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A VOICE THAT ECHOED Fifty years after JFK’s assassination, alumni remember his 1957 commencement address at SU

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By Alfred Ng Asst. News Editor

photos courtesy of su archives John f. kennedy, then a junior senator from Massachusetts, gives the 1957 commencement address at Archbold Stadium.

Kennedy urged graduates to give back by putting the skills and knowledge they gained during their education into politics.

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arren Kimble wishes he had a photograph of John F. Kennedy handing him his diploma from Syracuse University.

As class president, Kimble accepted the diploma for his class from the commencement speaker at graduation. In 1957, that speaker was Kennedy, then a junior senator for Massachusetts and rising political star.

Kimble said he wants a photograph of his brief interaction with the future president as a

legacy for his children, but has never succeeded in finding one.

Graduates from the class of 1957 said they remember June 3, 1957, for the excitement of graduation more than for Kennedy’s speech.

But they vividly remember Nov. 22, 1963, when the news broke that Kennedy had been shot.

Kennedy was assassinated 50 years ago Friday while he rode through Dallas in a presidential motorcade. The news of the shooting, Lee Harvey Oswald’s arrest and Oswald’s murder two days later by nightclub owner Jack Ruby held the nation in thrall.

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But before Kennedy’s assassination gripped the country — before he even acknowledged plans for a White House bid — he held the attention of about 5,000 SU graduates, family members and friends in Archbold Stadium.

Alumni said the announcement of Kennedy as commencement speaker failed to spark much of a political reaction on campus, since most students were more interested in graduation than the speaker.

Culver Barr, a political science major at the time, closely followed the elections of 1952 and

Construction on the Syracuse University bookstore project will have to begin before the end of the year if the developer doesn’t want to lose its 30-year tax deal. The Syracuse Industrial Development Agency (SIDA) declared the development company’s tax deal in default after the company failed to begin its construction in a timely manner.

The requirement for the $20 million project was that the development company begin construction within a year of executing the agency lease, which Cameron Group, the company behind the construction, did not do, said Ben Walsh, SIDA executive director. He added that the agency raised concerns on Tuesday morning that the project had not started yet, and decided to declare the tax deal in default as a result.

“It’s making it very clear that the board expects to see the project commence within 30 days, and if they don’t, they reserve the right to terminate the lease with the company,” Walsh said.

The tax deal would allow Cameron Group to pay the city of Syracuse $64,400 annually during a 30-year period, instead of $379,000, the fully taxed amount per year for the 85,000-square-foot property

1956, and was interested to hear Kennedy speak because he knew Kennedy had almost become the Democrats’ 1956 vice presidential candidate.

From his seat near the middle of the stadium, Barr could recognize Kennedy as the man he’d seen on television.

Kennedy moved between earnestness and humor as he made small jabs at both political parties between the serious points of his speech. The laughter in Archbold Stadium sometimes drowned out the next lines of Kennedy’s

on 601 University Ave. The deal is considered a PILOT, or a payment in lieu of taxes.

The deal itself was controversial when it was proposed because Cameron

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$64,400: The amount Cameron Group would pay the City of Syracuse under the tax deal. $379,000: The amount Cameron Group would pay without the tax break.

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Evaluations to begin in December

By Annie Palmer Asst. News Editor

Though students have the chance to submit course evaluations every semester, Syracuse University’s Office of Institutional Research and Assessment feels some students are still unaware of what the evaluations really mean.

In a recent faculty survey issued by OIRA, nearly 80 percent of faculty members said they use course evaluations to restructure or change their courses, said Seth Ovadia, assistant director of OIRA. He said he feels students would be more likely to complete their course evaluations if they knew their instructors pay attention to them.

OIRA’s system for online course evaluations opens Dec. 2, and students have two weeks to complete both online and paper evaluations, he said. He added that OIRA still struggles to make the evaluations visible on campus and inform students that their responses have the power to create change.

Last spring, 72,000 online forms — approximately 80 percent of SU’s course evaluations — were sent electronically, with 50,000 of them completed. Because more departments have moved online, Ovadia said he expects about 75,000 online forms to be distributed out this semester.

“We think there’s a little bit of a disconnect because students don’t see faculty making changes in response to their feedback,” Ovadia said. “It’s difficult because you take the course and complete it, but you don’t know what happens afterwards.”

While most departments have switched to online evaluations, some departments still give students the option to fill them out on paper, he said.

“The online response is slightly lower than paper but we’re hoping that as students get used to doing their evaluations online, that gap will close,” Ovadia said. “Though the response rate for online has increased somewhat in the last couple of semesters.”

Most departments have chosen to move their course evaluations online, Ovadia said. The biology, science teaching, biomedical and chemical engineering and several other departments will have their evaluation systems online for the first time this semester, he said.

“The main motivation behind the university moving to an online system was to make it easier for students,” Ovadia said. “Students are more likely to give open-ended feedback, or I think that most feel comfortable typing out an answer than writing it.”

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andrew renneisen | staff photographer (From Left) Brooke levandowski, Kirsten nielsen and Bonnie shoultz look on at the Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil on Wednesday, which honored the transgender community and those who died because of how they expressed their gender identity.

Syracuse vigil honors, supports transgender community

By Ellen Meyers Staff Writer

In front of a crowd at Syracuse City Hall on Wednesday night, Terri Cook said it was difficult to write her speech because it is hard for her to think about violence against the transgender community.

Cook was among a group of speakers at the Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil at city hall. The vigil honored the lives of those who died because of the expression of their gender, and included several representatives from the transgender and Syracuse communities.

During her speech, Cook said she attended the vigil to celebrate the life of LaTeisha Green — a Syracuse resident who was murdered in 2008 for being a transgender woman — in addition to others who lost their lives because of their identities.

As a mother of a transgender child, Cook wanted to be there for Green’s mother to let her know that her daughter’s life mattered to people more than just her family and friends.

“I have dreams, hopes and fears for my children,” she said. “But as a parent of a transgender child, there’s an added layer of worry and fear that

I could never imagine or prepare for.

There’s a fear that my son could be harmed or beaten or killed simply for being who he is.”

“Violence is born out of ignorance.”

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Elliott DeLine, a recent Syracuse University graduate, led the vigil, which honored and immortalized those who have lost their

lives this year for the way they expressed their gender.

DeLine read off the names of the 16 people in the United States who have been murdered this year for being transgender. Three more candles were lit for the murder victims in Brazil, those who committed suicide and Green.

Al Forbes, a graduate intern at the LGBT Resource Center, said the center decided to hold a vigil after Green’s murderer was released on a technicality during the summer.

“It shook up our community in

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School to host Thanksgiving rummage fundraiser sale

By Zach Schweikert Staff Writer

The David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics is bringing a different meaning to the age-old phrase “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”

Wednesday marked the beginning of Falk’s ninth annual Thanksgiving rummage sale. The three-day sale features items such as donated books, CDs, small electronics and appliances, as well as tableware and

cooking supplies. All of the money made from the sale will be donated to United Way of Central New York.

For the past nine years, Linda Thomas, an office assistant in Falk, has organized the sale. In the past, the event has raised as much as $1,200 for United Way, she said.

The goods being sold in the rummage sale are gently used and donated, said Kate Veley, Falk’s events and alumni manager. She described the items as “things you

just can’t use anymore, but somebody else might appreciate.”

