aid packages usually do not decrease for returning students, the rising costs of attending college are making it more difficult for some students to stay in one institution for four full years. Students at Syracuse University have been faced with a similar situation with a four percent increase in the cost of attending, but the university has taken measures that other colleges could not to provide steady financial aid for students.

Kaye DeVesty, director of the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarship Programs at SU, said the university is continuing to provide strong financial aid packages for the approximately 80 percent of students who receive them.

“We want to see students attend here from their freshman to their senior year,” she said.

While students at SU may have had to transfer because of financial reasons, DeVesty said, budget cuts have not affected SU financial aid packages yet.

Students like Grindle, who cannot afford to pay the rising cost of tuition, have been forced to transfer to cheaper institutions, such as community colleges or state universities.

“I was going to school and getting my degree, but after school, I’d have nothing in the bank,” Grindle said, adding she called home every day in tears before finally deciding to transfer to the New England School of Communications.

It is an extremely difficult time for all schools, whether they’re private or public institutions, said Ross Rubenstein, associate professor of public administration at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

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“You’ve got increasing costs and, in many cases, revenues on the decline,” Rubenstein said. “It’s definitely a tough position.”

Fortunately for students, budget shortfalls rarely affect their financial aid packages, said Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of FinAid.org and FastWeb.com, websites that provide financial aid information to students.

Though there is more pressure on the budgets, for financial aid packages, “most colleges don’t have a difference — or very large ones,” Kantrowitz said. “They’re doing everything they can before touching the student budget.”

But students’ financial aid budgets are also being spread out because of a 20 percent growth

to attend Binghamton after realizing it would be a fraction of what she was paying at San Francisco State because she would not be paying out-of-state tuition.

More students are forced to consider if their out-of-pocket costs — the difference between the cost of attendance and their grants and scholarships — are worth the degree at their particular schools, Kantrowitz said.

“What we’re seeing is an increase in the outof-pocket costs for all students,” Kantrowitz said. This makes it difficult for students to afford an education, he said.

Transfer students usually do not get as much need-based financial aid as those who are

“My anxiety was such a level that I was making myself sick. I just had been getting broken down every day.”

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in demand from families who need financial aid, Kantrowitz said.

Staren Bielinski, a former student at San Francisco State University, said her tuition would have nearly tripled if she had not transferred in her junior year.

“I thought my college fund would last longer, but the tuition and housing was ridiculous,” she said.

When she met with a financial aid advisor, she was told she would have to wait another year for her situation to be re-evaluated and to be considered for more financial aid.

A year later, she found herself filling out transfer applications to Binghamton University, the University of Maryland and the State University of New York at Buffalo. She chose

regularly enrolled in the same institution, Kantrowitz said. Even so, transferring from a more expensive school to a less expensive school is a better idea for struggling families who want to decrease out-of-pocket costs, he said.

Barmak Nassirian, associate executive director of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, said SU is one of the institutions that have made specific appeals for donations to support need-based aid.

“That’s a very wise and targeted way of dealing with it,” Nassirian said.

Nassirian was referring to Syracuse Responds, an emergency effort in spring 2009 that raised funds for financial aid. Although Syracuse Responds only lasted one semester,

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it helped 426 students who may not have been able to return to campus otherwise, DeVesty said.

“It was a push for us to help students during that spring,” DeVesty said. “We are very committed to students whose circumstances have changed from one year to the next.”

Some responsibility also lies with the students and their families, DeVesty said. Students have to be aware that choosing a college is a long-term commitment they make with the university, she said. They should examine the total costs of attending college for four years before making a decision, she said.

“You didn’t make the commitment for one year. You had to make the commitment for four years,” she said. “It’s not only the financial aid you receive, but it’s how you budget across the four years, or your particular academic years.”

Dalan Dinh, a former SU student who is no stranger to dealing with financial aid struggles, agreed. Dinh transferred twice after leaving SU, first to American River College and then to University of California, Riverside, where she is currently receiving full financial aid.

“No one is the victim to how much you pay for school,” Dinh said. “That’s a choice you make of where you go.”

Although SU was her first choice, Dinh said only 10 percent of her cost was supported by financial aid. She made the decision to transfer to a state school because even if UC Riverside had only covered half of her tuition, she would have still paid 75 percent less than what she was paying at SU. She said, “It shows you the reality of the difference between a private university and a state school.” shkim11@ syr.edu

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Renovated SUArt gallery piques student interests with diverse exhibits CH RIS TO RR ES, a fre ha lli e geller | sta ff sh ma n pre -m ed stu de phot ogra ph er nt, ad mi res a pie ce exh ibi t, “4X 4.” Th e ne in SUAr t Ga lle ry’s lat wl y exp an de d ga lle ry es t ho pe s to att rac t a lar ge am ou nt of stu de nts .

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t looks like Syracuse University students finally have a reason to walk to the Shaffer Art Building — and actually go inside.

Though only a small fraction of SU’s immense art collection is being made available to visitors, there is more reason to visit than ever before. The reopening of the SUArt Gallery in Shaffer comes after an

extensive replanning of the space to create a more accessible gallery and visible storage areas.

The fall exhibitions highlight the gallery’s permanent collection, which consists of more than 45,000 pieces of art. Associate Director and Curator David Prince said he sees the expansion as “an opportunity to allow the public and the students, in particular, to see more of the permanent collection than ever before.”

The primary installation, “4x4: Community Curators and the Syracuse University Art Collection,” is a four-part show co-curated by different individuals from the Syracuse art community. Each exhibit offers a unique sampling of the university’s collection.

“We didn’t want to have four similar shows, we wanted to have shows from four distinct perspectives,” Prince said.

Artist and former SU lacrosse coach Roy Simmons Jr. is one of the four contributors, showcasing a collection of work by Ivan Mestrovic, a former professor in the College of Visual and Performing Art’s sculpture program.

“For the students here, and for those that try to think like a sculptor, I want them to see the cartoons

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Students flock to Urban Outfitters for trendy jobs, clothes

By Danielle Odiamar CONTRIBUTING WRITER

When looking at everyone inside Syracuse’s new Urban Outfitters, the only distinction between employee and customer is one little nametag.

With the recent opening of the Urban Outfitters in downtown Syracuse on Aug. 19, Syracuse University students and local teens, alike, are as

excited to work at the store as they are to shop through its racks.

“If I thought I actually had a chance of getting a job there, I’d apply” said Noah Silverstein, a sophomore English major. “There’s a lot of competition. Everyone wants to work there.”

