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SU Abroad recently announced a new $1,000 grant that will assist students who want to travel to three select locations in Santiago, Wroclaw and Beijing.

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The Joseph I. Lubin House celebrates its 50th anniversary as a Syracuse University alumni hub in New York City and commemorates its namesake.

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Syracuse defeated Army, 12-9, on the back of Ben Williams who finished 21-of-25 from the faceoff X. Syracuse pulled away late to get the win.

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This February has been the coldest February since 1902. Compared to the past 10 years, this February is nine degrees colder than the closest low, which was in 2007. In 2012, the average temperature was 33 degrees, which was the highest average for the past 10 Februaries.

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THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE THIS MONTH TO DATE IS 10 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, WHICH IS AN 11-DEGREE DROP FROM THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE LAST FEBRUARY.

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he last few weeks in Syracuse haven’t just been cold — they’ve been historically cold.

As of Monday, this month marks the coldest February in the city of Syracuse since 1902.

Syracuse has set record-breaking cold low and high temperatures for several days this month, and the city is on track to record its coldest February yet based on average temperature, said Kelly Stevens, a research associate for the Center for Policy Research in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, in an email.

“This has been an abnormally cold and

snowy February,” Stevens said. “What is interesting though is December and January had lower snowfall totals than normal, but we have since surpassed average values with consistent snow this month.”

While Syracuse had a low of minus 17 degrees Fahrenheit on Feb. 16, a record temperature for that day specifically, the coldest February temperature in history for the area was minus 26 degrees Fahrenheit on Feb. 18, 1979, said Dave Longley, chief meteorologist for Syracuse’s News Channel 9, in an email.

But it hasn’t just been the record-breaking temperatures contributing to the harsh conditions. In February alone, Syracuse has accumulated approximately 48.5 inches of snow, see weather page 6

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This February has seen temperatures at or near single digits for most of the month. The coldest day of the month so far was Feb. 16, when temperatures dropped all the way to -17 degrees Fahrenheit. On 11 of the 22 days, the temperature dropped below zero without a wind chill.

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Increased number of students request to leave Skyhalls

By Lydia Chan contributing writer

A total of 26 residents out of 351 have moved out of the Skyhalls residence buildings on South Campus this semester, and many students cite the unequal facilities and distance from

main campus as the key factors for their move.

While the Office of Housing, Meal Plan & ID Card Services has housed transfer students in Skyhalls for up to six years, this year the number of students that have moved out is well above average.

“It is a norm to have Skyhall residents leave mid-year after staying there for their first semester,” said Eileen Simmons, the Director of Housing, Meal Plan & ID Card Services. “However, this spring, we definitely experienced a higher volume of students moving out with 13

rooms left vacant in the Skyhalls.”

The three Skyhalls — Skyhall I, II and III— are a 10-minute bus ride from main campus. Skyhalls I and II are reserved for transfer students, while Skyhall I also is home to the College of Arts and Sciences Transfer Learning Community. Skyhall

III is part of the housing lottery, allowing other non-transfer students to opt to live there too.

Simmons said that it is important to ensure that students are happy and comfortable with their living experiences. However, some students think

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Freshman’s part-time job stems from hobby

By Momin Rafi design editor

When Katherine Guerin was in fifth grade, she started baking for her stuffed animals. Now, her hobby is a part-time job.

Near the end of her freshman year of high school, Guerin had baked a tray of cupcakes for one of her father’s hunting safety courses. After she passed them out, a couple participating in the course approached Guerin and asked if she could make them a wedding cake.

Guerin, an undeclared freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, first learned the art of baking at an A.C. Moore cake decorating class she took with her mother during fifth grade.

The couple from the hunting safety course placed a tall order — Guerin was required to bake a six-tier wedding cake with each tier being two layers with strawberry jam in the middle.

“I couldn’t have turned it down,” Guerin said. “It’s really fun to kind of challenge myself and push myself to see what I can do. It was super

hard to configure without the jam oozing out the side, but it came out absolutely beautiful.”

Guerin centers her business around cakes because her largest orders are wedding cakes. Wedding cakes, she said, are extremely high-pressure orders because of all the people that will see it and the expectation for it to be absolutely perfect.

“I always have this anxiety of ‘What if the customer doesn’t like it?’” Guerin said. “It’s something that’s always in the back of my head.

But usually they turn out beautiful and everyone loves them.”

For now, Guerin is taking orders on the side as she works on her classwork toward her degree. After college, she plans on expanding her business into a public storefront and said she finds enjoyment in the process of baking.

“When you’re in the kitchen putting a cake together and you don’t know what will come of it, but in the end, something beautiful comes out of it,” Guerin said. “It feels like a work of art —I’m the artist.” mrafi@syr.edu

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Name changer SA voted in favor of changing its name to Student Government Association, though the change will be voted on by the student body.

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Smoke out The deadline to be part of the second round of smoking cessation programs just passed as SU moves toward becoming a tobacco-free campus.

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SU Abroad to offer grants $1,000 grants will be put toward small programs

By Satoshi Sugiyama staff writer

Show time BRYN DOLAN, a sophomore acting major, prepares for her performance as Chloe in “Lips Together, Teeth Apart” which is being presented at Syracuse Stage by SU Drama through March 1. The show is set on a wooden deck of a summer beach house on Long Island on Fourth of July weekend in 1985. SU students Max Adoff, Carl Fisk and Natalie Oliver are also in the show. frankie prijatel photo editor

Clubs aim to bring awareness to eating disorders

By Kayli Thompson contributing writer

Stacie Fanelli had no idea that 6-year-olds tell their parents they think they’re fat.

Fanelli, co-president of the SHAPES Body Image club, had no idea that one in 10 people who have

an eating disorder are male. She also wasn’t aware that a person does not have to be underweight to have an eating disorder; a person can be overweight with one.

That trend is represented in this year’s National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, which will run from Monday to Saturday and focus

on the theme: “I had no idea.”

NEDA Week will include events such as informational sessions, movie screenings, speakers, panels and more. Through these activities, members of SHAPES Body Image, Active Minds and What the Health magazine hope to educate both sufferers and non-sufferers about eat-

ing disorders and body image.

Those three SU organizations, along with the Syracuse branch of the National Alliance on Mental Illness are all co-sponsoring and coordinating the events and activities for NEDA Week. This is the fourth year that Active Minds has organized see neda page 8

SU’s annual Winter Carnival events to start Monday

By Brigid Kennedy staff writer

Syracuse University’s annual Winter Carnival celebration will kick off on Monday in the Schine Student Cen-

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Free cookies and popcorn, a photo booth and prize giveaways Where: Schine Student Center When: Monday & Tuesday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

ter, with the goal of getting students involved in campus activities.

Winter Carnival, a weeklong festival dating back to the 1930s, is sponsored by the Office of Student Activities and the Traditions Commission, both of plan and execute the event. The planning for Winter Carnival begins during the fall semester. The Traditions Commission comes up with some new ideas every year, but ideally aims to bring back old favorites so students know what to expect.

“We try to keep it consistent from year to year so people know what Winter Carnival is and keep coming back,” said Lauren Chilcott, secre-

tary and public relations chair of the Traditions Commission.

