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Comedian John Mulaney has rescheduled his performance at Syracuse University and will come to campus to perform stand-up on Nov. 19.

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After her mother died one year ago, sophomore Joyce LaLonde has been actively advocating for breast cancer awareness to honor her mother’s memory.

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Syracuse football uses Guardianhelmet covers in practice to help protect against concussions and other injuries along with other teams around the country.

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SU aims to Firm presents campus survey findings grow drone research University joins with other colleges in hopes of receiving COE distinction

By Rob Romano staff writer

Syracuse University is part of team of universities aiming to become leaders in drone research.

The universities, led by Georgia Institute of Technology, applied earlier this year to receive a Center of Excellence distinction by the Federal Aviation Administration for unmanned aircraft systems, more commonly known as drones. If chosen for the distinction, SU could be

Given that this is a new industry, it’s very young, we don’t know where it’s going quite yet, there is a lot of innovation that needs to take place.

Eric Persons associate vice president of government and community relations at su

able to do more drone research and possibly incorporate drones into the university curriculum.

In the university’s most recent lobbying report, filed last Monday, SU reported $70,000 in total lobbying activity for the third quarter of 2014, which included lobbying efforts on SU’s drone research.

SU faculty contacted congressional leaders, such as Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), to ask for their support and to let them know about the application, said Eric Persons, associate vice president of government and community relations at SU. On Oct. 22, Schumer urged the FAA to accept the application from SU’s group. Schumer’s office could not be reached for comment.

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maggie dolan, a staff member of Sasaki Associates, presents the findings of the survey sent to Syracuse University students, staff and faculty this semester to collect information for the Campus Master Plan. More than 3,000 people responded to the survey. margaret lin photo editor

Sasaki Associates addresses results of Campus Master Plan survey firm working with Syracuse University on its Campus Master Plan.

Sasaki Associates hosted two meetings on Tuesday in Hendricks Chapel to explain and answer questions about the results of a campus survey, which

By Anna Merod asst. news editor

Security and transportation were two of the most pressing issues presented on Tuesday by the design

results are in A survey about campus planning was sent to the SU community earlier this semester and the results were presented at two forums on Tuesday. Here’s a breakdown of who responded to the survey.

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was sent out to SU students, faculty and staff earlier this semester. Sasaki Associates is a Massachusetts-based architecture and design firm. The survey garnered 3,005 responses and 45 percent of the responses were from students, 39 percent were from staff and 16 percent of the responses were from faculty.

Around 80 people attended the first meeting held at noon, but most of the participants were staff and faculty members. When Ricardo Dumont, the principle of Sasaki Associates, asked attendees to raise their hand if they participated in the survey, a majority indicated they had.

The College of Visual and Performing Arts was the college with the highest amount of participants in the survey with 495 responses.

Maggie Dolan, a staff member of Sasaki Associates, answered questions from the audience at the end

of the presentation and said students who work at the Nancy Cantor Warehouse indicated that they don’t feel connected to main campus.

Kelsey Corbishley, a senior interior design major, said after the forum that she thought the reason VPA gave the most responses is because students have to go downtown to the Warehouse every day.

She added that students commonly face safety and transportation issues when they go to the Warehouse. Most students who go to the Warehouse opt out of taking the Centro buses, because it takes about 45 minutes to get to class that way, Corbishley said.

“Because of driving we all have to find places to park downtown, which leads us to unsafe areas,” she said. “I mean my car, plenty of my friends’ (cars) have been broken into.”

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Instructor teaches students to respect alcohol

By Jesse Nichols staff writer

Tim Barr is teaching students a meaningful way to drink.

For Barr, an instructor of food studies at Syracuse University for 18 years, this includes catering your drink to a specific occasion and knowing when to cut yourself off.

“It’s a product you have to respect, and I definitely respect it,” Barr said.

Throughout his wine and beer appreciation course, Barr teaches a delicate balance between enjoyment and respect. Barr said this has become especially important after SU was ranked the top party school, but added that the students who have contributed to SU’s reputation for drinking are not the ones in his class.

“I think the ones that are there truthfully want to learn something,” Barr said.

Recalling a recent encounter with a former student, Barr was impressed when he saw how she retained knowledge of wine’s subtle complexities.

“She had her sleeve up and was holding the wine up to it and was explaining (it) to the guy she was with,” Barr said.

Barr said that this technique ensured the wine was being compared against

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INSIDE N • Green living

Members of Students of Sustainability at SU are hosting a contest to encourage students to be more environmentally friendly.

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Members of the Syracuse Hammerheads club rugby team have had to fight through a series of injuries this season.

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As a member of the restaurant industry for 40 years, Barr considers himself to be especially appreciative of wine and other alcoholic drinks, but this hasn’t always been the case.

“When I was younger I probably would have had six of whatever it

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was. I’ve since realized that there’s a lot more to be said for quality than quantity,” Barr said.

And to stress the importance of moderation, Barr uses the concept of “terroir” — knowing the right time and place for each specific beverage.

But while Barr said the idea of the class is responsible drinking, he also

encourages the students to move away from cheap beer.

“About 15 years ago, I always appreciated it, but it got to the point where I started realizing how good the different wines and different beers were,” Barr said.

“It broadened my horizons too.” jlnich02@syr.edu

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Free speech A University of Illinois professor who lost his appointment after he tweeted about Israel will speak at SU on Wednesday.

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CVS and Rite Aid have decided to stop accepting Apple Pay, Apple’s mobile payments system, in its stores.

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Mulaney to perform Nov. 19

By Justin Mattingly asst. news editor

carrie mae weems, an artist and storyteller, talks during her lecture called “Swinging Into Sixty: A Woman Ponders the Future” Tuesday night in Hendricks Chapel as part of the University Lecture Series. Her lecture was the third of the semester. frankie prijatel asst. photo editor

After canceling a show at Syracuse University earlier this month, comedian John Mulaney will come to campus to perform stand-up on Nov. 19.

Mulaney was originally supposed to perform at SU on Oct. 11 as part of Orange Central, but the show was canceled on Sept. 30. “An Evening with John Mulaney” will now take place on Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium.

Tickets for the show, presented by the Traditions Commission, will go on sale Wednesday and are $5 for students and $7 for faculty and staff. Tickets are available at the Schine Box Office. Anyone who still has their tickets for the scheduled Oct. 11 show must visit the Schine Box Office to exchange the tickets, according to an Office of Student Activities press release.

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university lecture

Artist discusses past projects, influence of age

By Ali Linan staff writer

When 5:30 a.m. comes around, Carrie Mae Weems is wide-awake and thinking about how the world came to be, how she came to be and how she ended up becoming an artist.

“I think about the limits of time and I feel as though as I am a speck of dust floating in the universe,” she said.

Weems spoke as part of the University Lecture Series at Hen-

dricks Chapel on Tuesday. Her lecture, titled “Swinging Into Sixty: A Woman Ponders the Future,” focused on how she found herself in the world of art beginning at age 15, how she’s evolved as an artist and the projects she is currently working on.

“I was a certain woman coming from a certain background,” Weems said. “A couple of years ago I turned 60, and besides getting older, it was getting interesting,” she said.

Weems has used different medi-

ums for her work over the years. In the span of her career, Weems has had her photographs, films and videos in over 50 exhibitions around the world.

Weems’ work also includes paintings, large print banners and live music symposiums. Her current work can be seen at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. The exhibition, “Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video” opened in January.

“The mission of art is not only

to deliver beauty but to disrupt it,” Weems said. “I want to have something where thousands of people can engage.”

Weems’ interest in art began with photography. It was the first encounter with art that transformed and influenced her, she said, adding that she didn’t know photography would take her where it has.

