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For the record The Daily Orange Editorial Board

Music speaks The Center for Live Music in the 21st Century

Pressing issues Jim Boeheim is questioned by hordes of media in

members react to Bernie Fine being fired and the sexual abuse scandal. Page 3

calls on the administration to make its 2005 investigation report public. Page 5

hosted a public conversation to discuss ways the Syracuse Philharmonic can tailor its programming to diverse communities. Page 7

his first press conference since Bernie Fine’s firing from SU. Page 20

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Fourth victim may emerge to accuse Fine

DuVal told of 2002 allegations

By Kathleen Ronayne DEVELOPMENT EDITOR

Robert Hoatson, an advocate for victims of sexual abuse, said a woman contacted him Nov. 21 and said her family member had also been affected by Bernie Fine. He has not spoken with the family member who was allegedly affected.

At press time, there was no confirmation that a fourth accuser had stepped forward and spoken with authorities.

Hoatson was in Syracuse on Nov. 21 to reach out to victims in response to Jim Boeheim’s “outrageous remarks” and to provide support for possible victims of sexual abuse. After speaking on two radio programs that morning, he got a call while sitting in Faegan’s Cafe & Pub. The call was from a woman who said “that her family had been affected

by Bernie Fine,” Hoatson said. She did not provide details but said it was a “comparable story to others,” he said.

Hoatson said he urged the woman to contact the authorities and believes that she has now contacted the Syracuse Police Department and the district attorney’s office with the claims. Since the call, Hoatson said he has spoken with the woman about half a dozen times. He has not spoken to the potential accuser.

District Attorney William Fitzpatrick and Sgt. Tom Connellan of the Syracuse Police Department could not be reached to comment.

“At the time, I said, ‘You might consider calling the authorities,’ and they made contact with them,” Hoatson said.

Hoatson is the former president and co-founder of Road to Recovery, a group which provides support to victims of sexual abuse, mainly by members of the clergy. Hoatson has loudly criticized Boeheim’s initial remarks that the other accusers are liars.

The family is “in the very early stages of trying to deal with the revelation of this,” Hoatson said, and the woman has not said whether her family intends to go public

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By Michael Boren STAFF WRITER

lauren murphy | asst. photo editor JEFF RICKERT, the Student Association comptroller and a senior in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, brought a four-tier system for allocating money to student organizations in two terms.

New deal

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pon entering the position of the Student Association comptroller, Jeff Rickert had hopes of allocating large amounts of money to student organizations smoothly and ensuring that the best programs received the most money. Now, with his second term coming to an end, Rickert said he has done just that.

“He’s been a great comptroller,” said Amy Snider, SA chief of staff.

“The position is perhaps the most demanding in the entire organization, and he has handled it extremely well for two years.”

Rickert said his greatest accomplishment was the creation of an enhanced financial vision for SA that passed in January. SA provides student organizations with guidelines of what to expect from funding processes held each semester, allowing the organizations to better prepare.

“It’s the first step of a long pro-

In 2 terms as Student Association comptroller, Rickert brought radical changes to financial vision

cess, but it’s a step we’ve never taken before,” said Rickert. “So that’s our biggest win.”

Rickert wrote the financial vision himself because he thought the old vision was too vague. He wrote down specific processes outside SA’s supplement code for groups to see the Finance Board’s thought process regarding the budget written down on paper, he said.

The vision is composed of a fourtier system to allocate student organization funding, which is dependent on the organization’s experience.

This would prevent organizations from requesting large amounts of money for funding to host events with minimal attendance, Rickert said.

“We weren’t going to give an organization that’s never done an event before $20,000. They have to prove that they can handle that money,” he said.

New organizations with little or no experience are categorized in the first tier and can receive up

to $5,000 for their budget. Organizations in the second tier can receive up to $12,000, and with greater success, they can move into the third tier and receive up to $25,000, Rickert said.

Once a group can consistently conduct successful programming, it enters the fourth tier and is eligible to receive more than $25,000. University Union sits at the top of the tier system because it hosts the Block Party and Juice Jam concerts, which consistently see large student turnout.

The tiers, however, are not definite. Organizations can move back

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As members of the 55th Student Association session prepare to leave office, The Daily Orange will run profiles detailing the outgoing members’ time spent in office. Look out for SA President Neal Casey’s profile in Thursday’s paper.

Dennis DuVal, who served as Syracuse police chief in 2002, knew about the allegations against Bernie Fine when they first surfaced nine years ago, according to a statement by Police Chief Frank Fowler released Tuesday.

Danielle Roach, a friend of one of the alleged victims, told SPD detective Doug Fox that year that Fine had sexually abused her friend. Roach is known to be the ex-girlfriend of Bobby Davis, though police would not identify the alleged

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Cantor says Boeheim still ‘our coach’

By Debbie Truong ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Chancellor Nancy Cantor expressed support for Jim Boeheim two days after the men’s basketball head coach backed down from earlier statements supporting Bernie Fine.

“Coach Boeheim is our coach,” Cantor said to a gathering of reporters, following an economic development conference with state officials in Albany on Tuesday, according to a blog post on the Albany Watch blog.

Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs, confirmed the post.

Boeheim initially defended Fine, former associate head coach of the men’s basketball team, when molestation accusations made by former Syracuse ball boys Bobby Davis and Mike Lang were brought to media

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Volvo knocks tollbooth over; employee inside

By Debbie Truong

said. Vehicles from the Syracuse Police Department, Syracuse police crime scene unit, DPS and Syracuse University fire safety unit lined the Marion Hall side of Waverly Avenue.

Tollbooth signs were bent and strewn across the grass area next to the booth, and the windows of the booth were completely knocked out.

The tollbooth is situated on slightly raised ground, with yellow, hipheight poles surrounding it. One of the polls landed completely under the Volvo. The parking lot is sometimes used for Carrier Dome events, Fiesinger said.

An electrician was sent to do a second sweep on the tollbooth, which will remain in the parking lot until Wednesday morning when the debris will be removed, Fiesinger said. Towers from Rendino’s Towing left the scene with the Volvo on the bed of a truck at approximately 8:15 p.m.

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At least one person was taken to the hospital after a vehicle collided into a tollbooth in the Marion parking lot Tuesday night.

A navy blue Volvo, which was entering the parking lot, knocked the tollbooth completely on its side around 7:20 p.m. The person manning the tollbooth was taken to the hospital for evaluation, said Department of Public Safety Sgt. Charles Fiesinger. The investigation is ongoing and Fiesinger could not provide details on the person’s conditions or how the car collided into the booth.

The Volvo’s front-end bumper was mangled and the windshield shattered. The driver’s side airbag deployed. The accident site was blocked off with yellow tape, cautioning that the area was a fire line.

Electricity to the tollbooth was shut off and there did not appear to be an electrical hazard, Fiesinger

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Bust a move The School of Education and the exercise science department presented “An Evening of DANCE” on Tuesday night in the Goldstein Auditorium in the Schine Student Center. About 135 students from the Fall 2011 dance courses participated in 10 pieces. The level of performance ranged from beginner to advanced. The pieces included ballet, African dance, tap and jazz, among others, and the performances used music from The Doors, Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin and Avicii.

