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By Andrew Swab Dana Schwarzberg came to experience the real America, not the one from reality television reruns in her home country.

For the past two weeks, she has participated in philosophical debates in diplomacy and attended sweaty fraternity parties straight out of the “American Pie” movies, she said.

She is from Tel Aviv, Israel, and had to learn what it means to live in a country torn by conflict and little optimism.

Schwarzberg is a part of the fifth group of students from the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel, to visit SU. She and 14 other Israeli students from the IDC take classes at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and learn about Ameri-

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Casey first to declare bid for 2011 presidency

By Laurence Leveille Asst. Copy Editor

Neal Casey will run for Student Association president this November, with the intention of making SA more of a results-driven organization.

“We want to transform SA to a group that says that this is what we can and should be doing, and this is how and what we’re going to do to make it happen,” Casey said. “That’s what it means to take SA to the next level.”

Casey will formally announce his candidacy to the student body Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Schine Student Center.

Casey is currently chair of SA’s Student Life Committee. His campaign goals are including students in key decisions on campus and possibly

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Violations increase in Euclid area

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Crime from students attending other colleges in Syracuse is spreading across the Euclid Avenue area as more Syracuse University students opt to live on campus and in the new luxury apartments.

The Department of Public Safety has seen a significant increase of crime caused by students from Le Moyne College and Onondaga Community College living in the East neighborhood, where mostly just students from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and SU used to live.

Also, the number of students referred to judiciary offices for illegal alcohol use on campus jumped to 210 cases in 2009 from the previous year, according to the latest DPS statistics, which are mandated by law to be released Oct. 1 for all American colleges. The number of students who were arrested or had to make court

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Rutgers suicide prompts SU reflection on LGBT inclusion

By Rebecca Kheel Asst. News Editor

As a resident adviser, Danielle Sutton can’t imagine how she would react if one of her residents committed suicide after being bullied about his or her sexual identity.

As the president of Syracuse University’s Pride Union and someone who identifies as bisexual, the thought that it could happen here scares her.

“SU is safer for LGBT students than other campuses, but I still hear about people being homophobic, saying things like, ‘That’s so gay.’ I hear about people getting beaten up for their sexual identity,” Sutton said.

“It scares me, but it could happen anywhere.”

On Wednesday, Rutgers University in New Jersey disclosed the details of a Sept. 22 suicide of fresh-

online by his roommate. This was the latest of four youth suicides related to bullying based on sexual identity during September.

Though none of the suicides have

“Bigotry and intolerance often cloaks itself in religion, but Hendricks understands that not all religious people are homophobic.”

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man Tyler Clementi, whose sexual encounter with another male was recorded by webcam and streamed

directly involved SU, the ripple effects and grief have been felt by the campus community. Univer-

sity officials and organizations are responding in kind.

Thomas Wolfe, senior vice president and dean of student affairs, and Chris Sedore, vice president for information technology and chief information officer, sent a joint e-mail Saturday to the university community, expressing sorrow at Clementi’s suicide.

“Sadly, Tyler’s death suggests that communities of higher education take time to reflect on and discuss the issues of community, privacy, mental health, and inclusion presented by what has happened,” the e-mail read. “As we have see rutgers page 7

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In 2009 Chris Fox brought Syracuse cross country to its best season yet.

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In a Sept. 30 article titled “Library tests for PCB traces,” The Daily Orange incorrectly stated who donated to E.S. Bird Library to renovate the lower level. The Spector family donated the gift for the renovations.

In an Oct. 4 article titled “Students fail to fit Healthy Mondays into schedule,” Elizabeth Holtan’s name was misspelled. The Daily Orange regrets this error.

What: United Nations Assistant SecretaryGeneral for Peacebuilding Support Judy Cheng-Hopkins presents “Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Applied Perspectives from the United Nations” Where: 220 Eggers Hall When: 12:30 p.m.

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Service panel

What: The panel will help students understand the similarities and differences between the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps and Teach for America Where: 500 Hall of Languages When: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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First-year survival sessions

What: SU upperclassmen share what they’ve learned about Syracuse Where: Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, Bird Library When: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

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Germany pays off World War I debt

Germany paid off its final payment on Sunday for outstanding interest due on loans dating back to World War I, according to The Associated Press.

Sunday also marked 20 years since the reunifi cation of Germany as ceremonies took place in Berlin. Germany’s Office for Central Services and Unresolved Property Issues first said on Thursday the last payment would be met on Oct. 3. With the payment, the country finally makes good on its 1953 international agreement. Following World War I, Germany made numerous bonds in the 1920s and ‘30s to help pay for World War I reparations. Payments on the bonds were suspended while the Nazis ruled Germany. After World War II, the Allies and Germany made an agreement on repayment, but reimbursement on interest from 1945 to 1953 — approximately $200 million — was delayed until Germany was reunified 20 years ago, according to the AP.

11 arrested in Alabama investigaton

Federal agents went across Alabama Monday arresting state lobbyists, businessmen and legislators in an investigation into bribery and corruption, according to The New York Times. Officials said the 11 people who were charged in a 39-count indictment were arrested. The indictment alleges to buy votes in the legislature that would end up helping casino owners. Four Alabama state senators have been charged with agreeing to accept bribes in the form of campaign appearances or campaign contributions from country music stars. Three lobbyists were charged with carrying out the conspiracy while two casino operators were charged with overseeing the conspiracy. An employee of the state legislature and an employee of a casino operator were also charged, according to The New York Times.

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CEO urges risk taking in careers

By Kristin Ross Contributing Writer

John MacDougall has been in the convenience store business for more than 30 years. So when he was asked to help create a grocery company, he didn’t hesitate on the offer.

“It took me about three minutes to make a decision,” he said.

And Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes was born in the spring of 1980, with MacDougall owning half the franchise. The chain currently has 80 stores in upstate New York, and the company celebrated its 30th anniversary this year.

MacDougall, the president and chief executive officer of Nice N Easy, appeared Monday at the inauguration of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s Goodman Leadership Center. He advised students to take risks and find their passion.

The newly opened center aims to provide undergraduate students with hands-on experiences and learning

joe lingeman | asst. photo editor john macdougall (right) , president and chief executive officer of Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes, speaks to students Monday at the inauguration of the Goodman Leadership Center as senior accounting and management major Karen Wang takes notes.

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Assembly to host open forum Thursday to discuss MayFest 2011 plans

By Annie Knox Staff Writer

After closing the discussion on MayFest to the student body last year, Student Association has decided to have an open discussion on MayFest 2011.

“This is a student day. We want to make sure they have more of a voice,” SA President Jon Barnhart said.

SA will hold an open forum to discuss MayFest 2011 on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in Crouse-Hinds Hall, Room 010. SA and University Union will

use the event to gather feedback from students about last year’s MayFest and determine how to plan the event in April.

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process are invited to the meeting, he said.

SA held its last separate open forum concerning MayFest in spring 2008, after the administration changed the event’s name from MayFest to SU Showcase. After classes were reinstated, SA invited students to participate in a regular session meeting.

Aside from that, SA kept discussions private with the Department of Public Safety, UU, Food Services and a few other organizations.

Barnhart said the decision to close last year’s discussions to students was necessary because of the controversy behind the issue. The decision to change MayFest last year elicited an outcry from students, and many still attended the parties on Euclid Avenue.

“Because of how sensitive the topic was of getting our day back, we felt we kind of had to close the door,” Barnhart said. “We felt we really had to bring the administration in and take all the student anger, the student

apathy, the student disconnect from what was happening and just channel it through just a couple people.”

SA and the administration decided to integrate students’ desire for a day to celebrate the warmer weather before finals and the administration’s concern about the Euclid Avenue parties of years past. The compromise created the university-sponsored day dedicated to students in Walnut Park called MayFest, followed that evening see assembly page 8

Plans for weekend bus to area superstores postponed until Target agrees to help fund

By Annie Knox Staff Writer

A bus route to area Wegmans and Target that Student Association first discussed in the summer is still in the works, after having trouble getting Target on board.

At Monday night’s meeting, SA also discussed ways to retain members, which are at increased levels over last semester, and the new mem-

bers offered their insights into what they wish to see SA do this semester.

SA is working on a plan to instate a weekly bus loop that would bring students from Schine Student Center to Wegmans and either Target or Wal-Mart and back for free, said David Woody, chair of SA’s Student Engagement Committee.

The direct trips to the stores would not strand any students,

but would make continuous loops, Woody said.

SA had planned to start running the buses two weeks into the semester, but these plans became stalled because Target has not yet signed on to help fund the bus loop. If Target decides not to help sponsor the bus route, SA will approach Wal-Mart, Woody said.

Woody said he expects the bus

system to be popular given the frenzied, vast turnout for this year’s “Midnight Run” to Target at the start of the semester. For the event, Target provided free busing for SU students to shop in the store after its normal closing time.

Wegmans and either Target or Wal-Mart would each pay a third of the cost for the initial testing, which will run for six hours on Saturdays.

SA is looking for the stores to fund the program if it proves popular after a few pilot runs. Wegmans is on board for the bus plan, but SA is reworking a proposal to Target, Woody said. SA plans to use Caz Limo as its bus service.

During the Monday meeting, SA also announced it would be working to improve its retention of assembly see sa page 8

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SU’s ‘Climate Action Plan’ should serve as model for students, country

n February 2007, Chancellor Nancy Cantor signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, which stipulated that signatories must work toward eliminating greenhouse gas emissions on campus. In 2008, Syracuse University published a Greenhouse Gas Inventory that showed the university was emitting an astounding 115,648 metric tons of carbon dioxide in an average year. Finally in 2009, SU published its full Climate Action Plan (CAP), which set Dec. 31, 2040, as the deadline for carbon neutrality and, through a very comprehensive and costeffective framework, has started working to offset current emissions, while transitioning the university to more sustainable energy sources.

