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SU SELF-IMPOSES POSTSEASON BAN TIMELINE Here’s a look at a timeline of events leading up to SU’s announcement of a self-imposed postseason ban:

2007 SU self-reported potential athletic department violations to the NCAA. The school also took a series of steps to strengthen existing policies.

MARCH 2012 SU declared former center Fab Melo ineligible for the NCAA Tournament. Melo sat out part of the season due to an academic issue.

JANUARY 2013 Former forward James Southerland sat out six games for an academic issue.

He later returned and helped lead SU to a Final Four.

OCTOBER 2014 SU officials and coaches appeared before the NCAA Committee on Infractions regarding both men’s basketball and football.

FEBRUARY 2015 JIM BOEHEIM and the SU men’s basketball team won’t play in the postseason as a result of a one-year self-imposed ban. Boeheim said in a statement he is disappointed, but supportive of the decision to impose the ban, which was announced Wednesday. logan reidsma asst. photo editor

By Justin Mattingly asst. news editor

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yracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud announced Wednesday the university has self-imposed a one-year postseason ban for the men’s basketball 2014–15 season as part of its case pending before the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

The ban includes the Atlantic

Coast Conference tournament and any additional postseason tournaments, including the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament and the National Invitational Tournament. Syverud said the decision was made in consultation with the Board of Trustees Athletics Committee and with the support of Director of Athletics Daryl Gross and men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim.

The university initiated the case

when it self-reported potential violations within the Athletics Department to the NCAA in 2007, according to an SU News release. None of the conduct occurred after 2012 and no current student-athlete is involved, according to the release.

“I am disappointed for our current men’s basketball players who must shoulder this post-season ban as a result of things that occurred years ago,” Syverud said in the release. “We

have taken responsibility for past violations and worked hard to ensure they are not repeated.”

Syverud said SU has taken the matter seriously and worked with the NCAA for nearly eight years to investigate and address potential rules violations. He added that the voluntary sanctions are “consistent with those imposed on other NCAA schools in similar cases.” see investigation page 4

SU self-imposes a one-year postseason ban for the 2014–15 men’s basketball season as part of its pending case with the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

TOURNAMENT TICKETS Those who have already purchased tickets for this year’s ACC tournament through the Carrier Dome Box Office can request a refund starting Thursday morning, SU Athletics announced Wednesday night.

Former professor files disability lawsuit against university

By Jessica Iannetta staff writer

A former Syracuse University professor who claims she was “unlawfully terminated” because she took multiple leaves of absence due to disability and pregnancy is now suing the university.

Elizabeth Fowler was a tenure-track, associate professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Foundation until last January, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in November.

The two sides filed documents last week outlining a timeline for the case

and indicating they would be open to discussing the possibility of settlement.

In the lawsuit, Fowler says she has suffered from a compressed nerve since October 2011, which caused nerve pain and also exacerbated her previously diagnosed clinical depression, according to

the lawsuit. These disabilities and two previous pregnancy leaves led to Fowler being harassed, treated unfairly, discriminated against and eventually “constructively fired” by SU, the lawsuit states.

Prior to her disability, Fowler always received positive perfor-

mance reviews and merit raises, according to the lawsuit.

In its response to the complaint, SU denies Fowler received positive performance reviews and merit raises. The university also says Fowler was not discriminated see lawsuit page 6

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THIRSTY thursday | founders black rye

Dark beer tastes bitter, leaves burnt aftertaste

By Ben Glidden contributing writer

I popped the cap on the Founders Black Rye on Super Bowl Sunday. I honestly didn’t expect the beer to live up to the excitement of the Seahawks–Patriots matchup that was captivating America.

Some of the well-known Founders beers have names like Curmudgeon Old Ale, Double Trouble and Devil Dancer, so I didn’t expect a name like Black Rye to pack a unique punch.

However, I was immediately intrigued when I poured the beer into a glass and saw that it was black in color.

I love dark beers. I love how thick and frothy they can be, and I love the strong flavors.

But this wasn’t what I expected upon taking my first sip.

Firstly, it wasn’t frothy like other dark beers and it didn’t have the typical flavor that I expected. In fact, it tasted more like an India Pale Ale than a stout.

After a quick Google search, I

learned that this beer is similar to dark IPAs, which have been rising in popularity over the last few years.

Founders just released this beer in January to capitalize on that popularity.

Personally, I wasn’t a fan.

While the beer is fairly complex, the rye and barley flavors tend to overpower what I like most about it — the grapefruit taste followed by a coffee-like finish. There was simply a bitter, burnt flavor that lingered unpleasantly on the roof of my mouth.

But if you enjoy a good IPA, the Founders Black Rye might be the beer for you.

It offers a different, yet familiar flavor that could appeal to you, and I recommend giving it a try before it goes off the shelves at the end of March.

Although I wasn’t the biggest fan of this beer, the bold and spicy flavors of my Buffalo wing dip and salsas balanced it out, making it a welcomed companion to my Super Bowl viewing party. biglidde@syr.edu

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Founders Black Rye is similar to dark IPAs, which have been rising in popularity over the last few years. Founders just released this beer in January. keegan barber staff photographer

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Forums to be held for search Search for library dean seeks student input

By Brigid Kennedy staff writer

(FROM LEFT) DEBORAH BIAL AND DAVID L. JACKSON talk in a classroom in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Bial, the president of the Posse Foundation, visited campus Wednesday to meet with Posse scholars for the first time. frankie prijatel photo editor

Posse president visits, speaks with scholars

By Brett Samuels news editor

The president of the Posse Foundation, which provides students with full, four-year scholarships to colleges and universities, met with Syracuse University Posse scholars for the first time on Wednesday.

President Deborah Bial talked with Posse scholars about the work they’ve been doing on the SU campus and in the community. Bial had lunch at the Chancellor’s House before watching scholars perform songs and present their work in a classroom in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

She then mingled with the scholars in attendance for about an hour.

Bial was originally scheduled to visit campus on Jan. 26, but was unable to make it due to a snowstorm in New York City.

Bial is constantly visiting campuses that support Posse programs, she said, but Wednesday was her first time meeting with current SU scholars in a personal setting.

“I loved them,” she said. “I’m proud of them, I’m impressed by them. It

re-inspires me about our scholars.”

A main purpose of Bial’s visit was to support the relationship between Posse and SU, and to acknowledge the new leadership on campus, she said. In addition, Bial said she wanted to hear about what’s been happening on campus and celebrate the partnership between the school and the foundation.