One of Weems’ most famous photography projects is the “Kitchen see weems page 5

Group holds contest to promote sustainability

By Hanna Horvath staff writer

The Students of Sustainability Club at Syracuse University has created a campus-wide contest to promote sustainability and environmentally friendly practices.

Over the next two weeks, students, faculty and staff are invited to take and upload photos of them participating in sustainable activities across campus, such as picking

up trash or using a reusable bag. By using the hashtag #SOSchallenge, students automatically enroll in the contest. On Nov. 11, the winner will be chosen during the Conscious Consumption lecture regarding alternative medicine at Watson Theater.

Organization members wished to continue the momentum gained from Sustainability Day on Sunday, so they established an event that will keep the campus engaged

with the club.

“After Sustainability Day, we wanted to find a way we could incorporate a larger audience,” said Colton Jones, a senior psychology and pre-med major and co-president of SOS. “We tried to find a way to have fun and interact with the student body.”

Julia Jesse, a freshman chemical engineering major and SOS member, said the contest encourages students to become more

involved with sustainable activities and become more mindful of their habits.

Lizzie Kahn, a senior advertising major and the public relations director of SOS, reached out to local restaurants near the SU campus in hopes that they would donate gift cards for the contest. To her surprise, she was able to secure two gift cards to popular restaurants — Cafe Kubal and Strong Hearts Cafe, see sustainability page 8

national news Here is a round-up of news happening around the world and the nation this week:

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money matters United States consumers’ confidence in the national economy and their personal financial situations increased in October to its highest level since the end of 2007, according to The Conference Board. source: fox news

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Ebola vaccine Colorado State University has been awarded $2 million by the United States Department of Defense to begin developing and manufacturing an Ebola vaccine. source: the denver post

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Slowly but surely The population of the Española giant tortoises has recovered in the Galapagos Islands, according to a study published Tuesday. source: washington post

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forum Dolan said during her presentation that others expressed concerns about safety around Comstock Avenue and Thornden Park, particularly at night.

The slides also showed direct comments from the survey. One comment on the slide about safety responses said, “Thornden Park is awesome during the day but everyone knows not to walk through it at night.”

Attendees said at the end of the meeting that some solutions to these concerns would be to add more lights in these areas.

The state of classrooms on campus received a larger amount of negative comments in the survey than other topics, Dolan said. Some of the comments included in the presentation criticized the facilities of classrooms in Huntington Hall.

“Huntington Hall … some of the worst classrooms I have been in. Leaking pipes would often drip on students during class. Many of these rooms were incredibly hot in the winter, making it difficult to concentrate. Some ground floor classrooms have windows that are nailed shut,” read one comment.

Overall, students were pleased with housing on campus, despite many comments about the need to renovate bathrooms, Dolan said.

Students who lived off campus commented in the survey that they did not want to live on campus, because it was too expensive. Students who lived off campus added that they have to sacrifice security for affordability.

“There is a four-foot-long crack in our ceiling that leaks from the bathroom above us into our kitchen that our landlord won’t fix,” read one comment in the housing portion of the survey.

Meanwhile, students who live on South Campus said in the survey that they don’t mind living farther from main campus, because the quality of facilities is worth the commute.

Comments about dining options on campus were fairly satisfactory as well, Dolan said.

Some comments said there was a lack of meal swipe options for students who spend a lot of time around the Syracuse Stage.

Students said in the survey that main campus dining halls are accessible. “The food is OK, but the location is super convenient,” read one comment.

“It’s edible,” read another.

Dolan said 90 percent of transit activity comes from South Campus. Overall, people were satisfied with transit activity, she added. But some comments from the survey said there should be buses that travel to Syracuse Stage from Brewster, Boland and Brockway residence halls.

Participants in the survey also indicated that the heart of campus was on the Quad and in the Carrier Dome, Dolan said.

Patrick Neary, president of the Graduate Student Organization, said after the forum that the comments during the meeting about travel times and classrooms off campus will help strongly shape future conversations.

“I think they’re going to have a pretty substantial discussion about — ‘How centralized do we want to be?’ ‘Are we willing to remain dispersed?’” he said.

Dumont, the principle of Sasaki Associates, said the design firm is still in a problem seeking mode. On Wednesday, the design firm will begin to walk through every building on campus, including residential buildings, he added.

Dumont also said the faculty collaboration survey results will be shared in January. almerod@syr.edu

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drones becomes a recognized COE, SU will be able to work on FAA research assignments, Persons said. To cover the first two years of work done by the COE, the FAA is committing $1 million in funding to cover fiscal years 2015 and 2016.

Although SU already has experience in drone research, faculty and administrators said the designation would allow the school to do even more research as well as greatly increase opportunities for students in this area.

SU’s involvement in the process to become a COE began due to the drone industry’s presence in central New York, said Pramod Varshney, a professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Earlier this year, Griffiss Interna-

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weems Table Series,” a series of photos showing people at a kitchen table.

“I looked for what signified me, the way I looked at the world, constructed the world,” she said. At the time, she said she was no longer

tional Airport in Rome, New York was named by the FAA as one of six locations across the country for drone testing. SU hopes to take advantage of Griffiss’s proximity to campus, Varshney said.

Varshney said the FAA is interested in SU potentially doing drone research because its faculty members in the College of Engineering and Computer Science have experience with drone technology.

“They have specified a number of areas they will be asking for expertise in,” Varshney said.

Also, SU has expertise in tracking and detection technology, information fusion and spectrum communications or the communication between a drone and a control tower, Varshney said.

The aerospace engineering program at SU currently enables students to work with drone technology, but with the distinction, there will be

even more work done with regard to noise reduction and wake separation, or reducing sound from liftoff and landing, said Gina Lee-Glauser, vice president of research at SU and a research professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering.

Even if SU doesn’t get the distinction, LeeGlauser said the drone technology program at SU will continue to flourish. But if SU’s team receives the FAA designation, undergraduate and graduate students will be able to work at Griffiss, Varshney said, sometimes in the form of internships.

Different programs across campus will have the opportunity to incorporate drones into the curriculum.

“We are coming at it from a very holistic perspective,” Persons said.

For example, Dan Pacheco, Peter A. Horvitz Endowed Chair of Journalism Innovation at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communi-

cations, has worked with drones with regard to aerial footage. Pacheco did a demonstration in Manley Field House with drones last January when Schumer announced that Griffiss would be one of six sites for drone research.

Persons added that Schumer was interested in drone technology from an economic perspective.

“Given that this is a new industry, it’s very young, we don’t know where it’s going quite yet, there is a lot of innovation that needs to take place,” Persons said.

He added that SU is interested in the civil and commercial uses of drones such as sports coverage, agriculture and inspecting infrastructure.

Said Persons: “We are already leaders in our field in a number of areas where unmanned aerial systems can provide an important function to society.”

searching for her voice but rather when and where to enter a frame.

Weems said she believes it is essential to study other artists. In her work, she constantly makes references to other artists, she said.

“It is important to keep working, growing, inventing, considering the scope of your work,” Weems said. Artists are people “that are trying to figure out a way forward, while being suc-

cumbed to the past,” she said.

Weems is currently working on a garden project for the Museum of Modern Art, where she focuses on creating movement that existed in another time, and a pop up radio show, where she talks to other artists and discusses their current works.

Jillian Cabrera, a freshman computer art major, said he attended the event because he thinks it is important to be exposed to living art-

ists. Cabrera said he found it interesting to hear how Weems sees art from different perspectives.

Nancy Taylor, a senior art photography major, said she studied Weems’ work in one of her classes.

“It is different to hear artists talk about their work and how their intention plays a big part of it,” Taylor said. “Plus, it’s nice to see a woman photographer in a man’s world.”

