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Moderator takes over for Cantor

By Shayna Meliker Staff writer

When University Senate faced a number of controversial decisions last semester, Chancellor Nancy Cantor was stuck in a conflicting role as both the mediator of conversation and chancellor responding to faculty concerns.

Cantor will no longer guide USen through its agenda at its monthly

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STYLIST AMMON CARVER (RIGHT) gives MARISA ANDELIJA, a pre-med student and sophomore biology major, a new look on Wednesday afternoon at a make-shift studio on the Quad. Matrix, a New York-based hair studio and leading product line, in addition to hairdressers from four Syracuse salons restyled the hair of hundreds of Syracuse University students and handed out 10,000 samples.

Some students at the event said it was a nice surprise to be able to get their hair done before class.

Joint education program sees minimal interest in first semester

By Lorne Fultonberg Staff Writer

With little information available and released late last semester, the School of Education’s new joint bachelor’s/ master’s degree program has seen minimal interest from students.

Having not published information on the new program until April, the School of Education hopes to see the program’s six-student enrollment increase over time. Some who are enrolled said the main issue with the program is the little information

available on it.

“It’s not going to be huge,” said School of Education Dean Douglas Biklen. “Our biggest programs are ones students enter either in the freshman year and sophomore year.”

The joint degree program officially began this fall term to aid those who realize they want to be teachers after their freshman and sophomore years. Students can earn a bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences and a

master’s degree in teaching in less time than it would take to do each separately or even dually.

Biklen said the number of students enrolled is on par with what was expected. He said he hopes the number will eventually double or triple, but remain small.

“You can do our traditional dual program — we’ve had students start as late as the sophomore year and fit it all in — but I think some of those people might look at this and say, ‘Yeah, but I can have more

flexibility and not be as crazy or stressed if I do the extra time and get the master’s at the end,’” said Marie Sarno, program specialist for the School of Education, in April.

Students who transfer into the program can now complete it without having to worry as much about finishing on time, she said.

That’s not to say there isn’t a deadline to transfer for those who want to graduate on time. Sarno see EDUCATION page 8

Toxins in Bird stall updates to basement

By Beckie Strum News Editor

The possible existence of a toxic chemical called Polychlorinated Biphenyl — commonly known as PCBs — in the basement of E.S. Bird Library caused renovations to be postponed indefinitely.

University Senate’s Library Committee, which met for the first time this semester on Wednesday evening, briefly mentioned the existence of PCBs in the basement of Bird.

Design planners and architects finished plans to renovate the basement and install classrooms during the summer. But Syracuse University

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Republicans, Democrats both have opportunities

A recent poll carried out by The New York Times and CBS News found that although voters rate the performance of Democrats poorly, they view Republicans even more negatively, according to The New York Times. Prior to this, Republicans looked primed to win numerous spots in this general election, as the highest proportion of voters in two decades say it is time for their own member of Congress to be replaced. The poll provides a potential spot for Democrats to make a last shot at maintaining power, according to The New York Times.

Republicans have a case to win as voters are open to change and Democrats have a chance to hold their majority as people see the party as the best to solve the country’s issues, according to The New York Times.

Iraqi-US raid leaves 7 people dead

Seven Iraqis were killed Wednesday near the city of Falluja during an early morning raid by Iraqi and American security forces, according to The New York Times. The seven people, four of whom were brothers between the ages of 10 and 18, were killed at a house of a suspected insurgent leader. According to the United States military, the Iraqi military had planned and led the operation. The U.S. declared an official end to combat in Iraq on Aug. 31 despite the raid on Wednesday.

Approximately 50,000 U.S. troops are still in Iraq, with about 4,500 troops in Special Operations who take part in raids with Iraqi units. It has yet to become clear whether or not the seven killed in the raid were the original targets. Four other people were also wounded in the attack, according to The New York Times.

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Democracy club starts recruiting

By Rebecca Kheel Asst. News Editor

By Katrina Koerting Staff Writer

A group of Syracuse University students are advocating fair campaigns and elections by trying to bring a chapter of a national organization, called Democracy Matters, to campus this fall.

“It has the potential to affect so many other issues,” said Christina Levin, the campus coordinator for SU and a political science, newspaper journalism and sociology major. “It focuses on the root of other social issues. It focuses on the evil of money in politics.”

The organization is not an officially recognized SU student group, but it obtained a faculty advisor last week and is filling out paperwork and recruiting members, Levin said. The chapter must have at least eight members, attend a Student Association meeting, get a faculty advisor and determine officer positions before it can be officially recognized.

Democracy Matters is a national, nonpartisan college student organization that focuses on getting corporate money out of the electoral process. Adonal Foyle, a former NBA player, started the organization in 2001. There are now about 60 chapters in 22 states, with most located in New York and California, said Joan Mandle, the executive director for Democracy Matters.

“It’s part of a broad social movement which is taking back democracy and fighting against power,” Mandle said.

Democracy Matters is part of a coalition of about 50 groups that see demoCRACY page 7

bridget streeter | photo editor A group of students is in the process of starting a Syracuse University chapter of Democracy Matters, a national nonpartisan organization that advocates for fair campaigns and elections, this semester.

Correspondent for The New Yorker to discuss US foreign conflicts

By Alexandra Hitzler Contributing Writer

George Packer, a staff writer at The New Yorker, will highlight the connections between President Barack Obama, Afghanistan and Vietnam in a lecture in Watson Theater on Thursday at 4 p.m.

The lecture, titled “An American Dilemma: Obama, Afghanistan and Vietnam,” is the second in the 2010 Syracuse Symposium, an annual lecture series. This year’s lectures are

focusing on the theme of “Conflict: Peace and War,” regarding the meaning of c on f l ic t and the Where: Watson Theater roots of When: Today at 4 p.m. o p p o s i t i o n , How much: Free according to the symposium’s website.

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comes from.

Packer is an award-winning journalist who has been covering the Iraq War for The New Yorker since 2003, according to the website. He has also written two books chronicling his experiences in the Middle East. One of his novels, “The Assassin’s Gate: America in Iraq,” was named the best book of 2005 by The New York Times.

His latest book is titled “Interesting Times: Writings from a Turbulent Decade.”

In addition to writing long-form narrative journalism, Packer has taught writing at Harvard, Bennington and Columbia.

Heather Brannelly, a sophomore religion and psychology major, said she plans on attending Packer’s lecture.

“I think that he’s a good choice for a speaker,” Brannelly said. “His background is impressive. I’m looking forward to what he has to say.”

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Final projects in introductory printmaking classes are typically reserved for rectangular paper. But James Barrett wanted to do something original.

He wanted to make T-shirts.

Barrett, a sophomore communications design major, turned his final project into an enterprising T-shirt business, receiving a copyright for his design and selling approximately 350 shirts out of about 400 produced.

The custom T-shirts have an outline of a hand giving a peace sign that stretches across the majority of the front. The hand and background are painted whatever colors the buyers choose.

“It’s very universal,” Barrett said.

“It doesn’t really go toward one particular crowd.”

Though Barrett said he advocates for peace, the main inspiration for the shirts was a piece of art he already had of a peace sign. He put it through a filter in Photoshop and simplified it for the design of his shirts.

As Barrett envisioned his final project, he created a Facebook group asking his friends if anyone would be interested in buying one of the T-shirts.

He anticipated 40 requests at most — he received 100.

“I never expected this,” he said.

Over summer break, Barrett bought a screen and produced more than 300 additional T-shirts to sell. He also created a website as a platform to sell the shirts. He told more friends, who in turn told their friends. He said his design is now worn in at least 10 different states by many people he does not know.

Ariel Simon, a sophomore communications design major, was in the class with Barrett when he came up with the design. She has bought a T-shirt and said she would like to buy more.

Though peace signs are hardly a new feature on clothing, Simon said she thinks Barrett’s T-shirts are unique for their personal touch.

“It’s something more significant and authentic,” she said. “I have no idea whose T-shirts I’m buying at the mall.

With this, I have some background, already, about the designer.”

Barrett is not without his critics, though. His professor critiqued the final project and told Barrett it was no longer art because he was making a profit from it, Barrett said.

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Stay safe, call DPS walking escorts Department of Public Safety polos on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights are usually the opposite of what students are looking to put on, but not for me. As taboo as the attire is, I chose to do it — it’s my job.

After reading the Sept. 15 article about DPS late night escorts, I found it riddled with numerous bad connotations about the escorting business. But I am here to plead my case about the actual walking escort program. I am a student marshal for DPS, and I am given the task of escorting whomever requests it from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Sure, I stop taking calls at 11, but I have never before made anyone wait around at any location for longer than 15 or so minutes. When I receive a call to escort someone, I am always up and ready to go, and hustle myself over because exercise at work is an added bonus. Even if

I have to burn my quads going up the stairs to the College of Law or experience altitude sickness climbing to Day, I will still try to get there in the quickest time possible. Most people don’t even know the marshal program exists, or are just reluctant to call because of preconceived DPS notions. Furthermore, students I’ve escorted were surprised to know I was actually their age and a student — be it one from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, but I digress. So give the marshal program a try. It’s free, convenient and much better than walking alone on those starless Syracuse nights.

