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Steve Williams became the third Democrat who is looking to challenge Rep. John Katko (R-NY) in the Syracuse-area congressional district in the 2016 election.

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Syracuse University student and refugee Khadijo Abdulkadir discusses learning English at Syracuse’s North Side Learning Center.

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Trustees to discuss tentative plans for Dome

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Syverud discusses appeals Chancellor weighs in on why SU decided to appeal only certain NCAA penalties

By Brett Samuels managing editor

The future of the Carrier Dome has been a topic of much discussion among the Syracuse University community over the past year-and-a-half. At its November meeting, the Board of Trustees will discuss a tentative plan for the building. david salanitri staff photographer

By Justin Mattingly news editor

The Syracuse University Board of Trustees will discuss at its November meeting the tentative future of the Carrier Dome, Chancellor Kent Syverud said Monday.

Much of the work that is going on with the Campus Master Plan will go in front of the Board of Trustees at its November meeting, Syverud said in an interview with The Daily Orange. He added that the university is “well teed up” for a decision this academic year.

“There’s a bunch of alternatives going before the Board of Trust-

ees and which one they’ll select, I don’t know yet,” Syverud said.

“I know we’re going to have fully documented the cost-benefits issues related to each.”

Syverud added that the Board of Trustees will decide if there will be further notice and comment after it makes its tentative decisions. Syverud said he would “be surprised if there isn’t some input and discussion after the November board meeting.”

The future of the Dome is a part of the Campus Master Plan, a component of Syverud’s Fast Forward initiative. Fast Forward involves the Campus Master Plan, the Aca-

demic Strategic Plan and Operational Excellence. The completion of the Academic Strategic Plan was announced over the summer.

$9 MILLION Estimated operating costs for the Carrier Dome for the 2015 fiscal year.

SU has been looking to have a decision regarding the future of the Carrier Dome made by the end of this academic year.

SU has been weighing three options for the future of the Dome:

replacing the current roof as is, installing a new roof structure while simultaneously making other improvements or building a different stadium off-site.

In January 2014, local officials discussed the possibility of building a new, off-site stadium in the city of Syracuse with the help of state funding. Mayor Stephanie Miner appointed a task force to look into the possibility of a new stadium, while Syverud created a workgroup to look into the viability of the Carrier Dome’s roof and it released its report relating to the current life span of the Dome last May. see carrier

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Syracuse University chose to appeal certain NCAA penalties levied in March based on penalties imposed in similar situations at similar universities, Chancellor Kent Syverud said Monday.

The university consulted widely with counsel, student-athletes and athletics department leadership before deciding to appeal, Syverud said in an interview with The Daily Orange. The decision to appeal was partly because of the belief that the penalties imposed on SU were disproportionate to previous similar incidents at other schools, he said.

“So we chose to appeal the areas where we thought there was a good faith argument to that effect,” Syverud said.

The university appealed the reduction in men’s basketball scholarships and vacation of certain men’s basketball wins in March, 12 days after the NCAA report was released. It is unclear when the NCAA will announce the results of the appeal.

In March, the NCA A handed down punishments in a 94-page report that included a reduction in men’s basketball scholarships, a reduction in off-campus recruiters, vacation of wins for the men’s basketball and football teams and a nine-game suspension for men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim to be served this season beginning at the start of ACC play.

Boeheim chose to appeal the portion of his nine-game suspension that forbids him from coaching the team during practice.

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TATTOO tuesday | cathleen o’hare

Skyline tattoo honors time abroad in London

By Lizzie Michael staff writer

It was nighttime in London when Cathleen O’Hare decided to get her fourth tattoo.

Then a junior broadcast and digital journalism major, O’Hare was abroad for the semester and saw the city lights reflected on the River Thames. Looking out the window of her Uber car, she said she was enchanted by the city.

That May, a week before she had to fly back home to New York, O’Hare got a simple tattoo of the London skyline on her ribcage.

Spending last semester in London changed her life, she said.

Before going abroad, O’Hare had never been outside the U.S. Although she was nervous before her flight, once she arrived in London, everything fell into place.

Living in London was like living in a fantasy world. Her rent was low, she lived in a beautiful flat in the West End and her classes were amazing, she said.

It was sometimes difficult to balance being a student and being abroad, though. When choosing between

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CATHLEEN O’HARE got the London skyline tattooed on her ribcage while studying abroad last year. This was the first time O’Hare had ever been outside the United States. ericka jones-craven staff photographer

studying and going to a pub with friends, the pub would often win.

“Still, it is study abroad, so studying comes first,” she said, continuing that after taking a course that examined America from a foreign perspective, she will never see her

home country the same way again.

When the time came to leave, O’Hare said, the transition was incredibly difficult. She felt outof-place returning to live with her parents and working at a concession stand for the summer.

Once she graduates this May, O’Hare has considered moving back to England; she’s even going to visit this December to see her friends.

“I will never not love London,” O’Hare said. emmichae@syr.edu

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Syracuse University’s third quarter lobbying report will be released on Tuesday. The university lobbied for $60,000 in the second quarter.

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Syracuse University alumna Colleen Deacon, who is running for the House of Representatives, weighs in on the issues facing college students.

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MLB.com challenge returns

election 2016

Williams announces 2016 bid

SU students to take part in MLB 24-hour competition for sixth year

Democratic Syracuse lawyer to campaign for Katko’s seat in Congress

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By Justin Mattingly

Major League Baseball is looking for ways to improve its website, and it’s enlisting students from Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies for help.

For the sixth consecutive year, employees from MLB Advanced Media will listen to ideas from participants in the MLB.com College Challenge, an overnight competition in which groups of students work together to create innovative concepts for the website. The 24-hour event takes place from Thursday, Nov. 12 to Friday, Nov. 13. Registration closes Nov. 7.

Each year, the challenge draws about 15 to 20 teams — which

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A third Democrat is running for Congress in New York state’s 24th Congressional District.

Steve Williams, 52, of Baldwinsville, announced Monday that he is seeking the Democratic nomination to run against Rep. John Katko (R-NY) for the congressional seat of which Syracuse is a part. Williams, a lawyer and former U.S. Navy JAG Corps officer, is the third Democrat to put their hat in the ring for the nomination, joining Syracuse University professor Eric Kingson and SU alumna Colleen Deacon.

“I’ve spent my career winning tough fights, and that’s what I’m going to do in Congress. As a prosecutor in the Navy, I went after sexual predators, drug dealers and domestic violence,” Williams said in a release.

Williams’ campaign will focus on the economy and creating jobs, according to his campaign website.

“We need an economy that works for everyone, not just the powerful special interests,” Williams said in the release.

“Unlike Congressman Katko, who has voted with the far right wing Republicans who control Congress. “ Williams will have some catching up to do in fundraising as Katko, the incumbent, raised $257,448.89 in funding in the third quarter and has $664,307 cash on hand, according to Federal Election Commission filings. Kingson raised $101,301 in the third quarter and has $85,247.41 cash on hand, according to FEC filings. It’s unclear how much money Deacon has raised as she was not required to file a campaign finance report since she had only entered the race earlier this month.

After college, Williams joined the Navy, which his father had done in World War II. Williams said in the release that student loan interest rates should be lower and added, “we need to rein in the cost of higher education.”

“College students shouldn’t have to pay higher interest rates than Wall Street bankers,” Williams said. jmatting@syr.edu

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student association Here’s some additional information from Monday night’s SA meeting: ACTIVITY FEE

AYSHA SEEDAT, Student Association president, speaks at Monday night’s meeting in Hall of Languages.

Most notably, SA talked about the Wednesday Orange Alert. chase guttman asst. photo editor

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Members discuss Orange Alert

By Michael Burke staff writer

Student Association President Aysha Seedat will be attending a Student Affairs Advisory Board meeting on Friday, when she’ll take part in a discussion on the Orange Alerts sent out during Oct. 14’s campus lockdown.

