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iSchool to participate in blackout

By Marwa Eltagouri ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Wikipedia, Mozilla Firefox and WordPress are go-to web platforms for most college students — used for everything from research to socializing. And on Wednesday, they’re shutting down.

As part of a movement against the Stop Online Piracy Act, the highprofile web influencers will shut down for the day in protest of certain

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WHAT IS SOPA?

SOPA, or the Stop Online Privacy Act, is a proposed bill that aims to crack down on copyright infringement by restricting access to sites that host pirated content. Though most people agree that protecting content is an important goal, opponents believe the wording of the act may promote censorship.

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stacie fanelli | asst. photo editor JOHN REIFSNIDER (ABOVE) continues to protest in downtown Syracuse after Mayor Stephanie Miner announced an eviction notice for the group. Members such as Trevor Briggs (below), who has been involved in the Occupy Syracuse movement for three months, shows his support for the movement. Many of the occupiers hope to convince Miner to reconsider her edict but are willing to get arrested for their cause.

Despite eviction, Occupy stays put

By Stephanie Bouvia ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Try as they might, “Brother Jon” Grey said he’s not moving.

The local resident and Occupy Syracuse member stood in a crowd of more than 60 people bundled in coats, scarves, hats and gloves at Perseverance Park to discuss their anticipated police evacuation in a demonstration that was followed by a general assembly meeting Wednesday night.

Mayor Stephanie Miner told the

occupiers at 8 a.m. Tuesday, which marked the movement’s 108th day, that they must evacuate the park because they violated city fire codes.

“She said we were ‘noncompliant,’” Grey said.

“I’m still gonna be here. You can’t get rid of me.”

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34 students selected for Posse award

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Miner could not be reached for comment.

Although the winter has been relatively mild, Occupy organizers were recently met with minus 4 degree temperatures and snow accumulation. Ryan O’Hara, another member of Occupy Syracuse, said there are 10 to 15 people who sleep in tents in the park every night. Miner told the organizers they were not allowed to have heat or electricity because it is a fire code violation.

Though the 34 students who were awarded Syracuse University’s first Posse scholarships will arrive on campus as part of the Class of 2016, the majority of the scholarship winners do not share the same geographic and financial backgrounds of many students who commit to SU. Don Saleh, vice president for enrollment management, headed to Miami, Atlanta and Los Angeles with Maurice Harris, dean of undergraduate admissions, and other SU faculty to select the university’s Posse win-

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CAMPUS BRIEFS • Republicans unanimously chose Jon Bramnick, assemblyman and 1975 Syracuse University alumnus, to step in as the lower house’s minority leader in a caucus meeting Tuesday morning, according to a Jan. 18 article published by The StarLedger.

Bramnick, who as conference leader had been the second-highest ranking Republican in the assembly, will fill the late Alex DeCroce’s position. DeCroce died suddenly after finishing a marathon voting session, according to the article.

Bramnick has served in the assembly since 2003 and was a Plainfield councilman from 1984-91. Assemblyman David Rible will fill Bramnick’s old position as conference leader, according to the article.

• This Saturday, five members of the SU or Syracuse community will receive the 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Unsung Hero award during SU’s 27th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, “A Living Legacy: The Fierce Urgency of Now,” according to a Jan. 9 SU News release. The event will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Carrier Dome and is free and open to the public.

This year’s Unsung Hero Award recipients are Lt. Col. MaryJo Timpano, director of staff for the 174th Fighter Wing of the New York Air National Guard; Emily Kelsey-Gossard, a senior at Marcellus High School; Risa Cantu C’DeBaca, a senior majoring in women’s and gender studies and minoring in sociology at SU; Cheryl Spear, SU doctoral student, scholar, advocate and service provider for individuals with disabilities; and Lynda Hamilton, a 1974 alumna and manager of the Brockway Dining Center, according to the release.

• A new endowed chair in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will help SU’s efforts toward expanding teaching and innovation in digital and new media, according to a Jan. 11 SU News release.

The Peter A. Horvitz Endowed Chair in Journalism Innovation will be funded by 1976 SU alumnus Peter Horvitz, chairman, president and CEO of Horvitz Newspapers LLC. The chair will develop and teach new courses that allow students to explore the intersection of journalism and technology, and will collaborate to develop new content models and new forms of storytelling, according to the release. The chair will also serve as the director of a proposed Center for Journalism Innovation and help seek external funding for new research initiatives, according to the release. Newhouse is currently seeking job applicants, according to the release.

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carly reeve | staff photographer STEPHEN DESALVO (LEFT) AND DYLAN LUSTIG prepare to take their oaths of office in front of the general assembly at the first Student Association meeting of the 56th session.

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By Rachael Barillari ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Newly elected Student Association President Dylan Lustig enthusiastically began the first meeting of the 56th session by presenting his cabinet appointments to the general assembly.

In an interview beforehand, Lustig said he wanted to use the

meeting to introduce goals for teamwork and unity within SA and build a greater sense of connection with the student body as a whole. The meeting was held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium.

Lustig and Comptroller Stephen DeSalvo took their respective oaths of office confirming their elected positions. The rest of the assembly

followed in its own oath to start off the new session.

The introduction and confirmation of Lustig’s appointments for his administration’s cabinet were the main focus of the evening. Lustig said the criteria for his appointments were strong dedication and the ability to make an influence

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Research says students spend less on textbooks

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“My job is to get those stories of impact the greatest exposure possible in what’s become an increasingly competitive and fragmented media landscape.”

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estimated $655 annually on textbooks. This marks a decrease from Students are spending less annualan estimated $667 two years ago ly on textbooks, according to a Jan. and $702 four years ago, according 13 Student Watch study conducted to the study.

by OnCampus Research.

Kathleen Bradley, the text and Ashley Winslow, a junior pubgeneral book division manager at the lic health major, said she saw this SU Bookstore in the Schine Student Center, said professors are acknowledging high textbook prices.

“More and more faculty mem1) Buy used books whenever possible. They can knock almost 25 per- bers are becoming aware of the cost of textbooks,” she said. “In the past, cent off the cost of a new textbook. faculty members didn’t pay atten2) Think about renting or purchasing electronic texts. More and more tion to how expensive textbooks college stores are offering these options, and rentals can give costwere.” conscious students temporary access to course materials for about In addition to cost-effective one-third to half the price of buying a new textbook. choices in terms of required materials, professors are using copyright 3) Find out if your campus bookstore is using social media, become a fan of its Facebook page and follow it on Twitter. The store will often- readers, or internally printed texttimes give advance notice of moneysaving specials to followers or fans. books that are custom edited for SU. These custom editions generally 4) Be cautious of hackers when purchasing course materials online curb textbook costs because one from outside or unknown sources. Deliveries can take time and include edited book may replace several high shipping expenses. other textbooks, Bradley said.

Lindsey Damberg, a sophomore 5) Research your store’s refund policy, especially deadlines. This way,

and alumni, Quinn said. Kane, a resident of Pittsford, N.Y., and graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, was offered the position in early November and accepted.

The agenda is designed to raise the university’s visibility among external audiences and core constituents.

To execute the agenda, Kane said, she will be expected to work with several professionals on campus.

Quinn said the creation of the position is not associated with the recent allegations against former associate men’s basketball coach Bernie Fine.

“As the person who created the position, I can tell you it was not in any way connected to the Bernie Fine matter,” Quinn said in an email. “In fact, the position was created and a search began about a year ago.”

Kane said she hopes to affect the university’s image and SU’s future as

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trend while purchasing her textbooks at Syracuse University during the last few years.

“I haven’t spent more than probably $300 per semester, compared to freshmen year when I spent $800 on just one semester,” she said.

Students currently spend an

Syracuse University recently created the position of associate vice president of public relations to oversee the Office of News Services and the university’s communications agenda.

After a yearlong search, Erin Kane of Upstate New York became the first to hold the position at the university.

She was hired in early November at the appointment of Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs.

The position was created to further increase the visibility of the university and the outstanding work of students, faculty, staff

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provisions of the act. The School of Information Studies at Syracuse University will be joining them by blacking out its academic homepage and its blog, Information Space.

SOPA and its Senate counterpart, Protect IP Act, are acts currently under development in Congress containing provisions that could put user-generated websites, such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, at risk of being shut down or forever altered due to the ability of copyright holders to “blacklist” websites where users post content. Such provisions would impose a serious limitation on the freedom of speech.

“This would dramatically change the way the Internet works and for the first time put the government, and potentially special interests, in control of the content we are allowed to share,” said Anthony Rotolo, assistant professor of practice at the iSchool. “There is great potential that SOPA and PIPA would stifle innovation in the technology sector.”

Information Space, a popular resource about information studies for students and external readers, will undergo a complete blackout all day, leaving only a single post about SOPA and PIPA, Rotolo said. The iSchool’s website will completely blackout its regular features, aside from aspects pertaining to incoming students,

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When fire officials investigated a reported carbon monoxide issue in the camp Jan. 8, they found propane fired heaters and cooking appliances including multiple propane tanks. This caused Miner to issue the eviction.

Grey said the organizers had been compliant with Miner’s codes, using only their sleeping bags to stay warm, but supporters and community members kept donating propane tanks and space heaters. He said Occupy members hadn’t used the donated items and wanted to return them but did not do so fast enough.

“The only reason we still had stuff was because it was donations,” Grey said.

O’Hara also said there was not enough time to return everything. “People couldn’t get down here fast enough,” he said.

Grey, who has spent 105 days at the Occupy Syracuse site, said he is upset because he feels the compliance codes from the city are not clear.

Grey said when they asked fire officials about the codes, they said they were unsure and told occupiers to call City Hall. When they called City Hall at 7:45 a.m., Grey said, they received no help or clarification. Fifteen minutes later, he said, Miner showed up to inform them of their eviction.

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positively as she can.

