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The Educational Model Program on Water-Energy Research at Syracuse University is the recipient of a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

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S • Getting his chance

Bobby Wardwell gave up 10 goals on 13 shots in one half against UNC on April 11. The senior gets another chance against the Tar Heels on Friday at PPL Park.

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MENTAL HEALTH SERIES PART 3 OF 3

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Sasaki Associates shares preliminary Campus Master Plan

By Justin Mattingly asst. news editor

Images of an academic promenade, a university promenade and a renovated Carrier Dome were on display Tuesday at a presentation regarding preliminary findings for Syracuse University’s Campus Master Plan.

Nearly three years after adding full-time psychiatric services, SU is still assessing best way to meet student needs

what is the campus master plan?

Editor’s note: This three-part series explores the role of mental health services on college campuses, both nationally and at Syracuse University.

The Campus Master Plan is part of the Fast Forward initiative and will guide the university in infrastructure decisions moving forward.

About 100 members of the SU community gathered in the Milton Atrium in the Life Sciences Complex on Wednesday to see the ideas presented at an open house by Sasaki Associates, a Massachusetts-based architecture firm hired by SU. The preliminary ideas include the creation of the university and academic promenade, and renovations to key campus buildings. There is no timetable for the implementation of the ideas because of other factors, said Lou Marcoccia, SU’s chief financial officer.

The Campus Master Plan is part of Chancellor Kent Syverud’s Fast Forward initiative. Another part of Fast Forward is the Academic Strategic Plan, which “everything branches off,” Marcoccia said. Funding the planned changes is “complex” and requires having the Campus Master Plan and the Academic Strategic Plan see fast

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By Jessica Iannetta staff writer

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s Madeleine Slade stood in the bright sunlight on the Quad last September watching students mill about between classes, one of her friends spotted her and walked over.

“Hey, where did you come from?” Slade’s friend asked.

“You don’t want to know,” she replied.

Slade, a junior illustration and women’s and gender studies dual major, had spent about four hours waiting to see a psychiatrist at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center. She visited the Syracuse University Counseling Center earlier that day when the anxiety medication her hometown psychiatrist had prescribed her stopped working. Her panic attacks had returned and Slade said she began to experience suicidal ideation.

The Counseling Center gave her an emergency appointment but told her she would need to schedule a regular counseling appointment and then get a referral to see the SU psychiatrist.

The process, she was told, would take about two weeks. Slade told them she couldn’t wait that long and was referred to St. Joseph’s.

Psychiatric services at SU have become an increasing visible topic of debate on campus in the last few months. THE General Body, a coalition of SU student organizations, included

the expansion and improvement of psychiatric services in its list of demands and grievances that served as the centerpiece for the organization’s 18-day sit-in last November.

But while students have advocated for more psychiatric services, nearly three years after adding full-time psychiatric services for the first time, administrators said they’re not sure adding more staff is needed.

Ben Domingo, director of Health Services, where psychiatric services is housed, said Slade’s situation may have been the result of a breakdown in communication between the Counseling Center and Health Services. But he added that if a student is a threat to themselves or others, they should be referred to St. Joseph’s.

Even at its current level, the presence of psychiatric services at SU remains a bit of an outlier in the college mental health landscape. Nationally, only 58 percent of four-year colleges offer psychiatrist services on campus, according to the 2014 National Survey of College Counseling Centers report, despite 86 percent of directors reporting an increase in students arriving on campus already on psychiatric medicines.

The university added full-time psychiatric services in Fall 2012 when the school hired a psychiatrist and then, due to high demand, added a psychiatric nurse a month later. Previously, the university had a partsee mental

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THIRSTY thursday | immortality imperial amber ale

Hefty ale contains coffee, caramel flavors

By Ben Glidden staff writer

With the school year coming to a close, seniors are signing their names on the walls of Chuck’s and getting ready to walk across the stage in the Carrier Dome.

But Syracuse University isn’t the only thing seniors should be graduating from. They should also leave behind beers like Natural Light and Miller Lite. Saranac’s Immortality Imperial Amber Ale, a part of the High Peaks Collection, is a great example of a great beer with true flavors that the Keystones of the world lack.

Once senior week has ended, crack open this amber ale, and right away you’ll understand what a good beer should smell like. Immediately, scents of malt flow from the bottle with a hint of caramel. When poured into a glass, this beer has a beautiful golden, amber color as the label suggests.

The first sip surprised me a little bit. I didn’t really expect this beer to be so flavorful. The first thing you

notice is the full texture of the beer.

It’s thick and creamy, and fills every corner of your mouth.

The taste is bold and really packs a powerful punch. It has a strong malt flavor with hints of caramel up front and then in moves into a nice roasted coffee-like taste. But the finish is bright and citrusy, driving home the complexity in the flavor. It has the strong, hoppy taste of an IPA combined with the earthy flavors of amber ale.

If you want to have a meal alongside this beer, it has to be something that can either match the strong flavors or compliment them in a way that might dull them a bit. I’d recommend a nice juicy burger with a side of french fries or a steak fresh off the grill.

This is an extremely hefty beer that packs a major punch, so the transition from the light beers of college might be a bit of a shock. But the Immortality Imperial Amber Ale is the type of beer you can really enjoy and something you can impress your future co-workers with. biglidde@syr.edu

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The Board of Regents at the University of Colorado has voted not to divest from the school’s use of fossil fuels.

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College of Engineering and Computer Science students will try to fly aircraft made from wood in the Carrier Dome on Sunday.

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4 pm April 24, Grant Aud at SU, SPM hosts “Sport and the Pursuit of Healthiness,” a multimedia symposium making sports safer.

Be there!

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Program receives funding Falcone Center gets $330,000 grant from SBA

By Rachel Sandler staff writer

The Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management has been awarded a $330,000 grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration to support more services for veterans.

$330,000 AMOUNT OF THE GRANT WHITMAN RECEIVED FROM THE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

The funding will support the newly established Veterans Business Outreach Center, which will help assist service members tran-

Just dance As a part of State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s Earth Week celebration, the Wacheva Dance Circle perfomed traditional West African dancing, drumming and songs on Wednesday night. During one segment of the dancing event, audience members were invited to join the performers on stage to show them some of the dance steps. kadijah watkins staff photographer

NSF awards grant for graduate training, research

By Sara Swann asst. news editor

This month, the Educational Model Program on Water-Energy Research at Syracuse University was awarded a fiveyear $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation for graduate student training and research.

The program funded through the $3 million grant is the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship, which will ensure graduate students develop the skills, knowledge

and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers, said Laura Lautz, who led SU’s grant proposal to NSF, in an email.

Charles Driscoll, who is also involved in the EMPOWER NRT program, said the idea behind the funding was to try and provide broader training for graduate students in the STEM fields, specifically focusing on water-energy fields.

Driscoll, director of the Center for Environmental Systems Engineering, added that rather than having

It’s great because Syracuse University has great educational opportunities and this is a very exciting opportunity for us.

Charles Driscoll director of the center for environmental systems engineering

the graduate students train solely for research purposes, they can target areas such as science communications and public policy.

“It’s great because Syracuse University has great educational opportunities and this is a very exciting opportunity for us,” said Driscoll, who is also a professor in the Earth sciences department.

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Symposium to focus on importance of sports safety

By Rob Romano staff writer

There were at least 23 deaths in college football in 1905. To try and save the sport and make the game safer,

President Theodore Roosevelt called a meeting.

The group that was called together eventually became the NCAA, said Dennis Deninger, a professor of practice in the Department

of Sport Management.

The story of how the NCAA was founded will shift into a conversation about the relationship between safety and sports at the “Sport and the Pursuit of Healthiness” mul-

timedia symposium this Friday at 4 p.m. in the Grant Auditorium.