This is one of the most ambitious and progressive climate mitigation plans in the country and should serve as a model for how to address our collective climate and energy concerns.

We all know the climate change story: Gases like carbon dioxide and methane become atmospheric insulators in high enough quantities. Since the advent of the coal and oil ages, we have been emitting far too much to keep our climate stable. Global average temperatures are rising at a rate too high to be explained by natural long-term fluctuations, and the only factor that correlates is the quantity of greenhouse gas emissions.

We have already done tremendous damage to our natural environment, so going carbon neutral is only part of a long-term solution toward proper ecological stewardship, but it is an absolutely crucial step. If all greenhouse gas

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give green a chance emissions ceased globally, we would still have to deal with a climate that has literally changed because of our irresponsibility. But at least we would stop adding to our future difficulties.

The CAP aims to properly phase out waste and phase in renewable energy, such as wind and solar power, to address SU’s energy demands. These are strong initiatives the university is already pursuing.

Steve Lloyd from the Sustainability Division said, “We met with a wind company a few weeks back as part of the CAP. ... We are awaiting a preliminary report. The back part of Skytop, toward Drumlins and Route 481 seems to have (potential). ... It may end up being combined with solar; we are looking at all options.”

As someone who has written and won a grant for wind energy exploration in New Hampshire, I can tell you the regulatory framework is very dense. But I still expect expediency in developing local renewable energy sources and will not stand idly by if there emerges any unwarranted opposition.

Being from Massachusetts, I remember the ridiculous battle over offshore wind turbines perpetuated by a bunch of rich, over-privileged

armchair liberals who didn’t want their million-dollar views tainted by the sight of wind turbines, even though they happen to be some of the most awe-inspiring monuments to human progress.

The CAP is an excellent framework for reducing the university’s carbon footprint. It is not, however, a panacea for the university community’s partial responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions. The only real way to eliminate harmful emissions in a way that mitigates our impact on the environment is to fundamentally change behavioral patterns around energy consumption. Turn out lights when you leave a room and unplug any electronic device or charger you aren’t using, because they actually sap electricity and are referred to as vampire loads, which are wasteful and lack utility.

Work with your local housing, whether it be dorms or rentals, to recycle more effectively, and use hallway lights more efficiently. My apartment complex has motion-sensor lights in the hallways, but the dorms I used to live in never had the lights turned off. That’s wasteful.

With a motion sensor, there is no added safety of such perennial lighting.

In short, reduce consumption where possible, and if you see wasteful practices, don’t be afraid to say something, or even better, do something about it. The less energy we use, the less costly energy becomes. Our university is making very progressive and necessary changes, so why don’t you?

Luke Lanciano is a junior political science major. His column appears every Tuesday, and he can be reached at lllancio@syr.edu.

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US culture leaves Americans unprepared for European festivals

ONDON—There is nothing more entertaining than an American at Oktoberfest.

Having gone to Munich, Germany, this past weekend for the 200th anniversary of the worldís largest gathering of beer consumption enthusiasts, I was provided with an up close and personal view of the American out of his or her typical environment.

The stark contrasts between American festivals (think MayFest) and Oktoberfest (think MayFest times 10 billion and with carnival rides) will leave an American bewildered, yet focused on keeping pace and saving face to avoid being spotted as an outsider by European counterparts.

The stigma of the European drinker has manifested itself in American college students in a resounding and resilient need to outdrink, landing those students in a handful of precocious predicaments.

On my first day of Oktoberfest, I arrived at the beer tents at around 7 a.m. to get in line. There, I met a seemingly logical American college

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student who was eager to start his morning with the traditional oneliter glass (sorry, no glass boot) of well-brewed beer.

Several hours later, I saw this individual continuing his brewsky binge (seemingly without a siesta) on the outside porch of the same tent. And by tent, I really mean warehouse. After downing the dregs, my new friend proceeded to toss his cookies (and by cookies, I mean an array of beer sausage and pretzels) on the deck. Like a man crawling to the trenches, he tried to leave the deck, only to be assaulted by a tiny-yetferocious German waitress.

She punched and kicked this overly intoxicated individual until he ceased his swaying attempts to escape. When he’d given up, she handed him a bucket and a rag, making it clear he was expected to clear the combo of beer and bile he had failed to efficiently stomach.

Now let’s examine his German counterpart. In the same beer tent, I met a 22-year-old man from Berlin who went by “DJ Chilout.” He started

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a pint a day at the same time as the American college student and consumed nine liters between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. All the while, he was chanting German drinking songs while standing on his table, orchestrating the playing of a handful of German drinking games and keeping his dirndl-laden girlfriend entertained. Needless to say, the American was worse for the wear.

Precocious predicament No. 2: drunk driving. No, not real drunk driving. I’m talking about the kind with bumper cars. After leaving the beer tents around 3 p.m., I progressed to the ride attractions, where going on the bumper cars seemed like a

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winning idea. No dice.

After I learned the art of elbowing everyone around me to get to a car, thanks to the absence of orderly lines, I grabbed a bumper car and buckled up. A German father and son hopped in the car on my left, and a couple of American guys wearing lederhosen claimed the car to my right.

The cars got power, and the slick metal floor became a coliseum of aggressive drunk driving. The boy from the previously mentioned father/son duo was driving their car, and the passenger of the two American boys was standing in his bumper car, slurring something about the autobahn.

German boy saw an open target and made a beeline for the American car, colliding at the full speed of 10 mph. Inebriated American down! The German kid laughed. The American boy scrambled. The bumper cars went on, and the injured American stayed seated.

I have attributed these displays as similar to the “big fish, small pond”

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mentality, except along the lines of a “big drinker, small festival” mentality. The average American, adjusted to MayFest on a small scale and Mardi Gras on a big one, is ill-adjusted for beer meccas like Oktoberfest.

Stuck in a society that watches movies like “Beerfest,” yet condemns similar behavior, Americans are susceptible to the partier’s paradox: The same behavior that renders respect will simultaneously come married to shame.

For instance, inebriated American No. 1 imbibed enough alcohol to be comparable to his German counterpart, but did so in such an irresponsible manner that he got physically assaulted by a small German woman. No respect in that.

Take-home message: When in Munich, do not do as the Munichans do — unless you have an unusually spectacular tolerance.

Jessica Smith is a junior information studies and technology and television, radio and film major. Her column appears weekly, and she can be reached at Jlsmit22@syr.edu.

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can government, culture and conflict resolution for two weeks. Jerry Kramer, a senior associate dean at the Maxwell School and a benefactor of SU and the IDC, offered the financial support for the exchange.

The group happened to come to America as major events unfolded between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, with the United States intervening.

During the Israelis’ stay in Syracuse, President Barack Obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23 and called for continuing the moratorium on settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The 10-month moratorium that ended Sept. 26 meant Israelis were banned from building homes in Palestinian-controlled areas.

The Israeli delegation was not in attendance at the U.N. because of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. On Saturday, Palestinian leaders said they were through with peace talks because the ban on settlement construction had expired. They called for the moratorium to be back in place, according to an article in The New York Times on Saturday.

The visiting students from Israel came with a different perspective on the U.S.’s role in IsraeliPalestinian relations, criticizing Obama’s condemnation of settlement building.

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reforming SA’s process for distributing finances, he said. He will give more details regarding his goals at Tuesday’s announcement.

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“I got scared,” said Einat Elazari, another IDC student. “Is America starting to pull the lines back?”

Before she came to America, Schwarzberg served as a medic in the Israeli Defense Forces.

At the age of 18, Schwarzberg had to fulfill Israel’s mandatory military service requirement. After 6 months of training, Schwarzberg served as a medical aid, moving up to be a commander at a medical school during the 2006 Lebanon War, overseeing 60 soldiers. She cared for her troops like a mother, she said.

“We are alone,” she said, taking a moment to think if she felt any countries were supportive of Israel. “If I go to France, people will look at me if I speak Hebrew.”

On Monday and Wednesday, the IDC group discussed U.S.-Israeli relations in Eggers Hall and debated the issues concerning the U.S.’s road map for the peace of Israel and Palestine.

The issues argued mirror the debates being held in Washington, D.C., Jerusalem and Muslim capitals across the region.

“We’ve got the one state in the world that is Jewish, and that’s Israel, and that’s the way we want it to be,” said Zohar Mandel, an IDC student, in response to a question about a united Israel and Palestine at the debates.

Mehrzad Boroujerdi, director of the Middle Eastern Studies program and the moderator of the first debate, said both the Israelis and the Palestinians talk about being the victim of the conflict to justify their rights to the land and

continual stubbornness.

“There is a narrative of victimhood that the Israelis invoke and the Palestinians invoke,” Boroujerdi said.

The students also discussed Obama’s speech in Cairo, Egypt, in 2009. In his Cairo speech, Obama fulfilled his campaign promise of doing a major speech in a Middle East capital and outlined his plan for peace. He quoted from the Koran, the Bible and the Torah to crowds of students at Cairo University.

He also condemned the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, an area under the control of Israel, but claimed the Palestinian Authority add more.

The U.S. and Israel form what has been called a “special relationship” in foreign policy. Such a stance has created tension with Lebanon in 2006 and controversy with Turkey over the fate of Turkish sailors killed by Israelis last summer.

Adi Sadinsky-Levy attended Obama’s inauguration in Washington, D.C., in January of 2009. Despite the memory of the pomp and circumstance of 21-gun salutes and parades down Pennsylvania Avenue, he is still critical of Obama’s peace plan.

“It’s problematic. On the one hand, Obama says one thing and then acts another way,” said Sadinsky-Levy, an IDC student.