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Alumnu encourages students to study abroad in Beijing, China Two years ago, I stepped off a plane in Beijing, China with a big smile. I was on a great adventure in an increasingly influential and interesting country with the support of Syracuse University Abroad and a diverse group of motivated students.

My semester at the SU Beijing Center forced me outside of my comfort zone ? a welcome change. In terms of language and culture, I was undoubtedly a foreigner, traversing the unknown with the help of Caroline and Jane (the two marvelously supportive SU Beijing employees) and a dozen excited peers. Sometimes you won’t know

what you’re eating, and other times you’ll have no idea what the taxi driver is saying, but that’s a part of the fun, and there’s always help nearby.

Intensive Chinese classes with students from all around the world will quickly develop your language skills, helping you get around the country and find the best food. Each day brings a new lesson ? or multiple lessons. Beijing is a challenge.

And if this townie could do it, I have no doubt that you prospective travelers can as well. The local Bridge Café, the Paradiso campus coffee shop and your private dorm room ? Western bathroom

included ? can be your safe haven when you need a day off.

At Tsinghua University, you’ll study China’s history, economics, ethnic minorities, environment, politics, media, law and development. This study abroad experience is for any student interested in politics, international relations, human rights, environmental protection, government censorship, business, economics ? you name it.

Beijing is a good choice. Why? Because China is the future. A July 2014 Pew Research Global Attitudes survey of 44 countries found that a median

of 49 percent of respondents believe China will replace ? or already has replaced ? the United States as the leading global power.

Regardless of what side of that debate you fall on, take a chance on China. Apply to SU Beijing.

Rub some elbows with the country’s future leaders at Tsinghua University, walk Tiananmen Square and consider its history, learn how to say “dumplings, please” in a perfect Beijing accent and race your friends up the steps of the Great Wall. It will be worth it. Trust me.

Molly Linhorst ‘14

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Attending protest could force SU to listen to concerns about changes What would a caring, engaged, honest university administration whose top priority was the needs of students, faculty, staff and the larger world look like? What would those administrators do if they wanted to fix the damage their actions had caused —in terms of trust, resources and policy?

After the administration’s shameful closure of the Advocacy Center, announcement of cuts to the POSSE and HEOP programs, the rejection of the University Senate’s proposed tenure and promotion policy and the decision to not divest from fossil fuels, the student body became aware of changes the administration has been making without the knowledge or consent of students and faculty. It is clear now, in instances too numerous to describe here, that the administration is turning focus away from values of diversity, and rather toward higher

academic ratings and rankings; away from transparency and accountability, and toward secretive, top-heavy models of dominance; away from values of community engagement and towards the Ivory Tower on the Hill model; away from considering itself a university and toward functioning as a corporation.

Priorities. Chancellor Kent Syverud has been a no-show at all three Listening Meetings about the closure of the Advocacy Center. No reason has been offered for his absences. We understand that the chancellor can’t be everywhere at once; however, he does make choices about where to be based on his priorities. His absence seems a clear indicator of where we are headed as a university.

At the #Rally4Consent on Sept.17, Syverud was asked, “Can you make a commitment to never close down a center like this, vital to students, again in this way without consent, without figur-

ing out a replacement plan?” Syverud refused.

One might think he could at least agree to consult with students and faculty before making crucial changes to student life, but he won’t.

Watch on Youtube: “Chancellor Syverud receives a petition during SU’s #Rally4Consent.” We have repeatedly experienced frustration with top administrators who seem more concerned with saving face than having open, honest dialogue.

We need action, not talk. To that end, we have joined forces with 50 other student groups in sponsoring a Diversity and Transparency Rally on Monday at 3:30 p.m. by the steps of Hendricks Chapel. If you care about the future of SU, please join us! Find more info on Facebook event: D.A.T. Rally and the group THE General Body SU. On behalf of the Campaign for an Advocacy Center, joining with THE General Body SU: Becca Glaser, creative writing, MFA ‘15; Dan-

ielle Reed, NAACP and editor in chief of The Black Voice, African American studies and Spanish ‘16; Hasmik Djoulakian, Divest SU and Campaign for an Advocacy Center ‘17; Yanira Rodriguez, composition and cultural rhetoric Ph.D. student; Farrell Brenner, women’s & gender studies and citizenship & civic engagement ‘17; Mali GolombLeavitt, president of Active Minds, psychology ‘15; Chiara Klein, Divest SU, treasurer of Active Minds; English & textual studies ‘14; Sarah Schuster, vice president of Active Minds, magazine journalism ‘14; Chen Chen, creative writing MFA ‘15; Belinda Keysor, previous employee of Residence Life, R.A.P.E. Center and Counseling Center; Madeleine Slade, secretary of SASSE ‘16; Donasia Sykes ‘15; Daniel Cheifer, humanities center dissertation fellow, Ph.D. Candidate, religion department; Molly Mendenhal ‘15; Ambra Tieszen, SASSE ’15; Laura Cohen, ‘15

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Warehouse shuttles should be improved Syracuse University should dedicate one bus route that travels frequently to and from the Nancy Cantor Warehouse and should increase parking for students surrounding the building.

The results of a survey for the Campus Master Plan were released on Tuesday and one issue identified was student accessibility and transportation to the Warehouse. Students who take classes at the Warehouse complained about the long bus ride, lack of adequate parking nearby and brought up that they feel disconnected to the main campus.

If the university expects students to attend classes at the Warehouse, it should make it easier and more convenient for students to reach downtown Syracuse.

The process to reach the Warehouse is inconvenient and unfair to students

who have classes there. The long bus ride makes it nearly impossible for students to take classes in consecutive time slots on main campus and downtown. The inconvenience of traveling could discourage students from taking courses in both locations during one semester, potentially creating a feeling of disconnect between downtown and main campus.

SU made changes to the South Campus and Near West Side bus schedules this semester, but it should now focus on improving service to and from the Warehouse. Currently, the only direct bus route to and from the Warehouse runs from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. on weekdays.

Normally, the buses leave from College Place every 30 minutes and make four stops before reaching the building.

The university should create a regular express shuttle that runs directly

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from campus to the Warehouse more frequently than every 30 minutes.

In addition to improving the Warehouse transportation, SU should also look into parking surrounding the building. In response to the survey, some students brought up that the inconvenient bus schedule forced them to drive to the Warehouse but lack of adequate parking led them to park in unsafe areas. If the university requires students to take classes downtown, it should provide safe parking for students who need to drive to that location.

It should not be difficult for students to reach their classes. When moving forward with the results of the Campus Master Plan survey, SU should focus on making transportation to the Warehouse more efficient and less of a hassle.

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Moderate policy reform will strengthen GOP popularity in elections

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he 2014 midterm elections are six days away. With the GOP likely to keep its majority in the House of Representatives and win control of the Senate, the tide seems to be turning in favor of the Republicans.

Controlling Congress gives the GOP the opportunity to pass moderately conservative legislation that will force President Barack Obama to be in the hot seat. This opportunity needs to be taken advantage of in a united and poised way in order to give Republicans the needed momentum leading up to the 2016 presidential election.

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COOL, CALM, CONSERVATIVE is accurate, the next step is for the GOP to not waste time bickering about interparty divisions and present a united image.

These divisions will probably play out as most people expect: tea party conservatives vs. establishment moderates. The tea party and other hardline conservatives will see winning the Senate as an opportunity to advance a truly conservative policy agenda. They will also attempt to make Obama seem like the enemy of getting things done due to his inevitable and consistent vetoes.

The problem with this strategy is that the Democrats could easily spin the situation to make Obama seem like

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the good guy. Depending on how conservative the legislation is, Obama can easily veto in the name of preventing extreme policy.

