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E-Fashion Vicki Ho discusses the merging

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Good and bad Syracuse throttles Cornell

organization encourages students to beautify the offcampus housing area. Page 3

of the fashion industry and e-commerce. Page 5

dividing where parties can and can’t occur off campus, students and East neighborhood residents try to coexist. Page 9

from the outset, but Jim Boeheim remains unpleased with a 78-58 win. Page 20

SU recalls motivated professor

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Faculty draw up major in civic action

By Beckie Strum

By Rebecca Kheel

News Editor

Future politicians, activists, creators and leaders of nongovernmental and public service organizations — these could be the prime candidates for the first-ever signature undergraduate program in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

The committee charged with drafting Maxwell’s first signature undergraduate program has proposed the Maxwell Program in Civic Engagement, which will train students to be leaders of public service and activism. The final draft of the program proposal was released Nov. 22 and will be the focus of a school-wide faculty meeting Wednesday evening.

“We’re in the business of trying to identify ways of helping society or to benefit societies in the longrun,” said Robert McClure, chair of the signature program committee.

The program, which has received both praise and skepticism from faculty, is meant to be a selective major able to draw top students because of its connection with the Maxwell School, which is ranked as the nation’s leading graduate school for public administration.

For six months, a committee of nine Maxwell faculty members has been reviewing, revising and collecting feedback on what Maxwell’s first undergraduate program should be, who it should target and how it will affect the rest of the social sciences at Syracuse University, McClure said. After Wednesday’s meeting, the faculty has a week to vote whether to adopt the new program or trash it.

The final proposal defines civic engagement as “direct, persistent involvement with the larger worlds in which they live their lives.” To complement the program’s broad definition, students would be required to double major in one see maxwell page 6

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Ernesto Arroyo (left), Tatjana Everson (middle) and Sze-Won Wong , senior mechanical engineering major, senior political science and philosophy major and senior finance major, respectively, host a human trafficking awareness workshop in the Life Sciences Complex on Tuesday evening. Students hope to shed light on sex, labor, child and bonded human trafficking with the Not For Sale Campaign.

Hiroshi Higuchi approached Achille Messac one Thursday afternoon earlier this fall to tell him Higuchi’s doctor ordered Higuchi to begin his stay in the hospital by the next day.

But Higuchi assured Messac that he told his doctor he would have to wait until Monday. Higuchi had to attend the faculty’s first Friday lunch with Messac, the new chair of the mechanical and aerospace engineering department at the L.C. Smith School of Engineering and Computer Science.

“He was so devoted,” Messac said. “I would visit him in the hospital, and he had just finished reviewing a journal article or sent out his own article.”

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Cuomo picks Cantor for education transition committee

By David Propper Staff Writer

Chancellor Nancy Cantor and a professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs are set to be part of governor-elect Andrew Cuomo’s transition committee in the upcoming month and a half before Cuomo officially enters the governor’s

mansion in January.

Cantor and public administration professor Walter Broadnax were notified Nov. 15 and have accepted their positions on the transition committee. Cantor will serve on the education transition committee, and Broadnax will serve on the state and local government reform transition

committee. Onondaga County executive Joanie Mahoney serves as a transition co-chair.

Cantor received notice of her selection to be part of the education committee just before the official announcement was made and “was happy to accept,” said Kevin Quinn, senior vice president of public affairs.

“If you look at who the governorelect chose to be on his transitions teams, it is a large array of leaders throughout the state,” Quinn said.

“He chose the chancellor as one of those leaders.”

Broadnax, the former president of the New York State Civil Service

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SU to appoint first archivist to manage Pan Am Flight 103 collection

By Darian Herrington Contributing Writer

When Edward Galvin joined the Archives and Records Management Department 15 years ago, there were about 25 boxes filled with papers and materials on the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing that killed 35 Syracuse University students.

“We now have over 200 boxes of

material related to Pan Am 103,” said Galvin, the archives office’s director. The collection has become too much for the office’s archivists to sort through, in addition to their other duties.

With an increase in funds — and nearly 22 years after the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988 — the

Archives and Records Management Department is looking for an archivist to handle all documents specifically about the bombing.

SU created a Pan Am Flight 103 archive in 1990 to link materials from the disaster, make them open for research and provide a place for parents to donate materials or documents about their children, according

to the SU Archives website.

The archives office did not have a Pan Am archivist before because it did not have the money to pay for the position, Galvin said. But the archives office has been raising money for seven years to bring in $2 million for an endowment fund that could generate enough money to pay

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EU opens investigation against Google

Europe opened a formal antitrust investigation due to accusations that Google has abused its dominance in online search, according to The New York Times. The investigation follows complaints from smaller web businesses, including Foundem, a British price comparison service; Ciao, a price comparison service and company owned by Microsoft in Germany; and eJustice, a French legal search tool. The web businesses claim that Google downgraded sites in its search results and that it favored its own services. Foundem claimed that it suffered significant financial losses due to these actions, according to The New York Times. The European Commission will look to see if Google lowered the quality score of its competitors. If the commission finds that Google is in violation, it can fine the company up to 10 percent of its annual revenue. Google already faces antitrust investigations of privacy and copyright protection policies, according to The New York Times.

Pentagon issues report on gays in military

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VP choice accepts nomination

By Dara McBride Asst. News Editor

By Kathleen Ronayne Managing Editor

Jessica Cunnington will serve as vice president of Student Association’s 55th session, pending approval from the Assembly in January.

“I was actually kind of surprised,” said Cunnington, a junior broadcast journalism major, of her appointment by President-elect Neal Casey.

Cunnington has served on Casey’s current committee, student life, for the past year and has worked as Casey’s right hand on many initiatives. She did not apply for the position, but accepted the opportunity immediately when Casey offered it to her, she said.

Cunnington is a transfer student and member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, and she is involved in a student philanthropy group and CitrusTV, among other things. Her diverse involvements

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joe lingeman | staff photographer Jessica cunnington , a Student Association member, will serve as next year’s vice president alongside President-elect Neal Casey.

Joanne Stewart and her husband still live in the craftsman-style bungalow on West Moreland Avenue they rented as undergraduate and graduate students at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

“I’m still there 25 years later,” Stewart said. She said she and her husband decided to buy the house post-graduation because they liked the vibe of the area.

All it took was a lot of cleaning and paint, Stewart said. And as the executive director of the University Neighborhood Preservation Association, Stewart said she would like to encourage more owners and renters of the UNPA area to fix up housing.

UNPA’s annual meeting Nov. 18 discussed the group’s housing plan for the area that local homeowners and student renters share. About 30 people attended the meeting where no decisions were made, but the housing plan was outlined and presented to attendees, Stewart said.

UNPA’s plan concentrates on beautifying the neighborhood and maintaining a balance of housing occupied by homeowners and renters.

Overall, the plan is about the com-

munity’s long-term success, Stewart said. UNPA developed a housing plan after the city of Syracuse introduced its own housing plan last year, Stewart said.

“It’s a housing plan, where we want to see the neighborhood in five to 10 years,” she said.

UNPA, which provides financial assistance to own and fix up area homes, is investing $10,000 to start the University Neighborhood Housing Plan. Two forums will take place Dec. 4 and Dec. 7 to discuss the plan, and Stewart said she hopes all stakeholders in the community will come out to participate in the discussion.

UNPA’s target area is made up of the area bordered by Comstock Avenue to the West, East Colvin Street to the South, East Genesee Street to the North and Cumberland Avenue to the East. The UNPA area that most Syracuse University students occupy, the East neighborhood, is included in the discussion. Students occupy about 80 percent of the East neighborhood, or more than 7,700 residents.

Students should not see the plan as a situation of renters versus homeowners, Stewart said. There are many who, like herself back in graduate school, are deciding to stay in the see housing page 8

Local charities look for greater Messy bedrooms compete for free cleanup participation from SU students

By Micki Fahner Staff Writer

By Dara McBride Asst. News Editor

Growing up on Syracuse’s Westside, Syeisha Byrd said she could feel the distance between the city and the university sitting on the Hill.

“People look up on the Hill and say, ‘I wish I could,’” Byrd said.

Many locals have never stepped foot on campus, she said.

As a young teenager, Byrd played at her local Boys and Girls Club with Syracuse University students who volunteered. Appointed in September as director of the Office of Engagement Programs at Hendricks Chapel, Byrd said she is working to build connections with the community. There are many opportunities for SU students to participate in the community, but not all choose to do so, which Byrd hopes to change.

Byrd said she believes in building sustainable relations with the community and seeing students return to volunteer. Too often students will participate once, she said.

“But after that, what happens?” she said.

There was a large student presence at the annual Thanksgiving drive at Hendricks this year — about 100 students helped to make holiday cards or fill bags with eight to 10 food items. But with an undergraduate class of about 13,000, Byrd said there could be more help.

This year’s annual drive was one of the more successful in recent years, Byrd said. Last year SU volunteers put together 17 bags, and this year there were 67 bags. Hendricks is in the process of distributing the goods to the Huntington Family Center and Faith Hope Community Center. The drive has been collecting and bagging goods for Thanksgiving baskets for more than 18 years.

Though the Thanksgiving drive at Hendricks was successful, the annual Food for Fines program saw its worst turnout ever, said Bevan Angier, supervisor at E.S. Bird Library. The drive was held the first week in November and brought in 288 items, Angier said. Last year see charities page 8

Chelsea Barker has had a messy room for as long as she can remember. But she never thought her untidy lifestyle could win her prizes. That’s why she got excited when she saw the sign for the Rylaxing Messiest Bedroom Photo Contest.

“My room is almost like a dump, but in the best way possible,” said Barker, a freshman photojournalism major. “My roommate always makes fun of me for being messy, and I’ve always been scolded for it, but now I was like, ‘Hey, this could pay off.’”

