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The Office of Housing, Meal Plans and ID Services hosted a forum Monday night to answer questions and explain recent changes to the housing lottery process.

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SU hires consultant for Dome

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Syracuse hasn’t received much, if any, offensive production from its faceoff specialists in recent seasons. Ben Williams has the ability to change that.

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FUNDAMENTALS

Company to assess options for Dome’s future

By Brett Samuels news editor

Syracuse University has hired an outside consultant to look into the possibility of a new, fixed roofing system on the Carrier Dome, Chancellor Kent Syverud said in an interview with The Daily Orange on Monday.

The consultant is Populous, a global architecture firm that specializes in designing sports facilities.

Populous has 13 offices worldwide and six offices in the United States, and has designed stadiums such as Kyle Field at Texas A&M University and Baylor University’s McLane Stadium, see carrier

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ncaa investigations

Syverud declines to comment Chancellor says NCAA bylaws forbid discussion

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Science departments use $1 million donation for updated equipment

By Sara Swann asst. news editor

Syracuse University’s decision to self-impose a postseason ban on the men’s basketball team was done in coordination with the NCAA, said SU Chancellor Kent Syverud on Monday.

“I can’t comment any further than what’s in that announcement without, in my view, not honoring the spirit of the NCAA bylaws, which it’s very important for us to comply with,” Syverud said in an interview with The Daily Orange.

On Feb. 4, SU announced a self-imposed one-year postseason ban for the men’s basketball 2014–15 season as part of its pending case in see investigations page 6

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reshmen taking an introductory biology course at Syracuse University last semester would often find themselves using the same lab equipment as students taking those courses three decades ago.

But with the help of an anonymous donation of $1 million, the biology department and the other hard sciences at SU have an opportunity to upgrade and modernize their equipment for the first time in years.

This donation will allow departments, such as biology, to receive upgrades to equipment — some-

thing these areas rarely see.

“If we get $5,000 here or $10,000 there for equipment — it’s just not enough,” said Ramesh Raina, chair of the biology department. “Infusion of this kind of funds makes a difference and it has already made a huge difference on the undergraduate experience. We can do things now that we could not do before.”

The donation was made to the Science Equipment Excellence Fund, which was established last year by an anonymous donor and developed by Karin Ruhlandt, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, according to an SU News release.

The donation was announced in

GOING UP Student enrollment in SU’s science departments has increased in the past few years.

• There are close to 700 students majoring in either biology, bio- technology or biochemistry.

• Enrollment in chemistry has increased about 40 percent over the last few years.

• The intro to psychology course enrolls about 1,000 students

early February and will be used to purchase new equipment.

The biology, chemistry, physics, Earth sciences, psychology and science teaching departments, in addition to the forensics program, were all able to share the $1 million donation,

per semester.

• 100-level Earth sciences class enrollments have doubled in the past few years (some classes are standing room only).

• In the last five years, enrollment in organic and general chemistry has doubled.

Ruhlandt said. While each department is using the money for different equipment, many department chairs have said the donation is being used to make upgrades that benefit students and are long overdue. see science page 6

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TATTOO tuesday | kayla ford

Student honors late boyfriend with illustration

By Gigi Antonelle staff writer

Kayla Ford and her boyfriend, Josh Hickey, were together for three years before his life was cut short.

The tattoo on Ford’s back, a drawing of a bear, a moose and a goose, is an illustration she made for him shortly before his death. Hickey was an avid hunter and outdoorsman.

“It’s a happy memory, and every time I look at it I just smile,” said Ford, a sophomore health and exercise science major.

Ford had never been hunting before — the couple planned to go this past summer. Hickey bought her a pink camouflage shotgun and hunting gear, but they never had the opportunity to use it.

Hickey died in April 2014 in a snowmobile accident. He was 19.

Ford and Hickey met at the Ontario Hockey Academy, a boarding school.

Between class, homework, hockey and working out, the two were inseparable.

“He was my rock,” Ford said. “He was always there for me. He gave me strength.”

Ford is from Eastern Ontario and Hickey lived in Newfoundland — a 38-hour drive between the two locations. However, over the summer and

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SU professors weigh in on NBC’s decision to suspend Brian Williams, anchor of “NBC Nightly News.”

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during school breaks, Hickey would make the drive to visit Ford.

It was hockey that originally brought the couple together.

“We were always competing against each other because we both played hockey,” Ford said. “We would always play against each other.”

After Hickey’s death, Ford channeled her anger and sadness, using it as motivation on the ice. In high school, Ford constantly practiced and traveled to games on the weekends. She said she lived and breathed hockey.

Now, Ford currently plays on the Syracuse University club hockey

team, and hopes to pursue a career working as an athletic trainer.

Ford said Hickey brought her out of her shell and made her a better person.

“If I had anything wrong, I went to him. If I needed advice or anything, I went to him,” Ford said. gantonel@syr.edu

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Keep moving forward The second Fast Forward student competition has opened applications. Students can apply with ideas to improve SU. See Wednesday’s paper

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Dining hall closes Monday Water pipe burst causes Shaw dining to close

By Justin Mattingly asst. news editor

Broadway in Syracuse Actors perform a musical number on the opening night of “Flashdance the Musical.” Based on the 1983 movie, “Flashdance” tells the story of a steel worker with dreams of becoming a professional dancer. As part of the Famous Artists Broadway Theater Series in Syracuse, the musical will continue running at the OnCenter Crouse Hinds Theatre through Wednesday. isabella barrionuevo assistant photo editor

SU community members Organization votes to discuss housing changes change official name student association

By Rob Romano staff writer

Syracuse University’s Office of Housing, Meal Plan and ID Card Services held the first of two information sessions for students in the Shemin Auditorium in Shaffer Art Building on Monday night regarding changes to the housing process.

Eileen Simmons, director of housing, meal plan and ID card services, said the meeting was designed to help freshmen become acclimated with the housing process and for some students to find roommates.

About 60 people attended the forum.

In an email to students, the Office of Housing, Meal Plan and ID Card Services announced in October that upperclassmen will have fewer oncampus housing options next year after changes were made to the

housing lottery to accommodate the large incoming freshman and sophomore classes. The forum served as an opportunity to discuss those

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changes, as well as a few additional changes to the housing lottery were that were announced at the forum.

SU will hold rooms for incoming students and rising sophomores to ensure they get housing and fulfill the twoyear on-campus housing requirement.

“In the past that has not happened because upperclassmen have taken some of the rooms,” Simmons said.

Housing in Washington Arms,

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By Will Norris staff writer

Beginning April 17, the Student Government Association will be making a comeback.

The Syracuse University Student Association voted during Monday night’s meeting in Maxwell Auditorium to change the name of its organization back to SGA, a provision included in the first phase of the Federalization Act, which was passed after lengthy deliberation during the meeting. Provisions in the bill included the SA name change, the creation of the Special Committee on the Budget, the merged Student Affairs Committee and the redefining of the Student Engagement Committee.

After a series of discussions

and voting on amendments to the bill, the federalization bill passed through a final voting period.

As a part of an amendment to the constitution, SA will change its name to SGA on April 17, according to the bill. This date follows SA’s presidential elections, which begin on April 13. As of now, the title SA will remain in place until that time.

