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VETERANS IN THE MAKing SU’s ROTC cadets honor military members, prepare for future in service Text by Nicki Gorny // Staff Writer Photos by Sam Maller // Asst. Photo Editor

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ttendees of Monday’s Veterans Day ceremony in Hendricks Chapel might

their nation,” said Lieutenant Colonel Michael Bianchi of SU’s Army ROTC pro-

notice a change in the way the word “veteran” is used.

gram. That’s pretty significant, he added, when less than 1 percent of the country

Organizers of the ceremony have made a deliberate effort this year to

currently serves.

emphasize recognition of those currently serving in the military, said Eileen Jevis,

SU’s Army ROTC program has been training the next generation of military leaders

manager of public relations at University College, who is in charge of organizing

since 1918, said Bianchi, who teaches military science to this year’s approximately 100

the ceremony. The participation of representatives from Syracuse University’s

cadets. These cadets — about one-third of who come from nearby colleges such as Le

Army and Air Force ROTC programs takes another group into consideration on

Moyne College, Utica College, Morrisville State College and the State University of New

Veterans Day as well.

York at Oswego — graduate with a commission as second lieutenants in the Army. see veterans page 8

“These are all people who will become veterans and who have a desire to serve

Trustees rename Warehouse after Cantor

By Alfred Ng Asst. News Editor

The Warehouse will be renamed the “Nancy Cantor Warehouse” to honor the tenure of the outgoing chancellor.

Board of Trustees Chairman Richard Thompson announced the decision at a dinner honoring Cantor’s legacy in Goldstein Auditorium.

The decision to name The Warehouse after Cantor was made by the Board of Trustees about a month and a half ago, Kevin Quinn, senior

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vice president for public affairs said in an email.

The decision was based off Cantor’s vision to create a bond between the city of Syracuse and the university and to engage the community surrounding the school, Thompson said in an SU News Release.

“Nancy showed us how to rethink the boundaries of our campus, of scholarship and of education with a leap that took us across the City of Syracuse,” he said. “Where others

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saw an abandoned warehouse, she saw a launching pad. We can think of no better way to commemorate the signature accomplishments of SU under Nancy’s leadership than to formally connect her name to that striking structure.”

Since its construction in 2006, The Warehouse’s construction has led to more than $70 million in capital investments for downtown Syracuse, bringing architecture firms, office see warehouse page 8

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margaret lin | staff photographer The Warehouse was named after Chancellor Nancy Cantor to recognize her work of connecting the university to downtown Syracuse.

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Matt Divietro fights to recover the puck from mid-air after falling to the ice during the club ice hockey game on Saturday night against Niagara University. The team wore pink jerseys to support breast cancer awareness.

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With the Macklemore and Ryan Lewis concert on Monday, University Union went through months of preparation and planning to bring the hip-hop duo to the Carrier Dome.

UU sent out a survey to all SU students last May to gauge which genres, headliners and supporting acts students were interested in bringing to the university. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were the most selected choices by students in the survey, which Billy Ceskavich — UU’s president — said influenced the organization’s decision to bring the act to campus.

“Overall we try really hard to bring the top artists from the survey results who are available for the dates we have open,” Ceskavich said. “For example, Macklemore was the most chosen act from the survey for this fall, and Kendrick Lamar, who headlined Juice Jam, was the second most popular choice.

To say that we were able to bring both of them this semester is a really big deal for us.”

UU’s ability to bring high-demand talent to the university is something students have responded to. Juice Jam sold out, and Chance the Rapper’s show sold out in less than an hour, making it the fastest selling Bandersnatch show.

Even before releasing the survey, UU saw the release of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ album “The Heist” and knew they wanted to bring them to SU, said Kelly Benini, UU’s concert director.

UU originally hoped to bring Macklemore to SU last semester, but Benini said conf licts with Macklemore’s schedule prevented any final negotiations going through in the spring. She added she was later able to nail down a see macklemore page 8

eliot grigo | staff photographer duane ford, ivan rosales and boris gresely debate academic improvement, self-segregation issues and internal affairs in the last SA presidential debate on Sunday. Voting starts Monday on MySlice.

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Candidates debate diversity, academics

By Brett Samuels Staff Writer

In a debate Sunday night, the three Student Association presidential candidates had a final opportunity to attract voters to their positions on diversity, academic affairs and handling of internal issues within the organization.

Differences among candidates Duane Ford, Boris Gresely and Ivan Rosales were brought out when discussing internal issues SA has faced, how to engage new members and each candidate’s involvement with the organization. The debate was held in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium and was hosted by CitrusTV. Internal affairs in SA was one of the main topics of debate. While all three candidates have spent

time in SA, Ford, the current vice president, is the only one who is currently a member.

“Not only am I in SA but I’m a proud member of SA,” Ford said.

He added that some students might negatively associate him with the impeachment proceedings of current President Allie Curtis, but he believes it showed he was able to remain objective throughout the process and look at what was best for the organization, despite the fact that Curtis appointed him.

To avoid internal issues, Rosales, a former cabinet member, said it would be important to hold cabinet members accountable for what they’re working on.

Gresely said he would present a new perspective from Ford, who cur-

rently serves in Curtis’ administration, and Rosales, who was a cabinet member until he resigned last spring.

“A vote for one candidate is a vote for more of the same,” he said. “A vote for the other candidate is a vote for someone who not seven months ago resigned from SA. I believe I’m the best candidate to reform, reconnect and redirect SA.” The topic of diversity — a recurring topic for each candidate throughout the campaign — was discussed again at various times throughout the evening. All three agree that selfsegregation is a problem at Syracuse University, but they all have different ways of addressing it.

Rosales said he wants to tackle self-segregation proactively by creating a multicultural week that see sa debate page 7

Newhouse, VPA announce additional radio, rhetoric courses for spring 2014 semester

By Margaret Lin Staff Writer

University Senate announced three new undergraduate courses and four new graduate programs this past week.

The three undergraduate courses come from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications’ television, radio and film program and the

College of Visual and Performing Arts’ communication and rhetorical studies program.

VPA’s communication and rhetorical studies program is planning on offering two new courses: CRS 375: “Rhetoric and Public Memory” and CRS 347: “Mindful Communication Skills.” Brad Vivian, an associate professor in the program, will teach

the “Rhetoric and Public Memory” course in the fall 2014 semester, said Kendall Philips, an associate dean of research and graduate studies in the CRS program.

Previous research regarding the idea of public memory inspired the course, Phillips said.

The collaboration involved students and professors from various

departments on campus — all in an effort to see how our collective memories affect our future actions and how we specifically engage with the past through our everyday lives, Phillips said.

The other course offered by the CRS program, “Mindful Communication Skills,” will be offered in the Spring 2014 semester. Diane Grimes,

a CRS associate professor, will teach the course.

The course was created to reflect an increasing acknowledgment in communication studies and related disciplines that mindfulness is at the heart of effective communication, said Cynthia Gordon, an associate professor and CRS department chair, see classes page 8

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SA constitution proves potential for change in policy goals of organization You have some important choices to make on the Student Association ballot this week. Among them is voting on a new SA Constitution.

The SA is here to work for you, and in writing a new constitution, we had one goal in mind: making an SA that works better.

On the ballot, you will vote for a presidential candidate that has a platform you think is the best course of action for our campus.

Under the new constitution, the president you elect and the platform you choose will become the policy goals of the association as a whole.

The president will appoint a cabinet and start initiatives based on their policy goals, and will have the power to have the assembly “reconsider” — vote again — on any action that goes against their policy goals. This will hold the entire organization accountable to the ideals and goals that you elected us to pursue.

The new constitution also gives the assembly its own leadership — a speaker of the assembly. The speaker will preside at assembly meetings, set the agenda and act as a figure to guide and lead the assembly as a whole.

This allows the assembly — your elected representatives — to act more independently and work more effectively at doing the jobs

LETTER TO THE EDITOR you have asked them to do. It also removes many procedural concerns from the president’s plate, allowing them to focus on leading the organization.

The SA presently runs on calendar years — our session begins in January and ends in December. The new constitution aligns our calendar to the academic year as much of the rest of the university runs on.

This is designed to bring our year to an end as the school year comes to an end, rather than having a three-month break in the middle of our session. It also allows us to use the summer as a much longer time to come together and plan out our next year.

These changes are all designed to make an SA that holds your best interests at heart.

It is up to you to decide if they are the right changes to make.

I encourage you to vote on MySlice from today until the 14th and tell us what you think.

You can view the proposed constitution on our website, sa.syr.edu.

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“The Revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.” – Ernesto “Che” Guevara.

This is a quote that is displayed on La Lucha’s Immigration Week Kiosk Poster in the Atrium of Schine Student Center.

Last week, La Lucha, in collaboration with the Syracuse Undocumented Rising and NYPIRG, hosted a week of events titled “Dreaming For Justice.”

According to its Constitution, La Lucha is, “…committed to luchando against the ignorant forces that seek to strip us of our identity as people.” However, in this case, this ignorance seems to come from within the organization itself.

