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N.J. man draws graffiti note for SU girlfriend

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Committee to evaluate party rules

By Beckie Strum News Editor

Syracuse Police arrested a man after painting a message to his girlfriend on a highway billboard outside the Brewster/Boland/Brockway Complex.

Christian Santacroce, 18, of Middletown, N.J., was charged with a Class D felony, criminal trespassing, making graffiti and possession of a graffiti instrument, said Sgt. Tom Connellan of the Syracuse Police Department.

Santacroce painted graffiti on a Burger King billboard across Interstate 81. The message was still visible from the Brockway Dining Center as of Tuesday night.

The message read “False” in yellow paint, with the name “Avery” painted on the ‘e’ in “False.”

By Abram Brown Staff Writer

brandon weight | contributing photographer Graffiti on a billboard is seen from the windows of Brockway Dining Hall. A New Jersey man drew the message for his girlfriend, a Syracuse University student who lives in a dorm adjacent to Interstate 81.

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Undocumented workers attracted to jobs at state fair

By Rebekah Jones Staff Writer

Mario Penafiel leaned against the makeshift wall of the Himalayan boutique Restaurant Row at the New York State Fair after 10 hours of selling products to the crowd.

It was another five hours until he got his first break — at midnight, when he returned to the hotel where he and four other fair workers from Ecuador had been staying.

Penafiel is one of many undocumented workers hired by larger corporations, such as Himalayan Mercantile, to work the booths at the fair, which ended Monday.

He worked 15-hour days, totaling approximately 100 hours a week, with no breaks, for $4.28 an hour.

The company bought him lunch on slow days, giving him half an hour to eat the only food in the immediate vicinity — deep-fried onions, potatoes and Twinkies.

He was not allowed to walk more

than 200 feet from the booth, in case the crowd picked up again.

And on busy days, Penafiel said he didn’t get breaks at all, which makes him one of the few people at the fair who hoped for a lesser turnout. He said he once nearly collapsed from

“It is hard to get a visa....When you get a visa, you work what you can get.”

Mario Penafiel

2010 New York State Fair worker Himalayan boutique Restaurant Row

fatigue.

“I was so tired,” he said. “I just want sleep. Just a break — half an hour.”

After moving to the United States two years ago, Penafiel said he thought working long hours for low wages was normal.

“It is hard to get a visa,” he said.

“When you get a visa, you work what you can get.”

This year the fair aimed to provide more international vendors, in an attempt to better represent the population of New York, said Fred Pierce, director of public affairs for the fair. But hiring foreign vendors could result in more undocumented workers being taken advantage of.

As part of the effort to attract foreign vendors, the fair finished renovations on the International Building this year, eliminating nonforeign vendors from the site, Pierce said. The idea for the renovations was to bring in a larger international crowd to supply fair visitors with an accurate representation of the New York population, which has a large immigrant population.

“We try to make it a microcosm of New York state,” he said.

But Pierce said foreign workers can be easy targets for greedy companies, even though every vendor signs

a contract agreeing to abide by New York state health standards, as well as tax and labor laws.

“It could just be the case that people don’t understand the language and don’t know they’re getting taken advantage of,” Pierce said.

Many of the companies that rent space at the fair travel along the East Coast, which makes it difficult to verify workers’ documents and enforce labor laws. This leaves many non-English speaking workers without resources to reach out to. Some workers may even be afraid to report the violations, he said.

Pierce said the fair does not conduct background checks or verify that employees are legal and being treated fairly.

“We don’t ask where work forces come from,” Pierce said. “Vendors police themselves.”

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A committee made up of greek chapter presidents, alumni and university officials hopes to meet Wednesday to discuss and possibly revise the new policy regarding greek social events.

“We’re going to look at everything and make amends, and meet somewhere in the middle,” said Bobby Atkins, Sigma Alpha Mu president.

The Social Responsibility Committee, formed in response to the proposed social event restrictions, is run out of SU’s Office of Residence Life. Regardless of any discussions or agreements made at the meeting, the new policy is in effect for all events hosted by greek organizations this weekend, said Eddie Banks-Crosson, SU’s director of fraternity and sorority affairs.

“We just want to make sure that our groups are providing a safe environment to have fun in,” BanksCrosson said.

Banks-Crosson held a meeting last week with greek chapter presidents and their risk management chairs to explain the new policy.

University officials characterized the rules passed out last week as simply “new emphasis” on long-standing practices, including 150-member guest lists and requiring any list to include a guest’s birth date.

SU moved these new rules to make a single codified document governing the social policies for the five greek organizations: the Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, National Pan-Hellenic Council, National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations and the Multicultural Greek Letter Council.

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Book cost law to be analyzed

By Heather Wentz Contributing Writer

A public interest group is collecting data on how much students are spending on textbooks at Syracuse University bookstores.

In light of a recently passed law aimedatlowering textbook costs, What: NYPIRG the New York collects data Public Interest on textbook Research Group, expenses Where: Between which advocates for affordable Schine and Newhouse and accessible When: 2 to 4 p.m. higher educaHow much: Free tion, will be collecting data from students Friday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the grassy area between Schine Student Center and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

The law is part of the Higher Education Opportunity Act and took effect in July. It requires publishers to disclose book prices, differences between subsequent editions and the existence of alternative, cheaper formats to faculty, according to a textbook fact sheet published by NYPIRG on Aug. 15.

Additionally, CD-ROMs, DVDs, workbooks and other bundled extras must also be sold separately, so students are not forced to buy items not assigned by their professors.

Students who attend NYPIRG’s event will have their pictures taken holding written cards with their name, year and how much they spent on textbooks this semester. The pictures and data NYPIRG collects will be complied into a YouTube video and sent to New York senators.

Alejandro Fernandez-Lovo, project coordinator for the local chapter of NYPIRG, said the plan for the event is to compare this year’s research findings with last year’s and to see if students have saved money on books as a result of the law.

“The main problem with the textbooks is that publishers are coming out with a new edition every year, and when students try to return their books at the end of the semester, the bookstores say, ‘Sorry we can’t accept this because the new edition is coming out next year,’” Fernandez-Lovo said.

In addition to the constantly updated editions of the textbooks, publishers try to make a profit by see nypirg page 6

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joe lingeman | asst. photo editor Jess cunnington , an assembly member of Student Association, and other members discuss whether SA should take an official stance on and support the investigations into the release of the only person convicted in the 1988 Pan Am 103 bombing, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.

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Barnhart questions side effects of greek party policy

By Annie Knox Staff Writer

Student Association has taken a removed stance on the issue of the new, tighter policy on greek parties and will leave student activism on the unpopular policy change to the Social Responsibility Committee.

That committee, made up of members of greek life and university administrators, is reviewing the policy with the Office of Fraternity

and Sorority Affairs, SA President Jon Barnhart said.

Barnhart said the new policy might lead to more drinking in off-campus neighborhoods, where underclassmen might not know how to stay safe late at night.

But he decided to leave changes up to the members of the new committee, who told him they felt their voices are being heard, Barnhart said. He said SA would focus on keep-

ing students safe once the finalized policy is put in place.

The regulations state chapters cannot serve alcohol, only people of age can bring drinks and the number of drinks each partygoer can carry in is limited to six beers or four wine coolers. The rules also require the guests to check off their names on the list and for chapters to return the list to the university after the party ends.

The new greek party policy also requires chapters to turn in a guest list and cap it at 150 people, including chapter members. The policy turns away “mostly first-year and second-year students that might not have as many connections in greek life as upperclassmen do,” Barnhart said.

SA is also planning to work with the university’s 2010-11 Rememsee sa page 4

SU helps faculty become Internet savvy with online class

By George Clarke Contributing Writer

Starting this semester, Syracuse University professors will be back in class to learn the rules of teaching online courses.

IST 700: “Tools and Techniques for Teaching Online” is an online course in the School of Information Studies that helps instructors understand the Internet classroom by allowing them to experience it as students, iSchool professor Scott

Nicholson said.

The course, in which 18 SU faculty members from various schools are enrolled, is a two-credit graduate-level course taught by Nicholson and fellow iSchool professor Peggy Brown. The course is taught online and open to all SU faculty. There are no office hours, and the class meets in person only once.

