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Buck that Students across campus,

Faculty affairs University Senate members acted

Positive changes An APO event celebrates

Bitter end Saturday’s loss to Ohio State

rashly in their decision to pass changes to the inappropriate faculty conduct policy. Page 5

Marshall Street and Ackerman Avenue reflect on and react to SU’s NCAA loss. Page 3

a fraternity whose focus is bettering the community. Page 9

provides a disappointing end to Scoop Jardine and Kris Joseph’s Syracuse careers. Page 20

Officials await toxicology report after student’s death

By Marwa Eltagouri and Liz Sawyer THE DAILY ORANGE

Police are awaiting a toxicology report for a Syracuse University student found dead on the first floor of DellPlain Hall at approximately 4:30 p.m. Friday.

Chancellor Nancy Cantor sent an email to students on Friday evening identifying the student as Courtenay Nash, a freshman economics major from McLean, Va. Cantor said

Nash died unexpectedly, but did not provide further detail.

“Our hearts are with Courtenay’s family, friends near and far, and all members of the SU community whose lives she touched,” Cantor said in the email.

Police do not believe the death is criminal in nature, Syracuse Police Department spokesman Sgt. Tom Connellan said.

“We are still very early on in our investigation, but there is no concern

for public safety here at the university,” he said at a press conference Friday.

At least seven emergency vehicles were at the scene in front of the residence hall off University Avenue. Students said police told them they were not permitted on the first floor but could access all other floors of the residence hall.

Students inside the residence hall were questioned by DPS officers for more information.

Connellan denied media the opportunity to ask any additional questions Friday.

Department of Public Safety Chief Tony Callisto said at the press conference the death is a tragedy for the university community.

“Our hearts go out to the families,” he said. “We will provide any further information that we can as soon as we get it.”

The university will not be making any additional statements

out of respect for the family, Erin Kane, associate vice president for public relations at SU, said in an email Friday. The Counseling Center, Hendricks Chapel, and the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program are available to help students, faculty and staff through the grieving process. meltagou@syr.edu egsawyer@syr.edu —Asst. Copy Editor Maddy Berner contributed reporting to this article.

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Four artists to headline MayFest

By Amrita Mainthia NEW MEDIA EDITOR

University Union plans to bring four artists to Walnut Park this year as part of Syracuse University’s third annual MayFest celebration. Officials announced each artist, from order of performance, Sunday via Twitter starting at 8 p.m. and released each next artist in 30-minute intervals.

Act No. 1: Aer, a Massachusetts-duo featuring David von Mering and Carter Schultz

hanging off the plastic snaps.

The Buckeyes’ run continues to New Orleans for the Final Four. But Syracuse’s dream ended in Boston.

Though it was a close game that at times in the second half was within one possession, the Orange trailed for the final 18:16. Syracuse threatened Ohio State’s lead, melting a

Genres: Reggae, acoustic pop, indie rock and rap Claim to fame: The duo’s first EP, “What You Need,” performed well on the iTunes Hip-Hop Chart. Its song “Feel I Bring” was listed in the “New and Noteworthy” section of the iTunes reggae page. Aer will also perform at this year’s Bamboozle Music Festival.

Why they’re coming: “We found Aer through iTunes,” said Chloe Slade, co-director of UU’s MayFest Committee. “After we saw their presence on iTunes we started watching their YouTube videos and checked out their fan base. We heard that people in the SU commu-

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SU’s dream season ends with loss in Elite Eight

By Mark Cooper SPORTS EDITOR

BOSTON — Half a hallway separated the dichotomy. A short walk provided the distance between two entrances, one of unreached goals and another of still-achievable dreams.

Past the first entrance, the Syracuse locker room, was silence. Dead silence. Dion Waiters sat with a towel

over his head, avoiding the media at all costs. A sobbing Scoop Jardine hugged C.J. Fair as Jardine attempted to come to grips with the conclusion of his Orange career.

Kris Joseph spoke with sniffles in between sentences.

“I just can’t believe it’s over,” he said.

Further down the hall, past the

second doorway, was exultation. The Ohio State locker room was euphoric, filled with East Regional championship paraphernalia and smiles abound. Lenzelle Smith Jr., stitches above his right eye, said he was in pain, but his wide grin showed no agony. Deshaun Thomas wore his championship hat backward with a piece of the recently clipped net

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Fans, students react to SU loss at residence halls, Marshall Street, Ackerman Avenue alyssa stone | staff photographer MERAV SAVIR , a fall 2011 graduate, closely watches the SU men’s basketball team take on Ohio State on Saturday night at Chuck’s Cafe on Marshall Street. The Orange lost to the Buckeyes 77-70 during the Elite Eight round, ending SU’s run in the NCAA Tournament.

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Cabinet members discuss school policies

By Dylan Segelbaum STAFF WRITER

Academic integrity, student transportation to the NCAA Tournament and medical amnesty were discussed by committee leaders at the Student Association’s cabinet meeting held Friday.

The meeting began with a short presentation by Gary Pavela, director of Syracuse University’s Academic Integrity Office. Cabinet meetings are held every Friday in the SA office

located in the Schine Student Center at 4 p.m.

During his presentation, Pavela advocated student leaders having greater authority in the ruling of academic integrity violations. Two years ago, a clause in SU policy that prohibited the involvement of students entirely in hearings was unanimously removed, he said.

This is something that produces lower rates of cheating, and research from Duke University and the Mas-

sachusetts Institute of Technology supports this, Pavela said.

“There’s a sense among the student peer groups that it’s not appropriate,” Pavela said. “If anything, more students would be held accountable with stronger penalties, the more students we have on the board. People don’t believe that. But that’s the way it works.”

He discussed how the administrator versus student approach is

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Event inspires women of color to embrace culture

By Kathleen Lees STAFF WRITER

Entering a field where very few women tread, Beverly Bond admitted to being a lifelong introvert.

“It took some time to find my voice in social justice work,” she said.

As the 2012 national honoree and keynote speaker at the 22nd annual Tribute to the African-American Woman, Bond said she saw a challenge to stand up for women of color.

She said she gained the courage to speak up for others when she recognized Tupac using his own voice to

stand up for black women in the song “Keep Ya Head Up.” “The need for me to speak became bigger than my fear,” said Bond, who recently celebrated her 12th anniversary in the music industry.

Bond, a premier disc jockey and founder of Black Girls Rock! Inc., a nonprofit youth empowerment mentoring organization for black girls ages 12 to 17, spoke Sunday in the Panasci Lounge in the Schine Student Center.

The event, hosted by Syracuse University’s chapter of the National Association of Negro Business and

Professional Women’s Clubs Inc., celebrated women of color by sharing their stories and embracing their culture through the theme “beautiful through our own stories.”

Members of the club, award honorees, faculty and students attended the event, attracting approximately 40 people.

DeVonna Johnson, the vice president of the SU chapter of the club, said she was excited to attend the event.

“Beverly is really a pioneer,” Johnson said. “She’s a celebrity and a

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ith 12 people crammed into a small lounge on the third floor of Brewster Hall, TJ Pruden had to guard his chair.

“Don’t you dare steal my seat!” he shouted to one of his friends, who was trying to move around the crowded room.

Pruden, a freshman mechanical engineering major, spent all season making sure he had a good seat for Syracuse basketball games. He camped out for the Georgetown game and managed to a snag front-row seat and camera time.

During halftime of the SyracuseOhio State game in the Elite Eight on Saturday, Pruden said he was optimistic about the team’s chances and thought Syracuse could make the Final Four.

“I think we’re deep enough to win.

I think they might run out of steam,” he said. “It’s going to be a really exciting second half.”

Across campus in the first-floor lounge of Haven Hall, students were watching the game with bated breath, seated in four rows of couches. There was no sound except for the occasional cheer or moan in response to the action playing out on the screen.

Ten minutes into the second half, OSU had still not run out of steam.

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Forum to discuss Trayvon Martin shooting, Kony 2012 viral video

By Dylan Segelbaum STAFF WRITER

After the viral success of the Kony 2012 video and the shooting of Trayvon Martin, Syracuse University will hold an educational forum Monday to address the particulars of each issue.

The event, “Abroad & In Your Backyard: Kony 2012 and Modern Day Lynching,” will be held at 5:15 p.m. in Watson Theater. It is co-sponsored by the Africa Initiative, the Department of African-American Studies and the African Student Union.

The event is part of a longstanding SU tradition, and similar forums have been held in the past on topics such as the war in Iraq, said Horace Campbell, a professor of African-American studies and chairperson of the event.

“Teach-ins are part of the intellec-

Abroad & In Your Backyard: Kony 2012 and modern day lynching

An educational forumn discussion the viral success of the Kony video.

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tual history of Syracuse over the past 40 years,” he said in an email.

The goal of the forum is to educate students on the situation in Uganda and the surrounding region, he said.

Campbell said the event can enrich the entire SU community and noted that students in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, in particular, have the ability to strengthen their skills in media literacy by attending.

“Kony 2012,” a video produced by the nonprofit organization Invisible Children, became viral in early March and secured nearly 85 million views through social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter, according to a March 22 CNN article.

The video advocates volunteers to make Joseph Kony — a Ugandan warlord in charge of the atrocitycommitting Lord’s Resistance Army — “famous” to draw attention to the issue. The video was scrutinized by many for its oversimplification of the problem and the questionable solutions it raises, according to the article.