To participate in the contest, students must submit a photo of their messy rooms to rylaxing@gmail. com. Submissions were accepted beginning Nov. 11 and will continue to be accepted until 6 p.m. on Dec. 9.

Rylaxing LLC, a company started

by Ryan Dickerson, a senior economics major, is sponsoring the contest. Dickerson designed the Rylaxer, an ergonomic bolster designed to turn a flat surface, such as a bed in a dorm room, into a more comfortable place to sit.

“I designed the Rylaxer originally to make my room more comfortable,”

Dickerson said. “I wasn’t planning on starting a company based on the thing I’d made. I just wanted to make my bed into a couch.”

But after taking EEE 370: “Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises,” he saw an opportunity to take his idea to the next level, he said. Dropping down to part-time student status his junior and senior years allowed him to take his extra time and the difference in tuition money to start Rylaxing LLC. Currently, the company is developing new products and looking to get some of its products into retail stores.

“We’re expanding and spreading and kind of going everywhere,” Dickerson said. “We’ve got newer, more interesting things that are going to be more functional and cheaper.

From there, we’re going to eventually expand our inventory to other kinds of ways to sit.”

Dickerson said he has found that his products work as pregnancy pillows, have physical therapy uses and are also potentially desirable among geriatric consumers.

Clair Bergam, director of advertising for Rylaxing and a senior adver-

tising major, said the primary focus will remain on college students, but products will hopefully find success in other markets.

“I never thought of all the different physical therapy uses it could have or helping the elderly in hospital beds.

I never imagined any of that. But we always had big hopes for it,” Bergam said.

A restricted budget forced Bergam to get creative when it came to advertising the product. Over the summer, she thought of several inexpensive ways of promoting the product, including the messy room contest.

Stephen Fox, director of public relations for Rylaxing, said the idea for the contest stemmed from the Rylaxer’s ability to make a room more functional.

“The idea behind the Rylaxer is to make your room more comfortable and easier for you to have friends over to just chill out,” said Fox, a senior public relations major. “We figured that the people who need that most are the people with the messy rooms, so we decided to reward the person with the messiest room.” see rylaxer page 8

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WikiLeaks showcases evidence of Internet security issues

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ikiLeaks began releasing over 250,000 confidential American foreign relations cables on Nov. 28. Over 15,000 of the cables released are classified as secret. The release of such information poses a threat to American diplomacy, but such an action is indicative of a much bigger problem facing the global community: Internet security.

The mere thought that an individual can obtain such classified information and release it to the public is troubling. The Internet has continued to grow worldwide at a rapid pace, yet legislation identifying what is a legal practice versus an illegal practice on the Internet lags far behind the reality of the situation.

The government will need to act — and act soon — to ensure increased privacy on the Internet and to avoid future leaks of confidential information. Internet law faces many challenges previously unseen in other forms of information distribution. The Internet allows users around the world to access vast amounts of information, and computer hackers have proven that privacy is a luxury users rarely have.

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rhetoric meets reality In 2000, a high-profile case involving Napster and the protection of copyrights foreshadowed future legal issues with the Internet.

With so many people connected, information sharing will undoubtedly increase. How to share the information in a legal, safe manner is the challenge that persists.

The information contained within the WikiLeaks documents may potentially affect diplomacy on a global scale. The cables released contain documents that criticize the actions of British Prime Minister David Cameron, potentially damaging relations with Britain. Other documents show that the United States offered countries favors in return for

taking Guantanamo Bay prisoners, as well as the U.S. intention to spy on U.N. leaders.

Depending on how the classified information was obtained, WikiLeaks may or may not face criminal charges. A letter from Harold Hongju Koh, legal adviser of the State Department, to WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange stated, “If any of the materials you intend to publish were provided by any government officials, or any intermediary without proper authorization, they were provided in violation of U.S. law and without regard for the grave consequences of this action. As long as WikiLeaks holds such material, the violation of the law is ongoing.”

President Barack Obama’s administration is currently investigating Bradley Manning, an intelligence analyst for the U.S. Army and the prime suspect in leaking the confidential cables to WikiLeaks. No arrest has been made, but Wired.com published a statement by Manning: “No one suspected a thing. I didn’t even have to hide anything.” The Internet provides the platform for people like Manning to seri-

ously threaten a country’s national security.

Such a scandal raises the question: How much information should be public knowledge as opposed to government-protected? Much of the information contained within the WikiLeaks cable clearly goes beyond what should be public knowledge and seriously threatens international diplomacy. Other information, however, reveals shady practices within the government and provides unparalleled transparency into our government’s actions.

The government will undoubtedly try to enhance the security of such confidential documents, but the constant struggle between Internet hackers and Internet protectors will not end anytime soon. As the Internet continues to permeate every aspect of our lives, the success of Internet protection strategies will determine if a single individual can truly undermine a federal government’s diplomatic relations.

Ben Klein is a junior political science and magazine journalism major. His column appears every Wednesday, and he can be reached at bklein@syr.edu.

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SA must choose second Board of Trustees liaison with care On Monday night, Student Association voted to permanently secure the SA president in one of two student liaison spots for Syracuse University’s Board of Trustees, effective in January. The Board of Trustees is the governing body of the university, and the role of the two student liaisons is to bring forth the opinions of the student body. The liaisons do not vote on the Board of Trustees’ proceedings.

The SA president is already involved in every other aspect of both the student body and the university, giving him or her a good grasp of wide-ranging student con-

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editorial by the daily orange editorial board cerns. Making the liaison position permanent seems like a natural step.

But SA members should be aware that with this extra power comes the obligation to be more conscious of who they elect as the second student liaison.

The two student liaisons hold the utmost power in setting an agenda in regards to campus issues and student life. With the SA president now a permanent liaison, there needs to be a greater emphasis on choosing a

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second liaison with a more diverse background or different set of ideas.

Actively seeking another campus leader or someone outside of SA would prove most beneficial to the student body.

Student interest in campus politics has proven to be apathetic during the past few years. With few student grievances against the university, it’s easy for students to overlook the importance of having a strong voice in the highest governing body at SU. But should student activism rise again on campus, it would be crucial to have a diverse pair of student representatives.

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f you’re a budding fashion maven like me and treat the campus like it’s your personal runway, you would’ve realized two things about Syracuse by now. First, campus fashion isn’t exactly the bee’s knees of style. Second, Carousel Center sucks — this probably explains the former.

But before you give up and turn to leggings and Uggs, there is a solution to cure your fashion addiction: online shopping.

Online shopping, professionally known as e-commerce, is every consumer’s pearly white gates and every company’s money tree. It caters to the everyday shopper but meets the needs of the full-time worker, the college student, the international traveler and anyone else who may not always have the time to mosey around Fifth Avenue.

Traditionally known as a low-end alternative full of fake merchandise, the Internet used to be a place where brands go to die, second to chain department stores. However, with the emergence of websites such as Shopbop, Net-a-Porter, Gilt Groupe and Zappos, e-commerce now has a tremendous stance within the fashion industry.

“Online sales of luxury goods are expected to rise 20 percent worldwide this year, double the rate of increase in the overall market,” according to the consulting firm Bain in an article published in The New York Times on Nov. 21.

Luxury brands themselves are also staging a presence on the Internet by relying on their own e-commerce initiatives rather than on the websites previously mentioned. The most recent brands to start their own shopping section on their websites include Marc Jacobs in September and Stella McCartney in the United Kingdom just two days ago.

Even websites not associated with fashion, such as Amazon, eBay and Google, are now jumping on the e-commerce wagon and targeting a

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i’m judging you more fashionably forward audience, which brings me to the next phenomenon in online shopping: Cyber Monday.

For those who are unfamiliar with Cyber Monday, it takes place annually on the Monday after Black Friday, aka the biggest shopping day of the year. Cyber Monday has been growing at a tremendous rate within the fashion industry, and according to the National Retail Federation there’s been so much support for this newfound shopping day that about 88 percent of online retailers offered sales this past weekend.

Further, “an estimated 107 million shoppers went online on Cyber Monday, capping a five-day spending spree that raised retailers’ hopes that consumers would deliver the best holiday season in four years,” according to an article published in the Los Angeles Times on Nov. 30.

Whether it’s the need to keep up with sales, the push toward global integration or the creation of the best Monday ever, e-commerce is the present and the future. The Internet is no longer a place of bootleg goods but a place where it can connect brands with people of different cultures, incomes and styles all over the world.

Either way you slice it, e-commerce is a global and integral part of fashion. It’s only the beginning steps of keeping up with this fast-paced business, and the fashion industry accepts it with open, wellaccessorized arms.

Vicki Ho is a senior public relations major. Her column appears every Wednesday, and she can be reached at vho@syr.edu.

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Higuchi, 63, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, died Nov. 22 after a long battle with leukemia. Colleagues and students said his 21 years as a professor at Syracuse University are marked by devotion to his students and a job that was helped by his wide range of interests and skills.

“He was the kind of professor you read about and wish you know,” Messac said.

Higuchi, a trained pilot, was responsible for acquiring L.C. Smith’s first flight simulator, dubbed Tango Foxtrot. He interacted with alumni to obtain funding, integrated it into his classroom and developed a course devoted to the flight simulator.

Messac first met Higuchi last spring when he came to interview for the department chair position. Higuchi immediately took Messac to the flight simulator. During the simulation, Messac crashed into the ocean.

“I took a look at him, and he said, ‘Don’t

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of the social sciences, whether that be anthropology, geography or international relations, among others, according to the final report.

In addition to the Arts and Sciences core, students would fulfill the new major by taking many classes already offered in the social sciences. But the proposal calls for three classes to be created exclusively for students in the civic engagement major: a justice and ethics class; a

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worry, I’ll fix it,’” Messac said. “Right then, I knew I was in good hands.”

