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Still burning The law school’s blog investigation

FIREd up The Daily Orange Editorial

Different direction Appethaizing owners open an accessory

Defenseless Marquette’s clutch

stalls after SU named worst university for free speech. Page 3

Board refutes SU’s poor free speech ranking. Page 5

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shooting leads to Syracuse’s fourth straight loss. Page 20

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SU’s Alpha Chi Omega told to close

By Dara McBride News Editor

The Lambda chapter of Alpha Chi Omega at Syracuse University will close as a result of struggles with the sorority’s national headquarters, according to a Jan. 29 A Chi O press release.

The decision to close was made Friday — the first day of spring recruitment — after the National Council Headquarters of A Chi O voted to revoke the chapter, according to the release sent to The Daily Orange from SU chapter president Kate Sisco.

The chapter has been on campus since 1906 and has “encountered occasional setbacks and struggles with our National Headquarters,” according to the press release. The chapter was notified Thursday that a vote to revoke the Lambda chapter would happen Friday, according to the release.

The Lambda chapter was “deeply saddened” to announce the closing, according to the release.

“This decision was not our desired outcome, and unfortunately our attempts and those of many of our alumnae to reverse this decision did not change the minds of our National Council, and we will be closing our doors,” the press release stated.

In the press release, the chapter said it was “humbled” by the support and kindness of the SU Greek Council, specifically the Panhellenic Council, and thanked Eddie BanksCrosson, director of fraternity and sorority affairs at SU, for his support of the chapter.

“It has been our privilege to have been a part of the Syracuse University Greek Community for more than a century,” the press release stated. “We wish all of you the best of luck with formal recruitment.”

A Chi O was included in the SU spring recruitment guide given to see chapter page 8

Hillsman accused of sexual harassment by former player

By Michael Cohen and Brett LoGiurato The Daily Orange

kirsten celo | photo editor Allison garwood, J. Michael’s employee for more than two years, sorts through ruined inventory. The store employees have been cleaning for more than a week after a Jan. 21 water main break.

J. Michael to share space inside Follett’s

By Dara McBride News Editor

J. Michael Shoes will move to a temporary location in Follett’s Orange Bookstore in Marshall Square Mall. Owners hope to open there by Valentine’s Day. “It’s going to be fresh and hot — and dry,” said John Vavalo, owner of J. Michael, who is affectionately referring to the temporary location as a “Mini Mike’s.”

After a Jan. 21 water main break flooded J. Michael and washed out the building’s foundation, the retailer was forced to close, and part of Marshall Street closed to traffic and pedestrians. It is still unclear what happened to cause the break, which occurred in the pipeline to the sprinkler system, Vavalo said.

The area in front of the store is at risk of falling in, Vavalo

said, and almost everything in the basement was destroyed.

Employees are still cleaning out the store but have managed to salvage only shelving from the basement, which was completely filled with water. The store will move into the mall as soon as the space is available and the merchandise is set up. Vavalo said he hopes the move will be in a little

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The United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating a Title IX sexual harassment complaint made by former Syracuse University women’s basketball player Lynnae Lampkins against head coach Quentin Hillsman.

In the complaint, Lampkins accuses Hillsman of inappropriate text messaging and touching. Lampkins, a junior who is no longer on the team, is still a student at SU, according to the SU student directory.

“The ordeal of receiving text messages that I felt were offensive, the inappropriate touching and the coach asking me during warm up of the first game of last season to come into the men’s locker room alone with the lights out to sign a so-called contract caused a great deal of anxiety for me,”

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University plans to house students in Sheraton, luxury apartments

By Mark Cooper Asst. Sports Editor

On-campus housing for students will no longer be limited to residence halls and South Campus apartments beginning next fall.

Double bedrooms in the Sheraton University Hotel and Conference Center and the Parkview Hotel on East Genesee Street, along with four-bedroom apartments in the Park Point Syracuse apartment complex and University Village Apartments, will be

available in the SU on-campus housing lottery for the 2011-12 academic year.

Park Point and UV apartments will only be open to students who have already completed their twoyear housing agreements, according to the housing overview release on the Office of Housing, Meal Plans and I.D. Card Services website. The Sheraton and Parkview hotels will be open to all students eligible to live on campus, according to the release.

“SU believes that the campus living

experience is critical to student learning and overall success in college, and so we want to ensure that upperclass students continue to have a positive and enriching SU experience,” said Sara Miller, associate director of SU News Services, in an e-mail.

One floor of the Sheraton will house 68 students, three floors at the Parkview will house 70 students, and 22 four-bedroom apartments at Park Point and 25 four-bedroom apartments at UV will house 88 and 100 students,

respectively, Miller said. A total of 326 new spots have been created for students in the SU housing lottery.

SU has received the largest number of applicants in school history for next year’s freshman class, according to a Jan. 25 article in The Daily Orange.

SU has been planning for the level of student housing needed for next year, Miller said. Long-term plans for housing are developed with future enrollment projections in mind, she said. see housing page 4

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Blog case stalls after complaints

Power goes out in Bird Library Emergency generators switched on at E.S. Bird Library after the power went out about 4 p.m. Sunday for more than 40 minutes. The doors at the entrances stopped working, but fire exit doors were still operational after the power outage, which happened after a transformer burnt out, said Niki Gilman, evening weekend access services supervisor. About 15 minutes after the outage, one of the doors began working and was held open by a bucket, Gilman said. Power was restored at 4:52 p.m.

By Jon Harris and Dara McBride The Daily Orange

Students robbed in Thornden Park Two students reported being robbed at 2:40 p.m. Friday while walking near the basketball courts in Thornden Park, according to a Department of Public Safety e-mail sent to students. An unknown person reportedly approached the students, displayed a knife, and stole money and a cell phone battery before fleeing the area on foot, according to the e-mail. The students did not sustain any injuries. The suspect is described as a thin white male in his mid-20s who is 5-foot-9-inches tall with no facial hair, according to the e-mail.

Larceny occurs at Huntington Hall A grand larceny occurred at Huntington Hall Friday between 1:45 p.m. and 2 p.m., according to a Syracuse police report. Leigh Tolley, a graduate student, was preparing a lesson when she left the room for 15 minutes, according to the report.

Upon returning, the bag she left on the floor containing her Dell Studio Notebook 1555 and Motorola Karma cell phone was gone, according to the report. The total of the two items is $2,100. There were approximately three students in the room when Tolley left, but none claimed to have seen the laptop or another person enter or exit during Tolley’s absence, according to the report. The case remains open.

Ostrom apartment burglarized A burglary occurred on the 300 block of Ostrom Avenue between Friday at 10 p.m. and Saturday at 12:30 a.m., according to a Syracuse police report.

Thomas Giannone, a senior in the School of Architecture, had $4,420 worth of items stolen out of his bedroom, including his Toshiba laptop, XBox 360 Elite with accessories, a computer notebook, an iPod Touch and $100 in cash, according to the report. Giannone’s roommate was in his room when he left at about 8 p.m. but Giannone returned home at 12:30 a.m. to find several items missing, and he was unsure if he locked the residence door when he left, according to the report.

— Compiled by Michael Boren and Jon Harris, The Daily Orange, mcboren@syr.edu, jdharr04@syr.edu

kirsten celo | photo editor Construction crews dismantle the base of one of the Project Orange steam plant smokestacks. The demolition of the plant began Tuesday after Sessler Wrecking Inc. officials picked up a permit.

Controversial steam plant comes down

By Michael Boren and Dara McBride The Daily Orange

Demolition crews began taking down the Project Orange steam plant last week, marking the beginning of the end for the controversial project that provided steam heat to Syracuse University from the early ‘90s until 2009.

Officials from Sessler Wrecking Inc. picked up a demolition permit Tuesday to take down the plant, which could take up to two months, said Mike Bova, director of Syracuse’s Code Enforcement.

“It’ll probably all be due to weather, and there could be some other factors on how exactly long this is going to take,” Bova said.

By Thursday afternoon, construction crews had taken down one of the steam plant’s smokestacks, and by Friday the other smokestack was being taken down. Welders dis-

assembled the stacks, and then a crane moved the base of the stack to the ground.

Heinrich Kirschner, facility manager for Project Orange Associates, refused to comment on demolition details.

Project Orange, located on Taylor Street and visible from University Avenue on campus, cut off steam supply to SU in October 2009 because of disagreements about faulty turbines and steam production costs, according to an article published in The Daily Orange on Oct. 21, 2009. In an agreement made with SU in 1990, Project Orange provided the university with a discount of 33 percent on steam purchases above a specific quantity, according to the article.

SU now relies on steam boilers that are at least 50 years old to power the university, the State University of New York College of

Environmental Science and Forestry, and three surrounding hospitals that purchase steam from SU, according to the article.

Project Orange previously filed a request to seize the steam plant and pipes, which were owned by SU, but a New York state appeals court denied the request in March, which meant the plant would remain under university control, according to an article published in The Daily Orange on March 23.

SU officials were not able to provide any updates to The Daily Orange.

Nearby residents and employers went on with daily life last week as the steam plant that dotted the Syracuse skyline for years came down.

“I don’t think I’m going to miss it,” said Charlene Graves, 50, who has lived on McBride Street for see project orange page 8

On Friday night, Len Audaer decided to personally end the ongoing investigation and debate into SUCOLitis, the satirical blog about Syracuse University’s College of Law. “My apology shouldn’t come with conditions,” said Audaer, a secondyear law student who has now admitted to being one of several law school students who wrote the blog.

Audaer sent four e-mails to people who were offended by the blog or were associated with posts law school officials indicated were offensive. He apologized for any hurt he or the blog may have created.

About a week ago, Audaer, his lawyer, representatives of the law school and a federal judge were quietly negotiating to end the investigation. Then an editorial published in The Huffington Post on Thursday named SU the worst college in the country for free speech, and the university reacted by issuing a response to the statement.

The response contained both comments on the ranking and updates on SUCOLitis negotiations.

Audaer said the statement was supposed to remain confidential to negotiations, as it was still being discussed and he had yet to agree to its terms. Gregory Germain, faculty prosecutor for the investigation, confirmed the statement released by the university was a version of one that had already been in the works.

