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TAKING CONTROL After 1 year of UACT, DPS, SPD see reduction in off-campus crimes

By Kate Capodanno STAFF WRITER

Researchers at Syracuse University are feeling the pressure of the government shutdown as they continue work without federal funding.

Since the government shut down on Oct. 1, SU has received two Stop-Work Orders for research projects, meaning that the federal government will not pay researchers for the work they do during the shutdown, said Gina LeeGlauser, vice president for research at SU. The university is currently covering the expenses of all researchers — both those who have and have not received Stop-Work Orders — but funding is limited, she added.

“It is what it is,” she said. “When that happens the only thing we can do is to tell the faculty to stop the work and that they potentially might not get paid.”

Additionally, the delay to research proposals caused by the shutdown will increase competition for funding once the government reopens, she said.

For the past 15 days, the U.S. government has been at a standstill as Americans wait for Congress members to finish negotiations and come to a decision about budget for the 2014 fiscal year.

For the two projects that have received Stop-Work Orders, faculty and grad students are moving on with the projects. But the university will not be reimbursed by the federal government at the end of the shutdown for the cost of programs that received Stop-Work Orders, Lee-Glauser said.

Most research projects at SU have not received Stop-Work Orders. For projects that did not receive StopWork Orders, the university is currently covering costs for these projects but will be reimbursed when the shutdown ends, she said.

“However, if it gets delayed any longer our ability to holding that on is getting tougher and tougher,” LeeGlauser said.

Some research programs, like

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chelsea stahl | staff photographer DAVID GIOCONDO, an SU Department of Public Safety officer, drives along Marshall Street during his safety patrol shift. DPS is a part of the University Area Crime-Control Team, along with the Syracuse police. The unit was created after an increase in crime last fall.

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y mid-October of last year, there had been four robberies near campus, a gunshot heard on Marshall Street and a stabbing at the Carrier Dome.

Only one violent crime has occurred this semester so far — a student robbery in August.

Department of Public Safety and Syracuse police officers are crediting the reduction to the creation of the University Area Crime-Control

Team, which will reach its one-year anniversary on Oct. 18.

UACT was created in response to last year’s spike in violent crimes around the Syracuse University area, and consists of a joint force of DPS and SPD officers patrolling nearcampus areas to prevent crimes.

The program is expected to continue indefinitely in the future.

“We saw the problem not getting better so we wanted to come up with a more permanent solution than just throwing officers at the problem week in and week out,” said John

Sardino, a DPS associate chief who coordinated UACT with Syracuse police. “We wanted to ensure students could walk around the East neighborhood, down on Marshall Street, without feeling they had to constantly look over their back, worried about real serious dangers.”

Out of the 12 public safety notices sent out in the fall semester last year, only four happened after Oct. 18 — the day UACT was announced.

The team consists of six DPS officers and nearly the same amount of SPD officers, who mainly focus on

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costumes,” said Jackie White, the SU chapter’s financial director. “When you go to the store to try and find a costume, it’s going to be $40.”

White, a senior biology and Spanish major, said students should attend the sale because the profits will go to a good cause and students will save money.

The costumes and accessories will all be less than $15, with some as little as $1, Goldhar, the ventures

An ex-Syracuse University football player who was arrested and charged last winter with burglarizing a South Campus apartment has been working on wellness programs for Hendricks Chapel.

“In my experience he’s hardworking, he’s responsible, he’s conscientious and he has a real feel for helping others,” said Jikyo Bonnie Shoultz, SU’s Buddhist chaplain, about Markus Pierce-Brewster. “It’s natural to him, it seems, to extend himself out in this way,” she added.

Pierce-Brewster, a former defensive end, was arrested Feb. 23 along with exdefensive tackle Davon Walls for burglary and petit larceny. Police accuse them of stealing a flat-screen TV, Xbox, two iPods and Xbox games — worth about $950 — from an apartment on the 400 block of Winding Ridge Road.

During the burglary, Pierce-Brewster stayed outside the apartment and served as a “lookout,” according to court documents. Department of Public Safety surveillance cameras captured video of them with the stolen property, according to court documents. Both were dismissed from the football team on March 13.

Pierce-Brewster did not respond to four emails seeking an interview.

Eric Sherwood, Pierce-Brewster’s lawyer, said in an email the case is still pending and they’re continuing to work with the Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office “in an attempt to reach an agreeable disposition of the pending charges.”

Sherwood said he hadn’t heard about Pierce-Brewster working for Hendricks.

Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs at SU, said Pierce-Brewster’s position with Hendricks would not go against any university policy or standard. PierceBrewster is not an enrolled student right now, he said.

Shoultz, the Buddhist chaplain, said a colleague introduced them during the summer because Pierce-Brewster was interested in meditation and yoga. She said Pierce-Brewster now assists in some classes that have a “wellness component.”

He also works on campus stress reduction programs, Shoultz said, as an example.

She said she knew of the charges against Pierce-Brewster before he started working at Hendricks. By that

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eliot grigo | staff photographer JEFF CHU, editor-at-large of the national business magazine Fast Company, speaks on Tuesday night about his book titled “Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America” and his encounters with the Westboro Baptist Church.

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When the Westboro Baptist Church went to New York City to protest the decision to legalize gay marriage in New York, Jeff Chu decided to take them out to eat.

Chu, the editor-at-large of national business magazine Fast Company, had previously met with some of the church members for his book, “Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America.”

Before he took them out to eat, he said he was worried about the members wearing shirts with slogans

such as “God Hates F*gs” and public reaction to their presence, especially since he considered them to be “publicity whores.”

When Chu finally saw the church members, he said, they had covered up the slogans to attempt to tone down their image.

“They put on masks as well, just like the rest of us do,” Chu said.

“That was a real gift to me, to see them as multidimensional.”

Chu shared this anecdote as he talked about his book Tuesday night in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium.

In his book, Chu tells the stories of individuals and congregations with

varying opinions on homosexuality and Christianity.

In a discussion led by Charlotte Grimes, Knight Chair in political reporting, Chu talked about the process of researching and reporting for his book, including the dilemma of writing this book as a gay Christian himself.

“I never reported on anything so personal before,” he said. “It’s easy to put on the journalist persona when you’re reporting about things that aren’t about whether or not you’re going to hell.”

Chu described how his family struggled to understand his sexual-

ity. One time he asked his father why his mother had such a hard time understanding and his father replied, “We’re not just Christian, we’re Baptist,” and walked away.

Chu also said that his husband has never been invited to a family occasion, but he understands.

