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Security to increase for Dalai Lama

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allen chiu | design editor TARA WYANT, a junior hospitality management major, waves the scarf she will try to give to the 14th Dalai Lama at the Common Ground for Peace panel or the One World Concert. Wyant personally connects with the Dalai Lama through her father, who is from Tibet.

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here are only two phrases that Tara Wyant knows in Tibetan: “That person smells bad” and “Hello.”

If she gets the chance, she’ll use the latter to greet the 14th Dalai Lama during his visit to campus this week. And hopefully before, she’ll

Student hopes to give Dalai Lama scarf as symbol of personal connection

give him a gift: an embroidered, white silk scarf.

The scarf, called a khata, holds traditional significance in Tibetan culture.

“It’s a scarf you give for good luck, to welcome people,” said Wyant, a junior hospitality management major. “You give it in so many different occasions. When you meet someone for the first time, like during

weddings or when a child is born.”

Ideally, the Dalai Lama would see the scarf either while getting on or leaving the stage at the One World Concert. He’d most likely bless it and hand it back to her. But with the expected security measures for such a high-profile visitor, Wyant feels the chances of this happening are slim.

Wyant’s father is Tibetan and was

one of 20 children chosen by the Dalai Lama to live and study in France during the 1960s. During that time, conflict between Tibet and China persisted, indicative of the two nations’ complex relationship that exists to this day.

Now Wyant’s father lives in Geneva, Switzerland, and works for the International Labor Organization.

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After several years of discussion and a substantial increase of student enrollment in upper-level language courses, the College of Arts and Sciences has made little headway in developing the language department during the past five years.

Syracuse University currently offers five undergraduate language majors: French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and German, as well as more than 15 minors, ranging from Hebrew to Tamil.

But as Chinese, Japanese and Arabic continue to grow in popularity, the SU language department has not implemented majors

or minors in these languages — despite previous conversations about expansion.

The issue is faculty, said Susan Wadley, former associate dean for curriculum, instruction and programming for Arts and Sciences, in an email. SU would be required to hire tenured or tenure-track professors who specialize in those

“I’m really looking forward to this, professionally speaking. I enjoy doing this. It’s been pretty exhilarating.”

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languages, she said, and that would require a shift of funding from under-enrolled languages — like German — to those in demand — like Chinese, Korean and Arabic.

SU does have a tenure-track professor in Arabic, Wadley said, so a minor could be possible. More advanced levels of Chinese and

The State Department, New York State Police, Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department, Syracuse Police Department and SU’s Department of Public Safety are all involved in the security details for the event, said DPS Capt.

John Sardino.

The State Department is specifically responsible for the personal protection and care of the Dalai Lama, Sardino said. DPS will provide security around SU’s perimeter, while SPD will be responsible for controlling and regulating traffic. The New York State Police and Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department will provide

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Foreign language programs see little expansion

By Liz Sawyer

The 14th Dalai Lama’s visit to Syracuse University has required complex security as well as cooperation between the U.S. Department of State and campus, local and state police.

“Common Ground for Peace” is a two-day forum that will be held at SU on Oct. 8-9. The Dalai Lama and more than 20 musical artists will engage the Syracuse community on shifting global consciousness toward peace.

The event includes a public talk by the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, panel discussions for faculty and students, and a festival-style concert in the Carrier Dome.

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SPD, DPS address robberies

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The Syracuse Police Department and Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety briefed the media on Sunday afternoon about the two robberies and robbery attempt that took place during the weekend.

The briefing occurred at 2:40 p.m. at the Department of Public Safety offices in Sims Hall. DPS Chief Tony Callisto and Sgt. Tom Connellan of SPD represented their respective departments.

On Saturday night, four suspects in Oakwood Cemetery robbed two SU College of Law students at gunpoint. Several hours later on Sunday, an attempted robbery of a student took place on the 700 block of Ostrom Avenue. Shortly after, a student was robbed in the parking lot of 703 Walnut Ave. Often, Callisto said, these crimes can be prevented.

“I’ve been here for seven years and I haven’t seen one robbery incident that involved three students or more walking together,” he said.

The students robbed at gunpoint were cutting through the cemetery when four male suspects, one of whom had a long, silver-barreled handgun, approached them at 8:30 p.m., according to an SPD news release.

After telling the victims to lie on the ground, the suspects then kicked them and stole their wallets, car keys, IDs and shoes before running away. They then alerted DPS about the robbery.

The students described the suspects as black males between 16 and 22 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall, according to the release. One of the suspects was wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, while the others were wearing dark-colored hooded sweatshirts.

The attempted robbery of a student on the 700 block of Ostrom Avenue took place at 3:29 a.m., according to a DPS notice. The three suspects were described as black, 5 feet 10 to 11 inches tall and in their late 20s, according to the notice. The student ran away and was not injured.

The student robbed in the parking lot was approached at 3:45 a.m. that same morning, in the parking lot of 703 Walnut Ave., according to the notice. The student was threat-

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SHEA KASTRINER , a junior music major, performs a solo in Orange Appeal’s rendition of “Sir Duke” by Stevie Wonder in Hendricks Chapel on Saturday. Orange Appeal was one of the seven a capella groups that performed as part of Family Weekend, which ran from Oct. 5-7. Founded in 1997, Orange Appeal is an established all-male a capella group with 14 members. The group has a wide range of members and invites students of all majors to join. Orange Appeal participates in various invitationals, benefits and performances throughout the academic year.

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Artists to perform in 3-hour, 10-minute span

By Jen Bundy STAFF WRITER

More than 20 artists will perform within three hours and 10 minutes following His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s speech on Tuesday night at the One World Concert.

The concert is a part of “Common Ground for Peace,” a two-day forum that will be held at Syracuse University on Oct. 8-9. The concert will take place at the Carrier Dome from 7 to 11 p.m., and will begin with a 50-minute speech by the Dalai Lama, according to the One World Concert website.

courtesy of ticketmaster For the One World Concert, the Carrier Dome will place the stage in the middle of the field and use about half of the Dome’s seating.

The concert has not yet sold out.

Every musical artist will perform at least one song, and some are collaborating as groups or duets, according to the website.

The concert setup will utilize half of the Carrier Dome’s seating with the stage in the middle of the field, according to the Ticketmaster website.

“I’m expecting my seat, as a student, to be similar to other Dome events that students have tickets to,” said Scott Kevy, a sophomore sport management major. “I expect it to be more similar to the basketball, football student seating.”

The concert will host diverse artists and include performances from different genres and decades. The list of scheduled artists includes Dave Matthews, Swizz Beatz, Natasha Beding-

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Presidential debates should include more than just 2 candidates

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hile the first debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney helped inform voters of the two leaders’ opinions about domestic policy, the debate failed to fully inform voters about their range of options this election. The debate excluded the other candidates running for president.

If Americans want true democracy, debate should include third-party candidates who are running for office. College students, as new voters, should research all the candidates — not just the two main ones.

Most slightly engaged Americans know Obama and Romney. Few know Jill Stein, Gary Johnson, Virgil Goode or Rocky Anderson.

These four individuals are all running for the same office as Romney and Obama, but they are seldom covered by the media.

Americans like thinking their country is the most free and most democratic. When the electorate is only presented with two main parties to choose from, it is hardly democratic and not at all free. A lesser-of-two-evils approach to voting and governance seems to be unbeneficial for society as a whole. Third parties need to be viable alternatives.

The candidates representing a third party are not running campaigns based on large donations. Running for office should not require a vast amount of money. Obama and Romney have raised over $600 million each, The New York Times reported.

Third-party candidates have raised only a small fraction. Johnson has raised almost $2 million; Stein has not even raised $500,000, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. They are running based on the quality of their ideas — not their money. Americans should be considering the quality of the candidates’ ideas alone. But, the electorate only considers two parties.