Another provision of the bill was the creation of the budget committee, a group that is responsible for helping the president and cabinet create the internal operating budget of SA, according to the bill.

President Boris Gresely said the budget committee was put in the bill to allow members of SA to get their hands on the operating budget and offer their advice. He said see sa page 6

Shaw Dining Center was closed for about three and a half hours Monday due to a water pipe that burst.

Lynne Mowers, secretary to the director of Syracuse University Food Services, said in an email that the broken pipe caused a flood in the dining hall. A crew worked to repair the pipe and clean up the flood, Mowers said.

Keith Kobland, a media manager in the Office of News Services at SU, said in an email that the dining hall reopened around 4:30 p.m. While the dining hall was closed, residents were asked to use Ernie Davis Dining Center.

The dining hall offered a limited selection for dinner Monday night and will resume full service hours Tuesday, according to an email sent to residents of Shaw Hall and Oren Lyons Hall Shaw Dining Center, located at 775 Comstock Ave., is normally open until 7:30 p.m. on weekdays and 6:30 p.m. on weekends. jmatting@syr.edu

student association President Boris Gresely and other groups presented at Monday night’s SA meeting: ANNOUNCEMENTS A Day of Conversation, an event aimed at increasing awareness of SU’s Fast Forward plan, will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 25, President Boris Gresely said. The three-session event will include presentations and conversations with working groups and will be held in Goldstein Auditorium.

University Union President Megan Barnes gave a presentation to SA on Monday night. Barnes announced that a new digital cinemas projector will be put in Gifford Auditorium, allowing UU to have more advance screenings in the future.

SU’s 2015 Winter Carnival begins next Monday in the Schine Atrium and runs all week. Events include free giveaways, trivia night and a chili cook-off.

— Compiled by Will Norris, staff writer, wrnorris@syr.edu

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‘Sugar babies’ utilize entrepreneurial thinking to pay for tuition

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ome jokingly say they should start stripping or dealing drugs, but there is no doubt that debt makes college students question how to earn money. While there exist thousands of scholarships and on-campus job opportunities, with rising tuition, students have thought up creative ways to pay for school. In 2006, a website called Seeking Arrangement sought its own way to allow college students to capitalize on their looks and perhaps some of their personality.

Seeking Arrangement allows rich men referred to as “sugar daddies” to connect with young women who want financial support, also referred to as “sugar babies.” Last week, the site revealed the top “sugar baby” colleges with University of Texas topping the list.

The increasing popularity of sugar baby arrangements has people questioning our generation’s morals and work ethic. However, these arrangements are not a flaw of our generation. Sugar babies represent the capitalization of a woman’s time and presence on her own account, something which most women

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give for free. If Kim Kardashian can make money off of her looks, why can’t we all?

In a 2013 survey, the site revealed that the average sugar daddy was around 42 years old, with an average annual salary of about $500,000. Roughly one-third of the men on the site are married and the women who participate usually range from 18–25 years old.

Both parties involved know what the circumstances are, and although the married men on the site are problematic, it is a smart way for young people to make money. Whether the women are aware about the marriages of some of these men, the CEO Brandon Wade revealed that “since 2007, the number of married sugar daddies has dropped from 46 percent to 33 percent, a sign that the sugar lifestyle is becoming more widely accepted amongst single men.”

The site is not exclusive to just young women seeking older men; it also includes arrangements for male sugar babies and “sugar mommas.”

According Seeking Arrangement some sugar babies report, the men typically give them a monthly salary, which can increase over time. Their salaries range from $3,000– 5,000 in exchange for spending time with their sugar daddies.

Whether or not these women have sex with the men on the site is unknown, but some people speculate that they do. Regardless of what occurs in the bedroom, it is consensual and not part of the arrangement, and therefore completely their decision.

Sugar babies reflect our generation’s innovative techniques to capitalize on anything and everything at our disposal. And young people have become the best at it. People can now get paid to make videos on YouTube or post on Snapchat, so why shouldn’t college students find new ways to pay for an overpriced education?

It is easy for older people to look down and slut shame these women or just call them lazy, yet it undermines their own personal marketing.

Critics should question the higher education costs in the United States rather than shaming women for making money off their looks and appeal. Magazines, advertisements and movies have all profited from women, and women should also have the right to do so themselves.

Last year a Duke University freshman was discovered to be a porn star and received backlash from the shocked community. Yet, unlike most of her peers, she will not have to pay back loans once she graduates.

Millennials should not commit to dropping out in order to become full-time sugar babies, but they also shouldn’t view those who participate in these arrangements in an extremely critical manner. Sugar babies are our generation’s self-made business women and men.

Laritza Salazar is a sophomore newspaper and online journalism major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at lcsalaza@syr.edu.

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Songwriters have unjust deals with music streaming sites, labels

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wo behemoths in the music industry are investing in streaming: Apple and Jay Z. Apple bought headphone maker Beats by Dre, which already had its own streaming service in May of last year, and

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now intends to relaunch the site before this summer. News broke in January that Jay Z is in the process of buying Scandinavian music streaming service Aspiro.

The mogul and the company are both about to enter a battle over consumer ears with Spotify, Pandora and others — a battle that has been raging for over a decade.

As more people enter the growing — and growingly controversial — industry, more people want a bigger slice of the pie. Now, many artists are crying out that they aren’t making the money they’d like to off of these services. While it might be true that performers like Nicki Minaj aren’t exactly raking it in directly from Spotify listeners, it’s the songwriters who are really suffering.

I know what you’re thinking. Taylor Swift just pulled all of her music off Spotify. What’s the point anymore?

We all know the stats. For every 500,000 streams on Spotify, an artist makes three nickels and some pocket lint. That’s — allegedly — why the noble Swift pulled her music in the first place, to take a stance against steaming services. Adorable.

She joins other artists who have periodically refused to participate in online music services, ranging from AC/DC, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin — bands who are so wellknown already, they wouldn’t benefit from these services anyway — to less well known groups like Atoms for Peace, whose fan base stands to completely explode.

The indie band also shares sentiments similar to Swift’s. It’s all about standing up for other artists’ rights.

But here’s the thing: according to a 2012 Future of Music Coalition survey, artists make about 6 percent of their income from recorded music alone. That’s counting everything including CDs, records, MP3s — not just streaming.

Over the years, even right before the advent of Napster, that number has remained essentially unchanged. Most money is made

through promotions, concerts and merchandise. So why all the drama?

Streaming services benefit performers with fame and name recognition, and that can be very present in their real paycheck.

Unfortunately, songwriters don’t experience the same effect. Songwriter rates are determined by law. So across the board, their rates are standard. However, part of the share they receive is siphoned to a middleman like performance rights agencies and labels.

Performance rights agencies are transparent with their dealings, they give artists a seat at the table. True to their name, they protect the artist’s rights to his music. Labels, on the other hand, don’t do any of that. What needs to happen is these services, labels and other middlemen need to compensate their artists, especially songwriters, fairly.

As we fly into this dark and stormy iCloud, we may experience some turbulence. The most important thing middlemen can do for songwriters moving forward is be transparent about their dealings. This gives artists the negotiating power they need to control their music. Hopefully Jay Z, being an artist himself, will make that a priority as he builds Aspiro.

Swift pulling her music was a power move.

