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P • From the press

Syracuse Common Councilors officially established their stance that they are in favor of turning Interstate 81 into a boulevard, eliminating the elevated highway.

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In the past year, students have re-established two publications that focus on producing stories about the black experience at Syracuse University.

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S • Hokie pokie

After trailing for most of the game, Syracuse was able to get back in it with the use of a full-court press in the second half and clutch scoring from Michael Gbinije.

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Student creates petition

By Lydia Wilson asst. news editor

A petition was filed Sunday requesting that the Syracuse University College of Law adequately address recent safety issues involving female College of Law students.

A law student and her friend were allegedly drugged at offcampus house parties hosted by third-year law students in the fall of 2014. Victims reported adverse effects such as lack of mobility, loss of consciousness, physical tremors and seizures and memory loss.

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The SU law petition has received more than 300 signatures

Playing hokie Syracuse University students celebrate Michael Gbinije’s go-ahead basket with 0.1 seconds remaining against the Virginia Tech Hokies to give the Orange a 72-70 win. Gbinije finished the game with 18 points, tying for the team lead with guard Trevor Cooney. With the win, SU improved to 15-7 on the season and 6-3 in the ACC. The Orange faces Pittsburgh on Saturday at the Petersen Events Center. chase gaewski staff photographer

DPS holds forum in wake of off-campus incident

By Sara Swann asst. news editor

Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety held a forum Tuesday afternoon for SU College of Law students, faculty and staff that focused on personal safety.

The student forum, which took place at noon in the Melanie Grey Ceremonial Courtroom, dealt with personal security and community resources. It was held in response to a report indicating the drugging of a female SU College of Law student at an off-campus house party in December 2014, said John Sardino, DPS associate chief of law enforcement and the community policing

division. After leaving the house party, which was located about five miles off the SU campus, the law

The student forum acted as an opportunity for law students to express any safety concerns they may have had.

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student and her friend felt as if they had been drugged during the party.

About 120 SU College of Law students attended the forum, which lasted about an hour, Sardino said.

The forum was originally scheduled to be held last Friday, but at the request of the student who reported the incident and other student leaders, the date was moved back to make it more accessible to students.

“The student forum acted as an opportunity for law students to express any safety concerns they may have had,” Sardino said.

Representatives from the Counseling Center and Vera House, a domestic and sexual violence service agency, were present at the student forum, in addition to representatives from DPS, said Jill Lentz, DPS

interim chief, in an email.

During the forum, representatives and speakers discussed tips on how to stay safe in certain situations and what exactly a person should do in those dangerous situations. The best ways to communicate with and contact local law enforcement were also discussed, Sardino said.

“The forum was a good starting point, but more work needs to be done,” Sardino said.

DPS is open to hosting more student safety forums like the one held Friday designed for specific SU schools and colleges in the near future, Sardino said.

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The petition accuses the College of Law of trying to keep the reports under wraps and spread misinformation regarding the incidents.

The change.org petition filed by “Concerned SU Law Student,” who claims to be one of the victims in the incident, has received more than 300 signatures and urges the university to “present a factually accurate account of the events and to promote an environment in which victims are not shamed into silence to save the university’s reputation.”

The petition requests that Hannah Arterian, the College of Law’s dean, directly address the student body and inform them of what happened. It asks that the administration acknowledge to students that the incidents are a safety issue, rather than attempting to minimize the severity of the problem. Lastly, it calls for the administration to keep students informed on issues of student safety by providing resources such as pamphlets and speakers at Dineen Hall. see petition page 8

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Barber uses hair cutting as therapy

By Michaela Quigley contributing writer

For Josh Pierce, cutting hair and shaving beards acts as physical therapy for his fingers.

Pierce, 28, has worked as a barber at Campus Cuts on Marshall Street for about a year, though he has been cutting hair since he was 18. With his mother and grandfather — who also cut hair — as inspiration, Pierce worked on and off as a barber on the side. When he was 21, he took a job as an HVAC technician and steamfitter, setting up pipes that carry gas for heating systems.

But in August of 2013, Pierce cut his arm on an old single pane glass window, severing his arm to the bone.

The accident restricted him from his work, and Pierce then fell back on the trade he learned during his youth.

“It’s helped a lot because with my injury, I had a lot of nerve damage.

I had three fingers that I had lost motion and feeling in,” Pierce said.

“Using a clipper and razor on a daily basis has actually done therapy itself.”

Pierce began working at Campus Cuts when one of the barbers, Nick Brice, saw one of Pierce’s haircut designs. Brice was so impressed by it that he contacted Pierce through

N • Living life

The Residence Hall Association has launched a new initiative that allows students to voice concerns.

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O • An apple a day

Conservative columnist Vanessa Salman wants you to get vaccinated, but hopes you don’t have to be told to.

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cor r ection In the Feb. 3 story titled “Saving up: White House decides to drop proposal to tax student loan plans,” Carl Schramm’s view on the 529 plan was misstated. He said eliminating the 529 provision would simplify the tax code.

JOSH PIERCE began cutting hair at Campus Cuts on Marshall Street after injuring his arm in August of 2013. He loves interacting with people from all over the world. erin carter staff photographer

Facebook and offered him a job.

Pierce said people of all different races and ethnicities walk through the Campus Cuts door and place themselves in his chair. He’s had requests to create a handle bar mustache for a man who had long facial hair and wanted it to curl up, and more recently, to design and color the New England Patriots’

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symbol on a customer’s head.

Said Pierce: “You meet people from all walks of life, and you interact with a ton of people. I’ve cut people’s hair who live in Dubai, Australia and especially being here, this is one of the most diverse barbershops in Syracuse because there are so many students.” maquigle@syr.edu

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In the Feb. 3 article “A capella group Main Squeeze raises money for first album,” the location where Main Squeeze is performing was incorrect. The group is only performing at the blood drive in Goldstein Student Center. The Daily Orange regrets this error.

In the Feb. 3 article, “Department looks to increase enrollment in new Spanish Education major” Gail Bulman’s title was misstated. Bulman is the chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics. The Daily Orange regrets this error.

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P • Sit back and relax

The Counseling Center is offering a free eight-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course that meets every Wednesday.

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S • The dotted line

Syracuse soccer expects five top 150 players to join the Class of 2015 to replace the talent lost from its record-breaking season.