For long enough, we’ve been exposed to the Democratic and Republican visions for our country. We have yet to try something different. Letting the rest of the candidates debate the two major parties’ offerings can potentially force the Democrats and Republicans to become more accountable.

Some of this stems from our political system, which encourages the formation of two main parties. Since we have a system which

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to the left, to the left requires a candidate win a majority of votes, there is an incentive to have only two parties.

Democrats and Republicans absorb some of the fringe and extreme viewpoints, and they become more watered down.

America’s range of candidates and parties is vastly different from other, more democratic countries. The Netherlands has 11 parties represented in the House and Senate, alone. There are even more parties who compete and are not currently in the legislature. They have a proportional representation system, whereby the percentage of votes for a party determines the share of seats the party gets in the legislature.

Throughout history, America has had only a few major third-party candidates. The few who gain some support are labeled as “election spoilers.” The most recent example was Ralph Nader, who was criticized for “stealing” the election from Al Gore in 2000.

Voters — college students in particular — should take the time to research all candidates running for office. It is their duty as informed voters and good citizens. The Internet makes finding out about candidates even easier. There is no excuse for a voter to be unable to explain — in specifics — why he or she is voting for a candidate, and why the rest of the candidates are not suitable for office.

The Commission on Presidential Debates — the organizer of all this year’s presidential debates — says it tries to establish debates to educate voters and “provide the best possible information to viewers and listeners.” Leaving out the other candidates running for office does nothing but a disservice to voters and to our democracy.

We have to consider who has been left off the debate stage.

Harmen Rockler is a senior newspaper journalism and political science major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at horockle@ syr.edu or followed on Twitter at @LeftofBoston.

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Liberal arts degrees often underpaid, undervalued in today’s society

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or those who haven’t been living under a rock, it’s obvious there’s a rough economy awaiting college students once they leave the safety of the Syracuse University campus.

College graduates are earning less money now than they did in 2000, according to research published by the Economic Policy Institute on Oct. 3. The institute also reported that the average wage for entry-level jobs that college graduates obtain is falling.

Last May, Forbes reported on the “15 most valuable majors in the current marketplace,” according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The list ranged from subjects like biomedical engineering and software engineering to applied mathematics and statistics.

Forbes’ list emphasizes undergraduate majors that go into fields with the highest paying salaries, but one’s definition of valuable doesn’t necessarily translate into money.

SU is home to 13 colleges, most of them specializing in professional fields like business, communication, education and so on. My home college, the College of Arts and Sciences, houses 41 liberal arts majors.

There are only a small handful of students graduating as women’s and gender studies majors, and I’m one of them.

I declared my major in women’s and gender studies during my very first semester of college. I enrolled in the introductory course last minute to fulfill a requirement, and haven’t looked back since. At the time of my decision, though, I didn’t realize the social backlash I would receive every time I mention what my undergraduate major is.

Whenever an adult, professor or peer of mine strikes up a small talk conversation and asks what I study in school, the conversation usually garners responses like, “What do you plan on doing with that?” or “What’s your other major?”

My major in women’s studies does more than just compliment my English and textual studies major, and it certainly doesn’t limit my prospects after graduation. Instead, my academic background enables and increases my ability to provide a unique perspective and thought process in any work place.

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not a barbie girl The value of my degree in women’s and gender studies at SU goes beyond projected career paths and luxurious salaries. Just like any other liberal arts major, the critical thinking skills acquired in women’s studies classrooms provides a diverse college education and background in preparation for almost any occupation.

My perspective and the ways in which I look at things from a variety of angles often gives me an edge to storytelling and discovering ideas that others wouldn’t necessarily consider important.

Salaries that come from a women’s and gender studies degree may not compare to that of a finance major — OK, they definitely don’t compare — but my broad frame of mind about how society operates and how individuals participate in culture qualifies me to succeed in almost any professional environment.

The intersectional analysis I’ve cultivated as a result of reading theorists and studying activism has changed the ways in which I view the world around me, especially because it applies to everything.

Instead of approaching an issue or a topic from a one-dimensional analysis, I take ideas about race, class, gender, sexuality and ability, among others, into account.

Unfortunately, this is always relevant because there’s a constant need to advocate for social justice.

The gender studies curriculum covers a wide spectrum of subjects — literature, politics, religion and economics, to name a few — all through a gendered lens. This lens sneaks its way into everything I think, say and do.

Even if it didn’t make Forbes’ list of valuable majors, my major has proven to be invaluable beyond measure.

Krystie Yandoli is a senior women’s and gender studies and English and textual studies major. She can be reached at klyandol@syr.edu.

Voter ID laws in many states disenfranchise African-American, other minority citizens “Today it’s unbelievable that there are Republican officials trying to stop some people from voting,” Congressman John Lewis shouted to the packed house at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. The “some people” Lewis was eluding too are the minority population.

New legislation regarding voter requirements will cause a new challenge for minority groups when heading to the polls this November. Several states will require registered voters to have state-issued IDs in order to cast their ballot: Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin.

According to NYU’s Brennan Center for Justice, 25 percent of African-American

LET TER TO THE EDITOR voting-aged citizens have no current government-issued photo ID, at least 15 percent of voting-aged American citizens earning less than $35,000 per year do not have a valid government-issued photo ID, and as many as 18 percent of citizens aged 18-24 do not have photo ID with current address and name.

Five million potential voters do not have the state-issued ID that is required of them to vote in this year’s elections. This is the first time that several states have adopted voter ID bills, which disenfranchises voters — specifically African-Americans and other minorities

— such as students and low-income people.

According to the Brennan Center for Justice, the purpose of these new voter ID laws are to verify identity at polling centers to prevent voter fraud, but there isn’t substantial evidence that voter fraud by individual voters is an issue on Election Day. “Many of the claims of voter fraud amount to a great deal of smoke without much fire. The allegations simply do not pan out,” Justin Levitt wrote in a Brennan Center for Justice publication.

Moreover, these new voter ID laws will affect the youth vote. Lawmakers in Wisconsin and several other states have passed legislation only allowing students to cast their vote if their IDs include a current address, birth date, signature and two-year expiration date — requirements

that very few university IDs in the state currently meet. Some colleges have paid for the new student IDs while others have charged students to obtain new student IDs that meet state requirements.

Syracuse University student Stephanie Navarrete says, “Key swing states and states that are starting to lean Democratic are the states that Republicans are passing these new laws, attempting to set their selves up for victory on Election Day.” Visit www.ncsl.org for a complete listing of each state’s requirements.

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City officials must be efficient, quick in replacing outdated parking meters City officials need to move quickly and efficiently while negotiating a contract with a new company to update the city’s parking meters.

Last week, the Syracuse Common Council voted 8-0 to spend up to $2.54 million replacing all the meters in the city. City officials are beginning to contact companies to sign a three-year contract for installment and maintenance of the city’s meters.

Beginning Nov. 1, the current

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meters will no longer be able to accept credit card payments because of outdated technology.

Credit card payments generate more than one-third of all money spent on the city’s meters. Some of these meters are close to campus, including Marshall Street.

The transition between the current and updated meters will affect those on campus, city residents and visitors.

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to minimize the length of time when parking meters do not accept credit cards. The bids for a new company are expected to be back within 6-8 weeks, or the end of November. City officials must then choose a company before any headway is made.

In November, the current system will go off line and the credit card option will be unavailable.

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into the winter months. Construction to replace parking meters could get backed up because of the inclement weather, and the length of time when community members cannot use a credit card could be even more prolonged.

The city officials plan to update all of the meters during a threeyear period. But the upgrades must be done as quickly as possible to minimize the inconvenience for community members.

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Japanese are also available abroad, said professors in the language department.

After taking four semesters of Arabic at SU, Chet Davis stopped taking courses because he realized he couldn’t major in the language.

Davis, a senior broadcast journalism and political science major, said he wanted to study a less common language to fulfill his Arts and Sciences requirement.