“With great scholarship, intellectual resources and talented people come all sorts of stories worth telling,” she said. “My job is to get those stories of impact the greatest exposure possible in what’s become an increasingly competitive and fragmented media landscape.”

Most recently, Kane served as the founder and president of the public relations firm EMK Public Relations based outside of Boston. As a communications strategist with

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for taking down such resources could be detrimental.

As a professor of social media, Rotolo is particularly concerned about SOPA and PIPA’s effect on the information field itself. Sharing information through social media networks is the dominant online activity for many people, especially students who rely on such channels for everything from research to collaboration to socialization, he said.

Information users are increasingly adopting the practice of sharing and re-sharing information through social media websites, often remixing it depending on audiences. This information curation process is the core of many social media innovations in business, education and entertainment, and it is responsible for spreading ideas that have fueled recent social and political movements internationally, Rotolo said.

“Social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare, along with information giants like Google’s YouTube, are some of the few companies doing well in difficult economic times,” Rotolo said. “This legislation would challenge these companies at a time when their continued growth is most important.”

Rotolo said he personally hopes the blackouts will spark a discussion about the issue within the SU community because the technologies allowing information to be broadly shared with the community, such as Twitter and Facebook, are the same technologies being threatened. iSchool officials are aiming for the blackouts

to raise awareness of SOPA and PIPA and the significant effect they could have on the information field. Students at the iSchool are responsible for building the next innovative technologies and leading companies through the social media revolution. To spark the curiosity of such issues among students, Rotolo said, it is essential they join in the blackout movement.

And they are. Students in particular are getting involved, transferring 25,000 domains from GoDaddy, which initially supported SOPA, to different registrars as a protest against SOPA, said Isaac Budmen, a senior policy studies and information management major and author of the post on SOPA that will be left on the blog.

“Wikipedia’s shutting down, Mozilla’s shutting down, and high traffic resources and communities are shutting down,” Budmen said.

“We at the iSchool have the same ideals, so we figured this is something we really need to be a part of as well.”

The blackout will also remind everyone of how dependent people have become on user-generated content, Rotolo said. Twentyfour hours without Wikipedia will affect thousands of people who utilize the site daily as a quick reference tool or a starting point for further research. Wikipedia and similar innovations are being challenged under SOPA and PIPA, so losing access to the service for one day will remind people the

“It’s been that way all along,” he said. “It’s all an excuse, it’s all political.”

Grey said the occupiers would be happy to make one of the members a designated fire marshal who would be in charge of making sure everyone is in compliance with the city codes.

“We’re not trying to fight with the city,” he said.

Charles Mantaro, another member of Occupy Syracuse, said before the meeting he was woken up by Miner when she arrived at the park.

Mantaro said he talked to Miner, who would not change her mind about evacuating the occupiers.

“She was very set in her own ideas,” he said.

“It was obvious her decision was made.”

Mantaro said he is very upset about the eviction because the occupiers have been compliant and peaceful thus far.

“There’s no drugs, there’s no alcohol, there’s no violence,” he said. “It’s very safe here.”

People from all over the city came out to support the movement and lined South Salina Street, holding signs that advertised different messages like: “Honk for democracy,” “Sorry for the inconvenience we are trying to change the world,” “We march for hope not hate” and “Keep corporate money out of elections.”

An hour into the demonstration, Occupy Syracuse members held one of the largest general assembly meetings since the movement began last October. It was clear the evacuation notice shook many people to the core. Attendees raised serious questions, with tears running down their cheeks, about the future of the Occupy movement.

Barrie Gewanter, director of the Central New York chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend the rights of all New Yorkers, attended the demonstration and said it’s likely the police will preplan the evacuation, and it’s possible the fire department may show up as well.

But it is clear the occupiers are ready to face the police. Sixteen members of the movement publicly said they were willing to risk being arrested Wednesday during the eviction.

Organizers suggested different tactics to resist police forces while still remaining nonviolent. A few ideas included linking

arms around the park, creating a “human wall” or marching to a different location to occupy.

For now, the occupiers anticipate being evacuated at 8 a.m., but Gewanter said it’s possible the police could come in earlier to move people out.

“If (Miner) does it earlier, she’s going back on what she said,” Gewanter said, to which a few people in the crowd chuckled, “Nothing new.”

She said the chance of Miner suspending the eviction or extending the deadline was very slim. Gewanter said she spoke to Miner on the phone Tuesday morning to ask if there was any way Miner would be willing to negotiate her decision.

“She was really clear on the phone that she was not willing to have a conversation,” Gewanter said.

Jess Hartz, who participated in the demonstration, said she has been involved with Occupy Syracuse since November. She said one of the biggest struggles of the movement has been to get public respect.

“We’ve had people calling us hippies, druggies, dumba**es,” she said. “We know what we are: a movement.”

Hartz said she was shocked, upset and disappointed at Miner’s decision to evacuate the occupiers. But, she said, when the time comes, she does not plan on leaving quietly.

“I’m still gonna be here,” she said. “You can’t get rid of me.”

well to higher education,” Kane said. “While I’ve worked in PR for 20 years, I’d say it’s my national media expertise and the fact that I’m embracing life in the Finger Lakes region that makes me a fit for SU.” Kane began her professional public relations career in 1991 by joining the external affairs office at Tufts New England Medical Center, now known as Tufts Medical Center.

Later, she went on to manage media relations at Deaconess Hospital, a teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School, according to the release.

Additionally, Kane has worked on several high-profile PBS productions and specials with

co-production partners, such as The New York Times, ABC News, the BBC and NPR. She led the national community engagement campaign for a six-hour report on the intersection of religion and public life in America titled “God in America,” a co-production of the “American Experience” and “Frontline,” according to the release.

“Erin is really a dynamic individual who brings extensive experience creating and directing national proactive media campaigns,” Quinn said. “She is going to serve us well as we continue to raise our visibility across a wide range of constituencies.”

WHAT MAKES THE MOVEMENT?

The Occupy movement, which began on Sept. 17 in Liberty Square in the Financial District of Manhattan, has spread to more than 100 cities in the Unites States. The purpose of the movement is to stand up against major, powerful banks and corporations and the role of Wall Street in creating an economic collapse and recession.

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nearly 20 years of in-house, agency and consulting experience, she led the communications and public relations efforts for the award-winning PBS news and public affairs series “Frontline,” according to a Jan. 3 SU News release.

At “Frontline,” Kane was responsible for directing national publicity and community outreach campaigns for more than 200 documentary films and investigative reports, landing coverage within the pages of several major marketing papers across the nation, according to the release.

“My experiences in both public media and academic medical centers should translate

“Wikipedia’s shutting down, Mozilla’s shutting down, and high traffic resources and communities are shutting down. We at the iSchool have the same ideals, so we figured this is something we really need to be a part of as well.”

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resources at stake.

“I hope to see SOPA be killed. I don’t want any incarnation of it existing,” Budmen said.

“But more positively, I’d like to see more open sources of the act from the beginning: projects, creations, ideas. We’re entering an age where the more open something is, the more relevant it becomes and the more powerful the piece of technology or art becomes.” meltagou@syr.edu

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Added concert brings little variety for large-scale events Students have been buzzing about Rock the Dome since University Union announced the concert late last semester.

The concert, to be held on Feb. 2, is a result of UU receiving additional funds from Student Association.

Regardless of whether this is how the funds should have been allocated, adding another large-scale concert creates an opportunity for much of the student body to come together at one event.

The concert is conveniently spaced between Juice Jam and Block Party, the two big events run by UU. The addition of the winter concert is positive. Large-scale events were previously limited to the beginning and end of the academic year. Using the money to add another concert, instead of bringing larger acts to Juice Jam or Block Party, benefits students who may not be able to attend either of the concerts for one reason or another.

With the addition of this concert,

EDITORIAL by the daily orange editorial board students have another chance.

But though the timing of the concert helps break up the winter monotony, the artists do not.

The name Rock the Dome is misleading, as neither of the acts — Ludacris or Rick Ross — fit into the rock music category. The artists are also extremely similar to other artists UU has brought in the past few years.

Recently, UU has brought hip-hop artists to campus for the major concerts without much variation. The portion of the student population who does not listen to hip-hop music is alienated by these concerts. Even for those who enjoy the genre, it can be frustrating to have multiple concerts in the same year with the same type of artists.

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Youth Misery Index at all-time high, little done by presidential candidates to help

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uring his presidential campaign in 1976, Jimmy Carter frequently referenced the Misery Index, a percentage produced by adding the unemployment and inflation rate.

The index is an indicator created by economist Arthur Okun. During the summer of 1976, the Misery Index was at 13.57 percent. It rose to 21.98 percent during Carterís fouryear term.

Crafted from the idea of the Misery Index, the Young Americaís Foundation created the Youth Misery Index. Taking the same basic concept, the percentage is found by adding together the youth unemployment rate, 17.4 percent; the average graduating student debt, $26,300; and the national debt per capita, $46,900.

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sorry, i’m not sorry The number currently stands at 90.6 percent -­the highest it’s ever been.

Just in case this generation wasn’t already terrified enough about entering the current job market, now we get to place a number on just how terrified we should be.

With the upcoming election, and the dysfunctional circus that is the Republican Party, the GOP candidates have done little to address how they might plan to ensure that we kids won’t have

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to depend on the federal government for the rest of our lives.

And of the 5,000 debates that have taken place during the past eight months, the nominees addressed every issue from whether states have the constitutional power to make contraception illegal to why God loves Republicans.

There’s been little discussion on how the candidates plan to inspire prosperity among the generation that will be running in the country in the future.

An opinion article published Jan. 4 in The Washington Times written by Ron Meyer and Nathan Harden states, “Today young people face a three-pronged attack on their financial security - educational debt from their past, unemployment in the

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present, and a future plagued by the burden of massive government debt.”