Imagine if Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), a potential 2016 presidential hopeful, proposed a flat income tax. Assuming its passage through the House and the Senate, Obama could easily veto this bill by citing that it does not force rich Americans to pay their fair share. This proposed policy would result in Obama looking like a hero for not allowing Republicans to give tax breaks to millionaires while also pinning Cruz and the rest of the GOP as extremists who only care about the rich.

Another, more effective strategy would be to take up a more moderate policy agenda with establishment conservatives leading the charge. This strategy would be more effective because it would be difficult for Obama

to defend his decisions to veto. He would not be able to play the extreme card because the legislation would be moderate by nature.

If Obama keeps vetoing bills that can be sold as common sense conservative solutions to problems facing the average American, then it is easy to blame the president for preventing progress in tackling problems in the U.S. Imagine if Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) proposed a piece of legislation that would expand the earned income tax credit for low-income families. If Obama vetoes the bill, then he appears to be against helping low-income Americans. If he signs the bill into law, Ryan, another potential presidential hopeful in 2016, will be seen as a compassionate conservative who fights for the poor while also scoring points in the bipartisanship arena for proposing

a bill that Obama could agree to.

Putting the pressure on Obama with moderate and effective policies forces the Democrats to pick their poison: either play hardball and risk a tarnished brand in the lead up to 2016 or let the Republicans have their way and risk giving momentum to the GOP presidential hopefuls.

Moderate conservatism tends to produce effective policy that, in this case, makes sense politically. A huge opportunity is on the horizon for Republicans to repair their damaged image in the lead up to 2016. Fumbling the congressional football could result in disaster for 2016. C’mon GOP, let’s score a touchdown.

Chris Pulliam is a sophomore policy studies and political science major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at clpullia@syr.edu.

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mulaney E-Board is thrilled that we could reschedule John Mulaney’s show and still bring his comedic act to campus,” said Regina King, president of the Traditions Commission, in the

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sustainability Jones said.

“The gift cards were sort of an incentive for people, to get them to come out and participate,” he said.

SOS first introduced the contest during the

press release.

Mulaney’s new show “Mulaney” premiered on FOX on Oct. 5, but has been met with negative feedback. On Rotten Tomatoes, a website that reviews TV shows and movies, the show has received an average rating of 4.3 out of 10. Mulaney first gained fame when he joined NBC’s “Saturday Night

Live” in 2008. He served as a writer on the show and helped create the Weekend Update character Stefon.

Mulaney has performed stand-up on “Conan,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” The comedian has released stand-up specials in both 2009 and 2012.

Sustainability Day film showing. The organization then set up a table in the Schine Student Center and encouraged students to sign a pledge stating they would participate.

Since then, the club has utilized social media in order to garner further interest and support for the contest.

“I think we will have a good turn out because there is a good initiative for it,” Jesse said. “However, I think in the future we need to work on publicity and making students more

heimer, a freshman broadcast and digital journalism major, about entering the contest.

While the contest itself is promoting sustainable activities, Jones and the other members said they hope that this contest will also bring awareness to the club itself and its goals.

“We aren’t just some hippy liberal kids who just want to save the earth; it’s actually a pressing issue,” Jones said. “It’s not something to be intimidated by; it’s something we can all participate in and have conversations about.”

Jesse said that there are a lot of stereotypes surrounding groups like SOS, but said SOS is a group of normal students who care about the planet.

The contest serves as a continuation of Students of Sustainability’s message of promoting green choices and protecting the planet, Jones said. To many of the members, this contest is a small step in the right direction toward increased participation in making SU a greener place.

“Even if just one person goes out and becomes more sustainable and aware, it’s a win for us. It could turn into a domino effect,” said Jones.

We aren’t just some hippy liberal kids who just want to save the earth; it’s actually a pressing issue.

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aware of our actions.”

SOS has developed a strong presence on the SU campus and some students said they are interested in participating because of how easy it is to enter the contest.

“It’s such a simple task, and I use social media every day, whether it be Instagram, Facebook or Twitter,” said Kelsey Geisen-

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Moving In

By Anagha Das staff writer

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he Syracuse Common Council unanimously passed a resolution on Monday asking the state to amend a law to require that all police, firefighters and sanitation workers live within the city’s limits.

Steve Barnum, the Union President of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 400, called the requirement unfair.

“Right now, my department is required to live within the city. But why make firefighters and police officers live in the limits too? If they’re going to do that, then everyone who works in the city should live in the city, including school teachers.” Barnum said.

The resolution would require the governor and New York state Senate and Assembly to amend the Public Officer’s Law to exempt Syracuse from residency requirements that don’t include city workers, according to an Oct. 27 CNY Central article.

Prior to the passage of the resolution, Councilman Bob Dougherty said this initiative would allow more middle-class families to live in Syracuse so they can contribute towards city taxes.

Ninety-two percent of police officers and 67 percent of firefighters currently live outside the city of Syracuse, according to the article.

Dougherty said citizens would feel more comfortable if they knew police officers lived in their city and it would give them a stronger sense of security.

“If you know the cop who lives down the street, it tends to make people think the cops

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have their interests at heart,” he said.

The city is losing money by not having workers live within the city, according to the auditor’s report, Dougherty said. Workers who are not living in the city are taking nearly $60 million in tax revenue with them, according to the report.

If this requirement were to be passed, only new workers would be required to live in the city, Dougherty said. “We don’t want to disrupt people’s lives,” he added.

Dougherty said he also thinks school district employees should be encouraged to live in the city.

Only 5 percent of the Syracuse work force is living within the city limits, Barnum said. He added that putting this regulation into place in order to improve city conditions doesn’t seem reasonable.

Barnum has been in the Union President of the American Federation of State for 19 years

and said the Syracuse Common Council tried to put this initiative into effect in the late 1990s, but it did not pick up traction.

“I think people should be able to live wherever they want to live,” said Barnum. “Why change the rules now?”

Dougherty said he thinks the initiative is important for the city in terms of bringing more middle-class workers into it. One of the biggest problems for the city’s school district is that it’s slowly becoming a district of poor people, he said.

“It’s been proven that when you get to a certain poverty level, schools won’t be that great.” Dougherty said. “If we can get more middle-class families to move to the city, we can improve the quality of the school district and prevent people from leaving the city.” amdas@syr.edu

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Networks offer new services Standalone streaming will allow students more control over TV viewing

By Danny Mantooth staff writer

STEVEN AND JOYCE LALONDE take part in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer awareness walk in their home town of Albion, New York. Joyce, a sophomore at SU brought 15 SU Orientation Leaders with her to the walk. margaret lin photo editor

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Say goodbye to the cable bill.

The television networks HBO and CBS announced earlier this month that they will soon offer streaming services that will allow subscribers to watch current and past content without needing a cable subscription.

Some experts say that the standalone streaming services won’t affect college students’ behavior toward watching cable television, but reflects television most recent trend.

For $5.99 per month, CBS will offer 15 primetime shows one day after they’ve aired, according to an Oct. 16 Washington Post article. It also says that in CBS’ 14 largest markets, viewers can watch live streaming of content. HBO has not announced how much the service will cost or what content will be offered, but according to an Oct. 15 Washington Post article, HBO chief executive Richard Plepler said streaming services will be offered to subscribers in the U.S. Elin Riggs, director of the Office of Off-Campus and Commuter Services, said the HBO option might be

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oyce LaLonde’s mother was too busy living to think about dying.

Her mother, Kathy LaLonde, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000, but for 13 years, she fought it. Kathy worked full time, raised a family of three and gave endlessly to her community. She would occasionally have to stop in the hospital for treatments to fend off the cancer.

To Joyce and her family, it was just routine. Kathy was Superwoman. She was seen as indestructible.

But about three months into Joyce’s freshman year at Syracuse University, Kathy died of stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. It had aggressively returned in 2012 and spread to her bones and throughout her body. It wasn’t until after her mother died that Joyce learned how far the cancer had spread.

