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Battlefield 3, rapper Game to visit SU

By Amrita Mainthia MANAGING EDITOR

Before Battlefield 3, a highly anticipated video game by Electronic Arts Inc., is unleashed in stores Oct. 25, Syracuse University will have a chance to test it out early on Oct. 9. A performance by rapper Game, formerly known as The Game, will follow, University Union officials announced Wednesday.

“EA approached us with this opportunity to do this free show,” said Kenny Consor, co-director of UU concerts.

“So it was kind of a no brainer for us.”

The event starts at 3 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium, and Game will perform at 7 p.m. Tickets are free and available Monday in the Schine Student Center box office to all SU and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry faculty, staff and students with valid college IDs. Ticket distribution is limited to one per person; a total of 1,500 tickets are available.

EA representatives will set up stations in Goldstein for attendees to trial the video game and receive prizes, Consor said. EA, a leader in the video gaming industry, developed Madden NFL, FIFA soccer and The Sims.

“Battlefield 3 has a huge buzz in the video game world,” Consor said.

“I know this is one of the more popular up-and-coming games.”

Game, a two-time Grammy nominated hip-hop artist, will rap at SU as part of The Game College Concert Tour. As a former member of G-Unit, Game garnered popularity for hits “How We Do” and “Hate It or Love It.” On Aug. 23, Game released “The R.E.D. Album,” which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Consor expects tickets to go fast, given Game’s reputation and the expected success of Battlefield 3.

“It’s not often that we get to bring a very successful West Coast hip-hop artist out here,” Consor said. “This is a huge name, it’s a free concert and it’s right here on campus.” mainthia@syr.edu

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Based on the 2012 U.S. News and World Report rankings, schools in the Atlantic Coast Conference are, on average, ranked higher academically than schools in the Big East. ACC schools also have a lower acceptance rate on average than Big East Schools.

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*Providence and Villanova were not nationally ranked. The were regionally ranked 4 and 1, respectively.

UNC Chapel Hill 29 Boston College 31 Georgia Tech

Other academic resources the ACC provides:

The ACC also has an International Academic Collaborative, which encourages member schools to collaborate on global initiatives and study abroad programs. A portion of the revenue brought in by the conference’s bowl championship game is also allocated toward the IAC.

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132 Seton Hall (tie) 138Depaul (tie) 143 Cinncinnati (tie) 143Rutgers (tie) 152 St. John’s 164Louisville (tie) 164 West Virginia 181South Florida

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SU could see boost in academics, recruiting

By Kathleen Ronayne DEVELOPMENT EDITOR

Since Syracuse announced its decision to move to the Atlantic Coast Conference on Sept. 18, much of the conversation has focused on the fact that the decision was, at its core, about money. Between a lucrative television deal and the chance to play teams who draw in huge sums of money for athletic competitions, Syracuse University made a decision that will yield monetary dividends for the institution and its athletic programs.

Chancellor Nancy Cantor doesn’t pretend money wasn’t a factor. “The financial stability of the ACC was very helpful, very important,” she said. “Obviously, I don’t want to say that wasn’t important, that was certainly on the table.”

But, regardless of the root intent of the decision, the effects go beyond dollar signs. It’s about prestige, too — athletically, academically and otherwise.

Welch Suggs, associate director of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, said schools seeking more prestige have driven much of the conference realignment.

“A lot of this has been driven by presidents who are looking for the most prestigious arrangement to get in to,” he said. “As well as the one that’s going to be the most sustainable in terms of athletics and the

finances that come with TV deals and so forth.”

Syracuse’s move to the ACC goes beyond a higher level of athletic competitiveness, and it goes beyond bringing in a new set of teams for students to cheer against in the Carrier Dome. It’s about image and it’s about exposure. Whether a primary cause or a convenient side effect, Syracuse’s move to the ACC is about making the school’s name better known in new areas and giving that name a better connotation as an overall institution.

Cantor doesn’t pretend those things weren’t part of the decision, either. “It really was the attractiveness of the kinds of sports that the ACC mounts, the attractiveness of the institutions, the geographies that it represents,” she said.

The ACC strongly promotes and is quick to point out the athletic achievements of its members. The conference issued a news release following the release of the U.S. News and World Report rankings for the 2012 Best Colleges, which stated that the ACC had the best academic standards of any BCS championship conference.

The ACC member schools also participate in the International Academic Collaborative, an initiative meant to promote study abroad, as well as collaboration in research.

David Brown, coordinator of the

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Copeland-Morgan to leave university in January for UCLA position

By Meghin Delaney NEWS EDITOR

Youlonda Copeland-Morgan, associate vice president for enrollment management and director of scholarships and student aid, will be leaving Syracuse University in mid-January to accept a position at University of California-Los Angeles.

Copeland-Morgan will work as the associate vice chancellor for enroll-

ment management at UCLA, according to a Wednesday SU News release. CopelandMorgan has held the associate vice president and director position at SU since April COPELAND2008, according to MORGAN the release.

“Youlonda had a very real, positive impact on our students as she help (sic) expand SU’s commitment to access and affordability for students from all walks of life,” said Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs, in an email. “She has also been an outstanding collegue (sic) and friend to many of us, and she will be missed.”

Copeland-Morgan has worked on

various projects to increase student access and support during her time at SU, including the “I Otto Know This” financial literacy program, the “Syracuse Responds” campaign and structuring all of the financial aid policies so they support SU admissions and goals, according to the release.

Copeland-Morgan could not be reached to comment. medelane@syr.edu

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Burglary occurs at apartment on South Campus

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By Meghin Delaney News Editor

The second burglary of the semester on South Campus occurred during the morning hours on Wednesday on the 400 block of Chinook Drive.

Items were carried out of the apartment Wednesday morning in the nonforced entry burglary. Department of Public Safety officers and Syracuse Police Department officers responded to the scene. The investigation was turned over to SPD, said Jennifer Horvath, public information officer, in an email. An SPD car and crime scene investigation truck were at the scene late Wednesday morning.

SPD did not have further updates on the case at the time.

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Student sustains abrasions in offcampus robbery

Rotolo brings creativity, Social youth to social extraordinaire media at SU

By Debbie Truong Asst. News Editor

A Syracuse University student was the victim of an off-campus strong arm robbery Tuesday night.

The strong arm robbery, or a robbery in which a weapon was not used, occurred six to eight blocks from campus on Maryland Avenue, said Tony Callisto, chief of the Department of Public Safety.

Students were notified of the robbery via email from SU News on Wednesday afternoon. Two males shoved the victim to the ground, stole properly and fled toward Redfield Place on foot, according to the email. The student sustained abrasions from the knee down, Callisto said.

The first suspect appeared to be a black male in his late teens to early 20s and about 5 feet 9 inches with a medium build. The second suspect is also a black male with a medium build and about 5 feet 9 inches, according to the email.

DPS has bolstered patrols east of campus in response to several robberies in the area during the last three months, Callisto said. Weeknight patrols have been upgraded to weekend patrol levels in response to the high volume of robberies.

DPS and the Syracuse Police Department are working together to continue investigating this robbery.

Callisto said the two men may also be responsible for the other robberies that have occurred in the area.

SPD officials could not be reached to comment. dbtruong@syr.edu

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ing of social media and information science professor Anthony Rotolo connected Syracuse University to the rest of the world.

He made SU a Facebook page, a Twitter account, established a Foursquare partnership and now he’s made himself a name — by being awarded Young Technologist of the Year by the Technology Alliance of Central New York.

The Technologist of the Year Award is given out to technologists

under the age of 35 who display exceptional technological skills and work to expand technology use as much as possible. Founded in 1903, the award works to enhance and develop the growth of information and technological appreciation within the Central New York community, according to the alliance’s website.

Rotolo first began teaching at SU in 2006. His background allowed him to become SU’s first social media strategist, and in 2010, he developed a plan with a team of students and faculty from the School of Information Studies to put the uni-

versity on everything from Facebook to Twitter to enhance student experience and reach out to alumni, he said.

“SU went from having zero social media and zero social presence to being ranked second among national universities that use it, behind Stanford and ahead of Harvard,” Rotolo said. “And by applying social media strategies in my class, we were able to make Syracuse a leader rather than a school that’s struggling.”

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Dollar Day at the Dome will take place throughout campus and in the Carrier Dome leading up to Saturday’s football game against Rutgers University.

This is the 13th annual event held

by United Way of Central New York, said Jennifer Horvath, campaign coordinator and public information officer for the Department of Public Safety. United Way plans to use Dollar Day to encourage students to work toward a charitable cause.

United Way of Central New York works with local charities rather

than focusing on just one. Charities include the Food Bank of Central New York, Vera House and On Point for College.

“There are 95 programs and 35 local agencies,” Horvath said. “The money that we’re raising here is staying in Central New York.”

In previous years, athletes would assist in collecting donations, but that was eliminated to prevent any issues with the NCAA, said Tony Callisto, and chair of the United Way campaign and chief of DPS. “The fraternities and sororities stepped up and volunteered to solicit donations.”

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Health Services is offering a free flu clinic to all students in Flanagan Gymnasium, from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday.

For the first time this semester, the clinic will give students the opportunity to get the influenza vaccine, which also contains a strain of the H1N1 virus, said Kathy VanVechten, nurse practitioner and special assistant to the director at Health Services at Syracuse University.

Between 500 and 700 flu vaccines are available for this clinic, which should more than cover the number of students expected to show up, she said. Last year, VanVechten said, Health Services gave out more than 3,000 vaccines to students. This number was up from previous years because of concerns over the H1N1 virus, she said.

