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N • The wheels on the bike O • Net value Will Fancher, a senior at SU, is planning to bike 3,869 miles from Virginia to Oregon after he graduates in May. Page 3

Business columnist Brian Cheung breaks down exactly how basketball teams make money from the NCAA Tournament.

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Divestment is the opposite of investment. It means to prohibit investment, or take money out of a certain type of stocks or investments. In this case, it means prohibiting the direct investment of any part of SU’s endowment in companies that mainly work with fossil fuels.

HOW DID WE GET HERE?

S • Start the Buss

P • The MySlice club

Former SU guard Ron “Buss” Patterson announced his landing spot yesterday, choosing to transfer to IUPUI for next year.

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Fall registration officially begins Monday, and Pulp’s MySlice guide has the right classes for the brain, athlete and princess in you.

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divestment breakdown WHAT IS DIVESTMENT?

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Here’s a look at what it means for SU to prohibit fossil fuel investments

WHY DOES IT MATTER THAT SU IS DIVESTING? With an endowment of $1.2 billion, Syracuse University is among the largest institutions to formally announce its plans to divest from fossil fuels.

We have to be more involved. We have to take initiative for the sake of not only our future, but our children’s future.

Ending the fossil fuel era is essential if we are going to have a viable environment. We have to switch our energy so people can thrive.

It’s important for a large university — such as SU — to show that it has an obligation to the welfare of its students and the environment.

Bill McKibben founder of 350.org

Jack Manno environmental studies professor at suny-esf

Bob Wilson associate professor of geography

OTHER UNIVERSITIES TO DIVEST AND THEIR ENDOWMENTS, COMPARED TO SU’S SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

GREEN MOUNTAIN COLLEGE, VT.

$1.2 BILLION

$960,000

UNIVERSITY OF DANTON

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

$670 MILLION

$21.4 BILLION

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Following the sit-in, members of Divest SU met with members of the SU administration to discuss divestment.

CITIES THAT HAVE DIVESTED EUGENE, OREGON ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN ITHACA, NEW YORK BOULDER, COLORADO SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS source:fossilfuelfree.org

It starts with believing it in your heart, that you can be change, and then pursuing it with consistent action and consciousness. It can happen and will happen.

Elizabeth Kahn director of students of sustainability

(Divest SU) has been involved for a long time and we’ve worked really hard and we’ve tried different tactics to give the university a reason to divest.

Emma Edwards founding member of divest su

Permission for parties at Castle remains unclear

By Sara Swann asst. news editor

It’s unclear whether parties are being allowed again at Castle Court following a gathering of students in

The Knocks, Skizzy Mars to perform in Walnut Park April 24 asst. news editor

November 2014

The interests of Divest SU were included in the list of demands created

by THE General Body, a coalition of student groups that staged an 18-day sit-in in Crouse-Hinds Hall in November.

UU reveals MayFest lineup

By Lydia Wilson

October 2012

Environmentalist Bill McKibben spoke during the University Lectures series on the topic of climate change and the need for divestment. Following McKibben’s talk, Divest SU was formed to advocate for the university to divest.

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the parking lot last Thursday.

The party lasted for a few hours before the rainy weather gradually drove students away. A Syracuse Police Department car was present at the event for some time, but

eventually left. In addition, several Department of Public Safety cars drove past the party on Thursday evening without stopping.

Hannah Warren, public information and internal communi-

cations officer for DPS, said she was not aware of parties being allowed again at Castle Court.

She added that DPS was conducting regular patrols to ensure that see castle

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The Knocks, Skizzy Mars and VÉRITÉ will headline University Union’s annual MayFest concert in Walnut Park if you go on April 24.

MayFest 2015 The Knocks Where: Walnut are an elecPark tronic music When: April 24, doors open at 1 duo based out of p.m.

New York City.

How much: Alternative Free with valid rapper Skizzy SU or SUNYESF ID. $22.50 Mars is returnfor graduate ing to Syracuse students and University after guests, tickets available at the his first perforSchine Student mance in UU’s Center Box 2012 BanderOffice snatch Music Series. Alternative pop artist VÉRITÉ was named a Brooklyn band to watch and compared to Lana Del Ray by Harper’s Bazaar in September.

Electronic DJ and producer AYO Alex will also perform at the concert.

Underg raduate students with valid student IDs at SU and SUNY-ESF can enter for free, while graduate students and guests can purchase tickets for $22.50 in the Schine Student Center Box Office.

MayFest starts at 1 p.m. and leads into Block Party, which will be held in the Carrier Dome with doors opening at 6:30 p.m.

This year’s Block Party will feature rapper 50 Cent as the headliner with G-Unit, Norwegian electronic dance music artist Kygo and hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd as supporting acts. lawilson@syr.edu

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Junior reflects on service work across US

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For some people, picking weeds eight hours a day doesn’t sound fun, but Juliette Crellin cherished the opportunity. In fact, she had been looking forward to it for years.

The junior policy studies major returned to Syracuse University this spring after taking two semesters off to work at AmeriCorps, where she participated in the National Civilian Community Corps.

In a span of 10 months, the program took Crellin across seven states in the Midwest where she worked with adults with developmental disabilities, provided dental care to the Amish and protected oak trees with Benedictine monks.

“You see some quirky parts of the world,” Crellin said.

Being on an organic vegetable farm in Minnesota was Crellin’s favorite project, she said. The farm where she and her team were stationed grew 40 different types of vegetables. Working behind the scenes gave Crellin a better understanding of why organic agricul-

ture is priced so high, she said.

The experience on the farm also gave the New York City native a new connection with food.

“Growing up in the city, we had a community garden plot and everything, but you’re so disconnected from your food — even if you shop at a farmer’s market,” Crellin said.

Crellin said one of her most memorable days on the organic farm was a rainy day in which her team was tasked with planting seeds and digging holes for four hours. She called it the most unpleasant thing she’s done in her life.

But when describing the experience, Crellin had a huge smile on her face. She had been thinking about doing AmeriCorps since she was 16, and she’s still elated to have had the experience many months later. Reflecting on her decision to take some time off from school, Crellin said she’s happy she did it.

“It’s so hard to understand what it’s like to not be in school, since the entire beginning of our life is school,” Crellin said. “It was really nice to step back and take a moment to breathe.” mrafi@syr.edu | @Mominat0r

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INSIDE N • Energized

A pair of SUNY-ESF professors has used satellite data to compare energy efficiency in counties across the U.S. Page 7

S • Moving forward

SU basketball forward Briana Day turned in a stellar season and looks to improve going into her junior year.

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All for one The Graduate Student Organization has brought up the possibility of having graduate student employees unionize.

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@chrysanos S/O to @UUInsider for this year’s Mayfest lineup and playlist making Sunday night homework a little less painful

Talk about it The open comment period for the SU’s academic strategic plangives students the opportunity to provide suggestions for the final draft.

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Student prepares for cross-country bike journey Chase to cut jobs at SU center

By Katherine Sotelo design editor

Will Fancher is preparing himself for an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity — a nearly 4,000-mile journey this summer from Virginia to Oregon in which he’ll ride a bike and build affordable housing.

And when looking for inspiration ahead of the trip, Fancher said he thinks of a famous actor.

“I am beyond myself with excitement for this trip…” Fancher said. “I like how Robin Williams described (bike riding), ‘It’s the closest you can get to flying without ever leaving the ground.’”

Fancher, a senior nutrition science and biology major at Syracuse University, will get to ride the bike on a cross-country trip this summer with the Bike & Build non-profit organization. He’ll begin his journey 13 days after graduation.

Founded in 2002, Bike & Build sponsors nine cycling trips each summer. The money raised from each cyclist before and throughout the trip works to enable affordable housing organizations, such as Habitat for Humanity, to expand operations and serve more people, according to the organization’s website.