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By Jon Harris ASST. NEWS EDITOR

stacie fanelli | asst. photo editor A Volvo knocked over the tollbooth in the Marion parking lot Tuesday, sending the attendant working inside to the hospital.

To Robert Thompson, the weather in Syracuse over the past couple of days is appropriate given the situation hanging over the university.

“The clouds are practically on the ground. I haven’t seen the sun for 48 hours. It’s almost like our meteorology reflects kind of the mood. Not only has this story descended upon the campus, it’s

like it’s being reflected by the very weather itself,” said Thompson, the founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University.

Former associate head men’s basketball coach Bernie Fine was fired Sunday following the release of a 2002 taped phone conversation between Fine’s wife and Bobby Davis, one of three people accusing Fine of sexual abuse. The allegations against Fine

Despite political unrest in Egypt, students still able to study abroad

By Stephanie Bouvia ASST. COPY EDITOR

Syracuse University students looking to study abroad in Cairo next semester will still be able to do so — for now.

Despite protests in Egypt due to political unrest and turmoil, the American University of Cairo, SU’s world partner in Egypt, will continue to host students, said Ginny Pellam-Montalbano, coordinator of special programs at SU Abroad. She said the university is monitoring the situation.

“As far as we know, we haven’t suspended our involvement with

AUC,” she said.

Only two students are planning to study abroad in Cairo next semester.

Pellam-Montalbano emailed both of them and suggested they come up with a backup option just in case they cannot go to Egypt.

Pellam-Montalbano told the students the university will make every attempt to give them another overseas option if necessary.

Catherine Schur, a junior broadcast journalism and international relations major, is one of the students planning to study in Cairo. She said she hadn’t been following the news about the pro-

tests in Egypt and was not expecting the email from Pellam-Montalbano.

“I was just so surprised. I was shocked,” she said.

Schur said she has wanted to study abroad in Cairo since her freshman year. Although she said the prospect is a little scary, she is still plans to study there.

Kaycie Miltenberger, a junior political science and public relations major, is the other student set to study in Cairo next semester. She said the revolutions in Egypt are what inspired her to want to study there.

“I decided to apply to go there to

study the birth of the democracy,” she said.

Miltenberger said she had been following the protests in Egypt and was not surprised when she received the email.

“I kind of expected it just because right before we got the email, news broke that three American students had been arrested,” she said. Those students were studying at the AUC, the same university the SU students will attend next semester, she said.

Schur said she is considering studying abroad in Beirut as a backup plan.

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surfaced Nov. 17 and have grabbed national headlines ever since.

Many faculty members were shocked to learn of the firing and were disturbed by the scandal. Some didn’t want to be interviewed by The Daily Orange because the situation is so close to home.

“Syracuse only gets in the national headlines for two things: The fact that it snows here all the

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relocation requests for the spring semester await confirmation of their move.

Flashback A distinguished author will

read from his memoir, which focuses on his ancestry, Wednesday as part of the Raymond Carver Reading Series.

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time and its basketball team,” Thompson said. “And usually we expect that latter one to be for good reasons.

“You never want a story like this to be told about your university, whether you’re an alum or whether you’re a student or whether you’re a faculty,” he continued.

The story from ESPN is being told in strange steps, Thompson said. ESPN first broke allegations about Fine on Nov. 17 and released the phone conversation Sunday, but ESPN has had the tape since 2002.

Thompson said he thought ESPN would’ve taken the allegations and the phone conversa-

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tion to Boeheim and asked what he knew. They waited to release the phone conversation, something Thompson considers one of the mysteries in the case.

After the allegations became public Nov. 17, Boeheim issued a statement giving Fine his full support. After the phone conversation became public, Boeheim said he thought the university took the “appropriate step” in firing Fine.

David Bennett, a history professor, said he believes the university had to fire Fine, but he doesn’t expect Boeheim to be fired given what is known right now.

“There’s no reason to believe that coach Boeheim knew what was going on,” Bennett said. “People often times don’t know what goes in the lives of people who are very close friends,

as we all know.”

Bennett was involved in a 1990 investigation into alleged recruiting violations against the basketball program. Bennett said forums were held for people to raise any questions they had, and no concerns were raised concerning sexual abuse.

“We interviewed large numbers of people, many of whom had some things to say about the basketball program, and there was not a word spoken about anything that was remotely connected to the pieces of evidence in the last two days,” said Bennett, chairman of the Athletic Policy Board and the NCAA Faculty Representative from 1975 to 1995.

Bennett said that although the scandal may not be the biggest event to hit the university, it is a national story that will affect people’s view

of the university.

Douglas Biklen, dean of the School of Education, said he isn’t worried about the “taint of this situation over the university.”

“I actually think that it’s very, very good that these sorts of cases get talked about a lot because it makes people very aware,” he said.

Biklen said stories like this that get national attention make it clear to people that they should call the authorities if they observe sexual abuse.

“I think, for any of us, if we have information and we know it and we don’t deal with it, we’re responsible,” he said. “We need to be held responsible, whoever we are — faculty, basketball coach, dean.”

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abroad locations. All of the students left Egypt

by Feb. 2.

Pellam-Montalbano said SU Abroad would relocate the students again if necessary, but they are hoping it won’t happen.

“We wouldn’t leave them in harm’s way,” she said.

Pellam-Montalbano is remaining hopeful that the protests will end and students will still be able to go.

Said Pellam-Montalbano: “I hope that it will end peacefully and will end soon.”

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But Miltenberger isn’t so sure. Miltenberger said she is considering Turkey as a second option, but she isn’t fully committed to the idea of going somewhere other than Cairo. If she cannot go to Cairo, Miltenberger may end up back on campus, she said.

“It’s been a tough decision because I don’t really want to go anywhere else,” she said.

The unrest in Cairo first broke out in January, causing four SU Abroad students to be pulled out of the program and relocated to other

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with the allegation.

Attempts by Hoatson to reach out to Bobby Davis, Mike Lang and Zach Tomaselli have not been successful, Hoatson said. He and another member of the organization also had breakfast at the diner owned by Lang’s family on Nov. 21 in an attempt to reach out to Lang.

As Tuesday was the first basketball game since Fine’s firing, Hoatson came to Syracuse to promote awareness of sexual abuse. He stood on

CANTOR FROM PAGE 1

attention. A third accuser has since stepped forward and a recording of a phone conversation from 2002 between Fine’s wife, Laurie, and Davis was also released Sunday morning. In the phone conversation, Laurie Fine admitted she was concerned her husband molested Davis

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snbouvia@syr.edu —A previous version of this article appeared on dailyorange.com on Nov. 26.

HELPING WAYS

The organization, Road to Recovery, was created in 2002 following the clergy abuse crisis that shook the Roman Catholic Church. The organization dedicates resources to providing emotional, psychological, financial and spiritual aid to abuse victims.

Source: road-to-recovery.org

the corner of Waverly Avenue and South Crouse Avenue and also stood near the Carrier Dome to speak with people, he said. kronayne@syr.edu

Boeheim released a second statement during the weekend, taking a step back from his original claims.

