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‘I WANT TO SEE YOUR HANDS UP’ Calvin Harris, Childish Gambino energize crowd at sold-out Juice Jam

Concert tickets benefit Aurora shooting victims

By Erik van Rheenen

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or a concert that’s been pockmarked by spurts of rain in recent years, the

only precipitation at Juice Jam came from perspiration in the pit and the occasional half-filled

By Meredith Newman

water bottle flung into the crowd

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The crowd of students at Skytop

as a makeshift projectile.

Sunday’s concert, which sold

Field on Sunday not only cheered

out its capacity of 8,500 tickets,

for the musical artists taking the

featured hip-hop group The

stage, but for recent Syracuse Uni-

Dean’s List, rapper Childish

versity graduate Stephen Barton, a

Gambino, electronic dance disc

survivor of this summer’s movie-

jockey Calvin Harris and unchar-

theater shooting in Aurora, Colo.

Barton announced that $1 from

acteristically sunny weather. Yet even when a brief swatch of storm clouds floated over the stage during Gambino’s set, the students SEE JUICE JAM PAGE 10

photos by sam maller | staff photographer CHILDISH GAMBINO, co-headliner of University Union’s ninth annual Juice Jam concert, performs with his touring band. He sang several songs from his full-length, debut album “Camp.” The artist also engaged the crowd by making use of his background in comedy and freestyle rapping.

every ticket sold to this year’s Juice Jam concert will be donated to an organization aiding victims SEE DONATIONS PAGE 4

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Dome sweet dome The SU community is saddened by the Carrier

Dalai dilemma University officials did not offer

How to succeed in business SU alumnus Trace Cohen launches his

Well-oiled machine Matt Barkley and USC overcame a slow start and

Dome hosting five football games. Page 3

enough student tickets. Page 5

second start-up in two years.Page 11

beat SU’s defense late in a 42-29 win. Page 16

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In a Sept. 6 article titled “After building support at home, SU looks to stay hot at home,” the teams Syracuse had overtime losses to last season was misstated. The overtime losses include Siena and Pittsburgh. The Daily Orange regrets these errors.

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Fans trek to NJ for SU game

By Marwa Eltagouri NEWS EDITOR

Syracuse University Athletics considered Saturday’s football game in New Jersey against the University of Southern California a “home” game, making the Carrier Dome host of just five of the team’s 12 football games this season.

It’s the lowest home-game total since 2004, and the shortage is not sitting well with the SU community.

“We hear that our fans don’t want to travel out of town,” said Bill Nester, a co-owner and manager of Manny’s, a long-time Marshall Street T-shirt business.

Saturday’s game in MetLife Stadium, which ABC broadcast and more than 200 accredited media outlets covered, resulted in large, national media exposure for SU’s football program.

But Marshall Street businesses pay the price of this exposure. For Manny’s, a college-gear business

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By Annemarie Menna CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Syracuse University Library launched a new, easily accessible search engine that transforms the way students and faculty carry out their research.

The new system, Summons, replaced Discover, the older version, in an effort to streamline the search process and allow quicker access to important resources.

“There is a difference between the information you find on the Internet and the resources the university purchases,” said Pamela McLaughlin, director of communications and external relations at SU Library.

She said she hopes the new search engine will encourage and help students to utilize the scholarly information SU has to offer.

With Discover, searching for material was overwhelming for students who were unsure of where

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andrew renneisen | photo editor LIZARDO REYES AND DRUSILA RIVAS, a freshman communications and rhetorical studies major and a sophomore broadcast and digital journalism major, respectively, watch as Syracuse allows a touchdown. The Orange took on the No. 2 USC Trojans at MetLife Stadium.

Despite high attendance, Juice Jam has minimal crime

By Meredith Newman ASST. COPY EDITOR

No crime or major incidents occurred at Sunday’s Juice Jam concert, said Tony Callisto, chief of the Department of Public Safety.

The concert featured the electronic dance music disc jockey Calvin Harris, rapper Childish Gambino and hip-hop

group The Dean’s List. The concert set a record for the highest-selling Juice Jam concert University Union has organized, selling 8,500 tickets.

Juice Jam took place at Skytop Field on South Campus. Before entering the concert, security patted students down and checked their bags.

“We’ve been pretty busy,” said

Kaitlyn McMurray, an EMT for Syracuse University Ambulance. “It’s what’s to be expected from a concert from this size.”

McMurray said EMTs were stationed throughout the concert in case students needed assistance. She added that the protocol for EMTs hasn’t changed much in recent years.

Carl Hawley, a DPS officer, said despite the large attendance of students, DPS’s security measures haven’t changed.

“This year has been pretty good,” Hawley said. “We’ve been checking students for anything suspicious, but haven’t run into any problems.” mhnewman@syr.edu

Concert tickets sell out One World tickets to go on sale to general public in less than 90 minutes

By Dylan Segelbaum ASST. COPY EDITOR

Discounted student tickets for the Oct. 9 One World Concert at Syracuse University, featuring a public talk by the Dalai Lama, sold out in less than 90 minutes on Friday.

At around 3:20 p.m., an hour and 20 minutes after the tickets went on sale, students looking to purchase tickets on Ticketmaster’s website received a message reading, “Sorry, no exact matches were found, but other tickets may still be available on Ticketmaster.com.”

By Jessica Iannetta

Tickets went on sale at 2 p.m. Friday.

Chuck Merrihew, vice president of administration and engagement of advancement and external affairs at SU, was able to confirm the discounted tickets had sold out.

An email detailing ticket availability was sent out to all SU and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students on Thursday. There were approximately 5,000 tickets available at a $25 discounted price. dmsegelb@syr.edu

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One World Concert tickets will be available for the general public to purchase Monday at 10 a.m.

Ticket prices range from $35 to $55, and Gold Circle section tickets for the first few rows are $200. The tickets will be available at ticket-

IF YOU GO

What: One World Concert Where: Carrier Dome When: Oct. 9, 7 p.m.

How much: $35-$55

master.com, Ticketmaster outlets, the Carrier Dome Box Office and by phone at 888-DOMETIX. The Oct. 9 concert will consist of a public talk by the Dalai Lama and a festival-style concert in the Carrier Dome featuring more than 20 musical artists.

