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Fall fun An array of fall activities

Following the game plan

The Interfaith Student Council helps raise $30,000 in first charity event. Page 3

Roaches found in Watson

By Breanne Van Nostrand ASST. COPY EDITOR

Students in Watson Hall have reported finding cockroaches in the dormitory again.

A Watson Hall resident reported multiple sightings of cockroaches in an email sent to Chancellor Nancy Cantor on Friday and obtained by The Daily Orange.

The resident spoke to FIXit two weeks before sending the email but was told residence halls had been exterminated, according to the email. The resident requested an alternate form of extermination due to continued cockroach sightings and would be happy to vacate the living space to ensure elimination of the pests.

Syracuse University is aware of the problem after receiving a few calls from Watson residents during the week, said Kevin Quinn, SU’s senior vice president for public affairs, in an email. FIXit quickly responded and addressed the problem for each of the rooms that reported an issue, Quinn said.

Matthew Robinson, a sophomore finance major and Watson resident, said he saw a few roaches down the hallway from his room earlier this week, which he said caught him off guard. He did not call FIXit himself, but he said he was sure the problem would be addressed.

This is not the first reported sighting of cockroaches in Watson. There were reported sightings of cockroaches in 2009, according to an article published in The Daily Orange on Sept. 30, 2009. In 2009, officials acknowledged the problem and said they were actively combating it. In 2006, Marion Hall also had roaches, according to an article published in The Daily Orange on Sept.

7, 2007.

SU and FIXit employ a professional pest control vendor year round, said Sara Miller, associate director of SU News Services, in an email. They provide proactive and reactive treatments

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The Daily Orange Editorial Board talks about the merits of the new Interfaith Council.

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offers fun ways to enjoy the season. Pages 10-11

Southern California quarterback Matt Barkley’s faith in God has been a part of his whole journey to USC. Page 20

Time well spent Freshman forms orphanage in year away from school

By Jon Harris ASST. NEWS EDITOR

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itting in a mud hut in Malawi, Africa, Rachel Mohler could do nothing but cry.

Inside the hut, a Malawian man — who Mohler had met just weeks earlier — was dying of AIDS. The man’s family and other women from the village sobbed as they watched the man’s health deteriorate.

“I just sat with them and cried.

I was just like, ‘I’m sorry.’ I had no idea what else to say,” said Mohler, a freshman photojournalism major at Syracuse University.

AIDS would eventually claim the man’s life, something Mohler became familiar with during her 160-day stay in Malawi from August 2010 to January.

“That happened over and over again. It was the people that I would meet and get to know. It would be a few weeks later, and it would be like, ‘Oh, they died,’” said Mohler, adding that residents of Malawi refer to HIV as “being sick” since the disease is so common there.

But Mohler has been familiar with the conditions in Malawi — a country in southeast Africa — for more than two years. She made her first trip there in August 2009 for

a two-week mission trip and fell in love with the country, Mohler said.

Chris Mohler, her father, was asked by a person he met through work if he would like to travel to Malawi as part of group that made a trip to the country in 2008. Other members of the group suggested that he bring his oldest daughter.

“How do I even approach Rachel about this?” Chris remembers wondering. Upon asking her if she’d like to go, Chris said that Mohler quickly replied, “Yeah, I’ll do that.”

During the two-week stay, Chris said the team went to different villages and preached the gospel.

Although they traveled together, Chris said he and Mohler were almost always in different places, as Mohler was at the medical clinic a majority of the time.

While both Mohler and Chris

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top: brian norris | staff photographer bottom: courtesy of rachel mohler RACHEL MOHLER, a freshman photojournalism major, spent 160 days in Malawi, Africa. The pastor Mohler lived with during her time there reviews the homework of children who live in the orphanage.

Syracuse slips 4 spots in US News rankings of colleges

By Meghin Delaney and Debbie Truong THE DAILY ORANGE

Tuesday’s release of U.S. News and World Report’s 2012 edition of Best Colleges ranks Syracuse University as the 62nd best undergraduate school in the country. The data

reveals a drop from the 2011 list, in which SU was ranked No. 58.

SU is tied with Worcester Polytechnic Institute, University of Georgia, Southern Methodist University, Northeastern University and Purdue University for the No. 62 ranking.

Ranks are calculated from a num-

ber of data sources including tuition, total enrollment, the fall 2010 acceptance rate, six-year graduation rate and average freshman retention rate.

In a message posted on SU News Tuesday, Chancellor Nancy Cantor said the rankings remind the SU community of the “volatility and

mystery” surrounding the methodology U.S. News and World Report uses to rank colleges. She said the rankings don’t capture the direction SU is taking as it tries to establish a secure foothold in what is often referred to as a “new normal” world.

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Author to read stories, speak about sexuality

By Kristin Ross Staff Writer

Rahul Mehta, author and Syracuse University alumnus, will read from his premiere work, “Quarantine,” at his alma mater Wednesday.

The reading, a collection of short stories, will begin this semester’s

By Liz Sawyer Asst. News Editor

Rahul Mehta

First Raymond Carver Reading Series author Where: Gifford Auditorium in Huntington Beard Crouse When: Today, 5:30 p.m.

How much: Free Raymond Carver Reading Series. A Q-and-A session with Mehta will take place from 3:45 to 4:30 p.m. in Gifford Auditorium in Huntington Beard Crouse, followed by the reading at 5:30 p.m.

Each protagonist in Mehta’s short stories is an openly gay IndianAmerican, like Mehta, said Deanna O’Keefe, an undeclared sophomore in the Whitman School of Management who read the book for her class, ETS 107: “Living Writers.”

O’Keefe said she wants to know if Mehta was nervous to publish his book because of his personal ties to the subject matter. The fact that Mehta is an SU alumnus makes the event especially appealing, she said.

“Putting an actual face to the author to the book you just read is pretty cool,” O’Keefe said.

Carroll Beauvais, an English and textual studies professor who teaches ETS 107: “Living Writers,” said she does not believe the book should solely be publicized for its use of homosexuality. She said the book is a collection of stories about life, in which the main characters just happen to be openly gay.

“Straight people’s lives aren’t centered around being straight,” she said. “That’s just a part of their lives.”

Josh Fisher, a sophomore television, radio and film major, said his favorite short story in “Quarantine” was the first in the collection, also titled “Quarantine,” because it was so relatable. The short was focused around the relationship of a young adult and his grandfather and “the clash between the generations.”

Fisher said “Quarantine” showed the main differences between Indian and American culture, which is a continued theme throughout the book.

Shoy Rey, an undeclared sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said “Quarantine” was well written and that each story was insightful and interesting. Because of see mehta page 6

keegan barber | contributing photographer kwame anthony appiah , Princeton University professor, discussed the link between modern identity and social norms in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Tuesday night.

Philosopher discusses modern identity

By Maddy Berner Staff Writer

Princeton University professor Kwame Anthony Appiah spoke about modern identity and its connection to social norms to a full auditorium at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Tuesday night.

Appiah, a best-selling author and philosopher, was born in London and raised in Ghana. His interests include African and African-American literary and cultural studies, ethics and philosophy of mind and language. His work includes the philosophical foundations of liberalism and the connection between theory and practice in moral life, according to Appiah’s website.

At the beginning of his speech, Appiah listed three major points about identity and social norms, the first being that social identities require labels and work because of those labels.

“Our current issue of identity isn’t connected with individuality, but what is socially important about a person,” Appiah said.

He said identities depend on the existence of labels and that these labels play a part in what human beings have in common.

Secondly, there are norms associated with social identity that specify ways certain identities ought to behave.

Appiah also said people who identify through these norms are also motivated by them. He used the example that people “act like an X because they are an X.” Appiah also talked about the importance of identity in human life and questioned how large a part people should let it play in their lives.

“Identities are among the major socially provided tools in maintaining a life,” he said. “We need identity to make human lives because we find ourselves thinking that we have a life as a man, as a woman, as a Ghanaian, as an American, as a father, as a daughter.”

Appiah said we have identities because they are useful in a complex world, and they provide structure and goals to people’s lives. He also said there are negative aspects mediated by identity.

“The harm done by previous practices of exclusion have kept people out of jobs, money and power,” Appiah said. “Recognition is important for identities that are being mobilized for social goals.”

Claire Bach said she thought Appi-

ah was very clear in the beginning but was waiting for a more in-depth philosophical analysis of identity.

“This seemed very sociologically oriented,” Bach, a senior geography and German major, said. “There was a lack of direction, maybe too many examples.”

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“Our current issue of identity isn’t connected with individuality, but what is socially important about a person.”

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phy major, said overall, the lecture was interesting, but she got a little bit lost toward the end.

“I felt he talked more about identity in terms of application than in theory,” Cruz said. “I expected a more philosophical approach to identity.” mjberner@syr.edu

When Rachel Tjornehoj first joined the Interfaith Student Council, she thought it would be an interesting opportunity to meet new people and participate in larger service activities. But she had no idea just how large the organization’s contribution would be.

On Sunday, Interfaith, a studentrun group dedicated to promoting fellowship, conversation and community engagement among people of all faiths and no faith, helped raise money for charity during the Juice Jam concert — a collaborative effort with University Union.

