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N • Birthday bash

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is celebrating its 90th birthday with lectures, a party and a self-guided tour of its buildings.

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O • Invite only

Technology columnist Aarick Knighton explains why start-up social networks are more likely to succeed when they’re exclusive.

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P • Cast your vote

There’s not much time left to vote for Homecoming Queen and King. Pulp interviewed each candidate to get the scoop on this year’s court.

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Syracuse University released its annual safety report last week, which includes data about criminal activity on campus during the past year. According to the report, there was a sharp rise in alcohol-related incidents in 2013 in comparison to past years. Below are some statistics from this year’s report as well as some statistics about college drinking across the nation.

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of college students drink alcohol

S • No rest for the weary

Syracuse plays three games in seven days this week, but it’s just another week in a rigorous college soccer season for the Orange.

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About half of college students who drink alcohol also consume alcohol through binge drinking.

About 25 percent of college students report academic consequences of their drinking including: • missing class • falling behind • doing poorly on exams or papers • receiving lower grades overall

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ON CAMPUS

SU students drink significantly more alcohol than the national average for college students, the university found. Here are statistics on alcohol-related disciplinary actions and arrests for 2011-2013.

RESIDENTIAL FACILITY NON-CAMPUS BUILDING OR PROPERTY PUBLIC PROPERTY *ABOVE REPRESENT ONLY THE YEAR 2013 2011—2012

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on the rise Here is a breakdown of alcohol-related incidents on campus during the past three years.

RESULTED IN DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS

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It comes back to making good choices and I know it’s kind of a cliché, but try to make good choices and these numbers could go down.

Paul Smyth emergency services manager for sua

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University officials question reason behind spike in alcohol violations

By Justin Mattingly asst. news editor

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hen it comes to drinking, Syracuse University students are above average.

“Our data shows that SU students drink a lot, significantly more than the national average, and that places our students at risk,” said Cory Wallack, director of the Counseling Center. “There are lots of reasons students drink to excess, and one reason is to manage anxiety, stress and life difficulties. This also contributes to high-risk drinking.”

This tendency to drink to excess became evident last

week when SU’s annual security report was released and showed that the number of liquor law violations increased by nearly 25 percent from 2012 to 2013.

The number of violations rose from 1,020 in 2012 to 1,258 in 2013. Nearly 95 percent of the liquor law violations – 1,193 of 1,258 – occurred in residential facilities. There were two liquor law violation arrests in 2013, down from 12 in 2012.

Despite the sharp rise in violations, campus safety officials and administrators aren’t sure there’s one clear reason for the increase. Factors such as increased enrollment, SU’s recent party school ranking and SU students’ tendency to see alcohol page 4

university senate

Senators discusses tenure

By Annie Palmer staff writer

Several faculty senators are calling for the Syracuse University administration to explain why it chose to overrule the University Senate motion to keep promotion and tenure decisions in the hands of the faculty, rather than the provost.

At Wednesday’s University Senate meeting in Maxwell Auditorium, Robert Van Gulick, a philosophy professor and chair of the Committee on Instruction, and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Sam Gorovitz requested the senate hear from the administration and the Board of Trustees about this issue.

The meeting began with a eulogy for Scott Strickland, an associate professor of history who died in May and then moved on to reports by the Agenda Committee and ended with a report by the Committee on Computing Services.

what is usen?

The University Senate is the academic governing body of the university and is made up of faculty, students, staff and administration members.

The majority of its work is done in 17 standing committees, which report to the full senate at least once a year.

Last year, the Appointment and Promotions Committee worked to evaluate SU’s promotion policies and later recommended the university create a committee of tenured faculty that would review appeals from the administration and individual schools and colleges on promotion decisions. The motion passed almost unanimously in the senate.

In a May 10 decision, the board

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THIRSTY thursday | harvest barn ale

Vermont-brewed ale features maple flavors

By Hannah Redfield staff writer

If you’re hunting for a beer that pairs perfectly with camping and sitting around a fire, look no further. Long Trail Brewing Company’s Harvest Barn Ale is the perfect beer to sip as the nights become colder.

Located in the tiny, idyllic town of Bridgewater Corners, Vermont, Long Trail Brewing Co. has crafted a beer that contains one of the best-known commodities of the Green Mountain State: maple syrup. Maple is the first and most obvious smell I could detect upon opening the bottle.

Emblazoned across the bottle’s wrapper is Long Trail’s logo, a silhouette of a hiker on a trail. As I transferred the beer from the rustically designed bottle to a glass, a thin, foamy head formed on the amber-brown ale.

My first sips revealed that the maple flavor I originally detected was complemented by nutty, roasted coffee flavors and even a bit of chocolate.

The medium-bodied beer had a prominent malty flavor with moderate

carbonation. The bottle advertises the Harvest Barn Ale as having 18 IBUs, or International Bittering Units. Beers that typically have “hoppy” profiles, like India Pale Ales, are extremely bitter and will contain approximately 75 IBUs. The classic Chuck’s Cafe purchase, Bud Light, only has about 8 IBUs. This smooth, malt-based beer goes down easily without leaving much of a bitter taste in your mouth.

The dark, rich ale most closely resembles the flavor profile of Newcastle Brown Ale with a surprising touch of maple. Unlike crisp, refreshing beers like wheat ales or lagers, the Harvest Barn Ale has a higher viscosity and leaves you clucking your tongue against the roof of your mouth as you continue discovering all of the complex flavors in this rich brew.

The relatively low alcohol content — only 4.4 percent — makes this the perfect beer to drink all night as the campfire burns low. If you’re looking for smooth brew to drink throughout the fall and into the winter months, the Harvest Barn Ale is the way to go. hwredfie@syr.edu

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Long Trail Brewing Company’s Harvest Barn Ale incorporates maple flavor complemented with the hints of coffee and chocolate. The beer is smooth and rich. victoria krog staff photographer

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Expert advice The Daily Orange talks to SU professors about the Supreme Court’s recent decision to not hear cases dealing with same-sex marriage legalization.

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NEWS

Speaking up SU professors and students discuss why the university’s harassment policy might be harmful to free speech.

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@SUAApresident The @SyracuseU Office of Alumni Engagement is busy getting ready to welcome @SUAlums back on campus! #orangecentral

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library

Contest to offer study area

Here is a round-up of the top stories published in The Daily Orange this week: NEWS DIVERSITY FORUM University community members gathered in Hendricks Chapel on Oct. 2 to have a discussion about diversity and inclusion on campus.

By Zeena Saifi contributing writer

One Syracuse University student will have exclusive access to his or her favorite study space during midterms through an SU Libraries contest.

SU Libraries is offering students the opportunity to win a reserved table to study at during midterms through a social media contest. The contest requires students to take a picture of their favorite study space at the library and post it to social media sites, such as Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, using the #mySULspace hashtag.

Voting on the photos will take place on the library’s Facebook page, and the photo with the most votes will win. The winner receives a reserved table to study at for midterms from Oct. 13-17. The second prizewinner will receive a “study fuel gift basket,” according to the SU Libraries website.

The contest began on Sept. 29 and will end this Friday. Winners will be notified by 5 p.m. that day, according to the website.

Pamela McLaughlin, director of communications and external relations for SU Libraries, said the idea came from seeing other college libraries hold these types of contests.

“We talked to over 200 students at our recent open house to see if they were interested in sharing with each other via our Facebook page,” she said. “And most of them expressed interest.”

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GENDER-NEUTRAL BATHROOMS College campuses and cities across the country have worked to make the switch to genderneutral bathrooms, but SU is lagging behind.

WRAP UP The final Fast Forward Syracuse forum was held on Monday in Crouse-Hinds Hall.

PULP PLAYBOY Syracuse University senior Ali Baron is featured in this month’s issue of Playboy Magazine.

MARCHING BAND The Syracuse University Marching Band began a fundraising campaign through ‘CuseFunder to travel with the SU football team and perform at an away game against the University of Pittsburgh.

PAINT OUT POVERTY Students from Syracuse University’s chapter of Nourish International raised money by throwing paint at banners of the opposing team’s mascot during last week’s football game.

SPORTS

ASHLEY THOMAS, a junior forensic psychology major, studies in Bird Library. Syracuse University Libraries is holding a contest with the winner receiving a reserved table for midterms. doris huang staff photographer

maxwell

School celebrates 90th anniversary with events

By Chizoban Nwagwu contributing writer

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs will celebrate its 90th anniversary this weekend with a series of events including a roaring ‘20s party and a self-guided tour of the school.

The events begin on Thursday and will also include the Tanner Lecture and a symposium on Iran’s nuclear

negotiation strategy. The school

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•Tanner Lecture •Symposium on Iran’s nuclear negotiation strategy •“Passport to our Past” self-guided tour •Roaring ‘20s party scheduled the events at the same time

as Orange Central weekend, hoping to provide alumni a chance to participate in the celebration, said Maxwell dean James Steinberg.