“Part of the issue is who is this group and are they really helping the

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University must find ways to provide resources to international students At this historical moment universities are facing the challenges and the rewards of preparing students to live and work in a complex, highly interactive and technologically mediated world, where we are often on the move — in transit, out of place — as students abroad, as tourists, as immigrants, as soldiers, as professionals. A world where the urgent issues like environmental degradation, poverty and disease travel across borders and require many perspectives and many voices to address them productively.

Courses offer more and more comparative knowledge and research. The Transnationalizing LGBT Studies initiative, for example, invites teachers and students alike to analyze how sexualities and genders are defined, understood and performed in different historical contexts to recognize alternative constructs and to excavate their own assumptions.

There is much to know (lesson of things) and

LET TER TO THE EDITOR much to make sense of (lesson of grammar).

And the presence of international students on campus and in our courses provides an immediate and engaged opportunity to enhance our global learning, to learn more about other lives, other political and social systems, and to connect across differences and through surprising connections.

So yes, we need to provide resources to support those international students so they succeed here, and we also need to find imaginative ways in our curriculum and pedagogy to bring forward the knowledge, perspectives and histories these students bring to us.

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University Senate members acted rashly in passing policy University Senate members passed changes to the faculty policy on inappropriate conduct Wednesday, though many members expressed confusion about the language in the policy.

Members from the Ad Hoc Committee on Inappropriate Faculty Conduct presented their final report, which was passed at the same meeting. The committee has worked to replace several sections of the policy since forming in 2007.

But 2007 was not the first time concerns about Syracuse University’s faculty conduct policy surfaced. In 2005, members of the Committee on Academic Freedom, Tenure and Professional Ethics expressed dissatisfaction with the policies. SU’s policy was outdated and wasn’t congruent with policies at other universities.

Although it is good the university brought up the faculty policies, it was inappropriate for members to vote on a policy they did not fully understand.

The policy directly applies to faculty members. Those voting for or against the policy must understand the implica-

EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board tions of the decisions they are making.

Corinne Smith, the member of ad hoc committee who presented the final report, did not want to table the voting for a month. Smith said the information about the policy changes has been online in some form for seven years and that it was time to make a decision.

She did,say the policy should be open to revision in the future if problems arise.

The university waited and deliberated seven whole years to present a final report on the policy changes. Waiting one more month before members vote on a policy would not have hurt. An additional month would allow questions about the document’s language to be clarified for members who need it.

It is disappointing members voted down the motion to table the vote.

As the policy moves forward, faculty members must continue to question the language of the policy if they are not clear on what certain parts mean.

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Presidential hopefuls unfairly criticize Obama for rising gas prices

s gas prices creep to $4 per gallon around Syracuse, and in some areas around the country even higher, the Republican presidential candidates have decided to use gas prices to attack President Barack Obama. Though Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are trying to persuade voters that they are the most conservative, their attacks are anything but.

For the past few weeks, the candidates have used rising gas prices to appeal to voters’ feelings of uneasiness about the economy. Some believe the price of filling up their cars is a valid way to gauge the economy.

But the importance of gas prices has been exaggerated. Santorum went as far as to say, “We went into a recession in 2008 because of gasoline prices.”

While most economists would disagree,

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he continues to gain supporters.

One of the candidates who has dramatically supported criticizing the president is Newt Gingrich. About a month ago, he began campaigning on $2.50 per gallon gas. He argues if domestic energy production were encouraged, the United States would be better off.

Another viewpoint that some conservatives believe is that Obama wants higher gas prices. Gingrich subscribes to this. “This president and his secretary of anti-energy, Dr. Chu, have as a goal getting us to pay European-level prices of $8 or $9,” he told ABC News.

Romney also thinks Obama wants high gas prices and proved this when he said, “There’s no question but when he ran for office, he said he wanted to see gasoline prices go up.”

But Chu sees gas use as an oppor-

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to the left, to the left tunity to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. “America has reached a crossroads and members of Congress have a big decision to make: We can play to win in the clean-energy race — investing in America’s workers, industries, and innovations — or we can wave the white flag and cede leadership to other countries that are investing in these industries,” he said.

True conservatives would not be criticizing Obama on this point. Hold-

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ing the president as responsible for gas prices is, in itself, supportive of a more involved federal government. Conservatives prefer the free market remain untouched, without intervention of the president. Perhaps with less regulation and increased competition, prices would somehow become lower.

The president micromanaging every economic problem was not what was intended for the office. Congress would be better equipped to deal with this.

Many who identify with Romney and other Republican candidates also forget the United States’ gas is quite cheap when compared to other countries. In Amsterdam, the average price is $6.48. In Frankfurt, Germany, the average price is $5.57. Some of this is the result of higher taxes placed on gas. Drivers contribute more directly

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to road maintenance. Owners of inefficient cars pay more in return for causing more environmental damage In many of these countries, a sophisticated public transportation system has eliminated the need for a car. Gas prices may be high, but cars and air travel are unnecessary. Unfortunately, the United States will be slow to catch on to modernizing its system.

If Santorum and Romney, along with other GOP candidates, continue attacking Obama for not doing more to reduce gas prices, they expose themselves for what they really are — actors trying to appear conservative. Unfortunately, their acting is not up to par.

Harmen Rockler is a junior newspaper journalism and political science major.

His column appears every Monday. He can be reached at horockle@syr.edu.

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ineffective in combating this issue. Academic integrity should not be an adversarial affair, Pavela said. It affects all members of the SU community, who have a mutual interest in curtailing the problem.

“Academic integrity is not a faculty problem. It’s not an administrator’s problem. It’s all of our problem,” he said.

Other provisions, such as an annual report on academic integrity by SA to administrators could also help, Pavela said.

But most importantly, students should be more informed on policy to preclude violations before they occur.

“We have very little interest in dragging somebody through a hearing. We have very little interest in punishing them,” Pavela said.

“That’s not the business we’re in. We’re in the

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SA members suspect the bus to Boston for SU’s game against Wisconsin was not successful due to the high ticket prices.

Tickets to the games in Boston were 38 percent more expensive than the next most expensive Sweet 16 location, in Phoenix, Ariz.

All-session tickets for the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games in Boston, Phoenix, St. Louis and Atlanta averaged $367.

The average price for a ticket to the Elite Eight in Boston, $315, was almost as expensive as the average price for an entire all-session strip in Atlanta, which cost $330.

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Krysta Kirby was sitting in the front row of couches. The freshman biology major said she is used to nail-biting SU basketball games. She is from the Syracuse area and said she has been a fan for most of her life.

“I just love the way they play,” Kirby said.

“They play so hard.”

On the screen, Syracuse managed to come within four points of OSU, close enough to give Kirby hope the Orange could win.

“I think we can win,” she said. “We just have to keep playing our game.”

But Syracuse didn’t keep playing its game.

As the buzzer sounded to end the team’s season, Katie Zeppetelli and her friends sat in the eighthfloor lounge of Sadler Hall in stunned silence.

“I really thought we were going to catch up at one point, and then the last minute I was like, ‘Uh oh, this is not going to go well,’” she said.

Zeppetelli, a freshman education major, said she never expected Syracuse to get this far.

“This year, I wasn’t expecting to do this well.

And then we started winning a lot, and we were undefeated,” she said, trailing off.

“We were so close.”

••• One minute to go. The crowd outside Chuck’s Cafe tries to peer into the window at the screen at the front of the bar. Faegan’s Cafe & Pub is filled with fans wearing orange, drinks in hand, eyes glued to multiple screens. At Varsity, both Syracuse locals and students take over every table.

The final seconds count down. In Varsity, no one jumps up, no one screams. People begin to leave before the end of the game. The Syracuse Orange loses to the Ohio State Buckeyes 77-70.

By 9:45 p.m., Marshall Street returned to its normal late-night routine, but with an atmosphere of disappointment.

After watching Saturday night’s loss to OSU,

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prevention business.”

Later in the meeting, the chairs of various committees reported on initiatives they are working on. Student transportation to the Orange’s NCAA Tournament games, medical amnesty and provisions like a voter registration drive were briefly discussed.

PJ Alampi, chair of the Student Life Committee, said the bus to Boston for SU’s game against Wisconsin was unfortunately not very successful, though several students took advantage of the service.

Alampi did not rule out the possibility of transportation to future games. He attributed this low turnout to the $205 price tag of the game tickets, which is nearly the same cost as student season tickets for basketball and football combined, he said.

SA may try to coordinate with SU Athletics and alumni groups to lower the cost of tickets in the future, he said.

“It will lead to more conversation about how away games are overly expensive,” he said.

“There are a lot of factors, but I think that it’s something to discuss, and I think as student leaders this is our opportunity to push it.”

Alampi also discussed how SA is planning on slightly reworking elements of the new medical amnesty policy with SU administrators. For example, the name of the policy will be changed because the terminology is misleading, he said. The term suggests there are no consequences for reporting alcohol-related emergencies, where they do exist to a lesser extent. There will also be a bigger emphasis on relaying information to students.

Said Alampi: “SA’s going to take a more active role in education with alcohol consumption on campus.” dmsegelb@syr.edu

Syracuse fans were outraged, upset and disappointed. Some wished sophomore Fab Melo had played in the game, but said it was the foul trouble and minimal leadership that many attributed to the loss.

There was an increased presence of Syracuse Police Department officers on Marshall

“With Dion just being out for most of the game, that really hurt us because you could tell that his presence made a big difference.

As soon as he fouled out, I knew it was done. The moment was gone.”

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Street due to the large crowds and an increased risk of vandalism, said SPD spokesman Sgt. Tom Connellan, and there would have been an even higher presence of officers if the Orange made it to the Final Four.

“I’m truly heartbroken by the outcome of the game,” said Syracuse University alumnus Eric Loia.

