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Saudi prince offers view on Middle East progress

By Beckie Strum News Editor

The best way for Arab nations to develop and modernize is for them to do so for themselves at their own pace, said Prince of Saudi Arabia Turki bin Faisal Al Saud.

“Nations, like men, have their infancy, and nations, like men, must grow to survive,” said Al Saud, former Saudi ambassador to the United States, among many

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Dedication to results stirs Casey

other roles in international and Saudi politics.

Al Saud spoke to more than 300 students, faculty and administrators in Maxwell Auditorium on Monday evening on Saudi Arabia’s development and struggles throughout the past 80 years. He said the state continues to fall behind in the realm of women’s rights, and he urged American leaders to put more

By Jillian Anthony Contributing Writer

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brandon weight | staff photographer turki bin faisal al saud, prince of Saudi Arabia, cites his nation as a model of Middle Eastern growth in a speech Monday.

keith edelman | staff photographer neal casey, the unopposed candidate for Student Association president, plans to increase student involvement in his organization.

The sole candidate for Student Association president, Neal Casey spends 30 hours a week working as the chairman of the Student Life Committee.

When the uncontested elections are over, Casey expects that number to rise or possibly double.

“Most of my time — actually, all of my time — goes to SA,” Casey said.

“Any free time I have, I’m in the office.

And I only expect that to increase.”

After holding several positions with SA since the end of his freshman year, Casey, a junior supply chain and finance major, said he believes he is ready for the challenge of president.

Casey is running on the platform of “Putting Students First” and said he plans to make SA a more resultsbased and student-focused organization. Co-workers describe Casey the same way he describes himself, as someone who takes the initiative to make things happen.

“On a broader level, I can see the

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DPS arrests alleged drunk laptop thief by Shaw Students worry over safety

By Michael Boren Asst. News Editor

An allegedly intoxicated man stole up to four laptops and led Department of Public Safety officers on a foot chase Saturday before being arrested outside Shaw Hall, said DPS Capt. Andy Mrozienski.

The suspect was not a Syracuse University student, and it was not clear which laptops were stolen from Shaw or from Slocum Hall, where the suspect was first spotted, Mrozienski said. He would not provide the name or age of the suspect, who faced a total of 11 charges.

DPS charged the suspect with

three counts of third-degree burglary, two counts of fourth-degree grand larceny, petit larceny, criminal trespassing, two counts of fourthdegree criminal possession of stolen property, one count of fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and resisting arrest.

Students called DPS at 7:20 p.m. on Saturday from Slocum and said there was a suspicious person who had stolen laptops, Mrozienski said.

Students then called DPS from Shaw at 7:32 p.m. DPS officers saw the suspect leaving Shaw and stopped him, Mrozienski said.

“The troops came in and sur-

rounded the area, grabbed him, then he wanted to fight,” Mrozienski said.

“Then he ran, and he kind of ran around in a circle a couple times between Comstock, Ostrom, Euclid.”

DPS officers caught the suspect once, but he got away and officers had to catch him again, Mrozienski said.

The suspect was breathing heavily after the chase and transported to a hospital, Mrozienski said. A DPS officer who was “huffing and puffing” was also taken to the hospital for precautionary measures, Mrozienski said. He declined to name the hospital to which both were taken. mcboren@syr.edu

after recent robbery string

By Michael Boren Asst. News Editor

A recent string of off-campus robberies, one in which two students were allegedly robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight, has the Department of Public Safety adding patrols to the streets and some students taking more precautions.

The past weekend marked a lull in robberies after DPS reported that three males in a dark blue Pontiac sedan stole a student’s laptop and money on the 100 block of Redfield

Place at 10:45 p.m. on Nov. 1 and then demanded money from a student on the 700 block of Clarendon Street at 6:30 a.m. the next day.

Syracuse police pulled over several out-of-state residents in a vehicle Nov. 2 and conducted an investigation to see if they were connected to the robberies, said DPS Capt. Andy Mrozienski. But police released them after three robbery victims, two of which were Syracuse University students, could not identify them as the

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Olbermann apologizes, blames MSNBC

Following his two-day suspension from MSNBC, Keith Olbermann addressed his viewers Monday night in an aggressive statement questioning the merit of his temporary removal, according to The New York Times. The statement said that the viewers were the reason he was back on the air Tuesday. Revelations surfaced during last week’s election that Olbermann had contributed campaign funds to three Democrats.

In the letter to his viewers, Olbermann put the blame on NBC for creating an inconsistent donation policy that he did not know even existed. There should have been a conversation with executives from NBC and donations should be made public, Olbermann said. He wrote: “You should also know that I did not attempt to keep any of these political contributions secret; I knew they would be known to you and the rest of the public,” according to The New York Times.

Obama endorses India for UN council

U.S. President Barack Obama backed India for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council Monday in a move to create a partnership between the world’s two largest democracies, according to The New York Times. The alliance between the two countries would check the power of a forceful China and expand commercial ties. Obama’s announcement came during an address to the Indian Parliament and was televised on national TV. The address came at the end of Obama’s three-day visit to India, in which the president called India an “indispensable” partner for the future. Obama’s endorsement of India prompted a quick warning from Pakistan, the rival of India and a wavering ally of the United States. The president’s backing is also expected to spur new concerns in Beijing, which has had a shaky relationship with India and has questioned American efforts to tighten partnerships with Asian nations concerned with China’s rising power, according to The New York Times.

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SU Abroad continues to gain students

By Micki Fahner Staff Writer

robert storm | staff photographer Student Association holds its biannual budget meeting Monday night. SA upheld the Finance Board’s recommendation to wait on funding University Union’s MayFest concert until a cheaper act is found. Hillel was also denied funding again for its 60th anniversary concert.

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Assembly votes on Block Party, MayFest funding

By Annie Knox Staff Writer

Student Association backed the Finance Board’s decision to require University Union to find a cheaper artist to perform at MayFest 2011 before receiving funding. It also granted UU approximately $20,000 less than requested for its spring 2011 Block Party concert.

SA drew three times the number of students normally in attendance at its meetings into Maxwell Auditorium for its budget meeting Monday

night. At the meeting, SA also voted to give the National Pan-Hellenic Council about $20,000 less than it requested to put on its Greek Unity Fest Concert, which has brought artists T-Pain and Jadakiss to campus in its past two years.

SA also backed the Finance Board’s recommendation not to grant Hillel’s request for about $60,000 to hold its 60th anniversary concert next semester. This is the second time Hillel has been denied funding for the event.

Student organizations that received partial or no funding have a chance to appeal for a part of the $40,000 the Finance Board has set aside for appeals.

More than 115 student organization leaders attended the meeting to hear whether SA’s general assembly would approve the funding SA’s Finance Board recommended for their groups. The Finance Board received $1.33 million in requests for funding for spring 2011 programs. It has $75,000 available.

“It always seems we get double in requests what we have to hand out,” Comptroller Jeff Rickert said.

The Finance Board, made up of seven students, looks at what the events will bring to the campus as a whole and the cost per student of the events in making decisions to fully, partially or not fund programming, he said.

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SU Abroad has expanded its program offerings to countries outside of Western Europe with enrollment for studying abroad growing by 11 percent this semester.

More than 900 students currently plan to study abroad this spring, but SU Abroad is still accepting applications for some programs, even though the official deadline was Oct. 13.