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Deborah Bial, president of the Posse Foundation, will meet with SU administrators and Posse Scholars Wednesday afternoon.

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NEWS

This weekend, the SU community will gather to voice their opinions on the search for the next dean of libraries.

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FAST FORWARD SYRACUSE Moving into February, the three main components of Fast Forward Syracuse are preparing to submit recommendations to the Syracuse University community for feedback mid-semester. In addition, each of the three groups will submit recommendations to the Board of Trustees in May. Here’s a look at the makeup of each component, as well as the progress each has made so far this semester.

– Compiled by Brett Samuels, news editor, blsamuel@syr.edu

Group launches initiative Residence Hall Association aims to bring attention to issues

By Danny Mantooth asst. copy editor

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CAMPUS MASTER PLAN

Sasaki Associates, a Massachusetts-based architecture firm assisting with SU’s campus plan, returned to campus in January when it met with the Campus Master Plan Advisory Group. The firm held an open forum to answer questions from the campus community last semester and will host similar forums in March and April this semester.

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Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Liz Liddy is now leading the development of the university’s Academic Strategic Plan. For the past several months, the steering committee has been collecting data and input from the university community. In February, it will begin drafting the Academic Strategic Plan, which the campus community will review later this semester.

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OPERATIONAL EXCELENCE

The Operational Excellence groups are focusing on how to cut costs across the university in order to increase efficiency. Two areas money will be saved in is in the purchasing of office supplies and printers and copiers.

Those changes will be implemented in March, and savings on purchasing of those goods will go into effect.

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Campus Master Plan works with the university’s strategic plan to:

— Shape, guide and manage the campus environment — Identify the relationship between principles and policies — Determine issues and goals for the selection and development of campus building sites — Establish architectural, landscape, parking and other criteria for developing sites

Broken down into seven working groups

Four main goals:

— Undergraduate Excellence — Strategically Focused Research and Doctoral Programs — Leadership in Veterans and Military Affairs — Enhancing Internationalization — Change: Innovation and Institutional Renewal — Student and Faculty-Centered Operations to prioritize student experience — Professional Program Excellence

— Increase efficiency and effectiveness across the university — Control costs and find better ways to do business — Foster, encourage and help realize good ideas — Generate savings and new revenue for investment in the priorities identified in the other aspects of Fast Forward: the Strategic Plan and Campus Master Plan

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Over the next two months, Syracuse University will participate in Recycle Mania, a countrywide competition between universities with this year’s contest featuring an individual component.

This is the third year SU will participate, and only the second year in the actual competition, said Melissa Cadwell, marketing manager of sustainability, in an email.

Students looking to get involved can do a number of things, most of

them quite small. Recycling plastic bottles of all kinds, saying no to plastic bags at the store or taking the stairs instead of the elevator, Cadwell said. New this year to the competition is an individual component. Students will be able to tweet or text when they complete specific actions, earning points for their university along the way, according to the Recycle Mania website.

“The ultimate goal is to get the campus community recycling,” Cadwell said. “The secondary goal would be to place better than we did last year.”

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SU to take part in Recycle Mania competition

By Joe Leonard

In order to ensure student concerns are heard when it comes to campus housing, Syracuse University’s Residence Hall Association has launched a new initiative called Enhance My Living Experience.

Enhance My Living Experience is designed to gather student concerns about residence halls and identify which problems the RHA can improve. The initiative, which was announced about a month ago, has garnered about 30 responses so far. Students are able to fill out a short form including questions about suggestions and goals on a separate tab on RHA’s website.

Stephen Milewski, director of public relations for RHA and a sophomore broadcast and digital journalism major, said leaders of the initiative are trying to reach out to students to see what would

Last year, SU finished 76th in the competition with a recycling rate of 35.5 percent. This year’s competition started Feb. 1 and will extend until March 28, according to the Recycle Mania website.

“With students, faculty and staff coming from all over the world, Recycle Mania is a good opportunity to teach them about local recycling opportunities and requirements,” said Sherburne Abbott, vice president for sustainability initiatives and university professor of sustainability science and policy, in an email.

Stacy Wheeler, the president of Recycle Mania, said she believes that by framing recycling in a competitive format, students will be energized to participate.

“We have found that when schools compete against their rival, their individual change in behavior, like recycling a newspaper, is significantly increased,” Wheeler said.

The point system is based on how much is actually being recycled and composted. In order to determine the points, all of the recycled items are weighed every week, along with the see recycle

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POLITICS

NOT TODAY Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted to block Republicans’ proposal to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which included provisions that restricted funding to the president’s executive orders on immigration. source: cnn

ENTERTAINMENT

IT’S BEEN A WHILE Harper Lee, the author of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” is releasing a second book, more than 50 years after the famous book was released. source: fox news

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Schools lack gender inclusivity

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n an effort to create a more gender-inclusive environment, the Graduate Center at the City University of New York will no longer use gendered salutations in official written correspondence with current and prospective students and third parties.

Syracuse University should follow the Graduate Center’s example in order to create a more respectful and inclusive environment for transgender students, as well as individuals who do not conform to the gender binary.

The Graduate Center’s Interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Louise Lennihan wrote in the memo that the elimination of “gendered salutations” will better “accommodate properly the diverse population of current and prospective students” and encouraged faculty and staff to begin addressing students by first and last name only.

In banning its employees from using gender-specific salutations, such as “Mr., Mrs. and Ms.,” the Graduate Center is making a strong, progressive statement as a public institution that targets discrimination at a formal level of which university administration has control.

In choosing to identify students by the names they themselves have approved as appropriate, the university is placing the comfort and respect of the students above a socially-constructed, gendered formality.

The policy is an extension of the Graduate Center’s new preferred-name policy, which provides students with the opportunity to go by a moniker other than their legal name on university documents, including course rosters, student

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identification cards and student email addresses.

In the interests of inclusivity, SU administration should enact a policy banning gender-specific greetings and pronouns in official written university communication from administration to all audiences, from campus services to the campus community, and between faculty and students.

Current and prospective student should not be welcomed to a school by informational materials that gender the student automatically, which, in doing so, has the potential to contribute to the erasure of that student’s identity.

However, such a policy should not begin and end at the administrative level, but should extend to syllabi and classroom materials distributed on campus between students and professors.

