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Members of the Special Olympics Club at Syracuse University spray painted the Quad Wednesday to encourage people to stop using the “R-word.”

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Kaleb Joseph’s playing time has slowly dropped as the end of the season nears. His ineffectiveness has put Syracuse’s point guard future, and offense, in doubt.

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Magic Man, Panama Wedding and Baskets, an SU band, performed at University Union’s first Bandersnatch concert of the spring semester.

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fraternity and sorority affairs

Students arrested for hazing, pledge may lose 4 fingers

By Brett Samuels news editor

Two members of Nu Alpha Phi have been arrested on hazing charges for their involvement in an incident that may cause a pledge to lose four fingers due to severe frostbite.

The fraternity was suspended Monday when the university first received

details of the incident, said Kevin Quinn, Syracuse University’s senior vice president for public affairs. The incident was reported to the university earlier this week, and the school notified the Syracuse Police Department, which began an investigation, he said.

“The university is dedicated to promoting a safe and healthy campus environment that rejects all forms of hazing

and fosters respect for the dignity and rights of all our campus community members,” Quinn said in an email.

The incident occurred at about midnight on Sunday, when three pledges of Nu Alpha Phi were told to perform exercises in Lower Hookway Park on East Colvin Street as punishment for “failing to perform their daily duties properly,” Syracuse police said.

According to police, the victim, who is a 20-year-old SU student, said the pledging members were told to perform pushups and situps, and to roll in the snow at the park for approximately 20 minutes. Pledges were dressed in sweatshirts, pants, boots and no gloves. After finishing the exercises, the pledges were given hand warmers and told to walk back to the

IVMF uses corporate grants to improve services big business

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on the rise

Here’s a breakdown of where some of IVMF’s grants came from. First Data and Wal-Mart Foundation donated the most, making up more than half of the total grant money.

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Here’s how year to year donations of significant grants compare to each other. A few significant grants have come recently, while there weren’t many large grants in 2012. source: ivmf financial report

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homecoming Here’s a look at how many veterans reside in various eastern states. source: va.gov

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By Justin Mattingly asst. news editor

The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities at Syracuse University served 17 veterans in 2006. In the past year, programs run out of the university put about 23,000 transitioning service members through business membership programs.

Outside companies are contin-

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families is the first interdisciplinary national institute in higher education focused on the social, economic, education and policy issues impacting veterans and their families and is based out of SU.

uing to take notice and are making monetary efforts to help.

“I wish I could say that four and a half, five years ago when we created the institute that we would have the kind of impact that we’re having such that external funders would continue to look at us,” said Michael Haynie, vice chancellor for veterans and military affairs at SU and co-founder and executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families.

Over the last three weeks, IVMF has received a total of $8.5 million in funding from three companies, allowing the institute to continue its work with veterans. IVMF has grown into one of the best institutes for veterans in the U.S. and is the crown jewel of SU’s efforts to help veterans.

“Some of the large grants that you’ve seen come in recently really have been the function of the fact that the founding vision of this

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institute was to go out and create what would be widely acknowledged, external to Syracuse University, as the nation’s leading academic institute focused on vets and their families,” Haynie said.

When IVMF was founded in June 2011, it only had two funders.

Now, about four years later, there are 61 partners listed on the institute’s website.

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fraternity at 739 Ackerman Ave. The victim said when he returned home he felt severe pain in his hands even after running them under hot water, according to police. The next day, still in pain, he went to Crouse Hospital where he was told he had severe frostbite to his fingers and may lose his ring and pinkie fingers on both hands. see hazing page 8

men’s basketball

Report: Forward to return McCullough to come back for sophomore year at SU

By Matt Schneidman asst. sports editor

Forward Chris McCullough will return to Syracuse for his sophomore season, Syracuse.com reported on Wednesday afternoon.

Earlier in the Orange’s season, McCullough had been projected as a first-round pick in the NBA Draft. He MCCULLOUGH tore his right ACL on Jan. 11 and was ruled out for the rest of the season. He underwent surgery on Feb. 12 and told Syracuse.com he doesn’t expect to play in a game until December.

When he does return, McCullough will join what will likely be a crowded SU frontcourt. Tyler Roberson and DaJuan Coleman are expected to return and incoming big men Moustapha Diagne and Tyler Lydon could be in the mix as well.

In 16 games this year, McCullough averaged 9.3 points and 6.9 rebounds in just over 28 minutes. On Wednesday, SU head coach Jim Boeheim emphasized how different the season may have been if SU had McCullough, calling his injury a “devastating loss.” mcschnei@syr.edu

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THIRSTY thursday | strongbow gold apple hard cider

Hard apple cider has fresh, sweet flavors

By Ben Glidden staff writer

Visit the nearest apple orchard and go deep into the field. Grab a ladder and climb to the top of a tree and pick the biggest, freshest apple you can find. Take a bite, feel the juice in your mouth and you’ll have an idea of the taste of the Strongbow Gold Apple Hard Cider.

It’s almost unbelievable how much this tastes like an apple. I can taste the skin and the juice without having apple parts stuck in my teeth and without having to deal with seeds, a stem and a core at the end.

The Strongbow smells fantastic, and it really brings me back to fall.

As I sit here trying to avoid the brutal Syracuse winter, the strong cider smell makes me think of the leaves changing on the trees and sweatshirt weather. But this is definitely a major departure from beer. The first thing that jumped out to me is the sweetness. The taste will almost make you purse your lips and squint your eyes as if you’re sucking on a super sweet candy.

This is far different than other popular ciders — like Woodchuck and Angry Orchard — in the sense that the flavor is far more authentic, and it’s nowhere near as carbonated. It’s extremely smooth and refreshing. You can barely tell it has any alcohol in it with its 5 percent ABV. These ciders have a chance of tasting harsh or sour but the Strongbow is placed perfectly on the sweetness spectrum.

There’s a slight aftertaste, but it’s not unpleasant or too sugary, which is an issue with many similar drinks.

And while the Strongbow Gold Apple Hard Cider is enjoyable, I’m not sure if I’d ever sit through a whole bottle, and I definitely wouldn’t have multiple. Like many of its counterparts, this cider is just extremely sweet. It would mix well with some other, more concentrated alcoholic drinks like vodka or Fireball.

I recommend giving the Strongbow a try, but definitely don’t buy a six-pack unless you have a major sweet tooth. biglidde@syr.edu

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By Lydia Wilson asst. news editor

KAYLA MCKEON displays her Special Olympics medals at a “Spread the Word to End the Word” event in Kittredge Auditorium Wednesday night.

McKeon spoke at the event about the campaign, which encourages people to stop using the “R-word.” isabella barrionuevo asst. photo editor

Club encourages students to stop using R-word

By Sara Swann asst. news editor

On Wednesday at 8 a.m., members of the Special Olympics Club at Syracuse University spray-painted orange messages in the snow on the Quad to raise awareness of their “Spread the Word to End the Word” campaign.

The “Spread the Word to End the Word” campaign encourages people to stop the use of the “R-word,” or the word “retard(ed),” because it is “exclusive, offensive and derogatory.” Wednesday marked the annual day of awareness, which takes place the first Wednesday of every March, according to the campaign’s website.

In addition to raising awareness about the campaign, the spraypainted messages also invited the public to attend the Special Olympics Club meeting on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

The meeting took place in Kittredge Auditorium, where Kayla McKeon, a 27-year-old Syracuse native with Down syndrome, shared her experiences with the “R-word” as the Special Olympics Club’s guest speaker.

“If you must call me something, please call me Kayla,” McKeon said in her presentation to an audience of about 50 people. “I am not a retard. I am differently abled.”

McKeon, who was the keynote speaker at the 2015 Winter Games

in Syracuse, spoke about how she was physically and verbally bullied throughout her school years. In one instance, McKeon was pushed down and her back was fractured causing her to miss several weeks of school.

“My mom always told me to brush it off,” McKeon said. “She would say ‘You are the bigger person.’”

McKeon’s mother, Patti, and McKeon’s father, Mark, were both present at the meeting. Patti shared a story about how when Kayla was younger, she struggled to keep up with her cousins.

“It was frustrating to see that she couldn’t keep up with them,” Patti said.

McKeon started playing soccer

for Special Olympics New York when she was 11 years old.

“It was a life-changing moment because she was among her peers and I knew she wasn’t going to fall behind,” McKeon’s mother added.

