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Primaries fail to lure SU voters

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brandon weight | staff photographer SAM DISSTON , a senior psychology and Spanish major, is one of only 17 people to cast their vote in Tuesday’s primaries at the Bird Library polling site. Election volunteers said the low turnout is due to students being uninformed about who to vote for and where to vote.

DPS adds van to late-night escorts

By Michael Boren ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Sara Benazzi had just pulled an allnighter during finals week and needed a textbook from her apartment.

She didn’t want to walk there alone at 6 a.m. from E.S. Bird Library, so she called the Department of Public Safety and requested an escort.

But after waiting 30 minutes, Benazzi called DPS back and told them she was walking.

“I felt uncomfortable walking by myself at the crack of dawn — and still nothing,” said Benazzi, a senior history and economics major.

Though Benazzi didn’t take the escort, many students did, as combined DPS services provided 22,268 escorts in the previous academic

year. To alleviate demand, the department has made a pilot shuttle van permanent this year.

DPS also began advertising its 711 mobile system to students for the first time, getting the word out about the option to call or text DPS in an emergency.

The now permanent six-person night shuttle, known as Shuttle 44, has helped DPS pick up the slack on walking escorts, said DPS Capt. John Sardino.

Unlike the Shuttle-U-Home van, which only takes students from Watson Hall to off-campus locations, Shuttle 44 picks up students from their calling location if they’re in the immediate campus area, such as the SEE DPS PAGE 9

The primary elections were rolling across New York state Tuesday, but they drew a minimal turnout on the Syracuse University campus.

“Students aren’t interested in the local elections,” said Norm Keim, a volunteer election inspector at the E.S. Bird Library poll. “We get about 1,000 voters in a presidential election.”

Bird Library, which houses the only on-campus polling site, was open from noon to 9 p.m. and saw a total of 17 voters, six of whom were Republican and 11 of whom were Democrat.

In the absence of a presidential candidate or a heated campaign, students and election volunteers agreed there was little knowledge about and interest in the primary election.

The biggest race in New York state this election season is for governor. In

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Classes use Wikipedia as teaching tool

By Laurence Leveille ASST. COPY EDITOR

Wikipedia, usually forbidden from academia as potentially inaccurate, has found a place in a handful of college classrooms.

Select universities across the nation, including Syracuse University, and the nonprofit organization that runs Wikipedia are working together to incorporate Wikipedia in the classroom. The project, known as the Public Policy Initiative, is the fi rst attempt to systematically improve articles on Wikipedia, starting with the public policy topic area, according to a news release from May 2010.

Wikimedia, the nonprofit, received a $1.2 million grant from

the Stanton Foundation, a long-time partner with the nonprofit, to fund the initiative, which will take place in a two-phase process.

Phase one, which began in November, consisted of creating face-to-face relationships and getting feedback on ideas from university professors nationwide.

Fall 2010 marked the start of phase two: to improve the quality of the public policy area of Wikipedia.

With both phases combined, the project is expected to be a 17-month long process, according to a Wikimedia Outreach article in August.

Early in the semester, students will be trained in skills, including writing techniques, understanding how Wikipedia works, learning the

appropriate use of the website as a resource, strengthening the ability to think critically and evaluate cited sources, and experiencing the collaborative and technical aspects of working on a website like Wikipedia.

Students will then begin to improve public policy content for Wikipedia in various ways, such as writing new articles, creating visual aids, researching and adding sources to existing articles, and more.

Carol Dwyer, research project coordinator at SU, is currently teaching a course titled “Wikipedia and Public Policy.” She could not be reached for comment to elaborate SEE WIKIPEDIA PAGE 7

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Sarah Shourd was released from a jail in Tehran, Iran after paying a $500,000 bail, according to The Washington Post. In July 2009, Shourd and two others were hiking in the Kurdish region of Iraq when they accidentally crossed into Iran. The three were detained in July 2009 for illegally entering Iran and spying. President Ahmoud Ahmadinejad called for the release under compassionate grounds due to health concerns. Although Shourd was released, her fiance Shane Bauer and Josh Fatal were not, and their cases may move to the courts soon, according to The Washington Post.

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Authorities announced a round-the-clock curfew on Sunday in response to protests and crowd-control measures that have disrupted daily life since June, according to The New York Times. On Tuesday, the government also announced that no flights could enter or leave Srinagar, Kashmir’s summer capital. Since the lockdown, at least 18 people and one security officer were killed and more than 70 others were wounded, according to The New York Times. Ambulances are having trouble getting past security checkpoints, schools have been closed for the last three months, grocery stores are only open between strikes and curfews, and young people are on their computers all day. Syed Shah Geelani, leader of the separatist faction, has announced a protest calendar for the next 10 days.

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campus briefs Course to teach stress reduction The Counseling Center is offering a free stress reduction class to Syracuse University students. The class, called Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, runs six weeks and meets on Wednesday night from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. starting Sept. 29. The class will also include a retreat Nov. 6. Until the class’ start date, the Counseling Center is hosting information centers to help students learn more about it, meet the instructor and register for the class. The first one is being held Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Counseling Center.

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Partnership to target smoking A new program called Colleges for Change is aiming to reduce smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke among college students. The program, a partnership between Syracuse University and the Onondaga County Health Department, was started in response to statistics that show adults ages 18-24 have the highest concentration of smokers in New York. College for Change is pursuing four main initiatives: end tobaccosponsored events on campus, ensure off-campus apartments have smoking restrictions, pass ordinances to ban outdoor smoking on campus and ban the sale of tobacco on campus.

SU to host “Straw Dogs” screening Rod Lurie, the director of the film “Straw Dogs,” will show an advance screening of his movie at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium.

The film is a remake of the original 1971 flick, which will be screened on Thursday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. and discussed by Lurie and Doug Brode, a Newhouse adjunct professor.

The advance screening of Lurie’s film will be held Friday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. in the same auditorium, located in Newhouse 3. The film is suppose to hit theaters in 2011.

Bank officer to discuss security The chief information risk officer of JP Morgan Chase & Co., Anish Bhimani, will speak today about how advancing technology items, such as smart phones, are influencing how companies deal with information security.

Bhimani’s speech will mark the start of the HUB 2010 Fall Speaker Series. He will speak in room 4-201 in the Center for Science and Technology at 1 p.m., and attendance is free.

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andrew renneisen | contributing photographer karen Buffum (front) and ladonna janosky, supervisor of Shaw Dining Center and Food Services employee, respectively, sort through students’ food waste to determine what to compost.

Marissa Angell had a vision to start a composting program during her freshmen year at Syracuse University when she saw a fellow student throw out an untouched bowl of cereal and walk out of an on-campus dining hall.

“I was appalled when I saw her do it,” said Angell, a junior agricultural sciences major who has since transferred to Cornell University.

After further observation, Angell realized it wasn’t an uncommon incident. She said she watched people do it every day. So Angell decided to take action and e-mailed Chancellor Nancy Cantor about the need for a compost program at Syracuse.

The chancellor replied the same day and told her there was already a group in the process of getting the wheels turning on a waste compost program. Knowing the program would be beneficial to the university, she immediately joined the group that was working on it and made her vision a reality.

Eight months after first throwing the composting ideas around and working out the kinks, the program went into effect at the start of the spring 2010 semester, said Steve Lloyd, associate director of SU’s sustainability division. Since its implementation, the dining halls have collected 30 tons of food waste available for composting.

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Faculty, students help DC alumni club redo logo design

By Devon Braunstein Contributing Writer

The Syracuse University Alumni Club of Washington, D.C., has decided to change its logo in hopes of better appealing to and connecting with the alumni community in D.C. In its search for a new logo, the alumni club allowed anyone to submit logo ideas and images through its website until Sept. 3. The club is currently reviewing all submissions and plans to make a final decision at its annual meeting on Oct. 12.

“The process has given us the opportunity to reach out to alumni in the D.C. region and continue to build a base in the area,” said Eric Colchamiro, President of the

Alumni Club.

The submission guidelines on the club’s website specified the entry logos had to contain one or two colors, not contain gradients, be 5 inches by 5 inches of original art and be submitted in Photoshop format.

