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Ticket or treat East neighborhood residents argue Halloween weekend foot traffic was higher than in previous years.

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By Michael Boren Asst. News Editor

A student and security guard grabbed two women out of a vehicle after it rear-ended a parked car and flipped on its side early Sunday morning on Walnut Place.

The Department of Public Safety confirmed there was a car accident, but neither DPS nor the Syracuse Police Department could access the accident report Sunday. Several eyewitness accounts confirmed seeing the car on its side and paramedics transporting an unknown girl in an ambulance from the accident, which occurred between the Alpha Epsilon Pi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity houses.

Joseph Nehme, a member of SAE,

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Soft targets John Sumpter discusses Obama’s reaction to the attempted alQaeda attacks.

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Geeks assemble Local comic vendors, students unite for firstever on-campus comic book convention.

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DPS links 3 County provides on-, near-campus voting sites off-campus Don’t know robberies where to vote? left: jenny jakubowski | staff photographer, right: mo coyle | staff photographer carl paladino and andrew cuomo, the Republican and Democratic candidates for New York state governor, respectively, encourage supporters to vote in Tuesday’s midterm elections during campaign stops in Syracuse.

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Trial and error Usual Cincinnati starting quarterback Zach Collaros couldn’t play Saturday, and his replacement, Chazz Anderson, committed two costly turnovers en route to a 31-7 SU victory.

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Syracuse University students registered in Onondaga County will have a number of on- or near-campus polling locations for Tuesday’s midterm elections.

Most students who live on North Campus will vote at E.S. Bird Library, and students living on South Campus should vote at Drumlins Country Club.

The 16th Ward, which SU is a part of, includes a number of other polling locations as well. Locations include: Erwin First United Methodist Church at 920 Euclid Ave., Edward Smith School on

Lancaster Avenue and Broad Street, and Toomey Abbott Towers at 1207 Almond St. The 19th Ward, which includes Drumlins, also includes: Seals Community Center in Kirk Park, Engine House No. 8 at 2412 S. Salina St. and Bishop Harrison Center at 1340 Lancaster Ave. Students who registered in Onondaga County should have received a postcard detailing where to vote, according to the Office of Government and Community Relations website. To locate an assigned polling place, there will be maps in Schine Student Center and Goldstein Student Center detailing the locations of polling

If voters have not heard from the county about their assigned polling place, they should contact the Onondaga County Board of Elections by calling 315-435-8683.

receives the most money for programming each semester.

Since 2006, UU has received between 25 to 35 percent of the student activity fee for its programming. The student activity fee is split into three categories: operational budgets, spring programming and fall programming. After taking out opera-

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places throughout the city.

The deadline for students to register for the midterm elections was Oct. 8. Students could have registered in a number of on-campus locations, including Schine,

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Bill changing UU funding process to be voted on Monday Managing Editor

Student Association assembly members will vote Monday on a bill to change the funding process for University Union.

The bill would require UU to apply for funding annually rather than each semester. It would also make UU the Official Programming of Syracuse University.

The bill must pass a vote by a majority at Monday’s meeting. SA meetings are open to the public.

SA divvies up the funds from the student activity fee to student organizations each semester for operating costs and programming. The current fee is $185 per student, totaling $2,541,160 for SA to split among campus organizations. UU

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The Department of Public Safety is coordinating with the Syracuse Police Department after an unidentified man allegedly committed two robberies and attempted another in the past week in the off-campus area near Syracuse University.

In two separate off-campus incidents Sunday, three people not affiliated with SU reported to Syracuse police that they were approached by a man, who in one instance had what appeared to be a handgun, according to a DPS e-mail sent Sunday afternoon.

The same man is believed to be behind the Sunday incidents in the Euclid area and a robbery that occurred Thursday morning in Thornden Park.

In the first Sunday incident, the suspect approached a man and demanded money at the intersection of Ostrom Avenue and Madison Street

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Two bombs found on way to Chicago EU allows Iran to import, export oil Two bombs were found inside cargo packages headed toward Chicago on Friday, according to The New York Times. The two bombs were shipped inside two computer printers from Yemen and intercepted in Britain and Dubai.

John Brennan, the president’s chief counterterrorism adviser, said it looks like the bombs were to be detonated in flight, according to The New York Times. American officials also said there is evidence that al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is behind the attempted attacks, according to The New York Times. The bombs were found in printer cartridges and contained the explosive PETN, a hallmark of al-Qaeda, according to The New York Times. Officials suspect the bombs were the work of Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, alQaeda in Yemen’s top bomb-maker. A woman was detained Saturday because her phone number and identification were found on the package sent from Yemen, but the shipping agent said she was not the same woman and authorities said they believed someone used her identification. She was released Sunday.

Many Yemenis responded to the news with skepticism. Authorities are not assuming they found all bombs involved in the attempted attack, according to The New York Times.

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The European Union issued regulations that allow for the import and export of oil and gas to the Islamic republic, according to The Washington Post. The E.U. will also allow financial transactions needed to import oil and gas to Iran. Restrictions on the sale of equipment and technology to the Iranian oil and gas industry were outlined in a United Nations Security Council resolution in June. If companies sell gasoline to Iran, the United States will penalize them. The United States has increased pressure on international oil companies to end their contracts with Iraq, according to The Washington Post. Because Iran has a low refining capacity, it needs to import 4.7 million gallons of petroleum. When the United States placed sanctions on the country, Iran announced an emergency plan to increase local production. E.U. officials said they are allowing fuel sales to ease the burden on Iranians. Iran Air, the country’s national carrier, has only been able to refuel at three European airports since Sept. 30, according to The Washington Post.

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Dilma Rousseff was elected as the first female president of Brazil on Sunday, according to The New York Times. Rousseff was the chief of staff and energy minister under popular President Luiz InĂĄcio Lula da Silva. Rousseff defeated JosĂŠ Serra with 56 percent of the votes compared to his 44 percent, according to The New York Times. Voters sent a message that they prefer to give the Workers Party more time to extend economic policies, which has helped millions of Brazilians out of poverty. Rousseff has promised to build low-income homes, expand community policing programs and improve the quality of education and public health care during her presidency, according to The New York Times.

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SUArt opens more exhibits after remodel

By Meghin Delaney Staff Writer

Recent renovations to SUArt Galleries in the Shaffer Art Building will allow for more of Syracuse University’s private art collection to be publicly displayed. The next round of exhibitions will open to the public Nov. 9.

“We wanted to celebrate the university’s collection in a way we hadn’t done before,” said Andrew Saluti, exhibitions and publications designer and preparator at SUArt Galleries.

The display was made possible when the museum studies department in the School of Art and Design moved its location from the Shaffer building to The Warehouse, Saluti said.

The move allowed the art gallery to open a closed facility, previously used for preparations and framing, to visitors. The area is filled with many new artifacts from different cultures and time periods in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas. The pieces are displayed in storage facilities built into the wall with glass coverings so they can be viewed.

“On display right now are about 1,500 objects,” Saluti said. “It’s still a seemingly small percentage of what we have, but it does show the breadth of the collection.”

When the closed facility was opened up to the public at the beginning of the semester, a hallway was connected to the facility, creating a loop in the gallery so people can view the artwork in one continued direction.

Construction in the West Galleries has also created an area for a selection of paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints examining American cities and their inhabitants. An additional exhibition space displays examples of American sculpture, glass and ceramic.

SUArt Galleries also has two more exhibits available for viewing that did not go under reconstruction, Saluti said. The exhibits are part of the permanent collection and are on display for up to 18 months at a time.

The first exhibit SUArt Galleries is displaying currently is in the print area and is called “Impassioned Images: German Expressionist Prints,” which reviews the major artists and approaches expressionism, an art movement that focuses on depicting emotions over reality, in the early 20th century, according to an article

by SU News Services.

