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Home video With a bevy of foreign pictures at the

A suspect is caught after breaking into several cars in the East neighborhood. Page 3

Jessica Smith discusses how the recent travel alerts have affected life abroad. Page 5

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2010 Syracuse International Film Festival, “Session” sets itself apart as Syracuse produced film. Page 9

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Syracuse drops to 1-1 in conference, thanks to a disappointing 45-14 loss to Pittsburgh. Page 20

Marshall business burglarized Window broken, cash stolen from Pita El Saha

By Beckie Strum News Editor

The front door of Marshall Street restaurant Pita El Saha was smashed in and $2,500 was taken from the store in a burglary Thursday morning.

Syracuse police responded to a call Thursday around 7:15 a.m. from Cosmos Pizza and Grill’s general manager, Vivian Alexander, who said the front glass of Pita El Saha, located at 137 Marshall St., had been shattered, according to the police report. Police had no suspects at the time the police report was filed.

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Speaker talks on LGBT civil Homecoming pulls in 1,400 alumni for football, festivities rights issues

Justin cole and Chasity cooper , a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences and a senior in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, respectively, accept their titles of Homecoming King and Queen. Homecoming Court is decided through interviews, a quiz on Syracuse University traditions and online voting, which was open to students from Tuesday to Friday. Many of the candidates set up Facebook pages in order to publicize their candidacy and garner student support.

By Alexandra Hitzler Staff Writer

Buildings on campus might have changed since 1978, but Frank Dean, a Syracuse University alumnus of that year, said the school spirit has remained the same.

“When I went here, the Dome did not exist,” Dean said. “The football games were played in Archbold Stadium, an outdoor stadium where the bleachers were made out of cement.

It’s interesting to see how campus life has changed.”

Dean was one of 1,400 alumni who attended this year’s Homecoming

By Danielle Steinberg

weekend to watch the football game, take in a comedy show and attend a number of other reunion activities.

“I think the weekend went very well,” said Ellen King, executive director of alumni relations. “Alum from various classes reunited this weekend, and they thoroughly enjoyed themselves.”

King said even with the rain and wind at the start of the weekend, alumni presence on campus was impressive.

“The bad weather only affected attendance slightly on Thursday and Friday,” King said. “By Friday eve-

ning, we saw big turnouts to all of our events.”

Although this year’s Homecoming weekend events schedule remained similar to those of previous years, there were a few minor changes made.

The Dome hosted an NBA preseason game Friday night, and there was a comedy show with television actor Damon Wayans on Saturday night.

Dean, the 1978 alumnus, attends Homecoming weekend every year to reunite with old friends and relive his college memories.

“I love getting back to the campus and seeing so many of my old friends,”

Dean said. “I visit all of my old favorite places and explore new additions to SU, too.”

Dean said he was most eager to attend SU football’s Homecoming game in the Carrier Dome. SU lost the game 45-14 against the University of Pittsburgh.

Yoanna McDowell, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she thinks this year’s Homecoming weekend was very successful.

She said she enjoyed the DanceWorks showcase that took place Thursday night in Goldstein Auditorium. see homecoming page 6

Contributing Writer

Kenyon Farrow has found that gay is not the new black.

During a speech Thursday night as the keynote for Coming Out Month, Farrow, executive director of the nonprofit Queers for Economic Justice, explained how gay civil rights struggles are not the same as black civil rights struggles.

Farrow’s speech was preceded by an introduction from Amit Taneja, the assistant director of the LGBT Resource Center. He discussed how people have been hearing, seeing and

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US opposes measure to legalize pot

The Obama administration “strongly opposes” a California ballot measure to legalize marijuana, according to The Wall Street Journal. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a letter Wednesday to nine former Drug Enforcement Administration chiefs federal drugenforcement efforts would be complicated if the measure passes. Recent polls report Proposition 19, the Regulate, Control, and Tax Cannabis Act, may pass in next month’s election. If passed, the measure would affect state law, but the federal law classifying marijuana as a controlled substance would remain unchanged, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The measure would prevent state police from seizing marijuana that complies to state law, including medical marijuana. According to a poll by SurveyUSA, 48 percent of likely voters support Proposition 19 and 41 percent oppose it. California lawmakers also oppose the measure, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Afghan elections see voting fraud

Preliminary results of the Sept. 18 parliamentary elections were postponed because interviews with Afghan and Western officials suggested there was fraud, according to The New York Times. The results were supposed to be announced Sunday, and 25 percent of votes could be voided. The fraud included ballot-box stuffing, votes cast at gunpoint and corrupt election officials. About 800,000 to a million votes are expected to be nullified. The Afghan Independent Election Commission has decided to nullify votes cast at 430 polling places, and 830 sites are being audited.

Two hours before the scheduled announcement, the commission said it would be postponed to Wednesday, according to The New York Times.

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Car larcenies occur during game Saturday A Syracuse man was arrested Saturday in connection with a string of larcenies that occurred during the Syracuse University homecoming game, according to Syracuse police reports.

Syracuse police responded to three larcenies Saturday afternoon around the East neighborhood, all involving car break-ins, according to the reports. Police charged Lamont Wright, 37, of Syracuse with petit larceny and criminal mischief. One of the larcenies was at Thornden Park, and the other two were on the 200 block of Ashworth Place.

Police received a call alerting them to a larceny of the car of Erica Obrien, who was in Syracuse attending the homecoming game on Saturday at noon. Obrien told police she had parked her car on Ashworth Place around 11:15 a.m. and then walked to the game, according to the police report.

Obrien returned to the car before 4 p.m. to see her passenger window smashed in and an MP3 player missing from the car, according to the report.

While responding to Obrien’s call, police noticed the car in front of hers also appeared damaged. The car, belonging to Christina Sutphen, a graduate student in the School of Education, had its passenger window broken as well, according to the report.

Sutphen told police she parked her car at 209 Ashworth Pl. around 10:15 a.m. before heading to a friend’s house and going to the homecoming game, according to the report.

A Garmin GPS was found missing from the car and police recovered it from Wright after he was arrested.

Sutphen was able to identify the GPS system as her own because of a dolphin-shaped Silly Bandz wrapped around the power cord, according to the police report.

Police arrested Wright at 511 State St. on Saturday afternoon, according to the police blotter.

The police report for the larceny at Thornden Park was not found in police records, but was mentioned in the other two larceny reports.

Compiled by News Editor Beckie Strum, rastrum@syr.edu

Other crime news • A man was threatened with robbery on Saturday at 2:15 a.m. while walking eastbound on Euclid Avenue near Ostrom Avenue, according to

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andrew renneisen | contributing photographer Syeisha Byrd, director of Hendricks Chapel’s Office of Community Engagement, leads 120 students during Sunday’s 31st annual CROP Hunger Walk to raise awareness of global poverty.

Global hunger highlighted at walk

By David Propper Contributing Writer

As Syeisha Byrd grew up on the Westside of Syracuse, her mother handed groceries out of her own fridge to those less fortunate and invited neighborhood kids who otherwise couldn’t eat to have meals with her family.

That’s why Sunday’s CROP Hunger Walk meant more to her than any other social service event she is involved in throughout the year.

“It is because I lived through it, I’ve seen it,” said Byrd, director of Hendricks Chapel’s Office of Engagement. “Growing up and being raised in Syracuse, I understand how it feels to be hungry when you don’t have.”

Byrd, along with a coalition of Syracuse University students, walked for 3.5 miles Sunday afternoon to raise money and awareness for world hunger, which affects 1.2 billion people globally. The 31st annual Communities Responding

to Overcome Poverty Walk started in front of Hendricks Chapel and ended at Clinton Circle. A representative of Church World Services, which co-sponsored the event with

“We are doing it to fight hunger.

There’s enough food in the world that nobody should have to go without it. It’s a necessity.”

Joe Gennaro

member of the service fraternit y Alpha Phi Omega and junior information studies major

the Office of Engagement, met the group at the end of the walk.

Ten percent of households in the United States, or 35.5 million

Americans, including 12.6 million children, go hungry or are at risk of hunger each year, according to a CROP brochure.

“We are doing it to fight hunger.

There’s enough food in the world that nobody should have to go without it. It’s a necessity,” said Joe Gennaro, a member of the service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega and junior information studies major.

Adrian Carter, a senior chemistry education major, said he chose to participate because he thinks it is important students get off campus and become involved supporting the community.

Byrd and graduate assistant Erica Monnin used technology and student organizations to gather student volunteers. They sent out e-mails to every group they could reach and to people on the Hendrick’s engagement office e-mail list, which has more than 1,000 names.

In addition, the office promoted the see crop page 6

Candidates for Student Association president and comptroller are uncontested for the 2010 elections.

Neal Casey, the current chair of SA’s Student Life Committee, will run for SA president, and Jeff Rickert will run for re-election as SA comptroller.

The deadline for students to declare their candidacy for either position was Oct. 15.

“It’s a bit of a relief,” Casey said.

“We’re just looking forward to it, but we still need students to come out and vote.”

Casey said he expected more opponents for SA president. Although he is uncontested, he said he does not intend to change his campaigning strategy to reach out to student organizations and convince them he is the best candidate for the position.

“We’re going to continue as if we had competition,” he said.

His campaign goals are to include students in key decisions on campus and possibly reform SA’s budget process.

Casey joined SA as a representative of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management in January 2009. In February 2009, he became chief of staff under former SA President Larry Seivert. He has served as the chair of SA’s Student Life Committee throughout the 54th session and became a member of the Finance Board in spring 2010.

He also serves as a student representative to the Board of Trustees.

Rickert, current SA comptroller, will run for a second term as comptroller during the November 2010 SA elections. He plans on improving the budget process for student organizations. see SA page 6

First flu vaccine clinic attracts more than 400 students

By Breanne Van Nostrand Contributing Writer

For the start of the fall influenza season, Syracuse University Health Services administered at least 400 free flu vaccines to students Friday in Flanagan Gymnasium.

Health Services encourages immunization to maintain individual and campus well-being, especially after last year’s chaotic flu

season due to the appearance of the H1N1 virus, said Kathy VanVechten, special assistant to the director of Health Services, in an e-mail.

VanVechten and two other Health Services staff members administered the vaccines to SU and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The vaccine is an inactivated form

of influenza that cannot cause the illness, but is very good at preventing it, VanVechten said.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends all people aged six months and older receive the vaccination. The current vaccine for 2010-11 protects against the 2009 H1N1 virus and two other forms of influenza, according to its website.

