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P • Icing on the cake

After a rash of street sign thefts in the East Neighborhood, the Syracuse Department of Public Works has started putting the signs 20 feet in the air.

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Baked by Melissa, a cupcake business started by an SU alumna five years ago, continues to satisfy customers with its modern take on classic flavors.

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S • British beats

Phil Wheddon was a DJ some years ago. Now the goalie specialist leads Syracuse’s women’s soccer team, but music is still part of his routine.

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BUSINESS AS USUAL Some students believe police are cracking down on parties, but numbers show a consistent trend

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MICHAEL GRANAN, a special events peace officer, stands on duty at Juice Jam. Some students think police have focused on shutting down parties, but stats show that isn’t the case. frankie prijatel asst. photo editor

n recent weeks, the campus has been in an uproar over an alleged crackdown on parties at Syracuse University.

Students believe that because police officers are focused on shutting down parties, it’s taking away from resources for protecting students.

But statistics and interviews with the Department of Public Safety and the city police tell a different story.

It started with Castle Court’s party ban, which prompted a video titled “#SaveCuse,” with more than 65,000 views. The video was produced by “I’m Shmacked,” a brand that tours campuses nationwide to showcase their party culture. In the video a student blamed the crackdown on Chancellor Kent Syverud.

“Chancellor Kent is sending out emails because we got the No. 1 party school ranking and he’s shutting down parties,” the student said.

On SaveCuse’s website, it describes

the university as a “police state,” and writes that this approach is “ruining the school and endangering students.”

In fact, campus police has never met with the chancellor’s office to discuss shutting down parties, DPS chief Tony Callisto said.

“The actual level of enforcement, while the students think the hammer’s down, it’s no more than it’s ever been,” he said.

Callisto added that the amount of arrests have followed a steady trend, with this semester being no different.

In the last five years, the average amount of cases for the first two weeks of the semester was 9.8, according to numbers from the Neighborhood Safety Patrol. For the first two weeks of 2014’s fall semester, the average is 11 cases.

During the first two weeks of the fall semester, there were 31 alcoholrelated cases, four drug-related cases and seven party-related cases, according to DPS’s crime logs.

Last year, there were 33 alcohol-

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SU climbs four spots to No. 58 in 2015 college rankings

By Jessica Iannetta and Brett Samuels the daily orange

Syracuse University rose four spots to No. 58 in the 2015 U.S. News and World Report National University rankings,

which were released late Monday night.

SU was in a four-way tie for the 58th spot with Fordham University, Southern Methodist University and the University of Connecticut. The 2015 ranking is an increase from last year’s rank at No. 62.

The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry rose 10 spots in this year’s rankings to claim the 76th.

The top school in this year’s rankings was Princeton University.

Harvard University and Yale Univer-

sity were ranked second and third, respectively, with Columbia University, Stanford University and the University of Chicago tied for fourth.

The rankings are released annually, and include factors such as each school’s acceptance rate, class size,

freshman retention rate and the five most popular majors, according to the U.S. News and World Report website. jliannet@syr.edu JessicaIannetta blsamuel@syr.edu @Brett_Samuels27

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TATTOO tuesday | noah rosenfeldt

Springsteen fan shows dedication with body art

By Gigi Antonelle contributing writer

Noah Rosenfeldt has seen Bruce Springsteen in concert 22 times. He’s met him once. His bedroom is covered from wall to wall with posters of Springsteen, Springsteen magazine covers, Springsteen records, a Springsteen mug — almost anything you can think of.

To Rosenfeldt, a junior writing and rhetoric major in the College of Arts and Sciences, Springsteen’s music has left a permanent mark on his heart — and on his body. When he was 19 years old, he got Springsteen song title ”Born to Run” tattooed on his chest.

This past summer, Rosenfeldt got another song title, “Leap of Faith,” tattooed on his back.

Rosenfeldt said he got his tattoos to honor Springsteen and his music, and the affect it’s had on his own life.

“The messages of both songs are romantic. There’s something cool about the idea of running away with someone you love and never going back,” he said.

Rosenfeldt went to his first Springsteen concert in August 2003 at Giants Stadium with his family. Rosenfeldt

describes Springsteen as a uniting factor for his family, although his parents don’t know about his tattoos.

“I’m not the easiest person to deal with, I admit that,” Rosenfeldt said.

“There were a couple of times where I was almost thrown out of the house, but then two or three days later, we’d go to a Bruce concert. I mean if they didn’t let me go, that’s not even a punishment, that’s torture.”

Rosenfeldt once followed Springsteen on tour and saw him nine times in two weeks.

When he was in high school, he knew that Springsteen’s daughter was a competitive horseback rider and that Springsteen would be attending the show. He left school early and after some searching, finally met Springsteen.

Rosenfeldt said Springsteen’s early music was about dreams and never looking back. Then as he got older, his music became more serious.

“I compare his music to where I am at in my life. It all just makes sense,” Rosenfeldt said. “I love Bruce Springsteen. But it’s more than just that. His music means everything to me.” gantonel@syr.edu

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The 2015 U.S. News and World Report’s Best College rankings come out Tuesday. Where will SU rank?

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Cuomo dealt tough primary

By Justin Mattingly asst. news editor

The Syracuse Department of Public Works has been working to decrease the number of stolen street signs. One strategy has been increasing the signs’ heights. DPW Commissioner Pete O’Conner said thousands of signs have been stolen since 2000. luke rafferty staff photographer

City seeks solutions to prevent stolen signs

By Katelyn Faubel contributing writer

In an effort to limit the number of stolen street signs around the city, the Syracuse Department of Public Works is attempting to put the signs out of reach.

Raising the height of street signs to over 20 feet is just one a few ways the Syracuse Department of Public Works has tried to stem the flow of stolen signs. Pete O’Conner, commissioner of DPW, said that thousands of signs have been stolen since 2000, with an increase occurring in the past six years or so due to the influx of Syracuse University students in the East Neighborhood.

“Although we complained to SU around five years ago, the school told us that it wasn’t SU students taking the signs because they live with students from other schools,” O’Conner said.

DPW has had to attempt a number of different solutions to cut down on the number of stolen signs.

O’Conner said they first tried a new kind of bolt to secure the signs to

the metal poles, but whoever was taking the signs began taking the poles as well. Then the department started cementing the poles to the ground, but O’Conner said people would find a way to get the pole out of the ground.

“We even thought about greasing the poles at one time, but we eventually decided on putting the signs on telephone poles close to the intersections where they were being stolen from,” he said.

To date, O’Conner knows of only one steel pole that was built into the ground because no telephone pole was near a popular intersection for stolen signs. The pole was erected three years ago.

