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In just five years, the Melo Center has changed the Syracuse basketball programs permanently. See how.

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A Syracuse University football player runs his own food cart, Pinocchio’s Pushcart, which is stationed near Bird Library.

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YANIRA RODRIGUEZ, a graduate student, was the first speaker at the Rally for Consent on the front steps of Hendricks Chapel on Wednesday. Protesters marched to Chancellor Kent Syverud’s office to hand him a 8,000 signature petition that was created this summer. margaret lin photo editor

‘We had to bring 50 people to his C office door’

Students, staff, faculty protest changes to sexual assault resources

By Jessica Iannetta and Anna Merod the daily orange

hancellor Kent Syverud spoke face-toface with a group of about 40 people who marched up to his office on Wednesday afternoon to voice their concerns about changes to sexual assault resources at Syracuse University.

“I really appreciate you doing this. This is what Syracuse should be proud of,” Syverud told the

crowd of students and faculty members, many of whom were holding signs that said “No more decisions about us, without us” and “Reclaim the university for students.”

The group climbed the narrow staircase to the sixth floor of Crouse-Hinds Hall as part of the “Rally for Consent,” which was held Wednesday afternoon. The rally began on the steps of Hendricks Chapel at noon before the group of about 75 people marched down the hill to Syverud’s office.

The rally was the latest event in a monthslong see protest page 4

See dailyorange.com for a video about reactions to changes in sexual assult resources

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Boeheim refutes Yahoo! column on USA basketball coaches

By Phil D’Abbraccio asst. sports editor

Jim Boeheim walked up to a podium at the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center on Wednesday afternoon with a smile on his face.

A reporter asked, “What are we here for today, Jim?” “I have no idea. It’s football season, isn’t it?” Boeheim responded, still grinning. “I’m shocked. I’m here because you wanted me here. I didn’t call this meeting.”

After speaking briefly about his experience with the USA Basketball program, winning this summer’s FIBA World Cup in Spain and giving a brief preview to Syracuse’s upcoming season, the Syracuse men’s basketball coach was asked about Yahoo!

Sports writer Adrian Wojnarowski’s Monday column. In it, Wojnarowksi called for a shake-up in the structure of the USA Basketball program and accused Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski of using his position as the USA Basketball head coach as a

recruiting tool.

“The article was very — there were a couple of things that weren’t factually true,” Boeheim, who is also the assistant coach of Team USA and the chairman of the USA Basketball see boeheim page 4

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Belgian-style tripel ale embodies fall season

By Hannah Redfield contributing writer

Although technically the first day of fall isn’t until next week, I got my first taste of autumn when I sampled the Allagash Tripel Ale. It’s fitting that on the day I broke out my favorite sweater, I also tried this beer that embodies the fall season. The rustically designed bottle shows silhouettes of trees dropping red, yellow and orange leaves from their branches.

As I poured the beer into a glass, the amber-colored beer fizzed and bubbled as a two-inch-thick, foamy head formed around the rim.

I sniffed the enticing brew before taking a sip, but did not smell anything out of the ordinary. Upon my first sip I discovered that what I thought might be a simple, straightforward ale actually packed a bigger punch than I anticipated.

It left a fruity flavor in my mouth, which makes sense since the bottle advertises the brew as “a golden hued ale with notes of fruit.”

As I continued drinking, though, I noticed entirely new flavors such as honey and sourdough bread.

Somehow the combination of malt and yeast created a thick, dough-like texture that I felt I could actually chew rather than drink.

This Belgian-style Allagash created a wave of bubbles that left my tongue tingling long after consumption. Something else that stuck around for a while was my hot, rosy face from sipping on the 9 percent alcohol content beer. Belgian tripel ales have some of the highest alcohol content of all beers, which is surprising given the medium-bodied, smooth finish of the style.

An extremely well-balanced beer, this tripel ale was reminiscent of a cider without the extreme fruity flavor overwhelming my palette. Instead, herbal notes and the taste of honey created a fall classic. This sticky-sweet beer was the perfect way to ring in the changing season and welcome the crisp weather. hwredfie@syr.edu

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In the hole A recent study has shown that more retirees are dealing with student debt than in the past.

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En route A new app will soon give students the ability to track buses along their routes on campus.

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@_Chantelle_M_ So proud of my fellow undergrads, grads, & faculty who came out to Hendricks today. This is what the SU Community looks like. #rally4consent

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do round-up Here is a round-up of the top stories published in The Daily Orange this week. news Study Abroad Starting next fall, SU will no longer grant transfer credit for courses that students take while on a leave of absence to study abroad without a preapproved petition. In order to receive credit, students will have to take abroad courses through SU programs.

Cybersecurity SU is using its cybersecurity programs to protect itself from cyberattacks while also training students in the College of Engineering and Computer Science so they can protect others beyond the university in the future.

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The model room at the Creekwalk Commons apartment complex shows students what their living space could look like. Many students and some professors have decided to move to places downtown like Creekwalk for convenience and entertainment. frankie prijatel asst. photo editor

Students opt for downtown housing options

By Claire Moran staff writer

After living on Westcott Street for two years, Quinton Fletchall was ready for a change. Three years ago, in search of something more, Fletchall moved downtown into an apartment above Pastabilities in Armory Square.

“I was kind of getting tired of the Euclid, off-campus scene; both the nightlife and everything else and I enjoyed being downtown,” Fletchall said. “I just enjoyed the restaurants and the galleries and everything better.”

Downtown Syracuse has seen vibrant growth in recent years. Of

the people in the downtown area, 40 percent are associated with one of the hospitals or universities on the Hill said Lisa Romeo, the director of communications for the Downtown Committee of Syracuse.

This August, a new apartment complex called Creekwalk Commons opened up right across from the Nancy Cantor Warehouse, where many Syracuse University students attend classes in art-based programs. Creekwalk Commons is a 75-room facility located on the Onondaga Creekwalk that is marketed as predominantly student housing.

“We thought there would be an

interest in students who perhaps

I think it’s nice to get away from just Syracuse college students all the time, to meet other people, it’s good in the sense of professional connections.

Miles Ray fifth-year industrial design student

maybe came from a larger, met-

ropolitan area or perhaps from a different country who were used to living in an urban setting that would have that option,” said Jim Breuer, president of Heuber-Breuer Construction Company, which developed Creekwalk Commons.

Though the complex is marketed toward students, some of the tenants are professors or other adults, many of them from local universities, said Brad Stalter, the property manager at Creekwalk Commons.

Yenny Shin is a fifth year industrial and interaction design student who lives in Creekwalk Commons.

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SU offers free Microsoft programs to students

By Derrick Owens contributing writer

Syracuse University students now have the opportunity to use Microsoft’s most up-to-date software for free.

All current SU students can now download Microsoft Office 365, an application that includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint, for free as part of an agreement with Micro-

soft through Microsoft’s Student Advantage program.

Anyone who is currently taking classes at SU is able to download the Office 365 ProPlus application on to up to five computers and five mobile devices, including iPhones, iPads and Androids. Faculty and staff who are not also students are not eligible for the program.

SU was offered the Student

Advantage program because of its relationship with Microsoft, said Chris Finkle, the communications manager in the Information and Technology Services department.

“We are an enterprise customer of Microsoft, meaning we buy licenses for their software for all university administrative computers which serve employees, faculty and staff,” he said.

Students can download the Microsoft application through their SUmail student email account. The programs will remain available to students as long as they remain enrolled at SU. Once a student graduates or leaves the school, his or her subscription to the program will expire and he or she will only be able to access Microsoft programs in a “reduced functionality

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The Raices Dance Troupe aspires to educate the community by performing traditional Latin dances such as salsa, bachata and merengue, and putting a Latin twist on contemporary styles. The troupe will perform at Fiesta Latina on Sept. 29, to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month.

Freshman photographer Chase Guttman’s photography has been featured in multiple publications such as The Huffington Post and Photo District News.

