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N • Stabbings on Marshall Four people were stabbed early Sunday morning as a result of a large fight outside of Acropolis Pizza House on Marshall Street.

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P • Building blocks

Three SU alumni are currently constructing a luxury student housing complex on University Ave. They want to involve students and help boost the local economy.

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S •His shot

Seamus Shanley has been a three-year non-factor for Syracuse. Now in his senior season, he’s getting a chance to start for the Orange.

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Fowler to depose employees Fired professor accuses SU of disability discrimination in lawsuit

By Annie Palmer development editor

The former head of Syracuse University’s Human Resources department, as well as several School of Visual and Performing Arts employees, are named in a discrimination lawsuit filed by a professor fired in 2014.

Elizabeth Fowler, who was a tenure-track associate professor in VPA’s Department of Foundation, sued the university in February alleging that she was fired due to several disability and pregnancy related absences. SU has denied all wrongdoing.

The case is headed to trial in July see lawsuit page 8

Program to undergo transition

Fairest of them all NICK JONAS was the last artist to perform at the 2015 Great New York State Fair. The pop singer sang hits “Jealous” and “Chains” at the 6 p.m.

Labor Day finale at Chevy Court. Jonas ate at Funk ‘N Waffles near SU before the show.

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Army ROTC changes leadership in ceremony

IDEA entrepreneurship program to move into larger, central location

By Justin Mattingly news editor

By Sara Swann asst. news editor

When Erin Miller found out that the Raymond von Dran Innovation and Disruptive Entrepreneurship Accelerator (RvD IDEA) program had been shut down, she was “devastated.”

Miller, a senior advertising major at Syracuse University, got involved with IDEA when she was a freshman in the Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Learning see idea page 8

(FROM LEFT) MIKE HAYNIE AND LT. COL. MICHAEL BIANCHI pose at Bianchi’s retirement ceremony held Friday in the Hall of Languages. courtesy of office of veterans and military affairs

The Army ROTC program at Syracuse University has changed leaders.

The Professor of Military Science, who is in charge of SU’s Army ROTC program, is now Lt. Col. Jason Warner after a Change of Authority ceremony held Friday in the Hall of Languages. Warner replaces Lt. Col. Michael Bianchi, who has 21 years of service in the Army, according to an Office of Veterans and Military Affairs press release.

Warner has served in various roles and locations in the Army, including a stop in Seoul, South Korea. At Fort Drum, a military base located about an hour north of Syracuse, Warner was a division support command intelligence officer, a battalion intelligence officer, a battalion operations officer, a company commander and an assistant intelligence officer.

The U.S. Army ROTC was established in 1916 when President Woodrow Wilson signed the National Defense Act of 1916. SU’s program began a few years see rotc page 8

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TATTOO tuesday | sydney trager

Sophomore honors summer camp memories

By Hanna Horvath staff writer

For seven years, sophomore Sydney Trager spent her summers at Camp Timber Tops, a sleep-away camp located in Greeley, Pennsylvania. It was here, etched into the wooden railings of the bunk beds, that she found her tattoo inspiration.

The tattoo, located on the top of her right foot, features four symbols that together mean “second star to the right and straight on till morning,” a quote in the children’s classic, “Peter Pan.” This quote describes directions to the fictional island “Neverland,” home of Peter Pan. “When I was younger at sleepaway camp, we would write these symbols in every bunk,” Trager said.

“We thought that if we never grew up, we never had to leave camp.”

As the story goes, Peter Pan refuses to grow up, wishing to stay young forever. Neverland, in a societal context, has been used as a symbol for immortality and escapism, both of which are highlighted through Trager’s tattoo.

More personally, it is a reminder of her experiences at summer camp

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SYDNEY TRAGER doodled her tattoo on her foot for three years until her parents finally gave in and let her get it permanently. The symbols pay homage to a “Peter Pan” quote. logan reidsma photo editor

and the community she found there.

“I wanted it for three years, and would write it on my foot in Sharpie every day,” said Trager, “and my parents saw that I really wanted it and eventually said OK.” Camp Timber Tops has been a home away from home to Trager for

seven years. The camp used symbols, like Trager’s tattoo, as its own special motto: stay young, and remember your roots.

“When I got older, it was something I lived by — to never let myself grow up too fast,” she said.

Overall, Trager thinks of her

tattoo as a reminder of her lasting friendships made at camp and how she hopes to live her life in the future.

“It’s about the friendship of all of us but it’s also more about life in general,” said Trager. “Just staying young and feeling young.” hrhorvat@syr.edu

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@NuggieJ Apparently Nick Jonas is on Marshall Street. Still not a good enough reason for me to leave my bed

Act of Valor Chang Hwan Oh, an SU sophomore, has returned to campus after serving two years in the Republic of Korea army.

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

DWAI A Bridgeport man, 20, was arrested on the charges of driving while ability impaired, consumption of alcohol in a motor vehicle and an unsafe lane change, according to a police bulletin. when: Sunday at 8:30 p.m. where: 700 block of E. Adams St. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA A Solvay woman, 16, was arrested on the charge of unlawful possession of marijuana according to a police bulletin. when: Sunday at 2:15 a.m. where: 700 block of Lancaster Ave. SOUND REPRODUCTION A North Syracuse man, 22, was arrested on the charge of sound reproduction, according to a police bulletin. when: Sunday at 1:23 a.m. where: 800 block of Euclid Ave.

Four men not affiliated with Syracuse University were stabbed on Marshall Street in front of Acropolis Pizza House early Sunday morning as a result of a large fight. The city of Syracuse threatened to close Acropolis in 2012 due to nearby criminal activity. emma wishnow contributing photographer

4 men stabbed outside of Acropolis Pizza

By Justin Mattingly news editor

Four people not affiliated with Syracuse University were stabbed on Marshall Street early Sunday morning.

A large fight outside Acropolis Pizza House, located at 167 Marshall St., was broken up around 2:35 a.m.

Sunday, but after the crowd was dispersed, four people ended up in the hospital with stab wounds.

Officers from the SU Department of Public Safety, Syracuse Police Department and SUNY Upstate Police Department saw the fight outside the pizzeria and moved in to break it up, according to an SPD release. When they did, the fight ended and people left Marshall Street and University Ave-

nue, according to the release.

Officers soon found a 29-yearold male lying on Marshall Street suffering from a stab wound to his abdomen. He was rushed to Upstate University Hospital and was the only victim found on Marshall Street.

Two more male victims, 28 and 29 years old, were brought to Upstate in private vehicles with stab wounds to the abdomen while officers investigated, according to the release. A fourth victim, a 25-yearold male, was brought to Upstate Community Hospital suffering from a stab wound to his shoulder.

All four victims are expected to survive, according to SPD. There is no suspect in the case and none of the victims would cooperate

in the investigation, according to SPD. This is not the first time a stabbing has occurred around Acropolis.

In September 2012, a 31-year-old Syracuse man not affiliated with SU

shut down The city of Syracuse threatened to shut down Acropolis in 2012 after arrests involving marijuana possession, the sale of an alcoholic beverage to a minor and a weapons charge in the restaurant.

was stabbed around 2 a.m. after a fight in the Acropolis doorway. No students were hurt in that stabbing.

Following the 2012 stabbing, thenSPD Sgt. Tom Connellan said in an email to The Daily Orange that Acropolis had “been a focal point for late night

problems over the last several months.”

In response to the stabbing, DPS and the SU Student Association sent out an email to the student body suggesting students not go to Acropolis late at night.

The city of Syracuse threatened to shut down Acropolis the last time the restaurant had problems, including arrests that involved marijuana possession, the sale of an alcoholic beverage to a minor and a weapons charge. Those arrests came about two months after the stabbing.

Lt. Eric Carr, a spokesman for the Syracuse Police Department, did not return an email requesting comment about whether the city would consider shutting down the restaurant. jmatting@syr.edu

AirOrangeX experiences hardware difficulties

By Justin Mattingly news editor

If you were experiencing Wi-Fi problems on the Syracuse University campus late last week, you were not alone.

