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students to boycott antienvironmental businesses.

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SU to provide first round of flu vaccines

recognition, campus parkour club puts fun before formality.

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Why the jump?

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A push to attract research money for Syracuse University colleges and projects resulted in a huge spike in research funds from 2008 to 2009. Additional grants from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 helped boost the research pool.

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In the early ‘80s, professor David Bennett took a handful of students to Europe for a summer semester.

The history professor led the group through the battlefield trenches of World War I, the bomb craters canvassing the French beaches from World War II and many harrowing museums and sites of two of the bloodiest wars in human history.

“We took a week tour of France. We stopped briefly in Somme, where there was a major offensive in 1916. In two and a half hours, the British saw 20,000 casualties,” Bennett said. “These places were extraordinarily memorable. That’s where we brought a few good Syracuse students. One of them was Andrew Berlin, and he was remarkable.”

It was because of these memories and the impact Bennett had on Berlin, the president and chief executive officer of Berlin Packaging in Chicago and class of ’83 alumnus, that Berlin decided to give back to Syracuse University with a $500,000 endowment gift for research. The half-million dol-

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With the pandemonium over last year’s H1N1 virus subsided, the university’s efforts to promote flu vaccines will be less aggressive than last year’s.

The first clinic for flu vaccines will be held Oct. 15 in Flanagan Gymnasium from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

“The flu, as an illness, occurs every year. It’s seasonal,” said Kathy VanVechten, special assistant to the director of Health Services. “It causes an illness that causes students to miss class and miss assignments, and that can be avoided with the flu shot.”

The flu vaccines will be available to all Syracuse University and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students, but the expected student turnout is uncertain.

The number of doses of flu vaccines available for the 2010-11 season has not been confirmed, VanVechten said, but

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Football ticket sales outpace last year’s Student wakes up to burglar in

By Heather Wentz Contributing Writer

The number of football tickets sold this year has surpassed last year’s total at this point, due to more students buying tickets for the 2010 football season.

“Student sales are up,” said Scott Sidwell, executive senior associate

athletics director. “The number of students that were in attendance at the first two home games is a good indicator of what kind of support we’re looking at for the remainder of the season.”

Last year, about 20,000 tickets were sold at the beginning of the season, Sidwell said. This year, sales

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are already in the low- to mid-20,000s, and sales are expected to continue, he said.

A large freshman class size is the main cause of the increase, Sidwell said, but not the only cause. Sidwell said ticket sales are also up for those in the Syracuse community.

“People are excited to be back in the Dome,” Sidwell said. “We just want them to get engaged and make it a real hostile environment for the visiting teams.”

Increased ticket promotion also helped sales.

A new sales team, helped by some in the Department of Sport Management, worked to target those outside SU, Sidwell said. The sales

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bedroom of Madison apartment

By Michael Boren Asst. News Editor

A student’s off-campus apartment was burglarized Monday after he awoke to an unknown man in his bedroom, said Department of Public Safety Chief Tony Callisto.

When the student confronted the man about why he was there, he took out a small knife and fled with some of the student’s personal items, Callisto said.

The burglary occurred at the student’s apartment on the 1000 block of Madison Street after the student awoke to the suspect at 10:45 a.m., he said.

This is the second instance DPS

reported this semester in which a student’s apartment was entered while he or she was still home and was shown a knife.

Callisto said DPS suspects the man entered the apartment through an unlocked exterior door. The student was not injured.

There are no updates on the suspect, and a detective from Syracuse police will follow up on the case, said Syracuse Police Department Sgt. Gary Bulinski.

“We haven’t IDed anybody at this point in time,” he said.

The suspect was described as a 5-foot-5, 150-pound male in his late

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Obama says public schools inadequate

President Barack Obama said Monday that Washington, D.C., public schools can’t provide his daughters with the same level of education as the elite private school they currently attend, according to The Washington Post. After Obama won the 2008 presidential election, he enrolled his daughters, Malia and Sasha, in the Sidwell Friends School, a private school where past presidents have enrolled their children. Obama made the comments about D.C. schools on Monday, during an appearance on NBC’s “Today” show. On the show, Obama was asked by a woman from the television audience whether a D.C. public school could measure up to his children’s private school. Obama said D.C. public schools “are struggling,” even though city schools have made important improvements over the last few years, according to The Washington Post. Former President Jimmy Carter’s daughter, Amy Carter, was the last White House student to attend a public school in D.C.

Southwest expands, buys AirTran

Southwest Airlines said on Monday it agreed to buy AirTran Airways, according to The New York Times. Southwest is the largest low-fare carrier in the country and purchased AirTran, its smaller rival, for $1.4 billion. The transaction allows Southwest to expand in New York and Boston and move into Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson, the busiest airport in the United States. The purchase was approved by the boards of both companies, Southwest said, but the deal still needs regulatory and shareholder approval. In total, the deal is valued at $3.4 billion when AirTran’s aircraft leases and debt are included. The acquisition is the third for Southwest in 30 years and its most aggressive to date, according to The New York Times.

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Plans start for coming MayFest

By Laurence Leveille Asst. Copy Editor

Following MayFest’s overhaul last year, students and university officials have begun to meet this semester to plan the preliminary stages of MayFest 2011.

“We started immediately following last year’s event, as far as the breakdown that happened last year,” said Neal Casey, Student Association Student Life Committee chair.

SA and University Union members recently met with Thomas Wolfe, senior vice president and dean of student affairs, to begin discussing plans for next year’s event.

A committee made of administrators and students across campus will

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Obama pledges Story time high graduation rate for 2020

stephen krashen , an education researcher and activist, explains the importance of learning to read during a speech Monday in Hinds Hall. Krashen was at Syracuse University as the School of Information Studies’ Center for Digital Literacy’s annual Distinguished Lecture.

He is a professor emeritus at the Rossier School of Education’s language and learning department at the University of Southern California and has written more than 350 papers and books on topics ranging from literacy to bilingual education.

By Dara McBride Asst. News Editor

The United States has fallen behind in education and must work toward the goal of becoming the nation with the highest number of college graduates by 2020, President Barack Obama said Tuesday in a conference call.

Obama spoke from the Oval Office to participating college students on changes in higher education, health care concerns and the importance of youth voting. Before opening the line to questions, Obama brought up “something that is probably going to make as big a difference in our success as a nation as anything we do”— strengthening the higher education system.

“We have fallen behind,” he said. “In a single generation, we’ve fallen from first to 12th in college graduation rates for young adults, and if we’re serious about building a stronger economy and making sure we succeed in the 21st century, then the single most important step we can take is to make sure that every young person gets the best education possible, because countries that out-educate us today are going to

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Assembly calls for smokefree campus in three years

By Annie Knox Staff Writer

Student Association is looking into adopting a policy that would limit cigarette smoking on campus and ultimately ban it within a threeyear period.

At Monday night’s meeting, SA also said a donor has given at least $10 million to the university to go toward scholarships for students.

Students are invited to a barbeque to meet and speak with the donor this Friday at 3:30 p.m. on the Quad, when the donor is publicly announced.

The smoking policy SU is looking into would mirror a model that was used by the State University of New York at Buffalo, now a smoke-free campus. It would require students to smoke at least 100 feet away from buildings in parking lots and phase in tighter restrictions in stages

throughout the three years.

Colleges for Change, a state-funded program that operates through the Onondaga County Health Department and aims to prevent tobacco use, designed the model and has partnered with 21 schools in the state to reduce smoking on campuses, said Katelyn Upcraft, who coordinates Colleges for Change’s program with SU. Upcraft presented at SA’s meeting about the benefits of SU becoming a partner in the program.

The plan would join SU with eight other colleges and universities in the state that are currently smoke-free, including SUNY Upstate Medical University and Cazenovia College, according to the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation.

Colleges for Change began to gage the SU community’s thoughts on smoking in May, when it surveyed a

danielle parhizkaran | asst. photo editor Joel Lalone , a professor at the State University of New York at Cortland, gives a guest lecture at Student Association’s meeting Monday night on tobacco use and policies on campus. random sample of 1,500 SU students and employees. The survey gathered information about people’s smoking habits and attitudes toward tobacco use on campus, and 1,167 of those selected returned the survey.