Health experts will be brought in to discuss the connection between sports and the potential for injury.

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do round-up Here is a round-up of the top stories published in The Daily Orange this week: NEWS COURT DATE Two Nu Alpha Phi fraternity brothers appeared in city court Monday for a pretrial hearing.

Tae Kim and Jeffrey Yam are both facing charges of hazing in the first degree, a misdemeanor. Kim and Yam are due back in court on May 28.

PULP RISING VOICE Local resident Josh Batstone reflected on his journey and shared the lessons he learned from celebrity judges as a contestant on NBC’s “The Voice.”

SPORTS MAKING WAVES The Syracuse women’s rowing team finds athletic walk-ons to form a solid core of the team, and the cycle repeats every year.

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mental health time psychiatrist who worked about 16 hours a week, said Rebecca Dayton, associate vice president for health and wellness.

Dr. Wendy Armenta, the university’s psychiatrist, and Heidi Kinnally, SU’s psychiatric nurse practitioner, both declined to be interviewed for this article.

In regards to staffing, Domingo said he’s still trying to figure out whether the current level is enough to meet demand. Last academic year, the only year where psychiatric services were fully staffed the entire time, there were 985 visits.

It takes about a week to get an appointment and it may take two weeks during busier times.

But arrangements can be made if a student needs to see the psychiatrist sooner. Many psychiatric needs can also be filled in the general clinic as all Health Services doctors can — and do — prescribe psychiatric medication, Domingo said.

If psychiatric services are expanded, then the cost — and where that money will come from — needs to be considered, Domingo added.

“Are we going to increase the health fee on students? Are we going to start charging co-pays? You know, everybody is like, no, no, no, we pay enough for the health fee,” he said. “That’s

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grant including SU’s, were approved, said Lautz, who is an associate professor of Earth sciences and director of graduate studies at SU. Lautz added that the award is a culmination of several years of program development as part

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fine but you can’t keep saying more, more, more, more, more to everything without realizing there’s some give and take.”

Slade, the SU junior, started taking psychiatric medicine for the first time last summer when her panic attacks worsened, and a psychiatrist in her hometown proscribed Prozac. When the medicine finally kicked in, about a week before school started, Slade said she felt wonderful and that she “could do things again without feeling anxious.”

Though the relief for Slade was initially short-lived, the use of psychiatric medicine is becoming more common due to advances in these drugs. While these drugs have helped many students attend college who otherwise might not have, colleges often aren’t yet fully prepared to deal with this emerging trend, said Dr. Nance Roy, clinical director at The Jed Foundation, a national organization that promotes emotional health and works to prevent suicide on college campuses.

At SU, increasing demand for psychiatric services means this service operates on what Domingo refers to as a “semi short-term model.”

No official session limit exists and how long students see a psychiatrist varies for each student.

Because both the Counseling Center and Health Services can refer to psychiatric services, availability is limited and it’s hard to see every-

one on a long-term basis, Domingo said. But because of inadequate psychiatric options in the wider community — many psychiatrists have six to eight week waitlists and don’t accept insurance — students often need to be seen for longer periods of time, he added.

Under the current policy, students have to receive a referral and be in therapy to see the psychiatrist. Health Services staff can also prescribe medication in certain cases such as when students have uncomplicated depression or anxiety. These students are referred to the Counseling Center but aren’t required to see a therapist, Domingo said.

The policy of linking psychiatric medication to therapy is unpopular with some students who want psychiatric medication, or a refill of medication prescribed by their hometown psychiatrist, without the therapy. Domingo defended the policy and said therapy is an integral part of treating mental health concerns.

For most mental disorders, the medication is secondary, Domingo said. Receiving medication for a mental illness and not going to therapy would be like being on blood pressure medicine and living off cheeseburgers and soda, he added.

“I don’t think people get that. And that’s why people are like, ‘Wow, you’re being obtrusive’ or, ‘You’re not helping me because I just want my Prozac, I don’t want to go to therapy,’” he said.

“Then what you’re not doing is you’re not following our philosophy of what really good treatment is for many psychiatric disorders.”

When SU hired a full-time psychiatrist in 2012, the decision was made to house psychiatric services in the Health Services building instead of the Counseling Center, where the part-time psychiatrist had worked. This decision was made to ensure medication being prescribed would not conflict, Domingo said.

But the decision also means students have to go to the Counseling Center for therapy and then walk to the Health Services building for medication. Both Domingo and Counseling Center Director Cory Wallack hope that will eventually change and would like to see a joint building on campus where students can come for all their health and wellness needs.

Slade, the SU student, said she thinks a joint building would definitely help Health Services and the Counseling Center better connect. She would like to see more psychiatrists hired too, something she’s been active in advocating for with THE General Body.

“We need to think about mental health not just as an individual issue but as something that affects entire groups of people,” she said.

of the Water Science and Engineering Initiative.

The award provides a one-year stipend of $32,000 for as many as 46 different graduate students studying in the STEM fields to be recruited to participate in the program, Lautz said.

Since the EMPOWER NRT program’s funding is only for students from the United States, any international students who would like to

participate in the program would have to receive additional funding separate from the NSF grant in order to do so, Driscoll said.

However, he said the program is hoping to have more students than the 46 the grant allows participate.

Lautz said the award will also include support for development of domestic and international

field courses, a seed grant program and engagement of an external advisory committee comprised of nationally recognized professionals.

Pete Wilcoxen, an associate professor of public administration and international affairs, said this grant is important because often energy and water are treated as separate issues.

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FUELING THE FIRE University of Colorado Board of Regents votes to continue investing in fossil fuels

By Erin McDonald staff writer

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he Board of Regents at the University of Colorado has recently voted not to divest from the school’s use of fossil fuels in a 7-2 vote.

Despite encouragement from members of the student body and faculty at the university, the Republican-controlled Board of Regents voted against the plan put on the table, said Linda Shoemaker, a Board of Regents member that voted in favor of the divestment from fossil fuels. Republicans hold a 5-4 majority on the board.

Prior to the vote, members of the University of Colorado community that support the divestment from fossil fuels gathered in a rally on the grassy area outside of the library, said Martin Walter, a professor at the university

who favors divestment from fossil fuels. The community members camped out, rallied and hosted speakers on the issue in hopes of spreading awareness, he said.

“Our whole society just doesn’t get how serious the situation is,” said Walter, stressing the consequences of global warming should this problem continue to be ignored.

The rally comes as part of the continuum of events and workshops as part of a campaign by students on campus to spread awareness on the issue of divesting from fossil fuels, said Simón Mostafa, a student activist on campus that has been involved with the campaign for the past three years.

Despite the Board’s decision, the students involved in the campaign will continue to rally for support of divestment in the future, Mostafa said. He added that they are hopeful of shifting the support of members of the board

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sooner rather than later, although they’re in it for the long haul if that’s what it takes.

Board of Regents member Sue Sharkey, who voted against the divestment of fossil fuels, did so in question of whether or not climate change was a threat that needed to be addressed with the decision, according to an article published by ctpost.com on April 16.

“It would be a great political, philosophical and educational statement,” said Walter, should the university decide in the future to divest from the use of fossil fuels.

The Board of Regents also voted 6-3 opposing a resolution proposal of a sustainable investment committee to study divestment options that the university has. In addition, the committee would be able to make recommendations without taking action on divestment, Shoemaker said.

“I hope that the six members of the board

that did not vote with me will continue to educate themselves on this issue,” Shoemaker said.

Financially, Shoemaker said it is their responsibility as members of the Board of Regents at the University of Colorado to manage the assets of the school accordingly. It would be a wise choice in the long run to begin the shift from investing finances in fossil fuels to beginning to invest in the growing renewable resources economy, she said. It would also be wise from an environmental perspective, Shoemaker added.