Last year, both seasonal influenza and H1N1 vaccines were made available to students, and a total of 5,800 immunizations were administered, VanVechten said. She said a steady flow of students came to be vaccinated Friday.

Flu season usually stretches from November through March or April, VanVechten said. see vaccines page 6

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I spent my summer last year working for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.

I personally looked through every file of the nearly 3,000 victims from the World Trade Center, Pentagon, Pennsylvania and 1993 attacks. I spoke with the families and next of kin of many who died on Sept. 11, and I still carry many of their stories with me to this day.

But the debate about Park51, a planned 13-story community center near ground zero that will include a Muslim prayer space, is not about them. Rather, it is a debate about the extent of religious freedom in America.

On Thursday, Oct. 7, Lauren Tousignant wrote an opinion piece on the planned construction of Park51. Although the article is a confusing jumble of several different opinions, Ms. Tousignant’s general attitude is that, as indicated by the editorial’s title, Park51 should not be built because of its “timing, not religion.”

I have been reading and hearing that explanation for months, and it still strikes me as thinly veiled religionism.

At the beginning of the article, Ms. Tousignant herself admits she originally opposed the community center because “Muslims had attacked us” on Sept. 11 and any financial supporters of the projects must be “terrorists.”

It would appear Ms. Tousignant’s prejudices have not disappeared, but rather have found rationalization in a new — but equally weak — argument.

The allegations that it is “too soon for the Cordoba House to be built” and that “the continued persistence to build at Park51, even after New York City offered alternative locations,” leaves the project open to suspicion imply that it

LETTER TO THE EDITOR is acceptable to set arbitrary limits on the location and timing of religious practice and that Islam is synonymous with terrorism.

Freedom with strings attached is not freedom. Ms. Tousignant does not offer any clear explanation of her stipulations to Muslims’ right to build a mosque in New York City. Who decides the distance at which a mosque no longer insults “the memory” of Sept. 11? Should Masjid Manhattan, a mosque that stands four blocks away from ground zero, be moved to a new location? And how long until mosques can be built in proximity to ground zero? Never?

As several Supreme Court justices, presidents and other commentators have written and said before in words far more eloquent than my own, it is hardest — but most crucial — to grant freedom to those with whom we disagree or do not understand. Ms. Tousignant hits upon this very point, writing, “Many Americans are skeptical of the Islamic faith.” As if to prove her own point, Ms. Tousignant writes, “It’s often difficult to differentiate between those who practice Islam and those who take it to the extreme.”

There is at least one small distinction to be observed: One group hijacks planes and flies them into buildings, whereas the other does not.

Why should regular Muslims be judged against the actions of Islamists? Terrorists have as little to do with Islam as the Ku Klux Klan have to do with Christianity. Ms. Tousig-

nant may have attended last week’s lecture

by Daisy Khan, the wife of the imam behind Park51, but she failed to grasp Mrs. Khan’s message that “the terrorists and extremists do not talk for 1.5 billion Muslims.”

Muslims should not be penalized for the ignorance of Ms. Tousignant and others like her. Nor should our national security be threatened by the material for terrorist propaganda this outrageous debate has provided by revealing the intolerant double standard by which some Americans view the Muslim community.

(As one Taliban official told Newsweek in reference to the Park51 controversy, “Showing reality always makes the best propaganda.”)

We can only “begin understanding our fellow American Muslims” when we allow them the same freedoms that are enjoyed by Christians and Jews in this country. The First Amendment to the Constitution was designed to protect the minority from the majority, particularly when the views or beliefs of the minority are unpopular. To forbid Talat Hamdani, whose son died while rescuing victims from the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, from praying near the site of her son’s sacrifice simply because she calls God by the same name the hijacking terrorists did would be to forsake the very rights for which our American soldiers fight and die overseas.

Ms. Tousignant properly identifies the media as the “ones who ultimately created and sensationalized this controversy,” but her editorial does little more than perpetuate this shameful behavior.

Stephen Barton

SENIOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, ECONOMICS, AND RUSSIAN STUDIES MAJOR

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Remembrance Week, travel alerts reminder that life is for living

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ONDON—Last week, two of my Syracuse University abroad peers went to a gym in central London. While watching the national news channel that had no sound, images of a London tube train protruding into a busy street surrounded by debris and chaos popped up on the screen. The headlines at the bottom of the screen displayed information that the tube had been bombed and named the location as a station that my peers and their friends frequented.

The students scrambled to their phones to text their flatmates to see if they were all right and to call family in the United States to inform them that they were OK. They were levelheaded and expectant, even, of such an event.

Their panic may have been partially sparked by the warning London students received on Oct. 3 that the U.S. Department of State issued a heightened travel alert for Americans traveling and living in Europe.

Moments later, the students realized the horrific news casts were merely replays of old footage from a terrorist attack in London that took place years ago. Outside the walls of the gym, the city remained unchanged and calm, with business as usual.

The combination of the travel alert abroad and Syracuse University’s annual Remembrance Week at home can serve as a reminder that life is for living.

Since the warning has been put into effect, this beautiful city has grown a grotesque face to those outside of it. A city imagined with barren streets and people hurrying past landmarks and denying public transportation. A city in which I receive phone calls from friends and family telling me to lay low, that “the worst” is something to be feared, something to hinge my life upon.

To those in this city, Americans and Europeans alike, the warning has barely warranted mental recognition. The tube is just as obnoxiously packed during rush hour — Buckingham Palace has seen no relief of people making idiots of themselves to get the guards to crack a grin. Business as usual.

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a pint a day The general feeling here seems to be that there’s no changing the inevitable, so it’s pointless to do anything but live life as usual. Life is for living, a notion that has usurped the threat of terror in the minds of many abroad students who have refused to cancel flights to popular destinations throughout Europe and Asia and have never considered walking to class in lieu of taking the tube.

With this week marking Syracuse’s annual Remembrance Week, the gravity of terror abroad has been sharpened, but remains diluted.

The air of somber remembrance has mingled with the invisible grime left by the travel alert.

Although I wasn’t even alive when the Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed over Lockerbie, Scotland, the memories of those events and of the 35 Syracuse students who perished in the attack serve as constant reminders as to why life should be for living. Its brevity or length is immeasurable and should thereby be taken at face value.

This is the world our generation will inherit: one speckled with stories of lives lost in events like Pan Am Flight 103 or the World Trade Towers.

An elevated and monstrous version of the Cold War is ours to endure, to mold into something beautiful and impregnable, to experience without intimidation or reluctance.

Whether living in London with heightened security warnings or attending a candle light vigil in Syracuse for souls lost, the elephant in the room must not be allowed to write the fate of our generation. Life is for living.

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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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SCRIBBLE

Oct. 14 Homecoming column not researched I am the president of Traditions Commission and one of the student chairs of Homecoming, as well as one of the people on the Homecoming Court. I am a little upset with the article that was written Thursday about Homecoming by Marina Charny. I am very upset a newspaper as popular on Syracuse campus as The Daily Orange does not do any research about the articles it prints.

It was very disturbing to hear about this Homecoming article and how many things are not correct. I understand this article is an “opinion” article, but with content like Homecoming, the writer should at least do some research before writing a story, and the editor should review the story to ensure the facts are represented. As a Newhouse student, I took NEW 205: “News Writing” and know that the objective of a newspaper is to truthfully inform the public.

With that being said, here are a few of the mistakes in the article that are easily fixable with a little research or an interview: -The reason behind having no parade, bonfire or pep rally is because of the NBA game Oct. 16, as well as the kick off time of the Homecoming football game (noon).

We have no control, as the Office of Student Activities, to decide either of these events. The NBA preseason

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR game created a lot of conflict because we knew we would not get the desired attendance.

-The band is playing at 9 a.m. on Saturday because of the kick off time of the game (which I believe was not decided through Syracuse).

-The barbecue was inside last year and was a huge hit, with both students and alumni. This event was moved inside two years ago because of the weather at Syracuse — it’s cold.

-We are not cutting back any events willingly. These events (like the bonfire) were cut back because our hands were tied due to the NBA game.

-Homecoming Court is going to be announced. This year it will be at the Homecoming game, right before halftime. Honestly, I think this is cooler than the past. When someone votes, the page following the vote states the announcement will happen at the game, so if Marina voted and read that page, she would have known about the announcement.

-This year was the best yet with marketing: We tabled at dining halls with popcorn that had the dates of Orange Central 2010 and its website,

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attended meetings and even tried to work with the radio and TV stations on campus, as well as handed out fliers and hung them up.

-We provide free food all week long. If anyone is interested in coming to the events, my name, as well as those of the other trichairs, is easily attainable through minor research on the website. As well as plenty of people who were informed somehow or another prior to Homecoming to come receive their free shirts and food.

-We try to get as many students involved as possible, but we can only do so much. We can’t drag students to events — it’s up to the students at some point.

-Finally, we have had two separate reunions in the past, but because that didn’t work as well, we have switched to one, together.

Personally, I have gotten involved and enjoyed every minute of Homecoming these past four years. It is upsetting the Homecoming planning committee had to read this article and feel as though we couldn’t do more than we did. This article was brought to my attention by a friend on the committee, and we would honestly like an apology, but I’m sure that won’t be done — but don’t worry, we know Marina did no research.

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vaccines from page 3

Viruses that infect the nose, throat and lungs cause the seasonal flu. Its symptoms include fever, sore throat, stuffy nose, body aches and fatigue, according to the CDC’s website. The flu is very contagious and can be spread to others even from six feet away, according to the website.

Future vaccination clinics will be planned based on student interest, VanVechten said.

The danger of contracting the flu for students is they may possibly miss classes and deadlines, especially in November and December, VanVechten said.

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walk on its website, Facebook page and a giant banner on the side of Hendricks that provided information about the CROP walk.

The walk “unites the community,” Monnin said. “On a campus with as many people, there are students involved in so many things all over the place. This is a good uniting thing

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Robin Pepper, a freshman civil engineering major who received the vaccine Friday, said she decided to receive the vaccination because she got the flu once in middle school. She said she missed schoolwork and does not want to experience it again in college.

“I don’t want to get sick,” Pepper said. “It’s close quarters living here, so it’s easier to get the flu.”

She said it is convenient the university offers the vaccine on campus to those interested in getting it, as students are unlikely to travel somewhere else to get it.