As a travel photographer, he has received numerous distinctions, including being named the No. 3 travel photo blogger by USA Today, and has traveled to all 50 states and visited 48 countries.

sports Diploma Divide The need to get, retain and develop the nation’s best soccer players threatens to fracture college soccer into irrelevancy. Syracuse head coach Ian McIntyre is at the front of a reform movement pushing for an extended season. He and top players and coaches weigh in on the issue.

Muscle Matt After interning at Syracuse and part-time personal training in Long Island, Matt Mancz has worked himself up into building the bodies that make Syracuse Athletics.

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protest movement that began in May when Syverud announced that the Advocacy Center would close in June and its sexual assault resources would be re-organized into the Counseling Center, Office of Health Promotions and Office of Student Assistance.

Since the decision was made, the administration has been criticized by SU community members for a lack of transparency in its decision making and the way it has informed the student body about changes to sexual assault resources.

Throughout the rally, students criticized the university for not involving students in the decision to close the Advocacy Center and for not explaining the reasoning behind its decision.

Many of these concerns were voiced during the rally on the steps of Hendricks before the protestors marched to Syverud’s office.

Farrell Brenner, a sophomore citizenship and civic engagement and women’s and gender studies major, and Brittany Moore, Student Association director of student engagement, spoke about the need to have students involved in the process of changing sexual assault services.

Brenner echoed these sentiments, pointing out that the closing of the Advocacy Center was announced at noon on Friday of a holiday weekend in an email attachment that detailed many other administrative changes as well. The only listening meetings that have been held so far were held during the summer, when students weren’t here, she added.

“We were also deeply distressed by the way these changes were implemented,” Brenner said. “And this can be best summed up in four words: We were not here.”

Syverud’s meeting with the group of protesters didn’t come without a fight, though. Follow-

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microsoft mode,” according to the ITS website. This means that former students will no longer be able to create or edit documents under the student subscription of Microsoft Office.

Microsoft has offered the university a number of free services over the years, with SUmail, the campus email server, being the largest of those services, Finkle said.

“The Office 365 program is really the next generation of SUmail and (SUmail) really integrates well with Office 365,” he said.

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boeheim junior national team committee, said. “… it just doesn’t hold up. It just doesn’t hold up.”

Wojnarowski also mentioned Boeheim and referred to SU assistant coach Mike Hopkins in the column as others who benefit recruitingwise from their involvement with USA Basketball. Wojnarowski also took shots regarding Paul George’s broken leg and Mason Plumlee’s roster spot. He wrote that Krzyzewski will receive credit for DeMarcus Cousins’ maturity in the NBA, instead of John Calipari.

When Krzyzewski visited George in the hospital, it was George’s parents, Boeheim said, at the foot of the bed that took the photo that surfaced throughout social media, contrary to Wojnarowski’s portrayal.

“Duke didn’t put it out,” Boeheim said.

ing the initial rally on the steps of Hendricks, the protesters marched down the hill to CrouseHinds chanting, “Show me what an advocate looks like. This is what an advocate looks like!”

“Rape culture: tear it down! Patriarchy: tear it down!” and “Yes means yes, no means no, rape culture has got to go.”

When the group arrived at Crouse-Hinds, about 20 people remained outside to continue chanting while the rest of the group headed upstairs.

As the protesters squeezed into the lobby in front of Syverud’s office, they were greeted by Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz, senior vice president and dean of the Division of Student Affairs, and Kevin Quinn, senior vice president of public affairs.

Kantrowitz told the group that she and Syverud had no idea the protesters were going to directly come to his office after the march and that he was not available to speak to students at the time.

After listening to the protesters for several minutes, Quinn said he would speak with Syverud and ask him to meet with them. A few minutes later, a staff member from Syverud’s office came out and told the protesters the chancellor would meet with them in a conference room upstairs.

But the protesters held their ground.

“It’s easier to mobilize one person than 50,” said Yanira Rodriguez, a graduate student in the composition and cultural rhetoric program, told the staff member.

Syverud’s staff member said she understood and that the chancellor would be out soon.

When Syverud came out to greet the protesters, protesters handed him a petition with 8,000 signatures and 700 comments. After Syverud received the petition, protesters began to read several comments from the petition to him.

Syverud attempted to address the group’s concerns, telling the crowd that he’s committed to learning from the way the administration made the decision.

But Becca Glaser, a graduate student in the creative writing program, spoke up and said the administration made the decision behind closed doors.

“I’m not going to argue on this at this point other than to say I’m very eager to work with the chancellor’s workgroup,” Syverud said in response, referring to the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Sexual Violence Prevention, Assault and Advocacy.

After Syverud said he hoped to come to the next listening meeting, Ben Kuebrich, a graduate student in composition and cultural rhetoric, asked Syverud if he would make a commitment to never close down a center the way he had closed the Advocacy Center.

Syverud explained that was a difficult question to answer.

Glaser interrupted, saying the Advocacy Center was “really important.”

“I just don’t know how you could have shut that down,” she said.

“I encourage you to speak with Rebecca (Kantrowitz),” Syverud interjected.

“Can you promise to read all of those comments?” Glaser asked.

“I already said that I would read them,” Syverud said as he began to return to his office.

“Thank you so much. I have to stop now, but thank you so much, I appreciate it.”

Following the rally, Kuebrich said he was encouraged by the number of people who attended the rally and by the group’s meeting with Syverud.

Kuebrich said the group has been hoping to have more contact with Syverud. SU community members have sent emails, attended the listening meetings and created a petition, he said.

“It was like, what else can a group of people do to have a conversation with someone?” Kuebrich said. “We had to bring 50 people to his office door.”

Finkle said that he thinks Microsoft is offering its programs for free in order to build its customer base.

The Student Advantage program had been in the works for several months before the program finally launched. Finkle said that technical and licensing issues had to be solved before the promotion was offered. Both took a few months to be worked out, he said.

ITS employees said the reaction to the new program has been positive.

“I think its fairly easy to download the programs, some people have definitely had problems with it and I have seen some major issues

although with a very small amount of people.” said Serge Stambolyan, a junior film major who works in the ITS Center. “Most of the time it has been a computer problem and not a Microsoft or Syracuse University problem.”

Stambolyan said that he was surprised to see so many people come in and ask about the Office programs.

“I think having the Office programs will benefit me,” said Kyle Driscoll, a freshman undeclared major in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. “There are a lot of things a person can do with that software. ”

“USA Basketball didn’t put the picture out. It was (George’s) people. So that really created a misleading thing. And the other (inaccurate) thing is that Duke and Syracuse basketball benefit recruiting-wise from this experience.”

In the beginning of the story, Wojnarowski wrote about the USA coaches celebrating a World Cup championship by posing for pictures with the NBA stars and saying the photos would be texted or tweeted to prospective recruits — referring to pictures Hopkins took with Anthony Davis, Stephen Curry and other players.

“We haven’t gotten any better players in the last six, seven, eight years than we’ve got before,” Boeheim said. “And Duke is not getting better players now than they got before.

“The fact that Mike Krzyzewski coaches the Olympic team, I don’t think it hurts recruiting,” Boeheim said. “But you’re not out on the road a

lot of days that you could be … If you look at the record, Duke has always recruited well. I don’t see any difference there.”

Boeheim recalled one national-team player he coached that he was recruiting and said they were in “good shape” to land his commitment until Boeheim benched the played yelled at him “a lot,” the recruit went to Notre Dame instead.

“I’ve coached and been the chairman for about eight years now and we have not gotten one of the top recruits that have played for USA Basketball,” Boeheim said. “Not one. So obviously it’s not helping our recruiting.”

“The only negative article really that I think I’ve seen,” he added, referring to USA Basketball’s portrayal in the media. “Disappointing.”

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UNLOCKINGTHEGATE Mount Holyoke College creates policy to enroll transgender students on campus

By Maggie Cregan staff writer

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ount Holyoke College recently became the second women’s college in the United States to create a policy stating that the school will welcome transwomen, as well as other students who don’t fit within a rigid gender binary.