Che Guevara was an international terrorist and mass murderer. He can be put into the same ideological category as Mao Zedong or Joseph Stalin.

The glorification of this murderous thug needs to stop, and the first step is questioning the myth of Che. Leftists praise him as a hero, but they do not examine why this is so false.

Whoever prepared La Lucha’s Immigration Week poster should read Che Guevara’s Forgotten Victims by Maria C. Werlau.

Like many students and faculty, La Lucha is not aware of the atrocities committed by Che Guevara toward humankind.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR During his violent campaigns to spread communism throughout Latin America, Che Guevara trained firing squads under communist dictator Fidel Castro that resulted in the execution of thousands of men, women and children.

The following quotes by Che Guevara reveal that Che Guevara represents not what immigrants want to find when they reach America, but what immigrants want to leave behind: •“Executions? Yes, we have executed, we are executing, and we will continue to execute.” – 1964, in a speech at the United Nations • “We must eliminate all newspapers; we cannot make a revolution with free press.

Newspapers are instruments of the oligarchy.”

– 1959, to Cuban journalist Jose Pardo Llada • “We’re going to do for blacks exactly what blacks did for the revolution. By which I mean: nothing.” – 1959, to Luis Pons at a press conference It is a contradiction for La Lucha to both idolize Che Guevara and support immigrants, when some immigrants come to America to escape what Che Guevara notoriously created.

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Students should elect Rosales, Goldslager for SA The Daily Orange Editorial Board endorses Ivan Rosales and Simone Goldslager for Syracuse University Student Association president and vice president.

This week, students have the opportunity to vote online for one of three SA presidential campaigns. Students should vote for Rosales and Goldslager because of Rosales’ established relationship with Chancellor-designate Kent Syverud, the pair’s personal dynamic and its achievable initiatives — specifically diversity.

Rosales’ relationship with Syverud is an important factor to consider in this election. Rosales was one of two students selected to serve on the chancellor search committee that helped choose Nancy Cantor’s successor.

Being chosen to help with this effort reflects Rosales’ standing on campus, and has allowed him to already spark a strong relationship with Syverud.

This relationship is critical to SA’s ability to accomplish on-campus initiatives. If Rosales can help SA create a strong connection with Syverud, the

EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board organization can become the liaison between students and administration that it should be.

Rosales and Goldslager have a collaborative dynamic that is crucial in the organization’s top positions. The pair is both personable and approachable — two traits that allow for effective student outreach and involvement within SA. Goldslager has never served in SA. However, this should be viewed as a benefit to the organization. New faces bring fresh ideas needed to initiate change in SA. Although some SA members might doubt Goldslager’s experience in the organization, she is involved in other student groups on campus, including the greek and residence hall communities. Her experience will help SA have a broader focus of the student body.

It is important for candidates to be realistic when it comes to diversity.

Goldslager is taking on the campaign’s diversity pillar of the platform. Goldslager said a multicultural festival would bring together students from all corners of campus.

Of the other candidates, Goldslager presented the most achievable goal regarding improving diversity at SU. However, the idea celebrates diversity but should further confront self-segregation on campus.

The campaign’s weakness lies in a past event. Last semester, Rosales wrote an anonymous riddle to The Daily Orange revealing internal controversy within SA. The manner in which he did this was unprofessional.

However, it is admirable that he acted in an attempt to confront rules that were being broken and promote visibility among SA leaders. He saw an internal issue and acted honestly.

Rosales has since apologized for his error, but has proven he holds the organization to a high standard.

SA considers itself the “defender of the students.” Rosales embodies this ideal.

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t’s not uncommon to see many protestors pop up at large companies during earning seasons when financial results are announced and expected business outcomes are predicted. This was evident outside of Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters last week, when citizens — carrying colorful pickets in hand and a firm list of demands — protested the greater issue of income inequality.

Usually massive profits and growth incite the anger from anyone — including those spurned through layoffs — to environmentalists who’ve seen their beloved mother nature die at the expense of corporate greed.

A recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek stated that not only is Occupy Wall Street still alive, but suggested that the movement was doing well in asking questions that people had not previously ventured to verbalize.

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Unfortunately, most of the 99 percent versus 1 percent debate centers around wealth redistribution. I’m all for increasing opportunity and furthering equality, but a massive transfer of wealth is neither productive nor possible without bloodshed.

That’s why it is pretty interesting to see protesting at a company that’s not making a profit (in other words, Twitter).

While people were celebrating the much-anticipated launch of Twitter’s initial public offering, at the same time, others protested income inequality right outside the very gates of the behemoth of a company.

Their words were different. They feared not the cash the company had generated, but rather the implications of growth. While news clips labeled the citizens as merely upset about Twitter not sharing the wealth, their signs and purpose pointed toward

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covering your assets a higher yet slightly more subtle demand — accountability.

Protestors came to address rising rent and property taxes. They wanted not handouts, but adequate protection. As more millionaires sprouted up, the cost of housing rose dramatically — soon making it hard for regular residents to maintain their standards of living.

There is a formal term for this: It’s called gentrification. Commonly associated with residential displacement in communities of color, gentrification formally refers to more wealthy people

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moving into a new neighborhood. This raises prices and affects the landscape in terms of the type and make up of stores and services.

While praised by many city governments as a positive thing bringing an inflow of cash, there are many unintended side effects.

As poorer individuals suffer with climbing costs they have two choices: accept the higher prices or move out.

False comparisons are sometimes made referring to poorer people moving into a wealthy neighborhood which allegedly will even things out.

However, the wealthier residents will always have the option to move away.

For those who remain, it may be a matter of simply cutting back, but for the ones forced to move, things are much grimmer.

For those with children in a new zip code, they may find that there is a lower school quality due

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to a smaller tax base. Still, others may find that they need new jobs if they are now unable to commute to their original jobs. In either case, these factors may turn a former tax contributor into someone relying on governmental support.

Ultimately, this is important because as the gaps widen between the wealthiest and the poorest, there will be a continued drag on the economy.

At some point, those now young will be picking up the tab.

The solution begins with conversation. Questions should not revolve around how much wealth we redistribute, but how we can hold both companies and people accountable.

Living and barely surviving should not be used as synonyms.

Fran Walker is a senior finance and accounting major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at fwalke01@syr.edu.

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ben cleeton | contributing photographer The Syracuse University Brazilian Ensemble performs at International Night inside SUNY-ESF’s Marshall Hall on Sunday. The Brazilian Ensemble was one of many groups that put on cultural performances at the event, including a salsa dancer and a belly dancer.

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or the first time, SUNY-ESF will host an entire week of events to showcase different ethnicities and cultures on its campus.

The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry has hosted an International Night every year, but this is the first time it has expanded the program into an entire week, said Rigo Melgar, a graduate student and a member of the International Committee in Graduate Student Association at ESF. The goal of International Week, which began Sunday, is “to show that we are internationalizing our campus and that we have a lot of international things going on here,” said Emily Quackenbush, coordinator of International Education at ESF. She added that ESF has a “nice, even mix” of cultures. There is a good representation of Chinese students and Ukrainian students on campus, she said, but there are at least one or two people

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promotes diversity and awareness.

Gresely wants to create a student affairs summit so that every facet of the university — including students from the State University of New

from a wide variety of different countries.

Sunday marked the beginning of International Week with food and outside performers including a belly dancer, a tap dancer, a salsa dancer and more, said Laura Crandall, director of Student Involvement and Leadership. GSA hosted the event on Sunday night, and will be cohosting the week of events with the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Student Involvement and Leadership Office.

On Friday, ESF’s Multicultural Affairs Office also held “Food Around the World,” a preview event to introduce International Week.

This event included four tables with free sushi, crackers and hummus and other finger foods from Middle Eastern and Asian countries, as well as a presentation on the foods provided.

Students will lead the programs for Monday and Thursday, which will consist of two international students from Korea and Lebanon speaking about cultural exploration.

On Tuesday, the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership will show “Sun Come

York College of Environmental Science and Forestry — can come together to discuss ideas.

Ford said he believes that reformatting freshman forum classes would help students collaborate with one another at the beginning of their time at SU so they don’t form cliques with similar types of students.

But the candidates disagreed on a few issues,

Up” — a movie about climate change in various countries — and on Wednesday, the Office of Multicultural Affairs will host a presentation about Iran and Persia, Crandall said.

Two students who studied abroad in Australia and Costa Rica will talk about how to apply to the study abroad program on Thursday.

There will also be a “Poetry to the People” slam performance and an international student showcase including international food, performances and henna on Thursday.

Though the events will be hosted by different organizations, they all share the common goal of highlighting ESF’s international community, Crandall said.

Melgar added that there aren’t many European or Middle Eastern students on campus.

There is large group of Latinos at ESF and many Asian and African graduate students, he added.

Said Quackenbush: “It’s going to be a nice celebration of the international diversity on campus.”

as well, including academics.

Ford said the school’s ranking needs to be improved because it carries a lot weight with prospective students and shows the value of an SU degree.