Robert McClure, a professor of political science at SU, was a moderator at the second set of discussions. McClure was more sympathetic to the challenges leaders must face when dealing

with this decades-old conflict.

“I don’t think presidents control events — events control presidents,” he said.

When asked who approved of Obama’s peace plan, the students looked around at each other.

Each was waiting to see what others thought.

Most had a look of disapproval or weariness on their face.

Only one nervous Israeli student raised his hand with a response.

He said: “I’m optimistic.”

tered and student-driven by talking to as many student organizations as possible and reaching out to all areas of campus, he said.

“As a student president, it’s a job not only to listen to the student voice, but to amplify that student voice,” Casey said.

Casey is the first student to announce his candidacy for president. All candidates for president and comptroller must submit their intention to run for SA by Oct. 15. The elections will be held from Nov. 8 to Nov. 11, and students can vote via their MySlice account. At least 10 percent of the student body must vote to validate the election.

Casey has been involved in SA since January 2009 and said he knew it was the right place for him when he joined because of the impact the organization could have on students.

Andrew Swab, a former assistant feature editor at The Daily Orange, will run Casey’s campaign. Swab is chair of SA’s Academic Affairs Committee.

Candidates can spend up to $1,000 for their campaigns. Individual student organizations may contribute up to $100 to finance campaigns.

Casey does not plan on soliciting student groups for contributions, he said.

“I have chosen not to really go after that

because student organizations are strapped enough as it is,” Casey said. “I shouldn’t have to lobby organizations for their money. I should be representing them no matter what.”

Casey joined SA as a representative for the Martin J. Whitman School of Management during the 53rd session. In February 2009, he became then-President Larry Seivert’s chief of staff. He served on SA’s Finance Board in spring 2010 and has served as the Student Life Committee chair throughout the 54th session. He has also served as a student representative to the board of trustees.

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seen, actions that may be intended as ‘pranks’ or language used carelessly can have real and tragic consequences.”

October is National Coming Out Month, and SU annually plans events and speakers for the month, including chalking the Quad, film screenings and a keynote speaker. Though this year’s events were already planned, Pride Union and the LGBT Resource Center will try to incorporate dialogue about the recent suicides into the events, Sutton said.

Coming Out Month is “more important than ever,” Sutton said. “There’s the theory of chain reactions that people will commit suicide after hearing about others. I don’t necessarily believe in that, but if it were true, it would happen this month.”

A handful of students have come to Hendricks Chapel seeking counseling in response to Clementi’s suicide, said Tiffany Steinwert, dean of Hendricks. There have been some students who feel they are in crisis, but a number of students simply want to talk about the issue, she said.

Though SU has received five out of five stars on the Campus Pride LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index for the past three years, that does not mean no work is needed to ensure SU is an inclusive community, Steinwert said.

Steinwert came to SU last semester after ministering at and co-founding the Cambridge Welcoming Ministries, a United Methodist Church open to the LGBT community. She and university officials and organizations are hoping to organize a panel discussion in response to the Clementi suicide that discusses how religious faith has been both a barrier and

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resource for individuals struggling with their sexual identity.

“Bigotry and intolerance often cloaks itself in religion, but Hendricks understands that not all religious people are homophobic,” she said.

Though the recent suicides are tragic, Steinwert said there is the possibility of opening a dialogue about issues of intolerance and showing a human side to the issue. People may disagree about the morals of sexual orientations, but they should agree to be against suicide, she said.

As far as Steinwert has seen, the administration at SU stands out from other universities in its response to the suicide. She has not heard of other universities sending e-mails to their communities or participating in discussions on how to end bias.

The LGBT Resource Center is also hoping

to take this tragedy as an opportunity to make SU a more inclusive campus, said D. Chase James Catalano, director of the LGBT Resource Center.

“We are hoping to collaborate on possible response programs that have a greater sustainability for the SU community,” Catalano said in an e-mail. “As soon as we have the details to share, we will do our best to send them out to the SU community. Until that time, we hope faculty, students, and staff will attend the events of National Coming Out Month, so folks can see that they are not alone.”

Should something similar to Clementi’s suicide happen at SU, the university is prepared to support students, said Terra Peckskamp, director of the Office of Residence Life. She said ORL would act similarly to other deaths and reach out to students, provide therapists and work

with the Counseling Center.

ORL would also like to collaborate with other university organizations to discuss questions students might have about Internet security, policies and what’s appropriate, Peckskamp said. In the meantime, the office is talking with all RAs to ensure they are aware of the wider issues of bullying based on sexual identity.

Clementi had apparently sought a room change and the help of an RA the night before he died, according to an article on CBS News’ website Monday. Sutton, the RA and president of Pride Union, said it hurts her to know Clementi sought help, but was not listened to.

“It’s disturbing that there have been so many suicides, especially with the stories behind what happened and why,” she said. “It hurts to know that he couldn’t be out and proud.”

Film and Discussion: “Mountains That Take Wing”

Coming Out Stories

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Coming Out Month Syracuse University annually celebrates October as Coming Out Month, but hopes to encourage more dialogue this year given recent events.

Chalk the Quad

Wednesday, 8:30 p.m.

LGBT Resource Center Students are invited to gather at the LGBT Resource Center at 750 Ostrom Ave. for pizza and then head to chalk the Quad.

Cafe Q

Thursday, 8 p.m.

LGBT Resource Center The LGBT Resource Center turns into a coffeehouse house every Thursday that also provides music, open mic nights and spoken word nights.

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Oct. 13, 5:30 p.m.

Watson Theater This documentary focuses on conversations that span 13 years with Angela Davis, a civil rights activist, and Yuri Kochiyama, a 2005 Nobel Peace Prize nominee for her work as a grassroots activist.

Keynote Speaker: Kenyon Farrow

Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m.

Gifford Auditorium Kenyon Farrow, executive director of Queers For Economic Justice, will give a speech titled ìIs Gay the New Black? about the similarities and differences of contemporary social justice movements.

Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m.

Shemin Auditorium Coming Out Month culminates in an evening where students can share their stories of coming out at LGBT or as an ally of the community.

Film: “Diagnosing Difference”

Oct. 18, 7 p.m.

In this documentary, 13 scholars, activists and artists who identify on the trans spectrum discuss how Gender Identity Disorder affects their lives and communities.

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members.

“They’ve obviously come in dedicated,” said Andrea Rosko, chair of the Membership Committee.

New general assembly and finance board members were elected over the past two meet-

“Our aim is to get people engaged and keep people engaged, to build our membership and to build our presence on campus so that we can get a lot of really good things done for the students.”

Andrea Rosko

chair of the Membership Commit tee

ings, and campaigning for SA president begins this week.

“Our aim is to get people engaged and keep people engaged, to build our membership and to build our presence on campus so that we can get a lot of really good things done for the students,” she said.

SA attendance has been shaky in the past, she said. It generally tapers off later in the semester and after summer break, because SA sessions start in the spring semester and carry over to the fall, she said.

To improve retention, Rosko has designed a mentor program that pairs new assembly members with more seasoned ones. She said this would help member unity.

At the meeting Monday night, newly elected members spoke about what they’d like to see

danielle parhizkaran | asst. photo editor david woody (left) , chair of SA’s Student Engagement Committee, talks with fellow SA members Greg Boilard, Alyssa Brennan and Preston Peters during a meeting Monday night. Recent elections increased general assembly and finance board membership. this session.

Leigh Ryan, a newly elected assembly representative for the College of Visual and Performing Arts and a senior art history major, said she came back from a year abroad to find VPA students unhappy with the school slashing three of its majors and combining advertising and communications design programs into one major. She wants to advocate for the school to offer a sculpture minor.

Brittany Andrews, a freshman English and textual studies major, said she was disappointed in the lack of programs directed toward

freshmen after Orientation Week.

“By the first week of classes, you’re alone,” she said. “You’re in a whole new place.”

She spoke of helping to organize events during the first weeks of the semester for students from different backgrounds to meet each other.

Alex Feigenbaum, a junior international relations major, said he’d like to help students voice their preferences about dining hall food and make students aware of dining hall suggestion boxes. abknox@ syr.edu

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by Block Party, a UU-sponsored concert with Drake and N.E.R.D. Despite troubles last year, Barnhart said SA received positive feedback this semester about last year’s MayFest.

“Students appreciated the event,” Barnhart said. “We worked hard to save MayFest.” abknox@syr.edu

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appearances for using, selling or possessing drugs also jumped to 15 cases in 2009 from the year before.

In the East neighborhood, problems from OCC and Le Moyne students started to spring up two years ago, said DPS Chief Tony Callisto.

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should be doing both,” Callisto said.

Now DPS can refer the student to the city and Judicial Affairs.

Drugs weren’t the only area of violations that increased on campus in 2009. The number of students who violated New York state drinking laws jumped from 746 in 2008 to 956 the next calendar year. That’s shy of the violations in 2007, which surpassed 1,000.

The number of alcohol and drug violations

“It’s a reality that we have to deal with that the neighborhood is no longer just SU students and a few ESF students.”

Tony Callisto

Department of public safet y chief

“It’s a reality that we have to deal with that the neighborhood is no longer just SU students and a few ESF students,” Callisto said.

Callisto said the rise in on-campus housing and the new Park Point and University Village apartments has attracted students away from the Euclid area. In exchange, the neighborhood has seen a rise in students from surrounding Syracuse colleges.

Off-campus violations — having open containers, playing music too loudly or drinking underage — are evenly split between SU/ESF students and OCC/Le Moyne students, Callisto said, citing data from the last two weeks.

That’s an increase from as recently as Sept.

18, when Syracuse police had written tickets for 21 SU students, four ESF students, 11 OCC students and two Le Moyne students since the beginning of the school year.