The young employees at Urban Outfitters represent a large majority of the Syracuse student body in terms

of style and interest, said sophomore art photography major Max Jackson.

Beyond just SU students, young adults and teenagers have been applying for the position as well.

“We did a lot of hiring before we opened, but we still receive applications,” said Andrew, a manager at Urban Outfitters. “I don’t know if they’re all students from the univer-

sity but a lot of the people applying are young.”

Urban Outfitters benefits from younger applicants, Andrew said.

Having a youthful staff that knows what customers are looking for is great for business and helps retain regular shoppers, he said.

Urban Outfitters’ popular image as a trendy fashion store convinces

some students to apply.

“I think people who are part of the whole hipster movement would want to work there, and Syracuse has a lot of people like that,” Silverstein said.

“Urban is the store that creates a main image and sets the trends, and people try to emulate it best they can.

It’s an image I’d want to be a part of.”

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Top 40 hits give drivers self-entitled speaker swagger

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hen cruising around the streets of Syracuse, Top 40 hits are all it takes to turn the lamest minivan into the sleekest Maserati. For those of you with cars, you can probably agree there’s a fleeting sense of freedom when driving around Syracuse doing who-knows-what with the radio booming and the bass obnoxiously loud. And for the wheel-less, waiting at bus stops for an immeasurable amount of time can probably get pretty obnoxious while the rest of us drive by blasting Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” out the windows. But there’s something about Katy Perry chanting “Don’t ever look back!” that instills a sense of reckless abandonment in all young adults.

Speaking of Top 40 jams, Jason Derulo’s “Ridin’ Solo” also seems to inspire community sing-alongs, as students blare the pop artist with all windows proudly rolled down. In the song, Derulo sings — auto-tuned of course — “I’m putting on my shades to cover up my eyes,” and in all seriousness, that sounds like a wicked good idea. Derulo’s shades defi nitely add cocky swagger to any driver to match the music, but I’ll wear them just for the UV protection during my cruise down the road. I’m not much of a fan, but if you do rock the sunglasses after dark, then by all means, do so. Check out the 80s pop hit “I Wear My Sunglasses at Night” by Corey Hart while you’re at it. Some designer shades

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pop, lock and drop it might even make you “Cooler than me.”

Thanks a lot, Mike Posner.

The key line in Derulo’s song comes when he sings, “I’m feeling like a star, you can’t stop my shine.” Students around the Euclid and Comstock areas seem to take these lyrics to heart. Driving around solo with Top 40 tunes seems to unleash everybody’s inhibitions. All of you car-less people will know what I’m talking about when you eventually have your own ride. Then you can blast all the Katy Perry, Mike Posner, and Jason Derulo you want and feel like a star. There’s hardly anything corny about it. Out on the road with the beats bumpin’ is a nice feeling.

On a side note, one criticism I have about Derulo’s track is when he says, “My head’s in the sky.” We don’t need more students getting hit on Comstock or Waverly Avenues, so watch the road and not the sky.

Now, you may be whipping around Syracuse and hit one of the many red lights when a car pulls up in the next lane. You’ve got the windows down with B.o.B’s “Magic” blaring with a Top 40 hater rolling his eyes at your song choice. Resist the urge to be self-conscious and turn that volume knob all the way to level 11. Look right into the guy’s eyes and start singing the hook out the window. Don’t be afraid to bob your head to the beat while you’re at it, and when the light turns green, dust him! Believe me, it’s a huge rush.

Macho-ism is certainly not a key to this year’s Top 40 hits. As feminine as Katy Perry’s or Justin Beiber’s hits may be, it certainly hasn’t stopped a bevy of muscle-clad men blaring the tune like it’s their national anthem. I, for one, will be proudly blasting music geared toward preteens until I get sick of it — if that day ever comes. It’s not the fact that the music actually has any talent, it’s the special frame of mind the bubblegum pop puts in our heads when we’re driving.

It’s almost a hypnotic power. I might not buy Jason Derulo’s album, but I kind of get that feeling of “Ridin’ Solo” whenever I hear his music.

Seth Crockett is a junior television, radio and film major and the pop culture columnist.

His columns appear weekly, and if he’s not too busy riding dirty and scaring freshmen, he can be reached at srcrocke@ syr.edu.

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Image and brand name aside, a main reason for the high interest in employment is the employee discount. With a discount of up to 40 percent that is redeemable not only at Urban but also at its sister stores, Anthropologie and Free People Clothing Boutique, employees have found a way to make money and save money at the same time.

Employees are faced with the temptation to use their paychecks to further expand their wardrobe.

“I knew from the start that any money I make was going right back to Urban,” said Jasmine, a SU junior philosophy major who works at the store. “It’s bad, but worth it, I think.”

Though the chain outfitter has been popular with potential hires, students realize the issues that can come with working at the downtown clothing store. “If I had a car and the time, I’d work there,” Jackson said. “It pays minimum wage, so the only reason I’d work there is for the discount.”

Much like the customers, any article of clothing found on the employee can just as easily be seen on the store’s shelves and racks. With the appeal of pushing their personal styles, employees see the store as a great venue to promote their fashion sense.

“Working where you shop is just ideal in every way,” Jasmine said. “Where you buy your clothes from says a lot about you, and where you work says even more. People use clothes to represent themselves, but when you work for a store or brand, it’s more about you representing the clothes. It’s a pretty cool feeling.” dmodiama@syr.edu

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ay LaMontagne’s newest album, “God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise,” delivers more of his soulful music, this time in a sweeter and more cohesive package. Taking his first crack at a self-produced album, the folk singer-songwriter enlists the help of backing band, The Pariah Dogs, to stretch out his sound. What results is a cleaner tone and musical balance as LaMontagne continues to weigh in on themes of heartbreak and loneliness.

This is the fourth studio effort of Ray LaMontagne’s career. The stakes have changed a bit since his 2008 album, “Gossip in the Grain,” charted extremely well and garnered significant commercial success. LaMontagne went private after that, choosing to record an album in his own home studio with the help of a select few people. This is the first album without longtime producer Ethan Johns, a steady hand in helping shape LaMontagne’s previous albums.