As a joint effort, UU and Interfaith raised approximately $30,000, said UU President Rob Dekker.

“It’s gotten to be even bigger than I ever thought it would be,” Tjornehoj said, who joined the council in the spring.

Interfaith worked with UU to collect canned goods for food banks and donated a portion of the profits from ticket sales to the Horn of Africa for famine relief through the United Nations’ World Food Programme.

While Interfaith did not achieve its goal of collecting 8,000 cans, Tjornehoj and the other student leaders are more than pleased with their first charity effort.

“A lot of students didn’t necessarily understand the impact that they were having, but the reality is that over 6,000 kids did help the Horn of Africa with famine relief,” said Azhar Ali, another student leader.

Ali, a junior health and exercise science major, said the goal is to do as much as they can to combat hunger locally and globally. Interfaith is planning to participate in the CROP Walk for Hunger in October, Ali said.

Interfaith existed at Syracuse University in the past year but dissolved due to a lack of student interest, said Tiffany Steinwert, dean of Hendricks Chapel. The organization was renewed last spring and has three student leaders, Steinwert said.

The council was recreated, in part, as a response to President Barack Obama’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge, an initiative that encouraged universities across the nation to commit to a year see interfaith council page 9

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Empathy offers powerful tool for changing misinformed politics

n a recent study at Loyola University Chicago, researchers found that men respond well to confrontations about their sexist behavior, meaning these interactions aren’t truly as uncomfortable as we might otherwise assume.

Everything is political — every conversation, thought, idea and action is rooted in deep political views. To some, this may seem obvious. But many think the world of politics is one separate from their personal experiences. Moments from the monotony of our daily lives explain individual politics far better than how we cast votes at the ballots every four years or more.

Consider a confrontation with a chauvinistic guy. Almost every girl has been there — some guy makes an offensive comment and sweeping generalization about women. You feel awkward and uncomfortable, then feel ethically obliged to let said guy know how big of a jerk he is. Or worse, you feel compelled to confront a friend

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not a barbie girl about his sexist comments or assumptions.

These experiences are far more significant and meaningful because they allow individuals to relate on a personal level to alternative political views.

The study says male participants were teamed with female partners to discuss a set of assigned ethical dilemmas in which the female partner had to confront her male counterpart for sexism.

The accused men did not react with hostility or anger. Instead, they acted in a pleasant manner

and mostly apologized for their remarks.

People tend to operate under the assumption that guys resist feminism and discussions around oppression because, traditionally, white males are seen as the ultimate oppressors. Although this is somewhat true, sexism and racism are so inherent in our culture that individuals are often blind to it. But Loyola’s study shows dudes aren’t always opposed to approaching this subject.

There are a number of outspoken male activists and theorists who spearhead the field of gender analysis from the male perspective: Michael Kimmel, author of “Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men,” and Jackson Katz, creator of the documentary titled “Tough Guise: Violence, Media and the Crisis in Masculinity,” offer two great examples.

One missing piece from the Loyola University Chicago study is the way in which men go about having these types of conversations regarding

gender inequalities. Based on my own experiences with boyfriends and guy friends, feminism can yield long and thoughtful conversation as long as I draw on personal experience.

Young men aren’t alone in this fact — the need for a personal and relatable understanding of women’s rights is in no way specific to men.

The term feminist, and all of its stereotypes and greater implications, easily scares off the vast majority of women as well.

Don’t let the stereotypes fool you — guys are open and willing to talk about gender imbalances in our society and, therefore, capable of working together with their female counterparts to cultivate resolutions to both inherent and obvious sexism. Just like women who shy away from feminism, all they need is a personal reason to care.

Krystie Yandoli is a senior women and gender studies major. Her column appears every Wednesday. She can be reached at klyandol@syr.edu.

College rankings fail to capture SU’s greatest accomplishments

s U.S. News and World Report issues its newest rankings, in which Syracuse Universityís ìscoreî increased somewhat over last year and its ìrankingî decreased, we are reminded not only of the volatility and mystery surrounding these magazine rankings, but, much more importantly, of the ways in which the rankings simply donít begin to comprehensively capture the strategic directions that are establishing our institutionís secure foothold in what is often referred to as

LET TER TO THE EDITOR a ìnew normalî world. The world in which our students are growing up is increasingly defined by population growth in geographic regions well beyond the Northeast, by an evermore diverse and transnational college-going cohort, and by the pressure on families (frankly, all across the income spectrum) to afford private college tuition and costs.

Our strategy is to be right there in this

new landscape, expanding our reach at a time when we believe universities need to look outward and engage. We do that in our scholarship worldwide and as an anchor institution in our community, and we are doing it by focusing on reaching the students of tomorrow. And we are succeeding ó with or without the imprimatur of popular magazine rankings. Our applicant pools for the last several years have been at record high numbers, and we have surpassed our enrollment targets in each of those years, resulting in a highquality, geographically, socio-economically and racially diverse student body, establishing SU as a place in tune with the world. We believe strongly in education for the world, in the world, and that world starts right here on our campus in Syracuse, N.Y. To bring that world to Syracuse, we are vigorously expanding our admissions base to reach the best students in growing population centers such as the Southwest, Southeast, and West Coast ó places where SU alumni are coming out in record numbers to build our geographies of opportunity for SU. We are creating seamless K-12 talent pipelines, such as Say Yes to Education, and innovative ì2+2î partnerships with community colleges across the country, which are building new pathways of opportunity for terrific students who have the resolve to pursue higher education sometimes against the odds. We are

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redoubling our commitment to providing need-based fi nancial aid to a wide range of families feeling the pressure of our countryís economic instability. All of these efforts, taken together, are securing SUís position in the world, just as Chancellor William Tolley did so many years ago, as SU tripled its enrollment literally overnight to lead the way in recruiting post-World War II veterans. While we arenít planning to triple our enrollment, we are following this hallowed tradition, both in our specific embrace of post-9/11 veterans and in our wider embrace of hard-working, entrepreneurial students ready to engage the world and to make a difference for us all.

How, then, does this relate to the annual ritual of U.S. News and other rankings?

Unfortunately, in our view, most if not all of the metrics emphasized (even lionized) in these rankings stand fully to the side of (and sometimes directly in conflict with) the efforts that SU and other colleges and universities are embracing to be places of opportunity that optimize affect and reach and thus serve our nationís future. At the very moment, when voices are being raised all across our country to ensure our national competitiveness by educating the broadest, most diverse population weíve ever had, U.S. News rewards institutions for the number of students whom they can reject, not for whom they reach; for keeping their student bodies small and select; for using merit aid to recruit the highest SAT students, by necessity missing some students whose toughness and resolve will serve them and us well in the test of time.

While these rankings and the narrow set of metrics they value may sell magazines, we at SU do not believe that they represent the best and brightest hope for higher educationís role in forging a better future. Apparently, there are many students and their families who agree with us, and the newest cohort of faculty leaders, some 250 new faculty recruited to SU in the last three years, agree as well. We are happy to say that with the unprecedented support of our alumni and friends in our largest-ever capital campaign and our many corporate and community partners, we know that we can welcome these students and faculty to an institution that is in step with the world, striving to be of the world and in the world, making a genuine difference.

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Interfaith Council provides forum for needed dialogue editorial by the daily orange editorial board

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resident Barack Obama challenged higher education institutions this summer to create interfaith councils in an effort to increase dialogue among faith and life views.

Tiffany Steinwert, dean of Hendricks Chapel, revived the Syracuse University Int erfaith Council in response to Obama’s challenge.

Sectarianism sits at the foundation of many conflicts worldwide, and organizations like this new council can dispel much of the ignorance and many of the misconceptions regarding religious stereotypes — including irreligious groups like atheists and agnostics.

The SU group remains in its infancy with only three members and a council goal of 12 to 15. With so many strong religious and ethnic student organizations on campus, SU should provide a wealth of interest. The council’s cause is one of incredible importance to today’s world, and campus organizations should consider asking members to reach out and serve on the council. The council should make a special effort to make clear to agnostics, atheists and members of non-monotheistic religions that they comprise part of the inter-religious community and are welcome on the council.

Juice Jam offered a great venue for the Interfaith Council to demonstrate its potential outreach when in cooperation with major student organizations. The council spearheaded the can collection and pushed University Union to set aside ticket sales for a charitable cause in light of the anniversary of 9/11.

Important ways the council can be especially relevant is to organize guest or professor lectures on pertinent matters where politics, society and religion cross.

Often, the hardest conversations to have regarding religion are likewise the most crucial to have. Providing a debate or conversation space for various topics regarding religion could generate considerable student interest from an academic and a religious perspective.

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came to Africa the first time with no expectations, Chris said the trip to Malawi left quite an impression on Mohler.

On the plane ride home to the United States, Mohler turned to her father and said, “Dad, I want to go back,” Chris recalled. She then told her dad that she wanted to defer a year of college and spend some more time in Malawi.

And that’s what she did.

Mohler, a 2010 graduate of Downingtown High School East in Pennsylvania, applied early decision to SU and was accepted in November 2009. She deferred a year, a move she knew she was going to make as soon as she applied, Mohler said.