WHAT IS POSSE: The Posse Foundation provides full, four-year scholarships to four-year colleges and universities. Students are recruited from public schools in 10 cities, including Miami, Los Angeles, Boston and Atlanta.

Last semester, SU announced that for the 2015-16 year it would reduce the number of Posses it supports from three — in Miami, Los Angeles and Atlanta — to two, eliminating the Los Angeles Posse. The university also announced it will only maintain its Atlanta Posse for next year, while keeping the Miami Posse in the long term. The continuing Posses will each support 10 new students. Many

students, including current Posse scholars, protested the changes and the way they were announced.

Bial said knowing the way students reacted last semester to the changes played a role in her and other Posse Foundation leaders visiting campus.

“We totally wanted to be here and hear more about what students care about, what they dream of and hope for and wish for and to talk more with the administration,” she said.

She added that she’s supportive of the decisions of the SU administration, and she values the partnership between the university and Posse, regardless of how many Posses SU supports.

“As long as they’re a partner, we’re happy,” she said.

Some Posse Scholars who met with Bial Wednesday said the day gave them a chance to meet with the person largely responsible for their college experience.

David L. Jackson, a sophomore from Miami majoring in history and secondary education, said Bial changed his life. Meeting with her Wednesday was an opportunity to show her the work he’s been doing in

the SU community, Jackson said.

Jackson and four other Posse scholars told Bial and other scholars about Project G.R.I.N.D., a program in which the five scholars mentor young men on the city’s west side.

Ryan Bolton, a freshman engineering major from Atlanta, said it was amazing to see how Bial is as a person, having never met her before.

Her visit showed her commitment to each of the scholars, he said.

“It means a lot to me because you don’t really see people like this so far up in the ranks, you just know them and they don’t really know you,” he said.

“But she’s made a commitment to know each and every one of us personally.”

At the end of the afternoon’s events, Bial said goodbye to the scholars who were still in the Newhouse classroom, taking pictures with them and telling them to stay in touch by emailing her or calling her.

As she prepared to leave, Bial and the scholars agreed the day was a success.

“I’m leaving happy because the scholars are great and the school was so welcoming,” Bial said. blsamuel@syr.edu | @Brett_Samuels27

A series of open forums will be held in search for a new dean of the Syracuse University Libraries.

The forums, created and sponsored by a special search committee composed of students, staff and faculty, are designed to poll students on their vision for the libraries, their ideas for future opportunities and their desired leadership qualities in a dean of libraries.

The first forum will be held Friday from 1–2 p.m. in the Hillyer Room in Bird Library.

The goal of the forums is to understand how students use the library currently, and then decide how to improve upon and add to that experience. Forums will also be held for faculty and staff.

Deborah Pellow, a professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and chair of the University Senate Committee on see library page 6

do round-up Here is a round-up of the top stories published in The Daily Orange this week: NEWS DARK GIRLS WORKSHOP Female students from Danforth Middle School have engaged with mentors from SU in activities including art, poetry and dance focused on representations of black girlhood.

PULP IN INK In the past year, students have re-established the publications The Renegade and The Black Voice, which focus on the black community at Syracuse University.

SPORTS NEW REQUIREMENTS AFFECT JUCO Junior college football players are now required to have a 2.5 GPA to transfer to a Division I school, which is affecting the landscape of D-I. See dailyorange.com for ourfull list of stories.

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investigation “I am very disappointed that our basketball team will miss the opportunity to play in the postseason this year,” Boeheim said in the release.

“We are all tremendously disappointed that we are going to miss out on playing in the postseason based on issues that do not involve us,” said SU men’s basketball captains Rakeem Christmas, Trevor Cooney and Michael Gbinije in a statement. “However, we support our school and this won’t change how hard we will continue to work in practice and in games.”

I am very disappointed that our basketball team will miss the opportunity to play in the postseason this year.

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Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs, said SU had previously notified the NCAA of the self-imposed ban. SU completed a two-day hearing before the NCAA Committee on Infractions in October 2014. SU head football coach Scott Shafer attended the hearing, as well as Boeheim. It remains unclear what violations the football program may have committed.

Emily James, associate director of public and media relations for the NCAA, said in an email that the organization is unable to comment on pending, ongoing or potential investigations.

SU student athletes were sent an email at 5:05 p.m., about 10 minutes before Syverud

made the announcement, on behalf of Gross informing them of the self-imposed ban.

ACC commissioner John Swofford said in a statement the conference is “fully supportive of Syracuse and its decision to self-impose sanctions by removing themselves from any men’s basketball postseason opportunities.”

“They’ve been cooperative throughout the NCAA process, and I commend Chancellor Syverud and the Syracuse University leadership for taking this proactive step,” Swofford said.

The Syracuse men’s basketball team is currently 15-7 with a 6-3 record in ACC play. The last time SU missed the postseason entirely was the 1992–93 season, when the team was being sanctioned by the NCAA. SU was allowed to play in the Big East tournament that year.

The 1992–93 NCAA sanctions included: 2-year probation; no basketball postseason play for a year; loss of one scholarship for two years; restrictions in off-campus recruiting and oncampus visits by recruits; cuts in scholarships for three sports; and disassociation of boosters.

Syverud said in the release that not participating in postseason play will be “disappointing” for Orange supporters.

“Every Division I program faces challenges and while this is a tough decision for the university and its students, faculty, staff and fans, it helps to close this particular chapter and allows us to focus on the future,” said Faculty Athletics Representative and Falk Distinguished Professor of Sport Management Rick Burton in the release. He directed all further questions to Quinn.

“We have taken responsibility for past violations and worked hard to ensure they are not repeated,” Syverud said in the release. jmatting@syr.edu | @jmattingly306

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artmouth College recently released a statement that bans the presence of hard alcohol, along with other changes to school policy, in an effort to curb the party-school image that Dartmouth has held in the past.

Due to protests by the student body and through research of similar policies, Dartmouth administration outlined a plan that addresses three main points, including eliminating hard alcohol on campus, addressing sexual assault cases and improving inclusivity, according to John Damianos, a student active in the Moving Dartmouth Forward movement.

Students don’t tend to like being told what to do, but now there is a heightened awareness about the issue.

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Research by the Moving Dartmouth Forward campaign guided the decision-making and planning of President Philip Hanlon, said Barbara Will, a professor at Dartmouth and a member of the campaign that Hanlon’s plan was focused on.

One of the major forces behind the decision to ban hard alcohol came from research done by the committee that focuses on alcohol policies on other college campuses and the reduction of the number of alcohol-related medical transports to the hospital, Will said.