“We have plenty of vaccines, we don’t expect it to run out,” she said.

The clinic is only for students,

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Award-winning author Dana Spiotta impressed more than 200 students Wednesday in Gifford Auditorium during the second event of the Raymond Carver Reading Series, with her insightful responses to readers’ questions.

Spiotta, an assistant professor of English at Syracuse University, spoke on her most recently published novel, “Stone Arabia.” Spiotta’s third and latest novel focuses on the complexity of sibling relationships and the life of a budding artist who is consumed by his work and music.

The author interacted with students in a Q-and-A session and, following a short break, read passages from her novel at 5:30 p.m.

Spiotta dove right into the Q-andA session, explaining herself as an author while simultaneously demonstrating her skills as a professor. The

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Awareness statuses: Poor substitutes for real activism

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acebook is great for a lot of things: remembering people’s birthdays; sharing pictures of fun weekend activities; stalking former classmates, friends and attractive teaching assistants.

One thing Facebook isn’t so great for is using a status to raise awareness for a disease or problem in society. Awareness for a specific organization whose aim is to help those affected would be acceptable. But just raising awareness about a problem of which everyone already understands the severity is just patronizing.

Every other month or so, Facebook becomes overrun with default changes or status updates that are meant to call for support, action, remembrance of one cause or another.

“Post the color of the bra you’re wearing right now in your status to help raise awareness for breast cancer research!”

“Post a picture of your favorite childhood cartoon character to raise awareness for Child Abuse Month.”

“Every year 150 cats die from eating too much sugar. Copy and paste this to your status to show your support and concern for feline diabetes!”

That last one I may have exaggerated.

Regardless, posting your bra color only raises my awareness of one thing. That you’re stupid because you use things like breast cancer research to rationalize telling Facebook what color bra you’re wearing — shut up.

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sorry, i’m not sorry Is uploading a picture of Chuckie from “The Rugrats” really going to inspire my Facebook friends to do anything more for a cause than upload a picture of Doug Funny or Cinderella? I suspect not.

The most recent incident in this obnoxious trend occurred earlier this week when the following post dominated my newsfeed.

“Stupid cancer. We all want a new car, a new phone. A person who has cancer only wants one thing… to survive. I know that a lot of you ‘who think you’re too cool’ probably won’t repost this, but a very little amount of my friends will. Put this on your wall in honor of someone who died of cancer, survived or who is fighting against it now.”

For starters: “stupid cancer”? There really isn’t a more descriptive word you could think of to illustrate how tragic a disease it is? Secondly, I’m not reposting because I think, “I’m too cool.” I’m not reposting because it’s not benefitting anyone. Finally, “a very little amount of my friends will” is grammatically incorrect. If you

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want to post something in honor of anything, the least you can do is make sure to check your grammar.

Sorry to pop your social-media bubble, but all you’re doing is clogging up my newsfeed and annoying the hell out of me. And quite frankly, you’re further demonstrating our generation’s laziness. If the people who post these things truly were concerned about child abuse or cancer or feline diabetes, then they wouldn’t be on Facebook. They’d be out doing something, like raising money or volunteering at the local cat rescue.

I’d much prefer you post something along the lines of, “Just visited the local soup pantry!

Spent the afternoon helping feed the homeless.

It’s so heartbreaking what they have to go through, I’m thankful for the opportunity to help out. I will definitely be back tomorrow!”

You’re still annoying, but at least you succeeded in making me feel like a lazy sack of nothing. Maybe then I would go out and do something. Probably not, but I’ll entertain the thought after seeing you’ve demonstrated an effective dedication to philanthropy.

I’m all for awareness, but not in a Facebook status. Save them for your expressive song lyrics and obnoxious broadcasts — “Sunday Funday!”

Lauren Tousignant is a senior communication and rhetorical studies and writing major. Her column appears every Thursday.

She can be reached at letousig@syr.edu.

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Campus should rally to preserve vital center for elderly

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ne of the great things about college is the newfound independence it provides 18-year-olds. No longer do you need passes to walk through school hallways, no longer are parents constantly surveilling your whereabouts, and no longer do adults treat you as a child, part of a different class — at least for the most part.

Independence and autonomy are things to cherish and to fight for.

Young people aren’t alone in this fight: It is also waged by the elderly.

The independence and autonomy that they have enjoyed their whole lives is often threatened by those who would treat them again as children.

That is what is happening in Syracuse at the Ida Benderson Senior Center. Ida Benderson, in the heart of downtown on South Salina Street, provides a place for low-income senior citizens to get a healthy meal, to play cards or billiards and to talk with other seniors. Many of the seniors who use Ida Benderson don’t have other family members living in Syracuse — the users of Ida Benderson have become their family. That is, until Friday.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner unilaterally decided to close Ida Benderson. She didn’t ask the seniors, she didn’t ask the Common Council, and she didn’t ask Syracuse residents. She just sent her Parks and Recreation Commissioner to announce to the seniors that their home was no more.

Miner has argued that seniors can go to the Salvation Army. That is like telling college students to go back to junior high school. Yes, it provides more services, but it’s not more services that the seniors who use Ida Benderson want or need. They want their independence and their dignity.

They do not want an assigned seat and a rigid schedule of activities and “intake forms” and constant surveil-

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let ter to the editor lance from staff. The Salvation Army may provide an important service for some seniors, but not for those who use Ida Benderson.

The Ida Benderson Senior Center is a special place. “It’s the most integrated place in Syracuse,” said Howie Hawkins, a community organizer.

Integration was a core principle of Ida Benderson herself, who volunteered in the Syracuse community into her 90s. At Ida Benderson you can find black, Native American, Asian, Latino and white seniors chatting and recreating together.

On Friday, that will end — unless the Syracuse community acts.

There have already been a series of protests: a petition; a delegation to the mayor; a press conference with Republicans, Democrats and Green Party politicians all calling for the center to remain open; a rally and march to City Hall; a visit from Ida Benderson’s son; and $18,000 in donations from community supporters, which the mayor has refused. On Wednesday, two senior women who have been leading the protests shaved their heads to dramatize how much cuts to seniors hurt.

The Ida Benderson Center seniors have called for community supporters to gather at Plymouth Church, on 232 E. Onondaga St., on Friday at 12:30 p.m. From there, we will march to Ida Benderson and on to City Hall, where a delegation bearing a peace dove will ask to negotiate with the mayor — who has so far refused all attempts to find a compromise. I hope there will be a strong Syracuse University presence there on Friday so we can show the city of Syracuse what Scholarship in Action looks like.

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Health Services moves in hopeful direction Health Services went two years without a director. The leadership void left important duties like special campus projects, expansion and public relations to an overstretched group of administrative staff.

Health Services administrators have told The Daily Orange that pressing issues such as shortness of space could not be addressed until Syracuse University hired a director. The new director, Ben Domingo, opens a new and hopeful chapter for the health center.

Domingo has already shown ingenuity and energy, things the center badly needs as a vital part of student life and health. He has started reaching out to students, increased marketing and promotional efforts to students and is working to change

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editorial by the daily orange editorial board the culture of the center.

The latter highlights one of the greatest of Domingo’s early projects.

Domingo said he wants the center’s staff to treat students as their own children and to not turn someone away even if the center is about to close. College often marks students’ first extended time away from home and, even more important, away from a primary physician or lifelong pediatrician. Building trust and providing support should be a primary concern for the center. And it will be exciting to watch the culture of the center transform.

Domingo has also made efforts to promote the center more effectively.

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His openness and candor already shows he’s moving the center in the right direction. As a critical center filled with medical experts dedicated to providing student support, health services should by nature be transparent and its staff should be available. Domingo has proven thus far to be committed to that.

Even before hiring a director, Health Services blasted emails to campus about free flu shots and has promoted its availability with diligence. Domingo should consider such measures for other more mundane services. Many students are unsure whether it’s cheaper to go to Health Services or a local pharmacy for prescriptions. Equipping students with basic facts about services and what their student fee covers should be a priority.

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Based on the U.S. News and World Report statistics, the ACC is a stronger academic conference than the Big East. Of its 12 member schools, seven rank higher than 38th. On average, schools in the ACC rank 49th.

Syracuse ranked 62nd in the 2012 rankings, and Pittsburgh ranked 58th.

Compare that to the Big East (also excluding Syracuse and Pittsburgh): Of the 14 member schools, Georgetown and Notre Dame rank higher than 38th (VillanoIn recent years, Syracuse University has va and Providence increased it’s outreach are ranked first and and recruitment efforts fourth, respectively, in areas such as the in the regional uniWest Coast and the versities category Southeast — expanding into areas that are rather than the deemed “geographies national universiof opportunity.” In ties category). Eight 2010, SU opened a Big East schools recruitment center in rank lower than Atlanta.

100th, and the average ranking is 116, With the move to the even with Villanova ACC, SU’s exposure will become greater and Providence’s in the Southeast. The rankings included.

ACC has four schools Boston College is in North Carolina, one the most recent unischool in South Carolina, two in Florida and versity to leave the one in Georgia. Travel- Big East. BC spokesman Jack Dunn said ing to these areas for athletic competitions one appealing part will make the Syracuse of the ACC for BC name more prominent was academics. in these areas, and it “One of the major will perhaps continue reasons why Boston to increase student College chose to interest in SU. join the ACC was because its member schools were of a similar caliber academically to Boston College,” Dunn said. “We were the highest-ranked school in the Big East and joining the ACC put us alongside schools such as University of North Carolina, Wake Forest, Virginia and Duke, all of which

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rapid-fire way in which Spiotta answered and addressed questions from the students, many of them from the ETS 107: “Living Writers” course, had an academic feel to it.