At SA’s meeting Monday night in the Hall of Languages, Seedat sought assembly members’ thoughts on the effectiveness of the Orange Alerts. The assembly also passed a bill calling for Syracuse University to mandate that professors share syllabi outlines

before course registration.

One assembly member, Obi Afriyie, said he felt SU “covered all bases” by sending out Orange Alerts via email, phone call and

what is sa?

The Student Association is the student government body of the university. SA is currently in its 59th session and Aysha Seedat is president. Outside of the cabinet, there are four committees and four boards, which report to the association.

text message. But another member said he knew of people who did not get the alerts to their phone

because their contact information wasn’t updated on MySlice.

To fix that, Seedat said she is hoping to make a 15- or 30-second video explaining to students how to update their information.

Another assembly member, Katie Oran, was concerned because SU didn’t go on lockdown as quickly as Centennial Hall, the residence hall of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Oran, who is a student at SUNYESF, said Centennial Hall went on lockdown about 20 minutes before the Orange Alert was sent out. She see sa page 6

SA President Aysha Seedat is looking to create a more concrete definition of the student activity fee, which every student is required to pay.

SA, along with the Graduate Student Organization, is supposed to have control over the fee. But Seedat said there is confusion about what exactly it funds and what Syracuse University funds separately.

Additionally, Seedat and Parliamentarian James Franco met recently with Kanique Swinson, the president of the Whitman Student Government to discuss the relationship between that organization and SA. Last session, there was a proposal to absorb the Whitman Student Government into SA. However, Seedat and Vice President Jane Hong decided that wasn’t something they wanted to do and will instead let Whitman Student Government function on its own. But Seedat and Swinson will still be in communication throughout the year, Seedat said.

— Compiled by Michael Burke, staff writer, mdburk01@syr.edu

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Internet, social media sharing contributes to distortion of interviews

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n the past week, you may have read that Quentin Tarantino was criticized for a series of controversial remarks in an interview with The New York Times, but you most likely did not look further to read the comments themselves.

Even if you read the article in full, you would not have found those comments at all.

This is because the reporting and sharing of the article quickly distorted Tarantino’s points on a variety of subjects including the state of television, the critical treatment of female directors and the handling of race in film, particularly when discussing the film “Selma.”

The Internet has hugely perverted the directness of a public figure’s remarks to his audience. The online sharing of an interview or profile ad infinitum causes an exponential increase in reframing and rewriting until what most people see someone said could not be farther from their original words.

Though the manipulation is clear to any-

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one reading the article, the problem is in the modern Internet landscape, people don’t often read an article, they read about an article.

Reading the original article, it clearly says much more about the interviewer, acclaimed novelist Bret Easton Ellis, than it does about the interviewee, Tarantino. More than half of it is Ellis’s thoughts on Tarantino, rather than Tarantino’s thoughts.

As he frequently does on his podcast, Ellis eagerly bends the subject to reinforce his own ideas on script structure, television versus film and women in the industry.

Anyone who reads articles regularly should immediately be able to sense the documentarian getting in the way of the subject.

Recent information has shown Ellis actually

misquoted Tarantino to apparently fit one of his own points, changing Tarantino asking “didn’t [Selma] deserve an Emmy?” to him stating “[Selma] deserved a Emmy (sic).”

The first of my friends to bring up the interview shared with me not The New York Times, but a GQ article that gleefully rips statements out of context and reframes them to make “shocking” reveals about Tarantino that do not exist in the way they are presented. But featuring a much more clickable title, it will be the one that reaches more people’s desktops and phones.

A public figure just used to have to worry about an interviewee misinterpreting his words and then the public misconstruing that.

Now, public figures face a near endless cycle of reinterpreting that increases the danger of severe misinterpretation with each step.

First, there’s the interviewee’s interpreting, then there’s other writers interpreting that, then there’s the first cycle of posts and tweets interpreting that, then there’s another

cycle interpreting those, and so on until Tarantino asking a clarifying question about “Selma” has become some random person saying he hates Selma, or worse, even though he has never seen the movie nor claimed to have.

One of the most paradoxical features of being a public figure is being required to give interviews while knowing the audience can easily misinterpret them. The simple solution of them ceasing to give interviews is absurd because it contradicts an essential duty of who they are.

Therefore, the solution falls on us. Don’t believe everything people say about what people say, but instead reverse the rabbit hole and track back to the original comments as often as possible.

Mark DiBona is a senior television, radio and film major.

His column appears weekly.

He can be reached at mdibona@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @NoPartyNoDisco.

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Sex toys an effective approach to protesting ‘Campus Carry’ law

Community group responds to Jerk magazine article

hat’s more distracting than sex toys in the classroom? Wondering whether the kid sitting next to you has a gun.

University of Texas at Austin students will boldly remind lawmakers to make love not war by strapping “giant swinging dildos” to their backpacks in a protest taglined #CocksNotGlocks.

Cocks Not Glocks is a provocative protest that will bring attention to a ludicrous new law that puts students in danger. The movement is in objection to “Campus Carry,” a law that will allow licensed holders to possess concealed handguns on college campuses in Texas beginning next year.

Drastic times call for drastic measures.

The campaign should not be mistakenly viewed as crass or vulgar. Campus (DILDO) Carry is not meant to be inappropriate for the sake of being crude, but to send an important message about student safety at a time when gun violence is a national issue.

We need guns in classrooms as much as we need dildos. The campaign is a satirical critique on what lawmakers and school administrations consider to be obscene: sex toys, not firearms.

“The State of Texas has decided that it is not at all obnoxious to allow deadly concealed weapons in classrooms, however it DOES have strict rules about free sexual expression, to protect your innocence,” wrote event creator Jessica Jin, a 24-year-old alumnus of UT-Austin, on the protest’s Facebook page.

Jin chose dildos to make a point about the absurdity of the new law: UT-Austin students could receive a $500 fine for obscenity for displaying sex aids, but firearms will be legal.

Campus (DILDO) Carry is a legitimate event. It has 9,600 confirmed attendees on Facebook, and is scheduled to occur on Aug. 24, 2016 since the law goes into effect on Aug. 1.

Though the demonstration will not take place until the beginning of next year’s fall semester, it has already started turning heads.

The movement has generated an impressive amount of media buzz and sparked discussion.

Gun rights advocates consider the law a win.

On behalf of Ubuntu: Black Leadership Network, we are writing to express our concern with the Jerk magazine article entitled “Appreciation or Appropriation?” which attempted to address the controversy surrounding cultural appropriation in popular culture. As a coalition of Black leaders on campus, it is one of our many duties to address the inaccuracies presented throughout the article.

Author Thomas Beckley-Forest argues that “minorities” should not feel offended when privileged whites appropriate their culture because it is “harmless and flattering admiration” with the purpose of adding “flavor” to a “bland” white culture. Using examples such as Kylie Jenner’s “dreads” (which were actually braids, NOT dreads) and the mainstream spread of Jazz and Rock music, Beckley-Forest makes a tasteless argument in defense of cultural appropriation.

This article absurdly misinforms readers about the crucial meaning of cultural appropriation. The term cultural appropriation refers to members of a dominant group exploiting the culture of less privileged groups — often with little understanding of the latter’s history, experience and traditions. In no way, shape or form can appropriation ever be admiration, due to the mere fact that the privileged majority in America do not “appreciate” Black people, thus they cannot appreciate Black culture. These

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However, students and faculty should have the ultimate say in whether or not guns should be allowed since they are among those directly affected — not gun advocates.

Past research shows that 79 percent of college students from 15 Midwest colleges think the law is a horrible idea. The same holds true for 95 percent of university presidents of 401 surveyed, according to everytownresearch.org.

