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The SU Marching Band has been invited to perform at London’s New Year’s Day Parade and Festival, which will be between Dec. 27, 2016-Jan. 3, 2017.

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Black Rabbit Studios creates hand-painted signs for Syracuse businesses and restaurants. The studio hopes to revive the fading art form.

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S • Becoming the best

Silvi Uattara wasn’t originally the player that SU volleyball coach Leonid Yelin wanted to recruit. Now she’s become one of the best players in program history.

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EIGHT BALL

SYRACUSE 8 TIMELINE Here’s a look at some of the events from the Syracuse 8’s history:

SEPT. 26, 1970 Nine black SU football players boycotted the SU football program until it treated them equally.

They were referred to as the “Syracuse 8.”

SEPT. 28, 1970 The Syracuse 8 rejects reinstatement from the university, handing their rejection over to the administration and then leaving a press conference.

DEC. 10, 1970 A report commissioned by SU Chancellor John Corbally Jr. concluded that “racism in the Syracuse University Athletic Department is real, chronic, largely unintentional, and sustained and complicated unwittingly by many modes of behavior common in American athletics and long-standing at Syracuse University.”

WHAT IS THE SYRACUSE 8?

A group of nine SU football players, mistakenly called the “Syracuse 8,” petitioned for racial equality on the SU football team during the 1969-70 season. The group was kicked off the football team and rejected reinstatement from the university. For more on the Syracuse 8, see dailyorange.com.

OCT. 21, 2006 The group was recognized at halftime of the SU-Louisville football game and awarded the Chancellor’s Medal for Extraordinary Courage.

GREG ALLEN was a member of the Syracuse 8, a group of SU football players who petitioned for racial equality on the SU football team. Allen has since rejoined the Syracuse community and is now a co-owner of the new M Street Pizzeria.

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Allen comes back to SU despite Syracuse 8 history

By Michael Burke staff writer

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t was early 1992 when Larry Martin reached out to Greg Allen, first by letter and then again by phone. Martin wanted to know if Allen was interested in returning to Syracuse University for a Coming Back Together reunion.

It had been nearly 20 years since Allen, who played football at SU, had graduated from the university. He hadn’t been back since.

But he accepted Martin’s offer, coming back to Syracuse with five other members of the Syracuse 8.

Since returning to the Hill, he’s become an active member of the community and now co-owns the new brick-oven pizza shop on

Marshall Street.

Allen was a member of the “Syracuse 8” — a group of nine black players who boycotted spring football practice in 1970, citing racial discrimination in the program. The group was referred by local media as the “Syracuse 8,” and the name stuck.

After sitting out the 1970 season, Allen returned to the team in 1971. At that point, the team had undergone some changes at the request of the administration, rather than the coaches.

He graduated in 1973, with the boycott and feelings of bitterness fresh in his mind.

Even though his place in the Syracuse 8 is immortalized at the university, Allen said his identity has become more than the events that

transpired so many years ago.

••• After the Syracuse 8 players sat out of spring practice, SU head coach Floyd ‘Ben’ Schwartzwalder suspended them at the start of the 1970 season. The players were reinstated for the season’s first game but feeling unsatisfied, they reverted to boycotting after that game.

During the boycott, Schwartzwalder invited three players back to the team, said John Lobon, a fellow Syracuse 8 member.

Allen was the only one of the three who didn’t accept the offer.

“Greg was determined that we were one,” Lobon said. “Greg could’ve gone back and he chose to stay with see allen page 6

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Author David Marc discusses book, history of the Syracuse 8

By Justin Mattingly news editor

The idea for a book about the Syracuse 8 came more than 40 years ago, but the connection wasn’t there. Then came David Marc.

Marc sits in the Alumni Conference Room in the Women’s Building on the Syracuse University campus, discussing his latest book, “Leveling the Playing Field: The Story of the Syracuse 8” and frequently interrupts with facts about the key members of SU football and university history. The 344-page book was published by Syracuse University Press, making it the first book published by the university about a divisive time in its history.

The book, which came out over the summer, was written with oral histories of each member of the Syracuse 8 and features a foreword by former SU standout Jim Brown. The Syracuse 8 is a group of nine SU football players, mistakenly called the “Syracuse 8,” who petitioned for racial equality on the football team during the 196970 season. The group was kicked off the team and rejected reinstatement from the university.

While the idea for the book came more than 40 years ago, there wasn’t the right connection to have it written, said Larry Martin, the vice president of SU’s Office of Program Development.

“We’ve had many false starts with see marc page 6

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Sophomore Sarah Gardner’s job really starts when people start leaving the Carrier Dome.

“After the game is when our job really starts. We’re in the press conference,” said Gardner, a sport management major, who works in public relations for the Syracuse University Athletics Department.

During the press conferences, Gardner is responsible for taking quotes for Cuse.com and aiding reporters, sitting alongside the players and coaches.

“There’s rarely a moment when we’re all just sitting around because athletics, especially college athletics, is always a hands on job,” Gardner said. “It never really sleeps.”

Last autumn, Sue Edson made a visit to Gardner’s sport management class. She talked about an opportunity to volunteer with the department at the NCAA Tournament East Regional, and Gardner decided to pursue it. Gardner worked with the athletic department as the university hosted the Elite Eight and Sweet 16 in the Carrier Dome.

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SARAH GARDNER is working for SU’s men’s soccer and women’s lacrosse teams. She dreams of one day interning for the Boston Red Sox or the New England Patriots. benjamin wilson staff photographer

She now works in public relations at Manley Field House for the men’s soccer and women’s lacrosse programs, and she works in the Carrier Dome during football games.

At Manley Field House, Gardner

takes care of everything from updating rosters to distributing credentials.

Gardner and her coworkers are in charge of preparing the statistics, the rosters and any game day notes the media may need.

“It’s an incredible way to perfect what I want to do,” Gardner said. “I don’t ever like to start small. I like to go big or go home. This is really what I want to do.” kazilcos@syr.edu

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Meet the cabinet Who is serving on Aysha Seedat and Jane Hong’s cabinet in the Student Association? The D.O. News Department breaks it down.

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Marching band invited to London SUMB might perform at New Year’s parade

By Matthew Feldman contributing writer

Time to register (from left) aaron mevorah and virginia mcbride, a sophomore communication and rhetorical studies major and assistant residence director of DellPlain Hall, respectively, register to vote outside Hendricks Chapel on Tuesday. The New York State Public Interest Research Group, commonly referred to as NYPIRG, hosted the voter registration drive across various locations on campus as part of National Voter Registration Day. logan reidsma photo editor

SU, SUNY Upstate launch research partnership

By Claire Moran staff writer

Researchers from Syracuse University and SUNY Upstate Medical University are teaming up in a new pilot program for research collaboration between faculties at the two schools.

“Syracuse University has things that we don’t have and (Upstate) has things that Syracuse University doesn’t have so we can become that

bigger university through collaboration,” said David Amberg, vice president of research at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University.

Sam Nappi, a member of the SU Board of Trustees, donated $1.5 million to SU for biomedical and chemical engineering. He designated $500,000 of that money for the pilot program. Amberg said he had been considering ways in which Upstate

could collaborate more with other universities, and Nappi approached him and mentioned the program. “(Nappi) just wanted to see us work together more,” Amberg said.

“That really sung to me given all the efforts we had been engaged in in collaboration we’d already been doing.”

