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he number of international undergraduates enrolled at Syracuse University has more than tripled since 2006 and students coming from China are making up a majority of the increase.

The dramatic increase has been driven primarily by the enrollment of Chinese students. Chinese students make up more than half of SU’s undergraduate international student population and outnumber the next largest nationality by more than five times, according to a study by the Slutzker Center for International Services.

The surge is primarily a result of economic changes, said Yingyi Ma, a Chinese studies professor. The growth

of the Chinese economy during the last 10 years has given more parents the economic means to send their children abroad for school, Ma said.

The one child policy is another contributing factor — parents only have to pay the price of college education once, Ma said.

“This rise of China really generates so many middle class families who are much wealthier than before,” Ma said.

Chinese undergraduates are more likely to pay full tuition than their American counterparts, she said.

According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, international students contributed more than $20 billion to the U.S. economy during the 2012-13 school year, making higher education one of the nation’s top service sector exports.

Ma also points to the relaxation of restrictions on F-1 student visas as part of the reason for the surge in Chinese student enrollment.

The incentive for Chinese students to study abroad is both symbolic and substantial, Ma said. American brand name colleges come with a reputation for quality that Chinese parents believe will help their children be successful, she said. Foreign credentials offer a leg up for job seekers facing a market that has become more crowded since the implementation of the college enrollment expansion policy by the Chinese government about 10 years ago, Ma said.

Second-year graduate student Tuo Wu came to the United States from Wenzhou, China, to pursue an advanced degree in linguistics. Wu

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said that having a degree from the United States will help his future job prospects in China.

“Many Chinese companies prefer students with an overseas degree,” Wu said. “It’s definitely going to help me.”

Freshman Dong An from Xi’an, China, said that she decided early on that she wanted to go abroad to study media. After middle school, she elected to attend a high school with a focus on English-language studies.

She said that there are more and more international high schools in large cities like Beijing and Shanghai that prepare Chinese students to go abroad for college by conducting classes in English.

“Actually, in China, there are

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LGBT Resource Center director reacts to vandalism

By Meredith Newman News Editor

Vandalism of several Syracuse University LGBT Resource Center campaign signs sparked a Department of Public Safety investigation as well as a community-wide dialogue about symbolic violence on campus.

The signs were part of a “passive” educational effort to raise awareness of the trans* community at SU, said Chase Catalano, director of the LGBT

Resource Center. The campaign was meant to build up to Wednesday’s national Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day to remember those who died from transphobia-related crimes and bring attention to the violence faced by those in the trans* community.

A candlelight vigil will be held at Syracuse City Hall on Wednesday in honor of the Transgender Day of Remembrance and to specifically remember LaTeisha Green, who was

shot in 2008 for being transgender.

The SU LGBT Resource Center defines trans* as a term that includes transgender, transsexual and other transitional gender identities.

On Friday, Catalano said, he found the signs to be bent, stolen, tossed, stepped on and spit on.

That day, a report was filed to DPS. The department is currently conducting an investigation, said Hannah Warren, DPS’ public information and

internal communications officer.

Catalano wrote a letter to the SU community in response to the vandalism, with an introduction by InterimChancellor Eric Spina; Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz, interim senior vice president and dean of student affairs; and Kal Alston, senior vice president for Human Capital Development.

In the letter, Spina, Kantrowitz and Alston stated that the university

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Groups aid typhoon relief fund

By Ellen Meyers Staff Writer

The damage created by Typhoon Haiyan has prompted some Syracuse University students to take action.

“Ultimately, they’re going to need money a month from now,” said Bea Tiu-Laurel, the president and founder of the Filipino Student Organization. Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines on Nov. 8, with winds that reached the same strength as a Category Five hurricane — making it one of the strongest storms in recorded history.

Tiu-Laurel is a part of a largescale initiative titled “SUnited,” which is a series of events planned by the Filipino Student Organization to raise money for those affected by the typhoon. Tiu-Laurel has a personal connection to the typhoon — being raised in the Philippines, she said she searched for a support system on campus and eventually met other students who were Filipino.

Students and clubs across Syracuse University are planning and organizing fundraisers to help Typhoon Haiyan victims. But with Thanksgiving Break, finals and the end of the semester coming up, members of the SU community face several obstacles due to the inconvenient timing.

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Campus organizations raising relief funds:

• Filipino Student Organization • Asian Students in America • Democratizing Knowledge Project

The Filipino Student Organization planned a benefit concert to raise money for those affected by the typhoon, Tiu-Laurel said. The organization arranged for several musical and dance groups to perform at the concert, she said.

But Tiu-Laurel said she and her organization had to cancel the concert, which would have been held on Wednesday, because they could not find a venue on such short notice. For now, Tiu-Laurel said they will raise money for their campaign on Indiegogo, a crowdfunding website.

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josh dekaney, a professor in the Setnor School of Music, leads the Samba Laranja Brazilian Ensemble during its performance on Tuesday night. The ensemble performs in Setnor every semester as a part of the class. The class comprises both music majors and nonmusic majors. The performance consists of 10 different musical arrangements and songs in both English and Portuguese.

STOP Bias begins ‘Who are You?’ postcard campaign

By Anna Merod Staff Writer

To display the ways students identify themselves, STOP Bias is asking students to fill out anonymous postcards answering the question, “Who are you?”

STOP Bias is an initiative through the Division of Student Affairs that aims to rid the campus of discrimination and harassment and promote tolerance.

The group will collect postcards throughout this semester and display them in the Panasci Lounge

in April 2014, said Radell Roberts, program assistant for the Division of Student Affairs.

The group set up tables for students to submit postcards in Goldstein Student Center on Sunday and will be available at Schine Student Center from Tuesday-Thursday, said Roberts. Students can also drop off postcards at the Division of Student Affairs office by the end of the semester, she added.

Projects such as “Who Are You?” help remind people that everyone has a role to play in

advocating for social justice, said Diane Wiener, director of the Disability Cultural Center in the Division Student of Affairs.

“In light of the recent vandalism of the ‘Trans* Lives Matter’ signs, it’s important for people to recognize the systemic implications of their actions. A harm to one is a harm to all,” she said.

The signs were part of an educational effort by the LGBT Resource Center to raise awareness of the trans* community at Syracuse University. The campaign aimed to On

Friday, the signs were damaged, which resulted in a campus-wide email from the administration and LGBT Resource Center about the importance of inclusivity on campus.