Although the CUNY policy has faced criticism on the Internet, as comments trailing articles label the new practice as a ridiculous result of the courtesy of political correctness, the needs of marginalized students must come first.

For Syracuse University to recognize that gender-specific greetings are an outdated and unnecessarily formality would set a national example for a more inclusive future at public and private institutions alike.

Alexa Diaz is a freshman magazine journalism major. Her column appears weekly.

She can be reached at adiaz02@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @AlexaLucina.

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Wiki wiki wack Gender and sexuality columnist Kathryn Krawczyk chastens Wikipedia, by remaining impartial it reaffirmed misogynisitc views.

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opinion

Apples and oranges Technology columnist Aarick Knighton says that while Apple may put up huge profits it can’t contend with Android’s dominance.

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SU needs more open forums on safety While the public safety forum hosted by the Department of Public Safety at the College of Law was an adequate response to the recent allegations that a student was drugged at an off-campus party, there should be greater university wide response.

The forum, open exclusively to College of Law students, focused on personal safety and community resources, and was attended by representatives of the Vera House and University Counseling Center.

While it is a College of Law student who says she was drugged at an off-campus party last semester, and has since taken action to report the

incident, the issue of drink tampering is not exclusive to law students.

The College of Law made the right decision bringing this forum to its students, but there should be a proportional response from SU at large. DPS has said it is open to hosting forums like this at other colleges in the near future. There should be more forums for undergraduate students, but limiting these to particular colleges is not necessarily the best plan of action.

The undergraduate experience has much more intermingling throughout academic schools, and limiting forums by majors does not make sense. Multiple forums should be held at varying

times and should be open to all. SU would also be wise to capitalize on the attention this forum has garnered and take immediate action to organize future events.

While reactive action can educate the campus, preventative action should also be better publicized, such as DPS’s free Rape Aggression Defense classes that are open for women every semester. BE Wise also offers BE Wise 101 presentations to educate groups on campus about safer drinking.

Educating the SU community on personal safety at this poignant time needs to be taken on by more than just the College of Law.

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Government mandated vaccines can’t trump personal right to choose

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t’s been almost 15 years since the Center of Disease Control announced that diseases such as measles and whooping cough were practically nonexistent in the United States. Yet just the other week, a measles outbreak occurred at Disneyland. Most recently and more locally, there have been two alleged cases of mumps in the Syracuse area, which have catalyzed more debate over the much talked about issue of vaccination.

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i’m always right dling this issue. While vaccinations are important, it is not the government’s responsibility to mandate what people do for their own health.

The administration of vaccinations has been a hot topic for quite some time — especially after former “Laguna Beach” star Kristin Cavallari publically announced that she was not going to vaccinate her children. Jenny McCarthy has also been a prominent figure in this debate since she publically announced on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 2007 that she believed a vaccination led to her son’s autism.

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Megyn Kelly went on “The O’Reilly Factor” to speak about this issue. The mother of three said that she has vaccinated her children and believes that “some things do require some involvement of Big Brother.” Proponents of big government have been discussing this controversial statement left and right since it was aired, which I simply cannot agree with.

Our good friends Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Robert Livingston wrote that we have three unalienable rights as citizens: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Some of the diseases that vaccinations are created to prevent have the ability to kill. Sure, some elect not to vaccinate themselves and their children, that’s their personal choice, but they

are putting those that choose to vaccinate themselves at risk.

According to The New York Times documentary “Vaccines: An Unhealthy Skepticism,” there needs to be approximately 94–96 percent of a community vaccinated to prevent one from contracting measles. If we live in a world where vaccination is a completely optional thing, we are putting our loved ones and ourselves at risk.

There have been claims that there is a correlation between vaccinations and autism, however that’s all they are — claims. Until extensive evidence and research are conducted, there is no way for sure to know if this is a reality.

That cliché saying “better safe than sorry” applies to this issue. It’s better to be vaccinated and have less

of a chance of contracting the various illnesses that are out there in the world, than to be sorry. Physicians and experts can tell you that vaccinations are not 100 percent effective, but at least they grant us more immunity than not being vaccinated.

Vaccinations are a public health issue, not a political decision. Hopefully in the future, people will make the right choice and vaccinate themselves and their children. If anything, they should do so in the hopes of protecting everyone from the plethora of viruses and contagious illnesses that are out there — not because the government forces them to.

Vanessa Salman is a sophomore policy studies major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at vksalman@syr.edu.

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ON THE ROAD AGAIN

Common Councilors voice opinion on I-81 as future remains unclear

By Hanna Horvath staff writer

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ebate about Syracuse’s outdated infrastructure came up again this past month regarding Interstate 81, which runs through the city of Syracuse.

The strip of highway is due for renovation, which signals that both the New York Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration must make a decision about what to do. With the lifespan of I-81 reaching its end, lawmakers and citizens alike are struggling to find a unanimous solution to what should go in the old highway’s place.

“The structure itself, right now, needs to come down,” said Syracuse Common Councilor Kathleen Joy. “The question is, what is going to replace it?”

The Common Council unanimously approved a resolution last week urging state officials to tear down the elevated section of Interstate 81 and replace it with a street-level boulevard through downtown Syracuse. The street-level boulevard would connect the current street grid and provide easier transportation for pedestrians, buses, bikers and other vehicles, said Common Council President Van Robinson.

“It would bring the city together again,” Robinson said.

Others are calling for just a rebuilding of the old structure in order to preserve what is currently

in place, said Mark Nicotra, the Salina town supervisor.

“It serves a function, and if you take that away, you are going adversely impact the area,” he said.

Nicotra said that turning the elevated structure into a street would change the landscape of the area, affecting local businesses as trucks and other highway traffic clog up the downtown streets.

He added that it is still unclear what the effect on traffic would be if the highway were converted to a through street, and the possible effects on downtown are also unclear.

Creating a through street would divert highway traffic to Interstate 481, a city bypass, which could lessen pollution directly in the city, Robinson said.

If I-81 is going to be replaced, new federal highway standards would force certain changes, such as a wider pathway and clearer exit and entrance ramps. This could cause buildings to be torn down, said Joy, the common councilor. She added that it would take out a “swath” of houses, businesses and historic buildings.

The Common Council spent the past year asking citizens about their thoughts for the new structure. The council then compiled the requests and developed a plan of action.