Rosales argued that academics need to be improved at SU so that students are motivated to come to campus in a time when more online

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Gresely said including more student input on the curriculum would improve academics and consequently SU’s rankings.

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About 5,000 Army cadets are commissioned from 273 Army ROTC programs across the country each year, Bianchi said. They join the approximately 70,000 people who enlist in the Army annually.

With a strong emphasis on leadership in a program that features a largely student-oriented chain of command, Bianchi said, the program attracts a disciplined and self-motivated group of students.

“The population of students that we have as cadets as a whole is top-notch,” he said. And through a weekly class, physical training and practical exercises, he said, cadets’ path from their freshman year to graduation as strong military and community leaders is clearly visible.

Cadet Dennis Bitetti, a senior and cadet in the program, said the Army ROTC’s significant scholarship opportunities allowed him to attend SU. Bianchi said this is a fairly common motivation to join ROTC, with about 77 percent of Bitetti’s graduating class on scholarship through the program. Bitetti joined the program right out of his Rochester-area high school, and said he spends about 10 or 11 hours each week in classes or training through ROTC. Training is three days a week — Monday, Wednesday and Thursday — and begins with physical training exercises led by junior students, whose leadership skills are evaluated throughout the year on a ranking system that influences their post-graduation assignments.

This begins at 6:30 a.m.

Or actually closer to 6:15 a.m. “Everything is always 10 minutes early,” Bitetti said, adding with a laugh, “If you’re five minutes early, you’re still late.”

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definitive date for Macklemore and Ryan Lewis to bring their world tour to the Dome for this semester.

“When we were given the supplemental funding, we were told that we had to use it to increase programming, so one of the ways to do that was to look into routed tours,” Benini said. “Macklemore was putting together his fall World Tour, so I said to (his agent), ‘Hey, is there any opportunity for us to put in an offer for a spot on the tour?’”

After Macklemore’s agent gave Benini a range of dates for when the tour would be in the Northeast, she said UU worked to reserve the Dome for the concert. Once Benini and her team were able to work around the basketball season’s schedule, the two parties reached a final negotiation for the event, she said.

This is the first time the university will host an event that is a routed stop in an artist’s official tour schedule, and will be funded through the $1 million supplemental funding UU received from Student Association in 2011.

UU used part of its $1 million supplemental funding in the winter of 2012 for its first-ever “Rock the Dome” show, said Ceskavich. The show, which featured hip-hop

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headquarters and two new hotels to the city.

The Warehouse is where many students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts attend their programs.

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But as soon as the hour of physical training is up, he said, the uniform comes off and he prepares for his day as a policy studies major — no different than any other student on campus.

It isn’t until Friday that ROTC dominates his schedule, he said, with a roughly two-hour military science class starting at 8 a.m. Bianchi, who teaches the class, said he covers topics such as leadership, time management and public speaking.

Next on a cadet’s Friday comes leadership lab, or what cadets commonly call “lab.” But instead of the extended chemistry class Bitetti said people sometimes imagine when he mentions “lab,” a cadet’s afternoon involves applying practical skills at Skytop field in the woods beyond the green space used for Juice Jam concerts.

This could involve squads of cadets working

together on a mock mission or individual activities such as compass navigation exercises. Lab can last until 3 or 4 p.m., Bitetti said, adding that cold and wet weather — such as this Friday’s snowy conditions — can make for an unpleasant experience.

“Dry and cold is okay,” he said. “Wet and cold is bad.”

But that Friday morning found Bitetti and several uniformed cadets warm and dry inside Hendricks, refining crisp transitions and perfecting word choice for Monday’s ceremony.

“Everything in the Army has a rehearsal,” Bianchi said, waiting for his cue to walk down the center aisle.

“Sometimes even the rehearsals have a rehearsal,” Bitetti quipped from beside him.

But getting it right is important given the

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significance of the day, said ceremony organizer Jevis, who has been adjusting and updating the pages-long script each year for the last four years. She said Richard Thompson, chairman of SU’s Board of Trustees and a Vietnam War veteran, will provide new insight as this year’s keynote speaker.

SU will recognize veterans on Monday in more ways than past years, she said. The 11 a.m. ceremony will be preceded by a six-hour reading on the chapel steps of the names of the 6,700 service men and women who have died since 9/11 and followed by a luncheon in Schine Student Center’s Panasci Lounge. In addition, the SU community is invited to participate in a 2.2-mile Warrior Run at 6 a.m. and a Red Cross blood drive at University Place and Crouse Avenue between noon and 5 p.m.

Liz Elliott, an Army ROTC cadet with a strong military tradition in her family — her father, uncle and grandfather have served in the military and her triplet brother is in ROTC at George Washington University — said she recognized the importance of Veterans Day. Her own four years of experience at SU put the day particularly in perspective, she said.

“You just kind of think about past and future,” said the senior public health major, noting as an example the advances in technology that have changed the military through the years. “You just have to think about their courage and bravery and what it took for those soldiers to do what they did,” she continued. “It kind of makes doing all of this worth it.”

This week will bring the future to mind in more ways than one for many ROTC students: Elliott, like Bitetti and the rest of their graduating class, is waiting to receive her own post-graduation military assignment in the upcoming days. nagorny@syr.edu

heavyweights Ludacris and Rick Ross, sold 7,000 tickets.

“The seed funding was provided for us as part of our mission as the programming board to bring large scale acts to campus,” Ceskavich said. “Rock The Dome was one of our first attempts at doing that, and we thought about resurrecting it as a recurring thing, but we decided not to for multiple reasons.”

Ceskavich added that UU felt it could bring more diverse acts to the university with the supplemental money, as opposed to hosting an annual hip-hop concert like Rock The Dome.

The event also fell at the beginning of the spring semester, which made the planning process more complicated for UU. He said the funding would be more appropriate for more spontaneous shows that work for UU. “There was so much buzz on campus for Macklemore, so we were saying to ourselves, ‘OK, we’ve got to book this guy,’” Ceskavich said. “We’re really excited for the show and we think it’s going to be one of the most high-production concerts that has come to the university in a long time.”

Tickets for Monday night’s Dome Show are still on sale at the Schine Box Office and cost $15. tsharkey@syr.edu

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in an email.

Newhouse is planning on offering its TRF 448/648: “Producing Radio: On Air/Online” course next semester. Although the same course has previously been taught under the name “Radio Practicum” by associate professor Douglas Quin, the new name of the course offers a “true reflection” of the entire spectrum that radio now covers in the 21st century, said Michael Schoonmaker, the TRF chair and an associate professor.

“Radio is a traditional form and an evolving form,” Schoonmaker said. “This course gets at that and it prepares students who are telling stories in both avenues of radio, existing in traditional models and also in evolving new media models.”

Schoonmaker said the course works closely with the WAER radio station and helps show students how the world of radio is morphing and stretching beyond radio’s original roots.

“If you look at our major, radio is probably the smallest part of that in terms of student interest, but I would say it’s the loudest voice and it’s the deepest passion,” Schoonmaker said. “I think it’s just really important to show them there’s a place where they can celebrate

“Nancy showed us how to rethink the boundaries of our campus, of scholarship and of education with a leap that took us across the City of Syracuse.”

Richard Thompson

Board of Trustees Chairman

versity included developing the Connective Corridor, the South Side Initiative, the Near Westside Initiative and improving the Say Yes

to Education program.

In October 2012, Cantor announced she would leave the university after her contract expires

radio, get to know it, and be challenged on whatever skills they bring in to that environment and make them better.”

A slew of new graduate programs and courses are currently waiting to be approved by the University Senate. Newhouse has branched out to partner with VPA for its joint graduate program titled Audio Arts, which will begin in summer 2014, Schoonmaker said.

The program will also offer 400-level courses in the fall that undergraduates can enroll in, he said. Newhouse is also partnering with the School of Education and the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science for its Media and Education and Computational Journalism graduate programs.

L.C. Smith also has created a new Cyber Security graduate program that is in the process of being approved for the fall 2014 semester. mglin@syr.edu

New classes in spring 2014

CRS 375: “Rhetoric and Public Memory”

CRS 347: “Mindful Communication Skills”

TRF 448/648: “Producing Radio: On Air/Online”

in June 2014. It was later announced that Cantor would leave six months earlier than expected to begin her position as president of Rutgers University’s Newark campus on Jan. 1, 2014.

In September, Kent Syverud was named the next chancellor of the university. Syverud, current dean of the School of Law at Washington University in St. Louis, will begin his tenure as chancellor on Jan. 13, 2014. alng@syr.edu

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the sweet stuff in the middle

LAUGHING

MATTER Comedians humor audience with raunchy stand-up performances

By Bodeline Dautruche CONTRIBUTING WRITER

W

hen comedian Finesse Mitchell sauntered across the stage, he thanked the crowd for inviting him to perform on the anniversary of Syracuse University’s founding. People in the crowd clapped as they talked among themselves and to their neighbors, trying to confirm the news. But shortly after, Finesse admitted the truth.