Thomas and Veley said other items for sale include home decor, jewelry, children’s toys and gifts for the holiday season. The Social Workers United student organization is also selling baked goods, Thomas added.

The sale acts as a way to give back to United Way, Thomas said.

“A lot of the organizations that they are donating to are also donating to our students,” she said. “They, in

turn, teach our students to be social workers in these organizations.”

United Way supports 95 programs at 35 agencies in Central New York, said Vince Spicola, United Way of Central New York’s marketing and communications director. Some of these organizations include the Boys & Girls Clubs of Syracuse, the American Red Cross, AURORA of Central New York and ARISE Child and Family Services.

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ANSWER Coalition, Syracuse Hendricks Chapel chaplains speak Youth respond to recent vandalism out against trans* discrimination I am writing on behalf of the Syracuse Youth and Student ANSWER Coalition and as a queer individual to express our deep regret and anger concerning the vandalism of the LGBT Resource Center’s Trans* Lives Matter installation.

Whether or not this was a calculated act of hatred or a prank is irrelevant: This was a direct attack against the most vulnerable segment of the LGBTQ community.

Trans* individuals face physical violence at twice the rate of other members of the LGBTQ community. Trans* individuals face increased discrimination in terms of employment, housing and health care. Trans* identities are constantly scrutinized, policed, ridiculed and degraded by heterosexist society and face discrimination from members of the queer community.

Syracuse University must do its utmost to investigate this act of vandalism and prevent similar occurrences from happening in the future. Violent language and actions, even when they are not directed against people, send a clear message about what is an “acceptable” way to treat certain communities.

The destruction of this installation makes it clear that certain individuals on campus do not believe that the message of trans* inclusion and rights matters. This action is unacceptable on (and off) campus. Syracuse University should make it perfectly clear that it takes this matter seriously and foster a safe, inclusive envi-

letter to the editor ronment for all students.

This was not just an attack on the trans* community.

Unity is fundamental in overcoming oppression based on race, gender, sexual orientation and gender identification. It is for this reason that members of the LGBTQ community must stand in solidarity with trans* individuals and recognize that any attack on trans* rights is an attack on LGBTQ rights in general. Any gay/lesbian organization that sidelines trans* issues is doing a great disservice to the LGBTQ community as a whole.

All students should reject this kind of bigotry and recognize that the fight for trans* inclusion and rights is a fundamental element of the fight against persistent racism, sexism and heterosexism.

We stand in solidarity with Pride Union and the LGBT Resource Center and applaud their efforts to make Syracuse a safer and better place for the LGBTQ community.

Racism, sexism and heterosexism will not be overcome without systemic change, but it is imperative to organize for reforms now and never give up on the fight for equal rights and liberation.

Michael Kowalchuk Syracuse Youth Student ANSWER Coalition

Our life and identity as chaplains, faculty and staff at Hendricks Chapel are guided by our mission statement: “Hendricks Chapel is the diverse religious, spiritual, ethical and cultural heart of Syracuse University that connects people of all faiths and no faith through active engagement, mutual dialogue, ref lective spirituality, responsible leadership and a rigorous commitment to social justice.”

Given our self-expressed identity as the ethical and cultural heart of Syracuse University, we cannot remain silent in the face of discrimination on our campus. The act of violence manifested in the vandalism of the LGBT Resource Center’s trans* awareness signs on Friday night was unacceptable.

As chaplains, faculty and staff of Hendricks, we stand in solidarity with those who were wounded by this act of violence and those in the LGBT community who continue to suffer discrimination on our campus, nation and world. We applaud those who have spoken out against this act of hate and will continue to support the administration and all those who work toward the full inclusion and safety of all persons on the campus of Syracuse University.

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Looming deadline should pressure SU to break ground on bookstore construction With a looming deadline to break ground or face a defaulted tax deal, Syracuse University officials should begin construction on a new SU bookstore as quickly as resources allow.

In Feb. 2012, SU announced it would construct a new bookstore at 601 University Ave. The project is estimated to cost $20 million. On Tuesday, the Syracuse Industrial Development Agency (SIDA) announced that the Cameron Group, the agency backing the project, could lose its tax deal unless construction begins within a 30-day period.

The project’s construction was supposed to begin within a year of signing the lease.

The deadline to begin building expired on Aug. 21.

If construction of the prop-

editorial by the daily orange editorial board erty does not commence within 30 days, SIDA has the right to terminate the lease with the Cameron Group, according to Ben Walsh, director of SIDA. SIDA is now pressuring SU to break ground on the building of the bookstore, as it should. After all, this project is imperative for the university and the student body.

The university is fortunate to lease this property as a taxexempt, private institution.

It will bring in revenue and provide much-needed academic resources for students.

The current bookstore has become outdated throughout the years. The area where

textbooks are sold is cramped and tucked away from the rest of the bookstore.

The new building should alleviate these problems.

An updated version of the store should be more student friendly. The new bookstore should be expanded to accommodate for the lack of space in the current bookstore. There should be more seating areas and room for collaborative student use.

Fortunately, a deadline to accomplish this goal is in place; SU officials just need to adhere to it.

A new building that addresses the issues students face is needed, and the university should follow through with them.

It is time to break ground.

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Despite passion for position, Gresely still must prove himself as leader of SA

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ired up, ready to go.

This simple phrase inspired by the campaigns of President Barack Obama became the mantra of our next Student Association president Boris Gresely when he announced his candidacy two months ago.

And after spending an hour with the passionate Syracuse University junior in Café Kubal, pouring over his red journal of notes and listening to him speak in streams of ideas, fired up was exactly how I felt.

Gresely’s campaign was a premeditated action that has been developing unofficially since the loss of his adviser Iggy Nava’s run for the SA presidency nearly a year ago. When Gresely won, after a final week of grassroots on the ground campaigning, the men cried together.

Though the excitement of Gresely’s team has yet to settle, a reality is sinking in for the president-elect: The road ahead will

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be anything but easy, and there is much more to the presidency than a successful campaign.

Gresely faces the major task of pulling SA out of the rut of ineffectiveness the organization has found itself consistently sliding into. Yet with ideas radically different compared to the association’s norms, he might be just the right student to do it. Clearly 1,764 of his peers think so.

Instead of running on a campaign of three major initiatives like his opponents, Gresely will head into office on the platform of a threephase SA makeover. He said his “reform, reconnect and redirect” action plan will hopefully coincide with the three semesters he will be leading the organization due to term code changes.

Day one of his term will launch the implementation of the reform phase, Gresely said.

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campus watchdog tion — which Gresely has been conceptualizing with the advisement of Parliamentarian Ben Jones — Gresely hopes the assembly will pass his three-branch vision into the SA codes.

Gresely believes by modeling SA after the American federal government style rather than a parliamentary system, the roles of both the top SA officials and the assembly will be more effective. He particularly wants to give more power and autonomy to the underutilized, yet eager, assembly — an action which has been desperately in order for the past three sessions.

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tion, an arguable strength, Gresely is now working to form ties and build respect with the current association members.

Despite ideological differences, we are all on the same team and are working toward the same goals, Gresely said. “I am not an enemy,” he said. This concept of unity was absent throughout the past year’s fragmented session, which estranged many student leaders from the administration including Gresely himself who previously served in the assembly.

Reforming SA is both internal and external in Gresely’s opinion — an outlook that must be overwhelmingly shared by the entirety of the organization.

