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SU alumnus, wife build scholarship fund for middle-class students By Laurence Leveille and Dara McBride
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yracuse University announced its secondlargest donation in university history Friday — $20 million, which will go toward a new scholarship program focused on incoming middleclass students. The Louise and Howard Phanstiel Scholar Program will be administered fall 2011 to middle-class students with a U.S. citizenship who have demonstrated potential for academic success and community leadership. “It’s almost like you have to pinch yourself sometimes and say, ‘Wow, God gave us this money for a reason, and boy, our job is to make sure we find good things to do with it,’” Louise Phanstiel said. The donation was announced on the Quad during an event titled “Project P.” A drumroll by the SU marching band built up to the announcement of the specific dollar amount, with nine University 100 members, each standing up with cardboard squares that together read “$20,000,000.”
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top: danielle parhizkaran | asst. photo editor; bottom: robert storm | contributing photographer Top: Howie (right) and Louise Phanstiel listen to a speaker during the celebration of their donation Friday. bottom: Members of University 100 display the amount of the Phanstiel’s donation.
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When Jessica Cunnington transferred to Syracuse University her sophomore year, she found exactly what she felt had been lacking at her former school — students who were as involved and ambitious as she. “I went to a school where I thought kids weren’t driven. It didn’t have the feel that this campus does. Here, everyone has goals,” she said. Cunnington, a junior broadcast journalism
major, transferred to SU after one year at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. After more than a year at SU, that energy on campus has fueled Cunnington’s desire to give back to the university for what it has given her. Cunnington, along with nine other students, is part of a new group that will promote philanthropy in the SU community. Helene Kahn, a 2010 graduate of SU and development associate in SU’s Office of Development, handpicked the group
of ten students. The group, which does not yet have an official name, will be the face of SU to alumni and potential donors and the face of philanthropy to the student body. But the group’s task is more daunting than simply promoting philanthropy — it’s trying to change the entire culture of SU. Philanthropy has a broad definition, but the group will focus specifically on securing donations for the university and convincing students that giving back starts when they step on campus,
not 20 years down the road when they’ve become successful, Kahn said. The group has met once, and some of its members were in attendance for Friday’s announcement of Howie and Louise Phanstiel’s $20 million donation to the university. Aside from Cunnington, the students in the group are Chelsea Damberg, Erik Bortz, Mollie Beach, Melissa Vargas, Matt Cohn, Zach Fisher, Luis Romo, Jonathan Leon and Merin Pasternak. see philanthropy page 7
Carter pleads guilty to harrassment violation, receives one-year probation By Andrew L. John and Brett LoGiurato The Daily Orange
Syracuse running back Delone Carter received a one-year conditional discharge for harassment in City Court on Thursday for punching a fellow Syracuse University student in a Feb. 27
snowball-throwing incident, said his attorney, Kimberly Zimmer. Carter pleaded guilty to the charges, Zimmer said, which were reduced from a misdemeanor third-degree assault charge by Judge Langston McKinney on Thursday. The charges are
contingent upon Carter avoiding any additional legal trouble. The case will remain open for the next year on a probationary status and close if the year’s conditions are met, Zimmer said. “He pled guilty to harassment,” Zimmer said. “The conditional discharge was basi-
cally his sentence. So the case remains open, if you will, until that year’s up. If there are no further problems with the law, then the case is closed, and that’s it.” Through Zimmer, Carter offered a statement expressing relief that the process was over and gratitude to everyone who
had helped him through the process. “He said he’s very thankful to those who have helped him through this process, including his family and the Syracuse University football program,” Zimmer said. see carter page 4
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crime briefs • Robert Rennie, a 22-year-old junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, was arrested for disorderly conduct outside Chuck’s Cafe on Friday at 8:50 p.m., according to Syracuse police records. Rennie tried to fight the bar’s staff after they escorted him outside, where he was screaming profanity and saying he was going to “kick everyone’s ass,” according to the records. Rennie, who appeared highly intoxicated, was placed in the back of a police vehicle, where he screamed and banged his head on a window, according to police records. • An unknown person or group set fire to a student’s U.S. and U.S. Army flags hanging from his front porch Wednesday, according to police records. Matthew Karrenbauer, a 21-year-old senior in Arts and Sciences and guest columnist for The Daily Orange who lives at 929 Ackerman Ave., told police he went to bed Wednesday at 2 a.m., and his roommate discovered the damaged flags at 6 a.m., according to police records. The U.S. flag was completely destroyed, while the U.S. Army flag was partially damaged, according to police records. No suspects were found. • Joshua Books, a 21-year-old senior in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, was charged with driving while intoxicated and driving the wrong way on a one-way street Friday at 2:25 a.m., according to police records. Books was pulled over at 1300 E. Adams St. • A freshman in DellPlain Hall had an Apple iPad stolen from his room over the weekend, according to police records. Simon Dolsten, a 17-year-old freshman in Whitman, left his room Friday at 6 p.m. and returned at 3 a.m., but had been in and out of the room when he got back, according to police records. He noticed his iPad was missing Saturday at 2:45 p.m., but told police his door was locked whenever he was gone, according to police records. A Department of Public Safety officer on the scene said the suspect must have entered through the front door, but no suspects were found, according to police records. • Two Syracuse University students were burglarized while they slept upstairs at their residence at 1205 Harrison St., Apartment 11, on Saturday, according to Syracuse police records. Melissa Slovinsky, a 20-year-old junior in the College of Human Ecology, had two wallets, two credit cards and $100 stolen, according to police records. Her roommate, Ariel Kessler, a 21-year-old senior in Whitman, had a pair of $150 sunglasses, a credit card, a debit card and a wallet stolen, according to police records. Slovinsky woke up at 11 a.m. to find her items stolen and the front door unlocked, according to police records. No suspects were found. — Compiled by Michael Boren, asst. news editor, mcboren@syr.edu
ashli truchon | staff photographer tucker max , author of “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell,” signs a copy of his book for Jasmine degroat, a freshman broadcast journalism major. Follett’s Orange Bookstore held the signing as part of his national tour to promote his newest book “Assholes Finish First.”
Tucker Max brings quick wit, advice to signing By Bianca Szklaruk Contributing Writer
Even though Tucker Max, author of “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell,” is an idol for some college-aged males, his own idol is a little more reserved. “It’s hard to argue with someone like Winston Churchill — smart, funny, beat a dictator in a war,” he said. Max appeared in Syracuse on Sunday at Follett’s Orange Bookstore, signing copies of his books and meeting fans. He was on tour to promote his new book, “Assholes
Finish First.” More than 150 people turned out for the 2 p.m. signing, arriving as early as 12:45 p.m. to be first in line to meet the author. The signing was arranged back in August, when his tour manager contacted Follett’s. Follett’s prepared by having 300 books available for purchase in its store and stationed Max on the second floor of the mall. The store hoped that if this signing was a success, there would be more events with other mainstream authors. “Everything is going good with
the tour,” Max said. “People like coming out to sign books and take pictures. If I didn’t have fans, I might have to get a real job.” Max began writing online in 2000 and decided to pursue writing full time in 2002. “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” was published in 2006 and became a best seller and feature film starring Matt Czuchry in 2009. His works are filled with casual anecdotes about his hookups, nights out with friends and run-ins with the law. After two books and a movie,
Max said he has to be more careful about his public actions. “I can’t just drive drunk some girl’s car into the front of a store anymore, I can’t get away with that,” he said. Max was willing to sign his new book or his previous book. The first half of his new book is very similar to his first book, but he said his recent success changed his life. And while crazy things still happen worth writing about, his experiences are a little different. see max page 8
Student-DJ contest tallies online votes; show sold out By Meghin Delaney Staff Writer
The competition for choosing three student DJs to open for DJ Steve Aoki is well under way, with online voting available now. University Union announced last month that Aoki will be the first fall 2010 concert in the Bandersnatch Music Series. The concert will be at 8 p.m. on Oct. 11 during Orange Central 2010 in the Goldstein Auditorium in the Schine Student Center. The event has already sold out at
300 tickets, said Trevor Elwell, the codirector of the Bandersnatch Music Series. The top three DJs will each be given a 20 to 30 minute set before Aoki, using their own equipment, Elwell said. Applicants were required to submit a mix tape they made, along with a paragraph about themselves by last Friday, Elwell said. “Both grad and undergrad students submitted applications. Most of them were very good. The music ranged
from Beethoven to ‘What is Love’ by Dubstep,” Elwell said. “I think 90 percent of the submissions contained some version of Deadmau5’s ‘Ghosts and Stuff.’” Voting will close Wednesday night at midnight, and the winners will be announced Thursday, said Emily Fine, the co-director of the Bandersnatch Music Series. About 30 students applied for the competition. All of the applicants were skilled DJs, but about half of them were cut before online voting
began, Fine said. Only nine are listed as options for online voting at www. suaokiopener.com. The website has a voting option, as well as MP3s of each DJ to help students decide. UU has no plans right now to incorporate students into events again, Fine said. “However, because of the great success this competition has had and how excited people are, it’s definitely something we will look into incorporating into shows in the future,” Fine said. see dj page 7
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Carter’s case had been postponed several times before finally reaching a conclusion Thursday. The last time it had been postponed was Sept. 14. Zimmer said that was normal in court proceedings similar to Carter’s situation. “That happens for a variety of reasons,” Zimmer said. “Based on attorneys’ availabilities and others. But that happens typically in a lot of cases.” The news comes just days after Carter was recognized by the Big East as the conference’s Offensive Player of the Week following his 172yard, four-touchdown performance Sept. 25
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against Colgate. In what was first reported by The Daily Orange on March 3, a passenger exited a black SUV on the 300 block of Waverly Avenue and struck William Hotaling, then a junior in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, in the face Feb. 27 after a snowball hit the vehicle. The suspect was later revealed as Carter, who was riding with teammates Ryan Gillum, Donte Davis and Daniel Bailey in Gillum’s 2007 GMC Yukon. After the SU Department of Public Safety and the Syracuse Police Department investigated, Carter and Gillum were taken in by police for questioning on April 14 in the hours leading up to Syracuse’s spring practice session that day, according to an article published in The Daily
Orange on April 15. Carter was charged with assault later that night and was subsequently suspended from the team and the university the following day, according to the article. Carter missed the final two days of spring practice and the annual spring game. On Aug. 9 at Syracuse’s media day, SU head coach Doug Marrone announced Carter’s reinstatement and said he would not be further disciplined by the team. “We look forward to (Carter) coming back and being a part of this team,” Marrone said on Aug. 9. “One of the things that has happened is that we have taken disciplinary action internally as a football program, and Judicial Affairs has had its part in that. As far as our football
program goes, we have punished Delone, and that punishment has been carried out. Now it is time for us to move forward.” Added Marrone: “We took action right away, which is the way our program is. We took action immediately, internally, right off the bat, prior to him leaving campus, and that punishment was fulfilled.” And now it appears the criminal trial proceedings and obligations are fulfilled for Carter as well, something about which Zimmer said Carter is relieved. “Throughout the process,” Zimmer said, “he has matured and grown personally, and he’s very grateful to have this behind him.” aljohn@syr.edu bplogiur@syr.edu
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Wegmans best grocery store option in area LETTER TO THE EDITOR Screw Seth Sommerfeld. I didn’t want to reduce to such terms, but there really isn’t any other answer to someone arguing against the grandeur of Wegmans. How is it he didn’t mention the prepared foods? The Wegmans in Fayetteville offers better prepared sandwiches (for a better price) than any other sub shop in all of Syracuse — Brooklyn Pickle included. One of those 14” subs could feed a dormitory floor — and with fresh deli meat! Working at The Daily Orange, you understand that at 4 a.m., when sadly the last bastion of takeout food (Kalzonies) has closed, Wegmans still offers its prepared foods in a cooler for those late-night crammers. Seth is also incorrect in naming organic food shoppers Wegmans’ target customer base — that’s Whole Foods Market. Wegmans is about the quality of its products. Go to its fresh meat section and try to find one cut that doesn’t belong in a butcher’s window. I will agree it’s just a regional supermarket, but in terms of your alternatives while living here, Wegmans will always win. An opinion can’t be wrong, but Seth sure as hell isn’t right.