A hardware module failed and caused wireless connections to be

slow and sometimes disconnect last Thursday, said Chris Finkle, communications manager for Information

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If you are having trouble connecting to AirOrangeX, contact the ITS Help Desk at 315-443-2677 or help@syr.edu.

Technology Services, in an email.

Finkle said ITS’s network engineers investigated the problem and found and repaired the bad hardware module. The AirOrangeX network was back to full service around 6 p.m. on Thursday, he said.

The ITS Help Desk got less than

25 complaints, Finkle said. He added that as of Friday, ITS hasn’t received any related contacts since the engineers solved the problem.

“Problems with the network itself, as we had Thursday, are rare,” Finkle said. jmatting@syr.edu

OPEN CONTAINER A senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, 21, and a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, 21, were arrested on the charge of possession of an open container, according to a police bulletin. when: Sunday at 12:35 a.m. where: 200 block of Comstock Ave. An Oneida man, 21, was arrested on the charge of possession of an open container, according to a police bulletin. when: Saturday at 11:21 p.m. where: 300 block of Euclid Ave. CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE A Syracuse man, 22, was arrested on the charge of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, according to a police bulletin. when: Sunday at 12:25 a.m. where: 1000 block of Euclid Ave. UNDERAGE DRINKING A SUNY-ESF sophomore, 17, was arrested on the charge of unlawful possession of alcohol under 21, according to a police bulletin. when: Saturday at 11:55 p.m. where: Lancaster and Euclid Ave. An Oneida man, 17, was arrested on the charge of unlawful possession of alcohol under 21, according to a police bulletin. when: Saturday at 11:55 p.m. where: 300 block of Euclid Ave. — Compiled by Justin Mattingly, news editor, jmatting@syr.edu

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‘We Are Your Friends’ fails to portray modern audience in theaters

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here is critical acclaim, and boatloads of money, waiting for anyone who can successfully capture the essence of their generation. The makers of “We Are Your Friends” bet big that they could do exactly that. And they failed. Miserably.

The electronic dance music-centric film starring Zac Efron and Emily Ratajkowski earned only $1.7 million at the box office, coming in at 14th at the end of its opening weekend on August 30. Though the film only cost $6 million to make, millions more were spent marketing it, rendering it a colossal failure.

The creators failed to understand two things: One, the best way to make sure your generational movie makes money is to wait until that generation has grown up. And two, if you’re going to sell a modern movie to a modern crowd, you better make sure that movie is relatable to that specific audience.

The first is so obvious it’s shocking a major studio like Warner Bros. Pictures would back a movie like this. EDM is a prom-

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inent characteristic of our generation, which makes it an easy choice to build a movie of our times around. But in retrospect, things that seem universally popular can actually be polarizing in the moment.

Many people love EDM, but others can’t stand it. Just like how in the 60s, the hippie movement appeared universally popular, but a quick look at the singles chart for 1967 reveals the highest charting single for a hippie band was “Light My Fire” by The Doors, who actually hated most hippies, only at No. 6. The movement was far from universal.

This is even more apparent in film. One of the most successful films ever, relative to its budget, is George Lucas’ “American Graffiti,” which earned $140 million when released in 1973 on only a $777,000 budget. Its success

came from how it captured the 1950s/early 1960s culture as a more innocent time. Those who were children during that time flocked to the movie to escape the culture of the 1970s.

Both those time periods had comparable mixtures of goods and bads, but everything looks bright with the shine of nostalgia.

An even more recent example of this can be seen with “Straight Outta Compton,” which has earned $141 million and counting by presenting gangsta rap as pure revolution, ignoring some of its more unsavory and problematic details.

The type of movies that paint a sentimental view of current times virtually never find that kind of success. 1992’s “Singles” sought to capture the grunge era during the grunge era and only made $18 million, not becoming a cult classic until years later when Nirvana and the rest had faded into the cultural canon.

The only way to ensure a modern movie is successful with those it represents is to make it unsentimental and realistic. 1969’s “Easy

Rider” didn’t earn $60 million because it just showed a bunch of hippies on cool motorcycles. It’s because it showed those hippies fail in the end, as the dark underbelly of a nation’s youth swallowed up the very dreams that youth promised.

“We Are Your Friends” was superficially modern. It could never even find the success of “Spring Breakers,” which made it to $31 million and instantly became a cult classic, because it pulled no punches in showing how a generation’s supreme dedication to having a good time can lead to a corrupting selfishness. Because when we go to see a movie about ourselves, we don’t want to see a few nice things we like, we want to see ourselves.

Nostalgia is for grown-ups.

Mark DiBona is a senior television, radio and film major.

His column appears weekly.

He can be reached at mdibona@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @NoPartyNoDisco.

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Return to populist ideals could save Democratic Party in 2016

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he power and credibility of the people that the United States has chosen to lead and represent its “liberal” tradition is evolving through a convoluted series of backroom deals, popularity contests and elections over the last several decades.

Instead of champions for the beleaguered working classes, the impression powerful liberals like Hillary Clinton and Joseph Biden give is of cautious centrism and collusion with the financial industry in a time when Democratic voters are seething against it.

All this bears weight, as the country is rolling toward a nomination that offers a chance to redefine the soul of the Democratic Party. We can see stark contrast between the potential nominees — some seem compromised, others ideologically solid.

Hillary Clinton’s ties to Wall Street and centrist positions in that controversial area of policy are obsessively discussed in the media — journalist Matt Taibbi memorably

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derided her campaign rhetoric in April as “fake populism,” as he held up her badmouthing of the 1 percent-favoring carried interest tax break, legislation she supported in ‘08.

Even Vice President Joe Biden appears compromised; his close relationship with and voting support for the credit card lobby, and especially the financial company and Bank of America subsidiary MBNA, which aside from being his largest single contributor for the last twenty years, also employed his son Hunter, according to the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

But the New New Left has also brought a champion: Bernie Sanders, the original farleft populist. Darling of the labor unions, his platform is right out of the populist handbook.

The conflict between these two poles reveals a political party still shaken from the age of Reagan. The defeats suffered by leftwing presidential nominees such as Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis convinced many Democratic strategists the party had to fundamentally shift to win any more votes from middle-class America.

This lack of confidence in American leftism opened up the game for the Clintons’ neoliberal reign. Meanwhile the increasingly involved lobbies have worked top Dems in a symbiotic circle of love that likely benefits corporate profit margins and politicians’ campaign coffers more than average consumers and workers.

Part of what ripped the rug out from under Democrats back in the 80s and made way for this weakening of principle may have been shifting power dynamics in U.S. Big Labor, long a bastion of support for the Democratic Party in a way that both conservative

and liberal critics argued was parasitic, lost much steam nationwide from the late 70s and 80s onward. The declining rates of union participation in this country in the years since speak to that reality.

Bill Clinton and his political generation arguably shifted the popular party rhetoric to the center, a move that helped win elections, but at a cost.

As the political landscape reorients, Biden and especially Hillary Clinton still stand on the shaky ground afforded by recent Democratic tradition, while Sanders draws bigger crowds and wider participation. Why? It’s progressives like him who can lay claim to a less skewed, less contradictory vision for the Democratic Party and for the working people of this country.

Thomas Beckley-Forest is a sophomore newspaper and online journalism major.

His column appears weekly. He can be reached at tjbeckle@syr.edu.

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IDEA restructuring needs student input Though the Raymond von Dran Innovation and Disruptive Entrepreneurship Accelerator (RvD IDEA) program has been shut down for restructuring at Syracuse University, it is crucial that steps are taken to include students in the transitional process.

