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Make it rain Students are installing Syracuse

Whose beauty?

Krystie Yandoli discusses VH1’s

Snow day Miike Snow plays an

One last hope After months of hype as the No. 1 conference in

new show, “The Price of Beauty,” starring Jessica Simpson. Page 5

University’s first rain garden on Waverly Avenue. Page 3

unforgettable show at the Schine Underground. Page 11

the country, the Big East has performed poorly in the NCAA. But West Virginia has the chance to redeem all of that. Page 16

Common

Next Chapple professor announced

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Hip-hop artist Common encourages SU students to pursue passions

Andersen chosen to succeed McClure

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By Julia Askenase

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hen hip-hop artist Common was 12 years old, he saw a ghost.

While running equipment back and forth as a ball boy for the Chicago Bulls, he said, he thought he saw the spirit of Emmett Till, a young black boy beaten to death in Mississippi in the 1950s for whistling at a white woman. Although Common admits that this might have been his imagination, he remembers clearly what this “spirit” told him.

“You have a purpose in you that is deeper than you will ever know,” he said.

Common, the Grammy Award-winning rapper and actor, used this anecdote to begin an intimate speech with Syracuse University and local high school students at Hendricks Chapel Tuesday night about finding self-confidence and pursuing one’s path. After the speech, Common took questions from the audience.

The speech, presented by the Student African-American Society in partnership with the Muslim Student Association, was open to the public. Five students from Nottingham High School and 13 from Jamesville-Dewitt High School also attended the event.

Common is best known for his long-running rap career.

He emerged from a more underground following into the mainstream with the 2005 album “Be,” followed by “Finding Forever,” which showcased his quick-witted, passionate flow over soul-inflected beats. Both albums were largely produced by Kanye West.

Common has earned the label of a “conscious rapper” for his lyricism that wrestles with love, passion, faith

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treeva royes | staff photographer common, a hip-hop artist, speaks to students in Hendricks Chapel on Tuesday night about fulfilling their purpose in life. His presentation also included freestyle.

Kristi Andersen will succeed Robert McClure as the Chapple Family Professor of Citizenship and Democracy in January 2011 as part of McClure’s phased retirement.

“I’ll be 70 years old when I step aside at the end of this year,” McClure said. “I’ve had many times at bat, had all my swings, and there andersen are times to arrive and there are times to leave. And it’s time to go.”

Mitchel Wallerstein, dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, announced Andersen’s appointment March 24. McClure, who alerted Wallerstein to his retirement plan in October, is the first person to occupy this professorship, created and funded by John Chapple, the chairman of Maxwell’s Board of Trustees, in 2006. As a Chapple professor, Andersen will be in charge of managing Maxwell’s several undergraduate courses and upholding the education of active citizenship.

“The core mission of a person who

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su showcase

Students required to submit requests for participation, 40 presentation spots available

By Susan Kim Staff Writer

Students wishing to present their work during SU Showcase will have to apply for a fellows program by Wednesday or be nominated by a professor.

About 40 students from Syracuse University and the State University of New York College of Environmental

Science and Forestry will be chosen to become fellows and showcase their works April 19, said Steve Parks, director of SU Showcase.

Parks said the criteria for choosing student work will be highly selective.

“The fellows program was created as one means to recognize the quality work presented at the showcase,” Parks said.

SU Showcase will be a daylong event and include a ribbon-cutting of the university’s first rain garden, a talk by author Randy Olson, public debates, student presentations and a play by SU service workers and students.

Rachel May, coordinator of sustainability education, said the fellows program will create a sense of

seriousness and focus that will call attention to the depth of the students’ research.

“It makes Showcase seem more like a real academic conference on sustainability,” May said.

All works submitted by students must fit into the theme of sustainability, Parks said, but there are no other limitations on what the works can be.

A subcommittee of two to four members from the faculty panel of experts on sustainability and the sustainability committee will judge each of the works, Parks said. The students who submitted quality work will be accepted and will present their works on the Quad, he said.

Parks already received about 50 see applications page 7

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Due to a reporting error, in the March 30 article entitled “Assembly discusses revisions to SU smoking policy,” the article states: “The change (in the smoking policy) would look to make SU a smoke-free campus or designate smoking areas.” SA’s primary concern is investigating how tobacco companies advertise on campus and if they should be allowed to. The Daily Orange regrets this error.

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Republican chief faces fallout over sex-themed nightclub tab Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is being criticized again after the committee bankrolled a Republican donor's tab at a risque Hollywood nightclub with other party members, CNN reported.

The news comes as Republicans seek donations for an expected brutal and expensive battle to win back the House and the Senate during the midterm elections in November. Federal Election Commission records show Eric Brown, a Republican donor, was reimbursed almost $2,000 by the RNC for a night that included a visit to Voyeur, a Los Angeles club where topless dancers can be seen mimicking sex and bondage acts. The RNC said Brown will give back the money for that night at the nightclub. None of it bodes well for Steele, who's been under fire from a wide range of Republicans since taking the top party post.

Conservatives have criticized the former lieutenant governor of Maryland after he blasted radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh and later apologized. Some of the party faithful are also critical for his spending. And some fear he's not positioning the GOP well enough to hammer Democrats in upcoming elections.

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Students to build rain garden

By Amanda Abbott Contributing Writer

Students will build Syracuse University’s first rain garden on April 10.

Located in the parking lot at the corner of South Crouse and Waverly avenues, the rain garden will provide absorption for storm water runoff from surrounding streets, roofs and buildings. Nicholas ZubinStathopoulos, a State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry landscape and architecture graduate student, is spearheading the project and creating it in conjunction with this year’s SU Showcase.

A rain garden is a depression in the ground where water from the surrounding area is absorbed into the garden, providing a natural filter for contaminates in the rainwater.

The storm water flows into the rain garden instead of going into the storm drain that leads to Onondaga Creek.

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Ernie Davis food mart opens, nears completion

By Kelly Peters Staff Writer

Although work on the Ernie Davis Hall convenience store is yet to be completed, the store officially opened to customers March 22.

The store, called Food Works II, is open and operational but still needs a few additions, such as signs, said David George, director of Syracuse University Food Services. Food Works II is an offshoot of Watson Hall’s Food Works and is meant to be an additional but smaller option for students to access food, he said.

The store opened after Spring Break, as was originally planned, George said. The store’s opening was not at the same time as the rest of the complex, but financing was not an issue, he said.

The store offers a variety of small food and beverage items and is similar in nature to other on-campus stores, including Food Works and South Campus Express, George said.