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or most Americans, heightened security and travel warnings in the Middle East have become the norm, but threats have recently reached beyond its borders. Over the weekend, the U.S. State Department issued a travel alert for U.S. citizens throughout Europe. The State Department’s actions don’t come as a surprise because similar alerts have been issued after attacks like the London bombing. The unique part of the story is the style of attack that may possibly take place and the reasons behind it. For present security measures, the U.S. acted appropriately in issuing a travel alert. The severity of the threat level can still be contested, but the government finally did something right that won’t cause a heated debate. If it was up to me, we’d go back to an isolationist state until everything blows over — but that’s not feasible and is a little cowardly for a hegemonic state. If you remember anything about the Mumbai attack in 2008, you’ll remember it left 174 people dead, including nine of the gunmen. The attack captured the world as its audience and utilized the media attention to pass a message along to everyday civilians. The State Department is saying that could happen again in multiple locations or a major city. An actual
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i think i’m hungry again location hasn’t been discovered, but the volume of intelligence being reviewed is what caused security forces to take an attack as a high possibility. The particular Islamist extremists behind the Mumbai attack were not a rare breed, and they are plenty willing to do the same thing. According to CNN, a unique aspect to what people are calling the possible Mumbai-style attack is that it could be because of France — not the U.S. France certainly outdid the U.S. this time, and retaliation should have been expected. France recently issued a law that bans the covering of the face, which hinders the wearing of the veil for many. Their reasoning is connected to the security element of the country, but many think otherwise. I stand neutral on the veil law because it has its rights and wrongs, but could no other security plan be implemented?
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I wanted to know what other SU students thought about the issue, so I interrogated graduate education student Tyrone Shaw on the travel alert and the French ban on face covering. Shaw stated, “I think it is wise for the U.S. to warn its citizens. I trust American intelligence.” When questioned on the French law, Shaw said, “This is a much more complex issue. I understand where the French are coming from, but it is kind of disrespectful toward the Islamic religion. However, if they are in France, they should abide by French law.” Agreeing with Shaw, the issue is complex, and a lot of thought has to go into making future decisions. This could be a turning point in the “West against the rest” theory that people seem to abide by in today’s political thought systems. If we are to present a different political viewpoint on Islam, laws hindering those who practice the faith need to be strongly considered. Nations need to build a dialogue not just about politics, but about religion as well. President Barack Obama should probably let someone else take to the plate first.
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Before addressing the audience, the Phanstiels received personalized letterman jackets. Howard “Howie” Phanstiel spoke of the things that have changed at SU since he graduated in 1970. He said students have become more spirited, and the marching band, which he had been a member of, has improved. He also mentioned the number of times he has spoken at university functions, but said it was not quite as easy with him and his wife as the center of attention. A barbecue followed the announcement, and the SU marching band played throughout the celebration. Students and other attendees of the packed event waved flags and held large cut-outs of the Phanstiels’ heads, reminiscent of those held of Jim Boeheim during last year’s Syracuse men’s basketball season. Project P served as an opportunity to thank the Phanstiels for their gift on behalf of both the university and students and to celebrate the advancement of the billion-dollar campaign for Syracuse. “What you’ve done today will benefit generations to come through educating these young people who are attracted to Syracuse University,” said Youlanda Copeland-Morgan, associate vice president of enrollment management and director of scholarships and student aid. “Thank you so much. Hope you feel the love, Howie and Louise.” The event began with an opening speech delivered by Nykeba Corinaldi, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. During her first year as a student at SU, Corinaldi was affected by the economic crisis and began to question continuing her education at the university after more than 12 loan companies denied her.
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During the first winter of the recession, SU launched an emergency fundraising campaign, called Syracuse Responds, to raise more than $1 million for 450 students at risk of withdrawing from SU. The campaign was able to raise enough money for more than 500 students, including Corinaldi. “Each year, we see you all on our applicant pool,” Copeland-Morgan said. “But increasingly, it is becoming a struggle for families like yours and students like you to pay for college costs.” Despite $178 million toward financial aid this year, support and sacrifices made by families, and efforts to pay for college through student loans and work on campus, “more assistance is needed to ensure that we have the resources, that you have the resources, to bridge the gap between the cost of coming to Syracuse University and the amount of money that your families can pay,” she said. During the presentation, Howie Phanstiel described how he and his wife came from middle-class backgrounds and wanted to give back. “Our goal is to continue to create opportunities for others to have the same learning and college experience that we all have shared at this wonderful institution,” Howie said. Howie is a graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences with a degree in political science. In 1971, he received a Master of Public Administration degree from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Since 2005, he has served on the Maxwell School Advisory Board. He also serves on SU’s board of trustees and has been one of three co-chairs for the billion-dollar campaign for SU since 2007. The Phanstiels have previously donated to SU. They established the Phanstiel Chair in Strategic Management and Leadership in Maxwell with a gift of $5 million in 2006 and donated $1.2 million to help finance the Carmelo K. Anthony
“It’s giving to make a difference and finding the right things that are consistent with our philosophy and how we look at life and that we can do the most with what we have.” Louise Phanstiel
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Basketball Center. Howie also led 2008’s midyear fundraising effort, Syracuse Responds. It was Louise Phanstiel who approached her husband about creating the scholarship program. She said the two have been talking about it since the spring. She said she and her husband wanted to give in a more meaningful way so students would know the gift had come from people who care about giving back and would hopefully inspire others to give. Louise paid her way through college, working full time during the day and attending college at night. She was 27 when she graduated and said she wished the financial aid and scholarships of today were available then. Now she and Howie are helping others with the opportunities they have had. She said she was touched by the stories of students who approached her and Howie after the presentation. She said she has heard of students who are unsure if they will return because of a death in the family, a parent losing a job or a family supporting those outside the immediate family. Howie did not become involved in giving to his alma mater until later in his life, when Louise encouraged him to, he said. He comes to SU about four to five times a year. Now that he has given the latest gift, he said he would devote time to finishing the capital campaign and following the football season. “It’s very clear it’s going to be a while before this economy recovers, and we know that middle-class families have always made sacrifices for kids to come to a private school like Syracuse, and the challenge will be that, in the future, those family incomes may not keep pace with the increasing cost of attending a school like Syracuse,” Howie said. The scholarship is an opportunity for middleclass students who are sometimes looked over during the financial aid process but, like other socioeconomic groups, were affected by the recession. Families’ financial situations differ depending on their family structure, CopelandMorgan said. “You could have a $125,000 income, but that $125,000 has to be used differently when you come from a family of six where there’s four kids, versus a family of three where there’s one child,” Copeland-Morgan said. The national median income for the middle class is around $56,000, but the scholarship will include students whose family income is up to $175,000, Copeland-Morgan said. The scholarship is not only meant to provide money for students to continue their education, but also to focus on philanthropy. “It will have mentoring components to it; it will have financial literacy components to it; it will provide lecture and academic enrichment,”
Copeland-Morgan said. Students who receive the scholarship will be required to attend an annual lecture promoting altruism in the community, submit a onepage personal statement on their philanthropic efforts of the previous year and participate in SU’s financial literacy program, “I Otto Know This!” A Council of Mentors will be available to help students throughout their time at SU. Keeping students involved in the community and teaching them financial responsibility through a Council of Mentors were elements the Phanstiels wanted to include in the program. Louise Phanstiel said financial and community responsibility will affect students past their years at SU. Copeland-Morgan said not all scholarship qualification details are available at this time, but the university is aiming to finalize the scholarship details by the spring. The next step is to identify who the members of the Council of Mentors will be. The council will also ensure the gift retains the purpose the Phanstiels envisioned. The details for the scholarship, including qualifications and the scholarship application process, will be determined once mentors are chosen and meetings and discussions have begun, Copeland-Morgan said. She also said the university is unsure how many students the program would be able to assist, but there would be a focus on incoming students. The number of students who will receive the scholarship is dependent on how much revenue the $20 million gift generates, Copeland-Morgan said. There are three options as to how to use the gift: It can be spent, put toward the endowment for interest, or a fraction of the money can be spent and the rest can go toward the endowment, said Kevin Quinn, senior vice president of public affairs. The endowment is a pool of money the university invests. If all or some of the Phanstiels’ gift is put in the endowment for interest, the interest will be used toward the scholarship program. All of the Phanstiels’ $20 million gift to the university will be directed toward the scholarship program to help middle-class students, but Quinn said he could not say whether they put all or some of the money in the endowment because donors do not usually announce this detail. Louise said the couple feels inspired to continuously give after being blessed with opportunities. “It gives us joy,” she said. “It’s not giving for the sake of giving — it’s giving to make a difference and finding the right things that are consistent with our philosophy and how we look at life, and that we can do the most with what we have.”