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Fortunately, this has shown not to be a problem for LaMontagne. He handles the production extremely well, evidenced by the opening track “Repo Man.” The Pariah Dogs — composed of bassist Jennifer Condos, guitarists Eric Heywood and Greg Leisz, and drummer Jay Bellerose — make their presence felt immediately, as the introduction of “Repo Man” takes a whole minute and a half to build up some tension before LaMontagne even begins to sing. The band executes flawlessly: The percussion and guitars work off one another with ease and give LaMontagne room to growl out his lyrics.

“New York City’s Killing Me” changes the pace as a lonely country-rock ballad that finds LaMontagne seeking greener pastures. Some nice guitar work and drumming make for one of the stronger musical efforts on the album.

The title track “God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise” is a spacey, Radiohead-esque ballad with dramatic drumming and guitar notes that drift in and out of airwaves. “Beg Steal Or Borrow” features a folksy shuffle beat that

is sure to induce foot tapping, and the various melodies add texture to the song.

Despite the new dimensions The Pariah Dogs add musically, LaMontagne still sticks to his songwriting strengths. “Are We Really Through” and “This Love is Over” are an appropriate pair of songs about love and heartbreak. The former is an endearing blues ditty reminiscent of John Mayer’s “I’m Gonna Find Another You,” the latter reminding of a funky Toni Braxton ballad.

“Old Before Your Time” raises the mood and reintroduces the shuffle beat, as Ray reflects on his upbringing. LaMontagne is smart to stick to his usual themes of nostalgia, loneliness and heartbreak, which tend to bring out the best in him.

But the album does drag for two tracks: “For the Summer” and “Like Rock & Roll Radio” aren’t as endearing or as rich as some earlier songs on the album, despite some great musical execution.

“The Devil’s In the Jukebox” brings back some energy, closing the album with a coun-

try-rock swinger that captures the overall tone of the record quite well. The harmonica shines, the slide guitar gets a solo and the drums shuffle along. All of the new elements in Ray LaMontagne’s musical repertoire make an appearance, and it sounds great. It’s a fitting end to an album that saw this singersongwriter expand his sound and still retain his signature style.

For the first time in his career, Ray LaMontagne has created music that positions his voice as a complementary piece of a band.

While he and his guitar have always been in the spotlight, LaMontagne now backs off and allows a band to create the mood. His vocals drift in and out of songs as the tasty guitar licks, crisp drumming and perfectly droning bass just make great music. The musical harmony is quite impressive, and “God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise” is a fine example of how the “less-is-more” approach can have an upside. ajhaeder@syr.edu

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or studies, and then see it finished in bronze, wood, or stone,” Simmons wrote in his introduction printed on the gallery wall.

“I think it’s beautiful and always surprises me the great work we get here,” said Nathan Nottingham, a 2007 SU art education alumnus and frequent gallery visitor.

The gallery’s shows are not solely suited to art students, though. Dr. Kheli Willetts, another “4x4” curator, explores the connections between vice and virtue in her collection “Seven & Seven,” a study of both ethnography and fine art.

“The goal of ‘Seven & Seven’ is to generate dialogue,” Willetts explained. “I want people to interrogate it, ref lect about art, examine and perhaps reconsider their own values and viewpoints.”

Maybe the most diverse choice of works, “Seven & Seven” includes more than twenty pieces, ranging from a 17th century gilded Buddha (Humility) to four large-scale photographs of Golden Age Hollywood actors by George Hurrell (Vanity).

Jessica Bloom and Stephanie Levy, both senior nutrition science majors, were surprised at what they found in the gallery.

“We had a class down the hall (in Shaffer) and just walked in,” Bloom said. “We had no idea this was all here.”

Prince is optimistic about the diversity of the gallery’s visitors.

“One of my goals, and has been for years, is to attract non-traditional audiences that might not normally think about us as a resource,” he said. “Our challenge is to connect with the student population better.

“One of my goals, and has been for years, is to attract non-traditional audiences that might not normally think about us as a resource. Our challenge is to connect with the student population better. I think we’ve been effective, but there’s always room for improvement.”

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I think we’ve been effective, but there’s always room for improvement.”

This season’s set of shows is a strong step in that direction.

Completing “4x4” are shows by artist Jack White and journalist Nancy Keefe Rhodes. White wrote, “Boxing and wrestling, as controversial as they may be, will most likely continue to inspire the artist,” in the introduction to his show on hand-to-hand sport, printed on the gallery wall.

Rhodes focuses on Depression-era America in her analysis of art made between the two world wars, one of the collection’s strongest areas. American prints make up the bulk of the permanent collection, with approximately 25,000 works that can all be viewed in f lat file storage.

Adjacent to the “4x4” exhibit is a smaller showing of German expressionist prints, titled “Impassioned Images,” with works by Max Pechstein, Kathe Kollwitz and others.

“Because much of the focus out there (in Rhode’s exhibit) is on the American, we decided to show some of the encyclopedic sense of the collection with German prints in the Print Study Room,” Prince said.

On display in the Photo Study Room is an interactive experience that has a stronger

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appeal to students, with numerous 19th century photographs of the Tosho-gu burial complex in Nikko, Japan. The design of the installation takes the visitor step-by-step through the 24-building complex, dedicated to the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate.

The show only has about 20 photos, but it will encourage visitors to look deeper into the exhibit’s stored art.

An expanded American Art Wing is another redesigned area in the complex, offering students more access to American works than ever before. It is currently home to an exhibit of sculpture, paintings, prints and drawings, entitled “City Views: American Art and the Urban Image.”

Planned for November is a show of recent contemporary work from young New York artists. “Run and Tell That: New Work from New York” will include works from twenty emerging artists, as well as installation artists, which is a first for the gallery.

“The show’s going to be a real eye-opener,” Prince said. “It’s going to be completely different from what you’re seeing now.”

drawn out Here are some of the exhibits that will be featured this year at the SUArt Gallery ‘4x4: Community Curators and the Syracuse University Art Collection’ Curated by: Roy Simmons Jr., Kheli Willetts, Jack White, Nancy Keefe Rhodes Instead of the exhibit spo lighting similar pieces of art, each curator is adding their own flair to the installation by showcasing art work that they feel is unique and creative.

“Impassioned Images” Created by: Max Pechstein, Kathe Kollwitz, among others This installation, held in the Print Study Room of the gallery, shows a collection of German expressionist prints.

‘Run and Tell That: New Work from New York’ Created by: Various Several burgeoning New York City artists, as well as installation artists, will display their work in several mediums in this exhibit.

An opening reception will be held this Thursday, September 9th, from 5-7 p.m.