Joel LaLone, a consultant and professor of mathematics at Jefferson Community College in Watertown, N.Y., analyzed the data and

presented it to SA Monday night.

Almost a quarter of people surveyed at SU said secondhand smoke bothered them a lot, LaLone said.

Tobacco users said they smoked cigarettes more often than other forms of tobacco, but most of those who said they were smokers also said they did not smoke every day. see sa page 6

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lar Andrew Berlin Family National Security Research Fund is the most recent contribution to SU’s rapidly expanding research gifts, which are at record levels after exploding in 2009.

Donors like Berlin help enable faculty and

“A major gift and a tremendous boost for us. The idea is that we be able to make grants to support research by students and professors.

It will take a little time for the fund to build and produce an income from the endowment.”

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students, alike, to apply their area of interest to real-world dilemmas, as in the case of Berlin’s endowment. The gift will fund faculty and graduate research in the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism.

“It fits an agenda of mine, not only politically,

but as someone who loves his country,” Berlin said. “On 9/11, at that moment in time, nothing mattered other than, ‘Who did this?’ And stopping them from ever doing this again. I chose to support an institute that can provide necessary research, regardless of political affiliation.”

Gifts for research in particular fields have caused research funds to the university to grow exponentially in the past four years. In 2006, SU brought in $50 million for research. The allotment for 2010 is more than $85 million, said Gina Lee-Glauser, vice president of research for SU. The dramatic jump in funding occurred at the height of the recession. From 2007 to 2008, research funds had only grown by $4 million — from $52 million to $56 million. But from 2008 to 2009, research funds jumped from $56 million to $72 million, Lee-Glauser said.

A large portion of the increase from 2008 to 2009 in research funds came through the federal government, as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, LeeGlauser said.

Lee-Glauser stressed the expansion of gifts covers a range of disciplines and is not confined to a single area like the sciences.

Many initiatives that got off the ground in the past two or three years caused the enormous spike in research dollars, she said.

These include grants for the College of Visual and Performing Arts to employ graduate students; student-teaching jobs with Say Yes to Education; energy and environmental research through the Syracuse Center of Excellence; cyber security research at the College of Law; and the creation of a minor in global enterprise technology in cooperation with JPMorgan Chase & Co., Lee-Glauser said.

The various institutes and research organizations are among the greatest attractors of research funds to the university, as many of its faculty, who write grant proposals or enter competitions for research money, Lee-Glauser said.

Berlin’s $500,000 gift to INSCT in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs will enable graduate students and faculty research in perpetuity because the grant is an endowment, said William Banks, director of INSCT. “It’s a major gift and a tremendous boost for us,” Banks said. “The idea is that we’ll be able to make grants to support research by students and professors. It will take a little time for the fund to build and produce an income from the endowment.”

Professors like Banks work through the institute on projects focused on solving one of America’s biggest challenges, counterterrorism. Currently, Banks’ projects include studying reform to federal surveillance laws, comparing laws of war in Islamic communities with Western laws of war and counterinsurgency.

Likewise, Bennett, who the gift honored, has also contributed to the institute as a source for American and military history. He is currently compiling a book on the history of terrorism through the contemporary wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, he said.

In addition to giving a boost to research in Maxwell, the gift bolsters SU’s struggling endowment, which saw a dramatic drop in 2008 from just more than $1 billion to $630 million.

The gift also contributes to SU’s billion-dollar campaign, which hopes to attract $1 billion in gifts to the campus by 2012, said Brian Sischo,

vice president for development, in an e-mail.

The billion-dollar campaign is the culmination of all the gifts for SU colleges, building projects, endowments, research and every other area on campus since July 2005.

“This gift absolutely ties to two key priorities in the campaign for Syracuse University in that it not only supports a major academic initiative at the Maxwell School as part of cross-connections campaign priority, but it will provide invaluable research support to faculty for generations as part of the faculty excellence campaign component,” Sischo said.

The campaign currently stands at more than $765 million, Sischo said. Administrators are hoping to reach $800 million by December.

Berlin’s gift, along with the millions of dollars donated for other targeted research, will enhance the practical components of an education at SU. “I find it very touching for him to do that,” Bennett said. “It was great for me; it was great for him to do this for the university.” rastrum@syr.edu

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Say Yes to Education Near Westside Initiative Global Enterprise Technology minor Center for Human Policy and Disability Studies • Cyber security • Institute for National Security and Counterterrrorism

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Boycott Koch Industries, other companies that exploit natural resources

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ou may not know very much about the Koch brothers, but I can guarantee you probably use their products. Their massive conglomerate, based in Wichita, Kan., produces items like Brawny paper towels, Dixie cups and even Lycra — I’m looking at you, stereotypical sorority girl with tights.

And much of the brothers’ personal wealth goes toward fighting for their beliefs.

This includes not only patronage for various upper-crust philanthropies like the American Ballet Theatre, but also an estimated $100 million fight for right-wing causes, especially their right to pollute our atmosphere without recrimination.

Greenpeace has listed Koch Industries as one of the Top 10 air polluters in the country, and records indicate the Koch brothers have

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spent millions supporting various think tanks, foundations and political front groups that attempt to cast doubt on the well-supported and generally agreed upon theory of human-induced climate change.

This is what our political system is starting to look like in a post-Citizens United world, where “corporate free speech” is the doublespeak term for companies that buy favorable politicians and are then given the chance to shape their own regulations. Oil companies have done it with offshore drilling, and now industrial giants and the billionaires who run them effectively get to leverage our Congress so it works for their bottom line. This is while our oceans heat up, and the only natural environment we will likely ever know as a species is ravaged. Thankfully there’s one way to fight such influ-

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give green a chance ence, and that’s a good ol’ fashioned boycott.

Our economy is responsive to public opinion only if there are conscientious consumers who care about how a product gets made (organic, fair trade, locally grown, etc.) and where the profits get invested. I happen to think the theory of human-induced climate change is pretty solidly supported, so when various pseudo-

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academics find slight incongruities and get a paycheck from people who are interested in perpetuating such climate change skepticism, I am personally appalled.

Charles Lewis, the founder of the non-partisan Center for Public Integrity said, “The Kochs are on a whole different level. There’s no one else who has spent this much money.

The sheer dimension of it is what sets them apart. They have a pattern of lawbreaking, political manipulation and obfuscation. I’ve been in Washington since Watergate, and I’ve never seen anything like it. They are the Standard Oil of our times.”

Screw that, this country deserves better than billionaires buying public opinion, so if you’re interested in actively protesting their political manipulation, check out the Facebook page called “Boycott and Defeat

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Koch Industries” for a list of products to try and avoid.

If you’d also like to force companies to abide by environmentally friendly guidelines, start researching them online and hold them accountable. Places like American Apparel, for example, pride themselves in their sweatshop-free credentials.

There ought to be a consumer revolt against companies that pollute our air and water, companies that work to buy politicians, companies that actively exploit our natural resources unnecessarily, in pursuit of material profits.

Let’s take them down, one brand name at a time.

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

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help plan the event using MayFest 2010 as a reference to make improvements.

“I think it was a success, and I think we’ve got a good template,” Wolfe said about MayFest 2010. “I think we’re going to reflect on changes that will make it even better.”

Although discussions have begun, no plans are ready to be released until more work has been done, Casey said. Meetings with the administration will continue throughout the semester, but will become more frequent as the event gets closer during the second semester, Wolfe said.

“We really don’t anticipate a movement being made until possibly next month,” Casey said.

MayFest, an SU event since 2005, used to be held on the same day as academic presentation day SU Showcase and took place on Euclid Avenue. Nearly a year ago, Oct. 23, the administration announced classes would be reinstated on the day SU Showcase was held, seemingly putting an end to MayFest. After several meetings, SA and the administration were able to find a compromise: a separate universitysponsored day dedicated to students in Walnut Park called MayFest.

Walnut Park was split into three sections for beer for students over 21, food and music.

Students also had the opportunity to go to Block Party, which was organized by UU, right after MayFest. This year, Casey said they are talking about having MayFest and Block Party on the same day again.