Though vaccination is proven to be safe, there are still students, like Ben Kintish, a freshman engineering major, who prefer not to receive the vaccine.

to do.”

Byrd and Monnin said the office was hoping to attract students and donations similar to last year’s outcome, when roughly 150 students made around $300 in charity. This year, the walk attracted approximately 120 walkers.

Monnin said she doesn’t expect college students to have the luxury to donate a lot of money, but raising awareness is a more important aspect of the event.

Laurel Carmichael, a sophomore biology

“I know it’s scientifically tested, but it’s kind of strange that you’re putting the disease in

“I don’t want to get sick. It’s close quarters living here, so it’s easier to get the flu.”

Robin Pepper

freshman civil engineering major who received the flu vaccine Friday

your body,” Kintish said.

Other students said they do not think the vaccine is necessary.

major, said she thinks the walk is important for students to understand the reach of poverty and hunger.

“I feel like a lot of students at this university come from a more wealthy background, so it’s harder for them to realize that there are people who can’t afford food and can’t get food,” Carmichael said. “So it’s important to do this walk, so they realize this stuff is happening.” dgproppe@syr.edu

“Other people probably need it more,” said Alex Lafontaine, a freshman physics major who has never received the flu shot. “And I can generally stay away from being sick. I feel like your body is meant to deal with a certain amount of sickness.”

If students have the flu, Health Services treats the clinical symptoms and can prescribe antiviral medicine, VanVechten said.

Besides receiving the vaccine, the CDC advises maintenance of good health habits to prevent the flu. This includes avoiding close contact, frequently washing hands, covering the mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing, getting enough sleep and managing stress. brvannos@syr.edu

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His three goals to improve the budget process are to allow funding to roll over from the spring to fall semesters to help student groups; revise SA codes so student organizations can receive funding for travel; and create a committee of students to reform the budget process as a whole.

Rickert plans to visit student organizations and talk to as many students as he can throughout his campaign, he said.

In January 2009, Rickert became a member of the Finance Board, and he was elected as SA comptroller in November 2009. He will also focus on his experience while campaigning.

“I think I’m set up to do this job more than anyone else due to my past year,” he said.

Students can vote for SA president and comptroller via MySlice on Nov. 8 to Nov. 11. Ten percent of the student body must vote for the elections to be valid. lgleveil@syr.edu

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“The performance was great. I really enjoyed it,” McDowell said. “There was a great connection between classic and modern music in the performances. And it was nice to see some alumni there, too.”

McDowell enjoyed seeing all of the alumni who were on campus throughout the weekend.

“Regardless of the weather, I think there was a good turnout, and it was great to see the older alumni walking around campus and reminiscing,” McDowell said. “All in all, it was a good weekend, even with the football game.” adhitzle@syr.edu

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the Syracuse police report. Three males wearing hooded sweatshirts approached Ricardo Cazorla of Syracuse and told him to give them his cell phone and money. Cazorla told the suspects he was calling 911, and the males fled eastbound on Euclid, according to the report.

• A student from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry was arrested and jailed in the Justice Center after he was caught in someone else’s car. The victim Julian Schlitz was leaving Chuck’s when he caught ESF student Nicholas Allar in Schlitz’s 1999 BMW with John Peters, an ESF senior, in the passenger seat. The car was parked unlocked in the Marshall Square Mall Parking lot, according to the report.

—Compiled by Michael Boren, asst. news editor, and Beckie Strum, news editor, rastrum@syr.edu

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hen Bob Koppe was studying forest land management and wood products engineering in the 1960s, there weren’t many women pursing forestry.

“There were only two or three women in my class,” said Koppe, who graduated in 1965 from what was then called the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University.

Koppe and other alumni spent the weekend reminiscing about their time at the college, now called the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, at the ESF Alumni and Family Fall BBQ. Alumni, parents and students spent the weekend enjoying campus, food and memories. Turnout was larger than that of previous years, with record numbers of attendance at all events.

“In my 32 years here, we have never sold so many football tickets,” said Justin Culkowski, director of alumni relations.

More than 650 people attended the barbecue, compared to 590 people last year, and 450 people reserved tickets for the Syracuse University versus University of Pittsburgh football game, compared to 320 people last year. The last event of the weekend, the Taste of Central New York reception, also had an increased reservation of 250 people, compared to 139 reservations last year.

The increased attendance rates can be attributed to the success of last year’s barbecue and the SU football team, Culkowski said.

“Alumni like to see a good, winning team, and it has been a long time since we had a winning football team,” Culkowski said.

This year’s barbecue was the first to feature a compostable meal, including plates, cups and utensils made of potato and corn, said Meagan Pepper, a junior environmental studies major and member of Green Campus Initiative, which organized the composting.

She said almost everything from the extra food to the plates would be incorporated into the compost system.

“It’s the first time we’ve done this with the alumni,” Pepper said. “I think they’re really surprised, and the only thing they are trashing is relish packets.”

Parents said they appreciated the efforts taken to lessen the event’s environmental impact.

“I admire the students’ efforts to keep it

green,” said David Needleman, the parent of a freshman environmental science major. “The fact that they are composting everything that can be composted shows the college is making an effort.”

The event brought back many members of the Class of 1985 in celebration of their 25th reunion. Alumni reminisced about their days at ESF and reflected on the changes happening on campus.

“One of my best memories is the teaching,” said Juan Artega, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1985. “I’m glad to have been taught by people with a lot of knowledge.

It stays in my mind forever.”

The most striking difference between his time at ESF and now are the new buildings on campus and the refurbished roads around Syracuse, Artega said. Construction began this year on Centennial Hall, ESF’s first dormitory, and the Gateway Building, promoted as the future hub of ESF student life.

The new buildings, along with less parking and ESF’s newly formed sports teams, are the biggest changes for Geoff Reed, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1985. This year, ESF teams for soccer, golf and cross country are competing as members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

ESF sports “are great,” Reed said. “It’s good that we have our own identity, separate from SU.” Reed said his favorite memory from his time at ESF was spending a semester taking classes and doing field work at the Heiberg Memorial Forest in Tully, N.Y., during his junior year.

Alumni who attended ESF when it was known as the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University said the changes at ESF were necessary due to the changing world. The college changed its name about 40 years ago, when it became part of the SUNY system.

“Half of us were actually studying forestry,” said Koppe, who graduated in 1965. “All of the environmental stuff came after I left.

Obviously, the school had to evolve with the world. There’s not a lot of room for foresters anymore.”

Despite majoring in forest land management and wood products engineering, Koppe went on to get his master’s degree at the University of Ohio, worked on post-doctorate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and ended up having a career as a

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jess siart | staff writer Oakie , mascot of the State University of New York College of Environmenal Science and Forestry, and students celebrate Homecoming on the ESF’s quad on Saturday. nuclear power plant engineer.

Koppe said he had mixed feelings about ESF’s switch from its unofficial student title, the Stumpies, to the Mighty Oaks, but was ultimately won over by the new mascot, Oakie,

the acorn.

“Stumpies had a certain ring to it,” Koppe said. “There’s something whimsical about an acorn as a mascot.” jlsiart@ syr.edu

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reading about the highly circulated phrase “gay is the new black.” This resulted in a growing desire among the public for a deeper analysis on the subject.

“Our world is really rooted in a mission of justice and inclusion, and it just doesn’t make sense for us to pick one identity,” Taneja said. He said he wanted Farrow’s talk to be “intellectually stimulating, but also culturally relevant.”

Upon taking the stage in front of a packed audience in Gifford Auditorium, Farrow acknowledged he knew people were confused by the title of his presentation. He responded by saying, “But it’s a good place to start a conversation.”

He explained how the question first arose in 2008, when the phrase “gay is the new black” exploded in the mainstream as the result of the election of the nation’s first black president and the passing of Proposition 8 in the state of California. Proposition 8 writes into California’s

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Alexander also called Bechara Karam, the owner of Pita El Saha, to tell him his business had been broken into, Karam said.

Karam said the burglary is both a major impact on the business and very frustrating.

“It’s everything,” he said.

Karam has owned Pita El Saha, which specializes in Mediterranean cuisine, for eight years. This is the first time the restaurant has

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constitution the definition of marriage to be between a man and a woman.

Suddenly, a widespread sense of unity in the United States due to President Barack Obama’s election had been counteracted by California’s decision, Farrow said. Tensions began to increase between the black and gay communities.

“This implies that gay or lesbian identity has become the new barometer for oppression and equality,” Farrow said. “Race is no longer the determining factor for suffering, but rather sexual orientation.”

Tensions increased as LGBT advocacy groups began focusing on both equalizing marriage and ending the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in the military, Farrow said.

Farrow said he wanted to know the roots of the relationship between these gay and black community tensions. He said a mixture of homophobia and the 2008 events were strong contributors to the problem.

During Farrow’s research, he found the LGBT community had fewer votes for Obama than it had for John Kerry. At the same time, he

discovered 58 percent of the black community of California had voted in favor of Proposition 8. LGBT advocacy groups were appalled, questioning how blacks, who have undergone much discrimination, were not fully supportive of the legalization of gay marriage, Farrow said.

Farrow argued the election of Obama and the passage of Proposition 8 were two separate issues.

The LGBT strategies on the campaign against Proposition 8 caused its failure by targeting groups referred to as “movable middles,” Farrow said. These “movable middles,” or people who are not strongly affiliated with any particular side of a campaign, were largely white middle-class women. The black community, only making up about 10 percent of California’s voting population, was not addressed until seven days prior to voting day, Farrow said, severely hurting the LGBT case.

At the end of Farrow’s presentation, the audience was able to participate in a Q-and-A session. Many audience members did not use this time for questions, but instead thanked Kenyon for being well researched and prepared

for his presentation.

Kathleen Sanchez, a freshman biomedical engineering major, said she found Farrow’s statistics and details useful, because they showed how Obama’s election and Proposition 8 were intertwined.

“These are events that I believe society did not even know were going on during the time of election in 2008,” Sanchez said. “As a country with so many people from all different nationalities, races and religions, we should be able to accept someone different than us, but we still have not been able to because there is still oppression faced by the queer community.”

As the evening drew to a close, Kenyon said he hopes the community will realize the LGBT agenda needs to channel its energy toward different efforts, essentially transforming its goals to focus on more prevalent social issues, such as education reform and health care.

He then left the audience with one last message. “There is a need for real conversations.

Gay identity is not a singular identity that can be claimed on behalf of anyone who is queer.”

been burglarized, he said.