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A sane scene

Despite overcrowded Metro lines, gridlocked streets and limited visibility, supporters of the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear flock to the National Mall on Saturday morning. The dueling satirical rallies were hosted by The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report’s Stephen Colbert. An estimated 215,000 people attended the event, according to a CBS News crowd estimate. See page 9

Residents say Euclid Halloween party traffic up

By Michael Boren and Dara McBride The Daily Orange

Harry Lewis was driving to church at 7 a.m. and still seeing students leave Halloween parties.

Residents of the East neighborhood reported more Halloween weekend traffic this year than last year and said it was worse than usual, but the Department of Public Safety said the weekend went as expected.

“It reminded me of MayFest, the amount of people that were out,” said

Lewis, treasurer of the Southeast University Neighborhood Association, who drove down Euclid Avenue around 11:30 p.m. Saturday.

Lewis, who lives on the 900 block of Lancaster Avenue with his wife, said he could not recall last year’s Halloween weekend but would definitely remember this year’s. As he was driving on Euclid, he noticed large groups walking in every direction and had to be careful of students jaywalking, he said. Lewis said he did not notice increased police

patrols during the weekend but did see an ambulance.

Department of Public Safety Asst.

Chief Mike Rathbun said the weekend was what DPS expected it to be — lots of people out in costumes, and parties occurring on most of the East neighborhood streets. He said this Halloween weekend was similar to last year’s.

“It was fairly typical, we had some intoxicated students, some injuries,” he said.

One student was injured from fall-

ing off a roof in the East neighborhood, and DPS and Syracuse police officers broke up a few fights, he said. DPS did not refer any students for wearing offensive or bias-related costumes, he said.

DPS had extra patrols and officers, including Rathbun, out on the streets.

“Pretty much everywhere I went, I saw a marked police unit,” Rathbun said.

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ESF student sent to hospital in critical but stable condition Oct. 25 A junior in the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry was taken to the hospital in critical condition on Oct. 25, according to an e-mail sent Tuesday to ESF students by the college.

Kate Bapst, the student, is in critical but stable condition, according to the e-mail sent by Cynthia Sedgwick,

ESF dean of student life and experiential learning. A copy of the e-mail was obtained by The Daily Orange.

Sedgwick sent the e-mail to the students and faculty on Wednesday, the day after Bapst was taken to the hospital.

ESF did not release the details on why Bapst was hospitalized.

“As we learn more, we will keep you informed of her progress,” Sedgwick said in the e-mail.

The ESF-Syracuse University Baptist Campus Ministry hosted a prayer session in Nifkin Lounge on Thursday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., according to another e-mail sent to students by Sedgwick on Wednesday

and obtained by The Daily Orange.

Bapst’s family has set up a page at CarePages.com, where her sister, Liz, is blogging updates about Bapst’s condition. Concerned friends or acquaintances can set up an account to view the updates.

— Compiled by Rebecca Kheel, asst. news editor, rhkheel@syr.edu

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graphs of Nikko and the Temple of Ieyasu,” which presents 40 19th century hand-colored album prints that display a tour of Nikko, the final resting place of Ieyasu Tokugawa, Japan’s first shogun on the Edo Period, according to the website.

These exhibits are now a more permanent part of the gallery and will be available for anywhere between a year and 18 months, Saluti said.

The collection in the photo and print gallery

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at 3:25 a.m., according to the DPS e-mail. The suspect possessed what appeared to be a handgun, according to the e-mail. The victim did not have any valuables, and the suspect left the area on foot heading north on Ostrom Avenue.

The victim was not injured.

In the second incident, the alleged suspect pointed an unknown object at two people and demanded money on the 500 block of Allen Street at 4:40 a.m., according to the e-mail. The suspect received an undetermined amount of money

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police issued 16 open container citations Friday through Sunday, all on Euclid and Lancaster avenues, according to Syracuse police reports.

Rufino Ramos lives with his wife and three children on the 700 block of Lancaster Avenue.

Ramos said he called police complaining about

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areas also functions as study rooms, Saluti said. These galleries are large rooms with tables in the middle that students and teachers can use to study more of the pieces.

The SU art collection dates back to 1873 when Dr. George Comfort, the first dean of the College of Fine Arts at SU, purchased a series of plaster casts for the studio arts program.

In 1949, a university trustee, George Arents, donated a group of 19th century European and American paintings collected by his mother, Annie Walters Arents, according to the SUArt Galleries website.

While the collection is focused primarily on American art, there are more than 45,000

objects, including European, Chinese, Columbian and Asian Indian materials, according to the website.

The majority of the university’s private collection is available for viewing at SUArt Galleries in Shaffer, but parts of the collection can be found in offices and public areas in university buildings, such as the mural “The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti,” found on the east wall of Huntington Beard Crouse Hall, according to the website.

The SUArt gallery is open to the public Tuesday to Sunday 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. medelane@syr.edu

and left the area on foot heading south toward Harvard Place. Neither victim was injured.

The suspect is described as a white male with black hair between the ages of 25 and 33, 5-feet-8-inches tall and weighing 160 pounds.

He was last seen wearing a blue or green hooded Syracuse sweatshirt and blue jeans.

The description of the suspect in the Sunday robberies matches that of the suspect in a robbery that occurred Thursday morning, DPS said. In that incident, the alleged suspect robbed two students in Thornden Park, displaying what appeared to be a black revolver, according to an e-mail sent Thursday from DPS. The students were walking near the

amphitheater when they were approached and robbed at 9:45 a.m., according to the e-mail.

The suspect took an orange backpack and a large green purse.

Neither student was injured during the incident.

DPS will be taking steps to ensure the man does not strike again because it is common for someone to repeat a crime, DPS Asst. Chief Mike Rathbun said. Criminals do things until they are caught because they are successful, he said.

“It’s not uncommon at all,” he said.

noise last weekend and that this past weekend was similar in noise and activity to other weekends this semester.

During a weekend in the beginning of October, one of the family’s outdoor Halloween decorations was taken. He said his children do not go out trick-or-treating in the East neighborhood and would not this year, either.

Mary Beth Williams, a resident of the 700 block of Sumner Avenue, said she lives on the

“fringe” of the party activity and could hear the parties going on this weekend. The area she lives in did not see much traffic, but she knows of residents living in the Redfield Place area who frequently complain about weekend parties, she said.

“Euclid is pretty disgusting,” Williams said, referring to the littering. “But it’s always.”

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Goldstein, Bird, Hendricks Chapel and the Office of Orientation and Off-Campus Programs.

Despite the information available on how to register and where to vote, some students said they did not know how to register.

“I turned 18 right before I got to school, so I wasn’t quite sure how or where to register,” said Ariana Romero, a freshman magazine journalism major. Romero said he plans to register when he goes home.

Students who are not registered to vote in

“I have very strong political opinions, and I want to actually have a say in things.”

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Onondaga County can also vote by mail with an absentee ballot. Students can obtain an absentee ballot as late as Monday at the Board of Elections headquarters in Syracuse and must postmark or return that ballot to the Board of Elections by Tuesday, Election Day. Primary elections drew minimal turnout, with Bird only seeing 17 voters, according to an article published in The Daily Orange on Sept.

15. But some students said they are excited to vote in the midterm elections.

“I’m voting because it’s my first time,” said Katie Criazzo, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. “It’s very exciting, and I want to participate.” dspearl@sry.edu — Asst. News Editor Rebecca Kheel contributed reporting to this article.