Rather than hearing the GOP candidates bash Barack Obama for the state of our country, or criticizing each other for everything, they should start focusing on plans to help lessen the burden being placed on Generation Y. They’ve done plenty to expose each otherís flaws and oust every skeleton in each otherís closets. Ron Paulís a crazy libertarian. Jon Huntsman has been off in China for the past few years, so what does he know about running this country. Mitt Romney killed small businesses during his time at Bain & Company. Newt Gingrich preaches the sacredness of marriage, but he has been married three times. And as for Rick Santorum, he’s

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kind of just there.

Dirty politics are inevitable, especially during such a contested candidacy, but for a party that largely blames the younger generation for getting Obama elected, theyíve done little in terms of inspiring the youth vote.

Our generation didn’t make the mess, but we’ll be cleaning it up - all the while depending on government to fund the expense. Whoever receives the GOP nomination this summer will be hard-pressed to run a successful campaign without recognizing and addressing the not so bright future, the miserable 90.6, our generation faces.

Lauren Tousignant is a senior communications and rhetorical studies and writing major. Her column appears every Wednesday. She can be reached at letousig@syr.edu.

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within SA. Applications for the positions were open to the entire student body, Lustig said, although all but one were previous SA members.

“I looked for the best team I could put together,” Lustig said.

Lustig made a surprising choice by appointing Taylor Carr, his opponent during this fall’s presidential race, to the chief of staff position.

“I knew I would come back to SA,” Carr said.

“Making a difference and a positive change on campus is something I am really passionate about. It was just a matter of finding the niche where I would fall in the 56th session.”

Carr said he believes his experiences have made him a good asset for this role, and he was eager to accept the job. As chief of staff, he can aid Lustig as a trusted adviser regarding various issues and ideas.

The fact that Carr and Lustig were opponents only months ago does not mean they don’t respect each other’s ideas and passion for SA, they said.

Lustig said Carr was an easy choice for the position because they had a common goal of overall success for the organization. Carr’s confirmation as chief of staff will make SA a powerhouse organization because he knows the ins and outs of SA, and he has been in a cabinet position before as the chair of the Student Life Committee, Lustig said.

“I wanted someone who would not agree with

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me all the time,” Lustig said. “Carr was upfront and said he would challenge me, but it will be exciting to see what we can do together.”

For his new position, Carr said he will attend the different committee meetings and work oneon-one with the committee leaders to maintain an organized SA. Another major ambition of Carr’s is keeping the committees focused to ensure specific initiatives are accomplished, he said.

Carr said these goals are pieces of his presidential platform he is now trying to implement as chief of staff.

Alexandra Curtis, one of Lustig’s campaign managers, was appointed to the position of vice president. The importance of recruiting valuable assemblymembers and creating a mentoring program for new representatives are aspects Curtis said she would improve within SA. She also said she would be working closely with Lustig on SA’s signature day of community service, one of Lustig’s campaign points.

There are 12 open seats in SA that Lustig said are important to fill. The organization is again not 100 percent representative of the Syracuse University and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry student body. Lustig said he and Curtis are not rushing to fill the seats because, although it is important to be operating at full capacity, they are looking for dedicated and qualified individuals.

Lustig decided to make the position of director of public relations into a two-person role and

appointed both Colin Brown and Karah Cesar as directors. The concept for co-directors stemmed from the need to strongly enhance SA’s social media presence and overall identity on campus, Lustig said. He said this could be accomplished more effectively with two well-qualified individuals working together toward the same goals.

The other cabinet position appointments included PJ Alampi to Student Life Committee chair, Jesse Feitel to Academic Affairs Committee chair, Sean Dinan to Student Engagement Committee chair and Ross Lazerowitz as the director of technology.

During the meeting, Jenny Choi and Eugene Law were nominated for the positions of record-

from the same city that act as a support system for one another — between now and when they enter college as a group in the fall.

Saleh and those on the SU staff participated in the tail end of the admissions search after Posse, an organization that helps more than 30 undergraduate institutions identify

and award high-achieving public school students with full college tuition, helped narrow the field to about 25 candidates from each of the three cities. The team from SU met the students in a large group setting and read through the candidates’ application materials before finalizing the scholarship winners, Saleh said.

In the end, 12 students were each selected for SU’s Atlanta and Los Angeles Posses, while 10 were chosen for Miami’s. Though SU does not track student data by cities, the university enrolled 28 students from Georgia in fall 2011.

During that same enrollment period, the university enrolled 57 students from Florida and 165 students from California.

Though Posse’s selection process does not center on recruiting minority students, roughly 80 percent of Posse scholarship winners across the nation are black or Hispanic, said Harris, dean of undergraduate admissions who accompanied Saleh to two of the three cities. The number of minority students selected for scholarships also reflects the demographic of the large, urban cities they come from. For example, more Hispanic students belong to the Los Angeles and Miami Posses, cities with traditionally large Hispanic populations, Har-

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Dylan Lustig and Taylor Carr Lustig and Carr were opponents in SA’s presidential race but have managed to join forces as president and chief of staff, respectively, in the same administration.

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Lack of full representation At the end of the 55th session, SA had reached 100 percent capacity and was fully representative of the student body. It is currently lacking 12 members.

er and parliamentarian, respectively.

Each of Lustig’s nominations and appointments were confirmed with uncontested votes by the general assembly. The confirmation process is an action required by the representatives in SA’s codes.

Lustig said he wants the members of each committee to reconfirm their individual leaders in the near future after seeing the work that is being done.

“This is a new, separate process not in the codes,” Lustig said. “It is just something I really want done because it should be everyone’s say and not just mine.”

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The number of cabinet positions filled and confirmed for the Lustig administration.

HE SAID IT

“I looked for the best team I could put together.”

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SA PRESIDENT, ON HIS CABINET CONFIRMED AT TUESDAY’S MEETING.

ris said.

Saleh said more than 50 percent of the students selected are first-generation college students, compared to 16 percent of students currently on campus. Though Saleh said he does not have specific numbers, most of the scholarship winners come from lower- and middle-income families and all would qualify for need-based financial aid without the scholarship. Sixty percent of current SU students receive need-based financial aid.

“In many ways, they’re not typical to Syracuse,” Saleh said of the Posse students.

Harris reviewed the candidates’ application materials, including SAT scores, GPAs and extracurricular activities, and found the Posse winners are “on par with other scholarship recipients.”

Though Harris cautioned against making generalizations, he said many of the students face socioeconomic difficulties or hardships at home, but are driven to overcome their circumstances. Their will, Harris said, helped separate many of the Posse winners from the general population.

Said Harris: “These are students who, on paper, would be impressive even if you knew nothing else about their personal struggle.” dbtruong@syr.edu

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After county budget cuts, FAA grants Sheriff’s Office license to start charging for helicopter services

By Stephanie Bouvia ASST. NEWS EDITOR

he Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office can now charge insurance companies for its helicopter services after the Federal Aviation Administration granted the Sheriff’s Office a Part 135 Commercial Air Carrier Certificate on Jan. 10.

The license comes four months after the Onondaga County Legislature and County Executive Joanie Mahoney cut the Sheriff’s Office’s budget and did not allocate any tax dollars to the helicopter, called Air-1.

“The intent was that they would ground the helicopter,” said John Dougherty, a member of the Onondaga County Legislature. “I think they thought that the helicopter was just unnecessary.”

The budget, which Dougherty voted against, leaves the Sheriff’s Office with the responsibility of raising enough money to keep the helicopter in flight.

After the 2012 budget was passed, the Sheriff’s Office had to raise $200,000 to put toward Air-1’s $600,000 operation cost, said Warren Darby, Onondaga County undersheriff and Syracuse University alumnus. He said it was a task people did not believe was going to be possible.

The Sheriff’s Office created a two-part plan to bring in money that was not from taxpayers. The first part was to raise money for the helicopter by starting the Air-1 Foundation Inc., a nonprofit organization. Darby said creating the foundation was crucial because police departments are not supposed to be out fundraising.

“This would allow us to go out to the public, not as a police department, but rather as a foundation,” he said.

The second part was to get the certification from the FAA to charge insurance companies for its various services. Darby said the Sheriff’s Office was not allowed to charge before because Air-1 is considered a “public ship,” and federal laws state that you can only charge insurance companies for flights if you have a commercial ship.

Darby said the Sheriff’s Office began fundraising immediately by talking to various people and businesses throughout the community. So far, he said, the foundation has raised about $25,000.

Although Air-1 is Onondaga County’s only helicopter, it also responds to calls in other counties, which they do not charge for, Darby said. Oswego and Cayuga counties both recently agreed to help fund some of the helicopter costs when it responds to calls in those areas. Darby said the Sheriff’s Office has been asking other counties, like Cortland and Madison, to consider doing the same.

One of the biggest issues in deciding whether to cut the helicopter budget was its perceived competition with Mercy Flight Central, a nonprofit organization based in Canandaigua that sends commercial helicopters to respond to medical calls, said Dougherty, member of the Onondaga County Legislature.

“People think it’s redundant to have two helicopters, but that’s just not true,” Darby said.

Air-1 and Mercy Flight are very different in terms of

photo illustration by emmett baggett | art director what they are capable of doing, Dougherty said. Mercy Flight goes on medical calls and primarily transports patients to hospitals. Air-1, however, has the ability to respond to calls that Mercy Flight simply cannot.

Dougherty said one distinct difference between the two helicopters is that Mercy Flight needs to land to take a passenger on board. Air-1 doesn’t, which makes rescuing people from places like Onondaga Lake much easier.

Dougherty said every year people fall through the ice on the lake, and Air-1 is able to rescue them.

“Without Air-1, those people would die,” he said.

When people think of Air-1, they oftentimes associate it with EMS calls, but these calls make up only about 4 percent of the 1,000 calls the helicopter goes on each year, Darby said.