IDEA, a program with a mission to support entrepreneurial endeavors on the SU campus, has been shut down to be reworked into a larger, more centralized program that will extend resources to students of all disciplines. The proposal includes significant external support as part of reconfiguring activities and programming surrounding student entrepreneurship initiatives at SU. Entrepreneurship is a fundamental theme of the SU campus

and its colleges. The university’s decision to centralize these campus resources should continue to foster a community supportive of entrepreneurial endeavors, and should work to do so by including the involvement of students, particularly those who had been involved with IDEA for years, in organizational procedures.

J.D. Ross, communications director for the School of Information Studies, said in an email to The Daily Orange that a newly designed physical space in the center of campus is being planned to support entrepreneurship programs for students. Ross said that faculty members from all of SU’s schools and colleges will be providing oversight for many of the initiatives formerly run by IDEA and that further

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details regarding the transition will be announced next month.

Some students have been vocal with their frustrations about the shutting down of the program, particularly those involved with IDEA during their time at SU. By communicating plans for the new entrepreneurship hub, the university can show students are an important part of the process.

In the same way that the university values entrepreneurship, it must also value clear communication with the SU community. While the move to consolidate entrepreneurial resources into a physical space has the potential to foster positive results, the transition must be proactive in ensuring that proper input is taken into account under restructuring efforts.

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Attitude shift amongst millennials needed to combat sexual assault

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n a public service announcement released by the White House on August 29 of last year, Vice President Joe Biden spoke about sexual assault, saying: “We need all of you to be part of the solution. This is about respect, it’s about responsibility.”

One year later, students from St. Paul’s School, a boarding school in New Hampshire, testified against 18-year-old Owen Labrie, stating that he had previously told them about sex he had with the 15-yearold accusing him of rape. The survivor testified last week that she said “no” to sex three times.

Fundamentally, this case boils down to one basic question: Did Labrie know that she was unwilling to have sex?

Surprisingly, the issue of consent usually takes a back seat in

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rape cases. In fact, had Labrie’s trial happened elsewhere, he probably would not face felony charges since most states require showing force was involved to prove rape, not lack of consent.

Labrie’s case highlights the need for a shift in focus in both policies and cultural attitudes about consent, starting on college campuses.

The idea that rape must necessarily include force is wildly problematic. It sends the message to victims that, like their offenders, the courts do not care if they said no. It tells rapists that so long as they leave no marks, sex with an unwilling person is just

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kosher. We need to look at sexual assault in a new way, emphasizing consent, not force.

Luckily, New Hampshire is among the minority of states that has emerged from the dark ages, including New York under Gov. Cuomo’s “Enough is Enough” initiative. Since 1995, the language of New Hampshire’s policy classifies rape as lack of consent “by speech or conduct,” taking the emphasis off of force.

In the same way, consent is a hot topic on college campuses, too.

This is no surprise given that 80 percent of rape victims are under the age of 30.

Many colleges, for example, have supported the “yes means yes” campaign which promotes active agreement before sex, and have provided resources and

education to protect students from sexual assault.

Most college students are aware that rape is not always violent or dramatic, just unwanted. It is not rare for a college student to wake up and think, “Hmm, nope. Last night was not totally consensual.”

Though perhaps this realization may not be earth-shattering, it is always wrong.

Rape between college students flies under the radar because it happens between acquaintances or often involves alcohol. It so often does not leave physical traces, ruin lives or break spirits. It may not beg to be reported, but it needs to stop being ignored.

We need a culture utterly disgusted by rape. Society should shackle rapists with shame. They should be reframed as weak and

creepy, not intimidating and wrongly accused. Society could benefit from an entire cultural movement against people who whine “why” after hearing “no.”

The most powerful messages are sent person-to-person, not through policies.

Should victims choose not to report violations, they should still be encouraged to be bold about being disrespected and holding offenders accountable - to call them a rapist to their face, to embarrass them by telling their friends and to be forward in calling out their attacker.

Alison Gala is a senior public relations major and Spanish minor.

Her column appears weekly.

She can be reached at aegala@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @alison_gala.

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University receives grant for bird conservation on Gulf Coast

By Anjali Alwis staff writer

A project proposal by a SUNY-ESF professor and graduate student was recently awarded a grant through a new program to restore habitats for coastal birds.

The Gulf Coast Conservation Grants Program (GCCGP) was announced last week

by Southern Company in partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). Southern Company and NFWF have been working together since 2003 and have awarded more than 80 grants, totaling more than $21.1 million, to restore bird habitats.

The GCCGP will award 29 grant recipients across the U.S. for proposals that focus specifically on protecting coastal bird populations that span Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida panhandle.

The project proposal – which was one of the 29 selected for the grant – aims to provide information that will help managers and decision-makers effectively protect snowy plovers, a shorebird that lives along the Gulf Coast, from the effects of vehicle collisions.

Jonathan Cohen, an assistant professor at SUNY-ESF, said in an email that his involvement with the research began with studying

the snowy plover, which nests at sites on the Florida panhandle.

“The snowy plover faces many similar challenges to the species I had been working with earlier in my career, so I felt that I could contribute useful research,” Cohen said.

Recently, especially in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, more attention and resources have been devoted to the (Gulf’s) wildlife.

Maureen Durkin suny-esf graduate student

Maureen Durkin, a graduate student of Cohen’s who had previous experience working in parts of the Gulf Coast on shorebird conservation, is collaborating with Cohen on the project.

“Compared to other regions of the U.S., coastal bird communities have previously been understudied on the Gulf,” Durkin said in an email. “Recently, especially in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, more

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attention and resources have been devoted to the region’s wildlife.”

For this project, Durkin and Cohen are attempting to reduce vehicle speeds by creating “shorebird nesting zones,” where the speed on the road drops from 35 mph to 20 mph and signage warns visitors of flightless shorebird and seabird chicks, Durkin said.

Durkin added that they were able to monitor vehicle speed within the seashore by using new traffic counters. The traffic counters collect data on traffic patters and speed.

“Simultaneously, my crew conducted daily surveys for wildlife roadkill, documenting species, age and location of animals killed,” Durkin added.

This information allows the team to determine whether different speed reduction measures actually have an impact on speed, and whether the mortality rates of shorebirds and other wildlife killed on the road change with traffic speed and/or with different speed reduction measures.

“In addition to our traffic data and surveys, ESF and Gulf Islands staff also intensively monitor the hatching success and chick survival of snowy plovers nesting on the island,” Durkin said. “This information will allow us to predict the population-level impacts of vehicle mortalities on the species.”

This particular grant is for one year, but the snowy plovers and other wildlife on the Gulf Coast face multiple challenges related to human activities, Cohen said.

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These threats include human development of habitat, disturbance of wildlife by recreational activity, mortality due to vehicle use, increased populations of predators that are associated with humans, the risk of future oil spills and habitat loss to sea level rise.

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$21.1 million The amount of money the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the Southern Company have awarded for bird habitat restoration

29 The number of recipients awarded grants by the Gulf Coast Conservation Grants Program (GCCGP)

Cohen said the problem may not be one that is fixable, but “the challenge is to ensure that wildlife populations can persist in the midst of human use of coastal areas.”

While Florida may seem far from Syracuse, SUNY-ESF’s wildlife program conducts research in a wide array of locations and a diverse group of species, because all the work stems from the central goal of aiding management and conservation through research, Durkin said. acalwis@syr.edu

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The Obama administration announced in late August that it would rename Mount McKinley to its original Native American name, Mount Denali. Many Native Americans and Alaskans have been advocating for the name change. President Barack Obama visited Alaska shortly after announcing the name change.

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Moving mountains Professors discuss Mt. McKinley name change to Mt. Denali by Obama administration

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resident Barack Obama signed an executive order in late August renaming Mount McKinley to Mount Denali, its original Native American name.

Denali, which is located in Alaska, is the tallest mountain in North America.

The Daily Orange spoke to Robert Wilson, an associate professor of geography, Mark Monmonier, a distinguished professor of geography and Kristi Andersen, a political science professor, about the decision to rename the mountain.

The Daily Orange: Do you support the renaming of Mount McKinley?