Without seniors Kris Joseph and Scoop Jardine, Loia said he thinks the team may match this year’s result in the NCAA Tournament next year, but won’t go any further.

Darius Smith, a junior public affairs major, said he knew the game was over when sophomore Dion Waiters fouled out.

“With Dion just being out for most of the game, that really hurt us because you could

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Ugandans?” said Peter Castro, associate professor of anthropology and co-host of the event. “Or are they going to be helping themselves?”

Castro said Kony was a topic discussed in one of his classes after President Barack Obama’s decision to deploy military advisers to Uganda last October. He said another one of his students later brought the video to his attention, and it was one of the motivating factors that prompted the creation of this event.

The other topic that will be discussed in the forum is the case of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African-American teenager who was fatally shot by a Florida resident who claimed he

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woman of color who stands at the forefront of what’s important.”

Johnson also praised the organization for its personal guidance and help.

“Being a part of NANBPWC is a huge time commitment, but it’s given me great leadership skills and friends,” she said.

Along with keynote speaker Bond, the Sojourner Truth awards for students, faculty and community members were presented at the event.

Kishauna Soljour, a junior television, radio and film and African-American studies major, received the student award for her numerous works in social and cultural issues.

Christabel Sheldon, the director of the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement

tell that his presence made a big difference,” he said. “As soon as he fouled out, I knew it was done. The moment was gone.”

Erin Devine, a senior communications design major, said “disappointing” was the word of the evening.

“Very disappointing. The defense was a complete disappointment also,” she said. “The entire thing was a disappointment.”

The team’s inability to protect a rebound and lack of defense was upsetting for Devine, who knew it was over when OSU was up 73-64.

At the end of the game, Devine said there was one OSU fan inside Chuck’s that was later chased out of the bar by fans and bouncers. Fans yelled obscenities as he left the building, she said.

Rob McCabe, a student at the University of Rochester, watched the game with his cousin and said he was frustrated with the result.

“We’re Syracuse. They can win with anyone, but they can lose to anyone,” he said. “This should have been our year.”

••• Students sat in a makeshift student section, composed of dining room chairs, couches and patio furniture, in the attic of 823 Ackerman Ave. to cheer on the Orange during its NCAA game against OSU. The game was projected onto a large screen in the attic, which the residents previously put outside in their yard during the Syracuse game against Wisconsin.

“Our philosophy is, ‘You can never go over the top,’” said Kyle Rapone, a senior television, radio and film major and resident of the Ackerman house, where he hosted an approximately 20-person viewing party.

He and his roommates rented the screen and projector to put outside Thursday during a streak of nice weather. More than 40 students gathered in the yard to watch the game that day.

Students clung to the hope that the Orange would eventually pull out a win as the SU men’s basketball team struggled to keep up with the

was acting in self-defense, according to a March 21 CNN article. The shooter, George Zimmerman, has not been arrested or charged, and the question of whether race was a motivating factor adds to this controversy, according to the article.

The teach-in will contain interactive elements and will be open to questions after brief presentations on the issues, he said.

Castro said students should also be motivated to attend this event to learn why our troops are being deployed somewhere else in the world, something that should resonate closely with them.

Said Castro: “Probably the most important reason that students should attend is that our government has committed itself and committed itself the lives of people just like themselves to help eliminate Kony.” dmsegelb@syr.edu

Program, was honored with the faculty award.

“I am blessed because I love what I do,” she said.

Barbara Grimes was given the community award for her work as the director of the Wilson Park Community Center. Accepting the award, Grimes chirped the center’s motto: “We sit down and rest; we never lay down and quit.”

Having discussed cultural issues with black women, stereotypes and the ability to find strengths in the music industry as a female and woman of color, Bond finished by emphasizing the importance of every woman recognizing beauty in herself.

“We are talented, gorgeous, smart — but when all of the messages in magazines, television shows, videos tell you, you are not good enough or as important as others, then you become blind to who you really are,” Bond said.

“And it can scar your mind.” klees@syr.edu

Buckeyes on Saturday night.

The energy in the room was as electric as the Christmas lights strung across the ceiling. Students sat closely together, clapping, shouting and chanting “Whose house?!” and “Let’s go Orange!”

But that energy soon changed.

After the Orange’s Elite Eight loss, the cheers faded to sighs. The once clapping hands held hung heads as students sat in complete silence.

“It sucks,” said senior advertising major Jed Greenwald. “I think that the odds have been stacked against us the whole tournament.

Everyone’s been out to get us.”

Slowly, the students made their way downstairs and outside. At another house, a group of students stood around a small campfire, burning wicker furniture.

“It’s the first time I’ve ever cried about sports in my life,” said Jacqui Kenyon, a senior magazine journalism and geography major.

Kenyon said although the loss hurt, she thinks the team played well and fought hard through all the adversity it has faced this year, including the Bernie Fine scandal and the disqualification of sophomore center Fab Melo.

“I still love them just as much as I did before this game,” Kenyon said.

The same could be said for Drew Shields, a senior advertising and international relations major. Shields said he thinks the team was consistently strong this season despite the difficult situations it faced. He said the stress of the Fine scandal, mixed with the pressure and expectation to win, probably weighed down on the players.

But ultimately, Shields said, it isn’t about the number of trophies a team wins. He said he is happy just knowing that when people think of Syracuse, they think of basketball.

Said Shields: “I’m still proud to go to a school where we go far in the tournament.” mjberner@syr.edu snbouvia@syr.edu jliannet@syr.edu

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In bloom Warm weather in early spring leads to longer, more intense allergy season

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By Shannon Hazlitt STAFF WRITER

reen buds and flowers are popping out of tree branches early around campus with the warmer temperatures — an occurrence happening all across the eastern United States.

Researchers at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry are studying the consequences of this early bloom.

“The warmer weather is simply causing

“If we get a hard freeze between now and when the leaves and fruits can tolerate cold, we’ll have significant damage to the trees.”

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trees to flower, leaf out, and in some cases, fruit much earlier,” said Donald Leopold, a conservation biology professor at ESF, in an email.

But a late frost is just one of many concerns researchers at ESF are looking into.

“If we get a hard freeze between now and when the leaves and fruits can tolerate cold,” Leopold said, “we’ll have significant damage to the trees.”

The risk of a spring frost damaging the new leaves and flowers is still significantly high. Colin Beier, research associate at the ESF Adirondack Ecological Center, said that though it seems impossible for a frost to still happen, an occurrence is still possible.

Temperatures of 28 degrees and below can significantly damage the new leaves, Leopold said. He added that temperatures tonight and Tuesday morning are currently predicted to reach 23 degrees locally and could be even lower in the hills.

“This process may stress the trees, making them more vulnerable to insect and pest attacks,” said John Stella, an assistant professor in the Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management at ESF. A longer and more intense allergy season is another consequence researchers believe could result from the early blooming. Maples, willows, aspens and poplars are among the trees whose early budding causes them to release pollen that can worsen people’s allergy symptoms, Leopold said.

This is the first time in his 27 years teaching at ESF that he has observed these species of trees blooming before April 1, Leopold said in a March 20 ESF news release.

Pollinators, such as birds and insects, not adjusting fast enough to the early budding may cause trees to produce less or no fruit when they bud early.

“If the warm temperatures cue the trees earlier but not the pollinators, there may be some mutually negative impacts,” Stella said.

For example, migrating birds who rely on fruit from trees would not receive the food necessary for breeding if the trees produce fruit faster or slower than usual. Beier said, though, that this is typically not as large of a concern as frost. “But in years like this, the lack of pollinators could be a factor,” he said.

If there is no frost, Beier said, the longer growing season could allow the fruit more time to develop.

To prevent the new leaves and flowers from freezing, people use a variety of methods, including wrapping bags around the sensitive tissues to insulate new buds from cold air, Beier said. But the process is expensive and time consuming.

Beier said there is a lot of ongoing research about the effects of warmer weather on trees and forests. He also said the trees may be able to adapt to the earlier springs, but it will take time.

“Since trees are long lived and generations are typically centuries-long,” Beier said, “adaptation generally happens slowly in plants.” smhazlit@syr.edu

What causes allergies?

Hay fever is a seasonal form of an allergic reaction called allergic rhinitis. It is one of the most common allergic reactions, affecting 10 to 20 percent of the population. People who suffer from hay fever have immune systems that view pollen as an invader. A chain reaction is set off within the immune system after initial contact with pollen, the allergen.

The players B cell A type of white blood cell that matures into a plasma cell and produces antibodies to protect the immune system.

Mast cell A tissue cell that mediates inflammatory responses in the immune system, including allergic reactions.

Pollen The allergen. Sensitized immune systems treat pollen as an invader.

Immunoglobin E (IgE) Antibodies released by B cells in response to the presence of an allergen.

1 Pollen enters the immune system through inhallation

Histamines Chemicals released by mast cells that cause the symptoms of an allergic reaction.

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Alerted by the presence of an allergen, the B cells of a sensitized immune system mature into plasma cells.

3 The plasma cells then produce and release IgE antibodies.

4 The IgE antibodies bind to the mast cells. The next time pollen enters the immune system, the allergen binds to the IgE antibodies on the surface of the mast cell.

6 The released histamines stimulate blood vessels, nerves, and mucous glands, which causes congestion.

Itching, sneezing, and runny nose are also symptoms of the histamines’ release.

5 When the allergen binds to the IgE on the surface of the mast cell, the release of histamines (inflammatory mediators) is triggered.

Sources: aaaai.org, dbt.consultantlive.com, hayfeverpharmacy.co.nz, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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nity knew their music and followed it. It will be a great support for the following artists — all of the acts really flow together.”

