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

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

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

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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

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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.

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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

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

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University Lectures: Nicholas Kristof What: Nicholas Kristof, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and co-author of “Half the Sky,” will speak as part of the University Lectures and 2010 Syracuse Symposium.

Where: Hendricks Chapel When: Today, 7:30 p.m.

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Britain and France sign military pact

Britain and France signed a defense agreement on Tuesday, according to The New York Times. The agreement includes the creation of a joint expeditionary force, shared use of aircraft carriers and combined efforts to improve safety and effectiveness of nuclear weapons. It is also a landmark for the two nations, which have had a difficult past. The agreement is meant to last 50 years and could potentially change how the countries fight wars and compete for defense contracts with the United States, according to The New York Times. The two nations will both deploy 5,000 service members from each military component during times of international crisis. They also agreed to establish a joint research center to further research on stockpiles of nuclear warheads and share projects to develop technologies for nuclear submarines and military satellites, among other agreements, according to The New York Times.

Bombings strike across Baghdad

More than a dozen coordinated bombs were launched across Baghdad Tuesday, according to The New York Times. The bombings marked the fiercest attacks since the United States invaded in 2003 and left 63 killed and 285 wounded. Car bombs and roadside blasts struck a Shiite enclave in Sadr City, a Sunni mosque, a public square, a crowded restaurant and middle-class shopping districts. Police were given orders to enforce an emergency curfew, though the government would not confirm whether one had been imposed, according to The New York Times. Although no one has claimed responsibility, the U.S. military said the attacks were characteristics of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia. The attacks have added to the sense that security is faltering under a political stalemate. according to The New York Times.

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Two more robberies reported

By Michael Boren Asst. News Editor

The number of reported off-campus robberies and attempted robberies since last Thursday increased from three to five after men allegedly robbed two students in separate off-campus incidents Monday night and Tuesday morning, the Department of Public Safety said in an e-mail Tuesday.

The suspects, seen in a dark blue Pontiac sedan, appear to be the same in the two latest incidents, according to the e-mail.

The three males got out of the sedan and demanded money from a student on the 100 block of Redfield Place at 10:45 p.m. Monday, according to the e-mail. The males stole the student’s laptop and took an unspecified amount of money given by the student, according to the e-mail.

The suspects then got inside the vehicle and were last seen heading south on Maryland Avenue, according to the e-mail. The student was not injured.

The three males allegedly also

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One more midterm

Mike krevet and david Narcross, a senior political science major and freshman engineering and international relations major, respectively, vote in the midterm elections Tuesday afternoon at Bird Library. By 6 p.m. election-day volunteers at the Bird polling station said they had seen around 100 voters turnout, in comparison to 17 people who voted in the September primaries. Bird is the main polling station for students registered in Syracuse and living on main campus, and the Drumlins Country Club serves as the site for South Campus residents.

New York Times columnist to describe experiences reporting overseas

By Devon Braunstein Staff Writer

Nicholas D. Kristof has lived on four continents and traveled to 140 countries.

But Wednesday night, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, author and Rhodes Scholar will be in Syracuse, speaking at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel as part of the Syracuse University Lecture series.

Kristof plans to speak about what he has experienced and witnessed while working as a columnist for The New York Times, kristof said Esther Gray, special assistant for academic affairs. He was chosen for the series because of his writings

about topics, such as war, genocide and gender abuse, that influence thousands of people every day, Gray said.

His campus presentation has been timed to coincide with the College of Arts and Sciences SU Humanities Center’s two-day symposium, “Lay Down Your Weapons: Writing Against War,” Gray said.

Kristof graduated from Harvard College and went on to receive the

Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University. He has been writing for The New York Times since 1984, mostly contributing his op-ed humanitarian columns. He has traveled to Darfur to cover its ongoing genocide and reported from China’s Tiananmen Square when the government brutally broke up a pro-democracy rally in 1989.

In 2006, Kristof was awarded his second Pulitzer Prize for Commen-

tary “for his graphic, deeply reported columns that, at personal risk, focused attention on genocide in Darfur and that gave voice to the voiceless in other parts of the world,” according to the Pulitzer Prize website.

Eileen Strempel, assistant vice president for academic advancement in enrollment management and associate professor of fine arts, said she see kristof page 4

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Unopposed presidential, comptroller candidates to host discussion of campaign goals

By Laurence Leveille Asst. Copy Editor

Students will have the opportunity to question Student Association’s uncontested presidential and comptroller candidates at a debate Wednesday night.

The debate, in Huntington Beard Crouse’s Gifford Auditorium at 7 p.m., will follow the same format it would have if presidential candidate Neal

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Where: Gifford Auditorium When: Today, 7 p.m.

Casey and comptroller candidate Jeff Rickert had competition, said Andrea Rosko, SA Board of Elections and Memberships chair.

At this point, there are no known write-in candidates for either president or comptroller, said current SA

President Jon Barnhart.

“It’s important to see who’s going to be the next leaders of your campus and make sure they’re working for what you want them to be working for,” Barnhart said.

Rickert will start by introducing himself, explaining his platform and answering questions. When Rickert is done, Casey will follow the same format. Students attending the debate

will have the chance to write down questions for each candidate, and Rosko will ask the questions collected on their behalf. Rickert and Casey will have up to an hour each to respond.

There are certain questions that cannot be asked when candidates are contested, and these guidelines will stay the same even though the candidates are not contested, Rosko said.

This includes questions intended to

be harmful or about unrelated personal matters.

After the debate, candidates running for a position in the assembly will have a chance to introduce themselves if they choose to. Instead of the current assembly voting as it normally would throughout the term, the candidates will be placed on the online ballot for the student body to see sa debate page 4

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hopes the SU community can be encouraged and challenged by critically reflecting on the examples Kristof presents.

“Kristof has always struck me as the ideal investigative reporter: intellectually brilliant, insatiably curious and ethically engaged with the big questions,” Strempel said. “To spend an evening with someone I think of as being our country’s moral compass seems to me to be a remarkable privilege.”

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demanded money from a student on the 700 block of Clarendon Street at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the e-mail. The student, who was not injured, gave the men an unspecified amount of money.

The suspects were last seen traveling south on Maryland Avenue, according to the e-mail.

The student was not injured.

The suspects were described as three black males in their late teens or early 20s wearing dark-colored clothing, according to the e-mail. There was also a fourth suspect driving the sedan, who was described as an unknown black man, but no further description was available, according to the e-mail.

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One of Kristof’s latest articles on entrepreneurs who established non-governmental organizations in their basements is an example of what Strempel described, she said. She said his coverage of the NGOs was balanced and provided moral support for visionaries while posing questions concerning whether their efforts would last.

Zoravar Sethi, a graduate student studying law and business administration, said he thinks Kristof’s lecture could broaden the mind.

“You will become more aware of what’s happening in the world right now and possibly be more inclined to pursue things that would make

The two robberies are the latest in a string of off-campus robberies in the last six days. A man robbed two students in Thornden Park at 9:45 a.m. on Thursday and displayed what appeared to be a black revolver, according to a DPS e-mail from last week.

DPS said it believes the same individual demanded money from a man at the corner of Ostrom Avenue and Madison Street at 3:25 a.m.

Sunday and demanded money from two people on the 500 block of Allen Street at 4:40 a.m. that same morning.

The suspect fled with an undetermined amount of money in the later incident but nothing in the first incident, according to DPS e-mails. The suspect also displayed what appeared to be a handgun in the first incident and an unknown object in the second incident, according to DPS e-mails. mcboren@syr.edu

an impact,” Sethi said.