“Alumni are an important part of our tradition. This is a chance for them to participate and be part of sharing with current students their own experiences and how their time and experience at Maxwell has contributed to their professional and

personal lives,” Steinberg said.

Christina Leigh Deitz, Maxwell’s grant development administrator, said staff members have been planning the celebration for almost a year.

The weekend begins with “Passport to our Past,” a self-guided tour in which students move around the school with a passport and fill it with stamps from each department. The goal is to gain a see maxwell page 10

MAKING OF A GOALIE Alex Bono is one of the best goalies in the country and the anchor of No. 4 Syracuse’s defense. He also fills out a frame all but built to stop shots.

‘I NEVER THOUGHT THIS WOULD HAPPEN TO ME.’ George McDonald opened up to reporters Tuesday night about his reaction to being demoted from Syracuse’s offensive coordinator to solely SU’s wide receivers coach.

ROLLING ALONG Syracuse men’s soccer won it’s 10th game of the season with a 2-1 win over Albany at SU Soccer Stadium on Tuesday night.

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alcohol drink more than the national average may have contributed.

Hannah Warren, the public information and internal communications officer for the Department of Public Safety, said the increase is due to a rise in undergraduate student enrollment.

“We have no formal statistics on the number of parties taking place off campus each year, but it’s a reasonable assumption to say that the number of parties increased with the number of people,” Warren said.

The SU full-time undergraduate enrollment at the start of last year was 14,422, according to the 2013-14 SU fact book. The enrollment in the fall of 2012 was 14,169, according to the 2012-13 SU fact book.

Warren said it’s normal for the number of alcohol-related referrals to rise from year to year. Between 2008 and 2009, alcohol-related referrals increased by 210, she said.

Last year, DPS was called directly for about

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library McLaughlin said the library advertised the contest on its social media channels, on its website and on screens in the libraries.

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150 of the referrals, Warren said, while the rest were referred to the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities, usually through residence life staff or other staff and faculty.

The Office of Residence Life referred all questions to DPS. Wallack, the Counseling Center director, said the center works with the BE Wise alcohol

We’ve seen less success though in terms of getting students to drink less.

Cory Wallack director of the counseling center

awareness campaign.

The BE Wise campaign started in January 2013 with an aim of educating and generating awareness of alcohol poisoning, how to avoid it, its signs and how to respond to it, according to the campaign’s website.

Wallack also said he thinks the party rank-

“I don’t know how many entries there are right now, but we hope to find a good collection by the deadline Friday,” she said.

Angelica Rodriguez, a sophomore broadcast and digital journalism and international relations dual major, said the library is a place

ings of the past couple of years have inspired students to “live up” to the ranking. In August, The Princeton Review ranked SU the top party school in the United States.

Wallack said research on BE Wise has shown an increase in student awareness of alcohol poisoning and warning signs, but that hasn’t translated to better results.

“We’ve seen less success though in terms of getting students to drink less,” he said. “They know their C.U.P.S. (symptoms of alcohol poisoning), and act on them, but still go well beyond their limits.”

Wallack said BE Wise is one aspect of a “comprehensive plan” to approach the problem of alcohol consumption on campus. He said BE Wise is working with other organizations to improve the campaign.

One of the goals of BE Wise is to inform students about ways to treat and report alcohol poisoning, Wallack said.

Pam Peter, director of SU’s Office for Student Rights and Responsibilities, said there have been about 75-80 times this semester when medical help was needed because a

student had too much to drink. Peter said in fall 2013 there were 156 students who needed medical help — more than all of 2012.

Paul Smyth, emergency medical services manager for Syracuse University Ambulance, said there is a problem with excessive drinking and he hopes students become more accountable.

Smyth said SUA keeps its own data, but it does not determine whether the call was for an alcohol-related incident.

The rise in numbers has not resulted in more staff being on duty, Smyth said. He said any time a call comes into SUA’s dispatch, they automatically contact DPS or ESF police as a safety precaution.

Smyth said the rise in referrals and need for medical attention will continue to be addressed in the future.

Said Smyth: “I’m sure this will be a continuing conversation across the campus community, working with different departments and student affairs to see if we can identify what the issue is and work together as a group to make these numbers decrease.”

where she can experience two environments: studying and socializing. She said she thinks having a reserved table during midterms would be a great way for her and friends to engage in both activities together.

Zeynep Koksal, a senior economics major, said she always goes to the library to study, but doesn’t have a preferred spot.

“I try to change my spot every now and then,” she said. “Some weeks I’m on the first floor, and others I’m in the basement.”

For that reason, she felt the contest would

be a great way to choose a new spot for her to occupy during midterms.

Talya Sever, a sophomore economics major, said she’s constantly frustrated with the lack of study space in Bird and would enjoy her own table.

“Every time I come to the library, I spend so much time trying to find a table, that I end up wasting my study time,” she said. “It’s very annoying, and I would love to have my own table during the stressful midterms week.”

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Traditions Commission adds events to Orange Central weekend

By Brigid Kennedy contributing writer

This week’s Orange Central Homecoming celebration will feature a new event just for students.

In addition to the usual attractions, “Camp ‘Cuse,” which is designed to resemble an evening at sleep-away camp, will allow students to take part in campfire staples such as movies, crafts and s’mores. “Camp ‘Cuse” is set to take place on Thursday at 8 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium in the Schine Student Center.

Orange Central runs from Oct. 6-12 this year.

Outside of the on-campus events aimed at students, about 1,000 SU alumni are expected to return for the weekend festivities, which include Saturday’s home football game against Florida State, said Cristina Swift, the assistant director of the Office of Alumni Engagement.

The Traditions Commission added “Camp ‘Cuse” to the schedule of Orange Central events, which includes “Slice of Orange Days” in Schine Student Center, trivia night in Hendricks Chapel and a DanceWorks show in Goldstein Auditorium.

Regina King, president of the Traditions Commission and a senior supply chain and finance major, said the planning group was out of ideas for

new events until one student made the “camp for a night” suggestion.

Orange Central is about students, both new and old, said Sarah Ross Capella, associate director of the Office of Student Activities. Ross Capella works directly with the Traditions Commission to protect the Homecoming customs of the past while also marketing events to current SU students.

Still, she said, the overall goal of Orange Central remains the same.

“We want to instill a sense of pride in the school, a sense of unity for the same thing,” she said.

“We’re all here because of Syracuse.”

It’s a way to celebrate all the great things here in central New York.

Cristina Swift assistant director of the office of alumni engagement

Orange Central kicked off earlier this week with T-shirts being given away in the Schine Student Center during the “Slice of Orange Days”

event on Monday and Tuesday for Saturday’s game against Florida State. In addition, students tested their sports, music and SU knowledge with trivia in Hendricks Chapel on Wednesday evening.

“Camp ‘Cuse” festivities kick off Thursday night, and will be followed by the DanceWorks showcase on Friday, when all the dance groups on campus will come together and perform pieces that follow a common theme. This year’s theme is Syracuse Horror Story.

King said she is very excited to attend DanceWorks, which has been a part of Orange Central for more than 10 years.

“It’s one of my favorite events,” she said. “I’ve been going since freshman year, actually.”

The DanceWorks event will also feature some of SU’s a cappella ensembles, as well as the announcement of Homecoming king and queen.

Cristina Swift, the assistant director of the Office of Alumni Engagement, said alumni will be able to take part in a number of events. The “’Cuse Brew and BBQ,” will take place Friday night on the Quad and will include a live band along with food and drink from Dinosaur BBQ, Gianelli Sausage and local microbreweries.

“It’s a way to celebrate all the great things here in central New York,” Swift said.

Returning SU alumni will also have the opportunity to stargaze in the Holden Observatory, see a concert in the Setnor School of Music and attend various programs in the College of Engineering

featured events “Camp ‘Cuse” - Thursday at 8 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium (Students only) “‘Cuse Brew and BBQ” - Friday at 6- 9 p.m. on the Quad (Alumni only) DanceWorks Presents: Syracuse Horror Story- Friday at 8 p.m in Goldstein Auditorium Stargazing at Holden ObservatoryFriday at 7:30 p.m. and Computer Science, she said.

“It’s not just a program that the Office of Alumni Engagement creates,” Swift said. “It’s a university-wide weekend. Everyone on campus gets involved.” brkenned@syr.edu

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University of Rochester professor, student create cloaking device

By Jake Cappuccino contributing writer

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wo physicists at the University of Rochester recently unveiled a new device that can cloak objects using nothing but properly arranged glass lenses.

Professor John Howell and optics graduate student Joseph Choi concealed objects with innovative insights, not with any advanced technologies or expensive equipment. Their device, which consists of a system of four lenses, is essentially air, through which the lenses bend light.