Cantor addressed Boeheim’s second statement to reporters Tuesday.

“Coach Boeheim is our coach; he’s getting the team ready tonight,” Cantor said. “We’re very pleased with what he said Sunday night, and we stand by him.” dbtruong@syr.edu

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SU’s relationship with bank threatens academic integrity The Daily Orange’s coverage of the relationship between Syracuse University and JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the Nov.16 issue is highly problematic, if not outright incorrect.

Students are and should be concerned with the corporatization of SU and its ties to a banking institute that consistently works against the interests of students, home owners and the working class.

Let’s examine the corporation’s role in the current economic crisis. It owns one of the major subprime lenders, Chase Home Finance, which provided billions of dollars in subprime mortgages that exclusively targeted poor and working-class people.

After it helped tank the economy, which resulted in the shuttering of factories and workplaces and millions of foreclosures, it was bailed out to the tune of $94.7 billion of taxpayer money — the same taxpayers who were losing their homes and jobs. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon’s compensation was $20.8 million.

It has laid off 14,000 workers since that bailout, but it has managed to pay billions in executive bonuses.

The company has lobbied against the Employee Free Choice Act, which would make it easier for workers to organize without employer intimidation. It has made obscene profits from bank and ATM fees.

Should SU have any sort of relationship with such a company? The

D.O. article talked about how the company provides students by offering “real-world internships.” What does the company get in return? Access to a super-cheap, if not entirely free, labor supply. The article says the company plays a “large role” in “helping develop curriculum.” The ideals held by banks such as JPMorgan have contributed to a system of greed and have no place in a classroom.

The bank comes out the winner in this situation, at the expense of SU’s integrity.

We also seriously question how congruous this corporate relationship is with Scholarship in Action. As community organizers, we have seen firsthand the destruction wrought in Syracuse by this corporation. We have seen families forced out of their homes and onto the streets.

With the Occupy Wall Street movement gaining traction across the globe, this country has reached a fork in the road. Will we continue to let banks and corporations not only dictate our laws, but also our academic curriculums? Will SU continue to sell out to a bank that actively works against the interests of students and the working class?

It’s time to reconsider SU’s priorities and for the university to cut ties with JPMorgan.

Derek Ford and Adrienne Garcia

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SU should make 2005 investigation public The Syracuse University administration should publicly release the report from its 2005 investigation into a child molestation accusation against Bernie Fine, former associate head coach for men’s basketball.

Many of us on this campus and in the community care deeply about the soundness and integrity of the university. But in recent weeks, the media storm about the Fine scandal has led to a flurry of rumors, speculation and questions about how university and city authorities handled the original accusations years ago.

In 2002, an accuser went to Syracuse police alleging Fine molested him when he worked as a ball boy for the team. That same accuser, Bobby Davis, told the SU administration several years later. In 2005,

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EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board SU launched its own investigation through its private law firm. SU did not tell the Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office about its investigation or the accusation.

“There are no charges. There are no indictments. There is no grand jury,” said men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim on Tuesday after the men’s basketball game, criticizing premature speculation. But SU’s legal report, however lacking in recent revelations, would be that oasis of legal fact and evidence in the desert of sensationalized hearsay and bickering surrounding the case.

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tution that explored — through legal counsel — the possibility that Fine molested Davis.

After months, that internal investigation had revealed nothing that corroborated the accusation, said Chancellor Nancy Cantor. Even so, as an academic institution, we must value tempered and fact-based discussion as well as full transparency. Having SU’s legal report would greatly aid that cause.

The public has no use for the names of possible victims or corroborators, and these can be removed or abbreviated if they appear in the report. But the administration has a responsibility to restore faith, not with tall statements, but through fact, such as the plainest, legal document so far in existence.

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Uncovering an explorer Officials worked to clean paint off the prominent Christopher Columbus statue after Friday vandalization

By Heather Wentz STAFF WRITER

W

hile some brave shoppers were out early Friday in search of the best Black Friday deals, at least one person went out of his or her way to send a message.

The Christopher Columbus monument, located in Columbus Square in downtown Syracuse, was vandalized Friday.

Red paint was splashed on the monument as well as the message: “500 years of genocide and imperialism; wake up.”

Syracuse Police Department spokesman Sgt. Tom Connellan said police were notified early Friday that there was damage to the monument. They filed a police report and a detective is working on the case. So far, he said there are no suspects and no indication as to what the graffiti means.

The Columbus monument was built in 1934 by Italian immigrants as a tribute to Columbus, according to the Preservation Association of Central New York’s website. The Italian-Americans wanted to dedicate the monument to the city of Syracuse as thanks for finding work there upon immigrating to America. It has been the focal point of downtown Columbus Square since its completion.

Pete O’Connor, commissioner of the Syracuse Department of Public Works, said after they were notified of the vandalism, he sent a crew to take off the paint.

“There’s a city crew called Steel Trades,” O’Connor said.

“They have painters, carpenters, electricians and plumbers.

Since the monument involved paint, we called on them to get it off using a high-powered steam gun.”

The workers determined that whoever vandalized the statue filled balloons and latex gloves with paint and threw them at the monument, according to a Nov. 25 article by The Post-Standard.

O’Connor said it took his crew about five hours to completely remove the paint. The bronze sculpture of Columbus atop the monument, which stands at 11 feet tall, was splashed with paint, so the crew used a bucket truck to remove it.

The Department of Public Works crew was done by 11 a.m. and then they completed the rest of the work they were scheduled to do that day.

O’Connor said it was fairly easy for his crew to remove all the paint because of the cooler temperature Thursday night into Friday morning. Had it been any warmer, the paint would have been sticky, and it would have been harder for the crew to remove.

This isn’t the first time there have been vandalized buildings in the area, Sgt. Connellan said, but “this was a specific act of public vandalism.”

In Oct. 2010, the door of the Westcott Community Center was sprayed with white paint and graffiti. It was the third incident in three weeks in the Westcott area. But Connellan said graffiti usually isn’t a problem.

He said: “We usually get calls about petty graffiti on public or private property, but it’s almost always sporadic occurrences.” hawentz@syr.edu

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down if they fail to meet their standards or handle the money properly. This would prevent money from being wasted.

“Jeff’s efforts to develop a fair, easily understandable system of student fee allocation have been noble,” Snider said.

As comptroller, Rickert also overcame the challenge of being faced with a financial surplus this summer. When student organizations receive revenue from hosting events, the money goes into a miscellaneous account, which can be spent with the approval of the comptroller.

If the money is not spent by the end of the year, it rolls back into SA’s general account, he said.

This year, Rickert and SA President Neal Casey were notified of a clerical error that resulted in SA accumulating more than a $1 million in excess rollover funds. A plan was devised in which part of the money would be allocated to UU for the use of large-scale concerts, allowing it to send out more surveys to

connect more with students, Rickert said.

“We also decided to keep a significant portion to spread out over 10 semesters for any group and found common ground where we can benefit a lot of students,” said Rickert. “I think the plan’s got great potential.”

Rickert said he knows the new comptroller, Stephen DeSalvo, will do an excellent job continuing what he started. DeSalvo began increasing SA’s transparency through the Your Student Fee website, where SA breaks down its finances.