While about the same number of students are planning to study abroad this spring compared to last spring, more than 800 Syracuse University students participated in studying abroad this fall, an 11 percent increase from last fall, said Amy Sloane-Garris, executive director of marketing and recruitment at the university’s Office of Enrollment Management.

“The reasons for the growth may vary, but at the heart of it all, students returning from the SU Abroad programs are sharing their experiences with others across campus and applying what they’ve learned,” SloaneGarris said in an e-mail.

Due in part to the increased interest in overseas studies and a desire for broader options, new programs are being developed.

“There is a push to get students out of their comfort zone of Western Europe and to explore places that are lesser known and really emerging as pivotal countries in the world,” said Sue Shane, director of programs for SU Abroad. “And Turkey is one of them.”

No new programs were officially offered this past fall, but a new SU Abroad center in Istanbul, Turkey, will begin programming in the spring. The Istanbul program was more popular than anticipated.

Though the program was only expecting 12 students, 16 signed up to parsee study abroad page 7

Afghan grad students aim to educate public school students near Fort Drum on culture

By Annie Knox Staff Writer

A handful of Afghan graduate students at Syracuse University may go into public schools near Fort Drum, a military reservation about 85 miles north of Syracuse near Watertown, N.Y., in the spring to teach students about parts of Afghan culture they do not usually hear about or see in the media.

The topic of Afghanistan could

be a sensitive issue for students in Fort Drum-area schools, said Mary Anne Dobmeier, the assistant superintendent at the Indian River Central School District, the main district for military students in the Fort Drum area. Sixty-three percent of the district’s 4,000-plus students are children of military families, she said.

Before teaching students, two of the graduate students will make a presentation about Afghan culture to

Fort Drum-area school administrators and teachers on Monday. Administrators will then talk with parents of students in Indian River schools to gauge their response to the proposed presentations and determine if they should show the same material to students in the spring.

“It may be something that’s a little bit too sensitive, too close to home for them,” Dobmeier said.

“We all know that the predominant

placement right now is in Afghanistan,” she said. “So we have to be cognizant of the fact that some students may have a hard time dealing with that, even if the whole goal is just to talk about what life is like in Afghanistan from the commoner’s perspective.”

Habib Sangar and Akbar Quraishi, international relations graduate students, will make the November presentation, which aims to describe

Afghan holidays, food, language and daily living. Sangar and Quraishi said they hope to counter the images of gun-toting Taliban members that Americans may associate with Afghanistan, even though they do not represent daily life for the majority of Afghans.

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suspects, Mrozienski said. But some officers still suspect those out-of-state residents should have been prosecuted because there were no robberies while they were in custody, he said.

“If they’re going back home and all the sudden we don’t have anymore, then I would say those were the guys,” Mrozienski said. The robbery cases remain open.

DPS added an officer during both the daytime and nighttime nearly a week ago in the off-campus neighborhoods around SU to counter the string of robberies, Mrozienski said. There have been a total of five robberies since the beginning of the academic year on Aug. 31, which is one more robbery than there was up to this point last year, according to DPS statistics.

“There’s no set thing as far as why it happens,” Mrozienski said. “You could have somebody that’s recently released from prison, and they’re living in the city somewhere and all the sudden they say, ‘Oh I’m going to go out and try to get some money or rob somebody.’”

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pressure on Israel if the United States wants peace in the Middle East.

As an academic and a Muslim, Yusuf AbdulQadir, a 2008 Syracuse University alumnus, asked Al Saud what students, particularly Muslim students, can do to build the bridge between the West and the Islamic faith.

“The best thing Muslims can do is just to be themselves,” Al Saud said. Students and private Muslims living in the United States can show being Muslim is nothing to be ashamed of, he said.

There may be violent extremists who identify as fellow Muslims, but “rather than change, be yourself,” he said. That will clear up misconceptions about Islam.

Al Saud drew examples from Saudi Arabia’s

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But some students have expressed concern over the daytime robbery in Thornden Park on Oct. 28, when DPS reported that a man displayed what appeared to be a black revolver and robbed two students at 9:45 a.m. Daytime robberies do not frequently occur near SU, Mrozienski said.

“In a way it’s a repercussion of living in a city, especially in a time of a recession when there’s poverty in a city.”

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“Is it common? No. Does it happen? Yes,” he said. “Crime happens 24 hours a day, and I don’t care if you live in the city or the country.”

The same suspect from the Thornden Park robbery is believed to be behind an attempted robbery on the corner of Ostrom Avenue and Madison Street at 3:25 a.m. on Oct. 31 and a

history to illustrate how his nation has modernized at its own pace, rather than changing quickly to appease others and risking its stability.

Saudi Arabia contains much of the world’s oil resources, and the discovery has made the Saudi state a very wealthy nation. The Saudi monarchy controls the government and rules the nation based on conservative Islamic law. The state is a close ally of the United States and a key player in politics among Middle Eastern nations.

Throughout the past 15 years, Saudi Arabia has launched open forums to discuss religion and reach out to some of its religious minorities, including the Shiite Muslims, Al Saud said. It has also begun participating in international interfaith dialogue, he said.

In response to the rise of religiously charged violence and extremist groups like al-Qaeda, the government also created a program to rehabilitate and re-educate men and

robbery on the 500 block of Allen Street at 4:40 a.m. the same day, DPS reported in an e-mail.

DPS said the suspect displayed what appeared to be a handgun in the first case, which remains open. Some criminals keep robbing the same area because they think they can get away with it, Mrozienski said.

The daytime robbery has aroused the most concern with some students, who called the criminals desperate and gutsy.

“They just have no boundaries, what they’re willing to do, so it just makes them more scary,” said Logan Sowa, a senior English and textual studies major.

She lived near the corner of Clarendon Street and Lancaster Avenue last year and often walked home alone from her sorority house, Kappa Alpha Theta, she said. But the robberies have made her slightly paranoid, she said.

“I think sometimes we’re in a bubble here,” she said. She said she forgets the city setting sometimes makes the campus unsafe.

The suspects in the most recent robberies either have no fear of getting caught or feel police won’t catch them, said Darya Rotblat, director of SU’s Office of Off-Campus and Com-

muter Services.

“In a way it’s a repercussion of living in a city, especially in a time of a recession when there’s poverty in a city,” she said.

There is only so much the university can do to educate students to lock their doors or windows and walk in groups to prevent themselves from being robbery targets, she said.

“It could be me, it could be you walking down the street,” she said. “You just don’t know.”

The recent robberies have made it more important to walk with groups of friends at night, said Joe Farina, a senior accounting major.

“It’s always in the back of your mind,” he said.

Robbers stole his neighbor’s car on Ackerman Avenue in the first week of school last year, and police found it in downtown Syracuse, he said. But the suspect in the most recent daytime robbery took pretty desperate measures to take property, he said.

“It’s one thing when it’s at night,” he said.

“You’d think you could walk through a public park at 9 o’clock in the morning and not be robbed at gunpoint.”

women who commit crimes in the name of religion. The program reunites them with their family, from which extremists often become estranged, and introduces them to clerics who challenge their violent interpretation of Islam, Al Saud said.

The Saudi rehabilitation program was the state’s unique solution to an international problem that has resulted in horrific events such as Sept. 11.