“Now I just made that whole thing up,” he said. “Y’all are paying too much money and don’t know sh*t about the school.” The crowd erupted in laughter.

Similar reactions rang throughout the entire “Laugh Till You Turn Blu” comedy show, held in Goldstein Auditorium on Saturday night.

Hosted by the Theta Xi Chapter of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., the event featured performances from comedians Spoken Reasons, Finesse Mitchell, Wil Sylvince and Marlon and Shawn Wayans.

The night kicked off with a DJ playing music for the first hour, as the actual comedic acts started late.

But when the performances began, the show opened with John A. Baker Jr., a young comedian from Bradenton, Fla., who goes by the stage name Spoken Reasons. He used to be known mostly for his YouTube videos, during which he breaks down everyday social topics with blatantly honest opinions, like Twitter and Instagram problems and tramp stamps. But most recently he can be recognized for his small role in the film “The Heat” alongside Sandra Bullock and

WAYANS’ WORLD

Brothers Marlon and Shawn Wayans first became household names when they costarred in the sketch comedy “In Living Color” from 1990-1994 on Fox. Then the two starred in a five-season stint on “The Wayans Bros,” which they helped create and direct. The sitcom show aired from 1995-1999 on the WB.

Melissa McCarthy.

During his time on stage, Spoken Reasons gave audience members a taste of all his talents, from the most obvious of making people laugh to playing the piano — singing for just a moment to a special audience member who he brought on stage.

He even performed some spokenword poetry.

“My least favorite would have to be Spoken Reasons, even though I thought some parts of his act were funny. Overall his would have to be the lowest on the scale for me,” said Javaughn Loftman, a freshman communications and rhetorical studies major.

Still, with all of his different acts, Spoken Reasons managed to rile the crowd up for one of the highlights of the show, Finesse Mitchell. Most known for his roles on “Saturday Night Live,” “A.N.T. Farm” and other comedy appearances, Mitchell kept the crowd entertained and engaged.

His performance included jokes about the price of attending Syracuse University, first-year crushes in college and a memorable sketch about girls’ nights, in which Mitchell followed jokes with a feminine, high-pitched chorus of “ooh ooh’s.”

“Finesse was definitely my favorite overall. I could not stop laughing,” Loftman said.

The second half of the show proceeded with more of an explicit and raunchy type of comedy. Before bringing up Marlon and Shawn Wayans, Wil Sylvince, another new comedian from New York City, delivered an unannounced performance. There was some confusion as he came onto the stage because some thought he was replacing the Wayans brothers.

But after a few jokes, he said what everyone in the crowd was waiting to hear: “… Everyone give it up for Marlon Wayans.”

Marlon and Shawn Wayans come from a family of hilarious people, but the two are best known for their show “The Wayans Bros.” on Comedy Central and their many hilarious movie roles, including “White Chicks” and

drew osumi | staff photographer (FROM LEFT) MARLON AND SHAWN WAYANS, comedians who starred in “White Chicks,” headlined the “Laugh Till You Turn Blu” comedy show, hosted by the Theta Xi Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. the “Scary Movie” saga.

The two comedians made the crowd feel — for the most part — a lot more “grown-up.”

Shawn Wayans’ entire ending segment was in reference to “doing it” correctly and a maybe not-sofunny ridicule of a deaf girl at the club. Meanwhile, Marlon Wayans demonstrated to the audience exactly what it meant to get dunked

on by the great Michael Jordan.

Markia Hughes, an undeclared sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said the show was “hilarious” and “left her in stitches.”

Whether it was adopting the girls’ night catch phrase, witnessing Spoken Reasons’ many talents, seeing TV favorites perform live or jumping up and down in Spoken

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“Finesse was definitely my favorite overall. I could not stop laughing.”

Javaughn Loftman

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By Linda Gorman Staff Writer

Google Chrome and Safari — the default browsers for iOS and Android, respectively — are generally sufficient options for surfing the web on your phone. But if you’re looking for a little something extra — something beyond the not-very-extensive versions of brand name browsers — you might consider trying out one of the host of third-party browsers optimized for mobile, like Mercury Web Browser.

Mercury Browser has been one of the most popular third-party mobile web browsers since it was first released for iOS in 2011. Late last month, the first Android version of the app was released for free in the Google Play store.

The browser offers the majority of the features available with default browsers: tabbed browsing, ad blocking, auto fill, etc. But in addition to the basics, Mercury includes a number of options and plug-ins directed specifically toward mobile users. Users can switch between tabs with a two-finger swipe. The browser has gesture support for eight total swipe commands and 26 different functions.

The reader plug-in strips out distracting, extra content to create a cleaner reading experience, and the desktop mode tricks the user agent software and the web pages into delivering desktop layouts you prefer — not the altered mobile versions.

A few other handy features include Dropbox integration, bookmark syncing with Firefox and Chrome and the option to set a password to access the browser. Private browsing, where the browser is set not to remember history and

cookies, is also available and easy to enable.

For the most part, picking the best browser is a matter of individual tastes and preferences.

Take the time to test out a few and see what works best for you. lggorman@syr.edu

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Bottomless bliss

Asian cuisine restaurant delivers buffet-style meals to table

keegan barber | staff photographer Firudo Asian Food & Bar serves a number of desserts, including banana tempura, served with a choice of three ice creams.

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By Nicole Fisher STAFF WRITER

ecorated like an elegant New York City bar, it is evident that Firudo Asian Food & Bar caters to a specific experience. Even on a Friday afternoon, this place was ready to throw down like it was a Saturday night.

A red glow circulates above the circular bar, drawing customers into the restaurant.

Stringed crystal beads shimmer as they dangle in rows, separating the dining area into different sections. Along the far wall — behind the bar — flashing colored lights emphasize a bubble display that catches your eye when you first walk in. Hues of pink, green and blue lights

FIRUDO ASIAN FOOD & BAR 3011 Erie Blvd E. 315-445-7988

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flash, emphasizing the beat of the traditional Asian music.

Previously the location for Dougherty’s Masquerade, Firudo opened in October and offers a twist on the classic Asian buffet. Instead of long rows of precooked dishes, the all-you-can-eat option is brought to your table by the wait staff.

Each dish is made to order, allowing for a more personal meal with a fresher taste. The menu consists of sashimi, sushi, maki and handrolls, along with kitchen items like tempura, teriyaki and an array of Chinese food dishes such as sesame chicken. And although the price might seem a little steep — $16.95 for lunch and $26.95 for dinner — the quality of the food and the great service allow you to get your money’s worth.

Though typical dishes like tempura chicken tasted great with delicious flaky and tender elements, the quality of the sashimi and sushi fish was the most impressive. The tuna was a rich pink while the salmon’s coral color was accented with stripes.

Each piece of fish was about half an inch thick and four inches wide. It was clear that the cut of fish was a high grade, given its smooth texture and very fresh taste. A dab of wasabi, which seemed a little spicier than normal, enriched the flavor of each type of fish. Additionally, the sticky beds of rice included with the tuna sushi helped to balance the flavors.

Since it is included in the meal, be sure to live a little and order dessert. Ice cream flavors including green tea, red bean and classic vanilla complement the banana and Oreo tempura dishes well. Served with a delicate

chocolate sauce and whipped cream, the crunchy, lightly-fried bananas melt in your mouth as the Oreos ooze chocolaty-goodness.

Those who are a bit more health conscious can opt for an assortment of fruit.

A helpful and attentive wait staff enhanced the dining experience. Taking the time to fully explain the menu, the waitresses were thorough and checked in often. That being said, it would have been helpful if they were more willing to share their personal favorite items from the menu, instead of assuring that all items on the menu were delicious.

Other great deals at Firudo include half price maki and hand rolls during lunch and two-for-$5 mixed drinks, along with happy hour from 4-7 p.m. each day. You can even wash down the great Asian cuisine with $2 beers. Plus, the restaurant’s website features a menu that allows customers to order beforehand.

Though the dinner price is reasonable, head over to the Firudo Asian Food & Bar for the lunch option. Featuring a more student-friendly price, the lunch menu is a slightly modified one, but there are plenty of dishes to satisfy. nlfisher@syr.edu

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Reasons’ and Finesse Mitchell’s Instagram videos, the crowd seemed to think Phi Beta Sigma’s evening of comedy was a success.

Each comedian, although different in their

styles of entertaining and telling jokes, made a mark and left the crowd with a series of memorable catch phrases and jokes. As students exited Goldstein Auditorium, they even used Finesse Mitchell’s girls’ night catch phrase “ooh ooh” to joke with one another and share a few more laughs. bkdautru@syr.edu

drew osumi | staff photographer Greston gill , a senior management major in the Theta Xi Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., shouts with members of the fraternity at their annual comedy show.

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What is the coolest thing you have ever found at a thrift shop?

“I’ve bought lots of stuff for costume parties: ‘70s ski clothing, a fur jacket, a plaid suit, redneck attire.”