Despite MayFest 2010’s revival, there was still controversy over whether students would attend MayFest in Walnut Park or party on

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Euclid Avenue. A Facebook event called “MAYFEST — Walnut Park can s**k my ba**s, I’m getting wasted on EUCLID!!!!!” was created in response to the event’s initial announcement.

No plans for this year’s MayFest have been released so far, but SA began to consider improvements at its last meeting of the semester following the event.

Suggestions from the assembly included having guest passes, places to sit and eat, new activities and allowing students to bring in backpacks, according to an article published by The Daily Orange on May 4.

Both returning and new students throughout the campus have their own suggestions for MayFest 2011.

Dhaval Parikh, a senior finance major who went to Euclid Avenue last year, said MayFest is not as fun with security at the event, like at Walnut Park.

“It’s not as fun when security is watching you and just controlling you,” he said. “What happens on Euclid is not controlled by anyone — it’s independent.”

The Department of Public Safety and Syracuse Police Department increased enforcement on city ordinances on Euclid Avenue and surrounding streets. City ordinances include open containers and noise violations, among others.

Police presence also increased. Chestnut Street Security, Inc., located at each entrance of Walnut Park, checked student IDs and made sure students under 21 did not enter the beer section, according to an article published by The Daily Orange on April 29.

“We had no problems at MayFest last year, and we’ll likely use the same plan if the event is held this year,” DPS Chief Tony Callisto said in an e-mail.

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Analysts consider people who have smoked within the last 30 days to be smokers, LaLone said. Using this criterion, one-third of SU students and employees who took the survey is considered smokers.

The results of the survey “will be helpful in determining what the best policy and enforce-

“It’s not as fun when security is watching you and just controlling you. ... What happens on Euclid is not controlled by anyone — it’s independent.”

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ence major who went to both Walnut Park and Euclid Avenue, said Euclid Avenue was more fun, but everyone was trying not to get in trouble with DPS. He also said he felt the university was trying to extinguish the traditional MayFest.

“It would be cool if they shut down Euclid, but that’s probably not going to happen,” Prosnitz said. “Then you could have stuff on the

street and actually have drinking and the academic organizations do their stuff, but that’s probably a hype-dream.”

Tesia Elder, a freshman engineering major, said she would like to see a known artist performer, prizes and giveaways.

“I’ve never experienced MayFest before,” she said, “so that’s what I figure MayFest to be.” lgleveil@syr.edu

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ment is,” said SA President Jon Barnhart.

Liz Mikula, an assembly representative and third-year architecture student, said smoking is especially popular in the School of Architecture.

“It’s definitely part of the architecture culture,” she said.

There are a high number of international students in the School of Architecture who smoke, in addition to people who smoke to calm themselves down from the school’s stress-

ful and demanding curriculum, Mikula said.

Students are constantly lighting up on the steps outside their classrooms, she said.

She does not have an official stance on the policy now, but said she was concerned the policy might force students to leave campus building steps to go smoke in dark, empty parking lots late at night and might face opposition from architecture students. abknox@syr.edu

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team started before the season began, calling Syracuse residents and SU alumni to increase interest and remind people of the upcoming season.

Since football head coach Doug Marrone’s arrival in 2008, Sidwell said there has been a renewed interest in SU football from both students and Syracuse residents. Marrone’s energetic personality has brought new life to the team, and his hard work has made people want to come out in support, Sidwell said.

Performance of the football team matters, he said. The team’s record of three wins and one loss has probably positively affected ticket sales, Sidwell said.

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Health Services does not expect there to be a shortage of seasonal vaccines this year like there was last year.

Hundreds of flu vaccines will be available to students at the first clinic, VanVechten said.

After the first clinic, health officials will assess

“Nationally, it is expected that there may be less interest in vaccines this year than in other years.

We are hoping that its not the case with students.”

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the student response and plan the vaccine supply accordingly, she said. Future flu vaccine clinics will be scheduled throughout the season, she said.

Expectations for student turnout cannot be made before assessments from the first clinic

Season tickets can be purchased any time of the year, Sidwell said. The box office starts sending out renewal letters to season ticket holders in February after the schedule comes out, and then people can buy them any time after that.

Season tickets are still available for purchase, and Sidwell said people would most likely continue to buy until the University of Pittsburgh game on Oct. 16.

For students, SU football season tickets are $100, and for the general public, the season tickets start at $100 and can go up from there, depending on where fans want to sit. Fans can also buy the Third-Down Package, which consists of tickets to three home games of their choice for $75. Sidwell said students can purchase the combo pack, which includes football and basketball season tickets for a discounted rate, and many take advantage of the deal.

are complete, VanVechten said. But Health Services has already received a number of inquiries from students asking for information about the flu vaccine clinics.

Ashleigh Martin, a senior history and political science major, said she thinks there will be a big student turnout because getting vaccinated seems to be a priority for college students.

Last year, Martin said she had to wait in line for at least 30 minutes to get the vaccine.

She said she expects there to be long lines at this year’s clinic as well.

“I hate getting the flu. I had it before, and it was awful,” Martin said. “I know so many people who got swine flu last year, and they suffered because of it.”

But this year, VanVechten said people are experiencing “flu-shot fatigue.” People seem to be less interested in flu vaccines this year because there were relatively mild outbreaks of swine flu after the hype of the illness spread last year.

“Nationally, it is expected that there may be less interest in vaccines this year than in other years,” VanVechten said. “We’re hoping that’s not the case with students.”

Carol Masiclat, a Health Services spokeswoman, said it seems reasonable to believe last year’s media coverage of the outbreak of the swine flu virus motivated students to show more interest in flu vaccines.

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“People are excited to be back in the Dome. ... We just want them to get engaged and make it a real hostile environment for the visiting teams.”

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Jon Bigel, a freshman health and exercise science major, is a season ticket holder and said he has enjoyed himself at the games so far. Bigel said he had planned to purchase basketball tickets over the summer, but because of the student combo deal, he decided to purchase that instead.

But not all SU students want to buy season tickets.

Dean Spence, a junior economics and math

major, said he bought season tickets his freshman and sophomore year, but did not go to nearly as many games as he thought he would, and it ended up being a waste of money.

The football team not playing well in the past couple of years influenced his decision, Spence said.

“In the quality of opponents we were playing, it didn’t seem worth the money,” Spence said.

The swine flu is no longer a pandemic flu, which means the virus has mostly run its course, Masiclat said. But students should still remain concerned about staying healthy during the flu season, she said.

Unlike last year, university officials will not pay as much special attention to this year’s campaign for flu vaccines, Masiclat said. Last year’s campaign included a five and a half minute video called “Otto vs. The Flu.” “The campaign that came out last year was really about the heightened interest in getting information about H1N1 because it was new,” Masiclat said.

VanVechten said although this year’s campaign will not be as “extraordinarily extensive” as last year, Health Services will continue to keep students updated about flu vaccine clin-

ics and with information about the flu through news services. The university has consistently promoted flu vaccines for students in past years and will continue to do so this year, she said.

This year’s flu vaccines will protect against an H3N2 virus, an influenza B virus and the H1N1 virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. To prevent the flu, students should wash their hands, get adequate nutrition, get six to nine hours of sleep and exercise.

“We hope that students will choose to get vaccinated because it remains one of the most effective ways to avoid getting the flu,” Masiclat said. “The university wants everyone to make sure everyone can stay as healthy as they can this flu season.”

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out-compete us tomorrow.”

The president has proposed once again becoming the top nation for college graduates and having the highest rate of college graduates in the world by 2020. He said the administration is currently putting into effect the policies needed.

“Our classrooms, our professors, our administrators, students — you guys are going to drive future success of the United States,” he said.

Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs, said Syracuse University supports the president’s decision on higher education.

“President Obama has underlined the important role that higher education must play in assuring the prosperity of America’s youth and the nation as a whole,” Quinn said in e-mail.

“Syracuse University strongly supports his calls for increasing access to higher education, evident in our own record of strong financial support for students in recent years.”

The past two years, the university increased financial aid to accepted students, according to an article published in The Daily Orange on Sept. 7.

Federal Work-Study at SU was cut by 20 percent this year and was without the extra $600,000 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 last year, according to an article in Monday’s The Daily Orange.

But Obama said the government is working to make college more affordable.