With this concept in mind, Gresely is focused on keeping the organization accountable. He plans to host summits to gather the strengths and hear the concerns of student leaders outside SA. Pledging to keep the

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As Gresely speaks, it is hard to not be swept away in his wave of passion for the presidency. And though just for a moment I feel my feet start to slip from beneath me, I stop fast and firmly plant them as memories of unfulfilled presidential promises flood my mind.

Students ask what the point of SA is. The night of the election, my Twitter feed displayed countless posts asking if the organization really does anything at all. Gresely seems to realize what SA can be. But he will have to prove it to his peers before another wave crashes on a wrecked SA president washed to shore.

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speech, Barr said, especially when he made a remark about “beautiful Onondaga lake,” unaware that “it was a local joke at the time, the lake was pretty much like thick gravy.”

Kennedy’s speech focused mostly on a serious message: encouraging the 1,627 graduates present to put the skills they’d gained in higher education into politics. He urged SU’s graduates to close the gap between the academic and political arenas by using their knowledge to tackle real-world social issues.

Barr said the crowd received Kennedy’s speech, which was mostly nonpartisan and inspirational, attentively and respectfully. But the speech disappointed Barbara Caramella Regnell, who studied speech and drama at SU. “I was upset. I had a feeling he wasn’t really talking to us, he was talking to potential voters,” she said. “And I was disappointed.”

Marcy Larson Street, Regnell’s friend and fellow sorority sister in Alpha Chi Omega, took a different view.

Initially, Street said, she was uninterested in the commencement speech, and mostly hoped that Kennedy’s speech would be brief.

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I would urge therefore that each of you, regardless of your chosen occupation, consider entering the field of politics at some stage in your career. It is not necessary that you be famous, that you effect radical changes in the government or that you are acclaimed by the public for your efforts. It is not even necessary that you be successful. I ask only that you offer to the political arena, and to the critical problems of our society which are decided therein, the benefit of the talents which society has helped to develop in you.

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son from the class of ’57 at Syracuse knew who he was.”

SU’s graduates of the class of 1957 might have had differing reactions to Kennedy’s speech. But the same word was used to describe their emotions when they heard of his assassination: “shocked.”

When Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, Kimble was the first in his office to hear. He used to listen to the radio through earphones as he worked in advertising design in an art studio in New Jersey. Since no one else in the office listened to the radio at work, Kimble became the bearer of bad news.

“I heard the news and went into the different offices and told them, and everybody was just devastated and couldn’t believe it,” he said. “I was shocked, just as I was at 9/11 watching television that day.”

Barr was in the dentist’s chair when the news broke.

He was chatting with the dentist, a friend, when a hygienist who’d heard the news on the radio rushed in to tell them the president had been shot. “Like everyone else, we were stunned,” Barr said. He left without having any dental work done to go watch the news unfold on TV. “People were walking around in downtown Rochester, just everybody saying ‘Isn’t that terrible, isn’t that terrible,’” he said.

“Nothing was done for the rest of the day but try to find out what had really happened.”

Street heard about the shooting while she was at home feeding her 1-year-old child. She immediately called her husband, who worked at Reader’s Digest, to break the news to the reporting staff that that the president had been shot.

Fifteen minutes later, she called again to tell her husband that the president was dead.

But by then, his entire office was following the news on the radio.

That Sunday, Street sang in the church choir in a service that had become a memorial to Kennedy. As the choir exited the church they tearfully sang “America the Beautiful” rather than a hymn. Street recalls being struck by the lines they sang: “O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife, who more than self their country loved and mercy more than life.”

Like Street, Regnell first saw the news of Kennedy’s assassination on TV, as she was ironing in her home at an army base in Fort Rucker, Ala. “I was so shocked,” she said. “I just felt very, very bad about the whole thing.”

The nonstop assassination coverage strongly affected her two young sons, as well, as she soon found out when she saw her 3-year-old son and his friend playing with her 8-month-old son in the backyard. When she asked the boys what they were doing, they replied, “We’re playing President Kennedy. We’re gonna bury Will.”

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But once he began, she said, “I found myself hanging on his every word.”

Street, another speech and drama student, said she was struck by Kennedy’s skill as a speaker and his memorable call to action.

“When he ran for president in 1960, a lot of people really didn’t know who he was,” she said. “But I’ll tell you, every single per-

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Group is a private development company, which, unlike SU, is not a tax-exempt institution. Under this arrangement, SU would lease the space to Cameron Group for $1 a year.

The deadline for construction to begin expired on Aug. 21, Walsh added.

SIDA has given the group 30 days to begin construction on the property before the PILOT opportunity is lost, said Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs at SU, in an email.

Thomas Valenti, a partner with the Cameron Group, said he believed construction for the SU bookstore project had already begun when it paid a fee to National Grid to

The three days of coverage helped form the legacy of Kennedy’s administration as a modern Camelot, said Margaret Susan Thompson, an associate professor of history and political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

“He’d been elected by 120,000 votes. Barely won. It was one of the closest elections in American history,” she said. But in surveys conducted within 10 days of his death, more than 60 percent of people said they voted for Kennedy, Thompson said.

“Now, it wasn’t that they were lying,”

SOUND FAMILIAR? The social and political issues Kennedy mentioned in 1957 may sound familiar in 2013.

He called “the great problems of our time” farm foreclosure, small-business failure, pockets of chronic unemployment, monopoly, mental illness, race relations, taxation, international trade, potential destruction from nuclear weapons and, “above all,” persistent strife in the Middle East.

Thompson said. “It was that, I think, so many Americans couldn’t believe that they wouldn’t have voted for this amazing guy after watching all that nonstop eulogizing, and it wasn’t just coverage, it was eulogizing.”

Kimble and Regnell both used the word “Camelot” to describe Kennedy’s presidency, a term Thompson said was never used to describe his administration until Jacqueline Kennedy brought it up in an interview a week after her husband died.

But regardless of how Kennedy came to be remembered in the nation at large, he has a more personal legacy for some SU graduates who heard him speak on a hot afternoon in 1957.

Kimble said although he didn’t immediately realize it in the midst of graduation excitement, Kennedy’s speech made a lasting impression.

“It made me feel that I should do something other than just get a job,” Kimble said.

And, in retrospect, he believes Kennedy’s speech helped inspire his work founding an artists’ guild that seeks to promote the arts and uplift his community of Brandon, Vt. “I wanted to do good in the world and I think I’ve always thought about that and accomplished that in my way,” he said. “And that goes back to that day in 1957. I think I heard it.”

remove power lines on University Avenue for the construction, and was waiting for a storm water management permit to be approved before moving forward.

He said he felt it was strange that the agency would issue this default status while Cameron Group was waiting for a city permit to begin construction.

Valenti added that construction will begin as soon as the proper permits are given, which he said should be within the next two weeks.

He said the construction process will not be delayed as a result of its default status.

Cameron Group and the university will meet this Thursday to discuss the final plans for the bookstore, he said.

Although the bookstore was anticipated to be completed earlier, he said, it’s more likely that it will open by winter of 2015 because of

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unexpected difficulties. Valenti added that the delay is unrelated to the default status declared by the agency.

“Plans took longer than was anticipated,” Valenti said. “Going through this process has been difficult in the sense that we have a lot parties involved, a lot of people have to sign off on plans. It’s not your typical real estate development.”

Donald Maitland, the security coordinator at the SU Bookstore, said bookstore administration declined to comment on the situation.

