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Syracuse University hasn’t always been as students see it now. Decades of traditions have come and gone with every generation. Journey through the years and reminisce on how past students reveled in their Orange pride.

But don’t forget the customs that are still with us today that help shape SU’s distinct personality.

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Justice not served Those involved with Pan Am Flight 103 case still troubled by al-Megrahi’s release Editor’s note: This week marks SU’s annual Remembrance Week, during which the campus comes together to remember the victims of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing.

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F top photo: andrew renneisen | staff photographer; bottom photo: mitchell franz | staff photographer STEVE KIMATIAN (ABOVE) learns about his defeat surrounded by his committee behind closed doors at the Onondaga County Republican Committee building. Khalid Bey (below) embraces Bill Bullen after learning he had won the seat.

Kimatian loses city auditor seat to Democrat by more than 2,000 votes

By Michael Boren STAFF WRITER

The moment Steve Kimatian realized he lost the city auditor race Tuesday, he stood silently for several minutes, his hands on his hips and face full of disappointment.

Kimatian, an adjunct professor in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, only received 6,138 votes, compared to Democrat Marty Masterpole’s 8,168 votes. It was Kimatian’s third consecutive loss in a run for public office. Kimatian, a Republican, lost the Syracuse mayoral election in 2009 and failed to win a seat in the Maryland General Assembly in 1980.

“I enjoyed the campaign.

Quite frankly it was fun – up until now,” he told a crowd of sup-

porters at the Onondaga County Republican Committee building after the vote totals arrived. “I like the habit of campaigning. I don’t like the habit of losing.”

Kimatian taught classes in the television, radio and film department at Syracuse University for three semesters from spring 2010 to spring 2011. He previously served as general manager for WSYR-TV in Syracuse and as general counsel for Newport Television, which operates 56 TV stations nationwide.

For 30 minutes Tuesday, Kimatian huddled around his campaign managers behind closed doors, waiting for the election results. At one point, the results appeared promising, as his opponent’s lead slimmed

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Bey beats Hawkins by fewer than 100 votes

By Caitlin Francis CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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

Democrat Khalid Bey won the District 4 Common Council

seat against Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins with a slim margin.

“I’m good. I’m satisfied. Close, but a win nevertheless. It’s the win that we were after, and we were successful,” Bey said. Bey waited for the

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or a moment, there seemed to be an inkling of justice.

No one person can justify the deaths of 270 lives, including 35 Syracuse University students, in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. But if anything came close to sealing the wounds of losing a loved one more than a decade after the bombing, it was the conviction of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.

“Some thought that would never happen,” said Frank Duggan, president of the Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 group. “It was quite a relief that at least they convicted one person.”

It took 12 years for families to feel that sense of relief. Two were indicted in 1991, but the trial, in the Netherlands under the Scottish legal system, started in 2000.

Then-Libyan leader Moammar al Gadhafi wouldn’t turn over al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah for the trial until he was convinced there wasn’t enough evidence to convict them, Duggan said.

In 2001, al-Megrahi was found guilty. The evidence was circumstantial. No one testified to seeing al-Megrahi and Fhimah put the bomb on the plane, Duggan said, but many cases are solved with circumstantial evidence.

The Scottish and U.S. governments worked to study evidence from the site of the bombing, said Brian Murtaugh, then a Justice Department prosecutor. Pieces of cloth, metal from the aircraft and the remains of the suitcase that held the bomb were recovered, he said. A storekeeper in Malta said he sold the clothes that were recovered from the site to al-Megrahi. A double agent stepped forward with testimony, although Murtaugh said it was later discovered

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Poet fulfills childhood aspirations

By Jessica Iannetta CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Poet Jennifer Grotz will be making an appearance at Syracuse University after her visit to campus last year was canceled due to a snowstorm.

The reading of Grotz’s book, “The Needle,” was rescheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in Gifford Auditorium in Huntington Beard Crouse. A Q-and-A Jennifer Grotz with Grotz conwill read from ducted by students her book “The in the ETS 107: Needle.”

“Living Writers” Where: Gifclass will precede ford Auditothe reading from rium When: Today, 3:45 to 4:30 p.m., according to an 5:30 p.m.

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The reading is part of the Raymond Carver Reading Series, which brings 10 to 12 authors to campus each year to read from their own works and interact with students. The event is free and open to the public.

Grotz, who is also the author of “Cusp,” her award-winning first poetry collection, is currently an assistant professor at the University of Rochester.

Grotz said she couldn’t remember a time when she wasn’t writing poems, but as a child she wanted to be either a priest or a country western singer when she grew up.

“Becoming a poet was how I fulfilled both of those interests simultaneously,” Grotz said in an email.

Her childhood interest in music carried her to poetry, as she pays special attention to the fact that her poems sound good to the ear, she said. In general, Grotz said she enjoys writing in sentences as much as lines and likes to write “clear, elegant poems.”

Grotz’s latest book, “The Needle,”

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brian norris | contributing photographer Syracuse University faculty was on hand at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, which will be housed inside University College. The institute opened in June and continues SU’s long-standing tradition of assisting veterans.

Institute unveils space for veterans, families

By Casey Fabris STAFF WRITER

Syracuse University will continue its tradition of lending resources to military veterans with the opening of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families.

SU officially introduced the IVMF at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Lender Auditorium at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.

Following the ceremony, which featured five guest speakers, those who attended were invited to view the official ribbon cutting at the front entrance of the University College building, where the IVMF will be housed. Guests were then invited into the building for a tour of the IVMF facilities and refreshments.

Speakers included Mike Haynie, executive director of the IVMF; Chancellor Nancy Cantor; Frank Bisignano, JPMorgan Chase & Co. chief administrative officer; Sean Galloway, president of the SU Student Veterans Club; and retired Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth Preston, IVMF advisory board member.

“While this institute and the initiatives are new, taking care of our veterans and our service members

is not something new to Syracuse University,” Preston said. “I am proud of this university’s legacy of service.”

This idea was echoed by each of the five speakers, who all referenced SU’s longstanding history with veterans.

“Syracuse University has a very long history with veterans.

In fact, it is veterans that made Syracuse University the school it is today,” said Haynie, Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship.

“Chancellor Tolley basically opened the doors of Syracuse University up to returning war veterans from World War II and more than 10,000 veterans came to the campus, and today that group represents some of our most distinguished alumni.”

The institute, which is a joint project between SU and JPMorgan Chase, was launched in June 2011.

Frank Bisignano, co-chairman of the IVMF advisory board, said when SU approached JPMorgan Chase with the idea for the IVMF, it was immediately interested, as it corresponded directly with some of the banking company’s initiatives, like its 100,000 jobs mission for veterans.

Chancellor Nancy Cantor made reference to the various programs SU has for veterans, including the defense comptrollership program, the military photojournalism program, the national security studies program and the global enterprise technology curriculum that was recently developed alongside JPMorgan Chase.

Many of the guest speakers spoke about what it means to be a post-9/11 veteran and discussed the difficulties that come along with making

“Syracuse University has a very long history with veterans. In fact, it is veterans that made Syracuse University the school it is today.”