Robert Wilson: Yes, I do absolutely…I would say of course many Native Americans who lived in the areas already had names for each river and mountain. So essentially what Americans and Europeans did when they came there was they kind of wiped those names clean from the landscape and then superimposed other

names. I think Native Americans, in Alaska and elsewhere, rightfully see this as an example of cultural imperialism.

Mark Monmonier: Yes, I mean it’s something overdue… the fact of the matter is the mountain, before the end of 19th century, had the name Denali. A prospector who liked (President) McKinley because McKinley was in favor of maintaining the gold standard applied McKinley’s name and wrote an article on “National Geographic” and somehow stuck and stuck even more after McKinley was assassinated.

There had been some grumblings by Native Alaskans as well as Alaskans who basically wanted to restore the original name. They were able to get the National Park Service to rename the national park because that does not have to go through a vote on geographic name.

The D.O.: What cultural significance is there to Mount McKinley being renamed Denali?

R.W.: I think this is an example of the government, particularly President Obama, recognizing that there is a legacy of, particularly, cultural imperialism and trying, at least in some way, to rectify that wrong with the high-

est mountain in the United States.

M.M.: In their culture, (the mountain) has a name and the name of this other person from the 49 states was applied to it. It was an insult, but their views were not taken seriously. It was only since the 1960s when Native Americans or Native Alaskans had their concerns taken seriously by the federal government.

The D.O.: This was done as a part of a movement to improve relations with Native American tribes. Do you think the renaming was impactful or effective in terms of improving relations?

R.W.: I think it is a modest step…I think their grievances still are much deeper down to the physical loss of their land and wanting adequate funding to support community programs and healthcare because the federal government provides healthcare for Native Americans…Denali doesn’t do anything for that, but these cultural issues matter as well.

M.M.: This is something that Alaska natives (are grateful for) although it is not a radical change.

Kristen Andersen: This may have been one of the president’s goals. I would say less “improv-

ing relations” than “recognizing and valuing.”

The D.O.: How do you assess Obama’s efforts to improve relations with Native American tribes?

K.A.: I would say that this probably improved his relations with all Alaskans. They have been trying to change the name back to “Denali” for years. One of the first people to congratulate Obama on this decision was Alaskan Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski, who is not a Native American and not generally a supporter of Obama.

The D.O.: The renaming upset some lawmakers from Ohio, including former Rep. Ralph Regula, who told The Columbus Dispatch that Obama undertook a “political stunt.” What do you make of arguments from critics?

K.A.: I suspect most of these critics are Republicans, who generally criticize anything President Obama does. They claim to be upset because McKinley was from Ohio. I was interested in these Ohio reactions, I used to lived in Columbus, and found that The Columbus Dispatch, in fact, supports the name change. ssugiyam@syr.edu

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SU alumnus, creator of popular comic ‘Marmaduke,’ dies at 91

By Alexa Torrens asst. news editor

Syracuse University alumnus Brad Anderson, the mastermind behind popular cartoon “Marmaduke,” passed away on Aug. 30. He was 91.

Anderson graduated from SU in 1951 with a degree in advertising and worked at an advertising agency before completely devoting himself to cartoons in 1953, according to an obituary for the late cartoonist by the National Cartoonists Society.

In 1954, Anderson created “Marmaduke,” a cartoon about an excitable Great Dane and his family that the NCS called “one of the most well-known and enduring comic strips ever” in Anderson’s obituary.

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lawsuit 2016 and is currently in the discovery phase.

Fowler said in a statement she plans to depose, or gather testimony from, Kal Alston, former senior vice president for human capital development, VPA Dean Ann Clarke, VPA Associate Dean Arthur Jensen and VPA Associate Professor Joanna Spitzner.

Alston, Clarke and Jensen declined to comment. Spitzner also declined to comment on the lawsuit, but said she and Fowler were friends and colleagues during her time at SU, adding that the process “saddens” her.

Fowler, who is representing herself in the lawsuit, claims that SU used her leaves of absence from 2008-2009 and 2010-2011 against her when evaluating her for tenure and continued employment. This led her to believe SU violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, the New York Human Rights Act and a section of the Civil Rights Act dealing with pregnancy discrimination.

Court records show that for five months, both parties entered mediation in an attempt to possibly settle the suit out of court. In July, the parties terminated mediation. Fowler said this was because the parties couldn’t agree on a financial settlement.

Fowler said she requested that the university produce emails between individuals involved in

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later and Army ROTC is available at more than 1,100 institutions across the country. SU is one of

With that type of support from the university and from the community, that really enhances our leadership development program. It gives our cadets a sense a pride.

Lt. Col. Michael Bianchi former professor of military science

13 schools in New York state to offer Army ROTC, but students at other schools can take classes at the 13 schools that offer Army ROTC.

Anderson had a passion for drawing since he was young, and was known to say he spent his younger years “cartooning his way through high school,” according to the obituary. He sold

The NCS mourns the loss of a longtime member of its family, and a true giant of cartooning.

The National Cartoonists Society

his first cartoon to Flying Aces Magazine when he was 15 years old and cartooned through his service with the United States Navy during

the case. These and other documents, she said, affirm her claims of alleged “egregious illegal actions” and “flagrant discriminatory actions” on behalf of the university.

SU must produce those documents by Sept.

15 — a date that was set after the university received a two-week extension, according to a document filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York.

Kevin Quinn, SU’s senior vice president for public affairs, declined to comment on the lawsuit. He added that SU has “very strong” policies on Employment Non-Discrimination, specifically dealing with disability and parental leave.

SU is one of many employers nationwide that face discrimination lawsuits — in 2014, 88,778 discrimination lawsuits were filed in the U.S., according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s website.

But of those tens of thousands of lawsuits, only a fraction of them end up with rulings in the plaintiff’s favor. Between 1979 and 2006, only 15 percent of employment discrimination cases ruled in the plaintiff’s favor, compared to 51 percent in all other types of cases, according to a 2009 study by the Harvard Law and Policy Review.

The study also showed that cases that appear to obviously favor one party “tend to settle readily,” such as through mediation, in an effort to avoid the expensive costs associated with going to trial. apalme05@syr.edu | @annierpalmer

During the transitional ceremony, Vice Chancellor for Veterans and Military Affairs Mike Haynie served as the higher authority and facilitated the exchange, according to the release.

Haynie also issued a Certificate of Appreciation to Bianchi on behalf of President Barack Obama.

Bianchi was also given the Meritorious Service Medal “for exceptional meritorious service while serving as the Professor of Military Science.”

The event finished with a retirement ceremony for Bianchi and the playing of the Army Song.

In a 2014 interview with The Daily Orange, Bianchi said that what separates SU’s ROTC program from the rest is the vision of Chancellor Kent Syverud and of the university. “(Syverud) established in his inauguration speech to make this a center for veteran excellence and military excellence,” said Bianchi.

“With that type of support from the university and from the community, that really enhances our leadership development program. It gives our cadets a sense a pride.” jmatting@syr.edu | @jmattingly306

World War II. Anderson drew a comic strip called “Grandpa’s Boy” from 1954 to 1966, but he continued drawing “Marmaduke” from its inception in 1954 until his death, according to the obituary.

The Great Dane will survive in over 500 newspapers in 10 countries through syndication by American entertainment company Universal Uclick, according to the NCS statement. “Marmaduke” has also appeared in animation and inspired a 2010 feature film by the same name starring Owen Wilson.

Anderson has won many awards but most recently received the NCS’s Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013. The namesake of the award is the late cartoonist Milton

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Community. After going on a camping trip through the IDEA program, she applied to be an IDEA Connector and stayed involved with the program for the remainder of its existence.

“It was something that I was involved with since the beginning. It was something that gave me purpose as a student, to actually touch other peoples’ lives,” Miller said.

“When it was shut down, I was like ‘Well, sh*t, now what am I going to do?’”