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Water main break delays relocation of Unique Tea House

By Laurence Leveille Asst. Copy Editor

Plans to relocate Unique Tea House to the vacant space above J. Michael Shoes have been delayed due to the Jan. 21 water main break on Marshall Street.

Signs are posted at the entrance of the tea house announcing its move to the second floor of 171 Marshall St. — above J. Michael — originally slated for the end of February. But due to the recent water main break, renovations to the new space have been postponed, said Joe Dhen, a

manager at Unique Tea House. He said he hopes to move the tea house

by Spring Break.

“I was doing construction inside on the second floor, and now I can’t get into the building anymore,” he said.

Dhen had been in the process of taking out and installing new tiles to the new space before the water main break, but he cannot continue renovations until Syracuse’s Code Enforcement grants him permission to enter the building. He is also waiting for plumbing and electric permits.

Dhen said he found out Dec. 9

that the tea house had to move. His landlord and owner of King David’s Restaurant, Milad Hatem, told him Chipotle Mexican Grill would be moving in downstairs and King David’s would be moving upstairs, Dhen said.

He had no choice but to move.

The space above J. Michael has been unoccupied since January 2010, so Dhen talked to Archie Potamianos, the landlord of the building, about renting the space, Dhen said.

“I wanted to keep my store on Marshall Street, too,” he said. “It’s a store which is making money right

now, so I don’t want to just give up for no reason.”

Once Unique Tea House moves to its new location, it will have double the space it has now, which will allow for more storage space and a kitchen.

Dhen said he plans to add simple foods that are popular in Chinatown, such as dim sum and a dish similar to popcorn chicken, to the menu.

Dhen said renovating the new space and moving the tea house would take about five weeks, but he is now two weeks behind. lgleveil@syr.edu

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Parkview Hotel

Three floors of the Parkview will house 70 students.

Park Point Apartments

Twenty-two four-bedroom apartments at Park Point will house 88 students.

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One floor of the Sheraton will house 68 students.

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A total of 326 new spots will be created for students in the SU housing lottery in four places.

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The university approached Park Point officials with the proposition of leasing out the remaining rooms some time in October or November, Gayne said. With the surplus of remaining rooms at Park Point and the need for more on-campus housing at SU, it was a mutual agreement from the beginning, Gayne said.

“With all the renewals and applications we had taken, we had 88 rooms remaining,” Gayne said, “and they asked if we could have the remaining ones, so we are full right now.”

In addition, students living in Park Point through the university will receive all the same utilities and amenities as the students who have already signed on to live in the apartments next year, Gayne said.

Matt Burkett, community manager of UV Apartments, and Rob Benetti, general manager of the Parkview Hotel, could not be reached for comment by The Daily Orange.

For students living at the Sheraton next year, all of the hotel’s furnishings will more than likely continue to include the double beds and televisions, Sheraton general manager David Heymann said. The bedding and towels will not be part of the package, as students would have to provide their own if they were living in a residence hall, he said.

“I don’t think that we will take our furniture, but I think there’s a possibility that the university could add a wardrobe or an additional table,” Heymann said.

The Sheraton housed students before in 2005, and Heymann said the hotel has a good relationship with the university.

The addition of more than 300 beds in four different locations means the university has found a way to provide sufficient housing for next fall, Miller said.

Said Miller: “We are certainly excited in the demand for Syracuse University.”

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Drama and design students will have first dibs on the rooms at Parkview because of the close proximity to the Syracuse Stage Complex and Warehouse, Miller said. Learning communities will be created on the floors at the hotel, Miller said.

“Ongoing housing assessments are conducted to ensure that a broad array of on-campus housing options are available for returning students,” Miller said.

By creating on-campus housing options in the four new locations, the housing office will be able to preserve student lounges in each residence hall, so fewer have to be converted into dorm rooms, Miller said. Last fall, SU had to convert some lounges in residence halls into dorm rooms to appease the large incoming class, according to an Aug. 31 article in The Daily Orange.

These changes, however, may please students more than the thought of living in a converted lounge. Eddie Zaremba, a sophomore entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises major, said he thinks the new housing options will be popular among students.

“That would be awesome, living in the Sheraton,” Zaremba said.

Pricing for each new housing option will not be available until late February, but the rate for the open doubles with bathrooms in the Sheraton and Parkview will be comparable to on-campus rates for that type of room, Miller said. The Park Point and UV apartment packages will be similar to the rates for students who have already signed leases, but they will only be available in 10-month leases, Miller said.

“The only main difference is Syracuse (University) will be listed as the guarantor when typically the parent is listed as the guarantor,” said Marybeth Gayne, Park Point general manager.

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over a week.

Daniel Lyons, broker for Marshall Square Mall, approached Vavalo the day of the water main break, Vavalo said. He asked Vavalo if J. Michael would be interested in temporarily moving. Vavalo would not disclose how much he was renting the space for.

“A door opened, and we went through it,” Vavalo said.

Lyons declined to comment.

The temporary space will be about 1,000 square feet, a third of the previous space J. Michael has occupied since 1983, Vavalo said.

The store will occupy the temporary space for about two months or until the Marshall Street location can reopen.

A wall will be put up inside Follett’s on Monday to create a separate space for J. Michael, Vavalo said. He said it will be good for the two stores to feed off one another’s customers, but because of the smaller size and ruined inventory, the temporary location will not be able to carry nearly the same amount of products as usual. The entire men’s shoe inventory was destroyed, Vavalo said.

Vavalo said his Marshall Street neighbors have been very accommodating this past week as he and his staff of 12 cleaned up the store.

Starbucks employees provided coffee one day and have allowed the store to hook into their electric wiring.

Employees were working on sorting through inventory and the history stored throughout J. Michael. Decorations upstairs mostly went unharmed. Bags and shoes from the ‘80s and

‘70s decorate the area in front of the dressing rooms, and a Pee-Wee Herman doll stands on a ledge in a back corner.

“There’s a lot of history on these walls,” Vavalo said.

One piece of memorabilia that was saved from the basement is a single Steve Madden shoe, one of the first Maddens sold, said Vavalo, who has met the shoe designer.

Zak Solomon, who has been working in sales at the store for more than five years, said cleaning up after the pipe break was like returning to a home after a fire.

“It’s depressing,” Solomon said.

Allison Garwood, an employee of J. Michael for two years, has been working in the basement removing shoes from muddy piles. Dealing with the damage done to the store was like dealing with a death, she said.

But the staff was trying to keep spirits high during the cleaning process. An extension cord was running through the store so a radio could be hooked up Friday. Top 40 and dance songs played, and staff members joked as they lined up pairs of Hunter boots, now unable to be sold.

Caitlin Doak, a J. Michael employee since August 2008, said working there was like being part of a family. She had been on her way to work Jan. 21 when she saw the crews cleaning outside and discovered the store was closed because of the water main break.

But she never thought the damage was this bad and has been working to clean the store all week.

Said Doak: “We’ve come a long way from Monday.” dkmcbrid@syr.edu A previous version of this article appeared on dailyorange.com on Jan. 28.

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FIRE unfairly ranks SU as worst campus for free speech Nonprofit organization Freedom for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) ranked Syracuse University as the worst school in the nation for freedom of speech. FIRE listed the prosecution of a student in the SUCOLitis case and SU’s policies for speech on the Internet as ways SU limits free speech.

From the insight of a student-run publication practicing free speech every day, FIRE’s ranking has exaggerated the sordid state of free expression on campus.

Dozens of regular print and online publications, public blogs and websites devoted to rating anything from professors to off-campus parties operate completely uncensored and uninhibited. In addition to these, thousands of students, faculty and staff post freely on their personal websites and Facebook pages and distribute flyers or chalk the Quad with no interference.

The activities at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, College of Visual and Performing Arts, and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs — not to men-

editorial by the daily orange editorial board tion the many SU research centers practicing free political expression — reveal healthy, thriving free speech and expression on campus.

FIRE accurately points to some of the worst cases of administration or staff members infringing on students’ free speech rights. The SUCOLitis case, shutting down student-run Hill TV in 2005 and an attempt at creating a policy to limit publication distribution a year ago exemplify an ongoing struggle between free speech and protecting people from harassment or discrimination.

But in each of these cases, advocates on all sides have spoken out. This campus is hypersensitive to the issue of free speech. How could it not be with the First Amendment etched into the side of Newhouse III? Perhaps FIRE should consider how most of these cases and policies came to light at SU: through members of this campus practicing their right to free speech.

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Students sorely miss old Four Loko compared to uncaffeinated version

ondly referred to by some as “death in a can,” Four Loko has enjoyed a love-hate relationship with the campus community.

The infamous beverage has contributed to many a blackout night among Syracuse University students.

But of course, as many of us know, the great thing about Four Loko blackouts is they take place only after you’ve been super active.

You get a burst of energy after you drink one, so you skip to Chuck’s Cafe, confidently order a round of tequila shots and pay for all of them like the big baller you are. Then you get yourself a beer as a chaser, text “where r u?????????!!!!!” at least three times to your friend standing right next to you, order another beer and

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say hi to a couple of girls you hate.

Perhaps at this point, you locate potential candidates for a sleepover, walk over and ask what they’re doing later. You say you don’t mind the walk to Westcott, immediately add them on Facebook with your phone and ask them if they’ve ever tried Four Loko.

Then you commence to leave the bar with or without your friends and cut through a deserted parking lot by yourself because it’s so much faster and makes so much more sense. And then you wake up — probably in someone else’s apartment — and wonder what you did last night. So you call your roommate and ask, “Did I ever end up going to the bars last night?”

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sale of caffeinated malt beverages — apparently you could die — and the brand released a new version of the drink, one that does not contain caffeine. The new version looks the same as the old and comes complete with the same questionable flavors but is little more than a mirage. Mainly purchased by students who believed they had illicitly stumbled upon the old — and classic — version, the new Four Loko has been labeled an outcast.

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One disappointed senior said he would rather drink a vodka and Redbull because the new Four Loko tastes so bad, “like really bad.”

Sad but true — the new Four Loko has not been known to contribute to the aforementioned blackouts.

