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SU hires consulting firm to help analyze campus Syverud to What is Bain & Co.?

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Bain & Co. is a global management consulting firm based in Boston. The firm provides advisory services to many businesses, nonprofit organizations and governments. The firm is a separate business in terms of ownership and governance with Bain Capital, which is a private equity firm.

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About one-third of colleges and universities are spending more than they can afford.

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Bain has found that online education has rapidly grown, and that it has "changed the game" in a number of areas for institutions.

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Such areas include: Value proposition (flexibility for students) Economics (higher fixedcost percentage, but lower fixed-cost dollars)

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Other higher education institutions Bain has worked with.

Marketing and recruiting (increasing reach) and outcomes and assessment (better tracking and measurement)

“We want to get better as an institution.

This is a difficult and complex time to get better. We want to focus on efficiency.”

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How Bain will be working with SU

Comparison with peer schools What is the current situation?

How do we compare to our peers?

Understand the university’s situation and comparison with peer schools

Innovation agenda How have course and program offerings evolved?

What has the effect of the REM system been and how can it be improved?

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yracuse University has enlisted the help of Bain & Co. — a global management consulting firm — to analyze and better key aspects of the school.

To do this, a steering committee was formed earlier this fall, consisting of staff, deans and administration members to conduct the “Innovation and Opportunity Assessment.” The goal of the committee is to better understand the administrative structure of the university and how it compares to peer institutions, analyze the Responsibility Center Management (RCM) budget model and how to make it more effective and to find opportunities for academic innovation.

Review of operations Attendance, discount rate, research funding Institution and administration costs

Another major objective for the committee is to have this information for Chancellor-designate Kent Syverud. A report of these findings will also be made public in February.

As a way of informing and receiving input, committee members, as well as Interim Chancellor Eric Spina, held a forum and information sessions for students, faculty and staff. Spina gave a presentation to the Student Association on Monday night.

“We want to get better as an institution. This is a difficult and complex time to get better. We want to focus on efficiency,” Spina said at the SA meeting.

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By Maggie Cregan Asst. News Editor

Chancellor-designate Kent Syverud will spend the next 10-12 days living in an apartment in Brewster/Boland/Brockway Complex to experience student life.

“To understand student concerns, nothing helps better than to eat the food they eat and experience daily life as they experience it,” Syverud said. “Since I had a couple weeks before I become chancellor it seemed like a good use of that time.”

Syverud will stay in a vacant staff apartment in BBB, said Terra Peckskamp, director of the Office of Residence Life, in an email. The apartment, which sometimes houses live-in residence life staff or interviewees, is generally vacant.

“A staff apartment provides a degree of privacy, while still providing an appropriate amount of connection and accessibility to students,” she said. She said she thought Syverud’s stay in BBB would provide a “great opportunity” for the soon-to-be chancellor, as well as for residents of the dorm and the entire campus.

Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs at Syracuse University, said he thought it was “great” that Syverud wanted to experience life on campus.

“He could’ve been in a hotel, he could’ve been in the Sheraton or downtown, but he specifically asked and requested the university leadership to try and find an opportunity for him to live in a student residence hall and be able to experience what students experience,” he said.

Julissa Romero, a freshman who lives BBB, said she was “shocked” when she found out through a mass email from residence life staff that Syverud would be staying in the dorm.

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Panhel updates rules to match national recruitment standards The rules are changing. For students hoping to join sororities this spring, this could be welcome news.

The Panhellenic Association approved a policy Wednesday that makes spring recruitment rules less stringent and more closely in alignment with the Panhellenic National Association rules.

“It was getting out of control,” said Angela Minardi, Panhel’s membership development chair and a senior public relations major.

“There were rules saying you couldn’t have more than 40 balloons or that the table centerpieces couldn’t be more than two feet tall.”

The new policy will help Panhel accommodate the record number of freshman and sophomore girls that are expected to participate in recruitment. Panhel members anticipate between 600-700 girls to participate in spring recruitment.

The lighter policy also fits more closely with the National Panhellenic Association recruitment standards.

“The national rules are more vague and not as policing,” Minardi said.

The policy also changes the budget for

recruitment from $1,200-$2,000, a number that hadn’t changed for 15 years.

“It makes sense – there are twice as many girls,” Minardi said. The number also accommodates inflation.

The new policy changes the logistics of Preference Night, as well. Traditionally, pledges were required to sit in Goldstein Auditorium while houses put their bids in order, which has raised some controversy.

“It’s against human rights to lock everyone in a room,” Minardi said.

This year, girls will be released after their final preference party.

Panhel members decided to repeal the policy of sorority silence, where greek girls couldn’t speak with girls who intend to participate in recruitment for the month preceding it.

—Compiled by Dylan Segelbaum, asst. copy editor, dmsegelb@syr.edu

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SU cuts ties with Al-Quds University

By Zach Schweikert Staff Writer

Political tension in Israel is hitting close to home for the Syracuse University community.

Following a series of anti-Semitic demonstrations on Al-Quds University’s campus, Syracuse indefinitely suspended its relationship with the Palestinian school on Nov. 21. SU is following in the footsteps of Brandeis University, which also suspended its ties with the school on Nov. 18.

On Nov. 5, the demonstrators held a Nazi-style rally on the Al-Quds University’s Jerusalem campus, making threatening and offensive gestures. A video of the event, captured by Middle East Media Research Institute, shows demonstrators performing mock executions and urging Palestinians to harm Israelis.

Kevin Quinn, SU’s senior vice president for public affairs, said in an email: “We are very disappointed and saddened to have learned of these recent events at Al-Quds University.

Syracuse University does not condone hatred or intolerance in any way.”

SU’s Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism was involved with Al-Quds University, Quinn added.

This relationship involved students attending a series of seminars and meeting with Palestinian academics, said Miriam Elman, an associate professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

Elman, who was involved in establishing SU’s relationship with Al-Quds University, said there have been anti-Semitic demonstrations on campus since the fall, but that the Nov. 5 demonstrations propelled Syracuse to take action.

“Where it crossed the line from free speech to hate speech was the visual depiction of the demonstrators dressed to look like, in my mind, SS troops, (doing) the Nazi salute,” Elman said. She added she felt it was troubling that the university allowed these types of demonstrations to continue.

Elman said it was unclear whether the demonstrators were students, but that the group was involved with a student organization in some way.

Al-Quds University released a statement about the demonstrations on Nov. 17.

“Whoever harms another individual or group is also harming the university, its image and its reputation; this is an abomination,” the university said in the statement.

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Employees of Strong Hearts Cafe on University Avenue take orders from customers on Monday. This is Strong Hearts Cafe’s second location in Syracuse after expanding from its downtown venue on East Genesee Street. The cafe in Marshall Square Mall boasts an eclectic selection of vegan food, including sandwiches, salads and milkshakes. The location near the Syracuse University campus will primarily accept to-go orders and feature a new smoothie menu that is not offered at its original location. It occupies the former Syra-Juice venue.

Group advocates for UN disability rights treaty

By Anna Merod Staff Writer

Student organizations at Syracuse University are fighting for the rights of people with disabilities by encouraging the campus to support U.S. Senate ratification of a United Nations treaty.

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, modeled after the Americans with Disabilities Act, would be the first international treaty to officially recognize the rights of people with disabilities. Specific provisions include protection against discrimination; designing products and services to be usable by all people; making information accessible via Braille, audio and largeprint, and other measures.

The Disability Law Society, a student organization from the College of Law and the Disability Law and Policy Program, developed an online campaign known as SU4crpd, said Arlene Kanter, a professor at the College of Law. “The treaty failed to gain support last December by five votes from the Senate, but the vote can come up again any time,” Kanter said.

In November, a Senate committee held two additional meetings about the treaty’s ratification.

The SU4crpd project created a Facebook page encouraging students and faculty at SU to call in their senators and ask for their support in the ratification of the UN’s first international treaty for

“The CRPD does not give a definition of disability. It permits countries to define it for themselves.”