Mohler, now 19, describes her hometown outside of Philadelphia as predominately white and one of the richest counties in the United States — a place Mohler said she was eager to leave behind for Africa.

“I was kind of sick of the bubble I was living in, and I had fallen in love with the people, and I had seen the need,” she said. “I thought even if I can’t make a huge impact, maybe they’ll make an impact on my life, and I’ll carry that with me forever.”

During her first trip, Mohler said she saw how little the children of Malawi had compared to what she grew up with.

“You think about how you grew up as a child with all the gaming systems and the cable and all the food and everything like that,” Mohler said. “Then you see how they have old tires as toys, how they don’t have things like underwear, they don’t have shoes — things like that.

Yet their smiles are so much bigger than ours, and their laughter is so much more contagious.”

After graduating on June 14, 2010, Mohler celebrated her 18th birthday July 14 and landed in Africa exactly a month later.

Mohler was alone on her second trip to Malawi and knew no one except a pastor and his wife, who she stayed with over the next few months.

She lived under a tin roof, inside brick walls and slept on a wooden bed with a piece of foam on top — much different than what she was used to, but better than conditions other Malawians faced. Running water was available outside in a separate facility, a luxury not found in other places around the country.

When Mohler arrived in Malawi, she decided to start an orphanage. The pastor, one of the few people Mohler knew who spoke English well, had a small medical clinic that would be turned into the orphanage — named Compassionate Missions Orphanage — by the end of January.

Mohler said she spent a majority of her time in Malawi helping build a hospital.

The clinic was moved into the newly renovated hospital, and the orphanage opened in the clinic’s former location.

“I spent a lot of time going out into the middle of nowhere and just learning stories of these kids and learning their backgrounds and how their parents had died, whether or not they were HIV positive,” Mohler said.

The kids also made an impression on Mohler.

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its universal message, Rey said his favorite short story in the book was “Ten Thousand Years.”

“It shows how everyone makes mistakes and how life is too short to live with regret,” he said.

O’Keefe and Rey both said they hope Mehta comments on his style of writing — in particular about how the stories ended — at the Q-and-A session. O’Keefe said most of the endings did not have closure; they just stopped, leaving the

One day while sitting out on the porch where she was staying in Malawi, Mohler had nail polish with her. A bunch of little girls came over and were interested in the polish. She said she ended up painting 10 to 15 girls’ nails that day.

“They had never seen nail polish before, and they thought it was like the greatest thing ever,” she said.

When Mohler wasn’t working with the children or helping renovate the hospital, she faced her share of challenges.

Mohler said she spent an emotional three months missing home and her family. She strug-

“I was kind of sick of the bubble I was living in, and I had fallen in love with the people, and I had seen the need.”

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gled trying to get through the day without the comforts of home.

Joan Mohler, her mother, said her oldest daughter has always been independent, which helped her solve problems half a world away from home.

“For Rachel, it was more like, ‘Forget it mom, if I got a problem, I got to figure it out,’” Joan said. She said she put a lot of trust in Mohler’s judgment while she was in Africa, which helped to ease her concerns of her daughter staying in another country.

Another family member who was concerned about Mohler staying in Malawi was one of her two younger sisters, Amy Mohler, a junior at Downingtown East in Pennsylvania.

Amy, who said she didn’t really get along with her older sister until high school, said she was worried because Mohler didn’t know anyone.

“She definitely was homesick for a lot of it, but that’s completely understandable being in a foreign place, but I don’t think she would ever take it back,” Amy said.

And Mohler wouldn’t. She’s still keeping track of what’s going on with the orphanage.

She still emails the pastor, and she said another person at the orphanage was hired to make sure the kids are keeping up their grades.

Groups at Pennsylvania State University and Gettysburg College are raising awareness and funds for what’s going on in Africa, Mohler said. Steve Cline, Mohler’s boyfriend of about four years, is a sophomore at Penn State and is leading efforts at the university to raise funds for the orphanage. The club raised $2,200 last year, Cline said.

Mohler is glad she made the decision to take a year off from college and stay in Malawi for 160 days.

“I sort of saw the world, and I decided that’s what I want to be a part of when I get out of here,” Mohler said. “I spent time searching for who I wanted to be before I went to college instead of during and after.” jdharr04@syr.edu

reader wondering what happened next.

Rey agreed and said, “I found myself wanting more with each story.”

Beauvais said she thinks there will be a good turn out for Mehta’s reading. For people who have never attended a reading, Beauvais said it is always interesting to hear how the author thinks the piece should be read, sometimes emphasizing certain parts the reader might have missed.

Said Beauvais: “Being read to is one of life’s basic pleasures that people tend to forget about after leaving childhood.” klross01@syr.edu

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Tropical Storm Irene causes drop in attendance at state fair

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ropical Storm Irene took a toll on attendance at the Great New York State Fair this year, but it didn’t stop Syracuse University students from enjoying all the fair activities throughout its two-week run.

Attendance for 2011 totaled 917,464, which is 82,381 less than 2010. The decrease, in part, was attributed to poor weather conditions. Tropical Storm Irene gave the fair its worst first Sunday attendance since 1977.

Only 27,202 people braved the weather Aug. 28, which is 51,770 less than that date last year. The second-lowest recorded attendance for 2011 was 51,607 fairgoers Sept. 5, which was Labor Day and the final day of the fair.

Jason Ryan, specialty acts associate producer and director of social media for the fair, said in addition to the weather conditions, another factor that attributed to low attendance Aug. 28 was that the New York State Thruway was closed east- and westbound of Syracuse due to weather. This made it hard for travelers from Buffalo and Albany to access the appropriate exits to the fair.

“People would have had to take back roads, which lengthens travel time, so it made people not want to do it,” Ryan said.

However, even though the attendance was down, Great New York State Fair official Geneanne Keegan-Smith said that she didn’t know of any businesses doing poorly because of it.

“If they’re not doing well they will come in and say this or that, but I had no one come in and say they haven’t been doing well,” Keegan-Smith said. “You have to accept that the weather is the weather, and you can’t control it.”

Liam McNiff, a freshman civil engineering major, said he enjoyed his first trip to the Great New York State Fair.

“It was probably the best fair I’ve been to ever,” McNiff said. “I’m from a small town, so it was pretty crazy.”

McNiff said the variety of food amazed him the most because it included everything from meat on a stick to fried Kool-Aid. Ryan said the fair offers food that people can’t get anywhere else because a lot of the stands aren’t pre-existing restaurants.

“With something like the donut burger, people aren’t going to see that anywhere else around here,” Ryan said. “You’re not going to see these types of food in a lot of places.”

Jon Krouner, a magazine, newspaper and online journalism graduate student, said he went to the fair for the first time, and it was a little overwhelming.

Krouner said he was there for all the fried food.

Krouner said he had a “gigantic sandwich” from the New York Deli stand, although he said he wishes he had tried the fried Kool-Aid. However, Krouner said he was not impressed with the fair itself.

“Honestly, I would only go back if I was forced to,” Krouner said. “Not really my cup of tea.”

Along with the food, Ryan said the fair’s concerts are another big draw for the college and young people demographic.

“I know one big thing when I was in college was the concerts,” Ryan said.

“Colleges could buy tickets in bulk and then sell them to the students for a lower rate.” hawentz@syr.edu

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to pest-related issues using products that do not pose health threats to occupants, Miller said.

“Despite vigilant attempts to provide a pestfree environment, pests are a fact of nature and SU/FIXit promptly responds to issues in the residence halls,” Miller said.

The Office of Residence Life declined to comment.

Watson resident Zerina Buljubasic said she has seen a few smaller bugs that were not roaches in Watson.

“They were gross. There were like four or five, which to me is a lot because this is where I live, and I do not want bugs around,” Buljubasic said.

Buljubasic, a sophomore biochemistry major, said she has not heard any complaints about bugs from other Watson residents, but she would like SU to address any insect problems the building may have.

Populations of cockroaches can be prevented through good sanitation and habitat reduction, along with vacuuming, surveillance, baiting and

INTERFAITH COUNCIL FROM PAGE 3

of interfaith and community service work, Steinwert said.

Steinwert, who acts as a facilitator for Interfaith, said she and the students hadn’t planned to launch the campaign until October, but when they realized Juice Jam fell on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the group wanted to make the event a fundraiser.

Steinwert said the council acts as a medium for students to educate each other about their ethnic and religious differences. She said that religious conflict is one of the most pressing social problems that face people in America and across the globe.

“Some of the most devastating conflicts and tensions being played out on the global stage have to do fundamentally with religious misunderstanding and conflict,” she said. “An Interfaith Student Council is our way to shape and form a new generation of global leaders — because that’s what we believe SU students

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Cantor could not be reached to comment.

SU ranks No. 8 for best undergraduate business program for entrepreneurship in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. For high school counselor rankings, SU’s undergraduate program sits at No. 42. SU also ranks No. 48 as a best value school, which is measured by how many students receive need-based grants and the average discount of the total cost for students.

The graduate program at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is ranked No. 1 according to the data — one spot above Harvard University. Harvard is tied this year with Princeton University as the No. 1 national university, a title it held alone last year.