Chilcott said the aim of Winter Carnival is to “try and keep students involved on campus, especially during winter when no one wants to do anything.”

There’s no big theme this year, just “come out, beat the winter blues, get involved and do something,” added Sarah Ross Cappella, an associate director in the Office of Student Activities.

The week’s events will begin on Monday and Tuesday with “Winter Carnival Days” in Schine. Students can

stop by Schine between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. for free cookies and popcorn, a photo booth and prize giveaways. On Wednesday, a trivia night will be held at 8 p.m. in Schine. Tickets are not required, but Ross Cappella suggests arriving early as trivia night is popular among students and sells out fast.

“Once we reach capacity, that’s all we have,” Ross Cappella said. “We’ve been doing it now for 3 or 4 years and it’s growing every year. People really, really look forward to it.”

Ross Cappella is one of those people. see

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A new grant for Syracuse University students is hoping to attract students to smaller programs within SU Abroad.

A $1,000 grant will now be available for students who will be studying abroad in the SU Beijing Center, SU Santiago Center and “The Culture and Politics of Reconciliation” program in Wroclaw, Poland in the fall.

Margaret Himley, associate provost of International Education and Engagement at SU, said in an email that the new grant will allow potential study abroad students to be interested in applying to those programs. The SU Abroad office hopes the grants bring students’ attention to smaller programs within SU Abroad, such as Beijing, Santiago and Central Europe, Himley said.

“If an extra $1,000 is enough to sway an undecided student and see su

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crime briefs Here is a round-up of criminal activity that happened near campus during the past week, according to Syracuse police bulletins.

LARCENY A Syracuse man, 41, was arrested on the charge of petit larceny, according to a police report.

The man entered Burlington Coat Factory in Destiny USA, took six pairs of Tommy Hilfiger underwear and hid them under his coat, according to the report.

He then took a pair of yoga pants, ripped out the sensor and left the store without attempting to pay for any of the items. The items were valued at $48.93 total, according to the report. where: Tuesday at 8:05 p.m. where: Destiny USA, 9090 Carousel Center, Syracuse, NY 13290 — Compiled by Jessica Iannetta, staff writer, jliannet@syr.edu, @JessicaIannetta

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Arkansas discrimination law highlights backward policies

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n what sounds like a story from a generation ago, Arkansas will most likely pass a bill allowing discrimination based on sexual orientation.

This bill will apply to the entire state, destroying any laws already in place locally that protect LGBT residents, because they will be trumped by the state legislation. In addition, once this bill is a law, towns and cities won’t be able to override it and create their own non-discrimination policies.

Without a non-discrimination policy, it will be legal for a landlord to refuse housing, an employer to fire and a restaurant to deny service to someone because they are a part of the LGBT community.

Bills that allow equal discrimination instead of equal non-discrimination are inherently backwards and turn the LGBT community into second-class citizens. The government is supposed to protect its citizens, this does the opposite.

This state bill, called SB202 was introduced on Feb. 2 and was swiftly pushed through a committee, the senate, and the house and was delivered to Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.) this past Tuesday.

In Arkansas, a bill can become a law with the governor’s signature or it can sit on their desk for five days with no action and pass. At this rate, SB202 will become a law on Monday. The governor’s spokesperson told Buzzfeed, “As the governor stated Friday regarding SB202, he will allow the bill to go into law without his signature.”

This is an opportunity for Arkansas to veto a poorly thought out concept and stand on the right side of history, yet the officials in control appear

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unaware of what this law could introduce.

These ordinances don’t just support the LGBT community, they ban discrimination based on marital status, socioeconomic background and veteran status along with gender identity and sexual orientation.

What is even more concerning is that this bill “finds that uniformity of law benefits the businesses, organizations and employers seeking to do business in the state and attracts new businesses, organizations and employers to the state.”

But this law will only give the state a bad reputation. “Arkansas cities will lose their ability to recruit top talent, compete for quality jobs and welcome many Fortune 500 companies — who support LGBT equality — to their region,” according to the Human Rights Campaign’s website.

Instead of Arkansas coming out as a welcoming home for all, it is turning into a no-go state for LGBT families and partners. This is one terrible decision after another.

Instead of insuring discrimination uniformity, the governor of Arkansas should sign a bill pushing uniform non-discrimination.

Julia Smith is a junior newspaper and online journalism and sociology dual major.

Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at jcsmit11@syr.edu.

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Ugg, you’re so basic Pop culture columnist Eric King wants everyone to lay off girls who like Starbucks, Pinterest and Netflix.

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Commander in chief Conservative columnist Victoria Razzi welcomes a federal judge’s ruling to delay action on the president’s executive order.

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Centro should seek funding from tourism The impending cuts to the Central New York Regional Transportation Authority are unacceptable. Central New York has poured money into its tourism industry, but neglected its public transportation services. Centro should pursue filling it budget hole with funds allocated to the New York State Fair.

Centro is facing a $4.5 million dollar deficit due to rising healthcare costs, necessary operational fees and limited state funding. If the budget hole is not closed, Centro officials are considering cutting bus routes after 9 p.m. on weeknights, after 7 p.m. on Saturdays and eliminating services altogether on Sundays and holidays. The authority is also considering ending unlimited ride passes. These changes would go into effect as early as April 1, the beginning of the next fiscal year.

These cuts would drastically affect transportation for many Syracuse residents, and eliminating the unlimited passes would affect those who are most dependent on the bus system.

All parties are in agreement that the cuts would have a negative impact on the city. On Thursday around 100 representatives of Syracuse employers and unions took to Syracuse Common Council to voice their concerns of the proposed cuts.

One of the solutions suggested at the public meeting was for Centro to seek a subsidy on the services it provides the New York Sate Fair. Centro officials should seriously consider this solution.

Public transportation is integral to the city’s economy and limiting night services would impact people getting to and from work. And it will inevitably affect some employees within the tour-

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ism industry that the city is working so hard to build up.

State officials should also help Centro. Gov. Andrew Cuomo assessed the need to support central New York in his State of the State address and outlined a plan to give $50 million to the New York State Fairgrounds. Some of this funding should be allocated to Centro, as its services help provide transportation to the fair.

Centro will host the next public hearing about these impending changes on March 11 at the OnCenter. Hopefully by then it will be closer to finding funding that will keep the current bus schedule active.

Centro services cannot incur these drastic scheduling changes, and it should seek the necessary $4.5 million budget gap from the New York State Fair.

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Snapchat could reach potential $19 billion valuation, has yet to do so

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ast week Snapchat announced it would be beginning a new round of funding aimed at raking in $500 million in a capital fundraising effort to give the company the resources to build new features and revenue-making models. The money would put its total valuation at an alleged $19 billion, according to a Bloomberg report.

That valuation puts a price tag on Snapchat that’s worth almost as much as WhatsApp when Facebook purchased it last year. It also makes it the third largest company backed by venture capital firms, behind only Uber and Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi.