Sethi said he looks forward to hearing what else Kristof has to say about social justice issues, such as the Israeli-Palestine conflict.

Shawn Trifoso, a junior philosophy and psychology major, said he thinks the Kristof lecture will give students a worldwide perspective of current events.

Said Trifoso: “It could motivate people to be more altruistic and have more of a sense of the other.” dsbrauns@syr.edu

“Kristof has always struck me as the ideal investigative reporter: intellectually brilliant, insatiably curious and ethically engaged with the big questions.”

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assistant vice president for academic advancement in enrollment management and associate professor of fine arts

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vote, Rosko said.

“While we only have one candidate for SA president and while we only have one candidate for SA comptroller, we will have competition for Whitman,” Barnhart said.

Each school has a number of seats to fill in the assembly, including the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, which has seven open seats and nine candidates running to be representatives. These candidates include students who have never been in SA before, Barnhart said.

Students can vote for SA president, comptroller and assembly members on MySlice from Nov. 8 to Nov. 11. Ten percent of the student body must vote for the election to be declared

“It’s important to see who’s going to be the next leaders of your campus and make sure they’re working for what you want them to be working for.”

Jon Barnhart

Student Association president

over. If 10 percent of the student body does not vote, the election will be extended until midnight on Nov. 12, at which point the election will be valid regardless of the turnout. lgleveil@syr.edu

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icholas Kristof is scheduled to speak in Hendricks Chapel tonight at 7:30 p.m. as a part of the University Lecture Series. Kristof is a longtime columnist and a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who reports on social and political issues surrounding women’s rights in third world countries.

Power and privilege play a significant role in the information that gets shared. Kristof recognizes his privilege and uses it to benefit those he writes about. His columns all have a very simple yet effective formula: He makes the personal political. He uses personal anecdotes and stories to get his major social and political arguments across. This allows the reader to engage with these issues on a personal level.

I remember the first time I was ever introduced to the work of Kristof. I was sitting in my high school social studies classroom when my teacher passed out a photocopy of an article from The New York Times. It was called “Why Genocide Matters.” The article went into an in-depth explanation of why Americans should care about the genocide in Darfur.

One sentence in particular struck me and has forever affected the ways in which I learn, think and write: “We have a moral compass within us, and its needle is moved not only by human suffering but also by human evil.” Ever since reading this column in September 2006, I have purposely sought out every single one of Kristof’s articles and books. I think his overall content is very significant to our surrounding culture, and these specific words have a great meaning to every aspect of life.

While my gender may cause me to experience oppression in some components of society, there are many ways in which I am privileged. My race, class, sexuality and educational background all provide me with a sense of privilege that I am able to use for the benefit of others. Reading

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not a barbie girl Kristof’s columns during the height of my interest in journalism has taught me an important lesson: I want to combine my privilege and words as a source of power to inform readers about important issues.

A popular feminist critique of Kristof’s work is that he perpetuates the stereotype of the white man saving third world women from their suffering. I understand the feminist argument against Kristof’s Western white male perspective, which sometimes sneaks its way into his writing. He has made some unsettling claims over the years that American feminism ignores third world females. His privileged background and outlook inherently affect his writing.

With all things considered, however, Kristof does more good with his columns than he does damage. We are all individuals capable of human error, and Kristof cannot help but bring his own experience into his writing. I would much rather a Western white male use his privilege for good and write about women’s issues to a large audience than have no one write about them at all.

My moral compass has led me to care passionately about women’s issues, both domestic and international, and to feel the burden of spreading this awareness to as many readers as possible. It is also leading me to attend Kristof’s lecture this evening, and I suggest all other Syracuse community members to do the same.

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Krystie Yandoli is a junior women’s studies major. Her column appears occasionally, and she can be reached at klyandol@syr.edu.

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2010 Burma elections call for UN, US attention On Sunday, Nov. 7, Burma will hold its first election in 22 years.

Burma is a Southeast Asian country the size of Texas, neighboring Thailand, Laos, China, India and Bangladesh. Most people in the Western world don’t know it has the longest running civil war in the world or that its ruling military regime has locked up the democratically elected, Nobel Prize-winning president Aung San Suu Kyi for 15 of the past 21 years.

While traveling in Burma last fall, I experienced things most Americans never have to think about. I went through military checkpoints and drove through the country’s largest city in pitch black because of electrical blackouts. I saw menacing government propaganda billboards and a young boy holding a rifle, a testament to the high number of child soldiers in the country. As someone who has traveled to Burma and directly lobbied Congress to support an international investigation against Burma’s military regime, I am writing today to spread the word about Burma’s upcoming elections, why they are undemocratic and what we can do about it.

Ruled by a military junta that seized power in a coup in 1962, Burma is riddled with heinous war crimes and crimes against human-

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letter to the editor ity. The Burmese government has been attacking its own civilian population for decades. Destroying over 3,500 ethnic villages, using rape as a weapon of war, forcing citizens to work as porters and slave laborers, imprisoning over 2,200 political prisoners, murdering innocent citizens and forcibly displacing over 2 million people who are forced to leave their homes as refugees or internally displaced persons.

In 1988, students in Burma led peaceful pro-democracy protests, which ended in bloodshed when the military cracked down violently, killing over 3,000 protestors. Following this crackdown, the 1990 elections ended in a landslide victory for the National League for Democracy, led

by Suu Kyi. Instead of recognizing the results of this election, the military locked up Suu Kyi and the other leaders of the pro-democracy party.

There is little indication that the military has changed its ways.

Burma’s 2010 elections will undoubtedly be just as undemocratic as the 1990 elections. The constitution upon which the election was built is a sham — government cronies wrote it — and was only passed by voter intimidation. The

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constitution legalizes military rule and guarantees a number of seats in parliament for military members, meaning that the results of the election are decided before people even reach the voting booths.

The international community must make it clear that we will not recognize Burma’s elections as legitimate. In August, President Barack Obama signed on to support a United Nations-led Commission of Inquiry to hold Burma’s junta accountable for its war crimes and crimes against humanity.

On Nov. 4, Syracuse University’s chapter of STAND, A Student AntiGenocide Coalition, will be holding mock elections in Schine Student Center. We hope to illustrate how unfair the elections in Burma will be and to remind students how lucky we Americans are to be able to vote in free and fair elections without fearing for our lives.

I know most of you have never heard about Burma and the atrocities being committed there. On Nov. 7, I hope some of you think of the sham elections going on and try to hold your elected officials responsible for following through on their promises to investigate the terrible crimes in Burma.

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MIDTERM ELECTIONS 2010 25th district

Buerkle trails as elections reveal closer race than expected

By Bianca Graulau Contributing Writer

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

In a close race, Republican challenger Ann Marie Buerkle trailed against Rep. Dan Maffei (D-DeWitt) for the 25th Congressional District seat.

As of 11:30 p.m. Tuesday night the unofficial results showed Buerkle with 62,419 votes or 47 percent. Maffei had 72,323 or 54 percent of the

vote, according to the Onondaga County Board of Elections.

The 25th Congressional District includes all of Onondaga and Wayne counties, the northern part of Cayuga County, and the towns of Webster, Penfield and Irondequoit in Monroe County.

Control of the House of Representatives was at stake in Tuesday’s election. Before the election, Democrats had 258 seats to 177 for Republicans. All 435 seats were up for re-election.

In 2008, Maffei became the first Democrat to occupy the seat in 28 years.

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sentatives was at stake in Tuesday’s election. On Tuesday, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives were up for reelection, with Republicans needing to pick up 40 seats to gain a majority.