Howell discovered that as the light converged and diverged from lens to lens, objects could be hidden within the system but outside the light’s path.

“The light will not interact with your hand or something between the lenses. (The system of lenses) creates a region that it is inaccessible to your eye,” Howell said.

The human eye can only see objects that come into contact with light. That means if an object is placed in between the lenses where light will bend around it, the object will appear to be concealed when looking through the lenses.

It costs a few hundred dollars to make the device which functions for many lines of sight, meaning that the effect will hold even if you look through the lens at different angles.

The device also works for the entire visible spectrum, which means it works for all the colors that the human eye can see, Howell said.

Not to mention, anybody can set up this device with a little bit of math. David Barnstone, the University of Roches-

ter’s press officer for engineering and science, said that’s probably why news about the device spread so quickly.

“This is something that you can create yourself,” he said. “With a couple hundred dollars you can set it up like they did. You can make this at home.”

With cheaper lenses, people could do it at home for even under $100, said Choi, the graduate student.

The experiment started with computer simulations by Choi after Howell shared his idea with him. At first, Choi wasn’t even sure the idea would work, he said. After Choi’s simulations showed that Howell’s idea was possible, Howell built a successful prototype using mirrors. He and Choi then optimized the design to use only four lenses.

Using relatively simple and wellknown optics equations that most college level math students can solve, Choi calculated the distances between the lenses that would cause light to bend as it traveled through the lenses.

This is something that you can create yourself.

With a couple hundred dollars you can set it up like they did. You can make this at home.

illustration by tony chao art director

David Barnstone the university of rochester’s press officer for engineering and science

“It’s linear algebra and then just algebra. That’s all you need,” he said.

“But if you just want to build a four lens, we already solved (the equations) so all

you need is a calculator.”

The device also accounted for any fuzziness in the background. If the distances or sizes of the lenses were wrong, the background image could be unclear or an object might not be concealed.

Howell and Choi’s design managed to account for both.

Choi said he looks forward to continuing his optics research and was glad people took an interest in it.

“I am happy that people took an

interest in this,” he said. “It was very surprising and pleasant to know that the media and a lot of people in the general public actually do find these things interesting.” acappucc@syr.edu

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technology

Invite-only social networks peak more user interest in early stages

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f you haven’t heard of Ello by now, you’re either out of the loop or you weren’t invited.

Dubbed the “Anti-Facebook,” Ello is the newest social network gaining attention by promising an ad-free experience and using the strategy of only allowing access to those who receive invites from their friends.

This tactic may seem strange for a site that needs users if it plans to take down Facebook, but it’s actually a wise marketing plan for social networks just starting out.

Ello launched in March as a private social network and decided to install a semi-public invite-only system on Aug. 7. Fast forward a couple of months and people are joining Ello in droves.

CEO Paul Budnitz told Businessweek in a Sept. 30 interview, “About forty to fifty thousand people are either signing up or joining Ello every hour.” If you think that’s wild, there are reports that beta invitations to Ello are being sold on eBay in the price range of $5-150, according to a Sept. 25 Mashable article.

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AN URBAN LOOK AT TECHNOLOGY So how did unknown Ello go viral practically overnight? Invite-only social networks like Ello rely on the momentum of word of mouth and exclusivity to quickly gain buzz.

Proven by the recent iPhone 6 hype, FOMO — fear of missing out — is doubled when it comes to technology. People can’t help themselves from snatching the newest products regardless of whether they need it or not. It’s human nature to want what we can’t have, and social networks are taking full advantage of that. The exclusivity of Ello and other invitation-only networks is what makes people curious and eventually drives them to give it a try.

Facebook knows a thing or two about exclusivity. Back when it was still named “The Facebook,” the site required a college

ID to log in. This gave college students at Harvard University and surrounding schools a sense of belonging to a cool new community.

More importantly, it made non-college kids desperately want a Facebook so they didn’t feel left out.

Invite-only networks also have the benefit of better quality posts. By limiting access to just friends of friends, the content you see will most likely be things you care about rather than spammers or nonsense. Users are more likely to return to a new site or app if they see familiar faces.

Another reason startups should consider the invitation method is because it gives developers leeway to make tweaks to the design or functionality without causing uproar. Due to the massive amount of people that use Facebook daily, making changes to its layout usually causes worldwide outrage.

But for a small company like Ello, changes can be passed off as new features or may even go unnoticed. This beta testing period can be used as trial and error for a social network

before it becomes popular.

Success stories of this invitation policy include Pinterest, Spotify, Gmail and possibly Ello if its growth doesn’t plateau. Ironically, the company known as the “Anti-Facebook” is using Mark Zuckerberg’s exclusive approach to attract people, and so far it’s working.

More companies should be patient and allow word of mouth to work its magic. If you believe in your website, and are willing sacrifice a few early users for a bunch down the road, the invitation strategy is the way to go.

Facebook, and now Ello, have proven that telling people they’re not allowed makes them want in even more. This is an open invitation to all tech entrepreneurs to trust in that process.

Aarick Knighton is a junior information management and technology major. His column appears weekly.

He can be reached at adknight@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @aarickurban.

editorial board

SU should examine role of social media in academic freedom The University Senate has plans to introduce a resolution reaffirming the importance of academic freedom for Syracuse University professors at its next meeting. While the senate is discussing academic freedom at SU, the university should reevaluate and explicitly define what role faculty use of social media plays in academic freedom.

The American Association for University Professors says academic freedom entitles teachers “to full freedom in research and in the publication of the results” and “to freedom in the classroom in discussing their subject.”

The AAUP also says “when (professors) speak or write as citizens, they should be free from institutional censorship or discipline.”

At Wednesday’s meeting, the resolution was tabled to allow for more input from non-senate professors. The possibility of a resolution to reaffirm academic freedom was sparked by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s decision to fire a professor over his controversial tweets. The professor was fired after he tweeted criticisms of Israel that the U of I deemed as hate speech.

In the draft of the resolution, it referred to the AAUP’s statement on Academic Freedom and Electronic Media, which says faculty members aren’t responsible for distinguishing between professional and personal tweets. The statement says requiring them to do so could restrict their ability to speak freely on social media.

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While SU protects classroom discussion, its policy on academic freedom notes that faculty members should remember what they say reflects on the university and that they “should exercise appropriate restraint and should make every effort to indicate that they are not speaking for the institution.”

In light of the U of I situation, SU administration and members of the senate should discuss how the university can better define the boundary between personal and professional presence on social media.

Some professors encourage students to interact with them on social media, and have their university position clearly displayed on their profile. On social media, it can be espe-

cially difficult to distinguish when a faculty member is speaking as an individual or as a university employee.

If the university and the senate choose to discuss how to better define these boundaries, they should address whether a professor’s controversial opinion is protected in both personal and professional social media posts and whether controversial posts to a private account not associated with SU are protected by academic freedom.

It is important for professors to be able to say, or tweet, whatever they want without fear of discipline. To avoid a situation like the one at U of I, SU should make clear how faculty use of social media relates to academic freedom.

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@jhrubin My hunch is Ello is just having their 15 minutes of fame.

However, I need an invite to try it out for myself. #AmIWrong

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DO columnist promotes victim blaming When I was reading the Sex and Health opinion column this Wednesday, I was pleased that there was a discussion about the recently leaked nudes of Jennifer Lawrence and how it was a trend that female celebrities were having their privacy invaded by the masses.

I was not pleased by the opinion of the columnist that women shouldn’t take nudes because it’s going to get leaked and it’s their fault.

This rhetoric sounds way too familiar to me. Because Lawrence took pictures for her boyfriend who she was in a committed relationship with for four years, we should shame her for taking control of her sexuality? What about the boyfriend? I usually find that when nude pictures are being shared, it’s a mutual deal. My question is: Why don’t we have headlines blaring

about a nude sent to Lawrence and how shameful it is for the guy to have those leaked?

The answer: His weren’t leaked because he wouldn’t suffer the shame and “Can you believe that slut?” kind of questioning that Lawrence now faces.

Men can send nudes to girls (or guys) without any negative repercussions to their reputations other than “that’s small” because their bodies aren’t policed the same way women’s are.

Women are objects and the moment something like this happens, they are blamed for putting themselves in this position for taking the photo in the first place.

Why can’t women reclaim their body image and share it with whom they want? It’s nobody else’s business about what a woman does to express her sexuality, and having a

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column encouraging this shaming behavior is harmful to everyone.

Victim blaming is not the way to go here. We need to shame the hackers and leakers who betray the privacy and trust of women who share these photos. We need to shame the men who release these photos, regardless of whether she’s famous. We need to advocate and support privacy policies for social networks and better support groups for the victims of this crime.

Stop saying that it’s up to Lawrence and everyone like her to stop this from happening. Start revealing the truth: These hackers are criminals and need to be treated as such.