J.D. Ross, communications director for the School of Information Studies, said in an email to The Daily Orange that IDEA is being transitioned into a larger program that will include new and significant external support as part of restructuring the activities and programming surrounding student entrepreneurship initiatives at SU. A new, specially designed physical space in the center of campus is being planned to support entrepreneurship programs for students, Ross said.

Faculty members from all of SU’s schools and colleges will be providing direction and oversight for many of the initiatives formerly run by IDEA, Ross said. On this steering committee, the faculty members will, in light of the new academic strategic plan, review the curriculum in entrepreneurship at SU to identify strengths and synergies at SU’s schools and colleges.

Ross added that further details regarding the transition of the new program and space will be announced in October.

However, Ross said, current activities and funding such as the RvD Fund for Student Entrepreneurship at the iSchool and the Couri Hatchery program at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management will continue to be administered by their respective schools as part of integrated, cross-campus educational programs in entrepreneurship.

Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs, could not be reached for comment about IDEA or any future plans.

IDEA was established by Gisela von Dran, wife of former School of Information Studies dean Raymond von Dran, after her husband passed away. Gisela used the $1.7 million RvD Fund to financially support the program until it came to an end in late July.

The mission of IDEA was to be a catalyst

Caniff, who is known for the “Terry and the Pirates” and “Steve Canyon” comic strips.

SU honored Anderson in 2010 alongside alumni Greg Walker and Robb Armstrong in “The Original Art of the Funny Papers,” an exhibit of syndicated cartoons by the three cartoonists, according a Syracuse.com article.

“The NCS mourns the loss of a longtime member of its family, and a true giant of cartooning,” the obituary reads.

Two bronze statues of Anderson and Marmaduke are being built in front of town hall in Portland, New York as a memorial to Anderson. The campaign to build the statues started in 2012 when Anderson first visited the town, according to The Buffalo News. atorrens@syr.edu

for a thriving entrepreneurship ecosystem on the SU campus, connecting students with ideas to the resources they need to move ideas forward, according to the IDEA website.

Currently, Miller and six others who were also previously involved with IDEA, are collaborating with deans, faculty and staff members of different schools and colleges at SU to create a new initiative that inspires cross-campus entrepreneurship.

Miller added that a lot of student businesses that are running right now would not be where they are without IDEA. She said she used her anger over IDEA being shut down to create this initiative that is not bound to any college.

$1.7 million

The amount of money used to fund the IDEA program

Plans for the initiative include having a database of student businesses to show which ones are profitable and connecting student businesses to different professors and resources on campus.

Miller and others involved are working on two major events for this new initiative, including an annual event called Entreprelooza, which would be a demo-day for student businesses, and a pop-up shop within Marshall Square Mall.

The pop-up shop, sponsored by AT&T, is a glass room located directly inside Marshall Square Mall beside the staircase, where student businesses can sell or promote their products or services for a few days. Miller added that the pop-up shop is located in Marshall Square Mall because it is not a part of any school or college at SU. Miller said she is also planning to write to Chancellor Kent Syverud about IDEA being shut down and how it has affected her and many other students.

“Honestly it’s not going to change anything, but what it can do is make the chancellor and people who are high up there know that, ‘Oh sh*t we made a mistake by getting rid of something super important to the students and they’re mad about it,’” Miller said. smswann@syr.edu | @saramswann

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Alumnus dances on Broadway Stephen Carrasco discusses his time with ‘Kinky Boots’

By Rachel Gilbert asst. copy editor

Three SU alumni returned to Syracuse to build #BLVD404, a luxury student housing apartment currently under contruction. Located at 404 University Ave, rooms will cost $950 per bed per month, which is slightly less than local competitors. chase guttman and kyle foley the daily orange

BLVD of dreams Alumni return to Syracuse to build luxury student housing complex

By Jacob Gedetsis feature editor

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yracuse University alumni, close-friends and now business partners Michael Edelman and Jared Hutter have lived within walking distance of each other since 2006.

At SU, the duo roomed together in a four-bedroom apartment on Madison. When they graduated, they moved to New York City and have always lived within a five block radius of each other.

Now the alumni have returned to Syracuse, as co-principals of a new luxury apartment complex, named #BLVD404.

“It almost sounds like we are in a relationship together, but that’s what a good business partner is,” said Edelman, a 2005 SU alumnus.

“It’s a marriage, truly it is.”

The apartment building, located at 404 University Ave. near the cor-

ner of Genesee Street, is currently under construction and has begun leasing for fall 2016. #BLVD404 will house up to 163 students in 54 apartments and boasts a short walk to the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, Marshall Street and SU’s main campus. The name, #BLVD404, represents what the team wants to be known for: being modern, fresh and new, Edelman said. The project is a joint venture between three SU alumni: Hutter, Edelman and Brian Rosen.

Hutter, a 2006 SU alumnus, said he has always been interested in student housing and when he began his startup, BLVD Equities, he wanted to venture into the world of luxury apartments for students.

He saw an opportunity to capitalize on the market in Syracuse, and when this piece of land came up for sale, he approached Edelman and Rosen to join him on the venture.

Edelman and Hutter remained

The $18 million housing complex is scheduled to be complete in June 2016. Residents will move in Aug. 15. courtesy of jared hutter

close-friends after graduation — they were in each other’s weddings, their wives are close and they talked almost every week.

“We were always looking to do something together professionally, but we didn’t always know what that was,” Hutter said, “When I made the decision to break off on my own and

found this property, I came to him and asked him if he wanted to do this thing with me.”

The former roommates wanted to add someone with more experience to the mix, and reached out to Rosen, whose younger brother lived with them on Madison. He was a “natural see #blvd404 page 10

After performing on Broadway and in cities across the country, the curtain has come down on Stephen Carrasco’s thigh-high leather boots for the last time. Carrasco has been the dance captain for the hit musical “Kinky Boots” for over two years, but now, nine years after graduating from Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts with a degree in musical theater, Carrasco is preparing to return to Broadway.

The Daily Orange spoke with him to learn more about his favorite memories and backstage gossip.

The Daily Orange: Could you explain what the show is about?

Stephen Carrasco: So “Kinky Boots” is about a man called Charlie Price who inherits his father’s shoe factory. It’s going under, so he has to find a way to save the factory and he does so by teaming up with a drag queen from London, and they decide to make women shoes for men who dress as women. That’s how they try to save the factory, and it’s a journey that the two of them take, Lola and Charlie, and they learn so much from each other along the way.

The show really just shows that you can really change the world when you change your mind.

D.O.: What does being the dance captain involve?

S.C.: So being a dance captain basically is that I’m in charge of maintaining the choreography as the show runs through the year, while the choreographer and associate choreographer are away. So I have to watch the show regularly and make sure that people are still doing the choreography as it was intended when it was set when we opened over a year ago. Also as the dance captain, any new company members that are hired, I’m in charge of training them and putting them into the show as replacements. So I teach the show, we are see kinky

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2000s trend makes comeback with modern take on denim skirts

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n the early 2000s, we loved our jean skirts. We wore them bedazzled, pleated, ruffled or destroyed — sometimes all of the above at once. Now, a decade and a half later, the trend is coming full circle. Denim skirts are back and better than ever.

The most popular style for this season seems to be the short A-line denim skirt with buttons going all the way down the front. This skirt can be found in nearly any store, from Nordstrom to Forever 21, and you’re sure to see a few of these denim minis just walking around campus.

While the words “denim mini” might sound like something from your middle school nightmares, the latest skirts are much simpler and chicer. Trust me.

The spring 2015 runways were also full of denim midi and maxi skirts from Stella McCartney, Kenzo, Chloé and several others.

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kinky boots in rehearsal for several weeks together and then we put them in the show.

D.O.: What would be your dream show?

S.C.: I think I’ve just done it, I’ve just done it for two and a half years, I mean “Kinky Boots” is the greatest show I’ve ever been a part of.