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taylor miller | asst. photo editor Students, faculty and staff pack onto the Centro bus headed for Shoppingtown Mall. The number of students, faculty and staff who are using the Centro buses, Zipcars and other eco-friendly tranportation has increased on campus over the past couple of years,

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SU sees increase in use of buses, green transportation

By Beckie Strum Asst. News Editor

Eco-friendly transportation is on the rise on the Syracuse University campus, according to data collected

by SU Parking and Transit Services over the past two years.

Centro bus service and Parking and Transit Services are seeing an increase in the number of campus community members riding buses and registering for Zipcars. The department is also beginning to collect data on campus bike use.

The number of bus riders on campus has increased from 2 million in the 2008 fiscal year to 2.2 million in the 2009 fiscal year, said Steven Koegel, director for marketing and communications for Centro.

“We anticipate a slight increase in 2010 as well,” he said.

Bus routes included in these statistics include the South, North and East campus buses, the Carousel Center bus route and Connective Corridor bus.

Centro buses are made to be eco-friendly. Currently, of a fleet of 150 buses, 120 are run on compressed natural gas with no carbon emissions, nine are diesel-electric

hybrids and the rest are run on clean diesel with a bio-diesel component, Koegel said.

Outside of SU bus routes, Centro rider numbers have decreased by 4 to 5 percent since last year.

This is due to gas prices coming down in 2008 and then leveling off, Koegel said. The peak of overall ridership occurred when gas prices hit their height of about $4 in summer 2008.

“People save a lot of money.

Someone driving a car usually is paying a car payment, paying for gas and insurance,” he said.

“When you total that all together, sometimes with repair payments they’re paying $500 to $ 800 a month. With a Centro bus pass, it’s $50 per month.”

SU students can benefit from buses because the routes they ride are free, said Rick Martin, SU’s principal sustainability analyst, in an e-mail. This is cheaper than paying up to almost $1 per mile on gas for a car, he said.

“City bus fuel consumption isn’t really affected by the number of passengers on board, while the amount of gasoline your car uses is very

much affected by whether or not you drive it,” he said.

Centro shares its user information with Parking and Transit Services to better manage the campus bus system, said Scot Vanderpool, the director of Parking and Transit Services, in an e-mail.

At the beginning of the year, Parking and Transit Services closely tracked Centro and added trips in areas where there were greater volumes of passengers, Vanderpool said.

“Due to statistics we had gathered, we were able to add two buses between 9 and 10 p.m. to take care of overloads on College Place,” he said.

In addition to the spike in bus passengers from SU, there has also been an increase in the use of Zipcars, a car-sharing program.

The Zipcar program began with two vehicles in 2008 as a result of extensive research into Zipcar programs at other universities. SU wanted to offer another transportation option to students, faculty and staff, Vanderpool said.

“We saw a need for people who walked, biked, used public transsee centro page 7

By the numbers 2.2 million Centro bus riders in fiscal year 2009

120 Centro buses run on compressed natural gas with no carbon emissions

9 diesel-electric hybrid Centro buses

325 students registered in the Zipcar program

236 bikes on the Quad at 11:30 a.m. on a Thursday in 2009

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and social ills. Though rooted in harsh realities and human imperfections, Common’s rhymes are known for their uplifting messages.

Common brought the same hopeful and genuine demeanor of his rap style to his speech, in which he encouraged students

“You have a purpose in you that is deeper than you will ever know.”

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to find a path, believe in it and then live it.

Through stories from his childhood and career, he continually returned to the idea of achieving “greatness” through hard work and confidence.

He provided a window to his personal life by recounting his breakup with neosoul artist Erykah Badu.

“I was willing to dim my light to be in that relationship,” he said. “And that’s a no-no.”

Common then collaborated with Kanye West, who was hot off the success of his debut album, “The College Dropout.” Common credited West as an inspiration to be bold and outwardly self-assured. He acknowledged that “some people say it’s cockiness,” but he saw it as a way to achieve greatness.

“I looked at Kanye and learned from that brother. I used to be kind of shy,” he said.

While the event was not billed as a traditional concert, Common did open the evening with a vigorous freestyle, in which he rhymed his hometown of “Chicago” with SU’s mascot “Otto.” After he finished his speech, he gave the audience an a cappella taste of the title track of his next album, “The Believer.”

Audience members cheered and gave standing ovations throughout the speech, and during the Q-and-A portion of the event, some audience members asked personal questions.

Devon Miles, a senior art photography major, began to cry as she asked for advice on how to believe in herself while being overwhelmed by academic

and social stress.

“It just shows how much he moves me and inspires me,” she said.

Many fans waited after the speech for autographs and photographs, and Common did not leave until everyone received them.

“The energy in here is beautiful,” he said.

While many audience members expressed gratitude for Common’s uplifting speech, some were unimpressed.

Martin Fernandez, a junior anthropology major who owns every Common album and has seen the rapper perform multiple times, said he appreciated the overall message but found the speech “a little sappy.”

He felt the spiritual overtones were not accessible to all audience members, he said.

“For instance, I’m an atheist,” Fernandez said. “It’s not going to help me to look to spirituality.”

As Common ended his speech, he returned to his childhood memory of seeing Till’s ghost and challenged the audience to consider their own goals in life.

“I still hear the voice of Emmett Till telling me I have a greater purpose,” he said.

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The Daily Orange: You’re often called a ‘conscious’ rapper. Who are some other ‘conscious’ artists, whether they are musicians or writers, who’ve inspired you?

Common: I would say Bob Marley, James Baldwin. Also, I would say, as a writer, Nas. Those are some of the writers that really inspire me. And Nikki Giovanni.

How is preparing for a lecture like this different than preparing for a concert, and do you prefer it?

I love giving a speech. I used to notice the nervousness that comes about this, a new joy that I like, you know, a new nervousness. But I feel it’s a new chapter in my life to be able to come and do lectures and conversate with people about life and love and the pursuit of happiness.

And you got to hear from students with their very personal questions.

Yeah, very personal questions. The fact that we could have that type of forum where people are open and people could walk home with something that may inspire them and give them something that can be concrete in their life and something that can be tangible is really important to me, and I’m glad to get to be able to do that. It’s a different experience than a concert, but it’s a very giving and loving experience.

Do you have any specific advice to college seniors who are just about to enter the real world and want to ‘follow their path?’

I just would say, ‘Go out and see.’ I know you’re prepared to go out into the work field and even if it becomes difficult, you don’t have to think that it’s going to be difficult, but if it does become difficult to get jobs, just figure it’s all stepping stones to getting to where you want to go. Everything takes a step to get to your destination, so every situation that comes into play, just use it for your growth and for your development, and your destiny and your happiness will come.