Although police do not have any suspects yet, Alexander told police she observed a gray sedan pull up in front of her business, which is next door to Pita El Saha. She said she first thought they might be patrons on Marshall Street. But she then saw a man enter the passenger side of the car with something “big and black,” according to the report.

Alexander described the man to police as average size, wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt and jeans, according to the report.

Once Karam appeared on the scene, he

inventoried the store and found $500 was missing from the register. Upon checking the basement, police noted the wooden door to the basement office had been kicked in, and Karam told police $2,000 was missing from his desk, according to the police report.

Although the restaurant has security cameras installed, they were not working at the time of the break-in, according to the police report. Police also checked for security cameras at other businesses and those operated by Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety that might have caught an image of the

car or license plate, but none cover that area of Marshall Street, according to the police report.

Karam told police he had fired an employee days before the incident because the former employee had not shown up to work, but Karam told police he had no reason to believe that person would burglarize the store, according to the report.

The costs of the damages to the building are being evaluated, and the total estimated cost of repair has yet to be determined, Karam said.

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FROM LEFT: “Session” premieres at the Palace Theatre on Thursday. The film starred Bar Refaeli and Tom Bower. OWEN SHAPIRO (LEFT) AND “SESSION” DIRECTOR HAIM BOUZAGLO chat at the premiere of “Session.” Shapiro, a Syracuse University film professor, produced the film and founded the Syracuse International Film Festival.

Syracuse keeps it local amid foreign films at 2010 Syracuse International Film Festival

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By Sam Littman STAFF WRITER

pain, Iran, India, Hungary — and Syracuse.

Among the films made around the globe for the seventh annual Syracuse International Film Festival, one of the marquee events was a Syracuse-bred production.

The psychological thriller “Session,” which was shot entirely in Syracuse, had its premiere at the Palace Theatre Thursday night, a unique event that brought many of the film’s stars and creative talent together to discuss the picture afterward.

Produced in May 2007, the film couldn’t have been made without the work of Syracuse University film professor Owen Shapiro. The founder and artistic director of the festival, Shapiro produced “Session” and adapted the script to English from the original Hebrew and French.

“Session” details the disturbing manner in which psychiatrist Jake Tellman (Steven Bauer) is captivated by one of his patients, the vulnerable Eden (Bar Refaeli). Tellman’s grip on reality becomes increasingly tenuous as his fascination with Eden deepens and threatens to ruin him.

The film could not have been shot anywhere else, Shapiro said. Syracuse was a major inspiration for the film’s aesthetic, chosen for its architectural depth and versatility, he said.

“Syracuse is a unique place,” Shapiro said.

“There are absolutely gorgeous buildings of all kinds, and within Central New York, you’ve got almost any kind of landscape you could possibly want. You could even go to Lake Ontario and find sand dunes, so you could actually create a desert if you want to.

“Within the Central New York area, you’ve got lots of locations that are fresh, that are new, that haven’t been seen by audiences, and you want to take advantage of that.”

Cinematographer Alan McIntyre Smith was similarly smitten with the city.

“I enjoyed shooting the down-

town area with the Niagara (Mohawk) Building — we used that as much as possible — and some other parts of the downtown area, such as the fountain area by City Hall,” Smith said.

While the city’s landscape crafted the visual components of the film, Syracuse also crafted a very specific work environment for the cast.

“Session” star Bauer viewed some of the city’s

stemmed from an idea between Shapiro and his wife, Christine. Seeing what other places had to offer, Christine thought Syracuse should be a part of film festivals as well.

“We were touring film festivals, and she was really excited about how film festivals were helping the communities they were in,” Owen said. “So she said, ‘Why not do one in Syracuse?’”

Despite Christine’s vision for a Syracuse film festival, Owen warned her of the amount of work required to organize such an inherently large event. She remained undaunted.

“She convinced me,” Shapiro said. “We got the city and the university — the chancellor at the time was Melvin Eggers — to like the idea and agree to it, and that’s how it started.”

Now, seven years later, Christine’s efforts have paid off. During the festival’s development, Owen said the city has benefited from its economic and cultural impact.

“All I can tell you is that the very first year, in 2004, we had about 2,500 people show up for it altogether,” Owen said. “We’ve now doubled that audience size, so I would assume our economic impact is at least a couple million dollars, if not more.”

This year’s festival concluded Sunday night, with two screenings hosted by Academy Award nominee Ed

“Syracuse was a major inspiration for the films aesthetic, chosen for its architectural depth and versatility.”

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least attractive qualities, including the weather, as a means of illuminating his character’s psyche.

“It was so comfortable being here, as opposed to making believe it’s a location,” Bauer said.

“This was where I live and practice. I’m a psychotherapist living in Syracuse and going to the same restaurant for lunch every day and driving the same streets every day. It was very cold when we were shooting — by then it was getting very cold — but the character I play is very mundane. He’s so used to it, waiting for something to pop out of it.”

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And while films from around the world visited from the weekend, there was still something special about the film shot in the festival’s backyard.

After his experience with “Session,” the director, Haim Bouzaglo, is not talking about filming his next project in an exotic, foreign location, but in Syracuse. Once again collaborating with Shapiro, Bouzaglo will be working on “Hotel Syracuse,” which was announced this spring.

“I find it very interesting to shoot in Syracuse,” Bouzaglo said. “In a way, it’s a strange city because it’s not New York City, it’s not The Village. The university, the people here, the kindness of them — all those things together, all of this was very inspiring for me.” smlittma@syr.edu

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Even with West Coast influence, ‘Law & Order: Los Angeles’ follows series formula

By Abram Brown STAFF WRITER

hile this is nothing new for a starting series, “Law and Order: Los Angeles” suffers some growing pains. But thanks to its predecessors, it shows some promise — for now.

In the fourth installment of the venerable “Law and Order” franchise, Rex Winters (Skeet Ulrich) and Tom Jaruszalski (Corey Stoll) work as buddy cops, solving a different crime every week. As for the man prosecuting the offenders, it’s deputy district attorney Ricardo Morales (Alfred Molina).

The show works, thanks to the thought-out characters and acting. “City of Angels” fanatics will enjoy the Los Angeles and Hollywood celebrity shout-outs. But that doesn’t mean the show doesn’t have a few kinks to work out.

Harkening to the past, Winters and Jaruszalski blend elements of past “Law and Order” characters in the best way possible. Winters is part Rey Curtis, part Rob Goren. Jaruszalski is mostly Eddie Green, mixed with some of Lennie Briscoe’s one-liners. The writers establish a strong rapport between Winters and Jaruszalski, too, an important feature of any “Law and Order.”

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A friend asked Don Draper in last night’s season finale, “Wouldn’t you like a steak waiting for you at the end of the day?”

The answer: Yes. In the end of a great season, Don (Jon Hamm) proposed to his secretary, Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss), making her the homemaker and steak-maker of his future.

If that sounds anti-climatic — yes, it was.

Don juggled women all season, including a seemingly better choice than the secretary.

Creator Dick Wolf proves, again, he can attract movie talent to his television show. After a successful stint with Jeff Goldblum, “Law and Order” strikes gold with Molina, who acts like he was born to play his character, conveying that necessary blend of intensity and deadpan sarcasm for a TV lawyer. After one testy courtroom scene, right after Morales delivered a closing argument full of evoked tragedy and pathos, a judge turned to look at Morales.

“There’s never a dull moment with you,” he told Morales.

Nope. Leave it that way.

Noting the success of the location switches in “CSI” for each series installment, Wolf has moved his latest show across the country. For Los Angeles natives or avid Perez Hilton fans, the move’s good. And on a critical level, the locale change pumps new blood into the series.

And yes, Los Angeles sets up the show for some creative homicides. In the premiere episode, a producer, cougar and mother of a starlet faced murder prosecution. The detectives learned that mommy dearest liked to keep young men on the side, too. During an investigation of the case, the detectives were led to a hotel, where a security guard showed them a videotape of a young blond man and the mother

Oh, well. The ending does fit into a season that made every character struggle and develop. A nice change from the last season, in which few struggled until the very end.

This season, Sterling Cooper Draper Price almost floundered. Roger Sterling (John Slattery) knocked up Joan Harris (Christina Hendricks), and she’s keeping it, pretending the child belongs to her husband — the one serving in the U.S. Army in 1964 Vietnam.

Peggy grew most of any. She flirted with a lesbian and dated a beatnik. And it

having sex in an elevator.

“Who would’ve believed it?” Winters asked.

“It’s LA: everyone,” Jaruszalski replied.

But the show sometimes gives us a sneak peak behind the actual crime, like in “Law and Order: Criminal Intent.” The original series pulled this feature off the most effectively, starting when the police detectives arrived at the scene and moving from there. Unfortunately, watching the investigation from the beginning of the crime cuts out some of the drama of the chase. In any mystery series, it feels better to only know as much as the detectives.

Though the show’s location has been advantageous, Hollywood’s influence has found its

way into the writing. Even with more than 20 years of experience from its franchise members, the show diverts from procedural banter to deliver popcorn fluff lines. Granted, most network cop shows do this. Last week’s episode found Winters marching two sons out of their home, presumably guilty of a crime. The sons’ father warned the police to leave the boys alone.

“Don’t worry, Mr. Campbell. We leave rough stuff to people like your sons,” Winters said.

A recommendation: Start watching “Law and Order: Los Angeles,” even if you don’t know who Jack McCoy is. adbrow03@syr.edu

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was fitting that last night’s best moment belonged to her.

Fresh from hearing the news of Don’s engagement, she walked to Joan’s office.

They talked about how men always fall for their secretaries, how those kinds of women get places.

“I learned a long time ago to not get all of my satisfaction from this job,” Joan said.

“That’s bulls***,” Peggy said, exhaling smoke from her cigarette.

Yeah, something like that.

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Dome has nostalgic feel as Johnson, SU legends return

By Andrew L. John Sports Editor

Wes Johnson raised his right hand in appreciation as he exited the court for the final time Friday. With 23.9 seconds left in the third quarter, the Carrier Dome crowd rose to its feet to pay homage to one of its minnesota 99 favorite sons making his detroit 88 triumphant return less than a year after leading Syracuse to its second outright Big East title in program history.

And though Johnson, who was taken by Minnesota with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft in June, played just 21 minutes, the night was nostalgic. Showing up to catch a glimpse of Johnson one last time were 11,747 fans, as his Timberwolves beat the Detroit Pistons 99-88 Friday.

