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Students put on alert during 9/11 weekend

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By Debbie Truong ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety advised students to remain on high alert during the 9/11 weekend.

In an email sent through SU News, DPS requested students report any suspicious activity in response to calls across the nation for increased vigilance, as Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

Suspicious activities including vehicles parked in unusual locations, unattended packages, individuals running with valuable items or talk of criminal or terrorist acts were to be reported to DPS, according to the email.

DPS could not be reached for comment.

Security across the nation has been heightened in an effort to keep Americans feeling safe. Since Wednesday, counterterrorism officials have pursued a tip concerning a possible terrorist attack on Washington, D.C., and New York City, according to an Associated Press article published Saturday.

As of Sunday, no intelligence has confi rmed the tip, which included claims that two U.S citizens are among the would-be terrorists, according to the AP article.

James McJunkin, assistant director of the FBI field office in Washington, told the AP that the tip and response were routine. Due to the approaching anniversary of 9/11, however, more attention and publicity was given to the tip.

Security was tight when President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama entered New York City for Sunday’s commemorative events at the World Trade Center site, according to an email sent out by the White House press pool traveling with the Obamas.

Much of Lower Manhattan was in a “frozen zone” state; police stood on nearly every corner and there were checkpoints and limited mobility for motorists and pedestrians.

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REMEMBER Chapel service memorializes lives lost in attacks

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11, 2001, Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel filled to capacity with those trying to come to terms with the panic, insecurity and utter loss left in the wake of the morning’s attacks. Ten years later, students, alumni and members of the Syracuse community filed into the pews once more to reflect on the decade-altering day.

Tiffany Steinwert, dean of Hendricks Chapel, opened SU’s Service of Remembrance and Hope on Sunday by offering words that both memorialized those lost and provided a sense of hope and encouragement for those who survive them. A single candle burned in the center aisle of the chapel and seats were left empty to honor those that perished, Steinwert said.

Steinwert’s opening remarks

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andrew renneisen | asst. photo editor (top), chris griffin | staff photographer FROM TOP: LILLY THOMANN, a freshman education major, sits in Hendricks Chapel during a ceremony held to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11. Flags honoring the lives lost were on display between the Schine Student Center and Newhouse.

Although this year’s Juice Jam concert was held on Sept. 11, attendees of the event weren’t outspoken about the concert’s date falling on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that hit New York City, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. Syracuse University’s eighth annual Juice Jam, which ran from roughly 4 to 8:45 p.m., featured coheadliners Swedish house-electronic artist Avicii and American rapper B.o.B. Chiddy Bang, a hip-hop duo from Philadelphia, opened the show with a 45-minute set at Skytop Field on South Campus.

Heather Corbett, a senior accounting and fi nance major, said that because Juice Jam was held on Sept.

11, it took away from the events being held at Hendricks Chapel to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attacks. Hendricks held a Service of Remembrance and Hope as part of SU Remembers, a series of events held to reflect on the anniversary.

But some students — such as Nicholas Valauri — brought their patriotism to the concert. Valauri, a junior mechanical engineering major, wore an American flag as a cape to mark the 10th anniversary.

“I woke up this morning, and I thought I needed a flag to wear,” Valauri said, noting that he thought holding Juice Jam on 9/11 was a good way to commemorate the 10th anniversary.

Melina Violas, a freshman finance major, said she wasn’t against holding the event on Sept. 11, but thought University Union could have done something more to mark the anniversary.

Shortly after Chiddy Bang finished up their set with the hit “Opposite of Adults,” Student Association President Neal Casey led a brief moment of silence at about 4:50 p.m. He told the crowd that while it was fine to have a good time at the concert, it was SEE SECURITY PAGE 4

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By Meghin Delaney NEWS EDITOR

A number of laptops were stolen from the second and fourth floors of Slocum Hall on two different occasions, according to an email sent from SU News by the Department of Public Safety on Thursday. The first incident occurred on Sept. 5 between 1:30 a.m. and 3 a.m., and the second occurred on Thursday at approximately 2:30 p.m., according to the release.

During the Sept. 5 theft, drawers were forced open and contents stolen.

During the incident on Thursday, the loss was attributed to the laptop being unattended, according to the email.

The email encouraged students to keep their possessions with them and report any suspicious behavior.

Syracuse Police Department is the lead agency while DPS has a secondary role, said Michael Rathbun, assistant chief of DPS in an email.

SPD could not be reached.

Some thefts occurred in Slocum last year too, Rathbun said, so DPS has been aware of the problem since the beginning of the semester. There is discussion of adopting additional security, he said. Some of the measures include automatic door locking systems and door alarm systems.

By Kelly Criscione STAFF WRITER

Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled the official New York State Sept. 11 Memorial Flag last Tuesday, according to a Tuesday news release from the governor’s office. The flag was flown at the New York State Capitol and memorial entrance at the World Trade Center site to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

The dark blue flag shows a white silhouette of the twin towers, surrounded by a pentagon outline. Forty yellow stars border the five-sided figure, representing the fatalities from Flight 93, which crashed in Shanksville, Pa., on Sept. 11, 2001.

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Valerie Traub believes that William Shakespeare’s sexuality was unclear based on studying the writer’s sonnets, she said during a Syracuse University lecture Thursday night.

Traub’s lecture, “Shakespeare’s Sex,” was the fi rst lecture of this year’s Ray Smith Symposium, which is based on the theme “Sex and Power from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment.”

Traub is the Frederick G. L. Huetwell professor of English and women’s studies and chair of the women’s studies department at the University of Michigan. She is also the author of the award-winning book “The Renaissance of Lesbianism in

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Reliving the tragedy of Sept. 11

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: BILL DOLAN, ELIZABETH BEEKS AND MARY ANNE VENDITTI talk during a candlelight vigil held at 8 p.m. Sunday at Le Moyne College to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Dolan, a friar at Le Moyne, led the candlelight vigil outside at the Circle of Remembrance for prayer, word and song. The vigil followed a Mass of Remembrance held at 7 p.m. at Le Moyne. At 9 p.m., the college held a film screening titled, “Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero.”

About 2,977 American citizens were killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks — and 1,100 of them have yet to be identified.

The tragedy sparked one of the most thorough forensic investigations in American history, with the continuous discovery of remains in the ground zero area, according to an Associated Press article published Wednesday. A decade later, the hunt remains active after an appeal to the Supreme Court from hopeful relatives of victims.

Remains from the 9/11 attacks have been especially difficult to uncover. Many were fragmented, so that only small pieces of bone were found, while others were mixed in with the heaps of debris left from

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stressed the importance of rebuilding in the face of tragedy.

“May we be bound to this day not only by our sorrow, but by our fierce hope for a better tomorrow,” Steinwert said.

Members of Hendricksí various chaplaincies followed a performance by the Hendricks Chapel Choir with an interfaith prayer. The representatives from a few chaplaincies spoke one after the other, the calls for unity from each denomination’s representative flowing into the next.

Quineese Works, a junior political science major, said she appreciated the multidenominational approach and the ceremony’s overall atmosphere.

“I like that it incorporated all faiths, and it focused more on the future and having hope than on the past. Not that it didn’t focus on the actual tragedy,” she said. “It wasn’t a sad ceremony. It was uplifting.”

After a rendition of “Amazing Grace” by the Syracuse Children’s Chorus, Thomas Wolfe, senior vice president and dean of student affairs, presented a speech that recalled, in vivid detail, the SU campus on 9/11.

Wolfe, dean of Hendricks at the time of the attacks, helped arrange a gathering for the community that afternoon 10 years ago. The chapel was packed beyond capacity, with attendees piling into every available corner, he said.

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important to remember Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 — a day when nearly 3,000 people lost their lives.

After the moment of silence, representatives from UU played audio of first lady Michelle Obama talking about the effects left from Sept.

11 and the importance surrounding the 10th anniversary of the attacks.

“It’s a day to honor our heroes with thoughts and prayers,” Obama said as more people filed in the gate to get ready for Avicii’s performance.

Avicii played a set from about 5:05 to 7:10 p.m., with thousands of students packed between the stage and the food stand.

Although many weren’t thrilled with the concert being held on Sept. 11, some students applauded efforts to turn Juice Jam into a charity event.

UU conducted a food drive during the week, allowing students to donate canned goods for a Juice Jam T-shirt. The university also partnered with Better Together, a nationwide initiative that encourages students to increase interfaith and multicultural bonds in the United States to improve communities. From the approximately 7,000 tickets sold, around $30,000

“Death, close calls, disconnected families, reunited families. Stories of rescue, stories of attempted rescue,” Wolfe’s lyrical description of 9/11 brought tears to the eyes of some.

Three chaplains read from sacred texts on the afternoon of 9/11, the last of which was Imam Ahmed Kobeisy. As the day continued and people learned more about the attacks, the phrase “Islamic terrorists” was used with increasing frequency, Wolfe said. Wolfe said he encouraged Kobeisy to speak to separate “Islamic” from “terrorists” in the minds of those who heard the words said in tandem throughout the day.

A more uplifting and powerful ìIt Is Wellî sung by the Black Celestial Choral Ensemble followed Wolfeís speech.

After the ensemble, Laura Beachy, a Remembrance Scholar and a senior television, radio and film and anthropology major, said in a speech that the events of 9/11 made both her and her generation age faster.

