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ames Ward, president of College Republicans, is having trouble organizing the group’s weekly trips to downtown Syracuse to campaign for Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle.

Too many people are interested.

“We’re limited in terms of cars and we have a lot of freshmen getting involved this year,” he said. “But we’re averaging 10 people every Saturday and our numbers are up.”

On the other side of the political aisle, Colin Crowley looked around at the students who had stayed after the College Democrats meeting to phone bank for Obama, and realized he didn’t recognize anyone there.

“One of the Obama for America representatives was there, just to introduce herself and help out at the first [phone bank], and I was telling her, ‘I don’t know these people,’” Crowley, president of College Democrats and a columnist for The Daily Orange, said with a laugh.

“I don’t even remember meeting them, so it was really impressive to me that so many of them stayed.”

With the 2012 elections less than two months away, students of all political affiliations are teaming up with presidential and congressional campaigns to get out the vote and influence the outcome of the elections.

Sometimes, affecting the outcome of a particular election means traveling. Every week, members of College Demo-

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SU students work with local, national candidates to get the vote out

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ELECTIONS 2012

IF THE ELECTION WAS TODAY, WHO WOULD YOU VOTE FOR? Residents of the city of Syracuse responded with these numbers 8% of residents polled responded with Ursula Rozum.

3% polled responded that they do not know or are not voting.

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43% 7% of residents polled responded with Ursula Rozum.

7% polled responded that they do not know or are not voting.

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By Dylan Segelbaum and Debbie Truong THE DAILY ORANGE

A non-student was stabbed outside Acropolis Pizza House on Marshall Street early Saturday, said Sgt. Tom Connellan of the Syracuse Police Department, in an email.

A 31-year-old Syracuse man was stabbed at about 2 a.m. in the right side of his chest after a fight broke out in the doorway of the restaurant.

His injuries did not appear to be life threatening, and no students were involved in the incident. The suspects fled from the scene, and no suspect description is currently available, Connellan said.

Once the fight broke out and punches were thrown, Acropolis employee Steve Papazides said he immediately began urging those involved in the fight out of the restaurant. Papazides said Acropolis shouldn’t be blamed for all the Marshall Street crime.

“We’re not the only store that has problems,” he said.

Acropolis has “been a focal point for late night problems over the last several months,” though, Connellan said in the email.

The crime on Marshall Street coincides with an uptick of inner-city gang members and teenagers entering parties thrown by SU students in the East neighborhood on weekend nights. While the issues on Marshall Street can also be linked to gang violence, the incident appears to be separate from increased crime in the East neighborhood.

Said Connellan: “None of the incidents at Acropolis Pizza have involved any students, but with the high volume of students in that area late at night it is obviously is a concern to the Police Department that a student could become and innocent victim of this violence.” dmsegelb@syr.edu @dylan_segelbaum dbtruong@syr.edu @debbietruong

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Late-night cafe debuts in DellPlain Hall

By Casey Fabris ASST. NEWS EDITOR

A late-night cafe housed in the lounge on the ground floor of DellPlain Hall opened Thursday night.

The cafe is a collaboration among the Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Living and Learning Community — housed in DellPlain Hall — Syracuse University Food Services and the Entrepreneurship Club, said Justin Hirschhaut, president of the Entrepreneurship Club.

A cafe was located in DellPlain about 18 years ago, Hirschhaut said, but

“I think we actually did much better than expected. The first night, in the first 10 minutes, we had close to 40 people walk in the doors.”

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since it closed, there has been a void in the market that needed to be filled.

On opening night, managers and supervisors hoped to make about $200. Hirschhaut said they beat this goal, making approximately $460, even though the cafe was operating on decreased hours.

“I think we actually did much better than expected,” he said. “The first night, in the first 10 minutes, we had close to 40 people walk in the doors.”

The cafe serves various food items, including pizza, sandwiches, wraps and ice cream, among other things.

Next weekend, the cafe will begin offering coffee and hot chocolate, Hirschhaut said.

Although the food comes from Food Services, Hirschhaut said the cafe’s food will have a creative spin on it, especially the desserts.

In the future, Hirschhaut said, cafe managers and supervisors hope to establish a specials menu and a delivery system. cffabris@syr.edu

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The Breezeway Cafe, a new late-night spot on campus, opened in DellPlain Hall on Thursday. It will be open until 3 a.m. every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, offering an assortment of foods and beverages.

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shijing wang | staff photographer (FROM LEFT) SIERRA ZWERLING, PETE QUINTANA AND MICHELLE DIEZ race for team Delta Gamma, which came in second in the Red Bull Chariot Race. The race was part of Sigma Chi’s philanthropy event called Derby Days, which raises money for the Children’s Miracle Network.

Derby Days concludes with chariot race

By Jen Bundy STAFF WRITER

A Mario Kart chariot raced through Thornden Park on Saturday afternoon, leaving banana peels in its wake as it became the victor of the first-ever Red Bull Chariot Race at Syracuse University.

The event was part of Sigma Chi’s annual week-long philanthropy event called Derby Days, which raises money for the Children’s Miracle Network. The organization’s funds help families pay their children’s medical costs, The Daily Orange reported on Sept. 20.

Throughout the week, daily competitions were held among the Panhellenic sororities on campus. Each participating sorority was assigned a group of Sigma Chi members to act as their coaches for the week.

The coaches coordinated with their sororities on the daily competitions leading up to the final chariot race. During the week, Facebook newsfeeds were flooded with sorority members changing their profile pictures to designs showcasing Derby Days slogans.

During the week, a dance-off competition between the sororities took place — members cheered and held signs supporting their teams.

Many could be seen dragging bags of clothing to the event’s annual clothing drive. Sorority members brought out recipe books to impress the judges during a cook-off competition held at Sigma Chi. For Saturday’s culminating event, each sorority was given the challenge of creating a wheeled chariot holding one of their coaches that two members would pull

shijing wang | staff photographer (FROM LEFT) MATT LYDE-CAJUSTE, RAKEEM CHRISTMAS AND JAMES SOUTHERLAND, members of the basketball team, served as guest judges at Derby Days. through the course. Chariots were judged on creativity of theme, functionality and race results.

The special guest judges of the event were SU basketball players Rakeem Christmas, Matt LydeCajuste and James Southerland.

During the event, the three players greeted and signed autographs for young SU basketball fans at the nearby playground.

The interaction between the basketball players and children turned into an impromptu dance-off, yielding cheers from the entire crowd.

“It really is all for children,” said Jordan Smith, a Sigma Chi member and announcer for the event.

The race was organized in a bracket with two sororities facing off on the haystack-lined course.

Sororities created various methods to maximize speed, using large garbage cans, shopping carts and bicycle wheels. The themes were just as creative, with chariots deco-

rated as a hamburger, jail cell and even a parody of Sesame Street and Oscar the Grouch.

Teams advanced through the brackets leading to the final race between Alpha Xi Delta and Delta Gamma. Both teams remained close on the majority of the course, but on the final turn, AXiD was able to pull ahead.

The team sped through the finish line on its Mario Kart-themed chariot. The coach tossed bananas peels behind him and held a lightning bolt over his head to simulate the Nintendo game.

Delta Gamma, however, had the highest point total, making them the winners of Derby Days 2012.

Jackie Soldano, a sophomore advertising major in Alpha Gamma Delta, said: “This was such a fun week. All the brothers were so nice.

Derby Days was definitely a success.” jbundy@syr.edu

Though Election Day is on the horizon, many voters remain uninformed as to whether or not they are registered to vote.