DPS started a relationship with Le Moyne and OCC officials nearly two years ago to deal with the crime increase. Now, when Le Moyne or OCC students living in the East neighborhood get tickets from SPD, DPS writes a report and sends it to one of the school’s judicial affair organizations.

Harry Lewis, treasurer of the South East University Neighborhood Association, has noticed a spike in the noisiness of students walking to and from parties in front of his Lancaster Avenue home, where he has lived for 51 years.

When he drove a friend to the airport around 5:30 a.m. last weekend, police vehicles were out among a crowd of 15 people along Lancaster Avenue.

“The student behavior this year has gotten more raucous,” said Lewis, whose organization advocates bringing back permanent residents to the neighborhood.

Having students from other colleges in the area deteriorate the area, because they feel they can get away with crimes when there are few permanent residents, Lewis said.

Off-campus crime has increased, but more students were caught illegally using drugs in dorms in 2009 as well.

Fourteen students were either arrested or had to make court appearances for using, possessing or selling drugs in their residence facilities that year, according to DPS statistics.

There were 15 cases total under the category, compared to only one in 2008.

DPS changed its policy in how it dealt with drug violations in 2008 after it completed a transition from a campus security organization to law enforcement agency in 2007. With the new title, DPS officers received weapons and could issue students tickets to city courts for drug and parking violations.

But there was a delay in DPS officers issuing city court tickets for drug violations, because DPS had previously just sent them to SU’s Office of Judicial Affairs. That changed when Syracuse’s District Attorney’s Office questioned why DPS wasn’t writing the tickets for city courts.

“It took us time to realize that we really

this year is on par to match those of 2009, Callisto said. But he didn’t have any exact numbers for 2010.

The level of violations occasionally goes up and down in waves because every class has its own unique characteristics; one may focus more on academics and the other on substance abuse of drugs or alcohol, Callisto said. Most of the alcohol and drug-related violations come from first-year students, he said.

“I attribute that to experimentation, first time away from home,” Callisto said. “Some folks bring habits with them from high school.”

A lot of factors, such as how vigilant resident advisers are, could be causing the increase in the number of on-campus alcohol and drug violations, said Terra Peckskamp, director of the Office of Residence Life.

“Students could be using more,” she said.

“They could be using the same amount, but not hiding it as well.”

Resident advisers in the dorms are trained to sense the smell of marijuana, which is the most frequent drug violation they deal with, Peckskamp said. Resident advisers also often write students up for drinking in their dorms because they are being loud, she said.

Phil Dec, a sophomore marketing major, discovered that the hard way after resident advisers wrote him up twice for drinking alcohol in Sadler Hall in spring 2010.

“At that point I was like, ‘Alright I’m screwed, I’m definitely getting written up,’” Dec said.

Chelsea Salce, a sophomore early childhood education major, saw the freshmen across from her in Boland Hall get written up this year. The group was loud while they were drinking and had the door open for anyone to walk inside, Salce said.

Salce said more freshmen usually get written up because the college experience is new to them.

“It’s so new,” she said, “that they don’t know how to handle it.” mcboren@syr.edu

By the numbers Other numbers in the annual DPS report: • On-campus burglaries: 77 in 2007, 55 in 2008, 45 in 2009 • On-campus forcible sex offenses: 15 in 2007 and 2008, 11 in 2009 • On-campus robberies: 2 in 2007, 1 in 2008, 5 in 2009 • On-campus arsons: 2 in 2007, 1 in 2008, 2 in 2009 Source: DPS Campus Safety Brochure 2010

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opportunities to develop leadership skill, said Donald Cardarelli, assistant professor of management.

Cardarelli said he invited MacDougall to speak to get students inspired about leadership.

MacDougall spoke about his rise to success in the business world. The chance to found Nice N Easy happened after he took a risk of investing in and successfully rebuilding a chain of Quik Stops.

He said he is satisfied in how the risk of starting Nice N Easy turned out.

“It is a $400 million business,” MacDougall said. “If you don’t think I’m proud, you’re crazy.”

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He stressed that to become successful and to be a leader, students should take risks — something he said is harder for this generation to do.

He called the students conservative.

“You’ve got to be a risk taker, and it isn’t easy,” he said. “Sometimes you don’t win, but unless you take a risk, how are you going to know? That’s part of the game.”

He said all decisions he has had to make are not easy, especially because he is the head of the company. But he said he thinks the majority of his decisions have paid off.

MacDougall classified himself as a “people person” and said his favorite part of his job is mingling with the customers so they have a voice in the company.

MacDougall said he highly believes in giving the people what they deserve.

“In today’s world, integrity is being lost.

“Sometimes you don’t win, but unless you take a risk, how are you going to know? That’s part of the game.”

John MacDougall

president and chief executive officer of Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes

Your company has to stand for something,” he said. “It’s wrong to turn your back on people and not give them what you promised.”

MacDougall, who will be 70 in January, said he’s not sure when he’ll retire, but it won’t be anytime soon. His final words of advice for achieving goals are to “love what you do.”

“The thing that has made me successful is that I love it; I have a passion for it,” he said.

“I’m urging you as college students to find that focus, that passion, that thing that makes you

feel whole. The university will mold you, but keep in mind that you’re the one that is going to do it.”

Matt Tompkin, a junior finance and management major, said he was glad he attended the speech.

“It was interesting and inspiring,” Tompkin said. “I liked how he said to always get involved with something that you are passionate and care about.” klross01@ syr.edu

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Bad reaction Children with food allergies frequent targets for bullying

By Colleen Bidwill

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n the past year, Stephen Mitchell has been diagnosed with a variety of food allergies: soy products, nuts, coconuts, raw eggs, and raw vegetables and fruits.

But it’s more than a health issue. Mitchell said he has also been teased for his food allergies.

“I have been made fun of,” said Mitchell, a freshman in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. “A lot of people don’t believe me. It’s just little things. A lot of people are worried they can’t eat the food around you.”

Mitchell is not alone. Nearly one in 25 children over 5 years old has a food allergy, and 35 percent have experienced bullying, teasing or harassment due to

their allergies, according to a new study released Sept. 28 by Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The report is included in the October issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

The study, led by Scott Sicherer, professor of pediatrics at the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, looked at survey responses from 353 parents or caregivers of children with allergies. Surveys were conducted in 2009 at meetings of the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network in Tarrytown, N.Y., Rosemont, Ill., and Baltimore.

While the study reported classmates were the most common perpetrators, 20 percent reported harassment or teasing from teachers and other school staff.

Mitchell said the worst teasing he experienced was from his household.

“My mother didn’t believe me,” he said.

“My mother would force me to eat vegetables and fruits, thinking I’d get over it or stop lying to her. She kept saying I was a liar, so we went to an allergy doctor, where he told her I was extremely allergic.”

Sixty-four percent of participants reported verbal teasing, and more than 43 percent reported having the allergen waved in their face. No allergic reactions resulted from the bullying, but approximately 65 percent reported feelings of depression and embarrassment.

Rebecca Sichel, a freshman nutrition major, already had an allergy to coconuts when her throat began closing up to peanuts this year. After being tested, she was diagnosed with a peanut allergy.

She said she has never experienced teasing due to her allergies and doesn’t

understand why people would make fun of someone with a food allergy.

“It’s not something you can control,” Sichel said. “It’s your body’s choice, so it shouldn’t be something you are teased about.”

Katie Walsh, a freshman communications design major, said she doesn’t get teased for being lactose intolerant, but rather receives sympathy.

Walsh said she wasn’t aware people teased one another for food allergies.

“It’s very juvenile,” she said. “I didn’t know anyone who did it in high school.”

Mitchell said he doesn’t view his allergies as a hindrance.

“My life doesn’t suck,” he said. “It’s not like, ‘Feel sorry for me.’ It’s more of an annoyance than anything.” cabidwel@syr.edu

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FRIGHT NIGHTS AT THE FAIR

Festive frights

581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse, located at the Beef Cattle Barn Every weekend in October

the sweet stuff in the middle

If you’re used to seeing the New York State Fair at the New York State Fairgrounds, things might look a little off in the Beef Cattle Barn. For the fifth year in a row, Syracuse transforms the Fairgrounds for its Fright Nights.

Offering some variety, Fright Nights lets visitors chose their own scare. They operate five differently themed haunted houses in the Beef Barn, ranging from the insane asylum to a 3-D pirate house where patrons walk through dark hallways with 3-D glasses on. There’s also a 10-minute haunted hayride, now a staple in Halloween horror attractions.

“It’s considered the largest Halloween attraction in the northeast,” said Maura Kendville, office manager for Paradise Company, the entertainment group in charge of Fright Night. Kendville said people from different age groups participate in the event, including families, teenagers and even some 60-year-olds from time to time.

Fright Night’s prices may throw patrons off. A single attraction costs $10. Fair enough. But combined ticket for all the haunted houses plus the hayride is $20. On top of that, the haunted hayride costs another $15. Just buy the combined ticket; it’s better for your wallet and ensures some good scares.

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OUR FARM

6470 Creek Road, Oneida, N.Y.

1590 Peth Road, Manlius, N.Y.

There’s no point in picking a pumpkin when you can have one catapulted right at you. Or at least, that’s what Jimmy and Janine Golub from Our Farm seem to think.

“The biggest attraction is definitely the giant pumpkin catapult,” said Jimmy. “Teenage boys aren’t impressed by the petting zoo, but they see the catapult and they say, ‘Wow.’” He said visitors can have fun and learn a lot — their cone-shaped corn maze is dotted with facts about ice cream. On Oct. 16 and 17, visitors can supplement their ice cream education with cones of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, scooped by Jerry Greenfield. Greenfield, a friend of the Golubs, will be visiting the farm to talk to people and scoop out his trademark treats. “It’s very low-key and noncommercial,” Golub said. “We want people to feel like they’re visiting us at our home, which they are.”