Visitors will be able to view all seven shows on display, in addition to expanded print and ethnographic spaces.

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three-day school weeks

School’s back up and running and you’re off to the races. Once you get all your syllabuses and the tens of thousands of essay pages you’ll have to end up writing, you start thinking to yourself, “What did I get myself into? Better start planning those Saturday night study sessions…”

But wait! What’s that? Is it a cancelled class? A measly three-day weekend? A bird? A plane? No, even better, a three-day week! That’s right, Syracuse University. In only the second week of classes, we have been honored with only three days of classes. Here’s to a multitude of extended weekends and parties going into the wee hours of the morning.

Um, of course we mean study parties…

You didn’t finish that essay for your 8 a.m. Tuesday class? Forget about it, your entire Monday is free to crack the books. Have an assignment to send to your professor Friday night?

Shake off that thirsty Thursday hangover and do it in the morning. You don’t have to run to any of your classes today.

And of course there’s the sleep. We know you might hate the fact that MySlice gave you 8:30 a.m. classes every day, but never fear. This three-day school week has got your back.

Unplug your alarm clock and get that sleep you deserve. You’ve survived a whole week of classes; you need your rest.

We were blessed with these days off because of two holidays: Labor Day and Eid ul-Fitr.

The former holiday shows the respect for those who died during the infamous Pullman Strike, while the latter celebrates the end of the Muslim holiday, Ramadan. What better way to end a month-long fast than with a three-day weekend to soak in all the Insomnia Cookies your stomach can muster?

Of course, this week will go by quicker than you can blink, so try and get in as much of whatever you want as you can, be it sleep or another theme party. Fit in that last bit of sunbathing and college football games. It won’t be long until the rest of the school year knocks you on your ass, final exams in hand.

-Compiled by Sara Tracey, asst. copy editor, smtracey@syr.edu

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In overtime, Orange falls to early penalty kick score on road The Syracuse men’s soccer team fell to 0-2 on the season Saturday, dropping a heartbreaker to Adelphi 1-0 in double overtime.

With less than five minutes left in regulation, Syracuse goalkeeper Jeremy Vuolo stopped a penalty kick taken by Issa Tall to force overtime. But just seconds into the second overtime period, the Panthers were awarded a second penalty and converted. After an Adelphi player was pulled down inside the box, Alexander Kouznetsov beat Vuolo with a strike to the upper-left corner of the net in the 101st minute.

The Orange was outshot by the Adelphi 13-3 throughout the game. Syracuse put just two shots on target, one in each half. Meanwhile, the play of Vuolo kept SU afloat all game long. His season-high six saves helped keep the Orange in the game while the Panthers peppered the goal with nine total shots in the second half and overtimes alone.

It was the Panthers’ second straight shutout win to start the season. Meanwhile, the Orange has a negative five-goal differential through its two games.

Syracuse junior Nick Roydhouse made his first career appearance for the Orange in Saturday’s game. Roydhouse, a transfer from Hartwick, sat out the season opener against Siena for a red card he received in the Hawks’ last game of the season in 2009 against Akron in the MAC championship.

The Orange has the week off to prepare for its upcoming two games as part of the Mayor’s Cup in Oneonta, N.Y., at Hartwick. SU takes on

Northeastern Friday evening and Columbia on Sunday.

to Norfolk, Va., for games against No. 16 Old Dominion and No. 3 Virginia this weekend.

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Women’s Soccer

In the first stretch of the Syracuse field hockey team’s extended road trip, the Orange came away with mixed results that may be an indication of the difficulty of the upcoming schedule. SU played two overtime thrillers in Columbus over the weekend, defeating No. 14 Ohio State 2-1 on Friday and falling to unranked Kent State by the same score on Saturday.

The Orange started the season with three consecutive wins for the fourth straight year with the win over Ohio State. Senior back Maggie Befort scored the game’s first goal just over a minute into the second half, and senior All-American Lindsey Conrad knocked in the game winner over 10 minutes into the overtime period. Both goals came via deflections off of penalty corners.

In SU’s second game, the Orange could not do enough to get past Kent State’s stingy defense. It was Syracuse’s first loss against an unranked opponent since 2007.

The Orange (3-1) mustered 22 shots, but scored its lone goal on Amy Kee’s blast from a penalty corner just under 20 minutes into the game. Junior Martina Loncarica had the assist.

The Orange played solid defense and doubled Kent State in shots, but the Golden Flashes broke through and beat Stiver at 5:14 into overtime. Stiver had four saves in the game.

SU continues its road swing by traveling

The Syracuse women’s soccer team (1-3-2) lost two games during its west coast trip over the weekend during the Husky/Nike Invitational.

The Orange lost to Washington Friday by a score of 4-0. Kate Deines of the Huskies (3-1) scored two first half goals for Washington to jump in front early.

Deines was not finished as she recorded a hat trick on a penalty kick opportunity in the second half. The Huskies final goal came in the 55th minute after Annie Sittauer scored off of a corner kick.

Syracuse’s struggles continued in a 3-1 loss to No. 5 Portland (6-0) on Sunday. The Orange opened the scoring in the 21st minute when Megan Bellingham scored off a free kick, but would find the Pilots attack too dominating to overcome.

The Pilots answered in the 28th minute when Sophie Schmidt found the back of the net. Portland would use a 19-4 shot advantage to break the game open.

The Pilots outshot the Orange 6-2 in the second half, scoring goals in the 55th and 68th minute of the game.

Bellingham’s goal moved her into a tie in 10th place on the Syracuse career goals scored list. The goal was the 11th of her career and first of the season.

Volleyball Another tournament, another sweep for the Orange.

Led by Hayley Todd, SU dominated at the Samford Tournament in Birmingham, Ala., on Saturday. The Orange won two matches on both Friday and Saturday.

SU topped both Northwestern State and Samford on Saturday by a score of 3-0 in each match.

Once again, the Orange’s balance on offense and defense came through.

Todd, MVP of the tournament, had 47 kills and 13 blocks in her four matches.

Noemie Lefebvre continued her torrid pace to start the season with another noteworthy performance (21 kills and 15 digs in Saturday’s two matches), good enough for all-tournament team honors, along with teammate Mindy Stanislovaitis.

Against Northwestern State, Laura Homann had 21 assists, while Lefebvre added 13 digs.

Todd had 11 kills and Samantha Hinz, building off her impressive showing at Colgate, added six blocks.