About 52 percent of the youngest individuals who were first eligible to vote in 2008 said they were not registered or they do not remember, according to a survey conducted by HeadCount, a nonpartisan voter registration group.

“Voting registration is complicated because it involves different rules per state,” Shana Gadarian, assistant professor of political science, said in an email. “Because young people tend to be more mobile than older people, they may not know where or how to vote in the new places that they are moving to.”

Though many students are still disinterested in inquiring about their registration status, efforts have been put into place to make the process of registering more user-friendly.

“Both candidates have sections on their websites dedicated to young Americans,” Gadarian said. “Voter registration drives on campuses and in major cities are some of the ways that young people can find out how to register.”

College students have the choice between registering in the state where they attend school or applying for an absentee ballot in their home state. To some, the process can be both extensive and inconvenient.

“Initially, I didn’t want to register to vote because I had trouble finding time in my schedule,” said Sara Stedner, who graduated from Syracuse University in 2010. “On top of that, my local Board of Elections office was too far away.”

For other students, the negative political climate has made them less motivated to register or find out if they are registered.

Younger voters may be discouraged from getting involved because of the “ideological warfare” and mudslinging on both sides of the political

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United States must pull troops out of Afghanistan, focus on own security

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he last of the 33,000 surge troops who were sent to Afghanistan in 2009 came back to the United States on Friday. Many U.S. troops are expected to leave by 2014. The objective to suppress the Taliban and train Afghani troops is not fully complete.

The surge does not seem to have improved the United States’ overall security.

The original goal of the surge was to help stabilize Afghanistan and train more Afghani troops. President Barack Obama told the public in a speech in 2009, “I am convinced that our security is at stake in Afghanistan and

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to the left, to the left Pakistan,” he said. “We know that al-Qaida and other extremists seek nuclear weapons, and we have every reason to believe that they would use them.”

As a result of the surge, the United States gained territories in the country. Al-Qaeda has largely been suppressed and has been for several years, according to government reports. At the same time, there has been an increase in “green-on-blue” attacks, where Afghani troops kill International Security Assistance Force troops.

Leon Panetta, U.S. defense secretary, said, “The surge accomplished its objectives of reversing Taliban momentum on the battlefield and dramatically increased the size and capability of the Afghan National Security Forces.”

The United States should be concerned about maintaining its own security.

While Obama justified the troop surge by claiming our security was threatened, this has not proven to be the case. Many Americans, including Sen. John McCain, are wondering why the United States is still involved in the region. “I think all options ought to be considered, including whether we have to just withdraw early, rather than have a continued bloodletting that won’t succeed,” McCain said.

The United States needs to consider leaving as soon as possible, rather than staying in a conflict that is costing lives and money. A total of $568 billion has been spent on the war in Afghanistan, according to the National Priorities Project.

The United States has a long history of wanting to “win” wars. Some U.S. leaders may argue the country won the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s difficult to claim the United States won when we count the lives lost and the money spent. Escalating the war with 33,000 troops hardly appears necessary.

In the speech justifying the surge, Obama said, “They argue that it cannot be stabilized,

and we’re better off cutting our losses and rapidly withdrawing. I believe this argument depends on a false reading of history.”

Our security cannot be proven to be demonstrably better by the United States’ continued presence in Afghanistan. Obama and others believe the United States is preventing our enemies from getting nuclear weapons. That argument is yet to be substantiated with evidence.

We can no longer afford to keep a military presence unless our safety is actually threatened. Billions of dollars spent on improving Afghanistan could be spent improving our own country. The pursuit of our security appears complete.

Afghanistan is ranked among one of the most corrupt governments in the world. In 2011, Transparency International rated it 180 out of 182 countries. The United States may want to fix the corruption to try and make Afghanistan an ally, but we’ve reached the end of what we can afford.

Harmen Rockler is a senior newspaper journalism and political science major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at horockle@ syr.edu or followed on Twitter at @LeftofBoston.

SU employee disappointed with Connective Corridor vandalism It is very disappointing and shameful to see the blatant vandalism occurring to the new sidewalk lights along the University Avenue Connective Corridor. My hard-earned tax

dollars paid for these improvements and I don’t appreciate them being wasted by those who get their kicks from destroying public property.

Don’t these people realize the area is under video surveillance, not that it should matter? Assuming the perpetrators are students, and chances are they are students, don’t they know they risk their academic careers here at Syracuse University and get a criminal record to boot?

LET TER TO THE EDITOR If I happen to see the vandalism occurring, I will immediately call police and press charges against those involved. I sincerely hope that others in our community will also.

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Political move may benefit Pan Am 103 victims’ families In a move that seems somewhat political, Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle brought the Pan Am Flight 103 tragedy back into the minds of the Syracuse community.

Buerkle introduced two separate bills last Wednesday related to the 1988 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland. The bombing killed 270 people, including 35 Syracuse University students who were traveling back from study-abroad semesters in London and Florence, Italy.

One bill requests that the FBI and Department of Justice report to Congress on the status of the criminal investigation into the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing. It also requests that Libya grant the United States permission to investigate Libya regarding the bombing. The other bill calls for just compensation for the families of the victims.

Twenty-four years later, the Pan Am Flight 103 tragedy remains near and dear to the SU community.

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EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board individual ever convicted in the bombing. But many still feel there is unknown information about the bombing, and further investigations may help families continue the healing process.

Buerkle’s legislation may benefit her campaign for re-election, but as the representative in this area, it is a positive move to push for legislation that affects and concerns her constituents. In her press release, Buerkle said she had been working on this legislation with an organization dedicated to the bombing for several months.

With her position in Congress threatened by Democratic candidate Dan Maffei, these bills may be a way for Buerkle to win over some voters.

But regardless of her political intentions, bringing more clarity to the bombing is an honorable intention.

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Rowling’s writing matures as Potter generation grows up, prepares for real world

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was 8 when I read the first Harry Potter book in J.K. Rowling’s groundbreaking series. I discovered “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” at a book fair, devoured the hardback and, like the rest of my classmates, quickly became obsessed with all things magical.

I’m a part of the lucky readership that read all about Harry Potter before Hollywood transformed our childhood imaginations into characters played by actors. Not only did I fall in love with those books, but I also acquired a passion for all books.

A Scholastic survey of parents and children showed that three out of four kids said reading Harry Potter made them interested in other books, and two-thirds of kids claim they’ve improved in school since reading

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Harry Potter. Studies like this show that the books nearly turned an entire generation of kids into readers.

The last installment was published the summer leading up to my senior year of high school. This last bout of magic and wonder was ending as I was finishing up my youthful chapter.

Fifteen years after the author’s first novel, I’m finishing up my last semester of college — as an English major, no less — and preparing to enter adulthood. As it turns out, step one in this newfound adulthood is coming to terms with Rowling’s first work of fiction geared toward adult audiences.

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not a barbie girl publication of this novel is evidence that I’m not the only one growing up — Rowling is growing up with me.

Rowling doesn’t ever have to write another sentence in her life if she doesn’t want to. She’s the first living person to become a billionaire by writing books and has been named as one of the richest women alive.

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the next phase of my life, Rowling is maturing and growing. She’s taking a risk by trying something new and experimenting within a different genre of writing. After all, big rewards only come from taking big risks.

In December, I’ll be forced to leave the comfort of my college campus that I’ve called home, and dive head first into the uncertainty of my future. Everything is up in the air, and joining the rest of my friends and peers in this abyss of doubt is scary.