The University of Colorado is one of the only schools in the nation that elects the members of its Board of Regents, and Shoemaker — who was elected this past November — said over the course of the rest of her six-year term progress will be made toward a plan of divestment as new board members are elected. eemcdona@syr.edu

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Alumni responds to SPJ letter concerning review headline This letter is in response to “Syracuse SPJ takes issue with review headline in DO print edition.”

While the letter writers assert that the headline “Viet-Nom Nom Nom: Ky Duyen Café offers variety of traditional Vietnamese cuisine for affordable prices” is “culturally-insensitive,” they fail to offer any supporting evidence.

Are the letter writers suggesting that all country-based puns are off limits? Or are the alarms activated simply because it’s a play on words that involves an Asian country?

Is it a great headline? No. But is it somehow belittling or making fun of the people of Vietnam? Their heritage? Their culture? Also, no.

There are significant issues of discrimination and prejudice that Vietnamese and

Asian people face in America and at Syracuse.

For example, how many fraternities or sororities lack a single Asian member? What SAT score is required for an Asian student to be admitted to Syracuse versus the general population? At most schools, it’s higher. Does Syracuse place an unofficial quota on the number of Asian students they admit? Many colleges do.

There are so many real questions involving discrimination and prejudice against Asian people at Syracuse, it’s too bad these SPJ members decided to focus on a fake one.

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Jenner’s justice Gender and sexuality columnist Julia Smith offers her perspective on Bruce Jenner’s talk with Diane Sawyer on ABC. See Monday’s paper

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SU needs more mental health resources Syracuse University should enhance its mental health services by looking to implement more feasible alternatives and increasing accessibility to resources.

In the last five years, the number of in-person appointments at the Counseling Center has increased by about 66 percent. And in 2014, the only year where psychiatric services were fully staffed at SU, there were 985 visits.

The statistics speak for themselves, and while the current staff is doing its best with the resources it has, SU must catch up to the increasing number of students who need these services.

The current mental health resources in place have been criticized for the long wait times, the way appointments are prioritized and the focus on short-term counseling before referring students to

third-party services in the Syracuse community.

If SU is going to provide these resources for students, they must be organized in a way that is efficient in providing students with the services they need in a timely manner.

“At the end of the day it’s a bigger task than 17 people in this building can tackle,” said Cory Wallack, the Counseling Center director.

When staff members at the Counseling Center have made it clear that the office is understaffed, the university needs to make the accessibility of mental health services on campus a priority.

After the suicides of six students in the 2009–10 school year, Cornell University revamped its mental health services and implemented several programs for students on its campus. These programs include “Let’s Talk” and the

Empathy Assistance and Referral Service, a student-run project that provides peer-to-peer support from trained students.

Like Cornell, SU should look to peer-to-peer advising when looking for a cost-effective way to make therapy options accessible and comfortable for students.

Students on campus are clearly invested in the issue of mental health services, as reflected in the coordination of the “Send Silence Packing” event on the Quad earlier this week.

This could supplement current mental health services while the university weighs its options for staffing, which will require time and deliberation.

SU should not implement these resources as a reaction to the lost lives of students, but should take preventative and precautionary measures.

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Clinton’s vice presidential pick should bring balance to her ticket

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ith over a year and a half until the 2016 presidential election, the Democratic nomination is as open as it could possibly be — yet with only one candidate declared with intent to run, the nomination has all but been granted.

The de facto nominee? Hillary Clinton, of course.

With Clinton’s nomination basically guaranteed, it’s time to start thinking about the general election, where a vice presidential candidate can easily make or break the ticket.

Sarah Palin ruined John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) presidential hopes in 2008; at the same time, President Barack Obama’s choice of Joe Biden may have been the final touch to his success.

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It’s imperative that Clinton and her team think critically and pick a running mate who’ll compliment her experience and fill in some of the gaps where she’s expected to lapse.

Since before Clinton announced her candidacy, think piece upon think piece has been published discussing potential VPs. Some names are based more in fantasy than practicality — for example, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) or Wendy Davis — where there’s almost no chance, and nothing to be gained from having either of Asst. News Editor Sara Swann Asst. News Editor Lydia Wilson Asst. Feature Editor Jacob Gedetsis Asst. Feature Editor Kait Hobson Asst. Sports Editor Sam Blum Asst. Sports Editor Matt Schneidman Asst. Photo Editor Isabella Barrionuevo Asst. Photo Editor Logan Reidsma Design Editor Sydney Golden Design Editor Matthew Hankin Design Editor Chloe Meister Design Editor Momin Rafi Design Editor Max Redinger Design Editor Katherine Sotelo Asst. Copy Editor Jake Cappuccino Asst. Copy Editor Alex Erdekian Asst. Copy Editor Connor Grossman Asst. Copy Editor Danny Mantooth Asst. Copy Editor Paul Schwedelson Asst. Copy Editor Georgie Silvarole

them on the ticket. Hillary, as the first serious female presidential candidate, would quickly find that America is certainly, and perhaps unfortunately, not ready for two women to lead the country. On top of that, Warren’s age and liberal tendencies overlap much too closely with Clinton’s.

Clinton needs a VP who has never been considered a “Washington insider” — today a political slur strong enough take down a candidate. There are few politicians around who have that label so deeply branded into their identity as former First Lady/Senator/ Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. A strong vice presidential candidate in her case needs to be as far removed from the political machine as possible.

By removing these “insiders” from the picture, Clinton would leave herself with a group of options that,

while trending white and male, are young enough to energize millennials, moderate enough to extend a more bipartisan hand than Clinton’s liberal leanings and experienced enough to add quality to the ticket. Her top prospects end up as: Gov. John Hickenlooper, who not long ago won a major victory in becoming the governor of Colorado; Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), welcomed on both sides of the aisle for his moderate gun control views; and potential Clinton challenger, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley.

Clinton’s best choice, however, is Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary and former Mayor of San Antonio Julian Castro.

As the youngest member of Obama’s cabinet, Castro brings youth and vigor in combination with a telegenic appearance. His appeal to the nation’s

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Hispanic population would likely prove critical in an election where almost every major Republican candidate has a significant pull on the Hispanic vote. Add in a near guarantee of taking Texas, where he is immensely popular and which would hopefully swing some other Southern states blue, and you’ve got yourself an ideal candidate.

Though the announcement of the Democratic ticket will wait until after the convention in July, Clinton would be smart to start testing the waters on these top candidates for the VP spot. With such a large spotlight on Clinton’s campaign, there’s no such thing as being too prepared.

Zach Goldberg is a senior economics, policy studies and energy and its impacts major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at zrgoldbe@syr.edu.

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fast forward run parallel to each other as well as having each option related to both plans weighed before making a decision, he said.

Preliminary renovations to the Carrier Dome include an addition to the north end of the Dome, as well as connecting the building to Archbold Gymnasium and what is now the new Falk Complex. Archbold and Flanagan Gymnasium would both undergo renovations.

The goal of connecting the buildings is to make the Dome a bigger part of student life, a Sasaki representative said.

The Schine Student Center and Bird Library would also undergo renovations.

The area that is now an open space as well as basketball and tennis courts near the Women’s Building is listed as a potential building site, meaning the recreation areas would be no more.

To combat this, the preliminary plan has a recreation field area mapped near Lawrinson Hall and Campus West. There is also a new recreation center as part of the preliminary plan, which would be built where Watson Hall is currently located. Many of the possible renovations as part of the plan are geared toward residence life.

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sitioning into careers involving small business, said Terry Brown, executive director of the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship at Whitman, in an email. The $330,000 grant is for the first year of the program.

Maria Contreras-Sweet, head of the SBA, announced SU and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families as the recipient of the grant at a press conference on Tuesday, but the amount of the grant wasn’t specified at the press conference.