Valenti added that he believes Cameron Group will meet the requirements to get out of the default status.

Said Valenti: “It’s a 30-day notice to cure, and we can easily cure within the 30 days.” alng@syr.edu @alfredwkng

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ans of the hit TV show “Breaking Bad” can now take a course on the series at the University at Buffalo.

The cross-listed course “Breaking Down ‘Breaking Bad’” is a spring 2014 graduate seminar offered by Bruce Jackson, a professor in UB’s English department.

While Jackson and his wife Diane Christian — also a professor in UB’s English department — were teaching a film class that was open to the public, one of their “regulars” recommended they watch “Breaking Bad,” Jackson said.

“We sat down and started watching (‘Breaking Bad’) and we were up until 4 in the morning, night after night. It turns out, a lot of our friends have done the same thing, and a lot of our students,” Jackson said.

When Jackson mentioned to his students that someone should teach a graduate seminar on the series, his students — about half of who had watched every episode — encouraged him to teach the class, he said.

Jackson said the interesting aspect of “Breaking Bad” is that it’s an epic narrative.

“It’s a 60-hour series that follows one narrative thread. There were no subplots. It’s an incredible narrative achievement that I don’t think anyone else has done,” he said. “It’s a great narrative, well done in all regards, and it deals with a social issue that is real — mainly drugs.”

Jim Milles, a law professor at UB who is going to be a guest speaker in the seminar, said he agrees with Jackson, stating that the show is unique because it follows a single story arc and the development of one character throughout five seasons. One of the main topics Milles will be discussing is the corrupt lawyer on the show, Saul Goodman, he said.

Jackson is also trying to bring in guest speakers from the Drug Enforcement Administration, UB’s Research Institute on Addictions and the show, he said.

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In spite of the online trend, the geography department still offers paper course evaluation forms, said Tod Rutherford, chair of the geography department.

Rutherford said he always makes a point of telling his students that he reads and uses the forms to make course changes.

“If I get a strong sense that something isn’t working in my class, I’ll make changes,” Rutherford said. “Some students don’t feel comfortable

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also give donators an opportunity to win one of 17 gift baskets that have been put together by different departments in Falk, said Beth

aching d SUNY Buffalo professor to offer course on ‘Breaking Bad’

illustration by andy casadonte | art director The seminar falls under four listings: media study, theater and dance, the UB law school and visual studies, according to UB’s website.

Although the course is only offered to graduate students, with an enrollment total of 18 spots, more than 20 undergraduate students have reached out to Jackson, asking to be in the seminar, he said.

As of now, the course will only be a one-time offer in the spring 2014 semester, Jackson said.

“The reason it’s a one-time thing is because everyone who’s taking (the course) has just watched (the series), so it’s fresh in their minds.”

He added, “Who’s going to remember little details a year from now?”

Jackson said he is looking forward to the course because his students showed interest in the topic and encouraged him to teach it.

Said Jackson: “To teach a class because students ask you to is really nice, because they see it as something worth doing.”

confronting their teachers about something not working, which is totally understandable.”

It can sometimes be difficult to discern which areas need to be legitimately changed, Rutherford added. He studies student responses during an extended period so he can see trends rather than outlier responses from students who “love or hate something.”

Hannah Aronowitz, a sophomore, said she would be more likely to fill out course evaluations if they were distributed on paper. But she said the one advantage of online forms is that students may feel more inclined to write longer answers because their peers won’t judge them.

“We think there’s a little bit of a disconnect because students don’t see faculty making changes in response to their feedback.”

Ovadia, the assistant director of OIRA, said the office will continue making course evaluations more visible to students through its website, emails and campus media. He said he hopes that once students realize their professors read evaluations, they’ll be more inclined to fill them out.

Ovadia said that even though evaluations can’t change students’ own experiences in a course, students should fill out evaluations to “pay it forward” to the next students to take the course.

“You do it for whoever’s going to take your BIO 101 next and when you’re sitting in BIO 104, people did it for you,” he said.

Bagozzi, office coordinator in the marriage and family therapy department.

The rummage sale is only one of a handful of ways in which the university supports United Way. “Faculty and staff across campus are all encouraged to do a payroll deduction to give

to the United Way and that generates a larger percentage of the total that Syracuse University contributes,” Veley said.

SU has been working with United Way for 39 years, said Peg Northrup, assistant director in the Office of Government and Community Relations.

The rummage sale is just one event that takes

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place during the university’s fall fundraising campaign, which takes place every year, she said. Northrup said that the university annually raises about $210,000 for the organization and approximately $16,000 of that money comes from campus events like the rummage sale. zdschwei@syr.edu

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Setnor begins $2.5 million fundraiser to become all-Steinway school

By Margaret Lin Staff Writer

The Setnor School of Music has taken on the task of raising $2.5 million to become one of a select number of music schools to practice and perform exclusively on Steinway pianos.

The College of Visual and Performing Arts has launched the initiative to help the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music have all its pianos built and designed by Steinway and Sons, a piano company that stands as one of the last companies to produce hand-crafted pianos.

To become an all-Steinway school, Setnor will need to purchase 67 pianos in the next few years.

“By becoming an all-Steinway school, an institution demonstrates its commitment to excellence on every level when it comes to the study of music,” said Sally Coveleskie, national director of institutional sales at Steinway.

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Syracuse, knowing someone that was actively violent in a major way was released,” he said.

Forbes and other members from the Syracuse community spoke at the vigil, including Syracuse Police Chief Frank Fowler, who spoke on behalf of Mayor Stephanie Miner.

Fowler said it is the city’s goal to ensure everyone’s safety. He emphasized Miner’s support for the community, including the local law that bars discrimination against people based on their identity and gender expression. He said

“When students are looking to choose a school to attend they may look at the all-Steinway school roster to see who has these instruments where they can study.”

VPA launched this initiative this month at an all-piano concert that showcased performances from piano faculty as well as undergraduate and graduate representatives. The fundraising concert was arranged by Setnor associate professor of piano Steven Heyman and featured solo performances as well as duets and group arrangements. In the past few years, the Crouse College has been able to replace some of its pianos with Steinway pianos, but the initiative did not truly begin until the night of the all-piano concert.

Plans for this initiative have been in place for years, but issues with climate conditions in the historic Crouse College building have hindered the process, Heyman said. To become an allSteinway school, certain qualifications must be

met to house the delicate handcrafted pianos that Steinway creates.

“Steinway has very strict rules about who can become a Steinway school,” Heyman said. “A couple of years ago due to climate issues in the building we were not even able to be considered to be a Steinway school but those have been corrected.”

According to a news release from VPA, SU alumna Jennie Berkson will chair the Setnor Steinway initiative. Berkson and her husband, SU Board of Trustees member David Edelstein, have already contributed a lead gift of a ninefoot Steinway concert grand piano — the largest Steinway model. This is now being built and will be placed in the Setnor auditorium. VPA is looking to raise additional funds through alumni and friends of VPA and the Setnor School.

If Setnor does complete the initiative, it will be added on to the “All-Steinway School Worldwide Roster,” which currently includes approximately

160 other colleges and universities internationally.

“It’s really exciting to have the prestige of being an all-Steinway school and just to be able to practice and perform on the best pianos,” said Julia Tucker, a graduate piano performance major. “We spend all day practically in the practice rooms and to be able to have these amazing pianos available to us will be really quite fantastic.”