Plus it keeps me with something to do, so don’t let me down.

Brett Miller

Sophomore ESF environmental biology major

Respect neighbors, tone down late-night noise Recently I went down the road at 3 a.m. to ask a group of students on a porch if they could keep their music and voices down. So as not to wake up neighbors who are senior citizens, graduate students, infants and small children, or people who need to get to work at 6 a.m. (all of whom live a short distance from their apartment).

They responded at once, and one offered to take responsibility for making sure we were not disturbed again. In effect, he would be the monitor of noise for his friends. That is not an easy role to take on, but is much appreciated by me. And it makes me wonder if such a role could be assumed by individuals in the bands of young party-seekers who roam the streets in the East University neighborhood in the middle

of the night, talking very loudly, yelling and screaming, waking up neighbors as they go.

Whether or not you appoint a “noise monitor,” I urge any readers who recognize themselves in this description of late-night walkers to imagine their own parents or grandparents being disturbed in this way. Think: “What would my grandparents think if I was roaming their streets making this amount of noise?”

Another weekend is coming up. Toning down your late-night noise will go a long way to show respect for your fellow citizens and make this writer, at least, very grateful.

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War in Afghanistan lacks media attention

ith 65 deaths, July officially became the deadliest month for American soldiers in Afghanistan. Nine years into the war in Afghanistan, American casualties continue to rise at a rapid pace. The past three months — June, July and August — have amassed a total of 180 American deaths. Yet news of the war in Afghanistan is seemingly absent in our media.

“It is very hard to keep the general public highly interested in anything for a long period of time,” said Syracuse University Middle Eastern studies professor Hossein Bashiriyeh. Oct. 7 will mark the nine-year anniversary of America’s military involvement in Afghanistan, and using President Barack Obama’s timetable, troops will not begin drawing down until July 2011.

On Aug. 31, Obama officially announced combat operations in Iraq have ended. The president did not declare the war an outright victory and said there is still much work to be done, but “it’s time to turn the page.”

By sticking to his timetable in Iraq and ending America’s combat mission as pledged, the Obama administration saw the Iraq withdrawal as a political victory. The fact remains, however, that 50,000 troops are still in Iraq, and since the end of the combat mission, two more soldiers have been

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The timetable for leaving Afghanistan has also been questioned. The U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway said Obama predicting a drawdown in 10 months is “probably giving our enemy sustenance.” After returning from Afghanistan, U.S. Rep. Brian Baird said plans to start reducing troops by the summer of 2011 are probably unrealistic.

In his Aug. 31 speech, Obama said his strategy in Afghanistan is similar to his strategy in Iraq. Increased forces will be sent to Afghanistan “for a limited time to provide space for the Afghans to build their capacity and secure their own future.”

With an increase in troops to Afghanistan and a continuing rise in American casualties there, the question remains: Why has there been so little media coverage of the Afghanistan war?

According to a NPR report, “Afghanistan has received just 2 percent of all news coverage since Jan. 1.”

This is because of the “increasing apathy regarding developments in the region on the part of the American public,” Bashiriyeh said. “Despite all the escalation, what is going on there is not news anymore.”

When the Bush administration shifted its attention to Iraq, so did the media and the public. The American public is much more consumed with domestic issues than our struggling war efforts abroad.

Between the oil spill disaster and the struggling economy, Obama has had many domestic problems to deal with that have overshadowed the military efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The American media has often been criticized for being ethnocentric, and the trending coverage towards domestic issues has reinforced this theory.

There have already been nine American casualties this month in Afghanistan. With the end of combat missions in Iraq, Obama said in his Aug. 31 speech, “we are now able to apply the resources necessary to go on the offensive” in Afghanistan. For the next 10 months, the American public will cautiously wait to see if Obama can stick to his timetable, without any help from the media.

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Benjamin Klein is a junior political science and magazine journalism major. His column appears weekly, and he can be reached at btklein@syr.edu.

Offshore oil drilling industry given too much leeway in environmental standards

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n April 20, 2010, two explosions on the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform killed 11 workers and injured 17 more.

These workers were working on the Macondo Well, a deepwater oil well about a mile under the Gulf of Mexico.

The resulting “spill” — or as I think may be more accurate, “gushing wound at the bottom of the ocean” — lasted for three months and dumped 205 million gallons of crude oil into a vast ecosystem teeming with life. Not only did British Petroleum’s blowout preventer fail when it was needed, many safety regulations to protect the rig workers were ignored.

Not only did BP act recklessly, but the offshore oil drilling industry has been given far too much leeway in terms of safety and environmental

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Why are drillers not required to have relief wells — so if the main well fails, oil can still be captured? Why was Ken Lay of the Enron infamy given the ability to shape industry regulations under the Bush administration? Why do we think free-market policies will ever respect our environment as anything more than resources to be profitably harvested?

The addition of massive quantities of hydrocarbons (read: crude oil) into the Gulf ecosystem formed gargantuan underwater oil plumes as well as the more photogenic surface oil slicks. It is a massive crime against our shared environment. The sheer quantity of oil makes any estimate of environmental damage speculative, but the timing of the spill — during a period of mating

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give green a chance and reproduction for species like shrimp, pelicans and alligators — and the obvious disruption of the delicate Gulf ecosystem will carry heavy longterm environmental costs.

“This is uncharted territory in terms of assessing the effects of a spill from a deep well like this,” said Judy McDowell of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. We can’t just soak up the visible oil and pretend like nothing happened. Wetlands across the

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Gulf coast have also been threatened, and with them the many organisms that call them home. We must work to rectify the immense damage, and the recovery process ought to be billed directly to BP’s corporate offices.

This was no natural disaster.

This was not inevitable. This was a man-made environmental catastrophe caused by the desire to suck out as much ancient carbon from our earth’s crust as possible to feed the United States oil addiction. Not only are we addicts, but we haven’t even checked into rehab yet. In a bad economy, it becomes politically toxic to try and deal with long-term problems, but every year we wait, the cost only grows.

BP’s poor decisions caused the Gulf oil disaster. The true fault, however,

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lies with the system that forces us to go to extraordinary depths to find the dirty, toxic lifeblood of the American industry. Some may have hoped the oil spill would be our wake-up call, the moment when we hit rock bottom and resolved to clean our act. Clearly, that is not yet the case.

Building a sustainable economy will be the greatest challenge of my generation. The ultimate goal is to move the global economy onto a bedrock foundation of energy sustainability and energy security. Let’s hope we can do it before the prospect of a destabilized climate and the predictions of resource wars actually come to fruition.

Luke Lanciano is a junior political science major. His column appears weekly, and he can be reached at lllancia@syr.edu.

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had to halt the construction until “environmental materials” were removed from the basement, Eric Beattie, director of the Office of Campus Planning, Design and Construction told The Daily Orange in an article published Aug. 31.

Those materials are PCBs, which have been demonstrated to cause cancer, as well as a variety of other adverse health effects on the immune system, reproductive system and nervous system, according to the Environmental Protection Agency website.

“They are not free floating PCBs, there’s nothing dangerous in the library,” said Char-

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lotte Hess, associate dean for research, collections and scholarly communication. “It’s if you drill into them, the materials have PCBs.” The construction of the basement is not within Hess’ auspices, and she said what knowledge she has is from sitting in meetings. One thing she said she could say was the library had just received word of a solution in the works, and there is hope construction can eventually move ahead safely.

“We just got word they think they have a solution to PCBs,” she said.

David Murray, former assistant dean for advancement of the library, said in the ‘60s and ‘70s adhesive glue in carpeting and ceiling tiles was made with PCBs. Bird was built during that era, before the industrial use of the chemical

“They are not free floating PCBs, there’s nothing dangerous in the library. It’s if you drill into them, the materials have PCBs.” Charlotte Hess

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was outlawed.

“Nowadays when a building is renovated from that time, there’s a concern about the old adhesive,” he said.

Construction to Bird’s basement was made possible by a donation specifically meant to redo the bottom floor. The donation is part of an ongoing campaign to update the library and address major space issues.

Murray said PCBs have caused the delay

of other construction projects around campus because building materials could possibly contain PCBs. He did not elaborate as to which construction projects those were.

He also said, from his understanding, PCBs might not have actually been found, but rather the potential for finding and releasing them into the air has postponed renovations. rastrum@syr.edu

What are PCBs? • Polychlorinated Biphenyls are part of the man-made organic chemical family chlorinated hydrocarbons • Manufacturing in the U.S. started in 1929 and continued until they were banned in 1979 • Can be liquids or solids and vary in range of toxicity, consistency and color • Were used in industrial and commercial applications as paints, plastics, rubber, dyes, carbonless copy paper • Might still be present in products from pre-1979, including transformers, cable insulation, oil-based paint and floor finish • Do not easily breakdown, and can remain in the environment in air, water or soil • Have been identified as causing cancer, and have been linked to immune, reproductive and nervous system problems Source: epa.gov

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support the Fair Elections Now Act in Congress, which would allow for people to run for Congress on a basis of small donations and public funding. Some of the other groups are the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Common Cause and the Sierra Club, Mandle said.