McKeon continued to play multiple sports for SONY over the years, including floor hockey, bowling, track and field, softball and bocce. In 2011, McKeon was one of nine SONY athletes to compete in Athens, Greece, where she won a silver and bronze medal for bocce, a lawn game similar to bowling.

McKeon said in an interview after the meeting that her favorite see end

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Miss America 2014 to speak about diversity in April

By Brett Samuels news editor

Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri will speak at Syracuse University in April to commemorate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Davuluri, a native of nearby

lecture titled, “Celebrating Diversity through Cultural Competency,” according to a syracuse.com article.

Where: Joyce Hergenhan She was the first Indian-American Auditorium, Newhouse III When: Tuesday, April 14 at 7 p.m. crowned Miss New York, and eventually became the first Miss AmerHow much: Free ica of Indian heritage.

Fayetteville, New York, will give a The event, hosted by the Office

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of Multicultural Affairs, will be April 14 at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse III. The lecture is free and open to the public, according to the syracuse.com article. blsamuel@syr.edu @Brett_Samuels27

The Student Association will be offering students round trip buses for Spring Break to popular east coast destinations.

“It’s important to offer the buses to give students an easy access opportunity to travel during the break,” said Lyle Weston, director of public relations for SA. “Going home is something almost everyone looks forward to and it’s our job to offer that opportunity for students who might not otherwise be able to arrange it.”

Trip destinations being offered include New York City, Boston, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Rockaway, New Jersey, according to an email sent to the Syracuse University student body on Monday.

“We feel like this is a great opportunity to easily schedule a round trip to the city to which students would like to go,” Weston said SA encourages

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do round-up Here are some stories from The Daily Orange this week you may have missed: NEWS TALK IT OUT Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.), along with other Syracuse University and local community members, gathered Monday to discuss a bipartisan bill aimed at combatting sexual assault on college campuses.

PULP ONE FOR ALL Seniors Andy Pregler, Kyle Fenton and Jeff Kurkjian reflect on what it means to be Otto the Orange, Syracuse University’s beloved mascot.

SPORTS LAST CHRISTMAS Rakeem Christmas only scored 10 points and was out-muscled in Syracuse’s loss to No. 2 Virginia. But it didn’t completely spoil his final appearance in the Carrier Dome.

See dailyorange.com for our full list of stories.

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“Certainly when we started we had to be scrappy and we had to go out and find funding to support what we did,” Haynie said. He added that most of the original funding brought in was in the range of $20,000, rather than the million dollar grants the institute is receiving now.

All of IVMF’s funding comes externally.

None comes from the university. Three major grants from late February will help the institute maintain some of its current programs, as well as achieve its mission moving forward.

A $7 million First Data grant from Feb. 17 will allow for the launch of a Center of Excellence, which will let the institute expand existing programs, especially those assisting veterans who own small businesses. First Data is the “perfect partner” for the IVMF because “they have millions of small business customers and we already know that a percentage of those are veteran-owned small businesses,” said Raymond Toenniessen, the managing director for development and external relations of IVMF. A $1 million grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation from Feb. 17 will allow IVMF to continue work in North Carolina by helping

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end the word thing about Special Olympics is that she gets to “hang out with friends and stay fit at the same time.”

McKeon is currently working toward earning her Associates Degree in general studies

kick off the Welcome Home North Carolina initiative to help businesses better work with veterans. It’s the third $1 million grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation to IVMF. The Wal-Mart Foundation chose to partner with the IVMF because the two organizations’ missions aligned and the foundation wants to help veterans reintegrate into civilian life, said Tricia Moriarty, the director of global responsibility communications for Wal-Mart.

Toenniessen added that the Feb. 23 $500,000 grant from Intercontinental Exchange, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, will help the IVMF continue its work in its three mission areas: community engagement, programming and research and policies.

Representatives from First Data and Intercontinental Exchange could not be reached for comment.

Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs at SU, said with IVMF doing so well, it helps SU’s visibility in an area it wants to be seen as a leader in. One of the ways to be seen as a leader is through external funding, he added.

Haynie, speaking as the vice chancellor for veteran and military affairs, said IVMF’s success and research will allow SU to adopt better policies to serve veterans.

“It means a lot of work,” Haynie said of receiving the funds. “The vast majority of the money that we bring in goes right back out the door to delivering programs and services to vets and their families and that’s our commitment to our funder.”

Bringing in the money to support IVMF’s programs is part of what the institute does, and Haynie is supportive of that, he said.

“The day that we stop going out and seeking opportunity is the day that I’m not the director of this institute,” he said.

There’s a purposeful strategy to get funding and it’s built on the strengths of the institute, Haynie said.

The early stages of EBV allowed the founding members of the IVMF to go after the largerfunding partnerships, Toenniessen said.

Now that IVMF has secured these large donors, Toenniessen said the institute will be able to continue its programs already in place and add to them.

“Those are opportunities for us to really move the needle on some of the issues that we’re tackling,” he said. “When we bring on partnerships like that, that are both financial in nature but are also very strategic in nature, they’re game changers for us.”

from Onondaga Community College and LeMoyne College by taking night classes. She has taken 22 credits so far, including two semesters of sign language so that she can “talk to people (she has) never been able to talk to before.”

At the end of the meeting, Nick Neu, the president of the Special Olympics Club at SU, invited everyone to sign a banner taking a

pledge never to use the “R-word.”

McKeon also tossed T-shirts that said, “I pledge to respect everyone” to audience members.

“I can do what all of you guys can do and more,” McKeon said in her presentation. “I challenge you all to keep up with me because I am not done yet.”

Round trip tickets for these locations are $99 and can be purchased at the Schine Box Office. Buses for all destinations will depart in front of the Schine Student Center on Friday at 5 p.m. Buses will then depart from their various drop off locations Sunday, March 15 at 10 a.m., according to the email.

Additionally, there will be shuttles to the Syracuse Hancock International Airport and the William F. Walsh Regional Transportation Center. Shuttles will depart from the back of Schine on Waverly Avenue. Airport shuttles will depart 20 minutes past each hour, and RTC shuttles will depart 30 minutes past each hour.

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buses students to take advantage of the opportunity.

“If students fill up the buses it assures that we will continue to be able to run then every year and continue this offer.”

on the road again Here are the locations where SA buses will be stopping: • New York City: Bryant Park, 42nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues • Boston: South Station, 700 Atlantic Ave. • Washington, D.C.: Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Avenue NE • Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch Street • Rockaway, New Jersey: Rockaway Mall, 301 Mt. Hope Ave. Here’s when the buses will go to the RTC and airport.

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Student should not be prosecuted for exposing foie gras production

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SUNY-ESF undergrad is currently facing prosecution for entering a foie gras production facility, filming the inhumane treatment of the ducks and, allegedly, taking two of them. Amber Canavan, if convicted, could be sentenced up to seven years in prison.

Canavan’s situation is a reflection of multiple injustices present in our legislative system. Not only should foie gras, a delicacy made from the liver of a duck or goose after being artificially fattened through force feeding, be banned, Canavan should be thanked, not indicted by Sullivan County District Attorney James Farrell for exposing the real injustices present.

Foie gras is already banned in a number of countries including Germany, Italy, Denmark, Norway and the Czech Republic. In a March 1 interview with The Daily Orange, Canavan said, “The U.S. should follow the lead by enacting meaningful animal cruelty legislation for all animals, including ducks, at the federal level.”

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The state of California is currently trying to ban foie gras production, again. Foie gras production was banned statewide in July of 2012. This ban was repealed this January, on the grounds of overstepping the regulatory domain of the federal government. Current California Attorney General Kamala Harris wants this original ban reinstated. States must prioritize the cessation of animal suffering over the continued profits for businesses, which commodify sentient beings.

In a Feb. 22 article from The New York Times covering Canavan’s case, Marcus Henley, the operations manager of Hudson Valley, the company whose facility Canavan took footage of, said, “We give tours ... You don’t need an exposé.”

Inside the factory, Canavan was able to observe the ducks being raised for herself.

She recalled, “It was hard to find one that was not suffering common maladies from these living conditions, such as scabs and sores, skin infections and feather loss, not to mention upper respiratory disease from the filthy, dander filled air.” Canavan continued, “Some had died right in their pens, likely from heart attacks, their corpses sitting there for hours until the workers came back to the next force-feeding session.”

For some reason, it seems unlikely that the tours showed the same things Canavan experienced during her own exploration of the facility.

Those responsible for the continued exploitation of animals in agricultural settings know what they are doing is inhumane, and have gone to great lengths to keep their tactics hidden from the public eye.