Think about that: $19 billion for a company that specializes in disappearing photos and videos. There’s good reason to call that estimate crazy but make no mistake — Snapchat has the News Editor Editorial Editor Sports Editor Feature Editor Presentation Director Photo Editor Art Director Copy Chief Development Editor Social Media Producer Video Editor Web Developer

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potential to play ball with the big companies in the social media industry.

Let’s start off with some skepticism. It’d be nice to see Snapchat back up that $19 billion with some metrics like the number of active users or dollars earned in advertising revenue.

Unfortunately, the company is private and does not disclose the economics of its business. That makes it tough to put a finger on exactly how much it should be worth.

Additionally, as a user — and pretty active one at that — I’m a bit confused as to the revenue streams for the application. The company once tried to create sponsor-created Snapchat stories that were pushed to every user.

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the idea and created the Discover feature, where users can browse story-like content from companies like CNN and Food Network. Oh, and there’s also Snapcash, a feature where users can send money to other users by linking their debit cards.

It remains to be seen just how much money these features are making, but current users aren’t exactly buzzing about sending Snapcash to their friends or the new Food Network Story on Discover.

But at the same time there’s no doubt that Snapchat has the potential to make money. A lot of money. A comScore study from June of last year found that Snapchat was the third most used social media application among 18–34 year olds, behind only Twitter and Facebook. It engages people because it begs immediate

attention; snaps from friends more or less require a response because it’s a “chat,” whereas Twitter and Facebook are static feeds that you can choose to interact with or ignore.

The geofilter function is a huge determinant of whether or not Snapchat can strongly monetize its business. I think Snapchat needs to focus on its core business: creating Snaps and Snapchat stories. Sponsored geofilters are the best way to have users engage with advertising simply because they’re cool. Imagine going to Chipotle and adding a Chipotle geofilter to the generic Snapchat of your burrito bowl that you’re sending to all your friends. You’re willing to interact with that advertising only because it’s relevant to both where you are and what you’re doing.

Snapchat knows this because it’s opened its geofilter platforms to

advertisers. Recent music festivals like Tomorrowland have paid for Snapchat geofilters for users to embed into their snaps to show their friends how much fun they’re having. But if Snapchat really wants to make the big bucks, the company should slow down on investing into supplemental products like Snapcash and Discover and add an integrated marketing component to its core Snaps and Snapchat stories.

Regardless, Snapchat is an incredibly young company and if it finds the right footing in the right revenue models, I have no doubt that Snapchat will become the next big player in social media. And could someday be worth even more than $19 billion.

Brian Cheung is a senior broadcast and digital journalism and finance dual major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at bkcheung@syr.edu.

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make him or her consider a semester in Santiago (or Beijing or Wroclaw), then these grants have achieved their purpose,” she said.

The $1,000 grant will be automatically added to the financial package of any student studying at the three locations.

Jennifer Horvath, SU Abroad marketing and communications manager, said she hopes the grant will encourage students to study abroad.

“We want every SU student to go abroad so I am just hopeful that this grant could be the deciding factor,” Horvath said.

She added that the new grant will hopefully help sway students who may be unsure if they can afford to go abroad.

“If somebody is considering one of those pro-

grams and maybe they are not sure quite when they want to go abroad or if they are on the fence about going abroad because they are worried about finances, I feel like this is something that maybe put them on the edge and push to going abroad,” Horvath said.

I think it is an exciting way to draw students into the phenomenal program.

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skyhalls the Skyhall buildings could be improved.

Prior to August 2006, Skyhalls were a top residence choice among students because they offered open-double rooms, had a proper

I think the buildings are in great shape.

Eileen Simmons director of housing, meal plan & id card services

kitchen and did not require students to have a meal plan, Simmons said. But the kitchen facilities have since been removed due to bathroom renovations and the addition of new laundry rooms.

Several factors play into why students request to move to main campus, Simmons said, including the need to take a bus and the level of activity on North Campus.

With some students not as fond of living in Skyhalls, the buildings’ senior staff and resident advisers have made it a priority to better understand and improve residents’ experience.

There have been five focus group sessions scheduled within the next month and a half to collect feedback from Skyhalls’ transfer

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weather compared to 41.4 inches last year and 36.4 inches in 2013, Longley said.

“Probably the biggest thing is the fact that we have not had any semblance of thaw,” Longley said. “The winter was cold, but benign snow-wise through January.”

Longley said that the past three weeks have been “relentless” with snow and cold, adding that Syracuse has had at least a trace of snow every day so far this month and on 33 of the past 34 days.

Since July 1, 2014, Syracuse has accumulated approximately 95 inches of snow, which is one inch above normal for this time of the year, Stevens said. However, this time last year Syracuse had accumulated about 100 inches of snow in the same time frame — six inches above the average snowfall for the area.

In addition, the current conditions could have an affect on the weather a few months into the future.

incentive to make students interested in applying study abroad programs.

“I am a huge advocate for studying abroad, so whatever we can do to get more students to do that I think it is great,” Clinton said.

Horvath said the Santiago program has not been the recipient of the grant the last few semesters, while the Beijing program got a grant for this spring and the Wroclaw program previously received a grant for fall 2014.

Himley said in the email that programs such as in Santiago and in Central Europe are relatively smaller programs, and the office was concerned that students might not have heard about them.

“These grants are offered occasionally, usually to bring attention to a smaller program that we think deserves student attention,” she said. ssugiyam@syr.edu

students, said Leif Olsen, residence director of Skyhalls and Slocum Heights. Olsen said that data collected during the sessions will be used “to inform future transfer student orientation sessions, Skyhalls programming and initiatives and other transfer support systems.”

There have been other improvements already put in place to improve the living experience in Skyhalls.

In the fall, a bus route that travels directly to the Skyhalls from College Place was introduced. This year, the South Campus Wellness Initiative was also introduced, which offers a weekly yoga class in Goldstein Student Center, meaning students do not have to travel to North Campus for a fitness class. The initiative also sponsors cooking demonstrations to help students learn how to prepare quick, easy, healthy meals in their apartments or residence hall rooms.

Jasmine Mangum, vice president of South Campus Organization for Programming Excellence and former Skyhall resident, said these initiatives are beneficial to students, but suggested allowing transfer students to stay elsewhere on-campus, if requested.

“I love Skyhalls but South Campus is for students who have already lived on main,” Mangum said. “Transfers should be immersing themselves in campus life and part of that is being housed on main campus.” lychan@syr.edu

“If (Lake Ontario) freezes over, we could see a lower than normal lake temperature through the spring and summer, similar to last year, which could pull our temperatures down a touch over the summer,” Stevens said.

For the last five years, criminal incidents reported to the Department of Public Safety have always increased from January to February. But, the weather could have an affect on that trend, said Tony Callisto, senior vice president for safety and chief law enforcement officer at Syracuse University.

“Certainly this is a colder winter, so here we are in February, you’re probably not going to see the same spike that you did last year in February, because it is colder now than it was in January,” he said. “And that trend is not stopping. It looks like next week, Monday is going to be another single digit day or minus day. The weather certainly does impact the offenses that occur.” smswann@syr.edu -Staff writer Alfred Ng contributed reporting to this article.