SU’s College of Law hits No. 100 on the list of best law schools and SU’s School of Information Studies ranks No. 3 for graduate work in library and information studies behind University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

SU garnered a 91 percent average freshman retention rate, according to the report data. SU also has a large amount of classes — 9 percent — with more than 50 students.

Cantor said in the message on SU News that the rankings do not represent the best and

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the sealing of cracks in walls and other areas, according to the National Pest Management Association Pest Guide.

Erik Del Re, also a resident of Watson and a sophomore environmental engineering major, said he has not personally seen any cockroaches. However, his roommates told him they found a dead cockroach in their room, Del Re said in an email.

“No one else has said anything to me about them,” Del Re said. “So right now I’m not too worried about a few bugs.”

Del Re said it would be nice if SU could have an exterminator look into the situation at Watson to see if the cockroaches are entering the building from a nest.

Ryan Johnson, a sophomore broadcast journalism major and Watson resident, said he heard that other residents in Watson have seen cockroaches in the building and brought the issue to FIXit’s attention. He said an exterminator went to the room to check things out.

“It’s a little unsettling, but I think if they handle it well I’m fine with it,” Johnson said. “As long as they’re not around.” brvannos@syr.edu

will be.”

Ismail Pathan, a junior finance and marketing major and one of the council members, said when students from all faiths and backgrounds work together toward one goal, they can achieve almost anything. Juice Jam proves that, he said.

“This is the sort of organization that can break those man-made divides and get kids to work together,” Pathan said. “I’m not here to make you believe what I believe; it’s more of making you understand your own values.”

Interfaith officials said they hope to expand the council to about 15 members this year.

Steinwert said she thinks that size will be large enough to do campus-wide activities, but small enough to have relationships. Steinwert said she hopes this number will also allow members to reflect the different traditions in the Hendricks chaplaincies.

Membership in the Interfaith Council is available through application and is open to all traditions, Steinwert said. Applications can be accessed on the Hendricks website. egsawyer@syr.edu

brightest hope for higher education’s role in forging a better future. Cantor wrote that SU has been established as a university in tune with the world.

SU accomplished this, Cantor wrote, by having record-high applicant pools, surpassing enrollment targets and having a geographically, socioeconomically and racially diverse student body.

Lindsay Rechan, a senior biology and forensic science major, said that though she would like to better understand the criteria used to rank colleges, she feels satisfied with the quality of education she has received at SU. “A lot of the classes are big and lecture-based, so I think it’s more what you put into it,” she said. “I don’t think it’s a lacking on the professors’ part or anything like that.”

Sarah Cullen, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said her appreciation for SU has been colored by a number of factors.

“It’s definitely worth it in the end — the people, the region, the things you get out of living far away,” she said.

Cullen also said that though she feels she could earn a comparable degree at a state school for a lower cost, attending SU has exposed her to individuals from different walks of life.

“You get a more diverse crowd,” she said. “(There are) people coming from all over the world here.” medelane@syr.edu dbtruong@syr.edu

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the sweet stuff in the middle

FARMER’S MARKET

Sept. 16, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

FUNKY BLU ROOTS

Sept. 16, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.

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Take advantage of autumn season with festive fall activities

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ith sunny days and temperatures still in the 70s, Syracuse is enjoying its last days of summer. Soon, the air will turn crisp, leaves will begin changing colors and a string of

local events will kick off this year’s fall season. Heading outdoors is a great way to soak up this colorful time of year and enjoy it before cold weather forces us to stay indoors. All you need is your camera and a bunch of friends to spend a fun afternoon with.

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APPLE FESTIVAL

Sept. 16, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Apples in the fall bring to mind images of plucking a ripe and juicy, red, delicious apple from a low hanging branch. But for students who can’t make it off campus to go apple picking, those crunchy fall favorites are coming to you at Syracuse University’s first Apple Festival, hosted by the Department of Recreation Services.

The first Apple Festival on Sept. 16, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., will be on the Quad to celebrate the season.

“Every summer, Syracuse has a Strawberry Festival that a lot of students really enjoy,” said Joseph Lore, director of recreation services. “We wanted to have a similar event with all of the students back in the fall.”

Amid music and the sweet smell of apple desserts to be sold by local vendors, the festival will boast a farmers’ market, games, inflatables, information booths for student groups and a two-mile run or walk open to students and faculty.

“It’s going to be a low key event and just a nice opportunity for students to get together during the day,” Lore said. “It’s something for everyone.”

FESTA ITALIANA Sept. 16-18

Who can deny a good batch of pasta? Explore a taste of Italy and its culture at Syracuse’s Festa Italiana this Friday through Sunday. The festival, initiated in 1998, is located in front of the City Hall at Washington and Montgomery streets.

Enjoy the variety of musical performances from musicians such as Atlas, Jimmy Cavallo and Stroke. Take your chance with Lady Luck in Italian Bingo.

Tap into your inner child — get your face painted and participate in the arts and crafts.

But no festival is complete without good food. There will be various vendors with Italian dishes such as gelatos, chicken parmesan sandwiches and espressos, said Marie Felice, treasurer of the La Fiesta Italiana Board of Directors.

She said the well-rounded events and foods will appeal to all ages.

Barbeque dinners and live concerts might belong to summer, but Dinosaur Bar-B-Que in Armory Square is hosting the Funky Blu Roots on Sept. 16 as one of the first performances of its fall lineup.

Hailing from Pompano Beach, Fla., blues-rock quartet The Funky Blu Roots are touring in support of its most recent full-length album “Owasco Highball.” Released in May, the album features two-time Grammy winner drummer David Olson as a guest. The band’s live set balances original songs mixed with covers by artists including Santana, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix and the Allman Brothers Band.

The show will be from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que on 246 West Willow St. Other upcoming shows on the restaurant’s roster include The Dinosaurs on Sunday, Sept. 17, and Florida singer-songwriter Mark Macri on Monday, Sept. 19.

With autumn weather rolling in, there’s no better time to enjoy fresh-picked fruit and vegetables than right after the fall harvest.

Stock your fridge at the University Community Harvest Farmers’ Market on Sept. 16. The market, partnered with the Recreation Services’ Apple Festival, will be located on the Quad from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The market will sell locally grown produce and homemade crafts. There will also be an education session about healthy eating and self-sustainable practices.

The market has been a campus tradition since 2007 and is the second of this year’s series. If you miss this week’s farmers’ market, the last fall market will be held Sept. 30 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Waverly Avenue parking lot of the Schine Student Center.

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WHITEWATER RAFTING

Sept. 17, 18, 24 and 25, 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

For the thrill seeker, white-water rafting may be the perfect activity for a weekend getaway. Every September, the SU’s Recreation Services sets up this outdoor trip to give students the chance to glide down the river rapids in Watertown, N.Y. “We’re always thinking about what activities students can participate in that will get them outdoors and see locations off campus,” said Scott Catucci, assistant director of outdoor education within the department.

The department provides eight trips throughout September, taking almost 80 students per trip on free round-trip bus shuttles that leave SU at 10:30 a.m. and return around 6:30 p.m. The department provides rafting and safety equipment.

For all SU and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry undergraduate students, the trips cost $35. All other SU/ESF ID cardholders, including faculty and staff, pay $70.

After a day of rafting, students can feast on barbecue chicken and vegetarian dishes.

Step back in time on the Onondaga Historical Association’s 11th Ghost Walk, themed “The Feminine Side of Fayetteville.”

Guided by the association’s volunteers, a group of 10 to 15 participants will journey through the Village of Fayetteville in Manlius. Tours start every 15 minutes, said Lynne Pascale, director of development at the association. Reservations made before Oct. 12 are $8 for association members and $10 for nonmembers. After Oct. 12, the prices go up to $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers.

Participants will stop by five different locations. Costumed actors will tell tales associated with their characters, the most famous being Matilda Jocelyn Gage. The one-time Fayetteville resident was a key figure in the women’s suffrage and social justice movement in the 19th century, working alongside Susan B. Anthony and Katie Stanton.

While the name may denote a haunted tour, Pascale said this Ghost Walk takes a more informative approach.

“You get to learn about the village and get interesting details of its local history,” Pascale said.

Sirens, prison, cannibals: A friendship tale DANNY FERSH

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nce a relationship establishes a pattern, it’s extremely hard to change it.

You know how it works. Other than the close friends and family you’re completely comfortable being around, everyone else exists in the narrow parameters within the context of your life. You generally see them in a specific setting, interact with them in a certain way and then part ways before things stray out of their natural order and get awkward.

These interactions can range from a brief smile-and-nod to casual sex.

I, for example, have one relationship with a friend that is based entirely on physical threats. Her name is Amy. Of course, the threats aren’t real.

The two of us merely share an offbeat, uncensored sense of humor. We mutter obscene jokes under our breath while our broadcast journalism professor drones on about whatever we’re supposed to be learning in class.

Every week, while sitting next to her, I’ll turn to my friend and say something crude: “Amy, I’m gonna kick you so hard in the balls that some of the guys in here might actually start thinking you’re a girl.”