The ability to avoid possible dangerous situations is the main reason why new signs that replace stolen ones are positioned high into the sky, O’Conner said.

O’Conner said that it is dangerous when they lose the signs for a number of reasons.

“A lot of students, whether they’re from Syracuse or not, don’t know where they are around the SU

neighborhoods,” he said. “It also becomes a safety issue for emergency personnel who don’t know the area. I don’t think the height is an inconvenience to lost drivers and emergency drivers know that we put them way up (high).”

I think that putting the signs higher on the poles is close to a permanent solution to the problem.

Cullen Stubbs

Although the amount of stolen signs is in the thousands, O’Conner said he doesn’t believe that stealing street signs is a trend. He added that the thefts have been going on for years so it is nothing new.

On the contrary, Cullen Stubbs, a sophomore international relations and history major and Syracuse native, said he believes that the amount of stolen signs has picked up over the last couple of years.

“I think that putting the signs higher on the poles is close to a permanent solution to the problem,” Stubbs said. “However, I do think it would be a good idea to put cameras in to catch the people stealing the signs.”

Stubbs said he believes the height of the new signs is not an inconvenience to drivers because they can be seen at a distance while driving.

Giovanna Saccoccio, a freshman international relations and undeclared S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications dual major who was raised abroad, believes that putting the signs higher is a good solution to the problem.

“In Italy, there are cameras to catch everything, including people who steal street signs,” Saccoccio said. “Sometimes this is considered an invasion of privacy so it has become a popular debate in Italy.”

As a student who was raised abroad, but has family in Syracuse, she thinks that it would be confusing for anyone to know where they are if street signs were stolen near SU. kmfaubel@syr.edu

Going in to Tuesday’s state primary election, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing two challengers who could make his re-election bid more difficult than usual for an incumbent.

The candidates on the democratic primary ballot are Cuomo, the current governor, Zephyr Teachout and Randy Credico. Teachout is a professor at the Fordham Law School, while Credico is a comedian, activist and the former director of the William Moses Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice.

The winner of the Democratic primary will face Republican Rob Astorino, a Westchester County Executive who is running unopposed in the primary and Howie Hawkins, a Green Party candidate and Syracuse native, in the general election.

Grant Reeher, a political science professor at Syracuse University and director of the Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute, said in an email that normally a sitting incumbent

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student association Here is a quick recap of last night’s Student Association meeting: STRATEGIC PLAN The assembly discussed a plan they hope to integrate with Chancellor Kent Syverud’s strategic plan for Syracuse University. “Long term initiatives” for the progression of the university “will take us a long time, but we want to start now,” President Boris Gresely said.

ACTION PLAN Last week, SA members created a four-part set of goals concerning resources, tuition and spending, marketing and facilities and grounds. On Monday, they consolidated this list into several action items. These action items mostly pertained to the facilities and grounds category.

— Alexa Torrens, contributing writer, atorrens@syr.edu See dailyorange.com for a full recap of the meeting.

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his year, Republicans and Democrats are more polarized than any point within the past two decades, according to Pew Research Center. It is likely not coincidental that the 113th Congress has been called the least productive in recent history.

In the face of partisanship that has led to drastic events such as the 2013 shutdown, it is time to reevaluate and get politics back on track.

Colorado Republican Senate candidate Cory Gardner has been making waves because of his attempts to appeal to centrists in order to defeat incumbent Mark Udall (D-CO). According to a Sept. 3 Real Clear Politics article, Gardner recently released ads showing support for making birth control available without a prescription and for renewable energy.

In Gardner’s ads, he claims to be working across party lines and to be a “new kind of Republican.” This sentiment is exactly what we need to move away from partisanship and extreme polarization towards productivity and collaboration.

According to an Aug. 28 New York Times article, Gardner is not alone in his centrism.

Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) vote along party lines 58 percent and 60 percent of the time, respectively. According to the article, both have a track record of independent voting and are not in jeopardy of losing their seats. They also are the only two Senators out of both parties who vote against their own party 20 percent of the time or more, which is the lowest number of senators

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These types of politicians are pivotal to begin a shift away from polarization. As of now, there are more individual Republicans crossing party lines than Democrats.

While individual Republican senators have showed their ability to compromise, the party as a whole is anti-centrist. The Tea Party movement has shifted the focus of the Republican Party from economic conservatism to social and religious conservatism. In my opinion, this change has fueled the development of the divide between the parties.

Democrats have also contributed to partisanship, but their current platform is generally less extreme than the Republican platform. It is essential that both parties work toward compromise.

Every state, and every district within, has different needs and values than what strictly falls within partisan expectations. Politicians need to be representing the constituents that elect them over their national parties.

Extremists have and will continue to play an important role in politics by bringing new ideology to the forefront and challenging the status quo. However, when the political system becomes saturated with extremists, the status quo becomes a lack of progress.

According to a June 12 Pew article, 38 percent of Americans “take a roughly equal

number of liberal and conservative positions.” This is down from previous decades, but shows that the polarization in politics is not representative of the general population.

According to a July 2014 paper published by the Brookings Institute, expert Elaine Kamarck accredits intensifying polarization to the differences in ideology of primary election voters and general election voters.

Kamarck suggests that this issue could be resolved by higher primary turnout rates.

Higher turnout rates would likely produce more centrist candidates and a more amicable relationship between the two parties.

This seems to be a simple idea, but producing higher voting in a generally apathetic political climate is extremely difficult. Considering the low turnout rates in general and particularly in primary elections, politicians are less representative of the average voter within their party and more representative of ideologues. Average Americans can reduce partisanship by participating in the political process.

In order to facilitate political progress, partisanship level need to decline. Politicians like Gardner are exemplary of the type of bipartisanship needed for progress. Gardner’s platform crosses into Democratic territory and more Republicans should exhibit this type of compromise to help resolve polarization.

Rachel Potter is a senior political science and sociology major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at repotter@syr.edu.

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@catdogcavs #SaveCuse but only because this cracking down is getting out of hand.

We’re adults. let us handle things please.

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The #SaveCuse video, although very well produced, is actually the dumbest thing I’ve ever watched.

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#SaveCuse video embarrasses university The #SaveCuse video is an embarrassment to Syracuse University. It highlights the ignorance and entitlement of SU students, and it shows an inability to see beyond trivial, immature issues. Students in favor of #SaveCuse need to get past their misconceptions that the university owes them the right to party and focus on real issues instead.

When Campus Hill sent an email barring its residents from hosting large parties in the parking lot of Castle Court, students blamed Chancellor Kent Syverud. Though in actuality, the university had reached out to Campus Hill with concerns back in 2013, some students felt the crackdown on parties was a direct result of Syverud’s Aug. 5 email disapproving of SU’s No. 1 party school ranking.

