November 3, 2010

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Robberies reported Two robberies add to a string of crime. Page 3

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Listen up Krystie Yandoli encourages students to attend Nicholas Kristof’s lecture. Page 5

MAFFEI LEADS; CUOMO WINS; GOP TAKES HOUSE Race tight, Maffei win projected 25th district

By Heather Duggan CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Editor’s note: These stories originally ran on Democracywise, an SU-based website with stories from political reporting students.

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Getting the chance A select group of students receive scholarships to further their undergraduate research. Page 9

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Easy going The Syracuse men’s basketball team returned to the court with a 96-60 exhibition win over Kutztown. Page 20

INSIDE T H U R S DA Y

Getting away Pulp puts out it’s off-campus guide, highlighting must-sees found off the Hill. See Thursday’s insert

U.S. REP. DAN MAFFEI celebrates as he leads a narrow election versus Republican Ann Marie Buerkle to become U.S. representative of New York’s 25th Congressional District on Tuesday. This would be Maffei’s second term.

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In a tight race, Rep. Dan Maffei, D-DeWitt, lead his Republican challenger Ann Marie Buerkle for the 25th Congressional District seat. The unofficial results showed Maffei with 72,323 or 54 percent of the vote, according to the Onondaga County Board of Elections. Buerkle had 62,419 or 47 percent of the vote. The 25th Congressional District includes Onondaga and Wayne counties, as well as potions of Monroe and Cayuga counties. On the national political landscape, control of the House of Repre-

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GOP makes major gains in Senate Democrat Cuomo defeats Tea By Brett LoGiurato ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Republicans captured a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives during Tuesday’s midterm elections, but failed to meet expectations of also taking the majority in the Senate. Central New York went against the national trend, re-electing Democratic incumbent Dan Maffei (25th Congressional District). But political science professors at Syracuse University said the majority of voters across the country took to the polls Tuesday to voice their frustrations at the lack of a quick fix to the economic downturn in the first two years of President Barack Obama’s term. “Some of the issues that were detrimental to the Republicans of the Bush administration, like the war in Iraq, are off the agenda,” said Kristi Andersen, a political science professor in SU’s Maxwell School of Citi-

zenship and Public Affairs. “What’s on the For a deeper look into the election and the changes agenda is the that will come, check out economy. And our election result spread the economy inside. Pages 6 and 7 has not turned around as rapidly as people hoped.” At press time, the Republicans gained six seats in the Senate, bringing the ratio of Democrats to Republicans to 51-to-46 with three seats undecided. Republicans picked up vacant seats in Pennsylvania (Pat Toomey), Illinois (Mark Steven Kirk) and Colorado (Ken Buck), among others. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) — who has held his Senate seat since 1986 — was also expected to lose to Republican upstart Sharron Angle, but ultimately won with a 6 percent margin. SEE CONGRESS PAGE 7

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Party-sympathizer Paladino By Julia Terruso STAFF WRITER

Andrew Cuomo, state attorney general Democrat, defeated Republican Carl Paladino in the race for New York governor Tuesday. “The people have spoken tonight, and they have been loud and clear, and they spoke all throughout this campaign,” Cuomo said. “They’re disgusted, and they are right, and what they are saying today is they want reform, and they want that government in Albany changed, and that’s what they’re going to get.” Cuomo beat Paladino, a businessman from Buffalo who had galvanized Tea Party support and

HOW ONONDAGA COUNTY VOTED FOR GOVERNOR Other 3.6%

Howie Hawkins 5.3%

Andrew Cuomo 58.7%

Carl Paladino 32.6% Source: NYTimes.com

made headlines for his outspoken criticism of political insiders in a particularly vicious campaign.

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