“I was tired, a lot of adrenaline going,” Johnson said. “It was a lot different from college, when the student section was crazy. Still, seeing the ‘S’ on the floor brought back a lot of memories.”

With those memories still fresh after leading the Orange to a No. 1 ranking and earning 2010 Big East Player of the Year honors, Johnson perhaps let his emotions get the best of him. He finished the game with just four points on 2-of-6 shooting to go along with three assists and two steals on the night.

“I think Wes was a little nervous coming home,” Timberwolves coach Kurt Rambis said.

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“He wanted to do really well. A lot of the times, he forgot what we were supposed to do out there, but that’s youth. He’s still learning. In shootaround, I saw him do things athletically I had never seen him do, so I know he was fired up.”

It was the first time Johnson and two other Syracuse stars — Minnesota teammates Jonny Flynn and Jason Hart — have returned to the Dome for a game since turning pro. Flynn sat out with an injured hip, and Hart played six minutes in the fourth quarter.

This year’s crowd was significantly less than the 22,115 that showed up to see Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets take on the Phoenix Suns in an NBA preseason game two years ago.

But despite that, the support for Johnson was heard loud and clear from those who did show.

Johnson was the last player to be introduced to the crowd prior to the game, setting off a standing ovation and one of the loudest moments of the night. As he made his way through the line of teammates, Johnson was treated to hugs and high fives as the crowd began to ignite.

“It’s always good to come back to what I like to call ‘home,’” Flynn said, sitting in his old SU locker after the game. “It’s great seeing all the fans and feeling their support. It just never gets old.”

The crowd collectively cheered the three returning SU stars while showing its discontent for the five former Connecticut and Georgetown players on the Detroit roster. Pistons forward Greg Monroe, who defeated the Orange in the

danielle parhizkaran | asst. photo editor wes johnson returned to the Carrier Dome Friday with the Minnesota Timberwolves for an NBA preseason game. The No. 4 pick in the 2010 NBA Draft scored four points.

Big East tournament in March, couldn’t help but smile as the boos came pouring down.

Adding to the nostalgic feel was the string of former SU legends in the house, making it a reunion of sorts. Among those in attendance were Pearl Washington, Derrick Coleman, Lawrence Moten, Rafael Addison, Gerry McNamara and Dave Bing, now the mayor of Detroit. The group celebrated Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim’s 800th coaching victory at halftime, a feat Boeheim accomplished at the beginning of last season.

“Having so many guys come back this weekend, that was great,” Flynn said. “This was the first time I ever sat the bench for an entire game here, but aside from that, we couldn’t have asked for anything more.”

As the final seconds ticked off the clock, Johnson and Flynn began signing autographs for the Syracuse faithful that lined the tunnel into the locker room. Johnson signed a ball for the group of ball boys decked out in NBA-replica “Johnson” and “Flynn” Minnesota jerseys before disappearing into the crowd.

For one night at the Dome, it wasn’t about what went on during the game.

“Just being back in the Carrier Dome, Jonny and I looked at each other like, ‘This is crazy.’

I got chills,” Johnson said. “It was good seeing a lot of the faces I usually saw before games. I didn’t have to break that ritual. It was good to see them come out.” aljohn@syr.edu

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nter the facemask. Enter another lesson.

In came Richard Hamilton. With the substitution came perhaps the NBA’s most notorious style of play to defend. And there was Wes Johnson, chasing Hamilton through staggered screen after staggered screen. For Johnson, it was the furthest thing from the safety and comfort of Jim Boeheim’s 2-3 zone. Even if he was in the Carrier Dome, with Boeheim looking on next to Detroit mayor Dave Bing.

It was the 3:31 mark of the third quarter.

Former Connecticut Husky Ben Gordon came out for Hamilton, another former Connecticut Husky.

And after fewer than 20 minutes of another preseason NBA game in which the former SU star was forced to adapt, the toughest task was ahead.

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purify the colors And it came in a game on that Carrier Dome court where Johnson was meant to have his coronation. It was supposed to be — and was — a celebration of one shining year on the court.

It was somewhat of a celebratory goodbye.

But it became a casual goodbye. Two-of-six from the field, four points, one rebound. Struggling-

rookie-in-the-NBA casual.

It was supposed to be a return to last year.

But more than anything else, it was a forecast of what is to come for Johnson. The most explicit example of that came with the head coach. The past sat on the sideline in the crowd. Reality — Timberwolves head coach Kurt Rambis — sat in Jim Boeheim’s usual seat. And after Johnson finished his duties guarding Hamilton, reality stopped Johnson in his tracks and had the rookie lean over as reality lectured to him.

Even for Johnson on his Homecoming, there were bigger things than SU. Johnson needed to take in another lesson learned. And then, he was to sit. He wouldn’t re-enter, despite the chants of “We Want Wes!” from the Dome crowd halfway through the fourth quarter. This is the NBA. Even if it was the NBA in Syracuse.

“The message that we are trying to send to everybody,” Rambis said, “is that there is somebody behind you of high quality that is frothing at the mouth, ready to play.”

Added Rambis: “In a lot of cases, (Johnson) kind of forgot what he was supposed to do out there. … He is still making rookie mistakes out there, and he is still learning how to defend different talented players in this league.”

For Johnson, it was a struggle all game. And ironically, it came in the form of a decade’s worth of Connecticut players. There was Hamilton from that 1999 UConn championship team — the team he gladly remembers as the one that “ran the (Dome) so many years ago.” There was the newly NBA-minted shooting guard Johnson guarding Gordon to start the game. And there was Johnson left to guard Charlie Villaneuva after a box-to-box screen. All challenges presenting lessons to be learned.

In the middle of all the hoopla surrounding the return of Johnson, Jonny Flynn and Jason Hart, there was the only player who mattered to the Dome crowd: Johnson. Part of that crowd was a who’s who of SU basketball: John Wallace, Pearl Washington, Derrick Coleman. It was an SU basketball celebration fit for a prince.

But the celebration became reality. At the end of the third quarter, Boeheim left a men’s basketball game in the Dome. He wouldn’t stay until the end. Rambis stayed until the end.

Less than a half-hour later, Johnson was fully back to reality. He trotted onto the Timberwolves bus behind guard Sebastian Telfair with his two children, unwilling to answer another Syracuse fan’s request for an autograph.

But this is what Johnson’s career truly became Friday. It was clear to the entire Dome.

He returned for that goodbye. But it was casual.

Now that casual player just needs to take the next steps. Hamilton knows Johnson is young.

He knows the season is young. And from here on out, he is expecting the former SU star to blossom enough for more celebrations.

“He is still young. The season is still young,” Hamilton said. “He is a long guard, man, a long guard. He can play the two, three and four. With his athletic ability, he is going to be doing a lot.”

Rambis expects a lot as well. Johnson struggled Friday, but you expect that when confronting foreign situations.

But throughout, at least it was a casual celebration.

“That’s youth, and you expect that,” Rambis said. “He was very excited about being here.”

Tony Olivero is an assistant sports editor at The Daily Orange, where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at aolivero@syr.edu.

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Dual shutouts help keep SU’s postseason chances alive

By Zuri Irvin Staff Writer

If defense wins championships, Syracuse would be well on its way to clinching a postseason berth. But heading into the final week of the regular season, defense alone has not been enough for the Orange to solidify syracuse 1 a spot in the playoffs.

After 200 consecutive rutgers 0 minutes of holding opponents goalless over the syracuse 0 weekend, the SU defense seton hall 0 is looking for a little help.

SU has scored just two goals in its last four games, making it difficult to rise in the Big East standings.

“It’s great to have two shutouts back to back,” head coach Phil Wheddon said. “It would be even better to have two wins. I thought we created some quality goal-scoring opportunities. ... We have to put these away. And obviously it’s made our job a little more difficult.”

Elation turned to apprehension this weekend after Syracuse reinforced and then nearly lost control of its playoff hopes in games against Rutgers (8-8-1, 3-5-1) and Seton Hall (6-9-1, 2-6-1).

Friday night against the Scarlet Knights, sophomore midfielder Tina Romagnuolo kicked in a game winner with 3:37 to play, leading to a 1-0 win. Sunday afternoon, the SU defense continued to come up with timely stops, but the Orange was unable to put one through after double overtime with Seton Hall. SU tied the Pirates 0-0.

Of the 26 total chances on the weekend by Seton Hall and Rutgers, none made it to the back of the net.

Now SU (6-7-5, 3-4-2) is currently tied for fifth in the American Division with 11 points. The top five teams in each division qualify for the conference tournament.

“Coming into today, I think we were a little bit more tired,” midfielder Alyscha Mottershead said. “We had a little bit of a minor lapse after a really good start. And that led to a few frantic passes in the second half. Coming out in the second half, I thought our backline was again very organized. And that made the rest of the team’s job a lot easier.”

Sunday’s second-half backline consisted of Casey Ramirez, Jackie Moriarty, Rachel Blum and Cecilia Borgstrom. As the regular season has progressed, and now as it begins to close, the Syracuse defenders have become more efficient in holding down opposing offenses.

“I think together, as the four of us, we switch people in and out, but I know Rachel, Jackie and I were finally clicking, and we’re talking,” Ramirez said. “The two in the middle are working really well together. One drops, one stays. I think it’s just chemistry more than anything.”

The question now becomes whether or not Syracuse has enough time to put its burgeoning defensive chemistry to good use. And hopefully, turn it into some offense. The flipside of playing great defense is the tendency to rely too heavily on it. It took SU 86 minutes to score on Friday night,

keith edleman | staff photographer alyscha mottershead and the SU women’s soccer team did not concede a goal in two games this weekend. The Orange defeated Rutgers and tied Seton Hall. and the Orange has managed just three scores since the calendar turned to October. Still, over the past three games, Syracuse has played some of its strongest defensive soccer of the season, highlighted by Friday night’s thriller in the rain.

But now Syracuse has concluded its final homestand of the year and will likely need a win or a tie against both USF and Marquette on the road next week to keep pace.

“We’re still at the bottom of the top five,” Mottershead said. “It puts a lot of pressure on us, still. Getting to the top five is great, but the season’s not over yet, and we have to continue to win and go into every game like it’s a playoff game from here on out.”