However, the old Four Loko is not yet a fading memory. It can probably still be purchased on the black market alongside organs and pawned jewelry.

It can also be purchased from those bright, young students who stocked up on cases of Four Loko last semester, in preparation for emergency times.

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but there will always only be one Four Loko. Having made its debut last semester, Four Loko brought so many little freshmen out

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of their shells and united students of all backgrounds, of both hard-drug and hard-alcohol dispositions. The new caffeine-free Four Loko strips the drink of its monumental identity.

But as in all love-hate relationships, no matter how many issues are present, you can’t ever really bring yourself to break the addiction. And so our torrid love affair with Four Loko will continue because as intellectual expert and renown superstar Ke$ha so literally explains, “I keep it up like a lovesick crackhead because your love, your love, your love is my drug.” So hauntingly beautiful.

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order would have prevented anyone from giving quotes from documents to the media unless the outlet agreed to print the document in its entirety.

Spina’s statement said the law school hasn’t attempted to gag the press from reporting the case or gag the parties from commenting on the investigation. But the prosecutor did ask the hearing panel to prevent the parties from disclosing the names of the people who were mentioned in the blog or who are participating in the case and wish to remain unnamed, Spina said in the statement.

Kissel said SU should have recognized the speech in question was protected by the university’s own rules and that Audaer would have been willing to apologize rather than face expulsion.

“The best outcome and most correct outcome would have been to take the student’s complaints, look at them, decide they had no merit and end the case immediately,” Kissel said.

Despite FIRE’s criticism, SU spokesman Kevin Quinn said the university is confident in the way the SUCOLitis investigation has been handled in the law school. When students complain to SU and its colleges, the university has an obligation to students to investigate any complaints, he said.

“The university places a very high value on free speech,” Quinn said. “But we also place a

high value on our students being able to study and learn in an environment that is free from harassment and intimidation.”

The latest development comes more than 100 days after investigations began. The WordPress blog SUCOLitis began publishing online in early October and used the names of real students and faculty members at the College of Law before going private Oct. 20 after reaching more than 12,000 hits.

At least one student named in SUCOLitis filed a complaint of harassment against Audaer, prompting an investigation from the law school.

The blog was taken down in mid-January as part of negotiations between Audaer and the law school.

It is unclear what will happen with negotiations in the next day or so, Audaer said. Since he has already given the school the apologies and admissions it first wanted, he said he believes any more negotiations would be a way for the law school to save face.

Germain, the faculty prosecutor for the investigation, said he hopes the matter can be resolved within the week but does not have another meeting scheduled with Audaer.

“I’ve got to decide what is best for the school at this point,” Germain said.

Audaer said he believes the most likely outcome will be the school will reserve the right to include a statement about his participation in the blog in the letter recommending him to the bar. Each law school student receives a letter from the school for the bar. Audaer said he doubts mentioning the blog in his letter will hurt his chances of passing the bar.

Audaer said he does consider SU a place that is unwelcoming for free speech, but he was not sure if SU was the worst in the country.

The school made a “very clear promise of free

speech” that it is not living up to, Audaer said.

SU was given a speech code rating of red by FIRE, which means at least one policy at the university restricts free speech. But Kissel, of FIRE, said there is a strong chance SU will be moved up very soon to the red-alert list, which identifies the worst violators of campus rights.

Said Kissel about SU: “It’s a dangerous place for free speech.” jdharr04@syr.edu dkmcbrid@syr.edu

The offenders The schools that made the top-12 list for worst colleges for free speech, according to an article in Huffington Post: 1. Syracuse University 2. DePaul University 3. State University of New York at Binghamton 4. University of Massachusetts-Amherst 5. Yale University 6. Bucknell University 7. Michigan State University 8. Colorado College 9. Tufts University 10. Brandeis University 11. Johns Hopkins University 12. Marshall University Schools included on FIRE’s Red Alert list for repeat offenders of free speech: • Bucknell University • Michigan State University • Colorado College • Brandeis University • Tufts University • Johns Hopkins University

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planned on sending these e-mails or coming out as an author of the blog. But after the statement was released, Audaer viewed negotiations to be over and apologized personally.

In SU’s statement, Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina said several claims by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education — which has said SU kept Audaer in the dark about the identity of his accusers and the allegations against him — are not justifiable.

He said investigators do not typically provide information until the investigation is finished and a charge is put forth.

“If a charge is brought, the law school’s rules require the prosecutor to give the charged student all documentary evidence available to him so that the student can properly prepare his or her defense,” Spina said in the statement.

FIRE responded to the statement by posting its own response Friday, commenting on each paragraph of Spina’s statement. The response said SU cemented its spot as one of the worst colleges for free speech by releasing Spina’s statement.

Adam Kissel, FIRE’s vice president of programs, said Germain mishandled the case by trying to get a gag order on Audaer and keeping him under investigation for months. A gag

“I’ve got to decide what is best for the school at this point.”

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ndrew Dorr hopes to stay in Syracuse post-graduation.

“The city is changing, and there is a lot that can be done,” said Dorr, a senior environmental studies major at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

There is more that can be done in the area by students to support sustainability, Dorr said, and he would like to help the process.

As energy coordinator for ESF’s student organization the Green Campus Initiative, Dorr helped arrange the second forum for the group, which was held Wednesday at 5 p.m. in Marshall Auditorium on the ESF campus. The

State of Syracuse forum promoted sustainable and environmentally friendly living and cooperation between area colleges.

The forum featured a panel of local government and business speakers, including Sam Gordon, senior planner with the Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board; Charlotte Holstein, founder of Forging Our Community’s United Strength of Greater Syracuse; Andrew Maxwell, director of planning and sustainability for the city; and Matthew Millea, deputy Onondaga County executive for physical services.

Last year’s forum focused on what individuals could do globally, but this year the organization decided to focus on what could be done locally, Dorr said.

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“Sustainability — it’s about thinking locally before you can think globally,” Dorr said.

About 150 people showed up for the event, Dorr said. He had hoped for about 200 participants and said he reached out to Le Moyne College and Syracuse University to attend the event.

Cooperation between schools is one aspect of the GCI Dorr said he would like to see improve in the next few months. He also said there is plenty happening in the county with which students can help. He said he would like to see ESF students visit area colleges to see how their sustainability programs work.

The GCI will also be looking to do more with the zero-waste initiative and the New York Public Interest Research Group’s Take Back the Tap program, which encourages the use of

tap water in place of bottled water.

Will Wallak, public relations coordinator for SU’s Energy and Computing Management Department, said he thought the forum was a success and would like to see more students working to improve the local environment.

At the forum, two microphones were set up for attendees to ask questions and provide comments.

Wallak said there was always a steady stream of speakers, and he was moved by the involvement that was already apparent on the county-wide level. He said he was moved by one man who voiced concern over low-income individuals fishing from the polluted waters of Onondaga Lake.

“If they are going to live and make a difference,” Wallak said, “it’s going to be here.” dkmcbrid@syr.edu

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By Anne Frances Krengel CONTRIBUTING WRITER

In about 48 hours, Ari Abramovsky created a game that combined the adventures of Super Mario and music of Guitar Hero.

Abramovsky was one of the people across the world working together to brainstorm, design and develop board and digital games for the third annual 48-hour Global Game Jam event. Sixteen people participated in the Game Jam event last weekend at SU, including 11 SU students.

“This is a game that we made in just two days,” said Abramovsky, who worked on the game called “Crescendo” and who is a doctoral student of instructional design, development and evaluation. “It makes me think — what if we had money? We’d be able to develop this concept of soul searching into a really extraordinary game.”

This is SU’s first time participating in the event, which took place in the School of Education and was co-sponsored by the School of Information Studies and the School of Education. The event began Friday at 5 p.m. and lasted until Sunday at 5:30 p.m.

“There were really two goals,” said Nilay Yildirim, a Game Jam organizer and doctoral student in instructional design, development and evaluation. “The first goal was to unite anyone interested in games around the world. It

GAMING AWARDS Each of the three games designed by SU students won an award in the 48-hour Global Game Jam event.

• A board game called “Infection/ Extinction” won the Best Game Play Award.

• The second board game called “Renaissance 2009” won Best Visual Design.

• “Crescendo,” a digital game, won the Most Innovative Game award.

brandon weight | asst. photo editor NINA MORRISSEY, HANSOL KIM, DAVID HORACEK, JOE GENNARO, participants in the 48-hour Global Game Jam Event, construct a game similar to the Prisoner’s Dilemma, in which players aim to eliminate foe’s pieces. The event was held during the weekend.

encouraged friendly competition plus collaboration. At the same time, we wanted to unite the campus and the community.”

The International Game Developers Association began the event in 2009 to challenge participants to develop a game prototype with a specific theme within 48 hours. This year’s theme, announced Friday afternoon, was extinction.

Following an introductory video about the purpose of games, players had a half-hour to eat and meet the other contestants. They were then asked to decide whether they wanted to work on board games or digital games and divided themselves into three groups, said Scott Nicholson, an associate professor at the iSchool. Two teams worked on game board designs, and one team dealt with digital design.

“Each player became really involved,” said Alan Foley, an associate professor of instructional design, development and evaluation, who helped organize the event. “Most participants just wanted to learn, to see how games are made and be part of the process.”

Nina Morrissey, a sophomore industrial, interaction and design major, said she found the process both exciting and exhausting.

“It was defi nitely exciting because this was a global event,” Morrissey said. “Thousands of games were created in the past couple of days, and we were part of that. It was also tiring to spend so many hours in a room and stressful because we only had two days to develop a great idea.”

Each game designed by SU students won an award. A board game called “Infection/Extinction” won the Best Game Play Award. Another board game called “Renaissance 2009” won the Best Visual Design Award. “Crescendo,” the digital game, won the Most Innovative Game Award. “Crescendo” revolved around Lionel, a character running from the darkness to the light to escape extinction.

People are never too old to play games or develop them, said Nicholson.

Nicholson, who also founded the Library Game Lab at SU, said games transcend all ages.

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three years and can look out her front window and see the steam plant.

The Project Orange steam plant demolition has not done much to disrupt the day-to-day activities at the Wilson Park Community Center, said Barbara Grimes, director of the center who has worked there for 30 years. The center and its playground sit across the street from the steam plant.