Act No. 2: 5 & A Dime

Genres: DJ, dance electronic, mash up Claim to fame: The Philadelphia-based disc jockey remixes music and creates mash-ups that have received much attention from the music blogs and the social media sphere. 5 & A Dime’s first album, “Ear Candy,” received more than 50,000 downloads in the first two weeks after its release. The DJ has opened for artists Wiz Khalifa and Super Mash Bros, the latter of which performed at UU’s Juice Jam concert in September 2010.

Why he’s coming: “We were trying to figure out what to put in the show that could get everyone excited and riled up for the following acts,” Slade said. “We’ve obviously had a lot of DJs in Syracuse in the last year, so the genre is definitely emerging, and he is a very up-and-coming artist. He’s going to bring a really great crowd down to Walnut Park.”

Act No. 3: Timeflies

Genres: The Brooklyn-based duo identifies itself on its website as “Electro Hip Pop DubSomething.”

Claim to fame: Timeflies has been consistently gaining its following through major social media outlets. The group’s first album, “The Scotch Tape,” peaked at No. 2 on the iTunes Pop Albums Chart. Vanity Fair has dubbed creators Cal and Rob “Rez” Resnick “musical masterminds.”

Why they’re coming: “Timeflies is able to come out with songs that are pretty relatable to college students,” said Dan Bernstein, co-

director of UU’s MayFest Committee. “They have ‘Tuesday Timeflies’ each week with different songs that students can appreciate.”

Since UU officials started looking at the group in December, Timeflies’ following has increased exponentially, Slade said.

Act No. 4: Outasight

Genres: Pop, hip-hop, rock, soul Claim to fame: His 2011 hit track “Tonight Is the Night” has spent 17 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The tune is featured in a Pepsi commercial that highlights footage of famous musicians, including Michael Jackson and Britney Spears. Outasight is the official headliner for MayFest.

Why he’s coming: “His music will bring people interested in all kinds of music to Walnut Park,” Slade said. “He’s going to put on a show that people will remember.”

The latter two MayFest artists, Timeflies and Outasight, recently collaborated on a remixed version of “Tonight Is The Night.” Slade said she is excited to bring the two acts to SU and hopes the entire set will draw students with all interests.

“It’s great how we can book two separate artists, and then two months down the road they’re tweeting at each other and collaborating,” Bernstein said.

MayFest 2012 will last from 1-6 p.m. April 27.

All students must have a valid SU ID for entry.

UU officials are still determining the process and policy for guest tickets. Full plans for MayFest have not yet been announced by Student Association.

UU officials have stated that the second and headlining acts of Block Party, which is after Mayfest in the Carrier Dome, will be announced in the coming days. mainthia@syr.edu

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Film fills seats with eager fans

By Chelsea DeBaise ASST. COPY EDITOR

Moments before midnight, a gasp arose from the people surrounding the escalators leading up to the Carousel Center movie theaters.

Everyone’s eyes found Elizabeth Brydges in a sea of black T-shirts and blue jeans. Streamers hung from her vibrant red dress and glitter covered her body. Like “The Hunger Games” heroine Katniss Everdeen, she was Syracuse’s very own Girl on Fire.

“The Hunger Games” film, inspired by the book and released March 23 at midnight, has received media attention comparable to the recent “Twilight Saga.” Schine Student Center provided busing to Carousel Center for SU students for the midnight screening Friday.

Brydges, a sophomore marketing major, anticipated the movie release for quite some time.

“I have been counting down the minutes, the days, the weeks,” she said. “I am so excited.”

Earlier in the day, Brydges stopped

by CVS to purchase materials for her costume. Upon hearing her friend was putting together a full-fledged costume for Effie Trinket, a colorful character in the film, Brydges realized she should dress up, too.

The scene she was most excited for was when Everdeen’s outfit appears to burst into flame. Her outfit was the costume she aimed to create.

“I’m going to try to make this firelooking thing,” she said. “It’s going to be an attempt.”

And attempt she did. Among hundreds of preteens wearing the same black T-shirt with a picture of a gold mocking jay pin, Brydges’ outfit stole the show along with her costumed counterparts: Maria Dell’Anno, a sophomore communication sciences and disorders major, dressed as Trinket; and Jon Corton, a sophomore acting major, dressed as Peeta Mellark.

Corton carried a loaf of bread in homage to the character’s background as the son of a baker.

Brydges is a loyal fan of the original book series and of Suzanne Collins’ writing. Magazine posters adorn her dorm room walls. Her brother purchased essays exploring deeper meanings of the books. She looked forward to seeing it displayed on the silver screen.

As she talked about the different aspects of the books, she touched upon the love triangle between characters Katniss Everdreen, Gale Hawthorne

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chris janjic | staff photographer (FROM LEFT) AIMEE LEONG AND CHARLES WAINWRIGHT, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences and Alpha Phi Omega member, talked to the chapter president from 1967-68 during the fraternity’s 80th anniversary celebration.

With purpose Fraternity celebrates 80th anniversary through bonding, community service

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hen Brian McLane attended Syracuse University as the sole student on campus restricted to a wheelchair, his friends carried him up and down flights of stairs. Elevators hadn’t been installed in academic buildings, and there wasn’t a single concrete ramp on campus for handicapped access.

McLane’s fraternity brothers in Alpha Phi Omega created a campus campaign to make buildings more accessible for people with mobility impairments. In 1970, the national APO headquarters adopted this as a national service project. The first ramp on campus was created that year.

On Friday, the 1969 alumnus visited campus with ease as he celebrated the 80th anniversary of APO’s Phi chapter at SU. The various events in the weekend-long celebration ref lected the service fraternity’s three cardinal principles: leadership, friendship and service. One of the 80th anniversary party co-chairs, APO member Lena Budd, said the event took five months to plan.

“Do you know how much work goes into planning an event like this?” Budd said, a senior photography and English and textual studies major. “There’s been a lot of hair loss and a lot of sleep loss.”

Dressed in sequins and neon colors that reflected the ‘80s theme, current fraternity brothers, pledges and alumni mingled at the Inn Complete on South Campus on Friday evening. Songs like “Dancing Queen” played through the speakers throughout

ALPHA PHI OMEGA

APO is the largest college fraternity in the United States

Colors: Royal blue, old glory gold Symbol: Golden Eagle and sturdy oak tree

Flower: Forget-me-not Founded in: 1932 Cardinal Principles: Leadership, friendship and service

Motto: “Be a leader, be a friend, be of service.”

the party, which kicked off the rest of the anniversary celebrations.

Sitting at a table in the Inn Complete, 1968 alumnus Charles “Chuck” Wainwright joked and reminisced about his years spent as an active APO member on campus. His buddy McLane sat right by his side in his wheelchair. The two were proud of their experiences and achievements, including the movement for ramps and elevators in academic buildings.

Instead of donning ‘80s-themed costumes, Wainwright and McLane chose to show off their school pride by wearing SU sweater vests and ties. But one fraternity brother who embraced the theme was Mike Kolis, a junior education major and environmental chemistry at State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Kolis wore a neon yellow T-shirt and matching headband paired with black compression shorts. To top it all off, he sported a faux hawk. The ensemble crowned him as the best dressed of the night.

On Saturday, fraternity members and pledges gathered at the party co-chairs’ apart-

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Mainstream media inspire designers, play influential role in fashion trends

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ertain fashion film moments are timeless, regardless of whether you’re a couture enthusiast. Vivien’s green curtain gown in “Gone with the Wind.” Marilyn’s white v-neck dress in “The Seven-Year Itch.” Audrey’s little black shift in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”

These iconic outfits are still inspiring fashion followers, but even their classic styles can get tired after a while. Thankfully, recent film and television hits showcase enough sartorial eye candy to satisfy even the pickiest of fashion film fanatics.

The runway is no longer the only authority in the fashion industry. Instead of dictating what television stylists and film costumers will prepare for their characters, fashion designers now draw inspiration from the screens they once influenced.

Period pieces are often heavy on dramatic costumes, inspiring yet unattainable. But two of TV’s most popular shows of late provide beautiful, wearable styles for the modern muse.

The garments in PBS’ breakout Edwardian-era costume drama “Downton Abbey” are nothing short of a visual feast. Think long, elegant silhouettes, luscious lace with stunning jewel tones and plenty of dapper men in suits.

Ralph Lauren drew heavily on this aesthetic for his fall 2012 collection, composed of tailored suits perfect for hunting in the English countryside and slim, beaded gowns appropriate for a stately mansion dinner. Lauren even used the “Downton Abbey” theme song for his runway show as a nod to the series.

Moving forward 50 years, the more modern styles of the mid-20th century also made their way into the spotlight. This is thanks to “Mad Men,” the ‘50s to ‘60s-era AMC drama that offers casual yet polished pieces. The show has me craving midi skirts, colorful shifts and the ability to pull my hair into a viable bouffant. And yes — it includes more handsome men rocking suits.

It’s no wonder that Nylon devoted its entire December/January 2012 issue to the ‘60s aesthetic. Banana Republic even recently collaborated with “Mad Men” costume designer Janie Bryant for two collections inspired by the show’s couture. Past episodes indicate that the the latest season, which premiered Sunday night on AMC,

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and Peeta Mellark. She even found herself trapped in the triangle.

“I think I’m team Gale as a whole,” she said.

“But I definitely can admit to switching back and forth as I was reading.”