“We’re not just bellyaching about what’s wrong,” Mandle said. “We’re saying this is a practical system, a positive alternative.”

Some of the techniques the group uses to educate people and register voters are improvisation, handouts and posters, Mandle said.

One chapter had students throw balloons at a member dressed as a big business “fat cat” to let them understand corporate involvement in the government. Members of another chapter printed newsletters they hung in bathroom stalls on campus.

SU is one of 20 new chapters this year, Mandle said. This is a usual amount of chapters, due to student interns becoming more involved in the organization and deciding to head a chapter on their campus, she said.

“We won’t do a chapter until we find a passionate student, rather than choosing

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a school,” Mandle said. She added some schools don’t keep a chapter if there isn’t a good student to head it.

Levin became the SU campus coordinator this summer. When she came to SU as a freshman, she decided she wanted to be active in politics, and now as a junior she is able to do that by heading Democracy Mat-

interested, Levin said. The first interest meeting will be Thursday night.

“It’s a really fantastic opportunity,” Levin said. “You’re participating in your local campus. It’s part of your civic duty in how democracy functions. This is one way to sustain it.”

The fall agenda for the group is to con-

“How a politician gets elected is the first part of any political life, and if we can affect that, then we can change the system.”

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ters, she said.

Levin decided to apply for the position after receiving an e-mail from her political science advisor announcing the position, she said. She thought it would be a good leadership opportunity that would help with careers down the road, she said.

She said she saw a lot of student groups that had political ties and thought this group would do well because it is nonpartisan and deals with other social issues.

There are already more than 60 students

tinue student voter registration and educate students on the group and their role in establishing fair elections, Levin said.

The group is also working with other groups on campus, such as the College Democrats and College Republicans, to help register voters.

“Hopefully, by being involved locally, they’ll realize they can make a difference,” Levin said.

Some of the benefits of becoming a student organization are being able to reserve spaces

to meet and have informational table space in Schine Student Center, Levin said.

“We’ve been piggybacking off other organizations, but we want to do it on our own now,” Levin said.

Sociology professor Steven Brechin became the organization’s faculty advisor last week. As the faculty advisor, Brechin will be available to answer the students’ questions and help them become an official club, Levin said.

Brechin said he became the advisor because he respected Levin as a student and likes to help students be involved outside of the classroom.

“I like to see students engaged,” he said.

“So if they want to be more politically engaged, then I’m all for it. Part of Maxwell is civic engagement.”

He said he also respects it is a student-run organization that lets students participate more in the democratic process.

“I tell my students about the state, marketplace and civic society, and this is a chance for people to engage in the public sphere,” he said. “As long as our civic society is vibrant, our democracy is vibrant.” krkoerti@ syr.edu

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started. He said he is saving all the money he has

“I have no idea whose t-shirts I’m buying at the mall. With this, I have some background already about the designer.”

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made and has not yet counted any of his profits.

Barrett said he does view his shirts as art.

“I like to have art on shirts because they travel the world, rather than hanging on a gallery wall,” he said.

Barrett is currently putting a hold on producing shirts until winter break because he said he needs to concentrate on his classes. But he is still selling the remaining of the batch he produced over the summer.

Now that he has received a copyright for the shirt design, Barrett is contemplating the next step for his business. He would like to expand by placing the design on other objects, such as backpacks. He said he is not ready to create a new design, as he said he thinks there is still a lot of potential for the peace sign.

“This is still just the beginning,” he said. “It could go so much further.” rhkheel@syr.edu

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said the prime window for enrollment was between a student’s fall semester of sophomore year to the spring semester of junior year.

For most juniors and seniors, like senior math major Tanil Russo, the requirements are too great to be accomplished at that late stage in the typical four-year college time period.

Russo transferred to SU from the State University of New York Purchase last fall and enrolled in the program before the fall 2010 semester. But she had to drop out of it once the term started because she could not fit all the required courses in. So instead, Russo is going to graduate this May with a degree in math and apply for a teaching assistant job at SU. Russo said she would still recommend the program.

“I do recommend it to people because it saves you time, it saves you money, and if you’re willing to do a little extra work in your undergrad, then you have a whole less year of graduate school,” Russo said.

Plus, Russo said, if she could have done the program, she would have known, for certain, where she’d be attending graduate school, and she wouldn’t have had to reapply for admission.

Russo’s only complaint is the lack of knowledge around campus in regard to the new program, particularly among the faculty.

Russo’s math advisor didn’t know the requirements for the math education pro-

gram because it was a new five-year program, Russo said.

Russo added Sarno was really the only one who knew the ins and outs of the program. Everyone else had to ask her for details.

Biklen said he agrees the school put out information on the program late in the year — it wasn’t even advertised in admissions materials — but he said SU will now be

“Usually when you start something new, there are unintended consequences, so you kind of wait to see how things shake out.”

Douglas Biklen

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promoting the program every year.

As for an evaluation of the program so far, Biklen said it’s too early to tell. The program is only a month old, and a lot remains to be seen before judgments or changes can be made.

“We really have to get some experience with it and see how it works,” he said. “Usually when you start something new, there are unintended consequences, so you kind of wait to see how things shake out.” lefulton@ syr.edu

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meetings. Instead, Jonathan Massey, who chairs the Agenda Committee, will help USen move through the items on its agenda and call for questions from its members.

“We were struck last spring by the tendency for the chancellor, as the presiding officer of the Senate, but also the chancellor of the university, to often get put in an odd position of managing the flow of conversation while also being the object of much of the conversation,” Massey said.

The announcement came Wednesday afternoon at the first USen meeting of the semester.

A USen subcommittee debated the relationship between the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as university overcrowding. USen is the governing body of the university and meets one Wednesday each month at 4 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium.

Having Massey manage the flow of meetings will allow Cantor to respond to questions posed by senators from her role as chancellor.

Massey welcomed USen members’ feedback on the change.

“We might be able to bring a more lively discussion, hear a broader range of ideas, and also have maybe a little bit more senatorial deliberation that doesn’t always fall into a kind of senator, chancellor, senator, chancellor pattern,” Massey said.

During the 8-minute full-body session, USen also unanimously approved new members and shifted some existing members to different committees. The group then broke into its 17 small committees and scattered in rooms throughout Maxwell and Eggers Hall. Some of the committees had already met, but those having their first meetings elected chairs and set meeting schedules.

Twelve members of the Academic Affairs Committee met in Eggers, charged with electing a new chair. They unanimously elected Bruce Carter, an associate professor in child and family studies and psychology.

After Carter’s selection, the committee got into a discussion about the relationship between Maxwell and Arts and Sciences. Last spring, the university released a proposal called the White Paper, a text that addresses distancing Maxwell from Arts and Sciences and allowing Maxwell to create an undergraduate major, among other changes. The topic generated heated discussion within USen last year.

At its meeting Wednesday, the committee asked what progress had been made on the issue and discussed the state’s role in potentially granting Maxwell permission to award under-

brandon weight | staff photographer Jonathan Massey, chair of the Agenda committee, will replace Chancellor Nancy Cantor as moderater of University Senate meetings to better manage discussion. graduate degrees. Carter said he hopes the administration will ask faculty and USen for input before major changes are made.

“As I’ve said in meetings, I think it’s foolish for folks to make such changes without consultation,” Carter said.

Mary Lovely, an associate professor of economics in Maxwell, suggested the committee request an update before USen gets “hot and bothered.”

“I’m worried about getting this thing too hot, before we even see what’s coming out of the oven,” Lovely said. “Because I think what’s coming out of the oven is very different than what

went into the oven.”

The committee also discussed an inquiry into how the increase in students has affected the campus.

Professors talked about the difficulty they’ve had with class sections filling up on the first day of registration and not having enough classroom space. A student member of the committee said common areas in residence halls have virtually dried up, as floor lounges are converted into dorm rooms.

Pat Burak, director of the Slutzker Center for International Services, talked about the difficulties facing her department.

“In my office, with international students, over the last five years, we’ve had a 35.6 percent increase in the number of new international students, with almost no increase in resources,” she said. “And you can’t handle that many people.”

The committee resolved to contact the Agenda Committee about researching how the university can adapt to future growth.

Lovely said, “It’s really to the point now where every individual unit is feeling it, but no one individual unit has any power to ask what is being done.” shmelike@syr.edu

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ith the dust settled from Tuesday’s primaries, the candidates are preparing for the general election in November. The Daily Orange provides a glimpse at the local congressional and gubernatorial candidates and their issues.

