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N • All about the money

The Student Association Finance Board has less money to allocate for the spring semester. The board received requests for more than $1 million in funding.

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O • Flight path

Technology columnist Paul Sarconi breaks down the pros and cons of the United States government’s expected November drone regulations.

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S • Next in line

Cornerback Julian Whigham has been surpassed on Syracuse’s depth chart after a lackluster start to the season has resulted in poor defensive play for SU. Page 15

DPS talks assaults, security

Remembrance Week 2015 PART 3 OF 4

DPS chief discusses recent off campus crimes

By Alexa Torrens asst. news editor

The Department of Public Safety will not increase the number of officers dispatched around the off-campus community in light of two off-campus sexual assaults that occurred Sunday between 1 and 1:30 a.m.

DPS Chief Bobby Maldonado said in a press conference Tuesday afternoon that DPS instead plans to redirect officers to areas that have been affected by off-campus crimes, such as the assaults that occurred on

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(FROM LEFT) ED GALVIN AND JUDY O’ROURKE, two Syracuse University staff members who will retire this year, have been deeply involved with the planning of Remembrance Week for many years.

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‘Part of our life’

2 retiring SU staffers reflect on honoring Pan Am Flight 103

By Ellen Meyers staff writer

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n Judy O’Rourke’s office, there are reminders of Pan Am Flight 103 everywhere. On the left side of her desk, there is a colorful quilt with photographs of the earlier Lockerbie Scholars who came to Syracuse University.

In Ed Galvin’s office, there are reminders of Pan Am Flight 103 everywhere. On a table, the university archivist has a snow globe of three memorials for the victims of the Dec. 21, 1988 bombing. It has built-in music box that plays “Amazing Grace.”

O’Rourke, the co-director of the Center for Fellowship and Scholarship Advising, and Galvin, director of archives and

records management, have worked at SU for 34 and 20 years, respectively. In that

We’re both planning to stay involved after we leave here. It’s not just part of our job, it’s part of our life and will continue to be.

Ed Galvin

director of archives and records management

time, O’Rourke and Galvin have been synonymous with SU’s relationship with

Lockerbie and the legacy of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing. Remembrance Week, which honors and remembers the victims of the bombing, including 35 SU students, runs through Saturday.

But now, they’re leaving. O’Rourke and Galvin both decided to participate in the Voluntary Separation Incentive Program, a buyout program for non-faculty members whose age and years of service combined is 65 or more. Galvin’s last day is Saturday and O’Rourke will retire in December.

However, their work with Pan Am Flight 103 and the Remembrance and Lockerbie scholarship programs is not done yet.

“We’re both planning to stay involved after we leave here,” Galvin said. “It’s not

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DPS typically has about 20 to 22 cars dispatched on Thursday through Saturday nights and about 8 cars dispatched Sunday through Wednesday nights.

the 700 blocks of South Crouse Ave. and Euclid Ave. on Sunday. These areas include places where crime has been a “trend,” Maldonado said, such as Euclid and Ostrom avenues and areas around Marshall Street.

DPS typically has about 20 to 22 cars dispatched on Thursday through Saturday nights and about 8 cars dispatched Sunday through Wednesday nights, Maldonado said. He added that the number of DPS cars dispatched on Thursday through Saturday nights are equal to or greater than the number of Syracuse Police Department cars dispatched in the city of Syracuse.

In regard to off-campus safety, Maldonado said he reminds concerned students and parents that Syracuse is a mid-size city. He added that the number of robberies that have occurred this year are consistent with the number of robberies that occurred last year.

“We’re working and we’re studying and we’re living in a mid-size city in New York, and [we] have crime issues that are consistent with midsize cities,” Maldonado said. see dps page 6

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WORK wednesday | maribeth schoeneck

Copy center employee learns from students

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By Katie Zilcosky staff writer

Maribeth Schoeneck has worked at Syracuse University for the past 18 years, long enough to see all four of her own children graduate from Syracuse University.

She currently works in Schine Copy Center, spending her days answering emails and doing work for departments across the university, printing a range of materials including resumes, dissertations and magazines. Schoeneck interacts with students who use the print shop for their assignments, typically, from their sophomore to senior years and watches them grow.

“I can see the progress that they make, and it’s amazing,” she said.

Schoeneck is familiar with the projects and the tools students use because she’s been working at the university for so long.

“I know the projects, and I know when they come up. I always tell them come and see me before you get upset because it can be very confusing,” she said.

Schoeneck did not always work in Schine, but she has always worked

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Construction has started on a project that will transform the old Syracuse Herald-Journal building into an apartment complex.

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MARIBETH SCHOENECK has been working the main window at the Schine Copy Center for the last three years. She said she enjoys working with the students and seeing them grow. alexa diaz editorial editor

for campus printing. Before working in the student center, she worked in the Shaffer Art Building for her first 15 years. Aiding students who work with InDesign, Photoshop and other Adobe software programs, has allowed Schoeneck to learn about these programs herself.

“I think I learned a majority of my job from the students,” she said.

“So it was a two-way street. I was learning and so were they, but on two different levels.”

Schoeneck said her job has given her the chance to meet so many people and create friendships with

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the people she is surrounded by daily. Ultimately, Schoeneck said her job is extremely rewarding.

“You know, when you’re done at the end of the day, you’ve made somebody happy, you’ve done your job, you’ve relieved pressure,” Schoeneck said. kazilcos@syr.edu

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For all The “(In)Justice For All” panel, featuring the mothers of Mike Brown and Trayvon Martin, will take place Wednesday.

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Board has less money to allocate

By Michael Burke staff writer

The Student Association Finance Board allocated roughly $685,000 in funding for recognized student organizations for the spring 2016 semester, which the assembly voted to package at its Monday night meeting.

The board had received about $1.5 million in budget requests, which was an average amount, SA Comptroller Phil Kramer said, but the board had about $100,000 less available to allocate for the spring semester than it typically does.

That’s because in the spring, the board allocated more money than it usually does for the fall semester.

Additionally, there was less rollover money, which is unspent money the Finance Board gets back from RSOs. see budget

Four queer and trans* spoken word poets performed original work at the “Dear Straight People” Poetry Slam on Tuesday night in Hendricks Chapel. The slam was the keynote event in SU’s annual “Coming Out Month.” chase guttman asst. photo editor

Poets discuss issues at ‘Dear Straight People’

By Stacy Fernandez staff writer

Poet Alix Olson said she mistook straight for a kind of people.

“Straight is honest, keep a straight face … straight white teeth … tell it to you straight,” Olson said.

Olson was one of four poets who addressed a close-to-capacity crowd in Hendricks Chapel Tuesday night with poems entitled “Dear Straight People.”