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the transition back into the civilian sector. With the IVMF, veterans enrolling at the university will have the extra assistance needed to make the adjustment.

“When I got home and out of the Marines, I felt isolated,” said Sean Galloway, president of the SU Student Veterans Club. “I didn’t know any other Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, but when I got here to Syracuse, there were veterans here at University College at the Veteran’s Center, so it made my transition from combat to classroom easy.”

Haynie said the IVMF has three major goals: developing educational programming, performing academic research and increasing employment opportunities for veterans.

On Friday, also Veterans Day, the second Veterans Day Ceremony will be held at Hendricks Chapel.

The SU football game against the University of South Florida on Friday will be a salute to veterans, Haynie said. He also said soldiers will be coming from Fort Drum to attend the game and that head coach Doug Marrone is making two veterans honorary captains for Friday’s game. cffabris@syr.edu

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that the witness exaggerated his involvement.

Fhimah, on the other hand, was free to return to Libya. The Scottish court didn’t think there was enough evidence to convict both individuals, Duggan said.

“This is a very, very small measure of justice that only one guy was convicted in a massive state-sponsored act of murder,” he said.

Few people were convinced of Fhimah’s innocence. Most believed Gadhafi was involved.

“The man had a history of supporting terrorists and terrorist activity for years,” Duggan said. “This is what he did. This is what he and his people did.”

For some families, al-Megrahi’s conviction was the best news they had heard in 12 years. In 2002, al-Megrahi spent his first night in prison, where he was given a minimum 27-year sentence.

Al-Megrahi appealed, but his request was denied, Duggan said, adding that he dropped his second appeal for unspecified reasons.

••• In 2009, justice was lost. After al-Megrahi was diagnosed with an advanced stage of prostate cancer, he was released on compassionate grounds, serving eight years of his sentence.

“It was appalling to me,” said Susan Cohen, mother of SU victim Theodora. “But by then I had been used to the fact that justice didn’t matter and the families didn’t matter.”

Al-Megrahi was given three months to live, but remains alive more than two years after his release.

Grief turned into anger. Some were devastated and others outraged, Duggan said. What made it worse was “the clear political and diplomatic involvement in that decision,” he said.

Britain thought there would be damage to trade relations with Libya if al-Megrahi wasn’t released, he said. BP was concerned it would lose its $900 million bid for oil rights in Libya.

For Cohen, there was always an underlying sense of skepticism. She didn’t know how, but there was a fear that al-Megrahi would be released early.

“If they hadn’t done it one way, they would have done it in another,” she said.

Cohen wanted al-Megrahi to be tried in the United States, where she thought he had a chance for the death penalty. It was an American plane, she said, and most of the passengers were Americans.

Murtaugh, who worked on the case for more than two decades, said if al-Megrahi had been tried in the United States, it would have been less likely for him to be released on compassionate grounds.

“A life sentence in the federal system means a life sentence,” he said.

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was inspired by her appreciation of Polish poetry. She said she read Polish poetry in

••• Through all the conflict, as well as the confusion of a foreign legal system, families of the victims wanted to be involved. The Justice Department funded flights to Scotland and provided access to al-Megrahi and Fhimah’s trial, and closedcircuit televisions were set up in New York. But there was an easier way to reach all 270 families.

William Banks, director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism at SU, said law professor Donna Artz created a password-protected website for the families. Artz, who has since died, worked with law school students and faculty to update the site with summaries of transcripts from the trial, Banks said.

Families were encouraged to ask questions on the website, he said.

“It was cathartic, in a way, to be able to feel that you were part of a process that was trying to move toward some sort of justice,” Banks said.

The law faculty and students were recognized for their efforts by the State Department, said Daan Braveman, associate dean of the College of Law at the time. The department praised

“It was cathartic, in a way, to be able to feel that you were part of a process that was trying to move toward some sort of justice.”

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the school for a job well done and asked if it was interested in maintaining a similar website for a different trial, he said.

“In 2000, it was a big deal to have a website like that. It was literally the first time this had ever been done,” he said. “It was a way for them to keep in touch with what was going on in the other side of the world.”

••• After 23 years, the case remains open. Few have details on how the crime was orchestrated. Gadhafi died at the hands of his own people in October and al-Megrahi still claims his innocence.

The Scottish and U.S. governments continue to investigate the case with the hope of finding more people involved. Someone had to make the bomb; someone else must have delivered it, Murtaugh said.

Closure may be impossible, he said, but people still want to know what happened.

“Trials are an imperfect vehicle to bring justice in a sense of making the victims whole,” Murtaugh said. “We can never make them whole. We can never bring back the decedent.” shkim11@syr.edu

translation first, but she later learned Polish to read the poems in the language they were written. Many of the poems in the book are set in Krakow, Poland.

Devon Balk, a freshman writing major who read Grotz’s book for ETS 107, said she enjoyed it.

“The poems weren’t complex like a lot of other poems are. … They were very straight forward and about subjects you could relate to,” she said.

Grotz said she hopes the reading will help students realize there are real people behind the books and poems they read.

Said Grotz: “I hope that students take joy and comfort in the fact that poems don’t just sleep in Norton anthologies but that they are written by real, live poets who care passionately about the craft and in carrying on poetic traditions.” jliannet@syr.edu

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Lighthearted book discusses feminism, targets young men

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SA Today recently published an article asking if feminism was “over the hill,” or too outdated for America’s youth to continuously identify with. Although the article lacks facts and statistics and mostly contains anecdotal evidence, it still raises attention to a common tendency among young men and women: Feminism is a word that tends to scare people. It is often associated with negative stereotypes, and, in turn, the main argument of equality gets lost in translation.

Fear no more. Seal Press is now making feminism cool with “The Guy’s Guide to Feminism,” written

by Michael Kaufman and Michael Kimmel. This unique piece of literature and resource for dudes to enlighten themselves about women’s issues is a one of a kind venture for two reasons: It consists of various formats such as comics, interviews and top ten lists, and the book is the first of its kind to address feminism targeted at young males.

The book’s official website offers a free excerpt every week, which gives readers a sneak peak inside the witty language and insightful perspective on the importance of feminism and emphasis of women’s issues in relation to everyday guys.

Keeping in the spirit of interactive connectivity, there is also a YouTube video circulating that features a handful of college-aged men discussing the book in both an informal and humorous tone. The last sentence viewers hear on the video is one guy saying, “It’s important for the women we care about, and it’s important for our own lives, too.”

Topics like reproductive rights and sexual harassment are, more often than not, categorized as “women’s issue.” But in fact, women’s issues are really everyone’s issues.

They ultimately affect all individuals, beyond just those who identify

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not a barbie girl as female. For example, child care and equal wages influence the way an entire family functions, not only mothers, and sexual assault and rape prevention is also an inclusive issue that is all-encompassing of both men and women.