Ann Marie Buerkle (R) 25TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Ann Marie Buerkle, an Auburn native with 13 years of service as a New York state assistant attorney general, is the GOP’s candidate against Democratic incumbent Dan Maffei. Buerkle, a 58-year-old registered nurse and a mother of six, recently won endorsements from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and House Minority Leader John Boehner.

Despite Maffei’s massive fundraising advantage, Buerkle said she plans to prevail with a “bottom-up campaign” that skips expensive marketing and brings her message directly to voters.

Buerkle’s message is to keep government out of prosperity’s path, she said. She favors per-

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manently adopting the 2001 Bush tax cuts and reducing or eliminating the capital gains tax, taxation of profits on sold stock-market assets.

The candidate also promotes a comprehensive audit of all government departments. She said these measures will remove some uncertainty from the market and give businesses the confidence to hire American workers, especially graduating college students. The economic policies that solved the Carter administration’s economic problems, she said, are bound to work with the current economic times.

“We just need to do what works,” Buerkle said.

Rep. Dan Maffei (D) 25TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT A 1986 graduate of Nottingham High School in Syracuse, freshman representative Dan Maffei plans to overcome anti-incumbent sentiment by highlighting his two-year voting record in the House of Representatives, said Marcus Cerroni, Maffei’s press deputy, in an e-mail.

Maffei supported this year’s student loan reform bill, which saves taxpayer money and streamlines student lending, and reform bills

Meet some candidates important to the Syracuse area ranging from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to direct aid for small businesses, Cerroni said.

This year, Maffei proposed legislation to close tax loopholes that encourage outsourcing, as well as a 13 percent reduction in the corporate tax rate. The desired result is to “even the playing field in order for there to be jobs waiting for students when they graduate,” Cerroni said.

Andrew Cuomo (D) GUBERNATORIAL After a four-year term as attorney general and a failed 2002 bid for governor, Andrew Cuomo is taking another run for the governor’s office. Cuomo holds a large lead over GOP nominee Carl Paladino, a real-estate titan in Buffalo, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Sept. 1.

Cuomo pledges to rebuild Albany under his five-point “New New York Agenda,” a policy book that includes proposals for a constitutional convention, strict redistricting reforms, tight control of state spending, a reevaluation of the state’s 1,000-plus agencies, an employment and renewal program named NYWORKS,

anti-discrimination reforms and more effective regulation of Wall Street, according to his campaign website.

Carl Paladino (R) GUBERNATORIAL After tapping into the anger of New York Republicans, Carl Paladino defeated Rick Lazio with 62 percent of the vote in a surprise primary victory Tuesday.

Paladino, a second-generation American and conservative Democrat until 2005, proposes declaring a fiscal state of emergency, arranging a constitutional convention and making a 10 percent tax cut in his first six months of office, according to his website.

He also proposes cutting the size of government and 20 percent of spending, as well as a $20 billion downsizing of Medicaid in his first year, an end to what he calls “bureaucratic harassment of the private sector,” according to his website. He is also proposing an eight-year term limit for all state, local and county officials wherever possible. geclarke@syr.edu

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kirsten celo | asst. photo editor Kim schifino and matt johnson of “Matt & Kim” pound out another song during their concert at the Westcott Theater.

The concert marked the beginning of Matt & Kim’s fall tour, as well as the Westcott’s 2010-2011 season.

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By Aaron Gould Asst. Feature Editor

im Schifino never lost her smile. Matt Johnson barely sat down at his keyboard. And together, they didn’t let the crowd out of their grasp.

“Everyone was really into it, they really made us connected,” said Mike Connor, a sophomore information technology major. “(Kim) was jumping around everywhere, it was awesome.”

Brooklyn duo Matt & Kim played the first show of their fall tour Wednesday night at the Westcott Theater. The two shared undeniable chemistry from start to finish, sharing stories of their first visit to Syracuse in 2007. The nearly sold-out crowd was treated to tales of wetting the bed at the Sheraton Hotel on University Avenue and meals at Mexican restaurant Alto Cinco.

Along with being Matt & Kim’s first stop, this was the first show of the Westcott’s 2010-11 season.

The crowd cheered as concert staff prepped the stage for Matt & Kim with beers. Once Matt & Kim went onstage, the party didn’t stop until the last note faded away.

“I’ve been here before, and this was definitely the best show I’ve ever seen at the Westcott,” said Joe Peloquin, a senior computer engineering major.

Adorned with the letters S-y-r-a-c-u-s-e on each finger, Johnson threw his fists into the air and kicked toward the light display. The energy never died.

“I think it pumped them up. It was their first

show, and I think it’s good that they played it here,” said sophomore English and textual studies major Shea Garner.

Woven in between their better-known songs like “Good Ol’ Fashion Nightmare” and “I Wanna,” Matt & Kim played instrumental renditions of classic party songs, like DJ Kool’s “Let Me Clear My Throat” and Sir Mix-A-Lot’s “Jump on it.” One thing was clear Wednesday night: Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino came to party.

Temporarily stopping the emphatic drums and synthesized keyboard, Johnson decided to share with the crowd his inspiration for the crazed antics.

“I’ve been on antibiotics for the past week,” he said. “And I just started drinking tonight.”

Briefly into their hour-long set, Schifino stood on top of her drums and spoke.

“Syracuse, you guys are f****** awesome,” she said. “But we’re about to kick this s*** up.”

Flowing seamlessly between each and every song, Matt & Kim just didn’t want to stop playing.

Schifino rarely took a break from pounding her drums, and when she finally did, it was only to give the crowd another taste of her talents.

Calling out to some of the most faithful dancers in the center of the crowd, Schifino put down her drumsticks. She needed help for what came next.

“I need you guys to hold my feet and ankles.

You can touch my butt, it’s a little sweaty, but do whatever,” Schifino said.

Schifino climbed off the stage onto the guardrail, and performed her self-proclaimed “booty

Matt & Kim rage on and off stage at the Westcott Theater dance” in front the entire crowd. Schifino thanked the crowd and quickly went back to her drums, barely missing a beat.

“I just love Kim, she’s a wild woman. She’s just always so joyful,” said Rachel Chernok, a freshman education major.

With only two songs to go, Johnson stopped the set to share a Jagerbomb with Schifino. Schifino then stood on top of the drum, took out a microphone and belted Alice Deejay’s “Better Off Alone,” with the entire crowd as her choir.

They went on to play “I’ll Take Us Home” from their 2009 album, “Grand,” live for the first time.

Pausing after the line “all our hopes, all our friends” from their song “Silver Tiles,” Matt & Kim were greeted with a roar of applause and cheers.

They thanked the Westcott and Syracuse for being so welcoming. The audience could feel their love.

“I loved the atmosphere, it just felt so intimate.” said Audrey Eisenberg, a freshman education major.

Greeted with a crowd frenzy that rivaled the artists playing, “Daylight” marked the exit of two very sweaty band members.

“It’s like they were part of us,” said Kate Chesebrough, a junior landscape architecture major at the State University of New York School of Environmental Science and Forestry. “This was so encouraging. I touched Matt twice, and we danced the entire time. It’s like he was down (on the floor) with us.” akgould@syr.edu

anada is too often the butt of our jokes. Look at those Canucks! What we call bacon, they call ham! They play football with three downs!

Those silly Canadians, always getting eaten by bears! That’s so like them.

But enough is enough. Just because someone lives in another country (or his or her blood is made up of 5 percent maple syrup) is no good reason to rag on a Canadian.

I recently trekked up to the land of our northern neighbors. With the border less than two hours from our fair city of Syracuse, it is a quest that must be fulfilled. No ring of Mordor required. It possesses the same badass savagery as Wolverine - minus Hugh Jackman’s song-anddance routines.

I love me some Canada. Shall I count the ways?

Oh Canada...

I find it wonderful you have one- and two-dollar coins instead of flimsy paper currency. A hefty pocket full of Canadian money somehow makes you feel more substantial. Maybe it’s the weight, maybe it’s the shininess, or perhaps it’s just that one can envision swimming around in a vault of these coins a la Scrooge McDuck.

Did I mention what these coins are called? Loonies ($1) and Toonies ($2).

That’s right, the name of your money conjures the thought of Daffy Duck. The fact that your money can call to mind two of the greatest animated ducks of all time (with apologies to Darkwing) is enough to make you winners in my book.

Oh Canada...

You’re so damn polite and welcoming. It’s almost sickening.

Perhaps that speaks to something profoundly wrong with the States.

It’s like an entire nation of Care Bears shooting their tummy symbols at me until I curl up in a fetal ball of joy. Can I smuggle this cheeriness across the border? I don’t care, I’ll go full-on “Maria Full of Grace,” if need be.

Oh Canada...

I adore your pronunciations. As much as people poke fun at the use of the word ‘aboot” (about), it never fails to bring glee to my heart (and see sommerfeld page 14

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Freshman racer mixes classes, speedways

By Kelly Baug

Contributing Writer

Brandon Kidd is in for a fast ride this semester. But that’s nothing new to him.