Although Rickert will be out of office, he said he will be around if DeSalvo has any questions or concerns. Rickert said he is grateful for the friendships he has made and the opportunity to work with different groups.

“It’s been great. Some people don’t always like the decisions I make, but I can say I’ve always done work by codes and fair decisions — it’s what I like to do,” he said. “When you deal with a lot of money, you can’t deviate how you work with different groups. You have to hold a standard and treat everyone fairly. I’ve learned a lot from that.” meltagou@syr.edu

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victim’s name.

“Approximately a month later, Det. Fox took a call from the victim who told the detective he was calling from Utah,” Fowler said in the statement. “In a brief phone conversation, he stated that Bernie Fine had sexually abused him while growing up and the abuse had occurred while he stayed at the Fine residence.”

The victim said the abuse happened more than 12 years before, according to the statement.

Because the statute of limitations had passed and the alleged victim could not provide names of other potential victims, police did not start an investigation or file any formal reports, Fowler said in the statement.

Police didn’t know about Syracuse University’s 2005 investigation into the allegations until Nov. 17.

Police also did not have additional evidence

that The Post-Standard and ESPN possessed for eight years, according to the statement. On Sunday, ESPN released a tape-recorded conversation between Davis and Fine’s wife, Laurie, who revealed that she knew her husband was allegedly molesting a ball boy. Fine was fired from SU hours later. ESPN reported that it received the recorded conversation from Davis in 2003.

Fowler said he could not change how police handled the allegations back then because he was not police chief.

“But what I can and will do as chief today is ensure that moving forward all reports of sexual abuse are formally documented,” he said in the statement. “I have ordered a review of all Syracuse Police Department policies and procedures regarding the documentation of sexual abuse allegations made over the phone and appropriate changes will be made accordingly.”

DuVal and SPD Sgt. Tom Connellan did not return calls from The Daily Orange for additional comment. mcboren@syr.edu

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the daily orange

the sweet stuff in the middle

Striking a

chord

Josh Dekaney

Syracuse Philharmonic searches for right notes with community input Patrick Jones

photos by kristen parker | asst. photo editor

By Ian Simon-Curry

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STAFF WRITER

he music of Beethoven and Mozart may soon be more at home in flash mobs, restaurants and shopping malls than the stuffy concert halls of years past.

Lovers of classical music came together last night to discuss ideas like these to help fill the void left by the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra after it closed last May. The Center for Live Music in the 21st Century in the Setnor School of Music hosted a fourth public conversation to discuss future programming for the Syracuse Philharmonic. The organization has partnered with the center, “a unique entity that is a combination of a research center and arts business incubator,” according to a Nov. 16 SU news release, to lay the groundwork for a new professional orchestra in the Syracuse area.

Josh Dekaney, interim direc- and education programming. He tor of the center, hosted the event stressed that the discussion was at the Fayetteville Free Library not about the personnel or strucwith Patrick Jones, director of ture of the new orchestra. the Setnor School of Music at SyrHe then introduced Dekaney, acuse University. The discussion who continued in the same vein brought forth ideas for the future, and explained that the center but also expressed people’s con- hopes to help the Philharmonic tinued sadness over the closing develop dynamic programming of the SSO. and strong marketing.

Jones kicked off the event by Dekaney invited the audimentioning the shaky state of ence of about 30 to join the arts organizaconversation, tions in the asking about United States. their favorite He stressed that concerts and the digitization fondest musiof music has Jen Ortiz cal memories.

SENIOR MUSIC INDUSTRY MAJOR made live music T he audiexperiences ence, almost even more important. entirely middle-aged or senior “We live in a particularly citizens, responded by notchallenging time for symphony ing concerts as recent as two orchestras,” he said. weeks ago and as far back as 40 Jones discussed the possi- years. In attendance were diebility of creating new musical hard classical music fans, prorepertoire and programming for fessional musicians and past children and teens, and secur- members of the SSO, including ing new performance locations Daniel Hege, former director

"It's not about the past anymore."

and current professor at the Setnor School of Music.

Many attendees mentioned that most children do not listen to classical music and that exposure to it at an early age is vital to developing and creating young audiences.

“Symphonic music is a foreign language to most kids,” one man in the audience said.

The group discussed solving this problem by having smaller ensembles from within the Philharmonic present concerts in schools and other public places.

Other innovative suggestions included f lash mob concerts in places like Carousel Mall, dinner concerts and diverse performance venues that help support small business. Dekaney cited an event he attended in the Westcott area where bands moved from one shop to the next, creating an exciting musical event while

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It runs in the family: What two loving parents think of their one little mistake DANNY FERSH

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n my heart, I’m still a kid.

No, not the fun kind of kid who needs Ritalin slipped into his mashed potatoes just to keep him from stealing the family minivan. Deep down, I’m a 5-year-old space cadet who f loats aimlessly through the world unless instructed otherwise by an adult and/or imaginary friend.

How did I get this way, you ask? It’s simple.

I was raised by the two sweetest, most caring people to ever walk the face of the earth — my parents, Mommy and Daddy Fersh. They devoted their lives to raising the three children they always dreamed of having. And me, the accident who was the fourth.

Growing up, I never had a care in the world because I was their baby. If one of my brothers picked on me, they were there to stand up for me. If I needed help getting dressed, they were there to unhinge my suspenders from my underwear. If I ever wandered too far, they’d pull extra hard on my leash.

When I came to Syracuse University, I set out to repay them with beautiful prose they could read each week in The Daily Orange.

After three years and more than 70 columns, I finally sat down with them during Fall Break and asked what they thought of my work. Here’s what transpired: Me: I consider my work to be very thoughtprovoking. What goes through your head when you read my columns?

Dad: We see your photo, and I think, “What a handsome kid.” It demonstrates the power of genetics. Then I usually think, in sequence, “I am looking forward to reading this column.” Then: “Did he really just say that?” “Not the bit about wearing a dress again!” “That’s a funny line.” “Oops, might have offended someone there. I hope no one takes this too seriously.”

Mom: The whole time I just think, “I can’t wait to share this with my mahjong group!”

Me: I’m glad I can help you score points at the mahjong table, Mom. Does that mean you’ve finally come to appreciate my sophisticated wit?

Mom: You mean fart jokes? I get enough boy

humor at the dinner table. I’d love to see you write something else.

Me: Dad, you can see the real value in my work, right?

Dad: Invariably, I rely on your column for a sophisticated analysis of the political and social issues of the day on campus, especially those involving bodily functions.

Me: So you consider me a reliable, truthful source of information? Or do you feel like you need to set the record straight?

Dad: Well, I won my Nobel Prize in 1973, not 1972. I know that’s confused you in the past.

Mom: He never won a Nobel Prize.

Me: Thanks, Mom. Anything else you want me to know?

Dad: Well, I wanted to say you turned out great considering you were our fourth child in six years, and we had trouble remembering your name.

Me: Thanks, Dad. You’ve been a great influence, both in my life and my writing.

Dad: Honey, I’d hate to think what Danny’s writing would be like if he knew we never read it.