“At 11, my generation was told that some people hate without reason and take joy from others’ suffering,” she said.

Beachy, who lived near the Pennsylvania field where the United Airlines Flight 93 crashed, described her town before the attacks as an “unknown town in anywhere America.”

Though Beachy said the events were saddening and inspired outrage, she also said she learned the human spirit “rises from the ashes of tragedy.”

The service concluded with a chapel-wide song of “Let There Be Peace on Earth.” The

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will go toward famine relief in the Horn of Africa through the United Nations’ World Food Programme, said Rob Dekker, UU president.

Before the concert, UU had about a third of a box truck full of canned food, Dekker said. At about 7:30 p.m., Dekker told the audience that the truck — parked right outside the gate — was about full.

The ticket capacity for this year’s concert was raised to 8,500. Last year’s Juice Jam concert — featuring Lupe Fiasco, Super Mash Bros. and Passion Pit — had a ticket capacity of 5,000 and was the first to sell out in Juice Jam’s history.

Everything went smoothly at this year’s Juice Jam despite the higher number of attendees, Dekker said in a separate interview. He said the only problems he encountered at the concert were people attempting to sneak backstage.

“Altogether, it’s been a great success,” Dekker said.

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voices of those in attendance eventually faded, allowing the Syracuse Childrenís Choir to, as Dean Steinwert said, ìconclude our service with the childrenís voices leading us into a world of peace.î A reception was set up on the Quad following the service. White sheets, signed by SU students after the attacks, were adorned with messages of condolence, anti-war messages and quotes calling for hope. New sheets were also put on display for current SU students to sign.

Stephen Nathan, an SU alumnus that was involved with SU’s ROTC and has done work with the Pentagon, worked alongside Wendy Faulkner, one of 30 SU alumni that passed away on 9/11.

Nathan said he secured extra copies of the service’s programs for Faulkner’s family members who live in Ohio. Though Nathan only knew her professionally, he said Faulkner was a dependable coworker.

“I remember she was very bright, and she always did exactly what she said she would do.

She was very reliable and efficient. Just a great person to work with,” Nathan said.

Aditya Agarwal, a master’s student from India studying computer engineering, said the service helped him foster a deeper understanding of the United States.

“Today, I really felt really close to the people of America and their loss,î he said. ìI’ve always heard their loss and have seen it on television, but this is the first time that I’ve felt, inside my heart, close to the American people.” dbtruong@syr.edu

By the time B.o.B was on the stage at 7:45 p.m., authorities had no issues to report from the concert.

Department of Public Safety Lt. Edward Weber said police had “no problems whatsoever” controlling the crowd. The most significant incident, he said, was when a female student twisted her ankle and had to have it bandaged

by SU Ambulance officials.

Weber said DPS officers checked the woods around Skytop Field and found no traces of students drinking or smoking illegal substances.

DPS had about 10 officers at the event and the Syracuse Police Department had two officers at Juice Jam, Weber said. Twelve SU Ambulance officials were also at the concert.

“I think this is a great celebration for this time,” Weber said, adding that no students had approached him or his officers — who had been there since 3 p.m. — with concerns about the concert being held on Sept. 11.

As B.o.B finished up his performance at about 8:45 p.m., the rapper asked the crowd — although more than half of the audience had left by that point — to “make some noise” for those people who lost their lives on Sept. 11.

Those left in attendance obliged and ended the night with a simple chant of “USA.” jdharr04@syr.edu

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plane attack near ground zero to NBC News’ Twitter feed Friday evening, according to a second AP article published that day. In a statement released through NBC Universal, NBC News apologized “for the scare that could have been caused by such a reckless and irresponsible act issued.”

The Twitter account was temporarily suspended until 7 p.m. Saturday. The tweets were removed once the account was restored.

NBC contacted the New York Police Department and FBI to investigate the incident, according to the article. dbtruong@syr.edu

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Students display general respect for 9/11 at Juice Jam

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unday’s Juice Jam concert, which drew the greatest attendance in the fall concert’s history, had elicited mixed reactions from students and community members for falling on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

With student turnout at its highest and the memory of the reckless drinking and drug use at last weekend’s Dayglow event that sent more than a dozen attendees to the hospital, an electronic and rap concert certainly could have overpowered any feeling of respectfulness on Sunday.

The behavior of this year’s concertgoers showed that underneath the fist pumping and the neon sunglasses, students paid a common, if not universal, respect for 9/11.

A sense of camaraderie and patriotism was found not in the offi-

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EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board cially sponsored moment of silence, but in the individual acts of student acknowledgment. The red, white and blue sweat bands, the American flag polo shirts, the enormous waving flag at the center of the crowd and the subtle crimson ribbon pins may have been, individually, superficial tributes. But the effect was a visual reminder of the day and an atmosphere similar to the Fourth of July.

The tent devoted to charity and civically minded organizations also added a higher sense of consciousness to Juice Jam. University Union and collaborating organizers should consider inviting these organizations to future concerts, as their presence

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his hurricane season has made me acutely aware of how communities prepare for and recuperate from natural disasters.

In many ways we are pretty terrible at it.

My hometown, New Paltz, N.Y., 75 miles north of New York City, made headlines in The Wall Street Journal for its preparedness. In addition to some mandatory evacuations on the Wallkill River flood plains, there was a curfew Aug. 28 from 7 p.m. until 5 a.m. and the sale of alcohol was banned. This was in an effort to deter those gawking at the flood, which broke the record set in 1955. Tropical Storm Lee flooded the river again around Sept. 5, just as the town began to wring itself out.

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rethink how the Northeast approaches rural infrastructure. Let’s get creative with designing wetlands to take on flood water, houses on stilts and erosion control like we mean it.

New Paltz serves as a microcosm for what happens on a national level.

The village itself sits above the flood plain, pinned between the New York State Thruway and the Wallkill River. The Wallkill River floods every year. Everyone who lives there knows that. Most of the time it comes with the snowmelt in April; sometimes it comes on Valentine’s Day when the ground is still frozen and cannot absorb water; and sometimes it is hurricane season and all of the pumpkins ready to be harvested float away. At least little development sits directly on the west bank of the river

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green and read all over — the buildings wouldn’t stand.

The only bridge in town, which serves as bottleneck for traffic anyway, is closed and drivers are forced to drive about fifteen minutes to the next town, where a slightly higher bridge remains open. Every year, someone in his or her SUV attempts and inevitably fails to brave the floodwaters and requires some sort of rescue. The fire department pumps out everyone’s basement, and there

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is that one kid who canoed to his bus stop in high school. Hurricane Irene was awful for sure, but within the realm of possibility.

The most prevalent danger from hurricanes is inland flooding, exactly what happens in New Paltz yearly and exactly what was most devastating about Hurricane Irene. Vermont and parts of Upstate New York will spend years recovering from this, with bridges washed out, inches of topsoil washed away and homes and businesses swept off their foundations.

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more moisture over the ocean while barreling inland. Cooler ground temperatures hundreds of miles from the coast cause the moisture to condense into serious amounts of rainfall. This, paired with mountainous topography and sparse infrastructure in rural areas, creates the potential for destructive flooding.

Hurricanes are getting more intense as sea surface temperatures rise thanks to — you guessed it — climate change. We are also in a cyclical rise in hurricane intensity that started in 1995, which can potentially last 40 years.

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ber” is printed in white type below the flag’s image to remember the faces, stories and heroes from 9/11 and pass those memories on to future generations, Cuomo said in the release.

The flag was developed by the governor’s office and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. The museum will open in September 2012 on 8 of the 16 acres of the former World Trade Center site, according to the release.

The memorial features two reflecting pools — built where the original twin towers stood — surrounded by trees and two waterfalls. The museum will display 9/11 artifacts and tell the story of the 1993 and 2001 World Trade Center

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the buildings, requiring months of sorting and sifting, said Michael Sponsler, director of forensic and national security sciences at Syracuse University.

The process of transporting trucks and workers to the site for recovery efforts may have led to covering up many remains that will later need to be excavated as well, Sponsler said.

Some remains had been found blocks away from where the World Trade Center stood, so it’s been a difficult process, Sponsler said.

Recovering remains from where Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, Pa., was easier in comparison, Sponsler said. Whereas 59 percent of the victims from the World Trade Center have been identified, all victims from Flight 93 have been identified, Sponsler said.

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Before its opening in 2012, the artifacts from the museum have been placed in 30 different exhibits across New York commemorating the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

The Syracuse Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology received a fire battalion chief car from the Fire Department of New York, a subway directional sign from the station underneath the World Trade Center and a display case of smaller building fragments. The artifacts are scheduled to be on display until the end of September.

Cayuga Community College in Auburn has a 16-foot-high piece of aluminum sheeting from one of the World Trade Center towers on display, along with a wooden railing with handwritten messages from families who lost their loved

ones on 9/11.

“People appreciate that they have something in sight that brings it back home,” said Margaret Spillett, director of public relations and institutional communications at Cayuga Community College. “As I’ve walked by, people have been crying or giving a prayer. There’s a lot of emotion.”

Replicas of the flag will be sold by the memorial and museum. Proceeds go to the memorial’s operations and educational programs about 9/11.

“The Memorial Flag is meant to serve as a long-lasting symbol of our respect for those who were lost on September 11th,” Cuomo said in the release. “And our resilience in the face of tragedy.”