Due to the large size of the initiative, no date has been set for the it to be completed, and the school only has plans to purchase two more Steinway pianos this year, Heyman said. Regardless, Coveleskie — Steinway’s national institutional sales director — is excited about Syracuse’s initiative to become an all-Steinway school.

“Steinway and Sons will be deeply honored when Syracuse University becomes an all-Steinway school,” she said.

the mayor and the city will continue to support the transgender community and encouraged the crowd to be active in raising awareness.

“Violence is born out of ignorance,” Fowler said. “Continue to be brave, continue to educate, because it is through your bravery and through your education that this community will get better.”

Sarah Kench, a senior art video major, creates videos about her transgender identity to raise awareness.

Last week, Kench took a sign from the Trans* Lives Matter campaign in the grassy area between Schine Student Center and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

She attached it to her backpack and walked back and forth in front of Schine as a way to make the campaign more visible.

She said some people asked her about what she was doing, some smiled and gave her thumbs-up and others walked by.

“I was just hoping that when they’re walking by, they’re reading it, whether they agreed or not,” she said.

Although Kench said she did not receive a negative response from her actions, other signs from the Trans* Lives Matter campaign were vandalized on Friday.

Forbes said the signs were ripped from the ground and stepped and spat on. When he

found out, he said it was a shock and a disappointment, but he needed time to sit back and reflect on the vandalism.

“When something happens, people expect this automatic reaction in that moment,” he said. “I really appreciate the framework we have here about, ‘It’s OK to take the time.’”

Kench, who attended the vigil, said the rest of her efforts are through not hiding her identity and going on with her life.

“I live, and people see me and they get to know me,” she said. “They get to realize that I’m a real person. I have the same dreams and hopes and desires and fears and pains as they have.”

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the sweet stuff in the middle

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Students promote literacy through biannual magazine, workshops

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By Kelley Rowland Contributing Writer

yracuse University students are bridging the gap between the community and the university, one stanza at a time.

On Tuesday, Merging Expression and Scholarship through High Schools, or MESH, launched a GoFundMe promotional video to raise money in support of its educational pursuits for the Syracuse City School District students. With a fundraising goal of $10,000, the group aims to host more on-campus events, aid the publication of its biannual magazine and bring its students to the university for poetry slams.

In its first year as a recognized student organization, MESH has made it its mission to advocate for reading and writing proficiency at local Syracuse schools. Originally founded in 2009 by alumni Christiona Hawkins after a dream of starting an SU publication, the group has since run weekly poetry workshops throughout local middle schools.

According to data gathered by The New York Times, the English language test scores for middle school students in the Syracuse City School District are low: About 25 percent of eighth-graders scored at or above expected levels. At Danforth Middle School, approximately 9 percent of the seventh-grade students pass English tests each year, while 0 percent pass with what’s considered “advanced proficiency.”

“We want to bridge the gap between the prestige of the university and the need of the students,” said Christopher Whitehead, MESH president and senior policy studies major. “We just want them to know that college is in their reach, higher learning is in their reach, and there’s nothing outside of their reach. We want to break that barrier down.”

Once a week and all day on Fridays, multiple SU juniors and seniors drive

to Danforth and Expeditionary Learning middle schools to workshop with seventh and eighth-grade English classes. Each workshop begins with an interactive activity designed to stimulate thinking and promote self-expression.

By incorporating lessons about friendship, bullying and self-confidence, the MESH mentors hope to support the kids beyond their academic pursuits.

While some students may not immediately express an interest in writing poetry, by the end of the workshops, the majority hand their work over to their mentors or proudly recite their poems in front of the class.

“I think there are kids who really love the program, love what they are able to do, how it makes them feel, how writing makes them feel,” said Alexander Sammartino, a MESH mentor and English and textual studies and philosophy major.

“I also think, for some kids, it’s just about knowing people care about them.”

Expeditionary Learning Middle School teacher Elizabeth Buecher said she has seen the change in her students’ confidence. The students can be shy at first, she said, but the MESH mentors always encourage and motivate them.

“This is my fourth year working with MESH, and I’ve seen the tremendous impact it’s had on my kids, short and long term,” Buecher said. “Last year, at the release event, I had students from all three years I’d worked with MESH come together and share their work and talk about how MESH helped them find their voices as writers.”

The short stories and poems produced by the students during these workshops as well as SU student work will be published in MESH’s magazine.

Hawkins and her co-editor Corinne Halpern published the first issue in the spring of 2010 as an outlet for both university and local students.

Current editor in chief and junior magazine journalism major Alyssa Ford explained how her original vision entailed feature stories on artists around

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Thanksgiving Break offers time to reconsider annoying aspects of college

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s we approach Thanksgiving, we as a university have now gone about 15 weeks without a break. For the longest time, Thanksgiving seemed like a distant, faroff magical place in my mind — like Narnia or Portland — that I would never get to.

But lo and behold, we made it, which is surprising, judging from the new low I hit this past Sunday. I listened to that new song “Timber” eight times in one night while working on an essay.

I mean, Ke$ha is irresistible; she’s like that dirty lollipop you find in the crevasse of your car seat: astonishingly delicious. But I found myself outwardly complimenting Pitbull, an artist who seems to have built his career on rapping like your uncle would after a few glasses of

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that guy red wine at your cousin’s wedding.

Clearly, I need a break.

But as we start to leave for our respective homes to lie to our parents that, “Yeah I did laundry like every other week,” or, “I think my professor really likes me,” or, “Alcohol tastes icky,” I’m starting to get a little wistful about the things in Syracuse that I’ll be missing for

the entire week we’re gone.

So I’ve written up some things I’m thankful for. Feel free to read this aloud as you leave to sit on I-81 for an inordinate amount of time.

And for extra drama, might I suggest you score this with any song in the Enya catalog?

Her sad wails pair like a fine wine with the melancholy slice of cheese I’m about to serve up.

Here it goes: I’m thankful for morning classes. I know we haven’t seen each other much in the past few weeks, but know that when I turn off my alarm and grumble, “Screw this,” I say it with love.

I mean, there’s no other class I can go to while wearing weirdly-stained sweatpants because everyone else has legitimately grumbled, “Screw this.”

I’m thankful for the dorm room above me.

Whether the bangs that I keep hearing are the beginnings of a progressive rock band, the practice space for the Syracuse basketball team or murder, most foul was always unclear. What is clear, though, is that without that ever-present mystery for a week, my old grumpy man voice will be severely underutilized.

I’m thankful for the dining hall that rhymes with Blernie Gravis. You’re like a piece of modern art come to life. You make absolutely no sense and make me question what state of mind the creator was in. But someone’s gotta like it, right? So I guess I’ll miss you.

I’m thankful for the greeks. Your theme parties always looked fun from the safe distance I saw them from — away from the juiced up bouncer at the door who looks like he not only just broke up with his girlfriend minutes earlier, but also that everyone forgot his birthday and insulted his boat shoes. Know that I’m still waiting for an invite. It probably just slipped your mind or something, right?

I’m thankful for those guys who insist on wearing athletic shorts in 20-degree weather, who shove their bare legs in all of our faces because they say, “It’s not that cold.” You guys give me something to rant about to my friends who obviously want to listen to all of my complaints.