Air-1’s primary responsibility is to go on police calls, which include rescuing people from accidents in local lakes or rivers, going on high-speed car chases and finding people who are lost in the woods or who are running from the police.

Air-1 also responds to fire calls. It is able to pick up hundreds of gallons of water and dump it on a blazing fire. This past year, Darby said, the helicopter responded to about a dozen fire calls.

Now that the Sheriff’s Office will be able to charge insurance companies for Air-1’s services, Darby said it is hoping this will help bring in enough money to keep the helicopter in the air.

Said Darby: “If we have the resources to go out and help somebody, we will do that.” snbouvia@syr.edu

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public health major, found the decrease in estimated textbook costs surprising because she continuously spends a great deal on books.

“Either way, it’s expensive for books, espe-

“More and more faculty members are becoming aware of the cost of textbooks. In the past, faculty members didn’t pay attention to how expensive textbooks were.”

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cially when you’re paying to go to school,” Damberg said.

However, Bradley said that to address high textbook costs, the SU bookstore has increased rental options.

In addition, guaranteed buyback options, which are available when faculty members commit to using the same texts during the following semester, are effective for curbing costs, Bradley said.

“That’s the best deal for students,” said Bradley, who added that students can also make money if they sell previously used textbooks back.

SUB also offers electronic texts, but Bradley said the option has not yet gained popularity.

Students’ efforts to minimize textbook costs are varied.

“I haven’t rented a book yet, but I always try to buy used over new,” Winslow said. “It’s prob-

charlotte horton | contributing photographer Students flood the SU bookstore located in the Schine Student Center to purchase textbooks on Tuesday afternoon. Research shows that the average price of textbooks has decreased throughout the past few years as professors acknowledge the high costs. ably bad, but I think once I didn’t buy a textbook for a class because I figured I wouldn’t use it. I would use the notes more. And I actually didn’t need the book.”

Other students choose to trade textbooks or

sell textbooks to friends.

“You’re probably not going to get the most money doing it that way, but it’s easier,” said Jared Schapiro, an undecided sophomore in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.

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Alto Cinco Supports Craft Beer Movement Alto Cinco has been a favorite neighborhood Tex-Mex joint for more than 15 years. It offers extremely fresh and innovative dishes like the catfish burrito, shrimp and black bean pizza, and staples like tacos, homemade salsa and guacamole. But what may surprise many people are the five rotating taps of local, regional and national craft beers.

The restaurant supports local beer and usually has one or two brews like Southern Tier (N.Y.), Sly Fox (Pa.) or Dogfish Head (Del.) on rotation at once. Alto Cinco recently hosted a tap takeover with Dogfish Head, meaning all five taps had guest kegs of Dogfish Head’s award-winning, off-center brews. This week’s selection is a jaw-dropper of harder-to-find and extremely high-rated brews from across the nation.

Following the seasons and new releases, Alto Cinco has Great Divide’s (Colo.) Oak Aged Yeti, an Imperial Stout (9.5 percent alcohol) aged on oak chips. This is a robust and alcoholic stout with great vanilla sweetness and roasted coffee notes. Next is Sierra Nevada’s (Calif.) Tumbler Autumn Brown Ale (5.5 percent alcohol) with its roasted and mildly smoky caramel and nuttiness. For variety, the restaurant also offers Firestone Walker’s (Calif.) Nectar IPA (6.8 percent alcohol), with a mildly piney and citrusy nose and a whopping 60 International Bittering Units. These units,

or IBUs, measure hop presence in beers.

Beers with less than 20 IBUs have little to no hop presence, while 20-45 is the most common range. More than 45 IBUs denote heavily hopped and quite bitter beers.

Keeping with the theme of heavy winter beer, Alto Cinco also has Southern Tier’s (N.Y.) 2X Stout (7.5 percent alcohol), featuring sweet milk chocolate flavors rather than strongly roasted coffee bitterness. It’s a good option for drinkers wanting to try a high quality, entry-level stout. Lastly, Alto Cinco throws a curveball with Sly Fox’s (Pa.) O’Reilly’s Irish Stout (3.6 percent alcohol). Typical of UK and Irish session beers, it has low alcohol content and a light mouthfeel — a descriptor for density — with mild chocolate and coffee notes. It’s a good example of the style, but it’s not extremely popular domestically.

The best part of the five rotating taps is Alto Cinco’s introduction of growlers, 64-ounce glass jugs for at-home consumption of its delicious draught beer. Alto Cinco started selling growlers in August, part of its busiest season. The bar is usually packed, so being able to take out food with some great beer makes sense, said one bartender. Go try one for yourself, but remember: Open a growler within 7-10 days and consume the beer within 1-2 days after opening it. Alto Cinco’s cost is $5 for a glass growler and $12-$15 for the fill. See you at Alto Cinco. Cheers!

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courtesy of greg grano and sarah sellman (CLOCKWISE) Grano rests in the Willigs’ home in Grangeville, Idaho.

The couple met in college at New York University. Grano looks out over Lewiston, Idaho, between Cover D’Alene and Grangeville.

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From one Bear to another, Syracuse residents encounter friends during 60-day trip

By Maddy Berner

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hile on a road trip, Greg Grano said one phrase multiple times in his sleep, awaking his girlfriend, Sarah Sellman. “We have to go to Bear, Colorado.” Grano couldn’t remember the dream or why he uttered the words.

Instead, the couple saw it as a sign.

Although Bear, Colo. didn’t exist, the couple found five other Bears in Washington, Idaho, Arizona, Arkansas and Delaware. The cities created a horseshoe around the United States.

In the summer of 2010, Grano and

Sellman, both Syracuse residents, decided to embark on a 60-day trip across the country to visit each one.

Their mission was to explore the kindness of Americans by relying on the hospitality of strangers to house them for each night of their journey.

Sellman said she grew up in a bedand-breakfast, so interacting with strangers didn’t seem strange.

“We were excited about it as an adventure,” she said. “But we were also really excited about the idea of helping people connect and changing people’s minds about the idea of the stranger and really hoping people see

that we can be nice to each other.”

This adventure became a documentary called “American Bear.” The two Syracuse residents captured their experiences on film with just a camera, a light and some microphones.

The idea for the documentary came while Grano and Sellman were walking around Manhattan about 10 months after they started dating. They met at New York University, where they both worked in film. In July 2011, the couple moved to Syracuse when Grano got a job as an assistant resident director at Syracuse University. While they’re here, they plan on doing com-

munity outreach activities.

Grano and Sellman also started a campaign on kickstarter.com to help raise money for post-production and distribution costs of the film. People can pledge to donate a certain amount of money and will be charged their payment if the goal is met by Jan 21.

Once the goal is met, Sellman said they plan to finish editing and to distribute it to festivals and friends.

“We’re just really excited about our film and about sharing our good messages with anyone who wants to listen,” Sellman said.

On the first night of their trip, the

couple stayed in Roscoe, N.Y., with Joe Modica. At the time, Modica was running a Reiki studio where he practiced a Japanese form of spiritual healing. When the couple started talking to him, he felt a jolt of energy.

“I just felt a good energy with them,” said Modica. “I felt comfortable and I wanted to help them. There was no doubt in my mind. It just came out.”

When Grano and Sellman slept over, Modica said they didn’t feel like strangers. He thought their story was incredible and wanted to be a part of it.

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Q&A with Mark Nerenhausen, leader of new arts management program

By Kathleen Kim FEATURE EDITOR

With an enduring passion for the arts, Mark Nerenhausen will lead the new Janklow Arts Leadership Program designed to cultivate future leaders in the arts world. The Syracuse University professor and former president and CEO of arts centers nationwide will spearhead the 15-month master’s program, founded by literary agent and 1950 SU alumnus Mort Janklow.

Nerenhausen will attend the pro-

gram’s launch Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, featuring a panel discussion with journalist and TV personality Barbara Walters as the moderator.

In addition to attending classes through this interdisciplinary program, the selected applicants will meet leaders in the arts world and take seminars in New York City and London. “We want students to see how the arts function in differ-

ent cities and cultural capitals, to meet the people that are leading organizations and understand what arts leadership looks like from their perspectives,” Nerenhausen said. He spoke to The Daily Orange about his hopes for the program and the effect of cultural leadership in connecting communities — and even revealed his ideal applicants.

The Daily Orange: What makes the Janklow Arts Leadership Program different from other arts manage-

ment programs?

Nerenhausen: It’s not the usual: two semesters, summer break and then two more semesters. We know that people who go into these professional fields do so because the point is to get out and work. So we are one of the very few that are like this. This is a program that is seeking to put an emphasis on what cultural leadership means in terms of not just running arts organizations, but what it means for culture to be an important and

relevant part of our communities.

Can you give some examples of cultural leaders?

Cirque du Soleil, for example, has three shows running in Las Vegas.

That’s cultural leadership. On the other end of the spectrum, you’ve got the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera. That’s a part of the world of cultural leadership. And then you look at community theaters or high school drama teacher in a

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They’re not sexy, you know it, but that doesn’t mean they’re not good for the night

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ccording to the law of unfavorable averages, when you lay a stranger on a night out, they’re going to be hot, not or sort of. The Hot Creature is an endangered species, normally accompanied by an equally stunning Hot Creature. The Not Hot Creature is, well, not hot. The Sort Of Creature is also known as the BOBFOC: Body of Baywatch, Face of Crimewatch.

The BOBFOC is the sexual species that wet dreams (wet with tears) are made of. That’s the problem with The Sort Of Creatures: How do you get rid of one in the morning?