The time and money devoted to the effort exceeded that of any other disaster, Sponsler said. The New York City setting contributed to the recovery complications and also required the recovery process be as thorough as possible to avoid public outcry, Sponsler said. The recovery process was also done this way to prevent future construction workers or landscapers from finding remains and so businesses would not be forced to close due to a future excavation, he said.

“While the goal in the recovery was identification of 100 percent of the victims, the goal was not achievable in this case,” he said. “Were the knowledge gained from the operation available at the start, would this have led to 100 percent identification? Almost certainly not.”

Often times when a tragic event leaves a victim’s body completely destroyed, traditional means of identification such as fingerprinting, dental records, and radiology cannot be applied, said Kevin Sweder, professor of forensics and national security sciences at SU. Sweder said even DNA from small bits of human remains, as in the case of 9/11, isn’t suitable enough for analysis.

“Several events occurred during the World Trade Center attack that might destroy DNA evidence,” he said. “Initial impact and burning

jet fuel, collapse of the World Trade Center towers and high temperatures in the resulting rubble.”

The process for DNA identification usually includes taking a biological sample of a victim from before their death, such as a toothbrush or a hairbrush, and comparing it to a particular DNA sequence, Sweder said.

When DNA is too degraded for analysis, a source of DNA from the mitochondria can be analyzed instead, but could only establish kinship rather than an individual’s identity. Such processes could help identify some remains, but not all, Sweder said.

“It may be that further identification of victims will require development of new technologies that can use very small amounts of material or can work on very degraded material,” he said.

Colleen Holland, a junior sport and human dynamics major, said she isn’t surprised by the current number of unidentified remains from the attack.

“I kind of expect it, there’s still remains from World War I where we don’t know who anyone is, they’re just lost soldiers,” Holland said. “Countries aren’t able to claim them, but everyone still pays their respect.”

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different social classes.

In fact, scholars have become so increasingly at ease with the theme of sexual desire among men in the sonnets, that some might say the idea is on the verge of becoming overplayed, Traub said.

Despite the wide acknowledgement of homosexuality in Shakespeare’s sonnets, the topic raises specific issues of sexual roles for its readers that are far beyond the time of Shakespeare, Traub said.

“Shakespeare’s poetry is ultimately a celebrated defense against time,” Traub said.

Dympna Callaghan, William Safire professor of modern letters and a chief planner in this year’s symposium, said SU chose to have Traub inaugurate the symposium this year because her work exemplifies the university’s mission.

“Traub’s lecture exemplifies that Shakespeare’s past is not just interesting for current queer and feminist politics, but indispensable,” Callaghan said.

Susan Mihalick, a senior advertising major, said although she attended Traub’s lecture as a class requirement, she found it to be very interesting and informative.

Said Mihalick: that she especially appreciated the organization of Traub’s speech.

Mihalick said: “I think she was a really eloquent speaker, and she broke down her speech in a way that was easy for the audience to follow and understand.”

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Early Modern England.”

In her lecture, Traub argued that the literature and history of Shakespeare’s sonnets are immediately relevant to current social issues regarding sexuality.

“The history with which I am concerned is as much the here and now as the then and there,” Traub said.

Traub said that Shakespeare’s specific use and exclusion of gendered pronouns raise questions in gender division that are current in today’s debate about gender identity.

The lecture also focused on the influence of Shakespeare’s sexual orientation on his own literary work. Traub said the lack of gender use in Shakespeare’s works contribute to speculation of the writer’s own sexuality.

Scholars routinely began to acknowledge the connotation of homosexuality in Shakespeare’s sonnets, and Shakespeare’s desire for his male friends as the idea of homosexuality became more socially acceptable, Traub said.

“The meaning of queer in the sonnets turned from an insult into a powerful way of reading,” she said.

Traub said that scholars have become so comfortable with the idea of homosexuality in Shakespeare’s sonnets that the real scandal in the sonnets has evolved from homosexuality to sexual encounters between

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eftover dining hall food will be turned into food for fish thanks to Michael Amadori.

Amadori, an environmental resources engineering graduate student at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, built an aquaponic system, which helps transform waste food to edible food.

“We have a lot of waste products in our society, especially a lot of food waste in urban environ-

ments,” Amadori said. “It’s going in your landfill, generating methane gas and contributing to global warming.”

The aquaponic system consists of four tanks with 15 to 17 tilapia fish in each. Fish in two of the tanks are fed commercial fish food, and fish from the other two are fed Amadori’s waste food pellets. The water and fish waste from the tanks are pumped up into beds of gravel, where lettuce grows. The plants and gravel act as a filter, allowing the water to be returned safely to the fish tanks, Amadori said.

The fish and lettuce can be both sold or consumed.

The waste food pellets have comparable nutrient levels to the commercial fish food, but they are made out of different components, he said.

“Commercial fish feed is made of three things — ground up fish, ground up corn, ground up vitamins,” Amadori said. “It’s your Flintstone vitamins smashed up with some corn and fish.”

To make fish food out of waste food, Amadori said he separates dining hall waste into protein, carbohydrates and vegetables and combines them in certain ratios to meet the nutritional needs of the fish. He then forms the mixture into pellets and dries them.

Amadori said that while composting is a great method of waste reduction, the aquaponic system delivers results faster.

“It’s a very quick turn around from waste to food to edible food,” Amadori said.

Along with ensuring that the waste food pellets nourish the fish and plants as well as commercial food, Amadori said he is also trying to determine whether it is more economical to use waste food.

If the economic feasibility can be proven, Amadori said, the concept of aquaponic systems could be easily implemented in urban areas because a lot of food can be produced in a small space.

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Doug Daley, an environmental resources engineering professor, said he and Amadori came up with the aquaponic project after brainstorming what could be implemented in the time Amadori has left before graduating.

“These systems are cropping up all over the place and are looked at from a horticultural or food science perspective,” Daley said. “The fish food and the fish are providing nitrogen, phosphorus and other minerals that the plants need to grow.”

In a nonresearch situation, the lettuce will provide most of the revenue for the system because it can be harvested every few weeks as opposed to the fish, which can take up to a year before they are ready for consumption, Daley said. While making fish food from scrap food is cheaper than buying commercial food, the effort involved must also be taken into consideration, Daley said.

“It’s cheaper to make your own bread, but most people don’t do that,” he said.

Amadori’s work was featured in the Syracuse University showcase by Kevin Phu, a senior chemistry major who entered the aquaponic system and still helps with research.

Phu became involved with Amadori’s research after hearing him talk about his aquaponic system at the ESF Annual Fund, where they both worked.

“Aquaponics was already an interest of mine, and I was more than happy to be a part of his research,” Phu said.

Phu’s responsibilities include recording measurements and making fish pellets from scrap food. He said he is currently looking into nitrification rates for his senior thesis and hopes to use the system for future research.

“Aquaponics is perhaps the most efficient use of water supply when it comes to producing food, a resource that is becoming less accessible,” Phu said.

Phu said this type of aquaponic system could be implemented on a large scale and be economically viable — and in some places, it already is. During the summer he worked with Growing Power Inc., which has a system that features 10,000-gallon tanks that produce thousands of tilapia and yellow perch.

Said Phu: “I’ve worked on large scale systems that turn a profit and can be competitive with conventional fisheries.” jlsiart@syr.edu

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he setting was as low-key as the band’s style. The set of bright spotlights on stage emitted soft greens, magentas and blues that washed the band in color, creating an understated ambiance. As Best Coast performed at the Westcott Theater Friday night, lead singer Bethany Cosentino crooned the audience with her soothing voice.

Opening with “Wish He Was You,” Best Coast established a relaxed atmosphere that echoed throughout the entire show. A distorted, fuzzy guitar opposite a mellowed out, snare-friendly beat provided an inescapable

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sense of nostalgia.

Best Coast, from Los Angeles, rose to mainstream fame in the summer of 2010 after releasing its first album, “Crazy for You.” The album gained much acclaim, winning the hearts of both indie scenesters and renowned critics.

Only when Best Coast broke into two of their most popular songs — “Boyfriend” and “When I’m With You” — did the crowd abandon its hipster nonchalance and show its true enthusiasm.

Opening acts Sarah Aument and Animal Pants provided a great local complement to Best Coast. Indie singer and songwriter Aument, a Syracuse University senior, backed up her melodic vocals with dreamy guitar tracks, hitting the folk end of the indie spectrum.

“It’s good to see another SU student get recognized and open for a big act,” said Sarah Mozenson, a freshman acting major. “It’s a rare

Bethany consentino, lead singer and guitarist of Los Angeles-based Best Coast, crooned songs to a packed crowd at the Westcott Theater Friday. Sarah Aument and Animal Pants opened the show, providing a local compliment to Best Coast. opportunity.”

Animal Pants were more experimental than the other two bands and had more of a soulful vibe. Their drummer and lead singer traded in vocal call-and-responses for a number of mellowed-out tracks and provided a nice ease into Best Coast’s set.

There were no turf wars despite one crowd member screaming: “East Coast!”

“What was it that Thumper said?” Cosentino asked, in a reference to the Disney animated classic Bambi. “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.”

Still, Cosentino didn’t fully exclude any East Coast influence — for the final song, she donned a ripped off midriff tank with Otto the Orange on the front and a plaid flannel shirt as a scarf that concertgoers managed to throw onstage.