Also in the past several years, the Saudi regime has become more welcoming to international news agencies. Today BBC, CNN and The Associated Press have fully staffed bureaus in the country, he said.

Members of the audience thanked Al Saud for showing how Middle Eastern nations can adopt modern ideals and solve clashes with traditionalism on their own, without American or Western intervention.

But both attendees and Al Saud agreed the state was far behind in terms of women’s rights.

“The role of women is one of the most contentious and justifiably criticized” issue, Al Saud said.

Although women’s access to education has broadened and morality police have become relatively more relaxed, the state employs strict gender segregation.

The Saudi prince met with a dozen or so women studying at SU from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf prior to his Monday talk. He called on Saudi women to play an active role in changing their situations and fighting for more rights.

Haifa Jedea, a graduate student studying international relations and 2010 graduate from

the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, was one of the young women with whom Al Saud met. Jedea studies at SU as part of a scholarship from the Saudi government.

Jedea said she agreed that women should be fighting to gain more rights. She said Westerners often want women to be loud and public with their protests. But “we want peaceful change at our own pace,” she said. Jedea said changing laws such as the mandatory head covering is less important than laws that limit women’s independence, such as women must be accompanied by a man when they travel.

Al Saud said the prophet spoke about the importance of respecting and empowering women.

“The prophet himself was employed by a businesswoman,” he said. The prophet Muhammad is also “famously quoted, ‘Paradise lies at the feet of mothers.’”

In a final question to Al Saud, Mehrzad Boroujerdi asked what he thought of President Barack Obama’s policies in the Middle East.

Obama, like administrations in the past, has spoken about the need for Israel to stop the settlements in Palestinian territories, abide by the United Nations’ resolutions and follow a two-state solution, Al Saud said. But like other administrations, there have been more talk and less pressure, he said.

He urged Obama and American leaders to actively put pressure on Israel.

“We’ve had American push lead to Israeli response,” he said. He said the implementation of American policies in regards to Israel has been lacking, “to put it mildly.”

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Royal words

Prince of Saudi Arabia Turki bin Faisal Al Saud spoke in Maxwell Auditorium on Tuesday about the history of Saudi Arabian development. Here are some of the things he had to say:

Saudi Arabia “was given a jarring blow on 9/11 and another on May 12, 2003. The ruthless and horrid attacks caused a lot of soul searching on the part of the citizens.”

“Women’s rights remain one of the most controversial issues.”

“There are still protests that call for more jobs and other important rights.”

“I’m not a religion expert. Judaism, Christianity and Islam have much more in common than what separates them apart.”

While talking about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: “We don’t need more ideas. We don’t need more plans or divine revelations to fix the problem. The solutions are well known to everyone, the U.S. and Arab countries.”

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Obama tackles job market with trip abroad

hile the job market continues to decline, while unemployment rates continue to rise and while U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke continues to pump money into the economy… President Barack Obama takes a trip.

Whoever schedules Obama’s events needs to be promoted. Planning a 10-day trip in Asia right after the midterm elections doesn’t look so good for the president, but it is actually brilliant in the long run. Obama is doing amazing work with trying to tackle the job market and getting the United States back on its feet.

On Nov. 5, Obama set out on a 10-day tour of Asia with a large number of corporate executives and employees to push for a more open trade market between the United States and countries such as India.

In addition, Obama’s trip will allow him to meet with corporate leaders in Japan, South Korea and Indonesia to renegotiate free trade pacts that will promote a flow of American goods.

Many Republican incumbents and those who have recently won political seats of power are saying Obama’s “trip” comes at a time when he needs to stay at home and listen to what the American people want. The people want more jobs and stress the necessity for a stabilized economy.

If the Republican Party, namely Mike Huckabee and Michele Bachmann, really understood politics and paid attention to tactics, it would realize that Obama’s tour is doing exactly what the people want.

“As part of the trip, American and Indian companies signed or are about to sign 20 deals worth about $10 billion that will help create more than 50,000 jobs at home,” wrote Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Vikas Bajaj in an article for The New York Times on Saturday.

That last number may not seem like a lot now, but considering India’s vastly emerging economy, it’s bound to grow at a rapid and hopefully constant rate. Also keep in mind that Obama still has the rest of the week to make deals with the other three countries before returning home

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i think i’m hungry again next Monday. If he is able to secure as many contracts as he’s done so far in India, a large number of people may soon find that they’ll finally have something to wake up for in the morning.

The fact that Obama decided to take a journey right after what many are calling a horrifying defeat during the midterm elections doesn’t mean he’s trying to take a break or run away from his problems. He understood that the loss of so many Democratic seats meant that U.S. citizens weren’t happy with the job that had been done thus far. He answered their woes by literally going outside of the box and looking for solutions.

Obama needs to continue his efforts to foster international trade pacts with emerging economies so that jobs can be created both domestically and abroad.

There is a fear that outsourcing will occur because we are now working closely with India, one of the biggest outsourced countries in the world. That fear is being met by the push for U.S. products to flow into India and other countries for their civilian population and not our own. What Obama is doing is getting other countries to buy from us so that U.S. citizens can create for them.

Something so basic should have been pushed earlier.

The Obama administration may be a little late with getting things done, but it is doing a great job in trying to turn things around for the job market. The administration needs to continue its efforts despite harsh criticism from Republicans and those misunderstood Tea Partiers.

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Climate denial, rejection of cap and trade irresponsible

uesday’s midterm elections have substantially changed priorities related to environmental issues. They essentially realigned not only national congressional voting blocs but also a large number of state legislatures. This will affect environmental legislation for at least the next few years. The rise of the Tea Party movement and the success of Republicans in taking the House of Representatives dealt a serious blow to the prospect of farreaching environmental regulation.

To put it simply, climate denial and the rejection of cap and trade espoused by most Republicans, even several conservative Democrats, are dangerously irresponsible. The success of candidates who have actively rejected this scientific consensus throws into question the ability of our current lawmakers doing anything in the next few years to deal with one of the biggest long-term problems facing our country. The focus must change if we are to begin the transition to a green economy and try to achieve a sustainable energy platform.

Exit polls suggest the obvious: The economy and the unemployment rate were the biggest concerns on voters’ minds. Every piece of legislation that should be discussed

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give green a chance in the next few years must focus on assuaging these concerns. It’s not worthwhile to fight the anti-science Republicans and conservative Democrats on the merits of climate change. But it’s still worthwhile to push for ways to invest in the technological challenges of building a domestic energy platform that is sustainable and creates a whole new sector for employment.

In California, one voter initiative was widely underreported. Proposition 23 aimed to suspend most of California’s existing greenhouse gas emissions regulations until the unemployment rate stayed under 5.5 percent for four consecutive quarters, which rarely happens in California. The two groups leading the charge for its success were the Texas-based oil companies Valero Energy Corporation and Tesoro Corporation, both of which hate the compliance fees for operating in

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California’s massive energy market.

After getting on the ballot and being rebranded as the “California Jobs Initiative” to spruce up its image, Proposition 23 was soundly defeated. This is a good sign that even if the national discourse is still science vs. self-serving delusion, the public in certain states has come around the scientific consensus for common-sense environmental regulations. Hopefully this trend continues and spreads to the rest of the country.