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“This is a game that we made in just two days. It makes me think—what if we had money? We’d be able to develop this concept of soul searching into a really extraordinary game.”

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“Games have the power to change lives above and beyond their recreational purposes,” Nicholson said. “Games are definitely for little kids, but they are also for big kids.” afkrenge@syr.edu

“It’s like when you make tea,” Grimes said to describe the whistling or popping sound she would occasionally hear from the plant.

The noise would generally last a few seconds or minutes, she said, and was the only reminder for her of the steam plant. The last time she remembered hearing it was in September.

“It’s just there,” Grimes said. “It’s always just been there.” mcboren@syr.edu dkmcbrid@syr.edu A previous version of this article appeared on dailyorange.com on Jan. 27.

day evening.

Banks-Crosson could not be reached for comment. dkmcbrid@syr.edu

participating girls. The house was still listed as active on the national A Chi O website Sun-

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uch to my displeasure and exclusion from my trendier peers, I have yet to own a smartphone. The fanciest tricks my LG Chocolate Touch can perform are receiving e-mails and sending mobile uploads of my elaborate meals to Facebook (and even then, I have to go the traditional picture-messaging route).

Enter the iPhone 4, with its advanced photo-taking and videorecording capabilities and thousands of applications built exactly for the Apple platform — mine never stood a chance.

Last week, Korean director Park Chan-Wook, acclaimed for his cringeinducing thriller “Oldboy,” released “Night Fishing,” a film shot entirely on the iPhone. Though the movie has been screened in theaters to reporters, it will be made available for Web streaming in the near future so viewers can watch Park’s digital masterpiece on the very handheld device used to create it.

Though “Night Fishing” is one of the first films of its kind, it stands as a hallmark of the intersection between entertainment and the rapidly developing technology. For example, book deals from blogs, recording contracts from viral videos and the rising popularity of fully developed Web series’ are all signs that the talent that used to be concentrated within professional studios has now been distributed to anyone who owns a laptop and webcam.

“Good content doesn’t need to come from huge budgets, and we’ve seen that in the industry, going back to ‘The Blair Witch Project,’” said Barbara Jones, a television, radio and film professor at Syracuse University.

“At the end of the day, it’s all about storytelling.”

Quality content will trump superficial style any day, at least in terms of critical reception, a fact made evident by the increasing number of indie flicks up for nomination at the Academy Awards over, say, “Transformers 3.” The previously beleaguered and financially draining process of making art is now more democratic, but that can risk diminishing the content itself.

“The consumer world will always have an appetite for professionally produced content,” Jones said. “Because of the nature of breaking news and the proliferation of mobile news-gathering devices in the hands of the untrained, the public is a little more accepting of that. But there will always be a place SEE LEE PAGE 10

james redenbaugh | staff photographer TASHA LINDAHE. a senior math and psychology major, sits behind the counter at Thaliea, a new accessory store in Marshall Square Mall. Thaliea, which sells purses, bags and jewelry, opened Jan. 12 by two SU alums who also own appeThaizing, a restaurant on South Crouse Avenue.

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Alumni couple opens local boutique featuring unique, handmade accessories

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he owners of appeThaizing have ventured into the world of retail and opened an accessory boutique in Marshall Square Mall.

Thaliea, an accessory store, opened Jan. 12 in a space that used to be occupied by Rhododendron, a retail boutique. The store is currently running a sweepstakes for $130 worth of gift cards. The sweepstakes will end Feb. 1.

The store specializes in purses, bags and jewelry. Many items in the store are handmade, making them one-of-a-kind pieces.

The co-owners of Thaliea, Panya Chittaratlert and his wife Karanya Aksornkoae, are no strangers to business in Syracuse. The couple graduated from Syracuse University in 1998 with master’s degrees in advertising design. Chittaratlert’s first entrepreneurial venture with his wife was in 2006, when the couple opened appeThaizing, a Thai restaurant below Chuck’s Café, on South Crouse Avenue.

Chittaratlert said he hopes Thaliea can become a well-known presence in the Syracuse community.

Chittaratlert said he wanted to open an accessory store because his wife

and sister-in-law love fashion and accessories, and they thought it would be the perfect business for them to go into.

“When an opportunity shows up, we love a challenge to build a brand for our own business,” he said. “And it’s actually a fun process to create a brand as well as marketing materials for Thaliea with all the freedom we have.”

The couple did everything by themselves, from renovating the space and working on the interior design to doing their own product photography.

When coming up with the store name, Chittaratlert asked his appeThaizing staff members for suggestions. Their final decision was to name the store Thaliea, after a Greek muse who embodies beauty and charm.

Caitlin Quigley, a freshman English and textual studies major, said she is excited about Thaliea’s gift-card promotion contest. Interested competitors can venture onto Thaliea’s Facebook page and “like” it to get involved.

“I hope I win one of the gift certificates,” Quigley said. “I already know what I would buy.”

Chittaratlert said he wanted a store in Marshall Square Mall because of its location and because Rhododendron had great success there.

“There are a lot of potential customers who live within walking dis-

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Poetry group presents work for MLK Week

By Hillary Stallings CONTRIBUTING WRITER

As an array of performers took the stage in Watson Theater, the audience listened to poetic renditions of the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. “Poetry Night,” held Thursday as part of Syracuse University’s Dream Week, featured performances by students, Syracuse locals and audience members who recited poems commemorating the civil rights activist.

The group that held the event, Verbal Blend, gives students the chance to write and perform their

personal works at various events throughout the year.

During Thursday night’s event, the poets addressed racial oppression and equality, and they reflected on the progress that has been made since King’s time.

Cedric Bolton, director of Verbal Blend, said the pieces performed dealt with tough issues that were challenging to hear but moving.

Ty Rice, first runner-up at Verbal Blend’s “Take the Mic” city-wide poetry slam held this past October, said the event allowed individuals to

further their creativity.

“It was important for me and everyone else to perform because everyone has a lesson to teach,” said Rice, a sophomore marketing major.

“If it’s not taught, no one will learn.”

Bly Priscille Valentine, an audience member and freshman psychology major, said she thought the event was uplifting and beneficial to those who attended.

With performers representing various races and a diverse audience, it showed that King’s beliefs were not limited to only the black

community, Bolton said. He said the event was successful in celebrating King and his accomplishments.

Verbal Blend member Khadijah Peek said people should not forget about the progress that has been made since King’s time but knows there is room for improvement.

“Every time I think about Martin Luther King, I feel there’s so much left to do, just as people,” said Peek, a sophomore in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. “Not just black or white but as people.” hsstalli@syr.edu

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tance of Thaliea and can come to Marshall Square Mall instead of having to go to Carousel Mall or downtown to buy accessories,” Chittaratlert said.

Although Chittaratlert admitted not many people know about the store, he said they continue to receive great feedback and returning customers.

“Most of our costumers compliment how nice our store looks and all agree that we offer very unique products, and most importantly they are glad we are here,” he said.

When asked about Thaliea, some students had not heard of it but were interested in browsing the shop. One such student, Erica Clapp, a freshman economics and Spanish dual major, said she would be interested in browsing the store.

“I’ve never heard of it,” Clapp said.” But I will

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Initial reviews of entertainment made from user-friendly devices like the iPhone, such as the Gorillaz’ latest iPad-recorded album “The Fall,” will always place emphasis on the novelty of its creation and judge in that context.

Though boundaries can only be pushed and progress only made through constant experimentation, finding a real gem out of lowergrade material coming through our channels will be that much more difficult.

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definitely check it out. I could always use another place to shop.”

However, not everyone was as positive about the new store. Melissa Pico, an undecided freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, was worried about the store’s general price range.

“I’ve seen the store,” Pico said. “It looks expensive, and since I pay so much money for my books, I don’t know if I’ll go shopping for a while.”

Despite the expense, Quigley said she values Thaliea’s style. “The accessories were very flashy and very my style. I plan on going back soon and buying something,” she said.

Thaliea will be having a special promotion for Valentines’ Day, so customers should keep checking the website for more details, Chittaratlert said.

Chittaratlert said he is receptive to comments and appreciates feedback about his new store.

He said: “When people say nice words on how the store or design looks, it’s highly rewarding.” jedorsen@syr.edu

exact — contributed to YouTube’s documentary “Life in a Day,” which premiered last Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival. The project has already garnered praise from industry critics for not just its innovative approach to cinema but for the gripping humanity displayed in the videos, each of which was taken July 24, 2010, by YouTube users around the world and uploaded to the site. Images of childhood, marriage and war seamlessly transition into one another, made all the more affecting because of their simple but stark reality.

In the end, whether it’s captured by a shaky video or HD camera, a good story can resonate through any medium.

Sarah Lee is a senior magazine major.

Her column appears every Monday, and she can be reached at shlee10@syr.edu.

opportunity knocks

Welcome back to spring semester. It’s the time when you curse at the snow, avoid work for the first three weeks, live up the basketball season and curse at the snow again As the weeks go by and days get warmer, nearly every student has a preoccupying thought: summer plans.

Whether it’s a lack of experience or uncertainty in future professions, we all struggle with figuring out where to look for internships and career opportunities.

But fear not. The Daily Orange presents Opportunity Knocks, a compilation of advice, essential information and events you may want to know about. So relax because everything will fall into place better than you realize.

Mark your calendars for these upcoming opportunities, highlighted by the Syracuse University Career Center:

Guest Speaker: Lauren Berger, the Intern Queen Tuesday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Maxwell Auditorium

Lauren Berger, appropriately coined “the Intern Queen,” had 15 internships in college.

With experience working at FOX, MTV and NBC, Berger will undoubtedly have some interesting and constructive tips for all students.

Resumania

Wednesday, Feb. 2, Career Services — Suite 235 of the Schine Student Center Resumania gives students a chance to sit down with an employer representative and receive constructive criticism on resumes. It’s great preparation for the Spring Career Expo and an opportunity for one-on-one advice with successful employers.

Spring Career Expo

Thursday, Feb. 3, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Goldstein Auditorium of the Schine Student Center The Spring Career Expo allows all students of every major to connect and interact with top employers in a variety of fields. Employers will recruit students for full-time career and internship opportunities, according to SU Career Services.