The main goal of a Bike & Build trip is to advocate for the need of affordable housing in the U.S., Fancher said in an email.

For Fancher, it was his cousin, Andrea, who sparked his interest in the trip.

“My cousin participated on a Bike & Build trip a couple years ago, and I always thought it would be a cool idea to participate,” he said.

The application process began in November 2014. A review of his medical history, personal statements and essay questions complete see bike

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Cuts planned for space housed in Lyman Hall

By Justin Mattingly asst. news editor

JPMorgan Chase is planning to close the technology center it opened at Syracuse University, Syracuse.com reported Friday.

The closure would eliminate 91 jobs, including 55 full-time positions, and included in the 91 jobs are 36 student internships, according to Syracuse.com. The internships are planned to end at the end of May, bank spokesman Erich Timmerman told Syracuse.com.

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In 2007, JPMorgan Chase and SU launched a partnership to help students aspiring to technology careers. The 10-year, $30 million partnership helped see chase page 8

crime briefs Here is a round-up of criminal activity that occurred near campus during the past week, according to Syracuse police bulletins.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT

WILL FANCHER, a senior nutrition science and biology major at Syracuse University, will ride his bike on a cross-country trip this summer with Bike & Build, a non-profit organization. mary mik contributing photographer

SU community collaborates to create consent PSAs

By Brigid Kennedy staff writer

Students are turning to video in an effort to increase awareness about Syracuse University’s “Got Consent?” campaign for sexual violence prevention.

The Office of Health Promotion has teamed up with Hill Communications, a student-run public relations firm, and Andy Robinson, a television, radio and film professor,

THE NUMBER OF JOBS ELIMINATED BY JPMORGAN CHASE’S PLANNED CLOSURE OF ITS SU TECHNOLOGY CENTER.

to revamp SU’s “Got Consent?” sexual violence prevention program.

“Last semester, we conducted research to see if campus knew about ‘Got Consent?’ but they didn’t so we wanted to capitalize on the fact that people are kind of paying attention to sexual assault more these days and relaunch the campaign,” said Samantha Berenstein, a senior public relations major and the account manager at Hill Communications.

In an attempt to rebrand the “Got

Consent” program, Hill Communications created a new slogan: “Be

The idea of this PSA and then the next PSA is more SU relatability.

Samantha Berenstein hill communications account manager

SU.R.E.” to accompany the original title. The letters stand for shared understanding, respect and enthusiasm — all things necessary for consensual sex as stated by the Office of Health Promotion. The letters S and U are bolded and stand together as a tie-in back to the Syracuse University campus.

As a way to further the reach and effects of the campaign, Robinson, who is also the General Manager at see got

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A Syracuse man, 18, was arrested on the charge of disorderly conduct, according to a police bulletin. where: Saturday at 10:07 p.m. where: 100 block of East Colvin St. UNLICENSED POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA A sophomore in the School of Art and Design College of Visual and performing Arts, 19, was arrested on the charge of unlicensed possession of marijuana, according to a police bulletin. where: Friday at 11:43 p.m. where: 311 Waverly Ave.

— Compiled by Justin Mattingly, asst. news editor, jmatting@syr.edu

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Women in military special forces prove capable, deserve equal status

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ix more women have passed the first test to make it into the Army’s Ranger school this week, doubling the presence of women in the male dominated program. A dozen women finishing the ranger training assessment course — or RTAC — may seem small, but it is the first stepping stone in achieving gender equality in the military’s most elite programs.

The RTAC is a 16-day assessment that involves physical tests such as a two-mile run with equipment, water survival and obstacle courses. After passing the physical portion, students are then evaluated on their leadership skills. Of the 119 people who went through the exhausting two weeks of training only 31 passed.

JULIA SMITH

THE SASSY FEMINIST

The Army integrating women into its programs is a long time coming and should be a cue for other military programs to make the change. The argument that women can’t compete is unintelligent and above all, sexist.

The military has always been slow to modernize its social policies, whether it be finally accepting women into military academies in the 1970s or repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell just four years ago. Today’s fight circles around whether or not

women have a place in special operations teams.

“I like to say the SEALs are the greatest man club on earth,” said Rorke Denver, a Navy SEAL “Our unit cohesion is forged from testosterone, and look at what that’s produced: the most lethal, aggressive and effective assault teams on the modern battlefield.” If a man of Denver’s caliber believes women can’t do the job, it proves how ingrained sexism is in the system.

Earlier this year a former Navy SEAL, Ray “Cash” Care posted on Warrior.scout.com, “They’d have to have separate barracks, separate showers, more medical personnel. In cold weather survival training, we’re taught to sit “nuts to butts”. That’s where guys basically sit up top of

each other to keep warm. How is that going to work with a woman in the middle?”

Believing that co-ed relationships cannot be possible because sexual drive will overcome the operation only shows that people will come up with any excuse to exclude women.

And next January after looking over other branches that have started gender integrating, the Defense Department will get to make the call on lifting the ban for women; the only question in its mind should be ‘‘Why didn’t we do this sooner?’

Julia Smith is a junior newspaper and online journalism and sociology dual major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at jcsmit11@syr.edu.

letter to the editor

Open letter to chancellor from GSO discusses health insurance On April 1, 2015 the Senate of the Graduate Student Organization voted unanimously to censure the university leadership for its actions surrounding the recently announced changes to student health insurance. The Senate is appalled at the lack of transparency leading up to this decision, particularly the lack of announcements to those it would impact as the requirements and plans were being constructed. Additionally, the Senate is outraged that this decision process, one that materially affects students in a substantial manner, did not involve students prior to when a final decision was reached. The GSO insists the university include students in university policy-

making, particularly when it impacts students to a large degree.

The Senate calls for all graduate teaching, research and other assistants employed by the university to remain eligible for the employee health insurance plans, as they have been in this and past years. We censure the university leadership for moving to take this benefit away from all graduate assistants. The GSO is committed to maintaining employee insurance plan eligibility for all these students, regardless of degree type or other categorization. Graduate, teaching, research, and other assistants are core to the instructional and research mission at Syracuse University, com-

prising up to one-third of the full-time equivalent instructional personnel. The university devalues and demeans the work these students perform by not recognizing them as eligible for employee health benefits. The current plan also presents severe cost increases and an unacceptably unclear benefits picture if it were to go forward, including questions about dental coverage and a total lack of vision coverage. The university needs to send a clear message that it will not diminish the insurance benefits to these students.

The Senate is alarmed at the substantial confusion and cost increases for international students that the new health insurance requirement has created and censures the university

leadership for its role in creating this confusion and cost increase. Students across the university are still awaiting a complete plan description, full justifications for the move away from the HTH insurance plans and a full explanation of the necessity to raise costs for most international students by approximately $700 annually. International students require further information concerning how the new Aetna Student Health Plan will interface with their requirements as international students studying in the U.S. The GSO insists this information be made public and no further actions are to be taken to implement this plan without GSO Senate input.

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THE General Body disapproves of administration’s recent actions We are looking for accountability from the administration. Last Tuesday, THE General Body reached out to Chancellor Kent Syverud requesting a meeting with him and his executive team. The full text is at thegeneralbody. org. Despite having publicly stated that his administration is committed to working with us, they instead emailed saying we would be hearing from liaisons who have no relevant decision-making powers or accountability to the items the administration agreed to address last semester.

Most of the issues that led us to take action last fall have not been resolved. Unfortunately, even more issues have arisen since then, demonstrating that the administration has learned little from recent community outcry. They continue to make decisions that negatively affect the SU community, as evidenced by: — The new health insurance mandate, which affects all undergraduate and graduate students, especially low-income students. Graduate TA/ RA/GAs will pay more money for worse health care coverage.