Kidd, a freshman mechanical engineering major, races in ARCA, the Automobile Racing Club of America, which races stock cars identical to those in NASCAR. He is quickly becoming a racing sensation, due to his youth and unusual expertise.

The two series have a historically close relationship, as many drivers begin in ARCA with aspirations to one day compete in the NASCAR circuit. Competing against racers more than twice his age, Kidd has held his own against the most battle-tested professionals.

Only a few weeks into the semester, Kidd is going full speed ahead. He participates in the Syracuse University formula racing club, in which Kidd and other club members build and race cars against other universities, such as Clarkson University.

Intimidation has not been a factor for Kidd. At his ARCA National Series debut in March, Kidd and his pit crew finished 12th out of 35 teams, an unheard of success for a rookie — let alone a high school senior. While his credentials extend far past his age group, his youth has caught the majority of attention from local and national media. As the youngest winner at the Adirondack International Speedway — three times, no less — he has found his way to the top since the beginning of his career.

For the past five years, he has been racking up wins: Junior Sportsman Champion at Oswego Speedway in 2005, first-place finishes at Can-Am Speedway in 2009 and 2010, and a second-place finish at his Fulton Speedway debut. These victories are driven by a passion for speed and the sport, he said. “You have to want to make a career out of this,” said Kidd.

“Otherwise, you won’t be successful.”

Kidd’s passion for racing has extended his whole life. “Something about being a little kid and driving a car was always intriguing to me,” Kidd said. When other kids were donning uniforms for Little League or cleats for the soccer field, Kidd was gearing up for high-speed laps around Oswego Speedway at age eleven.

Kidd said racing is not like a sport people can practice. Without any formal track on which to practice, he can only improve his craft on race days.

“You have it or you don’t,” Kidd said. “You don’t have time to perfect your skills.”

While races at tracks scattered around the country are difficult to get to, Kidd has always had his friends behind him. Chris Ruggeri, a friend from Kidd’s hometown of Manlius, N.Y., and a University at Albany State University of New York undergraduate student, said Kidd’s racing was intense. At Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Ruggeri said all of Kidd’s classmates supported him, even going as far as making Kidd-themed T-shirts to wear on racing days.

Kidd’s family is just as encouraging, though they have had their share of challenges. Auto racing was not an inherited business.

“It was brand new to me,” said Gregg Kidd, Brandon’s father. Gregg said while many sports are passed on like legacies in most families, the Kidds did not know anything about racing when Brandon first became interested.

For Kidd, racing wasn’t an activity he was always dying to try. He said he just fell into it.

After his first win at Oswego Speedway when he was 11 years old, he said he was hooked.

As a financial advisor, Gregg said he has been hands-off with Brandon’s racing career.

Nonetheless, Gregg has always been Brandon’s biggest idol.

“He’s got a kid involved in something he never thought he’d be involved in,” Brandon said.

Membership in SU’s formula racing club, a full course load and preparation for future competitions leave Kidd wishing for more hours in the day, he said. One out-of-state race can take up to three days between travel time and the race day, itself. Not to mention constantly trying to line up new sponsors. Competing in one ARCA race costs approximately $50,000, and in the coming year, he hopes to participate in five or six of them.

This semester, it’s a long road ahead for Kidd, and it’s only speeding up. “(I’m) just trying to maintain my grades,” Kidd said. “I’m going to be busy.” knbaug@ syr.edu

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not the annoying singing kind found on Fox).

And it happens all the time. Even on newscasts.

If you’ve yet to visit Canada, going just to hear that word uttered is well worth it. Other words like “produce,” “sorry,” and “house” also sound much more entertaining when rolled off a Canadian tongue.

Oh Canada...

I’m head over heels for your celebrity gals.

From Rachel McAdams to Ellen Page (my personal favorite), I can’t get enough. There’s a sweetness I can’t find in their American counterparts. Heck, I even love me some Tegan and Sara, and they don’t even fancy males.

Oh Canada...

I respect how decisive you are about hockey being your No. 1 sport. None of this “something for everyone” routine we have in the States.

Hockey is even featured on your lowest form of paper currency (the $5 bill). That’s not a joke.

Heck, you don’t even seem to try in other sports. Who needs ‘em? Basically, you turned out Steve Nash and went, “Eh, that’s enough in the non-hockey realm.” Ballsy - err - puck-sy.

And of course. Oh Canada...

“O Canada” puts the “The Star-Spangled Banner” to shame. Seriously, the song kicks ass.

So next time you think of insulting the wondrous land across our northern border, ask yourself this: What would Alex Trebek do? If you do not know, that is why you fail.

Seth Sommerfeld is a graduate student in the Goldring Arts Journalism program and the humor columnist. He is the ultra-rare 152nd Pokèmon, so you didn’t catch ‘em all. His columns appear weekly, and he can be reached at srsommer@syr.edu

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The must-see movies to view before the year is out “The Social Network” (Set to release 10/1)

By Sam Littman Staff Writer

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ith throwaway action movies bridging the gap between the thrill of summer and the prestige of fall, here is the opportunity to examine what the latter season has to offer. The five films previewed are the most promising and enticing, which says a lot when they’re competing with the likes of the seventh “Harry Potter,” the new film by “Slumdog Millionaire” director Danny Boyle, a Robert De Niro/Edward Norton prison drama and an Italy-set thriller starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie.

These may not be five Oscar nominees, but they’re good enough to end the year on a high note. smlittma@syr.edu

“Due Date” (Set to release 11/5)

“True Grit” (Set to release 12/25)

“Black Swan” (Set to release 12/1)

“The Fighter” (Set to release 12/10)

The plot of “Due Date” is very similar to that of “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” (1981), the classic comedy starring Steve Martin and John Candy as a pair of mismatched travel companions. If “Due Date” is anywhere near as good as the comedy it’s frequently compared to, director Todd Phillips (“Old School,” “The Hangover”) will have another jewel to his name. Robert Downey Jr. stars as an expectant father, whose trip to see his child’s birth is complicated by the antics of an aspiring actor, played

by Zach Galifianakis. Which, of course, can only mean this movie has the potential to become a classic.

A psychological thriller set in the world of New York City ballet, “Black Swan” stars Natalie Portman as a shy but ambitious ballerina, whose understudy, a deviously sexual Mila Kunis, could ruin everything she’s worked for. A brutal, surrealistic drama, “Black Swan” perfectly suits the strengths of visionary director Darren Aronofsky (“Requiem for a Dream,” “The Wrestler”). Portman’s daring performance is rumored to be Oscar-worthy. The picture is drawing acrossthe-board raves. Variety praised it for its style, fearlessness and excess, calling it “one of the strongest Venice openers in recent memory.” Viewers will soon be joining in on the long standing ovation started at the film’s Venice Film Festival premiere.

Make at least one right decision this weekend.

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Pegged as the early front-runner for Best Picture by Entertainment Weekly, “The Social Network” should not have a hard time shaking the nickname “The Facebook Movie.” Directed by David Fincher (“Fight Club,” “Zodiac”), the film stars the highly talented Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, whose recordshattering entrepreneurial effort introduced him to the dark side of the American Dream. Boasting the best trailer and tagline, “You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies,” Fincher’s depiction of greed, loneliness and the shifting social landscape might be his best work yet.

The Coen brothers are currently working on a level most major filmmakers will never come close to reaching, riding high on the successes of “No Country for Old Men” (2007), “Burn After Reading” (2008) and “A Serious Man” (2009).

“True Grit” is based on Charles Portis’ 1968 novel of the same name, and the Coens are aiming for a stricter adaptation than the 1969 version that starred John Wayne (which won him his only Oscar). The Coens’ “True Grit” stars Academy Award-winner Jeff Bridges as Reuben J. “Rooster” Cogburn, a U.S. Marshall hired by a 14-year-old girl intent on avenging her father’s death. Matt Damon and Josh Brolin costar in what appears to be fall’s finest offering.

Perpetually embattled director David O. Russell (“Three Kings”) is crazy. He tried to fight George Clooney on the set of “Three Kings,” cussed out Lily Tomlin on the set of “I Heart Huckabees” (2004), and recently got James Caan to leave the set of his next film after a fight over a cookie. Despite the controversies, Russell is a genius behind the camera. The world will likely come to recognize this when his latest film, which centers on boxer Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg) and his brother Dickie Ward (Christian Bale), blows up later this year. Wahlberg and Bale are both garnering early raves for their performances, while Russell could finally receive the recognition his talent warrants.

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After a summer in which the stability of the Big East conference came into question, the conference may have found some reinforcement.

Last week, the Big East asked Villanova to make the jump from the Football Championship Subdivision to the Football Bowl Subdivision.

The Wildcats, already a member of the Big East in all sports except football, are looking into the idea of becoming the ninth football team in the conference.