“What do you do? They’re still my family,” he said. “It comes from a place of love. It’s not just love for me. It’s love for Jesus. My mom doesn’t want me to go to hell. What mom wants their child to go to hell? And my mom is afraid I will because I’m gay.”

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Student club to sell Halloween costumes to fund sustainable projects

By Zach Schweikert CONTRIBUTING WRITER

A student club at Syracuse University is selling Halloween costumes on campus to raise money for sustainable projects in impoverished countries.

The sale, hosted by the SU chapter of Nourish International, a national nonprofit organization, will be at Hendricks Chapel on Wednesday and Friday at J. Michael Shoes on Marshall Street, said Robyn Goldhar, SU’s Nourish Inter-

national ventures director.

“We raise money through ventures to do developments in thirdworld countries over the summer,” Goldhar, who is also a senior fashion design major, said.

During the past month, SU’s Nourish International chapter has been actively campaigning to raise awareness for its first big venture, she added. The use of social media has helped spread the word, in addition to other methods, such as handing out

candy in the Schine Student Center.

At the sale, students will be able to choose from a variety of products, ranging from accessories like bunny ears and fabric swatches to full costumes, said Ellen Moore, the SU chapter’s president.

Moore, a senior international relations and policy studies major, said the sale would be convenient for students because of the costumes’ low prices and its location on campus.

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Stone could further prove himself as biopic mastermind with MLK project

n a brilliant career spanning more than four decades, director, screenwriter and producer Oliver Stone has carved out a niche as Hollywood’s resident muckraker.

Stone is famous for his brazen, investigative portrayals of American culture and history.

“Wall Street” is a scathing expose of capitalist class greed. “JFK” convinces viewers that Kennedy’s assassination was unequivocally an inside job. “Natural Born Killers” hysterically bashes our grotesque tendency to romanticize anything that gets our attention in popular culture, even murderers.

This is why the story broken by Variety last Thursday is so intriguing. Reportedly, Stone is in talks with DreamWorks to direct a Martin Luther King Jr. biopic starring Jamie Foxx as MLK. Abraham Lincoln is the most recent historical figure to be dramatized in a biopic, specifically Steven Spielberg’s 2012 “Lincoln.” Much like the perception of Lincoln as the moralistic savior of our country, the perception of King as a Gandhian civil rights crusader is overwhelmingly positive. Given his disdain for the elementary school textbook

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reality vision version of American history, it’s curious why Stone would consider a project with such an obvious consensus.

The likely answer: Stone can balance King’s deservedly lofty legacy with the underground part of his story that few people know about. The director can also use this history to make a larger, Stoneian point about civil freedom.

MLK’s underground story goes something like this: The government was not always on his side. Like most great activists, he was branded a radical, the government synonym for activist, before political leaders took up his cause.

As the most vehement “radical” in a galvanizing era of activism, King was subjected to

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unlawful surveillance by a paranoid state.

After forming the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, MLK was targeted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s infamous Counter Intelligence Program, nicknamed COINTELPRO, until his death in 1968.

The bureau uncovered skeletons in King’s closet, particularly his numerous extramarital affairs. In 1977, U.S. federal judge John Lewis Smith Jr. ordered all surveillance audiotapes and transcripts of King to be sealed from public access until 2027.

With this documented but hidden history, Stone can illuminate MLK’s f laws, which all great biographers must do. He can also examine the radical to activist transformation in popular media that characterizes a leader who sparks policy change. It’s a transformation that’s contingent on the government appeasing the cause, and King is its modern poster boy.

By making this larger point, Stone would be reinforcing King’s positive legacy and altering our perception of history, just as Spielberg did with “Lincoln.”

The brilliance of “Lincoln” was Spiel-

berg’s portrayal of the president as remarkably deft, underhanded and borderline Machiavellian side-dealer, essential qualities for a great politician.

But our perception of Lincoln as a savior remained unchanged. We just learned a lot more about why we view him in this positive light.

Similarly, Stone would be showing us why we perceive King as the greatest and most important activist in modern history: By remaining steadfast in his cause, MLK convinced state officials that they were actually dead wrong to pursue him as an enemy of the state.

Even for Stone, challenging the rightful perception of MLK as an all-time hero would be a fool’s errand. But, Stone probably wouldn’t consider the project if there weren’t a governmentrelated underbelly to bring to light.

Hollywood’s muckraker may be on the verge of his most audacious project yet. Let’s hope he brings this, and even more history, to life.

Jarrad Saffren is a senior political science major. He can be reached at jdsaffre@syr.edu and followed on Twitter at @JarradSaff.

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SA limits effectiveness with potential change in schedule of session The Student Association needs to better gauge what changes will be effective.

In the past several weeks, SA has been reviewing a proposed constitution that is reminiscent of the one from the late 1990s. One component of the constitution includes altering the schedule of the session. If changed, the session would run the length of the academic year, rather than the calendar year.

The organization should remain aligned with the calendar year rather than align its session terms with the academic year as proposed.

Following the calendar year allows for a critical three-month summer period when assembly members can develop future plans. During this period, members can prepare for the fall semester accordingly.

More importantly, this break

EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board allows each member to reorganize in the event of a tumultuous spring term. As seen with the current session, the summer period has allowed SA members and cabinet members to correct any faults and regroup for the fall semester.

If the schedule is altered according to the new constitution, members of the organization will only have Winter Break — four weeks — to plan for a new term. This is not enough time for the assembly and president to plan for an effective second half of the session.

During Monday’s meeting, members of SA raised another consequence of altering the schedule.

The change would allow second-

semester seniors to be president, which might result in an ineffective term.

Seniors are the most eligible candidates for SA president because of their leadership experience and understanding of the organization.

With this schedule change, they would run for office at the end of junior year and hold office for their entire senior year.

Although effectiveness varies depending upon leadership, the concentration and motivation of second semester senior leaders is questionable, particularly in the role of president. Second-semester seniors are often too focused on graduation and their future to concentrate on campus commitments.

The alteration in the sessions’ schedule lacks reasoning, and change should not be implemented unless it has a purpose.

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Sexual harassment of SU grad proves need for stricter prosecution policies

exual harassment in the workplace is a form of gender discrimination and creates a significant barrier in allowing people to do their jobs. It’s important that there are policies in place to protect workers and to prosecute those who harass them.

Last week, a New York court ruling failed to protect a Syracuse University graduate who filed a sexual harassment case against her boss.

This treatment of young people is unfair and degrading.