But just like Rowling, I know I have to grow up sometime. Life is about taking risks, going out on a limb and trying something new, and maybe even leaving the magic behind.

Things are different this time around: I pre-ordered Rowling’s novel instead of waiting at a local

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bookstore’s midnight release, and I plan on reading the chapters at my leisure between class, homework and other commitments, instead of locking myself in my room until I’ve consumed every last page.

Perhaps it’s a coincidence that Rowling is releasing her first adult novel while I’m transitioning into adulthood, but I’m choosing to hold onto this coincidence. I’ve spent my entire life growing up with Rowling as an avid reader and fan since the first day of her career, and now I have the privilege of literally growing up with Rowling.

Maybe it’s not so scary after all.

Krystie Yandoli is a senior women and gender studies and English and textual studies major. She can be reached at klyandol@syr.edu or followed on Twitter at @KrystieLYandoli.

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crats make the two-hour trek to Scranton, Pa. to canvass door to door for Obama, Crowley said.

The Obama campaign works with college groups to determine where their efforts would be most useful and, with New York a historically democratic state, the Obama campaign assigned the group to the Scranton area, Crowley said.

Crowley estimates that last weekend alone the group knocked on more than 300 doors.

College Democrats also phone banks for Obama twice a week from Syracuse, calling independent voters in Scranton, Crowley said.

“We’re really trying to focus on things that are actually going to make a difference in the campaign,” he said.

Maya Kramer, a sophomore English and textual studies major, recently got involved with College Democrats and has phone banked for Obama. She said in an email that she decided to get involved in the campaign because she believes in Obama’s policies and thinks he deserves a second term.

Through Kramer has phone banked for candidates in the past, she said she was surprised some Pennsylvania voters were still undecided.

“I think that Romney and Obama are so different, it would be a rather straightforward

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spectrum, said Anna Koulouris, who graduated from SU in 2010.

“Political polarization has created a shift of interest for voters everywhere, in that there now seems to be a gap between old and young,”

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decision,” she said.

College Republicans are also focused on making a difference, but in this case it means focusing on the local congressional campaign rather than the national election.

New York has historically been a democratic state and the Electoral College limits the effect College Republicans can have on the national race, Ward said.

“All politics is local,” he said. “We can have more of an effect on a local election.”

That local election is the hotly contested 24th Congressional District race between the incumbent Buerkle and democratic challenger Dan Maffei.

The race is a rematch of the 2010 election, in which Buerkle unseated Maffei by less than 700 votes, according to the Siena Research Institute.

This year’s election appears to be just as close. According to a Sept. 13 poll by the institute, the two candidates are neck and neck, with each receiving the support of 43 percent of likely voters surveyed.

In the hopes of breaking the deadlock, College Republicans have been traveling to downtown Syracuse every Saturday to make phone calls and canvass door to door for Buerkle, Ward said.

David Ray, Buerkle’s campaign manager, said the campaign has reached out to students at many colleges in the district besides SU, including Le Moyne College and the State University

of New York at Oswego. In general, the students have all been great and very helpful with the campaign, he said.

“A lot of students are interested in politics, and they want to make a difference and have an impact on the political system,” Ray said. “This is a great way for them to get plugged in.”

Marissa Fenning, a freshman international relations and political science major, has been campaigning for Buerkle with College Republicans. This is the first campaign she’s participated in, but she said in an email that she hopes to be more involved in the future.

Though she hasn’t been able to canvass yet because of poor weather, Fenning said she has done phone surveys for the campaign and has received some interesting responses.

“When I asked one man if he thought Obamacare was good or bad for the country he responded, ‘Everything Obama does is bad!’” she said. “Some of the people I called were humorous like he was and that was a fun and interesting part of the phone surveying.”

College Democrats have also been involved in the congressional race and are campaigning for Buerkle’s opponent, Maffei, by canvassing and phone banking, Crowley said.

Marc Brumer, a spokesman for the Maffei campaign, said the Maffei campaign has also been working with students at various colleges throughout the district. The students have been

particularly effective in terms of helping the campaign establish direct contact with voters, he said.

“Having that in-person conversation is critical,” Brumer said. “There’s no better way to help voters understand what Dan and the campaign are all about.”

The experience is helpful for the students as well, Brumer said, as it gives them a good chance to learn about campaigns and make a difference in the election.

“It’s a good opportunity for them because the students care,” he said. “They care about Central New York because they live here.”

And in a close race where every vote matters, both groups are working to register SU students through voting drives on campus.

“The last election was decided by 648 votes,” Crowley said. “So if we can register 1,000 voters on campus, that could easily swing the election.”

But regardless of political party, both groups agree that students can learn a lot by getting involved in campaigns.

For Ward, his involvement in politics provides a nice change from his engineering studies, as well as an opportunity to connect with other young conservatives. He said it’s been great to see so many passionate conservatives on campus get involved in politics.

Said Ward: “It’s one thing to talk about it and another thing to act on it.”

Koulouris said.

Grant Reeher, a political science professor, said in an email that certain issues may not resonate as deeply with young voters.

“If you’re 22 and not rooted in a place as an adult, don’t own a house, and don’t have children in school, then many of the state and local issues aren’t as immediate in your life,” Reeher said.

Recently, stricter voting procedures have been put into place in states across the nation.

Notably, Pennsylvania issued a statewide requirement for voters to present a valid state ID upon arrival at the polls, the Pittsburgh PostGazette reported on Sept. 21.

Many candidates have embraced the digital age by creating more accessible mediums for individuals to register, such as online regis-

tration applications. To reach younger voters, Stedner said, candidates must make use of online platforms.

Alec Bilicki, a freshman film major, said: “It’s important to remain involved, despite the unattractiveness of the voting process. These issues are our generation’s issues. Every vote counts.”

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Climbing the ladder SUNY-ESF rises on best college list, becomes highest-ranked SUNY school

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UNY-ESF rose five spots in the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings, making it the highest-ranking SUNY school on the list.

The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry was ranked ahead of Binghamton, Stony Brook, Buffalo and Albany.

The college was tied for No. 77 on the national university list and No. 32 for top public schools.

“Improvements in our scores for academic reputation and the quality of our freshman class probably made the biggest difference for us this year,” Robert French, vice president for enrollment management and marketing, said in an email.

The opening of the new Centennial Hall residence facility last fall was also a significant factor in helping ESF attract a good freshman class, French said.

ESF is different from other schools, as it is one of the only colleges in the nation that completely focuses on environmental and natural resources, French said.

While ESF offers a good education at a very affordable price, its dedication to stick with its vision is what sets it apart, said Joe Mackey, a senior chemistry major. He pointed to the Gateway Building, which will open later this fall and be LEED Platinum certified, as an example.

“ESF is a specific school for people who know what they want to do with their lives,” said Robyn Oakes, an environmental chemistry graduate student.

She said she also attributes a lot of ESF’s success to a shared goal of environmental accountability.

“A lot of people go to college in undergrad without the needed motivation. ESF is different.

Everyone here at least has a vague idea of what they want to do,” she said. “Since we all share the same end goal — sustainability — the community on campus helps each other to succeed.”

Jacob Clark, a senior environment biology major, said he disagrees and thinks there is still room for improvement.

“The people who are very passionate about the school are under guidance of someone higher up who took an interest in them,” he said. “If you find an adviser who cares, you’re lucky; they become very hands on.”

But Clark said many transfer students like himself have trouble finding that connection.