Amid the economic recession, online courses at universities are more popular than ever, according

to a 2009 study by the Sloan Consortium, an organization that specializes in integrating online courses into college education.

SU faculty enrolled in the course will meet Sept. 17 for a class orientation, Nicholson said. Professors enrolled in the fall are graded on creating the online curriculum they are to teach in the spring semester, he said.

Since many professors have never studied online, the training

course is an opportunity for faculty to understand and empathize with their students’ online experiences, Nicholson said. The IST 700 curriculum is derived from workshops that were conducted on YouTube and run by the iSchool.

From the experience, iSchool professors and administrators “realized that there needed to be a more systematic approach to preparing people to teach online,” see online page 6

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Center of Progress Building, Maxim Tyunnikoe put the finishing touches on his 20th caricature of the day.

Tyunnikoe moved to New York City from Kazakhstan after receiving his master’s degree in architecture from East Kazakhstan Technical University.

“I love my job,” said Tyunnikoe with a grin.

“I get good hours, long breaks, but mostly good company.”

Situated in a row next to artists from Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania and Romania, Tyunnikoe spent all day drawing 10-minute portraits of fairgoers. He saw about 50 people a day, he said.

The booth charged $16 per person for an 8-foot by 14-foot portrait. Tyunnikoe got paid 35 percent of that, plus tips, averaging more than $300 a day, he said.

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brance Scholars to draft a statement regarding SU students’ feelings toward the latest events surrounding the convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber’s release from Scottish prison.

The most recent development has been a call from the Obama administration for the convicted Libyan bomber, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, to be returned to prison. Al-Megrahi was released on compassionate grounds after serving eight years of his 27-year sentence, because he was diagnosed with prostrate cancer and given three months to live. He is still alive more than a year later.

Now that the fair is over, Tyunnikoe will return to New York City and resume his position as a street artist, taking time to rest after the fair, he said.

Pierce said the waiting list for fair vendors grows longer every year, an indication that vendors are making substantial profit.

Last year, the fair increased the number of vendors by 13 percent, charging between $1,500 and $2,000 a week for space on Restaurant Row, the main hub and traffic area for the fair. Labor costs less than renting the actual booth for the vendors hiring undocumented workers or paying immigrants below the minimum wage of $7.25.

“You never know what’s out there,” Pierce said.

Felix Palompia, whose booth was next to the International Building, moved here six years ago from Peru and speaks less English than Penafiel. His visa expired some time ago.

“I make these,” he said, pointing to the row

of woven bracelets with different names of U.S. states written in an assortment of red, white and blue twine. The bracelet for Louisiana is spelled “Lousiana,” and Missouri spelled “Missoury.”

Palompia’s employers allowed him a onefoot by one-foot space to sell his own products.

He sold the bracelets for $3 each. The profit

Conflict arose after the doctor who made al-Megrahi’s diagnosis came forward this summer and said he was pressured to diagnose al-Megrahi with little time to live.

New York state senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer, along with two New Jersey senators, also requested Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to prompt an investigation into a possible deal between Libya and British Petroleum in order to secure an oil deal in exchange for al-Megrahi.

SA has a resolution in the works that condones the proposed investigation, but is waiting to meet with this year’s Remembrance Scholars and gauge students’ response to the investigation before it releases a statement.

“There’s such a flux on this issue that it’s

really hard to pinpoint one thing,” Barnhart said. “And that’s why we haven’t made a resolution or passed one yet, because we don’t have one solid opinion to push forward.”

While some students are angered by alMegrahi’s release, many are poorly informed on the issue or confused by “shaky evidence,” Barnhart said.

“Regrettably, it’s been more of a mystery than it ever should’ve been for all of these years,” he said.

Katie Lewinski, a senior policy studies and international relations major and SA assembly member, said the Remembrance Scholars haven’t yet fleshed out a response to the issue, but the group seems to be on the same page as SA. She said SA wants to either send out a resolu-

he earned from the bracelets was more than Palompia makes in three hours.

“They take good care sometimes,” Palompia said. “It’s OK. I make $350 weekly, work all day.

It’s not bad.” rdjone03@syr.edu

About the fair

The New York State Fair ran Aug. 26 to Sept. 6.

Daily admission cost $10.00 for adults, not including grandstand shows.

The 2010 fair was the third highest attended in fair history, with nearly one million in attendance, beating last year’s attendance.

Renovations to the International building opened two new permanent beverage venues, the New York Wine Bar and the New York Brew Pub. Attractions included craft, culinary and livestock competitions, concessions and a historic 1964-themed exhibit.

Fair entertainment included chef Mario Batali, musical acts Lady Antebellum and Justin Bieber and comedy ventriloquist Jeff Dunham.

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tion for al-Megrahi to be sent back to jail or a joint statement with the Remembrance Scholars that calls for the investigations to continue.

Lewinski said al-Megrahi’s release heightened emotion during last year’s Remembrance Week.

Lewinski said she hoped a joint statement by SA and the Remembrance Scholars would draw people to remembrance events and inform them about the issues stemming from al-Megrahi’s release.

She said she also hoped the statement would move people to think about the 35 SU student victims of the Pan Am crash and what they’ve missed out on.

“For me, it’s as important as staying informed,” she said. abknox@syr.edu

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Generation Y delays growing up, pursues different opportunities

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wenty-somethings, let’s rejoice. Our path to success has been one paved by encouragement and opportunity.

We’ve been dubbed as the generation that has been coddled by our Velcro parents, but I think we’ve made major progress as a group of “do-it-yourself” 20-somethings. We’re trying to make a name for ourselves in a society that has yet to come to terms with what we’re all about.

In an August 2010 article in The New York Times, “What Is It About 20-Somethings,” reporter Robin Marantz Henig examines the possibility that 20-somethings are taking a significantly longer time growing up and reaching adulthood. Instead of finding a 9-to-5 blue-collar job straight out of college and settling down with our college sweethearts, we’re delaying the real world for a life of frivolity.

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What society expects of us is to jump into the working world, begin saving for retirement and start taking care of our parents. But we’ve decided to embrace a more lax and bohemian lifestyle. In essence, by holding off on entering the real world, we have potentially endangered the social construct of what it means to enter adulthood. Instead of going by the book, us 20-somethings have subconsciously decided to reinvent our own terms of maturity, tossing out what society expected of us from before.

While Henig’s argument is valid, I find that her assumptions about Generation Y immediately categorize the 20-somethings of our generation into a stage of limbo. It’s not that we’re unwilling to jump into a life of meetings and deadlines, but rather that we’re seeing opportunities presented to us under a different scope.

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real simple The paradigm of success that wasn’t available for our parents is now becoming more and more ubiquitous in 2010. The reality is that our expectations have changed about what it really means to be an adult.

Lena Budd, a junior graphic design and English and textual studies major, admits she is in no rush.

“If we’re expected to be working ‘til our late 60s, early 70s, I would hope that I can look back on the memories I made in my 20’s,” she said. “It’s not because I’m irresponsible, but I really think I would feel trapped with

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a mundane lifestyle at 21.”

The idealism our parents instilled in us when we were younger is the same entity that drives us to be more selective about the choices we make about our future. We’ve been brought up on the belief that anything is possible; so why would we want to compromise the success and opportunities we have now if there’s a chance that there’s something bigger and better out there in the world? Henig writes of this new stage of adolescence as “emerging adulthood,” a term coined by psychology professor Jeffrey Jensen Arnett at Clark University.

“To some, what we’re seeing is a transient epiphenomenon, the byproduct of cultural and economic forces,” Henig writes. “To others, the longer road to adulthood signifies something deep, durable and maybe better-suited to our neurological

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hardwiring. What we’re seeing, they insist, is the dawning of a new life stage — a stage that all of us need to adjust to.”

I do acknowledge the potential disadvantages of 20-somethings not immediately entering the work force or jumping into long-term relationships. Henig’s observation is sound, and it’s reflective of our parents’ generation coming to terms with this new construct created by Generation Y. However, I want to believe that our recognition — of not feeling the need to be rushed into adulthood — is an indication that we are mature. We’re approaching adulthood and reaching an age in which decisions about our future are made based on our passions, not what society dictates of us.

Angela Hu is a junior magazine journalism and English and textual studies major. Her column appears weekly, and she can be reached at ajh01@syr.edu.