Mark Glauser, associate dean of research at L.C. Smith and frequent research partner for Higuchi, said Higuchi’s knowledge of piloting made him a unique and effective professor.

Glauser guessed Higuchi logged 1,500 to 2,000 hours in the air, providing him with an intuition about the physical phenomenon of flying.

“He provided motivation to students because he showed how what they were learning connected to actual physical phenomena,” Glauser said.

Higuchi’s focus on the physical aspects of aerospace engineering also translated to a photography hobby, Glauser said. Higuchi photographed physical phenomena, such as a vortex that formed in the clouds behind a plane. He later recreated that same photograph in a water tunnel at SU. The two photographs allowed him and others to study the vortex creation.

Higuchi was also instrumental in establishing a relationship between L.C. Smith and Tohoku University in Japan, the third highest

ranked university in the country, Glauser said.

Higuchi made such an impact at the Japanese university that a colleague from Japan flew over for the day to attend the calling hours Friday.

Glauser traveled to Japan with Higuchi one time, and the two visited four labs together.

Glauser could see how well respected Higuchi was, he said.

“There was just a sense that ‘Wow, professor Higuchi is here,’” he said.

Morgan Nowak, a senior aerospace major who helped Higuchi on various research projects, traveled to Japan for research with Higuchi this summer as part of the partnership with Tohoku University. Nowak said Higuchi did a good job of making him feel at home by showing him around, taking him to meals and introducing him to professors.

Nowak said Higuchi stood apart from other professors in his dedication to having students succeed. For instance, Higuchi encouraged Nowak to present his own research paper at a conference, even though undergraduate students usually have a professor present research for them.

research seminar analyzing real-life examples of civic action; and an action plan workshop that will help students craft their senior theses.

The focus of the program is not just to teach and analyze theoretical ways to fix communities around world, but rather a results-driven approach to problem solving, according to the report.

The proposal calls for 20 hours of mandatory community service as part of the research seminar and will stress the importance of internships and involvement in Syracuse community service, according to the report.

The program is meant to attract exceptional students who have aspirations from leading a non-governmental organization in another country to becoming a community activist or “anything where the student wants to make a difference in the world,” said Paul Hagenloh, a representative of the history department on the committee.

Hagenloh said the program is “purposefully flexible” to allow students to study whatever kind of civic engagement they are interested in.

To hold students to the results-driven focus of the civic engagement major, they would have to complete a senior project in which they devise a detailed plan for addressing an issue in society, either locally in Syracuse or a problem somewhere else in the world, according to the report.

The program would also remain relatively small, growing to a maximum of 150 students, according to the report.

The committee has been drafting the major since May, when the new major along with several other changes to Maxwell were announced

by Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina.

The program originally sparked controversy because some social science professors thought it might take away top students or resources from already established majors. But after months of feedback and meetings, the idea for a signature major has been for the most part well received by many departments in Maxwell.

Hagenloh said many of his colleagues have expressed interest in becoming a part of the potential major, either in a student-advisor role or in some other capacity.

During the drafting process, the committee met with students and faculty, listening to their feedback and making changes where the committee felt it was appropriate, McClure said.

One of the most common worries, which were all compiled in the final draft, was that the new major would take away resources from the other social science programs. The committee

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across campus made her a good choice for vice president, Casey said. She can bring the voices of students all across campus to SA, he said.

Although it’s one more thing to add to a full plate, Cunnington said her involvement in many other campus groups will benefit SA. “I have hundreds of voices behind me from all of the other groups that I’m a part of,” she said.

Cunnington has been the leading assembly-

Higuchi also pushed his students to learn.

Whereas some professors teach with the sole aim of having students pass the course, Higuchi taught to ensure students understood the material well, Nowak said.

“In math and engineering, you could learn equations, but you could also learn deriving,” Nowak said. “Professor Higuchi made sure we knew how to interpret what we were learning.”

But Higuchi also often lightened the mood of his class with random anecdotes, Nowak said.

He once told the class about a time he flew to Martha’s Vineyard, bought a cup of coffee and then flew back home.

“He said it was one expensive cup of coffee,” Nowak said.

Above all, Nowak said he will remember Higuchi’s dedication to and enjoyment of his job, something that never ceased.

“Even when he was in the hospital, he was constantly asking about our research,” Nowak said. “Just two or three weeks ago, he was setting up Skype so he could participate in conferences.” rhkheel@syr.edu

“We’re in the business of trying to identify ways of helping society or to benefit societies in the long-run.”

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clarified in the final proposal that the new major would not use any funds or resources allocated to the social sciences and would seek alternative funding.

McClure said the committee was not charged with finding out exactly how the major would be funded. That will be left up to deans and administrators if the faculty approve the major, he said. But McClure said he suspects a program focused on making a difference in the world will likely be able to draw funds from donors.

The committee also struck a first-year learning community requirement from the proposal after receiving student feedback, according to the report. The students said a mandatory learning community inhibits underclassmen from meeting people of different majors and interests and is ultimately undesirable to new students.

The final proposal and Wednesday’s meeting are the last duties of the current signature program committee. Members of the committee and the rest of Maxwell faculty will be able to volunteer to help out with the next phase, which will focus on drawing up detailed curriculum for the new major if approved this week, McClure said.

“These were remarkably considerate people who had a deep commitment to undergraduate education,” McClure said. “They were successful arriving at something that we could all agree on, that would be in the best interests of the school and the university.” rastrum@syr.edu

woman on SA’s smoke-free campus initiative, Casey said. She will continue to focus on that initiative and take on some other specific projects as vice president, he said. The vice president also helps manage SA internally, he said.

Cunnington will also remain Casey’s right hand on all important issues.

“She represents SA very well, and she will assist in being that figurehead,” he said.

The Assembly will vote to approve Cunnington and all of Casey’s other appointments for cabinet at the 55th session’s first meeting in January. kronayne@syr.edu

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Outed Administration at Belmont University denies formation of LGBT student group

By Meghin Delaney

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ay and lesbian students on the Belmont University campus are continuing their struggle to form a campuswide, university-sponsored support group after the private Christian university denied their request for a second time.

The university blocked the group for a second time in September, saying it recognizes the need for a discussion about the intersection of sexual orientation and Christianity, but that it did not want the discussion to be led by a student organization.

The group, called Belmont Bridge Builders, started in the summer of 2009 as a student’s idea on Facebook for a student support group at the university.

“Before the Facebook group, I knew no one who was gay, lesbian or bisexual on campus, ironically enough,” said Robbie Maris, the founder of Bridge Builders.

“Facebook has become a way of organizing for our generation.”

Maris, a junior music business major, said he felt personally marginalized because of the lack of acceptance of homosexuality at the Belmont campus and in society in general.

The group aims to examine the intersection of Christian faith and LGBT-related issues, as well as to promote a healthy dialogue between the Christian and LGBT communities, according to the Bridge Builders rationale.

The group maintains that Christian and LGBT communities are not mutually exclusive and aims to encourage an active learning environment that may challenge, but never demand change of, anyone’s social and personal beliefs, according to

the rationale.

The group has turned in paperwork to implement the group twice so far, the first time in February and then again this September, Maris said.

In February, the Student Life Committee at the university recommended approval of the group with a vote of 8-1, Maris said. After approval by the committee, the decision fell on the offices of the provost and student affairs whether to instate the group or not, but chose in February not to approve the group.

When the group resubmitted its proposal in September, it was stopped at the first level of implementation at the student affairs level, Maris said.

“The administration shot Bridge Builders down because of its views and beliefs that homosexuality is immoral,” Maris said.

The administration gave a different reason for its decision.

The administration said it recognizes the importance of mutual respect and diverse opinions from the Christian perspective and decided to create a universityled opportunity for discussion instead of allowing the student group to form, according to a news release from Andrew Johnston, the associate dean and provost of students at the university.

The university-sponsored discussions began last spring after the first proposal of Bridge Builders and have been convened twice monthly since then, according to the news release.

illustration by molly snee | art director “While we didn’t want to charter an organization or to have a campus-wide conversation on that run by just a student organization, we did recognize that the conversation was important, and we wanted to give that a place to occur,” Johnston said in an article published April 30 by the university’s student newspaper, Belmont Vision.

Johnston could not be reached for comment by The Daily Orange.

Maris said he had mixed emotions about the university-led discussions, which are led by the dean of students.

“The discussion group is good because it shows the university that gay people exist at this campus,” Maris said. “But it hurts us because only GLBT students and allies show up, and we have one-sided conversations. We talk about things that we already know, and the opposition isn’t there. And it’s only twice a month for an hour.”

Andrea Stover, the director of writing at the university and an informal adviser to Bridge Builders, said she thinks the problem with the university-led discussions is

the lack of unity in the objective of the discussion.

“I don’t think there is a common goal between the members of the dialogue groups, and I think that lack is a source of confusion and frustration for people,” Stover said.

Although having been denied for a second time by the university, the students are not giving up, Maris said.

“The students will continue confronting the administration about the issue.

Students may have to create an alternate group under a different department or as a diversity group, something to that nature,” Maris said.

For now, Bridge Builders is currently circulating a petition to gain support for the group.

“We have 1,000 students, staff and alumni who have signed our petition in favor for the creation of an LGBT group at Belmont,” Maris said. “We are not done with our efforts, either.” medelane@syr.edu

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Commission, was picked as a member of the state and local government reform committee.

The job of both Cantor and Broadnax is to recruit, review and recommend talented candidates for key positions, according to a press release from Cuomo’s website.

The administration will further work to improve New York state, Cuomo said in the press release.

“The challenges ahead require talented individuals who believe in state government and are passionate about doing the work of the people of New York,” Cuomo said in the press release.