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USA at SUNY-ESF teams up with organization to help reinvent brand

By Anjali Alwis staff writer

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hile SUNY-ESF has gone through changes in the past year, including the introduction of a new president, its Undergraduate Student Association is attempting to rediscover its place on campus.

This year the organization has been focusing on internal restructuring within USA, said P.J. Connell, who is the group’s president. Connell said he believes that some of the group’s constitution and bylaws are a little outdated, and he is working to update them.

Additionally, USA has done marketing and research on campus as Connell has

Some clubs that have been recognized for years still aren’t at that level.

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found that across the board, USA does not necessarily understand the role it plays on campus.

“What we’ve done best this year is feeling the pulse of the campus. It’s been survey after survey and making sure that we know what’s going on,” Connell said. “My first term was focused on understanding what the students wanted and this term is actually doing it.”

One of the newest additions to the student association was SER, the Society for Ecological Restoration, which is the student chapter of a global organization that focuses on reducing unsustainable activities that affect marine, terrestrial and aquatic environments.

The organization was approved as a recognized student organization by USA in the fall but had existed on campus prior to its application to the organization this year. A tweet from the SER Twitter account on Feb. 13 announced the addition of USA as a member.

“I was deeply impressed by their

presentation of their constitution and bylaws; it was really thorough, really well thought out and no one had any opposition to it,” said Connell. “They’ve already done a bunch of great things on campus, even without a budget and they’re already making themselves a really great name.”

Due to the way the budget is structured, first year organizations are not allowed to receive funding from USA for one fiscal year. Dom Delaney, vice president of USA, said that one focus of the organization will be to give SER a budget.

“They will be able to go to budget hearings and apply for more money and hopefully they’ll continue to do more service and provide more opportunities for students to get involved in ecological restoration and reach out to the community,” Delaney said.

Prior to joining USA, SER had established a name for themselves on campus through activity fairs, guest speakers and fundraising.

“Some clubs that have been recognized for years still aren’t at that level,” Connell said.

He added that the future of SER will be bright as its focus will be helping to educate the campus and increasing membership. Currently, SER is playing a large role in the Edible Campus Initiative which involves many clubs across campus joining together with graduate students to try to find ways to have the plants around campus be edible.

The inclusion of SER to the Undergraduate Student Association is only one of the many steps the organization is taking in an attempt to reinvent its brand.

“We’re doing strategic planning until 2020,” Delaney said. He said he believes that USA is approaching a new phase and trying to figure out the bigger picture of what SUNY-ESF is going to be in the near future.

Said Delaney: “We want students to have input on what they want our campus and what they want our college and education to be like for the next five years because it impacts all of us.” acalwis@syr.edu

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winter carnival For her, trivia night is the best event of the week.

“It’s this atmosphere and this energy that’s just awesome,” Ross Capella said.

Following trivia night is the annual chili cookoff, which will be held Thursday morning at 10:30 on the Huntington Beard Crouse patio. At 8 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium, SU a capella groups will perform for Cozy Capella, an a capella show performed entirely in pajamas.

On Friday, Zamboni Revolution, SU’s own improv comedy troupe, will be performing at from page 3

neda

events and activities for NEDA Week.

Kylie Kerker, vice president of Active Minds, said that multiple clubs are organizing NEDA Week because they are trying to get as much publicity and involvement in the week’s events and activities as possible.

One of the biggest events during NEDA Week is the “Love Your Genes” jean drive, which is a campaign that was started by the Active Minds club and What the Health magazine last year. The point of the drive is to get people to donate “too small” jeans they are constantly trying to fit back into so they can start having a healthier body image.

“By donating that pair of jeans, you’re also lifting that pressure to be what you’ve got in your head as ‘good enough’ when really you’re good enough already,” Fanelli said in an email.

The jean drive will be every day of NEDA Week from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Schine

8 p.m. in the Schine Underground. This year’s performance features two guest troupes from Upright Citizens Brigade, a New York City-based improvisational theater.

“This is the first year we’ve done a show with Traditions Commission. It’s going to be really funny,” said Jay Kling, Zamboni Revolution president.

The week wraps up in Schine on Saturday with a viewing party for the Syracuse men’s basketball game at Duke. The game will tip off at 7 p.m. There will also be laser tag at 8 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium. brkenned@syr.edu

Atrium, according to a Syracuse University News release, and all donated jeans will go to the Rescue Mission at the end of the week.

Mali Golomb-Leavitt, president of Active Minds, said in an email that last year the group collected about 70 pairs of jeans, and the goal this year is to beat that number.

Another goal of NEDA Week is to help people realize their individual self-worth. The clubs sponsoring the week are trying to promote this message all over campus so people will learn to love their body, especially in a campus environment.

“This week is so important because eating disorders are very prevalent on college campuses where there is a lot of pressure to be thin, fit and in control,” Golomb-Leavitt said.

“We want people to love themselves and feel beautiful just the way they are.”

With the help of NEDA Week, the sponsoring clubs are hoping to get the word out that eating disorders and body image can and should be talked about. kathomps@syr.edu

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$26,000 The amount of money that the 100-foot lot of the Lubin House was purchased for in 1965. The townhouse cost an additional $25,000 to construct.

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@kelkellkelliii Omg some guy on the kiss cam at the cuse game just proposed to his girlfriend... IM CRYING #goals

Love is in the air SU professor Antonio Casale published a novel based on the relationship of a couple he met in Syracuse during the 1970s.

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lasting legacy Lubin House celebrates 50 years as SU alumni center

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SU alum proposes at game Couple gets engaged on kiss cam before 30,000 people in Dome

By Clare Ramirez feature editor

By Jacob Gedetsis

When the kiss cam landed on Jason Tabor and Emily DeSantis during the men’s basketball game at the Carrier Dome on Saturday, DeSantis leaned over to give her boyfriend a kiss.

But Tabor hesitated.

Instead of giving DeSantis, 36, a simple kiss, Tabor, 42, pulled out a ring from his pocket and proposed to her. Almost 30,000 people attended the game and witnessed the proposal, which was shown on the big screens across the Carrier Dome.

“I almost forgot to say yes because I was so shocked, and I graciously accepted the ring from him — apparently on the wrong hand,” said DeSantis, who was told by the people sitting next to her to switch the ring from her right hand to her left.

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n the fall of 1965, Wendy Cohen opened the large black doors of the Joseph I. Lubin House and walked nervously inside. Like thousands of students since the house’s foundation, she was there for an admissions interview to Syracuse University.

LUBIN As she walked inside she saw a familiar face on the wall — her grandfather’s.

“I didn’t even know it was the Lubin House. So I walk in and there’s the portrait of him. He was very lowkey, he wasn’t a bragger. He did what he did,” said Cohen, Lubin’s granddaughter and longtime member of the Syracuse University Board of Trustees. “It was more important to him what he did — not that his name was on anything.”

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Lubin House as SU’s alumni hub in New York City.

The Lubin House offers hundreds of programs and events throughout the year. This includes alumni gatherings, industry discussion panels and art exhibits. The current exhibit, “The Lubin Legacy: Celebrating 50 years at the Joseph I. Lubin House,” honors the memory of Joseph Lubin and was curated by the SUArt Galleries.