Our Farm welcomes visitors every weekend of October and Columbus Day from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and charges a $5 admission fee.

—Elora Tocci, asst. copy editor, ertocci@syr.edu

LEAF PEEPING Locals love to bash tourists who gawk at trees, but deep down, they know they do it too. As the temperature drops and the leaves turn from their singular shade of green to a fireworks display of colors, it’s hard not to gaze at the changing fall foliage — or as some call it, “leaf peeping.” Upstate New York usually has a colorful fall season, but due to an unusually warm summer, this year’s leaves might not have the flair we’re used to. When trees endure extreme weather conditions, such as severe heat, their leaves will skip the colorful transition and immediately turn brown. If you can get some gazing in before it’s too late, leaf watching is a great fall activity on a tight budget. Even better, you don’t have to go farther than your front door. Even now, Comstock Avenue is turning a bright shade of yellow, with bits of red begging to show as well. Or if you feel like making a day out of it, Route 20 offers one of the most colorful, if not tourist-filled, drives in the area.

—Flash Steinbeiser, feature editor, ansteinb@syr.edu

It might not be the most autumn-oriented thing to do, but there’s nothing not to love about hot air balloon festivals and local wine. All those events, and more, are 25 minutes from campus at Wolf Oak Acres.

Located in Oneida, Wolf Oak offers fall activities on top of the festival, including a 10-acre maze open day and night, gem mining and, of course, a corn cannon. Much of Wolf Oak Acres is geared toward families, but there is more than enough fun for college-aged patrons, said Katrina Blanchard, co-owner of Wolf Oak Acres.

“We try to make sure we’ve got something for all ages, not just the pumpkin patch for little kids,” Blanchard said. “There’s stuff there for everybody.”

In their third season of operation, Blanchard and her husband have seen major growth. New York Senator David Valesky (D-Oneida) will be one of the attendants at the Hot Air Balloon Festival and the Pride of N.Y. wine tasting event on the weekend of Oct. 16.

This will be the first year the Hot Air Balloon Festival, the Farm Market and the Pride of N.Y. wine tasting are all slated for the same weekend.

This year, students are coming from near and far for Wolf Oak Acres.

“We’ve had a lot of the campuses around. We’ve got about 12 or 13 colleges within a 40-minute radius,” Blanchard said. “We just had 12 kids from some other college that drove an hour and a half just to get here.”

—Aaron Gould, asst. feature editor, akgould@ syr.edu

BEAK AND SKIFF APPLE FARMS, INC. 4472 Cherry Valley Turnpike, Lafayette, N.Y. Founded in 1911, Beak and Skiff Apple Farms, Inc., is a true family affair. Since the first apple trees were planted at their Lafayette farm on Route 20, relatives of the original Beak and Skiff have kept it a family business. Providing fresh apples and baked goods for decades, Beak and Skiff allows people to pick their own apples or bring home a dozen of fresh cider doughnuts. Admission to the farm is free, so there’s nothing to lose by taking the 25-minute drive.

But this isn’t another run-of-the-mill apple orchard. One thing that sets the site apart from other local farms is its homemade spirits. Beak and Skiff has a winery and a distillery that produces hard apple cider, apple and other fruit-flavored wines and apple vodka. The distillery is a new addition to the Beak and Skiff dynasty, opening this year. Retail manager Candy Morse said the new vodka has been very popular.

“We started selling a small amount to a couple of liquor stores and restaurant, so we’re expanding slowly,” she said. “It definitely is something different, and people are loving it.”

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HILLTOP RANCH’S HAUNTED HAYRIDE & MAZE OF TERROR 3390 Eager Road, Jamesville, N.Y. Every weekend in October until the 29th If your tolerance to horror is strong, you’ll certainly get your money’s worth on this marathon of terror. The 40-minute experience carts brave souls through a haunted hayride filled with typical spooky attractions. Simple enough. However, once the hayride drops you off, there’s a five-acre corn maze to endure. There’s certainly no limit to the supply of corn mazes in the area, but Hilltop Ranch has the distinction of being the only haunted one.

While walking though the maze, visitors can interact with nine separate features scattered throughout.

“When you’re walking through the maze, you have no idea what’s going to happen,” said Ron Sirota, who owns the ranch. He said the maze’s “Saw” exhibit tends to spook people the most, although the bat cave, witches’ cauldron and cemetery should not be taken lightly. Real coyotes howling in the background add to the fright factor, Sirota said. And like any true marathon, refreshments wait at the end. A wagon drives visitors back to the barn after they exit the maze for hot drinks and unwinding. The hayride and maze operate every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. until Oct. 29. Adult admission is $10.

THE TRAIL OF TERROR 475 Clifford Road, Volney, N.Y. Every weekend in October If the name isn’t enough to scare you, the warning from the event’s Facebook page reading “not recommended for those subject to heart failure” should do the trick.

The Trail of Terror in Volney, N.Y., offers both indoor and outdoor scares. Visitors have the choice of experiencing either the pitch-black indoor maze or the outdoor walking trail. Expect not-so-friendly visits from the likes of Jason and Freddy Krueger along the way.

The Trail of Terror operates only on weekends until Oct. 30. Aside from the haunted offerings, there is an all-night bonfire and a giant outdoor movie screen. A ticket to one event runs at $8, a ticket to both the indoor and outdoor shows is $14.

—Aaron Gould, asst. feature editor, akgould@syr.edu

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ROME ART AND COMMUNITY CENTER’S HALLOWEEN HOUSE: ‘ZOMBIE NIGHTMARE’ 308 W. Bloomfield St., Rome, N.Y. Oct. 22 to Oct. 23 You walk in a dark, decrepit house. Hearing the wails and moans of the damned, you start to feel a tingling on the back of your neck. That’s when a cold clammy hand grasps your ankle, trying to pull you into the darkness. You scream like a little girl — and all of your friends laugh at you. With cramped quarters, looming shadows and huddled masses, haunted houses create a perfect atmosphere of dread, no matter how old you are.

“We have had people scream, cry, fall over with fright and actually wet their pants in past years,” said Lauren Getek, executive director of the Rome Art and Community Center in Rome, N.Y., in an e-mail.

While it takes about an hour to get there, Getek said the Community Center’s annual Haunted Mansion attraction drew in roughly 6,000 visitors last year.

Choosing a different theme for the Community Center each year, Haunted Mansion bucks the normal trend of demons and chain-saw butchers with “Zombie Nightmare.” This year’s premise is simple: In the wake of national zombie outbreak, you find refuge in one of the area’s few uninfected households.

“The rest can be left up to the imagination,” Getek said. Better bring an extra pair of pants.

—Flash Steinbeiser, feature editor, ansteinb@syr.edu

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ith his most recent release, enigmatic rapper Lil Wayne has assembled 10 tracks that aim to show off his Young Money crew and build hype toward upcoming album “Tha Carter IV.” On those terms, “I Am Not a Human Being” is a success. Don’t mistake the effort for a legitimate album, though: This is little more than a stopgap to keep fans happy.

“I Am Not a Human Being” is a bold statement. Lil Wayne has been saying this for a while now, and — like him or not — the prolific rapper has gone to considerable lengths to set himself apart from regular rappers. Last year gave rise to “Rebirth,” a failed heavy metal-rock-rap endeavor that saw Lil Wayne exchanging his guns for guitars. The album was a severe disappointment to fans and critics alike, so Weezy was smart to ditch the gimmick and get back to rap. Although there are lingering traces of “Rebirth” throughout his newest album, this is a refocused and rap-oriented Lil Wayne.

Yet “refocus” shouldn’t be confused with real focus. This is just a collection of studio-mixed and mastered tracks, recorded before Lil Wayne went away to Rikers Island to serve his prison sentence for criminal possession of a weapon. Hence, these songs are representative of an unpredictable Lil Wayne, and the results are wholly entertaining, although inconsistent.

Album opener “Gonorrhea” captures this perfectly, a shameless concoction of vulgar one-liners and sex-related wordplay that will either induce laughs or groans. Despite the off-taste lyrics, the beat is catchy. This is Lil Wayne in full force, and no topic is off-limits.

“Hold Up” is more of a street banger with a thumping bass, featuring Young Money protégé T-Streets and impressive rhymes from Lil Wayne. Every line rings with a double meaning, and his delivery is so tight that many of the punch lines can be missed on the first listen. However, the song’s hook is weak, and T-Streets fails to impress, dialing in a generic and immediately forgettable verse.

Fortunately, “With You” is a stark departure from the first two tracks, sounding like a slower B-side of “Let the Beat Build.” While Wayne is not known for being soulful, this track deserves credit. Drake sings a sweet chorus, and Wayne brings the wine and candles to this romantic ballad.

Title track “I Am Not a Human Being” is a step backward, a cheap rap-rock Beastie Boys rip-off with bad mixing. Weezy sounds out of place over the distorted guitars and driving drums, and we are transported back to the dreaded “Rebirth” days. This is easily the worst track on the album. Smartly, his third Drake collaboration in the collection, “I’m Single,” slows down the pace. With little more than Wayne complaining about an ex-girl and prais-

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ing his next set of girls, the song drags on too long.

“What’s Wrong With Them” features Young Money’s wonder woman Nicki Minaj, who doesn’t rap but contributes a nicely layered hook that effectively imitates pop queen Rihanna. “Right Above It” is the smash hit of the album, featuring a memorable verse from Drake and an impossibly catchy beat. This track has been in heavy radio rotation for the past month and should remain one of the hottest rap singles of 2010. “Popular” has a synthesized disco beat and some disposable sex rhymes that result in an overall weak track. “That Ain’t Me” regains steam with a great opening verse and a strong hook by Jay Sean, and the Boi-1da produced “Bill Gates” ends the album on a dark, ominous note.