Maffei, 42, was running for his second term in office. The Democratic Party threw its heavyweights into his campaign, bringing former President Bill Clinton to stump for Maffei. Going into Tuesday’s election,

Maffei had a strong advantage in campaign fundraising. As of Oct. 13th, he had raised more than $2.7 million, while Buerkle had raised $551,804.

In terms of voter enrollment, neither candidate had an obvious leg up. The district has 149,769 registered Democrats and 146,415 Republicans. Another 107,755 voters are not registered with any party, according to the state board of elections.

At the polls on Tuesday, some voters said they voted for Maffei because they think he’s a nice guy.

Q&A With Dan Maffei Congressman Dan Maffei won re-election to the 25th District of New York yesterday. On Friday, he appeared at Syracuse University as a campaign stop.

The Daily Orange: In the midterm election of 2006, only 25.5 percent of young citizens between the ages of 18 and 29 turned out and voted. Obviously, this isn’t ideal.

So why should young people, such as college students, get out there and vote?

If young voters don’t vote, then their priorities simply will not be reflected by people in public office. It’s unfortunate because obviously there’s a lot of lip service to future generations and to future leaders and what we need to move our economy forward.

Buerkle, 59, is a former nurse and an assistant state attorney who served on the Syracuse Common Council.

At the polls on Tuesday, some voters gave hints of the discontent with incumbents that made the race so close.

At the LaFayette Commons Office Building polling place, Doug Shurtleff said he is a conservative and voted for Buerkle.

“I think she is going to be a conservative in regards to spending and the size of our government. I think she fits the mentality that fits the values of government that I have,” Shurtleff

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At the Community Center polling place in Skaneateles, Marilyn Pidgeon, a Democrat and systems analyst at Upstate Hospital, expressed excitement casting her vote for Maffei.

“I think he’s a good hard-working guy that represents the district well,” said Pidgeon.

“He could be a little more liberal on some issues, but he’s a good middle-of-the-road candidate.”

At the Holiday Inn in Liverpool, the site of Democrats’ party headquarters, people in jeans and ball caps mingled with people in suits

You were elected in 2008 and are now running for reelection. So what power do you have currently, and will have if you win, that will affect college students?

There should be programs for people who want to go into fields that are clearly needed so they can help pay off their loans. If we need more engineers, why don’t we have a program that helps pay tuition for engineers and as long as they go into engineering where it’s needed, then that loan gets paid back for them.

You also voted for the health care overhaul and called it the “best decision” for the 25th District and the country as a whole. How will the health care overhaul affect young people such as college students at SU? The biggest effect on college students that’s already taken effect is the provision that would allow you to get insurance

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Ann Marie Buerkle, your Republican opponent, says you haven’t represented upstate New York, but instead have “represented a Washington agenda.” What’s your response to this?

I stand on my record. Two years of not only fighting in Washington for the things I think the district wants and needs and what I ran on originally - which was economic development particularly green jobs, health care reform and ending the wars - I ran on those and was elected on those.

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and dresses. The Black Eyed Peas “I’ve Got a Feeling” played over the speakers while people munched on cheese platters and Take 5 bars scattered on the tables.

As the votes came in, Maffei encouraged the crowd to have hope for the future.

“Now, there are going to be some difficult challenges. We have faced challenges before,” Maffei said, “And the important thing is that we face them together.”

on your parent’s insurance up to age 26. So if you’re in college now and you don’t have insurance or you graduate, it’s tough - I graduated from school twice and each time it took me five or six months to find a job coming out and I didn’t have health insurance in those gaps.

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said. “I just thought she was the best.”

At the Doubletree Hotel, Buerkle had her own small room reserved for supporters gathered waiting to hear the results. Some guests sat in the two round tables that occupied the room — one decorated with flowers, the other with three white, blue and red balloons. Others remained standing.

As the votes showed her trailing, she did not make a public statement.

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Before Election Day, Maffei had a comfortable double-digit lead in most polls.

Barring one snowy weekend in February, during which he could not get a flight back to Syracuse, Maffei made the approximately 370-mile trek from Washington, D.C., to DeWitt, N.Y., each weekend during his first two-year term to meet with the citizens in his district.

And Abigail Gardner, Maffei’s spokeswoman, credits that outreach as part of the reason Maffei staved off defeat in Tuesday’s midterm elections as Republican power shifted in Congress.

“If you explain your positions to your voters, and you work really hard by coming home every single weekend like he did to make sure that voters know you’re still in touch and you’re attractable, that’s really one of the most important things a freshman congressman can do,” Gardner said.

Though Maffei survived for a second term in the House of Representatives, many fellow Democrats suffered a different fate. Democrats had enjoyed a 255-to-178 majority, but Republican takeovers in some of what The New York Times identified as 111 toss-up seats transferred power.

At press time, the Republicans gained a majority of 234-to-180 seats in the House with 21 seats still undecided.

The shift in the House means that Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the speaker of the House since 2007, will no longer hold the position. It will now likely belong to Ohio Republican John Boehner, who is currently the Senate minority leader.

The speaker of the House will be chosen the first day of the next session of Congress on Jan. 3 by majority vote.

Gardner, Maffei’s spokeswoman, said she noticed a difference in attitude among voters compared with two years ago. Much of it had to do with the little change in the U.S. economy, as well as a lower level of enthusiasm from younger voters because of the absence of the “top-of-theticket effect” without Obama on the ballot, she said.

Maffei, in turn, stressed the bills he had helped pass and his willingness to reach out

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The other losing candidates in the sevenperson race were Green Party veteran Howie Hawkins, former New York madam Kristin Davis, Libertarian candidate Warren Redlich, Rent Is Too Damn High Party candidate Jimmy McMillan and Freedom Party candidate Charles Barron.

With 90 percent of the polls reporting, Cuomo officially won the race with more than 61 percent, or 2,314,912 votes. Paladino had 33.7 percent, or 1,266,574 votes. And Hawkins took 1.4 percent, or 52,867 votes. Cuomo takes the chief office in New York, which opened up when Gov. David Paterson dropped his election bid.

As attorney general, Cuomo, 52, pushed to cut government corruption, amp up transparency and reform the student loan industry. He will be the second in his family to win governor of New York. His father, Mario Cuomo, was governor of New York from 1983 to 1994.

Cuomo gained his early political experience as an adviser in his father’s office. He then joined the Manhattan district attorney’s office before becoming attorney general in 2006.

to voters in the 25th District in his campaign, Gardner said.

“I think his record and the way he has handled himself in Congress has gotten a lot of people’s respect,” Gardner said. “You see these bomb-throwers, and you see people who went out and did wacky things on either side — Alan Grayson for the Democrats and Michele Bachmann for Republicans — and Dan Maffei isn’t that guy.”

But that difference in attitude also led to the party swing in both the House and the

Senate. Throughout the past two years, Republicans have been named the “Party of No.” But Anderson said one likely result will be a switch from Republicans scrutinizing every legislative detail to Democrats becoming overly cautious.

Republicans might also become more proactive in getting legislation through, now that they have more control.

“If and when the Republicans control the House, they can no longer be only the ‘Party of No,’” Anderson said. “They have a share in power, so they will have to work with the Senate

and the administration to get things done.”

But to Robert McClure, an SU political science professor, Tuesday’s results could create an even more divided government. If the two parties are unwilling to work together, the shift could create two “Parties of No.” “We can either have one ‘Party of No’ and one ‘Party of Yes,’ two ‘Parties of Yes’ or two ‘Parties of No,’” he said. “And I don’t know what we’re going to have.” bplogiur@syr.edu

The shift in power The house BEFORE

256 Democrats

178 Republicans

1 vacant seat

The house after

181 Democrats

234 Republicans

20 Undecided

435 total seats

as of press time

The political math was stacked in Cuomo’s favor. In New York, Democrats outnumber Republicans 8 million to 3.5 million, according to the Onondaga County Board of Elections.