Proceeds from ticket sales will help fund a new scholarship named for Bassel Al Shahade, a Syracuse University graduate student killed in Syria. jliannet@syr.edu

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of the shooting, which took place July 20 during a midnight premiere of “The Dark Knight Rises.” A shooter killed 12 people and wounded 58 others in the attack.

Barton was among the injured victims.

“I would love to see Juice Jam as a charitable concert. It’s a great tradition for the future and really adds to the show.”

Lindsey Colegrove

UNIVERSIT Y UNION PRESIDENT

“The timing of the tragedy coincided with the planning of Juice Jam,” said Ken Consor, director of concerts for University Union.

“Stephen was a big factor in why we decided to donate the proceeds. It hit close to home.”

Barton, who was shot in the neck, face and arm, was involved in selecting the organization where donations would be made, Consor said.

The ninth-annual Juice Jam sold 8,500 tickets, setting a record for the highest-selling Juice Jam concert UU has organized.

UU and Barton decided on the Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance, an organization committed to restoring balance and healing into the lives of crime victims and their families, according to its website. All of the donations currently being made to COVA go directly to the Aurora victims and their

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families. The donations help pay for victims’ airfare, rental cars and emergency fund situations, according to its website.

“Stephen knew better than we would on how to help the Aurora victims,” said Lindsey Colegrove, UU president.

This is not the first year that UU has donated proceeds from Juice Jam to charity.

Last year’s Juice Jam concert took place on Sept. 11, so UU decided to donate some of the concert’s proceeds to SU’s chapter of the Better Together for 9/11 initiative.

“I would love to see Juice Jam as a charitable concert,” said Colegrove, a senior public relations and information management and technology major. “It’s a great tradition for the future and really adds to the show.”

Barton made a surprise appearance at Juice Jam to inform SU students of the donation. Barton, who gave the student commencement speech in May, thanked the cheering crowd for all the support the SU community has given him during the past few months.

“After what happened to me, I realized that you have to live life to the fullest,” Barton told the crowd. “And, I can’t think of a better thing to do on a Sunday afternoon than to listen to Calvin Harris.” mhnewman@syr.edu

SOLD OUT University Union’s ninth annual Juice Jam concert sold out all 8,500 tickets on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at 1:30 p.m., four days before the concert. The concert, featuring electronic dance music disk jockey Calvin Harris, rapper Childish Gambino and hip-hop act The Dean’s List, set a record for the highest-selling Juice Jam concert UU has put on.

Cantor says higher education is facing existential crisis

By Dylan Segelbaum ASST. COPY EDITOR

In an opinion piece for The Huffington Post on Wednesday, Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor argued universities are facing an existential crisis and should be more responsive to the needs of the public.

She noted times of crises can inspire “growth and creativity,” citing historic examples such as the Morrill Act of 1862, which established land-grant universities.

Cantor said President Abraham Lincoln and Vermont Sen. Justin Morrill — who wrote the bill — did so in hopes that it would spur prosperity and educational opportunity in the United States.

“This decidedly optimistic ref lection of higher education’s promise is still alive today, and many people are beginning to remind us that in the contemporary context of divisive politics and contested and unequal prosperity, higher education needs to step to the plate, barn-raising once again,” Cantor said in the article.

The media often paints higher education as a “necessary evil,” she said, because while it is often necessary for job opportunities, college is characterized by high costs, low productivity and sustaining privilege in society.

Cantor said an approach combining examining costs and serving the public is needed.

If the primary focus of college is cost, community colleges would serve as vocational schools for the growing number of students from low-income backgrounds that attended under-funded public schools, while four-year institutions would become even more selective, she said.

Community colleges can be great starting places for success, but such an approach would be far from ideal if selective colleges continue to only educate those who are already the most prepared, she said.

“From a pure productivity perspective, this clarification of purpose in higher education might be highly effective, even if it would perpetuate a legacy of separate and unequal education, as a Century Foundation task force has recently pointed out,” Cantor said.

She suggests universities focus on cultivating different groups of students, instead of accepting people with “high SATs and hoping they are still smart when they leave.” This is critical for social mobility in a time when the nation’s demographics are shifting, she said.

“The stakes couldn’t be higher,” Cantor said. “If we don’t change the fate of our metropolitan communities, and instead continue to waste a larger and larger share of our nation’s talent pool, we can’t succeed by any measure of productivity.” dmsegelb@syr.edu

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Conventions set stage for election, focus on job market

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n the last two weeks, America has witnessed both the Democratic and Republican national conventions.

The speeches have given the American people a choice in the country’s direction. While the two leaders may disagree on the issues, their speeches did little to assure the American public that actual progress could be made on major issues facing the country.

Former President Bill Clinton placed the blame for dissatisfaction with government on Republicans. In his DNC speech, he said, “Though I often disagree with Republicans, I actually never learned to hate them the way the far right that now controls their party seems to hate our president and a lot of other Democrats.”

During Clinton’s speech, he recounted instances in which he has worked with Republicans. He said, “What works in the real world is cooperation.”

One year ago, Barack Obama made a plea to Congress to pass the American Jobs Act. He appealed to the public to pass the act, which would invest in public sector jobs and infrastructure.

The act would have raised taxes on the wealthy to fund these projects.

Many of Obama’s plans have been rejected by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and blocked in the Senate. His plans have merit, but will not be passed without more bipartisan support. In his acceptance speech at the DNC, he made little mention of the way he would put his plans into action.

Mitt Romney’s plans to cut taxes on high-income individuals to create job growth are plans Republicans can endorse and support. For these plans to be implemented, both sides will need to be satisfied. American democracy does not function if no compromise between parties exists.

Romney spoke about the success he had in business during his speech. He said, “The president has disappointed America because he hasn’t led America in the right direction. He took office without the basic qualification that most Americans have and one that was essential to his task. He had almost no

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to the left, to the left experience working in a business. Jobs to him are about government.”

Some voters believe Romney’s experience qualifies him to be president. If Romney intends to run the government like a business, he will be disappointed.