The club received more than 50 “wonderful and wacky” entries from alumni, students and friends of Syracuse University, said Lauren Appelbaum Fusfield, immediate past-president of the alumni club.

The alumni club plans to use the logo across different platforms, from alumni sports team shirts to letterheads, all working to engage and network the SU alumni community of D.C.

“The club attracts all different types of graduates… Now graduates who have an interest in graphic design know about the club,” Appelbaum Fusfield said.

In an effort to increase scholarship funds for graduate and undergraduate SU students, the logo will be used as a fundraising tool to print on items for sales such as mugs and apparel.

A logo “should reflect your public identity,” said Ken Harper, assistant professor of visual and interactive communications at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. “Yet it must be simple enough to convey a message.”

Knowing one’s audience is key,

Harper said. He said logo makers should ask themselves, “Whom am I trying to speak to?” and “Will that imagery represent me in a way I find desirable?”

Harper cited Google’s logo: colorful, widely spaced, circus-like and fun.

His ideal logo for the alumni club would be orange, maintaining the legacy colors in order to connect with the memories of the alumni. He would use a strong font, representing stability and agility.

“A logo should represent who you are,” Harper said, “through color, shape, font choice and size.” dsbrauns@syr.edu

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the primaries, Democratic candidate Andrew Cuomo was uncontested, while Carl Paladino, a tea party sympathizer from Buffalo, and Rick Lazio, the candidate endorsed by the Republican Party, went head-to-head for governor for the Republican ballot.

Sam Disston, a senior psychology and Spanish major, was one of the few students who voted on Tuesday.

As a Republican supporting the underdog — Paladino — Disston said voting was the responsible thing to do.

Disston, who is also a member of the College Republicans, said he changed his voter registration to Syracuse a year ago from his home in Connecticut.

“Me and my roommate share the same world views,” Disston said. “I made my decision after speaking to him.”

Disston said Paladino appealed to him because of the candidate’s association with the tea party.

“Individual liberties is a big thing for me,” he said. And though he knew Paladino probably wouldn’t win in the end, Disston said he votes to support the principles he believes in.

The main item on the Democratic ballot was a local race for Onondaga County sheriff, said Keim, who has been volunteering at the polls for 25 years. The race for county sheriff had four runners, two Republicans and two Democrats.

Steve Brechin, a sociology professor, said he voted Democrat at Bird Library on Tuesday. He said the most important race for him was for attorney general.

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for attorney general in the primary. The past several governors and Democratic candidate Cuomo were attorney generals before running for governor.

The numbers at Bird Library do not represent the total voter turnout for SU students because many students choose to do absentee ballots, Keim said. Also, Bird Library is not the only polling station for SU students. Students living on the Mount vote at an off-campus site, as do students on South Campus.

But students were generally apathetic to the primaries this year, compared to long-term or older residents in the area. Other students felt they weren’t informed enough about the elections to vote.

“I don’t think too many people knew about it,” said Mike Lessner, a sophomore marketing major and a resident of the Bird Library voting district.

Nikita Ferrao, a sophomore pre-med student from New York state, also hadn’t heard much about the primaries.

“I know I should educate myself — it’s just I’d rather not act like I know what I’m talking about,” she said.

Busy college students don’t have the same amount of time to vote, Ferrao said.

But among the overwhelming student apathy on Tuesday, politically active students like Disston see Tuesday’s elections as a time to show support for the ideals they believe in.

“A lot of people in politics have the same ends in mind,” he said. “But since I won’t be around to see the ends, the means are what matter to me.” rastrum@syr.edu ajswab@syr.edu

nicole roberts | staff photographer The polling booths in Bird Library are empty during Tuesday’s primaries amid the minimal voter traffic. Although it’s not the only polling station where students vote, Bird saw a total of 17 voters, six Republicans and 11 Democrats, from around its voting district.

winners of Tuesday’s primaries Carl P. Paladino: Republican nomination for governor Thomas V. Ognibene: Republican nomination for lieutenant governor Kirsten E. Gillibrand: Democratic nomination for U.S senator (two-year unexpired term) Joseph Price: Democratic nomination for Onondaga County Sherriff Kevin E. Walsh: Republican nomination for Onondaga County Sherriff Andrew C. Russo: Republican nomination for State Senate 49th District Source: syracuse.com

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ith all the controversy surrounding Park51, the emotional pain of Sept. 11 began to resurface. The intensity of these emotions has been revealed in numerous ways. Small riots against “Islam” have popped up all over the nation, and even the much-talked about Rev. Terry Jones planned to burn over two hundred copies of the Quran, the Islamic holy book, on the anniversary of Sept. 11. Even though Rev. Jones suspended the burning of the books, his acts showed there’s still a misconception surrounding the Muslim world.

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11 grew closer, the issues many people had laid in the understanding that Islam destroyed the Twin Towers. This same ideological system is what’s behind the proposal of the Cordoba Center, which many have protested because of an insensitivity

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attached to its creation. But that is an entirely different opinion piece. For me, it involves the term “Islam.”

For many Americans, the term “Islam” refers to much more than just the religion. It provokes a fearful emotion derived from chaos. Most Americans who haven’t studied the Middle East or are unfamiliar with the region consider Islam to be a stereotyped individual rather than a religion.

In most cases, the thinking is that Islam equals the Middle East. What about those who do not reside in the Middle East and are not Arab, but practice Islam?

Recently, students in my Islam religion class began discussing the notorious Samuel Huntington and his theory of “The Clash of Civilizations,” which further complicated the issue.

When boiled down, Huntington’s

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i think i’m hungry again theory basically states it is the West vs. Islam, but even he used the term “Islam” incorrectly. Geographical locations cannot directly fight a belief, nor can one arguably say the term “Islam” incorporates all the many complex facets of the Muslim world.

I had to see what other Syracuse University students thought about the term “Islam” to present as unbiased an opinion as possible.

Senior marketing major Jessie Mehlhoff had quite a bit to say about

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the topic.

When asked what the term Islam first brought to mind, she responded, “I think of religion, war and the understanding that not everyone practicing Islam is a terrorist.” She then went on to say, “The media portrays the enemy as being Islam so naturally, there is an underlying view that Islam could or could not be connected.”

The last point Mehlhoff made was what I had in mind. The media depicts Islam as America’s enemy.

It doesn’t always differentiate Islam from location, ethnicity, the individual or group causing the problem.

This inaccurate reporting needs to be addressed immediately.

Islam did not destroy the Twin Towers, Islam did not propose the Cordoba Center, Islam did not warrant the war in Afghanistan.

Understanding this will allow people

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to comprehend that making signs and speeches marking Islam as terrorism makes absolutely no sense.

Americans need to realize that while we continue to feel the heartache of Sept. 11 and the current war in Afghanistan, we cannot justifiably wage war against a belief. It would be just like waging war against Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Confucianism, and all other beliefs and practices.

We must realize the small number of individuals who wrongly portray the Islamic faith do not make up the ideology as a whole and do not depict the other practitioners of the faith.

Until this happens, many Americans will not be able to emotionally grow.

John Sumpter is a senior political science major. His column appears weekly, and he can be reached at jfsumpte@syr.edu.

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What are the major issues voters should think about in the election?

“The U.S. faces numerous policy challenges at the federal, state and local levels. Instead of being issue-specific, I think voters need to ask themselves: Of the candidates, who is the best situated and most likely to cross the aisle and help break the gridlock that is paralyzing government from taking meaningful action on a range of issues?”

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As the midterm primary elections took place Tuesday, voters in New York state and across America decided which candidate could address major issues most effectively.

Although the on-campus voting at Syracuse University was incredibly low, The Post-Standard reported a greater voter turnout in the city overall on Tuesday.

In comparison to 2007, the last midterm election year, there was a 30 percent increase in votes, according to an article published on Tuesday.

Experts said voter turnout is usually lower in midterm elections, especially primaries, than during a presidential election. But the country is still facing a sluggish economy, a record-breaking national debt and a war in Afghanistan, along with other major issues.

Voter reaction has even led to the rise of alternative political activism in the form of the tea party, an extreme right-wing movement.