Maybe that was too mean spirited. But know that these annoyances are things that I’ll legitimately miss next week. You guys do actually make my days brighter; I mean, complaining is the only thing that keeps me sane while writing essays after a half hour straight of dirty lollipop and drunk uncle raps.

Be safe, guys. And go home, Syracuse. You’re more than likely drunk.

Christian Unkenholz is a sophomore public relations and political science major. You can identify his car as the one blasting “Timber” constantly or the car getting pushed off the road by the other cars for the incessant “Timber.”

He can be reached at cdunkenh@syr.edu.

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campus, but as the semester has passed, she realized the magazine isn’t necessarily for the campus.

“The magazine is for the kids, so they can have their work in a magazine — to show them they can do big things, can write great work and have it published, to build their confidence and have them believe in themselves,” Ford said.

Last semester, the organization held March To College Day, where it brought middle school students from the workshops to campus, perform poetry and celebrate their achievements.

MESH intends to throw a similar event next semester, which is one of the organization’s biggest goals for the coming year, along with expanding MESH into high schools. The group is also looking to increase student membership to accommodate expansion to high schools and start after-school programs.

MESH’s main focus is to inspire students and encourage them to be their best. Whether it’s through drawing, writing or performing, members of MESH strive to help students find a means of expression.

And although the program’s current middle school students may not all want to be writers, MESH members said that through literacy, students can build the confidence to be anyone or do anything they set their minds to. karowlan@syr.edu

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Dark Star Orchestra Concert Where: Palace Theater When: Nov. 26, 8 p.m.

How much: $25 One of the more widely known Grateful Dead tribute bands, Dark Star Orchestra, will be performing in Syracuse just before hitting a few key milestones. Fresh off its 16th anniversary, the band will soon surpass the number of shows the Grateful Dead ever played: 2,318.

“war horse” Where: Landmark Theater When: Nov. 27 – Dec. 1 How much: $35-68 photo courtesy of pam levine The New York State Fairgrounds is hosting this year’s Wine and Chocolate Festival on Nov. 30. With a ticket, visitors have access to unlimited wine and chocolate from local vendors, including Beak and Skiff Vineyards, Cabot Cheese and Three Brothers Winery.

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or those not headed home for Thanksgiving, fear not. You can spend your time sampling an abundance of wine and chocolate.

The 8th Annual Central New York Wine and Chocolate Festival is making its way to the New York State Fairgrounds from 3-9 p.m. on Nov. 30. Tickets are $20 for those 21 and older, which includes unlimited wine and chocolate tastings.

For designated drivers and people younger than 21, tickets are $10 each.

“It’s a nice, indulgent, fun night,” said Pam Levine, general manager of Galaxy Communications.

Upon arriving at the festival, patrons of legal age will receive a wine glass to carry around to the different wineries’ booths and sample the products. Bottles of wine will also be available

Annual Wine and Chocolate Festival supports local wineries, raises money for cancer research

for purchase. A dollar of every purchase will be donated to the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund Inc., which was founded by Alec Baldwin’s mother, a resident of Syracuse and a breast cancer survivor.

A wine check, similar to a coat check system, will be available to hold purchases until the end of the event.

Conveniently taking place on Small Business Saturday, this year’s event will showcase more than 90 local businesses, 30 of which are wineries, while the other 60 range in specialties from chocolate, jewelry, spa and body products and more — great for anyone looking to purchase a small gift for the upcoming holiday season. In addition to vendors, there will also be live music.

“The event is a one-stop holiday shop,” Levine said.

When creating the concept for the event,

Levine said the objective was to provide a forum for local wineries to sample their products to the community, as most are unaware that the Finger Lakes Region is a premier wine region in the United States. Now the event has evolved into much more during the past seven years, providing multiple means of entertainment for audiences of all ages.

Levine also said the event is not geared solely toward wine lovers, as the diverse types of vendors may attract a broader audience. Students who are not yet 21 years old should not be discouraged, as they can still enjoy live music and gourmet desserts.

Tickets are available online and at Wegmans markets. The festival is produced and owned by Galaxy Communications, and sponsors include jewelry company Alex and Ani, Upstate Women’s Health Network and The New York Lottery. vksalman@syr.edu

This must-see Broadway hit takes the stage for the Thanksgiving weekend.

“War Horse” tells the heartwarming tale of a young boy Albert and his horse Joey. In a World War I setting, Albert’s dad sells Joey to a prominent general.

Enraged, Albert enlists to find Joey and bring him home. Be sure to bring a pack of tissues with you, because you’re bound to shed a tear or two.

3rd Annual westcott winter weekend Where: Westcott Street When: Nov. 29, 9 p.m., Nov. 30, 2:30 p.m.

How much: Free Enter into winter wonderland at the 3rd Annual Westcott Winter Weekend. The two-day festival will feature live music from bands including Hooker, The Nudes and High on Dracula. Throughout the week, locations in the Westcott neighborhood, including Recess Coffee and Alto Cinco, will have art displays up for your viewing pleasure.

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Unbalanced flavor in Shock Top Chocolate Wheat tastes artificial

By Avery Hartmans

Beer bites

It’s not unusual for me to replace meals with dessert. In my diet, vegetables as a whole are substituted with chocolate, and cookies are their own separate food group.

So when I went to the grocery store in search of chocolate cake and found Shock Top Chocolate Wheat to accompany it, I was delighted — and a little wary.

For starters, I’ve been skeptical of Shock Top ever since I found out it’s brewed by Anheuser-Busch. But they try to play it very cool, and you’ll never find anything on the label that indicates that a giant beer conglomerate had anything to do with brewing it.

Shock Top is not craft beer, however, and it doesn’t make you cool and unique when you drink it. You’re not a beer aficionado because you had a Raspberry Wheat once — aka an alcoholic juice box — and you liked it.

And on top of all that, we’re talking about chocolate wheat here. I didn’t even know such a beer chimera existed in the first place, better yet that it could be generally palatable and mainstream enough to be brewed by Shock Top. Basically, there were all these odds stacked against it, so I just had to try it.

And then it turned out to be really weird.

At first, it tasted like a poor man’s chocolate stout, as if Shock Top just didn’t have the capabilities to brew a stout, so they said, “Screw it, let’s just dump a bunch of cocoa beans into our vats of Belgian White and call it a day.” It tasted

very much like wheat and very much like chocolate at the same time, but also very artificial and over processed, like a Hostess cupcake.

Quite honestly, it instantly gave me a stomachache, but that may also have been a result of the chocolate cake I was concurrently taking to the face, or because I’m starting to suspect I have minor wheat intolerance.

Another thing I found odd about the Chocolate Wheat is that it’s sold in a half-and-half sixpack along with three Belgian Whites. The pack encourages you to mix the two beers for some kind of magically delicious outcome. But to me, that just seemed like a wannabe Black and Tan. The Chocolate Wheat seems to be having some identity issues, so someone really needs to break the news that it is simply not a stout.

So what to do with the rest of these beers?

I guess I’ll drink them, although they’re definitely not delicious, and that’s coming from someone who’s willing to consume anything chocolaty. I’m probably not going to mix the Wheat and the White because why do I need to overdose on gluten for the sake of these subpar brews?

In the end, I’ll probably just decide Thanksgiving Break is an excuse to empty my fridge of all leftover alcohol and spend the night before I leave drinking the Chocolate Wheats and all of the other reject beers.

But please, don’t make me do it alone.