The poetry slam, hosted by the LGBT Resource Center at Syracuse University, was inspired by the recent film, “Dear White People,” a satire about race identity and identification, and was the keynote event for Coming Out Month. The slam event featured four queer and transgender spoken word poets: Olson, Danez Smith, Yazmin Monet Watkins and Kit Yan, who served as the emcee for the evening.

Each poet was asked to write a poem titled “Dear Straight People” in honor of the event. In addition to this poem, they were also given a 25-minute time slot to perform poems of their choosing.

Watkins, an internationally

touring spoken word artist, said it was great to write a poem in solidarity with other poets and nice to consider her qualms with the straight community.

what is coming out month?

This October, Syracuse University is celebrating Coming Out Month, which was created to start conversations both on and off campus about marginalized genders and sexual identities.

“I only have this one moment to communicate what it is that I feel and what are my frustrations.

It was nice to be able to reflect on that because I don’t often, at least not all at one time,” Watkins said in an interview.

Tiffany Gray, interim director of SU’s LGBT Resource Center, introduced the event as a way to spark dialogue within and across LGBTQ communities around marginalized genders and sexualizes.

She added that the event was intended to “encourage straight and cisgender people to work in soli-

darity with LGBTQ people as we collectively work to make SU a safer campus and community.”

Smith was the first poet to perform and mainly touched on issues of race, religion and related current events, specifically the violent arrest that recently happened at a high school in South Carolina.

Watkins focused on issues of intersectionality and love, as well as sexual assault on college campuses.

In relation to sexual assault, Watkins said she looks forward to the day when she no longer has to perform that particular poem.

Yan started off with a disclaimer to the audience about the poems’ content including sexually explicit and strong language, among other things. While Yan’s first poem contained raw emotion, the following poems introduced a comedic atmosphere.

Yan later asked the audience if it wanted an encore performance, and asked Watkins and Smith if they wanted to perform two to three more poems.

This was done to fill the time left due to the fact that Olson, the fourth poet, was not guaranteed to

make it to the event in time. Olson arrived just after Smith finished his second poem. Her poems were heavily focused on feminist issues and social media.

The finale of the show was each artist performing their “Dear Straight People” poem.

Smith expressed his problems with the straight community by saying, “Dear straight people, shh.

You’re too loud about everything.”

Watkins expressed the questions she has about the straight community.

“Why are you so intent on erasing our history?” she asked. “What is it like to kiss your significant other without fear of bodily harm?”

Yan ended the series of poems with an anecdote about being on a plane.

“Dear everyone who has ever looked at this yellow-brown skin, I will not save you,” Yan said.

At the end of Yan’s performance, all the poets got on the stage and expressed their gratitude.

“So much queer love,” Watkins said. “I’m so grateful to be here … even though it’s cold.” sfern100@syr.edu

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national news Here is a round-up of news happening around the nation: POLITICS

CARSON LEADS Ben Carson has taken the lead nationally in the Republican presidential campaign, taking the top spot from Donald Trump, who has led for months. source: the new york times/cbs news survey

DEAL OR NO DEAL The U.S. Congress and the White House have reached a tentative budget deal that would avoid a federal default. The deal must be approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate. source: reuters

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UNDER INVESTIGATION The Justice Department will investigate an incident at a South Carolina high school in which a police officer is seen in a video upending the desk of a female student and dragging her when she refused to leave the room. source: the new york times

ON THE GROUND The U.S. is considering increasing its attacks on ISIL through more ground action and airstrikes, Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter said Tuesday. source: cnn.com

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remembrance just part of our job, it’s part of our life and will continue to be.”

Both said they will continue to be active in Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, an advocacy group that many of the victims’ families are involved in. O’Rourke serves as secretary and

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writes the group’s newsletter, while Galvin is on the advisory board.

Over the years, O’Rourke and Galvin have developed deep personal ties with victims’ families, Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars and other SU colleagues through the tragedy. When Lockerbie Scholars arrive in the U.S., they are greeted by O’Rourke and her husband at the airport and stay at her house for a few days. When victims’ families come to visit SU, Galvin meets with them and shows them the university’s Pan Am Flight 103 collection.

When Colin Dorrance’s daughter became a Lockerbie Scholar for the 2012-13 academic year and they were 3,000 miles apart, he said he felt grateful for O’Rourke’s support.

Dorrance was the youngest police officer and one of the first ones on the scene when the bombing happened.

He said he’d never thought he would respond to a plane crash where there were college students near his age that died. He’d also never thought that 24 years later, he would have a daughter at the same age go to that same college and meet the victims’ families.

When he and his wife came to visit their daughter, Claire, in April 2013, O’Rourke let them stay in her home for 10 days. She dined with them and showed them around the city.

“She really opened up her house to us.

She went over and above what was really necessary,” Dorrance said. “She didn’t just organize a program. Judy opened up her home and was almost like a mom to Claire throughout that time.”

While they were at SU, Galvin interviewed Dorrance as part of an oral history for the

archives. Later that year, Dorrance returned the favor when Galvin and two other employees from SU archives went to Lockerbie. Dorrance became their guide and took them to the memorials for Pan Am Flight 103.

During their visit, they conducted interviews with first responders, police officers and local residents — for some people, it was the first opportunity to publically talk about what they went through following the bombing.

Mary Kay Stratis, who lost her husband Elia in the bombing, has worked with both O’Rourke and Galvin through the Victims of Pan Am Flight 103.

“What they do is done so well that I thought they would do it forever,” Stratis said, laughing.

What is Remembrance Week?

Remembrance Week is a weeklong series of events organized by Remembrance Scholars to commemorate the lives lost in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing.

But the decision to retire was not out of the blue for either of them.

“Folks my age talk about this thing all the time,” O’Rourke said with a laugh.

Although her retirement is a little earlier than she had been initially planning, O’Rourke said it made sense to participate in the buyout program. Her husband retired last year and she wants to spend more time with her children, who live all over the world. But Pan Am Flight 103 has served as a teachable moment for her children, who were young when the

terrorist attack happened.

“They always think about how this is going to affect others and how they can help other people,” O’Rourke said, her eyes welling up.

“That’s the thing I’m most proud of.” She paused, rolled her chair to grab a tissue and dabbed her eyes. “I’m not sure that would have happened in the way it does without this terrible tragedy. But at the same time, I learned and I was able to teach them.”

Galvin said after taking the buyout, he originally thought he would leave SU in September, but decided it would best if he stayed for one more Remembrance Week. He will be moving to Yarmouth on Massachusetts’ Cape Cod so he can be closer to his children and his first grandchild.