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adding extra materials to textbook bundles, such as Web codes, CD-ROMs, DVDs and workbooks, Fernandez-Lovo said.

Professors are often unaware of these extra learning tools, so they are not incorporated in the syllabi and go unused, he said. And once the shrink wrap is broken on the bundled books, they cannot be returned, and the student ends up wasting money.

Fernandez-Lovo said changes have been made in the past year, and many professors have done their parts to lower textbook costs.

Amanda Furcall, a junior conservation biology major at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, worked on the textbook research last year.

She said while NYPIRG has not completed the research for this year yet, she thinks the new laws and money-saving options have definitely been beneficial to students.

“Most of the teachers are very aware of this problem and are doing what they can to help

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from some greek organizations — mainly those in organizations governed by IFC or Panhellenic Council — is not warranted because some members do not realize many of the rules already exist.

A general greek member may lack the same level of familiarity with the social policy as chapter presidents or greek organization student officials, he said.

“I think the general members are — they’re not really educated at that level,” Banks-Crosson said.

Thomas Wolfe, senior vice president and dean of student affairs, said the new policy is a symbol of a continuing effort to improve greek social events at the university.

Aside from the need to create a single body of rules, SU also hopes the new rules will prevent any greek organization from having issues with liability insurance.

“I think that the overarching problem is compliance,” Wolfe said.

Wolfe declined to comment on whether any greek organization faced recent problems with liability insurance.

Other policies outlined in the guidelines restrict the type of drinks available at parties and the times and places where fraternities and sororities can hold parties. For instance, fraternities can no longer serve beer at parties,

reduce costs,” Furcall said.

While some students like to buy their books online, Josh Lynn, a sophomore biology major, said he isn’t doing a lot to try and save money on his textbooks because he doesn’t see a real difference between the on-campus bookstore and online options.

“The convenience of the bookstore is worth the extra three or four bucks,” Lynn said. “My organic chemistry teacher made us buy the binder version of the textbook, which is a lot cheaper, and it was bundled with a CD-ROM, which we have to use for our homework and stuff like that.”

Hailey Steer, a sophomore accounting major, said she prepares to buy her books over the summer with the earnings from her summer job, and if it is unnecessary to buy a book, she shares with someone else. The bundled books from the bookstore are often useless to her.

“I would want to use the extra stuff, but then I don’t because the teachers don’t require me to, and I feel like it is just extra money that we’re paying,” Steer said.

Along with the new legislation, Fernandez-

but guests over 21 years of age are allowed to bring six beers or four wine coolers to a party.

Also, fraternities and sororities can no longer travel to Canada for their formals or hold

“We’re going to look at everything and make amends, and meet somewhere in the middle.”

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overnight events at all, according to the new guidelines.

With the new policies going in effect for this weekend, greek organizations needed to register their events eight to 12 days in advance and will have to file their guest lists Thursday or Friday, according to the new guidelines.

While greek organizations hope the committee will work with the university on the new policy, the question comes down to enforcement and whether the greek organizations put the rules into practice.

SU continues to employ a private company, Chestnut Street Security, Inc., to attend greek events and to make sure the organizations follow the social policy. adbrow03@syr.edu

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Lovo said colleges now show the International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs) on all assigned textbooks and online course schedules. This is so students know exactly what they are purchasing, and they have the correct information for the assigned textbooks.

Since last year, the on-campus bookstores

the months of August and September and hope to have the research compiled by midSeptember or early October, Fernandez-Lovo said. Other chapters of NYPIRG are conducting research through surveys, interviewing students and examining bundled books in bookstores.

“The main problem with the textbooks is that publishers are coming out with a new edition every year and when students try to return their books at the end of the semester, the bookstores say, ‘Sorry we can’t accept this because the new edition is coming out next year.”

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at SU have implemented new money-saving options, such as rentable books, eliminating bundled books and overall lower prices, Fernandez-Lovo said.

All 20 chapters of NYPIRG are participating in the textbook research collection during

GRAFFITI FROM PAGE 1

The graffiti was meant to be seen by Santacroce’s girlfriend, a Syracuse University student living in university housing by the highway, Connellan said.

Santacroce painted the sign from the 500

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Nicholson said.

Part of creating an online course also includes building alternate ways to communicate, such as by phone or e-mail, to overcome technological issues, he said.

At undisclosed times throughout the course, Nicholson and Brown will simulate partial system failures, such as a blocked

Fernandez-Lovo said he and the rest of the NYPIRG members hope to have a large turnout with their textbook data collection event Friday and can continue to make an impact on students and the textbook costs. hawentz@syr.edu

block of Birch Street. Police saw him painting the sign from a nearby street on Monday around 2 a.m.

When he saw police, Santacroce ran and was eventually caught hiding in the area, Connellan said.

Damage to the sign was estimated at $1,500, Connellan said. rastrum@syr.edu

course plan, and force instructors to work around them.

Nicholson said there was also the posibility for problems because the course is taught online. As with anything that relies on a system, he said, the occasional glitch is guaranteed. Internet connections can falter, and even submitting an assignment can be impossible at times, Nicholson said.

“That’s going to put students in a mode of panic,” Nicholson said. geclarke@ syr.edu

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kipping class at Northern Arizona University just became a little harder.

The university is in the process of installing proximity card readers outside some of the lecture halls at the university to take attendance.

“NAU believes it will save instructors valuable time from calling roll. And study after study has demonstrated that attendance and engagement in class lead to more student success,” said Thomas Bauer, the director of public affairs at NAU. Under the new system, funded by the federal stimulus package, students will have to hold their ID cards six to eight inches away from a reader, called a proximity card reader. The reader will record students’ attendance in class and place the information in a database professors will be able to check.

Original plans called for 20 proximity card readers to be installed outside of larger classes, but due to construction, the university plans to have six in place by the end of the semester. Once professors are trained on using the new software, the system will be activated, Bauer said.

“We know that it is cumbersome for teachers to take attendance in large lecture classrooms,” said Karen Pugliesi, the vice provost of academic affairs at NAU. “This system is simply an effort to add another tool to an array of strategies that faculty already use to take attendance.”

Proximity card readers are already used throughout campus for entrance into the residence halls, dining halls, health centers, recreation center, bookstore and sporting events, Bauer said.

The system is voluntary for professors, Bauer said, but the university will encourage its use.

Some students said they are afraid the ID readers will invade their privacy. A Facebook group, called “NAU against proximity cards,” started by Rachel Brackett, a junior biochemistry major, has 1,635 members. The amount of information on the ID cards is a big concern, Brackett said.

“The student ID has your meal plan, your access to the dorms and vending machines, and some places downtown,” Brackett said. “It just doesn’t seem like a good system to me to have all that information stored in one place.”

The administration understands student concerns, Pugliese said.

“I think some of the fear from students comes from the way in which the equipment has been described. The words scanner and surveillance have been used quite a lot. When students hear these words, that sounds kind of creepy,” Pugliese said.

Brandon Cruickshank, a chemistry professor at NAU, said he plans on using the system once it is in place.

“I think it will help us who teach large lecture classes,” Cruickshank said. “We don’t want to give up the time it would take to call roll. And I’m not comfortable passing a roster around and having students sign in. This system will help

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students to come to class.”

Cruickshank is currently using a remote electronic device to track participation and attendance, as are other professors in the university. Students attend class and use the remote to answer questions. The whole campus uses one type of device, so once students have registered their device, they can use it for multiple classes. The remote, itself, costs around $25 and four years of registration is around $40, Cruickshank said.

Cruickshank said despite student concerns, he thinks the ID readers will be less intrusive than traditional roll call, as it will not let other students know when one is absent.

Brackett said she sees fewer flaws in using the clicker system than installing proximity readers.

“A lot of students think the proximity readers are a waste of money. We do already have the clicker system. Students can click in and get counted for attendance that way, without having their attendance monitored in a database,” Brackett said.

So far there have been no complaints from parents or professors, Bauer said.

“No one is being forced to attend class.