The news comes after a summer in which the future of the Big East was up in the air. The Big Ten conference’s expansion plans spurred rumors of multiple Big East teams making the jump, which could have triggered the collapse of the Big East.

Now it seems as if the conference can become even stronger than it was before the summer by adding a new member — albeit, a familiar member.

“That would be a tremendous addition for us to have the ninth member come right from within,” Connecticut head coach Randy Edsall said in the Big East coaches’ teleconference Monday. “It would make things a lot easier for the whole Big East conference, as a whole. For all sports, not just football.”

While the offer is there for Villanova’s taking, it’s still no guarantee the Wildcats will join the conference. The process of moving from FCS to FBS is difficult and takes a lot of commitment from the university. It also takes a lot of money.

The NCAA requires all FBS teams to have a paid or actual attendance of 15,000 for all home

games. Villanova Stadium, where the Wildcats currently play, holds 12,500.

“As you might suspect, this is a complex issue, which entails many dimensions — both quantitative and qualitative,” Villanova athletic director Vince Nicastro told the Philadelphia Daily News on Sept. 9. “While we will move forward on this as quickly as possible, it is critical that all of those dimensions are vetted thoroughly prior to making any final decision.”

If Villanova is to accept the Big East’s invitation, it would still likely have to wait until 2014 to become a member of the conference. Per NCAA rules, a FCS team has to go through a two-year provisional period before becoming a full-time FBS member. This can give the Wildcats enough time to plan out all of the upgrades the program needs to make, along with giving head coach Andy Talley some time to recruit for an FBS program.

One possible option for a new home for the Wildcats is PPL Park, current home to Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union. The stadium, which is located in Chester, Pa., has a capacity of 18,500.

In addition, Villanova will likely need to look into upgrading its training facilities and will have to add scholarships to the program as well.

It’s a process Edsall went through with UConn, as he took the Huskies into the FBS as an I-A Independent in 2000 and then into the Big East in 2004.

It wasn’t until UConn’s fourth season as an FBS team that it finished with a winning record.

Villanova, ranked No. 2 in the most recent FCS coaches’ poll, has had its share of success

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at the lower level. The Wildcats won the FCS championship last season and defeated FBS team Temple by a field goal. This season, Villanova had the Owls on the ropes again before losing 31-24.

Still, the highest level of college football is a different animal. Just ask Edsall.

“I think the biggest thing is just to make sure you have the resources in play to be able to do the things that you need to do from a facilities standpoint, from a stadium standpoint,” Edsall said. “I think those were the biggest two things we had.

And also, to make sure that you have the finances available to be able to go out and recruit.

“You know, Villanova’s in a nice area there, where there’s a lot of good football around them in a short driving distance.”

Heisman candidate Lewis struggling There were no stop signs in the prolific freshman season for Pittsburgh running back Dion Lewis a year ago. There was hardly a speed bump.

But now he’s enduring a sophomore slump. A year after rushing for 1,799 yards and 17 touchdowns, Lewis is struggling to find his stride.

Through two games, Lewis has just 102 yards rushing on 35 carries (2.9 yards per carry).

He was held to 75 yards on 25 carries by a talented Utah defense in a Week 1 loss. This past week, it was New Hampshire of the FCS that held him to just 27 yards on 10 carries.

To put it in perspective, his career-low rushing total in his freshman year was 79 yards against Navy. He was held under four yards per

carry just once in 2009.

It’s already happened twice in 2010.

“I think it’s a little bit (of a) combination between three new offensive linemen (and) a new tight end, and defenses zeroing in on him,” Pittsburgh head coach Dave Wannstedt said in the Big East coaches teleconference Monday. “I think teams have been more one-sided and said, ‘This is what we’re going to stop, and if you can beat us doing the other things, go ahead.’ ”

Big man on campus WR MOHAMED SANU SOPHOMORE RUTGERS (2-0)

Last Week: 1-for-1, 24 yards, TD, nine carries, 44 yards, TD, four receptions, 25 yards Sanu did it all for Rutgers on Saturday against Florida International. For the Scarlet Knights’ sake, it’s a good thing he did.

The quarterback threw a 24-yard pass to tight end D.C. Jefferson in the second quarter to put Rutgers up a field goal. Then in the fourth quarter, with the Scarlet Knights trailing by a point, the running back broke off a 24-yard touchdown run out of the Wildcat formation. It proved to be the difference in a 19-14 win.

The quarterback. The running back. The wide receiver. It was all the same player for the Scarlet Knights Saturday.

Said Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano: “What you can’t coach is his athleticism, his toughness, his desire to play the game, his will to prepare.” mcooperj@syr.edu

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By Abram Brown STAFF WRITER

Fresh off the biggest win of his career, James Madison quarterback Drew Dudzik just wants to continue keeping things simple.

Simplicity turns into wins, he says. At least that’s how it went when James Madison knocked off then-No. 13 Virginia Tech last Saturday — only the second time in history a Football Cha mpionship Subdivison team beat a Top 25 Football Bowl Subdivision team.

Yes, simple for Dudzik, even if the win came across as monumental for the rest of the nation.

“I don’t think it’s really hit me yet,” Dudzik said. “But that will go down in history as one of the greatest games ever.”

On Virginia Tech’s home field, the 32.5-point underdog Dukes beat the Hokies 21-16 in a game that stayed close throughout. Moving forward, James Madison expects to take what it did well in that game and apply it to the rest of the season. Even if the rest of the season almost assuredly will not compare with last Saturday.

Before Saturday, the team expected to hang with the Hokies, but had no thoughts of beating them. With the 48-14 massacre the Hokies perpetrated on Boston College last year, James Madison wanted to make sure it kept the first quarter close. Past the first quarter, the Dukes were willing to take whatever. “(Virginia Tech) has such a home-field advantage,” Dukes head coach Mickey Matthews said. “We just wanted to stay in the game in the first quarter.”

The Dukes’ defense kept them around in the first half of the game. By halftime, the score was 13-7, with Virginia Tech leading. That “whatever” had just become a one-score deficit.

In the second half, Dudzik began leading his team. The small things started to click for the Dukes. Short-yard plays turned into longer gains, as the Dukes drove twice into Hokies territory to take the lead.

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With the luxury of a lead came unexpected management. In the second half, this FCS team was suddenly managing and overseeing a game in which the vaunted Virginia Tech was left to chase. And it put the Hokies on the defensive, starting with James Madison’s prime offensive weapon in its quarterback.

“I kind of let the game come to me,” Dudzik said. “It’s all about managing the game.”

Even with three Virginia Tech turnovers, the game remained close into the fourth quarter. The Dukes took the ball back with 5:23 to play and ran the clock out, with Dudzik taking a knee for time to expire.

Taking a knee. Just like the last play the Dukes practice each week.

A simple and, truth be told, familiar way for the Dukes to end a football session. Whether it be a practice in front of just the Dukes coaching staff or in front of an entire nation suddenly piped in via national television.

But even with the sudden exposure, the Dukes still have a goal in mind. An obscure goal in mind. An FCS goal in mind. For back in the obscurity of Virginia and FCS football lies the remainder of their season.

The Dukes won’t play again until they meet Liberty on Sept. 25. This week’s bye allows the team to regain its focus and get back to the basics in practice that propelled them to success against Virginia Tech.

Even obscurity can provide room for growth.

“We’re still just trying to get better,” Matthews said. “The biggest room around here is the room for improvement. We’re not going to delay or anything. We still need to improve. We’re getting back to addressing fundamentals.”

The Dukes hope to keep their offense scheme working efficiently. Matthews will keep emphasizing the zone offense, along with play-action pass schemes.

As for the defense, which propelled them to their victory at Virginia Tech, Matthews figures they should just keep doing more of the same, too.

The same for Matthews is the simplicity for Dudzik. It goes hand in hand. And simplicity

courtesy of james madison athletic communications DREW DUDZIK had three total touchdowns in James Madison’s shocking upset of Virginia Tech, 21-16. It is the second win over an FBS program in the Dukes’ history. starts with the defense, just as it did in the program’s biggest win ever.

Said Matthews: “Defensively, we try to play like our hair is on fire.”

MAINE AT SYRACUSE PREDICTION: SYRACUSE 42, MAINE 10

Fresh off a game that featured some serious performance-anxiety problems down the stretch for the Orange, the football team will look to rebound this week against FCS team Maine. With the celebrations of the Carrier Dome’s 30th anniversary, the Orange won’t lay an egg in the midst of the tribute. SU should be able to handily put away Maine.

CLEMSON AT NO. 16 AUBURN PREDICTION: AUBURN 30, CLEMSON 17

The two teams haven’t met in the regular season since 1971, and Clemson hasn’t won since 1951.

Yikes. All signs point to Auburn walking away with this. Auburn features a solid quarterback, Cameron Newton, who could cause havoc for the Clemson defense. Auburn’s defense will need to be on its A-game again this week, too, after holding Mississippi State to just one offensive touchdown last week. And that’s not mentioning the fact that it’s Clemson first away game of the season.

