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International affair The Syracuse volleyball team has used its prowess

students continue to cope with the loss of the city’s 50-year-old orchestra. Page 3

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in recruiting international players to ready success.

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Grand restoration carnegie

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Dome alcohol sales prove to be a rarity

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Melo case delayed for fifth time

By Jon Harris ASST. NEWS EDITOR

When Syracuse University begins play in the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2014, it will bring something unfamiliar to the current 12-team conference: on-campus beer sales at home games in the Carrier Dome.

SU’s move to the ACC likely will not affect the university’s decision to sell beer at home games in the Dome, as the ACC allows its member schools to decide whether or not to sell beer during athletic events — the same policy as the Big East.

“Regular-season and conference tournament games for any sport are overseen by the individual schools and their conferences, so obviously they determine how they want to handle alcohol sales — that’s up to them,” said Cameron Schuh, associate director of public and media relations for the NCAA. The NCAA bans the sale and advertising of all alcohol in postseason championship venues, he added.

Unlike SU, none of the 12 ACC teams sell beer to the general public or students in on-campus sporting facilities. Athletic department officials from the 12 schools said their respective school’s policy to not sell beer on campus has been in place for a long time and was made in part to avoid problems with students drinking underage.

Beer has been sold in the on-campus Carrier Dome during SU home football and basketball games since the venue opened in 1980. Beer sales have since been halted at halftime during sporting events.

“At Syracuse University events, it has been sold,” said Sue Edson, SU’s assistant director of athletics for communications. “It has not been sold at, for example, when we host the NCAA Tournament because that’s an NCAA event held in the Carrier Dome.”

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brandon weight | photo editor The doors to Carnegie Library, once an entrance for students and now sealed off, have tricked freshmen for generations. The doors will be restored to their original purpose during building renovations.

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Officials seek to restore Carnegie Library layout

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Appeal to vacate SU win denied

By Laurence Leveille COPY CHIEF

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he Carnegie Library of today has lost the grandeur it held in March 1907.

The main entrance to the building has closed, classrooms have been built where the main lobby used to be and a glass wall has been built between the Reading Room and the stack room, keeping one of four hallways surrounding the Reading Room closed off.

“Architecturally, it destroyed the intent of the building,” Suzanne Thorin, dean of libraries and university librarian, said of the glass wall built on the south side of the Reading Room.

Minor changes throughout the years have shifted both Carnegie’s purpose and interior design. Originally meant to be Syracuse University’s finest and most conveniently equipped library, Carnegie now serves as home to the math department and the Science and Technology Library.

Carnegie’s history traces back to 1905, when tycoon and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie agreed to donate $150,000 for the construction of the library. He agreed under terms that the university would raise the same amount of money to upkeep

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Syracuse sophomore center Fab Melo’s case in domestic violence court was postponed for the fifth time on Monday and will now be heard Nov. 30.

Melo was scheduled to appear in the Syracuse City Court Monday but did not show. Melo is facing a misdemeanor charge of fourth-degree criminal mischief after he was MELO accused of breaking the turn signal on his then-girlfriend’s car during an

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photos courtesy of su archives FROM TOP: Carnegie construction began in 1905 after a donation from Andrew Carnegie.

The Reading Room, shown in the 1930s-’40s, will also be restored to its original configuration.

The Big East conference and NCAA Football Rules Committee decided the final result of Syracuse’s 33-30 win over Toledo on Saturday will not be overturned, Mid-American Conference Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said in a statement Monday. The ruling was handed down despite an appeal from the University of Toledo.

“Since the conclusion of the Toledo-Syracuse game, I have been in communication with Big East Commissioner, John Marinatto, along

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he Senior Council voted to hold an excursion to Rochester on Oct. 14, when the Varsity plays the University of Rochester eleven.

The rate for the excursion is to be $2.15 which includes round-trip fare and admission to the game. The contest will be held either at the Eastern League park or on the gridiron of the University campus.

The last Carlisle game excursion to Buffalo took about 1,500 students on the special train. It is expected that at least that number will journey to Rochester. The excursion train will leave at 12:20 p.m., arriving in Rochester at 2 o’clock.

Tickets for the excursion will be on sale Monday and they can be obtained from members of the Senior Council or at the treasurer’s office.

Tuesday’s football practice found several changes in the line up of the eleven due to the fact that the eligible list had been received by the coach. The squad of eligibles played against the ineligibles and the latter made the only touchdown of the afternoon. The eligibility requirements state that no player can be more than six hours back in his work. There are several of the men who are a little on the wrong side of the ledger and have supplementary examinations to pass before they can play in a game. ...

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day afternoon. There was a large number of students watching the practice. On a couple of occasions when a candidate would miss a tackle the bleachers would laugh. This is a spirit foreign to Syracuse athletics and members of the Senior Council, when they were informed of it, were incensed. They have made plans to prevent its recurrence.

There has been a lack of cheering so far this fall. Perhaps it has been because the cheermasters were not on the scene. The Senior Council plans to have a cheerleader on the field every afternoon to wake up the students and keep them cheering.

Coach Walter Darby was displeased with the failure of a number of freshmen to report yesterday. There were hardly enough men for two elevens while on other days there has been three freshman teams on the field.

“I must have regular attendance on the field. The candidates lessen their chances to make the squad by missing even a night. The boys showed spirit at first, but they have fallen off both in spirit and in numbers. I want every man who has reported on the field today and I would be might glad to see a lot of new candidates.”

—Compiled by Stephanie Bouvia, asst. copy editor, snbouvia@syr.edu

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Council reports part-time MBA applicants rise

By Corey Crockett CONTRIBUTING WRITER

In times of economic hardship, many Americans are forced to make difficult decisions, especially when it comes to career choices and higher education. These choices are having an effect, according to a recent study.

The Graduate Management Admission Council released the findings of its survey, announcing that applications to full-time MBA, or master of business administration, programs have declined for the third straight year both in the United States and abroad.

The survey, published Sept. 13, featured 649 programs from 331 business schools and found that more than two-thirds of applications to participating two-year, full-time MBA programs reported declines between 2010 and 2011, while more than half of schools that replied to the survey reported applications to parttime MBA programs increased or remained the same, said Bob Ludwig, director of media and public affairs for the GMAC. “People are a little hesitant about leaving the workforce,” said Ludwig, “so a part-time or executive program is an attractive option.”

Ludwig said that the main reason for these changes is the economy. In this time of economic hardship, people are asking themselves: Do I stay in the workforce and not give up the job that I have, or do I try to advance my career and further my education with a master’s degree?

“In this economy, people are having to make that decision,” he said.

The study focused on graduate applications to business schools and did not examine any other type of graduate degrees other than business.

But the study did find that applications to specialized master’s programs were more popular, such as Master of Finance degrees, which are up 83 percent.

These degrees are typically oneyear degrees and don’t require three to four years of experience like an MBA does. Someone that can’t get a job after graduating can apply to a specialized program, Ludwig said.

While making this decision is difficult, it’s important to weigh the opportunity cost when deciding whether or not to pursue a graduate degree, Ludwig said.

“Companies value the MBA,” Ludwig said, adding that they demonstrate this through higher salaries.

Many people expect a return on

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andrew renneisen | staff photographer Members of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra finish one last performance in Setnor Auditorium in April before the Board of Trustees suspended operations and laid off almost all of the staff. Community members are looking to bring back a musical presence.

community looks to rebuild months Breaking Musical after Syracuse Symphony Orchestra closes

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aniel Hege was often swept into exhilaration as he recreated some of music’s timeless masterpieces during his tenure as director of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra.

“You think this is the greatest ever.

Then you do it again, then you go, ‘No,

this is the greatest ever,’” said Hege, also a Stevenson Professor of Practice at Syracuse University.

For Hege, who moved to Syracuse to assume the post of director in the summer of 2000, the symphony’s closure last May was devastating.

Hege and other members of the SU community are now currently trying to fill the

silence left by the closing of the then-50year-old SSO. The symphony’s financial struggles culminated last spring when the organization fell $144,913 short of a March 4 $820,000 fundraising goal and declared chapter seven bankruptcy two months later.

Weeks into the current academic year

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Casey clarifies desire for full student representation

By Rachael Barillari STAFF WRITER

Student Association President Neal Casey opened Monday night’s SA meeting, held at 7:30 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium, with a message of clarifying why recruitment is the current goal of SA. Casey said SA is supposed to be a representative body, but it is not fully representative of Syracuse University. SA is not about politics — it is about being a student and the issues

facing the student body, he said.

Casey stressed the need for representatives across all schools and colleges because different people bring different opinions and experiences.

SA moved closer to reaching full representation as 10 students ran in assembly elections. After rounds of questioning by the general assembly, all members were elected with little to no discussion about their validity.

But PJ Alampi, the Board of Elections and Membership chair, said he

believed that some of the candidates’ answers were too generic.

Three students were elected to represent the College of Arts and Sciences, two to represent the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, two to represent the David B. Falk School of Sport and Human Dynamics, and one to represent the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Freshman Duane Ford was elected as the first representative of the

School of Education.

“I definitely don’t think we are here just to get an education. We are here to make an impact,” Ford said.

The School of Information Studies also gained its first representative, sophomore Mouhamed Sourang.

Sourang was also elected to hold a position on the Finance Board.