Students can still choose to act however they feel,” Bauer said. “That is not to say there won’t be consequences to their choices, just like in the outside world.” medelane@syr.edu

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Any bathroom in a fraternity house

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Fraternities often send boys to use the bathroom al fresco at crowded weekend parties, and frankly, boys get the better end of the deal. Broken shower curtain rods, walls stained with whoknows-what, missing toilet tank lids and puddles of partially-digested beer are just some of the surprises you may encounter upon entering a fraternity bathroom. “No one takes care of the bathrooms in frat houses,” said Brad Fleischman, an undeclared sophomore in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. “There’s urine and throw up everywhere.” Those too intoxicated to notice the mess are the lucky ones. Partygoers are better off going green and sticking with trees and bushes.

Scattered toilet paper is practically common fodder, but this bathroom floor was littered with leaves mixed with the standard bathroom tissue. Yes, leaves: foliage that flew in through an open window. While there’s certainly nothing wrong with letting a little fresh air circulate in a bathroom, one would hope SU has more sophisticated methods than tossing open a window. “This reminds me of a high school bathroom,” said Ashley Wisniewski, a sophomore psychology major. Better bring a rake.

The crunching sound created when she stepped on the leaves to enter the stalls made her uncomfortable, and the overall grungy atmosphere made the room less than inviting. Save the leaf piles for outside.

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Yes, gyms are gross — which is all the more reason why a gym’s bathrooms should be clean.

Climbing on an elliptical doused with the sweat of a dozen other exhausted students makes you desire something a little less grungy when the little girl’s room beckons. But no such relief is available in the Archbold bathrooms. “This gym has, by far, one of the most disgusting bathrooms at Syracuse,” said Chris Williamson, a freshman broadcast journalism major. The grime-and-dirt theme makes a triumphant comeback in this venue. Gum wrappers and water bottles join what looks like half a roll of toilet paper on the floor. Keeping your thirst quenched might be key when you’re working out, but the trip you save to the bathroom is worth the dehydration.

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Though the Dome is one of the most famous landmarks on SU campus, its bathrooms lie in a less prestigious state, to put it kindly. Beer cans, empty (and not so empty) food containers and personal items, like Chapstick tubes, litter the floors.

“The Dome bathrooms are awful. It’s scary,” said Jason Glickman, a junior mechanical engineering major. “Instead of a urinal, there’s just a big tin. I definitely don’t trust those bathrooms,” he said. Additionally, the sinks are foot-activated, and the deep basins are certainly capable of draining water. Unfortunately, water still splashes on the floor, making the bathrooms a slippery mess with increased toilet traffic during home games. Even if the Orange does win a home game, fans who use the bathroom will still leave the Dome less than satisfied.

When nature calls around campus, don’t pick up

By Elora Tocci Asst. Copy Editor

f there is one thing everyone is entitled to, it’s a clean bathroom.

When nature calls, it’s only fair that you can respond to the ring without putting your personal hygiene at risk. With the estimated total cost of attendance at Syracuse University at $51,960 a year, you at least want your bathrooms to be clean. And not only clean, but well-stocked, smelling fresh and equipped with complementary mints. SU’s newer buildings, including Newhouse III and the Life Sciences Complex, have some top-notch restrooms, but the state of several of the older buildings’ bathrooms makes you want to invest in a mop and clean them yourself. ertocci@syr.edu

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Toilet paper, dirt and puddles, oh my! These bathrooms will make you want to throw on a couple extra pairs of socks; you will need the extra layers between your body and the floor. HBC was built in 1962, and the bathrooms look as though they have not been cleaned since. “It’s really creepy in there, it’s like something out of a horror film,” said Jordan Mancuso, a sophomore bioengineering major. The layers of dirt and grime make you want to run back to your dorm and shower (which is certainly saying something, but dorm bathrooms are a whole separate issue).

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Red House brings musical element to film screening

By Rob Marvin CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Opportunities to not only meet a celebrated actress, but also watch her award-winning film in her presence, are short-lived. Seeing that same actress give a musical performance in front of a live audience is even rarer.

The people of Syracuse will have that kind of opportunity What: “Little Girl Thursday night at Blue” screening 7 p.m. when Iva BitWhere: The Red House Arts Center, tová visits the Red Armory Square House Arts Center in When: Thursday, 7 downtown’s Armory p.m.

How much: $5 with Square to screen her most recent film, “Litvalid student ID, $8 tle Girl Blue.” After otherwise the screening, Bittová will hold a question and answer session and live musical performance.

The screening will be the opening event for the Wine, Women and Film series. The movie screening in the Wine, Women and Film series is the start of a prolonged recognition of women in film, said Mike Intaglietta, Red House’s administrative director. He said the series was spurred from Kathryn Bigelow’s historic “Best Director” win for “The Hurt Locker” at this past year’s Oscars. Bigelow was the first woman to win the title and the fourth woman to be nominated for the honor.

“The Wine, Women and Film series offers a glimpse into the diverse contributions women make to cinematic culture, both by introducing people to new films and by looking at classic films in new ways,” Intaglietta said.

“It is also a rare opportunity to listen to film experts and professionals talk about their field in a conversational atmosphere.”

The film, released in 2007, details the intricacies of the life of main character Julie (Bittová), who lives in what seems like the perfect life, but is actually filled with discontent. After moving into a new house with her husband Richard (Karel Roden) and daughter Cecile (Martha Issova), Julie learns of the death of her favorite singer and begins a journey of change and self-discovery. Finding the medium between her old life and newly-started path centers around the impulsive purchase of a piano. This leads to intense family drama and deep emotional strife.

Bittová has appeared and performed in Syracuse several times. She attended the 2007 Syracuse International Film Festival for another film screening and live show. She also performed at Le Moyne College last year. Aside

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from acting and singing, Bittová integrates playing the violin in her performances.

Laura Austin, the Red House’s artistic director, and SYRFilmFest ‘10 Artistic Director Owen Shapiro started the Wine, Women and Film series. Shapiro is also a film professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. With Austin and Shapiro heading the project, the two organizations selected the eight fi lms and accompanying speakers to appear in the yearlong series.

Some students find the screening a breath

“The Wine, Women and Film series offers a glimpse into the diverse contributions women make to cinematic culture, both by introducing people to new films and by looking at classic films in new ways. It is also a rare opportunity to listen to film experts and professionals talk about their field in a conversational atmosphere.”

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of fresh air. “It would be interesting to see an accomplished entertainer speak in person about her work after watching her film and a live performance,” said Max Demonico, a junior public relations major.

Dave Biles, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said being able to put a face behind the fi lm helps viewers relate on a personal level.

“It’s great that in the age of superstardom, an actress cares enough about her work to come out and explain the movie,” he said. “I’m glad the Red House is doing this spotlight of women in film.” rjmarvin@syr.edu

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Ok, we can’t ignore this any longer. What was intended to be a simple elastic jewelry for 5-year-olds has suddenly spiraled into a full-blown fashion epidemic that even has us “adults” infected. But hey, we’ll be the first to admit there’s a certain allure to sporting the oddly shaped rubber bands. Just look at our Technicolor wrists. While they’re all winners in our book, some silly swagger is just cooler than the rest. Your friends will be begging to trade their subpar shapes for these elastic gems.

The Fantastic Four: A Mr. Fantastic Silly band is nothing short of brilliant.

Professional Sports Teams: Yankees fans, just don’t trade with anyone from Boston.

That would be awkward.

Tools: The ladies love a handy man. No toolbox required.

“Dirty” SillyBandz: Is that a phallic shaped Silly Band you have on, or are you just happy to see us?

The Alphabet: Please, no profanities.

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The dead shall rise With simple controls, smooth graphics, “Zombie Highway” is killer

By Nephtaly Rivera CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The next round of the college campus game, “Humans vs. Zombies,” is still a few weeks off, but Syracuse University students can get plenty of practice beforehand with the upand-coming smartphone application, “Zombie Highway.”

At the Apple App Store, under the “New and Noteworthy” section, lies the latest app to capitalize on the undead’s resurrected popularity. In the game, you are the driver of an SUV going down an endless highway in the middle of nowhere. As you continue down the road, zombies appear and leap onto the sides of your car. To get them off, you can either shoot at them with one of three available guns (you can accumulate up to eight if you survive long enough), or smash them off via passing vehicles. As the game goes on, the zombies get stronger and harder to remove.

The game ends when your car tips over and you can no longer drive.

Sadly, there is no way to actually win a game on “Zombie Highway.” This is because the object of the game is to see how far you can last without being taken down and eaten alive.