“The conclusion was: take it down and replace it with a through street,” Joy said. “We don’t want to see a tunnel, we don’t want to see it built

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back up in a different configuration.”

The demolition of the current highway will cost the government millions, in addition to whichever

structure is put in its place, Joy said.

The state is currently looking at the various options, and hopes to begin work in the spring, though there is

not a definite timeline.

“This is what the city residents want,” she said. hrhorvat@syr.edu

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petition The College of Law’s Office of Student Life held a personal safety forum on Tuesday. The Department of Public Safety and Counseling Services also participated in the forum to discuss the recent incidents.

“We take student safety very seriously and it is one of our paramount concerns,” said Tomás Gonzalez, the senior assistant dean of student life at the College of Law, on Thursday. “We always urge students to come to us with issues of safety both on and off-campus.”

Farrell Brenner, a sophomore citizenship and civic engagement and women’s and gender studies major and a member of THE General Body, said the THE General Body, a coalition of student organizations, has been circulating the petition in support of the from page 3

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make their living experience more comfortable and enjoyable.

Students can also suggest improvements concerning entertainment and other programs, and projects can be as small or as large as students want, Milewski said. For example, the first and only water fountain was installed in Day Hall and over Winter Break, Watson Hall’s bathrooms were updated, he said.

Milewski added that students are working toward expressing their thoughts and opinions across campus.

The timetable for a project depends on its size, Milewski said. The water fountain was installed

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law student.

“We would love for administration to listen to everything said in the petition and to support the student’s demands for safety and to be heard,” Brenner said.

Brenner said she believes the university has attempted to distance itself from the incident. She said that the College of Law is one of many communities at SU, and often there can be a division between communities, but it is not disconnected from campus and shouldn’t be treated like it is.

Brenner echoed the petition’s request that the administration make resources more accessible for law students.

Said Brenner: “I would encourage all students to look at the petition and think about if the culture that we have here supports or doesn’t support assault victims.” lawilson@syr.edu

within a day, but Watson’s bathroom renovations extended throughout Winter Break.

Malik Evans, RHA president and a sophomore marketing and advertising major, said Enhance My Living Experience is an active approach to connecting student concerns with the administration.

“Our primary focus is the residence halls and knowing what are the residents’ experiences,” he said.

Evans said some of the most common responses so far are requests for gender-neutral bathrooms, water filtration systems and lounge space.

Students have suggestions, but not many of them know about Enhance My Living Experience yet.

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recycle mania food waste bins in the dining hall, according to Recycle Mania website.

Recycle Mania started in 2001 when Wheeler, then a senior at Miami University of Ohio, and Ed Newman, a senior at Ohio University, decided to pit their schools against each other. The project snowballed and had 93 schools participating in the competition in 2006. By 2008, 400 schools were participating in Recycle Mania, according to the Recycle Mania website.

Since its inception, millions of students from 727 colleges and universities have recycled and composted roughly 653 million pounds of material during competition time, Wheeler said.

Participants in Recycle Mania have pre-

Danielle Bertolini, a freshman English and textual studies major, and John Freda, a freshman biology major, both said they did not know about Enhance My Living Experience. Freda said he had concerns about the showers in his dorm.

Our primary focus is the residence halls and knowing what are the residents’ experiences.

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“Our budget is directly from residence life,” Evans said. He said that there are not a lot of restraints on spending, though. Evans explained that short-term projects, like the water fountain installed in Day, can be from page 1

forum opportunities on various subject matters,” Sardino said. “Recently, the Office of Residence Life has contacted us about hosting a safety presentation in the future for students living in residence halls to attend.”

As a follow-up to the student forum, the SU College of Law will be creating a student and faculty advisory panel. The panel will plan additional education and training on safety

vented the release of nearly 900,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide, comparable to removing seven million passenger vehicles from the road for one year, Wheeler said. There is also another reason to recycle besides the most obvious, she said.

“Every time you recycle a plastic bottle, you’re creating U.S. jobs.”

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SU’s ranking in last year’s Recycle Mania contest.

A study done by the Bowen Center for Public Affairs at Ball State University in 2013 showed that an incremental rise in recycling could create 10,000 jobs in Indiana. This is what should motivate students to recycle, said Wheeler.

Recycle Mania is ultimately a personal endeavor, one that aims to instill habits in college students, Wheeler said. jpleonar@syr.edu

financed directly through the Office of Residence Life’s budget, but more complex projects such as a wholesale renovation would require Chancellor Kent Syverud’s approval and the university to finance it.

Before his term as RHA president ends in May, Evans said he hopes a permanent fund will be established for the organization so it may operate more efficiently. It would also help students know that their money would be reserved for them, he added.

Evans said Enhance My Living Experience is special in that it provides students a direct link to the administration and other university personnel, saying the RHA is the “official organization to go to if you have a problem about your living experience.”

“Enhance My Living Experience is just another avenue where they can express their opinions, they can express their voice and they can incite change in a positive manner,” Milewski said. dmantoot@syr.edu

issues, Lentz said.

Tomas Gonzalez, senior assistant dean of student life in the College of Law, referred questions to SU News.

“Of course, we’d like to do these types of things before more crime happens,” Sardino said.

He added that DPS’s main concerns right now are identifying the people who perpetrate these crimes and ensuring the safety of the SU community. smswann@syr.edu

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By Thomas Beckley-Forest staff writer

Susan Pasco believes meditation is the key to a stress-free life.

“There are many things people do when they’re under stress like drinking, smoking, drugs,” Pasco said. “Usually these things actually exacerbate stress. The practices associated with mindfulness offer real solutions.”

This is the case with an eightweek course, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, that Syracuse University will be offering this spring through the Counseling Center.

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Power of the press

The Renegade, The Black Voice focus on black community at SU

By Jessica Iannetta staff writer

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hile working as the feature editor for a campus magazine, Ibet Inyang suggested the publication write an article about natural hair, a growing trend among African-Americans.

The editor-in-chief shot down the story idea. The topic was “too controversial.”

Puzzled by the editor’s reaction, Inyang decided to create a place where she could run that type of article. Last spring, Inyang launched The Renegade, a magazine focused on black culture. The magazine is now a registered student organization and will print its third issue this semester.

“We cover topics that other publications quite literally will not cover,” said Natasha Amadi, The Renegade’s editor-in-chief and a staff writer for The Daily Orange. “(The Renegade) celebrates black culture on campus. Not only does it shine a light on it, it celebrates it.”