Additionally, he said he knows all the transition committees will come up with the best candidates for state service.

The education committee is made up of tal-

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area, she said.

The housing plan discussion will look into how the area can improve. She said to think about where house hunters would go when taking a tour of the neighborhood and what parts would be put on display and what parts would

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for the position, Galvin said.

The archives office did not reach the $2 million goal but decided it still had enough money to hire the archivist, Galvin said. He did not specify how much money the office had raised.

Galvin said there is no way the archive staff could keep up with its regular duties and manage all the growing Pan Am Flight 103 records.

Some of the duties the future archivist will have include coordinating the digitization of the archives, interacting with family members of victims and Remembrance Scholars, presenting to classes and attending functions related to Pan Am Flight 103, according to SU’s online employment website.

The archives office is looking to hire someone with a master’s degree in archival studies, library science or history for the Pan Am archivist position, Galvin said.

“One of the intangible things is somebody that can deal well with a grief-based collection,” he said.

ented and knowledgeable people who could be a great resource for the governor, said Jeffrey Leeds, a member of the education committee who has known Cuomo for about 20 years.

In the coming weeks before Cuomo’s inauguration ceremony on New Year’s Day, each committee will conference together, either by phone or in person. Cantor is expected to be in New York City within the next month to meet and discuss with other members of the committee, which includes additional college presidents, Quinn said.

The decision as to who would be the best people to include on the committee is bounded by time because the transition committee has until Jan. 1 to choose the best members, political science professor Grant Reeher said. The decisions the committee, which he described as an advisory one, makes are important, he said.

“When you shape the administration in terms of personnel, you are shaping the

direction of policy,” Reeher said. “These are important questions, and being named to these transition teams can lead to significant roles in our life.”

Douglas Biklen, dean of the School of Education, said he hopes Cantor and the rest of the people on the transition committee address the biggest problem throughout New York school systems: inequity among funding depending on the school and location.

“There are many suburban communities that tend to be wealthier, and yet they receive proportionally more money than some of the poorer school districts,” Biklen said. “The big cities should need to receive more, and that’s not happening.”

Although Cantor and Broadnax will face the challenge of recommending the most talented people for positions in the Cuomo administration, the responsibility should not burden their everyday work within the university.

Broadnax said even though he is scrambling

with the end of the semester nearing, he finds the extra work on the committee to not be too overwhelming.

Quinn also said Cantor will multitask while working on the transition committee, as Cantor was already scheduled to visit New York City this month as part of her SU obligations. This isn’t the first time she is involved with the state government. Back in 2007, under former governor Eliot Spitzer’s administration, Cantor was part of the commission on higher education.

Although the decision to select Cantor and Broadnax to their respective committees has no connection to the university, Broadnax said it makes SU look good.

“That’s what people pay attention to,” he said.

“They say, ‘Oh, there are a lot of good people at Syracuse.’ And how do you know that? Well, the governor talks to people there about problems and issues and concerns.”

need to be improved.

Students should attend these forums and become involved in the planning, said Darya Rotblat, the director of the Office of Off-Campus and Commuter Services. She said she recognized the housing plan may not be a priority for students because many see themselves as a transient part of the community.

“It’s a look at all the variables that affect the area,” Rotblat said.

But discussion will affect SU students, as the meetings will improve communications and touch on issues about parking and trash. Rotblat said.

ESF’s Center for Community Design and Research is organizing the forums this month.

Maren King, the assistant director of the center, became involved several months ago when UNPA approached the center about helping with the plan. Those who attended the last meeting

Nov. 18 took fliers to spread the word about the plan, and King said she also reached out to Rotblat to encourage student participation.

It is important for people living in or associated with a community to be involved in the decisions, King said.

“They should contribute to its future,” King said. “And help figure out what that future should be.”

charities

“It’s always a wonderful thing if people get involved in helping their fellow neighbors,” Parrillo said.

The center is fortunate enough to have so much help that “volunteers are stepping on one another,” Parrillo said. He said SU students from the law school and graduate program help, but many of the volunteers are retired people from the Syracuse community. He said he would like to see students help unload trucks filled with supplies.

Barbara Grimes, the director of Wilson Park Community Center on McBride Street, said she is fortunate to be located near the university.

The center is walking distance, so unlike other local centers, Wilson Park gets its “fair share” of students, she said. About a dozen students volunteer regularly.

Grimes said she and other parks and recreation community centers would welcome additional volunteers.

“If the students up there are looking to volunteer, then we’re here,” Grimes said.

She said the center is preparing for the holiday season, and there will be events throughout the city where students can help.

SU students will have more opportunities on campus to give, said Byrd, the director of engagement at Hendricks. A canned goods drive during the annual holiday choir performance at Hendricks on Dec. 5 will go toward helping feed local migrant workers.

There will always be those who are less fortunate, but encouraging students to go downtown or for the community to come to campus are ways to start helping, Byrd said.

She said: “I think that opens a lot of doors.”

The Pan Am archive is not the same as an archive about sports or a faculty member, so there are special circumstances that need to be dealt with, Galvin said.

“It’s very difficult for a number of these families to let go of these materials,” Galvin said. “Whomever we hire is going to have to be somebody that can get to know the families well and care about them the way that the university does as a whole.”

It is important to have a central location that houses all of the Pan Am Flight 103 materials, said Ronald Cavanagh, a religion professor who was the vice president for undergraduate studies when the crash occurred.

“There was a whole roller coaster of emotions at that time. It was like no day I’ve ever gone through” he said.

Cavanagh made direct calls to the families that lost their children, as he was one of the liaisons between the parents of the students who were killed and SU, he said.

“This was a historic event for the United States,” he said. “To have an archive where people in the future can go back and take a look at the materials from that day is special and important.” ddherrin@syr.edu

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that number was more than 1,100.

The drive is another mechanism for students to pay library fines, as each food item represents a dollar in fines. The program runs at Bird, Martin Luther King Jr. and Barclay Law libraries, as well as the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s Moon Library.

Although last year the event was held in early December, there was otherwise no change in promoting the event, Angier said. The program runs again in the spring, as there is a year-round need. Angier said she is looking for a student group on campus to help with the effort.

Fines that would go to the libraries are instead donated as food items to Cathedral Emergency Services, located downtown. It’s a win-win situation, Angier said, where students can eliminate fines and pantries can collect much-needed food.

Peter Parrillo, director of downtown Syracuse’s Cathedral Emergency Services, said charities, such as the Food for Fines drive, are what the center relies on. If there has been a decrease in giving, it’s due to timing, not a lack of generosity, Parrillo said. The economy has been rough on everyone, he said.

He said he is always grateful for donations and help from SU students and staff. The downtown clinic provides food, clothing and medical help for those in need.

In the middle of the Thanksgiving rush, Parrillo said the center was giving away 4,000 meals, enough for 400 families.

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The winner will be announced Dec. 9 via Twitter, Facebook and e-mail. The occupant of the messiest room wins a Half Back Rylaxer and a complementary room cleaning.

“If my room’s clean, then people can actually come and hang out, and if I have the Rylaxer, it will be even more reason for people to come

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hang out,” said Barker, the freshman photojournalism major.

For the rest of the week, Barker will be waiting along with the other contestants to find out if her room was messy enough to capture the title of messiest room on campus.

“If my room’s the messiest and I win something, well, they can still make fun of me, but something would pay off from it,” she said.

“Kind of redemption in a way.” mjfahner@syr.edu

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Syracuse TV series in works

By Kelly Baug

Contributing Writer

For residents of Syracuse, life in upstate New York isn’t followed by a laugh track. But all of that could change if Tom Seeley’s comedic brainchild gets up off the ground.

Seeley, an adjunct television, radio and film professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, is credited with writing the pilot episode of a sitcom, “Upstate,” that would take place in Syracuse. He is collaborating with Steve Kimatian, a former vice president and general manager of WSYR-TV and one of last year’s Republican mayoral candidates, to put the series in production.

Writing sitcoms is an old hat for Seeley. He has been a writer on the shows “Murphy Brown” and “Hannah Montana.” “Murphy Brown” won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1990, during which Seeley was a producer, and was nominated for the same award in 1989.

“Upstate” will be a comedic take on economic times. The show revolves around the character of John Michael, a blue-collar factory worker whose production job was recently sent to China. The series, if it gets picked up, would document the struggles of John’s friends and family to face the challenges of a recession.

The script hit the stage when a cast comprised of Syracuse University students and faculty and professional actors from New York City gathered to perform three weeks ago. Celia Madeoy, a voice and acting professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, said she and others rehearsed all day for a performance for students from VPA and another for potential investors. Q-and-A sessions with both audiences were held immediately after to gauge audience reaction, and responses were positive.

Madeoy, who read a character named Colleen for the stage performance, said, “It was really great fun. As an actor you live for those moments, for a whole new script and a character that hasn’t been done before.”

Timothy Davis-Reed, a professor in VPA and longtime acquaintance of Seeley, was invited to initial meetings with the manager of Syracuse Stage for the rehearsal time. He read the part of Tony, a middle-aged man going back to medical school after losing his job.

Madeoy said Davis-Reed was instrumental in putting the performances together. see upstate page 10

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he end of any territorial war calls for borders to be erased and redrawn. In Syracuse’s East neighborhood, the struggle for land between local residents and students pushes on.

Dividing the aggressors is a line of demarcation: Westcott Street.

And the views of students and permanent residents over who belongs where can clash.

Kendall Phillips, an associate dean in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has lived on Fellows Avenue, three blocks east of Westcott, for 11 years. According to him, some students from the West have simply gone too far.

During his time in the area, Phillips has discovered that Westcott Street is the East neighborhood’s defining boundary between where Syracuse University students can party and where they cannot.

