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N • Price chopper

SU professors weigh in on President Barack Obama’s recently announced plan to make community college free to those who are willing to work for it.

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O • It’s going down

Pop culture columnist Eric King analyzes the latest fashion trend and its storied history. Lumbersexuals have been around the block a few times.

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P • Hand in hand

Syracuse University professor Arthur Flowers reflects on his activist days and his memories of his role model, Martin Luther King Jr. Page 9

S • Get over it

Rakeem Christmas was left off the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25, despite the fact that he’s keeping Syracuse afloat while averaging 18.3 points and nine boards per game.

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Marching forward

MICHELE NORRIS, a National Public Radio special correspondent and creator of The Race Card Project, delivers the keynote address at the 30th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration at Syracuse University. Norris discussed the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and his affect on the U.S. There were also performances by local students and members of the Syracuse community were honored during the ceremony for their service. SU had classes off on Monday in honor of King photo illustration by frankie prijatel photo editor

Speakers, performances highlight SU students look back 30th annual MLK celebration event on experience at protest

By Annie Palmer staff writer

Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. helped guide civil rights leaders and thousands of community members across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, as they fought for the right to vote.

Speaking in the Carrier Dome on Sunday, Michele Norris reminded the crowd of almost 2,000 attendees that many people are still crossing that bridge.

Norris, a National Public Radio correspondent and creator of The Race Card Project, spoke to Syracuse University students and community members as a part of the 30th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. The theme of the event was “Remember. Celebrate. Act.” and featured performances from local and student dance, music and spoken word groups.

Attendees spent the first half of the evening enjoying dinner and chatting at tables that spanned half

of the Carrier Dome field. On each table was a postcard from Norris’ Race Card Project, which encourages people to candidly describe their experiences with race and cultural identity in six words or less.

Throughout her speech, Norris tried to unpack King’s legacy and how it informs the current dialogue of race in America.

The bridge in Selma is a metaphor for America’s hopes and efforts to reach a society where all races and see mlk page 8

By Anna Merod staff writer

Colton Jones refuses to stay silent.

“Silence at this time is essentially opposing these movements and opposing equality, freedom and peace,” Jones said.

In an effort to protest the lack of indictments in the cases of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, Jones, a senior psychology major, traveled with several other students from Syracuse University to protest in

the national Millions March in New York City on Dec. 13, 2014.

The march was in line with the recent national trend of increased protesting. SU students who participated in the protest say it’s part of a larger, ongoing movement regarding race in America.

The protest began around noon in Washington Square Park, as protesters marched through uptown and ended their official marching route outside the New see protest page 6

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Heart tattoo shows love for science

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Amelia Forbes is passionate about science, and she has the tattoo to prove it.

Forbes, a senior forensic science and psychology dual major, has the human heart tattooed on her left hip as a representation of her love for science.

“Organs are pretty cool, and I like the idea of the heart being so connected with life and death,” Forbes said.

The idea of a tattoo of the human heart came to Forbes in high school, during which she wanted to become a forensic pathologist. But she waited to get it until her freshman year of college when she took forensics classes.

“I’ve always been a little bit of a science nerd,” Forbes said. “I love the forensic aspect because it’s kind of like a big puzzle. You need to find your own clues and you need to fit it together, and then you’re going to have good come out of it at the end when you catch a criminal.”

Forbes’ goal is to become a death investigator, which consists of going to the scene where a body is found, collecting biological material and taking that material back to a laboratory to receive an autopsy.

O • Forestry fashion Pop culture columnist Eric King chips away at the misconceptions of 2015’s latest fashion phenomenon.

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P • Lost in translation

Abroad columnist Zachary Gipson discusses the complications of Singlish, a mixture of several prominent languages in Singapore.

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S • Bench pressed

Syracuse basketball’s bench hasn’t been producing, and Jim Boeheim says that needs to change soon.

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S • On the way to Norway SU men’s soccer leading scorer Emil Ekblom has left SU to pursue professional opportunities in Norway.

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AMELIA FORBES was inspired by her love for science to get a heart tattoo on her left hip. One day, Forbes hopes to work as a death investigator and solve crimes. doris huang staff photographer

Her passion for science was evident at a young age, as she always loved observing the outdoors. She realized her love for forensic science, however, when she began watching the television series “Bones,” Forbes said.

“I also loved it for the entertainment value, but it’s really cool how they can take this one thing that we all take for granted, like dirt samples, and they can analyze the dirt sam-

ples and figure out where it all came from,” Forbes said.

Forbes chose to make the human heart tattoo all red for aesthetic reasons, as opposed to purple and blue to make it look realistic. She brought a photo she printed online to the artist.

“I like the idea of getting something living,” Forbes said. “This organ keeps you alive — I like that concept.” gantonel@syr.edu

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On the move The David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics has begun its move from its current offices into the old College of Law buildings.

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Ch-ch-changes The Martin J. Whitman School of Management has completed its first curriculum review in ten years, and several changes are set to go into effect this fall.

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What would MLK say today? Great strides but miles to go. We have to keep up the fight against injustice. #MLKDay

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Students remember Gertis

By Brett Samuels news editor

For most Syracuse University students, faculty and staff, alumni or community members, a walk down Marshall Street consists of certain familiarities.

There’s the familiar sales pitch of a buy-one-get-one-free deal at Shirt World, the familiar line of customers that stretches to the door of the Chipotle and, until recently, the familiar rattle of change just outside the Starbucks on the corner.

The rattle would be accompanied by a familiar voice. “Hey pretty lady,” it would say.

That voice belonged to Gertis McDowell, who died at his residence on Jan. 7 of natural causes. He was 67. McDowell was known for sitting outside the Starbucks, interacting see gertis page 6

Shine a light SOLOMON PERKINS performs the song “Man in the Mirror” along with others in the Young and Talented Performing Arts Kompany at the 30th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Sunday night in the Carrier Dome. Perkins and others held small glowing lights in the air near the end of the evening’s events. Perkins attends J.T. Roberts Pre-K–8 School in Syracuse.

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Workgroup progresses on recommendations

By Sara Swann asst. news editor

Members of Syracuse University’s Fast Forward Undergraduate Excellence Working Group covered academic and career advising, among other topics, at a retreat at the Goldstein Student Center on Thursday and Friday.

The two-day retreat included two different two-hour discussion sessions with guest speakers, lengthy and engaged conversations about possible recommendations and smaller sub-group discussions lasting about three hours, Ralph Zito, co-chair of the Undergraduate Excellence Working Group, said.

During the retreat, each of the seven Fast Forward working groups was asked to form five to seven recommendations for the university.

“We spent quite some time coming to a consensus on what recommendations were the best for everyone,” Zito said. “Given the scope of the committee’s charge there naturally was a wide variety of opinions so the challenge was

getting an agreement on one thing.”

The Undergraduate Excellence Working Group cannot fully discuss the specific recommendations formed at the retreat until the final report has been completed and sent to the Fast Forward Strategic Plan Steering Committee, Zito said.

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Number of workgroups that attended the retreat on Thursday and Friday

“We want to make sure the recommendations are carefully crafted before released to the public,” Zito said. “However, I can say that the recommendations do cover all aspects of undergraduate life, especially academic and career advising.”

A wide array of people attended the retreat and all of them contributed new information and ideas and added a new sense of direction. Many of SU’s schools and colleges were represented at the retreat, as well as guests from the Renée Crown University Honors Program, the Department of Public Safety, the Writing Program,

the School of Education and various cultural centers in Syracuse.

“We received very strong support from all of our guests regarding the thoroughness of each working group’s findings,” Zito said. “During our discussions, members from each working group conducted the conversations and our guests used their experiences to help guide our areas of focus.”

Through various discussions, there emerged a need for more attention toward the first year experience so students can reap long-term benefits across their four years at SU, Zito said.

There were also a lot of conversations about student success — not just involving GPA, but also personal and career-driven success, Zito added.

“Participating in the retreat was very fulfilling and productive,” said Steven Pincus, a senior entrepreneur and emerging enterprises, management and marketing management triple major. “We covered a breadth of different topics and it was interesting to see everyone’s findings and discoveries.”

Pincus said his favorite part about

the retreat was interacting with all of the SU faculty and staff that attended the retreat and hearing different opinions on a variety of issues.