Students who transfer in are left on their own to navigate course requirements, he said.

He also said he is not convinced that having instructors who are strong biologists rather than strong instructors is beneficial to students.

But French said ESF’s future in the rankings is bright.

illustration by micah benson | art director “We are in the middle of a fundraising campaign that will bring us additional financial resources, and we will use most of those funds to add faculty, increase scholarships and continue to improve our academic programs and facilities,” he said.

While ESF’s reputation continues to grow

stronger with the public and with prospective students every day, French joked that the school’s greatness may be in its name.

Said French: “We have the longest name of any college in the country, so that should be worth something too, right?” tadoychi@syr.edu

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zixi wu | staff photographer (FROM LEFT) KIMBERLY WILLIAMS AND COBY LOURY, a junior environmental design major and sophomore child and family studies major, respectively, put together food orders to be delivered. (BELOW) Loury jots down information before heading out on his delivery route.

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or Andrew Sagarin, who has been delivering food on campus for about a year and a half, Friday nights are predictable.

The phone in the kitchen rings, and Sagarin turns around. Grabbing an order form and a blue Papermate pen, the junior sports management major pulls the phone up off the

counter and begins to check items off the form. Campus Delivery solely operates over the phone. Both the employees working near the phone and the drivers balance taking orders and assembling the deliveries.

Now Sagarin swivels around to the counter behind him, peeling a plastic delivery bag off a stack and a black marker. Looking at the form he just filled in, he crosses off lines on the sheet and carefully copies the order number on both sides of the bag. The order is going to Lyons Hall. It’s a standard delivery for the night.

Because Campus Delivery is based out of Goldstein Dining Center, the majority of orders come from South Campus. Sagarin says the split is about seven deliveries there for every three deliveries to Main Campus.

The bulk of Main Campus orders, surprisingly, go to Centennial Hall, which is housing for State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students.

There is the occasional order to E.S.

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Bird Library during someone’s late-night study session, or last year, to the Sheraton University Hotel and Conference Center while students were housed there.

The amount of orders that gets called in varies depending on a number of conditions. If it is raining or snowing outside, for example, the number of orders spikes. More students order food while watching away Syracuse football or basketball games. And while the delivery service is offered from 4:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., deliveries peak from 11 p.m. to close while campus nightlife is buzzing. Sagarin, however, is only working until 10 p.m.

It’s about 9:50 p.m. and it’s his last delivery of the evening. Pushing through a back door, Sagarin unlocks his car, leaving a clipboard

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with the order forms and two bags of wings and sodas in the back seat. He turns on the ignition in the front, and he’s off.

Sagarin says he learns a lot of shortcuts for the delivery routes. Sometimes, he’ll cut through parking lots to beat stoplights, or speed into a different lane to re-enter South Campus.

He runs his deliveries from the car to the door, too, to cut down on delivery time. Though Campus Delivery doesn’t accept tips, he receives extra pay per delivery he makes. Usually, he’ll take two to four deliveries out at a time, or five to six on a busy night.

Now he’s in front of Lyons Hall while the streets are still quiet, pulling out his cellphone and dialing the phone number listed on the first order form. He had called a few minutes earlier to let the student know he would be pulling up with the food, but now Sagarin has to wait for him to arrive at the door. But soon the student appears, signing for the food wordlessly and

disappearing with his bag.

Making it back to Goldstein a little after 10 p.m., Sagarin has finished his four-and-ahalf-hour shift. The next two delivery drivers are already there. Sagarin pulls off his Food Services hat and heads out for the night.

Coby Loury, a sophomore child and family studies major, is standing aimlessly by the phone. Nobody is exactly sure why, but it’s a slow night.

This is his first semester on the job and he loves it. He says delivering gives him a lot of freedom — except now, while he waits in the kitchen. He occupies himself by wiping down counters, putting away dishes and talking to others in the room.

The first call since Andrew’s departure comes in at 10:38 p.m. It is fairly unusual. Loury only has to head to an apartment on Winding Ridge, but the order is for a pizza, which takes longer to make than an order for a sandwich or

chicken wings.

At 10:55 p.m., a second order rings in and the other driver handles it. Kimberly Williams, a junior environmental design major, picks up the bag with a meatball sub sandwich and a pint of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and walks out.

Finally, the pizza is ready, and Loury brings it to his red Chevy HHR. Hopping in the car, he drives around Winding Ridge, and the night is getting progressively louder. He stops outside an apartment block that faces a bus stop, where about forty students are jostling and laughing.

Girls dressed in red miniskirts and feathered brassieres are stumbling in their heels to the apartment. One almost falls on the car and catches herself at the last moment.

Suddenly, a guy at the bus stop recognizes the delivery driver.

“Coby!” he yells. He and about five of his male friends are running at Loury, laughing and shouting. Some are still holding full red solo cups, sloshing and spilling across the street. The group spots the camera and they charge Loury, clustering around him, grabbing his shoulders as he balances the pizza in front of it. Girls are now running into the group. There’s a flash, and then the whistle of the approaching bus sends them scattering back across the street to the stop. Loury, visibly frightened, now relaxes.

The girl at the door of the apartment looks at the order form.

“Where do I sign?” she asks, balancing a pen between two of her fingers and a burnt cigarette in the others.

Back at Goldstein, the employees are waiting for the orders to pick up at midnight. They’re mainly students and know how their friends like to order food after coming home at night.

But the orders have stalled. Loury takes a pizza to Centennial, cutting around a circle of 20 students playing a game called Ninja in front of the building at 12:30 a.m., and delivers the pie to a barefoot, bleary-eyed boy and his equally barefoot and bleary-eyed friend. One call comes in just before 1 a.m., and Loury has to bring another delivery to Winding Ridge. This student is disheveled and giggling for his ice cream, signing and shutting the door quickly.

Loury returns to Goldstein at about 1:20 a.m., the night over. Driving and delivering food on weekend nights, he says, has the best scenery.

He is puzzled by the relatively quiet evening, but satisfied nonetheless. ggriccar@syr.edu

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Avicii dials up dance at Lava show

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House music is a sweeping phenomenon, and it’s no wonder why it’s grown as much as it has. The combination of heart-pulsing music and stellar light shows makes it hard for fans to keep both feet planted firmly on the ground.

One of the biggest names in the electronic dance music genre, Avicii, and opener Dsk Chk entranced a crowd last night at Lava nightclub in the Turning Stone Resort and Casino Event Center.

The crowd appeared to be faded; concertgoers oozed from the walls drunkenly. Girls with bright tutus, shredded stockings and pink, glittered hair extensions passed by emotionlessly, and concertgoers resembling zombies roamed through a fogged, deserted city street. They were dazed, lost but enjoying every second of it.

Dsk Chk took the crowd by surprise wi th his sudden appearance. His opening set replaced Chemicals of Creation, a duo of disk jockeys that was supposed to open the show. Most striking was his Hugo Weaving-styled “V for Vendetta” mask. It was a signature get-up of his, and for anyone not familiar with his uncanny style, it may have been a shock.

“I’m melting my f***ing face off,” he said to the crowd.

It’s hard to be original in the electronic dance music genre, and Dsk Chk reflected that

altan james | staff photographer DSK CHK , the opener for Avicii, takes the stage on Sunday night at Lava nightclub. The DJ played his energetic set wearing a Hugo Weaving-styled “V for Vendetta” mask. he would like to see other DJs come out who are “less linear” and “more theatrical” during an interview after his set. He’s been producing for quite a while and said he is from Zeta Reticuli, a section of the Milky Way galaxy.