The Daily Orange asks the experts, “What are the major issues voters should be thinking about in the upcoming election?”

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“There apparently weren’t any major issues since there were so few voters. The interesting thing will be if the outsiders win. (Carl) Paladino is an outsider. If he beat (Rick) Lazio — Lazio is the GOP man — that shows people are disgruntled.”

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“Voters should be thinking about what they really want out of government — more or less regulation, more or less services, more or less taxes — and which candidates will best represent those concerns.”

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on her class.

Organizers chose public policy as the topic of interest for the initiative because it is a topic area Wikimedia believes needs improvement and because it covers a wide array of fields, such as history, economics and law, according to the article.

Wikimedia representatives could not be reached for comment.

Eight professors in five universities across the country are taking part in the project for the fall semester: one from SU, four professors

“We’re in the digital age — the Internet age. Wikipedia has a very strong presence, so I just thought it would be exciting for the students to learn how to use and to try to improve it.”

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at George Washington University, two professors at Georgetown University, one professor at Harvard University and one at Indiana University at Bloomington.

Donna Infeld is a professor at GW participating in the Wikipedia Public Policy Initiative.

She has redesigned the course requirements for her policy analysis class to incorporate

Wikipedia into a yearly summer assignment.

Rather than having students choose between finding an evaluation report and critiquing it or following a policy analysis and critiquing it, Infeld added a third option to the assignment. The new option required students to write a policy analysis paper, which allowed them to become experts in a specific policy topic. Students then used the knowledge they gained in order to update, add content to or create a page on Wikipedia, she said.

“We’re in the digital age — the Internet age,” she said. “Wikipedia has a very strong presence, so I just thought it would be exciting for the students to learn how to use and to try to improve it.”

Incorporating Wikipedia in the classroom will give assignments a greater purpose because students’ written work would be published for a global audience, rather than just their professors, according to the Wikimedia blog.

Throughout the semester, Wikimedia will send campus ambassadors and online ambassadors who are trained in Wikipedia to provide support for students at participating colleges.

Campus ambassadors are assigned to each class and are available for help on campus.

Online ambassadors will provide students with online support, coaching and mentoring.

From August to September 2011, Wikimedia will evaluate the improvement of the public policy topic area and the success of the educational effort, which will mark the end of phase two of the initiative.

“I’m very confident it will be successful,” Infeld said. “The students, I think they enjoyed the exercise, and I think it gave them confidence in the exercise. They had a new way to share that knowledge.” lgleveil@ syr.edu

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food scraps are decomposed and are often used as fertilizer.

SU first implemented the compost program in a few dining centers as a trial period and expanded it to all on-campus dining centers after a few weeks of success, Lloyd said.

The project faced a roadblock early on, as SU was originally supposed to contract out with a local farmer who was going to use the compost for his farm, but it fell through because of an insurance policy, Angell said. The planning committee found the solution in the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA).

Most of the waste from the Syracuse dining halls is sorted in the preparation stage and then transported to the site at OCRRA, said Mark Tewksbury, assistant director of SU’s Food Services. When the university was in the planning stages, OCRRA seemed like the obvious choice to partner with because they had a facility that could handle SU’s volume of waste.

“A couple of years back we tried to do a compost program but it fell apart for reasons beyond our control,” Tewksbury said. “We couldn’t find anyone to take our waste, but OCRRA has a great program going on so once we were made

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aware of that program, we knew we had a winwin situation for both of us.”

The university needed to purchase a special kind of dumpster that could be sealed tightly enough for the food waste to stay viable for composting, while keeping in the odor. SU financed that purchase from a $2,500 second-place prize in a contest through NBC Green Universal, as well as money from other divisions, such as Food Services, Lloyd said.

Lloyd said the composting program has many benefits for the university. One of the most substantial is it saves money. Trash is two times more expensive to dispose of than compost, though compost is three times as heavy. Lloyd also said it benefits the community beyond SU by being more environmentally friendly.

The only downside of the program is the labor hours, which could be a little longer and more intense because of the sorting of the waste, Lloyd said.

Even though Angell has since transferred to Cornell, she was happy to know the program she had a hand in starting was running smoothly.

“I think that America is one of the most wasteful places to live, and it is sad because we have the brainpower to do things better,” Angell said. “We just don’t use it all the time.” hawentz@syr.edu

andrew renneisen | contributing photographer Three bins of sorted food waste from Shaw Dining Center wait to be added to more than 30 tons of compost that has been collected.

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East neighborhood.

But the shuttle is primarily for students returning home from academic work or those needing to reach another side of campus, Sardino said.

“We’re going to avoid taking a student from one social spot to another,” he said.

The shuttle runs from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m.

Sunday through Tuesday and 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Wednesday through Saturday.

The response times for all escorts — walking or van — depend on whether students are in a safe place or out in the open, where there’s potential danger, Sardino said. Students typically wait an average of 10-12 minutes, but they could wait 30 minutes if officers are busy, he said.

“If you’re calling from your resident hall and you’re in a safe environment, you might have to wait a little bit longer if we’re tied up,” he said.

But some students question why officers can’t be quicker late at night.

“A lot of the time, they’re just parked in a parking lot, talking to each other,” said Maria Rein, a senior geography and international relations major.

Rein had waited up to 30 minutes for an escort before. But she said the response time and willingness to give an escort depended on which officer she talked to.

Lauren Krauth used to take DPS escorts between South Campus and Main Campus, sometimes waiting 30 minutes for the escort, she said.

“I feel like, a lot of times, they think you’re just using them because it’s cold out and you don’t want to walk,” said Krauth, a senior international relations major.

For students in actual emergencies, DPS is actively promoting a text system originally designed for students held in hostage situations in classrooms that is now being used for emergencies around campus.

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Students can text 711@syr.edu in an emergency, and the message will go to an e-mail account at DPS to alert the dispatcher.

But DPS doesn’t want to see students use the text system as the primary means to contact officers, said Mike Kearns, manager of technical services at DPS. “When you call for help, you really need a two-way conversation,” he said. “So we look at this as a backup communication method with Public Safety.”

DPS felt it was finally time to advertise the system, which is a year and a half old, after working out some bugs and glitches, Kearns said.

So far, only faculty with communication limitations, such as speaking or hearing impediments, have used the text system, he said.

One SU physical plant worker, who got stuck in an elevator and couldn’t speak, texted the number once, and DPS responded and got him out, Kearns said.

But if students don’t text their locations in the message — which is limited to 160 characters on some phones — it would be difficult for DPS to find them, Kearns said.

Regardless of the text system, some students could still call in emergencies.

“I feel like calling is just as easy, but if they don’t feel comfortable to call, they can text,” said Melissa Rothstein, a senior psychology and neuroscience major.

Rothstein said she would call if she was in an emergency because it’s faster.

But the text system may be good for students if they’re trying to reach DPS in a big crowd at a party, said Perry Russom, a sophomore political science and broadcast journalism major.

“It’s a good option,” he said. “But I don’t think it’s an end-all.”

The text system shows DPS is at least staying ahead with technology, Russom said.

He joked, “I guess the next thing is an app on your iPhone for DPS.” mcboren@syr.edu

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Forgive and forget

Rutgers offers to wipe bad grades of returning dropouts

By Meghin Delaney

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tudents who dropped out of Rutgers University at least 10 years ago may have the opportunity to return with a clean slate.

Rutgers is one of many universities now offering an academic forgiveness program. The program will allow students to wipe their old GPAs clear to

have a fresh start upon returning to college.

The forgiveness policy at the Rutgers-Camden campus was created for nontraditional students, ages 25 and up, said Joseph Schiavo, the chair of the Scholastic Standing Committee at Rutgers-Camden.

“Our goal was to try to bring back these students who dropped out for whatever reason,”

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Schiavo said. “We wanted to give these people an opportunity to come back to school, and obviously, they have a low GPA.” The program started at Rutgers’ main campus in New Brunswick in fall 2007, followed by Rutgers-Camden in spring 2009. The program currently has had about 30 people, and the numbers have been increasing. Rutgers has not done any official advertising for the program, but plans to do so in the future, Schiavo said.