The first U.S. women’s college to create a clear policy of trans*-acceptance, Mills College, did so in May. Both Mills and Mount Holyoke previously accepted trans* and gender-nonconforming students on a case-by-case basis, but created the new policies to send a clear message of acceptance.

“I think that this has been a question for women’s colleges at least for the last 10 years, and I think it’s really exciting to be part of the school that has decided to answer the question and take a very forward-looking stance in relation to transgender rights,” said Priya Kandaswamy, the current chair of the Gender Identity and Expression sub-committee at Mills. “It’s really nice to see other women’s colleges going in the same direction.”

Christian Gundermann, chair of the gender studies department at Mount Holyoke, said that the reaction on campus has been enthusiastic. “There’s a lot of consensus that this is the right thing to do,” he said.

“The trans* movement has really gained a lot of visibility nationwide in the last years,” he said, “and it was about time.”

But Gundermann, stressing that he spoke as an individual and not as a Mount Holyoke spokesperson, said that in his opinion the language of the new policy leaves something to be desired.

“The language used to define who qualifies to apply at Mount Holyoke and who doesn’t using the term ‘biologically male or biologically female,’ which is just highly problematic,” he said, as such language “is very imprecise” and leaves out intersex students.

“What do they mean by biology? Are they talking about hormones, endocrinology? Are they talking about anatomy? Are they talking about chromosomes? Why not use a social constructivist term such as ‘sex assigned at birth’ as opposed to a loaded term such as ‘biologically male or female,’ that’s just imprecise and just opens up all kinds of problems,”

Gundermann said.

As part of the student and faculty reaction to the new policy, a seminar for senior gender studies majors will meet with the deans and administration this semester to address the potential problems with the policy’s language, said Jennie Ochterski, a senior gender studies major.

BY THE NUMBERS Since 2000, the number of college students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning has increased.

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Ochterski is also the co-founder of Open Gates, an organization formed last spring to advocate for the acceptance of transwomen at Mount Holyoke.

“It’s definitely a growing organization,” she said of Open Gates, which has been covered by BuzzFeed and other media outlets for its work.

Around 30 students attended Open Gates meet-

ings throughout the spring, and by the time the group held a visibility campaign at the school’s end-of-semester festival, a few hundred students, staff, faculty and community members signed up for the organization’s email list.

Open Gates will focus on creating a safe climate for trans* students through education and visibility, and will leave the question of legal policy to others, Ochterski said. To make sure transwomen find a safe space at Mount Holyoke, the group plans to promote conversations about correct pronoun use and tackle more complex issues like trying to eliminate everyday transmisogyny from athletics, classrooms and other campus spaces.

During the summer, Open Gates worked to gain media attention of its mission, and Ochterski thought Open Gates’ work this semester would continue to focus on raising awareness. For her, the announcement of the new policy at Mount Holyoke’s Sept. 2 convocation came as a welcome surprise.

“Many people around me were crying. I was crying. We were all just screaming, so excited and so happy that something so important to us had happened,” she said. “Maybe they’ve listened to us, maybe they’ve listened to internal or external pressures aside from us, but that shock and excitement was a wonderful way to start the year.” mmcregan@syr.edu

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Dean addresses student protest First, I wish to express my admiration for those who participated in Wednesday’s rally for consent. It was heartening to see students, faculty and staff come together to rally around the need to support survivors of sexual and relationship violence and end rape culture. I was appreciative of the information distributed directing students to the Sexual and Relationship Violence Response Team at the Counseling Center, which offers students the highest degree of privacy and control over their lives as they seek confidential and privileged support, crisis response and advocacy, 24/7, 365 days a year. This support is offered by staff who are experienced, trained and licensed, and have been working with our students in this capacity for many years. I encourage all students to review the information on these support services at srvresponse. syr.edu.

I also wish to reassure students the following: — as a University community dedicated to education and prevention, all prevention and educational student groups and programs that were affiliated with the Advocacy Center remain intact, including Sex-Esteem, Mentors in Violence Prevention and e5m, along with Take Back the Night and Got Consent.

— significant financial and human resources were added to acquire the most experienced

staff, provide comprehensive training and enhance educational programs. A broader Got Consent awareness campaign, expanded Empowered Bystander trainings and a speaker series have all been added.

Please know that Chancellor Kent Syverud, colleagues in student affairs and I all value the feedback and ideas that have been shared throughout the summer and at the rally. We have faith in the faculty, staff and students who have agreed to serve on the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Sexual Violence Prevention, Education and Advocacy. Several of those on the Workgroup attended the rally and I am confident they heard the concerns raised and will take to heart their charge to identify critical gaps in service and support and propose a set of recommendations for further improving the campus and community culture as it relates to sexual and relationship violence.

As someone who cares deeply about the experience of our students, has worked closely with students and staff on these issues for more than 30 years and is a parent, know that I will continue to work with this community to create a culture that values and respects one another and is free from all types of sexual violence.

Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz Senior Vice President and Dean Division of Student Affairs

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Musicians, tech companies will continue to collaborate

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f you haven’t yet noticed, a week ago U2’s newest album magically surfaced in your music library without your consent. If you have noticed, you’re likely confused as to why it’s there.

Whether you agree with U2’s forceful assimilation into your playlists or not, you should expect more collaborations between tech companies and music artists in the future as a result of the new digital download and streaming era.

Over the years, Apple has established a reputation for knowing what the consumer wants before it even knows, but this will count as one of the rare times when customers weren’t happy with Apple’s attempt to push the envelope.

Displeased listeners greatly outnumbered the die-hard Bono fans so Apple officially announced a way for customers to delete the album for good.

On Monday, the company released instructions on how to delete U2’s project from your iCloud account on Apple’s support page. There you’ll find a specially made website where you simply click on the giant “Remove album” letters and “Songs of Innocence” is gone from your account forever.

Many might view this move as Apple accepting defeat, but just like every action Apple takes, there are deeper implications than appears. It is well documented that iTunes growth rates have been on the decline for years now, which was likely a leading factor in the $3 billion acquisition of Beats Electronic. According to a May 28 Business Insider article, each iTunes account spent an average of $3.29 in the first quarter of 2014, down 24 percent year-over-year. That, combined with the rise of streaming services like Pandora,

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Spotify and iHeartRadio has challenged Apple to get creative to remain relevant in the music realm.

U2’s album has reached over 500 million customers, making it the most widely distributed album in history, according to a Sept. 11 Forbes article. If you think Apple or U2 care about the complaints of the narrow-minded consumer, you are sadly mistaken. Sure, millions of people may delete “Songs of Innocence” without ever listening to it. But there are also millions of people that listened to U2 for the first time, since it was already on their phone without having to lift a finger. The greats know how to block out criticism for the bigger picture. In this case, consumer reviews don’t determine success.

With CDs all but extinct and MP3s suffering, this is uncharted territory for the music business.

It’s a challenge for all artists of any genre to convince people to pay for their music in the age of streaming services, YouTube and illegal downloads. Since it seems almost everyone owns a smartphone, tech companies have proven to be the outlet to reach the biggest audience.

If you were angry over the free album you received last week, you better get used it. This is just the beginning of the tech and music relationship.

Aarick Knighton is a junior information management and technology major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at adknight@ syr.edu and followed on Twitter @aarickurban.

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Advocacy Center concerns must be heard Syracuse University’s lack of action in regards to the Advocacy Center this past month is unacceptable.

The university should have made it a higher priority to directly address students’ concerns. Moving forward, SU should establish a listening meeting with students as soon as possible, or communicate with students why there is a delay in action.

Wednesday’s “Rally for Consent” proved that the Advocacy Center is still an extremely important issue for students. And yet — almost a month into this semester —there have been no listening meetings since the two that took place during the summer.

The university has not completely ignored the issue. On Sept. 5, Chancellor Kent Syverud appointed 14 members to the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Sexual Violence, Prevention, Education and Advocacy.

@jillcomoletti “We need the Advocacy Center because the advocacy center was an educational tool.” #Rallyforconsent

The workgroup was asked to create a report to point out gaps in service and support in the structure for sexual assault resources on campus. However, the university’s lack of open discussion with students comes off as apathetic to students’ concerns.