She wanted to assert more control over music, a financially sound decision, but did so with a misplaced sense of piousness. That being said, Taylor, please put your music back on Spotify. Your boy just upgraded to premium.

If you are really worried about an artist you love — an artist unlike Taylor Swift, who will never cease to make money — then go to that artist’s concert. Buy their album, buy their T-shirt.

But don’t mourn for them because you think Spotify has swindled them. If anything, it will only help them.

Eric King is a sophomore magazine journalism major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at edking@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @erickingdavid.

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Housing open forums hosted too late The Syracuse University Office of Housing, Meal Plan and ID Card Services is hosting open forums to help students navigate the housing lottery. While these forums welcome student participation, the fact of matter is that the forum came too late and only serves to educate students about the housing lottery, not provide solutions.

One of the forums was held on Monday and a second forum will take place Tuesday. Changes to the housing lottery were announced last October and detailed that students who had already fulfilled their twoyear on campus housing requirement would have a limited selection of housing.

Additionally, students who yet to fulfill their two-year housing requirement would be unable to live in single dorms.

The open forum, that took place on Monday evening in Shafer Art Building, provided additional details: Washington Arms will now exclusively host upperclassmen; and in addition to the housing that has been set aside for incoming freshman, rising sophomores will have on campus housing reserved for them.

But the forum comes just a month before the housing lottery that is set to begin on March 18.

Rather than providing solutions for students who were dissatisfied with the housing situation last fall — when there was still a chance to explore alternatives — this forum was more helpful for freshmen who were new to the housing lottery.

These forums come too late for upperclassman, and don’t serve the students who have the most press-

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ing concerns about their housing situations next year.

Students who feel they have been wronged by the changes to the housing lottery should make themselves heard and attend the open forum that will take place on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Grant Auditorium.

The university should have hosted a forum last semester on the heels of the announcement concerning the housing lottery changes. That could have helped upperclassman who don’t want to move back to main campus explore the options of moving off campus.

It’s good that the university hosted these open forums to ease the concerns of freshmen worried about the housing lottery, but it did not offer solutions to the upperclassmen that feel they got the short end of the stick.

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Stewart changed late night television impact with ‘The Daily Show’

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t’s certainly hard to believe his age, let alone his legacy. But, nearly 16 years ago, Jon Stewart took over a show that wasn’t even close to what it is today.

When Stewart replaced Craig Kilborn as the host of “The Daily Show,” he began to do his job exactly as it was described.

Stewart would crack jokes and give commentary on current events.

Certainly he got quite the laugh, but not many truly thought about what he said and what it meant.

In the years since, Stewart has become a beacon of late night television and someone who comforted us about something we love but don’t fully understand — our own democracy.

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ion. He spoke from the heart with genuine care and honesty.

In that particular episode, at that moment in time, Stewart seemingly realized something incredible: his job as a satirist was not as constricted as he thought. Over time, Stewart began to believe that he was in a position of privilege, where he had the ability to teach and make the country laugh within 30 minutes.

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lean to the left and his favorite subject to make fun of will always be Fox News. But he understood that he was not a politician; he was a satirist hired to make fun of politics — and he rarely left anyone out.

Whether it was George Bush after Hurricane Katrina, Barack Obama after Obamacare or Bill O’Reilly after, well, nearly everything, Stewart never failed to give an endearing perspective on our political landscape.

Stewart understood that the show could take off to great heights with honesty.

He held nothing back; he spoke directly into the eye of the American people — on the right and left — he made us cry, he made us laugh and he made us want to hate politics. Most importantly, he inspired

a generation.

We have new heroes to look to for news on TV. The soothing nightly voices of Diane Sawyer and Tom Brokaw have been replaced by the sarcastic cracks of Stephen Colbert, John Oliver and many more — all thanks to Stewart and “The Daily Show” team.

It’s easy to go on about the legend that is Jon Stewart, but something specific stands out to me.

When word got out last year that more 18–25 year-olds got their news from Colbert and Stewart than CNN and Fox, I wasn’t surprised — because I fell into that category. I was surprised when I began to realize how much more genuine Stewart and Colbert are than the anchors who suffer from credibility issues.

“That we need a satirist to speak

truth to power in the guise of fake news is why we can’t have nice things and are losing those we once had,” read a tweet after Stewart announced his impending departure from “The Daily Show.”

I’m sure that Stewart did not wake up on Sept. 12, 2001 and decide he could change America.

However, I am sure that Stewart went on air on Sept. 12 and every day after that, and comforted us in times of confusion with his heart and his humor.

He owes us nothing anymore.

Stewart changed TV and news in general, and with that, I have no words to thank him.

Eric Dunay is a freshman in the School of Architecture. His column appears weekly. He can be contacted at ebdunay@syr.edu.

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science For example, the biology department’s share of the money is being used to upgrade and modernize the equipment used in the biology department, starting with the freshman biology courses, Raina said. The department purchased microscopes as well as more complex equipment for the upper division courses.

“Now the equipment is in keeping with Syracuse University’s standards,” he said.

The chemistry department bought several measuring instruments called spectrophotometers and spectrometers, which are often used in the freshmen laboratories. The chemistry department also has access to a $100,000 gas chromatograph mass spectrometer that the forensics program purchased with the donation, said James Kallmerten, interim chair of the chemistry department.

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Kallmerten said students are now using the kind of instruments they would if they were to enter the chemical industry today.

“Students are actually being trained on the instruments they would use in a profession as opposed to something (their) grandfathers would have used in the laboratory,” he said.

Kallmerten added that every day this semester there was something new on the loading docks for the science departments and faculty could be found lining up to see what equipment they were getting that day.

“Students are using modern, new technology for classes and it has made a tremendous difference. I’m really thrilled,” Ruhlandt said.

“Everybody has started to think about new experiments to do and it’s great.”

The $1 million initiative was the first time in a long time that a significant investment was made into teaching equipment in the sciences, she said. The funds were distributed

by teaching load so that the departments that taught more students got more money. Every department had to write a proposal with what it wanted to buy and how that would affect its students, Ruhlandt said.

The individual departments purchased the equipment and most of it is in place right now.

“In my many years at Syracuse University, I have never seen such a dedicated and concerted effort to improve the quality of teaching in the sciences,” Ruhlandt said.

She added that the $1 million donation is a “great investment, but it can’t stop there.”

More funding would open up opportunities to further improve the science courses.

“This is a huge priority of myself as a new dean to enhance the student experience and have students do experiments that are really meaningful,” Ruhlandt said. About 1,200 students per semester in the biology and chemistry courses alone will be affected by the $1 million donation, she said.

The number of students enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences has increased over the past seven or eight years, which only emphasizes the need for improved equipment.

“Even if it may not seem like it, biology and life sciences (have) seen a significant increase in enrollment, which tells us that these students are finding these majors more appealing than others,” Raina said.

Regardless of enrollment or class size, the new equipment will not only benefit students, but the professors who teach them as well, Kallmerten said.

“I think any time you’re able to do your job better that’s incredibly empowering to the faculty, not just the senior faculty members but to the graduate students as well,” he said. “We all want to do the best job that we can do and this new equipment allows us to teach at a level that was just not possible prior to it arriving.”

tatives are chosen from the floor of the assembly to be in the committee, and to ensure that the committee will meet during the budget season.