The postcards submitted last year revealed the multiple facets of students’ identities on campus, said Kerry Heckman, program coordinator for the Office of Off-Campus and Commuter Services.

Roberts, the program assistant for the Division of Student Affairs, said postcards have ranged from

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Activist discusses Afghan women’s rights issues

By Zane Warman Staff Writer

After earning her master’s degree in sociology in India, Sunita Viswanath returned to the United States in 2000 and became “obsessed, disturbed, concerned and devastated by what was happening” to women in Afghanistan.

She then went on to help create Women for Afghan Women (WAW),

a nongovernmental organization that advocates for women’s rights in Afghanistan.

She spoke at Eggers Hall on Tuesday afternoon to a crowd of approximately 30 people about the issues that women in Afghanistan faced and the help her organization was providing.

Not every victim of women’s rights abuse can tell their story, Viswanath said, but the ones who

can should speak for everyone.

“The future is so uncertain, and those girls’ futures are at stake,” she said. “If it goes the wrong way, their futures are going to be nonexistent.”

Viswanath introduced herself as a grassroots activist. She said she wanted the organization to initially be led by Afghan women, which at the time, was rare.

After doing some “informal fea-

sibility studies” to find a community willing to support the cause, she helped establish WAW in Queens, N.Y., in April 2001. What started out as casual discussions on culture turned into full activism five months later — when the World Trade Center was attacked.

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Currently, SU has tens of millions of dollars invested in fossil fuel companies that pollute our future, our environment and our political process.

Institutions like SU that have taken the lead on sustainability initiatives must also consider greening their stock portfolios, divesting from gas, oil and coal.

While climate change will not be solved with one university’s actions, we hope that SU will become a leader in this movement by setting a precedent. Of the 300 colleges and universities with active divestment campaigns, SU would be the largest private institution in the country to divest.

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Today, the amount of information being thrown at the electorate every hour is more plentiful than all the information about a candidate you could obtain during the duration of a 19th century election cycle. With so much coverage, why does the majority of the population demonstrate extraordinary apathy towards politics?

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letter to the editor on a national scale and right here at Syracuse University. In the recent Student Association election, Boris Gresely, like today’s national politicians, only won because he is good at campaigning. At 10 p.m. Thursday night, he had a team going door to door in my residence hall begging the four or five students who had not voted to do so. He won by 196 votes, all of which were likely acquired during that last-minute sprint. Does winning an election prove he is the best candidate for the job? Not a shot! Perhaps Ivan Rosales or Duane Ford was the better candidate, but the only candidate modern elections select is the one who best campaigns. Do we want the best campaigner in office or the best leader? When framed like that, it should be an easy choice.

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Vandalism to LGBT Resource Center signs represents disregard for trans* community The Syracuse University LGBT Resource Center’s attempt to raise awareness about trans* lives was inconsiderately and shamefully vandalized last Friday.

The center situated lawn signs on the grassy knoll between the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Schine Student Center. The signs read “Trans* Lives Matter” and are in honor of Trans* Remembrance Day, which takes place Wednesday to remember those who lost their lives because of their trans* identity. Trans* encompasses those who identify as transgender, transsexual, gender nonconforming, genderqueer and gender fluid.

On Friday, the signs were intentionally vandalized. They were tossed, spit and stepped on, their metal was bent and several were stolen. The remaining signs were repaired and set back up in the grass to continue

editorial by the daily orange editorial board displaying the message that trans* lives matter.

This symbolic act of violence is an unnecessary and disappointing act from members of the Syracuse community. Though the signs are just physical objects, the vandalism to them reflects a greater issue of disregard for the trans* community.

This recent destruction, regardless of intent, should not be reflective of the university as a whole. The SU administration sent a message to the student body to enforce that this behavior is not tolerated at SU, a university that upholds values of inclusion and acceptance. This is an admirable act.

These values have and should remain an integral part of the campus, despite this destructive act.

The university and LGBT Resource Center have already made strides in making campus more inclusive for various backgrounds and identities.

SU has been nationally recognized for these efforts. The university earned the No. 5 ranking in Unigo.com’s “Top 10 Colleges Supporting LGBT Communities.” SU is also one of 28 universities across the country to offer an LGBT minor, proving it educates students about the community.

Recently, a Department of Public Safety report was filed to investigate who committed the act. Regardless of whether a suspect is identified, this incident should serve as an opportunity for students to become more aware of the trans* community and its presence on the Hill.

Education and awareness can counter acts like this. Although the damaging message cannot be erased, similar events can be prevented.

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Campus speakers advocate for end to homophobia, discrimination in Russia

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violation of human rights is of great concern, no matter where it takes place. Experts who recently spoke at Syracuse University made it clear that we must not ignore any kind of injustice, especially in the country hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Russia’s federal laws that banned “gay propaganda” in June have resulted in unjust and violent discrimination of the country’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens. Media coverage has shown Russians in the LGBT community being attacked and beaten at gay pride parades and protest demonstrations.

These controversial policies under Russian President Vladimir Putin have gained attention, as the 2014 Olympics will take place in Sochi this winter.

Homophobia and discrimination are not unique to Russia.

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on the problem and begin a discussion on this kind of institutionalized prejudice.

A panel of speakers spoke about the effect of these laws this past Thursday at SU’s College of Law, hosted by law student organizations OutLaw and the Entertainment & Sports Law Society.

Events like this are important to draw attention to global issues, since most of the time, these issues are not exclusive to other countries.

At the panel, professor Brian Taylor from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs explained that the anti-LGBT laws in Russia are purposely vague. It forbids “non-traditional sexual relations,” but does not outright mention homosexuality. The laws ban such “propaganda,” but don’t define the meaning of the word.

“Ambiguity is the point,” Taylor said. “This is not a mistake. This is deliberate.”

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head over heels Putin’s laws enable prosecutors to decide whether to open a case depending on the circumstance, which only makes these policies even more ridiculous.

The anti-LGBT laws apply to foreigners too, including Americans heading to Sochi to compete in the Olympics or traveling there for work purposes. This also includes some of our own SU students who will be interning there.

But it isn’t only the visitors and residents in Sochi who can make a difference.

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Radio Free Europe, who said Americans need local spokespeople to publicly challenge the laws. He said it is important some of these people be allies to prove that gay rights are human rights, and human rights should not be denied.

Professor Rick Burton from the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics said this situation poses a risk for the LGBT community not only in Russia, but also in other areas of the world.