Now, a year after her mother’s death, Joyce is an active advocate for breast cancer awareness. On Sunday she took about 15 SU Orientation Leaders to her hometown of Albion, New York to walk in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer awareness walk. The emotional day was full of reflection and brought back memories of her mom’s battle with cancer.

“I still talked to her every day like usual. Everyone could see that my mom was declining a lot, but my parents decided that it wasn’t bad enough for me to come home yet, so of course I respect that,” Joyce said. “A hospital bed was already moved down in the living room because she couldn’t move up the stairs.

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JOYCE LALONDE described her mother as her best friend. Kathy’s cancer came back during Joyce’s senior year of high school, but Kathy was able to see her daughter off to prom. courtesy of joyce lalonde

more popular with college students than CBS streaming because CBS is available without purchasing cable.

“Most students don’t have cable because students prefer higher Internet rates,” Riggs said, adding that students often bypass the option of a discounted rate for cable and Internet that the Off-Campus office offers through Verizon.

Barbara Jones, a professor of television, radio and film, said the new streaming services will change the way people gain access to TV. “The announcement is a sea of see streaming page 12

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awareness Apparently, everyone else thought I should be home.”

Joyce didn’t come home from college until a few days before her mom entered the hospital. She said that despite not knowing that her mother’s health was rapidly declining, she had no resentment that her family kept the severity from her. Her mom was her best friend, and she got to spend each day talking on the phone with her like things were normal.

“She was always five steps ahead of everyone else before anyone knew it,” Joyce said.

Kathy didn’t have a loud presence, but when she walked into a room, she commanded it in a quiet, respectful way. Joyce said sometimes people forgot to ask about her because she was too busy asking about them.

Joyce said her mother’s cancer had become a part of their family’s lives. The regular chemotherapy treatments, hospital visits and Kathy’s weakening condition were just obstacles they all had to get through.

“So when I had to wheel her around in the wheelchair, it was, ‘OK, that’s what we have to do today.’ But now looking back, I’m like, ‘That should have been a red flag, Joyce,’” Joyce said.

Joyce added that she and her father, Steven LaLonde, look at pictures now and ask themselves why they never saw how weak and fragile Kathy looked. But besides that, they reminisce on the good times, like when her parents went to SU for graduate school.

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streaming change in the distribution of traditional television programming,” Jones said.

But Jones believes the new streaming services will have a minor influence on college students.

She said most students use their parents’ accounts for streaming services and won’t be grossly affected by new services from other companies.

Larry Elin, an associate professor of television, radio and film in the Newhouse school thinks otherwise. The announcements come in the midst

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“Joyce’s mom is irreplaceable. She has a strong influence on all of our lives, and she would want for us to keep doing what we’re doing,” Steven said.

Although it’s hard now that she’s gone, Steven said Joyce has handled the loss of her mother extremely well. With the help of the SU community, Steven added, Joyce had a strong support system last year as a freshman and continues to have a strong support system whenever she needs it.

“Joyce is tough,” he said. “She’s a fighter. She soldiers on.”

An important part of Joyce’s fight is raising awareness for breast cancer. She does it through posts on social media and by raising money in Strides walks, like the one she completed on Sunday in memory of her mother and her friend, Meghan Mistry’s, mother. Meghan’s mother died of breast cancer last spring.

“It’s bringing breast cancer home to a lot of people. They’re there to support Joyce and I, and it’s amazing that we have people like that,” said Meghan, a sophomore broadcast and digital journalism and international relations major. “It’s amazing to even have Joyce. It’s almost healing.”

Meghan said she and Joyce have a special bond because of their mothers. Joyce was one of the only people who understood what Meghan was going through when her mother died, and now their goal is to be that resource for others.

The duo is now working to bring breast cancer awareness to the SU campus by putting up a big pink ribbon on the grass between Newhouse I and the Schine Student Center next year. They also are working with SU Athletics to have the football

of a changing environment in the television industry, with companies like Netflix and Hulu already siphoning off sections of viewers, Elin said.

Elin said Netflix owns the online streaming market and that these developments signal a “rapid and pretty significant upheaval in the television business.” Most college-aged students either watch TV on computers or don’t do so at all, he said, but added that the behavior of college students is already “bad news for incumbents in TV and film.”

Both Jones and Elin emphasized that the trend of watching television through cable is going away from existing distribution models.

KATHY AND STEVEN LALONDE met at Syracuse University as graduate students. After getting married, Steven moved with Kathy to Albion, New York, where her family has lived since the 1800s. They have three children. courtesy of joyce lalonde

team wear pink during its games in October.

“You always encounter this barrier where people are like, ‘There’s so much awareness for breast cancer.’ Yeah, there is. You can walk into Wegmans and buy a pink ribbon,” Meghan said. “If there’s so much awareness, why are people still fighting (cancer)? Every little bit can fund for a cure.”

And even a year later, Joyce knows exactly how many days it’s been since she lost her best friend.

She does everything she can to keep the memory of her mother alive. She still keeps her hair long because her mother told her to never cut it. The last days she spent with her mom are ones that she said she’ll never forget.

Said Joyce: “I told her how she was my best friend and that I didn’t know what I would do without her, but I would figure it out and that it’s OK — she’s going to heaven now, and she did.”

Jones said viewers are moving toward a more “à la carte mode of programming.”

This type of trend, one moving toward the consumer controlling their intake of content, has its roots in the Internet. As more avenues for producing content open up, consumers can choose where and whom they want to consume content from.

Elin explained that this has caused a recent increase in what he calls “cord-cutters,” or people who terminate their use of cable. While many still rely on traditional cable companies for Internet access, such as Time Warner Cable or Comcast, they are more apt to engage in “over the top” programming, which is anything consumers can view

on a TV that does not come from cable or broadcast.

Netflix, the largest of the streaming services, announced this year that it will spend billions of dollars on its own programming, Elin said. This rivals the amount Hollywood spends on films, which shows how the landscape of television production and distribution is shifting.

These online streaming services will compete with Hollywood by appealing to viewers who would rather stay home to watch TV shows and movies.

Elin said that the younger generation “will affect what the industries look like in five to 10 years.”

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sex and health

Quality of sexual health resources doesn’t mirror students’ knowledge about sex

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yracuse University: No. 1 in partying, No. 9 in sexual health. Makes a great headline, doesn’t it?

I’ll admit, ninth out of 140 on Trojan’s list of college campuses with the best sexual health isn’t too shabby. It’s pretty good, actually. But why have we jumped up from last year’s ranking – 16 – and how does that affect us as the party-going, safesex-having student population we apparently are?

SU may be in the top 10 for sexual health resources on Trojan Condom’s 2014 Sexual Health Report Card, but that doesn’t mean we live up to that standard. Our school may have top resources, but that doesn’t guarantee all students know about them or choose to utilize them.

In Trojan’s rankings methodology section of the report card, it claimed students don’t always make use of the protection they have at their (finger)tips: “Trojan Brand Condoms’ recent study finds only 41 percent of college-aged adults report always using a condom,” the report card stated.

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Trojan conducted its research for the rankings via student health center representatives.

Trojan asked them about what resources were available to students, their hours of operation, contraceptive availability and cost and sexual assault resources, according to the report card’s rankings methodology section.

But the thing is, Trojan didn’t talk to students.

The organization didn’t ask what resources they need, what resources they use or what they actually do when it comes down to getting down.

Or if Trojan did, it wasn’t made clear. The “student health center representatives” were surveyed, and the “student health centers” are what was ranked, not students’ actual sexual activity and cautious choices when engaging in intercourse.

On the list, Syracuse fell behind eight

other schools, including Columbia University, Brown University, University of Michigan and Oregon State University, which claimed the top spot according to the report card.