Lihuan Wang was a 22-year-old unpaid intern at Phoenix Satellite Television U.S. from December 2009 to January 2010 while getting her master’s degree in journalism from SU. She experienced sexual advances from the station’s Washington, D.C., bureau chief, Zhengzhu Liu, according to the lawsuit. Liu allegedly lured Wang and other female

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interns to his hotel room under the pretense of business discussions.

Wang lost the lawsuit on the grounds that she did not receive a salary, and is therefore not considered a company employee.

Unpaid interns are not protected under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, meant to outlaw major forms of discrimination Like Wang, interns are oftentimes college students. Not protecting them against sexual harassment makes them incredibly vulnerable.

An internship is an opportunity to learn and grow, and safety should not be compromised.

This injustice is particularly detrimental toward women.

A Huffington Post poll from August found that one in five women said they’d been harassed by a boss, and one in four said they had been harassed by another coworker.

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head over heels It’s frustrating to see that little has changed since 1994, when nursing student Bridget O’Connor lost her sexual harassment suit against the Rockland Psychiatric Center in New York, where she interned.

One of the doctors allegedly began to refer to her as Miss Sexual Harassment, told her that she should participate in an orgy and suggested that she remove her clothing before meeting with him.

Other women in the office made similar claims.

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people who may experience harassment in the workplace.

A sharply divided Supreme Court made it harder for Americans to sue businesses for discrimination this summer. In Vance v. Ball State University, an African-American worker accused her supervisor of racial harassment.

The court decided that the person she accused was a coworker and not a supervisor.

The court’s conservatives then ruled that a person must be able to hire and fire someone to be considered a supervisor in discrimination lawsuits, making it harder to blame a business for a coworker’s sexism or racism.

Workers should be able to press charges for employment discrimination when it occurs.

It’s only humane to make this process accessible for someone who has already been abused in some way.

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Currently, only Oregon offers legal protection from sexual harassment to unpaid interns — and that law was just passed in June.

A supervisor of an internship position still acts as an intern’s boss, and oftentimes has the ability to terminate their employment, even if unpaid. If he or she sexually harasses an intern, the same scenario should play out if it were salaried employment.

There’s no excuse for ignoring claims of sexual harassment from interns. This sends the message that they are not people who deserve equal rights.

The current system in place allows for repeated abuse of young, college-aged men and women, and the cycle should end before more interns suffer.

Laura Cohen is a junior magazine journalism and women’s and gender studies major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at lgcohen@syr.edu.

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ne of the biggest factors that pulled Larisa Pechenyy and her family from Ukraine to the United States was educational opportunity.

By the time Pechenyy and her two brothers entered Corcoran High School, the family’s college dreams were set on Onondaga Community College — a “big deal,” since Pechenyy’s parents hadn’t had higher education opportunities in the Soviet Union.

“OCC was the biggest dream we had in front of us,” Pechenyy said.

But when graduation rolled around, a relatively new Say Yes to Education program in the Syracuse City School District changed Pechenyy’s higher education plans.

“I would have never thought that being a civil engineer was possible for me, but at this point the sky is the limit,” said Pechenyy, now a senior

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the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, did not receive a Stop-Work Order and hasn’t been affected at all, said Patrick Mather, director of the program. He explained that its federal grants are updated annually, causing the program to be “insulated a little bit since [the] contracts are already awarded.”

The organization’s endowment has reached nearly $8 million of the $20 million goal.

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In continuing support of the Say Yes scholarships that allow graduates of Syracuse high schools to attend SU or New York’s public colleges on full tuition scholarships, the Central New York Community Foundation has renewed a $1 million commitment to the Syracuse Chapter of Say Yes to Education. To be paid in $200,000 increments in five years, the donation will follow an identical $1 million commitment made between the foundation and Say Yes in 2009. This initial commitment will conclude in 2014.

The donation marks the largest single grant the foundation has made in its 85-year history, said Peter Dunn, president and CEO of the foundation. Say Yes stands out for its holistic approach to promoting education and making college attainable in a high-poverty urban district, he said.

“With the promise of a full tuition scholarship,” he said, “that takes away one barrier for kids going to college.”

In September, Say Yes added 11 colleges to its network of schools that offer Say Yes scholarships, said Pat Driscoll, director of operations at Say Yes in Syracuse.

These include prominent schools such as Cornell University, Dartmouth College and Princeton University. The renewal of the Community Foundation’s commitment and the university expansion collectively mark a significant step for the Syracuse chapter of Say Yes, he said.

“Being able to have additional schools and dollars really gives our students an opportunity to pursue schools that may be in a different geographic location,” he said.

The $1 million commitment will specifically benefit Say Yes scholarships, Driscoll said, and contribute to the organization’s endowment.

The Community Foundation manages Say Yes’ endowment, and Dunn said it has reached nearly $8 million of the $20 million goal.

Jameel Shareef, a Say Yes scholar from Henninger High School, said the program continues to positively affect him even in his senior year as a communication and rhetorical studies major at SU. He said he has benefited from networking events and resume-building workshops since he started college. He credits his summer internships to the Say Yes events geared toward collegiate Say Yes scholars.

With $1 million headed toward the program in the next five years from the Community Foundation, he said he expects more students will have similar opportunities to succeed.

Said Shareef: “The extra million will help a lot of students.”

There are about a dozen proposals currently under review for future funding, but with the shutdown, the evaluation process is currently on hold, leading to a delay of new awards, Mather said.

“The longer it goes on the more likely that there will be delays in start dates in proportion to the length of the delay,” he said.

Deadlines for the proposals are fast approaching, Lee-Glauser, the vice president for research, said.

“Our faculty is really stressed,” Lee-Glauser said. “There are number of proposals due and at this point nothing is open. And when the government opens, part of the challenge now, the faculty is worried that the competition is going to be more stiff.”

Typically, the success rate of research proposals is about 20 percent, said Lee-Glauser. But now the success rate could drop to 15, or even 10 percent, she said.

Although Lee-Glauser said the research fac-

ulty are all very stressed, she does not think that SU is in that bad of shape because they are providing the monetary means to allow SU researchers to continue their work.

“Students need to take this as a learning opportunity,” said Lee-Glauser. “We need to make sure we are informed and address our elected officials so that they don’t lock horns like this again.”

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patrolling areas in the East neighborhood and Marshall Street on Thursday through Saturday nights from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., since those are the busiest nights, said Andrew Clary, a DPS sergeant and UACT organizer.

“That whole area is saturated with law enforcement,” Clary said. “There’s us, there’s Syracuse police, whether we’re in marked cars or unmarked cars.”

UACT officers from DPS consist of at least one in a supervisor position and the rest made up of officers who volunteer to be on the team, said Clary.