The next task deals with writing the final report, which will eventually be sent to the Strategic Plan Steering Committee. The Undergraduate Excellence Working Group is hoping to finish a draft of the final report within the next two weeks. That draft will then be tested and refined before finally being sent to the Strategic Plan Steering Committee, Zito said.

“Right now we are at the ground floor of the process for improving the university, but it is very difficult for me to imagine any of this planning heading in a negative way,” Zito said.

Both Zito and Pincus said the retreat served the purpose the Undergraduate Excellence Working Group had hoped it would.

Said Pincus: “I am very comfortable with what we achieved at the retreat. We definitely accomplished what we set out to do.” smswann@syr.edu

crime briefs Here is a roundup of criminal activity that happened near campus this weekend and during the past week, according to a Syracuse police bulletin.

TRESPASSING A Syracuse man, 27, was arrested for trespassing, according to a Syracuse police bulletin. when: Monday at 1:40 a.m. where: 124 Redfield Place CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE A Syracuse man, 47, was arrested for criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a misdemeanor, according to a police bulletin. when: Sunday at 3:20 a.m. where: 400 block of Marshall Street LOITERING A Syracuse man, 54, was arrested for loitering, according to a police bulletin. when: Wednesday at 9 p.m. where: 700 block of S. Crouse Avenue OPEN CONTAINER A Syracuse man, 22, was arrested for possession of an open container, according to a police bulletin. when: Wednesday at 7:51 p.m. where: 206 Walnut Place — Compiled by Jessica Iannetta, staff writer, jliannet@syr.edu, @JessicaIannetta

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pop culture

Lumbersexuals have storied history, no one culture can lay claims

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man sits in a coffee shop. He’s wearing Red Wing boots and weathered jeans, Warby Parkers and a flannel.

A head of shiny blonde curls cascades into a luscious beard. His bag is big enough to hold an ax, but its only contents are a Macbook Air and a Moleskine sketchbook. He’s not a lumberjack, he’s a graphic designer from Bushwick and he’s participating in 2015’s first fashion phenomenon.

The lumbersexual.

The forestry fashion statement doesn’t come without its discontents, though. Gay men are now crying out, “We were here first,” about the lifestyle trend, saying straight culture is now stealing the hairier “bear/cub” dynamic gay culture adopted years ago. The thing they don’t realize is that their rage is seriously misguided.

During the 1880s and 1890s, more men were working in offices, spending more time indoors, not doing physical work outside.

Men were anxious, depressed and extremely fatigued. To combat this masculinity crisis, advertisers and journalists invented the glamorized image of lumberjacks: big, strong

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EATING CULTURE VULTURES FOR BREAKFAST men who had a sense of honor, working outdoors at a job they loved. Originally, this theatricalized version of masculinity was what men were encouraged to aspire to.

This masculinity crisis has come full circle and now were back in a time where more men are working in offices, spending more time indoors, not doing “manly” things in the great outdoors. We’ve reverted to the time of the axe wielders, at the dangerous crossroads between the LGBT rights movement and the information age.

This cultural tug of war between gay and straight echos the ones that came before it, most recently with the metrosexual in the early 2000s. Tim Teeman talks about this phenomenon in his November Daily Beast article, “How Straight World Stole ‘Gay’: The Last Gasp of the ‘Lumbersexual.’” According to Teeman, “The lumbersexual is just straight culture’s latest belated attempt to

theatricalize masculinity, decades after gays got there first.”

But this whole discussion relies on the assumption that a group of people can ever own a facet of culture. In J. Bryan Lowder’s Slate essay from July 2014 “The Trouble With ‘Stealing’ Cultures,’” he dissects the idea of gay white men “stealing” concepts such as “shade” and “reading” from black women. He argues, “No group can claim to ‘own’ an idea like shade, much less to dictate to others when and where it may be used — provenances and trajectories of development are just too complex to imprison culture in that way.”

The difference between being influenced by culture, and stealing it, lies in intention.

A new theory cropped up by Out magazine’s Mark Simpson, he posits that straight men are not only adopting gay culture, but that they’re doing it to achieve the admiration of gay men.

Nick Jonas, for example, has been exploiting this movement lately. Jonas, a straight man, is now playing a gay MMA fighter on DirecTv’s new original series “Kingdom.” He

recognizes his gay fan base in almost every interview, and he included several gay clubs in his national press tour. But I would guess the reason he’s doing these things probably has less to do with gay people, and more to do with money.

It’s hard to argue that straight men aren’t becoming more accepting, but the more likely reason for adopting gay trends is that the gay community is filled with some of the most culturally and economically mobile people in the world, and that they have leverage on other groups.

Using other group’s religion, traditions, etc. to your advantage isn’t right — such as Geisha Katy Perry at the American Music Awards. But it’s hard to believe that straight culture stole a fashion trend that was originally crafted at a time when gay culture didn’t even exist. Essentially, cultural appropriation does happen, the fact of tha matter is that it’s just not happening here.

Eric King is a sophomore magazine journalism major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at edking@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @erickingdavid.

letter to the editor

Big East Exit Fee burden lies on athletic, non-athletic departments I am writing to clarify the discussion that occurred at Wednesday’s University Senate in regard to the Big East Exit Fee. As the former

chair of the Senate Budget Committee who with Audie Klotz and John Petosa negotiated the agreement with Lou Marcoccia, Executive

Vice President and CFO, and Gwenn Judge, Budget and Fiscal Affairs Director, I believe it to be my obligation to clarify the agreement that was reached.

The basic agreement that was reached was that the athletic department would bear responsibility for 25 percent of the cost Big East Exit Fee with the remaining 75 percent borne by the other university responsibility centers — primarily the schools and colleges.

The agreement replaced the previous decision by the Board of Trustees that the exit fee would be covered by the entire university.

We also negotiated a provision to deal with any unrestricted windfall revenues.

This is where the discussion at the Senate became confusing, in no small part because of my want of memory and failure to clearly articulate what had been agreed. Here is the language that is in the agreement: . . . require Athletics to pay an additional 15 percent of any windfall unrestricted revenues beyond taxes and participation. The overall effect of the additional 15 percent of windfall

unrestricted revenues going to non-Athletic Centers combined with other RCM unrestricted revenues assessments and participation would be approximately a 50/50 split.

I think the confusion was related to what the additional 15 percent means. Let me try to explain. Responsibility centers, which include the athletic department, pay “taxes” on gross revenues. These various taxes amount to about 32–33 percent of revenue.

In the case of a windfall, these taxes would be applied and an additional 15 percent of the gross amount would go toward central funds.

The result would mean that approximately half of the windfall amount would go toward non-Athletic uses.

Lou Marcoccia did attempt to explain this formula at the Senate meeting, but I fear it was lost in the conversation. That I could not remember the details of the agreement, no doubt, added to misunderstanding.

Respectfully, Craig A. Dudczak Associate Professor, CRS

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Throw it in neutral Environmental columnist Azor Cole applauds the progression of Syracuse University’s carbon neutrality efforts.

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Humor or horror Generation Y columnist Laritza Salazar takes a look at satire and draws a firm line to show where humor turns sour.

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Scholarships should compensate players The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s decision to allow schools to offer Division I athletes full cost-of-attendance scholarships is an appropriate form of compensation for students who dedicate their time to athletic pursuits.

This past Saturday the five wealthiest conferences — Atlantic Coast, Big Ten, Big 12, Pacific-12 and Southeastern — voted to extend scholarships that would cover transportation and miscellaneous costs to players. This would be in addition to the scholarships they now receive that fund tuition, room, board and book expenses.

After all the lengths big-sport schools go through to recruit players and convince them to come

to their schools, it should not be expected that the athletes are then required to pay to attend said school. If a school really wants a player on its team, it should invest in the student and cover the athlete’s total expenses.

Once athletes do arrive on campus, they are then required to practice for hours a day and are prohibited from getting a job. Their class and team commitments stand in the way. This differs from students who aren’t student athletes and can juggle a part-time job with their extracurricular and class commitments. Covering transportation and miscellaneous costs fills this loss of opportunity for income.

Considering the substantial

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revenue that comes from athletics for big-sport schools — SU brought in nearly $88 million last year — extending scholarships seems like a fair compromise as opposed to cutting players a check. For now, that is.

Players have been outspoken in the past that they deserve compensation for commercial use of their images, and while that decision is still years away this is a step toward a solution.

Big-sport schools continuing to invest in their players are likely lead to a happier athletic experience for both fans and players. This is an appropriate measure to compensate athletes, but while still maintaining their status as students.