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• The $20,000,000 donation is the second-largest monetary gift SU has received. • The money will first be administered fall 2011 with a focus on incoming students. • Middle-class students with a U.S. citizenship who have demonstrated potential for academic success and community leadership are eligible. • Students who receive the scholarship will be required to attend an annual lecture promoting altruism in the community, submit a one-page personal statement on their philanthropic efforts of the previous year and participate in SU’s financial literacy program, “I Otto Know This!” • A Council of Mentors will help future scholars during their time at SU.
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Kahn approached students who have a wide representation from SU and come from a variety of racial and class backgrounds, she said. Cunnington said when Kahn approached her to join the group, her fi rst thought was, “Why hasn’t this been in place sooner?” On being the face of SU to donors and alumni, Cunnington said it’s important for donors to see students when they come back to campus for events. There are groups of students, such as University 100, to represent the university, but there has never been a group of students specifically dedicated to promoting philanthropy and securing alumni donations, she said. Alumni who haven’t been at SU for decades want to know what the university is like today from a student perspective, group members said. “When you’re an alum and you come back, you want to see students,” said Damberg, a member of the group and junior broadcast journalism and policy studies major. The group is still developing ideas on how to best promote philanthropy among the student body. Coming from a diverse range of campus groups and organizations, members will start by promoting it among their respective groups. Students are often intimidated by the term “philanthropy” because they connote it with large monetary donations, Kahn said. “The issue is money, but if you’re going to be attached (to SU) for the rest of your life, it shouldn’t be an issue,” Cunnington said. Different philanthropy campaigns, such as the senior class giving campaign, focus on participation, rather than monetary donation. If about 50 percent of the senior class was to each give $10, the campaign could raise $20,000. Bortz, a member of the group and junior political philosophy major, said it’s important for students to realize giving back doesn’t always have to be in monetary terms. It can be “elbow grease” as well, such as working in a volunteer event or helping fi x up an
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old building. Today’s students have so many opportunities available because of the donations and work past generations have put in, he said. And it’s important for students to give back now so they can help make the dreams of future generations come true. Philanthropy is something that’s never been heavily emphasized to students on campus, he said. On SU’s current level of student philanthropy, he said, “it’s not where it should be. In order to do this, we need to change the culture of our university.” Kahn researched philanthropy programs at other universities and drew many of her ideas for the group from Texas A&M University and its student philanthropy group called “The Maroon Coats.” The group is a highly respected group on the campus, known for its signature maroon blazers. SU’s group is brainstorming ideas for its own unique outfits that will distinguish them. Developing the prestige associated with The Maroon Coats at SU is one example of something that will take an entire culture shift. Harvard University is another example of a school with a rich history of philanthropy and giving back. Writing a check at universities with a rich history of giving is more than just a donation, Cunnington said; it’s about an emotional connection. And that emotional connection is exactly what SU’s new group is trying to build. It’s all about “giving back to where you came from,” Cunnington said. When Howie Phanstiel spoke to Friday’s crowd about his donation, he said when he left SU, he made a $50 donation and didn’t look back for 35 years. It wasn’t until later that he discovered that emotional connection that inspired him to give back. Friday’s event on the Quad was just the fi rst in many steps to promote the culture of philanthropy on campus. The celebration for the donation, the second-largest in SU history, showcased that giving back brings enthusiasm and excitement — a feeling Kahn hopes this group of students can generate on campus. Said Kahn, “Enthusiasm breeds enthusiasm.”
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Drew Shields, a junior advertising and international relations major, applied for the competition, but was cut before the online voting began. Shields has been DJing for a little over a year. “I use a lot of dance, pop and rap music. I’m kind of fooling around with it right now,” said Shields. “I like to go with what people want to hear then throw my own stuff, too.” Shields heard about the competition through a friend who received an e-mail announcement about the competition and decided to submit an application. “I already had a mix that I was planning to record, and when I heard about this event, I thought I’d try my luck,” Shields said. Although he was cut, Shields said he was glad to see the new level of student involvement. “I think this is a learning situation for everyone,” Shields said. “It’s great to see that UU is trying to get different types of music to campus for students and involving students.” In addition to being a DJ, Aoki is a producer and has his own record label, Dim Mak Records. Aoki released his first album, “Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles,” in January 2008. Aoki has remixed many artists and bands, including Drake, Bloc Party, Kid Cudi and Robin Thicke. The second Bandersnatch Music Series show this year will be Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. in Schine Underground and will feature Two Door Cinema Club, an Irish electro-rock band. Tickets are available at the Schine Box Office. medelane@syr.edu
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Max said his stories about women sometimes attract negative attention from other women. His assistant on tour is a female, and he said this helps keep him focused and avoid unwanted situations. “I have no idea how many women I’ve slept
“But if I’m out with my buddies I don’t sit there like, ‘Oh boy, this could be a good story.’ Sometimes I have the best night and go to write it and it doesn’t work. It is too, ‘You had to be there,’ whereas other nights it may not be funny until later.” Tucker Max
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with. I think it’s really creepy once you’re past 30 or 40 women,” Max said. “I would say I’ve slept with more than 100 and less than 1,000.” At 31, Max said he is looking to settle down at some point, but his lifestyle has made dating difficult. “Who wants to be single their whole life? Marriage can be great if it’s between two people who love and care about each other,” Max said. “But it is hard to date me. It’s not that it’s completely unlike dating another guy,
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but not like dating a normal person. There are a lot of great things I bring to the table and a lot of difficult things, too.” Although Max pulls from his life, not every event is seen as a potential story. Tucker said he goes out with his friends to have fun, and sometimes the crazy night will yield a story and sometimes it won’t. Sometimes an amazing night is too boring when explained, while other stories become funny with time. Putting his life on display has affected his relationships. He said his success has made friends envious, but he does not know what his family thinks of his works. “What does my family think about me being a best-selling author and having a movie made about my life? I don’t know. If they don’t approve, it’s their problem, not mine,” he said. Max’s success has been unconventional. He encouraged college students to explore and look outside the social norm of going from high school to college to a job they might be unhappy with. “If what they want to be differs from the standard path, people tell them they can’t do it,” Max said. “And my advice is college is a time to ignore those people, take risks, find your destiny — and most people don’t do that and get into a job and life they don’t like.” This was Max’s first time in Syracuse. He said the city needed more besides the university. When he asked people where to go to eat, he said they all directed him to Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. Max, who hails from Austin, said the barbeque couldn’t live up to what he was used to. After he is done promoting his latest book, Max said he would continue updating his website and writing, but another movie is unlikely. He has already started another book, “Hilarity Ensues,” according to his website. blszklar@ syr.edu
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Q&A With Tucker Max Best-selling author Tucker Max appeared Sunday at Follett’s Orange Bookstore meeting with fans and signing copies of his book, “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell,” and his newest release, “Assholes Finish First.” The Daily Orange asked Max about his tour, family and the women in his life.
How is your tour going so far? Good. Everything is good, yeah.
What inspired you to do a tour?
What inspired me? Well, people like coming out to sign books and take pictures. If I didn’t have fans I might have to get a real job.
What can readers expect that’s different from “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell?” The first half of AFF is very similar to my first book. The second half is a little different. I call it “post-fame sex stories.” Once I became famous and women started coming to me, I mean, I still had funny crazy things happen, they were just a little different.
How do you like Syracuse?
It’s my first time in this town. I don’t know. Is it just me, or is there nothing here besides the university?
What does your family think?
What does my family think about me being a best selling author and having a movie made about my life? I don’t know. If they don’t approve, it’s their problem, not mine.
Who are your most memorable women?
My best friend is Erin Tyler, her nickname is The Bunny. She is my best friend. My last girlfriend I dated, the last story is about her. Of course I remember her, we dated for eight months. It was a great relationship. And my mom.