This year’s DPS crime logs show that the average number of tickets and arrests within the past two

weeks is consistent with the average from the last five years.

But even if the university was increasing its vigilance on parties, it has every right to do so. Underage drinking is illegal and it’s not SU’s job to make it easy for students to party. Students who disagree with that are missing the entire point of going to college — which is to get an education.

This fight to preserve the right to party is the problem that so many saw in our No. 1 party school ranking. It highlights the students whose main concern is partying, and shows that some students really think that Castle Court is the crown jewel of the university.

The #SaveCuse video captured every negative connotation associated with being a No. 1 party school and packaged it into a three and a half minute video. It’s what you would expect from a school ranked

first in partying.

SU’s student body has real problems that need to be addressed.

There are issues of racism and homophobia, there is still confusion and unhappiness over the fate of the Advocacy Center — and yet, there are still students vocalizing concerns over where they can tailgate before the next football game.

The university doesn’t need to be saved. What it needs is students who have their priorities straight and who are here to do more than embody our infamous ranking.

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Society must not provide incentive for hackers to leak nude photos

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ennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton and Rihanna were among the laundry list of over 100 stars that had their nude photos leaked in one of the largest hacks of all time on 4chan, an anonymous message board website, on Aug. 31.

An anonymous hacker claimed to have more pornographic photos and videos ready to be leaked and was willing to sell. What is more disturbing than the hacker’s mental state is that nearly every target was a woman. Why must the female body constantly be sexualized in this way?

There is a perverted interest in hacking these actresses’ private accounts and then shaming them for taking nude photos. What women do in the privacy of their own home should not be relevant to the general public, and those feeding into this News Editor Editorial Editor Sports Editor Feature Editor Presentation Director Photo Editor Art Director Copy Chief Development Editor Social Media Producer Video Editor

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THE SASSY FEMINIST fetish only contribute to the photos’ monetary value.

Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead tweeted shortly after her nudes were posted, saying, “To those of you looking at photos I took with my husband years ago in the privacy of our home, hope you feel great about yourselves. Knowing those photos were deleted long ago, I can only imagine the creepy effort that went into this.”

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around the internet with the public willing to pay for an extra nude shot, yet it is the norm for women. Women’s bodies should not be for sale.

Photos of the stars were plastered over every image-sharing site imaginable. Some celebrities refuted the pictures were true while others, like Jennifer Lawrence, verified the pictures were genuine. These women did not deserve this humiliation for anyone with a phone to see their nude bodies.

Turning women into objects that can be bought is an issue American culture has been struggling with for far too long. Women’s bodies are used to sell ice cream, jewelry and cars. The female body is not a selling point and should not be used as an object propped against a product.

The iCloud leak allowed men

and women to view these actresses as a product where they could offer money to access more pornographic images. This is appalling that as a society people are willing to feed into this. Though it may have seemed harmless to retweet a link that lead to the photos, viewing or downloading the pictures is voyeurism and only contributes to the problem. Not one of these women gave permission for the public to see these images; it is invading someone’s privacy in the most intimate way possible.

The anonymous hacker posted on the website 4chan, “… when you consider how much time was put into acquiring this stuff I really didn’t get close to what I was hoping.”

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buyers because of the fixation society has on stolen nude photos of women.

This is a women’s issue that can be fixed through the public. Take away the incentive, either monetary or attention-driven, and the sick people who try and expose women’s photos might have less motivation to do so.

If the public does not show interest in others’ private lives and is not willing to pay to see these photos, there will be less of a drive to hack. It may seem harmless to click on a link to access a celebrity’s photo, but it only perpetuates society’s obsession with objectifying women.

Julia Smith is a junior newspaper and online journalism and sociology dual major. Her column appears weekly. She can reached at jcsmit11@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @jcsmith711.

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crime related cases, three drug-related cases and five party-related cases.

Both DPS and Syracuse Police Department have denied any change of focus to crackdown on parties, with student safety still the No. 1 priority.

Callisto said both the amount of officers dedicated to busting parties and the ones preventing violent crimes have remained the same.

The Neighborhood Safety Patrol, a unit focused on addressing quality of life issues such as open container violations and noise complaints created in the early 2000s, has about five city officers and three DPS officers on duty. That amount hasn’t increased in several years.

“We’ve had details up near campus on the weekends for several years, it’s not a new program,” SPD’s Sgt. Tom Connellan said.

The University Area Crime-Control Team, a unit created in 2012 to prevent violent crimes such as robberies and assaults, has about six city officers and six DPS officers on duty for each area, patrolling around the East neighborhood and Marshall Street. That amount also remains the same.

An incident during Labor Day weekend has further added to the discussion that students are at risk because parties are being shut down.

Mike Scinto, a senior information management and technology major, said he was assaulted on his porch on the 500 block of Euclid Avenue on Aug. 31, at about 2:30 a.m. Both him and his roommate suffered several bruises after a group of seven men attacked them, he recalled.

Mike Barta, another roommate, ran down to Sumner and Ackerman avenues to flag down help from DPS and SPD officers, but said he couldn’t find any. He headed those directions because he had seen several officers stationed on those blocks a few hours prior and also in previous semesters.

They did not call 911 or report the assault to police.

“With the way everything is now, they were just sent out to go bust parties, and so they were just not around when we needed them, like they normally were,” Barta, a senior communications and rhetorical studies major, said.

DPS Chief Callisto said an officer’s response time depended on what the call volumes were

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election such as Cuomo shouldn’t have much opposition in pursuing re-nomination. But this race is different.

Cuomo is facing three main issues, Reeher said. First is Cuomo’s more conservative policy initiatives. Another is his lack of willingness to compromise on political reform issues. Finally, there is public fatigue with his aggressive style, which is supported partly by the fall-out from the Moreland Commission, Reeher said.

Cuomo appointed the Moreland Commission in July 2013 to “probe systemic corruption” in New York. Cuomo shut down the commission in March.

Kristi Andersen, a political science professor, agreed that ethics and corruption are two important issues in the race.

“Cuomo came into office very clearly about cleaning up Albany and certainly Teachout and others have raised questions about whether he’s really done much about those issues,” she said.

Cuomo is now under federal investigation for the roles he and his aides have played in the Moreland Commission’s shutdown. Andersen said it’s unlikely the investigation will be complete by the the general election, Teachout’s experience as the

around 2:30 a.m., when Scinto was attacked.

Around that time, officers were shutting down a party at 517 Broad Street at about 2:10 a.m., and also ticketing a student for alcohol-related violations on 120 Lambreth Lane at about 2:20 a.m., according to DPS’s crime logs.