Dsk Chk closed his set with a rendition of Wild Cherry’s “Play That Funky Music.”

The tune became louder and the beats became deeper. It was a good crowd energizer before Avicii took the stage.

The scene before Avicii entered was dark and somber. There was a unifying anticipation in the air in which everyone knew what was coming, but wasn’t sure when, since the stage stayed pitch black for five minutes before he entered.

Avicii came on stage with a striking splitlevel digital fire to set the scene. He played many familiar tracks, like “Atom,” and one of his newer hits, “Silhouettes.” As fog and steam

burst to the ceiling, the crowd radiated with drunken, drugged excitement. Or maybe they were just happy to be there.

“It’s very universal,” said Dsk Chk. “It’s something I think will stick around for a while.”

Flailing their limbs in every which way and swaying their heads from side to side, dancers still kept a steady, pulsating beat as Avicii DJed on.

Avicii didn’t say much as he played. The Swedish, blond-haired 23-year-old let the music do his talking, but danced like no one was watching.

Some may have been poking fun at those dancing by themselves, but it may be true that those dancing alone were having the most fun.

“Let’s kind of lose our heads for a night,” Dsk Chk said to the crowd. ajcaren@syr.edu

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Lack of diversity in models evident in Fashion Week

f there’s one fashion-based activity in this whirlwind style world I hate more than shopping for petite-sized skinny jeans, it’s looking for foundation and concealer.

Whether I’m at the wallet-damaging makeup counters at Macy’s or in the overcrowded aisles of CVS, I’m usually standing there, fingernails in mouth, gnawing away at my own tan-colored anxiety.

It’s a process, you see, searching for the perfect shade with the perfect reddish undertones and consistency. Time and time again I leave empty-handed and disappointed, afraid of the few medium-toned shades that might as well look more orange than anything else. During these fragile times, being an Orange woman always feels way too literal for my liking.

It’s safe to say, then, that this year’s New York Fashion Week slightly assuaged my color-palette disappointment in the most minimal sense. According to a Sept. 17 report published by Jezebel.com, this year’s Fashion Week was one of the most racially diverse, with 972 models of color taking over the runway. Now, for a culture plagued by the domination of one-toned women on magazine covers, advertisements and store fronts, it’s a small victory for girls like me who are left to choose between two shades at the pharmacy: “Medium” or “Dark.” With more than 3,736 slots out of 4,708 given to white models,

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ironically obsessed with florals though, it’s hard to feel any change when the change is too small to see.

It seems that when there are instances of strutting forward into better-versed runways, there are always underlying issues that seem to push it all back. Take, for example, Calvin Klein, who decided to go with an all-white roster this year after seasons of having just one model of color in its shows. Calvin Klein joined eight other brands that decided to go with an allwhite cast this year, including other top names like The Row and Chloe.

For brands that seem to hold the highest regard in design, the outreach to minority women seems to have been halted by the looks of these numbers, and for designers like Mr. Klein, the definition of diversity has been construed for a while now. It’s important to understand that the need for the representation of “Medium” and “Dark” women doesn’t mean, “Hey, let’s add one Asian model and call it a day.

But let’s not make her too dark, OK?” Diversity is not choosing more models of color for spring collections because their skin tones are the perfect accessory for neon-colored hues. Diversity is not adding a completely different facet to your brand because you just can’t seem to fit minority women in your runway coverage and photo shoots. Vogue, I’m looking straight at you.

If there’s any hope for the fashion world to come to terms with what real diversity looks like, there’s a glimmer of it in the few steps taken by designers like Oscar de la Renta, Jason Wu, Zac Posen and Betsey Johnson, who were among the most diverse shows of the week.

It’s like a trickle effect when the highest of the high-brow make it possible for the mainstream brands to take note for consumers.

So in the end, that’s what real diversity looks like. A place where consumers don’t feel an overwhelming amount of pressure in finding the right shade or don’t feel a sense of injustice when the brands they so desperately obsess over, they so carefully cut magazine collages for, reject them in their newest collections. In a sense, whatever fears or achievements about diversity are created on the runway will surely make their way to the store aisles.

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

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Comic-book style, plethora of firearm options make ‘Borderlands 2’ a blast

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dvertisements for “Borderlands 2” promise two things: dubstep and “87 bazillion guns.”

While dubstep seems like a far more realistic expectation, this game actually provides far more weapons than wubs. All this is set to a soundtrack that’s really more like industrial Southern electronica than dubstep. Call it false advertising, but it’s probably for the best that they showed a little musical restraint.

Set on the newly colonized planet of Pandora, the comic-book-style shooter puts you in the shoes of a “Vault Hunter,” an intergalactic fortune-seeker. Unfortunately, the planet is in the grip of the Hyperion Corporation, whose space station nearly eclipses the moon and whose maniacal CEO, Handsome Jack, is also after the fabled vault.

There are four classes of Vault Hunters to choose from, each with his or her own special abilities and upgrades. The Commando can throw down an automated turret to assist him, the Siren can freeze enemies in a bubble, the Assassin can turn invisible while creating a hologram decoy of himself and the Gunzerker can wield one weapon in each hand. By upgrading these abilities, the characters gain secondary effects, like health or even ammo regeneration.

The real draw, though, is the guns — all 87 bazillion of them. They’re divided into fairly standard classes of pistols, SMGs, shotguns,

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combat rifles and rocket launchers. From there, they are further divided by manufacturers.

Jakobs guns usually do high damage, while Bandit guns hold much more ammo. Tediore guns don’t reload — you simply throw the gun away, it explodes and you find a new copy of it teleported into your hand. The eight manufacturers then have completely unique stats from weapon to weapon, the rarity being gauged by a color-coding system. There are electricityshooting rifles, long-range shotguns and even missile-firing machine guns. Those come just a couple hours in.

You’ll really need all that firepower, too. The action can be pretty brutal. Enemies are a lot smarter than they were in the first game and they won’t hesitate to chase you out of cover.

Your character can also seem a little fragile, especially during earlier levels. Luckily, even after you lose all your health, you have a chance to earn a “Second Wind” by taking out an enemy while you’re down. Plus, this challenge is offset greatly by cooperative play.

Up to four players online — or two on the couch — can play with one another, which makes the enemies a little bit tougher. However, you’ll quickly find that four guns are better than one. Many of the class abilities are made to complement multiple players: The Siren’s Phaselock can halt a powerful enemy while players focus their fire on it from behind the shield of the Commando’s turret.

Players can also mount up together in vehicles. The vehicle action is a welcome

change, but it lacks the variety of the gunplay and sometimes feels like filler, even at its most fun. The game’s mission structure also tends to separate story from gameplay, to its detriment.

The creators at Gearbox Software clearly put a lot of time into creating the world, but too much time is spent communicating with characters by radio for you to build any real connection with them. I found the game funneling me toward the action, even if I’d rather just spend more time with the spastically cheerful robot or the redneck mechanic.

Even in the oversaturated field of firstperson shooters, there really isn’t any other game like “Borderlands 2” in look or in feel other than the original. The improvements to enemy AI and weapon variety are minor, but fans of the first will enjoy the wider scope and new classes. As long as you’re up for a challenge or have a few buddies, you’ll probably find more than a little treasure on your trip to Pandora. ikdavis@syr.edu

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By Ryne Gery SPORTS EDITOR

MINNEAPOLIS — The game was nearly over when Marcus Sales finally made his way onto the stat sheet.