Any advice for students?
Who is mine? You know I have different ones for different things overall. Haha, I don’t know, it’s tough, it’s hard to argue with someone like Winston Churchill — smart, funny, beat a dictator in a war.
Ton of advice. I give speeches every year and, uh, a lot of kids go to college thinking because they are supposed to and get a stupid job because everyone told them, and they never think, “What do I want to do?” and they never explore what it is they want to do, they want to be. And if it differs from the standard path, people tell them they can’t do it. And my advice is college is a time to ignore those people, take risks, find your destiny. And most people don’t do that and get into a job and life they don’t like.
How man women have you slept with?
What is it like to date Tucker Max?
Who is your role model?
I have no idea how many women I’ve slept with. I think it’s really creepy once you’re past 30 or 40 women. I mean, if I said I slept with 460 girls you would be like “What the f***?” I would say more than 100, less than 1,000.
What do you think of marriage, and will you ever settle down?
Yeah, of course I want to settle down. Who wants to be single their whole life? Marriage can be great if it’s between two people who love and care about each other and its emotionally healthy. It can be great.
Hard. I’m, uh, it’s not unlike dating another guy, but not like dating a normal person. There are a lot of great things I bring to the table and a lot of difficult things too.
Do your friends envy you?
Of course. You will see when you become successful. Even on a small scale you will have friends who will try and hate on you. It’s the same thing for me, but times 1,000.
What was your favorite undergrad class? Two: I took a class on the history of the Peloponnesian War, the book by David Bettington, at UChicago, which was amazing. Or Intro to Microeconomics.
Can we expect another film?
Man, I hope not. The last one took years off my life. It was difficult and aggravating. I don’t see it happening.
Has your success changed you? Are you more conscientious now?
I’m more conscientious when I go out. It’s because I have money and a target on my chest. I have sh** to lose. I can’t just drive drunk some girl’s car into the front of a store anymore. I can’t get away with that. So I have to be very wary. The reason my assistant is a girl is because many girls come at me with less than pure motives, so it’s much easier to deal with a female assistant. But if I’m out with my buddies, I don’t sit there like “Oh boy this could be a good story.” Sometimes I have the best night and go to write it and it doesn’t work. It is too “You had to be there,” whereas other nights it may not be funny until later.
Anything else you would like to say to the SU community?
You guys need more restaurants, good restaurants. Dinosaur BBQ-I live in Austin. Don’t talk about it to me. I mean, it’s okay, it’s not bad, but, like, it’s the only thing in town. Everyone I asked, ëWhere do I eat?í Dinosaur. What if I don’t want to go? You have to there’s no choice. — Compiled by Bianca Szklaruk, contributing writer, blszklar@syr.edu
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tate budget cuts at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry could impact future graduate research funding and extracurricular programs to prevent overcrowding in classes. While other public universities across the nation have faced overcrowding and had to cut classes to reduce costs, ESF has not. But some graduate students said they are worried funding for their research and for other campus organizations could be cut in the future. Throughout the past few years, ESF and the entire SUNY system have faced decreases in state funding, the latest being a $170 million reduction that forced a tuition increase for outof-state students. The pattern of budget cuts could have negative effects at ESF, including tuition hikes, crowded classes, reduced financial aid and dropped programs, said ESF President Neil Murphy in a Dec. 10 article in The Daily Orange. To avoid those negative effects, ESF has made changes in less noticeable areas, such as reducing travel expenses and activity on campus during breaks and cutting back on energy and maintenance costs. Despite the potential for overcrowding cre-
illustration by molly snee | art director ated by the cuts, many professors at ESF said that hasn’t been the case. “ESF is among the nation’s leading universities in classroom size,” said Arthur Stipanovic, chemistry professor and department head, in an e-mail. Small departments have also fared well alongside chemistry and other large departments that have not experienced overcrowding. “Our incoming class of freshmen and transfers was 29 this year, so crowding definitely isn’t an issue for us,” said Linda Fagan, a paper and bioprocess engineering professor. Most upper division classes have no more than nine students, and those within the department joke about classes feeling like home school due to size, Fagan said. Because of the rigorous demands of the major, the already small classes become less crowded as students get closer to graduation, with as few as five students graduating per year. “By the time our kids graduate, we know their names and everything else about them,” Fagan said.
Students said they haven’t noticed an increase in class sizes, either. “I haven’t even heard about overcrowding here. It doesn’t seem like a big problem at all,” said Mark Leopold, a fish and wildlife biology and management graduate student.
necessary, Del Granado said. While the reduced funding has affected research funding, it could have serious implications in the classroom if the cuts continue. If ESF continues to experience drastic budget cuts over the next few years, teaching and research
“As a grad student it’s always been hard to get funding, and it’s even harder now.” Susana del Granado
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Although the budget cuts haven’t caused increased class sizes, their effects have been felt in other areas at ESF. “As a grad student, it’s always been hard to get funding, and it’s even harder now,” said Susana Del Granado, an environmental and natural resources policy doctoral candidate. Some campus organizations have seen such dramatic cuts in funding that they have considered firing staff or not hiring new staff when
assistant positions could be cut, she said. Faculty and students could also see a reduction in educational opportunities, such as seminars and research conferences, she said. Budget cuts have made it more difficult to obtain funding for field trips, seminars and social events on campus, Del Granado said. “It was hard before,” Del Granado said. “It’s almost impossible now.” jlsiart@syr.edu
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Crowd influences improv act By Matt Harrigan Contributing Writer
photo courtesy of su drama CHRIS DWAN, a senior musical theater major, performs as The Emcee in the SU Department of Drama’s adaptation of Cabaret. It was the first time that John D. Archbold Theatre hosted an all SU Drama-cast production. Cabaret began Friday and will run through Oct. 10.
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n entertaining and deeply profound production, Syracuse University’s Department of Drama’s “Cabaret” blends good oldfashioned vaudeville with dark commentary on the condition of humanity, delivering a full-fledged theatrical experience. “Cabaret” delves into Berlin, Germany in 1931. The show primarily revolves around the sleazy Kit Kat Klub’s performers and patrons. The Emcee of the gentleman’s club narrates the show, which focuses on singer Sally Bowles and her rendezvous with the traveling American author Cliff Bradshaw. Bowles and Bradshaw, along with a slew of other alluring characters, enjoy the seedy lifestyle with sexually charged oblivion. That is until the Nazi Party’s emergence seems too large to ignore, and the ongoing party must come to a dramatic end. “Cabaret” first hit the Broadway stage in 1966 under Harold Prince’s direction. The critics loved it, awarding the show eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical. In 1972, the show spawned an Academy Award-winning film adaptation, directed
With lively cast, SU Drama meets high standards in first Archbold Theatre performance
by Bob Fosse, with a cast led by Liza Minnelli. “Cabaret” has seen two major Broadway revivals, as well as a visit to West End and three more United Kingdom revivals since. With its timeless message and energetic characters, “Cabaret” fits perfectly on SU Drama’s
SU Drama’s “Cabaret” is larger than life — a gloriously energetic cast manipulating its bodies and voices to create something extraordinary smaller stage. Syracuse Stage typically houses SU Drama shows in its smaller Storch Theatre. But that just didn’t feel right for “Cabaret” director David Wanstreet and producing artistic director Timothy Bond. Bond allowed “Cabaret” to perform in the significantly larger John D. Archbold Theatre,
marking the first time an entirely SU Drama-cast production performed on the stage. And it’s a good thing he did. SU Drama’s “Cabaret” is larger than life — a gloriously energetic cast manipulating its bodies and voices to create something extraordinary. Chris Dwan, a senior musical theater major, takes a turn as The Emcee and invokes something truly disturbing. He lurks, he struts and he groans — all in the name of driving the show along. Dwan delivers a performance far more varied than the film version’s notorious Emcee, creating a character less Pee-wee Herman and more tantalizingly obscure. It probably doesn’t hurt that he gets most of the show’s laughs: He prances in lederhosen one minute and moans in a ball gown the next. As Sally Bowles, senior musical theater major Hannah Corneau has a lot to live up to — it’s hard to out-Liza Liza. Which is why going in another direction works for her. She plays Bowles a little harsher than the usual doe-eyed party animal, but she makes it work, putting her own spin on classics like “Maybe This Time.” But where Corneau really shines is in see cabaret page 12
A couple quarreled about a love affair with an apple; a Marilyn Monroe impersonator suffered the side effects of a new vomiting drug; and the audience made apple pies with Julia Child and George Washington — not the type of performances one would usually find in an evening at the theater. And yet this unusual theaterfare was commonplace for Red House Live, an improvisation show held Friday night at the Red House Arts Center. Beginning its fourth season, Red House Live performs once a month in a sixshow season, constructing a series of games and skits in which creativity is key. The center opened in 2004 and has hosted over 500 productions, including concerts, film screenings, art shows and comedy shows. The theater filled with laughter as four performers playing countless roles took suggestions from shouting audience members. They acted alongside music from the one-man band, Emmett Van Slyke. Syracuse radio personality, TK99’s Glenn “Gomez” Adams from the “Gomez and Dave” show, hosted the event and even took part in some of the skits. “Improv is the ultimate ensemble performance,” said Tim Mahar, a Red House Live performer since its inception. “We let the characters do the work, and it’s all a team when you’re up there.” At Red House Live, the quality of the show hinges on the liveliness of the audience. Friday night, most skits began with Adams encouraging the audience to blurt out random words or props for the cast to use. In one of the skits, the audience listed medication side effects, and the performers then acted them out. Some audience members took the stage during certain skits. The small theater size and talkative cast created a congenial atmosphere where the spectators’ nerves seemed to disappear. A performer’s occasional burst of laughter and break in character assured that no matter where a person is — on stage or in the audience — nothing is better than a good laugh. Confusing herself for an ice cream cone at a party, one audience member complained about the heat and expressed her fear of carbonated beverages. Two other viewers served as the arms see redhouse page 14