Environmental Career Fair

Wednesday, Feb. 23, Moon Library — State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry The Environmental Career Fair is a joint effort between SU and ESF. Employers in the environmental industry will recruit full-time employees, interns and summer hires.

According to SU Career Services, there will also be plenty of career-advising sessions and events provided by ESF before the fair.

Community Connections

Friday, Feb. 25, Schine Student Center

For anyone interested in pursuing a career in government or nonprofit organizations, Community Connections is a great opportunity to meet with over 50 employers of both local and national organizations.

— Compiled by Amrita Mainthia, asst. feature editor, mainthia@syr.edu

nostalgia nook Old school dance moves No matter how hard I try, I can’t Dougie. Not even close. I should have that Cali swag in me (seeing as I’m from San Francisco), but I can’t do this party staple. Seriously, teach me how to Dougie.

But I know when I finally do master it, there will be a new dance to learn. It just may be the The Lonely Island’s “The Creep.” Current mainstream music comes as a packaged deal: a catchy song with a complex dance. Stanky leg, jerkin’, Dougie and the “Single Ladies” dance, just to name a few. Give me a break, my legs can’t move like that.

I miss the popular, simple dances anyone used to be able to do. Even if your capacity to dance consists of awkwardly nodding your head to the beat, attempting to break dance or somewhere in between, everyone managed the Cha Cha Slide.

“Slide to the left. Slide to the right. One hop, one hop.” Sometimes it even switched it up and had multiple hops. And if you somehow missed out on middle school dances or didn’t know any of the moves, the lyrics of the tune literally taught you. You never had to waste time looking for how-to videos on Youtube.

Yes, you risked looking like an idiot when you did the moves. But at least everyone was on the same boat. Now you risk being the odd one out because you’re the only person at the party who can’t Dougie. (Purely hypothetical, of course.)

Let’s bring back the good old dances that didn’t require much effort, mental or physical. The simplest, the one that accompanied “Get Low” by the Ying Yang Twins and Lil Jon. It can’t get much easier than pointing to the window and to the wall.

— Compiled by Colleen Bidwill, asst. feature editor, cabidwel@syr.edu

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SNOOKI LOSES J-WOWW’S DOGS

That plastic gate is clearly not strong enough for those two little hairballs. And Snooki’s definitely the one with the least common sense in the house. J-Woww obviously cares about her animals and probably knows better than to trust her dear Nicole with them. But one thing will lead to another, and the chances the door is left open and they escape are high and likely. But just imagine the chase down the streets of Seaside looking for them. Hopefully Snooki wears her sneaker slippers.

TURNS OUT THOSE RUMORS ABOUT DEENA ARE TRUE

Third season of ‘Jersey Shore’ provides typical antics, but viewers need more

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I mean, she says it herself — she’s a blast in a glass. And maybe she’s a blast in bed, too.

Deena and Dean’s fight at Karma was weak — no one cares enough about her or that budding relationship (we saw him once in the last episode, give us a break) to be enthralled with her drunken arguing. However, we keep watching because we need to know if that’s really the case. Deena struggled to tell The Situation the rumors weren’t true, and the fight with Dean was her saving face. Deena’s a dirty girl — let’s hope people don’t get their toothbrushes mixed up.

SAMMI LEAVES

It’s inevitable. And it needs to happen. The girl is delusional, and everyone — including Ronnie — knows it.

It may seem like rainbows and butterflies in the upstairs bedroom right now, but Sammi’s track record shows us she won’t be able to maintain this attitude.

Sure, we’re encouraged by her discussion with J-Woww. At first, it seems like things are finally going to smooth out.

But the show can’t sustain itself without this dramatic plotline. It’s not all harmonious at the shore.

Sammi is irrational and crazy, especially when drunk, as proven by the punch last episode. Her ability to overreact to the tiniest issues, combined with Ronnie’s borderline craziness, is the recipe for relationship disaster. You don’t punch a person and get back with him or her for good later that night. She’ll be gone within the next three episodes … finally.

ast week’s “Jersey Shore” episode will go down in history.

Juxtaposing Sammi’s drunk punch with Ryder’s birthday celebration (complete with dramatic background music) is sheer television genius. With an episode so strong — season-finale worthy — how will producers continue to beat up the beat so thoroughly for the rest of the season?

As much fun as it is, no one wants to watch episode after episode of clubbing at Karma and arguments at the Shore Store. Now at the height of its third season, the cast of “Jersey Shore” needs to step it up with even wilder antics.

Anything can happen at the shore. Ronnie said himself in the first season that he never thought he’d fall in love at Seaside Heights, Hyped on the previews, on visits to late-night talk shows and by the cast N.J. — which makes the future actions of our eight favorite guidos and members, the grenade whistle is already legendary. And The Situation’s guidettes even more exciting to guess. reaction to hearing its sound can never be topped.

Here are some predictions for how the show could possibly We all know The Situation is fine as long as the girl is DTF. But only the sound top itself once again: of the vuvuzela can cut through his drunken haze and make him realize what he’s about to

NOTHING WILL TOP THE INITIAL INTRODUCTION OF THE GRENADE WHISTLE

do. And his facial expression is some of the best TV we’ve seen on MTV in a long time.

Every other time they break out the whistle, it won’t be the same. It’s the same feeling you got as a child when you opened your new toys on Christmas morning. After playing with them once, the magical feeling just isn’t there. Or maybe the feeling you get as the Quad gets covered in snow. The magic is gone after a few … hours.

The grenade whistle will prove to be the most useful addition to the house this season (far more useful than Deena) but will not provide that magical feeling when it sounds again.

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BURGERS WILL BE MADE FOR THE BOYS

After a long day of G, T and L, they need nourishment. And that’s where the burgers come in. As evidenced by Ronnie’s masterful performance at the grill post-Karma, they have everything they need. And as we see at every Sunday dinner, food is a major part of the shore lifestyle.

Burgers for the boys have been absent too long into this season, and Pauly D can’t go on much longer without exclaiming it throughout the house. You can definitely “roger that” the next time they start to cook.

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Jensen’s speech motivates Syracuse, sparks team to victory

By Andrew Tredinnick Staff Writer

Luke Jensen knew his team needed motivating.

On a red-eye flight back from Maryland — after being swept 7-0 by the Terrapins on Saturday afternoon — the team morale had to be improved.

Until 2 a.m., Jensen, the Syracuse tennis syracuse 5 coach, used the plane trip as an opportunity georgetown 2 home to talk to the players both individually and collectively. With just nine hours to prepare, he wanted his players to understand the significance of Sunday’s game against Georgetown.

“One of the things I told my players this morning was that it’s not about how many wins you get,” Jensen said. “It’s how many times you get off the mat. You just got smoked, you just got embarrassed, so what are you going to do about it?”

Jensen’s words proved inspirational, and a day after being trounced by Maryland, the Orange (2-1, 1-0 Big East) defeated the Hoyas (0-2, 0-1) 5-2 in its Big East opener at Drumlins Tennis Center on Sunday. The game was the third match of the weekend for Syracuse. And Jensen’s pep talk kept the team from having a losing record after just one week of play after SU defeated Navy 6-1

on Friday.

Georgetown jumped out to an early lead, grabbing the doubles portion of play.

The No. 1 doubles pair of junior Emily Harman and freshman Maddie Kobelt failed to convert on match point leading to an 8-7 tiebreaker loss.

Sophomore Alessondra Parra and junior Simone Kalhorn lost 8-6 in the No. 2 doubles position, but the pairing of freshmen Aleah Marrow and Eva Raszkiewicz won 8-3 in No. 3 doubles.

Doubles play was an area Jensen felt played a pivotal role in SU’s loss to the Terrapins on Saturday, so the first stanza may have caused Jensen to worry that Sunday would be a repeat performance.

“We had that doubles point won yesterday, and Maryland took momentum, and they bageled us,” Jensen said. “In this case we had match point, all we had to do was play solid fundamental tennis, and our reactions were slow.”

Another brief intermission between doubles and singles matches enabled Jensen to motivate his players. He asked who was going to come up big for the team in the crucial moments.

“Our attitude was that we were going to go out and win every single match in singles play,” Kalhorn said. “We don’t like losing doubles points,

“It feels good. Especially after the loss yesterday — nobody won a match yesterday — and to come out here with a little bit of pressure on us to do well against our rival, it felt really good to get the win.”

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we practice playing doubles a ton, so I think that fired us up more to kick butt in singles.”

In the end, the entire Syracuse team took the message to heart, and SU would drop only four sets out of 14 en route to the victory.

With the Orange holding a 3-2 overall lead, Kobelt and Marrow were the final two players on the court for SU. Each notched victories in the third sets of their contests to put the match

out of reach.

Marrow put more emphasis on footwork and attitude after falling in her first set 4-6. She used a powerful serve to overcome the early deficit and cruise through the final two sets, 6-3, 6-0, in No. 4 singles.

“It feels good,” Marrow said. “Especially after the loss yesterday — nobody won a match yesterday — and to come out here with a little bit of pressure on us to do well against our rival, it felt really good to get the win.”

Given the quick turnaround, Syracuse could have very well been both physically and mentally drained. But Jensen’s words of encouragement pushed his team to a win in a close contest.

The young players were able to execute down the stretch, and the Orange turned another shaky start into a crucial conference victory. The deflating loss against Maryland may have been the perfect kickstart for the Orange to beat one of its biggest rivals.

“I think it was kind of like a reality check,” Kalhorn said. “We just walked in there and assumed that we were the better team. We were really motivated coming here on home court to really bring it today.” adtredin@syr.edu

Parra loses all 3 matches in 1st weekend as Orange’s No. 1 singles player

By Stephen Bailey Staff Writer

Alessondra Parra’s first match of the season went all wrong.

In her first weekend as Syracuse’s No. 1 singles player, she struggled against the top player on each opposing team. No longer facing the No. 2 or No. 3 player meant no longer winning, either.

Three matches. Three losses.

“The competition has gotten better,” Parra said. “As the top singles player, as opposed to being in the middle of the lineup, I expected that.”