It wasn’t until students marched into the chancellor’s office that Rebecca Reed Kranowitz, senior vice president and dean of the Division of Student Affairs, informed students that the workgroup was in the process of forming a third listening meeting. Until the protest, the university had not communicated with students when there would be another meeting to discuss concerns over the Advocacy Center, or that the workgroup would be planning it. SU must be more transparent with its students when addressing important campus issues.

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The upcoming town hall meeting regarding Syverud’s strategic plan also begs the question as to why the university still hasn’t planned a forum for students to talk about their opinions on the Advocacy Center closing. It reflects poorly on the university that it was able to plan this question-and-answer session with Syverud, but there has been no listening meeting scheduled for those concerned about the Advocacy Center.

It shouldn’t take a protest to get the attention of university administration. SU should prioritize listening and responding to students’ opinions and it must follow through on its plan to hold the listening meetings. If there can be an open discussion between students and the administration, then the entire university community can move forward on this issue together.

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Republican Party shouldn’t sacrifice women’s rights to gain votes

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arlier this week, Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed Missouri’s law requiring women to wait 72 hours before seeking abortions. But this was countermanded after being unable to overcome the state’s Republican-controlled Senate and House, and consequently, the law passed.

It is incredibly arrogant and paternalistic of the government to enact a three day waiting period without exception for rape or incest. This legislation suggests that without the good hand of the government to guide them, women aren’t capable of fully considering their own choices or actions before making a very personal decision.

There are Republicans who disagree with this legislation, and they

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JUST BIDEN MY TIME should have voted against it rather than sticking with their party lines for political gain.

According to a Tuesday article

by Mother Jones, many representatives of Missouri’s GOP actually supported Nixon, but were afraid to vote against their party. Ald. Linda Rallo said she overheard Republicans saying things like “‘I don’t actually want to vote for this bill, but if it comes to the floor, I’m going to vote for it.’”

After the first time that the 72-hour waiting period was brought to the table, Rallo met with three of

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Missouri’s Republican Representatives, according to the article. Rallo said that all three of the members of Congress understood the concern with the bill, but that it was necessary for them to vote to pass it in order help certain members of their caucus win primaries. “Every single one of them said to me, ‘I’m pro-life, but I didn’t come to Jefferson City to advance this style of legislation.

These aren’t the bills I like voting for, but I have to.’”

Statements like these imply that the GOP is more concerned with winning primaries than they are with doing their job of helping the people they represent. This is not an issue of pro-life vs. pro-choice anymore. Most moderate Republicans who are prolife still believe that this bill is very

extreme, however, they have made it clear that their priorities are to vote along party lines rather than to do the justified thing.

Missouri has always made obtaining an abortion extremely difficult in their state without a 72-hour waiting period. They only have one abortion clinic in the entire state — compared to a state like New York that has over 225, you can see how politicized and unfair that is. The average woman in Missouri has to travel 100 miles to get a legal abortion, which can only be done in St. Louis. As if the inconvenience of actually getting an abortion wasn’t enough, the state of Missouri has also mandated that women undergo biased counseling before they go through with the abortion.

Included in the law is “counseling”

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which requires the counselors to tell the women that “the life of each human being begins at conception.

Abortion will terminate the life of a separate, unique, living human being.” Missouri is doing everything in its power to degrade women who want options.

The fact that Republicans had the power to override this dreadful law but chose not to because of pressure from their political party is offensive. Politicians and lawmakers always have a choice — it’s the women they’ve imposed the newest restriction on who don’t.

Jillian Lynch is a broadcast journalism and political philosophy major.

Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at jmlynch@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @jillianm_lynch.

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downtown She says that since she takes many classes at the Warehouse, the convenient location of Creekwalk Commons is her favorite part about living downtown.

Jefferson Towers and Madison Towers in Presidential Plaza are also popular destinations for student housing. Though some are more populated by students than others, most downtown buildings have at least a few students, Romeo said.

Safety is also something that students like Fletchall, a second year graduate student in communication and rhetorical studies, are taking into consideration.

“You have to go through three locked doors before you get to my apartment door,” Fletchall said. “I’ve had friends who live on campus who have walked into their basements to do laundry and have found that their roommates left the place unlocked and there’s somebody in their basement.”

Having everything in one place also takes transportation out of the equation, as it’s easy to walk around downtown. Most of the bars, restaurants and galleries that Fletchall frequents are within walking distance of his apartment.

Camille Wagner, a junior political science and communications major, lives on the corner of Fayette and Warren streets. She likes the independence that living downtown offers.

“It preps you more for the real world and you are surrounded by people who work, you are surrounded by offices,” Wagner said. “So I feel like it takes you away from the whole ‘I’m a college kid’ and makes you more of ‘OK I’m an adult.’”

Miles Ray, another fifth year industrial design student, added that living across from City Hall on Montgomery Street has given him an opportunity to make potential business contacts with professionals he meets downtown.

“I’ve made a few connections businesswise with people I would’ve never come across,” Ray said. “I think it’s nice to get away from just Syracuse college students all the time, to meet other people, it’s good in the sense of professional connections.”

Not enough SU students take advantage of what downtown has to offer, Fletchall said, despite how easy it is to get downtown with the free Connective Corridor buses.

Linda Dickerson Hartsock, director of the Syracuse University Office of Community Engagement and Economic Development, said in an email that ridership on the Connective Corridor is growing. The bus service from campus to downtown provided more than 200,000 rides last year. In addition to more students commuting between the Hill and downtown, Hartsock said faculty has been using the Connective Corridor to take classes downtown for projects.

Downtown residential neighborhoods have been growing quickly in recent years, said Romeo, of the Downtown Syracuse Committee.

Romeo said the city is a good place for students because it provides the best of both worlds.

“Sometimes when you’re living in an area that’s either on-campus housing or is very close to the university you’re going to, you have a little bit more of an insular experience because you’re around people that are associated with where you go to school all of the time,” Romeo said. “But for people that live downtown, they have a much broader range of people that they’re getting to interact with.” clmoran@syr.edu

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Sweet victory Boeheim reflects on his experience with Team USA, which recently won the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain.

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IT’S THE BEST THING WE’VE EVER HAD HAPPEN TO US. Jim Boeheim | su men’s basketball coach

1. MAIN HALLWAY: The main hallway of the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center is decorated with years of Syracuse history. It includes trophies, old jerseys, photos of some of the program’s most successful players and more.

2. WEIGHT ROOM: When the basketball teams used to practice in Manley, they shared facilities with other SU programs. Now all of the basketball teams’ facilities, including the weight room, are consolidated in one place.

3. PRACTICE COURTS: The Melo Center has two full practice courts for the men’s and women’s basketball teams. Unlike Manley, the players have

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coop Jardine was the tour guide in 2009. Carl Arrigale, his high school coach, just followed him in amazement.

The new locker rooms, championship trophies — from the national championship, Maui Invitational and much in between — and the shiny, freshly waxed courts.

When Jardine first came to Syracuse in 2007, the main practice facility was one Manley Field House court.

Two years later, Jardine had the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center to show off.

“He took us around like a proud pop that day,” Arrigale said.

The Melo Center opened in September of 2009. It’s a $19 million practice facility — with $3 million coming from Carmelo Anthony himself — that has offered a recruiting tool for both the men’s and women’s basketball teams. It has a weight

room, training room and video room in a centralized spot. For the athletes, it offers a place to work out 24 hours a day.

The product of its amenities can be measured in wins. In the five years prior to the Melo Center opening, the men’s program averaged 24.6 wins per season. In the five years since, it’s jumped to 29.8. On the women’s side, the number has jumped from 14.2 to 23.8 wins per year, with postseason

appearances in each season.

And while there are other factors for this, those in the program say the Melo Center has had a tangible effect.

“It’s the best thing that we’ve ever had happen for us,” men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim said. “From a wins-losses standpoint, it’s helped us.

Before we couldn’t get the gym, the Carrier Dome or even Manley sometimes.