“I think that something stands out on your resume as a major, as opposed to a focus or even a minor,” Davis said. “It proves that you’ve had more expertise in a certain area.”

When compared to peer institutions such as Pennsylvania State University, Boston University and Tulane University, SU offers a smaller variety of language majors and minors. Both Penn State and BU offer Chinese and Japanese, while Tulane offers majors in Greek and Latin.

Gerry Greenberg, senior associate dean for Academic Affairs, said in an email that both Penn State and BU have substantially higher undergraduate enrollment numbers than SU. SU enrolls approximately 13,500 undergraduate students, while Penn State enrolls more than triple that amount with 44,485, according to its website. BU is just slightly bigger than SU, with 18,645 undergraduates, and Tulane is smaller, with 8,338, according to the College Board’s website.

While not every language has its own major or minor, courses may fulfill other requirements, Greenberg said. For example,

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ened by one suspect with a knife and suffered a scraped knee.

The three suspects were described as black, 5 feet 8 to 10 inches tall, between 16 and 19 years old and about 150 to 160 pounds, according to the notice. One suspect was wearing a large, puffy jacket, but there was no clothing description for the two other suspects.

It appears the robbery and robbery attempt on Sunday may be related, but they do not seem to be related to the Oakwood Cemetery robbery, Connellan said. Though there are some leads in the case, no arrests have been made, he said.

There is no indication the robberies are related to recent gang activity at all, Connellan said, but SPD still doesn’t know who the suspects are. SPD and DPS are working

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field, Nelly Furtado, Counting Crows, Phillip Phillips, Andy Grammer and Nas, among others. Whoopi Goldberg will emcee the event.

But the four-hour event won’t bother Kevy.

“I think that the four hours won’t feel as long as it seems because the music will change throughout,” Kevy said. “The music won’t all sound the same, so it should make the pace of the concert go faster.”

Kevy said he is most excited to see Dave Matthews, but said he recognized three-fourths of the artists on the list.

“I’m really excited for Nas, Swizz Beatz and Whoopi Goldberg,” said Liz Hess, a

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students who are enrolled in a Middle Eastern studies minor may count Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Hebrew classes toward their requirements, he said.

Since 2007, Japanese, Chinese and Arabic have added 300-level options to the course

“Unfortunately, right now Syracuse University doesn’t have the financial support to be able to start a major or to hire new faculty.”

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listing, said Tomoko Walter, a Japanese professor. During the last five years, Walter has also seen a rise in the number of students sticking with the language and enrolling in the more difficult courses.

But some students have become discouraged because they can’t minor in Japanese, Walter said, and many don’t see a point in continuing to study the language if they cannot put it on their resume.

Other students have actually told her they were going to transfer to a different university because they wanted to pursue the language at SU but were unable to, Walter said.

“Losing a student is really quite sad for me to see,” she said.

To add a new major, several faculty members must be involved to share the workload of the various courses offered and to create a curriculum for higher-level courses, said Rania Habib, coordinator of the Arabic program.

“Unfortunately, right now Syracuse University doesn’t have the financial support to be able to start a major or to hire new faculty,” she said.

Habib said she has seen a dramatic rise in the number of students taking Arabic since she first came to SU four years ago. Even at the 300-level, which is very difficult for students, there has been an increase of almost 300 percent, she said.

A few years ago, Habib only taught two students in their third year of study. Now she teaches 14.

But three years of a language is not nearly enough to become proficient, Habib said. Developing a major or a minor in Arabic and other Asian languages would allow students to gain extra skills at higher levels, which is essential to understanding and maintaining the language, she said.

A certificate would also enable students to put it on their resumes and make them more likely to get a job after graduation, Habib said.

“Nowadays investments should be put into Arabic because it’s one of the critical languages, especially with everything going on in the Middle East,” she said.

Habib said she hopes SU seriously looks into expanding the language department because language classes provide students with invaluable skills.

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together to check all the cameras in the area.

If a student is robbed, Connellan said, they should do exactly as they’re told. He said victims should take note of the suspects so they can provide detailed descriptions of them to police.

“We don’t advise anyone to fight back, especially if there’s someone who has a weapon,” he said.

Walking through unlit areas, like Oakwood Cemetery, should also be avoided, especially because it is widely known that they are used as shortcuts, he said.

Callisto said the uptick in crime is consistent with last fall, and suspects are attracted to the area because there’s a lot of pedestrian activity at night.

DPS, SPD, the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department and the Onondaga County Department of Probation will continue their “significantly increased” patrols, he said.

But Connellan said the increased presence is

not in response to crime, but rather an attempt to prevent it.

“We saw a pattern of stuff that we didn’t like developing — some people coming up here that we thought could cause a problem,” he said. “We decided to jump on that to be proactive and preventive in trying to stop that before something really bad happened.”

Callisto said there are several services students can take advantage of if they feel unsafe.

The regular Centro buses run until 3 a.m., Callisto said, while other shuttles provided

by Caz Limo & Tours continue all night long from Main Campus to South Campus. He said the safety escort service provided by DPS also continues until the Centro buses resume service at 6:30 a.m.

Said Callisto: “There’s always the availability of some assistance, and people just have to think to call us.”

senior public relations major. “I am not that excited for Natasha Bedingfield.”

But others, such as Alex Feigenbaum, a first-year law student at SU’s College of Law, are not interested in the music at all.

“Since it’s in the middle of the week, I think I’m going to see the Dalai Lama talk, which is the person I’m the most interested in,” he said. “Then, honestly, I’m thinking about leaving.”

He said there were no artists he specifically wanted to see, so he didn’t feel the need to stay for the concert’s duration.

“Maybe I’ll stay for a little, but I can take it or leave it,” Feigenbaum said.

As of Sunday evening, the concert was not sold out and tickets were still available on Ticketmaster.

“I’m really excited to see such a diverse group of artists come together,” said Allyssa Kaiser, a senior advertising major. “It is going to be a good show.”

“I think that the four hours won’t feel as long as it seems because the music will change throughout. The music won’t all sound the same, so it should make the pace of the concert go faster.”

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the motorcade and transportation security.

Sardino said he has worked with the State Department closely for the past two months. He added that it was important for the State Department and the state and local police and security organizations to learn how to interact with one another.

An outside security company has been hired to control and monitor the magnetometers, security devices that are similar to those used as airport security. These devices will be used at the various events, Sardino said.

Pete Sala, managing director of the Carrier Dome, said Dome security for the One World Concert is based around the State Department.

“We’re working through the State Department. What they say goes,” Sala said.

He added that the level of security at the Dome depends on “the level of the diplomat.”

Security varies for each public figure, he said.

The mix of the Dalai Lama, different foreign dignitaries and celebrities involved in the event makes it very complex to plan security, Sardino said.

“Other events have been more straightforward,” he said.

The amount of planning invested in the One World Concert and panels is different from previous visits from public figures, such as Vice President Joseph Biden Jr., Sardino said.

As of now, there is no knowledge of protests in response to the Dalai Lama’s visit, Sardino said.

“We have done research on protests that occurred at other venues because of the Dalai Lama,” he said. “We do have a plan on how to react to a protest if there is one.”

For the One World Concert, Sardino estimated that 27,000 to 28,000 people will be in attendance.

Attendees will not be allowed to bring bags to the Dome. Everyone will be subjected to thorough security checks and examinations, Sardino said.

Sardino said the planning of security has been a smooth process despite the different organizations involved, and that he’s excited for the event.

“I’m really looking forward to this, professionally speaking,” Sardino said. “I enjoy doing this. It’s been pretty exhilarating.” mhnewman@syr.edu

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• Digital cameras, audio/video recording devices, laptops and tablets are not allowed in Goldstein Auditorium for the panels. SLR cameras and recording devices will not be allowed at the Carrier Dome.

• Bags and other large items will be examined at security drop-off points for the panels.