In the past year, students have started or restarted two publications that focus on the black experience at Syracuse University. Both The Renegade and The Black Voice newspaper, which relaunched this past fall, work to publish stories that reflect the black community at SU. “We really made a huge effort to give black students a voice,” said Inyang, who graduated last December. “That’s what it was about. We felt like there was no one really telling our stories.”

••• Danielle Reed was ready to sign up as soon as she heard the name: The Black Voice.

Reed, a junior African American studies and Spanish major,

didn’t know anything else about The Black Voice at the time but the publication has been active on campus — as both a newspaper and a magazine — at various times since 1968. When Reed became editor-in-chief last fall and the publication relaunched as a newspaper, The Black Voice had been absent from SU since 2010.

Anthony Buissereth, who was editor-in-chief of The Black Voice from 2001–03 and helped relaunch the newspaper this semester, said The Black Voice adds an important perspective to campus media.

We really made a huge effort to give black students a voice. That’s what it was about. We felt like there was no one really telling our stories.

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“Black student activism at Syracuse University has a very strong and storied tradition,” he said. “It’s important for black students to document that and to document the black experience at the university.”

The first issue of the latest incarnation of The Black Voice was published last September during Coming Back Together, a reunion for African-American and Latino alumni held every three years.

The newspaper is now a registered student organization and, with funding from the co-curricular fee, will print four issues this spring.

“We want The Black Voice to be taken seriously as an informative publication,” Reed said. “We want students to read The Black see publications page 10

EASE YOUR MIND The Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course also includes a retreat class that will take place March 28 from noon to 4 p.m.

Free for students, the class will meet 6:30–8:30 p.m. every Wednesday night starting Feb. 4 and ending in early April. Registration for the current session closed Jan. 28.

The course is designed to help students focus and live in the moment so they can cope more adaptively with stress, leading to sharper minds and happier lives. Students learn to develop skills such as meditation and clear-headed decision-making.

Pasco said mindfulness is a field of study that has grown increasingly mainstream and popular over the last decade or so. Many of its concepts have been incorporated into hospital and therapy settings, and there has been research by neuroscientists into how it relates to the brain’s plasticity, which is the flexibility to grow and adapt.

Pasco added that mindfulness began to be taken more seriously in academic circles during the late ‘60s, when studies began at universities like Harvard University into the connection between the mind and the body.

David Jacobs, who teaches the course, is also a long-time instructor at the Upstate Yoga Institute and has taught some version of this course at SU since 2008.

“It’s about reprogramming the mind, replacing older patterns that don’t serve you well and staying focused

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publications Voice and truly come away educated and with more knowledge about the black experience than before.”

••• Just a year ago, there were no student publications on campus that specifically focused on black culture and the experience of black students at SU. Now, two of the 14 publications that are registered student organizations are devoted to the experience of black students. Black students number more than 1,340 and make up 8.8 percent of the undergraduate population, according to the SU Office of Institutional Research and Assessment.

The presence of black student focused publications has waxed and waned through the years, reflecting demand and changing times on campus, said Timeka Tounsel, associate director of recruitment and diversity at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and editor-inchief of The Black Voice from 2009–10.

“I always knew that if this student body

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mindfulness on the moment, because that’s what you have to work with,” Jacobs said. “It’s very empowering.”

Jacobs, who has committed his life to yoga and the concepts it shares with mindfulness, said his follows the MBSR model laid out by University of Massachusetts Medical School professor Jon Kabat-Zinn in the late ‘70s. The model combines secular adaptations of Buddhist meditation techniques, yoga and scientific research.

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wanted The Black Voice, then they would start it,” she said. “It sort of responds to shifts on campus, a shift in mood, a shift in demand and population. So that’s the beauty of it.”

••• When Amadi, the editor-in-chief of The Renegade, went to the publication’s first general interest meeting last spring, she had no idea the magazine was new to campus. Though she was unsure at first about joining a new publication, three semesters later, Amadi has worked her way up to editor-in-chief.

“We all kind of see little bits of ourselves in Renegade,” said Amadi, a junior magazine major. “Even though I was a little scared of helping bring it up, that’s what made me fall in love with it. It’s kind of my baby.”

More students have gotten involved as the magazine has grown and The Renegade’s content has improved with each issue, Amadi said. The magazine covers topics such as black organizations on campus, lesser known black historical figures and issues in the black community such as the acceptance of black actresses. Following the

“The object is to develop a focus on internal sensation, such as breath and thoughts, that then leads to greater awareness,” Jacobs said. “You just witness, instead of reacting and judging.”

Jacobs traveled to the UMass Memorial Medical Center to learn MBSR techniques in 2008 when he was sought out by the SU Counseling Center to replace the course’s previous instructor. Since then, he has taught the course 26 times.

Jacobs also said he has adapted the program significantly so that it is “not just sitting for two and a half hours,” incorporating scientific

shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, The Renegade gathered first-person accounts from students on campus about their own experiences with racial profiling.

The magazine is also starting a radio show this semester as part of its goal to reach more of the campus community, said Elen Marie Pease, The Renegade’s managing editor and a sophomore communications and rhetorical studies major.

“I think the ultimate goal is for people who are not minorities to read it,” Pease said. “We tend to self-segregate based on certain things at Syracuse University, so it’s maybe like a gateway to see that this is the black community, and we want to do our best to represent that accurately.”

••• Last Thursday night, members of The Black Voice gathered around a table in Slocum Hall for a board meeting. An architecture studio isn’t a typical meeting place for a campus publication, but most members of the newspaper aren’t in Newhouse.

Many don’t plan on becoming journalists.

Instead, what attracted Reed and others to the publication was the chance to relaunch The

articles and discussion to craft “a flow of interest.” Jacobs added that he tries to make it fun, and many more students tended to stick with the course after he made such changes.

At the end of the day, Jacobs said, it all hinges on practice.

Katelyn Cowen, Director of the Office of Health Promotion who had also previously taken the course, said MBSR significantly impacted her daily life.

“I have started to pay attention to my body signaling stress or emotions, and now have meth-

Black Voice and create a lasting space for the stories of black students on campus.

The next Coming Back Together weekend will take place in Fall 2017, the same school year that will mark the 50th anniversary of The Black Voice. The long-term goal is make sure the publication will still be active then.