Michal Suchocki

senior economics major

“I went to 3Fifteen and got a sweatshirt, and I thought it would be great. But then I got home and I tried it on, and it fit really weird. ” Lilly Brown

““I’ve bought a lot of stuff for theme parties in my fraternity. This one time for a jungle party I bought a leopard leotard, and I cut it into a loincloth.”

Cannon Grandison Nick Canel junior English and tex tual studies major

“I bought a kid’s size Ninja Turtle suit once, like one of those that’s for little boys.”

senior economics major

senior economics major

“I bought a really cool collared shirt once. It looked like something from Scarface, like Miami in the 1970s.”

Noah Douglas freshman accounting major

“I got a Disney hockey jersey with Grumpy from ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ on it. ” Tyler LaRocca

junior Bandier Program for Music and the Entertainment Industries

fa s h i o n

Thrift shops allow college students to define personal style on a budget

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he notion of strolling into the local Goodwill or Salvation Army store to pick up some new threads is foreign to many of us — or rather, was foreign, until an unlikely source made it hip.

Ben Haggerty, a 30-year-old Seattle native, is better known by his stage name: Macklemore.

The rapper is famous for his hit song “Thrift Shop” and will perform at the Carrier Dome on Monday night. The song reached the No. 1 slot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart earlier this year.

Typically, rappers don’t rap about thrift shopping — they probably don’t even shop for themselves. Instead, they rap about their love of the finer things life has to offer, like overpriced cars and clothing.

“Thrift Shop” is a catchy and fun song that possesses an underlying positive message about fashion. It also exhibits a good measure of wit and provides social commentary in a subtle, snarky way.

Shopping traditional retail is, by no means, cheap, which Macklemore fully acknowledges in his song. Most college students do only have $20 in their pockets, and paying much more for a T-shirt is simply out of the question. Thus, going down to the thrift shop is an affordable alternative that also allows you to discover your true style and let your inner stylist come out.

The best way to glean your current style preference is to set yourself loose in a thrift shop. When you are in this hodgepodge fashion jungle, allow yourself to gravitate toward whatever items to which your eyes are first drawn.

If you find yourself holding a plaid shirt, the subliminal styling exercise is telling you that

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never late but always fashionable you are in a grunge phase and should pursue the impulse by pairing the plaids with some neutral colors and combat boots.

Conversely, if you find yourself holding a floor-length floral sundress, you are clearly in a feminine stage and should follow such instincts by paring subdued florals with light, airy pastels.

After discovering your current style — and I say “current” because your style preferences change many times during your life — you can be your own thrift shop stylist and essentially purchase a new wardrobe, all for less than $30.

Thrift shopping can also be extremely exhilarating. That amazing rush you get shopping retail and finding an article of clothing that’s 70 percent off, magnify that feeling times 200 and that’s what it feels like to buy something you adore for only 99 cents.

So, if you are “huntin’” for some new clothes, be sure to drop by a local thrift shop like 3fifteen or Goodwill and see how incredible you can look in “your granddad’s clothes.”

Jenna Belmonte is a magazine, newspaper and online journalism graduate student. Her fashion column appears every Monday in Pulp.

She can be reached at jmbelmon@syr.edu.

“I got a red hat with a belt buckle on it a few weeks ago. It’s awesome.”

Mike Garda

sophomore psychology major

“I got these really cool windbreaker pants for an ‘80s party. They were turquoise, and they only cost $2.”

Lindsey Gates

sophomore biology major

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identity — and it has.

The Orange followed its shutout against Wake Forest last weekend with a dominant outing against the Terrapins. By the time UMD kicker Brad Craddock made that 23-yarder, SU hadn’t allowed a point in 113:22 of game time.

“I don’t think the defense minds at all,” Whigham said with a smile.

After Jerome Smith capped a 16-play, 80-yard opening drive with a 1-yard score, the SU defense began its stranglehold.

Dyshawn Davis sacked Maryland quarterback C.J. Brown on a delayed blitz to halt the Terrapins’ first drive. Marquis Spruill tackled Brandon Ross for a loss of 5 yards on their next possession before Craddock missed a 42-yarder two plays later. Then the Orange held Maryland to a three-and-out.

While Syracuse was unsuccessful moving the ball as well — penalties crippling any drive it tried to get rolling — Maryland was unable to hold onto the football from that point.

“When things is tough we know how to nut up and lean on each other and get the job done,” Davis said.

Durell Eskridge’s interception with 6:07 left in the second quarter started the run and epitomized just how far the secondary unit has come.

As Terrapins wide receiver Amba EttaTawo bolted up the left side of the field, Brown pump-faked. But unlike moments earlier during the season, Eskridge didn’t bite. He backpedaled into the Syracuse end zone, rose up and caught Brown’s overthrow.

“He has really great range,” defensive backs coach Fred Reed said. “When he’s got the opportunity to get into the right spot, we believe he can make those plays.”

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Whigham jumped in front of Terrapins tight end Dave Stinebaugh for a pick four minutes later. Then Darius Kelly and Ritchy Desir high-lowed Etta-Tawo, Spruill scooped the ball up and Ryan Norton kicked a 34-yard field goal to give Syracuse a 10-0 halftime lead.

Cameron Lynch completed the stretch when he recovered a Brown fumble on the Terps’ first drive of the second half. Norton converted his second straight field goal — a 30-yarder — that pushed the Orange’s cushion to 13-3 with 9:55 to play in the frame.

“We wanted to just put the pedal to the metal and make sure we get as much pressure on the quarterback as we can,” defensive tackle Jay Bromley said.

The six points that the Syracuse offense generated off four turnovers were meager, but they proved to be enough.

A Terrel Hunt 29-yard scamper set Smith up for his second touchdown of the game — a 21-yard run up the middle with 10:33 to play — as the Orange cruised from there.

“There are a lot of doubters out there,” SU head coach Scott Shafer said, “but we never doubted ourselves. Those kids never doubted themselves.”

With the win, Syracuse needs just one more victory to become bowl eligible.

The Orange travels to Tallahassee, Fla., next week to play No. 3 Florida State before hosting Pittsburgh and Boston College in the Carrier Dome to end its regular season.

But Bromley said the mentality can’t be “Oh, we’re one game away.” Bromley remembers his sophomore year when the Orange fell into that mantra after a 5-2 start.

The team didn’t win again.

“It has to be the next game,” Bromley said.

“I know we’re going against Florida State.

Great team, they do great things, but we’re not scared of anybody.

BIG NUMBER

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HERO

Jerome Smith

plays

After Prince-Tyson Gulley left in the first quarter with an ankle sprain, Smith stole the show. The junior ran a season-high 28 times for 118 yards and two touchdowns. The junior’s longest carry was 21 yards, and he averaged 4.2 yards per run on the day.

ZERO yards

during Syracuse’s opening drive, which spanned almost eight minutes and featured two fourthdown conversions.

Levern Jacobs

With Maryland’s two top receiving threats out for the season, Jacobs has become one of C.J. Brown’s best options. But the sophomore was virtually nonexistent against the Orange on Saturday. Blanketed by the Syracuse secondary all game, Jacobs finished with six catches for 25 yards. His longest reception of the day went for yards.

TURNING POINT

10:03

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THEY SAID IT

Third quarter After a six play drive, Ryan Norton hit a 30-yard field goal that gave Syracuse a 13-0 lead.

“The next game on the schedule is the next game we prepare for, and we prepare to win.” sebail01@syr.edu @Stephen_Bailey1

“There are a lot of doubters out there, but we never doubted ourselves. Those kids never doubted themselves.”

Scott Shafer

SYRACUSE HEAD COACH

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Fair lacks efficiency despite 19-point performance in SU win

By Phil D’Abbraccio ASST. COPY EDITOR

When C.J. Fair takes the floor, there needs to be one mantra that dictates his play.

His head coach said it, his teammates said it and Fair himself admitted it.

Fair has to allow the game to come to him, and by his own confession he didn’t do enough of that Friday night.

“C.J.’s trying to do a little too much,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said. “He’s trying to change. He’s got to play his game, which is not what it was tonight.

“He’s got to find his spots and play the way he plays, not the way somebody else plays.”

The Syracuse forward wasn’t his usual self, but still chipped in 19 points in the No. 8 Orange’s (1-0) season-opening 82-60 victory over Cornell (0-1) at the Carrier Dome on Friday. Fair managed to shoot an efficient 6-of-11 from the floor, but his seven turnovers didn’t make his night easy.

The Atlantic Coast Conference preseason Player of the Year garnered plenty of attention in double — sometimes even triple — teams

from the Big Red, leading to a handful of shots Boeheim considered rushed.

The first 30 seconds of the night said it all about Fair’s decision-making with the ball.

On the first possession of the night, Fair took a pass from point guard Tyler Ennis at the top, and easily drove through the left lane for a lefthanded layup and the Orange’s first two points of the season.

But when Ennis came up with a steal on the next possession and pushed the ball the other way, Fair bricked a 3-pointer from the left wing.

“I mean, I missed a lot of shots that I normally make, like I was way off,” Fair said.