NO. 9 IOWA AT NO. 24 ARIZONA PREDICTION: IOWA 17, ARIZONA 9

Iowa thrives off its defense — look for that to be the biggest part of the game. In the past two games for the Hawkeyes, the killer defense has

held its opponents to just two touchdowns total. It features a variety of standouts, including former Orange Bowl MVP Adrian Clayborn. Arizona poses a strong offense, ranked 12th in the nation, with quarterback Nick Foles completing over 80 percent of his passes. Not enough, though, to break through this strong Iowa defense.

NO. 8 NEBRASKA AT WASHINGTON PREDICTION: NEBRASKA 34, WASHINGTON 27

Coming off a decisive win against Syracuse last week, Washington will look to upset the Cornhuskers. UW quarterback Jake Locker certainly dazzled Syracuse fans last week, scoring often and late into the game. Many are calling for an upset — but look for Nebraska to put the brakes on Washington at Husky Stadium.

Nebraska’s quarterback, Taylor Martinez, and a strong Huskers defense will dispel any notion of Locker’s invincibility this week.

NO. 12 ARKANSAS AT GEORGIA PREDICTION: GEORGIA 24, ARKANSAS 10

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looked like it might be a bowl-caliber team this season. The Orange dismantled Akron on the road, 29-3, and the defense looked as good as it has in years.

But against Washington, SU struggled for the final three quarters. The defense allowed five touchdowns against the Huskies after allowing zero against Akron. The Orange went from having a 10-point lead to losing by three touchdowns. Erasing the pain from last week’s poor performance will be on the minds of the coaches and players.

“It hurt,” Marrone said at his weekly press conference Monday. “Any time you lose a game, it hurts. If it doesn’t hurt, then you don’t have the right culture. … It is like anything else in life, how you deal with adversity, how you deal with failure and how you come back from that.”

Syracuse and Maine faced each other for the first time in 2009, with SU winning decisively, 41-24, at the Dome. Carter led the Orange offense with 72 yards and three touchdowns on 19 carries, while Derrell Smith led the defense with 11 tackles.

Against the Black Bears Saturday, both should play a pivotal role. In spite of two rather unimpressive performances to start the season, the Maine defense is only allowing 3.1 yards per carry against the run. Carter and backfield mate Antwon Bailey will have to increase their production for the Orange to win that battle.

Offensively, Maine averaged 186.5 yards rushing in those first two games behind the running of Jared Turcotte and Pushaun Brown.

Smith and the Syracuse defense — which has allowed 157 yards per game against the run — will have their work cut out for them.

“We know we’ll get their best when they come in here,” Marrone said. “I have a lot of respect for (Maine head coach Jack) Cosgrove and that football team. … They’re always big, they’re always tough, they’re always physical and then, after last year, we have to expect the unexpected anywhere on the field.”

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matthew ziegler | staff photographer delone carter and the Syracuse football team will look for redemption in SU’s home opener against Maine Saturday. After a demoralizing loss to Washington last weekend, the Orange hopes to use this week’s game as an opportunity to get back on track. painful loss at Washington, SU is heading into this weekend not taking anybody lightly.

And while the players insist Maine is “just the next opponent,” it’s quite possible SU is planning to take out its frustration on what it knows is an inferior opponent. That will be a key factor Saturday.

“We’re trying to change history and change the culture here,” SU receiver Van Chew said.

“So getting a big win will be good.”

All week long, players and coaches were chomping at the bit to get back on the field. To prove last week’s loss was a fluke. To quickly regain that optimistic feeling that had suddenly evaporated.

Maine was shut out, 3-0, by Albany to start this season. Not exactly the evidence to suggest it should pose a threat to a Syracuse squad salivating at a chance for redemption.

And after starting the season with two games

on the road, SU returns home against the same Maine team it throttled in the second half a year ago. Perhaps it’s the perfect situation to begin erasing any doubts about its bowl legitimacy this season.

Said Marrone: “We expect them to come back, give us their best effort, and get ready to win a game and go above .500.” aljohn@syr.edu

Maine is not Alabama, SU’s approach to game should reflect that

et’s play the hyperbole game, shall we?

The game in which coaches egregiously and grossly overstate their next opponent. Take it away, Doug Marrone: “For us, with the direction we have as a football program,” Marrone said, “we’re playing the best team in the country this week.”

Right. Fair enough. It’s coach-speak. It’s nice. It’s cute. It’ll shape the focus of the week around how Syracuse isn’t taking Maine lightly. And it’s probably the right thing to say, coming off a demoralizing 21-point loss to Washington after a dominating start to the season against Akron.

But this talk doesn’t stop at Marrone. His players have bought in, too. At least that’s what they’re saying. Take it away, Van Chew: “Coach Marrone has told us to think about every team like it’s the No. 1 team,” said Chew, a junior wide receiver. “We’re looking at Maine like we’re playing against Alabama.”

No. No, no, no. Because no matter what he says, there’s no possible, sane way Chew can watch Alabama — the defending national champion and class of NCAA football — and then watch film of Maine, and compare the two. And though Syracuse has the right idea in not taking any opponent lightly, it’s this over-the-top mentality that leads to 21-point blowout losses.

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outrageous fun There’s a difference between taking every opponent seriously and preparing for a team with the wrong combination of letters (FCS) like it is the A-class of the FBS. The Orange has been here before. Two years ago, the team was preparing for Akron to come into the Carrier Dome in SU’s home opener.

Still under former head coach Greg Robinson, strong safety Max Suter said Syracuse didn’t take Akron seriously. The team had a casual week of practice, planning for a cakewalk and a simple enough start at home.

“We definitely took them easier,” Suter said. “(We thought) with a Division I-AA school (sic) coming in here, it was going to be an easy road.

And we got beat. You can’t do that. You have to come in with the mindset that we have to play as hard as we can on every play.”

That’s the mentality the Orange should have going into this game. Chew developed that men-

tality from his days on the junior varsity squad at Centreville High School in Clifton, Va. An opposing team came into Centreville’s stadium riding a 10-game losing streak, as Chew recalls. Chew and his teammates slacked off in practice. No one took practice seriously.

The entire team goofed around, expecting an easy victory. Whoops.

“When the game came, we were lost,” Chew said. “We were turning the ball over. I had two fumbles. It was horrible.”

That’s when he decided he was never going to take an opponent lightly again. Any opponent.

And as a football player expecting to win, that’s the only approach to take.

But it’s another step to cynically look at each opponent like the No. 1 flavor of the week. For obvious starters, Alabama has the returning Heisman Trophy winner lining up at running back. And for kicks, Maine lifelessly lost its home opener 3-0. To Albany. Needless to say, the Crimson Tide would turn the Black Bears black and blue.

Those types of words try to preemptively put the program leaps and bounds ahead of where it is. And it’s why losses like the sorry one to Washington happen. It takes a different mindset, a different approach, to face Washington than it does Maine.

It takes something extra to get ready for Jake Locker as compared to Akron’s Patrick Nicely.

Extra preparation on the practice field and extra time in the film room to decipher a Heisman frontrunner is a must.

“Akron and Washington are two different teams,” senior cornerback Da’Mon Merkerson said. “They do two different things, and they’re two different offenses. … (Washington) had a few more playmakers on the team. Their playmakers made plays, and we didn’t stop them from making plays.”

And treating Akron like Washington is a big reason Syracuse got run over last week by those playmakers. Now, learn from it. Take this week’s home opener against the Black Bears and next week’s home contest with Colgate as what they are. Take them with a dose of reality.

Because in reality, they are both must-win games if SU will end up where it wants to be at the end of the season — a bowl game. Syracuse has everything to lose and nothing to gain, except a required two wins. Nothing more, nothing less.

No hyperbole.

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

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This is a duel to watch if only to see how Merkerson responds off his performance last week, which left more than a little to be desired. He was burned consistently against Washington.

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Fellow linebacker Derrell Smith fits into this matchup as well.

Turcotte is the best player on a lifeless Maine offense, averaging 117 yards rushing per game thus far.

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MAINE DEFENSE 44 DE Kris Enslen 77 DT Kevin Phanor 92 NT Raibonne Charles 91 DE Doug Alston 4 OLB Mark Masterson 10 MLB Donte Dennis 40 OLB Vinson Givans 20 RCB Steven Barker 7 LCB Dominic Cusano 26 SS Jerron McMillian 3 FS Trevor Coston

MAINE OFFENSE 13 QB Warren Smith 6 RB Derek Session 21 FB Jared Turcotte 8 WR Tyrell Jones 5 WR Desmond Randall 80 TE Derek Buttles 74 LT Josh Spearin 55 LG Matt Barber 56 C Garrett Williamson 50 RG Chris Howley 75 RT Joe Hook

SYRACUSE DEFENSE 54 DE Mikhail Marinovich 94 NT Bud Tribbey 51 DT Andrew Lewis 99 DE Chandler Jones 11 SLB Marquis Spruill 25 MLB Derrell Smith 32 WLB Doug Hogue 6 H Da’Mon Merkerson 35 CB Mike Holmes 24 SS Max Suter 1 FS Phillip Thomas

BRETT LOGIURATO Syracuse 41, Maine 3

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Akron was bad. Maine is worse.