“We’re committed to students having a higher education. For those who have started in the past, we would like to see them finish,” said Erica Anderson, an assistant dean in the Rutgers-New Brunswick School of Arts and Sciences and director for scholastic standing, probation, retention programming and assessment.

Each of Rutgers’ campuses — Camden, New Brunswick and Newark — have slightly different policies when it comes to eligibility for academic forgiveness, said Michael Beals, the vice dean for undergraduate education at the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers-New Brunswick.

“Academic amnesty polices are determined by the separate academic units since they represent the college wisdom of separate faculties, and one size does not fit all,” Beals said.

But at all Rutgers sites, only some of the students’ past grades are forgiven when calculating the GPA: the D’s and the F’s. At the maximum, 12 credits can be forgiven by Rutgers-Camden, Schiavo said. Whether they factor into the GPA

or not, all of the grades will appear on students’ transcripts, according to the Rutgers website.

“We do not rewrite history by granting academic amnesty,” Beals said. “The transcript represents a complete representation of academic performance at Rutgers.”

Like other schools with similar programs, students can only apply for amnesty once at Rutgers. Students must fill out a form with their application to request academic forgiveness, and then their cases are heard by the Scholastic Standing Committee before they are granted academic forgiveness, said Nancy Gulick, the assistant dean in the Office of Academic Advising at Rutgers-Camden.

Only students who dropped out of Rutgers 10 years ago are eligible at the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers-New Brunswick. All students must complete 12 new Rutgers credits on a temporary re-enrollment status with a minimum 2.75 GPA to be awarded the forgiveness.

Other schools with academic forgiveness policies require students to have left the university for three or five years. Rutgers-New Brunswick chose ten years because it is more than enough time to ensure a person has evolved into a different individual, Anderson said.

“These are individuals who, otherwise, would have no way in the door without applying this program,” Anderson said. “It’s a very exceptional and forgiving program.” medelane@syr.edu

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Matt & Kim to play Westcott

By Aaron Gould Asst. Feature Editor

Matt & Kim will perform Wednesday night at the Westcott Theater — “hitchhiking to Maine,” not required.

Best known for their hit song “Daylight,” the dance-punk duo from Brooklyn, N.Y., will return to Syracuse for the What: Matt & Kim second time. In concert Where: Wescott October 2007, Theater Matt & Kim When: Wednesday p e r f o r m e d 8 p.m., doors at 7 at Syracuse p.m.

Univer sit y ’s How much: $17 Schine Underground as part of that year’s Bandersnatch Music series. Wednesday’s show will be the first of the 2010-11 season at the Westcott.

Tickets for the 8 p.m. concert cost $17 and can be purchased online at the Westcott’s website or at the theater’s box office. The doors open at 7 p.m.

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or animal-loving students who have resorted to dog-themed computer backgrounds and have called home to “speak” with their favorite animal, the comfort of having a personal pet at an off-campus residence can give that cold apartment the warmth of home.

But owning a pet is a job in itself.

On top of the responsibilities of classes and extracurricular activities, owning a pet can be an added challenge.

The added responsibilities and costs haven’t prevented senior film major Bryce Shulman from adopting Stella, his chocolate Lab mix puppy.

“I saw her sister walking down the street in Utica and approached her owner, who told me that a litter of black-chocolate Labs was up for adoption.” That’s when Shulman knew he had to get one for himself.

Since adopting Stella, Shulman has been reassured in the small loyal community of college student dog owners at Syracuse. Making friends

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and starting conversations is an added bonus. Students who were once strangers now approach Shulman when he takes Stella out for walks. Seeing the 14-month-old puppy lolling at his heels, they are instantly attracted.

“It’s a small community of dog lovers that stick together,” he said.

When meeting members of the opposite sex, dogs can be essential

For SU students, keeping a canine is a labor of love

for walks, deliberately walking in the direction of attractive girls.

“The girls dug my dog,” Lambert said.

Shulman takes pride in all the effort he’s put into training Stella. He’s even able to communicate with Stella, in a way. He can now differentiate her needs, like food or water. Shulman claims having Stella made him a more

“It’s a small community of dog lovers that stick together.”

Bryce Shulman senior film major

icebreakers. Shulman said girls are drawn to him much more frequently when Stella is nearby.

Catherine Lambert, a wildlife biology senior at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, owns a terrier mix named Tavy. She remembers how her dog was a tool of flirtation. Her male roommate would take Tavy out

mature person. “She gets me out of bed on weekends, instead of sleeping in ‘til the afternoon,” he said.

Other students use their dogs as a form of security. Lambert said she adopted Tavy with protection in mind. “[Tavy’s] alertful barks keep me aware of outside intruders,” Lambert said.

Though owning a dog has its ben-

efits, the hassles that come along with the purchase should make potential owners think before they buy. For starters, it certainly isn’t cheap. Shulman said he paid close to $500 in veterinary and adoption fees in the span of a few months.

Other problems are a little less sanitary.

“The worst part is when owners don’t spray or neuter their animals,” Shulman said.

Time is a huge factor in properly taking care of a dog. The general rule is the bigger the dog, the more exercise it needs, both in distance and time span. The field at the side of the Women’s Building is a must-go place for Stella and her owner to play catch.

The field has safety benefits because it is a fenced-in environment away from the road.

Shulman and Lambert said Mills Rose Garden is also an escape for a romantic dog walk for couples, and Oakwood Cemetery along Comstock Avenue is good for long, see dogs page 18

“I feel like they are a more known talent, without being overly sellout. It keeps the Westcott’s underground, lessknown feel, but it’s also more popular, so it’ll attract more students.”

Emily Becker sophomore political science and policy studies major

As of 3 p.m. Tuesday, only a couple hundred tickets were left, said Dan Mastronardi, the Westcott’s booking director.

“This has been one of our biggestselling presale shows,” Mastronardi said.

Since their last concert in Syracuse, Matt & Kim have released their second studio album, “Grand,” in January 2009. “Grand” peaked at No. 4 on Billboard’s Top Heatseekers chart. Matt & Kim is comprised of lead singer Matt Johnson and drummer Kim Schifino.

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Sa l e s Dress for less by avoiding designer brands, finding cheap alternatives

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o those girls really have it figured out.

Their feet are staying nice and dry in Hunter rain boots and their bodies comfortable in North Face coats. With their Longchamp bags slung over their shoulders, these girls are the epitome of style at Syracuse University.

But those styles were last year. It’s three weeks into the new semester, and it’s raining outside. Practicality and high fashion are locked in a battle for top priority as students decide if their bags and outfits should be sacrificed to the rain. Class started five minutes ago — it’s decision time.

More and more students at SU are shying away from monogram bags and overpriced brands. Many stores are offering similar products at half the price.

Longchamp bags may seem like the perfect companion for multiple books, but canvas

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backpacks are making a comeback. You can fi nd a nice one for $49.50 at J.Crew, compared to the $125 Longchamp shoulder tote.

There are many affordable alternatives to Hunter boots. Rain boots of the same style, but without the word “Hunter,” could save you a staggering $100. Inexpensive rain boots can be found at Marshalls and T.J.Maxx.

Boots that are almost exact replicas of the popular Hunters are available at Target for $24.99. Why spend so much on boots meant to slosh through mud and dirty water if you don’t have to?

The North Face jacket is also a popular choice on campus. However, the durable outerwear isn’t as chic as the rest of the fall styles.

As Alexander Wang reinvents the camel coat, Karl Lagerfeld introduces faux fur to keep the body warm. Many retailers are selling stylish alternatives to winter jackets. At Zara.com, you can fi nd a classic and sophisticated camel jacket or a strikingly bold faux fur.

BURNIN’ A HOLE

Fashion is all about fi nding a niche in a sea of this season’s trends. The days of labeled clothing are on their way out. Retailers that tend to market a signature style, such as American Eagle, Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister Co., are struggling to sell. Meanwhile, retailers that offer rapidly changing clothing selections are skyrocketing in terms of success.

Companies like Forever 21, H&M and Zara offer an array of clothing that is constantly being updated to keep up with evolving trends.