“Between the university and Westcott, that corridor of Lancaster and Ackerman and such is a sort of demilitarized zone where, for some reason, people are willing to tolerate the drunken parties ‘til two in the morning,” Phillips said.

Phillips’ demilitarized zone contains blocks known for students with late-night drinking habits, though local residents are scattered among them. Students can have their fun between Comstock Avenue and Westcott Street. Beyond that, the community and local law

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Student partiers, East neighborhood residents struggle to integrate beyond Westcott Street enforcement simply won’t tolerate it, Phillips said.

“I think sometimes periodically students will move to one of those houses out beyond Westcott and be surprised that not only does everybody call the cops, but they actually show up and tell them they need to shut it down,” Phillips said. “They didn’t get the message that Westcott is the boundary.”

But for some students, they may not have any other choice but to move east of Westcott, said Darya Rotblat, director of off-campus and commuter services.

“Students are going to take whatever property available, we have a shortage of housing,” Rotblat said. “If there’s a house available that is somewhat close to a bus stop, those are viable properties.”

Saying all students are unwelcome is an overstatement, but the culture frequently associated with the expression of college freedoms is not, Phillips said.

“What I find interesting about university students in general is that there seems to be an almost religious belief that, ‘I’m in college, this is my time to be irresponsible’ — almost like it’s an obligation,” Phillips said. “It’s like a religion. It’s the religion of the party.”

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Mural promoting nonviolence created in Warehouse basement

By Eunji Kim STAFF WRITER

Being young generally means sleeping over at a friend’s house, chatting about secret crushes and daydreaming about celebrities.

But for some youths in Syracuse, it means getting in the middle of violent situations.

In response to local violence, five students from the Creative Arts Academy, Portuguese artist Ricardo Gouveia and art instructor Arthur Brangman met at the basement of downtown’s The Warehouse Gallery to work on a mural to

promote nonviolence in the Syracuse area.

Between Nov. 15 and Nov. 19, the group created a 17-foot by 7-foot mural depicting images of men behind bars, guns and a chalk outline of a body, and the finished visual is currently on display outside of the Community Folk Art Center. “Wow, those are some emotional visuals,�

Na-hyun Kim, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, said when she heard of what was sketched on the mural. “It really makes you think about violence. Before, the

topic never really occurred in my mind.�

In 2008, the Syracuse Peace Council, a community-based social justice organization, reported that in 18 out of the 25 local murders that occurred that year, the victims and the perpetrators were under the age of 25.

The coordinator of the Creative Arts Academy, Ty Marshal, said he was excited about the project. “We are pleased that our visual art students were able to work on a mural reflecting local violence,� he said. “Our goal is to respond to these issues visually.�

Kiri Rowan, a sophomore art photography major, knew nothing about local violence until she came across the mural. As a student work-

er at The Warehouse Gallery, she was able to see the progress of the mural. Rowan said she learned more about violence in Syracuse through the visual.

Besides bringing a powerful message to the community, the mural was also therapeutic for the students. It gave the students a venue to express their bottled-up emotions. “I think it is definitely a positive approach,� said Ann Koh, a senior in the Arts and Sciences. “I guess the visuals can draw more people to become aware of the horrible youth violence in our city.�

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a sophomore acting major who played the boy next door, said approximately $150,000 has to be raised this winter to shoot the pilot come spring.

Taylor Louie, a senior retail management major, said she would be interested in seeing the show. “I’m living around here, so I think I would check it out and see what they have to say,� she said.

Those involved, however, believe that even though “Upstate� is based in Central New York, it would have an impressive following nationwide.

Boyke said the series could have a positive impact on Syracuse, giving the local area a newfound notoriety.

Said Boyke: “Though I can’t predict what the future might bring, the potential this show will bring to Syracuse is very positive for our city.�

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Davis-Reed’s acting repertoire includes the television series “Sports Night� and “The West Wing.�

Elizabeth Boyke, Andy Striph and Mary Ann Pianka were three SU students who helped present the pilot to fellow students and potential producers. Boyke, a sophomore musical theatre major, said “Upstate� was special because it would bring back a true family sitcom to television. “Most TV shows nowadays are crime dramas, medical dramas or dramas focusing on the upper class,� she said. “‘Upstate’ addresses the struggles of the middle working class during economic hardship.�

The only thing standing between the script and full-scale production is funding. Striph,

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Stylish finds in Schine Bookstore add school spirit to any look

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ot many students want to travel farther than they have to for a new winter wardrobe in the bitter winter weather at Syracuse University. But don’t worry, there’s no need to travel beyond the Hill. Full ensembles can be created right here with University Bookstore gear.

You decide you want a casual look for class today. With an over-the-top comfy outfit made entirely with purchases from the bookstore, mixing school pride and comfort is no problem. A pair of SU orange sweatpants costs only $36.99. Add a Victoria’s Secret T-shirt with a large “S” on it for $29.50 and an embellished Victoria’s Secret hoodie for $68. Top off the look with a pair of blue-and-white plaid Ugg-like booties with the university’s signature “S” on them. These warm boots cost $29.99, a staggering $120 cheaper than the overused Ugg boots.

But the bookstore has more than sweats. There are some trendy options, Orange Syracuse ‘S’ shirt- $29.50 as well. With your favorite skinny jeans on, add an oversized Otto the Orange long-sleeved T-shirt for only $21.90. To add some warmth to your outfit, throw on a navy Tommy Hilfiger button-down cardigan sweater with the university’s logo on the left side of the chest. These Tommy Hilfiger sweaters and others similar to them run for $66.99.

Here’s another chance to wear SU’s Ugg-like boots or your favorite pair of ballet flats.

For even more protection against the winter winds, add a classic SU blue and orange striped scarf for $21.99 and an orange or blue knit cap with “SYRACUSE” running across the border for $19.99. Your fingers won’t be left to the terror of frostbite when you purchase navy blue gloves with blue and orange fringe Blue and white plaid ‘S’ hanging from the tips. These gloves, full of booties- $29.99 pizzazz, are only $14.99. Every item of this ensemble can be mixed or matched to create numerous other outfits.

A basic white SU T-shirt can be worn under a long-sleeved button-down shirt with “Syracuse” stitched above the pocket on the breast. This shirt resembles the popular trend of denim button-downs and costs $66.99. Worn with your favorite skinny jeans and a pair of patterned flats, you’ve mastered one of this season’s hottest trends.

If this look is too boring, add an orange scarf with skinny navy blue lines bordering the edge, an “S” printed on both ends, and orange and blue fringe lining each tip.

This scarf is classic and timeless. For a scarf, $22.99 is a bit steep, but if you’re willing to cough it up, it can be yours.

Another alternative is to cinch the shirt at your waist with an orange “SU”-patterned belt with brown leather ends,

photos by brandon weight | staff photographer MEREDITH MENDOSA , a freshman photography major, models a T-shirt and armband that can be found at the Schine Bookstore. costing just $16.99.

For a more athletic look, remove the button-down and add a windbreaker. A Nike windbreaker will beat the breeze for only $65. Add an orange or navy baseball cap for $19.99, and you will look like you’re part of the team.

Another hot trend is oversized clothing. A supersized rugby shirt, $69.99, is thick and will keep you from freezing in the subzero wind chill for which Syracuse is known. This rugby shirt is traditional with thick blue Orange and Blue Syracuse ‘S’ and orange stripes, the SU knit cap- $19.99 logo and a crisp white collar.

Worn over jeans, this look is simple but makes a statement.

If actress Annie Hall is your fashion icon, steal her masculine look with a blue and orange striped tie for $19.99, a white SU button-down and your favorite khaki pants. Add an SU vest to the outfit for $39.99 and wear it over the untucked shirt and tie.

Wearing clothing and accessories from the bookstore can bring out anyone’s inner fashionista. With a little creativity and innovation, the bookstore can be your new go-to place for spirited fashion finds. aspizzi@syr.edu

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Art educator speaks of similarities between science, artistic craft

By Karen Hor

Contributing Writer

James Haywood Rolling Jr., chair and associate professor of art education at Syracuse University, set the stage for Julia Marshall’s presentation Tuesday night by referencing Aristotle.

“Those who know, do. Those who understand, teach,” he said.

With those standards, Marshall is a doer and a teacher. And as the lights slowly dimmed, Marshall, with her sleek gray bob, lit the room with her colorful presentation.

Marshall showed different pieces of artwork Tuesday night at Shemin Auditorium in Shaffer Art Building to highlight the connections between science, education and art to attendees, including art professors and art majors.

“Cognitive psychology is about how we know things based on how we categorize things,” Marshall said.

She clicked on a PowerPoint slide and artist Mark Dion’s “Cabinet of Curiosities” photograph appeared. It was a three-column cabinet of all the things in one’s mind, Dion said. There was an old, brownish rusting skeleton in the center of the painting, a mix of pop culture

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the chance to live some place that challenged her comfort zone.

“It’s not a safe choice, in the idea that you are removing yourself from people you know,” Rhinehart said. “But living on the other side of

figures — such as Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh — along the side, a fragile textbook and other random objects.

She said Dion is an inspiration to her because of the way he mixes reality and fantasy. The cabinet was Dion’s mind, the categorization of dreams and actualities.

“He crosses these boundaries between art and science all the time,” Marshall said.

Marshall then cited the importance art could provide to one person’s life. She said if she had not gone off to become an artist, her life would not have been as enriched and conducive.

“Art is purposeful,” she said. “You have to ask: Are we trying to find something out about ourselves?”

Marshall’s foundation lay in science and social science — investigation, hypotheses and strategies, as well as scientific illustrations.

Images of her skeletal spines, cell walls, organs, maps, illustrations and cartoon erasers (she said she’s a cartoonist at heart) appeared on the projector as she described how artwork can express different assets of a person.