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Funding community college will help future students avoid loans

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n anticipation of his annual State of the Union address, President Barack Obama is keeping his focus on young people and students. Although these addresses are normally filled with monotonous and obligatory applause and the same language every year, this year’s address — Obama hopes — will cause a bit of a positive stir in America.

As millennials continue to experience the trials and tribulations of adulthood, Obama wants to give those serious about their education some help and those who are not, some motivation to start caring.

Along with several other new initiatives regarding online privacy and activity, Obama will encourage more and more young people to pursue higher education.

In an intriguing move, on Jan. 8, Obama announced a general plan to turn community college and technical college educations into free

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educations. And America should be nothing but thrilled about it.

The cost of a college education is rising at a much higher rate than that of inflation, College Board reported in November that tuition and fees at private colleges rose by 3.7 percent last academic year while inflation only rose 1.4 percent through September.

Now families around the country are scared to think about where the money to pay for college tuition will come from.

And as a result, millennials are beginning to take on more and more responsibility when it comes to footing the bill. Many are beginning to pay for their tuition out of their own pockets or are taking out student loans.

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According to the Pew Research Center, millennials are the best-educated generation in history, today two-thirds of bachelor’s degree earners have outstanding student loans, which average $27,000 when twenty years prior only half of college graduates had college debt and their average cost was $15,000.

Although Obama has yet to announce the specifics of his plan — he will presumably do so at his national address on Tuesday — many are already familiar with a similar plan.

Obama sites Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam as his inspiration for his new initiative.

Last year, Haslam announced a reform of the state scholarship funded by the lottery. Now Haslam’s focus is to provide free community college and technical school to those who could meet the state’s requirements.

While the program is still in its infancy, students soon will reap the inevitable benefits.

Obama’s plan is extremely similar. With GPA requirements and accreditation for the schools involved, the federal government promises to fund 75 percent of the cost for states who fully buy in to the program.

If all 50 states participate, The White House estimates that nine million students could save up to $3,800 per year.

The cost for the federal government has yet to be announced — and it could be staggering. And in a time when education reform is desperately needed, throwing money at schools isn’t going to work.

But, big and targeted spending could provide a nice wake-up call to America’s educators.

In the absence of targeted government spending, adults and parents today are suffering from rising

costs and steep inflation, causing young people to be more cautious in their education choices.

Young adults are spending more time buried in debt and with incomes that keep them afloat, but do little to pay off their loans.

With this initiative, there will be greater ability for the future of America to apply their skills in the real world immediately — without the burden of economic ruin.

As Robert Hutchins, an American scholar and philosopher, once said, “The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.”

Although the immediate costs could be uncomfortable, the least we owe the young people of America is toease their already struggling transition into adulthood.

Eric Dunay is a freshman in the School of Architecture. His column appears weekly. He can be contacted at ebdunay@syr.edu.

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protests York City Police Department headquarters in downtown. About 30,000 people attended the march in Manhattan, according to a Dec. 13 Huffington Post article.

Jones said there were people from all over the country and even from abroad that participated. Before the march began, fellow protesters handed out posters and gave away free food.

He added that people from all races were at the protest in solidarity and recalled one sign he thought was inspiring that was held by a white man that said, “White silence = violence.”

“But within that happiness to be there, there was a lot of pain, you could see the pain on a lot of people’s faces, that we need change and this is a time for change,” Jones said.

Spencer Piston, a political science professor at SU’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, said protests can potentially affect policy change and decrease the disproportionate amount of African American lives that are ended through the criminal justice system.

He also said that protesters can become better civically engaged citizens.

Piston added in an email that he hopes students at SU and across the nation continue to use peaceful protest to combat racial inequality.

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gertis with those passing by and asking for change. He was a fixture along Marshall Street, as commonplace as any of the storefronts that members of the SU community pass by every day.

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“It’s also good for students as they prepare for life after they graduate because those who take a stand for what they believe in learn that living for our values is ultimately more rewarding than just living for our paychecks,” Piston said.

Alejandra Avina, a senior anthropology and political science dual major, said she felt obligated to join the Millions March because she has a personal and family history experiencing police brutality.

This is a very important time of our lives and I think that should never be undermined. colton jones senior psychology major

“I owed family and myself to show the rest of society that these are still important issues occurring and that there are individuals that care,” Avina said.

After the official march ended at the police headquarters, Jones and Avina were not done protesting. As the night lingered and some protesters went home, Jones and Avina stayed outside with other protesters who were determined to continue to bring awareness to police brutality by

Many people simply walked past McDowell without saying a word, while others would say hello or smile. But those who stopped to have an extended conversation with McDowell found that he loved talking to others about their lives and making people smile.

Eric Klein, a junior accounting and finance

marching onto the Brooklyn Bridge, where they were met by a line of police officers facing them.

Jones and Avina were standing on the front lines and were equipped with goggles, first aid kits and mixtures to help alleviate the pain of tear gas and pepper spray.

Avina added that she was one of the only women she could see on the front lines as protesters marched through traffic and onto the Brooklyn Bridge. Standing on the frontlines was difficult at times, Avina added.

At several points of the unofficial march, Avina grew worried that she might not be able to continue protesting depending on how other protesters continued in their actions.

“I remember grabbing (Jones’) arm, being like, ‘I think I might be scared, we might have to move to the second line’ and he said, ‘No, we got this.’”

Despite the initial resistance, Jones said, the protesters were able to find a way around the line of police officers, and continue their march onto the Brooklyn Bridge.

Ray Garzia, a graduate student studying mathematics, said he participated in the Millions March because he believes it is important for the movement to have white allies march in solidarity.

Garzia added that as a white man participating in a protest centered on the lives of African Americans, he had to constantly check his privilege in the beginning of the march.

This included trying not to chant too loud or take a leadership position during the march because it’s important to see people of color in more leadership positions, he said.

“I feel like society conditions white men to take leadership roles when participating in something like this,” he said. “Because then we’re trying to fix the problem with the problem.”

Avina added that while it was great to see such large numbers of people participate in a national protest, she learned that there is still work to be done within the movement, including navigating the roles of white allies.

Moving forward, Avina said she’s excited to see what will come out of the movement. She added that she hopes the movement creates an understanding that race will not go away with a simple policy reform and it takes local activism, education and daily conversation to treat historical racial wounds related to race in the U.S. Jones, the senior psychology major, added that as his ancestors have fought toward racial equality for his generation, and it is now time for his peers to continue the fight toward a more just society for future generations a well.

“I learned that this is sort of our civil rights movement,” Jones said. “This is a very important time of our lives and I think that should never be undermined.”

major, first met McDowell before even becoming a student at SU. His brother, who is 10 years older, attended SU. When Klein came to visit, he’d see McDowell along Marshall Street. Klein said he first talked with McDowell as a senior in high school when he came to visit as a prospective student.

“When I got here (as a student) I walked down Marshall and he says, ‘Hey big papa,’” Klein said.

“He said that to everyone but I felt like he remembered me and then he said something along the

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The biggest lesson I’ve learned from him is the importance of a smile. He really wanted nothing more than for everybody to smile. tariq nevar su alumnus

lines of ‘you decided to come to Syracuse after all.’”

Klein continued to interact with McDowell as a student, and would occasionally buy him food and join McDowell outside Starbucks. However, he said McDowell would never share much about his past, and Klein said he never really asked.

“To be honest I didn’t know his first name until I read the article that he passed away,” Klein said. “That’s something in itself that he never needed to talk about himself.”

Tariq Nevar also found that interacting with McDowell meant learning about his personality, but not necessarily his history. Nevar is an SU alumnus who began working as a barber at Campus Cuts on Marshall Street in 2012. Nevar said he met McDowell in 2008, “the same way everybody meets him,” but he began communicating with McDowell more regularly once he started working at Campus Cuts.

Nevar and the other barbers would sit outside to talk with McDowell during the summer and the group formed a bond. Campus Cuts even began selling shirts with McDowell’s face and his signature phrase, “Hey pretty lady,”

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Since learning of his death, SU community members have placed flowers, a crown and cups of change at the place where Gertis McDowell used to sit outside Starbucks.

written across the front. Nevar said a couple dollars from each shirt went to McDowell to help buy food, cigarettes and other items.

Nevar said he didn’t learn much about McDowell’s history, other than that he lived in the South and McDowell, “made sure we knew how popular he was with the ladies,” he said with a laugh.