Sardino said the team has been a definitive factor in the decreased crime rates near campus.

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“Criminals are coming up, seeing the saturation, and making a conscience decision to go somewhere else and do crimes,” he said.

DPS officers patrol the university-area neighborhoods, with the role of maintaining a visible presence as an immediate crime deterrent. In the event a crime does happen, DPS officers are the first to respond, while informing and alerting other DPS and SPD officers to arrive quickly to the scene.

Because many of the crimes are occurring off-campus in the university area, they tend to fall under the jurisdiction of Syracuse criminal law, said Sgt. Tom Connellan of the Syracuse Police Department.

The partnership with DPS in the last year has helped SPD keep crimes near campus low, he added.

“We have an excellent working relationship

with DPS and it’s only gotten stronger by working so close with them and by being able to share information working with these guys,” Connellan said.

Sardino said the partnership had been equally beneficial for DPS, as SPD officers were often familiar with the criminals in the region and could help identify suspects.

Using the knowledge the team learned in the last year, Sardino said UACT is now able to predict what areas are most susceptible to crimes and when crimes are most likely to happen, based off their previous observations.

After a year of experience with the UACT team, Jon Lebaron, a DPS officer who patrols with UACT, said he believes the team will only improve in the future.

“It was in its infant stage, anytime you have an infant you don’t really know what to expect,” he said. “But now a year under our belt, we kind of know what to look for and what we’re doing.

We can be more proactive, instead of reactive.”

As a result of UACT’s presence lowering crime, the officers have been spending the nights ending parties more often than stopping robberies and assaults, he said. The team has seen a number of complaints from residents in the East neighborhood, mostly concerning open container violations and sound reproduction.

Lebaron added that UACT’s responsibility was not only to the students, but also to the residents in the surrounding neighborhood around SU. “There haven’t been any violent crimes since we’ve taken over. What people might be upset about is the fact that we’re shutting down par-

ties and ‘wrecking good times,’ but that’s what we’re paid to do, that’s what we’re supposed to be doing out there,” he said.

The decrease in violent crimes has allowed UACT to dedicate its efforts to preventing issues such as public intoxication and sound reproduction, Sardino said. But, he added that the focus of the team still remains the same as when it started last year: to concentrate on street crimes.

“We constantly remind the folks that are working what the vision of UACT is, we don’t want that to get overly engaged in the quality of life issues and detract their attention in any ways from what they’re hired to do,” he said.

Due to its success, UACT is expected to continue in the future, Sardino said. He said he personally finds it successful, noting the significant decrease in the number of robberies and violent crimes in the university area neighborhood.

Connellan, the SPD sergeant, said the team helps address the challenges that come with a campus set in an urban environment, for both the city and the university.

Sardino said the results of UACT have shown that the crime-control team is a necessary part of campus safety for students.

Said Sardino: “As soon as we take those officers out of that area, it’d be a matter of weeks before people that commit crimes make that observation and will be back doing what they’re doing.”

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expands our resources,” she said.

Goldhar is also working with J. Michael Shoes to continue the sale outside of its Marshall Street storefront on Friday. The SU chapter asked J. Michael to participate due to the store’s history of involvement with SU charity projects, she said.

Right now, the organization is focusing on the sale, since they are still determining where the money will go, Moore, the club’s president, said. She added that a partner will be chosen within the upcoming weeks.

Said Moore: “We’re making it easy. We’re bringing it to [students], it’s pretty cheap and it goes to a really good cause.”

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director, said.

The idea for the costume sale originated with the University of California, Los Angeles chapter of Nourish International, Goldhar said. Building on UCLA’s general thrift sale, the local chapter thought of selling Halloween costumes because of the timing, she added. Students in Greek life as well as members in the Syracuse community have donated costumes for the sale.

“We really like to reach out to the Syracuse community and try and get them in partnership with us, because it expands our reach and

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Besides answering questions from Grimes and audience members, Chu shared an excerpt from his book. As he read, photographs from his visit to the Westboro Baptist Church were projected to the audience, including images of the youngest church members picketing.

Teresa Sabga, a junior magazine journalism major, said Chu was “really insightful” about the struggles of someone being judged for being who he is and how he handles it, especially

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time, Shoultz said, she’d already gotten to know Pierce-Brewster as a person and thought very “positively” of him.

“I wasn’t concerned with having him work for me knowing that,” she said.

When asked if it’s been discussed what would happen if his case were to go forward, Shoultz said “no,” and that they’d deal with it then.

He’s been living at the Zen Center of Syracuse, which is about 15 minutes south of SU, Shoultz said. The center’s mission is to offer the

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where religion is prominent.

“Coming from a religious family, I know exactly what he means when he says his family outcast him,” she said.

Johnny Rosa said he was impressed by Chu’s discussion. Rosa, a sophomore magazine journalism major, said it was nice to hear people like Chu talk about views he holds himself.

“I think discussion about any topic is not only helpful, but necessary, especially when it comes to religion,” Rosa said. “If you believe in something, you should be able to talk to people about it and want to talk to people about it.” ekmeyers@syr.edu

practice of mediation to all people, making the community a more caring and compassionate place, according to its website.

Joe O’Brien, who has lived at the center for the last five to six years, said Pierce-Brewster is good-natured, intelligent and does everything they ask him to do.

About eight to 10 people live at the center full time, he said. To live there, you have to go through an interview process; there are no “casual invitations,” he said.

“I can’t tell you how much we like him,” O’Brien said. “It’s been a pleasure for us.” dmsegelb@syr.edu @dylan_segelbaum

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Columnist shares protocol for latenight booty calls

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he challenge of deciphering text in little thought bubbles on a touch screen is an art form in and of itself, but there’s one text that is always crystal clear: the booty call.

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to explore their sexuality and men were hell bent on discouraging such behavior.

Sex and relationships were about male dominance and control, even ownership.

Also, syphilis struck fear in the hearts of any man who enjoyed the services of a courtesan. In the 19th century, the disease was incurable, widespread and inevitably led to insanity and death.

These factors contributed to the spirit of the times when “Carmen” was written.

Although the story has been deemed by

A booty-call text can include any of the following: “hey u ;),” “Heyyyyyyy,” “Hey how was ur day,” “I had a long day but im up for stayin in and still hangin out…” “Wat r u doin 2nite?” “Wanna watch a movie?”

The list goes on. It just depends on the timing.

If you receive one of these texts after 10 p.m., it’s a booty call. If it’s earlier in the night, he or she is willing to butter you up first, but the end message is the same: “Hey, I’d like for you to stay over tonight. And while I may not directly be saying that, my time stamp on this text message is.”