But with the next issue less than a month away, Reed has more immediate concerns. The Black Voice has received more interest from students but still wants to grow its writer base. Reed quickly ticked off the topics the newspaper hopes to cover: the Bill Cosby allegations, intersectionality, race and gender, President Barack Obama’s State of the Union ideas, black excellence on campus.

One common theme among all the articles is unity, Reed said, not only among the black community at SU but with the black community in the city as well. The goal, Reed said, is to have the magazine take an activist role on campus.

“It’s highly appropriate and greatly needed for people of all colors and backgrounds to begin to understand how it feels to be black in America,” Reed said. jliannet@syr.edu | @JessicaIannetta

ods to adjust my response to it,” Cowen said. “It may sound simple, but when you get caught up in all that goes on in a day, you sometimes forget to pause and check in with yourself.”

Pasco added that one of the course’s main goals is to have every student meditate effectively 20–30 minutes every day.

Said Pasco: “The model, if you stick with it, can change your life. Not just while you’re a student or professionally, but in your personal life and future relationships.” tjbeckle@syr.edu

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TIMELESS TRENDS

1930s: Cowl neck Turtlenecks re-emerged as a winter staple last year, and the cowl neck immediately followed. The cowl neckline is high, loose and draped. Madeleine Vionnet, a French fashion designer famous for making styles that flowed and moved with the wearer, developed the style during the 1930s. Cowl neck sweaters can be worn with jeans and booties for a cozy but polished winter look. be

1970s: The jumpsuit Jumpsuits were originally created for professionals in aviation and racecar driving. The style was wildly popularized in the 1970s and worn by men and women during the hippie movement. Artists like David Bowie and Elvis Presley sported disco jumpsuits on stage during that era. These days, jumpsuits are available at all your favorite stores and can be dressed up or down.

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When designers revealed their collections for Spring/ Summer 2015 season, they showed that some of the biggest trends are the floral patterns and loose silhouettes reminiscent of the 1970s.

Fashion is constantly reinventing itself, and while designers introduce new styles every day, they also remix trends from past years, making them cooler and more modern for the new generation. When the skort — skirt in the front, shorts in the back — made its comeback in 2013, what was originally created for female athletes was replaced by a chic version that graced the legs of every woman on the street. Take a trip down fashion memory lane and find out which decade your favorite trend came from. camadi@syr.edu

1920s: The shift dress The shift dress appears to have been a closet staple for rebellious young ladies of the 1920s, better known as “flappers.” The loose-fitted and strapless dress was shorter than the average 1920s dress and was considered the most fashionable look of the decade.

Today, shift dresses are slightly oversized dresses with no waist definition that look great on every body type.

1960s: The Mini-skirt By the 1960s, skirts had crept up from mid-length to every girl’s favorite party length. The mini-skirt was created by Mary Quant, a fashion designer in London — the fashion capital of the ‘60s. The shorter skirt was created to allow women to move more freely. Today, mini-skirts can worn from work to parties and everywhere in between.

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1950s: The knee-high boot There is no boot sexier than the knee-high, and we have American designer Beth Levine to thank for that. As the hemlines of skirts rose during the 1940s and 1950s, Levine argued that boots could be worn for more than just bad weather and work. Knee-high boots are now considered one of the sexiest shoes and transition perfectly from fall to winter and even spring.

1980s: Athletic shoes In the decade of the fitness craze and the debut of Air Jordans, it’s no surprise that a pair of athletic shoes like Air Jordans, Adidas or Reeboks were a musthave for every cool kid on the block — both male and female. Designers like Alexander Wang have embraced the sporty-chic look, and today sneakers are paired with everything from floral dresses and skirts to shorts and jeans.

1940s: Midi skirts As a result of the ongoing war in the 1940s, both Britain and the U.S. put restrictions on the amount of fabric that could be used to create a garment.

Less fabric caused hemlines to go up from calf-length to right below the knee. The mid-length skirt made a huge impression last fall and even became Kim Kardashian’s staple look. Pair the midi skirt with a crop top for a sexy yet elegant look.

1990s: Destroyed denim Denim was all the rage in the 1990s with everyone sporting denim jackets, shirts and overalls — sometimes all at once. However, nothing was as cool as the ripped jeans that rock stars like Kurt Cobain wore with their flannels. Distressed denim is perfect for both guys and girls and adds an instant cool factor to an otherwise basic outfit.

Pair them with sneakers for a casual look and heels — or dress shoes for guys — for a more chic style.

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Chris Gomez — Defender — Jamison, Pennsylvania Gomez, the 18th-ranked prospect by CSN, is the likely replacement for Jordan Murrell at left back. He plays similar to the former SU defender, noting his own knack to advance into the attacking third.

“My defending has improved a lot, but my attacking has always been my main attribute, going up and down the left side,” Gomez said.

SU’s top prospect has put on 14 pounds since Thanksgiving and has been working strictly on his leg strength with his trainer. On his own, he emphasizes everything else, including vertical jumping to improve his heading ability.

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“I’m definitely a player who likes the ball in the air,” Robinson said. “Maybe on corners (I’ll move forward), but I probably stay more in the center position like Skylar Thomas.”

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He stands 6 feet 3 inches, he said, and added that his height makes everything “10 times easier.” His ability in the air is what he called the strongest part of his game, and it’ll be something he relies on to try and be the starter in net for SU. “Obviously I have to fight for it and earn it, but I expect to do so,” Aviza said. “But it’ll be a battle and it’ll be well-fought.”

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Morgan Hackworth — Midfielder — Wallingford, Pennsylvania What Syracuse loses in midfielder Nick Perea and Stamoulacatos, it seems to be gaining in Hackworth.

The No. 140 prospect is a center midfielder who can play either defensive or attacking roles, though he hasn’t had much experience playing with five in the midfield as SU did this year.

Still, he said the reason he drew McIntyre’s attention was that he can be equally as effective right off the bat.

“I really like to get on the ball,” Hackworth said. “I’m usually that guy that’ll get it and play it off really quickly. When Ian watched me play, he really liked that about me. I also have a pretty strong voice.” mcschnei@syr.edu | @matt_schneidman

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Adnan Bakalovic — Forward — Syracuse, New York A local product, Bakalovic said that former Orange locals Alex Bono and Stefanos Stamoulacatos inspired him to stay close to home.