The program will allow researchers to pitch ideas for new projects to a panel of judges. Amberg likened the process to the television show “Shark

Tank.” First, people interested in the grant must submit a letter of intent

by Oct. 16 and a full application by Nov. 10. Some of those applicants will be invited to present their idea at the “Shark Tank”-like event.

Amberg said the presenters will describe the project, explain how it will benefit the universities and say how they hope to receive additional federal funding. The panel expects to

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Health institute launches alcohol intervention site

By Alexa Torrens asst. news editor

A new platform to help college administrators make informed decisions about how to address student drinking and the health and security issues it may cause was announced Tuesday by the National Institutes of Health.

The platform — CollegeAIM (Alcohol Intervention Matrix) — will

be available as a guide and online.

CollegeAIM is a synthesis of at least 60 alcohol-related interventions ranked according to factors such as effectiveness and costs, according to an NIH press release.

The platform is designed for college administrators and staff to make science-based decisions to resolve issues that result from student drinking, such as health problems and

safety risks.

“It’s simple, it’s easy, it’s comprehensive and the information is credible and completely trustworthy,” said Jonathan Gibralter, the president of Wells College and the chair of a working group focused on combating harmful and underage drinking, during a teleconference on Tuesday.

Representatives of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and

Alcoholism, the subset of NIH that created CollegeAIM, emphasized the importance of using the platform to address binge drinking among college students. Binge drinking is defined for women as the ingestion of four drinks in a two-hour period and for men, the ingestion of five drinks in this period, said NIAAA Director George Koob.

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The Syracuse University Marching Band has officially been invited to perform at next year’s London New Year’s Day Parade and Festival.

During a ceremony at the Carrier Dome on Sept. 14, the band was invited to take part in the 31st annual parade, which is scheduled to be held between Dec. 27, 2016 and Jan. 3, 2017 in London. The parade boasts a worldwide TV audience of more than 300 million viewers and about two-thirds of a million people attend the parade, according to an SU News release.

The SUMB was first recommended for the nomination by a band that performed in a past parade, and thus began the process. The organizers of the parade and festival researched the SUMB by watching videos and investigating their numerous social media outlets.

Finally, SUMB director Justin Mertz received a call this summer. The

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national news Here’s a look at some of the top news stories from across the globe on Tuesday: POLITICS

NOT FOR LONG U.S. Senate Republicans introduced a short-term spending bill designed to avoid a government shutdown by sparking a series of moves to fund the government through Dec. 11. source: bloomberg

WORLD

TAKING IT IN European Union ministers approved a plan for individual countries in the bloc to take in a share of the hundreds of thousands of refugees seeking asylum in Europe. source: the washington post

SCANDAL SHEET Falsified U.S. vehicle emission tests could affect 11 million of Volkswagen’s cars worldwide as investigations of its diesel models multiplied. source: reuters

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Computer science classes to prepare students for next-generation jobs

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ew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced that all of the city’s public schools are required to offer computer science within the next 10 years.

It’s a bold initiative given the strict timetable, but this is the type of forward-thinking regulation that will not only prepare students for job requirements of the future, but also help propel the technology world at-large.

It’s completely understandable for an elementary school student to groan at the thought of having to take a computer science class. It has the words “computer” and “science,” but it’s not a computer they are going to play games on, nor is it the type of science where they get to make stuff pop and fizz.

But what goes unsaid with the words “computer science” is future job marketability. Of course, kids don’t, and shouldn’t, think about that stuff. Nonetheless, it is something de Blasio thought about when making his decision.

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STUFF THAT WOULD BLOW CAVEMEN’S MINDS A 2014 Business Insider article looked at the best 20 jobs in terms of forecasted openings and pay in 2022. Software Applications Developers, Computer Systems Analysts and Software Systems Developers, all ranked in the top 12. Those three combined for an average pay of $89,580 in 2012, and are projected for an average of 116,800 job openings for each.

Learning how to code at a young age allows for more practice, growth and, in turn, the development of better employees. These companies are always looking for people who can help them build a product better than their competitors, and they compensate mightily for it.

New York City is the third major American city to do this. Chicago and San Francisco

have approved similar, but not identical plans. Both those cities have received funding from companies such as Google, Microsoft and Facebook. It’s likely that New York will get something similar because this is an advantage for tech giants.

As the United States becomes more tech-literate, we should see progress not only in entertainment devices and accessories, but in many other fields as well. The medical industry, for example, still has mountains of potential that could be unlocked by doctors who have knowledge and understanding of computer science.

While the potential advantages are endless, there are many questions regarding the programs these three cities are launching. Where school systems are going to find this many computer science teachers is not yet known and neither is a guaranteed source of the funding.

According to The New York Times, New York

City is expecting half of the $81 million it’s going to spend over the next 10 years to come from private sources. While they are likely to hit that goal, it’s no sure thing.

Maybe the biggest obstacle in all of this is that a lot of students don’t have reliable access to computers before college, which will make it difficult to work on assignments and personal projects at home. To truly learn the ins and outs of computer programming, one has to explore it for more than just five hours a week.

These are issues, no doubt, but New York City has 10 years to work through the logistics.

Besides, the most crucial thing is already figured out: how to prepare New York City and its students for a world built on code.

Paul Sarconi is a junior broadcast and digital journalism major.

His column appears weekly.

He can be reached at pjsarcon@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @paulsarconi.

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Political outsiders have chance to take White House in 2016 election

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mericans may not have decided on who they want in the White House in 2016, but the latest polls prove that voters don’t want another career politician.

Business mogul Donald Trump, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina and retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson are leading the herd of GOP candidates as the few candidates who come from non-political backgrounds.

Traditionally, candidates’ substantial political experience has been a determining factor in elections.

However, the American people are waking up and realizing that electing a member of the political elite to office will do more harm than good.

This trend is the result of the current political landscape straying away from the core value to do what is best for the people. This degradation is characterized

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by politicians going into office, enthusiastic about making positive change, only to lose that mindset. It has become too common for leaders to get lost in Washington politics as their main goal becomes maintaining their position of power.

Carly Fiorina’s surge in the polls post-debate is the perfect example of the American people looking to stop this pattern in its tracks. A few months ago, she was trailing behind just about everyone – polling a solid one percent in the national polls. Now, she is polling in second place with 15 percent, followed by Carson with 14 percent.

Love her, hate her, say what you want

about her, Fiorina was clearly a shining star at last Wednesday’s GOP debate, which is particularly noteworthy considering she is new to politics.

Her performance was a major contributor to her jump in the polls, as she surprised both liberals and conservatives with her clear, concise and articulate answers – and not to mention, her shutdown of Donald Trump.

This was her chance to show the country what she has to offer as the only woman vying for the Republican nomination, and the political outsider did not miss her opportunity to shine.

Being a Washington newcomer has almost become the latest fad in the race to the White House. Candidates Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D) have attempted to label themselves as such, despite the obvious: they’re not.

This isn’t to say that voters should

support candidates with no experience or credentials whatsoever. While political outsiders may not have numerous government positions on their resumes, they have applicable real-world experience and skills that could prove useful throughout their possible presidential tenure.

We are a nation by the people, for the people, but career politicians tend to forget that. Going back to our country’s founding, the political template used to govern today was not created by members of the exclusive political class, but by public-spirited citizens advocating for a better country.

Voters should keep these values in mind when casting their ballots in 2016.

Vanessa Salman is a junior political science major. Her column appears weekly.

She can be reached at vksalman@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @VanessaSalman.

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SU, Upstate should foster collaboration Syracuse University should actively work to maintain a professional relationship with SUNY Upstate Medical University while it considers the possibility of bringing a veteran-focused medical school to campus.