They lure you into their traps in the dim lights of a grimy house party. They rub their hot body against yours as they creep past, and before you know it, you’re on a condom hunt. In the acidic morning light, the day after you got laid, your hookup is a bigger fail than your F in Physics last semester. Hooray for the 25 percent of freshmen who are virgins, according to a March USA Today article by Michael Bruce, co-editor of College Sex. Don’t blame yourself if you f**k a BOBFOC. They hunt you, armed with a collection of disguises. What you mistook for come-to-bed eyelashes are now spidery road kill on your pillow.

That sorority girl wore so much fake tan last night that four hours of sex sweat transformed her into Michael Jackson. You were so taken with what’shis-name’s ability to bench press you mid-session, his missing front tooth snuck past your radar.

In dealing with a BOBFOC who wants you the morning after, adhere to Britain’s mantra in World War II: “make do and mend.” Girls, lick those rippling abs all morning, but don’t let their lips near your mouth. Men, if your lady friend has a horrific mug shot, suggest doing it doggy style.

If you avoid the fact she has a unibrow, you can both enjoy the improved penetration. If your hookup suggests wearing a bag on your

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Sellman compared the experience to catching up with a relative she hadn’t seen in a long time.

“You’re getting to know them again, and you’re asking a lot of questions, but they’re also offering to feed you,” she said. “It’s very much like interacting with someone you know through someone else.

So it’s a stranger, but it doesn’t feel strange.”

On Day 39 of the trip, Sellman pulled into an oncoming car while visiting Bear, Ark. They were fine, but their vehicle was totaled. The camera captured everything and they ended up using it in the film.

Of the many great experiences the couple had, Grano said one of the most interesting was on Day 15 in Lame Deer, Mont., on a Cheyenne Indian Reservation, where they met Jolene Walkslast.

That night, Walkslast hosted a small family

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small town — that’s also cultural leadership.

What are you looking for in an applicant?

Someone who is energetic, entrepreneurial and enthusiastic. They need to care about this field, be excited about this field and want to make something happen, want to make a difference. I want people who also are

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just do it head, don’t stick around to humor them.

Repeat, “I am as HOT as Angelina” 100 times on the Slocum Heights walk of shame.

No matter what a BOBFOC’s level of deception may be, you have no right to yell, “What the hell, I thought you were hot!” at the letdown in your bed. Recently, a 2011 graduate wanted to both shout and weep when last night’s “smokeshow” was “hideous and her nose was all over the pillow.”

But there is one exception for when rudeness is fully justified. If you think you’re the victim of an STD, act fast. Head to the health center to get treated, head to Tops’ Market to buy a 40 pack of Trojans, then head to Facebook to plot social-media-based BOBFOC revenge.

Identification of your personal BOBFOC potential is empowering. If your body is something to be proud of, your knucklehead just needs careful makeup application or dreadlocks. If you’re hot from the neck up, but you’re sporting the Freshman 15, you need to go and invest stocks and shares in Archbold. It’s open until 1 a.m. most nights. No excuses. For The Hot Creatures, all I can graciously say is, “You lucky (expletive).” If your body and face are criminal, however …

Never fear. One person’s poison is another person’s honey pot. Brutal superficiality only lasts as long as string-less sex with your BOBFOC. Once you love him, maybe it’s nice to know you can hang your

North Face on his nose. Once you love her bug collection, does it really matter that she boasts more than a passing resemblance to your pet mongoose? And for everyone who has either laid a BOBFOC, is a BOBFOC or wants a BOBFOC, take inspiration from

John Mayer and Rascal Flatts. If the body’s a wonderland — ride it all night long.

reunion. Grano said that everybody who came was interested in their story. Grano played with the kids in the kitchen while the women made jewelry.

He said he thinks some of their most charming footage is of the kids playing with the camera.

But Grano said Walkslast had a heartbreaking story. She had lost her son several years ago and her husband that year.

When Grano and Sellman left, Walkslast gave them a pair of necklaces her husband made before he died. Each one featured a turtle made of bone, a symbol of courage in her culture, Grano said.

She also taught them some Cheyenne language, including “little bear” and “see you later.” There is no word for goodbye in the language, Sellman said.

Many of their hosts gave parting gifts after only a 24-hour period, Sellman said. The presents included a whistle carved from a branch from Idaho and a dinosaur bone from South Dakota. To the couple, the souvenirs have become symbols of their experiences.

By the end of Grano and Sellman’s journey, they had visited 30 states and stayed in 39 homes.

Including gas, food and emergency money, the total cost for production was about $10,000.

To get other people involved, the American Bear website also features a section called Your Voice, where people can share their stories about kindness, Sellman said.

One story Sellman liked was about an old woman who tried to return a package of expired pudding to a grocery store customer service line. Instead of rejecting the old pudding, the employee smiled and gave the woman $5.

The film’s head editor, Danny Ledonne, was one of Sellman’s high school teachers and longtime friends. He said Sellman had discussed the film with him many times before finally hiring him in October.

Ledonne decided to work with the footage because he wanted to see it all. He said he had never been on the kind of road trip the couple had taken on and the adventure interested him.

Ledonne also said he thought the film was a great snapshot of a country that was questioning its identity. With the BP oil spill and concerns about the economy, people realized that helping one another was an important step to rebuilding the country.

“The underlying idea is that it’s worth taking a chance on another person,” he said, “that you both gain when you open your heart or when you open yourself up to someone else.”

Since the trip, Sellman said that she and Grano went from being hopeful about their journey to having that hope actualized and from having hypothetical faith in people to having real faith.

Modica, their first host, said that meeting Grano and Sellman was a once-in-a-lifetime experience that will be hard to replicate.

“If someone like Greg and Sarah came by again, I would do it all over again,” he said. “And if I can help them in any way I can, I will. I guess they’re like family now.”

thoughtful, strategic and understand that good intentions are not just enough to make things happen, but that they need to have solid business skills and solid management skills. And finally, people with a broad perspective that speaks to the idea that the arts and culture are about more than just what goes up onstage, the idea that as a leader, I have to care about our community as a whole and not just my little organization.

other faculty with expertise in the arts, what are other bonuses to the program?

What I hope is that graduates from this program will certainly have the opportunity to work with arts organizations of all kinds, but also gain this larger perspective of how the arts are important — not just in terms of selling tickets for concerts or getting people in the galleries, but how they touch the lives of people in our communities beyond the concert walls, beyond the galleries.

Besides the chance to learn from you and

When the students are finished with their coursework, we’ll be placing them with internships where they can really learn more about specific organizations that interest them but also exercise some of the skills they’ve learned. We’re also creating partnerships with some of the leading cultural organizations in the country.

What’s something you want participants to take away from this program?

Iona Holloway is a junior magazine journalism and psychology dual major.

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Flavor fiesta Consuela’s draws from diverse cultures to cook up neighborhood unity

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range, purple, lime green and gold: The outside appearance of Consuela’s West Side Taqueria & BBQ provides a brilliant splash of color to a wintry, gray Syracuse afternoon. Inside, the décor is just as vibrant, as is the story behind how Consuela’s came to be.

Jan Maloff, owner of the taqueria, which opened six weeks ago, had zero knowledge about running a restaurant when he started renovating the property a year and a half ago. However, he knew a lot about the Westside community of Syracuse. Maloff connected with the community through various involvements, such as being the manager of a local funeral home and being the organizer of an annual bike giveaway. He sensed a need to be filled.

“There was no place that the people in this neighborhood could sit down, eat food that was germane to their diet and do it affordably,” Maloff explained.

Inside, the taqueria has a very authentic Latin American feel. The chairs are bright red and purple, and a chain of yellow-, pink- and

maroon-painted roses winds around the top of the resplendent green wall. A large painting of a Mexican dancer, painted in the center of one wall by a local artist, immediately catches the eye. Meanwhile, delicious smells waft from the restaurant’s second room, where diners can have their orders created for them, assembly-line style. Choices include burritos, quesadillas, taco bowls, plates, empanadas or tacos.

With several different Latin cultures coming together in the Near Westside, Maloff wanted to open a restaurant that catered to the community, so Consuela’s serves food that fuses Mexican, Cuban and Puerto Rican influences together. Half of Consuela’s namesake, the BBQ ribs and chicken, are only available Thursday through Saturday, so my dining partner and I decided to try the taco salad bowl, a beef burrito and the newest menu item, fish tacos.

Maloff makes a point to only employ locals, and he said he hopes that his restaurant will become a community meeting place known for its welcoming atmosphere and authentic cuisine.

We had the server load our taco bowl with shredded pork, Spanish rice, pinto beans, cheese, salsa, Jalapeno peppers, let-

tuce, tomato, guacamole and cilantro. The shredded pork, a Consuela’s specialty, has been smoked for 10 to 12 hours in the small smoker-on-wheels that Maloff parks outside the restaurant. Juicy, tender and with just the right amount of sweetness and spice, the pork blends with the other toppings deliciously.

The homemade tortilla bowl is light and flaky, and melted in my mouth with each bite. For only $7.95, this gargantuan portion feels like a ridiculously good deal.

The fish tacos offered another equally pleasant surprise. Big hunks of lightly breaded haddock were stuffed into a traditional taco shell with lettuce, cheese and tomato. But the best part was the special sauce drizzled on top, which tasted both tangy and spicy. Although the beef burrito was more common than either of the other two meals, the freshness of the ingredients as well as the quantity of savory meat heaped into the soft tortilla

impressed me.

Alongside our meals we sipped Goya sodas — pineapple- and fruit punch-flavored. Maloff stocks up on these super sweet Hispanic drinks that add even more authenticity to the atmosphere of the restaurant. Even though we filled up pretty early into our feast, my dining partner and I couldn’t resist eating almost every last morsel. The food tasted that amazing.

“This area is undergoing a renaissance,” Maloff said, referring to the Westside, which until recently has had a pretty bleak reputation.

Through his newly opened Consuela’s, he plans to encourage that renaissance.