On the whole, Tuesday’s midterm elections were bad for those who would prefer to mitigate the damaging effects of climate change rather than plug their ears with their fingers and yell childish vitriol about job-killing energy taxes. But there is some hope. In 2006, California instituted incredibly far-reaching proposals to curb greenhouse gas emissions, and the public has continued to act favorably even with a high unemployment rate. Perhaps we have yet to see a national discussion that is generative and helpful toward mitigating future catastrophe, but it’s coming soon. At least I certainly hope so.

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good that SA can offer to every single student, but in order for that full potential to be filled, we need a good leader at the helm,” Casey said.

Casey said he wants to take SA to a new level.

Although there have been major improvements throughout the past couple of years, “we’re not where we need to be at, and that’s where I plan to take us,” Casey said.

Casey was first elected as an assembly representative in January 2009 and then selected as SA’s recorder. Soon after, then-SA president Larry Seivert, who Casey calls his mentor, appointed Casey as his chief of staff. Casey also sat on the Finance Board, was a student representative for the Board of Trustees and now serves as the chairman of the Student Life Committee.

Current SA president Jon Barnhart said he calls Casey his “go-to guy,” and he knows Casey is correct in thinking the presidential role will take up much of his time. Barnhart said 50 to 60 hours of his week are dedicated to his role as president and the many obligations it entails.

Being on SA “is not even just a role, it’s not just one thing that I do; it is the thing that I do,

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and everything else is a result of that,” Barnhart said.

Barnhart said Casey’s love of Syracuse University is unparalleled by anyone else he knows at SU. And “you’ve got to love what you do to be able to handle this job,” he said.

Casey’s affection for SU began at an early age.

Though he is from New Jersey, his grandfather

in the same seats since freshman year, Casey said. He attends the final four lacrosse games every year and follows politics at every level.

Barnhart said the two of them could be found at 3 a.m. in the SA office, wrapped deeply in a political discussion.

Casey, a member of the Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity, has no idea what he wants to do

“I remember the first time we had RA training, he walked in, and I was like, ‘Who the hell is this kid?’ He was wearing a tucked-in shirt, and it was 95 degrees.”

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earned his master’s degree at SU, and his parents are from Syracuse. He spent his summers on Lake Ontario and spent a lot of time growing up watching SU sports.

“I knew I wanted to come to school in Central New York, and Syracuse was an obvious choice for me,” Casey said.

Outside of SA, Casey said he enjoys going downtown to take in the local festivals with his grandparents and is a huge Yankees fan.

He and SA Comptroller Jeff Rickert have sat next to each other at every home football game

with his life, but he sees a continued political career in his future.

“I probably can’t stay away,” Casey said. “It’s too much fun for me.”

Dan Scorpio, SA communications director, served as a resident adviser in Haven Hall with Casey for a semester and has worked on several projects with him, including last semester’s MayFest at Walnut Park, which Scorpio said Casey masterminded.

“If I could say he had a signature accomplishment, I think it’s navigating the waters of the

with the teachers first before we go into the classrooms is that there is some resistance about us giving these kinds of presentations,” Wilson said.

Wilson said the program expected this when it approached school districts in September with the idea of bringing Afghan culture into Fort Drum-area classrooms.

Sangar and Quraishi spoke to Fort Drum’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team, known as “the

Spartans,” before they were deployed to Afghanistan on Oct. 14. Quraishi said the officers showed intense interest in the discussion because it was firsthand analysis of the situation over there.

Quraishi worked for the Afghan National

MayFest meetings and getting some really good things done for students that I know he will never get credit for,” Scorpio said.

In addition to ensuring there are fun activities, such as MayFest, for students, Casey has a serious side, Scorpio said.

“He makes fun of me for always wearing basketball shorts and T-shirts, but he needs to try to be a little more casual,” Scorpio said.

“I remember the first time we had RA training, he walked in, and I was like, ‘Who the hell is this kid?’ He was wearing a tucked-in shirt, and it was 95 degrees,” Scorpio said.

Casey also takes his campaign slogan, “Putting Students First,” seriously, Scorpio said.

Casey can build off of Barnhart’s presidential term by continuing to find ways to insert the student voice into campus organizations and politics, Scorpio said. He wants to further develop the University Union programming board, free up money for other student organizations, make SU a smoke-free campus and uphold and improve the tradition of MayFest.

“That’s my goal, turning SA into a resultsbased organization,” Casey said. “We should only be judging ourselves and our success on what we accomplish. Just because we take these things on doesn’t mean we’re getting anywhere.” jianthon@syr.edu

Instead of focusing on Afghan civilians’ attitude toward the war, the graduate students will describe the hobbies of people in Afghanistan, including soccer, one of the country’s most popular sports.

“Some focus should be on the family, what’s

“It may be something that’s a little bit too sensitive, too close to home for them.”

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Security Council before coming to the United States, and Sangar worked in the country’s legislature and for the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The graduate students also spoke to students at Pine Grove Middle School in East Syracuse in March. Students had more questions for the graduate students than they had time to answer and especially wanted to know about candy in Afghanistan, Wilson said. The group is planning on bringing a kind of candy popular in Afghanistan called shirpera to the next meeting on Monday. Shirpera is made with a spice called cardamom and milk.

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usually does not recommend granting the total amount of money requested, Rickert said.

UU did not get the funding it asked for to host its concert during MayFest - close to $24,500 - because the board felt a musical artist costing $5,000 to $10,000 cheaper would not keep students away from the event, Rickert said.

Block Party also did not receive the total amount requested, $273,081, because UU said it is willing to put its own $25,000 toward the event, according to the budget bill.

The National Pan-Hellenic Council, composed mostly of minority greek organizations,

the culture, how we respect our parents, as well as Afghan languages,” said Sangar, who teaches a language class at SU on Pashto, also known as “Afghan.” He said he plans to talk about the status of schools in his home country: how they were shut down under Taliban rule but have been rebuilt.

The students are not trying to spread propaganda but rather trying to tell the untold stories, Quraishi said.

“If your fathers are in Afghanistan,” he said to a hypothetical school audience, “they’re fighting for a good cause.” abknox@syr.edu

“It always seems we get double in requests what we have to hand out.”

Jeff Rickert

Student Association Comptroller

was denied the $20,000 increase in funding from last year that it requested to put on its annual Greek Unity Fest Concert.

Joel Sloly, the council’s representative at the meeting, said: “$20,000 less just means we have to work harder in finding a top-tier artist that will cater to the majority of the Syracuse community.” abknox@syr.edu

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xercising regularly may have more significance in preventing a cold over other lifestyle factors, such as age or dietary habits, according to a study published in the Nov. 1 online issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

“Exercise is a very potent stimulus to the immune system,” said David Nieman, lead author of the study and professor in the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science at Appalachian State University in North Carolina.

For the report, “Upper respiratory tract infection is reduced in physically fit and active adults,” Nieman and co-researchers studied a group of 1,002 men and women aged 18 to 85. Over 12 weeks during winter and fall 2008, researchers examined subjects’ cold symptoms, how much and what kind of aerobic activity subjects said they performed weekly and subjects’ perceived fitness levels, Nieman said.

Factors that can impact the immune system, including gender, age, education, body mass index, dietary habits and stressful life events, were examined. Researchers

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ticipate, Shane said. SU Abroad also expected the program’s numbers to be low because SU had a very short recruitment period, she said.