The recent formation of a research partnership by SU and SUNY Upstate is a positive example of the bettering of the relationship between the neighboring universities.

The program will allow researchers to pitch ideas for new projects to a panel of judges in order to receive grant funding. Ideally, the projects should benefit the universities in some way. A donation from a member of the SU Board of Trustees will provide the program with $500,000 to start off.

Earlier this summer, the two

universities were at the center of controversy after SUNY Upstate officials wrote to Chancellor Kent Syverud that the second medical school would harm Upstate and create competition for patients.

Although SU is only exploring the idea of a medical school at this time, it would be in the best interest of both institutions to uphold a positive relationship within the local community, something that should be encouraged through collaborative programs like the research partnership.

The establishment of this program, particularly as one that benefits the local Syracuse community, is an opportunity to build a stronger partnership between the two institutions, especially during the exploratory period of the SU

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SU’s proposed medical school should not be seen as a threat to SUNY Upstate Medical University and the raised concerns should not be a reason for SU to not move forward with the medical school proposal.

It is important for SUNY Upstate to keep an open mind as SU comes to a decision on moving forward with the medical school. Gregory L. Eastwood, interim president of Upstate, wrote in a July 31 letter to Syverud that a second medical school would stress the already limited resources of Upstate.

Moving forward, the two universities should continue to work together to foster a constructive relationship and promote academic collaboration within the Syracuse community.

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Obama’s scorecard puts college decision power in students’ hands

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resident Barack Obama reformed the college ranking process this month by providing students with a new information database.

The college scorecard system pulls from data records the federal government keeps on over 7,000 institutions, including Syracuse University, to develop customized lists.

The scorecard purposely avoids a numbered ranking system. This enables prospective undergraduate, transfer and graduate students to decide for themselves what makes a “top college.” The resource allows students to go into the enrollment process fully informed with hard statistics, rather than self-reports or historic prestige.

The idea of “college prestige” plays a huge role in college rankings and in the decision process, but prestige isn’t an attribute that can be

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America’s top colleges are picked from a small and relatively unchanging pool of “fan-favorites,” most often including Harvard, Yale and Princeton universities in the top spots. These institutions all belong to a larger group of prestigious universities collectively known as the Ivy League.

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ident’s scorecard has specifications that allow you to sort schools by the percent of its college graduates who earn more than high school grads, average annual cost, number of students, graduation rate and salary after attending.

Because most students lack the ability to visit all of the schools they are interested in, arbitrary rankings that often include factors like the self-reported “hotness” of its student body end up being used by students instead.

Each institution’s information block shows where the university stands against national averages of these categories.

However, the scorecard does lack information about the facilities and equipment available at each college - a critical factor to athletes and scientists.

The president’s plan allows students to decide for themselves what’s important in their college experience with verifiable data to guide them. For example, a school could place first in the nation for the highest annual salary after graduation, but place far lower on the list for its high cost of attendance.

The scorecard states that its “Average Annual Cost” category is compiled from the average net price for federal financial aid recipients, incorporating state and school scholarships into its final price.

For 40 million Americans facing a staggering student loan debt of $1.2 trillion, money spent on school and earned after graduation is of extreme importance.

Julian du Buclet, a senior finance and entrepreneurship major, expressed regret that the scorecard wasn’t available as a tour

when he was applying to schools.

“If I could do it again, I think I would attend Howard (University) or Morehouse (College) because they offer full rides for [academic excellence], and knowing something like that would have definitely influenced my decision over paying 60K a year here — before tax,” said du Buclet.

The fully customizable scorecard system effectively places college ranking power into the hands of students, revolutionizing the college selection process and reinforcing the fact that the “Top College” isn’t necessarily the best college for every student.

Zhané Souter is a senior broadcast journalism major and forensic science minor. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at zisouter@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @zhanesouter.

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allen us … that’s the piece that speaks volumes.”

Allen didn’t feel he was above the other players, saying that if the Syracuse 8 were all committing a so-called offense, then they would endure the punishment together.

“Of course I was elated about being invited back and wanted to go back, but I didn’t think it was fair for me to go back and not the others,” he said, referring to the six members not invited back.

After the season ended, SU’s Committee on Allegations of Racial Discrimination in the Football Program suggested changes to the athletic department, which then-Chancellor John Corbally approved.

Allen didn’t go on to play football professionally, but Allen said he thinks he could have if not for the color of his skin.

“Of course there are always different sets of circumstances,” he said. “But if you were to ask me if I think I had the ability, yes I do.”

Instead, Allen bounced around a few jobs — including hosting a radio show in Hart-

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marc good will, but no one was able to accomplish it.

At the same time, this is still a very sensitive subject,” Martin said. “There are people who won’t let go of the past and as a result, there are some bitter feelings out there about the book and I think David’s done a terrific job. It’s an honest appraisal of what happened.”

Marc said there were writers who were interested in the racial issue of the Syracuse 8 but didn’t know anything about football and there were people interested in the football issue who didn’t know anything about the racial issue.

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upstate award grants ranging from $50,000 to $100,000.

Amberg added that faculty have given positive feedback to the research partnership so far.

“Even without awarding the money, we already have people working with each other,” he said.

“We already have people looking, learning more about each other’s community. What Mr. Nappi has stimulated here is so much what we needed.”

Gina Lee-Glauser, SU’s vice president for research, said the presentation poses a special-

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alcohol binge drink every month, posing a risk for injury, sexual assault and even death, Gibralter said.

In addition to the prevention of binge drinking, the platform is aimed at combating regular long-term drinking among students, which Koob said “can affect cognitive behavioral func-

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sumb parade committee liked what they had seen of SUMB’s performances, and extended the invitation to perform in London to Mertz and the rest of the band.

Mertz said he is extremely honored by the

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ford, Connecticut — before landing at Liberty Mutual, an insurance company, for 33 years.

For about half his time at the company, Allen remained disconnected from his alma mater.

••• In 1992, the Office of Program Development at SU had a planning session for Coming Back Together, a reunion held every three years geared to welcoming back African-American and Latino alumni to Syracuse.

At the session, Robert Boney, then-vice president of undergraduate studies at SU, pitched the idea to invite back the Syracuse 8. Martin was the one tasked with reaching out individually to the former players and he said he wasn’t sure whether or not they would accept the invitation.

But after discussing it, Allen and five other Syracuse 8 members decided it was worth coming back. Both Allen and Lobon said they initially felt some animosity upon returning, but when the Syracuse 8 were introduced at the reunion’s dinner gala, they received a standing ovation.

“That was the start of a new day,” Lobon said.

Since then, Allen has been an active member of Syracuse’s community. He’s now directly involved with Coming Back Together and serves on the School of Education’s Visitors Board.

In September 2005, during a Coming Back Together weekend, Allen participated in a panel with the other Syracuse 8 members. They discussed the boycott in-depth, revealing what was going on when they weren’t a part of the team.

“It was very powerful,” Martin said. “And because of that, a number of people who attended the session, they advocated for these guys and said, ‘We ought to officially recognize them.’”

And so, in 2006, the school honored Allen, along with the other members of the Syracuse 8, with the Chancellor’s Medal for Extraordinary Courage.

••• Dave Jacobs, who was SU’s placekicker in the late 70s, knew of Allen from his time on SU’s football team. So when Allen stopped into Shirt World, Jacobs’ apparel store on Marshall Street, they “hit it off” almost immediately, Jacobs said. The two have been friends ever since.