Beginning in the 1940s, Joseph Lubin embarked on a lifetime friendship with then-chancellor William P. Tolley after he brought Cohen’s mother, Ann Lubin Goldstein, to campus for an admissions visit.

Over the years, Lubin contributed charitably to SU. He supported the construction of Manley Field House, established the Lubin-Tolley Book Fund and aided the renovation of Hendricks Chapel.

“He went to night school and worked during the day. He came from nothing and then became

I was certainly out of my comfort zone, but that made it so much more special and fun and exciting.

Emily DeSantis proposed to at dome

The Lubin House offers hundreds of programs and events throughout the year, including alumni gatherings and industry discussion panels. courtesy of university archives, syracuse university libraries

very successful,” said Cohen, who is also an SU alumna. “I think one of the greatest influences that he had on me was his sense of giving back — his sense of appreciation and charity.”

In the early 1960s, Syracuse worked to establish a greater presence in the New York metropolitan area and had a one-room office at 335 Madison Ave., which was home to the Biltmore Hotel at that time.

Lubin purchased the brownstone at 11 East 61st Street for the purpose of donating it to SU. see lubin

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Joseph Lubin purchased the building on the Upper East Side to donate it to SU. courtesy of university archives, syracuse university libraries

DeSantis, who is originally from Oswego, and Tabor, a Syracuse University alumnus who received his graduate degree in mathematics education in 1997, had their first date two years ago this February. The two now reside in Cooperstown, New York and occasionally drive up to SU to attend basketball and football games in the Carrier Dome.

“I was certainly out of my comfort zone, but that made it so much more special and fun and exciting,” DeSantis added.

Tabor said the proposal almost didn’t happen because they weren’t

see couple page 10

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lubin house Lubin made another gift to the university in 1981, this time donating funds to help renovate the apartment complex next to the original Lubin House into usable space.

Scott McDowell, the executive director of regional strategic communications for Lubin House, said that from the start, the house was supposed to be a spot for alumni and admissions, and that it “has really grown from there.”

“I always used to joke that if I was a junior (in high school) walking in to interview, and I opened these doors and saw this grand marble stair case, ‘Oh my god,’” McDowell said. “I would feel bad for the people at admissions who would have to calm me down for a while after wondering what I had walked into. It is really that nice when you walk in.”

McDowell also said the neighborhood is very high-end and that the location is “splendid.” To McDowell, the space doesn’t feel like an office because of the architecture and small staff. The resource, he said, is invaluable.

Vice President of External Affairs Ruth Kaplan said Lubin House is considered the SU hub of New York City and the New York metro area — it holds more than 400 events throughout the year and caters to over 57,000 alumni who live in the area.

57,118 The number of Syracuse University alumni living in the New York City metro area. source: su in nyc website

Kaplan said since its opening 50 years ago, the house has become a central meeting point for alumni, perspective students and parents from all over the New York City area.

“I think we have managed to create a presence in the New York City and New York

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couple sure if they were going to attend the game. But when it was finalized, he called his friend Jay Makay, a freelance videographer who works with the Carrier Dome operations, to ask if anyone had ever proposed on the kiss cam.

Makay, who has been friends with DeSantis and Tabor for many years, passed along Tabor’s information to “the right people” who work at the Carrier Dome. They then made Tabor’s plan a reality.

“I proposed, she said yes and all of a sudden you can hear 30,000 people cheering for us,” Tabor said. “Even strangers were coming up to us and congratulating us. It just doesn’t seem real because you’re in front of so many people.”

When Makay found out that the proposal was happening, he immediately volunteered to shoot the moment. He said the Carrier Dome operations staff was able to organize things so he would be running the camera.

Before the game, Makay even scoped out the row where the couple would be sitting and planned where he would shoot Tabor’s proposal to DeSantis.

“Emily is one of my wife’s best friends,

metro area that gives our students and alumni a place to gather, a place to find out information, a place to engage with the university.

I think given the size of our alumni base we can always do more,” Kaplan said.

I think we have managed to create a presence in the New York City and New York metro area that gives our students and alumni a place to gather, a place to find out information, a place to engage with the university. I think given the size of our alumni base we can always do more.

Ruth Kaplan vice president of external affairs

David Rubin, professor and dean emeritus at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, said in his 25 years at SU, he has been to the Lubin House hundreds of times. He has utilized the house to meet with potential donors, attend alumni events and simply have a cup of coffee between meetings on the Upper East Side.

“It doesn’t stand out — if it didn’t have an orange flag flying, you wouldn’t really know it was there at all,” Rubin said. “It’s a fantastically good location, but it’s very modest in the way it presents itself in New York City.

I am sure New Yorkers would walk by that residence a thousand times and not realized that it is a Syracuse University property.”

He said his happiest experiences at the Lubin House were holding recruiting events and pitching the Newhouse school to potential students.

Said Rubin: “It’s a great facility — Syracuse is lucky to have it.” jagedets@syr.edu

going back to seventh, eighth grade — even high school,” Makay said. “So just as a friend, it was a great experience to see the moment and be able to capture it at the same time. It was a win-win for me.”

DeSantis said she’s always nervous going to events at the Carrier Dome knowing Makay worked there on occasion. She said it’s not in her nature to be the center of attention.

“When we come up to games, I always tell Emily, ‘You know what, we’re going to get on the kiss cam and you’re going to have to kiss me,’” Tabor said. “The whole thing is kind of an ongoing joke for us.”

DeSantis and Tabor met during an aerobics class at their local gym — she was the instructor and he was taking the class. Tabor said a mutual friend who was in the class “put two and two together” and introduced them.

They have been dating ever since.

The couple hasn’t started planning the wedding yet, but they are in no hurry to do so.

DeSantis said all they’re looking for is to have a good time with their friends and family.

Said DeSantis: “My sister warned me, ‘You’re going to get asked a lot of questions,’ but we’re not in a rush. At some point we’ll make the wedding happen.” clramire@syr.edu | @clareramirez_

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the sweet escape Eva’s European Sweets offers taste of Poland with simple dishes, desserts

By Rose Aschebrock staff writer

T

aking a step through the lace curtain into Eva’s European Sweets, I felt like I had walked into an authentic Polish restaurant.

This cutesy Polish restaurant and coffee shop, located on 1305 Milton Ave., has great desserts. And its meals — which have hearty servings and simple ingredients — instantly warmed me up. The focus is on the natural flavor of each item in the dish. Unfortunately, despite Eva’s tasty sweets, the dinner choices just weren’t my cup of tea.

The walls are a peachy pink and embellished with black and metallic painted swirls around the edges.

Every inch of the restaurant is covered in vintage painted plates and old framed paintings of landscapes and flower arrangements. The walls were also lined with shelves of unstacked nesting dolls, and the beams at the front of the restaurant were laden with porcelain dolls wearing ruffle dresses.

The ultimate effect is slightly tacky and cluttered, but overall it’s simply a cozy and adorable atmosphere.