Hence the tagline in the app’s description: “The goal is to survive … but you won’t. How long can you last?”

The controls are incredibly simple. Simply tilting the iPod to the left or right steers your SUV. Once the zombies hop aboard for the ride, tapping the edge of the screen fires your gun.

Each zombie has an individual health meter, alerting players on how much firepower it will take to knock the zombie off. Once they die — again — they fall off and you live for a few seconds longer.

Visually, the game is very smooth. The graphics are in 3-D and will look stunning on newer iPhone models with their crystal-clear retina display. Even with a regular iPod Touch, the game still looks very crisp. However, there isn’t much detail in the zombies themselves.

They are simply dark-colored figures in the vague shape of a human. This can either be a setback or a bonus, depending on your tolerance to blood and guts.

Speaking of grisly imagery, this game is perfect for any iPhone user who doesn’t like

too much violence. The only real gore comes from shooting the zombies and watching them splatter on the road. Blood does spray into the air when the undead spiral to the asphalt, but the game is clean Application: Zombie Highway Type: Game besides that.

The app has also embraced Platform: iPhone, iPod Touch the social media scene by allow- Cost: 99 cents ing easy connectivity to Facebook and Twitter. A couple of screen taps can log you in to either website to compare scores to anyone playing anywhere in the world.

Check your friends’ high scores or use your status to brag about how long you lasted before the blood-thirsty creatures took you down.

In the end, the game is simple, smooth and fun to play.

With no way to win and no limit on how long you can last, the app has a strong replay value. Anyone can pick it up and spend time ridding the world of zombies.

And the best part: It only costs 99 cents. Cheap, time-consuming, and fun; neither the living nor dead can ask for much more out of an iPod app. nerivera@syr.edu

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Balanced attack helps Orange fend off multiple Buffalo runs

By Rachel Marcus Staff Writer

There was a moment in the first set of Syracuse’s game against Buffalo when the Orange’s points suddenly stopped. SU, which had been up 23-18 and ready to end the set just moments before, suddenly found itself tied at 23 points apiece with the Bulls.

In a span of five minutes, Buffalo had rattled off five straight points. They were now the team

“These past couple years, we’ve had one person that rules the game. It’s been great in that we’re spreading out our blocks.

It’s really been helping.”

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looking to grab the first set and set the tone of the match.

But they didn’t.

Instead, the Orange came up with three crucial points, shifting momentum back in its favor. SU took that set, the first of three consecutive set victories, in a 3-0 win in the team’s home opener against its upstate rivals Tuesday.

“The job’s not done until the last point’s scored,” assistant coach Carol LaMarche said.

“We knew that they weren’t going to let it happen again.”

And they didn’t.

The offense that was so balanced in the team’s 7-0 start to the season was at it again, with four players contributing at least six kills.

The usual suspects of Hayley Todd, Mindy Stanislovaitis and Noemie Lefebvre had 27 kills. But they were not the only offensive standouts. Freshman Lindsay McCabe had six kills in the offensive attack, too.

Laura Homann ran the offense with 33 assists, more than double of any Buffalo player.

“We have a strong offense all the way across the board,” McCabe said. “It’s definitely to our advantage, and I feel we attack well from everywhere.”

Not be outdone, the defense showed it has as much firepower as the offense. With Ashley Williams in her first season as the libero, the team has been figuring out where they need to set up and be on the court.

“Everybody’s doing their job so far, and we can make adjustments when we need to,” LaMarche said of the defense.

But despite the defense’s improvement, it’s the “balanced” offense that continues to get rave reviews from the players and coaches who put it on full display in Tuesday’s match.

In years past, the offense ran through one player — Sarah Morton.

This year, the opposite is true.

“This year’s been a little different than the past couple years in that we have five strong offensive players,” Stanislovaitis said. “These past couple years, we’ve had one person that rules the game. It’s been great in that we’re spreading out our blocks. It’s really been help-

kirsten celo | asst. photo editor hayley todd (7) sends the ball over two Buffalo players on the other side of the net Tuesday. The senior finished with eight kills in the Orange’s eighth consecutive win. ing.”

The team needed its balanced offense against an inferior, but pesky, Buffalo team that refused to back down.

Whenever it seemed as if SU was pulling away, Buffalo would make a mini-run to bring the game close again.

At one point in the second game, Mindy Stanislovaitis put up a kill to give the Orange a comfortable 18-14 lead. Buffalo got it back to 18-17. But SU didn’t buckle, ending the game on a 7-4 run to close out a victory.

And each time Buffalo had a run, SU would find a way to pull away. The final three points it scored in the first set is a testament to its resilience. It foreshadowed what was to come of the team.

“Sometimes you’re just trying and trying,

and nothing really seems to work,” Lefebvre said of the situation in the first set. “I think we just wanted it real bad. And this blocking point was at the right time, when we really needed that. And just to get that momentum back and finish the game strong (was important). You just have to keep pushing.”

As important as the defense is, the heart of this team — not just in Tuesday’s match, but also in its 8-0 start to the season — has been its offense.

And against Buffalo, the offense did not let down.

“We did what we had to do in order to win the game,” Lefebvre said. “I think we were consistent in our offense, and that’s why we won the game.” rnmarcus@syr.edu

Inspired by in-state rivalry with Bulls, SU players thrive under pressure

By Chris Iseman Staff Writer

Starting off the season 8-0 sounded pretty sweet to the Syracuse volleyball team. But knocking off an in-state rival in its home opener sounded even better.

“We need to beat every New York state team,” Orange assistant coach Carol LaMarche said.

“Buffalo wants to get us every year. We know that. It’s a fun in-state rivalry. We were definitely pumped to play.”

The Orange earned a victory over Buffalo 26-24, 25-21, 25-21, battling at all the opportune times to extend its unbeaten streak to eight matches. Behind stellar performances by outside hitters Mindy Stanislovaitis and Noemie Lefebvre, Syracuse got everything it needed at all the right times.

But along the way, that “fun rivalry” seemed to be turning increasingly fierce by the point.

Coming into the match, Syracuse led the series against Buffalo 19-3. On paper, getting a

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win wouldn’t have looked as if it would be too much of a problem. It looked as if it should be easy.

But just like in any rivalry, players make the big plays when called upon. And this match was no different. Both teams fought for every point, refusing to give in at any given time.

Tuesday, SU wasn’t about to let the Bulls leave with a win. Even when it seemed Buffalo had a chance, key plays were made to erase any of that.

And it seemed for the entire match that both Lefebvre and Stanislovaitis became increasingly better as the pressure situations mounted.

“Mindy’s showing some senior leadership out there,” LaMarche said. “You can probably tell by the stats that she got a lot of sets tonight.

We were really pushing her to hit well.”

Rivalry or no rivalry, if this was any sort of test, Stanislovaitis had no problems passing.

She finished with 10 kills and two blocks.

Lefebvre was right there with her, notching nine kills and two blocks.

When the Orange began to struggle in the first set, the Bulls took advantage. Buffalo scored five straight points to tie the score at 23.

But showing that this wasn’t just any match against any team, the Orange got a key block

by Lefebvre that allowed Syracuse to get the 25th point. It also propelled Syracuse to take the match.

“Obviously, blocking is a big part of the game,” Lefebvre said. “I think it gave us the momentum when we needed it in crucial

times.”

Stanislovaitis said, after the match, that when big blocks needed to be made, she worked that much harder to get them.

“It’s my senior year, I’m trying to play as hard as I can,” Stanislovaitis said. “I’m just trying to go out with a bang, so it’s been good.”

What may have been most important was that the performances by Stanislovaitis and Lefebvre let everyone else on the court do her job.

Because in this match, the blocks were taken care of.

“When the outsides are blocking well, it makes the middle’s job really easy,” freshman middle blocker Lindsay McCabe said. “It was definitely a big contribution.”

And when the pressure mounted, the contributions only became more frequent.

In a game against an opponent Syracuse felt it had to beat, the big moments had to happen to send Buffalo home with the loss.

“I think that it’s just playing as hard as we can,” Stanislovaitis said. “It just so happens that when you need a big block, you work that much harder to try and get that.”

No matter who’s making the big plays, getting the important kills or blocks, one thing is clear for Syracuse.

Only one team reigns in New York.