When I asked one of the Michaels about the authors’ intention behind creating “The Guy’s Guide,” he explained that they tried to combine thoughtful analysis with some lighthearted fun and humor. Michael Kimmel, leading feminist academic and author, said, “What we tried to do is present the basic idea of feminism to guys in a way that shows it is easily apprehended, not threatening, and in fact, will enable guys to live happier, healthier lives, with more loving, passionate and more equal relationships with the women in their lives.”

Guys, do yourselves and the world around you a favor —visit Amazon. com immediately and snag a copy of this humorous, satirical and relevant book. It shouldn’t take too long to read anyway. Girls, pick up “The Guy’s Guide” for your brother, boyfriend or any other male who’s flirting around with the idea of feminism, and even skim through before gifting it out. All of my favorite dudes should know what to expect from me for Christmas this year.

Krystie Yandoli is a senior women and gender studies and English and textual studies major. Her column appears every Wednesday. She can be reached at klyandol@syr.edu or followed on Twitter at @KrystieLYandoli.

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SA needs president, not politician Elections for the next Student Association president and comptroller will begin next week. The elections will decide in which direction the university’s student government will go for the coming year and what issues facing students will take priority.

The Daily Orange Editorial Board offers its suggestions as to the kind of president SA needs.

Elections for SA president give the organization a semblance of democracy. But the reality is SA president and the elected officials voted for on Tuesday are vastly different. Because of those differences SA needs a particular kind of leader for the organization to be the most effective it can be.

One problem which faces most student organizations is fast membership turnover. The students who shaped SA policy just a year ago are

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editorial by the daily orange editorial board history faster than they can see their policies come to fruition. Assembly members graduate and most SA presidents serve only one term. The presidency lasts a calendar year rather than an academic year, thus a junior ó usually the class standing of presidents ó cannot run for a second term, meaning an SA president is not working for re-election.

To minimize these problems, SA needs a president who is genuinely interested in the inner-workings of the university, who joined SA motivated by particular issues he or she felt passionate about. A leader with this frame of mind is more likely to get things done without students needing to hold them accountable.

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no interest in political leadership beyond SA, so that service to the community trumps resume building. The best SA leader would be down to earth and incredibly well versed in SA history. This leader would understand the limits of his or her office and put that valuable time into the most effective and common sense initiatives.

Finally, the best SA leader would have a limited ego. Being president is not a popularity contest with the administration, faculty or student body. It is simply about addressing student needs to the best of the assemblyís ability. A down-to-earth, well-informed, thoughtful and humble president is what SA needs.

The Daily Orange Editorial Board strongly encourages students to learn about the two candidates for SA president and cast their vote next week on MySlice.

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jenny jakubowski | staff photographer khaliph bey and tasha fain , Khalid Bey’s uncle and girlfriend, respectively, celebrate after Bey’s narrow win over Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins.

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In fundraising, Bey received $7,729 in donations and spent $7,317 to run his campaign. from page 1 That compared to Hawkins’ $8,612 in donations, including $2,000 that he lent himself. At results with 12 of his campaign workers, friends the polls on Tuesday, some voters went out to and family inside his campaign headquarters, show their support for Bey at Pioneer Homes formerly his mother’s restaurant.

Coffee House.

At the Green Party’s election-night gatherDwight Hall, 46, of Syracuse was holding ing, Hawkins thanked his supporters for com- onto a Khalid Bey flyer outside of the polling ing so close to victory in his 19th run for office. location. He came out Tuesday afternoon spe“I’m really proud of my campaign,” said cifically to vote for Bey. Hawkins.

“I see Mr. Bey in the community all the As of 10:46 p.m., Bey had 51 percent or 1,154 time. He’s always interacting in the commuvotes — to 48 percent — or 1,072 votes — for nity with the kids and with everybody. And his Hawkins. That was with 100 percent of the issues are just what we need in our community,” vote counted in the unofficial tally from all 25 Hall said. precincts.

A Hawkins supporter praised him for his Bey and Hawkins were trying to succeed policies.

Democrat Tom Seals, who reached his term “He’s very progressive,” said Rose Dillman. limit of eight years on the Common Council.

For his part, Bey was already planning District 4 includes the central portion of the city ahead. “It’s certainly exciting,” said Bey, “to including the Downtown, Brighton, Southwest, get an opportunity to actually get to work and University Hill and University neighborhoods. put some things in motion that a number of us The district has 13,364 registered voters. Of as a community have been talking about for a those, 8,617 are Democrats; 1,190 are Republi- long time.” cmfranci@syr.edu cans; 84 are Green Party.

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down to 5 percent. Then the next update arrived.

“How bad off are we?” he asked his field director.

Fifty-eight percent for Masterpole; 41 percent for Kimatian. More than 2,000 votes behind, the field director responded. Kimatian knew. He asked a reporter and photographer from The Daily Orange to leave the room and shut the door.

The odds never played in Kimatian’s favor.

The number of Democrats in Syracuse is more than triple the number of Republicans, and Kimatian raised $37,000 less than his opponent, according to the New York State Board of Elections.

“We were outspent 3-to-1,” acknowledged Ed Herron, Kimatian’s field director.

Masterpole will take over the position of Phil LaTessa, who is leaving because of term limits.

Democrats have controlled the city auditor seat for 16 years.

Kimatian argued Masterpole’s relationship with Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, a Democrat, would hinder his ability to make decisions as city auditor. Masterpole acknowledged that Miner’s husband donated $200 to his campaign but downplayed Kimatian’s accusations.

After the results arrived Tuesday, Masterpole poked jabs at Kimatian in his speech to

supporters at Pensabene’s Casa Grande, where the Democratic Party gathered.

“I have to get this off my chest. Never in my life have I sat on Stephanie Miner’s lap,” he said, arousing laughs from the crowd. “She’d have broken legs if that were the case.”

Away from the crowd, Masterpole elaborated on his comment toward Kimatian.

“He deserved it,” Masterpole said. “I hate to say that. I’ve taken a lot of punches in a month here, and it’s not easy not to fight them back.”

Masterpole spent four years on the Syracuse Common Council and served on the Onondaga County Legislature before running for auditor.

He called this election his most difficult one because of Kimatian’s accusations.

As city auditor, Masterpole plans to look at the Carrier Dome traffic agreements, which require the city to pay up to $150,000 per year for police patrols at Dome sporting events. The city should provide the best public safety at the least amount of expense to taxpayers, he said. He’ll also perform audits on city agencies like the Syracuse Housing Authority to ensure they’re spending funds wisely.

Kimatian said a long time will pass before he considers running for election again. He may teach once more at SU if the opportunity arises.

“Politically,” he said, “I really don’t have anything on that horizon.” mcboren@syr.edu

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Personal foul Reported recruiting violations force Skaneateles, head coach Green from Class C playoffs

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fter a five-month investigation into the football team’s coaching staff, the Skaneateles Central School District released a report detailing the illegal recruitment of at least nine players since March 2010.

The report, which came out Oct. 26, mentioned no names of players or coaches, just the wrongdoings from the last year and a half.

Tim Green, the Lakers’ former head coach, had been coaching the team to an undefeated 8-0 season, led by quarterback Troy Green, his son. Skaneateles hasn’t won a Section III title since 1992, and since Green’s arrival two years ago, the team has transformed into a Class C powerhouse.