A portion of the funding will be used to cover costs of the Boots to Business, which the IVMF and SBA are partners in. The work done in collaboration between the SBA and the IVMF has trained about 25,000 transitioning service members, Contreras-Sweet said at the press conference Tuesday.

Both Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.) and Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) released statements in support of the grant.

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The event includes three videos that were found by Syracuse University students completing an independent study project after taking the SPM 346: “Sport in American Society” course last fall. The students, alongside Deninger, planned the event.

One of the videos that was found is about the creation of the NCAA and the history of sport, while another is about the efforts being made to make sports safer and the third is about today’s obesity statistics, Deninger said.

Michael Ennis, a sophomore finance and marketing dual major, said the group compiled past videos that were made from the 1800s and 1900s, as well as recent advertising campaigns.

The symposium also includes the results of a survey with information about the decision-making process that parents use to determine which sports their children play, Deninger said.

Other planned changes near Campus West include the elimination of the Stadium Lot parking area, which would be turned to housing, recreation and dining. Other parts of the preliminary plan would get rid of current parking options, but Sasaki officials said another parking space would be found for each one lost. One official said the topography of SU being on a hill would allow for possible parking spaces underground.

The two promenades that are part of the plan are located on University Ave. and where the Physics Building is now located. The Academic Promenade aims to better connect East and West campus, and the University Promenade would enhance the university’s appearance.

To combat the planned loss of the Physics Building, an addition to the Life Sciences Complex would be a Science, Tech, Engineering and Math Building, where parking is currently located.

The Campus Master Plan framework will be completed this summer and will serve as a guide for campus architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, transportation, parking and utilities, according to the Fast Forward website.

“It’s not 1870 and we’ve got to make sure we do this in a very skillful manner,” Marcoccia said. jmatting@syr.edu | @jmattingly306

“I fought to get the Veterans Business Outreach Center this federal funding so that central New York veteran entrepreneurs can get the assistance and guidance they need,” Gillibrand said in a statement.

Katko said the grant will further solidify SU as a leader in veteran’s higher education and post-service outreach. SU and the IVMF have been a leader in services for veterans in recent years.

“We owe it to our veterans to provide quality education opportunities — and with our rich history of service to veterans and burgeoning entrepreneurial culture, central New York is the ideal location for this program,” Katko said.

Brown, the executive director of the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship, said the VBOC would be open to all veterans, not just students at SU. “We believed that our capabilities were as strong as any organization’s in the country and our deep entrepreneurial bench could be extended to our veterans,” Brown said.

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“We wanted to find out the connection between public health, reporting of traumatic brain injury, reporting of major injuries of sport, what impact is that making on the choices that young people are making,” Deninger said.

Hailey Billitier, a junior sport management major, will read the results of the survey at the symposium, Deninger said.

The symposium also includes a panel discussion with experts such as Brian Rieger, director of the Upstate Medical University Concussion Center; Denny Kellington, head athletic trainer of the SU football team; and other experts from high school and college sports.

Rieger said he wants people to have a better understanding of concussions in sports, and said he hopes people get that from his role in the panel discussion.

“I hope people leave with a better, fact-based understanding of what the research shows or doesn’t show,” he said. rromano@syr.edu

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In da club

63,000

50 Cent, Kygo and Rae Sremmurd will perform at University Union’s Block Party this Friday in the Carrier Dome.

See Monday’s paper

The approximate number of students incoming freshman Josh Bachman has spoken to for his “Living Loud” presentation.

PULP

@Zoey_Woldman Could someone have told Diane Sawyer that the 24th is Mayfest?

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ayfest is a special time of year for Syracuse University students.

The year is a long, slow grind, so we rejoice for one day a year in the sun (maybe) and have an awesome time. But like the Constitution, DANNY we need CUNEO a written WORKING testament in ON IT order to poke fun at. Here are the 10 Commandments to this year’s Mayfest. In case you lose this copy, I carved them into the side of Hendricks Chapel for reference.

Jim Boeheim is the lord thy only Syracuse god Any words against him are blasphemy. In the words of Hannah Montana, “everybody makes mistakes, everybody has those days.” Boeheim is still the captain of the good ship Syracuse, and we his humble sailors.

Thou shall not drunk text Mayfest is not only the last celebration of the school year, but for many foolish guys like myself, it’s the last chance at telling that one girl how you really feel with a poorly-worded love note. Is it ever worth it? No. Will we do it anyway? You bet your bottom dollar we will.

Thou shall not take the name of 50 Cent in vain Mayfest is about two things: drinking and free food. Whether you’re hosting a house party or pregaming at a frat, these three jungle juices are sure to show you a good time.

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How dare you. This man gave us “In Da Club.” This man deserves a parade — no, he deserves 21 parades, one for each question. He could have gone to any school in the country, but he decided to take his talents to the Salt City. He’s so dedicated to his craft that he once lost a quarter of his body weight for a movie no one decided to see.

Remember Mayfest and keep it holy Schools around the country may have their own celebration, but this one is special, so treat it as such. Come up with your own tradition each year. For me, I like to wake up early and watch “The Notebook.” Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams’ chemistry is so electric that I am ready to go for see cuneo page 12

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WHO IS SYRACUSE?

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"Who is Syracuse" is a series that runs in The Daily Orange every spring. It highlights individuals who embody the spirit of Syracuse University. Members of the SU community were encouraged to nominate people they thought fit this description.

This series explores their stories. PART 4 OF 4

SAMMY PARDES

By Connor Grossman asst. copy editor

S

ammy Pardes let the rest of her family go first. She stood alone atop a 20-foot-high rock overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and inched herself closer to the edge.

“Wow,” she thought to herself.

“This is really a lot higher than I thought it was going to be.”

She couldn’t get down if she wanted to. And just like moments before she does a flip on a 4-inch wide balance beam, her mind went silent.

The adrenaline rush, fear and determination all collided, and Pardes jumped.

“You feel good,” Pardes said.

“Accomplished.”

Admittedly far from fearless, it’s that collision of emotions that Pardes, a junior information management and technology major, thrives on.

As an active member of the SU

Gymnast shows Orange pride through participation in athletics

and adventurous movements.

Pardes parlayed her early start in gymnastics to a spot on SU’s cheerleading team as a freshman.

Pardes enjoyed her two years performing at SU football and basketball games, and wasn’t intimidated by the thousands of fans staring down at her. She didn’t even mind the day-to-day grind of being a varsity athlete.

But she longed to return to her roots as a gymnast. As she reevaluated her commitments at SU, she transferred into the School of Information Studies and dropped cheerleading in favor of gymnastics at the start of her junior year.

“I know that I’ll enjoy these things,” Pardes said. “Sometimes it takes a little extra push from myself, but it usually works out well.”

Pardes spends at least four days a week in what she calls a “secret” room in Archbold Gymnasium with

SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LITTLE EXTRA PUSH FROM MYSELF, BUT IT USUALLY WORKS OUT WELL. Sammy Pardes junior information and technology major

Women’s Gymnastics Club and Otto’s Army, the junior feeds off of each day’s events.

Whether it is leading the SU student section in cheers or perfecting a backflip on the balance beam, Pardes brings an immeasurable amount of energy packed into her 4-foot-10 frame.

“She doesn’t like to sit down, she doesn’t like to be doing nothing,” said Abby Pardes, Pardes’ mother.

“It amazes me that she does so many things and is able to do them well.

“She thrives off it.”

Pardes envisioned her house growing up as more of a playground.

Cartwheels were to occupy open spaces, not any kind of furniture.

Smaller spaces were fit for handstands, not a lamp or nightstand.

When at school, she regularly put on a showcase at the monkey bars.

Pardes’ adventurous acts were littered so frequently in her daily life, Abby thought she was doing her daughter a disservice by not helping her develop.

“I thought, ‘If she’s going to be doing this stuff, she better be learning how to do it right,’” her mother said.