Being a fashionista at Syracuse doesn’t have to be about the expensive boots and jackets.

Affordability in fashion is necessary in a receding economy.

While trends are changing at a neverbefore-seen rate, it seems more sensible to spend less. Staying warm and dry in the rain and snow this school year doesn’t have to be expensive, but it can fashionable.

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Roommate selection website syncs new students

By Danielle Odiamar Contributing Writer

For first-year students at any college or university, the idea of living in a cramped space for eight months with a complete stranger is stressful, even terrifying. Some students, however, have found a way to avoid the struggle of finding the perfect roommate — or worse: leaving it to chance with random housing.

seemed too slim to handle.”

For thousands of incoming students who fear not knowing their future roommate, the creation of URoomSurf.com in February has been the answer to their prayers and an end to the dread of finding the right person on their own.

“We developed URoomSurf.com after seeing students tediously trying to match themselves to compatible roommates by filling out long sur-

“We have gotten great feedback from students, mostly telling us how much the site has helped them and how relieved they are to know they found someone they can share a room with in their first year in college.”

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“I wasn’t comfortable with random assignments because I wanted to have a roommate who I could talk to about whatever and be comfortable around,” said Christina Fieni, a freshman magazine journalism and anthropology major. “With a random roommate, the chances of meeting someone I have a lot in common with

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thoughtful strolls.

Because they are graduating this spring, Shulman and Lambert are concerned about their dogs’ futures. They said they weren’t sure where their lives would take them, and if they would be able to take their dogs along for the ride.

Shulman’s and Lambert’s parents have offered to take care of the dogs while the students settle into their postgraduation lives. Tavy gets severely anxious when separated from Lambert, so she’s not sure if the parent-hotel option will solve the problem. Shulman and Lambert said

veys and posting them on sites like Facebook,” said Dan Thibodeau, cofounder of the website.

“We saw an opportunity to create an easy and effective system that did this for students automatically.”

With more than 84,000 registered users, 724 of which are Syracuse University students,

this concern should serve as a warning before getting a dog, and both said they wished they had thought about the long-term commitment before adopting a new pet.

For the two seniors, having a pet of their own has provided them with extra love. Though it can sometimes be a hassling experience, it is also a positive and maturing one, they said. Each owner said the sacrifices, time, effort and money put into keeping their dogs happy and healthy were worth the effort.

“At the end of the day, girls come and go,” Shulman said. “But Stella will always love me.” tadoychi@syr.edu

URoomSurf has seen its share of success.

“We have gotten great feedback from students, mostly telling us how much the site has helped them and how relieved they are to know they found someone they can share a room with in their first year in college,” Thibodeau said.

The website is not for everyone. Some students are simply unable to find someone they would want to live with for a year.

“I signed up for URoomSurf, but I didn’t find a roommate on it, so I just did random,” said Brooke Elman, an undeclared freshman in the College of Human Ecology.

Regardless, SU students registered for URoomSurf to see if they could find the perfect person with whom they could share their freshman year.

“College is a brand new experience, and students will be exposed to all sorts of new things and people,” Thibodeau said. “Most students just want to know that in their dorm room, they can feel comfortable.”

Functioning as an online dating website for roommates, URoomSurf is an accessible website. Students choose a school, create a profile, and take a survey about personal characteristics and roommate preferences. The website then reviews the answers and chooses compatible matches of the same gender. In each user’s pro-

file, students can share a brief self-description, hometown, intended major, interests and the activities in which they are involved.

Though the fees are a bit disgruntling, most students take the process seriously and are willing to upgrade to some extent, Thibodeau said.

“To know they will get along with the person they are sharing a tiny room with is definitely worth a few pennies a day,” he said.

The first year of college will continue to be a stressful and overwhelming time. Trying to create the most comfortable living situation will still be difficult. But URoomSurf has found a way to assist students with an age-old problem through the power of the Internet.

“I did find an amazing roommate,” said Fieni, who used the website to pick a roommate. “We live in Day Hall and make a constant running joke out of the stairs of death.”

URoomSurf is not only helping members find compatible roommates, but also helping them create lasting friendships.

“I’m very happy with my roommate choice.

With the website, we were able to talk months in advance and really get to know each other,” Fieni said. “So when we both finally moved in, it was like seeing a familiar face that you could tell anything to.”

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SU concerts like Juice Jam Festival and Block Party. The combination of talent and a personal environment may be the major strength of the show, said Emily Becker, a sophomore political science and policy studies major.

“I feel like they are a more known talent, without being overly sellout,” Becker said. “It keeps the Westcott’s underground, less-known feel, but it’s also more popular, so it’ll attract more students.”

Many students have no idea who Matt & Kim are, a sign that they are no Passion Pit or Lupe Fiasco. Though she has no plans to go to the concert, Megan Griffo, a sophomore magazine journalism major, thought the Westcott was the right venue for Matt & Kim. “They’re still small enough that I feel like the Westcott would be a good thing for them,” she said. “They are the kind of band where it would be better if you were close to them.”

Matt & Kim have been featured on many television series and video game soundtracks, and have used MySpace and YouTube to gain a strong local fan base.

“My roommate from last year really liked them, she put up posters and stuff. I wouldn’t call myself an uber fan, but I think it’s upbeat and fun,” Becker said. “I saw an interview with them, and they seem like cool people. I think it’s a good image for (the) Westcott.”

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become known for their simple dance rhythms and energetic performances.

Getting Matt & Kim to the Westcott has been a long-term goal of Mastronardi’s. Syracuse is the perfect place for a group like theirs, he said.

“I’ve been listening to them for a long time, and I’ve been wanting to have them in the theater for a while now,” he said. “We’re a college town; the music that they’re playing is very conducive to students and locals, alike.”

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By Zach Brown Staff Writer

Kendall Hunter couldn’t help but feel the irritation coming on. Unable to play, he had let the pain from his busted ankle get all the way to his head.

Many had started to question the Oklahoma State running back’s talents as he struggled and played through the ankle injury last season. He started only two games and ran the ball just 89 times for less than 400 yards in for the Cowboys.

But the worst part for Hunter, the Big 12’s leading rusher in 2008, was frustration that he couldn’t be out on the field doing what he loves.

Playing time in every game was hit or miss week to week. The waiting became too much, mentally.

“It was a waiting process,” Hunter said. “It was just one of those nagging injuries that was like, ‘OK, I’ll be back next week.’ I kept thinking that, and then the more I was out, the more frustrated I was getting.”

But this year, it’s the opposing defenses that are getting frustrated with Hunter now 100 percent healthy. The soft-spoken senior has stormed into the 2010 season with 414 yards and six touchdowns through Oklahoma State’s (2-0) first two games this season. The disappointment from last year has all but disappeared as Hunter’s rushing total currently ranks second in the country.

Now the love has crept back in.

“I just love the game,” Hunter said. “Love to be out there having fun. Love to have the ball in my hands.”

Hunter quelled any doubts about health in OSU’s first game against Washington State (1-1)

“The kid’s strong. ... His strength is unbelievable.

He’s got good quickness.

He’s got good balance.

He’s got good speed.”

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by exploding for 208 yards and three touchdowns — in the first half. He tacked on another score early in the third before being pulled from the Cowboys’ 65-17 win.

The senior followed that performance with a 157-yard, two-touchdown outburst in Oklahoma State’s 41-38 win over Troy (1-1) Saturday. He also took a kick return 100 yards for an apparent score against the Trojans, but it was called back on a penalty.

Offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen said it’s the 5-foot-8, 200-pound Hunter’s deceptive strength that separates him from other running backs.

“The kid’s strong,” he said. “His strength is unbelievable. He’s got good quickness. He’s got good balance. He’s got good speed. But he’s stronger than people think he is.”

Holgorsen joined the Cowboys coaching staff this season after coaching at Texas Tech and Houston for the past nine years. The Red Raiders and the Cougars have been known to throw the ball 50 times per game and use screens and short passes as their running game.

But with a back like Hunter, Holgorsen said he has no issue keeping the ball on the ground.

courtesy of oklahoma state athletic communications Kendall Hunter (24) has fully recovered from a nagging ankle injury last season. He is second in the nation in rushing with 414 yards after two games for the Cowboys, and had 208 yards and three touchdowns in the first half in OSU’s 65-17 win last Saturday.