“People thought it would be a recruiting advantage. I think it’s been

24-hour access to the courts so they can work on their game at any time.

4. FRONT ENTRANCE: The Melo Center cost $19 million and was made possible by a $3 million donation by Carmelo Anthony. That, along with Anthony’s on-court contributions to the program — he helped SU win the 2003 national championshp — is why the New York Knicks star’s name is on the front of the building. His image also frequents the walls inside the center.

5. TRAINING ROOM: The Melo Center’s rehabilitation facilities are directly connected to the practice courts.

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more of a playing advantage.”

Before the Melo Center was built, the practices were held in Manley when the court was available. Then, when football season ended, the basketball team moved to the Carrier Dome.

If a player wanted to practice, there’d be no guarantee of space.

Any player on any team could use the facility, with track and field athletes pole-vaulting and running in the same space.

The Melo Center provided stability.

“When a guy doesn’t have anything to do before the season or after the season and wants to go in and work out, he has 24-hour access,” said Eric Devendorf, a former SU guard that graduated the year the Melo Center opened. “That’s a big selling point for recruits.”

When building the Melo Center, one of the biggest focuses was its color.

Syracuse wanted people to walk in and

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see its history showcased in orange and navy blue.

But it also wanted to boast its history. Behind one glass case sits a stack of trophies from SU’s overwhelming success in the Big East.

Another case is reserved for the trophies the teams hope to win in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

“It’s important to win … I think we are creating our own footprint and our own history,” women’s basketball head

coach Quentin Hillsman said. “It’s your facility. You can sell what’s yours.”

The facility belongs to SU because of Anthony’s donation in 2007 — four years after he led the Orange to its only national championship. His name, in addition to the actual facility, has been a big pull in and of itself. Class of 2015 commit Tyler Lydon said associating with a player of Anthony’s caliber was “mind-blowing.”

On the ceiling of the entrance hall

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is a trio of banners with Anthony on them — one of him on the Denver Nuggets, another one of him playing for Team USA and one of him in a Syracuse jersey in the middle.

“It’s one of the nicest facilities,” Lydon said. “You can tell you’re getting better in that gym.”

The history in the Melo Center is a product of Anthony’s on-court contributions. When the lights in the hallway turn off at night, there are

often still players shooting around in the gym. The national championship trophy that separates the gym and hallway glows so everyone in the gym can see it.

It represents the pinnacle of Syracuse’s success and it sits in a place that’s designed to make it all happen again.

“Winning, it’s what you do,” Boeheim said. “And your practice facility is a part of that.” sblum@syr.edu | @SamBlum3

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Shafer previews matchup with mobile Maryland QB Brown

By Phil D’Abbraccio asst. sports editor

For the second time in three games, Syracuse has a dual-threat quarterback to prepare for.

Villanova quarterback John Robertson racked up 115 yards on the ground against the Orange’s defense in the season opener. Now SU (2-0) is readying to handle Maryland (2-1) fifth-year senior C.J. Brown — who ran for 161 yards last weekend and has four rushing touchdowns on the year — on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. in the Carrier Dome.

It starts by playing team defense and swarming to the ball like we did last week.

Doing a good job keeping the ball where it’s supposed to be, inside and front.

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“(He’s a) quarterback that can beat you with both his feet and his arm,” SU head coach Scott Shafer said during the Atlantic Coast Conference coaches’ teleconference on Wednesday morning. “The thing C.J.’s done a great job of is bouncing back from a bad drive, and then he’ll have a really good drive and you can see his maturity as a player.”

When the Orange ventured to College Park, Maryland, last November, it held the Terrapins to just three points and contained Brown to

five rushing yards on 15 attempts, while picking off two of his passes.

Shafer said his defense has “some things” it can take from facing Robertson to prepare for Brown this time around, but he added the game plan revolves around the fundamental defense that Syracuse exhibited in its 40-3 win over Central Michigan this past weekend.

“It starts by playing team defense and swarming to the ball like we did last week,” Shafer said.

“Doing a good job keeping the ball where it’s supposed to be, inside and front. If they do run the ball with the quarterback, we’ve got to be an extremely physical, attacking defense.

“Taking shots and playing aggressive but also playing smart aggressive football.”

Hunt, Shafer scout Maryland defense Terrel Hunt loves what he’s seeing on tape.

It shows West Virginia dropping 40 points and nearly 700 yards of offense on Maryland in a 40-37 Mountaineers’ victory Saturday.

“I was really excited to see how many yards they put up,” Hunt said of WVU on Tuesday evening. “I was trying to find out their tendencies and really what they do in certain formations and the coverages that they play.

What they do when they blitz, little things like that.

“They’re going to come tough. They’re a good defense.”

WVU quarterback Clint Trickett amassed 511 yards and four scores through the air and completed 37 of his 49 passing attempts. Two Mountaineer wide receivers eclipsed 130 receiving yards.

Three WVU wideouts had longs of more than 40 yards, hinting at the Terrapins’ sus-

SCOTT SHAFER previewed Saturday’s matchup against Maryland on Wednesday, discussing dual-threat Terrapins quarterback C.J. Brown. logan reidsma staff photographer

ceptibility to big plays.

“They gave up a couple plays here and there and West Virginia earned some points on them as well,” Shafer said during the Atlantic Coast Conference coaches’ teleconference Wednesday. “But before that, you watch Maryland — they’re a very good defensive football team.”

Hunt and his offense are coming off a 40-point showing of their own, a blowout win over Central Michigan on Saturday in the quarterback’s first full game of the season after

being ejected in the season opener. Having all the pieces available on offense for the entire game, Hunt said, allowed the unit to get back on track.

But when Hunt was asked if Syracuse can match WVU’s output against Maryland, the quarterback smiled and held off on making any bold statements.

“I’m not going to say anything,” he said with a laugh. “I’m not going to say anything.” @PhilDAbb | pmdabbra@syr.edu

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Syracuse looks to avoid another slow start against Clemson

By Matt Schneidman asst. copy editor

Louis Cross called it a wake-up call.

Juuso Pasanen’s 18th-minute goal against Cornell turned around a lackluster first 17 minutes against the Big Red, after Syracuse came out flat following a high-intensity game

with Notre Dame.

When SU travels to Clemson, South Carolina, to take on the Tigers on Saturday at 5 p.m., the No. 23 Orange (5-1, 0-1 Atlantic Coast) can’t afford another slow start. The Orange faces a Clemson (3-3, 1-0 ACC) team with a much more balanced attack than the Big Red — one that will be more equipped than Cornell to pounce on

JUUSO PASANEN scored on Tuesday to lift Syracuse from a slow start. SU will need to be on point from the opening whistle against Clemson. logan reidsma staff photographer

early SU miscues.

“We were a bit down after (the Notre Dame) game,” Cross said. “But we knew we had to draw a line straight away.”

As Cornell pestered the Syracuse back line in the early stages of Tuesday night’s game, the Orange at times scrambled to find its marks and was left to foul the Big Red attackers to prevent goal-scoring chances.

Normally, goalkeeper Alex Bono, Jordan Murrell, Tyler Hilliard and whoever is in the middle have near-flawless execution in playing the ball out of defense on the ground. But on Tuesday, the majority of clearances were in the air and a handful even went out of bounds on the fly.

After a stretch in which Cross, Murrell, Bono and McIntyre all vocally urged Syracuse to get in the game, captain Nick Perea motioned with his hands for the team to “calm down.”

“It was a very slow start,” Pasanen said. “I think we need to work on that because we can’t have a slow start like that against ACC teams.”

Conor Goepel is Cornell’s only goal-scorer this year, as the team has only put two balls in the back of the net now through five games. When Syracuse takes on Clemson, though, it will face a team that has had seven different players score the team’s eight goals on the season.

In the first 20 minutes of last year’s meeting,

one which SU won 1-0, the Tigers had four shots and two corner kicks, applying early pressure on the Orange defense of Oyvind Alseth, Murrell, Thomas and Chris Makowski.