The laws in Russia prove that sexual orientation is often feared, and that fear can transcend to LGBT expression being intolerable and then outlawed. We need widespread dialogue and education to prevent this type of response.

The collision of LGBT rights and sports has become a growing topic of discussion in the United States, as well, where LGBT athletes face scrutiny.

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selected Brittney Griner as the first overall pick in the 2013 WNBA Draft, most of the press focused on her sexuality and gender expression. Jason Collins also received attention when he became the first active male professional athlete in a major North American team sport to publicly come out as gay last April.

In Russia, the government will likely do all it can to keep the focus on the sports and their events at this year’s Olympic games, but we must remember the citizens of Russia and how they are continually harassed through Putin’s laws.

The Sochi Olympics will come and go, but homophobia still continues. This must be a learning experience for the world, or else Russia won’t be alone in perpetrating abuse.

Laura Cohen is a junior magazine journalism and women’s and gender studies major. Her column appears weekly.

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ore than 130 people kicked off the Tech Garden’s new interactive center this weekend when they gathered in the space for nearly 30 hours in the course of three days to create and pitch small business ideas.

Formerly a large and unappealing room in the Harrison Street technology incubator, the “Power Up” room opened last week as a collaborative workspace geared especially for events and short-term programs, said Seth Mulligan, director of venture development at CenterState CEO, the organization that owns and operates the Tech Garden.

Whiteboard-lined walls and portable tables make the 1,850-square-foot space a great fit for team-driven programs, he said.

“It was a room without a mission or a purpose, and it wasn’t doing a lot of good,” Mulligan said. “Now it has three programs that are attached to it that can run at different times throughout the year.”

The three programs are Syracuse StartUp Weekend, the annual event that tasks an average of 125 participants with pitching and creating 10-15 small businesses in the course of one weekend; StartUp Labs, a competitive, month-long accelerator program in which companies develop under intense mentorship; and Hack Upstate, a hackathon in which computer programmers and developers gather for a specific challenge.

The “Power Up” room stems from a partnership between utilities company National Grid and CenterState CEO, said Virginia Limmiatis, the National Grid media relations representative who covers Central New York.

Because economic development is part of the company’s mission, she said, National Grid has spent more than $10 million on creating jobs and supporting commercial businesses in Central New York this year

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Joyce LaLonde, a member of the Filipino Student Organization and the public relations head for the “SUnited” project, said they hope to utilize the typhoon’s relevance.

“The excitement around the typhoon is right now, so we need this big push initiative,” she said.

Other student groups also altered their upcoming events. The SU chapter of Asian

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The idea for the “Power Up” lab originated when National Grid identified a need for a more permanent collaborative space in the Tech Garden, she said.

The space that is now redesigned as the “Power Up” room had been used for large events such as StartUp Weekend in the past, said Mitchell Patterson, an organizer for the

program. But participants tended to gather in the unappealing space only for the beginning and end of the weekend when pitching ideas or presenting their companies, he said.

The “Power Up” lab fosters a different dynamic, said Patterson, who is also managing director for the emerging business portfolio at CenterState CEO. “By the end of the weekend, every wall was written on,” he said, adding that many teams stayed in the room throughout the weekend, even trading ideas with opposing

teams rather than breaking off to individual conference rooms or other areas in the multisuite Tech Garden complex. “It built a more collaborative atmosphere.”

This collaboration and interaction positively contribute to the innovative ideas that the Tech Garden aims to support, he added.

And considering small businesses and startups drive new job growth in the United States, Mulligan said, spaces such as the “Power Up” room become especially important.

Students in America hosted a concert called “Elements of Hip Hop with Sigma Beta Rho Fraternity Inc.” on Nov. 16.

Sharon Lee, the president of ASIA, said the club usually donates some money to a nonprofit, but due to the nature of the typhoon, it decided to donate 50 percent of the proceeds to the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns, a collective of Filipino groups and individuals, which would give those funds to grassroots organizations in the Philippines.

Lee said ASIA will have other events

to support the Philippines, but nothing is set for next semester. She said there hasn’t been as much student participation in relief efforts because of how the academic calendar was set for the year.

Mary Rose Go, the program assistant for the Democratizing Knowledge Project, set up donation boxes for NAFCON on campus and in local businesses such as Café Kubal and Boba Suite.

Go said she researched a lot and chose NAFCON because it works directly with the local community and seemed legitimate. She

said there have been many reports of the Filipino government and the Philippine Red Cross pocketing and mishandling money.

Although not everyone has a connection to the Philippines, Lee said SU students should recognize other cultures and support them in tough times.

“A lot of people lost family and friends and loved ones,” Lee said. “In order for them to pick them back up, it’s important to give them hope again and help bring them back to where they can survive and live again.”

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is “deeply committed to inclusion and to ensuring that all members of our richly diverse campus are treated with dignity and respect, and we acknowledge the pain and frustration this incident has caused.”

Kantrowitz could not be reached for additional comment.

Catalano said the letter was intended to inform the community of the effect the vandalism had on not only the LGBT community, but the entire university community as well. He added that the LGBT community will not silently let this act of symbolic violence go, and he hopes this incident will show the importance of having an inclusive community.

“I wanted to make clear in the letter that this happened to everyone,” Catalano said.

“At the end of the day, as much as people want to potentially focus on this happening to the LGBT Resource Center, and the populations we directly and indirectly serve, it happened to all of Syracuse University.

We need to stop thinking about these incidents as personal interactions, but really as larger ref lections.”

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descriptions of students’ families, interests and studies to more serious topics, such as how they have been marginalized.

Roberts said she hopes that they will receive more postcards from students this year, but that the campaign is not about numbers and that just giving people the opportunity is “a nice experience.” This year, Roberts said, STOP Bias is trying to get residence life more

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abundant students, I think, who want to go abroad,” An said.

The growth of the international student population at SU is ref lective of a broader national trend.

International student enrollment reached a record high of 819,644 students in the 2012-13 school year, a 7 percent increase during the previous year, according to the 2013 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange.

The report identifies China as the No. 1 country of origin with more than 28.7 percent of the total

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He added that he wouldn’t necessarily classify the vandalism as a hate crime, since hate crimes focus more on motive and intention. Catalano said that, to him, this was more about targeted transphobia and the effect it had on a particular population.

This is the only incident of symbolic violence that has been this public thus far in the semester, Catalano said. But he added that this might not be the only incident that occurred since people who are targeted often don’t speak up.