Last fall, Allen got a call from Jacobs, who wanted to know if he was interested in joining him as a co-owner of a new pizza shop.

“Knowing who he was, who he is and what he stands for, he’s such an embracing guy but you’ll get the real deal,” Jacobs said.

After thinking it over, Allen decided to jump in. He felt he could trust Jacobs and Jeff Smith, the third co-owner. That trust and the location of the pizza shop on Marshall Street were the main reasons he made the decision.

Allen will visit the pizzeria for the first time on Oct. 23, when he’ll also be signing copies of “Leveling the Playing Field,” a new book about the Syracuse 8, published by the university.

It’s a long way, Allen said, from where he once stood with Syracuse.

“I just think it’s important for people to understand that there’s no bitterness or animosity about the events that transpired in the past,” he said. “The university has moved on and has tried to reconcile with us.

“And I feel reconciled with the university,” Allen said. mdburk01@syr.edu

“I saw the two were bound to each another and neither one could be slighted,” Marc said.

When discussing his inspiration for writing the book, Marc stops and tells the story of Ron Womack, a member of the Syracuse 8, who came to SU from West Virginia.

Womack was the first African-American high school student to win academic athlete of the year in West Virginia. Although a banquet is normally held to give the award, Marc said because of Womack’s skin color, the people who threw the banquet wouldn’t sit down and eat at the same table as him.

Instead, Womack was told to go to a trophy store to receive his award. A man at the store had put a note on the trophy that said to give it to

Womack, Marc said.

“Leveling the Playing Field” — Marc’s 11th book — is his favorite because of the topic and the substance, he said.

“They are all just amazing people. They could have gone to dozens of schools, including the service academies; several were admitted to West Point and the Naval Academy,” Marc said.

“They chose (Syracuse) because of the reputation Syracuse had of being a place that would be fair to black players and it turned out to be just the opposite.

While the book was Marc’s favorite, Martin said “nobody” thought it would ever be completed. Martin said the support of then-Chancellor Nancy Cantor, some members of the Board

of Trustees, SU alumnus and NFL Hall of Famer Art Monk helped make the book possible.

The work will be on display during SU’s homecoming weekend, scheduled for Oct. 19-25, and a previous event featuring the book in Washington D.C. garnered a large crowd.

Forty-five years after the Syracuse 8 protested discrimination within the SU football program and more than 40 years after the idea for a book originated, there finally is one.

“These guys, they had it all,” Marc said.

“They were living the dream. But there was injustice and an assault on their dignity and they wouldn’t stand for it and they were willing to risk everything.”

challenge for faculty members. “(The faculty members) can give lectures great, but they may not be able to pitch their ideas,” Lee-Glauser said. “So in some sense, we’re hoping to put in not so much educating, but this is a new way of looking at the ideas and if this is a competition, our faculty will hone-in their skills.”

Lee-Glauser said faculty from both schools have already emailed her and Amberg to ask for experts in specific fields at the other school to help them in a research project. She said she has heard from one SUNY Upstate faculty member who is

working on a project about transcription control of gene expression in the retina from a biochemistry and biophysics standpoint. The faculty member asked Lee-Glauser if anyone at SU could help him with certain sensor technology. Lee-Glauser sent him the names of two SU professors.

Earlier this summer, SU and SUNY Upstate made headlines over a controversy regarding SU’s consideration of creating a medical school.

SUNY Upstate officials wrote to Chancellor Kent Syverud that the second medical school would harm Upstate and create competition for patients, according to an Aug. 6 Syracuse.com article.

Lee-Glauser said the meeting with Nappi happened before the controversy unfolded this summer. She added that they had to delay the announcement of the program until recently.

Overall, she thinks the program will be a positive one for both universities.

Said Lee-Glauser: “I really think this is only the tip of the iceberg and it really is the visionary leaders, somebody like Sam Nappi who is putting us together with the real resources and real passion for the region to do better and stimulating the collaboration to take us to the next level.”

tioning even into adulthood. Gibralter added that the platform will also help students who suffer from disrupted study and lack of sleep due to other students’ alcohol habits, and prevent students from becoming victims of alcohol-related incidents.

Gibralter said CollegeAIM is useful because it is clear and easy to understand and facilitates instructions for alcohol-based interventions.

He added that some of the best researchers on alcohol consumption prevention spent two years evaluating which intervention methods would be the most effective.

The interventions are targeted toward individual students, campus environments and student bodies as a whole, said Koob. The interventions are sorted into three tiers based on their effectiveness, and are also evaluated for cost,

potential barriers and other criteria, he added.

Colleges and universities will be able to use a combination of approaches to meet the needs of their campus and budget through the website, and learn how current strategies compare to older ones, Koob said.

The NIAAA will mail a guide to every college and university president in the U.S. next week.

invitation, but he is not yet sure if the band will be able to make the trip.

“It’s a little too soon to tell right now,” he said. “We are still in the process of investigating what it will cost and how many students we will be able to bring.”

Mertz said the directors of the SUMB would like to bring the entire band, which currently

has about 200 members, but he would be open to bringing a smaller, select number of band members if the trip proves too costly.

Although it is unclear whether the performance will materialize or not, for Mertz and Ethington, the invitation alone is a statement.

Mertz agreed and said it’s all about making sure the band looks good and acts as the best

musical ambassadors they can be.

If the performance happens, Mertz is ready to put on a show.

“We’re going to approach it like any other performance that we have,” Mertz said. “We’re going to do it at the highest level, and make sure that we live up to our name: The Pride of the Orange.”

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Syracuse named 9th-most affordable U.S. city to live in

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he city of Syracuse has been named the ninth-most affordable city to live in the U.S. by the real estate website Trulia.

The website ranked the top 10 most affordable cities across the country based on housing, commuting and utilities costs. Trulia also took into account mortgage payments, property taxes and insurance rates in all of these places.

The rankings also assumed a 30-year-fixed interest rate loan at 4 percent interest, according to a Sept. 16 Syracuse.com article. In Syracuse, around one-third of the middle-class’ income is spent on these three initial criteria.

“It’s a combination of factors,” Patrick O’Connor, a real estate agent for Central New York Homes, said. “(In Syracuse) the housing market has been stable throughout the years, there hasn’t been a tremendous growth in the job market and the city itself is just starting to recover from the economic depression.”

One of the major reasons Syracuse enjoys such affordable housing is the region itself.

“It’s an area that’s not growing very fast, not attracting a lot of flow, not pushing demand very high,” John Yinger, a professor of public administration and economics at Syracuse University, said.

Syracuse also has a big housing stock relative to its population, which keeps housing costs low. In addition, Syracuse’s roadways are relatively decongested, which in turn drives down commuting rates, Yinger said.

(In Syracuse) the housing market has been stable throughout the years, there hasn’t been a tremendous growth in the job market and the city itself is just starting to recover from the economic depression.

Patrick O’Connor real estate agent for central new york homes

Though Syracuse has one of the lowest rates of monthly income spent on housing and commuting — about 20 percent — it has one of the highest rates spent on utilities, at about 4 percent. This can be attributed the extreme cold weather, which drives up utility bills, according to a Sept. 16 CNN article.

Furthermore, property taxes have a huge impact on which areas have the most afford-

able housing. Different property taxes in certain areas can completely skew the ranking process, O’Connor said.

“In the south, housing prices are more expensive but taxes are lower,” O’Connor said.

“And vice versa for the north.”

Each housing market is completely local.

Therefore, it would disadvantageous to not take into account taxation on properties, O’Connor said.