Lawrence Mason, a professor of multimedia, photography and design who has worked with O’Rourke and Galvin on Remembrance Week activities, said the two retiring in the same year is almost unthinkable. He added that he has been dreading O’Rourke’s retirement because she was so integral to the Remembrance programs.

O’Rourke said there are a lot of people who will carry on the program and bring new ideas and different perspectives to it. She admitted that it feels a little weird to not be officially part of the program, but said she’ll still be around.

And although Galvin won’t be in the Syracuse area, he said he’s still very proud to be part of the Pan Am Flight 103 family.

“We’re all in the same place,” he said. “We’re all trying to find justice for the 270 victims in whatever way we can.” ekmeyers@syr.edu | @ellenkmeyers

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HARK THE HERALD Construction begins on change of Syracuse Herald-Journal building

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1928

the year The Syracuse Herald moved to 220 Herald Place

$1.1 MILLION

By Hanna Horvath staff writer

the amount of money Horn Companies LLC paid for 220 Herald Place

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ommercial real estate firm Horn Companies LLC has started to transform the historic Syracuse Herald-Journal building into an apartment complex.

“It’s a very busy area,” said Chris Hornstein, a partner in the project alongside his father, Tom. “The housing market has been very affordable.”

The building, located at 220 Herald Place, will feature 27 apartments, most of which are two-bedroom on the top three floors of building.

The bottom floor will contain about 10,000 square feet of office space, and 7,000 square feet of retail space.

One of the major amenities of the building is the 135 parking spaces available for patrons and residents.

The parking lot makes the building more ideal for restaurant and retail space, Hornstein said.

“Parking was a big factor in choosing this location,” he said.

Currently, the company has begun gutting out the interior of the building and is working to make the building solid enough to last the winter. The company has just taken asbestos out of the interior of the building and is currently patching up the roof, Hornstein added.

The building was originally built in 1928 to contain the publication,

Construction has started on a project that will convert the Syracuse Herald-Journal building into apartments.

Officials say they hope the changes are completed by August 2016. hannah wagner staff photographer

The Syracuse Herald. In 1939, the Herald merged with the Syracuse Journal to form the Syracuse Herald-Journal, which remained in the building for more than 40 years. The building also was home to the city newspaper, The Post-Standard. Both publications moved out in 1971 to a larger building in Clinton Square, according to Syracuse.com. Though

the Herald stopped publishing in 2001, The Post-Standard continues to publish from there.

Hornstein and his father are planning to use a historic preservation tax credit on the property. The exemptions could be worth about $189,000, according to Syracuse.com.

The building is located on the corner of Franklin Street and Herald

Place, one block north of the restaurant Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. It is also visible from Interstate 690, which Hornstein said, adds to the appeal of the location.

Hornstein said his company purchased the building in August 2014 for about $1.1 million from John Krell, a plumbing supply distributer. Krell bought the building from

the city of Syracuse in 1996.

The former building that housed the publication had sat vacant for years before Horn Companies purchased the building from Krell, except for the Management Department of Onondaga County, which used 56,000 square feet of the building until moving out a couple of years ago, Hornstein said.

“The entire exterior of the building is staying the same,” Hornstein said. “We are also keeping a lot of the original woodwork on the first floor. We are just trying to keep the historical value of the property.”

This building joins many others in the past few years that have been converted into residential living in downtown areas, according to Syracuse.com. In September, Syracuse was named one of the most affordable cities for housing in the United States.

The renovation of the new building, which Horn Companies is naming Herald Commons, is projected to cost in between $6 million and $7 million. Hornstein hopes the renovations will be completed

by August 2016. hrhorvat@syr.edu

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Destiny USA

He added that DPS is continuing to collaborate with SPD on several patrol teams such as the Neighborhood Safety Patrol and the University Area Crime-Control Team, which was implemented in October 2012 following a spike in violent crimes around the Syracuse University area. Maldonado said DPS supplements the salaries of SPD in order to man these patrols.

In an email sent to SU students on Tuesday afternoon, Maldonado said DPS has other security tools besides patrols, such as the placement of nearly 1,000 cameras at the entrances and exits of all residence halls, at parking garages and pathways on and near campus to help combat crime.

Both incidents early Sunday morning involved a male approaching a female student from behind, pulling her to the side and forcibly touching her private area. In the second incident, the suspect also exposed himself to the victim and struck her with his elbow, giving her a black eye and a bloody lip.

The first victim was able to escape the attack when another student approached the area and pulled her away from the suspect. The second victim was able to escape when she kicked the suspect in the groin, causing him to let her go.

Maldonado also addressed the concerns of students and parents, and particularly a concern from Megan Minier, a junior in the School of Information Studies who posted an email she wrote to Chancellor Kent Syverud about the incidents on Facebook on Monday morning.

Maldonado said he responded to Minier’s email about an hour after the chancellor received it and addressed her concerns in the

same way he addressed those of about a half dozen other students and parents who also contacted him.

Maldonado added that he sees these incidents from a parental perspective as well because he has two children who attend SU.

We’re working and we’re studying and we’re living in a mid-size city in New York, and [we] have crime issues that are consistent with mid-size cities.

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“The email we received from Megan is no different than an email I received from another student a month ago when we had a similar question about things that occurred; the only distinction is she put hers on Facebook and the other students didn’t,” Maldonado said.

Maldonado said he has responded to these concerns by providing information about the number of DPS cars dispatched and safety resources DPS offers to students, such as free safety escorts and the LiveSafe mobile app, which Maldonado said is like a “virtual Blue Light.”

In regards to actual Blue Light emergency call boxes, Maldonado said there are no Blue Lights off campus because the university does not have jurisdiction over off-campus streets since they are property of the city of Syracuse. atorrens@syr.edu

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Drone rules needed, but diminish thrill

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Keeps Them in Check: In 2010, there were basically zero drones in the sky. In 2015, there’s seemingly a drone in the sky every time I walk home from class. The wide range of drone prices has a lot to do with this. While there are very expensive drones with a price tag upwards of $5,000, there are also relatively

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affordable ones for roughly $450.

That means people with even a basic interest in them and a modest income can purchase their very own remotely operated aircraft.

But with that proliferation has come some notorious drone crashes.

This includes the drone that crashed on the White House lawn, and the one that sank into the depths of a hot spring in Yellowstone. What this registration law will do is require larger drones to be traceable back to its buyer, which is good. If a drone drops into a hot spring, it’s essentially littering. If it lands on the White House lawn, the Secret Service probably wants to figure out who was flying it. This way they can.