After turning in 100-yard receiving performances in each of Syracuse’s first three games, the senior wide receiver was held without a catch for the first 57-plus minutes of the game on Saturday night. The Minnesota secondary rendered Sales invisible in the Orange’s pass-happy, no-huddle offense for the first time in 2012.

“We tried to move him around, get him in spots where we could get some one-on-one looks,” SU quarterback Ryan Nassib said. “But they had a plan for him and they did a good job taking him out of the game.

“It’s something that we’re going to have to think about and game plan for.”

Sales finished with two catches and a touchdown, but both came on the Orange’s meaningless scoring drive in the final minutes to cap a 17-10 loss to Minnesota at TCF Bank Stadium.

Sales emerged as the team’s go-to receiver with his stellar play in the first three games.

He easily found seams in the defense on slants and chased down lob passes for grabs during the streak of 100-yard games, but Nassib rarely looked his way on Saturday as the Gophers ran their game plan to perfection.

“Mostly they clouded him and played a safety over the top,” SU head coach Doug Marrone said. “They did a nice job of that, take him out of the game and that’s what most people do to take people out.”

Lemon sets program record for receptions

Lemon returned to his 2011 form in the loss.

After undergoing offseason shoulder surgery and dealing with a nagging lower-body injury early in the season, the senior broke through with nine catches against Minnesota.

His performance moved him past Shelby Hill and Scott Schwedes to become Syracuse’s leader in career receptions with 145 — six more than the previous record. Lemon’s historic night went without any celebrations, as he and the team focused more on a disappointing 17-10 loss after the game.

“It means a lot,” Lemon said. “It would mean

“The perception of it is we’re 1-3 and the three teams we’ve lost to are a combined probably 11-1. That doesn’t make us feel any better.”

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more if we won the game. It’s nice to be on a list with people like that, but I don’t play this game to get individual records. We go out there to win the game.”

Lemon’s first catch came midway through the first quarter with SU trailing 7-0. The wideout lined up with about 15 yards separating him and Minnesota safety Derrick Wells. Nassib hit a wide-open Lemon in the

slot for a 24-yard pickup and then called his number on the next play for eight more yards.

From there, Lemon became Nassib’s favorite target, just as he was in 2011.

Bye week Heading into the bye week, Marrone’s team isn’t where it wanted to be. Syracuse has fallen in three close games, and the program looks to be on the path to another losing season.

Marrone tried to impress on his players the need to remain positive and continue to believe if they’re going to rebound from the bad start.

“Like I told the players, we know that we’re a good football team,” Marrone said. “The perception of it is we’re 1-3 and the three teams we’ve lost to are a combined probably 11-1. That doesn’t make us feel any better.”

Marrone said he stressed that the players can’t get caught up with outside expectations and distractions this week. Right now, the Orange can only continue to work hard and improve before taking on Pittsburgh in a Friday night game in the Carrier Dome on Oct. 5.

The head coach still calls his group a good football team. To back up their coach’s statement the rest of the season, Nassib and his teammates know this week’s preparation is crucial.

Nassib said. “We got to get our bodies back,” Nassib said. “We’ve been in four dogfights so far this year and we just got to get ready for the second half of the season.” rjgery@syr.edu

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from the end zone. It was all the Orange needed to get back into the game in the third quarter against Minnesota.

But it proved to be too much.

The same shortcoming that haunted Syracuse seven days earlier against Stony Brook reared its ugly head in the team’s 17-10 loss to Minnesota on Saturday night.

“You know what, I can’t remember last week what we were doing,” Marrone said. “We didn’t run the same plays. I can tell you that.”

The plays may have been different, but the result was the same.

Against Stony Brook, Smith failed to punch the ball across the goal line three times from inside the 5. Saturday against Minnesota, Smith lined up at the 1-yard line with a chance to put the previous week behind him and move SU back within four points in the third quarter.

On first-and-goal, he took a handoff and charged straight toward the goal line, only to be stopped short by Gophers linebacker Aaron Hill and safety Cedric Thompson.

On second-and-goal, Smith took a toss to the left and raced toward the pylon. He sprinted laterally, trying to get an edge on the pursuing Minnesota defenders, but Derrick Wells and Michael Carter were too quick for the back and pulled him down for a 3-yard loss.

“We thought they were going to bring everyone up the middle in an all-out situation,” Marrone said. “We tried to take the ball outside, we couldn’t get around the corner and the next play, they all-outed us and brought everyone, and it was a good play by them.”

If Marrone and Hackett had confidence in the running game, they wouldn’t overthink their opponent’s strategy 1 yard away on the

goal line. Without a go-to running back and proven offensive line, though, they considered the pitch a better option than forcing it up the gut and across the goal line for a touchdown.

The goal-line stands by Stony Brook gave reason for pause when assessing the backfield.

But Smith’s troubles against Minnesota makes it a serious cause for concern.

The running game has offered a nice change of pace in Syracuse’s new pass-heavy offense.

Smith and Gulley average 4.5 yards per carry and combine for 101 yards per game.

But they are also not capable of carrying the offense when Nassib and the wide receivers are neutralized. It’s magnified on nights like Saturday, when the passing game wasn’t clicking.

The struggles at the goal line in the third quarter ended with Nassib throwing an interception as he was hit in the backfield.

A frustrated Hackett was left wondering what could have been on the plays that preceded the turnover. Two pass interference calls ruined chances for SU touchdowns.

“We probably should have kept calling passes just to keep throwing there,” Hackett said. “Keep getting a penalty over and over and we’ll slowly — wonder if you can now move the ball into the end zone after a certain amount of defensive penalties.”

But the penalties also gave SU first-and-goal at the 1. Syracuse should have capitalized in that situation. Plain and simple.

The cause for Marrone’s concern in the running game coming out of camp is clear after the last two games. Both Smith and Gulley are capable backs.

But success is measured in putting points on the board. And right now, they’re not getting the job done.

Ryne Gery is the sports editor at The Daily Orange, where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at rjgery@syr.edu.

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By Ryne Gery SPORTS EDITOR

MINNEAPOLIS — Three times, Ryan Nassib dropped back and scanned the field for a split second. All three times, the collapse quickly closed in on the Syracuse quarterback.

It was the Orange’s second drive of the game, less than three minutes into the first quarter, and Nassib was already forced to turn to his legs to survive.

“Ryan made a lot of plays with his legs; that’s what he does great,” wide receiver Alec Lemon said. “He stood back there and made some throws, took some hits — he’s out there being a leader.”

In Syracuse’s first three games this season, Nassib was at his best when he had time in the pocket. But in the Orange’s 17-10 loss to Minnesota at TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday night, Nassib rarely looked comfortable as the Golden Gophers dominated Syracuse in the trenches. Nassib, who had thrown for more than 300 yards in the first three games and ranked second in the nation in passing yards, finished 21-of-31 for 228 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions in the game.

He was sacked three times and flushed out of the pocket throughout the game as his offensive line repeatedly failed him. The SU line also committed costly false-start penalties to stunt drives.

“We can’t make any excuses,” head coach Doug Marrone said. “Some guys got beat and we got to do a better job, and they got them off the spot.”

The first sack concluded Nassib’s sequence on that second drive. After a penalty on center Macky MacPherson backed SU up to thirdand-20, Minnesota defensive end D.L. Wilhite blew off the outside and threw right tackle Lou Alexander aside in the backfield before taking down Nassib hard.