Angel Baker

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disability rights.

On Tuesday, which is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the Disability Law Society will encourage people at the College of Law to leave all interior doors open to symbolically open

doors and break down barriers for people with disabilities, according to the UN’s website.

Kanter, who’s also the director of the College of Law Disability Law and Policy Program, said the treaty was created in 2006 and has received 138 signatures from other countries since then.

Angel Baker, a third-year law student, said some do not support the ratification of the treaty because they believe it may infringe on U.S. sovereignty on issues such as education and the definition of disability.

Baker added that the treaty permits countries to choose how to implement the articles of the treaty according to their government, as long as the country does not go against the principles of the treaty.

“The CRPD does not give a definition of disability. It permits countries to define it for themselves.” Baker said.

Baker, the secretary of the Disability Law Society, said the United States would be more credible if the Senate ratified the treaty.

“The CRPD would not make the U.S. change anything, but it allows

the U.S. to have a foothold in the international arena to advance people with disabilities, ” she said.

People might also oppose the ratification of the treaty because they believe it does not adequately address the issues of people who identify with a mental disability, said Diane Wiener, the director of the Disability Cultural Center.

“I am behind the passing of the CRPD, but I also would support an update to the treaty that would ref lect the support of people who self-identify as victims of psychiatric oppression,” Wiener said.

One issue that is not addressed within the UN’s treaty, Wiener said, is forcible psychiatric treatment against a person’s consent.

Kanter, the director of the Disability Law and Policy Program, said that overall, the treaty will help uphold an international standard to respect the rights of people with disabilities for the first time.

Said Kanter: “It’s sad in the year 2013 that we still have to argue that people with disabilities are entitled to the same basic rights as everyone else.” almerod@syr.edu

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Citizens should be more aware of corruption within US prison system

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he United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world today.

The rising number of people incarcerated in the United States first came about during the 1980s, partly as a result of Ronald Reagan’s War on Drugs. At this same time, private, for-profit prisons began developing in the United States as demand rapidly increased.

The development of these prisons was a huge mistake with serious moral, ethical and legal consequences, and it came about right at a time when corporate expenditures on lobbying were beginning to increase.

According to Atlantic Monthly writer Eric Schlosser, up until the 1970s there were approximately 110 prison inmates for every 100,000 people. By 2009, the incarceration rate had reached 743 per 100,000 of the national population.

This has been a direct result of public policy aimed at increasing the incarceration rate.

Imprisonment in the United States has become a highly profitable business.

A 2013 Bloomberg report states that in the past decade the number of inmates in for-profit prisons throughout the United States rose by 44 percent.

The two largest corporations in the prison

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monkey see, monkey do industry are Corrections Corporation of America and the GEO Group. Both companies have been major contributors to the American Legislative Exchange Council, which lobbies for policies that would lead to higher incarceration rates.

Prison companies in recent years have also begun signing contracts with states obliging them to fill their facilities, known as lockup quotas. According to a Huffington Post graphic released in November, 35 prisons exist in the United States with lockup quotas of at least 90 percent.

If states fail to meet their lockup quota obligations, they are then compelled to pay the prison companies for the unused beds. Not only is this about as corrupt as the relationship between government and business can get, but taxpayers are

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also left to foot the bill if the quotas aren’t met.

According to the Huffington Post’s Chris Kirkham, the state of Arizona recently had to pay the prison company Management & Training Corp. $3 million for empty beds when a 97 percent quota wasn’t reached.

The startling influence the private prison industry has had on government policy has been termed the prison-industrial complex, and unfortunately it seems to be an appropriate term.

Obviously, prison corporations like Corrections Corporation of America have an active interest in promoting any policies leading to a higher number of incarcerations. The War on Drugs is a primary example.

The War on Drugs can be described as nothing but an abject failure in terms of effectiveness, but it is also the primary reason for the increase in the incarceration rate since the 1980s. Harsher penalties and government scare tactics have been ineffective in curbing drug use.

Consider hard, addictive drugs such as heroin, crack cocaine and methamphetamine.

People typically make the responsible decision not to use these drugs because they have the potential to completely ruin lives, not because they’re illegal.

Instead of our society fostering personal responsibility, our government has attempted to dictate what substances we need to avoid. The results are laughable — marijuana is currently classified in a more dangerous category by the Drug Enforcement Agency than cocaine, methamphetamine, OxyContin, Vicodin and ketamine. Ironically, the majority of us of course still rely on common sense for these decisions.

Drug enforcement has also become an extremely costly and unnecessary expenditure of the federal budget. Penalties have been skewed toward racial minorities. The results have been both fiscally and culturally devastating.

Unfortunately, now that the prison-industrial complex has become big businesses, it will be quite difficult to eradicate.

Plenty of people are aware that the United States has a high incarceration rate, and that the War on Drugs is costly, racially insensitive and questionably effective, but more people need to be made aware of the level of corruption that’s become commonplace within our prison system.

It’s frankly appalling.

Ethan Demers is a senior political science and history major. His column appears weekly.

He can be reached at eademers@syr.edu.

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La Voz magazine should use forum to further discuss campus diversity After pulling its fall issue following negative student feedback, La Voz magazine should focus on continuing further dialogue about diversity issues facing Syracuse University.

The fall issue of La Voz, a student-run magazine that focuses on Latino culture, featured pieces on “ratchet” culture, including “twerking.” Students reacted negatively on social media about the culture it discussed, saying it was racist and inappropriate.

The magazine’s staff decided to pull the issue with support from the Latino Undergraduates Creating History in America, and without any pressure from faculty or university administrators. The staff will hold an open forum on Tuesday night to discuss the topics featured in the magazine.

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EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board accordingly to the edition of the magazine. Their passionate responses showed their concern for what is produced by campus publications. This incident proves that whatever is published in student media is vulnerable to public criticism.

Still, it is important to remember that the magazine is a student publication — it is bound to make mistakes.

La Voz was at fault for publishing an offensive edition, but its staff has learned a valuable lesson. The editors are holding themselves accountable for their error in judgment of the topic they chose to highlight. Now, La Voz must move forward.

With the forum on Tuesday,

the publication’s staff should grasp the opportunity to discuss the controversy at hand: campus diversity.

Diversity is known as a core value of the university.

Unfortunately, self-segregation still plagues the school. La Voz’s public forum provides an opportunity for discussion on ways to improve knowledge and support inclusion of the diverse backgrounds and identities at SU. This could help prevent future incidents like the one La Voz currently faces.

To move forward, it is critical that La Voz takes this chance to remedy the problem and promote positive change among the student body through open discussion — only then will the magazine prevent itself from falling victim to another lapse in judgment.

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Wheeler could provide beneficial leadership to future of SUNY-ESF

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ny leadership role, whether it is president of a club or a college, is daunting at the start.

In the case of Quentin Wheeler, new president of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, this may be especially true.

ESF needs a president who continually extends scientific research and also creates real world dimensions for the application of scientific findings.

The president must foster a learning environment that creates scientific thinkers and leaders.

Without the association of science to society, science is disconnected and without objectives.

In this case, Wheeler has a lot to live up to — a beloved last president with an equally quirky name and a job description that includes molding the future environmental leaders of tomorrow.

Leaving the position after a

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13-year tenure, current President Cornelius B. Murphy Jr., lovingly called “Big Neil” by students and others alike, has brought ESF gracefully into the 21st century, with infrastructure and academic improvements.

For the first time in a century, ESF can now house its own students in a LEED Platinum certified residence hall. With the addition of the Gateway Center this year, another LEED Platinum building, the college will reach its goal of carbon neutrality in the near future.

Graduate, doctoral and undergraduate students alike continue to research in breakthrough environmental fields, such as with the Willow Biomass project, which works to convert willow into a burnable fuel.