Much of her presentation was a compilation of others’ works as well as projects by her stu-

dents at Berkley High School.

“I’d much rather talk about other people,” Marshall said. “I’m not very good at talking about myself.”

The projector showed one of her projects with her students. She worked with three groups of students in the International Baccalaureate program that helps and encourages international students to take ownership of their own work and research.

Marshall and a colleague created a string of assignments that taught the students about the important relationship between science and art.

The students pretended to be anthropologists as they walked around Berkley, Calif., observed their surroundings and collected artifacts of what inspires them and catches their interests.

Some artifacts included a Purell bottle, dirt and cigarette buds.

“I think they collected more cigarettes than I’ve ever seen in my life,” Marshall said.

Marshall would then put them into groups of two and ask them to visit a place in town and create something — a painting or sculpture — of what they found. She also said she liked to concentrate on the human body and the art of

acupuncture. For example, she bought a large plastic ear from a garage sale that reminded her of a bad and painful acupuncture session.

“I have an odd sensibility,” Marshall said.

In the Q-and-A session after the presentation, an SU professor asked Marshall if she sees herself more as an educator or an artist. She replied that there is no separation of the two: She is both a teacher and an artist.

Isabelle Solvang, a junior art education major, said she has to think about juggling art and teaching, as she hopes to be an artist and art educator one day.

“I do art for myself. At this point, I have no interest in showing it,” Solvang said. “I want to teach for the world, for my profession and for my career, but I can’t live without making art.”

Regina Doran, a junior painting and illustration major, said she loved that Marshall brought up the idea of science in art because she has a strong interest in science illustration, as well.

“My work right now, who the hell knows what it is,” Doran said. “I like the idea of what she said that there is a kernel of what your work will become, always in your work.”

Westcott has opened my eyes to people I never would have met.”

Rhinehart and her undergraduate roommates have lived on Victoria Place, east of the Westcott lines, since July. One of the biggest issues with the line, she said, is the lack of understanding about the Westcott Nation, a group of residents on and around Westcott Street.

“I like the fact that families are around, I don’t

know if they don’t like that I’m there,” Rhinehart said. “I like the community aspect, and for the most part I don’t think we’ve really imposed.”

Rhinehart said parties at her house tend to be more intimate because freshmen and random guests rarely travel that far, a benefit of living past Westcott. She also said she doesn’t worry about things being stolen every time she has a party.

With two children enrolled at SU, Rhinehart’s father attempted to buy a house, unsuccessfully, thinking it would be cheaper in the long run. Rhinehart said generalizations toward the intentions of college students made her father unable to purchase the house.

“They see the youth, and maybe they remember their own youth or have had a problem in the past, but you can’t say that about everyone,” Rhinehart said. “That’s not the culture of the youth at all. I think that’s an overstatement — you don’t always have to be wild and crazy.”

Barbara Humphrey has lived in the Westcott neighborhood for 20 years and is the president of the Westcott East Neighborhood Association.

She has seen the struggle between the two sides ebb and flow.

In the mid-1990s, when enrollment dropped, students were able to move closer to the university, allowing local residents to take ownership of the Westcott East neighborhood, she said.

Humphrey said the increase in drinking age in the 1980s is when the relationship between residents and students went downhill, when normal student-rented houses converted into makeshift bars.

“Students are going to drink,” Humphrey said. “I don’t care whether its 1880, 1980 or 2010.

I think the drinking age (increase) turned our neighborhood into house parties, which I don’t think there were that many before.”

Underage drinking became a concern for

local residents, increasing tensions between students and locals, Humphrey said. But accepting the close quarters among residences on each side of Westcott is part of what living in a city is all about, she said.

“I get annoyed at permanent residents who complain about noise that I think is part of living in a city,” Humphrey said. “When I’ve known people very angry, loud and anti-student, part of my attitude was that they’re living in the wrong place.”

Rhinehart, the student living past Westcott, said people get what they pay for when living in a college town and should weigh the pros and cons.

The idea that living in a college town requires local residents to give students leeway on any community disturbances makes no sense, Phillips said. While the occasional broken beer bottle doesn’t bother him, he said larger issues do.

“The idea that not only you have a party and there’s glass all over the sidewalk, then the person in the house thinks that they don’t have to worry about that — that seems like remarkably uncivil behavior,” Phillips said. “You’d think that, especially with smart, university well-educated young people learning to become productive American citizens, you would want to learn a level of civil responsibility.”

Students who intend to live east of Westcott may also want to consider what they are getting themselves into, Humphrey said. Ending the West-East battle requires both sides to have realistic expectations.

“If I was a student and there was a lesser concentration of students, such as on Roosevelt or Fellows avenues, there’d be more people to complain, as opposed to a (street like) Ackerman, where both sides and across the street were students,” Humphrey said. “It’s sort of about taking the path of least resistance.”

Rotblat said in her five years at the Office of Off-Campus and Commuter Services, there has not been a significant change in the number of complaints east of the Westcott border. But the focus should be more about creating a positive relationship rather than strictly the number of calls to local police, she said.

“We want to educate students to be good community members later on, and permanent residents want a nice place to live,” Rotblat said. “So it’s about how you make the partnership work, and right now it is not a well-oiled machine by any means.”

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Role at point increases for SU’s Morrow

By Mark Cooper Asst. copy Editor

Erica Morrow is out of her element, in an unfamiliar position on the court. But when she hears the familiar voice of Tasha Harris, it keeps her comfortable.

Morrow and Harris, Syracuse’s guards for the last three years, are SU’s two seniors. This year, Who: University of Maryland Eastern Shore they split time at Where: Carrier Dome point guard for When: Today, 7 p.m. the Orange. For Morrow, a former shooting guard, it’s her first time seeing significant minutes at the point. And that familiar voice she hears is letting her know she has plenty to learn.

“She yells at me when I’m doing something wrong,” Morrow said. “‘E, I’m open. E, what are you doing? E, look at the post. E, are you kidding me?’”

Along with Harris and freshman Rachel Coffey, Morrow helps make up SU’s three-headed monster at the point. The three have combined to dish out 11.3 assists per game in the early going for SU. And those three will lead the Orange (4-0) as it looks to secure its fifth straight win Wednesday against Maryland Eastern Shore (1-1) in the Carrier Dome at 7 p.m.

Through four games, it’s Morrow who leads the team with 5.5 assists per game. She gets her points (10.8 per game), as well, and it’s that versatility that makes her so dangerous running the Syracuse offense.

“She’s a little quicker getting the ball up and down the floor,” SU head coach Quentin Hillsman said. “She’s really getting us playing a bit faster.”

But Morrow’s transition to playing point guard, which she’s at for the first time since high school, hasn’t been seamless. In Syracuse’s season opener against Northeastern, Morrow had one of her worst games in an Orange uniform. Two-of-16 shooting. Seven points. Three assists to three turnovers.

Morrow was out of her element. The comfort zone of playing shooting guard or small forward was gone. It was as difficult a game as Morrow has endured.

“It brings out a lot of different emotions in me,” she said. “Because I don’t want to say I’m the best at things — I’m not — but I’m not used to doing things that I’m not good at. … Running the point is something that I’ve never really done at this level.”

Morrow said the last time she ran the point she had a 5-foot-9 center on a high school state championship team. That, compared to SU and its 6-foot-4 center Kayla Alexander, illustrates how different it is playing point guard at the Division I level.

The players are bigger and faster. The game is faster. For a player whose primary duty for three years has been solely to score, taking on the role of quarterback on the court is a lot to handle.

But that’s part of why Hillsman wanted Morrow to play some point guard this season. The game is faster, but so is Morrow. She, teammates and coaches said, is the fastest SU can offer up and down the court.

“E’s faster than both of us, so our tempo is at a different level when she’s at the one,” said Harris, referring to herself and Coffey. “It’s helping out really good, giving teams different

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jenny jakubowski | staff photographer Erica Morrow (21) has taken on a new role in her senior season for Syracuse, playing point guard for the first time under head coach Quentin Hillsman. Morrow, fellow senior Tasha Harris and freshman Rachel Coffey are sharing the point guard duties in 2010. looks, because we all play at a different pace and a different style.”

Morrow pushes the ball up the floor at a faster pace, so SU can transition from defense to offense and vice versa much quicker. Harris is the savvy veteran at the point, the one Hillsman and SU can rely on to handle the ball and to settle things down if the Orange is playing recklessly. Coffey is in the middle — bits and pieces of Morrow and Harris fused together.

“You’ve got to kind of be everywhere, know everything, be everything and be able to do everything all at once. You can’t have a one-track mind.”

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Opposing teams can’t just key in on one part of Syracuse’s offensive game plan because if they do, Hillsman has the ability to switch it up — by putting Morrow at the point and Harris out on the wing, where she can shoot. Or he can return Harris to the point and allow Morrow to play the position at which she has stood out for three years.

Either way, Morrow is fine with it. Whatever helps the team win. Whatever helps SU get back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since her freshman season. Even if it means she’s out of her element.

“You’ve got to kind of be everywhere, know everything, be everything and be able to do everything all at once,” Morrow said. “You can’t have a one-track mind.

“A lot of things happen in a short amount of time. It’s something to get used to.” mcooperj@syr.edu

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After losing early lead, SU falls to top-ranked Cornell

By Andrew Tredinnick Staff Writer

Kelly Dimmen took a shot from just inside the blue line that sailed over Cornell goalie Amanda Mazzotta’s left shoulder and found the back of the net. For a moment, there was hope. For a moment, Syracuse stuck around against the No. 1 team in the nation.

Dimmen’s goal was the CORNELL 4 first that Mazzotta had SYRACUSE 1 given up in the last five games. But the Big Red would come surging back. And quickly.