The School of Architecture is now the only school without representation in SA.

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the building, said Mary O’Brien, reference archivist of SU Archives.

The building officially opened in 1907 after the Leopold von Ranke collection was moved from the Von Ranke Library, now known as the Tolley Building, to Carnegie, O’Brien said.

At the time, the main entrance to the building was open and led into a lobby. In 1934, a statue of Diana the Huntress — currently located on the second floor of E.S. Bird Library — was donated to the university and placed in the Carnegie lobby. Students used to rub Diana’s dog’s paw for good luck before exams, O’Brien said.

Beyond the lobby was the Reading Room, the main room of the building. At the south side of the Reading Room were the stacks, which extended from the basement to ceiling.

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“I think it’s a plan that’s unfolding. What we know from the library is that we will have a restored Reading Room, and it will be a place for the students to study.”

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Originally, all four sides of the Reading Room had open hallways to walk through. But a glass wall was built on the south side of the room, preventing students and faculty from walking around the entire outer area like they used to, Thorin said.

Aspects of the building’s grandeur have been lost due to these changes. But the Office of Campus Planning, Design and Construction, the Provost’s Office, the E.S. Bird Library and those who use Carnegie have been collaborating to renovate the building. Summer 2011 marked the beginning of the project.

“We’re trying to restore the original intent of the Reading Room,” Thorin said.

Last September, university officials announced plans to restructure Carnegie’s Reading Room and make the building handicap accessible.

The most significant change the Reading Room is expected to endure is the removal of the two classrooms that occupy what used to be the main lobby. Vestibules are expected to replace the classrooms and the main entrance of the building will reopen. Diana the Huntress will also return to the vestibule.

There are also plans to break down the glass wall and move it back approximately five feet, said TC Carrier, director of program manage-

ment. During the summer, the collections in the area behind the wall were removed and distributed throughout the stacks. Print documents that have electronic counterparts are also being converted.

Smaller changes include renovating the windows above the Reading Room to make the arches clear; exchanging the current lamps with individual lamps identical to those from before 1954; renovating floors of the third floor; adding power for laptops; and refurbishing tables and chairs, which will be more comfortable but remain historical.

With plans to reopen the main entrance of Carnegie, the math department is expected to move to the first floor. New spaces were created for the math department on the first floor during the summer, Carrier said. Renovations for the Reading Room cannot begin until both the collections and math department have been moved.

The building will also become handicap accessible by adding a handicap ramp to the side entrance of the building and adding an elevator, Carrier said.

“We anticipate making the Library more available and accessible to users, with the Reading Room being an improved environment for student and faculty work,” Eric Beattie, director of SU’s Office of Campus Planning, Design and Construction, said in an email.

The renovations for Carnegie are expected to take about four to five years, Beattie said.

Funding for the project will come from the university’s capital projects budget, which is used for major renovations or construction. Carrier said the original budget was $600,000 per year for the first three years of the project.

When discussions regarding the renovation project began, four plans were proposed. Two plans proposed designating the full building to either the library or the math department.

But it was decided that the building would continue to be used for both the library and math department.

“The exact mix is still a moving target, but the renovations to the front entrance, Reading Room and accessibility improvements are certain, and that is why we are moving ahead with the work,” Beattie said.

Even though the project began during the summer, it hasn’t gone as far as expected, Thorin said.

“We thought that we would see more this summer, but it went slower than we thought,” she said.

Although there is still some confusion regarding the final plans for library and math

space throughout the building, there is a plan in terms of goals and steps to take.

“I think it’s a plan that’s unfolding,” Thorin said. “What we know from the library is that we will have a restored Reading Room, and it will be a place for the students to study.”

When Eugene Poletsky, chair of the math department, found out about the renovations Carnegie would undergo, he was skeptical. And he is still skeptical a full year later.

A couple of times, there were detailed plans to move the department into its own building, Poletsky said. But nothing happened. In the 1990s, the department was supposed to move into Hinds Hall, but the School of Information Studies occupied the space instead, he said.

Of the four proposed plans, Poletsky said the third plan, which would give the whole first floor to the math department and split the second floor between the library and other departments, including math, would be OK with him.

His main concern is that the math department remains in Carnegie, for it is the largest department on campus, with 8,500 students studying math per year, he said.

“It’s a gorgeous place, it would be really nice,” he said. “But the problem is that if they want to open the door, they have to destroy two classrooms, they have to destroy our office f loor, and they have to destroy our storage room.”

Poletsky said he sees a small positive side to moving the math department downstairs.

Although the math department will lose classrooms upstairs, it will gain more classrooms downstairs.

After lobbying for nearly seven years — since she began working at SU — Thorin said plans to renovate Carnegie and create more student space are finally coming through. Renovating Carnegie was something the university wanted to do, but plans never came to fruition.

Said Thorin: “Priorities change, money changes, so I just thought, “Let’s give it another try.’” lgleveil@syr.edu

COLLABORATION

Renovations to restore Carnegie Library have a few key contributors:

• Office of Campus Planning, Design and Construction • Provost’s Office • E.S. Bird Library

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ustainability’s trendiness suits the North Country, the region north of the Adirondack Mountains, just fine.

But it doesn’t really matter what the rest of the world thinks — local food and business never went out of style there in the first place. The North Country is satisfied with regional self-reliance and embraces that the outside world has given it a name and taken notice.

The North Country is defined as the portion of New York north of the Adirondack Park that borders Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence Seaway and Lake Champlain. This is an agricultural area with a smattering of colleges and universities like Clarkson University, St. Lawrence University and State University of New York Potsdam.

This past weekend at the Local Living Festival in Canton, N.Y., SUNY schools lamented being tied into the SUNY system, which buys energy for their campuses and hinders their ability to make greener purchases. In contrast, the locals live independently of many of the economic pressures that control most of the state due to geographic isolation. They make do with the resources on hand because they cannot afford anything fancy, fueling folksy ingenuity.

At the festival, I witnessed a man who embodies this cultural phenom-

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green and read all over enon — self-titled “Crazy Jerry.” His house is entirely off the electricity grid, and he commutes to work on an electric-assist bike that he built himself. The bike has a bumblebee color scheme and looks like something the yellow Power Ranger would drive. It is a covered, recumbent tricycle with lithium batteries and an impressive amount of wiring. There are holes to put your feet through to the pavement and push the bike backward, Flintstone-style.

It was amazing to see him stand proudly by his bike as farmers old enough to be my grandfather bombarded him with technical questions informed by years of fighting with their own tractors and generators. He answered with the speed and confidence of a tennis player returning volleys. His habit of belittling the elegant simplicity of his designs by using his favorite adjective — stupid — was paired with explaining concepts I learned in Physics 211: “Electromagnetism” with a layman’s vocabulary.

Although I did not get the

opportunity to take his home tour, he seeks out people to question and challenge his current system. He uses a combination of photovoltaic (solar) panels, a wind turbine, a bicycle-powered generator and Lister Slow Speed Generator that runs on diesel. As whimsical as it seemed, it was all very practical with payback periods calculated for each project.

This brand of sustainability was about taking care of yourself.

His solar-heated shower sits in his front yard because unusual lawn décor and little nudity never hurt anybody out in the country.

He improved on a friend’s design by attaching a hose to a solar thermal panel that feeds hot water into the bottom of the main tank and forces the cold water at the bottom of the tank to the surface, where it is heated by the sun. This thermal siphon is passive with no moving parts to break.

Using a patchwork of sources and more efficient practices, tackling his home appliance by appliance, Crazy Jerry has successfully undermined National Grid’s monopoly on energy.

He is a little proud of himself and the North Country is little proud of him, too.

Leanna Mulvihill is a senior forest engineering major and environmental writing and rhetoric minor. Her column usually appears every Tuesday. She can be reached at lpmulvih@syr.edu.

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Full representation in SA would empower undergraduate student voice A casual competition among Student Association members highlights the critical lack of student activism in campus affairs.

SA, the student political body responsible for addressing undergraduate concerns, has 48 of its 71 possible seats filled. Until Monday, three schools — more than 1,500 undergraduates — remained completely unrepresented: the School of Information Studies, the School of Architecture and the School of Education. Now, only the School of Architecture, which has about 550 students News Editor Editorial Editor Feature Editor Sports Editor Presentation Director Photo Editor Copy Chief Art Director Development Editor Special Projects Editor Asst. Presentation Director Asst. News Editor Asst. News Editor Asst. News Editor

enrolled, lacks representation.

Full representation would offer visible and lasting effects, as an increase in diverse perspectives would yield broader changes at Syracuse University. New faces challenge obsolete issues and empower segments of the student body previously ignorant of their ability to make change.

With 10 new members elected on Monday, bringing the total seats filled from 38 to 48, it is clear SA has acted and delivered on what should have been a priority since numbers

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EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board declined years ago. The pathetic elections for SA president, which barely attract 10 percent of the student vote, and dismal turnout for nearly every informational meeting, even on major issues like MayFest, underscore SA’s poor self-promotion.

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graduate voice that existed before any current members can remember. But SA should take its unofficial competition further with an official campaign to fill the rest of the seats and increase student awareness. No issue on SA’s agenda is more pressing than poor student involvement.

As a governing body, public involvement sits at its very core.