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Obama responds appropriately to attempted al-Qaeda attacks

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hen botched terrorist attacks happen against the United States, many people expect a sensationalist solution by the president or one of his many secretaries. After this past weekend, they may not get something sensational, but they will get the pleasure of knowing the president is actually doing something.

On Friday, news broke that al-Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula attempted to send bombs to synagogues in Chicago via UPS Inc. and FedEx flights.

Unlike the many mistakes of former President George W. Bush, President Barack Obama acted appropriately and in a timely manner. Considering the magnitude of this event, he definitely needs to stay vigilant in controlling and creating current and future legislation toward aviation laws.

It does not come as a surprise that a synagogue was the target of a planned attack because of the many religious issues currently taking place in the Middle East. It does, however, come as a surprise that multiple cargo flights were used. People in this day and age are expecting terrorists to use passenger flights or sleeper cells to attack the United States and its many allies. Movies like “Traitor” with Don Cheadle and “Syriana” with George Clooney have demonstrated this seemingly understood cultural norm. Using cargo planes may be a new element.

Professor Michael Barkun at Syracuse University, a specialist in the academic understanding of terrorism, wrote in an e-mail, “Based on information available on Saturday, October 30, it appears that this was a case of attempted attacks where bomb delivery was determined by security levels. Because security has become so stringent on passenger air carriers, the perpetrators evidently moved to a less secure branch of international transport, namely air cargo. It’s a variation on the classic pattern that when some targets get hardened, terrorists move toward ‘softer’ targets, although in this case, the aircrafts themselves were not the targets but merely the means of delivery.”

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i think i’m hungry again If Barkun is right, which by all accounts he probably is, groups like al-Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula will continue to focus on “soft” targets to create what could be the next biggest attack on American soil.

In Obama’s address to the nation this past Friday, he assured the U.S. public that the Department of Homeland Security and a variety of intelligence agencies and departments are doing everything they can to heighten security, but more needs to be done. Barkun’s analysis of the issue sheds light on the probability that al-Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula will continue to test “soft” targets until it gets one right, and by then it could be too late.

Looking at past aviation solutions and the 9/11 attacks, Obama would be correct in working with Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.). Markey pushed for the laws that required the screening of cargo in passenger airplanes, which inevitably led to the increase in the security of passenger flights overall. If there is a push for aviation legislation for cargo planes, Obama needs to be one of the first to admit it, and he needs to get it in motion as soon as possible.

A potential backlash for any new cargo laws would create tension abroad with international carriers because they are not going to be willing to continue changing their laws to suit the United States. Obama would need to push for a rise in international flight security while making the global community aware that the risks are not simply connected to the Western countries.

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s Syracuse University continues to explore the possibility of becoming a smoke-free campus in a joint effort with the Onondaga County Health Department, students are left wondering if and how a ban would affect SU’s neighboring college.

Plans to explore or impose a smoking ban at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry have not begun, but the buzz at SU has people talking about the possible effects of a smoke-free campus.

Peter Jerdo, a junior environmental studies major, said he thinks a smoking ban at ESF would be inconvenient for smokers, though he is not a smoker himself. He said he thought a SUNY-wide ban would create uproar due to the large number of smokers he has seen.

“It would be a pretty big change to the way things have been for forever,” Jerdo said.

Although a ban could make life more difficult for smokers at ESF, it could have positive benefits for the campus as a whole, he said. Jerdo would like to walk to class without passing through clouds of cigarette smoke, he said.

“It would certainly cut back on litter on campus from cigarette butts,” he said.

And if SU imposes a smoking ban, ESF could feel the negative effects of SU smokers looking for a new place to

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smoke, Jerdo said. Proponents could use this as an argument for an ESF smoking ban if the college ever decides to explore the idea, he said.

The Office of Student Life could not be reached for comment.

Despite not having a full-out smoking ban, ESF currently has a smoking policy in effect that aims to reduce the negative impacts of smokers on non-smokers, according to the policy.

As part of the New York state Legislature’s 2003 restrictions on smoking in public places of employment, ESF adopted a campus-wide smoking policy. The policy prohibits smoking in all ESF-owned buildings and vehicles, in outdoor areas where flammable or combustible materials are stored and within 25 feet of any doors, windows, loading docks or air intake vents. People can still smoke in outdoor areas, such as the Quad or parking lots.

Those who do not comply with the policy are subject to disciplinary action through the Office of Human Resources or the Student Judiciary. Violators of the policy are also subject to civil fines due to noncompliance with Article 13E of the New York state Public Health Law, which forbids smoking in public places of employment.

ESF’s smoking policy also includes a Smoking Cessation Assistance program, which provides a telephone hotline for people trying to quit, a free starter kit of nicotine patches

for eligible smokers, and information and tips about how to successfully quit smoking.

Although Jerdo said he would not be bothered by a smoking ban, he said he is torn over whether students and faculty have the right to smoke on campus.

“On the one hand, it’s just another thing that people can consume to make themselves feel good,” Jerdo said. On the other hand, he said, secondhand smoke is harmful, especially to people who are allergic.

Since cigarettes are taxed and legally treated in a similar way to alcohol, Jerdo said he understands why a college campus would ban smoking.

A smoking ban at ESF would also help the college in its effort to reduce its carbon footprint, which includes greenhouse gas emissions like carbon dioxide found in cigarette smoke, Jerdo said.

ESF students living in SU dorms would be affected if SU enacted a smoking ban, said Ellen Czajkowski, a junior conservation biology major and resident assistant at Skyhall III. Students would probably go to ESF to smoke or simply try to smoke in restricted areas without being noticed, Czajkowski said.

“Since we use so many of SU’s facilities,” Czajkowski said, “people would need to go out of their way to smoke elsewhere.” jlsiart@syr.edu

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walked outside the front door of the SAE house to get some air during a Halloween party and saw the vehicle hit the back of a parked car and flip, he said. He threw his costume boxing gloves off and ran with a security guard from SAE’s party to the vehicle, which had its driver’s side window open. The driver’s side was facing the air and the passenger’s side facing the ground when Nehme and the guard got there, Nehme said.

“I pushed him up, and he crawled into the window and grabbed the first girl out,” Nehme said.

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she was so deep in the car, Nehme said. The girl who had been in the driver’s seat was telling Nehme and the guard to get her friend out, he said. Neither of the girls appeared to have blood on them, he said.

“The girls were very delirious. They were crying,” Nehme said. “It was pretty scary.”

The side windows of the vehicle were smashed, said Jonathan Hirsch, president of the fraternity AEPi. Hirsch saw the vehicle after the accident.

“It was directly in the middle of the road, no one could get through that,” said Hirsch, a senior biophysics major.

Hirsch said a Rural/Metro ambulance transported a girl to the hospital and that there were 10 to 15 DPS and SPD cars combined on the street. Hirsch walked outside the AEPi house

“I was inside, and I just heard someone literally yell, ‘Come outside, a car’s flipped over.’”

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and discovered the accident after a fraternity brother called and told him about it at 12:40 a.m., he said. Hirsch said he asked police if the accident involved his fraternity house, and they said no.

There were papers and glass on the road amid the aftermath of the accident, he said.

“It just took a while to clear all the debris,” Hirsch said.

Anna Pietrzak, a junior, was at a Halloween party in the SAE fraternity house during the

accident and saw at least 10 people run out the front door onto the porch, she said.

“I was inside, and I just heard someone literally yell, ‘Come outside, a car’s flipped over,’” she said.

By the time she walked outside, the ambulance was gone, but she saw the car sitting on its side, she said.

She said: “A lot of people were just standing outside watching it.”

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tions’ abilities to bring speakers, concerts and other programs to campus, Beyda said.