• Bags larger than 12-by-12 inches will not be allowed at the Carrier Dome.

• No food and drink, including water bottles, will not be allowed in Goldstein Auditorium.

• All attendees will be subjected to security checks at both the concert and the panels. It will be similar to airport security.

• Admission tickets will be valid for admission until 15 minutes prior to the start of the session. Admission is not guaranteed otherwise.

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Student’s capstone project continues to grow under leadership of Green Campus Initiative

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ustin Heavey never imagined that his capstone project would become a blossoming garden under the care of the Green Campus Initiative club.

“I just proposed the idea to them and they ran with it,” Heavey said. “GCI is the primary driver of sustainability efforts at ESF and the garden is an example of that.”

Heavey only had amateur gardening experience prior to starting the Lafayette Road Experiment Station garden in 2011, when he was an undergraduate at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He taught himself using tutorials, trial and error, and the advice of friends.

The goal of the garden is to promote green living and allow students to learn about organic and sustainable gardening, according to a Sept.

21 ESF news release.

The club members typically work at the garden once a week, where they clean the greenhouse, transplant seeds, harvest food and winterize the greenhouse. They also host potlucks using food from the harvests, and support the garden by organizing volunteer planting days and holding plant sales.

Thirty types of annual garden vegetables, hazelnuts, serviceberries, raspberries, plums, herbs and about 50 other types of edible perennials can all be found in the garden, Heavey said.

The garden’s soil is enhanced with compost, which is collected on campus. This not only helps the garden, it also creates less waste on campus, according to the release.

But the garden is just one example of the club’s projects. Emily Bielejec, current president of the club, said the club’s mission’s is to

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“Our club is really big on making things happen. Any sustainable project we are all over it,” said Bielejec, a natural history and interpretation major. “We make proposals and we go to administration to make our ideas work.”

Some of the club’s initiatives have included

removing lamps from Moon Library in an effort to save electricity, and selling sporks at ESF’s “Thank Goodness it’s Friday” events in order to move toward a zero-waste campus, Bielejec said.

The garden has truly bloomed since the beginning, Heavey said. The infrastructure has improved and the garden now has an

automatic irrigation system, a dozen raised beds and tools. In addition, a 600-foot deer fence now encloses the entire two-thirds of an acre, he said.

“ESF just celebrated its centennial anniversary,” Heavey said. “I’d like the garden to still be active when ESF turns 200.” tadoychi@syr.edu

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Flavors

the sweet stuff in the middle

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Celebrating autumn is made easy by learning some key pumpkinrelated recipes

Text By Danielle Odiamar STAFF WRITER

PUMPKIN PANCAKES

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jack-o’-lantern smile, the pumpkin’s savory-sweet juice

Who doesn’t like to wake up to the smell of golden stacks? Pumpkin pancakes have their own distinctive, golden glow, and every crispy but fluffy bite is rich with a punch of cinnamon and nutmeg, and a smooth pumpkin finish.

can be the ingredient that takes an everyday dish into the

What you’ll need:

umpkins aren’t just for carving anymore. Behind that eerie

autumn season. And with Halloween on its way, you can forget the candy and enjoy some pumpkin-flavored treats that are perfect for the occasion. dmodiama@syr.edu @daniemarieodie

MINI PUMPKIN CHEESECAKES

After a big meal there’s nothing wrong with craving something sweet. These bitesized cheesecakes have every texture and flavor your taste buds could want in just one bite. The crisp crust, soft cream cheese cake and airy whipped cream are so gratifying it’s hard to have just one.

What you’ll need:

1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, room temperature 1/2 cup pumpkin puree 1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons sugar 1 egg 2 teaspoons milk 1/4 teaspoon vanilla 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (or allspice) 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

For the crust:

8 gingersnap cookies 1 graham cracker 1 1/2 tablespoon melted butter 1 1/2 teaspoons brown sugar 1/4 cup pecans Pinch of salt

SEE CHEESECAKE PAGE 10

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon nutmeg Pinch of ground cloves 1 cup milk 6 tablespoons canned pumpkin puree 2 tablespoons melted butter 1 egg 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional) SEE PANCAKES PAGE 10

PUMPKIN SCONES

On a cold fall day there is nothing more enjoyable than curling up with a warm cup of coffee or tea and a buttery scone. No need to head down to your favorite cafe; these pumpkin scones are delicious, satisfying and surprisingly easy to make.

What you’ll need:

1/3 cup sugar 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, frozen 1/2 cup pumpkin puree 3 tablespoons plain Greek yogurt 1 large egg

For the glaze:

3 tablespoons pure maple syrup 2 ounces cream cheese, softened 2 tablespoons butter, softened 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

SEE SCONES PAGE 10

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Matt and Kim deliver dance-worthy performance

By Claire Dunderman STAFF WRITER

Kim Schifino stepped into the sea of lifting hands and was pushed up above the entire audience. The Westcott Theater speakers emitted a booming bass as she danced above her screaming fans.

“What Kim’s gonna do is that she’s going to walk on your hands and shake her booty,” shouted Matt Johnson over the roar of the crowd.

Booty shaking was merely one part of the multitude of dance-fused, foot-stomping and enthusiastic moments from Thursday’s Matt and Kim concert at the Westcott Theater.

The concert was initially scheduled to open at 8 p.m., with doors opening at 7 p.m.. Despite the fact that the doors and concert were pushed to 10 p.m., the line still went out the doors onto the sidewalk, and the show sold out.

The opening act, which lasted until 11 p.m., was Oberhofer, a band from Brooklyn, N.Y. Like Matt and Kim, the group energized the crowd with pounding rock and fast-paced songs.

The band is benefitting from touring with Matt and Kim, rising in recognition and seeing

WYANT FROM PAGE 1

Wyant said he was instrumental in starting the Tibetan community in Geneva, which has grown to be the second largest after the community in Dharamshala, India, where the Dalai Lama resides.

He has met the Dalai Lama multiple times, and

the whole country.

“It’s pretty amazing,” said Sadie Treleven, a freshman biology major on the pre-med track, and sister of the group’s bassist, Dylan Treleven. “They’re with a band like Matt and Kim and getting their name out there. We’re a really proud family.”

At about 11:30 p.m., Matt and Kim finally appeared. The duo took to the stage, walking up to the edge, standing on speakers and drums, bowing and saluting the crowd. Schifino and Johnson sat down, and the song “Block After Block” exploded from their drum set and keyboard. As the song started, their stage backdrop of building edifices flicked down in a flourish behind them.

The concert was filled with an array of songs, confetti tossing and funny interchanges between Schifino and Johnson. At one point, they threw balloons in the crowd for the audience to blow up. Within about two minutes, nearly a hundred balloons bobbed up and down amid the crowd.

“Everyone’s going to get laid tonight,” Schi-

fino said. “But it will only happen if you say ‘da-da-da-da-da-da’ as loud as you can.”

Schifino and Johnson then started “Lessons Learned,” and the space was filled with the audience chanting along.

It was indeterminable to see who — the fans or Matt and Kim — were more excited to be at the concert.

The band was also enthusiastic about playing songs from its new album, “Lightning,” which came out on Oct. 2. Syracuse was the second stop on its new tour in support of the record.

Like its musical sound, the band had a very upbeat attitude.

“We have a saying on one of our shirts,” Johnson said. “‘I know that things aren’t perfect, but let’s make tonight worth it.’” The saying also appears in their new song “Let’s Go.” The band played favorites such as “Yea Yeah,” “Good Ol’ Fashion Nightmare” and “Daylight.” They also played covers cleverly woven in their songs, such as “Jump On It.” In addition to the pulsing music, the atmosphere contributed to the efferves-

cent excitement of the venue. Fans danced and sang the entire concert. The heat of the venue posed a problem for some. There were instances of concer tgoers being dehydrated and fainting. Despite that, most people stayed until the end.