Government is run for the collective good of the people — not for a profit. In business, leaders can more authority over a company. In government, leaders collaborate to pass legislation.

Romney’s plan for job growth, like Obama’s, has features which will not attract support from the opposing side.

He wants North American energy independence at the cost of damaging the environment by expanding utilization of oil and coal. He also plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with a plan that does not solve the nation’s healthcare problem.

Re-electing Obama or electing Romney will not instantly solve the nation’s problems. Even though the two have different visions, their visions are meaningless if they cannot act on them. Their plans will be unrealized unless they find a way to collaborate between the opposing sides.

If Americans value a government that can improve job growth, they must elect a leader who can compromise.

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Too few One World tickets sold to students Although students were offered discounted presale tickets for the One World Concert on Friday, the number of tickets available — 5,000 —was too low.

To put the number of tickets in perspective, 8,500 tickets were available for Sunday’s Juice Jam, which sold out and was the largest Juice Jam concert to date. Last spring, 12,000 tickets were available for Block Party. Those events are run by University Union.

The One World Concert features more artists than most concerts at Syracuse University, and the Dalai Lama will speak, as well. A total of 30,000 tickets are available for the event, and though students can purchase tickets in the general sale, more tickets should have been made available to just students.

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EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board The 5,000 discounted tickets sold out in less than 90 minutes on Friday. On Saturday, university officials made more tickets available for student purchase, but they were no longer at the student-discount price and were also available to alumni, faculty, staff and athletics donors.

Regardless, students who really want to see the Dalai Lama will most likely spend the extra money and make the effort to purchase tickets.

But the university should have worked harder to open this opportunity to students.

While there were not enough tickets made available for solely stu-

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dents, the move to limit students to purchase one ticket only during the presale was a positive. The tickets were loaded directly onto the students’ SUIDs, the same way season tickets are placed on IDs for football and men’s basketball games.

Taking this step will cut down on the number of tickets scalped and allow more students to enjoy the event. No one student can buy multiple tickets and prevent others from purchasing one.

The one-ticket limit is good for students, but university officials should have done more to extend the opportunity to attend such a landmark event to more students.

The brisk timeframe in which the discounted tickets sold out indicates this, as well.

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Running on dairy SUNY-ESF to turn butter sculpture into biodiesel fuel

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By Jessica Iannetta ASST. NEWS EDITOR

he fairgrounds, which played host to The Great New York State Fair for 12 days, has undergone its yearly transformation.

The butter sculpture will now do the same.

The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry has turned the iconic butter sculpture into biodiesel for the past four years to power its vehicle fleet, according to its website.

The sculpture, housed in the dairy building, is the centerpiece of the 12-day New York State Fair and acts as a tribute to New York state’s dairy farmers, according to the website.

This year’s sculpture was carved out of 800 pounds of butter and incorporated the themes of Greek yogurt and the Olympics, according to an Aug. 22 WSYR-TV article.

The sculpture depicted two children and a cow in a toga standing around a yogurt bowl carrying torches and wearing medals.

The butter is converted into biodiesel at a production facility on ESF’s campus. It takes a week to convert the butter sculpture to biodiesel.

First, the butter is clarified in order to remove water and milk proteins and separate out the triglycerides. The triglycerides are then split in a reactor to create biodiesel. About nine pounds of butter are needed to make a gallon of biodiesel, according to the website.

Thirty-seven percent of ESF’s vehicle fleet currently runs on some form of renewable energy, including biodiesel, according to the website.

Jessica Bohn, biodiesel production manager at ESF, could not be reached for comment.

The biodiesel program began in 2006, when used fry oil from Sadler Hall was first converted to biodiesel, Christopher Nomura, a chemistry professor at ESF, said in an email.

In 2008, Nomura said the American Dairy Council approached ESF President Neil Murphy about turning the sculpture into biodiesel. jliannet@syr.edu

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to look. Summons is designed to pinpoint specific data for efficient results, McLaughlin said.

The layout of the new search engine appears similar to the search engine Google, a familiar tool for students and faculty. A student can type his or her query into the search bar or use the Advanced Search to obtain more specific results, she said.

Results are automatically listed by relevancy. Students can refine searches through the options listed, by selecting particular content types, excluding articles, narrowing publication dates and locations, and choosing subject terms, McLaughlin said.

Students also have the ability to save results

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and return to them for more information, links and citation formats. New additions to Summons will be accessible as the vendor makes them available, she said.

Summons is able to index the entire SU catalog, which consists of more than 500 online databases and 80,000 electronic journals, scholarly articles, government documents, books and eBooks, newspapers, manuscripts and interactive media, such as video and audio recording, according to an Aug. 20 SU Library news release.

Rare, expensive materials and books once overlooked by students are now more accessible, McLaughlin said.

Students are not the only ones that must adapt to the new system, though. The SU librarians were the first on campus to use Summons and were among the first to be trained to navigate the store of data, McLaughlin said.

Maggie Teschler, a freshman in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, said she worries that the hands-off nature of Summons may distance the student from the personal input of a librarian.

But she still sees Summons as a great improvement.

“It’s infinitely helpful to have a smaller, more concise database,” Teschler said. “And it saves paper, which is cool.”

McLaughlin said she hopes Summons will create a more independent, accessible research experience for the student in an updated environment. So far, she said, responses have been positive.

“We’ve had a lot of good feedback,” McLaughlin said. “People have been tweeting about it.”

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that thrives off out-of-towners coming in for game days, home games at the Dome bring in crowds — about ten times as many customers as usual.

Though there was a bit of a rush at Manny’s the day before the USC game, it wasn’t the same as the “good days,” Nester said.

“We just wish the games would stay here,” he said. “They have a great facility here, they spend a lot of money on the Dome and it’s good for the fans, too.”

Sue Edson, assistant director of athletic communications at SU, told The Post-Standard in a Sept. 8 article that the MetLife home game is a chance for SU’s football team to play in an NFL stadium, which helps with future recruiting.

“I’d rather have it here in Syracuse. People travel up here just for that reason.”

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She also said more games would be played in the Dome if not for last-minute scheduling conflicts, such as Texas Christian University joining the Big 12 rather than the Big East.