Green was an All-American at Syracuse University, where he graduated in 1986. He then went on to play eight seasons with the Atlanta Falcons before moving back to Central New York. Green, a novelist, lawyer and TV personality, denied any wrongdoing.

John Rathbun, the Section III executive director, said the protocol for when complaints are filed is listening to the complaint, calling the school district to let them know the conversation that took place and having the district conduct its own investigation. Then, the findings are reported to the Section III Athletic Council for review and ruling.

“What happened in this situation was violations were reported, and then I brought the report to the athletic council, which is our governing body,” Rathbun said. “Then, they took a look at the report and made a ruling.”

The ruling was made Oct. 28, one day before Skaneateles’ Class C semifinal game against Utica Notre Dame. The Section III Athletic Council voted to suspend the season after reading the school district’s investigation findings.

“We followed guidelines about who we can and cannot penalize,” Rathbun said. “We followed procedures that are outlined in the state association handbook.”

But later that afternoon, Green and his staff went before a state Supreme Court justice to try and put a temporary restraining order on the ruling so they could play the next day, according to The Post-Standard. The judge granted the temporary order, and Skaneateles and Utica Notre Dame played the game. Skaneateles would go on to easily defeat Notre Dame 46-27.

On Nov. 1, the court upheld the Athletic Council’s ruling to end Skaneateles’ season and the win was nullified, meaning Utica Notre Dame would play in the Class C championship against Herkimer High School in the Carrier Dome.

That same day, in a last-chance effort to salvage their season, Green resigned as head coach, urging the school district to appeal the judge’s ruling to allow the team

to play in the championship, according to The PostStandard.

On Nov. 3, the appeal was denied and Skaneateles’ season was officially over. When Utica Notre Dame found out they were in the Class C finals, head coach Byron Abraham said they were just happy that the dust had settled.

“I think it was more distracting for the coaches than the kids,” Abraham said. “They handled it very well. They just like playing football. The difficult part for us was, ‘Geez, are we going to play? Are we not practicing?’ But I think it worked out.”

Abraham said they only missed one practice last week despite all of the drama that was going on in court. Not knowing if they were going to be playing in the finals Saturday, he said they didn’t practice Oct. 31 because they thought their season was over. However, when they found out Nov. 1 they would be playing in the finals, the kids were eager to lace up their cleats and get on the practice field.

“I don’t think legally we could’ve practiced on Monday,” Abraham said. “Tuesday afternoon Skaneateles lost the appeal and we found out we would be playing in place of them, so we practiced Tuesday through Friday.”

Even though Utica Notre Dame lost in the finals to Herkimer 28-14, Abraham said he thinks the court made the right decision, and they were happy to play for the Class C title.

Weedsport head coach Greg Michaels said the incident didn’t affect his team at all. In the initial investigation, it was reported that Green approached three Weedsport players during a summer camp in 2010, telling them if they came to play for him they would have “an apartment with a big-screen television and an Xbox,” according to an Oct. 25 article in The Post-Standard. Green denied the charges.

However, Michaels said the players they spoke to were in college, so it didn’t affect their season at all. “We kind of just laughed about it,” he said.

This is not the first time an incident like this one has happened in Section III. Abraham said in his second year coaching in 2005, it was found that Corcoran High School had an illegal player and was forced to forfeit the remainder of its season.

Rathbun mentioned the illegal player at Corcoran and said that if they had ruled that the Skaneateles football team could play, it wouldn’t be fair to how things were ruled in the past.

Rathbun said this incident affects everyone in Section III and can be used as benchmark for how to move forward.

“I’m sure that this is going to affect all 109 schools within Section III, taking a look at their own programs and saying, ‘What do we need to do to move forward?’” Rathbun said. “It affects everyone in Central New York.” hawentz@syr.edu

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Open mic provides outlet for poets to express emotions about victims of Pan Am 103 bombing

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onald Taylor walked steadily to the slightly raised stage, through the crowd settled casually in armchairs and small tables at the Jabberwocky Cafe. In the bright, buzzing room, it seemed he was about to converse with friends rather than deliver a performance.

As he settled in front of the microphone, Taylor, a freshman policy studies and African American studies dual major, closed his eyes. He then opened his mouth to recite his fast-paced, passionate poem about his grandfather’s life and death. The audience watched his hands flying in the air, gesturing to an imaginary person. Like many of the poets at this open mic, he painted a scene that drew the room together.

The Open Mic for Hope and Remembrance, hosted by Verbal Blend and the Remembrance Scholars as a part of Remembrance Week, took place Tuesday evening. The event honored the 35 Syracuse University students who died on board

Pan Am Flight 103 and allowed the SU community to connect to them through spoken word poetry.

The open mic was one of many events organized as a part of Remembrance Week. The week commemorates the students who died in the 1988 terrorist bombing. Thirty-five seniors are chosen annually to honor and represent the memory of these victims.

Margot Manasevit, a Remembrance Scholar and senior LatinoLatin American studies and Spanish language, literature and culture dual major, believes the open mic achieved one of the main goals of Remembrance Week.

“It’s easy to say that this happened in 1988. That’s a long time ago. I think that by handing the microphone over to people on campus, it turns this into something relevant,” Manasevit said.

“It’s important for people to be able to reflect out loud and keep it relevant in a personal way.”

Inspiration for the poetry, an emotive art form shaped differently by each individual, came from a variety

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It honors the victims of the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing. of sources. Poems were written by current students, victims before the Pan Am bombing, families of the victims, professors and some came from past memorial services. One performance included a cover of Death Cab for Cutie’s song “I Will Follow You into the Dark.”

The presentation of the poetry also differed. Some readers stood in a powerful stance with their feet apart and hands clasped, and their voices on the verge of shouting. Others were more sentimental in their expression, with furrowed brows and eyes on a notebook, sometimes coming close to tears.

Cedric Bolton, coordinator of student engagement in the Office of Multicultural Affairs and founder of Verbal Blend, said the topics of remembrance and hope would resonate differently with each student.

“The poets come with their various styles to touch upon the themes,

“I think that by handing the microphone over to people on campus, it turns this into something relevant.”

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those that come close to their hearts, to share within that space,” he said.

The themes of loss, acceptance and hope that flowed from the words of the writers touched the audience.

In the intimate room, heads nodded dreamily along with the lines of the poems, and hands flew up at the conclusion of each piece, snapping fingers to express approval.

Olivia Rhinehart, a Remembrance SEE WORDS PAGE 12

umor is a choice. It’s not a talent, as some people believe, or even a state of being. To be funny, one must ignore their better angels and dive balls-first into insanity.

Here’s an example: Two weeks ago, my roommate Carson waited more than an hour for a Chinese food delivery order. After checking up on his food and calling the restaurant to complain, someone finally knocked on our door with the long-awaited lo mein.

A normal human being would take his food and send the deliveryman packing with little or no tip. Carson is not a normal human being.

“OK, now I’ve got to take off my clothes,” he said.