Situated in the back room, I ordered the four-piece placki Hungarian style potato pancakes and was told by my waiter that these were featured on the Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.” The review said, “(The dish) solicited an ‘Mmm’ from Guy,” and I could easily see why.

The potato pancakes were thin

The meat pierogi from Eva’s European Sweets is packed with ground beef and is garnished with sautéed onions, sauerkraut and bacon pieces. The restaurant’s dessert choices include an orange and chocolate ganache cake and vanilla cappuccino. jackie barr staff photographer

and crispy, generously topped with ground beef in a chunky tomato, pepper and onion sauce, a big dollop of sour cream and a sprig of parsley.

I loved the pancakes, which were like giant hash browns with a gooey mashed potato center. I avoided the ground beef and smothered mine in sour cream. One bite in I was saying “Mmm” like Fieri.

The pancakes were followed by the six-piece Polish specialty meat pierogi. The beautifully presented pierogis were packed with ground beef and piled high with sautéed onions, sauerkraut and bacon pieces. The dough was thin and much less chewy than Syracuse University’s dining hall version. But with unseasoned ground beef inside, I honestly found this dish to be pretty bland and uninteresting

for a house specialty.

I also ordered the kielbasa plate, a large sausage accompanied by onions and a bowl of bread. It was the smallest of the dishes, but also my favorite. The kielbasa sausage was fat and juicy and paired with soft white bread, salty butter and sautéed onions. It was a bite of pure comfort food bliss.

After dinner was done, I could barely contain my excitement for dessert. The waiter took me to the dessert display case and recommended the orange and chocolate ganache cake and a vanilla cappuccino.

They arrived minutes later on a plate with hand-drawn pink and yellow gel flowers and a spiral of whipped cream, covered in rainbow sprinkles. I was tempted to lick the

ON THE MENU Here are some of the dishes from Eva’s European’s Sweets:

• Polish hamburger: Seasoned ground beef served on a Kaiser roll with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, dill pickles and mayonnaise • Gulasz & barley: Beef stew (goulash) served with seasoned barley • Lemon basil chicken: Served warm with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, sliced dill pickles and mayonnaise • Kielbasa sandwich: Fried kielbasa with sautéed onions or sauerkraut served on a sub roll

plate at the end.

The cake had three layers of thick, orange-infused chocolate mud cake with orange marmalade and chocolate ganache generously layered in between. The entire cake was covered in the same orange-chocolate ganache. It was rich, decadent and divine — I would happily have ordered round two.

The milk on the cappuccino was too foamy and unimpressive, but the coffee beneath it was sweet and creamy. Like a true European coffee, it was unfortunately much too small.

I’m coming back as soon as possible to Eva’s. But I’m skipping dinner and going straight to coffee and dessert. rlascheb@syr.edu

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media cup

Scribes’ quest for dynasty perishes at hands of WAER

By W.F. Whence staff sculptor

Oh, how the tribulation of defeasance has besieged. Three hundred and seventy-eight solar repetitions ago, the word slingers and visual cognoscente of The Daily Orange abrogated a tyrannical three-year interval during which the cantankerous WAER Mouth Breathers triumphed. The provenance of an embryonic dynasty rested in the constraints of the autonomous scribes.

However, it was not to be. The everyday hacks squandered such an opportunity and were flummoxed by the jolly orange fanboys of the air waves, a 50-34 conclusion, in the dead of Friday night on the woodland splinters of James Arthur’s parallelogram underneath the achromatic canvas crown of Daryl’s Dome. Before a congregation of an undetermined accumulation of earth dwel-

I remember Sam Fortier passing me the ball, and then it was an outof-body experience.

Josh Hyber the man of the sleeping country

lers, the hacks’ hoists were more Hyperborean than the agglomeration of alchemistic white flakes on the adjacent Kenneth A. Shaw Quadrangle.

“We just didn’t give enough effort and it’s tough to send the senior class out like that,” conveyed Jesse Dougherty, the preceding athletics reviser. “But you better bet that the rest of the guys, the guys coming back, won’t let it happen again.

“I’ve lost two Media Cups now and the two mornings after have been some of the most frustrating of my college career. Preparation for 2016 starts now.”

In the previous confrontation, the scribes’ mechanisms consolidated to assemble a masterpiece. Trevor Hass, quite the marksman, heaved a tetrad of baskets from beyond the quadrilateral’s half circle. Dougherty, the medicinal caretaker, administered an indomitable attacking aggregation. And Matt Schneidman, a pubescent newcomer, materialized from oblivion to transcend all who flourishingly twirled the leathered orb through the cylinder.

Alas, the calligraphy of the bout paralleled the ignominy of infinite printed inaccuracies.

Schneidman, the pelvis thruster with an epithet akin to procreators, made hay with 15 marks albeit in reclusiveness among the hacks’ notching participants. Jacob Klinger, the elder who maturates saplings, bequeathed bustle that monumentalized his imperial predecessors and aggrandized his contingent’s zest.

The constant informants put forth a slipshod effort early, not pinpointing a cadence and partaking in disheveled giveaways that provided the adversaries with transitional possibilities. The hacks’ invasion of the Talkers’ container was un-remunerative in its half-rectangle arrangements.

Undeterred, the print journalists preempted the spotlight toward their octagonal-semester warhorses in the terminating 120 pulsations to dulcify the twinge of their portending mishap. Josh Hyber, a grandiose presence with the spheroid clenched in his barbarous paws, unleashed a missile from the intersection of dueling territorial boundaries.

“I remember Sam Fortier passing me the ball,” The Man of The Sleeping Country ruminated whilst scratching his mistress-slaying bristles, “and then it was an out-of-body experience.”

He galvanized a juncture of hysteria and embraced said collaborator before making a dignified exodus.

And upon his aforementioned reciprocation arrived Phil D’Abbraccio, he the pastimes corrector who had not, in his trilogy-lengthened of Media Cup endeavors, a solitary point to his Italian-derived designation.

The family’s soldiers on the battleground sacrificed, abdicating their bodies and emancipation to bombard the orb at the elevated iron, to settle their commander’s desiccation of points preceding the expiration of the fourth dimension.

Following The Free Throw Heard Round The World, D’Abbraccio elusively relocated to his portside and hoisted a splendid triumvirate-count chuck that splashed the nylon and achieved a Jeterian adieu of which he had merely woolgathered.

The airwave-inclined buffoons milked the nonexistent timekeeper, and the overmatched hacks grew lugubrious and embittered.

And the theorization of germinating a lithographic regime was pauperized and disported to be, indeed, fabrication and not verisimilitude.

Articulated D’Abbraccio: “The moment was just too big for us tonight.”

W.F. Whence is a germanificated staff sculptor for The Daily Orange, where he regermanificated to sculpt this glistening prose.

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officiating “No comment. No comment. We’re not allowed to talk about that.” — Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim “I set a screen. Ask the refs, I don’t know.”

— Senior forward Rakeem Christmas The senior also said it was no different than any other screen he set in the rest of the game.