There are 500,000 registered members of the Independence Party, 165,000 in the Conservative Party and about 29,000 in the Green Party.

About 3 million voters, 19 percent, are registered with no party affiliation.

Paladino, who graduated from Syracuse University’s College of Law, is known for his pledge to take a “bat to Albany.” He promised less spending, less government and fewer taxes, and he took heat for anti-homosexual remarks on the campaign trail.

At the polls Tuesday, voters expressed less enthusiasm for Cuomo and more distaste for Paladino when casting their vote.

Mark Shetsky snapped a photo of his wife and baby outside of Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection, where he voted. Shetsky said he voted for Cuomo mostly to prevent Paladino from winning.

“It’s a character issue,” Shetsky said. “We can’t have a governor who throws chairs.”

Shetsky said he would have voted for Green Party candidate Hawkins but “didn’t want to waste his vote on a candidate that wasn’t going

to win.”

That’s a constant hurdle for the Green Party, which succeeded in getting 52,867 votes in this election this year. That many votes secure them an automatic ballot line on the state ballot for the next four years.

Jennifer Sinclaire, 42, said she voted for Cuomo in the hope that he could turn the job market around. Sinclaire felt the effects of the recession firsthand. She watched two companies she worked for go bankrupt.

“I think he can change things. He has a clear point of view and proved himself a driven leader as attorney general,” she said.

But Vince Pietrzak, 48, voted straight Democrat except for in the gubernatorial race, in which he picked Paladino. Pietrzak called Cuomo a career politician and said he wanted to see an outsider take on the state’s biggest problem: the economy.

“We need someone new. Paladino’s a businessman who can make changes,” Pietrzak said. “He’s had some foot-in-mouth problems, but I think it’s peripheral to what he’d do for the economy, which hasn’t improved.”

Tammie Thomas, a single mother of five, born and raised in Syracuse, voted down the Democrat line. “People are frustrated right now with the

government, but we can’t expect the Democrats to undo years of what the Republicans screwed up,” she said. “People have short-term memories.”

At his campaign headquarters in Buffalo, Paladino ended his concession speech with a message for his opponent, Cuomo.

“I said I was going to take a baseball bat to Albany,” Paladino said. “My baseball bat is a metaphor for the people who want to take their government back. As the next governor, you can grab this handle and bring the people with you to Albany or you can leave it untouched and run the risk of having it wielded against you because make no mistake, you haven’t heard the last of Carl Paladino.”

At the end of his victory speech Tuesday night, Cuomo rallied the crowd with a unified message for New Yorkers — black, white, straight, gay, rich and poor.

“Yes, we have challenges; yes, we have to clean up Albany; yes, we have to get the economy running; yes, we have to rebuild trust with the people,” he said. “We’re going to do all that because we’ve faced worse before, but we’re gonna do it united. That’s what makes this state this state, and that’s what’s gonna make this state the Empire State once again.” jmterrus@syr.edu

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m o y untain k c o R showdown State supreme court to decide if University of Colorado students can carry guns on campus

By Meghin Delaney

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he Colorado Supreme Court will hear a case that will decide if the University of Colorado can ban firearms on campus, the Court announced in mid-October.

An organization that advocates for students’ right to carry guns on campus says the university is violating a statute passed by the Colorado Legislature in 2003 called the Concealed Carry Act. The statute standardized the ability to gain a permit for a concealed weapon across counties in the state.

The act also stipulated that applicants for the concealed carry of weapons must be legal residents of Colorado, be 21 years old, have a clean record and not abuse drugs or alcohol, according to the statute. Applicants must carry the permit with the concealed firearms at all times.

The statute also contained a list of four areas where concealed weapons were not permitted: K-12 schools, any public building where people are screened by security, private property and any place where the federal law prohibits carrying fi rearms, according to the act.

After the statute went into place, the Colorado state universities and community colleges lifted their ban. But CU, a second public university system that has had a ban against weapons on campus since the 1970s, did not, said Dan Wilkerson, the counsel and secretary of the Board of Regents for CU.

The Board of Regents, the governing body of CU, believes it has the ability to ban weapons on campus, Wilkerson said.

“Our approach is that this really isn’t about guns on campus,” Wilkerson said.

The emotional issue is that guns would be allowed on campus, he said, but he believes the real matter at hand is whether the Board of Regents can ensure safety on campus.

Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, LLC, brought the issue to court in December 2008. The initial case was dismissed in April 2009, meaning the campus-wide ban would stay in place. The Court of Appeals reinstated the issue in April 2010, which said CU was in violation of the statute by prohibiting concealed weapons.

In June, the Board of Regents voted 5-4 to appeal the decision made by the Court of Appeals to the state Supreme Court. Two weeks ago, the Colorado Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.

Jim Manley, the Mountain State Legal Foundation staff attorney representing the Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, said the group believes the university’s ban on firearms violates the state constitution because it is a total prohibition on firearms.

“We think it’s clear from the law that the regents were stripped of their authority to regulate the aspect of guns on campus” when the legislation passed, Manley said.

Manley said the tragedy at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University jos-

tled the students at CU. After that incident, students started to organize and demand their rights be recognized, Manley said.

One of the members of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus is an older woman who has returned to kerff samuel petit-frere | contributing illustrator the CU system to get her undergraduate degree, Manley said.

“In general, though, I think it’s safe She works a full-time job and attends classes to say that most students are against the on the Denver campus early in the morning Concealed Carry Act and would prefer to and late at night. Manley said his client feels have knowledge of a safer gun-free campus,” uncomfortable walking in a big city in the Zweibel said. dark as a woman and wants to exercise her Zweibel said she does not see why guns right to carry. Manley said his other clients should be part of campus life and said she listed in the lawsuit have similar concerns. thinks the Board of Regents should have the “Whether we agree with the wisdom last say in the matter. of their decision to carry, legislation has “I think for an issue of safety, the people decided they have the right,” Manley said. who know the situation best ought to make Jessie Zweibel, a sophomore psychology the conclusion,” Zweibel said. “In this case, major at CU Boulder who is not involved in that’s the CU Board of Regents, who know the lawsuit, said she would feel uncomfort- the campus well enough to know the severable if guns were allowed on campus, but ity of the consequences.” medelane@syr.edu she does not think a large proportion of students would get permits for concealed carry weapons if they were allowed.

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McNair Scholars get chance at graduate education

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By Elora Tocci Asst. Copy Editor

essica Santana is one of the few Latinas in her major, and she wants to discover why.

Santana, a senior accounting major, is conducting research as part of her involvement in the McNair Scholars Program. After figuring out why so few Hispanic students pursue degrees in accounting, she hopes to increase those numbers in the future.

“Coming from a low-income neighborhood, I understand the obstacles low-income and underrepresented students face, and I’m trying to figure out how to help them overcome those obstacles,” Santana said.

That’s the premise behind the McNair Scholars Program, an effort at college campuses nationwide that provides resources, support and guidance for first-generation and underrepresented undergraduate students who want to pursue a graduate degree.

The federally funded program helps students plan for life after graduation but also requires them to engage in a research project within their major with a faculty adviser so they can develop professional skills in the field they want to enter. The program was started in 1986 in honor of Ronald McNair, an astronaut who lost his life in the Challenger explosion and came to

jenny jakubowski | staff photographer Jessica Santana (LEFT), a senior accounting major, and Cesar McFarlin , a junior in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, work in the Olsten Cafe. Santana is researching causes for the lack of Hispanic students in the accounting program.