New departments and areas of study have been developed to create new environmental leaders. Last year, the Sustainable Energy Management program was introduced,

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21st-century tree hugger creating new options for the environmental issues of the 21st century. All are thanks, in part, to Big Neil.

But with Wheeler’s resume, accolades and prolific writings, the SUNY Board of Trustees and the SUNY Chancellor have chosen an option that may easily fill those shoes in his own way. Because of this, Wheeler is promising.

But even with all the changes and improvements Big Neil has led, there is still so much more to be done. As environmental issues evolve and change, the college must also develop.

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Wheeler must continue with Big Neil’s changes, but also fill in gaps that have been neglected during the years. More emphasis must be put on relating science information to society and the public.

Though advancements have been made specifically in the environmental studies and environmental writing program, more emphasis on writing, communication and leadership must be connected across curriculum.

Wheeler may just be the man to do this. Along with his numerous awards and recommendations, Wheeler has written more than 150 academic articles and six books.

With this, he also writes a weekly column for The Observer in London on newly discovered species.

Wheeler needs to bring his experience and create an emphasis on these areas.

When speaking to ESF Com-

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munications, Wheeler showed that he understands the magnitude of this position.

“Environmental challenges of unprecedented kind, scale and complexity will characterize the 21st century, along with society’s response to them,” he told the department.

“SUNY-ESF has established itself as a leading center of sustainability and environmental discovery and learning that is uniquely positioned to assure that we and future generations have as many options as possible available to us to successfully adapt to a rapidly changing world.”

Quentin Wheeler holds promise for the future of ESF as college president, but only time will tell of his prospective accomplishments in the position. Or on the quirkiness of his impending college nickname.

Meg Callaghan is a senior environmental studies major at SUNY-ESF. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at mlcallag@syr.edu.

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joshua chang | staff photographer (clockwise from left) nick bonafilia, the Student Association recorder, presents a bill for SU employees to change how employees report child abuse. Nia Boles, chair of the Student Engagement Committee, suggests amending the bill to include all SU undergraduates. President Allie Curtis has an emotional moment during her last assembly meeting.

Members pass bill in hopes of changing child abuse reporting

By Brett Samuels Staff Writer

The Student Association unanimously approved a resolution encouraging Syracuse University to change its policy about how employees report child abuse at the last meeting of the 57th session on Monday night.

Recorder Nick Bonafilia and representative Nedda Sarshar proposed the resolution during the Nov. 18 assembly meeting. The resolution urges the university administration to change its current policy directions and mandate SU employees to report suspected or actual abuse of minors under the age of 17. Bonafilia said the current policy directions encourage employees to report abuse but that the new wording would obligate them to report it or face termination.

“This doesn’t actually change any policy, this is just us calling for the university to take action,” Bonafilia said.

Bonafilia said the resolution had been a work in progress throughout the semester. He said it began when he looked at the University of Kansas’ policy, which was changed after child abuse occurred at Pennsylvania State University without being reported. He said he wondered why SU hadn’t done something similar to make university employees mandated reporters of child abuse.

Bonafilia added that the resolution didn’t come up for a vote until the end of the semester because SA first discussed it with administrators to ensure they supported the resolution.

He added that the resolution was a joint effort between the two parties.

“The administration was presented the bill as it’s written and they encouraged us to pass it and send it their way,” Bonafilia said.

There was some debate before the resolution was approved. Nia Boles, chair of the Student Engagement Committee, made a motion to

amend the resolution to include not only minors under the age of 17, but all SU and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry undergraduates. But Parliamentarian Ben Jones and other representatives brought up that New York’s privacy and consent laws would make it difficult to report abuse of undergraduate students 17 and older.

Jones supported the resolution without the amendment, saying it helps children who can’t report a crime.

“This university doesn’t exist in a bubble, it exists in a community,” Jones said. “The purpose of this is because children don’t have the ability to speak up for themselves.”

At the beginning of the meeting, Interim Chancellor Eric Spina spoke to the assembly about Bain & Co., a consulting firm that is working with the university to look at how SU operates and how it can improve.

“It’s pretty simple, we want to get better as an

institution,” Spina said.

A steering committee consisting of staff, deans and administrators was formed earlier this fall to conduct the “Innovation and Opportunity Assessment.” The committee will work with Bain on the direction of the project and its research.

Spina said the goal is to collect data and facts that can be used for university planning.

He said Bain has been on campus collecting information for a few months, adding that the group’s focus is on understanding and comparing universities.

In addition, Spina said, the firm will hold focus groups in December and January with students from SA and the Graduate Student Organization and others who will be randomly selected. He said they will seek input on what students view as opportunities and challenges at SU. blsamuel@syr.edu

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Habitat for Humanity chapter to travel to Birmingham, Ala.

By Ellen Meyers Staff Writer

When Danielle Benavides traveled to New Orleans with the Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF chapter of Habitat for Humanity last Winter Break, she experienced more than just walking along Bourbon Street and eating alligator for the first time.

Although Benavides said it was interesting to look at another city’s culture, she said she also saw damage leftover from Hurricane Katrina — still remaining seven years after the catastrophe.

“Even though it’s old news, you see it from your eyes how much has been fixed and how much is still damaged,” she said.

Benavides, co-director of the SU and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s Habitat for Humanity chapter, and nine other students will go to Birmingham, Ala., and work with the area’s Habitat for Humanity center from Jan. 4-11. Each year, students can volunteer

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The University Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Affairs had previously made a recommendation that the university hire an outside firm to review SU’s structure — specifically the budget model—as well as make an effort to identify areas of redundancies in the administration.

The budget committee was motivated to make this recommendation due to members feeling that the university needed a “fresh set of eyes,” said Craig Dudczak, a member of the steering committee and chair of the senate’s budget committee.

The committee also felt that the university was at an interesting time with the announcement of Chancellor Nancy Cantor leaving — and at the time of the recommendation — not having a named successor, he said.

“It seemed that in terms of timing it worked out to our advantage where a new person comes in to have some perspective to how you do constituencies that are already established,” Dudczak said.

Bain provides advisory services to businesses, nonprofits and governments. The firm is a separate business in terms of ownership and governance with Bain Capital, which is a private equity firm.

Spina said at a forum on Nov. 21 the firm has worked on similar projects to the “Innovation and Opportunity Assessment,” and have a specific higher education practice that is focused on comparing universities.

The firm has worked with schools such as Cornell University, University of North Carolina, University of California, Berkeley and Vanderbilt University.

Consultants from the firm have been on campus for a couple of months working with the administration, in addition to interviewing students, faculty and staff about the university, Spina said.

Bain and the steering committee will focus on three specific strains in regards to the university and its inner workings.

The first strain is to better understand the current situation at SU and compare it to peer institutions. Spina said this will include both financial and academic aspects.

The analysis will focus on both the areas where the university excels and where the university can improve.

during either Winter or Spring Break to work on houses in communities in need.

Benavides said the chapter chose to go to Birmingham based on several factors, including the distance and the number of volunteers the chapter can take.

Each student who goes on the trip has to pay $ 350, said Ashley Valentijn, the chapter’s treasurer. She said the money helps pay for expenses such as gas, transportation and food. The cost has remained relatively the same in previous years, she added.

“You have to understand that $ 300 is a ridiculously low amount considering lodging and that we feed you,” Valentijn said. “We haven’t had a student come who wanted to be on the trip that needed financial assistance, but if they did, I’m sure we could accommodate them.”

The chapter requested and received $5,200 from the Student Association to cover insurance, lodging and other fees for the trip, she added.

The second strain is how to further support the academic innovation agenda at the university. It will consist of answering questions like how course and program offerings have evolved and what the effect of the RCM system has been on the university and how that can be improved.

The final strain is to look at how SU can operate better and be more efficient. Bain and the committee will be both looking at the different university processes and how these compare to peer institutions, while still factoring in the university’s diversity.

“Anyone in any of the schools or in the central administration who has ever looked at the university will very quickly recognize that Syracuse University is pretty unique.