But playing great defense has already afford-

SU uses physicality to frustrate weekend opponents

By Andrew Tredinnick Staff Writer

Freshman defender Rachel Blum got tangled up and brought Seton Hall midfielder Ashley Clarke down to the ground in SU’s 0-0 tie with the Pirates Sunday. Clarke then retaliated, throwing a forearm that struck Blum in the face and drew a yellow card from the referee.

The play reflected the tone of the weekend.

During its two contests, Syracuse asserted itself as one of the most physical teams in the Big East. The Orange was able to stall and frustrate Rutgers and Seton Hall with intense challenges and brute strength.

The style of play is just a part of the package when playing Syracuse. At least, that is what SU’s players profess.

“We want to go in at our hardest and win every tackle,” Blum said. “And that just comes along with it.”

With playoff implications going into the weekend, emotions were running high for the Orange. SU intended to outhustle and outwork its opponents, and a trademark physical style of play ensued.

Brittany Anghel suffered a bloody nose early in Sunday’s contest when teammate Tina Romagnuolo inadvertently kneed the goalkeeper in the face. But Anghel knows the degree of aggressiveness her team displays is far from detrimental to her team.

Borgstrom picked up a yellow card in the 84th minute of Sunday’s game when she collided with a Seton Hall midfielder. Borgstrom was going full speed to gain possession of the ball, but made too much contact.

Borgstrom’s attitude is something head coach Phil Wheddon wants to see from all his players.

The challenge may have been risky. It was far from conservative.

“Everyone says we’re this physical team, but really we just ask the players to play hard,” Wheddon said. “We want the players to not back down, and I don’t want them to back out of challenges.”

Sophomore Alyscha Mottershead explained teams have begun to recognize they are going to be in for a battle when they face SU. “I think our reputation in the Big East has caused other teams to come out harder and try to draw some fouls,” Mottershead said. “I think that that is something that we may have had a reputation from the beginning of the season, and I guess we just have to keep it up with them knowing how we are going to come out.”

Wheddon has urged his team all season to match its opponents’ physicality, and his players have responded. But an unwillingness to allow opponents to get easy chances has resulted in numerous fouls and bookings.

The Orange lead the Big East in fouls with 250. Although the number of fouls is not something Wheddon condones, he also frowns upon half-hearted challenges from his players.

“We encourage our players to go in 100 percent with the intention of winning the ball,” Wheddon said. “At times, the timing isn’t great, and we end up with a foul. That’s part of the game.”

Most of the Orange’s success this season has been because it has been able to bully teams and frustrate them.

The Orange did just that this weekend. SU

held a potent Rutgers offense, which had scored 24 goals entering the contest, at bay. SU would need just one goal to defeat the Scarlet Knights.

Syracuse turned away Seton Hall on Sunday as well, but it had to settle for the tie.

And it all comes back to that physical style of play.

“I think we have a number of different personalities that are just a little bit harder than in the past,” Wheddon said. “They take a little more of a physical risk, and it’s showing in our games.” adtredin@syr.edu

ed SU the opportunity to win games late in true playoff fashion. After all, Romagnuolo would not have been able to hit Friday’s winning shot had the defense not kept a clean sheet.

“I trust them,” goalkeeper Brittany Anghel said of the back unit. “That’s the main thing. To know that they have my back and I have theirs. I think they did a great job putting pressure on them. We just had two great games from the defense. We just have to score some goals, and that’s it.

“You can’t win games without goals.” zoirvin@syr.edu

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After Friday loss to Friars, SU redeems self against UConn

By Ryne Gery

Contributing Writer

Julie Rising poked in a rebound from her stomach to start the scoring for Syracuse. The goal set the tone for an aggressive SU team in a dominant performance Saturday against Connecticut.

The performance was providence 4 quite a turnaround from syracuse 1 the night before.

The Orange came out with intensity Saturday syracuse 7 after a lackluster showconnecticut 1 ing Friday against Providence. SU came out flat and appeared to be going through the motions in a 4-1 loss in which the Friars controlled the puck for the majority of the game. One night later, the Orange redeemed itself with a 7-1 victory over the Huskies.

Head coach Paul Flanagan stressed the importance of being mentally prepared to play every game after the loss. Rising, the senior captain who scored two goals over the weekend, was also disappointed with the team’s effort.

“I think we kind of realized we need to put a lot more emotion in it and really be aggressive,” she said Friday. “We kind of came out a little weak, and I think if we can play a whole 60 minutes really strong, we should be able to beat a team like that.”

The Orange took the message to heart. SU

“I think we kind of realized we need to put a lot more emotion in it and really be aggressive.

We kind of came out a little weak and I think if we can play a whole 60 minutes really strong, we should be able to beat a team like that.”

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was relentless in the blowout victory over the Huskies. Four second-period goals broke the game wide open. The offensive explosion was the result of a team constantly on the attack as the Orange (2-2-1) outshot UConn (1-4-0), 38-19.

The onslaught of chances made for a memorable night for one SU player.

Sophomore Isabel Menard scored the first hat trick in Syracuse history. She recorded her first goal off a backhanded shot from 15 feet out, which

jenni jakubowski | staff photographer isabel menard (right) scored the first hat trick in SU women’s ice hockey history Saturday against Connecticut. Her three goals led the Orange to a decisive 7-1 victory. snuck by a screened goalie. Menard found the back of the net again on a wraparound shot later in the period. She completed the hat trick in the third after receiving a pass from junior Lisa Mullan.

After experimenting with Menard on defense this week, Flanagan decided to move her back to her more natural position on offense. The move paid off as Menard led the Orange to a big win.

It wasn’t the only lineup change Flanagan made. The head coach mixed it up to keep his team hungry after Friday’s loss.

“We made some changes in the lineup, and sometimes just doing that reestablishes focus.

Kids start thinking, ‘Boy, I got to work for my spot,’” he said.

The team played hard from start to finish.

The aggressive play produced a balanced effort that saw 12 players tally points.

Freshman Margot Scharfe scored the first goal of her career to extend the Orange lead to 3-1, just after UConn cut into the lead with a power-play

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which Syracuse had no real shot to recover. Not with drives like those four.

Some of the players said the problems stemmed from mental errors and a lack of execution. Marrone said, on one of the drives, at least, his play calling should have been better.

But whatever it was, it left an instant reaction of disappointment.

“I told the players, ‘I’m big on the little things,’” Marrone said. “Doing the little things better. … We just have to tighten up the ship, get everybody focused on the task at hand, and go back to work and work harder. And I think we’ve worked quite hard up to this point.”

And on defense, there are wrongs to right in a unit that has played this season about as consistently and as steadily as Ron and Sammi’s relationship on “Jersey Shore.”

One week, the unit is giving up 230 yards on the ground to lowly Colgate. The next, it is running B.J. Daniels around the field, giving up fewer total yards to USF than it did on the ground to Colgate (219).

And the next, the defense is dominated from the start, propelled by a 79-yard touchdown on Pittsburgh’s first offensive drive. The defense failed to adjust to the Panthers’ pass-heavy attack. That led, once again, to an instant reac-

goal. It sparked a flurry of offense that gave the Orange a comfortable 5-1 advantage heading into the final period. Freshman Sadie St. Germain and junior defender Taylor Metcalfe each notched their first career goals in the contest.

The seven-goal outburst came in support of freshman goaltender Jenesica Drinkwater for her first career win. She saved 18 shots in her second start. Fellow freshman Kallie Billadeau blocked 25 shots in goal for SU Friday.

The Orange is still searching for its first winning streak early in the season. Flanagan said the team can’t get too high or too low with a win or a loss. The energy level needs to be there every game.

“We have to be more consistent, you just can’t be in the ebb and flow of some of these games,” Flanagan said. “We got to stay away from that, we got to look for more consistency from our team and individuals.” rjgery@syr.edu

“If you want me to apologize, I apologize. I do, and I mean that.”

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tion of disappointment.

“A lot of disappointment,” SU defensive end Chandler Jones said. “I personally feel that there were a lot of plays that I left out on the field, and we made a few mistakes.”

So that’s the instant reaction. The bigger picture, past tears of joy and past apologies, is that Syracuse is 4-2 and 1-1 in the Big East with half its season left to play. The long-term goals are still very much in focus.

Marrone’s team had its moment against USF, and he wanted there to be another one Saturday. He said as much after the game. But he also has a sense of the bigger picture.

“It feels, for the moment, that the sky is falling down and everything is bad,” Marrone said.

“But that’s why you have to keep an even keel.”

For the moment, there are questions. And how Syracuse answers those questions will determine the instant reaction of its season.

Brett LoGiurato is an assistant sports editor at The Daily Orange, where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at bplogiur@syr.edu.

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greg babcock | staff photographer DASHONTE RILEY (LEFT) may miss the entire 2010-2011 season with a right foot injury that requires surgery. The sophomore center averaged just 1.4 points per game last season, but was expected to play a bigger role for the Orange this season.

Riley opts for surgery, likely to miss season

By Brett LoGiurato ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Syracuse basketball center DaShonte Riley will likely miss the season with an injury, similar to a stress fracture, in his right foot, SU head coach Jim Boeheim said Friday.

“With DaShonte Riley, he’ll have surgery next week, we hope,” Boeheim said. “We really aren’t positive how long that (he) will be (out), but it’ll probably be — it could be — the whole year.”

Boeheim made the announcement to begin the team’s annual media day, which kick-started SU’s season as the team began practice leading up to its season-opening game against Northern Iowa on Nov. 12.

The announcement came about a week after Boeheim first addressed the issue, saying then that Riley and the SU training staff were weighing Riley’s options.

Ultimately, Riley said he got X-rays, an MRI and a CT scan on the foot and decided sometime late last week to choose surgery. He said doctors’ diagnoses put the injury as similar to a stress fracture. Riley showed up to the Orange’s media day with a walking boot on his right foot.

“We looked at the results and got a couple of opinions,” Riley said. “And we decided about late last week that (surgery) was probably the best course of action.”

Both Boeheim and Riley did leave the door open for a possible return in January if everything in Riley’s rehab goes according to plan.

Riley will have the surgery next week and start rehabbing immediately.

“They said it’s a possibility that I could come back in January,” Riley said. “But I don’t know what kind of condition and what kind of shape I’ll be in January. So more than likely, I’ll take the year off.”

Riley added he and the team will look into a medical redshirt for this season, which would be his sophomore campaign.