“We always want to beat a New York team,” senior Sarah Hayes said. “We don’t lose to New York teams.” cjiseman@syr.edu

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Offseason realignment gives Big Ten championship game

By Zach Brown Staff Writer

Joe Paterno believed the Big Ten had fallen behind.

It wasn’t because of inferior talent or lesser competition. It wasn’t because of poor coaching or lack of execution. The reason for the separation was simple: The conference needed a championship game.

“I’ve been pushing for a conference championship game for a couple years now,” said Paterno, now in his 45th year as Penn State’s coach. “I think we’ve fallen behind the Southeastern Conference, (the Big 12) and so forth in that we have not had any kind of a contest between two teams after the regular season, and the other guys have been on television still playing games.”

Starting next year, Paterno will finally get his wish.

After Nebraska joined the Big Ten this summer, the conference had the 12 teams it needed based on NCAA regulations to hold a conference championship game in football. The league officially announced last Wednesday that it would hold the first Big Ten title game next season, when the Cornhuskers officially joined the conference.

With the championship game also comes the separation of the conference into two divisions, which could heighten the intensity of some league competition.

Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio

“I’ve been pushing for a conference championship game for a couple years now.”

Joe Paterno

the change probably won’t have too much of an effect on that rivalry, but instead, may add to some of the other lesser-hyped matchups.

“What I think (the division system) is going to do is maybe even establish more rivalries, maybe some rivalries that haven’t existed before,” he said. “More rivals will come up, and I think they did a great job of keeping the traditional rivalries intact.”

Despite all the excitement for the conference championship game, at least one coach thinks there are a few negatives associated with it.

Ohio State has won at least a share of the Big Ten title each of the past five seasons. Head coach Jim Tressel worries about how another high-caliber game will affect his athletes, both on and off the field.

But Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema favors the title game, which could serve as a glimmer of hope for a team that stumbles into the conference schedule.

“Believing if you lose a game early on and you battle back and you go on to represent your side of the league, you still have a chance to go to a BCS game,” he said. “Take care of your business and win that football game and you’re guaranteed in (to a BCS bowl). It allows another way, another opportunity for our kids to keep hope alive to make it to a big dance.”

Rodriguez echoed Bielema’s enthusiasm.

He acknowledged there may be a setback here or there, but in the end, it comes down to the athletes getting a shot at a title in front of the entire country.

“A lot of coaches may say this is another game you have to win to get to the national championship and all that,” he said. “But I think one positive, certainly, is we’re going to be out there again so people can see our league on display. It’s a championship game, and anybody that’s a competitor loves to play in a championship game.”

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Big man on campus believes the Big Ten’s new look will be a huge step up from its current arrangement.

“When you get into a situation where you have 11 teams in your conference, top to bottom, there are a lot of teams that are tied with each other,” he said. “So who wins the tiebreaker? You don’t really know how that’s all going to be played out. You have co-champions, those type of things.

“I think with this format, you come out of there with a single champion, and I think that’s important.”

One division of the new conference will include Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin. The other will have Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Northwestern. Each team will play eight conference games per year, facing off with every team in their division and playing three cross-division games. The winners of each division then battle in the conference championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for the right to go to a BCS bowl game.

Despite the divisional separation, many of the conference’s biggest rivalries will continue every year. Michigan and Ohio State, for example, will continue to play each other on an annual basis and could go head-to-head twice if both manage to win their divisions.

Wolverines’ head coach Rich Rodriguez said

courtesy of michigan athletic communications rich rodriguez is entering his third season as coach of Michigan. The Big Ten’s new conference realignment for 2011 includes two six-team divisions and a title game.

“Normally with younger players, especially a guy in his first start, his eyes are all over the place, and sometimes they’re a little hesitant,” the Wolverines’ head coach said. “Denard really, for the most part, he had his eyes in the right place, and he was making quick, decisive movements. He executed pretty well.

Denard Robinson

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Sophomore Quarterback, Michigan (1-0)

No. 3 Boise State (1-0)

Last Week: 19-of-22, 186 passing yards, 1 touchdown, 29 carries, 197 yards, 1 touchdown Despite Denard “Shoelace” Robinson’s record-setting performance in his first start with Michigan, there’s still at least one thing that worries head coach Rich Rodriguez about his sophomore quarterback — he doesn’t tie his shoes.

“I said, ‘Denard, if (the defense) keeps yanking them off there now, we’re going to have to get you to tie those shoes up,’” Rodriguez said.

“But he just kind of laughed.”

Robinson exploded onto the college football scene in the Wolverines’ 30-10 win over Connecticut in Ann Arbor, Mich. Saturday. He set school records for total offense (383 yards) and rushing yards for a quarterback (197) in the victory.

The sophomore saw limited time last season but Rodriguez said that year in the system helped Robinson gain familiarity with the offense, ultimately leading to his start Saturday.

And against UConn, it was more than just his athleticism and running ability that shined. Although he only threw for 186 yards, Robinson went 19-of-22 (86.4 completion percentage) in the air, which Rodriguez said impressed him.

Last Week: W, 33-30 vs. No. 13 Virginia Tech (0-1)

The national championship dream is still alive for Boise State.

Junior quarterback Kellen Moore found senior Austin Pettis streaking to the back of the end zone with 1:09 remaining to seal the Broncos 33-30 come-from-behind victory over

Virginia Tech Monday night.

A loss would have all but ended Boise State’s chances of becoming the first team from a non-BCS conference to break into the national championship game. But once again, they were able to prove themselves against the nation’s top competition.

The biggest roadblock remaining on the Broncos schedule appears to be Oregon State (0-1), who lost its season opener 30-21 to No. 4 Texas Christian (1-0) Saturday. If Boise State can earn a win over the Beavers in Boise on Sept. 25 and stay perfect through their conference schedule, it may be difficult to keep the Broncos out of the national championship game. zjbrown@ syr.edu

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pass from quarterback Don McPherson.

The pressure from MacPherson remains the reason why Moore’s career flourished at Syracuse, he said. He even figures he owes MacPherson for his NFL career, too. Without MacPherson, Moore says, who knows what would’ve happened.

Six years before Moore showed up, MacPherson came to SU for his head coach interview on a snowy December afternoon. The Old Town, Maine, native ignored the weather and concentrated on the tour.

He saw the Carrier Dome, which promised a place to play great football. He went to a 5 p.m. mass at Hendricks Chapel. Then he went on to an interview with Jake Crouthamel, SU’s athletic director, the chancellor, Melvin Eggers, and trustees.

He flew back to Cleveland that night to make it to the Cleveland Browns’ game the next day, where he worked as a linebackers coach.

The Dome had won him over as a place to play football. Syracuse, as a city, looked like a place to settle his family.

By this point, his wife had become a master at packing up the family’s home and moving. The family had already moved to be with Dick while he coached with the Denver Broncos and the Browns. Usually the MacPhersons spent time in each town long enough for their two daughters to finish either junior high or high school.

“It was kind of a chess game, and it wasn’t bad at all for Mac, because I was doing all the work,” said his wife, Sandra.

So the family moved again, settling in a house on Circle Road in Syracuse. Their youngest daughter went on to undergraduate studies at

daily orange file photos SU, and their older daughter came to study at the College of Law. It was the longest time the MacPhersons would ever spend in one place. But it came with a price. MacPherson needed to turn the program, a perennial loser, into a winning football team.

His wife remembers that pressure still today.

When he came home from his December 1980 interview, he told her about his meeting with the trustees, the athletic director and the chancellor.

She remembers it like this, with her husband asking a question: “It’s all well and good,” MacPherson said, “and you might love me now, but will you still love me if we go 2-9?”

“We’ll still love you, but where will you be

coaching?” Eggers said.

At first, the Orangemen found success fleeting.

In 1981, the team went 4-6-1. The next season, 2-9.

Eventually MacPherson turned it around in the late 1980s, when he brought in McPherson, a standout quarterback, to play for him.

In 1987, the Orangemen finished the regular season with an undefeated record and faced Auburn in the Sugar Bowl. In that game, McPherson went 11-for-21 with 140 yards and a touchdown. But the Tigers sacked him five times, forcing the Orangemen to settle for a 16-16 tied final score and an 11-0-1 record.