In addition, the Student Life and Academic Affairs Committees are now merged to make up the Student Affairs Committee under the bill. Parliamentarian Stephen Thomas said the

merging of these two committees would help improve networking and give the committee more resources to deal with issues.

The Student Engagement Committee will now become the Committee on Registered Student Organizations under the bill. The committee will serve as a liaison to all RSO’s and will be

responsible for rallying and gaining support for the organizations, according to the bill.

Thomas said that while the passing of the first phase of the Federalization Act goes into effect immediately, the transition into some of the changes would be a process.

Tournament and the National Invitation Tournament. During the time of the announcement, Syverud said in a statement that the decision was made in consultation with the Board of Trustees Athletics Committee and with the support of Director of Athletics Daryl Gross and men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim.

“Since I came in January 2014 it’s been very important to me that we comply with all NCAA requirements. One of those requirements is that we not comment on an ongoing investigation until it’s concluded and announced,” Syverud said in the interview. “Therefore I cannot say anymore than I have said about the

NCAA investigation.”

The university self-reported potential violations within the athletic department to the NCAA in 2007. According to the university, none of the reported conduct occurred after 2012 and no current student-athletes are involved.

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SUNKEN ANCHOR Professors discuss importance of truth following suspension of NBC’s Williams

By Katelyn Faubel staff writer

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ome professors are emphasizing the importance of maintaining the line between being a news personality and being a celebrity after Brian Williams, the host and managing editor of “NBC Nightly News,” was suspended after retelling an exaggerated version of a report he did in Iraq.

An NBC in-house investigation is scrutinizing the news anchor for possibly fabricating the circumstances of moments that he was present for.

According to a Feb. 12 article by “CNN Money,” due to the questions raised about his reports on Hurricane Katrina and his time in Iraq, NBC suspended Williams for six months without pay.

Talk of embellishment in Williams’ reporting heated up last week when Williams apologized for his on-air error about an Iraq mission saying he misremembered details.

“A month ago, he was one of the most trusted men and now questions have been raised in one story,” said Roy Gutterman, director of the Tully Center for Free Speech and a professor in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

“My gut tells me I’d be surprised if he came back.”

Gutterman said that a suspension doesn’t accomplish much other than to give NBC time to see what else is lacking in Williams’ reports and to figure out how to handle this situation in the long term.

After once being the 23rd most trusted celebrity in the United States, Williams has fallen

to 835th, according to The Marketing Arm, a unit of Omnicom Group that tracks celebrity perception through online polls of consumers.

“I’m not sure what his career options will be. It will be hard to reposition himself,” Gutterman said. “There are less rigorous career options, like entertainment, that don’t have to be (done) by ethics or journalistic standards.”

Gutterman added that he believes the role Williams has played as a celebrity has distracted from his anchor position.

“Let the facts speak for themselves. Your mission isn’t to be a celebrity, to pet your ego or to be a part of the story,” Gutterman said. “It’s to tell the world what news is important.”

Any time one journalist gets caught in a scandal, Gutterman said he thinks it leaves questions for everyone in the profession.

“You have to stick to the facts, what they say,” Gutterman said. “I have to keep myself in check, so the stories don’t get better as I get older. It doesn’t benefit anyone if the story gets better.”

Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television & Popular Culture and trustee professor in Newhouse, said he was an admirer of Williams. NBC should have simply parted ways with him, as it is “bad enough” that NBC gave Willliams a six-month suspension, Thompson said.

“Obviously, it is very bad for NBC people,” he said. “As a news organization, NBC has seen dicey times and this doesn’t help them.”

Thompson said he believes that network journalism is “something we need.” But he said he thinks that journalists should not make up

changing story Here’s a look at the series of events that led to Brian Williams’ suspension:

2012

2013

May 3, 2011 Brian Williams retold the story of his time in Iraq, which he reported on in 2003.

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stories and tell them on their own newscasts.

Steve Davis, chair of the newspaper and online journalism department at Newhouse, said he thinks having a “news persona” and a separate “personality” can lead to problems.

“What are you? You can’t always be all of these things. Tell the same story as a personality and as a newsman,” Davis said. “It’s troubling because a lot of news people are celebrities.”

Davis said he thinks that unless NBC finds significantly more of Williams’ “skeletons,” Williams will be back.

There is no greater sin than to embellish a story to make it sound better, Davis said. He said he finds it very hard to believe that Williams was confused about his reports and said that it is a “major ethical transgression.” kmfaubel@syr.edu

Feb. 4, 2015 Williams’ retelling of the story was accused of being false.

2014

2015 Feb. 7, 2015 Williams took a leave of absence.

Feb. 10, 2015 NBC News President Deborah Turness announced that Williams will be suspended for six months.

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carrier dome which opened in 2014.

The university hasn’t ruled out any option in dealing with the Carrier Dome’s future, Syverud said. Since last spring, SU has been looking into three main possibilities for the Dome — maintaining its current design and the air-supported roof, installing a different roofing system on the current site or building an off-site stadium. An off-site stadium remains

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housing located at 621 Walnut Ave., will only be available for students who have completed their two-year on-campus housing requirement.

“It’s been renovated in the last couple of years,” Simmons said. “We felt it was important to give to (upperclassmen).”

Although not announced at the forum, Day and Sadler Halls will be freshman-only dorms, Simmons said.

For upperclassmen, there will be six more

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an option “should there be substantial support for that given its great expense,” Syverud said.

The university has been focusing most recently on the second option, which is installing an alternative roofing system, Syverud said.

Populous has been brought in to gather information about that option. The company has visited campus multiple times and has worked with the entire campus community, Syverud said.

Later this semester, Populous will have an opportunity to publicly present its ideas for “widespread community feedback,” he said.

Stewart Ervie, the project manager of the team looking into the Dome’s roof options, did not respond Monday to a phone call and an email. Ervie is based in Populous’ Kansas City office, according to the company’s website.

In January 2014, city and state officials discussed the possibility of building a new, off-site stadium in Syracuse with the help of state funding. Mayor Stephanie Miner appointed a task force to look into the possibility of a new stadium, while Syverud created a workgroup to look into the viability of the Carrier Dome’s roof.

However, discussions about replacing the Dome have since died down. The university’s ongoing assessment of options for the Dome’s future is being done in coordination with the Campus Master Plan.

Syverud said last spring that he hoped to make a decision about which option to pursue within the next two years. He said on Monday that he’s still hoping the university will know which option will be selected “by the end of next academic year.”

apartments added to University Village next year, for a total of 62. For the first time, students will be required to purchase private renters insurance in order to live in the complex. All students who have completed their two-year oncampus housing requirement, and who also wish to live in a group of four, can only live at UV. “Whether students go through the lottery to live at University Village or rent there privately, that (insurance) is something that students need to have,” said Ryan Barker, assistant director for north campus housing.

Simmons added that upperclassmen and

incoming freshmen will be the only ones able to get single rooms.

For students without roommates, the office has a social media plan to help students find a match.

Students looking for roommates can do so by friend requesting SUhousing Roommatefinder on Facebook. They can join as long as they have paid for or waived their advance housing deposit and agreed to the terms and conditions of student housing on MySlice by March 17. Barker said about 100 students have interacted with the page.