Nine of 10 police chiefs agree that guns should be prohibited on university properties, and so does UT-Austin’s own chancellor.

College is already a potent mixture of alcohol, 20-year-olds, drama and impulsive decisions. Adding guns into that mix is a mistake.

Colleges in Texas have a year to figure out how to deal with “Campus Carry” before it goes into effect. The law does not apply to private universities and community colleges will not bear the burden until 2017, according to the Houston Chronicle. Under the newly signed bill, schools can establish gun-free zones to deal with the implementation of the law — so long as the regulations do not prohibit concealed carry on campuses altogether.

The bottom line is that no one needs to be packing heat in the classroom.

With the #CocksNotGlocks campaign, students will retaliate against a reckless, unnecessary law that jeopardizes their safety in a way that cannot be ignored. Still, it will only generate the change it calls for if people take the message behind the joke to heart.

If Texas took guns in the classroom as seriously as it took dildos, the state would be a safer place.

Alison Gala is a senior public relations major and Spanish minor.

Her column appears weekly.

She can be reached at aegala@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @alison_gala.

two are inextricably linked. Despite the author’s desire to believe that admiration is the underlining factor in appropriation, the historically extreme and systematic levels of violence, oppression and disrespect of people of color tells us otherwise.

Furthermore, with the discussion of music formation and appropriation, Beckley-Forest fails to address the point that although musicians such as “Elvis Presley” may have helped to “[bring] people together,” they also stole lyrics, choreography, and mannerisms from Black artists like “Chuck Berry.” The key factor that separates appreciation from appropriation is that the original culture or person that the idea is stolen from is never accredited, while the appropriator reaps the benefits, most often in the form of money and fame.

Overall, we are gravely disappointed in Jerk magazine’s lack of discretion and cultural awareness. It is the duty of the leadership to refrain for publishing discriminatory language. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion; however, this becomes problematic when the writer neglects to explain the historically negative connotations behind an issue. Moving forward, we hope that Jerk magazine will make the conscious effort to refrain from spreading inaccurate views of historically oppressive ideologies.

Sincerely, Ubuntu: Black Leadership Network

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SU should seek student input on Dome The Syracuse University Board of Trustees should not be the only deciding body in the future of the Carrier Dome.

Chancellor Kent Syverud said Monday that the SU Board of Trustees will be meeting in November to make a tentative decision regarding the future of the Dome.

The board will be presented with several alternatives in addition to well-documented cost-benefits issues related to each.

The Carrier Dome is an icon on the SU campus and the university community deserves to have a say in its future. Although current students likely will not be on campus to feel the effects of any changes made to the Dome, their voices can offer insight into how changes to the Dome would affect student life, something that applies to all genera-

tions of SU students.

The university has been weighing three options for the Dome: replacing the current roof as is, installing a new roof structure while simultaneously making other improvements or building a different stadium off-site.

Once a decision is reached by the Board of Trustees, input from the campus community must carry weight in the final decision. However, because not everyone is aware of the specific details, outcomes and logistics of every option under the Campus Master Plan, a part of Syverud’s Fast Forward initiative, the popular opinion of the SU community should not be the ultimate deciding factor in Dome proceedings.

To gauge the popular opinion of the SU community, the university should consider sending out surveys, similar to the one it sent out in May of this year when seeking student input on the

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Dome in the early stages of the process.

SU should also look to hold a community forum in which members of the campus community would have the opportunity to voice any opinions they have on Dome proceedings. Although the university does hold forums about the Fast Forward initiative, creating a discussion environment specific to the Carrier Dome would be more beneficial in that people would be able to directly respond to the Board of Trustees’ preferred option for the Dome.

Syverud said in an interview with The Daily Orange that the university is “well teed up” for a decision this academic year. Although the Board of Trustees will have the ultimate say in the final decision, input from the campus community must be sought out and should carry some weight in the final plans for the Dome.

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Presidential candidates offer competing visions for global crises

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or those keeping up with international news, the world seems be slipping into dangerous chaos.

The current geopolitical landscape feels incredibly unstable, especially in the Middle East. Part of this may be media-driven hysteria, but many experts agree: it’s bad.

At a Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs panel on Oct. 13 on the emerging Iran Deal, Professor Yuksel Sezgin, director of Syracuse University’s Middle Eastern studies program, said the region in particular is “worse than it has been in decades.”

As Russia and China rear their heads once again, and regional powers like Iran become more influential, global power has shifted. The issue of a resurgent Russia entered headlines again when Russian bombs began falling in Syria earlier

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this month as part of a military buildup, further entangling the region in a web of alliances.

In this atmosphere of fear and confusion, foreign policy is a defining issue for 2016 presidential candidates.

The woman that political pundits have deemed most likely to become the 45th president, Hillary Clinton, seems to have staggering foreign policy experience at first glance — she has served as both Obama’s secretary of state and First Lady.

But that strength is only convincing on the surface. Clinton avoided decisive action on various geopolitical issues during her time in office,

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possibly because she didn’t want to risk her presidential chances in 2016.

Instead, she may have used the position to put together such international triumphs as the 2009-2013 Russian takeover of the Canadian mining industry, which “brought Mr. Putin closer to his goal of controlling much of the global uranium supply chain,” as reported by The New York Times — in exchange for generous donations to the Clinton Foundation, of course.

Still, she’s displayed hawkish positions in the past, especially with regard to the Middle East, and there’s serious potential she could bring that kind of irresponsible aggression to the area.

Clinton’s main challenger from the left has appeared to be at a disadvantage on issues of foreign policy, but Bernie Sanders’ anti-war rhetoric could serve to redefine the

global conversation again.

Sanders isn’t enough of an isolationist to leave Syrian, Iraqi and Afghan civilians at the mercy of madmen, but he’s cautioned against the escalation hinted by the Obama administration and Clinton’s platform.

On the other side of the aisle, Republicans seems intent on living out their childhood Reagan fantasies, dominating dictators and militants alike with bravado and escalation. That may actually be effective in checking China and strongmen like Vladimir Putin.

But such bullishness would likely aggravate the Middle Eastern crisis in a tragic way, repeating recent history.

Strangely enough, the most compelling Republican candidate on foreign policy has been Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who appeared

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However, if the Rubio campaign can’t mobilize soon, he may not even make it to all the debates, let alone the Republican National Convention.

Here’s a disclaimer: in this technocratic and expert-driven age, where the deeply entrenched military-industrial complex seem to control foreign policy more than politicians — are any of these 2016 platforms all that important?

Our “deep state” may have us locked into seemingly inevitable courses of action.

Until that first post-election security briefing, it’s impossible to truly tell exactly what direction the next commander in chief will steer the country.

Thomas Beckley-Forest is a sophomore newspaper and online journalism major.

His column appears weekly.

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SU professor researches how to handle extreme weather

By BreeAnna Poshek contributing writer

A Syracuse University professor recently joined a complex international project that researches how to build infrastructure that can withstand extreme weather in urban areas such as the city of Syracuse.

Parents have been making significant decisions to wait until their children are older and they are doing that for a set of specific, developmental reasons.

Linwood Vereen associate professor in the school of education

The Urban Resilience to Extreme Weather-Related Events Sustainability Research Network (UREx SRN) is funded by the National Science Foundation. The team has

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carrier dome In February, the university hired Populous, a global architecture firm that specializes in designing sports facilities, to help assess the options. Populous has 13 offices worldwide and six offices in the U.S., and has designed stadiums such as Kyle Field at Texas A&M University.

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added that SUNY-ESF required students to stay in the dorm during the lockdown. Meanwhile, SU only suggested that students stay in buildings and didn’t mandate it — something that other assembly members said they would like to see changed if there is another incident

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mlb.com means more than 100 students take part, said Julie Walas Huynh, director of academic advising and student engagement at the iSchool and an organizer of the event, in an email. Only one member of each team must be an iSchool student.