Callisto said that while the incident was unfortunate and should not have happened, it was not because of a change in protocol from DPS to bust parties.

“As much as you see DPS around every corner every five minutes when you’re out at night, as soon as that five minutes is up and the officers move on to another corner, sometimes that’s when some of those things happen,” he said.

He stressed that public safety is still the No. 1 priority for DPS, and that students should always report crimes as soon as possible.

After the attack, Scinto said he’s begun to feel less safe in his neighborhood.

“The way the past few weekends have been going, it just feels like something’s changed,” he said. ”Last year, it’s always felt safe, and something like this happens last weekend, and it makes me question, what the heck’s changed?”

But according to DPS, it’s still business as usual. alng@syr.edu | @alfredwkng

by the numbers Here is a graph of alcohol, drug and party-related cases during the first two weeks of the school year for the past five years, according to DPS crime logs.

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author of a book on political corruption has helped make it the campaign’s focus.

Reeher added that Teachout “is running a spirited and articulate campaign,” which he said has resulted in a lot of positive media attention. On the contrary, Reeher said Cuomo’s avoidance of debates is not helping and he is receiving some negative press.

Many incumbents who are “safe” use the strategy of avoidance, Andersen said.

“They’re not going to engage. That would just give more fuel to the primary opponent,” she said Andersen said that while Teachout has focused on corruption, the probability of her winning the primary is still very slim.

Reeher said anything closer than a two-toone victory margin for Cuomo would be notable.

Anything over 40 percent of the votes going to Teachout would generate a strong reaction, he said.

While Cuomo is the favorite going in, Reeher said he wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up being a close contest between him and Teachout.

“I’ve spoken to a few Democratic insiders in this region who have told me they are voting for Teachout, and this has surprised me,” he said. “I think it will be closer than people are expecting.” jmatting@syr.edu

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SUNY-ESF professor researches decline in New England Cottontail rabbit population

By Anjali Alwis staff writer

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esearchers from SUNY-ESF are using state parks to study rabbit habitats, and possible factors in the animal’s decreasing population.

Jonathan Cohen, a professor at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, along with graduate student Amanda Cheeseman and other researchers, have been leading a study on the declining populations of New England Cottontail rabbits.

They have recently connected with Fahnestock State Park and Wonder Lake State Park to look at the effects of predator populations on the New England Cottontail population.

“I am really interested in conservation of animals and I particularly like the animals that I feel are unrepresented” Cheeseman said. “With the New England Cottontail, I feel like a lot of people, especially not from the New England region, have not even heard of the species.”

Cohen said he is interested in doing research that helps conservation agencies meet their goals. He said the goals of the project are to look at areas throughout the park that have cottontails and those that don’t, to study the predators and to look for places to restore young forest floors.

“The project got started because the rabbit itself is a candidate for being listed as threatened or endangered,” Cohen said.

The term candidate means that the wildlife service suspected it should be on the list of endangered species but didn’t have the resources to make that determination, Cohen said.

Cheeseman and Cohen are looking at the survival of the New England Cottontail in different habitat types such as native habitats or invasive plant-dominated habitats as well as whether their survival is influenced by non-native Eastern Cottontails.

“I’m also looking at dispersal of New England Cottontails: how far are they capable of dispersing and do they disperse regularly or not?”

Cheeseman said. “What’s causing mortalities of New England Cottontails: Is it primarily predators? Is hunting effecting their survival in any significant way? Road mortalities?”

The day-to-day operations of the project require a lot of tracking and measurement.

Every morning the research team wakes up and checks the traps to see if they have a rabbit or two. They then conduct a series of measurements—weight, sex, ear/hind foot length, spots on fur—in order to help identify what species of Cottontail as well as obtaining a genetic sample from the ear tissue of the rabbit to confirm the infield identification results, Cheeseman said.

Cohen added that they use radio transmitters on the rabbits to track their dispersal and survival, Cohen said. This practice involves putting a radio collar on the rabbit and letting it go. Later, the researchers either get bearings on the individual by tracking the collars and using computer software to triangulate and find out where the animal was, or they physically locate the rabbit to record what type of habitat they’re sitting in.

The project has been going on for about two years and there are still many questions to be answered as not much is known about the New England Cottontail population, Cheeseman said.

“It was probably in late 2011 that I began talking to the DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation) about the project,” said Cohen.

“The proposal was developed and presented to them in 2012. We actually started last fall; the graduate students enrolled in fall of 2013 and started conducting data in December of 2013.”

While this may seem like a long process to some, Cheeseman said that the research is moving along and she’s continuing to learn new information.

“I’d expect we’re going to find even more interesting things, discover more about the species and hopefully be able to clarify the impacts of native and invasive vegetation as well as the impacts of predator species, such as the Eastern Cottontails, on their survival and reproduction,” she said. acalwis@syr.edu

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Cake

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SU alumna garners attention for mini cupcake creations

By Clare Ramirez asst. feature editor

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hen Syracuse University alumna Melissa BenIshay was fired from her job in advertising in June of 2008, she went home and baked some cupcakes.

Fast forward six years, and BenIshay is now the mastermind behind Baked by Melissa, a cupcake business that she started in 2009.

The franchise is known for serving cupcakes that can be eaten in one bite, a different approach to the traditional-sized cupcakes that many stores serve. In the five years it has

been serving customers, Baked by Melissa has garnered lots of attention for its bite-sized treats. It’s been featured in Cosmopolitan, The New York Times and CBS, sparking buzz in the cupcake industry.

Baked by Melissa’s branding is based around the carefree culture of the ‘60s and ‘70s, much of which is reflected in the cupcakes’ appearance and flavors. Ben-Ishay, a 2006 graduate of the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, said that one of the store’s first flavors was a red, white and blue, classic rock cupcake.

“I love that free spirit mentality of doing things differently,” said Ben-Ishay. “That’s what we’re all

about, marching to our own beat.”

Ben-Ishay’s brother, an entrepreneur, was instrumental in starting Baked by Melissa.

When she was fired, Ben-Ishay went to her brother’s office, crying.

He then told her to go home and bake cupcakes, and that he’d help her start her own business from there.

In March of 2009, the first Baked by Melissa location opened in New York City’s SoHo district, and the franchise has since expanded to 12 locations in New York City and New Jersey and ships its products nationwide.