Spiotta read from three sections of the novel, each of which touched on one of the book’s different themes and explored the two principal characters, Nik and Denise.

Students in attendance appreciated Spiotta’s brevity and the way in which she directly answered questions during the Q-and-A session.

“I thought she answered the questions well and knew what she was talking about. She really knew her book,” said Haley Eklund, a freshman English and textual studies major.

Some felt that Spiotta’s experience in the classroom made her better equipped to answer the readers’ questions.

“She knows what readers want and how to answer their questions,” said Sara French, a freshman psychology major.

Many of the questions Spiotta fielded addressed the structure and characterization of her book.

“When you do something a little unconventional, people are going to freak out,” Spiotta said in response to one student’s question about the way in which the story was

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are highly ranked and with which we compete for students.”

Suggs, of the Knight Commission, said Syracuse and Pittsburgh are schools that academically match well with the ACC. For both schools, as well as the ACC, the addition is a matter of prestige and image.

“It’s more of the image and the question of whether adding the schools is going to add to the prestige of the schools that are already there or is it going to dilute them? And Pitt and Syracuse are both very strong schools,” he said.

But not everyone buys the idea that the association brought by an athletic conference will improve a schools academic caliber or image. Jeff Orleans is a professor at Princeton University and the former commissioner of the Ivy League conference, the premier example in college sports of a conference of like-minded schools academically and athletically.

Conferences like the ACC may encourage collaboration, but academic collaboration among institutions is labor intensive and much more likely to occur across Division-III schools.

On conference realignment, Orleans said, “My sense is that geography, scheduling and revenue now make much more a difference than anything else.”

Orleans said he thinks Syracuse may benefit most from the move in terms of geographic exposure.

“You’re now going to go regularly to Miami and to Boston and to Atlanta and to the triangle in North Carolina,” he said. “You’re going to be on a wider TV network, you’re going to reach a wider set of possible students.”

The Southeast is increasingly becoming an area where Syracuse and other universities are pushing outreach to potential students.

Syracuse opened a recruitment center in Atlanta in 2010 and the incoming classes from the Southeast have grown in recent years.

Competing athletically with schools such as Duke, North Carolina, Wake Forest and Miami may increase exposure of Syracuse.

Max Patino, recruiting specialist in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, said from a recruiter’s perspective, he is excited about the potential exposure the new conference will bring.

structured.

Spiotta said that one of the topics she was interested in exploring in “Stone Arabia” was the way in which society defines success and what this means for one of the main characters, Nik, a musician. She said she wanted the reader to think about whether making money or an audience is what makes an artist successful.

Spiotta praised the students for their insightful questions. She said she was glad that the students had taken the time to read the book and think about it on a more complex level.

Multiple students asked about the novel’s ambiguous ending. Spiotta said she gets many responses from readers that have different interpretations of the book’s end and that she feels this is positive.

“I was really open to wherever it was going to go. If people have other ideas about it I think it’s good,” Spiotta said. “Maybe all of those things can be true, and I think that’s exciting.

I learn a lot about my work from hearing their responses.”

Ultimately, Spiotta said leaving the ending open to interpretation was a characteristic of her writing style.

She said: “I like to leave things openended. I wanted the book to have a kind of dynamism that kept the reader thinking after they closed it.” cffabris@syr.edu

“For a student who might not know much about Syracuse now, to see them compete with their local teams, see them on national TV, it’s a plus for us,” Patino said. “… Those are things that will help expand the Syracuse University brand to a more national level.”

David West, director of domestic market research in SU’s Office of Admissions, said while athletic competition in new areas is a nice plus, he does not see it having a major effect on Syracuse’s recruiting policies. That’s because Syracuse is already making a concentrated recruiting effort in the Southeast, he said.

In addition to having admissions representatives and recruiters travel cross-country to meet with students, the Southeast has been an area of recruitment for some years. Data shows the Northeast is shrinking and the Southeast is growing in terms of students, he said.

“I wouldn’t say that it’s going to make a big shift, but we’re certainly pleased from an admissions perspective that it’s going to give us more exposure,” he said. “But we’re not expecting a huge windfall from the Southeast due to this.”

Robert Taggart serves as the faculty representative to athletics at BC. Although impossible to link directly to joining the ACC, he said BC has seen more interest from students from the Southeast since the move.

Taggart teaches mostly MBA students, and although he doesn’t have statistics, more of his students have been coming from ACC schools.

“It strikes me that we’re getting more MBA students in recent years from other ACC schools,” he said. “… I think it sort of gets the school more on people’s radar screens.”

John Sweeney, professor of sports communications at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said that although the realignment may have secondary effects, at its core, it’s a decision about sports and money. That has been the case with previous conference alignments, and it will continue to be.

“What you’re seeing is each of the conferences wanting to make themselves the biggest, most wonderful candy apple for television,” Sweeney said. “And how that affects everything else is secondary.” kronayne@syr.edu

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including State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students. Making an appointment is not necessary, but students will need to bring a valid SU or SUNY-ESF ID, VanVechten said.

VanVechten said Health Services will be offering another flu clinic to students on Thursday, Oct. 6. Officials will then gauge interest, and if enough students are still coming to the clinics, they will schedule more. If not, students can still get a flu vaccine at Health Services, she said.

Health Services will not initially be offering the flu vaccine at its office, VanVechten said.

This is to encourage students to go to the flu clinics, and also to keep sick students away from healthy ones, she said.

The vaccine is a killed strain of the virus, VanVechten said, so students should not experience any symptoms other than some soreness at the site of the shot. There will be information sheets for students about the vaccine, and students are always welcome to ask the nurses questions, VanVechten said.

“We’re happy to interrupt our shot-giving to give out information,” she said.

VanVechten said although she was unsure about how many cases of the flu were reported to Health Services last year, the office has not seen any cases this semester so far. The office always

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Center, College Place and the Carrier Dome.

Anyone can donate various amounts to these volunteers leading up to the game.

The event is usually held later in the season, but it was pushed up for multiple reasons, Horvath said.

“I wanted a game early on in the year, so the weather wasn’t that bad. I wanted a noon game because I didn’t really want to be doing this at night. I picked Rutgers specifically because I thought we’d be coming off a big win against Toledo,” Horvath said. “So I was hoping more people would be excited about the team and more people would turn out to this game.”

But moving up the scheduled date hasn’t been easy, she said.

“The game was so early this year. Last year, the game wasn’t until November, so it’s been kind of a mad rush to get everything done,” Horvath said.

The event has more than 300 volunteers this year, she said, which is up from almost 50 volunteers last year.

United Way officials are hoping the change in date and increase in volunteers will aid a sizable total contribution from the university.

“The overall university campaign can contribute about $200,000 to the local United Way campaign. I think our number was more than $214,000 last year,” Callisto said.

Suzanne Thorin, dean of libraries, university librarian and longtime contributor to United Way, said she sees Dollar Day is an opportunity to donate to a great cause.

“It’s a home game where we hope it’s not too cold and there will be tailgating. So there will be a lot of people around,” Thorin said. “It’s an easy way to give to people who need something.”

But Dollar Day isn’t the only United Way event Syracuse University hosts during the academic year.

Callisto said: “There will be a chili cook-off, bake sales and other sales. Each school and college has a coordinator for different events. Dollar Day is the biggest because it’s at the Dome and includes students and faculty.” anpatank@syr.edu

sees cases of the flu from November through December, which is considered to be the flu season, she said.

“What we find with students is when flu season hits, it’s usually during midterms and finals,” VanVechten said. With this in mind, VanVechten said it is important for students to get the vaccine now so that they don’t have to miss class.

Nina Pelligra, a freshman English and textual studies major, said she is from the Syracuse area and will most likely go to her pediatrician instead of the clinic.

“It’s close, and they always do it,” she said.

Anthony Wright, a sophomore television, radio and film major, said he is unsure whether or not he will go to the clinic for a vaccine.

“I didn’t know they were even having them.

And I’m deathly afraid of needles,” he said. “But I get sick too much, so I’m probably going to.”

Symptoms of the flu include coughing, sore throat, body aches, headaches, fatigue, fever and sometimes vomiting, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.

VanVechten said to stay healthy students should wash their hands, eat well, get enough rest and stay away from large crowds during flu season.

Students should also be reminded that last year’s flu shot won’t protect them from the virus this year, she said.

Said VanVechten: “It is extremely important to get a flu shot every year,” snbouvia@syr.edu

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social media and its influence on society, is most known for getting students involved in class through Twitter and blogging. He decided that Twitter specifically would be a good way to communicate with the class, and came up with the hashtag #rotoloclass, he said.

“No matter what I’m doing, Twitter’s on my screen. If they tweet in my class it goes right on the screen,” Rotolo said. “IPads, mobile phones, laptops, it doesn’t matter, whatever they want they can use.”

Alyssa Henry, a teaching assistant for the course, said that Twitter specifically increases student engagement in the course.

“Outside of class, the use of Twitter and the hashtag allows students to continue communicating with each other,” she said.

The hashtag for Rotolo’s class has expanded to people outside SU, such as practitioners of social media or companies talked about in class that want to chime into class discussion, Rotolo said.

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ormer steel executive and philanthropist, William Dietrich II, announced he was donating a $265 million gift to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa. The only catch: The school can’t access the money until Dietrich dies.

This donation is the largest donation for the school and the 10th largest donation from an individual to a private university, according to a Sept. 7 Carnegie Mellon news release.