— The recently-proposed $495 million sports stadium, alongside claims that SU doesn’t have the money to hire additional counselors, staff at the LGBT Resource Center, or continue its original commitment to scholarship programs like POSSE. — No public budget proposal or timeline for

implementing the directives of the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Sexual Violence Prevention, Education, and Advocacy.

— Inconsistencies regarding cancellation of SU Study Abroad programs, in particular, Paris Noir.

— Four SU Law students drugged by a fellow law student(s), these reported incidents were mishandled by the administration, which failed to provide timely and adequate information on student survivors’ rights under the Clery Act and Title IX and have not yet publicly addressed by the administration.

— The lack of transparency and collaboration around the SU Mission/Vision Statement and Strategic Plan.

We’d like to continue working with all interested groups, including the chancellor and his executive team, in creating the kind of university where all students, faculty, staff and community members are valued and respected — not in word, but in collaborative action. We again call on the chancellor and his executive administration to meet with us to be accountable to items they said they would address, and come to agreements on those they ignored. Among other upcoming events, we’ll hold a rally on April 14. Look for more information and get involved. We invite you to be part of this movement.

Thank you, THE General Body

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Empty threats Conservative columnist Victoria Razzi talks the U.S.’s decision to aid Egypt and prioritze concerns in the Middle East.

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Generation Y columnist Laritza Salazar questions why studentathletes and college students alike aren’t paid for their labor.

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NBA should revise draft requirements Forward Chris McCullough must not be criticized for his decision to leave Syracuse University after his freshman year in order to join the 2015 NBA Draft. His decision is not uncommon, and it is indicative of a larger problem: the flawed “one-year rule” the NBA has in place.

The NBA instituted a rule before the 2006 draft that requires drafted athletes to be 19 years old, and have spent a year either playing in college, overseas or sitting out the year before they can be a part of the NBA Draft. This rule, which many tout as encouraging athletes to pursue an education, does not help either the athletes or schools they attend. It is a part of an arbitrary system that should be amended.

Not all athletes can be drafted right out of high school. The vast

majority of players have to go through college to hone their skills and improve their craft before they reach a professional playing level.

But the athletes who can make it professionally shouldn’t be forced to go through college to ultimately be branded as another “one-anddone” player.

When athletes are being offered professional, well-paying contracts to play basketball, it only makes sense that they choose the NBA rather than playing without pay.

Playing college basketball opens the athletes up to potential injury, which could hurt their stock value and draft appeal.

Athletes should not be required to go to college before they can be eligible to play in the NBA. College is not for everyone and the current one-

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year requirement creates an incentive for players to treat school as an obligation rather than a passion.

But creating a policy that requires students to finish school once they begin is not the solution either.

In any other field, leaving college early for the sake of a life-changing professional opportunity would not be regulated, nor even looked down upon. Student-athletes should be able to choose to leave school when they feel is best for them.

And the fans that get angry with the players who leave after one year are in the wrong. These athletes who are only going to school to meet the NBA’s requirements don’t have an allegiance to the program, nor an obligation to stay all four years to avoid public scorn for their choices to leave.

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NCAA doles out tournament profits unevenly between conferences

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fter Monday’s NCAA basketball championship game, one winner will get to cut the net and be crowned the best team in America. But financially, many teams will win money from the NCAA. And some teams will lose out.

It’s common knowledge that teams win money from success in the NCAA Tournament. In 2014, TV contracts brought in $700 million. Of that sum, $498 million went to Division I schools for academic programs and financial assistance for student athletes. The remaining $194 million went to what is called a “basketball fund,” which is a prize pot for the taking in the Tournament.

This year the pot has grown to $199 million, which begs the question, “How is the pie split up?” It’s a wonderfully complex system, almost a financial Rube Goldberg machine.

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I’M A BUSINESS, MAN It has certainly relieved the old stress of having to win a game or go home empty handed, but the system still rewards the strong conferences with a lot of money and leaves crumbs for the struggling conferences.

So here’s how it works on paper: teams earn a “unit” for every Tournament game they play, not including the championship game. Each unit has a set value, determined by the NCAA. For this year’s Tournament, each unit is projected to be worth $255,379.

But the earnings from those units are not given directly to the school.

They’re given to the conference, which then gets to distribute the

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money as it pleases among that conference’s schools. The NCAA suggests that the conferences evenly split the winnings among the schools.

Still following? OK good, because it gets weirder. The units last for six years, and every year the NCAA counts how many units are held by a conference and pays out the earnings accordingly. By spreading out the payment installments, the NCAA effectively dilutes the value of each game won in the Tournament.

Prior to the “basketball fund,” schools that won the Tournament would win ridiculous sums of money right away. Back then, the rule was that a winning school would get to keep 25 percent of the revenue and give 75 percent of the revenue to the conference. That sounds nice if you’re a winning team, but if you went to the big dance and didn’t

win a game, you had no chance at making any money. The new system allows schools to win money even if they flubbed or performed poorly in the Tournament.

Take for example, the Tournament picture in 2012. The Big East — in its prime — netted almost $29 million. Compare that to the West Coast Conference, which won only about $5 million that year because Gonzaga was the only good team in the league.

Based on the current system, if Gonzaga can’t win units, there are no other teams to help win money for the West Coast Conference. But even if Gonzaga does win units, the earnings are shared evenly with all the bad teams in the conference.

You can see that this would incentivize teams to leave weaker conferences for better conferences in which

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other good teams can still win money for the others. That’s what happened to the Horizon League — both Xavier and Butler left for the Atlantic 10 two years ago. Both schools were a foundation for the Horizon League, but their units will expire in 2016 and leave the conference stranded to find new teams to earn it revenue.

If the NCAA is interested in increasing competition and leveling out the playing field, it should consider a system that rewards smaller conferences with bigger prizes. And while it’s at that, if it could draw me a flowchart of how this all works because that would be helpful too.

Brian Cheung is a senior broadcast and digital journalism and finance dual major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at bkcheung@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @bcheungz.

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bike & build with doctor’s exam to prove physical ability rounded out the prerequisites.

About two weeks later, Fancher received the news that he was selected for the ride.

With seven months until his May 23 departure date, Fancher began to fundraise the $4,500 requirement necessary to participate in the program.

“Some of this money goes towards the logistics of our trip, but a large portion of it is used for building materials, direct donations to the affordable housing organizations along our

“I’ve run a couple marathons, done some triathlons and I enjoy backpacking, but I have never done this kind of mileage before.

Will Fancher senior nutrition science and biology dual major at su

route and national grants,” Fancher said.

When Will Fancher met his $1,000 fundraising goal, he was given a credit to last him 3,869 miles. The credit, priced at $970, would go toward a Giant Defy 3, a road bike Fancher described as “hard not to ride.”

He added that $500 of the fundraised money goes to an affordable housing organization of the rider’s choosing.

Similarly, the riders must complete an online affordable housing curriculum, complete a minimum of 10 hours of volunteer service at a local affordable housing organization and interview a beneficiary from that organization to present to the 29 other group members. To complete this, Fancher chose the local Syracuse chapter of Habitat for Humanity.

“I quite enjoy working with Syracuse Habitat for Humanity, the staff there is very friendly and compassionate,” Fancher said.

“Syracuse has done a lot for me and it feels only right to give back.”

Aside from the mental preparation and fundraising efforts, there is the physical requirement that comes with training for the bike ride that will begin in Virginia Beach, Virginia and end three months later in Cannon Beach, Oregon.

The participating bikers are required to bike 500 miles prior to the start of the trip, Fancher said, and added that he is closing in on 200 miles. Fancher bikes whenever he has free time, normally around Jamesville Lake, and said the biggest challenge he’s faced so far is the slow start to spring and the condition of the roads.