Danny Fersh is a senior broadcast journalism major and his column appears every Wednesday.

He would like to give a shout-out to Uncle Jack and the best f***ing BDJ 465 news team ever. He also thanks his mom and dad for making him better looking than all his siblings. Email dafersh@syr. edu and follow him on Twitter via @fershprince.

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By Sam Littman STAFF WRITER

hen “The Descendants” director Alexander Payne released his last film, “Sideways,” in 2009, critics generally agreed that there was no better comedy director in the business. With “The Descendants,” Payne stakes his claim as a leading maker of comedies and one of the finest directors working in American cinema today.

The most recent of Payne’s middleaged, confused and cornered protagonists is Matt King (George Clooney), a lawyer in Hawaii whose wife, Elizabeth (Patricia Hastie), is in a coma following a gruesome boating accident. For the first time, King is burdened with caring for his two daughters, the uppity 10-yearold Scottie (Amara Miller) and the problematic 17-year-old Alexandra (Shailene Woodley), all by himself. His anxiety is aggravated further upon discovering his wife had been carrying on an affair with a conniving real estate agent.

Oh, and he’s also pressured by his greedy relatives to sell, for as much as half a billion dollars, 25,000 acres of pristine Hawaiian land procured by the King family’s great ancestors. He’s a smart man with many lifealtering decisions on his plate and without a clue of how to handle any of it.

George Clooney stuns in a role that requires a pitch-perfect balance of comic sharpness and raw sadness, which he aces

Hilarious but heartbreaking, ‘The Descendants’ confirms Payne, Clooney as elite artists

under Payne’s masterly guidance.

There is scarcely a dilemma, or line of Clooney’s, that the audience can’t empathize with or invest in completely. Payne and Clooney earn viewers’ trust and loyalty from the beginning and never loosen their grip for a moment.

“The Descendants” is a film indebted to its setting. Payne embraces a relatively undressed and even bleak Hawaii that serves as the perfect backdrop for King’s crisis.

Payne reveals the flipside of the warm and idyllic state and presents it as a neat suburban hell. King’s disposition is as damp, bleak and deceptive as his homeland. Payne achieves the near impossible: He makes us forget that we’re watching George Clooney.

His films are rarely complexly shot or groundbreaking. Payne just strives for emotional authenticity — and he excels.

Images are often merely vehicles for moving the story forward, so Payne’s sensibilities often lean more toward theater than cinema. He understands how to meld hilarity and sadness, and the result of his chemistry is always exhilarating. It is hard to tell whether Clooney is sad or hopeful at any given moment — a delightful confusion. When Elizabeth’s father, for example, is informed of his daughter’s worsening condition, he takes out his anger by way of

punching a pothead teenager in the face. In “The Descendants,” the lighthearted and heavyhearted are inextricably linked in every line, expression and action.

Payne has made only five films, all of which he wrote and directed. The likes of Charlie Chaplin, Woody Allen, Billy Wilder, Ernst Lubitsch, James L. Brooks and Leo McCarey first come to mind as filmmakers adept at balancing comedy and drama. Though all were extraordinarily adept at filming both genres, none could do both simultaneously as consistently and powerfully as Payne. He manages to meld humor and heartbreak as few of his predecessors have and as none of his descendants likely ever will. smlittma@syr.edu

“THE DESCENDANTS”

A fond farewell “Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them.” – Pauline Kael As usual, the greatest film critic who ever lived is entirely correct. The average film coming to a theater near you will not be good. It almost certainly will not be a masterpiece. It definitely will not be great art. Why go to the movies?

Well, because she’s right.

My review of “The Descendants” will be the last of the 82 film-related articles I’ve written for The Daily Orange since arriving on campus in September 2009. The movie just so happens to be a masterpiece. In a way, that upsets me.

“Joy wouldn’t feel so good if it wasn’t for pain.” – 50 Cent The man is entirely correct, too. When I first started at The D.O. as a freshman, I was

Director: Alexander Payne edited so severely that I frequently fought with my editors. I hated more than half the movies I saw. I’ve given only four 5/5 reviews in my tenure, so awarding five “popcorns” to the last one feels wrong.

But then I think about Pauline Kael, 50 Cent and all the amazing editors I’ve worked with at The D.O. I feel joyous. That must mean it’s time to go.

Sam Littman

Cast: George Clooney, Shailene Woodly, Amara Miller Release date: Nov. 23 Rating:

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Jen Ortiz, a senior music industry major, mentioned that what makes concerts memorable is often the whole experience rather than simply the music played. Building on this idea, she suggested more social events, like dinner dances. Another member of the audience agreed, saying future orchestra concerts should be “more of an experience where you can take a date.”

Collaboration with non-classical artists in genres like jazz and Brazilian music was also suggested.

The audience gradually moved off topic.

Many people in attendance expressed anger at the closing of the Syracuse Symphony and confusion about the emerging Syracuse Philharmonic.

“We have an orchestra now, they deserve to be considered,” said one person referring to the Symphony Syracuse, a temporary organization put together by former members of the SSO that has presented a few concerts since the orchestra went bankrupt.

People also expressed concern about the use of the Syracuse Symphony’s remaining endowment funds, and who makes up the board of the Syracuse Philharmonic. Jones and Dekaney were unable and unwilling to respond to most of these concerns, saying that they did not know the details of the situation, and that they and the Center was not responsible for establishing the structure of the new orchestra, but for researching public opinion to help the Syracuse Philharmonic satisfy the needs of its audience.

At times, this inability to address the public’s concerns created tension between the event’s

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“We live in a particularly challenging time for symphony orchestras."

Josh Dekaney

INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR LIVE MUSIC IN THE 21ST CENTURY IN THE SETNOR SCHOOL OF MUSIC

hosts and attendees.

“It’s a very raw topic (with) raw emotions,” Dekaney said.

The collapse of the SSO was devastating to the city’s classical music community, but steps are being taken to ensure that the Syracuse Philharmonic will survive and be relevant to its audience.

Ortiz stated: “It’s not about the past anymore.” insimonc@syr.edu

ON ANOTHER NOTE The Syracuse Philharmonic is a new musical organization that formed after Syracuse Symphony Orchestra filed for bankruptcy in May 2011 and shut down.

Collaborating with The Center for Live Music, the organization’s mission is to foster an appreciation for symphonic music by producing orchestra concerts in Syracuse and throughout the Central New York region. The philharmonic aims to provide musical performances of diverse genres, ranging from classical to pop music. Its plans also include hosting other city orchestras and musicians to play in Syracuse and getting feedback from the public to tailor its program to the community.

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BOEHEIM FROM PAGE 20

There was no deterring what became the main event Tuesday night inside the Carrier Dome.

“Questions about the game?” Moore said 9:45 into the questioning.

“There’s not,” Boeheim replied with a smirk.

“Pete, give it up.”

Boeheim was blasted by an abnormally large group of media, prompting the head coach to declare there was more press in attendance than fans Tuesday night. In his first press conference since Chancellor Nancy Cantor made the decision to fire Fine on Sunday evening, he had a prepared statement to read aloud before the relentless questioning began. His demeanor was markedly different than the free-spirited Boeheim the media saw following SU’s win over Colgate on Nov. 19, and he made perfectly clear the ongoing investigation into the allegations requires him to hold his tongue.