There is no perfect peer set for Syracuse University. The institution has benefited greatly (from its) diversity,” Spina said.

Because of SU’s uniqueness, he added that Bain and the committee will be looking at special areas of interest such as cost of attendance, research funding, institutional and administrative costs, rankings and research and course offerings.

Such peer institutions include: Northeastern University, Lehigh University, the University of Notre Dame and Cornell University.

So far, the steering committee has worked with the firm about the direction of the assessment and has received early project findings regarding higher education.

Bain has found that grant funding is scarce and demographics of people who go to college are shifting. They also found that the financial situation of SU requires high attention, as well as the changing landscape of higher education.

To further the reach and input of this assessment, there will be a survey available to the SU community available through a website. The survey will include suggestions to the steering committee as well as offer any additional input about the university.

Spina added that the steering committee will be directing this project, not Bain.

“Bain brings a lot of expertise in terms of how to look at data and how to make comparisons and delegate data. But they don’t know Syracuse University. The steering committee knows Syracuse University. You know Syracuse University. So Bain for us is a tool,” he said. mhnewman@syr.edu @MerNewman93

Arianna Rogers, the alternative break coordinator, said the chapter’s workload varies from trip to trip, depending on what the volunteer centers assign. She said sometimes volunteers start from scratch while other times they paint and put up the interior walls and roofs on existing homes. Last year, she said, the volunteers from SU were divided into two groups and each group built a house in a week.

“Every location we go to, it’s a different type of work,” Rogers said. “Honestly, they give us anything we can do in the area.”

Benavides said hard work pays off on the trip and it ends up being an amazing experience.

“I love building homes and I love seeing how much work you have done,” she said.

“A lot of people are at home, sometimes they might be overwhelmed to go back to school and go on a trip. I don’t think people fully realize how much you create bonds with people who are also building.”

Students who have volunteered on previ-

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so high up as an authority figure would be living in the same place as I would be as a freshman,” said Romero, who’s a communication and rhetorical studies major.

Sam Tasch, another freshman living in BBB and a sport management major, also said he was shocked.

“BBB is not known as the best dorm, so the fact that he’s living in here is kind of shocking,” he said. Tasch added that he would like to meet Syverud to talk about the future chancellor’s plans for SU. In addition to spending more than a week in BBB, Syverud hopes to engage with students by eventually teaching classes at SU while he is chancellor.

“I suspect it’s going to be a while before I’m able to teach here, because there’s many more important things to learn, but I’m hoping by this time next year to at least teach a short course for students here,” Syverud said.

Syverud, currently dean of the law school at Washington University in St. Louis, also teaches a law negotiation course at the school, which he says will not be cut short by his stay at SU. He said he plans to fulfill all his teaching duties at Washington University — including teaching a short, intense course that ends Jan. 10 — before he officially becomes SU’s chancellor on Jan. 13.

Syverud said he has already met with some of BBB’s residence life staff to begin

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not entirely convinced that Al-Quds University has taken the steps necessary to prevent these types of demonstrations. She said Sari Nusseibeh, the president of the university, only issued a statement at the insistence of Brandeis President Frederick Lawrence.

“There needs to be an unequivocal reiteration of the fundamental principles of AlQuds,” Elman said, calling Nusseibeh’s initial response “unacceptable.”

In a Nov. 25 Times of Israel op-ed, she said she also found other statements in Nusseibeh’s response troubling. Examples include Nusseibeh’s statement that without the Holocaust,

ous Habitat for Humanity trips said they get a lot out of the experience.

“It’s really nice to bring SU to make an impact somewhere else,” Rogers said. “It feels nice to be able to help these people and make a difference in the community. It makes me feel blessed for all the opportunities.”

Laura Singer, a sophomore political science major who went on the New Orleans trip last Winter Break, said in an email she not only learned physical and mental skills needed to build a house, but also how much other people want to help.

“It’s not an easy task for anyone, especially volunteers who have no experience in construction whatsoever,” she said. “Most importantly, I hope that people who go on the trip realize that they’re surrounded by people who want to give back to their community and want to make a difference in the world.” ekmeyers@syr.edu

planning how he can interact with students in the dorm, but since he travels to New York City on Tuesday, he won’t be able to do much until late in the week.

Peckskamp, the director of the Office of Residence Life, said many of the residence

“He could’ve been in a hotel, he could’ve been in the Sheraton or downtown, but he specifically asked and requested the university leadership to try and find an opportunity for him to live in a student residence hall.”

Kevin Quinn

senior vice president for public affairs

life staff, including RAs, were happy to hear about Syverud’s stay in BBB. Said Peckskamp: “I’ll admit, I am partial to life in a residence hall, but what better way to connect with students than to meet them where they live?”

—Staff Writer Ellen Meyers contributed reporting to this article. mmcregan@syr.edu

“there would not have been the enduring Palestinian catastrophe.”

Elman said she was disappointed that the administration did not consult the professors involved in the program before suspending ties with the school. She added that while she supports the decision, she would have liked to discuss the suspension with faculty members.

She stressed the point that the suspension is not a termination of the program. Elman said the programs in the past were a positive experience for students.

“We’re leaving the door open to resuming ties,” Elman said. “We’d like to have a possibility to continue these programs. Now there will be a discussion of what needs to be done moving forward.” zdschwei@syr.edu

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Cool colors the sweet stuff in the middle

Make drab winter wardrobe a little less frightful; include vibrant tones that are oh so delightful

On Meghan: David and Young earmuffs ($12); Vintage Havana long-sleeved wrap shirt ($44) On Meghan: Dr. Martens in metallic gold ($130); BlankNYC overalls ($79); True Grit gray shirt ($72) On Meghan: J. Michael Shoes sunglasses ($14); Wooden Ships sweater dress ($95); Herschel Supply Co. book bag ($40) On Meghan: BlankNYC jacket ($118); K Too cosmic leggings ($29); Steve Madden boots ($165) On Leo: True Grit bomber jacket ($198), plaid button down ($129); New Balance sneakers ($79) On Leo: Schott NYC sweater jacket ($200) On Leo: Schott NYC sweater jacket ($200); American Apparel shirt ($17); Dr. Martens boots ($120); David and Young hat ($14) On Leo: Schott NYC sweater jacket ($200); David and Young hat ($14). On Meghan: BlankNYC jacket ($118); scarves provided by stylists

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his time of year, it can be hard to look your best. Between Syracuse’s frigid temperatures and endless finals stress, the temptation to throw on the nearest pair of (probably dirty) sweats is stronger than ever.

Then there’s the ubiquitous holiday cheer that so forcefully imposes itself on us from the middle of November up until January. Ugly sweater parties insist that looking goofy is the only way to celebrate, and gifts of clothing come with no guarantee of being attractive.

So what’s a style-starved college student to do? The answer: Find what little attitude schoolwork and gift shopping haven’t eaten up, and use it to give your look some edge. They say when you look good, you feel good, so dress up and face the world — and finals week — with your head held high.

Start with a very necessary protective shell. A killer winter coat perks up any look while staving off the chill. Shearling-lined outerwear creates the perfect shell: soft on the inside, hard on the outside. Look for something with buckles and hardware to add even more attitude. The suede number pictured here comes with a hefty price tag, but faux fur and leather options can still

do the trick. Whether you’re dressed up to go out or headed to the game in a simple orange T-shirt, a great winter coat can be the piece that pulls everything together.

Boots come next on the list of cold weather essentials, especially in this city.

Dr. Martens are a timeless choice with a rebellious undertone. Their thick rubber soles withstand snow, salt and grime like no other boot. Just be sure to properly waterproof the leather to keep things clean, dry and stylish. For the truly adventurous, a gold pair will have you shining bright on cloudy days.