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conjunction with her handsomely innocent love interest, Cliff Bradshaw, played by senior musical theater major Kenny Metzger. Metzger plays Bradshaw as the sympathetic but poised American symbol, drawing out his best performances in powerful scenes dealing with still relevant issues of racism, homophobia and abortion. Metzger’s character seems to take all the hits in this arena, and it’s to his credit that each is a believable — and thus moving — encounter. It’s a shame Bradshaw rarely sings, for when he does, Metzger pours out a beautifully powerful voice that’s perfect for the stage. Overall, the cast’s vocal efforts stand strong on its own. The three leads know what they’re doing, of course, but the supporting principals prove just as strong. In fact, senior musical theater major Mary Kate Morrissey, as prostitute Fraulein Kost, pumps out one of the show’s strongest vocal moments. Senior acting major Alanna Rogers’s role as Fraulein Schneider provides some memorable moments, though she
And the winner is… Awards that the play “Cabaret” has won Tony Awards, 1967
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is strongest when paired opposite the lovable Herr Shultz (played by senior musical theatre major Ross Baum). But as a cabaret would suggest, one of the most enjoyable parts of the production is the ensemble: a beautiful mix of men and women of all different shapes and sizes playing the Kit Kat Girls and Boys, reminiscent of an actual club where, unsurprisingly, not everyone is 5-foot-10 and 100 pounds. Overall, the cast’s unity is what makes the musical so successful, something Metzger believed wasn’t purely coincidental. Metzger said when the cast found out that the grandfather of senior musical theater major Luke Wygodny (who plays the customs official) had survived the Holocaust, the production became more meaningful. And it shows. The performers in SU Drama’s “Cabaret” are nothing like the empty souls of stripping cabaret dancers — they’re a group of affected youth with a message to share. That message of cultural acceptance was relevant in 1931 Berlin, it was relevant in 1966 on the Great White Way, and it is relevant today. gmillerj@syr.edu
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•Best Revival of a Musical •Best Actor in a Musical - Alan Cumming •Best Actress in a Musical - Natasha Richardson •Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Ron Rifkin Drama Desk Awards, 1998
•Outstanding Revival of a Musical •Outstanding Actor in a Musical - Alan Cumming •Outstanding Actress in a Musical Natasha Richardson Source: broadwaymusicalhome.com
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Arjun Amarshi, a junior history and psychology major, is interested but cannot fit all of the opportunities into his schedule. “I would go (to the fitness classes), but I have class all day. If they were offered more often or at different times, I would definitely take advantage,” he said.
For students dragging on Monday after the weekend, the Healthy Monday campaign is there to help — when it can. With five programs offered every Monday, some students struggle to fit the initiatives into their schedules. While the schedule may be overcrowded, the campuswide initiative intends to promote healthy living, said Peggy Neu, president of the national Healthy Monday campaign. The Healthy Monday campaign began over five years ago as a nationwide program to combat the most prevalent health concerns in the U.S., such as obesity and heart disease. At Syracuse University, the movement seeks to provide a sampling of methods to eat well and stay in shape. Neu said Monday was chosen as the day for a fresh start because “people tend to relapse over the weekend. Campus-wide programs have been put in place to help students hit the restart button.” Fitting in every event in one day seems unlikely, but if students have an extra minute to visit the multiple offerings, it might make the post-weekend blues feel a little less painful.
Founded by Sid Lerner, an S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumnus, Meatless Monday offers vegetarian options in dining halls around campus. The initiative aims to provide alternative means of nutrition, but the campaign is not trying to push vegetarianism — just a reduction of personal meat consumption by 15 percent, said Eric Persons, SU’s Healthy Monday program adviser. Benefits range from more energy to lower fat and cholesterol intake, Persons said. Madriqueka Brooks, a junior biology major, loves the meatless options. She frequents Sadler Dining Center, where she said she loads up on grilled cheese, stuffed tomatoes and fresh greens. “I’m not a vegetarian at all, but I have been trying to cut back on red meat lately,” Brooks said. “I just feel better at the end of the day.”
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Move-It Monday offers free fitness classes in which participants can get a taste of aerobics, body sculpting, cross training, and mind and body classes that are offered year-round. “I didn’t even know about them,” said Tali Simon, an undeclared sophomore. “But now that I know, I definitely plan on checking them out. I don’t have any classes at the time they’re offered.”
Nneka Ebbe, a junior acting major, shows up for a free massage every week in the Schine Student Center’s atrium. “The school week is busy, and the weekends are even crazier. It’s nice to just be pampered a little before it all starts again,” Ebbe said. Every Monday from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., The Art of Massage, a massage therapy practice based in Marshall Square Mall, sets up its equipment to
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re-energize students. “There are always people there,” said Jessica Leeds, a graduate assistant for Healthy Monday. She suggests going a little earlier, as there may be three or four people signed up at any given time. Elizabeth Hollan, another graduate assistant, understands the excitement. “Who would refuse a free massage?” she said.
Meditation Monday Hosted by SU’s Student Buddhist Association, Zen meditation sessions give students a chance to bask in silence and reflection in the lower level of Hendricks Chapel. Catherine Landis, a State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry doctoral candidate and Zen practitioner, leads group meditations. Five to nine students usually attend the Monday meditations, Landis said, but the sessions are open to anyone. Studies show meditation changes your brain in positive ways, which includes academic performance, she said. “Through Meditation Monday, we are hoping to provide students, faculty and staff means to start their week in a calm, stress-free way, which meditation promotes,” Leeds said.
Restock Monday Health Services offers free fruit and tea as healthy snacking options on campus. Supplies are set out from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., but they go fast. Tyra Jeffries, a junior public relations major, said a lot of people take the fruit on their way out the door. She frequented the table last year, but said she doesn’t have the time this semester. knbaug@syr.edu
for Julia Child and George Washington as they attempted to film a cooking show. “In theater, the audience is always stuck behind that fourth wall. Once you break that wall and they get into it, it is wild,” Mahar said. “I like the on-the-spot nature. People throw in some random things,” said Nathan Grant, a Mattydale resident who volunteered to participate in two skits. “It has nothing to do with the context of the scenario, but that’s what makes it fun.” While Red House Live promotes an amusing atmosphere, it also takes the craft very seriously. Both Mahar and Laura Austin, the founder and artistic director of Red House Arts Center, trained and worked with The Second City improv club in Chicago. The Second City alumni include Steve Carell, Tina Fey and Mike Myers. Mahar said the first thing taught at The Second City is not to try to be funny. “For you as an audience, it’s painful to see someone trying to be funny,” said Mahar. “So if you develop the strong characters that you saw tonight, then they do the work and it helps the other characters react.” For Adams, who performs both improv and stand-up comedy when not on the air, improv is always full of new surprises. “In stand-up, most comics have a routine that they do. The audiences are different, but the material is mostly the same,” he said. “With this, every time is just different.” mbharrig@syr.edu
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produces. In the first episode, we saw
type. Take Martinez, the strong but
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of the U.S. government. Plus, the free
caught up in the mayhem just to save
3. Superman from “Smallville”
aliens want the captive aliens released.
his girlfriend. Walker likes to run — a
“We’re tired of waiting,” said a free
lot — and that’s all he seems to accom-
“The Event.” It might amuse you. But rest assured: The next round of new
Two weeks into the program, “The Event” features multiple storylines revolving around some almost-human
But the best twists came in the sec-
national security secrets. We saw this
extraterrestrials. (They look and
alien leader in the second episode.
plish in the first two episodes. He runs
sound like us and share 99 percent of
Foreboding much?
to get away from the aliens. He runs
our DNA, but they don’t age.) So far, the
So, yes, the show provided enough
to escape the U.S. government agents
American public remains blissfully
twists and turns to warrant two weeks
ignorant of their existence. President
of viewing. But the editing looks
of the United States Elias Martinez
thrown together, like the network
special. But just because aliens as
(Blair Underwood) struggles with the
executives forgot to pay attention to
subject matter produce a drama most
decision to announce the aliens’ exis-
that part of the show in the develop-
viewers like, who knows if the show
tence, forcing the U.S. to release aliens
ment stage.
will find enough success to last. It is
captured 66 years ago. Several sinister
“The Event” tries to take a page
pursuing him. “The Event” is fun, but nothing
reminiscent of “Invasion,” another
forces, including CIA henchman Blake
from the playbook of successful former
aliens-might-take-over-the-world show
Sterling (Zeljko Ivanek), conspire
TV drama “Lost” by telling a por-
— a program with greater inherent
to keep the aliens locked up and to
tion of its story through flashbacks.
potential than “The Event.” And “Inva-
control Martinez. While an everyday
Somehow, this story element got lost in
sion” only made it through one season.
man, Sean Walker (Jason Ritter), finds
translation. In “Lost,” each flashback
himself clueless and smack dab in the
was self-contained; it took place over
middle of the whole mess.
a very specific amount of time. But in
The show, at its core, is nothing but
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“The Event,” the show flashes back to
pulp fun. It features a plot that kept us
numerous times and locations. It actu-
coming back for at least two episodes.
ally needs text on the screen (phrases
But the editing needs work, the char-
like “13 days earlier”) to help navigate
acters lack depth, and this “24” meets
the timeline. In essence, the show too
“THE EVENT”
“Invasion” hybrid feels familiar —
frequently serves us a jumbled mess.