In that game, Clemson outshot Syracuse 12-6 and had a 6-to-1 advantage in corner kicks taken. Similar to Tuesday, the Orange found a way to eke out a victory despite not always being on the front foot, something McIntyre said is a testament to his team’s ability to rebound from stagnant stretches during a game.

“We talked about perhaps not being at our best,” McIntyre said. “Good teams have that consistency and we found a way.”

Cross said he thinks the Orange can get a “surprise” result at Clemson, but the bigger surprise might be if the Tigers are able to score early on a team that’s surrendered only one goal all season.

In order to keep Clemson off the score sheet for a second straight year, Pasanen said the Orange will have to change how it comes out of the gate, and change it quick.

“We’ve got to get better tomorrow (in practice),” Pasanen said after Tuesday’s game. “We’ve got Clemson coming up next away and we’ve just got to be 110 percent ready for that game.” mcschnei@syr.edu | @matt_schneidman

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Boeheim reflects on USA Basketball’s gold medal

By Phil D’Abbraccio asst. sports editor

Lost amid the discussions during Jim Boeheim’s press conference was the fact of victory.

Boeheim spent a lot of breath talking about Yahoo! Sports’ article criticizing USA Basketball and speaking about Syracuse’s upcoming season.

But sometime during his Wednesday afternoon press conference at the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center, he was able to reflect on another successful venture overseas as an assistant coach with the USA Basketball program, which is coached by Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski. The U.S. defeated Serbia, 129-92, on Sunday night to capture gold in the FIBA Basketball World Cup in Madrid, Spain.

“These guys were so good they made it look easy,” Boeheim said on Wednesday. “We are the only country that can have our 10 best players not play and still be able to win. That’s how deep we are. “… All that was written this past summer was about who wasn’t playing and we won by the biggest margin we’ve ever won by in the championship.”

LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant and other NBA superstars who once donned the USA uniform were absent. It didn’t matter.

In the clinching victory, tournament MVP Kyrie Irving scored 26 points and James Harden chipped in 23 to bring more hardware home to the U.S. The team averaged a 33-point margin of victory throughout the nine games, the highest average for Team USA since 1994.

These guys were so good they made it look easy. We are the only country that can have our 10 best players not play and still be able to win.

That’s how deep we are.

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Boeheim’s involvement with the national team program dates back to 1990 and includes gold medals from the 2010 World Championships and the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Now the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup can be added to that list.

“It was fun to do it with this team. They were good,” Boeheim said. “They worked hard and it was really a great — long time — but a great 30-something days.” pmdabbra@syr.edu | @PhilDAbb

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Hillsman: Sykes recovering well from ACL, meniscus tears

By Sam Blum asst. copy editor

Syracuse women’s basketball head coach Quentin Hillsman said that second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference shooting guard Brittney Sykes has “progressed along great.”

When asked if she could play this season, Hillsman said “sure.”

Sykes tore her ACL and meniscus during SU’s opening-round NCAA tournament win over Chattanooga on March 22. She fell to the ground driving to the basket on a fast break and was carried off the court, and the Orange was eliminated two nights later in the second round of the tournament against Kentucky.

Hillsman would not put a timetable on the junior’s return, but said that her recovery process has gone well thus far.

“She’s doing well,” Hillsman said. “The rehabbing is going well, and she’s working very hard. We’re not going to rush her back. We want her to come back 100 percent.”

Sykes, SU’s athletic shooting guard, led the Orange with 16.6 points per game and her 50.5 shooting percentage from the field.

She also recorded 46 steals, which ranked her second on the team, and led the wings in blocks with 18.

As one of the most energetic players on the team, Sykes’ athleticism paid dividends at the

top of Hillsman’s 2-3 zone for most of last season before her injury, an emotional scene that was one of the toughest obstacles Syracuse faced all year long.

She’s doing well. The rehabbing is going well, and she’s working very hard.

We’re not going to rush her back. We want her to come back 100 percent.

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Should Sykes miss time to start her junior season, Hillsman said he expects Tennessee Tech transfer Diamond Henderson to make immediate scoring contributions for Syracuse.

Henderson averaged 19.7 points for the Golden Eagles in 2013.

“Diamond was recruited by a lot of high major universities and chose Tennessee Tech,” Hillsman said. “She’s going to have an immediate impact for us, and we need her to contribute right away.” sblum@syr.edu | @SamBlum3

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Syracuse looks to improve small details against Albany

By Jack Rose staff writer

Three straight losses doesn’t typically lead to high spirits and happy coaches. But Syracuse came away from the Millennium Hotel Invitational with just that.

“Our players definitely understood the importance of what we were preaching the whole preseason about ball control,” head coach Leonid Yelin said.

This weekend’s Otto Invitational will offer SU (5-4) its last in-game opportunity to work on what Yelin calls the “little things” before Atlantic Coast Conference play begins next week. SU will take on Albany (2-7) at 5 p.m. in the Women’s Building on Saturday and Colgate (3-4) and Cornell (2-4) on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., respectively.

Yelin has SU focused on the basic tenets of volleyball, working primarily on digging simple balls.

“We have to get great pass, great transition.

It’s much more valuable than just one crazy ball,” Yelin said.

He said the team has been great at digging the “crazy balls,” referring to a strike that is traveling faster and at a more difficult angle than usual, but is not as good with the simple balls, specifically off the opponent’s serve.

“Our main thing that Coach has been stressing right now is our first touch, whether that

be our serve or when we’re serve receiving,” middle blocker Lindsay McCabe said.

On Monday, whenever a player missed a dig, Yelin slammed the ball back to the same spot until the player was able to come up with a pass to the setter. McCabe said the drill not only helps improve the team’s digging, but also increases confidence from the times it does make solid digs.

“When we get the ball to the setter, 90 percent of the time it’s a point,” he said.

Last weekend, opponents exposed the Orange’s weaknesses.A lack of focus was to blame for SU’s easy ball struggles, Yelin said. With “crazy balls,” Yelin said, players aren’t as disappointed when they don’t get to them, he said.

Setter Gosia Wlaszczuk said she likes playing lower-level teams early in the year because it builds confidence and experience for the team.

“Obviously we are trying to win every game but right now there is not as much tension,” Wlaszczuk said. “We’re slowly moving into the system of playing every weekend.”

Having played tougher competition, McCabe doesn’t think her team’s confidence has dropped. Instead, she is glad to have another low-key challenge before ACC play begins.

This weekend, SU will take on three teams that McCabe believes should be easier to handle. Three more nonconference games, three more chances to make the easy balls easy. jlrose@syr.edu

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Country’s, ACC’s best await SU defense starting with Louisville

By Paul Schwedelson staff writer

Anytime Syracuse’s young defenders take a bad touch, junior Taylor Haenlin encourages them to stick with the play. She constantly gives pointers and answers any questions they may have about defending.

Freshmen Jessica Vigna, Alana up next O’Neill and Natasha Tchek i-Ja mgotch ia n VS Louisville @ Lynn Stadium are adjusting to the Friday, 7 p.m.

Orange’s new, sometimes risky 3-5-2 formation. And though Haenlin is the most experienced in the unit, the individual development and collective communication of the freshmen is what will determine the success of the defense.

SU (3-2-3) and its young defense will open Atlantic Coast Conference play at Louisville (3-4) at 7 p.m. on Friday at Lynn Stadium, which begins a stretch of games against the conference’s, and nation’s, best and fastest forwards.

“The young players, they’re thrust into an environment that is very, very difficult,” SU head coach Phil Wheddon said. “If you look at the other teams we’re playing against, they’re top-quality teams.”

In eight games, the Orange has allowed just

nine goals. But Wheddon said that the nonconference games were designed to prepare the team for tougher opponents.

Syracuse’s defense has played frantic at times this season. Wheddon said he hopes it can settle down and play more organized.

The 3-5-2 is adding another wrinkle for players to adjust to. SU used to play a 4-4-2 formation, which meant it had four defenders on the field at all times. With the 3-5-2, three players share the responsibility of covering the middle of the field while each individual is also responsible for covering one-third of the field.