On cue, Amy will turn her 5-foot2-inch frame, stare straight at me with her big, bright eyes and reply, “Danny, I’m gonna shove this pen so far down your throat that you’ll poop ink for a week.”

We continue exchanging threats until one of us (usually me) breaks down laughing. Class eventually ends. She goes back to her sorority house, and I return to my place on Ostrom Avenue.

Then, last week, everything changed.

I had to cover a story in Liverpool, N.Y., for a class newscast. Since I have no car, Amy drove me there.

As we cruised down New York state Route 690, everything seemed normal. I promised to roll her into a ball and punt her off a bridge into Skaneateles Lake. Not missing a beat, Amy described to me — in detail — her plan to forcibly remove my limbs and feed them to her friend’s Chihuahua.

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Theater company gives recent alumni chance in spotlight

By Noah Silverstein STAFF WRITER

For Milly Millhauser, nothing compares to the moment when the curtain goes up and the lights hit the stage.

“There’s a magical feeling that takes over, and suddenly you’re in a different world where anything is possible,” said Millhauser, a senior acting major.

She’s eager and driven. But the theater industry has a reputation of being cutthroat, and sometimes passion is not enough.

For graduates of the Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts Department of Drama, there is an organization that helps students break into the industry. The Araca Group, a New York-based theater production company, has partnered with the drama department to help students gain knowledge about the business. The organization financially supports graduates by producing their written work for New York City’s off-Broadway stages.

“Pluck the Day,” the first of the four plays produced in this inaugural season of The Araca Project, opened Sept. 8.

Talks for the project began in April 2010,

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tribe in Papua New Guinea, sirens blared from behind us. A police car appeared in Amy’s rearview mirror. We were getting pulled over.

All of a sudden, my hilarious, steel-faced friend burst into tears, sobbing hysterically

“The idea behind the project is that The Araca Group opens the door for us into the theater industry. It is up to us, the producers who won, to walk through it.”

Matt Britten

2007 ACTING GRADUATE FROM THE DRAMA DEPARTMENT

and definite plans and details of the project were finalized in summer 2010. The Araca Project began accepting applications for students’ works in early January 2011 and set a deadline for March 15.

Graduates of the drama department applied to The Araca Project by sending their original works for consideration, said James Clark, a professor of drama in VPA. From that applicant pool, four student works were selected April 11 to be produced off-Broadway.

Matt Britten, whose work “Odyssey” was

as I coached her over to the highway shoulder.

Light-hearted jests gave way to panicked cries and unintelligible screams about losing her car privileges.

I felt terrible for her, but I felt even worse that I couldn’t do anything about it. My first instinct wasn’t to comfort her, or even try to calm her down. It was to joke with her like I always had. The words nearly tumbled out of

selected for the project, said that although he has achieved some success in the industry on his own, he is grateful for the opportunity that The Araca Project has given him.

“I had previously directed a musical that went on to win at a small theater festival, but everything that Araca is doing for us is far beyond anything I could have achieved on my own,” said Britten, a 2007 acting graduate of the drama department.

An important aspect of The Araca Project is that neither the selection panel nor The Araca Group directors have artistic responsibility or input, giving the alumni an advantage in the industry.

“The role of The Araca Group is to financially support and educate SU graduates on the many aspects of the business,” Clark said. “The creative control belongs to the students.”

Alumni have not only been gaining real industry experience, but they’ve been actively supporting their peers on their journey.

“The SU alumni turnout for the first opening night was overwhelming,” said Danielle von Gal, an executive producer of The Araca Project and 2009 acting graduate of the drama department. “I’d never seen so many graduates

come out in support of their friends and former classmates.”

Von Gal said that The Araca Group looks forward to maintaining ties with alumni of the SU drama department.

“The idea behind the project is that The Araca Group opens the door for us into the theater industry,” Britten said. “It is up to us, the producers who won, to walk through it.”

my mouth: “Hey, Amy, way to go! I wonder what they’ll do to you in lady prison.”

I couldn’t bring myself to say it.

Normally, we feast on each other’s humiliation. But seeing her in such a state made me realize that she was more than just the only person on campus twisted and perverted enough to joke around with me. Somehow, through our crude humor, I had come to care about this girl too much to add to her misery with an ill-timed jab.

Eventually, I managed to say a few comforting words to her. I think they helped. She stopped crying a few minutes later, and soon we

were joking around like usual.

Still, no matter how hard I try, I can never look at her the same as I did before. She now exists outside of her normal context, as a good friend who does more than merely threaten me with bodily harm.

But I’m feeding that Chihuahua to my roommates, just in case.

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WHAT IS THE ARACA PROJECT?

The Araca Group, a New York-based theater production company, financially supports Syracuse University drama department graduates. They have the opportunity to produce their personal works on an off-Broadway stage in New York through the organization’s competition, The Araca Project. The organization accepted applications from early January through March 15, and four student works were chosen for production. The winners were selected in April.

Danny Fersh is a senior broadcast journalism major and his column appears every Wednesday. He would like to give a shout-out to Amy’s freshmen and thank AZD for giving him the time of day. If you find ink in your feces, contact Danny via email at dafersh@syr.edu and follow him on Twitter at @fershprince.

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By Sam Littman STAFF WRITER

illed with terrific performances, smart thrills and a dash of ingenuity from director Steven Soderbergh, “Contagion” is missing just one thing: a story.

Soderbergh is just the man to take on a chilling topic such as widespread global panic.

And with a cast that prominently features seven Academy Award nominees, “Contagion” could have been not only great, but also a truly important piece of work.

All potential dries up due to its lack of a plot.

The film more closely resembles an interpretation of how we would handle an epidemic if the world was run by movie stars.

Soon after returning from a business trip in Hong Kong, Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) dies of a seizure that can’t be explained. Her husband, Mitch (Matt Damon), mourns her and becomes determined to protect his daughter at all costs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention starts an investigation, led by Dr. Ellis Cheever (Laurence Fishbone) and Dr. Erin Mears (Kate Winslet). The constant updates concerning the prevalence of the unknown virus suggest the fate of the entire world is at stake.

As the death toll soars into the tens of millions, panic consumes seemingly every neighborhood on the planet. The hysteria is only heightened by the efforts of controversial journalist Alan Krumwiede (Jude Law), who asserts that the government is hiding the cause and cure of the disease. Mitch is now just one of millions of fathers fighting for his family’s safety amid the rioting and violence, with humans proving to be nearly as threatening as the disease itself.

Not quite your typical apocalyptic thriller, “Contagion” is stylish and entertaining with its unusually long takes and jarring contrasts of bright and drab hues to mark the mood.

Every shot is visually striking, and Academy Award-winning Soderbergh certainly knows

how to build suspense. But in the midst of this stunning filmmaking is a confusing lack of simple story construction.

While the ensemble cast is effective in relating different experiences of the epidemic, there is nothing to tie them together, and in the end, there is no real reason to care. The main characters endure their fair share of conflict, but their pain isn’t vital to the story. Soderbergh becomes too obsessed with listing facts and figures regarding the disease. By painstakingly describing the particulars of the source, strain and symptoms of the virus, he loses sight of the characters altogether. The only character the audience can latch onto is Mitch. His predicament is engrossing and even heartrending, but his storyline is only one of the six with any weight, a very unfavorable percentage.

The film places too much emphasis on the various problems with the discovery and distribution of the vaccine. The characters become increasingly hard to relate to and empathize with. Laurence Fishburne has the most screen time, but his character is almost unnecessary. The storyline surrounding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, already desperately in need of emotional energy, could be summed up in one scene or two. In keeping with the odd allocation of screen time to unworthy characters, the great Marion Cotillard is not only underutilized, but her arc — that of a kidnapped doctor forced to acquire the vaccine for a Third World village — is choppy and borderline ridiculous.

Even with the elite Damon and Winslet doing their best to revive the drama, Soderbergh designs the film in such a way that one can only appreciate the style, for there is hardly any substance. One of the most prolific, successful and respected filmmakers of the past two decades, the 48-year-old Soderbergh has announced he will retire in the next year or two. Let us hope he makes better use of his time.

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Longtime friends Strong, Phillips face off in Governor’s Cup

By Ryne Gery

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Every day at 5:30 a.m., Charlie Strong and Joker Phillips would meet to go for a run. The two became fast friends in 2002, the only year they shared together as assistants on the South Carolina coaching staff.

They quickly learned they shared a competitive fire that was always burning, even during those early morning runs.

“We’d compete then, too, doing our workout in the morning,” Phillips said in his Sunday teleconference. “But he’s a competitive guy.”

Both are now head coaches, and the old friends will be competing again this Saturday when Phillips’ Kentucky team takes on Strong and Louisville (1-1, 0-0 Big East) in a battle for the Governor’s Cup. It will be the second time the coaches meet in this nonconference rivalry game, after making their debuts against each other last season — a 23-16 Kentucky (2-0, 0-0 SEC) victory.

Phillips and Strong have crossed paths many times since they both left South Carolina in 2003. Phillips took an assistant coaching job at his alma mater, Kentucky. Strong also landed in the Southeastern Conference as the defensive coordinator at Florida.