This includes simplifying fi nancial aid forms and changing how federal student loans are administered. Obama said federal student loan money would be redirected away from the bank middleman and directly to students. The

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change will support community colleges and make college more affordable for nearly eight million students and families, he said.

The administration is also tripling the investment in college tax credits for middle class families and raising the value of Federal Pell Grants, which will keep up with the rate of inflation, he said.

Future borrowers are also able to choose a payment plan so they will not have to pay more than 10 percent of salary each month to service student loans. Those who go into public service will have any leftover loans forgiven after 10 years.

The Affordable Care Act, which allows young adults to stay on their parents’ health care until the age of 26, would also help college students and recent graduates deal with finances, Obama said.

“Obviously, it’s up for students to finish, but we can help remove some barriers — especially for those who are earning degrees while working or raising families,” Obama said.

Obama said he wanted to open the doors of colleges to more people, making college easier for those from disadvantaged backgrounds, military veterans and children of illegal immigrants. He said it was a setback the DREAM Act was not passed last week.

Chris Walsh, director of the Higher Education Compact Program in the Syracuse chapter of Say Yes to Education, said he thought the president’s 2020 goal to have the most college graduates in the world was attainable. The social and economic barriers that currently keep students from earning a college degree are beginning to come down, he said.

Walsh, former dean of financial aid and scholarship programs at SU, said the resources to go to college — scholarships and financial aid — are available, but students need to become

“Obviously, it’s up for students to finish, but we can help remove some barriers — especially for those who are earning degrees while working or raising families.”

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more aware of the availability.

“A lot of students and families opt out of pursuing higher education because the cost is outside their reach,” Walsh said.

Students need to be prepared for further education early on, becoming proficient in basic math and reading skills, Walsh said. The U.S. is currently up against nations that place more emphasis on education, something the U.S. needs to have more of, he said.

“The U.S. competes in a world economy,” Walsh said. “And in order to be successful, America has to be able to perform in a competitive market with other nations.”

Obama also focused on reaching out to young people to get them to register to vote. He said he wanted to send a message to young people across the country on the importance of the 2010 elections.

The youth vote was heavily involved in his 2008 presidential campaign in response to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the economy

and health care. The excitement is not as strong now for young people, Obama said, because the old politics and party arguments are still present.

He said he hopes young people will become re-engaged instead of ignoring the mid-term elections.

“What I want to do is just go, speak to young people directly and remind them of what I said during the campaign, which was, ‘Change is always hard in this country, it doesn’t happen overnight,’” Obama said.

Obama encouraged young people to continue to live vibrant, dynamic lives, despite facing the challenging economic times.

“If you are able to work together as a generation to pack all longstanding problems that you inherited, but that are solvable,” he said, “then there is no reason why the 21st century’s not going to be the American Century, just like the 20th century.” dkmcbrid@syr.edu

HOW OBAMA PLANS TO HELP HIGHER EDUCATION • Simplifying financial aid forms • Having student loans go directly to the student • Raising the value of Pell Grants, and having them keep with the rate of inflation • Tripling the investment in college tax credits for middle class families

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teens to early 20s, Callisto said. He was last seen in jeans and a black hooded sweatshirt.

Burglars look for the simplest way to enter homes in many cases, he said. They’ll check various doors and then walk in through the first

one that’s open and start stealing, Callisto said.

“They’re always looking for the easy way,” he said.

Callisto said he does not want to assign blame to the victim in this case, but he added it was important to make sure exterior doors and windows are locked. mcboren@syr.edu

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Students who cheat are more likely to exhibit negative personality habits

By Victoria Napoli

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tudents who cheat on tests and papers may have something in common with felons, according to a recent psychological study.

A series of three studies suggest certain negative personality traits, such as psychopathy, can predict academic cheating among adolescents, according to an article in the September issue of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.

In the first of a series of three studies, researchers at the University of British Columbia surveyed 249 college students through anonymous, take-home personality tests, according to a news release issued by the American Psychological Association. Tests were based on two groups of personality traits — the Dark Triad and the Big Five.

The Dark Triad includes negative traits of psychopathic behavior, Machiavellianism and narcissism, meaning a person is likely to show traits of cynicism, manipulative behavior, arrogance and feelings of entitlement. The Big Five encompasses the positive traits of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability and openness to experiences.

The study revealed students who admitted to cheating scored higher on measures of all the Dark Triad traits in the first study, according to the journal article. The report also revealed psychopathic behavior was the strongest predictor of cheating, while Machiavellianism and narcissism came after.

Using the same personality variables in the second study as the first, researchers examined cheating behavior by sending students’ essays through Turnitin, an online system that measures how much of a paper is plagiarized, according to the news release.

The second study revealed a strong relationship between the Dark Triad and plagiarism, with psychopathic behavior still the top predictor, according to the news release.

The third study looked at why students cheat. Researchers had 223 college students take online personality tests and rate themselves on a Self-Report Cheating Scale. The scale presented students with 26 behavior choices, such as “Brought hidden notes to a school test” and “Copied someone else’s answers on a school test without them knowing.”

The third study revealed subgroups of students who expressed three common justifications for cheating — to achieve an academic goal, unconcerned potential punishments and

a lack of moral inhibition, according to the journal article.

Ben Bradley, associate professor of ethics, said he has noticed some of his students get overwhelmed and feel like they need to cheat to get ahead.

“There also are some cases where students don’t intentionally cheat, and they just may not realize they are doing it, like borrowing an idea without contributing to the correct source,” Bradley said.

Molly Brunkard, a senior music history major, said she did consider borrowing an idea to be cheating. She said she did not see the point to cheating.

“I think cheating ruins the entire point of education,” Brunkard said. “We pay all this money to go to school, and if we cheat, we’re not learning anything.”

Lisa Szafran, a visiting assistant professor of psychology, pointed out although the study revealed a strong correlation between the nega-

illustration by molly snee | art director tive personality traits and cheating behaviors, it does not suggest a student with the traits is definitely a cheater.

“One of the main reasons researchers look at personality is to understand and predict behaviors,” Szafran said. “It can help identify people that may be more susceptible to cheating, but it would be wrong to say that all narcissists, for example, cheat.”

Szafran said everyone falls somewhere within the personality traits because he or she is seen on a continuum. A person will be more or less likely to exhibit certain behaviors depending on where he or she falls along the continuum, she said.

Researchers in the study suggested teach-

ers could work to minimize cheating in the classroom by creating different exam forms that test the same material, issuing clear warnings about university cheating standards, banning cell phones and other electronic device use in the classroom, and using plagiarism-detection software, according to the journal article.

“I do believe that people can change their behavior. It’s really hard to change personalities because it’s engrained in who people are,” Szafran said. “But behavior related to certain personality traits can change based on positive reinforcement, such as a reward for not doing a specific behavior.” vdnapoli@syr.edu

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With each leap, parkour club turns campus into personal playground

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or James Redenbaugh, parkour isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a sport â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a way of life.

There was no official training regimen for Redenbaugh, a third-year architecture major. For him and other members of the parkour club at Syracuse University, practices grew organically. They sprang, literally, from a greater philosophy of returning to natural movements. Members can be seen running, climbing and vaulting around campus every week, anywhere from Hendricks Chapel to one of their favorite spaces, the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

American Parkour, the largest parkour and freerunning group in the world, defi nes the method as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the physical discipline of

training to overcome any obstacle within oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s path by adapting oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movements to the environment,â&#x20AC;? on its website.

Though freestyle running originated before World War I, it has recently reemerged as a cultural phenomenon. Rafe Emerson, a graduate psychology student, calls the improvised travel method a â&#x20AC;&#x153;renewed innocence.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about remembering how you used to traverse as a kid,â&#x20AC;? Emerson said.

The club began organizing last semester through the creation of a Facebook page.

The group now has 35 members, about 20 of which train regularly. Though Emerson can claim nine intermittent years of gymnastics experience, he and Redenbaugh emphasize no formal training is necessary to join them.