On Robinson’s play: “I felt like he was out of bounds but we just had to try to move on and win the game with the next few plays and we weren’t able to do that.” — Sophomore forward Tyler Roberson “We were scrapping, we were getting turnovers and we were scoring off them and I think at the end, Robinson stepped out of bounds and they didn’t see it, that was big.” — Patterson jmklinge@syr.edu | @Jacob_Klinger_

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men’s lacrosse

Donahue tallies 5 goals, benefits from attention devoted to Rice

By Connor Grossman asst. copy editor

As Randy Staats sprinted toward the Army goal, he was guarded at the hip by Reaves Klipstein and only had one option to get the ball to a trailing Dylan Donahue as he approached the crease.

Staats whipped his stick behind his head and Donahue received the short pass like he knew it was coming, spun off a defender and shot topshelf past Army goalkeeper Sam Somers.

Donahue said Syracuse’s experienced attacks always know where one another is going to be, and it couldn’t have been better displayed by the junior when he collected the second of his five goals on the night to provide scoring for No. 3 Syracuse (3-0) in its 12-9 win over No. 15 Army (3-1) in the Carrier Dome on Sunday night.

“He’s always been happy watching Randy or

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pittsburgh where I was really questioning if we understood the urgency of this game.”

But the No. 25 Orange (20-8, 10-5 Atlantic Coast) responded to its coach’s pep talk, allowing only 13 points in the second half while scoring 33 of its own in a 68-54 win over Pittsburgh (18-9, 8-6) on Sunday afternoon in front of 1,226 in the Carrier Dome. Syracuse tightened up its press defense, forced 13 turnovers in the second half and held the Panthers to 17.9 percent shooting after the break.

SU came into the game trying to limit 3s and shut down Brianna Kiesel, Pitt’s leading scorer. After Kiesel scored 10 in the first half, she

Kevin (Rice) go,” SU head coach John Desko said.

“He’s always been one to take what’s given.”

He was able to weave his way through an Army defense that Somers said was trying to force only low-angle shots.

The Black Knights’ defense played a tight man-to-man coverage on the Orange attack.

Donahue was first able to exploit that as he appeared to harmlessly walk away from the crease as Rice held the ball behind the net.

Donahue then sprinted three steps in, catching the defense by surprise and poached a goal by catching Somers off guard to give SU an early 3-1 lead. With Army’s Austin Schultz succeeding against Rice by pushing him away from the goal on the run, Donahue found success with short, quick movements.

“They were definitely letting us dodge oneon-one,” Donahue said. “They weren’t sliding

mustered just one point in the second stanza.

“I said at halftime, ‘Let them keep pressing us.’ I thought we were very effective attacking the press and scoring in transition,” McConnell-Serio, the Panthers’ head coach, said. “… We just didn’t get shots. The court didn’t change, the hoop didn’t change, the ball didn’t change — not that I’m aware of.”

She said that Syracuse went into a man-toman pressure defense and then dropped back into its 2-3 zone in the half-court set.

Brianna Butler came out of the break by draining a 3 off the dribble on a crossover move.

A moment later, Briana Day tipped the ball out of bounds on the press before Yacine Diop threw it out off the referee against the zone.

Thirty-nine seconds later, Aysia Bugg threw the ball out of bounds in similar fashion. On the next possession, Isabella Slim tipped away a pass that put SU in transition. After Cornelia Fondren scored five seconds later, she wrestled the ball away from Chelsea Welch which led to a transition corner 3 from Alexis Peterson.

A 41-35 halftime deficit had turned into a 43-41 lead in just two and a half minutes.

“We just tried to regroup and come back out in the second half and play a lot harder and compete and bring more energy,” Peterson said.

SU took the lead for good with 11 minutes to go on a Fondren layup. From there, the Orange used a 12-1 run to break the game open.

With SU leading 56-51, Fondren went coast to coast on a layup. After finishing the shot, she jogged

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over the ball before we did.”

After John Glesener scored to pull Army within one late in the second quarter, Alberici pitted faceoff man Dan Grabher against Williams to try and reverse his team’s fortunes at the X. The whistle sounded on the ensuing faceoff and Williams and Grabher did three rotations with their shoulders pressed up against each other, the ball lodged in between their sticks.

The ball eventually popped out 5 yards away and Williams was there to corral it on his own.

“He was beating us to the clamp and he did a good job with some pressure ground balls he came up with,” Alberici said. “It was a pretty physical faceoff and he held up to the test.”

too early in the game. They were letting us go and making us prove it first.”

Donahue stepped up in place of Rice, who became a near non-factor for the Orange with the stifling pressure from Schultz, and was able to incorporate a midfield line for SU that’s contributed significantly on the offensive end through the Orange’s first three games.

Midfielder Nicky Galasso snuck out from the side of the crease to receive from Donahue, who drew two defenders, and Galasso connected from 3 feet outside of the crease with only the goalie to beat.

“What we just needed to do was to get our hands on them a little more,” Army head coach Joe Alberici said.

Desko called Donahue a little too unselfish at times, but he ultimately wore down an Army defense that began to fade from its intense,

physical start.

Army wasn’t sliding off attacks as the Syracuse defense so often does and Donahue was able to exploit that with his versatility, often dishing passes off both sides of his body in a fashion that caught the Black Knights off guard.

“We were talking too, you can’t decipher if he’s a lefty or a righty,” Army attack John Glesener said. “He’s definitely developed his game, at least with the physical piece.”

He’s already leading SU with 11 goals this season after he led with 37 goals last year. In the three-headed attack of Rice, Donahue and Staats, so far it’s Donahue that’s stepped up in the trio that combined for 190 points last season.

“He’s a junior now and he works well with the group,” Desko said. “We needed him to come through with some points tonight and he did.” cgrossma@syr.edu | @connorgrossman

CORNELIA FONDREN (CENTER) AND ALEXIS PETERSON (RIGHT) scrap on the court for a loose ball. Syracuse’s defense was the difference in the game as the Orange held Pittsburgh to just 13 second-half points in SU’s 68-54 win. larry e. reid jr. staff photographer

up the court for only a moment, turned around and tipped the inbounds pass away. She and Peterson dove on the ground for the ball and the Panthers were called for a travel. Fondren banged the court with her fist, screaming in excitement.

Before the game started, Hillsman gave his players the standings. He told them that a win would make them an NCAA tournament team.

A loss would put them in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament.

In the first half, he questioned if his players understood that urgency. In the second half, he knew they did.

“We always talk about getting every 50-50 ball, every loose ball, everything that is a team stat we want to win those,” Hillsman said. “I thought our kids did a good job of doing that. “… You know you’re not going to lose when you play that way.”

But just more than a minute later, A.J. Canara tied the game for the visitors and the Army bench emptied several yards onto the field in celebration. On the next SU possession, head coach John Desko called a timeout and SU midfielder Paolo Ciferri — who had just gained possession — threw his hands up in the air at his own sideline.

The frustration was tangible, as Desko too threw his arms in disgust at a call made by the referee and SU was in need of a cushion. The lead changed three times over the next nine minutes of game time, and with 8:35 remaining in the third the score was knotted at seven.

But Williams won the ensuing faceoff, and the Orange put three more in the back of the net for a 10-7 advantage before the quarter ended.