Many freshmen attended and found the session useful, including Andrew Stranahan, a fresh-

man social studies education major, who said the forum helped him understand the housing lottery.

“It’s definitely helping me to clarify the lottery process,” he said.

There will to be another housing lottery forum on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Arnold M. Grant Auditorium in the Falk Complex. In addition, the first-ever parent webinar session will be held Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Schine Student Center, in which parents can send questions to the housing department and ask questions about student housing.

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12,500 tons

Music man

The amount of Mardi Gras beads thrown from floats at the annual parade in New Orleans.

Dan Mastronardi, owner of Westcott Theater, started a course on live music promotion at Syracuse University.

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Characterized by fancy masks, traditional foodfood andand grand balls, Mardi Gras Characterized by fancy masks, traditional grand balls, Mardi Gras — or—Fat Tuesday — is celebrated all over the world.

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KING CAKE INGREDIENTS • 1 can of bread sticks (Pillsbury brand recommended) • 1 can of whipped cream cheese frosting (Pillsbury brand recommended) • 1/4 cup heavy cream • Sanding sugar of different colors • 1 heatproof plastic baby figure (optional)

HOW TO MAKE: 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

2. Open bread sticks, and press together the ends of two of the sticks to make one long stick. Repeat until you have six long sticks. Take three sticks at a time and loosely braid together. Once the braids are finished, form them into a ring, leaving a hole in the middle.

3. Bake in preheated oven for 16–20 minutes or until completely golden brown. Remove and cool completely. (Optional: Insert the baby into the cake in between the seams of the braid, as is Mardi Gras tradition. The person who gets the piece with the baby is supposed to provide the king cake for the following year.)

4. Combine the cream cheese frosting and heavy cream in a pot. Heat on low temperature until warm and smooth, stirring constantly. Pour the glaze over cake and sprinkle with sanding sugars.

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King cake, a staple of Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday cuisine, is topped with cream cheese frosting and colorful sanding sugar. Mardi Gras is celebrated all over the world. In the United States, New Orleans has one of the largest citywide Mardi Gras celebrations, with parades and elaborate festivities. frankie prijatel photo editor

SU architecture club provides construction for local groups

By Ali Merrill contributing writer

Freedom by Design spans the country, but Syracuse’s branch builds bigger.

A national organization under the American Institute of Architecture Students, Syracuse University’s Freedom by Design designs and builds construction projects that enhance the homes of low-income

or people with disabilities, said second-year School of Architecture student and director of SU’s Freedom by Design branch, Evan Ginsburg.

“We’re a lot more established than the other chapters around the country, and most of our projects cost over $10,000,” Ginsburg said, “whereas other schools are focusing on smaller projects, like hand railings for bathrooms, which are

usually under $1,000.”

The projects tackled by SU students in the organization, though, are often 10 times bigger than many of those at other programs, he said.

Its most recent project is “Into the Fold,” which will include a ramp, seating, a barbecue area and a protective overhang to catch dangling icicles and snow at the Westminster Presbyterian Church located at 1601

Park St. But the project is taking longer than expected, Ginsburg said, because of students going abroad, poor weather and funding.

Ginsburg said the group, which has been around for six years, is planning to resume construction on “Into the Fold” in mid-March. He said the project is estimated to cost $10,000.

Freedom by Design’s SU branch gets money from the university, but

also does much of its own fundraising through direct donations, Indiegogo campaigns and annual events.

The money from the university is not enough to complete the group’s projects, Ginsburg said, which is why the organization does its own fundraising. The advisers of the program assist with buying materials for construction. see freedom

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Spread of industrialization causes damage to rural Singapore

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hen I traveled to the northwest region of Singapore, I almost thought I was in another country. Old-fashioned wagons, enclosed livestock and fields of fresh veggies give the region a traditionally rustic vibe. This nation traces its earliest roots back to this area, where wooden homes once dotted the countryside and residents lived off the land.

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to see the Lim Chu Kang farms in the suburb of Kranji. As someone from Kentucky, I found it refreshing to finally take a trip outside the bustling city and explore nature. However, the reason for my visit was quite odd.

Unfortunately, these farms will be bulldozed and cleared in a few months’ time. In their place, boot camps and training facilities for National Service will be built as mandated by the Singaporean government. For Singapore, this is merely another step toward industrialization — a farewell to its agronomic past.

While I find it logical that the government will industrialize this flourishing nation for the sake of accommodating all inhabitants, it’s

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freedom by design “We have two advisers and one of the things they help us with are picking materials that are the cheapest, but also the most durable,” Ginsburg said.

SU’s Freedom by Design also struggles when the students organizing projects leave.

“Architecture students will be abroad for

sad to watch the environment become compromised. Of course, things here are designed in an eco-friendly way, yet only because they have to be. This country is too small to play games with; it would perish without taking environmental-friendly construction into consideration.

According to Maps of World, Singapore is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. As you could imagine, land here is relatively scarce. Every clump of dirt and patch of grass is highly valued. To own any plot of land is a luxury.

To solve the housing dilemma, some Singaporeans live in HDBs — high-rise buildings that provide shelter for millions of residents.

HDBs still run at a fairly hefty price — to purchase a flat will cost you a minimum of six-figures, according to the Housing and Development Board website. Instead, some

rent their flats directly from the government.

But up until the late 1980s, there was simply not enough room for all these people, especially with such a blossoming immigrant community. In an effort to expand in this city short on space, the Singaporean government began building on the waterfront. Essentially, the entire southern coast of Singapore was erected on the surface of the water in an eco-friendly way.

One piece of reclaimed land is Sentosa, an island resort that attracted nearly 20.5 million visitors between 2012–13, according to its annual report. Home to popular attractions, its beaches are slowly becoming plagued with pollution.

Cigarette butts, paper scraps and plastic bags litter the shoreline. Right across the water are the multimillion-dollar oil refineries, perpetually blowing smog from their colossal pipes into the sea.

The northern beaches in Sembawang Park and Pasir Ris are no exception. To see beach pollution here is rather surprising, since littering is taken more seriously in Singapore than any other Southeast Asian nation. In fact, Singapore recently passed a law forbidding public drinking after 10:30

p.m. in alcohol control zones to help reduce late night littering. A little extreme, but at least they’re considering how this affects the environment.

The country’s extreme lack of trash cans and recycling bins doesn’t help the littering problem. I find this “out of sight, out of mind” trash can policy to be somewhat self-defeating. No one genuinely wants to carry their trash around with them and this ultimately gives citizens incentive to litter.

Luckily, there are some nice spots to sit and relax in the midst of beeping cars and shouting passersby. Singapore requires the central business district to keep some of its land free for leisure and relaxation purposes. At my exchange university, for instance, we have a nice patch of greenery in front of our library. During this week’s midterm exams, I plan to make use of that space for once.

Perhaps I can get away from big city life just a few feet from the classroom.

almost a full year, and when they get back, they want nothing to do with architecture programs,” Ginsburg said. “We can really use the help of the upperclassmen because they’re more experienced and can help us improve our designs.”

Danya Li, a first-year architecture student who recently joined the program, said Freedom by Design helps her specialize and learn about cost-efficient ways to help others, espe-

cially in the Syracuse community.