The Orange would lead the Big Red for just five minutes before Laura Fortino would even the score with seven minutes remaining in the first period. Cornell would never look back.

The lone bright spot in SU’s 4-1 loss to No. 1 Cornell was the early goal in the first period. It was the longest time one of Cornell’s opponents had led all season.

“The first goal to show them that just because they are the No. 1 team, that it wasn’t going to be a walk in the park,” SU forward Julie Rising said. “That was really good to set the tempo, and next time we want to try and build off that and see if we can get a couple more.”

For a couple of minutes the Orange earned some confidence, but Cornell would pull the plug on any chances of an upset.

The Orange never settled into a rhythm and would be back on its heels for the rest of the game. After Fortino’s goal, Cornell would continue to put pressure on Syracuse goalie Kallie Billadeau. The Big Red was able to send defenders surging toward the net to corral rebounds, pummeling Billadeau with shots from every angle.

SU’s offense would struggle to find any strong scoring chances for the rest of the game. With the Big Red throwing numbers up the ice, Syracuse forwards were forced to play more defense. And a sluggish pace ensued for the Orange.

“Our forwards had to come down low and play a lot of defense, and that kind of inhibits your breakout,” Flanagan said. “Playing a lot of defense, it’s hard to get anything going.”

Cornell was able to find a wealth of space in front of the Syracuse net. The Orange simply couldn’t find its way into the offensive zone.

The early goal gave SU some early motivation and confidence, but the momentum was immediately halted by Cornell’s onslaught of opportunities. The Orange never seemed to have control in this game, surrendering turnovers and penalties that allowed Cornell right back into the game.

“We had a couple little flurries with some chances, nothing where we were getting really sustained pressure like they were,” Flanagan

jenny jakubowski | staff photographer Kallie billadeau makes one of her program-record 57 saves Tuesday against the Big Red. Despite her record performance, the Orange fell to No. 1 Cornell, 4-1. said. “We were maybe getting the initial shot, but not much for rebounds.”

The few Orange shots were covered up directly by Mazzotta. Those that did not find the glove of Cornell’s keeper yielded a breakout for the Big Red. It became a vicious cycle, one that the Orange did not want to be a part of.

“We can never let our guard down,” Rising said. “We expected them to come hard and they did, so we have a lot to learn, and it’s good to get the opportunity to play the No. 1 team in the country.”

Although SU got the first laugh against a

superior opponent, Cornell would come back and take commanding control of the game. The methodical pace and movement of the puck led to an astounding shot advantage for the game.

The No. 1 team may have trailed early, but with the amount of shots on goal, the Syracuse defense had a hard time controlling the pace of the game.

“We definitely anticipated a lot of speed, and they move the puck very well, so we just had to be more aggressive and move the puck,” Rising said. “We just had to be a little bit smarter.” adtredin@ syr.edu

In loss to Big Red, Orange’s Billadeau sets program record with 57 saves

By Ryne Gery Staff Writer

Kallie Billadeau constantly saw a Cornell player bearing down on her, ready to fire another puck at her. The goalie was busy in net, saving shot after shot to keep Syracuse in the game with the No. 1 team in the country.

Billadeau stopped a career-high and schoolrecord 57 shots Tuesday night as SU fell to Cornell 4-1. Her tough performance set the tone for the Orange, which gave Cornell a fight despite being outshot 61 to 16.

The freshman goaltender said the barrage of shots made the game exciting and intense.

“I prefer it over getting five shots a period or something,” she said. “It keeps you in the game, it keeps you focused mentally. It’s tiring, but that’s why we play.”

Billadeau was forced to make every save possible on the night. She turned away shots with her stick and pads and grabbed them out of the air with her glove. She recorded saves falling down and with her body, holding on as Cornell attackers poked at the rebound.

It was a unique experience for the freshman, who had never been challenged that much in a game.

“I think the most I’ve ever seen was like 42,” Billadeau said. “That is definitely a little bit more and obviously way better shots than high school.”

Syracuse head coach Paul Flanagan said her simple style and poise allowed Billadeau to rise to the occasion.

“She was very cool and calm and collected,” Flanagan said. “Her style is just to be very technically sound. She’s not a flopper or all over the place, and I think you could see tonight a lot of shots hit her.”

Cornell crashed the net for second and third shots on goal all night, but the third-ranked scoring offense in the nation didn’t break her easily.

The Orange was prepared for the challenge after facing No. 1 Mercyhurst five times last season. After losing its first game to its division rival 8-1, SU knew what to expect and played tough in the final four matchups.

That experience proved invaluable for facing Cornell.

“I think last year we learned a lesson when Mercyhurst came in early in the year and it didn’t go so well opening night, but I think you start to figure things out,” Flanagan said.

“By games three, four and five, we just started to play with confidence, and that’s what it’s all about.”

Billadeau’s play energized the Orange early.

When junior Kelly Dimmen scored her first goal of the season over eight minutes into the first period, SU gained more confidence and a rare lead on Cornell.

Dimmen’s goal from the blue line ended a four-game shutout streak for Cornell, in which it outscored its opponents by 17 goals.

The No. 1 team evened the score over five minutes later with a goal by sophomore Laura Fortino from point-blank range.

Cornell eventually broke Billadeau for three more goals, proving to be too strong for SU to handle defensively. The potent Cornell offense controlled the game and the Orange game plan.

Syracuse was forced to play its forwards back on defense to help clear the puck, which hurt its chances to get anything going offensively. SU was often limited to one shot on offense.

Even with the extra help, the Orange couldn’t contain its opponent. Flanagan said the defense needs to improve to have a chance to win games.

“Our ‘D’ has to do a better job of clearing rebounds,” Flanagan said. “I don’t know how many times we did get our stick on a rebound, and we punched it right back out to the point.”

With a shaky defense, Billadeau needed to be perfect for SU to win. But perfection was nearly impossible against a dynamic Cornell offense.

Still, senior Julie Rising said the freshman goalie was the reason SU had a chance.

“It was incredible,” Rising said. “It definitely could have been a different outcome without her in net.”

It was an exhausting night physically for the goaltender. But Flanagan said her positioning and focus made most of the saves a breeze.

“She didn’t really have to make too many spectacular saves,” Flanagan said. “I thought she made it look easy, and that’s a good sign.” rjgery@ syr.edu

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Boeheim blasts Jardine after guard finishes scoreless again

By Brett LoGiurato and Tony Olivero The Daily Orange

Jim Boeheim didn’t waste any time telling the assembled group of reporters what he thought of Scoop Jardine’s performance in Syracuse’s 78-58 victory over Cornell Tuesday.

Midway into listening to a question that focused on a positive of Jardine’s game — seven assists — Boeheim interrupted.

“He was horrible,” Boeheim said. “He couldn’t be any worse than he played tonight.”

Four games after a career night against Detroit on Nov. 16, Jardine was absent from the scoring column against Cornell. He shot 0-for-5 from the floor Tuesday, including 0-for-4 from beyond the 3-point arc.

During the four games since his breakout performance against Detroit, Jardine has shot just 9-for-42 (21.4 percent) from the field. And that’s why Boeheim doesn’t want to hear about his assist total. Standing behind the podium with a taped-up left ring finger, Boeheim said he could have done the same.

“I could get seven assists in a game with a bad finger,” he said. “He was nowhere in the game tonight.”

And Jardine doesn’t shy away from his coach’s criticism. He knows play like Tuesday’s won’t cut it against better teams — and against Big East teams.

Play like his four turnovers, which Boeheim called “horrible.” Like poor shot selection, which was so poor that Boeheim said he couldn’t “even describe it.” One instance that caught Boeheim’s eye was when Jardine dribbled back to take a 3-pointer that clanked off the rim.

It’s play that, overall, needs to get better.

“Coach is going to get the best out of all his players,” Jardine said. “He called out my number, and there isn’t anything wrong with that.

I haven’t been playing great. But the one thing I’m never going to stop doing is playing hard.”

Boeheim was so miffed at one errant Jardine pass just two minutes into the game that he subbed in Dion Waiters at the next whistle. And that overall feeling lasted until Boeheim took the podium after the game.

“Two games in a row,” Boeheim said, “he had horrible turnovers and horrible shot selection.”

Tale of two halves for SU’s 2-3 zone Dion Waiters wouldn’t go as far as saying

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tic City, N.J., and Orange head coach Jim Boeheim even started Moussa Keita at the beginning of the second half in a 53-50 win over Michigan Friday.

In the Boardwalk Hall locker room after the Michigan win, the scene was a snapshot of Melo’s play to that point. It also was a snapshot of his and Hopkins’ relationship and attempts to get Melo out of his slump.

He slouched in the back corner of the locker room with a grim look on his face as Hopkins sat close, almost protecting him. Hopkins said he didn’t feel Melo was down during the period of struggles but disappointed in himself. He said Melo wasn’t at a comfort level, and Hopkins himself was trying to provide that.

Melo attributed that scene and those struggles to pressure he wasn’t ready for.

“The first five games, I got caught up in pres-

Syracuse’s 2-3 zone in the first half was the best zone SU has played all year.

Waiters preferred to touch on the activeness of the zone. He harped on the hectic aspect he and the zone brought to the game in the first half. To the freshman, that was the reason SU ran away with the game.

“You have just got to be active up top. That’s starts with us up top being active,” Waiters said. “A lot of times it is our guards’ job to get our hands up. Get a lot of deflections. Get a lot of breaks going. When we get a break going, it is going to be hard to stop.”

Cornell didn’t have a chance in stopping SU’s break in the first half, and it was because it couldn’t crack the lively zone offensively.

The Orange zone allowed only 17 first-half points for Cornell, a season low for an SU opponent. The strength of it was at the front with the guards. When Waiters entered the game at the 17:29 mark, he and Scoop Jardine pestered Cornell’s guards.