All in all, “I Am Not a Human Being” serves its main function: to build hype for “Tha Carter IV” and keep Lil Wayne hot. That album will be very highly anticipated, so Lil Wayne is smart to put out a product like this some months beforehand. Yet ultimately, “I Am Not a Human Being” will be remembered as just another one of Wayne’s mixtapes — enough hits and hot tracks to fill the gap until his next full-length album. At this point in his career, though, that’s an awfully human approach to take. ajhaeder@syr.edu

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SU volleyball drops match to Villanova Following the best start in program history, the Syracuse women’s volleyball team has returned to the middle of the pack, the Big East pack. Since the opening of conference play, the Orange has lost more matches than it has won, as SU is facing arguably its toughest stretch of the season. That slate hit a low point this past weekend, when the Orange lost 3-1 to Villanova in Villanova, Pa. The loss comes just three matches after SU started the season by winning its first 17.

The Orange (18-2, 1-2) lost in four sets to the Wildcats Saturday at Villanova’s Nevin Fieldhouse. Aside from a second-set 27-25 victory, the Orange was outplayed by the Wildcats in the other three sets to the tune of 75 Villanova (14-4, 3-1) points to just the Orange’s 55. It was the Orange’s worst loss of the season, as SU lost in just four sets as opposed to a five-set loss to South Florida on Sept. 26.

Outside hitters Noemie Lefebvre and Hayley Todd registered 13 kills for the Orange. Syracuse knotted up the game in the second set with a 27-25 win after losing the first set, 25-19. The Wildcats won the last two sets 25-14 and 25-22.

Villanova’s Kim Maroon led the Wildcats with 16 digs, the same number SU’s leader, Sarah Hayes, put up in the game. Villanova junior Maggie Mergen led both teams with 15 kills in the game.

Lefebvre recorded her 41st career doubledouble with 13 kills and 10 digs. Todd added 13 kills, eight digs and two block assists. Senior Mindy Stanislovaitis recorded a match-high five blocks and nine kills. Freshman Lindsay McCabe had seven kills and five blocks.

The numbers as a whole for SU were a significant drop-off from the season averages heading into the road trip to Villanova. Going into the match, the Orange averaged 22.9 kills per set.

SU also averaged 20.4 assists per set and 20.7 digs per set.

On the season, Lefebvre has a team-high 235 kills and is also averaging 2.91 digs per set, good for second on the team. She is one of five players with at least 100 kills on the season, and has also played in a team-high 66 sets. 12 players have seen action for the Orange, with nine of them seeing time in at least 54 sets. That has provided SU with an abundance of depth. Saturday, that just wasn’t enough, as the Orange struggled in arguably its toughest match of the season.

The loss was also Syracuse’s first four-set loss on the year. Prior to the loss to Villanova, SU was 6-0 in four set matches, with its only loss coming in the five-set loss to South Florida. The Orange’s other wins came in eleven three-set sweeps prior to the start of conference play.

On the defensive side, the senior libero Hayes led the back with those 16 digs. Freshman defensive specialist Zoe Guzman added 10 digs.

Syracuse now enters the final 12 games of the season by opening its Big East home-slate when it hosts Connecticut on Friday at 7 p.m. in the Women’s Building. Fortunately for the Orange, nine of its final 12 matches are at home, where SU boasts a record of 3-0 this season.

— Compiled by Asst. Sports Editor Tony Olivero

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Orange men, women place 1st, 4th in Wisconsin Invitational The Syracuse men’s and women’s cross country teams finished fourth and first, respectively, in the Wisconsin Invitational on Saturday. The meet, held in Madison, Wis., pitted the men’s and women’s squads with 20 other teams.

The No. 11-ranked Syracuse women beat out 20 other teams to improve upon its second-place finish in the Wisconsin Invitational last year.

The Orange finished above North Carolina, Michigan State, Michigan and Indiana to win the team portion of the event.

Senior Katie Hursey led the way for SU, finishing with a time of 20:17 to place third overall in the 6k event. She finished fewer than four seconds behind the overall leader in the event, Florida’s Charlotte Browning.

Three other Orange runners finished in the top 20 of the event — Lauren Penney (20:31),

Sarah Pagano (20:41) and Catherine DeSarle (20:42). The other runners in the 6k event for SU were junior Heather Stephens (21:02), junior Natalie Busby (21:05) and junior Cassie White (21:30).

SU head coach Chris Fox was impressed with the performances of the Syracuse women, as he said the victory in the Wisconsin Invitational concretely marks the team’s entry into Top 10 program status.

“Today was a big day for the women and solidifies them as a Top 10 program,” Fox said after the meet. “The men ran well also. We got beat by some Top 10 teams, but we will get better.”

Despite running well also, the No. 11 SU men’s team was beaten by three Top 25 squads in No. 25 Indiana, No. 6 Wisconsin and No. 23 Princeton. Indiana came away the victor of the

Wisconsin Invitational Results Men

1. Indiana 2. Wisconsin 3. Princeton 4. Syracuse 5. Oklahoma 6. Michigan State 7. Florida 8. North Carolina 9. Ohio State 10. Illinois

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1. Syracuse 2. North Carolina 3. Michigan State 4. Michigan 5. Indiana 6. Harvard 7. Florida 8. San Francisco 9. Nebraska 10. Texas A&M

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meet. Junior runner Steven Weeks paced the Orange in the 8k race, finishing in 23:57. That time was good enough for 14th overall.

Junior Tito Medrano didn’t complete the race too far behind Weeks, only coming in two seconds later and placing 17th overall in a meet that featured 212 runners from the 21 teams. On Monday, Medrano expressed satisfaction in the fourth-place finish for the Orange.

“We ran very solid,” Medrano said. “We went there, and we performed to what we thought we could.”

The Orange’s other runners in the meet were senior James Murdock (24:04), junior Patrick Dupont (24:18), sophomore Forrest Misenti (24:18), junior Corey Robinson (24:35) and freshman Robert Molke (24:37). The Wisconsin Invitational was the first competition of the year for Dupont, who ended up 34th overall.

Despite his overall happiness with the fourthplace finish, Medrano said the Orange will go to work as a unit to improve in its three meets before the Big East championship on Oct. 30.

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“As an individual, I did what I thought I could do,” Medrano said. “And I know in the future, we are going to move forward and run faster.”

Fox expressed similar sentiments moving forward, as he said the Orange should have finished third and that he will help correct the mistakes that led to the fourth-place showing.

“We were a little frustrated, we should have been third,” Fox said. “No matter what we did, we couldn’t have won, Indiana ran great.”

Added Fox: “You have your ups and downs, we had a few mistakes, and we will correct them.”

Next up for the Orange is a trip to Charlottesville, Va., on Oct. 15, where SU will partake in the Panorama Farms Invitational at the University of Virginia. Some members of both Syracuse squads will also make a trip to Terre Haute, Ind., on Oct. 16 to compete in Pre-Nationals. Both the Friday and Saturday meets are scheduled for 10 a.m. starts.

— Compiled by Brett LoGiurato and Carron J. Phillips, The Daily Orange

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Using salesman’s pitch, Miller aims to recruit top talent to SU

By Allison Guggenheimer Staff Writer

Mike Miller is a salesman. His product is part soccer program, part Syracuse experience.

The target of this product is prospective soccer players. One of the main reasons Miller — a first-year assistant coach with the Syracuse men’s soccer team — got a job on the Syracuse coaching staff is because of his strong background in recruitment. That background, Miller hopes, will get these players to the SU Soccer Stadium. First-year head coach Ian McIntyre, who chose Miller for his staff last February, understands the importance of a recruiter to a team that is rebuilding.

“He’s done very well at other programs and working at other schools,” McIntyre said.

“We’re in sales, and if you believe in what you’re

selling, that really helps. And I think he believes in his own ability, and I think he believes in Syracuse University. And that ensures that he’s one of the best at what he does.”

Miller acquired the bulk of his recruiting knowledge from his time as an assistant coach at Evansville. Two of the four recruiting classes during Miller’s tenure there were ranked among the top 40 by College Soccer News. The 23rd-ranked 2008 class has helped lead the team to its current 4-4-1 record.

Yet Miller’s task at Syracuse will be no easy feat. The team is coming off its worst season since 1971. The Orange lost to USF Saturday, bringing its record to a lackluster 1-5-3. Not attractive numbers for prospective players.

Given the statistical strikes against the program, SU is looking for players who want to help

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The Syracuse soccer team’s streak of three consecutive ties was broken with a loss to South Florida on Saturday. Goalkeeper Jeremy Vuolo was given a red card with fewer than 15 minutes to play and the Orange down 1-0. Sophomore Ryan Jones replaced Vuolo in goal and let in three goals in a span of eight minutes. It’s been almost a month since the team has won a game, and the Orange is looking to the game against Colgate on Wednesday to turn the trend around. The focus will be on creating more offense, which is what SU has struggled with most this season. It has yet to score more than one goal in any game.

robert storm | staff photographer Mike Miller (right) is intricate in the recruiting process for Syracsue men’s soccer.

Miller hopes to help the Orange become a consistent contender for the Big East title. with the rebuilding.

“I’m sure for a lot of people, it’s the opportunity to play,” McIntyre said. “We’re not the finished product. I hope there are a lot of young men out there that are excited by the challenge of moving us up the Big East table and ultimately competing for a Big East title.”

But there is more to recruiting than a team’s record. Miller said Syracuse helps sell itself. He experienced the appeal of the program himself, as he was looking into the assistant coaching job at SU. Although he was offered a job as head coach of Illinois-Springfield, he wanted to work with this coaching staff and this university.