“Obviously the faceoffs helped quite a bit with Ben,” Desko said. “Another great job for

us, giving us all those possessions.”

Williams credited his wings for assisting him when he couldn’t win a faceoff cleanly on his own.

Whether it was Mike Messina, Scott Firman, Peter Macartney or Ciferri as the two on the wings, SU’s three-man faceoff unit provided a response every time Army inched closer.

But when Kevin Rice slotted the ball into an empty net to give the hosts a three-goal lead with a minute left, the Black Knights couldn’t get any closer.

Williams lost the ensuing faceoff, and it’d be the last one he’d take in the game. But at that point, it didn’t matter.

“To take I believe all 25 of them, that speaks well to his stamina,” Alberici said. “Like I said, tip my hat to him. I think he certainly was the most valuable player for Syracuse tonight.”

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shafer good to see him back in the huddle.”

SU will return rising sophomore AJ Long at quarterback, along with rising junior Austin Wilson. Preferred walk-on Zack Mahoney and

Ball came out of his hand real well today, made some nice tight throws. All in all I thought it was a good day.

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incoming freshman Eric Dungey will round out the crop of quarterbacks at SU’s disposal in 2015.

Young guns Syracuse will also look to its youth in the linebacking unit after losing Cameron Lynch and Dyshawn Davis to graduation.

Shafer said that rising sophomore Zaire Franklin manned the middle linebacker spot while rising junior Marqez Hodge took the boundary side. The outside linebacker position, though, is one that Shafer said is up for grabs.

He said rising sophomores Parris Bennett and Jonathan Thomas got run there Sunday and though they had trouble defending inside routes, Shafer was pleased with their performances.

Luke Arciniega is still awaiting word on whether he’ll receive a medical hardship waiver for a sixth year of eligibility, Shafer said. Even if he does, though, the former linebacker is now being used at defensive end and opens up a spot for more competition in the second level of the defense.

“A lot of rotation today at the linebacker position, a lot of people on and off the field,” Shafer said. “A lot of young, healthy competition is just what you want.”

Safety net After losing three starters in the defensive backfield, Shafer will look to some new faces to fill in the vacant secondary spots left by Darius Kelly, Durell Eskridge and Brandon Reddish.

He said rising sophomore Rodney Williams and rising junior Chauncey Scissum got time strictly at safety on Sunday, but that rising sophomore Antwan Cordy may be a movable part in the unit.

“Antwan Cordy is the one guy who’ll learn both corner and safety right now,” Shafer said.

Shafer also said Williams, who was ruled out for the season on Oct. 27 with a lower-body injury, didn’t participate fully and would take place in three minutes of a fiveminute individual drill.

Skills that kill There were a handful of skill players that Shafer highlighted for standout plays and performances on the first day of spring practice.

“Without having the pads on, you kind of look at the skill kids a little bit more than you do the kids up front,” Shafer said. “And guys like Alvin Cornelius made some very good catches, Steve Ishmael, Oliver Vigille had two interceptions today, which was good to see.”

Shafer also mentioned that junior college transfer Trey Dunkelberger made three or four grabs and that Jamal Custis also caught a deep ball on a “very good pass and catch.” mcschnei@syr.edu | @matt_schneidman

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Shafer talks 1st practice

By Matt Schneidman asst. sports editor

Syracuse opened up spring practice on Sunday morning at the Ensley Athletic Center and head coach Scott Shafer talked about getting back on the field afterward with the media.

Here are four main talking points from the Orange’s first on-field action of the season.

Hunting season Quarterback Terrel Hunt was back on the practice field for SU after recovering from a fractured fibula suffered on Oct. 3 against Louisville. Hunt was initially ruled out for 4-6 weeks, but was declared out for the season on Nov. 20 with two games remaining.

On Sunday, Shafer said Hunt was “full go,” and liked what he saw from his likely starting signal-caller.

“Ball came out of his hand real well today, made some nice tight throws,” Shafer said. “All in all I thought it was a good day. It was see shafer page 15

BEN WILLIAMS won 21-of-25 faceoffs against three different Army faceoff men on Sunday, guiding SU to a 12-9 victory. He won all 11 draws in the first half, setting a program record for most faceoffs won without a loss to start a game. larry e. reid jr staff photographer

Williams dominates X with 21-for-25 showing in Orange’s win over Army

By Matt Schneidman asst. sports editor

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t didn’t take Ben Williams long before he knew he could take advantage of Alex Daly.

The Army faceoff man was called for a violation before a second even elapsed in the first quarter and the same happened to begin the second.

At that point, Williams was already 8-for-8 from the X and exploiting

Daly’s evident weakness.

“Whenever anybody gets two violations, they obviously can’t be as aggressive,” Williams said.

The Syracuse faceoff specialist won all 11 draws in the first half, a program record for most faceoffs won without a loss to start a single game. And though Williams didn’t stay perfect in the second half, he gave SU security at a position that was vital in a game when Army and

Syracuse were never separated by more than three goals.

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Ben Williams’ faceoff percentage against Army on Sunday.

The No. 3 Orange (3-0) bent, but didn’t break against the No. 15 Black Knights (3-1), and earned enough

possessions courtesy of Williams — who won 21-of-25 faceoffs overall, against three different opponents — to squeeze out a 12-9 win in front of 2,561 in the Carrier Dome on Sunday night.

“I thought Williams was certainly the MVP of the game, played terrific and gave them a lot of opportunities,” Army head coach Joe Alberici said. “It did seem to me that in the vast majority, he had his stick see army page 14

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Orange reacts to officiating in loss to Pittsburgh

By Jacob Klinger development editor

Syracuse (17-10, 8-6 Atlantic Coast) lost to Pittsburgh (18-10, 7-7) in a tense finish Saturday afternoon in the Carrier Dome, but a pair of controversial calls

in the game’s final 40 seconds marred the thrilling conclusion.

With 39 seconds left and the Orange down by one, Rakeem Christmas set a screen for Michael Gbinije on a pick-and-roll, only to be whistled for a moving screen. On Pitt’s final possession with just under 20

seconds remaining, Gbinije and Ron Patterson trapped James Robinson on the Panthers guard’s own baseline.

Robinson traveled, changing his pivot three times and possibly stepping out of bounds before throwing the ball away. No call was made and Pitt scored a few seconds later, taking

a four-point lead with 17 seconds left.

Here’s how Syracuse reacted after the game.

On the moving screen call: “I think that’s a bad — terrible call, but things happen.” — Sophomore forward B.J. Johnson

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SU 2nd-half defense stifles Pitt

By Sam Blum asst. sports editor

Suzie McConnell-Serio could hear Quentin Hillsman screaming at his players from her locker room down the hallway of the Carrier Dome durpittsburgh 54 ing halftime.

Syracuse syracuse 68 had allowed Pittsburgh to shoot 51.5 percent until that point. The Panthers had broken the press with ease, turning advantages into easy baskets en route to a six-point halftime lead.

“It was our effort, man. When you don’t have effort, you can’t win at this level, you can’t win at any BCS level when you don’t have effort,” Hillsman, the Syracuse head coach, said.

“There was a point in the first half see pittsburgh page 14