My roommate removed the shirt and pants from his beefy, 200-pound frame, stripping all the way down to his boxer-briefs. He walked down the stairs, opened our front door and greeted the visitor, who immediately looked away, horrified.

As Carson stood spread-eagle at the door and paid for his meal, my roommates and I realized he had just invented an ingenious game. From that point on, every time we ordered in, we’d do everything we could to shock and appall whoever brought us our food.

Imagine ringing a stranger’s doorbell and seeing a man answer the door in just his underwear. Imagine that same man coming to the door completely naked. Imagine his friend joining him at the door wearing all leather. Imagine delivering food to a man duct-taped to a chair, holding exact change in his mouth. Imagine delivering food into the middle of an amateur pornography set.

That’s what our food deliverers witnessed in the days and weeks that followed Carson’s impromptu striptease.

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not. Will our stunts help our food to arrive more promptly in the future? I doubt it. Was it awkward paying for chicken wings in a Catholic schoolgirl uniform? Hell no, I’m comfortable with my body.

But it was funny, and in the end, that’s all we care about.

With that set of priorities in mind, my roommates and I set out last week to find a group Halloween getup to wear at Chuck’s annual costume contest.

Now, most people spend All Hallows’ Eve dressed as something scary, sexy or both. We figured it would be funnier to go as something

unattractive and mildly disturbing. We had many options to choose from: The Backstreet Boys, the postmortem Jackson 5, the cast of “Full House,” the Palins — to name a few. But one costume stood out above the rest.

We bought some wigs, strapped on dresses and went to the bar as everybody’s favorite group of sassy women: the ladies from “The View.”

Throughout the night, Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie O’Donnell, Elizabeth Hasselbeck and I, Star Jones, discussed women’s issues du jour. We rocked the latest fashion trends, voiced our strong female voices and walked gracefully in heels.

Normally, our humor-driven choices end up costing us either academically, professionally or in legal expenses. This time, we made a profit.

Our costumes won us second prize in the contest, which came with $250 in cash; endless respect from every guy at the bar; and what I can only assume was jealousy from all their skanked-out girlfriends.

It turned out to be one of the best nights of my college career, and it was all because my roommates and I took a dead sprint past “sensible,” below “dignified,” beyond “stupid” and straight to “ridiculous.”

If there’s anything for you learn from my experience, it’s this: To be funny, sometimes you have to stop thinking, do something crazy or even strap on a dress.

And, every once in a while, slip off that dress and answer the door completely naked.

Danny Fersh is a senior broadcast journalism major and his column appears every Wednesday.

He would like to give a shout-out to Liz Eney and the Mare Nasties. If you enjoy nudity and delivery food, you should vote for Anna Stolzenburg for Homecoming queen. If not, vote for her anyway. Email Star at dafersh@syr.edu.

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Scholar and senior English and textual studies, education and Spanish triple major, read an original poem addressing the Pan Am victim that she identifies with: Sarah S. B. Philipps.

“Sarah, I’ll never understand death in the physical sense,” she read. “But we hold you here still. And we will remember you, too.”

Rhinehart said reading her poem was a cathartic experience, one in which she could release the strong emotions she feels for Sarah.

“That experience and connectivity, it was beautiful,” Rhinehart said. “I think that reading to the whole crowd, seeing their faces and making eye contact as I was expressing the words I felt, was really such a community builder for me.” ggriccar@syr.edu

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“The Descendants” (Release date: Nov. 18)

In this dramedy set in a tropical paradise, a mostly absent and clueless father (George Clooney) must reconnect with and care for his two daughters after his wife is injured in a boating accident.

After the success of “Sideways,” writer-director Alexander Payne did what few Oscar winners normally do: He stopped making movies and produced a few projects here and there, like “The Savages” and “Cedar Rapids.” This is his first time back in the director’s chair in seven years, and all that can be expected is more great work from one of the modern master filmmakers of portraying dysfunctional relationships. After Payne quit filming in his beloved hometown of Omaha, Neb., he first ventured to California, and now he’s off to Hawaii with “The Descendents.” This might not be the Midwest, or Napa Valley, but if “Election” and “Sideways” taught us anything, it’s that painfully uncomfortable and hysterically physical comedy can take place anywhere.

It’s 1927 in Hollywood, and George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is one of the biggest stars of the silent film era. In the midst of his new love escapade with dancer Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo), Valentin’s career faces a major threat due to the birth of talkies, motion pictures with sound.

“The Artist” is not just about a silent film star — it’s about a silent film star within a silent film. Critics and audiences alike sang its praises at Cannes Film Festival, and it seems “The Artist” will live up to the hype. More than 80 years of evolution in technology has transpired, so it will be interesting to see a silent movie in the modern age. Perhaps a new silent film will give viewers a new reason to pay close attention to movies.

filmofila.com This historical thriller examines the intense relationship between Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) and Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) during the early days of psychoanalysis.

“A Dangerous Method” could easily be a run-of-the-mill historical epic. However, in the hands of David Cronenberg (“The Fly” and “A History of Violence”), it will be something incredibly violent, perplexing and enthralling. Plus, Cronenberg and Mortensen are one of the finest director-actor pairings in collaboration. If they can create something in “A Dangerous Method” that tops the bathhouse fight scene in “Eastern Promises,” it will be a cinematic holiday miracle.

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hanksgiving is a time for family, food and movies. It’s also the start of a season when the industry releases some of the best movies of the year. Many will continue on to Oscar glory, while the rest will live in the has-been world.

Most families with a love for Martin Scorsese will go see “Hugo,” and those who want to reminisce about their childhoods will go see “The Muppets.” During the break, look out for these movies coming out in late November that you probably wouldn’t see at the Carousel Mall.

“The Artist” (Release date: Nov. 23)

“A Dangerous Method” (Release date: Nov. 23)

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Three to see

Here are three movies that might have fallen under your radar after they were released earlier this year. They are worth finding whether in theaters, on DVD or streaming on your computer.

“Terri” (July 1): This little gem offers an honest portrayal of a teenager’s life and the misunderstood anti-hero in this coming-of-age story. The film has good reason to earn our respect. “Terri” is a quiet, pleasant and moving film about the beauty of the little things in life.

“The Guard” (July 29): “I’m Irish. Racism is part of my culture,” said Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleason) in “The Guard.” This offbeat crime comedy didn’t get the attention it should have when it was released. Part ridiculous, fish-out-of-water comedy and part murder mystery filled with intrigue, “The Guard” will make you laugh, think and then laugh some more.

“Drive” (Sept. 16): Critics praised this one to the heavens, and if you’re looking for something completely different, then “Drive” is the movie for you. Although there may be too many shots of Ryan Gosling staring at the camera, the film’s aesthetic brilliance makes it hard not to recommend to any raging cinephile.

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Explore the hot-button topics of today with members of SU’s “community of experts.”