The new program will be based at Bahçe?ehir University, an institution “known for its progressive climate and innovative programs,” according to SU Abroad’s website. Students will have the opportunity to take classes taught in English with local and international students.

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Regular exercise can decrease chances of getting colds, according to study from Appalachian State University

found the most significant factors were perceived and actual fitness levels. Other characteristics such as being an older married male saw fewer colds, as well.

Researchers found the frequency and severity of colds among participants who exercised five or more days a week was 43 percent less than those who exercised one day or less during the week, Nieman said.

Participants also ranked how they perceived their physical fitness levels, Nieman said. The group that reported feeling most physically fit experienced 46 percent fewer days of cold symptoms than those who reported they felt least fit. This is because perceived feelings of general wellness could counter those of feeling ill, according to the study.

One reason for the study’s findings is exercise hastens the pace of the body’s natural defense system by speeding up heart rate and improving the ability of immune cells to kill pathogens, Nieman said.

“Taking a pill or supplement or eating a certain way just doesn’t do that the way exercise does,” Nieman said.

Though the gym is often seen as a breeding ground for germs, Nieman said wherever a person exercises, whether it be outside or on a treadmill, he or she will

model of studying abroad, Shane said. In this new model, SU works closely with another local university and collaborates to create a program in which students are much more immersed with local students, she said.

If the model is successful, Shane said SU will be doing similar collaborations with universities in South America and Eastern Europe. SU also plans to have more SU Abroad locations in the Middle East within the next few years, she said.

Shane said she believes studying abroad is becoming an increasingly important part of an undergraduate education.

“It opens up so many opportunities that you

still have the same immune-strengthening circulation response.

The adolescent immune response is very similar to that of an adult, but the phenomenon has not been studied in adolescents yet, Nieman said.

Stefan Keslacy, assistant professor of exercise science at Syracuse University, said he agrees exercise significantly improves the immune system. The role of exercise in preventing infection is determined largely by how often a person exercises, Keslacy said.

“The wrong advice would be to tell students to stop exercise and that will keep them protected against the common cold,” he said. “It is consistent and regular exercise that will protect your immune system.”

Decreased exercise over a period of time will increase the inflammation response in the body and make a person more susceptible to the common cold, Keslacy said.

To fight illness, Mary Anne Carlson, a junior exercise science major, said she turns to exercise to help alleviate her symptoms.

Carlson said: “I like to look at it as if I’m releasing the germs in my body through working out.”

can’t have unless you actually get out of the country and see global issues from a completely different perspective,” Shane said. “Until you actually live in a place and see what its media is like and understand the dynamics, it’s very hard to get perspective on your own perspective.”

Jess Nissenbaum, a junior social work and women and gender studies major, studied Spanish throughout high school and said she knew as a freshman she would want to study abroad her junior year to improve her Spanish. She will be in Madrid with a host family next semester.

“I’m really excited,” Nissenbaum said. “I want to travel and see different things.”

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Liz Ackerson, a junior history and English and textual studies major, began thinking about studying abroad this past summer. She plans to study in Florence, Italy, next semester.

Though she will miss being with her friends and watching Syracuse basketball games, Ackerson said she is looking forward to a change in location and exploring a different country’s history.

“I’m ready for a change, for something new,” Ackerson said. “I want to get an outside world perspective and to hopefully love my major even more.” mjfahner@syr.edu

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research involves interviewing Syracuse University students and understanding their technology habits. She said she was concerned when she discovered that many students used technology for conflict resolution.

“Students need to meet face to face to solve their conflicts,” said Standlee in an e-mail. “If they rely on using technology, there is no emotion conveyed in their communication, and it doesn’t work well.”

Although most students agreed with the findings of the study, some students, including freshman computer science major Terence Nip, were quick to find faults with the study’s claims.

“It’s usually pretty obvious if the person you’re conversing with is joking because of the use of emoticons,” Nip said. “Granted there are cases when it is ambiguous, but given that you’re friends with the person you’re texting with, you should be able to tell whether or not they’re joking.”

Although the topic of emoticons, textual impressions of a person’s mood or facial expression, was not mentioned in the survey, professors and students alike found them to be key in understanding

digital communication.

“Social groups are constantly in the process of developing symbolic norms, such as emoticons, or using shorthand as a way to convey emotions,” Standlee said.

These practices are not universally understood and should be used with caution to avoid confusion, she said.

The study also examined the effects of digital communication on college students’ need for emotional help, social isolation and connectivity, as well as levels of stress and happiness.

Four out of 10 students involved in the study claimed they would be more likely to ask a friend for advice with a serious personal issue through a text message or using social networking rather than face-to-face interaction. Although SU students agreed with this statement, there were dissenting opinions about social isolation correlating with communication.

“I don’t know why you would feel isolated online if you know you have friends outside of the Internet,” Nip said. “As a student at Syracuse,

however, it’s hard to get away from technology when you have to rely on Blackboard and MySlice being completely online.”

Despite differences in student opinions, Standlee and Gordon said they were glad to see a study regarding communication in the digital age in the life of the average college student. The study is useful in identifying both the harmful aspects of technology and benefits of maintaining connections, but it could further explore the topic, Gordon said.

“Of course, recent incidents linking modern technology to tragedies are of great concern, but not explicitly addressed in the study, which deserves more attention,” Gordon said.

Technology may raise cause for concern, but confusion and misunderstandings are not enough to stop students from using social media.

“Facebook misunderstandings happen,” Baker said, “but it’s really not a big deal.”

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relations major. “Plus keeping a clean-shaven face makes me feel sharp, presentable and prepared for the day ahead.”

Liz Duan, a freshman art history major, said “the hipster trend might be accountable for the artsy scruff look that is at its peak right now and would be responsible for beards becoming more popular.”

SU students disagreed with the ranking and thought males tend to prefer a clean-shaven look.

“Thinking back to my freshman dorm, no one had a beard,” Peloquin said. “Even today I’m under the impression that 60 to 80 percent of SU males sport a clean-shaven look.”

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“I believe that clean-shaven men demonstrate characteristics of discipline, attentiveness and responsibility that I hope girls are attracted to,” said Gary Kai-Yi Ng, a sophomore international

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made fun of the picture. The only problem was that his friend was the only one in on the joke.

“No one got it at all,” said Baker, a freshman French major. “Eventually someone posted, ‘Well, over Facebook, it’s hard to tell if you’re sarcastic or just being a jerk.’”

Baker isn’t the only one to get lost in the digital translation. A recent study conducted by MTVu, the television station’s college network, the Jed Foundation and The Associated Press found that while technology, such as text messaging and social networking websites, has made communication easier, constant digital interaction holds a level of complexity that leads to misunderstandings and confusion.

“It is not surprising to me that there is often difficulty in telling if a text message or a Facebook post is intended to be serious or non-serious,” said Cynthia Gordon, a communication and rhetorical studies assistant professor, in an e-mail. “In talk, sarcasm, teasing and so on are very much indicated through tone of voice, laughter and other cues that aren’t available on Facebook or in texting.”

According to the study, 48 percent of college students say they are unsure about whether the sender of a message is serious or joking, as was the case with Baker’s profile picture dilemma.

“People can take what you type so many different ways without knowing what you really meant,” Baker said. “It’s so frustrating when you’re trying to be sarcastic to someone without a keen eye for that kind of thing.”