“That’s something that I know is not going to happen a lot.”

He then committed two turnovers in the span of a minute as the Orange fell behind.

Boeheim yanked Fair out of the game, but for less than 45 seconds.

When Fair returned, he was in attack mode.

He hit a turnaround floater in the lane to make it 10-6. Then Fair banked in a turnaround jumper and pulled up for a transition 3 from the right wing as SU inched closer to Cornell’s lead.

Yet just as Fair was finding his rhythm, he air balled a jump shot from the left side — from mid-range.

“They were giving me the mid-range shot and I think that’s my specialty,” Fair said. “But I couldn’t find a basket from that distance.”

To compensate for his shot being off, Fair did what Boeheim instructed him to do: get to the basket.

As the Orange built momentum before the end of the first half, Fair took a pass up top, flew down the left lane and threw down a vicious one-handed dunk.

“He knows how to score the ball, whether that’s mid-range or getting all the way to the bucket,” Ennis said. “C.J. has a knack for scoring.”

Out of the break, Fair continued to be active near the hoop. A minute in, Fair missed a jumper in the paint but followed it, drew a foul and sank both free throws. When Ennis’ floater fell short, Fair was underneath to clean it up for two points and a 44-43 SU lead.

But as was the case all night, Fair wasn’t perfect.

“C.J.’s got to be a little more patient when it’s not there right away,” Boeheim said.

After another mid-range shot misfired, Cornell’s Deion Giddens stripped the ball right out of Fair’s hands as the SU forward tried to bring the ball higher. Twice in a span of five minutes, Big Red defenders drew a charge on Fair as he tried to post them up near the baseline, earning Fair a look of disgust from Boeheim.

But as Cooney led Syracuse’s second-half comeback and the Orange pulled away from Cornell, Fair found ways to contribute. Four free throws and an assist to Rakeem Christmas helped SU wrap up its season opener.

On a night when Syracuse wasn’t at its best, neither was its best player. Most players would be satisfied having the stat line Fair compiled, but for Fair, it was subpar — yet still enough for the Orange to start the year 1-0.

“We really don’t worry that much about C.J.,” forward B.J. Johnson said. “We know what we’re going to get out of him every game.” pmdabbra@syr.edu @PhilDAbb

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Smith scores both Syracuse touchdowns in victory against Maryland

By David Wilson SPORTS EDITOR

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Sandwiching the sloppy, disjointed mess that was the SyracuseMaryland matchup at Byrd Stadium was a pair of highlights from the running back who thrives most in slugfests like on Saturday.

Jerome Smith’s first score capped the Orange’s best drive of the season. A 1-yard plunge on fourth down put SU ahead early — and for good. The run was vintage Smith as he lowered his shoulders to power his way into the end zone.

And when not much else worked throughout the game, Syracuse could keep giving it to him and he rewarded the Orange with the dagger in the fourth quarter.

“We take pride in being hard-nosed. That got it done today,” Smith said. “Being hard-nosed got it done today.”

Smith plunged in from a yard out to give SU (5-4, 3-2 Atlantic Coast) its first touchdown and darted in from 21 out to ice the game with the final touchdown in the fourth quarter of a 20-3 win over the Terrapins (5-4, 1-4) in front of 37,213 in College Park, Md. With Prince-Tyson Gulley knocked out early with an ankle sprain, Smith’s role expanded. He carried the ball a season-high 28 times for 118 yards and the two touchdowns. He accounted for almost a third of Syracuse’s offense by himself.

A second-quarter fumble was the lone blemish.

“We knew with Tyson going down, I had to pick up the load a little more,” Smith said.

“George (Morris II) and Devante (McFarlane) are younger guys, so they couldn’t really take a big load.”

The Orange, which has been so inept in the first quarter this season, opened the game with perhaps its best offensive series of the year.

Eighty yards. Eight minutes. Sixteen plays.

Smith had his number called on six of those, including twice on fourth downs.

He gave SU 7 yards and a first down on the second play from scrimmage, and then made up for a false start with an 8-yard run on the next play. No matter the situation, Syracuse could

give him the ball.

“It’s nice,” wide receiver Jarrod West said.

“He’s one of the best running backs in the country.”

With a 4th-and-2 in UMD territory, offensive coordinator George McDonald took his first gamble. He could’ve punted away or opted for a 52-yard field goal. Or even called a passing play with multiple yards needed. But he called a handoff to Smith, right up the middle for a 7-yard gain and a first down.

The Orange kept driving and found itself with another fourth down at the 1-yard line.

Again, McDonald could have taken three points, but he let Smith take another handoff. Touchdown.

Those six carries set the tone for the heaviest workload Smith has seen all season. Head coach Scott Shafer said the increased carries didn’t have to do with Gulley’s absence — “We got plenty of those,” he said of running backs — but with SU leading for the entire game and faltering in the passing game, there were plenty of carries for the running back.

His yardage came in small chunks throughout the day as Syracuse turned to him to convert third downs and burn up the clock. On both of the Orange’s field goal-scoring drives, Smith carried the ball at least three times and picked up a first down.

“Jerome’s a great player. I lean on him a lot sometimes,” SU quarterback Terrel Hunt said.

“We have a little talk in the backfield that if, say, pressure’s coming, he’s like, ‘Don’t worry, I got that.’

“That just makes me more comfortable. My dropback is slower. I’m not in a rush, I’m not nervous of getting blindsided.”

Syracuse has thrown out all the stops on offense this year, but Smith’s production has remained consistent. McDonald has changed starting quarterbacks, moved Ashton Broyld out wide and made Brisly Estime a starter all this season. He’s regularly given the ball to four different running backs, occasionally used tackle Sean Hickey as an eligible wide receiver and has utilized almost every forma-

tion imaginable.

But when he needs a short pickup or a safe call on any down, he has Smith ready to take the handoff and run straight ahead. Whether it’s for 1 yard or if SU needs a whole bunch, it’s always a safe choice.

“He gives us someone to rely on in crunch time and just times in general. By him being consistent,” Morris said, “it makes everybody else be consistent.” dbwilson@syr.edu @dbwilson2

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On Tuesday, Syracuse head coach Ian McIntyre said this is what athletes play for.

One game. A season of hard work determined by 90 minutes that will either start a path, or end one.

That’s the opportunity the Orange (10-7-1, WAKE FOREST 4 3-7-1 Atlantic Coast) had No. 13 Wake Forest SYRACUSE 1 at (9-4-5, 6-1-4) on Friday night. The Orange needed a win or tie to have a chance of sneaking into the ACC tournament. But a 4-1 loss to the Demon Deacons nixed SU’s postseason hopes.

In all likelihood, the Orange won’t receive an at-large NCAA tournament bid, and its last soccer of 2013 was played in Winston-Salem, N.C. “We played against a very good team tonight,” McIntyre said. “It’s a sad scene here after losing 4-1, but I thought overall we were pretty good.”

At the start of the game, the Orange successfully limited the Demon Deacons’ chances.

McIntyre said that his team was the one getting quality shots, but that didn’t stop Ian Harkes and Sean Okoli from netting

first-half goals in the 19th and 29th minutes, respectively. After Wake Forest rattled off six shots in the first half, the Orange was in a hole heading into the break.

“We were sitting at half time and were still confident,” McIntyre said. “We had limited their quality opportunities and gotten a handful ourselves, but nothing good enough to finish.”

And it was after halftime that Syracuse’s season started to wind down. In the 68th minute, Luca Gimenez gave the Demon Deacons a 3-0 lead off a through ball from Ross Tomaselli, and three minutes later Skylar Thomas received his second yellow card of the game leaving SU with 10 men.

Emil Ekblom scored his 10th goal of the season in the 77th, but Kovi Konowiecki’s first goal of the season bumped WFU’s lead to 4-1.

Just when the Orange gained some traction in the contest, the Demon Deacons put it back at out of reach. Then after 13 minutes of desperate soccer, SU’s season was bookended by the final whistle.

After the contest, McIntyre had one thing to say to his team.

“Thank you.”

On the bus he told them that if someone would have said two years ago that his team would lose in the Sweet 16 and then have its first ACC season come down to the last game, he would have been very satisfied with the future.

Now the results are tangible, and McIntyre said it’s only the beginning.

“We are setting a standard here at Syracuse,” he said. “Yes, we’re disappointed after tonight, but the fact that we are disappointed says something.” jcdoug01@syr.edu @dougherty_ jesse

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time last year was because of his offense, not his defense. He couldn’t get into a rhythm and many fans wrote him off before the end of his first season of play.

But this year, after one game, he’s shooting 87.5 percent from downtown. Each trey silkier than the last.

Syracuse trailed 36-24 with two minutes to go in the half. Cornell’s Nolan Cressler had 20 points, and SU was in danger of losing just its fifth season-opener in Boeheim’s 38-year career.

Cooney had other ideas.

He whizzed through the Cornell defense, brushing off Rakeem Christmas’ left shoulder after a double screen. Cooney planted his left foot and then his right, catching a pass from Gbinije and released the ball milliseconds after it entered his hands.