Changes to UU’s funding have been in the works for at least the past 10 years, SA President Jon Barnhart said. Beyda, Barnhart, members of Barnhart’s cabinet and the Office of Student Activities discussed and decided upon the bill’s provisions.

“It’s good to finally see something on paper,” Barnhart said.

This new bill would not take money away from other organizations during the spring funding cycle. SA would allocate the funds to make sure the amount available for other student organizations remains proportional, Barnhart said.

Neal Casey, the only candidate running for SA president, authored the bill. SA’s administrative operations committee and the Finance Board approved the bill recently. If passed by the assembly Monday, the bill will take effect in the spring, Beyda said.

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tional budgets, UU has received up to 49 percent of the fee, UU President Andrew Beyda said.

The goal of the new bill is to decrease the amount of funding UU requests from SA, Beyda said. Having all funding before the coming year would allow UU to book concerts and events earlier, ultimately lowering the cost of the events, Beyda said.

“The big goal of this is to draw down on the amount of money UU requires from the student activity fee,” he said.

As the university’s Official Programming, UU would be the destination for all large-scale programming inquiries, Beyda said. Currently, the Office of Student Activities receives calls and requests for programming and does not have anywhere to direct them without an Official Programming organization, he said.

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Students travel to D.C. rally

By Colleen Bidwill Asst. Copy Editor

People dressed up as Uncle Sam, bananas and wizards Saturday. Many held signs reading, “Our differences make us interesting, not enemies.”

Though it looked like a Halloween party, it was actually Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. The rally in Washington, D.C., put on by the television comedy-news personalities, argued against partisanship in the United States.

A busload of about 55 Syracuse University students traveled to Washington for the rally, leaving SU at midnight on Friday. The students were a small part of the estimated 250,000 people at the event. For Ben Glidden, a freshman broadcast journalism major, attending the rally easily outweighed spending the weekend in Syracuse.

“I’ve heard Halloween was a great time, but I was a part of a historical political rally in our nation’s capital that will be talked about for years,” Glidden said. “Can people who dressed up and went out drinking to frats say that?”

The rally criticized the media and its effect on politics, Glidden said.

“The media Republicans make Democrats look bad, and the media Democrats make Republicans look bad,” he said.

There were a variety of performances, including Ozzy Osbourne, The Roots, Cat Stevens and John Legend. Stars of the Discovery Channel show “MythBusters” led the crowd in experiments. Other speakers at the event focused on tolerance, embracing diversity and loving the United States.

There was a musical illustration of the Stewart-Colbert debate by Stevens, who performed “Peace Train” against Osbourne’s rendition of “Crazy Train.” The O’Jays performance of “Love Train” resolved the debate.

Glidden said the best part of the experience came when he was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people rallying for the same cause.

“Knowing that people haven’t given up hope on our government and on our country gives me a lot of hope,” he said. “We still have people out there who understand our country is in a tough spot, but we have climbed out of holes before and we will do it again.”

One segment of the rally involved Stewart and Colbert awarding medals for reasonableness and fear. One award was given to Detroit Tigers’ pitcher Armando Galarraga for forgiving the umpire who blew his perfect game.

Amy Snider, a junior history and political science major, attended the event and agreed that it forged an see sanity rally page 10

mo coyle | staff photographer r. dominic lloyd, a Syracuse University alumnus, flips through a box of comic books at the Syracuse Comic Book Show in the the Schine Underground. The convention brought in numerous members of the local comic book community for the first campus convention.

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By Erik Van Rheenan Contributing Writer

t wasn’t quite the Batcave, but Schine Underground played host to legions of superheroes in comic book form on Saturday afternoon, marking the first time a comic book convention has taken place on the Syracuse University campus.

The Underground transformed into a secret lair for superhero fans, with vibrant pop art plastering the walls as hunched-over comic book fans flipped through endless rows of comic books in worn-out boxes.

The event was super-powered by Mike Sagert, a Syracuse resident who holds a comic book convention in the downtown area once a year.

Despite drawing interest from local collectors, the student turnout for the comic book show was lower than expected. The show featured booths from local artists and comic book retailers.

“Business has been good, and we’ve had a good reception from collectors,” said Peter Callari, a local comic book enthusiast, “but there

First-ever SU comic book show teams up local comic community, students

haven’t been many students coming.

We had this event on campus to generate student interest, but it doesn’t look like it worked.”

The $5 entry fee gave students the opportunity to meet local artists at sessions instructing students how to write and illustrate comic books. Guest speakers included Dan

sphere. Comic books are coming back in popularity, too. It’s kind of a hipster thing now.”

Sterns and sophomore advertising and marketing major Faith Zaki came to the comic book show to pick out select comic book covers to use as wall art.

“It’s a neat idea,” Zaki said. “I

“If you go onto eBay and see what some of these classic editions are selling for, you wouldn’t say that the comic book business is outdated. Not even close.”

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Reynolds, known for his humorous greeting cards, Tom Peyer, who has edited for DC Comics, and Randy Elliott, who has illustrated for both DC and Marvel comics.

“It’s too bad not many more students are here,” said Sarah Sterns, a sophomore communications design major. “It’s a cool, low-key atmo-

heard about the event from reading a flier and thought it would be worth it to come. All of the art is vintage, and I thought it would be cool to use to decorate my room with.”

Randy Harris, owner of Bullseye Comics and a local comic book retailer who sold vintage comics at the convention, said low prices for

most comic books — excluding collectors’ edition comics on display — and childhood memories were part of what brought students to the event.

“Plenty of students have stopped by to pick up comics of their favorite superheroes when they were young.

It has a nostalgia factor that reminds them of the idols they had,” Harris said. “The biggest draws today have been Spiderman and Batman duking it out for the most issues sold.”

Despite a sluggish economy, the comic book industry has stayed strong. Callari said strong comic book sales in foreign markets and the availability of websites like eBay and Craigslist have made comic books an investment opportunity.

“If you go onto eBay and see what some of these classic editions are selling for, you wouldn’t say that the comic book business is outdated. Not even close,” Callari said. “People are quick to say that comic books are dead, but that isn’t necessarily true.”

Many of the retailers at the convention said the recent Hollywood see Comic convention page 10

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Keith Stone promotes smooth behavior, Keystone Light

By Yelena Galstyan Staff Writer

Keith Stone did not save a buxom woman named Kiki this past Thursday. Nor did he comfort a tearful bride with his confidence and easygoing personality, as his commercials suggest.

Instead he visited Syracuse University hot spots and spread his “Always Smooth” mantra to the student population.

Stone is the official spokesman for Keystone Light, the “Always Smooth” light beer. He has appeared in two Keystone Light commercials, establishing himself as the go-to guy of smoothness.

Stone rolled up to Varsity Pizza Thursday night with a girl on each arm and a posse of smooth activists. Before that, he played ping-pong at the Tops grocery store on Nottingham Road. Later, Stone and his entourage went to Chuck’s Cafe on Marshall Street for a Halloween costume contest and Lucy’s Retired Surfers Bar for drinks.

“You know how you never know where the

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trend of blockbuster superhero movies has also boosted interest in comic books among collegeage students. Pete Smith, a sales representative for Bullseye Comics, said the success of movies like “The Dark Knight” and “Iron Man” has helped keep the comic book industry alive.

Sagert said although student reception was not as strong as he would have preferred, he already has plans for the next show, which he

night is going to take you? It’s like you never know where Keith Stone is going to take you,” said Andy Bowman, Keystone Light’s communications manager.

Groups of SU students hoarded around him to snap pictures at Varsity and sat down and munched on pizza, compliments of Stone.

Nicole Rinker, a freshman biology major, said she came out to see Stone because he’s a big deal in Maryland, where she comes from.

“Everyone loves him, you’ll even see Facebook statuses about him,” Rinker said.