The Cowboys did go to the air 39 times against Troy, but also ran the ball on 37 plays, with Hunter getting 28 of those carries.

Those numbers did come as a small surprise to Holgorsen. But he added they were somewhat reflective of his senior running back’s character.

In his mind, those 28 touches were a quiet 28 touches, just like most of the things Hunter does.

“You forget he’s there because he doesn’t ever say anything,” Holgorsen said. “Even (against Troy), he didn’t rip off very many long ones. I was surprised to hear that he carried it 28 times.

He was just consistently getting five to eight to five to eight to five to eight and moving the chains a lot.

“You got a guy as reliable as that, and it makes your job as a play-caller a lot easier.”

Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy is also pleased with the way Hunter has recovered this season. The Big 12 has seen some good numbers from its running backs this season. But Hunter is on top of that group once again.

“There are several running backs, obviously, that are playing very well,” Gundy said in the Big 12 coaches teleconference Monday. “We’re proud of what Kendall’s accomplished here.”

And for Hunter, this is his way of proving himself. He said this shows he is the running back who led the conference in rushing two years ago, not the one who was frustrated with an injury last year.

The statistics thus far demonstrate that to the rest of the country. But he added it’s not about the numbers or individual accolades. It’s about doing what he loves.

“I’m just out there having fun and doing what I can to help the team win,” Hunter said. “It just feels real good to be back out there having fun and playing with my teammates.”

Big man on campus Denard Robinson Sophomore Quarterback Michigan

Last Week’s Stats: 24-for-40, 244 passing yards,

1 TD, 258 rushing yards, 2 TDs In his first start as Michigan’s quarterback, Robinson set a school record in rushing yards for a quarterback and total offense while engineering the Wolverines’ 30-10 home win over Connecticut.

In his second start Saturday at Notre Dame, Robinson shattered those marks, boosting Michigan into the Top 25 for the first time this season, and may have established himself as college football’s most exciting player.

Against the Fighting Irish (1-1), Robinson scored on an 87-yard touchdown run and, with the Wolverines (2-0) down by three, drove the ball down the field before sealing the 28-24 win on a two-yard touchdown run with 27 seconds left.

Through two games, Robinson has compiled an unheard of 855 yards of total offense by himself. He also leads the country in rushing (running backs included) with 455 yards on the ground. He’s also pushed himself to the top of many Heisman Trophy lists with his perfor-

mance thus far.

Team of the week No. 7 Oklahoma (2-0) Last Week’s Result: W, 47-17 vs. Florida State (1-1)

After barely squeezing past Utah State 31-24 in Week 1, Oklahoma looked like it may be in trouble with Atlantic Coast Conference power Florida State coming to Norman, Okla.

And then came the first half.

The Sooners stomped on Florida State early and jumped out to a 34-7 halftime lead. The defense kept Seminole quarterback Christian Ponder in check, holding him to 11-for-28 passing, 113 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions.

On the other side of the ball, OU’s Landry Jones threw for 380 yards and four touchdowns to power the Sooners’ offense.

Sooners head coach Bob Stoops improved his record against ranked opponents at home to 14-0 with the win. zjbrown@syr.edu

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Rankings meaningless to Bradley, Syracuse

By Ryan Marfurt Staff Writer

For now, the rankings don’t mean a thing to Ange Bradley. For the past two seasons, No. 8 Syracuse has started off ranked in the Top 10 of the preseason NFHCA poll. But rather than focusing on the rankings, the SU head coach wants her squad to focus on bettering itself each week.

“We just have to work on getting better,” Bradley said. “We have to compete and be better than we are. I mean, this year’s team hasn’t done anything yet.”

The Orange already has two losses on the year, and a Top 10 ranking in the Kookaburra/NFHCA Division I Poll doesn’t make either of them easier to swallow. Unlike the year the Orange went to the final four (2008) — when they started the season ranked No. 18 — these past two teams have began the season with a major target on their backs.

Last season the Orange started off the year ranked No. 3 in the poll and ended the year with a second-round loss in the NCAA tournament. This year Syracuse was No. 8 in the preseason and has experienced as many losses six games into its schedule as it did throughout the entirety of the 2008 season.

Bradley said she doesn’t let the polls change the way she coaches, but she does recognize the rankings can have an effect on her young players.

“They’re kids, and they read on the Internet, they read the paper,” Bradley said. “You have to make sure they focus on themselves every day and don’t become entitled and think that they are better than they are, because it’s just a number.

“If that ever slips in the mentality of the team, that’s why I’m here, with a big foot to bring them back to reality.”

Two weekends ago, the Orange experienced its first loss of the year when it traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to take on No. 14 Ohio State and unranked Kent State in a twoday span. The Orange impressed in the first game, taking down the ranked Buckeyes 2-1 in overtime.

But SU then lost by the same score in overtime to the Golden Flashes — a team Ohio State would go on to defeat 4-0 the next day.

“They’re kids, and they read on the Internet, they read the paper. You have to make sure they focus on themselves every day and don’t become entitled and think that they are better than they are, because it’s just a number.”

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Syracuse dropped to No. 9 in the polls after the loss.

Junior midfielder Martina Loncarica said for the team to avoid another setback, SU must ignore the rankings and concentrate on playing as a team.

“We just have to stay focused because if you don’t, you lose,” she said. “That’s what happened to us against Kent State. We just were very individual, and we lost at the end because we were not connected.”

But the Orange won’t be favored in every game this year. Syracuse has three teams on its schedule that currently have a higher ranking. The first of the four games was on Sunday, when the Orange lost to the thirdranked Virginia 2-1 in overtime.

Loncarica said she appreciates the recognition for the team’s hard work in the polls, but she prefers to play the role of underdog.

“I would like to say that all the games are

the same, but they are not,” Loncarica said.

“When you play against a team that’s ranked higher than you, you definitely want to beat them. Even though I said before that we don’t care about the ranking, it’s very exciting because you challenge yourself to challenge the team.”

The other higher-ranked opponents on SU’s schedule are No. 4 Princeton (Sept. 19) and No. 6 Connecticut (Oct. 23).

Junior midfielder Liz McInerney is in her first season with the Orange, and she has heard all about the trip to the final four in 2008. For her, the rankings don’t mean anything. She knows what the team is capable of.

“I think we can go all the way this year, so I don’t pay much attention to the polls,” McInerney said. “We are just coming together as a team, and we are just building up.” rwmarfur@ syr.edu

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SU remains undefeated, off to best start in school history

By Chris Iseman Staff Writer

Hayley Todd has been a part of some very good teams during her career at Syracuse.

But after Tuesday’s win against Niagara, this year’s Syracuse squad appears to be that special kind of team. The type of team that can make adjustments on the fly. The type of team that can immediately regroup at the most crucial times.

The Orange hasn’t remained undefeated thus far by accident.

“We knew it was just little things that we could clean up on our own,” the senior outside hitter said. “Volleyball’s all about mistakes and whoever makes less mistakes. It was really just about us getting the dust off a little bit.”

If that’s all it took, the Orange couldn’t have been that dusty.

Off to its best start in program history, Syracuse (13-0) beat Niagara (5-7) 3-0, taking the sets 25-20, 25-19 and 25-20. SU hasn’t lost a set since Sept. 3 against North Texas at the Samford Tournament. Since that point, the Orange has won 27 consecutive sets.

Despite the score getting close at several times throughout the match, the Orange maintained its composure to keep the Purple Eagles from ever having a chance to win a set.

But starting off the first set on Tuesday, it looked as if that streak might be broken.

Syracuse lost the first two points of the first set with unforced errors, hitting two shots out of bounds.

“We had a lot of unforced errors,” Orange assistant coach Carol LaMarche said.

Once the Orange got warmed up, there wasn’t any looking back.

With the score at 8-7, middle blocker Lindsay McCabe placed a perfect shot into the corner of the Purple Eagles’ court to tie the score at eight.

Todd followed that up with a kill to make give SU the 9-8 lead. Todd finished up with a teamleading 12 kills.