“I think it means talking more and being more focused on where to move positionally because you always have to watch your back and then watch someone else’s back, too,” O’Neill said.

Though the three central defenders must cover more ground, the outside midfielders come back on defense and shift into a defender’s role. For example, the weak-side outside midfielder turns into an outside defender — or wingback — and it’s as if there are four true defenders.

Vigna had never played a three-back system before and said she was “iffy” about it at first, but has since changed her stance.

“We defend like we have four,” Vigna said of when the midfielders tuck in on defense. “So now only having three in the back, we have more in the attack so it’s great. I like the three-

back system.”

Though the SU freshmen say they believe they’ve adjusted well thus far to the college level, their play in conference games, which begin on Friday night, will prove how much progress they’ve made.

“Being such a young team, we’ll make mistakes,” Wheddon said. “We know that and we’re aware of that, but hopefully we grow and we peak at the right time, which should be around mid-October.” pmschwed@syr.edu

on the swings Syracuse’s outside midfielders in the 3-5-2 drop toward the back line when the ball is on the opposite side of the field from them. Above is a loose diagram of how the Orange shifts when the opponent has the ball on SU’s right side of the field.

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JENNA DOWNEY, a freshman at Fayetteville-Manlius High School, does a backflip on a trampoline at Sky Zone, the new indoor trampoline park on Erie Boulevard. Sky Zone offers free jump as well as exercise classes, basketball and dodgeball. It also features the Foam Zone, a pit filled with about 10,000 foam cubes.

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IN THE ZONE

By Abby Maddigan contributing writer

T

he sky’s the limit at Sky Zone indoor trampoline park on Erie Boulevard.

Sky Zone just opened a new location about 10 minutes away from campus. Calling themselves the inventors of ‘fun fitness,’ Sky Zone gives jumpers of all ages the freedom to gallivant from one trampoline to the next, while burning calories and strengthening muscles.

“Our goal is to disguise exercise,” said general manager Matt Patterson. “We have the most unique concept for fun and fitness. We focus more on the fun, but the fitness comes along with it.”

Sky Zone Healthy, Sky Zone’s health and fitness initiative, predicts that one hour of jumping will burn 1,000 calories, as well as challenging the stomach, arm and leg muscles.

Patterson visited the Sky Zone headquarters in Los Angeles where they were trained in SkyRobics classes and said the Syracuse location will begin offering these trampoline and exercise cross-courses next week.

“It is such a good exercise but it’s also really fun. You don’t even realize you’re sweating until your session is over,” said Miriam Rossi, a senior child and family studies major who has paid several visits to the Sky Zone, both in Syracuse and her hometown of Cleveland.

Going to Sky Zone also has other health benefits in addition to toning your body. Sky Zone encourages its visitors to move through each section of the facility, so people are consistently jumping against gravity. This style of movement has been proven to improve cardiovascular health and is much easier on your joints, Patterson said.

Regardless if you come for the workout, or just want to have a blast, visitors of Sky Zone have the option to both free jump or participate in one of the center’s many activities. The individual trampolines are tethered together and allow for a total of 42 jumpers at once, so you can have your own space but also jump with friends.

If free jumping isn’t your thing, then Sky Slam, Sky Zone’s trampoline court, a favorite

Indoor trampoline park Sky Zone comes to Syracuse, provides fun way to exercise

of both Patterson and Rossi, may be more your style. This long trampoline has two different level hoops at each end so kids and adults can play at the same time.

“I love this trampoline because I love basketball, so it’s fun to jump up to the hoops and dunk,” Rossi said.

It is such a good exercise but it’s also really fun. You don’t even realize you’re sweating until your session is over.

Another feature of Sky Zone is the Foam Zone, a pit that’s filled with about 10,000 foam cubes.

Three long trampolines lead into the pit so jumpers can race down and do tricks into the pit.

The indoor, warehouse-style park charges a 30-minute fee of $10 for those who sign up to free jump. If you’re looking to bounce around for more than that, you can do 60 minutes for $14, 90 minutes for $18 or two hours for $22.

In addition to the hourly fee, bouncers are required to wear Sky Socks, which you can buy for an additional $2. These specific socks have an extra sticky bottom so visitors don’t slip.

“It’s 2,500 square feet of awesomeness,” Patterson said. “That’s what we like to say.” ammaddig@syr.edu

Miriam Rossi senior child and family studies major

But basketball isn’t the only game played at Sky Zone. There are also three trampoline dodgeball courts for pick-up games and Adult Drop-In Dodgeball, which takes place Sundays from 6:30–8 p.m.

Sky Zone

Where: 3179 Erie Blvd.

When: Tues–Thurs: 4–8 p.m.

Fri: 4–10 p.m.

Sat: 10 a.m. – midnight Sun: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.

How Much: 30 mins: $10, 1 hr: $14, 90 mins: $18, 2 hrs: $22

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Columnist criticizes students for improper laundry room etiquette

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t’s almost unthinkable to leave your phone lying around. I’ll admit, when I put it in the wrong pocket, I end up slapping around my pelvic area like some perverted lunatic until I find it. Most sensible people wouldn’t leave their phone unattended. Easy.

So why do people leave their clothes? I’m not talking about the mysterious blouse you find by the bus stop at three in the morning.

I’m talking about laundry.

The comparison may seem a little farfetched, but think about it: You see them everywhere you go. They’re expensive.

They’re manufactured in despicable conditions in developing nations. They seem to go out of style as quickly as they came in.

Sure, you may take care of your clothes when they’re on your body, but when they’re abandoned in the depths of your dorm laundry room, you might as well give them away for free.

We’ve all been there. It’s 11:00 p.m. You realize you don’t have any clothes for tomorrow and you’ve been wearing the same Greek letters for eight weeks. It’s probably time to throw some things in the wash. After lugging your basket to the elevator — or over to Goldstein if you’re on South — panic sets in.

Every damn machine is full of someone’s wet clothes. Every single one. Most aren’t even running, but people just love to let their laundry ferment in the washing machine for hours on end. These leavers of laundry are, without a doubt, the worst people in the world. But you, being the more important person that you are, need to wash your clothes too.

Screw ‘em, right? Just throw their laundry onto the floor. It’s 11:37 p.m. and they should’ve been here 20 minutes ago. But when you do this, you become the other worst type of person in the history of college problems: a laundry thrower.

It’s a true moral dilemma we’re faced with here. What’s the buffer zone? It’s unrealistic to expect people to show up exactly when the timer runs out. I’d say to give them 15 minutes.

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film festival This year the event is buzzing with filmmaker presence, as question-and-answer sessions either in person or via Skype will be held with most of the directors throughout the festival’s duration.

Thomas Allen Harris, the director of the opening night film, “Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People,” described his film as “the intersection of human rights and art history.” The documentary takes a closer look into how black photographers used photography to establish their own identity in response to the demonization and stereotypes created by mainstream media.

Upon viewing his work, Harris hopes his film will help people to think about how to use photographs as tools for social change. In this way, Harris said people will realize “we are all connected. We are all an extended family.”

ZACH SCHWEIKERT

KEEPIN’ IT FAKE

Card Services — or shall we say OHMPIDCS — ought to put another timer on the washing machines. When the wash cycle is over, the new timer turns on. After 15 minutes, the machine just vomits those shirts, socks, pants and intimate wear all over the place.

You wouldn’t leave your dog in a hot car, so why in Kent’s name would you leave your clothes in the washing machine? Of course, your clothes aren’t going to die, but you’re being rude and inviting laundry thieves into your machine. If you’re not on time, don’t expect them to show any mercy.

I’m sure there’s a cute pair of yoga pants calling my name in any given laundry room right now, and there’s not a whole lot stopping me from strolling on in and taking them.

Every machine is just a really heavy, metal shopping bag filled with hundreds of dollars worth of free clothes. Maybe the Department of Public Safety should have an officer on call to rescue those poor, abandoned outfits.

Let’s face it: doing laundry is a drag. A lack of desire to do the wash turns the Quad into a runway full of mismatched models by week’s end.