However, students have had mixed reactions about various parts of the plan, and the largest outcry has been against the hard alcohol ban, Damianos said.

“Students don’t tend to like being told what to do, but now there is a heightened awareness about the issue,” said Rob McClung, a profes-

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Dartmouth College bans hard alcohol on campus in effort to minimize party culture

sor at Dartmouth.

Damianos added that students should look at the research that went into the decision, saying, “I am encouraging students to look at the eight months of research of the steering committee.”

One other very important change that will be taking place at Dartmouth by the fall of 2016 is a drastic change to the residential areas at the school. The college will be making adjustments to better transition from freshman year cluster housing to more of a sense of community and better learning environments as upperclassmen, Damianos said.

“We envision a campus that is more inclusive, where faculty and grad students play more influential roles in the lives of undergraduates, where students learn and grow outside the classroom and where we have more options for social life and community interaction,” Hanlon said in his speech addressing the changes in policy at the Ivy League school.

When it comes to addressing sexual assault on campus, comprehensive four-year sexual assault prevention programs will be a mandatory requirement for all students at Dartmouth. In addition, all faculty and staff will be trained to be first-responders in which they will be able to assist students in the event that they need it, as well as other crisis centers and online programs designed to inform and benefit students, Damianos said.

Another aspect of the plan that Hanlon has set in motion is the idea of strengthening academic rigor on campus, which, contrary to the popular student belief, does not mean making classes harder, Damianos said.

This idea stems from the idea that the social scenes that students are involved with at night are affecting their ability to perform in the daytime. This plan does not mean making classes more intense or difficult for students, but it could mean potentially moving desirable or more difficult classes to earlier times of day in an effort to prevent students from putting their social lives ahead of their academic ones, Damianos said. eemcdona@syr.edu

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lawsuit against because of her disability or pregnancy leaves. Fowler was deemed a “voluntary quit” because she refused to do her job, according to the response. In December, SU asked that the lawsuit be dismissed.

Fowler is representing herself in the lawsuit. She declined to comment at this time.

Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs, said in an email that he can’t comment on pending lawsuits. The university has “very strong policies” on non-discrimination in employment, he added.

Possible discrimination law violations Fowler’s lawsuit claims the university’s treatment of her violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, the New York Human Rights Act and a section of the Civil Rights Act that deals with pregnancy discrimination.

Last January, Fowler contacted the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a federal agency responsible for enforcing laws about workplace discrimination, concerning

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library Libraries, said she thinks the forums are a great idea — the library needs new direction.

“The library is core to the enterprise of the university,” Pellow said. “It’s a community building, whether you’re talking about learning or doing research.”

Former Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina put the committee together at the end

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her treatment at SU, according to a letter sent to the commission and included in the lawsuit.

In reviewing Fowler’s complaint, the commission said it couldn’t establish that SU had violated federal law. This however, does not mean that SU is necessarily in compliance with the law, according to the letter.

The university claims Fowler does not have a qualified disability under the ADA and New York Human Rights Act, according to its response.

SU did not have an ADA coordinator prior to last semester. The university appointed an interim coordinator in November after THE General Body, a coalition of student organizations, held a sit-in and included the hiring of a permanent ADA coordinator in its document of demands and grievances.

A search for a permanent ADA coordinator is currently underway, Quinn said, and the university expects to hire someone “very, very soon.”

ing her for tenure and continued employment.

Fowler underwent neck surgery in March 2012 for the compressed nerve but continued to experience complications, so she asked that the 2011–12 school year not be counted against her when she was being evaluated for tenure. SU granted this request, according to the lawsuit.

Fowler had also previously asked that the 2008–09 and 2010–11 school years not be counted in her tenure evaluation because she was on parental leave, according to the lawsuit.

During this time, Fowler was never able to fully recover from her compressed nerve due to unsuccessful surgery and so she asked for and received disability leave for the fall 2013 semester, according to the lawsuit.

Disagreement over contracts

During her time at SU, Fowler asked for and received multiple leaves of absence due to her disability and her pregnancies. In the lawsuit, she claims this was held against her in evaluat-

Fowler and the university disagree about the types of contracts Fowler had with SU and about the way Fowler ultimately left the university.

In April 2013, Fowler’s department recommended the dean not renew Fowler’s appointment. Fowler claims that her annual contract and tenure-track position were terminated at this time, according to the lawsuit, and that she

of last semester. Its goal has been to agree on a manner of conducting the search process, said Jeffrey Stanton, chair of the search committee and interim dean of the School of Information Studies, in an email.

“The first order of business for the search committee has been to develop a consensus on the processes we plan to use — such as how we gather information from the campus — to conduct the search process,” Stanton said.

Ideally, those who attend the forums will

have a genuine interest in the SU libraries and how they can facilitate education and research at the university, he added.

Stanton said deans should also be knowledgeable as to the trajectory of their fields so they can better plan for the future.

In the case of the libraries, the search committee feels that the new dean should be a professional librarian with experience in research librarianship from a research institution, according to a February 2015 report

Leaves of absences

was only placed back on the tenure-track after she obtained legal counsel. In its response, SU denies that her contract and tenure-track position were terminated, though it does admit being contacted by Fowler’s lawyer.

Following disability leave in Fall 2013, Fowler was cleared to return to SU for the spring semester. While Fowler’s lawyer was still negotiating a contract with SU, she was assigned to teach two classes, which had enrollments of four and five students, respectively, according to the lawsuit.

After she refused to attend the first day of classes because she didn’t have a contract, SU canceled the two classes and told students it was because of low enrollment, according to the lawsuit. In its response, SU said the classes were canceled because of Fowler’s refusal to teach them.

On Jan. 15, 2014, Fowler was told she would not be granted research leave for the semester.

With no classes to teach and no research leave, SU had “constructively fired” the defendant, according to the lawsuit. That same day, SU told Fowler she was being “separated due to job abandonment,” according to the lawsuit. jliannet@syr.edu | @JessicaIannetta

submitted by Pellow on behalf of the Senate Committee on the Library.

The report also states that the new dean should be dedicated to providing the best services and amenities needed by faculty and students, both graduate and undergraduate.

“What we need is someone who cares and understands librarianship,” Pellow said. “And we need somebody who’s got some kind of a history of success and some kind of vision.” brkenned@syr.edu

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Ban will allow SU to move forward Syracuse University’s self-imposed sanction on the men’s basketball team may not be well received by fans, but is a wise decision for the SU basketball program as a whole.