Catalano said he has seen a lot of support from the administration as well as from social media, specifically Facebook.

He added that he remains optimistic that the support will continue and that this incident will keep the dialogue going about the importance of inclusivity on campus.

“To do the work that we do, I come from a place of hope,” he said. “I have hope that we can grow from this and this will be a way for people to think more critically about their actions, even the ones they think people aren’t watching. I just want people to be more reflective thinkers and worry about how their actions might have an effect on other people.” mhnewman@syr.edu

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involved with the project.

Wiener, director of the Disability Cultural Center, said last year’s “Who Are You?” reception helped students realize that not everyone feels safe on campus and encouraged them to advocate for students who feel marginalized.

Said Weiner: “Students told me after the reception that they felt supported and encouraged about what they can do to make the campus better and safer, so everyone feels included.” almerod@syr.edu

population of international students.

The report also marks the second consecutive year that international undergraduate students have outnumbered international graduate students. Although the statistic does not yet hold true on the SU campus — international graduate students still outnumber international undergraduates 2,032 to 1,395 — Pat Burak, director of the Slutzker center, said the gap has narrowed in recent years.

“At Syracuse University, undergraduate growth is really on the rise,” Burak said.

Though the Slutzker center offers a variety of services for international students, Burak said SU has not been able to scale up its programs to keep pace with the sharp increase in

she said. “Because of it, Afghanistan opened up and everything our work goes toward became possible.”

WAW has helped protect or rehabilitate more than 8,000 women in the past six years, Viswanath said.

Afghanistan, which has the highest abuse rate for women, does not have a culture where women can reinvent themselves, she added. Instead, the group provides stability for women to continue their lives by holding their abusers accountable, educating children of imprisoned women and helping teach vocational skills. Some even become workers for WAW, she said.

the number of international students.

“The university has admitted so many students, but has not ramped up the infrastructure to support them,” Burak said.

Burak suggested that the university could provide a Chinese counselor at the counseling center, better housing assistance and diversity education for domestic students to improve the experience of international students.

Many Chinese students are drawn to the United States partly for the opportunity to interact with another culture, but are then disappointed with how difficult it is to make connections, Ma said.

“The very reason they want to come here is to expose themselves to a different envi-

“When they first come, they are broken, you can see that,” said Manizha Naderi, executive director of WAW, in a video shown at the event. “They like nothing, they want nothing...but after a while, you can see that they are a different person.”

The group, in affiliation with other grassroots organizations, gathered in Kabul in 2003 with Afghan women to draft the “Afghan women’s bill of rights,” a list of demands for what they believe should be protected by Afghanistan’s constitution, Viswanath said.

“We did not have to come from outside and say, ‘these are your human rights, these are what you deserve’. They knew.” she said. “As a human being, my gut feeling about human rights was affirmed. People know their rights as human beings.” zmwarman@syr.edu

ronment and interact with American culture,” Ma said.

In a 2011 survey of more than 450 international students in the South and the Northeast, East Asian students were least satisfied with the number and quality of their American friendships, according to a study by the Journal of International and Intercultural Education.

Wu said that Chinese students sometimes feel excluded from American students based on cultural differences.

“Because of our language problem a lot of us have had a hard time adapting to American life,” he said. “I think the university should pay more attention to Asian students.” lggorman@syr.edu

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the daily orange

the sweet stuff in the middle

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photos courtesy of kevin gendron (from left) Elle Shaheen and Constance witman star in a PSA about reporting child abuse to adults. The video was created by Kevin Gendron, a freshman advertising major, during a summer internship. It recently aired on Comedy Central during “The Colbert Report.”

Speak up

Student stands against child abuse, creates PSA aired on Comedy Central

By Madysan Foltz Staff Writer

n the summer before his senior year of high school, Kevin Gendron was inspired by a former National Hockey League player to prevent child abuse.

As part of a film festival screening committee, Gendron viewed the film “Pursuit of Truth: Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Seeking Justice.” In it, Sheldon Kennedy, the NHL player and an abuse victim, said, “on average, a child has to ask seven adults before their [abuse] case is taken seriously.”

Gendron was immediately compelled to act.

“You felt like you had to do something about it right then and there,” Gendron said. “They can’t defend themselves, so I wanted to defend them.”

As part of his action, Gendron, now a freshman advertising major, created a 60-second public service announcement. The piece was the result of an internship capstone for his producer Peter Connors and all work on the PSA was completed pro bono. His project first aired in his hometown of Portsmouth, N.H., and was eventually picked up by Comedy Central for a commercial spot during Tuesday night’s “The Colbert Report.”

Connors said they were lucky Comedy Central was the channel that picked it up because of the type of audience the Colbert Report attracts.

“I think you would be hardpressed to find a more socially active and inf luential audience, especially in the media sphere, than you’d find on ‘The Colbert Report,’” Connors said.

Gendron served as director and editor of the PSA, and co-wrote it with David McHugh, the screenwriter for “Bad Teacher.” McHugh said his main job was to be a “backbone for the overall goal” of the project and that Gendron had all the ideas; all he did was help find the right way to craft it.

Because of the high caliber of everyone involved, Gendron said the film exceeded his highest expectations.

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Paws In Motion program helps local shelter dogs socialize

By Katie Rubino Contributing Writer

The clanging of metal mixed with loud barking fill the room as dogs leap against their kennel doors. They know what time it is: running time.

Paws In Motion is a Central New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals program in which volunteers run or walk the shelter dogs in a one-mile or half-mile loop.

Volunteers can also take dogs out to either of the two play and agility areas in the back of the facility. Each week, CNY SPCA volunteers walk

“Dogs are social creatures. It’s good for them to be around people who give positive attention.”

Donna Newman

CNY SPCA volunteer

about 50 of the 55-60 shelter dogs.

However, Paws In Motion loses many runners and walkers — 75 percent of which are college students who

graduate or go home — during the summer and has to rebuild volunteers in the fall. During September through November, Paws In Motion works to secure volunteers to walk the dogs throughout the winter months, and is still looking for volunteers.

“When the dogs get exercise, they release energy and are more wellbehaved,” said Dawn Lammert, a CNY SPCA volunteer and the Paws In Motion organizer.

Lammert, who adopted her own dog from the CNY SPCA after becoming involved with Paws In Motion,

said the program helps socialize and exercise the dogs — something that usually doesn’t happen — and many dogs go “kennel crazy” from being cooped up for long periods of time.