Akron, Ohio ranked first on Trulia’s list, and it’s not alone in the Midwest — a majority of the country’s most affordable cities are in either Ohio or Missouri. Syracuse is the only East Coast city to make the list.

“Most East Coast cities are places that have different flows and growth,” Yinger said, giving the example of New York City. “Most East Coast cities are bigger, and bigger cities have higher prices.”

Coastal cities tend to be much less affordable than cities that fall in the middle of the country; California contains seven of the 10 least affordable cities on the list. Nonetheless, Yinger said he was surprised that some of Syracuse’s upstate New York neighbors, such as Buffalo or Rochester, didn’t make the list.

“They aren’t too different from Syracuse, in terms of housing,” Yinger said. hrhorvat@syr.edu

% OF MIDDLE-CLASS INCOME SPENT ON HOUSING IN SYRACUSE

33.1% % OF MONTHLY INCOME SPENT ON HOUSING IN SYRACUSE

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1. CAYETANO VALENZUELA has owned Black Rabbit studio since 2013. He works to perfect the once-dying craft of hand-lettering. 2. His studio space is cluttered with paints, papers and half-finished projects that lie scattered around the workspace in a messy order.

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Photos by Logan Reidsma photo editor

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ike most days, Cayetano Valenzuela sits alone at his work station, his frame bent over a piece of wood, perfecting a once dying craft. The smell of paint hangs in the air, as the artist carefully twists his hand and flicks his wrist, forming each curvature of the letter form.

“I just think I am so f*cking lucky that I can do this for my life,” said Valenzuela, owner of Black Rabbit Studio. “I come in and I love the smell of the paint, I love the feel of the brushes in my hand. It’s a beau-

tiful thing to do.”

Valenzuela specializes in hand-lettering, a traditional craft that merges the worlds of type and art. His work can be found all over Syracuse in the form of large hand-painted signs at local businesses such as Recess Coffee, Funk ‘n Waffles, Strong Hearts Cafe, Modern Pop Culture and Midnight Sun. After being laid off from his job at an after-school program due to defunding, Valenzuela created Black Rabbit Studio in 2013 to pay the bills full-time.

The studio is tucked away on the third floor of the massive Delavan Art Center in downtown Syracuse.

Hand-painted signs direct patrons “right this way” and warn people of the “uneven

Black Rabbit Studio creates hand-painted signs for local restaurants, storefronts floor boards” that lead to the studio.

The room is dominated by Valenzuela’s workstation, a large knee-high board that takes up almost half of the crude space. On this sunny September afternoon, Valenzuela is stroking his black and grey speckled beard, leaning back in his work chair and pointing around the shop.

“Once I started doing it, I noticed all around every city there were these old ghost signs, hand-painted signs on buildings,” Valenzuela said. “There’s this dying art form that is fading right before our eyes, and people never really look up to see it, so I became really interested in that.”

He has been making art since he was a little kid, but he only started studying hand-lettering a few years ago.

When he first started working on the craft, he took classes and read as much literature as he could on the topic.

These books and miscellaneous papers are scattered around his workshop, stained and easily reachable.

He sought out “old-timers,” who offered pieces of advice on their craft, but many thought he was crazy – digitally printed vinyl signs put these artists out of business years ago, he said.

In the beginning, he said his process consisted of a lot of trial and error, getting strokes right and having the right viscosity of paint.

The more complex signs start with a pencil drawn sketch which he then scans see black

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Drake not a feminist, just has less offensive lyrics than other rappers

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rake has come a long way in his rap career. From his corny Canadian beats of the mid 2000s to the absolute bangers he releases today, it is safe to say that he has grown not just as a musician and businessman, but as a person, especially when it comes to how he handles the treatment of women in hip-hop/rap.

He’s said he’s “started from the bottom,” but where is he now? Like many other rappers, and quite frankly the music industry in general, he’s continued a long-standing tradition of using crass and objectifying language in regards to women.

While Drake isn’t perfect, he’s still acknowledged why this is problematic. In a 2009 interview with Complex, he said: “The whole tape extends from one of my closest friends Oliver. One night we were having a discussion about women and the way we were talking about them, it was so brazen and so disrespectful. He texted me right after we got off the phone and he was like, ‘Are we becoming the men that our mothers divorced?’…But sometimes you just get so far

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black rabbit and blows up to a bigger proportion.

He then takes a spurred wheel and perforates the design, leaving an impression on the board.

He sands the back of it and uses talcum powder or chalk dust to pop the design through, which he finally paints over.

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Drake acknowledged, even back in 2009, how he and his contemporaries discussed women was less than flattering. He didn’t necessarily say that he would stop, but he was aware of it, which is more than you can say for a lot of rappers.

As his career escalated, Drizzy started to adopt this sort of savior persona in his music, which can be taken as his way of empowering women to value themselves on their minds and not their bodies. On the flip side, it can be interpreted as Drake condescending women and telling them that, based on their behavior, he needs to rescue them to prevent them from continuing such behavior.

This can be seen in songs as recent as “Hotline Bling,” where Drake says, “Girl you got me down, you got me stressed out/Cause ever since I left the city, you/Started wearing

When Valenzuela lost his job at the afterschool program, he was faced with a choice: find a 9-5 job or become a full-time artist.

“Well, I think when it first became full-time it kind of became an ‘oh sh*t moment,’” said Melissa DeStevens-Valenzuela, Cayetano’s wife. “He had worked for an after-school program which lost its grant. So it was like, what do we do?”

With a daughter and wife to take care of and bills to pay, Valenzuela got into more commer-

less and goin’ out more/Glasses of champagne out on the dance floor/Hangin’ with some girls I’ve never seen before.”

Here is implying that the way a woman in his life now dresses is distressing to him.

It’s lyrics like these that implicitly shame women for wearing clothes that some consider provocative. Though it is possible that Drake’s intentions are to encourage women to find hobbies other than clubbing, it really isn’t his place to tell a woman what her appropriate behavior ought to be. Women can be encouraged to empower themselves in ways that don’t shame their behaviors, and quite frankly, considering how much rappers brag about their exploits in the club, it is hypocritical to shame women for engaging in the same behavior.

Other lyrics of his, like “I’ve always liked my women book and street smart,” from the song “Fancy,” beat more to a feminist drum because they praise women for their skills and intellect. If Drake is attempting to make room for a male feminist voice in hip-hop, lyrics like these are the way to do it, though it really

doesn’t seem that this is his explicit intention considering his lack of lyrical consistency on that front.

Overall, it seems that Drake, while not a “woman hater,” is not a feminist. Like his contemporary J. Cole, who, in his song “No Role Modelz” acknowledges that he uses terms like “b*tches” to refer to women pretty often, Drake is aware of how he talks about women.

But awareness is ineffective if he isn’t going to change his behavior. Even if Drake behaves differently around women in real life than he treats them in songs, rapping about “b*tches” all the time while trying to present himself as a more sensitive rapper does more harm than good. Let’s just hope that being around powerhouse women like Serena Williams will encourage Drake to reconsider his behavior within the scope of the music industry.

cial work: selling T-shirt designs, making logos for bands and working long hours.

making the spaces beautiful, whereas they could have easily went and got vinyl lettering somewhere, but like Strong Hearts and Recess and all these great places have his work at the forefront of how their business looks,” DeStevens-Valenzuela said. “So art is becoming the everyday in that sense.”

Valenzuela is currently working on two signs for Recess Coffee’s upcoming downtown Syracuse location.