“I’m very proud,” Ben-Ishay said. “I was very fortunate to meet see cupcakes page 10

photo illustration by allen chiu staff photographer

MELISSA BEN-ISHAY, a 2006 SU alumna, stands in her New York City store with her mini cupcakes. courtesy of baked by melissa

Tony Christopher Hair Design owner remembers Joan Rivers

By Jackie Frere feature editor

Comedian, actress and television host Joan Rivers died Thursday, and her death was felt by fans everywhere — especially by one right on Marshall Street in Syracuse.

Tony Christopher Hair Design

opened on Marshall Street in 1978.

Tony Christopher, the owner of the hair salon, has cut the hair of hundreds of Syracuse University students and faculty, but it wasn’t until the late 1990s that Christopher cut the hair of his most famous client: Rivers.

“Everyone was like, ‘If you ruin her hair, she’ll ruin your life,’” Chris-

topher said. “But all she did was joke the whole time.”

Rivers came to the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center to talk about suicide and her husband’s death, when an S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications student recommended Christopher’s ser-

vices to Rivers’ team. Christopher said when he first got the phone call asking if he could cut the famous comedian’s hair, he thought it was a joke. When the news finally sunk in, he got to work.

Christopher said he prepared a few weeks in advance to cut her hair.

He watched her on television and

read her books. Even with preparation, he was extremely nervous to go up to her suite in the hotel. When he arrived, he was surprised how nice she was, considering her sarcastic humor in her act.

“She was just nuts,” Christopher said. “The entire time was just so

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pulp’s picks

Mint chocolate chip

Much of Baked by Melissa’s look and taste is based on the carefree culture of the ‘60s and ‘70s.

Pulp tried each of the bakery’s 12 cupcakes and picked out the best five cakes based on flavor and appearance.

Vanilla cookies and cream The vanilla cookies and cream cupcake was creamy and sweet, but the sugary taste was not overwhelming.

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cupcakes the right people and take advantage of every opportunity that’s come my way.”

Senior marketing and supply chain major Julia Lanza first tried Baked by Melissa when a friend’s boyfriend sent them cupcakes on Valentine’s Day last year. She said the cupcakes’ individuality comes from its miniature size that keeps people from feeling guilty if they eat more than one.

Lanza also said that Baked by Melissa’s convenient shipping system allows for anyone in the nation to receive or order the cupcakes.

“I actually got them for my dad for his birthday,” Lanza said. “He was in New Jersey, where I’m from, so it was great.”

Key lime pie

The mint chocolate chip cupcake blended the two flavors perfectly.

The chocolate chips on top added a nice texture to the spongy cake.

Cookie dough

The key lime pie cupcake offers a refreshing twist from traditional cupcake flavors. The key lime flavor wasn’t strong, but was still tasty.

S’mores The cookie dough on top of the cupcake made for a special suprise.

The mix of chocolate with a vanilla cake tasted just like eating an unbaked cookie.

When the company first began, Ben-Ishay did everything — she baked, boxed, shipped and made deliveries on foot. Now, she focuses more on the management and working on new flavors to push the envelope.

“My biggest strength as an individual is creating flavors that bring me back to my childhood,” Ben-Ishay said.

She added that the peanut butter and jelly cupcake is her personal favorite and that she can’t get enough of it.

As a franchise, Baked by Melissa incorporates social media as part of its branding to directly communicate with customers. This strategy is a way to show customers that Baked

by Melissa appreciates them and their loyalty, Ben-Ishay said.

One of Baked by Melissa’s social media

The s’mores cupcake had the most flavor. The marshmallow center of the cupcake was gooey while graham cracker on top added a crunch.

campaigns is “Mini of the Month,” which showcases a certain flavor after customers cast their votes through outlets such as Twitter and Facebook.

“Social media is everything,” she said. “It’s a way to offer a behind-the-scenes look into what we’re doing.”

Freshman forensic science major Kenza Belhachmi, who lives in Queens, said that even though the store’s lines tend to be long and crowded, the cupcakes are definitely worth the wait.

“My family’s a really big fan of it,” Belhachmi said. “My little sister is a regular, and every time we go, she’ll buy a pack of 24 cookies and cream cupcakes which will usually be done within a day or two.”

So far, Ben-Ishay hasn’t addressed any possibility of opening a Baked by Melissa location at Syracuse, but Belhachmi said having a store on the Hill would be awesome.

“That’s just what we need here,” Belhachmi said. “I mean, who doesn’t love cupcakes?” clramire@syr.edu| | @clareramirez_ from page 9

rivers pleasant. She had everyone cracking up.” A picture of Rivers and Christopher hangs in the entrance of the salon, along with the $35 check she wrote to him for her hair styling session. After Rivers left Syracuse, Christopher became a lifelong fan. He watched her show, “Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?” and would send her emails about one or two of the episodes that were his favorite.

Rivers responded to his emails and distinctly remembered who Christopher was from a few years ago. The best surprise, he added, was when Rivers sent him two signed photos of herself with personalized messages. They hang next to the check on the wall.

Rivers’ death came as a complete surprise to Christopher. He followed her time in the hospital on television and was cutting a student’s hair when the news of her death broke.

Christopher said the student made sure to ask him if he was emotionally okay, because he is known around Marshall Street for being a huge fan of the comedian.

Said Christopher: “She’s one in a million. No one could ever come close to Joan Rivers.” jmfrere@syr.edu | @jackie_frere

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Carrying the tune SU students form indie band in basement of BBB

By Isha Damle contributing writer

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rewster, Boland, Brockway, Basket(s).

A dorm basement might not be the ideal place to form a band, but two years ago the members of Basket(s) started to jam while they waited for their laundry.

Basket(s) has performed in various venues, including local restaurant Funk ‘n Waffles and university spaces such as Goldstein Auditorium and Arnold M. Grant Auditorium. In downtown Syracuse, the band has performed on the street while giving out food to people in need.

The group now strives to perform in venues like the Westcott Theater and the F Shed.

James Yu, lead vocalist for Basket(s), founded the group with his floor mates during their freshman year. Yu, with Lazaro Sanchez, the drummer and a junior illustration major, and Dave Xu, a guitarist and a junior finance major, started playing music in their dorm basement as they did their laundry, which later inspired the band’s name.

The group describes its sound as experimental indie folk. Because the band came together at SU, Yu, a junior policy studies major, said that the Syracuse community has allowed the group to network with a wider audience in the area.

“It’s definitely exposed me to a lot of the issues that exist in the city, and given me a lot of things to think about and the other ways that I can help the city,” Yu said.

Yu’s experiences in the Syracuse community, both on and off campus, have influenced the band’s music and motives. He said that the band’s goal is to help others through music, which is why they release their music for free online.

“We’re definitely more community minded, we’re not thinking to be famous or anything,” Yu said. “I’m more interested in trying to find ways that the band can offer things to the Syracuse community.”