The “gray area” falls between 9–10 p.m.

A message sent during this time frame can go either way (he or she might like you and is being awkward about it, or he or she is a slightly more courteous booty caller). The “gray area” is always frustrating, so be mindful of responding to texts during this hour. You never know the emotions that might emerge, and it’s best to avoid a situation that could be emotionally difficult.

But what’s the protocol for answering such text messages? If you’re charting new territory, there are a few things to keep in mind.

First of all, it’s always OK — and never rude — to ignore that late-night text or call. It’s also OK to say yes to the booty text, provided you know where the sender stands. We all have a natural desire to act on sexual urges, and if you have found someone you are attracted to and that’s what you want, then by all means, proceed.

The important thing to consider when answering a booty call is that you are absolutely clear about the parameters you are setting.

Be honest with yourself. What’s to say that the “booty call” can’t lead to something more if that’s what you’re looking for? But remember, those success stories are exceptions. Make sure you’re taking a step back from time to time and evaluating what you want out of the relationship.

Don’t constantly bug your friend-withbenefits: he or she may be busy, asleep,

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courtesy of carol disalvo photography OLA RAFALO, who plays the lead role in “Carmen,” seduces Don Jose (Brent Reilly Turner) while holding a cigar.

Condensed adaptation of opera ‘Carmen’ brings heat, passion

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By Jessica Cabe ASST. COPY EDITOR

pera isn’t exactly known for its sexiness, but “Carmen” definitely brings the heat.

Syracuse Opera opened its 2013-2014 season with “The Tragedy of Carmen,” a stripped-down Peter Brook adaptation of Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera about a promiscuous, free-spirited Gypsy named Carmen.

Performances are at 8 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on Sunday at the Carrier Theater.

Tickets are $19-81.

Carmen (Ola Rafalo) seduces the naïve soldier Don José (Brent Reilly Turner), who is, at the same time, being pursued by the innocent Micaëla (Colleen Daly). Tragedy strikes when Carmen refuses to give her affections exclusively to Don José and instead sleeps with the bullfighter Escamillo (Wes Mason). These four characters all struggle with fate, love and jealousy. And in true tragic fashion, most of them meet their doom by the time the curtain falls.

“Carmen” was written during the Victorian era, when women were beginning

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feminists as an example of a strong woman expressing her uninhibited sexuality, Bizet was sending a clear message that does not at all adhere to feminist ideals: If you’re a woman and you sleep around, you will die an awful death.

The version of this tragedy put on by Syracuse Opera cuts the original opera almost in half, down to just 80 minutes with no intermission.

This offers a perfect introduction to opera for those who may need to ease into that realm of art.

The opera is sung in French, but Syracuse Opera projects English translations above the stage to help audience members follow along.

This helpful tool should serve as a guide, though, not a distraction. The captions are most effective if glanced at rather than read word-for-word.

This production’s stage design is quite stark, a huge deviation from the intricate sets that dress the stage in the original “Carmen.”

The simplified set consists of a wooden oval structure slanted downstage, representing a bullfighting ring, which matches the other stripped-down qualities of Brook’s adaptation.

The simple lighting and costumes are just enough to put the audience in the world of “Carmen” without distracting from the best part of the production: the cast members’

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vocal performances.

Daly, a soprano, sings with a heartbreaking purity that fits Micaëla’s innocence. Although the timbre of her voice is absolutely delightful, her dynamic control really takes her performance to a memorable level. She sings with the soft desperation one would expect from an innocent woman in love, but the next line she fills the Carrier Theater with her rich voice.

Rafalo, a mezzo-soprano, has a voice that takes some getting used to after the classic, clear perfection of Daly’s voice. Rafalo’s voice has a richness all its own, with a tone that compels the listener to pay close attention to her. Her voice suits Carmen perfectly; it is full, sultry and quite abnormal in the most compelling way.

Turner, who is making his debut as a tenor after a career as a baritone, transitions into this new range seamlessly. He, above all others, knows how to break a listener’s heart. At the most intense moments, his voice cracks with emotion. Although Don José is a bit of a dope, the character is relatable because of Turner’s performance.

And then there is Mason, whose bassbaritone performance offers the necessary sex appeal for Escamillo. His deep, dominating voice is sure to send shivers down the spines of female audience members, which is only fair, considering the seductive nature of Rafalo.

And Rafalo certainly knows how to be sexy.

courtesy of carol disalvo photography OLA RAFALO, as Carmen, dances for Don Jose (Brent Reilly Turner) on their first night alone together. The two characters form half of a complicated love quadrangle.

Her dances lead from the hip, and she is often seen sitting with her legs spread apart, her dress draping between them to maintain some level of secrecy. Her performance is tasteful by today’s standards, but in 1875, Carmen was positively scandalous.

Between the rich history and sociological implications, the accessible music and the sex appeal, not to mention the brevity of this production, “The Tragedy of Carmen” offers an ideal starting place for anyone new to opera. jmcabe@syr.edu

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FROM THE BOX OFFICE Oct. 11-13

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By Ian Tecklin STAFF WRITER

This weekend at the box office saw secondweek holdover “Gravity” staying at number one, “Captain Phillips” open to solid numbers and newcomer “Machete Kills” bomb.

In its second week, “Gravity” maintained its position at the top with an impressive $43.1 million. Strong word-of-mouth has helped this film tremendously, as people who may have otherwise waited to watch it at home have gone out to the theaters to experience the movie on the big screen in 3-D or IMAX. Despite only being in its second week, “Gravity” has already surpassed the $100 million mark. And at its current rate, it should cross the $150 million mark by next weekend and hopefully reach $200 million by Halloween. The film should continue its momentum and profitability up until early November, when it will most likely lose IMAX and 3-D screens to “Ender’s Game” and “Thor: The

Dark World.” Regardless, one thing is clear: “Gravity” has become the must-see film of the season.

Taking the second spot was Sony Pictures’ new release, “Captain Phillips,” which opened with a robust $25.7 million. The opening is good news for Sony, which had a rough summer at the box office after a series of high-profile flops. The debut is also good news for star Tom Hanks, who is coming off a series of box office disappointments like “Cloud Atlas,” “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” and “Larry Crowne.” In fact, “Captain Phillips” is Tom Hanks’ biggest opening in nearly five years.

Sony’s marketing team created an effective campaign that showcased the film as a suspenseful, high-stakes movie with plenty of thrills. Though “adult drama” films typically do not do this well at the box office, positive reviews and Oscar buzz for Tom Hanks led to the strong debut of this $55

million-budget true story.

