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N • Airport renovations
Upgrades to the Syracuse airport will help boost the local economy, one CenterState CEO official said. The renovations are expected to be finished by October. Page 3
P • Bowling for luck
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Syracuse residents celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with the annual Irish Road Bowling event, a mixture of golf and bowling on the shores of Onondaga Lake. Page 7
S • Posterized
Syracuse is onto the Sweet 16 after knocking off Michigan State in Detroit, busting brackets and holding the Spartans to less than 30 percent from the field. Pages 8-9
2018 MEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT
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SWEET SURPRISE
Greek conduct violations released By Jordan Muller asst. news editor
TYUS BATTLE rises to fire what would be a clutch make for Syracuse with 47 seconds left in the game. Despite scoring one point in the first half, Battle poured in 16 in the second half to pace SU to a victory and Sweet 16 appearance.
Syracuse tops Michigan State in stunning second-round upset Story by Tomer Langer senior staff writer
Photos by Alexandra Moreo senior staff photographer
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ETROIT — It seemed like the end. Frank Howard walked down the court with his hands on his head as head coach Jim Boeheim verbally attacked any referee who would listen. Syracuse was down four against a team that had lost just four times all year. A team it couldn’t take the lead over for much of the afternoon. And now, it had to play without the last six and a half minutes without its 40-minute point guard, in an arena that was mostly pro-Michigan State, creating a quasi-road game. None of that mattered. In miraculous fashion, No. 11 seed Syracuse (23-13, 8-10 Atlantic Coast) defeated No. 3 seed Michigan State (30-5, 16-2 Big Ten), 55-53, on Sunday afternoon in Little Caesars Arena, once again on the back of its stellar defense. The Orange moves on to the Sweet 16, where it’ll have a matchup with No. 2 seed Duke. “It’s just the heart of this team,” sophomore guard Tyus Battle said. “It’s amazing.” For the third time in five days,
OSHAE BRISSETT was one of Syracuse’s primary offensive catalysts on Sunday, tallying 15 points in SU’s low-scoring smothering of Michigan State.
the Orange held a high-powered offense to less than 60 points. For the third time in five days, there were moments when it seemed like neither team would score. And again, for the third time in five days, Syracuse won. “These guys just keep going, they keep battling,” Boeheim said. “Frank fouls out, it doesn’t faze them. They just keep going.” Teams and players evolve throughout a season. Guard Geno Thorpe decided to leave the team and Howard Washington went down with an injury. Marek Dolezaj transformed from glue guy off the bench to starter who led SU in scoring in the Round of 64. At the beginning of the year, Boeheim constantly lamented Oshae Brissett’s shot selection. In March, Brissett was the go-to scorer down the stretch. But Syracuse’s style and game flow stayed the same throughout. The Orange was constantly stuck in close games. It could never fully pull away from weaker teams, like Iona to start the season or Pittsburgh twice in the ACC, despite winning those games. It hung around at Virginia and at home with North Carolina, but couldn’t get over the hump to beat either of those teams. And despite March being college basketball’s most unpredictable stretch, things weren’t going to see sweet
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Earlier this year, Cornell University’s Omega Phi Beta sorority became one of the seven Greek organizations at the university disciplined for hazing during the 2016-17 academic year. Representatives of Omega Phi Beta’s national sorority, according to a university investigation, subjected Cornell’s new members to forced calisthenics, verbal abuse and eating and drinking restrictions, among other things. Another Greek organization held a contest they called a “pig roast,” where new members could earn “points” by having sex with women. The new member who had sex with the heaviest woman would win if there was a tie with another member, according to the website. Cornell releases detailed descriptions of hazing violations committed by student organizations, such as fraternities, sororities, athletic teams and music groups, in an effort “to overcome
see violations page 6
student association
Tickets for gun march go on sale By Catherine Leffert asst. news editor
Tickets will go on sale Monday at 11 a.m. for the Student Association’s bus trip to Washington, D.C. for the March For Our Lives rally this Saturday. March For Our Lives is being organized in response to the violent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that left 17 people dead last month. March organizers support stricter gun laws in the United States. The tickets will be $5 each, and all the revenue collected will be donated to a cause that has yet to be determined. SA is fully funding the buses. A total of 150 students can ride the buses to the protest on Saturday, said SA Vice President Angie Pati. Students can only buy
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