Bakalovic comes in as the 137th-ranked prospect in the class and enters a group of forwards that just lost Emil Ekblom. He said it’d be tough to crack the starting lineup but thinks he can get time behind Chris Nanco and Alex Halis.

Ekblom preferred receiving the ball with his back to goal, but the style that Bakalovic likes is a closer resemblance to the returning starters.

“I think the best part of my game is going at defenders on the dribble,” Bakalovic said in a text. “I can either go through the middle or go through the sides to take on defenders one-on-one.”

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gbinije His performance was by no means pristine.

Very little is in last-second wins against one of the worst teams in the ACC. He missed four of his first eight free throws, stalling an SU comeback fueled by VT turnovers and the foul trouble the Hokies had buried themselves in. The same man who was bringing the ball up the court with the game on the line was clanking freebies off the top of the rim, the

I’m really just trying to shoot like no one’s there.

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inside of it and even the backboard.

In the game’s final minute though, SU would get nothing from Christmas, Cooney or anyone else on the Orange. It got the ball from Virginia Tech and all of its points from Gbinije.

With 37 seconds left, he pounced into the middle of the lane, bounced off Jalen Hudson, drawing a foul and laid the ball in to close VT’s

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paduda After Paduda’s original injury in January 2013, he kept trying to play. He heavily wrapped his right ring finger and slid it into his glove before taking the field. The pain; however, failed to subside.

After numerous doctor visits after his freshman season, he didn’t have surgery to repair the

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lead to 70-68. Yet he threw the ensuing free throw off the right side of the rim, up away from the hoop and into Ahmed Hill’s hands.

“I’m really just trying to shoot like no one’s there,” Gbinije said.

But there were plenty of people there, thinking he’d just blown SU’s last best chance to beat a lowly Hokies team. His sprawling arms, though, kept the Hokies trapped for much of the final six minutes while his diving across the floor preserved SU possession with 3:16 remaining. Most importantly, Gbinije’s continuous slashing to the rim meant gutting Virginia Tech into the double bonus with 4:46 remaining.

And with 18.9 seconds left in the game, it also meant going to the charity stripe with a chance to tie the game in front of a crowd that’d mostly groaned in disappointment with him at the free-throw line.

His first hit the front rim, bounced off the backboard and dropped in to cut the Hokies’ lead to 70-69 with 18.9 seconds remaining. His second swished through the hoop, setting an ugly game up as his stage for heroics.

“We’re playing with three guys,” Boeheim said. “And that’s hard to do in college basketball.” jmklinge@syr.edu | @Jacob_Klinger_

ligaments until March 2014. The injury sidelined him for the entirety of last season, changing Paduda’s role on the team from competitor to cheerleader of fellow faceoff specialist, Chris Daddio. “(Chris and I) were working really hard to restore our team’s faith in us after the national championship game,” Paduda said. “I would still talk to Chris on the sidelines during games about what the other guy was doing and what

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virginia tech as the ACC’s third-best 3-point shooting team — utilized the gaping hole at the freethrow line.

It was a hole big enough for Justin Bibbs to consistently sit in and Jalen Hudson to consistently knife through, and it helped Virginia Tech stay within four at the half.

Then out of the break, the Hokies traded the high post for the 3-point line and reverted to its usual ways. VT made its first six 3s of the frame which helped it build a sizable lead as the game wound down.

“In a 2-3 zone you can’t take everything away, pretty much any defense you can’t take everything away,” SU guard Trevor Cooney said. “... You want to force them into (the high post) but you don’t want to give them open 3s.”

Yet Syracuse never had to figure out how to stop the Hokies in their halfcourt sets. Instead, the Orange sped up the game with its full-court press and Cooney summed up the tactical change in 20 words.

“We weren’t really making shots ...”

SU shot 1-of-12 from 3 in the second half, many of which were open looks.

was working for him.

“The only thing I could really do was help

It’s not my job to worry about (playing time).

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support Chris.”

Several weeks after surgery, it was clear that the doctor’s suggestion of three months of inactivity would not nearly be enough time. Paduda couldn’t hold a stick in his right hand without pain.

“... we needed something to help go our way ...”

The Orange already has seven losses with three coming in the conference, and falling to an unranked opponent could be the last straw on the optimal March plans. “... and to jumpstart that normally, you press.”

Bingo.

Boeheim started cycling in players — Patterson, B.J. Johnson and Tyler Roberson repeatedly ran from the bench to the scorer’s table in the final five minutes — to keep the defense fresh and SU remarkably put itself in position to win. A four-point spurt from Gbinije then made the all-out effort worthwhile.

In the locker room after the game, Syracuse players shoveled popcorn into their mouths while they recounted a five-minute stretch that, for now, keeps their season intact.

In the end, the win was quite a show.

“I’ve been in a lot of games and I’m probably going to overstate this,” Boeheim said. “But the way we were, where we were, they got four guards out there and we’re a little bit tired.

“This comeback ranks up there with any that I’ve ever been a part of.” jcdoug01@syr.edu | @dougherty_jesse

He said the frustration continued to mount, with the looming thought that he would need another surgery. He credited his mother for spearheading the effort to find the right doctor who properly operated on Paduda’s injured ligaments.

As a lacrosse coach of 20 years, she knew just how inhibiting the lingering hand pain of her son was.

“When you’re rehabbing and you can’t use your hands, you have to do other things to put yourself in a position to compete for the next season,” said Deb Paduda, his mother. “Your head has to be in it to do what you can to contribute.”

After being cleared by his doctor just weeks ago, Paduda is back at full strength. In Syracuse’s scrimmages against Towson and Bucknell on Saturday, Paduda went a combined 8-for-10 at the X. Williams, however, is going to be Desko’s first option at the faceoff X. Paduda’s not concerned with how much playing time he’ll get right now; he’s just glad to be in the conversation about who could get playing time.

“It’s not my job to worry about (playing time),” Paduda said. “It’s my job to control what I can, like my attitude and my work ethic and how much I put into it.

“I’m just really excited to start.” cjgrossma@syr.edu | @connorgrossman

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postgame playbook the big three Here are three observations from Syracuse’s narrow victory over Virginia Tech on Tuesday.