In the 10 minutes after Waiters entered the game, SU went on a 22-4 run to take a 29-7 lead.

The game was effectively over, as Waiters, Jardine and even SU reserve guard Mookie Jones shined in the zone. SU had 10 fastbreak points and 12 points off turnovers in the first half to go along with 12 assists and six steals. Three of those steals were by Waiters.

The Big Red couldn’t find gaps in the zone.

Cornell also couldn’t shoot over it, finishing 1-of12 from 3-point range in the first half.

But halftime was the line of demarcation for the defense in Boeheim’s eyes. Overall, he was displeased with the defense. The second-half effort was a fail. It was reflected in Cornell shooting 41 percent from the field, outscoring SU 41-40 in the final 20 minutes.

The zone was busted.

Said Boeheim: “In the second half, there was nothing good about our defense.”

Fair dunk SportsCenter-worthy The exclamation point of SU’s victory came with 7:02 remaining in the contest. After a Rick Jackson steal, he provided an outlet pass to freshman forward C.J. Fair.

And Fair provided the highlight of the night, giving SU a 62-42 lead with a thunderous, one-handed dunk that posterized Cornell’s Drew Ferry.

sure. The next ‘Melo in Syracuse,’” he said, referencing former SU forward Carmelo Anthony.

“I didn’t expect that. Now I feel comfortable to play basketball.”

Melo’s comfort was apparent at the start of the second half against Cornell. Ten seconds in, it felt like déjà vu as Cornell guard Chris Wroblewski stole the ball from him. However, six seconds later Melo swatted Cornell’s leading scorer on the night, Errick Peck, and started a fastbreak.

But again, it was a second half from Melo — and the rest of the team — Boeheim wasn’t pleased with. The head coach liked what he saw early. It still wasn’t enough, though, even if Hopkins said the freshman made a “defensive difference.” Still not consistent.

“Tonight (Melo) was a little more active.”

Boeheim said. “He has got to be able to get up and down to get positioning. I thought tonight when he got positioning, he created something.

Something happened.”

Enough happened for Melo for him to lose

nate shron | staff photographer scoop jardine (11) grimaces during Tuesday’s 20-point win against Cornell. Jardine dished out seven assists but was held scoreless for the second game this season.

In the SU locker room after the game, SU players debated where it would land on the SportsCenter Top 10 list later that night.

“One,” Jardine said, before reconsidering.

“No. Three.”

Joseph went so far as to hum the SportsCenter entry music when he was asked about the

himself in another scene. As he left the game for good with 42 seconds to go, the center high-fived every member of the Syracuse bench, including Hopkins. But Hopkins was expecting more than the high-five. He was looking for the verbal exchange the two envisioned. Now was the perfect time.

But with the Carrier Dome crowd finally cheering for him, Melo forgot about the plan.

Hopkins screamed to no avail. Finally, he got his attention.

Coach and player looked at each other and smiled. Hopkins raised his hand to his mouth to conceal the verbiage. He cursed at Melo.

And Melo gladly cursed back.

“I told him the day before, ‘My goal in life is for you to hate me at the end of the year,’” Hopkins said. “So (tonight) I was saying ‘Fab! Fab!’ And he looked at me, turned around and cursed at me in a positive way.” aolivero@syr.edu

dunk. But he put it lower than Jardine.

“Probably No. 5,” he said. “Because you never know. There are NBA games, and then you have the hockey highlights. But I definitely give him top five.” bplogiur@syr.edu aolivero@syr.edu

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didn’t allow any simple chances for the Big Red. After an alley-oop to start the game, Cornell didn’t register another field goal for more than five minutes.

“Once we get started, that’s our bread and butter,” SU forward Kris Joseph said. “If we execute our defense, it’s going to lead to transition offense.”

And that high-octane transition offense often followed defensive stands. The theme developed in the opening minutes of the game and would continue throughout the fi rst half.

Late in the fi rst, Rick Jackson hauled in a rebound off a missed 3-pointer from Cornell’s Chris Wroblewski. Quick outlet to Waiters, who brought it up the court. Streaking down the left side was Joseph, who Waiters found underneath.

And Joseph fi nished the job, laying the ball in on reverse to give Syracuse a 23-point lead late in the fi rst half.

“We have good guards who can run,” Waiters said. “Once we start running, a lot of teams, they’re in trouble.”

Cornell was in trouble. The Big Red shot an abysmal 24 percent — including 8.3 percent from beyond the arc — from the field in the fi rst half, while Syracuse shot 48.4 percent.

But that same pace and intensity didn’t quite carry over into the second half. Sloppy play ensued: seven assists to 12 turnovers, compared with 12 assists to eight turnovers in the fi rst.

The culprits: Boeheim’s professed “four best ball-handlers” of Joseph, Waiters, Brandon Triche and Scoop Jardine. The foursome accounted for 16 of the Orange’s 20 turnovers on the night.

“I think we’re all trying to make the home-run play,” Jardine said. “We just have to clean it up.”

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The number of times Cornell held the lead Tuesday. SU held the Big Red scoreless for stretches of 7:16 and 3:26 before the intermission. The Orange ultimately held a 27-point lead at one point in the second half.

Missed shots were also frequent, mostly from beyond the arc. The Orange shot just 2-of11 from 3-point range in the second half.

And Syracuse lacked the same crisp 2-3 zone it had in the fi rst. After only allowing 17 points in the fi rst half, SU gave up 41 to the Big Red in the second.

“Very disappointed in the second half after a pretty solid fi rst half,” Boeheim said. “We

“We’re just not a good basketball team. We’ve got to somehow get better.

We’re a long way from where we need to be at this stage of the year.”

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just can’t seem to put consistent efforts together on the offensive or defensive end.”

All of those factors allowed Cornell to slowly creep back from its 21-point halftime deficit.

But SU already had the game well enough in hand. Cornell never got closer than 11.

Still, despite the constant double-digit leads in games this season, it was easy for Boeheim to see the recurring flaws. And after the game, he saw last weekend’s tough competition — Georgia Tech — getting blown out in an eventual 20-point loss to Northwestern.

With the weaknesses he currently sees in his team, he hopes SU isn’t headed for a similar fate soon.

“We’re just not a good basketball team,” Boeheim said. “We’ve got to somehow get better. We’re a long way from where we need to be at this stage of the year.” bplogiur@ syr.edu

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nate shron | staff photographer JIM BOEHEIM watches the action Tuesday as his Syracuse team defeats Cornell for its seventh win of the season despite giving an uneven performance in a 20-point victory.

Boeheim downplays SU victory, still searches for improvement

By Brett LoGiurato ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

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ion Waiters sees the positives of Syracuse’s win over Cornell Tuesday. A quick start. Stingy defense. Good transition offense.

“I thought we finally came out and jumped on a fast start,” Waiters said.

Jim Boeheim, though, sees mostly the negatives. To the SU head coach, it was another tale of two halves. He sees 20 turnovers. He sees his veterans struggling. And he sees a team that is still not where it needs to be at either end of the floor.

“We have to be better than that,” Boeheim said. “We have a lot of work ahead of us. A lot of work ahead of us.”

It was just another Jekyll-andHyde game for No. 8 Syracuse (7-0) in a 78-58 victory over Cornell (2-5) Tuesday in front of 20,548 inside the Carrier Dome. The latest in a trend

that has come to symbolize this season’s version of the Orange.

The fi rst half was marked by a distinct 27-9 rebounding advantage for the Orange that led to breakouts in transition and easy baskets. To Boeheim, though, the second half was the antithesis. Turnovers, shoddy defense and an overall lack of crisp play.

“The second half, we thought the game was over,” Boeheim said.

Active in Boeheim’s 2-3 zone on defense, SU was able to force turnovers and poor shot selection from the Big Red in the fi rst half. That led to a fast-paced fury up the court in transition, often bringing quick baskets and easy opportunities on the break.

It started right off the bat on the defensive end, where the Orange SEE CORNELL PAGE 17

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Coming off an MVP performance at the Legends Classic over the weekend, the SU forward once again dominated inside. He scored a game-high 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the field and pulled down a game-high 13 boards.

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The Cornell forward was not only unable to stop Jackson but was also completely shut down on the offensive end. He managed only two points on 1-of-2 shooting from the field.

SU’s Melo breaks out of slump by combating struggles with Hopkins

By Tony Olivero ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Mike Hopkins curses at Fab Melo when he wants the freshman center to know he played well. The Syracuse assistant coach tells Melo to return the language when he feels he has done something well on the court.

It is not language with any hint of malice. Rather, it is meant to spur confidence. It is one word between the coach and player that speaks to their relationship as they’ve worked together to address Melo’s early-season struggles. Entering Tuesday’s game, Melo, SU’s starting center and a former McDonald’s All-American, was averaging a paltry 1.3 points and 1.8 rebounds in 12 minutes per game.

“We said a bad word to each other (at practice),” Hopkins said after SU’s 78-58 win over Cornell Tuesday.

“I told him, ‘When you play good, I

want for you to look at me and say that word.’”

Tuesday, Melo fi nally screamed that word — a word Hopkins wouldn’t divulge — after fulfi lling his assistant coach’s charge and putting together his best performance of the season. Melo scored eight points, hauled in seven rebounds and had four blocks — a tie for team-high on the year — in 22 minutes against the Big Red. It was fi nally a night worthy of his Big East preseason Freshman of the Year title. Throughout the fi rst six games of the season, Melo looked lost both offensively and defensively, and fellow freshman big man Baye Moussa Keita spelled him for most of SU’s minutes at center. Melo played only 14 combined minutes in the Legends Classic weekend in AtlanSEE MELO PAGE 16