SU in 1999. Since then, it has provided students with resources and research experience they can apply toward bettering their field. Scholars can receive up to $2,800 for their research each year, based on evaluations from their professors.

“Our program is really about providing resources and services to students who we know are capable but who may have to deal with obstacles that other students don’t,” said Christabel Sheldon, director of the McNair Scholars Program at SU. Santana said she is interviewing accounting

and non-accounting majors in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management to find out why they chose their majors. She said she has discovered that many students from low-income communities don’t feel mathematically prepared for careers in accounting and have misconceptions about the profession.

“Low-income public schools aren’t getting the funding they need for strong science and math programs, so students aren’t getting the skill or career prep they need to be successful,” Santana said. She said she hopes to eventually work in policy analysis and increase represen-

tation because there are so few Hispanic Certified Public Accountants.

In addition to conducting research with a faculty member, McNair Scholars participate in community meetings every Friday afternoon in Bowne Hall. Each week, the community meetings offer a different workshop about graduate school, Santana said. Some meetings give students tips on preparing for graduate school exams, some teach students how to ask for recommendation letters, and others help students figure out how to fund graduate-level education. see mcnair page 10

Photographer Richard Barnes links nature to architecture

By Robert Storm Contributing Writer

Richard Barnes discussed his recently released photography book to a filled Slocum Auditorium Tuesday afternoon. His book, “Animal Logic,” is a culmination of his work in the past 10 years. The presentation was co-sponsored by Light Work, where Barnes is working on a monthlong residency.

Barnes, a professional photographer whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, looks at the way people inhabit and display their environment, specifically through natural history museums and the exhibits they show.

“My work is about objects and artifacts, space and time,” Barnes said. “I wanted to show how museum collections develop, specifically

how they express the relationship between the natural world and our place, or the human presence in it.

The deep space of the dioramas is unique in the way it portrays landscape depth.”

Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, after he was arrested. He showed photos of half-finished museum displays, complete with animal skulls and partially wrapped giraffes.

Barnes’ work criticizes the human

“I wanted to show how museum collections develop, specifically how they express the relationship between the natural world and our place, or the human presence in it.”

Richard Barnes

professional photographer

“Animal Logic” focuses on photographic work of nature and its relevance to history, science, archeology and architecture. Barnes showed pictures he took of the shed of the

desire to construct artificial worlds.

Barnes said he is torn by the way so much is unnatural. Kaczynski’s cabin was removed from its original setting to be used as evidence for the

investigation. He said natural history museums attempt to recreate a natural setting when in fact they are physically creating an unnatural, industrial space.

“We wanted him to show his thoughts on architecture from a photographer’s viewpoint. Because his work deals with architectural spaces and is often a different perspective from the way the students think about space,” said Anda French, an assistant professor at the School of Architecture. “It’s about learning the difference between what’s intended and what’s perceived.”

In his lecture, Barnes peeled back the layers of artificiality and revealed the tangle of artistry, craftsmanship and curatorial decisions in every display. Mark Robbins, dean of the School of Architecture, said Barnes’s lecture was interesting in that it showed a

different point of view to members of the school.

“Architects think of space as something everyone understands, it’s second nature to them,” Robbins said.

“It allows us to understand the use of space with the intent of the artist and the perception of the viewer.”

In his exploration of the installation and preservation of animals and fossils at natural history museums, Barnes said he drew attention to the way in which the displays are viewed and understood.

“The museums are using unnatural means to try and display a natural setting. This is sort of perverse,” Barnes said. “I would see all these incomplete scenes and hidden moments, and it showed me how the complete scenes often emotionally detached the viewer to the subject.” rstorm@syr.edu

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“We go over all the little things that people assume are simple, and it’s given me an amazing support system for figuring out how to go about dealing with grad school,” Santana said.

The program has slots for 25 eligible juniors and seniors interested in graduate school each

“Our program is really about providing resources and services to students who we know are capable, but who may have to deal with obstacles that other students don’t.”

Christabel Sheldon

DIRECTOR OF THE MCNAIR SCHOLARS PROGRAM

year, Sheldon said. Sophomores can apply for the program for their junior and senior years, and juniors for their senior year.

According to federal guidelines, two-thirds of the 25 positions must be filled by low-income, first-generation college students. The remaining third of the group can be any student from any minority, Sheldon said. The number of graduating seniors determines the number of open spots each year.

At SU, applicants must have at least a 3.0 grade point average, interview for a slot and

commit to an academic research project and a preparatory summer academy.

“The research component turns a lot of students off, but it’s actually one of the most rewarding parts of the program,” Sheldon said. “Students choose a basic issue within their field that they want to address and seek answers under the tutelage of a faculty mentor.”

The idea of mentorship is also what draws students to the program, Sheldon said.

“If you don’t have a parent in your household who’s been to college and can guide you through the graduate school process, you may be turned off from grad school altogether,” she said.

Santana said working with program mentors made her realize she could make her goal of attending graduate school a reality.

“I knew I had to get to grad school, but I had no idea how to get there. I didn’t have the resources or information,” she said. Under the guidance of her mentors in the McNair program, she said she has developed a determination to go to graduate school and a tangible plan to get there.

Tagbo Niepa, an engineering graduate student, said he never would have been interested in graduate school if was not for the McNair program.

Niepa said the program motivated him to reach for opportunities he never would have had otherwise.

“I would encourage anyone who’s even considering applying to apply,” he said. “Some of the best people I’ve met and opportunities I’ve had have been through the McNair program.” ertocci@syr.edu

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Random run-ins with campus friends (people you would never hang out with on the weekend), awkward South Campus bus rides that will never end and a line at the dining hall’s stir fry station are all prime times for small talk. The riveting form of filler communication is perfect for breaking the silence, but these worn-out topics should be avoided at all costs because, frankly, they’re annoying.

“It’s so cold outside!”

Oh, really? You mean just like it was the day before and the day before that? Face it people, we live in a cold climate. Even better is when this complaint is followed up with comments about the overbearing heat inside the building. Wear a jacket, then take off the jacket. Simple stuff.

“I’m so tired.”

Easily the most overused phrase on campus. Talk about a cry for attention. Users of this standard complaint often expect the other person to be genuinely concerned. Fatigue is relative, so suck it up.

“I have so much work this week!”

We’re all guilty of this one. Work comes in many shapes and sizes, so the statement cannot be generalized. This is the perfect opportunity to be a one-upper. That four-page WRT 105: “Practices of Academic Writing” paper doesn’t seem so bad when your architecture friend is slaving overnight to build 15 models for his architecture class.

“What’d you do this weekend?”

This is only acceptable on Monday, and Tuesday is really pushing it. Do you really want to hear every fraternity, pre-game and house party I attended? Doubt it. Chances are you did something you think is cool and want everyone else to know about it.

“Catch the game yesterday?”

Wait, there was a game? Oh, you mean the main focal point of Syracuse University for the week prior and likely the week after. Everyone knows who the victor was, everyone is surprised that football won again, and thus no one is surprised you can’t think of anything better to say.

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In senior year, SU’s Befort transitions back to forward

By Ryan Marfurt Staff Writer

Maggie Befort doesn’t care what position she plays. She just wants to be on the field.

“She can go wherever, whenever,” SU field hockey head coach Ange Bradley said.

And that’s why the coach is doing all she can to make sure her star player gets on the field as much as possible. That’s why — with only weeks of eligibility remaining on Befort’s four-year career — Bradley has decided to move SU’s all-time leading scorer from back to forward, a position she hasn’t played since her freshman season.