And after seven seasons as assistants at those programs, they were both given the reigns to their own programs in 2010. Phillips was promoted at Kentucky, and Strong became his in-state rival as the head man at Louisville.

Though still close off the field, they are enemies when their teams compete. And the

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competition extends beyond the game and into recruiting as they battle for the top prospects in the Bluegrass State.

“During the game, it will be like the opposite coaches just coaching their team, be similar to enemies,” Phillips said. “But at the end of the game, we’ll wish each other luck, hopefully the outcome comes to our favor.”

Strong considers the Wildcats the favorite right now heading into Saturday’s game. Coming off a disappointing 24-17 loss to Florida International, Strong wasn’t happy with his team’s effort and focus.

Kentucky, on the other hand, impressed Strong with its come-from-behind 27-13 win over Central Michigan last weekend. Strong attributes Kentucky’s success to Phillips, whose competitive nature is personified in the team’s play.

“They have his mindset now where they’re tough and they’re competitive and they’re playing hard,” Strong said in the Big East coaches’ teleconference Monday. “And they’re playing where they’re able to bounce back when they’re down.”

When asked if he thought the Cardinals would come into Saturday’s game more motivated after its surprising defeat last weekend, Phillips dismissed the idea. In a rivalry game, no extra motivation is needed.

“You can throw records out,” Phillips said.

“You can throw statistics out. You can throw everything out the window when you’re playing an in-state rival.”

And as an in-state rivalry, there’s even more at stake than bragging rights. A win or a loss in this game could be the difference between landing a coveted recruit. Kentucky is a state with a smaller pool of talent, so the recruiting implications are magnified.

Brian Eldridge, Kentucky recruiting analyst

for Scout.com, said although the rivalry isn’t even close to being on the same level as AuburnAlabama and Ohio State-Michigan, it’s a big deal within the state itself.

Eldridge said the Louisville-Kentucky matchup has elevated interest in football in a traditionally basketball-heavy state. More kids are playing football, and he has noticed a spike in the talent level during the last four years.

“The rivalry itself has been more of a benefit to high school football than anything else in the whole state,” Eldridge said.

Eldridge said a draw for many to go to Louisville or Kentucky is to play against old friends.

They grew up together and went to the same high schools. Getting to compete against old friends is part of the draw to stay in state at either Louisville or Kentucky, Eldridge said.

Especially in Louisville, which is home to the top athletes in the state, Eldridge said.

Both Strong and Phillips heavily pursued Patrick Towles of Fort Thomas, Ky., a three-star quarterback in the Class of 2012 who Eldridge called “the best pure quarterback in the state of Kentucky.”

Kentucky won the battle, as Towles gave the program a verbal commitment.

The Wildcats have been on the winning end of battles on the field as well. Kentucky has won the previous four meetings with the Cardinals, though the last two games have been decided by just 11 combined points.

Still, the recent losing streak hasn’t been lost on Strong.

“Right now Kentucky’s better than we are,” Strong said. “They’ve done a better job of recruiting. They’ve beaten us the last four times.”

And like their coaches, who are the fiercest of rivals, the players have personal rivalries stem-

ming from their high school days as well. It adds to their drive to win and puts a unique twist on this in-state clash.

“They go on the field and they have to push and do everything they can to win the game,” Eldridge said. “And when it’s over, they’re still friends.”

Big East takes step back in week two So much for the 8-0 start for the Big East in the first week of the season. In week two, the conference got a dose of reality.

Louisville lost to Florida International of the Sun Belt Conference. Rutgers and Connecticut dropped close games to North Carolina and Vanderbilt, respectively. And Cincinnati was embarrassed by Tennessee 45-23.

On the winning side, Syracuse barely beat Football Championship Subdivision opponent Rhode Island 21-14, entering the fourth quarter tied. Pittsburgh had a 20-point lead over Maine, another FCS opponent, but only won by six.

West Virginia and South Florida were the only two teams to coast to wins.

Big man on campus B.J. Daniels Junior Quarterback Last week: 28-of-39, 359 yards, one touchdown

Daniels did a good job managing South Florida’s first win against Notre Dame. With the junior quarterback at the controls, the Bulls didn’t turn the ball over and relied on its defense to make plays to secure a 23-20 win. After throwing for just 128 yards in that game, Daniels was a playmaker in a 37-7 win over Ball State, finishing with a career-high 359 passing yards and a touchdown. rjgery@syr.edu

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Syracuse’s trip to Utah two weekends ago didn’t go exactly as Syracuse planned, but that didn’t mean Kelly Morrisroe was any less confident before last weekend’s Blackbird Invitational.

“We thought we matched up well with our opponents,” the assistant coach said in an email to The Daily Orange. “We felt confident if we executed each game plan we could win the tournament.”

The Orange proved Morrisroe right, cruising to a 3-0 weekend in which SU lost just two sets total.

The undefeated weekend continues another hot start to the season for the Orange in nonconference play. The Orange got out to a school-record 17-0 start a year ago. This season’s nonconference record isn’t quite as flashy, but the Orange’s 8-2 start may be even better than the start from a year ago because SU is facing a tougher slate of non-Big East opponents.

Last year, Syracuse fizzled down the stretch, going just 6-9 in its last 15 games, with all nine losses coming in Big East play. But SU feels more prepared to take on the big dogs in conference play this time.

“We’ve played tougher teams this year,” senior defensive specialist Ashley Williams said. “Starting off 18-0 last year was great, but we didn’t know how to come back in sets or take a loss. “(Now) we know how to deal with it, we know what we need to work on, and we know how to fix things for the future.”

Last year, SU was marred by injuries before and during Big East play, but excuses didn’t soften the disappointment in Syracuse’s performance.

Not only does the team realize the benefits of playing a tough nonconference schedule, they enjoy it, too. To them, it’s not about the wins and losses, but about the valuable experience they get from these games to prepare them for Big East play.

“These college players give up a ‘normal college life’ for volleyball,” Morrisroe said. “They thrive on competition. If they’re going to play, why not play the best?”

A tough nonconference schedule should benefit the freshmen. This year’s team has nine freshmen, the most in recent memory, and SU needs them to be prepared for the Big East season as soon as the Sept. 23 matchup with South Florida arrives.

“Playing against schools that can challenge us will only help us improve as a team,” junior middle blocker Samantha Hinz said. “Especially the freshmen who haven’t seen different styles of play before.”

By challenging the freshmen and the rest of the team with the rigorous nonconference schedule, the hope is the Orange will be better prepared for the consistently tougher and more meaningful matches in the Big East.

Though the Orange has played some NCAA tournament teams this season, SU’s biggest test comes this weekend at the Blue and White Clas-

sic in Buffalo, N.Y. Syracuse will open up Friday against Buffalo on the Bulls’ home court before a doubleheader with Dayton and Central New York rival Cornell on Saturday.

This trio of games serves as a perfect final test for Syracuse’s nonconference season.

The biggest problem Syracuse has faced so far is winning on opponents’ courts. But a win over Buffalo would give it a .500 road record.

“The teams we lost to were just good teams, and they did better things than we did,” senior outside hitter Noemie Lefebvre said. “I don’t think it had to do with the fact that we were away. We actually enjoyed having hecklers on the road. … It’s just part of the game.”

Dayton is perhaps the toughest team the Orange will face all year, and the Cornell game could provide a sample of the atmosphere SU will see in Big East play.

All three games give the team a chance to prove something before the Big East season begins the following Friday.

But one thing the Orange has already proven through 10 games is its maturity. SU is already getting major contributions from an emerging group of freshmen while the veterans continue to dot all-tournament teams.

“I’m really proud of the maturity level of this team,” Morrisroe said. “Obviously, we have nine new freshmen, and the team has really opened up to thinking about the game in a different way.” dbwilson@syr.edu

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Goalkeeper Anghel emerges as dependable leader for SU

By David Propper Staff Writer

Phil Wheddon has made it a point to let Brittany Anghel know she’s running the show this year.

When the Syracuse goalkeeper controls the defense, she has to be a “puppet master.”

So far, she’s been pulling all the right strings.

Anghel has already posted half as many shutouts this season — three — than she did all throughout her freshman campaign last year. In fact, she’s been so impressive that Wheddon, the SU head coach, said at the Fairfield University 20th Anniversary Invitational this past weekend that she’s among the best goalkeepers in the Northeast and beyond.

It’s a point he wasn’t afraid to repeat Wednesday.

“Brittany has continued to excel,” Wheddon said. “Her foot skills are superior to many of the goalkeepers I’ve seen. Her shot stopping and her ability to be a presence behind our defense is phenomenal, and I know our defenders are very, very comfortable, as is the coaching staff.”

Anghel said Wheddon might be quick to compliment because he is her coach. But she said it’s still nice to get that endorsement from a man who has worked with U.S. Women’s National Team goalkeeper Hope Solo in the past.

“I do believe in a sense because he’s from such a high level of soccer, and it feels good actually to get that recognition,” Anghel said.

Wheddon began to work more closely with Anghel this year because the goalkeeper coach

she worked with last year, Katie Ely, didn’t return. This season, the focus has been on the more minuscule details of playing goalie.