— Compiled by Julia Askenase, contributing writer, jgaskena@syr.edu

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s an aspiring journalist, I do my best to be objective when I write stories for my reporting classes. Bias in the media is something often discussed. Some say it’s rampant, and it’s hard to know who and what to believe.

The completion of the first quarter of 2010 brings reports of which businesses and corporations are doing well and which are not doing so well. There’s one in particular that has me worried.

I have always viewed CNN as the most objective of the major cable news networks for a variety of reasons. The most important of these reasons is the type of programming, as well as the content. Wolf Blitzer, John King and Campbell Brown make more attempts to contextualize news rather than provide their own opinions on it.

In the article “CNN Fails to Stop Fall in Ratings,” which ran Monday in The New York Times, Bill Carter writes, “CNN continued what has become a precipitous decline in ratings for its prime-time programs in

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as confused as the next guy the first quarter of 2010, with its main hosts losing almost half their viewers in a year.”

The two networks that have eclipsed CNN so quickly and mightily are MSNBC and Fox News. But I’m not here to say that the talking heads on both these channels are not smart.

I may not agree with everything they say, but the Glenn Becks, Keith Olbermans, Bill O’Reillys and Rachel Maddows are not journalists. They’re analysts.

This is somewhat alarming.

There are stories about people shooting at congressional offices and throwing bricks through windows with messages attached to them as a result of the controversial health care bill. The U.S. is experiencing a

fragile period politically because of its ideological divide.

The fact that people are straying from CNN means to me that this ideological divide has overcome us to the point that when we turn on our televisions during prime time, we’re not necessarily looking for objectivity. We’re looking for what we want to see and hear.

Americans obviously have a right to watch whatever they want to watch, but like I said before, analysts on MSNBC and Fox News are not journalists. Many people may confuse them for journalists. They confuse opinion for fact and mistake simple ideas as being the only solutions to our complicated problems.

CNN’s decline means the U.S. is headed even farther in a direction it’s been heading for a long time. The U.S. is heading away from the purely objective and further confusing the subjective for fact.

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VH1’s ‘Price of Beauty’ reveals Simpson’s ignorance, not inner beauty

H1 is notorious for its truly amazing decisions about television programming, and now it can add “The Price of Beauty” to its track record.

Jessica Simpson makes the argument that her new show is going to depict what true beauty is and instill confidence in women all over the world.

“I have always believed that beauty comes from within and confidence will always make a woman beautiful,” Simpson said. “But I know how much pressure some women put on themselves to look perfect … I am so excited that VH1 is coming along on what I’m sure will be a wild ride.”

While this seems too good to be true at first, the rest of us know better.

My perception of outer beauty derives from years and years of my surroundings, upbringing and personal experiences. There are par-

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ticular standards to follow in order to maintain society’s understanding of physical beauty: Hairstyles, makeup products and diets are only a few of these components. It’s easy to get wrapped up in the idea of physical beauty, but some of us are lucky and cheesy enough to realize that true beauty comes from within.

I’ll be the first one to admit that after I saw a commercial for Simpson’s new show, I was duped into believing it was actually going to send a positive message to young women everywhere — and that VH1 finally made the right move. It was difficult to ignore the flaws in “The Price of Beauty” while viewing it for the first time. I was completely deceived by its initial trailer and was under the impression that Jessica Simpson travels around the world and exposes the inner beauty of international females.

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not a barbie girl Ms. Simpson and her two friends gallivanting around Thailand, offending other foreign cultures and focusing on what makes Thai women physically beautiful. Simpson also breaks out into laughter while attending a private meditation session with a monk and gags in the middle of a marketplace when she tries to swallow a traditional Thai delicacy.

If this doesn’t scream “separation between the West and the rest,” I don’t know what does. Simpson’s actions are perpetuating the stereotype of ignorant Western travelers

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who are unaware and disrespectful to different cultures. The show also does a fantastic job of typecasting women from other countries and making their beauty traditions seem strange and obscure. Maybe I misunderstood and we can chalk it up to hopeful arrogance, but it’s not too much to ask for a famous pop culture icon to examine a more influential and motivational version of “beauty.”

Even though “The Price of Beauty” can be disrespectful of other cultures and focuses on literal beauty regimens versus inner-beauty tactics, it tries to do a few things right. There are particular segments within the half hour designated to an interview with someone who wants to use a personal story as a means of inspiration to other women around the world. For example, when Jess and her troops traveled to France in the second episode, they interview a former fashion model that suffered

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from severe anorexia and wanted to expose herself as a way to advocate for awareness about eating disorders and healthy body image.

The purpose for this segment of the show is to teach females that they don’t need to focus on their physical beauty, which is pretty contradictory from the rest of its airtime. These attempts are valuable strides toward making an effort, but ultimately, that’s all it is, an attempt.

Ladies (and other viewers), consider yourselves warned. Jessica Simpson is actually doing more harm than she is doing good. At the end of the day, it’s not exactly worth trusting a network that airs shows like “For the Love of Ray Jay” and “Frank the Entertainer in a Basement Affair.”

Krystie Yandoli is a sophomore women’s studies major. Her column appears occasionally and she can be reached at klyandol@syr.edu.

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serves in this professorship is to nurture, sustain and advocate for the Maxwell courses and the tradition of citizenship that is at the core of the school’s mission,” McClure said.

McClure said George Maxwell, the founding benefactor of the Maxwell School, wanted the school to prepare all students to serve the world at large as good, active citizens that are mindful of the common good no matter what careers

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they set off on. It is the duty of the person who holds the Chapple professorship to maintain and continue these goals in the Maxwell School, in particular the MAX courses, McClure said.

The MAX courses are MAX 123: “Critical Issues to the U.S.” and MAX 132: “Global Community.” McClure was the principle author of the structure of these courses and was instrumental in designing and managing them since 1989, he said.

A third course, MAX 201: “Quantitative Methods for the Social Sciences,” was developed in part by Andersen, who has been teaching and

working in the Maxwell School since 1984.

Andersen will be responsible for providing direction and recruiting faculty members for the MAX courses, she said. There is usually a team of eight graduate teaching assistants who instruct the courses. The group of eight, led by Andersen, is also in charge of calibrating grading and constructing the syllabus and assignments of the courses.

“I think there’s also a less tangible responsibility, which is to uphold the Maxwell School’s commitment to teaching about citizenship,” Andersen said, “which is what these courses are doing, which is the reason Bob loved doing this and why I’ll love doing this, too.”