Donna Newman, a CNY SPCA volunteer, said Paws In Motion helps dogs learn new skills which also makes them more adoptable.

“Dogs are social creatures,” Newman said. “It’s good for them to be around people who give positive attention.”

Newman has made Paws In Motion a family affair. Her two sons helped

build the agility course and her husband Kevin runs with up to 10 dogs almost every Saturday. Volunteers can exercise dogs during the CNY SPCA business hours during the week or from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturdays.

Newman said the experience might be overwhelming for people the first time they visit the facility, but the experience is worth it.

Said Newman: “You say ‘I can’t help all these dogs.’ But if you come to the shelter and took out one dog and made that dog happy, that matters.” knrubino@syr.edu

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Preventable sexually transmitted infections spread often among students

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exually transmitted infections are more common and widespread than you might think.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, about 25 percent of college students have an STI — and nearly half of the 20 million new STIs diagnosed each year in the United States are found in individuals between 15-24 years old. More than $16 billion is spent curing STIs annually in the United States.

Human papillomavirus, or HPV, and chlamydia have the highest rate of new infections in the United States, with the majority of new STI cases coming from HPV — notable especially because severe cases of HPV can lead to cervical cancer.

Today, more than ever, there are ample opportunities to stay educated about these infections, receive treatment or get tested.

But somehow, the stigma of having an STI and the thought of “it can’t happen to me”

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writer, editor, sweater still pervades.

The easiest way to prevent STIs — in stark contrast to college hook-up culture — is to abstain from sexual activity.

Latex condoms can help prevent some STIs, including gonorrhea and chlamydia, as well as the transmission of HIV, and can reduce the risk of HPV and herpes. But anyone who engages in sexual activity is susceptible to an STI. Unfortunately, many symptoms, especially

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early on, do not appear or can be confused with something else.

Having sex with multiple partners and having unprotected sex should be immediate grounds to consider getting tested. If you think you could have an STI or would like to have a test, there are some simple steps to take.

First and foremost, always talk to your partner. Never be nervous to ask about STIs — your health and your body are yours to nurture and protect. And anyone who makes you feel uncomfortable or bad about that is a giant red flag.

To get tested, schedule an appointment at Syracuse University Health Services or at any of the hospitals or family clinics in the area.

Nearly every medical clinic offers STI testing or will point you in the right direction. Clinics provide accurate and comprehensive tests; at-home STI tests are often incorrect, especially given mishandling (you’d have to send the results to a lab anyway), and only recently has the FDA approved certain at-home tests, including an oral HIV test.

But most importantly, be honest and open with your sexual partners. With millions of cases each year — only 1.1 million cases are actually reported, though many more are transmitted — STIs are a dangerous health concern that are incredibly easy to prevent.

Taking care of your body and those around you in an effort to curb the transmission of STIs is smart, responsible and mature. There are more than 110 million cases of STIs in the United States alone.

Some go away and many are treatable. Some are lifelong.

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The 60-second PSA, aptly titled “Stand Up and Step Forward,” follows a young girl suffering from child abuse. After sitting in a classroom full of students, the young girl gets up, walks across the room and whispers into the teacher’s ear. The teacher then takes the student by the hand, leading her out of the room. Words appear on the screen saying, “She found the courage to report her abuse. So can you.”

Gendron said his idea was brought to life because of the aesthetic style of Jonathon Millman, the director of photography. His visuals, paired with German composer Nils Frahm’s music, tied the entire package together, he said.

As for finding actors to portray such a strong message, Gendron said the search wasn’t so easy. But once they found Elle Shaheen, granddaughter of New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, everything came together.

Not a novice to the small screen, Shaheen, who played the PSA’s victim, has been on national television a few times before, but said she has never experienced an atmosphere quite like this. She said the cast and crew set themselves apart from others she has worked with by being exceedingly professional and caring.

It was even more of a surprise for Shaheen, she said, because she didn’t realize how young Gendron, the heart and soul of the project, was at the time of the shoot.

“I honestly didn’t know he was 18 at the time we shot because of how mature and professional he was,” she said.

Gendron certainly noticed Shaheen’s acting abilities and said that she “rocked” her performance.

The other starring role — the teacher — was performed by an actress from Newfields, N.H.:

Exploring your sexuality and enjoying the company of others can be a fun, engaging and healthy experience. But it’s important to remember some ramifications of having many partners. To maintain that kind of sexual behavior, students need to be responsible for their actions and their health.

If you are sexually active, the Center for Disease Control recommends the following: 1. All adults and adolescents should be tested at least once for HIV.

2. Annual Chlamydia screenings are advised for all sexually active women age 25 and under, as well as older women with risk factors (new, multiple sex partners).

3. Yearly gonorrhea screening should be administered for at-risk sexually active women (new/multiple partners, community factors).

4. Pregnant women should be screened for Syphilis, HIV, Chlamydia and hepatitis B, and at-risk pregnant women for gonorrhea, at the fist prenatal visit to protect mother and fetus.

5. Trichomoniasis screenings should be conducted at least annually for all HIV-infected women.

6. All sexually active gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men should be screened at least once a year for syphilis, Chlamydia, gonorrhea and HIV. Men who have multiple or anonymous partners should get tested more frequently, as well as those who use illegal drugs.

Jillian Thaw is a magazine, newspaper and online journalism graduate student.

No glove, no love. Her column appears every Wednesday in Pulp. Email her at jathaw@syr. edu and follow her on Twitter @jathaw.

Constance Witman. She said it wasn’t hard to conjure up the emotion the role required.

“You just have to really put yourself in the situation. What if it was me?” she said. “If somebody tells you that they’re being abused, that’s got to hit you somewhere. Otherwise, I think you’d have to be a robot to just ignore something like that, especially when it’s a child.”

The simple film lets the emotion speak louder than words, and because of its content, the PSA’s team has started working with the National Children’s Alliance, a nonprofit organization that oversees more than 700 child advocacy centers across the country. The organization’s work has been adopted across the United States. Each state chapter has its own website created by Fishnet Media that offers resources, hotlines, testimonials and articles that are local to each state.

As for the overall message of the campaign, co-writer David McHugh hopes it helps child victims of abuse gain the confidence necessary to reach out to someone they can trust.