Those small details, like the way Anghel angles her feet a certain way or has the right footwork for a jump ball, can add up to major stops during a match.

“There all sorts of little things that I’ve really focused on with both Brittany and (backup goalie) Sarah (Dejak),” Wheddon said. “And we’re seeing the benefits of their focus, not necessarily mine during the training sessions.”

All those little things have added up for Anghel, who has played every minute of every game this season and has allowed less than one goal per game. She also has 21 saves and a save percentage of more than 80 perfect.

What’s been the most pivotal part to the “puppet master’s” early season success has been her communication with her Orange teammates on the field.

As a freshman last year, Anghel was overwhelmed in taking on the responsibility as the starting goalkeeper for a Division I program.

She wasn’t as straight forward with her commands to the rest of the team.

“Last year, I was little more timid because I was a freshman,” Anghel said. “Even though I knew I couldn’t be timid, I still was.”

This year is a different story. Anghel has been more vocal to everyone on the backline, letting them know how to best position themselves. By communicating with the defense,

Anghel said it ends up doing the work for her. If a defender is in the right place at the right time, the defender can stop the offensive threat before an opponent even gets a shot off.

Anghel attributes being louder on the field to knowing more about the game. With the knowledge she picked up from being the starter a season ago, it’s easier to read a play.

“This year, I have a better understanding about where I want people to go, and last year, I didn’t so much, so I think that plays into it,” Anghel said.

She gives most of the credit to Wheddon, who

has molded her into the goalkeeper he wants her to be. Anghel said Wheddon is one of the best coaches she could have.

Maybe that’s another reason why he thinks she is among the best in the Northeast.

As for Anghel, although she didn’t say she was among the top goalies in the area, she certainly isn’t going to argue with Wheddon’s assessment.

“I’d say so,” Anghel said. “I’m very competitive, so I’m not going to go saying that there’s better out there.” dgproppe@syr.edu

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Thursday Sunday Sept. 23

@ Rhode Island L, 2-1 @ Fairfield T, 0-0 vs. Central Connecticut* T, 2-2 @ Connecticut Providence Georgetown

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Syracuse is in the midst of a four-game winless streak that includes three ties. The Orange (1-2-3) is looking to snap that streak when it travels to Connecticut (3-3-0) on Thursday to open Big East play. To do that, the team will have to solve its problems on offense. After failing to score against Fairfield, SU only found the back of the net twice against Central Connecticut despite registering 25 shots and seven corner kicks. Then, the Orange finally plays its home opener on Sunday against Providence (2-2-4).

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SU must remain focused, avoid looking ahead to postseason

By Stephen Bailey Asst. Copy Editor

Ange Bradley constantly reminds her team that the next game on the schedule is all that matters. Regardless of ranking or record, Jordan Page and Syracuse know they must stay focused solely on that game.

“We’ll be taking care of every game one at a time,” Page said. “And just like our coach (Bradley) says, every game is a special game because it’s the next game.”

That philosophy has worked well for Bradley’s team in Big East play as it hasn’t lost a regular-season game to a conference opponent since Oct. 18, 2008. The Orange (3-2, 0-0 Big East) has reeled off 14 consecutive regular-season conference victories since falling to then-No. 9 Connecticut. It has also earned at least a share of the conference title in each of the past three seasons.

SU will look to keep its streak of dominance going this season by maintaining the same focus on each game. If it does that, the Orange will be in good position to qualify for the Big East tournament. It’s a goal Bradley has stressed to her team early in the season.

Reaching the conference tournament is the first step for SU toward the NCAA tournament. In 2008, SU was eliminated in the NCAA semifinals. In 2009 and 2010, Bradley’s squad lost in the quarterfinals. Now, the Orange is hoping to capture its first-ever national title.

But to get there, Syracuse will need to keep

its focus consistently throughout the season. A slipup against a Big East opponent could lead to a tougher draw in the conference tournament and a potential early end to the season.

Sophomore back Laura Hahnefeldt understands the importance of beating Big East opponents and how it affects the team’s ultimate aspirations.

“Of course, it’s our first step to win it,” Hahnefeldt said. “ … But it’s only a little step to reach our big goal.”

Louisville and UConn, who finished the 2010 campaign second and third in the conference, respectively, could make that little step bigger than expected.

The Cardinals (4-2) dropped out of the NFHCA Coaches Rankings this week but still pose a threat to the Orange’s title hopes. The No. 4 Huskies (5-0) have outscored their opponents 16-4 this season. Their list of victims already includes then-No. 8 Penn State, No. 16 Albany and then-No. 20 Stanford.

The Huskies will host the Orange on Oct. 23.

Four years ago, Syracuse couldn’t challenge UConn. But now, SU has joined the Huskies at the top of the conference. Connecticut and the Orange have met in each of the last three conference tournament championship games. And as a result, they have become rivals.

Though Bradley preaches to her players not to look ahead, she took the time to acknowledge the budding rivalry with UConn.

“There was never really a rivalry between Syracuse and Connecticut because Syracuse

was not a competitive opponent for Connecticut,” Bradley said. “Over the last few years, we’ve started to earn the respect of the Connecticut program and show that we are a viable competitor.”

After the showdown against Connecticut, SU will face Villanova and Bucknell before the Big East tournament begins Nov. 4.

Eight days later, the NCAA tournament begins. With another season of Big East play under its belt, the Orange should be well prepared to chase after its ultimate goal of winning the NCAA tournament.

But Bradley knows the Orange is a long way

from the final four. SU still has 14 games left on its schedule, and conference play doesn’t begin until Friday against Rutgers.

So right now, Syracuse is only focused on winning that next game on its schedule and getting a spot in the NCAA tournament in the process.

“It’s about getting into the top four in the Big East, and when we do that, we have the ability to play for the championship in the Big East tournament and punch our ticket as champions to the NCAA tournament,” Bradley said. sebail01@syr.edu

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Friday Rutgers Sunday No. 13 Princeton Sept. 23 @ Louisville

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3 p.m. *Game played in Chapel Hill, N.C. **Game played in Columbus, Ohio

Syracuse has beat who it was supposed to beat and lost to who it was supposed to lose to so far in the 2011 season. Two matchups against then-No. 2 North Carolina and No. 2 Old Dominion have landed the No. 5 Orange a pair of early losses, but the team beat No. 20 Wake Forest handily. With SU’s Big East schedule starting Friday against Rutgers, the Orange will look to improve upon its 14-game in-conference winning streak. After Rutgers, the Orange will face a tough matchup Sunday against Princeton. The Tigers defeated Syracuse 1-0 last season.

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faith has been the most important part of his life since a very young age, he is taking it all in stride. And while the projected first-round NFL Draft pick won’t get to win a bowl game this year, he is relishing the opportunity to be Southern California’s quarterback.

“Instead of grasping onto what was taken away,” Beverly said, “he just has chosen to grasp on what’s there and to be excited about what’s there — playing football in the (Los Angeles Memorial) Coliseum, playing the great schools he plays and representing the university.”

••• Barkley didn’t start playing football until the sixth grade, but he knew by then he wanted to play quarterback. Brent Melbon, the offensive coach of the Junior All-American NewportMesa Seahawks team Barkley played on, saw that he already had the best arm of the quarterbacks on the team.

During the season, the Seahawks’ head coach tried to move Barkley to guard. But the sixth-grader cried the entire way home after practice that day.

When Melbon heard about the decision, he fought it. He took an hour to explain that Barkley should be the quarterback.

“He’s the one guy that can do it,” Melbon recalls telling the other coach. “You brought me here to coach the offense. Let me do it. This is the guy. Give me a little time, and he’ll be good.”

Barkley got the quarterback job and never looked back. He led the Seahawks to the Junior All-American Championship two years later before walking into the perfect situation at football factory Mater Dei (Calif.) High School.

Monarchs’ quarterback Jason Forcier had just transferred before his senior season. Next in line would have been his two younger brothers, Chris and Tate. All three eventually went on to play quarterback at Division I programs.

But the family moved to San Diego, forcing Chris and Tate to transfer as well and opening the door for Barkley.

“Here comes this 14-year-old who we had seen in some of our youth camps,” Mater Dei head coach Bruce Rollinson said. “And we made the decision to fast forward him and to put him into the varsity competition. And low and behold, the kid wins the spot.”

The list of former Mater Dei quarterbacks includes Colt Brennan, Matt Leinart and Todd Marinovich, all of whom had stellar college careers before making it to the NFL. Barkley was the first to start as a freshman during Rollinson’s 22 years as head coach.

With that came growing pains. He had to

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Cribley following two standout seasons at Herkimer. To McIntyre, Cribley has one of the bigger roles on the team. That’s to be expected, especially after McIntyre called getting a player of Cribley’s caliber a “coup.”

Cribley’s ability to both distribute the ball and run and dribble with it downfield have paid dividends not seen in the box score. He’s given McIntyre a reason to be pleased with his decision to invest in an experienced newcomer to the team.

“We feel like we have some attacking threats, and he’s one of them,” McIntyre said. “And when he’s running a play, he’s a real handful.”