Upstate New York has been very responsive to Stone’s message, Bowman said. “Anecdotally, people have expressed interest, and we wanted to reward his friends,” he said. Stone handed out Keystone memorabilia, like can covers and Keystone Light wristbands, to the crowd at Varsity.

Bowman said this won’t be the last time Stone visits Syracuse because people around here know how to have fun.

“Syracuse could use a little more Keith Stone.

hopes to bring to campus again. However, he said it was good to see local comic book retailers collaborating under the same roof. He said he hopes next year’s show will have bigger guest appearances, but he wouldn’t disclose their secret identities.

“Having some more well-known people affiliated with comic books coming to an event will probably draw more students, though,” said Sagert. “People who like comic books will still come out to events like these, and who doesn’t like superheroes?” ervanrhe@syr.edu

And Keith Stone could use a little more Syracuse,” said Stone through Bowman via e-mail Friday. “Last night, those two things combined simultaneously in a beautiful way. Like a magnificent winged horse.”

Bowman said people have even reached out to him and asked for instructions on pulling off a Keith Stone Halloween costume. “I tell them: You’ve got to be yourself, because you can only do you, carry a 30 stone and be smooth,” Bowman said.

Other students agreed. Stone is a laid-back, friendly guy handing out pizza, said Sam Morrison, a sophomore information management major. “Why wouldn’t I come see him?”

A variety of glorifying and rather absurd feedback on Keith Stone followed. Fans expressed their desire to be more like the witty spokesman.

“He’s the epitome of a real man. He’s what I strive to be,” Morrison said. “If I could grow facial hair, I’d grow it like Keith Stone.”

Stone’s head-to-toe black outfit, trucker hat

and unkempt haircut personify the carefree lifestyle. His persona depicts a below-average man with above-average smoothness.

Whether it’s his attitude or looks, he’s caught the attention of college students.

“Being smooth is a 24/7 job. It takes time, dedication and skill,” said John Lechner, a sophomore international relations major.

Stone smooth-talked his way behind the pizza counter and started rolling dough as if he belonged there. Until the moment he left, people gathered to snap a photo with him.

“Wherever he goes, girls and guys follow him,” Bowman said. “Guys want to be him, girls want to be with him.”

After leaving Syracuse, Stone had only good things to say about the SU area.

“If the ‘Cuse were a lady, I might have to marry her,” he said through Bowman. “Unfortunately, the state of New York does not recognize unions between a man and a city-lady.”

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of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and a campaign director of College Democrats, said his favorite part of the rally was Stewart and Colbert’s musical performance of “I’m More American Than You,” with lyrics like “Every day on my calendar is the Fourth of July. If you cut me open, I bleed apple pie.”

Phu said it was one of the most memorable rallies he’s been to, due to the friendly atmosphere of the fellow attendees.

“The rally itself was a Halloween party of its own,” he said.

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alliance between attendees. She said it was an event that will shape the generation.

“There was such a sense of community and patriotism at the event that it could in no way be regarded as negative,” Stewart said.

The rally ended with Tony Bennett singing “America the Beautiful,” and the crowd erupted in cheers, chanting “USA, USA!” Kevin Phu, a junior in the State University

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By Abram Brown STAFF WRITER

ombies stagger after their prey. Their preferred meal: human flesh. In turn, those still living seek out a life with little food, no electricity and killing undead family members and friends.

Consider life in “The Walking Dead” miserable. Watching it is just as bad.

AMC debuted its latest drama Sunday night, which features a sheriff’s deputy, Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), and his fight to survive in the zombie apocalypse. Grimes wakes from a gunshot-induced coma to find the world overrun with the undead. He heads to Atlanta in hopes of meeting up with other survivors but finds the city overrun with zombies. Grimes also aims to find his wife, Lori (Laurie Holden), and his child, Carl (Chandler Riggs).

The show’s biggest strength revolves around the special effects used to create the zombies. They look gruesome, and “The Walking Dead”

Stayin’ alive...

How to survive a zombie apocalypse in three easy steps Picture this: The undead start to rise out of their graves across America. Maybe a virus caused it, but the living public might never know. The only concern is these zombies want human flesh — and lots of it — with greater cravings than a Kimmel patron at 2 a.m. Welcome to the zombie apocalypse. To help you survive, we compiled these tips.

Advanced special effects can’t save ‘The Walking Dead’ from exessive violence, depressing storyline

uses a lot of them. In a park, Grimes encountered a zombie missing its legs, with most of its organs trailing out behind it. And to begin the episode, a little zombie girl tried to attack Grimes. Dressed in a bathrobe and slippers and clutching a teddy bear, she ran at him with half her mouth missing and blood smeared on her face.

“The Walking Dead” could win an Emmy Award for its special effects. Its real problem, though, is it will attract only the most ardent horror fans. With its excessive violence and a leaden story, “The Walking Dead” will fail to develop a loyal and broad fan base, something AMC’s super-dramas “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad” have already accomplished.

Few viewers will tolerate the graphic nature of the show. In fact, “graphic” remains too light a word. Regard “The Walking Dead” as a weekly, CGI-animated snuff film. In that opening scene, Grimes called out to the little girl with the teddy bear. The little girl whips around and then runs toward Grimes. He grimaces and then pulls out a revolver. He pulls the trigger, and the camera cuts to a shot of the little girl. You then see the bullet hit the girl, with blood expelling from her head. The shot

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Get yourself a gun

A zombie dies only when its brain stops functioning. Some zombie exterminators favor a machete, but the short-range weapon tends to force you to get too close to the flesheater. And for those weaklings out there, you might not have the strength to wield the two-foot-long knife. A gun remains your best option, the best offensive tool for protecting yourself. We suggest a shotgun: Use buckshot for a greater chance of hitting your target and aim for the head.

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goes to slow motion as you see the girl tumble to the ground and then see her body bounce back up. After that, Grimes goes on to shoot his former colleague, beat a random male zombie to death with a baseball bat and shoot several more zombies at point-blank range while trapped under a car in the episode’s final scene.

Television series shy away from post-apocalyptic settings for a reason. Post-apocalyptic storylines tend to take a long time to develop.

You must make it through a great deal of misery to see the characters prosper.

This works well in a film because a set time exists. Say the film ends in 90 minutes: You know

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Find a horse

Fools will use a car. But face it, the gasoline supply will run out quickly, and if the electricity goes off, your Toyota Prius is even more useless than usual. You and your friends are meals on wheels. No, you need a horse, preferably a healthy one with a good bloodline. Opt for a faster mount over a stocky one. If you need to stage a quick getaway, you will realize the Clydesdale is a poor choice.

the characters will either die or live within 90 minutes from the beginning. No need to sit through hours of horror. Even if it toned down its violence, “The Walking Dead” still presents an incredibly bleak picture of life. It will likely take a long time to develop its storyline, and the program fails to compensate its viewers for sitting through this.

Skip “The Walking Dead.”

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Practice constant vigilance

Mad-Eye Moody’s mantra stays alive, and as long as you use it effectively, so should you. Always keep your wits about you. When hunting or scavenging for food, choose a hunting partner who won’t distract you.

Always carry binoculars in case you hear some rotting flesh falling off into some leaves nearby. Carry a map and compass on you at all times. (For many of you, learn to read a map.) Familiarize yourself with your escape plan before departure.

And if all else fails: Run like hell.

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Facing near must-win, SU pulls out close victory over WVU

By Rachel Marcus Staff Writer

West Virginia wasn’t going down without a fight.

But for the first time in three games, neither was Syracuse. Because of the Orange’s desperation, it prevailed 3-2 against the Mountaineers following syracuse 3 a loss of the same score just days earlier against West Virginia 2 two Pittsburgh.