Are You Really Going to Regulate My Toy? This is not an argument based around government control, but when toys become regulated, the child inside of me can’t help but resist. Drones are not average toys — they’re really just helicopters on steroids. They can be used to hurt someone, but so can almost anything else on Earth.

The feeling of controlling something and watching it fly high into the air is fantastical. It inspires an awe that is commonly felt among children, but for some reason fades as an adult. The best toys make any person of any age feel young again. Drones are one of those toys, and when regulations come into play, and you can only fly it so high, or it has to be registered with the government, that virtuous thrill is diminished.

It Gives the People What They Want: A Reuters/Ipsos poll released in January 2015 revealed that 73 percent of Americans want increased regulations on lightweight drones. It also showed that 42 percent of people oppose private drone ownership.

With these new regulations, that 73 percent should be happy, and perhaps the 42 percent will reconsider. Drones are such a grey area for both regulators and the public that defining some rules should help to appease apprehension.

Ultimately, if this poll is truly indicative of public opinion, and 73 percent of people want more regulation, this registration system is justified.

CONCLUSION Drones should be regulated, but it’s a harsh reality to confront. In many ways, even something as silly as a drone provides a necessary diversion from the real world. Whether the object is a drone or a toy truck, it just doesn’t seem right to regulate a well-meant activity.

Life’s too short to always feel and act like an adult.

Paul Sarconi is a junior broadcast and digital journalism major.

His column appears weekly.

He can be reached at pjsarcon@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @paulsarconi.

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here are very few things that can bring a person as much joy as the perfect toy.

They are completely unnecessary to survival, typically extravagant, usually innocent and bring happiness to children and adults alike. Whether it’s Legos, action figures, sports cars or videogames, toys are a part of the human escape. One type of toy, however, is not as innocent as the rest.

Drones have come under so much scrutiny that the U.S. government is putting in place a registration system for them in late November, according to the Department of Transportation.

Although this is something that has been needed for a while, it’s a conflicting matter. I don’t know about anyone else, but I have an internal conflict between my adult self, who believes regulation is rational and warranted, and the kid in me who just wants to be able to play with his drone in peace.

As is the case with any tough life decision, a pros and cons list is a great tool to reconcile conflict. After two pros and one very important con, maybe I’ll be able to come to a conclusion. Maybe.

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Bird Library not ideal for entrepreneurship hub The creation of a centralized entrepreneurship program at Syracuse University is an effective measure in the restructuring of on-campus entrepreneurial initiatives, but Bird Library is not an ideal location for the initiative to be housed.

SU has been named the recipient of $900,000 grant that will establish a new entrepreneurship program in Bird Library. The grant, which is given out by the Blackstone Charitable Foundation, will provide students of any major with the opportunity to receive training seminars, mentors and other resources as part of the LaunchPad program.

The campus-wide program is a substantial move to provide innovative resources for all students.

But while Bird Library was likely a practical selection to house the program for the time being, it is not an ideal space for the program in the long run. Instead, the LaunchPad program should eventually be located in the Schine Student Center.

Students take advantage of campus libraries for peaceful environments in which they can do their homework and study in quiet spaces.

This restrictive atmosphere would contribute to a strange setting for the entrepreneurship center of campus, considering these spaces should promote creativity and brainstorming exercises that should not be suppressed to main-

tain the quiet levels of the library.

The Daily Orange Editorial Board acknowledges that the state of campus and its buildings are in flux at this time under the Campus Master Plan; however, by moving the program to the Schine Student Center, LaunchPad coordinators will still maintain the program’s central location on campus, but will be able to reap the benefits of a free-flowing, student-centered environment.

But regardless of its location of campus, the program has immense potential to generate positive opportunities for SU students.

Besides SU, Cornell University, New York University, the University at Albany and the University at Buffalo will receive parts of the three-year, $4.5 million grant in the Blackstone Charitable Foundation’s move to expand their campus entrepreneurship programs.

Through this relationship, these universities will be able to work together and use each other’s resources to make meaningful innovations in New York state. According to a Blackstone Charitable Foundation release, the program could generate about 6,000 jobs across the state over the next five years due to its presence on the five campuses.

But as the program establishes itself on the SU campus, coordinators can work to ensure its lasting success by securing an improved location in the Schine Student Center.

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budget proposals The Finance Board also recently provided extra funding to Orange After Dark, which puts on late night programs for SU students that Kramer said are consistently successful.

“Those couple of things together … threw a wrench into things,” Kramer said.

To combat these disadvantages, Kramer cut funding this semester for special programming, which makes up weekly rolling budgets throughout the semester. But at about $720,000, there was still less money available for the spring semester allocation than there usually is.

The 10 Finance Board members, who were each at one point elected by SA, spent last week deciding how to allocate that money, which comes from the student activity fee. It was one of the final steps in a process that includes fiscal agent training sessions, budget proposals, the board’s proposal reviews, budget hearings, votes on the proposals and a round of appeals.

Early in the semester, every RSO’s fiscal agent was required to attend a training session, during which Kramer explained how to properly fill out a budget proposal.

SA Vice President Jane Hong was formerly a member of the Korean American Student Association and said when she was a member, she and the rest of the group spent hours on their budget proposal, which ended up getting fully approved.

“Putting in a lot of detail is why we got full approval,” she said. “ … The budget proposals are really important to the Finance Board understanding where you’re coming from.”

In reviewing proposals, the Finance Board first simply ensured that each form was filled

out properly and that all the costs added up correctly. On Oct. 17 and 18, the board held budget proposal hearings, with each RSO getting a designated time slot for their hearing.

Then, last week, the board voted on the proposals. Kramer said approving a budget essentially comes down to whether the board feels the RSO can succeed in holding the event it has requested money for. To figure this out, the board typically looks at the RSO’s experience and whether it has had success in the past.

Each RSO is put into one of four tiers, and each tier determines how much money the RSO is able to request. RSOs in tier one can request up to $10,000; RSOs in tier two can request up to $20,000; RSOs in tier three can request up to $40,000; and RSOs in tier four can request more than $40,000.

Kramer said the board gives some priority to RSOs in higher tiers but emphasizes spreading the money around fairly. Some RSOs might request funding for four or five events, while an RSO in a lesser tier might only request funding for one event. The board tries to ensure that each organization can get funding for at least one event.

RSOs requesting funding for multiple events are asked to indicate which events are most important to them, which Kramer said tend to be the events that the RSOs hold annually, rather than new events they want to host.

RSOs can also opt to file appeals for events that were completely denied of funding. Kramer projects that the board will allocate between $40,000 and $50,000 in appeals, which would bring the total allocation near the original $720,000 projection.

Appeals are being accepted until Thursday. mdburk01@syr.edu

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Trick or treat Check out humor columnist Evan Hohenwarter’s guide to doing Halloween right at SU from costumes to parties.