The Orange has already matched its win total from last season with two victories just four games into the year. It’s also managed five goals in the process, which is a modest but noticeable improvement from 2010.

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learn a system that sometimes asked the quarterback to call three plays in the huddle and choose which one would work best at the line of scrimmage. He had to adjust to seeing over a varsity offensive line, as well as avoid the varsity pass rush coming at him.

But in all that, Rollinson saw plenty of positive signs from his quarterback.

“I’d say 95 percent of high school kids couldn’t do it,” he said. “That’s what made him special. He struggled at times, but all in all, we’re looking, going: ‘I can’t believe this kid is doing this.’”

Barkley’s career continued on the upswing.

He started at Mater Dei with good arm strength

“Instead of grasping onto what was taken away, he just has chosen to grasp on what’s there and to be excited about what’s there — playing football in the (Los Angeles Memorial) Coliseum, playing the great schools he plays and representing the university.”

Beverly Barkley

Mat t Barkley’s mother

and accuracy for a freshman. And Rollinson said he committed to the weight room after that freshman year.

Those traits both continued to develop, along with his touch on the ball, his leadership and his understanding of the game.

“He had a very, very developed arm,” Rollinson said. “He had a natural throwing motion, and he had a lot of zing on the ball, which obviously would grow tremendously over the four years that we had him.”

••• Barkley’s college decision came down to one simple question: Would nearby USC be interested?

His dad and grandmother both went to school at Southern California. He grew up a 45-minute drive from campus. And he knew all about the history and tradition of the football program.

“This is where he always wanted to go,” Beverly, his mom, said. “Always. That was his dream school.”

He started generating recruiting buzz after

“His best thing that he does is how he gets in behind defenders. You could play it over the top, and if he gets in a foot race with the defender, he’s going to get it.”

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It’s a change that can be attributed to many of the newcomers, Cribley included.

And his downfield action against American last weekend proved that his play will keep the opposing defenses on their toes and the SU offense in games. In addition to his two assists, he’s also tallied six shots.

throwing for 1,349 yards and 11 touchdowns as a sophomore. Division I coaches poured into his practices and games. By the spring of that year, he had dozens of scholarship offers. And that was before he became the first junior to ever be named the Gatorade National Football Player of the Year.

Barkley committed to USC after the season was over. But even if he hadn’t turned into the No. 1 quarterback prospect in the country and the Trojans never offered, Barkley might have just shrugged off the rejection.

His faith in God would have allowed him to do so.

“Without Christ, I wouldn’t be in the situation I am today,” Barkley said in an email to The Daily Orange. “God put me in this place for a specific reason, and I intend to honor Him and trust in Him in everything I do.”

Beverly and her husband, Les, instilled their strong faiths into all three of their children.

They noticed Barkley start to grab hold of that faith and develop his own relationship with God in kindergarten.

And that has followed him all the way to the USC campus.

“He leads all our team prayers before the game, after the game,” said Max Wittek, who played quarterback at Mater Dei after Barkley and is now a freshman at USC. “He prays before every game. He just puts a lot of faith in God to do whatever His plan for him is.”

His faith has helped him on the field, too.

Melbon and Rollinson both gushed that nothing ever seems to shake him, as evidenced by the Trojans comeback win at Ohio State in 2009.

Then a freshman, Barkley led the Trojans on a game-winning, 86-yard touchdown drive to beat the Buckeyes in front of 106,033 fans.

“He’s the most unique kid that I’ve ever been around,” Melbon said. “Nothing fazes him.

His faith is so strong, he won’t worry about anything else. He knows where he comes from, he knows where he’s going and he doesn’t worry about anything else.”

Where he’s going looks like the NFL. He’s already a top prospect thanks to his strong arm and accuracy. Still, he said he’d like to improve that accuracy and cut down on interceptions.

Barkley believes he’ll get to the NFL — if it’s God’s vision to get him there. Any obstacles that get in his way, he believes he can work through them — if God wants him to do so.

NCAA bans included.

“I know that all things happen for a reason,” Barkley said. “My plan is not nearly as put together as God’s is for me, and I’m so trusting in him that this will work out for the better of our team, the better of our program, and the better of our university.” zjbrown@syr.edu

Despite a save by Makowski on Sunday, Cribley knows that everything leading up to the final shot was right. It just didn’t go in.

Another time, he said, it could be different.

“In those situations, you try to just get it on target at least and hope the keeper isn’t set properly,” Cribley said. “Most times it will go.

That time it didn’t.”

But Cribley’s speed should keep providing him with opportunities to score. He constantly whizzes past his opponents and leaves them gasping for air.

Brode only had to think briefly before deciding who would win a foot race between the team’s two fastest players, Cribley and freshman defender Skylar Thomas.

His conclusion: Cribley would win.

“He’s a really dangerous player,” Brode said.

“He’s probably the fastest kid on our team. He brings a lot of speed on the outside, and he’s good with the ball. Ted’s been real important.” rnmarcus@syr.edu

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SPORTS

WEDNESDAY

september 14, 2011

PAGE 20

the daily orange

m e n ’s s o c c e r

Hisplan courtesy of patrick gee | southern california sports information MATT BARKLEY (7) has turned to his religious faith to keep the challenging times at Southern California in perspective. With the Trojans banned from postseason play, the USC quarterback is staying positive, trusting it’s all part of God’s plan for him.

Barkley’s faith in God fosters on-field confidence with USC

By Zach Brown

M

STAFF WRITER

att Barkley and Southern California never had a shot at the postseason. The NCAA ban prevented a trip to a bowl game.

A third-place finish in the Pac-10 Conference and an 8-5 overall record didn’t matter.

It was all for show.

But for Barkley, that’s just part of God’s plan.

“That is definitely the absolute rock on which he stands,” his mom, Beverly Barkley, said. “So looking at it through that lens was huge.”

Football at USC ended after the regular season in 2010. The NCAA banned the program from the postseason for two years in June of the same year for various violations in its athletic programs.

With that ban in place and God’s plan in mind, the Barkley family decided to do

GOLDEN ARM Matt Barkley put up huge numbers at quarterback both in high school and at Southern California. Here’s a look at his statistics at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, Calif., and for the Trojans at USC: YEAR

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 *2011

CLASS

Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Freshman Sophomore Junior

SCHOOL

Mater Mater Mater Mater USC USC USC

*Through two games this season.

Dei Dei Dei Dei

YARDS

1,685 1,349 3,576 2,877 2,735 2,791 568

TOUCHDOWNS

10 11 35 23 15 26 4

INTERCEPTIONS

N/A N/A 9 18 14 12 1

something they thought they’d never have the chance to do again. Barkley, his parents, his sister and his younger brother decided to go to Africa on a mission trip — something they did together the summer after Barkley graduated from high school.

Had USC been eligible for a bowl game, Barkley would have stayed at school and the family would not have gone. Instead, they spent 11 days — including Christmas — in Nigeria helping the less fortunate.

“It was really amazing how this opportunity opened up because of the bowl ban,” Barkley said on the USC Athletics website.

“I hope I get this opportunity again some day, although obviously not under the same circumstances of NCAA sanctions.”

Now a junior, Barkley is living out his dream of playing quarterback at USC. Through no fault of his own, the California native won’t be able to lead the Trojans to a Pac-12 championship this year. But since SEE BARKLEY PAGE 17

Cribley’s speed aids SU offense

By Rachel Marcus STAFF WRITER

Ted Cribley’s run at the start of overtime against American on Sunday perfectly describes his style of play: fast.

After Syracuse forward Dan Summers dribbled the ball to the halfway line, Cribley, a junior midfielder for SU, came racing downfield.

He took a pass from Summers and saw a gap — a chance to give SU the win. He sprinted past the AU players into the open field, but his shot went into the hands of Eagles’ goalkeeper Matt Makowski.

Cribley didn’t score the goal, but that display and movement on the play has become typical of what the Orange has seen from him in his first season with SU. “His best thing that he does is how he gets in behind defenders,” fellow midfielder Mark Brode said. “You could play it over the top, and if he gets in a foot race with the defender, he’s going to get it.”

Cribley’s speed and dribbling are crucial elements in SU’s (2-2, 0-0 Big East) offensive attack this season. A junior college transfer from nearby Herkimer County Community College, Cribley joins the Orange as a junior. He brings quickness and an ability to see the open field that lead to more goal-scoring opportunities for SU. Originally from England, Cribley came stateside and spent two years at Herkimer. It was there that the midfielder stood out as arguably one of the team’s best players. SU head coach Ian McIntyre took notice, and now Cribley has started every game for the Orange so far in 2011.

He’s tied for fourth in the Big East in assists with two, which accounts for nearly half of SU’s five goals scored. But he’s quick to credit his teammates for being in the right place at the right time.

“We’ve all sort of settled in,” Cribley said. “We know what Mac wants us to play.”

As Cribley continues to adjust to Syracuse, he and the team expect shot attempts like his chance in overtime against American to end in goals. The Orange offense has struggled to convert its scoring opportunities. Three of SU’s four wins under McIntyre have come on free kicks in overtime.

The team wants that to change.

Thus, expectations are high for SEE CRIBLEY PAGE 17