The gift will help fund future academic projects in both undergraduate and graduate programs including artistic creation, research, global initiatives and, for what school officials call the “fusion of left-brain and right-brain thinking,” connecting technology and the arts, according to the news release.

“Serving as a trustee of Carnegie Mellon convinced me that Carnegie Mellon is not only a great university, but that it is an important driver of the future success of this region and its citizens,” Dietrich, 73, said in the news release. “I have seen first-hand how Carnegie Mellon has maintained the same ‘can-do’ spirit and multi-disciplinary approach to problem-solving that was part of its founding.”

Carnegie Mellon was founded in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie, first as a technical school. It has since become known for its world-class programs in computer science, robotics and the arts, according to a Huffington Post article from Sept. 7.

“It is one of a handful of universities in the world that has the potential to become a truly global institution,” Dietrich said in the release.

Dietrich was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., on May 13, 1938. He graduated from Princeton University in 1960 and joined his father at Dietrich Industries, a small steel warehouse and distribution business. Dietrich later turned it into the nation’s largest manufacturer of light metal framing, according to a Carnegie Mellon biography online.

“We talk about GM, and people from GM started talking with us live, and that kind of thing doesn’t happen. Andy Carvin from NPR showed how he uses Twitter to report on the Arab spring,” Rotolo said. “We Skyped them in, and that allows people to follow along with guest speakers, which is a cool aspect of the class.”

David Rosen, a graduate student at the iSchool, took Rotolo’s classes as an undergraduate. He said he still goes and visits the class to hear from Rotolo and guest speakers. He believes using Twitter in the classroom has several benefits.

“Twitter enables every student to have his or her opinions heard, even if they are not willing to raise their hand to share verbally,” he said.

“It also enables others who are not in the class to still participate in discussions.”

Elizabeth Liddy, dean of the iSchool, said she goes to many of his classes because they are so popular and he brings in famous people, such as Andy Cohen.

“It gets streamed out live, and thousands of people internationally watch his class,” she said. “He’s been quoted in USA Today, The New

Dietrich, who is on Carnegie Mellon’s Board of Trustees, has served on other boards, including the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and the University of Pittsburgh. He also created Dietrich Charitable Trust, which is anticipated to fund The Dietrich Foundation, where the money will come from once Dietrich passes, according to the news release.

In recognition of the donation, Carnegie Mellon’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences will be renamed the Marianna Brown Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences after Dietrich’s mother, who inspired and supported Dietrich throughout his life, according to the news release.

Salem Hilal, a freshman computer science major at Carnegie Mellon, said the students were informed of festivities because of the announcement happening on campus like the painting of “the Fence,” a school landmark.

“Additionally, they threw a concert at the end of the night, for free, on one of our quads,” he said. “It was pretty cool.”

In addition to the concert, a video on Carnegie Mellon’s website showed a luncheon, free gifts and fireworks at the end of the evening.

Hilal said the money could go toward plenty of projects that could potentially better the rest of the world.

“I’m not going to lie, there is a lot of good, interesting work going on at CMU,” he said. “There are plenty of places for the money to find a home.”

Hilal said waiting for Dietrich to pass away before using the money was a good idea. He said it would ensure that Carnegie Mellon continues in the direction that Dietrich intended when he announced the donation.

He said: “It isn’t our money, and I’m sure CMU is willing to receive the money in whatever condition it’s in, particularly when the stipulation is as simple as waiting for a little.”

York Times and ABC — people look at him to see what’s going on in social media.”

Liddy said she is proud of Rotolo and that he is very deserving of the Young Technologist of the Year Award.

“We’re very pleased and very proud,” Liddy said. “He’s a grad of our school who came back, is very inspirational to the students and very involved in what’s happening in the real world.”

Another one of Rotolo’s popular classes is his Star Trek course. While on Twitter, Rotolo said he saw that fewer than 30 professionals were complaining that some of their supervisors wouldn’t give them a chance to lead projects.

Rotolo mentioned a similar scenario from “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” in which a young person wasn’t able to lead a mission.

People on Twitter then reached out to Rotolo and said he should teach a course on Star Trek’s relation to life today. The class is geared toward any students as an elective and compares examples from Star Trek and clips from episodes to the technology and information age today.

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skills, Rotolo said.

“Professor Rotolo’s class doesn’t just teach students how to use social media for themselves; it teaches them how to use it professionally for an organization,” Henry said. “I think that’s one of the things that makes it unique, and those skills give students a huge advantage in their job and internship searches. It’s become a must-take class at SU because it’s fun and informative.”

Rotolo has been traveling across the country performing a ‘Social Media 101’ tour, in which he presents businesses and companies with new ways to advance and achieve their goals through social media. He no longer is the university’s social media director, allowing him to devote his time to teaching. SU has instead institutionalized its social media department and hired a new director, Kate Brodock, Rotolo said.

“It was an honor to get the award,” Rotolo said. “TACNY does a lot of great things for science technology, and for someone that teaches college students who stay the same age while I don’t, winning a ‘young award’ is great.” meltagou@syr.edu

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By Noah Silverstein STAFF WRITER

A period piece has the potential to transport you into another era. While “The Turn of the Screw” does just that with its ornate Victorian set and old-world European costumes that

Turn of the Screw

Where: Storch Theater in Regent Theater Complex When: The 15th production ends Oct. 16 How much: $28-$44 depending on ticket recall the late 19th century, the overall production failed to impress.

For a play in which the acting is supposed to be the main spectacle, it fell flat, making the production seem more like a mediocre made-for-television film about the Victorian age.

Brought to life by playwright Jeffrey Hatcher, the ghostly drama is the Syracuse University Department of Drama’s season opener, running through Oct. 16 at Syracuse Stage.

Adapted from Henry James’ 1898 novella, the play’s story centers around an unnamed governess hired to look after two young children in an estate in Essex, a suburb of London, after their parents’ untimely death.

Miles, the older son, has recently returned home from boarding school at the play’s opening. The younger daughter, Flora, lived at the estate under the care of the housekeeper, Mrs. Grose, until the governess arrives. With the aid of Mrs. Grose, the governess learns that the children are haunted by the ghosts of their past caretakers, who died shortly before the governess arrived. As secrets are revealed and new information is discovered, the governess finds herself losing control of the children.

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By Fabiola Lara and Carrie Sunde CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

rom the outside, it looks like a normal office building. But on the inside, the space looks like the wooden framing of a small house, a “casita.” La Casita Cultural Center only takes up the first floor of the building in which it is located.

Though it is small, it feels like a home, with newly furnished bookshelves, artwork on the walls and brightly colored plants.

The celebratory grand opening of La Casita took place Wednesday and was open to members of the Syracuse community to enjoy the new facility and learn all about its benefits.

Two Syracuse University professors within the College of Arts and Sciences, Inmaculada Lara-Bonilla and Silvio Torres-Saillant, founded

La Casita as a way to bridge together the community through art, culture and education.

“We want the community to feel this is a base and part of their home,” said Sylvia Martinez-Daloia, a member of the La Casita advisory board and site director for Say Yes to Education at LeMoyne Elementary School.

After two years of planning and preparation, the center was finally ready to open its doors to the public. Syracuse residents, SU faculty and staff and distinguished guests attended the opening.

The main highlights of the evening included poetry readings and remarks from several keynote speakers. The speakers shared thoughts about the importance of Latino influence in the Syracuse community.

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LA CASITA, the first Latino cultural center in Syracuse, just opened yesterday. Two Syracuse University professors, Inmaculada LaraBonilla and Silvio Torres-Saillant, co-founded the center. The goal of SEE CASITA PAGE 10 the center is to foster growth and prosperity within the community.

Syracuse Festival of Races promotes healthy habits, aids charities

By Josh Campbell and Matthew Kovac CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

After the Freihofer’s Run for Women, a local high-speed street race, went belly up, Dave Oja took the initiative and reinvented the competition, making it bigger and more inclusive.

The result: the Syracuse Festival of Races, set to kick off its 18th run on Sunday, Oct. 2. Created by Oja, a Syracuse University alumnus, the festi-

Syracuse Festival of Races

Where: Starts at Lampe Athletics Complex When: Oct. 2 How much: Free for viewers val features a 5K for both men and women with a special viewing area for spectators. The racers will start at E. Colvin Street down through

Buckingham Avenue, Meadowbrook Drive, Euclid Avenue and make their way to the Manley bus lane.

Anybody can participate in the races, said Oja, race director of the festival since it began in 1993.

“We wanted to have it appeal to runners of every level of experience, from first-time racers to world champions,” Oja said.

Oja said there are many benefits the festival brings to the area, namely

the many nonprofit causes its proceeds go toward. This year, more than two dozen charitable causes are taking part in the festival, including the Central New York chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.

Supported by local nonprofit organizations, the annual event begins at 8:50 a.m. with the men’s 5K race at Syracuse University’s Lampe Athletics Complex. The women’s race follows at 9:50 a.m.

The accessibility of the event is what distinguishes it from other road races, Oja said. Having the races characterized by cheap entrance fees is something he is proud of, he said.

Both 5Ks have an entrance fee of $25. The 3K Fun and Fitness Runs and the Community Walk are $10 for those 18 years old and older, and $5 for those under 18. The fees are subject to change if people sign up

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Willam Aguado, co-curator of the center’s opening photography exhibition, “Las Casitas Revised: An Urban Alternative,” spoke about La Casita’s significance. He said he believes it captures the soul and the vitality of the public.

“What is important about La Casita is that it captures the spirituality of the people,” Aguado said.