On Wednesday, Chancellor Kent Syverud announced a ban that will bar the team from postseason play in the 2014–15 season as a part of the case pending before the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

The case began in 2007 when the university self-reported possible infractions in the athletics department. The case has been ongoing for eight years; SU taking this step helps to put the matter in the past. Syverud indicated that the university believes, “these sanctions are consistent with those imposed on other

NCAA schools in similar cases.”

This ruling is upsetting to fans, but it comes during a less than stellar season. The fact is the team is currently 15-7, and has yet to face some of its most challenging opponents. As a result, the hopes that SU would advance far in tournament play have not been as high as they have been in years past.

The violations that are being looked into took place years ago. No infractions occurred after 2012 and no current members of the team are involved, according to the university.

While this decision may be best for SU’s basketball program as a whole, it is certainly unfair for the individuals who have to pay the price for mistakes that are not their own.

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SU men’s basketball captains Rakeem Christmas, Trevor Cooney and Michael Gbinije released a joint statement to expressing their disappointment, and went on to assure the fans that this ruling, “won’t change how hard (they) will continue to work in practice and in games.”

It is rare for a school of such athletic prominence to take ownership of its past mistakes on this scale. Some have speculated that it is being done to lessen the severity of the impending punishment the NCAA will hand down.

By getting this sanction out of the way, the men’s basketball program can move forward to a brighter future and won’t have to play with impending doom hanging above its players’ heads.

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Businesses should capitalize on want for more eco-friendly products

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ast week Chipotle launched a promotion of its “Sofritas,” a tofu-based vegan option.

Customers who added Sofritas to their meal on Jan. 26 could return with in the next month and get a free burrito, bowl or salad of any protein option as long as they had their receipt to prove the Sofritas purchase. The negative environmental impact of the meat and dairy industries has been widely documented, making the nature of this promotion environmentally exciting itself.

The promotion was a tremendous success. A Jan. 27 blog from Slate.com detailed how the only downfall of the promotion was that it was so popular many locations ran out of the Sofritas. From personal experience, some locations where this occurred still awarded the signed receipt if it was conveyed that the original intent was to try the Sofritas.

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AZOR COLE DARE TO BE A FORCE OF NATURE

Chipotle exemplified how businesses can further its environmental sustainability, both in image and in practice, while increasing sales. More businesses should follow suit.

“When we created Sofritas, our goal was to create a delicious vegetarian option, but we quickly learned that it also appeals to many of our non-vegetarian customers,” explained Chipotle’s chief marketing and development officer Mark Crumpacker in a release about the recent promotion.

Another company having success is Beyond Meat, a food company that produces 100 percent plant-based meat substitutes. According to its website, Beyond Meat’s “vision is 25 percent reduced meat consumption Asst. News Editor Justin Mattingly Asst. News Editor Sara Swann Asst. News Editor Lydia Wilson Asst. Feature Editor Jacob Gedetsis Asst. Feature Editor Kait Hobson Asst. Sports Editor Sam Blum Asst. Sports Editor Matt Schneidman Asst. Photo Editor Isabella Barrionuevo Asst. Photo Editor Logan Reidsma Design Editor Sydney Golden Design Editor Matthew Hankin Design Editor Chloe Meister Design Editor Katherine Sotelo Asst. Copy Editor Jake Cappuccino Asst. Copy Editor Alex Erdekian Asst. Copy Editor Connor Grossman Asst. Copy Editor Danny Mantooth Asst. Copy Editor Paul Schwedelson Asst. Copy Editor Georgie Silvarole

by 2020.” Beyond Meat is leading the way into the profitable new field of meat substitutes.

If you think this is an industry for free loving hippies exclusively, you could not be more mistaken. Randy Komisar, a partner at the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield Breyers has backed Facebook, Google and now Beyond Meat.

“Frankly, we’ve never been interested in food. What we’re interested in is big problems needing solutions, because they represent big potential markets and strong opportunities for building great returns,” Komisar said in April 2014 The New York Times article.

Living sustainably is undoubtedly positive, and it can be a strong motivator that companies should, ethically, tap into. Still, much responsibility falls on the consumer to determine if these tactics are genuine. Many people are familiar with the term “greenwashing.”It is

the idea that companies will brand their products as being “green” or “sustainable” but they do so only in order to make a profit. In reality their practices are in no way environmentally beneficial.

For example, as reported by a 2013 International Business Times article, uninformed consumers might see Coca-Cola’s PlantBottle advertisement, promoting new 30 percent plant-based packaging coupled with stereotypical eco-friendly imagery and believe that indeed Coca-Cola was helping the environment. They might even buy the product. However, if those people were to read to fine print, they would see that this bottle did in no way benefit the environment.

Most companies do a better job covering their ugly secrets but, if there is one thing to take away, it is that eventually they will be exposed. It is in the best interest of companies to operate with trans-

parency. It is much better to be honest about the environmentally positive practices that do exist than to exaggerate the magnitude of those that don’t.

But, back to Chipotle. This a business that is thriving, one that has carved out success in the “better for you than McDonalds, Burger King and so on,” fast food niche and one whose customers are willing to pay more for food that is both healthier and better for the planet.

It will be imperative for our generation to understand that adopting sustainable practices, if marketed correctly, can and will drive business. We’ve all heard of corporate social responsibility. Let’s call this corporate environmental responsibility, and let’s make it the norm.

Azor Cole is a junior public relations major and geography minor.

His column appears weekly. He can be reached at azcole@syr.edu and followed on Twitter at @azor_cole.

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Shafer discusses academics of committed, decommitted recruits

SU introduces recruiting Class of 2015 on Signing Day, continues push to improve from 3-9 season

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Shafer said that in the last couple years, he and his fellow coaches have asked themselves, “Why can’t we get New Jersey guys?”

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yracuse head coach Scott Shafer discussed his 2015 recruiting class Wednesday afternoon with the media for the first time. Among the most talkedabout topics were SU’s incoming defensive linemen, the effect George McDonald’s departure had and will have on recruiting, and the Orange’s return to attracting prospects from New Jersey.

Up front Syracuse hauled in seven defensive linemen in its Class of 2015, the most of any position group. Most notable from the crop, though, were Millburn (New Jersey) defensive end Jake Pickard and Brindlee Mountain (Alabama) defensive tackle Steven Clark.

Both are rated three stars by Scout.com, and Shafer name-dropped them first when listing off the handful of recruits he brought in on the defensive line, which he called the hardest to recruit.

Shafer said the late interest in Clark proved a challenge for SU, as Ole Miss and Florida emerged as contenders, but defensive line coach Tim Daoust said Clark’s true character showed when affirming his pledge to the Orange.