Morgan Dudzinski Communication and Rhetorical Studies Class of 2017

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Sexual consent app idea has good intentions, needs improvements

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ess than two weeks after launching, Good2Go, the app that attempted to tackle the issue of consent by having its users explicitly consent to sex, shut down, according to a Tuesday Slate article.

Apple pulled it from the App Store, stating that, according to its developer’s guidelines, the app displayed “objectionable or crude content.”

Although this app had good intentions, it was highly problematic and would not have been an effective contribution to the fight against rape and sexual assault. If an app similar to Good2Go is going to return to the App Store, it needs to make some changes.

The Good2Go app gained national attention when it launched around the same time the state of California

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passed the “Yes Means Yes Law” on Sept. 28. The law highlights the idea of affirmative consent, and the app was trying to do the same.

Lee Ann Allman, the creator of Good2Go, told Slate in Sept. 29 article that she was inspired to make the app after having a conversation about sexual assault with her college-aged children. She wanted to provide a source of guidance for young adults, like her own children, who are aware of the frequency of sexual assault on college campuses, but unsure of what

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After having her app pulled from the App Store, Allman has also pulled it from Google Play and shut down her website; she plans on re-launching it in the future, but as an educational tool, according to the Slate article. The main problem with the Good2Go app was that it only asked if someone was “Good2Go.” The app did not address which sexual acts a partner consented to and which ones he or she did not.

Though it may seem vulgar to some, and also impractical, if this app truly was advocating for recorded consent, it would have made sense for it to ask for consent every step of the way.

The original setup of the app limited a user’s option to change his or her mind. If users were “Good2Go,” but

later decided they weren’t, the record would not be in their favor.

In the Sept. 29 interview with Slate, Allman said “But it does create a data point that there was an occasion where one party asked the other for affirmative consent, that could be useful in the future … there are cases, of course, as we know, where the accused is an innocent party, so in that case, it could be beneficial to him.”

Access to this information would be great for those who are falsely accused of rape, but even Good2Go acknowledged that consent could be given and then later revoked. The app also didn’t seem to take into account the fact that a person could simply fill out the survey for his or her partner.

In these instances, the Good2Go app

would have said there was consent even if a rape had occurred. It’s not the most reliable witness.

I applaud Allman for her efforts to promote affirmative consent, but this app would have been a problematic addition to this cause. Allman seems to have learned from this setback, opting to re-launch Good2Go as an educational tool that calls attention to consent .

But if there are any copycats of Good2Go, hopefully the app will better address the multi-faceted nature of affirmative consent.

Mandisa Shields is a sophomore newspaper and online journalism major. Her column appears weekly.

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maxwell deeper understanding of each department’s history and mission. The students with the most stamps can redeem their passports for Maxwell and Syracuse University souvenirs, Deitz said.

“With the self-guided tour, we are trying to get whether it’s visitors, employees or students that attend school in the building to go places where they have not been before even though they might have been here for years,” she said.

Following the tour, the school will host its anniversary party, which will have a roaring

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directed Chancellor Kent Syverud and Vice-Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina to change the promotion policy in several ways, including that the provost make decisions on a school or college’s request for tenure, then forward it to the board.

Gorovitz said the senate needs to hear why the administration and the board decided to act against the senate’s decision.

“I met with a group of faculty and senators the Monday after the Board made its decision and I agree that some report back and discussion is appropriate,” Syverud said at the meeting. “I spent a lot of time thinking about this, so I’m happy to talk when you’re ready.”

Senate Moderator Doug Armstrong, said he felt the senate should wait to see what the Appointment and Promotions Committee is working on

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‘20s theme. The theme was chosen in connection with Maxwell’s founding year of 1924 and will feature music and food from the 1920s. It will be hosted on Thursday from 4-6 p.m. in the Joseph A. Strasser Commons.

Jill Leonhardt, director of communications for Maxwell, said she sees the anniversary as an opportunity to showcase the talent and expertise of the school through the inclusive events. She added that the tour and party are a chance for attendees to have a good time and celebrate, but it also allows for each unit of the school to showcase its expertise.

Steinberg said the celebration was not only a chance to look back and pay tribute to the accomplishments of the last 90 years, but also a way to

look to the future.

“One of the things we are doing, alongside

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before it submits a formal request for an explanation from the administration.

After moving through various agenda matters, Fred Easton, chair of the Computing Services Committee, gave a report on the quality of the university’s digital media services for students, faculty and staff with disabilities.

life is affected by digital media. The committee found that SU’s Information Technology and Services department created a workshop on how to create digital media that is accessible, or can be utilized by students with disabilities.

Easton said ITS recently appointed an Interim Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator and is nearing the end of its search for a permanent coordinator. Among other responsibilities, the coordinator would be charged with developing a university-wide policy for accessible digital media, according to the report.

“Awareness of accessibility issues and the creation of digital media aren’t universal,” Easton said. “So we’ve still got a little bit of work ahead on this.”

Alan Foley, a member of the Computing Services Committee, said an example of accessible digital media might be to enable all Adobe Acrobat programs on campus to be compatible with

screen readers, so students who are blind can view scanned PDFs. If the university makes more content accessible, Foley said students with disabilities won’t have to “seek mediation.”

Just before the meeting closed, Mark Rupert, a political science professor, spoke about a motion he created with Margaret Susan Thompson, also a political science professor, in support of academic and shared governance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Steven Salaita, a professor at U of I, was fired after the university discovered Salaita’s tweets about Israel’s conduct in Gaza.

The motion states that U of I should either honor Salaita’s contract or explain why they fired him.

Rupert said several non-senator colleagues requested more time to review and provide opinions on the motion. He then requested that the motion be tabled until the next University Senate meeting on Nov. 8, which passed.

Awareness of accessibility issues and the creation of digital media aren’t universal.

Fred Easton chair of the computing services committee

Easton said about 11 percent of students and six percent of staff are classified as disabled by the federal government, adding that almost everyone’s

It’s helping us think about where do we want to go from here because one of the things we are doing, alongside this 90th anniversary celebration, is watching what we call the 10th decade project.

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this 90th anniversary celebration is watching what we call the 10th decade project,” he said. “We are thinking about what we can do over the next 10 years so by the 100th anniversary of Maxwell we would have made even further progress.”

Steinberg added that the upcoming events provide a chance to reflect on the opportunities Maxwell offers and its role on campus.

Said Steinberg: “I think it’s valuable to reflect on the trailblazing role that Maxwell has brought over the last 90 years by bringing the perspectives of social sciences and public policy together in one school and our long-standing tradition of citizenship.”

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Nominees for 2014 Homecoming king and queen show SU pride —Text compiled by Pulp staff, pulp@dailyorange.com

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As a resident adviser, member of the recruitment committees for his social and business fraternities and a peer adviser, Kevin Claffey has been committed to providing advice to other students for four years. School spirit is Claffey’s favorite thing about SU. “People come from all over the world, all over the country, a million different backgrounds, and we all still come together for so many different things across campus,” he said.

Jen Bundy has deep roots at SU, since her family is from the Syracuse area.

Bundy has always looked up to people who have been part of the Homecoming Court. At SU, she has been involved in organizations such as The Kumquat and Syracuse University Outing Club and is also a staff writer for The Daily Orange. “I think that’s a good representation of just how many opportunities Syracuse has to offer and someone who’s really taking advantage of that,” she said.

Andy Pregler won’t have trouble showing his school spirit, as most of his wardrobe consists of Orange gear. It was the SU community that captivated Pregler four years ago and continues to captivate him today. “I’m just excited that in this role and in this position with Homecoming, I’m going to be able to help do my part in growing that community,” he said. No matter what happens in the competition, Pregler is committed to being the most passionate supporter of SU student life.

As a member of the Traditions Commission, Regina King has been involved in Homecoming events since her freshman year. “Traditions, to me, are something that unite generations of Syracuse, and a tradition like the Homecoming Court unites so many different people under one banner,” she said.

King also said she loves how the campus makes people feel like they belong at SU, and how everyone is part of “a big Orange family.”

Ivan Robles is from California, but says SU still feels like home. Robles always represents Syracuse back home, whether it’s wearing a T-shirt or bragging to his friends about the basketball team. Robles said he feels like he can relate to anyone on campus because he considers himself a “typical student.” He is an avid sports fan and goes out with his friends, but is still dedicated to his academics and knows what it feels like to study for hours.

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Emily Ballard says going to Syracuse University has made her grow as a person. During her time at SU, Ballard said she has become more outgoing and passionate about issues such as education. “SU gives the opportunity to really make the changes you want to see,” she said. Ballard describes herself as a huge nerd and says people can find her on the Quad playing Humans vs. Zombies or wearing a Star Wars T-shirt.