Said McHugh: “There are too many kids that have to suffer through a whole lot of terrible things. It takes courage to reach out for help. If we can help even a couple more kids gain the confidence to do so, it will be worth it.” mgfoltz@syr.edu

Children’s Advocacy Centers

Victim advocacy and support: By providing services that reduce trauma, this program establishes a network of support for the child and family.

Specialized medical evaluation and treatment: Child advocacy centers offer medical attention either onsite or through an affiliation with local hospitals.

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Stealing Thor’s thunder D

By Brittany Russell Staff Writer

espite the storm of success that followed the original, any high expectations for “Thor: The Dark World” quickly fizzled out.

Even though Marvel Entertainment’s characters have accumulated a large fan base, strong acting failed to make up for the shortcomings of its unoriginal fantasy premise.

And if you haven’t seen the first one, “The Dark World” can be hard to follow.

In the first film, Thor’s grandfather led troops into the mythical city of Asgard — the major setting in both films — to battle the dark elves, who had control of the Aether, a super weapon that could destroy civilizations. They were defeated before using it, and the weapon was buried far below the ground with the hope that no one would rediscover it — a very pre-

dictable end to the first “Thor.”

Back again and ready to battle in “The Dark World,” Thor (Chris Hemsworth) returns to Asgard despite having to leave behind his love interest Jane (Natalie Portman). While trying to search for Thor, Jane stumbles into an alternate universe, is possessed by the Aether and she struggles to get free. Shortly after, the dark elves’ leader Malekith (Christopher Eccleston), predictably makes a return at this point in the film, hoping to steal back the Aether and create a new age of darkness.

“Thor: The Dark World” almost resembles “The Lord of the Rings” at this point. Granted, many of these action fantasy movies are built on similar premises and director Alan Taylor does a good job at facing this challenge head on after replacing previous “Thor” director Kenneth Branagh.

Although the movie hasn’t received reviews

Negative reviews defeat superhero sequel cast

as good as its predecessor did, there are some highlights in the sequel the original “Thor” did not have, namely an increase of humor from Kat Dennings’ appearance as Jane’s intern.

Funny moments like the ones Dennings pull off can be difficult to add in to this type of film, but she does a good job infusing her wit. Another highlight is a brief cameo from Captain America (Chris Evans).

The actors seem to really embrace their characters. Hemsworth is able to perfect his character’s low-pitched and mystifying voice, something that is now highly associated with Thor as a character.

Natalie Portman also delivers a performance that audiences have come to expect from her.

But it’s Tom Hiddleston who does the best at captivating audiences — he really should have made more appearances in the movie. Hiddleston plays Loki, Thor’s malevolent brother, and despite delivering several clever jabs at

Thor, the two join forces to fight off Malekith.

Throughout the battle sequences, it is hard to not notice the extraordinary computer graphics making up the land of Asgard. Without that special cinematography, audiences would hardly have taken it seriously.

While the movie has its charming moments and some comic relief, “Thor: The Dark World” is not highly recommended for just anyone. To really enjoy this film, you would need to be a big fan of “Thor,” or at least have a love for fantasy movies.

It is not an edge-of-your-seat nail biter and it does not have enough funny scenes to even remotely be considered a comedy. It really is just an action film, and if that is your cup of tea, then “Thor: The Dark World” is the perfect film for you. baruss01@syr.edu

“thor: the dark world” Director: Alan Taylor

Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston Release date: Nov. 8

illustration by andy casadonte | art director

Rating: 3/5

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On Thursday, Aug. 29, Syracuse head coach Ian McIntyre placed the upcoming season in the big picture.

He could only say so much about tactics and strategy leading up to SU’s season-opening match against Colgate. So for a moment, he nudged the Raiders aside and spoke candidly about the coming year.

“It could potentially be monumental for us,” McIntyre said. “Things are falling into place for the SU men’s soccer program. We need to take care of business and build on our recent success.”

A year prior, Syracuse embarked on the best season in program history — also the final season of the Big East. But after stressing the importance of following up in 2013, McIntyre also noted that capturing similar success in the team’s first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference wouldn’t be easy.

He called that a “big ask.” And he was right.

After finishing 10-7-1 and 3-7-1 in the ACC, Syracuse failed to make the ACC or NCAA tournament at regular season’s end. After looking to bury former futility with two straight successful seasons, the Orange is left with a shell of what it aspires to be. However, with every player on the current roster returning next season, the team will extract valuable experience from 2013 and get back to the drawing board right away.

“We really competed this year, there were some games we deserved to lose but others that were unlucky and could have gone our way,” SU goalkeeper Alex Bono said. “It was our first

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In its first-ever ACC contest against Virginia Tech on Sept. 6, Syracuse learned two things: that it could compete in one of the nation’s premier conferences, but also that wins wouldn’t be served on a plate.

Leading 1-0 late in the second half, SU was less than five minutes away from winning its first conference game in as many tries. But then the Hokies scored in the 86th and again in the 98th, the latter a sudden-death goal that left the Orange with a shocking 2-1 loss.

That was the prelude to what would be a rocky, yet competitive inaugural ACC season.

“That was our first ACC test against a team that competes every season,” Bono said.

“We didn’t come out with the win and were disappointed, but we put ourselves in a position where we could be upset.”

From there, the Orange finished with a spotless 7-0 nonconference slate — highlighted by a 1-0 win against then-No. 12 Connecticut — but didn’t fare as well in conference play.

Regardless, the season boiled down to one game, where the Orange had the opportunity to sneak into the ACC tournament as the eighth and final team.

“We had a chance,” freshman forward Chris Nanco said. “We had to beat Wake Forest. We knew we had to beat Wake Forest, and we just didn’t.”

Syracuse lost 4-1 to the Demon Deacons, and its final soccer of the season was played at W. Dennie Spry Soccer Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C. “I don’t really remember what I was thinking after that game,” Nanco said. “I just remember it being quiet. It was hard for anyone to talk.”

On Monday, the NCAA announced the 48 teams that will compete in the NCAA tournament. Six ACC teams received bids, the most of any conference in the country.

“If you would have told me two years ago that my team would reach the Sweet 16 and then compete in the ACC, I would have said ‘No way.’”

Ian McIntyre

SU head coach

The Orange finished ninth in the conference and the foregone ending of its season was substantiated by the tournament field.

But SU didn’t take the news as an excuse to take the day off. The team participated in a fitness test on Monday afternoon to gauge each player’s current condition before training picks up after Thanksgiving Break.

For McIntyre, the last four months weren’t a bump in the road. They were the second step in turning his blissful vision into an actuality.