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Q&A with Goo Goo Dolls bass guitarist, Robby Takac

By Erica Murphy CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Goo Goo Dolls will make Syracuse its next stop of its 2010 tour. The band is coming to the Mulroy Civic Center’s Crouse-Hinds Theater at the Oncenter in downtown Syracuse Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The band’s bass guitarist, Robby Takac, talked with The Daily Orange about the band’s long history with the Syracuse area and its new album, “Something For The Rest Of Us.”

The Daily Orange: Have you ever played in Syracuse before?

Takac: Tons of times. We played at the (New York State) Fairgrounds about three to four times over the years. Being from Buffalo, (N.Y.), this is one of the places we could drive up to. We used to play at the Lost Horizon and the Pyramid Gallery. Of course there are so many other beautiful theaters as well.

It’s pretty close to your hometown of Buffalo.

Do you get that hometown feel when you do play here?

It means I can get a night with my cats. I just moved back to Buffalo after spending 13 years in L.A. I opened a studio, which is where we recorded a lot of our new album, and I kept it open commercially once we were finished.

Is there a certain place you make sure you hit on every tour?

My wife is from Japan, so I really enjoy going to Tokyo and hanging out. It’s like being on Mars, and it’s a lot of fun. We’ve been there a thousand times. It’s one of my favorite places on the planet. If you ever get a chance to go to Japan, go there. It’s really an amazing place.

Your new album just came out at the end of August. What types of issues do the songs deal with? What were you hoping to accomplish with these lyrics?

I don’t think it is a stretch to think that some folks are going to be able to relate to what’s on this record. There are still 10,000 people shooting guns over in Iraq and Afghanistan. It sure doesn’t seem like an end of the war to me. It’s really a terrifying time. You have to take a real look at what’s going on. When it is time for us to start writing about stuff, we just sit down and write, and within a few months, the record takes on a theme. You look out into the vast equation, which comprises humanity, and it’s not always a happy situation. That was something that needed to be addressed.

How is this album’s sound different from your previous works?

We’re obviously a little bit older, so when we go into the studio, physically we have a producer leading us through the process. But this time, we weren’t really looking for him to guide us through the process, but rather work with us through the process. We thought we were done, and we turned it in. Then we started listening to the tracks and ended up bringing up the files again. We had all the songs out, and we were working on all of them again. We brought in a few of our other fans to help us out. The difference with this record is we were a little more in control than we were in past records. It was our record to make and up to us to get it done.

It sounds more like a record we would make because we had more input.

Will you play mostly new songs? Or can we expect to hear some of the classics?

We usually play about half our new record.

We know there are a good 13, 14 songs that we need to play because people would be really upset if we didn’t. That’s a really good problem to have.

Are you getting the type of response you were looking for with this album?

The response we are looking for is that people relate to what we are doing. We have been making records for a long time. Each time we go and try to put one out, we get an internal crisis. You sort of forget about that stuff and just write about what’s on your mind. We did 100 shows before this record came out. Videos from those shows were making it onto YouTube and Facebook pages, and a huge amount of the audience knew these new songs. The Internet is always something we are terrified of. It could single-handedly be the demise for the radio industry. For the first time on this tour, I got to see something positive happen. People actually understand how it works and are having real relationships. People are discovering music and discovering songs. For someone to be singing a song we haven’t even put out yet, that has never happened before. We have 600,000 people on our fan page, and I can reach those people in 10 seconds. Take that away from music and put that into real people’s lives. I do see a way this thing can start to bring people together. I notice it in my little world, and my little world is making rock music. The impact this can have is a pretty exciting thing.

Is there anything else you’d like to mention?

We do a canned good drive at all our concerts.

It’s called USAHarvest.org. We have raised over 9 million meals. Please bring canned goods or nonperishable items to the concert. Whoever brings the most gets to come back and meet the band and take pictures and things like that. We appreciate all the help we can get, so please come and support our cause. emmurp08@syr.edu

Two Door Cinema Club to headline second Bandersnatch installment

By Sara Tracey ASST. FEATURE EDITOR

Indie rockers Two Door Cinema Club will headline the second show in this year’s Bandersnatch Music Series, University Union announced Monday.

The concert will be held on Oct. 19 in Schine Underground at 8 p.m., with doors opening at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on Where: Schine sale Tuesday at the Underground When: Oct. 19, 8 p.m. Schine Box Office.

How much: $7, $5 for Fans won’t have to wait long between students with valid SU/ESF ID performances, with Two Door Cinema Club playing only a week after Bandersnatch’s fi rst concert, headlined by DJ Steve Aoki.

UU projects they will sell between 300 and 325 tickets for the event, said Trevor Elwell, co-president of Bandersnatch. Tickets will be $5 for Syracuse University and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students, but others will be charged $7.

Having both Bandersnatch concerts so close together was not necessarily planned, Elwell said. The dates were chosen based on openings on the performers’ touring schedules.

Still under America’s radar, Two Door Cinema Club, an indie rock band with an electric flair, hails from Ireland. Elwell said UU wanted to bring them to SU because of their blossoming stateside success.

“We’re bringing them here mostly because they’ve been doing really well in Europe and places like that,” said Elwell, a senior

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There is no safety net in parkour. Training in a gymnasium is not the same as jumping across rooftops. Here, the consequences are harsher. The stakes are raised.

“You get certain skills (in gymnastics) that are transferable to parkour, but in many ways, it retards your ability because you learn to do things on safe mats and springs. But outside, for parkour, it’s concrete,” Emerson said. “It doesn’t bend, so when you fall … it ends up making you afraid. You don’t quite let yourself go as much, and it actually hinders you, and you don’t do quite as well.”

Traceurs, or parkour participants, train together in what they call a jam. For an hour, they practice running movements like wall hops, cat crawls and dash vaults. Each move requires serious momentum and balance. Redenbaugh said the point of training is learning how not to get hurt. There have been no broken bones or injuries in the club since its arrival on campus.

“Most of the guys did some stuff over the summer … but a lot of guys are new to it,” said Redenbaugh, a contributing photographer for The Daily Orange.

Christian Leadley, a senior musical theater major, had unique motivations for joining the club. Leadley is cast in the drama department’s “Jungalbook,” based on Rudyard Kipling’s jungle adventure stories.

“If I’m going to play a monkey, I might as well learn how to be a monkey,” Leadley said.

psychology major in the Bandier Program for Music and Entertainment Industries. “We wanted to bring them and get them some exposure in the U.S. We thought that they’d get a good audience here.”

The band released its fi rst studio album, “Tourist History,” in the U.S. this past April.

Two Door Cinema Club played its single, “I Can Talk,” on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” in May 2010.

Tagging along with Two Door Cinema Club are GROUPLOVE and Penguin Prison.

Both opening groups are currently touring with the headliner, Elwell said.

DJ Aoki, who will be the fi rst performance in the Bandersnatch Series, will perform Oct. 11 at 8 p.m., also at Schine Underground.

UU is currently holding auditions for a student disc jockey to open for Aoki. Those who deem themselves worthy enough must send in a mix or a set of their work as MP3 fi les. Determining the contestant’s fates with a single click, students can then vote on the set they like the most on suaokiopener.com, Elwell said. Voting for the entrants starts Oct. 1 and goes until Oct 6. The three fi nalists with the most votes will each perform a set before the concert. The winner will be announced on the day of the show, according to a UU press release.

Elwell believes having a European band come to SU will not hinder audience numbers in the least.

“You can’t really go wrong with this kind of band,” he said. “I hope that those that do know the band will get tickets, and those that do not know the band will be intrigued.” smtracey@ syr.edu

While balancing on a rail, he explains, “You just have to use your imagination, like a kid.”

To non-members, the sight of students flinging themselves around campus is captivating.

Alex Fay didn’t know what parkour was before seeing the club practice around campus.

“I think it’s awesome,” said Fay, a junior international relations major. “It’s like acrobatics … I’d love to learn how to do stuff like that.”

Fay would be joining the likes of Alec Hembree and Andrew Parnas, both sophomore architecture majors who began practicing with the club last semester. They intend to use the rest of this semester to hone their skills.

The Office of Student Life has yet to officially recognize the club. However it has not sought out recognition, either.

Redenbaugh said the club has not yet run into any liability problems and hopes the university doesn’t oppose the organization any time soon. Parkour clubs are recognized on many college campuses around the country, such as Iowa State University, University of Michigan and University of Georgia in Athens.