For more details and the full Orange Central schedule, visit orangecentral.syr.edu! >> Alumni book Signings See orangecentral.syr.edu for days, times, and locations Meet alumni authors and illustrators Taye Diggs ’93, Shane Evans ’92, Warren Kimble ’57, Scott Pitoniak ’77, George Hauer ’60, London Ladd ’06, Rick Burton ’80, Sandra Caron G’86, Ona Cohn Bregman G’58, Alice Honig G’75, and Dessa Bergen-Cico ’86, G’88, G’92. Falk College authors Deborah Monahan, Robert Moreno, and John Wolohan will sign books as well.

>> one-on-one with Sean o’Keefe and Jeff Glor: Service, Strategy, and Space November 10, 8 p.m., Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3 National security expert and former NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe G’78 will talk with CBS News correspondent Jeff Glor ’97 about his unique experiences in the public and private sectors.

>> Dream big: Let Go of Negative Self-Speak and Live the Life You Desire November 12, 10 a.m., Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3 Interested in finding ways to live a healthy, balanced life in today’s busy world? Attend this candid discussion with supermodel and positive body image advocate Emme ’85 and fitness expert Nicole Glor ’99.

>> Pioneering Innovation for Sustainability: Food, Shelter, and Community November 11, 9 a.m., Syracuse Center of Excellence International sustainability leaders and advocates Rick Fedrizzi G’87 and Oren Lyons ’58, H’93 will field questions from the audience in an open dialogue about environmental stewardship, economic vitality, social equity, and global citizenship.

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November 12, 9:30 a.m., Tirico Room (250), Newhouse 3 The Hon. Joanne F. Alper ’72, SU trustee and sitting judge, and Charles Gardner Geyh, one of the nation’s leading authorities on judicial ethics, address judicial independence in this discussion moderated by College of Law professor Keith Bybee.

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on ourselves.”

SU still came out slow to start the second half. The Orange traded points with the Golden Knights, passing the lead back and forth for the first five minutes.

Then Scoop Jardine made an ill-advised alley-oop attempt to C.J. Fair, one that went out of bounds and gave the ball back to St. Rose. Jardine immediately came out and Carter-Williams replaced him with the score 43-40 in favor of SU. Carter-Williams ignited Syracuse both offensively and defensively. He knocked down that first 3 to put SU up 46-42 early in the second half, and then he helped Syracuse go to work on the press.

St. Rose center Dominykas Milka got trapped in the left corner near SU’s basket. With nowhere to go and no support, Milka flung the ball upcourt. It went out of bounds and led to St. Rose’s timeout.

From there, defense led to offense. After another St. Rose turnover, Waiters found Carter-Williams on the baseline, who forced a pass inside to Rakeem Christmas. The freshman forward made a layup despite getting fouled, pushing SU’s lead to 55-44.

“The second half we were a little bit more aggressive defensively,” Boeheim said. “We got the ball inside a little bit better, and I thought the difference was our pressure was good and we forced some turnovers.”

The Golden Knights crumbled trying to break the press. For the game, they turned the ball over 27 times.

Sometimes, they couldn’t even get the ball inbounds. After a Kris Joseph layup put SU up 11, Pope’s inbounds pass was tipped out of

bounds by Waiters flying across the court to get in front of the intended recipient.

From near midcourt, Griffin tried inbounding with SU forward James Southerland in his face. His first inbounds attempt was deflected out instantly by Southerland. His second attempt was tipped by Southerland. As Pope tried to come down with the deflected ball, he committed a backcourt violation.

Off the turnover, Carter-Williams knocked down another 3-pointer to push SU’s lead to 14.

But after the game, Boeheim was a little wary of the Orange’s dependency on full-court pressure going forward. Even though it unnerved St. Rose, Boeheim said other teams will be able to handle the pressure.

“The pressure was the difference, and that’s good for this game,” Boeheim said. “But it’s not something you can rely on.” mcooperj@syr.edu

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Gutierrez was a Division II preseason All-American and led St. Rose with 17.9 points per game last year, but he never got going against Syracuse. The Orange’s length limited him to just nine points on 4-of-13 shooting, and he turned the ball more than three times.

Melo plays smart after early foul to stay on court, contribute

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It took two St. Rose possessions for Syracuse center Fab Melo to pick up his first foul.

The problem that haunted him last year looked ready to rear its head again in the Orange’s second exhibition game Tuesday night. Melo slid over late on a drive by St. Rose point guard Andre Pope and hacked him as Pope went up for a layup.

Last year, it likely would have been just a matter of minutes before Melo picked up a quick second foul and would be relegated to the bench.

But that was the old Melo.

“He’s a lot smarter as a player,” senior forward Kris Joseph said. “For one, he wants to stay in the game. He knows that committing other fouls is going to have him right next to coach on the bench. But at the same time, it doesn’t take away from his defensive aggressiveness.”

Melo played a team-high 13 minutes in the first half, and though he did pick up the second foul with just more than 10 minutes until halftime, head coach Jim Boeheim let him play through it. The sophomore flashed quickness and athleticism that was nonexistent for most

of last season in Syracuse’s 87-69 exhibition win over St. Rose. He finished with eight points, five rebounds and four blocks. And most of that production came in the first half when Melo was in danger of getting into foul trouble.

“I didn’t even think about it,” Melo said of picking up a second foul. “The problem that I had last year was because I didn’t know what to expect from the referees. Now, I know what to expect, so I won’t do the fouls that I did last year.”

Melo said he ran about two miles every day in the offseason, ate better and focused on his footwork to prepare for his sophomore year.

That led to him losing 30 pounds, giving him the quickness and agility he has shown in SU’s exhibition games.

And despite playing with fouls, the sophomore made his presence felt early on the defensive end.

A little more than three minutes in, SU switched to its 2-3 zone defense for the first time.

St. Rose forward Brian Hanuschak caught a pass on the baseline and appeared to have an open shot. But Melo came flying over from the middle of the zone and sent Hanuschak’s shot back.

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me move,” Melo said. “I was a little bit heavier, and I had a lot of weight to move before. Now, I don’t have that much weight, so I’m quicker.”

Boeheim did say that Melo’s second foul was silly after the center was called for an offensive foul trying to set a pick.

But even with the two fouls, Melo didn’t hesitate to make aggressive plays on both ends of the ball.

On one defensive possession, Melo blocked a putback and then drew a charge on St. Rose big man Dominykas Milka in the post. He scored later in the half, crashing the boards and tipping in a Scoop Jardine miss. And just before halftime, Golden Eagles’ guard Travis Gill went at Melo on a fast break, but the center held his ground and picked up his fourth block of the game.

He finished the first half with four points, five rebounds and four blocks despite playing with fouls.

The heavier, slower Melo of last season may never have had the chance to make those plays.

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its best player from last season, Isabel, and focus on the players it does have this year.

Whether anyone can step up and fill the void left by Isabel remains to be seen for this 2011-12 season.

No matter how insignificant Metcalfe and others think Isabel is at this point, there’s no denying how valuable she was to the program during her time at SU. In her first two seasons, she was as dominant as anyone on the ice, registering 81 total points as a freshman and sophomore.

What made Isabel so effective was her speed, said former SU player Julie Rising, even though it was a little deceptive. By being a second or two faster, it gave her an edge over other players.