“We’re desperate for all Pittsburgh 3 the games this weekend, Syracuse 2 but after a loss you’re going to be more desperate for a win,” senior Hayley Todd said.

Against the Panthers Friday, the Syracuse volleyball team started strong but ultimately fell flat, losing its third straight game, 3-2. But on Sunday afternoon in the Women’s Building, SU (22-6, 4-6) topped a scrappy West Virginia squad with some

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Orange defense (and rightfully so, as the defense put a muzzle to Cincy’s offensive weapons) was, well, the center of attention. On television screens across the country, piped in by ESPNU, and on the big screen towering over the second oldest stadium in college football, fans saw that Bartholomew came up big.

Falling on the football in the end zone, Bartholomew was the hero. But he didn’t see it that way.

scrappiness of its own.

From the start, it was clear the Mountaineers (14-12, 4-6) would be a tough test for the Orange.

West Virginia came in with three straight losses of its own, but Syracuse played with just as much, if not more, desperation. SU was coming off of a heartbreaking five-set loss to Pitt that put the team in danger of missing the Big East tournament.

The game against WVU was a must-win.

“Obviously we wanted it bad,” said sophomore Samantha Hinz, who finished with nine kills. “We had come off a few losses.”

But the win was not an easy one. Not against a West Virginia team that seemed to have the game in hand multiple times throughout the match.

The Mountaineers took the first set 25-18 and seemed well on their way to handing Syracuse another crushing loss. But SU fought back with a dominating second set, besting West Virginia

25-17 to tie up the match.

The third set was closer, but the Orange took it, 25-21. Mindy Stanislovaitis led the way, finishing with a team-high 13 kills in the match.

SU seemed to have finally figured out how to beat the pesky Mountaineers. All it needed was another win in the fourth set. But the Orange got down early and could not claw its way back, as West Virginia tied up the match 2-2 with a 25-21 win.

And then came the fifth and final set. The one that would decide the match and set the tone for the rest of SU’s season.

Against Pitt, the Orange couldn’t close the deal. Syracuse was unable to win the fifth set.

The consistency just wasn’t there. But versus the Mountaineers, SU pulled off the win.

“We had some weird plays, but they were good,” Hinz said. “We just had to be on our toes at all times to try to just be ready for them.”

Despite falling into a quick 0-3 hole, the Orange rebounded to take an 11-6 lead. Outside hitter Noemie Lefebvre had a kill down the stretch to make it 14-9, and SU won the last set 15-10.

The Orange finally did it. SU’s desperation for a win came through, and it pulled off the victory in a tough five-set game. West Virginia wasn’t going to beat SU like Pitt did 48 hours earlier.

“We just had to stay confident, believe that we were going to win. Just not worry about their side and just keep playing our offense,” Hinz said.

SU will have to continue to play that way as it heads into the final stretch of Big East games. The team will have little room for any losses.

“If we do what we need to do on our side, then we’ll beat any team on the other side,” assistant coach Carol LaMarche said. “They were pumped and ready to go. They wanted to win.”

For a lineman, scoring was just as valuable to him as providing Ryan Nassib enough time to hit Van Chew in that same end zone.

Since the start of Big East play, Bartholomew and what was an inexperienced, struggling offensive line have swallowed whole the athletes of South Florida and West Virginia. Against Cincinnati, it was more about providing Nassib with time to do whatever he pleased versus one of the worst pass defenses in the country. The quarterback was given opportunity after opportunity on third down to find receivers sitting in seams.

It felt the same way every time Nassib strolled

up to the line during the course of his seven completions to start the game. Five times before Nassib found Chew for the first touchdown of the game, the line gave Nassib enough time to find the first down.

From there, the O-line provided the foundation for the win. It was more of the same until Bartholomew fell on the ball in the end zone. And it was just a continuation of a year in which the unit has been the main warriors behind SU’s Big East success on the road.

Eight games into the year, the offensive line went from question mark to reliable. Its members

have become the “landmarks” SU follows.

They have been the main reason SU has succeeded in a year in which open season is the theme in the Big East. They have provided the opening for everything that has transpired.

And despite the glory in the touchdown, Bartholomew is content with just creating those openings for guys like Delone Carter.

Said Carter: “The O-line did a tremendous job, and we just trusted our landmarks and it opened.”

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Ryan Nassib Nassib wasn’t the reason SU won, but he rebounded after his shakiest performance of the season last week.

He now has a touchdown pass in eight consecutive games.

Delone Carter Carter powered his way to 109 yards on 19 carries, a 5.7 average. He kept the chains moving for a Syracuse offense that held the ball for more than 35 minutes in the game.

Ryan Bartholomew The senior center and co-captain scored the first touchdown of his career Saturday on a heads-up play. He recovered a fumble in the end zone, ensuring the Orange didn’t waste an opportunity.

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Shafer’s defense has hit its stride in conference play, finally displaying more consistency. The defense held the Bearcats to 277 total yards and forced three turnovers. SU has now shut out five different opponents in the second half this season.

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Van Chew Chew grabbed a touchdown catch, but statistically he had his worst game of the season. He caught just one ball for three yards and that touchdown, and he was not a factor the rest of the way.

Adam Harris Harris almost gave up a costly turnover with a chance to put the Orange up 14-0. Luckily, Bartholomew was there to recover his fumble.

HERO Derrell Smith Smith led a stout defensive effort from SU. First, he recovered quarterback Chazz Anderson’s second-quarter fumble deep in Cincinnati territory, leading to an Orange touchdown. Then, he picked off an Anderson pass early in the third, scampering 60 yards to set up another SU touchdown.

ZERO Chazz Anderson Cincinnati’s instability at quarterback came back to haunt it on Saturday. With regular starter and high-powered quarterback Zach Collaros out, Anderson couldn’t fill the void. His two turnovers shifted the balance in what could have been a closer game.

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Derrell Smith intercepts Chazz Anderson’s pass at the Syracuse three-yard line, racing 60 yards downfield. Cincinnati could have made the score 17-14 with a touchdown, but Smith’s interception set up an eventual SU touchdown and gave it a 24-7 lead that put the game out of reach.

By Tony Olivero Asst. Sports Editor

CINCINNATI — Scott Shafer didn’t have to face the true Cincinnati offense, the one that has “by far” the best receivers in the Big East in his opinion. The Syracuse defensive coordinator didn’t have to face his favorite player in the Big East in the Bearcats’ regular starting quarterback, Zach Collaros.

“Obviously I feel bad for Collaros,” Shafer said. “He is my favorite player in the league. I love that kid.”

All week, Shafer at times had to think of and prepare for the chance that the injured Collaros would make his way onto the Nippert Stadium field. And he, of course, had to expect that Cincinnati’s loaded receiving corps — including Armon Binns, D.J. Woods and Marcus Barnett — would be playing at a level that could dismantle his defense.

But the Cincy offensive attack didn’t dismantle Shafer’s defense. The Bearcat-attack — minus its most important player in Collaros — had one of its worst games as a unit. From the beginning, Shafer’s crew put a muzzle on the UC’s offensive stars with what is becoming its trademark brand of blitz-happy, change-incoverage football. The Bearcats, which averaged 30.3 points per game entering Saturday, didn’t score in the first quarter.

Collaros’ replacement at quarterback, Chazz Anderson, accounted for only eight passing yards in the first quarter. A far cry from the per-

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Just like Syracuse did at the most crucial points in the game, Smith took the interception and ran to the win. Sixty yards on the way to an SU blowout.

Smith could only muster two words for Anderson after the game. Those words reflected the gift of a play for the linebacker. It also reflected the entire game for SU, as Anderson and the rest of the Bearcats had a hand in each of the Orange’s timely big plays.