“I’ve run a couple marathons, done some triathlons and I enjoy backpacking, but I have never done this kind of mileage before,” he said.

His mother, Jean Fancher, said she is proud of her son’s participation in this journey and said it will provide unique opportunities.

“I think it is an amazing opportunity for anyone to be part of,” she said. “It will give Will time to explore, raise awareness about housing issues and help out.” kasotelo@syr.edu

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ESF professors track development, land use efficiency of counties across United States

By Anjali Alwis staff writer

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pair of SUNY-ESF professors have mapped out how land across the country has been developed and used over the last several decades.

Georgios Mountrakis, an associate professor at State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and George Grekousis, a post-doctoral associate, aimed to compare how developed land in different counties across the country compares to that of counties with similar populations.

Their research was released on March 25 and can be used to see which counties are more energy efficient compared to others.

The two professors used satellite data available at the national scale that was derived by the U.S. Geological Survey and aggregated that data for every county to identify how much developed land has been used.

They then used data obtained by the U.S. Census Bureau to discover the population of each county. Once they established the pri-

mary data set, the two began to investigate different facets and relationships within the data.

In order to make a fair comparison, they separated all counties into metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas and found the 100 counties within each group with the closest populations.

They observed how much land each was consuming and ranked each county based on that. The lower the ranking, the less the county is consuming. Conversely, the higher the ranking, the more land the county was consuming for its population size. The first goal of the research was to discover which counties were over and under-performers in terms of consumption. The next step was, after identifying those counties, focusing specifically on the extreme over and under-performers.

“Within those counties, we tried to see if there were changes to be made in terms of their socio-economic composition,” Mountrakis said.

Their research indicated that low-income counties tend to consume less developed land per capita. Mountrakis said that from a policy perspective, this research would allow policymakers to focus their attention on those coun-

ties and dive in and get more localized data as to why this could possibly be happening.

The study was done from an environmental perspective, which suggests that the lower the consumption of developed land, the better for the environment, Mountrakis said. However, that does not necessarily mean that is it better for the occupants of the county, as it may

We’re trying to quantify the changes that are happening in the environment and the next step is trying to understand those changes so that we can all chip in and contribute to environmental sustainability.

Georgios Mountrakis associate professor at suny-esf

suggest that they are missing essential infrastructure, he added.

“That does not mean that we should go to the extreme of under-consuming,” Moun-

trakis said, “but this allows us to start raising those questions that we didn’t know where to start from before.”

Mountrakis said this is the first step to start a greater discussion of land consumption at the national scale, which he hopes propagates to discussions about regional and local land use.

“We’re trying to quantify the changes that are happening in the environment and the next step is trying to understand those changes so that we can all chip in and contribute to environmental sustainability,” Mountrakis said.

The two researchers created a YouTube video to allow users to identify how their own county ranked.

Mountrakis said that he picked up this specific research because he was intrigued by the fact that not only were they doing a geographic analysis on a large scale, but that they were able to take it one step further and look into socio-economic linkages. They were trying to find the balance between the environment and human consumption, he said.

“We developed the mathematical model that’s in the paper and at the same time we tried to see the effect that it has on human composition,” Mountrakis said. acalwis@syr.edu

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got consent Orange Television Network, reached out to Hill Communications and offered up his skills to create a series of public service announcements that encourage open dialogue about sexual consent, the first of which launched on April 1.

While Robinson said he felt that his video skills could be used to help the campaign, he added that his main motivation behind offering up assistance was much more personal than that.

“First of all, I have two daughters. They both go to school here, so it’s very much top of the mind for me,” Robinson said. “Second, I’m just a big believer in the power of video to tell a story and I thought that it was really the right thing to do for us as the student television network to be a part of that.”

The first PSA features a group of kids asking a series of everyday questions, like “What did you do last night?” and ends with the question: “Do you want to have sex?”

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Berenstein said the whole idea behind ending the PSA on such a blunt note is to portray asking for consent as just another everyday question.

“The idea of this PSA and then the next PSA is more SU relatability,” Berenstein said.

“The whole idea of these is to make them timeless; the issue isn’t going to go away any time soon.”

Robinson said he would like to see universities across the country adopting the basic message of SU’s “Got Consent?” campaign and tailoring it to fit their own students.

The PSAs will be posted to the campaign’s Facebook page and the Office of Health Promotion’s Twitter account, as well as be broadcasted on the Orange Television Network.

The next PSA is due for release around the time of MayFest.

“What happens to students who are subjected to violence is a life-changing event, and if we can get a message out to students to behave in a way that’s appropriate, it could have a life-changing impact for somebody,” Robinson said. brkenned@syr.edu

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castle court nothing got too out of control.

Vern Thompson, day patrol and events coordinator for DPS, said the large parties at Castle Court were banned for safety reasons.

“We want students to be able to celebrate, but in a safe and responsible manner,” Thompson said.

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chase launch a new Global Enterprise Curriculum as well as a training program. In October 2009, the two organizations opened the JPMorgan Chase Technology Center to have SU students and faculty members work with bank employees to conduct research and run global technology operations.

The JPMorgan Chase Technology Center in Lyman Hall will shut down on June

Thompson said it was ultimately up to the Campus Hill management to decide whether or not parties were allowed at Castle Court.

Campus Hill management could not be reached for comment.

On Aug. 19, 2014, Castle Court residents had received an email from the Campus Hill management informing them that all large parties in the Castle Court parking lot were no longer allowed. smswann@syr.edu | @saramswann

30. The move is part of JPMorgan Chase’s efforts to centralize its “cyber-related functions,” Syracuse.com reported. The center was originally planned to be built near the Carrier Dome, but it was decided to have it in Lyman Hall instead.

JPMorgan Chase is the largest bank in the U.S. and has 11 branch offices in Onondaga County.

Timmerman told Syracuse.com that JPMorgan Chase plans to continue recruiting talent from the university. jmatting@syr.edu | @jmattingly306

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Sally Prasch, who has experience in both scientific and artistic glassblowing, has been working at Syracuse University for 10 years.

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Fashion columnist Alexis McDonell discusses companies that prove fashion can be sustainable.

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DON’T YOU

FORGET ABOUT MYSLICE WHO ARE YOU? After 30 years, “The Breakfast Club” still holds a special place in the minds and hearts of people across all generations. For the brain, princess, basket case, athlete and criminal in each of you, Pulp’s guide to MySlice registration has the right courses.

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Tap into your rebellious side.

Ever feel like royalty?

Get ready for that exam.

Feel like screaming?

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THE CRIMINAL SOC 397: “CRIMINOLOGY” In this course, students will learn about the nature and significance of crime, as well as historical and modern explanations of crime. Throw on a flannel shirt and some denim to be like John Bender, and embrace the bad boy lifestyle. In this course you’ll discover how varieties of crime are measured and affect criminals. Avoid incarceration — or at least detention — by learning the evaluation of crime control and its strategies.

PSY 315: “DRUGS AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR” As the rebel of the group, Bender smokes cigarettes and encourages the rest of the group to get high with him while they’re inside the library. Avoid a bad trip by learning the short-term and long-term effects of different drugs on the brain in this course.

Bender may be clueless about this topic, but you don’t have to be. Students will learn about the effects of psychoactive drugs on human behavior, ranging from their basic pharmacology and neurobiology to their history.

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THE ATHLETE

THE PRINCESS

PED 226: “BOOTCAMP FITNESS”

COM 344: “DIVERSITY AND DISNEY PRINCESSES”

Andy Clark wouldn’t be the fit, muscular wrestler he is without undergoing physical training. In “Bootcamp Fitness,” students experience a challenging workout to increase strength, muscle endurance, balance and flexibility. It’s a combination of cardio and strength training using only your body. The class incorporates tabata-style training, allowing students to hold a particular exercise for just the right amount of time before breaking between movements, increasing mental awareness and strength without burning excess energy.