Oregon State University’s student newspaper, The Daily Barometer, features a sex Q&A column called “Dr. Sex,” where human sexuality professor Kathy Greaves answers students sex and relationship questions, according to a Jan. 7 article on The Barometer’s website.

The column has been listed as one of the reasons why Oregon State University won the top spot, according to an Oct. 20 Huffington Post article. The Daily Orange’s sex and health column apparently doesn’t beat “Dr. Sex.” Sorry, guys.

Whether we were ranked ninth or 90th, it isn’t the spot on the list that matters. It’s what you choose to do with the resources that got us on that list to determine your own sexual well-being. Make use of the free condoms from Health Services, get help from a member of the Sexual and Relationship Violence Team if

you’re in an unsafe relationship or read up on SU’s health services website about the many ways you can prevent pregnancy and protect yourself from sexually transmitted infections.

While another top 10 ranking is always fodder for discussion, it doesn’t actually do much for you. The Princeton Review’s ranking implies we’re really only here to party, and although some students might agree, I’m going to guess a greater majority doesn’t.

Sexual health shouldn’t come ninth to partying. If anything, they should be evenly ranked.

Only you as an individual can guarantee your own sexual safety, and that’s where these No. 9 resources are here to help. But it’s entirely up to you to make use of them. Trojan’s ranking doesn’t mean we have to put safe sex ninth. Change the headlines — put your sexual health first.

Georgie Silvarole is a sophomore newspaper and online journalism major. Her column appears weekly. You can reach her at gmsilvar@syr.edu or on Twitter at @gsilvarole.

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MAKING THE CUT

REMI LUBCHER started Snipped and Styled from her old hobby of cutting up shirts. She credits the amount of events at SU for how successful her business is becoming.

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Lubcher’s most popular style is the braid, in which she cuts shirt into a halter with fabric Photos by Michael Isenburg braided down the back. Snipped and Styled made contributing photographer its way from Lubcher’s hometown and summer camp to SU after students saw her shirts during When Remi Lubcher was 13, her mother Mari the first football tailgate of the year.

Lubcher yelled at her for cutting up T-shirts “A lot of the freshman were aware of it, and my and leaving fabric all over the floor. roommate had a shirt and she wore it and people “I would yell at her all the time because she was saw that,” Lubcher said. “People would stop me ruining shirts. She was young — she was 13 maybe and say ‘Your shirt’s so cool, how did you get — and she was cutting up a good shirt, and she that?’ And I would say ‘I actually made it.’” wouldn’t ask for permission, and it was a really big When Lubcher and Ali Skinder decided to thing in our house,” Mari Lubcher said. “Like every room together at SU, Lubcher sent Skinder a time I turned around something else was cut. But custom Syracuse shirt for her birthday. Skindthen she started getting neater and neater.” er now has four Snipped and Styled shirts.

Five years later, Lubcher has turned a hobby “I like that they’re kind of simple,” said into a business at Syracuse University. As Skinder, a freshman child and family studies someone who doesn’t like to wear anything major. “She just cuts them in a simple way, more than once, she started cutting T-shirts to but the shirts end up looking really good and add her own personal touch to them. awesome, and everyone loves them.”

“I tried out new things because I am very Lubcher attributes the success of Snipped crazy about my clothes,” said Lubcher, a fresh- and Styled to the amount of sporting events man broadcast and digital journalism major. “I Syracuse has. don’t like to wear something more than once “I’ve been doing so many Syracuse shirts,” and that’s very difficult to buy new clothes all Lubcher said. “Also, a lot of people like to go the time, so I take my T-shirts and make them out, and they’re fun to wear out. Costumes and into cool things I can wear whenever.” theme parties — there are just a lot of opportuWhen she was in high school, the habit she nities to wear Snipped and Styled.” formed as a young teenager piqued the interest of The business has also expanded from the others, and students at her school starting asking East Coast. Lubcher gets orders from out-ofher to cut their shirts, too. It inspired her to start state colleges regularly.

Snipped and Styled, a business that transforms “Someone in California knew who I was plain T-shirts into different styles for $10. because I was making their sister a shirt in California,” Lubcher said. “It was just so strange to see that it became national.”

Since the school year started, Lubcher has completed more than 50 shirts. She said that although the demand can get overwhelming, she still enjoys doing it.

Skinder believes Snipped and Styled is successful because it’s unique, and to Lubcher, her business is about more than just making money.

“She just loves making things for people that make them happy,” Skinder said. “She loves when she’s just walking on the street and she sees someone wearing her shirt, and she’s like, ‘Oh, I made that.’”

Lubcher hopes to use the entrepreneurial attitude she’s developed in her future. She said it has become part of who she is.

Lubcher’s mother said she is happy that Snipped and Styled has allowed Lubcher to meet people at school and establish herself.

Said Mari Lubcher: “The way that it took off on social media and the way that everybody knows her for this, that she’s made her mark for this and made herself known is just so fitting for her personality because she’s never been a low-profile, The most popular T-shirt style is the braid. ‘blend into the woodwork’ kind of kid.”

This year Lubcher has made 50 shirts. ekbaty@syr.edu Text by Emma Baty

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After being named vice-captain at the beginning of the season, Alexis Koval feared her teammates wouldn’t take her seriously and respect her.

But despite only starting three games this year, Koval has helped lead the team.

“I think she fills the role really well,” captain Jackie Firenze said. “Whether she knows it or not, people definitely look up to her.”

Koval is the only senior on Syracuse’s (5-9-4, 2-6-1 Atlantic Coast) roster and has one game left in an SU uniform as the Orange’s season ends on Sunday against No. 5 North Carolina (11-2-2, 8-0-1). SU has been eliminated from postseason contention and Koval will finish her career with just one winning season.

Unlike many of her younger teammates that have struggled to adjust to the pace of college soccer this season, Koval doesn’t have time to spare.

“Yeah, it is frustrating just because this

She’s had to be responsible for helping groom some of the younger players … and that’s not always easy to do, especially with such a large group.

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could be my only year, my last year,” Koval said. “I get into a game and I know this could be my last game. And for them, they have three more years. They don’t know the stakes

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Thirteen of Syracuse’s 24 players are in their first season with the Orange, which made Koval’s senior season more challenging.

But as the season unfolded, Koval became more comfortable with her role and she learned how to set a standard for teammates.

“She’s had to be responsible for helping groom some of the younger players,” SU head coach Phil Wheddon said, “…and that’s not always easy to do especially with such a large group.”

Koval gets to practice 10 minutes early, trains on her own outside of the team’s practice field and visits Corey Parker, the team’s strength and conditioning coach.

She helps pump up the team in the locker room before games. When the team has early morning lifts, Koval encourages everyone to get through it.

Freshman Eva Gordon was teammates with Koval for two years in high school at nearby Christian Brothers Academy of Syracuse. When Gordon played on varsity in eighth grade, Koval was her role model.

They played forward together and anytime Gordon needed assistance, she turned to Koval. But in college, Koval’s style has had to change, Gordon said.

She has tallied just one goal and one assist this season.

In her sophomore and junior seasons, Koval started 35 games. Though she hasn’t been on the field as much this year, her influence has been stronger off the field, Gordon said.

“She knows how to get things done,” Gordon said. “She knows what our coaches want us to do and how they want it done.” pmschwed@syr.edu

rugby

Injuries put damper on Hammerheads’ season

By Ben Fox contributing writer

Syracuse sophomore captain Angus Bishop never leaves the field willingly. When a headon collision with a Binghamton opponent left him stumbling and slow to get up, he wanted to keep playing.

But with the Hammerheads fighting for a spot in the Empire Rugby Conference championships, Bishop did not want a potential concussion ruining his team’s chance to make the biggest game of the season.