Sarah Valenzuela, a junior broadcast and digital journalism and political science dual major, learned a bit more about McDowell in her time interacting with him. Valenzuela said during her freshman year and part of her sophomore year, she would bring McDowell peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on Fridays.

She said she learned that McDowell had an accident that put him in a wheelchair, that he loved food, especially collard greens and turkey on Thanksgiving, and that he loved meeting new people.

“It’s not like he just talks to students, he talks to everyone,” Valenzuela said.

Some passing by McDowell would react negatively to his calls of “Hey pretty lady,” but Valenzuela said that was never the case for her.

“I’m from New York City so when you get called pretty lady you think it’s cat calling, but then you get to know him and it’s just who he is, it’s just loving,” she said.

Regardless of what they learned about McDowell, Klein, Nevar and Valenzuela all said they learned from him.

“He was definitely one of the most outgoing people I’ve ever met,” Klein said.

“The biggest lesson I’ve learned from him is the importance of a smile,” Nevar said. “He really wanted nothing more than for everybody to smile.”

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resident Barack Obama took to YouTube on Jan. 8 to announce a plan for two free years of community college.

Obama introduced his plan for two free years of community college “for anyone who is willing to work for it” through videos posted on social media. His introduction to America’s College Promise Proposal, which he will elaborate on during Tuesday’s State of the Union Address, outlined the expected requirements for students, community colleges and the federal government in order for the plan to succeed.

According to a fact sheet released by the White House, students must attend community college half time and maintain a 2.5 GPA. Community colleges will be expected to offer programs where credits can transfer to fouryear colleges or offer occupational training

programs with high graduation rates that lead to in-demand degrees and certificates.

Federal funding will cover three-fourths of the average cost of community college, while the participating states will cover the remaining funds in order to eliminate tuition.

Julie White, vice president of student engagement and learning support at Onondaga Community College, said she is very supportive of the proposal and believes that the plan will be beneficial for communities.

“We all benefit when we have an educated citizenry. The bottom line is that higher education is a benefit,” White said. “Contribution of all is a good thing. We need to understand the community good of having an educated community.”

“If students are in college for at least two years, they become more involved, critically engaged, they volunteer and understand more,” she added.

White said the GPA requirement should be more consistent with the data on financial aid students. While financial aid covers tuition

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and helps with books, fees and living at Onondaga Community College, White said that the biggest problem will be debt.

“It’s hard to completely evaluate a plan when all the details are not out. There could be some details that may not make it as free as it seems,” she said.

William Coplin, director of the public affairs program at SU, said, “people who are poor already get aid” and because the plan is not based on need, taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for wealthy people to go to school for free.

He said he believes the plan should prepare students to get a degree to get a job.

“The expectation of going to college is to get a job. If it was only for technical programs for one or two years, I would agree with it,” he said. “But not for a major that prepares for a job that doesn’t exist. Basically, I don’t think it’s a good idea.”

According to The National Center for Education Statistics, 31 percent of first-time, fulltime community college students graduate

within three years. In his experience, Coplin said he believes that the program will benefit a few students, but the middle class will rip it off anyway. He also said that it is a blatant political move to get more votes that will hurt participating states in the long run.

“Congress might give it away because Republicans will be looked at. They don’t want to be seen taking the cookies away from the masses,” Coplin said. “Since states will have to pay a part, eventually states will pay the whole thing.”

Jerry Evensky, an SU economics professor, said it is hard to predict if participating states will have to pay more than expected for the program in the long run. He said the plan is beneficial in that it upgrades the public’s education while preparing them for the job market.

“I think that community college offers people the option to try college without going into too much debt,” Evensky said. “Too many people don’t have that opportunity.” kmfaubel@syr.edu

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identities are accepted, Norris said. Much like the protests in Alabama, Norris said the bridge cannot be crossed once — it must be crossed again and again to keep the past fresh in our minds.

“The metaphor helps us understand that when we’re trying to move forward, the past is always there for us — a difficult past when you’re talking about race in America,” Norris said.

Norris broke in the middle of her speech as she was joined by the Say What ensemble, a group of SU students. For almost 30 minutes, Norris and members of the group read stories submitted through the Race Card Project.

“Suit? Degree? Still afraid of me,” one card read. Another said, “I’m fortunate to be Caucasian.” Some cards addressed stereotypes directly, stating, “Please stop saying that I’m articulate.”

Today’s youth are thought of as the first post-racial generation, Norris said. But this label suggests that we have moved on from a history of racism, she said.

Norris noted the difference between a post-racial generation and the post-racist society she believes we actually live in. The comment garnered overwhelming applause from the audience.

“Post-racial is an interesting word, because the aspiration suggests that racism is no longer important and we can take the express elevator up to the top floor where everything is wonderful and no one will make you feel icky or uncomfortable,” Norris said.

Denying the past ignores the progress we’ve made as a society, she said. Invoking the audience to look around at their neighbors, she reminded them that as little as a few decades ago, it would be illegal to have such a “tapestry of colors” in attendance.

Growing up in the 1960s, Sylvia Langford, chair of SU’s 2015 MLK Celebration Committee, said she thought her generation had

The 30th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration was held Sunday night in the Carrier Dome. Keynote speaker Michele Norris discussed the legacy of Syracuse and members of the community were honored as part of the ceremony. frankie prijatel photo editor

accomplished everything that needed to be done to realize equality.

But thinking back to when she was involved in many lunch counter sit-ins, she said she realized there is more that needs to be done and that people should be proud to be a part of two races: the ethnic race and the human race.

“I used to hear young people talk about, you know, why don’t we have our own civil rights movement?” Langford said. “Young people have their civil rights movement. They’re not going to call it that, but it’s just as critical that young people are activists.”

Going with the theme of celebration, the event recognized four community members,

as part of the Unsung Hero Awards, for their service and activism in Syracuse.

Ronald Taylor, class marshal and a senior public policy and political science major, said he was humbled by the award and knowing that his work in the community has made a difference.

Other recipients of the award included Dajaveon Bellamy, a community youth; Mable Wilson, founder of the West Side Community Garden; and Karaline Rothwell, member of the West Side Residents Coalition and a State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry staff member.

Wilson said she thought the event was a wonderful example of recognizing both King’s

efforts and the “important work” that community members do to give back.

Norris urged listeners to celebrate their differences. King led groups that had vast, sometimes irreconcilable, differences so we must come together, she said.

“We still have a lot of work to do in this country,” Norris said. “As great as we are, as much progress as we’ve made, that work must continue much as a flower continues to try to bend toward the sun.”

After Norris exited the stage, a chorus led a rendition of “This Little Light of Mine,” as audience members filled the dome with blinking, blue flashlights — lit up at once, in unison. apalme05@syr.edu

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ARTHUR FLOWERS, an associate professor of English and textual studies, was inspired at a young age by Martin Luther King Jr.’s life. He was heavily involved in the Civil Rights Movement as a teenager and has since written and given speeches about his experiences.

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CHANGE IN BLOOM SU professor Flowers reflects on activism inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.

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t was the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 that sparked radicalness in a young Arthur Flowers.

“It personalized the Civil Rights Movement for me,” said Flowers, now an associate professor of English and textual studies at Syracuse University. “Before that I’d been on picket lines, but after, we charged the police and got into all kinds of riots.”

Flowers can recall standing beside his mother during King’s final speech and leading his high school class out into the streets after King’s assassination. Flowers said Martin Luther King Jr. Day is considered a day to look back on not only King’s journey to success, but also his own.

Flowers, who grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, has gone through various phases in his life, he said. For a while, he held the same eager and somewhat impatient attitude he says many student protesters have today. When looking back on his own life, Flowers admitted it took him a long time to move beyond the adrenaline rush of protesting to figuring out how to leave a lasting legacy.

He says he was at his lowest point when he battled homelessness, a cocaine addiction and fear for his future.

But around the late 1980s when he picked up a church pamphlet, the words on that piece of paper, Flowers said, inspired him to change his life. After years of being an

angry, power-obsessed activist, Flowers said he realized that he was meant to be a prophet, not a protester.

“All these things that I’m trying to do now — be a prophet, make an impact beyond my time — came from being stripped of everything,” Flowers said. “It’s like those classic hero quest things. You go out, you get broken, you bring back power.”