But it’s tough on the student fans.

Kayla Bill, a sophomore health and exercise science major who considers herself a big SU football fan, traveled down to New Jersey for Saturday’s game. She said she had never been to a football game in a stadium that large.

But she also said traveling that far for a home game was tiring, and that she isn’t sure she could regularly make the trip.

“That will depend on how far and how much money I would have to spend because of college student syndrome,” she said.

SU has a large fan base in New York City, and the SU community had the opportunity to experience a home game in the New York metro area, and then enjoy the city for the weekend.

But for some SU alumni residing in New York, SU football and the New York City experience shouldn’t mix.

“I’d rather have it here in Syracuse,” said Matthew Lum, a 2012 graduate visiting campus for the weekend. “People travel up here just for that reason.”

Nicole Roberts, also a 2012 graduate residing in New York City, doesn’t think it’s fair to the students, either.

Said Roberts: “When I go to a Syracuse football game, I want to be in the Dome.” meltagou@syr.edu —Asst. News Editor Casey Fabris contributed reporting to this article

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Feel the beat

Electronic, hip-hop music fuel energetic crowd

(FROM TOP) CALVIN HARRIS, a Scottish DJ, drops the beat in front of a sold-out crowd. Harris is most famous for his hit single, “Feel So Close,” and his collaboration with Rihanna, “We Found Love.” Though Harris didn’t talk to the audience as often as his co-headliner, Childish Gambino, he put on an elaborate light show. The jam-packed concert took place on a sunny day, uncharacteristic for the annual Juice Jam, which previously has been held in unfortunate weather conditions. The concert took place at Skytop Field on South Campus. SEE PAGE 10

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How to incorporate New York Fashion Week into your own wardrobe

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n order to truly enjoy the wonder and charm of New York’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, one must ferociously embody the spirit of whimsical fabrics, evening gowns and the enthusiasm of the fashion gods themselves.

Mr. Jason Wu, I’m looking at you — or rather, your cosmic get-ups.

Now I’m not talking about sashaying across campus with your hair sleeked back and your eyebrows whitened out like you’re Kate Moss in 1999.

I’m talking about indulging in the little touches, the pieces that can take an outfit from simple to sophisticated, from girly to glamorous.

It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the risky outfits and outrageous designs some designers put on the runway this weekend. Take, for example, Tibi’s boxy, oversized dresses, or Thakoon’s bird-embroidered blouses. Think of it as a way of throwing it all out there for aspiring young trendsetters to pick and choose at their own liking. One could also look at it as a way for fashion designers to flaunt their luxurious pieces in a broke student’s tear-stained face, but that’s territory better left untouched. Since Fashion Week began, several versatile pieces are now catching the eyes of fashionable ladies across the country.

Let’s talk about floral pieces. The trend has hit its all-time high, especially since opening weekend on campus showed floral-flaunting at its best.

From sneakers to clutches to the classic summer dress, it’s print galore out there. This week’s runways showed the versatile print in another form: needlepoint. Think of Grandma’s favorite carpet or tablecloth in the form of a skirt. Doesn’t sound too appealing, right? However, the embroidered

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ironically obsessed with florals patterns have recently made waves at Dolce & Gabbana and are about to take over the handbag section at your favorite boutique. It’s as simple as adding a hair band or clutch to your wardrobe.

You’ll be ready for the runway and bingo night all in the same outfit.

If bingo night doesn’t fit your schedule of extracurricular activities, though, take leather as your ticket to wilder, more adventurous activities.

After spending a year in bright-colored bottoms, designers are trying to make things a little more black and white. From Alexander Wang’s strategically-placed cutouts to Jason Wu’s leather skirts and brassiere-style tops, leather has moved from wild child appeal to chic status. Replacing your favorite bandage skirt or go-to party top with shiny leather material can produce the same effects for your night-out wardrobe. Wiping off the spilled drink from your newly added leather has never been easier.

Now, if you’re looking for a little risk taking in the outfit arena, the most difficult style to pull off this season won’t be the tantalizing fishnet stockings or the animal-print action. It’ll be the trend that will, quite literally, choke most fashionistas out of their element. Yes, we’re talking turtlenecks here.

From Jill Stuart to Billy Reid, designer collections showed the evolution from the lace Peter Pan collars we saw throughout the year to the buttoned-up collars inhabiting this week’s runways. With Syracuse winter weather appearing on savvy shoppers’ radars, picking up some highcollared jackets and sweaters won’t take much extra effort. However, resist the urge to go for a basic, long-sleeved turtleneck. Leave the collars of your outermost layers for a classier look.

For shoppers across the globe, New York Fashion Week is a first look at what will define the coming year in trends and style. With just a few days left of even more hullabaloo, it’s important to take it all in, step by step. Adding simple yet defining pieces to any outfit can create the perfect canvas for adventurous, new forays in the fashion arena.

Daisy Becerra is a junior magazine journalism major. Her column appears every other Monday.

She can be reached at dsbecerr@syr.edu.

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piled together in the pit for a closer glance at the comedy star turned rapper.

“He’s great,” said Divya Malkani, a junior advertising major. “Heartbeat is my favorite song of his.”

Donning a jaunty black beanie, Gambino stormed the stage with his touring band for a performance of “Outside,” the opener from his debut, full-length album, “Camp.” Emotively flailing his hands and gesturing for the crowd to sing the track’s chorus, Gambino idly chatted up the crowd between songs.

“You’ve got some pretty girls here,” he said to a roar of love-struck shouts.

He rattled off a clip of hits in rapid succession, including “Fire Fly” and “Freaks and Geeks,” while his lyrics flashed by on the LED screen, serving as the backdrop of the stage. His touring band flaunted its versatility: Musicians who played guitar for songs like “Heartbeat” picked up violins for “All the Shine” and “L.E.S.” Gambino showed flashes of his comedy styling, engaging the crowd in witty banter from making a roll call of girls in attendance to draping a plain white T-shirt over his head for an a cappella, freestyle rap, featuring the line, “I go too H.A.M. at Juice Jam.” “I’m looking at the crowd, and it’s like, is there grass here?” he asked.