My advice: Ditch Chipotle and head to the Westside for authentically delicious Latin cuisine. Go on a weekday to enjoy the free Wi-Fi while munching on a quesadilla, or stop by on a Saturday night to taste the freshly smoked BBQ ribs — as an added bonus, Consuela’s allows patrons to bring their own alcohol.

From now until Feb. 14, Conseula’s is even offering a buy-one-get-one-free deal to any student with his or her SUID. So go on over and eat your fill, and feel good knowing that you’re helping Maloff spur the transformation of the neighborhood. jidonfro@syr.edu

CONSUELA’S WEST SIDE TAQUERIA & BBQ

523 Marcellus St. Syracuse, NY 13204 (315)-474-8226

carly reeve | staff photographer (FROM TOP) Consuela’s decor offers a vibrant and authentic Latin American feel. The taco salad bowl includes shredded pork, one of the restaurant’s specialties.

Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Thursday; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday; Closed Sundays, except for private parties.

Rating: 4/5 Chilies

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FROM REPORT

RAKEEM CHRISTMAS: D

The freshman has started every game this year but typically takes a seat on the bench just minutes into the action. Despite the 20 starts, he is 10th on the team in minutes and averages 3.5 points and 3.0 boards per game. Christmas could have a very bright Syracuse future, but he’s at least a year away from becoming a major contributor.

BAYE KEITA: C

With Melo’s surge, Keita has taken a backseat this season. He was the more durable, reliable option for the Orange at the center position last year, but he’s clearly the backup in 2011-12. And in that role, Keita has proved sufficient. He averages only 2.8 points and 2.8 rebounds per game. He doesn’t shoot often, but he’s 20-of-28 from the floor this year.

C.J. FAIR: B+

Fair has been very dependable for Syracuse at power forward. The sophomore averages

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CARD PAGE 20 25.5 minutes a game — second on the team — and he’s also second in rebounds with 5.2 per contest. He’s been admirable off the bench as freshman starter Rakeem Christmas goes through a learning curve.

JAMES SOUTHERLAND: B

Southerland began the season on fire off the bench, scoring in double digits in three of SU’s first four games. He still plays a good chunk of minutes and is usually there to spark the Orange with a 3, but his offensive performance has fluctuated more in Big East play.

MICHAEL CARTER-WILLIAMS: B-

If Carter-Williams had a better jump shot, or wasn’t on such a deep team, there’s a chance he would be playing big minutes down the stretch of games. He’s certainly shown an ability to handle the ball, as evidenced by an assist-to-turnover ratio better than 3-to-1.

SUPERLATIVES TEAM MVP

DION WAITERS

Waiters has been Syracuse’s best offensive player all year, and he’s doing it in only 22.4 minutes per game. When he has decided to drive to the basket, no one has been able to stop him. When SU needs a big bucket, he delivers. And Waiters also leads the Orange with 2.3 steals per game.

FAB MELO

The sophomore center shed 30 pounds in the offseason and has looked nothing like the slow, overmatched freshman SU fans saw a year ago. Melo is significantly quicker and has been a force at times in the middle of the Syracuse 2-3 zone.

BEST MOMENT

DEC. 28 vs. SETON HALL

To cap off a spectacular half, Fab Melo pinned a dunk attempt by Seton Hall’s Herb Pope against the backboard as the buzzer sounded. It was his eighth block of the first half and by far the most emphatic. Melo finished the game with 12 points, 10 blocks and seven rebounds, setting an SU record for most blocks in a game.

WORST MOMENT

NOV. 17

ESPN aired a story in which Bobby Davis and Mike Lang, both former Syracuse ball boys, accused then-associate head coach Bernie Fine of molesting them as children. The story sparked a federal investigation of the shocking sex abuse allegations and thrust the team into a negative spotlight. A third accuser, Zach Tomaselli, came forward, and Fine was ultimately fired by Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor. The investigation by federal authorities is ongoing.

BIGGEST SURPRISE

20-0

Syracuse was a preseason top-5 team. But it’s still difficult to not be surprised when a team reels off 20 consecutive wins to start the year. Syracuse continues to look dominant, while other top teams, such as Ohio State and North Carolina, have fallen multiple times.

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT

RAKEEM CHRISTMAS

There isn’t a lot to be disappointed about with an undefeated team, but Christmas hasn’t been much of a contributor in limited minutes. The highly touted freshman has started every game, but he often plays single-digit minutes and doesn’t have a great effect on the game.

REVISED BEAT WRITER PREDICTIONS

MOST IMPROVED ZACH BROWN

Regular-season record: 29-2 (16-2 Big East) Big East finish: First NCAA Tournament finish: NCAA runner-up

The toughest part of Syracuse’s schedule is still to come, but don’t expect too many slipups by the Orange in a down year for the Big East.

The toughest tests will be road trips to Connecticut and Louisville, but if SU can get past those games, it has a legitimate shot at an undefeated regular season. There are only a handful of teams that can match Syracuse’s talent and depth. If the Orange stays healthy, it has a legitimate shot at a national championship.

MICHAEL COHEN

Regular-season record: 29-2 (16-2 Big East) Big East finish: First NCAA Tournament finish: NCAA runner-up

This team is loaded, that much is certain. But is this team beatable? Absolutely. A Pittsburgh team without a true power forward, without its starting point guard and without a win in the Big East battled back to test the No. 1 Orange. Ultimately, though, I see Syracuse gliding to a Big East regularseason title with two conference losses. The trip to Louisville on Feb. 13 is scary, and then there’s a visit to Storrs, Conn., for a College Gameday matchup Feb. 25. Come tournament time, Syracuse rolls again. SU returns to the Final Four and the national championship game but is upended by the only team in the country with more talent than the Orange: Kentucky.

MARK COOPER

Regular-season record: 30-1 (17-1 Big East) Big East finish: First NCAA Tournament finish: Final Four

No one would be surprised if Syracuse wins the national championship. This might be the deepest, most athletic team SU head coach Jim Boeheim has coached. The Orange is going to continue rolling through this regular season. the Final Four, the same place the 2002-03 squad won the school’s only championship. I say Final Four, but once SU gets there, it could definitely win.

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SU enters year with national title hopes despite inexperience

By Ryne Gery and Andrew Tredinnick THE DAILY ORANGE

Bobby Eilers didn’t hesitate. The senior midfielder was quick to say he and his teammates have noticed Syracuse’s place in the preseason media polls.

They aren’t pleased with their No. 7 ranking in the 2012 Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook Preseason Top 20. After entering the previous season as the No. 1 team in the country, the Orange begins this year trying to earn respect as a national championship contender.

Syracuse opened its 2012 season and began that quest at the team’s media day on Thursday.

Eilers points to the last time SU was ranked outside the top two during the preseason — in 2008 — as proof this unheralded group can challenge any team.

“We see those rankings. We’re not happy about them, but this is like the 2008 year,” Eilers said. “They came in preseason ranked No. 11 and ended up winning a national championship. So they can rank us whatever they want, but all we have to do is climb that hill and we will be successful.”

SU head coach John Desko acknowledged his players are hungry after being ranked lower than the program has been accustomed to in recent years.

Orange defender Brian Megill said he doesn’t

pay attention to the preseason rankings.

But he also said he believed the ranking was pretty low. Megill knows the ranking is based on Syracuse’s depleted starting lineup, which lost seven All-Americans.

“All the rankings are about is what we’ve lost,” Megill said. “What we’ve done last year, what’s coming back this year, so those rankings are a little skewed, but a lot of teams are going to be surprised when it comes spring time.”

The 2008 team that was ranked No. 11 by Inside Lacrosse in its preseason rankings received its ranking based on prior performance. SU won just five games in 2007 and missed the NCAA tournament for the first time in 25 years.

But the Orange bounced back and went on to win the national title, as Eilers said. And just as that team did, he believes SU has the talent to move up the rankings and prove the doubters wrong.

“I think that we can only go up from here, and I know we’re going to go up,” Eilers said. “We’re Syracuse lacrosse. We always play well.”

Competition at every position for Orange Tommy Palasek recognizes the numerous holes in SU’s starting lineup after the departure of the winningest class in school history. But he’s

still confident about what this year’s team can achieve with the current pieces in place.

“With such a strong senior class last year it seems like there’s a lot of holes to fill, but I feel like we’re just reloading,” the senior attack said.

“We’ve got speed, we’ve got size, we’ve got the talent, and it’s going to be hopefully another good Syracuse team that we produce every year.”

Desko is faced with an unfamiliar situation entering the season. With just four returning players seeing extensive action in the starting lineup last year, the Syracuse head coach has an open competition at every position on the field.

He admitted that the number of available starting roles on the team this season has created a unique practice environment. He said the competition gives him the ability to evaluate players for how they would fit into the lineup, regardless of their natural position.

It’s a process he hasn’t been able to implement in recent years, and he’s glad to finally have the opportunity to do so.

“The fall has been a lot of fun,” Desko said.

“A little more hop in our step the first two weeks of fall ball with guys running around out there seeing there is a lot of starting sports and second midfield sports wide open.”

But the absence of those highly regarded seniors has led to tempered expectations for the first time in recent memory. Although there are

numerous unsettled position battles heading into the preseason, this year’s team is focused on forging its own identity.

The goal remains the same as any other year despite the circumstances: win a national championship.

“To the outside public, yes, you would think that we would be the underdog this year, and I’m more than willing to accept that,” Palasek said, “only because I know we have the capabilities to beat anyone.”

Bratek not on Syracuse roster Midfielder Jake Bratek is not currently with the Orange, Desko said Thursday. The SU head coach said it seems doubtful that Bratek will be with Syracuse for the 2012 season.

“Right now, Jake Bratek is not with us,” Desko said. “We’re under the assumption he’s probably going to move on here with us. We wish him all the best if that’s the case. I haven’t had any conversation with Jake yet.”