When it came to playing hockey, she was simply gifted.

“I think as a female college player, she’s one of the top ones I’ve played with before,” said Rising, who graduated in May. And that talent led to widespread recognition. She was nominated for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award last season, given annually to

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the top Division I women’s player and was also named to the All-College Hockey America First Team.

But despite all the accolades she stockpiled, Isabel didn’t want to stick around following her sophomore year.

SU head coach Paul Flanagan said Isabel is the only one who knows why she left for another school, but he did say that the twins’ father, Carl, wasn’t happy that his daughters weren’t playing on the same offensive line.

And if Isabel was going to stay, that would have to change.

Flanagan responded by saying if that was the case, then it was time for Isabel and Talia to move on. Flanagan stood his ground, and Rising said the two were never on the ice at the same time last year.

“I guess he’s the expert,” Flanagan said. “He thought the girls should be on the same line together. Isn’t it funny? Now they’re at separate schools.”

Rising described Carl as a “yeller” who persistently gave Flanagan a hard time because he believed the twins were equally talented.

But while Isabel starred, Talia failed to record a single point in 69 career games for SU and played on the fourth line.

Talia was not made available for comment by the Union sports information department.

She also declined to comment when contacted multiple times on her cellphone.

BU’s athletic communications department declined to make Isabel available for comment, and she too declined to comment when contacted on her cellphone.

Carl could also not be reached for comment.

Rising said what made the transfer so disappointing for the Syracuse team was how much the program invested in the Menards after two full years on campus. In addition to big production from Isabel, she was also an assistant captain.

“When you work with an athlete for two years and you give them all your resources and teach them all this stuff,” Rising said. “Give them ice time and give them opportunity that someone else could be playing in their spot and then they leave, it’s tough.”

In The Ottawa Citizen, a Canadian-based newspaper, Isabel said she made her decision to leave the program as the 2010-11 season went along.

“I wasn’t happy at the end,” Isabel said in the Aug. 10 article. “I found out I wasn’t getting any better. I had to go do a lot of things on my own.”

She went on to say that although she thought the schooling was great, the hockey development was not.

In a story in BU’s student newspaper, The Daily Free Press, Isabel was again critical about how Syracuse developed hockey players. She seems more content, though, with the Terriers.

“I want to develop as a player and not just be a hockey player and play hockey,” Isabel said in the Oct. 2 article. “Coming from a program that wasn’t really too keen on hockey-specific training, but here it’s really good, it’s where everything is on the ball.”

When asked about Isabel’s comments, Flanagan said he hadn’t read them and that the players have their own individual assessments of what type of training they need.

Metcalfe also said Isabel was never satisfied at Syracuse, both on the ice and with other facets of the program. She said it was pretty obvious the twins were ready to get out of Syra-

cuse by the last couple of weeks of the spring semester.

Isabel and Talia weren’t the only players to transfer away after the end of the last season.

Kelsey Welch and Erin Burns are now playing at Niagara, a team within SU’s conference.

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Niagara’s athletic communications department declined to make either of the two players available for comment.

Overall, Flanagan estimates that about five or six players have transferred out since the program’s inception in 2008.

Currently in his fourth season with the Orange, Flanagan thinks the transfers are a result of a program that is still getting off the ground. It’s part of the growing pains.

“So I don’t think it’s a big issue,” Flanagan said. “The numbers are skewed a little bit because we’re an upstart program. And I would like to think that, that would diminish, but you had a couple unique situations last spring.”

And those unique situations, including the defection of the team’s best player in Isabel, have forced the Orange to search for a new identity on the ice this year.

Through the first 12 games, SU is 5-7, and Flanagan doesn’t see his squad as a high-scoring group. Rather, this year’s Orange is a hardworking, defensive-minded team that will have to win close, low-scoring games.

When the Orange does get on the scoreboard, it will have to come from multiple places. Last season, three players tallied 20 or more points.

But Isabel’s total of 44 was 16 points higher than the next closest player.

Looking back, senior forward Megan Skelly said the team was too reliant on just a few scorers.

“Any time you have a very strong player, it’s easier to get away from moving the puck,” Skelly said. “Not even Isabel. Any player that’s really strong offensively, so we have to rely on our teammates more.”

Rising said Isabel was so much better than anyone else out there that it was hard to please her. That she almost didn’t belong.

But this year’s group has a more team-oriented focus. The players want to be better than the sub-.500 record from a season ago.

And whether Isabel belonged, Syracuse has no other option but to move on without one of its greatest players in program history. The Orange refuses to look back on the jagged departure.

“We don’t even think about it,” Flanagan said. “She left last spring. She’s gone.” dgproppe@syr.edu

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John O. Williams

Quality Campus Area Apartments over 30 years of service Call John or Judy

478-7548 collegehome.com

1 Bedroom Apartments 722 Clarendon St 2 Bedroom Apartments 320 Euclid Ave 1104 Madison St 605 Walnut Ave 556Clarendon St 3 Bedroom Apartments 300 Euclid Ave 945 Ackerman Ave 956 Ackerman Ave 924 Lancaster Ave 1104 Madison St 1111 Madison St 110 Comstock Ave 560 Clarendon St

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873 Ackerman Ave 1104 Madison St

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Livingston, Sumner, Ackerman, Euclid, Clarendon. Call (315) 559-0695 Two bedroom, furnished, across from Shaw, off-street parking, washer/dryer, porch, Available June 2012, 422-7138, 445-1808

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Variety of Apartments Great Locations Walk to Campus Some Include Utilities 24 Hour On-Call Maintenance

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1011 E. Adams St. #30 479-5005 www.universityarea.com

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1011 E. Adams St. #30 479-5005 www.universityarea.com

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4 Bedroom Apartments and Houses

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417 Euclid Ave 614 Euclid Ave

PRIVATE FURNISHED STUDIO APTS.

1011 E. Adams St. 509 University Ave. Carpeted, Air-conditioned, Furnished, Secure, Laundry, Parking, Maintenance.

Available for 2011-2012.

University Area Apts.

1011 E. Adams St. #30 479-5005 www.universityarea.com

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8 and 6 Bedroom Houses and Apartments

your home away from home 2012-2013 2-3-4-5-6-7-8 Bedrooms furnished, double beds, carpeted, laundry, off-street parking, close to campus!

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1,2,3,4,5 bedroom houses and apartments available for 2012 - 2013 www.campushill.com (315) 422-7110

ELEGANTLY OVERLOOKING PARK: 1108-1205-1207 Madison 1-2-3 bedroom aptslofts-or house; All luxuriously furnished, heated, hot water, off-street parking. NO pets. Some pictures on web site: Fine-Interiors-Syracuse.Net Call (315) 469-0780

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TOURNAMENT FROM PAGE 20

and now we’re starting the tournament out with the Richmond Spiders, my former employer,” Bradley said. “So my past is right there, and it’s really exciting. It’s a great opportunity.”