Flowers said the pamphlet helped him learn the best way to spread one’s own beliefs is through written scrip-

It’s like those classic hero quest things. You go out, you get broken, you bring back power.

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ture because it can endure the test of time.

Applying this lesson to his own life, Flowers shifted from being a physical activist to a prophetic one. He realized he would have a long-term effect through his passion and talent for writing, while events like sit-ins and riots only got him temporary attention, Flowers said. He now feels his job is to teach to others the discoveries he has made throughout his life.

From an early age, Flowers said he was expected to do something special. His two high school nicknames — “Bullet,” because of the 50 caliber machine gun bullet he always wore around his neck, and “Mr. Brain,” because he was at the top of his class — confirmed he had the guts and the smarts to do so.

The radicalness sparked by King’s assassination carried on through his college career and inspired his decision to join the Army. Throughout the Vietnam War, Flowers continued to defy authority so much that he was almost kicked out of the Army on three separate occasions, he said.

For the next 10 years after the war, Flowers was determined to speak for angry black veterans. But his angry, “I want it now” attitude, Flowers admitted, did not get him very far.

The novelist, essayist and performance poet said he has been invested in “improving humanity” since his childhood days in Memphis, Tennessee.

“This man got knocked down enough times to not get back up,” said Elise Flowers, his younger sister. “The average person would’ve quit, but he persevered throughout his life.”

The professor’s activist attitude is still with him now at SU, though his view on activism has evolved. Flowers is no longer the defiant fighter he was 30 years ago, but describes himself as “an arm chair revolutionary” who is active through his writing and teaching. see flowers page 10

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here is a long running joke in Singapore that everyone knows by heart.

An American casually strikes up a conversation with a Singaporean airline stewardess. When asked what she did before working for the airline, the stewardess replies, “I studied lor.” The American exclaims, “Wow. So, you were a real lawyer?”

Americans may not find the humor in this jest, but Singaporeans love hearing quips about their language, specifically those in which outsiders fail to grasp the meaning of a short word or phrase. In this case, “lor” is simply a word used to represent a completed action. It also happens to sound similar to the English word “law,” hence the misunderstanding by the American.

Singlish seems linguistically complex and that’s because it is. Essentially, you have English blended with both the syntax and vocabulary of the official languages of Singapore: Mandarin, Malay and Tamil, as well as other Chinese languages, such as Hokkien, Cantonese and Teochew, a dialect of Southern Min. In other words, it often sounds like a complete jumble of nonsense to foreigners,

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flowers Flowers sees a lot of his young self in the SU students involved in recent campus protests, which is why he wrote a statement of support for THE General Body last semester. But Flowers said he also worries that the students are

almost like broken, backward English.

Some linguists refer to Singlish as a creole, like Jamaican English. Others claim it’s a dialect, while few consider it to be a language.

Either way, this vernacular is highly informal and of low prestige, as it is associated with the poor and working class residents of the country.

I wish I was kidding when I say this, but I still don’t understand half the things I hear on a daily basis — in English. My first week in Singapore was very difficult. You would think it was due to homesickness or loneliness, but no. It was because the language makes everything complicated.

Taking the train, ordering food, asking for directions, talking on the phone are all 10 times harder because of this peculiar dialect of English.

Admittedly, it didn’t take long for me to break out of my comfort zone. Once classes started, I began ending my sentences in “lah,” shouting “aiyah” to get my friends’ attention,

and asking “Can?” to ask for permission. Much of Singlish consists of Chinese slang, so I fi nd myself constantly learning Mandarin words in the process. When I get extremely frustrated with people or I’m in a hurry, I use my limited Chinese to get the point across to shopkeepers, food stall owners and security guards.

One thing you quickly notice about Singlish is sentence fragmentation. Singaporeans absolutely love to chop sentences into pieces, sometimes into a mere three or four words. For example, I went with my Singaporean friend, Jon, to the cinema during my fi rst week here.

After the film, we walked to the bus stop and Jon said, “Gonna rain already.” Translation: it looks like it might rain soon. I had no clue what that meant at the time. Another example is when you order at restaurants. It’s perfectly acceptable to order a coffee by saying, “Kopi, ah” instead of, “Yes, I would like a small coffee, please.” One word and a marker is all it takes.

Then, we have relationship terms. Everyone uses these. Older men and women are “uncles” and “aunties.” Young men are “boys.” The Malaysians frequently call men and women

“brothers” and “sisters.” My fi rst experience with this was in the taxi from the airport to my hostel when my driver clearly established that he was an “uncle” and I was a “boy.” I sat down and he immediately shouted, “Boy, where you stay? Uncle take you there.”

But Singlish is highly discouraged. The Singapore government even went as far as creating the Speak Good English Movement, which encourages Singaporeans to speak grammatically correct English when socially appropriate. Parents teach kids Singlish because that’s how they speak at home. They understand standard English, though this formal variant is used only in the workplace and classroom. That is to say, your professors will never yell at you in Singlish slang.

It may be a frustrating way to communicate at first, but a great pleasure to learn. You use the words and feel like such a local. Call it whatever you want: Singlish is still English lah.

just “in love with the grease paint and excitement” and in need of a plan.

George Saunders, English and textual studies professor at SU and an old friend of Flowers, learned some of his greatest life lessons from him.

“Arthur showed me that we aren’t just trying to get over or enhance our own situation.

Rather, we are participating in a long tradition of giving,” Saunders said.

One thing Flowers emphasizes to his students is the importance of thinking generationally, and one way he encourages this is through art. Whether it is through literature, music or painting, a legacy is left and it is the artists’ responsibility to make sure their

legacy will strengthen future generations, Flowers said.

Rod Jackman, a former student of Flowers when he taught in New York City, said he meets many decisions in his professional and personal life with one question.

“What would Arthur do?”

ZACHARY GIPSON

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Zachary Gipson is a senior majoring in economics and linguistics. He is striving to fit in with the fast-paced locals of Singapore. To chat about life abroad, shoot him an email at ztgipson@syr.edu.

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Bandier student Ricky Smith pursues producing, performing music as solo artist

By Isha Damle staff writer

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espite his young age, Ricky Smith’s performance career spans over a decade.

Smith, 19, is a freshman in the Bandier Program for Music and the Entertainment Industries and began singing at 8 years old. He started playing piano and guitar soon after and auditioned for a talent manager, with whom he signed around the same time.

Smith has acted professionally in episodes of “Law & Order” and “30 Rock” and was in the film “Notorious.” He also performed in a Broadway production of “The Color Purple.”

Smith said he stepped away from acting at the age of 14 because he felt he wanted to be a “normal kid.” It was around this time that he began to further pursue his musical interests.

As an artist, Smith sings, writes songs and produces music.

“Anybody that’s ever worked with Ricky Smith knows that he’s very much an idea man.

He will always have a new idea to bring to the table,” said freshman Andrew Horvath, who has performed with Smith. “His voice is one of the most amazing ones that I’ve heard. It just emanates soul so much.”

Smith said that as a Bandier student, he finds that seeing music from both a creative and business viewpoint is beneficial, and that understanding music theory is important for any artist.

“What’s really cool is being able to be part of the whole process,” Smith said. “I really just enjoy creating, writing and producing and making a song from the ground up.”

Smith currently has one song available on Soundcloud. He recorded the single in his hometown of Manhattan with the production duo The Echo Brothers, whose music has been chartered on Billboard.

Smith performed a set at Webster Hall in Manhattan with the band Regret the Hour. He most recently performed at Syracuse last fall at Funk ‘n Waffles — where other Bandier students, including freshman Evan Pacheco, accompanied him.

“Ricky has a great determination when it comes to promoting himself, showing the world what he’s made of in terms of his music,” Pacheco said. “Just the way that he presents himself, even with something as simple as the facial expressions that he makes and (how) he responds to people in the crowd individually, he really knows how to work the crowd.”

Smith plans to perform on campus at some point this semester, though a date has not been set. He said the best part of performing is having people connect to the music he makes.

“It’s a process itself, and being able to connect with people and to have an impact on a person with your music is a very rewarding thing,” Smith said.

In early December, Smith signed with Foundations Artists Management with Max Gredinger as his manager, a graduate of the Bandier program. Smith connected with Gredinger through the Bandier Program’s Facebook group before formally signing with him.

Smith said working with Gredinger has been a positive experience because of how supportive Gredinger’s been.

“It’s been really great. It’s a great feeling to know that there’s someone out there working for me and really pushing my stuff to people and creating opportunities,” Smith said.