He wrapped up his set with a smattering of tracks from his latest mixtape, “Royalty.”

Steve G. Lover, who contributed a few verses to the mixtape, joined Gambino on stage for songs like “One Up” and “Unnecessary.”

“He was amazing,” Malkani said. “The set was so good and he put on an awesome performance.”

After Gambino’s exit, as the crew put together the stage for Calvin Harris, University Union concert director Ken Consor announced that $1 from each of the tickets sold would go to support victims of the July 20 Aurora, Colo. movie-theater shooting. The crowd erupted in cheers.

Prior to Gambino’s set, The Dean’s List opened the show, with rapper Sonny Shotz lamenting his decision to wear a black shirt onstage.

That offbeat, often deadpan humor pervaded The Dean’s List’s high-octane set. At one point, Shotz laughed after telling concertgoers to take out their lighters for a song.

“Never mind, it’s daytime. Put the cell phones away,” he said with a chuckle.

A few new tracks from the newly renamed group, now officially known as The King’s Dead, also made their concert debut.

“We’d just like to move on from some of our old songs,” DJ Mendoza, the Dean’s List producer, who sat perched behind his laptop, said in an interview before the show. “We really like playing new songs live.”

Although the headliners didn’t premiere any brand-new songs, their mixes of fan favorites and deeper cuts kept the party going.

Harris’ setup mirrored Kaskade’s from Block Party 2012: Both had a jumbo-sized DJ stand equipped with video screens.

The DJ, who wore only one headphone over his ear, quickly announced himself to the crowd before dropping a reverberating electronic beat.

“If you’re feeling good right now, I want to see your hands up,” said Harris, wooing the crowd with a thick Scottish accent.

The DJ didn’t engage verbally with the crowd much, instead preferring to let his mixes do the talking. He scripted the crowd’s movements, orchestrating timely handclaps and fist-pumps, while bouncing back and forth behind the booth. The audience worked themselves into a euphoric frenzy.

Though Harris’ set was heavy on his own chart-toppers, including Rihanna collaboration “We Found Love,” he spliced other artists’ hits into his set list, weaving in Swedish House Mafia’s “Save the World” and Daft Punk’s “Around the World.”

“Enjoy the rest of your Sunday, and take care of yourselves,” Harris yelled over the crowd.

After his farewell, he continued playing for another 15 minutes before winding down his pulse-pounding beats. Students shouted for Harris to continue even after he stepped off stage.

Like Harris’ extended outro, the ninthannual Juice Jam felt like a concert that none of the 8,500 attendees wanted to leave early. ervanrhe@syr.edu

Q&A with The Dean’s List

By Erik van Rheenen ASST. FEATURE EDITOR

Before playing its opening set for Calvin Harris and Childish Gambino on Sunday, hip-hop group The Dean’s List sat down with The Daily Orange to talk about undergoing a name change, their upcoming album and playing new songs live.

The Daily Orange: Why did you guys decide to change your name from The Dean’s List to The King’s Dead?

DJ Mendoza: We were never too fond of The Dean’s List. The branding caught on, but the name definitely put us in a box, and people thought we’d be making really fratty music.

We’ve been evolving musically.

Sonny Shotz: The king kind of represents the mainstream and everyday way of thinking, which is kind of dead. We don’t want to write radio songs because a lot of what’s on the radio isn’t what we want to do as artists.

The D.O.: How have fans reacted to the name change?

Mendoza: People were kind of confused when we switched names on Twitter, but it hasn’t been too bad. It’s still us, just under a different name then The Dean’s List.

Shotz: I wish I could tell you where we came

up with the name The Dean’s List. We never put too much thought into it.

The D.O.: What can you tell me about your new album, “Jerusalem”?

Mendoza: I’ve really been into Middle-Eastern music, and there’s a lot of influence there.

Shotz: It’s just epic, since Jerusalem is the holiest city in the world. We wanted it to sound like that.

Mendoza: We worked on it a lot over the summer after we put out “Generation X.” We try to pump out two projects a year, since summer and winter are good times to work on music. It has 18 tracks and we’re really excited about it.

The D.O.: What’s it like playing a show with Childish Gambino and Calvin Harris?

Mendoza: It’s cool when you get to play shows with artists you really respect. I’m a fan of Gambino. My little brother actually almost came for this concert because he loves him on “Community.”

The D.O.: Do you ever get tired of playing some of your older songs?

Mendoza: Yes. (Laughs.) It’s good to see appreciation for them, but we just want to move on from some of the old songs. But since fans expect us to play some of them, we still do. ervanrhe@syr.edu

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PASS & PLAY “Slender”

Platforms: PC, Mac (Free)

COUCH CO-OP “Spelunky”

Platform: Xbox 360 ($15) “Spelunky” hates its players. Furthermore, it makes its players hate each other. It’s essentially an “Indiana Jones” simulator full of randomly generated temple ruins, hostile jungles and booby-trapped caves. The randomness, though, breeds some punishing levels. The futility of it really transforms the four-player “cooperative” mode. “Throw a rope for your friends to climb on” quickly becomes “Pick up your friends and throw them onto spikes.”

Even in death, their ghosts can still push you into enemies or, heaven forbid, aggravate the shotgun-toting shopkeepers. Deathmatch mode encourages bad behavior even more. Smaller levels and more bombs make everyone a loser.

Don’t get me wrong, though. It’s all demonic fun. Just make sure to plan a good Zen activity for when you’re done.

You’re alone in a park. It’s dark, all you have is a flashlight and there is a tall, faceless man in a suit right behind you. This storyline, based on the Internet myth of Slender Man, tasks you with finding eight hastily scrawled notes. Each note collected builds up the tension, adding layers to the ominous music and making the Slender Man faster. As he gets closer, video static starts to fill your screen, and if you catch a glimpse of him, a hard piano sting will make you jump out of your seat. Challenge your friends to see who can find the most notes; my record is six. Each run lasts about 15 minutes, but the terror lasts forever.