Yu said he interacts with people invested in Syracuse community development organizations to find out their musical needs.

(FROM LEFT) DZ GAN, JAMES YU, DAVE XU AND LAZARO SANCHEZ pose in the basement of BBB. The group first practiced in the dorm’s laundry room and is now in the process of signing a record deal.

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Sanchez, the drummer of Basket(s), hopes the group will be able to positively reach out to the Syracuse community through their relatable music. He feels Basket(s) has the ability to emotionally connect to listeners through both its lyrics and instrumentals.

“I think that one way or another, our music has the ability to move people,” Sanchez said.

“Whether it’s people getting up and grooving or head bobbing or just being emotionally moved, because let’s face it, James (Yu) has the voice of an angel and some people could cry listening to him.”

Although the band is now comprised of four core members, including bassist DZ Gan, a junior illustration major, they say there is no definitive size of the band. The group often features several other musicians who perform with them live.

Sanchez said the band hopes to create an

extensive music network through which multiple people can partake in being a part of Basket(s) and positively influence audiences through music.

With such a broad goal, it was imperative for Basket(s) to create a presence on social media to broadcast themselves, said Rachel Thorpe, the band’s manager. Thorpe, a sophomore in the Bandier Program for Music and the Entertainment Industries, helped the band record four songs in Belfer Laboratory, a studio on campus, and later with StudioDOG Pro, a local studio in Syracuse.

Thorpe believes that the group’s creative lyrics and mellow instrumentals will translate well with the greater Syracuse community.

“Their music is pretty diverse and I think they have a unique sound to them. It’s very soothing,” Thorpe said.

The band is now in the process of signing

a record deal with Marshall Street Records, a student-run record label sponsored by David Rezak, director of the Bandier program. The group is currently working on releasing a single and an EP later this year.

As the band pursues more musical exploits, the members continue to appreciate the reason they began playing together in the first place — because of their friendship.

“The best part is just being with my friends,” Sanchez said. “I never thought that we would get some sort of traction, so it’s pretty cool, people coming up and saying, ‘Oh you’re in that band, The Buckets or the Basket(s).’ Sometimes they get our name wrong, but that’s totally cool — the fact that people remember us.” idamle@syr.edu

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wheddon ‘Holy cow this is a big game and I’m a little nervous,’ to, ‘What the heck is Phil doing?’”

From 1985-89, Wheddon played goalkeeper at Crewe and Alsager College in Crewe, England. He was a poised goalkeeper, teammates say, and was mostly unassuming off the field. But that changed when Wheddon became tired of the “awful” music being played in the school’s student union after matches.

“Music sets the atmosphere in whatever club or environment you’re in,” he said.

“When no one is having a good time because the music is mundane and boring, you hope for a change.”

So Wheddon decided to take his turn on the turntables, spinning vinyl Long Play records, 12-inch extended mixes and 45s. That began Wheddon’s two-year stint disc jockeying around 75 on-campus parties, making $200 for four-hour gigs. He played contemporary music, and always tried to mix Raze’s “Break for Love” and Sydney Youngblood’s “If Only I Could.”

On a Friday or Saturday night, we had what we called the disco in the college bar and Phil used to DJ. He created many a good night for all of us.

Ross Fowler phil wheddon’s former college teammate

“If you listen to those two songs, they have identical beats,” Wheddon said. “I think I only mixed it correctly once.”

Wheddon thinks his players picture him wearing big headphones and bumping music in big clubs. He says that wasn’t the case, and that his ability to “scratch on turntables” was something he did “now and again.”

“On a Friday or Saturday night, we had what we called the disco in the college bar and Phil used to DJ,” Ross Fowler, a teammate of Wheddon’s, said. “He created many a good night for all of us.”

SU players have begged Wheddon to unveil his stage name, but he insists he didn’t have one.

“We always try to pry into it, and he won’t tell us,” said Hanna Strong two weeks ago, who has since been suspended from the soccer team. “He told us he didn’t have one, which I don’t believe. The team doesn’t know much. It’s a mystery to us.”

Fowler said the team at Crewe referred to Wheddon as “Drop-A-Lot,” and another teammate, John Clifford, said they called Wheddon “Teflon Gloves.”

But those nicknames were references to his on-field play. And it’s his on-field skills that have allowed him to not just coach effectively, but run with his team.

After stints with Cambridge United and Swindon Town in England, then the New York Fever, Wheddon was forced to retire from professional soccer due to a tendon disease in his hands. Having started his coaching career in his mid-20s and now only in his early-40s, he’s still able to participate in team drills.

During one practice in 2011, Syracuse’s midfielders had trouble slotting balls through to the forwards, so Wheddon did it himself.

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But when he attempted the pass, his legs buckled and he almost fell. The pass didn’t connect, and he got up and acted like no one saw. But the players did.

Wheddon always warms up the team’s goalkeepers during practice and before games. It’s his expertise, as he was a goalie himself, and has worked with keepers with both the men’s and women’s national teams including Hope Solo, Brianna Scurry and Tim Howard. He’s also been known to try to kick balls directly in the ball bag after SU practices.

“He’s not afraid to warm up with us or do funny things,” Rickan said. “He would go above and beyond to make us laugh or do anything to make us feel comfortable.”

In 2010 — about a week into two-a-day training — the team was resting in its locker room before the day’s second workout when Wheddon came in and announced it was about to be “run into the ground.”

“This is money in the bank ladies, money in the bank,” he roared.

The team walked outside to a group of vans waiting to take them to the movies.

“There are some coaches out there that lead by intimidation and punishment,” Wheddon said.

“I think there’s another way to do it. I think the player-coach relationship is critical to success.”

In 2012, Wheddon returned to his singing routine before another game against Rutgers.

It was trainer Dan Tribula’s last week with the team, so Wheddon rapped a version of The Wanted’s “Glad You Came.”

That day, SU won another double-overtime thriller, this time by a 1-0 score on a goal from Alyscha Mottershead.

But Wheddon said there won’t be an official return to the turntables. A few months ago, he messed around with an iPad turntable app at a friend’s party, then DJ-ed a preseason team-bonding event.

“We heard songs we’ve never heard before,” midfielder Jackie Firenze said. “He was really into it.”

But Wheddon’s focused on making music on the field in 2014.

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By Phil D’Abbraccio, Jesse Dougherty and Matt Schneidman the daily orange

Central Michigan prevailed over Purdue, 38-17, on Saturday, but Boilermakers’ quarterback Danny Etling ran for a touchdown and 53 yards — which tied for the team-high in the game.