“She knows how to find a way with no time on the clock, and she is just a great competitor,” Bradley said. “She likes to shoot, she knows how to press and she can finish. That’s what we need, and that’s what we are looking for.”

For the past two seasons and the first 11 games this year, Befort has lined up as a back in the Orange’s formation. At the start of the

“I guess the biggest difference is the amount of risk that you can take.

As a defender you are typically in a low-risk position, where you take care of the ball. As a forward you take chances and take calculated risks and try to put yourself on the line.”

Ange Bradley

SU head coach

season, she was the central hub of Bradley’s defense, the most experienced and well-decorated player on the unit.

But after the rise of players like sophomore Iona Holloway and freshman Laura Hahnefeldt and the continued development of two experienced defenders in sophomore Amy Kee and junior Nicole Nelson, it became obvious that

Befort’s talents weren’t needed as much as they were at the start of the season.

On Oct. 10, in a game against Albany, Befort was unexpectedly benched for what Bradley deemed as “an internal team matter.” But five days later, Befort came off the bench against Stanford at forward. Since then, she’s been a fixture at the position.

Instead of keeping all five players on defense, Bradley recognized the opportunity she had.

Befort is too talented to be on the bench, and with a promising group of defenders in place, a switch could be made.

“Maggie likes to shoot and score,” Bradley said. “She likes to be in the heat of it, and that’s why she is there.”

As a freshman, Befort had one of the best seasons ever by an SU field hockey player. She registered a total of 35 points with 12 goals and 11 assists in 2007. The 35 points were ninth most by a Syracuse player in a single season.

Befort said her experience playing forward as a freshman is something that has benefited her this year and allowed for a seamless transition despite coming so late in the season.

“I have played against it, I’ve watched it and I understand it,” Befort said. “It’s just kind of getting the chemistry right with the other girls that play forward.”

Befort’s first weekend at forward this season came when the team was on a two-game road trip three weeks ago. She had an assist against Stanford and then became the first SU player to get a hat trick this season in the match against Georgetown. The 10 points brought Befort’s career point total to 120, the most in program history.

Befort said she only had to make minor adjustments in the switch back to her old position, and it showed to Bradley in her results.

“I guess the biggest difference is the amount of risk that you can take,” Bradley said. “As a defender you are typically in a low-risk position, where you take care of the ball. As a forward you take chances and take calculated risks and try to put yourself on the line.”

Even though Befort no longer plays on the defensive side of the ball, she said she is still able to take away from her experiences as an All-Big East defender.

One of the things that Befort found difficult was when an opposing player attempted to cross the ball while going at full speed. So she tries to

dave trotman-wilkins | staff photographer maggie befort (right) has moved from defense to forward this season for the Syracuse field hockey team, returning to a position she played as a freshman for SU. translate some of those defensive experiences into her play on offense.

“I kind of understand how they want me to play into them, and I understand where they are probably weak,” Befort said.

Bradley said she decided to make the change to make sure she could put the most talent on the field as possible. The Orange has won six straight games, making Bradley’s change look good heading into the Big East tournament.

The coaching staff has said all year that it

decides who will play where on a game-by-game basis, but when it comes time for postseason play, at least one thing is certain: Befort will be on the field.

“Maggie is the player on our team that could play goalkeeper, fullback, halfback, midfielder and forward,” Bradley said. “Maggie Befort loves to compete and loves to play for Syracuse.” rwmarfur@syr.edu

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pack pass defenses nationally in Pittsburgh and South Florida, SU quarterback Ryan Nassib struggled. And against the currently sixthranked West Virginia pass defense, he had a game to forget despite SU’s victory — 5-for-15 for just 63 yards.

On Saturday, Nassib will line up against another top-15 pass defense in the Cardinals.

But from early film study in the week, sophomore wide receiver Alec Lemon can see the flaws in the defense, just like any other team.

Now it’s just a matter of the Orange taking advantage of those flaws.

“We’re not going to approach the game any differently than we do any other game,” Lemon said. “We’re going to throw the ball, run the ball. We’ve seen some weaknesses in them, and we’re going to exploit them and try to go after them.”

And exploiting those weaknesses starts in the trenches with an offensive line unit that played arguably its best game of the season at Cincinnati, giving Nassib enough time to fling first-down pass after first-down pass.

With 6.5 sacks on the season, Louisville defensive end Rodney Gnat is among the Top 25 in the nation in that category. He will line up against SU redshirt freshman Justin Pugh, who knows the key to offensive success starts with him.

“They’re a blitzing team,” Pugh said.

“They bring a lot of pressure — probably the most pressure out of any of the teams we’re going to face. Sometimes we don’t always pick up the pressure. That got us in trouble last Saturday. So going into this week, our main focus is picking up pressure and picking up the blitzes.”

For the Syracuse defense, the matchup to worry about pits the nation’s No. 4 rusher in Bilal Powell against the Orange’s front seven.

SU might get a break in the matchup, as Powell could miss this weekend after leaving

“We’re not going to approach the game any differently than we do any other game. We’re going to throw the ball, run the ball. We’ve seen some weaknesses in them, and we’re going to exploit them and try to go after them.”

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the Cardinals’ game against Pittsburgh in the third quarter with a knee injury. Louisville head coach Charlie Strong said Monday in the Big East coaches’ teleconference that Powell will be evaluated day-to-day this week, adding that swelling had developed in Powell’s knee.

But the Orange defense is taking that diagnosis with a grain of salt. Senior linebacker and captain Derrell Smith and the rest of his side are preparing for Powell to start in the backfield Saturday.

“As a linebacker, we focus on a lot of the running game,” Smith said. “We’re aware that they have a pretty good running back. And with a pretty good running back, most of the time you have a pretty good offensive line. So

kirsten celo | asst. photo editor alec lemon (15) is part of a Syracuse passing game that has struggled of late against Big East opponents. Lemon, who was thought to be the team’s No. 1 receiver coming into 2010, has caught just two passes and no touchdowns in the past two games. that’s definitely the main focus — just to stop the run.”

SU has excelled at its key matchups throughout the season. With USF’s B.J. Daniels. With West Virginia’s dynamic offensive weapons.

And with Cincinnati’s porous defense.

With added variables Saturday against Louisville, Marrone hopes his team can come out on top again.

“Experience, you watch them, they’re very consistent and getting better and better each week,” Marrone said. “We don’t have a lot of experience, especially on the offensive side of the football, so you don’t always know what you’re going to get.”

Big East will look to expand The Big East conference announced Tuesday that it will seek to expand its football membership to 10 teams, increasing from its current count of eight. All 16 members of the conference voted unanimously to expand the conference.

“Today our board of directors affirmed a set of key strategic initiatives, including expansion, designed to enhance membership stability and maximize our value,” Big East Commissioner John Marinatto said in a statement.

Marinatto said the conference will now begin to evaluate possible candidates for expansion. Villanova was previously linked as a school that could move up from the FCS into the Big East, as it is already a member of the conference in both men’s and women’s basketball and men’s lacrosse. The Big East told Villanova its intention to include the school in the football portion of its conference in September. Villanova is currently 6-2 on the season, ranked third in the FCS coaches’ poll.

Marinatto added that the conference will not expand on its future plans or discuss the expansion process.

Other speculated schools include Houston, TCU, Temple and Central Florida, as well as Eastern Carolina and Memphis.

At eight teams, the Big East is the smallest

football conference with the privilege of automatic BCS-bowl game qualification. Marinatto did not say whether the addition of potentially

new teams would alter any situations with other sports in the conference. bplogiur@ syr.edu

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By Tony Olivero Asst. Sports Editor

James Southerland’s over-the-top screaming as the point man on Syracuse’s full-court press elicited the thought of one name for Scoop Jardine. The verbal berating of the Kutztown inbounder on the end-line and the rebounds added to the comparison.