SU saw much of the same results against host Samford. Homann again racked up the assists, this time with 37, while Lefebvre added 13 kills.

Freshman Lindsay McCabe led the team with a .462 hitting percentage.

SU now stands at 7-0 following their twostraight tournament wins. The Orange also won the Colgate Classic last weekend.

The team will look to keep its record unblemished when they host Buffalo on Sept. 7.

— compiled by The Daily Orange Sports Staff

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made the key reads and made some very good throws out there. We’re 100 percent behind him.

He’s going to get better every week.”

To quarterbacks coach and offensive playcaller Nathaniel Hackett, being a quarterback requires the most unique person out of any position in any sport. Makes sense. First, there are the physical tools. There are two parts mental: leading an offense and continuously being strong-willed and strong-minded as that leader. And then there is the part that, to Hackett, discerns unique: the mind and the ability to master the language of a complex offensive system.

From SU’s opening drive, Nassib looked like that guy. He displayed the poise of a seasoned veteran during the Orange’s 11-play, 69-yard drive that took a methodical five minutes to complete.

On his first third down behind what would be a shaky offensive line throughout the night, Nassib calmly stood in the pocket, fired to Alec Lemon and kept the drive moving. On the second third down, all of his options were covered. Instead of forcing the issue, he flicked it to Antwon Bailey, who did the rest and picked up another first down. And on the third and final third down, he found Aaron Weaver on a simple slant pattern for the culmination of the drive — a 23-yard touchdown.

“He was right on target early on,” SU head coach Doug Marrone said. “We were hitting those third-down conversions.”

One play, in particular, brought together all of those elements Hackett talked about: a 26-yard connection with junior receiver Van Chew five seconds before halftime. It was a touchdown that all but sealed victory for the Orange against a Zips team that couldn’t move the ball.

Chew knew the ball was coming to him inside the huddle. It was four months of work, all wrapped into one play in which SU had to score or settle for a long field goal attempt.

Every day after summer workouts, Nassib had Chew stick around to practice the route, knowing Chew would be the Orange receiver

matthew ziegler | staff photographer ryan nassib steps under center during his first career start with Syracuse. Nassib led the Orange offense with 229 yards passing, controlling the game from the get-go. He orchestrated an 11-play, 69-yard drive to open the game, culminating in an SU touchdown. with big-play capability. It was simple: an in route. A pump from Nassib. A bite (hopefully) from the corner. And go.

“He was like, ‘Van, let’s just get this one route down,’” Chew said of the pair’s afterworkout summer sessions. “And I was like, ‘Ugh.’ But he kept telling me to do it, and we basically perfected it.”

Perfection. From the preparation of a quarterback thinking ahead and from the execution of a quarterback (sorry, Greg Paulus, Andrew Robinson and Cam Dantley) who has the physi-

cal tools to be able to flick a ball 26 yards into his receiver’s hands in the end zone with ease, touch and precision.

To be sure, there were some flaws — some chinks that worked against Akron’s porous defense but won’t fly against teams like Washington, Boston College and the rest of the Big East. Nassib lost a fumble and threw an interception, and against a better team he probably would have thrown two or three.

But for Round 1, it was impressive. If you don’t believe it, take it from the man who has

moved him around for the past year and a half.

Nassib is here to stay.

“He did a heck of a job,” Marrone said. “…

(He was) poised, stepped up, made some plays and throws underneath, and managed the game well. He’s got a full one under his belt now, and I just see him getting better and better every week.”

Brett LoGiurato is an assistant sports editor at The Daily Orange, where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at bplogiur@syr.edu.

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Freshman Clarey endures ups and downs in position switch

By Chris Iseman Staff Writer

What’s an unenviable position for most is reality for Samantha Clarey, a freshman on the Syracuse volleyball team.

Making the transition to outside hitter for SU after playing in the middle all through high school is a challenge Clarey has embraced.

Despite a new perspective and switching to a higher style of play, Cleary is accepting of the unenviable.

“It’s definitely a harder experience,” Clarey said. “It’s great competition, and I know that Coach Jing Pu and all his lessons will make me a better player.”

Clarey doesn’t have the luxury of easing into the collegiate level while playing a position she already knows. Instead, she’s being forced to adjust to a new position and increased competition all at once.

Getting her first chance at action in Big East volleyball, Clarey didn’t waste any time making an impression. She saw some playing time at the Colgate Tournament last week, making two blocks and one dig in the Orange’s match against the Raiders.

Clarey played middle hitter in high school because it was just that — high school. At the collegiate level, Clarey has specific physical qualities more for an outside hitter than a middle hitter. Her 6-foot-2 stature makes that pretty clear.

“Height is certainly an advantage,” Orange assistant coach Shawn Mahmoudi said. “Given the fact that she was trained in the middle helps her with blocking on the outside, with there being less movement.”

If anyone would know about making the switch, it’d be fellow outside hitter Hayley Todd.

The senior transitioned from middle to outside last season.

Todd said she can see why the coaches are having Clarey make the switch. In the middle, a player needs to be quicker, and finesse becomes less important.

But playing on the outside is more about timing and defense. It means being able to reach shots on the edges of the court.

That being said, a part of Clarey’s background gives her exactly what she needs to do just that.

“She used to play softball, so she’s got that

long nice swing,” Todd said. “She’s got a lot of power in her arm swing. In the middle, you want it to be quicker and smaller.”

Clarey isn’t reluctant to make the change, she said, because she knows it’s best for SU. And with the help of her coaches and teammates, she feels eventually she’ll be able to have success as an outside hitter.

There’s no resentment on Clarey’s part in making the switch, but some frustration comes from adjusting to a new position and making mistakes.

“Sometimes I get frustrated,” Clarey said.

“I mean, I try to stay positive all the time, and I was always positive in high school and stuff. But here, it’s a bigger level.”

Until that adjustment period is over, she isn’t expecting to be perfect, even though she might want to be. When it comes to making mistakes, Clarey will be quick to learn from them.

It’s just the reality of the situation.

“From the transition, I’ll make mistakes, and I have,” Clarey said. “But with mistakes come lessons, and with lessons learned, I’ll become a better outside hitter with time.” cjiseman@syr.edu

Quick Hits Last 3: Sept. 3 Sept. 4 Sept. 4

North Texas Northwestern State Samford

Next 3: Tonight Buffalo Sept. 10 Stony Brook** Sept. 10 Fordham**

W, 3-1* W, 3-0* W, 3-0*

7 p.m.