McClure said he is confident Andersen is the right person for the position because she embodies all the traits that are necessary.

“She’s been active for many years in the delivery of these courses. She knows them inside and out,” McClure said. “She’s a dedicated and skillful teacher, and she’s a thoughtful, wideranging scholar about democracy and public involvement.”

Because Andersen is from a younger generation than McClure, she will be able to connect with students more easily and bring new energy and fresh ideas to the courses, he said. Andersen knows more of the younger teachers and potential faculty members, so she can recruit younger faculty to teach the courses, she said.

Andersen will be working closely with McClure until he departs in January 2011, when she will take over his position. Andersen does not foresee any major changes in the construction or management of the courses anytime soon because of this, she said.

But McClure said he encourages her to do many things differently than he did.

“That’s why institutions are refreshed. New

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Food Services is in the process of obtaining feedback and suggestions about the preferred hours and food in stock, he said. The hours are currently set from 9 a.m to 10 p.m. daily.

The store is only one block away from the original Food Works in Watson, but the close proximity is not expected to decrease business at either location, George said.

“We don’t expect there to be any particular effect on Food Works because (Food Works) II is now open,” George said. “As in the past, we expect (Food Works II) to be an additional option for students.”

Food Works II was previously located in DellPlain Hall but closed in December 2009 so it could be relocated to Ernie Davis. The new

Present and Future: McClure and Andersen Length of time at Syracuse University McClure: More than 40 years Andersen: 26 years

Areas of interest McClure: political leadership and the presidency, democratic institutions, mass communication Andersen: American politics, political parties, public opinion, women and politics, immigration

Academic positions held McClure: professor of political science; Chapple Family Professor of Citizenship and Democracy; director of the university Honors Program; associate dean; senior associate dean of the Maxwell School Andersen: professor of political science; Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor; Professor of Teaching Excellence

people come,” McClure said. “One thing I’ve always tried to do in positions I’ve had here at the university is when I leave them, I leave them. I don’t second-guess the people who follow me, and I don’t tell them how to do what they are now responsible for. She will do great.” mmamisan@syr.

location is expected to better accommodate students, George said.

“The Ernie Davis location is better for customers, as it is adjacent to the fitness center and more accessible to the student population than the DellPlain location was,” George said.

Despite the store’s incompletion, the student response has already been positive.

“I think it’s pretty convenient, especially right when I’m done with the gym or before I eat or something,” said Katie Jankoski, an undeclared freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Christopher Ettis, a freshman mathematics major, said he foresees increased popularity over time.

“I haven’t seen a ton of people in it yet,” he said, “but I think it’ll probably get more popular as people realize how convenient it is.” kapete01@syr.edu

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The garden will feature salt-tolerant plants native to Central New York because the university salts the adjacent parking lot in the winter.

The location was chosen partly because of its sloped position and visibility, Zubin-Stathopoulos said.

“The rain garden will be on a small peninsula within Waverly Parking Lot situated on a slope between the upper part and lower part of the parking lot,” he said. “It was chosen partly by its visibility, people cutting through Marshall (Street) and because it had the least amount of utilities cutting underneath it.”

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portation to have an option or a fallback, if needed,” he said.

In addition to the eco-friendly practice of sharing cars, the cars themselves are energyefficient. The SU Zipcars include two hybrids and two four-cylinder, fuel-efficient vehicles.

In order to keep up with demand, the pro-

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applications from students who registered on the showcase Web site or contacted him directly through e-mail, he said.

He said he did not expect many people to apply to the fellows program in its first year,

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The Waverly Rain Garden will cover 400 square feet and capture nearly 2,000 gallons of water runoff, according to a March 23 SU news release.

The idea for the rain garden came from Rachel May, the faculty adviser for the project and SU’s coordinator of sustainability education, Zubin-Stathopoulos said.

“She thought it would be a good idea to have a rain garden for the SU Showcase because this year the theme is sustainability,” he said.

Once in place, the rain garden will require little maintenance. Watering, trimming and pruning will be kept to a minimum, ZubinStathopoulos said. Long-term maintenance may include cleaning out the sediment and replacing some plants. After installation, the grounds

crew from the Physical Plant will maintain the garden.

Allison Carey, a junior policy studies major, is in charge of recruiting volunteers to help build the garden. Students can sign up for two-hour shifts on April 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to help with the installation. Roughly 45 students are already signed up, ZubinStathopoulos said.

He also said the university has been very helpful in cooperating with the rain garden.

“The university has been very grateful throughout the entire process,” he said. “It’s been great. They have been very corporative, willing to be open-minded and flexible.”

In addition to environmental sustainability, Zubin-Stathopoulos said he hopes the rain gar-

gram added three more vehicles in the fall of 2009, Vanderpool said.

Currently, there are 325 students registered in the program, as well as 28 faculty and staff members and four campus departments, Vanderpool said.

“The response has been tremendous,” he said. “In fact, we are talking about expanding again and adding another vehicle for the start of the fall semester 2010.”

In addition to tracking Centro and Zipcars,

Parking and Transit Services is in the process of collecting data on campus bicycle use.

Last year, the department surveyed bikes on the Quad at 11:30 a.m. on a Thursday and found that there were 236 bikes, a high number, Vanderpool said.

“We will be surveying bikes on campus again this year to get a gauge on the trends,” he said. “The numbers from last year are very encouraging.”

but students and faculty have been enthusiastic about the nominations. He also said he expects student interest to continue increasing because sustainability is an issue that directly affects them.

But Erin Devine, a sophomore communications design major, said she has not given SU Showcase much thought.

“I don’t know how many people are going to

participate because I don’t even know what the drive would be,” she said.

But May said students should be driven because the fellows program is an honor.

The fellows program, Parks said, “validates student work in a fashion that allows what was once classroom-based projects to become something that can be placed on a résumé.”

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anthony garito | staff photographer MIIKE SNOW performs at the Schine Underground to a sold-out crowd. The band received a positive reaction to the performance, which featured a synthesizer and smoke machine. Miike Snow played hit song “Black & Blue,” as well as “Always Love You” and “Hum Drum Town.”

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lad with white masks and matching maroon jackets, Miike Snow emerged from the blue smoke that shrouded the stage at Schine Underground to deliver an unforgettable performance to a sold-out crowd Tuesday night.

Fans were treated to the energetic sounds of the electro-pop band from Sweden only after Brooklynborn rapper Theophilus London graced the stage. The fi rst show of the 2010 Bandersnatch Music Series certainly did not disappoint.