Maria Hinojosa, host and managing editor of NPR’s “Latino USA,” said she thought this opening was a milestone for the community.

She then spoke about the importance of having a La Casita in Syracuse due to the difficulties the Syracuse community has been having.

She mentioned that the suicide rate for Latina teenagers is one of the highest in the country, and there is a 65 percent dropout rate in Syracuse schools. She encouraged the community to work on these issues.

“The arts save my soul and save your soul,” she said. “And that’s why we need La Casitas.”

The name of the center, La Casita, originated from the Casita movement in the South Bronx led by the Puerto Rican community in the 1970s, Torress-Saillant said.

The driving force behind the movement was to reclaim abandoned property and unattractive buildings in the area and make them suitable for living conditions. This enabled the members of that community to take control of their environment and, most importantly, reconnect with their cultural heritage through the process.

“The actual idea of creating a cultural center was simply based on a need that many people in the Latino neighborhood on the Westside recognized,” Torres-Saillant said.

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SU Chancellor Nancy Cantor’s Leadership Program funded the center, granting LaraBonilla and Torres-Saillant $150,000 to go forward and establish the center.

One Syracuse resident, Aimee Brill, who attended the event with her children, said she wants her children to be a part of the large community. Her husband, Kevin Bott, the associate director of Imagining America, believes the

“We want the community to feel this is a base and part of their home.”

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cultural center will do well once the community adapts to the new space.

“The first thing you have to realize is you are inviting them into a space they are not really used to,” Bott said. “We have to make it their space.”

The celebration ended with Caroline Tihanyi singing a Spanish song, “La Malaguena.”

The audience clapped and faces lit up with emotion. Co-founder Lara-Bonilla described this as a “cultural intervention” that, like La Casita, has brought the community closer to their cultural heritage.

The city of Syracuse will reap the benefits of La Casita’s presence, Torres-Saillant said.

Not only will the center cater to the evergrowing Latino population in Syracuse, but it will also stand as a cultural symbol to the rest of the city.

“It will be like having Little Italy or Chinatown in certain cities,” he said. “In this way, the locals will recognize that they have a local heritage there that they should take advantage of.” falara@syr.edu cjsunde@syr.edu

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Hatcher’s stage adaptation is that all of the characters, save for the governess, are played by one man. He takes on the roles of the uncle, the two children, Mrs. Grose and other figures that appear throughout the play. The governess acts as the narrator, breaking character intermittently to explain the actions and thoughts of each character.

While this was a creative adaptation of the original novella, the production was not executed well, mainly due to the inconsistent acting.

Actress Kristen Sieh managed to portray the governess as a strong and vulnerable woman, a feat that served the role well. The role of the governess in this story is to instill discipline and structure into the children’s lives, forcing her to act with confidence and authority. Sieh embodied these characteristics at points in the story when the children tried to take control and the governess had to put her proverbial foot down. In the plays’ climactic scene, in which she must save the children from ghostly forces, Sieh sufficiently channeled the feelings of helplessness. But she sometimes played them too dramatically, making her performance unbelievable.

Curzon Dobell tackled the remaining roles, playing them with few variations. Such diverse characters, from a housekeeper to a young boy, should have completely separate postures, body movements and ways of speaking. But as he switched back and forth from role to role, Dobell displayed many of the same characteristics for all the characters, making it difficult to distinguish whom he was playing. His performance created a sense

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of confusion in the production, lessening the intensity of the more dramatic parts. If it were not for the narration of the governess, keeping track of the characters would have proved near impossible.

The technical aspects of the production, including lighting and scenic design, done by Thomas Hase and Shoko Kambara, respectively, fit very well for the show. The sparse set featured a large, Victorian window on the back wall of the stage facing the audience, a wooden stage floor and a gold-painted chair. The set was appropriately minimalistic, effectively creating an accurate Victorian atmosphere.

The spooky and climactic storyline gets the viewer in the right spirit for the Halloween season. But the show’s plot is very convoluted. It’s not a light show; it forces the audience to really engage in the plot and think hard. For those willing to take on the challenge and understand it, “The Turn of the Screw” could make for an enjoyable night at the theater. nbsilver@syr.edu

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Two other Syracuse Stage fall shows:

The Boys Next Door

Oct. 19 to Nov. 6 This comedy centers around four disabled men, Arnold Wiggins and his roommate They befriend Jake, a caseworker on the verge of burning out.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Nov. 25 to Dec. 31 Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy find a portal to Narnia, where the White Witch has put its inhabitants in a 100-year winter. With the help from a lion named Aslan, they try to save Narnia.

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A special feature this year will be the addition of a subway station, Oja said. Starting at 8:40 a.m. along Colvin Street, South Rumpus — the “Subway Station” event — will be offer refreshments for free, according to the website.

Oja said the event, sponsored by Subway, will offer complimentary subs to spectators at the south side of campus.

The Syracuse Police Department will close the entire course to traffic.

For student-athletes like Jon Peres, a graduate student studying at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, the annual event is a good test to measure himself against his competitors, he said. Peres, who has been a participant of the festival since 2006, said that his best race record was a 16:17 in the 5K race in 2009.

Peres and his team are getting into shape for the races by having regular 4 p.m. practices Monday through Friday at the Physics Building on campus, he said. There are 15 boys and four girls on the squad, Peres said.

Oja’s objective is to make people aware of the festival’s initiative: encourage them to set and keep personal fitness goals and maintain healthy lifestyles, he said.

“It enhances Syracuse’s reputation of valuing lifetime fitness in the community,” he said.

Peres, who will be participating in the 5K race, said that while road races are more community oriented, performances are still measured.

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others,” he said. “To see the level of competition of running makes performance essential.”

Oja said his intentions for the festival include making it family-oriented. His aim is for it to be a true family event and not a competitively geared atmosphere, he said.

Oja said: “The festival provides an accessible, exciting, first-class opportunity for people of all ages to have a great road-racing experience.” jwcampe@syr.edu mjkovac@syr.edu

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

• Limited to 800 runners, the two 5K races have a $25 registration fee.

• It is $10 for the 3K “Fun Run” registration for participants 18 and older, and it is $5 for participants under the age of 18.

• Individuals competing in the 5K races can register at usatf.org, and racers competing in other events can register online at active.com.

• Registration the day before the festival will take place at Dick’s Sporting Goods

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Can’t get enough

Abundant selection of tasty dishes make for gut-busting meal

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By Jillian D’Onfro STAFF WRITER

’ve only eaten Indian food once or twice in my life, so if you were to sit me down at an Indian restaurant and ask me for my order, I would just blink back. Looking at the names alone — Gujarati Kadhi Pakora, Saag Paneer or Vegetable Pakoras — I wouldn’t know which dishes would most excite my taste buds.

However, I was in luck last Saturday when my dining partners and I paraded into Taste of India. To our delight, a buffet greeted us from the corner.

Offering a lunch buffet every day for only $8.95, Taste of India allows people who have no real knowledge of Indian food to try a variety of different (and delicious) dishes without having to rack up a gigantic bill.

Located at 124 Dell St., Taste of India serves up traditional Indian cuisine just around the corner from the Papa John’s on Westcott Street. Getting there only requires a short walk from campus, providing the perfect excuse to head outside and enjoy the lovely autumn weather while en route to your food.

When I stepped into Taste of India, I first noticed the brightly colored

FROM THEIR KITCHEN TO YOURS

Lassi, a traditional Indian drink, is a great complement to spicy foods. Its main ingredient, yogurt, helps cut through the burning sensation.

Make Taste of India’s delicious mango lassi at home with this super quick and easy recipe.

What you’ll need: • • • •

2 cans mango pulp 1/2 cup plain yogurt 1/4 cup milk 2 cups ice cubes

1. Combine the ingredients in a blender.

2. Pour the drink into your favorite glass and enjoy.

Additional tips: Experiment with other fruits that you like. Strawberry, peach or banana would all be tasty options.

streamers and dangling paper decorations lining the ceiling. Having opened roughly two weeks ago, Taste of India still carries a feeling of newness. Inside, a mix of tables and booths are set up. Indian tapestries and art hang on the walls.

Directly over the comfy blue booth that we chose to slide into, a television played Indian music videos, and the music added to the atmosphere of authenticity.

Right away, Gagan Singh, our server and the son of Taste of India’s owner, poured us water and set us loose for the buffet.

At first, it was overwhelming to see so many intriguing options, but we quickly remembered that we would have the opportunity to try a sample of everything, so long as we didn’t fill up too quickly.

Singh told me that Taste of India has about 288 dishes on its regular menu and that the buffet changes day to day, as different options are switched in and out. A few customer favorites and staples remain part of the selection all the time, like the Tandoori chicken, vegetable pakoras (fritters filled with assorted vegetables), rice and naan (teardrop-shaped bread baked in a tandoori oven). But, for the most part, every buffet experience you have at Taste of India could be completely different.

“Sometimes we will have specials in the buffet that aren’t even on the menu,” he said with a smile.

That day, options included chicken jafrezi (chicken in a hot curry), mattar paneer (peas in a spicy sauce served with cubes of traditional Indian cheese that have the texture of tofu), dal (a lentil stew) and chicken tikka masala (roasted chicken chunks in a creamy, orange sauce). Several different sauces were also included at the front of the buffet line, like raiti, a tasty yogurt sauce that helps keep your mouth from burning up due to the spicy food.

Needless to say, I filled my plate.

Everything sampled was excellent.