With Syracuse’s (1-0) Terrel Hunt preparing to face the Chippewas’ defense on Saturday, CMU (2-0) head coach Dan Enos knows his defense has to improve its perimeter tackling

and better contain dual-threat quarterbacks.

Hunt accumulated 25 yards on the ground on three carries in the Orange’s season-opening win over Villanova before being ejected late in the second quarter.

“Quarterback’s very athletic, that presents challenges,” Enos said of Hunt during the Mid-American Conference coaches’ teleconference on Monday. “We gave up some rushing yards last week to Purdue’s quarterback and I know Syracuse is going to look at that and that’s an area we’ll have to improve in.”

Still, Enos was pleased with how his defense applied pressure on Purdue’s signal callers and forced turnovers. Central Michigan picked off two passes, returning one 57 yards for the first touchdown of the game.

Enos said Syracuse is a well-coached team, especially at offensive line, and poses a threat in plenty of areas on the field.

“They do a good job of getting the ball on the perimeter offensively. And defensively, a lot of blitzes, zone pressures, a lot of different looks and they’re very aggressive on defense,” Enos said. “They’re very talented, very good defensive line and linebacking corps.

“Again, we have a very difficult schedule and it’ll be another big challenge for us this week.”

2015 3-star linebacker Grimes decommits South Dade (Florida) High School three-star outside linebacker Doyle Grimes decommitted from Syracuse’s Class of 2015 on Monday morning, he announced via Twitter.

The 6-foot-2, 200-pound Grimes is the second verbal commit to leave the Orange’s 2015 class, after four-star cornerback Davante Davis did so on May 29. It’s also the second straight year a linebacker has decommitted, as Jason Cabinda did so last year and is now playing at Penn State.

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edouard January was for the best.

“But what Alin will get to do is practice in spring ball, summer ball and then get started,” Shafer said in the video of Edouard’s delayed start. “Create a little natural separation between he and the other freshmen that are on the team now and will be sophomores.”

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flemming down hard on his right foot, and the optimism of a breakout senior season was dashed by a fractured metatarsal.

“It’s definitely been a struggle for me. Ups and downs,” Flemming said. “I’m always looking ahead to the future, I’m trying to have a better future.”

The downs have outweighed the ups for Flemming throughout his college football career. But up until his injury last year, there was always a guarantee of more football. After he fractured his jaw during his sophomore year of high school — an injury that needed an emergency trip to the hospital and required him to wear a metal plate — he knew there was more football.

After a high ankle sprain cut his junior season short after five games, he knew he’d come back.

But following his foot injury in 2013, Flemming didn’t know if he’d even get a medical redshirt for the 2013 season. And when he finally did in February, he had to decide if it was worth it to keep playing. A degree would be waiting for him in May regardless. He had to decide whether his long, yet unfortunate college football career would have one more season in it.

“It was an opportunity,” said Sarah Gautier, his mom, of Flemming coming back for a fifth year. “And he talked to me about it and he said, ‘Mom, they offered me a spot to come back.’ We were just very excited.”

The decision leaves the Orange with 23 players in this year’s recruiting class, and three three-star outside linebackers in Troy Henderson, Daiquan Kelly and Shyheim Cullen.

Syracuse, Maryland to play at 12:30 p.m.

The Atlantic Coast Conference announced game times and television information for a slew of games on Monday, including the Syracuse-Maryland game on Sept. 20. The game will kick off at 12:30 p.m. in the Carrier Dome and will be aired on the ACC Network.

Last season was the only time the Orange (1-0) and Terrapins (2-0) met as ACC foes, with SU topping Maryland 20-3 in College Park, Maryland. The Terrapins have since moved to the Big Ten but UMD head coach Randy Edsall will continue to face his former program. Edsall was a graduate assistant at Syracuse 1980–82 before coaching the running backs, tight ends and defensive backs throughout eight years.

Syracuse and Maryland are also set to meet on Sept. 21, 2019 in College Park, Maryland.

Before meeting the Terrapins this season, the Orange will travel to Central Michigan (2-0) at noon on Saturday in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. pmdabbra@syr.edu jcdoug01@syr.edu mcschnei@syr.edu

In the meantime, Edouard is compensating for lost time by working out every day and studying the Syracuse playbook, he said.

Edouard said that the process hasn’t been easy, but he is ready to jump into college football when the time comes.

“It’s a bad gut feeling,” Edouard said in a text.

“But I’m going to come in and pick up fast. I really don’t say much. I really let my actions speak.” jcdoug01@syr.edu | @dougherty_jesse

But the process to making that last year a reality was a long one. He had surgery the week after the injury and was completely immobile for the month following it. By the time his team was taking the field in the Texas Bowl, he had only just begun running. Every day this summer, fellow wide receiver Ashton Broyld said he remembered always seeing Flemming getting worked on in the trainers room.

His main focus was being able to last in his second chance at a senior season.

Now that he’s been through his injuries, Flemming said they have forced him to take better care of his body, putting his position as a leader on the team in perspective.

When other players were injured, Gautier said, Flemming would take them aside and give them pep talks. When the team would lose, he’d take responsibility of keeping the team upbeat.

“When the team would lose the game, he would be like, ‘We can go back and get this done,’” Gautier said. “‘It’s just a game, we lost it, let’s keep going.’

He’s that go-getter, we can do it, we can do it.”

In his first game back against Villanova on Aug. 29, Flemming made a jumping 12-yard catch on a 3rd-and-11 during the third quarter from Austin Wilson.

It was his first catch in more than a year and the emotions that came with it were well overdue.

“It’s a good feeling,” Flemming said. “I feel like I should have been that guy last year. But things happen.” sblum@syr.edu | @SamBlum3

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Hofrichter provides versatile leg as Class of 2015 commit

By Matt Schneidman asst. copy editor

When Armwood (Florida) High School was practicing for its state championship game last season, Sterling Hofrichter hit a 55-yard field goal with Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer in attendance.

Shafer told Hofrichter that if he could do it again, he’d offer him a scholarship, Armwood head coach Sean Callahan said. And Hofrichter did.

“And that’s how that went down,” Callahan said.

After verbally committing to the Orange on June 27, the 5-foot-10, 165-pound Hofrichter said he thinks he can be more than just a fieldgoal kicker who opens eyes in practice. He’s a triple-threat player on special teams who is capable of excelling on kickoffs, punts and field goals, and one that hopes to challenge Ryan Norton and Cole Murphy for a starting spot next year.

In SU’s season opener against Villanova, Murphy, a freshman preferred walk-on, assumed kickoff duties and the junior Norton took field goals. Senior Riley Dixon punted.

“He’s not viewed as a kicker around our school,” Callahan said. “He’s viewed as another player.”