Parra recorded 4-2 and 5-1 records at the No. 2 and No. 3 singles positions last season, going undefeated in Big East play. She dropped her season opener Friday to Navy’s Amanda Griffin 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-3). She couldn’t handle Maryland’s Jordaan Sanford on Saturday, falling 6-2, 6-4. And Sunday, Parra fell for the third consecutive match, this time to Georgetown’s Stephanie Wetmore, 6-4, 6-1.

Despite her losses, the Orange managed to win two of the three matches on the weekend.

And Parra is still adamant her confidence level is fine, even though she hasn’t won.

“I always go into the match thinking I’m the better player,” Parra said. “That really doesn’t matter who I’m playing against.”

Though she may be mentally prepared, the Vienna, Va., native has some work to do on the court. The rest of her teammates picked her up this weekend, dominating the lower-ranked matches against both Navy and Georgetown.

“I didn’t pull out any of the matches this weekend, but I really have to give a lot of credit to my team here,” Parra said.

If Parra wants to start winning matches against top-notch talent, SU head coach Luke Jensen said she needs to train harder, practice harder and compete harder.

“Right now she’s too inconsistent,” Jensen said. “She plays a good point, two bad points,

three good points, two bad points. It’s just all over the map. We’ll work on that though. We’ll get that better.”

Jensen and his team know that though these matches are important, the experience and training mean more than the actual victory. The team’s goal is to peak for championship season.

That is why Parra isn’t discouraged by her 0-3 start. Her teammate and doubles partner Simone Kalhorn has seen this first hand.

“She’s always fired up to play and a really good competitor,” Kalhorn said. “I can always count on her to be consistent with her attitude.”

Jensen is adamant about using Parra’s shaky first weekend as a learning opportunity. The coach taped her match with Wetmore on Sunday, and the pair plans to break down the film during the week.

Parra will need all the help she can get, as there will be no easy matches being the No. 1 singles player. Almost every team has at least one star player. Every singles match will be a challenge for Parra.

Parra also has the challenge of protecting her position on the squad.

“If I want to stay at No. 1, not only do I have to compete against my teammates to keep that position, but I need to look ahead and anticipate some tough competition,” Parra said. “Not just in the weeks ahead, but in Big East’s and NCAA’s.”

It’s ironic the teammates gunning for her spot are the same friends with whom she spends all her free time. But Parra also knows that to make a run in the Big East tournament, she can’t do it alone.

Both Parra and Jensen said that to win the tournament, they need all eight point-scorers to be at the top of their games.

The tail end of the lineup did its job this weekend, and SU managed to take two of three matches. Next weekend is a chance for Parra to do hers. Jensen knows she is up to the challenge.

“When I look at her overall performance

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Day after allegations surface, players back Hillsman after win over USF

By Michael Cohen Asst. Sports Editor

Quentin Hillsman’s players insisted their pregame preparation remained unchanged. That their coach’s demeanor was the same as always.

And amid swirling allegations of sexual harassment against their coach by former SU player Lynnae Lampkins, SU players insisted it was business as usual before the game.

“It’s been all around, but that wasn’t our focus,” Syracuse senior guard Erica Morrow said. “We understand, as a family, we need to stick together and play basketball. That’s our

main objective here.”

If ever there was a reason for the Orange to come out flat or have a lack of focus, this was it. But instead, SU came out flying Saturday in a 78-57 win over South Florida. Syracuse took care of business against the lowly Bulls, despite all of the negative attention surrounding its coach and program in the 24 hours prior to the game.

Right from the opening tip, the game belonged to the Orange. It opened the game on a 23-5 run that stunned the Bulls and shredded their 2-3 zone.

Syracuse hit 12 of its first 18 shots and showed no signs of being distracted or emotionally distraught.

“Coming out to a game like this and playing well and winning the basketball game really says a lot about our players and their attention to detail,” Hillsman said.

Asked if the allegations were a distraction, Hillsman said, “It wasn’t because the allegations are untrue.”

Hillsman’s words were backed up by the cut-throat mentality his team demonstrated Saturday. Syracuse trailed only once against USF, when the Bulls took a 3-2 lead. That advantage lasted for 1:13, and then it was all Orange.

After that 23-5 spurt, the lead never shrunk to less than 13. By consistently getting the ball into the high post, SU could easily dump the ball down low to sophomore center Kayla Alexander or junior forward Iasia Hemingway for easy layups.

The pair combined for 20 of Syracuse’s 45 first-half points. “(Coach) told us that since he’s been coaching, he hasn’t had that many wins against South Florida,” SU guard Carmen Tyson-Thomas said.

“So that sparked us up a little bit. We came out here ready to play.”

In his tenure with Syracuse, Hillsman had one career victory in five tries against South Florida prior to Saturday.

Putting the media buzz and uncertainty within the program aside, the players won by the team’s second-largest margin in Big East play this season.

Morrow stressed the unity of the team — calling it a basketball “family” — and said that in reality, the allegations have nothing to do with them. They are solely between Lampkins and Hillsman.

“We focus on basketball,” Morrow said.

“That situation is definitely — has nothing to do with us. What we’re here for is to play basketball games and win basketball games for Syracuse University.”

And as a result, the team put together an offensive performance Hillsman called “pretty close” to the best he’s seen all season.

Five players scored in double figures for the Orange, and the 78 points is a season high in Big East play.

Hillsman attributed the response to adversity to his players simply going out and playing basketball. Morrow and Tyson-Thomas didn’t deny they were hearing things throughout the days leading up to the game, but both of them firmly stated that once the game began, it was all about basketball.

“It’s always just basketball, guys,” Hillsman said. “Once the game starts, I have to coach the best I can coach, and they have to play the best they can play. So we just came to the floor to take

“We focus on basketball.

That situation is definitely — has nothing to do with us. What we’re here for is to play basketball games and win basketball games for Syracuse University.”

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care of business.”

In taking care of business, the Orange won its third straight Big East game. And in the end, Morrow said, it all came back to Hillsman. He didn’t change the way he acted toward the team and didn’t let the allegations affect him in any visible way.

His players support him, she said, and that led the team to a dominating win on the court.

“Coach is a tough guy,” she said. “We support him 100 percent. That’s what a family does. He definitely kept his intensity up.

“We came out and got a great win today.” mjcohe02@syr.edu

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Syracuse shreds South Florida zone defense in blowout victory

By Mark Cooper Asst. Sports Editor

Get the ball to the high post and reap the rewards. The key to victory for Syracuse on Saturday was that simple.

The high post has been the trademark of the Orange offense all season long. It’s the syracuse 78 central position of its halfoffense. And against south florida 57 court undersized teams like South Florida, going to the high post is nearly impossible to stop.

“It’s just so hard to know who guards who and who guards what,” SU guard Erica Morrow said.

“It just makes you make a decision, and whatever decision you make most of the time is wrong.”

Most of South Florida’s decisions Saturday were wrong, as the Orange shredded USF’s zone defense in a 78-57 win in front of 1,170 at the Carrier Dome. By getting the ball to the high post — to Iasia Hemingway or Carmen Tyson-Thomas most of the time — Syracuse (16-4, 4-3 Big East) created an inside-outside game that proved to be too much for a struggling USF (10-12, 1-7) team. The Orange shot 59 percent from the field in the first half and was led by the big games of

“They just have better interior players than we do. We’re defending Alexander and Hemingway with a 6-foot-1 kid. That’s being brutally honest.”

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frontcourt players Kayla Alexander (17 points) and Hemingway (12 points, nine rebounds).

The Orange scored 36 points in the paint to just 18 for the Bulls.

“They just have better interior players than we do,” USF head coach Jose Fernandez said.

“We’re defending Alexander and Hemingway with a 6-foot-1 kid. That’s being brutally honest.”

Fernandez tried switching up the defense from a straight zone to a combination of match-

up zone and man-to-man defense, putting his team’s off-guard on the high post. But though it stifled SU’s interior game, it opened up opportunities for Morrow.

With the defensive switch, Morrow was able to go up against her defender one on one. She could use screens to create her own shot or lob the ball inside. The senior finished with 13 points, one of five Syracuse players in double figures.

Fifteen of SU’s first 18 points were scored by Alexander or Hemingway. And the three that weren’t came off of a Hemingway pass out of the high post, leading to a Tyson-Thomas 3-pointer.

“I thought that we did a very good job of throwing the ball inside, and when they collapsed, getting the ball out to the perimeter,” SU head coach Quentin Hillsman said. “We made some wide open (shots) because they collapsed in our post.”

Syracuse went on a 21-2 run early in the first half, spurred by the play of Hemingway at the high post. By the time it was over, USF burned two timeouts and SU was up 23-5.

“We just continued to do our thing,” Hillsman said. “Throw the ball into the high post, get inside.”

The win is Syracuse’s third straight in the conference after a 1-3 start to Big East play.

The difference in the three wins has been Alexander’s play. The sophomore center has averaged 16 points and 7.3 rebounds during the win streak. Saturday, she was efficient again, making 6-of-9 from the field.

Going up primarily against USF’s 6-foot-2 center, Porche Grant, the 6-foot-4 Alexander was the focal point of the Orange offense.

“We were working it in, we were pounding it in,” Tyson-Thomas said.

In Syracuse’s win against Pittsburgh on Wednesday, the Panthers played zone for only three possessions. But those three possessions ended in eight points for SU — two 3-pointers and an inside bucket.

The story was the same against a Bulls defense that gives up the second-most points per game in the Big East in conference play. Syracuse’s inside trio of Alexander, Hemingway and Shakeya Leary combined to shoot 70 percent from the field (14-of-20).

The high percentage was a result of finding Alexander or Leary down low for layups. If USF decided to focus on the SU player in the low post,

ashli truchon | staff photographer erica morrow goes up for a shot in Syracuse’s 78-57 win over South Florida on Saturday. Morrow was 5-of-10 from the field for 13 points in the Orange’s win.

Hemingway was able to drive to the hoop from the high post for an easy layup.

The plan worked to perfection against a USF team lacking the personnel to combat it, leading to what Hillsman said is one of his team’s most complete performances of the season.

And Morrow agreed.