When drab weather does come though, the siren song of sweatpants sings louder than ever. The key to resisting their soft and lazy charms is to know that comfort and attitude aren’t mutually exclusive. The leggings-and-a-sweater look is a cozy Syracuse favorite, but it’s one that can easily go wrong. Cover your ass — literally. Be sure the sweater is long enough and the leggings are sufficiently opaque. Then dress it up with heeled boots and fabulous accessories.

The key to those accessories is color. Use punchy pieces to break through wintery, gray days. A vibrant blue backpack makes toting books a bit less miserable. Add colorful sunglasses on rare sunny days. An orange pair achieves the perfect balance between being too cool for school and expressing ’Cuse pride.

Cozy winter accessories present another opportunity for flair. Scarves provide endless possibilities for style. Plus, you never know who will get wrapped

up in them with you. Meghan’s hot pink earmuffs make for a sassy alternative to the ever-present sorority girl knitted headband and are sure to get you some positive attention. Galaxy-print leggings will get you some stares, too, though perhaps in a more controversial way. Either way, warm and attention-grabbing pieces will keep all eyes on you.

When holiday party invitations inevitably come, keep things simple with a button-down and jeans. Keeping it casual but classy, find a plaid that isn’t too visually busy. Often a two-color plaid like this one is just enough. Dark jeans play a supporting role to the starring button down and look a bit dressier than light-colored denim. Leo’s maroon sneakers combine comfort, style and subtle holiday spirit to round out the look.

So as finals week and frenzied holiday shopping loom ominously ahead, look to your closet for the boost you need to carry on. Build a base with reliable but edgy outerwear and boots. Then, add accessories with attitude. Whether in the classroom or at a holiday party, clothes that push the envelope in just the right ways will give you the attitude you need to survive the winter in comfort and style. insimonc@syr.edu

clothing provided by j. michael shoes, 173 marshall street models: meghan flaim, leo wong

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tattoo tuesday

By Naomi Falk Staff Writer

Though she never really considered getting inked, Liza Posner, a junior advertising major, had a vision for a tattoo that she had to make a reality.

As the idea grew more prominent in her mind, she eventually gave in. Last Tuesday, she headed over to Lucky’s Tattoo and Piercing in Massachusetts and got a red “X” in between two blue waves on her upper back.

The piece is so recent that she’s still applying her moisturizing ointment three times daily.

The “X” represents a variable, or an unknown, and its red coloring is reminiscent of a red “X” that “marks the spot.” Posner, adopted from Korea, said she doesn’t expect to find her biological parents, and therefore her placement in life is unknown.

“I am about 99.99 percent sure I will never be able to locate my real mom, and there is about a zero percent chance of me ever figuring out who my real dad was,” she said.

The waves move to the right, like a story unfolding and progressing indefinitely into the future. The placement is as significant as the image itself. Like her past, the tattoo will

always be behind her. It will always be there as a part of her skin, and it serves as a reminder of how she has had to overcome the unknown.

“I think a lot of people take for granted knowing what their family history is and what they are,” Posner said. “That’s something I really cherish and find interesting because it’s not something that I’ll ever know about myself.”

She said the tattoo was also inspired by the last line in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby:” “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

The piece also has a simplistic movement: It has clean lines and primary colors, and it is perfectly symmetrical.

“It’s a simple idea, so it just doesn’t need a lot of detail,” Posner explained.

Posner used to think tattoos held a stigma.

But when she came to college, the diverse students she came in contact with opened her eyes to different realms of culture.

She now sometimes finds herself looking at the tattoo world with a critical eye, wondering about the significance of people’s tattoos and looking at different artists’ portfolios.

Said Posner: “I’m not going to let the

shira stoll | staff photographer liza posner , a junior advertising major, showcases her tattoo of a red “X” placed in between two waves. The “X” represents a variable, or unknown factor in Posner’s life. mystery of my roots hold me back from being driven. Sometimes I can’t believe it, where I am today. My tattoo is a complete embodiment

of all that pushes me forward in this journey of life. Like an ‘X’ amongst the waves.” ncfalk@syr.edu

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Student concludes semester-long quest comparing life in Italy, America

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t the beginning of the semester, I asked myself: Which is better, America or Italy? The answer came to me a while

ago, and even though I get the feeling it won’t be surprising, this is a good time to reveal it.

Getting to know Italy was just like getting

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lost and found in florence to know new people. At first it might be hard to imagine them with any serious problems.

But the more you get to know them, the more you realize that they have flaws. Whether they hide them well or have yet to realize them, those major problems are definitely there somewhere.

Both Italy and America suffer from imperfections. In my eyes, however, America manages to be the “lesser of two evils.”

During a meeting with an Italian student, it really hit me how flawed the politics in Italy are — though the same could be said for America. For example, regions in Italy are asking to secede, simply because of who is in charge of them. There’s a media divided by different viewpoints, so people only watch what they agree with. And there’s discrimination from Christians to Muslims and Islamists due to the power of the church that even affects Protestants.

Some people, like my own host mom, even believe that all democrats in government are communists. In America, we have witnessed something similar. Former U.S. Rep. Allen West claimed that 80 Democrats in the Congressional Progressive Congress were communists just last year. Plus, a third party in both countries is slowly growing with an anti-establishment message. In America, it’s the Tea Party. In Italy, it’s the Five Star Movement.

There’s even a similar divide between the north and the south in Italy. A student I met with said the north is seen as more business focused and prideful, whereas the south is seen as more loud, trashy and casual.

But thinking about all of this made me wonder why discovering which country was better really mattered to me — or if one really could be superior. Neither seems to be the “ideal” country, yet look where they have brought me. I’ve had an incredible semester in Italy.

Regardless of how messed up my homes are, the lives I have in them are still good.

I’ve gone abroad to so many different places arguably even worse in the big picture, yet these have also been the highlights of my time here. How does that work out?

While I should be aware of the big picture politics, I shouldn’t base so much of my life around them, either. Whether I’m in Italy or America, the country I’m living in will always have its flaws, and I’ll always question how it functions. But these things aren’t worth the majority of my time anymore.

What is worth my time, and everyone else’s, is pulling meaningful experiences out of indecipherable messiness. So what I’ve learned: If you travel abroad, you should eat new foods, try to understand people in a different culture, volunteer and more. Those are the parts that really matter, even if they are smaller.

With that, I started caring less about my little comparison game, and instead about pulling all the happiness and lessons I could out of Florence. That’s what’s letting me go back home without any regrets.

Max Antonucci is a junior newspaper and online journalism major. His column appears every Tuesday in Pulp. Visit his website at www.MaxwellAntonucci.com, find him on Twitter at @DigitalMaxToday or email him at meantonu@syr.edu.

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BACK TO LIFE

M.I.A. returns after 3-year hiatus, releases versatile Hindu-inspired album

By Elaina Crockett

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STAFF WRITER

.I.A. is at it again.

The British-Sri Lankan rapper’s fourth studio album “Matangi” came out last month. The title is a hybrid of the artist’s real name (Mathangi) and the Hindu goddess Matangi. It incorporates much of M.I.A.’s culture, including themes of reincarnation and karma.

“She’s basically a goddess of inner thoughts — the outward expression or the outward articulation of inner thoughts,” M.I.A. said during an NPR interview on Nov. 5. “She was really interesting because she lived in the slums; she lived with the untouchables and represented them. So it was really cool to find a goddess that was not considered clean and pure, and was not on a pedestal.”

And M.I.A.’s fan base knows she is no stranger to representing the underdogs of the world. Her past hits include “Paper Planes,” which is mainly about the commercial success of weapon distribution and the violence it entails. Now after a three-year hiatus, M.I.A. is back with a vengeance.

The first song off the album is “Karmageddon.” In the very mellow and haunting introduction, she sings, “My words are my armor and you’re ’bout to meet your karma.”

“Matangi,” the title track, sounds like a distant relative of her previous hit, “Boyz,” as she sings it in the same style. The song is incredibly catchy with its traditional Desi sound. Throughout the song, she lists dif-

ferent countries, sometimes sounding like a stream of consciousness.