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Volunteers bake pies for Syracuse-area residents

By Margaret Lin Staff Writer

The kitchen hummed with the buzz of chopping, peeling and mixing as six students bustled around the house of Gail Riina, the Lutheran chaplain at Hendricks Chapel. They shared stories and joked about their classes as they moved between the kitchen and dining room.

The Thanksgiving spirit of giving back was palpable.

On Thursday, Nov. 14, six students volunteered to help commemorate Lutheran Campus Ministry’s 100th anniversary at Syracuse University. To celebrate, the ministry and the SU Lutheran Student Association decided to challenge themselves to make 100 pies during the course of a little more than a year and to distribute them to the community.

Riina held this event at her home to help reach this goal. Now they hope to deliver the pies to people in the local community in time for Thanksgiving.

“It’s very important to say thanks and celebrate,” Riina said. “I think gratitude and giving thanks is the very easy and simple secret to happiness.”

The team of six student volunteers almost completed the anniversary challenge, narrowly missing their goal by eight pies. Previous baking events to help reach this goal have been held at the Brewster, Boland and Brockway dorms and at various industry-sized church kitchens in the Syracuse community.

Riina and Syracuse resident Donna Le’Cartel distributed 16 of the pies made on Thursday to the community during the weekend. Le’Cartel knows firsthand how hard it can sometimes be living paycheck to paycheck, as she has gone through expensive chemotherapy in the past year to treat her breast cancer.

“I feel like I’ve had it all,” Le’Cartel said. “I’ve been in the situation where I’ve had money but, because of numerous hospital bills, it’s become more than my income can afford. You only have

a certain income coming in, and you have to choose and cut where you can. I’ve always been a pretty frugal person, but it’s coming to a point where I don’t have anywhere more to cut.”

Regardless, Le’Cartel makes it a point to help out the community in whatever way she can.

One of those ways is helping Riina distribute the pies to those in need.

“I’ve always been that sort of giving person,” Le’Cartel said. “It’s what makes my heart sing and what makes me get up in the morning, no matter how bad my situation is. If I can help someone else, even one person a day, a week or a month, then for me the world is a better place.”

The pies were delivered locally to many people in need, but some key recipients included a Purple Heart recipient, a man who supports his family mainly through his garage sales and other community members who, like Le’Cartel, despite going through their own hard times, try to make it a point to help out their community on a regular basis.

Le’Cartel said there was a definite disconnect between the SU and Syracuse community, and she hopes more students will be able to help out their neighbors in need.

“It gives students a more hands-on experience rather than book learning and general education,” Le’Cartel said. “When you actually see it and see the people, you can see the devastation in some people’s eyes, and you just kind of know that they’re deserving people but just kind of down on their luck.”

In addition to helping neighbors, president of SULSA and freshman political science major Chris Pulliam hopes the pies will also help the volunteers reflect on the effect their work has on those in need, especially around the holiday season.

Said Pulliam: “Thanksgiving is a great time to take a step back, give back to your community and realize and recognize that you’re very blessed.” mglin@syr.edu

margaret lin | staff photographer Eugene broadwater, a Syracuse resident, receives an apple pie from Donna Le’Cartel. Le’Cartel and a team of six student volunteers made 92 pies during the year.

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9 ray vinopal Safety 44 shane gordon 8 todd thomas Linebacker Linebacker

28 anthony gonzalez Linebacker 23 lafayette pitts Cornerback

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alvin cornelius

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rob trudo

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Syracuse 17, Pittsburgh 10 Pitt stop The defense sends Syracuse to a bowl game.

stephen bailey Syracuse 24, Pittsburgh 13 Split Pitt Syracuse beats its longtime rival.

The Orange is going bowling.

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STAT TO KNOW 34 isaac Bennett Tailback

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Syracuse 24, Pittsburgh 20 Sex Panther If Syracuse wins 50 percent of the time, it’ll make a bowl every time.

Pittsburgh has been outscored in the second, third and fourth quarters overall this season.

Street may not be able to play against Syracuse, but if he does, he’ll be a major challenge for a depleted SU secondary.

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Syracuse freshmen Ron Patterson, B.J. Johnson and Tyler Roberson did not play a single minute in the Orange’s 56-50 victory over St. Francis (N.Y.) on Monday.

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scored in the second half, Hillsman went back to his starters who had been out for the past seven minutes about halfway through.

Butler went back to work. Just moments after being reinserted into the game, she knocked down her seventh 3-pointer to propel an 8-0 run by Syracuse.

After the ball swished through the net, she calmly put her head down and jogged down the court.

“When I caught the ball for the first time I was in rhythm,” Butler said. “And when I see the ball going in, I just got my confidence up.

I was just able to hit the open shots that my teammates hit me with.”

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Syracuse broke its program record for points scored with 113 in its blowout win over Maryland Eastern Shore on Wednesday. Here’s a look at how each Orange player contributed.

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Brianna Butler Brittney Sykes Isabella Slim Shakeya Leary Rachel Coffey La’Shay Taft Taylor Ford Cornelia Fondren Phylesha Bullard Briana Day Bria Day Alexis Peterson Tasia Butler Tiara Butler

8-12 6-12 3-8 2-6 0-2 4-13 4-7 4-4 2-8 1-4 1-3 2-5 1-4 0-3

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2 7 3 6 3 2 5 3 4 3 4 1 4 0

3 4 0 2 2 3 1 4 0 0 0 5 0 0

Butler and fellow sophomore Brittney Sykes combined for 42 points, the most they’ve had as a duo as Syracuse players. But they weren’t the only ones to get a piece of the action. Twelve of the 14 Syracuse players that saw the court put the ball in the basket.

The large lead came as cold comfort to Hillsman, however. He spent the majority of the game pacing the sidelines, barking orders. Instead of calling it a night with the game in hand, he urged his players to keep their feet on the gas.

“I was worried about going into halftime with such a large lead that our players wouldn’t come out in the second half and play hard,” Hillsman said.

They proved him wrong, posting 49 secondhalf points. The only drama as the game waned into its final minutes was whether or not Syracuse would break the record for points in a game.

La’Shay Taft put the fears to bed as she knocked down her third 3-pointer of the half to give SU a 104-39 lead, breaking the previous record of 103 points set on Jan. 24, 1978. Eighteen seconds later, she hit another 3.

Taft wasn’t aware until after the game that her 3 had broken the record.

“I guess I’ll be known for that for the longest,” Taft said, laughing, “until somebody snaps the record. It’s a good thing. It’s a plus.”

The laughs flowed throughout the postgame press conference, as the Orange could reflect on a game where all the players were able to contribute.

“Coach always talks about team basketball, and no matter what the score is on the clock,” Sykes said. “He’s really persistent, and really hard on us about team basketball.

“We still need to play clean basketball and be sharp, because those are the teams that go far in the season.” sblum@syr.edu

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finished 12-of-14 — against Minnesota (4-0) on Monday at 5:30 p.m. in Hawaii for the first round of tournament play.

Last year, Syracuse’s 67.5 free-throw percentage tied for 231st in the country. Through four games in 2013, the Orange has been even worse. At just 61.7 percent, SU’s struggles from the line have helped lesser opponents hang around and nearly sparked a stunning upset Monday.

“It’ll come along,” Syracuse forward Jera-

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since SU beat Tulane two full months ago.

“Our passing game isn’t where we want it to be,” Hunt said.

It hasn’t been since nonconference play.