And I say that mostly because it’s the most fun show I’ve ever been in. It’s pure joy every single night. Watching the audience react to us, the people that have never seen the show before,

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PROBABLY WEARING PAJAMAS Although these styles appear less popular on the street, they are decidedly bolder and perfect for fall. If the mini is the silhouette of the moment, consider these longer and more flowy skirts the next big thing.

Aside from the A-line minis and the loose midis and maxis, jean skirts are having their moment in other styles still. Amy Odell, editor of Cosmopolitan.com, was recently photographed for Jean Stories in a form-fitting Citizens of Humanity pencil skirt. Worn with a simple crop top, the skirt is cool and current.

The 2015 denim skirt revival has me wondering: are the 2000s back in fashion? Typi-

just watching audience members seeing it for the first time as an acting company member is one of the greatest thrills of my career. You don’t get a lot of shows like this in your career.

D.O.: Which did you prefer, being associated with the Broadway production or the touring company?

S.C.: They’re both wonderful in their own ways. I mean when I joined the Broadway company, I got to do all the really, really fun stuff when you do a Broadway show like perform in the Tony Awards and perform on the “Today” show and the crazy kind of fun TV

cally, there is a 20-year trend cycle in fashion.

While it isn’t always perfect, the rule is generally that every 20 years, trends reoccur.

For example, the ‘90s would come back in the 2010s. We have seen this happen — think about flannel, platforms, crop tops, matching skirt and shirt sets, high-waisted jeans, chokers and scrunchies. We have definitely lived out the ‘90s revival these past few years. Now that it is almost 2016, are we ready for something new?

According to the trend cycle theory, the next few years will bring the start of the 2000s styles back. Honestly, that is sort of scary. For most of us college students, the early 2000s were when we started becoming interested in shopping and picking out our own clothes.

We were young, but we saw our older siblings and cousins and celebrity idols wearing some crazy things. We looked up to Britney Spears

and Avril Lavigne and wanted what Lizzie McGuire wore head-to-toe.

The mid-to-late part of the decade had most of us in middle school, adorned with super-low-rise jeans, gaucho pants, Aeropostale henley shirts and camisoles in every color. We wore jean skirts.

While it’s hard to accurately predict trends of the future, nostalgia often plays a key role in fashion. After 20 years, it’s been too long, and people miss the clothes they remember loving.

Some decades are frightening — I’d say the 2000s is one of them. Still, trends often come back better. If we can relive the jean skirt, who’s to say what is next? Besides, remember how comfortable gauchos were?

things that are involved with the opening of any Broadway Show. I was in the opening of the Tony Awards on Neil Patrick Harris’ right arm and I was on the cover of the art section of the New York Times. So that was all so unbelievably exciting.

I think being on tour has brought a whole new level to it because now I’m seeing audiences outside of New York react to the show and we’ve taken this every where, including the deep south, where we currently are and there is a very specific message that not everyone is ready to hear and I think audiences in Texas for example need this message a lot more than the audiences in New York.

D.O.: The show just hit 1,000 performances.

Just how big of an achievement is that?

S.C.: I mean that’s humongous, so few new Broadway musicals can ever get that far. That’s not really a common thing when you’re opening a Broadway show. Most Broadway shows I

would wager to say, I don’t know the statistics, but I would say that most new shows in New York barely make it through a year. To say you’ve made through almost three is humongous. It’s just a testament to how wonderful the show is.

D.O.: What is your favorite backstage story?

S.C.: We had Billy Porter join us in Pittsburgh for a week. He won the Tony Award for best actor in a musical for “Kinky Boots” on Broadway. He came and joined our tour as our lead character Lola for a week because Pittsburgh is his hometown.

Just watching our company of people, who had seen Billy in the show before but had never really done the show with Billy, especially now they’d been on the road for almost a year and they knew the show so well at this point, watching them experience the show with Billy was so incredible.

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Rosen said the team feels that because of their direct ties to SU and their overall vision, they will fulfill the needs of SU students better than their current competition.

Hutter added that when beginning construction, the team hired what they viewed as the best construction company in the area, Hueber-Breuer and a “fantastic civil engineer.”

He wanted the complex to have “a local flare.”

In addition to hiring local workers, Hutter’s company, Blvd Equities, is offering internships to SU students through the Whitman School of Management.

“I am going to incorporate some student into our project so they can come to some of the development meetings, understand the development process, and ultimately be a part of the management of the building, so they can understand how to run a building moving forward,” Hutter said.

Construction for the site is set to be complete in June, with residents moving in August 15. Leasing information is available online and at their recently opened leasing center on the first floor of Marshall Square Mall.

Said Rosen: “It’s a really terrific story, three alumni coming back building an $18 million project, giving local folks jobs and opportunities and putting money back into the city.”

#blvd404 fit,” and together they began to develop plans for a building they “wished they could have lived in.”

Rosen, who graduated in 2001 and is the owner of Rosen Property Group, said when Hutter approached he was very excited to join the team.

“Being an alumnus I thought it would be awesome to go back to my own back yard, and pull this off on the business side of things.”

Rosen said. “I just thought personally that the opportunity was very right.”

The $18 million project will feature a wide range of amenities including individual bedrooms, fully-furnished living spaces with highend furniture, conference rooms for group projects, a state-of-the-art gym, a convenience store and solid-stone countertops.

“For Michael, Brian and myself, we all say this is far and away the most fun we have ever had professionally; it’s phenomenal,” Hutter said.

“We love what we are doing. We are basically creating a building that we would have wanted to live in back then.” #BLVD404 joins University Village and Park Point as luxury apartment options for SU students.

Rosen said they are still pinpointing prices, but that beds will be $950 per month per bed, slightly lower than the current competition’s prices.

Jackie Homan is a sophomore magazine journalism major. You can email her at jahoman@syr.edu or follow her @jackie_homan on Twitter.

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Ditch typical music fest clothing by rocking indie or modern grunge styles at Juice Jam

By Alexis McDonell staff writer

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uice Jam — it’s one of the few times of the year that all students come together, listen to some good music, eat some free food and play on some giant inflatables. It’s also the best time to show off all those cute summer clothes that are soon going to be stowed away in your closet. Here’s your guide to figure out how to look your best at the party that is Juice Jam. 1

Indie Chic

Play with silhouettes and textures for a relaxed boho vibe. It’s all about wearing flowy tops, pants or dresses paired with kimono cardigans or lace vests. If you have anything with fringe, now is the time to wear it. You can easily pair

this outfit with a nice pair of leather sandals for a more comfortable feel or you can dress it up with a pair of booties. Play up the look more with a cute hat or pair of circle sunnies.

2 Modern Grunge

Channel your inner 90s rock star with this look. It’s all dark colors, rough edges and tight-fitting crops. The edgier the better. Get out your ripped up jeans, band T-shirts or crop tops and flannels. Lots and lots of flannels. For footwear, go the clunkier route with a pair of Doc Martens or Chuck Taylors.

Whatever vibe you decide to go for, just being comfy is always the best route. You’ll be moving in and out of the crowd, dancing your butt off and bouncing in a bounce house. Get ready guys, Juice Jam is here. admcdone@syr.edu

If anything goes well with Juice Jam, it’s alcohol and if you’re not a drinker this game isn’t for you. This is a test of a keen eye and the rules are simple: Drink every time you see one of the following and have a great time you’ll barely remember.

SYRACUSE BASKETBALL JERSEY Nothing screams Juice Jam quite like bros wearing basketball jerseys, especially those of the main man himself, Carmelo Anthony. Taking a shot every time you see these might be a little intense, so embrace your inner bro and shotgun a beer instead.

FLOWER CROWNS SU girls will break out this basic festival accessory in excess this year. Maybe slow down on this one, and take a sip of beer or cranberry vodka, if not you might be yelling “Take Me Crouse.”

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Its probably vodka shots, so take some of those.