NETWORK: NBC
maybe too familiar. The plot’s strength revolves around
To make matters worse, Triscuits have more depth than the characters,
The man of steel saves humanity from the likes of Lex Luthor and the rest, but don’t forget this hero wasn’t born any near Metropolis. Lucky for us, the Kryptonians draw their power from our sun.
4. Mork from “Mork and Mindy”
In the role that supercharged Robin Williams’ career, Mork from Ork came to Earth to report back to his superiors in the wacked-out ‘80s comedy.
5. Caprica 6 from “Battlestar Galactica”
As the hottest alien on our list, Caprica 6 also receives points for her evil nature. As the Cylon responsible for the near extermination of the human race, the best rule for dealing with Caprica 6: Touch with your eyes, not your hands.
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Reigning Big East champ SU beats LeMoyne in exhibition By Michael Cohen Asst. Copy Editor
Jenna Caira couldn’t hold back a smile. As she jogged back to the Syracuse dugout, she stuck out her tongue and laughed. She’d just gotten a taste of her own medicine. Caira had struck out looking on a changeup, syracuse 10 the same pitch she has as SU’s ace. The Lemoyne 0 perfected same pitch she uses to torment opposing batters. “Karma,” Caira said laughing. “Hitting a changeup right now, eh — I’ll work on it with Coach (Wally) King.” But that one strikeout was the only thing Caira, a junior pitcher, and her teammates did wrong Friday, as they dominated crosstown rival LeMoyne 10-0 to wrap up their fall ball season. Caira and sophomore Stacy Kuwik
“We said with this game, we want to set the tone for how we go in the spring. And I think we did that.” Jenna Caira
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combined for a two-hit shutout. The overpowering pitching was complemented by a balanced offense in which seven players registered a hit and four drove in at least one run. SU head coach Leigh Ross kept her projected starters out on the field for the first four innings before moving personnel around. That gave fans a brief taste of what to expect come spring, and the lineup already looked to be in good form. Caira continued right where she left off playing for Team Canada over the summer. Her changeup fooled the Dolphins’ hitters consistently, and five of her six strikeouts came on that pitch. Kuwik replaced her in the top of the fifth and retired all nine batters she faced. “They did fantastic,” Ross said. “They have just made huge strides, even from last year. Caira’s experience this summer was fantastic. And (Kuwik) is just even more sharp. I think she’s starting to grow, too, and mature a little bit more.” The only two hits LeMoyne managed came against Caira, and both were bloopers. One lobbed softly over first baseman Jasmine Watson’s head. The other was an infield single that traveled fewer than 10 feet from home plate. When outfielder Lisaira Daniels was asked about Caira and Kuwik’s performances, her only response was “amazing.”
robert storm | staff photographer jenna caira struck out six batters while starting in Syracuse’s 10-0 victory over Le Moyne Friday. Caira won 19 games last season as SU made its first NCAA tournament.
The offense wasn’t far behind, either. The Orange jumped out in front early, with three runs in the top of the first and two more in the top of the second. SU sent eight batters to the plate in each inning. In all, Syracuse sent seven or more batters to the plate in four of its six plate appearances. “I think it’s going to be one of our strengths this year is our lineup all the way through,” Ross said. “Good power mixed with speed.” A good sign for the Orange is that its offensive contributions came from a mix of youth and experience. The four players who drove in runs represented four different classes — from freshman all the way up to senior. Senior Hallie Gibbs and junior Stephanie Watts drove in three runs each. Gibbs reached base in all three of her at-bats, and Watts’ tworun home run to left field put an exclamation point on the game in the bottom of the sixth inning. “I think (we did a good job) just hitting the ball solidly,” Caira said. “Getting hits when needed so when there are runners on base, we cash them in.” That will be something the Orange looks to continue once the regular season rolls around in February. SU is the defending Big East tournament champion and looks to return to
the NCAA Tournament for the second time in school history. With that goal in mind, Ross has used the fall ball season as a chance to develop some of the younger players who could make important contributions in the spring. Freshman Shirley Daniels, the sister of Lisaira, will most likely start in right field this season. The aforementioned Watson, who drove in a run on Friday, has a powerful bat and can fill at both first and third. “They just fit so well with this team,” Lisaira Daniels said. “They came here wanting to play, and they came with the college mind set already. It’s like we’ve been playing with them for years.” Once again, Ross will take her squad to a bevy of tournaments to start the season against some of the best teams in the country. Five tournaments will bring the team to Georgia, Alabama, California, Florida and Virginia beginning in mid-February. And after Friday’s blowout win, the Orange will have to try and pick up where it leaves off this fall. “We said with this game, we want to set the tone for how we go in the spring,” Caira said. “And I think we did that.” mjcohe02@syr.edu
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Morton led the team with 379 kills and 3.16 per set. But all the worrying was minimal as SU started out this season with a record-breaking 17 consecutive victories. It is hard to worry when the team is winning. “I think we’ve pleasantly come along and realized we’re better balanced on both the front row and back row,” LaMarche said. There is no longer one dominant force on the court for SU. When teams scout the Orange, they could no longer put most, or even all, of their focus on Morton. Instead, opponents have to look at the entire team. Any player on the court, at any given time, could make a kill. It doesn’t matter if the player is in the front or the back row, a freshman or a senior. If opponents want to have any shot at blocking a Syracuse shot, they need to be paying attention to every player on Syracuse’s side of the net. And that’s the new-look offense for the Orange. That’s the way it’s beating up on opponents, and that’s the way it has answered questions of whether or not this team can move on without Morton. And that also explains the absence of the “black cloud.” If someone’s down, it doesn’t affect the entire team. There are plenty of other people on the court who can get the kill, make the block or get the dig. It’s all just a part of the new-look team. And this team is much more consistent. It isn’t winning and losing with one player. “Before, there was a very specific focus,” Orange outside hitter Todd said. “And now, you
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don’t know who’s coming at you, and I think we’re a lot more consistent. We don’t have as many ups and downs as we did last year.” This year, it’s been almost all ups. Not hard to do with five different players on the team with at least 100 kills heading into Sunday’s match against Villanova, led by junior Lefebvre (232). The Orange’s numbers against its opponents are almost staggering. SU has 160 more kills than its opponents and is averaging four more per set. And when it comes to serving, the Orange has 42 more aces than its opponents. From Sept. 3 against North Texas to Sept. 18 against Kent State, it didn’t lose a single set. But despite all of that, what has impressed the Orange coaches the most has been the team’s ability to not allow itself to get carried away with the success. For the players, the numbers don’t seem to mean a thing when it comes to its opponents. They treat every game just like cliché, every opponent as if it’s the best and toughest of the season. “They’re a team who really wants to be good, and they really want to do well. When they make errors, they know that they’ve made it, we don’t really have to say anything,” LaMarche said. “They know what they’ve got to do. They’re self-motivated, and that’s the best situation you could ask for.” Some of that motivation could come from wanting to have success on its own, with this group of players. When people ask about how the Orange has played as well as it has, they don’t want the name “Morton” to be a part of the answer. Still, trying to find a way to replace Morton isn’t easy. It’s required an entire team to have to try to absorb the loss, with every player contributing. But beyond Morton’s athletic ability and all-around dominance, her leadership was
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“If you have one player who’s down, it’s like a black cloud, and it comes on to the entire team. And I think we don’t have any of those players.” Samantha Hinz
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something the Orange depended on. Not impossible to replace, only difficult. But luckily for Syracuse, there’s no shortage of veterans to take on that role. Todd has been a key component in that position, leading not so much by what she says, but more by how she plays and acts. “It’s hard to replace. Sarah Morton’s just a unique athlete and personality,” LaMarche said. “But I think Hayley stepped up in her own way. She’s definitely a more quiet and reserved player, but no less of a threat to the other team.” No player on the team has said losing Morton didn’t mean anything. But no one said it means this year’s Orange can’t have any success. And although Morton isn’t there anymore, Syracuse still plays the way she did. “I think one thing Sarah Morton did really well was getting the point every time, she didn’t get distracted very easily,” Hinz said. “So I think that’s one thing that any player can take from her, focusing on every point, even when you’re down, even when you’re winning by a whole bunch, just wanting every point.” With Morton now gone, Todd and other veterans have stepped up to become the new leaders. Now the upperclassmen, they’re left with the responsibility of having to serve as role models for the younger players. Todd said improvement from the previous year is always a goal, and so is showing that the
program is growing. With the way this year’s team has started its season, the Orange has already been able to accomplish both. As soon as this season’s team took the court for the first time in competitive play, it did so carrying those questions of whether or not it can be successful. But not only did it answer them, it obliterated them. The Orange showed that anyone who had any doubts doesn’t truly know this team. From the start of the season at the Colgate Tournament to its game at South Florida, the Orange set the best start in program history with 17 straight wins. And it also became the first team in school history to win every one of its season tournaments. Last season, the Orange went 21-11 overall, 9-5 in the Big East, finishing fifth in the conference standings. There’s no denying the motivation to improve on that record is there. But there’s also motivation to show that Syracuse doesn’t need Morton to have success. And as far as those questions that existed, they’ve pretty much been answered. This team is getting attention, and it doesn’t need Morton to get it. It’s proven it can do it on its own. For the Orange, that’s all a part of this year’s goal. Said Hinz: “I just want people on campus to know that we have a volleyball team.” cjiseman@syr.edu