Pardes never relinquished her inherent passion for gymnastics

the gymnastics club.

She’s back in her element, having transformed her early monkey bar prowess into flips and twirls when she hangs off of bars now.

And with the lesser time commitment of gymnastics, she’s tapped into other areas of interest.

Now an intern for SIDEARM Sports and an active member of Otto’s Army, Pardes is reveling in a sense of camaraderie she didn’t have before.

Instead of avoiding lines and being let right into the Carrier Dome to perform, it’s a lifestyle of campouts and road trips with fellow members of Otto’s Army that’s got Pardes more invested in Syracuse than ever before.

“I think it’s cool that there’s a cool group of us that are really into it,” Pardes said. “It’s exciting to go and root for people and want to win.”

Wishing she could diminish the number of fair-weather fans, she ensures she doesn’t set the example of one herself.

She’s one of the first fans in the Carrier Dome and often returns home with swollen feet from jumping around.

She shares her passion for SU and

SAMMY PARDES is a member of the SU women’s club gymnastic team and Otto’s Army. After spending two years as a SU cheerleader, she decided to leave the varsity team to spend more time focusing on gymanstics.

She is often one of the first fans in the Carrier Dome. sam maller and drew osumi staff photographers

its community like few others, said Nicole Howell, Pardes’ roommate and fellow Otto’s Army member.

In a year of transition for Pardes, her affinity toward SU has not been lost.

“When you think about a Syr-

acuse student, you think about someone who genuinely loves Syracuse and is excited to be here and excited to share it with everybody,” said Howell, a junior biology and Spanish dual major, said. “They get

involved with campus activities, get jobs and do well in classes.

“Sammy’s pretty much done everything.” cgrossma@syr.edu @connorgrossman

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ALEC MASSOOD

By Clare Ramirez feature editor

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s assistant third lieutenant in the Franklin Lakes Volunteer Ambulance Corps in New Jersey, Alec Massood received his most severe call this past Winter Break when a man was run over by a garbage truck.

Massood’s job, as lieutenant on scene, was to direct everyone — from firefighters to police officers.

He admits that it was weird at first to be directing people who are 50 or 60 years old, but said they all have respect for each other.

“It’s funny because in EMT school they teach you all the different worst-case scenarios and how to treat them, and this guy was literally every single thing you learned put together,” he said. “He had shattered bones, a collapsed lung, his heart

Sophomore EMT provides medical services through SUA involvement

work in the medical field.

“I like how in medicine, things are constantly kind of stressed,” said Massood, who wants to work as a trauma surgeon in an emergency room setting. “No case is ever the same, you could say.”

His leadership capabilities come from “growing up quickly.” When he was 10 years old, his parents had to move to Minnesota for six months for his father, who has a degenerative neurological disease. It was the only site that would be able to treat him, Massood said.

At that time, Massood took care of his little brother. Though they had a nanny and their grandparents around, Massood said for the most part, it was just the two of them.

He added that he would even sometimes do his mother’s banking while she video chatted with him from Minnesota.

I LIKE HOW IN MEDICINE, THINGS ARE CONSTANTLY KIND OF STRESSED. NO CASE IS EVER THE SAME, YOU COULD SAY. Alec Massood member of syracuse university ambulance

stopped two times.”

Massood, a sophomore information management and technology major at Syracuse University, works on campus as a member of Syracuse University Ambulance.

During summer and winter breaks, he continues his medical work back home in Franklin, New Jersey with Franklin Lakes Volunteer Ambulance Corps.

“Back home I typically run the calls, so I’m the one making the big decisions, whether it be for patient care or how to control a scene,” Massood said. “Here in SUA since I’m sort of new, I’m in the progression phase and I’m following along. But EMS is EMS wherever you go.”

Having doctors for parents made it hard for Massood not to be exposed to the medical world.

When he was around 2–3 years old, his mother took him to work and he spent a lot of time around in her office.

As a middle school student, he acted as a shadow around the hospital to get volunteer hours. When he was 16, he became a certified EMT. But it wasn’t until he got to college and expanded on his EMT experience that he realized he wanted to

“Other sixth graders were doing normal stuff — I was trying to manage a household,” Massood said.

Massood said his biggest takeaway from that part of his childhood is his sense of independence, which translates into his work in SUA. Though he’s only been in the organization for a little over a year, he’ll be one of two personnel supervisors next year in SUA who are in charge of hiring new members.

Carrie Stith, a junior psychology major, joined SUA the same semester Massood did and will work with him next year as the other personnel supervisor. Stith said there’s one thing about him that stands out.

“He’s a very goofy guy and always laughing and making jokes, but he’s also really good at turning off being goofy and being serious,” Stith said.

“He’s just really dedicated and knowledgeable about different scenarios.”

His mother, Supriya Massood, said her son’s personality allows him to thrive in faced-paced scenarios.

Supriya, who works as the medical director of a rehabilitation unit, called Massood “her rock” and said he’s been her sense of support for a very long time.

SU, she added, was a great choice for him because it merges his inter-

ALEC MASSOOD became a certified EMT when he was 16 years old. Massood, whose parents both work in the medical field, is a member of Syracuse University Ambulance. He works for Franklin Lakes Volunteer Ambulance Corps during his summer and winter breaks. sam maller and drew osumi staff photographers

ests in both technology and science.

“It was an interesting marriage between the iSchool and the EMT, and I wanted him to be in a field that he liked and that he had a natural set of skills toward,” she said. “It really wasn’t so much me, it was Syracuse

that really did it.”

Though his parents never explicitly wanted or forced Massood to become a doctor, Massood credits them for his change of heart.

“I always loved seeing what they did,” Massood said. “I just never

knew what they did completely, so I didn’t really care for it until I came into college. But I always had doctor in the back of my mind somewhere.” clramire@syr.edu @clareramirez_

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Incoming freshman gives speeches across country

By Rachel Gilbert staff writer

Justin Bachman stepped up to the start line at his cross-country meet when he was 13 years old. Moments later he would be pleading with referees to not disqualify him for noises and movements before the race had even started.

Bachman has Tourette syndrome, which causes noises and movements called tics. In addition, he also has Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Dysgraphia, a fine motor skills disorder that prevents him from writing legibly.

His disqualification was his breaking point — if the race organizers had been informed, then he might not have been disqualified. Bachman, now a 17-year-old living in Cleveland, created Honor Good Deeds, an organization that aims to educate people about accepting differences.

Now, he is preparing to attend Syracuse University in the fall as an incoming freshman in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

“I want to be that character that connects with a person every night at 6 on their TV screen, or I want to be that person that a community trusts and goes to, and I want to be able to still work with people,” Bachman said, “and that’s what Newhouse and communications allows me to do.”

Bachman was bullied and tried to take his own life three times before the age of 11. Bachman is now a public speaker, presenting all over the country. His presentation, “Living Loud,” addresses his experiences with intolerance and learning to be confident in himself. He has given his talk to more

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than 63,000 students across 11 states.

“My message applies to everyone whether those differences are big, small, physical, mental — it’s everyone, and so my goal is for everyone to do a bit of learning, for everyone to boost their confidence and for everyone feeling better about themselves,” Bachman said.

Honor Good Deeds has now grown into a fully-fledged nonprofit, with Bachman as chairman of the organization. When he arrives at SU, Bachman plans on scaling back his role in Honor Good Deeds. In the future, he would like to bring a Tolerance Fair Leadership Academy to Syracuse.

“When we visited Newhouse it just clearly was the place for him. Both my husband and I will miss him terribly but he’s doing the right thing,” his mother Lisa Bachman said.

Dawn Kendrick, a board member for Honor Good Deeds and a journalist for WKYC Channel 3 in Cleveland, said she is the self-proclaimed Justin Bachman fan club. She attended the Missouri School of Journalism and wanted “to claim him.”