Since the 1990s, states have been wrongfully protecting livestock farmers. “Ag gag” is a term encompassing a number of laws passed meant to prohibit illegal whistle-blowing regarding the abhorrent treatment of animals

in the United States. Even in a state where harmful ag gag laws are not in place, the judicial system is still protecting the ones responsible for mass suffering instead of the ones attempting to expose them for the world to see.

In the same interview, Canavan explained, “So-called ag gag laws have been passed in seven states so far. New York state and almost a dozen others rejected these draconian laws.

That didn’t stop Sullivan County District Attorney James Farrell from bringing these ridiculous charges against me.”

Canavan’s situation is the latest example of an immoral system. Not only should she be absolved from any legal ramifications, her actions should send a message to the New York state government that foie gras is a cruel and unnecessary business which should be banned immediately.

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 @azor_cole.

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Divided Republican Party delays funding, proves inability to govern

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here are only three words to describe the Republican Party right now: irresponsible, delusional and divided.

Last week’s Department of Homeland Security funding debacle kept America on

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its toes, waiting to see if House Republicans could put aside their desire to strike down recent immigration reforms in order to keep a partial government shutdown from occurring. Sure, they managed to pass a one-week funding bill in the 11th hour on Friday, and yes, they passed a “clean” bill this past Tuesday, but this does not make up for the heinous behavior the Republican Party has displayed this week.

The GOP has now shown it’s true colors as a party so concerned with taking down President Barack Obama’s administration that it could not manage to pass a simple funding bill for what is perhaps the most essential agency of our federal government without putting the nation’s security at risk.

The fact that House Republicans finally passed this funding bill without language to remove Obama’s immigration actions doesn’t excuse their original actions. Their unnecessary, prolonged escapade shows that they have absolutely no plan to govern responsibly.

Using the word delusional to describe the current mindset of congressional Republicans is a thought borrowed from one of their own — Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) called the section of Republicans that would allow DHS to shut down “self-righteous and delusional.”

He commented further on Twitter, saying “There are terrorist attacks all over the world and we’re talking about closing down Homeland Security. This is like living in a world of crazy people.”

A world of crazy people it is. The only thing more divided than the two parties in Congress is the Republican Party itself. Fifty-two Republicans voted against Speaker of the House John Boehner’s proposed 3-week funding bill. Boehner is finding more allies amongst the Democrats than within his own party — it was only with the promise to Minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of a vote on a “clean” funding bill later this week that a one-week stopgap funding bill got

passed just two hours before the shutdown would have begun.

It was with this same reach across the aisle that Boehner was able to pass the full spending bill on Tuesday.

If the GOP wants to shift its perception away from the misguided and reckless face it showed over this past week, it needs to concede that tactics like holding the nation’s security hostage are not the way to change national policies.

The Sunday talk shows this week were filled with Republican leaders all saying the same thing — Boehner, along with Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) all referred to disagreements about “tactics” when it came to passing — well, not passing — a spending bill.

Of course, it’s not the entire party that’s keeping DHS funding at bay. As Rep. King and the Republican leadership would agree, there is a group of hardline conservatives — about 50 or so — who are holding the party back. Boehner found a solution to this once, and it’s that same solution that will get him through the next vote: be bipartisan and work with the Democrats.

It’s clear that tactics are dividing the GOP — only reasonability can bring the rest of the House together.

After Tuesday’s vote, Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) said that it’s time for his party to move forward and “stop playing these silly games,” further calling on the GOP to “prove to the American people that we’re serious about protecting this homeland and that we have the capacity to govern.”

If this past week taught us anything, it’s that the American people shouldn’t hold their breath.

Zach Goldberg is a senior economics, policy studies and energy and its impacts major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at zrgoldbe@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @zgolds.

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SU hazing crackdown must continue Syracuse University made the right decision suspending the Nu Alpha Phi fraternity for hazing, and should take care to enforce its zero tolerance policy in all instances of hazing.

Two SU students were arrested

by Syracuse police Wednesday on hazing charges. The hazing left one pledge with severe frostbite and he may lose four fingers because of it.

The fraternity was suspended on Monday when SU received word of the incident.

SU has clearly defined its Anti-Hazing Policy: “To include any action that intentionally or recklessly causes or poses a substantial risk of harm to the mental or physical health or safety of one or more persons.

Subjecting any person to and/or

encouraging any person to commit an act that violates human dignity, the Code of Student Conduct, or the law for the purpose of initiating, promoting, fostering, or confirming any form of affiliation with a group or organization is prohibited.”

There is a common belief on campus that students should accept that hazing happens, but that is not the case. Hazing does not have to be a part of Greek life, or other groups on campus. Students should not feel pressure to suffer in silence; safety trumps tradition. In light of recent events the university should recirculate this policy to the entire student body in a campus wide email.

In order to end hazing on campus, the university should treat

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all instances of hazing equally and enforce its policy to its fullest extent. It should also consider taking charters away from the Greek life organizations that are found to be hazing their pledges. Having severe punishments in place for hazing will be the best way to deter future hazing.

If these standards are to be upheld effectively, the university has to hold all organizations to the same standards. Hazing in any form or severity is not tolerable. The university cannot pick and choose what cases it will pursue. And it cannot only come down hard on houses involved in public scandals.

Hazing has no place — and should never have a place — at SU.

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Americans have undeniable constitutional right to marriage equality

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ame-sex couples are one step closer to having the rights they deserve.

On Feb. 23, the United States Department of Labor announced that it had revised the definition of “spouse” in the Family Medical Leave Act to include same-sex couples.

This revision guarantees that all married couples, no matter their sex, have the right to care for their spouses’ serious medical conditions without fear of losing their jobs.

This update comes after the Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act that prevented same-sex couples from receiving equal federal benefits, such as Social Security and health insurance. But while this was a huge advancement, there are more steps the federal government, specifically the Supreme Court, needs to take to ensure equal rights for all.

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fish without a bicycle After Section 3 was struck down, President Barack Obama quickly directed federal agencies to remove DOMA’s influence from every relevant law. Though it has taken about a year and a half, these revisions finally caught up to the FMLA. Now, same-sex couples can take up to 12 weeks off from work to care for a spouse, even if they live in a state where their marriage is not recognized.

Striking down Section 3 of DOMA and revising the FMLA was a big step for gay rights. However, while celebrating these advancements, many seem to overlook the fact that much of the discriminatory DOMA was left standing. The new FMLA had to explicitly ensure rights to same-sex couples in every 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 Momin Rafi Design Editor Max Redinger 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

state, no matter if their marriage is recognized there or not because Section 2 of DOMA remains in effect. This section allows states to deny recognition of marriages performed in other states.

This last piece of DOMA only serves to divide our nation. States should be allowed to make their own individual policies, but in this case, many are denying constitutional rights. Right now, states can pick and choose which marriages they recognize.

This is clearly unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment, which prohibits any state from denying its citizens equal protection of the law.

Before we can progress with samesex marriage, the Supreme Court needs to finish what it started and repeal DOMA in its entirety.

Of course, repealing DOMA is a step toward marriage equality.

But it would not officially legalize same-sex marriage. Repealing Sec-

tion 2 would mandate that states recognize marriages performed in other states, but would not force them to marry same-sex couples themselves. Once DOMA has been tackled, the Supreme Court needs to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.

Though it had previously denied hearing same-sex marriage cases, in January the Supreme Court finally agreed to take on the issue and is expected to deliver its decision by June. In February, the court refused to block same-sex marriages in Alabama, only adding to speculation that it will rule in same-sex marriage’s favor.

This decision cannot come soon enough.

Sixty percent of Americans agree with legalizing same-sex marriage, according to a recent CBS News poll, and its constitutionality is already established under the 14th Amendment’s equal

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protection clause. The conditions are right, and America is ready for same-sex marriage now.

The FMLA update makes it apparent how far LGBT rights have progressed in America, but it’s also a reminder that part of the hugely discriminatory DOMA is still standing.

The Supreme Court needs to repeal this unjust legislation and legalize marriage between two consenting adults, no matter their gender or sex.

Even after this happens, there will undoubtedly still be prejudice against LGBT people. But the sooner we legalize same-sex marriage, the sooner we can move forward and end this discrimination altogether.

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Professor receives grant to continue crowdsourcing research

By Kayli Thompson staff writer

School of Information Studies assistant professor Yun Huang has received a continuing grant to research reasons why people share public safety information on social media platforms.