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In 1st career start, Drinkwater comes up clutch in SU’s draw By Rachel Marcus STAFF WRITER
During Northeastern breakaways, a Husky player would come racing down the ice, the net straight in front of her. And almost each time, she would come up empty. The obstacle facing them: Jenesica Drink-
“Drinkwater played amazing for us. We had a lot of breakaways that potentially could have gone in, so she really helped us out on that end. When we needed her, she stepped up.” Megan Skelly
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water, the freshman goalie making her debut for the SU women’s ice hockey team. Largely thanks to Drinkwater, who made 15 saves in her fi rst collegiate game, SU managed
a 4-4 tie in overtime against the Huskies in its season opener. Two of those saves came in the overtime period. “Drinkwater played amazing for us,” forward Megan Skelly said. “We had a lot of breakaways that potentially could have gone in, so she really helped us out on that end. When we needed her, she stepped up.” Drinkwater is one of 10 freshmen on the team, seven of whom got playing time against Northeastern. And she only found out the night before the game that she was making the start. “I was a little nervous at fi rst, but it was definitely an awesome experience,” Drinkwater said. “It was pretty exciting to get the start.” The Orange came out fi ring, as they held a 2-0 lead 14 minutes into the fi rst period. For the game, SU outshot the Huskies 38-19. Despite just 19 shots on goal, it seemed as though Northeastern had a breakaway on nearly every other possession. With all the breakaways, Drinkwater was unable to prevent the Huskies from putting goals in the back of the net. That was especially the case in the second and third periods, when the Huskies outscored SU 3-2. Those scoring outbursts put the Orange in a 4-3 hole. And with the third and fi nal period nearing the end, the team appeared to be
robert storm | staff photographer JENESICA DRINKWATER made 15 saves for the Orange in her first career start Friday. The true freshman was notified that she would be starting the night before the game. heading for a disappointing loss to start the season. But then Isabel Menard scored to tie the game at four goals apiece and sent the game into overtime, during which the score would remain 4-4. “They scored on me, and we scored back on them,” Drinkwater said. “That really brought us back in the game, brought the energy back for sure. It would have been great to pop away a goal in the overtime, but at least we got back into the game because we were down a little bit once they scored on us.” Breakaways are just one of a few areas the team will have to work on. But that is expected. Especially with a bevy of freshmen getting valuable playing time. Drinkwater’s position at starting goalie is not at all guaranteed. But for now, the team is looking at the positives. After all, it is only in its third season of existence and has come a long way since 2008. The large freshman class represents the steps the program is taking to become a powerhouse. “There’s 10 new faces, so I’m still learning everything about them. But I think it’s a good start, and I think there’s great chemistry within the team,” Skelly said. “Everyone loves
hockey and wants to be here, so I think for the rest of the season, great things are expected.” For one game, the team got a glimpse of what the future holds. Though the upperclassmen led the way, much of the attention was focused on all the freshmen receiving playing time. “You’re a little apprehensive, probably, with that many rookies before the game starts, but I think they did a nice job,” head coach Paul Flanagan said. And with Drinkwater at one of the most recognizable positions on the ice, eyes will be on her early this season. Staying focused and alert toward each game is key, she said. That will help her earn the start in the next game. If the coaches do decide to give her that start again in the next game, she’ll get a chance to shake off the nerves of a fi rst game and really show the team what she can accomplish. “I think it was a good start for the season,” Skelly said. “We had no idea coming into this game. Brand new goaltender hasn’t played a college game. So I think it was a good start to see where we initially are at, where we need to move, and I think we can only get better from here.” rnmarcus@ syr.edu
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SU men’s soccer pummeled by South Florida The Syracuse men’s soccer team saw its unbeaten streak snapped Saturday after losing 4-0 to South Florida in Tampa, Fla. SU (1-5-3, 0-1-1) drops back to fifth place in the Big East’s Red Division with the loss. For the sixth time in nine games this season, the Orange allowed its opponent to score in the first half. USF’s Hasani Sinclair got on the board in the 20th minute after putting away a loose ball inside the box. SU kept the score 1-0 until the 78th minute, when everything went wrong for the Orange. Syracuse goalkeeper Jeremy Vuolo received a red card for his takedown of Sinclair inside the penalty box. With Vuolo’s ejection, sophomore Ryan Jones was called upon to step in. He failed to save the penalty kick, and Sinclair registered his second goal of the game. The Bulls would add two more goals in a span of less than three minutes. In eight minutes total, the Orange went from one goal down to four goals down. USF outshot Syracuse 12-4 Saturday. The four shots by SU is the third lowest total this season. Of those four shots, junior midfielder Nick Roydhouse contributed three and put two on goal. He remains the only consistent offensive attack for the Orange. Forwards Federico Agreda, Fredrik Forsman and Brett Jankouskas failed to get off a single shot among the three of them. With the loss, Syracuse has been shut out in two of its last three games. The Orange has the fewest goals and second fewest shots of any team in the Big East. Syracuse returns to action Wednesday when it hosts Colgate in a non-conference matchup. Big East play resumes Saturday against DePaul at the SU Soccer Stadium.
Field hockey The Syracuse field hockey team rode the momentum from its thrilling win over Louisville into the first swing of a five-game road trip, but even that victory couldn’t prevent a repeat of every other weekend on the road this season. The Orange took the Saturday game with a 3-0 shutout at Providence (2-9, 0-2 Big East), but dropped the Sunday game 2-0 to Massachusetts (5-6). The weekend began as well as the No. 8 Orange (7-4, 3-0) could have hoped for, as the team stayed undefeated in conference. Junior midfielder Martina Loncarica put SU on the board as the first half ended, putting in a deflection from freshman midfielder Leonie Geyer off of a penalty corner. The score held until junior midfielder Liz McInerney scored her first career goal with just over 11 minutes remaining. Loncarica added another goal five minutes later to cement the victory. The Orange outshot the Friars 16-2 in the game and failed to allow a single penalty corner. Sophomore goalkeeper Leann Stiver only needed to record one save in the shutout. Loncarica is tied for the team lead with six goals and leads the team with 16 points, and Geyer now has a team-leading seven assists on the season. The game at UMass was a different story, but essentially the exact same story that has plagued SU all season. After big road wins on Saturdays, the Orange has not been able to win on Sunday. SU outshot its opponent 23-11 in the game, but could not capitalize on the abundance of chances. The Minutewomen took the lead with just over four minutes left in the first half and held it for the rest of the game, handing the Orange another devastating loss. Stiver recorded three
saves for SU. The Orange will attempt to bounce back on Oct. 10 at No. 17 Albany and won’t play another home game until Oct. 23 against No. 5 Connecticut.
Women’s soccer The Syracuse women’s soccer team lost two Big East contests this weekend. SU dropped its second and third consecutive games and now has a record of 5-6-3 and 2-3 in the Big East. The Orange dropped its Friday contest at No. 5 Notre Dame 3-0. The Fighting Irish dominated the game, outshooting SU by a 27-1 margin. Notre Dame started off with a goal in the 26th minute, when Elizabeth Tucker connected off of a pass from Jessica Schuveiller. Melissa Henderson would score two second-half goals to widen the goal disparity. SU goalkeeper Brittany Anghel made eight saves in the contest. The Fighting Irish earned 10 corner kicks during the game. Syracuse lost to Depaul 2-1 in overtime on Sunday. The Orange took an early lead in the 23rd minute when Alyscha Mottershead scored on a slow roller from 18 yards out. But Depaul would answer when Natasa Radosavljevic scored two minutes before halftime. The Blue Demons scored two minutes into the overtime session on a pass from Arianna Foster to Ashleigh Goddard. Depaul outshot Syracuse by a 10-7 margin, but SU held a 5-2 advantage in corner kicks. The Orange returns home for two Big East contests with West Virginia and Pittsburgh this Friday and Sunday. — Compiled by The Daily Orange sports staff
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WITH PLENTY OF HEAVYWEIGHTS THIS SEASON, PUNDITS CANNOT CRITICIZE BOEHEIM’S NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE CHOICES
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o if any of the talking heads at ESPN still, somehow, say at any point this season that Jim Boeheim doesn’t schedule quality non-conference opponents, well, I’m just going to lose it. After a lengthier process than usual, the Syracuse men’s basketball team finally has a complete schedule, which was officially released on Sept. 17. The athletic department had already announced the previous day the team would appear three times on ESPN’s Big Monday — at Pittsburgh and Villanova and at home against West Virginia. There’s only one addition to the non-conference portion of the schedule that had largely already been established: a home date with Morgan State on Dec. 20. And in that non-conference portion of its schedule, Syracuse has no easy path to the undefeated start it had last season in non-con-
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outrageous fun ference play. There is the Legends Classic in Atlantic City, where it will face Michigan and either Georgia Tech or UTEP. And there is the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden, where the Orange will square off against Tom Izzo and Michigan State. Syracuse starts off its 2010 season with Northern Iowa on Nov. 12 at the Carrier Dome, against a team that made the Sweet 16 last season after beating No. 1 Kansas. Though
the Panthers are not that same team — most critically missing the clutch shooting of the departed Ali Farokhmanesh — they are a far cry from the cupcakes Syracuse has scheduled to open its season in the past. Last year was Albany. The year before, Le Moyne (although we all know how that worked out last year). And here’s how each of last season’s Final Four squads open up the year. Duke faces Princeton at home, a game that would be good — 15 years ago. Butler opens at home against Marian (yeah, I had to look it up, too). Michigan State has Eastern Michigan, whose only similarity with Michigan State stops at the word “Michigan.” And fellow Big East member West Virginia will take on Oakland, whose nickname is the Golden Grizzles. So that’s good. In its non-conference schedule, Syracuse