The naan was particularly delicious, and thick enough to soak up the extra sauces leftover on my plate. I had never tried mattar paneer before, but the soft texture of the peas won me over. My favorite dish was the chicken jalfrezi

brandon weight | photo editor THE TASTE OF INDIA offers an assortment of authentic Indian dishes with its extensive buffet and features 288 dishes on its regular menu. which was spicy with lots of vegetables and thick, juicy chunks of chicken. Even eaten over rice, it packed a fiery punch.

Luckily, the mango lassi I ordered provided the perfect cool-down for my burning mouth. A thick yogurt drink, mango lassi is sweet, but the yogurt keeps it from tasting too sugary.

It wasn’t long before our stomachs were near bursting, so it was a nice consolation when Singh assured me that Indian food is, for the most part, very healthy. When we got to the register to check out, we found out that Syracuse University students receive a 10 percent discount with a student ID: a perfect meal made even better. We walked out the door smiling.

Comfortable, welcoming and an instant new favorite, The Taste of India provides just that: a chance to savor a mélange of different, authentic Indian dishes — and all at a college-student approved price. jidonfro@syr.edu

TASTE OF INDIA 308 South Salina street (315)-471-7711

Hours: Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Monday to Saturday Dinner 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Thursday Friday and Saturday 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Rating:

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SU enters 1st game of season feeling connected, cohesive

By David Propper Staff Writer

Kallie Billadeau discovered a lot about her Syracuse teammates as they were shooting at her.

Not when they were shooting at her with hockey pucks — but with paintball guns.

Last week, the Orange went on paintball trip, just one of the several team-building activities Syracuse has done this preseason Who: St. Cloud State to get acclimated Where:Minneapolis, Minn. with everyone on When: Friday, 5 p.m. the squad.

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“The team activities that we did,” said Billadeau, the SU goaltender, “we got to know a lot about each other. Our likes and dislikes.”

And by shooting each other in muddy terrain with paintball guns that leave a sting or going on scavenger hunts, SU is closer. Already more so than last year’s team. Head coach Paul Flanagan has seen a marked difference in how his team interacts with each other.

This 2011 team is more close-knit than last year’s Orange squad, players and coaches said.

And SU’s first opportunity to show it comes on Friday, when Syracuse travels to Minneapolis, Minn., to take part in the East/West Showcase.

The Orange plays St. Cloud State on Friday and Minnesota on Saturday.

“I think the camaraderie is at an all-time high,” Flanagan said. “I think it’s really good.”

In 30 years of coaching, Flanagan said this team is among the most cohesive teams off the ice he’s led.

Last year, he may have overheard complaining or whining toward each other. This season, all the “quips” Flanagan has heard during practice have been nothing but positive.

Flanagan credits the cohesion to how proactive his team captains have been. Co-captains Taylor Metcalfe and Megan Skelly have taken it upon themselves to make sure everyone gets involved and gets along.

“Our captain and our veterans have done a great job just kind of assimilating the rookies into the programs and making everybody feel comfortable,” Flanagan said.

Flanagan has also brought in a sports psychiatrist to help create an open dialogue between the players.

Although the psychiatrist was assisting the team last year, he has been in a few more times this year, each visit at least an hourlong.

“He’s done some team-building stuff,” Flanagan said. “But more really just goal setting and understanding your place on the team and your role within team. If anything, he’s just getting the girls to talk.”

Last season, the Orange failed to meet expectations, falling to rival Mercyhurst in the championship game of the College Hockey America tournament and finishing below .500 for the second time in its threeyear history.

“I think the camaraderie is at an all-time high. I think it’s really good.”

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Defender Akane Hosoyamada said last year’s team could function together, but players had their own groups.

“There were just random cliques,” the sophomore said. “But it’s nothing like we couldn’t get along. It was just outside the ice we just didn’t hang out as much.”

Flanagan said last season the team had some situations. There was some unnecessary drama that got old after awhile.

And as a result, the focus was not where it should have been.

“The drama can take over the room,” Flanagan said. “In other words, you get preoccupied with what’s going on with this person and so a lot of that revolved around selfcenteredness.”

But Flanagan doesn’t expect this season to be the same melodrama. And with the Orange’s improved team chemistry is an expected rise in quality of play on the ice this season.

With the players less worried about individual achievements, Skelly sees the Orange more focused on accomplishing team goals.

Billadeau believes the atmosphere on the ice is a lot looser. She described the team’s personality as “goofy and relaxed.”

“We’re not negative,” the sophomore said.

“We just support each other and have fun out there.”

But Billadeau also said the players know when it’s time to put their game face on.

Although SU was picked to finish second in the CHA, just behind Mercyhurst, the league’s defending champions, Flanagan has some concerns about how his young team will manage.

But one thing he doesn’t think he has to worry about is the Orange winning or losing together.

“Because whether we’re up or down, we’re going to stick together,” Flanagan said. “And we’re going to have our ups and downs.”

“Trust me. This is my 30th team. This is my 30th year and it means so much when you get kids that believe in one another and support one another.” dgproppe@syr.edu

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Romagnuolo enjoys national team experience

By David Propper Staff Writer

Tina Romagnuolo’s unofficial welcome to international play came seven minutes after she stepped onto the field.

Making her debut for the Canadian women’s soccer team in a friendly match against the United States, Romagnuolo was Who: Seton Hall the victim of a Where: South Orange, N.J. foul that earned When: Friday, 7 p.m.

Abby Wambach — one of the United States’ most iconic players — a yellow card in the 87th minute.

For Romagnuolo, it was an out-of-body experience.

“It was pretty cool. Not going to lie,” Romagnuolo said. “I got a lot of Facebook messages about it and texts about it, but it was awesome.”

Romagnuolo left Syracuse for two weeks in September to be with the Canadian team for training and a pair of games against the United States. She missed SU’s matchups against Connecticut and Rhode Island, but the experience gained by playing against some of the best players in the world is invaluable.

Now, she is back with the Orange (3-4-3, 2-2 Big East) as the team prepares for its games at Seton Hall (7-2-2, 3-1) on Friday and Rutgers (6-41, 1-2-1) on Sunday.

Romagnuolo’s teammates back in Syracuse watched her excitedly. Fellow Canadian Alyscha Mottershead, who watched the entire game, found it to comical that Romagnuolo was just fouled by one of the most revered women’s soc-

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also finished second in scoring and rebounding behind Coleman, a five-star recruit according to Scout.com.

“He’s a skilled player,” Scout.com recruiting analyst Brian Snow said. “He’ll go inside, he’ll rebound. He’s got a variety of ways to score. I think he’s someone who does everything pretty well but nothing great.”

McKenney said that all-around talent has been evident since Cavanaugh was in sixth grade. His dad was a two-time All-American at Hamilton College, and his father instilled the idea of being a multitalented player instead of just a big man ever since Cavanaugh was young.

And that has worked out well for McKenney and the Red Rams. With the massive Coleman playing center and working the post, Cavanaugh can fill the secondary big man role or work the perimeter. The duo has helped lead J-D to four consecutive New York State championships.

“He and DaJuan play really well together,” McKenney said. “Tyler’s more of a high-low

cer players in the United States.

“It’s funny because you watch the World Cup over the summer and things like that, and then you see those big, huge-name players, especially someone like Abby Wambach,” Mottershead said. “And then to see Tina get in there and to end up having the spotlight on her for a second just because Abby couldn’t get the ball or try to foul her a little bit. It’s definitely a little funny.”

With Canada already trailing the United States 2-0 during the Sept. 22 contest in Portland, Ore., Romagnuolo was told by head coach John Herdman she had a good shot of entering the game. Then with just 10 minutes to go, the Syracuse junior got the call to substitute in.

Romagnuolo took the field in front of 18,570 people at Jeld-Wen Field. The near-capacity crowd resulted in more people than all the fans Romagnuolo played in front of at home or away in an Orange uniform this season.

With this all being new to her, Romagnuolo said she had to take a deep breath as she checked in.

“Definitely really nervous,” Romagnuolo said. “Seeing all the fans just watching you. I mean, I was really scared.”

Although she might have had weak legs, it was still a moment Romagnuolo wanted to achieve long before she started playing in the Canadian national team program in 2005.

“It’s definitely a big goal of mine since I was little to go the Olympics and the World Cup, so hopefully I get the chance to do that,” Romagnuolo said.

Syracuse head coach Phil Wheddon said Herdman, who took over for Canada after a dis-

appointing showing by the national team in this summer’s World Cup, called him to get a better idea of what Romagnuolo brought to the table.

And before she departed from Syracuse, Wheddon made sure to give Romagnuolo advice on what to look forward to in international play.

“We spoke about what is expected,” Wheddon said. “Their coach would be expecting things about how to conduct herself and things like that. I just told her to conduct herself with class at all times.”

Overall, Romagnuolo performed well enough in training and her 10 minutes of action against stars like Wambach, Alex Morgan and the other U.S. players that she has a good chance of being invited back when the Canadian team reconvenes in November. “(Herdman) said I most likely will,” Romagnuolo said. “He thought I did well. I was kind of injured for the first part, so it was unfortunate.

But the times I played for the last week I did well.”

While Romagnuolo made a strong first impression, there are still parts of her game that could use improvement if she wants to be a mainstay on the national team and play in venues like the Olympics and World Cup. But for right now, Romagnuolo is focused on what’s in front of her: two Big East games this weekend against Seton Hall and Rutgers.

“It’s awesome to be back,” Romagnuolo said.

“I’m happy to show everybody what I’ve learned and bring it to the team, so hopefully we’ll do really well in the Big East.”

presence and DaJuan’s more of an inside presence. They look for each other, and they play really well with each other.”