Perhaps the only downfall with the song is the apparent disconnect of its parts: The first is of her demonstrating her geographic literacy while the second is an unclear freestyle. She even pokes fun at the modern-day rap industry by saying, “We started at the bottom but Drake gets all the credit.”

As much as I love M.I.A., there are a lot of times when it was unclear what exactly she was rapping about. Still, her innovation and outlandishness make up for the lack of understanding.

Another song worth mentioning is “Exodus.” It’s a really beautiful song. It samples The Weeknd’s “Lonely Star.” M.I.A. sings in the chorus demonstrating that, no, she doesn’t just rap.

“Bring the Noize” sounds like traditional M.I.A. She stylized this track after many ’90s rap songs in which artists introduce themselves, explaining why they are better than any other emcee out there.

More collaboration could have helped the album, however. Artists such as Santigold and MGMT would have complemented M.I.A. well. Regardless, M.I.A. is indisputably terrific on her own.

But while it lacked contribution from other artists, the album had other notable songs like “Warriors” and “Lights.” M.I.A. is the Nicki Minaj for hip-hop heads and hipsters. She is in your face in the best and worst ways. She is passionate about her music and loves what she does, and it is evident in her artwork. ekcrocke@syr.edu

illustration by andy casadonte | art director

IN SYNC

Release date: Nov. 5 Top track:

If you like this album, check out these tracks: 1. “Wildfire” by SBTRKT 2. “Oblivion” by Grimes 3. “Finally Moving” by Pretty Lights 4. “Loud Pipes” by Ratatat 5. “In Your Eyes” by Kate Boy

“Exodus (feat.

The Weeknd)” Rating:

M.I.A.

“Matangi” N.E.E.T. Recordings and Interscope Records

4.5/5

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(7-0) SYRACUSE VS INDIANA (6-1) 4

stephen bailey

Sweet repeat Syracuse 72, indiana 65 Two new teams.

Same result.

trevor hass

No Maui hangover Syracuse 76, indiana 68 Syracuse holds off an athletic Hoosiers team despite 20-plus from Yogi Ferrell.

david wilson

Zoned out syracuse 68, indiana 61 Unless Tom Crean’s totally changed his coaching, the Hoosiers will struggle against the Orange’s 2-3.

STARTING LINEUP

BEAT WRITER PREDICTIONS

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point guard

small forward

FREE THROWS Indiana guard Yogi Ferrell got his nickname from his mother because he ate a lot when he was young. His real first name is Kevin.

Tyler Ennis

6-2, 180, Fr. 11.7 ppg, 4.7 apg

Yogi Ferrell 6-0, 178, So. 18.1 ppg, 3.9 apg

Trevor Cooney

6-4, 195, So. 14.3 ppg, 2.3 apg

Jeremy Hollowell 6-8, 219, So. 10.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg

Ferrell has scored the ball this season but hasn’t been the distributor Indiana needs. Ennis blossomed at the Maui Invitational and will be a key factor against forwardheavy Indiana.

Hollowell didn’t start in Indiana’s last game against Evansville, but scored a career-high 18 points off the bench. He’ll have something to prove against the hot-handed Cooney.

power forward

center

C.J. Fair

6-8, 215, Sr. 18 ppg, 5.9 rpg

Will Sheehey 6-7, 200, Sr. 11.1 ppg, 4.6 rpg

Sheehey is the most experienced player on the Hoosiers’ roster, and could be tasked with slowing down Fair, who paced the Orange through three wins in Maui.

coaches

Hoosiers forward Hanner MosqueraPerea was born in Istmina, Colombia.

STAT TO KNOW After shooting 61.7 percent from the line during its first four games, Syracuse shot 88.7 percent from the stripe during three games in Lahaina, Hawaii.

BIG NUMBER Rakeem Christmas

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shooting guard

6-9, 250, Jr. 5.1 ppg, 4.0 rpg

Troy Williams

6-7, 206, Fr. 9.9 ppg, 6.0 rpg

Christmas is still looking to find his stride on offensive, but the freshman Williams has been a solid contributor for the Hoosiers and could find himself on Fair because of his length.

DaJuan Coleman

6-9, 280, So. 5.0 ppg, 4.9 rpg

Noah Vonleh

6-10, 240, Fr. 12.9 ppg, 10.4 rpg

Coleman will have his hands full with Vonleh.

Vonleh’s lateral quickness and soft touch have made him a viable replacement for Cody Zeller thus far.

Jim Boeheim 927-314 38 SEASONS

Tom Crean

280-179 15 SEASONS

Crean looked completely inferior to Boeheim in the Sweet 16. None of Crean’s offensive sets came even close to penetrating SU’s zone in a lackluster offensive performance.

1

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cross country

Syracuse men show promise with Top-10 finish; women take major stride

By Matt Schneidman STAFF WRITER

In 2012, the Syracuse men finished 15th in the NCAA national championship. The women didn’t even qualify.

One year later, each team is reveling in the benefits of an extra year of experience from its sophomore runners.

The men, led by redshirt sophomore Martin Hehir, finished the regular season at No. 14 in the country. Resurrected from the depths of collegiate cross-country, the women, led by sophomore Margo Malone, closed out the regular season at No. 19.

In their first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference, the men captured the conference title, the Northeast Regional Championship and finished 10th at the NCAA national championship. The Orange women finished third in both the ACC championship and regionals, and 22nd at nationals.

And both teams can thank the performance of its sophomores for leading them to postseason success.

“The first year is about learning the ropes,” Hehir said of the current sophomores. “Now is the year everything comes together, and our class came into its own.”

Behind All-ACC performances from Hehir, Robert Molke, Griff Graves, Max Straneva and M.J. Erb, SU captured its second consecutive conference title, last season as members of the Big

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“It’s definitely my No. 1 school,” Ishmael said, “but I have to visit and see a few things.”

The three-star wide receiver has scheduled his official visit for Jan. 17. Ishmael already knows the football logistics — he’s recited them a hundred times over in his head — so it won’t matter that the program will be hibernating when he arrives. He’s more interested in gauging the student body’s school spirit on an average Syracuse day.

Wide receiver is already the strongest position in SU’s Class of 2014, and Ishmael could join K.J. Williams, Jamal Custis and Corey Cooper as the fourth part of a possible machine.

“I will most likely make my decision after that weekend,” Ishmael said. “I want to see how much the students support their team and what the energy is like on campus on any day.”

But the 6-foot-3, 180-pounder has a hard time classifying himself as a certain type of receiver.

He’s fast, but he’s not a speed guy. He can use his size against smaller cornerbacks, but he doesn’t rely on his frame. He can create space, but also has the hands to catch passes in traffic.

“I guess I’m just an all-around receiver,” he said.

Ishmael admits he has a lot to work on, but thinks he could already excel in a variety of roles at the collegiate level. And it’s this versatility that earned him offers from Miami (Fla.), Louisville and Oregon, among other top schools, as well as high praise from a potential future teammate.

“He reminds me of Sammy Watkins,” said Edouard, a quarterback who verbally committed to SU on Oct. 20. “You know how Watkins is like crazy and can do anything on the field?

Yeah, that’s Steve.”

Edouard’s been keeping up with Ishmael’s recruiting process and plugging Syracuse when he gets the chance. But on Nov. 2, he

East. Hehir led the team with a third-place finish.

Two weeks later, the men secured their second postseason victory, this time at regionals. Hehir, Molke, Graves, Ryan Urie, Reed Kamyszek and Joseph Whelan were named to the All-Region team for their performances.

Hehir once again led the charge, duplicating his third-place finish.

Going into the NCAA championships, the optimism for the men was as high as ever. The Orange achieved a Top 10 finish, but coming into the race at No. 7 in the country, head coach Chris Fox knew the group didn’t maximize its potential.