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

*Samford Tournament in Birmingham, Ala. **Fordham Tournament in Bronx, N.Y. The Orange volleyball team has started off the season on a tear, going 7-0 and winning the Colgate and Samford Tournaments. It’s the first time since 2004 that Syracuse has started its season with two tournament victories, and it’s the best start to begin a season for the Orange since that same year. Hayley Todd earned MVP honors at the Samford Tournament, with 47 kills, 13 blocks and had a .337 attack percentage. Syracuse’s home opener is tonight against Buffalo at 7 p.m.

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Defense steps up, holds Zips to 166 yards

By Andrew L. John Sports Editor

AKRON, Ohio — Shamarko Thomas remembers feeling “a little pressure.” He remembers feeling the momentum shift. And he remembers how good it felt.

“When we set the tone,” said Thomas, a sophomore safety, “the offense follows. It’s a great feeling knowing we back each other up.”

With the Orange leading by 10 in the second quarter against the Zips Saturday, an SU turnover put Akron on the Syracuse 18-yard line. That put the Orange in a bind. But with its back against the wall, the defense f lexed its muscles. Three plays later, Akron kicked a field goal and came away with its only points of the game.

Not allowing a touchdown gave quarterback Ryan Nassib just over a minute to drive down and score on the other end. It was perhaps the turning point in the Orange’s 29-3 victory over the Zips.

“It’s something that gets taken for granted because I think they’ve really done a good job,” SU head coach Doug Marrone said. “But for them to make that stop was big.”

Against Akron, the SU defense was as dominant as it has been in a long, long time. Last year, the Orange ranked 13th in the nation in yards per game against the run. But against the Zips, not only was the run defense stout, the pass defense was also equally impressive. SU completely shut down the Zips, allowing just three points and 166 yards of total offense.

With the strong effort, the SU defense appears to have picked up where it left off last season.

And though it came against a far inferior opponent, the performance gives the Orange defense added confidence heading into Week 2 against Washington and Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback Jake Locker.

For Thomas, Saturday was fun. And it may have been the start of big things for the Orange defense.

“We played well,” Thomas started, “but we’re just trying to get better every week. We’re pushing ourselves to the limit to see just how good we can be.”

A Little Inspiration Before Saturday’s game at Akron, the players were visited by a Syracuse legend. Recent Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Floyd Little met with players and coaches and gave a speech, encouraging the Orange to bring back a winning football tradition to SU. Marrone described the speech as “unbelievable” and “very moving.” And for the SU players, it gave added motivation to start their season differently from recent years.

SU running back Delone Carter, who said he came to SU because of the tradition set by players such as Little, said Little’s remarks gave the Orange added motivation Saturday.

“It’s just so inspiring to be in front of a Hall of Famer,” Carter said. “Just to get him and to meet him and hear him speak was amazing.”

With SU’s goal of returning to a bowl game for the first time since 2004, Little’s inspira-

matthew ziegler | staff photographer the syracuse special teams unit created a little offense of its own on Saturday, as a Doug Hogue blocked field goal turned into a Mike Holmes return for a touchdown. Holmes won Big East Defensive Player of the Week for his performance. tional remarks couldn’t have come at a more opportune time, Thomas said.

“It was a great way to start the season,” Thomas said. “Anytime you can have a guy like him speak to you before a game, it’s going to give you a little something extra.”

“We played well, but we’re just trying to get better every week. We’re pushing ourselves to the limit to see just how good we can be.”

Shamarko Thomas

This and that Freshman Ross Krautman started at kicker instead of returning starter Ryan Lichtenstein. He finished the game 1-for-1 from field goal range and 2-for-3 on point after attempts, kicking one wide and botching another due to a bad snap. His field goal was a 47-yarder that could have potentially

SU safet y

went 10 yards farther. Marrone would not offer comment on Lichtenstein’s status after the game. … On Mike Holmes’ touchdown score, the field goal was blocked by Doug Hogue and def lected off Chandler Jones’ elbow before Holmes took the ball 57 yards

for the score. … Carter had 12 carries in the first quarter alone, setting up the deep passing routes that allowed SU to complete five passes of 20 yards or more. aljohn@syr.edu

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Van Chew Chew had arguably the best collegiate game of his career, catching three passes for 79 yards and a touchdown.

Antwon Bailey The versatile, shifty running back made his presence felt with 85 total yards on the day. His one-handed catch on the Orange’s first drive kept the drive going and led to a touchdown.

Defense The unit as a whole was dominant throughout the day, holding Akron to just 166 total yards and never giving the Zips an opportunity to move the ball.

Special teams The good: Impromptu starting kicker Ross Krautman knocked in a 47-yard field goal, and SU’s field-goal defense turned an Akron kick attempt into a momentous swing and a 57-yard touchdown return.

DOWN

Holding onto the ball Despite the victory, the Orange had three turnovers – and could have potentially had three more. That won’t work against better teams.

Special teams The bad: Two missed extra points, including one clear miss and one botched snap. Also, Mike Holmes had troubling reading and handling punts all evening.

HERO Ryan Nassib In his first career start, Nassib shone with a 229-yard, two-touchdown performance. His 26-yard connection with Van Chew at the end of the first half all but sealed an SU win.

ZERO Patrick Nicely On the opposite end of the field, Nicely didn’t perform so … nicely. He was just 12-for-35 on the day, failing to provide a spark for an anemic Akron offense.

Turning point

0:05 Second quarter

With time winding down in the first half, Ryan Nassib throws a 26-yard touchdown pass to receiver Van Chew.

The score put the Orange up 17-3 and swung the game’s momentum heading into halftime.

matthew ziegler | staff photographer jeremi wilkes (28) makes one of his three tackles in Saturday’s win over Akron. The freshman defensive back helped shut down Akron’s offense all day long, as the Zips mustered just 166 total yards on offense in SU’s first season-opening win since 2003.

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On the opening possession of the game, Nassib drove the Orange on a 69-yard, 11-play drive to the end zone. From the Akron 23-yard line, Nassib fired a dart to over the middle to senior receiver Aaron Weaver, who scurried 15 yards after the catch for the score. And Syracuse never looked back.

Carter, a senior running back and Akron native, led the Orange on the ground with 91 yards and a touchdown on 26 carries. He was the workhorse that allowed SU to keep the defense honest when Nassib threw strikes downfield.