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Monster mash Music columnist Isha Damle breaks down the best songs to pregame to this Halloweekend. Sit back and take a listen.

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GET ON BOARD Hoverboards draw attention as use increases around SU campus

By Kathryn Krawczyk staff writer

H

overboards are zig-zagging through Ernie Davis Dining Hall, weaving through pedestrians on the Quad and rolling up and down the hills in front of the Hall of Languages.

“It gets me from point A to B a lot faster than walking,” said Wayne Morgan, a senior sport management major.

His hoverboard rolls at speeds up to 10 miles per hour, though he keeps it safe and stays slow and steady.

$1,800 The cost of the IO Hawk, a higher-end hoverboard.

These skateboard-like modes of transportation most easily resemble a Segway without handlebars, and they’re quickly becoming commonplace around campus. Most operate using a re-chargeable battery. Even though the weather is cooling down and hoverboards will likely be packed away until spring, they’re still projected to be a hot gift this holiday season.

Hoverboards were first introduced by Chic Robotics at China’s Canton Fair last year, which features 10 miles of warehouse space to promote new products.

“People tried it and literally ordered their whole inventory that day, which is really rare for a fair,” said Tony Le, Founder and CEO of Glitek, a company that specializes

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in hoverboards.

Since then, dozens of companies have jumped on the trend, including Le’s company Glitek. But every brand puts its own spin on the boards.

Unlike a skateboard or snowboard, it’s much easier to control speed on a hoverboard. When riders step onto a board, there’s no worry that it’ll slip out from under them. Its wheels adjust to help users balance and stand still until they’re ready to roll, Le said.

Once users feel confident, it’s easy to glide away, Le said.

“To move forward, it’s essentially just leaning forward. The more you lean, the faster it will go,” Le said.

“Lean back to go back, and to turn, just lean to one side.”

Different brands roll at maximum speeds ranging from 6 to 12 miles per hour, and can travel for around 10 miles on a single charge. When it comes to hills, Glitek’s boards can handle inclines up to 30 degrees, Le said. Boards also differ on their processor speeds, and a faster processor means a smoother glide, Le said.

Companies load their boards with features like LED lights and bluetooth speakers. These components makes the difference between $200 boards available all over eBay and pricier boards like the $1800 IO Hawk.

While hoverboards may seem like transportation of the future, their riders are still subject to today’s rules of the road.

“They’re just like pedestrians in a way, but they actually fall into a category with bikes and rollerskates,” said CJ McCurty, Syracuse University

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Free-line skater talks student reactions, learning to use his unusual form of transportation

By A.J. Gersh contributing writer

Freshman Daniel Jiang turns heads when going from place to place on campus. His free-line skates — two platforms, one for each foot, with no straps to secure them on his feet — provide him with an unusual method of transportation.

Jiang, an international student

and biology major, reflects on his newfound attention and his distinctive skateboard-like platforms.

The Daily Orange: Where did you get these skates?

Daniel Jiang: When I was in China, I was really interested in longboarding. However, I bought the freeline by accident. After I came here, I brought my free-line and realized

that people use their longboards to skate around, so I wanted to do the same thing … and I did it.

The D.O.: Do you notice the attention you’ve received for riding your free-line around campus?

D.J.: Oh yeah. Girls always come up to me and say “Wow, that’s so cool,” while the guys who talk to me about it are just like, “What the f*ck!” I mean, I try to introduce the free-line to every-

body — tell them what it is called and things like that. I sometimes let people try it, especially people who have longboards, as I know that they know the balance. When people give me compliments, I usually say, “Thank you,” and if they show their interest, I will offer to let them try it. To be honest, last month, when I was just getting to Syracuse, I tried to start a club. I don’t know a lot of teachers

here so I couldn’t find an advisor, so the club couldn’t be held. Or I cannot get school to pay the funds to get some extra pairs of free-lines so I can teach people.

The D.O.: So you’re interested in starting a club?

D.J.: Yeah, definitely. People are very interested. Most people will say they are scared of falling, but to be see free-line

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o, we’ve all listened to “Thriller” and “Monster Mash,” when we’re feeling corny but what about these random Halloween-themed remixes that you never thought about listening to?

Full disclosure: Not hating on “Thriller.”

I love it just as much as Jennifer Garner’s character in “13 Going on 30.” But there is more beyond that: “She-Wolf” by Shakira Yes, this is very corny of me, but I love Shakira. And this is a combination of wolves and Shakira. So don’t hate, appreciate Sha-

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hoverboards Department of Public Safety detective.

Hoverboarders who take to the streets should ride on the side of the road with traffic and leave at least one ear free of earbuds so they can hear cars and people around them, McCurty said.

DPS officers usually don’t patrol inside buildings, but students shouldn’t be gliding

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free-line skating honest, we start to fall even when we are babies — that’s how we grow up. If you are aware of your limit, you can practice and become an expert.

I would teach people step by step from my own experience. When I learned it, I didn’t have a teacher, but personally I always tried to figure out the fastest way to learn it so that I could teach people myself.

I feel happy that people are talking about it.

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kira and her werewolf goddess abilities.

Mike Relm’s “Harry Potter Remix”

OK, so this is more of a joke but I think after a few potions (I’m feeling nostalgic so I’m going to just refer to them as that), this remix will be much appreciated by Harry Potter fans.

“This is Halloween” Cover by Panic! At the Disco This isn’t exactly a turn-up song but hey, remember Panic! At the Disco? This is basically just my excuse of bringing them back up.

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This is perfect for Halloween. Plus, it’s got a fun guitar riff, so you can awkwardly bop/ flail as much as you would for a more electronic-based song if you so please.

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through the aisles of Bird Library or onto elevators in Lawrinson Hall.

“Above all, it’s about awareness,” McCurty said. “You’re going a lot faster than pedestrians and need a lot more balance, so it’s important to know what’s going on around you.”

So far, there have been no accidents involving hoverboards. But even though there’s a strong year-round biking population, hoverboards probably won’t be as common on campus once the snow starts

falling, McCurty said.

Students who might want to acquire a board for once winter passes are in luck.

Prospective buyers can head over to Destiny USA, where the Hero Board kiosk opened last week, to try and purchase a hoverboard.

“As it stands now, it’s going to be the hottest selling item of the holiday season,” Le said. “If you go to any mall, you’ll probably find a kiosk selling one of these.”

I get attention now, so maybe next semester, I can get more membership to learn the freeline. All I want to do is share the enjoyment of the free-line with others.

The D.O.: Do you free-line for enjoyment or simply as a means of transportation?