Niagara retook the lead later in the first set to make it 18-17. But a full body dive for a dig by defensive specialist Sarah Hayes set up a kill for sophomore Laura Homann that tied the score at 18.

That play turned the momentum in favor of the Orange, and just like that, SU figured everything out. Just as an undefeated team does.

“They’re really self-motivated to do better and push themselves,” LaMarche said. “They knew that they could play better than how they started.”

SU started off the second set on an 8-1 run, highlighted by two digs by Noemie Lefebvre that set up kills by Todd.

Just like they did in the first set, the Purple Eagles started to make a comeback and got the score to 19-18. But that would be as close as they’d come.

Once again, the Orange showed it doesn’t get rattled with a tight score. If anything, players step up to make sure the situation doesn’t get any worse.

A kill by Lefebvre gave the Orange a four-point cushion at 22-18, propelling SU to win the set.

The Purple Eagles made it close again late in the third set, getting the score to 21-19. But Todd made a kill, and Lefebvre followed that up with one of her own to make the score 22-19.

That was enough for Syracuse to pull away for the victory and remain unbeaten.

Throughout the entire match, the Purple Eagles never really beat the Orange defense.

Instead, it was the Orange’s own inconsistency that gave Niagara some points.

“Against those kinds of teams, our worst enemy is ourselves,” Lefebvre said. “Tonight, we had a little trouble with our consistency.

Other than that, we were still able to stay focused and not panic that we were making a little more errors.”

Those errors could be far more costly against tougher opponents. That’s something SU hasn’t forgotten.

And having not begun its conference schedule, the Orange isn’t about to let its undefeated status take control. Because even with an undefeated record, Syracuse still knows its toughest opponents lie ahead.

“We’re 13-0, and that’s great,” Lefebvre said.

“But we haven’t played a Big East team yet, so we shouldn’t sit on it.”

brandon weight | staff photographer hayley todd gets ready to spike the ball in Syracuse’s 3-0 victory against Niagara.

Todd’s attacking was a major factor in SU’s win, which pushed it to 13-0 this season.

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Todd’s relentless play propels Orange to victory against Purple Eagles

By Rachel Marcus Staff Writer

The fierce look on Hayley Todd’s face said it all. As the senior outside hitter went up for one of her 12 kills on the night, the look wasn’t as if she wanted to simply beat Niagara. The look was as if she wanted to destroy them.

Just moments earlier, it looked as if Todd and SU’s vaunted offense would be outshined by the Purple Eagles. Niagara, after all, was the team that began the offensive destruction, leaving the Orange in a 7-2 hole to start the match.

“I think we just weren’t warmed up or ready to go,” assistant coach Carol LaMarche said. “It’s something we need to work on.”

But eventually, the Orange caught up, and Todd’s kill a quarter of the way through the first set gave the Orange a 9-8 lead, ensuring it would not fall behind Niagara for the rest of the set. SU won all three sets in the match on Tuesday to improve to 13-0. And the swing play was Todd’s.

Todd’s play woke the Orange offense up in that first set and showed Niagara who the undefeated team was.

“The middles were holding their middle blockers, and Laura (Homann) was making good decisions with the ball,” Todd said.

“So I pretty much had the whole court to do whatever I wanted, so that made my job really easy.”

Todd was a major factor in the win. At one point in the first set, she recorded kill after kill after kill. When she was finally blocked, you could see the sense of hope on the faces of the Niagara players.

Not that it lasted very long.

The usual offensive culprits of Mindy Stanislovaitis and Noemie Lefebvre assisted Todd in the kills category, with Stanislovaitis recording eight kills and Lefebvre adding six.

Freshman Lindsay McCabe also had a strong night, contributing seven kills in extended action while complementing the established upperclassmen of Todd, Stanis-

lovaitis and Lefebvre.

McCabe recorded a kill in the first set to tie the score at 17 and recorded another key kill in the second match. The latter gave SU a commanding 11-4 lead that would peak at 12-4.

Like Todd, McCabe’s kills in the first set helped offset the team’s slow start to the match.

“Every team wants to beat us,” McCabe said. “They’re going to come out firing, and maybe harder than you expect. We were thinking we had to regroup and calm down.”

Regroup they did, as the team won the first set 25-20. Todd had hoped, at the start, the Orange would keep Niagara below 20 points.

But despite the Purple Eagles reaching 20, the first set the stage for the two wins in the final two sets.

Todd’s first kill in the second set put the Orange up 8-1. But Niagara kept the set close throughout.

“For every point we were getting, Niagara

was getting two,” LaMarche said. “We tried to work on running a different play than what we had been trying, and it worked out eventually.”

Todd and her multiple kills carried SU in what would eventually be a 25-19 win in the second set. Not soon after, the Orange cruised to the sweep in the third.

But even in the third, and after the game, Todd kept that intense demeanor. Her words reflected that demeanor.

“Every time you play a New York team, you want to crush them,” Todd said. “Any time you play any team, you want to crush them.

It doesn’t matter so much who’s on the other side. It matters what we do.”

And although SU didn’t “crush” Niagara, it got the win. And to Todd, that is equally, if not more important than destroying a team.

“It’s a ‘W’,” Todd said. “Maybe not as clean as we’d like to see, but a ‘W’ is a ‘W’.” rnmarcus@syr.edu

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“Can you imagine those tough times?

Those people making the tough gut call to put a football arena on campus?”

Dick MacPherson, former SU football head coach

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people making the tough gut call to put a football arena on campus?”

A commitment There was a time when the building of the Carrier Dome, as it is known and beloved, wasn’t supposed to happen.

Before Jake Crouthamel started as Syracuse’s athletic director in 1978, he was promised an open-air, 35,000-seat football stadium at Skytop. But traffic concerns in the East End neighborhood stalled those plans. As Crouthamel started his tenure at SU, the idea of a new stadium evolved into a dome. On campus.

“It was a very unique situation,” Crouthamel said. “Not that we changed plans, but we changed plans to build a stadium right in the middle of campus and then put a dome on it.”

To some, the idea was crazy. To others, it was perfect. There was no happy medium. Eventually, the idea won out. Chancellor Melvin Eggers and Vice Chancellor Cliff Winters were on board, and the board of trustees approved.

And so, over those next two years, the Dome was conceived as an idea, planned and, finally, constructed. And it was a building that would provide both the football and basketball programs with a resource and a tool.

“This was a commitment,” Maloney said.

“This was a commitment to the future. Syracuse was going to play with the big boys.”

Added Louis Orr, a former Syracuse basketball forward: “You deal with some of the unknowns. At the end of the day, people have to have visions. And that was someone’s vision.

Whoever’s vision it was for the Dome, thank God for them. … Any time someone has a vision for something, there’s always going to be people that doubt. There was doubt then. But you have to believe. And whoever’s vision that was, they were right. Quite a vision.”

A home They played that entire 1979 season on the road. Two “home” games in the Meadowlands.

Two in Buffalo. One at Cornell.

As the Syracuse football team opened up the 1980 season, finally, it had a home. A brand new home.

Through the years Sept. 20, 1980: Syracuse football inaugurates the Carrier Dome with a 36-24 win over Miami of Ohio in front of a crowd of 50,564.

Nov. 29, 1980: Syracuse basketball, ranked No. 19 in the nation, opens the program’s play in the Dome with a 108-81 victory against Columbia.

Jan. 21, 1984: Pearl Washington sprints into the tunnel after sinking a half-court shot to beat Boston College.

Gone were the guard dogs that, for whatever reason, had patrolled the locker rooms at Archbold. Gone were the trash cans stocked with coal to warm players’ feet. Gone was the apprehension of playing at home.

“We were excited about it, not only as having a decent place and a home place to play football,” Maloney said. “To me, it was a commitment by the university that they were in this for the long haul.”

The Orangemen opened a dome on Sept.

20, 1980, with 50,564 fans in the seats — nearly twice the capacity of Archbold. It was a dome that quickly became “the Dome.”