Once the film started, the audible reactions that filled the theater almost overpowered the movie. Every time Everdeen spent screen time with her love interests, “oohs” drowned out

THE HUNGER GAMES: BOOK VS. MOVIE Things added

The movie added multiple scenes in which Seneca Crane, the head gamemaker, discussed his game plan with Panem’s President Snow. It also added scenes that displayed a behind-the-scenes look at the games themselves, with the gamemakers programming challenges for the tributes and having Crane approve them.

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not my natural hair color will deliver even more retro fashions for both vintage junkies and modern fashion mavens.

But it’s not just television. Movies are influencing the current fashion vocabulary just as much as their small-screen counterparts.

Last Friday, 2012’s much-anticipated “The Hunger Games” adaptation hit the big screen.

Despite the movie’s less-than-glamorous plot, viewers can garner fashion inspiration from the gaudily costumed cast. Leading the pack is character Effie Trinket, adorned in proportiondefying dresses, architectural Alexander McQueen heels, technicolor hair and bedazzled fingernails. For those looking to get Trinket’s style without the commitment, China Glaze recently released a Hunger Games-themed nail polish collection.

Plenty of last years’ movies got the costume drama treatment, too. French silent film “The Artist” is filled with enough flapper fantasies to satisfy the most loyal F. Scott Fitzgerald devotee. Costume designer Mark Bridges won an Oscar for his efforts. Michelle Williams’ take on the title character in “My Week with Marilyn” channeled midcentury Hollywood glamour — here’s hoping for a comeback of the headscarves-with-sunglasses look.

So what will the future hold? One can’t be too sure, but there will undoubtedly be a surge towards Jazz Age style when Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby” hits the screen this December. Expect lots of bobbed hair, skinny silhouettes and an abundance of fringe and beading when the sring 2013 season rolls around.

In the meantime, watch the original through Netflix. It never hurts to be ahead of the curve.

Julie Kosin is a sophomore magazine journalism major. Her column appears every other Monday. She can be reached at jkkosin@syr. edu. Follow her on Twitter at @juliekosin.

the film’s audio. Loud cooing from the crowd always accompanied images of Rue, Katniss’ young and adorable ally.

“I loved it,” Brydges said. “It was definitely different from the book, which I went in thinking it would be, so that was fine. I was interested with what they took out and what they didn’t elaborate on.”

As exhibited by the excitement of Elizabeth Brydges, “The Hunger Games” affected many young adult readers, and this movie gave readers a chance to see the book come to life. cedebais@syr.edu

Things cut

Rue’s time in the movie was cut significantly.

The book includes a character known as the “Avox Girl,” who develops a sort of friendship with Katniss on the train ride to the Capitol.

This character is cut from the movie.

Though the “muttations” at the end of the games were included in the movie, there was no reference to them having the eyes of the deceased tributes.

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By Claire Dunderman CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Purple, red and blue lights melted together behind a cappella group Orange Appeal. The group crooned a Coldplay song without accompaniment or direction.

Orange Appeal, dressed in black shirts and orange ties, ended its rendition of “Paradise,” bowed and started to leave the stage. Liam Fitzpatrick, one of the group’s singers, grabbed the microphone to talk to the audience.

“And now we have the beautiful and talented Mandarins,” he said, pointing to the group of female students dressed in purple coming onto the stage.

A collection of a cappella groups performed at the “A Cappella for Trevor” concert Saturday

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ment to fulfill the service proportion of the weekend. Some APO volunteers crafted tissue paper flowers and pipe cleaners to donate to children’s hospitals and brighten up their rooms for springtime, Budd said.

Other members donned gloves and trash bags while picking up garbage in the streets around off-campus housing Sunday morning for their Adopt-a-Street initiative. APO fraternity members need to have 27 community service hours to remain active members and pledges need 17 hours.

The weekend’s main event was Saturday night, held at the Drumlins Country Club.

The club held a dinner and dance, where 127 individuals attended. Justin Dorsen, an APO brother and contributing writer for The Daily Orange, said his $25 ticket was money well spent.

“Eighty years is a significant milestone,” said Dorsen, a sophomore public relations major. “It shows that we have made an impact on campus, and we’ve been carrying the torch of brotherhood for 80 years.”

Dressed in a suit and a tie for the black-tie affair, Dorsen said that the evening started with SU pride. Current students and alumni crowded

night. The concert featured five groups: Otto Tunes, Main Squeeze, Oy Cappella, Orange Appeal and the Mandarins. It was the closing event for the student-run “Life Gets Better Together” Conference, and the proceeds benefited The Trevor Project, a suicide hotline geared toward LGBTQ teens.

Fitzpatrick and Deanna Payson, a senior political science major and singer for the Mandarins, founded the concert. The two met consistently since August to plan the conference.

Eventually they formed a committee to make the discussion a reality, with Fitzpatrick serving as artistic co-chair and Payson as executive co-chair.

Each group at the concert wore a particular color, reflecting the message of LGBTQ diver-

around a TV to watch the men’s basketball team take on Ohio State in the NCAA Tournament. Despite the loss, Dorsen said everyone still enjoyed the rest of the evening.

“When the game was on, the dance floor was kind of empty, but once the game was over, the dance floor definitely picked up,” he said.

Dorsen credited the weekend’s success to the dedicated organizers Budd and Jill Crudo, a senior communications design major.

Crudo said they wanted to make this anniversary celebration different from those of years’ past. She was pleased that this year’s celebrations happened off campus.

The fraternity’s 75th anniversary took place in Schine Student Center and was catered

by SU. Her main objective of the weekend’s celebrations was to give pledges, brothers and alumni the chance to bond.

Wainwright didn’t need reminding of the importance of APO’s Phi chapter. He said throughout his life, he has practiced the values he learned and maintained the friendships he gained as an active member.

One aspect that has changed since Wainwright was on SU campus is that female students are now admitted into the fraternity.

Wainwright said the Phi chapter was ahead of the curve when they began adding women into

sity and the symbol of the rainbow. Some songs performed were popular ones, such as the Otto Tunes’ cover of “I Won’t Give Up” by Jason Mraz. Others were mash-ups of songs, such as Main Squeeze’s medley of “Dear Prudence” and “Falling Slowly” by the Beatles and The Swell Season.

The songs featured soloists and background vocals to create the illusion of instruments.

There was also a theatrical element to the performances, with groups swaying, pointing, snapping and dancing.

The concert featured a lot of positive reinforcement from both the crowd and the performers. As groups left the stage, the occasional shout of “You guys rock!” came from the crowd.

At various points during the concert, the crowd

members clapped along and pulled out their cellphones to wave in the air.

At the end of the concert, all five groups gathered onstage for a collaborative song. The groups belted “Firework” by Katy Perry.

“We chose that as our anthem for anti-bullying,” Payson said.

As the concert closed, the audience immediately burst into applause. The message of the concert and the music kept students sticking around a little while longer to sing along to a recording of “Don’t Stop Believing”

by Journey.

“We want people to stand up and say something,” Payson said. “We want people to be empowered.” cmdunder@syr.edu

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Other than that, Wainwright didn’t think much changed in SU’s APO Phi chapter since he was the chapter president in 1967-68.

“Leadership, friendship and service don’t change,” he said. “They’re fundamentals.” klross01@syr.edu

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By Jeff Wucher STAFF WRITER

f a network is confident in a show, it gets a big slot in the fall with tons of advertising and promotion. If the show is just OK, there’s still a midseason place for it right after the turn of the new year. But a March pilot doesn’t exactly suggest confidence.

So anyone going into the newly launched series “Bent” has a right to be apprehensive.

The journey may be quaint, but the destination looks pretty bland.

The show stars Amanda Peet as Alex Meyers, a newly single mom and workaholic lawyer looking to move on by making renovations on her houses. She hires attractive and lazy contractor Pete Riggins, played by David Walton. And so begins the weeks of “will-they-won’t-they” sexual tension. Not to call it boring, but it certainly is well-worn territory and takes a lot of the fun out of pushing the plot.

Peet and Walton fit the “opposites attract” archetype to a tee. They have chemistry and they’re entertaining to watch for 30 minutes.

But their interactions in the pilot only elicited smiles and thoughts like, “Oh, that’s nice,” when I wanted to laugh. She hires him. She fires him. He sabotages his replacement. She hires him again. The back and forth is pleasant, and there are definitely attempts at jokes but none of them ever really land. For example, Pete constantly references how he drinks “Malibu

Rum,” but it’s not hilarious. It just keeps with the sunny Southern California ideal of the show’s setting.

The few laughs come almost entirely from the supporting players. Jeffrey Tambor does a nice turn as Riggins’ father, a failed actor who has yet to give up the dream even in his old age. Members of Riggins’ construction crew, including the always-hilarious J.B. Smoove, also have some nice one-liners here and there. Finally, Meyers’ sister “Screwsie” (yes, “Screwsie”) is about as promiscuous as her name would suggest. Still, credit needs to be given where credit is due: even she scores one or two funny moments from the irony of her name. One of the more inspired exchanges of the night occurs when she and Riggins meet, and both can’t seem to recall whether they’ve had sex or not.

Unfortunately, the center of the show is still hopelessly formulaic. To be fair, that doesn’t mean the death of the show. One of my current favorites, “Happy Endings,” might be the most predictable show on TV. But the show is much more enjoyable than “Bent” because of how much history all the characters have together. There are some likeable characters in “Bent,” and maybe with time the show will develop. After all, who cares about the plot when the characters are amusing to watch even when they’re not doing much?

Based solely on this first episode, there could also be payoff with the titular “Bent” theme.

Throughout the pilot, Tambor mentions how as

an actor he’s bent but not broken, and the saying really applies to all the characters. Riggins is a former gambling addict. Meyers is divorced.