The National Science Foundation awarded the grant to Huang in February for $100,255 for the first year. Financial support will continue for the second year.

Huang said the funds will be used to run user studies and hire students for software development of an app her research team is developing.

Corey White, a psychology professor at SU who is working with Huang on the research, said the main uses of the funds will be for hiring personnel and the distribution of the app.

Huang started building the app, called “SU DPS,” in 2013. Her research team collaborated

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hazing Police said a search warrant was conducted Wednesday at the fraternity’s residence and the two suspects were arrested. Tae Kim, 19, and Jeffrey Yam, 21, have been charged with hazing in the first degree, a Class A misdemeanor, according to Syracuse police.

Both suspects were released on appearance tickets and will appear in court. The two other pledging members refused to cooperate with the investigation, according to police.

The university defines hazing as any action

with the Department of Public Safety, who was supportive in their research activities. Huang said the app they developed together displays maps of locales, incident location reports and timely incident notifications. It’s also been developed as a conduit for the ORANGE alerts.

“Public safety is always important,” Huang said in an email. “Receiving safety-related information more accurately, timely and completely will help improve community safety.”

This app has been available on Google Play for Android systems and as of Wednesday, the iPhone version is available on the Apple Store, Huang said.

Huichuan Xia, a second-year Ph.D. student in the iSchool, has been working with Huang on the app since last summer. He has been working on the user starting, testing how the users might view the app, such as their opinions and attitudes toward public safety issues.

“We’re also collaborating with other professors and students from diversified backgrounds and disciplines and we can learn from each other,” Xia said. “I think that’s the key, we collaborate and incorporate with each other very well.”

Huang said she’s excited to have this opportunity and grateful to everyone who has worked with her.

“It is an acknowledgement to our hard work,” Huang said.

White attributed the work and success thus far completely to Huang. While he has worked with her on the cognitive side of things, he maintains that he’s a consultant while the whole thing was her idea and that she approached him for the psychology aspect of it. iSchool Interim Dean Jeffrey Stanton agreed that it has been all Huang and that she’s done excellent work.

“We here at the iSchool are very proud of Yun

and her achievement,” Stanton said in an email.

Her work has been recognized even further as the research paper titled “Designing a Mobile Crowdsourcing System for Campus Safety” she wrote with others has been selected as a finalist of the iConference 2015, according to Xia who also helped write the paper.

Despite being in the beginning stages of the work and the grant, the team is optimistic, White said. They’re hoping that this app gives people a sense of empowerment if they use the app to report a crime or incident. He likened it to a digital form of a neighborhood watch program.

“That’s probably what happens when people join a neighborhood watch,” White said. “That they feel more committed to the community now that they have a personal stake in it, in ensuring the safety . . . maybe people will feel a little more connected to the community through this role.”

that intentionally or recklessly poses a substantial risk of harm to the mental or physical health or safety of one or more persons. Subjecting a person or encouraging a person to commit an act that violates human dignity, the SU Code of Student Conduct or the law for the purpose of initiating, promoting or confirming affiliation with a group or organization is prohibited, according to SU’s policies.

The suspension means Nu Alpha Phi is prohibited from participating in any fraternity-affiliated activities on or off campus, Quinn said. That includes, but is not limited to, recruiting or initiating new members, hosting activities individually or

in conjunction with other fraternities or sororities and engaging in activities that are supported by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs.

There is no exact time frame for the suspension, Quinn said. The interim suspension is pending the outcome of an investigation and full resolution of any resulting conduct charges that may be filed against the group.

When asked about the incident, an individual who answered the door at 739 Ackerman Ave., the fraternity’s address, said he did not know about the hazing charges.

There are past examples of fraternities facing suspension at SU. In 2006, Sigma Alpha

Epsilon faced suspension after its pledge class “kidnapped” a brother. As a result, 10 students were referred to the Office of Judicial Affairs, now the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities, and SAE was found guilty of hazing.

Also in 2006, Zeta Psi was suspended, and ultimately shut down by its national chapter, due to an assault that took place at a closed event. Two brothers were arrested and later kicked out of the fraternity.

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Walking the walk Universities, colleges across U.S. participate in National Adjunct Walkout Day

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n hopes of increasing awareness and improving the treatment of adjunct professors at colleges and universities around the nation, students, faculty and staff at various colleges participated in the first-ever National Adjunct Walkout Day last week.

The event, which took place on Feb. 25, drew national attention, as some schools had hundreds participate in the protest. In addition, some adjuncts said they hope the event will lead to long-term change for the treatment of adjuncts.

Driving forces of the movement are concerns about the privatization and corporatization of higher education in recent times. It has become an issue in today’s education system that adjunct professors are not compensated nor respected as well as they should be for the work that they put in, said John Washington, an adjunct professor at the University of Arizona, in an email.

Adjunct professors and supporters of National Adjunct Walkout Day have the goal of working with administration to improve the treatment of adjunct professors at schools around the country, and it is not the goal to work against the administration while trying to achieve goals, Washington said.

“We want to make sure students are receiving a high-quality education and their instructors, us, are not further turned into undervalued or dispensable workers,” Washington said. “The goal of any university should be quality, inspiring education, and that is not possible without fairly compensated, well-respected instructors.”

At the University of Arizona, response to the walkout of adjunct professors has been largely positive and sparked progress with administration. Adjuncts there are hopeful that improvements will begin to take place by next fall, Washington said.

However, each campus has created its own programs with its own conditions and policies that pertain to adjunct professors, and it is important to note that treatment of adjunct

professors varies on a large scale from school to school, said Louisa Edgerly, an adjunct professor of journalism and communications at Seattle University, in an email.

“I would say that the national adjunct movement seeks to address the issue at its broadest point — how adjuncts are being used as cheap, disposable labor to get a short-term job done, and in the process how student learning environments are being affected,” said Edgerly.

Many of the participants in National Adjunct Walkout Day recognize the importance of the event because it is the first time that the population across the country was able to come together and collectively raise their voices to raise awareness, Edgerly said.

The goal of any university should be quality, inspiring education, and that is not possible without fairly compensated, wellrespected instructors.

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“I think big change is inevitable,” she said.

“Where we are today is a big change from 30 years ago. I would expect a change of equal magnitude in higher ed over the next 30 years.”

The event at Seattle University attracted roughly 400 participants, including faculty, staff and students. The day’s events included the walkout, as well as picket line protesting and speakers including a tenured faculty member, an adjunct, a fast-food-worker organizer, students and Seattle city council members, Edgerly said.

She added that several issues have led to National Adjunct Walkout Day. However, some problems that cause adjuncts to be unable to provide a higher-quality education stem from struggling to make ends meet. This can be

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caused by the inequality and lack of fairness to non-tenure track professors, she said.

“Most departments these days would not function without our labor, yet we are paid the

least and receive few to no benefits,” Edgerly said. “It’s an inherently unequal system that harms both faculty and students.” eemcdona@syr.edu

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Fraternity partners with BE Wise for alcohol awareness video

By Thomas Beckley-Forest staff writer

A Syracuse University fraternity collaborated with the BE Wise alcohol awareness campaign to create a video in the hopes of reducing unsafe drinking.

The partnership of Delta Kappa Epsilon and the BE Wise campaign released a video last week aimed at drawing attention to the downsides of alcohol abuse. The video, titled “Make Wise Choices,” which depicts a night of drinking gone sour, was released on Feb. 25 and has more than 1,300 views on YouTube.

In September 2014, Pam Peter, director of the office of student rights and responsibilities, received an offer from DKE to promote alcohol awareness on campus from DKE. William Valle, DKE alumni relations chair and a senior economics and political science dual major, said he reached out to BE Wise on behalf

of his fraternity because Scott Friedburg, DKE’s president at the time, wanted the organization to be more involved with such issues on campus.

“It makes this unique,” Valle said of the fraternity’s involvement with the campaign.

“We wanted to use the social clout of Greek life to get through to students.”

Valle recalled realizing how real the problem was while listening to Peter’s anecdotes of students being transported to the hospital with alcohol-related injuries every weekend.

The BE Wise campaign is an account of Hill Communications, a student-run public relations firm. The Hill Communications staff bounced ideas for collaboration back and forth with DKE brothers during last semester, said Demi Douglas, who supervises the BE Wise account for Hill Comm.

“There’s been a lot of hands in this project,” said Douglas, a junior public relations major.

“We were happy to have any assistance with promoting our message.”