Ricky Zaffuto has spent his time at SU trying to improve students’ experiences. As a member of Orange Seeds, an Orientation Leader and a resident adviser for two years, Zaffuto said his favorite thing about the SU community is its passion. He shows that passion as a fan of SU athletics, making it a goal to attend a game of every single men’s and women’s team this year.

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Like her brothers, Carly Cott almost went to school for musical theater, but instead decided to major in photojournalism. After moving five times in the past three years, Cott has made SU her home. “This had been the most consistent place in my life for the past three years,” she said. Cott said she has been blessed with incredible role models at SU and as Homecoming queen, she wants to be a role model for underclassmen.

Jack Kaczmarczyk loves to talk about Syracuse University. As a tour guide and Orientation Leader, he said he gets the opportunity to let everyone know how great a place SU is. What Kaczmarczyk loves most about SU is its school spirit. Out of everyone he has talked to, whether they’re a student, teacher or alumnus, he said he has never met anyone who didn’t like SU.

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Two parts Orange, one part glitter

Rachel Wolsky described the Homecoming Court as the “most spirited of the spirited.” As Homecoming queen, she would aim to help every single SU student have the best experience because, to her, SU is the best place she’s ever been.

“We’re one big Orange family,” Wolsky said about what she loves most about the school.

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Run of the Dead to feature obstacle course, zombie chasers

By Alex Erdekian asst. copy editor

During a 5K this Saturday, runners won’t just be running to beat their

personal records — they’ll be running for their lives.

The third annual Run of the Dead will take place Saturday at the Syracuse Kickball Park in Liverpool.

Unlike a typical 5K race, the Run of the Dead will incorporate two groups of participants: runners and zombies. Runners will be given flag belts at the start of the race and

must run from “zombies” who will try to steal their flags. The run is also an obstacle course, so runners must dodge, climb and crawl away from flesh-eating monsters.

“We’re going to challenge a lot of different fears people have,” said run coordinator Jeff Mcllroy.

The goal for runners is to complete see zombie

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Fashion weekend brings international designers to Syracuse

By Gilmarie Perea-Ruiz contributing writer

“Diva” Davanna Booker started sewing a year and a half ago with the help of her grandmother.

Since then, she has created a sophisticated, ladylike collection of blouses, skirts and gowns.

“My style is very high fashion and I like wearing bold colors,” Booker said. “For my designs, I look up to Michael Kors for bold colors, Vera Wang for gowns and elegance and Valentino for high fashion and for being so daring.”

Now, the 14-year-old model and fashion designer will be featured in Syracuse Fashion Weekend. The show’s mission is to help bring up the next-generation of fashion designers.

This year, Booker, also known as a fierce runway sensation, will have her designs walk down the runway.

The Syracuse Fashion Weekend is a collaboration of international, national and local up-and-coming fashion designers and professionals that will show off their talents to upstate New York. Central New Yorkers will have the opportunity on Saturday to experience a high fashion production event in the comfort of their own community.

Each purchased ticket for the fashion show will benefit the Catholic Charities Refugee Youth Program as a way to give back to the Syracuse community, according to the event’s website.

Esmeralda Harwood created Syracuse Fashion Weekend just one year ago. As the CEO of her own fashion production company, ESMERALDS, and with nine years of experience in the fashion

industry under her belt, Harwood had enough experience to coordinate and plan the event.

Hardwood said her love of Syracuse’s architecture, food, fashion and community opened her eyes to the city’s potential to hold a fashion show.

“I just love this city and I thought, ‘Let’s make it happen in Syracuse,’” Harwood said.

This will be the second time Harwood organizes and presents the Syracuse Fashion Weekend after its first success last year.

“It will be an extraordinary extravaganza,” Harwood said about the upcoming show.

Mohamed ElMadawy, who is traveling from New York City, will once again return to the fashion show to present his newest collection.

Jewelry designer Nicole Davis, who comes from Buffalo, will showcase her newest line from her business Francì Jewelry.

Harwood said there will also be two international fashion designers this year: Walid Atallah from Dubai and Miguel Chong from Honduras.

According to the Syracuse Fashion Week website, Atallah will showcase his mix of elegant designs from the Eastern and Western parts of the world in his second time at Syracuse Fashion Weekend.

Chong has received various awards for his successful work as a womenswear fashion designer and has worked with famous designers such as Carolina Herrera.

Harwood said the show will start with a surprise opening guest followed by three designers. During the show’s intermission, world-renown cellist Gjilberta Lucaj, who has performed at New York Fashion Week and has recorded music for Beyoncé and Alicia Keys,

A model wears a dress by New York City designer Mohamed ElMadawy during the first Syracuse Fashion Weekend last year. courtesy of esmeralda harwood

will perform. The last two designers will follow Lucaj and present their collections.

Mahealani Diego, Harwood’s executive assistant, helped organize this year’s show.

Diego said she is excited for the event and that the new technology in the show this year will

amplify the viewer experience.

Diego added that Syracuse was the perfect place to show the latest trends in fashion.

“Syracuse has an eclectic taste,” Diego said.

“It deserves to be seen here.” gjperear@syr.edu

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Fresh Aer Band members discuss inspiration for hip-hop music, on-stage experiences

By Abby Maddigan staff writer

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er band members David von Mering and Carter Schultz will perform at the Westcott Theater in Syracuse this Friday. The Daily Orange spoke with von Mering, the group’s guitarist, about the duo’s eclectic style of music and what they are like on and off the stage.

The Daily Orange: How did you come up with the name Aer? David von Mering: Our friend came up with it. He came up with the Fresh Air Movement, but we said that’s too long, we have to just go with Air. But we couldn’t do Air because there is already a band named Air, so we had to make the obvious switch to an “e.”

The D.O.: How long has your group been together?

D.V.M.: Four years as of April 2010, so four and a half years, I guess.

The D.O.: How did you meet?

D.V.M.: We were in a band at first and we both liked the same types of music, so it just came together pretty quickly.

The D.O.: What is the inspiration behind your music?

D.V.M.: Usually start off with a beat and kind of just get a vibe off it and write some stuff down. And then we record it and play it live and we love it.

The D.O.: How would you describe the sound of your music?

D.V.M.: That’s always a very hard question to

answer. I always say off the bat, for listeners to listen to it first and try to describe it on their own. But, if we need to say something, it’s definitely hip-hop with a lot of indie rock and pop influences too.

The D.O.: What can we expect from Friday’s show?

D.V.M.: It’s about to bob your head off for sure.

It’s gonna be f*cking crazy. We got this new “Whatever We Want Remix” that just dropped that we’re definitely playing, with Dizzy Wright. We’re gonna get him on stage with us.

We’re gonna play old stuff, new stuff — we’re gonna play stuff that no one’s heard. We’re gonna drop mad pieces of entertainment.

The D.O.: Where was your most epic performance and why?

D.V.M.: I’d have to say Firefly in Delaware this summer. It was amazing. I wanna say maybe 12 to 10,000 people were there. Everyone seemed to either be fans or they wanted to be fans, so it was just absolutely insane.

The D.O.: What are you like off stage?

D.V.M.: I am completely opposite off stage, unless I’m drunk or something. I’m like very quiet and reserved and I don’t really like to speak first. Then, when I get on stage I’m like some kind of wild animal.

The D.O.: Do you have any pre-show rituals?

D.V.M.: We huddle up and we thank each other for being there for us and we thank everyone who has helped us, and then we flail and shake our limbs and stretch and prepare for battle. It gets wild out there. They all go for blood. ammaddig@syr.edu

CARTER SCHULTZ is the lead singer for the hip-hop duo Aer. Before every show, Schultz and David von Mering, the band’s guitarist, huddle up and thank each other before flailing their arms and preparing for the show. courtesy of connor martin

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zombie run the course having at least one flag intact. Runners who cross the finish line with a flag will be eligible for various prizes, Mcllroy said.

As the designer of the obstacle course, Mcllroy described how obstacles such as polar walls will target people’s fear of heights, while the remote, maze-like parts of the trail are aimed toward those who fear getting lost.

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An additional fear factor is the zombies themselves. Makeup artists will be prepping the zombies before the race to make them look like the walking dead. Aside from being chased by them, runners can expect zombies to pop up and surprise them.

Other elements of the event include an “Apocalypse Party,” which will start after the first wave of racers finish and continue for the rest of the day. Vendors, food, beverages and live music will be available for participants to enjoy.

Andrew Cherock, the owner and assistant director of the Syracuse Sports Association, and Mcllroy came up with the idea for the event together when they were talking at a wedding a few years

ago. Mcllroy said he usually is more involved in the creation of the course while Cherock is in charge of marketing and organization.

“Each year we’ve tried to grow just a little bit,” Cherock said, citing examples like new obstacles and a new group of zombies as ways to expand the event and make it different. “This year, I think we’ve gotten the flow down a bit better.”