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METALLIC FLASH TATS They’re golden, glitter and (most importantly) temporary. That means mom and dad won’t get mad and boys and girls can look just as trendy. Get a bottle of Goldschläger to match this metallic look.

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RB Washington’s decommitment doesn’t affect cousin Aapri

By Paul Schwedelson asst. copy editor

After four-star running back Robert Washington committed to Syracuse in April and three-star hybrid Moe Neal chose the Orange in August, speculation grew that the two Class of 2016 players would help draw in a third North Carolina product, this one from the Class of 2017.

43 Aapri Washington is the 43rd-best “athlete” in the Class of 2017, according to 247Sport. com’s composite rankings

Aapri Washington visited campus with Neal, his close friend, and Robert, his cousin, when Syracuse lost to Florida State last October.

While news of Robert’s decommitment broke last week, Aapri said he’s still considering the Orange.

“I mean, it would be cool and it wouldn’t be a problem playing with them,” Aapri said, “but at the end of the day, I have to do what’s right for me.”

The 5-foot-9, 168-pound Class of 2017 cornerback is ranked with three stars by multiple recruiting websites.

Some schools are also interested in Aapri as a slot receiver, but for his high school, Mount Island (North Carolina) Charter, he’s playing at quarterback on offense to fill a hole this season.

Aapri said he will likely narrow his decision down to eight schools by the spring and make a

verbal commitment before his senior season.

The top factors in his decision are education, life outside of football and social life on campus, he said. He currently has offers from Ole

What I saw is that they’re trying to be an up-andcoming program...and get things to the way they used to be at Syracuse.

Aapri Washington class of 2017 su target

Miss, Mississippi State and about 14 other schools in addition to Syracuse.

“What I saw is that they’re trying to be an up-and-coming program,” Aapri said, “and get things to the way they used to be at Syracuse.”

Robert reportedly decommitted due to trust issues with the Syracuse coaching staff.

He asked his main recruiter, running backs coach DeAndre Smith, not to contact his father, Robert Washington Sr., but Smith did anyway, according to Syracuse.com.

Meanwhile, Washington Sr. is one of Aapri’s assistant coaches at Mount Island. Despite Robert’s decommitment, Aapri said he’s making his own impressions of Syracuse.

“They play in a Dome,” he said. “That’s very rare for college football. That did stand out to me. I knew they played in one, but that was my first time like actually witnessing it in a game situation.” pmschwed@syr.edu | @pschweds

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shanley his family says he hoped to earn before this year. He came to Syracuse with just two years of football experience, walked on with the help of his father, a high school classmate of then-SU head coach Doug Marrone, and stood or sat patiently on the sidelines for 35 of his first 38 games in an Orange uniform.

It wasn’t until after Syracuse got back from Fort Drum in late August that the SU coaches started practicing Seamus with the starters. He’d impressed all camp, improving his footwork, not missing on assignments.

“In the back of my mind, you always want to shoot for the stars,” Seamus said. “You want to be that guy. You want to overachieve for yourself. But coming in, I never really thought I would get a chance like this.”

Seamus had season-ending knee surgery in his senior year of high school. He didn’t have college football offers. It was a sport he hadn’t even picked up until his sophomore year. But Joe asked Marrone to look at his tape and told Joe he could bring him on but not much else. That was the opportunity when there weren’t any others.

What followed was a steady improvement from Seamus, to the point that Marrone told Joe — after taking an NFL head coaching job — that he might have a chance to play down the road. The narrative of his career was one of a player that was team-first, a good locker room guy.

But Seamus desired more.

“Sometimes, he got frustrated because he felt that he has earned a little bit more than he was given,” his sister Jessica Shanley said. “Seamus has never felt entitled to start, let alone play. But there have been moments when he comes home and he’d been a little frustrated.”

After injuring his thumb in the spring, Seamus worked out with a full cast on his hand. When Joe saw him take the field, he said that his arms were so big that they looked like legs.

SEAMUS SHANLEY (74) was named the starting right guard days before Friday’s season-opener. His name didn’t come up much during camp, but Scott Shafer said the walk-on simply outplayed others. david salanitri staff photographer

Throughout camp, the Syracuse coaches kept a bulletin board with each player’s practice score. It’s a way for everyone to know how they’re doing, and how they stack up with everyone else.

The score determines the depth chart.

And Seamus had a higher score than now-backup Aaron Roberts, as well as few of the other starters.

Offensive lineman Omari Palmer, who is also Seamus’ roommate, said he thought the walk-on had to do even more to get the opportunity he has now. When a program is paying a scholarship player a quarter of a million dollars, Palmer said, they want that person to win the job.

“But you can’t deny production,” Palmer said. “When you go out on the

field, and you consistently do what you have to do. He found a way to do it. He found a way to overcome his physical problems, which is maybe his height, his arm length, his short legs or whatever.

“He found a way to mentally push himself … which is really when you really start living. He’s living right now.”

For those close to Seamus, they’ve seen how far he’s really come. He used to be the little kid, troubled by his parents’ divorce.

The one that lacked maturity and was a part of family counseling. They see how he’s now become “the golden child” as an SU senior.

They’ve seen how he went from a walk-on by convenient circumstance, to

a player that could, any week, get a call saying he’s earned a scholarship.

After his family met him outside the locker room, they congratulated him and told him how well he had played. He shrugged it off. “I did OK,” he said.

For someone that ’s been on an upward trajectory his entire SU career, being content isn’t something Seamus is used to.

“Sometimes people can try their best and it still isn’t good enough,” said his stepmom Jeanette Shanley. “And for him to know that he could do that and work with his team and to be able to be on that field, it’s just incredible. It’s absolutely incredible.”

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dougherty could potentially lift it a rung or two higher.

Without him, the keys go to a first-year signal caller and expectations should be heavily tempered.

Here’s what we firmly know about Dungey:Lester reached to Lake Oswego, Oregon, to recruit him. He beat out sophomore Austin Wilson for the backup quarterback spot during training camp. He is highly capable of beating a Division I-AA team that went 1-11 last season.

And, discounting any overblown analysis from Syracuse’s trampling of Rhode Island, that’s about it.

It was all the other guys, they were really picking me up and keeping me calm.

I really wasn’t expecting to go in that early.

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His snaps against the Rams were presumably going to come after Hunt built a sizable lead. Instead Dungey went 10-for-17 for 114 yards and two touchdowns, and he handed the ball off to Wilson when the contest was well in hand. When the Rhode Island defense did get into the backfield, Dungey showed an ability to escape the pocket and think on the move. But most of those instances included him and a lone pass rusher, making his first college game both a small and unreliable sample size.

“I think he did well but we’ll continue to see,” SU wide receiver Steve Ishmael said.

“He’s a young guy and we’re going to need to help him along for sure. But I’m excited about what he can do for this team.”

In the coming weeks, what he can do for Syracuse could be overshadowed by what he can’t.

Lester designed a new offensive scheme with Hunt as its centerpiece, and Shafer said after the Rhode Island win that the Orange

scaled back the offense when Hunt went down. That’s to be expected with Dungey still very new to college football, but predictability was a theme of SU’s offensive shortcomings a season ago, when Lester was promoted after five games and had to roll out either Wilson or freshman AJ Long against No. 1 Florida State.

If Dungey limits the offense’s options, he’ll also limit its productivity. SU was in the same position when Hunt broke his fibula last October and the results weren’t pretty.

Whether Dungey can write a different script will become apparent against Wake Forest, the Orange’s Atlantic Coast Conference opener and a must-win game if Syracuse wants to sniff bowl contention.

After finishing 3-9 in 2014, Syracuse finds itself in an all-too-familiar place. Its offense is in the hands of a freshman and its season will, in large part, be dictated by his development.

“It was all the other guys, they were really picking me up and keeping me calm,” Dungey said after the Rhode Island game. “I really wasn’t expecting to go in that early.”