If the show picks up this theme, there could be some much-needed dynamism and real character change.

Or they could just sleep together. Yeah, they’ll probably just sleep together. jswucher@syr.edu

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Syracuse rides aggressive play to sweep in final homestand

By Kevin Prise STAFF WRITER

Down 5-4 in the third set of her senior day match, with the game tied at 30, Emily Harman ripped a hard serve that caught Boston University’s Vivien Lazsloffy off guard.

Laszloffy managed to make contact, but the SYRACUSE 7 ball sailed up to hit the BINGHAMTON 0 roof.

The play was a microSYRACUSE 7 cosm of Syracuse’s focus on BOSTON U 0 aggression and dictating tempo this weekend.

“Aggression is everything,” head coach Luke Jensen said. “We’ve got to come at them with a little bit more force, and I thought we did that.”

No. 47 Syracuse (12-4, 5-1 Big East) earned a weekend sweep of Binghamton (5-8, 1-1 America East) and BU (5-8, 1-1 America East) with back-to-back 7-0 shutouts in the last home matches of the season. The team’s match scheduled for next weekend against Army has been canceled due to Army travel budget restrictions. The Orange extended its winning streak to five, and has won 10 of its last 11.

The team is peaking at the right time, mak-

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today, but for the most part I think we had a great season.”

With the 77-70 defeat to the Buckeyes on

ing NCAA tournament aspirations an attainable goal this season. The surge correlates with Syracuse’s increased ability to put its up-tempo game plan into action.

Freshman Komal Safdar used her aggressive mentality to jump out to an early lead and wear her opponent down. Steadily working her way back from injury, Safdar put together a strong offensive performance against BU, attacking the net and forcing her opponent off balance.

“The first and last thing (volunteer assistant) coach (Len) Lopoo said to me was ‘quick start,’ and I was like, ‘Yeah, quick start,’” Safdar said. “I started off with some momentum, kept going and then kept the energy.”

The team’s seniors, Harman and Alessondra Parra, each earned victories in their final matches at Drumlins Tennis Center. Parra maintained her desired tempo throughout the match despite her opponent’s efforts to slow down the pace.

But Parra didn’t get a chance to make a play for the last point of her home career. BU’s Monika Mical committed a double fault on match point, giving Parra the victory. Parra constantly misdirected shots against Mical and played with a mix of power and precision.

Parra was fired up for her last home match, coming out aggressive from the beginning.

“I didn’t want to let up at all, and I wanted to give it everything I had,” Parra said. “I didn’t want to look back and wish I would have tried harder.”

Syracuse forced the tempo right again against Binghamton. Harman and Parra were paired together at No. 1 doubles, and they pushed their opponents into the backcourt on most points.

When Harman and Parra were serving, a distinct pattern emerged. One produced a hard serve, causing Binghamton to send a weak return that was usually in the air for more than a second. The other then attacked the net, spiking the ball and winning the point.

Parra felt that Harman could have almost won without any help.

“Honestly, Harman is so good at doubles,” Parra said. “She makes my job super easy. I really feel like I just stand there sometimes.”

The seniors defeated both doubles opponents this weekend 8-2.

In both matches, Harman worked especially hard for the victory, with a similar pattern emerging. She would come out firing,

producing misdirection and change-of-pace shots that seemed to confuse the opponent.

Harman’s Binghamton opponent, Jill Santos, repeatedly shook her head and smiled after falling victim to constant changeups.

“My game is a lot different than a lot of other people,” Harman said. “Anytime I come out and play very aggressive against someone, that’s not something that they see a lot, and they’re going to be confused a little bit.”

But then Harman struggled in the second set, losing it to each opponent. She failed to make quick adjustments after receiving new balls, and she lost many points by overshooting the court.

But she found a way to win. Her match Sunday was the last in play, for a good half-hour.

All eyes were on Harman, and she was two points away from losing the final home match of her Syracuse career.

She made sure that wouldn’t be the case.

“It’s great to see Harman tough out that win,” Jensen said. “It would have just been a bad taste in our mouth if we lost that final match. But she finished strong, very confident. The team is very confident.”

Saturday, the careers of the two winningest players in Syracuse history ended with a loss. Jardine and fellow senior Kris Joseph wiped tears from their eyes at the podium just minutes after coming up short in their final chance at the Final Four. A team that seemed destined to race to New Orleans on the backs

of Jardine and Joseph stumbled on the last lap of what may still be viewed as the best season in program history.

For different reasons, Saturday’s game against Ohio State might be one both players would soon rather forget.

Joseph managed just 10 points and turned the ball over four times, including two costly mistakes on back-to-back possessions. He dribbled out of bounds on the left baseline with 4:08 remaining and the Orange trailing by five. Twenty-three seconds later, his inaccurate pass was behind Brandon Triche and caromed off his hands out of bounds.

Jardine was subbed out by head coach Jim Boeheim with 4:19 to go and watched all but the final 21 seconds of the game from the bench.

He finished with 14 points and six assists.

“It’s tough,” Joseph said after declining to answer the first question at the podium due to his emotions. “It’s real tough knowing that my career is over and that I won’t play with these guys again.”

Inside the Syracuse locker room, assistant coach Gerry McNamara had trouble containing his emotions as well. With his tie undone and draped around his shoulders, he needed a few moments to compose himself before fielding questions.

When asked about how Jardine and Joseph will be remembered, McNamara was quick to answer and cut off the question midsentence.

“Winners,” he said. “Two winners. We’ve had two of the most successful years in program history in their tenure and the most successful year in program history this past season.”

The 34-3 record posted by this year’s team is the best mark in school history. And the 2009-10 team, on which Joseph and Jardine played key roles coming off the bench, ascended to No. 1 in the country as well.

It left McNamara with a mix of emotions that was equal parts heartbreak and gratitude. Broken down by the loss of two of Syracuse’s best players of the last decade and thankful for their contributions to the program and this year’s team.

The SU player most unaffected by the loss — outwardly, at least — was Brandon Triche.

While tears flowed around him, the junior

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guard remained composed while answering questions.

With Jardine and Joseph gone, Syracuse becomes Triche’s team. A starter throughout his entire Orange career, he will enter next season as the unquestioned leader.

It’s a role that Triche said begins immediately. And perhaps with that in mind he didn’t want to seem vulnerable in front of his teammates.

“Tomorrow,” Triche said. “Tomorrow I’ll be in the gym. I’ll probably run a few miles if the weather is nice. And I’m ready to get back.

We have the same pieces. I think Fab going down helped us for next year. We’ve got guys who’ve got experience.”

The experience of Jardine and Joseph is something Triche studied throughout the season. Not always the most vocal of players, he said he’s learned about when to voice his opinion and when to lay back.

He’s learned competitiveness, too, saying the two departed seniors possess it in spades, with Jardine being the most competitive person he knows.

All season long, Boeheim hailed his seniors for their leadership. He said his team would go as far as those two seniors took it.

They took this team to the Elite Eight for the first time since 2003. They took this team through best regular season ever. And though they didn’t take this team to a Final Four, Boeheim said they’d done more than enough.

“They’ve just had an unbelievable career, really, these guys,” Boeheim said. “I don’t think you can give them enough credit for what Scoop and Kris have done.” mjcohe02@syr.edu

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AT A LOSS: SU suffers 1st Big East defeat in school history

By Ryne Gery

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The Syracuse players stood dejected on the field, eventually wandering aimlessly into a jumbled mess at midfield as Villanova’s celebration continued. The shocked group finally managed to organize around SU head coach John Desko on VILLANOVA 11 the sideline, waiting for the celebration to end.

SYRACUSE 10 They still couldn’t shake what just happened. Matt Harris swung his stick up outside the huddle, unable to contain his emotions. Others stood with their heads down, hands on their hips, bothered by the loss they just suffered.

“My hat’s off to Villanova,” Desko said. “It’s never easy to come into the Carrier Dome and face the Orange, but I thought they played very well today, goalie made some big saves. … My hat’s off to them. It’s a good win for them.”

The emotional scene on both sides after No. 8 Syracuse’s 11-10 loss to No. 15 Villanova (5-3, 1-0 Big East) on Sunday in front of 3,811 in the Carrier Dome highlighted the magnitude of result in a midseason conference matchup. The Orange (4-3, 2-1 Big East) fell for the first time in Big East play after winning its first 14 games in the last twoplus seasons. SU cruised to undefeated records in conference play the last two seasons, dominating its opponents in the process.

Among them were the Wildcats, who lost its four previous matchups with the Orange by a combined score of 65-24. But on Sunday, Villanova

finally broke through to defeat Syracuse, battling back from multiple two-goal deficits in the first half and holding on behind the brilliant play of goaltender Dan Gutierrez down the stretch.

“They just kept crawling back in there, crawling back in there, and when you give a team confidence, they’re going to do some amazing things,” SU defender Brian Megill said. “And hat’s off to Villanova, they wanted it more than us today.”

The Orange led for the entire second period before taking a 7-5 lead into halftime. Megill said it felt like Syracuse was going to break open the game on multiple occasions, but the Orange never went ahead by more than two goals.

Villanova came out firing in the second half, erasing the halftime deficit in the first five minutes. Less than four minutes later, the Wildcats went ahead 8-7, taking their first lead since the opening frame.

Villanova attack Kevin Cunningham worked down the right alley behind the net and sent a pass behind teammate Jack Rice, who waited about 10 yards outside the goal. Harris, an SU defender, lunged at the pass but couldn’t deflect it, and Rice grabbed the ball, spun back and fired a shot into the back of the net.