And when combined with Southerland’s surprising team lead with 11 rebounds on the night, it reminded Jardine and Kris Joseph of Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah.

“We call him Joakim Noah because he was out there doing everything,” Jardine said. “We need a player like that on this team who is going to take that role and play it to the best of his ability.”

A year after playing to the best of his ability as the freshman who lit up the scoreboard in SU’s 2009 season-opener with 19 points, Southerland let that spotlight slip to his competition for playing time at forward in freshman C.J. Fair.

But Southerland made sure to have another high-level game in his second career exhibition opener with those double-digit rebounds in 23 minutes. The sophomore went 0-for-5 from behind the 3-point arc.

SU starting center Fab Melo and backup big man Baye Moussa Keita were the two Syracuse freshmen big men expected to control the boards.

But the wiry 6-foot-8 Southerland was in the right place at the right time for a slew of rebounds. On one of his four offensive rebounds, he put back a

“I feel like everybody on our team could score, so I felt like I needed to be the guy who was very active. Hitting the boards, getting defensive rebounds and steals, fitting in.

Because everybody on this team can score.”

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dunk on a Mookie Jones-missed 3-pointer.

But more than that, in SU’s exhibition, there was an exhibition from Southerland that he hopes will help him see minutes in the competition at forward among him — Jones and Fair. He promises he will be able to rebound for SU head coach Jim Boeheim and the team this year, even if the 11 on Tuesday came against a team with its tallest starter standing at 6 feet 7 inches.

“I feel like everybody on our team could score, so I felt like I needed to be the guy who was very active,” Southerland said. “Hitting the boards, getting defensive rebounds and steals, fitting in. Because everybody on this team can score.”

In his postgame press conference, “active” was a word that surfaced for Boeheim as well.

He described the game as such roughly a halfdozen times and commended Southerland for his performance under the boards as such as well.

“James did a good job on the boards, and they were an active group,” Boeheim said.

For Southerland, a year after playing the role of Fair in 2010, his focus simply came down to activity.

Activity enough to become SU’s Joakim Noah. For one game, at least.

Said Southerland: “That was my main focus — getting deflections, steals, rebounds, some blocks.”

Perfect from the line?

Syracuse shot 100 percent from the free-

dave trotman-wilkins | staff photographer james southerland braces to go up for a shot in Syracuse’s win over Kutztown Tuesday. Southerland led the team in rebounds with 11 in an Orange victory. throw line in Tuesday’s exhibition. Syracuse — yes, Syracuse — went 13-for-13 from the stripe in the game. But you would have never known it after listening to Boeheim’s postgame press conference.

Despite being known as a program that year after year is one notorious for poor performances from the line — Syracuse shot 67.7 percent on free throws in 2009-10 — Boeheim didn’t touch on the subject after SU’s win. He didn’t even hint at it.

It was a similar reaction from Joseph as the number failed to register with the junior small forward. When told SU was perfect at the line, Joseph looked shocked.

“What?” Joseph said.

Joseph was 1-for-1 from the line, as Fair led SU by going 4-for-4. Jardine hit three, and Moussa Keita and Jones hit two.

And from here on out, Joseph hopes the 20 minutes at practice the Orange devotes to the line will foster similar numbers to Tuesday’s.

Numbers he will be sure to be aware of.

“We practice free throws a lot, obviously, and they say that hard work pays off,” Joseph said.

“We sacrifice 20 minutes of practice toward free throws, 1-and-1’s and shooting twos.”

A business of T-shirts and bracelets Kris Joseph let it be known on Tuesday.

For this Syracuse group, Big East champion isn’t enough. Joseph feels this group was supposed to — and should — have done more last season. After losing as the West Region’s No. 1 seed to eventual national finalist Butler, there is unfinished business to be taken care of.

Business that was on display via the Orange’s warm-up shirts and on bracelets. Across the front of the shirt, it reads what Joseph and the bracelet read, “Unfinished Business.”

“In our hearts we feel like we could have gone further than we finished last year,” Joseph said.

“That’s why we call it ‘unfinished business.’” aolivero@syr.edu

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said. “He does get in the right places, and he is a good fi nisher. A good rebounder. I thought he played well.”

Although Fair shared the court most of the night with what could be his main competition for playing time in Boeheim’s rotation — sophomore forwards Mookie Jones and James Southerland — Fair was the showstopper. All because of two things. First, his solid, mature body for a freshman — one Jardine described as more of an upperclassman’s than a freshman’s.

And because of those smarts. To junior for-

“I am just out here to play my game and whatever coach needs at the time he needs, and I’ll just be waiting for him to call my number.”

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ward Kris Joseph, the intelligence Fair brings to the team and Boeheim is cognizant of what was most apparent on the spin dribble.

“That is not something he works on every day,” Joseph said of Fair’s play. “That is something that is just instinct in the game. He knew he had a smaller guy on him, and he spun baseline and had the height advantage and went up with the ball. “(Fair is a) smart player. Very smart player.

His IQ is very high.”

Sitting in the SU locker room postgame, Fair hinted at that intelligence. It was intelligence that he had accrued thanks to studying a specific play from a specific player in practice.

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Kris Joseph makes a 3-pointer to close out the first half that gave the Orange a 47-32 lead. It would carry over into the second, as SU made six of the first eight points in the half.

The Kutztown forward shot just 3-for-15 from the field and turned the ball over six times in 34 minutes. He finished with just six points and six rebounds.

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That player — Jones — also happened to be his competition.

The breakdown: Every time Jones shoots the ball, Fair knows he misses soft off the rim.

It is a good opportunity to crash the boards.

In his debut, Fair didn’t put back a Jonesmissed 3-pointer with a dunk — Southerland did. It was just another example of the competition that is sure to be there for minutes come the regular season.

But Fair did put back his share of dunks off

SU misses. After one game, the smarts for the pretty player appear to be there.

And after one game that was just an exhibition, he has the head start in a competition that Fair doesn’t even feel exists.

“It is no competition between us,” Fair said.

“I am just out here to play my game and whatever coach needs at the time he needs, and I’ll just be waiting for him to call my number.” aolivero@ syr.edu

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Heading into halftime of its matchup with Florida State, North Carolina State appeared on its way to losing what head coach Tom O’Brien said was the biggest game for the Wolfpack during his tenure. Three straight second-quarter touchdowns for the Seminoles put NC State in a 21-7 hole at the break.

But quarterback Russell Wilson took over in the third quarter, scrambling for two touchdowns to tie the game. After FSU regained the lead, the NC State offense drove the ball down to the Seminole one-yard line on the ensuing drive as the clock ticked down. Three straight runs were stuffed for no gain.

O’Brien sent the field goal unit on to tie the game but called a timeout before the tying kick. Instead he decided to go for the score, and Wilson hit tight end George Bryan in the back of the end zone.

The biggest game in the O’Brien era ended in a 28-24 Wolfpack victory last Thursday night. And his players have recognized just how important this win was.

“This is great,” freshman running back Mustafa Greene said. “We needed this win. We really needed this one. It’s off to the next one now, but I’m thanking God that we won this one.”

The victory puts NC State (6-2, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) in a couple positions it has not been in for the majority of this decade.

The Wolfpack is already bowl-eligible. It now controls its own destiny in the ACC Atlantic division, which the school has not won since the conference split into two divisions in 2005.

Should it win the Atlantic, the Wolfpack would play in the conference championship game for its first ACC title since 1979.