These black boards lean against the wall on the far side of the studio half-finished.

He said they are some of this favorite works so far.

The artist leaned forward in his chair and pushed his thick, black-framed glasses up higher on his nose. He looked out the window, and let out a sigh.

“I have such great hopes for Syracuse; it’s not there yet,” Valenzuela said. “We need to put more into the public eye, what art can be and how it can impact daily life.”

Well, I think when it first became full-time it kind of became an ‘oh sh*t’ moment.

Melissa DeStevens-Valenzuela cayetano valenzuela’s wife

Now, he still creates shirt logos and dabbles on side projects, but is at the point where he can say no to jobs— a luxury he didn’t always have, he said.

Valenzuela is a one-man production crew, creating all of the artwork that Black Rabbit Studio sells, but DeStevens-Valenzuela helps in every way she can.

She acts as a soundboard for his ideas, points out hand-painted signs as they drive and handles the taxes for the small business.

“He is bringing art into businesses and

Isha Damle is a junior television, radio, film major. She rarely knows the actual lyrics to songs, but is good at faking it until she makes it. Plus, her version is probably better. She can be reached at idamle@syr.edu or on Twitter @ishadamle.

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Small signs are some of Valenzuela’s favorite projects because they allow creative freedom.

He sketches the design out in chalk and then paints over it. logan reidsma photo editor

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MASTER THIEVES performs at the Wescott Cultural Festival on Sunday. The rock/blues jam band consists of five Syracuse-area residents who enjoy getting together and playing. The band’s main musical influences include the Grateful Dead, Phish, The Allman Brothers, Jimi Hendrix and Galactic. moriah ratner asst. photo editor

Rock & robbers

By Rebecca Plaut contributing writer

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aster Thieves, a five-person rock/ blues jam band based in Syracuse, prides itself on not having a lead singer or any one person fronting the band.

“Everyone sings and everyone writes music,” said Chuck Dorgan, the only remaining original member of the group. “It’s not a lead singer, it’s just one band.”

The band performed Sunday on the WAER Main Stage at the Westcott Cultural Festival. The group’s dynamic was evident as they rocked to the beat simultaneously.

The performance wasn’t high energy, but was infused with an obvious love of the stage and the music they were playing.

During the festival, older couples would stop and dance for a bit, before continuing to walk around the fair.

Master Thieves has received two Syracuse Area Music Awards (SAMMYS) nominations, for each of their albums: “Robbing the Blind,” released in 2011, was nominated for best blues album and “Nature of Gravity,” released in 2012, was nominated for best rock album.

Dorgan is seen by other band members as the leader. He’s been playing guitar and singing in jam bands since the late 1980s.

Dorgan grew up in Rochester and has been playing piano and guitar since age 8.

In his college years, he played for many other bands prior to Master Thieves, including an instrumental jam band whose drummer was actually Brian von Knoblauch, a Syracuse University Information and Computing Technology employee in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

In 2000, Dorgan moved to Syracuse to work for Carrier Corporation.

Once he was settled in the Salt City, he

Master Thieves brings jams to local community

played in multiple bands but created Master Thieves six years later.

“Chuck and I were in a band together for a short while back around 2006,” said von Knoblauch. “It was a fun time and a good learning experience for both of us.”

The group currently consists of Eric Tozer (drums), Paul Opel (bass, vocals), Dave Sollazo (keys), Mikey Dufrense (saxophone, guitar) and Dorgan.

Master Thieves got their name from the Bob Dylan song “Positively 4th Street,” when the rock legend sings, “If I was a master thief perhaps I’d rob them.”

The band’s main influences are Grateful Dead, Phish, The Allman Brothers, Galactic, Jimi Hendrix and The Band.

Master Thieves plays original music from its two studio albums as well as extended versions of covers from most genres.

They stray away from playing their very

early tracks because all of the original band members have moved on to other things besides Dorgan. The group tends to improvise when playing longer songs.

When the group is not performing, each band member is working his day job.

Because the band is so busy with their work, it tends to only perform two gigs a month.

Each of the musicians has very different jobs around the city from music educators to salesmen for elevator companies, and each member of Master Thieves brings a different talent to the group to allow the group to play a variety of genres.

“What I enjoy is whatever Chuck throws at me,” said former drummer John Goldsworthy, who plays for the band when needed. “Everyone’s musicianship comes together and we just get a feel for each other and it ends up being a good show.” rcplaut@syr.edu

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2014-15: 9-21 15TH IN ACC ATLANTIC

FALL SPORTS SEASON PREVIEW VOLLEYBALL

Sometimes you make (a) decision not because you’re smart but because you have no choice.

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Coach Leonid Yelin began his 4th season as SU’s head coach. The coach has complied a 46-57 record, a distant clip from his 366-112 record at Louisville. Yelin has frequently questioned the team’s ability to compete in the ACC, and his doubts were confirmed last season when Syracuse finished with a 2-16 conference record. Yelin is hoping that the strong incoming class of freshmen will help the Orange improve on a dismal season.

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Everyone on the team had points when they played great and points when they didn’t play so well. Unfortunately, … when we were not playing well, the other players were also brought down by that.

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Syracuse finished last in the ACC with 10.95 kills per set

The Orange should improve after an extremely injuryplagued season a year ago.

A healthy roster, including the return of outside hitter Nicolette Serratore, will help improve SU’s offense, and the incoming class of freshmen should help with the team’s defense and ball control.

However, losing record-setting middle blocker Lindsay McCabe will hurt the team’s big blocking strength from a year ago, and creates a leadership void for the Orange.

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NICOLETTE SERRATORE When fifth-year senior Nicolette Serratore suffered a broken foot before the 2014 season, more pressure fell on senior Uattara. Uattara’s 3.60 kills per set led the team, but SU needed more help on that front. Serratore’s kill numbers improved during her first three seasons with SU, reaching 366 and 3.08 per set in 2013.

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LEAH LEVERT

As the starting setter and one of four seniors on the team, Gosia Wlaszczuk will be in a leadership role in 2015. Her numbers in 2014 give Yelin reason to believe his offense is in good hands. Wlaszczuk averaged 7.33 assists per set last season to lead SU, and her ceiling should be higher this year.

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Levert had a terrific season as a freshman last year, averaging 1.22 blocks per set, which ranked seventh in the ACC. However, with record-setting middle blocker Lindsay McCabe graduated, Levert has a big void to fill.

out Players who departed/graduated: Lindsay McCabe Melina Violas Stacey Smith Dana Crispi Valeriya Shaipova Lucie Guttakovskaia

standings Syracuse finished last in the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2014.

4 Miami / 22-9 / 14-4

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Louisville / 15-15 / 7-11

12 Boston College / 11-18 / 6-12

1 North Carolina / 29-3 / 17-1

5 Pitt / 25-6 / 13-5

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Clemson / 18-14 / 6-12

13 NC State / 16-14 / 5-13

2 Florida State / 30-3 /16-2

6 Virginia / 17-14 / 10-8

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3 Duke / 22-8 / 14-4

7 Virginia Tech / 17-14 / 10-8

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Georgia Tech / 13-18 / 6-12

15 Syracuse / 9-21 / 2-16

Notre Dame / 6-23 / 3-15

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uattara The school was meant specifically for volleyball players. The students had class, but also practiced four and a half hours each day with one session in the morning and another at night.

Though Uattara originally resisted the sport, volleyball became her passion, boiled down to one simple phrase: “I just love to hit the ball.”