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The study found that 85 percent of surveyed students feel compelled to answer a new text message immediately after receiving it. If someone does not immediately respond to a sent text message, six out of every 10 students reported trying to analyze the meaning of the lack of response.

Gordon said she observes this firsthand in her classes. The speed of communication is affecting students’ relationships with professors both in and out of the classroom, she said.

“Students expect professors to respond to e-mails with the same speed as returning a text message,” Gordon said. “Although communicating digitally makes it easier for students to ask for help from professors, they often send e-mails casually written, like text messages, which is frowned upon by most professors.”

Misunderstandings through digital communication often result in conflicts between peers, the study said. Though a vast majority of students stated it is best to solve conflicts with face-to-face confrontation, 70 percent have carried out arguments exclusively through text messaging.

Alecea Standlee, a graduate student in the Max-

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Just in time for No Shave November, the results from the First Annual Schick Hydro Hairiest Colleges Study ranked Syracuse University the 54th most clean-shaven college in America.

SU comes in just six spots away from the bottom with only 42.5 percent of SU males sporting a bare-faced look. The study notes that liberal arts colleges and universities tend to have male students who shave less overall.

Bert Sperling, president of the research firm Sperling’s Best Places, conducted the survey for Schick. He said research was done over a two- to threehour period by a hired street team. The team was then instructed to observe high-traffic areas on college campuses, such as the university’s Quad. The team was told to avoid athletic fields where males were most likely to be clean shaven. Parts of the street team interviewed 50 males on each of the campuses to find out how frequently they shaved.

“Clean shaven was considered no mustache or beard, but the ‘Miami Vice’ scruff was incorporated into that look,” Sperling said. Because the researchers were observing from a distance and not up close, light scruff or one- or twoday growth was still considered clean shaven.

The study then broke down the results to say that schools heavy on sciences or engineering and technology sported a 79 percent clean-shaven look.

Joe Peloquin, a senior computer engineering major currently applying for engineering jobs after graduation, said a little scruff is OK as long as the person is put together.

However, Bo Attley, a freshman mechanical engineering major, said that when he eventually has to apply for a job, he would rather sport a clean-shaven look. He said he currently doesn’t have time to shave, which he said must be done five to six times a week.

The study reports men are most likely not to shave because of irritation, but Peloquin said he shaves every two to three days because his face would feel itchy otherwise.

The study also showed that schools in the northeast are scruffier than schools in the south. Texas Tech ranks No. 1 in the study at 98 percent clean shaven.

The next two top schools are located in the south as well: James Madison University in Virginia and University of Virginia. Rutgers and Harvard are at the bottom of the list, coming in with a shaving score of 29 percent.

Students who shave more are more likely to attract members of the opposite sex, according to the survey.

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In preparation for his newest album, these key songs reveal Kid Cudi’s dark past, introspective style

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e’s got 99 problems and they’re all — well, the lyric is pretty strong and catchy without having to finish it. But the thoughtful, introspective and sometimes borderline-emo rapper Kid Cudi releases his latest album, “Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager,” today, hopefully with more insights to share.

Fans first heard “REVOFEV,” “Erase Me” and “Mr. Rager,” singles from his new album that were released throughout the year. The 17-track collection shouldn’t disappoint true Cudi fans, as the rapper delves deeper into his past to deliver raw, honest lyrics.

Last year’s album, “Man on the Moon: The End of Day,” sold 104,419 copies in its first week and earned the fourth position in the Billboard 200. This time around, Cudi faces some stiff release-day competition with Cee-Lo Green also releasing his album, “The Lady Killer,” featuring his critically acclaimed song, “F*** You.” In honor of the ever-versatile Cudi and his first follow-up album, let’s revisit three of the Kid’s best moments. From “Man on the Moon” to his latest musical endeavors, each song depicts the depth and personal pain behind each Cudi track.

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“PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS” This song has a depressing message, yet the smooth, pseudo-techo beat that is nothing short of trance-inducing doesn’t leave the listener completely down in the dumps. The lyrics are relatable, especially to anyone working toward something he or she wants. When Cudi promises that he’ll be fine once he reaches that unattainable “it,” the song gives hope that life may one day get better for the artist.

“DAY ‘N’ NITE” This is a good dance song (especially the Crookers remix), and Cudi once again manages to mask a painstaking story behind a happy tempo. The first hit single from “Man on the Moon,” it’s no surprise this is still the most recognizable Cudi track. As the title suggests, it’s the perfect mix of dark and light, mixing melancholy lyrics with a radio-friendly beat. Like so many other of his songs, the lyrics peel back to Cudi’s sordid history, revealing the song’s borderline-depressing inspiration. Sure, it’s a little moody for the average hip-hop listener, but it’s a distinct change of pace from all the other autotuned songs out there.

“SOUNDTRACK 2 MY LIFE” The MTV show “World of Jenks” adopted this tune as its opening theme. The opening lyrics are a twist to Jay-Z’s “99 Problems,” which seem to be more reminiscent of true life. With puns and deep thoughts, this song shows that the man has a way with words. On the surface, this song can lull listeners to sleep with its smooth rhythms and catchy hook. But listen closer and the song reveals how disturbed Cudi’s life really is. Unlike a lot of his recent work, every word counts in this song. Cudi’s best lyrics come when he treats a song like an internal conversation with himself, and this song is proof of that. kaoutram@syr.edu

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Despite NYC billboard, SU attempts to stay grounded

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After winning back-to-back Big East championships, the Syracuse men’s cross country team is enjoying its celebrity status as SU prepares for the NCAA Northeast Regional this weekend.

Celebrity that comes with a billboard in the middle of Times Square.

During the weekend, that billboard was put up in Times Square to congratulate the team on its efforts, showing a picture of SU holding its championship banner. American Eagle Outfitters sponsored the event and put up the display that was more than 30 stories high. Although the company will be doing the same throughout the year for other Big East champions, SU is the first.

“It was kind of surprising,” SU head coach Chris Fox said. “We had heard that the Big East was putting something together for Times Square, but we didn’t know it would be on that grand of a scale. Taking up half of a building is kind of cool.”

Fox said he isn’t letting the extra exposure affect his team’s focus, as the Orange has an important week ahead of it. Fox is making sure his team will be rested and mentally focused as it looks to repeat as regional champions again.

“We have to go there and still do the job so you can get to nationals,” Fox said.

Redshirt freshman Sean Keefe is happy his program is finally getting the recognition he feels it deserves, but he is also content on staying motivated and finishing the season strong.

“After Big East, a lot of us were pretty worn out,” Keefe said. “But last week we had a pretty good week of training, and it gave us one last chance to get ready before regionals and nationals.”

Keefe said he understands the importance of the next couple of days, as success at week’s end will be just another example of how the program is evolving.

“It’s kind of been like a changing of the guard this year because we lost some good seniors last year,” Keefe said. “The team is pretty young, but we are starting to mature as a whole.”

After last season’s debacle at nationals, the team has had the dates of its next two meets circled on its calendar for months.

With regionals being the final stop before it lines up next to the best teams in the country, junior runner Pat Dupont recognizes the magnitude of the moment.

Training has been switched up this year.

So has the team’s mentality. All with the goal of more than a billboard in mind. The team wants success at nationals instead.