The line for the 8 p.m. show stretched through the hallway and up the spiral staircase in Schine Student Center as 350 students poured in, eager to see the band that has become increasingly popular with hits “Animal” and “Silvia.”

While joking about their potential future career as owners of a gas station, Wyatt also discussed the

origin of the dynamic trio that fi rst met in 2004 while working on an album for another group.

“We’re not trying to have our band name mean anything necessarily,” lead singer Andrew Wyatt said. “When we came up with Miike Snow it was more of an inside joke that we decided to put our whole lives into.”

The group’s live performance, complete with a wide variety of instruments and synthesized sounds, featured artists that not only pour themselves into their music but can also successfully get the audience to do the same. Miike Snow producer Christian Karlson said the band had originally planned its own light show for the event but was unable to share it with the crowd due to insufficient power levels in Schine.

Band members bounced all over the stage, crafting their diverse sound by playing instruments ranging from a keyboard to a SEE SNOW PAGE 10

anthony garito | staff photographer MIIKE SNOW (TOP) AND THEOPHILUS LONDON (BOTTOM) show off their skills Tuesday night to a sold-out crowd at the Schine Underground. Miike Snow had planned on incorporating a light show in its performance, but electrical issues prevented this.

f you witness someone swaying and stumbling down Marshall Street in the near future, do not automatically assume this person is intoxicated. Instead of suffering from one too many vodka tonics, this wandering individual may be experiencing galvanic vestibular stimulation, or GVS, via two nodes behind his or her ears.

GVS is when small electric currents are placed to the part of the ear that governs balance. Imagine a glass of water on one of those back-of-theseat trays on an airplane. When the plane is in the air, the water remains flat, but when the plane turns, the surface of the water keeps itself level with the plane and the water appears slanted in the cup. When the balance department of a human ear is left alone, it keeps itself level. Once the electric signals of GVS are administered, the person begins turning and the “water,” or balance mechanism, becomes slanted in the head.

Quite simply, the shocks lead the person to believe he or she is falling off balance, and the only way to prevent a complete wipeout is to swagger in a certain direction, as governed by the shocks.

This science, which has been known to mankind for about 100 years, has just recently become a part of the human body thanks to the Japanese company Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation. Due to the efforts of researcher Taro Maeda, it is possible to control humans as one would control a toy car — just use a remote control.

A rudimentary version of a headset and remote control was first revealed at a 2005 conference. Since then, various methods of implementing this technology have been explored.

Despite the fact that this technology is undeniably awesome, it’s also a little intimidating to think a human can be controlled like a model airplane. I, for one, certainly do not want my movements governed by someone with a joystick. But Pandora’s box may have been opened a little too far to prevent that.

One of the more sinister possibilities for GVS is its use as a defense weapon. Should GVS be administered SEE SMITH PAGE 10

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Starting June 18, Muggles will get to experience the magic of Hogwarts and the world of “Harry Potter,� as the world’s first-ever “Harry Potter� theme park opens its doors in Orlando, Fla. Unfortunately, trains from Platform 9 3/4 won’t be provided as transportation. “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey� will be one of the first rides to open in the theme park. The ride is a condensed form of the chaos of Harry’s life, said Daniel Radcliffe, the actor who plays Harry in the films, in a video posted on the theme park’s Web site.

Riders can expect to take a trip through the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and see the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, the Room of Requirement, the Weeping Willow and a game of Quidditch.

Since broomstick rides didn’t meet safety requirements, the park will also feature the “Flight of the Hippogriff.� This ride, which passes by Hagrid’s hut, involves a lesson in how to approach a hippogriff. A hippogriff, for those who actually have lives, is a creature with the head of a giant eagle and the body of a horse. The hippogriff will take riders on a spiraling wooden coaster, according to the theme park’s Web site. “The Dragon Challenger� roller coaster allows adventure-seekers to select a dragon to ride as they chase other dragons through the sky, almost colliding with one another.

The ride is a two-in-one experience with two separate coasters, according the theme park Web site, with stops at the Goblet of Fire and the Triwizard Cup. It doesn’t take magic to make people spends endless galleons — err — dollars

inside theme parks. The Harry Potter experience is no different, with candy stores selling sweets that could be found at Hogsmeade. Chocolate-covered frogs and fudge flies like those Harry, Ron and Hermione eat on train rides to and from school will be found in the park, and a “rustic tavern� will sell Butterbeer and pumpkin juice. And no, you can’t get drunk off of them. Zonko’s will sell novelty items, such as Screaming Yo-Yos, a Boxing Telescope and U-No-Poo, whatever that means, according to the theme park Web site.

Tickets to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park will cost more than $100, but fans are sure to fly to this cash cow faster than a Nimbus 2000. — Compiled by Rebecca Toback, asst. feature editor, rltoback@syr.edu

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with an electromagnetic field, as opposed to individual shocks placed strategically behind an individual’s ears, it could render masses of people (or soldiers) dizzy, disoriented and unable to fight.

On the brighter side, GVS can help make gaming and flight-training simulations better and can even help prevent the elderly from suffering painful falls.

Video gamers need to rejoice, as this headset could lend a whole new sense of immersion into games. Playing “Grant Theft Auto� and just careened your Ferrari off the Brooklyn Bridge? Your sense of balance could enable you to feel every sway and dip of the car as it makes its imminent plummet.

Fighter pilots-in-training, prepare to enjoy a much more involved training program.

Not only will you know where each gauge and handle is in the cockpit, but you will also become more familiar with how each turn and barrel of the plane actually feels, without actually moving. The physical simulation of balance change can replicate a pilot’s experi-

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xylophone. Oh, and don’t forget the smoke machine. After an exhilarating and suspenseful fi nal number, Miike Snow walked offstage to a chorus of encores. Almost immediately following the chants for more, the band returned for one last song. Lead by Wyatt and Swedish producers Pontus Winnberg and Christian Karlsson, Miike Snow has made a name for itself and its jackalope logo (a jackrabbit and antelope hybrid) since its formation three years ago.

But some students on campus had never heard of the band before the concert was announced. After hearing the band’s music, they became interested in hearing more. “Some girl in my class made a video with the song ‘Black & Blue’ in the background,� said Alex Vitale, a freshman illustration major. “And I became a fan.�

Determined to carve his own unique niche at the concert, opening act Theophilus London called for song requests from those who knew his material. London crafted his own passionate show using only a laptop as his compass. He rapped over track samples from Solange Knowles and Whitney Houston to invigorate the audience for Miike Snow. “It’s something special for this guy to come in pretty unknown, do what he did

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ences when in the air.