Claire Standish is the ultimate high school princess — pretty, popular and prone to being in her own little world. But there’s more to being a princess than what it seems. In the class “Diversity and Disney Princesses,” students will analyze how the portrayal of these female characters relates to today’s culture, particularly in the representation of women. The course will examine both the positive and negative examples of diversity in the movies and look at the societal values in films such as “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Cinderella.”

PPE 325: “THE PHILOSOPHY, PRINCIPLES AND ORGANIZATION OF ATHLETICS IN EDUCATION”

HST 311: “MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATION”

If you want to be an athlete, you have to know the rules behind the sports. In this course, which is taught in the School of Education, students can learn the philosophy and principles of athletics in regards to physical and general education. Don’t give in to the overbearing pressure of sports; learn the coach’s perspective of how to be an educational leader, as well as the general principles of school budgets, purchasing and use of facilities.

THE BRAIN

Before there was high school royalty, there was medieval royalty.

The course will be taught by professor Samantha Herrick next fall, who said it is one of her favorite classes to teach. It covers medieval Europe from roughly 750–1200 and delves into the lives of those who lived in the middle ages. “The middle ages are so different, so completely alien,” Herrick said. “And yet, they also have a lot of the roots of our own society in them, so we understand our own world better, but we also venture into this alien universe and read about people who are very unlike us.”

THE BASKET CASE

WRT 114: “WRITING CULTURE”

LIT 226: “TOLSTOY AND DOSTOEVSKY”

The worst principal of all time, Richard Vernon, demands each member of the Breakfast Club writes an essay about “who you think you are” and about violations they committed to end up in Saturday detention. The group only writes one essay, crafted

by Brian Johnson. This piece of writing lives on as one of the greatest pieces of writing from the last century — at least the Pulp staff thinks so. In “Writing Culture,” students study creative nonfiction, the memoir and the essay. They will experiment with different writing styles, genres and subjects, and attend lectures of visiting writers. Maybe if you take this class, you can one day write something half as great as Brian did.

This class is perfect for any basket case. From “Anna Karenina” to Dostoevsky’s “Brothers Karamazov,” the Russian literary giants explore passion, sex, death, religion and cultural trends in their distinguished prose. Your friends might call you insane for reading these crazy 19th century writers, but professor Patricia Burak’s enthusiasm and passion make this class a must-take. “LIT 226 is a class the requires you to surrender yourself to 1,800 pages of Russian literature. This isn’t easy,” said Nate Birnbaum, a freshman policy studies and economics dual major who took the class last fall. “You are forced to consider themes in ways that Western authors don’t. If you’re not questioning the true meaning of life and how illogical love and faith are, you’re doing it wrong.”

PHI 376: “PHILOSOPHY OF MIND” Brian would almost certainly enroll in this in-depth analysis of the human mind. It focuses on contemporary issues that have been debated and criticized in the last 70 years — heavy stuff. If you’re more interested in the science and mathematics courses, this may be the humanities class for you. “My experience is that students are often surprised by how close the relationship can end up being between issues in philosophy of mind and related scientific disciplines: cognitive psychology, neuroscience, computer science, to name some of the obvious ones,” professor Kevin Edwards said in an email.

PHI 325: “EXISTENTIALISM” Even though in the beginning of “The Breakfast Club” we don’t hear Allison Reynolds speak much, it’s clear there’s a lot going on in her mind. The basket case tells us, “When you grow up, your heart dies.” For anyone who questions if life has any purpose or meaning, PHI 325 would be a valuable course. “In this class you’ll read writers who probe the meaning of human freedom, of choice, of tragic dilemmas, of episodes of meaninglessness, of caring relationships, and of the advent of radiant meaning and insight,” professor Edward Mooney said in an email.

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Sport Management Club sends high schooler to Final Four

By Liz Sprout staff writer

In a crowd of 72,000 people, Nick Nortz was in awe at what he called the best thing to ever happen to him.

The 17-year-old high school junior from Dexter, New York couldn’t sit still during the NCAA Final Four games in Indianapolis this past Saturday.

“I was just in awe of the whole atmosphere of the game,” Nortz said. “I just got caught up in the moment and didn’t even realize it.”

Nortz was able to attend the NCAA Tournament Final Four games because of the Syracuse University Sport Management Club and the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and will also attend the championship game between Wisconsin and Duke on Monday night.

Nortz was asked to be a representative for the SU Sport Management Club’s auction with Make-A-Wish at the Syracuse versus St. John’s game last December. He and his family were brought down to the court for a photo during halftime when Jim Boeheim and members of the SU Sport Management Club walked out with a huge ticket to the NCAA Final Four.

“It was one thing after another that I didn’t expect. I didn’t know what to say,” Nortz said.

“It was so crazy, and I’m so thankful. It was such an amazing night” For as long as Nortz can remember, basketball has been his whole life. He recalls trying to dribble a basketball at the age of 2 and tagging along with his dad to the practices and games that he coached.

So when Make-A-Wish heard about his struggles with chronic kidney disease they reached out to him and his family. The organization came to his house to ask for his three wishes last winter, and it only made sense that Nortz wished to go watch the NCA A Final Four. But it was to Nortz’s surprise when his wish was granted on the court of the Carrier Dome.

Nortz’s love for basketball and sports made it particularly hard for him and his family once symptoms of his chronic kidney disease started to appear last spring. Nortz remembers noticing major differences in his energy levels, which made it very hard to keep up with all of the sports he was playing.

It was one thing after another that I didn’t expect. I didn’t know what to say. It was so crazy, and I’m so thankful. It was such an amazing night.

Nick Nortz make-a-wish recipient

He was in and out of the hospital for about a month after his kidney transplant last May. According to Nortz’s doctors, his recovery was nothing out of the ordinary. However, as his father explained, the process was still very emotionally challenging for the whole family.

Even members of the SU Sport Management

NICK NORTZ (LEFT) and two Make-A-Wish Foundation wish recipients attended the NCAA Final Four games in Indianapolis on Saturday. courtesy of nick nortz

Club were hoping Nortz’s wish would be granted.

Brooke Del Guercio, the student co-chair of the auction, said she and other members of the club had been preparing for the auction since January of 2014. Del Guercio, a senior sport management major, said Make-A-Wish was a phenomenal organization to work with because of its involvement and dedication to its cause.

“The kids put a face to the cause. It really put everything into perspective and made us work that much harder,” Del Guercio said.

The experience was also amazing for Brian

Nortz, his father, who has been a major role model for his son during the struggles and throughout his life. Brian Nortz, who coaches at his son’s high school, said his son caught the basketball bug when he was little and has had it ever since.

“There’s always going to be challenges, like every day and night when he takes all the medicine that he has to. We’re never going to forget what happened, but we were certainly very fortunate with the whole process,” Brian Nortz said. easprout@syr.edu

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CopperTop Tavern serves classic American dishes in comfortable dining environment

By Rose Aschebrock staff writer

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t’s probably because it was Easter weekend and I’ve been missing my family more than usual, but dining at the CopperTop Tavern felt like sitting in my grandparents’ living room.

On the far wall was a giant fireplace with an even larger flat screen television set above it. I was seated on a brown leather bench surrounded by tables that had people from all walks of life — a group of chatting elderly couples, two young families laughing and an actual family get-together.

I was both impressed and reminded of the amazing ability food has to bring together friends and family.

The bustling noise of the restaurant created a relaxed, cozy atmosphere. The room itself enhanced this sentiment with the low-hanging, dark wooden banisters and heavy floral drapes across the doorway dampening the room’s sounds. Dim light was emitted from lamps hanging from the walls.