Bratek played in six games as a freshman last season. He attempted seven shots and did not register a single point. He played lacrosse at Jamesville-DeWitt High School and was rated the No. 7 midfielder and 19th overall prospect in the Class of 2010 by Inside Lacrosse. rjgery@syr.edu adtredin@syr.edu

big e a st no t ebook

Lack of veteran leadership keeps Villanova at bottom of conference

By Jon Harris STAFF WRITER

Simply put, this isn’t a typical Villanova men’s basketball team.

Three years removed from a Final Four appearance and a 30-8 record, the Wildcats sit at 8-10 overall and 1-5 in the Big East — tied for 14th in the conference with perennial bottom-feeder Providence and ahead of only Pittsburgh, which is on a seven-game losing streak.

Villanova head coach Jay Wright said inexperience is the main reason behind his team’s record so far this season. To turn it around this year, Wright said his team needs to be more consistent in its offense, defense and execution while the Wildcats’ veterans step up as the younger players struggle.

“We’ve always had three or four guys that are veterans that really understand how you got to compete day in and day out in the Big East,” Wright said in a phone interview Tuesday. “We don’t have any seniors and our juniors really haven’t been go-to guys in this league.”

BIG EAST STANDINGS TEAM

OVERALL RECORD CONFERENCE RECORD

1. Syracuse 2. Cincinnati 3. Georgetown 4. Seton Hall 4. Connecticut 4. Marquette 4. West Virginia 8. South Florida 9. Rutgers 10. Notre Dame 11. Louisville 11. St. Johns 13. Providence 13. DePaul 13. Villanova 16. Pittsburgh

20-0 7-0 14-4 4-1 15-3 5-2 15-3 4-2 14-3 4-2 15-4 4-2 13-5 4-2 10-8 3-2 12-8 4-3 11-9 3-4 14-5 2-4 8-9 2-4 12-7 1-5 10-8 1-5 8-10 1-5 10-8 0-6

With only 12 regular-season games remaining, Villanova is on pace to fail to reach 20 wins for the first time since 2003-04 — Wright’s third year on the job when the team finished 18-17 and 6-10 in the Big East.

Since the 2004-05 basketball season, Villanova has a 172-65 combined record and has made seven NCAA Tournaments in a row, including making it to at least the Sweet 16 in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009.

Seton Hall (15-3, 4-2) visits Villanova at 7 p.m.

Wednesday in The Pavilion. Both teams are coming off loses, as South Florida (10-8, 3-2) beat Seton Hall on Friday and Cincinnati (14-4, 4-1) defeated Villanova on Saturday.

For the Wildcats to get a win against the surprising Pirates, Wright said his team has to contain forward Herb Pope and guard Jordan Theodore. Pope is averaging 17.1 points per game and 10.6 rebounds a game, while Theodore is averaging more than 16 points per contest.

“Those two up the middle are as great as a one-two punch as there is in our conference this year,” Wright said. “And the other guy that is pretty much unheralded this year is Fuquan Edwin. He is a great rebounder, great defensive player and he’s shooting almost 50 percent from 3. Those three are really dynamic players, and if we can keep those three in check, I think we got a chance.”

Wright also needs his three juniors to step up.

Junior guard Maalik Wayns is averaging about 18 points per game and is coming off a 39-point performance against Cincinnati.

Wright said Wayns has been carrying the team and more consistency is needed out of junior forward Mouphtaou Yarou and junior guard Dominic Cheek, who are both averaging more than 12 points per game. Wayns, Yarou

and Cheek are the only players on the team averaging double figures in points.

Yarou and Cheek are becoming better and more consistent players as the season progresses, Wright said.

“As they develop consistency night in and night out, I think that’s what’s going to help us become a better team quickly,” Wright said.

And with a conference as deep and competitive as the Big East, remaining on top year after year and avoiding a transitional season is a difficult task. Especially when you have a young team like Villanova.

“They’re younger, they’ve lost a lot of key guys the last couple years,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said of Villanova in the Big East coaches’ teleconference on Thursday.

“They’re a young team. They don’t have any seniors. They’re in a little bit of a slump. And in this league, if you get in a little bit of a slump, it can be very difficult for you. The bottom of this lea gue everybody thought wasn’t that good, but the bottom of this league is pretty good.”

But Big East teams haven’t been the only ones beating up on Villanova. The Wildcats have had losses to Saint Louis, Santa Clara, Temple, Saint Joseph’s and No. 5 Missouri.

With both Pittsburgh and Villanova making up the bottom of the Big East and teams like Seton Hall and Cincinnati at the top, the conference standings look a little different than years past.

“Everyone’s trying to be great every year and if you slip in any way in this conference, it’s treacherous, and I think that’s what you’re seeing this year,” Wright said.

And keeping the players and coaching staff optimistic in a down year is a challenge, Wright said. But he said it also offers the opportunity to learn more about the team and

the staff.

“That’s what we’re talking about with our guys, and we’re talking about evaluating ourselves by our effort and our commitment, not necessarily by wins and losses right now,” Wright said. “And evaluating ourselves by our improvement, which I do think we’re making improvement, so that’s what you have to do at a time like this.”

Big East game of the week CINCINNATI (14-4, 4-1) AT NO. 13 CONNECTICUT (14-3, 4-2) 7 p.m., WEDNESDAY, ESPN2

Coming off wins versus No. 10 Georgetown (15-3, 5-2) and Villanova, Cincinnati looks to defeat Connecticut to remain in sole possession of second place in the Big East. Cincinnati has won nine of its last 10 games, while the Huskies are 2-2 in the last four games.

And Cincinnati now has senior forward Yancy Gates back in the starting lineup. Gates returned to the starting lineup against Georgetown and had 16 points and nine rebounds against Villanova after fulfilling a six-game suspension for his role in the Dec. 10 brawl against Xavier.

Teaming with Gates are sophomore guard Sean Kilpatrick and senior guard Dion Dixon.

Kilpatrick averages 16.2 points per game and Dixon nets 14.1 points per game.

Leading the way for Connecticut are sophomore guards Jeremy Lamb and Shabazz Napier.

Lamb is averaging 17.9 points per game, while Napier is averaging nearly 14 points per game and 6.2 assists per game.

Connecticut leads the all-time series with Cincinnati 7-2. jdharr04@syr.edu

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ICE HOCKEY

Orange falters in final period against powerhouse Cornell

By David Propper STAFF WRITER

Holly Carrie-Mattimoe knew Syracuse had to play a near-perfect game if it wanted to upset No. 3 Cornell.

For almost two periCORNELL 6 ods, that’s exactly what SYRACUSE 3 the Orange did. The SU players skated with the nationally ranked squad, matching them shotfor-shot, stop-for-stop.

But after more than 17 minutes had passed in the second period, SU eventually let up.

“I think we were playing perfect until the last couple minutes in the second there,” Carrie-Mattimoe, an SU forward, said. “And those couple of lapses we had, that cost us.”

Although Syracuse played a much-improved game against the Big Red compared to the previous time these two teams faced off, the Orange (8-14-2, 0-2-2 College Hockey America) couldn’t overcome a couple of mistakes along the way, resulting in a 6-3 loss to Cornell (16-2-0, 11-1-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference) in front of 154 at Tennity Ice Pavilion on Tuesday.

SU looked to be ready to pull off a colossal upset and avenge the 9-2 beating it took from the Big Red on Nov. 1. But two costly turnovers transformed the game and gave Cornell the momentum and a lead it wouldn’t relinquish.

With 2:44 left in the second period and Syracuse leading 2-1, the Orange attempted to clear the puck but failed. The puck got caught on an Orange player’s pad, resulting in a loose puck in front of SU’s net.

Cornell’s Rebecca Johnston passed the loose puck up to teammate Brianne Jenner, who scored an easy goal on a defenseless Kallie Billadeau in net to the tie the game.

A minute later, another ill-advised play once again cost Syracuse. SU defender Kaillie Goodnough couldn’t handle a pass, and the puck ended up with Cornell forward Jillian Saulnier.

She had nothing but the net in front of her. Although she missed her original shot, the freshman forward followed her own shot along the boards. Saulnier passed to a cutting Johnston, who finished off the play with a backhanded score to give the Big Red a 3-2 edge.

“For us to give that team the momentum back going into the intermission, that wasn’t devastating, but it certainly wasn’t good,” SU head coach Paul Flanagan said. “I thought we

“I think we were playing perfect until the last couple minutes in the second there. And those couple of lapses we had, that cost us.”

Holly Carrie-Mattimoe

SU FORWARD

were riding pretty high. We were playing well.

We had some jump, some confidence. It’s one thing to give up the one, but the second one was a little painful to watch.”

And going into the third period, it only got harder to watch for Flanagan on the bench.

Four minutes into the third period, Cornell scored some insurance when forward Chelsea Karpenko slapped a shot past Billadeau’s right shoulder. And then forward Erin Barley-Maloney netted her first goal less than 30 seconds later to put the Big Red up 5-2.

Carrie-Mattimoe said after those two second-period goals, she could sense the Syracuse bench becoming more hushed and losing some of the momentum it had before.

On the opposite side, Cornell’s head coach Doug Derraugh said once his squad scored one

goal, it was looking for more.

“Sometimes you get on a bit of a roll,” Derraugh said. “You get a couple and that just gets everything going.”

Early on, the Orange was the team rolling along, taking the lead two separate times, something SU didn’t accomplish when Syracuse fell by seven goals to the Big Red in their earlier meeting.

SU freshman Nicole Ferrara tapped the puck in past Cornell goaltender Amanda Mazzotta following a slap shot from Margot Scharfe to put Syracuse up 1-0 early in the first period.

Syracuse went on top again when Carrie-Mattimoe snuck past the entire Big Red defense and

sent a top-shelf missile past Mazzotta to put the Orange ahead 2-1. Both times, the Orange bench exploded, knowing how critical it was to keep pace early with a usually dominant Cornell team.