will rarely have a break. Following a threegame “easy” streak after Northern Iowa, the Orange will face Michigan, Georgia Tech/ UTEP, Cornell, North Carolina State and Michigan State in succession. There are plenty of questions surrounding SU coming into the season. By the time a date with Providence rolls around on Dec. 28, Syracuse will have had 13 non-conference games to answer many of them. Even though there hasn’t been bubble talk in each of the past two seasons, that bubble is always a good bet each February and March. And if there is bubble talk, those 13 games should, for once, keep the Orange on the right side. Praising Jim Boeheim’s schedule? That’ll be a change for Doug Gottlieb. bplogiur@syr.edu
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wo obvious goals for any Big East coach with his non-conference schedule: 1. Reach out to the Big East’s Mecca — New York City and Madison Square Garden — and expose the 2010 edition of your team to the 19,763 fans and the millions piped in via national television. 2. Have your squad travel on a weekend to a regional location against NCAA Tournamentlevel competition, just four months in advance. Simulate what is to come in March. And there it is. The most recent news regarding Syracuse’s schedule comes with that of the three Big Monday games that should get the
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purify the colors Orange the ESPN-piped in awareness of the country. But when looking at this schedule, what sticks out more than anything else has to do
with the two things SU was able to accomplish that the rest of the Big East didn’t accomplish. The Orange will be playing in two highprofile preseason non-Big East events. No other Big East team can make that claim. Not Georgetown. Not Connecticut. Not anyone. Sorry St. John’s, the Holiday Festival (the Red Storm’s pseudo-home tournament) doesn’t count as a high-profile event. On Friday Nov. 26 and Saturday the 27th, the Orange will make an NCAA-like regional road trip 315 miles away to Atlantic City, N.J., for the Legends Classic. Then on Dec. 7, the Orange will go straight to the Mecca and take on Michi-
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gan State in the Jimmy V Classic. The figurative killing of two birds with one stone — accomplishing two ideal tasks with one preseason schedule. Not something that is unexpected for the likes of UConn, Villanova and Louisville to do. But in 2010, none of them did it. The Orange did. The regional road trips, and all that come with them, will accompany this team by November. The weekend elimination tournament play — the kind that is awfully familiar the weekend before the Final Four, the kind that wasn’t kind to Syracuse last season in Salt Lake City — will be there in Atlantic City. And when the trip to New York is considered, it’s a further early season attempt to crack in and remind Midtown Manhattan that, yeah, this is the Syracuse program that always provides you with something to talk about come early March. Syracuse’s inclusion in the two events means that inherently, no matter what happens, the SU college basketball brand may be the most coveted in the Big East. Most teams aren’t playing in one premier preseason event. Nevermind two. DePaul in the 76 Classic. Georgetown in the Charleston Classic. 76 Classic? Charleston Classic? The names don’t hold weight in the general fan’s psyche. The Jimmy V Classic. You’ll see ads about it for weeks. The Legends Classic? No, Stan Verrettplugged TV spots won’t accompany it. But what will accompany it is March come November. Back to the not so distant March-past of the Scoop Jardine’s of the world. A little back to the past when looking ahead to the future. And it’s a future for the Orange that the program has only faced once in the past decade. It’ll be a little bit more of a challenge. But a welcoming and forecasting challenge. The last time SU has played in two high-profile early-season tournaments you ask? 2004. That team? Well, that March, it won the Big East Tournament. We’ll have to wait until March, though, to see if it is in fact back to the future. aolivero@syr.edu
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respond on a Rachel Llanes score. After the close of the opening period, when Northeastern began to cherry-pick the neutral zone, momentum began to shift away from the Orange, and the Huskies were on their way to three unanswered goals to pull ahead 4-3 halfway through the third period. “It was a little nerve-racking,” Drinkwater said. “But I had to play my best. Obviously I had to try and pick some out, but some got by. I just had to stay focused and keep my mind on the game and not drift off to anything else.” Skelly, one of the team’s five returning juniors, was disappointed SU relinquished the pressure it set up in the first half. “They were getting a lot of breakaways, and I think that sort of threw us off in the second and third period,” Skelly said. “We got away from our game. The first period, we were all over them, forechecking them like crazy. And then we just sort of got away from our game plan.”
Nevertheless, SU kept blasting shots toward Northeastern’s Florence Schelling, forcing her to 34 saves on the night. With just more than seven minutes to play, the Orange found its power-play opportunity when Husky defender Stephanie Gavronski received two minutes for tripping. With 5:10 to play, Syracuse sophomore Isabel Menard found the back of the net from 15 feet out to force overtime. Although neither team could take advantage in the extra period, both schools can find reasons to be happy with how they played Friday night. And in Skelly’s eyes, SU looks hungry. There will be no reason to expect a hangover from last season’s success. “It’s nice to come out the first game of the season to be at home, relax and breathe into it,” Skelly said. “I think it just shows the age of the program. You know, we’re getting more seasoned and teams are coming to us, whereas last year, we were going all over the countryside trying to find teams to play. We have (33) more games in the (regular) season. We can only get better from here.” zoirvin@syr.edu
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SU plays to seasonopening tie By Zuri Irvin Staff Writer
brandon weight | staff photographer the syracuse volleyball team started 2010 with a school-record 17 consecutive victories. The Orange’s record-breaking success this season comes a year after the graduation of middle blocker Sarah Morton, who owns multiple all-time Orange records.
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amantha Hinz smiled as she described the “black cloud.” Normally, it’s nothing to smile or feel relieved about. Except for when it doesn’t exist. And for Syracuse, no cloud is lingering over this year’s volleyball team. For Hinz and the Orange, times are good. Good enough for the best start in program history. “In volleyball, we have this term called the ‘black cloud.’ If you have one player who’s down, it’s like a black cloud, and it comes on to the entire team,” Hinz said. “And I think we don’t have any of those players, and if they are there, we have enough people to get them back in.” Coming into the season, having the “black cloud” could’ve
destroyed the season as the Orange relied so much on one singular player in 2009. Not making things any easier was the fact that that one player was Sarah Morton, the record-breaking middle blocker for Syracuse. What could’ve happen didn’t happen, leading to the good times for Hinz and Syracuse. The offense has spread itself out, and every player who needed to step up did. None have fallen victim to the “black cloud.” That’s all part of the plan for this year’s team. Not having just one player providing the offense or getting the kills. Instead, this year, everyone’s contributing — not letting anyone get swallowed up in the cloud. “I think everyone was just curious about how it was going to roll
Morton may be gone, but SU has used contrasting style in record start to year out,” said Orange assistant coach Carol LaMarche. “We were confident that we were going to do well and fight for the Big East.” Despite not having SU’s best middle blocker in program history, the Orange has had everyone make contributions at times. And the group knew it would have to play flawless volleyball if the squad were to repeat the Mortonled 18-5 start to last season. The core of the 2010 team —Noemie Lefebvre, Hayley Todd, Mindy Stanislovaitis, Lindsay McCabe and Hinz — has learned to play a different brand of volleyball. But before that brand was proven, all the questions were there. Even for the team and the players themselves. The Orange was not sure how it was going to play Morton-less volleyball, never mind
worry about the “black cloud” as individuals. Morton graduated in May. Without the dominant middle blocker who broke both school and national records, how could the Orange volleyball team possibly be successful? For anyone associated with the team itself, that question was eventually answered easily. Sure, there would be some apprehension. And there was curiosity by the players themselves, as the Orange wondered how exactly the offense would look. Rightfully so, since its go-to middle blocker was gone. The middle blocker who broke SU career records in solo blocks (196), block assists (458), total blocks (654) and blocks per set (1.35). Last season, see volleyball page17
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After turning some heads with its first playoff win in program history in March, Syracuse had hoped to build off its successful run to start this season. But after a 4-4 tie against Northeastsyracuse 4 ern Friday, Syrrealizes a Northeastern 4 acuse season-opening tie won’t define its season. Instead, it’s just a place to start. “I told the kids this is my 29th opening night,” SU head coach Paul Flanagan said. “So I’ve had a lot of them, and it doesn’t determine how your season’s going to go. I think as a team and individually, we know where our players have to go from here. It gives us something to gauge now.” Despite outshooting Northeastern 38-19, the Orange had to settle for a tie in front of a crowd of 511 at Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion Friday. For Flanagan and the Orange, the game was about getting out on the ice and seeing where it needs to go after weeks of practicing against each other. “We’re just sick of looking at each other these past couple weeks,” Flanagan joked. “Until you play, you just don’t know. Until you have someone in a different color sweater chasing you around, (then) you know what you really have to work on.” Just entering its third season of existence, Syracuse has been picked to finish second in the College Hockey America (CHA) preseason coaches’ poll and is now starting to realize the direction in which it is moving. For perhaps the first time this early into a season, there is legitimate excitement around how talented the team can really be. This year’s version of Flanagan’s long line of season openers featured an SU team that fielded seven freshmen and one senior transfer. One of those important newcomers is starting goaltender Jenesica Drinkwater, one of three stoppers competing for the job. With 15 saves on the night, the freshman goalie looked particularly poised, especially for someone who didn’t know whether or not she was even going to play. “I got told last night,” Drinkwater said of the roster move. Before the 15-minute mark in the first period, SU had already jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals from Stefanie Marty and Megan Skelly. But seconds later, Northeastern was quick to see northeastern page 21