The harmony between SA and the administration and the relative ease with which SA passes resolutions are the results of poor representation, not contentment, among undergradu-

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ates. Students, like most citizens, are apathetic to their governing bodies unless they feel empowered by them.

So, how could SA further its program to attract interest? In short, be obnoxious. Send blasts out to the student body about the regular meetings. Send undergraduates weekly updates on issues. Utilize Twitter and Facebook or sign up for e-newsletter services like Constant Contact. In boring many to sleep, you will likewise pique others’ interest and make SA a more relevant and influential institution.

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SU last played host to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship back in 2010, when the Carrier Dome was used to host two Sweet 16 games and one Elite Eight game.

Of the eight Big East football teams, Rutgers University is the only school that does not sell beer at home football games. West Virginia University’s decision to start selling beer at home football games this season was approved back in June.

“At Big East championships, there’s no policy against it,” said Chuck Sullivan, director of communications for the Big East. “In fact, we sell alcohol at some of our championship events.”

But in the ACC, longtime policies on beer sales at home games are still being followed.

Brian Hennessy, associate director for sports information at Clemson University, said beer isn’t allowed to be sold to the general public or to students during any athletic events, whether on or off campus.

“It’s always been like that,” he said.

The culture in the South is different than the North, Hennessy said, as the South is more conservative and rural. In South Carolina, it is

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their investment when getting a master’s degree in business, Ludwig said.

“The MBA is one of the few degrees you make after an economic analysis,” he added.

As application deadlines approach, schools

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only lawful to sell and consume alcohol between 10 a.m. and 2 a.m. the following morning, while beer sales aren’t allowed on Sunday, according to Article 5 of the South Carolina Code of Laws.

Duke University, Boston College, North Carolina State University, Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia and the University of North Carolina also don’t sell beer to the general public or to students at any home sporting event, athletic department officials said.

At Florida State University, beer isn’t sold to the general public or to students during football games because Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium is located on campus. But Florida State does allow sales to attendees during basketball games because its home facility, the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Fla., is off campus, said Elliott Finebloom, assistant athletic director and sports information director at Florida State.

The decision to not sell beer at athletic events on Florida State’s campus is mirrored around the country, Finebloom said.

“I think it’s pretty much lockstep with everyone else around the country for beer sales,” he said.

At Miami, beer is not sold during home basketball games because the arena is on campus. But Miami’s football stadium, Sun Life Stadium, is located off campus and is shared

with the Miami Dolphins and Florida Marlins, allowing the sale of beer.

At the University of Maryland, beer is only sold during home football games in the suites of Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium, Maryland’s home football facility, said Doug Dull, associate athletics director for media relations at Maryland. At Wake Forest University, beer is also sold in private suites of its home athletic facilities, said Corey Jenkins, assistant director of event management and facilities at Wake Forest.

People are allowed to bring their own alcohol into the private suites of Georgia Tech’s Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field, as the school doesn’t regulate the suites, said Wayne Hogan, associate director of athletics for public relations at Georgia Tech.

Although Georgia Tech’s home basketball arena is on campus, the facility is currently undergoing renovations, meaning the basketball teams will play in Philips Arena — the Atlanta Hawks’ home stadium — this season, Hogan said. Despite the temporary off-campus location, there will be no beer sold to the public at Philips Arena during Georgia Tech home basketball games, he said.

At N.C. State — a dry campus — beer isn’t sold at home football or basketball games even though the basketball teams share a stadium with the Carolina Hurricanes, said Annabelle

Myers, assistant athletics director for media relations at N.C. State.

Myers said that besides selling beer in private suites, she doesn’t know of any ACC schools that sell alcohol for home football or basketball games.

Not until 2014 anyway.

are attempting to recruit more prospective students. Syracuse University’s deadline for MBA applications to the Martin J. Whitman School of Management is Nov. 30 SU offers numerous MBA programs. Some are conventional, while others appeal to those looking for more dynamic approaches, especially in today’s economic world, according to the Whitman website.

These programs include a full-time program; an iMBA program, which is a mixture of onsite and web-based courses; a 3+2 BS/MBA, in which students earn a bachelor’s degree through the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science and an MBA through Whitman; and a Defense of Comptrollership Program, which is a joint degree with Whitman and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and

Public Affairs.

But Ludwig said the most important thing is for people to weigh the options and to make sure that whatever they choose is right for them. The choice is both financial and personal.

Said Ludwig: “You really have to understand where you are in your career.”

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As one of only a handful of national universities to sell beer at home games in an on-campus venue, Syracuse University’s move to the ACC will likely not affect the university’s policy on alcohol sales.

For regular-season games, the NCAA leaves it up to the schools to make the decision on whether or not to sell beer at home games. Both the Big East and the ACC have the same policy, allowing SU to make its own policy regarding alcohol sales at home games during the regular season.

But in post season championship venues, the NCAA bans the sale and advertising of all alcohol. To host an event, the school or venue must cover up any of the ads for alcoholic drinks and comply with NCAA rules throughout the bid process.

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Alcohol and drug overdoses rise among college-age generation during last decade

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decade-long study concluded college-age youths across the nation are being hospitalized for overdosing on drugs and alcohol with increasing frequency.

Recent reports took the findings of hospitalizations for college-age youth from 1999 to 2008 and discovered an increase in the number of overdoses, according to a Time magazine article published Sept. 23.

Some students at Syracuse University said they feel the survey results relate directly to drug and alcohol use on campus.

The study, conducted by Aaron White, Ralph Hingson, I-Jen Pan and Hsiao-Ye Yi, explored the rate and costs of inpatient hospital stays for alcohol and drug overdoses for those aged 18 to 24, according to the study results, which were posted to the Journal of Studies on Alcohol website.

By collecting data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, drastic increases in hospitalizations due to drug and alcohol abuse were found.

From alcohol alone, hospitalization rates increased by 25 percent, reaching a total of 29,412 cases in 2008, which cost $266 million, according to the study.

Drug overdoses increased by 55 percent, totaling to 113,907 cases in 2008 and costing $737 million. Hospitalizations for combined drug and alcohol use increased to 76 percent, with 29,202 cases in 2008 and a cost of

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$198 million, according to the study.

All of these hospitalizations combined for a total cost of $1.2 billion a year, according to the study.

Beth Bonarigo, a senior biology major who works for SU Ambulance, said she agrees with these findings.

“SUA has been responding to an increased number of overdose-related calls in recent years,” she said. “Sometimes students aren’t aware of drug potency, especially when they are taking the drug from an unknown source.”

Joe Raymond, a senior political science major, said drug use on SU’s campus is visible.

“I have had friends go to the hospital for alcohol and drugs, and I believe drug use is very prevalent on college campuses,” Raymond said. “Most kids I know smoke marijuana on a regular basis and experiment occasionally with harder drugs, and literally everybody I know on campus consumes some degree of alcohol.”

Raymond said he believes drug use has become more socially acceptable.

“Kids are clearly moving away from the drug paranoia and propaganda of the Reagan administration and the like, so kids are taking a more relaxed standpoint toward social and casual drug use and without proper knowledge of dosage,” Raymond said. “I can understand why today’s youth would be more prone to overindulging.”

Erica Rezuke, a junior communication design major, also said she agrees with the study and thinks drug use on campus is a common sight.

“There is just so much drug use at Syracuse, maybe it’s because people have the money for it,” she said. “I don’t know, but it’s not uncommon to see people using drugs when out.” knvanbru@syr.edu

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“We are well on our way. We are really excited about the progress we have made on our goal,” Casey said. “It’s great because this is a goal that we can really measure our progress on, and we have seen a lot of our assembly members really step up. So we’re happy. We still have a long way to go, but we’ll get there.”

Along with Sourang, Kyle Coleman and Alma Puskar, both sophomores in Whitman, were also elected as members on SA’s Finance Board.

Puskar and Coleman spoke about the importance of funded events benefiting the entire university community and the responsibility of a Finance Board member to provide an unbiased opinion.

“I’m really happy with the people we elected,” Jeff Rickert, SA comptroller, said of the new Finance Board members. “I think they are really passionate about what they are going to do, and they seem really informed and ready to go. I’m very excited. I think we are going to have a great board and well-run budget processes this semester.”

Taylor Carr, Student Life Committee chair, presented new advancements. He and Assemblymember Sydney Lampe spoke about the initiative to get a Redbox at a central location on campus. Obtaining a Redbox for the university is “very likely,” Lampe said.

The schools gained their first representatives in the general assembly.

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argument on May 30.

Gary Sommer, Melo’s defense lawyer, gave City Judge Stephen Dougherty an update on Melo’s progress with counseling, which he remains in for the May incident. But he did not reveal when the counseling would conclude.

The SU basketball season begins Nov. 1 with an exhibition game against California State University-Los Angeles.

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and approaching what would have been the start of the orchestral season, some at SU’s Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music are trying to help restore a symphony similar to the SSO’s level of artistry in the city of Syracuse.

Patrick Jones, director of Setnor, said the college is working in collaboration with other individual colleges, including the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the School of Information Studies, to form The Center for Live Music in the 21st Century.

The center will focus on the business side of operating arts organizations in areas such as marketing through bridging the expertise of students from multiple academic departments at SU together, Jones said.

“Every client who comes through the center for assistance will have different needs,” Jones said. “And so we’ll customize the products and services we can provide based on their needs.”