“Syracuse is going to be the stepping stone to molding this awesome man that we already love as a team,” Kendrick said.

Bachman said he didn’t have any fears about starting college beyond the standard questions of an incoming freshman. He added that he was the only person in his high school that applied to SU and said the change in faces was the most exciting part of coming to college.

Said Bachman: “Being able to meet all new people is something I am beyond jazzed about.” rcgilber@syr.edu

that I like my lattes non-fat and don’t forget the sprinkles.

Thou shall not become an adult groupie

We’re all going to do stupid things — it’s part of the Mayfest experience. But keep it in check.

Contrary to popular belief, it is not required that you need to drunkenly fight someone in order to get truly partake in Mayfest.

Syracuse is a basketball school, so players tend to come back to SU and are swarmed by legions of people. I know it would make for an awesome insta, but they want to have a good time too. Michael Carter-Williams rejected me last year, but I’m better off for it — unless Baye Moussa Keita comes back. Then I’m totally grabbing a selfie with Baye.

Thou shall not murder a beat

Thou shall not steal a cop car

There will be a time when you are feeling yourself a little bit, maybe it’s the music, maybe it’s the freezing rain, I don’t know. But you’re going to want to freestyle. Don’t do it. If I’ve learned anything from “Malibu’s Most Wanted,” it’s that rapping is not for everyone, and

Mayfest is policed like a One Direction concert. This means that there will be many unattended cars, all of them with pretty sirens on them. I’ve wanted to do this myself ever since I saw “Superbad,” but Bill Hader and Seth Rogen are not cops, so we’re out of luck.

Try not to embarrass your father and mother

Thou shall not take more than one nap Mayfest is not a sprint, but a marathon. And like most, you need a break every now and then. But be careful — one minute you’re awake, the next you’re a Snorlax and you’ve missed all those DJs you didn’t really want to see.

Thou shall not covet thy neighbor’s tequila A subsidiary of No. 9 — sure it looks fun, but no other drink makes you feel like a Rube Goldberg machine. But no one in the history of the world not named Charlie Sheen has said, “Wow, I’m really glad I drank too much Jose Cuervo.”

Danny Cuneo is a junior television radio, and film major. He’s skimmed the Bible a couple of times. He writes a column every week in Pulp. He can be reached at dacuneo@syr.edu.

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MELISSA BEARD plays the character Lucy the Slut in the SU Department of Drama’s production of “Avenue Q.” Some students said learning to puppeteer was a struggle, while others said the transition was seamless. The Broadway musical satirizes societal issues through puppets. courtesy of michael davis

By Eric Chuang staff writer

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emorizing lines, rehearsing choreography and meshing as a cast are tasks the Syracuse University Department of Drama is used to.

Working with puppets is not.

In its production of the Tony Award-winning musical, “Avenue Q,” the students had to spend hours working with the iconic characters.

“At first, it’s all very odd, since our cast is primarily trained as actors, and working with puppets is an entirely different skill set,” said Brian Cimmet, director the Department of Drama’s production. “This particular show, having been written with puppets in mind, is stylized in such a way that it really only makes sense with puppets. ” “Avenue Q” is the final show of the 2014–15 season for the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Drama, and will have its opening night on Saturday at 8 p.m.in in the

Syracuse Stage/SU Drama Complex. The show will last through Saturday, May 9.

The Broadway musical looks at important dilemmas of a recent college graduate, named Princeton, who moves to New York City. There, Princeton discovers his purpose in life after meeting a series of interesting characters that help him overcome his obstacles and battle his inner demons.

Cimmet said the drama department has been preparing for this show for more than a year now.

“This is a ridiculous comedy, and can only be brought to life with freedom,” Cimmet said.

“This group of actors is amazingly creative and inventive, and in order to keep an atmosphere that fosters such creativity, there’s been a great deal of silly and goofy and crazy and so on.”

Even though many of the actors in the show have not had prior experience puppeteering, students like Stephen Gordon, a junior musical theater major, said the transition process from human to puppet was seamless.

For Gordon, said it was “a really fun challenge” to develop and find the certain techniques that would work.

“I found that if somebody who is watching rehearsal or the show comes back and says that they were watching the puppet the whole time, then I know that I am doing my job — they are not focused on me, the actor, but rather the character that I am trying to portray,” Gordon said.

On the other hand, it posed a little bit of trouble for other actors. Working with puppets for the first time was not an easy task for Madison Polyak, who said puppeteering has a lot to do with building stamina and endurance.

“You basically have to have your arm up for an extended period of time and especially playing a character whose on stage so frequently, my right arm has gotten significantly stronger than my left arm,” said Polyak, a junior musical theater major.

Both Polyak and Gordon said they enjoyed being able to portray their respective characters, Kate Monster and Rod. Polyak said she sees a lot

of herself in the character because they are both passionate about their beliefs.

Gordon said his character “carries a lot of heart in the show” in the way that he is a conservative Republican but also gay, though no one else knows it.

“As the show goes on, he is able to overcome his obstacles and cultivate great relationships and come out on top,” Gordon said. “That kind of journey is very relatable to a lot of people — it certainly is for me — and it’s great to be able to go on that journey with him.”

Cimmet expressed the same sentiment and said “Avenue Q” tackles real issues in life.

“Sure, it’s puppets and it’s stylized and it’s a musical, but at the heart of it, it’s about the young 20-somethings starting their lives, and learning what it’s like to grow up in the world,” Cimmet said. “This show is blunt, it’s honest, it gets to the point and doesn’t sugarcoat the tough stuff.

“And it’s funny as hell.” tchuang@syr.edu

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Syracuse head coach Gary Gait took SU defender Caroline Grosso’s stick on the sideline and demonstrated how to position the stick to block a pass, nearly knocking Grosso to the ground in the up next process. Albany had VS Boston College just scored on an at Klockner Stadium easy pass in front of Thursday, 6 p.m. the net.

“We were just talking about their backdoor cuts and making sure you’re in the right position on those,” Gait said after the Orange’s win over the No. 19 Great Danes on Sunday.

But then Albany scored again two minutes later, prompting Gait to yell “Someone get in front of the other person’s man.” to his players on the field.

Albany was having plenty of success against SU’s defense moving away from the ball and setting picks. The Great Danes only turned the ball over nine times and scored 12 goals on the day.

The Orange defense, whose 10.7 goals allowed per game ranks 62nd in the country, will need to be more effective when No. 7 Syracuse (11-6, 3-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) heads to Charlottesville, Virginia to take on No. 3 Boston College (14-2, 5-2) in the first round of the ACC tournament on Thursday at 6 p.m.

For associate head coach Regy Thorpe, who works with the defense, the improvement needs to start with his players’ defensive approaches.

“We’d always like to be under 10 (goals allowed per game), but it’s about getting wins now,” Thorpe said.

Syracuse normally runs a backer defense, a zone pressure known for its aggressiveness and ability to cause turnovers.

But just 10 minutes into the game on Sunday, Syracuse fell victim to that aggressiveness as starting defender Mallory Vehar received two yellow cards almost within a minute of each other, forcing her to miss the rest of the game.

“We’re really feisty,” SU defender Brenna Rainone said. “We can be mean sometimes, but I think we have that attitude. We want the ball. We don’t want you guys to score.”

At the end of the first half, though, Albany

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had only committed three turnovers — the third time an SU opponent has accomplished the feat this season. Syracuse’s 8.2 caused turnovers per game are only good enough for 48th best in the nation.

Albany’s off-ball movement led to several open back-door goals.

stepping up Syracuse had two players make the All-ACC first team and one more make the second team. The Orange opens up conference tournament play on Thursday.