“When someone is setting me the ball, I have a feeling that the team really needs me, Uattara said. “… Whenever you get the point, you get this excitement and awesome feeling.”

Getting on the plane in Russia, Uattara thought to herself, “Oh my god, I’m actually flying to the United States right now. It’s going to take me nine hours and I will be in a completely different world.”

When she stepped off in Syracuse, her knees were shaking.

“Everything I was waiting for for so long is about to start right now,” Uattara said of the moment. “How should I do? What should I do?”

What she did was have an effect on the Orange right away. In her freshman season, Uattara led the Orange in kills and had more than 100 more than anyone else on the team.

She’s led the team in kills every year since then, too, and this season has the most with 132 through 11 matches.

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Volleyball coaches’ interest in Uattara spawned from her height, but since then she’s grown to just 6 feet tall. Her successes, instead, comes from her ability to jump and strength in her arms, which she says is mostly natural.

Power is part of her game and represented by a lion tattoo on her left thigh.

Uattara ranges usually on the left side of the net, swinging wide out of bounds and launching off her left foot at the far edge of the net for the kill.

She hammers spikes into opposing players — often sending balls flying off of opponents attempting to dig and into the Women’s Building’s makeshift locker rooms.

A kill is almost always followed by a fullarm, hooking-fist pump celebration and a yell as the sound of the ball hitting her opponent still echoes through the arena.

Playing with emotion is an essential part of her game, though it has caused Yelin to sit her on the bench to calm down.

“I try to stay focused, but I cant play without emotions because those are what lead me,” Uattara said She leads the team in pregame chants, yelling “S who?” to a response of “SU” from her teammates in a circle around her. At the end of each match, Uattara breaks her teammates down, too.

And though Uattara wasn’t the team’s first choice four years ago, she is now.

“It’s my person to go to,” setter Gosia Wlaszczuk said. “… If we do it 24-24, you can go ahead and go to the left side because that’s where the ball will go.” jrmettus@syr.edu | @jmettus

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Ishmael, Trudo and Parris ‘ready to go’ ahead of LSU game

By Chris Libonati asst. copy editor

Wide receiver Steve Ishmael, center Rob Trudo and tight end Josh Parris will all play against No. 8 Louisiana State (2-0, 2-0 Southeastern) on Saturday at noon in the Carrier Dome, head coach Scott Shafer announced on his Tuesday teleconference.

“All three of those guys are doing well and ready to go,” Shafer said. “We had kind of a walk-through practice on Sunday and they were all running around, feeling good.”

Trudo and Parris missed the last game against Central Michigan despite being gametime decisions and Ishmael was hurt during the game.

He had suffered an upper-body injury on

Saturday and SU Athletics announced the wideout would miss the rest of the game in the third quarter. Shafer later said it had something to do with his neck.

Trudo, a senior, had played 40 straight games before sitting out the contest against the Chippewas with a lower-body injury and is the team’s most experienced offensive lineman.

It appeared a Wake Forest defensive lineman had run into his right leg, knocking him out for the rest of that game.

Junior Jason Emerich filled in for Trudo.

Junior Kendall Moore started in place of Parris, a junior. Parris’ injury was listed as an upper-body injury.

Eric Dungey is doubtful to play. cjlibona@syr.edu | @ChrisLibonati

ROB TRUDO didn’t play last Saturday against Central Michigan, but head coach Scott Shafer says the fifth-year senior center is all set for LSU. logan reidsma photo editor

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Scott Shafer praises LSU running back Leonard Fournette

By Chris Libonati asst. copy editor

Before the first half was over last week, No. 8 Louisiana State (2-0, 2-0 Southeastern) running back Leonard Fournette had 169 yards, including a 71-yard run and a 40-yard run, a touchdown and was responsible for putting Auburn in a 24-0 hole.

Syracuse (3-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast) will get all of Fournette’s 6-foot-1, 230-pound frame

on Saturday at noon in the Carrier Dome.

“In my 26 years, I think this kid is the most talented tailback I’ve gone against,” SU head coach Scott Shafer said. “He’s special.”

Shafer had high praise for the running back, a Heisman Trophy hopeful. This season, he’s racked up 387 yards and six touchdowns — only four less than he had in all 13 games last season — on 47 carries in two games against Mississippi State and Auburn. Coming into college, Fournette was ranked by most recruiting sites

as the No. 1 player in the Class of 2014 and had 1,034 yards and 10 touchdowns as a freshman last season.

“You’ve got unbelievable vision and his physicality is ... I mean remember Earl Campbell?” Shafer said. “He’s a great player, we’ll have our hands full.”

Campbell, who led the NFL in rushing in his first three seasons in the late 1970s and early 1980s, ran for 4,443 yards in his college career. Shafer also compared LSU as a team

to the 2013 Florida State team, which won a national championship with Jameis Winston at the helm and romped SU, 59-3.

Shafer marveled at LSU’s offensive line, too.

He said the Tigers are big up front, but what impresses him the most is the offensive linemen aren’t “stiff.”

“He’s 6-1, 230, but he moves like he’s 5-9,” Shafer said of Fournette. “He moves like Brisly Estime and then with that power behind it.” cjlibona@syr.edu | @ChrisLibonati

men’s soccer

Korab Syla creates chances down right wing in Syracuse win

By Chris Libonati asst. copy editor

Ian McIntyre called Korab Syla over to the sideline, pointed at the ground and told him

“right here.” Later in the first half, the Syracuse head coach pulled midfielder Morgan Hackworth over and told him the same thing.

“I guess I was a couple yards more inside,” Syla said. “… So he was just telling me to get

wider, closer to the touch line to make it harder for the other team so we can come closer to maybe getting open.”

The 3-5-2 formation SU runs is designed to attack the wings, and it helped SU dominate on the field, but not on the scoreboard for a majority of the game. The Orange playing wide was also a counter to Binghamton dropping its defense back and playing on its heels.

Syracuse was able to create chances down wings, especially on the right side of the field. The hosts racked up 17 shots, 10 on goal and eight corner kicks.

Despite not scoring on any of the chances out wide, SU (4-2-1, 0-1-1 Atlantic Coast) beat Binghamton (5-3), 3-1 at SU Soccer Stadium on Tuesday night.

“We knew they were dropping deep,” midfielder Julian Buescher said. “So we tried to use the whole and the width and that worked pretty well, I guess. We played decent, way better than our last game.”

Syla played a key role in moving the ball down the right side, beating his defender and crossing the ball into the box. Though it never contributed to a goal, SU was able to put pressure on the Bearcats’ defense.

Less than 10 minutes into the game, Syla worked the ball down the ride side. After kicking the ball into a defender and getting it back, he sent a low-flying ball through the middle of the field. Forward Ben Polk just nearly missed kicking the cross out of the air and into the net.

Instead, it rolled to the other side of the field.

“Most of the time, because we have five guys in the midfield, and we’re on one side, they all have to shift, and then they left Korab open,” Buescher said. “And if we play well enough, we try to turn it over and bring it to him and he has all that space.”

Syla benefited the most from Binghamton trying to mark all of the Orange’s midfielders.

He was open on the backside of the field more than wing Liam Callahan or Hackworth.

Less than 10 minutes into the second half, Buescher tapped the ball to his right, through his defender’s legs, and promptly blasted a pass to the right wing of the field to Syla, who was wide open. Though he couldn’t bring the ball down cleanly, SU played around with the ball, eventually forcing a corner.