For example, the center will explore how to best advertise through social media, Jones said.

Since the SU campus is teaming with students that maximize social media on an everyday basis, the center will act as a “doorway into the campus,” he said In addition to the center, Setnor created the Syracuse Youth Orchestra and the Syracuse Youth String Orchestra earlier this month,

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He said it “I definitely don’t think we are here just to get an education, we are here to make an impact.”

kristen parker | staff photographer duane ford, a freshman in the School of Education, was elected as the school’s first representative. The School of Information Studies also received its first representative. with the Department of Public Safety, Casey said.

DPS also has created a new telephone number, 315443-SAFE, for all escort programs, he said.

• Carr said the Student Life Committee has been furthering an initiative to bring a bike-borrowing service to campus. He said the committee members are looking to contract a local bike shop to get a fleet of bikes accessible to students.

• Rickert presented three new Finance Board

bills at the meeting, all of which were passed.

The Syracuse Animal Rights Organization was granted $300 to send two representatives to a national conference and Alpha Chi Sigma was also granted $75. First Year Players were denied funds for a reimbursement of purchased scripts, as reimbursements are against the Finance Board’s financial codes.

“I think what happens in court has nothing to do with basketball,” Sommer said outside the courtroom after being asked how the case may affect Melo’s playing time.

Pete Moore, Syracuse director of athletic com-

munications and spokesman for the men’s basketball team, declined to comment on Melo’s case.

Sommer said they weren’t ready to proceed yet this time around but added that he’s hopeful the case will conclude in November. The Nov. 30 court date for Melo is nearly one month into Syracuse basketball’s 2011-12 season.

“Cases get postponed until all the pieces are together,” he said, declining to reveal what those pieces were.

The May incident occurred in the 300 block of Slocum Heights Drive. The case was entirely handled by Syracuse Police Depart-

ment. Melo is accused of reaching through the driver’s side window of a 2003 Chevrolet Impala and breaking the turn signal. When the turn signal broke, the headlight high beam control and windshield wiper control also became inoperable.

Fourth-degree criminal mischief charges are given in instances of recklessly damaging another’s property, exceeding $250 in damage.

Jones said. The two youth orchestras previously operated under the SSO. But now, students interested in either orchestra will audition in the spring, pay their fees and enroll for the respective class through the University College for a noncredit class.

The Syracuse Philharmonic, a symphony with no formal association to the SSO, is slated to be the Center for Live Music’s first client.

The Philharmonic was created to re-establish a professional symphonic orchestral presence in the Central New York region following the SSO’s closing, said Jeff Comanici, one of six board members on the Syracuse Philharmonic Society Board of Directors and assistant dean for advancement at SU. The Philharmonic is in the process of filing the necessary paperwork and drafting bylaws, Comanici said. A community forum, where plans for the Philharmonic will be shared with Syracuse residents, is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the War Memorial.

In an effort to limit expenses, the Philharmonic will operate with a light administrative staff during the first two years of operation, Comanici said.

“What we’re hoping to create is a sustainable, viable model for professional orchestra that won’t suffer the same fate the SSO did,” Comanici said.

John Laverty, director of bands at SU, said he believes overwhelming financial and structural strain led to the SSO’s undoing. As a fan and audience member, Laverty said he feels

the SSO’s management acted in an irresponsible and deceptive fashion toward the end of last season.

Laverty said he feels the symphony called for donations from the community, knowing fully well the organization was on the verge of bankruptcy and was prepared to fold. The SSO’s administration’s actions were doubly upsetting, in that, tickets sold for a performance by renown cellist Yo-Yo Ma were not refunded after the organization’s operations were suspended.

“That’s a terrible thing to do to a community.

Shame on them,” he said.

James Tapia, director of orchestral activities at SU, said orchestras across the nation continue to face economic hardships similar to the SSO’s. He said the business model for running a symphonic organization should be reassessed to reflect the growing needs of the orchestra’s surrounding community, though he has not yet developed a method that would best execute that.

Tapia said he believes, as an individual close to but not associated with the symphony, a series of “administrative missteps” were exacerbated by the poor economic climate and led to the symphony’s downfall.

Syracuse remains home to a thriving jazz scene while the popular music scene has also emerged in the area, Tapia said. The Society for New Music, the Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music and SU’s own musical performance also continue to serve as vital musical hubs, though none are equal to the SSO during the organiza-

tion’s dominance.

“The SSO was, at its height, a crown jewel, cultural pillar in Syracuse,” Tapia said.

Those seeking a musical fix can turn to musical performances on the SU campus and at smaller venues throughout the city such as Dinosaur Bar-B-Que and the Syracuse Suds Factory, said Justin Mertz, SU’s assistant director of bands and SU alumnus.

Mertz said the SSO’s closure provides an opportunity to re-evaluate the methods in which symphonic music is delivered to audiences.

“Maybe the only good thing to come out of the SSO going bankrupt is that we are now finally starting to ask the question: ‘What is the future in live music here in Syracuse and in the United States?’” Mertz said.

But Andrew Dressler, a senior music and political science major, said he was saddened for the musicians that lost part of their livelihood.

“If you don’t realize just how difficult it is to become a symphony orchestra musician these days, it’s harder than ever. Auditions are so competitive.”

Still, the symphony was a source of inspiration for then-SU undergraduate Stephen Chuba.

“The SSO was a connection between college and the real world,” said Chuba, now a graduate student studying music education, in an email.

“I was in school to become a musician in a group like the SSO. It motivated me to practice and study knowing there were amazing opportunities to make music after college.”

Duane Ford

first representative to the school of education

Other business discussed: • In his report, Casey informed the assembly of a new joint initiative with E.S. Bird Library to provide the library with laptop locks for students to use. This initiative has come after his recent work

“Cases get postponed until all the pieces are together.”

Gary Sommer

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Planes, trains automobiles

WEEKEND GETAWAY

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Say you wanted to get out of Syracuse and go to New York City for the weekend. You want to depart on Friday, Oct. 7. To reach your destination, make sure to consider all your travel options:

UNITED EXPRESS 1 hr, 15 min.

AMTRAK

Pulp crunches the numbers for local, out-of-state travel

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t’s that time of the semester when students become antsy and start looking beyond Syracuse’s borders. Freshmen, you’ve been at school for a month.

You’re past the icebreakers and get-to-know-you games. Upperclassmen, you’ve seen the campus a million times, and there are only so many times you can

wander down Marshall Street.

But now you want something different. It’s time for a change of scenery. Maybe you feel the need to explore a nearby city. Maybe you’re craving a home-cooked meal. Or maybe you want to visit a friend at school and see how their college compares to Syracuse University. Whether

you want to explore nearby cities, go home for a weekend or just get from here to there, Pulp lays out some options that allow you to travel. Take advantage of these prices and opportunities — especially before the first snowfall of the season.

GREYHOUND 5 hrs, 30 min.

Syracuse, N.Y.

Boston 299 miles

Albany, N.Y. 136 miles Binghamton, N.Y. 75 miles

Hartford, Conn.

236 miles

Syracuse’s Amtrak station is part of the train company’s Empire Service, which offers frequent daily trips connecting Syracuse with New York City, Albany, Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Multiple daily departures are offered with this service.

Syracuse’s Amtrak station is also a part of Amtrak’s Maple Leaf route connecting to New York City, Albany, Buffalo and Toronto, and Lake Shore Limited line connecting to New York City, Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland and Chicago.

New York City 253 miles Philadelphia 255 miles

Pittsburgh 342 miles

Baltimore 299 miles Washington, D.C. 350 miles

AUTOMOBILES Want to get around the city but left your car back home? Here’s a quick guide to Syracuse taxi services that operate around campus.

Meters for the following companies all start at

and reach a per-mile rate of

TRAINS

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Rochester, N.Y. 85 miles Toronto 248 miles Niagara Falls, N.Y. 165 miles

Cleveland 330 miles

$2.80 $3.20

4 hrs, 30 min.

Montreal 248 miles

Buffalo, N.Y. 147 miles

Chicago 665 miles

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MILEAGE

Ready for a road trip but don’t want to pay a fortune? Desperately need a weekend getaway but don’t want to pay an arm and a leg to get there? Pulp breaks down the statistics on how much, and how long, it’ll take you to get to your own little slice of paradise.

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$644.00 $82.00 $48.00 $36.00

PM Taxi:

10 percent off fare to Airport or Greyhound/Amtrak Station

Midstate Taxi:

10 percent student discount for any trip

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10 percent student discount for any trip

Syracuse Cab:

10 percent student discount

Blue Star:

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Syracuse Hancock International Airport might not be as big and famous as O’Hare International Airport or John F. Kennedy International Airport, but it still offers a slew of destinations to keep you from feeling grounded in Syracuse.

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TO NEW YORK CITY (JFK)

US Airways

United Express

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TO WASHINGTON, D.C. (DULLES)

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Unpopular Facebook changes promise big things

very few months, my Facebook feed gets inundated by status updates that are all fairly similar to: “Dang you Facebook why have you changed everything I know and love” in regards to new features or layouts forced upon the hundreds of billions of users worldwide. Last week, that magical time came around again, and while I had to endure the same statuses and adjust to some tweaked features, what separated “new” from “innovative” in terms of this newfangled Facebook were the novel features announced at the F8 conference.