“Once you get into the flow of your offense, move the ball around, (the defense) gets caught out of position sometimes,” Morrow said.

“Because we emphasize so much every day to go to the high post, we know when teams are out of position and how to work it into the high post.” mcooperj@syr.edu

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Four-game slide brings out flaws in Orange, ruggedness of Big East

By Andrew L. John Staff Writer

MILWAUKEE — Buzz Williams offered up a suggestion as to why Syracuse went from winning its first 18 games to suddenly losing four consecutive Big East games.

“When was the last time Syracuse lost four games in a row?” the Marquette head coach said after the Golden Eagles’ 76-70 win over the Orange on Saturday. “Look it up, and then you will see how tough the (Big East) is.”

After Saturday’s loss, preceded by losses at Pittsburgh and against Villanova and Seton Hall, this is unfamiliar territory for any recent Syracuse squad. The four-game skid is as long as any losing streak under Jim Boeheim. In 35 years, no SU team has ever lost five in a row, which Syracuse now faces heading to Connecticut on Wednesday.

“We have to get back to the way we were playing earlier this season. We still feel like we can beat anybody. We just have to show it.”

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Despite its offseason departures, the Orange went 15-3 in the Big East and won its second outright regular-season title just a year ago.

Saturday’s loss moves SU to 5-4 on the season in Big East play, prompting Williams’ response.

“It’s just how volatile the league is,” Williams said. “This league gives you opportunity after opportunity after opportunity to prove yourself.”

With the league perhaps as strong as ever, SU snapping its three-game losing streak on the road was anything but easy. Especially against a Marquette squad known as the giant killers at home. The win was Marquette’s first against the Orange since joining the Big East in 2005. Another “first” could happen Wednesday,

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It’s a streak that now stands at four games after 18 consecutive wins. It comes after the secondbest opening to a season in program history. Four straight losses to four Big East opponents.

“The game came down to Butler making a forced 3 on the right-hand side,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said. “You’ve got to give him a lot of credit — it was the toughest shot of the game. And then he made a tough shot with the (shot) clock going out in the corner. That’s just the way it is. He made two great plays and that was the ball game.”

Despite being down the entire game, Syracuse battled back time and time again. Down 11 at the half, SU inched closer and evened the score down the stretch. Each time, SU was unable to hold onto any kind of advantage, as Marquette’s starters drained 6-of-12 attempts

unless SU is able to snap out of its current funk.

And though Williams’ comments cannot be dismissed, SU’s current trend shows symptoms of what could be a problem. After all, few teams have started their season so hot and gone on to sputter the way SU has of late.

“I don’t even think about it. I don’t think about it at all,” Boeheim said. “We don’t. We just get ready for the next game. That’s all we do.

And it’s stuff you guys can all write about and people can talk about.”

Though Boeheim doesn’t like to talk about it, it’s something that is clearly on the minds of some of his players. And it will likely continue until the Orange extinguishes what initially started as a small fire against Pittsburgh and has since evolved into something much bigger.

With each of its four consecutive losses, pressure mounts and confidence takes a hit. Players said Saturday that though they still believe they can beat anybody, each game is met with the challenge of facing a team that has seen the Orange struggle.

“I’m sure teams are getting confidence seeing us play and seeing us losing,” Brandon Triche said. “Teams are getting confidence and really think that they can beat us.”

Boeheim said Saturday that one key to getting back on track will be the play of his four veteran starters: Triche, Scoop Jardine, Kris Joseph and Rick Jackson. The four played well against Marquette, but it still wasn’t enough.

And with a game at No. 5 Connecticut looming, it won’t get any easier.

“It’s tough, every game is tough,” Boeheim said. “Everybody knows that. There are no easy games.”

Against Marquette, a recurring problem reared its ugly head. SU’s vaunted 2-3 zone has suddenly become a liability, with teams exploiting it inside and out. Syracuse shot 57 percent from the field Saturday and still lost.

“We have to get back to the way we were playing earlier this season,” Triche said. “We still feel like we can beat anybody. We just have to show it.”

Until that happens, it’s anybody’s guess when SU will right the ship. With all eyes now on the Orange, the pressure continues to mount.

from beyond the arc.

That was no surprise. Coming into the game, Marquette’s four leading scorers were shooting 40 percent from beyond the arc. What was surprising, though, was the occasional wide-open looks the Golden Eagles were consistently finding. That, and how easily Marquette was able to get to the line when the outside shot wasn’t open.

“Once again, we got off to a slow start and spent the entire game trying to come back,” SU guard Brandon Triche said. “Second half, we played like we did when we were winning. But we had to dig ourselves out.”

Marquette started the game on a 10-3 run and went into halftime with an 11-point lead.

But in spite of the slow start, Syracuse refused to go away. After some light criticism following a 22-point blowout loss to Seton Hall Tuesday, starters Triche, Scoop Jardine, Kris Joseph and Rick Jackson led the way for the Orange. Joseph and Jardine got into a shooting rhythm and Jackson took what the defense gave him when

courtesy of benny sieu | the milwaukee journal sentinel scoop jardine (11) gets rejected on a layup attempt during SU’s 76-70 loss to Marquette Saturday. Despite shooting 57.1 percent, SU lost its fourth straight contest.

And while the kinks continue to get worked out, as Williams said, there will be plenty of opportunities for the Orange to prove itself against some of the top teams in the country.

“We just have to keep battling,” Jardine said.

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“You’ve got to give him a lot of credit — it was the toughest shot of the game. And then he made a tough shot with the (shot) clock going out in the corner. That’s just the way it is. He made two great plays, and that was the ball game.”

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he wasn’t being double-teamed.

At times in the second half, Syracuse appeared to be able to get whatever it wanted offensively. Syracuse shot an astounding 57 percent from the field (28-of-49), prompting Boeheim to say that the Orange played as well offensively as it had all season.

“The first half, we weren’t defending,” Boeheim said. “The passes were getting by us too much. … In the second half, we put both together.”

Still, the Orange couldn’t make a stop consistently ― sometimes allowing Marquette to fire away uncontested from the outside. Yet after trailing most of the game, SU eventually tied the game at 66-66.

But Butler struck the deathblow. The shot that Boeheim said was the toughest of the game sent his Orange to its fourth consecutive defeat.

Said Butler: “I just rose up and knocked it down.” aljohn@syr.edu

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Waiters, Southerland remain on bench for entire game Saturday

By Andrew L. John STAFF WRITER

MILWAUKEE — Noticeably absent from Syracuse’s 76-70 loss to Marquette were reserves Dion Waiters and James Southerland. Both players traveled with the team to Milwaukee, but for the first time since Big East play began, neither made it off his seat on the bench.

It was evident from the beginning that Waiters would not get onto the court Saturday.

Instead of wearing warm-up gear and a jersey, Waiters was the only SU player wearing an orange T-shirt with a pair of shorts during pregame warm-ups.

Rumors swirled during the week that Boeheim suspended Waiters for the Marquette game. They came after Waiters appeared to curse at the SU head coach during the Orange’s 22-point loss to Seton Hall last Tuesday.

Following the game, when asked if there was a particular reason why Waiters didn’t play, Boeheim fired back without hesitation and said it wasn’t disciplinary. Boeheim said it was simply basketball related.

“Yeah, he’s shooting 30 percent from the field, 30 percent from the 3-point line and not playing good defense,” Boeheim said. “Other than that, I can’t think of any.”

Both Waiters and Southerland have played a vital role off the bench for the Orange most of the season, so their exclusions from the game were particularly puzzling. Though both players have struggled as of late, they practiced with the team Thursday.

Waiters played only 14 scoreless minutes against Seton Hall last Tuesday, and Southerland scored four points in 19 minutes against the Pirates. Without them, Boeheim played seven players for more than five minutes Saturday against Marquette.

Without Southerland and Waiters, SU’s starters were forced to shoulder a heavier load than usual. The depth that developed in the early

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day, after tinkering with the lineup, SU head coach Jim Boeheim returned to the lineup that led SU to an 18-0 start.

Melo scored two points and grabbed two boards against Marquette. He was backed up by fellow freshman Baye Moussa Keita, who chipped in four points, seven rebounds and a pair of blocked shots before fouling out.

“I thought Fab tried and did some good things, and Baye was good,” Boeheim said.

“They’re just still learning. … They’ll learn, they’ll get better. We’ve just got to be patient with them.”

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portion of the season disappeared.

SU’s veteran core of Scoop Jardine, Brandon Triche, Kris Joseph and Rick Jackson each played at least 33 minutes. And the minutes caught up with the Orange as it tried to mount a comeback.

“With guys up 11 at halftime,” SU guard Triche said, “it’s just so much tougher to come back and spend that extra energy. And there’s that much pressure just to come back.”

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The current number of losses in a row for a Syracuse team that started 18-0. SU has never gone on a fi ve-game losing streak in Jim Boeheim’s 35 years as head coach.

courtesy of benny sieu | the milwaukee journal sentinel BAYE MOUSSA KEITA (MIDDLE) fights for the ball with Marquette’s Jae Crowder and Dwight Buycks. Moussa Keita had four points and seven rebounds in Syracuse’s loss.

SU’s primary issues defensively had to do with allowing Marquette players inside the lane. Early on, that is how the Golden Eagles cracked the Orange’s defense and got out to an early lead. Marquette’s 6-foot-6 forward Jae Crowder carved up the pair in the middle, scoring most of his game-high 25 points inside the middle of SU’s 2-3 zone.

Despite that, Melo and Moussa Keita played a combined 32 minutes — the most they have during SU’s four-game losing streak. And the pair will likely have to continue getting better for Syracuse to stay afloat in the tough

Big East.

After all, the center position has been the key weakness among the five positions for SU so far this season.

“Our big guys in the middle, they’re learning, they’re trying to get better,” Boeheim said. “But a lot of that stuff inside that Crowder got was the center’s responsibility.

They’re still learning the position, how to play it. It’s been a struggle for them. They’re getting better. They will get better. I’m just not sure it will be soon enough.” aljohn@syr.edu

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“Once again, we got off to a slow start and spent the entire game trying to come back. Second half, we played like we did when we were winning.