When Syracuse made its way back to the locker room, former New York Gov. Hugh Carey — the man responsible for the concept of the Dome, the object that fascinated MacPherson — spoke to the team.

“Listen, I don’t care what everyone else says,” Carey said to the team. “It’s obvious who won this game: You guys did. So I declare you Sugar Bowl champions!”

His former players say MacPherson taught them more than how to win. He taught them “life skills” before some motivational speaker or coach labeled them as that.

As the kind of man who went to 5 p.m. masses while on job interviews, MacPherson expected his players to shape up to his standards. He wanted them to take their place as members of Syracuse’s community.

He once told a hulking SU lineman named Doug Marrone that a local church wanted to feed him breakfast. “All-you-can-eat pancakes,” MacPherson told him.

Marrone turned up at the church, waiting for his breakfast. For his pancakes, Marrone had to give a talk to the collected mass at the breakfast.

“I kind of got tricked a little bit,” Marrone said. “He said it was all-you-can-eat pancakes,

so that got me to do it. But I’ll never forget how scared I was, going up and speaking in front of this church group.”

MacPherson left SU in 1990 to coach the New England Patriots for two seasons before retiring.

These days, he lives most of the year away from Syracuse. But some still feel his presence.

Marrone has something to do with that. Now the head coach at SU, Marrone brought back some of the traditions MacPherson started. In his first spring as head coach, Marrone had his players burn their practice shoes, just like MacPherson. The team switched to red and green practice jerseys, with red for the defensive, green for the offensive. Just like MacPherson.

Marrone talks with his old coach regularly when MacPherson is away from Syracuse. But for the times when he needs immediate inspiration, Marrone hung a picture of his old coach in his office.

“I put a picture of Coach Mac over there to the left of me,” Marrone said. “And I think that every time I look at things, or I look at a decision.

I wonder, ‘What would Coach Mac do?’”

MacPherson comes back to Syracuse each fall for football season. He and his wife now live in a small house in Jamesville, close to where their grandchildren attend school.

It looks like Syracuse turned out as a good place to settle his family. His eldest daughter now works as an area attorney. His grandsons became ball boys for MacPherson’s successor at SU, Paul Pasqualoni. One of them, Macky, is now a freshman on Marrone’s squad.

Now 79, MacPherson still refuses to escape the pull to the football program he resurrected and the area he called home.

“This place has everything I want — my family and Syracuse football,” MacPherson said. adbrow03@syr.edu

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Orange takes loose approach to high volume of road contests

By Ryan Marfurt Staff Writer

When the Syracuse field hockey bus pulls up to a visiting field, the music comes on. And the nerves dissolve.

“Just before the games when we come off the bus, just to pump us up, we get the music going — our bus driver is usually really fun — and it just gets everyone pumped up,” senior forward Lindsey Conrad said. “It’s usually the whole team, everyone kind of gets into it. It’s a mix of different people on different days.”

The team will get plenty of dance practice this year. SU is currently in a portion of its schedule in which it will play all 11 of its road games in a 12-game stretch. The 11 road games this season are the most regular-season games away from J.S. Coyne Field that Syracuse has had to play since playing the same number in 2006. That year, the Orange finished 10-9 and failed to play in either the NCAA tournament or the Big East tournament.

But for Syracuse head coach Ange Bradley, taking her team on the road isn’t always a bad thing.

“I actually like being on the road better,” Bradley said. “There are less distractions.

They’re with their teammates the whole time, and there’s a little bit more control of their environment.

“I don’t mean that in a strangulating way.

It’s just their schedule is more controlled, there are less distractions and it’s kind of like we are all here for a purpose.”

This past weekend, the Orange had its

first road games of the year as it traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to take on No. 14 Ohio State and unranked Kent State. The Orange defeated Ohio State 2-1 in overtime on Friday, but fell to Kent State in overtime on Saturday.

The loss to the Golden Flashes was SU’s first of the season, but Bradley said being on the road is no excuse for the Orange’s first loss to an unranked opponent since losing to Cornell on Oct. 25, 2007.

“You got to play to win,” Bradley said. “I don’t think the national championship game is at Syracuse or the Big East (tournament). If you’re going to win — which is what our ultimate goals is — you got to do that on the road.

Home or away, it doesn’t matter — it’s a game of hockey, and you just have to play it.”

The Orange will still spend the next two weekends on the road before it plays its next home game against Louisville on Sept. 25.

Sophomore back Iona Holloway said though she prefers to play games at Syracuse’s home field, the key to playing on the road is staying focused.

“If you’re turning up at a new field, you may feel a bit disorientated,” Holloway said. “But at the end of the day, all hockey fields are the same and we go out and we try to win.

“You have to make sure there isn’t a difference. You have to try and keep the varying factors to a minimum. You can’t look at it as a different game just ‘cause it’s not at home.”

Although traveling to away games can be a hassle for most teams, the Orange likes to use the time away from SU for team bonding.

It can come in the form of a team sing-along with junior midfielder Martina Loncarica on the guitar and sophomore back Erika Wachter at the mic. Or it can come in the form of that pregame dance party that precedes every road contest.

“It’s something that they just do,” Bradley said. “You spend a lot of time together and you start thinking of stuff to do. We have a pretty funny group, a very funny group, and they just start doing fun things.”

And to Conrad, the road games are preparation. Preparation for a possible dance party to the year’s chief event: the final four in College Park, Md. “It’s always good to play somewhere else, play against someone else, and just get used to different fields,” Conrad said. “At the end of the season, when we want to be playing, we’re probably not going to be home, so just getting used to being on the road is a good thing.” rwmarfur@ syr.edu

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The Orange suffered its first loss of the season this past weekend, as it lost to Kent State on Saturday 2-1 in an overtime thriller. The loss put a damper on a promising weekend that started off with Syracuse (3-1) taking down No. 12 Ohio State (3-1). With the loss, the Orange dropped from No. 8 to No. 9 in the NFHCA Coaches Poll. Amy Kee, Lindsey Conrad and Maggie Befort all scored over the weekend, and freshman midfielder Leonie Geyer registered her team-best fourth assist of the year.

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Sharing goal for now, Anghel, Quinlan battle for starting spot

By Andrew Tredinnick Staff Writer

With the departure of Syracuse career saves leader Eliza Bennett-Hattan at the end of the 2009 season, the SU women’s soccer team was left with an empty net.

Six games into the 2010 season, the net is still not inhabited by one sole starter. Two players are vying to become Bennett-Hattan’s replacement. The competition is ongoing between freshman Brittany Anghel and sophomore Erin Quinlan.

“Obviously it’s been up in the air right now for whoever is going to come in and earn that spot and make it their own,” SU assistant coach Katie Ely said. “Obviously when you lose a four-year starter, that spot is open for whoever wants it.”

With the two, the net is not solidified. But Orange head coach Phil Wheddon is not worried regarding his goalie by committee.

Anghel and Quinlan have started games for Syracuse (1-3-2) early this season, creating the current uneasy decision-making process for Wheddon.

“They’re both doing very well,” Wheddon said. “They’ve made key saves when we needed them to make key saves. We’re still looking to see who’s going to win the race, if you will. But they’re both working very hard, and I’m very proud of their effort so far.”

At this point, Wheddon is debating whether or not to stick with his goalie platoon throughout the rest of the season.

Wheddon does not appear ready to choose

one goalie over the other. Anghel has been the only one to win a game, but also has a goal against average of 1.89, which is a point higher than Quinlan’s 0.9.

Anghel struggled this weekend, giving up seven goals on 17 shots on goal against quality opponents Washington and No. 4 Portland.

“We want someone to take charge, be a leader back there,” Ely said. “Organize our defenders. Help us in the counterattack, and their distribution, whether it’s from their hands or their feet.”

The stat line is always at the forefront of a team’s successes and failures. With Anghel and Quinlan, the coaches are looking for statistical improvement as the learning curve takes its course. That learning curve continues for the two young goalies. And the stats tell a part of their story.

Anghel has started in four of the six games for the Orange, posting a 1-2-1 record.

Quinlan made her debut during Syracuse’s opening game against William & Mary on Aug. 20, giving up just one goal but losing a 1-0 decision. She has a 0-1-1 record in her first two games.

“They’re a little nervous, obviously, and the pace of the game and decision making needs to be very, very quick on the collegiate level,” Wheddon said. “I think they both had an adjustment period, but hopefully that period is over, and they can settle down and play.”