DKE and BE Wise eventually decided to produce a video, with early ideas involving riffs off of a video that circulated online in October 2014 involving a GoPro mounted on a bottle of Fireball whiskey. Another idea would have involved testimonies about negative drinking experiences from DKE brothers, Valle said.

For the task of directing the video, the two organizations tapped Vincent DeRise, an information management grad student and 2014 SU alumnus with a degree in television, radio and film.

DeRise, who owns media production company Few Among Many, said a large inspiration for the video’s feel came from the song “Stay High” by Tove Lo, which soundtracks the video.

“We were trying to capture the nostalgia of feeling like you’ve had too much to drink,” DeRise said. “It’s an experience many college students have had.”

The video, shot in November 2014, features a college student’s night at a house party. The

main character, portrayed by Bobby O’Brien, a senior television, radio and film major, consumes drink after drink, ending the night incoherent and passed out on a chair.

“While safety is important, there are other reasons to know your limits, have some self-control,” DeRise said. “You could lose out on a fun night with your friends, not meet a girl who was at that party.”

DeRise, who was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, said he thought that fraternity members are often pressured by one another to drink too much, an issue addressed by the video.

“Drinking is so ingrained into the social culture of Syracuse,” Valle, the DKE member, said. “Showing a more realistic perspective seemed like a better way to reach people than the scare tactics many PSAs use.”

Valle and Douglas said that future collaborations were possible between DKE and BE Wise, most likely in the form of more videos. tjbeckle@syr.edu

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Magic Man and Panama Wedding rocked Schine Underground on Wednesday for the first spring show of University Union’s Bandersnatch Concert Series. Student band Basket(s) opened the night.

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1. Magic Man, a synthrock group from Boston, brought excitement and a traditional band feel to the show with its opening song, “Waves.” The five-piece band ended its set with the chart-topper “Paris” and a cover of Jimmy Eat World’s “The Middle.” 2. Basket(s), a band comprised of Syracuse University students, opened the night before Panama Wedding and Magic Man came on. 3. Panama Wedding’s bassist rocks out during the band’s 45-minute set. 4. Alex Caplow, lead singer of Magic Man, repeatedly jumped around the stage.

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Columnist discusses Sun’s decision to leave city for warmer weather

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fter 168 years of service, the Sun has decided to leave the city of Syracuse.

“I think that after a while you just want to shake things up,” said a relieved Sun. “There’s more for me

DANNY CUNEO

WORKING ON IT out there.”

For more than a century and a

half, the Sun has provided services to the city of Syracuse such as melting snow off cars, giving those on Accutane sunburn and providing citizens hope in January. But just like many Syracuse residents, the

Sun has just grown tired of the frigid temperatures.

“I just can’t do this anymore,” he said with a groan, “and now, with the worst winter we’ve had since 1902? It’s just confirming how I’ve

always felt. ” This is why the Sun has announced he is leaving the city he has called home for so long. According to the Sun, he has been mulling

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cuneo this decision for years now, and said he has grown restless enough where he knows in his heart it’s time to go.

Syracuse University officials are working all day and night in order to get the Sun back to campus.

One unnamed campus official knows how bad it has gotten in Syracuse, but knows that losing the Sun would be devastating.

“Look, we’ve already suspended our basketball team from the postseason, if the Sun leaves, we’re screwed. We might as well shut down partying at Castle Court.”

SU’s team of lawyers is digging in deep to get the Sun back to the Salt City. Early drawings of a new contract have been leaked to The Daily Orange via TMZ. To get him to stay, Syracuse is planning to offer the Sun free Jimmy John’s subs for a year, the key to the city and exclusive access to the chancellor’s Batmobile.

But detractors would argue about whether the Sun has put enough effort to warrant staying. For years, this burning celestial body has left the city for multiple months at a time, and some aren’t so sure how loyal this star has been in the first place.

In addition, some residents question the Sun’s integrity.

“Look, all I know is that the Moon has never left us, and never will,” said disgruntled resident Jack Frost, “If he wants to leave, fine, it just confirms all of the suspicion that he has no heart, and will never earn the affection of this city.

“Look, the Moon has been here through it

all and has never complained, not even when he almost went away completely and turned into that C thing.”

The Sun is the currently largest star in our sky, and sometimes the biggest star needs to shoot across this great world of ours. For better or worse.

“I know there’s a lot on the horizon, I’m looking forward to this opportunity for a while now,” the Sun said. “I’m trying to leave on the best terms as possible, but any disagreement will have rough patches. I appreciate everything the city of Syracuse has done for me and what the residents continue to do for their community, but I have a lot more I want to accomplish.”

The Sun is alluding to his acting career, which started strong with a run on a television series as well as a cereal endorsement.

But once he moved to Syracuse, he had to let those dreams go.

“It’s about my legacy. I don’t want to be another child star who never fulfilled his potential. Did I love my role on ‘Teletubbies’ and in those Raisin Bran ads? Absolutely. But that part of my life is over now, and I want to be remembered as something greater.”

So where to now?

“I don’t know — I’ve always wanted to spend a few weeks in Cabo. I think it’s about finding out who I really am. In the words of the Beatles: ‘All You Need is Love’ … What?

You’re serious? There’s a Beatles song called ‘Here Comes the Sun?’ No way. I’m sorry, I have to text my mom.”

Danny Cuneo is a junior television, radio and film major. His boobs cannot tell the weather. His column runs every Thursday in Pulp. He can be reached at dacuneo@syr.edu.

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(FROM LEFT) JEN DULONG AND JEFF BUJAK will perform at the downtown Funk N’ Waffles on Saturday. Bujak plays live music and Dulong hula hoops to the beat. The duo, which has been performing together since 2011, uses different types of equipment for its performances including keyboards, loopers, samplers and drum machines. courtesy of jeff bujak

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or two Massachusetts-based performers, hula hooping is more than just child’s play — it provides visual movement and depth.

The duo Bujak will perform at the Funk ‘n Waffles in downtown Syracuse on Saturday at 9 p.m.

The duo consists of musician Jeff Bujak on the keyboard and Jen Dulong with an LED hula-hoop, performing to his music. Admission is $10 at the door and the event is 21 and over only.

As a producer, Bujak describes his music as a mixture of classical and rock, with a twist of dance to bring out the electro aspect of his work. He and Dulong take pride in the dramatic visual presentation of their live performances, saying it brings

more artistic dimension to their shows.

Dulong, who is in charge of the special effects and lighting for their live shows, performs alongside Bujak with her LED hula-hoop.

“I control most of the visual aspect of the show,” Dulong said. “After four years of touring, I’ve come to know (Jeff’s) musical style very well, and I believe that is reflected as a personal light show within our performance.”

The duo began performing together in 2011.

Bujak said Dulong adds a human element to his sound and provides a more comfortable way of connecting to the music.

“I’ve never wanted to include anyone else musically to this show, so adding someone as a visual enhancement was more successful than I could have imagined it being,” Bujak said.

Massachusetts duo Bujak to perform with music, LED hula hoop at Funk ‘n Waffles Sam Levy, general manager at Funk ‘n Waffles, categorized the dynamic duo’s musical genre as “electro piano dance.”

“There’s not many people who can make that much music on their own. They put on a full performance — visually and audibly,” Levy said.

“Every time I see them it’s very different. I’m expecting a completely new experience.”

The duo uses plenty of different types of equipment for the performances. Bujak said he uses his keyboards, loopers, samplers, drum machines and computers with effects not only to create music, but also make his listeners think.

Bujak added that he improvises a lot when he plays, but also maintains basic song structure. His musical influences include acts like Lotus, Perpetual Groove and Umphrey’s McGee.

“I always made sure that my lighting presentation was just as original and elaborate as my music,” Bujak said.

Dulong bought her LED hula-hoop when she and Bujak began performing together. She said her hoop is different compared to a basic LED hoop — hers has 165 different modes and patterns.

Dulong said she wanted to pursue a career as a light designer, so performing with Bujak was her way of working with lights — she just uses a hulahoop instead of a light board.

“We’re both really excited for this upcoming show,” Dulong said. “We haven’t been to Syracuse in a while — Jeff has more lights and I have some new moves. I plan on hooping my brain out, that I know for sure.” tchuang@syr.edu

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Every day after practice, Shevon Thompson goes to a side hoop, throws a weighted ball off the backboard and jumps, corrals it and repeats.

“After practice, it’s the weirdest thing to see,” George Mason head coach Paul Hewitt said. “Usually after practice you just see a kid go grab a ball, work on free throws, work on 3-point shooting, work on ball-handling.