But Bradley and her third-ranked Syracuse (18-3, 5-1 Big East) squad can’t afford to be looking backward. Though the Spiders (16-6, 5-1 Atlantic-10) are not nationally ranked, they’ve reeled off eight consecutive victories and won 11 of their last 12 games overall. And although SU earned an automatic bid for winning the Big East tournament, Richmond had to fight its way into the bracket by defeating No. 11 California in a play-in game Tuesday.

The Spiders present an interesting matchup for

“We’re not going to change much at this time of year.”

Ange Bradley

SU HEAD COACH

SU in that they are arguably better at the aspect of the game SU has leaned on in crunch time — defense.

The Orange held Connecticut to just one shot in the second half of the Big East championship game Sunday, holding a one-goal lead for all 35 minutes.

During the course of the season, opponents have averaged just 1.1 goals per game against Syracuse.

The Spiders allow just 1.05 goals per game and haven’t given up a goal in three games. On Tuesday, it held the favored Golden Bears to just nine shots, five of which tested sophomore goalkeeper Anna Zarkoski.

In the NCAA tournament, SU senior midfielder Martina Loncarica knows a strong defense is crucial. And Syracuse will need to match that of the Spiders.

“We know that to be up there we have to defend our best because you can’t leave gaps, and that’s when other teams can score,” Loncarica said. “We have to minimize every opportunity they have, so we have to be very focused and make sure that we’re solid defensively.”

And although that defensive dominance is intimidating, Bradley said there won’t be any major adjustments made at this point in the season. In her mind, the preparation and play of the Orange far outweighs the tactical strengths of the opponent.

After watching video Tuesday night, she’ll establish a game plan and map out this week’s practice schedule.

“Every game we play, it’s about us,” Bradley said. “I’ve looked at our Connecticut game and seen the adjustments that we need to change there.

And it’s just about us getting better and making sure that mentally and physically we’re OK. We’re not going to change much at this time of year.”

It’s an approach that has worked thus far for the Orange, and an approach that earned them a topfour seed in the tournament this season.

But Syracuse has fallen short in each of those postseason runs, losing in the second round to Ohio State last year and to Princeton in 2009. The closest SU has come to a national title came in 2008, when the Orange suffered a heartbreaking 3-2 defeat to Wake Forest in the final four.

If Bradley wants to get back to the national semifinals, which will be held in Louisville, Ky., her Orange has to go through two of her former employers.

When asked what it will take to do just that, Bradley responded without hesitation.

“Win,” Bradley said firmly. “We need to just keep playing good hockey, playing together and making the most of the opportunities that we create for ourselves.” sebail01@syr.edu

WEDNESDAY

november 9, 2011

SPORTS

field hockey

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Press helps SU create turnovers in blowout win

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SU earns No. 3 seed in NCAAs

By Stephen Bailey ASST. COPY EDITOR

By Mark Cooper ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

ichael Carter-Williams drained a 3-pointer from the left corner and the action stayed right there. After knocking down the open shot to give Syracuse a slight cushion on St. Rose, CarterWilliams remained on that end of the floor, part of a full-court press designed to provide some defensive fury.

Sheldon Griffin couldn’t handle it. The Golden Knights forward coughed up the ball soon after receiving the inbounds pass. Dion Waiters came up with the steal and made a layup.

The Syracuse defense stayed upcourt, continuing to coerce St. Rose into making mistakes. Another turnover happened immediately, forcing St. Rose head coach Brian Beaury to burn a timeout as he tried to help his suddenly flustered team.

“I know they had a little trouble with it, we got a few steals in the first half with it,” Carter-Williams said.

“In the second half, we definitely picked it up and just played a lot harder in it and got deflections, steals and gave us easy baskets.”

After an inauspicious opening

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chris griffin | staff photographer MICHAEL CARTER-WILLIAMS (RIGHT) grabs the ball in Syracuse’s 87-69 win over St. Rose on Tuesday. His pressure defense helped the Orange pull away from the Golden Knights in the second half.

20 minutes that ended in a tie score between No. 5 Syracuse and Division II St. Rose, the Orange relied on the full-court press early in the second half. That press helped SU force 17 second-half turnovers in an 87-69 win over the Golden Knights in front of 8,110 in the Carrier Dome on Tuesday.

In Syracuse’s second and final blowout game, the defense and,

consequently, the offense was led

by Carter-Williams, Waiters and the rest of SU’s second team that broke open the game in the second half. Carter-Williams made three 3s and scored all 11 of his points in the second half.

But that was after a first half ending that quieted the crowd. On the final possession of the first half, St. Rose guard Andre Pope held the

Syracuse received the No. 3 overall seed in the NCAA tournament Tuesday, two days after winning its second consecutive Big East championship.

The Orange will play Richmond in the first round Saturday, Nov. 12, in College Park, Md., at a time to be determined.

For Ange Bradley, this weekend will serve as a homecoming of sorts.

The Syracuse head coach will return to Maryland, where she served an assistant coach for four years. Richmond, SU’s first-round opponent, is the school where Bradley first became a head coach and ran the show from 2001-06.

And if SU wins, it will play the winner of Maryland and Iowa, another one of her former coaching stops.

“I started coaching Division I at the University of Iowa, won some (Atlantic Coast Conference) championships and a national championship at Maryland

ball for the final seconds, pulling up and hitting an NBA-range 3 from the Carrier sticker beyond the arc.

That tied the game at 30 heading into the locker room, leaving SU head coach Jim Boeheim irate.

“Coach came in and he killed us,” Waiters said. “And you either man up or you’re fools. You know, we’re not fools over here. We took responsibility

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ONLINE

Special event Rutgers takes on Army this

Saturday in the program’s first game at Yankee Stadium since 1948. See dailyorange.com

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2011 OLYMPIC SPORTS PREVIEW

part 5 of 5

An afterthought SU players moving on following transfers of Menard twins

By David Propper

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STAFF WRITER

ast year, she was the best player on the team. This year, she’s an afterthought.

She was nominated as one of the top collegiate players in all of Division I women’s ice hockey. She led Syracuse in goals, assists and points, accounting for about 18 percent of the team’s offense last season.

She would have returned to play for Syracuse this season but decided to transfer away. And now she’s noth-

ing more to the Orange than a distant memory.

“I just feel like she’s so insignificant it’s kind of a waste of time to talk about her,” Syracuse senior defender Taylor Metcalfe said.

“That girl doesn’t cross any of our minds,” she added.

That “girl” is Isabel Menard. After the 2010-11 season, during which SU went 14-16-6, Isabel transferred to Boston University. Her departure from SU in favor of the Terriers left a gaping scoring hole in a Syracuse

team that is still in the infant stages of existence.

Isabel wasn’t the only SU player to depart and find another hockey program following last season. Three others, including her twin sister Talia, also left the Orange. Kelly Dimmen, who was on the team last season as a junior, is no longer listed on the roster, though she is still enrolled at the university. But Isabel was certainly the most valuable.

Still, SU looks to move on without

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courtesy of steve mclaughlin | boston university athletic communications ISABEL MENARD transferred from Syracuse to Boston University following last season. Menard led the Orange in points in 2010-11.