The other new film in the top 10 was “Machete Kills,” which bombed with just $3.84 million. The film is the sequel to 2010’s “Machete,” which opened with $14.1 million and went on to gross more than $44 million worldwide. Despite having three years of a cult following, higher ticket prices and a star-filled cast (Danny Trejo, Mel Gibson, Sofia Vergara, Charlie Sheen, Antonio Banderas, Lady Gaga), “Machete Kills” could not even gross one third of the amount that the original did.

The film had one of the worst openings ever for a movie in more than 2,500 locations, not to mention one of the worst openings of 2013.

Though the budget for the film was $20 million, distributor Open Road Films bought it for only $2 million, so despite its terrible opening, the film should break even somewhere down the line. ijteckli@syr.edu

working or spending time with friends — or someone else — and you can’t be upset about that. But if he or she is ready to go, continue on.

If you’re a boy, you’ll probably head on over by yourself, and if you’re a girl, you can probably sway the guy into picking you up. Be prepared. Sometimes it’s a sleepover while other times it’s just some time spent together in the early morning hours.

The booty call or text is about a mutually beneficial relationship. If someone isn’t getting what he or she wants from it — whether by ignoring the text from the start or ending the hook-up for whatever reason — then it’s easy enough to come to a stop, relish the experience and move on. And there’s no shame in any indulgence.

Jillian is a magazine, newspaper, and online journalism graduate student. Her column appears every Wednesday in Pulp. She would appreciate absolutely no same-night hanging-out inquiries after 4:00 p.m. at the very latest. Email her at jathaw@ syr.edu and follow her on Twitter @jathaw.

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“INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2” Director: James Wan

Cast: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey Release date: Sept. 13 Rating: 3/5

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POSSESSED AND UNIMPRESSED

‘Insidious: Chapter 2’ results in unoriginal sequel, borrows common horror themes

By Brittany Russell

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STAFF WRITER

efore seeing “Insidious: Chapter 2,” you should probably watch its predecessor, because the second installment picks up right where the first one ended.

The audience is given a brief recap of the popular thriller at the start of its sequel, but not everything is covered. When we last saw the Lambert Family in “Insidious,” Renai Lambert (Rose Byrne) had discovered the corpse of Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye), a paranormal investigator hired to help the Lambert’s eldest son Dalton (Ty Simpkins).

Dalton had been in a coma after accidently venturing into an alternate universe in his sleep. He eventually wakes up after his father, Josh (Patrick Wilson), fearlessly undergoes hypnosis and enters into the alternate world in search of his son. But in the process of leaving the alternate world, Josh is possessed by a tormented spirit.

This is where “Insidious: Chapter 2” — a brilliantly haunting film — begins. The actors all deliver outstanding performances this time around. Wilson does particularly well in his “Insidious 2” role, which is much more dynamic and complex than the first film. In the sequel, Wilson portrays his original character, but does so by playing a man possessed by an evil spirit.

The supporting characters also effectively manage to expand their roles, while still staying consistent with the essence of the first film. Along with the acting, the exceptional costumes and cinematography give the film the extra boost that it needs.

The film is definitely strong enough to hold the attention of the audience and frighten them from time to time with shocking plot twists.

But the film lacks any real unique qualities.

It was obviously influenced by many other horror films — some scenes seemed directly inspired by other horror movie moments.

The 1982 film “Poltergeist” is clearly used as a model in the “Insidious” films. “Poltergeist” supposes the existence of a parallel universe inhabited by creatures that have the ability to go in and out of our universe. In “Insidious: Chapter 2,” there is a similar visit to another world called “The Further.” There are also themes taken from “Psycho,” “The Shining” and “The Exorcist.”

Although not everything in “Insidious: Chapter 2” is built on plots from other horror films, the large amount of it demonstrates director James Wan’s lack of creativity. By having the film take place in more than one haunted house, Wan had the opportunity to be creative and try new things, but he does not capitalize on the ominous setting. Luckily, Wan already established his name in the horror genre with previous projects and was still able to make “Insidious: Chapter 2” an intricately written film.

Compared to the success and large fan base

of Wan’s “Insidious” and “The Conjuring,” “Insidious: Chapter 2” failed to live up to audiences’ expectations. Fans have been quick to realize that Wan’s lack of creativity seems to be related to a loss of interest in repeating the “Insidious” ghost-stories, and using the sequel to merely expand his characters and their worlds.

While it may be disappointing for some, “Insidious: Chapter 2” seems to be consistent with the habits of most sequel films that typically expand on a constrained storyline in an intriguing way. Wan makes use of all the different elements of the first film while evolving the ideas in new ways.

It is definitely worth a watch for those who were big fans of the first film, or even those who love a good scare. Many of the film’s scary moments are memorable enough to make the overall experience worthwhile. baruss01@syr.edu

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Eskridge’s career day highlights progress As Durell Eskridge starts to come into his own, the safety’s conference and head coach are taking notice.

“Durell’s done a really nice job,” Scott Shafer said. “He’s really grown as a player.”

Eskridge racked up 13 total tackles and hauled in an interception during Syracuse’s 24-10 win against North Carolina State on Saturday in Raleigh, N.C. His performance earned him Atlantic Coast Conference defensive back of the week honors and praise from his coach as he continues to improve.

With cornerback Keon Lyn out for the season, Eskridge helped give the Orange a foundation on the back end. N.C. State quarterback Pete Thomas did struggle, but SU’s secondary was as strong as it had been all season against

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the Wolfpack.

The change seems to stem from a greater understanding of the game. Eskridge has always had the athleticism — Shafer has said multiple times how gifted a wide receiver he was in high school — but now he’s working at the mental aspect, taking extra time to study the game with defensive backs coach Fred Reed.

“He works hard at his football IQ,” Shafer said.

His performance on Saturday was a career highlight, but as he continues to improve, Shafer believes days like that one could start to be the norm.

“It’s at that point now where he’s starting to turn the corner,” Shafer said, “and he’s starting to become a player that can be really an impact player for us.” sebail01@syr.edu @Stephen_Bailey1 dbwilson@syr.edu @DBWilson2

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Carolina State — not including special teams — mostly in the slot.

But he also played out wide — like the 5-foot-10 defensive back did frequently against then-No. 3 Clemson when Brandon Reddish was sidelined with a lower-body injury.

Morgan has five total tackles in the last two games, including a big hit on a crossing Wolfpack wide receiver.

“That experiential knowledge is invaluable with regards to the number of the snaps he gets,” SU head coach Scott Shafer said. “You’re starting to see those reactions come quicker with Wayne. When he sees it and believes it, he’s a good football player.”