McKenney did say that Cavanaugh’s 16 points and 11 rebounds per game from a year ago would be higher if not for the presence of Coleman. But having the big man around has been an asset for Cavanaugh as well.

Coleman, a center, has been a top prospect in the Class of 2012 since eighth grade. When coaches or scouts come to watch Coleman play, McKenney said they never leave without asking about Cavanaugh, too.

And although Coleman may garner more attention and hype, Cavanaugh believes playing alongside his star teammate has only helped his prospects.

“Having DaJuan around, he’d bring in those coaches as a freshman and a sophomore to watch workouts,” Cavanaugh said. “Coaching is one big network, so if I get out there to one coach, by the time you know it, others know about you. And if I wasn’t going up against (Coleman) every day in practice, I probably wouldn’t be as good as I am today.”

Now that he’s committed to Wake Forest, Cavanaugh can focus on bringing J-D a fifth straight state title and preparing for his

freshman year with the Demon Deacons.

Although he is an SU fan, he felt he couldn’t pass up the feeling he got during his visit to Wake Forest. He liked the way Demon Deacons head coach Jeff Bzdelik recruited him. He felt like part of a family with the rest of his future teammates on the visit.

And while McKenney is an Orange fan himwwwself and would have enjoyed watching Cavanaugh play at SU, he can’t help but be happy for the three-star recruit.

“I think he’s excited,” McKenney said. “He felt like (Wake Forest) was just a great fit all the way around. He got along great with the players, and we’ve all been impressed with coach Bzdelik.

“The situation I think was perfect, and it was going to take something perfect for him to choose over Syracuse.”

Then there were 3 After Tyler Cavanaugh committed to Wake Forest over the weekend, there are only three recruits remaining in the Class of 2012 who have offers from Syracuse, according to Rivals.com. DaJuan Coleman, the No. 3 center in the country, has offers from eight schools. Daiquan Walker, a three-star recruit, also has a list of eight schools to choose from. Amile Jefferson, a four-star recruit, has received 12 offers, but doesn’t have a favorite at this point. Here’s a look at the remaining recruits interested in Syracuse: Player

DaJuan Coleman Amile Jefferson Daiquan Walker

Position

Center Power Forward Point Guard

Hometown

Dewitt, N.Y. Philadelphia Philadelphia

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“They can go in there and they can sell early playing time,” Farrell said. “They can sell playing against schools that didn’t offer you from that region. All of the things that they were sort of selling you before, with that added bonus of playing against teams from where you come from.”

Syracuse has made inroads in recruiting in the south during its two-plus seasons under head coach Doug Marrone. The Orange has 13 scholarship players on its roster from Florida, and this year’s freshman class features seven players from Florida, Georgia and Virginia combined. Seven of the 20 players who verbally committed to join the Orange next season are from a state with one of the 12 current ACC schools.

All of them are two- or three-star recruits on Rivals and Scout.com. Few received interest or offers from the ACC schools in their states.

For recruits, the chance to play against teams that overlooked them can be an advantageous selling point for the Orange.

“You always want to show those schools that didn’t offer you what they’re missing,” Farrell said. “And this is a bigger opportunity, obviously, for kids who commit to Syracuse from the south to do that.”

Parson received interest from Boston College, Duke, North Carolina State, Virginia and Virginia Tech, according to Rivals. But Syracuse was the only offer on the table.

He said playing in the ACC excites him most because of the connections he has to the teams near him. Parson knows players at Virginia and Virginia Tech. He’s close friends with Cavaliers freshman Dominique Terrell, he said, although they have not yet discussed the prospects of playing each other in a few years.

The thoughts of playing in Death Valley against Clemson or at Florida State are also more enticing. Farrell said the Big East teams struggle with recruiting because none of the conference’s matchups are that exciting.

“I actually thought about that a couple times,” Parson said. “I might be playing against Clemson when I get up there, all these other teams, that would be cool. That would be awesome.”

SU freshman linebacker Cameron Lynch had interest from Georgia Tech and Miami (Fla.) last year, but his only other Bowl Championship Series offer besides one from the Orange was from Vanderbilt. Lynch was Georgia’s Defensive Player of the Year at the highest level, but his 5-foot-11 height may have caused many ACC and Southeastern Conference schools to be wary.

He’s jumped right into the fire for SU, though, and is fifth on the team in tackles.

Now, the Orange schedule could feature a trip to Georgia Tech in 2014, and though Lynch didn’t mention the aspect of proving a team wrong, the Lawrenceville, Ga., native said it would be a trip home — something to look forward to.

“Going back home is going to definitely raise an interest, but we’re going to focus on the season now at hand,” Lynch said. “So, it’s going to be exciting most definitely.”

Orange offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator Greg Adkins has been at the forefront of some of Syracuse’s recruiting wins in the south during the past few years. His success can be attributed to his history coaching in the south at Georgia and Tennessee. He was also the recruiting coordinator for three years with the Volunteers.

Adkins did not address the specific leverages playing in the ACC will give SU, but he said that “kids will go anywhere today” in a changing college football landscape.

“Because of the Internet, because of TV, the exposure is out there for every school to have,” Adkins said. “Some schools may get a little more exposure than others, but people in every state in this United States know about Syracuse University.”

Still, the Orange’s switch to a better football conference can at least boost the team’s recruiting success above the Big East teams left behind.

Brandon Huffman, a national recruiting analyst for Scout.com, said the uncertainty of the Big East, and even just the rumors that the conference could possibly lose its automatic bid to the Bowl Championship Series, will hurt SU’s recruiting competitors Connecticut and Rutgers.

While the Scarlet Knights will continue playing Louisville, Cincinnati and UConn in conference play, the Orange get national powers Florida State, Virginia Tech and Miami.

Farrell and Huffman both said that will give Syracuse an advantage in the Northeast, where the team does most of its recruiting now. The Orange will have a pitch that trumps UConn and Rutgers, and one that now rivals Boston College. Farrell said he thinks BC is hurt the most by Syracuse’s move to the ACC because it can no longer use its conference as leverage over SU. Huffman compared it to one of the big moves in last year’s conference expansion carousel, when Colorado leapt from the Big 12 to the Pac-12. The Buffaloes have the No. 45 recruiting Class for 2012 in Scout’s rankings, compared to No. 62 in 2011 and No. 70 in 2010.

The move to the Pac-12 gave Colorado more exposure in California, a prime recruiting state for the school. Syracuse can make Florida and Georgia even bigger pieces of its pipeline through the ACC. “It’s going to be a school that they’re going to be seeing week in and week out because they’re going to be recruited by their opponents,” Huffman said. “They’re going to be that much more attentive now when Georgia Tech’s playing Syracuse or when Clemson’s playing Syracuse than before, when it was just a random September matchup.”

The Orange is still waiting to make a big recruiting splash. Syracuse hasn’t brought in a recruit rated four stars or better on Scout in the Marrone era. With 20 committed for 2012, that class could be nearing capacity.

But the move to the ACC could trigger a bigtime recruit to finally give SU a shot.

“They need to get back to recruiting at a high level, and they need to get back to what they represented a decade ago,” Farrell said. “And this is the first step toward that.” mcooperj@syr.edu

Southern pipeline Syracuse has made an effort under head coach Doug Marrone to establish recruiting lines in the Northeast and down the East Coast of the United States. With the Orange’s impending move to the Atlantic Coast Conference, recruiting analysts say SU will reap benefits in the form of better recruiting classes with higher-rated players from the South.

Here’s a look at the number of scholarship players on SU’s current roster, along with the number of starters on SU’s most recent depth chart, from each state in which there are current ACC teams: State

# of players

Florida 13 Virginia 5 Georgia 4 Maryland 3 Massachusetts 0 N. Carolina 0 S. Carolina 0

Starters

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Addazio’s tough mentality paying dividends for Temple

By Andrew Tredinnick Asst. Copy Editor

Steve Addazio gauges how difficult Temple’s opponent will be based on the way it performs on special teams. In scouting that one phase, the Owls head coach gains insight into how hard the team is going to play.

He uses the same method to measure his team’s effort.

So last week, when Rod Streater blocked a Maryland punt, it proved to the first-year head coach that Temple is a hard-nosed football team.

“How hard does a team really play?” Addazio said in the Mid-American Conference teleconference Monday. “Watch them on special teams, how hard do they play there? A well-coached team is going to play real hard on special teams.”

The Owls have played their way into promi-

“We’re a lunch pail team.

We’re going to come every day, come to work and pack our lunch and get ready to go, there’s no frills. I don’t believe we’re going to ride the highs and the lows.”

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Temple head coach

nence under Addazio after four games this season. After nearly pulling an upset against Penn State in the third week of the season, Temple displayed it can compete with opponents from Bowl Championship Series conferences. A week later, the Owls proved even more, pounding Maryland 38-7 on the road last Saturday.

The success has stemmed from Addazio’s main focus on toughness in his first year at the helm of a college football program. His mantra, “Temple Tough and Philadelphia Proud,” courses through the team both sides of the ball.

Two weeks ago, the Owls were just two minutes and 42 seconds from delivering the Nittany Lions their second loss of the season.

But Penn State capitalized on one of two fourth quarter interceptions, scoring a touchdown on a 12-play drive following the turnover. Temple lost 14-10.

“Everyone was hurt and distraught,” senior outside linebacker Tahir Whitehead said. “It came down to the wire and knowing that we controlled most of the game and let it up in the end, everyone was hurt by it. No one was pointing fingers, no one to blame and everyone took it on the chin and just get out to the next one, didn’t dwell on it.”