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In the second half, Albany midfielder Rachel Bowles and attack Dakotah Savitcheff hovered just beyond the 8-meter arc. Savitcheff set a pick on Rainone who was closely guarding Bowles. SU defender Kathy Rudkin stood flat-footed as Bowles raced past her, received a pass and scored nearly undefended.

“It’s all about having good approaches,” Thorpe

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Not having a good approach or being in a good position makes it easy for the offensive players to dodge the initial defender, Thorpe said, and puts more pressure on the other defenders to help recover.

But at a point in the season when the team could play four games in a seven-day span, Thorpe said much of the time is spent prepping players with film and scouting reports for the games. A lot of the mechanical and playing adjustments, he said, have to be made “on the fly.”

SU’s defense will be focusing on four players on Thursday — midfielders Mikaela Rix, Sarah Mannelly and Caroline Margolis and attack Covie Stanwick. The key is for none of them to tag SU for three or four goals, like Margolis did in BC’s overtime win at SU earlier in the year, Thorpe said.

And an SU defense that replaced three starters at the beginning of the season and has been searching for its identity needs to step up when the stakes are the highest.

“We just got to get some stops,” Thorpe said.

“We’re a couple goals away on the (defensive) end, but we’re right in the money we think.”

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wardwell successful season for Wardwell.

“He’s been our guy all year,” Lamolinara said.

“I don’t think one bad half can change that. He knows how he performed and he knows he can bounce back from that. Everybody has a bad day.”

Lamolinara said Wardwell’s downfall was a lack of communication. The Tar Heels got around a lot of picks fairly easily, which Lamolinara said shouldn’t happen. It was something they had practiced, but didn’t execute. He said it comes down to Wardwell keeping his defense in the loop. He said in practice, they’ve been working on two-on-two picks and one-on-one picks from behind to help combat the top attack in the ACC.

I think he’s learned from it.

He’s seen their tendencies from individual players.

He’s had another week to get ready for that. He’s anxious to get out there against this team in a game situation.

John Desko su head coach

“(It’s) knowing their personnel,” Wardwell said. “Knowing who we need to slide to, who we don’t need to slide to, all that silly stuff.

Parts of team defense.”

Desko said it’s also important to get Wardwell back out in goal to help with clears, some-

BOBBY WARDWELL and undergraduate student coach Dominic Lamolinara have been reviewing film to better prepare for UNC’s potent attack. frankie prijatel photo editor

thing that Hill struggled with on multiple occasions in his previous outing.

His weaknesses were improved in holding rival Hobart scoreless for the first 37 minutes of its game on April 14. But UNC, sandwiching that game with the Hobart, provides a different challenge.

And even though Hill spelled the damage the first time around, Desko hopes to not have to go down that route again.

“It’s really nice to know that he has the confidence in me,” Wardwell said. “Everybody has a bad game, you just get back in there and keep playing.”

But even if the hope is that something will change in the nearly two-week separation in

games, Wardwell knows the competition will not.

There still is Joey Sankey, the all-time leading scorer in UNC history. There still is Luke Goldstock who has connected on eight goals in the past two games. And there still is Jimmy Bitter, who, despite the prowess of the previous two, leads the team with 69 points.

There’s still a steep challenge, but Wardwell is working to be up to the task.

“I think he’s learned from it,” Desko said.

“He’s seen their tendencies from individual players. He’s had another week to get ready for that. He’s anxious to get out there against this team in a game situation.” sblum@syr.edu | @SamBlum3

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men’s lacrosse

UNC’s Sankey thrives despite being overlooked as recruit

By Jon Mettus staff writer

Joey Sankey spent thousands of hours playing lacrosse in the small backyard of his twin home in Warminster, Pennsylvania.

Every day, he’d play with his older brother, Ryan Sankey, for about 40 minutes until Ryan got bored, then he’d spend another hour or two by practicing by himself.

Sankey played so much that the grass was constantly torn up in his backyard. He ripped shot after shot on goal to the point that the neighboring house was covered in dents and his neighbor started stealing his lacrosse balls.

“I would just be out there with my dog,” Sankey said. “I would shoot and she would chase it and I would have to get the ball back from her. It was a fun time.”

Sankey, though, never expected the success he’d eventually earn. His dream didn’t extend past Salisbury, a small Division III school in Maryland.

Instead, North Carolina head coach Joe Breschi took a chance on a player that most D-I coaches weren’t interested in because of his small stature.

Sankey’s used his stick skills and gritty play to become the all-time career points leader at UNC. He’s been motivated and pushed by his father to help overcome his 5-foot-5 stature.

And when he and the No. 2 Tar Heels (12-2, 3-1 Atlantic Coast) take the field against No. 4 Syracuse (9-2, 2-2) on Friday at 8 p.m. at PPL Park in the first round of the ACC tournament, Sankey will only be adding to his surprising career.

“I was one of the few teams that looked at him and felt like he could make an impact,” Breschi said.

Sankey started playing lacrosse in first grade.

But as with every other sport, he played with Ryan on a team two years above his age group, coached by his dad. After any bad game, Sankey’s dad reminded him of his performance during the car ride home and at the dinner table. He and his brothers, one two years older and the other eight years older, would sometimes get into fights.

“Both of them could still kick my ass, but I definitely had to try and get as tough as I could from them,” Sankey said.

Sankey idolized former Syracuse star Mikey Powell, trying to imitate his moves from highlight reels posted to YouTube. Eventually Sankey’s neighbors complained to his parents about the dents in their home and Sankey’s dad bought a batting cage for Sankey to shoot in. As he got older, Sankey needed to shoot farther away from the net, so he cut one side off the batting cage and was able to shoot from anywhere in his yard.

“There was a lot of pressure to not be known as the coach’s son who’s just on the team because he’s the coach’s son,” Sankey said. “I was always really conscious of that and never wanted people to think that I got anything just because of my dad.”

People questioned Sankey’s size and fragility, but when he played well against a team with D-I committed lacrosse players at a club tournament during his freshman season, he realized D-III wasn’t his ceiling.

When he arrived at UNC, he looked at the play-

JOEY SANKEY has amassed 217 career points in his four-year career with the Tar Heels, the most points of any player in the history of the program. courtesy of unc athletics

ers in front of him, including now-Syracuse senior Nicky Galasso, and wasn’t convinced he could find playing time. But in scout team practice, Sankey impressed, grabbing passes and scoring behind the back in midair, before earning a spot on the field.

“Even guys like Jack McBride who was already a two-time All-American would stop and watch,” UNC attack Jimmy Bitter said.

Now three years later, Sankey’s second on the team with 60 points and has 217 in his career.

Everything he’s been able to accomplish goes back to his early years of playing lacrosse and the hours he dedicated in his backyard.

Said Sankey: “I think that definitely made me the player I am today.” jrmettus@syr.edu

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locker room said with a laugh. “It’s just — I love what I do. It’s not tough. It’s easy to go meet some alums who love Syracuse and the people who’ve gone here.

“Just trying to find people who want to help and support women’s lacrosse and provide these young ladies with the greatest facility and experience possible here at Syracuse.”

In the previous locker room, most if not all of the players had to share metal lockers because there weren’t enough. They often had trouble accessing their locker due to the volume of players and equipment in the room. There was a tiny wooden bench in the middle for players to put cleats on.

The administrators were behind him and to go out and raise that kind of money for an Olympic sport is unbelievable, I think. We were very fortunate to have some very generous people that want to contribute to our sport here.

Regy Thorpe su associate head coach

Ziegler called the carpeting “creepy.” The showers barely worked, she said, and the bathroom had only one sink and only a few stalls.

The locker room also served as a punch line for the Orange, she said, when jokingly interact-

ing with opposing teams, pointing to how much SU has accomplished on the field despite such a limited facility.

“A little cramped is an understatement,” Gait said. “It was a storage room converted, throw some lockers in it, put a bathroom in the end.”