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After attending two different junior colleges — Midland (Texas) and Harcum (Pennsylvania) — in his first two years since coming to the United States, Thompson has found a niche, both with a school and a skill, at George Mason.

“Rebounding’s all about desire,” Hewitt said.

“It’s whether you want to get the ball or not. In the case of Shevon, not only does he want to do it, but he also wants to improve at it.”

Thompson started playing basketball at Vere Technical High School in Hayes, Jamaica when he was 17. He said he did it to try something new and see what basketball was all about.

Not only were the facilities incomparable to what he plays on now, but the recruiters were few and far between.

“All my games were played outside on a rough court, on tar and stuff like that,” Thompson said.

“I didn’t get that much exposure to basketball.”

Luckily for Thompson, the country’s rules allowed him to play one more year of high school basketball even after graduating, since he was still younger than 19 years old. It was then that he

started drawing attention, as he said to himself, “OK, I think I got something going here.”

Thompson put up astronomical numbers, he said, and the local media started flocking to him for interviews.

“I’ll just keep going, keep going,” he told himself. “Keep playing, keep playing, keep playing.”

In September of 2013, Hewitt was eyeing another Harcum player when Thompson caught his attention. When Hewitt, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, heard of Thompson’s origin, his interest was peaked even further.

“His numbers weren’t eye-popping, but just watching him you knew he was going to improve,” Hewitt said. “Low maintenance, hard-worker, it was an easy one, very, very easy one.

“If people knew who he was and what he was all about, he would’ve had 50-60 Division I offers.”

There was no question in Hewitt’s mind that Thompson wasn’t polished.

He had the potential, but the head coach had his reservations about the first-ever junior college prospect Hewitt signed in his 19 years as a head coach.

“When we signed him, the idea was possibly to redshirt him because we just thought he was going to be so raw,” Hewitt said. “We made the decision to play him and we haven’t looked back.”

Now, Thompson’s main focus is to strengthen his legs since opponents are going after his lower body to throw him off balance.

He credits his technique for his success, and all he could pinpoint was simply getting in the right position when the ball goes up.

He’ll continue to throw a medicine ball off the backboard after every practice. But in stark contrast to the tar courts where his craft was honed just several years ago, every time he corrals the ball, his two feet will land softly on hardwood.

“Oh yeah, I came from a really far place,” Thompson said. “Now I’m here and I’m in the top rebounders. Wow, this is pretty amazing.” mcschnei@syr.edu | @matt_schneidman

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women’s basketball

SU begins ACC tourney without Henderson

By Josh Hyber staff writer

As Syracuse’s Tuesday practice came to an end and its players dispersed for various interview responsibilities, head coach Quentin Hillsman sat in a chair on the baseline of a far practice court alongside guard Diamond Henderson.

Wearing a hoodie and sweatpants with a black up next brace over her left leg, Henderson sat still while her VS Wake Forest teammates spoke excitedly @ Greensboro about the potential of avengColiseum ing regular-season losses Thursday, 11 a.m. against Notre Dame and Duke, and about their readiness for the postseason. It didn’t look like Henderson or Hillsman said much, if anything at all.

Moments later, Hillsman announced Henderson had torn her left ACL against Clemson last Thursday and would not play during the postseason. No. 22 Syracuse (21-8, 11-5 Atlantic Coast) will now look for others to step up, whether it be its reserves or starters, when it starts ACC tournament play on Thursday at 11 a.m. in Greensboro, North Carolina against Wake Forest (12-19, 2-14).

“We always talk about being able to go deep into our bench,” Hillsman said. “I guess this is when our depth will be tested and we’ll see how deep we really are.”

Henderson, who transferred to SU from Tennessee Tech before this year, was SU’s most productive reserve guard this season. The senior averaged 21.5 minutes and 10.5 points per game, which ranks third on the team.

On Jan. 29 in a 78-58 loss to then-No.8 Louisville, Henderson led SU with 20 points — 10 more than any other Orange player. SU’s second-leading scorer that day, forward Taylor Ford, also came off the bench.

Though Ford hasn’t started a game this season, the forward averages eight more minutes than starter Isabella Slim. And in the Orange’s

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dejoe the Cobb County Lacrosse Classic on Saturday at 1 p.m. DeJoe is looking to continue developing his offensive repertoire as SU tries to hold onto the nation’s top spot.

“I think he’s starting to turn the corner into being a solid and dependable offensive midfielder all up next around,” attack Kevin Rice said.

VS St. John’s In his first two years at @ Fifth Third Bank Stadium SU, DeJoe didn’t possess Saturday, 1 p.m. the decision-making ability necessary to be as efficient as he could, head coach John Desko said.

In 2013, not even 27 percent of DeJoe’s shots found the back of the net. It took him 26 shots to muster seven goals and that ratio dipped even further in 2014, when he only had two goals on 11 shots in 13 games played.

But this year, it’s only taken DeJoe five shots to beat the goalie three times, as his shot selection is paying dividends on the stat sheet.

“I think in the past we’ve had that shot, but he hasn’t always made the right decisions with

ALEXIS PETERSON and her SU teammates will have to step up in the absence of senior Diamond Henderson, who tore her ACL last week. larry e. reid jr. staff photographer

win over then-No. 13 North Carolina on Feb. 5, Ford sank a 3-pointer to give SU a 49-42 lead 7:22 to play, and then made another to extend SU’s lead to seven with 2:02 to go.

Outside of Henderson, the only other reserve guard to see meaningful minutes this season has been Maggie Morrison, who averages 10.2 minutes a game and has only eclipsed five points in a game twice during conference play. But on Jan. 11 against Virginia, Morrison knocked down four 3s in the closing minutes of the first half and played lockdown defense in the final minutes of regulation, helping SU secure a 70-58 victory.

“I’ve just got to come in and step up,” Morrison said. “Make plays, knock down shots. If I get the chance, I’ve just got to take it and be ready.”

Henderson’s scoring production will most likely be picked up by SU’s starters rather than the reserves, though. SU’s most-often used starting lineup of Butler, Slim, Alexis Peterson, Cornelia Fondren and Briana Day has scored 68

the ball,” Desko said. “We’re really starting to see him come into his own now.”

Against Cornell on Feb. 15, DeJoe stood 15 yards away from the goal as SU swung the ball around the perimeter with a man advantage.

He received a pass from Henry Schoonmaker, took a crow-hop and unleashed.

I think in the past we’ve had that shot, but he hasn’t always made the right decisions with the ball. We’re really starting to see him come into his own now.

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The ball blistered over the left shoulder of Big Red goalie Christian Knight to give the Orange a 7-1 lead 16 seconds into the second half.

“I think that when they call me the ‘Lefty Laser’ or whatever, it’s kind of funny,” DeJoe said. “When I am out there, they know that, ‘Oh God, we have to watch for his outside shot.’”

percent of the team’s points this season.

“I don’t think (Diamond not playing) puts any pressure on any of us,” guard Brianna Butler said. “ … We have a lot of people who can step up.

Taylor has had big games for us. Bria Day stepped up when Briana (Day) wasn’t in. We just have other players who can step up into those roles.”

Peterson and Bria Day, both sophomores, could shoulder the burden. Peterson averaged 15.1 points and 4.3 assists a game this season, and Bria Day averaged a double-double, with 10 points and 10.9 rebounds.

On Tuesday, Peterson talked about how prepared SU is for potential ACC and NCAA tournament runs.

But they’re runs Henderson won’t be a part of.

“We always say that we’re going to play for each other,” Peterson said. “We look forward, I’m sure, to people coming off the bench or excited for the opportunity. We’ll all do what we have to do to get this win.” jmhyber@syr.edu

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Derek DeJoe’s shot has been clocked at 111 miles per hour. That’s five miles per hour shy of the world record.

On the flip side, DeJoe said he enjoys being in the field when its six-on-six instead of just being used on the man-up.

He doesn’t mind being defined by his cannon of a shot, though, since it gives Rice, Dylan Donahue and Randy Staats a viable option to feed when defenses hone in on them.

“They come down, they draw the defense lower to them and I’m usually open up top,” DeJoe said.

With 5:18 left in the fourth quarter in the season opener against Siena, the Orange swung the ball around the perimeter, but this time on even strength. It reached Matt Lane and DeJoe cut to the middle instead of staying up top.

He corralled a pass 4 yards from the goal, shot in stride and once again, found the back of the net.