“The program helps the community around us and gives back in the kindest ways possible,” Li said of why she decided to join.

The program rarely denies construction requests, Ginsburg said. And as long as the projects can fit with the group’s mission statement and be fundraised for, Freedom by Design takes them on.

After “Into the Fold,” Ginsburg hopes to bring that work to campus.

“We’re definitely trying to look for a project on campus that we can stretch to fit the mission statement so students will say, ‘So this is what architecture students are doing,’” he said, “because everyone has this preconceived notion that we’re holed up in Slocum all night long.”

ZACHARY GIPSON

WHERE IN CHINA IS THAT?

Zachary Gipson is a senior majoring in economics and linguistics. He is striving to fit in with the fast-paced locals of Singapore. To chat about life abroad, shoot him an email at ztgipson@syr.edu.

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From the

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Harryhausen

Stephen Sbiroli, Sean Dougherty, Zach Schweikert, Justin Patricolo, Kyle Drumheller ‘indie garage’ rock band To hear more of the group’s music scan this QR code with your phone.

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Indie garage rock band Harryhausen to release EP this spring

By Isha Damle staff writer

D

espite its namesake, the band Harryhausen has nothing to do with the film industry.

The group was founded by five Syracuse University students and is named after Ray Harryhausen, a famed animator.

The band formed in the summer of 2014 after lead singer Stephen Sbiroli and bassist Sean Dougherty put ads out looking for musicians to collaborate with. Sbiroli, a sophomore television, radio and film major, and Dougherty, a sophomore marketing major, had previously worked on an acoustic project called “Creative Colours.”

Described by its members as an “indie garage” rock band, Harryhausen’s musical influences range from blues to punk rock. Guitarist Zach Schweikert, a sophomore advertising major and former columnist for The Daily Orange, described the group’s sound as “an amalgamation of everybody’s different styles.”

The group’s members have varying tastes in music, guitarist Justin Patricolo said, but the different musical tastes allow the band members to collaborate well.

“We can all agree on what’s good music and what music we don’t like, and that affects the songs we write a lot,” said Patricolo, a sophomore English and textual studies major. “That kind of makes our sound.”

The group played at the Westcott Theater on Friday with the bands Pizza Party and Basket(s), also formed by SU students. Although this was its first venue performance, Harryhausen has also performed at various parties on campus.

Harryhausen focuses on collaboration in all parts of the music-making process, from songwriting to performing. Though its individual members have different influences, Sbiroli said the group finds ways to inspire each other.

“We all have different inspirations for the sound we want to go for, but I think (while playing) live we kind of inspire each other,” Sbiroli said. “We definitely have artists we’re influenced by, but at the same time, we know how to express ourselves and have fun doing it and be our own inspiration.”

Dougherty said Harryhausen’s creative and collaborative environment is his favorite part

Harryhausen performs at the Westcott Theater for its first performance at a musical venue. The group has released two original songs, “In the Morning” and “Cyclops,” which can be found on ReverbNation. frankie prijatel photo editor

about being in the band.

“Watching (the music) go from just some chords on an acoustic and notes in a book to a whole song we’ve recorded with the whole band, and everybody putting in what they’re good at and what their specialties are — I really enjoy watching it happen,” Dougherty said.

Harryhausen’s music is available on Bandcamp and ReverbNation, as well as its Facebook page, where the band’s demos are available. Though the group hasn’t professionally recorded anything yet, the members are working with Made at SU — a young artists development agency run by audio arts graduate students — to release an EP in April.

The band also will be playing at Relay for Life and is collaborating with Made at SU to perform at Funk ’n Waffles.

All the music the band has released thus far are original songs. The group has released two

original songs — “In the Morning?” and “Cyclops” — but also has several other songs written. Schweikert said the band’s goal is to continue to write more originals and to make its own music.

We definitely have artists we’re influenced by, but at the same time, we know how to express ourselves and have fun doing it and be our own inspiration.

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During the band’s live shows, the members have covered rock songs ranging from The

Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction” and Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” to more modern songs like “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” by Jet and “Kids”

by MGMT. At its recent Westcott show, the band debuted its most recent cover of “Steady, As She Goes” by The Raconteurs.

“We’re trying to get into more modern influences. Covers help do that,” Dougherty said.

“Playing around with the covers help us flesh out our sound.”

Despite its various rock influences, Patricolo said Harryhausen aims to appeal to everyone, whether the audience knows its music or not.

“If it’s not the music — if you come to the show and you don’t know any of our music, then it’s definitely the performance,” Patricolo said. “We’re all animated people, we’re not just a couple of guys standing up there playing music. We’re definitely getting you engaged into the show.” idamle@syr.edu

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By Chris Libonati staff writer

While Kathy Rudkin was sitting in her high school math class during sophomore year, her opportunity to play Division I lacrosse suddenly came to fruition.

Syracuse head coach Gary Gait called Rudkin’s club lacrosse coach, Sarah Spillett, who in turn called Rudkin’s mother, Kate Rudkin, a teacher at Rancho Bernardo (California) High School. She stepped into the hallway to take Spillett’s call during a class. “(Spillett) was like, ‘Oh my God, Gary Gait just called me,’” Kate Rudkin said, “She grew up in Syracuse, so that meant something, a lot to her. She was like, ‘He wants Kathy to call him.’”

Kate Rudkin immediately found her daughter in class to tell her Gait had called.

During Rudkin’s free period, she called Gait

There was no opportunity for them to play actual games... So she just decided to play a team sport, and that’s when she picked up basketball and surfing.

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to set up a visit and that summer, she verbally committed to Syracuse.

After being forced to stop playing lacrosse after moving to a part of California where the sport lacked popularity, Rudkin made basketball her primary sport. But at the urging of her mother, she went back to the sport she loved and eventually turned out to be Syracuse’s highest-rated recruit in its freshman class and ranked the No. 23 2014 recruit across the entire country by Inside Lacrosse.

While SU junior defender Mallory Vehar recovered from an ACL injury last fall, Rudkin rotated into the lineup to fill the void and has played in a complementary role off of the bench early this season for the No. 4 Orange (3-0).

She developed her skills over a two-year period before Gait offered her a scholarship.

But before, she had almost all but forgotten the sport following her move from Annapolis, Maryland to San Diego.

“There was no opportunity for them to play actual games,” Kate Rudkin said of the youth lacrosse program in California, “… So she just decided to play a team sport, and that’s when she picked up basketball and surfing.”

Rudkin loved lacrosse so much when she was little that when teachers asked her to draw her future goals, she sketched the United States women’s national lacrosse team.

When Rudkin’s parents moved to San Diego, they went to a neighborhood where a youth lacrosse league had been started.

But Rudkin stopped playing because the league was little more than just clinics with

girls’ ages ranging from elementary school to high school.

Basketball filled the void that lacrosse had left. Rudkin played AAU basketball, going to tournaments all over California. For a time, it was her main sport.

“In eighth grade, I picked (lacrosse) up again when it was starting to get bigger in California,” Rudkin said, “and I forgot I loved it so much when I was little.”

Rudkin and her parents juggled flights to the east coast for club lacrosse and tournaments in California for AAU basketball during the summer. During the school year, club lacrosse coincided with school basketball, too.