“McPixel”

Platforms: PC, Mac, Linux ($10), iOS, Android ($3)

“McPixel” throws you into a scene without context. All you know is that you have 20 seconds to stop a bomb from going off. None of the situations make any sense. Click on the copier?

McPixel makes a copy of his butt. Use the bone on the cow? McPixel has relations with the cow.

Give a candle to Buddha? Buddha sneezes, causing the bomb to fall out the window. Every bit of it is entirely inexplicable, but the intentionally inferior graphics, almost-annoying music and overall ridiculousness will certainly keep you entertained. The creator’s promise to add free content is just a bonus. Have your friends yell out solution ideas; it’s not like they’ll be any dumber than the correct one.

FARAWAY FRIENDS “Team Fortress 2”

Platforms: PC, Mac (Free) This 5-year-old game just gets better with age.

The mercenary fighting game has been free to play since last year, and the most recent free update adds a new “Mann vs. Machine” mode, allowing up to six players to work together, fending off an army of robots. It also doubles as a great way to learn the game without getting destroyed by those who have been playing for half a decade.

Medics and engineers can do a lot to support their teammates while scouts and soldiers rush into battle. Play with your friends from back home, or just gather a bunch of laptops. With nine different classes to play as, hundreds of items to unlock and exactly zero dollars standing in your way, there’s no excuse not to try it.

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By Trevor Hass STAFF WRITER

Syracuse’s offense continues to roll.

The Orange has scored four or more goals in three consecutive games after only doing so once last season.

After scoring 20 SYRACUSE 5 goals in 2011, Syracuse ST. BONAVENTURE 0 has recorded 15 in the past three games and has pushed its overall tally to 19.

Following a 6-0 pummeling of Colgate and a 4-0 win over NJIT, the Orange (5-1) continued its sizzling start to the season with a 5-0 win over St. Bonaventure on Sunday afternoon.

While the Orange’s offense is scoring at a dizzying pace, the defense has locked down on nearly every opponent.

“To go on the road and get two shutouts is great,” SU head coach Ian McIntyre said in a phone interview. “That’s the foundation of our team. They showed a willingness to put their body on the line.”

McIntyre says that St. Bonaventure was

aggressive early on and kept the Orange in check to start the game.

“It was closer than a 5-0 score line,” he said.

“They came out and they frustrated us early on. We weathered that storm and then caught a couple of late goals. I’m very proud of the boys over the whole tournament.”

Syracuse took a 1-0 lead in the 26th minute when Stefanos Stamoulacatos scored his first career goal off a pass from Louis Clark.

Lars Muller pushed the margin to two in the 37th minute off a cross from Ted Cribley.

Muller added a second goal less than three minutes later, this time off a pass from Stamoulacatos.

Alex Bono posted his fourth shutout in six games for Syracuse, while Tony Asante scored his team-leading fifth goal. Ted Cribley pushed the lead to five with a goal in the 76th minute.

SU travels to Las Vegas to face the University of Nevada Las Vegas and Cal State Fullerton in the UNLV Nike Invitational, which starts Friday night. tbhass@syr.edu

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Syracuse field hockey picks up 2 wins on road trip to New England Syracuse extended its perfect season with two New England wins.

The No. 2 Orange (5-0) used second-half goals to break a tie in both games, beating No. 24 University of New Hampshire on Friday and capturing a shutout over No. 12 Boston University on Sunday.

Gillian Pinder scored an unassisted goal at 8:25 in the first half, but UNH’s Meg Flatley answered at 9:33. The teams entered halftime tied 1-1, but the Wildcats (2-3) struck first in the second half. Megan Bozek pushed UNH ahead 2-1 in the 46th minute.

Trailing late in the second half, Iona Holloway connected with Lauren Brooks to tie the game with 5:48 remaining.

Freshman Alyssa Manley notched her first career collegiate goal with an assist from Alyssa Murray with less than a minute remaining in regulation as the Orange recorded the 3-2 win and outshot the Wildcats 18-5.

In its second game of the road trip, Syracuse downed BU 2-0. After a scoreless first half, Jordan Page scored for SU 58 minutes into the game. Russell followed that up just 59 seconds later for her third goal in five games.

SU opens its Big East schedule against Villanova at home on Friday at 4 p.m.

Women’s soccer Syracuse split a pair of games at the Black Knight Classic in West Point, N.Y. The Orange (3-3-1) defeated Long Island (1-4) on Friday 2-1 with a last-minute goal by freshman Erin Simon to break the tie and secure a Syracuse victory. SU’s second game against Army (4-4) was close until the end, but the Black Knights prevailed 1-0.

The Orange plays at home for the first time in nearly two weeks to begin Big East play

against UConn (4-2-1) at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Volleyball Syracuse won two of its three matches at the Iowa State Challenge in Ames, Iowa, last weekend. The Orange (5-5) rebounded in Iowa after dropping four straight matches at the Bluejay Invitational a week earlier.

The Orange came out strong in its first match Friday against Iowa, taking a 2-1 lead, but the Hawkeyes came back to win 3-2.

SU defeated Eastern Washington in straight sets in its second match on Friday.

The 3-0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-19) win marked the end of a five-game losing streak. Syracuse then defeated No. 18 Iowa State in five sets to earn an impressive upset.

The Orange returns home for the week before traveling to Buffalo on Friday for the Blue and White Classic. Syracuse starts play in the University of Buffalo’s tournament against Hartford at 4:30 p.m. Friday.

Cross country Carrying momentum from strong performances in the season-opening Harry Lang Invitational, Syracuse traveled to Hanover, N.H., for the Dartmouth Invitational this weekend.

In the second invitational of the season, the No. 12 men’s cross country team made a statement and placed first with eight harriers in the Top 10. The No. 9 women’s team placed third.

In her first race of the season, senior Sarah Pagano was the top performer for the Orange, coming in seventh place with 21:38.70.

The Orange will have a weekend off before competing at the Toledo Bubble Buster on Sept. 21.

—Compiled by The Daily Orange Sports staff, sports@dailyorange.com

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against an elite program all in the name of more exposure that ultimately won’t matter.

The Trojans struggled early on, but clicked like we all knew they would in the second half. Quarterback Matt Barkley threw for six touchdowns, and wide receivers Robert Woods and Marqise Lee burned SU’s secondary for five of them.