In Syracuse’s six Atlantic Coast Conference games, Hunt is averaging 92.2 passing yards per game and has been intercepted seven times. With a chance to send Syracuse (5-5, 3-3 ACC) to its third bowl game in four years, Hunt will look to nail down his drops and timing when the Orange hosts Pittsburgh (5-5, 2-4) on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. in the Carrier Dome.

“Just put everything on the line because this is all or nothing,” Hunt said. “Even though we have two games left, we want to win those two games to have a winning season. It’s not just making a bowl game.”

The drops are the first concern. Hunt and quarterbacks coach Tim Lester have been working on it all season, but the consistency isn’t there yet.

Lester said he can tell when Hunt misreads a play in practice just by the drop he takes. In games, though, there are no do overs, and Hunt found that out the hard way in the Orange’s 59-3 loss to No. 2 Florida State last Saturday.

On a first-half screen play, Hunt took a three-step drop instead of a one-step. As the offensive linemen pulled out to get in front of the running back, Seminoles linebacker Christian Jones burst through the middle.

He leveled the exposed Hunt mid-release.

The result of the crushing blow was an incompletion, but also an important lesson when Lester and Hunt went over the play on Monday.

“Are you ever going to do that again?”

Lester asked.

“No, Coach. My ribs still hurt,” Hunt replied. “My body can still feel it.”

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mi Grant said. “We haven’t shot free throws well this year so far.”

With 7:40 left, Tyler Ennis bricked a pair of free throws and Ben Mockford hit a 3 on the other end to give St. Francis a 43-40 lead.

A near two-point lead swung into a threepoint deficit.

Syracuse missed just two more free throws the rest of the day.

“Everybody had confidence in their selves,” SU forward C.J. Fair said, “and we converted the ones we needed.”

The Orange scored its next eight points at the stripe. Michael Gbinije sunk a pair. Baye Moussa Keita hit both of his. Even Grant,

“That’s really where you learn,” Lester said.

“Next time you have that play, that screen, he’s not going to take three steps. I promise.”

Lester said Hunt completed 90 percent of the passes on which he took the proper drop and read. He completed 30 on the plays he flubbed.

That 90 percent, though, also includes timing — arguably the bigger problem, and one Hunt is not alone in sharing the blame.

Despite staying after practice to get extra reps with many of his receivers, Hunt still hasn’t quite timed out releasing the ball before each receiver breaks.

Lester called that the hardest thing for a young quarterback to do — especially with a rotating door of wide receivers.

“It’s the hardest thing to learn from high school to college,” Lester said. “You’ve just got to break your hands and start to throw before the guy’s actually into his route. And that’s really uncomfortable.”

H-back-turned-wide receiver-turned-Hback Ashton Broyld said he still has to guess when to expect the ball.

“Sometimes we be open and he’s not ready to go, or he’s ready to go and we’re not open,” Broyld said. “Right now, this is the hard time. This is frustrating because we’re just all new. It’s all new.”

For Hunt, the Pittsburgh game presents an opportunity, though. Starting safety Jason Hendricks is out with a shoulder injury. Broyld and Jarrod West are developing into more reliable targets. And coming off facing one of the best defensive back corps at FSU, the Panthers pale in comparison.

Maybe this will be the week Hunt finally finds a receiver in the end zone.

“One of these days we’re going to be lights out,” Broyld said. “I trust him more than anybody. That’s why he’s our quarterback.

“One day it’s going to click, and when it does we won’t be surprised.” sebail01@syr.edu @Stephen_ Bailey1

who’s shot a dismal 45.8 percent from the line this year, made both of his attempts. The only blemishes were 1-for-2 trips from the sharpshooter Trevor Cooney, and Fair.

“That bothers me when I miss a free throw,” Fair said.

After a layup by Grant tied the game and another by Gbinije gave SU the lead for good, Syracuse iced it at the line. Grant got to the line and put up a rare 2-for-2 to stretch the lead to four.

Eleven seconds later, Fair sunk two more.

The Orange survived.

“We knew free throws were going to be big coming back,” Fair said.

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though, fans will continue to worry. As St. Francis hung around and free throws rattled out, the collective groans from the Carrier Dome crowd grew louder and louder.

Syracuse has struggled on the offensive end so far this season and, right now, the Orange can’t even rely on getting to the line.

After Saturday’s win over Cornell, Boeheim insisted that his team doesn’t take bad shots from the field. Those only come when SU gets to the line.

“We took some bad free throws,” Boeheim said. “Maybe we shouldn’t have shot those, but you’ve got to do that, right?”

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The sophomore who took Central New York by storm with seven scoring strikes in two games hasn’t thrown for a score

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Cornelia Fondren was positioned at the top of the key. Quentin Hillsman was on the sideline with his eyes blankly staring, focused on the play in front of him.

The head syracuse 113 coach shouted umes 42 for Fondren to cut to the basket. The sophomore obliged and raced forward to the dish, where Shakeya Leary fed her the ball for the easy finger roll.

It was like clockwork. All night, Syracuse bullied Maryland Eastern Shore, scoring on command.

“We just got it clicking,” Hillsman said. “Tonight, I’ll be honest with you, we played phenomenal, and Maryland Eastern Shore obviously didn’t play that well tonight.”

The words “phenomenal” and “not that well” could classify as an understatement. The Orange (4-0) routed the Lady Hawks (1-3) 113-42 at the Carrier Dome in front of 402 fans. The points scored and the margin of victory were both program records for Syracuse.

The catalyst for the Orange was Brianna Butler, who scored SU’s first nine points. She posted a careerhigh 23 points on 7-of-11 shooting from behind the arc. The sophomore played only 20 minutes, but was given tons of open opportunities.

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luke rafferty | video editor terrel hunt hopes to snap his passing touchdown-less streak, which dates back six games spanning two months.

After throwing seven during SU’s nonconference slate, Hunt has struggled with his timing against ACC competition.

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SU looks to mend free-throw woes versus Minnesota

By David Wilson Sports Editor

As Jim Boeheim’s press conference began to wind down after Syracuse’s narrow victory over St. Francis, an unfamiliar voice piped in from the camera stand.

“I know you keep Who: Minnesota up with the Where: Lahaina, Hawaii When: Monday, 5:30 p.m. news quite a Channel: ESPN2 bit,” he said, “and I’m sure you’ve seen the coverage of the debate over Interstate 81. Just wondering what your thoughts are about that and how it affects the university.”

A renegade news reporter had found his way into the Carrier Dome’s media room.

Boeheim chuckled and looked down at the podium.

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“That’s something that, you know, there’s professionals that are supposed to figure that out and figure out what really is the best thing to do,” the Syracuse head coach said. “But me? I have enough trouble figuring out how we’re going to make a free throw sometimes.”

From a broader problem for Central New York to a specific one that has plagued the Orange for what seems like years.

As everything went wrong during SU’s 56-50 win over St. Francis (N.Y.) in its opening game of the EA Sports Maui Invitational, an old nemesis once again surfaced. Free throw after free throw clanged off the rim during the early portions of a 66.7-percent day before No. 9 Syracuse straightened itself out down the stretch. The Orange (4-0) will try to build off that late momentum — SU

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sterling boin | staff photographer c.j. fair attempts a foul shot during SU’s win over St. Francis. SU is shooting a paltry 61.7 clip from the free-throw line, but has managed to start 4-0.