Elderly people may someday be able to be as daring as to step off a high curb. Armed with a pair of nifty GVS earmuffs, a short electric current could aid their balance, avoiding a hip-breaking injury.

Sure, this marriage of science and technology could someday pose a malicious threat to humanity should its execution on a large scale be leaked to the wrong people. Although it could be a weapon used to impede or destroy life, it can also become a social good by aiding in entertainment possibilities and preventing injury.

And I should probably mention that a fully functional and marketable version of this GVS headset probably won’t hit the shelves for at least another decade, so that person stumbling down Marshall Street is most likely is just intoxicated.

Jessica Smith is a sophomore information management and technology and television, radio and film major and the technology columnist.

Her column usually appears every Thursday, except when it’s April Fools’ Day. Haha, April Fools, except not really. If you have a friend in Japan who can help her get one of these before they become available in the United States, she can be reached at jlsmit22@syr.edu.

and move the crowd like that,� said Drew Shields, a sophomore advertising and international relations major. A devout fan, Shields was one of few to know more about London’s work than Miike Snow’s. “I wasn’t even planning on coming to the show until I saw his name was added on the list,� Shields said.

“We’re not trying to have our band name mean anything necessarily.

When we came up with Miike Snow it was more of an inside joke that we decided to put our whole lives into.�

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London admitted that after nine shows in seven days he was “pretty drained� but gave it his all regardless, jumping off the stage to dance with the crowd in the middle of his act. One fortunate fan was pulled onto the stage to dance with London to the songs “Hum Drum Town� and “Always Love You,� off his mixed tape titled “This Charming Mixtape.� “I love Syracuse — I came here one time last month. I love this place and I love the basketball team,� London said.

It didn’t matter whether audience members had heard of Miike Snow prior to Tuesday night. The low ticket price enticed many to check the band out live and be treated to a vibrant show performed by a band on the rise. “I was really impressed by Theophilus.

As for Miike Snow, it just goes without saying that they were great,� said Gabriella Landman, a sophomore in the Bandier Program for Music and the Entertainment Industries. akgould@ syr.edu

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Coming soon to a console near you Straight from the Penny Arcade Expo, a glimpse into the new trends in the video game industry

By Alexander Hemsley STAFF WRITER

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ast weekend, the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) East, the largest video game convention on the East Coast, took place in Boston. Publishing and developing giants such as Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo announced many new and interesting upcoming projects at the Expo. After sifting through dozens of announcements, here are some trends and games that video game enthusiasts should watch out for in the coming year.

Sony goes wireless

Sony introduced a playable demo of its new addon for the PlayStation platform, the Move. The Move operates like a superior form of Nintendo’s Wiimote for the Wii gaming system. The Move uses a camera to track the movement of the player’s body while simultaneously tracking the motion of the gaming wand. Unfortunately, Sony only showed “Wii Sports” knockoff games at PAX, though it should be noted that Sony’s efforts looked like a vast improvement to the Wii wireless technology. Sony officials plan to get mainstream games to work with this new technology to compete against the Wii. The Move will be hitting stores this fall.

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Many video game publishers offered cheap downloadable games, a clear trend at PAX. Upcoming games like “Shank,” “Joe Danger” and “Comic Zone” will be released later this year exclusively for online downloading through the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live platforms. These games don’t have the same budget as games like “Modern Warfare 2,” or the latest “Madden” release. Instead of spending a massive budget on developing these games, design teams chose to build them on smaller budgets, allowing enjoyable, bite-sized gaming.

Sony and Microsoft plan to release “Joe Danger” for the PlayStation Network, “Comic Zone” for Xbox Live Arcade and “Shank” for both platforms by the end of year.

Games to look out for this fall

“Crackdown 2”: “Crackdown 2” will hopefully live up to the promises made by the original, as 2007’s “Crackdown” felt more like a cartoon version of “Grand Theft Auto” than an intense thirdperson shooter game. A new development team behind the sequel makes everything about the game already feels better. With six high-profile, open-world games to be released, this game should stand strong when compared with other contenders in the genre. Be sure to keep an eye on “Crackdown 2,” as it could end up surprising a few gamers.

“ModNation Racers”: This new game combines “Mario Kart” and user-created content. Over the course of 10 minutes, a player can create his or her own character from scratch, design a track and start racing. If the player doesn’t like the final product, he or she can edit it. The character-creation process allows for large amounts of user freedom, which means racer likeliness can range from the players themselves to their favorite superheroes.

The track editor’s simplicity also makes the game easy to use. Look for “ModNation Racers” to be released late this fall.

“Alpha Protocol”: One part “Mass Effect,” one part “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare” and one part “James Bond” create “Alpha Protocol.” It takes the best aspects of each to create a terrific new game.

A role-playing game with tons of shooting, “Alpha Protocol” could be a perfect entry point into a new genre for fans of the “Modern Warfare” franchise.

Missions can be played in different ways, each one emulating one of the game’s different action characters. From Jack Bauer to John McClane and James Bond, every action in this game makes players feel like they are inside the game. Overall, “Alpha Protocol” feels like a strong game and will be a thrill to play later this year. vhemsley@syr.edu

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By Allison Guggenheimer Staff Writer

Could have. Should have. Would have.

As Christina Tan recalls, that was the feeling of the Syracuse tennis team after last year’s loss to Army. But this year, Tan feels, should be different. Instead of the 12-5 record the team had this week last year, SU currently boasts a 15-2 record.

Who: Army It hasn’t lost any of Where: Drumlins its last nine games, When: Today, noon a streak that has lasted more than a month.

Last year, the team lost close matches. This year, thanks to the new depth of the roster, Tan does not expect the same to happen down the stretch. And it starts with that rematch against Army.

“It came down to the last few matches, and this year with us being a lot deeper and everyone being a lot better, it’ll be close, but I think we’ll beat (Army),” Tan said.

In just one year, the team has improved significantly thanks to that depth. There is no petering off in head coach Luke Jensen’s singles team. He said it is solid across the board. In addition to retaining four of last year’s starters, he added two of what he refers to as “big kahunas” to the lineup.

“I think the biggest thing is that you’ve got Eleanor Peters and CC Sardinha, who are worldranked players,” Jensen said. “These are people who have come off playing the (World Tennis Association) tour and who bring so much more depth and experience to the team we had last year.”