As Harris lay face down on the turf, frustrated by his miscue, the Villanova players and fans in the Carrier Dome came to life as they could feel the momentum shifting.

“We got to do some real soul searching as a team as a whole. I thought we came out great. We

stacie fanelli | asst. photo editor JOJO MARASCO passes as Villanova defenders collapse on him. He finished with one goal and two assists, but the effort was not enough to push SU past the Wildcats. came out hot,” Megill said. “We showed signs that we were going to break away from them, but they just kept fighting back and we kept getting turnovers and not making plays on defense.”

Syracuse quickly tied the game 8-8, and each team scored again to head into the final period deadlocked.

But Villanova scored twice in the first five minutes, and the Orange offense went cold. Syracuse couldn’t score as it fired seemingly every shot high to make life easy on Gutierrez as he protected a two-goal lead.

“I never want to discredit the goalie,” Desko said. “I thought he stood tall and made some very good saves. Although we talked about changing the plane of our shots, I found it pretty amazing that we kept shooting high and not changing the plane on him.”

SU still had a chance later after Luke Cometti scored to cut the lead to 11-10 with just more than five minutes remaining.

But neither JoJo Marasco nor Brandon Mullins could get past Gutierrez, who finished with 12 saves, with the equalizer in two good looks in the final 80 seconds.

And Desko and his players watched stunned as the Villanova sideline streamed onto the field around Gutierrez at the net, knowing the missed opportunities offensively in the second half cost them for the program’s first-ever loss in the Big East.

“Looking back on it, it hurts because you want to just be able to finish and capitalize on those regardless of who it is or who takes the shot,” Palasek said. “Yeah, it definitely burns.” rjgery@syr.edu

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sterling boin | staff photographer DION WAITERS elevates for a layup in SU’s 77-70 loss to Ohio State. The sophomore was just 2-of-8 from the field against the Buckeyes, finishing with only nine points.

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I have no problem doing it.

The trio of John Higgins, Michael Nance and Thomas O’Neill made a mockery of Saturday’s Elite Eight matchup in both directions, obliterating any semblance of tempo and imparting their influence on a game that should have belonged to the players. For viewers, the thrill of watching basketball was exhausted.

“The refs are going to the Final Four,” Juli Boeheim, wife of SU head coach Jim Boeheim, said audibly among a group in the underbelly of TD Garden.

You’d think that was the case after the officials took center stage Saturday.

Ohio State was the best team on the floor — that much is clear. It shot better and executed better. Even Boeheim said the Buckeyes deserved the win. Then came Syracuse, runners-up in the East Region. And then came the officials, the worst of

the three groups to set foot on the parquet floor.

It’s important to realize the referees didn’t decide this game or cost Syracuse the game. Not by a long shot.

A valiant comeback in the game’s final 10 minutes left SU with a chance to win. The Orange cut the lead to one with 6:52 remaining, but it gave up a quick 7-1 spurt to the Buckeyes to fall behind for good.

“I think we had a chance to win the game no matter what, with the refs or without them giving us any calls,” SU guard Scoop Jardine said.

In fairness, the referees did grant Syracuse a few of the questionable calls Saturday night. One official blew an inadvertent whistle after what looked like a Brandon Triche travel, only to say it never happened. SU was awarded the ball out of bounds, but Triche turned to reporters and said he got away with one.

Later, OSU guard Aaron Craft picked up his fourth foul on a questionable bump of Triche in the lane. It brought Buckeyes assistant coach Jeff Boals up off the bench in protest. And All-Ameri-

10-point deficit down to one or two occasions, but did not make the shots it needed to pull ahead in a 77-70 loss in front of 19,026 in the TD Garden on Saturday. Top-seeded Syracuse (34-3) entered this game as an underdog to the No. 2 Buckeyes (31-7), and after 40 minutes, left a loser.

“We got 10 down. We made an unbelievable comeback, got it to one,” head coach Jim Boeheim said. “All year we’ve been able to make a play in that situation, and we just didn’t.”

The defeat concludes one of the most successful and tumultuous seasons in program history. Syracuse overcame the adversity of molestation allegations against Bernie Fine, the ineligibility of Fab Melo for three regularseason games and the NCAA Tournament, and reports of failure to follow university athletic drug policy in the last decade to win 34 games.

There was just too much to overcome against the Buckeyes.

The Orange’s 35.7 first-half shooting percentage kept it from taking advantage of Jared Sullinger’s foul trouble and could not beat a Buckeyes team at full strength in the final 20 minutes. Sullinger led Ohio State with 19 points and seven rebounds, 15 points coming in the second half.

In the first half, Sullinger picked up two fouls in the first six minutes, one on the offensive end and one defensively. He departed for the final 13:42 of the first half with Ohio State leading 13-11. But Syracuse failed to capitalize.

“We could have gotten to the basket more and made some more layups,” James Southerland said.

When the Orange did get to the hoop, it fumbled away its opportunities. Joseph, Jardine, Waiters and Brandon Triche shot a combined 5-of-20 in the first half.

Meanwhile, Syracuse also committed 12 firsthalf fouls. Boeheim was on the referees all half and received a technical foul with 6:28 left.

Despite Sullinger playing just six minutes, the game was tied at halftime.

“I just thought we lost a little offensive patience in the first half,” Boeheim said. “I thought we forced some shots in some situations when we should have been a little bit more patient. I think our offense just hurt us tonight.”

Joseph and Waiters, SU’s two leading scorers, shot 6-of-19 (31.6 percent) for the game.

With Sullinger back on the court, Ohio State asserted itself and took command of the game. He scored four straight points, including a miraculous hook shot over Joseph to put the Buckeyes up 45-36. One free throw later, OSU had its largest lead of the game.

can center Jared Sullinger was hit with a pair of fouls within the first seven minutes of the game.

But to deny that the numerous bad calls were evenly split wouldn’t be accurate. It certainly seemed as if Syracuse came up on the short end of the stick more often than Ohio State.

The numbers can back that up: • Syracuse was called for 29 personal fouls Saturday, more than the number of made field goals and total rebounds for the Orange.

• Ohio State shot 42 total free throws, 17 more than Syracuse.

• Five SU players finished with four or more fouls compared to just one for the Buckeyes.

When asked about the officiating after the game, Boeheim declined to comment.

But in doing so, he certainly made his opinion clear. Had he thought the officiating was fair, he would have said as much.

“That helped a lot,” OSU forward Deshaun Thomas said of the free-throw advantage. “Getting to the free-throw line (that often) and to hit 31 of them, it was something special.”

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Syracuse needed to make a run to save its season.

“We knew we were going to make a run and we did,” Jardine said.

Back-to-back drives and layups from Jardine brought the Orange within 52-50. Two minutes later, Triche received a pass at the top of the key and drilled a triple to bring SU within 55-54 with 6:52 left.

A new hop in their step, Triche and Jardine backpedaled into the 2-3 zone, grinning and clapping. They could smell the lead that had eluded them for most of the half.

It just was not enough.

“If we would have taken the lead once I think we would have won this game,” Jardine said.

Ohio State stretched its lead back to 60-55.

Joseph drove to the hoop from the left wing, but he fell into William Buford on the baseline and dribbled the ball out of bounds. Sensing a missed opportunity, he grasped the ball with both hands and held it to his mouth, biting into it in anger.

Joseph made an errant pass on SU’s next possession, off Triche’s hand out of bounds. Smith

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made a rainbow floater over Rakeem Christmas to push OSU’s lead to seven and silence the majority of the crowd in orange.

Syracuse cut the lead to three with 37 seconds to go, but Ohio State made 11-of-12 free throws in the final minute.

Smith and Sullinger hugged near the 3-point line as Ohio State continued its run from preseason top-5 team to the Final Four. Meanwhile, Waiters sat on the bench with a towel over his head, and the Orange, another preseason top-5 team, trudged off the court.

SU had the most successful regular season in program history, astoundingly enduring one of the most controversial seasons off the court.

But it was a postseason cut short.

“It’s heartbreaking,” Waiters said. “Honestly, I’ve never been a part of a team like this and it’s sad, and it’s something I’m not going to be able to get over for a while.” mcooperj@syr.edu

Boeheim became so upset that he received a technical foul after a Triche layup that was waived off when Higgins called a charge.

O’Neill handed him the technical for wandering out of the coaching box one too many times and gesturing about a call, according to Higgins, the crew chief, after the game.

It’s a reason that seems suspect given the importance of Saturday’s game and the frequency with which college coaches venture beyond the white line that never seems to restrict them.

Aside from Waiters, freshman forward Rakeem Christmas came closest to expressing direct dissatisfaction with the officiating crew.

“It’s whatever,” he said of the referees. “I don’t know. We played hard.”

Both Syracuse and Ohio State played hard Saturday. The only problem was the referees played harder.

Michael Cohen is a staff writer for The Daily Orange, where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at mjcohe02@syr. edu or on Twitter at @Michael_Cohen13.

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Sullinger dominates in 2nd half to lead Buckeyes to win

By Mark Cooper SPORTS EDITOR

BOSTON — For nearly 14 minutes, Jared Sullinger observed.

He watched Syracuse and Ohio State go toe-totoe. He saw the Buckeyes keep the game tied going into the locker room despite his relegation to the bench with two fouls.

No longer saddled to a chair to start the second half, Sullinger exploded.

“When you were guarding a big body like Sullinger’s it was tough for anyone to do something,” Syracuse forward Kris Joseph said. “Either he’s going to get fouled or he’ll have a chance to score two points.”