“We were on the edge of being pleased. We’ll take it because it’s our first Top 10,” Fox said of his tenure. “But we know we left something out there.”

The women have made a turnaround in the past 12 months. After turning in disappointing results last year, both the coaches and runners came into this season with one common goal: qualify for the big race.

“This year, Margo, Brianna (Nerud), and I all knew what we had to do to go to nationals,” sophomore Meredith Speakman said.

These three, plus junior Jesse Petersen, successfully accomplished the team’s postseason goal, starting with a third-place finish in its ACC championship debut. Malone led the charge with a ninth-place finish, while Speakman also garnered All-ACC honors, finishing 15th.

kicked his personal recruitment of the receiver into high gear.

Edouard’s Hialeah (Fla.) High School beat North Miami Beach, but Edouard described Ishmael’s performance as “completely dominant.”

He now texts Ishmael more often, and humbly confessed that having a friend to venture north with would ease the lifechanging transition.

“Miami and Syracuse, those are two really different places,” Edouard said. “It would be nice to have someone who knows where I’m coming from and we could do a lot of the new things together.”

“He texts me a lot,” Ishmael said laughing, “I always let him know that I hear him.”

A Miami native, Ishmael could stay under the Florida sun and play in front of hometown fans by committing to the Hurricanes.

Young athletes dream of f lashy uniforms and bright lights, and Oregon provides as much.

And with ambitions to play professional football, Louisville’s pass-happy offense could put him in the draft conversation when the time comes.

But a higher calling is drawing him closer to SU. On Saturday, the Orange clinched bowl eligibility in its first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference and Ishmael is interested in being part of a “growing program.”

A.J. Long, another quarterback verbally committed to SU for 2014, thinks Ishmael is a piece that could push the program over the proverbial hump between competing and contending.

The Orange’s pedigree is swelling, and if Ishmael likes what he sees, it could continue to.

“Because they’re committed, a lot of people are focusing on Corey, K.J. and Jamal,” Long said. “But another guy everyone should also be talking about is Steve Ishmael, that’s a guy who could really make us a lot better in the future.” jcdoug01@syr.edu @dougherty_ jesse

Facing stiff competition in then-No. 2 Providence and then-No. 12 Dartmouth at regionals, the women finished an expected third. Malone once again led the team with an 11th-place finish, while Speakman finished 19th to place on the All-Region team.

The race they’d all been waiting for, nationals, saw the women slightly underachieve, finishing 22nd after coming in ranked at No. 19. Nonetheless, the season was a triumphant success.

“I can’t tell you how important it was to get back on the national scene,” Fox said.

“The girls on the team did a tremendous job to right the ship.”

Looking ahead to next season, the outlook couldn’t be brighter. After exceptional performances from returning runners, Fox said he expects the women to potentially be in the Top 10 and the men possibly in the top three.

“Obviously we’re excited. It’s nice to have those younger guys be up front for us,” assistant coach Adam Smith said. “It’s nice to count on younger guys in big-time races, and hopefully that bodes well for the future of the program.”

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found its rhythm. Jerami Grant and C.J. Fair have shown the potential to be go-to scorers. SU defeated a Baylor team that excels in the post. Inexperienced guards Tyler Ennis and Trevor Cooney have rounded into form.

“Being young guards that were playing against three really good teams and three different teams, every night was different for us,” Cooney said during the postgame press conference after Syracuse’s win over the Bears.

“Every team was different, and all three were great challenges for us. And I thought we stepped it up every night and brought it. I thought that was great for us.”

For Indiana, who returns just one starter from last year’s Sweet 16 team, the difference maker has been freshman Noah Vonleh. The forward leads the Big Ten with 10.4 rebounds per game and has helped the Hoosiers overachieve their preseason projections.

“I think Vonleh’s the best freshman inside player in the country,” Boeheim said during The Dan Dakich Show on Monday.

But Vonleh’s physicality is nothing that the Orange has yet to experience, although before last week that would’ve been difficult to say. SU had played close games against mid-major opponents leading up to the Maui Invitational, but that was more because of Syracuse’s own doing. Careless turnovers and a stagnant half-court offense kept lesser opponents in games.

In Lahaina, Hawaii, though, the Orange finally played well. Cooney rained 3s. Ennis

dropped 28 against California on Tuesday.

Fair earned MVP honors with standout performance after standout performance.

He stretched the floor out with jump shots, but also banged with talented Baylor big men Isaiah Austin and Cory Jefferson during a 24-point finale. Even his signature play of the tournament, which came against Minnesota two days prior, was a ferocious dunk while an arm banged against his face and split open his right cheek.

All tournament long, Fair battled in the post.

“We knew coming into this game they were going to be a physical team and they like to pedal the backboards,” Fair said during the postgame press conference after the Orange’s win against the Bears. “The main thing we just had to compete with them, and when we did get the ball, we had to push it for the fast break.”

Last time the Carrier Dome hosted its beloved team, SU struggled against St. Francis (N.Y.) for the Maui Invitational’s opening game. The Terriers pounded the ball inside and gave Syracuse its biggest scare yet.

It was perhaps SU’s worst performance of the year, but Syracuse adjusted and followed it up with its three best against a variety of teams, and some play just as physical as the Orange saw against St. Francis.

More than a month into the season now, SU has learned from its early-season mistakes and finally finds itself in control.

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Q&A with Robby Howard of Indiana Daily Student

By Trevor Hass Asst. Sports Editor

No. 4 Syracuse hosts Indiana in a Sweet 16 rematch on Tuesday night. The Daily Orange spoke with Robby Howard, the sports editor at the Indiana Daily Student, about the game.

The Daily Orange: How has Indiana coped with the losses of Cody Zeller, Victor Oladipo, Jordan Hulls and Christian Watford?

Robby Howard: Well, IU brought in a big freshman class, headlined by 6-foot-10 Noah Vonleh. Vonleh’s had a tremendous impact for the Hoosiers this season down low. He’s sort of replaced Cody Zeller as IU’s dominant post presence. He’s a monster rebounder.

That’s the biggest part of his game. He can really, really rebound the basketball both offensively and defensively. If you don’t get a body on him he will hurt you.

The other big guy in the freshman class for IU is Troy Williams, who I personally think has the potential to be more athletic than Victor Oladipo. He’s 6-foot-7, and just has off-thecharts athletic ability. We see him attack the rim time and time again. His biggest area that he needs to improve on is shooting. He’s not a very good outside shooter and is still very

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given to the best center in the nation — but this marks the first time that the senior was named to an all-conference team.

Eskridge, a sophomore, led the Orange with 78 tackles and four interceptions this season. He was named the conference’s defensive back of the week twice and caught his first career pass during SU’s 34-31 win against Boston College on Saturday.

Smith failed to crack 1,000 yards this sea-

inconsistent with handling the basketball.

He’s made some plays this year that make you go ‘wow.’

The D.O.: How do you think Yogi (Ferrell) has embraced the role of being a leader and stepped up as the main option?

R.H.: I think he definitely understands that he has the keys to this team now, that this is his team, essentially, along with Will Sheehey.

We’ve really seen him step up as a scorer this year … He’s really stepped up his scoring ability. It’s not like this is coming out of nowhere.

If you look at him as a high school player he had phenomenal scoring numbers. It’s just not what his job was last year. He had Victor Oladipo and Cody Zeller and Jordan Hulls and Christian Watford and all those guys that are playing professional basketball now. He didn’t need to score the basketball; he just needed to distribute the basketball. This year, he’s embraced the role of a scorer and he’s really, really stepped up when he’s needed to. I think he’s handling it very well.

The D.O.: How’s the Indiana bench?

R.H.: Since it is a young team, it’s a young bench, but it is a really deep bench. You look at it right now, Stanford Robinson is coming off the bench. He’s a 6-foot-4 guard, who is

son, but the junior earned third-team honors anyway with 11 touchdowns.

Bromley, a senior who is also a candidate for ACC defensive player of the year, led Syracuse with nine sacks this year.