“If you would have told me two years ago that my team would reach the Sweet 16 and then compete in the ACC, I would have said ‘No way,’” McIntyre said. “I want Syracuse to permanently be on the soccer map, and we’re getting there.” jcdoug01@syr.edu @dougherty_ jesse

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coach to expand Cornelius’ role.

“That actually gave me more opportunities,” Cornelius said. “Even though I’m not receiving the ball, other things that I do is contributing to me getting playing time.”

“Before you make big plays, you’ve got to make other big plays. And blocking is a big play for me and it is for the team.”

Alvin Cornelius

Syracuse wide receiver

His blocking ability is one of the first things that his teammates and coaches alike praise him for. Hunt talked about it right after the FSU game. Head coach Scott Shafer mentioned it during his teleconference on Tuesday. Christopher Clark said he’s one of the best on the team. Even at Tottenville (N.Y.) High School, his head coach Jim Munson said Cornelius was one of the best blockers in the area.

There’s nothing special that Cornelius does — it all comes down to technique, he said. And if he perfects his technique, then his role as a pass catcher will expand, too.

During the preseason, the wide receivers corps adopted a slogan to set the tone for their season.

“No block, no rock.”

“In order for us to get the rock,” Cornelius said, “we’re going to have to block.”

And for the Orange that’s especially cru-

cial. More than most teams, SU needs its running game to set up the passing game.

Hunt isn’t yet a strong enough signal-caller for the offense to revolve around him — it has to center on Jerome Smith and Syracuse’s running backs.

When those backs get to the outside, Cornelius and Co. need to make sure they can get to the second level. That will open up holes in the passing game and more opportunities for the wide receivers to make plays.

“Before you make big plays, you’ve got to make other big plays,” Cornelius said.

“And blocking is a big play for me and it is for the team.”

With inexperience abound at wide receiver and quarterback, it was clear from Day 1 that the running backs would carry Syracuse.

So the wide receivers had to talk about something that most don’t think of as a first responsibility: blocking.

“He’s really put a lot of emphasis on getting those guys to block and getting them to buy in, to be team players,” offensive coordinator George McDonald said.

“Everybody wants to go to college and you’re a receiver being recruited you never talk about blocking.”

Right now, that’s probably Cornelius’ greatest strength. Every other No. 2 receiver has had a particular strength as pass-catchers.

Cornelius is at his best away from the ball.

“Jeremiah (Kobena) has speed, so when he runs fast routes I just look at him fly past everybody and think I’ve got to do the same thing,” Cornelius said. “Chris (Clark) never really drops a ball.”

But what about Syracuse’s newest starter?

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to continue a productive stretch as the Orange (3-0) hosts Maryland Eastern Shore (1-2) at 7 p.m. in the Carrier Dome.

“She’s been rebounding and hitting the open shot,” SU guard Brianna Butler said. “Right now she’s probably one of the best 3-point shooters on our team. She’s knocking down the open shots, she’s playing hard, and she’s doing exactly what coach needs of her and what the team needs of her.”

With the graduation of center Kayla Alexander and the transfer of forward Pachis Roberts to Georgia, Ford’s minutes have skyrocketed. The 6-foot forward averaged just five minutes per game last season, yet in SU’s season-opener against Washington State this year, she played 25.

In a game where SU took the lead for good with only 47 seconds remaining, Ford shot just 1-of-9 and finished with three points.

“I think the first game at Washington State everyone shot bad, so it was one of those things where nobody shot the ball particularly well,” Hillsman said. “But Taylor is very capable of scoring the basketball and very capable of making plays for us.”

Ford said the poor performance was due to some first-game jitters and because she rushed her shot.

“I’m a pretty good shooter, so if I take my time, I’m good,” she said.

In SU’s next two games against Dartmouth and Cornell, she was more than good.

In 14 minutes against Dartmouth in the home opener, Ford finished with a career-high 13 points. She didn’t miss any of the four shots she took in the first half, all of which were 3-pointers.

On Monday night against Cornell, Ford shot

2-of-3 from the field. Although she only played eight minutes, she finished with four points, an assist and a steal.

“The first game I was rushing ‘cause we were down,” Ford said. “… The second and third games I just took my time.”

While Ford is just beginning to find her niche on the Orange, Butler knows the potential her roommate has. Ford and Butler have known each other for more than four years, having

“The first game I was rushing ‘cause we were down. … The second and third games I just took my time.”

Taylor Ford

SU reserve forward

played together on the renowned AAU team Exodus NYC and at Nazareth Regional (N.Y.) High School in Brooklyn.

Butler said Ford has always been aggressive and a force on the glass, and in the time she’s known her has become a better decision maker and quicker on defense. Ford has also extended her shooting range.

While her minutes are unpredictable, what is predictable is her production. Excluding the game against Washington State, Ford is shooting 75 percent from the field and 80 percent from 3-point range.

“She’s getting more comfortable,” Butler said.

“Going from last year from playing little minutes and then this year playing big minutes for us, I think it’s more so each game she’s getting more comfortable, getting more relaxed and playing more of her game.”

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im Boeheim spent the majority of the first half during Syracuse’s win against St. Francis (N.Y.) on Monday alternating the focus of his ire between two defensively inept centers — DaJuan Coleman and Rakeem Christmas.

A slew of smaller, quicker Terriers forward abused the heart of the Orange zone throughout the opening 20 minutes. They exposed a weakness unseen in the Orange’s first three games, but confirmed by Boeheim’s repeated furious reactions and direct postgame comments.

“I don’t think we handled it well,” Boeheim said.

The SU head coach knows other teams will try

similar attacks, and with tougher, faster Atlantic Coast Conference opponents ahead that should worry Syracuse fans. Of course the near catastrophe gives the Orange a chance to address its problem early. How it does could have a profound effect on the team’s success this season.

“There’s no question when a team decides to go inside, which now I’m sure people are going to, we have to be better,” Boeheim said.

In the second half on Monday, Boeheim limited Coleman’s minutes to just five despite the sophomore dropping a career-high 14 points.

That’s how slow his feet were.

Christmas’ more apparent problem was

his lack of physicality. Six-foot-6 St. Francis forwards Jalen Cannon and Wayne Martin bullied the 6-foot-9, 250-pound junior throughout the contest.

With both on the bench for most of the second stanza, Baye Moussa Keita proved again that he is the Orange’s best defensive center. He made a key block and knocked down two free throws to help spark SU’s 10-0 game-closing run.