“I’m saddened in many ways by what’s unfolded, the events that have unfolded,” Boeheim read from the podium. “And I’m looking forward to a time where we can talk and learn from what has happened. There’s an important investigation going on, which I fully support, and I can’t add anything to that by speaking more about that now. The investigation, and all that we can learn

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support from Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor and the SU fans Tuesday, Boeheim left the door open to take heat and potentially put that job status on the line should the allegations against Fine be proven true.

MEN’S BASK ETBA LL from it, is what is important.”

A central focus of the questions directed at Boeheim was the seemingly staunch contrast between his comments before Fine’s firing and his statement released following the dismissal Sunday night.

Gone were the allusions to extortion and lying by the accusers and the unwavering support of Fine. And in its place were three sentences that expressed regret and took a step back.

“I believe the university took the appropriate step tonight,” Boeheim said in his statement on Sunday. “What is most important is that this matter be fully investigated and that anyone with information be supported to come forward so that the truth can be found. I deeply regret any statements I made that might have inhibited that from occurring or been insensitive to victims of abuse.”

When questioned about the change in his stance, Boeheim contended that his stance hasn’t changed at all. He said Tuesday that each and every one of his previous comments was made in reaction to the knowledge he possessed at that time.

Boeheim said he has not heard the audio tape of a secretly recorded conversation between Bobby Davis, Fine’s initial accuser and Laurie Fine, the former associate head coach’s wife. It was a recording in which Laurie Fine admitted to knowing about her husband’s alleged molestations of Davis and hinted at a romantic

“Ultimately, the head coach is responsible for everything,” Boeheim said. “Everything that I can control, I hold myself responsible for.”

Orange fans also made it clear Tuesday before SU’s 84-48 win over Eastern Michigan in the Carrier Dome that they supported Boeheim, Syracuse’s head coach for the last 36 years.

When he made his way through the tunnel to the team bench just before opening tip, the

“There’s an important investigation going on, which I fully support, and I can’t add anything to that by speaking more about that now.”

Jim Boeheim

SU HEAD COACH

relationship between herself and Davis.

But the head coach did say his previous statements needed to be clarified as more facts came out, though he wouldn’t specify which statements.

“Based on what I knew at that time, that there were three investigations and nothing was corroborated, meaning whatever was said was true by three different sources wasn’t corroborated,” Boeheim said. “ … That was the basis of me saying what I said.

“As obviously more facts came out, more facts did come out. … I think the university statement was accurate. I think they acted on the information they got. That’s it.”

Overshadowed by the frenzy of anticipation surrounding Boeheim’s press conference was the return of former assistant coach Rob Murphy to the Carrier Dome.

crowd rose to its feet for a standing ovation as he stepped onto the court that is named after him. And the fans gave him another boisterous ovation when his name was called during the pregame announcement of starting lineups.

“I think the fans are always going to stay behind coach Boeheim,” sophomore Fab Melo said. “He’s been here for 36 years. Everybody loves him.”

Melo and some of the other Orange players seemed to expect that type of reaction from the Carrier Dome crowd of 19,649. Brandon Triche said that because Boeheim has been with the program for so long, it’d be hard for fans not to support him. James Southerland added that the SU fans “will always have your back no matter what.”

Kris Joseph also voiced his own support for his head coach when asked if it bothered him when people talked badly about Boeheim and the university.

“I haven’t heard anything, but I’ll back my coach,” Joseph said. “Coach Boeheim is a great coach. He’s a great person. I’m going to stick by him. I haven’t heard anything, but if I did, I would definitely stick up for him just because I know he would do that for us.”

But though Cantor, Syracuse fans and his players showed their support for the head coach Tuesday, Boeheim may have put himself in a dangerous position should more evidence cor-

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Murphy is now the head coach of Eastern Michigan, and his return to Syracuse could not have come at a more trying time for the university and the community.

Murphy said he has remained focused on coaching and preparing his team over the course of the last few weeks, but he understands how difficult of a time this is for his former employer.

“It’s a difficult time for Syracuse,” Murphy said. “Period.”

After the game, just as they did following the game against Manhattan after the initial news broke, the SU players remained adamant that their focus hasn’t been deterred.

C.J. Fair called the media attention annoying.

Dion Waiters called it old news after more than 10 days of nonstop coverage. And as the questions continued to be fired off at Boeheim, he simply waved his statement at the press before folding it up and walking away from the podium.

Try as they might, the questions won’t cease.

Not until the ongoing investigations provide some sort of closure. But with new information bursting forth on an almost-daily basis, there is no end in sight.

Where Tuesday’s press conference ends, the next one begins.

“Until this investigation is done,” Boeheim said. “We have to wait. I wish there was something more I could add to that, but we have to wait.” mjcohe02@syr.edu

roborating the allegations against Fine come out.

He made sure to emphasize that the investigation was still ongoing and that nothing had been proven in the current investigation or any of the previous investigations over the last 10 years.

But he also repeatedly used the phrase “what happened on my watch” in reference to the allegations.

“What happened on my watch?” Boeheim said. “We will see. When the investigation is done, we will find out what happened on my watch. We don’t know what’s happened on my watch right now. There’s an investigation underway. There are no charges, there are no indictments, there is no grand jury, there is no action being taken. When that is done, then we will see what happened on my watch.”

Boeheim also said though many people view him as the face of Syracuse basketball and the ultimate representation of the university, the basketball program will be fine without him.

Whenever that day may come.

“If I was gone today, this program would be fine,” he said. “This program would do great.

Ten years from now, this program will do great.

This is not Jim Boeheim. This is Syracuse University. This is the Syracuse University basketball program. It is not about me. It has never been about me.” zjbrown@syr.edu

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Defense fuels win over Boise to overcome subpar shooting

By Andrew Tredinnick ASST. COPY EDITOR

With Syracuse leading by three less than five minutes into its game with Boise State, SU’s shooting went uncharacteristically cold. SU would hit four consecutive free throws to push SYRACUSE 70 the lead to seven, but no other shots were falling.

BOISE STATE 47 The Orange went more than nine minutes without a field goal, but SU never relinquished the lead. Faced with an unfamiliar situation, Syracuse ratcheted up its defensive pressure and limited Boise State to just five points during that stretch.

“We were up eight or nine points and I thought that was the big thing, that we had a cushion and also rebounded the basketball,” SU head coach Quentin Hillsman said. “It really allowed us to fight through that stretch.”

Syracuse (6-0) battled through an incomplete offensive performance instead relying on defense in a 70-47 victory over the Broncos at Taco Bell Arena on Tuesday in Boise, Idaho.

Despite the Orange’s lowest scoring output of the season, SU played one of its best defensive performances, and BSU (4-3), which had scored 75 points or more in four of its first six games, was hampered by the pressure from the Orange en route to its lowest scoring total of the season.

Hillsman said Syracuse’s focus heading into

the game was on defending the perimeter. And in the first half it did it well. The Orange held Boise State to 2-of-11 from 3-point range in the first half.