“I don’t think last year you would’ve seen him recognize a cut against a zone and fill the open space and catch it in traffic and finish,” Rice said.

“I think it shows where he’s going as a player.” mcschnei@syr.edu | @matt_schneidman

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softball

Wambold excels with calm approach at plate

By Liam Sullivan staff writer

Julie Wambold stepped to the plate on Feb. 20 against Loyola Marymount with the game tied at three in the bottom of the seventh.

Sammy Fernandez, representing the winning run, stood on second base.

Head coach Leigh Ross thought to herself, up next “Just stay focused and trust,” knowing that @ Virginia Tech @ Tech Softball Park Wambold had struggled Saturday, 1 p.m. (DH) with nerves in the past.

Sunday, noon Instead of panicking, the senior took a deep breath, counted to 10 and dug herself into the box. Wambold singled up the middle to give the Orange a walk-off win.

“At first, I was nervous,” said Wambold, an SU catcher and second baseman. “But then I calmed myself down and got the job done.”

Through 15 games so far Wambold has 12 RBIs, already halfway to her total in 46 games last year. A mainstay in the middle of Syracuse’s lineup since her freshman year, Wambold hopes to maintain her composure and timely hitting at the plate as SU (7-8) travels to play three games against Virginia Tech (13-3, from page 20

joseph across six games from Jan. 26 through Feb. 18, the Orange would’ve been even worse.

If he had shot a more average 34 percent — 12-of-35 — in that span, then SU would be the second-worst 3-point shooting team in the league. “(Joseph) has to get stronger and I think that’s really what it comes down to,” Boeheim said.

“But there’s no question we struggled at that position, but we also struggled shooting the ball.”

The loss of Chris McCullough to an ACL tear

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boeheim during which Michael Gbinije caught fire, Syracuse may be even worse off. From Jan. 26 to Feb. 18, Gbinije made at least two 3s and shot 40 percent or better from behind the arc in each of Syracuse’s six games during that span.

“We were at the bottom of the 3-point shooting teams in the league anyway, but if you take Mike’s run out we were the worst 3-point shooting team in the league,” Boeheim said. “And we were, I believe, the worst free-throw shooting team in the league. We had issues on offense.”

And while Boeheim was three spots off on his second claim, the Orange is shooting

0-2 Atlantic Coast) this weekend in its first conference matchup.

Equipped with power and quick hands since her freshman year, Wambold’s relaxed mentality has been the main difference for her at the plate, Ross said. In the past, Wambold was anxious to get hits, instead of having the patience to let the ball come to her at the plate.

“I definitely feel more relaxed this year than I ever have before,” Wambold said, “and I’ve always hit in the middle of the lineup since I’ve been a little girl.”

In the past, Wambold would lunge out with her front foot at incoming pitches, offsetting her stride and in turn, her balance, Ross said. She was still effective, but wasn’t optimizing her potential.

With her new approach, lunging is less of an issue.

Employing a breathing technique she learned in one of her sports management classes this spring, Wambold has learned to relax herself by controlling her breath and counting to 10 before stepping into the box.

Danielle Chitkowski, a junior third baseman and former pitcher for SU, used to be terrified to face Wambold even before she developed patience.

“She keeps her hands tight on inside balls and then extends and is locked in on outside balls,”

Chitkowski said. “Her swing is so fluid and smooth and it’s extremely intimidating as a pitcher or fielder because you can’t do much with it.

“I can’t imagine facing her now, she’s so locked in.”

A drill that has helped Wambold relax and rely on her mechanics has been a front toss with the use of Nike Sparq Vapor Strobe Goggles. The goggles slow down movement with a constant flicker in the lens, helping her handeye coordination and focus at the plate.

Chitkowski said she thinks Wambold is the best on the team with the goggles and added that she can barely make contact while Wambold “crushes” the ball during the drill.

The increased relaxation and patience has helped Wambold hit change-ups a lot better this season, Ross said. In the absence of anxiousness, she keeps her hands and hips back and explodes through the zone on off-speed pitches in a way she hasn’t done before.

Satisfied with the way she’s performed recently, Wambold is insistent that the best was yet to come.

“I’ve felt confident lately and it’s helped me immensely at the plate,” Wambold said. “I think it’s only going to get better.”

just three games into the conference season only made Joseph’s job harder. There was one less big man to pass to in a pick-and-roll offense.

After Joseph’s three-minute showing against UVA, he said he was surprised at how quickly the season had gone by. He said it was a learning experience and that he was looking forward to N.C. State, the summer and next season, albeit without concrete expectations.

Wide-eyed and willing, he always says that.

Boeheim said Joseph will play more against N.C. State, as sitting him was just an adjustment for UVA.

“I treat this game like any other game we’ve played this season,” Rakeem Christmas said.

Syracuse has gone into every game this season with its only true point guard needing to get stronger, one who Boeheim thinks will start to make more shots and teammates who need to, too.

It’s the same way SU goes into next season.

“I think we’re going to go through some tremendous changes in this offseason and we’re going to have to see how it all comes together in September and what direction we’re going to go,” Boeheim said. “We don’t know, really, much right now.”

below 31 percent from 3-point range for the first time since the 1993–94 season. From the foul line, SU is having its worst performance since the 2008–09 campaign.

After Chris McCullough tore his ACL, Syracuse was hindered on the offensive end, Boeheim said. Though the freshman shot 56.3 percent from the line, he averaged 9.3 points per game and scored in double figures in the first eight contests of the season.

“When we lost Chris McCullough we lost such a key factor, I think, for a guy that would have really had an effect on both ends of the court,” Boeheim said. “Not just offensively but defensively as well. I believe he would have progressed, he would’ve gotten to be a much better player and he would’ve made a differ-

ence for our basketball team.”

Syracuse has scored fewer than 60 points six times and it’s arguably been the ugliest as of late, as SU barely averaged 50 points per game in its recent losses to Duke and Virginia.

The Orange shot 15 percent from 3 and 30.6 percent from the field against the Blue Devils, and posted a 21.1 percent mark from beyond the arc against the Cavaliers. The last two games have been somewhat of a microcosm for the season and Boeheim could only offer a simple solution to his team’s offensive woes.

“That’s just something that we have to get better at in the future,” Boeheim said. “We have to shoot better.”

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n.c. state 66 syracuse 63 N.C. State upset then-No. 11 Syracuse in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament quarterfinals. T.J. Warren — now a member of the Phoenix Suns — dropped 28 points on the Orange, which missed six shots in the final 21 seconds attempting to tie the game.

Rakeem Christmas heads into his final game with Syracuse, looking to put a cap on his career-best season against N.C. State. Wolfpack guard Trevor Lacey may have something to say on Saturday about the SU forward finishing his four years with a win.

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I think they’re a team that can make a run not only in the ACC tournament but in the NCAA Tournament.

They beat us in the tournament last year but I think their team is better this year because of (Trevor) Lacey and (Ralston) Turner.

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ice hockey

Orange readies for PSU in CHA tournament after week off

By Jack Rose staff writer

Heading into the final weekend of regular-season play, Syracuse and Penn State were tied for second in the College Hockey America standings with 20 points each. Penn State held the tiebreaker and a first-round bye in the CHA tournament was at stake.

The Nittany Lions played up next first, falling 4-1 to Robert VS Penn State Morris, and SU controlled its @ Mercyhurst own destiny. With a 4-1 vicIce Center tory of its own over RIT later Friday, 7 p.m. that Friday night, the Orange needed only a tie on Saturday to finish second.

Again playing early in the day, Penn State lost by the same score again. Syracuse took the bye and with it, got one step closer to an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

“This is a good break, whether it’s people nursing minor injuries, some aches and pains, trying to shake a cold,” head coach Paul Flanagan said, “because right now you alleviate the stress of having a best of three (last) weekend.”

Syracuse (10-14-10, 8-6-6 CHA) spent the past week recovering and working on skills while trying to keep its competitive spirit up.

After finding out it would face Penn State (17-15-4, 9-9-2) in the CHA semifinals, the team reverted to its normal practice schedule, working on specifics of the PSU power play, fore-check and end-zone coverage.

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kempney before the whistle and sometimes it’s too late to even change anything,” Kempney said.

Kempney has been the sole person on the draw for Syracuse this year and her 9.83 draw controls per game rank third in the country. Maryland faceoff specialist Taylor Cummings, the reigning Tewaaraton Award winner, will test Kempney’s success when No. 5 Syracuse (5-1, 1-1 Atlantic Coast) takes on the No. 1 Terrapins (4-0) on Saturday at noon in a rematch of last year’s national championship game.