“It was the best concert I’ve ever been to,” said Dave Keiter, a senior wildlife science major at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, who also went to the band’s Westcott performance in 2010 and thinks Schifino and Johnson’s energy is what makes them stand out.

“It’s like the difference between a professor who uses PowerPoints and one who is actually invested in what they’re teaching,” he said.

The concert ended with “Cameras.” Before the song started, there was an audible sound of disappointment as Johnson said they only had one more song left to play.

“We’ll see you soon if you see us soon,” said Johnson, hinting to the crowd that performances at Syracuse were far from over.

his daughter now has the chance to do the same.

It is a Buddhist belief that there are no coincidences in life. From that point of view, Wyant studying at Syracuse University with her background and the Dalai Lama’s visit to campus isn’t a matter of fate or destiny; it’s just circumstance.

“If he hadn’t chosen my father to leave Tibet, I wouldn’t be here,” Wyant said. “My parents would never have met. I would never exist without him. It’s kind of crazy.”

When Sandra Kistler-Connolly, assistant to the Buddhist chaplain at Hendricks Chapel, learned of Wyant’s intention to present the scarf, she found the story powerful and moving.

“This whole set of circumstances coming together is just a network of interrelationships and interactions,” Kistler-Connolly said. “Just an extraordinary set of circumstances, that he would be here, she would be here and her father has this connection with His Holiness.”

Wyant purchased a Gold Circle ticket for Tuesday’s One World Concert — $200, and the tickets fill the first few rows — where the Dalai Lama will speak, in hopes of increasing her chances of being closer to him. She also plans to attend the Monday morning panel discussion in Goldstein Auditorium, though she believes the scarf is more likely to catch his attention at the concert.

She attempted to contact the One World orga-

nization about three weeks ago with her story, but still hasn’t received an answer.

Even if she is unable to give the scarf to the Dalai Lama, being in his presence will be more than enough. She worked at the United Nations this summer and said a visit from Burmese nonviolent leader Aung San Suu Kyi evoked

and sees Buddhism not as a religion but as a way of being — remaining truthful, never wishing ill upon others and simply being a good person, to name a few virtues. She’s not part of a Buddhist community at SU, but that doesn’t bother her.

“I’ve seen a lot of things, I’ve done a lot of things. I’ve never really found a group of people that really understands me, if that makes sense,” Wyant said. “I have my friends and that’s enough for me.”

The Dalai Lama, the messages he conveys and his attempts to inspire world peace represent hope to Wyant. Since the 1950s, the Dalai Lama has worked to reestablish an autonomous Tibetan area in a peaceful way, while encouraging peace among countries and different cultures as well.

“Here is a time in our world when we really need this energy of love, kindness and compassion, and the wisdom to know how to live that in the world. And here are these events, happening right in Syracuse,” Kistler-Connolly said. “It’s just a really profound place to be at this moment.”

Come Tuesday, Wyant will be in the Carrier Dome for the One World Concert. She isn’t going for the musicians and doesn’t plan to be there with friends. Instead, she’ll be holding that white silk scarf in her hands, holding on to the hope that it just might catch the Dalai Lama’s eye.

“If he hadn’t chosen my father to leave Tibet, I wouldn’t be here. My parents would never have met. I would never exist without him.”

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similar feelings of a strong presence with all they represent and fight for. This feeling is echoed by Kistler-Connolly.

“There is this energy of love, kindness and compassion that emanates from someone like His Holiness. Just being in the room, whether you feel it or not, just being in the room, what a difference,” Kistler-Connolly said.

Wyant considers herself a spiritual person

PANCAKES

SCONES

The process:

The process:

FROM PAGE 9

Mix all the dry ingredients — flour, sugar, baking powder and spices — in a large bowl. Mix together the milk, pumpkin puree, butter and egg in a separate bowl and then add to the dry ingredients. Butter up a skillet, pour in the batter and cook each side for about three minutes. Top it off with walnuts if you like them, syrup and butter.

-Recipe courtesy of sweetpeaskitchen.com

CHEESECAKE FROM PAGE 9

The process:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and butter in a mini cupcake tin — or you can use a normal-sized tin, depending on what you have. Take all the ingredients for the crust, except the melted butter, and put them through a food processor or blender

FROM PAGE 9

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Combine the pumpkin puree, yogurt and egg in one bowl and in a separate bowl, mix the dry ingredients. Take the frozen butter and grate it into the dry ingredients — I didn’t have a grater so I used an apple peeler, or you can just shave off pieces with a butter knife.

Once everything is mixed well, combine

until they’re the consistency of slightly course crumbs. In a separate bowl, combine with melted butter, mix until all the bread crumbs are moist and press them into the base of each cupcake hole. The recipe recommends baking the crusts for 10 minutes, but depending on how strong your oven is, I would recommend only baking them for five. While the crusts bake, use a hand mixer to beat together cream cheese, sugar and pumpkin puree until smooth, and then add spices, vanilla,

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the two bowls. Using your hands, mold the ingredients until everything comes together and you have a ball of dough. Flour a clean, smooth surface and pound out the dough until it’s a circle about three-fourths of an inch thick and then cut it up into small triangles like a pizza. Bake on a buttered baking sheet for 15 minutes or until golden.

While it’s baking, blend together the ingredients for the glaze, making sure the cream cheese is very soft, or else it will be chunky.

I didn’t have pure maple syrup, so I used pancake syrup and it was just as delicious.

-Recipe courtesy of somethewiser.danoah.com

heavy cream and egg until just combined. Pour the filling on top of the crusts when ready and bake for another 20 minutes.

Don’t worry — your cheesecakes will collapse when you pull them out of the oven, but that provides a nice, even surface for whipped cream. You can make your own by whipping together heavy cream, sugar and vanilla, or just buy some from the store.

-Recipe courtesy of stephenandnat.blogspot.com

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By Isaac Davis

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IFA 13” is out, as I’m sure every dorm-dweller knows, but the lesser-known but equally important “Tokyo Jungle” was released on the same day. Here’s a look at a game you’ve probably heard of, and another that you definitely haven’t.

“FIFA 13” I’m not exactly a sports guy, and certainly not a soccer guy. Prior to “FIFA 13,” my entire soccer career consisted of watching the 2010 World Cup final and playing a couple of matches of “FIFA 11.” But while the TV broadcast eventually left my curiosity as cold as any other sport, the game really caught my attention.

What sets “FIFA” apart from games like “Madden” and “NBA 2K” is the weight of the players. Those games give you almost unrealistic control over the players, sending them exactly where your control stick is pointed. “FIFA,” though, forces you to consider the simple physics of every situation, with players sometimes tripping over themselves to send kicks in the direction you dictate. This may sound like the opposite of what you’d want, but it feels more realistic and makes successful plays that much more satisfying.

As someone new to the sport, I found the game did little to explain things. There are some skill mini-games to teach you basic controls, but nothing covers the strategy of the game. I suppose the same could be said of any sports video game, but with soccer’s audience growing in the U.S., I really think it would be useful. Some elements are imperfect with the shot meter, which determines the power of your kicks, making it a little hit or miss — literally.

The game modes are well rounded, with exhibition matches, online seasons, a career mode wherein you create your own player and the startlingly popular “Ultimate Team” mode, which mixes in some elements of a trading card game. You outfit your team with “cards” of different players and compete to eventually build the best team.

“FIFA 13” has made a fan out of me. Not many sports games

can claim that. So whether you’re a World Cup champion or you can’t even understand why the timer counts up instead of down, it’s worth a try. Just don’t expect anything good to come of pitting an MLS team against Arsenal.

“Tokyo Jungle” Let’s get this out of the way: “Tokyo Jungle” is a game where animals — from terriers to elephants to velociraptors — vie for survival on the streets of Tokyo, long since devoid of human life.