SU center Shakeya Leary hit a jumper to end Syracuse’s shooting drought, and the Orange went into halftime on an 8-0 run to widen the margin to 31-20.

“We just wanted to get out and contest shots, and we knew that they wanted to play fast, they wanted to shoot the 3 in transition,” Hillsman said, “so we did a very good job of getting out on their 3-point shooters and not giving them easy looks.”

In a game marked by offensive struggle for the Orange, Iasia Hemingway emerged as one of SU’s lone scoring threats. The senior forward scored a career-high 30 points and was one of two SU players to hit more than two field goals.

She was 11-of-16 from the field and added eight rebounds in a game in which Syracuse’s guard play was stagnant.

Starting guards Carmen Tyson-Thomas and La’Shay Taft each shot 2-of-11, and Elashier Hall attempted just three shots. Hillsman said SU was able to exploit the Broncos’ defensive pressure as they double-teamed Kayla Alexander.

“We knew that the way they play their defense that the game plan was to get the ball in the high post to Iasia and try and have her make decisions,” Hillsman said. “They played everyone

one-on-one and they matched up, so it allowed Iasia to get to the basket and make some layups.”

Alexander added 17 points of her own, and Hemingway and Alexander combined to shoot 32 of the team’s 70 shots. SU outrebounded the Broncos by 31 and had more offensive rebounds (29) than Boise State did total.

And on a night the Orange was limited in its offensive capabilities, the defense dominated.

“We did a very good job of sticking to our defensive principle,” Hillsman said. “We kept our pressure up and did a good job of just keeping them in front of us.” adtredin@syr.edu

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The number of 3-pointers Syracuse made en route to its 36-point victory. SU shot 43.3 percent from beyond the arc, taking advantage of Eastern Michigan’s 2-3 zone.

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he molested three boys during his tenure with the Orange. And those accusations and the potential scandal overshadowed the easy SU victory.

“As you see, it’s everywhere,” Southerland said.

“Basically, you just do what you need to do when it comes to the court. That’s all we need to focus on.”

Early on in the game, Syracuse struggled to contain Lampley. The Eagles diminutive senior guard used the pick and roll to perfection against SU’s man-to-man defense for the

FAT LADY SINGS 10:42, second half

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Southerland knocks down a 3 to push Syracuse’s lead to 56-35. The shot capped a 9-0 run and gave the Orange its first lead of more than 20 points in the game.

first 12 minutes of action. Multiple times he either pulled up for 3 if the defense didn’t show on him, or he drove all the way to the hoop and finished with a layup.

He scored 12 points in the first 12 minutes to help Eastern Michigan build a 21-18 lead.

“For a little guy, he was getting in there against the trees, and he was finishing at the basket,” Joseph said. “We should’ve fouled him a couple times in the first half, maybe intimidate him a little bit. He did well for his team.”

But Lampley’s success quickly evaporated as SU switched its attention to shutting down the Eagles top scorer. The next time he ran a pick

Southerland scored 19 points in 19 minutes off the bench to lead Syracuse to the win. The forward first entered the game with 9:15 left in the first half and helped the Orange turn a three-point deficit into an eight-point halftime lead by pouring in nine points.

and roll, Triche stuck with him and got a hand in his face on a 3-pointer that clanged off the rim.

His last bucket of the first half came at the eight-minute mark, and he didn’t score again until just more than 3:20 after halftime.

“He was breaking us down and getting buckets and getting his teammates buckets,” Triche said. “But once we were able to stop him, we were able to deny the wings and get in transition.”

Once Syracuse took away Lampley, the rest of the EMU players couldn’t muster up any offense. And from there, the Orange’s 3-point shooting turned the game into a blowout.

SU finished the first half on a 14-3 run to

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Sims went 2-of-14 from the field and missed all five of his attempts from long range.

His poor performance offensively hurt Eastern Michigan, as he failed to step up and support Darrell Lampley’s 19-point effort.

give Syracuse a 32-24 lead going into halftime.

Early in the second half, Triche and Joseph buried back-to-back 3’s to extend the advantage to 16 points.

And from there, the Eagles never got closer than 12, as the Orange turned the second half into a glorified dunk contest.

I feel like when one guy gets hot, (defenses) kind of lean toward him and say forget about the next guy,” Southerland said. “And if you give somebody an open shot, they’re going to hit it.

I feel like when one guy gets hot offensively, it spreads on the team.” zjbrown@syr.edu

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t the beginning of this season, Ray Graham emerged as an early contender in the Heisman Trophy race.

The Pittsburgh running back rushed for 201 yards in the opener against Buffalo and followed it up with a 121-yard performance against Maine to lead the Panthers to a 2-0 start. Three games later, Graham ran over South Florida for 226 yards in front of a national audience on a Thursday night.

But less than a month later against Connecticut, his season — and Heisman dream — was over after he suffered a major knee injury.

Pittsburgh turned to Zach Brown, a senior transfer from Wisconsin who was an afterthought in the Badgers offense the past two seasons, to carry the load.

“We obviously run our offense, but there’s no replacing Ray,” Pitt head coach Todd Graham said during the Big East teleconference Nov. 14. “Ray just did it all. Ray could run inside, outside, a tremendous receiver and big play capabilities. Zach is more of a power runner, a guy that can really bang it up inside and a really, really good receiver.”

Brown served as an adequate replacement in three games as the featured back. Even though the senior transfer didn’t rack up the massive yardage that Graham did early in the season, he averaged more than five yards per carry running behind a battered offensive line.

But now Brown is hurt, too, leaving his status in doubt for Pittsburgh’s final game of the regular season against Syracuse (5-6, 1-5 Big East) on Saturday at noon. If he can’t go, Panthers quarterback Tino Sunseri will hand the ball off primarily to freshman Isaac Bennett in hopes the Panthers’ (5-6, 3-3 Big East) third starting running back this season will rise to the occasion and help send the team to a bowl game.

The Panthers can thank Brown for keeping Pittsburgh in a situation in which it can still make a bowl.

“He’s another guy that’s been banged up and has really just shown unbelievable toughness for us, and he’s been stellar,” Todd Graham said

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photo courtesy of pittsburgh media relations RAY GRAHAM was putting together a strong case for the Heisman Trophy earlier this year, but he suffered a season-ending right knee injury against Connecticut on Oct. 26. during the teleconference. “ … He’s really gotten better with his perimeter running and has caught the ball very well out of the backfield and been very efficient.”

But even if Brown can’t carry the ball Saturday, the Panthers don’t expect to change a lot. Ray Graham was perhaps the most crucial piece to the Pittsburgh offense early in the season, but the Panthers offense stayed the same with Brown in the backfield.

Graham was a prototypical do-it-all back who relied primarily on his speed and quickness. Brown, on the other hand, was the perfect complement to Graham in the first month of the season as a power back that could move the chains in short yardage.

Their differences in style combined to form an ideal backfield for Pittsburgh. So when Graham went down, the Panthers needed a speedy running back to provide a change of pace in the offense.

Bennett provided that burst of speed to go with Brown’s pounding running style.