“Each year it brings so much energy, enthusiasm and excitement to the iSchool,” Huynh said. “The students get an awesome opportunity to work on a real world project, and to partner with their best friends from across campus to make awesome ideas happen.”

She added that the partnership with MLB is “incredible” and the student engagement is “unmatchable.”

On the contest’s opening night, all participants and organizers gather for a celebration dinner, during which they announce the topic and welcome back SU alumni who now work with MLBAM. The teams are then dismissed to Hinds Hall, where each gets a private space to “brain-

$12 million to utilize for research over the next five years, according to an SU News Release.

“The mission of the whole team is to understand the way that urban society is impacted by extreme climate and to help understand the strategies that allows communities to be either responsive or resilient to the cascade impacts from extreme climate events,” said David Chandler, a professor on the team who teaches civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science.

Chandler said he has a particular interest in hydrology and has been researching the sustainable use of water and the effects of extreme precipitation in Syracuse prior to becoming involved with UREx SRN. While Chandler said his knowledge of hydrology will be an asset to the team, this project is quite different than the work he’s done in the past.

“In my hydrology work in other projects I’m taking more of a deep dive on a specific question,” Chandler said. “In this project, a lot of the role of Syracuse University will be

Sasaki Associates, a Massachusetts-based architecture firm hired by the university for the Campus Master Plan, presented its preliminary findings to the university community in April.

Among those findings were connecting the Dome to Archbold Gymnasium, which Sy verud said “is not air conditioned and has oth er issues,” and what is now the Falk Complex.

to develop, manage and visualize the data sets from across the network of sites. So we have a large task in terms of information management, synthesis and visualization.”

The research project spans across the Americas and has teams in Phoenix; Baltimore; Miami; New York City; Portland; Hermosillo, Mexico; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Valdivia, Chile, according to the release.

Chandler said SU has collaborated with researchers at Arizona State University for quite a while, which is why they thought of SU when looking for people to join the project.

Syracuse, conveniently, was also a desirable target city because it is big enough to be viewed as an urban area, yet small enough that the data analysis won’t be impractical to do within the timeframe they have, Chandler said.

The team will be using a more holistic approach to tackle the problems brought on by extreme weather, according to an ASU press release. Its methods include recognizing the values of all stakeholders, such as city decision makers and the people who will use and be affected by infrastructure, understanding the natural environment in

what is the campus master plan?

The Campus Master Plan is a component of the chancellor’s threepart Fast Forward initiative. The plan will serve as an architectural and strategic guide to improve the Syracuse University campus.

which infrastructure operates and evaluating available infrastructure technology, according to the release.

Chandler said before considering what infrastructure would be most effective, the team must consider what the weather will be like in the future and if infrastructure can offer multiple benefits to a city.

For example, he said the team could make an investment in changing infrastructure that benefits water conveyance that is underground, which would never be seen or utilized by the public. However, the team could solve some of the same problems using green space, such as parks, to limit runoff and utilize natural evaporation to make it cooler.

Chandler said questions relating to climate change are becoming more and more pressing. In response to these questions, he said the team’s overarching premise is to address the urban management of extreme events in light of antiquated infrastructure that cannot withstand extreme weather.

“Climate change is absolutely the question of the day,” Chandler said. blposhek@syr.edu

Archbold and Flanagan Gymnasium, as well as other campus fixtures like the Schine Student Center and Bird Library, would both undergo renovations, according to the findings by Sasaki Associates.

The goal of connecting the buildings is to make the Carrier Dome a bigger part of student life, a Sasaki Associates representative said at the time of the initial presentation. jmatting@syr.edu | @jmattingly306

like Wednesday night in the future.

Seedat said she will relay all of the assembly’s feedback to the rest of the advisory board on Friday.

Later in the meeting, Academic Affairs Chair Sonia Suchak introduced a bill suggesting that SU require professors to upload outlines of their syllabi to MySlice before course registration so that students can look at the

syllabi when deciding which classes to take.

On Sept. 30, SA posted a survey to its Facebook page requesting feedback on the initiative.

Suchak said that 3 percent of the student body took the survey. Ninety-six percent of those respondents said they would utilize a system that allowed them to view syllabi outlines before course registration.

Suchak said the most important part of

the bill is that it would make textbook costs more transparent. She added that students deserve to know the financial commitment of taking a class before they actually decide to register for it.

The assembly voted to pass the bill, but Suchak said it will still be a long-term project and likely won’t be in place for several years.

storm, develop, work through their ideas and prepare a pitch for the next day,” Huynh said.

Students break from working only once so they can consult with professors and MLBAM employees. Most do not sleep.

nary round. The best team from each judging group moves on to the finals, during which one team is crowned as champion.

Each year brings a new topic, which the participants don’t know until the competition begins. Last year, the topic was product integration, and the winning team created a mock plan for a hypothetical toothpaste company — one of several hypothetical companies to choose from.

“The basis of our idea revolved around having our toothpaste company spearhead an anti-chewing tobacco campaign for MLB,” said James Franco, a member of the winning team and a sophomore history and political science dual major, in an email.

Matt Deeb, another member of the winning team and a sophomore information management and technology and finance dual major, said in an email that the toothpaste company would run public service announcements and have stands at the games, among other things.

One idea from the 2014 winning team was a #KeepYourShine 6th inning that incorporated the company, social media and dental education into MLB games.

Jeff Rubin, associate professor of practice at the iSchool and another organizer of the event, said in an email that this year’s topic will be something to do with ticketing.

The students get an awesome opportunity to work on a real world project, and to partner with their best friends from across campus to make awesome ideas happen.

Julie Walas Huynh

director of academic advising and student engagement at the ischool

The following morning, the organizers do a status check with the students while they eat breakfast. They reconvene in the afternoon at NBT Bank Stadium — home of the Syracuse Chiefs — where each team makes its final pitch to a set of judges in the prelimi-

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game plan The MLB.com College Challenge, a 24-hour event, will take place from Thursday, Nov. 12 to Friday, Nov. 13.

The winning team will go to New York City for dinner with MLBAM employees, then stay overnight in the city. The next day, they will tour the MLB.com office before sharing their presentation with other MLB employees. All challenge entrants will receive participation prizes courtesy of MLB.com, Rubin said.

“This challenge is a prime example of experiential learning,” Rubin said. “Students have the opportunity to practice what they have learned in the classroom in a realworld environment.” awcarter@syr.edu

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ollowing the abrupt resignation of Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH), Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) withdrew himself from the race to replace Boehner.

McCarthy’s announcement came at the last minute — ahead of voting on Oct. 7 — and not only postponed the House vote on selecting the next speaker but also showed discord within the Republican Party.

The Daily Orange spoke to Shana Gadarian and Danielle Thomsen, assistant professors of political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, about the political turmoil.

The Daily Orange: Were you surprised by John Boehner’s resignation announcement as well as the withdrawal of Kevin McCarthy from the leadership contest?

Shana Gadarian: The resignation of the chair of the majority leader — Speak-

er of the House — is pretty unprecedented. I think it happened once before. It is a sign of how difficult it is to keep the majority party together right now. And the pulling of Kevin McCarthy’s name is also surprising.

The D.O.: Could you elaborate on what caused and intensified the leadership crisis in the House GOP? Shana Gadarian: The Tea Party Republicans come into the Congress with a very different type of perspective on what government should be doing — which is very little — and a very different kind of mandate that they are sent to the Congress to try and basically stop the legislation being offered by the Democratic Party, particularly President Obama …

They have an incentive to basically go against what even the conservatives in the Republican Party want, which is to make the Congress work. These individual members would actually like Congress to not work, and they have enough members now that they are able to stop

legislation. And they were pretty angry with John Boehner for being, in some ways, more practical and being willing to work a bit with Democrats and with the president.