Mcllroy described the zombies of the first Run of the Dead as “aggressive.” This year, they increased the number of zombies but also incorporated some extra training with them to go over a code of conduct and rehearse for the event.

As a response to runners’ feedback from past years, the course this year will be more possible for runners to complete and still remain challenging.

“The goal is to make it more enjoyable every year for the runners,” Mcllroy said.

Along with being an event for fun and fitness, the Run of the Dead also supports a good cause.

Profits of the event will benefit the Wilderness Search and Rescue Team, of which McIlroy is the treasurer.

The Run of the Dead is the largest fundraiser of the year for the Wilderness Search and Rescue Team. As a volunteer organization, its only source of funds comes from charity events, like the run. The run itself will account for 50 to 60 percent of the Wilderness Search and Rescue Team’s operational expenses this year.

Whether racers are competing to set a best 5K time, to run away from zombies, or to enjoy the after party, it will be an event to die for.

Said Cherock: “It’s just a big party.” aerdekia@syr.edu

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Lack of basic household objects forces columnist to improvise

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few weeks ago, I realized my toenails were starting to get a little gnarly. Not wishing to earn a spot in Guinness World Records, I decided I should probably trim the poor guys a bit. Normally I would just raid the closet for toenail clippers, but all of the home essentials I normally have at my disposal are about 200 miles away in the Garden State. My self-inflicted pedicure was about to get very interesting.

Many times I have needed some dumb little knick knack that I’ve taken for granted back home, only to realize that I’m completely out of luck. You don’t realize you need a lot of things until you actually need them.

So why do we forget all those things that are fairly common at home? I think it has a lot to do with growing up. You know you’ve reached adulthood when you have to go out and buy toenail clippers. Before that, everything is just kind of there. Light bulbs, tweezers, WD-40, sunscreen: nobody actually buys these things. When you buy a home or rent an apartment, you just expect to open the cabinets and find them.

When thinking about all the stuff you’re going to lug up to school in the neighbor’s station wagon, it’s easy to forget things. Of course you’ll remember the bean bag chair and the funky Christmas lights from Target, but tissues, dish soap and multiple trash cans? Forget it.

It’s not hard to forget about the whole living aspect — and even easier to forget about the education aspect of going to college. Case in point, I forgot to bring pencils to school, which was a new low in academic preparedness.

At this point of the year I’m starting to realize that a lot of the crap that I brought up here

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KEEPIN’ IT FAKE is pretty useless, and all of the useful stuff is at home. I don’t think we have any Band-Aids, but we have a waffle iron. You can guess how many times I’ve made waffles. Well, it turns out you need oil. So none.

I can see it now: I slice my big toe open with my Swiss Army Knife when trying to cut my toenails, so I have to cook a bunch of waffles to put on my wounds and stop the bleeding. Talk about being inventive.

We have a record player, but no sewing kit.

Will Chuck Berry come to the rescue when all of my buttons have fallen off and I have huge holes in my pants? Although it’d be pretty mind-blowing, I doubt it.

Living more or less on your own for the first time can make you pretty thankful for the family junk drawer back home. Not having that trusty drawer full of stuff can be a real bummer, like the time my roommate and I realized we didn’t bring a printer cable minutes before a paper was due. But at least it’s always an adventure.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go shower.

Clearasil doesn’t work as well as shampoo as you might think.

Zach Schweikert is a sophomore advertising major. He is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition and he lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge. His column appears every Thursday in Pulp. He can be reached at zdschwei@syr.edu.

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shafer needed to move forward.

When asked if he had any regrets about how he informed McDonald of the demotion, Shafer said it wasn’t over the phone, although McDonald said Tuesday night that it was.

McDonald and Shafer have now both told The Post-Standard that the staffing change was made in person.

Shafer also said he had no regrets about the situation or how he informed McDonald.

“As you look back, you don’t want to live in the 20-20 hindsight mode because that’s not reality,” Shafer said. “... But at the end of the day, George and I and the whole staff are united. We’re united today and we agree to move forward and work hard together for the betterment of the team.”

Shafer said the situation presents an opportunity for the SU coaches to set an example for the players by “making reparations.”

“George and I, together with the rest of the staff and this team, are fighting to win the day,” Shafer said. “And understanding that you can’t look too far down the road and you can’t look too near behind yourself to move forward. You’ve got to win every minute.

“If I had to go through a difficult time like this, I would do it again with George McDonald.”

Shafer, Fisher discuss SU QBs Amid the midseason coaching staff change Syracuse is undergoing, it also has a starting quarterback to replace and a No. 1 Florida State team to prepare for — all in the same week.

Terrel Hunt will miss the next 4-6 weeks with a fractured fibula, suffered during SU’s

loss to Louisville on Friday. Although the Orange’s coaches have concealed their exact plans for the position going forward, they’ve hinted at a multi-quarterback system that figures to revolve around sophomore Austin Wilson and freshman AJ Long and could include sophomore Mitch Kimble as well.

“There were some good things yesterday in practice,” Shafer said on the teleconference.

“Obviously a lot of things we need to continue to refine and work at, but the work ethic of the kids and their excitement of when they’re going to get an opportunity has been great.

“We’re just looking to clean up a lot of the things from yesterday’s practice, simplify some things down and continue to prepare for this Florida State team.”

Shafer added that SU’s wide receivers have responded well to the quarterback change and are working to develop a rhythm with the reserve signal-callers, who will take the reins when the Orange and Seminoles kick off at noon in the Carrier Dome on Saturday.

On the teleconference, FSU head coach Jimbo Fisher said the lack of film to study on SU’s quarterbacks, combined with the potential multi-quarterback system and a new playcaller in Syracuse’s booth, poses a challenge to the Seminoles’ defense.

Fisher said his team will just have to study whatever film they have, but added that FSU is aware that Long is a mobile quarterback since it is able to practice with Jameis Winston.

“You play against Wildcat situations, you kind of almost play against that every week when you play running quarterbacks,” Fisher said. “From that standpoint, it does help preparation that we have that in our repertoire for our packages. pmdabbra@syr.edu | @PhilDAbb

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Syracuse Crunch preps for 2014-15 season in realigned AHL

By Kieran Lynch contributing writer

Last season destroyed a year’s worth of momentum for the Syracuse Crunch. In 2012-13, the Crunch fell just short of raising the Calder Cup, but Syracuse gave up more goals than all but two teams in the Eastern Conference last year.

The Crunch enters this season with a new crop of players, the country’s top goalie prospect and new opponents courtesy of a change in divisions.

Here’s a breakdown of different areas of head coach Rob Zettler’s squad heading into Saturday’s opener against Springfield.

Offense The Crunch returns veteran captain Mike Angelidis (12 goals, 21 assists) while adding wingers in Mike Blunden from the Montreal Canadiens and Jerome Samson from the Winnipeg Jets AHL affiliate, the St. John’s IceCaps.

But the team is also losing major pieces to the NHL. Last season’s leading scorer Brett Connolly (21 goals, 36 assists) and center Vladislav Namestnikov (19 goals, 29 assists) will open the year with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Those kinds of losses are part of life in the league, said defender Luke Witkowski. He was the only player to see action in every Crunch contest last year and said the team’s ability to move forward will come down to players rising to the occasion.

“I don’t really think about guys coming or leaving too much because it’s a business

and it’s going to happen whether you like it or not — whether you’re getting benefited by guys coming down (from the NHL) or you’re getting hurt by losing your top line,” Witkowski said.

Blunden and Samson have already made a difference, scoring during the team’s threegame preseason trip to Lyon, France.

I don’t really think about guys coming or leaving too much because it’s a business and it’s going to happen whether you like it or not — whether you’re getting benefited by guys coming down (from the NHL) or you’re getting hurt by losing your top line.

Luke Witkowski crunch defender

Defense The Crunch let in 232 goals last winter, which tied for the third highest in the Eastern Conference. The team will have to improve if it hopes to move up four places into a playoff spot.

Witkowski is likely to be a mainstay again in 2014-15. He’ll be looking for help from return-

crunch time (sort of) Syracuse’s Tampa Bay Lightning affiliate opens up the first month of its season with a fourgame homestand capped by a matchup with the Binghamton Senators, its local rivals.

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ing veteran J.P. Cote, who only played in 33 games for the Crunch last year due to injury and call-ups. Matt Corrente, a 26-year-old who signed in June, will add another veteran presence to the back.

And while Witkowski said there wasn’t a particular young player who stood out, he is expecting a lot of competition.

“Looking at it right now, we have nine or 10 (defenders) competing for however many spots in Syracuse,” Witkowski said. “It’ll be a tough lineup to crack.”

Goalkeepers In between the pipes, the Crunch has a rare luxury with Kristers Gudlevskis, 22, and Andrei Vasilevskiy, 20.