Hickey, a junior and potential firstround draft choice, was given honorable mention just two days after playing the entire first half against the Eagles on an injured ankle. Spruill, a senior, ranked second on the Orange with 62 tackles this season.

another guy who has great athleticism for the Hoosiers. Collin Hartman has been used pretty effectively off the bench. He’s another freshman, and a guy who they want to be more of a sharpshooter, but he’s added a lot in terms of his hustle and energy, and stuff like that. Evan Gordon, who obviously has a lot of name recognition around here, because he’s Eric Gordon’s younger brother. He has brought more of a perimeter threat, a shooter and another slasher. Another guy, Hanner Mosquera-Perea, he’s 6-foot-9 and comes in at forward. He has a lot of, a lot of athletic ability. He’s very good at dunking the basketball.

The D.O.: Do you think Indiana has a shot to win the Big Ten? R.H.: I don’t see them competing for the Big Ten crown, necessarily, because I think they’re not at that upper-level tier. I think they’re more of a mid-level Big Ten team.

That’s not to take anything away from them; they’re a very talented basketball team, just not the elite level in the Big Ten. When you look at the Big Ten as a whole, it’s a very stacked conference, so there’s no fault to be a mid-level Big Ten team. tbhass@syr.edu @TrevorHass

Best of the best

A look at how many players each ACC program landed on the all-conference teams.

Florida State

17

North Carolina

5

Duke 11

Syracuse 4

Clemson 10

Pittsburgh 3

Boston College

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Virginia 3

Virginia Tech

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Wake Forest

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Miami 6

Georgia Tech

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Syracuse improves power-play offense heading into Cornell matchup

By Sam Blum Staff Writer

When Caitlin Roach scored her second goal of the season on a power play against Union on Oct. 26, it gave Syracuse a 2-0 lead en route to a comfortable 5-2 win at Tennity Ice Pavilion.

Had it not been for the series of events that occurred afterward, the goal might have easily been forgotten.

Who: Cornell Ten minutes later, on Where: War Memorial When: Today, 7 p.m. the next Union penalty, Margot Scharfe connected. Seconds later it was Nicole Ferrara who put one in the back of the net on the power play. Melissa Piacentini connected on the last power-play opportunity to top off the scoring in the third.

Five Dutchwomen penalties led to four Syracuse goals. It was tied for the most power-play goals in a game in program history.

“You can’t rely on your power play every

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Syracuse has pieced together a strong start to the season, thanks largely to its improvement on the power play from past seasons.

Year 2013-14 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11

Power plays Percentage 16-88 .182 21-166 .127 22-165 .133 30-178 .169

night like that, and certainly in past years it’s been anemic,” Syracuse head coach Paul Fla-

nagan said. “It’s nice to see them getting goals, and I think a lot if it is nothing too extravagant. It’s really just getting pucks on net.”

That game against Union may have been

“Our power plays have been working. We work on them all the time in practice. I think with time they’ll get better.”

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an anomaly, but the Orange has taken care of business on the power play front all season. It has converted on 18.2 percent of its opportunities. That number is a vast improvement from the 12.7 percent last season, and SU will look to continue that trend Tuesday against Cornell at 7 p.m. at OnCenter Complex.

“Our power plays have been working,” sophomore Nicole Renault said. “We work on them all the time in practice. I think with time they’ll get better.”

With 16 power-play goals on the season, the Orange is just five from last season’s total of 21.

Aside from 19.5 conversion percentage in 200910, this season is shaping up to the best season in terms of power plays ever for the Orange.

And everyone has gotten in on the action.

The 16 goals have been split up among 10 different SU players. Jessica Sibley, who leads the

team in goals with six, has scored a team-high three goals on the power play.

Syracuse has connected on at least one power play during 12 of its first 13 games on the season, including eight during a five-game winning streak that spanned Oct. 19 to Nov. 10.

Even with the ability to convert on opponents’ penalties, Scharfe, whose 10 career power-play goals are the most of anyone on the team, said there was still room for improvement in the area.

“Just getting bodies in front and capitalizing on the rebounds is something we need to

work on,” Scharfe said.

Flanagan doesn’t shy away from discussing the importance of scoring on the power play, noting that one or two plays can change the outcome of a game.

“A lot of games in our sport are so close,” Flanagan said, “2-1, 3-2, and the special teams, on the one end if you kill the penalties, you’re going to have a lot of success.

“But you’ve got to be able to execute on the power play.” sblum@syr.edu

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SYRACUSE VS. INDIANA TODAY, 7:15 P.M., ESPN

Hoo’s up for a rematch?

No. 4 Syracuse hosts Indiana after upending Hoosiers in Sweet 16

SU lands 4 All-ACC honorees

By David Wilson Sports Editor

Syracuse didn’t land any players on the All-Atlantic Coast Conference first team, but center Macky MacPherson earned secondteam honors and safety Durell Eskridge, running back Jerome Smith and defensive tackle Jay Bromley each earned spots on the third team.

Offensive tackle Sean Hickey and linebacker Marquis Spruill were named honorable mentions, which went to any player who received at least 20 votes.

MacPherson was placed on the Rimington Trophy Watch List during the preseason — the award is

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3-star WR Ishmael has SU atop list

By Jesse Dougherty daily orange file photo baye moussa keita and SU take on Indiana on Tuesday in a rematch of last year’s Sweet 16 showdown. The Hoosiers lost four starters from last season, but guard Yogi Ferrell has elevated his game and freshman Noah Vonleh poses an inside challenge to the surging Orange.

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ust minutes after Syracuse’s biggest win of the season against Baylor in the EA Sports Maui Invitational on Wednesday, Jim Boeheim was on to the next one. He took no time to savor the victory over a Top 25 team, relish a third Maui title or enjoy Hawaii’s pristine beaches.

“It’s a great trip, obviously,” the Orange’s head coach said during the postgame press conference following his team’s 74-67 win against the then-No. 18 Bears. “Unfortu-

nately, right now I’m thinking about Indiana; I’m not thinking about this anymore.”

No. 4 SU (7-0) will play its second straight game against a strong opponent Tuesday at 7:15 p.m. in the Carrier Dome against Indiana (6-1) for the Big 10/ACC Challenge. It will serve as a rematch of last year’s Sweet 16, in which No. 4-seeded Syracuse knocked off the No. 1-seeded Hoosiers in Washington, D.C. on its way to the Final Four.

This time, though, the roles are reversed. The Orange is the favor-

ite to earn another marquee win against IU, who is ranked 23rd in this week’s USA Today Poll.

“Every team was different, and all three were great challenges for us.”

Trevor Cooney

syracuse guard

The rosters are vastly different — Michael Carter-Williams,

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they said it

“People say they want to see excitement in the game.

You have a little excitement, you have a flag for it.”

Mike Munchak Tennessee Titans head coach

The Daily Orange’s beat writers break down Syracuse’s matchup with Indiana in On the Beat. see dailyorange.com

who led SU to its upset win last March, Brandon Triche and James Southerland are gone. So too are IU’s Jordan Hulls, Victor Oladipo and Cody Zeller.

But once again both teams are contenders in top conferences, although SU is the one with the better chance at a national title.

After one of the Orange’s first games, Boeheim ranted about how the departures that had shaken SU would lead to Syracuse struggles.

But after a slow start to the season, the new-look Orange has

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Steve Ishmael isn’t quite ready to verbally commit to Syracuse, but acknowledges that he has every reason to.

In the course of the last year, offensive coordinator George McDonald has built a pipeline between Central New York and Ishmael’s home state of Florida. Syracuse safety Ritchy Desir also went to North Miami Beach Senior High School. Alin Edouard, SU’s latest verbal commitment for 2014, is not just another Miami native but a good friend, and Ishmael knows that with the Orange’s thin receiving corps in 2013 he would have the chance to compete for snaps right away.

But as of now, it’s not enough.

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