The D.O.: How quickly will the leadership crisis be resolved or contained?

S.G.: It’s hard to say because there are so few historical precedents for this kind of thing. I think — what I’ve read — the last time this kind of revolution in Congress lasted several months. The problem is that in the meantime the House has to pass the budget and it has to raise the debt ceiling.

Danielle Thomsen: I mean, this is why McCarthy was so surprising because everybody thought it would just sort of happen like it always happened with McCarthy — succeeding to the speakership. Because that did not happen, I am a bit cautious as to even think of timeline. Everybody thought it would be very fast and very orderly.

The D.O.: Do you believe there is a clear leader in the GOP?

S.G.: The party needs to find someone who is acceptable enough to the House Freedom Caucus that they will trust this particular speaker when he or she says, “We have to work.” … I think the most likely scenario is John Boehner sticking around … I think (Paul Ryan) wants to be president some day and there is only a downside for him to become Speaker of the House because there is only way for him to make enemies. He is also the head of an extremely powerful committee, and that is a better place for him probably to look down the path to become in the Senate or the president someday.

D.T.: I don’t really see another option other than Ryan, but that ’s only because nobody has said one yet …

If the idea is he would lose support because being a speaker is a contentious issue, this wouldn’t matter for his re-election bid because he is always going to be re-elected as long as he seeks re-election. It would matter if he was trying to move up. ssugiyam@syr.edu

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YOUNIS MOSLEH is teaching an adult “English as a second language” class for the first time this fall at the North Side Learning Center. The students in the course will range in age from 4 to 84. Mosleh is originally from Yemen and came to Syracuse in 2010. srosh anwar contributing writer

Breaking the barrier

Sophomore recounts journey to United States, time in refugee camp

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t took almost two days for Khadijo Abdulkadir and her family to reach John F. Kennedy International Airport from Kenya.

At the airport, an immigration officer asked Abdulkadir’s father to step aside and directed him into a separate room.

The whole family panicked.

“We were sitting outside fearing, crying. Are they kidnapping our dad?” she said. “We didn’t speak any English, so we didn’t know what to do.”

Since then, she has learned English at North Side Learning Center. There have been moments she’s been stumped by English, but never frightened like that first day, she said.

NSLC started its fall session in September, offering English classes and homework help to kids. Abdulkadir and her family were among the first to join the center, when it opened in 2009, the same year they came to the United States as refugees. Abdulkadir received a full scholarship and is an undeclared sophomore in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. She is the first-generation college student in her family.

NSLC has served almost 1,500 refugee and

immigrant families since it first opened. Mark Cass, who is one of the board members of NSLC, said it has eight full-time teachers and 75 volunteers this fall. Approximately 178 people have registered for the classes. The volunteers belong to different organizations like the Syracuse University Program for Refugee Assistance (SUPRA), SU Literacy Corps and SU International Young Scholars. According to the American Immigration Council, approximately 70,000 refugees were admitted to the United States.

7522

The number of miles between Syracuse and Dadaab, Kenya, where Abdulkadir lived in a refugee camp.

Abdulkadir was born in Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya in 1994, where her family moved in 1992 after the civil war broke out in Somalia. She spent the first 15 years of her life in the camp.

She said life in the camp was like a jail. They didn’t have any papers, so they were not allowed to go anywhere except a few surrounding villages. They were deprived of basic necessities like food, drinking water and education.

“I came here without knowing a single word of English; I couldn’t even spell my own name,”

she said.

Abdulkadir reached Syracuse in July and started going to Catholic Charities Northside CYO, where she learned the English alphabet and basic words like saying “hello” or asking where the bathroom is. Her translator at CYO advised her to buy an English-to-Somali dictionary.

“But I was not even able to read Somali. I learned a little bit of Swahili and Arabic at school and Somali from my parents, but I was not able to read well in any of those languages,” She said.

Abdulkadir was placed in grade nine and she started school in the fall that followed. She said she was lost when they enrolled her in courses like science and geography. She was skipping classes and hiding in the bathroom because she didn’t know how to read the class schedule and find her classroom.

“I would go back home and tell my mom, ‘Mommy I can’t do this,’” she said.

Abdulkadir said she went up to her teacher at school and told her, “I only want English.” However, she was allowed to take only two English courses and she enrolled in classes like art, gym and dance.

She also started going to NSLC, along with school.

“For the first few months, I was pretending to help the teacher at NSLC in her class with little kids. In fact, I was learning, since my level of see abdulkadir page 10

s college students, money is often tight. We think that we have to buy cheap clothes because it’s all we can afford, so when I stood at the checkout line of Forever 21 purchasing my third pair of $3.90 black leggings last fall, something finally JACKIE clicked in my HOMAN head.

PROBA BLY WEA R ING The first PA JA M AS pair had ripped at the seam, and the second pair got so stretched out after a couple wears that they didn’t fit. Why was I buying them again? On the one hand, they were cheap. But if I’d already bought three pairs in a little over a month, how many more would I have to buy to get me through the fall and winter? I decided that I needed to change my shopping habits and walk away from the scary 95 percent cotton, 5 percent spandex blend in my hands.

No matter what budget you are working with, you shouldn’t have to choose quantity over quality.

Affording high-quality clothing is all about buying less and re-evaluating reasons for buying.

If you have $50, you could buy five inexpensive shirts at fast-fashion stores like Forever 21 or H&M, or you could buy one nicer shirt at your favorite higher-end store. The obvious dilemma with this scenario is that you then only have one shirt, but this works out in the end. When your next shopping trip comes around, you can buy one or two more high-quality pieces and slowly build your wardrobe. Chances are, the five cheap shirts would have already shown wear or lost your interest, and you would have had to start all over.

When we spend more money on clothes, we typically think about them more before purchasing. If we are about to drop all of our money on one nice piece, we will naturally consider it first and debate whether we need it, like it or love it. If we need it and we love it, it turns out to be a good buy. This is how we should make all of our clothing purchases.

Although higher-quality items

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abdulkadir English was the same as those kids.”

She said that at one point in time, she was taking English classes at three different places, leaving home at 6 a.m. and coming back at 8 p.m.

Abdulkadir attended a public school at the camp where the teachers had only finished middle school and could not teach her much beyond first or second grade. “We just copied and copied and didn’t learn anything.”

Younis Mosleh is teaching an adult English as a second language class for the first time this fall at NSLC. On Sept. 30, the class met in the evening. It’s a group of 17 men and women of different ages, most of them clad in traditional clothing and talking to each other in a multitude of foreign languages. There are people from Vietnam, Somalia, Kenya and Eritrea in the group.

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homan are crucial to having a wardrobe that will last, it is unrealistic to think that you can only buy expensive clothes.

Think about cost per wear when deciding what to splurge on. If you will wear a pair of boots almost every day during the winter, make sure you love them.

If you’re only going to wear those funky pants once or twice before everyone’s already seen you in them, don’t invest.

In general, spend more money on staples that you wear a lot — maybe jeans, leggings,

Mosleh said NSLC caters to a wide audience.

“We are giving classes to an age group of 4 to 84 and beyond,” he said. Mosleh came from Yemen to Syracuse in 2010.

“I probably only knew A-B-C or a few basic words,” he said.

Mosleh said that he immediately started taking English classes because he felt isolated, not being able to communicate with people. In five months, he was able to find a job and later start his own cleaning business.

Teachers at NSLC said that both Mosleh and Abdulkadir were some of the best students at NSLC and that the program has helped them grow immensely both professionally and academically.

“I sent my paper from school to my first teacher in NSLC for proofreading. She said, she can’t believe how much I have improved,” she said. “If I hadn’t listened to mom, I won’t be in SU.” sranwar@syr.edu

sweaters, shoes and coats.