Gudlevskis returns for his second season

with the team and is the only player to ever see action in the ECHL, AHL, NHL, the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship and Olympics during one season. He posted five shutouts with a 2.68 goals-against average and a 90.1 save percentage for the Crunch last year.

Vasilevskiy is rated the No. 1 goalie prospect in the country, according to ESPN’s rankings released this summer.

Both will have the opportunity to start for the Crunch, though a genuine competition could develop.

Said Witkowski: “It definitely gives you a little more confidence that if you do make a mistake, which is going to happen, you have somebody behind you that’s going to make the first save.” kplync01@syr.edu

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williams week in a row after falling off the previous two weeks.

Williams has logged eight tackles on the year and in the Orange’s loss to Louisville on Friday, recovered a fumble and made three tackles, two of which were unassisted.

But none of Williams’ ongoing contributions would be possible if he hadn’t dedicated himself to dropping 50 pounds since the beginning of the calendar year.

“Wayne did a nice job following the program,” Shafer said. “Now he’s at the point where he’s really giving us some good reps on tape and he’s had the ability to play much longer, much harder, much more consistent.

“It’s nice to see a young man begin to find himself like Wayne has on the football field.”

After Lincoln High School, Williams went across Brooklyn, New York to ASA College and committed to Syracuse in May 2012 as part of the Orange’s 2013 recruiting class.

Academics delayed his arrival at SU until this January. But upon that arrival, the SU coaches discovered that Williams had some weight to trim.

He weighed 365 pounds — the result of eating “good mama food,” he said, and slacking on his workout routine — and hadn’t learned how to play team football.

“The bar was set extremely high for him. Was that realistic coming in here? Probably not,” said SU defensive line coach Tim Daoust. “He needed to come in here, get a dose of reality that he had to start back over at the bottom and work his way up. That was hard to swallow at the beginning.”

Williams said there was no expectation from the coaches when he got to SU. And they weren’t upset or disappointed about his weight, he added, as long as he trimmed down.

Will Hicks, Assistant Athletics Director for

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wake forest make it better,” said head coach Ian McIntyre.

“It makes you feel a little bit lighter on your feet. But it’s about management of the bodies.”

Though McIntyre’s rotations have helped the players’ freshness and health, SU’s schedule may slowly be taking a toll on its players.

This past weekend, the Orange spent 20 hours on a chartered bus to and from Blacksburg, Virginia, after leaving a day early to save the players’ legs, McIntyre said. The team rode through the night — starting at 10:30 p.m. — back to Syracuse after its 1-0 victory over Virginia Tech.

“If you need anything in the next 10 hours, give me a call,” McIntyre said jokingly that night as the team boarded the bus.

Syracuse beat the Hokies, but it took a double-overtime effort and a goal in the 107th minute from Emil Ekblom to seal the victory. McIntyre said his team’s performance that night was “gutsy,” a word he also used to describe the team’s win over then-No. 2 Virginia on Sept. 27.

After a three-day layoff, Syracuse came out flat to start both halves against Albany. Early in the first half, McIntyre yelled from the sideline for midfielder Juuso Pasanen to “please win” a header, for midfielders Nick Perea and Julian Buescher to “get on the ball” and for the

Athletic Performance, essentially became Williams’ personal trainer for the summer.

“He didn’t care about anybody else but me for that whole summer,” Williams said. “I told Coach Hicks when I was young and a loudmouth coming up here, ‘I want to be the best D-tackle to ever play here.’ And he’s been making me eat those words ever since I stepped here.”

Williams spent hours each day on a StairMaster, doing four sets of 20-minute sessions.

He removed cheese and most breads from his diet and replaced them with more salad. He hasn’t had a soda since coming to SU, he said.

Though Williams still needs to work on his strength, he feels the difference when he’s moving around on the field, particularly in his immediate movements off the snap. Still, there was a learning curve that sometimes went beyond the physical adjustments.

In August, Daoust kicked an agitated, banged-up Williams out of a training camp drill.

At the high school and junior college level, he said, the coaches’ thinking process was, “Let Wayne do what he wants to do, he’ll make a big play.”

“Here, I had to know everybody has a gap,” Williams said, “everybody has an assignment and stay on that assignment.”

His biggest improvement with the Orange has been in cutting down on missed assignments, he said. He’s learned to stay in his gap and broken his old habit of giving up on plays once the ball carrier passes him.

Williams is pushing himself to learn the intricacies of the Orange’s “Okie” package, a 3-3-5 configuration, so he can expand his role beyond being a run-stopper in the base defense on first and second downs.

If he can do that effectively, he can please Shafer even more than he did by stepping on a scale.

“They didn’t believe that I was losing so much weight,” Williams said. “I’m like, ‘Coach, I’m doing it.’” pmdabbra@syr.edu | @PhilDAbb

entire team to get tighter and “go get it.”

“It’s tough to come from an ACC game and then turn up for a Tuesday night game,” Pasanen said after the match.

But McIntyre’s use of player rotations and substitutions has helped produce four 1-0 victories over Binghamton, Clemson, St. John’s and Rutgers.

Midway through the first half, the coach usually replaces starters Chris Nanco and Buescher with Alex Halis and Stefanos Stamoulacatos. Whenever Korab Syla enters, it’s usually for Oyvind Alseth, and Noah Rhynhart often replaces Ekblom. Louis Cross has started most weekday games and Tyler Hilliard has started most weekend games.

On Tuesday, Syracuse used six subs in the second half alone, something McIntyre said the team needed to “freshen things up.”

“We’ve been putting a lot of minutes on (Hilliard),” McIntyre said after the Albany game, in which Hilliard replaced Cross in the 60th minute. “T’s been awesome, very good, and I think Louie’s had a good season. So ultimately to allow (Cross) to have minutes gave (Hilliard) a little bit of a rest tonight.”

Though Cross started 13 of the 17 games he played for Akron last season, the defender said he never started more than three or four games in a row.

Said Cross: “I’m quite used to resting one game and playing the next. It keeps me on my toes.” jmhyber@syr.edu

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Syracuse reverts to fundamentals ahead of Northeastern, UNH

By Jon Mettus staff writer

In Syracuse’s first game of the season, it outlasted Colgate 2-1, but barely.

“Well, we got through it,” head coach Paul Flanagan said afterward.

But against Boston College, two days later, the Orange lost 10-2 in a game in which it was outmatched in nearly up next every aspect.

VS Northeastern The team was @ Tennity Ice Pavilion unprepared for ColFriday, 7 p.m. gate, Flanagan said, and unprepared for BC, too.

SU has gone back to basics since, working on fundamentals ahead of its two games this weekend. The Orange (1-1) hosts Northeastern (0-0) on Friday at 7 p.m. and New Hampshire (0-3) at 3 p.m. on Saturday at the Tennity Ice Pavilion. In practice this week, SU has focused on the simple skills, Flanagan said: passing, puck handling and penalties.

The early-season problems haven’t been systematic, Flanagan said. Instead, each player needs to improve her in-game production, starting with the upperclassmen.

The Orange was penalized eight times against Colgate and six times against Boston College.

“We’ve been playing the body a lot, which is what we need to do in women’s hockey, but we just need to keep moving our feet,” said SU defender Nicole Renault. “That way we don’t get called for those penalties.”

NICOLE RENAULT and Syracuse have gone back to the fundamentals in practice after head coach Paul Flanagan said his team didn’t come ready to play in its first two games. SU will look to rectify its basic skills in two games this weekend. hannah wagner staff photographer

SU needs to take better paths to the puck, Flanagan said, so it doesn’t have to use its bodies and take penalties.

Against Colgate, penalties ruined any chance the team had of maintaining possession and creating momentum in the offensive zone. Against BC, two of the Orange’s six penalties led to goals.

The players need to get more shots off instead of trying to be fancy with the puck, Flanagan said. SU

was outshot 41-17 by BC. Flanagan hoped to rely on some upperclassmen early in the year, but against BC, the freshmen generated most of SU’s offense.

“They all played last year when we beat BC here, 4-1, and upset them and really didn’t carry any of that experience with them,” Flanagan said of the older players on the team.

Stephanie Grossi, a freshman forward, scored

one of SU’s two goals and led the team in shots.

The only senior to find the back of the net for SU so far this year is senior forward Julie Knerr, who scored on her only shot of the season — the game-winner against Colgate.

“It’s pretty frustrating,” said senior forward Allie LaCombe. “It’s early in the season. ... Hopefully we can start producing like we should be.” jrmettus@syr.edu

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Can you dig it?: Orange looks to garner 1st conference win

By Chris Libonati staff writer

Two Atlantic Coast Conference weekends have led to no wins and four losses for the Syracuse volleyball team, and its digging struggles have contributed to the slow start.