Hofrichter’s ability to do all three, he said, will allow him to pose more of a threat to crack the starting lineup when he arrives on campus next summer.

“I really do believe I can do all three,” Hofrichter said. “I’ve been doing all three through my whole high school career so hopefully I can have a chance to do all three and start.”

Hofrichter is 1-for-2 on field goals in two regular-season games this year, he said, making a 35-yarder and having a 52-yard attempt slightly deflected. In Armwood’s season opener, Hofrichter launched a 61-yard punt, 14 yards short of Syracuse’s program record, set

by Dixon against Clemson last year.

Armwood fullback Tommy Watson highlighted Hofrichter’s consistent ability to punt

for solid yardage, but added that Hofrichter could improve in that area.

“When he punts the ball, it’s at least 40 yards every time,” Watson said. “Every time he kicks the ball off to the other team, he gets it to the end zone.

“Believe it or not, nobody really sees it. But in my opinion, he’s one of the most important people on our team.”

Hitting field goals from deep is something that Norton hasn’t shown on the field-goal unit yet in his SU career. His career long is 44, coming last season when he only hit two-thirds of his total attempts.

Believe it or not, nobody really sees it, but in my opinion, he’s one of the most important people on our team.

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Although Norton is off to a 2-for-2 start this season with a long of 38, Hofrichter may be able to give Shafer the option to kick a field goal rather than punt from further than 45 yards.

Hofrichter said he’s still trying to raise the hang time on his punts and kickoffs in order to give his teammates time to get down the field and past blocks.

Over the past year, Hofrichter has been opening Division I eyes. And if he stays committed to the Orange, his ability to punt, kick field goals and launch kickoffs will give Shafer a three-pronged weapon.

“There’s still competition for me,” Hofrichter said. “So I’ve really got to make sure I focus and work hard this season and offseason so when I get there I can hopefully take a spot.” mcschnei@syr.edu|@matt_schneidman

STERLING HOFRICHTER excels as a kickoff man, punter and field-goal kicker, posing a three-pronged weapon that he hopes will turn into a starting spot as a freshman next year.

He’s the only kicker-punter in SU’s Class of 2015. courtesy of sterling hofrichter

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Sterling Hofrichter, who is verbally committed to Syracuse for 2015, has the ability to punt, take kickoffs and take field goals.

It could make him fit in right away.

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Syracuse volleyball outside hitter Silvi Uattara has gathered early-season awards and is planning to carry that success to the rest of the season.

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Edouard discusses enrollment

On pitch

2014 QB commit sees pros, cons of getting late start at Syracuse

By Jesse Dougherty sports editor

Alin Edouard will enroll at Syracuse in January, a decision he confirmed in a text message Monday afternoon.

The news was first announced

by SU head coach Scott Shafer in a video on Cuse.com, and Edouard said in a text conversation Monday night that the decision is a chance for him to have a “fresh start” in the winter.

“I felt like it was best for me to do,” Edouard said in a text.

“Instead of coming around this time, I wanted a fresh start.”

PHIL WHEDDON uses vocals for more than just soccer instruction. After stints as a soccer player and a DJ, he utilizes singing talents and a light-hearted mood to ease his SU team looking to make waves in its second Atlantic Coast Conference season. frankie prijatel asst. photo editor

Former DJ Wheddon still turns to tunes as Syracuse soccer coach meet the

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By Josh Hyber staff writer

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hil Wheddon channeled his inner Morgan Freeman.

Before a pivotal midseason match against Rutgers in 2011, Syr-

acuse women’s soccer needed a conference victory. So Wheddon walked into SU’s locker room and began singing Bill Withers’ “Lean On Me,” like Freeman did to ease the anxiety of an auditorium full of students in the 1989 movie of the same name.

On that sunny afternoon in Piscataway, New Jersey, Jasmine Watkins scored a double-overtime goal in the 103rd minute to secure a 2-1 Syracuse win.

From his pregame singing and appreciation for contemporary music, to his genuine care for play-

ers, Wheddon has become Syracuse’s “quirky dad,” as former player Jenna Rickan put it. The one who, codenamed “Apollo,” joined the team’s preseason laser tag game and won by 2,100 points. Like New York Jets coach Rex Ryan, the seventh-year SU head coach occasionally participates in team drills. With his disciplined, yet relaxed attitude, Wheddon will try to make Syracuse’s (3-1-2) second season in the Atlantic Coast Conference a relaxed one.

Being hands-on makes Wheddon — who his players call “Phil”

— relatable. The coach’s catchphrase is “This Team Rocks.” He answers all of the music questions at team trivia contests, and when needed, plugs in his iPod, revisits his college days and becomes the team’s resident DJ. Part Freeman, Ryan and Avicii, Wheddon collects his paycheck coaching college soccer.

“There have been days I feel the players have felt the stress,” Wheddon said. “Sometimes doing something silly like singing a song completely changes the atmosphere and focus of, see wheddon page 12

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Flemming embraces last chance in senior season

By Sam Blum asst. copy editor

Adrian Flemming is used to waiting his turn.

As a starter for Broad Run (Virginia) High School, Flemming was a prized wide receiver on a team that hardly utilized him. The Spartans

had a run-first offense, rushing for more than 3,000 yards per season.

“For a kid to have his power and his ability and be so happy just blocking and waiting his turn and never asking for the ball,” said Michael Burnett, his high school coach, “he’s just one of those special, selfless kids.”

Five years later, Flemming’s turn

has finally come. After two years of riding the bench for Syracuse and two more recovering from season-ending injuries, Flemming has come into the 2014 season atop the wide receivers on the depth chart.

The past two years helped Flemming improve as a leader off the field. Now, for the first time in his Syracuse

career, he’s getting a chance to show what he can do on it.

Flemming entered last year with the same starting aspirations that he has now. In his first game against Penn State, he had two catches for 18 yards. But after making a catch in practice the following week, he came see flemming page 14

I’m thankful for my struggles. It just makes me more hungry when I get back in the classroom and on the field.

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Edouard, a three-star commit, was supposed to join freshman quarterback AJ Long — who enrolled at Syracuse last January — as the second quarterback in the Orange’s newest class, but undisclosed personal matters in Miami have kept him at home. Shafer also confirmed Monday that Edouard will have four years of eligibility upon matriculating.

“I’m thankful for my struggles,” Edouard said in a text. “It just makes me more hungry when I get back in the classroom and on the field.”

Throughout training camp, Shafer continually said that Edouard would join the team when Edouard was ready and that he wasn’t going to give up on the Hialeah (Florida) High School quarterback. Shafer and Edouard both said Monday that Edouard and his family decided that waiting until see edouard page 14