And it’s all possible thanks to the biggest win in recent program history.

“It was so exciting out there,” senior wide receiver Owen Spencer said. “We had a lot of enthusiasm on both sides of the ball. The fans were in it. Everybody was in it. It was big for us. Plus, to play a good team like Florida State at home on a big stage and beat them, it’s something that’s very huge for our program and very huge for our season.”

The win over Florida State (6-2, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) marks the first for O’Brien over the Seminoles since he took over the program prior to the 2007 season. With four more games left, the Wolfpack can guarantee its first winning season since 2005 with just one more victory. The victory also made NC State bowl-eligible before November for the first time since San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers graduated from the program following the 2003 season.

All those firsts for the Wolfpack have resulted mostly from its high-powered offense, which leads the ACC in yardage and ranks second in scoring. It has scored at least 27 points in all eight of its games this year.

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courtesy of north carolina state athletic communications Russell Wilson has been the catalyst for the North Carolina State offense in 2010. He has led the Wolfpack to a 6-2 record in 2010, making it bowl eligible.

The quarterback said the win over Florida State was probably the biggest of his career.

But he added that the team has to stay focused on the rest of the season to capture the Atlantic division.

“We’ve got another big (game) next week we’ve got to try to win,” Wilson said. “I think that every week, a challenge goes up and the importance of each game matters.”

O’Brien echoed his signal-caller. He knows the Wolfpack controls its destiny. With every win, his team gets closer to clinching the division title and getting a shot at the ACC championship. And that makes every game that much more vital.

“Each one gets bigger as you go along,” O’Brien said. “That’s the great thing about this year, and it’s a great thing for these kids. They’ve worked so hard to put themselves in this position. We have to go to Clemson, and we’re in a must-win situation the rest of the year.”

Big man on campus Roy Helu Jr. Senior running back No. 9 Nebraska (7-1, 3-1 Big 12) Last week’s stats: 28 carries, 307 yards, 3 TDs

Helu’s performance in the Cornhuskers 31-17 win over No. 14 Missouri (7-1, 3-1) earned the senior his own chant from the fans and a Gatorade shower from his teammates. Helu racked up the most yards on the ground by one player in a single game this year and set the Nebraska record for rushing yards with the performance.

Until the game against the Tigers, Helu had not gone over the 110-yard mark and only tallied multiple scores in one game this year.

His three touchdowns against the Tigers all

came from more than 50 yards away. He scored on Nebraska’s first possession with a 66-yard scamper down the left sideline. He then ended the first quarter with a 73-yard sprint down the right sideline to put Nebraska up 24-0. After two Tigers touchdowns closed the lead to 10 halfway through the third, Helu gashed Missouri through the middle for a 53-yard score on the ensuing possession to all but eliminate the Tigers’ comeback hopes.

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The Hawkeyes used an opportunistic defensive performance and three touchdown passes from senior quarterback Ricky Stanzi to knock Michigan State from the ranks of the unbeaten teams.

After scoring on their first drive of the game with a short touchdown pass from Stanzi to Colin Sandeman and kicking a field goal to go up 10-0 on their next possession, the Hawkeyes let their defense take over.

With the Spartans driving into Iowa territory, junior cornerback Tyler Sash intercepted a Kirk Cousins pass and picked up a couple yards before pitching a lateral to teammate Micah Hyde. Hyde then reversed field and took the pick 66 yards into the end zone to put Iowa up 17-0.

Cousins threw another interception on the ensuing possession, this time inside the Hawkeyes’ 20-yard line, that was returned into Spartans’ territory, and the Iowa offense scored three plays later to extend the lead.

The Hawkeyes added one more score in the half to go up 30-0 and coasted to the victory. zjbrown@syr.edu

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SPORTS

wednesday

november 3, 2010

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the daily orange

SYRACUSE VS. KUTZTOWN 60

FAIR START

In exhibition win over Kutztown, Orange freshman Fair steals show

By Tony Olivero

But Fair was the newcomer from whom Jardine saw intelligence throughout the game — especially on a spin dribble, while posting up, against a smaller opponent in the first half. Fair was the pretty player who got around his opponent swiftly with the spin dribble. And he was one of the highlights of SU’s night with repeated put-back dunks.

The freshman forward was second on the team in field-goal percentage, going 5-for-7 from the field for a 71 percent mark. And on a night when the Orange was a perfect 13-for-13 from the free-throw line, Fair converted on all four of his attempts.

In the first half, it was a display of that pretty and smart player Fair’s coaches and elders described. For Boeheim, it was an exhibition of Fair being in the right place at the right time. That is what an intelligent freshman will bring to the table.

“C.J. is a smart player,” Boeheim see kutztown page 17

Asst. Sports Editor

J

im Boeheim described C.J. Fair as “smart.” Scoop Jardine referred to Fair’s playing style and performance as “pretty.”

And after the Syracuse freshman tied for the team-high with 14 points in his Syracuse debut Tuesday, Jardine had some words for those unfamiliar with the name of his rookie counterpart.

“He is going to be good,” Jardine said. “I’m telling you all.

“Watch.”

Coming off the bench, Fair, a 6-foot-8 forward out of Baltimore, was one of five double-figure scorers for Syracuse in its 96-60 exhibition win over Kutztown in front of 7,371 fans inside the Carrier Dome. In the first of SU’s two tune-up contests prior to the start of its regular season, Fair and his freshman teammates made the most of their first time officially playing on Jim Boeheim Court.

Box score Syracuse

points

Kutztown

points

C.J. Fair Kris Joseph Scoop Jardine Rick Jackson Mookie Jones Fab Melo Bave Moussa Keita Dion Waiters James Southerland Brandon Triche Nick Resavy

Steve Coffey Julius Gray Jermaine Jackson Eric Brennan Nate Edwards Tamir Johnson Alex Reed Tyler Brooks JJ Rowland Eric Henry

14 14 11 10 10 9 8 6 6 6 2

15 12 9 6 6 4 3 2 2 1

rebounds

6 6 0 4 1 4 6 3 11 3 0

rebounds

7 4 4 6 0 2 2 1 0 2

assists

0 1 3 0 0 2 0 5 1 7 0

assists

4 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 2

dave trotman-wilkins | staff photographer C.J. Fair (right) dunks the ball for two of his 14 points in his first game with the Orange. Syracuse beat Division-II Kutztown 96-60 in the first of two exhibition games before the regular season starts.

football

Matchups with Louisville on both sides of ball concern Marrone, Orange

By Brett LoGiurato Asst. Sports Editor

Doug Marrone didn’t wait long to address what he considers matchup problems in Syracuse’s game against Louisville on Saturday.

Moving past SU’s win on the road over Cincinnati last weekend, the

first thing Marrone said of Louisville in his weekly press conference Monday was that overall, the Cardinals don’t give him a comfortable feeling.

“We’re playing a team in Louisville that I don’t feel very good about how we match up against,” Mar-

rone said. “They’re a good team with more starting experience than any team we’ve played until this point, overall, offense and defensively. We have a lot of work ahead of us.”

Marrone didn’t elaborate on the individual matchups he found worrisome. But looking at the numbers,

it’s not difficult to see where potential problems lie. Syracuse’s up-anddown passing game against Louisville’s 13th-ranked pass defense in the nation. The Orange’s stout run defense against the Big East’s second-leading rusher. And SU’s overall lack of depth, which, with

injuries, has bumped the team down to 55 non-specialist scholarship players, Marrone said.

It starts on offense, where the Orange has been back and forth in its passing-game performances in Big East play. Against middle-of-thesee matchups page 15