“Elated to get Steven Clark,” Daoust said in a Cuse.com video released Wednesday. “I think he’s going to come in here and be a leader on and off the field, could be a cornerstone of our defensive line for a long, long time inside there.”

With Pickard, Syracuse had to fight off Wisconsin and Michigan, but was able to do so to snag the 6-foot-6, 231-pound lineman.

Shafer noted how he sent a message to Pickard when he committed to the Badgers and that if anything happened down the road, the high school senior could give Shafer a call.

So when Gary Andersen bolted from Wisconsin for the head coach job at Oregon State, Pickard called Shafer to resume talks.

And even when former San Francisco 49ers coach and current UM head coach Jim Harbaugh went after Pickard, the prospect stayed with SU. “I think it’s a huge pickup,” wide receivers coach Bobby Acosta said in a Cuse.com video released Wednesday. “… especially (since) he’s one of the top defensive ends in New Jersey.”

COMING SOON Syracuse introduced its recruiting Class of 2015 on Wednesday after receiving signed letters of intent from its commits. Here’s a look at the group as a whole.

QUARTERBACK

By Sam Blum asst. sports editor

Scott Shafer asked his director of recruiting operations, Eric White, to compile the GPA of the 25 newly signed players on Wednesday morning. He came back with an average GPA of over 3.0, a number that Shafer proudly boasted.

“We wanted to find kids of intelligence,” Shafer, the Syracuse head coach, said. “We really scrutinized the transcripts and the test scores.”

But when the topic shifted to the players that weren’t there — those that had decommitted or left the class — academics was once again at the forefront during his National Signing Day press conference at the Iocolano-Petty Football Wing on Wednesday.

Shafer was asked about the two players, Gerald Robinson and West Lindor, who decommitted from the class because they claimed that the coaches didn’t reach out to them or call them back for months at a time.

Shafer became defensive with the question, saying he was there to talk about the committed players only, and that the media often doesn’t hear the coaches’ side of those stories.

“Our side of the story will be we’ll try to recruit the kids that best fit and reach the standards and expectations that we put out there for them,” Shafer said. “And if those standards fall short, when bars are set, when kids are committed early to you, and say A, B and C need to be met by fall semester. And when A, B and C aren’t met, you

That wasn’t the case this year, as the Garden State gave the Orange its most commits from any state. Pickard, running back Dontae Strickland, cornerback Daivon Ellison, defensive end Kenny Carter and defensive tackle Anthony Giudice Jr. all pledged to SU from the state.

Acosta gets the most credit for capturing recruits in the state of New Jersey, as his former coaching position at The College of New Jersey has helped him develop relationships in the area.

“Bobby Acosta’s been a big asset. He’s from there, he understands it,” Shafer said. “The respect factor for Bobby Acosta in that state was huge.”

Daoust mentioned how in the “hay day” of Syracuse football, the core recruits came from New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Shafer noted that SU made it a priority to return to prominence in New Jersey, and that it did.

Said Daoust: “To get a core group of New Jersey kids, I think it just opens that pipeline for the future.”

McDonald’s farm When former offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach George McDonald left for North Carolina State, Syracuse lost its primary recruiter in the south Florida area.

Keivonnis Davis and Gerald Robinson, two prospects from the region, both decommitted from SU. Still, Shafer says his recruiting strategy won’t change in an area McDonald owned.

“It’s just a matter of us picking up the pieces, getting the next guy down there and going with it,” Shafer said.

He said that McDonald’s position switch and following departure didn’t have a huge effect on how SU recruited for its offense, and that the Orange was able to get its primary need on that side of the ball.

“We did want to find a mid-year tight end if we could find one out there,” Shafer said. “That was probably the biggest thing we did with getting Trey Dunkelberger to come in here.”

have to move in another direction.”

When the reporter followed up asking for an example other than academics, Shafer didn’t give one.

Lindor defended his academic standing in a series of text messages after the press conference.

“I’m almost positive he’s known I’m a smart kid,” Lindor said in the text, noting his 3.9 GPA and 24 on his ACT. “I would assume that getting offers from an Ivy League school would make them understand.”

I’m almost positive he’s known I’m a smart kid. I would assume that getting offers from an Ivy League school would make them understand.

West Lindor su decommit

Lindor signed his letter of intent on Wednesday to play for Brown University.

When asked if there is an urge to take on kids that are in poor academic standing to further the benefit of the SU football product, Shafer said he never wants to lower the academic bar. He also noted that there are two or three players in the Class of 2015 that will have to work hard to make sure they’re qualified.

In the instance of Alin Edouard, a Class of 2014 commit who delayed his enrollment a semester, the academics weren’t good enough for him to come to the school, Shafer said. Edouard’s currently enrolled at Garden City Community College in Kansas.

“We’ll never lower the bar where we’re striking out too much,” Shafer said. “… I think any time you get past that number, then you’re in a situation where you’re vulnerable to letting your teammates down and your coaches down.” sblum@syr.edu | @SamBlum3

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matt keller

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Johnson earns opportunities for SU heading into Pittsburgh

By Jacob Klinger development editor

The search for a fourth contributor reached B.J. Johnson on Tuesday night.

He’d been shooting well in practice and head coach Jim Boeheim turned to the sophomore forward that’s usually his last choice among Sy r ac u s e ’s healthy scholup next arship players. @ Pittsburgh In a confer@ Petersen Events Center ence play-high Saturday, 4 p.m. seven minutes, Johnson brief ly showed an explosiveness that’s largely lacking from the SU offense and the holes in his defensive game that have kept him out of it.

The Orange (15-7, 6-3 Atlantic Coast) will look for Johnson to shore up his defense and further justify a place on the floor when Syracuse visits Pittsburgh (15-8, 4-5) at 4 p.m. on Saturday — SU’s first game after its self-imposed postseason ban. In the thick of conference play, Syracuse continues to struggle to find someone other than Rakeem Christmas, Trevor Cooney or Michael Gbinije to score with any consistency. They have 63.5 percent of SU’s scoring on the season.

“At this point in the year, Tyler (Roberson), Ronnie (Patterson) and Kaleb (Joseph) should be able to contribute,” Boeheim said after SU’s 72-70 win over Virginia Tech on Tuesday. “And B.J. made a nice move to the basket, and he’s been shooting the ball well all week in practice, the best he’s shot, so we decided to go with him.”

Johnson didn’t make anything from range, going 1-for-4 from the field and missing a pair of 3s in a two-point, three-rebound performance.

Two minutes after coming into the game, though, he launched from above the right block and threw in a two-handed dunk.