“Thank you,” Smith said.

Syracuse capitalized on the Bearcats’ miscues, much like it has in its surprising three road wins to open Big East play — something it hadn’t done since 2001 — in the win Saturday in front of 32,072 at Nippert Stadium.

It was another pedestrian win for a team that has all of a sudden become the Big East’s road warriors. The Orange (6-2, 3-1 Big East) has won four away games for the first time since 1996.

The win was cemented in three quarters of play during which the Orange made sure to capitalize on every gawk-worthy gaffe Cincinnati (3-5, 1-2 Big East) committed. The Bearcats turned the ball over three times in the game, and the Orange tallied 17 points off them. Anderson accounted for two, fumbling the ball once to Smith in the second quarter before throwing the pass right to him in the third quarter.

But it really started with the initial giftwrapped game-changer before either team took the field. The gift was handed to the SU defense when Collaros couldn’t play due to a lingering injury to his left knee. From there, SU ran away with every Bearcat blunder that sprung up in a clutch situation.

On Saturday, the replacement wasn’t good enough. During the moments that mattered, the Bearcats’ usual starters weren’t much better.

formances of the quarterback that warrants the title of Shafer’s favorite. But it wasn’t an overly complex plan of attack for Shafer’s defense when prepping for the possibilities of the game.

It was just another performance of Shafer football. There were a few wrinkles added in, but nothing special.

“Not so much with the pressure, (we) hanged up a few coverages,” Shafer said. “Things with Binns and Woods, because they are both such good football players.”

Added Shafer: “The kids played schematically, they didn’t change a lot. But it was a tough duty.”

Paramount for that duty with Collaros out was negating the effects of Binns, Woods and Barnett. By the end of the game, Cincinnati would only muster seven points on a Woods touchdown. Woods only finished the game with 56 yards through the air — and it was the best mark on the team. Shafer’s coverage schemes, which were meant to tease and confuse, did just that to Anderson. The junior quarterback looked lost at times with his quirky delivery in trying to find Binns and Woods. Deep passes fell yards from breaking receivers.

By the end of the night, eight different Bearcats receivers had caught a ball. But Woods, Barnett and Binns did not have career days like Binns did last week against South Florida. He and Barnett were held to 28 yards each. The success of cornerbacks Da’Mon Merkerson and Mike Holmes — along with free safety Phillip

Thanks to two first-half fumbles, the Orange held possession for more than 17 minutes of the first 22 minutes of play. The 17 minutes yielded a quick 17 points for the Orange.

The 17 points came with a strong performance from SU quarterback Ryan Nassib to start the game — completely different from the performance of Anderson. A week after arguably his worst performance of the season against West Virginia, Nassib wasn’t the reason why SU won the game, going 16-of-26 for only 125 yards and two touchdowns. But he resembled consistency and patience, as well as a concrete starting point. Something that was the last thing Cincinnati had with its quarterback position, as Anderson threw for just eight yards in the first quarter.

“We took an approach where we really didn’t know who was going to be the quarterback,” Smith said.

Ultimately, Collaros couldn’t go. Because of it, Anderson gave the SU offense time off his blunders. And Nassib ran the offense with that time, completing his first seven passes.

For Nassib and SU, it was just going with what was there — like they have all season. It came in the form of pocket-created patience for Nassib that yielded third-down conversions to tight end Nick Provo and wide

Thomas — in coverage threw Anderson off and kept the receivers at bay. SU head coach Doug Marrone was happy with it as well.

“Strategically, we went into the game, we had some things and we mixed some things up,” Marrone said. “We were going to match them underneath and play with some coverage behind it. I think that Coach Shafer and some of the players did a good job.”

Perhaps the best statistic reflective of that job was the lockdown on Binns. After last season’s game, during which he found the end zone twice in the Bearcats’ 28-7 win over the Orange in the Carrier Dome, Binns touched the ball just three times Saturday.

Those are numbers Shafer and SU linebacker Derrell Smith can live with.

“We didn’t know who was going to play quarterback all week,” Smith said. “But we came out and made our plays. It didn’t really matter.”

This and that The loss was UC’s worst at Nippert Stadium since a 38-0 loss to WVU on Nov. 9, 2005. … With the loss to SU, Cincinnati lost two straight games after winning 13 in a row in Big East conference play. … SU has kept five of eight opponents scoreless in the second half of games this season. … SU held possession for more than 11 minutes of the first quarter, as opposed to just 3:52 for the Bearcats. … The average starting field position for the Orange in the second quarter was midfield. aolivero@syr.edu

receiver Alec Lemon.

“I think today we did awesome,” Nassib said.

“When we got the ball in the red zone, we scored touchdowns today.”

And on the one play in which the Orange almost had an Anderson-like goal-line blunder — when Harris fumbled the ball in the end zone — Syracuse made sure to secure the win.

The center of it all, Bartholomew ensured that SU took care of its would-be gaffe.

“I was just blocking, blocking the play, and then I just see the ball,” Bartholomew said. “And I know the whistle is going to blow, and I just see the ball, and it’s just like any play. You just fall on the ball.” aolivero@syr.edu

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Orange secures top seed in Big East tournament with victory

By Ryan Marfurt STAFF WRITER

Moments after handing out Big East Championship trophies and T-shirts to every member of her team, SU field hockey head coach Ange Bradley already had her mind set on next weekend.

Her team had just clinched the Big East SYRACUSE 2 regular season title, but Bradley it was a goal VILLANOVA 0 for her team had already expected to accomplish.

“It’s important to celebrate the little victories and get ready for tomorrow,” Bradley said. “We have practice tomorrow, and we’ll be preparing for Rutgers and the first round of the Big East championship.”

With a 2-0 victory over Villanova Saturday afternoon at J.S. Coyne Stadium, the Orange clinched a third straight Big East regular season championship and hoisted the league’s trophy for all of the 266 people in attendance to see. The victory was the Orange’s 17th Big East victory in its last 18 conference games and ensured a No. 1 seed in next weekend’s Big East

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they showed up after taking respective steps back last week. It wasn’t a game about huge numbers, as Carter rushed for 109 yards and Nassib threw for just 125. But the duo carried SU’s offense.

tournament.

The culmination of another Big East championship and the team’s senior day made it a special moment for senior back Maggie Befort.

But Befort knows — much like her coach — that there are still games left to be played.

“For it to be senior day and to win the regular season Big East championship is great,” Befort said. “I’m just really excited for us to get into the postseason and see what we can do.

“This isn’t the end.”

After honoring the team’s five seniors — Befort, Lindsey Conrad, Kim Coyle, Shelby Schraden and Kristin Girouard — at the start of the game, the Orange went right to work. It only took three minutes for the Orange to get its first scoring chance as junior forward Heather Susek missed a shot just wide on a fast break.

The pace of the game was set.

SU would go on to outshoot the Wildcats by a margin of 41-2, and it wasn’t until 10 minutes into the second half that Villanova got its first possession inside of Syracuse’s penalty area.

Even SU’s defense was getting involved in the offensive action. Nicole Nelson, Iona Holloway

and Laura Hahnefeldt combined for a total of 15 shots in the first 16 games of the season. On Saturday, the three combined for a total of six shots — three from Hahnefeldt, two from Holloway and one from Nelson.

Sophomore back Amy Kee — who recorded a game-high seven shots — said getting the defense involved wasn’t part of the game plan. Rather, it was just a result of the style of the game.

“We didn’t necessarily practice that as such, but the space was on the outside,” Kee said.

“When your halfbacks and defenders can attack, you can take advantage of that.”

But the Orange still struggled to separate itself from the Wildcats on the scoreboard, despite the statistical dominance.