It is this balanced roster that will help the Orange in its match against Army (17-6) Wednesday, a match it lost 5-2 last year. Tan, the cocaptain, said that not only have the new players added to the team, but the returning players have improved and become more aggressive.

Tan, who played No. 2 singles last year, has been playing No. 5 singles this year. And Jensen believes it is a testament to the quality of play of returners and newcomers alike.

Particularly because so many of the opponents the team will face tomorrow have never competed against Syracuse before, Kalhorn expects Army will play a lot of defense. SU has an attacking style of play and with it, will look to take advantage of the Army inexperience.

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“I feel like they’ll try to play a lot of defense,” junior Simone Kalhorn said, “which is good for us. That’s what we want.”

Kalhorn thinks Syracuse’s aggression has been particularly evident going into the match because the team lost a tight game last year. SU is looking to prove itself. Kalhorn said that the normally high-energy and high-volume team will be even more pumped up to face the Black Knights again.

And Jensen and his coaching staff are looking forward to the rematch as much as the players are.

Another advantage the Orange hopes to have thanks to its depth is the winning streak it is currently on. Syracuse was coming off a loss to Rutgers when it played Army last year.

This year, the consistency of play and wins has inspired increased sureness in the players.

Although the team says it does not prepare any differently because of its recent success, the victories are apparent. It’s obvious in the attitude.

“It’s good because we’re coming in with a lot of confidence,” Jensen said. “This team doesn’t

“It’s good because we’re coming in with a lot of confidence. This team doesn’t think they can lose. This team believes in everyone on the lineup.”

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think they can lose. This team believes in everyone on the lineup.”

This confidence in the face of Army is not unfounded. SU has beaten all the opponents the two teams have in common. Army has lost to three of the seven. One of the Orange’s losses this year came against No. 8 Michigan. The other was to a Princeton (14-5) team that was in the polls earlier this year.

Rutgers — the only team the Orange lost to last year that is has played so far this year — was unable to repeat its victory over the Orange in 2010. SU swept them 7-0.

alex pines | staff photographer christina tan leads Syracuse with an 11-3 singles conference record this season.

Along with Emily Harman, she is also part of the Orange’s top doubles team.

Jensen cannot guarantee a victory. But he has faith in his team. And with this winning streak it begs the question: Why shouldn’t he?

He is confident that all his players, regardless of seed, will have the advantage against Army.

With a roster led by his “big kahunas” and supported by veterans, Jensen challenges the Black Knights to do their worst.

“Look at the quality of player that we have,” Jensen said. “It’s the depth. When you have Christina Tan, Simone Kalhorn and Alessondra Parra at four, five and six, good luck. Those are the bottom of our top six. What do you got?

You’ve got three people that were there last year with three newbies. Good luck. Here we come.” alguggen@syr.edu

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sive about his conference, as the other teams began to topple.

“Whoever doesn’t think the Big East is a great league shouldn’t be writing sports,” Huggins told reporters after his team beat Missouri in the second round. “They ought to do something else, cooking or something.”

Even the West Virginia players are now in the business of defending the Big East.

In the locker room Thursday night, after the Mountaineers took care of Washington in the Sweet 16, reporters began spreading the word that Syracuse had lost, leaving WVU as the last Big East team standing.

The players, like their coach, didn’t make much of it. Both WVU’s Butler and forward Kevin Jones said they were convinced the Big East is still the best league in the nation. Cam

Thoroughman seemed outright disappointed.

“We were rooting for Syracuse like we were rooting for the rest of the Big East,” he said. “We were going to be rooting for Syracuse until we played them in the final game.”

But, even if they choose not to acknowledge it, the fact remains that the Big East’s performance has been perhaps the biggest surprise of the entire Tournament.

And that wasn’t lost on at least one player Thursday night.

“Syracuse lost? Wow,” forward Wellington Smith said. “I can’t believe that. I really can’t believe that.”

That leaves West Virginia with the weight of the largest, and perhaps the nation’s most powerful and influential, conference sitting firmly on its shoulders.

Jared Diamond is the sports columnist for The Daily Orange, where his column appears weekly. He can be reached at jediamon@ syr.edu.

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Uhunoma Osazuwa almost didn’t get to compete in the NCAA Indoor National Championships. She just barely missed the top 17 and was notified two days later of her qualification after another competitor dropped out.

What: Texas Relays Good thing she Where: Austin, TX made it.

When: Today Despite being on the bubble before the race, Osazuwa’s showing at the March 14 meet earned her the distinction as the first Syracuse indoor track and field All-American since 2002 and the school’s first-ever All-American pentathlete. To accomplish the feat, she had to move up 12 spots from 18th to 6th.

“It was definitely a shocker and that much more exciting to go that far,” assistant coach Enoch Borozinski said. “She was definitely the talk of all the other coaches with how much she improved.”

Now a few weeks removed from that sixthplace finish at the NCAA Indoor National Championships that secured her All-American status, Osazuwa will lead the team into this weekend’s Texas Relays, which will be held in

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For two days following the Big East championships on Feb. 21, Osazuwa assumed she would miss out on the opportunity to compete at Nationals. Following an uncharacteristically poor finish at the long jump in the Big East championships — the event that originally dropped her to 18th place — she placed just shy of qualifying. But once she qualified, she showed her true worth.

“It was a relief,” Osazuwa said. “It felt good to go out and compete because I knew I deserved to go out and compete and be there.”

Borozinski was not surprised. In the four years he has coached her, he’s seen the growth. He’s recognized her talent.

“I knew there was at least a chance she could get it,” Borozinski said.

In Texas, Osazuwa will compete in the 100-meter hurdles and the long jump, looking to top her previous performance at Nationals — the same performance that not only gave her All-American status, but cemented her place as SU’s first track and field AllAmerican pentathlete.

This is SU’s first time competing in the Texas Relays during Borozinski’s seven-year stint as assistant coach. The meet marks the second outdoor meet of the season.

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“I’d like to see a continuation of what we were seeing indoors,” Borozinski said. “I’d like her to go out and get a solid performance to boost her confidence before she goes to the Sea Ray relays.”

In addition to Osazuwa, Bernard Bush will be one of eight others competing in Texas. Bush will also be competing in the long jump.

Despite coming off an injury, Bush has the chance to gain a top qualifying time for the long jump in Texas.

“I’m trying to jump back into things, literally,” Bush said. “I’m trying to make this meet a good starting point for the outdoor season. For my last season I definitely want to end on a high point.”

Osazuwa also has a chance to become an outdoor All-American in addition to being an indoor All-American. Osazuwa, Bush and seven others will head to Texas looking to make their mark in unknown territory.