D.J.: Well, in the campus, I use it just for transportation, unfortunately. I try to do some tricks, but I would say it’s not really good for city downtown roads. It’s kind of dangerous.

The D.O.: How did you start skating?

D.J.:

Actually, I started to roller-skate when I was 12, and then I eventually tried lined skates and ice skating, and it has all led to my free-lining. I just get enjoyment out of it, so whenever I want to have fun, I get on my free-line. I’m really good at roller-skating and ice skating … I can even go backwards really fast. I try to figure out the similarities between ice skating, roller-blading and free-line, but it’s tough. Free-line is really closer to snowboarding — especially going downhill — I go downhill a lot. When I brake, it feels exactly like a snowboard.

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The gift of music

DYLAN CARROLL has been singing for as long as he can remember, but only began telling people during his junior year of high school. Now a student at SU, Carroll said he hopes to release his first EP before the end of the school year with Marshall Street Records. dylan kim staff photographer

Junior lands local record deal, hopes to release 1st EP by end of academic year

By Rebecca Plaut staff writer

D

ylan Carroll is following in his father’s footsteps pursuing both a musical career and a degree from Syracuse University.

Growing up in Stewartsville, New Jersey, Carroll has been playing guitar since his early adolescent years and has been singing for as long as he can remember. He cites his father as one of his biggest influences on his musical and personal life. This year, he signed with Marshall Street Records, a student-run record label on campus.

“I had met one of the girls who is in charge of Marshall Street Records in one of my music classes,” said Carroll, now a junior English major. “We lost touch but then reconnected and then worked out a contract and I was signed on.”

The singer-songwriter wasn’t always so comfortable performing, though. He didn’t tell anyone that he could sing until his junior year of high school and after that, he performed at a few school events and benefit concerts. He writes original

songs and covers tracks by the likes of Ed Sheeran, Ray LaMontagne, Bruno Mars, OneRepublic and Maroon 5.

It is such a rewarding feeling coming out of it every time. I always go into it hoping I can make at least one person smile or feel something that makes their day a little better.

Dylan Carroll junior english major

Carroll has always considered himself a solo artist — he has never been in a band. He loves working with other artists, though, and hopes to collaborate with some in the future.

During his time at SU, Carroll has performed at Funk ‘n Waffles open mic

nights and has participated in the Setnor School of Music’s “PRISM Concert,” an event where musicians are dispersed around a dark auditorium in Crouse and a huge, bright light beats down on the performer when they are playing.

He will also be participating in the corporate funding awareness event, “Jammin’ for Justice” on Nov. 7. A week before, though, he’ll enter the recording studio with Marshall Street Records. He said he hopes to put out an EP before May. In addition to working with the small label, Carroll has spent the last two years volunteering with Musicians on Call, an organization that brings musicians to hospitals to sing and play for patients.

“I was watching The Voice about three or four years ago and someone who was auditioning was talking about the program,” Carroll said. “I looked it up, sent in an audition video and got signed on.”

Performers can play anywhere from a minute to two hours and from one patient to small audiences.

Musicians on Call takes performers

from 16 major cities across the country, including New York City, Miami, Philadelphia, Nashville, Baltimore, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles. They will also take people as volunteers to guide the musicians through the hospitals.

“It is such a rewarding feeling coming out of it every time. I always go into it hoping I can make at least one person smile or feel something that makes their day a little better,” he said. “I guess I feel like it’s the least I can do as a musician; it’s nice to be able to help lift people’s spirits in that way.”

Carroll listens to a wide range of artists such as Mumford and Sons, Eminem, The Beatles and Billy Joel. Billy Joel and The Beatles really influenced Carroll’s performing whereas Eminem influenced his writing music, he said.

“Performing and playing music is what makes me happiest. I would definitely enjoy doing this for the rest of my life,” he said. “When it comes down to it, music is all about connection and emotions, it has this incredible ability to bring people together.” rcplaut@syr.edu

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Simon thrives after full-time position switch

very good defender.”

Wheddon noted that, although a veteran player making this kind of position switch has been uncommon during his tenure with the program, there is precedent for it.

Wheddon said that in the future, he could look to move players around in order to get the unit that performs the best for the Orange.

For a natural offensive player like Simon, the change came at a price. Simon will no longer be racking up goals, but she says she wouldn’t change a thing.

“If it was to benefit the team and make us better,” Simon said, “then I don’t regret it at all.” tdlang@syr.edu

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ERIN SIMON switched positions from forward to defender after her sophomore season for Syracuse and has found success. Before the swtich, Simon was the second-leading scorer for the Orange with five goals and 19 total points. jessica sheldon staff photographer

one of Wheddon’s most trusted defenders.

The Orange knew that when it matched up with Miami last Thursday night, it would have to find a way to limit Gracie Lachowecki, who’s third in the Atlantic Coast Conference in goals scored.

Lachowecki played on the Syracuse’s left side of the field, so Wheddon moved Simon to the left side to match up with her.

Lachowecki didn’t manage a single shot on goal in the match.

“Having Erin’s athletic ability, speed and defensive presence allows us to negate some of the opposition’s strengths,” Wheddon said. “…Her physical abilities allow her to be a very,

chukwu rust off, and helped Obokoh improve offensively, and the practice battles will continue into the season.

“It’s an excellent dynamic because now DC knows what he has to go through to take down a 7-footer because you know he’s a little undersized himself,” said Doyin Akintobi-Adeyeye, a walk-on forward who works with the centers in practice.

“But getting familiar with that, you can know that he’ll be ready for whoever he faces. I can’t imagine many teams have a guy who can do what Paschal does defensively.”

Even before Atlantic Coast Conference play, Syracuse will face Wisconsin, Georgetown and St. John’s, and be in a Battle 4 Atlantis field that includes Texas, Michigan, Connecticut and Gonzaga.

All of those teams have the size and length to challenge the Orange’s thin frontcourt, as well as its slashing guards and forwards.

And after graduating all-ACC center Rakeem Christmas and his 17.5 points per game, SU’s low-post production will likely be a byproduct of a refocused 3-pointheavy offense.

But Boeheim is confident that Chukwu, whose size is nearly impossible to mimic, is preparing Syracuse to compete in the paint.

“Paschal will be one of the premier shot blockers in college basketball probably,” the head coach said.

Meanwhile, he’ll protect the rim in practice — waiting his turn while helping others make the most of theirs.

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Two seasons ago, Erin Simon’s five goals made her second in goals scored for Syracuse.

Through 17 games played this season, she’s only registered one shot.

Simon, now a senior, started her career with the Orange as a forward. In the spring after her sophomore season, she approached head coach Phil Wheddon and suggested that she could make the switch to playing defense in order to benefit the team.