During the next week, Addazio and the players broke down the film looking for what the team did right and wrong in the loss. Addazio urged his team to have a short-term memory and improve upon what had been a gritty performance despite the result.

“I think the kids understand in major college

football there’s a very narrow margin for error,” Addazio said. “ … I think they understand that, I think they embrace that, we’re improving, we’re still a work in progress, but I’d rather correct schematical things than the passion and toughness and the love of the game.”

And Temple rebounded a week later behind 425 yards of total offense and a stellar defensive performance to embarrass the Terrapins. It was a win Addazio knew his team was capable of after the correct adjustments were made.

Temple has dominated nearly every facet of the game en route to a 3-1 start under Addazio’s new approach.

The Owls have been one of the best in the country defensively, limiting their opponents to just four touchdowns and giving up 7.75 points per game — the fewest in the nation. Temple is also 15th in the nation in total defense, holding opponents to 273 yards per game.

Junior running back Bernard Pierce has anchored the offense with 496 yards rushing.

He also leads the nation with 12 rushing touchdowns.

But despite the early success, Addazio wants his team to stay grounded.

“We’re a lunch pail team,” Addazio said.

“We’re going to come every day, come to work and pack our lunch and get ready to go, there’s no frills. I don’t believe we’re going to ride the highs and the lows.

“We’re going to go about the task every game.

We understand it’s a dogfight and the margin for error is small. I like our team’s attitude. I like where we are.”

Addazio’s presence hasn’t gone unnoticed, either. Defensive back Kevin Kroboth explained that his fiery pregame speeches and his new motto are a source of motivation heading into each game.

“He’s a real high-energy guy,” Kroboth said.

“He lets you know what we need to do for this game — if we need to be that tougher team and bring that Temple tough atmosphere we incorporate here into the program.”

Temple has carried that mentality into each game this season. And Addazio hopes his team will continue to bring the intensity to each practice and game for the rest of the season.

“We are a tough, physical football team, and we play in a tough city,” Addazio said. “Our goal has been to become increasingly mentally tougher, meaning the execution level of what we do at a higher level.”

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embraced the concepts that Steve has instilled in them.”

And the hard work has paid off.

This season, Millman leads the team in shooting efficiency of players that have taken more than one shot, scoring on 42.9 percent of her attempts. The transformation is a noticeable one, Martina Loncarica said.

“She likes to score. She wants to score,” Loncarica said. “You can see it in her.”

Millman’s scoring ability is enhanced by her knowledge of the game. Loncarica said Millman knows where everyone should be on the field and understands how plays develop.

She also leads SU’s defensive press on opposing teams’ backs. It’s a key tactic in Syracuse’s game plan that Bradley stresses at each practice.

And Millman knows how important it is to the team’s success. She knew she had to speak up when the team wasn’t running the press effectively, and in doing so she embraced her

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bigger role on the team.

“We have a really young group, but the press is an important thing that we have going for us. It’s one of our strengths,” Millman said.

“It was just really important that we came together and did it together as one unit instead of individually.”

As Millman anchors the press, Susek has developed into a scoring threat. She is only two goals away from her total of nine all of last season.

The diminutive scorer has flourished by getting behind the defense and finding space, Millman said. A number of her goals have come from finding those openings, often near the back post, and shooting quickly before the defense can react.

Millman and Susek have thrived on the field together, and Bradley has been impressed with their chemistry. The head coach said they can read where the other is going on the field before they even take the first step.

“They’re like two little twins out there,” Bradley said. “They’re tiny, they’re quick, they’re fast, and they’re feisty. And they really have learned to work off of each other.” sebail01@syr.edu

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Two forwards emerge as SU’s leaders

Cavanaugh commits to Wake

By Stephen Bailey Asst. Copy Editor

Kelsey Millman had seen enough of Syracuse’s sloppy, unsynchronized press during last Thursday’s practice. The forwards were out of position, and Millman Who: Providence knew it Where: J.S. Coyne was time Stadium to speak When: Friday, 4 p.m. up.

S h e repositioned the players and told them to “take ownership” of their places on the field and apply more pressure on the backs.

“We were trying to implement a press, and no one knew what was going on,” junior back Iona Holloway said. “And Kelsey just was like, ‘This is what we’re doing. This is where you have to be.’”

Millman has taken command of the SU attack along with senior forward Heather Susek this season. The pair has combined for 13 of the team’s 28 goals this season to lead the No. 5 Orange (7-2, 2-0 Big East). They have combined for seven goals in the last four games and look to continue their scoring barrage this weekend against Providence (2-7, 0-1) on Friday and Massachusetts (2-6, 0-0 Atlantic 10) on Sunday.

While Susek was a solid contributor last year and recorded nine goals, Millman was used in a reserve role.

She attempted only two shots in 18 appearances, but those two shots were both goals.

Susek has noticed a dramatic difference in her teammate’s play during 2011. She credits Millman’s growth to increased playing time.

“I think she’s just more comfortable and more confident on the field,” Susek said. “She knows where the spaces are, and she knows what she wants to do with the ball before she moves.”

However, those changes did not occur overnight.

This past spring, the pair of forwards worked regularly with SU assistant coach Steve Simpson. Once a week Simpson drilled Susek and Millman exclusively, preparing them for the fall season.

“Happy hour with Steve,” SU head coach Ange Bradley called it.

“They just worked on adjusting ball positions, getting quicker shots and working on readjusting off the line as a defender,” Bradley said.

“I think that they both really have see forwards page 17

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UP NEXT

top: bobby yarbrough | staff photographer bottom: dave trotman-wilkins | staff photographer FROM TOP: Orange freshman Cameron Lynch is one of four players from Georgia. Recruiting coordinator Greg Adkins will compete closely with ACC schools for recruits once SU joins the league.

Target audience

Syracuse’s move to ACC gives Orange stronger football recruiting pitch in South

By Mark Cooper Asst. Sports Editor

D

arius Parson was alerted of Syracuse’s move to the Atlantic Coast Conference when he was tagged in a Facebook post.

Parson was groggy the morning after his Woodbridge Senior (Va.) High School football team defeated Granby High School on Sept. 16. But once Parson — a verbal commitment to Syracuse for the Class of 2012 — noticed the new post on his wall about Syracuse possibly leaping from the Big East to the ACC, he was suddenly aware.

“And then I see it on SportsCenter, and I was like, ‘Alright, wow, that’s cool,’” said Parson, who comes from Woodbridge, less than an hour from the University of Maryland. “A lot of schools that are from the ACC are around this area and in North Carolina, and that’s cool for family getting to see me, come out and see me a little closer.”

Syracuse’s move to the ACC was formally announced on Sept. 18, one day after Parson found out about the speculative change in conference. Due to a waiting period imposed by the Big East on teams leaving the conference, Syracuse and Pittsburgh, who is also joining the ACC, will remain in the conference for 27 months before finally leaving the Big East in time for

the 2014 college football season.

But the effects of the move to a more stable and competitive football conference may be seen sooner than that — on the recruiting trail. SU enters a conference that has a rich history of getting top prep talent. And in Scout.com’s 2012 team recruiting rankings, five ACC schools are in the top 17.

Players all down the Atlantic coast, like Parson, will now need to take a closer look at SU. “It’s huge for Syracuse,” said Mike Farrell, Big East, ACC and national college football recruiting analyst for Rivals.com. “It’s a big, big jump.”

The switch from the Big East to the ACC positions the Orange in a stronger football conference on the field and geographically. SU will be in a league that currently has four ranked teams in 2011, including three undefeated teams in Clemson, Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech.

Most ACC programs are south of Syracuse, with two in Florida, one in Georgia, four in North Carolina and two in Virginia — places that are hotbeds for high school talent. Suddenly, with the near-guarantee that beginning in 2014 SU will be playing at least one or two games a year in the south, the Orange’s recruiting pitch has more charm. see recruiting page 16

Bob McKenney knew it was going to take something perfect for Tyler Cavanaugh to go to a school other than Syracuse.

The senior power forward had been an SU fan since he was young, growing up a short drive from the campus and playing high school basketball for McKenney at JamesvilleDeWitt. Something would really have to click to pull Cavanaugh away from his hometown Orange.

And that’s exactly what happened on the three-star recruit’s visit to Wake Forest last weekend.

“As soon as I got on campus there, I knew it was the right spot for me,” Cavanaugh said. “It just felt right. I went with my gut feeling, and my parents supported that.

I just decided that Wake was the place for me.”

Cavanaugh committed to the Demon Deacons Saturday, choosing Wake Forest over Notre Dame, Syracuse, Davidson and George Washington. The only other school he visited on his list was Notre Dame.

Even though the high school senior did land a spot at a power conference school, he isn’t the most hyped recruit on his high school team. Cavanaugh credits his classmate, DaJuan Coleman, with helping him gain Division-I attention and making him the player he is today.

And although he’s been a Syracuse fan since childhood, Cavanaugh felt that he fit in best with the Demon Deacons, especially since he should have a chance to contribute quickly in Winston-Salem, N.C. “I think when he looked at the recruiting classes and the players in his position on the roster that will be there in two years,” McKenney said, “he sees a really great opportunity to play significantly early on.”

Cavanaugh has played varsity basketball for McKenney since his freshman year and will enter his third year as a starter for the Red Rams once basketball season begins. The biggest asset for the lanky 6-foot-8 power forward is his all-around skill set.

McKenney said the senior could play point guard if J-D needed him to. He was the team’s best three-point shooter last year at 41 percent. He see cavanaugh page 15