The Black Bears failed to score versus Albany, losing 3-0. It won’t be close. But again, this game will tell us very little about SU, if anything at all.

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But the facility needed a new one, along with new cables to support the membrane. Replacing the roof will always remain the Dome’s largest upkeep need, Sala said.

“You need to put money back into a facility,” Sala said. “You don’t build a facility to walk away from it.”

Each year, SU invites back the same engineering firm that designed the Dome, Geiger Engineers, to conduct reports and investigate the structure’s facility.

“I would expect with reasonable attention going in the future, there’s really no limit to the lifespan (of the Dome),” said Geiger Chief Executive Officer Dave Campbell.

Concentrating on improvements, and putting aside maintenance, Sala’s wish list for changes at the Dome includes: • New and improved “points of sales,” such as concession stands and souvenir shops. Sala toured brand new stadiums, including those near New York City, to help shape ideas.

• Electronic ribbon boards — something between a scoreboard and a computer screen — could connect around the Dome. Each piece would be customizable and allow for greater fan interaction. Scoreboards should be replaced soon, too.

• Field turf could be laid down to give the Dome a different playing experience.

• Concourses are narrow at the Dome, and expanding would be the ideal situation, Sala said, but cost and construction may be prohibitive.

• The Dome lacks air conditioning, a defect noticeable when Syracuse weather warms up.

But an air-conditioning system would cost nearly $7 million to install.

Any projects that go on the drawing board would see construction starting in the next 10 to 12 years, right around the Dome’s 40th anniversary. New projects focus on improving fan experience, which in turn generates revenue for the Dome.

“You’ve got to take care of the people who come to enjoy the experience here,” Sala said.

The Dome’s maintenance costs were not immediately available, said SU’s Chief Financial Officer Lou Marcoccia. The costs change based on the number of events held in the Dome.

But with its longevity considered, Marcoccia figures the Dome has been worth its costs.

As the man responsible for the university’s financial responsibilities, Marcoccia holds a large stake in the Dome’s future.

At different points, Marcoccia said, different

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university officials talked about replacing the Dome. But that would take an expenditure the university isn’t ready for, Marcoccia said.

In 1980, the Dome cost $27 million. Today, the same exact structure would cost at least $90 million, said Campbell, Geiger’s CEO. More than 50 percent of the Dome’s building costs came from the state of New York. SU found a champion for the project in then-Gov. Hugh Carey, who pushed for the project’s completion and funding today.

It would most likely take a modern champion in state government to grant SU the funding needed for a new facility.

“If somebody showed up with that kind of money, then we might consider it,” Marcoccia said.

The Dome continues to be quite cost-effective, Marcoccia said. For example, university personnel don’t need to be sent downtown to another facility to fix the Dome or to set up for an event. The athletic program continues to hope the Dome raises its profile, too.

“Obviously, the Carrier Dome makes a tremendous impact on the athletic programs,” Marcoccia said.

The effect of the Dome on Orange athletics is, perhaps, immeasurable. Immeasurable enough that even if the university collected the funds necessary, it could elect to remain with what it has. Its most homely and well-known symbol — from within the confines of the Dome, itself, to walls and doors across campus.

••• If SU found the funding necessary, it might choose to simply stick with what it has. The Dome rose to iconographic standards as a symbol for both the university and the city, said Amy Falkner, an associate dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and an expert on media strategy and advertising.

Just walk into Falkner’s office, and the point is proven. On her office door, she taped a picture of the Dome’s interior during a sold-out Dome basketball game.

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“To me — if I’m selling Syracuse, that’s the picture I want,” Falkner said, pointing to that picture of the Dome on the door.

The Dome’s exact worth, as an advertising and branding tool, is hard to quantify because it is so often used, Falkner said.

But whatever the exact figure may be, the selling point for the city since 1980 has grown.

For the basketball program, for the football program, for the university and even for the city, the Dome is, perhaps, the face of Syracuse.

And after 30 years, despite plans for improvements, it continues to be.

It is what the athletic program, university and city peddle to tourists and natives.

It is Syracuse.

Said Falkner: “Anyone who looks at (SU’s) website or at our publications realizes that the Dome is what we’re selling.”

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SPORTS

THURSDAY

september 16, 2010

“THIS BUILDING WILL BE HERE AS LONG AS WE WANT IT.”

As it

Pete Sala, Carrier Dome operations director

stands P

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ete Sala began his career working in the Carrier Dome on breaks from college. He would climb to the top of the Dome, the top of the city of Syracuse, and shovel off the snow that had built up on the roof.

In Syracuse, it is no secret that snow is a constant. For Sala, the Dome’s current operations director, alleviating that snow from the backbone of the Dome became a constant as well. As has the structure, itself.

“This building will be here as long as we want it,” Sala said.

The Dome has become a symbol of the city of Syracuse throughout the past 30 years — and the predominant symbol on the Syracuse skyline for three decades.

As the Dome turns 30, questions regarding its longevity and its future are as alive as they have been for years.

Will the Dome be here for its 40th? Its 50th?

Will the Dome last?

As of now, no official plans exist for a replacement. But even without a plan, everyday maintenance is key to the Dome, like it has been since Sala first started shoveling.

Sala has always made sure to keep the snow — snow that could and has led to cracks in the Dome’s foundation — from reaching the roof’s trenches.

“We still do that — remove the snow from the flat part of the roof,” Sala said. “For 30 years, we’ve tried to keep weight off this roof.”

Come Saturday, when the Dome celebrates its 30th anniversary during Syracuse football’s home opener against Maine, the calls from fans for a new Syracuse stadium will exist. They have existed for years from Dome detractors, and even from some within the university and athletic program.

But if you ask Sala — if you ask the people who are the backbone of the Dome and if you ask its current inhabitants — it is here to stay.

It can last.

Asked whether he would prefer an outdoor stadium to his playing experience inside the Dome, SU running back Delone Carter responded quickly and with certainty.

Said Carter: “I like the Dome. Ever since I’ve been here.” *** It was just as well that Sala got his first taste of the Dome through a maintenance job. As the Dome’s operations director, he oversees everything related to that facility and the rest of Syracuse’s athletic complexes.

Maintenance requires a yearly hunt for any problems. Sala has a wish list for possible improvements, but those require additional funding. But for Sala, the Dome is still in great condition, despite its age.

“I think the life expectancy is as long as you

SU looks to rebound in Dome start SPORTS EDITOR

Just outside the Syracuse locker room last Saturday against Washington, minutes after a disappointing loss, Delone Carter tried to put the outcome into perspective. Missed opportunities had deflated the optimism that accompanied SU Who: Maine to Seattle.

Where: Carrier Dome F r u s When:Saturday, 7:15 p.m. tration Channel: Time Warner began to set in.

B u t despite the loss, and the pain that followed, the senior running back wasn’t seeing the setback as a repeat of years past. Not even close.

“I feel no team is the same. I feel like we define ourselves,” Carter said.

“We’re going to continue to define ourselves. … Positively.”

Days have passed, but the feelings remain. And now, Carter and his teammates enter this weekend looking to eliminate the feelings following that disappointing loss in Seattle. And with emotion from last Saturday’s drubbing still lingering, Syracuse (1-1) will attempt to restore its pride in its home opener against Maine (1-1) at 7:15 p.m. Saturday inside the Carrier Dome.

“We just want to get back into this week and improve and take another step forward and get another win,” Carter said Wednesday. “Just the next opponent, that’s all it is.”

Getting the bad taste out of its mouth is just one of the goals for the Orange heading into Saturday’s contest. SU hasn’t won a home opener since 2004 — the last time it made an appearance in a bowl game. Taking care of business this weekend would certainly be a big step toward that postseason berth head coach Doug Marrone and his players have been vocal about since preseason camp.

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maintain it for,” Sala said.

As far as replacing the Dome, it would require a considerable fi nancial outlay. So far, administrators have only kicked around speculation and nothing more. But with the Dome’s public profile so great and profitable, the question rests on whether it’s worth talking replacement at all.

The maintenance runs the gamut of the Dome’s needs. Sometimes, Sala spends his days trying to find cracks in the foundation. Each crack — no matter the size, he says — gets chased down.

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The snow removal from the roof with which Sala is so familiar is one of the facility’s liability issues — SU wishes to avoid snow dropping from the roof onto passing cars and causing traffic accidents.

“It’s a tough building to maintain in the winter,” Sala said.

Bigger projects take up part of the Dome’s maintenance budget as well. About 10 years ago, the Dome received a new roof. The old membrane managed to last longer than expected.

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