Even the first goal, scored by junior midfielder Martina Loncarica, seemed like a long time in the making. After blasting a shot from the top corner of Villanova’s penalty area, Loncarica fell to her knees in relief. The goal was Loncarica’s 10th on the year and ended up being her seventh game-winning goal of the season.

“It was hard, but it was good because we took a lot of shots,” Loncarica said. “We have to stay

patient and keep trying.”

But no matter how hard the Orange tried, Villanova junior goalkeeper Megan Goelz was there with a save. Goelz ended the game with a seasonhigh 17 saves and kept her team in the game.

Bradley said that heading into next week, her team needs to work on finishing from within the penalty area.

“It was everything,” Bradley said. “She was getting things with her toe, her glove, and she just made some phenomenal saves.

After the game, Loncarica took a moment to enjoy the victory with her teammates and friends. With her Big East regular season trophy and shirt, she went from camera to camera, commemorating the win.

But as the celebration wore down, the junior’s focus shifted.

“It’s obviously a good thing because we accomplished what we were working for, but we still have to keep working,” Loncarica said.

“Next week is very important with the Big East tournament. We need to win that and then stay strong to enter the NCAA Tournament.”

“We were just trying to get the game rolling,” Nassib said. “Trying to get the ball, trying to create a drive, just trying to complete each ball.”

Carter started the game after promising all week that he would play. For Syracuse, it was the opposite situation to Cincinnati’s, as the Big East’s best statistical quarterback in Zach Collaros couldn’t play after warming up with

the team.

Carter could go. And the senior running back had another performance that is beginning to become expected. It’s becoming the classic Carter output under the Doug Marrone-Nathaniel Hackett offensive system. And Saturday, Carter had Carter-like numbers.

There were just 109 yards, 19 carries and no touchdowns. But there were 5.7 yards gained on average every time Carter took a handoff. That is the number the Orange has been able to rely on all season coming from Carter. Whether it was straight north-to-south or east-to-west, Carter was trying to keep the chains moving. And with SU nursing at least a 10-point lead from early in the second quarter on, he was trying to keep the clock moving. But it all started with him and Nassib managing Marrone-instilled game plan from the get-go. Even if Carter was hurt.

“It’s just playing through the pain and focusing on the goal,” Carter said. “You just have to want to win bad. Absolutely, (we) wanted to come out and start playing. That’s something we have to do on the road, and we did that.”

That is exactly what Nassib did as well.

Carter was the clock-churner and the back eating up yards, and Nassib played the role of the primary manager. More important than that, he played the role of soother for the offense and manager in crucial situations early. On multiple third downs, Nassib used the patience afforded by his pocket to find secondary options, such as tight end Jose Cruz and wide receiver Alec Lemon, for short slant-route conversions to get needed first downs.

“We were just trying to get the game rolling. Trying to get the ball, trying to create a drive, just trying to complete each ball.”

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A week after only completing two passes in the first half, Nassib managed short routes with ease. Even if it was apparent he couldn’t hit the intermediate and long routes against one of the country’s worst pass defenses.

But it was enough. Just like it was for Nassib and tight end Nick Provo on one of the game’s biggest plays that led to SU’s first points of the game. It was fourth-and-three on the Cincinnati 36-yard line as the first quarter became the second quarter. With the Orange switching ends of the field and going into the wind instead of against it, Marrone decided to sit SU kicker Ross Krautman for a would-be 53-yard field goal attempt.

Nassib trotted back onto the field, found Provo in the seam and converted another first down in his 100 percent start to the game.

“I was happy with coach giving me the ball,” Nassib said. “I felt (Provo) hit a great route, he got open and I hit him.”

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BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT

Off replacement Anderson’s slip ups, SU cruises

By Tony Olivero

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courtesy of pat strang | bearcatinsider.com PHILLIP THOMAS (1) returns a fumble by Cincinnati’s D.J. Woods deep into Bearcats’ territory in the second quarter Saturday. The Orange defense forced three turnovers and SU’s offense capitalized, producing 17 points off the Cincinnati miscues on the way to a 31-7 victory.

Suddenly formidable line paves way to win

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INCINNATI — Finally, the attention was focused on the Syracuse offensive line.

It had to be, after an Adam Harris fumble left the ball alone in the end zone. And in a year in which the crux of Syracuse’s recent pocketprovided Big East success has been the improved play of the offensive line, everyone had to recognize Ryan Bartholomew.

Big Bart lay on the football in the Orange end zone, clutching to six more SU points. In a year in which he and his fellow linemen have matured much faster than expected into a group that is the invisible facilitator for every Syracuse point, Bartholomew and the line were finally the ones who actually scored.

They didn’t score in the two preceding road games when winning the trench battles against two of the best defensive lines in the Big East.

But against one of the conference’s worst defenses, nearly invisible at the bottom of the end zone dog pile, Bartholomew was in the scorer’s spot-

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purify the colors light. He had scored the first touchdown of his career, and the offensive line was, for once, in the scorebook.

It was the fitting result on a play that gave SU a 14-0 lead over Cincinnati with 10:05 remaining in the second quarter. The game from there was too far out of the Bearcats’ reach for them to recover. Just another day of work for the line.

And it proved the best metaphor for the unit. As quickly as it happened, Bartholomew said he didn’t recognize the score as his own. It wasn’t even the O-line’s own. No, no mention or thought of that.

The center thought of it as a touchdown for the overarching “we.”

It was Syracuse’s six points.

“I didn’t even think about me scoring,” Bartholomew said. “It was just like, ‘We scored.’ Celebrate, get back to the sideline. I really didn’t think about it after the game.”

The senior center, the soft-spoken captain who at game’s end actually took time out to commend the SEE OLIVERO PAGE 12

BOWL OR BUST

The Syracuse football team cruised to its most lopsided victory in Big East play thus far, beating Cincinnati 31-7 Saturday. At 6-2, the Orange is now just one victory away from bowl eligibility.

ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

INCINNATI — Everything seemed to fall into place for Syracuse in its 31-7 win over Cincinnati Saturday.

There was Ryan Bartholomew in the end zone pouncing on an Adam Harris fumble for a touchdown to give SU a 14-0 lead it wouldn’t relinquish. And there was Derrell Smith’s interception of Chazz Anderson at the game’s most important moment in the third quarter, with the Bearcats down 17-7 but driving deep into SU territory.

“It was shocking,” Smith said. “It came right to my hands.”

With Anderson’s errant pass and Cincinnati’s fi rst-half fumbles, the win may well have been handed to Syracuse by UC and its replacement quarterback Anderson. From the outset, beginning when the Big East’s best statistical quarterback in Zach Collaros failed to take the field, everything went SU’s way. And it all seemed to stem from Anderson, including the interception.

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Nassib, Carter bounce back from setbacks to key SU win

By Tony Olivero ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

CINCINNATI — For Ryan Nassib and Delone Carter, two different kinds of 100 percent keyed Syracuse’s win over Cincinnati Saturday.

Coming off a subpar five-completion performance against West Virginia last week, the 100 percent came in the completion percentage column for Nassib. The quarterback started the game 7-for-7 and helped Syracuse jump out to an early 17-point lead by the midpoint of the second quarter.

For Carter, returning from an injury to his hip that kept him out of the second half of last week’s upset over West Virginia, he said he was 100 percent health-wise all game. Carter finished the game with over 100 yards, helping the Syracuse offense to 31 total points.

Continuing with the theme for Syracuse all day, for Carter and Nas-

sib, the outputs were all the Orange needed to do.

“Yeah, I mean,” Carter said when asked if he felt 100 percent during the game, “I guess so, that was enough.”

For each, it was a game in which

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