But just as easily as Ziegler rattles off the flaws of the old locker room, she seamlessly raves about the amenities of the new one.

A kitchen. A larger bathroom. Steam showers. Three TVs throughout the locker room, and Ziegler says more are on the way. A sectional couch that seats approximately 25, and then three more couches near the lockers.

And not only does each women’s lacrosse player have her own locker with plenty of space for cleats and other belongings, but there’s also an iPad in each locker with a slideshow of that player.

While Syracuse’s recruiting pitch was strengthened with the addition of the Ensley Athletic Center, Gait pushed it a step further with the upgraded locker room, all while providing his players a more comfortable team environment.

“It’s his baby and he’s very passionate about it,” associate head coach Regy Thorpe said of the locker room. “The administrators were behind him and to go out and raise that kind of money for an Olympic sport is unbelievable, I think.

“We were very fortunate to have some very generous people that want to contribute to our sport here.”

As much work as Gait put in while taking matters into his own hands, fundraising isn’t an uncommon necessity in SU Athletics. John Desko, the head coach of SU’s men’s lacrosse team, said his program gathered its own money to modernize its locker room, which was completed in 2011.

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Desko added that the costs of moving from the Big East to the Atlantic Coast Conference are still affecting SU financially.

“I think it may be a year or two before we get caught up to that,” Desko said. “I think most of the sports here recognize that until we catch up financially that if we want to do extra things that aren’t in our budget, then we have to fundraise to do that.”

Gait — who doesn’t want photos to be taken of the locker room until it’s completed — reached out to parents, alumni and others close to the program and held fundraising events to reach the goal of $1.2 million, and then worked hand in hand with the architects to design it and add his own personal touches, he said.

There’s still more to be done, Gait added,

pointing to the film room. He said everything is accounted for, but not quite finished. Ziegler said Gait plans to add a big island table near the lockers and that music will be set up at the players’ lockers eventually.

But what Gait’s installed to this point has already reversed the culture of the locker room from being a spot Ziegler sidestepped to being one where players eat breakfast, socialize during the day and even study in at night.

“It’s spectacular and I don’t think there’s a nicer locker room in the country for any women’s sport in the country,” Gait said. “They’re lucky now. They worked hard and they’re enjoying it and truly love it and we’re happy to have it.” pmdabbra@syr.edu | @PhilDAbb

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SCOTT SHAFER and SU will rely heavily on their contingent of second-year players next fall to improve upon the team’s dismal 3-9 2014 season. logan reidsma asst. photo editor from page 20

shafer “Kayton Samuels did a very nice job. He may have been the most improved player on defense (in the spring),” Shafer said. “And then Chris Slayton, both those young men are playing tackle. “... So those two have done a real nice job providing competition with Raymon and Williams.”

The last group Shafer touched on was the linebackers, where second-year players Bennett and Jonathan Thomas are pushing

to start at strong-side linebacker. That unit is led by rising sophomore Zaire Franklin, who will start at middle linebacker, and has a lot to live up to with Cameron Lynch and Dyshawn Davis finishing up their careers last November.

“There are guys who can compete and have a shot to line up as a starter against Rhode Island,” Shafer said of SU’s linebackers.

And it was a similar sentiment for the rest of the position groups — with the Orange’s youth looking like the prevailing answer. jcdoug01@syr.edu | @dougherty_jesse

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Shafer raves about rising sophomores

By Jesse Dougherty staff writer

BOBBY WARDWELL (1) is looking to rebound off a season-worst performance against North Carolina on April 11. The senior goalkeeper allowed 10 goals in the first half to the Tar Heels before being replaced at the start of the second half by Warren Hill. frankie prijatel photo editor

ON HIS HEELS

Wardwell receives 2nd chance to play North Carolina in ACC tournament

By Sam Blum asst. sports editor

Bobby Wardwell clutched his stick tightly to his body and looked down as he paced around the crease. Chad Tutton, standing just feet away, was getting mobbed by his teammates after whipping a side-arm shot that Wardwell wasn’t quick enough to stop.

It was the 10th and final goal of the first half for North Carolina in

its 17-15 win over Syracuse on April 11. And it was the final straw for Wardwell in what was his most disappointing performance this season.

“I didn’t have the best day,” Wardwell said.

Wardwell watched on the bench as Warren Hill saw his first significant playing time of the season in the second half. But since that game, SU head coach John Desko has stood by his senior goalkeeper. And with

another matchup against No. 2 UNC (12-2, 3-1 Atlantic Coast) awaiting No. 4 Syracuse (9-2, 2-2) in the semifinals of the ACC tournament on Friday at PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania, Wardwell has looked to correct what ailed him just 13 days prior.

He’s been working closely with undergraduate assistant and goalies coach Dominic Lamolinara to help solidify what has been largely a

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HIGH FIVE Five Syracuse players were named to the All-ACC first team on Wednesday afternoon. The Orange had two attacks, a midfielder, a defender and its faceoff specialist garner recognition.

KEVIN RICE Sr.

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NICKY GALASSO Sr. MIDFIELD BRANDON MULLINS Jr. BEN WILLIAMS

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Orange, Gait enjoy upgraded team locker room sports editor

To get out of her teammates’ way, Loren Ziegler usually avoided staying in Syracuse’s overcrowded locker room too long. She instead carried her belongings back and forth.

But a world-class renovation later,

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the Orange’s new locker room has become a second home, the senior midfielder said.

“Honestly, we pretty much all live in there,” Ziegler said. “Just being that great it also brought our team closer together because we’re always in there doing work, eating together.

“Whether we’re going to practice or not, in between classes everyone just gets back to the locker room.”

It took a $1.2 million fundraising effort and subsequent planning and building, but this year the Syracuse women’s lacrosse team finally upgraded from its outdated locker room. In the fall, it relocated within Manley Field House to a new, stateof-the-art facility in a space that was previously a weight room.

Phase one of the project has been completed and the $1.2 million has

It’s been fun watching them compete when those jobs are open ...

There’s great intensity with those kids Scott Shafer su head coach on rising sophomores

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women’s lacrosse

By Phil D’Abbraccio

Syracuse is expecting a lot of turnover on both sides of the ball come August, and will lean on its second-year players to either fill, or plug a lot of holes.

On the Atlantic Coast Conference spring teleconference Wednesday morning, SU head coach Scott Shafer threw out a group of second-year players he was encouraged with this spring.

“It’s been fun watching them compete when those jobs are open,” Shafer said. “... There’s great intensity with those kids.”

After fielding one of the worst offenses in the country last season, it’s no secret that rising sophomore skill players like wide receiver Steve Ishmael and hybrid Ervin Philips will be at the center of SU’s retooled attack. But those weren’t the players Shafer mentioned in his last address to the media before the ACC’s media day. Nor did he discuss the three second-year defensive backs who are looking to fill sizable gaps in a depleted secondary.

been collected and exhausted, SU head coach Gary Gait said. The next step involves the completion of a video room and a few other minor tweaks, a phase that he said will require at least another $300,000.

But he went “above and beyond” to provide his team what it has now, Ziegler said.

“Having a life? What’s that?” Gait see locker

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Instead, he focused on less-heralded players like offensive lineman Aaron Roberts, defensive tackles Kayton Samuels and Chris Slayton and linebacker Parris Bennett, among others, who figure to be key parts of SU’s immediate future.

Roberts, who redshirted last season, played as the first team’s right guard in the Orange’s annual spring game on April 4. Shafer said there’s still a lot of moving parts on an offensive line that lost two starters in left tackle Sean Hickey and center John Miller at the end of last season.

In the opposite trenches, Shafer mentioned Samuels and Slayton as two second-year defensive tackles who will push expected starters John Raymon and Wayne Williams for snaps. see shafer page 19