Riley’s loss is a blow to a Syracuse team that now has just one returning big man with expe-

rience in senior Rick Jackson. Riley scored just 1.4 points per game last season and added 1.5 rebounds per game, but he saw his playing time increase significantly after starting center Arinze Onuaku went down with a quad injury in the Big East tournament and didn’t play the rest of the way. Riley had three rebounds and a block in three NCAA Tournament games while manning the center of Boeheim’s 2-3 zone defense.

“I think he was going to have a big role this year,” Jackson said. “It’s always great to have another center, especially one that has some experience as far as playing. He played in some big games last year. I think he would have really helped us. Just to have two centers with experience is a great thing to have. It’s going to be tough without him, but you just have to move on.”

Syracuse will likely move on with Jackson as the team’s power forward and highly touted freshman Fab Melo at center. But after that,

the depth of SU’s frontcourt is thin. The lack of depth could open a spot for fellow freshman Baye Moussa Keita, a 6-foot-10, 213-pound forward/center from Senegal.

“I’m excited about all these guys,” Boeheim said. “I think they’re all capable, and I think they all will step up and have great years. But who will be ‘that guy’ is always hard to (say).”

For Riley, the injury is disappointing after the expected increase of his role made him put more into his offseason work. But he said he’ll use the injury and the probable redshirt as an opportunity to come back stronger next season, like he saw fellow Orange teammate Scoop Jardine do last season.

“It’s a bummer,” Riley said. “I thought I worked pretty hard in the offseason to prepare myself for this season. It hurts, but at the same time, I’ve come to terms with the fact that this will be better for the long term.” bplogiur@syr.edu

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Alec Lemon The Orange’s second best receiving option thus far this year was the best Orange threat through the air Saturday.

Lemon finished the game over the century mark in receiving yards with 108. He hauled in eight catches, but his most memorable reception came in the first half when he dove to haul in a 41-yard strike from Nassib.

Rob Long It is never a good sign when your punter is one of the “Up” players after a game. But Long did his job, and did it well Saturday. The senior captain averaged 44.8 yards-per-punt on six kicks, tallying a long of 53.

Marcus Sales Sales built upon his game-winning touchdown catch at South Florida last week, bringing in four passes for 36 yards Saturday.

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Momentum The Orange’s emotions were running high following a big win over USF last weekend. But the team didn’t carry those emotions forward against Pittsburgh.

Antwon Bailey After having such a profound effect at USF, Bailey’s stock slipped Saturday.

He got 10 touches, but only turned those touches into 38 total yards.

Defense One week after backing up its brash talk, the SU defense went out and laid an egg Saturday. The unit failed to adjust to Pittsburgh’s game plan, which included an unexpected flurry of first half passing attempts.

HERO Tino Sunseri The Syracuse defense entered the game ranked No. 1 in the conference against the pass. But the Pitt quarterback continually torched the secondary to the tune of 266 yards and four touchdown passes.

ZERO Ryan Nassib The Syracuse quarterback may have set career-high 25 completions, but it came on a career-high 46 attempts. He also tossed two picks, one that was returned for a touchdown, matching his season total.

Turning point

6:54 1st quarter

The Orange started a drive at its own 18, with the score tied at seven. But the drive would be the first of four in a row for Syracuse where SU went threeand-out. Over the same amount of time, Pitt increased its lead to 28-7 and never looked back.

kirsten celo | asst. photo editor ryan nassib scrambles out of the pocket and tries to make a play against Pittsburgh Saturday. The sophomore quarterback had arguably his worst game of the season this weekend, throwing two interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown.

Nassib earns postgame backing from Marrone

By Tony Olivero Asst. Sports Editor

After saying he felt his entire team was to blame for SU’s 45-14 loss to Pittsburgh, SU head coach Doug Marrone defended his quarterback.

Marrone wasn’t satisfied with Ryan Nassib’s two-interception performance. But Marrone wouldn’t let him take the crux of the blame.

He may be the quarterback, but he is still just one player.

“How do you criticize the quarterback when it’s the whole team?” Marrone asked following the game. “If the kid goes back there clean and throws an interception without anyone in his face, yes (it’s his fault), if it’s the wrong read. But hey, there are people back there.”

Saturday, Nassib had perhaps his worst performance of the season. He completed just 25 of 46 pass attempts. The sophomore was intercepted twice, including a game-clinching miscue at the 10:27 mark of the third quarter, resulting in an 80-yard interception return touchdown for Pitt’s Ricky Gary. The pick-six gave the Panthers a 35-7 lead and sucked all faith out of the Carrier Dome.

Nassib attained career highs in both completions and pass attempts, but the numbers came as a result of SU needing to attack more through the air after giving up an early 28-7 lead to Pitt.

In a battle of one of the Big East’s most surprising quarterbacks this year in Nassib and an underachieving Tino Sunseri for Pittsburgh, Sunseri posted by far the better numbers. With a first half in which he racked up 190 yards and

three touchdowns, Sunseri propelled Pitt to the three-score margin at the half. In the first, Nassib only passed for 83 yards.

In the third quarter, Nassib threw one interception, and it put to rest any thought of a comeback attempt.

The throw was rushed. It came on yet another play in which Pitt’s defensive line, lead by linebacker Tristan Roberts, who had two tacklesfor-loss, got to Nassib.

“It was tough. We were in an empty formation, and I was just trying to get the ball away, and I didn’t think anybody was going to be there,” Nassib said. “My body didn’t let me get it out of bounds, and the corner peeled off, and he made a good play.”

In a game in which Nassib needed the big play, the opening was never there. Though the quarter was an improvement, it will be remembered for the pick. And despite the fact that Nassib felt his game wasn’t a complete loss, it all comes back to the interception.

Even for the quarterback himself.

“I feel like I did all right, but I can do a lot better,” Nassib said. “I definitely had a dumb mistake in my interception, my second one, and I just felt like I could have gotten the ball out faster a couple of times and made a couple better, more accurate throws. I’ll go from there.”

SU’s failure to convert on third helps Pitt From the 6:54 mark of the first quarter until the 9:39 mark of the second quarter Saturday, Syracuse had four third-down attempts. On all

four, the Orange failed.

Over the same span of time, Pittsburgh had four offensive drives. Three resulted in a touchdown. At the start of the span, Syracuse was tied with the Panthers 7-7. By the end, SU was down 28-7. The game felt over before the half, and the constant stream of short passes from Nassib to the likes of Alec Lemon and Nick Provo were failing.

The stretch in time in the first and second quarter propelled Pitt to a comfortable lead while taking the Orange out of the game and forcing SU to rush aspects of its game. It all started with SU’s failure to convert on third down. After the game, Nassib chalked up the failed third-downs to mere execution.

Pitt’s base was wreaking havoc on SU’s base.

Simple as that.

“They weren’t doing anything special at all, they were doing their base,” Nassib said. “Like I said, two of those three-and-outs were fourthand-ones and fourth-and-maybe-less-than-one.

They did a good job today of stopping the run game, and they had the game planned pretty well, and they just out-executed us.”

The span of SU’s failure to convert on third down came during the same time as when Pitt converted on four of five third-down attempts.

What transpired in the first half put SU on the brink.

“At halftime … it was a tough situation, but you can do it,” Marrone said. “I try to come over to the sideline and paint that picture for them, it just didn’t work out.” aolivero@syr.edu

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heading into halftime. And it all started from the beginning.

“Right from the beginning,” SU head coach Doug Marrone said when asked, simply, what went wrong Saturday. “First play. Bubble. There you go. Seventy-eight yards.

“I thought we did a nice job responding and coming back, and then all of a sudden, it’s a wheel route. And then all of a sudden, we’re short on a route. They make a good play on third down, or we don’t separate enough.”

Perhaps it should have been expected. In five of its six games this season, Pittsburgh has started out the game with a pass play. But the volume of passes thereafter and the consistency of the game plan haven’t been seen this year.

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was a 30-yard touchdown pass to Mike Shanahan here and a wheel-route touchdown pass to Ray Graham there.

But it all started with one of the bookends: The 79-yard touchdown pass from Sunseri to Devin Street, just one play and 16 seconds into the Panthers’ 389-yard performance Saturday.

On the play, Sunseri hit Street for a screen pass near the Panthers’ line of scrimmage. Around 80 yards later, he was in the end zone. And a first half was forecasted. It was a first half in which Pitt passed the ball much more than Marrone and numerous players on his defense admitted to expecting.

“It was shocking,” defensive end Chandler Jones said. “We saw on the very first play of the game that they ran a bubble-screen, and they were throwing for the rest of the game on.”

But Marrone didn’t chalk up the unexpected Pitt game plan to a lack of preparation by SU. “No,” Marrone said when asked if he expected the Panthers to pass as much as they did.

“Not to say we weren’t prepared for it.”

In that first half, Pittsburgh outgained Syracuse offensively with 257 total yards to just 139.

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team that has accumulated 53 percent of its rushing yards on first down.

The Panthers use their two-headed monster at running back — Lewis and Graham — to open up the passing game. Against Syracuse, they did the opposite.

“The very first play of the game, they ran a bubble screen,” SU defensive end Chandler Jones said. “And then they started throwing for the rest of the game. It was pretty shocking, them throwing the ball. Because they usually don’t throw the ball.”

Added SU safety Phillip Thomas: “We’re a stop-the-run team first.”

Sunseri attempted 16 passes in the first half and completed 12 of them, three of which went for touchdowns. The Orange couldn’t make the adjustments.

SU’s game plan was to stack the box with eight or nine defenders. Safeties Thomas and Max Suter positioned themselves to stop the

expected rushing attack.

But Pittsburgh max-protected, passed repeatedly and took shots downfield. The run-leaning defense got exposed, frequently leaving SU cornerbacks Holmes and Da’Mon Merkerson oneon-one with the two 6-foot-5 behemoth threats at wide receiver, sophomore Mike Shanahan and junior Jon Baldwin.

“As aggressive as they were trying to stop the run,” Pittsburgh head coach Dave Wannstedt said, “we felt like we had to throw the ball to try and get them off our backs.

“The plan was good. We executed well enough to win.”

There were big plays, like the 79-yard strike from Sunseri to Street and the 30-yard connection between Sunseri and Shanahan.

And there were crucial third-down conversions. When the Panthers opened a three-touchdown lead in the second quarter, they went 4-of-6 in third-down situations. Two on a drive

that would lead to the 30-yard touchdown pass.

And two on a drive that would lead to a one-yard touchdown run by Lewis.