With time ticked off the clock near the end of the game and the Orange already up 2-1, Syla ran free down the right side of the field. Buescher, with Bearcats defenders closing in, again snapped a pass to Syla. The midfielder cranked a shot well over the goal and into the black-netted backstop.

While SU missed on the chances it created, they were able to pressure Binghamton and control the game from end to end.

“When a team is setting up to restrict space, you’re trying to make the field as big as possible,” McIntyre said. “… You want to play all 75 (feet of the field), so get the guys as wide as possible. And when we can stretch teams, we look dangerous.” cjlibona@syr.edu | @ChrisLibonati

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Syracuse pulls away from Binghamton late in 3-1 home win

By Jon Mettus asst. web editor

Syracuse found itself inside Binghamton’s penalty area yet again. But nearly every time until that point the Bearcats had escaped unscathed — blocking shots, poking balls away or watching the Orange launch shots beyond the goal.

This time, defender Miles Robinson backed down his defender and put a shot through a sea of legs in front of the goal. Binghamton goalie Robert Moewes made a diving save, then another thud sounded and the ball bulged in the back of the net.

Kamal Miller sprinted out of the scrum of players in the box with a smile stretching across his face.

Thirteen minutes later it happened again.

Binghamton was playing even with SU on the scoreboard, but not on the field. Syracuse was taking all the time and space it wanted with the ball, but until 20 minutes left in the match, the score was knotted at one goal apiece.

I think they gave us a lot of respect and they came up with a game plan. When the score was 1-0, them, you’re probably saying its working … when we got balls in advanced areas we looked very dangerous.

Ian McIntyre su head coach

Finally, the Orange (4-2-1, 0-1-1 Atlantic Coast) converted on two late chances to beat Binghamton (5-3), 3-1, at SU Soccer Stadium on Tuesday night in front of a crowd of 811.

Syracuse picked up its first win in three games and hasn’t lost to Binghamton since 2011.

“I think they gave us a lot of respect and they came up with a game plan,” head coach Ian McIntyre said. “When the score was 1-0, them, you’re probably saying its working … when we got balls in advanced areas, we looked very dangerous.”

After a sloppy first few minutes, the game settled into a routine. Syracuse would attack with give-and-gos through the middle and by stretching the ball out wide. Binghamton’s defense did its best to just knock the ball out of bounds or send it back to SU’s defenders for the cycle to start again.

The Bearcats weren’t attempting to attack.

But when midfielder Juuso Pasanen lost the ball while trying to settle it in the midfield, Binghamton took advantage. Bearcats forward Logan Robert raced along the left sideline before crossing a chest-high pass that forward Pascal Trappe headed past SU goalie Austin Aviza.

Binghamton had one quality chance and made the Orange pay.

“That happens in soccer,” midfielder Julian Buescher said. “We were not frustrated at all. Keep playing. At some point the goal comes.”

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Syracuse corner kicks, compared to Binghamton’s 0.

Syracuse’s first goal eventually came with 14 minutes left in the half after Buescher drew a free kick to the left of the box.

His service into the penalty area connected with Robinson’s head and deflected into the goal. Miller grabbed the ball off the ground, jogged out to midfield and spiked it into the ground inside the center circle for the restart.

The second half only accentuated SU’s on-field advantage over Binghamton. The Orange took 13 shots to the Bearcats’ two. SU earned eight corner kicks, while Binghamton had none.

When Buescher lined up for a free kick from about 30 yards away, Binghamton head coach Paul Marco yelled to the defensive wall forming in front of Buescher, “you’re giving him too much.”

His shot hooked just over the cross bar, but on the next free kick, the warning rang true.

Miller scored his first career goal on the header. Forward Noah Rhynhart was the beneficiary of SU’s third goal with seven minutes left.

The Bearcats had finally given Syracuse too much — too much possession, too much space and too many chances to alter the scoreboard to more accurately reflect the game.

“We needed to show the character and resilience at times,” McIntyre said. “… We don’t normally win these games by two.”

Syracuse next hosts Pittsburgh (4-2-1) Friday at 7 p.m. at SU Soccer Stadium. The Panthers are coming off a double-overtime win against Robbert Morris. jrmettus@syr.edu | @jmettus

KAMAL MILLER (20) scored Syracuse’s second goal to give the Orange the lead for good.

SU never looked back against BU Tuesday night. riley bunch staff photographer

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LICENSE TO KILL Outside hitter Silvi Uattara blossoms into Orange’s best player during senior season

By Jon Mettus asst. web editor

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ilvi Uattara was not the player that Leonid Yelin and the rest of the Syracuse coaching staff were looking for.

A heavy recruiter out of Russia, and Moscow in particular, Yelin had his sights set on different girls in the same position, who ultimately passed up American colleges to play professionally.

That left Uattara, a relatively inexperienced player who had only taken up the sport a few years prior.

“Her skill always was not bad,” Yelin said.

Four years later, Uattara’s skills have led her to 1,307 career kills so far — seventh best alltime for SU. She came into this season ranked second in Orange history with a career average of 3.62 kills per set. And though she wasn’t the player Syracuse originally wanted, she’s been one of the best it’s ever had.

Uattara took two chances on volleyball — moving to Moscow when she was 14 to seriously pursue the sport and coming to Syracuse when she was 18 — and they both have paid off.

“You just want to connect your life with volleyball,” Uattara said. “It’s a different thing and I didn’t really have … this option or this option. When I had the opportunity to come here, I was really happy about it.”

Uattara didn’t originally want to play volleyball, but her 5-foot-8 frame as a 13-yearold was enticing to any volleyball coaches she saw in passing.

Standing outside of English her class one day, a local coach asked the teenage Uattara to start playing. She said no. She didn’t even know the rules.

About a week later, she was approached again when another coach saw her shopping for a winter jacket with her mother.

“I thought that maybe it meant something,” Uattara said.

Thirteen was late to start playing compared to most girls in Russia who started at the age of 7 or 8, Uattara said. But after just a year of playing, she and her family moved six hours away from her hometown of Voronezh, Russia to Moscow so she could attend Sports School 65, Yelin said. see uattara page 13

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SU offensive coordinator Tim Lester: Zack Mahoney is ‘the guy’

By Sam Blum sports editor

Syracuse offensive coordinator Tim Lester said Zack Mahoney took the most reps at practice on Tuesday and was the most consistent.

“Right now Zack’s the guy that’s shown the most and he’s most con-

sistent with the things we’re doing,” Lester said. “We feel confident that he can execute all facets of our offense.”

Mahoney and Austin Wilson split time at quarterback after starter Eric Dungey was injured midway through the second quarter of Syracuse’s (3-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast) 30-27 overtime win over Central Michigan. Wilson was

4-of-7 for 49 yards, while Mahoney completed all four of his passes and led the game-winning overtime drive. SU head coach Scott Shafer said that Dungey is doubtful for Saturday.

The last game Mahoney started was for the College of DuPage, a junior college. He came to Syracuse as a walk-on and was the fifth-string quarterback as

recently as three weeks ago. Now he’s likely starting against No. 8 LSU (2-0, 2-0 Southeastern) on Saturday at noon in the Carrier Dome.

“No, no time for nerves,” Mahoney said. “You’ve just got to prepare with all the preparation, there’s no time for nerves.”

Mahoney said that on a good JUCO

team, there might be a couple of guys that are good enough to play for a SEC team. Now he’ll have to face all 11. He said it makes the game faster.

“You’ve got to prepare yourself every week that you can go in whenever,” Mahoney said. “I like to think I’ve prepared myself.” sblum@syr.edu | @SamBlum3