The only downside to the show was that, for nearly half of the tracks off of their first album, the songs are almost indistinguishable. Were it not for the breaks and claps in between, Best Coast may have led a concert more akin to a run-on sentence than a summer novella.

“All the songs seemed like they were all molded into one. They were very similar,” said Lauren Murphy, a sophomore in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. “It’s a totally different experience live.”

The two new tracks that Best Coast debuted at the show also seem like they could have fit on “Crazy for You.” But Best Coast isn’t a band that aims to produce songs with profound meaning or any deep social commentary, but rather a tribute to the ease of summer.

“This song is about summer, which is almost over, but it doesn’t have to be,” Cosentino said before serenading the audience with the aptly titled “Summer Mood.”

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lone American flag waving in a cavalcade of fist-pumping students served as a reminder that Sunday’s Juice Jam was not only a day for remembrance, but a celebration as well.

The concert kicked off with a DJ set from Chiddy Bang producer Xaphoon Jones, who acted as an impromptu emcee for the day. Cranking the bass, Jones stepped behind his laptop to play some remixes while his partner, Chidera “Chiddy” Anamege, prepared backstage.

“Now that we’re done raging,” Jones said to the crowd before taking a seat behind the drum kit for the duo’s opener, “let’s rage even harder.”

During an improvised freestyle session, students in the crowd challenged the group to include everything from Aaron Carter to jean shorts in a short rap. Anamege roused the energized crowd of students, many decked out in patriotic clothing, into raucous cheers of “USA” after including a rhyme that mourned the loss of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The duo ended their set with two fan favorite singles, “Truth” and “Opposite of Adults,” and left a good impression with freshman Joelynn Frascatore, an

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Q&A with rap artist B.o.B.

By Erik van Rheenen asst. copy editor

Hip-hop artist B.o.B stopped by Syracuse on Sunday as one of the headliners for University Union’s annual Juice Jam concert. The Daily Orange talked to the rapper about his performance and working on a new album.

The Daily Orange: What did you think about playing at Juice Jam this year?

B.o.B: I only really got to see part of Avicii’s set, but it was dope. Syracuse lived up to its hype about being a great party school. It’s the best party school in the world based on tonight.

At the concert you debuted a new song called “Strange Clouds.” What can we expect from the rest of your upcoming album?

Hopefully fans will be able to hear the new album very soon. I’m as impatient for you to hear it as you are. It’s a more mature sound but nothing too experimental. It’s a happy medium between the sound of “B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray” and the mixtapes, so everyone should be able to enjoy it. I’d say I’m 90 percent done with it right now, but the album title is still TBA (to be announced).

How do you determine your setlist when playing at an outdoor night show like this?

It’s hard to satisfy all the fans because some really like songs from the album and others are a lot more into the mixtapes, so I try to keep a good balance. I definitely try to play the songs that will get the crowd going the most.

You covered “Kids” by MGMT during your encore.

What’s it like playing a cover live?

Well, when “Kids” was released, it was my favorite song of that year, and it’s still one of my favorites. I like being able to play guitar to a song that’s not mine because it makes for a nice change, and it’s a song that gets a big response and that fans seem to really like.

What kind of music have you been listening to lately?

I’m really into electronic music right now, you know, with all of the beeps and boops and that kind of thing. (Makes robot noises.) I listen to a lot of James Blake’s older stuff and this song “Wildfire” by SBTRKT that I just can’t get enough of. I’m also a dubstep fan, which is funny because if you went up to someone five years ago and say “whomp, whomp, whomp,” they’d have no idea what you’re talking about, but it’s such a big part of music today.

What do you think about the direction the music industry is going right now?

Even though I rapped about it, I don’t really hate or despise the radio. House and techno music is starting to get huge lately, and I think that there’s a move as artists to make the best music that we can. When artists are lazy with songwriting, album sales drop. It’s a cycle, with supply and demand of albums based on our relationships with fans.

I think that right now fans have built up enough trust to start buying albums again, and it shows.

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“Nothin’ On You” – released February 2, 2010,

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“Don’t Let Me Fall” – released April 6, 2010 “Airplanes” – released April 13, 2010, featuring Hayley Williams

andrew renneisen | asst. photo editor, bottom left: sterling boin | staff photographer clockwise from top left Swedish electronic DJ Avicii received the loudest welcome from the energized crowd. Students ranked rapper B.o.B highest among other headlining options in University Union’s Juice Jam survey. Chidera “Chiddy” Anamege of Chiddy Bang celebrated his 21st birthday by performing at the concert, opening for Avicii and B.o.B. The crowded audience remained energized throughout the multiple performances. Approximately 7,000 tickets were sold for this year’s concert, said Rob Dekker, University Union president.

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he allure of Zooey Deschanel is unexplainable. Yes, she’s adorable, but so are a myriad of other actresses. She can sing, but not every devoted Deschanel fan is equally obsessed with her indie-folk duo “She & Him.” So it has to be the quirkiness. Fans must think, “Hey! She has weird personality ticks just like me. I totally relate to her.” At least that’s what the creators of her new show, “New Girl,” must have been banking on.

Deschanel plays Jess, a schoolteacher recovering from a bad breakup. For reasons that are not entirely explained in the show, she moves in with three single guys. Three and a half minutes into the pilot, Jess declares, “I want to live here!” out of the blue. The guys let her because she mentioned that she has hot model friends. Faulty premise aside, a weird girl starts living with three dudes and hilarity ensues.

Well, not exactly. A line most likely ad-libbed by Deschanel provided the only laugh-out-loud moment. (“I like your glasses.” Cue Jess: “They help me see.”)

In fact, most of the pleasure derived from watching “New Girl” is a result of Deschanel’s innate cuteness. But the show tests the

limits of that by ratcheting up her “weird” factor. Examples include her “Lord of the Rings” references and her ignorance to the meaning of the euphemistic phrase “motor boating.” She also makes up words like “geesh,” breaks out into spontaneously made up songs and greets potential dates with the phrase “Hey, sailor.” Cute and quirky? Yes. But too over the top. And the show makes the darling Zooey Deschanel almost unlikeable.

The supporting cast doesn’t help either.

Mainly stereotyped characters, Jess’ roommates include the manly personal trainer, the arrogant business executive and the more sensitive bartender. (Side note: All bets on the bartender as Jess’s potential hookup before the end of the season.)

They’re one-note characters and act only as foils to Jess, whose girly charm starkly contrasts the machismo personalities of her roommates. If one reads the clichés right, she’ll change their outlook on women.

But the show’s biggest fault lies in its writing, which relies mostly on “you-seewhat-I-did-there” jokes. How it works: a character does something humorous, offbeat or odd. Then, another character will say, “Did you just do something humorous, offbeat or odd?” For example, in the scene in which Jess doesn’t know what “motor

Despite Zooey Deschanel’s undeniable charm, upcoming sitcom “New Girl” fails to impress

boating” means, a character actually says, “I don’t think she knows what ‘motor boating’ means.”

There is nothing more annoying than writers who seem to imply that their audience is too stupid to get a joke.

Shows don’t need to say, “This is really funny. You should be laughing now.” We know what’s funny, and this, “New Girl,” is not.

To be fair, “New Girl” is a status quo comedy. A filler, if you will, that just happens to have the charms of a very likeable star in Zooey Deschanel, but even she can’t save this show. jswucher@syr.edu

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Drunkcakes Co. fulfills late-night munchies on weekends

By Danielle Odiamar ASST. FEATURE EDITOR

On Saturday night, students swarmed the houses that line Euclid Avenue and stumbling partygoers roamed the streets. One ambitious student with a full backpack shouted, “I’ve got $2 Bud Lights!”

“We’ve got $3 cupcakes!” replied television, radio and fi lm junior Alyssa McKinley, cofounder of Drunkcakes Co. McKinley started the mobile cupcake business with best friend Chelsea Andersson, a junior landscape architecture major at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. They aim to provide Syracuse University’s party scene with “the one drunken decision you won’t regret,” Andersson said.

Holding trays filled with sweet treats, Andersson, McKinley and their friend Ian Barin, a

junior environmental studies major, walked down Euclid and Comstock avenues. They cheerfully shouted, “Cupcakes!”

The idea was born after Andersson’s sister, hungry after a long night of drinking, recalled how desperately she wanted a baked good and what a great idea it would be to market it directly to hungry, drunk partiers.

The founders had high expectations on their second weekend selling Drunkcakes. They sold all their cupcakes during their first weekend — one customer bought seven at once.

“It’s not even about the money at this point,” Andersson said. “It’s just great seeing people’s reactions.”

To help promote their new business, McKinley and Andersson created a Twitter profi le, DrunkcakesCoSU, to let followers know where they will be each night,

gauge what fl avors customers are looking for and create promotions such as The Magic Word. Every night before Drunkcakes hits the street, McKinley and Andersson tweet the magic word and the fi rst person to shout it gets a free cupcake.

Freshman entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises major Dan Kennelly said he was impressed by the idea behind Drunkcakes.

“I think this is a great idea because at 2 o’clock in the morning, everybody wants a cupcake, and those just look amazing,” Kennelly said. “If I had $3, I would eat that in one bite.”

Almost every person who purchased a cupcake proclaimed they were “delicious,” with their mouths still filled with half-chewed vanilla, chocolate, red velvet or vegan cupcakes.

Many potentially interested customers were deterred by the $3 price. Most people are nice

about it and simply walk away, McKinley said.