Less than a month ago, Bennett thought he was going to redshirt. The true freshman didn’t get his first carry until he carried the ball six times for 26 yards in a loss to Cincinnati. Since then, Bennett has rushed for 138 yards in two games coming in to give the powerful Brown a break.

“Isaac Bennett, the freshman, has been a good complement to Zach, as Zach was to Ray,” Todd Graham said. “They’re just very different backs. … Probably between Ray and Zach is where Isaac would fall.”

If Bennett gets the call against Syracuse with Brown hurting, the offense could have a similar feel as it had with Ray Graham car-

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rying the load. At least that’s what Bennett thinks.

The head coach likes the unique styles of all three running backs — each with his own skillset and strength as a running back. Bennett feels that all three backs have similar styles and that each can do a little bit of everything.

“I see myself as both, and like Zach, I even see him as both, and Ray, I see him as both,” Bennett said. “I’ve seen Ray run a couple guys over and Zach likes to power down. I see all us as both in a little way.”

Bennett’s high school coach agrees.

During Bennett’s senior season at Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Okla., he amassed more than 1,300 yards on the ground thanks to his ability to do a little bit of everything for the Hornets.

“He’s a multilevel runner. He’s a slasher, he can get in the crease, or he can give power running, put his shoulders down and run over someone,” Booker T. Washington head coach Darrell Hall said. “And he’s very elusive, he’s got pretty good hips on him that allows him to put a move on a guy, and with the size he’s put on and the speed he already had, it makes him a very versatile runner.”

Bennett is just another example of the depth Pittsburgh has had to utilize in a difficult season.

With starters constantly banged up at every position, it hasn’t just been the backfield that’s been hurting. The Panthers also spent much of the season without star offensive lineman Lucas Nix, a likely mid-round draft choice in the 2012 NFL Draft in April. Nix was back in the lineup in last Friday’s loss to West Virginia and will make life easier for whoever is run-

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Between the hectic offseason that ended with the hire of new head coach Todd Graham and a regular season that featured a plethora of injuries, Pittsburgh has battled to get to within one win of bowl eligibility.

The Panthers’ fate on Saturday, with a postseason berth on the line, could rest on the freshman Bennett’s legs in what would be his first career start.

But the injuries have made Pittsburgh stronger and taught the players valuable lessons. The Panthers believe they can win despite all the injuries.

“I think it speaks to the character of our team and how much these guys love each other and care about each other, and we do have a great synergy,” Todd Graham said. “ … We’ve got a lot of guys that have stepped up, and I think this just shows the preparation and the training and that they were prepared and that this means something to them.” dbwilson@syr.edu

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courtesy of samantha okazaki | the newshouse.com JIM BOEHEIM holds a statement issued in his press conference after SU’s victory over EMU on Tuesday.

He then fielded questions, most of which were about former associate head coach Bernie Fine.

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James Southerland’s celebration started before his shot even got to the rim.

With his 3-pointer from the top of the key still on its arc toward the hoop, Southerland lifted both his arms out to his side to welcome the cheers he knew would be coming.

And sure enough, while the Syracuse forward backpedaled toward the Orange’s defensive end, his shot swished through the net.

Southerland and No. 4 SU (7-0) drained 13-of-30 3-pointers Tuesday in the Orange’s 84-48 win over Eastern Michigan (4-3) in front of 19,646 fans in the Carrier Dome. The Eagles played a 2-3 zone the entire

game, and Syracuse had little difficulty shooting over the top of it. EMU managed to hang around in the first half thanks to the efforts of 5-foot-10 guard Darrell Lampley, but once the Orange buckled down on him defensively, the Eagles struggled to score.

And after that, the barrage of 3’s by SU turned the game into an easy blowout win for the Orange.

“Offensively, we were able to penetrate, get to the basket and get open 3-pointers,” junior guard Brandon Triche said. “And we were able to make them this game.”

The win came in Syracuse’s first game since former associate head coach Bernie Fine was fired Sunday. Fine is facing allegations that

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Fans, players stand by Boeheim during Fine’s sex abuse scandal

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It was only the second question of the night that drew the sarcasm out of Jim Boeheim. As media flooded the postgame pressroom, the Syracuse head coach could barely contain himself when he heard the question.

“What about your job status, coach?”

The first part of his response was a booming cackle, as if he couldn’t believe that was even a thought. The second part was the explanation for that laugh.

Harris out following concussion

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By Michael Cohen im Boeheim predicted it, foreshadowed it and then couldn’t avoid it.

The probative and at times aggressive questioning about the sexual abuse allegations against former Syracuse associate men’s basketball coach Bernie Fine were fired at the SU head coach repeatedly for nearly 20 minutes.

The completed 84-48 win over Eastern Michigan meant nothing. After a litany of consecutive questions regarding his job status, Fine and ball boys within the program, Boeheim shot down the frivolous efforts by director of athletic communications Pete Moore to direct the press conference elsewhere.

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“Can I tell you something?”

Boeheim said. “I’ve not worried about my job status in 36 years. Many years I didn’t have a contract extension. I didn’t have anything. When I worry about that, I may have to get a job with you guys.”

Boeheim has received support in the last two days since former Syracuse associate head coach Bernie Fine was fired Sunday in the wake of allegations that Fine molested three boys during his time as an Orange coach. But although he garnered

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A concussion suffered last weekend means an end to Syracuse fullback Adam Harris’ Syracuse career, according to an SU Athletics press release on Tuesday.

Harris, a senior co-captain, suffered the concussion in the first half of the Orange’s 30-13 loss to Cincinnati last Saturday and didn’t return to the game.

HARRIS The concussion, along with a review of his concussion history and his increased vulnerability for further concussions, ends his SU career, according to the release.

Harris will miss Saturday’s game at Pittsburgh as a result of a concussion.

The fullback was a two-year starter for Syracuse, starting 10 of 12 games last season and 10 of the Orange’s 11 games this year. Harris’ main contributions to the team came through blocking. He had two carries for 10 yards and six receptions for 31 yards and a touchdown this season.

Harris transferred to SU from Cornell before preseason camp in 2009 and made the Orange as a walk-on linebacker. He switched to fullback before the 2010 season.

In a separate press release from the athletic department on Tuesday, it was announced freshman running back Adonis Ameen-Moore will miss the remainder of the season due to an upper body injury. Ameen-Moore suffered the injury in practice on Nov. 17 and will have surgery on Friday.

As a backup for Syracuse this season, the 5-foot-10, 244-pound back had 12 carries for 40 yards. mcooperj@syr.edu

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Pressure cooker The Syracuse women’s

basketball team rode its pressure defense to another victory Tuesday, this time forcing 18 turnovers in a 70-47 win over Boise State.

Against the odds The Orange volleyball team chris griffin | staff photographer JIM BOEHEIM (CENTER) looks on during Syracuse’s victory over Eastern Michigan Tuesday. After the game, several players provided support for Boeheim, who has drawn criticism in the wake of the allegations against former associate head coach Bernie Fine.

depended on nine freshmen and dealt with a mid-season coaching change, but overcame that adversity to reach the postseason. dailyorange.com