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Eric Dungey was thrust into action Friday night against Rhode Island. He’ll be the starter for the foreseeable future, and is forced to take the reigns of an ACC team as a true freshman with Terrel Hunt out for the season.

Here’s some numbers showing how he did against the Rams.

•58.8 - completion percentage •20 - % of completions that were TDs •0 - interceptions thrown •11.4 - yards per completion

What comes next is an accelerated learning process that includes the start of conference play, a home game against No. 14 Louisiana State in Week 4 and then a nosedive into the ACC schedule. Dungey was supposed to be watching it all from the sideline. Now he’s the key difference between relative success and sustained defeat.

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Jesse Dougherty is the web editor at The Daily Orange, where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at jcdoug01@syr.edu or on Twitter at @dougherty_jesse

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Shafer escapes stresses of coaching watching son start 1st game

By Paul Schwedelson asst. copy editor

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Scott Shafer walked unrecognized into the Ithaca fan section at Frank Bailey Field. Flanked by wife Missy and daughter Elsa, Shafer wore faded green khaki shorts, an Ithaca football polo shirt and aviator sunglasses.

Shafer came to see his son, Wolfgang, make his first career start at quarterback for the Bombers at Union College on Saturday. Just 15 hours earlier, SU was wrapping up its season-opening win in the Carrier Dome against Rhode Island.

“My passion for this game has grown from him,” Wolfgang Shafer said of his father after throwing for 265 yards and two touchdowns in a 38-23 win over Union. “Just coming out here and doing what I love to do and see him do what he loves to do last night, I mean, that’s what it’s all about.”

Being a coach’s son, I know how it is. This is their profession. A lot of people forget about that sometimes.

You go to these big-time D-I games, you see ‘Fire Whoever’ in the crowd.

This is their well-being.

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This is the side of Scott Shafer that SU fans don’t get to see. When he talks to recruits, he often stresses the family environment of his program and the importance of keeping things in perspective. On Saturday, he practiced what he preaches.

“It’s nice to be a dad for once,” Shafer said.

Less than 1,500 people filled the single-sideline stands compared to the 30,112 in the Dome on Friday night. Some fans chose a grassy hill for their vantage point rather than the hot bleachers.

The balcony of a four-story house overlooking the field served as a makeshift coaching box.

Instead of all eyes being on the third-year head coach like they were on Friday, Shafer took the rare opportunity to watch his son, since Syracuse and Ithaca usually both play

WOLFGANG SHAFER, the son of Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer, takes a snap at quarterback for Ithaca College in his first career start on Saturday. Shafer finished 25-of-33 for 265 yards and two touchdowns with his parents, sister and grandparents in the crowd. After the win, he acknowledged that his father has significantly influenced his football career.

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on Saturdays. Regardless of the result, no one will call sports talk radio shows demanding Ithaca’s coach be fired and national columnists won’t speculate if he’s on the hot seat.

“Being a coach’s son, I know how it is,” Wolfgang Shafer said. “This is their profession. A lot of people forget about that sometimes. You go to these big-time D-I games, you see ‘Fire Whoever’ in the crowd. This is their well-being.”

Shafer enjoyed being a dad for the day, but said earlier last week that he gets more nervous for his son’s games than his own. He sat quietly but clapped after nearly every one of his son’s completions. Fans around him stood and cheered vocally, but Shafer maintained his stern appearance while his degree of focus won’t influence the game.

Wolfgang Shafer orchestrated a dominant nineminute opening drive that resulted in a touchdown.

“It was like woosh, right there,” one fan said of his touchdown pass.

“That’s a great decision,” another said

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after he scrambled on a play-action rollout for five yards.

The environment is different, but still, all eyes are on a new quarterback. Friday night, it was Syracuse freshman Eric Dungey, who replaced an injured Terrel Hunt. Saturday, it was Wolfgang Shafer starting his first collegiate football game.

Ithaca’s offense stalled on its next two drives and Union then tied it at seven. When Wolfgang Shafer and the Bombers trotted onto the field, a fan yelled, “Come on coach, make your adjustments!”

For a change, the words weren’t directed at Shafer.

Twenty seconds later, the referee announced a penalty on Ithaca’s center for “simulating a snap.” Half of Missy Shafer’s immediate family is entrenched in college football, but like any mom at her son’s game, she blurted out, “I’ve never heard of that before.”

Despite the removal from coaching responsibilities Saturday afternoon, Shafer was

still on his phone often while Ithaca was on defense. At halftime, he left Elsa and Missy in the bleachers and found a quiet spot next to the stands to work his phone. But when the third quarter began, he was back at his seat.

With less than four minutes to play, Union drew within one score. The Dutchmen lined up in a different formation on the ensuing kickoff and the Ithaca coaches in the press box frantically called into their headsets before calling timeout. Another hectic split-second coaching move as Shafer sat still in the sun.

Just minutes earlier, SU Athletics announced that Hunt would be out for the season with a torn Achilles. On what could be the most tumultuous day for the Orange all season, Shafer kept clapping for his son.

Football is just a game and being in the stands offered some reality.

Said Wolfgang Shafer: “It’s a little more pure here.” pmschwed@syr.edu | @pschweds

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Dad for a day Scott Shafer spent Saturday watching his son Wolfgang start his first career game for Ithaca, hours after SU’s win over URI. See page 14

In the family

Stepping in

Class of 2017 prospect Aapri Washington’s decision isn’t affected by the decommitment of his cousin, Robert.

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SPORTS

Freshman goalkeeper Austin Aviza has a daunting task for the men’s soccer team after Alex Bono turned pro.

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SEAMUS SHANLEY started the first game of his Syracuse career on Friday against Rhode Island. His father, Joe, commonly known around the SU campus as a friendly DPS officer, sat in the stands as a fan for a change when the Orange blew out URI. david salanitri staff photographer

Getting his shot Walk-on Shanley finally earns chance to start in 4th year

By Sam Blum sports editor

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oe Shanley stood giddy, waiting for Syracuse — and his son Seamus — to charge through the Carrier Dome tunnel. A DPS officer of more than eight years, Joe had worked every home football game, patrolling the student section. He’d seen it before. He’d seen his son, a walk-on right guard, come out of tunnel. He knew what it looked like.

But on Friday, for the first time in his career, he wasn’t working the game. Instead he was in section 103, in the midst of a fully-packed row of family and friends. Joe stood, talking to anyone who would listen. A beer in his hand. A faux-re-

laxed demeanor on his face.

“Here we go,” he said to no one in particular. “Here it comes.”

He’d seen Seamus take the field 17 times before. It never felt like this. For the first time in Seamus’ four-year career, he’d be starting.

“There’s a lot of moments I can remember personally that I look back at now and say, ‘Wow, that would have been an opportunity for you to give up,’” Joe said of his son.

“But he didn’t. And it might sound cliché, but he’s been an inspiration to me.”

Seamus spent three full years waiting to get a chance that

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Freshman quarterback Dungey’s role should come with tempered expectations

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yracuse’s season started at 7:04 p.m. on Friday night, and the Carrier Dome fell into a hush 22 minutes later.

After scrambling to his left and stumbling awkwardly in front of the Orange sideline, senior starting quarterback Terrel Hunt rolled onto his back in pain. SU’s training staff jogged out to him while head coach Scott Shafer walked closely behind. When Hunt was eventually helped off the field, his right foot

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hung inches above the turf and his future hung in the balance.

The year hadn’t even been dented by 7:27 of game time and Hunt’s torn right Achilles

He made a couple mistakes, didn’t look at the clock a couple times, just normal freshman stuff.

Tim Lester su offensive coordinator

— which will sideline him for all of 2015 — put Syracuse’s prospects through a blender and poured it into a half-empty glass. True freshman Eric Dungey stepped in and quarterbacked the Orange (1-0) to a 47-0 win over Rhode Island (0-1), a season-opening victory that came with a season-opening loss.

With Hunt, Syracuse was a back-of-thepack team with a fifth-year quarterback who

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