“I think we’re in a real good place right now,” Dupont said. “This year we adjusted our training a little bit so that we could run faster later in the season. Last year it was all about getting to nationals, and this year it’s about running well when we get there.”

And after the billboard graced midtownManhattan, when the team gathered for practice on Monday afternoon, all eyes were focused on the SU coach. Following the recognition of a billboard in the heart of New York City over the weekend, Fox gave the Orange some inspirational yet down-toearth words to chew on before SU rests up for this weekend.

“These guys stay motivated because this is the time of year we train for,” Fox said. “This is kind of like our bowl season, so if you’re not motivated now, you shouldn’t do the sport.” cjphil01@syr.edu

nate shron | staff photographer delone carter (center) and the Syracuse offense were shut down by Louisville in a loss Saturday that pointed out a flaw in the Orange’s downfield passing game.

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to rest people and all of a sudden you put them out of the football field, it’s hard,” Marrone said.

“You have to get your reps and have to be able to know what you are doing and be able to go out there and perform. We are still dealing with young players, especially on offense.”

Louisville’s defensive blueprint After Louisville shut SU down to just 62 yards and three points of total offense in the second half Saturday, Marrone was asked if the Cardinals have established a blueprint for other teams to follow when facing the Orange this season.

Though Marrone doesn’t exactly see it that way, he said it is concerning.

“It’s not a blueprint, but for me to sit here and say it’s not a concern is a lie,” Marrone said.

“Any time someone has success of doing something that you have to make sure you cover it and you handle it. … Now you know that people will challenge us that way, and we have to step up to the challenge.”

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“I don’t want to get into a situation where we were last year at the end of the year, where we lose two players within a series and next thing you know we might have had to put a player out on the field who really has never played that position. And we were close this week.”

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The Orange seemingly became a onedimensional offense Saturday, when UL stacked the box in an attempt to stop running back Delone Carter. The senior had carved up the Cardinals in the early going, but that came to a screeching halt in the latter stretches of the game.

To keep defenses honest, it needs to employ a vertical passing game to stretch the field.

SU was able to do that Saturday, only reeling off three passing plays of 10 yards or more.

Part of that, Marrone said, is a result of some injuries to the receiving corps.

Regardless, it’s quickly become a concern for the Orange. And it perhaps gives other teams a leg up after studying film from this game.

“Yes, it’s a concern, and it’s one that we’ll have to address and be able to stand up for,” Marrone said. “Is it a blueprint? I don’t know if people will try to do that and follow it.” aljohn@syr.edu

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Syracuse returns starters Rick Jackson and Brandon Triche, along with Kris Joseph and Scoop Jardine, from a team that won an outright Big East regular season title.

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Jardine has the ability to be a special player. If he can properly run Jim Boeheim’s offense, SU will run this season.

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Johnson is Le Moyne’s top returning scorer, but Triche has the size advantage. If he can stay in front of Johnson, the Le Moyne offense will stall.

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Joseph was tied for the team-high points in SU’s first exhibition with 14. For a player expected to lead this year, it starts now.

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Jackson has the experience to really give younger players a hard time on the low block. His improved conditioning should allow him to be effective in transition, too.

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two leading scorers from last season, Damani Corbin and Laurence Ekperigin. But the Dolphins return junior guard Chris Johnson, the man who silenced Syracuse fans last year with a game-winning 3-pointer with nine seconds left.

The goat last year was SU forward Kris Joseph, as he failed to contest Johnson’s fi nal shot as Boeheim desired. But after Syracuse’s win over Kutztown last week, there was no mention of Johnson or last year from Joseph.

He was in the moment, speaking of what he felt the SU youngsters did well in their initial out-

“I thought we played well. We played against a team that knows what they are doing, they win and they’re smart.”

Jim Boeheim

SU HEAD COACH

ing versus Kutztown. The Orange’s freshmen and juniors started the second half against Kutztown together, instead of Joseph and his fellow starters. And Joseph was addressing that, not Johnson.

“Every year I feel like we have seven guys who get the bulk of the time,” Joseph said in the SU locker room following the Kutztown game. “But we also have guys eight, nine, and 10 — guys who are just as good. … So I think Coach (Boeheim) just really wants to get them into the game, even for eight minutes, just to see what they can do.”

STAT TO KNOW Syracuse shot 100 percent from the free-throw line in its first exhibition last week against Kutztown.

BIG NUMBER RICK JACKSON

set Avoid the up

The Orange used 15 players in its 96-60 win over Kutztown in its first exhibition game of the season on Nov. 2. Eleven players scored for SU.

FAB MELO

7-0, 244, FR.

KEVIN ROTH

6-6, 238, SR

Melo has a serious size advantage and should be able to dominate here. He should be able to have his way in the post and control the middle defensively.

In the loss to Le Moyne last year, the Orange was ridiculed for its poor man-to-man defensive play against a much less athletic team. After the game, Boeheim said he played the majority of the game in man, not SU’s trademark 2-3 zone, to analyze the tape of SU playing man for later in the season. The approach wasn’t so much for winning the game as it was using exhibition time to learn about his team.

But what ensued was an exhibition from Le Moyne in slashing and cutting for shots against a lazy man defense. It was exemplified on Johnson’s game-winning shot.

This time around, Boeheim has already experienced one game in which his team executed against a smart team. The lessons were learned in Game 1, rather than saving them for a crash course in Game 2.

But he took the time out to commend the play of SU’s two main big men for the 2010-11 season: Rick Jackson and Fab Melo.

“Rick (Jackson) got us off to a great start,” Boeheim said. “I think Rick and Fab (Melo) have worked well together for it just being a couple weeks so far, and I think that’s a promising thing.”

Against the Dolphins, Jackson and Melo will be called upon to perform well against their slashing style of basketball. After the 2009 loss, Boeheim let it be known that he felt former SU center Arinze Onuaku had trouble against the much smaller Dolphins bigs last year. The struggles were a main factor in SU losing.

And Jackson thinks Melo will be able to facilitate an Orange win. Unlike Onuaku last year, Melo will be able to run the floor unhindered. That mobility helps against the pesky little brother from the same city.

“I think he is a great big guy. Seven-foot and mobile,” Jackson said. “He is definitely going to get better. … He did a good job tonight.” aolivero@syr.edu

JIM BOEHEIM

W-L: 829-293 34 SEASONS

STEVE EVANS

W-L: 140-143 10 SEASONS

Last year, Evans led Le Moyne to an exhibition upset over the wOrange.

But Boeheim is a Hall of Famer and has the clear advantage in this matchup in terms of experience.

82

The number of points SU allowed to Le Moyne in an 82-79 upset lost to the Dolphins in last year’s exhibition.

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volley ba ll

After record start, SU outside Big East tournament picture

By Rachel Marcus Staff Writer

When the Syracuse volleyball team beat Georgetown on Sept. 24 to improve to 17-0, the Orange seemed like a shoo-in to roll into the Big East tournament. SU, after all, had the best record of any Big East team.

Then again, conference play had just started.

And since then, not much has gone right in conference play for the Orange (23-7, 5-7).

“The Big East is not that predictable,” SU assistant coach Carol LaMarche said.

The Orange has found that out the hard way.

After its win over the Hoyas, SU lost to USF, giving the team its first mark in the loss column on the season. The Orange has gone 6-7 since that win over the Hoyas and is now in serious danger of missing the Big East tournament.