For those unaware, F8 is the annual Facebook developers conference in which major changes and updates are announced. This year, Andy Samberg opened with a round of impersonations of Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg, Jesse Eisenberg and Mark Wahlberg, after which Zuckerberg took the reins and dove right into the keynote address.

A week later, users may still be cursing the all-mighty Zuckerberg for the new Facebook layouts, but developers and designers worldwide are diving into the new features and their seemingly endless possibilities with fervor.

Arguably the most well-received segment of the keynote was the announcement of Timeline, best explained as an online, digital compilation of every scrapbook, home video and diary entry that a user should choose to enter. It can effectively chronicle the entire life of a person, from birth to death, and every transitive moment in between, elegantly strung together in an aesthetically pleasing manner.

JESSICA SMITH

our ram is bigger than yours Zuckerberg introduced Timeline as: “All your stories, all your apps and a new way to express who you are.”

Timeline is not yet available to the general public but fear not, you digital fiends. In the near future, you can document your entire lives, too, as it is expected to roll out to all users during the next few weeks.

Another new feature unveiled at the F8 is the Open Graph, a much more personal, indepth and informative version of “likes” and status updates. Zuckerberg referred to it as an “evolving language.” I refer to it as “fun with verbs,” reminiscent of the 1990s Nickelodeon campaign of “Verb, it’s what you do!”

This update turns Facebook into a conversation. You can “watch” a movie, “listen” to a song or “cook” a meal.

As the conference continued, the word “serendipitous” was thrown around lightly as Zuckerberg discussed how digital awareness would alert you to otherwise mundane coincidences, such as you and your friend listening to the same song at the same time.

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said its new partner-

ship with Facebook would expand its horizons (not to mention user base), and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings claimed the partnership would enhance its user experience. Amid this, the underlying consumerist nature and worrisome lack of security for Facebook users emerged to the forefront.

The fact of the matter is, companies want this information so that likely consumers can better be identified. The notion of a Timeline detailing your life and a list of things you’ve cooked and read and watched will identify you, not as a person, but as a dollar sign. And the security surrounding this information is confusingly inexplicable enough to lose sleep.

As intrusive as this new wave of internet interconnectivity and interaction may be, its potential to enhance lives remains untarnished. As this generation ages, its progeny may come to learn of their childhoods not through poorly pasted scrapbooks and incomplete mementos. They will have digital, beautiful and complete renderings of the life of a person in a format never before fathomable.

At the end of the day, the value of such a service and the way in which it can improve on lives may not be enough to compensate for the fact that it won’t tell me when, why and how my personal information is being shared. But that doesn’t change the fact that it’s still really nifty.

Jessica Smith is a senior information management and technology and television, radio and film dual major. Her column appears every Tuesday. She can be reached at jlsmit22@syr.edu.

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What’s their age again?

After 8-year hiatus, Blink-182’s stab at more mature, experimental sound backfires

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By Darren Bleckner STAFF WRITER

ow that Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker have entered their mid-30s and settled down with their wives and children, the Blink182 our generation grew up with is officially dead.

Gone are the days of fart and sex jokes. While the rockers’ 2003 self-titled album gave fans a taste of their maturity, “Neighborhoods” completes their evolution into adult rockers. The album, the band’s first release in more than eight years, is just mediocre. It’s stripped of the band’s signature adolescent punk sounds and humorous anthems.

The uneven album starts off strong. The first four tracks will satisfy both old-school Blink fans and fans of the members’ side projects Box Car Racer, +44, and Angels and Airwaves. The band draws from personal experiences, weaving the theme of overcoming tragedy throughout the album. The lyrics now contain apologies to loved ones as the trio struggles against its inner demons.

A choppy riff, synthesizer and DeLonge’s distinct vocals set the tone for the album in opener “Ghost on the Dance Floor.” According the band, it’s about hearing a song you shared with someone who has passed away. It’s dedicated to the band’s close friend DJ AM, who died of apparent drug overdose after surviving a September 2008 plane crash from which Barker recovered from critical injuries. DeLonge laments about how the universe has left him without a place to go.

Punk-oriented “Natives” most resembles anything pre2003 on the album, featuring a quick hammer-on riff as DeLonge and Hoppus share the

singing duties between verses and chorus. Despite the happy punk-filled riff, the band speaks about being locked in a cage and dying inside. This fight for sanity drags on in first single “Up All Night.” Despite the aggressive guitar riff, DeLonge and Hoppus once again tap into their inner gloominess, explaining that everyone dies alone.

One reason “Neighborhoods” is uneven may be due to DeLonge’s lead on its production. The band pushes the experimentalism of 2003’s self-titled effort even further.

Each band member recorded the album at separate times in separate rooms, heightening the isolation and misery channeled through each song. The album also features strange synthesizer and electronic noises, a carry-over of DeLonge’s Angels and Airwaves days.

But the experimental risks fail miserably. The DeLonge-led “Love Is Dangerous” sounds like an Angels and Airwaves outtake with Barker on the drums, while “Fighting the Gravity” is one of the disc’s most confusing and disappointing tracks. The experimental rock song features odd off-time bass mixed with grunge and distorted guitar as Hoppus repeats “this makes no sense” over and over again. And he’s right; the spacey track makes no sense with the flow of the album.

While the band continues their emotional downward spiral on “Neighborhoods,” some classic Blink-182 features do shine through. The album is still packed with f-bombs, only this time they’re used more as adjectives to enhance their emotional pain. Drummer Barker carries the album, as he has done for the band’s entire discography. Despite the smattering of weak tracks throughout, Barker’s lightning fast hands make these songs enjoyable to listen to.

It’s disappointing that maturity marks the demise of a band once idolized by millions of kids in the late 1990s.

Most likely a hit-or-miss to fans, “Neighborhoods” has its good points but nothing that can compare to past gems “Enema of the State,” “Dude Ranch” and “Take off Your Pants and Jacket.” If “Neighborhoods” is the last album that Blink-182 puts out, they should have just ended in 2003 because it was not worth the eight-year wait. drbleckn@syr.edu

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Release Date: 09/27/2011

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injuries from page 20

practice this week. I’m going to be available on Tuesday and Wednesday for everyone. I’ve been very good about being open. It’s just a very tough situation right now.”

Syracuse entered its game this past Saturday against Toledo without its arguably two best defensive players — defensive end Chandler Jones and strong safety Shamarko Thomas. Middle linebacker Marquis Spruill didn’t start and saw limited time. Cornerback Keon Lyn was on and off the field.

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basketball seasons is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 14, in the Carrier Dome. Rapper and actor Tone Loc headlines the bill along with the acrobatic act Russian Bar Trio and Deena from Jersey Shore.

Tone Loc, whose real name is Anthony Smith, was most popular in the late 1980s and early ‘90s. The 45-year-old is scheduled to perform his hit songs “Wild Thing” and “Funky Cold Medina” while accompanied by the SU Dance Team. “Wild Thing” ascended to No. 2 on the U.S. music charts in 1989 and “Funky Cold Medina” peaked at No. 3.

Tone Loc will be joined by Russian Bar Trio, an acrobatic act that appeared on the television show “America’s Got Talent.” The group will perform its “death-defying feats” at center court.

Rounding out the night’s entertainment is Deena from the hit television show Jersey Shore.

Deena, whose full name is Deena Cortese, will sign autographs and interact with the crowd.

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Jones and backup safety Olando Fisher are still listed as being out until further notice with lower body injuries, according to SU’s game notes for this Saturday’s Big East opener against Rutgers. Thomas is back on the depth chart, and Spruill and Lyn remain in their starting positions as well.

On the original game notes, SU athletics had written that Syracuse running back Prince-Tyson Gulley was out for the season with a broken collarbone. Jerome Smith was in his place on Syracuse’s two-deep depth chart as the backup running back.

But Sue Edson, Syracuse assistant director of athletics for communications, said it was a

mistake, and Gulley is being evaluated.

Gulley is coming off the best game of his career against Toledo, rushing for 66 yards on 10 carries. But Marrone did not respond to a question about Gulley’s health.

“I just can’t comment on any injuries,” Marrone said. “And that’s, I’ve never really, I don’t know, I just need everybody’s help. That’s all I’m asking. I know you guys have a job to do, I truly understand that. “… I understand exactly what’s going on.

I don’t foresee myself ever really doing this again. Hopefully we will never be in this situation.”

Levine said these three acts provide both an old-school element and something for the young people of today.

“We wanted something that would appeal to just about everybody,” he said. “There would be something for everybody there, so even casual basketball fans would want to come to the event.”

Once the hype melts away, both the men’s and women’s basketball teams will partake in drills and a scrimmage. There will also be a dunk contest.

The crown jewel of Levin’s best-ever Midnight Madness is still in the works. He said he traveled to ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol, Conn., to make a pitch for SU’s event to be broadcast on ESPNU. Each year, ESPNU covers a handful of Midnight Madness events around the country.

But prior to this season, Levine said Syracuse wasn’t eligible to be on television.

“This is the first year ever that we’ve done Midnight Madness on the actual first day you could do Midnight Madness,” Levins said. “We never were able to talk to ESPN about coming up here because for years we were doing it a day late or a week late or 10 days late.”