“People don’t realize that a lot of work went into these cupcakes. They’re homemade,” Barin said.

Andersson and McKinley plan to walk around with Drunkcakes every weekend for the next few weeks before winter hits.

In the long run, Andersson and McKinley hope to expand and start a legitimate business.

The two are thinking of acquiring a vending license. Already off to a good start, Drunkcakes was hired to cater a SUNY-ESF event and two birthday parties in its first week of business.

“I don’t really see this as sacrificing my weekend because I still get to go out with my best friend,” McKinley said. “We were just doing this for fun one night, and now we really don’t want to stop.” dmodiama@syr.edu

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t’s been a while since there’s been the opportunity for everyone to get their hands on some Schweddy Balls. Those Schweddy Balls can be hard to resist. Based on the classic Saturday Night Live skit with Alec Baldwin, Ben and Jerry’s ice cream is making Schweddy Balls into a household name. This new flavor is another way for Ben and Jerry’s to stay on top.

A July 2010 article from TIME Magazine said that even with the current economic recession many ice cream shops are still in business and ice cream is an inexpensive way to feel good even when times are bad. Small shops and big conglomerates are all still thriving in this softening economy.

People still scream for ice cream, and they

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“My mind was blown,” Frascatore said.

“It’s amazing to just be in the front row for Chiddy Bang, but I caught one of the drumsticks

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i bielieve in pink scream the loudest for Ben and Jerry’s.

This brand has always been the one to beat.

The Ben and Jerry’s brand is famous for creating concoctions that not only are delicious, but continuously push the flavor boundaries. A lot of the time it combines ingredients in ways that wouldn’t normally be put together. It also embraces popular culture by naming the fla-

Xaphoon threw during the encore.”

Following Chiddy Bang’s set, representatives from University Union and Better Together, a newly created service organization, announced that more than $30,000 had been raised from ticket sales to combat hunger in the Horn of Africa.

The thumping bass grooves and chatter of excited students came to a halt for a brief

vors according to celebrities or current events.

Late Night Snack is the inspired by Jimmy Fallon. The vanilla bean ice cream with a salty caramel swirl and fudge covered potato chip clusters combines salty and sweet for the perfect midnight snack, while you watch the Late Night Show. I can’t tell if it sounds disgusting or delectable.

There is also Stephen Colbert’s AmeriCone Dream, which is vanilla ice cream with fudge covered waffle cone pieces and caramel swirl.

That one sounds promising.

And who can forget the classic Cherry Garcia?

For Grateful Dead fans everywhere this cherry flavored ice cream with cherries and fudge flakes truly celebrates guitarist Jerry Garcia.

This new flavor has been catching a lot of

attention already. Ben and Jerry’s has been using Twitter to promote its newest ice cream. #SchweddyBalls was trending nationwide and actively tweeted since the announcement of this new flavor, set to hit stores in three months.

The new taste of Schweddy Balls will surely cause a few screams. If it’s from delight, excitement, humor, horror, or disgust, I don’t know.

According to the Ben and Jerry’s website, the new flavor includes vanilla ice cream with a hint of rum, “loaded with fudge covered rum and milk chocolate malt balls.” Sounds pretty mouth-watering, don’t they?

moment of silence to commemorate the lives lost on 9/11. After respects were paid, the stage equipment was shifted in anticipation of the first of two headliners.

With the drum set shunted to the back of the stage, Swedish DJ Avicii took the stage with just his laptop, turntable equipment and a stack of white towels. Met with the loudest reception of the day, he quickly began his 2.5 hour set, equipped with a choreographed lights show.

“Avicii’s set was really long,” said Adam Larsen, an undeclared sophomore in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. “But it was really good all the way through. I’m a big Avicii fan, so I enjoyed the whole thing.”

The set balanced original songs with recognizable remixes, including Coldplay’s “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall” and the Killers’ “Mr. Brightside.” Avicii finished his entire playlist in one continuous standing, taking no breaks between songs. By the time Avicii walked off the stage to the cheers of fans, everyone in the pit was soaked in sweat from nonstop fist pumping and crowd surfing.

“I was so tired after Avicii finished, but it was so worth it,” Larsen said. “I had wanted to see him perform live for the longest time, and it was awesome getting to experience his performance today.”

Splitting the headliner bill was Atlanta rapper B.o.B, whose set required a full band setup.

To keep the audience from growing restless during the necessary stage preparations, Jones carried his laptop onto the stage to play some more remixes.

During an elongated sound check, chants for B.o.B to come on stage slowly subsided as a

synthesized fanfare flooded from the speakers.

Running onto the stage, the rapper finally joined his backing band and a pair of camouflage-clad dancers and launched into his opening track, “I See Ya.” Despite a mass exodus of audience members after Avicii’s set, the rapper’s set was lively as he interacted with the crowd by encouraging everyone to sing along to Bruno Mars’ chorus on “Nothing on You” and stage-diving twice during “Beast Mode.” The rest of his setlist also included fan favorites “Magic,” “Don’t Let Me Fall” and “Airplanes.”

Before leaving the stage, B.o.B gave a short tribute to the heroes of 9/11 and, in an interview after the show, reminisced about being in the seventh grade during the attack and not knowing what was happening.

With the stage lights darkened and the band exiting stage right, the crowd began to clamor for an encore, which B.o.B gladly obliged, debuting a new song titled “Strange Clouds” from a yet to be named upcoming album.

“Syracuse,” he said, “let’s get this new song trending on Twitter. I know you’re the best party school, so let’s make some noise about it.”

B.o.B closed his set with a cover of indie-pop band MGMT’s “Kids,” picking up his electric guitar to play the last song of the night. Slowly, as the instruments were shuffled off the stage, Skytop Field cleared out. Students left for the parking lots in a buzz of satisfied excitement, leaving the venue with one last moment of silence to respectfully remember the reason for the benefit concert.

Jessica Wiggs is a sophomore English and textual studies major. Her column appears every Monday and she can be reached at jawiggs@syr.edu.

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Roydhouse’s overtime direct kick gives Syracuse victory

By Rachel Marcus Staff Writer

Nick Roydhouse stood facing a wall of American players with a golden opportunity to win the game in overtime.

Dan Summers set up a free kick for the Syracuse midfielder when he came barreling down the field and syracuse 2 tripped in the 94th american 1 (ot) was minute. In the process, he drew a yellow card from an AU midfielder and set up the outside-the-box shot.

Roydhouse played the free kick perfectly. He had two options in mind — right or left. With all the AU players lined up, the goalkeeper would have to predict which direction Roydhouse would go.

He guessed wrong. Roydhouse sent a strike to the left side of the net and the ball snuck inside the post for the game-winner. The Eagles’ goalkeeper didn’t even see it coming.

“In the first half I had already taken a free kick that had gone to the right,” Roydhouse said.

“I had made the assumption right here that he was going to guess I was going the same way.

So I just mixed it up and he guessed the wrong way.”

Roydhouse’s goal gave the Orange (2-2, 0-0 Big East) a 2-1 overtime win over American (1-41) at SU Soccer Stadium on Sunday. Forward Louis Clark scored the other goal for SU at the start of the game, a stagnant match highlighted by two bookend goals that proved to be all SU needed to equal its win total from all of last season.

The Orange came out aggressive early on, highlighted by Clark’s first goal of the season, an unassisted shot he netted after

recovering his own rebound in the seventh minute.

“I should have put it away the first time really,” Clark said. “And I was lucky to get another opportunity to put it away.”

But after those first few minutes, the Eagles slowly began to take control of possessions, and it became a defensive battle. The dependable SU defense didn’t let American score in the first half, and the Orange failed to add to its lead.

The game turned into a physical battle in which neither team could find the back of the net. Despite outshooting its opponent 23-8, SU couldn’t convert many of its opportunities into goals.

That continued into the second half until the Eagles scored a rebound goal into the center of the net to tie the game 83 minutes in. The Orange appeared exhausted before that goal, but picked up its energy afterward with the game on the line.

“In the second half I thought we were a little bit lethargic and all credit to an American team,” SU head coach Ian McIntyre said. “They wrestled the play away from us.

“I was looking for reaction from the guys, and we got that today.”

Roydhouse said SU was quick to the ball offensively after changing to an attack-heavy 4-3-3 formation in overtime instead of the 4-4-2 it had been using. The adjustment gave SU two straight open looks in the extra period.

Ted Cribley was in the open field one-on-one with the AU goalie, but his shot was turned away on a diving save. About a minute later, Summers was rolling down the field alone in a similar situation, ready to take an uncontested shot when he was tripped.

bobby yarbrough | staff photographer nick roydhouse (center) dribbles the ball forward during Sunday’s 2-1 overtime victory against American. Roydhouse scored the game’s deciding goal on a free kick.

The trip set the stage for Roydhouse to finish it off on the free kick.

Roydhouse’s strike found the back of the net and immediately erased any thoughts of a second straight overtime loss.

The shot curved over a line of AU players and into the left side of the net. It was similar to one Roydhouse made last year.

After missing on his first free kick try earlier in Sunday’s game, Roydhouse seized his second opportunity.

“That’s what he’s there to do,” McIntyre said.

“Overtime goals, you’re looking for an opportunity. And this one was a quality strike. We’re thrilled to have won that game because it could

Syracuse defense stifles American throughout game

By Chris Iseman Staff Writer

For most of Syracuse’s game against American, all Phil Boerger had to do was sit back in the goal and watch his defense stifle the Eagles’ scorers. It was perhaps the cleanest and sharpest defensive performance the Orange has put together in its four games this season.