This premise is exactly as crazy as it sounds and its novelty never really wears off. The developers could have easily gotten by slapping a simple action game onto a silly storyline, but instead, they made something engaging and surprisingly deep.

Playable animals are divided into two categories: grazers and predators, with only a deer and Pomeranian available at the start. You must hunt for food to manage your hunger, move through tall grass to avoid larger beasts and mark your territory, earning the right to mate with females —all playable animals are males — at nests.

The action is framed by challenges, suggesting that you eat a certain number of calories, or change generations by mating.

Each individual animal has a unique challenge that will unlock the next animal, like taking over that animal’s territory. Finding gift boxes in the world also unlocks story missions.

These missions have you lead an army of beagles against a pack of larger dogs, or scout out the lions’ camp as a hyena. Yes, that’s a “Lion King” reference. The story is an interesting distraction, though survival mode is the real draw. It’s a little annoying to have to go back and forth between the two in order to unlock everything.

Other annoyances are minor. The camera is a little restrictive and the combat can be frustrating, particularly when in the story you don’t have the option of running away. It’s hard to beat the value, though. In Japan, this was a full $60 game, on a disc. We’re getting the same game as a $15 download. With such a low barrier to entry for such a jam-packed game, you owe it to yourself to experience the weirdness. ikdavis@syr.edu

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Syracuse drops 2nd game of year to Huskies thanks to dismal start

By Jacob Klinger ASST. COPY EDITOR

Northeastern goaltender Chloe Desjardins stood alone beneath the bleachers just outside the visitors’ locker room, hunched over and staring at the Tennity Ice Pavilion floor before the puck dropped. more than 10 minNEW HAMPSHIRE 4 utesJust into the first period, SYRACUSE 3 Desjardins looked set for an NORTHEASTERN 5 easy evening as her team led by three goals. Her teamSYRACUSE 2 mates started the game playing Syracuse off the ice with a wide-open, quick-hitting attack and two power-play goals in the first period.

“Clean ice, fresh legs and they were freewheeling, and that’s when they won the game, the first 10 minutes,” SU head coach Paul Flanagan said.

Though the Orange (0-2) went on to regroup for two very competitive final periods, a poor start and lack of fine-tuning doomed SU to a 5-2 defeat in front of 195 Saturday. Syracuse also lost its season opener 4-3 to New Hampshire Friday night.

Against the Huskies Saturday, the SU team that played the final 40 minutes of the game was nearly unrecognizable from that of the first period, going on to outshoot the No. 10 Huskies (2-0) 37-25 on the night. Yet for as many chances as the Orange ultimately created, the poor start and loose play kept the result out of doubt.

Northeastern’s early dominance came in front of no lack of effort from Flanagan’s players. Time and again, Holly Carrie-Mattimoe or Melissa Piacentini picked up a loose puck in the neutral zone and skated around a series of NU defenders only to find themselves stranded past the blue line.

Part of the issue was the Huskies’ overwhelming team speed that frustrated the Orange on both sides of the puck. SU’s inability to make the transition from defense to attack crippled any chances for the Orange to control the game.

The breakout speed of NU and Kendall Coyne, a member of Team USA, badly exposed the SU defense on the game’s first goal just 3:05 into the game. In failing to respond to the early goal, SU let the Huskies return to dominating possession.

“When it’s quick transition, you got a loose puck breakout pass coming out of your zone, sometimes if you’ve been playing a lot of defense

you’re tired,” Flanagan said. “Maybe the lead player has the puck and waiting for support.”

Flanagan pointed toward a lack of experience in key positions on the ice. Losing regular forward Shiann Darkangelo to a hand injury before the game only highlighted the team’s youth.

As the ice slowed down and SU fought its way back into the game in the second and third periods, the Orange had more chances to attack Desjardins’ goal in a more structured offensive set. Freshman Nicole Renault displayed the most passing poise in trying to unlock the visitors’ defense, but simple errors like passing to the wrong side of left winger Caitlin Roach’s body meant NU had time to adjust before SU could string together a series of threatening passes.

Renault was hardly alone in that respect.

“Sometimes you don’t make all the passes you want to and I think it’s just more of a matter of getting through it, trying to be consistent and getting that pass next shift,” SU forward Margot Scharfe said. “So it didn’t work out for us, but it became more consistent through the second and third periods.”

In the last 40 minutes alone, SU recorded more shots, 28, than Northeastern did the entire game, 25. After the game, Flanagan went as far as to question how his team didn’t score five or six goals before giving credit to Desjardins.

The team hoped to pounce on rebounds from its various long and mid-range shots, but the NU netminder hardly spilled any.

Those left for the SU forwards were repeatedly sprayed wide of the net. SU sophomore forward Nicole Ferrara’s miss after a breakaway and rebound on a power play in the middle of the second period epitomized the Orange’s troubles in front of the goal.

After the game, the SU players largely took solace in outscoring a nationally ranked opponent 2-1 for the last two periods of play. Yet the team knows that it must finish what opportunities are given to it in the future. The comeback was encouraging, but for now, at least, it’s not enough.

“She was a good goalie, to give her credit, but we’re going to face a lot more good goalies down the stretch,” Carrie-Mattimoe said.

“So we have to figure out how to put it in.” jmlinge@syr.edu @MrJacobK

sam maller | staff photographer MIKE MAURO controls the ball as Syracuse midfielder Jordan Vale looks on after a shot in the Orange’s 2-1 loss to Louisville Saturday. It was SU’s second loss in three games.

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Orange offense sputters after quick start against Louisville

By Nick Toney STAFF WRITER

Jordan Vale timed his run on Jordan Murrell’s corner kick just right, meeting the ball with his forehead above a group of Louisville defenders.

As it did three nights earlier against Rutgers, the duo gave Syracuse an early one-goal lead.

The Cardinals proved to LOUISVILLE 2 be a much tougher test than SYRACUSE 1 the Scarlet Knights, though.

After relinquishing that early goal, Louisville (7-4, 3-1 Big East) controlled the tempo and handed Syracuse (9-4, 2-2) a 2-1 loss Saturday night in front of 1,652 at SU Soccer Stadium.

“We started out really, really well,” Vale said.

“But we weren’t able to keep that momentum going and a team like that will make you pay for slowing up.”

Head coach Ian McInytre said his team looked sluggish after its second home game in three days. Fatigued or not, the Orange seemed slower in every phase of the game, routinely losing uncontested balls.

Louisville’s blazing team speed — and a few crucial Orange mistakes — paved the way for Syracuse’s second Big East loss this year.

Both factors helped Louisville score a gametying goal in the 28th minute. In his second start on a mixed and matched backline, freshman SU defender Tyler Hilliard misplayed a long ball down the near sideline. The ball sailed over his head and to a sprinting Dylan Mares, who crossed to Greg Cochrane for an easy goal from 4 yards out.

The score would remain tied until the 70th minute, when Louisville forward Zach Foxhoven scored on a breakaway goal that left the Syracuse backline flat-footed and unresponsive.

“It’s not like they’re an easy opponent, they were an elite eight team a few seasons ago,” McIntyre said. “So besides those two errors, I thought we played them pretty tight tonight.”

Not tight enough to earn another upset win this week. Alex Bono was given the biggest test of his young career with six Cardinals shots reaching the freshman goalkeeper.

That constant pressure never cracked Bono, who ended the game with four saves, including a highlight reel stop on a free kick he punched

over the crossbar.

But the pressure limited the number of counterattacks the Orange could mount. Always on the defensive, Syracuse rarely strung together the type of offense that it has in past games.

A last-minute slide tackle rebuffed a pointblank Cribley attempt in the 10th minute of the first half. Louisville goalkeeper Mike Mauro punched out a Murrell free kick haphazardly with 45 seconds in the first half.

And in between those opportunities, Syracuse stumbled with maintaining possession, giving the ball back to the dangerous Cardinals attack with each new blunder.