And large groups of guests could be seated at long tables in the center of the room or smaller tables around the edge. It feels and looks like an Irish pub.

One look at the menu immediately explained the diverse crowds feasting around us. The CopperTop Tavern serves everything.

At a loss for words, I asked the waitress what the specialties were. She laughed, and said they just serve a little bit of it all. “It’s all good,” she said.

Trying to stall, I ordered the most interesting sounding shareable starter, the avocado eggrolls. They were lightly fried and crispy, the base was filled with cream cheese and layered with sautéed red onion, black beans, eggplant and roasted red peppers, and were covered in a layer of slightly brown avocado. Sprinkled on top were diced tomato and cilantro. The dish also came with a pile of pasta chips.

The eggrolls were warm and gooey to bite into, tasting similar to a little crispy burrito.

When dipped into the pale pink Santa Fe ranch dressing, they had the perfect spicy kick. While the chips were puffed, crunchy

CopperTop Tavern’s Guiness braised short ribs were paired with delicious mashed potatoes, topped with onion rings and covered in a stewlike gravy. The dish included a generous helping of steamed carrots, broccoli and green squash. jackie barr staff photographer

and drizzled in Parmesan basil oil, they felt more like another starter rather than a way to enhance the flavor of the eggrolls.

Next came the main dishes — I ordered the rustic burger melt, which came with a spear pickle and tavern fries. The portion of fries was huge, with the crispy, golden fries expanding well over half the plate. Unfortunately, most were pretty cold.

The burger bun had been toasted and spread with garlic butter, garlic aioli and balsamic glaze and was layered with fresh basil, arugula and roasted red pepper. The mozzarella and Romano cheeses were melted on top of the beef patty.

When I cut the burger in half to eat it, the

cheese pulled in long strands and the sauces oozed out of the sides. The pairing of flavors was on point, but the actual patty was pretty dry. Without the sauce, it would have been hard to swallow.

I also ordered the dinner special, which was the new Guinness braised short ribs. The homemade mashed potatoes had been cooked to crispy edge perfection, stacked with the braised ribs and smothered in a thick, stewlike gravy.

The dish was embellished with three deep-fried onion rings, and on each side of the mashed potatoes was a generous helping of steamed carrots, broccoli and green squash in garlic butter. I was surprised to find them

cold while the rest of the dish was hot.

The mashed potatoes were heavenly and complimented the rich, hearty flavor of the gravy. Unfortunately, the ribs, like the burger, were slightly dry and hadn’t been left to stew for long enough to achieve the juicy, succulent texture I was hoping for.

CopperTop Tavern serves such a large variety of flavorful dishes that it’ll be hard not to find something that doesn’t make your mouth water. It’s not groundbreaking quality or exotic food, but it has generous proportions, a cool restaurant space and friendly waitresses.

It’s a classic American staple. rlascheb@syr.edu

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At the beginning of the season, head coach Quentin Hillsman said one of Syracuse’s strengths was its depth at center.

And at the end of the season, Hillsman said its lack of depth at that position was its Achilles’ heel.

Though almost all of the grunt work down low fell on Briana Day’s shoulders, she shined.

“Freshman year, I saw (Day) was really athletic,” forward Taylor Ford said. “This year, I’ve just seen her getting more of the allaround play and I think her junior year will be even better.”

At the conclusion of her freshman year, teammates listed Day among the team’s most improved players. Her performance proved her teammates right this past season, which ended in the NCAA tournament’s Round of 32. Heading into next year, Day will be counted on as one of the Orange’s (22-10, 11-5 Atlantic Coast) most indispensible players.

Just coming back healthier, a little stronger, hoping that I’m going to extend my game to how I want it to be and just become more versatile.

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Day averaged 26.8 minutes, 9.4 points and her 10.4 rebounds per game were third best in the ACC. As the only big in SU’s four-guard lineup, Day mostly stayed inside the paint and used her athleticism to get around players with a size advantage. But in the offseason, Day is looking to improve her mid-range jump shot, so if she plays outside the paint, defenders would have to make a choice

about how to stop her.

“Just coming back healthier, a little stronger,” Day said, “hoping that I’m going to extend my game to how I want it to be and just become more versatile.”

Last summer, Day stayed in Syracuse to take classes and work on her game and it paid off. She plans to do the same this upcoming summer and while she doesn’t have a specific workout regimen yet, she plans on improving her footwork, which can help her compensate for her size disadvantage.

“If you work at your craft, you’re going to get better,” Hillsman said. “That’s great for her to do that. You have to want to do that.

You have to want to stay here and get better.

She does want to do it, so that’s a big plus for us.”

Day pointed to all the close games the Orange lost against ranked teams as the thing that stands out most this season and hopes that since the team returns all but one of its core players, those losses will turn into wins.

In some of those losses, Day’s importance was felt equally as much when she was sitting on the bench rather than on the court.

Throughout the season, foul trouble was an issue, but she said there’s nothing physical she could do to limit it. “(Staying out of foul trouble)’s not really something you can work on,” Day said. “It’s just like you can’t do it. You have to know.

You have to be smart, be a smarter player.

Like OK, I know (the refs) might call me for this so let’s not put myself in a position to even call it.”

Hillsman said part of her foul trouble was caused by being the only forward on the court at a time. Going into next season, he said he’ll try to incorporate schemes that utilize more bigs to take the burden off Day. Regardless, Day is entering the offseason with the mindset of trying to expand her game.

Said Hillsman: “It’s just about getting stronger, getting her physical conditioning in place and just being able to be a smarter player.” pmschwed@syr.edu | @pschweds

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marona On March 17, 24-year-old NFL linebacker Chris Borland retired due to fear of potential brain damage.

But with a history of sub-concussive injuries before the knockout punch, Marona was forced out of the game before his 20th birthday and placed his health and future above his NFL aspirations.

“I was scared to stop playing because it was what I knew and how I identified, but I really was putting my life in danger to keep playing,” Marona said. “I would put on my helmet and there were just no barriers on the field. Now it’s just a different field, and I realize it was for the best and I want other young athletes to know there is another side.”

••• After the concussion, tests by the Syracuse medical staff produced what Marona called “unreadable results.” They wanted him to respond to treatment within a week and he didn’t. But he was going to work until his body and coaches told him not to.

Brigham Young was the only Division I football program to offer him out of high school, so he went to Pasadena City Community College to try and draw interest from the power conferences. After one season there, he had offers from Tennessee, Miami (Florida) and Maryland, among a handful of other schools, and didn’t try out for the Pasadena City baseball team because football recruiting was so hectic.

Playing for Syracuse became his dream on his official visit — he liked the coaches, the school and left with a hangover he still laughs

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about — and Marona wasn’t going to roll over until he took the field for the Orange.

“To that point I hadn’t achieved what I set out to do,” he said.

In the weeks after the concussion that August, Marona lost weight and the drive to try and eat it back on. SU defensive coordinator Chuck Bullough said he’d benefit from bumping up to 275 pounds, so Marona compensated for his lack of appetite by living in the weight room. As a result, his knees cracked when he woke up and his shoulders felt like they were going to pop out of their sockets because of the muscle he’d built.

Still, he pushed.

But in the two weeks leading up to SU’s family weekend game against Wake Forest on Nov. 2, Marona’s headaches worsened. He lost some dexterity in his fingers and it became difficult to type and text. At times, his vision blurred.

His parents traveled eight hours to Syracuse the day before the game and the three of them were called into Syracuse head athletic trainer Denny Kellington’s office. Jonathan Marona, his father, thought it was just going to be an update from Kellington but then SU head coach Scott Shafer walked in. Then the rest of the staff, and that’s when Jonathan realized it was serious.

Shafer asked Marona how he was doing and Marona told him he thought he was close to being back.