“We lost Kayla Afonso, she was our right back,” Simon said. “And I told Phil, ‘Look, I know there’s a hole there, I’ll step in.’”

She acknowledged that there was a significant learning process to the position switch.

She had to change her playing mentality and learned to take different angles to the ball. Her defense has helped limit SU’s opponents to one goal in the last three games — all wins.

Playing out wide means Simon still makes runs up the field, although her first priority is still helping flank the back line.

Junior defender Maddie Iozzi said that the defensive unit has benefited from Simon’s improved play. She noted that Simon’s overall field vision seems to have improved ever since she made the position shift.

“Having her out wide at the fullback is a great position to have her because she can move up and down the field and having her speed is great, too,” Iozzi said.

Wheddon acknowledged that it took a lot of hard work for Simon to make the shift. A year and a half later, Simon has transformed into

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Julian Whigham’s role shifts as other cornerbacks impress

By Paul Schwedelson asst. copy editor

Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer said senior cornerback Julian Whigham’s starting spot wasn’t guaranteed at Atlantic Coast Conference Media Day in July. For the first time all season, Whigham’s role was significantly reduced on Saturday against then-No. 25 Pittsburgh as he played at safety on thirddown packages.

“Productivity on game day, or lack thereof,” Shafer said, “is probably the biggest component when we make those decisions.”

After an offseason in which Whigham transformed his lifestyle, he was beat several times downfield throughout the first half of the season.

On Syracuse’s (3-4, 1-2 ACC) depth chart for its upcoming game against No. 17 Florida State (6-1, 4-1), Whigham was bumped to the backup cornerback spot as redshirt freshman Cordell Hudson moved up to start alongside

sophomore Corey Winfield.

Whigham recorded seven total tackles and two pass breakups on Sept. 12 against Wake Forest, but in the last five games, he’s had eight tackles and no breakups.

Meanwhile, Hudson has recorded eight tackles in the past three games and a pass breakup against Virginia as his role has steadily increased. “(Hudson)’s progressively gotten better with everything he’s done and he’s been productive in practice,” Shafer said.

Shafer also said playing Whigham at safety, a position he played at Dwyer (Florida) High School, partially had to do with redshirt freshman Rodney Williams being injured with a lower-body injury in the last two games.

“When you have a guy that can play multiple positions, it goes a long way,” Shafer said, “and he’s shown that ability mentally to do those things so we felt it would be a good fit.” pmschwed@syr.edu | @pschweds

JULIAN WHIGHAM was removed from his starting spot at cornerback and moved to safety after a mediocre start to his season. The cornerback allowed key receptions against LSU, Virginia and Central Michigan. logan reidsma photo editor

Scott Shafer discusses challenge of FSU tailback Dalvin Cook

By Paul Schwedelson asst. copy editor

Before Syracuse faced then-No. 8 Louisiana State, head coach Scott Shafer said Heisman Trophy candidate Leonard Fournette was the most talented tailback he’s gone against.

On Tuesday, Shafer said Florida State running back Dalvin Cook is “right up there with Fournette.”

“Boy, he’s a talented young man,” Shafer

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paulus a decade — but they left disappointed. In his first game against Minnesota, Paulus scrambled out of the pocket and tried to buy time with his feet. In high school, it seemed like those plays always ended with touchdowns.

At Syracuse, Paulus threw an overtime interception and the Orange lost.

Then Paulus threw five interceptions in a loss at South Florida. His 14 interceptions to end the season were tied for 13th-most in the country. The boos began when Cincinnati intercepted Paulus in the end zone, trailing by seven points in the second quarter.

I had a great experience with my teammates. From day one when I came on campus to my last day … I loved it.

Greg Paulus former su quarterback

“Greg was put in an almost impossible situation with either: Be perfect or people will question this move,” Long said.

Internal dissent originated at practice. On multiple occasions, as a redshirt in 2008, Nassib shredded the Syracuse starting defense, even though it knew which play was coming.

said. “… Once again, great vision, like all the great running backs. He’s very elusive. He can take the outside zone play and run around a lot of angles as well as anyone in the country.”

Cook is second in nation in rushing yards per game with 148.1 behind only Fournette.

The Orange (3-4, 1-2 Atlantic Coast) will have to figure out a way to stop Cook when it visits No. 17 Florida State (6-1, 4-1) on Saturday at noon in Tallahassee, Florida.

During the two teams’ meeting last year

in Cook’s freshman season, he ran for 122 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries. After coaching against him in a game and with the season he’s having now, Shafer called him, “the complete package.”

Right on par with Cook’s average, SU has allowed an average of 148 rushing yards per game, a number that has ballooned after allowing 224 yards per game since Syracuse defended against Fournette. The LSU running back finished with 244 yards and two touch-

“Our whole team was like, ‘How the hell did (Nassib) throw that pass? Our starting quarterback can’t make that throw,’” former linebacker and captain Derrell Smith said.

Then-head coach Greg Robinson ran over and screamed at everyone as the freshman quarterback sliced up the defense, Smith said.

Despite Nassib’s success the year prior and being the “clear-cut best,” according to Smith, at the end of 2009 training camp, Marrone still chose Paulus. That frustrated many, Smith and Long said, because players, especially upperclassmen who didn’t have time to see if the experiment would work out, wanted to win and to end the 5-year postseason drought.

“I’m busting my butt in the wintertime to win games and I feel like the team is allowing a publicity stunt to fill the seats when winning would do the same thing,” Carter said.

When asked how he felt in the locker room, Paulus said in an interview with The Daily Orange: “I had a great experience with my teammates. From day one when I came on campus to my last day … I loved it.”

Despite football frustrations, Long, Smith and Carter spoke highly of Paulus’ character and that he demanded respect in the huddle.

The team named Paulus a captain.

Smith said he thinks of a quarterback as a team’s CEO. Hiring a person with four years of experience in high-stakes, high-pressure situations made theoretical sense to Smith.

“But, I mean, it didn’t work out,” Smith said. “Greg didn’t play football for four years and you have to expect something like that.

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downs against the Orange.

Shafer said Syracuse sees top-notch talent every week because of the teams it plays against. While the stiff competition is helpful, it’s not every week that SU plays a top running back in college football.

“Just having to prepare to go against those guys week-to-week makes you better,” Shafer said. “But he will be one of the best that we will play against. That’s for sure.” pmschwed@syr.edu | @pschweds

Greg Paulus won only four games in his only season in 2009, while Ryan Nassib passed that win total in each of the next three seasons.

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But looking back, I see why (Marrone) did it. …

(The team) thought: ‘(Marrone) thinks Paulus is the better quarterback for the job? F*ck it.