I’ll be honest, though. I’m no angel when it comes to picking up my clothes on time. I’m a really busy guy. Rarely do I listen to my own column’s advice, but that doesn’t mean you should not.

Change is within our grasp. If we’re going to lessen the hassle of doing laundry, the first step comes from us. Given the choice between having all of my clothes stolen or hanging around to wait for them, I think the choice is pretty obvious.

Shield your eyes. For me, this winter is going to be a lot colder.

Zach Schweikert is a sophomore advertising major. If you want to scare small children, show them his picture. His column appears every Thursday in Pulp. He can be reached at zdschwei@syr.edu

Goenka, a television, radio and film professor, urges members of the Syracuse community to attend the event and connect with audience members and the directors over these conventionally taboo topics.

Hallas, an associate professor of English and textual studies and co-director of the festival, also encouraged students to attend the event, stressing that only reading news articles and maintaining exposure to mainstream media is not enough to fully understand social justice issues.

He added that watching these films gives students the opportunity to become aware of global issues and put those issues into perspective.

Said Hallas: “Watching these films are opportunities to become more aware of what’s going on in the world, but also to be able to understand and respect difference, and to be able to understand different perspectives — often on issues that we may feel we understand.” adiaz02@syr.edu

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food cart Hodgkinson in an email. He might have my gene for this, but really he has developed all of his mental and physical skills himself.”

And Hodgkinson has made a lot of things happen. When he first came to campus one of his biggest goals was to walk on to the football team. Hodgkinson played rugby his entire life.

When he arrived at SU he decided to pursue kicking as well as play on the SU Hammerheads club rugby team to stay fit.

hungry for more?

To taste Alex Hodgkinson’s hot dogs, check out his food cart, Pinocchio’s Pushcart, in Walnut Park across from Bird Library.

By the end of his freshman year, Hodgkinson was given the chance to kick for some of the coaches on the football team and was able to walk on to the team. His first game took place in 2013 against Wake Forest, and although his didn’t get on the field, he said running out of the gates with his teammates was a great experience.

Forrester Pickett, Hodgkinson’s former

roommate, said Hodgkinson is always making new plans, and unlike many people, he always puts in the effort to see them come to fruition.

“People think he’s just talking, but he always follows through on what he says he’s going to do, that kind of just goes for everything he says,” Pickett said. “Everything from walking on to the football team to what he’s doing in advertising and with the food cart now. He’s just making movements.”

Pickett said Hodgkinson had been talking to him about starting a food cart since they were freshmen, and that everything he does is close to his heart.

Hodgkinson’s teammates also recognize how important his ideas are to him. Ryan Norton, a fellow kicker on the football team, said Hodgkinson often talks about his food cart at practice and in the locker room.

“He’s loving it. He’s definitely got his heart in it and still obviously focuses on football,” Norton said. “It’s hard to balance both, but he’s a hard-working kid and he can do both.”

As for Pinocchio’s Pushcart, Hodgkinson is excited to keep the ball rolling. The food cart is located right at the top of Walnut Park across the street from Bird Library, which gives the business a lot of foot-traffic Hodgkinson said.

“We kind of give off a quite cool vibe,” Hod-

gkinson said. “During the summer I was out there kind of doing some dancing just for fun.

So it’s not only the food, people come to hang out in front of it.”

Hodgkinson can once again experiment in the kitchen because all of the cooking at Pinocchio’s is done on site. He said he uses hot dogs to explore more complex cuisines for his menu.

It’s kind of a social thing.

Obviously there’s no better thing that goes with socializing than food.

Alex Hodgkinson food cart owner and syracuse kicker

Just this week the cart debuted its Chilean dog, a hot dog topped with caramelized onions, guacamole and chunky salsa.

“I’m taking the traditional American dog and adding an international twist to it to keep it exciting,” Hodgkinson said.

Going forward, Hodgkinson’s main focus with Pinocchio’s is making it a more consistent operation. Hodgkinson said he wants the cart

top be open everyday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., so students can grab a bite as they go to class or just take a study break hanging out in front of the cart.

Hodgkinson even said he is thinking about opening the cart for late nights on Thursdays and Saturdays for the crowd returning home after a night out on Marshall Street.

He is also coming up with ideas to adapt the business to Syracuse’s harsh winters.

“During the winter we might have a heater there so people can drink hot chocolate, coffee, hot apple cider and kind of huddle around there,” Hodgkinson said. “So it’s kind of a social thing. Obviously there’s no better thing that goes with socializing than food.”

Although the future for Pinocchio’s is uncertain, what is certain is that Hodgkinson has already accomplished many of his goals during his time at SU and will not stop any time soon.

“In America, I’m out of my comfort zone, so I have this sort of this innate energy,” Hodgkinson said. “I know it sounds cliché but it just comes out from me, and whereas back in London I may be relaxing more. Here I’m kind of always on the go and I don’t seem to burn out because I just have this kind of fire in me.” bskrisel@syr.edu | @brendan_krisel

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Speaking out Tula Goenka, co-director of the Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival, discusses her connection to human rights.

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Festival to showcase activism

By Alexa Diaz contributing writer

Sometimes a film can be the strongest form of activism.

Founded in 2003 by SU professors Roger Hallas and Tula Goenka, the Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival is comprised of carefully selected independent films that have gained attention at notable film festivals such as the Berlin International Film Festival, South by Southwest and the Sundance Film Festival.

This year the festival features five critically acclaimed films over the course of three days, beginning Thursday. The films are chosen for their powerful storytelling, ability to generate an important conversation and their relevance in the Syracuse community, as well as in the global perspective.

(FROM LEFT) ALEX HODGKINSON AND ALEJANDRO DELSO shake hands in front of Hodgkinson’s food cart, Pinocchio’s Pushcart. Hodgkinson, a Syracuse University football player, has wanted to open a cart for several years. renee zhou asst. photo editor

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By Brendan Krisel asst. feature editor

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rowing up with two parents who worked full-time schedules, Alex Hodgkinson always found himself experimenting in the kitchen.

As he grew older, that experimentation led Hodgkinson to discover a passion for cooking, a passion that he always wanted to translate into something tangible —

a food cart.

Hodgkinson, a junior and reserve kicker on the Syracuse University football team, achieved that goal about three weeks ago when his very own food cart, Pinocchio’s Pushcart, opened up right on the SU campus.

“I always loved the idea of small food options you see on the side of the street and it’s just a quick bite to eat,” Hodgkinson said. “Especially nowadays where a lot of kids and

Here are the five films that the Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival will show to the public starting Thursday.

• "Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People," directed by Thomas Allen Harris • "Lakshmi," directed by Nagesh Kukunoor • "American Vagabond," directed by Susanna Helke • "Return to Homs," directed by Talal Derki • "The Missing Picture," directed by Rithy Panh

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The chilean dog, topped with caramelized onions, guacamole and salsa, shows Hodgkinson’s creativity. renee zhou asst. photo editor

people don’t have the time and don’t make the time to eat.”

Originally from London, Hodgkinson uses his food cart to reflect his own identity.

“I’m half American and half English so it would be British Sausages and American hot dogs,” Hodgkinson said. “It’s kind of a reflection of who I am and where I come from.”

Hodgkinson is anything but a normal student. For the London

native, majoring in classical civilizations with a double minor in marketing and architecture, owning his own business and playing Division I football always keeps his schedule packed, which is what he wants.

In that regard, Hodgkinson said he takes after his mother by taking on a lot.

“He is determined and willing to put the time into making things happen,” said his mother Cathy see food

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“Human rights are a universal concern,” co-director Goenka said.

“There is so much in the press right now about what is happening in the United States, such as Ferguson, Ray Rice or even on campus, with our own soccer player Hanna Strong. All of these things are all connected and they happen all across the world.”

Although the film festival’s purpose of creating social justice issue awareness remains the same, the focus shifts with each passing year in correspondence with current human rights issues. This year’s carefully selected independent documentary and narrative films address the emergence of black identity, sex trafficking, queer youth homelessness, revolution, propaganda and genocide. see film

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