At that point in the game, with 6:13 left

in the first half, Christmas had six points, Cooney had nine and Gbinije had four.

Including Johnson’s dunk, the rest of the team had 4.

“I think when our main three guys aren’t scoring, it’s always good for somebody else to pick up the slack,” Johnson said. “So I guess (Boeheim) needed another guy.”

Johnson also contributed on the boards, delivering his most efficient rebounding performance since a Nov. 20 loss to California, when he tallied seven rebounds in 13 minutes for 0.54 boards per minute. Against the Hokies he had 0.43.

The rebounds came in a game when the Orange couldn’t out-rebound the statistically worst team on the boards in the conference.

VT and SU tied with 40 rebounds apiece.

Johnson won’t truly change Syracuse’s rotation until he starts to deliver more complete offensive performances.

“He just needs to come in and be tough and grab rebounds and make some shots, which he can do,” Cooney said. “He does it every single day in practice and all of us believe that he can do that.”

But he won’t get the chance to without improving on defense first. Twice, he drifted too far out to the corner of the zone, allowing the Hokies an easy backdoor layup, drawing Boeheim’s frustration.

“You don’t want to know what he said,” Johnson said.

Johnson added that he thought because Virginia Tech was making so many 3s — VT shot 9-of-18 from beyond the arc — he needed to defend the arc more. The Hokies’ penetration to the high post made Johnson’s decision-making that much harder, but he said he thinks figuring it out is what stands between him and more playing time.

“Do you remember when they made those two layups on the backdoor plays?” Boeheim said. “Do you think that’s my fault?” jmklinge@syr.edu | @Jacob_Klinger_

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Pitt forward Jeter returns to court after year off

By Sam Fortier staff writer

Sheldon Jeter had no school to play for.

After confiding in a friend that he had decided to leave Vanderbilt after his freshman year, it somehow ended up on a blog that Jeter wanted to attend the University of Pittsburgh.

Angry that Jeter wouldn’t first tell his coach of his plan, Kevin Stallings, the Vanderbilt head coach, denied Jeter’s request for transfer papers to Pitt, forcing Jeter to look for other options, Carliss Jeter, Sheldon’s father said.

“I think he came back to Pitt because was homesick,” his mother, Laurie Jeter said.

With the Panthers, the redshirt sophomore now averages 2.9 points per game while shooting 42.3 percent from the field. The 6-foot-8, 225-pound small forward is adjusting to playing Division I basketball again after taking a difficult year away from the game. He’ll play a bench role as the Panthers (15-8, 4-5 Atlantic Coast) host Syracuse (15-7, 6-3) on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Jeter didn’t always want to play for Pitt. Coming out of Beaver Falls High School in Pennsylvania, he was hardly recruited by the school.

“I was like, ‘I’m right here in your backyard,’” he said. “When I didn’t get the scholarship offer, I took it offensively. There was a lot of resentment toward them.”

The day after Jeter signed with Vanderbilt, Pitt head coach Jamie Dixon called Carliss.

“If Sheldon ever needs a home,” Dixon said.

“He can come back home.”

Those words stuck in Carliss’ mind. When Sheldon left Vanderbilt, Carliss knew his son could play at Pitt, but the NCAA mandated he’d have to sit out a season.

That’s when he called Matt Furjanic, his old friend and the head coach at Polk State, a junior college.

He accepted Jeter and gave him a scholarship, a fortunate gesture because the family couldn’t afford school. Carliss had lost his job as a supervisor at a Youth Detention Center after the governor closed the facility.

Even though Jeter was a scholarship athlete, he decided not to expend a year of his eligibility at a JUCO. He only practiced with the team.

To transfer into Pitt as an academic junior, Jeter took six or seven classes per semester.

The workload, combined with the girls’ volleyball team using the gym for four hours per night, left little on-court time for Jeter.

Schoolwork and practice consumed his daily schedule, but he’d try to sneak in a 45-minute lift as often as possible.

He attended Polk’s home games to see the team play.

“It was hard to watch. It wasn’t fun at all,” he said. “But it was a light at the end of the tunnel type thing. It never killed me to sit on the bench.”

This fall, Jeter fulfilled his goal of coming

home.

At Vanderbilt, his parents were only able to see him play two or three times because of the 9-hour drive. His grandmother, with whom he’s very close, caught one game. It disappointed Jeter; he had grown accustomed to seeing his whole family at his high school games.

His mother Laurie would text him before each game, “Good luck, love you” as she had before every game during high school. But there was something special about seeing her there, too.

“It’s heaven for me … to be able to go up there and watch him play,” she said. “Every time his foot touches the floor of the Pete Center we’re there watching. That’s why Vanderbilt was really hard.”

Jeter’s focused on reacclimating to the pace of Division I basketball. He texts his dad daily about his playing time frustrations — Jeter averages 10.3 minutes per game this season.

At Vanderbilt there was a distance between him and his family. Now, if he wants to, he vents to his dad at home. He can visit his baby niece.

He can watch his younger brother play football.

“At Vanderbilt, it was basketball, basketball, basketball, basketball, basketball. At Polk, it was all basketball and school. (At Pitt), if I get overloaded, I can go home for an hour or two just to clear my head and come back to school ready,” Jeter said. “It’s better now that I’m balanced.” sjfortie@syr.edu

women’s basketball

SU relies on starters as schedule toughens

By Paul Schwedelson asst. copy editor

At Syracuse’s Media Day on Oct. 17, head coach Quentin Hillsman stressed that he has “seven starters.” In the first half of the Orange’s first game on Nov. 16, Hillsman made 31 substitutions.

But in SU’s most recent game, a 62-52 loss to No. 9 Florida State on Monday, only six players up next logged more than VS North Carolina four minutes. @ Carrier Dome “I think a lot of Thursday, 7 p.m. times too, you get into the flow of the game,” Hillsman said, “and once you start playing a game, and you start making a run, you tend to leave the players on the floor.”

The way Hillsman cycled players against FSU is a stark change from the beginning of the season as Syracuse’s rotation has been shrinking throughout conference play. The No. 25 Orange (15-7, 5-4 Atlantic Coast) hosts No. 13 North Carolina (18-4, 5-3) on Thursday at 7 p.m. and Hillsman will have to decide whether to go with his best players or spread out the minutes to avoid an eighth-straight loss to a ranked team to start the season.

Early on, SU was still sifting through its options: transfers Diamond Henderson and Maggie Morrison were just beginning their Syracuse careers; Cornelia Fondren and Alexis Peterson were adjusting to their starting roles after coming off the bench for much of last season; Bria Day and Amber Witherspoon were vying for the backup center spot.