What seemed like a given just over a month ago must now be accomplished with some scratching and clawing. SU still has two Big East games left against Cincinnati and Louisville.

That means the Orange will likely have to win both games this weekend to make the tournament and hope that Pittsburgh, the team directly ahead of SU, slips up. It will have to beat the top two teams in the league. Not an easy task for a

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The Orange returns home this weekend after splitting a pair of games against Seton Hall and Rutgers last weekend.

The team faces Cincinnati and Louisville, needing to most likely win both and have Pittsburgh stumble to make the Big East tournament. The wins won’t come easy, as both Cincinnati and Louisville stand atop the Big East with conference records of 11-1.

team that has struggled mightily in Big East play following its non-conference perfection.

“There’s a lot more pressure when it comes to Big East games,” senior Hayley Todd said. “In preseason, there’s not as much pressure.”

SU got off to a program record 17-0 start, although 16 of those wins came against lesser foes in the non-conference schedule. They were games the team expected to win. Still, the Orange dominated many of those games and appeared to be one of the premier teams in the Big East.

The chemistry seemed there despite the loss of key seniors and girls stepping into new positions.

“When we were playing in games, we were fairly relaxed and just had nothing to lose and kind of went all out,” LaMarche said of the early part of the season. “And we were just putting things together and winning.”

Then came the downfall. The Orange opened up the Big East schedule with the win over Georgetown. But what followed were injuries and lineup changes, along with the loss of any momentum the team had.

From Oct. 16 to Oct. 29, the Orange lost four straight Big East games. It was no longer looking for a top five seed in the Big East tournament. It was just looking to make it, period.

The competition of the Big East got to be too much. There was more talent from the other teams. More pressure. Whatever the reason, SU has been unable to get on any kind of a roll in conference play.

But the Orange has one wmore chance. And it could be the team’s only chance, needing a sweep over the Big East’s top two teams.

“We had a few rough spots here and there,” senior Mindy Stanislovaitis said of the team’s previous struggles in Big East play. “Our ultimate goal is still the Big East tournament, and it’s still definitely a possibility. Even if people are tired, it’s kind of got to be put behind us now, and we just have to push to the finish.”

Beating Cincinnati and Louisville would have seemed more realistic at the beginning of the season, but topping those two teams this weekend is still possible.

If SU can get back to playing like it has nothing to lose, then there is a chance that it can pull

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robert storm | staff photographer hayley todd (center) and SU had the best start in program history, but recent slipups in Big East games leave the team on the bubble for the conference tournament. off both upsets.

“I hope they don’t think that this is the only level they can play,” LaMarche said. “Because I saw things at the beginning like against Kent State when we were craving the competition and were ready to take it on.

“Each individual girl has to sit there and pump themselves up and pull that out of themselves.”

Another day, another sudoku.

If that happens, then the team that started 17-0 but fell down so quickly may actually make the conference tournament. And then a program-record start would not have to go to waste.

“We’re still working as hard as we can,” Todd said. “We’re still trying to produce as well as we can. You can’t take away a best start in school history.” rnmarcus@syr.edu

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LE MOYNE VS. SYRACUSE

Fool me

TONIGHT, 7 P.M., CARRIER DOME

once Orange looks to avoid 2nd upset vs. Le Moyne

By Tony Olivero

A

Asst. Sports Editor

fter Syracuse’s shocking exhibition loss to Le Moyne a year ago, Jim Boeheim made it clear that the Orange learned nothing from its previous game against Cal StateLos Angeles. It had dismantled the Golden Eagles by 43. It didn’t prepare the Orange for the following game, nine days later.

That game, a much-publicized upset loss to Le Moyne, was the first part of the learning process that ultimately led SU to a No. 1 ranking.

“The first game didn’t help us,” Boeheim said after the 2009 loss to Le Moyne. “I thought (Cal State-Los Angeles) didn’t attack us very well.

They just moved the ball around and took shots that weren’t really good shots.

“It was too easy.”

With the three-point loss to the Dolphins in 2009, an entire city saw a game that was the furthest thing from easy. SU’s cross-town little brother had gone into the Carrier

dave trotman-wilkins | staff photographer Jim boeheim played 15 players in his team’s blowout exhibition win over Kutztown last week at the Carrier Dome. Now Boeheim and the Orange prepare to take on a Le Moyne team that pulled off a shocking three-point upset over the Orange last season.

Dome and stolen a meaningless game from the Orange.

But following the loss, Boeheim maintained that this loss was, in fact, a game from which his team could take meaning. It could learn from the loss, unlike the previous win. One year later, Boeheim’s postgame comments following the Orange’s eerily similar 96-60 win over Kutztown last Tuesday were in stark contrast to his

remarks from last year.

The similarities might be there in the team’s exhibition openers from 2009 and 2010. The scores are nearly identical. The feelings to the games were much the same. In both years, a surprising freshman stole the show.

In 2009, it was James Southerland and his team-leading 19 points. This year, it was C.J. Fair.

But the Orange learned lessons

with the win this time around. And as a result, Boeheim doesn’t anticipate another shocking loss for the No. 10 Orange.

“I thought we played well,” Boeheim said. “We played against a team that knows what they are doing, they win and they’re smart. Obviously we have a size advantage, but we forced a lot of turnovers, which is a good sign when we are playing against a

smaller team.

“I thought it was a good night out.”

Boeheim will be looking for another similar progressive performance from his 2010 team when Le Moyne returns to the Dome Tuesday at 7 p.m. for the first time since its monumental upset last year. The Dolphins, who finished 18-10 in the 2009-10 regular season after defeating SU, lost its see le moyne page 13

football

Marrone looks to get SU back to full strength

By Andrew L. John Sports Editor

With a thin depth chart, injuries were bound to play a role for Syracuse at some point this season. In preseason camp, it was an issue SU head coach Doug Marrone had hoped wouldn’t come into play this season.

Standing at the podium at his weekly press conference Monday, Marrone stressed the importance of his team getting healthy this week in preparation for a Saturday contest at Rutgers. Though only one starter — right tackle Michael Hay — missed the game against

Louisville, the coach said the team collectively was “banged up.”

“It’s time to get back to work and play a Rutgers team that’s a good football team, and we have to keep our kids healthy,” Marrone said.

“We are a banged up football team right now. So we have to get everyone back and get ready to go and compete like heck for this upcoming game on Saturday.”

Last year, injuries to a thin roster hurt the Orange. The issue appears to be affecting the Orange again this year. Aside from Hay, Marrone noted “a lot” of other players play-

ing with nagging injuries.

This time of year, with the weekto-week grind, injuries can be more difficult to come back from quickly.

And with a thin roster again this year, Marrone doesn’t want his team to get into a similar condition it was in last season.

“I don’t want to get into a situation where we were last year at the end of the year,” Marrone said, “where we lose two players within a series, and next thing you know we might have had to put a player out on the field who really has never played that position. And we were

close this week.”

Those injuries had an effect on the execution of Marrone’s scheme Saturday. And that, the coach said, changed how SU carried out its game plan. With the UL defense focused on stopping the run, the Orange was unable to take advantage of downfield opportunities through the air.

Defensively, it may have added to the breakdowns that allowed the Cardinals to average 11 yards per completion and 4.1 yards per rushing attempt for the game.

“When you are banged up and try see marrone page 12

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