But fouling out in just 12 minutes of playing time doesn’t exactly prove him a viable solution to the problem.

That solution is left to be seen.

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Through four games, Ennis has struggled to score consistently and find defenders with the ease he did during the preseason.

The jump from Division II and Canadian competition to Division I-level talent has shocked him a little bit. He is no longer playing in the seemingly effortless manner he was before the year started. Now he’s playing like a freshman.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that. He is, of course, a freshman and is doing things most people would expect a freshman to do. He’s taking some bad shots and making some ill-advised passes. But he wasn’t supposed to do that for this SU team.

He was supposed to be the in-control f loor general that would make sure Syracuse could score.

“He will make better decisions, he will see it,” Boeheim said. “We’ll try to show him some things and I think he’ll get better.”

He’s still a fine point guard, but the Orange needs him to excel for 38 minutes per game. And by the end of the year maybe he will. But for now he’s a wild card. Some days he’ll be great and on others he’ll struggle, which SU can’t have out of its only true point guard.

—compiled by David Wilson, sports editor

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Coleman can’t defend, Keita can’t score and Christmas can’t do anything but jump. Putting them together might just work. Come on, scientists! It’s time to create DaJuan Moussa Christmas!

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2. point of concern

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yler Ennis fooled us all. His calm, cool demeanor and spectacular preseason passes left us wide eyed and without worry. He wasn’t a freshman. He was a starting point guard. He’d command this Syracuse offense without a hitch.

Even head coach Jim Boeheim was impressed and as surprised as the rest of us when his slow start left the Orange with questions at point guard.

“He’s trying to do some things there when he should just make the pass,” Boeheim said after Monday’s 56-50 win over St. Francis (N.Y.). “But he got to the basket and made a big drive for us.”

3. benchwarmers

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wo years ago, Syracuse had a ridiculous amount of depth. Michael CarterWilliams, Dion Waiters, James Southerland, C.J. Fair and Baye Moussa Keita comprised one of the better benches in recent memory. But this year, Syracuse’s bench isn’t quite as talented.

Now Trevor Cooney, who was a reserve last season, is starting. Besides Jerami Grant, the Orange doesn’t have any proven, ultra-talented offensive players off the bench. Grant is the main cog. He’s been inconsistent so far this year, but has stepped up in the crunch time and improved his mid-range jumper.

“He can make that 15-footer,” Jim Boeheim said following Syracuse’s win over St. Francis, “and when he starts making that he’s going to be difficult to guard.”

After Grant, Michael Gbinije is SU’s best player off the bench. Gbinije has looked smooth at times. He hit the eventual gamewinning layup against St. Francis, scored 11 points against Colgate and dropped five dimes versus Cornell.

But Gbinije is still getting acclimated to playing point guard. He combined for eight turnovers in Syracuse’s two preseason games. He barely saw any time his freshman season at Duke and sat out last season as a transfer. Now in addition to playing on the wing, he’s getting used to a new role as a backup point guard.

“It’s difficult, but I really accept the challenge,” Gbinije said in the preseason.

“It’s kind of fun being able to touch the ball every play.”

After Gbinije is Keita, who’s a reliable defender, but is averaging only 2.5

points per game. Keita has to play somewhat substantial minutes out of necessity because of Rakeem Christmas’ offensive ineptitude and DaJuan Coleman’s defensive struggles.

From there, B.J. Johnson, Ron Patterson and Tyler Roberson are all talented freshmen, but none are experienced. They didn’t see a second of playing time against St. Francis and likely won’t see much going forward.

That leaves Syracuse’s rotation at eight men deep, and the three coming off the bench are less talented than SU’s bench players have been in the past.

—compiled by Trevor Hass, asst. sports editor tbhass@syr.edu, @TrevorHass

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The who’s who of the 2011-12 Syracuse bench is long gone. While Grant is a ferocious rebounder and improving scorer, the inexperienced Gbinije and Keita could be weak spots. Any chance of sneaking Mookie onto the court?

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For Syracuse to strike gold this season, it needs Ennis to step up, be a consistent scoring threat and keep the turnovers low. Silver isn’t bad, though.

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Cornelius blocks way into lineup

By David Wilson Sports Editor

Alvin Cornelius was surprised when he found out he was going to start against Florida State.

“Jarrod (West) had texted me and told me they were going to need me this game and I just thought maybe I was going to get in the rotation more,” Cornelius said.

Syracuse’s slew of options opposite the No. 1 wide receiver West run the gamut from ineffective to inconsistent. Only when the Orange was able to move H-back Ashton Broyld out wide did it get any explosiveness out of the position.

An injury to Brisly Estime, though, slid Broyld back inside and meant SU needed to go back to one of its old options or find a new one.

The passing game has been nonexistent for the better part of the past two months. Weapons out wide have essentially been rendered obsolete.

Wide receivers coach Rob Moore decided to try something different.

Cornelius got the call for his first start against No. 2 Florida State on Saturday. He wasn’t targeted — quarterback Terrel Hunt threw the ball just 18 times — but he earned universal praise from coaches and teammates for his ability to block

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defensive backs on the outside.

“He did the intangibles that we needed,” Hunt said.

Cornelius found out that he would get the start just days before SU traveled down to Tallahassee, Fla. He had started getting reps with the first team in the weeks before, but he wasn’t expecting to get a start against the Seminoles.

He had, however, been an integral part of some Syracuse special teams units and had found his way onto the field as a wide receiver in recent weeks. In his brief time on the field, he impressed Moore enough for the

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Ford finds role as 6th man heading into UMES game

By Josh Hyber Staff Writer

Syracuse head coach Quentin Hillsman has reiterated the idea that his team has “seven starters.”

Seven players play starters’ minutes, and all playWho: Maryland Eastern ers on the Shore SU roster Where: Carrier Dome play in When: Today, 7 p.m. the game.

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game played six-on-six, he would start sophomore Taylor Ford. The forward has excelled early in the season, taking the reins from the graduated Big East Sixth Man of the Year Carmen Tyson-Thomas.

“We’re going to look for her when she’s in the game,” Hillsman said.

“She’s a player that’s coming off the bench who should be a starter. Her performance coming off the bench has been tremendous.”

On Wednesday night, Ford will look

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Cook and Jabari Parker accounted for 65 of Duke’s points in the Blue Devils’ 83-74 win over East Carolina on Tuesday night.