Redenbaugh doesn’t plan on holding back as he continues to explore the limits of parkour.

Without rules or regulations, there’s nothing to stop him from pushing the practice. It’s just him, open space and a landscape full of possibilities.

“Loosen up. Don’t think — explore,” Redenbaugh said. “Use what’s there in unconventional ways.” knbaug@ syr.edu

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ith “Hands All Over,” Maroon 5 has released its largest, topproduced and most consistent album to date. With enough hits to sell tons of records, songs like “Give A Little More,” “Don’t Know Nothing” and “I Can’t Lie” rank among the band’s best works. But in the midst of all the catchy melodies, glitzy guitar and funky drumming, the band has taken a step back to give its producer, Robert “Mutt” Lange, perhaps too much creative control.

Indeed, “Hands All Over” lacks the vigor that characterized previous albums, “Songs About Jane” and “It Won’t Be Soon Before Long.”

By sticking to scripts of love, sex, heartbreak and drama, the band isn’t trying to fool anyone — this is the same Adam Levine and Maroon 5 we have always known.

Yet the styles within songwriting and recording have changed drastically. This is the most pop Maroon 5 has ever put into an album, and the irresistible melodies and sleek studio engineering certainly reflect as much. Instrumentation is airtight, and Levine’s voice shines throughout, but generic lyrics and worn-out themes drag the overall product down.

The other side of the coin, however, reveals the lyrics intentionally don’t require careful attention. Since Lange and Maroon 5 primarily want us dancing and singing along, heavy attention has been paid to melody and crafting catchy songs.

Lead single “Misery” is fun and formulaic, virtually a twin brother of the band’s 2003 smash “This Love.” Here, the band has clearly sacrificed pushing itself in a new direction.

But how upset can we really be when the song sounds so good? Second track and single “Give A Little More” follows suit, an infectious and bouncy song that would have been right at home back in 1978, with its Bee Gees-era disco vibe.

The lead singles certainly won’t blow anyone away. But that’s not their point anyway.

The songs are supposed are to be catchy and accessible, as well as set the tone for the rest of “Hands All Over.” What results is an album with seamless flow that sounds great, front to back.

The band takes off its collective platform shoes and brings back the guitar with “Stutter,” a rock-pop jam with a million-dollar chorus. “Don’t Know Nothing” finds Maroon 5 expanding its sound, bringing some fresh and unexpected melodies into the mix, whereas “Never Gonna Leave This Bed” is a standard emotional effort.

“I Can’t Lie” is a standout track, perfectly synthesizing piano-guitar-vocal harmony interplay that has made Maroon 5 so successful. Title track “Hands All Over” is a sleazy glam-rock staple, reminiscent of Def Leppard.

Suspicious, considering Lange produced all of Leppard’s hits in the 1980s. “How” is a bit cheesy, sorely missing the signature funk sound, instead sounding too much like a stencil cut out ballad.

The same analysis holds true for “Just A Feeling,” the album’s second ballad. As sweet and sugary as the track is, it is not Maroon 5’s style. It would probably be better suited as the theme music for a teenage soap opera. Fortunately, “Out of Goodbyes” (featuring Lady Antebellum) ends the album on an odd note, finding Maroon 5 exploring new styles and tapping into the country music genre.

It’s difficult to pick apart something that sounds so good. This is any critic’s dilemma, and in the case of “Hands All Over,” the temptation to overanalyze will result in a distorted picture of what this album is about. These are pop songs, all clocking less than four minutes and each crafted with the intent of making people dance and sing along. Fans expecting a creative step forward will be disappointed, as will critics who misunderstand this band’s intentions. Maroon 5 is fun, funky and catchy.

It always has been. “Hands All Over,” if nothing else, reaffirms the band’s identity and shows Levine and the crew have become experts at their craft. ajhaeder@syr.edu

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Carter wins Big East accolade off career-high performance

By Andrew L. John Sports Editor

Off to its best start in seven seasons, Syracuse may have found some additional momentum heading into the Big East portion of its schedule.

Running back Delone Carter was named Big East Offensive Player of the Week for his performance Saturday against Colgate, the conference announced Monday. Carter, a senior from Copley, Ohio, rushed for a career-best 172 yards and four touchdowns on just 14 carries Saturday against the Raiders in the Carrier Dome.

Syracuse has a bye week this weekend and will face South Florida in Tampa, Fla., on Oct. 9 to begin its seven-game Big East slate.

“The line did a great job opening up the hole,” fullback Adam Harris said. “Delone is explosive when he gets into that open field. He is going to

Wide-ranging problem Notable SU football season-ending wide receiver injuries: Name

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be hard to catch. He showed great effort getting into the end zone.”

Against the Raiders, Carter registered his eighth career game with at least 100 yards rushing. Through four games, Carter ranks third in the conference in rushing, with 104.8 yards per game this season, and is tied for the conference lead with five rushing touchdowns. He’s also averaging 5.7 yards per carry, which is the highest of his career with a minimum of 50 attempts.

Carter now ranks No. 11 on SU’s career rushing list with 2,290 yards.

Over the previous five seasons, the Orange only had three Offensive Players of the Week in the conference — Mike Williams in 2009, Andrew Robinson in 2007 and Damien Rhodes in 2005. Already in 2010, the Orange has two through four games.

With the honor, Carter joins Ryan Nassib as two of the four Players of the Week in the Big East through the first four weeks of the season.

Nassib won the award following SU’s 29-3 victory over Akron in its season opener Sept. 4.

Just last season, SU finished second-to-last in total offense in the Big East. Four games into this season, the Orange is third in the conference in points per game (32.2) and fourth in total offense per game (385.5 yards). Much of that credit goes to Carter and the running back’s breakout performance Saturday against Colgate.

matthew ziegler | staff photographer Delone carter (left) earned Big East Offensive Player of the Week honors after his 172-yard, four-touchdown performance in Saturday’s blowout 42-7 win over Colgate.

“It feels good,” Carter said. “It feels like that’s what we should be used to doing, and I can’t wait to do it again. I had the opportunity to gain a rhythm and feed off the energy of my teammates around me.”

Provo expected to practice Tight end Nick Provo left Saturday’s game against Colgate with what appeared to be a head injury, causing speculation that he may

have had a concussion. Marrone declined to comment on Provo’s condition to members of the media following the game, causing further speculation.

But the Syracuse coach cleared the air Monday on the Big East coaches’ weekly teleconference, confirming Provo is expecting to practice later this week.

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Provo is currently third on the team in receiving, with 10 receptions for 152 yards and a touchdown.

Holmes and Merkerson excel Heading into Saturday’s game, Syracuse hadn’t collected a single interception in three games.

Despite their talent, SU cornerbacks Mike Holmes and Da’Mon Merkerson had been inconsistent at times.

But against Colgate’s subpar passing attack, both had arguably their best games of the season. Holmes grabbed SU’s first interception of the season in the first half, returning it for a career-long 42 yards. Later in the third quarter, Merkerson snagged his first career interception as he barely got his feet down in bounds near the left sideline.

“I was really focused on the ball,” Merkerson said. “I am a receiver. I feel like I have a decent sideline presence. I was just focused on the ball.

I bobbled it a little bit, but I got the other foot down.”

Heading into Big East play, the Orange will likely need both to play well for the defense to succeed.

Rene out for season Less than two weeks after losing receiver Aaron Weaver for the season to a torn ACL, Syracuse lost another receiver during SU’s 42-7 victory over Colgate Saturday. According to a press release issued by the Syracuse athletic department, freshman wideout Steve Rene will be sidelined for the rest of the year with a shoulder injury.

Rene, who had been a contributor primarily on special teams, left Saturday’s game with the injury. An MRI was taken Sunday, revealing an injury to the shoulder joint that will require surgery.

In four games this season, Rene returned three punts and made one tackle. He is one of 15 true freshmen to have appeared for the Orange this season.

This and that Against Colgate, the Orange moved to 6-1 under Doug Marrone when leading at the half. …

Running back Antwon Bailey’s 37-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter was his first career touchdown reception. … Holmes’ first-half interception was just the first of the season for the Orange. … Defensive end Mikhail Marinovich collected a career-high six tackles against the Raiders. aljohn@s yr.edu

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Hayley Todd knows when the game turns serious. As soon as she hears the “crazy voice” of Mindy Stanislovaitis, she knows the intensity has turned up a notch.