His toughness, Erasmus Hall (N.Y.) High School coach Danny Landberg said, isn’t new.

Landberg has known Morgan since he was a child, and remembers not only his grit as a Pop Warner player, but off the field, too.

When Morgan was about 13, Landberg remembers hearing a group of 20 kids going to jump him and a friend. But when he got there, the scene he witnessed was the opposite of what he expected.

“The 20 kids were running from him,” Landberg said. “Wayne was not to be messed with.”

That carried over to his time at Erasmus, where Morgan played quarterback and defensive back. Running the option out of the shotgun as a sophomore, Morgan earned all-city honors.

Landberg said that while Morgan was a star quarterback — he threw for 763 yards and four touchdowns, and rushing for 600 yards and six

touchdowns as a senior — he focused more on training as a defensive back.

He’d spend his extra time meticulously examining how routes manifest and the best way to approach his drops. Ranked the No. 11 safety in the nation by ESPN as a senior, Morgan chose SU instead of offers from Penn State and Maryland, among others, according to Scout.com.

“He’s got the most unbelievable toughness I’ve ever had out of anybody,” Landberg said.

“He’s fearless on the field and he’s not afraid to be the guy out there making big plays.”

Now at Syracuse, Morgan said his experiences playing quarterback still factor into his play. Whether it be shedding a blocker with a juke move or reading the opposing quarterback’s eyes on an option play, the understanding is subconscious.

“I could sense what a quarterback is about to do, like if I see him reading I know who he’s keying off of a little bit,” Morgan said.

When Syracuse travels to Atlanta to take on Georgia Tech this weekend, Morgan will be faced with a triple-option offense. A system that he said, on film, he understands well.

But it’s the toughness that he picked up playing Pop Warner at Betsy Head Park that will help him execute against the Yellow Jackets, especially when he’s playing cornerback against bigger, taller receivers.

“It doesn’t really matter about the height,” Morgan said. “It’s all about toughness. Like if you know in your heart you aren’t going to let this guy beat you, it doesn’t really matter about your size.” sebail01@syr.edu @Stephen_Bailey1

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MID-SEASON REPORT CARD Beat writers grade SU QUARTERBACKS With the Drew Allen era a distant memory, Terrel Hunt has stepped in and been solid position by position for Syracuse. After torching Wagner and

Tulane, Hunt has struggled with throwing the ball against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents. His ability to scramble and pick up yardage has been key, though, and will be critical against Georgia Tech.

POSITION

BAILEY

HASS

WILSON

QB

B- B B

WR

D- D+ D

RB

A- A A-

H-BACK B+ A- B+ TE

C+ C- D+

OL

B+ A- B

DL

B B+ B-

LB

A- A- B

CB

C- B- C

S

C+ C+ C+

K

C B- C+

P

B+ B+ A-

KR/PR B B BCOACH B A- B OVERALL B

B+ B

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WIDE RECEIVERS

Coming into the season, the Orange needed a wide receiver to step up. So far, no one has. The group went without a catch against then-No. 3 Clemson two weeks ago, and caught only four balls against North Carolina State. Jarrod West broke out against Wagner, but has been otherwise quiet. He seemed to be off the field for more plays than usual against the Wolfpack.

RUNNING BACKS

H-BACKS

TIGHT ENDS

OFFENSIVE LINE

DEFENSIVE LINE

LINEBACKERS

CORNERBACKS

SAFETIES

KICKERS

PUNTERS

RETURN MEN

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The Syracuse ground game has improved through each contest this season. Led by Jerome Smith’s 482 yards and eight touchdowns and Prince-Tyson Gulley’s 316 and four, the Orange is third in the ACC in rushing yards per game. Devante McFarlane has proven a reliable speed option while George Morris II is expected to miss his second straight game with an upper-body injury.

Beckett Wales was bugged by an ankle injury early in the season. Kendall Moore, who came to Syracuse as an offensive lineman, caught a touchdown pass against Northwestern. The Orange’s tight ends all have size and good hands, but none of them have shown the ability to get open consistently.

Jay Bromley has helped the line to exceed expectations through six games. His six sacks, nine tackles for loss and three forced fumbles are big reasons why Syracuse is ranked second in the conference against the run, allowing 120.3 yards per game. Firstyear starting defensive ends Robert Welsh and Micah Robinson have played well, too.

The loss of Keon Lyn leaves a gaping hole in the Syracuse secondary. Ri’Shard Anderson and Brandon Reddish have also struggled against No.1 receivers as SU has allowed 268 passing yards per game, which is the most in the ACC. The cornerbacks have shown improvement lately, as Julian Whigham and Wayne Morgan grow accustomed to their expanded roles.

Syracuse lost one of its most experienced players when Ross Krautman’s season ended prematurely due to a hip-related injury. Since then, Ryan Norton has stepped up and tried to fill the void. He’s 17-of-18 on extra points and 4-of-6 on field goals, with his long being a 34-yarder against Wagner.

Morris had been the main man on kickoff duties, but an upper-body injury has moved McFarlane into the primary role. Gulley filled in for Morris against NC State on Saturday.

Ritchy Desir has been reliable in the punt game, showing confidence in catching the ball on the run.

Ashton Broyld and Brisly Estime are two of the Orange’s most talented playmakers. Broyld has emerged as Hunt’s favorite target, using the uniqueness of the H-Back position to get open frequently. Estime has slowly eased into the role as SU’s second H-Back.

He’s been inconsistent, dropping catchable balls, but he’s also snared some difficult throws.

Macky MacPherson and Sean Hickey are two of the best linemen in the ACC. The line has done a stellar job of late opening holes for Smith and Gulley, who dominated against Clemson and North Carolina State. Rob Trudo and Ivan Foy’s athleticism has been an asset for SU as well.

An ankle sprain has Dyshawn Davis’ level of effectiveness questionable going forward, but Josh Kirkland stepped up nicely in Davis’ absence, who is currently day-to-day. Marquis Spruill and Cameron Lynch have been two of Syracuse’s most consistent playmakers this season, combining for 57 solo tackles and anchoring the defense.

While Durell Eskridge is coming off arguably the best game of his Syracuse career, the Orange safeties have struggled against the deep ball. Eskridge followed three different Clemson receivers into the end zone during SU’s ACC debut, while Jeremi Wilkes’ most glaring gaffe came in the season opener against Penn State when he allowed wide receiver Allen Robinson to run by him for a 51-yard touchdown.