“We had to go into a defensive mode tonight to try and fight them off,” Bono said. “Every time the ball was in the (Syracuse) backline they were pressuring hard. They seemed like they were everywhere in the midfield. They got a lot of touches on the ball and they were able to work it around us.”

McIntyre called the contest a “measuring stick” game that proved his team could compete

“We started out really, really well. But we weren’t able to keep that momentum going and a team like that will make you pay for slowing up.”

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with the league’s best. But on Saturday, Louisville pulled through in spite of a slow start, leaving the fast-starting Orange wondering where the team actually measures up.

“We just took too long trying to find out what was going to hurt them and what was going to work for us,” Murrell said. “And, evidently by the score, they were able to do what we couldn’t tonight.” nctoney@syr.edu @nicktoneytweets

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SU turns to bulldozing duo against Pitt in revamped goal-line package

By Michael Cohen STAFF WRITER

One was a linebacker by title and a special teams lifer by all remaining criteria. The other was a stingily used sophomore running back that came to college overweight and still needed to shed a few pounds this past offseason.

Until Saturday, both were basically irrelevant through the first five weeks of Syracuse’s 1-3 start. The former, Lewellyn Coker had registered a single tackle, while the latter, Adonis Ameen-Moore, had yet to step on the field in 2012.

But during the bye week, and following consecutive dismal performances in goal line situations, their numbers were called by the Syracuse coaching staff. Coker switched positions — changing sides of the ball from defense to offense to become a lead-blocking fullback.

And Ameen-Moore would finally assume the role his 5-foot-10-inch, 239-pound frame was meant to play: wrecking ball.

“I said, ‘Hey, let’s put Adonis in and find a fullback. I don’t care who it is, whoever is going to knock somebody’s head off,’” Syracuse offen-

“I went f***ing crazy when Adonis scored.

I was so fired up.”

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sive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett said.

It marked the birth of a duo that can only be described as bizarre, that could have never been predicted and that proved wildly effective in Syracuse’s (2-3, 1-0 Big East) 14-13 win over Pittsburgh on Friday. Running behind Coker and a jumbo-sized left side of the offensive line, Ameen-Moore pounded home the Orange’s only offensive touchdown and ran out the final 1:36 of the fourth quarter with a hard-nosed nature unseen so far this season.

The new tight red zone package, aptly named “Tank,” erased the ugly memories of SU’s goalline woes in a narrow win over Stony Brook and a 17-10 loss on the road at Minnesota two weeks ago. Eight times the Orange failed to punch the ball in from inside the 5 yard line against SBU, a Football Championship Subdivision team.

Against Minnesota, quarterback Ryan Nassib threw a costly interception with no reliable

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time of possession and the offense’s failure to score in the final three quarters of the game to earn its first win over a Football Bowl Subdivision opponent since last October.

“Everybody in the locker room was hungry to come out and play today,” quarterback Ryan Nassib said. “Offensively we wish we could have done a little bit better, but the defense played like ravaged dogs.”

The unit played with that hunger and passion from the start on Friday night.

Pittsburgh’s first series ended in a little more than two minutes. The Panthers ran three plays for three yards before punter Matt Yoklic trotted onto the field.

Graham took a handoff on the first play, but he was quickly stuffed for no gain by defensive

running attack with which to feel comfortable.

“We’re this spread team, up-tempo, fast,” Hackett said. “But damn, what the hell do we do down there? And I think that was what messed us up.”

The frustration for Hackett and head coach Doug Marrone boiled over shortly after the loss to Minnesota. The following Monday and Tuesday brought sleepless nights for both men, and a commitment to improving one of the team’s most glaring weaknesses.

Trial and error ensued. Hackett said they tried one running back sets, overload formations and “a million different things” before settling on the Ameen-Moore/Coker combination.

It looked good on tape toward the end of this week — Hackett said the Tank package was practiced every single day since last Thursday — and Ameen-Moore barreled his way into the end zone on his very first attempt from the 1 yard line to give Syracuse a 7-0 lead early in the opening quarter.

“It feels great,” Ameen-Moore said. “I haven’t scored a touchdown since the 12th grade. … It felt wonderful, and I am just glad coach Marrone gave me the chance.”

He ran behind the left side of an offensive line that benefitted tremendously from the return of All-Big East left tackle Justin Pugh. The 6-foot5-inch, 297-pound senior missed the first month of the season after having offseason shoulder surgery and returned with a fiery passion his teammates fed off.

Between Pugh, Coker, left guard Zack Chibane, tight end Beckett Wales and extra offensive lineman Nick Robinson, the Orange coaching staff gave Ameen-Moore a 1,322-pound wall to run behind that overwhelmed Pittsburgh’s defensive front. It ensured the one goal line play Hackett said they installed — the wonderfully descriptive “Run Left” — would work.

“I went f***ing crazy when Adonis scored,” Hackett said. “I was so fired up.”

The feeling resurfaced during the Orange’s final drive of the game, which began with 4:52 remaining and had the sole purpose of running out the clock to preserve a one-point win.

After Syracuse picked up three first downs to melt the clock inside two minutes, Marrone and Hackett sent the “Tank” package back on the field to finish the game with one final move of the chains. Ameen-Moore carried the ball four consecutive times behind Coker and Co. for 13

end Markus Pierce-Brewster and a host of other SU defenders. Then Sharpe burst off the edge and into the backfield to pull Sunseri down for a nine-yard loss. The defense and Carrier Dome came to life on third-and-19, and Sunseri dumped it off to Devin Street as Sharpe nearly grabbed him again.

“This season we’ve kind of been lacking with the pressure, so that’s what we focused on as a D-line as individuals together even without the coaches,” SU defensive tackle Deon Goggins said. “We talked about that amongst ourselves all week and we made it happen tonight, and we plan to continue it for the rest of the season.”

Nearly three minutes after Pittsburgh’s three-and-out, Syracuse executed a near-flawless eight-play, 70-yard drive down the field to move ahead 7-0. But the offensive production disappeared for the remainder of the game, as Nassib and his unit failed to score again in the final 55 minutes of the game.

ziniu chen | staff photographer ADONIS AMEEN-MOORE ices the game for Syracuse by picking up a first down late in the fourth quarter. The running back’s 1-yard touchdown put the Orange up 7-0 early . yards, sealing the victory and igniting a wild celebration on the SU sidelines that shook off a five-game Big East losing streak. “(The coaches) were very pleased with Adonis, and he’s worked extremely hard to be in that position,” Marrone said. “Obviously it’s a very important position, so you have to have a very high level of trust. “(Coker) did a very good job in that fullback position. I was very proud of him.”

Hackett said after the game that he apologized to Ameen-Moore during the bye week

for not installing the goal-line package earlier, especially after making a promise to do so before the season even started.

But his sophomore bludgeon wasn’t angry, upset or even frustrated. Instead he met with Hackett 24 hours after the package was put in place with a “glimmer in his eyes” that showed he was embracing his moment.

Said Hackett: “When he looked at me and said, ‘I’m always ready,’ that was the best line.”

Whether Syracuse won or lost its Big East opener would be up to the defense.

The unit rose to the occasion, scoring a touchdown when linebacker Dyshawn Davis scooped up a fumble and returned it 52 yards to push the Orange ahead 14-0 with just more than a minute to play in the first quarter.

And Sharpe and his teammates terrorized the Pittsburgh offensive line all night. Sharpe finished with four sacks and six tackles for loss while six other defensive linemen made stops in the game, contributing to holding Graham to 57 yards on 24 carries.

“You look at what we did today against this Pittsburgh team and the run game,” head coach Doug Marrone said. “I think that’s difficult to do and our kids were up for that challenge.”

The defensive line was up for one more challenge with the game on the line late in the fourth quarter.

Sunseri led the Panthers down to the SU 17

yard line with three completions for 54 yards.