USC head coach Lane Kiffin credited Syracuse for a good game, but he also said the atmosphere didn’t exactly make for a high-intensity game — a stark contrast to the packed stadiums the Trojans normally play in.

“I thought they (USC) did a really good job for a game that is not real easy to play,” Kiffin said. “First off, the East Coast, the two days, NFL stadium, not much attendance, lower than I think people thought, so there wasn’t a whole

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Southern California. The Orange (0-2) stuck with the Trojans (2-0) for three quarters, but the team couldn’t overcome the offense’s slow start in a 42-29 loss at MetLife Stadium on Saturday night.

When it was over, Syracuse had a four-hour trip home to consider how the early interceptions, dropped passes and inconsistency on offense derailed its upset bid.

“We’ve got to start faster. You could sit there and say it was another great performance, it was great this and that, but that’s coming in the second half,” offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett said. “We’ve got to do that right out of

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lot of energy, and then the delay — so, a lot of reasons why they could’ve not performed well.”

Lack of attendance. Lack of energy. Not exactly the type of environment SU was hoping for.

And the weather delay of more than an hour while lightning storms and possible tornadoes passed through? Wouldn’t have happened at a true SU home game.

This game wasn’t a part of non-student, season-ticket packages, so Syracuse fans had to buy separate tickets just to make the four-hour trip to MetLife Stadium. To make fans shell out more money to make the trip in a tough economic climate to see their own team seems unfair, to say the least.

But Syracuse relied on some of those fans making the trip and hoped its alumni base in the New York City area would come out to MetLife to watch the Orange.

That didn’t happen.

Next season, SU will play Penn State at the

Meadowlands. If fans didn’t come out to see Syracuse play the No. 2 team in the country, they won’t want to come out to see a Nittany Lions team that’s a shell of its former self.

After the game Saturday, SU head coach Doug Marrone couldn’t discuss the benefit of the extra exposure. The loss stung and clouded any positives.

“Now it’s hard for me to answer that question,” Marrone said. “And I think it’s a great question. During the week, we talked about the recruiting, the venue. Right now, it’s hard for me to answer that question the way I would have during the week because I’m hurt about the outcome.”

That’s because, when all is said and done, it’s still a loss regardless of any increased exposure.

But this game could’ve been a win against almost any other team.

Syracuse remained competitive with USC for much of the game. But in the end, Southern

California’s talent was simply too much to beat.

The Trojans are ranked No. 2 and a national champion favorite for a reason.

If Syracuse played any other out-of-conference team in the Carrier Dome, it’s reasonable to assume the Orange could be 1-1 right now, given the way it played Saturday.

“We did win the moral victory; at the end of the day, everyone has wins and losses,” SU wide receiver Alec Lemon said. “We can play with the best out there and we feel confident going on the rest of the year.”

The way Syracuse coaches and players spoke after the game, it was as if the goal was to stick with the Trojans. And if Syracuse fails to make a bowl game by one win again, this game will hover as a mistake for a second-straight year.

Moral victories won’t earn bowl berths.

the gate, and I think that’s the biggest thing now is, ‘let’s just go.’”

Hackett said there wasn’t an extra emphasis on scoring early because the opponent was USC. That’s simply part of the game plan, regardless of who’s on the other sideline. But against the Trojans, a team that would capitalize on any mistake, it could have changed the game.

Especially on a day when USC was sluggish early.

On Syracuse’s third play of the game, Trojans linebacker Dion Bailey intercepted a Nassib pass. Then, on the second play of the Orange’s next drive, wide receiver Marcus Sales had a pass slip right through his hands.

Syracuse’s ensuing possession ended with a three-and-out after wide receiver Jarrod West missed a catch. The miscues saw Syracuse fin-

ish the first half with just three points from a field goal by kicker Ross Krautman.

The Orange had the chance to make a statement early, but went into halftime trailing by 11.

“There were some situations out there you just wish, ‘Golly, you just make one play here or there, it could really change it,’” SU head coach Doug Marrone said. “We felt we were in it. We were in this football game.”

Through two weeks, Hackett said the inconsistency of his offense has been a recurring problem.

Hackett called them “mishaps.” He said Nassib played a great game, but he made some mistakes. As did Sales and the SU running backs.

The mishaps built up, the hole got deeper and the Orange suffered its second loss of the season.

In the bowels of the stadium after the game, Hackett could only shake his head when he thought back to the first half. Southern California piled up 102 more yards of total offense and held the ball for nearly twice as long.

“We just got off to a slow start, and what we needed to do is just come together, and just get a good drive going,” Kobena said. “And you see how that worked out for us in the second half.”

After a long halftime due to a weather delay, the Orange offense ran more efficiently. A wellbalanced attack moved the chains, with touchdowns by Sales and running back Prince-Tyson Gulley cutting the deficit to a mere five points heading into the fourth quarter.

USC answered with two quick touchdowns to put the game out of reach, but the Orange tacked on two more scores in the final period.

Sales hauled in another touchdown and Nassib finished a 19-play, 70-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown run late to make it 42-29.

All told, Syracuse scored 26 second-half points compared to a measly three before the half.

The SU offense found a brief rhythm, but the slow start doomed the team in another loss. If inconsistency hadn’t plagued his unit again, Hackett said he could see a different scene playing out on the field.

The Orange fell by 13 points, but it could’ve been closer.

Said Hackett: “I’d love to play this team again.”

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time before the juggernaut rounded into form.

“We’re never really going to shut them down and stop them from making plays,” Syracuse linebacker Marquis Spruill said.

True to form, Barkley and Co. made quick work of the blank scoreboard early in the second quarter. Barkley (23-for-30, 187 yards, six touchdowns, one interception) connected with Lee on a 13-yard slant route to open the scoring on the Trojans’ first possession, and later dropped in a beautiful 29-yard touch pass to Woods despite near-perfect coverage by SU cornerback Ri’Shard Anderson, who even had a hand between Woods’ arms.

USC took a 14-3 lead into halftime, and its offensive triumvirate continued clicking in the second, despite a break of more than an hour due to heavy downpours and thunderstorms.