Except for one miscommunication, which had the potential to spell disaster, the Orange stripped American’s offense of all its scoring chances.

“I thought from Phil Boerger through our back four, I thought we defended well,” SU head coach Ian McIntyre said. “I don’t think they created a ton of quality open chances. I think there was a couple of half chances. It was kind of a mistake for the goal.”

Fortunately for the Orange, one mistake didn’t cost it the game.

Syracuse’s strong defensive performance in its 2-1 overtime win limited American’s open looks, leading to just eight total shots from the Eagles’ attackers. Using a four-man backline to smother the Eagles’ three strong scorers up front, SU kept control for the entire first half. The ball hardly ever reached American’s offensive zone, and when it did, a Syracuse defender quickly got to the ball to knock it away.

The Orange was simply faster, and more

athletic than the Eagles in the first half. In the 17th minute, an American player was running up the right side of the field with a rare open look at the goal. But freshman Skylar Thomas blocked him just inside the box to kick the ball away. Thomas spun around him and cleared the ball.

“I think we kept the ball a little better than we have in past games,” said Boerger, who only had to make six saves in the entire game. “In the first half, we did real well with that. But in the second half, we were kind of just kicking and running a little bit. I think, obviously if we have the ball, they’re not a threat.”

The second half wasn’t quite as solid as the first. The Orange offense looked fatigued, leading to sloppier passes and poorer control of the ball. For Thomas, it also meant having a brief mental lapse that led to Syracuse giving up what was a crippling game-tying goal at the time.

As the ball rolled toward Boerger in the SU net in the 83rd minute, the goalkeeper called for the ball to come through to him, with the intent of clearing it. But Thomas went after the ball anyway. He tried to kick it away from Eagles’ defender Jack Scott, but his attempt to steal the ball from Scott backfired. Thomas kicked it right to Scott — who now had an open goal in front of him — and he tied things up late in the second half.

“I just had a little mental lapse in the last

five minutes, but luckily (Nick Roydhouse) made up for it,” Thomas said. “When the ball came through, I thought I could kick it. As I was about to kick it, my keeper fell. He called for the ball.”

While SU didn’t necessarily help itself by taking its foot off the accelerator in the second half and making a critical mistake, McIntyre said the Eagles “wrestled the play away” from his team.

Fortunately for Thomas and SU, Nick Roydhouse’s free kick in overtime erased any chance American had of ruining the Orange’s chance to get win No. 2.

Syracuse now has two wins in its first four games, which is as many wins as it had in all of last season.

That miscommunication aside, Syracuse’s young defense kept American from creating scoring opportunities. While there are still some things McIntyre said the entire team needs to improve upon, a game like this certainly raises the confidence level of his defense.

For a team that’s looking to make winning a habit, that’s going to be an important factor in deciding how successful this team can be.

“We’re a new group. We’re a young group finding ways to win games,” McIntyre said.

“I think if you were the neutral today, I think you’d say we did enough to win the game. We’ll keep working on some things.” cjiseman@syr.edu

have gone either way.”

And after last week’s overtime loss, no one on SU was ready for déjà vu.

“Mac gave us a good talk after 90 minutes,” Clark said. “There wasn’t a prayer that we weren’t going to come out and win today.” rnmarcus@syr.edu

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DRILL UP

Alec Lemon

The junior wide receiver caught a career-high 10 passes for 94 yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he became the first Syracuse receiver to have 10 or more receptions since Mike Williams caught 13 balls against South Florida in 2009. His 10 catches matched the output of Rhode Island’s top two receivers combined.

Marquis Spruill

The sophomore middle linebacker sealed the win by having a hand in two sacks on Rhode Island’s final drive. He forced the Rams back 17 yards as they tried to mount one final comeback. Spruill finished with seven total tackles for SU.

Phillip Thomas

Syracuse’s junior free safety picked off two of Steve Probst’s passes Saturday en route to the victory. His first interception came off a deflection in the second quarter with Rhode Island threatening just before the half. And his second ended the game when he hauled in Probst’s desperation heave downfield late in the fourth quarter.

DOWN

Antwon Bailey

A week after he broke out with 114 yards against Wake Forest, SU’s senior running back had very little success against the Rams. He tallied just 43 yards on 13 carries for an average of 3.3 yards per attempt, and he didn’t find the end zone. As a whole, Syracuse ran for only 36 yards.

Nick Provo

Provo was named to the John Mackey Award preseason watch list prior to the season, but Saturday was nothing to write home about. SU’s starting tight end made only one reception for 4 yards against URI. Meanwhile, fellow tight end David Stevens overshadowed him with three grabs for 31 yards.

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the air. Ryan Nassib threw for a career-high 318 yards and carried an unusually one-dimensional offense on Saturday, accounting for all of SU’s points.

But Syracuse couldn’t finish drives, struggled to run the ball and scored only three times in its 21-14 victory over Football Championship Subdivision opponent Rhode Island.

“A lot of that had to do with little mistakes,” Nassib said. “One guy missing an assignment — I missed a few out there — and that’s just stuff that’s really unacceptable. For me, it’s unacceptable, and I know for a lot of the other guys it’s unacceptable.”

Much of the offense’s difficulties had to do with Rhode Island’s defense. While Wake Forest’s defense was able to stymie SU for most of the game because it caught the Orange off guard, Rhode Island came in with a different, unconventional defense that stacked the defensive box.

Syracuse head coach Doug Marrone said URI brought two safeties or linebackers up on the sides, making it almost a 4-4 formation in the box on defense.

“You get down in the red zone, you got to put points on the board. And it’s something we got to correct, and whatever we did, little mistakes, we got to make sure we go back, look at them, make sure we don’t do them again.”

Ryan Nassib

SU QUARTERBACK

Eight guys in the box meant gaps for Bailey were hard to come by. He finished with 43 yards on 13 carries.

“We came out right off the bat trying to throw it,” Marrone said. “That was the game plan from the beginning.”

318

Ryan Nassib torched the Rhode Island secondary for 318 yards, a careerhigh for SU’s senior quarterback. In doing so, he tied the Syracuse record for most completions in a game with 29, joining former SU quarterbacks Marvin Graves and Andrew Robinson in sharing that record. Nassib’s passing carried the Syracuse offense, as 318 of the Orange’s 354 yards of total offense came through the air.

dave trotman-wilkins | staff photographer RYAN NASSIB (CENTER) drops back for a pass against Rhode Island. Nassib tied an SU school record with 29 completions and threw for a career-high 318 yards in the win.

Nassib tied the school record for completions in a single game with 29. He was fantastic apart from the pick on the opening drive, completing 78 percent (29-of-37) of his passes. The Orange’s wide receivers had a huge day, too. Van Chew caught eight passes for 134 yards and a touchdown, and Alec Lemon caught a career-high 10 passes for 94 yards and a score.

Yet Syracuse struggled to score and couldn’t put together consistent stretches of good offense.

Bailey couldn’t get going against the URI defense, evident by his paltry 3.3 yards per carry.

“When you have a team like ours, that’s a run-based team, you’re going to see (eight in the box),” Bailey said. “So that’s just something that we got to get adjusted to.”

Syracuse put up 126 yards on offense and recorded nine first downs in the first quarter, but had only seven points to show for it.

The Orange did reach the end zone on its second drive, an 11-play, 73-yard grind that featured a fourth-and-5 conversation in Rhode Island territory to keep things moving.

On the next drive, Nassib completed three

consecutive passes to three different receivers.

URI’s aggressive defense near the line of scrimmage left the short out-route pattern uncovered, and Nassib took advantage.

But later on that third drive, the SU offense hit a wall — a common theme for much of the day. Bailey got banged up on a third-down run up the middle, and Jerome Smith was stuffed on a fourth-and-1 from the Rams’ 14-yard line.

Rhode Island took possession and put together a drive to tie the game.

Syracuse could have been up by 21 points in the first quarter. Instead, a few minutes into the second quarter, the game was tied.

While SU went on to win by one score, Nassib said the Orange’s blunders must be amended going forward.

“You get down in the red zone, you got to put points on the board,” Nassib said. “And it’s something we got to correct, and whatever we did, little mistakes, we got to make sure we go back, look at them, make sure we don’t do them again.” mcooperj@syr.edu

RECORD PLAYER

Syracuse quarterback Ryan Nassib tied a Syracuse single-game record for completions in a game on Saturday, connecting on 29 of his 37 attempts. He ties a record shared by two other former SU quarterbacks. Here’s a look at the three players who hold the record: PLAYER

BIG NUMBER

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DATE

Sept. 25, 1993 Nov. 17, 2007 Sept. 10, 2011

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8:34

OPPONENT

Cincinnati Cincinnati Rhode Island

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Fourth quarter

Ryan Nassib found former walk-on Michael Acchione in the front right corner of the end zone to put Syracuse on top for good in the middle of the fourth quarter, 21-14. It was Acchione’s first career touchdown reception, and he finished the game with two catches for 19 yards — the first two catches of his career. Acchione’s grab provided enough breathing room for the Orange to squeak past the Rams.

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THEY SAID IT

“I think you have the feeling that, ‘Dang, it shouldn’t have went down like that.’