Smith recently received a BMG Chrysalis Scholarship In Honor Of Quincy Jones from the ASCAP Foundation, which is dedicated to supporting musicians. Smith said David Rezak, director of the Bandier Program, was the reason he received the award.

“It was a really big honor. I felt so blessed

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to be among such great company,” Smith said. “(I) really want to emphasize how awesome it’s been being in Bandier and how supportive they’ve been.”

As for now, Smith hopes to continue pursuing music as a solo artist.

“I’m just trying to be the best version of myself, be as good as possible, and I want to be a good person,” Smith said. “That’s what I’m trying to do, in addition to creating as good

music as possible.”

Smith recently brought recording into his dorm room and has set up a studio, where he hopes to start recording sessions.

“I’ve been looking to tap into the artistic community at school and create a scene and bring people together to make really cool stuff, and I think my room will be a really great place to do that,” Smith said. idamle@syr.edu

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bench hardly a new problem.

SU has just 14 bench points in its last four games for an average of 3.5 points per game. It’s something Syracuse (13-5, 4-1 Atlantic Coast) will look to improve on as it moves deeper into its conference schedule at home against Boston College (8-8, 0-4) on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

In the past several years, Boeheim has tended not to use his bench very much. Since the 2006– 07 season, SU has only ranked higher than 259th

He has to really continue to do that because we’re getting no scoring out of Ronnie (Patterson) at all. He can’t make a shot. And we’ve got to get something going.

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in the country in percentage of minutes played by its bench once, according to KenPom.com.

The Orange was 94th in the nation in bench minutes in 2011–12, when C.J. Fair, James Southerland, Michael-Carter Williams, Baye Moussa Keita came off the bench with Dion Waiters, who was taken fourth overall in that year’s NBA Draft.

It’s worth noting that SU has won 235 games

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limam play professionally. Growing up in Morocco, that was always his dream. He was in the top three of the Moroccan junior circuit and on the national team for about 18 months before going to college in the United States.

Playing professionally was all he wanted to do, he said, so he sympathizes with those on the current roster that want the same.

Amanda Rodgers, a contributing writer for The Daily Orange, and Rhiann Newborn are two players that have vocalized those goals.

In the fall, they went to two tournaments, while the rest of the team played in Intercollegiate Tennis Association competitions.

Limam said it was beneficial to compete in college tournaments because the athletes typically get to play more matches.

Making a team of star-studded professionals is no longer the goal for Syracuse tennis — he wants to see success at the collegiate level first — but Limam is still willing to help those that have those aspirations.

“I can relate to them, and I understand what they’re going through,” he said. “I understand what they need to be doing in order to get to that level. It doesn’t matter what kind of tournaments you’re playing. If you’re winning at the collegiate level, then for sure, let’s try and take it to the next level.”

With Limam, things are more laid back.

The vision for the program is to garner success, without the previous restrictions of how that success is earned. Limam said he wants to find the best players for the program, regardless of where they’re from or what language they speak.

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since 2006. This issue isn’t minutes so much as points. Kaleb Joseph’s 12-point performance against Clemson was a bright spot in an ugly game for Syracuse. It was also a necessity.

“He has to really continue to do that because we’re getting no scoring out of Ronnie (Patterson) at all,” Boeheim said after the game. “He can’t make a shot. And we’ve got to get something going.”

Chris McCullough being out for the year is part of the problem. But his injury really just exacerbated a fundamental issue with this Syracuse team’s roster.

There is no dependable scoring option on the SU bench.

“McCullough’s a very good player. We miss him,” Boeheim said. “Earlier in the year he averaged 14, but he still averaged 10 points, seven rebounds a game for the year and you can’t replace that. We can’t … but there’s nothing we can do about that.”

Patterson shoots 23.4 percent from the field and has failed to consistently stretch the floor, shooting 17.1 percent from 3.

Johnson hadn’t appeared in conference play until McCullough was ruled out for the season.

He’s shot 0-for-4 in nine minutes since and shoots 29.2 percent from the field overall.

Boeheim said he wasn’t concerned with bench scoring, instead looking to his team’s overall play. This team’s issues are more about scoring overall. It just shows worst at the bottom of the lineup.

“I don’t know if that makes it any harder or not,” said shooting guard Trevor Cooney. “The bottom line is you just have to make shots.”

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player for Syracuse who never received a scholarship and left the team after the 2013 season. She was from Peru.

It was a mentality that senior Amanda Rodgers said she didn’t like and said was “biased.”

Next year, Limam plans to have a scholarship player from the Czech Republic, something that wouldn’t have likely happened under Jensen.

In practices, Limam doesn’t tell players what they need to do differently and he doesn’t tell players what they need to do to beat specific players, Bachini said. Instead, he asks his athletes what they think they need to work on.

Rodgers said it feels as though every practice counts in a way it never used to in the past.

The team does more sprints as opposed to long-distance runs. There’s more of a focus on footwork, and Rodgers said there’s a better balance of drills and match play in practice.

“Everything we’re doing, it feels like I’m changing my game in a big way,” Rodgers said.

“In the years past I didn’t really feel like that.”

Limam said a realistic goal for this season would be to make the NCAA tournament, something that SU has never accomplished before.

He’s not overly confident or cocky. His demeanor is conducive to the humble nature he exudes. But he does believe in his methods, and he does acknowledge an overhaul of direction within a program that was seeking it.

Now Syracuse gets set to start a slate that includes seven teams in the Top 25, including three in the Top 10 and so far, everything has followed his blueprint.

“I don’t think it was a dramatic change or a quick change, it’s a process,” Limam said.

“We needed to adjust to each other, and it takes time to do that. At the end of the day, I have to do what’s best for the team.”

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ice hockey

Knight uses own flaws to instill coaching values at Syracuse

By Jon Mettus staff writer

Brendon Knight didn’t have a team to play for.

His junior hockey league team had just lost its final game, and there were no Division I college hockey offers waiting for him. So he drove over 2,000 miles across Canada to Calgary and lived with his uncle while working a dead-end job filling orders in a grocery store warehouse.

“I just found myself surrounded by my coworkers that had been working at that job for like 15–20 years and I was looking at them saying to myself, ‘I don’t want to end up like these guys,’” Knight said.

SUNY-Potsdam assistant coach Jay Green heard Knight wasn’t playing anywhere and called him. Desperate just to play again, Knight accepted the offer.

Twenty years later, Knight is in his third season as an assistant with Syracuse. After playing for the Bears, and then for Isle of Wight Raiders in the England Premier League, Knight began his coaching career. At SU, Knight focuses on the forwards and special

teams units, including an improved penalty kill unit that has killed off 86 percent of opponent’s power plays in the last six games.

Knight teaches his players to not make the mistakes that he made when he played. Though he had trouble with listening to coaches when he was younger, as a coach he’s tried to connect with the players and show them they still have a lot to learn.

“He does a good job of showing he knows the game and he’s a caring guy,” SU head coach Paul Flanagan said. “I know he’s created a very good bond with (the players) as a group.”

Despite being talented, boasting soft hands and an accurate shot, Knight frustrated a lot of coaches.

When Knight would slack off during games, his father, John Knight, would yell “hustle” from the stands. But because no one in Quebec knew what the word meant, they thought John Knight was calling his son an asshole.

A stubborn Knight thought he knew more than those trying to help him — including his parents and coaches.

“If you’re the biggest fish in the pond, you’re

not the biggest fish in the ocean,” John Knight said. “But if you’re the biggest fish in the pond, it’s hard to convince the kid to grow.”

Too small for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, which he was drafted into at 16, Knight wanted to play for a college in the United States.

He received letters from D-I programs including Harvard, but unfamiliar with the NCAA recruiting system, Knight thought they were generic letters and he never followed up on the schools’ inquiries.

“I wasn’t exactly the hardest worker off the ice,” Knight said. “I didn’t really put in a lot of time. I relied heavily on my so-called talent, I guess, and that only brought me so far.”

At the age of 18, Knight wasn’t playing hockey in Calgary and felt that something was missing.

So he had his dad ship his hockey equipment to him and Knight started playing in a local men’s league. For the first time in his life, he started working out. After just nine months, he started playing for SUNY-Potsdam.

Success with Potsdam soothed Knight’s

relationship with the sport and after college he spent a year playing in England. For the first time in his career, he was put on the penalty kill and asked to be a two-way player, blocking shots for the first time.