“It was just a great opportunity for us to go there and show just how complete of a team we are,” Carter said. “We were just working on all cylinders. … That’s the way we wanted to open it up, to set the stage, and to continue to work hard and do it every game.”

Defensively, the Orange was as good as it has been in years. Though Scott Shafer’s defense returned nine starters from a squad that was among the best against the run a year ago, the defense against the pass was equally impres-

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sive Saturday. Shafer’s group shut down Akron quarterback Patrick Nicely, who finished the game just 12-for-35 for 111 yards on the night.

“It feels really good,” SU defensive end Chandler Jones said. “Coach Shafer did a good job of preparing us. … We just did what we do best, and that’s play defense, play our defense.”

SU made its fair share of miscues — penalties and turnovers among them — but in the end, its superior talent won out in what was arguably the Orange’s most dominating performance in years.

Syracuse hasn’t had a winning season in nine years. But in Marrone’s second season, players have bought into the “this is the year” mentality.

Finally, after years of turmoil, this season starts with a jolt of optimism. A taste of the good life. The pains of past seasons are history — for now.

“We wanted to show people out there what we can do,” safety Shamarko Thomas said. “We’re a hungry team trying to prove to ourselves. Last year is history.”

The win gave SU its first season-opening victory since 2003, when the Orange beat North Carolina 49-47 on the road in triple overtime.

The number of points SU relinquished to the Zips. It is the lowest point total for an SU opponent since 2005, when the Orange shut out Buffalo 31-0.

The night before the game, Syracuse players took in the words of former SU legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer Floyd Little, who was in Akron visiting. He reminded the players of the once-storied past of the Orange and prompted them to start in earnest to bring it back.

Following 10 minutes with reporters, Marrone was greeted in the tunnel outside the locker room by a smiling Athletic Director Daryl Gross, who gave his coach a hug and told him, “Good job, man.”

But despite the emotion adjacent to the Syracuse locker room Saturday, SU isn’t seeing this as the end of the road. With a trip to Seattle to face Washington looming, the players hope to only use their win against Akron as a steppingstone to bigger and better things. To show that this is, in fact, a different team.

“It gives us a lot of confidence,” Thomas said.

“But every week we have to go back to work, study, play hard and do it again. People are sleeping on us, so we feel as though we have to prove ourselves every week.” aljohn@syr.edu

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matthew ziegler | staff photographer VAN CHEW (82) hauls in a 26-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Nassib right before the half. The score was a key turning point in the win, as it gave SU a 14-point lead at the half.

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quarterback’s timing is getting down.”

It started with Weaver — a senior transfer out of Hofstra — who had the offense’s first big play on the game’s first drive. Leading up to it, the drive progressed after a couple of key thirddown conversions from a calm, poised Nassib.

There was a 10-yard strike to Alec Lemon over the middle. Then a last-option pass to Antwon Bailey out of the backfield.

Syracuse faced another third down — thirdand-six — from the Akron 23-yard line later in that same drive. A simple slant pattern and 23 yards later, Weaver was in the end zone, practically untouched along the way.

“He can do it week-in and week-out,” Chew said of Weaver. “Since he came here, he’s been a hard worker. He’s just pushed everybody. He

BOWL OR BUST The Syracuse football team got off to exactly the start its coach and players had envisioned throughout preseason camp. With head coach Doug Marrone and players filling the air with talk of a bowl for the first time since 2004, the Orange went out and dismantled lowly Akron. Now, SU moves on to its first real test of the year at Washington.

raises my game up to another level.”

One of the game’s biggest surprises, the junior Chew raised his game to the highest level it has seen. He caught three balls for 79 yards and a touchdown, looking like he could play the part of explosive, big-play receiver for Nassib.

On Saturday, Chew and Nassib played “throw-it-up-and-I’ll-catch-it.” Chew bailed Nassib out of one throw, turning a jump ball into the game’s biggest gain — a 45-yard pass early in the second quarter that led to a 47-yard field goal from Ross Krautman, putting the Orange up 10-0.

“What was good to see was Van Chew make plays,” SU head coach Doug Marrone said. “He’s going to be a key, because he has the speed to get behind defenses. So I was excited for him.”

Chew raised his game to the occasion once again with the Orange facing its only adversity of the day late in the first half. SU’s offense

started its drive with 1:12 remaining in the half, just after the Zips had taken a fumble deep into Syracuse territory and turned it into three points.

The offense flowed, starting at its own 35-yard line and moving quickly. Nassib to Lemon for 20.

Nassib to Lemon for eight. An Antwon Bailey rush for eight yards that temporarily stopped the clock to move the chains.

As he stepped under center with the clock ticking — 18 … 17 … 16 — Nassib looked as if he might spike the ball and kill the clock. Then he went to a play call he and Chew perfected through the summer and in preseason camp.

Chew said he and Nassib worked on the in-andgo route every day throughout the summer.

It worked. Nassib pumped. The corner bit.

And a sprawled-out Chew made a diving catch in the end zone with five seconds remaining in the half, halting any Akron momentum and giv-

ing the Orange a two-touchdown lead heading into halftime.

“We needed that score,” Chew said. “After that score, that kind of shifted the momentum back to our side a little bit more.”

Seventeen completions from Nassib were spread out among seven different receivers — versatility. Third-down conversions kept drives moving and led to backbreaking moments — big play ability.

For Weaver, it’s not perfect. But it’s a start in a season-long question-and-answer session.

“There’s still a lot more to prove,” Weaver said. “I don’t think we answered every question that everyone had for the season’s goals. But we’re confident in what we do, and we’re confident in the talent we have as a group.

“We’re ready to prove a lot of people wrong.” bplogiur@syr.edu

THEY SAID IT

“It was just amazing seeing all the happy faces, and we just want to make it a constant thing.”

Delone Carter

SU RUNNING BACK

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Andersson has torn meniscus, looks to return

By Allison Guggenheimer Staff Writer

Konrad Andersson heard a snap in his knee and fell to the ground. It was only hours into his first day of practice on Aug. 16, after transferring to Syracuse from Hartwick, when the sophomore went down in pain.

“We were doing a couple of drills and he just kind of went over, allegedly,” said head coach Ian McIntyre, who didn’t see Andersson fall but was alerted by trainers. “He could have been faking. We weren’t sure.

They’re a bit of a softy, those Swedes. But he just went down and he is, in fairness, a pretty tough cookie, so we knew at that stage that he had a bit of an issue.”