Buy less expensive party clothes and trendy items that might look dated in a year or two.

Even if, once in a while, you decide to impulsively buy something of lower quality, make sure you still love it. In other words, don’t buy something because it is cheap or on sale — buy it because you know it will fit into your wardrobe and make you happy when you wear it.

Buy what you love, and you will have a wardrobe that will stand the test of time.

Jackie Homan is a sophomore magazine journalism major. You can email her at jahoman@syr. edu or follow her @jackie_homan on Twitter.

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emperatures began to dip this weekend in Syracuse, snow fell from the sky and it was a wake-up call that winter is just around the corner. Light sweaters overlaid with vests are no longer proper outdoor garb — not unless you want your fingers and toes to go numb. Now it is time for the wool socks, L.L. Bean boots and cozy jackets to come out from hiding. And if you’re from the South or the West Coast, you need to go buy a thick jacket — fast. If you think it’s cold now, you haven’t seen anything yet. These are the four coats that everyone needs before we hit winter:

1. The bomber For the next few weeks when the temperatures might stay above 40 degrees, this is the jacket to wear. Neither super thick nor super thin, this jacket provides just enough warmth while the weather fluctuates. A bomber adds an edgy-punk but military-esque element to your look. The slouchy appearance of the jacket gives you a relaxed but cool vibe to your outerwear. It can easily be worn with jeans and booties or leggings and Dr. Martens.

If the chill is too much, add a super slouchy beanie and loosely knit infinity scarf.

2. The basic black trench

Bundled up 4 stylish coat alternatives to keep warm in Syracuse winters

It’s like your little black dress for the cold season. This coat creates a classy, Audrey Hepburn-inspired look that is sophisticated and sexy. The structure of the jacket partnered with the buttons in the middle will cinch in your waist to create a classic hourglass shape.

Get one of the thicker wool variety to give you the most warmth, but make sure to wear a thick sweater underneath. Pair it with a beret and thin scarf to complete your refined look.

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When snow is pelting from the sky and temperatures barely reach above 15 degrees, this jacket will become your outerwear essential. Forget about trying to look like your jacket was designed by Marc Jacobs, keeping warm is key. Definitely grab a jacket with down feathers to provide you with optimal warmth and make sure it reaches down to your knees to keep your legs warm while walking to class (trust me, if you don’t, your thighs will freeze). Stick with more subtle colors for jackets so you don’t look like a giant ball of obnoxious colors. Go for dark forest greens, blacks, dark greys or even tans and whites.

4. The minimalist jacket Not a big fan of super puffy jackets or ones with all the fur and zippers? Then this jacket is for you. The simple lines and design of the jacket will give you a sleek and sophisticated look, while also keeping it looking modern. Small details (such as leather edges, interesting necklines, cuffs, buttons, etc.) keep the jacket interesting without making it appear overwhelming. Since it is rather simple in structure and appearance, you can experiment with colors, going for subtle nudes or more vibrant colors such as red or green.

Whichever look you’re going for this winter, never forget to layer up — scarves and hats are always a must. Your outerwear can say a lot about you, so try to be different, not like a part of a herd — a Canada Goose herd that is. admcdone@syr.edu

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With Syracuse (3-3, 1-1 Atlantic Coast) halfway through its season and on a three-game skid, Daily Orange beat writers Sam Blum, Jesse Dougherty, Matt Schneidman and Paul Schwedelson grade each position group, weigh Scott Shafer’s influence six games in and look ahead to the back end of the 2015 season.

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The Orange next faces No. 25 Pittsburgh (5-1, 3-0) on Saturday at noon in the Carrier Dome, as SU looks to avoid dipping below .500 for the first time this season.

position-by-position Here’s a breakdown of various facets of the Syracuse team and our beat writer’s assessment of each:

Quarterbacks: B+ Freshman Eric Dungey has salvaged a position group that lost Terrel Hunt and AJ Long due to a torn Achilles and concussions, respectively.

Dungey has thrown for 810 yards and nine touchdowns, as well as rushing for 222 yards and three scores. Even walk-on Zack Mahoney, with three touchdown passes in the second half against LSU, helps bump this grade up.

Running backs: BThe two junior tailbacks, Devante McFarlane and George Morris, haven’t been anything spectacular. They’ve combined for 249 yards and no touchdowns on the ground this season, but the position has received a lift from freshman Jordan Fredericks. The Lawrence (New York) High School product has 269 yards and three touchdowns on the year.

Wide receivers: BAside from Steve Ishmael and Brisly Estime, SU wide receivers have eight total receptions.

The top two targets have 28 catches for a combined 467 yards and five touchdowns, bailing out a unit that has little depth to provide Dungey with.

Hybrids: B Even with starter Ervin Philips on the sideline for three and a half games, freshman Dontae Strickland chipped in three touchdowns. And with junior Ben Lewis rounding into form with 40 receiving yards against UVA, a group that’s totaled seven touchdowns is becoming the multi-dimensional position that SU intended.

Tight Ends: D+ The three tight ends that have played — Josh Parris, Kendall Moore and Cameron MacPherson — have only combined for 12 catches, 102 yards and no touchdowns. The group has been ineffective in the pass game and hasn’t necessarily aided the rushing attack by blocking either.

Kicker: BAfter hitting seven of his first nine attempts, Cole Murphy pushed two 48-yarders wide on Saturday. He’s at 66.7 percent from the year, which is technically a D, but kickoff specialist Ryan Norton has been a touchback machine this year.

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“He gives us good balance,” McIntyre said.

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Offensive line: C The line hasn’t been as injury-prone as last year, but it hasn’t paved the way for many big runs. Orange quarterbacks have also taken 11 sacks in six games, which isn’t bad, but Dungey will need even more time if Shafer wants him to scramble less.

Defensive line: B Defensive end Ron Thompson might be the best player on the team and the D-line has accounted for 10 of Syracuse’s 15 sacks.

Add in two interceptions, and a group with two starting redshirt freshmen and another first-year player in Qaadir Sheppard seeing significant minutes, defensive line coach Tim Daoust has made due.

Linebackers: B There was a question as to who’d fill the third linebacker spot before the season, but Parris Bennett now leads the team in tackles with 41. Captain Zaire Franklin is third with 32 and Marqez Hodge is sixth with 21. Apart from LSU’s Leonard Fournette and USF’s Marlon Mack, a running back hasn’t consistently broken the second level against this unit.

Secondary: D Four defensive backs who saw significant time last year graduated or left for the NFL, but this season has been worse than expected.

Syracuse has allowed 252.2 passing yards per game and Julian Whigham specifically has been burned deep in multiple crucial situations.

Returners: B This is basically Estime’s category and his kick return average is just a hair better than a touchback would be. His punt returns have been better, a 21.75-yard average, but that too is skewed by a 74-yard return touchdown against Rhode Island. All considered, though, it’s not too bad for a one-man unit.

Punter: A+ The #DixonForHeisman campaign has reached new heights as Riley Dixon has run for a first down in the last three games. Add on an average punt of 44.5 yards and 14 placed inside the 20, and you’ve got the highest-rated position on the team.

“Composed, good on the ball, good balance there with him, Miles (Robinson) and Louis.”

For the first nine years of his soccer career, Miller played in a wide midfield position more focused on dribbling, passing and skill moves than his current role is. That experience has translated into comfortability with the ball at every spot on the field, unlike other defenders, he said.

Against Albany on Oct. 6, Miller intercepted a pass in the midfield and hesitated before pushing the ball between two defenders. He ran forward and slide tackled the player who collected the ball just outside the penalty area before forcing the goalkeeper to make a diving save on his shot.

“There’ve been a couple of times this year that he’s gotten into some dangerous areas,” McIntyre said. “I like soccer players that express themselves and go forward.”