Knight was planning for another year in Europe when Potsdam called again about a coaching position. Wanting to extend his career with the sport that had consumed his life, Knight retired from playing in 2002 to start his career behind the bench.

After three years coaching at Potsdam, then six at Hamilton, Knight made his way to Syracuse in 2012.

Now, he tries to use his own strained relationship with coaches and hot shot mentality from his playing career as a cautionary tale to his current players.

“I think that’s the biggest mistake with the young hockey players today, they think that they know it all,” Knight said. “And I’m here to tell them that we don’t … I don’t know if it works all the time but hopefully a couple of them understand that.” jrmettus@syr.edu

national

Nance leads Wyoming into national spotlight after torn ACL

By Matt Schneidman asst. sports editor

Will I ever be myself? When can I play again?

Are my future endeavors ruined?

Those were the questions going through Larry Nance Jr.’s head as he clutched his right knee and turned over on his left side.

The Wyoming forward had just attempted to get out of a Fresno State double team on the left block with a hop, dribble and pass. But then it all went wrong.

“My right leg came down sooner than I thought it would and it just twisted wrong and I felt something pop in my knee,” Nance said.

“I heard it pop. From that point on it was just excruciating pain.”

After being carried off the court, the 6-foot8 star forward sat on a courtside trainer’s table with his legs extended and head buried in a Gatorade towel.

The fear became a reality the next day, as Nance was ruled out for the season with a torn right ACL on Feb. 19, 2014. The Cowboys lost six of their last seven games, and its best player was tasked with finding answers to the three questions he posed himself when grimacing in front of the home bench in Arena-Auditorium.

Seven months later, those questions turned to answers, and now Nance is averaging a team-leading 16.2 points and seven rebounds

as the driving force behind Wyoming’s (163, 5-1 Mountain West) scorching start. The senior was name-dropped as one of the country’s underappreciated players by Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim on Tuesday, and has restored the explosiveness that defined his game before the injury.

He did a tremendous job of working hard and getting back, and he’s looking better than he was last year.

Riley Grabau wyoming guard

“I don’t think anybody would’ve stopped him,” UW senior guard Riley Grabau said of Nance getting back to full strength. “He did a tremendous job of working hard and getting back, and he’s looking better than he was last year.”

Nance said he couldn’t do any real dynamic movement while rehabbing, so he just wanted to shoot. He worked on 15-foot jump shots and free throws, exercises that weren’t too physically demanding but kept him on the court.

Cowboys head coach Larry Shyatt said Nance worked extensively with his orthopedic surgeon

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and the team’s trainer, which contributed to his abnormally quick seven-month rehab.

On Nov. 22, 2014, Nance and Wyoming guard Josh Adams were on a two-on-one fast break against 6-foot-10 Colorado forward Josh Scott.

Adams got just beyond the foul line and lofted the ball behind him for Nance, who elevated, mounted Scott and threw down a ferocious onehanded dunk as Scott crumbled under him.

“I would have to say my wild (dunk) against Colorado earlier this year, just because it was kind of a little of a load off my shoulders,” Nance said of his favorite dunk. “… kind of like a sigh of relief like, ah ... I’m back.”

After Syracuse forward Rakeem Christmas scored 35 points in a win over Wake Forest on Tuesday, Boeheim was asked why he doesn’t think his senior gets much national attention.

The head coach asked the reporter, “Do you know who the best player on Wyoming is?”

The reporter responded “no” and Boeheim retorted, “Exactly, he averages 18 and 12,” to show that star players on teams out of the national spotlight don’t get the credit they deserve.

And while Boeheim slightly exaggerated Nance’s numbers, learning about the moment gave him chills.

“I actually had no idea that happened,” Nance said, laughing. “Jim Boeheim is obviously one of the greatest coaches to ever coach the game and the fact that he even knows my name is really

cool. I mean if I could, I would thank him.”

It hasn’t been all pretty for Nance, though, and a familiar opponent once again exposed the big man recently.

Saturday was the first time Wyoming played Fresno State since the injury and Nance missed a potential 15-foot game-winner as time expired in regulation, sending the game to overtime. He then botched two free throws with the game tied and half a second left in the second extra period.

The two things he mainly worked on during rehab failed him.

But with 1:05 left in the third overtime and the game tied, a Nance hook shot from the right block put the Cowboys ahead for good in their 16th win.

Almost a year later, Nance still remembers the exact second his injury occurred.

“Fourteen minutes, 51 seconds left in the second half, home against Fresno State,” he says without hesitation.

Saturday’s final mark, though, was in stark contrast to the moment he ended on last time against the Bulldogs; a microcosm of sorts for a player and team restored to full strength.

“It’s really cool that Wyoming is getting a little bit of spotlight attention,” Nance said.

“I’m just glad I can be one of the driving forces behind that.” mcschnei@syr.edu | @matt_schneidman

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men’s basketball

Big man Clifford tops Eagles in boards after returning from injury

By Liam Sullivan staff writer

Dennis Clifford celebrated with his Boston College teammates after they ended Syracuse’s magical 25-0 start, but he was conflicted.

The 7-foot-1 center felt elated to beat the then-No. 1 team in the country on its home court, but was also disappointed to not be a part of the historic win because of his injured left knee.

“Obviously I was happy that we won. It was incredible,” Clifford said. “But when you feel like you could make a team better and contribute, it’s hard.”

A healthy Clifford and BC (8-8, 0-4 Atlantic Coast) return to Syracuse (13-5, 4-1) on Tuesday at 7 p.m. for the team’s first matchup since that upset. After missing all but two games last season and playing hurt for his sophomore season, Clifford has returned to the Boston College lineup this season. He’s making an immediate difference in the Eagles frontcourt.

Against SU, he’ll likely be tasked with guarding the Orange big man, Rakeem Christ-

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dougherty harder and harder to ignore. And while a midyear watch list doesn’t earn any team or player an edge on the scoreboard or in the standings, the omission of Christmas — who was named the ACC’s player of the week Monday for the second time this season — from the Wooden watch list is ludicrous.

He is the only player who ranks in the ACC’s top five in scoring, rebounding, blocked shots and field-goal percentage. And that’s after averaging 5.8 points per game last year.

“What I told our guys prior to the game, ‘I have a hard time believing that anybody in this league has improved more in the last year and a half than (Christmas) has,’” Virginia Tech head coach Buzz Williams said of his team’s game against SU on Jan. 3.

To accurately assess whether Christmas

mas, who was named ACC Player of the Week on Monday.

Clifford’s 5.9 rebounds per game have filled a much-needed void for BC, particularly in light of the transfer of last season’s leading rebounder, Ryan Anderson, to Arizona. Clifford’s left knee problems during the 2014 campaign were the first of his career, but he believes he’s now better than before his injury.

Clifford started 25 games his freshman season, averaging 9.1 points and 4.7 rebounds. He was optimistic and excited at the prospect of embracing an increased role as a sophomore.

But during one practice early the next fall, Clifford went up for a dunk and he felt his knee pop. That dunk attempt marked the beginning of knee troubles that plagued him as he played hurt throughout that sophomore season.

Clifford’s minutes declined from 26.9 during his freshman campaign to 14.6 in his second season with the Eagles. The injury became so bad that he would sit out entire practices just to be healthy enough to play when games rolled around.

There was a lingering pain Clifford expe-

rienced each time he jumped for a rebound or ran up and down the court.

“I was still on the court and playing, but I couldn’t do anything that I wanted to do,” Clifford said. “I was out there and going through the motions… They had me out there to just be a big body because that’s what we needed at the time. I wasn’t playing basketball.”

Clifford underwent surgery following that 2012–13 season and was expected to return to the Eagles’ lineup for January and ACC play.

After two games experiencing pain in early January against Virginia Tech and Clemson, he decided to halt his return.

He began exercising with ankle weights, such as the leg raises he would do in the BC training room. But to ensure that he got to full strength, Clifford visited nearby orthopedic rehab specialist Hank DeGroat, who helped reevaluate his rehab.

Clifford said he before he could make strides on the court, DeGroat had him start his rehabilitation in the pool.

“He increased my flexibility and strength by making me do things like defensive slides,

jumping and running,” Clifford said.

This past summer, Clifford returned to his high school, Milton Academy (Massachusetts) to play with other alumni. His former coach, Lamar Reddicks, knew things were going to turn around for his former star center after watching the first few possessions of the pick-up game.