Though ESPN has not confirmed whether or not it will be in the Carrier Dome on Oct. 14, Levine said talks between the two sides have been positive. He said getting this event televised would be the “finishing touches” on a great event.

“My No. 1 goal was to do a bigger Midnight Madness than Kentucky.”

Ed Levine

CEO, Gal a x y Communications

Midnight Madness is free to the public but requires a general admission ticket that limits seating to the lower level of the Carrier Dome.

Tickets will be available beginning Wednesday, Oct. 5, with a limit of four per person at the Carrier Dome box office, Schine Student Center and various AmeriCU locations in the Syracuse area.

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“We have a lot of injuries.

I’m not going to lie to you. We have guys who are banged up, we have to make a decision on players. ... We as coaches have to decide whether they will play or not.”

Doug Marrone

SU head coach

“I’m keeping my fingers crossed,” he said.

The men’s basketball team enters the 2011-12 season led by head coach Jim Boeheim, who is in his 36th year at the helm. Most critics peg the Orange as a top-10 team for the upcoming season behind four returning starters — Scoop Jardine, Kris Joseph, Baye Moussa Keita and Brandon Triche.

Syracuse posted a record of 27-8 last season with a disappointing loss to Marquette in the round of 32 of the NCAA Tournament. Expectations for this season are much higher with the veterans returning to the Orange and another strong recruiting class.

On the women’s side, Syracuse will certainly be aiming for the NCAA tournament this season. SU narrowly missed the big dance a season ago and finished with a 25-10 record overall.

Quentin Hillsman returns for his fifth season as the head coach of the Orange. He also has his two top scorers back from last season in junior center Kayla Alexander and senior forward Iasia Hemingway. mjcohe02@syr.edu

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SU wants more consistency with Big East games ahead

By David Wilson Staff Writer

Last Friday, Syracuse let a two-set lead slip away against South Florida. It wasn’t the first time this season for the Orange, as it also blew a two-set advantage in a loss to Utah Valley earlier in the month.

The inconsistent play is a cause for concern for SU, but the team has remained positive despite its up-and-down performances thus far this year.

“That was a good game (against Utah Valley) for us because it showed us a lot that we need to work on, but at the same time it showed a lot of good things that we did in those first two sets,” senior Ashley Williams said.

Inconsistency has plagued a young SU team so far this season as seen by both dominant and disappointing stretches within individual games. Part of the Orange’s uneven play is the result of a young roster featuring nine freshmen. The young players have showcased their talent and potential throughout the season, but have also showed their inexperience during key points in matches.

SU hopes that consistency will come with more experience in games and during drills at practice.

Though the Orange has given up early leads, it has also displayed the ability to come back in matches. When playing from behind, the team has played with a sense of urgency.

In the Big Orange Tournament to open the season, the Orange faced Youngstown State and dropped the first two sets to the Penguins before rallying back to win three straight sets and the match.

“That’s the other side of the story,” senior Noemie Lefebvre said. “I think we showed resiliency, and we were able to come back into a game.”

The comeback against Youngstown State was also by far Ying Shen’s best performance of the season. The freshman had eight kills in the final three sets as well as a pair of aces.

And while the outside hitter has had success since, she hasn’t consistently cracked the starting lineup. As well as she has played in some games, she has also struggled to find her comfort zone.

But Syracuse doesn’t fear that the inconsistency from the freshmen is rooted in the early success. Orange veterans are insistent that the success hasn’t gone to some of the younger players’ heads.

“I don’t think they’re really overconfident,” Williams said. “I think they’re still adjusting to our play. We’re trying to make everybody jell together as a team.”

SU still hopes that a tougher nonconference slate than a year ago will straighten out some of the inconsistencies that plagued the team in Big East play last season.

“We played a few bigger games this year during preseason,” sophomore Lindsay McCabe said, “so I think that was good to get them used to playing.”

But it hasn’t seemed to help in the two games since Big East play began. A pair of disappointing losses has Syracuse back at square one and in position to disappoint in a similar fashion as last season.

bobby yarbrough | staff photographer nicolette serratore and Syracuse dropped a match to South Florida after leading two sets to none on Friday. Three of the Orange’s six losses have come in five sets.

Much of the inconsistency has come from mental errors. SU committed 15 errors in the final two sets, allowing USF to beat the Orange at home. But the team doesn’t blame its loss to USF on its own errors.

And those mental errors can often be straightened out through repetition. The Orange will be focusing on its mental toughness before its next set of games.

“I think we can just learn,” freshman Nicolette Serratore said. “Going into other games we’re going to know that we need to put in the same intensity for every single point.”

A quick fix for Syracuse is to keep things simple. In the second set against South Florida,

the Orange rallied from a 10-3 deficit to win the set 25-22. Stretches like that prove the potential SU has this season.

And if it can play like that on a consistent basis, a repeat of last season’s second-half collapse isn’t something Syracuse will have to worry about.

“We’re just talking to them on what’s working for us,” assistant coach Kelly Morrisroe said. “We are constantly talking to them about just staying focused. … We just want to do what we do and do the simple things well.”

“If we can capitalize on the simple things, we’re going to win a lot of matches.” dbwilson@syr.edu

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After subpar performance on road, SU excited for lengthy homestand

By Stephen Bailey Asst. Copy Editor

The three time-consuming, exhausting trips have finally ended for Syracuse. After traveling to Chapel Hill, N.C., Columbus, Ohio, and Louisville, Ky., in a span of just three weeks, the Orange is a bit weary. Especially after five highly competitive games that included matchups with No. 1 Old Dominion, No. 2 North Carolina and No. 19 Louisville.

“Going away on the road, it does have fatigue factored in it,” junior back Amy Kee said.

But the fifth-ranked SU squad won’t be leaving town again any time soon. After returning from a 2-1 overtime victory against the Cardinals early Saturday morning, the Orange began a stretch of 27 days at home. Syracuse is one game into its seven-game homestand and looks forward to the advantages playing at J.S. Coyne Stadium offers.

The Orange opened up its homestand Sunday, defeating No. 17 Boston University 3-2. That win marked SU’s 20th consecutive victory at Coyne — a streak that dates back to Sept. 6, 2009.

And after handing the Terriers their fourth loss of the season, Kee said she already felt the beneficial rest and recuperation from one day back in Syracuse.

“Not having the effort of traveling and packing all your stuff, it’s really awesome,” Kee said.

But the lack of travel is just one added benefit of a monthlong hiatus from life on the road.

SU also missed its home-field advantage, rather than having to play on another team’s field and be forced to listen to another team’s fans, assistant coach Steve Simpson said.

The Orange went just 3-2 in five games away from Syracuse.

“We have our people cheering for us, and it’s the field where we practice every day,” Simpson said. “We’re used to it, so it’s nice to play out here.”

Simpson’s players shared the same sentiments after Sunday’s game, when an early goal in the ninth minute tipped momentum in SU’s favor.

Junior back Iona Holloway lined up on the right baseline early in Sunday’s game against Boston. She had run this play time and time again in practice, so she knew what to expect.

Senior midfielder Liz McInerney had the ball at the top of the shooting circle. She turned and fired a pass to Holloway, who accepted it cleanly and quickly flipped a backhand shot past BU goalkeeper Jess Maroney.

“Liz just found me on the post from the right side, and we’ve been trying to do that in practice a bit,” Holloway said. “She just kind of gets the ball and sees what’s on, and luckily, I was in the right place at the right time.”

The Orange continued to show its rejuve-

bobby yarbrough | staff photographer amy kee and Syracuse play seven consecutive games at home, beginning with last Sunday’s 3-2 overtime win against Boston University. SU is 4-0 at home this season. nated play throughout the game, outshooting the Terriers by a margin of 22-4.

Being at home also gives head coach Ange Bradley the opportunity to recruit for the Orange. Sunday’s win improved her record to 35-6 at home while at Syracuse, and she is now heading out to look for the next wave of players to take the field at J.S. Coyne Stadium.

And with a home stadium like Coyne to hang

in front of potential recruits, it’s hard to imagine who wouldn’t be interested in Syracuse.

Even Bradley couldn’t deny how happy she and her team are to be back home where Syracuse dominates its opponents.

“It’s exciting to be back home,” Bradley said.

“We love Coyne and we want to play here as much as we can. It’s a great facility.” sebail01@syr.edu

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Division-III Stagg Bowl on national TV for 1st time since 2001

By Katie McInerney Special Projects Editor

The standing-room-only crowd that packs into Salem Football Stadium captivates the community every year. For Carey Harveycutter, the feeling was “electrifying” when the Stagg Bowl was shown on primetime television for the entire country to watch.

Back in 2001, Bridgewater College — the hometown favorite located just two hours from Salem, Va. — fell to perennial powerhouse Mount Union 30-27 in the Stagg Bowl, better known as the Division-III national championship game.

Ten years later, Harveycutter, who is the director of civic facilities for the city of Salem and the Stagg Bowl game manager, is optimistic the electrifying feeling will be back with the recent announcement that the game is returning to primetime.

Officials announced on Sept. 20 that Stagg Bowl XXXIX would be broadcast live on ESPNU on Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. It’s the first time since the Bridgewater-Mount Union matchup that the game will be shown on television.

“I think it’s outstanding,” Harveycutter said.

“It’s a great way to highlight Division-III athletics and the community of Salem.”