Senior forward Megan Bellingham sees the position battle as an opportunity for players to maximize their potential. With a replacement

lurking, the player — in this case, the goalie — cannot get comfortable. The player must continually strive for better.

“You have to strive to push the person in front of you, even if you’re not going to make the field,” Bellingham said. “That’s what makes a good team great.”

The coaches may not like having to decide which candidate comes away with the starting job. The choice may give the team a different look, but it affects the efforts of the players, as well.

The Syracuse coaching staff now has the difficult task of choosing the right fit, but it may be for the team’s benefit.

No matter how long it takes.

“Both of them worked really hard this summer and put in a lot of time and effort through the preseason,” Ely said. “It’s been a good competition, definitely. It makes my job, Phil’s job, everyone’s job hard, to try and decide who it’s going to be.” adtredin@syr.edu

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game ended.

He went 17-for-27 for 229 yards with two touchdowns in his first game under center. Holmes, who started at cornerback for the first time after starting at free safety last season, registered six tackles to go along with a 57-yard defensive touchdown, resulting from the blocked field goal he ran back in the third quarter.

The touchdown, which saw the speedster Holmes — who is also the team’s starting punt returner — pull away effortlessly from three Zip defenders, provided the Orange with a 23-3 lead with fewer than five minutes left in the third quarter.

Live, and on film, the play lasts fewer than 15 seconds. But it is seconds full of errorless football on the part of the SU defense.

And it came on a special teams play for the corner. His performance seeped into that part of his game fans expected the least from: punt blocking. And the gunner from the flank rounded out his game with the defensive highlight from this past weekend.

On the Orange’s first- through third-down defense, Holmes was a part of that standout group at corner Marrone lauded.

Holmes partner in the secondary, Max Suter was equally impressed with Holmes and the cornerbacks play throughout the rest of the game. Suter is expecting the same this weekend against Heisman Trophy candidate and Washington quarterback Jake Locker.

“Our corners played lights out against Akron,” Suter said. “They have been playing lights out all summer, and those two corners that we have are awesome players. They are going to make plays for us, even with Locker. If

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our corners do what we are taught, we’re going to be fine.”

Akron’s receivers only gained 111 yards through the air. SU relinquished fewer yards through the air once last year — 104, in a 31-13 win over Rutgers. Just one Akron receiver caught more than two passes, Jeremy LaFrance with seven.

But Holmes did perform poorly in one aspect of his game Saturday. On punt returns, Holmes dropped one and failed to return another on kick interference.

As for improving that part of his Big East Player of the Week’s game, Marrone, once again, provided a succinct answer.

No tape needed.

Said Marrone: “We’ll address that during the week.”

Lichtenstein… or Krautman?

After Saturday’s game and at his weekly Monday press conference, Marrone declined to delve into the Orange’s situation at kicker. Heading into summer camp, returning sophomore starter Ryan Lichtenstein was slated to start for the Orange. But in the third week of camp, Lichtenstein left practice early after attempting just one field goal.

In the practices since, Krautman has kicked with the first team as Lichtenstein has been slow to come back. Marrone said SU was resting Lichtenstein throughout the end of camp and never named a starter at the position heading into the Akron game.

On Saturday, Krautman got the start and converted on a 47-yard field goal. He also missed an extra point and had another one fail due to a botched snap.

With the inconsistent performance from the freshman on Saturday, Marrone was asked Monday where the situation is currently. Mar-

rone said Lichtenstein is working his way back, but he said Krautman should be the starter come Washington Saturday in Seattle. “(Lichtenstein) is OK now,” Marrone said.

“But we’re happy where we are with Ross (Krautman), we’re happy with his kickoffs. … But right now, it should remain status quo unless something changes throughout the week.”

This and that

Monday, hinting many may start as soon as this season. Said Marrone: “Some may end up being starters.” … Marrone said on Monday that in preparation for the Huskies, the Orange will “make a lot of changes this week, practice-wise.” … The blocked field goal leading to Holmes’ touchdown was confirmed as Doug Hogue’s block. The block was originally credited to Chandler Jones. aolivero@syr.edu

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football

SU corners earn praise of Marrone

By Tony Olivero Asst. Sports Editor

Return of the Mac Through Marrone, MacPherson’s presence still felt within program

By Abram Brown

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Staff Writer

ix years into his tenure as football head coach, Dick MacPherson found a Long Island teenager to play wide receiver for him.

MacPherson redshirted the prospect, future Pro Bowler Rob Moore, and Moore sat the bench his first season. By the time spring practice rolled around the following March, Moore felt eager to play. That’s when, Moore believes, MacPherson planted a quote in a newspaper to inspire him — a quote that praised Moore, yet questioned his toughness.

“I remember it like it was yesterday,” Moore said recently, “because it was something that I think really was one of those defining moments in life.”

MacPherson coached Moore for three seasons at Syracuse and worked as the Orangemen’s head coach from 1981 to 1990. MacPherson’s time at SU

blossomed into a legacy. This summer, that legacy found a tangible form, with a plaque hanging in South Bend, Ind., as he accepted his induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.

At Syracuse, that legacy rests on what his players remember. It’s about the program that resurrected SU football, the life MacPherson built here and his roots to the program that still remains.

“I think they know we fell in love with Syracuse, and we tried to make it better,” MacPherson said last week.

In March 1987, Moore saw the planted quote for the first time when he came to Shaw Hall for breakfast.

He picked up a copy of The Post-Standard and found himself unable to put it back down.

He read the praise MacPherson gave him: that he represented the program’s best wide receiver prospect yet. Then he read the negative: his coach had wondered aloud if Moore

daily orange file photos dick macpherson led Syracuse to an undefeated 11-0-1 season in 1987. He was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in July. would go through “the brier patch” or whether he would simply stick to listening “to a cat sipping milk a hundred yards away.”

“What he was saying was, would I go across the middle and make the tough catches, or would I just be a guy who stayed on the outside and played it safe?” Moore said. “Everything Coach Mac said had a reason.

He didn’t just say things just to say them. Everything had a rhyme and a reason.”

From there, Moore tried to prove

that he would go for the hard catches.

He battled through MacPherson’s notoriously tough spring football practices and into the summer preseason camp — the kind of practices in which fainting linebackers received a cup of water, a shady place under a tree and then were expected to get back out there.

Moore earned quick vindication on the first play of the sixth game that next season. In a romp of Penn State, Moore caught an 80-yard touchdown see macpherson page 16

Doug Marrone is going to look at the tape. He has to. But that doesn’t mean the Syracuse head coach has to see errors from every unit during every single film session.

He doesn’t.

This week, Marrone was expecting to see few — if any — flaws in the Orange’s cornerback play from Saturday’s 29-3 win over Akron. He said as much Monday. His defensive flanks — including Big East Defensive Player of the Week Mike Holmes — were pretty much perfect.

“I don’t know if we’re going to find anything (wrong) on the tape in terms of how (the SU cornerbacks) played,” Marrone said. “There’ll be less to correct with them with the way the corners played in that game and the scheme that we were in, but everyone else has a chance to improve greatly.”

From a team standpoint, the Orange will be hard-pressed to improve upon the individual accolades it attained Monday. After the first week of the season, two Syracuse players were selected as the Big East Players of the Week. Sophomore quarterback Ryan Nassib was picked as the conference’s offensive player of the week, while Holmes was tabbed as the conference’s defensive player of the week.

It was the first time since 2004 the Orange won both the offensive and defensive weekly team awards. Last season, SU registered two winners in the same week when kicker Ryan Lichtenstein won the special teams award and current Tampa Bay Buccaneers No. 1 wide receiver Mike Williams won the offensive award.

And the dual-accomplishment within the same week came as a result of a simple variable for Marrone: winning.

“I think those things happen when you win,” Marrone said.

The win, the accolades and the performances came in just Holmes and Nassib’s first starts at their positions. Each didn’t hesitate in racking up numbers, even if those numbers were in facets of their game each was expected to provide the least in.

For Holmes, the senior’s highlight from Saturday came via a punt block.

For Nassib, the classic drop-back quarterback scampered for 58 yards, including a 45-yard run to the Akron one-yard line, just seconds before the see holmes page 18