It is the same for players. McIntyre said the extra benefits that come with Syracuse’s resources are what appeal to prospective players. So even though the program is not yet at the level it wants to be, Miller is still able to make the sale.

“We have outstanding academics,” Miller said. “So that’s very attractive to parents and

“He’s done very well at other programs and working at other schools.

We’re in sales, and if you believe in what you’re selling, that really helps.

And I think he believes in his own ability.”

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student-athletes. Athletic facilities — it doesn’t get any better than this. Indoor facilities, training facilities, everything like that. So that’s another thing that’s very important. And then there’s the Big East conference. A lot of kids say, ‘I want to play in one of the best conferences,’ and you have that in the Big East.”

Miller said he has to do extensive research with past coaches and guidance counselors to get an overarching sense of what players are like and how well they will fit the program.

Most basic, though, is Miller’s ability to recognize talent. He is in contact with scouts across the country, both through his own connections and through McIntyre and assistant coach Jukka Masalin. Because the Orange can’t draw the same players that a more renowned soccer program can, the ability to find talent is particularly important. Captain and goalkeeper Jeremy Vuolo said Miller’s understanding of soccer as a whole really benefited both the team and his recruiting efforts.

“He’s very knowledgeable,” Vuolo said. “Not just of the goalkeeping side, but of every aspect of the game.”

Although Miller came in toward the end of the recruiting season for 2011, he said the coaches are excited about the players coming to campus next fall. He has been more involved in the player search for 2012, which began this fall.

Because the program is new, the players Miller brings in will really shape the direction of McIntyre’s coaching tenure at Syracuse, especially early on.

Said Miller: “Going into it, we’ve decided that these next couple classes are going to be very, very important to what we’re trying to do.” alguggen@syr.edu

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to four straight bowl games and a team that knows how to win,” Marrone said. “Then you go ahead and implement a coach that has won (conference) championships, and it’s a pretty good recipe for success.”

Added Marrone: “I do see them, and it’s not any disrespect to their coaches last year, but they are running to the football, and they are technically doing a lot of good things.”

And coming off a bye week in which SU was able to heal from some of its “nicks and bruises,” a road trip against South Florida could be the toughest test of the season for the Orange. The Bulls outscored their opponents 114-29 in their three wins, with its only loss coming at then-No. 8 Florida. The Bulls also sit in the top five in the conference in total defense (third), scoring defense (fourth) and scoring offense (third).

And to Marrone, USF is only getting better each week.

“Probably, from their standpoint, they’re coming off probably their most complete game against Florida Atlantic,” Marrone said. “They played well on offense, defense and special teams. They’re playing better than they did a year ago.”

As the Orange prepares for what could be its most daunting task of the season to date, the sheer dominance of the Bulls in recent years puts SU in a similar situation during its trip to Seattle to face Washington. For just the second time this season, the Orange isn’t the favorite.

And based upon that recent history, it could be an uphill battle. Not exactly Akron, Maine and Colgate.

“We’re faced with a great challenge going down there, and it’s one we’re looking forward to,” Marrone said. “We know we’ve got a tough road going down there to South Florida.”

Smith out for season Freshman running back Jerome Smith will miss the remainder of the season after suffering an injury to his left shoulder, according to a press release issued by the Syracuse athletic depart-

matthew ziegler | staff photographer doug marrone (right) and the Orange are hoping to avoid a sixth consecutive loss to South Florida when the team travels to Tampa, Fla., for its Big East opener on Saturday. SU has not beaten the Bulls since they joined the Big East conference in 2005. ment. The injury was sustained on Oct. 1, and an MRI performed on Monday revealed an injury to the shoulder joint that will require surgery.

Smith, a native of Bear, Del., contributed primarily on special teams in the Orange’s two most recent games against Maine and Colgate.

He is one of 15 freshmen who have seen playing time for SU this season. aljohn@syr.edu

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Back from ankle sprain, Little completes Syracuse offense

By Chris Iseman Staff Writer

If Erin Little wasn’t superstitious before this year’s season, no one could blame her if she is now. During preseason, her luck took a turn for the worse on Aug. 13. That would be Friday, Aug. 13.

On that ominous day, Little suffered an ankle sprain that kept her on the sidelines for the first two weeks of Syracuse’s record 17-0 start. But once she returned, the junior outside hitter stepped right back onto the court, not missing a beat and immediately contributing to the Orange offense.

“It was definitely tough because it’s one of those things where you work all summer to come back to start the season,” Little said. “It’s always hard to sit out, but I was always working to get back.”

Little wasn’t working to get back from a simple injury. She had to try and return from

the worst injury she has suffered since she has been with the Orange. When the injury first happened, there was worry that she hadn’t just sprained the ankle, but had actually broken it.

It turned out it was only a sprain, but SU assistant coach Carol LaMarche said Little’s injury was as bad as it could’ve been without fully breaking it.

Even though the offense was able to perform well without her, not having one of its most experienced outside hitters was a clear drawback for Syracuse. Once she returned to action, however, SU’s offense was complete.

“Everyone was hoping that she could get back as soon as possible,” outside hitter Noemie Lefebvre said. “I was just happy that she was back and contributing to the team.”

Not only did Little’s return end her time on the bench, it also gave the Syracuse coaches another formidable hitter to plug into the lineup.

But having won the first 17 games of the season, the coaches didn’t have much need to shake things up.

Still, if and when Little was needed, she would be ready. And with SU’s offensive game plan, she was going to get her chances.

“It gives another option in the front row,” LaMarche said. “She can definitely be an allaround player. She’s just focusing on being more consistent.”

The outside hitter didn’t need much adjustment time once she got back on the court, getting back into the groove quickly. Her time off the court gave her time to prepare physically and mentally.

As Little sat out, she said she watched the SU offense evolve, seeing where she’d fit in upon her return. Since getting back to action on Sept. 10 in the Orange’s match against Stony Brook at the Fordham Tournament, Little has recorded 47 kills, making 2.76 per set. Against Rider, her second match back, she made six kills.

“When I first came back, it was just like I had been wanting to play for so long,” Little said.

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With 20 matches down, Syracuse now has just 12 remaining in the regular season. Fortunately for the Orange, nine of them are at home. Here’s a closer look at what lies ahead for SU. Fri, Oct. 8 Connecticut Sun, Oct. 10 St. John’s Sat, Oct. 16 Marquette Tue, Oct. 19 @Cornell Sat, Oct. 23 @Notre Dame Sun, Oct. 24 @DePaul Fri, Oct. 29 Pittsburgh Sun, Oct. 31 West Virginia Sat, Nov. 6 Seton Hall Sun, Nov. 7 Rutgers Fri, Nov. 12 Cincinnati Sun, Nov. 14 Louisville

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“I think (Erin) still needs to learn to trust her ankle a little bit more, because she’s not fully jumping every time. She knows that, and she knows that she needs to fix that in order to have no doubt that she’s going to be starting.”

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“It was kind of hard, but you get back into it quickly.”

A week after returning, Little notched a career-best 20 kills against Louisiana-Monroe at the Sanford Tournament, good for the team lead in that match. Little also gives the Orange a solid server, something she proved when she notched three aces against Binghamton.

Still, despite all the stats she’s been putting up, Little isn’t completely confident her ankle is 100 percent healthy. She’s still a little superstitious, if you will. She’s said she is still hesitant to put a lot of pressure on it, unsure if it’s strong enough to handle a hard landing after coming down from a jump.

“I don’t feel like I am sometimes,” Little said.

“I know in the beginning, I definitely was. We’ve been doing some rehab and stuff to get used to landing on it.”

Little said with more repetitions in practices and games, her ability to trust her ankle’s strength will improve. Once that happens, a starting spot could be in Little’s future.

“I think she still needs to learn to trust her ankle a little bit more because she’s not fully jumping every time,” LaMarche said. “She knows that, and she knows that she needs to fix that in order to have no doubt that she’s going to be starting.” cjiseman@syr.edu

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After a 17-0 start to the season, the Orange has gone just 2-2 in its last four matches. This has landed Syracuse in a tie for 10th place in the Big East despite having the best overall record of any team. Starting this Friday, SU has a chance to get back in its early-season groove with three consecutive home games all against Big East opponents.

Despite its recent slump, Syracuse still leads the conference in hitting percentage by more than two full points. The team ranks third in the Big East in kills and fourth in blocks. Connecticut, Marquette and St. John’s, the three teams Syracuse faces in its next three games, are all in the bottom half of the conference. This gives SU a good chance to make a move up the Big East standings.

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Michael Cunningham, a senior midfielder at Hartwick who is also from New Zealand, first became close with Roydhouse when they played in the U-20 World Cup together. Cunningham knew of Roydhouse back when the two played in the New Zealand developmental program, even though Cunningham played in the age group above Roydhouse. Starting when Roydhouse was 13 years old, he had established a reputation.

“He was a little s***,” Cunningham said. “He was always a little troublemaker. He was pretty funny.”

By the age of 14, Roydhouse was the youngest player on the Palmerston North Boys’ High School soccer team. And he was the shortest. He still remembers the team picture from that year, as he stood out as the short one in front. But despite being the youngest and the self-proclaimed most immature on the team, Roydhouse benefited from playing with the older members of the team. He said it helped him become a more mature player.

“Everybody’s so much bigger than you and so much older than you,” Roydhouse said. “I was an immature little 14-year-old, so it was real hard because there was nobody my age. But I think it helped me.”

Following high school, Roydhouse did not go immediately to college because New Zealand does not have collegiate athletics. He chose to postpone his education and pursue soccer. In the summer of 2007, he made the U-20 World Cup team. The team qualified for the tournament by advancing out of the Oceania Football Confederation and made the trip to Canada.