When Miller isn’t going forward himself,

Original season prediction: 6-6 Updated season prediction: 6-6

Original season prediction: 5-7 Updated season prediction: 4-8

What’s the use for a prediction if you can change it halfway through? The Orange remains on pace for a .500 record and bowl eligibility, but the back half of the schedule is far tougher than the front. To get to the postseason, Syracuse needs to beat the teams it can — Pittsburgh, North Carolina State and Boston College — and show the same level of play that gained it respect following its down-to-the-wire loss to LSU.

At the start of the season, it looked like Syracuse could beat both Virginia and South Florida before diving into the meat of its Atlantic Coast Conference schedule. The Orange wasn’t able to win either game and will now struggle mightily until it hosts Boston College in the final week of the season. That will be the fourth and final win of SU’s season, but permanent damage will already be done.

Scott Shafer: A-

All things considered, Scott Shafer isn’t on the hook for all of Syracuse’s deficiencies and 3-3 isn’t an awful record for a team that lost its starting quarterback in Week 1. The Orange has been bolstered by strong play from underclassmen skill players on offense, and halting a current slide from its defense will be the key in halting a three-game losing streak. Shafer’s season will be defined by how well the team competes against some of the conference’s toughest teams.

The best players on SU’s roster are freshmen and sophomores, and those are Shafer’s first two classes to make an appearance in an Orange uniform. It’s clear he’s bringing in the right guys that — as cliché as it might sound — play hard for him. The difference between 4-2 and 3-3 for Syracuse right now is a matter of inches, and the coaching staff has done a good job in the face of adversity early this season.

Scott Shafer: B-

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Original season prediction: 5-7 Updated season prediction: 5-7

Original season prediction: 5-7 Updated season prediction: 5-7

The last two losses were partial daggers in once-promising bowl hopes. Letting up a combined 89 points to two consecutive one-win teams just won’t cut it and Syracuse’s secondary struggles will be exposed even more against the likes of Florida State, Clemson and Louisville.

After Syracuse’s 3-0 start, Scott Shafer beamed in his press conference and told the media, “let’s not lose that with our questions.” Looking back it almost seems laughable after his defense has been gashed for 123 points in the last three games. SU’s season is now at a crossroads as the Orange’s record teeters at .500.

Scott Shafer: BThe SU head coach can only do so much about another quarterbacking corps debilitated by injury. The presumed top two after last season — Terrel Hunt and AJ Long — well, yeah. And who knows how many more big hits Eric Dungey can take. Add in injuries to Ervin Philips, Rob Trudo, Steve Ishmael and 32.2 points per game isn’t bad. But allowing 27.8, especially considering a shutout in game one, definitely is.

he’s often passing downfield. Other defenders often pass among themselves or up the midfield, but Miller goes for long diagonal passes.

While most players look for the obvious pass or to do the obvious thing, Miller said he tries to look a step ahead to put his teammates in better positions.

his shot Despite being a defender, Kamal Miller has grown comfortability in contributing on the attack. He’s scored one goal.

“He’s gone up there and made a presence up there and helped out the team as far as making chances,” midfielder Liam Callahan said.

In a play against Clemson on Saturday, he forwent an easy dish to midfielder Juuso

Scott Shafer: B Syracuse has come up on the wrong end of the last three games, but outside of Florida State and Clemson, the Orange has a puncher’s chance in its other remaining games.

SU has proved it could compete with anyone — see LSU — but also struggled with mid-majors — see CMU and USF. Credit Shafer for getting his players to play hard, but another second-half slide could be underway.

Pasanen to thread the needle to forward Chris Nanco making a run into the box. Nanco got a touch on the ball, but it went right to the diving goalie.

McIntyre said that Miller is a reliable option that allows the Orange to keep the ball. When he creates turnovers on defense, he often dribbles through opponents upfield instead of clearing the ball for the other team to regain possession.

As the freshman defender has filled into his role for SU, he’s taken more risks downfield both dribbling the ball and with his passes. It’s lead to an increase of chances as of late.

“It’s not showing that well in the statistics, only having one goal and no assists, but I feel like it can only get better as the season goes along,” Miller said. “Hopefully it’ll come around now when we need it.” jrmettus@syr.edu | @jmettus

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volleyball

Witherspoon adjusts to switch from women’s basketball

By Jack Upton staff writer

Amber Witherspoon has been able to dunk since before high school. The 6-foot-4 center was a three-star basketball recruit when she originally committed to Quentin Hillsman’s Syracuse program in high school. In an SU uniform, she showed ability to score and defend off the bench for the nationally ranked Orange.

But a late summer choice left that all behind, and Witherspoon decided to leave basketball for a reserve spot on the SU volleyball team.

“I just saw myself playing volleyball after college more than basketball,” Witherspoon said.

Witherspoon had a great relationship with Hillsman during the recruiting process, but spoke about how things changed when she arrived at SU. Witherspoon — who also played

volleyball in high school — decided to test out basketball for the first year she was at SU, but after the season, realized it wasn’t for her.

Though volleyball head coach Leonid Yelin said he put Witherspoon on scholarship, the sophomore has gotten limited playing time, appearing in only five matches and recording four blocks.

“She’s a great athlete, with not enough skill,” Yelin said. “She convinced us she understood she was behind, she convinced us she was going to work hard, she’s going to do extra to catch up.”

Witherspoon and Hillsman were close during the recruiting process, as Hillsman would call her after almost every game to ask about her about the game and her family. But when she got to SU, she said the relationship between the two felt different. It was more business-oriented, more on-court focused.

Hillsman said the idea of playing both

sports was tossed around before her first season, but the seasons overlapped too much, and it wasn’t a viable option. When she approached him about the choice to leave, he said he was supportive of her decision. She had been on scholarship her freshman year, and would have been again in 2015-16, Hillsman said.

Yelin said he wasn’t going to let Witherspoon come play volleyball just because she felt like leaving basketball.

“We don’t even have tryouts,” Yelin said. “I just knew her since she was in high school, so we knew what we were getting.”

While the transition has been tough, Witherspoon said she’s enjoying volleyball. She assured Yelin that her heart was in it and that she would be “in it 100 percent.”

Yelin believes Witherspoon will have an impact on the team in the future, saying with

improved blocking and hitting skills he hopes she can be a middle blocker.

“She needs to learn how to be aggressive,” Yelin said.

As the Orange prepared on the court for its matchup with Virginia Tech, Witherspoon spent her pregame warm-up time on the sideline, working on her hitting skills. She hit the ball off the ground on one bounce before it hit the wall and went back to her. Only one other teammate did the same.

If Witherspoon ever wanted to come back to play basketball, Hillsman said he “would never close the door for her.” Still Witherspoon insists her future is with the Orange volleyball team, even if she hasn’t made an on-court impact yet.

Said Witherspoon, laughing: “It’s fun to learn what my body can do besides layup and dunk.” jfupton@syr.edu

football

Syracuse football primer: What to know before SU-Pittsburgh

By Matt Schneidman asst. sports editor

Syracuse (3-3, 1-1 Atlantic Coast) will face No. 25 Pittsburgh (5-1, 3-0) Saturday at noon in the Carrier Dome and the game will be broadcast on ESPNU. The Orange is coming off a triple-overtime, 44-38, loss to Virginia while the Panthers escaped with a 31-28 win over Georgia Tech with a late 56-yard field goal. After starting the season 3-0, SU is trying to avoid dipping below .500 and get two-thirds of the way to bowl eligibility. The Panthers can clinch bowl eligibility with a win. Here’s everything you need to know in the week leading up to the clash between former Big East opponents.