“This is the hardest part of the job...” Jonathan remembers Shafer starting.

The Maronas started crying.

It was over.

“In a second, everything he always dreamed of was taken away,” Bullough said. “... A lot of kids, this happens to them and then what do

they do? They have nothing to do all day. It was fortunate that he had something to replace it.”

••• After retiring from football, Marona helped out Syracuse’s recruiting staff and declared a finance major in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, but still felt like something was missing.

Syracuse offensive tackle Michael Lasker Jr., his best friend and former roommate, and former SU defensive lineman Trevon Trejo did everything with Marona together, including frequenting Syracuse women’s ice hockey games, to occupy his mind and time.

As Lasker put it, Marona was “just sort of depressed and not like himself.”

“We’d talk and he’d mention baseball,” Lasker said. “I didn’t know how serious he was or how good he was. But he would bring it up once in a while.”

At the end of the academic year, Marona went back to Pasadena with the intention of returning to Syracuse in the fall. Then he was watching baseball on TV a few days later and a 6-foot-4 lefty named Tyler Skaggs took the mound for the Los Angeles Angels.

Marona, who is also 6 feet, 4 inches and throws left-handed, saw Skaggs as a sign. He immediately texted some of his friends playing Division I baseball and they told him to come play on their summer league team.

The team’s coach, Mike Scolinos, was also the head coach at Providence Christian (Cali-

In a second, everything he always dreamed of was taken away... A lot of kids, this happens to them and then what do they do? They have nothing to do all day.

It was fortunate that he had something to replace it.

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fornia) College and after seeing Marona’s arm as an outfielder he told him he could possibly get drafted as a pitcher. Marona had a partial scholarship to Providence Christian within the month.

“I saw him throw a football 50 yards and it was slightly deflated,” Scolinos said. “Most people, even really good pitchers, can’t throw a slightly deflated football 50 yards.”

When Marona first started working with Scolinos, the pitching guru identified him as a “long-term project.” He had the arm strength but hadn’t been taught any mechanics, and Scolinos said in mid-March that he

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patterson Patterson said he wasn’t sure how serious those conversations were. All of those schools were too far from home though, Marc Patterson said, and his son related well to Gardner.

“They just had a good bond, kind of understand each other, both guards,” he said. “He just had a good feel for him and pulled the trigger.”

After playing sparingly as a freshman,

is just starting to see Marona really develop as a starter.

But Marona has embraced the learning curve — he played outfield in high school — and it’s filled football’s void.

“I have noticed a change in him since he’s started playing baseball,” his dad said. “I think today he wishes he could play football again but he knows the price is too high and he has a life to live. He says life’s not over, it’s just a different phase. He’s not even 21 yet.”

As Marona continues to add to his velocity while delving deeper into the science of pitching sequences, he’s also retooled his mental approach.

Before football games, Marona would sometimes tell teammates to punch him in the face to get his adrenaline even higher — even though none of them ever did. Now he sits in the dugout for up to a week in between pitching appearances and has no choice but to calmly approach the mound. In football his goal was to sack the quarterback and his mistakes were often hard to see. Now one misplaced pitch can change a game.

On Saturday, Lasker and Trejo chatted on the sideline of Syracuse’s annual spring game but the third member of their crew was more than 2,600 miles away, watching his team wrap up a win over Bristol with his parents in the stands.

Later in the day, Marona met with a scout from the Angels about his future. Maybe seeing himself in Skaggs wasn’t so far off.

••• Pasadena, with a flat landscape where the palm trees are taller than the buildings, is the polar opposite of Syracuse.

“This is the California life,” Marona says, watching cars race down Arroyo Parkway while a light breeze cools the 70-degree air.

But he makes sure that Syracuse isn’t lost on the West Coast.

It’s just after 1 p.m. in early March and he’s getting in a late breakfast before a bullpen session at the Providence Christian field. He’s wearing a gray SU football shirt and blue Syracuse football shorts with his old number, 92, hovering right above his left knee. He’s also wearing a Washington Nationals hat, which he bought after going to see the Syracuse Chiefs, a Triple-A affiliate of the Nationals.

He gets halfway up the street to his car and turns as if he’s forgotten something. It’s important. He lightly jogs back.

“I think life can be a b*tch when you’re young, you have no cash and you’re trying to figure things out,” Marona said. “But when I have that career and family and everything, I’m going to be really glad I made that decision because life and time, they’re so important.”

Then he walks back up the block. Back to life after football. jcdoug01@syr.edu | @dougherty_jesse

Patterson averaged 2.6 points, 1.7 assists and 0.9 rebounds in 13.9 minutes per game as a sophomore. He was banned by head coach Jim Boeheim from shooting 3s partway through conference play, as he shot 17.3 percent from beyond the arc.

He is the second SU player to announce his transfer this year, after classmate and close friend B.J. Johnson departed for La Salle.

Freshman forward Chris McCullough is also leaving, having declared for the NBA Draft. jmklinge@syr.edu | @Jacob_Klinger_

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Orange tops Virginia Tech with efficiency, structured offense

By Jon Mettus staff writer

Gary Gait’s goal for his offense is to convert on 50 percent of its shots. On a good day, the head coach hopes for a little better, at 60 percent.

No. 7 Syracuse’s virginia tech 8 attack, utilizing more syracuse 22 structure than in previous games, performed well beyond Gait’s usual goal on Saturday, converting on 86.6 percent of its shots in the first half and nearly 67 percent for the game. The result was a 22-8 Syracuse (9-4, 2-2 Atlantic Coast) domination of Virginia Tech (6-8, 0-5) at the Carrier Dome. “(The) offense was sharp, focused, went full speed, made plays and really shot well,” Gait said. “… That’s what we kind of worked on the (offensive) end all week, was executing and they delivered.”

SU’s offense came out firing from the beginning. Just 35 seconds into the game, SU midfielder Taylor Gait forced a shooting space call and scored on the ensuing free position.

Ten minutes later, SU attack Halle Majorana passed to cutting attack Kailah Kempney, whose goggles were knocked off her face but she still found the back of the net.

SU already had five goals to the Hokies’ one. “(It) just took us a while to kind of get into the tempo of the game and be a little more prepared for some of the shots and the speed of the shots,” Virginia Tech head coach Megan Burker said.

Syracuse’s players were easily cutting through the middle of Virginia Tech’s defense,

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leading to shots from point-blank range.

The Hokies tried switching to backup goalie Hannah Sieger midway through the first half, but she let in the only three shots she faced and starter Meagh Graham returned with the score 9-2, SU. “As much as we felt prepared for (Syracuse’s athleticism), that really opened up some high-percentage shots for them which helped them convert early on,” Burker said.

For the first half of the season, Gait let his players freelance on offense and improvise at their own discretion. But on Saturday, the Orange settled the ball nearly every time it went on offense.

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Syracuse players that scored at least three goals against Virginia Tech on Saturday

Attack Paige Savia and defender Paige Rogers stood on the sidelines holding large cards with numbers printed on them, signaling different plays. Occasionally, SU’s bench would yell out a number for the players on the field to hear.

With three minutes left in the first half, SU attack Kayla Treanor held the ball near the 12-meter mark and glanced over the sideline for the play. She and midfielder Loren Ziegler ran toward each other in the middle of the field as Treanor faked flipping her the ball. Two defenders moved to Ziegler, allowing Treanor to score easily.

Majorana raised her stick in the air in celebration and hugged Treanor. The lead was now pushed to 12-5.

The second half was similar to the first, as

“A lot of the plays we feel good about we didn’t run today, to be quite honest with you,” Shafer said. “But it’s been good and more than anything else good to get out of spring healthy.”

something like a first team.