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pressed for time Down as many as 13 points with over six minutes to play, Syracuse jumped into a full-court press that brought it roaring back into the game. SU forward Michael Gbinije was particularly instrumental in the comeback, harassing VT’s guards in the backcourt and kickstarting a sped-up game that played into the Orange’s hand.

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zoning out Whether it was operating in the high post or shooting the 3, Virginia Tech had no trouble bending Syracuse’s 2-3 zone. VT guard Justin Bibbs was particularly effective in the high post throughout the game. And after not shooting many 3s due to an extended zone in the first half, VT made its first six 3s of the second to build a sizable cushion late in the game. Up until the Orange pressed for most of the last five minutes, its patented zone was scrambling for Hokies and answers before its comeback efforts took flight.

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missed opportunity Virginia Tech ran with a five-guard lineup for the last 5:18 of the first half and SU was only able to build a meek four-point lead. VT’s small lineup included guards Justin Bibbs and Ahmed Hill pretending to be a frontcourt. Six-foot-3 guard Malik Muller was defending the 6-foot-9 Rakeem Christmas. But aside from an emphatic two-handed dunk, Christmas didn’t take advantage of the mismatches and VT continued to find success inside.

In a game that stayed close from start to finish, the Orange missed a gift-wrapped opportunity to pull away.

I thought Rak got fouled on every play and they’re just not calling it.

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This comeback ranks up there with any I’ve been a part of.

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steals Syracuse turned up the pressure late,

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forcing the Hokies into multiple turnovers that led to the Orange’s 12 steals on the night.

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The junior forward took over for Syracuse down the stretch, scoring the final six points of the game. After making two free throws to tie it with 21 seconds left, he drained a floater with 0.1 seconds left to clinch Syracuse’s win.

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3-point % Virginia Tech went 9-of-18 from

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bench points Ron Patterson and B.J. Johnson

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3, including making its first six attempts from behind the arc in the second half against SU.

certainly didn’t please Jim Boeheim off the bench and VT’s bench outscored SU’s by 36.

After 22 games you have to look at the numbers and say you can’t make it. I can shoot 15 percent. I’m 70 years old.

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Syracuse’s press erases VT lead, sets up Gbinije

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IMPRESSIVE

By Jesse Dougherty staff writer

I

t was almost all for nothing.

Syracuse was scrambling and sweating for more than five minutes, but its go-for-broke full-court press still left it down two points with 19 seconds to go.

At that point, the Orange had exhausted all of its options and the game came down to two Michael Gbinije free throws, a backcourt violation and a Gbinije floater that gave SU the final lead of the game and sent the Carrier Dome crowd into an full-on frenzy.

And while Gbinije’s last four points were the punctuation mark

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We started getting the loose balls, they started turning the ball over and we started getting in transition.

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of a 13-point comeback in the guts of the game, a concerted defensive effort made it all possible.

“To make those plays was, I think, it was incredible,” SU head coach Jim Boeheim said. “... It wasn’t just smooth.”

Syracuse (15-7, 6-3 Atlantic Coast) forced eight turnovers in the final 5:31 of the game and edged Virginia Tech (9-13, 1-8) for a 72-70 win on Tuesday night. By pressing from around the six-minute mark to the end of the game, the Orange buried its defensive deficiencies and forced

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MICHAEL GBINIJE elevates for the game-winning shot that pushed SU past Virginia Tech on Tuesday night in the Carrier Dome. He tied for the team lead with 18 points in the game. chase gaewski staff photographer

the Hokies into a pace they couldn’t play at.

“When we turned the press on, it turned us up,” SU guard Ron Patterson said. “... We started getting the loose balls, they started turning the ball over and we started getting

in transition.”

But in the 34 minutes before Syracuse jumped into its press, it could do nothing to stop the Hokies in the halfcourt.

The Orange successfully erased Virginia Tech’s shooters by extend-

ing the top of its 2-3 zone in the first half, but created a more reliable scoring option in the process.

Instead of forcing shots over SU’s scrambling guards, the Hokies — who came into Tuesday’s game see virginia

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Rakeem Christmas was covered and Michael Gbinije’s first look was gone. He was the second.

Driving right to left across the top of the key, with the game tied and Devin Wilson blanketing him, Gbinije stopped on his left foot and spun to the left.

Both of Wilson’s hands were up and between Gbinije’s elbows. But neither could reach Gbinije or the game-winning shot he was about to drain in front of the Syracuse student section to win the game with a tenth of a second left.

“One of the best plays in that situation that I’ve seen,” SU head coach Jim Boeheim said.

Boeheim’s in his 39th season coaching the Orange. The play capped the 963rd win of his career and clinched a contest, 72-70, for SU (15-7, 6-3 Atlantic Coast) over Virginia Tech (9-13, 1-8) in which Rakeem Christmas was limited below his high standards. Trevor Cooney was misfiring, too. And while Syracuse remains without enough scoring options to do anything comfortably, its third, Gbinije, was the winning one.

His 18 points, seven assists and four steals kept Syracuse close with the Hokies when the hosts struggled, even when the visitors couldn’t miss 3s and put SU in front at the last possible moment.

“It was just scratch-and-claw mentality,” Gbinije said.

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men’s lacrosse

Paduda readies for return to X after recovering from hand injury

By Connor Grossman asst. copy editor

Cal Paduda couldn’t take faceoffs anymore. Any resistance on his right hand, he had to drop the stick.

“I was playing defense on Matt Walters in practice,” Paduda said. “I

was running down with him and I pushed out against him and I felt a really weird feeling in my hand.

“I thought it was broken.”

Every MRI came up negative, so he played his entire freshman year with what he thought was a bad bruise on his finger. He wouldn’t find out for a

year that his bruise was actually torn ligaments that were supposed to hold his knuckle in place.

Two surgeries and months of chronic pain forced Paduda to take on a different role for Syracuse, providing moral support and advice for his teammates while he rehabbed. When

the redshirt sophomore debuts this season, it’ll be his first game action since the 2013 NCAA championship.

The hiatus in game action for Paduda put him at a disadvantage in competing with transfer Ben Williams to be SU’s primary faceoff specialist, but head coach John Desko

spoke highly of how far Paduda’s come.

“The lack of learning a new technique and not getting any practice hurt him,” Desko said. “… For Cal to turn around with such little practice time to get himself in a two-, three-spot right now has been pretty impressive.”

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