Salem has hosted the bowl game for 18 years, ever since it moved to Virginia from Bradenton, Fla., in 1993. For the past six years, the game has featured the same two dominant teams — University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and Mount Union — but excitement in Salem has never waned.

The players become a part of the community, said J.J. Nekoloff, assistant commissioner of

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from the Beijing Sport University before coaching the women’s volleyball team from Qinghai Province, China. That experience has been an undeniable benefit in recruiting Chinese players.

“Obviously, with our two Chinese players that’s huge,” Morrisroe said. “That’s almost an easy sell.”

Even for the Canadians, the Orange’s international tradition is a major part of most of their decisions to play for SU. “That definitely played into my decision,” Burlington, Ontario, native Andrea Fisher said of the Canadian presence. “I’d known a bunch of them already, so I was able to talk to them and see how they liked it here, and they all had really positive feedback about it.”

However, Noemie Lefebvre of Terrebonne, Quebec, said the Canadian influence didn’t affect her decision-making process at all. She views the United States as not being any different than Canada.

“I don’t really take Canadian players as international,” Lefebvre said. “It’s very similar …

Canada is not really different from the States.”

For the most part, Canada and the United States are similar enough — aside from a rule difference or two — that there aren’t too many challenges that come with adjusting to the American way of life for the Canadian players.

For Chinese players Ying Shen and Qian Zhao, though, this adjustment can be much more difficult.

the Old Dominion Athletic Conference — the organization which hosts the game. Each team is assigned a host family in Salem, who acts as a “liaison” to the area.

The host families help find places for the team to eat, direct the team to laundromats to wash practice cloths and sit with the players at team banquets. The host families do it all.

Nekoloff calls them the “adopted family” for each school, and by now they are a familiar face for Wisconsin-Whitewater and Mount Union.

“It’s the same host family, it’s a face they recognize,” Nekoloff said. “They tell jokes about it, say that they’re here so much, maybe they should buy some summer property. It feels like home to them. It’s what Southern hospitality is, and we want it to feel like home and feel special, and want people to look forward to coming back.”

Thus, the game isn’t just for the fans. The city of Salem embraces inviting the teams in for the Stagg Bowl each year. It turns into a community function with extensive tailgates and social events leading up to the game.

The players from both teams do community service during the week, visiting elementary schools and veterans’ hospitals in the area. This creates a connection for those who live in Salem year-round.

“Those elementary kids become fans,” Nekoloff said. “They go to games, and they like to cheer for No. 80, who read a book with them that week.”

And when it comes to Wisconsin-Whitewater and Mount Union, locals have begun to choose sides — since they’ve become so accustomed to seeing the two teams there.

Wisconsin-Whitewater and Mount Union are again ranked Nos. 1 and 2 in the country, respectively, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll

Not only do Chinese and American cultures have many significant differences, but the language barrier has also been tough to deal with on the court from time to time.

“Every once in a while there’s some confusion, but really it’s all right,” the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, native Hinz said. “We work through it.”

For a team with so much international history, the language barrier is surprisingly something new. Pu knows how to handle it because he had to overcome that barrier himself.

“He is a lot more understanding of language barrier things,” Oakville, Ontario, native Nicolette Serratore said. “He’s really good at explaining and helping everyone to understand and be on the same page.”

With nine new freshmen and the influx of international players, being on the same page is even more important this season. The young players are being asked to replace an experienced group of seniors from last season.

Sarah Hayes, Mindy Stanislovaitis and Hayley Todd all played in at least 31 matches for the Orange last season.

On paper, it was going to be tough for a largely inexperienced SU team to make up for the production from outside hitters Stanislovaitis and Todd.

A trio of freshmen has stepped right into their place on the court and on the stat sheet.

Serratore, Fisher and Shen have all become immediate contributors for the Orange.

“Coach Pu mostly talked about Nico and Andrea,” Morrisroe said. “He wanted them to come in and make an impact. Ying was a little bit of an unknown. He hadn’t seen her play in a

make it to Virginia, Harveycutter said. With four weeks of playoffs leading up to the game, any team could fight its way in.

That makes the switch to primetime even more exciting for the community and the teams, as Division-III games aren’t typically aired on any type of national television platform. With the news of the switch that moved the game under the lights on a Friday night, Harveycutter and his committee members are planning a more elaborate tailgate and series of banquets to celebrate the teams.

In addition, they will be handing out the Gagliardi Trophy during the week, which Nekoloff likens to the Heisman Trophy of the Division-III level.

Harveycutter loves the planning and preparation for the Stagg Bowl because he thinks the athletes deserve it the most. They might not be as fast on the field as their Division-I counterparts, but they play with “the same heart and enthusiasm,” he said.

Organizers like to think of making the week of events as memorable as possible. The experience in that type of environment is what players dream about, Nekoloff said.

“For the student-athletes, it will be outstanding for the exposure,” Nekoloff said. “But also to get that experience on that type of stage, in that type of game ... it’s what you dream about — outside of playing Sundays in the NFL. “We treat it like a national championship.

The premiere event they’ll play in their life.”

Games to watch Syracuse 17, Rutgers 14 No one will be going bowling this time, but SU is just a little bit less bad than Rutgers this season.

Wake Forest 24, Boston College 17

A matchup of future SU opponents. Both teams beat FCS teams last week, but UMass put up a lot more points on BC than it should have.

Clemson 35, Virginia Tech 28 Frank Beamer won’t know what hit him.

Sammy Watkins for Heisman.

Wisconsin 28, Nebraska 24 Both teams sit at 4-0, but Nebraska had to work much harder to get there. Our general manager’s dear Badgers live to see 5-0.

Navy 14, Air Force 10 It’s a toss-up. Hard to pick against America. knmciner@syr.edu

Racer standings In honor of the news that Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning will likely miss this season, we name our racers after their favorite backup quarterbacks: racer

T. Tebow (Harris) J. Lorenzen (McInerney) B. Gradkowski (Olivero) D. Orlovsky (Cohen) D. Carr (Gery) K. Clemens (Iseman) G. Frerotte (Propper) C. Batch (Tredinnick) A. Feeley (Wilson) D. Anderson (Mainthia) A. Smith (Marcus) J. Sorgi (Patankar) C. Weinke (Bailey) C. Henne (Brown) B. Bollinger (Cooper) K. Detmer (Toney) M. Leinart (McBride) B. Leftwich (Ronayne)

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International intrigue Syracuse has 11 international players on its roster this season, coming from Canada, China and Puerto Rico. Of the 11, six are freshmen. Here’s a look at the Orange’s international players and where they’re from: Player

Position

Hometown

Ying Shen Outside hitter Nanjing, China Emily Betteridge Setter Pickering, Ontario Lindsay McCabe Middle blocker Georgetown, Ontario Andrea Fisher Outside hitter Burlington, Ontario Samantha Hinz Middle blocker Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Noemie Lefebvre Outside hitter Terrebonne, Quebec Nicolette Serratore Outside hitter Oakville, Ontario Samantha Clarey Outside hitter Baltimore, Ontario Qian Zhao Middle blocker Huhhot, China Zoe Guzman Defensive specialist San Juan, Puerto Rico Margaret Darling Right side Limehouse, Ontario while. … She’s been a nice surprise.”

All three have played at least 41 sets this season and have combined for more than six kills per set.

But while the three international players have stolen most of the headlines replacing Stanislovaitis and Todd, Ohio native Julia Mindlina has been key in replacing defensive specialist Sarah Hayes. The freshman has contributed 85 digs primarily playing in a reserve role.

And as international players continue to have success, so does Syracuse. The Orange has finished above .500 in each season since 2007, dipping below .500 in the conference just once in those four seasons.

“Because (most schools) don’t recruit as much in Canada, all the top players are sort of still in Canada, so it’s good for the Americans

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to go up and take the top players and bring them here,” Hinz said. “There’s going to be some good players out there that we can get.”

The new Canadian players on this team are proving to be a key part of the SU program this season. And they’re learning the minor rule differences that caused some confusion earlier in the season.

On Friday against South Florida when a ball hit the ceiling, the Orange learned from its mistake at Utah State and played on to win the point. The young players are adapting and overcoming the growing pains as the season goes on.

“In the U.S. everything’s better,” Serratore said. “The passing, the hitting, it’s faster, more consistent and really just a little more intense, too.” dbwilson@syr.edu

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Freshman Chong maturing in role as substitute for SU

By Chris Iseman Staff Writer

It was a case of Syracuse’s past helping build its future.

Grant Chong’s road to Syracuse started in high school with a tip from former SU soccer player Kevin Johnston, who suggested Chong send a game tape to the Orange coaching staff. In Who: Binghamton Where: SU Soccer Stadium May of his junior year in high When: Today, 7 p.m. school, Chong played in front of Syracuse recruiters in a tournament in Cincinnati. But a relationship between the two sides had already been established.

“He just mentioned, ‘Why don’t you send stuff to them? It’s a great academic school and a great soccer program. They just got a new coaching staff,’” Chong said. “I said, ‘Yeah, why not?’ And then from there, it was just contacting each other, emailing.”

About a year and a half later, Chong was in the starting lineup for the Orange’s 2011 season opener at Colgate.