This weekend, up next Syracuse (7-9, 0-4 VS Miami ACC) will duel Miami @ Women’s Building (Florida) and PittsFriday, 7 p.m. burgh, two teams that generally hit well. Against teams that do, the Orange is surrendering a hitting percentage just under 20 percent, which is good for 153rd in the nation. Pittsburgh (13-2, 1-1) is ranked fifth in the nation in kills per set and Miami (9-6, 2-2) is 51st in the nation in hitting percentage.

For SU, being consistent from game to game has been a noticeable problem, and improving its digging could start mitigating the problem.

SU has had three freshmen defensive specialists play during conference play and they’re looking to conquer a learning curve.

“When you’re not playing well one game,” senior middle blocker Lindsey McCabe said, “that doesn’t mean that the rest of the season is going to be a disaster. Each game is its own event.”

It’s been the defense that’s had a hard time at the front of the Orange’s conference slate.

SU ranks 12th in the nation in blocks per set, but ranks 237th in the nation in digs per set.

Head coach Leonid Yelin said he believes

the team is struggling more with its discipline on hits than anything else. He said the team needs to focus on digging more “position balls” than “crazy balls,” as he terms them.

“Position balls” are hit to a spot where someone is supposed to be and can dig the ball.

“Crazy balls” are those that find a gap in the defense and are much harder to defend, but those are the ones the team is chasing.

We are hitting balls to positions where they have to stay (so) they get a habit to stay. If you have an old habit, you’re not going to build anything until you bury it, kill the old one.

Leonid Yelin su head coach

To improve, SU is using various drills to get players to stay in good position to execute digs.

“We are hitting balls to positions where they have to stay (so) they get a habit to stay,” Yelin said. “If you have an old habit, you’re not going to build anything until you bury it, kill the old one.”

The team has also been working on “digging from the pins” said Dana Crispi, a freshman defensive specialist. A hitter will knock the ball from different angles to get players used to

BELLE SAND and SU volleyball have had trouble digging so far in conference play, which has led to a 0-4 Atlantic Coast Conference start. To fix this, head coach Leonid Yelin has had his team work on seeing the ball from multiple angles. kelli mosher staff photographer

seeing the ball from various angles.

While Yelin emphasized positioning drills to improve, players stressed the importance of reading the other teams’ hitters. Crispi and Belle Sand, another freshman defensive specialist, both emphasized the importance of reading a player’s arm to know where the ball is going. To prepare for Miami and Pittsburgh, the team took reps to practice reading the hitters.

Improving on digs is important for the team

in getting back on track. And while strong digging is important to create scoring opportunities, they can also stop opponents from gaining momentum — and create some for the digging team.

“Nothing is more helpful to get the team jacked than if you get an amazing dig,” Sand said. “When an opposing hitter creams the ball and you somehow get it up, the team goes wild.” cjlibona@syr.edu

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SU hopes improved finishing continues against Seminoles

ALEX LAMONTAGNE and the SU attack haven’t capitalized on as many opportunities as they would like thus far in conference play. The Orange will next play second-ranked Florida State and can’t afford to waste any more chances. michael cole staff photographer

By Liam Sullivan staff writer

Syracuse finished practice last Wednesday by moving the goals in, to about 30 yards away from each other. Players lined up behind each goal and began a drill in which they had a oneon-one chance against up next each “team’s” goalie.

VS No. 2 Florida State Practice didn’t end @ Tallahassee, until one side scored Florida 15 times. Head coach Thursday, 7 p.m.

Phil Wheddon hoped it would help the team increase its scoring, which it did against Boston College on Saturday, breaking through late in the second half with three goals for a shutout win.

“We’re defending pretty well, but you need to score goals to win games,” junior midfielder Jackie Firenze said after practice on Oct. 1.

“We’ve been doing our very best to make the most of our chances.”

Syracuse (5-5-3, 2-2 Atlantic Coast) hopes to continue to finish its attacking opportunities when it faces No. 2 Florida State (11-1, 4-0) on Thursday at 7 p.m. in Tallahassee, Florida. SU’s first three ACC games were all decided by one goal, but the team didn’t fully capitalize until its fourth conference matchup, against BC. Then, the Orange scored on three of its ten shots.

But the Seminoles have shut out opponents in eight of their 12 games and have not given up more than two goals in a game all season.

Playing in what’s widely regarded as the top conference for women’s college soccer, the importance of taking advantage of opportunities is heightened.

“There’s a lot of focus on finishing the chances we do have, because we won’t get many,” said junior

defender Taylor Haenlin. “We can be as solid as we want defensively, but we need to score too.”

There has also been a lot of emphasis in practice on not simply shooting, but finishing, Haenlin said. Shooting is simply kicking the ball toward the goal, she said, whereas finishing is actually putting the ball into the back of the net.

Saturday’s win and offensive success gave Wheddon’s team confidence that it could play with the big-time soccer powerhouses of the ACC, he said. Firenze added that she believed it was a turning point for the attack.

There’s a lot of focus on finishing the chances we do have, because we won’t get many. We can be as solid as we want defensively, but we need to score too.

Taylor Haenlin su junior defender

Before it’s victory over Boston College, the Orange had only one goal on 17 shots in ACC play.

While the practices and drills leading up to the Boston College game may have helped the team finish better, sophomore defender and midfielder Rebecca Pongetti said SU still has a lot of work to do.

“We need to keep working as hard as possible and not take anything for granted,” Pongetti said. “We’re playing some of the best of the best.

We just want to expose teams when we can and take advantage of the few chances defenses will give us.” lpsull01@syr.edu

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Finishing touch

Against all odds

Syracuse women’s soccer looks to work on finishing around the net when it faces No. 2 Florida State on Saturday.

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4 SU WEIGHTING GAME No. faces Wake men’s soccer

Williams starts to contribute to D-line after dropping pounds in preseason

Forest

By Josh Hyber staff writer

Fitting a 17-game regular season into a span of just more than two months gives Syracuse little time to revel in its record-breaking season. up next Each time the VS Wake Forest Orange’s next @ SU Soccer match rolls Stadium around, it’s Friday, 7 p.m. still recovering from its last.

Weekends on the road and weekday games against central New York opponents — against Cornell, Colgate and Albany and at Binghamton — have become the norm.

It’s tough to come from an ACC game and then turn up for a Tuesday night game.

Juuso Pasanen su midfielder

WAYNE WILLIAMS (75) came into the 2014 season weighing 365 pounds but now measures around 310. After proving he could commit to losing weight and playing team defense, he has played significant minutes, recovering a fumble against Louisville. spencer bodian staff photographer

By Phil D’Abbraccio asst. sports editor

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cott Shafer didn’t look happy, but Wayne Williams knew how to cheer him up.

The nose tackle stopped the head coach as he walked through

the Syracuse locker room following a practice a week before the Orange’s opener in August.

Williams weighed 365 pounds when he arrived at Syracuse early in 2014, and 315 was the goal the SU coaches set for him by season’s start.

Williams brought Shafer over to

a scale and stepped on it. It read 312.

“I think we probably had one of those practices,” Williams said. “I just gave him some good news. He was like, ‘That’s my boy.’

“He gave me a pat on the back and went out there with a smile.”

It took Williams more time and

more effort than originally planned, but he’s slowly starting to contribute to SU’s top-50 run defense. In his first year at Syracuse (2-3, 0-1 Atlantic Coast), the 6-foot-4 junior has cracked Syracuse’s two-deep at the nose tackle position for the second see williams page 20

On Friday at 7 p.m. at SU Soccer Stadium, No. 4 Syracuse (10-1, 3-1 Atlantic Coast) will play its third game in seven days with a match against Wake Forest (6-5, 2-2).

Despite the quick turnarounds, the team has gotten off to its best start in program history, and currently holds its highest-ever national ranking.

The Orange takes on the Demon Deacons just three days after Tuesday’s 2-1 comeback victory over Albany.

“Winning (against Albany) will see wake

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Shafer discusses McDonald’s emotional reaction to staff change

By Phil D’Abbraccio asst. sports editor

During the Atlantic Coast Conference coaches’ teleconference on Wednesday morning, Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer addressed the

comments George McDonald made Tuesday night about his demotion from offensive coordinator to solely wide receivers coach, which was announced Monday.

Speaking with reporters Tuesday night, McDonald said he never would

have left Arkansas to join Syracuse before the start of the 2013 season if he knew he would be demoted and replaced by Tim Lester after 18 games in charge of the offense.

Shafer had previously praised how professionally McDonald was han-

dling the coaching shakeup.

“Just like any relationship any of us have with people, you’re going to have emotional times. George was emotional,” Shafer said. “This morning, we sat. We spoke. He apologized to me and we decided that we wanted

to move forward together. There’s truly a sense of excitement to do so.”

After speaking with McDonald, Shafer said, the coaches sat around the room, discussed the matter “like a family” and concluded that they see shafer page 18