It was an electric atmosphere, the result of the culmination of years of conception, planning and paperwork. Syracuse beat Miami of Ohio 36-24 that day, the start of the foundation of the remainder of the 1980s and early 90s. A decade of success under MacPherson, highlighted by an undefeated 1987 season.

There are little things that are remembered about that first game. Maloney remembers the onside kick he called to start the game (bad decision). Leo Rautins, a former Syracuse basketball guard in the stands as a student, remembers the unbearable heat and the people passing out in the stands around him.

And Crouthamel remembers the feeling of gratification.

“It was a great experience for everybody,” he said. “I think everybody who was there for that opening event remembers it very fondly.

“I was very proud.”

A new home Cliff Winters slammed his fists on the table in anger. End of discussion. Jim Boeheim and the Syracuse basketball team were moving to the Carrier Dome that same year in 1980, despite Boeheim’s staunch objections.

To Boeheim and assistant coach Bernie Fine, Manley Field House was the quintessential basketball arena to serve as a home stadium. Ten thousand fans, packed on top of the court, screaming their lungs out. It was the main reason for the program’s 57-game home win streak.

“We were saying, if it’s not broke, don’t fix it,” Fine said. “It was an intimidating place to play.

The crowds would pack in there. It was a great place. And then all of a sudden, you move into a huge dome, and you have no idea what it’s going to

May 30, 1988: Syracuse lacrosse beats Cornell 13-8 in the Carrier Dome to complete a perfect season and win a national championship.

Nov. 28, 1998: Behind Donovan McNabb’s five combined touchdowns, Syracuse demolishes Miami (Fla.) in front of 49,521 to earn a trip to the Orange Bowl.

Nov. 9, 2002: SU beats Virginia Tech 50-42 in triple overtime. Safety Maurice McClain intercepts a pass in the end zone to close out the game, prompting fans to rush the field.

Sept. 29, 1984: After a demoralizing 63-7 loss to No. 1 Nebraska the previous season, the football team beats the top-ranked Huskers, 17-9, at the Dome. Head coach Dick MacPherson recently said it was a “job saver.”

Feb. 1, 2003: In the best game of the Orange’s 2003 national championship season —and before an then-NCAA-record crowd of 30,303 — Syracuse beats No. 2 Pittsburgh 67-65 on a Jeremy McNeil rebound layup.

Nov. 21, 1987: Quarterback Don McPherson’s two-point conversion pitch to Michael Owens with no time remaining caps a 32-31 victory over West Virginia and a perfect 11-0-1 season.

Dec. 10, 2005: The Syracuse women’s basketball team begins playing the majority of its home games in the Dome in the 2005 season, opening the year with an 81-76 win over Massachusetts.

be. If you have 10,000 in Manley, it’s packed. If you have 10,000 in the Dome, it looks empty.”

But Winters and the university’s administration said with just an average of 12,000 fans, it could add a sizeable $500,000 to the athletic department’s revenue.

End of discussion. Eventually, practically pried out of Manley, Boeheim begrudgingly accepted the move. And eventually, the Dome would become the defining symbol for Syracuse basketball as well.

Midway through the team’s second season in the Dome, Leo Rautins said, fans started to pack the Carrier Dome more and more. With the Dome and the advent of the Big East conference coinciding, Syracuse basketball quickly became nationally known.

“The crowds weren’t great when it started,” Rautins said. “Then, we were setting record crowds. Then, it became, let’s set another record crowd. Then, it became the place to be and the thing to do in Syracuse. Keep setting record crowds.”

Boeheim eventually came around. And the crowds and recruits kept coming. To anyone associated with the program’s past, the Dome is the main reason Syracuse basketball is a present powerhouse.

“It has taken it to new heights,” Louis Orr said. “It changed the national identity. There are people who have come to play basketball at Syracuse whose main attraction was the Carrier Dome, and to play in the Carrier Dome.”

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And when the tour was complete, Stevie Thompson had one question the next day: “Can we go back to the Dome?”

Fine took Thompson back that morning on the way to the airport. Coincidentally, it was the day individual game tickets went on sale.

There were 8,000 to 9,000 people in the Dome to get tickets, Fine said.

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March 19, 2007: Syracuse basketball sets an NIT-record crowd, drawing 26,572 fans to the Dome for a second-round matchup against San Diego State. The Orange treats its fans to an 80-64 win.

Sept. 27, 2008: In the last season under head coach Greg Robinson, Syracuse football reaches a new low with an average of just 33,474 fans in home games. This includes a low of 27,549 against Pittsburgh.

Nov. 9, 2009: Jim Boeheim, who was originally opposed to moving the basketball program’s home games to the Dome, wins his 800th game on the court that now bears his name.

Feb. 27, 2010: An on-campus record basketball crowd of 34,616 watches SU dispatch of Villanova 95-77. The win vaults the Orange to the No. 1 ranking.

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“WHOEVER’S VISION IT WAS FOR THE DOME, THANK GOD FOR THEM.”

Louis Orr, former SU basketball forward

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Upon its construction, controversial Carrier Dome altered future of Syracuse athletics

By Brett LoGiurato

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n the early winter months of 1976, Frank Maloney took his future star offensive lineman through the Syracuse campus on a recruiting trip. Maloney and the Syracuse coaching staff drove him around campus, pointing out buildings along the way.

Over there was Bird Library, completed in 1972. And then they passed Newhouse II, completed in 1973.

And when the tour was complete, Craig Wolfley still had one question: “Where’s the stadium?”

Because in 1976, the structure that has come to symbolize Syracuse and the university had not yet been built.

There was only the archaic, rusty, 26,000-seat football arena called Archbold Stadium, which was of no use to then-SU head coach Maloney and the rest of his staff.

Maloney would drive his recruits

past the stadium at 50 mph. He took Wolfley around at night so he wouldn’t catch a glimpse.

“There was no way you were going to continue playing in Division I without a new stadium,” Maloney said.

“Archbold Stadium was falling apart.

It only held 20,000-something people.

People did not want to come in to play there. It was very difficult to recruit.

When we brought recruits to campus, we never took them to the stadium.”

It wasn’t until 1980 that Maloney had a stadium he could boast of to recruits: the Carrier Dome. Today, 30 years later, the structure has become one of the defining symbols of the university and the city. This weekend, the university will celebrate the Dome’s 30th anniversary as Syracuse takes on Maine in its home opener.

To many current and former players in SU’s athletic department, the Dome is responsible for the resurrec-

tion of the football program in the late 1980s and early 90s, as well as the dominance of the basketball program ever since.

Says former SU head coach Dick MacPherson of the athletic department’s successes in the past three decades: “It all comes back to the Carrier Dome.”

A decision To Bill Hurley, road games were the only part of the season that was worth the grind.

The former SU quarterback saw West Virginia’s new stadium. Ohio State and Penn State’s upgrades.

Everywhere he went, it was a better place to play a football game.

“I’m sure Archbold Stadium, in its day, was a good place to play — probably right up into the ‘60s,” Hurley said. “(After that) it was antiquated.

It was falling apart. It wasn’t a great

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environment to be playing in. …

There was nothing cool about playing there.”

PART 1 OF 2 Before the Carrier Dome, Syracuse football was at the brink said. “There was a wishy-washiness. of a downgrade. The program had ‘Maybe we ought to go down and play endured a boycott by nine black play- the Colgates and be like that all the ers, who had accused head coach Ben time in that level.’”

Schwartzwalder of discriminatory And so, a commitment had to be practices, in 1970. Coincidentally, that made — one way or another — by season was the only one of the next the school’s administration and athfive in which SU had a winning letic department. Their options were record. After a tumultuous 2-9 season downgrading the program or commitin 1973, Schwartzwalder, the win- ting to its future with a multimillion ningest coach in SU history, retired. dollar investment. It was a decision Talk of stepping down to lower col- that would wholly affect the future of lege ranks — to play the Colgates, the the program.

Akrons and the Maines regularly — “Can you imagine those tough was very much in the air. times?” MacPherson said, bewildered “There was a lot of talk about by the idea of the decision. “Those de-emphasizing football,” Maloney SEE DOME PAGE 22

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“THIS WAS A COMMITMENT. THIS WAS A COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE.”

Frank Maloney, former SU football head coach