“Pitt did a good job of three-step dropping and getting rid of the ball fast,” Jones said. “That’s something we definitely need to work on.”

When Lewis powered his way into the end zone on the one-yard rush, it was not the norm.

Lewis and Graham combined to rush 13 times in the first half, while Sunseri attempted 16 passes.

By that time, the Pittsburgh routine was out the window. So was the game. And no one saw it coming.

“They just executed better than we did on defense,” Holmes said. “There were certain drives where you could see the defense executed, and we played with them. But on certain ones, we just didn’t execute.”

aged for entire games prior to Saturday’s loss.

In the second half, the Orange pieced together drives with its first team. In the third quarter, SU statistically defeated the Panthers, outgaining Pitt 108 yards to 21. After that loaded first half, Sunseri amounted just four passing yards in the quarter.

But the only stat that mattered was the score, and the Orange was stuck at seven points after the period.

To make matters worse, Pittsburgh increased its lead to 35-7, thanks to the only play in the quarter that mattered: the second bookend, an 80-yard interception return scamper by Pitt defensive back Ricky Gary. It was a play that

was supposed to amount to nothing more than an incompletion for Ryan Nassib. He was just trying to get the ball out of bounds, but his body wouldn’t let him. And it was a play Gary couldn’t believe actually unfolded.

“I was thinking,” Gary said, “‘Is (Nassib) really throwing the ball?’”

Down 28-7 and facing third down with a little more than 10 minutes left in the second quarter, Nassib threw the errant pass directly into the shocked arms of Gary. Gary then scampered the full 80 yards to the end zone to put Pittsburgh up 35-7.

Marrone knew it was too much. The play that started with an empty formation yielded the

final blow in an empty game.

“At halftime, three scores, it was a tough situation, but you can do it,” Marrone said. “When you get to four, I mean, it’s extremely tough.”

It was the second part in a loss that was cemented by two instances. Each lasted fewer than 20 seconds. But with both, Pitt literally ran away with the game.

And if you ask SU strong safety Max Suter, the Orange wasn’t prepared for the game and the first 80-yard sprint to begin with.

Said Suter: “I’m going to say it: We didn’t come out ready like we should have been ready.”

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BOWL OR BUST The Syracuse football team was dealt a 45-14 setback Saturday courtesy of Pittsburgh. The loss sent the Orange to 4-2 overall and 1-1 in the Big East. It also prevented SU from starting out its season 5-1 for the first time since 1999. Syracuse still needs three more victories on the season to get to a bowl for the first time since 2004. The Orange will head to Morgantown, W. Va., next Saturday for a date with the Mountaineers. A win over West Virginia on the road would provide SU with its most significant Big East victory in a long time.

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Against Marquette, SU suffers 1st home loss

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By Chris Iseman Staff Writer

Syracuse assistant coach Carol LaMarche stood on the side of the court, hands on her head, expressing anger at the referee over a call he had just made. No matter how hard she tried to make her case, there was only one thing that didn’t need a marquette 3 ruling: It just wasn’t the syracuse 0 Orange’s day. “(The calls) definitely didn’t help our score,” LaMarche said. “There were a couple of key points where if it swung a point our way and a little momentum, things could’ve been different.”

Unfortunately for Syracuse (20-3, 3-3 Big East), the momentum stayed on the side of Marquette.

In a match in which the Golden Eagles (13-7, 4-2) overmatched the Orange, SU suffered a 0-3 loss at the Women’s Building Saturday for its first home defeat this season. Little went right for Syracuse throughout the entire match. The Golden Eagles hitters overpowered the Orange defense, while the Syracuse offense couldn’t find the holes in Marquette’s.

“They just came out ready to play,” defensive specialist Sarah Hayes said. “They’re pretty big girls, so if our block wasn’t there, they could just crush a ball on the 15-foot line. I don’t think we’ve really seen that too much this year.”

As good as Syracuse was, Marquette was better. SU came into the day confident, ready

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to add another “W” to the win column in the conference standings. It didn’t matter. The Golden Eagles came in more ready and more confident.

Both teams were evenly matched, each coming into the day with a 3-2 record in the Big East. On paper, either one had a chance to get a victory. SU was coming off two hard-fought wins and was staring at a spot in the conference top five right in the face. Marquette stood as the one thing blocking Syracuse on its way up the standings.

And no matter what it did, Syracuse just couldn’t get past it.

“Defense was definitely down today,” LaMarche said. “They were the better team today, and we had no answer.”

Syracuse never had a chance to take the lead. When it would get a point, Marquette would get one right back. SU was in the position of playing catch-up for the whole match, and the impenetrable Golden Eagles defense never let up. Going on a run for SU wasn’t possible.

The Orange came within reach in the second set, when it got the score to 22-24. All it had to do was hold Marquette down to get a chance at scoring three points. But like it had all day long, Marquette retook control and made a kill to win the set. That was as close as Syracuse came to tying the score.

“Sometimes you’re hoping that they’re going to have a weakness and wouldn’t be able to hold (the lead),” outside hitter Noemie Lefebvre

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said. “But they came out really strong, they wanted to beat us like crazy.”

That was clear from the time even before the match. Marquette was vocal during warm-ups, making sure its presence was known. When they won a point, the Golden Eagles erupted in cheers loud enough to suggest it had won the entire match.

As the match went on, the frustration for the Orange built up more and more. Every questionable call against the Orange elicited a shocked response from every SU player on the court.

It seemed all of the controversial calls went against the Orange. Every time a call was made in Marquette’s favor, its side of the court erupted in cheers, while Syracuse tried to regroup enough to try and get some control of the match. But no matter how hard it tried, it was never able to do so.

“We don’t have control over what they call,” Hayes said. “I think it does have an effect, especially when there are so many of them.”

The calls were just one part of what went wrong for the Orange. SU had no answer for the overwhelming Marquette hitters, while the Orange had no chance at getting past an unbreakable Golden Eagles defense.

For SU, it was a day to forget.

“Everything was going well for them today,” Lefebvre said. “Not so much on our side.” cjiseman@syr.edu

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Pitt blitzes Syracuse in Homecoming blowout

By Tony Olivero

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kirsten celo | asst. photo editor cameron saddler (5) returns a punt 31 yards to the Syracuse 22-yard line Saturday, setting up a score that gave Pittsburgh a lead it wouldn’t relinquish. Pitt put up 28 unanswered points as it cruised to an 45-14 victory.

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he two 80-yard sprints proved to be the bookends.

One opened up the scoring while shooting a dose of silence into the Carrier Dome. The other effectively ended the game. Together, they opened and closed a loss Syracuse head coach Doug Marrone was willing to apologize for.

In the 33 minutes in between the two plays, Pittsburgh dominated Syracuse play after play in a methodical progression that became a blowout. Thanks to a slow first half — during which Pittsburgh picked apart Syracuse in every facet of its game — and a sudden third-quarter pick-six, the Panthers trampled Syracuse 45-14 Saturday.

After the game, Marrone was not at a loss for words when describing just how Pittsburgh (3-3, 1-0 Big East) dominated the Orange (4-2, 1-1) in the first half. And he wasn’t shying away from any disappointment the 40,168 fans in the Dome might be feeling after the team’s 4-1 start to the season.

“If you want me to apologize, I apologize,” Marrone said. “I do. I mean that.”

Added Marrone: “(Pittsburgh) beat us on offense.

They beat us on defense. And they beat us on special teams.”

The Panthers methodically orchestrated 28 first-half points. Dinks and dumps from Pitt quarterback Tino Sunseri — who went 12-for-16 for 190 yards and three touchdowns in the first half — drove the SU defense to the back of its heels. Then, play-action passes pillaged the deep holes for long gains and touchdowns. There

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Still lingering questions for SU to answer

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he game of football promotes the element of instant reaction.

Last weekend, the instant reaction was triumphant. It was, literally, tears of joy. This week, it was back to before. This week, it was a far cry from last, if you will.

This week, it was apologetic.

“If you want me to apologize, I apologize,” Syracuse head coach Doug Marrone said after his team’s lackluster showing in a 45-14 blowout loss to Pittsburgh. “I do, and I mean that.”

The instant reaction and the instant analysis to take away from this game is there are still many questions for this version of the Syracuse football team.

Don’t get caught up in the moment.

This team isn’t as bad as it played Saturday. It also isn’t as good as it played

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outrageous fun at parts in last weekend’s victory at South Florida. The reality is, simply, the Orange still has a bunch of questions to answer.

“We are ready to ride and get to work,” SU running back Delone Carter said after the game. “Correct the wrongs that we made, and do what we need to do to prove it next week and win.”

The reality is this: There are still a lot of wrongs. And they start on offense, a group that has had two effective drives in Big East play — the

14-play, 98-yard touchdown drive to win at USF and the 10-play, 83-yard drive to answer Pittsburgh’s first touchdown Saturday.

From there, it was more of the same. Three-and-outs, silly penalties and big mistakes.

“They were who they say they are on film,” said Antwon Bailey, channeling his inner Dennis Green at the podium (albeit a much less angry version). “Like I said, we just had a few mental errors and some things we didn’t capitalize on.”

After that SU drive to tie the score, it went like this: Three plays, seven yards.

Three plays, minus-four yards.

Three plays, nine yards.

Three plays, eight yards.

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From 1st offensive play of game, Pitt exposes Syracuse defense

By Brett LoGiurato Asst. Sports Editor

Mike Holmes expected the Pittsburgh routine. First-and-10 on the Panthers’ first offensive play of the game would be simple enough.

They’d go with the bread and butter.

Run the ball up the gut with Dion Lewis or Ray Graham.

Syracuse stacked nine in the box, expecting the same thing. Sixteen seconds later, Pittsburgh wide receiver Devin Street was standing in the end zone after a simple bubble screen opened up a 79-yard scamper for the touchdown.

“Statistically, (running) on first downs, yeah, we were surprised,” Holmes said. “When we look at the

breakdowns of the film, they usually run on first down. That’s always in the back of your mind.”

Pittsburgh’s pass-heavy attack started on its first offensive play of the game, and it continued until the Panthers blew open a game that turned into a 45-14 blowout Saturday.

Thrown for a loop, the SU defense couldn’t adjust.

Pittsburgh quarterback Tino Sunseri completed 17 of 24 pass attempts, finishing the day with 266 yards and four touchdowns. The aerial assault produced key thirddown conversions that led to big plays. Soon, the Orange found itself looking at a three-touchdown deficit

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