But honestly, we won. It’s something that hasn’t been going on a lot around here.”

Syracuse improved its record to 2-0 on the season, there’s no denying that. But an uneven performance against Rhode Island was anything but impressive. The Football Championship Subdivision team gave the Orange a run for its money.

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Antwon Bailey

SU RUNNING BACK

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Acchione’s 1st touchdown seals SU win

By Mark Cooper Asst. Sports Editor

Michael Acchione wasn’t supposed to catch the game-winning touchdown. His route was intended to open space for one of Syracuse’s more notable wide receivers to make a play.

Quarterback Ryan Nassib was forced to scramble to his right. The Rhode Island cornerback jumped, and as Nassib rolled out of the pocket there was one receiver working with him — the former walk-on Acchione.

“He was supposed to have a clear route, but the corner jumped, and he worked with me on the scramble,” Nassib said. “I was able to put the ball where only he could catch it, and he hung on for dear life.”

Acchione made the catch as he fell to the ground in the end zone. It was the second reception of the day for the senior, and the second catch of his career as well. The former walk-on — who earned a scholarship this season — ended up making the game-winning play in the Orange’s 21-14 victory over Rhode Island.

“Words do not really describe it,” Acchione said. “(Head) Coach Doug Marrone gave me a great opportunity here. I have thanked him a thousand times already. It is just overwhelming how much support you get from players and coaches.”

Acchione made his first career catch in the first quarter Saturday. The Orange lined up with an empty backfield and five receivers, and Nassib threw a quick out to Acchione on the left side of the field for 7 yards.

That may have been enough to satisfy the Syracuse veteran. After three years on SU with no game experience, making his first career catch was “wonderful.”

But he resurfaced to top that first reception on the final play of the winning drive. His touchdown catch held importance on its own because it broke a tie. And it gave further gratification to Acchione, the SU wide receivers corps and most of the team because it was a play made by a hard worker and a former member of SU’s scout team.

“He has been working hard ever since I was a freshman,” SU wide receiver Van Chew said.

“Every day in practice he has been working hard. Also, he is a leader of the group since he is a senior.”

Acchione played high school football six miles from the Carrier Dome in Solvay. His father, Garry, played for SU from 1978-81. Coming to Syracuse and getting a chance to be a part of the Orange was already a dream come true.

Saturday was icing on the cake.

“Coming from a small town, you have a lot of expectations,” Acchione said. “The coaches always had my back. The players always motivate me to get better every day. When my time came, I made the most of it.”

••• While a former walk-on caught the gamewinning touchdown, a current walk-on saw increased playing time at linebacker.

Dom Anene entered the game at weakside linebacker with about eight minutes left in the

dave trotman-wilkins | staff photographer michael acchione is congratulated by fans following Syracuse’s 21-14 victory against Rhode Island on Saturday. Acchione caught his first-career pass in the first quarter and clinched the SU win with a 12-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter. third quarter after starter Dyshawn Davis left the game injured with what Marrone said were cramps.

The junior walk-on was on the field for most of the remainder of the game and was impressive.

“Dom Anene made a play for us, and people need to realize that those people have been with the program and played very well for us today,” Marrone said.

Anene was a big part of Syracuse’s final defensive stop. Rhode Island began its last drive at its own 47-yard line, needing to go 53 yards to tie the game. Syracuse sent a big blitz on first down, and both linebacker Marquis Spruill and Anene got to URI quarterback Steve Probst.

The walk-on was credited with a half-sack, the first of his career.

“We called upon him, and we needed the play,” defensive end Mikhail Marinovich said, “and he stepped up to the plate and really did a great job.”

••• With Saturday’s game being played one day before the 10-year anniversary of the tragedies of Sept. 11, 2001, multiple ceremonies remembering that day took place in the Carrier Dome.

The first 5,000 fans in attendance were given pins with interlocking flags, one with the Syracuse block “S” logo and one with the American flag. The Dome went mute for a moment of silence before the game.

Michael Peterson, a Grammy Award nominee and the 2008 Bob Hope “Spirit of Hope” award winner for his service to the nation and people of the armed forces, performed the national anthem. At halftime, he performed a song he wrote for veterans, titled “You Could Hear a Pin Drop.” mcooperj@syr.edu

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Series) teams, they try to knock you out at the beginning,” Rhode Island head coach Joe Trainer said. “And if they don’t, then you have a shot going into the second half.”

SU did come out swinging, but the Rams started to turn things around in the second quarter. Syracuse’s defense forced three straight three-and-outs to start the game, but it finally started to bend as Probst began to rely on his legs more than his arm.

“At the end of it, we were able to contain on the outside, keep him in the pocket and pressure up the middle.

And that’s what was able to get him.”

Doug Marrone

SU head coach

Faced with a third-and-long early in the second quarter, Probst rolled right and cut back to his left. He nearly broke the play open for a long gain, but safety Phillip Thomas knocked him into his own lineman downfield and Probst fell forward for the first-down conversion.

Later on the same drive, he turned a thirdand-7 into fourth-and-inches by scrambling up the middle. He picked up the inches on a quarterback sneak, and two plays later Rhode Island knotted the game at 7-7.

Not including yards lost due to sacks, Probst

led the Rams with 66 yards rushing.

“He did hurt us,” Marrone said. “We ran up the field, got around him. He was able to make some key first downs on some drives.”

SU answered immediately with a long pass to Van Chew that led to a Ryan Nassib touchdown pass one play later, but from that point on, the offense sputtered until the fourth quarter.

Meanwhile, the pressure was heaped back onto the SU defense, and for the most part, that unit held strong. Most of URI’s offensive success continued to be when plays broke down and Probst took off as opposed to pure offensive execution.

“That means that everybody, your DBs, your linebackers, they held their spots, and they didn’t let anybody get open (downfield),” Spruill said. “And the defensive line had a good rush, and he had to scramble.”

URI managed to tie the game on its first drive of the second half, but SU’s defense locked down the rest of the way. Led by Nassib, the Orange offense finally put together another scoring drive early in the fourth quarter to go up 21-14, and from there, the defense took over.

Rhode Island netted only 4 yards and one first down after SU took the lead in the final period. And on the last drive, the blitzes that Syracuse had been sending all game finally corralled Probst.

Spruill charged through the heart of the Rams’ line to push Rhode Island back 17 yards with his 1.5 sacks on the final drive. Probst then heaved a desperation pass downfield two plays later, but his prayer landed in the waiting arms of Thomas for his second interception of the game.

And just like that, Syracuse survived.

“We didn’t play to our potential,” Thomas said. “But a win is a win.” zjbrown@syr.edu

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when the team picked to finish eighth in the CAA this year comes to the Carrier Dome. And it hasn’t been that hard in the past.

Even last year, when the two FCS teams on SU’s schedule hung with the Orange through the first two quarters, Syracuse pulled away for blowout wins in the second half.

In both those games, the momentum turned heavily in Syracuse’s favor when it delivered knockout blows in the third quarter.

But the Orange never even took a swing Saturday. With a one-touchdown lead to start the third quarter, the offense went three-and-out.

Rhode Island drove 75 yards down the field on the ensuing possession to tie the game at 14-14.

What’s more, the Rams actually outplayed Syracuse for 20-plus minutes after halftime.

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They outplayed SU right up until the Orange put together a game-winning drive and Rhode Island’s final possession that resulted in two sacks and an interception.

And since the Rams were so equally matched against SU, they believe they could be an FBS team.

“They just made a few more plays, that’s all it is,” Rams’ quarterback Steve Probst said.

“Everyone in our locker room thinks we can play at the (FBS) level, and we proved that today.”

Not quite. They proved they could play against Syracuse.

A CAA team that had never come within six touchdowns of a Big East opponent proved it could play against Syracuse.

The Orange’s reaction?

“A win is a win,” quarterback Ryan Nassib said. “I have been through a lot of stuff, and you realize wins are not easy to come by.”

But this one was supposed to be. It was supposed to be a game in which Syracuse fixed whatever needed fixing and looked good doing it. It was supposed to be a romp over an FCS team, a glorified exhibition game the week before SU takes on Southern California.

That did not happen.

Ultimately, though, Syracuse did leave the Dome with a 2-0 record. It does look nice on paper.

Nassib was one of many players after the game to spit out the phrase, “A win is a win.”

And now the Orange needs just four more W’s in the final 10 games to reach bowl eligibility.

The problem is the Orange could have switched uniforms with its FCS opponent Saturday, and no one would have been able to tell the difference.

Zach Brown is a staff writer at The Daily Orange, where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at zjbrown@ syr.edu or on Twitter at @zjbrown13.

Field hockey splits two weekend games at Ohio State Syracuse split a pair of games at Ohio State this weekend, knocking off the Buckeyes but losing to No. 2 Old Dominion. The Orange (3-2, 0-0 Big East) defeated Ohio State, 2-0, on Friday, and fell to ODU on Saturday, 2-1.

It was the second consecutive weekend Syracuse lost to the nation’s No. 2 team.

SU struggled early against the unranked Buckeyes (2-4), before scoring two goals in the final 10 minutes to pick up a win.

Junior forward Kelsey Millman struck first in the 61st minute and senior midfielder Liz McInerney sealed the game with just two minutes left in regulation. Leann Stiver made three saves in goal for the Orange, while OSU goalkeeper Ally Tunitis recorded four.