Pittsburgh was one big play away from jumping ahead and stealing a win from the Orange in the Carrier Dome.

But Sharpe and the line came through and thwarted the drive. He and Goggins burst into the backfield and forced Sunseri to heave the ball out of bounds short of the line of scrimmage, leading to a 15-yard intentional grounding penalty.

A nine-yard sack by cornerback Brandon Reddish set up third-and-34 on the 41, and an incomplete pass and punt gave SU the ball with its one-point lead still intact.

For the final five minutes, the unit could rest as the offense ran out the clock to seal a win defined by its masterful play in the trenches.

“We were just in each others’ heads and having each others’ backs out there, and we made it happen,” Goggins said.

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Thomas is ‘feeling good’ following helmet-to-helmet hit, source says

By Michael Cohen STAFF WRITER

Syracuse strong safety Shamarko Thomas was “feeling good” one day after he was part of a brutal collision with Pittsburgh tight end J.P. Holtz, a source close to Thomas told The Daily Orange on Saturday.

The source also said the SU medical staff had not yet given Thomas a diagnosis of any potential injuries.

Thomas and Holtz made helmet-to-helmet contact on a passing play late in the second half of SU’s 14-13 win over the Panthers, and Thomas was left motionless on the field for several minutes. The collision knocked Thomas’ helmet off and spun him around almost 360

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under 89 yards while carrying the ball at least 20 times. He limped noticeably in the second half, wearing a brace on his right knee that he fiddled with several times down the stretch as the pep in his step dissolved.

And Pittsburgh’s offense goes as Graham goes, so on this night the Panthers went nowhere. The Orange tallied 10 tackles for loss on Friday, which repeatedly derailed Pittsburgh’s offensive possessions and represented exactly one-eighth of the team’s total tackles for loss in all of 2011.

“It was no secret what they were going to come in the game and do: try their best to pound the ball as much as possible,” Syracuse defensive tackle Jay Bromley said. “They got some plays here and there, but I think for the most part we contained them on the run.”

Supplementing the Orange’s best defensive effort of the season was an effective running game in its own right. Four players combined to rush for 120 yards and a touchdown on Friday, but the spotlight centered on sophomore running back Adonis Ameen-Moore and the newly implemented short-yardage package.

Ameen-Moore rumbled into the end zone for Syracuse’s only offensive touchdown, and his four carries on the final possession of the game resulted in a pivotal first down that sealed a victory.

“It reminds me of my first year when we beat South Florida at South Florida,” offensive tackle Justin Pugh said. “One of those wins where we were gritty at the end. We put the ball in the offense’s hands, and I know we didn’t play good all game, but we stepped up when it counted.”

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Immediately, Thomas’ teammates as well as several Pittsburgh players went down on one knee, and some bowed their heads in prayer. The entire sideline behind the Syracuse bench rose instantly as Thomas and Holtz made contact, and spectators remained standing until Thomas was helped up.

He was able to walk off the field under his own power.

After the game, SU head coach Doug Marrone said he had no update on Thomas’ status because he had not yet spoken with the trainers.

“I just made sure it wasn’t anything drastic — something really bad,” Marrone said. mjcohe02@syr.edu

During that 2010 season, the Orange continually found ways to scrape together victories on the road, with wins over South Florida, a ranked West Virginia team, Cincinnati and Rutgers. It can be argued that Friday was the first time Syracuse imposed its will on an opponent since that loss to Connecticut last November, and also the first glimpse of the resolve to win close games that was a staple two years ago.

Marrone said he preached toughness and physicality to his team during the bye week, knowing full well that the Panthers, despite a myriad of coaching changes in the last few years, would remain true to their roots and attempt to out-muscle the Orange.

So when the clock read zeros and Marrone took the podium, it was the grit and determination his team displayed that the head coach said pleased him most about the win. His players agreed.

“I think it was a statement game,” SU defensive end Brandon Sharpe said.

Now let’s see if that statement can be repeated.

Michael Cohen is a staff writer at The Daily Orange, where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at mjcohe02@syr. edu, or on Twitter at @Michael_Cohen13.

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Orange defense swallows up Pitt rushing attack

By Ryne Gery

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he sequence played out repeatedly for more than 34 minutes.

Pittsburgh running back Ray Graham danced around before the Syracuse defensive line swallowed him up. His quarterback, Tino Sunseri, dropped back only to have the pocket collapse on him immediately.

Each time, the sequence ended with a horde of Orange defenders surrounding the latest playmaker in the backfield, sharing emphatic fist pumps and urging on the crowd.

“I felt like the whole D-line was getting into a groove,” SU defensive end Brandon Sharpe said. “The coaches, they did a good job of amping us up on the sidelines so we just went out there and played with our passion and played our game.”

Sharpe and his fellow linemen spearheaded a dominant effort by the Syracuse (2-3, 1-0 Big East) defense that sparked the team to a 14-13 victory over Pittsburgh (2-3, 0-2) in front of 40,394 in the Carrier Dome on Friday night. The Orange defensive front held the Panthers to a measly 27 yards on 37 carries, battering Sunseri for five sacks while bottling up Graham in the backfield.

That combination helped SU overcome a nine-minute difference in

ziniu chen | staff photographer JAY BROMLEY pressures Pittsburgh quarterback Tino Sunseri in Syracuse’s 14-13 victory over the Panthers. The SU defensive line sacked Sunseri five times and held Pitt to just 27 rushing yards on 37 carries to support an offense that was stagnant over the final three quarters.

Syracuse lost seven straight games against Pittsburgh before its win on Friday night. Here’s a look at some key dates in Orange history since its last win in 2004:

Dec. 18, 2004

Daryl Gross named athletic director.

coach Paul Pasqualoni after he went 107-59 over 14 seasons.

Daryl Gross fires head

Greg Robinson fired after

Dec. 29, 2004

Nov. 16, 2008

going 10-37 over four years as head coach.

Dec. 14, 2008

Doug Marrone introduced as Syracuse head coach.

Dec. 30, 2010

Syracuse beats Kansas State 36-34 in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl.

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Syracuse shows toughness, grit in physical Big East victory over Pittsburgh

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n a crisp and sunny day in East Hartford, Conn., last November, Syracuse saw its will bow, bend and ultimately break.

The Orange staggered backward before eventually falling flat as a Connecticut team with a first-year head coach and a sub-.500 record cast aside any semblance of a passing game to pound the ball unabashedly for the final 30 minutes en route to a 28-21 win.

The Huskies dared Syracuse to stop the rushing attack — only two

passes were even attempted in the second half — and handfuls of missed tackles later, UConn piled up 198 rushing yards and three touchdowns.

SU was handed its second loss in what would ultimately become a fivegame cliff dive bereft of toughness and brimming with disappointment.

But in Friday’s Big East conference opener, a gritty 14-13 win over Pittsburgh, the story unfolded differently. Syracuse effused toughness and was brimming with brawn against a Pittsburgh team that once

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not a dime back again refused to abandon the run.

The malleability that the Orange exhibited during last year’s seasonending skid vanished, at least for one game, and in its place was a sinewy

alter ego reminiscent of the team that made a run to the Pinstripe Bowl two seasons ago.

“There was some physicality out there,” SU head coach Doug Marrone said. “I would say that’s one of the things that we talked about quite a bit (during the bye week). I was happy with that. You’ve got a chance to get better if you play this game in a physical nature.”

And rather than Syracuse leaving the field morally beaten like it did a year ago at Connecticut, it was

Pittsburgh and running back Ray Graham exiting the Carrier Dome physically beaten.

Graham is the latest in a long line of explosive Panthers running backs, and he entered the Carrier Dome with three games of more than 200 yards in his career. But Syracuse yielded nothing on Friday. Period.

And it often took yards back instead.

Graham’s 24 rushing attempts resulted in 57 net yards, marking the first time in his career he was held

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