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Butler picked the right time to make both of his 3-point attempts in Marquette’s win. He hit two clutch shots from beyond the arc in the last 4:05 to help the Golden Eagles close the game out late. That included the tie-breaking 3 with 1:53 remaining.

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With the shot clock winding down, Marquette’s Darius Johnson-Odom hits a long 3-pointer with a hand in his face. The shot gave the Golden Eagles a 72-66 lead, and the Orange couldn’t mount one final comeback.

Melo, the embattled Orange’s freshman center, played 14 minutes in SU’s loss, the most minutes he has seen since Jan. 15 against Cincinnati. He only contributed two points and two rebounds while picking up four fouls.

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Pittsburgh and Marquette.

Boeheim brought up the names of Wes Johnson, Andy Rautins and Arinze Onuaku after the loss to Seton Hall inside the Dome last Tuesday. He reminded everybody at his postgame press conference that those players aren’t here anymore. It’s going to have to be these players, the players who have seen the highest of highs and the lowest of lows in one season, to bring Syracuse out of its current losing skid.

For Syracuse, getting to that next game has to be both motivational and daunting at the same time. Inspiring yet filled with pressure. This is nothing any Syracuse team or player has ever faced.

“We just have to get back to the way we were playing at the beginning of the year,” Syracuse shooting guard Brandon Triche said.

Until the Orange breaks out of its current losing streak, questions will remain about the fortitude and resiliency of this year’s squad, as well as its legitimacy among college basketball’s elite. And after dropping its fourth in a row, those are fair criticisms at this juncture.

There’s little doubt the overall talent and experience is there to turn things around.

But of all the feats Boeheim-led squads have overcome, this has to be somewhere at the top of the list. It speaks to the challenge the Orange faces from here on out.

And as Syracuse continues down murderer’s row in the Big East, this team’s true identity will finally be revealed. Will this team be remembered as the one that choked away a special opportunity or the one that turned things around and made a late run?

This Orange squad is talented enough that it could reel off a few victories, and few would flinch. But stretching this losing streak any longer would continue to send Boeheim’s squad into a downward spiral.

“We still feel we can beat anybody,” Triche said. “I think it’s pride. When you lose anytime, it’s going to hurt your pride a little bit, but we’re still confident we can win every game.”

Until further evidence, questions about this team and its vulnerability will persist.

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Ice hockey snaps 7-game road losing streak in win The Syracuse ice hockey team snapped a seven-game road winless streak Saturday with a 3-1 victory over Wayne State. The Orange also tied the Warriors 1-1 on Friday.

Syracuse (11-13-4, 5-4-1 College Hockey America) and Wayne State (8-15-1, 1-8-1) both failed to score in the first two periods Friday despite plenty of opportunities. WSU outshot the Orange 10-1 in the first period, during which SU had four power-play opportunities but could not capitalize. SU had four power plays of its own in

the second period but couldn’t convert any of its 19 shots.

Wayne State finally scored about two minutes into the third period, but Syracuse tied the score less than three minutes later on a goal by sophomore Isabel Menard.

SU outshot WSU 5-0 in overtime but couldn’t break the tie.

Syracuse finally broke out of its slump in the second period Saturday. Senior Ashley Cockell scored on a power play a little more

than seven minutes into the period. Senior Stefanie Marty added to the lead with a goal less than a minute later.

Wayne State cut the lead to one with less than four minutes left in the game, but Menard recorded an empty-net goal with less than a minute remaining to secure the win.

The Orange is off this coming weekend before taking on No. 4 Mercyhurst at home Feb. 11 and 12.

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According to Lampkins, Gary stated in the complaint: “The evidence substantiates a deliberate circumvention and thus violation of Title IX regulations by the university.

This was achieved by not utilizing the codified grievance procedures of the university to investigate matters of sexual harassment as mandated by said law.”

SU’s Sexual Harassment Prevention Policy states, “Syracuse University defines sexual harassment as unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature that relates to the gender or sexual identity of an individual and that has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating or hostile environment for study, work or social living.”

Hillsman denied the allegations Friday in a statement released by the university. He was back on the sidelines coaching the Orange on Saturday in the Carrier Dome against South Florida. In his postgame press conference, he echoed the sentiments of his previous statement when he was asked if the allegations were a distraction during the game.

“It wasn’t because the allegations are untrue,” Hillsman said. “They’re very hurtful to my family, to our players and to this university.”

Quinn responded Sunday night to Lampkins’ specific allegation of Hillsman taking her into the Dome locker room.

“This accusation is untrue,” Quinn said in a statement provided to The Daily Orange.

“There is no ‘men’s locker room’ at the Carrier Dome during home women’s games. The area in question is used as the home coaches’

office. All staff, male and female, have access, it is active during games and the lights are always on. Also, it is normal for coaches from all sports to ask players to sign forms, paperwork, etc. throughout the year.”

Hillsman addressed the inappropriate text message Lampkins accused him of sending through a statement Friday.

“I utilize text messaging to communicate with our players and staff,” Hillsman said, “and the text in question was sent to multiple players and reflects my sentiments about the team, not a specific player. If you know me, you know that I am very enthusiastic about the game of basketball and our players. I regret if my enthusiasm was misinterpreted.”

The opening of the investigation does not imply that the Office of Civil Rights has made a determination on the merits of the case, Bradshaw said. He added the office will “collect and analyze all relevant evidence from the parties involved to develop its findings.”

In addition to her sexual harassment claim, Lampkins also cited other instances of discomfort that were contained within the complaint.

“In the women’s basketball program there were instances in addition to the sexual harassment, of mental, physical and emotional abuse which were contained in the complaint that was filed with the university,” she wrote in the e-mail.

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Lampkins wrote in an e-mail to The Daily Orange.

Department of Education spokesman Jim Bradshaw confirmed Friday the office is investigating SU. “The complaint is currently under investigation,” Bradshaw wrote in an e-mail to The Daily Orange.

SU Senior Vice President for Public Affairs Kevin Quinn told The Daily Orange on Friday that the university “did a full investigation” and there was “no basis for the allegation against Coach Hillsman.” The complaint was filed last summer, he said. In a statement, Quinn said SU used “outside counsel” for the investigation, but at this time he had no comment on who had been hired for that outside counsel and how much the university paid for the service.

The Department of Education received the complaint on Dec. 9, according to Bradshaw’s e-mail. The complaint was filed after Lampkins and her father, Gary Lampkins, determined a complaint they previously filed to SU did not result in a fair investigation, according to Lampkins’ e-mail.

“My father’s position was and is that the filing of the Dept. of Ed. complaint was necessary since the university did not conduct an unbiased investigation,” Lampkins wrote in the e-mail.

Andrew L. John is a staff writer at The Daily Orange, where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at aljohn@syr.edu.

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mjcohe02@ syr.edu bplogiur@ syr.edu — Managing Editor Kathleen Ronayne contributed reporting to this article.

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SU falls at Marquette to extend losing streak to 4

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ILWAUKEE — All Syracuse could do was watch Jimmy Butler fire away and hope for the best.

Hands in his face or not, Marquette’s senior forward wasn’t missing when it counted the most.

With the shot clock winding down and the score tied late, Butler drilled a huge 3-pointer from right in front of the Marquette bench. The shot was part one of two lategame dagger 3-pointers, and the Bradley Center crowd erupted.

“The first one was big,” Marquette head coach Buzz Williams said. “We ran the play with six seconds left (on the shot clock) and you can’t get a better look. You just hope it goes in.”

Each time Syracuse came knocking on the door Saturday, Marquette answered the call. Though the Orange kept fighting back, it couldn’t fight back from the Golden Eagles’ pair of clutch 3-pointers.

After Butler’s 3 with just fewer than two minutes remaining, the Marquette’s sparkplug Darius JohnsonOdom followed with one of his own on the ensuing possession, giving Marquette (14-8, 5-4 Big East) a six-point advantage. And four clutch free throws sealed Marquette’s 76-70 victory over the Orange (18-4, 5-4) in front of 19,032 inside the Bradley Center Saturday. In the closing seconds, after such an intense effort forging a comeback, reality sank in that SU’s losing streak would continue.

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Difference in streak 18-game 4-game winning streak losing streak

courtesy of benny sieu | the milwaukee journal sentinel Darius johnson-odom (1) pumps his fist as Brandon Triche looks on in Marquette’s 76-70 victory over Syracuse on Saturday in Milwaukee. Johnson-Odom hit a 3-pointer with 1:02 left in the game to seal the win for the Golden Eagles.

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Syracuse faces gut-check time after drastic turnaround to season

ILWAUKEE — It’s not often a college basketball team makes it through 18 games of its season before suddenly coming to the realization that it’s not invincible. But for Syracuse, that’s the current reality.

For a team that was, just two weeks ago, ranked as high as No. 3 in the nation and had Final Four aspirations, Syracuse now faces a reality check after continuing its losing streak Saturday against Marquette. And though

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goin’ hog wild many are surprised by SU’s sudden dropoff, its latest loss was the most recent reminder of the vulnerability that has been there all along.

The situation the Orange finds itself in is especially unique. No Syracuse team has started so hot and subsequently went so cold this quickly. Only three other Jim Boeheim-coached teams have ever suffered a four-game losing streak in 35 years. Recalling the last time a team won 18 consecutives games and followed that by losing four is nearly as impossible as the act itself.

That doesn’t mean there weren’t signs of a potential collapse there all

along. Syracuse struggled to put away the likes of Detroit and William & Mary inside the Carrier Dome earlier in the year. This prompted SU head coach Boeheim to call his team “overrated.” And a big win over then-No. 7 Michigan State on Dec. 8 at Madison Square Garden was cast aside when the Spartans fell outside the Top 25.

“We’ve flat-out struggled,” Boeheim said following the win over MSU. “This team has struggled probably more than any team I can

remember. Through the first eight games, I don’t think I can remember a team that has struggled as much as this team has struggled.”

And yet, the Orange continued to reel off win after win. But that vulnerability was always there. It was easy to ignore when the Orange beat then-No. 15 Notre Dame handily inside the Dome, but SU didn’t face anybody in a particularly tough road setting like it eventually faced at see john page 18