Riley Dixon’s 75-yarder was the longest in Syracuse history. That speaks for itself. Otherwise, Dixon has been average, but that punt was one of the highlights of an otherwise lopsided SU-Clemson game. Dixon has booted 10 of 29 punts inside the 20-yard line and is averaging 43.4 yards per punt.

A bevy of new challenges met Scott Shafer when he took over as head coach. A new conference, a largely new coaching staff and a new quarterback were among them. Shafer has responded well. The Orange picked up its first ACC win last week after getting pummeled the week before, and is back at .500.

—Compiled by The Daily Orange sports staff, sports@dailyorange.com

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SU values back-up goalie Stith as ‘heart and soul’ of Orange

By Jesse Dougherty ASST. COPY EDITOR

After Syracuse beat Cornell to advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament last season, Matt Stith had three days to get to Richmond, Va. Stith is a third-string goalie that doesn’t travel with the team, and had a broken foot that also kept him in Syracuse during the tournament.

Still, he had to cheer his team on, so he, the injured Skylar Thomas and Trevor Alexander mapped out a trip. After a long bus ride to New York City, a train to Stith’s home in Montclair, N.J., and an eight-hour drive with a short pit stop in Maryland, the three arrived at Sports Backers Stadium.

In what came as a complete surprise to the team, Stith, Thomas and Alexander stood in the front row and “made sure to get rowdy” throughout the match. Even after stadium officials confiscated their noisemakers, Stith wasn’t derailed.

Shifting his weight onto one of his crutches, he vehemently waived a Syracuse flag that was attached to the other.

“The flag and the crutch,” Stith said laughing, “that’s what we were known for.”

Stith, a redshirt sophomore in his second playing season, has never seen the field for the Orange (8-4-1, 2-4-1 Atlantic Coast).

Stuck behind goalies Alex Bono and Andrew Coughlin on the team’s depth chart, the prospect of never playing a collegiate game doesn’t bother Stith. Instead, he focuses his energy on keeping his teammates loose

with motivational speech and unrelenting eccentricity.

“He livens everything up,” said sophomore forward Ben Ramin. “He’s at the center of a lot of what we’re doing, and the heart and soul of this team.”

On the first day of preseason, Stith gathered

“He livens everything up. He’s at the center of a lot of what we’re doing, and the heart and soul of this team.”

Ben Ramin

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everyone around him in the weight room.

His first pep talk of the season sent a group of players, many of whom were meeting each other for the first time, into hysteria. When head coach Ian McIntyre found his team jumping around Stith, he calmed them down with a reminder that there was still practice later in the day.

“I started talking about how last year we shocked the world but now we’re the hunted,” Stith said. “I said ‘Everyone wants to take our name from us so let’s protect it,’ and then we were just all screaming.”

In practice, Stith is competitive, but also keeps things loose. He explained that in drills, it’s the three goalies against the rest of the team,

and that it’s exciting when they keep the ball out of the net.

After a big save, he likes to let the forwards know who came out on top. Bono said he’s seen Stith dunk a soccer ball on the crossbar, chest bump teammates and pump his chest, and that’s just the start of his laundry list of celebrations.

Stith’s favorite is when all three goalies raise their hands in the air and let out a low grunt in unison — something they saw the blockers on the women’s volleyball team do.

“He gets excited about every moment,” Bono said, “and he really just loves being on the field every day, and cherishes those moments.”

Just because Stith isn’t going to play, his excitement isn’t diminished on game day. From the bench, he is always encouraging and the first to volunteer to warm up a teammate.

After his redshirt season in 2011, he won the Dean Foti Award for having the most posi-

tive effect on the team’s attitude. At the end of last season, he won the Syracuse Coaches’ Award for courage, humility and devotion to his teammates.

To recognize him this season, McIntyre brought him on the team’s trip to Boston College. Bono said that if it were up to him, “Stith would come on every trip,” and Stith felt the same.

But whether or not he travels with the team is trivial. Stith’s presence is felt wherever the Orange goes, even if it’s a bus, train or eighthour car ride away.

“On the field he’s always getting behind you and telling you what you’re doing wrong and giving you that positive encouragement,” Bono said. “He is someone who I credit my improvement for and a lot of my success because of how he pushes me everyday.” jcdoug01@syr.edu @dougherty_ jesse

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football

Morgan’s toughness, QB experience benefit him as DB

By Stephen Bailey ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Wayne Morgan grew up playing football on dirt and rocks, with his Pop Warner football teammates at Betsy Head Park in Brooklyn. He was a quarterback.

Now a sophomore at Syracuse, a lot has changed. He plays on turf in the Carrier Dome, and reads quarterbacks from the secondary instead.

His toughness is the lone constant.

“I just like running through people,” Morgan said. “I don’t like stopping my feet. You know how people break down? I don’t like breaking down. I just like to go. When I see it, I just run through it.”

Morgan has been running through more people as of late. With cornerback Keon Lyn out for the season, Morgan has been thrust into a larger role. He said he played 39 snaps against North

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Shafer lists Davis as ‘day-to-day’

By Stephen Bailey and David Wilson THE DAILY ORANGE

Dyshawn Davis is listed as day-today after spraining his right ankle against North Carolina State, SU head coach Scott Shafer said on his weekly teleconference on Tuesday.

“We’re looking at day-by-day with Dyshawn,” Shafer said. “We want to take it one day at a time to see where he’s at. We’ll look at him Thursday and make our decision then.”

Davis re-aggravated the ankle late in the first half against the

AT A GLANCE

THEY SAID IT

“I think we’re working toward finding that identity.”

Macky MacPherson

SU CENTER ON THE SYRACUSE OFFENSE

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Wolfpack and missed the remainder of the game. He was still wearing a boot on Monday for the injury Shafer said has been nagging him since training camp.

Josh Kirkland, who filled in for Davis in the second half, will continue to see additional reps along with Marqez Hodge.

“We know that Kirkland and Luke Arciniega are two kids that have played and done a good job being supporting cast, but I also look forward to seeing Hodge be that guy because I think he’s on the brink,”

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Shafer said.

George Morris II will likely be doubtful for Syracuse’s game at Georgia Tech on Saturday, Shafer said.

The running back missed SU’s 24-10 win against N.C. State last Saturday with an upper-body injury as Prince-Tyson Gulley filled in for him on kick returns.

“George will probably be doubtful this week,” Shafer said, “but he is getting better and we’re looking forward to his return.”

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BY THE NUMBERS 12 hits 90 at-bats The Boston Red Sox have 12 hits in 90 at-bats in the American League Championship Series, but still lead the Tigers 2-1.