Last year, the Orange fell to the Terrapins three times, including a 15-12 loss in the title game, as Maryland averaged 4.3 more draw controls per game than SU with Cummings primarily on the draw.

“Win the draw, win the game — most of the time,” SU attack Devon Collins said. “Sometimes teams prove that wrong, but it’s very rare that a team comes up with less draw controls and still wins the game.”

SU’s draw control group starts every practice the same way. Kempney, attacks Riley Donahue and Kayla Treanor and midfielder Erica Bodt arrive 15 minutes early to work with assistant coach Katie Rowan.

They do “quicks,” a drill where they turn their wrists over quickly with a stick in their hands simulating a quick draw, for about two minutes. After that come high tosses to work on their verticals, then take draws against each other.

In addition to the extra practice, she’s even used baseball resistance exercises to

this season, Syracuse will square off with PSU on Friday at 7 p.m. at Mercyhurst Ice Center in Erie, Pennsylvania. The winner will face the winner of Merchurst (23-8-3, 14-5-1) and RIT (13-18-5, 5-12-3) on Saturday for the CHA title and a trip to the NCAA tournament.

“It could potentially be my last game, we don’t want it to be,” senior Allie LaCombe said about the win-or-go-home tournament.

“Basically all your hard work and preparation since I was 14 feels like it comes down to your last collegiate game.”

The final pieces of that preparation started during the team’s week off.

Players were able to focus on individual skills as well as the team’s own systems.

Defender Akane Hosoyamada said the most important thing for the team during that week was for each player to focus on herself and what she can do better.

Additionally, the team ran combative drills against each other to ensure it didn’t lose its competitive edge in the break before the next game.

“If we can keep the compete level going while actually being able to not worry about an opponent or games this weekend, we can concentrate on just getting better,” Flanagan said.

Given that it’s a do-or-die game, the players will play with increased intensity and urgency.

Flanagan expects players to block additional shots on defense and stay in their systems on offense. During practice, he stressed remembering where on the ice most of the Orange’s goals come from.

strengthen her wrists, Collins said.

“It’s definitely one of the most important parts of the game,” Kempney said. “But everyone has their position and their job to fulfill.”

Kempney’s go-to move is a self-draw because it’s a 50-50 battle. In a critical game situation, odds are she’ll try to win the draw herself, Kempney said.

Otherwise, she’ll send it in the direction of one of her teammates, which can lead to a multi-player scramble for the ball.

“I think the biggest thing is communication,” SU midfielder Kelly Cross said, “and … that one of us ends up with the ball, but it’s all working together to make that happen.”

Against taller opponents like Cummings, it can be hard to get a self-draw that pops straight up in the air. She tries to swat it down for her teammates or box out her opponent, but it doesn’t always work.

“She’s just so confident,” Kempney said.

“She knows she’s going to win it. Not having the greatest games against her the last couple years definitely ruins my confidence.”

After the national championship game, Kempney went home and practiced draws, primarily self-draws, with her younger sister Braelie, who takes draws in high school. All the while, she had the final game in the back of her mind.

Coming into the season, Kempney made one of her biggest goals clear: beat Maryland.

But she’ll have to start with beating Cummings, or whomever Maryland puts in the circle, on the draw.

“It’s definitely going to come down to draw controls,” Kempney said. “I think that’ll determine where the game will go.” jrmettus@syr.edu

ALLIE LACOMBE is entering her final postseason with Syracuse, which is scheduled to square off against Penn State on Friday at 7 p.m. bryan cereijo staff photographer

If SU holds off PSU, the team may very well have to then beat Mercyhurst, a feat the Orange accomplished earlier this season for the first time in program history.

Getting that first win under their belts would serve as confidence for Flanagan and his players if they do face the 10-time CHA champions. Mercyhurst has made the CHA tournament final in each year of the conference’s existence.

Flanagan said the team will have extra motivation knowing it tied Mercyhurst at its rink and had a strong chance to beat the Lak-

ers the next day as well.

“Now our goal would be to not only beat them at home but beat them in their own rink,” defender Danielle Leslie said. “I think that would be pretty spectacular for us.”

Flanagan agreed, but didn’t want to get ahead of himself. First, the team has to beat Penn State before it can think about Mercyhurst.

Though the coach is confident going into the weekend, he wouldn’t talk specifics about when his team’s season would end.

Said Flanagan: “I don’t make predictions.” jlrose@syr.edu

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men’s basketball

Boeheim criticizes offense

By Matt Schneidman asst. sports editor

Jim Boeheim didn’t shy away from criticizing his team’s offensive output this season.

While speaking to reporters in the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center on Wednesday, he harped on Syracuse’s struggles from beyond the arc and at the foul line this season.

“We probably have offensive statistics for a team that is 4-14 at the end of the year,” Boeheim said.

The Orange (18-12, 9-8 Atlantic Coast Conference) is 13th out of 15 ACC teams in 3-point percentage, posting a 30.2 percentage from long distance. From the foul line, SU ranks 12th, shooting 66 percent from the charity stripe.

If it wasn’t for a stretch

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KALEB JOSEPH played only three minutes in Syracuse’s 59-47 loss to No. 2 Virginia on Monday. Head coach Jim Boeheim said the 6-foot-3 freshman will get more playing time against N.C. State, as SU continues to search for consistency at point guard. chase gaewski staff photographer

Ineffective Joseph leaves Orange in need of steady point guard

By Jacob Klinger development editor

K

aleb Joseph sat while Syracuse chased its last chance to snag national attention on the basketball court.

The man whose position, starting point guard, typically means someone who brings the ball up on every possession was doing no such thing for much of Syracuse’s 59-47 loss to No. 2 Virginia on Monday. Jim Boe-

heim said Michael Gbinije started in Joseph’s place atop the 2-3 zone to give the Orange more size and stop UVA from penetrating.

SU got bigger with B.J. Johnson making his first start of conference play and Gbinije did keep the Cavaliers out of the paint for much of the game. But the Orange struggled to penetrate and a blunted Syracuse offense faded away.

It leaves SU (18-12, 9-8 Atlantic Coast) going into its last game of

the season against North Carolina State (18-12, 9-8) — a matchup in Raleigh, North Carolina on Saturday at noon — without a true and ready point guard on the roster. The UVA game was a special circumstance but the lack of a natural answer to initiate the offense is a cold reality of Syracuse basketball as the season concludes — one that’s stretched SU to and beyond its limits throughout a particularly troubling campaign.

“Michael Gbinije has had to play three positions and that’s difficult in college basketball to play more than one,” Boeheim said.

Starting a freshman point guard is rarely not a problem. Former SU

point guards Sherman Douglas, Jason Hart and Michael Carter-Williams all played sparingly and not terribly well as freshmen, Boeheim pointed out on Wednesday. All became all-league players.

Their freshman-year teams were all better than this SU team, though.

This one just doesn’t shoot well, deepening the problem of starting a freshman point guard or playing a combo guard in the position.

Syracuse is the third-worst 3-point shooting team in the ACC. Gbinije’s running the offense has helped all season long. But without the junior forward’s 18-of-35 3-point shooting

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men’s lacrosse

DeJoe continues expansion of offensive arsenal

By Matt Schneidman asst. sports editor

This summer, Derek DeJoe’s shot was clocked at 111 miles per hour.

He said it nonchalantly, but that’s five miles per hour shy of the

world record.

“I like to think that I have a good shot,” he said.

It’s a trait that allows DeJoe to be Syracuse’s primary man-up specialist, a role he’s earned by being able to draw opposing zone defenses to

him to free up space for the attack.

This season, the junior midfielder had scored three goals in four games — two of which haven’t come on the man-up.

And though DeJoe’s skill set allows him to fit the mold of a man-

up specialist, his newfound ability to penetrate a zone instead of standing outside of it has helped expand his game. The No. 1 Orange (4-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast) travels to Kennesaw, Georgia to take on St. John’s (1-4) in see dejoe page 16

women’s lacrosse

Kempney preps for Maryland

By Jon Mettus staff writer

As Kailah Kempney lines up at midfield, two of her teammates crowd the circle around her.

They flash hand signals to one another and yell out different colors, signaling where each up next player is and what each @ Maryland one is going @ Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex to do.

Kempney Saturday, noon listens to her teammates, analyzes the stick her opponent is using and where the referee has placed the ball.

She adjusts her grip and decides where she’s going to try to place the ball.

“It really comes down to right

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