“It’s really the first meet in such a highlevel competition,” Borozinski said. “Everyone’s hoping to get out of there with solid performances to see how they stack up against high competition.” rnmarcus@ syr.edu

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the most creative scorer. His 11 goals include a behind-the-back tally against Villanova and a one-handed, between-the-legs score against Johns Hopkins.

But neither of them leads the team in scoring — that belongs to senior midfielder Chris Daniello, who has 12 goals and 12 assists this season.

It makes it even more difficult for opposing teams to defend considering Syracuse’s fastpaced transition attack.

“As long as I’ve seen Syracuse lacrosse play, that’s one of the things we’ve been known for,” Desko said after Syracuse’s win against Georgetown. “We try to push transition and try to get unsettled situations.”

The Orange has had at least six players score in every game this year except one — SU’s 9-8 win against Hobart March 23 — the least goals Syracuse has scored in a game this season. And even against the Statesmen, five different players netted scores for the Orange.

Said Marasco: “Literally, we don’t mind who shoots the ball because we know each one of them has a very good chance of scoring.”

Bright and early For JoJo Marasco, just nine months removed from Somers (N.Y.) High School’s graduation, high school mentality resurfaced for Syracuse’s game against Villanova on Monday.

When he looked at the calendar and saw the 3 p.m. start, it all came back to him.

“It kind of feels like a high school game,” Marasco said. “Because that’s how it was (in high school).”

There wasn’t much unusual about SU’s victory over Villanova on the surface Monday. The Orange has beaten the Wildcats by nearly identical 21-6 and 20-6 scores the last two times the teams have played.

But there was one rarity — that atypical afternoon weekday start time. And players noticed the strange game time leading up to the start.

“It is different,” SU junior goaltender John Galloway said. “We’re definitely not used to playing on a Monday, or a weekday for that matter.

We usually play on Saturdays or, occasionally, Tuesday night games. But to play Monday after-

noon, it’s a different element.”

Perhaps even Galloway didn’t know just how different the start time was. The last time before this week that the Orange has played a regularseason Monday game was March 10, 2003, against Fairfield.

Still, Galloway didn’t think there would be much of a difference. The team usually practices either at 3 p.m. or 4 p.m.

“The good thing is that we usually practice around 3 or 4 o’clock,” Galloway said. “We practice around the same time we’re going to play, so I think that might help us.”

And there was an added bonus for Marasco.

But for the freshman, it had nothing to do with lacrosse.

Said Marasco: “We get a little break from classes, and we get to get out there and play.” zjbrown@syr.edu bplogiur@syr.edu

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East Leastthe of

West Virginia represents conference’s lone saving grace in rocky Tournament

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girls’ best friend has to do is win two more games.

But the Mountaineers winning the national championship wouldn’t totally make up for the rest of the Big East’s struggles.

Nobody will forget how Villanova, seemingly a Final Four contender, barely beat Robert Morris before falling to Saint Mary’s. Or how Georgetown, so impressive in the Big East tournament, couldn’t handle Ohio in the opening round.

A title wouldn’t necessarily make the Big East the best league

in the nation this year or explain its sudden lack of depth. But it would give the Big East something no other conference can boast: the ultimate prize. The best team in the country. A national champion.

“We want to be the last team standing, period,” WVU head coach Bob Huggins said Thursday night when asked how it felt to be the last Big East team standing.

That’s the best attitude to take.

There is no glory in outlasting the other seven Big East teams, especially this season. Sixty-four of 65 teams in this Tournament lose their last game of the season. West Virginia is two wins away from being the one that doesn’t.

Despite all the praise the conference has received and how well it has performed in the Tournament the past few years, its teams have

not been winning championships.

No Big East school has won it all since 2004, when Ben Gordon and Emeka Okafor brought Connecticut its second title.

Even last year, when the league earned three No. 1 seeds in the Tournament for the first time in history and put two in the Final Four, the Big East failed. Thanks to Connecticut and Villanova losses, the conference wasn’t represented in the final game.

West Virginia could very well change that. The Mountaineers rolled through the Big East tournament and have looked dominant during the NCAA’s. The best team has survived the longest, and the players know what’s at stake.

“We can’t be happy just being there, the Final Four,” forward Da’Sean Butler said after WVU beat

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Syracuse benefitting from multi-faceted attack

By Zach Brown and Brett LoGiurato The Daily Orange

John Desko has talked about it after a couple of Syracuse’s games this year.

The Orange simply has too many weapons for opponents to completely shut down SU’s offense.

In Syracuse’s 20-6 win over Villanova Monday, 13 different players

scored a goal for the No. 3 Orange. And despite the numbers from Monday, the Wildcats are no slouch on the defensive end. Heading into the day, No. 15 Villanova ranked 11th in the country in scoring defense with an 8.4 goalsagainst average.

But the Wildcats just could not stick with all of SU’s options.

“Every offensive guy on our team

can finish and score,” freshman midfielder JoJo Marasco said in the postgame press conference. “They were all big scorers in high school and now they’re here.”

Marasco has been hot as of late (eight points in the last two games) and is just one of the new faces that opponents have to deal with this year.

Onondaga Community College trans-

fer Jeremy Thompson creates instant offense from the faceoff X and has 10 goals this season.

And then there are the usual suspects. Stephen Keogh led the team in goals last year and has continued that reign this season with 19 scores.

Senior Cody Jamieson, last year’s championship game hero, may be

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Kentucky in the Elite Eight Saturday. “It doesn’t mean anything unless you win the whole thing.

Everything is in vain unless you win the whole thing.”

The Big East coaches have tried to downplay the conference’s poor showing in the Tournament. They have preached parity in college basketball, all in support of their conference counterparts. They try to act unsurprised by the way things have played out.

Case in point …

“The problem with college basketball is there’s not a big gap,” Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said after SU beat Gonzaga in the second round. “If you don’t play well, whoever it is you’re playing can beat you. It’s as simple as that.”

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y only sending two teams to the Sweet 16, the mighty Big East has been one of the NCAA Tournament’s biggest storylines — for all the wrong reasons.

Despite earning eight bids, one more than a year ago, the league has been ravaged these past two weeks. Six teams lost during the first weekend. Not even top-seeded Syracuse — at one point the No. 1 team in the nation — could avoid the carnage, falling to Butler Thursday and ending a fabulous season prematurely.

The conference, often considered the best in America, had been humbled and embarrassed.

Now, West Virginia carries the torch as the league’s lone representative in the Final Four and has an opportunity to salvage the season for the rest of the conference. All it

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