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Southern California quarterback Matt Barkley hit wide receiver Marqise Lee for a 4-yard touchdown, making the score 35-16 and effectively ending any hope Syracuse had for a comeback.

4 2 2U S C V S . S Y R A C U S E 2 9 “They have three excellent players in Matt Barkley, Woods and Lee. I think they are very elite. They are elite college football players. First-round-type caliber draft picks.”

Doug Marrone

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The Trojans’ first possession in the second half culminated with another Barkley-to-Woods touchdown, this time victimizing Syracuse cornerback Brandon Reddish. He, too, got a hand between Woods and the ball, only to see the All-American wrestle it away for a 4-yard score

on a bullet pass from Barkley.

It left Reddish shaking his arms in frustration, knowing that his coverage was essentially perfect, yet Woods still found a way to score.

“He just took it and scored a touchdown,” Reddish said. “On certain plays, Barkley just throws it to the right spot for his receivers to make plays.”

Reddish’s statement is personified through Barkley’s two fourth-quarter touchdown passes to Lee on nearly identical fade routes. Each time, he lofted the ball up and over the head of Anderson, who was beaten on three of Barkley’s six scores on Saturday, for Lee to pluck nimbly out of the air.

Together Lee and Woods combined for 159 receiving yards, five touchdowns and 329 allpurpose yards.

Barkley said he would bet on his two receivers every time in one-on-one coverage. But when Lee’s third and final touchdown beat double coverage from Syracuse on a 3-yard fade to the back left corner of the end zone, it was clear that, some-

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times, USC’s one is better than its opponent’s two.

“They just made some good plays, did a nice job,” said Scott Shafer, SU’s defensive coordinator, who was visibly frustrated after the game.

“Hats off to Southern California, good football team. Those kids made some nice plays.”

Perhaps no play was nicer than Woods’ 76-yard reverse that set up the touchdown that put the game out of reach at 35-16. Working from right to left across the field, Woods took a pitch from Barkley and turned the corner courtesy of a block from Lee. He cut back, unabated by the slickness of the turf, juking Syracuse strong safety Shamarko Thomas and leaving free safety Jeremi Wilkes slipping toward the sidelines.

That brought the ball to the 4-yard line, and two plays later, Barkley found Lee for the gameclinching touchdown.

Said Barkley: “We had some plays in the second half that I really liked.” mjcohe02@syr.edu @Michael_Cohen13

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The senior strong safety intercepted a Matt Barkley pass with about six minutes to go in the third quarter — the first play of a USC possession following a Syracuse touchdown that cut the USC lead to 21-10. Prince-Tyson Gulley would go on to score from 9 yards out, giving Syracuse momentum and cutting USC’s lead to 21-16 after a failed two-point conversion.

Quarterback Ryan Nassib’s top target from a year ago managed only 34 yards on five receptions in his season debut. The receiving corps leaned heavily on Marcus Sales and Jarrod West, who combined for 198 yards and two touchdowns.

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DOWNPOUR Syracuse fails to contain USC playmakers in 13-point loss at MetLife Stadium

andrew renneisen | photo editor BECKETT WALES drops a two-point conversion attempt in the fourth quarter against USC on Saturday. SU couldn’t keep pace with an explosive Trojans offense in the 42-29 loss.

By Michael Cohen

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AST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It’s not often that a team can come out flat twice, blow most of an 18-point lead and ultimately survive on the road more than 2,700 miles from home.

Even rarer is an offense that acts

listless to start, disinterested in the middle, yet coolly puts forth 42 points with a late-game explosion that leaves its opposition grasping at thin air.

But Southern California is not most teams, and Saturday’s experiment away from the Carrier Dome was an environment atypical of most college football games.

MetLife game disappointing due to poor atmosphere

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AST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It was almost like Syracuse had to force New York’s College Classic onto fans in the New York City area. They didn’t want it, and they proved that by barely filling half of MetLife Stadium.

The official attendance was 39,507.

It looked like there was a lot more red in the stands than orange. Sure, No. 2 Southern California wouldn’t have played Syracuse in the Carrier Dome, but the Orange could’ve played

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take it or leave it a more beatable team at home and attracted 40,000 of its own fans easily.

Instead, SU scheduled a game

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A partisan crowd that appeared to contain more red than orange watched USC (2-0) ride its marquee trio of Matt Barkley, Robert Woods and Marqise Lee to a 42-29 win over Syracuse. Five of Barkley’s six touchdown passes were secured by his two star receivers, and the No. 2 team in the country demonstrated

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The number of yards USC wide receivers Robert Woods and Marqise Lee combined for on Saturday. The pair accounted for 21 of quarterback Matt Barkley’s 23 completions and hauled in five touchdowns.

Woods and Lee rushed for a combined 99 yards on two carries, the bulk of it coming on a 76-yard reverse by Woods.

its superior playmaking ability as it kept the Orange (0-2) winless for another week.

“They have three excellent players in Matt Barkley, Woods and Lee,” Syracuse head coach Doug Marrone said. “I think they are very elite.

They are elite college football players.

First-round-type caliber draft picks.”

They compose a unit that scored on its first play of the season — a 75-yard touchdown pass to Lee — last week against Hawaii, and that has come to expect similar results with each and every possession.

So when the clock expired on a scoreless first quarter, it was only a matter of

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Slow start by offense costs Syracuse against Trojans

By Chris Iseman ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Jeremiah Kobena chuckled when he thought back to the play he didn’t make in the remaining seconds of the first half.

Syracuse had a first-and-10 on Southern California’s 20-yard line, and quarterback Ryan Nassib lofted him a pass as he crossed into the end zone. The ball hit Kobena, but Trojans defensive back D.J. Morgan batted

down the arching pass. Instead of its first touchdown of the game, the Orange had to settle for a field goal.

“I know I should’ve made a play on that ball,” Kobena said. “It wasn’t necessarily miscommunicated; the rule is: if the ball’s in the air, it’s mine.”

It was a miscue that reflected Syracuse’s first-half offensive struggles that precluded the team from delivering an early punch to No. 2

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