Now, three months later, the rotation is pretty much solidified and Hillsman said the team is not limited by having six main contributors. Day and Witherspoon only play when starting center Briana Day gets into foul trouble. Morrison averages 10.7 minutes a game while Henderson, Fondren and Peterson average 23.4, 26.9 and 32 minutes, respectively.

“Those are the people who have been hot all season,” Morrison said. “… So those are the people who have the hot hand so (Hillsman) has full confidence in them.”

All of the Orange’s six rotation players average more than 21 minutes and the next highest player in minutes is Isabella Slim, who averages 12 per game. The disparity in minutes between those in and out of the rotation is significant, and growing.

Slim has played more than her average in only two of SU’s nine ACC games. Bria Day and Morrison have mostly played single-digit minutes in conference play.

When Syracuse beat Virginia 70-58 on Jan. 11, only six players played more than 10 minutes. Morrison only played 10 minutes but hit four 3-pointers off the bench and finished as the Orange’s second-leading scorer.

When Briana Day missed the game against Boston College on Jan. 18, Bria Day made her first career start and grabbed 11 rebounds in 20 minutes and finished as SU’s leading rebounder.

Even though Bria Day and Morrison’s minutes were limited, they proved they could still affect the game.

Players that provide a spark off the bench boost the team’s energy, Fondren said, and it

shows other teams that Syracuse is deeper than the six players that get the majority of minutes.

“I don’t really worry about responsibility,” Fondren said. “Sometimes I feel like we have to take responsibility for each other. We’re accountable for each other because we’re a team. So I feel like nobody has more responsibility than the next person.”

But in the midst of a three game stretch against ranked teams — the Orange lost 78-58 to No. 8 Louisville on Jan. 29 — Hillsman has turned to the players he confides in most.

While he was experimenting with different combinations earlier in the year, Hillsman has now settled on a group of players that he trusts late in games.

“You got to play those players down the stretch so they can help you win the game,” Hillsman said. “And I think that we’re doing that. We’re getting players on the floor that we think can be productive.” pmschwed@syr.edu | @pschweds

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d’eredita collaboratively to plan out the semester.

Sonneborn, who has worked with D’Eredita for about six years, added D’Eredita’s passion for rowing is evident.

“When he talks about rowing, that is his true love and it’s just something that he gets a lot personally from it, and he is always very animated when he talks about it,” Sonneborn said. “When he talks about the individuals he’s coaching, it’s almost like a father coaching a son,” Sonneborn said.

It was this passion for coaching that led D’Eredita from a winning Finland to a less-talented Portugal in 2003. The national team was performing very poorly, and needed to win medals in an Olympic event at the Senior

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showcase “We have a good relationship with the office here at Syracuse, and they’ve been nothing but kind to us,” said Davis, a junior public health major. “We’re hoping that this event will be more financially beneficial because then we can give more to March of the Dimes and continuing to build our relationship more with them.”

Davis added the fraternity has never done “a show like this” before, describing the lineup of acts as “a variety of impeccable talent.”

“I love that a lot of organizations have talent showcases where they showcase talents from around the university and the communities, but with this show, we wanted to get people

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or Under 23 World Championships by 2004.

If Portugal didn’t, its Olympic Committee was going to deem rowing as a recreational sport and stop funding the team.

When D’Eredita arrived to coach, one of Portugal’s best athletes, named Luis Teixeira, was ready to quit. But after one week at training camp with D’Eredita, the athlete had a change of heart. With D’Eredita as the new coach, Portugal won two bronze medals at two World Cup events and won the silver medal at the Under 23 Championships that the team needed in 2004.

Adrian Hatch, a junior information management and technology major, said D’Eredita’s success as a coach shows in his teaching of entrepreneurship. He said D’Eredita knows how to build and run a team, and teach someone else to do the same.

“You can tell he has a passion. He made the

point that you don’t have to be a rower to teach these guys, because you can be passionate about rowing,” said Hatch, who has taken several classes with D’Eredita. “But all the guys on the team are great at rowing. They are as good as it’s going to get.”

When a new administration took over the Portugal Rowing Federation in 2004, D’Eredita got replaced by a new coach. But when the state of rowing dropped during the new administration, Teixeira, who trained with D’Eredita, started his own international training center and fourstar hotel. In 2011, Teixeira decided to run for president of the rowing federation. He asked D’Eredita to come back to Portugal to “clean up the mess” made by the new administration.

Teixeira is now the president of the Portugal Rowing Federation, a position he’s held since 2012. He was the one who asked D’Eredita to come

back to Portugal as high performance director.

“I’m addicted to building something from nothing. While there wasn’t ‘nothing’ there, in terms of international results and a system, there wasn’t a system. So that’s the fun part,” D’Eredita said. “It’s building a system that hopefully will continue to turn out results in the long run.”

D’Eredita believes failure is a great thing, however. It teaches athletes that the gold medals are earned and don’t just happen because of luck.

“The woman I used to coach, Laila Finska, used to say that you have to learn how to lose before you win and she’s right,” D’Eredita said.

“What is really meant by that is, to really lose means you are going into an event thinking and believing you are going to win. That’s when you really lose.”

who are at the top of their game when it comes to their respective skills,” Davis said.

In choosing the talents for the show, Davis said he and the brothers of Phi Beta Sigma were all collectively involved in the decisions.

He said they wanted to separate the show into sections and aimed to choose certain types of acts, such as a dance act and a comedy act. As a chapter, the brothers would watch online videos and discuss which acts they wanted to bring in to SU, as well as making sure the acts were available and within the fraternity’s budget.

Stephens echoed the same sentiments and said the variety ensures everyone will have a good time.

“It doesn’t really feel like one specific target audience. It’s something that everyone in

the Syracuse community can enjoy,” Stephens said. “That’s exactly why we wanted to do a

and rhetorical studies major and the vice president of the SU chapter of Phi Beta Sigma, said the variety of acts will appeal to students.

“For me personally I feel like a lot of artists who are big names come out with a chip on their shoulder, and these guys give more in terms of their performances,” McKenzie said. “People like Damien Escobar and Teyana Taylor are some of the most talented people I’ve ever seen.”

McKenzie also said the fraternity is always looking to bring something new to SU, having brought J. Cole to the Carrier Dome last year.

“It’s a little difficult because we still have schoolwork,” McKenzie said about organizing the show. “It’s time consuming obviously but at the end of the day, I love these guys and they will do anything to get the job done.”