After that game, though, Chong’s role changed from starter to reliable substitute who head coach Ian McIntyre could call on to spell his veteran players. Now, with his first few weeks of college soccer completed, Chong’s emotions have begun to shift from apprehension to confidence.

While Chong continues to search for his first SU goal, his teammates and coaches are still going to consider him a threat to score when Syracuse (2-5, 0-1 Big East) plays Binghamton (3-5, 0-0 America East) Tuesday at 7 p.m. in its final nonconference game of the season.

Chong’s speed and lack of hesitancy on the field have impressed his teammates since the

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with Rogers Redding, secretary-rules editor of the NCAA Football Rules Committee,” Steinbrecher said in the statement. “By rule, once the game is declared over, the score is final and there is no recourse to reverse an outcome.”

The rule referenced in the statement is Rule 1, Section 1, Article 3, Paragraph b of the 2011 NCAA Football Rules and Interpretations.

The rule states: “When the referee declares that the game is ended, the score is final (NCAA Football Rules and Interpretations, page FR-15).

By rule, once the game is declared over, the score is final and there is no recourse to reverse

first time they saw him play. Only now, McIntyre said, Chong needs to take what he’s already done one step further during Big East play.

Make assists. Score goals. Help create scoring opportunities for others.

And McIntyre knows that’s not an easy expectation for the freshman Chong to deal with.

“He’s still where he needs to make that transition and have more of an effect,” McIntyre said. “That’s a big ask for a coach for any firstyear player to demand even more. But we feel that he has a real high ceiling, and we’ve kind

“He certainly startles defenders. He doesn’t have to get by them, but it puts a sense of fear in them. It passes on to the next player. He’s definitely an impact player that can come on and get past players and sort of give a lift to everyone else.”

bobby yarbrough | staff photographer grant chong (left) started for SU in the team’s first game against Colgate. Now in mainly a reserve role, the freshman is still searching for his first career goal and assist.

of scratched the surface. He’s had a valuable experience this season.”

When Chong stepped on to that Colgate field to start his college career, one of the first things he did was glance into the stands. That only made the anxiety that had been building up for days intensify once he saw how many people were there. For someone just months removed

from high school, it was too much to take in.

Although he had some notice that he’d be in this situation, there was no way to prepare for what felt like a losing battle. Chong’s nerves wouldn’t settle down.

“They told me in the days leading up to it because some players were unable to play due to injury,” Chong said. “So they told me, ‘You may be stepping in to play, so get ready for it.’”

While his stomach might’ve been in knots, he managed to quell the emotions while he was on the field. When junior midfielder Ted Cribley saw the “jittery” freshman run straight at Colgate’s left back without fear, he realized the value Chong can bring to the Orange.

And Cribley said he’s only gotten better since that day at Colgate.

“He certainly startles defenders,” Cribley said. “He doesn’t have to get by them, but it puts a sense of fear in them. It passes on to the next player. He’s definitely an impact player that can

come on and get past players and sort of give a lift to everyone else.”

During preseason, Chong knew it was a competition for time on the field. So in every part of Syracuse’s training, he tried to outwork his teammates. In weightlifting, he tried to lift a little more than everyone else.

When the team ran, he focused on having one of the best times.

On the field, he let his game speak for itself. He wasn’t hampered down by an overzealous desire to impress his coaches and teammates. He played well in SU’s intrasquad Orange and Blue Game, scoring two goals in a win for the newcomers And all that time he spent pushing himself to train harder than his teammates paid off.

“The speed of the game is faster. The kids are bigger, faster, stronger,” Chong said. “You just have to be quick to thinking. You always have to be one step ahead of the game.”

an outcome.”

Toledo Athletic Director Mike O’Brien made a formal request Sunday to Steinbrecher to contact the Big East and ask that SU’s 33-30 overtime victory over the Rockets be vacated. O’Brien and Toledo head coach Tim Beckman felt the win should then be awarded to the Rockets.

The appeal was filed as a result of a botched official review late in the fourth quarter. With the score 29-27 following an Alec Lemon touchdown, SU kicker Ross Krautman attempted an extra point to give the Orange a three-point lead. The officials ruled the kick good on the field and then went to video replays for review.

Even after reviewing the kick, the officials said it was good.

Since the game’s conclusion, the Big East has

issued a statement indicating the officials made a mistake. Krautman’s kick was in fact wide left.

O’Brien said on Monday that UT accepts the ruling and the Big East’s statement that the league will stand by the call on the field.

“While we are obviously disappointed for the student-athletes, coaches and fans that an officiating error played a role in the outcome of our football game at Syracuse, we accept the ruling from the Big East and the NCAA Football Rules Committee that the final outcome of the game cannot be reversed,” O’Brien said in a statement.

“We appreciate the efforts of those who looked into this matter. We consider the matter closed and now look forward to the remainder of the Rocket football season.”

Syracuse has also moved on from the con-

troversial call that led to Toledo’s appeal for Syracuse to vacate its win over the Rockets late Sunday night.

SU head coach Doug Marrone agreed with the Big East’s statement acknowledging the incorrect call on the extra point. But he also said there will always be some human error in a game and that unfortunately for the Rockets, it affected their team.

“I do know I have confidence that we will all work extremely hard to make sure that those errors are reduced,” Marrone said. “It’s a very difficult game. I understand that Toledo has looked to vacate the win. I understand their feelings, but as far as we’re concerned here, we’ve moved on to the next opponent.”

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tuesday

september 27, 2011

SPORTS

2011 OLYMPIC SPORTS PREVIEW

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the daily orange

part 3 of 6

football

SU banged up, closes practice

By Mark Cooper Asst. Sports Editor

Doug Marrone clearly laid out his reasoning behind his increased privacy with the team this week. The Syracuse head coach is leading an extremely banged-up Orange team, and with the injuries piling up, he’s closing off practice this week to “figure out what is best with this football team.”

“We have a lot of injuries. I’m not going to lie to you,” Marrone said at his Monday press conference. “We have guys who are banged up, we have to make a decision on players.

Some players will be in casts, some players will be heavily wrapped up.

Some people may practice, may not practice. We as coaches have to decide whether they will play or not.

“In doing so, we’re going to close

see injuries page 14

basketball bobby yarbrough | staff photographer Andrea fisher (4) and samantha hinz (5) are two of 11 international players on Syracuse. Fisher is a native of Burlington, Ontario, and Hinz is from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Eight of SU’s 18 players are from Canada, two are from China and one is from Puerto Rico.

Global culture

By David Wilson

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Staff Writer

hen a ball hit the ceiling in a game at the Utah State Tournament three weeks ago, Syracuse’s Canadian hitters started to cheer. They thought they had won the point.

But the point went on.

“I feel like a lot of the Canadians played in America at least once in like a tournament before they came, but even this weekend — in Canada the ball isn’t allowed to hit the roof,” middle blocker Samantha Hinz said, “and the ball hit the roof in a game this weekend and all the Canadians cheered, but no, there was no point.”

But the slight difference in rules is only one of the growing pains a Syracuse team with a heavy international influence has had to overcome this season. Head coach Jing Pu has experience handling a variety of backgrounds and helping the players adjust to the American style of play. Since 2004, Syracuse has boasted a roster that features at

Strong international influence gives Syracuse roster unique complexion

least three players from outside the United States.

For the most part, it has been Canadian players from Quebec, Ontario or Saskatchewan, but there have also been players from China and one from Puerto Rico.

In 2011, though, Pu and the Orange have taken it to another level. The Orange has 11 players from Canada, China and Puerto Rico. SU added six more international players to the roster to the five already on the team to start this season. The six new players from Canada and China make it the largest international recruiting class in recent memory for SU, and they are also being called upon to fill the void left by the departure of three seniors.

The Orange still does plenty of recruiting in the United States, but its unparalleled presence in Canada has helped SU’s recent run of success on the court.

“I don’t think it’s so much that we’re focused in recruiting international players,” assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Kelly Morrisroe said.

Midnight Madness set for Oct. 14

By Michael Cohen Sports Editor

“It’s kind of an untapped resource up there (in Canada).”

And SU’s high number of international players comes in large part because other teams are unwilling to recruit in a largely unknown market, unaware of how exactly the Canadian education and athletic systems work.

“There’s definitely competition, but more so with players here in the United States,” Morrisroe said. “A lot of other institutions aren’t necessarily as familiar with the Canadian system because it’s a little bit different than the American system.”

In Canada, students attend primary schools for 12 years before going to college, as opposed to the American system of kindergarten through 12th grade in high school, a period of 13 years.

But Syracuse’s success recruiting international players isn’t just a product of its familiarity with the international system.

Pu, who came to the United States from China, can relate to the foreign players. Pu graduated see volleyball page 16

In a way, this year’s Midnight Madness celebration was inspired by Juli Boeheim. The wife of Syracuse men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim works closely with Galaxy Communications to plan the annual celebration, and her knowledge of Kentucky’s Big Blue Madness event stuck with CEO Ed Levine.

“Juli’s always been talking to us about Kentucky,” Levine said. “So my No. 1 goal was to do a bigger Midnight Madness than Kentucky. That I definitely want to do.”

With that in mind, Levine and his staff have booked three acts that he hopes will form “the biggest Midnight Madness in the country as far as entertainment value.”

The annual event to celebrate the beginning of the men’s and women’s

see midnight madness page 14