Defensive line: DE Ron Thompson, DE Donnie Simmons, DT Kayton Samuels, DT John Raymon Linebackers: OLB Marqez Hodge, MLB Zaire Franklin, OLB Parris Bennett Secondary: CB Julian Whigham, CB Corey Winfield, FS Chauncey Scissum, SS Antwan Cordy

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Quarterback Terrel Hunt said there wasn’t much energy on the sideline because the players were upset to be limited by the lack of plays.

Said Hunt: “Guys were getting frustrated because we couldn’t run the plays we wanted.”

Hunt has been bothered by a sore leg this spring, but it has healed up in recent weeks.

He was 10-for-30 and had 145 yards. A lot of his passes sailed high and wide and he threw an interception on the first drive to rising junior cornerback Corey Winfield.

He made 30 throws while Wilson had 10 and AJ Long only made eight. Shafer said Hunt’s done a nice job adjusting to Tim Lester’s new offense, but still has work to do.

“He’s had some real good days. Today I thought he was OK,” Shafer said. “I think he’s got a lot of things to work on, as do all the quarterbacks.”

Rising sophomores Samuels, Franklin, Bennett and Cordy (all listed above), mostly ran with returning starters, and redshirt freshman Cordell Hudson made a handful of impressive plays in coverage. Redshirt freshman linebacker Jonathan Thomas was also in the mix, spelling Bennett at strong side linebacker and finishing with six tackles.

Cordy — who is learning both the corner-

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First team forming There was no depth chart prior to the spring game and Syracuse likely won’t publicly settle positional battles until the week leading into the season opener against Rhode Island.

But with cornerback Wayne Morgan sidelined with a lower-leg injury, safety Rodney Williams out with the flu and defensive end Isaiah Johnson also absent, this 11 looked

SU celebrates a goal in its dominant 22-8 win over Virginia Tech on Saturday. Head coach Gary Gait changed his tactics midseason and implemented a more structured offense that resulted in SU’s largest output so far this year. logan reidsma asst. photo editor

nine of SU’s 18 shots went for goals.

“Everyone came out fired up,” Majorana said. “Great shooting on everyone’s part.”

When the final whistle blew, Syracuse led Virginia Tech 33-28 in shots, equaled it with 16 draw controls and both sides had picked up 17 ground balls.

But it didn’t matter. The difference was the efficiency.

Syracuse’s offense implemented a new struc-

tured style and was able to capitalize on a large amount of its offensive possessions. The attack found players cutting open in the middle and converted on one-on-one opportunities, leading to its highest goal total of the season.

“The new offense has been great,” Majorana said. “It allowed more opportunities for more people to score and I think we really executed well today.”

back and safety spots — played alongside Scissum at strong safety, and laid a pair of big hits in the middle of the field. Cordy finished with four total tackles.

Bennett sniffed out an option pitch to running back George Morris II and wrapped him up in the backfield, and deflected a pass attempt to Jamal Custis over the middle a few plays later.

In all, it was a solid showing by Syracuse’s young defensive personnel.

“I thought Parris Bennett had a couple nice hits. Zaire Franklin looked like he had a lot of tackles. I have the worst seat in the house standing behind it,” SU head coach Scott Shafer said. “… But for the most part, I think those kids have played good football this spring.”

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Steve “Ishmeal” has joined Roosevelt “Bowie” in the misspelled jerseys club at Syracuse University.

SU received some backlash for spelling Bouie’s name wrong when retiring his basketball jersey on Feb. 20, and it was just more than a month later that another gaffe occurred.

Ishmael, a rising sophomore wide receiver, had his last name spelled “Ishmeal” on the back of his jersey for Saturday afternoon’s spring game, prompting a series of jokes on Twitter.

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Standing his ground Mike Messina has developed a reputation as a productive midfielder for SU lacrosse. He’s second on SU in ground balls.

See Tuesday’s paper

Sunny Day Briana Day had a breakout season for Syracuse in 2014-15.

She’s looking to improve her midrange jump shot for next year.

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Catching up The Syracuse men’s lacrosse, women’s lacrosse and softball teams were all in action this past weekend at home.

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Life after football illustration by tony chao art director

Baseball fills void for Marona after concussion forced retirement from Syracuse football

By Jesse Dougherty staff writer

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ASADENA, Calif. — Tyler Marona breaks down the start of the play like it’s unfolding all over again.

Jerome Smith takes the handoff in the backfield. Marona snakes past a blocker and wraps up Smith. Another defender comes in to clean up the tackle and connects with marona Marona’s head

instead of Smith.

But then Marona’s memory gets fuzzy. He closes his eyes and winces as he tries to tell the rest but can’t find the right words. “Dazed” and “rattled” come to mind but don’t describe the feeling well enough.

He says he felt his brain hit the side of his skull. That his head felt like a shaken-up snow globe. That the world was blurry before his head smacked into the grass field — ending one journey on the spot and, in time, starting another.

The breakfast burrito he’d been munching on at Lucky Boy Drive-In in Pasadena is now getting cold in

The concussion that ends your football career shouldn’t be easy to describe, I guess. Sometimes I wonder, ‘What if that hadn’t happened?’ and think, ‘Where would I be?’

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front of him and he takes a deep breath before cracking a half smile.

“That was a terrible, terrible feeling,” Marona said. “The concussion that ends your football career shouldn’t be easy to describe, I guess.

“Sometimes I wonder, ‘What if that hadn’t happened?’ and think, ‘Where would I be?’”

••• Marona played in one game as a defensive end for Syracuse, and it was the August 2013 intra-squad FanFest scrimmage the day before the career-ending concussion in a practice. The rest of his 10 months in

Syracuse was spent trying to get back onto the field. Then coping with that not being an option. Then searching for the Tyler Marona who’d never put on pads again.

That Marona is now a left-handed junior pitcher for Providence Christian College in Pasadena, and is an encouraging anecdote in the ongoing concussions narrative.

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Guard Patterson to transfer to IUPUI 5 thoughts on SU spring game in Carrier Dome

By Jacob Klinger

development editor

Ron Patterson’s next college basketball game will be in an Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis uniform. If it’s a home game, it will be in the same city as his son, Ron Patterson Jr., and closer to the rest of his family.

It’s partly why the transfer that Patterson announced on March 19 ended up in Indianapolis, Patterson’s father Marc said. The guard announced he’s picked IUPUI via Twitter on Sunday.

“Closer to family, having them

come to the games, having his son come to the games and see him play,” Marc Patterson said. “Just to have your circle around you while you’re in college.”

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Ron Patterson’s 3-point shooting percentage for SU this season

A bond with IUPUI’s head coach and fellow Indiana native Jason Gardner, the fact that the school was one of the first to contact him after his transfer and his late high school teammate Steven Jamison

committed to IUPUI before dying of cancer also factored in, Marc Patterson said. Patterson can apply for a hardship waiver — on the grounds of needing to be closer to home — to be eligible to play next season, his father said.

Patterson was also recruited for transfer by Kent State, Ball State, Georgia State, Illinois State, Houston and, especially, Eastern Michigan — where former SU assistant coach Rob Murphy is the head coach. Butler also spoke with the former Orange guard, but Marc

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By Sam Blum, Jesse Dougherty and Matt Schneidman the daily orange

Syracuse fans got their first look at the 2015 team during the annual spring game on Saturday in the Carrier Dome. Here are five thoughts and observations from the event.

Much ado about nothing Scott Shafer, the SU head coach, said he only called about three run plays all afternoon and didn’t show

much aside from a lot of deep ball attempts because he didn’t want to put much on video tape or on television. There was no score kept, but regardless, there wasn’t much of a score to keep.

The only “scoring” play was a 36-yard touchdown pass from Austin Wilson over the middle to Adly Enoicy. The Orange tried numerous deep passes to Brisly Estime, who finished with two catches for 43 yards. see spring

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