Originally from Helsingborg, Sweden, Andersson is a defender who transferred to stay under McIntyre. Andersson had torn his meniscus just one day into his Syracuse career.

Surgery was his only option, and during the surgery his meniscus was cut out. Two weeks after that surgery, Andersson has started a routine of light jogging. But his return this season is in question.

dave trotman-wilkins | staff photographer ian mcintyre , Syracuse’s first-year men’s soccer coach, came from Hartwick to Syracuse along with four transfer players, including sophomore Konrad Andersson. Andersson tore his meniscus on Aug. 16, and has yet to play a game for the Orange.

The meniscus in the knee is a section of cartilage that acts as a shock absorber. When torn, it

can either be stitched back together or it can be removed. A repair can only happen in the case that the rip is clean, but the removal of either parts or the whole piece of cartilage is more likely in college athletes, said Syracuse athletic trainer Tim Neal.

In many cases, including Andersson’s, the doctor doesn’t know which course of action he will take until he gets into surgery and sees the tear. Andersson did not know until he woke up that the doctor had removed his meniscus.

“First when I woke up, I was a bit under the drugs, so I can’t really remember so much,” Andersson said, “but I talked to my doctor later in the afternoon, and he explained the surgery and what they did to it.”

The removal of his meniscus came as bittersweet news. Recovery time for a removed meniscus is shorter than for a repaired one because internal stitches take a long time to heal. Andersson’s timeframe for recovery is unclear, but injuries like his can typically take anywhere from three to six weeks.

The long-term effects of having a meniscus removed can vary because the changes within the joint cannot entirely be predicted. Neal said arthritis was a major concern after any joint injury, especially one this severe.

Just more than two weeks after Andersson’s surgery, he is trying to focus simply on the recovery process and take things day-by-day.

Last Thursday, he was able to escape the training room and do some light running on the field with his teammates. This puts him in the third phase of his rehabilitation.

“Recovery goes by phases,” Neal said. “The first phase is just to get them comfortable, reduce the swelling and get the range of motion back in terms of the leg muscles. The next phase would be to enhance their strengthening. … They can usually progress from there to running, and from there they go back to sport-specific activity, and then they’re back to activity.”

McIntyre expects to have his defender back, but his injury has put his place on the

team in question. As the group of old and new begins to gel, Andersson is in and out of the training room. In a tough loss to Siena, McIntyre noted that aside from the score, he was very happy with his back four. If Andersson’s recovery takes too long, then he and McIntyre will have to look into the option of a redshirt year.

“We have big plans for him. But injuries happen, and an injury is an opportunity for someone else to take up that spot,” McIntyre said. “He’s going to now have to come back and try to prove himself and try to get himself back into the mix for the starting group.” alguggen@syr.edu

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This weekend’s tournament will be played on new head coach Ian McIntyre’s old home field at Hartwick. With four transfers from Hartwick, including team captain Jeremy Vuolo, Syracuse holds some advantage over its opponents. SU lost both its games in the tournament last year. Neither opponent Syracuse will face has a win in the 2010 season.

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NICELY DONE

Orange rolls to season-opening victory over Zips

By Andrew L. John

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KRON, Ohio — Duffle bag hanging off his left shoulder, Delone Carter wasn’t holding back that grin as he strolled out of the Syracuse locker room Saturday evening. The feeling was just too good. Too good to show anything but raw emotion after unveiling what he and his teammates had been waiting weeks, even months, to show the rest of the country.

“This is a different team,” Carter said.

Eager to prove that, Carter and his Syracuse teammates steamrolled Akron 29-3 in front of a crowd of 15,969 at InfoCision Stadium Saturday. In his first career start, quarterback Ryan Nassib threw for 229 yards and two touchdown passes and rushed for 58 more yards. The Orange defense also put on a dominating performance, allowing just 166 yards of total offense and its lowest point total in five seasons.

Syracuse (1-0) is now undefeated for the first time since 2003.

“I’m excited for them,” SU head coach Doug Marrone said. “We’ve got to start learning to win. … And winning helps that.”

matthew ziegler | staff photographer Patrick nicely (7) gets knocked over by pressure from SU’s Marquis Spruill (11) and Anthony Perkins (55). The stingy SU defense took its toll on the Akron quarterback: He completed fewer than 35 percent of his passes and was sacked three times. The Zips had nine first downs.

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It’s only one game, but Nassib looks like ‘the guy’ at quarterback for SU

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KRON, Ohio — Ryan Nassib stepped onto the field of Akron’s InfoCision Stadium on Saturday and allowed himself, at least for a second, to take in the past year and a half.

The clichés of hard work and biding his time had given way to another cliché — this was his team now.

And it felt good.

“It’s one of the greatest feelings,” Nassib said. “… It’s the greatest high you can ever get. It was weird going out there for the first snap. It was a little bit of a shock. But it’s fun. It’s everything I worked for.”

Optimism and winning often lead to overreaction. And this may

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seem like another cliché, after just one game against a lowly Division I opponent in Akron. But if one game is any barometer, Nassib won’t be in shock stepping onto the field much longer. That high will fade away, and the feeling will become familiar.

Because despite the common correctable hiccups from a first-year

starter — and with apologies to Charley Loeb, John Kinder and Jonny Miller — Ryan Nassib looks like he’s going to be Syracuse’s starting quarterback for a very long time.

“It was a great job for Ryan,” senior wide receiver Aaron Weaver said of Nassib’s performance. “He

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With questions at receiver, Weaver, Chew lead unit in dominating effort

By Brett LoGiurato Asst. Sports Editor

AKRON, Ohio — Aaron Weaver knew there were questions. His unit is inexperienced. Unproven. Unknown.

“There were a lot of questions: Can we do it? Can we come through?

We know what we have. We decided to prove them wrong. We did that tonight.”

On Saturday, Weaver and the Syracuse wide receivers didn’t alleviate all of those questions. But with a dominating performance from the

unit in the team’s opening 29-3 victory over Akron, there is much more certainty from one of the Orange’s biggest areas of inexperience coming into the season.

With Weaver, Van Chew, Alec Lemon and Antwon Bailey leading

the way, SU quarterback Ryan Nassib had consistent options to look to all night. There were long, explosive, eyepopping plays. There were in-sync routes that kept the offense flowing.

And there were the move-the-chains, third-down conversion plays that kept

drives moving.

“We have a lot of talent,” Weaver said. “A lot of people want to look at stats and numbers. … We just try to get better every day. The confidence is getting better with us, and the

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