Sullinger scored four points and grabbed three rebounds in his six minutes of first-half action, he but came out re-energized for the final 20 minutes.

He led the Buckeyes with 19 points, 15 in the second half of Ohio State’s 77-70 win over Syracuse in the Elite Eight in the TD Garden on Saturday. The sophomore All-American, an East Regional MVP, was the difference in the second half, as he bodied the lighter Syracuse center Baye Keita and forward Rakeem Christmas and, at times, scored at will.

His production was made useful by his teammates’ ability to play without him.

“I didn’t know coach (Thad) Matta was going to sit me,” Sullinger said. “But these guys have played without me before, so they know what they have to do. We just kept competing on the defensive end.”

Sullinger’s night had an inauspicious beginning as he picked up two fouls in the first seven minutes. He knocked Joseph back in the paint, leading to an offensive foul. Four minutes later, he fouled Dion Waiters as the Syracuse guard drove to the hoop.

He took a seat on the bench with 13:42 to go and didn’t return until the start of the second half.

But the new half presented a different story.

Lenzelle Smith Jr. fed Sullinger inside. He bowled over Keita as he went to the hoop, making a layup, and then he leapt over the Syracuse sophomore as he jogged down the court.

On Ohio State’s next possession, he received a pass on the right side and drove into Joseph. Sullinger threw up a long one-handed shot that banked home to put the Buckeyes ahead 45-36.

“He’s a guy who shoots a high percentage and who’s been making those type of shots his whole

career,” Joseph said.

Entering Saturday’s matchup, Sullinger appeared to have a big advantage against the Orange without Fab Melo. Sullinger weighs in at 280 pounds, giving him more than 50 pounds on the 228-pound Christmas and 215-pound Keita.

Had Melo, at 7 feet, 255 pounds, been on the court, the game could have been different. But C.J. Fair tried not to speculate on what could have been.

“You could say that as an excuse, but we should have still won this game,” Fair said. “It’s hard to say what would happen if Fab was here, you never know. But it is hard losing your best defender and it’s hard. Can’t really imagine what would have happened if he was here.”

When Syracuse pulled within 55-54, the second of two times in which SU got within one late in the game, Ohio State went back to its star. He banked home a one-handed shot over Keita to push the lead back to three.

He also was the beneficiary of calls in the second half, getting both bigs for the Orange into foul trouble. Christmas went from two to four fouls in 39 seconds early in the second half, one of the fouls being against Sullinger.

Keita went from two to four fouls in a 30-second span with less than five minutes to go, picking up both of them while trying to defend Sullinger.

“They hung in there against him,” SU head coach Jim Boeheim said. “He’s going to score. We know he’s going to score some points. I thought they really battled him pretty good.”

After the win, Sullinger met Smith at the 3-point line and they hugged. He then walked down the court to the Ohio State bench, arms raised in celebration.

He could have been a lottery pick in last year’s NBA Draft, but he elected to return to OSU for his sophomore season after the Buckeyes’ bitter end in the Sweet 16 last season.

His second half — one in which he didn’t pick up his third foul until there were 37 seconds left — allowed Ohio State to avoid another difficult end to the season.

“I appreciated everyone that doubted this basketball team, said we was the underdogs,” Sullinger said. “… I want to thank y’all because through all the adversity, we constantly pushed through that. I’m so proud of these guys.” mcooperj@syr.edu

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All yearlong, Syracuse has been led by its seniors, and Joseph did not make enough plays down the stretch for the Orange. He scored 10 points on 4-of-11 shooting, but also had four turnovers. Two came on back-to-back possessions in critical moments with less than five minutes remaining.

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Ohio State’s William Buford rebounds a missed 3-point attempt by Brandon Triche with 13 seconds left and Syracuse down 73-67. With seven seconds left, Buford makes two free throws to push the lead to eight.

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Kelly Saco didn’t want to go into extra innings.

No one on Syracuse did. And with one swing of the bat, she prevented that from happening.

With runners on first and second and two outs, Saco came up clutch with a walk-off SYRACUSE 6 single through the middle COLGATE 0 to plate a hustling CareyLeigh Thomas, avoidSYRACUSE 6 ing more than the seven CANISIUS 5 innings of play.

“Everyone said there’s no way we’re going to extra innings,” Saco said. “We’re going to get this done.”

Syracuse (19-8) found a way to get it done twice this weekend, earning its wins in contrasting fashion in the Duel in the Dome. On Friday, in the first softball game ever inside the Carrier Dome, Syracuse triumphed with ease, topping Colgate (4-14) 6-0 in front of 806 fans. Saturday was a different story for SU, as it just squeaked by Canisius (4-19) in a 6-5 victory in front of 551 fans. Although SU started out slow in the second game, the Orange never panicked. Instead, down by two runs entering the bottom of the fifth inning, SU received a boost from an unlikely source in Saco.

Going into the game, the senior first baseman was batting just .104 and was hitless in her last 10 at-bats. But she broke out at the right time for Syracuse. Saco finished the game with two hits, two walks and an RBI. “Good at bats. That’s what she had,” SU head coach Leigh Ross said. “The whole time

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Early on, Ross wasn’t too pleased with SU’s effort against Canisius, a team that came into the game on a 10-game losing streak. Ross said she felt her team expected a win before it even took the field.

And it showed as the Golden Griffins stuck around against Syracuse.

“We came here a little too lackadaisical,” Ross said. “I think we came here thinking we’d put our uniforms on and we just automatically somehow get a win and it doesn’t require hard work sometimes and we’d just go through the motions, and that’s what I think I saw today and that’s unacceptable.”

The lackadaisical play by Syracuse had the Orange trailing late. Canisius center fielder Lizzy Gatto, who Ross called a “monster,” launched a three-run homer that hugged the left field foul pole off SU starting pitcher Jenna Caira to help her team take a 5-3 lead into the top of the fifth inning.

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retired Gatto on a changeup. But when Caira went to her reliable off-speed stuff one more time on the same count, the right-handed slugger made her pay.

“I happened to throw it again and she sat on it, so that was just a smart approach on her part,” Caira said afterward. “Maybe I could have done something different, but it’s part of the game and couldn’t do anything about it now.”

Although down to a lesser Canisius squad, Syracuse wasn’t concerned and chipped away at the two-run lead, scoring a run apiece in its final three innings.

Lisaira Daniels got one run back, flashing her opposite field power to left field with a round tripper that landed in the metal Dome stands.

And then in the bottom of the sixth, Syracuse took advantage of miscues and wild pitching by Canisius. Thomas, Julie Wambold and Saco all walked to start the rally.

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din hit a ground ball right at shortstop Katie Lancellotti, who threw home on time, but catcher Stephanie Pfentner dropped the ball. That tied the game 5-5, but the Orange couldn’t break through to take the lead with the next three batters all having unproductive at bats.

Still, Ross was confident that once the Orange tied it, it would find a way to pull through.

“When we tied it up in the sixth, I kind of had a feeling that we could take care of it in the seventh,” Ross said.

And that’s what SU did when Thomas poked an innocent single through the middle to start its seventh-inning rally. Then Wambold reached on an error by the Canisius second baseman.

That set up Saco perfectly, who needed a hit just as much as her team needed one delivered.

“Just wanted to be able to step up for my team, so it was a good opportunity to,” Saco said. dgproppe@syr.edu

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SPORTS

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BOSTON RUINS Bitter end to careers of seniors

Officiating steals spotlight with foul calls MICHAEL COHEN

By Michael Cohen STAFF WRITER

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BOSTON — Leaning against a hallway wall in the TD Garden, Syracuse assistant coach Mike Hopkins hugged his sobbing son. It was nearly an hour after the Orange’s season had ended with a loss to Ohio State in the Elite Eight, but the tears kept flowing.

Antonio Jardine, father of SU point guard Scoop Jardine, walked over. He too hugged Hopkins’ son, speaking into the young boy’s ear.

Minutes later, Scoop Jardine would walk slowly down that same hallway. Eyes red from crying, nose running slightly — he would need the same hug from his father as the realization of the end of his Syracuse career began to painfully sink in.

“The loss hurts, but me not playing with these guys for the rest of my life is going to hurt even more,” Jardine said. “These are like my brothers, and we came up short

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SEE JARDINE PAGE 14

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STORYTELLER

“I didn’t want to go out like this, and I’m pretty sure everyone else didn’t want to go out like this. It don’t feel right. It don’t feel right.”

Dion Waiters

SU GUARD

not a dime back

OSTON — Dion Waiters said he wouldn’t say it.

“I’m not going to sit here and say,” the sullen sophomore shooting guard began as he stood in front of his locker.

And then he changed his mind and said it anyway.

“But I feel as though a lot of calls went the other way. Plain and simple. It felt like we were playing 5-on-8.”

In typical Dion Waiters fashion, he brazenly shared his opinion about the officiating of Saturday night’s 77-70 loss to Ohio State. He was blunt in saying that it felt like Syracuse had to battle both the Buckeyes and the referees for a chance to go to the Final Four.

Though his teammates wouldn’t join him in speaking out as brashly against the officiating crew, I will. And

The field-goal percentage for Syracuse’s four leading scorers — Kris Joseph, Dion Waiters, Brandon Triche and Scoop Jardine.

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sterling boin | staff photographer JARED SULLINGER celebrates after his Buckeyes defeated Syracuse 77-70 in the Elite Eight on Saturday night. The loss marks a disappointing end to a remarkable 2011-12 campaign for the once 20-0 Orange.

The total number of fouls called in Saturday’s game, with 29 on Syracuse and 20 on Ohio State.