“There are certain points in certain games when you just get really, really intense, and Mindy has this crazy voice that comes out,” Todd said. “And so that’s when you know that the game is, like, really serious. When Mindy’s crazy voice comes out.”

But those moments are about the only time when Stanislovaitis, a senior on the women’s volleyball team, is out to get the attention of her teammates. Most of the time, she’s happy when they get the attention.

“It’s been great to get recognition this year,” Stanislovaitis said. “It’s something that hasn’t happened to me pretty much in my entire career, so that’s been awesome, but I’m just as happy when the other girls play well.”

Still, it’s been hard to ignore Stanislovaitis’ play so far this season. The team has played in four tournaments, and Stanislovaitis has made the all-tournament team in half of them.

So even if the individual records don’t matter so much to Stanislovaitis, they’ve been a huge part in getting the team off to its 18-1 record start.

Stanislovaitis’ rise to the top has, in a way, mirrored that of her team’s. Last year, SU finished fifth in league play, and in the two years before that, it placed eighth, then sixth. Stanislovaitis, meanwhile, has been somewhat of a surprise this year after playing in just 22 and 17 matches the past two years.

Personally, she has dealt with injuries here and there that have stopped her from getting consistent playing time. This year, though, she is fully healthy. And that has led to her breakout. A lot of the work she has put in the past three years, she said, is coming out now.

“I have dealt with a lot of injuries these past couple years,” Stanislovaitis said.

“This year I’m just trying to be tough, play through as much as I can. Just trying to do the best I can.”

Whatever she is doing is working. There

starting strong The Syracuse volleyball team got off to a record start to its season in 2010, winning 17 consecutive matches to start the year. The start was also nearly twice its best start in the last decade. That previous high was nine wins to begin the 2004 season. Three times in the past decade, the Orange started with a loss. Here’s a look at how SU has fared in opening its season the past 10 years: Year

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were the two tournaments (Samford and Kent State) in which she made the all-tournament teams, and more recently, against Georgetown in the Big East opener on Friday, she led the team with 11 kills.

Stanislovaitis has teamed up with Todd to form an imposing on-court duo. The two are roommates and have been together for four years, and their on-court chemistry has helped make the offense a powerful one.

“I think we communicate well,” Todd said.

“It’s nice to know that if the ball’s going to anyone on the court, there is a high chance that they’re going to put it away, and that’s just a comfort for the whole team.”

And because of the departure of several offensive players from last season, Stanislovaitis has gotten a chance to be one of the stars up front.

Stanislovaitis has received that recognition this year, unlike in years past, so she’s still getting used to it. But that doesn’t mean her leadership abilities aren’t there, in addition to her obvious playing skills.

“I think, with some players leaving the team, we got more room to show what we were able to do,” junior outside hitter Noemie Lefebvre said. “And to step up and take some leadership. I think Mindy’s doing a great job at just stepping her level up and being there for the team. She’s just more dominant this year because she has the opportunity to really be upfront, a really important player on our team.”

Important? Yes. Attention-seeker? Not so much.

That is just fine with the team. Her play speaks for itself. And of course, they know when the game is about to get intense.

They just listen for that high-pitched voice.

Because besides those moments, they know

brandon weight | staff photographer Mindy stanislovaitis (center) has emerged as a consistent hitting threat for the Orange in 2010. She is one of four SU players with more than 125 kills this season.

Stanislovaitis is more than happy to f lip the attention on them.

“I’m not really one of those people that’s for individual recognition,” Stanislovaitis said.

“It’s never been the top of my list, so the further the team goes, the happier I am. Those nominations don’t matter as much to me.” rnmarcus@syr.edu

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Nick Bibbs limped toward the sideline, his left leg unwilling to bend.

After a few painful steps, he paused suddenly and fell to the ground. Lying flat on his back, Bibbs grimaced and held that left leg.

“It was just killing me,” he said.

Bibbs, a starting midfielder on the Syracuse men’s soccer team, suffered a deep bruise to his quadriceps after colliding with a Pittsburgh player in Saturday’s game against the Panthers.

SU head coach Ian McIntyre sat him out the rest of the half, but Bibbs returned to gut out 25 more minutes in a 0-0 game.

“He’s a very physical, athletic player for us,” McIntyre said. “He’s a bit of a warrior as well.”

That warrior’s mentality has earned Bibbs a spot in the starting 11 on the Orange (1-4-2) in just his first year with the program. The transfer from Division II Caldwell College has started the last five games for SU as a defensive holding midfielder. Bibbs has relied on his athleticism and toughness to earn the respect of his teammates. Heading into Tuesday’s nonconference matchup at home against Canisius at 7 p.m., Bibbs is looking to build on his gritty performance from the weekend.

For much of the second half Saturday, Bibbs found himself hampered by the injury to his quad. His limp worsened after every tackle. His

face wrinkled in pain after every collision.

But he played through.

“It shows character,” SU defender Jakob Karlgren said. “He wants to win. He wants to play.

Even if you’re hurt a little bit, he’s still in there and taking a lot of knocks. It’s a good signal for the team.”

One play late in the second half embodies that mindset. With 22 minutes to go, the Panthers linked together a few passes, resulting in a wide-open shot attempt from the top of the 18-yard box. But out of nowhere, Bibbs came sliding in to get a piece of the shot. It slowed the ball down enough so SU goalkeeper Jeremy Vuolo could make a sprawling save to knock it wide.

“I’m supposed to protect my back four,” Bibbs said. “If the (opposing team’s) forward is floating around and trying to check to the ball, I take responsibility for him.”

All game long, Bibbs shined in his role as holding midfielder. Playing directly in front of the Orange defenders, Bibbs is responsible for marking up on any opposing forwards lurking and waiting for a pass. This allows his back line to stay further back and prevents the other team from getting in behind the SU defense.

It is in this role Bibbs’ athleticism truly benefits him. Listed at 5-foot-11, 170 pounds, he is “not the biggest guy,” in the words of McIntyre.

But that doesn’t prevent him from being a force

erica fisher | contributing photographer Nick Bibbs (left) has won a starting spot in Ian McIntyre’s midfield for Syracuse in his first season with the team after playing one season at Division II Caldwell College. in the air.

In addition to Karlgren and McIntyre, fellow midfielder Geoff Lytle also acknowledged Bibbs’ ability to win important head balls as something that makes him a unique player in the Orange’s lineup.

“He gets up there and just hangs in the air,” Lytle said. “It’s wild to see him. That’s something you really need from a defensive midfielder to win those head balls.”

And on a team that has struggled to score goals this year, a dominant header of the ball could be the much needed remedy. McIntyre said he is looking for Bibbs to keep pushing forward on attacking chances and to use his athleticism and leaping ability on the offensive end of the field.

“He has an aggressive mentality to go after the ball,” McIntyre said. “We think we can get some more out of him going forward with his aerial ability.”

Perhaps that something will come as early

as Tuesday. The game against Canisius should provide the Orange with chances to experiment, while still coming away with three points. The Golden Griffins are 0-5-0 this season and have scored just one goal.

Syracuse should win and do so dominantly. It can’t really afford to do anything else.

“I think we let a few games slip already, and we’d be very disappointed not to come out with (the win) in this match,” Bibbs said. “We’re going out there like it is a Big East game. It’s another match, and we have to win matches.”

After intense massages and ice baths over the past three days, Bibbs has done all he can to make sure he will be ready to go Tuesday night.

For McIntyre, players like Bibbs are essential to the turnaround of the SU program.

“We need players like Nick Bibbs in our lineup,” he said. “He provides us a bit of personality and character.” mjcohe02@syr.edu

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he’s got. And he uses every single skill and asset in every single player he has.”

Then and now First-year expectations for the Orange were low, to say the least. Mullan said some of the bigger goals included not getting scored on and not looking like a first-year team.

But with 20 players on the roster and no home locker room or workout facility to be found, not looking like a first-year team was a little tougher than it sounded.