Wilhite then confidently walked to the sideline, pumping up his teammates and the crowd.

“They did a good job of getting pressure,” Nassib said. “They ran a lot of blind stunts and games, and they have some good talented players over there making some plays.”

Wilhite’s sack served as a catalyst for Minnesota’s first scoring drive, as the Gophers capitalized on good field position, needing just five plays to cover 58 yards for the touchdown.

The defensive pressure disrupted the Syracuse offense throughout the game. Nassib was constantly shuffling his feet in the pocket and looked indecisive at times as he braced for hits.

The inexperience of Alexander finally revealed itself in a game, and the struggles trickled down the entire line. And the troubles with protection hurt the entire offense’s ability to find a rhythm.

“They’re going to come with pressure,” Lemon said. “Sacks happen.”

Alexander was left watching helpless again on Syracuse’s first drive of the fourth quarter.

Minnesota defensive end Michael Amaefula blew by Alexander, who turned and watched as he brought down Nassib for a 4-yard loss.

Third-and-12 became third-and-17 on the next play when a rattled Alexander jumped out of position when the Gophers defense moved along the line. A 13-yard completion to Lemon wasn’t enough, and the Orange punted away an opportunity to cut into Minnesota’s 11-point lead.

Syracuse offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett said he would have to watch the film of the game before assessing the line’s performance. But the play of the linemen and the penalties they committed weren’t glaring issues for Hackett after the game.

Hackett said he felt Nassib got the ball off plenty of times and that the offense moved the ball before turnovers prevented scoring chances.

“He got some good completions and he hung in there, and he’s always going to have to hang in there,” Hackett said. “And the line stuff, we’ll have to take a look at it and get a feel there.”

While Marrone said the linemen did a nice job at times, he also admitted Minnesota bested them throughout the game.

From the second drive, Nassib was racing out of the pocket just to get rid of the ball. And in the final period, Minnesota dropped him for the third sack, part of another three-play sequence in which he was pressured before he could settle in to make a play.

“Credit to Minnesota, I mean, they got a pretty good front,” Marrone said. “Those guys can get after it out there.” rjgery@syr.edu

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Coughlin steps up to replace Bono, posts 1st career shutout

By Phil D’Abbraccio STAFF WRITER

Ahead by just one goal for the majority of the game, Syracuse goalkeeper Andrew Coughlin had little room for error in his first career start.

Seton Hall threatened, but Coughlin continued to deny the Pirates.

“In his first college start, I think he was pretty awesome,” head coach Ian McIntyre said.

“I think he did a great job and I’m very proud of him.”

Syracuse’s usual starting goalkeeper, Alex Bono, received a red card in last Sunday’s loss to Cal State Fullerton, so he was ineligible to play against Seton Hall. Coughlin stepped up for the Orange (7-2, 1-0 Big East) in his place, recording his first career shutout in Syracuse’s 1-0 victory over Seton Hall on Saturday night. Coughlin finished the game with six saves.

Bono was a major part of the Orange’s 6-2 start, as he allowed just five goals and recorded just as many shutouts through the team’s first eight games. His five shutouts rank best in the Big East and his .844 save percentage is good for

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game with a 15-7 edge. The home team attempted 14 corner kicks compared to five for Seton Hall.

Cribley had two shots in the game and nearly scored on both of them.

Receiving a through ball from Tony Asante in the eighth minute, he generated space and delivered a well-struck ball toward the goal. The shot ricocheted off the right post and was cleared out of bounds.

fourth in the conference.

Even with Syracuse’s talented starting goalkeeper on the sidelines, the defense didn’t miss a beat.

“The defense was great,” said defender Skylar Thomas. “We stayed tight. Not a lot of balls

“In his first college start, I think he was pretty awesome. I think he did a great job and I’m very proud of him.”

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got behind us and our goalie behind us was great as well.

“He saved us a few times.”

After a goal by Jordan Vale gave Syracuse the lead, Seton Hall started to aggressively On a similar play in the second half, Asante found a streaking Cribley who one-timed the ball toward the net, but the ball bounced off the post.

“You’ve just got to smile at it sometimes,” Cribley said. “Other days they would have gone in. I’m a bit disappointed in myself, but the three points is the main thing.”

Though Syracuse was unable to tack on an insurance goal, the defense ensured that a second goal wouldn’t be necessary.

As Seton Hall’s pressure picked up in the second half, the Orange defense thwarted off shots

attack the goal to tie it up. Coughlin made save after save, covering post to post in order to keep the Pirates off the scoreboard.

Seton Hall’s best chance came in the 69th minute on a hard shot from Max Garcia, but Coughlin dove full extension to his left to deflect it away.

“Just doing my job,” Coughlin said with a smile.

The Pirates continued to threaten late in the game, but the redshirt freshman stood his ground. McIntyre and Thomas both said Coughlin deserved credit for his saves in the evercrucial final minutes of the game to preserve the Orange’s win.

“He pulled off a couple of very important saves for us,” McIntyre said.

Coughlin wasn’t challenged too often in the first half, as the Pirates took just one shot on goal in the first 45 minutes. The Orange had complete control of the game’s tempo.

“He didn’t have a ton to do in the first half, but he was a reassuring presence back there,” McIntyre said.

McIntyre said he gave the start to Coughlin over fellow redshirt freshman Matt Stith, the third goalkeeper on the roster, because of Coughlin’s preseason experience.

“He established himself and was pushing Alex hard in preseason,” McIntyre said. “One guy’s misfortune is another’s opportunity and he took it tonight.”

Coughlin didn’t take the credit for the shutout, and instead acknowledged the help he received from Syracuse’s defensive unit.

“We took care of business,” Coughlin said.

“As a whole, the back four knows that we’re solid and we don’t want to give up goals.”

Bono is expected to return to his role of starter on Tuesday in Massachusetts, which means Coughlin will drop back down to second string.

But should the opportunity arise, the Orange found it has some significant depth at goalkeeper.

Said Thomas: “To be honest, I’d feel comfortable with anyone behind me.”

from all angles in the final minutes. Despite Seton Hall’s efforts, Syracuse dominated the tempo throughout the entire game.

“I think we were very good tonight,” McIntyre said. “I think we deserved the result.

We had a couple of hairy moments, but overall, we were good value for the three points.”

Syracuse was without starting goalie Alex Bono, who received a red card in SU’s 3-1 loss to Cal State Fullerton on Sept. 16. Redshirt freshman Andrew Coughlin stepped in for Bono, his high school club and Syracuse teammate, and posted a shutout in his first career start.

“First college start, Big East opener, it was storybook stuff, really.” McIntyre said. “He was great when called upon.”

After a quiet first half, Coughlin faced multiple shots in the final minutes that would have

knotted the game.

Cribley said that Coughlin was terrific in net and responded well, despite being placed in a difficult situation.

“It’s hard for a goalkeeper to sit on the sideline and wait that long,” Cribley said. “He worked really hard and was able to keep a clean sheet. I’m really proud of him.”

McIntyre said winning the Big East opener gives his team great confidence going forward against Massachusetts and Cincinnati and beyond.

“These games are always difficult,” McIntyre said.

“It will go down until the final whistle blows. Ultimately there’s not a lot between all these teams. We were in every game last year. It will be the same this year. It’s nice to be on the right end of these results.

“Sometimes it’s about character and mental toughness, and tonight I think we showed that in abundance.”

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two inside the 25 going in. When you do those things, it’s very difficult to win a game.