Before her junior year, she played on the east coast with her West Coast Starz club lacrosse team and then stayed with friends and family to participate in other showcases.

“It wasn’t uncommon for Kathy to wake up early in the morning do a lacrosse workout, then run over to a basketball workout and then finish the day off with a lacrosse tournament and maybe a basketball game that night,” said Kai Harris, Rudkin’s basketball coach at Rancho Bernardo. “That was a very regular routine for her.”

Rudkin felt her 5-foot-4 frame might limit which basketball programs she could play for, but her stature wouldn’t limit her lacrosse ability.

She flirted with programs like SU and North Carolina — programs that could compete for a national championship. She also had doubts about California’s level of competition.

“Am I going to be able to do this?” Rudkin would ask her parents, “A lot of the girls I’m going to be playing with and competing against played for high school teams that could beat some weak college programs.”

She called Gait, visited SU and liked what she saw — even in the winter.

On Feb. 7, Rudkin played in the Carrier Dome and saw it for the first time without

In eighth grade, I picked (lacrosse) up again when it was starting to get bigger in California, and I forgot I loved it so much when I was little.

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Chitkowski learns 2nd corner infield position with Syracuse

By Jack Rose staff writer

Danielle Chitkowski never played third base before she got to Syracuse.

Last season, needing a third baseman, coaches stuck her there and she learned throughout the year how to man the hot corner.

“She progressed so much at third last year and then at our end-of-the-year meetings, she was telling us how much she loved third,” assistant coach Matt Nandin said, “and we said, ‘OK, you might be switching to first next year.’”

Like anything, Chitkowski took the news in stride and learned to play her new position.

In Syracuse’s (4-6) 10 games, Chitkowski has played first base in five, third base in four and both in one. The junior uses her calming presence to anchor the infield from first and her willingness to adapt when she moves to third.

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williams Cornell (0-1) in the Carrier Dome, and scored a goal to go along with his assist to Donahue.

Williams helped SU win the first faceoff, but was overmatched after that by Cornell’s Domenic Massimilian for the better part of the afternoon.

“I think they’re similar players, Dom and Williams,” Cornell head coach Matt Kerwick said. “They’re both pretty big, athletic guys, maybe a little different look at the faceoff X in terms of what you’re seeing out there around

infield spots in every game this season, she rarely played either in high school.

“She was recruited as a shortstop who could pitch,” SU head coach Leigh Ross said. “It’s nothing that she did wrong, we didn’t really need her (to pitch) and this team needs her more as a positional player.”

When her pitching career slowed in high school, Chitkowski started playing first base.

The hardest part still was getting used to the bigger, heavier glove that first basemen use, she said.

She also wasn’t used to stretching to pick balls, so Nandin and Chitkowski added extra stretches to her regimen to get more flexible.

“Sometimes I’ll pick a ball and I’ll be like, ‘Oh, look what I found, didn’t know I could do that,’” Chitkowski said.

During a game this past fall, an errant throw from infielder Corinne Ozanne drew Chitkowski off the bag to her left. She stretched

out to grab the ball, reached back and tagged out the runner.

“Whoa, I had the ball through all of that?”

Chitkowski said.

The position is becoming more instinctual for the utility player.

SU moves Chitkowski’s position between games of a doubleheader, too. Going from first to third is hardest, she said, because she has to remember she doesn’t have a big glove on anymore and ground balls aren’t as easy to field.

The team only does fielding drills before the first game of a doubleheader, so Chitkowski and Ozanne go to the side of the field between games so Chitkowski can practice her new position and glove.

Matt Nandin and student coach Morgan Nandin put ankle weights on Chitkowski and hit her balls at third to quicken her first step.

Matt Nandin also taught her how to play the angles at first and third and told her she could

step back to give herself extra time before the ball got to her.

“She’s a big, long body and for a first baseman, that’s ideal,” Matt Nandin said. “And as far as third goes, I thought she’d be perfect over there, she’s got a strong arm.”

Just a couple weeks ago, Chitkowski said, Morgan Nandin told her how much better her footwork looked.

When Chitkowski’s at first, her teammates say they know she will be there to make the catch even on a bad throw. And when she’s at third, Ozanne is usually at shortstop, and Chitkowski cracks jokes to lighten the mood with an intense teammate.

“A ball’s hit to her and she makes a good play — kind of thing that just gives you a good trust in who she is and the way that she plays,” Ozanne said. “Her presence on the field is what is relaxing to the rest of the team.”

the country. These guys can play.”

After SU defeated Siena on Feb. 7, there was a feeling that Syracuse — after two seasons of losing the majority of its faceoff chances — had finally found its specialist. Williams dominated the X, and after the game, he and Desko got questions that would have made Williams out to be SU’s savior. On Sunday, he showed flashes.

Just minutes after his impressive pass to Donahue, he scored again in similar fashion after taking the faceoff all the way to his second goal of the season just 13 seconds later.

The Orange didn’t receive any scoring at all from its regular faceoff specialists the past two seasons. It won’t be relying on Williams to put the ball in the net, but his ability

to do so offers another dimension to SU’s high-powered offense.

“We knew that with Williams, that he could

go to the goal. And we tried to take that away,” Kerwick said. “… He’s a handful.”

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BEN WILLIAMS went 9-for-22 from the X in a 14-6 win against Cornell on Sunday, and also pitched in an assist and his second goal of the season. spencer bodian staff photographer

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schedule the team traveling entering her ninth season as head coach. While known for keeping a cool head about issues with the players, she once forced a Philadelphia airport staff member into sending a bus to bring the team back to Syracuse at 11 p.m.

Regardless if the travel logistics work out, she says it’s the time together on the road that brings her team chemistry and not the day-today grind of coming and going to practice.

“The stories all come when you’re on the road,” Ross said.

Some evoke a bad memory, as was the case in the Philadelphia airport. Others may evoke another sense, like a five-hour bus ride last season that required the team to pull over to get fresh air after the bus driver “blew up the bathroom,” pitcher Lindsey Larkin said.

Having endured plenty of road trips entering her third season, Larkin is a part of a veteran core that has to keep the young nucleus of players prepared to handle the road. They often spend downtime in hotel lobbies studying as a team to keep up on missed schoolwork.

Larkin said it helps hold everyone account-

able. But even after two full seasons worth of time on the road, she’s still learning how to keep track of everything.

“I’m an organized person as it is but you learn you’re not as organized as you think,” Larkin said. “You’re not on top of things as you think.”

She a plays a role for players like Syracuse’s freshman starting shortstop Sammy Fernandez, who said packing was the most stressful part of the intimidating process.

Her biggest fear is forgetting what she checks most often: her equipment. Everything will come to a screeching halt for the .441-hitting freshman if she arrives in California on Friday without her helmet, elbow guard and glove, she said.

The limits of practicing in Manley Field House may cripple the team’s ability to take true ground balls or hit live batting practice. But Fernandez doesn’t think her team is at a disadvantage, because the team has been successful in years past with a similar stretch of games.

“This is our favorite time of the year, this is what we work for,” Larkin said. “Travel is everything we look up to. We work every day to get out of Manley and out onto a field and play teams that are making us better.” cgrossma@syr.edu | @connorgrossman

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UTC’s Tuoyo plays for single mother, blossoms defensively

By Matt Schneidman asst. sports editor

Janina Tuoyo would say she had a headache.