“He looked unbelievable just moving up and down,” Reddicks said. “I texted him later that night and said, ‘That’s the best I’ve seen you move in a long time.’

It might have been even been better than he looked before the injury.”

This season, Clifford feels he is stronger and more explosive than ever.

He does a better job controlling and holding his own in the paint, and he’s pain-free when he competes with fellow big men for rebounds.

“This was a guy who struggled to get up stairs,’’ BC head coach Jim Christian said during ACC media day on Oct. 29. “Now he’s 100 percent and he’s going to be a differencemaker. It’s like getting a new recruit who’s established and played and effective.’’

should be on the Wooden watch list, let’s take a look at his competition.

There are 16 guards and nine forwards on the Wooden watch list.

Of the 25 players, only six are averaging more points per game than Christmas through Sunday. Of the nine forwards, only Duke’s Jahlil Okafor and Arkansas’ Bobby Portis are aver-

the 25 are averaging more per game. That’s Louisville’s Montrezl Harrell (9.2), Okafor (9.3) and LSU’s Jordan Mickey (10.4). Many perceive Okafor to be the midseason frontrunner yet his numbers are nearly identical to Christmas’ despite playing three fewer minutes per game.

That’s not to say that Christmas and Okafor are one in the same. But it is to say that it’s hard to imagine a group to be sane if it doesn’t consider Christmas as one of the 24 players that follow the Duke freshman.

“He’s probably the best center in the country, that’s all I can say,” Boeheim said after SU’s loss to Clemson. “... They’re doubling him every time, they’re fouling him on every play and he just keeps playing unbelievable.”

Boeheim’s assessment of Christmas’ national attention is spot on. Syracuse is scratching for Top 25 votes and hasn’t cracked the poll since the second week of the season.

Only five players on the watch list were on fourloss teams when the candidates were released.

Team success is how No. 1 Kentucky’s (17-0) Willie Cauley-Stein cracked the 25 while averaging 9.6 points and 6.7 rebounds; how No. 2 Virginia’s (17-0) Justin Anderson did with 14.5 and 4.4 rebounds per contest; and how No. 9 Iowa State’s (13-3) Georges Niang did with 14.9 points and 5.4 rebounds.

But the Orange’s ongoing struggle, as a team that has lost forwards Chris McCullough and DaJuan Coleman for the season and can’t find consistent secondary scoring options, only amplifies Christmas’ dominance.

Against Clemson, Christmas was constantly double-teamed and scored the Orange’s first eight points on his way to scoring a game-high 21 on 10-of-13 shooting. The rest of SU shot 2-for-15 from 3 and 11-for-44 from the field.

During a season in which he has drawn the full attention of opposing defenses, Christmas has scored in single digits just once in 18 games and has six double-doubles. While there are other things that accentuate his overall performance — like how he has fouled out just twice and has been a rock in the middle of Boeheim’s zone — his raw numbers already set him far apart.

Christmas isn’t dominating because of his team’s mediocrity; he’s producing in spite of it. A final Wooden watch list will be released on March 7 and we’ll see if the experts can figure that out.

Until then, SU’s next game — Tuesday at 7 p.m. against Boston College — is always Christmas’ next chance to show that he belongs in the thick of the national conversation.

Not on the outside looking in.

“He’s not in the Top 25 in the country,” Boeheim said sarcastically after the Clemson game. “He can’t be that good.”

The team isn’t rated. If we were in the Top 10 he’d be getting a lot of attention.

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aging more — and by just fractions of a point.

Christmas separates himself even more with his rebounding, as just three players of

RAKEEM CHRISTMAS has emerged as the most offensively productive player for the Orange. However, he was not named as one of the 25 finalists for the Wooden Award despite having better offensive numbers than most finalists. chase gaewski staff photographer

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Jesse Dougherty is a staff writer at The Daily Orange, where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at jcdoug01@syr.edu or on Twitter at @dougherty_jesse.

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Bouncing back Larry Nance Jr.’s healed from a torn ACL to carry Wyoming into the national spotlight, earning praise from Jim Boeheim along the way.

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SPORTS

Big red dog Boston College’s Dennis Clifford battled through rehab to become BC’s top rebounder, and he’ll guard Rakeem Christmas on Tuesday.

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Shipping down Syracuse basketball faces Boston College at 7 p.m.

Tuesday in the Carrier Dome in another ACC showdown.

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men’s soccer

Ekblom leaves SU to try pros

By Sam Blum asst. sports editor

YOUNES LIMAM is changing the culture surrounding the Orange tennis program as the new head coach. The program will now start to seek international recruits and will no longer put an emphasis on playing in professional tournaments in the offseason. frankie prijatel photo editor

CHANGING

COURT

By Sam Blum

asst. sports editor

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hen Younes Limam became the Syracuse head coach in June of 2014, he did so knowing that things needed to change.

No longer would it be a team where every player would work to

play professionally. No longer would every athlete be American, with an American flag donning the back of every warm-up jacket. And no longer would every practice be centered on game planning for future opponents.

Limam wasn’t only planning to change a losing program, he intended to redefine its culture.

Limam brings different philosophy to SU tennis in 1st season at helm “It’s definitely a different philosophy,” Limam said, “and I guess whenever you make a move or you change from one job to another, you have to adjust.”

In his first season as the head coach, Limam’s changes have already paid dividends. The No. 68 Orange has started out the season 2-0, which includes a road win over then-No. 39 South Florida on Jan. 10.

Under former head coach Luke Jensen — who resigned in the middle of last season after an inquiry into players’ concerns — players attended Syracuse expecting to play in offseason professional tournaments to

prepare them to try and turn pro after college. All of Jensen’s scholarship players were also American citizens, and everyone who is part of the current Orange team was recruited under Jensen’s tenure.

Though the team is a product of its former head coach, there is a consensus that Limam’s style of coaching is preferred.

“I don’t think we’ve ever been this close,” senior Breanna Bachini said of the team’s chemistry. “And I think a lot of that has to do with the new energy and new coach … I like it a lot better.”

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men’s basketball

Christmas mocks Wooden watch list with dominance Rakeem Christmas blocks out all of the outside stuff.

The Associated Press Top 25 polls, weekly awards, power rankings, watch lists. That stuff.

But as Christmas dominated Clemson in a 13-point Syracuse loss on Saturday, it was hard for the rest of us not to think about the John R.

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THE DOCTOR’S IN Wooden Award midseason watch list that was released last Wednesday.

Twenty-five players were named candidates for college basketball’s

most prestigious individual award.

Christmas wasn’t one of them — his 18.3 points and nine rebounds per game weren’t quite good enough.

“The team isn’t rated. If we were in the Top 10 he’d be getting a lot of attention,” head coach Jim Boeheim said after SU beat Wake Forest on Tuesday, the night before the watch

list was released.

“It’s that simple, the same thing every year.”

Yet it’s not like Christmas and the Orange (13-5, 4-1 Atlantic Coast) are playing a mid-major schedule. The ACC is arguably the nation’s best conference and Christmas is getting

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Syracuse forward Emil Ekblom will not return to Syracuse for his junior season, SU head coach Ian McIntyre confirmed in a text message to The Daily Orange on Monday evening.

Ekblom is no longer in Syracuse, and is currently trying out for professional teams in his home country of Norway, McIntyre said. He was Syracuse’s top scorer in his first two seasons with 10 and eight goals, respectively.

Ekblom has yet to make a roster, but McIntyre said he will not be returning to Syracuse in the fall.

Ekblom is the third player this offseason to leave SU early. Junior goalie Alex Bono received a Generation Adidas offer from Major League Soccer and was eventually drafted sixth overall by Toronto FC on Thursday. Junior midfielder Stefanos Stamoulacatos has left a season early to play professionally in Greece. sblum@syr.edu | @SamBlum3

men’s basketball

SU looks for scoring from bench

By Jacob Klinger development editor

Only four Syracuse players scored from the field against Clemson, a game in which Jim Boeheim sparingly turned to his two-deep bench.

It became easy to see why.

“Look at the stat sheet,” Boeheim said after the game. up next Neither of his subs, VS Boston College Ron Patter@ Carrier Dome Tuesday, 7 p.m. son and B.J. Johnson, had scored. They tried with nine shots in their 13 minutes, but none of them went in. The game against Clemson was a particularly bad shooting performance for the entire team, but a lack of bench scoring is see bench page 12