“I didn’t need to come off,” Bishop said. “I was a bit groggy when I got up and I stumbled over a bit and kind of fell back down but after that I was fine.”

Despite his protests, Bishop was taken out for the remainder of the game, a 44-13 loss that all but shattered SU’s chances of winning the division.

Along with Bishop, many of the Hammerheads have suffered the injury bug, with four upperclassmen being sidelined at some point in the season.

“We sort of gave up on ourselves a little bit

in the middle of games,” said junior second row Jack Faure, who was one of four upperclassmen that missed time due to injury. “We didn’t come out strong in a lot of games offensively and that killed us for the rest of the game.”

Along with Faure, who missed two weeks due to a shoulder injury, senior flyhalf Raf Stit missed two games with an ankle injury, junior second row Dan Colantonio was out for the year with a leg injury and senior prop Brad Orr missed a game with a rotator cuff injury.

Though some only missed a few games, the season is just six games long and each game is vital to make it to the championship. And those injuries might prove to be too much to overcome.

One of the biggest losses was Stit, who as a halfback ran the offense for the Hammerheads.

They did not have a go-to replacement for him when he was injured during the preseason.

“Without (Stit) it was really tough,” Faure said. “It pretty much killed our entire offense without him.”

To make up for gap at halfback, head coach Bob Wilson brought up sophomore Alex Sadler from the Hammerheads’ B-side and split play-calling duties between him and freshman

wing Eddie McCarthy until Stit returned.

Both players had previous rugby experience, with Sadler playing for SU’s B-side and McCarthy with powerhouse Xavier (New York) High School’s varsity rugby team, but a lack of familiarity with the Hammerheads’ offense showcased itself early, getting shut out in two of its first three games.

His teammates’ injuries compelled Bishop to play through his own injury problems, but even he couldn’t stay on the field all the time. In addition to the head injury against Binghamton, Bishop also sustained a shoulder injury in the previous game against Brockport that sidelined him for the remaining minutes.

As SU has learned the hard way this season, the threat of injury is always present in rugby, a contact sport that lacks the pads and helmets of similarly physical sports such as lacrosse and football.

“I don’t think you could find a contact sport where people could go through a whole season without being injured,” Bishop said. “I think it’s just the nature of the games that we play.” befox@syr.edu

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way,” SU head coach Scott Shafer said during his weekly teleconference on Tuesday. “It’ll make him stronger down the road.”

Hale said he envisioned his life 20 years down the line and didn’t want any more injuries to hinder his abilities later in life.

“The risks aren’t really worth it for me to say I should still be on the field,” Hale said.

Coming out of high school, Hale expected to be a big-time college athlete. He had a vision for a stellar athletic career that never panned out.

He was a two-star recruit out of The McCal-

I just realized it’s my time to go. I can do so many more things and I realize that. I really enjoyed every moment that I’ve had, but I just realized it’s my time.

It was probably one of the hardest things I’ve had to do.

Keenan Hale former su wide receiver

lie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, according to Scout.com. He committed to the Orange early in his senior season and left offers from Vanderbilt and Arkansas on the table.

At McCallie, Hale was a three-sport star. He was an all-state selection in football and track

and field. He racked up 860 receiving yards as a senior and could clear 6 feet, 8 inches on the high jump.

“I just felt like he had a lot of good football ahead of him,” said Rick Whitt, his former McCallie football head coach, “that he would be a contributor to a program and develop into a good football player.”

Hale’s contributions have been felt more off the field. Having had a career derailed by injuries, he’s become a mentor to other athletes suffering similar ailments. He mentored junior nose tackle John Raymon, who suffered a season-ending knee injury last year.

He outlined specific aspects of the recovery process with Raymon, like which machines in the weight room he should use, and mentored him on the mentality he should have.

“I just tell them, this is what you’re going to have to do,” Hale said. “The trainers can tell you all day long that you’re going to have to do it, but I try to give them the extra tips of how I was able to get back and how to cope.”

And while coping with injuries has become second nature for Hale, it was not something he’d ever dealt with before coming to Syracuse.

After his sophomore season, he had seen improvement in his play and believed he had put himself in position to earn significant playing time as a junior.

But while his reflection of his career comes with no regret for his decision to leave, there is a feeling of wishing he had done more.

“Coming into college, expecting to be a big college athlete and doing this and that, it’s tough,” Hale said. “A lot of things happen. And I think these injuries really help me look at my life. “… You have so many things that you can offer.” sblum@syr.edu | @SamBlum3

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Sportscaster U career development program for professional athletes.

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hunt

doesn’t mean you’re ready to play,” Shafer said.

“Usually, it’s you get to a point where now you’re ready to start upping the rehab situation, especially with a broken bone.”

He went on to explain that soft tissue injuries often allow players to get into rehab sooner, but Hunt has to wait for his bone to

A pair of emails to SU Athletics and Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs, seeking comment was met with a response directing The Daily Orange to IMG, stating that Park is an IMG employee.

Park had a blood alcohol content level of .10,

according to court records. The legal limit is .08. A $997 bond was set Saturday, according to court records. The case is listed as pending in Fairview/Austin Summary court on the court records website with a “begin date” of Nov. 18 and a time of 3:30 p.m. listed.

heal before trying to combat muscle atrophy.

Freshman quarterback AJ Long has filled the starting role for SU (3-5, 1-4 Atlantic Coast) in the past two games after splitting time with sophomore Austin Wilson in the Orange’s 38-20 loss to then-No. 1 Florida State on Oct. 11.

In three games, Long’s 50-for-86 with two passing touchdowns, four interceptions and 420 yards. He’s run for a total of 15 yards and a touchdown.

With SU’s opening-day starter now in a shorter, softer boot, the Orange has four games and five weeks left in its regular-season schedule.

“I can’t predict when and the doctors can’t predict when either,” Shafer said. “You know 4-6 sometimes is four weeks, sometimes it’s eight weeks.

“It’s one of those things where each young man heals at a different pace. But he’s doing well, he’s getting around.” jmklinge@syr.edu | @Jacob_Klinger_

His Saturday morning bond hearing was completed at 9:30, according to court records.

Park has also done play-by-play for the SU men’s basketball team as well as the football team since 2004. Park graduated from SU in 1997. jmklinge@syr.edu | @Jacob_Klinger_

young vs. old Here’s how quarterbacks AJ Long and Terrel Hunt stack up against each other this season:

Long: Completions per game: 16.7 Completion percentage: 58.1 Passing yards per game: 140 Hunt: Completions per game: 16.6 Completion percentage: 57.2 Passing yards per game: 196.6

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guardian caps the difference,” senior wide receiver Jarrod West said.

The Guardian helmet covers amuse Orange players and they left an eerie silence on the practice field the first time SU trained with them.

Throughout game days and pre-game warmups, Syracuse players said they feel lighter with the covers off and football hurts a little less now with the caps that are designed to cut down on all injuries, not just to the head.

The Guardian caps helmet covers can absorb up to 33 percent of impact, according to the company’s website.

Guardian began pitching the products to the Orange coaching staff in January of 2013 at the American Football Coaches Association conference in Nashville, Tennessee.

It started a review process that included conversations with SU’s head football trainer, Denny Kellington and the team’s equipment manager, Jim Schlensker, who ultimately ordered the caps, Simonds said.

“My whole approach there was, ‘Better safe when you have an opportunity to create a more safe environment, why not?’” SU head coach Scott Shafer said.

Throughout his career, he said, “a loud practice meant a physical practice.” On the team’s first day working with the caps, practice was quiet, which for Shafer was strange.

The Orange was still having physical practices, but Shafer just didn’t know it until he watched practice film, he said. When he did, he also thought it looked the entire team had afros on their helmets.

JAMAL CUSTIS and the Orange have been wearing foam helmet covers from Guardian Caps to minimize serious collisions in practice.