Secondary option As if it couldn’t get any tougher for Syracuse’s secondary, Pitt wide receiver Tyler Boyd leads the ACC in receptions and receiving yards per game. He’s also caught four touchdowns in five games. Former Heisman Trophy contender and Panthers running back James Connor — previously Pitt’s primary offensive weapon — is out for the season, but Boyd still has the potential to give the Orange defensive backs fits.

Against Virginia, Julian Whigham and Co. held firm early on, but the senior was beat by Cavaliers wide receiver Canaan Severin for a 36-yard score in the first overtime. Backup cornerbacks Cordell Hudson and Juwan Dow-

els had a couple impressive pass breakups and safety Antwan Cordy returned a fumble for a touchdown, but the secondary will have a tougher test on Saturday.

Fresh legs It seems, contrary to Scott Shafer’s advice, that freshman quarterback Eric Dungey always has fresh legs. Against UVA, his 18 rushing attempts were two more than the combined attempts of all three running backs. The highlight of the day was Dungey’s clean hurdle of safety Quin Blanding, a leap capping off a 26-yard touchdown run at the end of the first half.

Shafer told Dungey during his recruitment not to jump over defenders anymore. Last

week, he said Dungey needed to learn how to throw the ball away instead of scramble. The freshman didn’t listen to either order, saying postgame Saturday, “It’s not in my nature.”

He continues to be a dual-threat taking big hits, and Saturday will reveal if Dungey will stick to his own desired style instead of his head coach’s.

Injury report • Williams, a safety, didn’t play Saturday and was dropped to second-string free safety on this week’s depth chart • AJ Long was medically disqualified last Tuesday due to multiple concussions, further thinning the quarterbacks at SU’s disposal mcschnei@syr.edu | @matt_schneidman

men’s basketball

Syracuse to try long-range shooting approach after down season

By Jesse Dougherty web editor

When Jim Boeheim blew his whistle to modify the drill on Oct. 7, Paschal Chukwu and Chinonso Obokoh smirked at each other.

“Only 3s now,” Boeheim said.

The three-on-two, two-on-one drill works on capitalizing on a man advantage in the open court. It usually gives the guards open jumpers and big men opportunities at the rim. But with Boeheim’s tweak, even the 7-foot-2 Chukwu and 6-foot-9 Obokoh had an excuse to pull up from behind the 3-point line and launch prayers at the rim.

As the Orange prepares for the 2015-16 season, it’s probably the only time its centers will be pseudo-perimeter threats. But the 3s-only drill is a microcosm of the offensive approach SU plans to employ this season, one predicated on long-range jumpers it couldn’t rely on last season.

“We were not a good offensive team really at any stage last year, I didn’t think,” Boeheim said at Syracuse’s media day on Friday. “I think

we really relied on Trevor (Cooney). Mike (Gbinije) made some 3s but it wasn’t something we thought about. This year, we think both of those guys are going to make 3s. “ ... We have, I think, five guys legitimately that we would run plays for and try and get 3-point shots for. I think that is going to be a big key to how successful we’re going to be.”

According to Kenpom.com, Syracuse shot 30.7 percent from deep in Atlantic Coast Conference play last season, which ranked 13th out of 15 teams. The 3-point shot accounted for just 22.2 percent of the Orange’s total points, which was 11th in the conference and matches up with its 16.6 attempts from long range per game.

But Boeheim wants 3s to be the centerpiece of Syracuse’s offense this coming season, telling CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein that the Orange is “probably going to have to take 30 3s or maybe 25.”

With SU unranked — and not receiving any votes — in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll, Boeheim sees this offensive approach as a way to beat teams the Orange

“isn’t supposed to.”

“Supposedly all those teams we’re going to play are better than us, so if that’s true and they are better, how do we beat them?”

Boeheim said before citing Rick Pitino’s 1987 Providence team as one that was able to use 3s to beat better opponents.

We have, I think, five guys legitimately that we would run plays for and try and get 3-point shots for.

Jim Boeheim su head coach

“I don’t know if that’s a formula that can work for us, but we certainly are going to look at it and try and work on it.”

What Boeheim does know is that he conceivably has the pieces to run a 3-heavy offense.

Cooney is a proven shooter as a fifth-year senior. Gbinije, another fifth-year senior,

flashed a 3-point shooting ability in conference play last season and improved his jumper in the offseason. Sophomore Kaleb Joseph was not a perimeter threat last season but has made considerable improvements there. Freshman wing Malachi Richardson, 6 feet 6 inches, and freshman forward Tyler Lydon, 6 feet 8 inches, are both said to be perimeter threats heading into their first college seasons.

Boeheim said he could roll out lineups with four perimeter threats, assuming center DaJuan Coleman or forward Tyler Roberson would be the odd man out. Otherwise, it’s realistic that three competent shooters will be on the court at all times. But a team that lives by the 3 can also die by it.

With the season starting against Lehigh on Nov. 13, Boeheim seems fine with that for now.

“If you shoot a lot of 3s and make them, you’re going to be good, and if you don’t make them it’s going to be a problem,” he said.

“That’s the best way for this team to play, and I think that’s the most significant change I would like to see this year.” jcdoug01@syr.edu | @dougherty_jesse

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Pita Pitt Syracuse plays Pittsburgh at noon on Saturday in the Dome.

Check out what you need to know ahead of the game.

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SPORTS

Hot take Scott Shafer will address the local media Tuesday at noon.

Check our website for updates early Tuesday afternoon.

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Net goal Amber Witherspoon is struggling to see time for the volleyball team after switching from the SU women’s basketball team.

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MIDTERM REVIEW

Beat writers grade position groups, team and Shafer at midway point

men’s soccer

Defender helps SU offense Miller refines ballhandling skills to play more forward role

By Jon Mettus asst. web editor

Kamal Miller’s decision making was his downfall. The young center back, playing for the Vaughan Azzurri soccer club in Ontario, Canada consistently made the wrong pass or did what “usually wasn’t the best option,” he said.

His head coach, Patrice Gheisar, was determined to change that.

He gives us good balance. Composed, good on the ball, good balance there with him, Miles (Robinson) and Louis.

Ian McIntyre su head coach

ERIC DUNGEY (2) has done a solid job for Syracuse this season with nine touchdowns and one interception. The freshman quarterback also has 222 rushing yards and three touchdowns through the Orange’s first six games this season. jessica sheldon staff photographer

midseason report card

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Syracuse and Florida State to kick off at noon

By Paul Schwedelson asst. copy editor

Syracuse’s (3-3, 1-1 Atlantic Coast) matchup at No. 9 Florida State (6-0, 4-0) on Oct. 31 will be played at noon and broadcast on ABC, SU Athletics announced in a tweet Monday afternoon. It will be the Orange’s third game this season

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Syracuse’s all-time record against Florida State

played at noon and first on ABC. SU is coming off a 44-38 triple-overtime loss at Virginia.

Syracuse started off the season with three straight wins and has now lost three in a row. Freshman quarterback Eric Dungey’s leaping touchdown against UVA was featured on SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays this weekend.

The Orange is 1-7 all-time against the Seminoles and has lost to FSU in each of the past two seasons by scores of 59-3 and 38-20, respectively. pmschwed@syr.edu | @pschweds

He would arrange Miller’s teammates in formations during practice and challenge Miller to get around them by making the right choice.

“He really enhanced my game and took it to the next level,” Miller said.

Now a starting left back for Syracuse, Miller’s composure on the ball is what teammates and head coach Ian McIntyre say separates him from other defenders. He’s refined his decision making into an asset he uses to be what fellow defender Louis Cross calls an “attacking” back.

He pushes up the field more than anyone else on the backline and goes for passes downfield rather than safely along the back.

Though he’s only tallied one goal and seven shots, he’ll be looking to get on the score sheet when No. 16 Syracuse (9-4-1, 2-3-1 Atlantic Coast) takes on Hartford (4-5-4, see miller page 14