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N • Camping out
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P • Little black dress
Although students began lining up at midnight, there are still eight free tickets left for the Otto’s Army sponsored buses traveling to MetLife Stadium. Page 3
Graduate student Timi Komonibo sets challenges to promote her Style Lottery. Pulp accepted the challenge. Page 3
S • Fresh legs
Freshman Ervin Philips broke out against Central Michigan and is looking to further solidify himself in Syracuse’s running game. Page 20
Ryan nassib (left) and Justin pugh (right) have formed a tight friendship after spending their college careers together at Syracuse and moving on to the NFL and the New York Giants. Nassib and Pugh serve vastly different roles on the team but their companionship is mutually beneficial for both of them on and off the field. chase gaewski staff photographer
The blues
brothers Former SU teammates Nassib, Pugh bring friendship to Giants, live out NFL dream together
By Phil D’Abbraccio asst. sports editor
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AST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Justin Pugh would always fall asleep first. After 6 a.m. Friday workouts during the summer while taking classes at Syracuse, Ryan Nassib took the passenger seat and Pugh
orange in the apple part 2 of 3 would sprawl out in the backseat of Joe Nassib’s car for the drive down from Syracuse to the outskirts of Philadelphia. For the hour and a half Nassib and Pugh weren’t sleeping during the trip, they’d talk about Philadelphia sports. The Orange’s upcoming season and SU stories also came up. Bruce Springsteen was the only music played out of the car’s speakers. Nassib and Pugh became more than teammates. More than friends, too. “Justin’s my left tackle. If you ever play quarterback, you know that your left tackle has to be your best buddy,” Nassib said. “He’s more like a brother to me now.” Never in a million years, Nassib said, did he expect to wear the same uniform as Pugh after their time at Syracuse. The two seniors said their goodbyes on the bus after Syracuse’s Pinstripe Bowl victory over West Virginia in December 2012. They knew they would still see each other as they prepared for the 2013 NFL Draft in April, but without Syracuse football, they thought their friendship would never be the same. But as the fourth round unfolded two days after the New York Giants selected Pugh with the 19th overall pick in the draft, Pugh received a text
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see nassib pugh page 18
Students, administrators make plans for campus forum By Brett Samuels asst. news editor
A group of student leaders and university administrators will meet Wednesday to further discuss plans for the Oct. 2 forum on diversity, inclusion and respect. The group was formed after Hanna Strong, a Syracuse Univer-
sity women’s soccer player, was videotaped using racial and homophobic slurs. The video quickly spread on Twitter and Strong was indefinitely suspended from the soccer team. The group held its first in-person meeting on Sept. 17. In addition to the students at the meeting, Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric
Spina and Dean of Student Affairs Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz asked several administrators to attend as well.
Student members of the group included: • Student Association President Boris Gresely • Graduate Student Organization President Patrick Neary
• Senior Class Marshal Ronald Taylor • SA’s Director of Student Engage ment Brittany Moore • Members of the SU’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Administrators who attended the meeting included: • Kantrowitz • Dean of Hendricks Chapel
Tiffany Steinwert • Director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisex ual and Transgender Resource Center Chase Catalano • Director of the Office of Multi-cul tural Affairs James Duah-Agyman • Senior Vice President for Human Capital Development Kal Alston Several people in attendance said
see forum page 8