But ultimately, Syracuse couldn’t keep that impressive play going for a full game. SU was at its best for more than half the game.

The problem was Syracuse needed perfection for the entire game.

Said SU forward Megan Skelly: “You definitely have to play them close for a 60-minute game instead of a 40-minute game to get a win.” dgproppe@syr.edu

Syracuse challenges potent Big Red offense with physical play in loss

By Austin Mirmina STAFF WRITER

After freshman forward Julie Knerr suffered a concussion on a late hit against in-state rival Cornell on Nov. 1, senior Megan Skelly and her Syracuse teammates were furious.

The Orange players weren’t going to let the Big Red push them around — like it did when Cornell outshot SU 59-10 in that game two months ago — in a rematch between the teams on Tuesday. And they used the late hit on Knerr as motivation to match Cornell’s physicality all night on Tuesday.

“It obviously made us pretty pissed off,” Skelly said. “But that’s what we used to fire ourselves up and build energy against them because you don’t want to let a team like that walk all over you. We weren’t going to make the same mistakes again.”

Syracuse (8-14-2, 0-2-2 College Hockey America) came out playing aggressively and physically to keep the lethal offensive attack for No. 3 Cornell (16-2-0, 11-1-0 Eastern College Athletic Association) off balance. Although SU fell 6-3 to the Big Red, the slugfest was in many ways a

confidence builder for the Orange after getting blown away by Cornell 9-2 in the first matchup.

Before Tuesday’s game, SU head coach Paul Flanagan told his players they needed to fight “fire with fire” if they wanted to compete with a nationally ranked opponent like the Big Red. His players listened and brought the heat right from the drop of the puck.

SU was very active early in the game, making a statement that it could handle the physical intensity that overwhelmed the Orange in its first matchup with the Big Red. “If you sit back and let a team with that much skill and speed come at you, it’s going to be a long night,” Flanagan said. “So you have to go after them. Our defense was pretty active in getting to those corners and adding a physical element, as well as using their body to protect the puck.

“That’s something we didn’t do down there at Cornell (last game), and we let them push us around too much.”

Led by strong, aggressive play from senior forward Lisa Mullan and freshman forward Shiann Darkangelo, the Orange made sure it

wasn’t bullied this time around. The Orange played fearlessly against a stronger, more talented opponent, which helped SU keep the game close most of the way.

With the game tied 1-1 midway through the second period, Mullan dove across the blue line and blocked a shot by Cornell, igniting excitement from the crowd and bringing the Syracuse bench to its feet. It was that type of aggressive play that Skelly said provided a boost of confidence for her team.

That type of hustle play by Mullan along with a stellar effort on faceoffs by Darkangelo supported the SU defense as it held Cornell to three goals in the first two periods.

“The girls were scrappy tonight and fought so hard. They used their size to their advantage to protect the puck,” said SU goaltender Kallie Billadeau, who made 28 saves in the loss.

Darkangelo lined up for a majority of the faceoffs for SU, consistently using her size to snag the puck away from her opponent. She set a tone for the Orange by winning 21-of-30 faceoffs to give Syracuse possession time and time again.

By winning the faceoff, the Orange kept the puck away from that persistent Big Red attack and held Cornell to 25 fewer shots than the previous meeting. Even if the Big Red still managed six goals, Syracuse displayed improvement from early in the season.

As the buzzer sounded at the end of the game, SU was still intent on showing Cornell that it wasn’t going to be taken lightly. After several players fought for a loose puck as time expired, a Cornell player threw what appeared to be a punch in the direction of an SU player.

And this time, Skelly and the Orange retaliated, starting a shoving match with the Cornell players to send a final message to the Big Red even in defeat.

“When our player gets punched in the face, we’re going to defend her no matter what, especially after last game,” Skelly said. “We’re certainly not happy with the final score, but we proved to ourselves that we could compete with some of the top players in the country, and we took it to them.” awmirmin@syr.edu

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40 counts of sexually abusing young boys. The other reflects the joy surrounding the No. 1 college basketball team in the country, which continues to be led by the fourth-winningest head coach in Division I college basketball history.

Yet the Syracuse program, like that of Penn State, was also blindsided by allegations of sexual abuse against then-associate head coach Bernie Fine. But as the Nittany Lions football team lost the face of its program with the dismissal of Joe Paterno, staggered to a 1-3 finish to the 2011 season and saw prized verbally committed recruits slip away, the Orange has surged.

Twenty consecutive wins, blowout after blowout, and not so much as a hint of lost focus.

It is, quite frankly, remarkable. Remarkable that a series of events as ubiquitous as even the Bernie Fine drama cannot deter this Syracuse team.

“That’s the biggest thing we can really control: what we do on the court,” Jardine said following the win over Pittsburgh. “Everything that went on in the beginning of the season we didn’t know nothing about.”

The message from Jardine is one the media heard repeatedly from Syracuse players in the weeks following the initial ESPN news story in which Bobby Davis and Mike Lang, both former SU ball boys, accused Fine of molesting them as children.

Dion Waiters said over and over again that there was nothing he or his teammates could do about it. Brandon Triche said going out and playing basketball was the team’s sole focus.

But amid all the slinking in and out of the back doors of the Carrier Dome and the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center to avoid the media, it was hard to believe that their perfor-

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mance would be truly unaffected.

And that, Jardine said, is partly what makes the 20 wins so sweet — that this SU team continues to prove everyone wrong.

“We’ve definitely got a great team bond,” sophomore forward C.J. Fair said. “And our mentality is that we’re the best team in the country, so we don’t feel like we should lose to anybody if we come out to play the way we should.”

The mentality is one transferred down to the players from the man at the top, Jim Boeheim.

A man who joked about the extra-large group of media at his press conference for the first game following Fine’s dismissal. A man blasted for his comments about Davis and Lang, the very same men who subsequently sued him for defamation.

Most importantly, though, Boeheim’s a man guiding arguably the most talented team he’s ever had down a track seemingly destined for the Final Four.

Big East Coach of the Year? No question.

National Coach of the Year? Without a doubt.

The Orange is in the midst of perhaps the greatest season Syracuse basketball has ever seen, casting a near total eclipse on a series of events presumed too devastating to be shrouded.

All along the players have said a national championship is the ultimate goal. Title or bust for this fiercely resilient team.

And what a twist that would be, pulling back from the brink of dilapidation to win the school’s second national title.

So with 20 games down and 20 wins in their pockets, why should we doubt them now?

“We control what we do on the court,” Jardine said. “And we’ve been doing it so far.”

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

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Top of the class

No. 1 Syracuse earns high marks for its performance in 1st half of season FAB MELO: A-

SCOOP JARDINE: B+

Melo has rejuvenated his game to help anchor the Orange this season. He shed upwards of 30 pounds in the offseason, got in shape and cleared his head after last year’s frustrations.

The results are startling: He’s more than tripled his points per game average from last season, more than doubled his rebounding average and has become a force defensively.

Head coach Jim Boeheim has proclaimed Jardine the leader of this team, and the fifthyear senior has played like a star as of late. In Syracuse’s first seven Big East games, he has averaged 6.4 assists per contest and is fourth in the conference with a 2.8 assist-to-turnover ratio.

BRANDON TRICHE: B+

As was the case last year, Triche has very quietly maintained his role as a key contributor for the Orange. He leads the team in 3-point shooting at 39.2 percent and is third on the team with 10 points per game. The junior has also proved to be SU’s best rebounding guard, and he rarely makes costly mistakes.

DION WAITERS: A+

Superb, superior, stupendous — that’s been Dion Waiters this season for Syracuse. Though he doesn’t start, his 13.1 points per game are second on the team, and he’s been a menace on defense with 46 steals already this year. He’s scored in double figures in 11 of the last 12 games. And he’s making a case for Big East Player of the Year honors.

JIM BOEHEIM: A

KRIS JOSEPH: B+

The senior small forward leads SU in scoring with 13.7 points per game as expected, but Joseph has struggled with his jump shot at times this year. But he’s still on the court more than any other Orange player and has made multiple big plays throughout the season to help SU get to 20-0.

It’s very rare that Syracuse has extended its bench as much as it has this season under Boeheim. He has 10 players with starting talent to work with, and he has done a good job of going with the hot hands in clutch moments to get SU to 20-0.

—Compiled by The Daily Orange Sports staff

photos: ryan maccammon|staff photographer

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In midst of scandal, Orange has overcome all adversity to stay unbeaten

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nguish.

It walked dejectedly down the road on Nov. 12, and then turned left into the driveway of 830 McKee St. in State College, Pa. Euphoria.

That backpedaled down the court, arms pointing straight into the Carrier Dome crowd and a grin stretched across its face in pure elation on Monday night.

Antithetical emotions, miles apart

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not a dime back in both distance and sentiment, yet curiously tied together as a result of nauseating allegations.

The latter is Scoop Jardine, his jubilation ignited by a baseline jumper that gave his Syracuse team a 14-point lead over Pittsburgh on Monday night. It’s a game the Orange went on to win.

The former is Jay Paterno, son of legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and then-PSU quarterbacks coach. His somber trek back from Beaver Stadium to his father’s house following the Nittany Lions’

17-14 loss to Nebraska tugged on an entirely different set of heartstrings.

Jay Paterno’s first utterance to the crowd of supporters and media gathered outside the humble ranch house was nothing short of morose.

“Sorry we couldn’t get it done today guys,” he said.

Jardine’s prose, spoken after Syracuse set a new school record with its 20th consecutive win to open the season, reflected the fifth-year

senior’s giddiness.

“It’s fun,” he said. “Just this whole season alone is fun because we’re doing it at the highest level.”

There is perhaps no better example of the dichotomy between Syracuse and Penn State than those two images. One illustrates a program crippled by the fallout of former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who was charged with

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