Some players say they look like afros, but admit the devices have helped make practice safer. margaret lin photo editor

The extra material — the caps weigh about seven ounces — slightly slowed the players, but West said he felt less shock in collisions.

And on game days, the players said they feel quicker with the weight removed.

In wearing the caps, Syracuse joins programs like Clemson, Florida, Boston College and Oklahoma, which have all ordered the caps. They’ve

been available since 2011 and with Lester since 2012, when he was at Elmhurst.

Though the Guardian caps are approved for high school game use, they aren’t customizable to the point where they could be used in college games.

Customizable helmet covers will be available in 12-18 months, Simonds said, but in the

meantime they are only available in black, red, silver, gold and what he called “air force” blue and grey.

Said Lynch: “I’ve felt a difference. It feels good. It’s not really more of like a — it prevents concussions, so it’s a good feeling knowing that our heads are protected.” jmklinge@syr.edu | @Jacob_Klinger_

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Sibley earns SU’s trust despite recent scoring slump

By Jon Mettus staff writer

When the game is on the line, head coach Paul Flanagan turns to sophomore first-line center Jessica Sibley.

When Syracuse was down, 2-1, on Oct. 19 against Connecticut and only 13 seconds were remaining in the game, Flanagan trusted Sibley to take the deciding faceoff despite the fact that she had lost one in the offensive zone with an empty net a minute earlier.

Sibley won the draw and moved the puck back to forward Alysha Burriss before crashing the net. Burriss put a shot on goal and Sibley tipped it in as the buzzer sounded to tie the game.

“If she’s rested, she’s the first one I go to,” Flanagan said, referring to sending Sibley onto the ice for power plays, penalty kills and critical game situations.

Even though she’s only a sophomore, Sibley’s skills have cemented her as one of Syracuse’s (1-3-4) top players this season. She has developed into a mature team leader that Flanagan can rely on. On the season, Sibley has recorded one goal and three assists.

“Her leadership in the locker room and on the bench is big,” senior forward Allie LaCombe said, “and then obviously on the ice, she’s a wonderful player. She makes the good shots, the good passes. She makes things happen.”

SU’s offense has struggled to produce goals this year, but when it does, Sibley often has a hand in the play.

Against Providence on Oct. 18, she assisted on all three of SU’s goals. A day later, she netted the game-tying goal. She was named the College Hockey America Player of the Week for her performances.

“It’s always a good accomplishment to get awarded for your hard work, so it was nice because we had a good weekend as a team,” Sibley said.

Flanagan describes her as a “prototypical power forward” who is big, strong and clears a path when she’s heading down the ice. Sibley is one of the most skilled players on the team,

junior forward Melissa Piacentini said, adding that she has good hands, makes smart plays and has great vision.

She is well-rounded and good in the defensive zone too, Flanagan said, and that her low scoring numbers aren’t an indication of how well she’s been playing.

Because she logs a lot of ice time, she needs to be more judicious about the work she puts in during the games, Flanagan said, adding that she doesn’t always need to go all out on the forecheck.

On the bench, Sibley will talk to the players about what they can do differently and how to improve, LaCombe said.

Sibley’s usual linemates don’t think she plays or acts like an underclassman and said

Her leadership in the locker room and on the bench is big, and then obviously on the ice, she’s a wonderful player. She makes the good shots, the good passes. She makes things happen.

Allie LaCombe syracuse forward

the players on the team respect her maturity.

“I’m shy so I try to work hard on the ice, give pats on the back, do the little things,” Sibley said.

Sibley has proven herself as irreplaceable in her two years with the Orange. But in 2014, she hasn’t been the same scorer she was in 2013 when she finished third on the team with 26 points.

She’s a scorer, everyone agrees. But even if the goals aren’t coming, she is still valuable and still the same player that Flanagan relies on.

Said Flanagan: “If we didn’t have her — if she were on the shelf — that’s a tough void to fill.” jrmettus@syr.edu

JESSICA SIBLEY is Paul Flanagan’s go-to offensive option. Even if her stats aren’t all there, she is the head coach’s first choice in most scenarios. bryan cereijo staff photographer

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Syracuse cornerback Brandon Reddish quietly leads the SU secondary and tops the Orange’s interceptions list.

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Announcer charged with DUI

By Jacob Klinger asst. sports editor

Syracuse has implemented the use of Guardian caps, soft-shelled helmet covers that reduce impact on helmet-to-body hits. Current offensive coordinator Tim Lester introduced them at his last coaching job and has now brought them to central New York. margaret lin photo editor

Matt Park, the “Voice of the Orange,” was charged with driving under the influence on Saturday morning, according to Greenville County 13th Judicial Circuit C o u r t records.

Park, who usually calls Syracuse football games, did not do so MATT PARK Saturday at Clemson. He was also absent from his regular Monday Cuse. com video show with SU head coach Scott Shafer. He is also an adjunct professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the director of the

UNDERC O V E R Shafer: No

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football

Guardian helmet caps absorb contact, limit injuries in SU practices

By Jacob Klinger asst. sports editor

T

he Guardian helmet caps looked weird. They made practice hotter. And the first time Syracuse players saw them in spring practices earlier this year, they were confused.

“I thought they gave our helmet

an afro or something,” senior nose tackle Eric Crume said. “I was like, ‘Man, what is that?’ “… The first thing I thought was ‘These summer practices are going to be real hot with these black things on our helmets.’”

They were. But they also absorbed the shock of head-to-head collisions and softened helmet-to-body hits.

SU has 80-100 of the soft-shell helmet covers that offensive coordinator Tim Lester helped bring to Syracuse after introducing the product to Elmhurst College in 2012 as the Bluejays’ head coach.

Syracuse is among 12-15 college programs around the country that have purchased the protective foam helmet covers, said Matt Simonds,

national sales coordinator for Guardian Caps. When sold in bulk to programs, each cap costs around $45-50, Simonds said. He estimated that SU paid $3,500-$5,000 for its supply of the helmet covers.

“At first I thought they looked a little silly, but they really help and in practice you can definitely tell see guardian

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Hale chooses to walk away after recurring injuries

By Sam Blum asst. copy editor

First it was a torn ACL in the spring of his sophomore year. A year later, it was a torn meniscus. Then another surgery to clean up cartilage followed three months later.

Three surgeries on his right knee in a 15-month span forced Keenan Hale to say goodbye to a Syracuse football career that, four years in the

making, never even started.

“I just realized it’s my time to go,” Hale said. “I can do so many more things and I realize that. I really KEENAN HALE e n j o y e d every moment that I’ve had, but I

just realized it’s my time.

“It was probably one of the hardest things I’ve had to do.”

SU Athletics announced Monday that Hale has ended his football career and left the team, but Hale said the decision was made “a couple weeks ago.” He said his right knee, which has been injury-prone, is fine now. But being able to avoid further injury was the deciding factor for the senior wide receiver who never

played a game for the Orange.

Hale said the decision was ultimately his, but one he relied on his family, the SU coaching staff, and doctors to help him make. Now, he plans to go to graduate school for international business management.

“It is hard, it’s always hard when you see a young man who wants to be playing football and then it’s taken away from him in an uncontrollable see hale page 16

date set for Hunt return

By Jacob Klinger asst. sports editor

Three weeks ago, Syracuse Athletics announced that starting quarterback Terrel Hunt would be out for 4-6 weeks with a fractured fibula.

Since then, his leg has been healing in a boot. The quarterback has worked with offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Tim Lester and the Orange’s young signal-callers as well as managed his diet while waiting for the chance to start rehab.

During Scott Shafer’s Tuesday teleconference, the SU head coach spoke about Hunt’s progress and said he and the team’s doctors couldn’t predict when the quarterback would return.

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