“It was a massive eye-opener,” Roydhouse said of the U-20 World Cup. “The level of competition was incredible. We played against Portugal in our first game, and we pretty much couldn’t touch the ball. The difference in skill was incredible. You come from New Zealand, and you’re the best players in your country, and then you get here and play against a team, and

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you can’t even get the ball.”

It was during this tournament Roydhouse started to make the connections that would get him to Hartwick. Cunningham, who was already at Hartwick, provided the link. Cunningham told his coaching staff that Roydhouse had been thinking about coming to play in the U.S. and that he might be a good fit for Hartwick.

A few of the Hartwick coaches, including Jukka Masalin — who is now an assistant at SU under McIntyre — went to see him play at the World Cup. They thought he was a good fit and were set about getting Roydhouse to Oneonta.

“It was quite easy because he was eager to come over,” Masalin said. “He’d been playing in the leagues over there already, and I think he thought he was ready for the next step.”

Upon his arrival at Hartwick, the differences were obvious. The most basic was the accent. He could not understand what people were saying when he first got to America.

His other problem was weather-appropriate clothing. Roydhouse wore shorts almost all year round.

And given Roydhouse’s different past, he was timid when he first started playing. He was coming into a set team structure and relied heavily on Cunningham.

“I was really quiet when I first came over,” Roydhouse said. “I was so shy. I didn’t talk to anyone except (Cunningham). It took a month or two before I got into it. As soon as I got confidence, I was unstoppable. You couldn’t shut me up.”

Once he became established at Hartwick — and started to understand people’s accents — he became a go-to offensive player. He tied for the most assists on the team and scored two gamewinning goals his sophomore year.

So when after two years, McIntyre told the team he was going to coach at Syracuse, Roydhouse had to consider making that next leap. He came to the U.S. for experience, and moving to a Big East school with such extensive resources would provide him with better chances than Hartwick could.

But he had to consider leaving a comfortable situation at Hartwick and leaving his friends

Changing hemispheres Nick Roydhouse has taken a long path to the Syracuse soccer team that started in New Zealand. Here’s a look at some highlights from each of his stops along the way:

New Zealand (1988-2007) • • • •

Born in Palmerston, New Zealand Played for the New Zealand U-13, U-14 and U-15 national team squads Represented New Zealand in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada Played in 14 countries and 15 international events

Hartwick (2008-2009)

• Freshman year

- Played in 18 games with 10 starts

- Tallied two assists • Sophomore year

- Named to the All-MAC Second Team

- Started all 18 games

- Team’s leading scorer with 11 points (2 goals, 7 assists)

- Both of his goals were game winners

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• Tied for ninth in the Big East with four goals • Leads the Orange in goals (four) and points (eight) • Third in the Big East in total shots and shots per game

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robert storm | staff photographer nick roydhouse (8) has excelled as the central attacking midfielder in head coach Ian McIntyre’s 4-5-1 formation, drawing on experience with New Zealand’s national team. behind. Especially Cunningham, who had been the reason for his college career in the first place. But in the end, Roydhouse said he had to make the best choice for his future.

“I think it was his next step again,” Masalin said. “He came from U-20’s, left New Zealand, came to Hartwick — which is a good level — and wanted to step into the Big East. I think the shop window in the Big East is much bigger than at MAC colleges and at Hartwick.”

The tipping point for Roydhouse was his visit during the record-breaking Syracuse-Villanova basketball game last February. He was overcome with the infectious school pride.

But the SU team he joined was hardly established, with the new players outnumbering the returners. Joining the team as a junior, he was able to quickly carve out a leadership role. McIntyre said that was thanks to his tireless work ethic on the field, complemented by his relaxed attitude in leading the Orange off the field.

“He’s done a good job of tactically embracing the responsibilities we’ve placed on him,” McIntyre said. “There’s that energy and enthusiasm that he has every practice. There’s no off switch.”

Once again, Roydhouse has had to adjust to a new team and a new role. He is currently playing as more of an attacking midfielder than he did at Hartwick. He has twice the number of goals this year than in his two previous years

combined. Masalin said he is still one of his best players, and Vuolo said he is a “game-changer” for the team.

Leading a team that is currently 1-5-3 is Roydhouse’s next obstacle. The program is under new leadership, but it is off to one of its worst offensive starts in program history. That’s where Roydhouse hopes his talent, combined with all of the experiences leading up to this point, will come in handy.

Already, his influence on his younger teammates is particularly strong. Freshman Robbie Hughes has started growing his own rattail.

Although Roydhouse has a healthy head start, Hughes wants to match the older player by next season.

Further emulation is unlikely, but McIntyre does admire the New Zealander’s style.

A rattail, that’s a stretch some brave soul can undertake. Becoming that player with a bull’seye on your back every second you are on the field, it’s not for everyone.

For his entire career, Roydhouse has been that guy. That guy who elicits a hint of comical jealousy from those who admittedly can’t stumble into what he has become: Syracuse’s premier offensive threat.

Even perhaps the main guy who accepted him into this country.

“I don’t think it would look particularly good on me,” McIntyre said. “But I’m just jealous.” alguggen@syr.edu

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tuesday

october 5, 2010

page 24

the daily orange

football notebook

Citing past, SU preps for Bulls

By Andrew L. John Sports Editor

robert storm | staff photographer nick roydhouse has emerged as Syracuse’s top scoring threat with a team-leading four goals in the first nine games of the season.

Roydhouse, a native of New Zealand and midfielder for the Orange, came to SU as a transfer from Hartwick prior to the start of this year.

Same

Diverse stops led Roydhouse to SU, where he has found similar dominance

difference

By Allison Guggenheimer

H

Staff Writer

e’s in a new place. Again. But it’s the same rattail. The same kid you can’t shut up.

The same Nick Roydhouse.

Roydhouse’s two rattails on the back of his head distinguish him on the field. When the Syracuse midfielder darts around the field, the hair on the top of his head stands straight up, while his rattails flop behind him. He is hard to miss, even if he might hint that he doesn’t care if he is recognized at all.

Yet Roydhouse’s unique hairstyle is nothing new. He has been noticed for his hair ever since he sported a mullet at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada.

The hairstyle sums up the player. It sums up the journey. Yet again, after stops in his native New Zealand and just down the road at Hartwick, Roydhouse has almost stumbled upon his next playing destination. His next place.

He is the free-spirited attacking midfielder, one who possesses a paper-thin element of social screening of what is different or what should be done.

He is the 5-foot-7 Nick Roydhouse. That guy on

“When I played at the U-20 World Cup, I had a mullet because I just didn’t care at all. I didn’t mind being different.

The photos are funny because it’s kind of flapping in the wind.”

Nick Roydhouse

su midfielder

the field with the two rattails. Arguably, the best player Syracuse has.

And aside from that “Syracuse” part, he has always been that way.

“When I played at the U-20 World Cup, I had a mullet because I just didn’t care at all,” Roydhouse said. “I didn’t mind being different. The photos are

funny because it’s kind of flapping in the wind.

When I first got it, it was as a joke. Then six months later, it’s the U-20 World Cup, and I still had it. I don’t know why, but people kind of told me I was getting recognized for having it, so I just kept it.”

He has taken big steps throughout his life, traveling around the world to find new challenges. Yet he has retained what SU head coach Ian McIntyre called “quirkiness” since playing in New Zealand’s national youth development program.

Roydhouse was first marked as different when he was the young guy on his high school team.

It continued when he got the opportunity to play with the best international talent in the U-20 World Cup. Then he moved halfway around the world to attend Hartwick. And finally, he left the McIntyre-provided comfort of Hartwick to come to McIntyre-renovated SU in the middle of his college career. But together, these experiences make Roydhouse the dominant player he has become.

Already this season, he has four goals, the most of anyone on the team and a personal career high. SU captain and goalkeeper Jeremy Vuolo said despite being new to the team, Roydhouse has already established himself as a leader. see roydhouse page 21

Delving into his weekly pregame routine, Doug Marrone began analyzing SU’s numbers against South Florida over the past five years. A few numbers stood out. USF’s additional 163 yards on the ground and 209 yards of total offense per game, offensively.

The 3.4 more sacks and the difference of 24.2 points per game for the Bulls, culminating in a 5-0 record against the Orange.

As Marrone began rambling off those numbers, the sheer dominance of SU’s five-year series with the Bulls came to light. It’s what Marrone argues has been SU’s most devastating opponent over the past five years.

“Everyone understands that since South Florida has joined the Big East, you could argue that they pretty much have dominated us,” Marrone said Monday at his weekly press conference.

“They’ve got a new coach in Coach (Skip) Holtz, who is coming off back-toback Conference USA championships, so he knows how to win, knows how to get his team ready to go.”

Despite some new faces at South Florida, both on the field and on the sidelines, Marrone still sees this year’s USF squad as one capable of dominance. Still, as Syracuse travels to Tampa, Fla., to take on the Bulls Saturday (noon, Big East Network), Marrone and the Orange will make the necessary preparations to collect a win in their Big East opener.

At Monday’s press conference, Marrone said he planned to enlighten his players of the recent history of SU’s series with the Bulls. But the reality is, as Marrone said, “they know what has gone on here, probably better than I have. We have players who have been here since 2005.”

Some of them may even remember the 27-0 beatdown the Bulls put on the Orange at the Carrier Dome in 2005. Or the 45-13 walloping SU took down in Tampa during its last trip to Raymond James Stadium in 2008.

Regardless, Marrone plans to make sure those memories stir up some emotion this week.

Marrone said his squad resumed practicing and his staff began reviewing film Thursday, Friday and Saturday during its bye week. Through USF’s first four games, Marrone still sees that dominance as present as ever.

“I look at a team that has been see marrone page 19