We’re going to play with Paulus and act like nothing’s changed.’”

The team lost four of its last five games, including the season finale against Connecticut, 56-31. On the same day Paulus’ eligibility expired, he had his best day in an Orange uniform, completing 24-of-32 passes for 296 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions.

In the three seasons that followed, Nassib threw for the most passing yards in a season by an SU quarterback twice and set the record for most touchdown passes by an SU quarterback in a season in 2012 with 24. The signal-caller led SU to two Pinstripe Bowl wins in three years.

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season was a necessary building block to later success. But that moral victory didn’t comfort Carter after the Connecticut loss.

“The 2009 season, I would describe it maybe as a step in the right direction with mentality,” Carter said. “But no, (that season was not a success). Not on the field.”

In East Hartford, Connecticut, after the game, Paulus left the pressroom for the team bus. But a moment later, he returned.

“I just want to thank all you guys. It’s been a pleasure,” he said. His words, years later, seem to be spoken not just to the media who praised and criticized, but to the cheering and jeering fans and the supporters and doubters in his own divided locker room.

And after his statement, he left. This time, Greg Paulus did not come back. sjfortie@syr.edu

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What’s cookin?

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SU will face Florida State running back Dalvin Cook, arguably the next-best at his position to LSU’s Leonard Fournette.

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Simon says

When Doug Marrone resigned as SU head coach after the 2012 Pinstripe Bowl, it left some former players shocked.

See Thursday’s paper

SPORTS

Syracuse women’s soccer defender Erin Simon has fit in just fine after a full-time position switch.

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‘PUBLICITY STUNT’ Greg Paulus experiment fails for Syracuse in 2009 THE DARK DAYS OF SYRACUSE FOOTBALL PART 3

By Sam Fortier asst. web editor

Editor’s note: Syracuse football has six wins in its last 19 games. Facing the struggles of the present, The Daily Orange took a look back at some of hard times of the past in part three of this series.

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2 1. GREG PAULUS played basketball at Duke for four years, but started his only season at Syracuse in 2009. 2. GREG PAULUS threw 14 interceptions in his only season at Syracuse. daily orange file photos

very time Greg Paulus stepped on the field, he heard a chorus of boos. Seven games into the 2009 season against Cincinnati, those in the Carrier Dome made it clear they didn’t want Paulus at quarterback.

In the second half against the Bearcats, first-year coach Doug Marrone rotated Paulus and redshirt freshman Ryan Nassib. Marrone teared up after the game thinking of the boos despite being cheered for the switch.

Marrone stood behind Paulus, whom he brought in to play quarterback after a four-year hiatus from football when he played point guard for Duke. During those years, Paulus said, he didn’t throw a football.

“There were players who were very suspicious,” then-punter and captain Rob Long said. “… Greg walked in and it was, ‘Who’s this kid all over ESPN who thinks he’s going to just come in and change this program all of a sudden without having proven himself?’”

Long said Paulus won him over after their first conversation, and that half of the locker room wanted him to start, but the other half wanted senior Cameron Dantley or Nassib. The season, seen as a Paulus experiment by some, began with cautious optimism.

Even though Paulus started all 12 games, setting program records for completions (193) and completion percentage (67.7), he finished with a 4-8 record.

Marrone’s decision to start Paulus, a local legend who won a high school football state championship near SU at Christian Brothers (New York) Academy, was criticized by players and media alike as a way to fill the Carrier Dome. “(Paulus starting) was just a publicity stunt … to get the community back into Syracuse football to have the hometown boy come out and boost morale,” running back Delone Carter said. “And (he brought) leadership from Duke and how vocal he was to Syracuse. Other than that, Nassib should’ve been playing.”

Carter isn’t alone in that feeling. In a 2009 ESPN. com anonymous poll of Big East coaches, one suggested Paulus would struggle reading defensive schemes and another wondered how the Carrier Dome’s recent attendance woes factored in. A third forecasted “spectacular failure.”

(Paulus starting) was just a publicity stunt … to get the community back into Syracuse football to have the hometown boy come out and boost morale.

Delone Carter former su running back

“I look at football as business,” Marrone said Aug. 19, 2009, responding to a question about whether tickets or the media influenced him to name Paulus the starting quarterback just a week after summer practice officially started. “My job is to play the players that give us the best chance to win games right now. At the end of the day, I felt Greg gives us the best chance to win. I really do.”

Paulus’ first game brought 48,617 fans to the home opener — the highest-attended opener in over see paulus page 15

men’s basketball

Chukwu will pay dividends in practice during redshirt year

By Jesse Dougherty web editor

During a five-on-five drill on Oct. 21, Tyler Roberson spun off the left block and leaned into a jump hook in the middle of the paint.

Right as he did, 7-foot-2 center Paschal Chukwu moved into position and jumped with two hands outstretched above his head.

Roberson’s hook barely left his hand before Chukwu swatted it down. The shot never had a chance of

reaching the rim.

“Tyler, Tyler,” Syracuse assistant coach Adrian Autry said to Roberson.

“Jump stop, pump fake, then go up.”

Chukwu — originally from Nigeria and attended Fairfield College (Connecticut) Preparatory School — came the Orange after one year at Providence and will sit out the upcoming 2015–16 season due to NCAA transfer rules, and will watch this season from the bench.

He averaged 2.6 points and 2.4 rebounds per game as a freshman

with the Friars, playing just 9.9 minutes a contest. SU head coach Jim Boeheim said at media day that Chukwu, with a 226-pound frame and unrefined offensive skills, will “benefit more from a redshirt year I think more than any player that we’ve ever had.”

And while a year of practice could set Chukwu’s career on a brighter path, it will also prepare Syracuse’s active big men for the rim protectors they’ll face this season.

“We’re going to see a lot of 7-foot

guys in the league and it’s good to have a 7’2” guy there to go against every day and affect how the game is and how practice goes,” Boeheim said.

“That’s important, I think that’s very important. I think he helps DaJuan (Coleman) and helps Chino (Obokoh) get better in practice because they’re going against him.”

Coleman, who hasn’t played in a game since Jan. 7, 2014, will start and is expected to play a bulk of the minutes at center for Syracuse along with Chinonso Obokoh.

He goes against Chukwu in just about every four-on-four and fiveon-five drill in practices, and it’s forcing him to give up more fakes and use his weight to clear space in the paint.

While Chukwu is 29 pounds lighter than Coleman, he’s 5 inches taller and uses his floor-scraping arms to obstruct Coleman’s sight of the rim.

Boeheim said Chukwu has already helped Coleman knock the see chukwu page 14