The Lady Monarchs (5-0) took command early in Syracuse’s second game, scoring two goals in the first 7:11. Lydia Velzian netted the first goal, receiving a pass from Maartje van Rijswijk and sailing it past Stiver.

Minutes later, Emma Batten deflected a Kelsey Smither shot past Stiver to put Old Dominion ahead 2-0.

With just seven seconds left in the first half, Syracuse was awarded a penalty stroke.

Senior midfielder Martina Loncarica seized the opportunity and scored to bring the Orange within one. With that point, the 120th in Loncarica’s career, she tied Maggie Befort for SU’s all-time mark.

SU managed just four shots in the second half, none of which tested ODU goalkeeper Devon Seifert. In fact, Seifert did not record a save in the entire game.

Syracuse opens up its Big East schedule this Friday when Rutgers visits J.S. Coyne Stadium for a 5 p.m. match.

Women’s soccer Ties were the trend for the Syracuse women’s

soccer team this weekend at the Fairfield University 20th Anniversary Invitational.

In two games, the Orange (1-2-3, 0-0 Big East) found itself knotted up with each of its opponent after the clock hit zero. On Friday against Fairfield (2-1-2), the Orange played to a 0-0 tie, and SU ended Sunday’s game deadlocked 2-2 against Central Connecticut (1-2-2).

In the first game, SU’s offense had opportunities but sputtered in the final third of the field and couldn’t finish off any of those plays.

The Orange tallied 10 shot attempts and eight corner kicks with nothing to show for it.

Syracuse’s best chance at breaking the scoreless tie was in the middle of the second half, when the Orange shot six times in a span of roughly six minutes. Forward Brittany Kinmond hit the crossbar twice in the 74th and 76th minutes, respectively.

One bright spot for the Orange throughout the year is goalkeeper Brittany Anghel, who recorded her third shutout of the season, making four saves in the contest.

On the back end of the tourney, the offense got going, but the defense slipped up.

Central Connecticut nabbed the opening goal of the game when Christina Boucher collected a loose ball in the box and kicked it right past Anghel to give the Blue Devils an early advantage.

But the Orange quickly responded, scoring almost exactly two minutes later when Jenna Rickan headed in a free kick delivered by Rachel Blum to tie the game up.

The Orange took its first lead in the second half courtesy of Tina Romagnuolo’s first goal of the season.

SU had the lead late in the second half and was less than two minutes away from its second win of the season, but then caught a bad break.

On a free kick, Jewel Robinson’s 20-yard shot hit off the Orange wall and deflected into the net for the equalizer.

SU took seven shots in overtime but couldn’t find the back of the net in a last-ditch effort to get a win.

For their performances, Romagnuolo, Blum and Anghel were all named to the all-tournament team.

Volleyball Syracuse won all three of its matches to win the Blackbird Invitational this weekend, dropping just two sets in the process. The Orange (8-2, 0-0 Big East) defeated Long Island, Temple and Lehigh on Friday and Saturday to take the tournament.

SU played one match on Friday against the host team, LIU (3-7), defeating the Blackbirds 3-1. Ying Shen was phenomenal, converting 10-of-14 kills for SU. Syracuse also looked just as strong in its two wins Saturday. After dropping its opening set to Temple, 24-26, Syracuse handled the Owls over the next three sets, winning 25-12, 25-22 and 25-22. Noemie Lefebvre tied her season high with 16 spikes and led Syracuse with 20 digs in the match as well.

The Orange kept rolling against Lehigh, using 14 different players in a sweep. Lefebvre and Lindsay McCabe led SU with seven kills apiece.

Syracuse’s Samantha Hinz was named tournament MVP. The SU middle blocker recorded 18 kills and 16 blocks during the three matches.

Ashley Williams and McCabe also made the all-tournament team.

SU plays in the Blue and White Invitational next weekend at Buffalo. The Orange will face Buffalo, No. 23 Dayton and Cornell.

— Compiled by The Daily Orange Sports staff

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SPORTS

MONDAY

september 12, 2011

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the daily orange

21 SYR ACUSE VS. RHODE ISL AND 14

CUTTING IT CLOSE

Defense leads Syracuse past potential upset

Despite career day for Nassib, Orange struggles to score

By Mark Cooper

By Zach Brown

ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

STAFF WRITER

For its first two plays, the Syracuse offense worked to perfection.

In a complete transformation from SU’s season-opening win, the Orange moved rapidly down the field to start its first drive. A Ryan Nassibto-Adam Harris completion and an Antwon Bailey cutback run up the middle put SU in Rhode Island territory after less than a minute.

But the third play disrupted Syracuse’s start-fast mentality and game plan. Nassib’s throw downfield intended for Alec Lemon sailed high and came down in the hands of Rhode Island cornerback Devon Dace.

“I take personal responsibility for that first drive,” Nassib said. “I made a wrong read. I made a bad read and all through the drive all the guys were ready to go. I looked in their eyes, and I saw for the first time this season that they were ready to go.”

While Nassib’s errant pass was Syracuse’s only turnover of the game, it set the stage for an uneven performance by the Orange offense — its second such performance in as many games.

The Orange moved the ball down the field well Saturday, especially through

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he Syracuse defense came into Saturday’s game against Rhode Island knowing Rams’ quarterback Steve Probst was as much of a threat running the ball as he was throwing it.

Still, most of URI’s offense came on broken plays when Probst managed to avoid the pass rush, tuck the ball and take off into the open field.

He frustrated the Orange throughout much of the game, as he kept getting around to the outside of Syracuse’s blitzes.

But when SU needed to contain him most — on the last drive of the game — the Orange did just that.

“At the end of it, we were able to contain on the outside, keep him in the pocket and pressure up the middle,” Syracuse head coach Doug Marrone said. “And that’s what was able to get him.”

Back-to-back sacks by Marquis Spruill on the Rams’ final possession halted the URI attack, allowing Syracuse (2-0) to survive with a 21-14 win in front of 36,421 fans in the Carrier Dome. SU’s offense struggled to put up points despite racking up 354 yards of total offense. And fittingly, the defense that had held strong throughout most of the contest came through with the game-sealing plays to end it.

“I think you have the feeling that, ‘Dang, it shouldn’t have went down like that,’” Orange running back Antwon Bailey said. “But honestly, we won. It’s something that hasn’t been going on a lot around here.”

It is the first time Syracuse has started 2-0 since 1999.

Before Saturday, Rhode Island’s closest game against a Big East opponent came when the Rams lost 52-10 to Connecticut in 2009. And SU looked like it would be firmly in control of the game after the first quarter on Saturday.

Syracuse outgained the Rams 126 yards to 24 yards through the fi rst 15 minutes of play. URI didn’t pick up a fi rst down until the last play of the period. But even with the dominating performance, SU only held a 7-0 lead entering the second quarter.

“Like most (Bowl Championship SEE RHODE ISLAND PAGE 17

SEE OFFENSE PAGE 16

dave trotman-wilkins | staff photographer

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MARQUIS SPRUILL (11) rushes Rhode Island quarterback Steve Probst during Saturday’s game. Spruill sacked Probst on back-to-back plays on the Rams’ final drive to close out the game for the Orange.

SU remains perfect but far from impressive

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win is a win. Can’t argue that. With a 2-0 start, Syracuse is one-third of the way to bowl eligibility for a second straight year.

But it’s hard to say things are looking great for the Orange.

Football Championship Subdivision teams like Rhode Island do occasionally hang around with their bigger, stronger, faster Football Bowl Subdivision opponents like Syracuse. But it usually takes a near-perfect game from David and an error-filled game from Goliath for that to happen.

That’s not exactly how SU’s 21-14 win over the Rams went down Saturday.

“We’re going to have to play better than we did today if we’re going to beat UMass and the teams to

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why would i lie? follow,” URI head coach Joe Trainer said after the game.

Let that digest for a second.

The Rams’ head coach said that even though his team stuck with a Big East program for an entire game and very much had a chance to win in the final minutes, URI needs to play a stronger game to beat its FCS opponents like Massachusetts.

Rhode Island committed more turnovers than SU did. The Rams picked up one first down in the first

quarter. They lost by seven points.

Syracuse harped on its mistakes in execution after the game, saying that’s why things came down to the wire. But that’s not why the Orange only won by one touchdown.

URI made those same mistakes on the field, as most football teams do in any given contest. This game was so close because Rhode Island, who finished 5-6 last year and 4-4 in the Colonial Athletic Association, was simply equal competition for SU on Saturday.

“Rhode Island is a very good team,” SU wide receiver Alec Lemon said. “We had a lot of mistakes, and they capitalized on the mistakes. It is hard to win out here. It is college football. It’s very hard to win.”

But it shouldn’t be that hard SEE BROWN PAGE 18

Ryan Nassib

SU’s quarterback was the offense against Rhode Island.

The Orange had 354 yards of total offense, and Nassib threw for 318 of them — plus all three touchdowns.

He finished the game 29-for-37, tying the Syracuse record for most completions in a game.

He also became the eighth SU quarterback to reach 3,000 career passing yards.

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Rhode Island secondary

Ryan Nassib torched the Rams’ secondary to the tune of 318 yards and three touchdowns. It was the first 300-yard performance by an SU quarterback since Greg Paulus did so in 2009. The Rhode Island cornerbacks gave up 18 combined catches to the Orange’s two starting receivers, Van Chew and Alec Lemon.