Splash.

On the very next play, Gbinije found Cooney again, and again Cooney drilled it. The Orange trailed by only six entering the break after falling into a 12-point hole earlier in the half.

“Those were two monster shots,” Boeheim said.

Boeheim said Cooney has always been a good shooter. Playing sporadic minutes off the bench didn’t bode well for someone who needs reps. But this year, with Brandon Triche and James Southerland gone, Syracuse needs a shooter.

Cooney said he started feeling it once he hit his first few shots. He attributed much of his success to Gbinije and starting point guard Tyler Ennis. Gbinije finished with five assists in his Syracuse debut and Ennis added seven in his first collegiate game.

“Once I got the first couple going, teammates started finding me and setting screens and I was able to get open and knock those down,” Cooney said.

The guard scored 14 points in the first half, but his production didn’t slow down in the second stanza. Ennis dribbled into

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the left side of the paint early in the second half. He swiveled his torso and hit Cooney in stride.

The rest was just a formality. Cooney started running to the other end before the ball even fell through the net.

The basket gave Syracuse a 42-40 lead — its first since the score was 2-0 — and forced Cornell to call a timeout. Cooney glided off the court, getting love from his teammates and the fans.

But he wasn’t quite done. Cooney hit two treys in the next two minutes. On the second one, he finally cracked a smile, high-fiving Baye Moussa Keita as he backpedaled downcourt. He found openings where none were supposed to exist, nailing 3s from improbable angles.

“He shoots like that every day,” Ennis said.

But never before in games. Cooney has never shot like that at Syracuse. With 12 minutes left in the half, Cooney f launted another improved element of his game. He def lected an errant pass from Darryl Smith and sent it the other way. Cooney scampered after and corralled the loose ball, took three dribbles and threw it down with authority.

Two possessions later, he hit a contested fadeaway jumper that was simply ludicrous.

Cooney popped out from the corner, dribbled and unleashed a high-arcing shot.

He sprawled onto his back, falling into the scorers’ table. Part of his arm disappeared underneath the blue curtain.

And then came Cooney’s curtain call.

Fans cheered for close to 30 seconds as he trotted off the court in the same casual manner in which he carried himself all game.

The fadeaway capped a 20-4 run that turned a Syracuse deficit into a 64-48 lead.

SU’s first half struggles were long gone.

On a day where Syracuse needed a spark, Cooney provided one. He was the sharpshooter the Orange needed to carry it out of its rut.

“He was a game-saver for us,” forward C.J. Fair said. “Without his 3s, I don’t think we pull this game out. He came up big when we needed him.”

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Eskridge, Gulley miss 2nd half with injuries; Morris breaks out in relief

By Stephen Bailey and David Wilson THE DAILY ORANGE

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Syracuse safety Durell Eskridge and running back PrinceTyson Gulley missed the second half of Syracuse’s (5-4, 3-2 Atlantic Coast) 20-3 win over Maryland (5-4, 1-4) on Saturday with injuries.

Eskridge suffered an upper-body injury that cornerback Julian Whigham said was unrelated to the broken right ring finger that forced him to play in a cast for half of this season.

Gulley sprained his ankle and was listed as questionable at halftime, but did not return.

Eskridge recorded a momentum-shifting interception midway through the second quarter that helped spark the Orange defense to four straight turnovers. He finished the game with five tackles, although it

“I just got a hunch that when my number was called that I just had to go out there and had to do what I had to do.”

George Morris II

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was unclear when he was injured.

“I know it wasn’t his finger,” Whigham said. “I don’t know exactly what it is, but I know it wasn’t his finger.”

Whigham said the secondary took a “next guy in” approach in Eskridge’s absence.

Darius Kelly and Ritchy Desir filled in for Eskridge at the strong safety position while free safety Jeremi Wilkes was also used in the “star position” of SU’s Okie package, which features five defensive backs.

“We’ve just got to evaluate and see where he is at this point,” defensive backs coach Fred Reed said of Eskridge. “He’s a tough kid. We’ll see how it all transpires.”

Gulley ran the ball only once for 3 yards on SU’s first possession and was not targeted by quarterback Terrel Hunt. Running back George Morris II said Gulley was not hurt at

all in practice this week. Morris didn’t know when the injury occurred.

Morris filled in strongly for Gulley. He made his return from an upper-body injury that sidelined him for three weeks and carried the ball seven times for 50 yards.

“I felt bad for Tyson,” SU head coach Scott Shafer said. “He’ll be back. He’ll be okay.

He’ll be ready to go soon.”

Morris replaces Gulley with strong day

Morris was standing beside the Capitol One Field at Byrd Stadium bleachers after the game when Syracuse’s resident living legend took a chance to speak with the young running back.

Floyd Little, the NFL Hall of Famer and special assistant to the athletics director, stepped out of Hunt’s postgame press conference and into the chilly College Park night where Morris was preparing for an interview.

“That’s just what we talked about,” he stopped and said to Morris as he walked by.

Morris ran the ball seven times for 50 yards and at one point logged three straight carries for 42. With Gulley knocked out of the game after just one carry with an ankle sprain, Morris became the Orange’s No. 2 option in the running game during the 20-3 win.

Morris said that Gulley wasn’t banged up at all during the week, so he wasn’t expecting to be SU’s second running-back option until Gulley was knocked out of the game.

“I got a feeling,” Morris said. “I just got a hunch that when my number was called that I just had to go out there and had to do what I had to do and do it to the best of my abilities.”

On a third-and-2 early in the second quarter, Syracuse finally went to someone aside from Smith. Morris took a carry 7 yards to the right side to pick up a first down. On the very next play, he broke free for a 23-yard gain before adding another 12 on his next carry.

A play later, the Orange went back to Smith, who fumbled.

Morris got the ball four other times throughout the day, but the most significant chunk of his yardage came in that three-play stretch.

“I thought George Morris looked pretty doggone good out there a few times, didn’t he?” Shafer said. “There’ll be a day when

spencer bodian | asst. photo editor JEROME SMITH (LEFT) follows his blockers in Syracuse’s 20-3 win over Maryland on Saturday. The junior back ran the ball 28 times for 118 yards and two touchdowns. he just breaks a couple and everybody says, ‘Ooh, where’d that kid come from?’ He’s been sitting behind two pretty good ones.”

West makes highlight-reel catch

For the second straight week, Jarrod West had Syracuse’s biggest highlight-reel play.

Against Wake Forest, it was a touchdown pass to Brisly Estime. Against Maryland on Saturday, it was when West reached up to make a one-handed grab along the sideline.

“I think we’re doing a good job of when our number’s called trying to make more plays,” West said. “The running game’s so good that they’re putting us on an island out there.”

West caught three passes for 42 yards, but the 33-yard reception along the right sideline was the clear highlight.

The wide receiver sprinted down the right sideline in single coverage. SU quarterback Hunt tossed the ball high into the air over West’s head, where only the wide receiver could get it.

West made the catch, but the official ruled that he landed out of bounds. West and Hunt were both calling for a f lag, but instead an official review came and overturned the call.

“That was the only thing I was worried about because I was looking up at the ball I didn’t really know if I got my feet down,” West said. “I knew I caught it. I just didn’t know if my feet were in or not.” sebail01@syr.edu @Stephen_Bailey1 dbwilson@syr.edu @dbwilson2

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NCAA suspends Grant for season opener due to summer play violation

By Trevor Hass ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Jerami Grant missed No. 8 Syracuse’s seasonopening 82-60 win over Cornell on Friday.

Grant sat on the bench in salmon-colored pants and a black sweater during the game. Jim Boeheim said Grant had to miss one game, but he wouldn’t elaborate on the reason.

“He’ll be back,” Boeheim said.

Grant warmed up during Syracuse’s first warmup period, but he stood next to redshirt freshman Chinonso Obokoh and assistant coach Adrian Autry during Syracuse’s second warmup.

Syracuse players were instructed to not comment on the matter. Rakeem Christmas, C.J. Fair and Michael Gbinije all beat around the bush on why Grant missed the game.

Christmas just shook his head and looked away when asked when he found out that Grant wasn’t playing. And when asked what Grant’s loss did for Syracuse from a basketball standpoint, his answer was vague.

“Just got to come out here and have fun,” he said, “and whatever happens happens.”

Said Gbinije: “I came into the locker room today and he didn’t get dressed.”

SU Athletics spokesperson Pete Moore did not specify on why Grant was sidelined.

The Post-Standard reported before the game that Grant must sit out a game for violating NCAA rules regarding summer league play.

Boeheim said he will definitely return for the Fordham game on Tuesday at 7:30. tbhass@syr.edu @trevorhass

sam maller | asst. photo editor JERAMI GRANT walks out in street clothes. The forward sat out SU’s season-opening win over Cornell. Head coach Jim Boeheim didn’t elaborate on the reason why.

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Sykes leads SU to win over Washington State in opener

By Josh Hyber STAFF WRITER

All Brittney Sykes needed was seven seconds.