She’d claim she wasn’t feeling well. She’d even tell her bosses that an emergency required her to go pick up one of her sons.

But they were all excuses to get out of work.

And each one she gave was so her youngest son, Justin Tuoyo, would be on time to his AAU basketball practice an hour and a half away.

“She used to have to leave work two hours early to bring me to practice,” Tuoyo said.

“That’s what she would do once out of the week.”

When Tuoyo, now a sophomore forward for Tennessee-Chattanooga, was 9 years old, his father, Anthony, was killed in a car accident. Janina Tuoyo raised her three sons all on her own with help from her sister.

But growing up in a single-parent household brought its struggles for Tuoyo, and his mother maintained three jobs while he was at Lovejoy High School in Hampton, Georgia so he could get an education and go to college to

play basketball.

Now, the 6-foot-10 Tuoyo ranks third in the country in total blocks and is a driving force down low for a Chattanooga (18-9, 11-3 Southern).

Tuoyo perseveres through every challenge basketball at Chattanooga brings him with his mother in mind and his ultimate goal is to make a living where he can give back what she has given to him.

“I know he wants to retire me, that’s his dream,” Janina Tuoyo said. “He doesn’t want me to be working so hard.”

When he was a kid, Tuoyo not only played basketball, but was great at baseball too, he said. His father wasn’t at Tuoyo’s basketball games that often, but made almost every single baseball one.

But when Anthony Tuoyo passed away, playing baseball just didn’t feel right anymore.

“I tried to go back out and it wasn’t the same no more,” Tuoyo said. “I didn’t love it no more so I just gave it up.”

Tuoyo even stopped playing basketball for four or five months, but was eventually drawn

JUSTIN TUOYO lost his father when he was 9 years old. The UTC forward plays with his single mother in mind while dominating defensively. courtesy of steve gotter gomocs.com

back in by a former coach.

Meanwhile, his mother worked as a real estate agent, at a car dealership and at WalMart. When Tuoyo returned home from school, his mother wouldn’t be there, and it wouldn’t be until 10 p.m. that she got back.

“The way she worked, I knew it was hard for her, she didn’t want to do it all the time,” Tuoyo said. “She did everything with money expenses that we needed to travel for AAU or make a game in high school. Whatever she could do, she’d try and do it.”

After one year of college at Virginia Commonwealth, Tuoyo wanted to transfer. Will Wade — a former assistant with the Rams who recruited Tuoyo — happened to take the head coaching job at Chattanooga at the time. On the first day of his new job, Wade said, Tuoyo signed the papers to transfer there.

Wade had, and still has, a thriving relationship with both Tuoyo and his mother that has roots five years back. He estimated that around 70 percent of the players he recruits come from single-parent homes, and knew that Tuoyo would be a perfect fit for his new team.

“A lot of our kids come from rougher backgrounds. I’m a blue-collar guy. I’m drawn to those types of kids,” Wade said. “Our program’s set up to help those guys who do a lot of things off the court with life lessons and different other activities that are set up to help those guys grow and become really good people once they graduate.”

Now that he’s found a fit at Chattanooga,

Tuoyo says his goal is to graduate, get a degree and help his mother once he gets out of school.

There will be times when Tuoyo hits a roadblock at practice, but Wade reminds his big man of one thing that his mom overcame tough

The way she worked, I knew it was hard for her, she didn’t want to do it all the time... Whatever she could do, she’d try and do it.

Justin Tuoyo chattanooga forward

times as well.

Today, the Tuoyo’s financial situation has improved, Janina Tuoyo said, since she doesn’t have to fly to games after her son transferred closer to home. That, and he doesn’t ask her to send him money every week, she joked.

She only has to maintain a Wal-Mart cashier job now and while she admits that her knees and spine aren’t in great heath, she knows the family will be OK. “That’s what made it OK to work so hard, was Justin’s determination to excel in basketball,” Janina Tuoyo said. “Sometimes I can’t believe we’ve come a long way like this.” mcschnei@syr.edu | @matt_schneidman

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Re-lax

Paying it back

Freshman Kathy Rudkin had her lacrosse career rejuvenated while living in California, and now contributes for Syracuse.

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Chattanooga forward Justin Tuoyo ranks third nationally in blocked shots while playing with his single mother in mind.

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LONG ROAD HOME SU has the longest wait in between its season opener and first home game out of all ACC teams.

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Syracuse softball endures yet another lengthy stretch of away games to start season

By Connor Grossman asst. copy editor

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on’t ask head coach Leigh Ross if she’s bothered by the 47 days and 28 games that stand between Syracuse’s season opener and its first home game.

“No, we’re used to it,” she says.

Syracuse (4-6) will take five round-trip flights to nearly every time zone in the country, endure more consecutive road games than any other SU athletic team and spend more time on the road leading up to its first home game than any other Atlantic Coast Conference softball

team. The Orange is two weeks into its season, but still more than a month away from its March 24 home opener at SU Softball Stadium.

The tumultuous stretch is nothing novel for Ross’ team, which has averaged nearly 29 consecutive road games to start the last 10 seasons, largely because of a northeast climate that coats the field in snow and ice until the end of March — and even into April last season.

Ross denied that the stretch of road games affects the program’s ability to attract recruits, but the stress, academic inconvenience and other effects of countless hours of cross-country travel in a 43-game season can have a toll on the players.

“It comes with the territory,” Ross said. “I think that we have to be smarter with what we do while we’re here and get our rest and our sleep … But it’s not even a second thought.”

The travel doesn’t have to be a second thought for Ross, but almost everything regarding the travel is for Lindsay Nandin, the program’s director of operations. She’s in charge of booking flights for 25 people and around 15 hotel rooms for the team to stay in almost a year in advance.

A utility player for the Orange from 2006– 09, Nandin now contributes to the program by tripling up as the team’s travel agent, mete-

orologist and concierge. She often scours the mobile weather reports in the hours leading up to team flights.

An unexpected late-season snowstorm the day before a weekend series against Georgia Tech last year caused the games to be moved 960 miles south to Atlanta.

“There’s injuries, academic issues and all kinds of things that happen so you just have to be ready to change certain things,” Nandin said, “and know the rules of all these airlines and hotels and different contracts that could be changing.”

Ross has been through all the ups and down of see schedule page 14

men’s lacrosse

Faceoff specialist Williams offers SU offense new dimension

By Sam Blum asst. sports editor

Dylan Donahue wasted no time in pointing toward the person responsible for his second goal Sunday afternoon.

After finishing a point-blank shot in front of the net, the Syracuse attack turned to faceoff specialist Ben Williams, whose momentum from his sharp pass to Donahue caused him to hit the ground.

Williams promptly got up and joined a

smattering of teammates in front of the goal.

“To have him be such a threat with the ball,” SU head coach John Desko said, “… and make decisions after he comes up with the ball is a bonus in that position.”

Williams didn’t live up to his 17-of-20, sea-

son-opening performance at the X a week ago, but he continued to show his overall athleticism and scoring capability as Syracuse’s primary faceoff specialist. He finished 9-of-22 at the X in No. 4 Syracuse’s (2-0) win over No. 10 see williams page 14