“For us to even be in the situation — an onside kick — to get the ball back is pretty unbelievable when you have four turnovers.”

Fittingly, Syracuse’s night started with a turnover.

On the Orange’s first play from scrimmage, Nassib dropped back and fired a bullet to the left sideline before wide receiver Jarrod West broke off on his route. The ball hit his hands and ricocheted behind him high in the air.

Minnesota safety Cedric Thompson dove to intercept it, giving the Gophers momentum.

“Honestly, what I think about, ‘Why do we deserve so much of this bad luck?’” Marrone said. “That’s the first thing that went through my mind and that’s the truth.”

Three more turnovers followed for Syracuse.

With SU trailing 7-3 in the second quarter, Nassib zipped consecutive passes to West and Lemon to pick up a combined 27 yards and move the Orange down to the 31-yard line.

But SU couldn’t keep the drive alive.

On first-and-10, Nassib stepped up to avoid an outside rush. Minnesota nose tackle Ra’Shede Hageman broke through SU’s offensive line and

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The Minnesota running back outscored SU on his own with a pair of touchdowns.

His 99 rushing yards on 28 carries kept UM’s attack ticking and balanced out an offense that passed for 231 yards.

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Nassib’s first pass was intercepted and his night did not get much better from there. His fumble in Minnesota territory sapped SU of any momentum in another slow first half. Another interception on third-and-goal at the Minnesota 3 crippled SU’s comeback attempt as the Orange trailed 14-3 early in the second half. Nassib threw for 228 yards and a touchdown, but his mistakes ensured there would be no comeback on Saturday.

forced a fumble that UM recovered.

“A lot of it, we shot ourselves in the foot,” Nassib said. “Some bad plays by myself that I wish I could have back.”

Minnesota expanded its lead to 14-3 after a 16-play, 87-yard drive to open the third quarter.

Syracuse answered with a 13-play march down the field to the 2 yard line to set up first-and-goal.

After Jerome Smith failed to score on two rushing attempts, the Orange went to the air on third down. Nassib was pressured again. And again, he turned the ball over.

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The Syracuse wide receiver caught nine passes for 106 yards to become the program’s all-time leader in career receptions. Lemon’s played in two games this season, primarily as a slot receiver. He’s quickly becoming a go-to threat for quarterback Ryan Nassib.

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The running back led the Orange with 52 rushing yards on nine carries, averaging 5.8 yards per play. In a game where Ryan Nassib was constantly under pressure, Smith gave SU’s running game a boost.

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The Orange wideout caught for at least 100 yards in Syracuse’s first three games, but he simply couldn’t break free from the Minnesota secondary and caught for just 32 yards. He didn’t register his first catch until late in the fourth quarter, and his tack-on touchdown with 46 seconds left was too little too late.

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Syracuse’s right tackle struggled all night against the Minnesota defense, but also committed costly penalties. Alexander got beat twice by Gophers defensive ends, allowing Nassib to be sacked on both occasions. A costly false-start penalty late in the game gave SU a third-and-12, essentially killing the drive.

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“Red-zone turnovers, those are the worst,” Nassib said. “And it’s really hard, almost impossible to win a game with four turnovers.”

Minnesota’s lead was safe, but the Gophers offense didn’t close the door on an SU comeback.

Syracuse got the ball back at the 49 yard line with 3:12 to play in the third quarter.

A 19-yard completion to Lemon, followed by two rushes by Ashton Broyld, got the Orange down to the 23-yard line. Broyld got

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the call again and picked up the first down with a 2-yard gain, but he coughed it up before going down. Another Orange drive ended in misery.

It all came back to that one word for Hackett and the Syracuse offense.

“Turnovers,” Hackett said. “It was just turnovers. It was the turnovers. You can’t turn the ball over four times. It’s that simple.” rjgery@syr.edu

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DIGGING A HOLE Issues at goal line hurt SU

Turnovers, miscues cost Syracuse in loss

By Ryne Gery SPORTS EDITOR

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INNEAPOLIS — Syracuse and Minnesota ran a combined 135 plays on Saturday night. They traded possession for 60 minutes and piled up more than 600 yards of total offense.

But Orange players and coaches could describe their 17-10 loss to the Gophers with one word.

“For me, it’s about turnovers,” SU offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett said. “The whole thing’s about turnovers.”

Syracuse (1-3) turned the ball over four times against Minnesota (4-0) in front of a sold-out crowd of 50,805 at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis and dropped its third game of the season. The costly mistakes dominated the postgame discussion as the SU players and coaches tried to deal with another defeat.

SU head coach Doug Marrone pointed to the turnovers as the cause for the loss. Hackett said the word 12 times, stressing that the miscues outweighed any other issues his team had in the loss.

Ryan Nassib said he and his teammates shot themselves in the foot, and Alec Lemon also said turnovers ruined SU’s ability to find any rhythm on offense.

“At the end of the day, you can’t have four turnovers,” Marrone said. “One obviously inside the 5,

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courtesy of the minneapolis star tribune RYAN NASSIB is slammed to the ground by a Minnesota defender. The SU quarterback turned the ball over three times with two interceptions and a fumble in Syracuse’s 17-10 loss in Minneapolis. His first SEE MINNESOTA PAGE 15 interception came on SU’s first play from scrimmage while other turnovers killed the team’s comeback.

INNEAPOLIS — Two plays on Saturday revealed a glaring flaw in the Syracuse offense.

On both plays, SU running back Jerome Smith fell short along the goal line. They were the fifth and sixth failed attempts by an Orange running back to score from inside the 5 yard line in the past two games.

And they showed that while Smith, Prince-Tyson Gulley and Ashton Broyld have all shown flashes this season, SU lacks a dependable running game heading into the bye week.

“Everybody, we moved the ball well,” SU offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett said of the running game on Saturday.

But the running game failed when it mattered most. One yard was all that separated Syracuse

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Orange defense puts up strong effort to stave off late Seton Hall attack

By Trevor Hass STAFF WRITER

Ted Cribley thought his team took the lead when Juuso Pasanen found the back of the net in SETON HALL 1 the 23rd minute.

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Ten seconds later, though, the goal was waived off as the referee called a

handball on Pasanen.

Despite the delayed and questionable call, the Orange stayed focused and scored less than three minutes later.

Cribley delivered a corner kick into the box that grazed off Jordan Vale’s head and past the keeper. The goal ended up being the difference, as Syracuse (7-2, 1-0 Big East) fended off Seton Hall (4-5, 0-1 Big East) 1-0 in its Big East opener

at the SU Soccer Stadium on Saturday night in front of 1,200 fans.

“I don’t know how he called a handball when it was a half a yard out,” Cribley said. “I didn’t see the handball. Even after that we didn’t stop and kept on pushing the tempo and finally got that goal that took us for the win.”

Cribley’s corner was bending toward the goal, but Vale swooped in and got his

head on it, scoring his fourth goal of the season and his first in conference play.

“I was told to sprint near the post and Ted’s corner was pinpoint,” Vale said.

“I didn’t have to move an inch. I just tapped it in with my head and got the credit, I guess.”

After finishing conference play at 1-7-1 last season, the Orange is off to a 1-0 start in 2012. Head coach Ian

McIntyre said his team’s performance in the first half was the best he’s seen during his three-year tenure at SU. “The ball movement was good and our closing down was exceptional,” McIntyre said. “We really got after them and got a lot of balls in the box.”

The Orange outshot the Pirates seven to one in the first half and finished the

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