With Syracuse trailing 59-58 and 1:38 remaining, the sophomore guard grabbed a SYRACUSE 69 defensive rebound, ran coast-to-coast and hit a WASHINGTON ST. 65 scoop layup off the glass to put the Orange in front, 60-59.

In a game in which there were 11 lead changes in the second half, Sykes’ basket put the Orange ahead for good as Syracuse (1-0) opened its 2013-2014 season with a 69-65 win against Washington State (0-1) in Pullman, Wash.

“It was one of those games where you’re on the road and you’ve made a long trek across the country, you just want to try to get those games done with,” SU head coach Quentin Hillsman said. “To come out and play good in a game here and win it, it was really big for us.”

It was Sykes and center Shakeya Leary who led the way for the Orange. Leary scored 21 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, both of which were game-and-career-highs. Sykes scored 16 points on 7-of-12 shooting.

“Shakeya did a very good job of getting catches in the paint and playing aggressive at the rim,” Hillsman said. “… She proved she’s capable of scoring and making plays. (And) Brittney got up and down the floor and did a very good job of getting out in transition.”

Sykes’ go-ahead basket in the final minutes highlighted a night of great transition play from the Orange. Nine players played 10 or more minutes, which allowed the Orange to keep up its effective, quick pace.

Syracuse led by as much as 11 in the first half, but Washington State went on an 8-2 run to close the half and pull ahead 33-30.

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penalties for 619 yards. That’s a whole bunch of uncontrolled controllables.

On Saturday, self-inflicted wounds singlehandedly ended the Orange’s impressive 113:22 shutout streak.

Riley Dixon punted away in the third quarter and Coker set up too close to the Terps’ return man. Fifteen yards. Kick-catch interference.

On the very next play, quarterback C.J. Brown lofted a pass down the right sideline to wide receiver Amba Etta-Tawo. Whigham leapt backward and appeared to haul in an interception, but a flag came in. Fifteen yards. Pass interference.

Without completing a single pass, Maryland moved the ball 30 yards.

“Sometimes you get away with those things,” defensive backs coach Fred Reed said, “but on that one it was pretty clear that it was (pass interference).”

Two plays later it was Welsh’s turn. He reached in to make a tackle on a second-down play. Flags flew. Fifteen yards. Facemask.

Penalties have been a persistent problem for SU this season.

For a hard-nosed nosed squad like the one that head coach Scott Shafer envisions, it’s a glaring concern. The Orange has been quick to buy in to Shafer and adopt his mentality and mannerisms, but the penalty situation is still a major work in progress.

Leading 59-58 and in possession of the ball with 1:51 remaining, Washington State called timeout. In Syracuse’s huddle, Hillsman said associate head coach Vonn Read advised the team switch from its base 2-3 zone defense to a man-to-man.

It worked.

Out of the timeout, Syracuse forced a missed shot and caused three turnovers during the rest of the game, while outscoring the Cougars 10-7.

“It was going to be a back-and-forth game,

“It was going to be a back-and-forth game, we knew that.”

Quentin Hillsman

SYRACUSE HEAD COACH

we knew that,” Hillsman said. “We knew that when you get into one of these kinds of games, playing a team like Washington (State) who makes shots on the perimeter, you know you’re going to have to get some stops. We got some stops, and that was the big thing for us.”

Guard La’Shay Taft added nine points for the Orange while guard Brianna Butler scored seven, including a jumper to put the Orange ahead 62-60 in the final minute.

Syracuse will now return home for a fourgame home stand that begins on Thursday, Nov. 14, against Dartmouth.

“It’ll be good to be home,” Hillsman said.

“It’ll be good to have an opportunity to play in front of our home fans. We love the Dome.” jmhyber@syr.edu

“Penalties get us upset,” linebacker Marquis Spruill said with a smile, “so we just pin our ears back, get on the ball and get ready to play.”

Some of it has to do with all the overturn, especially on offense. SU has a new head coach and offensive coordinator. Syracuse has been through a quarterback change, has Ashton Broyld learning a new position and Brisly Estime’s role is growing.

In a 13-0 win over Wake Forest a week ago, it led to a pair of illegal substitution penalties from Broyld. On Saturday, he committed a false start on the third play of the game. As a team, the Orange took four pre-snap penalties on the day.

The penalties won’t hurt them against Florida State — Jameis Winston will do enough of that on his own — but Syracuse will, in all likelihood, need to win one of its last two games against comparable foes to qualify for a bowl game. One hundred-plus yards of penalties won’t help.

During the Terrapins’ lone scoring drive, Syracuse piled up half that total. Three 15-yarders and an offside near the end of the drive gave Maryland its only points of the day. The Terps’ offense couldn’t do anything else, though, and Syracuse survived again.

“Unfortunately, we haven’t done a good enough job taking care of the penalties, but it’s a great victory,” Shafer said. “Nothing like fixing something after a win.”

David Wilson is the sports editor at The Daily Orange, where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at dbwilson@ syr.edu or on Twitter at @DBWilson2.

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COMING OUT OF ITS SHELL If left unfixed, penalties will cost Syracuse

Orange defense forces 4 straight turnovers in win

By Stephen Bailey

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OLLEGE PARK, Md. — Twelve streams of yellow smoke zoomed into the air over the Byrd Stadium end zone as Maryland’s kicking unit trotted off the field to a hum of semi-sarcastic cheers.

The Terrapins had just scored their first points of the game with 1:10 left in the third quarter, finally breaking a nine-drive stretch that included two interceptions, two fumbles and a missed field goal.

But the fireworks that erupted were more accurately indicative of the Syracuse defense’s performance in the game. The Orange (5-4, 3-2 Atlantic Coast) forced four straight turnovers spanning the 6:07 mark of the second quarter through the 12:35 mark of the third as SU defeated Maryland (5-4, 1-4) 20-3 in an ugly game in front of 37,213 on Saturday.

The same secondary that looked lost at times this season intercepted Maryland quarterback C.J. Brown twice while the Syracuse front seven sacked him thrice. Hard hits and aggressive playmaking from the defense highlighted what was likely the Orange’s biggest win of the season.

“We love it. We love sacks, we love interceptions, we love knocking the quarterback around,” cornerback Julian Whigham said. “We love ugly games.

“If we can keep that going, that’s great for us.”

Whigham said the team “had an idea” in the preseason that the defense would prove to be the team’s

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OLLEGE PARK, Md. — Maryland’s offense is bad.

Really bad. Maybe Syracuse’s defense is really good, too, but without either starting wide receiver

DAVID WILSON

all in the game yo

spencer bodian | asst. photo editor DURELL ESKRIDGE leaps for an interception. SU forced four turnovers, including two on interceptions by C.J. Brown, to hold its opponent out of the end zone for the second straight game.

or either starting tackle, the Terrapins could only move the ball when the Orange was moving it for them.

It took a Lewellyn Coker kickcatch interference, Julian Whigham pass interference and Robert Welsh facemask to bring UMD into fieldgoal range and its only three points of the day.

“We shoot ourselves in the foot a lot with penalties,” quarterback Terrel Hunt said.

Syracuse committed 12 penalties for 115 yards, or 25 fewer than it passed for. Maryland committed just two illegal formation penalties for 10. They only cost SU (5-4, 3-2 Atlantic Coast) those three points at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium on Saturday in a 20-3 win over Maryland (5-4, 1-4), but for a team with solid defense and subpar offense, penalties will eventually come back to bite Syracuse.

SU is the sixth most penalized team in the nation this year with 74

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m e n ’s b a s k e t b a l l

RED HOT: Cooney drains 7 3-pointers as SU escapes Cornell in opener

By Trevor Hass ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Each time Trevor Cooney hit a 3, he acted like nothing happened. Each time he hit a 3, he casually jogged down the floor and went into a defense

stance. Each time he hit a 3, his team82 mates stood and cheered.

60 He drilled seven 3s in total. Only once did he crack a smile. And it was faint.

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THEY SAID IT

“I’m pretty sore. They got me twice in that lower area. ”

Peyton Manning

DENVER BRONCOS QUARTERBACK

Cooney shot 7-of-8 from downtown and 10-of-12 overall. He finished with a career-high 27 points and guided No. 8 Syracuse (1-0) to an 82-60 comeback win over a pesky Cornell (0-1) team on Friday night in front of 24,788

AT A GLANCE

The Syracuse field hockey team got bounced from the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. see dailyorange.com

at the Carrier Dome.

“He is such a great shooter,” Syracuse guard Michael Gbinije said, dragging out each word for emphasis.

“In my opinion one of the greatest shooters in the country.”

TWITTER-SPHERE @JulianWhigham Damn I gotta find a new partner in crime for these Bk, McD, & Denny’s runs

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Cooney shot 26.7 percent from 3 last year, and looked out of his element for most of the season. Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said the reason Cooney didn’t see much

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BY THE NUMBERS

The number of points the Minnesota Timberwolves scored in the first quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night, a franchise record.