For me personally I feel like a lot of artists who are big names come out with a chip on their shoulder, and these guys give more in terms of their performances.

Tyler McKenzie senior communication and rhetorical studies major

variety of different acts.”

Tyler McKenzie, a senior communication

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OFF THE CHAIN CranX Bike and Sports Park offers year-round recreational biking

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CranX Bike and Sports Park is home to one of the largest indoor and outdoor sports parks in the nation, The facility features different types of biking trails and also offers biking lessons. courtesy of dale cruce

espite the snow, Syracuse residents can enjoy recreational biking at any time of the year.

CranX Bike and Sports Park is a 90,000 square foot sports facility and is home to one of the largest indoor and outdoor sports parks in the nation. From mountain bike courses to a fitness room, students can enjoy extreme sports in the comfort of the indoor warehouse year-round.

“Winter time is the busiest time for us,” said Dale Cruce, manager of CranX Syracuse. “We’re the only place you can rent a bike during that time.”

With 55,000 square feet of biking space inside the warehouse, it also features a lounge, party room, bike and equipment rentals, locker rooms and different types of biking trails. Inside the indoor facility is also a freeride area with drops, suspension bridges, teeter-totters and linked stumps.

Cruce said the indoor section is comprised of only trails, with the exception of a foam pit in the back.

“The pump pit consists of a lot of rollers that you don’t have to pedal to keep going around and around in loops,” Cruce added. “We also have a cross-country track for people interested in that.”

CranX Bike and Sports Park also caters to novice bikers with features that are less challenging such as bumps, logs, skinnies and root-like sections in the riding course. Cruce also said there are trails that cater

to bike enthusiasts of all skill levels.

In the spring, the three-acre outdoor park offers different features like dirt trails, 12-foot jump lines and a road course for BMX and cross-country bikes.

Bike and equipment rentals are also available for people without their own, and visitors who want to learn how to ride a bike can also take private lessons with a coach.

Additionally, the park offers free lessons with a trainer every Wednesday at 6 p.m., as long as people are signed up at the front desk by the Tuesday before.

CranX also has an offer specifically for college students — the park hosts “College Night” every Monday from 5–10 p.m. Students need only present their college ID, and they can get in for $14.

Cruce said CranX also has deals that are open to the public on specific days and is also the perfect spot for group gatherings and parties.

“We have a party room that we are actually renovating right now, but there will be video games and stuff like that there in the future,” Cruce said.

The private party room is available for rental at $50 for three hours.

A group day pass also allows access to the park with a discount of 10 percent off for parties of eight or more. Another special group offer is the instructional group ride for parties of eight riders or more at $40 per person for three-hour access to the park.

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90,000 The number of square feet in the CranX Bike and Sports Park facility. The park is at its busiest during the winter season.

SUNY-ESF student Heidi Faulkner likes to make artistic creations in the snow. She has created Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” in the past.

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Fraternity to produce showcase Phi Beta Sigma brings Lavell Crawford to SU

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INTERNATIONAL CREW iSchool professor coaches Finland, Portugal’s rowing teams

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yracuse University professor Michael D’Eredita established the first varsity sport in Finland. While coaching overseas in Turku, Finland in 2000, he and a team created University Rowing. Previously, sports were available through clubs and were not university-sponsored. He went on to coach Finland’s national rowing team, bringing them back-to-back scholars in the World Rowing Cup and the 2000 World Championship title. He was also responsible for two rowers winning the World Rowing Cup lightweight women’s single and lightweight men’s single scull event for Finland.

Fifteen years later, the iSchool professor is still coaching, now as the high performance director for Portugal’s national rowing team. He’s partially responsible for several Rowing World Cup medals for both Finland and Portugal’s teams. As the high performance director, D’Eredita is in charge of creating D’EREDITA a system including a team of coaches, athletes and a training program.

D’Eredita’s passion for rowing began when he was on the rowing team in high school in Liverpool, New York.

“I purposefully took to rowing for two reasons — one person told me that it was the hardest sport so I took it as a challenge,” D’Eredita said. “The other reason I chose it was that I always viewed it as a lifelong sport.”

1. MICHAEL D’EREDITA works as the high performance director for Portugal’s national rowing team while also working as a professor.

2. D’EREDITA and Portugal’s team are pictured after the Paolo D’Aloja regatta at the Italian national team training center in 2003.

3. Rowers at training camps practice as part of their preparation for international competitions.

4. PEDRO FRAGA (LEFT) of the Portugal rowing team celebrates after placing at the 2013 European Rowing Championships.

When he was in graduate school studying cognitive/experimental psychology at Syracuse University, he was the graduate assistant for the university’s rowing team. He went on to coach U.S. developmental and U.S. pre-elite teams, before traveling to Finland in 2000. Around the same time, he took a job teaching at SU.

When he talks about the individuals he’s coaching, it’s almost like a father coaching a son.

Marcene Sonneborn ischool professor

Despite the travel required for him to coach, D’Eredita’s work overseas doesn’t interfere with his teaching profession. The professor has chosen to live in the United States in order to keep teaching at SU. Marcene Sonneborn, an iSchool professor who teaches classes on information technology startups with D’Eredita, said D’Eredita’s traveling has never been a problem for the two of them. Sonneborn added that they work see d’eredita page 14

The fraternity Phi Beta Sigma at Syracuse University is producing “Saturday Night Live: The Showcase” on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Goldstein Auditorium in Schine Student Center.

The showcase is comprised of four different acts. One of the performers is Lavell Crawford, a standup comedian with his own movie “Can a Brother Get Some Love?”

He also plays the role of Huell on “Breaking Bad.” Other acts include violinist Damien Escobar, R&B artist Teyana Taylor and Quest Crew, who won the third season of the dance show “Randy Jackson Presents: America’s Best Dance Crew.”

Marquise Stephens, a senior accounting major and the Phi Beta Sigma brother who is in charge of planning the event, said the fraterni-

With this show, we wanted to get people who are at the top of their game when it comes to their respective skills.

Travis Davis phi beta sigma president

ty usually does a comedy show in the fall but was not able to do so this year.

“So this year so we decided to do more of a variety show this semester where we could have a whole bunch of different acts and appreciate all different types of art,” Stephens said, adding that the planning for the show began early during the fall semester.

Stephens also said a percentage of the show’s proceeds will be donated to the nonprofit March of Dimes, which helps mothers and their newborn babies.

Travis Davis, the president of the SU chapter of Phi Beta Sigma, said the fraternity has given to March of Dimes for a good number of its major events in the past. see showcase page 14