“First year, I think it was a struggle just to get through the season,” junior forward Megan Skelly said. “We had lots of obstacles in our way. We didn’t have (facilities). We were shoved in a box.”

And that all showed on the ice. Six losses by three goals or more. Ten games scoring a single goal or being shut out. A final record of 9-16-3.

It was rough. But Flanagan figured it

“I think without him, we wouldn’t have the recruits we have today. He draws in a lot of the players just because of his reputation as a good coach.”

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would be.

“I think that understanding how difficult it is recruiting-wise and how much more competitive it is,” he said. “When I took over the St. Lawrence program, it was two years old, and it was easier back then. It was just a little bit easier to turn something around quicker. I knew this would be more of a challenge, and it would be hard to duplicate that.”

But things got significantly better just one year later, thanks to some new faces brought in

by Flanagan. Eight new freshmen and a transfer joined the Orange ranks. And it was more than just added depth. It was quality.

Brittaney Maschmeyer transferred from St. Lawrence to reunite with her old coach for her senior season. She was elected an assistant captain by her teammates and powered the SU defense.

Flanagan also lured in freshman forward Isabel Menard, one of the most sought-after recruits in the nation, by also bringing in her twin sister Talia. They said they didn’t always plan on coming to the same school, but Flanagan knew bringing both in would help pull them to SU. “I think we’ve ended up at the same school because we liked it,” Isabel said in an interview last season. “We both like it here, and our role on the team helped us pick this team.”

Talia is still a bit of a project for Flanagan, only seeing limited action in every game last year. But Isabel went on to lead the Orange in

scoring, earned CHA Rookie of the Year honors and was a first-team All-League member.

Now entering the program’s third year, Syracuse has a full 25-member roster. Ten incoming freshmen and defensive transfer Ashley Cockell from hated Mercyhurst gives the Orange even more quality depth than a year ago.

And with just over a week of practices so far this year, Flanagan can already see the talent level rising.

“I notice in our practices just how much more competitive we are and how much more skilled we are,” he said. “Rather than having just a few players that could do certain things who are consistent, now we’ve got quite a few. That’s the big improvement. The numbers, the depth and, I guess, the quality in the numbers just keeps getting better.”

The players can see it, too. And again, they know it’s Flanagan who is responsible.

“I think without him, we wouldn’t have the recruits we have today,” Skelly said. “He draws in a lot of the players just because of his reputation as a good coach.”

Making a statement Last February, the Orange hit its low point of the season with a 1-0 loss to CHA bottom-feeder Robert Morris. To Flanagan, it was simply not acceptable. The end of the year was fast approaching, with playoffs just around the corner. Yet the team still had no energy in the home game against its conference foe.

He had to do something to make sure his team got the point. So he called a team meeting the next morning before the Orange’s second game with Morris. Flanagan announced Skelly and forward Janelle Malcolm, two key contributors to the Orange offense, would not dress for the game that afternoon.

“It was definitely a shock when that happened,” Mullan said Tuesday, looking back on the decision. “But I think everybody understood that it was a wake-up call to everyone.”

And wake up the Orange is exactly what it did. Syracuse won the game that afternoon, coming from behind for a 3-2 victory over the Colonials.

Flanagan acknowledged after the game that it could have gone differently. SU could have lost, and questions about that decision could have come up. But the Orange players have too much faith and too much belief in what their coach does for them to lose confidence in him.

“It sucked, obviously,” Skelly said. “But everyone looks up to Coach, and they expect him to make the best decision. We have that trust in him when we come to the rink every day.”

And that faith in Flanagan does not simply start by being a member of the Orange. He builds relationships with all his players, so he knows how to handle each individual.

“Figuring out an athlete’s personality or trying to get to know an athlete’s personality is pretty important, because it matters on the bench,” he said. “Sometimes it matters how you approach that person, whether it’s constructive criticism or just any type of feedback that you give them. Sometimes it’s nice to know and understand what they’re all about.”

And the players can see it. They notice

Flanagan’s Accolades • • • • • • • •

230-83-24 overall record with St. Lawrence .692 winning percentage (6th among active coaches) Tied for longest streak of consecutive Frozen Four appearances (2003-07) Five Frozen Four appearances Two Eastern College Athletic Conference championships ECAC Coach of the Year (2000-01) American Hockey Coaches Association Coach of the Year (2000-01) 2010 College Hockey America Coach of the Year — Compiled by staff writer Zach Brown

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“I think we’re over the, ‘Oh, we’re new,’ stage.

That’s not an excuse anymore. We’re here, we’re in the league and we want to be noticed.”

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he greets everyone when they walk into the team locker room before practice. They notice how he handles each player a little differently.

He won’t ever let laziness or mistakes go unattended. He will stop practice and yell or briefly pull his players aside. Players can set up a meeting with him, whether to discuss what they need to improve upon or to simply talk about school. And it helps him coach up every individual to the fullest.

“He sees things in players that other coaches don’t,” Mullan said. “He can see potential in players. He has a really good knack for what to do when. When to get us fired up, when to make us scared, when to make us have confidence.

He’s really good with that.”

And even in a situation in which Flanagan decides to make a statement to his team, like he did last February prior to Syracuse’s second matchup with Morris, the Orange players’ confidence in him never falters.

“He’s the best coach in the league,” said former SU-goalie Lucy Schoedel after SU’s win over the Colonials. “Honestly, the best.”

Leaving his prints Entering this season, the expectations are drastically different from what they were just two

years ago. The Orange is set on a CHA title and beating out conference rival No. 3 Mercyhurst.

Surviving the season as an infant program is no longer the biggest worry.

“I think we’re over the, ‘Oh, we’re new,’ stage,” Mullan said. “That’s not an excuse anymore. We’re here, we’re in the league, and we want to be noticed.”

The confidence is there, and with it comes the excitement. The forward lines have another year of experience with each other.

Syracuse came close to knocking off Mercyhurst twice at the end of last season, but fell just a little short.

Flanagan has brought in even more quality depth this year. He has gained the trust of his players and has their full confidence in him.

He came to Syracuse looking to leave his mark on a new program. In his mind, he has left a few prints, with more to come.

And in his players’ minds, he has done so much more.

“Without Paul Flanagan, I don’t know what the program would even be like or that there would be one,” Skelly said. “I think the program wouldn’t be nearly as close, or nearly as prestigious for our third year without him.” zjbrown@syr.edu

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SPORTS

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september 28, 2010

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mackenzie reiss | staff photographer The syracuse ice hockey team is focused on contending for a CHA conference title in 2010, just its third year under accomplished head coach Paul Flanagan.

Into the

spotlight

By Zach Brown

P

Staff Writer

aul Flanagan wanted something different.

He played ice hockey at St. Lawrence for four years. He worked as an assistant coach on the men’s team for 10 seasons. He then took over the reigns of the women’s team for another nine seasons.

Flanagan was happy there.

It came with the success. Three

NCAA tournament appearances with the men’s team. Five Frozen Four appearances with the women’s team, including four straight from 2003-07. A 230-83-24 record at the helm of the Lady Saints to go along with numerous coaching awards.

For Flanagan, everything was good. But he craved something new.

So when Syracuse asked him to take over the infant program it was starting following the 2008 season,

he decided it was the challenge he had been waiting for.

“I had been at St. Lawrence for 20 years, and I had 20 great years there,” he said. “But this was just an opportunity to start a program, start it from scratch and try to put my print on it, so to speak. … Maybe I was just getting a little antsy. We had had a lot of success, and maybe that challenge was just kind of pulling at me a little bit.”

Two years after inception, SU is contender because of Flanagan

Less than three years later, Flanagan’s prints are all over the program. So much so that his team is ranked No.2 in the conference.

Yes, there were struggles in the beginning. Lack of numbers and adequate facilities hurt the young Orange. But there has already been a vast turnaround. Syracuse enters its third season vying for a College Hockey America conference championship, which, Flanagan

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said, puts the team in the mix for an NCAA tournament berth.

And the players believe it all starts with their head coach.

“He is the face of the franchise,” junior forward Lisa Mullan said. “I think that’s why we’ve gone past anyone’s expectations, because he knows who to bring in and he knows how to use what he’s got, to work with what see ice hockey page 21

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